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Adoxographist

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Found out what was draining my battery, in settings -> general -> about phone:

At the bottom of it there is "activity logs"
I must have agreed to LG tracking my activity during my setup screen.

I unticked that option and the battery life and charging times got much better.
 
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Just reading all these msgs yesterday and went home last night and dug deep in my cupboards to check my box. Got a 601 serial. Thank god.
 
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giloo777 said:
I bought mine second hand and have no pop. Got it from gumtree and dont remember/have the guys phone number. Stuck with a bootlooped G4 and nothing I can really do about it
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Subversion said:
Sigh, this just happened to me this morning. Looks like it's stuffed.

What qualifies as "proof of purchase"? I doubt I have a till slip still laying about anywhere, probably have the original box though.
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They use the serial number to check if it's on their system, never needed pop to access warranty before, even if a phone was bought 2hnd. What network is the phone branded with(boot logo and bloatware), just take the phone back to a repair center of whichever network originally supplied it.

If you go to a branch with no repair facilities they may ask for the pop if they don't have the facilities to check the phones warranty status via serial, repair centers will.
 
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Adoxographist said:
Found out what was draining my battery, in settings -> general -> about phone:

At the bottom of it there is "activity logs"
I must have agreed to LG tracking my activity during my setup screen.

I unticked that option and the battery life and charging times got much better.
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Mines always been unticked and it hasn't helped.
 
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airborne said:
They use the serial number to check if it's on their system, never needed pop to access warranty before, even if a phone was bought 2hnd. What network is the phone branded with(boot logo and bloatware), just take the phone back to a repair center of whichever network originally supplied it.

If you go to a branch with no repair facilities they may ask for the pop if they don't have the facilities to check the phones warranty status via serial, repair centers will.
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Thank you for that info! Will get it to Vodacom repair centre as soon as I can
 
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I got my LG G4 yesterday, was waiting for the G5 to come out so that the G4 price can drop and I could upgrade from my G2. Was worth it. R299/pm from Vodacom
 
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jacodebeer said:
I got my LG G4 yesterday, was waiting for the G5 to come out so that the G4 price can drop and I could upgrade from my G2. Was worth it. R299/pm from Vodacom
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Good price :) mine is one of that susceptible serials :( I've bought mine from Takealot and it has a small sent in it corner as long as they don't ever use that as a dispute.
 
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jacodebeer said:
I got my LG G4 yesterday, was waiting for the G5 to come out so that the G4 price can drop and I could upgrade from my G2. Was worth it. R299/pm from Vodacom
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This has been quite tempting for me... But it means I lose my Afrihost contract at R99 per month :(

Probably the only reason I haven't signed up for this... I'm a little concerned about the boot loop issues so won't buy a used one unless I get an excellent deal
 
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faniedry said:
You can also get a reprint from the shop you bought it at...

i'm thinking now... can't remember that vodacom asked me for any kind of proof of purchase when i took mine in for repairs... :wtf: very strange
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Vodacom are have this new fangled thing called a database
 
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ahoudet said:
Vodacom usually doesn't ask for proof of purchase.

Cell C didn't ask me when I used them once way back with a BlackBerry 9790.

MTN is very fussy with that... They won't book a phone in without it. What you can do is go to an advanced repair center and they might reprint the slip for you. They did that when I had an issue with an Xperia Z I bought secondhand.
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Years ago MTN booked my sisters phone in without, then they refused to give it back. Never got it back.
 
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Can someone please recommend me good micro usb cable for the mine broke this morning and the all the other cables have too much internal resistance.
 
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Rohela said:
Can someone please recommend me good micro usb cable for the mine broke this morning and the all the other cables have too much internal resistance.
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Bought some cables off HD cabling, they charge everything no issues and cost about R34 each at the time.
 
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Rohela said:
Can someone please recommend me good micro usb cable for the mine broke this morning and the all the other cables have too much internal resistance.
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it's actually amazing how many of these cables differ in resistance - I have some that charge at 0.42A max and others that can charge at 1.52A
I got some from China, they are low resistance, very flexible and the plugs can be inserted either way up

http://www.banggood.com/BlitzWolf-2...A-Male-to-Double-Sided-Micro-B-p-1026355.html
 
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