LG V20
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 09 Aug 2019
Rimac , 09 Aug 2019Abusing his kindness I dare to ask why the slow camera of G... moreYes, the 'slow motion' feature on the ported GCam app doesn't work. It's one of the modes/settings that were not finished or polished by the developer as he moved on to another phone and project. Still grateful though because of the time and effort these developers spent to reprogram Google's GCam app with Night Sight so it can be used in other phones like the V20. Just download another app from the Playstore for slow-motion effects since the GCam for V20 doesn't have a working slow motion feature.
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- Rimac
- mPA
- 09 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 07 Aug 2019What I meant is that yes, you can use ANY photoediting app ... moreAbusing his kindness I dare to ask why the slow camera of GCam doesn't work.
P. S. : i don't know what meant and the function of 'slow camera' ('cámara lenta').
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- AnonD-267221
- K8x
- 09 Aug 2019
Rimac , 08 Aug 2019A wide range of extended batteries are available. Personal... moreThank you for your reply.
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- AnonD-267221
- K8x
- 09 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 08 Aug 2019Just change to an extended battery. 6500mAh should be best.... moreThanks for detailed explanation.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 08 Aug 2019
Quad_DAC, 07 Aug 2019Does anyone experience warm and extreme lag (unusable) when... moreThe lag you mention that makes the phone unusable is not normal. The phone does respond a bit slower than usual when busy downloading movies to micro sd card as downloading on mobile data is very processor and memory intensive and micro sd write speed is way much slower than when writing to internal memory. But it should not lag like hell and render your phone unusable in any way. You may experience a little stutter, or a bit slower response to touches, but certainly still nowhere near agonizingly slow or unusable. If you experience this downloading to internal storage, your internal storage may be nearly full causing the severe lag. Move files to micro sd card and leave internal storage with free space of around at least 40% free space. Now if you experience this severe lag downloading to micro sd, you may be having a micro sd storage problem. It's either the card is defective or fake (with fake capacity causing the severe slowdown), or if genuine, the card is almost full. Either way, you need to replace the micro sd card with a brand new, genuine one, with higher capacity. A word of caution: online shopping sites are riddled with fake micro sd cards with fake, overstated speeds and fake capacities causing severe lag problems with any phone. If you bought a huge storage card for so much less, (more than 50% less) than what the card manufacturer sells in their official website, there's 99.99% chance the card is fake.
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- Rimac
- mPA
- 08 Aug 2019
AnonD-267221, 08 Aug 2019I bought it 1week ago new package everything is great, but... moreA wide range of extended batteries are available.
Personally I prefer the 6.400 mAh models.
I only know the MUGEN POWER of 9.300 mAh, preserving the NFC function.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 08 Aug 2019
AnonD-267221, 08 Aug 2019I bought it 1week ago new package everything is great, but... moreJust change to an extended battery. 6500mAh should be best. Or buy a new 3200mAh battery, preferably original LG OEM battery or from another reputable non-LG brand if you can't find a genuine OEM LG battery. A warning note: The online market is flooded with lots of fake, OEM looking like LG batteries. If the battery that came with your phone is not sealed in original manufacturer's packaging (translucent plastic with tamper proof paper seal), the battery that came with your phone is likely used or fake.
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- AnonD-267221
- K8x
- 08 Aug 2019
I bought it 1week ago new package everything is great, but only problem is battery life is very short, any tips how to make battery longer? Thanks in advance.
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- Rimac
- mPA
- 08 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 07 Aug 2019What I meant is that yes, you can use ANY photoediting app ... moreThank you so much again. Paradoxically your always detailed explanations driving me sometimes to dizzying at first sight for the concepts of 'ported GCam', 'Portrait' and 'Night sight'. But always was easiest than I can would imagine.
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- Quad_DAC
- iba
- 07 Aug 2019
Does anyone experience warm and extreme lag (unusable) when downloading files like movies via browser or games from Google Play? Even opening and switching apps sometimes slow down. Still running stock 7.0 firmware tho since Oreo update kill the high bitrate video recording.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 07 Aug 2019
Rimac , 06 Aug 2019I'm surprised when you say that isn't possible other editin... moreWhat I meant is that yes, you can use ANY photoediting app to edit ANY photo including sharpening and blurring and color adjustments of captured photos.
However, those other photoediting apps like Aviary, cannot do automatic adjustable level of background blur while maintaining a sharp face focus for photos taken by GCam in portrait mode.
If you capture a photo using 'portrait' mode in the Gcam ported app
below, you will actually get two photos per shot. The first photo is the original photo (face and background are sharp), while the second photo, is the internally processed photo with sharp face but blurred background. Every time you shoot in 'Portrait' mode using GCam app with Night sight mentioned below, you will always get two photos. One with sharp background and another with blurred background.
Now what I'm saying is that in the two photos captured by GCam above, the background blur can still be adjusted if you want sharper face and more background blur. You can edit background blur using Google photos. In Google photos, there is a 'depth' slider/setting. You can move the 'depth' slider to the left to make the background less blurred. It only affects the background. The face remains sharp and in focus. You can also move the 'depth' slider to the right for more background blur. You can only do this kind of automatic background blur adjustment in Google Photos app.
As mentioned, other photoediting apps like Aviary cannot do this same level of adjustment to background blur like Google photos. Again, this background blur adjustment only works with the dual photos captured by the ported GCam app mentioned below. Background blur or 'depth' adjustment is only possible when using 'Portrait' mode in the ported GCam app with night sight below.
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- Rimac
- mPA
- 06 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 06 Aug 2019You're welcome. GCam also has a portrait mode. You can ca... moreI'm surprised when you say that isn't possible other editing app than Google photos.
I'm use pleasantly AVIARY since long time ago.
And at present mostly to shooted photos with GCam 'Portrait'.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 06 Aug 2019
Rimac , 04 Aug 2019Google Cam night sight mode performs a sort of enchanted po... moreYes, it really is the best for low light photography. Perfect for nightscapes and sceneries where there is not much movement/motion in the scenery.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 06 Aug 2019
MLAVRA, 05 Aug 2019You are right Rimac, it is absolutely fantastic software. I... moreYou're welcome. GCam also has a portrait mode. You can capture your subject with a blurred background. After capture using 'portrait' mode, you can edit the photo captured in 'Google photos' (not possible with other photo editing apps) to increase the amount of background blur.
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- Rimac
- mPA
- 05 Aug 2019
MLAVRA, 05 Aug 2019You are right Rimac, it is absolutely fantastic software. I... moreI agree with you about the preference on the natural light. Especially the sunsets achieve a theatrical féerie but anchored in the nature, (many times including human constructions).
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- MLAVRA
- pW4
- 05 Aug 2019
Rimac , 04 Aug 2019Google Cam night sight mode performs a sort of enchanted po... moreYou are right Rimac, it is absolutely fantastic software. It makes several photos and takes the best out of them to make a colorful photo masterpiece. Better than postcards and other filtered photos. It works best with static objects, without artificial lights. But you may also try to combine static objects and moving lights (e.g. cars with headlights) to get beautiful effects. Thank you Anonymous for drawing our attention to this piece of software.
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- Rimac
- mPA
- 04 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 01 Aug 2019The ported GCam app with Night Sight for V20's with Oreo ca... moreGoogle Cam night sight mode performs a sort of enchanted poetry specially at twilight time.
Undoubtedly the best App to this purpose.
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- Rimac
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- 02 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 02 Aug 2019Yes, I agree. I've had several smartphones in the past. I u... moreI totally agree with your detailed explanation (the V20's capabilities should be detailed) on the V20 wide range of possibilities. Let me say that my first need buying a phone was top quality audio recording and music playing. Bought one unit, discovered the photo and video quality and the remaining . . . , and the second unit bought (to special video edition purposes). I apologise for the inconvenience of my little english, as belonging to a guy from the bottom country on this skill.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 02 Aug 2019
Rimac , 01 Aug 2019I think that if you are ready to stuck at Nougat, undoubted... moreYes, I agree. I've had several smartphones in the past. I usually changed phones in 6 months to a year as I always found something better within a year or less. The V20 is the only smartphone that has stayed with me this long and despite newer, more powerful, and more gorgeous looking all screen phones around.
I just can't let go of my V20 because I really find it difficult to forgo the features that I am regularly using and currently enjoying and that have spoiled me through the years: removable battery that makes me do away with carrying a charging cable or being tethered to a wall or charger which severely limits my mobility, dual sim with dedicated micro sd card slot that satisfies my need to have two of the best network plans, while still having unlimited offline movie downloads, personal media files and high quality music in the micro sd card, slimport/HDMI out support for when I need to watch on a big screen TV anywhere I go without loss of quality, headphone jack and FM radio when I prefer listening to local FM broadcasts without worrying about earbud battery life or bluetooth exposure from wireless earbuds, master remote control availability with learn functionality that I use every single day for various appliances everywhere I go, LTE only option with ability to manually select and stay on a less congested LTE band of my choice for the best download and streaming speeds, ability to hide hotspot SSID when I share my mobile data connection to other devices without anybody knowing, excellent camera, excellent audio quality, drop resistance,
accurate color, high quality sharp QHD display, that lasts longer and retains excellent display quality despite years of use (unlike POLEDs or AMOLEDs), drop resistance, etc.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 02 Aug 2019
Anonymous, 01 Aug 2019one point regarding your recommendation: the cheapest Zenph... moreWow that's a great deal. Elsewhere in the world, it would be difficult to find a brand new V20 anymore. The Zenfone 6 is for those who can't get the V20 anymore (no longer available) or those who want a newer, more powerful phone that doesn't have too many feature compromises.