LG SPIRIT 4G (MS870) expozed!!

[Johnny Crapple]

If your looking forward to rooting this device and installing some sort of custom recovery i would suggest waiting to see if some1 can confirm the speculation that its going to have a locked bootloader, or else you'll have a almost complete stock device for a very long time. unless you dont care for none of those things then enjoy

Unless they make a 2init recovery like we have for the motion and cm10 with a locked bootloader.

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[Shabbypenguin]

Unless they make a 2init recovery like we have for the motion and cm10 with a locked bootloader.

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you mean, hope that there is someone who knows how to do all of that on a device that is very similar so that it can be ported over?

 

[1Andrew]

If your looking forward to rooting this device and installing some sort of custom recovery i would suggest waiting to see if some1 can confirm the speculation that its going to have a locked bootloader, or else you'll have a almost complete stock device for a very long time. unless you dont care for none of those things then enjoy

Hmm, my esteem is rooted, but that's about it since I just used it only for normal phone usage and wifi tethering. Hopefully someone skilled would be able to figure things out for the Spirit. If not then it looks like I'll be paying $10 more a month for tethering lol.

 

[Johnny Crapple]

you mean, hope that there is someone who knows how to do all of that on a device that is very similar so that it can be ported over?

Yes that's what I meant, and I was saying that just because it has a locked bootloader doesn't necessarily mean you are screwed out of those things.

When I said like we have I wasn't implying that I had anything to do with that just saying that's what we have for the phone,I know how it looked.
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[Shabbypenguin]

Yes that's what I meant, and I was saying that just because it has a locked bootloader doesn't necessarily mean you are screwed out of those things.

When I said like we have I wasn't implying that I had anything to do with that just saying that's what we have for the phone,I know how it looked.
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oh no you misunderstood man. my point is teh only reason you guys even have recovery let alone a booting cm10 rom is cuz you had a similar device to just take teh devs work from. what if that phone was completely different? or that guy never made it in teh first place. my point is you shouldnt place bets on hopeing that development might grow thanks to some other phone somewhere hopefully... you guys lucked out and hopefully it all works out great

as soon as hroark gets a chance ill be looking over a few things t9o see if i can help yall too, not promising anything buty might fix mms and lte

 

[Johnny Crapple]

I know you weren't saying anything I just reread my post and it kinda sounded funny. It would be awesome to get help on lte and messaging. On the messaging I was receiving but couldn't send, and on the lte in the settings it says iccid unknown I don't know if that helps just a couple things to note.

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[Mmazz]

The average person will never use anything over 3MP if that... The things you want to look at in cameras these days are the lens quality and optical zoom (zooms in without pixelizing...)

As for that PRL I will be out of the area by end of this month. I will give that a go and report back on my Esteem (I noticed someone already reported bad, but different areas can report different things...)

Someone stated there wouldn't be a flash on the camera? That would kill it for me... If I do an "upgrade" it has to be a full upgrade and/or same features without losing any important ones... Also, I am assuming getting a tethering app on there would be tough too... Works great when in a pinch...

According to owners manual, it has a flash.

 

[njking25]

Oh god I'm so excited for this Phone. I hope its $200 down and not with a Mir.its pretty Mich between getting this phone and a HP pro book for my bday.

 

[sammyz]

2 days till the 18th

 

[mike28]

2 days till the 18th

Could be a couple days after too

 

[trigger1074]

Well I can confirm its not available in BP to order. Not that means it wont be available Friday..but a good indicator it wont.

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

FWIW, Metro just broadcasted the Motion deal today on Facebook. I would expect them to let that deal run at least a couple weeks before introing the Spirit to knock down their in stock numbers of Motions first.

But I'm just thinking out loud too.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

[sammyz]

FWIW, Metro just broadcasted the Motion deal today on Facebook. I would expect them to let that deal run at least a couple weeks before introing the Spirit to knock down their in stock numbers of Motions first.

But I'm just thinking out loud too.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Someone said that deal was supposed to last till March already

 

[mike28]

Someone said that deal was supposed to last till March already

The training for it should be kicking in this Friday or Monday expect it soon after that

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

Someone said that deal was supposed to last till March already

I know that.

I was mainly speaking of the Motion sale relative to WHEN the Spirit comes out. (If the Spirit is $200, that's IMO going to suck a lot of the Motion sales away even at $100 out of pocket. As arguably their #2 phone since last August, I would think Metro has (had) a sizable number of them in stock.)

I think I've read a couple Metro people here say the Motions were flying off the shelves. IMO, that's good news for the Spirit release.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

[allmanallpimp]

comes with a tethering app installed

I was referring to not losing my old plan I have (which is no longer available,) and not paying $10/month for it... I only use it if I go to a client's house/business with internet issues... It doesn't happen too often, not often enough to pay that is for sure...

 

[Johnny Crapple]

I was referring to not losing my old plan I have (which is no longer available,) and not paying $10/month for it... I only use it if I go to a client's house/business with internet issues... It doesn't happen too often, not often enough to pay that is for sure...

You don't have to pay.....

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[Gman9831]

I was referring to not losing my old plan I have (which is no longer available,) and not paying $10/month for it... I only use it if I go to a client's house/business with internet issues... It doesn't happen too often, not often enough to pay that is for sure...

You can use the stock tether app the same way you would any other hotspot app. The tethering app doesn't know if you have the plan or not

 

[sammyz]

I know that.

I was mainly speaking of the Motion sale relative to WHEN the Spirit comes out. (If the Spirit is $200, that's IMO going to suck a lot of the Motion sales away even at $100 out of pocket. As arguably their #2 phone since last August, I would think Metro has (had) a sizable number of them in stock.)

I think I've read a couple Metro people here say the Motions were flying off the shelves. IMO, that's good news for the Spirit release.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Of course the Motions are flying off the shelves
It's only $50!!!!! That's insanely cheap for any new smartphone (unless it's Huawei :rofl: )

 

[Gman9831]

oh ill add it didnt stick to my gs3 but he told me it worked on his other android phones so dunno.

Got it to stick but my 3G speeds decreased by like 1200kbps and my 4G decreased by about 1mbps

 

[Sepero]

Gman9831 you sold your Motion??? Traitor! lol

 

[sammyz]

Gman9831 you sold your Motion??? Traitor! lol

I think he sold it 2-3 months ago he still helps around the Motion forums :thumbup:

 

[Gman9831]

Gman9831 you sold your Motion??? Traitor! lol

Lol I sold it & bought the S3 the week before Christmas.

Still know most of that phone like the back of my hand though

 

[THE W]

still have mine but i did try to sell it.

 

[n4zty]

Got it to stick but my 3G speeds decreased by like 1200kbps and my 4G decreased by about 1mbps

Ahh ok but don't worry that wasn't final version ill keep ya updated.