Hey, this is Ken from LG. What you're seeing there is primer, not a plastic cover. As you know, primer is used to get paint to bond to aluminum, which is what we used for the G5's body. The aluminum alloy we sourced is known as LM201b (patent pending) and was developed at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology for use in automobiles and aircraft. LM201b, unlike the aluminum used in other smartphones, is diecast unibody which makes it very sturdy while still maintaining lightweight properties. We figured out a way to integrate the antenna bands into the aluminum seamlessly so you can't feel the lines and covered the LM201b with primer and paint using a process called microdizing which means that tiny particles of metal are infused in the coating and bonded to the aluminum. I think it's incorrect to say that a product isn't all metal if paint is involved. That's like saying cars and airplanes aren't metal because they're also painted. For the record, even metal that's anodized will scratch off. Our process may be different but it achieved what we were aiming for, which is a smooth, seamless metal finish that's durable and lightweight. We weren't interested in doing what has already been done. When did this become a bad thing?
+Ken Hong Hey Ken, I ment no harm with the video. I understand that a lot of work and planning went into this phone. You are right it *IS* different. Normally when a company advertises a 'metal phone' the metal part is on the outside. And that is what i personally was expecting. (As well as many other people.) Primer does not feel the same as metal. It is just an unfortunate side effect of using primer. I would be more than happy to make a follow up video explaining the your process more in depth and what makes your system 'better' than other flagships. Ill even fly out at my own expense to do the filming. You'll need a pretty good argument though... to make up for the misunderstood advertising about the whole phone being metal. My email can be found in the 'about' section of my RUclips channel page. I look forward to talking with you, and I am not looking for compensation. I like to remain completely unbiased.
+JerryRigEverything Thanks for the offer and we'll definitely consider it. For the record, none of the advertised claims behind G5 were inaccurate. All we have ever claimed is that the G5 features a metal uni-body, nothing more, nothing less. Some people have a tendency to assume certain things (such as metal having to make contact with skin for a product to be considered made of metal) which is unfortunate and we chose not to play that game. And nowhere on the G5 does the primer touch skin so whatever side effects there may be, it's due to something other than the primer. Great RUclips channel, by the way.
Oh I see. So basically what you're saying is that Primer is a material which is Commonly called "base coat" is used here. It also acts as a adhesive for the paint and the metal you're using it on. It feels like hard rubber like plastic. May I know whether this also prevents phones for minor scratches and damage when the phone is dropped. I am considering buying the LG G5. Thanks in advance.
I Know that most people are disappointed with the build quality and everything but i really like the fact that this phone is very easy to fix even the charging port can be easily changed. Awesome video by the way :)
+Abu Khalid This is a huge advantage. The S7 is almost unfixable. I work on my own phones and this is so easy. Charge ports can damage easily. Samsung wanted to charge me about $180 to replace my Note 3's charge port, which you can buy for $7 or less.
Was the build quality actually bad? Took me 3,5 years for something to break on my LG G5. And that was after I woke up and forgot about having the charger plugged in, so when I yanked I lost grip of the phone and it flew across the room. Glass on the cameras cracked, can still take pictures but a crack is right over the lens and messes it up quite a bit. Still have it as a backup just in case.
The fact that the battery is replaceable along with the charging port makes me want to consider this phone over the s7! Of course Usb type C > Usb type B, but the fact that the charger port is replaceable without a heat gun sounds appealing as well.
aha! I knew it was plastic overlaid on top. ***My guess is that they wanted the phone design to look seamless. Clearly, with this modular phone they needed to figure out how to get the mechanism to work and how to make sure the thing gets reception...in comes plastic pieces along the back cover at the top, and sides. Then for the bottom, they must have known they needed a plastic mechanism. Then to make sure everything looked seamless and like it was made with the same material they capped it off with a veneer of plastic. An then they further added insult to injury by coating it with a metallic paint. The thought process probably went something like that I am guessing...***
Good video, I am going to buy one of this in 2018. Yes, in 2018, even being like 3 years old, I think it can hold very well. PD: The main rear camera is 8MP, the wide-angled is 8MP. But really, I would wish that the wide angles were as good as the main, because those wide-angle photos looks so great.
Love my G5. I felt like you were really ripping on it. I'm a fan of LG period, not for just being economical but for the overall integrity of the phones they make. My previous phone was the G2 and it served me well for 3 years. I'm pretty sold on their products.
Same here. Went to the G5 from the G2 (which my dad is now still using and is going strong). My favourite feature is the wide angle camera and the very good speaker.
Ive used this phone daily for 3 years. I only recently cracked my screen and i love this phone so much im just going to repair it. I do tough construction-type outdoor work and my G5 has held up to the rigorous tasks and has never let me down!
Criminally underrated phone. Easy to own, easy to repair. Too bad we won't get more of the same because of "premium" feel somehow being more important than most anything else.
i feel the lg g5 will be a very good performer an will be neck an neck with Samsung for performance.i plan on getting the g5.ill have my phone in a case most of the time.
I dropped my G5 from half a meter to the ground and it not only got dented, which is something you would expect from an alluminium body, but the coating peeled off exaggeratedly. I don't like to use cases, but you will need one if you have a G5. But I'm glad to see that changing the back cover is a pretty easy job.
I don't think LG should be able to call this " a full metal body" but your right definitely not a premium built phone IMHO. Great video Zach. BTW I want one of your pry tools. LOL!
SUPER THANKS, it is so hard to filter for good content. This complete teardown (as most of your other videos) are very well created. Excellent and clear spoken ENGLISH word {some content creators have English titles and description yet they Audio is another language. I appreciate your attention to the detail of method order, observations and advice. Thank you for continuing effort and helping the rest of us!
thanks ken hong for the update , cleared all my doubt i know all along that it will be some sort of smooth aluminium metal, but now after hearing this newly incorporated process i am totally convinced....great phone lg, good work lg .......keep it up
Which is your right and there are plenty of other options for you to choose from other than the G5. It was not our intention to copy what was already out there.
+Ken Hong Look at Erica Griffins RUclips channel the G5 is having some quality control issues, the G5 is a veery interesting phone but can't help to think its a bit under engineered, seems more of a prototype.
Everybody is running around saying the phone isn't metal but it is. LG did a great job making the phone feel so light and good in your hand that people think it's plastic.
If you're using this for screen replacement: Remember to take from the old frame: 1. A piece of rubber lifting the proximity sensor 2. A white sticker that dims the notification LED 3 A metal piece close to the volume buttons Put all of that on the new frame and you're good to go.
Jerry, thank you for your unbiased reviews they allow better decisions to be made on buying phones, looking at the construction of this phone it is a no brainer to shop else where. Ken, makes a point but marketing speech is marketing speech and all it sounds same on this end, as a cover for the underlying issue of poor choice of words for description of the device and covering their own butts on the matter. Disappointing, however it looks like LG took a risk which i like, however its the first iteration and it needs some work i look forward to the future devices but for now the premium feel of the Samsung phone (s7) is worth the money accompanied by the features makes it seem like an overall better phone, of course in my opinion.
Still using my G5 today... Had an S8 for a while but I smashed the screen and can't justify spending £150~ to get a new one. Hey-ho. Though, something you may like Jerry... I completely sanded my G5 to the bare metal, actually looks pretty damn cool! Antenna bands on show n' all. Does have some weird plastic dovetail clips at the bottom though, between the rear of the removable chin and the main body.
john doe on the plus side if you use the wireless charging on the galaxy most of the time it will be an awful long time before you wear out the charge port.
Thanks for the tutorial. My insurance wanted a $200.00 deductible to fix a broken screen, by giving me a new phone. The hell with that. I went to the link and bought a new screen with frame along with the tool kit. Cost me great deal less and it was a snap to replace. One word of warning: The new screen does NOT come with the ear speaker... After I turned the phone back on, everything seemed fine until I got a phone call. Silence. I had no idea what was happening, so I took the phone apart again and discovered the missing speaker. Luckily, it's modular like everything else and I was able to pop the one on the broken screen and pop it into the new one. Problem solved.
the lg g5 actually has a verry nice weight and feel to it, havnt dropped it once and i havnt had an i phone last me a year without it slipping out of my hand. i got this phone the week it came out and am typing this comment with it right now.
+Bruno Caldas I looked there, searched different ways, and don't see it. all I see is the glass part and not the frame. can you post a like to the exact part?
Thank you for the video, as well as the links below, i will be giving the screen replacement a try tomorrow, and found your video the easiest to follow. Thank you for posting this.
This was almost what I was looking for. I have this phone and still use it in 2020 because my Moto Z Force 2 popped it's screen off when the batter swole up, and now I get get the replacement batteries to stay connected. After that, I swore to never have a phone with a battery that can't be easily removed and replaced again. My LG G5 has already been worth it that department, My OEM battery started swelling inside of to where I needed pliers to get it out. But once it was out, new battery and I was back in business. Sadly, I dropped it about a month ago, and not the power button on the back doesn't work. The screen s fine, and I use the Camera add on control to get into the phone, but I was really hoping for some more indite into that, as THAT is what had broken on mine.
the g5 is good on the paper. in real life its another thing. the home button on the backside was defective within 9 month after purchase, warranty repair took 6 weeks and then it broke again after a month. screen backlight bleeding became an issue after 6 months, what i mean is, that if u stay on a bright screen for a couple of seconds and then switch to a darker page, you will see the brighter on in the background. another thing is gps, wasnt usable after a year, finding the position takes forever and so navigating with it isnt possible. and a couple days ago, it just wouldnt turn on, it was my second battery (original) and I tested even another charging module. GG you wont ever get me again LG
I remember this phone... 2 days after the release, dropped it in the toilet and I thought my screen shorted. Ordered a new screen and it didn't work. Cleaned the pads that connect to the motherboard with alcohol and it worked... But atleast I traded it plus a brand new screen for the Nexus 6P 😂😂 have the V30, the perfect phone to me since I don't take selfies :)
Thanks for the video, Jerry. Pretty amusing to see the real truth after reading LG's misleading promotional material. Also, very disappointing that LG didn't even bother to include wireless charging coil - they could've made the "cutout" for it in their metal foil frame, then cover it all up with their plastic coating and the phone would've still felt and looked EXACTLY as it does now but would've had at least ONE useful, non-gimmick feature ;-)
Thanks for the great breakdown vid. IMHO phone weight or temperature as in metal, glass, plastic when holding a phone does not define this iphone coined premium feel thing we hear way too much. Ergonomics power and function defines premium. The lighter the phone the better. Less weight with strength applies to all other performance areas like race cars. I'd rather hold a big phone that weighed as little as possible anyway.
I did it 10 times 5 times just to get used to the teardown, 1 for screen replacement and the 4 are for cleaning the lens(camera not focusing *thanks LG* ) and proximity sensor not working after screen replacement ( *THANKS LG* )
Considering LG's replacement policy (my phone literally started to smoke and burned me and melted the charging port, AND I had the extra insurance, and they offered me NOTHING) there's not a ton of risk.
All those people complaining it is the product you are replacing that is going vad Orrr you had your phone for a decade and it started to get old Maybe I'm wrong so don't kill me with hate
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Cleaning the lens did get the camera to focus again? Mine has stopped focusing and I though I had to replace the camera module to fix it. Anyway, the part that scares me most is taking the screen out so if I have to do that might as well replace the camera module instead of just clean it @@zUltra3D
love your teardowns i have a thought maybe it's plastic coated because the body is the antenna did not want to make same mistake as iphone & samsung with antenna bars on body?
i dont know about their idea but the paint coating feels less warmer as the metal casing absorbs/acts as a heat sink this layer cuts the direct contact between the phone and the hands making it comfortable to use even on high demanding apps
Honestly, I don't understand why LG uses a false marketing campaign. I like their effort and the company is capable of producing some great phones but misleading consumers with "all-metal" design is unfair.
I'll take the G5 a few months after release for like 60% discount, same as I did with G4. Features are killer on LG flagships, but the premium feel is lacking (again with the G5 obviously). I'll happily pay 60% less than competitors with equal screen/camera performance etc etc. Materials and feel are important when your paying retail price, but at heavy discounts they become less of a concern.
+Anthony Andrades the lg g5 will get cheaper quicker than other phone manufacturers. I will buy this phone later on over the smasug gs7 because it is easy to repair.
Jerry, you should probably shave off the metallic coating off the entire back of the G5. LG said that the plastic parts are antenna bands. I wanna know just how much plastic is there.
+D13H4RD2L1V3 Nope, they did not say it is the antenna lines. They said that it was used to cover the antenna lines. They uniformly covered the phone with this.
Got quite a few things wrong in this video, the 8MP cam is the wide angle lens. And that's not plastic, it's primer, you can just slap paint on aluminum without primer.
+DarthHeretic Primer doesn't need to be that thick. Ever scrape you car on accident? All cars have primer. The primer on the G5 is being used to cover antenna's. Which is fine... just most people expected a solid metal phone when that is what LG advertised. As a side note, metal primer is made up of 30% synthetic resin.... which is plastic. Either way, its all just fancy terminology for a phone with a non-metal exterior.
JerryRigEverything it's 20-30% plastic in the primer, calling primer plastic is wrong so saying its the same thing as plastic is totally incorrect and misleading to viewers.
JerryRigEverything The phones body doesn't even act like plastic, and feels nothing like plastic. Wanna say LG is wrong? Then go ahead and try to take them to court just to see if they're wrong. My money's on LG winning, though.
DarthHeretic Eh, most of the time I say it feels like plastic. Which it does. Watch other unboxings man. I'm not the only one. Either way, the phone has a non metal exterior.
JerryRigEverything It does not feel like plastic, it acts nothing like plastic. Not once have I woke up to a phone made of full plastic materials and have a cold to the touch feel. This phone feels cold to the touch every morning. Does it feel like pure metal? No, but it does feel like metal that has been painted over and it is just that. This is like saying a car or a metal house isn't metal because of the primer being on the car/house. No, it's metal, just with a coat of primer. Is the coat thick on the G5? sure, but not as thick as everyone is making it out to be.
Hi Jerry. I love the tutorial. Can you please tell me where I can find the charging port for the lg g5 tmobile h830 variant. The part that is in your hands at 3:46. Thanks
Hello Jerry, please reply Can you please tell me where I can find the charging port for the lg g5 tmobile h830 variant. The part that is in your hands at 3:46. Thanks
+Moazzem Huq You think he gives a fuck what phone companies think? Jerry does this shit for us to know. Once he buys the phone, he can do whatever he pleases to it, and by that logic, he can tell us the truth of the matter.
Hey Jerry, great video. I was wondering if you could help me with a mod question. I fly drones using 5G wifi, however my signal crashes around the 70m mark, yet the drone I use is supposed to have around the 400m capability, So I was wondering if you could tell me where the ariel is in the G% and how i could fit an r sma lead to it so i could add a directional beam ariel or even a yagi. Or better still is there some sort of wifi antenna that i could connect wirelessly to without having to strip down my lg g5? cheers
Hey Zack does it bootloop like the G4? From what I've understood it's a hardware issue due to having the memory poorly soldered on top of the processor (weirdly enough) which causes the soldering to chip off when the processor heats up. Is there a chance of a similar thing to happen on the G5?
Good day Hank! Do you think that it is possible for you to sandpaper all those plastic primer on the metal part, or is it too much work? Im wondering of what it may look like... my curiousity is killing me :O
hi jerry. i have cracked the glass camera lens cover on the back. any ideas on how to fix this ....im sure this would be a popular video should you do one :)
what do you think is the cause of my LG G5 vs987 3 thin black lines on my display period will not go away on safe mode or by by restarting my phone. let's say maybe some water got in there, well that permanently damage it or can I just replace the screen
@JerryRigEverything, I have the LS992 (Sprint model) that I got Sprint to unlock. I got this phone cheap and my intent was to only use it for travel. What I would like to do is use two SIMs at once. I'd like to use my Sprint SIM and Latin American SIM so I can make and receive calls from both countries in one phone. Unfortunately the Sprint model only receives a single SIM. I bought the SIM tray that holds dual SIMs but the reader still does not read the 2nd SIM. Do you think I can swap the SIM reader on this phone and get both SIMs functioning? Thanks in advance!
could you possibly do a video replacing the rear glass covering the camera sensors? it seems it is very common and easy to break. plenty of users including myself have had this problem. :/
I got the replacement screen assembly from your link, but one of the components I was expecting to be present on the new assembly isn't -- I think it's a speaker, it's the rectangular metallic component just to the left of where the rear cameras attach. I can't find a way to remove it from the old screen assembly so I can move it over. Can you help?
Actually if you remove the battery and look inside the phone at the very bottom left corner there is a tiny hole in the black plastic. That hole is there for a reason. Take a paper clip with a small hook bent in the end and insert it into the hole, pull firmly and it will unlock the slide lock and the phone will separate with minimal force. Literally...
I wonder what's the other purpose of modular design aside from easy repair when once broken. This phone is modular, which means any parts of this phone can easily be replaced. Is the SnapDragon 820 easy to find and replace once it's broken?
Hi jerry, i have a problem with my G5 I can't open the lower of my phone like stuck on the left side... The lower on the right side is opened but the on the left side is not, so i can't pull off the lower from the unibody Do you have an idea for fixing my problems?
+JerryRigEverything I have a LG G5, I doesen't turn on, I've disassemble it and tested the batery while chargeing, it charges but it never passes the 2v, when I check it after being pluged in for a while it goes down to 1.7v and so on, Is it the batery, the motherboard or the charging port? Thanks in advance
this video is great but would you be willing to do another one or direct me to one where you replace the glass covering the camera. I have no clue how it happened but that glass on mine broke less than 2 weeks after owning the phone and it hadn't dropped or anything. I've seen some similar posts elsewhere of the same thing happening. would you be able to help me out?
I am losing my MIND trying to find this info myself. I got a kit to replace my camera glass today from ebay with NO instructions how to replace this piece. PLZ let me know if you find anything.b
Please Help! I followed the instructions from the video exactly. Everything seemed to work perfectly fine afterwards. However now I have noticed that when I make phone calls I cannot hear the person on the other line. I have to put it on speaker or connect to a headset in order to hear them! What am I missing? Is there a mini speaker I did not move or connect correctly? I have rewatched the video several times and I haven't seen anything that I missed.
The Metal Plate behind the power button is very loose and keeps falling out when I takeout the battery. I have taken phone apart several times and tried to put metal plate back in its position but it will not stay in place. Is there a fix?
Ouch. That sound of razor peeling off the coating is really painful. To the ears, eyes and the soul. Maybe the plastic on top is to keep the heat off from spreading quickly because all metal will surely get hot all over and putting plastic layer over it could cover the heat
Hey, this is Ken from LG. What you're seeing there is primer, not a plastic cover. As you know, primer is used to get paint to bond to aluminum, which is what we used for the G5's body. The aluminum alloy we sourced is known as LM201b (patent pending) and was developed at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology for use in automobiles and aircraft. LM201b, unlike the aluminum used in other smartphones, is diecast unibody which makes it very sturdy while still maintaining lightweight properties. We figured out a way to integrate the antenna bands into the aluminum seamlessly so you can't feel the lines and covered the LM201b with primer and paint using a process called microdizing which means that tiny particles of metal are infused in the coating and bonded to the aluminum. I think it's incorrect to say that a product isn't all metal if paint is involved. That's like saying cars and airplanes aren't metal because they're also painted. For the record, even metal that's anodized will scratch off. Our process may be different but it achieved what we were aiming for, which is a smooth, seamless metal finish that's durable and lightweight. We weren't interested in doing what has already been done. When did this become a bad thing?
+Ken Hong Hey Ken, I ment no harm with the video. I understand that a lot of work and planning went into this phone. You are right it *IS* different. Normally when a company advertises a 'metal phone' the metal part is on the outside. And that is what i personally was expecting. (As well as many other people.) Primer does not feel the same as metal. It is just an unfortunate side effect of using primer. I would be more than happy to make a follow up video explaining the your process more in depth and what makes your system 'better' than other flagships. Ill even fly out at my own expense to do the filming. You'll need a pretty good argument though... to make up for the misunderstood advertising about the whole phone being metal. My email can be found in the 'about' section of my RUclips channel page. I look forward to talking with you, and I am not looking for compensation. I like to remain completely unbiased.
+JerryRigEverything Thanks for the offer and we'll definitely consider it. For the record, none of the advertised claims behind G5 were inaccurate. All we have ever claimed is that the G5 features a metal uni-body, nothing more, nothing less. Some people have a tendency to assume certain things (such as metal having to make contact with skin for a product to be considered made of metal) which is unfortunate and we chose not to play that game. And nowhere on the G5 does the primer touch skin so whatever side effects there may be, it's due to something other than the primer.
Great RUclips channel, by the way.
***** Thank you Ken. I look forward to hearing from you again.
thank you so much Ken hong for your official statement!! I might buy the LG g5 after all!
Oh I see. So basically what you're saying is that Primer is a material which is Commonly called "base coat" is used here. It also acts as a adhesive for the paint and the metal you're using it on. It feels like hard rubber like plastic. May I know whether this also prevents phones for minor scratches and damage when the phone is dropped. I am considering buying the LG G5. Thanks in advance.
I Know that most people are disappointed with the build quality and everything but i really like the fact that this phone is very easy to fix even the charging port can be easily changed.
Awesome video by the way :)
+Abu Khalid This is a huge advantage. The S7 is almost unfixable. I work on my own phones and this is so easy. Charge ports can damage easily. Samsung wanted to charge me about $180 to replace my Note 3's charge port, which you can buy for $7 or less.
Was the build quality actually bad? Took me 3,5 years for something to break on my LG G5. And that was after I woke up and forgot about having the charger plugged in, so when I yanked I lost grip of the phone and it flew across the room. Glass on the cameras cracked, can still take pictures but a crack is right over the lens and messes it up quite a bit. Still have it as a backup just in case.
The fact that the battery is replaceable along with the charging port makes me want to consider this phone over the s7! Of course Usb type C > Usb type B, but the fact that the charger port is replaceable without a heat gun sounds appealing as well.
Totally, reason why this is my next phone, + is cheap on amazon! :)
I know this was 3 years ago but the g5's port is type c!
aha! I knew it was plastic overlaid on top. ***My guess is that they wanted the phone design to look seamless. Clearly, with this modular phone they needed to figure out how to get the mechanism to work and how to make sure the thing gets reception...in comes plastic pieces along the back cover at the top, and sides. Then for the bottom, they must have known they needed a plastic mechanism. Then to make sure everything looked seamless and like it was made with the same material they capped it off with a veneer of plastic. An then they further added insult to injury by coating it with a metallic paint. The thought process probably went something like that I am guessing...***
+Erica Griffin I bet you're right actually. That would make a lot of sense.
+JerryRigEverything Dude, thanks for the video. I always wanted to know how to fix these kind of things. Subscribed..
And cheaper maybe.
+Erica Griffin I don't see the big deal, the G5 is aluminum but has a plastic coating to hide those unsightly antenna lines.
***** exactly, this Jerry dude, Erica and L BS are trying to turn this into a fiasco to get more clicks and view..disgraceful.
Wide-angle camera is 8mp, normal is 16mp.
Isak Olsson. I think that's why there are 2 cameras
And maybe they are saving the battery for longer? I really don't know
Good video, I am going to buy one of this in 2018. Yes, in 2018, even being like 3 years old, I think it can hold very well.
PD: The main rear camera is 8MP, the wide-angled is 8MP. But really, I would wish that the wide angles were as good as the main, because those wide-angle photos looks so great.
4 years later , i have currently an lg g5 and it's still doing the job 👌
This phone is revolutionary.
Love my G5. I felt like you were really ripping on it. I'm a fan of LG period, not for just being economical but for the overall integrity of the phones they make. My previous phone was the G2 and it served me well for 3 years. I'm pretty sold on their products.
Same here. Went to the G5 from the G2 (which my dad is now still using and is going strong). My favourite feature is the wide angle camera and the very good speaker.
The 16mp has ois and the 8mp is the wide angle
Jerry "uncovering the truth" rig everything... You are legit man!
Ive used this phone daily for 3 years. I only recently cracked my screen and i love this phone so much im just going to repair it. I do tough construction-type outdoor work and my G5 has held up to the rigorous tasks and has never let me down!
Criminally underrated phone. Easy to own, easy to repair. Too bad we won't get more of the same because of "premium" feel somehow being more important than most anything else.
g5 is the best of 2016. s7's back glass protection is bad, mine has been broken. Direct touch with metal feels hot, a coating is not that bad.
i feel the lg g5 will be a very good performer an will be neck an neck with Samsung for performance.i plan on getting the g5.ill have my phone in a case most of the time.
I'm watching this on a G5 that I've had since 2016 lol
I dropped my G5 from half a meter to the ground and it not only got dented, which is something you would expect from an alluminium body, but the coating peeled off exaggeratedly. I don't like to use cases, but you will need one if you have a G5.
But I'm glad to see that changing the back cover is a pretty easy job.
Shame on LG! I was going to get this phone, but after watching this video, no thanks. Great teardown. You earned yourself a sub. :)
I don't think LG should be able to call this " a full metal body" but your right definitely not a premium built phone IMHO. Great video Zach. BTW I want one of your pry tools. LOL!
SUPER THANKS, it is so hard to filter for good content. This complete teardown (as most of your other videos) are very well created. Excellent and clear spoken ENGLISH word {some content creators have English titles and description yet they Audio is another language. I appreciate your attention to the detail of method order, observations and advice. Thank you for continuing effort and helping the rest of us!
thanks ken hong for the update , cleared all my doubt i know all along that it will be some sort of smooth aluminium metal, but now after hearing this newly incorporated process i am totally convinced....great phone lg, good work lg .......keep it up
Id rather have antenna bands than a plastic coating covering the metal
Which is your right and there are plenty of other options for you to choose from other than the G5. It was not our intention to copy what was already out there.
+Ken Hong Look at Erica Griffins RUclips channel the G5 is having some quality control issues, the G5 is a veery interesting phone but can't help to think its a bit under engineered, seems more of a prototype.
same samee
same
***** and primer isn't aluminum
Everybody is running around saying the phone isn't metal but it is. LG did a great job making the phone feel so light and good in your hand that people think it's plastic.
If you're using this for screen replacement: Remember to take from the old frame: 1. A piece of rubber lifting the proximity sensor 2. A white sticker that dims the notification LED 3 A metal piece close to the volume buttons
Put all of that on the new frame and you're good to go.
Jerry,
thank you for your unbiased reviews they allow better decisions to be made on buying phones, looking at the construction of this phone it is a no brainer to shop else where.
Ken, makes a point but marketing speech is marketing speech and all it sounds same on this end, as a cover for the underlying issue of poor choice of words for description of the device and covering their own butts on the matter. Disappointing, however it looks like LG took a risk which i like, however its the first iteration and it needs some work i look forward to the future devices but for now the premium feel of the Samsung phone (s7) is worth the money accompanied by the features makes it seem like an overall better phone, of course in my opinion.
Still using my G5 today... Had an S8 for a while but I smashed the screen and can't justify spending £150~ to get a new one. Hey-ho.
Though, something you may like Jerry... I completely sanded my G5 to the bare metal, actually looks pretty damn cool! Antenna bands on show n' all. Does have some weird plastic dovetail clips at the bottom though, between the rear of the removable chin and the main body.
Unfortunately, this is not April fool's day...
1:42 "...the vibrator"
okay
vibrating motor is the correct term
just the way he pauses before and after he says it...
LOL dying rn
The LG G5 is easy to repair compared to the Samsung S7.
+Frannard Acklin hopefully you will never need to get one repaired ; ).
+mikldude these phones always need to be repaired
oliver5976 touch wood ? i have had 2 galaxy notes and a nexus ......no repairs ever needed .... i should not have said that ! ............
john doe on the plus side if you use the wireless charging on the galaxy most of the time it will be an awful long time before you wear out the charge port.
john doe yeah its pretty good, i still use it on my note 4 , it should go for years i think , and its a nice lazy way of charging it up :) .
First time watching this guy and I am in love
Thanks for the tutorial. My insurance wanted a $200.00 deductible to fix a broken screen, by giving me a new phone. The hell with that. I went to the link and bought a new screen with frame along with the tool kit. Cost me great deal less and it was a snap to replace. One word of warning: The new screen does NOT come with the ear speaker... After I turned the phone back on, everything seemed fine until I got a phone call. Silence. I had no idea what was happening, so I took the phone apart again and discovered the missing speaker. Luckily, it's modular like everything else and I was able to pop the one on the broken screen and pop it into the new one. Problem solved.
Thanks a ton for this!!
FYI: The Video has the rear cameras mixed up. The 16Mp (metal casing) is on the left and the 8Mp (black casing) Wide angle is on the right.
the lg g5 actually has a verry nice weight and feel to it, havnt dropped it once and i havnt had an i phone last me a year without it slipping out of my hand.
i got this phone the week it came out and am typing this comment with it right now.
you have the best teardown videos.!!!!!
@0:37 Jerry was prepared. Jerry is always prepared.
Still using LG G5 and its doing its job just fine!
Battery is not that good but phone 📱 works great so far
thanks for teardown. After watching this I replaced my screen in about 15min
+Bruno Caldas Impressive!
Where did you get your replacement screen?
Etrade supply
+Bruno Caldas I looked there, searched different ways, and don't see it. all I see is the glass part and not the frame. can you post a like to the exact part?
+delux68 email shows " LG G5 H840/H850 LCD Screen and Digitizer Assembly Replacement with front housing- Black - Without Any Logo - Grade S+"
Thank you for the video, as well as the links below, i will be giving the screen replacement a try tomorrow, and found your video the easiest to follow. Thank you for posting this.
I've never seen such a goodlooking phone from the inside before
+Xenon Sadly, the ouside is ugly...
This was almost what I was looking for. I have this phone and still use it in 2020 because my Moto Z Force 2 popped it's screen off when the batter swole up, and now I get get the replacement batteries to stay connected.
After that, I swore to never have a phone with a battery that can't be easily removed and replaced again.
My LG G5 has already been worth it that department, My OEM battery started swelling inside of to where I needed pliers to get it out.
But once it was out, new battery and I was back in business.
Sadly, I dropped it about a month ago, and not the power button on the back doesn't work.
The screen s fine, and I use the Camera add on control to get into the phone, but I was really hoping for some more indite into that, as THAT is what had broken on mine.
hey Zach check out Android authority you're on it bro. LG responded to you're plastic coating comment. love that you are making waves bruh!
This is how u do a lg review !!
the g5 is good on the paper. in real life its another thing. the home button on the backside was defective within 9 month after purchase, warranty repair took 6 weeks and then it broke again after a month. screen backlight bleeding became an issue after 6 months, what i mean is, that if u stay on a bright screen for a couple of seconds and then switch to a darker page, you will see the brighter on in the background. another thing is gps, wasnt usable after a year, finding the position takes forever and so navigating with it isnt possible. and a couple days ago, it just wouldnt turn on, it was my second battery (original) and I tested even another charging module. GG
you wont ever get me again LG
Great video!LG phones are a joy to fix and not a headache like iPhones
"So when your touching the phone, you're touching plastic, a thick layer of plastic." (Feels back of G5 I'm watching the video on) "I DON'T FEEL IT."
Best G5 video!! Thank you JRE!!!
I subbed and love your breakdowns! I would love that LG5 all scratched up. Would be cool!
I remember this phone... 2 days after the release, dropped it in the toilet and I thought my screen shorted. Ordered a new screen and it didn't work. Cleaned the pads that connect to the motherboard with alcohol and it worked... But atleast I traded it plus a brand new screen for the Nexus 6P 😂😂 have the V30, the perfect phone to me since I don't take selfies :)
i really like this kind of test after being busted, the company will now defend and explain why
Thanks for the video, Jerry. Pretty amusing to see the real truth after reading LG's misleading promotional material. Also, very disappointing that LG didn't even bother to include wireless charging coil - they could've made the "cutout" for it in their metal foil frame, then cover it all up with their plastic coating and the phone would've still felt and looked EXACTLY as it does now but would've had at least ONE useful, non-gimmick feature ;-)
Thanks for the great breakdown vid. IMHO phone weight or temperature as in metal, glass, plastic when holding a phone does not define this iphone coined premium feel thing we hear way too much. Ergonomics power and function defines premium. The lighter the phone the better. Less weight with strength applies to all other performance areas like race cars. I'd rather hold a big phone that weighed as little as possible anyway.
That phone took a beating already but is still good.
it takes courage to teardown your own phone
he's not tearing down phones he uses because he destroys the phones anyway in the bend tests
I did it 10 times
5 times just to get used to the teardown, 1 for screen replacement and the 4 are for cleaning the lens(camera not focusing *thanks LG* ) and proximity sensor not working after screen replacement ( *THANKS LG* )
Considering LG's replacement policy (my phone literally started to smoke and burned me and melted the charging port, AND I had the extra insurance, and they offered me NOTHING) there's not a ton of risk.
All those people complaining it is the product you are replacing that is going vad
Orrr you had your phone for a decade and it started to get old
Maybe I'm wrong so don't kill me with hate
Cleaning the lens did get the camera to focus again? Mine has stopped focusing and I though I had to replace the camera module to fix it. Anyway, the part that scares me most is taking the screen out so if I have to do that might as well replace the camera module instead of just clean it @@zUltra3D
I think the wide angle lens is 8MP
love your teardowns i have a thought maybe it's plastic coated because the body is the antenna did not want to make same mistake as iphone & samsung with antenna bars on body?
I bought LG G5 the most easiest of DIY repair phone on earth!~ Phone usually dies when phone warranty expires.
Great job! easy to understand tutorial, if you can't follow this how to video, then you don't need to be a technician,- find another line of work.
I expect more from LG.
-TJ- read the lg man's comment he will explain your ignorance
This video is a straight up home run!
i dont know about their idea but the paint coating feels less warmer as the metal casing absorbs/acts as a heat sink this layer cuts the direct contact between the phone and the hands making it comfortable to use even on high demanding apps
For me, the phone feels premium in the hand. Why only pure metal and glass feel can be premium?
das LG g5 ist ein spitzen smartphone und es lässt sich sehr leicht reparieren.
good job LG!
Honestly, I don't understand why LG uses a false marketing campaign. I like their effort and the company is capable of producing some great phones but misleading consumers with "all-metal" design is unfair.
+TechLineHD I guess using LG's logic...all phones are "all-metal" if you dig deep enough.
haha yeah... However, this is not the logic of an average consumer....
+TechLineHD yes very dumb customer like you. no phones out there uses pure metal like steel.
I bet I've tested 200x more phones than you :) Once we talk about metal, we mainly have aluminum alloy or aluminum/various components like zinc alloy.
+TechLineHD It is all metal. Pain primer and metal not plastic. LG already address the misconception.
I'll take the G5 a few months after release for like 60% discount, same as I did with G4. Features are killer on LG flagships, but the premium feel is lacking (again with the G5 obviously). I'll happily pay 60% less than competitors with equal screen/camera performance etc etc. Materials and feel are important when your paying retail price, but at heavy discounts they become less of a concern.
+Anthony Andrades the lg g5 will get cheaper quicker than other phone manufacturers. I will buy this phone later on over the smasug gs7 because it is easy to repair.
Jerry, you should probably shave off the metallic coating off the entire back of the G5.
LG said that the plastic parts are antenna bands. I wanna know just how much plastic is there.
+D13H4RD2L1V3 Nope, they did not say it is the antenna lines. They said that it was used to cover the antenna lines. They uniformly covered the phone with this.
Just a correction: The wide angle lens has the 8 MP sensor. The 16 MP sensor has the regular lens.
Got quite a few things wrong in this video, the 8MP cam is the wide angle lens. And that's not plastic, it's primer, you can just slap paint on aluminum without primer.
+DarthHeretic Primer doesn't need to be that thick. Ever scrape you car on accident? All cars have primer. The primer on the G5 is being used to cover antenna's. Which is fine... just most people expected a solid metal phone when that is what LG advertised. As a side note, metal primer is made up of 30% synthetic resin.... which is plastic. Either way, its all just fancy terminology for a phone with a non-metal exterior.
JerryRigEverything it's 20-30% plastic in the primer, calling primer plastic is wrong so saying its the same thing as plastic is totally incorrect and misleading to viewers.
JerryRigEverything The phones body doesn't even act like plastic, and feels nothing like plastic.
Wanna say LG is wrong? Then go ahead and try to take them to court just to see if they're wrong. My money's on LG winning, though.
DarthHeretic Eh, most of the time I say it feels like plastic. Which it does. Watch other unboxings man. I'm not the only one. Either way, the phone has a non metal exterior.
JerryRigEverything It does not feel like plastic, it acts nothing like plastic. Not once have I woke up to a phone made of full plastic materials and have a cold to the touch feel. This phone feels cold to the touch every morning.
Does it feel like pure metal? No, but it does feel like metal that has been painted over and it is just that.
This is like saying a car or a metal house isn't metal because of the primer being on the car/house. No, it's metal, just with a coat of primer. Is the coat thick on the G5? sure, but not as thick as everyone is making it out to be.
LG G5 still winning love it
I told everybody that LG G5 was pretty rushed up phone for the "flagship" release dates, and nobody believed me...
+Ozan Erbektas said it to on the MWC launch day videos, it looks worse then their dishwashers
+matthew von agreed!
It's still a good phone
+Johnny Hendrick finally! Someone who uses their brain! I'm so glad you made the right choice mate! :)
+Ozan Erbektas me too im using samsung. no offense to other oems samsung is best in android even Google ceo uses samsung phones.
Hi Jerry. I love the tutorial. Can you please tell me where I can find the charging port for the lg g5 tmobile h830 variant. The part that is in your hands at 3:46. Thanks
lifes good when you play more, and "plastic" is the name of the game
Hello Jerry, please reply Can you please tell me where I can find the charging port for the lg g5 tmobile h830 variant. The part that is in your hands at 3:46. Thanks
jerry, you are the cause of anger for TOMs of all the brands. They going to be heavy on you.
+Moazzem Huq You think he gives a fuck what phone companies think? Jerry does this shit for us to know. Once he buys the phone, he can do whatever he pleases to it, and by that logic, he can tell us the truth of the matter.
yes.. I also think so. That is why I go watch his video all the time. I am resonating here!!!
Hey Jerry, great video.
I was wondering if you could help me with a mod question. I fly drones using 5G wifi,
however my signal crashes around the 70m mark,
yet the drone I use is supposed to have around the 400m capability,
So I was wondering if you could tell me where the ariel is in the G% and how i could fit an r sma lead to it so i could add a directional beam ariel or even a yagi.
Or better still is there some sort of wifi antenna that i could connect wirelessly to without having to strip down my lg g5?
cheers
Hey Zack does it bootloop like the G4?
From what I've understood it's a hardware issue due to having the memory poorly soldered on top of the processor (weirdly enough) which causes the soldering to chip off when the processor heats up. Is there a chance of a similar thing to happen on the G5?
Good day Hank!
Do you think that it is possible for you to sandpaper all those plastic primer on the metal part, or is it too much work?
Im wondering of what it may look like... my curiousity is killing me :O
White MKBHD, is that you...?
😂😂😂😂.. damn.. you made my day
+Mickehd00d wahtt ?? what do yo mean ? he doesn't do teardowns ? this is more like iFixit .. but i prefer this channel more tho
hi jerry. i have cracked the glass camera lens cover on the back. any ideas on how to fix this ....im sure this would be a popular video should you do one :)
what do you think is the cause of my LG G5 vs987 3 thin black lines on my display period will not go away on safe mode or by by restarting my phone. let's say maybe some water got in there, well that permanently damage it or can I just replace the screen
Once again great video, thanks alot! :D. Shame about the plastic though. I expected more from LG.
Hey Jerryrigeverything, can you please do a tutorial to replace the camera glass of the lg g5? Thank you
@JerryRigEverything, I have the LS992 (Sprint model) that I got Sprint to unlock. I got this phone cheap and my intent was to only use it for travel. What I would like to do is use two SIMs at once. I'd like to use my Sprint SIM and Latin American SIM so I can make and receive calls from both countries in one phone. Unfortunately the Sprint model only receives a single SIM. I bought the SIM tray that holds dual SIMs but the reader still does not read the 2nd SIM. Do you think I can swap the SIM reader on this phone and get both SIMs functioning? Thanks in advance!
could you possibly do a video replacing the rear glass covering the camera sensors? it seems it is very common and easy to break. plenty of users including myself have had this problem. :/
Hi, thanks for the tutorial, where is the link for the replacement screen?
+delux68 I just linked it in the video description. Thank you for asking!!
+JerryRigEverything I'm not seeing it, there's links to everything else except that. I bought one from eBay anyway.
I like it how he says "little Lego's" 🤣
I got the replacement screen assembly from your link, but one of the components I was expecting to be present on the new assembly isn't -- I think it's a speaker, it's the rectangular metallic component just to the left of where the rear cameras attach. I can't find a way to remove it from the old screen assembly so I can move it over. Can you help?
Actually if you remove the battery and look inside the phone at the very bottom left corner there is a tiny hole in the black plastic. That hole is there for a reason. Take a paper clip with a small hook bent in the end and insert it into the hole, pull firmly and it will unlock the slide lock and the phone will separate with minimal force. Literally...
Hello compliment for this video, I have a question the battery charge when leave battery and connect a wire ? Thanks
Hey Zack. Are those displays at that link legit LG OEM displays and not knockoffs of any kind? Does LG sell them directly?
When you say it has the frame with the screen, that means the bezel the surrounds the outside of the phone correct?
Is there a Replacement part for the Glass covering the rear camera? I have found acrylic knockoff ones, but I would like to get an OEM Glass cover.
I preordered that phone because they said it has a metal body. I like the premium feel. I presume I fell for the marketing :(
I wonder what's the other purpose of modular design aside from easy repair when once broken. This phone is modular, which means any parts of this phone can easily be replaced. Is the SnapDragon 820 easy to find and replace once it's broken?
How is the quality of the replacement screen from fixez? I intend to get the exact same part SKU# 2-LG-2804 to replace my fractured glass.
Is there a way to buy a couple of the branded pry tools, because it would be cool to have a few?
Aarøn Røhrbacher look on Amazon and search "spudger opening toolkit" I got mine pretty cheap
Hi jerry, i have a problem with my G5
I can't open the lower of my phone like stuck on the left side...
The lower on the right side is opened but the on the left side is not, so i can't pull off the lower from the unibody
Do you have an idea for fixing my problems?
+JerryRigEverything I have a LG G5, I doesen't turn on, I've disassemble it and tested the batery while chargeing, it charges but it never passes the 2v, when I check it after being pluged in for a while it goes down to 1.7v and so on, Is it the batery, the motherboard or the charging port?
Thanks in advance
this video is great but would you be willing to do another one or direct me to one where you replace the glass covering the camera. I have no clue how it happened but that glass on mine broke less than 2 weeks after owning the phone and it hadn't dropped or anything. I've seen some similar posts elsewhere of the same thing happening. would you be able to help me out?
I am losing my MIND trying to find this info myself. I got a kit to replace my camera glass today from ebay with NO instructions how to replace this piece. PLZ let me know if you find anything.b
If I find anything I'll def let you know
Please Help! I followed the instructions from the video exactly. Everything seemed to work perfectly fine afterwards. However now I have noticed that when I make phone calls I cannot hear the person on the other line. I have to put it on speaker or connect to a headset in order to hear them! What am I missing? Is there a mini speaker I did not move or connect correctly? I have rewatched the video several times and I haven't seen anything that I missed.
you are just saved me from LG G5
its like kids toy
The Metal Plate behind the power button is very loose and keeps falling out when I takeout the battery. I have taken phone apart several times and tried to put metal plate back in its position but it will not stay in place. Is there a fix?
the part when u type "subscribe" it's f$%&!ng priceless LOL (Y)
Ouch. That sound of razor peeling off the coating is really painful. To the ears, eyes and the soul. Maybe the plastic on top is to keep the heat off from spreading quickly because all metal will surely get hot all over and putting plastic layer over it could cover the heat