LG G3 Availability in Ireland.

mooseknunkle

moggser wrote: »

Economic express go for ... tales fee days to process but as i said when it ships it arrives quick.you be mad to pay for basically same service

Ok great thanks i just bought it,i subscribed to their newsletter so got a €10 discount and paid €439.99 for the phone you cant go wrong with that

moggser

There ya are happy days

mooseknunkle

moggser wrote: »

Depends really... once shipped near enough next day thats no joke...3 days max tho

I got this delivered yesterday and yeah it was 3 days i ordered Thursday night and had it Wednesday morning so 3 business days

Its really a great phone but i used a nano to micro sim adaptor and when i took it out i damaged one of the springs in the sim tray so now it wont recognise any sim,i got a micro sim from three and no joy

Anybody know if this is covered under warranty its my own fault but if its not covered ill have to bring it to a phone repair shop..

moggser

Jesus sorry to hear that me owl flower..never ever trusted or would use that in the phone always got sim swapped and i wouldnt even let them cut a sim for me goin in to a phone...in sayin all that im not sure of its covered in the warrenty or where to go about sending to to a LG service centre ....but sending back to eglobal will cost 60.70 euro theres a cheap chinese fixer fella in phibsbro shopping centre he seems cheapest than the one in town

mooseknunkle

moggser wrote: »

Jesus sorry to hear that me owl flower..never ever trusted or would use that in the phone always got sim swapped and i wouldnt even let them cut a sim for me goin in to a phone...in sayin all that im not sure of its covered in the warrenty or where to go about sending to to a LG service centre ....but sending back to eglobal will cost 60.70 euro theres a cheap chinese fixer fella in phibsbro shopping centre he seems cheapest than the one in town

Yeah its my own fault i just couldn't wait to use the phone and thats what i get for not having patience

Ive sent LG an email so ill wait and see what they come back with...

moggser

Do and post up wh
at they have to say about it be interested in hearing that

mooseknunkle

moggser wrote: »

Do and post up wh
at they have to say about it be interested in hearing that

Well LG and egloabal didnt get back to me and any phone repair shop i went to they said that they couldnt fix it so i sent it off to this place in England http://www.mobiledeviceworkshop.co.uk/lg-g3-d855-sim-card-reader-repair-service-2498-p.asp ,it cost just about €70 with delivery

moggser

Ooh thats a pricey one aint it... are you goin to send it off?

mooseknunkle

I sent it off yesterday and should have it back maybe Wednesday or Thursday

moggser

Oh ok well grab ya self a new sim when it get back just in case still a bummer tho

digitaldr

Seriously thinking about getting a G3 but not sure whether to order from eglobal central and benefit from the low price (if I don't get caught for duty which they don't refund anymore) and higher memory & RAM or from amazon.co.uk - lower spec and higher price but 4G will work well and LG warranty should apply. From what I've seen LG only provide warranty cover in the country of purchase (will be using parcelmotel so this would be UK) - from the eglobal central website if anything goes wrong I'd have to send it back to them in China at my own expensive and hope they sorted it out once it got there.

How much of a pain is it to get 4G working on the 32gb version and does it work with all Irish networks? Also would I really see a benefit in the extra RAM as I'm not a gamer or heavy multitasker.

moggser

4G wont work as standard,you need the 4g app switcher app that allows you to turn the 4g on in the hidden menu with out the pain of typing in the keys...all tho it seems to be lgs flaw the g2 was the same but not the G flex

mooseknunkle

digitaldr wrote: »

Seriously thinking about getting a G3 but not sure whether to order from eglobal central and benefit from the low price (if I don't get caught for duty which they don't refund anymore) and higher memory & RAM or from amazon.co.uk - lower spec and higher price but 4G will work well and LG warranty should apply. From what I've seen LG only provide warranty cover in the country of purchase (will be using parcelmotel so this would be UK) - from the eglobal central website if anything goes wrong I'd have to send it back to them in China at my own expensive and hope they sorted it out once it got there.

How much of a pain is it to get 4G working on the 32gb version and does it work with all Irish networks? Also would I really see a benefit in the extra RAM as I'm not a gamer or heavy multitasker.

4G is working fine on mine and im not using the app switcher i didnt even download it because i had 4g when i took it out of the box.

Also if you do have to send it back it doesnt go to China they have a repair centre in England you send it there.

digitaldr

Thanks - yeah just came across a link about their repair centre in UK https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/return-your-goods-to-uk-now.html#/cmsPage/400


What network are you mooseknunkle?

16gb version on Amazon works out at €517 vs €429 on eglobal - according to duty calculator.com total duty and import charges would be €98.67 if I got caught for them.

I'll be in Derry next weekend so might see if I can get to play with one before ordering from eglobal. Tempted to wait to see the Nexus6\x but if turns out to what's rumoured - a 6 inch moto x - wouldn't be interested.

Edit: import charges might be a bit higher depending on courier's processing fee

mooseknunkle

digitaldr wrote: »

Thanks - yeah just came across a link about their repair centre in UK https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/return-your-goods-to-uk-now.html#/cmsPage/400


What network are you mooseknunkle?

16gb version on Amazon works out at €517 vs €429 on eglobal - according to duty calculator.com total duty and import charges would be €98.67 if I got caught for them.

I'll be in Derry next weekend so might see if I can get to play with one before ordering from eglobal. Tempted to wait to see the Nexus6\x but if turns out to what's rumoured - a 6 inch moto x - wouldn't be interested.

Im with 3

Which one are you looking at because the 16gb is €393 and the 32gb is €429,to be honest i wouldn't be worried about the customs have a read through this thread it will put your mind at ease http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057154505

digitaldr

Will be going for the 32gb - is this the one you have working on 3? Even if I got caught for customs it would probably only be slightly more expensive than the 16gb from Amazon.

mooseknunkle

digitaldr wrote: »

Will be going for the 32gb - is this the one you have working on 3? Even if I got caught for customs it would probably only be slightly more expensive than the 16gb from Amazon.

Yeah this is the one i bought https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/lg-g3-d855-4g-lte-32gb-sim-free-unlocked-black.html

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mooseknunkle

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I could be wrong but i remember reading on here that parcel motel return to sender if there is customs charges

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digitaldr

Not sure why you'd want to be using parcelmotel - eglobal central deliver to Ireland and if you order from a 32gb from Amazon.de there's no duty anyway as it's in the EU.

digitaldr

digitaldr wrote: »

Thanks - yeah just came across a link about their repair centre in UK https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/return-your-goods-to-uk-now.html#/cmsPage/400


What network are you mooseknunkle?

16gb version on Amazon works out at €517 vs €429 on eglobal - according to duty calculator.com total duty and import charges would be €98.67 if I got caught for them.

I'll be in Derry next weekend so might see if I can get to play with one before ordering from eglobal. Tempted to wait to see the Nexus6\x but if turns out to what's rumoured - a 6 inch moto x - wouldn't be interested.

Edit: import charges might be a bit higher depending on courier's processing fee

Meant to say that the eglobal price above is for the 32gb so well worth the risk.

digitaldr

I love a bright display and am reading that the G3's screen is a little dim. Having said that I mainly use my phones indoors so it might be ok? Is ther anywhere I could try one out in Dublin - maybe one of the asian shops on Moore Street?

mooseknunkle

Does anyone here have any issues with the phone shutting itself down?,everyday this week it has at random times just shut down not rebooted but turned off,ive googled it and it seems to be a very common problem i found a very big thread about it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-d855-shutsdown-t2803292 ive read most of it and my phone is up to date no issues that are causing it

digitaldr

I'm thinking of buying one but this is putting me off. Haven't had a chance to read the whole thread but some posts on this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-d855-shutsdown-t2803292/page126 seem to suggest it's a hardware problem. Have you tried checking to see what your main board esndate is?

Edit. This guy has the issue on G3 manufactured in early September so maybe it's not just a bad batch - guess will just have to wait and see

mooseknunkle

Ive no idea what a main board esndate is ,to be honest this problem is really making me dislike a great phone i use it as an alarm clock so if it shuts down during the night then im fecked ,from reading that thread a lot of people seem to think its to do with the sim card and im thinking the same..i hope i can find a fix soon but at the moment its just hit and miss..

digitaldr

It's the date your phone was manufactured - from what I can tell ones manufactured around June/July seem more prone to shutdowns. See the first link in my post above to find it.

mooseknunkle

digitaldr wrote: »

It's the date your phone was manufactured - from what I can tell ones manufactured around June/July seem more prone to shutdowns. See the first link in my post above to find it.

Thanks heres my one "<esndate>20140822</esndate>" so it looks like mine was manufactured in August

digitaldr

That blows my theory out of the water then. I guess you'll have to return to eglobal central. Would be interested to see what their aftersales service is like. Might be worth webchatting to them to see if they know of a fix.

mooseknunkle

Well the phone decided to turn off during the night luckily i had another alarm just in case,it had 100% battery and screen was at 20% connected to wi-fi and no apps running the last shutdowns where during the day when the battery was about 70% and connected to the mobile network with apps running..i really dont know whats causing it but ive had an email back from LG and i just sent them on the details..i also emailed eglobal but there is a 2 day national holiday in Hong Kong so i dont expect to hear from them until next week..

The way im feeling now is i will just get it fixed and sell it on and maybe buy the new Sony Z3.