To really adjust your smartphone and introduce custom ROMs and apparatuses, you regularly need to go above and beyond past downloading only an application. You would ordinarily have to open the phone's bootloader and afterward root the gadget.

Opening the bootloader has been to some degree disputable in the past where a few makers would decline to permit it (clients needed to figure out how to make it happen themselves), while others have been strong, for example, LG who have offered bootloader opening administrations.

Tragically, it appears as though that assistance will close down on the 31st of December, 2021. As indicated by a declaration on the LG engineer page:

"Dear designers, We might want to offer our true thanks to all designers who visit the LG Mobile Developer site. LG settled on the troublesome choice to close its smartphone business to zero in on different organizations that will give new encounters and worth to purchasers. Thusly, we educate you that the assistance regarding LG Mobile Developer is planned to end on December 31st, 2021."

For those new, recently LG reported their arrangements to leave the smartphone market. The organization was at first intending to dispatch its first smartphone with a rollable presentation, yet sadly that never happened, so it's not really an unexpected that its bootloader opening help would likewise be disappearing.

We're certain that numerous engineers and clients will miss the bootloader opening assistance, however at that point once more, with there done being any new LG phones to open, why bother keeping it around, correct?

One of the greatest reports of the year came kindness of LG, as the organization declared that it was leaving the smartphone business. LG unwavering have been thinking about the thing planned to happen their current phones, however the issue at hand had been obvious to everyone for at some point. The organization neglected to enroll benefits in the section for a significant long time, and odds are you've as of now updated or moved to an alternate phone.

Notwithstanding, the people who are sticking onto the LG Velvet and are preferred Verizon, there's a little treat for you today. Verizon has pushed another update to the Velvet, carrying with it the November 2021 security fix. The product update conveys a variant number of RRVSG900VM20e, and is accessible as an OTA update now.

Obviously, there's nothing truly to think of home with regards to with regards to the changelog:

The current programming update gives the most cutting-edge Android security patches on your gadget.

That is it. The Velvet isn't getting an unexpected Android 12 update or anything, yet rather is simply getting a security update to fix any weaknesses. Furthermore, it's a month late for what it's worth, taking into account that we're now seeing different phones refreshed with the December Security Patch.

All things considered, on the off chance that you are as yet utilizing your LG Velvet for reasons unknown, head into the Settings application and verify whether the update has arrived on your gadget yet.

As of recently, Samsung has been effectively driving the way with regards to foldable showcases. We've seen ideas from different organizations like TCL and surprisingly an execution from Xiaomi in the Mi Mix Fold. Indeed, even reports highlight Google depending on Samsung's showcase for the supposed Pixel Fold. Presently, Samsung may really have some contest on its hands all gratitude to LG.

Recently, LG reported its 'Genuine Folding Window', which isn't by and large glass yet isn't actually plastic by the same token. As indicated by the declaration, this new "glass" utilizes a layer of PET film on the two sides to keep any breaks from showing up. It truly appears to be like how Samsung has managed the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3, as the two gadgets likewise include a PET layer of film.

However, rather than simply applying this to smartphones of things to come, LG states it intends to carry this new showcase to any semblance of PCs and tablets. Considering that Samsung has effectively flaunted a few renders of a cutting edge PC that folds up without wearing an equipment console, it shouldn't come as much shock.

LG might have chosen to abandon its versatile smartphone division recently, so this declaration might appear to be a bit odd. In any case, this is really coming from LG Chem, which is a sub-division of LG and one that has some expertise in everything from lithium-particle batteries to LCD polarizers, and considerably more.

It might in any case be a short time before we see the main gadgets delivered utilizing this new 'Genuine Folding Window'. LG Chem affirmed its arrangements to increase large scale manufacturing before the finish of 2022, with the material showing up in gadgets starting at some point in 2023. That might feel like far off, yet in the event that more organizations will contend with Samsung in the foldable market, they'll need a showcase provider to do as such, and LG may just possess all the necessary qualities impeccably.

It's been a bizarre year for LG, as the boat has cruised on the organization's versatile division. Yet, another report from the Herald Economic Daily (through MacRumors) recommends that LG will start selling Apple items in its customer facing facades. LG presently has in excess of 400 retail facades in South Korea, all of which filled in as the ideal chance to advertise LG's arrangement of smartphones.

This report guarantees that the arrangement among Apple and LG is a "mutual benefit", with the understanding asserting that iPhones and iPads will be made accessible. The solitary line of items not to be included in LG's retail facade is the Mac. As you can expect, LG doesn't need Apple removing any of the benefits from LG's consistently developing PC setup.

The move doesn't come as any significant astonishment, as LG keeps on doing combating it out with Samsung in South Korea. The two organizations have their separate hands in a ton of similar business sectors, going from TVs and gadgets to different items for the home like clothes washers and coolers. The organization with Apple may tempt more clients to make a beeline for the LG store all things being equal, without transforming it into a pseudo-Apple store out and out.

Before the arrangement can at long last be instituted, LG has a few things to work out with South Korea's National Mobile Communication Distribution Association. The two returned to an understanding in 2018, banning LG from selling any "immediate contender's phones" in its stores. However, given that LG is at this point not in the smartphone business, that understanding will probably should be revised before it can authoritatively push ahead.

Samsung and OnePlus continue to dominate the flagship Android market, with contenders like ZTE poking around and potentially Google if the Pixel 6 Pro is real. However, there was a point in time where LG and Samsung would duel it out every year, but sadly, those days have been long gone. The company closed the doors on its smartphone division, but thanks to @FrontTron we now know what LG was working on for its next attempt at a flagship hit.

It's official: LG confirms its smartphone business is dead

Thanks to some leaked promotional materials, complete with English translations, we can see that the Velvet 2 Pro would have kept the overall same design language as the LG Velvet 5G. However, instead of middling around with a Snapdragon 765G, the Velvet 2 Pro sported a proper flagship lineup of specs, headlined by the Snapdragon 888 SoC. Paired with that Qualcomm chip were 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 4,500mAh battery.

The display also would have been flagship-level, which would have come as no surprise, as LG was going to use a 6.8-inch OLED FHD panel equipped with a 120Hz refresh rate. The curved edges might have driven some people crazy, but it also would have had 10-bit HDR support.

Moving to the cameras, the Velvet 2 Pro sported a primary 64MP Sony sensor, along with a 12MP ultrawide and an 8MP telephoto lens. And one of the key features of this camera system would have been the hybrid zoom along with LG making use of a gimbal to provide extra stability in your photos and videos.

Sadly, the LG Velvet 2 Pro is something we can only dream about now, as the company canned the project, and sold a few of the early produced models to employees for pennies on the dollar. It's sad to think that LG is completely gone from making future smartphones, especially considering the fact that we need flagship competition more than ever. Hopefully, Google will fill the void with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but we have to wait until later this year to find out.