LG settles bootloop lawsuit with $425 in cash or a $700 rebate toward a new LG phone

Last summer, LG faced a class action lawsuit over bootloop issues with its G4, V10, V20, Nexus 5X, and G5 smartphones. The lawsuit reached a settlement today, with LG offering afflicted device owners in the suit either $425 in cash or a $700 rebate toward a future LG device, according to Android Police. The issue, related to manufacturing defects on LG’s end, meant some owners of those devices were left with inoperable phones or phones that were stuck in a never-ending reboot cycle, hence the bootloop name.

If you’re a class member, you’ve either been contacted by the firm representing the class action suit or will be in the next couple of days to file a claim before February 12th. If you didn’t join the class already, unfortunately you’re out of luck and won’t be able to receive the settlement.

Still, it’s one of the larger settlements we’ve seen for a suit like this against a phone company, and it’s nice to see that LG is making some (legally enforced) amends to customers.