LG V10: How widespread is the Boot Loop problem?

Not one boot loop. That's a few hundred phones with quite a few LGs so my answer is that it's very low.

That's what warranties are for. To correct issues that escape initial testing and more. No maker can escape what is known as "the bath tub curve." Many consumers are unaware of this and expect machines to be as reliable as a brick. Sorry, bricks are very reliable.

I have had a G4 since november 2015, I bought it from an Amazon supplier EliteGSM. Since I purchased it the phone has failed twice with the same fault - Bootloop. The first time LG repaired it - and returned it after a delay of 3 weeks. Its just failed again. I cannot believe that LG have not addressed this issue.

Certainly cannot recommend this phone - and would be careful when buying products from Amazon

I'm not sure how widespread it is however I bought mine new in mid-Nov 2015 and never had an issue, then out of the blue on Aug 4th, it rebooted on it's own and never recovered. I could get the phone into recovery mode to see the reset option but before I could select it, it would reboot again. I sent it to LG for repair, did some research and found it to be a very common problem with the G4 and an increasing problem with the V10. Once repaired and I get it back, I'm going to sell it. I couldn't be without a phone for long due to my work, so I bought a Motorola X Pure. Too early to tell if I'm going to love it like I did the V10, but it feels faster and the lack of bloatware on it is fantastic. I already see better battery life with it than the V10 too.

It's real, unfortunately I can confirm this !
I'm a victim of it as of today 8-27-16.
I purchased my V10 November 6 2015 and it failed miserably today.
Endless boot loop came out of no where. I was in love with this phone until this happened.
I had been a long time Samsung user, but with the V10 came the replaceable battery and SD storage which I was used to on the old Galaxy Notes, but I jumped ship. Now I'm regretting the move to LG in a big way. I went into Verizon today, they will send a replacement but since today was Sat, I won't get the replacement until Tuesday. My life is on this phone and suffering from a bit of separation anxiety at the moment. Once I get the replacement which I'm sure will be a beat up used old dawg, I'll try to convince myself to slide back over to Samsng Note7 and never look back in spite if it having a non removable battery and the fact that i still need to pay off the remaining balane for the V10 whick wil be $420 . Crazy ! Anyone else have a better idea on how this could work out ? /very very frustrated with LG right now !!!

I've had my V10 since Nov 6 2015 and then I got the dreaded boot loop on Aug 26 2016.
The phone had been fantastic up until this. Went into Verizon that day and a replacement is scheduled to arrive tomorrow but......my biggest fear is that the boot loop will return after months of usage, a ticking time bomb......

I just got this myself. Was using my LG V10 during my lunch break, and when I got to my desk 10 minutes later and put the phone down I saw that it kept restarting. It'll be week before my replacement comes in

I was a samsung user my samsung got stolen, the store talked me into the lgv10 I am so sorry I will never buy LG products again. My phone is crucial to me and it decided to completely stop working. I guess its also this boot loop problem, I am replacing phone, I am just hoping I do not lose everything I have in phone, I am so upset the way this was handled just awful I still owe on phone, and they want me to mail old phone wipe out all my info and send me a refurbished phone, just awful. In mean time I am without phone and this is crucial for my job,I am very upset cant believe nothing else can be done. Very upset over this. And I still owe 400.00 on this phone also. I believe other people will have same issues, I do not recommend the LG products at all.

To the people crying rootkits or malware...wake up. This is purely a hardware issue. Mine just started happening. I can guarantee mine was free and clear of anything. I had it on the desk and it was on. One min later i looked and it was a black screen. Tried everything and nothing works. I may be out of warranty. If i am i will try to root it and see what happens.

I loved that phone. Its really sad that LG wont even acknowledge this!

I too am a victim of the LG V10 boot loop problem. I had mine for 10 months then out of the blue it rebooted and hangs at the LG logo. Attempts to reset by ATT and I have failed forcing me in to endless phone calls and a trip to ATT. Trying to keep my story short I found out the update in February and early October had high hopes to resolve the issue but didn’t. I have about 67 days on my 1 year MFG WA so any failure after the 90 day certified refurb arrives will have to be claimed by me on insurance, with a deductible for a manufactures defect. ATT did offer me a note 5 as a replacement since my faith in the LG V10 has wavered but I didn’t want to take a downgrade. I can get out of my LG with ATT for $480 pay off and then I can jump to another phone but again it stinks that this is a known MFG defect and I need to pay to get out of this mess. Initially I was told LG V10 certified refurbs were on back order until a next level manager informed me he could see 1,500 had just come available…1,500 refurbs? My advice to all is stay far far away from this phone as you will not get any help from LG or ATT for this widespread manufactures defect. They are holding everyone to their contracts and there is no way out. For me my refurb goes up for sale when it comes in which will help offset a little my buyout.

Be careful purchasing any recent LG phones. If you do buy it, make sure you buy it from legitimate vendor, and save the receipt. LG nexus 5(2013), LG G4 (2015), LG nexus 5X(2015) and now LG V10. Boot Loop is well known hardware problem for all of these LG models.

I definitely fall on the side of experiencing this problem across the board, and it is pretty rampant. I had an LG G3 that failed with the boot loop problem about a year into it, and although I managed to get a replacement under warranty, I swapped it with an LG V10. My friends also got an LG V10 and an LG G4 right around the same time, November last year.

On July of this year my LG V10 turned off while I was driving, and it did not recover--stuck on the bootloop screen. I got that one replaced under warranty. Meanwhile, my friend who got the V10 the same day /I did had his fail about a week later. Then 2 weeks after that my friend with the LG G4 had hers also fail. The worst part is, I reached out to LG directly to share this feedback, and tell them if they want to be competitive with Samsung, they need to improve the reliability of their phones. I actually enjoy using the phone, and just wanted to give them feedback. Their response? "Good luck with Samsung". I was pretty appalled.

Then, three months later, in the end of October, my replacement LG V10 died again. Same exact problem, rebooted on it's own and never turned on again. As much as I like the buttons on the back, knock to wake, and the camera, I think I have to now give up on LG. All my friends are already burned from losing their information when their phones died the first time.