LG G4 maybe shipping with Lollipop, but you don’t get the exact material love that Lollipop delivers on the LG G4, thanks to LG’s own custom UI.

And this doesn’t stop at just skinning. If you’ve ever used stock Android, you’d know how much modified a custom skin like LG UI and TouchWiz are from the Google’s original apps.

To be honest, Google’s apps are much much better. And thankfully, Google is  now making effort to release its apps to Play Store so that every Android user has access to them, no matter which device they own.

However, some very useful apps like the Google Dialer aren’t yet available on Play Store and the only way to get them on your LG G4 is by manually installing them with the help of root access.

Here’s how you can get Google Dialer on your LG G4:

Download Google Dialer
  1. Download and install a File Manager app with Root Access, we recommend the free ES File Explorer app.
  2. Enable Root access on ES File Explorer app from the slide-in left panel.
  3. Download the GoogleDialer.zip file from the link above and unzip it. You’ll get “Dialer” folder.
  4. Copy the Dialer folder and paste it into /system/priv-app/ directory on your LG G4.
  5. After copying, give o644 permission to the Dialer folder and the Dialer.apk file inside the folder.
  6. Once proper folder and file permission is set, reboot your LG G4.

That’s all. Google Dialer should now be installed on your G4, look for a new app called “Phone” on your device.

via xda