Hi,
I've got the EU version, coming from HTC One.
I must say, only after you change from Sense to something else you realize how good is the Sense.
But honestly, this LG G2 is awesome, the screen is even better then the HTC One !
Amazing battery life and much more.
2 things I can't figure out which related to LG Android cover:
1. How do I get high res pics from Facebook to contacts ?!!?
2. I have contact who have 2 names on my Gmail accounts, how do I choose what name to display ?
Thanks
in regards to fb, I've never had any phone that synced high resolution shots because of facebooks bad coding.. therefore a while back I bought an app called haxsync. it syncs high quality pics and it worked quite well.
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Thanks.
Actually on my One X and One the pics from FB syncs in High res.
I'll give it a shot.
Btw, back on my HTC Desire days i've purchased app call "HD Contacts". I taught to give it a shot again.
BUT, the developer removed FB support because he have no time to fix it. Be aware of any purchase there. Shame on him.
i've been using haxsync since my gnex days, it's a great app, but yes, sense did sync high quality photos over on its own.
That's what I missed about HTC sense. But as others mentioned, haxsync ought to do it. It isn't free however. Using it on my samsung s4 and previously note 2 and s3.
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use sync.me , its the best app the sync with facebook, most recomended!
Is anyone else getting their GPS randomly turning on after the latest Facebook update? Also mg battery stats show Facebook as using 60% of my battery and the GPS keeping the phone awake. I turned off all location settings and its still happening
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I've been looking at some of the custom ROM's and people are talking about getting rid of the nasty "Blur". I'm new to Android and the D2G so I'm not sure what they mean. Is it just the interface for contact info and how it links everything together? If so then what's the big deal? I think its pretty cool to select one contact and see all my info for them pulled in from the different sources instead of having it all over. Or am i missing something?
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I've been looking at some of the custom ROM's and people are talking about getting rid of the nasty "Blur". I'm new to Android and the D2G so I'm not sure what they mean. Is it just the interface for contact info and how it links everything together? If so then what's the big deal? I think its pretty cool to select one contact and see all my info for them pulled in from the different sources instead of having it all over. Or am i missing something?
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I am with you. I did not really know what it was until I saw this post and then I Googled it to find out once and for all. I think peoples problem with it being on their phone is that all the updating of the widgets takes battery power and slows down apps that they may be using.
Android system is built to handle multiple apps at once and share the processor. I do not use any elaborate games or other apps that might be slowed down.
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I am with you. I did not really know what it was until I saw this post and then I Googled it to find out once and for all. I think peoples problem with it being on their phone is that all the updating of the widgets takes battery power and slows down apps that they may be using.
Android system is built to handle multiple apps at once and share the processor. I do not use any elaborate games or other apps that might be slowed down.
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yeah who cares? Its 1.2 Ghz! lol. I've never had any problem with speed on it so far and i've loaded it up with apps.
The problem with blur is that it does not work correctly. You may think its great now that it pulls all your data from facebook into your contacts, but you'll soon find that when people update their facebook contacts, it does not reflect in your contacts.
Additionally, blur runs a ton of extra applications and processes in the background, which end up killing the battery.
For me personally, blur interfered with my exchange email. It would cause my email to not notify me of new emails for up to 10 hours at some point, and these were important company emails. I installed Fission rom, which removes blur from the email app, and it instantly started working perfectly.
These among others, are why people have so many problems with blur.
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For me, blur is too bulky. When I first got my D2, I noticed that just changing pages on my home screen was laggy and choppy. I have tried both blur free, or very little blur roms and its much much smoother. And with Fission, facebook syncs with all my contacts with no problem.
I do like some of the features of blur though, namely the camera, dailer, contacts app, and music app. Everything else I could live without. Just my opinion.
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The problem with blur is that it does not work correctly. You may think its great now that it pulls all your data from facebook into your contacts, but you'll soon find that when people update their facebook contacts, it does not reflect in your contacts.
Additionally, blur runs a ton of extra applications and processes in the background, which end up killing the battery.
For me personally, blur interfered with my exchange email. It would cause my email to not notify me of new emails for up to 10 hours at some point, and these were important company emails. I installed Fission rom, which removes blur from the email app, and it instantly started working perfectly.
These among others, are why people have so many problems with blur.
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ah ok. So what do people end up using if they want something like that then? I definitely want something that pulls in from facebook, my ymail, gmail, hotmail, phone contacts, etc... Not sure if there is something else, just wondering.
Blur works for allot of people so don't believe every thing you read.
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Blur works for allot of people so don't believe every thing you read.
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This is true. Its all about personal preference. If you like blur then your good to go.
Maybe try a blur free rom and see if you like that better.
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Blur does cause unnecessary lag on the device and eats resources. That why I gave Fission a try and won't go back. Without the Blur my Droid2 looks and feels an awfully like my original Droid and that's a damn good thing.
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Has anyone found a workaround/fix for the low res contact pictures when sync'd with Facebook?
Extremely annoying seeing pictures that are blurred on a high spec phone!
Running CM7 Typhoon latest for HD2 UK T-Mobile.
No-one? Any-one? Hello....not even a 'no' ..... can anybody answer me?
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I've noticed the same with some people's fb profile photos. Others look ok. I thimk it just depends on the photo they use. It probably looks great on their computer screen, but is likely so far from the size needed by the Android fb app to be clear, that re-sizing reduces clarity greatly. And since it's other peoples pics on their profiles, you cant really change or edit them. So I doubt theres gonna be a real workaround, short of asking all your friends and family to use much smaller profile pics.
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honestly, if you could use Google, like I did for this same problem only days ago... you would find out that this is a prevalent error that doesn't seem to have much of a fix.
I have thought about just saving a folder of contact pictures and seeing if manually assigning them would resolve the issue. but I believe the actual issue lies with Google sync or the Dialer only using thumbnails for the contact pictures.
I had Googled but no-one seemed to have any real idea about the reasons behind it happening. I appreciate there is no genuine 'fix' for it but I wondered if the infinite wisdom that is the XDA Forum could shed any light onto an otherwise grey area. Does anyone know if Google are doing anything (if they can) to fix it for future releases?
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Had low quality in CM7 ROMs, quality is ok in Sense ROMs...still not the best, but MUCH better. It was pure ugly and I couldn't even see whats on the picture on CM7.....
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Had low quality in CM7 ROMs, quality is ok in Sense ROMs...still not the best, but MUCH better. It was pure ugly and I couldn't even see whats on the picture on CM7.....
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yes..it displays a quality pic on sense rom,but not in other roms
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Facebook App for Android being run on Nexus 7 (bone stock) and Droid Razr Maxx (rooted, stock ICS ROM).
On the 7, it recently started displaying this strange thing where it would should the number of likes in two different fonts in the news feed. Also, I could click to comment on something, but am not able to type in the comment box. Also, I used to be able to see people's timeline when clicking on their profile, and now it has reverted to the old profile display in the Android app (i.e. no cover photo, no buttons to view pictures, about, etc.).
I have cleared the app's cache, the app's data, and uninstalled/reinstalled the app.
The peculiar thing is that the Android FB app works how it should on my Razr Maxx. Shows likes in 1 font, am able to comment on posts, can view timelines on people's profile pages.
Both devices are running the same version of the Android FB app: Ver. 1.9.9
Here are some example pics: First is on the Razr, second is on the 7.
Same here today. Yesterday works fine. I think this happens because facebook is not an android native app, is a parser of html mobile version
mines jacked too
Mine starting having this issue as well today.
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Mine also thought it was because i was in tablet ui
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Same here
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ironically I never use Facebook. Today I had cause to use it for a few hours, so I downloaded the Facebook app to my Nexus 7 and of course as everyone else is reporting you cannot comment. Great timing for me to try to have to use it.
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ironically I never use Facebook. Today I had cause to use it for a few hours, so I downloaded the Facebook app to my Nexus 7 and of course as everyone else is reporting you cannot comment. Great timing for me to try to have to use it.
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Isn't the Facebook-maintained Facebook app always the worst (with a 1-star rating for every two 5-star ratings)? Those issues you're describing are probably app-wide, not just relegated to this tablet.
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Isn't the Facebook-maintained Facebook app always the worst (with a 1-star rating for every two 5-star ratings)? Those issues you're describing are probably app-wide, not just relegated to this tablet.
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I don't know about that, I use the same app on my phone and I'm not having any issues at all, can't say the same about my n7 tho
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I'm thinking of trading htc one to get this phone. Anyone made the jump and regret it?
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I did. Don't regret it at all.
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I'm thinking of trading htc one to get this phone. Anyone made the jump and regret it?
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I switched as well. Loved the HTC, thought it would hold me over past my normal 4 months. I was wrong, lol. Was and is a great phone. The g2 is better in my opinion. But comes with tradeoffs depending on your likes. Boom sound, miss them, but adjusted quickly, and believe it or not, I actually liked and miss blink feed. But taptu is a cool news app that you can incorporate all news you like. Phones are almost same size but yet. 5 difference in screen size. Screen is phenomenal on this phone, battery, forget it, I get average 25 hrs with 4 hrs plus screen time and plenty of calling, 2 push emails, loads of texts. Hard to kill battery. So basically, I was weary as well, made the change, and am very satisfied with this device.
And another one who switched from the ONE. Only regretting it a little bitregarding to HTC's update Speed but overal I'm happy with the G2.
The package what the G2 offers is pretty good and you can't go wrong as long you don't mind waiting a little bit longer for Updates
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And another one who switched from the ONE. Only regretting it a little bitregarding to HTC's update Speed but overal I'm happy with the G2.
The package what the G2 offers is pretty good and you can't go wrong as long you don't mind waiting a little bit longer for Updates
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This is xda! Who's waiting for updates? Lol
G2=best phone on the market ATM. But I guess it all depends on what makes a phone best to you. G2 has got everything going for it besides the actual feel. I hate this slippery *****.
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After 5 warranty returns (purple camera), at&t offered to exchange my One for another device. I chose the G2. I've been using it for the last day now, and am really contemplating on keeping it. It comes with a great amount of useful software features (notification while charging! Tap screen to wake..and more.) Obviously the audio is not as good, but I don't spend a lot of time watching movies or anything on my phone, so I can get over that!
Battery life seems to be incredible thus far.
I am also pretty happy with the camera as well. The colors look sharp. I think people look a little washed out or cartoonist on the screen in indoor lighting , but the stock app does some processing afterwards correct it. I'd like to post some camera shots to compare since I still have my One. It is Thanksgiving tho, so perhaps tomorrow ?
One negative I will bring up is the auto brightness. I don't know if others have this since I'm new to this device, but auto brightness doesn't seem to work very well, so I downloaded Lux from play store and it works great. So it must be LG 's logic
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jivy26 said:
I'm thinking of trading htc one to get this phone. Anyone made the jump and regret it?
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Hey @jivy26, it's a great phone. You'll like it.
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born_fisherman said:
After 5 warranty returns (purple camera), at&t offered to exchange my One for another device. I chose the G2. I've been using it for the last day now, and am really contemplating on keeping it. It comes with a great amount of useful software features (notification while charging! Tap screen to wake..and more.) Obviously the audio is not as good, but I don't spend a lot of time watching movies or anything on my phone, so I can get over that!
Battery life seems to be incredible thus far.
I am also pretty happy with the camera as well. The colors look sharp. I think people look a little washed out or cartoonist on the screen in indoor lighting , but the stock app does some processing afterwards correct it. I'd like to post some camera shots to compare since I still have my One. It is Thanksgiving tho, so perhaps tomorrow ?
One negative I will bring up is the auto brightness. I don't know if others have this since I'm new to this device, but auto brightness doesn't seem to work very well, so I downloaded Lux from play store and it works great. So it must be LG 's logic
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Auto brightness on stock blows. Very slow and wonky. Lux app removed the problem for me. Even on my last 3 lg devices, the auto brightnes was slow and sucked. Expected it.
Here's a couple comparison pics between the G2 and One. First pic is from G2.
Edit.. apparently you can't add more than one pic using the app.. please stand by while I work out the technical difficulties ?
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ok here are G2 vs HTC One photos I just took outside (G2 photo is the first photo) No special settings on either app, just opened camera app and point and shoot..
I prefer the G2 pics. You?
People, if your device lags in hangouts, while scrolling through menus, or just seems slow go get it swapped. Its not all touchwiz by any means. You have a defective device.
I just swapped mine out tonight and its literally night and day comparing the new one and the one I returned. The device is far more responsive and actually performs as I was originally expecting it to. And believe me I tried everything but then I thought to myself why on earth should I have to fix a brand new top of the line device? It was ridiculous. Unnaceptable actually.
I went back to my Verizon corporate store and they had zero issues with me swapping it out and there were no restocking fees or anything like that.
I know this has been covered in other threads but most of those have been filled with random side posts that aren't getting to the real point. So please, do yourself a favor and go get a replacement note 4 before your 14 days are up!
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+1 I agreed with you 100%.
Hmm.. weird. I m getting nasty lag in hangouts and a little hank in other places.. I went to try to exchange right now and every store is out.... I did update hangouts on 4 store phones and they all had the same lag when scrolling and sending messages.
I guess I could call customer service but I bet their sold out. Not convinced so many people have a bad device though. . Wonder if it's some software issue..
hangouts lag is not enough to warrant a replacement though. hangouts has lagged since day 1 for me on every device I've owned except a pure aosp rom or device. it's just how hangouts is. it's poorly optimized for each manufacturers skin. Samsung was typically the worst. then LG. then htc. but yeah, hangouts has been laggy since I had the gs4. my tab s is laggy too. it's a combination for me of swiftkey and hangouts. swiftkey lags awfully in hangouts, but in other apps it's ok.
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What's your instagram and Facebook like op?
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People, if your device lags in hangouts, while scrolling through menus, or just seems slow go get it swapped. Its not all touchwiz by any means. You have a defective device.
I just swapped mine out tonight and its literally night and day comparing the new one and the one I returned. The device is far more responsive and actually performs as I was originally expecting it to. And believe me I tried everything but then I thought to myself why on earth should I have to fix a brand new top of the line device? It was ridiculous. Unnaceptable actually.
I went back to my Verizon corporate store and they had zero issues with me swapping it out and there were no restocking fees or anything like that.
I know this has been covered in other threads but most of those have been filled with random side posts that aren't getting to the real point. So please, do yourself a favor and go get a replacement note 4 before your 14 days are up!
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You really need to make a video of what you mean by "lag." Different people have different standards when it comes to describing lag.
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What's your instagram and Facebook like op?
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It was all bad. I don't know if I can relate it to any apps specifically as it seemed like something inherently wrong with the device's software that was loaded. Every app opened slowly. Switching tasks was glitchy and every menu scrolled choppy. It was terrible.
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hangouts lag is not enough to warrant a replacement though. hangouts has lagged since day 1 for me on every device I've owned except a pure aosp rom or device. it's just how hangouts is. it's poorly optimized for each manufacturers skin. Samsung was typically the worst. then LG. then htc. but yeah, hangouts has been laggy since I had the gs4. my tab s is laggy too. it's a combination for me of swiftkey and hangouts. swiftkey lags awfully in hangouts, but in other apps it's ok.
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To counter that, the hangouts lag significantly decreased upon swapping devices. You are correct that there was always some lag in hangouts but on the old note 4 I would open the app and watch the spinning circle for up to 3 or 4 seconds at some points. It also put my keyboard to almost a hault. And the messages glitched every time one was sent. I get none of that now which is so relieving. So in my case it was warranted bc all my issues were solved.
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You really need to make a video of what you mean by "lag." Different people have different standards when it comes to describing lag.
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It was kind of hard to describe. Honestly it just seemed slow. Didn't react to what I was doing hardly ever. There was always a delay that you could see was not touchwiz related. I had a note 3 that was stock at one point and rooted at another and both those devices were beating my brand new note 4. This for me was enough to at least go back and try a second one.
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Hmm.. weird. I m getting nasty lag in hangouts and a little hank in other places.. I went to try to exchange right now and every store is out.... I did update hangouts on 4 store phones and they all had the same lag when scrolling and sending messages.
I guess I could call customer service but I bet their sold out. Not convinced so many people have a bad device though. . Wonder if it's some software issue..
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That's unfortunate man bc a few different places in NH told me they had plenty. I would keep trying daily. And yes I'm sure they could get one mailed to you.
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To counter that, the hangouts lag significantly decreased upon swapping devices. You are correct that there was always some lag in hangouts but on the old note 4 I would open the app and watch the spinning circle for up to 3 or 4 seconds at some points. It also put my keyboard to almost a hault. And the messages glitched every time one was sent. I get none of that now which is so relieving. So in my case it was warranted bc all my issues were solved.
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oh that sounds worse than mine. damn.
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I think when we are talking about lags, we're talking about everything, not just one specific app. The entire phone is lags, like in settings, home screen, launching apps etc...
Mine only lags when I'm downloading apps while doing other things. If that's considered as a defective device then I can still return it, hoping to get a white one.
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Mine only lags when I'm downloading apps while doing other things. If that's considered as a defective device then I can still return it, hoping to get a white one.
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Samsung phones always lag when downloading apps. I don't think that will ever go away.
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junior_mafioso said:
Samsung phones always lag when downloading apps. I don't think that will ever go away.
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so did by LG g2. was bad.
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Hey...mine doesnt have any serious lag, as some are mentioming, but it is choppy as hell when scrolling through FB, Instagram, Messenger, Hangouts, etc etc...and web pages are slow loading, even on wifi...i mean, i hated my G3 due to lag, but in these mentioned instanced, it beat the crap out of this. I hate to think i might have made a mistake trading off of the G3
Those with lag issues have you disabled all the bloatware? This was huge for me as soon as I did the device ran smooth. Switched animations to .5 and now we are rocking with no hiccups except I can't update Shealth without it FC launching.
While I think it makes sense, part of "knows" is doesn't make sense. I don't know how a device would be defective and only lags on hangouts. Hangouts lags on my Galaxy S5, Note 4 and G3. Lags on my Tab S 8.4... it doesn't lag on my Original Moto X. I'd love to get my device swapped specially if it is defective but I don't see how it could be the case.
Also, when I first got my phone, hangouts wasn't lagging. I deleted my conversations and it wasn't lagging up until I had a decent amount of messages again...
Installed an older version of hangouts and doesn't lag. I mean, how can this be the phone and not the message?
I think lag on 1 app could be more related to the app itself and not hardware issue. Maybe hangouts isn't optimized to our screen resolution yet...
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While I think it makes sense, part of "knows" is doesn't make sense. I don't know how a device would be defective and only lags on hangouts. Hangouts lags on my Galaxy S5, Note 4 and G3. Lags on my Tab S 8.4... it doesn't lag on my Original Moto X. I'd love to get my device swapped specially if it is defective but I don't see how it could be the case.
Also, when I first got my phone, hangouts wasn't lagging. I deleted my conversations and it wasn't lagging up until I had a decent amount of messages again...
Installed an older version of hangouts and doesn't lag. I mean, how can this be the phone and not the message?
I think lag on 1 app could be more related to the app itself and not hardware issue. Maybe hangouts isn't optimized to our screen resolution yet...
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I was wondering this as well if it was more an issue on the app side rather than the hardware/OS. I have a couple apps/games which just seem to lag horribly but others are stupid fast.
Is there anyway to narrow down defective or just a laggy app?
I only see small lag in hangouts when i search for someone because it looks up also their hangouts chat that is all every other app works fine.
So im good ?
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