Hey guys. I just wanted to get some info and recommendations from those that have this device. I currently have a HTC One on VZW. I like the phone and all but the camera issues on it are maddening. I am thinking about getting the G2 since the Nexus 5 isn't available on VZW yet (bc Verizon hates people) and wanted some impressions of the hardware.
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please help me out. I'm with rogers canada they are sending me iphone 4. There is no way ill use or open it cause of previous experience. So I'm gonna sell it for 500. Now if you had to buy any of this phone which you would get? Atrix, sgs2, dhd, or nexus s. DHD already available here and nexus s and atrix coming this month. Sgs2 heard somewhere at&t version will be available. So which you would get?
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You are asking this in a Nexus S forum? What do you think our answer will be?
Do your research and get the phone that you want. We can't tell you what to get.
shop phones based on your carrier network frequency
it's useless to have a phone that can't do 3G/4G
Atrix is AT&T so you'd have to get one from the US and unlock it, which will be expensive if you don't go in person.
You're on rogers, you can't use the Nexus S on 3G until the AT&T version comes out which is probably soon, but no one knows.
SGS 2 is nice, but when do you realistically think it'll hit the US, let alone Canada?
You're in the Nexus S forums so of course people will be biased here. Most of us got a Nexus S knowing it would be a clean, stock android experience with no bloatware and lots of development and tweaking/hacking potential. Personally I'm done with carrier phones, the bloatware is insane. I've had a T-mo Vibrant and MT4G and I got rid of them within a month of use and went back to my Nexus One until the Nexus S came out. It's similar to buying a Dell desktop with a bunch of bloatware installed vs. building your own PC and having a nice clean system that you know is unaltered by some other goon. =)
So I am on Sprint(and plan on staying with Sprint), and am finally upgrading from my OG Photon. I was planning on getting the G2, but the N5 on Sprint "would" have been the nail in the coffin for that idea. However, Sprint went and only subsidized the 16GB version, instead of offering the 32GB version. I don't know how I feel about that, so I have a few qestions on G2's development.
1. Firstly, is the G2's bootloader unlockable CURRENTLY? I saw yes, but I was reading on here a few days back and someone said the newer firmware is unrootable, and I'd assume the Sprint variant ships preupdated.
2. How is development for the G2, specifically CDMA variants? As in, "how fast will 4.4 be ported?" I understand people that say "it's only been out for days, have patience, etc.", but I own a Nexus tablet and am thinking about purchasing the N5, and I've been on Gingerbread for over 2 years with a locked bootloader on my current phone. So I understand the whole patience thing, but after being screwed by Motorola, I'm not even giving LG the opportunity to pull a fast one. If the G2 doesn't have damn near Nexus development, I'll take the 16GB hit for the N5.
3. As a follow-up to the last question, I saw the LG OG got KK, so I was wondering: because the G2 is "essentially" the N5, are the binaries and source still applicable as it kind of was with the OG/N4? As in, shouldn't development be pretty quick, quicker than a normal device?
4. How much support does LG give, it terms of factory images, etc? Again, I'm coming from a Nexus, how "safeproof" is it?
The reason I'm not immediately getting the N5 is because the 32GB G2 is $50 on contract at Best Buy, and the 16GB N5 is $150 on-contract from Sprint. As a broke university student, the unlocked N5 is not an option.
Finally, an apology. I'm sick and TOTALLY out of it, and all of this was probably completely incoherent. I'll edit this later, to make it more.....English-like. Sorry about that. Thanks in advance for any insight into this matter.
Hi All,
I've been an AT&T subscriber for years, and am thinking of joining Sprint and it's Framily plan since it sounds like a much better deal for me since I'm just solo. As such, I'm looking at new phones again and am trying to decide whether to go with a LG G2 or a Moto X.
Figured I'd ask you experts first since you've been living and breathing the LG G2 to see your thoughts. I'm particularly curious about those of you on Sprint as I've heard people say that you can't call and use data/web at the same time ... wasn't sure that was legit or not. Also, I keep hearing that the Moto X's battery life is almost comparable to the G2s...
Thanks in advance!
Dliunatic said:
Hi All,
I've been an AT&T subscriber for years, and am thinking of joining Sprint and it's Framily plan since it sounds like a much better deal for me since I'm just solo. As such, I'm looking at new phones again and am trying to decide whether to go with a LG G2 or a Moto X.
Figured I'd ask you experts first since you've been living and breathing the LG G2 to see your thoughts. I'm particularly curious about those of you on Sprint as I've heard people say that you can't call and use data/web at the same time ... wasn't sure that was legit or not. Also, I keep hearing that the Moto X's battery life is almost comparable to the G2s...
Thanks in advance!
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Correct. You can not call and use mobile data at the same time. You can use WiFi data. This is true about all Sprint phones except a few. The LTE phones that will not support Spark (like S4, One, and I believe Moto X) can do both at the same time as long as you are connected to LTE. For battery life, the only thing that compares to the G2 is the Note 3.
I would get first hand feedback about Sprint from folks in your immediate area and check sensory for real world coverage maps. Unlimited data is only a good deal if you can actually use it. As for the device, G2 is a triband phone and Moto X is not.
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Yozzo1 said:
Hi All,
I've been an AT&T subscriber for years, and am thinking of joining Sprint and it's Framily plan since it sounds like a much better deal for me since I'm just solo. As such, I'm looking at new phones again and am trying to decide whether to go with a LG G2 or a Moto X.
Figured I'd ask you experts first since you've been living and breathing the LG G2 to see your thoughts. I'm particularly curious about those of you on Sprint as I've heard people say that you can't call and use data/web at the same time ... wasn't sure that was legit or not. Also, I keep hearing that the Moto X's battery life is almost comparable to the G2s...
Thanks in advance!
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Huh?
Thanks for the feedback geoff5093 and hockeyfamily737!
Yozzo1 - ditto to geoff's huh?
Deciding what phone to buy is your call, and only your call
You need to live with it, and you also need to afford it, as well as it has to fir your needs, not the ones of anyone else.
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Well, it's coming up on that time to think about our next phone. It seems that Samsung and Verizon is hell bent to keep us from flashing our phones. I've been looking around here and it seems that most of the developers have gone to Nexus and LG devices. From what I've seen so far I might go to the LG G4+ I recently heard rumor about.
What phones do you think is going to be popular among developers?
For sure, it isn't going to be the note 5, we all know why. The note 4 will still be with developers I'm guessing. The lg g4+ (lg g4 pro) is probably being announced at Berlin IFA and will be supported, look at the lg g4 devs.
The new nexus device will obviously be a powerhouse for a lot of people looking for an unlocked bootloader and stock vanilla android .
Anyways more devices might have support like the moto x series and sony's Xperia lines are good devices too compared to Samsung's insane pricing on their devices.
Definitely the new Nexus devices will be on the top of that list. I'm also looking @, for my use come Feb '16, a GSM G4 as well as the M9.
I'm interested in seeing what others have to say. This is what I want - removable battery, SD card slot, IR blaster, easy root and unlocked bootloader.
This is what I need - all of the above (or, if not a replaceable battery, then a battery case that allows on the fly recharging...)
I'm looking forward to Christmas and seeing what comes of it - that's the season (well, just prior to it) for all the new goodies...
What are others looking @?
I know I'm done with Samsung (iron fisted, whore mongers... No offense!) - they and Verizon have made it apparent who they believe owns my phone. Top it off with the lobotomized phones they now offer and they've gone from "smart" phone to "not-so-smart" phone...
I'm happy with my Note3 on Jasmine, but I don't see it getting an upgrade to Marshmallow. The note 5 is out of the question, I'd like a Note4(but the Verizon retail version doesn't appear to be rootable). I've got time, the Nexus on the Verizon site seems to be a bit light in the hardware side, the LG looks nice. Of course, there's always leaving Verizon, if I can convince the wife.
I just made the jump to TMO. I was afraid they'd not have the network I need here in Georgia, but they're comparable thus far to Big Red, with a greatly reduced cost structure and a heap more data for the $$$.
I was able to set my Note 3 (CDMA) up to work on TMO's GSM network and have awesome data speeds. It's a game changer - if I don't like them, I can move to AT&T and, when the time comes, root whatever I buy outright without the runaround that Verizon offers.
I thought about the Note 4 on TMO - it's an easy root but it's just not that much of an upgrade over the 3 and certainly not a $500+ upgrade. So, I'll stay put with the N3 and move to something else when this old daily driver don't drive no more... (That'll likely be Android "Zebra cake....")
So I had issues with my S4 and it was still under warranty. Sent it in to Square Trade. The phones they sent back to me I had issues with as well. Square trade offered me to send in my phone and they will send me a check for 449.99. for my phone.
I'm debating on taking this offer.
My upgrade is Oct 30. I have a back up phone it's the S2.
Should I take the Money?
Another - Any suggestions on a new phone?
Thanks!
I'd definitely take the check. A brand new Galaxy S4 now can be bought for around $220 so $449.99 is more than you will ever get if you tried to sell it.
As for the new phone suggestions, it depends on what you want in a phone. You can get Galaxy S5 for $300 or LG G4 for $454 or Moto X Pure for $399.99
So basically, you can have newer phone for under $450 or just little more.
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I'd definitely take the check. A brand new Galaxy S4 now can be bought for around $220 so $449.99 is more than you will ever get if you tried to sell it.
As for the new phone suggestions, it depends on what you want in a phone. You can get Galaxy S5 for $300 or LG G4 for $454 or Moto X Pure for $399.99
So basically, you can have newer phone for under $450 or just little more.
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Are they rootable phones? I like to keep root if I can. Thank you for responding too!
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Are they rootable phones? I like to keep root if I can. Thank you for responding too!
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They're all rootable, but if you like flashing AOSP ROMs and want phone with more development, avoid the Galaxy S5 I linked to. It's AT&T version and they lock their phones pretty heavily, especially Samsung phones. Even developers here still can't unlock bootloader on our S4 and the phone came out 2 years ago!
Moto X Pure is best choice if you enjoy changing up ROMs since Motorola supports development scene. LG G4 is fairly new so there's not much development yet(root is available, though), but seeing LG G3, I'm sure it won't stay that way for long.
Since your upgrade is in October, wait for Google's announcement for their new Nexus phones on September 29. It might be something you like.
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They're all rootable, but if you like flashing AOSP ROMs and want phone with more development, avoid the Galaxy S5 I linked to. It's AT&T version and they lock their phones pretty heavily, especially Samsung phones. Even developers here still can't unlock bootloader on our S4 and the phone came out 2 years ago!
Moto X Pure is best choice if you enjoy changing up ROMs since Motorola supports development scene. LG G4 is fairly new so there's not much development yet(root is available, though), but seeing LG G3, I'm sure it won't stay that way for long.
Since your upgrade is in October, wait for Google's announcement for their new Nexus phones on September 29. It might be something you like.
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Thank you for this information!
I was on a rom before I sent my phone in. All I'm really wanting with my phone is to be rooted and have Xposed on.
The 29th is right around the corner and I can wait to see what they have going on!
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