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G2 Or HTC one and need a backup app

Going to be leaving sprint due to its horrible coverage and will be going to t-mobile. I currently have the LG Optimus G and I love this phone. screen size Is perfect, battery life is good. Getting 8-10 hours on heavy to medium use with no charge throughout the day. I wanna get your opinion on this and also I need a backup app so I can get my contacts, text, call logs and, SD card saved.
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G2 over the One, no question. It's just as fast and the UI offers a ton more than Sense.
As for backing all of that stuff up, I like and haven't had any problems using MyBackup Pro.
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Yeah I knew that The G2 would be better. How long did it take for u to get used to the back buttons?. I don't mind it at all but wanna know ur opinion as well.
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HelloDominick said:
Yeah I knew that The G2 would be better. How long did it take for u to get used to the back buttons?. I don't mind it at all but wanna know ur opinion as well.
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once you pick up the phone the back button in my opinion is better than the side buttons. the only annoyance you can't access the buttons when the phone is laying down.

HelloDominick said:
Yeah I knew that The G2 would be better. How long did it take for u to get used to the back buttons?. I don't mind it at all but wanna know ur opinion as well.
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It took me a day or two at most. With the buttons back there and the combination of knock on, it's good and shouldn't take you long.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
G2 over the One, no question. It's just as fast and the UI offers a ton more than Sense.
As for backing all of that stuff up, I like and haven't had any problems using MyBackup Pro.
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Couldn't have said it better myself lol
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HelloDominick said:
Yeah I knew that The G2 would be better. How long did it take for u to get used to the back buttons?. I don't mind it at all but wanna know ur opinion as well.
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Had the One for a week before I picked up this phone. Fyi search for my thread. We discussed some of your questions @ length last month.
In all honestly, it took me half a day playing around with it. The tmobile and AT&T versions have bigger volume buttons so it's easier grasp vs the Verizon version
The G2 is a faster and fluid One with a better screen. It doesn't have boom sound. The audio hacks do help if you're really stuck on having the louder speaker from the One

Can u link me the thread if you don't mind. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting the G2 since currently t-mobile has is offer for the G2 that makes it no down payment upfront
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I am torn between these two phones. as well as the the rumored Nexus 5.
I was checking out the LG G2 and HTC one in my local AT&T store and found the G2 very easy to handle. buttons on the back didn't bother me at all. I actually thought they were well thought out.
I tested out the cameras and found the G2 had sharper images with more detail.
Forgot to bring my earphones with me so I couldn't test out the sound from audio jack. But speaker was fine on the G2. Obviously, HTC One has better external speakers, but I found the speakers for the G2 to be quite adequate for phone calls etc.
The screen is gorgeous. Very bright and sharp. I thought it looked just as good or better than the Galaxy Note 3.
I was impressed with LG's UI. Not a ton of crap like Samsung's touchwiz. Very minimal, like stock android.
My only wish is that LG released the G2 in a 64GB model. I would have bought it right there in the store.
Anyone hear any rumors about LG releasing a higher capacity G2 in the future? 32GB's will barely be enough for me. I like taking a lot of photos with my phone and carrying some music playlists and movies. 64GB would be perfect. I might have to go with the HTC One developer Edition if the LG G2 doesn't come out with higher capacity storage. Would have been ideal if they just released the korean version with the removable back cover and microsd slot.

WizeGuyDezignz said:
It took me a day or two at most. With the buttons back there and the combination of knock on, it's good and shouldn't take you long.
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You'll find that with knock on the back buttons are usually only for volume control. With a quick window case it it comes on every time you open it.
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karmarocket said:
I am torn between these two phones. as well as the the rumored Nexus 5.
I was checking out the LG G2 and HTC one in my local AT&T store and found the G2 very easy to handle. buttons on the back didn't bother me at all. I actually thought they were well thought out.
I tested out the cameras and found the G2 had sharper images with more detail.
Forgot to bring my earphones with me so I couldn't test out the sound from audio jack. But speaker was fine on the G2. Obviously, HTC One has better external speakers, but I found the speakers for the G2 to be quite adequate for phone calls etc.
The screen is gorgeous. Very bright and sharp. I thought it looked just as good or better than the Galaxy Note 3.
I was impressed with LG's UI. Not a ton of crap like Samsung's touchwiz. Very minimal, like stock android.
My only wish is that LG released the G2 in a 64GB model. I would have bought it right there in the store.
Anyone hear any rumors about LG releasing a higher capacity G2 in the future? 32GB's will barely be enough for me. I like taking a lot of photos with my phone and carrying some music playlists and movies. 64GB would be perfect. I might have to go with the HTC One developer Edition if the LG G2 doesn't come out with higher capacity storage. Would have been ideal if they just released the korean version with the removable back cover and microsd slot.
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Rumors are there's a 64 GB Google Play edition in the works. There's a thread around here discussing that. I doubt it'll see the light of day though
As for removable back, the Korean model has this along with microsd built in. All of this @ the expense of a slightly smaller battery
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HelloDominick said:
Can u link me the thread if you don't mind. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting the G2 since currently t-mobile has is offer for the G2 that makes it no down payment upfront
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Here's the link. Honestly, I think Tmobile has the best thing going right now. Which color G2 are you getting?

I've only had the G2 for a week and I miss my HTC One so much! Specially since I have kids and I take a lot of pics inside the house.
HTC One may not have had too much detail but night pictures were clean, quick and never had any trouble.
I have yet to take a single good picture at night in the house whereas I had 1000's of pics on HTC One.
Kids move a lot and HTC One was quick and wide angle lens was a plus.
I am ready to go back to Best Buy and return this and pick up HTC One but there is little bit hope that the blurriness and fakeness at night can be fixed. I tried custom rom and camera modded but they improve one thing but not the other.
HTC One, IMHO of course, has the best night time camera as far as responsiveness, less blurry and just as a consumer. I am no expert by any chance but I see my pictures on my 22" monitor and I can tell HTC One pics were not that good quality but it was closer to real life than LG G2. Heck, I took a shot from G2 last night when kids were watching a movie and it looked like they had masks on, so much processing.
For the first time, my wife's iPhone 5 took better pics just because I didn't have my HTC One.
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Had this dilemma today and once I held each device in hand it was a no brainer, G2 all the way. better battery, better screen, better pics, but a different interface that will take a bit of tweaking but that's half the fun of a new device. Add to that that the G2 is a close cousin to what will be the N5 and we should get some AOSP LOVIN!

zPacKRat said:
Had this dilemma today and once I held each device in hand it was a no brainer, G2 all the way. better battery, better screen, better pics, but a different interface that will take a bit of tweaking but that's half the fun of a new device. Add to that that the G2 is a close cousin to what will be the N5 and we should get some AOSP LOVIN!
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Yeah Im going to get the G2, and put a clean custom rom. dont like LG interface at all

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Rumors are there's a 64 GB Google Play edition in the works. There's a thread around here discussing that. I doubt it'll see the light of day though
As for removable back, the Korean model has this along with microsd built in. All of this @ the expense of a slightly smaller battery
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Here's the link. Honestly, I think Tmobile has the best thing going right now. Which color G2 are you getting?
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and ill be getting the White version. maybe

Bump. Only thing stopping me from getting G2 today is that the developers for custom rom is very slow. And I hate using LG cuter interface. At least with the HTC One. There are plenty of custom rooms already made
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The LG ui isn't all that bad. With the knock on you also have the knock off with stock launcher and/or knock off in the status bar. So no need to touch the power button unless you want to actually turn it off. And why you would want to do that when it's so awesome I don't know
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I turned in my One yesterday for the G2 after owning it only 10 days. Downfalls of the One are:
tiny screen
battery life sucks
kind of a pain in the ass to return to stock
things I liked about the One:
- awesome speakers
- Blinkfeed
Before the One I owned for 10 days I had the S4 for a few months. Not a whole lot of complaints about it but the deving for it seemed to had died down and I got bored with the phone.
I really love the screen and speed of this this phone, and knock knock is awesome. Also the huge battery is a great bonus. I will be keeping this phone for more than 10 days

So I got the G2, is it able to root? I have GCLOUD and Im able to backup my contacts, but i dont see any sms,mms backup.. I have MyBackup as well but how do i transfer it to the G2 without paying for the pro version.

HelloDominick said:
So I got the G2, is it able to root? I have GCLOUD and Im able to backup my contacts, but i dont see any sms,mms backup.. I have MyBackup as well but how do i transfer it to the G2 without paying for the pro version.
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Mybackup root used to let you do this. Search for an older apk of the app. Once you have it, do the migrate option to transfer your contacts etc

Is g2 a big upgrade from gs4

I have a gs4 running cm10.2, would the g2 be a pretty big upgrade or should I sit tight for the next go round of phone?
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kregstrong said:
I have a gs4 running cm10.2, would the g2 be a pretty big upgrade or should I sit tight for the next go round of phone?
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Well it is only one generation up from the G4. The screen is arguably not an upgrade unless you dislike amoled. The phone is faster but doubt you'd notice that much IRL. It is a bare incremental upgrade and definitely not a big one. I would not upgrade unless it cost nothing.

yes!
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I have a gs4 running cm10.2, would the g2 be a pretty big upgrade or should I sit tight for the next go round of phone?
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I came from an s4 and I say yes. But I may be bias because in the 2 months I owned my s4 I grew to utterly hate it and samsung smartphones in general. Honestly though, it's is a much much nicer device in everyway.

I have one for 500 I can buy right now and someone wants to buy my gs4 for 390
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Not a huge upgrade, no. Screen is slightly bigger, camera is about the same, speed is slightly faster. I sold my GS4 to go to a G2, but that was more frustration about the AMOLED screen. I prefer the camera on the GS4 but pretty much prefer everything else on the G2.

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It is a bare incremental upgrade and definitely not a big one. I would not upgrade unless it cost nothing.
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I say its big because the s4 is just so bad, but that's my opinion based off my experience owning one for two months. But the reason I'm responding to your comment is because you reminded me how I made a hundred dollars the day I got my g2 because I was able to sell my s4 for 330 (literally a few hours after getting the g2) and used an upgrade to get the g2 which cost 230 total Was a good day to be done with that phone, get a better one, and have an extra hundred cash in my pocket.
perhaps the OP could do something similar. I'm sure some sucker...I mean samsung fanboy would give you 300 or more for the s4.

Not having to worry about screen burn in is the biggest advantage imo.
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If you own an exynos S4 dont,if its the snapdragon 600,for only 110 go for it.

Do it and yes everything about the g2 is an upgrade the fact that it doesn't have 500 add-ons that you will never use and you need to turn off to save battery life is the biggest thing
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Do it, I couldn't get througvery full day on the S4 but on my G2 it's a breeze even on heavy use. I was astounded at the slight upgrade in screen size which feels like so much bigger but without the bulk of a Note device. I love the edge to edge display and how my fingers roll off the sides (in a good way, like futuristic).

OK u guys talked me into it. Just bought one on swappable for 490 and sold my for 390. I can live with that. And if the battery is as good as u dak says I will be very happy. Today I'm 6 hours in and have 10% battery left, so I will have to swap to my spare in a minute. Thanks yall
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Oh Yea and I forgot to mention, mine is the Verizon one with the s4 CPU. So I bet the 800 will be a large upgrade. And finally get some dang on screen buttons
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kregstrong said:
I have a gs4 running cm10.2, would the g2 be a pretty big upgrade or should I sit tight for the next go round of phone?
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If youre happy now then wait the next round. The G2 is definitely better than the S4 in my opinion but not by an incredible margin.
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The phone is faster but doubt you'd notice that much IRL. .
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Seriously? I noticed it asap. S4 lags like crazy.
LG G2

imucarmen said:
I came from an s4 and I say yes. But I may be bias because in the 2 months I owned my s4 I grew to utterly hate it and samsung smartphones in general. Honestly though, it's is a much much nicer device in everyway.
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I agree 100% with this statement. I came the G2 from the S4 and this is the best phone that "I" have had. It's also the first phone that I have preferred using a stock based ROM. In the end though, it's all personal opinion.

I came from a S4 as well and my G2 Running CM is blazing fast.
The battery life is allot better as well, even when the screen brightness is 100%.

I'm also coming from s4, no big difference on performance (both running cm 10.2). Moving to g2 mainly due to larger capacity battery

Everything is an upgrade specially the battery. I notice though that the G2 takes a bit more time launching apps but not really by a big margin. Maybe flashing ROMs like stock would improve the G2 but that's not my cup of tea now due to lack of time. I loved my S4 but I love my G2 even more.
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I have them side by side right now just swapped my stuff over from my Verizon S4 to a Vzw G2 running clean rom on both and I have to say the G2 is quite a bit speedier. I moved over mainly because I was one of the dumb ones who took the first me7 ota and couldn't install any aosp roms which killed it for me.
Love the G2 so far!
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I have both right and still deciding which one to keep.
Have S4 since May and have G2 since yesterday (the new gadget factor is still working in my mind), having 6 days left to return it to the shop.
So far, I think it is a small upgrade and with compromises, and not a few...
Pros - G2
- Slightly bigger screen (only if you root and hide soft keys, otherwise it is actually smaller on real usable space).
- Better Processor.
- Better GPU.
- Much better whites than S4.
- Have a better overall look.
Pros - S4
- Better Amoled screen viewing angles. I'm 4 years on Amoled and just now, looking at a top of line LCD I understood how good its (Amoled) viewing angles are.
- Much better screen blacks than G2.
- SD Card.
- Removable battery.
- Lighter.
- Smaller.
- Slightly Better camera.
- 100% flat screen (great for applying screen protectors).
- Better accessories.
The S4 pros list is longer but for me Screen, CPU and GPU tops anything else and those are better on G2.
The G2 upgrade is that small that in January S5 will be a much bigger upgrade from G2 than G2 is from S4.

[Discussion]LG G3 Expected Launching

http://www.phonearena.com/news/5.5-...nch-next-month-both-with-QHD-displays_id51518

Way too big , g2 is already too big..

hamad138 said:
Way too big , g2 is already too big..
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I agree, I think G2 is perfect size though. Anything bigger is just too much.

hamad138 said:
Way too big , g2 is already too big..
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Unless they are able to keep the phone the same size

hamad138 said:
Way too big , g2 is already too big..
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And way too early....

vPro97 said:
And way too early....
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FML...i just bought the G2...

alexcreto said:
FML...i just bought the G2...
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I'm not as worried about having an "older-gen" device as I am worried about no longer getting updates. The G2 is fantastic in all means but if they stop pushing out updates for it...

vPro97 said:
I'm not as worried about having an "older-gen" device as I am worried about no longer getting updates. The G2 is fantastic in all means but if they stop pushing out updates for it...
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I didnt even bother using stock...
hated almost everything in it.
Im using PA. Even tho its beta and still missing most of the PA goods, its an awesome rom.
However, if you are one of the guys who dont like using a not-so-stable rom or possibily having compatibily issues...yeah...the G3 could ruin your day...
inb4 CM fanboy: some guys are saying the CM 11 Snapshot M2 is pretty solid and smooth

alexcreto said:
I didnt even bother using stock...
hated almost everything in it.
Im using PA. Even tho its beta and still missing most of the PA goods, its an awesome rom.
However, if you are one of the guys who dont like using a not-so-stable rom or possibily having compatibily issues...yeah...the G3 could ruin your day...
inb4 CM fanboy: some guys are saying the CM 11 Snapshot M2 is pretty solid and smooth
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For me, stability is everything (and now don't tell me to get an iPhone). Stock ROM is good enough - yeah it's good enough. Whatever.

Yea stock is great I just get bored with it. Flash whore here. Lol. I like my G2 a lot but not sure what my next phone will be. Thought about the Z1. I tried the Z but battery life wasn't that good.
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let's hope that they don't forget the g2 like they did with optimus g and g pro

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http://www.phonearena.com/news/5.5-...nch-next-month-both-with-QHD-displays_id51518
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Do not forget that G2 mini is expected to be launched @ MWC next month. It will have 4,7" screen. And I think probably in august on IFA 2014 there will be launched G3 mini, 5" or 5,2", maybe it'll be G2 clone with G3 iron in it (like 16Mpix camera, 64Gb or 128Gb flash etc)
Will you ditch G2 if G3 Mini will got 128Gb flash storage? THAT is the question

Billy Madison said:
Do not forget that G2 mini is expected to be launched @ MWC next month. It will have 4,7" screen. And I think probably in august on IFA 2014 there will be launched G3 mini, 5" or 5,2", maybe it'll be G2 clone with G3 iron in it (like 16Mpix camera, 64Gb or 128Gb flash etc)
Will you ditch G2 if G3 Mini will got 128Gb flash storage? THAT is the question
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I have my doubts about how much of an upgrade the G3 will be.
My thoughts on the following:
QHD - I seriously think this is more of a gimmick than anything useful in real life. Prior to owning a G2, I had an iPhone 4. As you know, the iPhone 4 has a ppi of 326 and this G2 has a ppi of 424. Difference? I can't see it. Both screens are awesome. I wouldn't be able to live with something that didn't have a retina resolution at normal viewing range.
Processor: LG's own ODIN processor sounds great, but if the launch really is this near, I think they will put a Snapdragon 805 into the phone rather than their own. Snapdragon 805 is sick and improved in comparison with the 800, but most changes are made towards the GPU and RAM read speeds. I like playing on my phone but as long as the processor still is based on a 28 nm architecture, expect faster battery drains and more frequent thermal throttling, assuming this isn't fixed either with hardware (such as passive cooling) or software (less aggressive thermal throttling).
Size: It was mentioned here, 5.2 is stretching it a bit, and 5.5 is probably too much.
Build quality: Here is where the G3 can excel. If they make it a premium smartphone with regards to the build quality, then it's a major update. Don't bother with glossy plastic - EVER - again. I assume they learnt that since they now are selling the G2 LE. If the build quality is premium, expect a premium price.
Meh, maybe I'm just jealous.

Ahh...figured this would happen soon. I'm starting to get tired of the over saturation of Android devices...but I guess that's how they stay in the mobile business. Not every company can afford to be like Apple and release a New phone once a year. In the end, its the existing customers that gets screwed. (More focus and support for newer devices and less for existing).
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I'm not sure I really understand why people are so apprehensive about LG putting out a new model. They're already working on an official Kit Kat update for the G2 and we got a good group of devs here who can work out any kinks if need be so....what's the worry here?

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Build quality: Here is where the G3 can excel. If they make it a premium smartphone with regards to the build quality, then it's a major update. Don't bother with glossy plastic - EVER - again. I assume they learnt that since they now are selling the G2 LE. If the build quality is premium, expect a premium price
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I doubt LG will build their phone from metal. It will be plastic, or ceramic in plastic. Sometime they'll even make plastic armed with ceramic, probably. LG own their LG Chem so they won't tickle with metal. Their plastic is durable, sturdy, firm, and nice in feel. Also when it's -25°C the metal cools fast but plastic stays warm to one's hands. We live all over the world you know
If back is too glossy one can even wrap it in carbon or silicon coating with different funny prints

jedthehumanoid said:
I'm not sure I really understand why people are so apprehensive about LG putting out a new model. They're already working on an official Kit Kat update for the G2 and we got a good group of devs here who can work out any kinks if need be so....what's the worry here?
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This update is fine 100%, but what happens with the next one? Longer and longer waiting times for updates, and then eventually no official images released...
Especially as phone contracts are getting longer, tying you to the phone for 2 years!! (at least this is the case in the UK!)

As i have said no kk update for lg g2
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5.5" is a great size for me. It shouldn't be a mainstream size though and I still consider it phablet size, but if it becomes mainstream that means there are more choices and better/newer hardware for people like me who want bigger screens, to the detriment of those who want smaller ones of course.
They need to remove the back buttons and go back to normal ones. Even after seasoned use, I still find it difficult to press and it takes extra time and prone to error. A button on the side is so much easier and no nonsense. You can feel it easily, don't risk dropping the phone like I always do trying to find the back button, and can be easily pressed by either hand with different fingers. The knock knock feature is poorly implemented and doesn't work half the time.
Like others have mentioned, the build quality needs to be drastically improved. It's still a cheap plastic device, and very slippery and hard to hold, moreso than the Galaxy S4 and many other phones. I had to put a case on mine since it had very little surface area to hold and was very slippery even when fully degreased. Why make it thin if you have to put a case on it anyway? The hyperglaze coating on the Samsungs is much grippier.
Anyway, everyone is starting from scratch in 2014 for phone designs and premium materials so LG G2 needs to do the same. iPhone 6 will have totally new design since its about time and Tim Cook needs to prove himself. Galaxy S5 will have guaranteed new design as the Samsung execs have said, because the S4 underperformed because it looked the same as the S3. Moto X is very premium plastic unibody. HTC of course going back to the metal of the One. And a whole slew of Chinese manufacturers with steel frames or metal covers that put the bland LG G2 plastic design and materials to shame. I can't tell which side is up and which side is down most of the time when using my phone at a glance, since it all looks the same to me, unless I look specifically for the LG logo. Then I have to momentarily remember if its suppose to be on top or on bottom. I can orient the phone instantly in my pocket when I feel the power button on the side, which is another reason why LG needs to go back to regular buttons.
And yes, either put a better OIS on your next camera, or stop using it so aggressively, as I may be going back to Samsung if they have the better camera, and the camera is the main deciding factor for me. I am counting on LG to give Samsung some competition, as honestly even though there are a lot of Android phones, there are very few large name brands in the high end area. I can count them on one hand. Samsung, LG, HTC...and that's it. Motorola is clearly in midrange right now. Sony barely shows up in the US. Ditto to all the other companies and Chinese ones, which don't have the track record LG has and has lower standards for phone quality, even if the phones may look nice from the outside.

Already?
Wow... I'm really shocked they're releasing the g3 already... A little early perhaps? Either way, I think I'll be more than happy with my G2 for quite some time.

disappointment

I had my lg g3 for couple of days now and here are some facts:
Very slow and sluggish Im coming from an iphone 5 and it were 2 time faster no joke.. I Bought lg g3 thinking its a powerfull device but its not, its not optimazed well and the screen is an overkill. I bought it because i had lg optimus g before which were again a lot quicker than my current phone.
other than that lg g3 is pretty good, excellent camera. Decent battery live but I will be sending it back, any suggestions on what phone i should get?

Htc one m8

devo396 said:
I had my lg g3 for couple of days now and here are some facts:
Very slow and sluggish Im coming from an iphone 5 and it were 2 time faster no joke.. I Bought lg g3 thinking its a powerfull device but its not, its not optimazed well and the screen is an overkill. I bought it because i had lg optimus g before which were again a lot quicker than my current phone.
other than that lg g3 is pretty good, excellent camera. Decent battery live but I will be sending it back, any suggestions on what phone i should get?
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I haven't had any issues with the phone being sluggish or running slow. Even before I rooted it, the phone ran smooth.

devo396 said:
I had my lg g3 for couple of days now and here are some facts:
Very slow and sluggish Im coming from an iphone 5 and it were 2 time faster no joke.. I Bought lg g3 thinking its a powerfull device but its not, its not optimazed well and the screen is an overkill. I bought it because i had lg optimus g before which were again a lot quicker than my current phone.
other than that lg g3 is pretty good, excellent camera. Decent battery live but I will be sending it back, any suggestions on what phone i should get?
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I agree it is slow and sluggish, however being someone who will be installing new roms as they become available, I am willing to wait because I know good things are still to come.
I had a Galaxy S3 and even that wasn't a very pleasant experience, however with the correct Rom and custom kernel I couldn't find anything bad about it anymore other than the hardware limitations.
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Try root and freeze some unwanted apps should help make it a bit smoother. Also changing to art. If its mega slow could be faulty. I do agree the the ui needs better optimisation. Its the only issue this device has but its only just released give it time and they maybe fixes and even new version of android around the corner

They made the screen good without rising the price and now it's an overkill for some people lmao nothing is ever good enough for some people

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I had my lg g3 for couple of days now and here are some facts:
Very slow and sluggish Im coming from an iphone 5 and it were 2 time faster no joke.. I Bought lg g3 thinking its a powerfull device but its not, its not optimazed well and the screen is an overkill. I bought it because i had lg optimus g before which were again a lot quicker than my current phone.
other than that lg g3 is pretty good, excellent camera. Decent battery live but I will be sending it back, any suggestions on what phone i should get?
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Nice 1st post!

devo396 said:
I had my lg g3 for couple of days now and here are some facts:
Very slow and sluggish Im coming from an iphone 5 and it were 2 time faster no joke.. I Bought lg g3 thinking its a powerfull device but its not, its not optimazed well and the screen is an overkill. I bought it because i had lg optimus g before which were again a lot quicker than my current phone.
other than that lg g3 is pretty good, excellent camera. Decent battery live but I will be sending it back, any suggestions on what phone i should get?
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Get another iPhone?

BioVolt said:
I agree it is slow and sluggish, however being someone who will be installing new roms as they become available, I am willing to wait because I know good things are still to come.
I had a Galaxy S3 and even that wasn't a very pleasant experience, however with the correct Rom and custom kernel I couldn't find anything bad about it anymore other than the hardware limitations.
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Roms and kernels won't help,maybe a little but the phone struggles to power the QHD screen. LG went too early and with an underpowered system on chip (for QHD). Sad, but that's it .
PS, The M8 is blindingly fast and smooth so if thats what you're looking for get that.

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They made the screen good without rising the price and now it's an overkill for some people lmao nothing is ever good enough for some people
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Its an overkill because the screen is clearly affecting performance of the phone. It looks like the phone cant handle a screen with massive resolution. I dont know about you but I would rather have a phone with a full hd display rather than quad hd if it performs like a 2014 flagship rather than 2012 flagship. No joke, lg g3 is as quick as an iphone 4s i use at work. Maybe it will get a bit better with updates, will see.

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Get another iPhone?
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I dont want an iphone. Iphones are really good phones, excellent build quality, really good performance and good warranty service but they are limited. I would say that iphones are perfect for an average user..

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Is the iPhone 6 out already since he already had the latest and greatest Apple Engineers could produce. I had this phone since Friday and noted no slowness. When root is available I plan to debloat the phone. You can try a different launcher like Nova or my favorite now Holo. There are some setting in developer mode that can speed up like turning off the Animation setting or switching to ,5X

Sadly I'm thinking the 801 was a poor choice with that monster screen hopefully some patches can improve it
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Batfink33 said:
Roms and kernels won't help,maybe a little but the phone struggles to power the QHD screen. LG went too early and with an underpowered system on chip (for QHD). Sad, but that's it .
PS, The M8 is blindingly fast and smooth so if thats what you're looking for get that.
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Roms and kernels won't help ? Lol funny claims sounds like you are better off with another phone. Elaborate on this struggle ? Under power ? The snapdragon in it is the best on the market.
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devo396 said:
Its an overkill because the screen is clearly affecting performance of the phone. It looks like the phone cant handle a screen with massive resolution. I dont know about you but I would rather have a phone with a full hd display rather than quad hd if it performs like a 2014 flagship rather than 2012 flagship. No joke, lg g3 is as quick as an iphone 4s i use at work. Maybe it will get a bit better with updates, will see.
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It LOOKS like it can't handle ? Because it looks good and you feel like it can't handle ? Yeah maybe iphones are better choices for you then since this comparison seems so clear to you
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I dont want an iphone. Iphones are really good phones, excellent build quality, really good performance and good warranty service but they are limited. I would say that iphones are perfect for an average user..
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Yeah they spend years making the same phone, it better be somewhat good

devo396 said:
I had my lg g3 for couple of days now and here are some facts:
Very slow and sluggish Im coming from an iphone 5 and it were 2 time faster no joke.. I Bought lg g3 thinking its a powerfull device but its not, its not optimazed well and the screen is an overkill. I bought it because i had lg optimus g before which were again a lot quicker than my current phone.
other than that lg g3 is pretty good, excellent camera. Decent battery live but I will be sending it back, any suggestions on what phone i should get?
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Go back to your iphone. Sounds like its all you can handle.

Another thing to remember is this phone is cheaper than S5 and Note 3 despite being better ( only to some of course and only iphone 4s good for some other $570 no contract att version. It just came out, already has root and from the look of things bootloader is almost unlocked too (att version).

Batfink33 said:
Roms and kernels won't help,maybe a little but the phone struggles to power the QHD screen. LG went too early and with an underpowered system on chip (for QHD). Sad, but that's it .
PS, The M8 is blindingly fast and smooth so if thats what you're looking for get that.
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This is such a misguided statement. The LG G3 in no way struggles to power the QHD display nor does it struggle to power the Optimus overlay. Now, it would struggle to meet the same level of gaming performance when compared to a Snapdragon 800/1080p display.
But saying that it's struggling to push simple pixels on the screen is simply ignorant and starting to fall into circle jerk territory.

Thanks for sharing, I'm glad you feel important enough to go around the impressions thread and make your own thread on the G3 forum. go back to iphone, seems better suited for you. I experience none of what youre experiencing.

Mine runs buttery smooth all the time... The screen isnt affecting performance. I'd say any slowdowns are due to LG's software.

Enddo said:
This is such a misguided statement. The LG G3 in no way struggles to power the QHD display nor does it struggle to power the Optimus overlay. Now, it would struggle to meet the same level of gaming performance when compared to a Snapdragon 800/1080p display.
But saying that it's struggling to push simple pixels on the screen is simply ignorant and starting to fall into circle jerk territory.
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For a start it's using up 600mb of Ram for video much more than an HD screen, leaving only around 300-400 for apps. It's using more resources to produce the extra pixels leaving less for multitasking etc. You can see the dropped frames during animation transitions and feel the heat from it as it's working harder. I loved the phones design but I really couldn't take the lag,stutter and throttling after 2mins of use so that's why I returned it,it's really no big deal, if you like it then stick with it. I might try and get an S805 version when it's released.

For those thinking of switching to note 4.. Srs

I just went to my local tmobzsz and used the note 4, i have the g3 on zone rom with skydragon kernel so bare(bear? Idfk lol) with me.. I was really expecting a lot since it was a amoled 2k screen.
I turned it on and went straight to display settings and put the most vivid color settings it had and to my surprise my g3 colors were wayyy more to my liking (skydragon has a different color setting, colors really pop and my g3 has no tint, my girlfriends does tho) but yea my color settings are basically in the middle of the gallery icon in accessibility settings and i was really shocked to see how faded they were on the note and its not like my colors are crazy saturated to where everything looks weird but theyre amazing to me. Im really glad i went with the g3, the 805 makes no difference to me, i have greenify with no lag, and i used to game a lot on my phone but realised no matter what, if a game is high end, a small screen doesnt cut it.. our screen is sharper(ppi makes a difference) and the colors on skydragon are more vivid. Amoled always looked cartoonish to me aswell but thats my 2 cents. Think before buying or trading.
No phone has our high density, colors (on skydragon) or design. Yea the note 4 looks better than any NOTE OR GALAXY but our g3 is nexus like. And our brightness is blinding.
And for all those thinking of the n6.. That design killed it, dual speakers? Ok? Skydragon has fauxsound and with that app you can find around the webzs my speaker can be heard from 2 rooms away on full blast, 6 inches with wayy less pixels andd amoled ...after today. I have desided to stay.
Just waiting for mr faux to release a aosp kernel so those colors can be on cm
SORRY FOR THE CHILDISH LAYOUT LMAO[emoji16] [emoji44]
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I was never thinking about switching bit it's always nice to hear our phone is great. Thanks man. I played with an iPhone 6 that my boss has and of course it made me love my phone way more.

Definately trading my g3 for the note 4

MikeJennni said:
Definately trading my g3 for the note 4
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Just saying man... Were fully unlocked. Note 3 n s4 n 5 are still locked after years. And were the closest thing to stock android... With some bloat removed and aosp icon pack and my theme for tweaksbox. But your loss.
And about the iphone yea that screen is ****
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I find the G3 alot like the nexus in terms of looks too, i mean cover up the colour panel at the bottom they look nearly the same - all black looks mean as

I've never had any issues with the color reproduction on our device quite frankly. Of course, if you keep two devices side to side and compare then you'll find differences but if you judge the G3 standalone - I don't really think you can complain about the colors. Despite not being an AMOLED our G3's blacks are quite deep (and I've used AMOLED previously with the Note 2).
All in all, it's nice to see people still finding the G3 great. I find both the Note 4 & the Nexus 6 to be great devices. Maybe the Nexus 6 is too huge for some people's likings, but you never know until you've held one in your hands. Still, nothing that'll make me switch from my G3 so soon. ☺

I might be the only person that cancelled a note 4 preorder and bought a G3. I loved the form factor and size of the G3. Perfect for my hand.
I also primarily use a phone as a just that, a phone. Novelty wears off real quick with me and I know I will never use a pen interface on a phone.

Im right there with all of you guys. But i never really thought pixel density mattered till today idk if its the fact that its amoled or not but the sharpness difference are crazy. The n6 really shouldve chosen the g3 screen to be honest, with all those high specs, less than 500 ppi. Might let some dow , especially for the price
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and i was really shocked to see how faded they were on the note
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The Note 4 has the best phone display to date, as tested scientifically.

G3 or Note 4
Hi all,
I do look at this a bit differently. Although the screen of of the G3 is indeed beautiful I really don't think it weighs up to the amount of resources it takes. Same probably goes for the note 4. Maybe some users really see the difference but if I load the same wallpaper on both my "old" Note 3 and my new G3, I must try really hard to see any difference at all. This leads me to believe that the screen quality has reached it's limits as to what you can actually see with the human eye. What would like to see is a phone that actually uses its processor and battery just for better performance (as in speed and ROM and RAM capacity and battery life). Isn't it crazy that so much time and money is being spend on even greater displays which my eyes can't grasp anyway?
This raises a few questions:
1* How come we have a microSD card with 128 GB of ROM but most phones come with 16 or 32 GB?
2* If the Note 4 (or G3 for that matter) would have the same display as the previous model, but with the new battery and processor? How fast would it go and how long would a battery last?
Obviously I'm not a developer and maybe the above isn't quite as simple as I put it, but I do know this: My rooted Note 3 with Slim Rom on it, runs faster and smoother then my new G3!
Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain.
Willem:
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LG G3 / Stock ROM

Pfeffernuss said:
The Note 4 has the best phone display to date, as tested scientifically.
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Yea until you see it in person and see it really isnt that great, tested familytifically
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brolic925t said:
tested familytifically
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Seriously ...... lol :laugh:

nerdo said:
Seriously ...... lol :laugh:
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Lmao. Had to. But seriously guys adjust your colors on skydragon and go test it out side by side. Sharpness g3 wins hands down, colors in my opinion are way better on g3 if you know how to set it up, coming from the n4 which had a **** screen till faux released his kernel with gamma settings, i became obsessed with screen colors.
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Willem1975 said:
Hi all,
I do look at this a bit differently. Although the screen of of the G3 is indeed beautiful I really don't think it weighs up to the amount of resources it takes. Same probably goes for the note 4. Maybe some users really see the difference but if I load the same wallpaper on both my "old" Note 3 and my new G3, I must try really hard to see any difference at all. This leads me to believe that the screen quality has reached it's limits as to what you can actually see with the human eye. What would like to see is a phone that actually uses its processor and battery just for better performance (as in speed and ROM and RAM capacity and battery life). Isn't it crazy that so much time and money is being spend on even greater displays which my eyes can't grasp anyway?
This raises a few questions:
1* How come we have a microSD card with 128 GB of ROM but most phones come with 16 or 32 GB?
2* If the Note 4 (or G3 for that matter) would have the same display as the previous model, but with the new battery and processor? How fast would it go and how long would a battery last?
Obviously I'm not a developer and maybe the above isn't quite as simple as I put it, but I do know this: My rooted Note 3 with Slim Rom on it, runs faster and smoother then my new G3!
Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain.
Willem:
Note 3 / Slim ROM
LG G3 / Stock ROM
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The thing is, its not really the hardware that makes the phones runs smoother anymore, depending on what skin is ON android.. I HAVE A REALLY OLD PHONE RUNNING cM11 (just realised caps in on sorry)the motorola defy and it runs smooth. And its gunna be able to support android l because we have a def that resized the partitions to let it be able to run, and i bet its gunna run really good. The thing is companys add so much **** to android it needs the high specs just to run the software, screens dont really make a difference from 720 to 2k, its the size of the screen that kills the battery. I honestly dont know why google release the n6 with all those specs because android l is really optimized now it doesnt need 3 gigs of ram nor does it need that cpu the battery is a nice touch since it isnt removeable. But yea I ran L on the n5 and its butter smooth, kitkat on my n7 is butter smooth and i just added greenify to it, its so fast it looks fake. I guarantee the n4 is still gunna be really smooth because even carbon rom with all those extra features are stilllll smooth.
Its gotten to the point where specs dont matter but they see how people are and take it as a selling point(take advantage)
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If during some strange dream, someone had to give me an iphone 6 or 6+ as a present.. I'm sure that peace of crap would go straight into the bin! It has no class compared to our G3 ( if any comparison at all ) .. i say STICK with the G3

brolic925t said:
Yea until you see it in person and see it really isnt that great, tested familytifically
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Ignorance is bliss.
Good luck with the artificially sharpened display. However thought of that is a complete moron.

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brolic925t said:
The thing is, its not really the hardware that makes the phones runs smoother anymore, depending on what skin is ON android.. I HAVE A REALLY OLD PHONE RUNNING cM11 (just realised caps in on sorry)the motorola defy and it runs smooth. And its gunna be able to support android l because we have a def that resized the partitions to let it be able to run, and i bet its gunna run really good. The thing is companys add so much **** to android it needs the high specs just to run the software, screens dont really make a difference from 720 to 2k, its the size of the screen that kills the battery. I honestly dont know why google release the n6 with all those specs because android l is really optimized now it doesnt need 3 gigs of ram nor does it need that cpu the battery is a nice touch since it isnt removeable. But yea I ran L on the n5 and its butter smooth, kitkat on my n7 is butter smooth and i just added greenify to it, its so fast it looks fake. I guarantee the n4 is still gunna be really smooth because even carbon rom with all those extra features are stilllll smooth.
Its gotten to the point where specs dont matter but they see how people are and take it as a selling point(take advantage)
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But why isn't there a phone producer that cut the fancy ****, and just makes phone with massice storage, a battery that lasts for 3 day's and a reasonable to good screen? That thing would sell like hotcakes I recon.

Willem1975 said:
But why isn't there a phone producer that cut the fancy ****, and just makes phone with massice storage, a battery that lasts for 3 day's and a reasonable to good screen? That thing would sell like hotcakes I recon.
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well, the thing is if the n5 had our screen, with our batt and 32 gigs or 64, that wouldve been that phone. but i seriously doubt any company would do that because then when they want to top that, they wouldnt be able to. they know people always want better so they never make perfect, they want us to keep buyin new **** so they can make moneyy

Pfeffernuss said:
The Note 4 has the best phone display to date, as tested scientifically.
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No. It is tested marketingifically IYKWIMean. So please STFU
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Ignorance is bliss.
Good luck with the artificially sharpened display. However thought of that is a complete moron.
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And believing in the advertiser's "reviews" is being a ad's slave, too
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artificially sharpened display
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Yeah? How about Pen tile "ripoff"? "Diamond pattern", they say. How about getting 30% less full RGB pixels than advertized on the box? Yeah, yeah, babe, pay to them, cheaters

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No. It is tested marketingifically IYKWIMean. So please STFU And believing in the advertiser's "reviews" is being a ad's slave, too
Yeah? How about Pen tile "ripoff"? "Diamond pattern", they say. How about getting 30% less full RGB pixels than advertized on the box? Yeah, yeah, babe, pay to them, cheaters
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Schooled. This guys good^
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