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I am up for my ATT upgrade, and I did pick up the LG G2 myself over the weekend, and my wife got the S3. After having the G2 only a three days, the battery life is nowhere near advertised, I am sure it's due to the amazing amount of bloat pre-installed on this phone, which is pretty shocking, just a million ATT and LG bloat apps. My G2 only got 3h On Screen time after it's second full charge, and total of 10 hours battery life, somethings wrong. I am sure it is CIQ and apps running in background, will root and delete all those apps, after I decide if keeping this phone. My wife's new S3 was getting same or even better battery life over my G2.
Where as my Wife's S3, I know it's the outdated older phone, but the feel of it in hand with Belkin gel case, just felt so comfortable and great in the hand, i could squeeze that phone and have a solid firm grip, I am sure the S4 would feel just the same. The G2 to me is on that fine borderline of just too large for me. I also had the Note 2 for three weeks back in the winter, and I could never get used to it's size for one handed use. And the g2 is at that border for me, almost too large. I seem to like a phone the size of the S3 at the most, and I think the S4 is exactly the same size, but even thinner, with a little bigger screen.
Battery life on a the S4 ? I am sure not even close to supposed G2 battery life, but is the S4 way off form the G2 or at least close ? And for people that have had both the S4 and G2, how do they compare in hand, and comfortably in holding it, and using it daily ?
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Hi, running S4 here. Yeah, you'll certainly want to debloat and get rid of everything you don't use.
Yeah, first off, condition the battery with absolutely-full recharges and absolutely-full discharges. Cycle this over the course of the week to level it out; should be four or five cycles total. I had a battery go from what you talk about to better than my stock battery after several cycles and two weeks' usage. A pain, I know, but you have to do it in order to rule out whether or not that's the issue.
Second, root that shiz. Then get your latest good-battery-life ROM and couple it with the right kernel. This makes a world of difference, as certain kernels are "on-demand" in that they downclock the CPU to low levels when the screen is off and it's in standby mode, and they boost the CPU power as needed. Further, they often undervolt draw from the battery making it last all the much longer.
Third, Greenify: get that application and it will tell you what the heck is eating up CPU time, and stop it for you and prevent it from starting up until needed. This is not a task auto-killer.
Following these steps, my battery life went from what you describe to 24+ hours with medium usage. I absolutely never have battery issues anymore, and my backup battery? I never need it (so it's actually become a bit of a chore to swap out batteries and cycle them periodically to keep them fresh).
As far as form-factor is concerned, yeah... the S4 works alright one-handed, sure. Obviously, you have different sized hands from me, though.
My setup: LiquidSmooth ROM 2.9, running KToonSez' kernel with HIS recommended settings, plus 25mV across the board for stability (which amounts to a net -75mV undervolt). Absolutely pleased as punch.
I exchanged my LG G2 for the Galaxy S4, and couldn't be happier so far. Couldn't get comfortable with the G2.
In the past year, I've had a lot of phones; HTC One X, Note 2, Nexus 4, G2, and now the S4. To me the S4 feels best in hand, just a great size, with beautiful screen. The S4 is lightweight, and feels very comfortable in the hand with a case, I like the design of the black one it looks classy and cool. Not sure why so many people call this phone cheap and lame looking ? Once you have a cool looking case on it, the phone looks fantastic.
I just rooted it last night using the Kingo method, no ROM's yet, just stock, and deleted a ton of ATT and Samsung crap bloat, also installed Greenify, DroidWall, and running Nova launcher with the Axis icon theme. We'll see how battery life goes ? Trying to install AdFree but it won't connect to the server to actually activate it, been reading that's an ongoing issue the last day in other threads.
The G2 was nice, but just too heavy and large, as lame as that sounds. The thin bezels are almost too thin, afraid to crack damage the phone too easily. Plus 5.2" is just over that borderline of screen size I am comfortable with. The S4 is as big a phone I want, that's the limit, I don't want anything larger, but also nothing smaller, I think the S4 is just the right screen size, thinness and weight.
Overall I like the S4 a lot so far, more than the G2 as crazy at that sounds. And find the S4 more enjoyable than my Nexus 4. Only bummer is that I am on the MF3 - Mother Fukker firmware, so I am limited on ROM if I go that route, but so far happy enough just rooted on stock.
You should install safestrap along with a custom ROM you won't regret it. Did you get the 16 or 32 gig? 16 gig tends to be not that much internal space but it works out still. I'm using vision x stock ROM and couldn't be happier its way faster than stock, it also has ad-away already pre-installed and ktweaker on it along with no bloat. I was going to stay on my stock rooted rom also but got safestrap and a rom on it and couldn't be happier.
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You should install safestrap along with a custom ROM you won't regret it. Did you get the 16 or 32 gig? 16 gig tends to be not that much internal space but it works out still. I'm using vision x stock ROM and couldn't be happier its way faster than stock, it also has ad-away already pre-installed and ktweaker on it along with no bloat. I was going to stay on my stock rooted rom also but got safestrap and a rom on it and couldn't be happier.
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Thanks, I think I will take the plunge Just a little nervous on the whole Safestrap thing, but I replied to the thread with questions, it's mainly a 7 step process, looks pretty straightforward if I follow all of those steps to a 't'. I am sure one of those TW ROM's like SHO will be fast and smoother, maybe better battery life over stock ?
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Thanks, I think I will take the plunge Just a little nervous on the whole Safestrap thing, but I replied to the thread with questions, it's mainly a 7 step process, looks pretty straightforward if I follow all of those steps to a 't'. I am sure one of those TW ROM's like SHO will be fast and smoother, maybe better battery life over stock ?
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There's no reason to be nervous with safestrap its easy to use and it won't mess anything up as long as your on a different ROM slot than your stock. So leave your stock ROM slot alone. I was having problems with sho's newest ROM but its a great ROM altogether I just felt since he released it, there was still going to be some bugs so I'm just waiting a little longer to flash it again. But definitely faster, better battery life and smoother. I also use nova launcher prime and it flies! Lol also I think you wanted the s4 in the beginning but since the lg g2 was newer or you heard a lot of bad about the s4 you sent with the g2?
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There's no reason to be nervous with safestrap its easy to use and it won't mess anything up as long as your on a different ROM slot than your stock. So leave your stock ROM slot alone. I was having problems with sho's newest ROM but its a great ROM altogether I just felt since he released it, there was still going to be some bugs so I'm just waiting a little longer to flash it again. But definitely faster, better battery life and smoother. I also use nova launcher prime and it flies! Lol also I think you wanted the s4 in the beginning but since the lg g2 was newer or you heard a lot of bad about the s4 you sent with the g2?
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Can you please post the exact link to that ROM you are using. Want to make sure I am pointed int eh right direction not download a ROM that won't work on MF3 firmware. Thank you
Think I found that ROM, but not digiing the heavy metal crazy theme LOL Is SHO not stable enough to run a as a good daily ? It seems SHO was last updated in September ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305752
It has a stock ROM and a themed ROM which is the heavy metal one. Stock ROM is basically like your stock with a few tweaks. It might be stable now just download and try it yourself. It won't hurt anything to try so you'll be okay.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468860
This is his newest ROM based on the international gs4 which I loaded you can try that ROM which I think is the american gs4 based I haven't tried it but its great.
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If I want to use the vision x stock ROM, and go with the stock theme, I would chose the download dated 10/01/13 ? There are two different downloads for the ATT MF3, looks like the theme version dated 09-22/13, and the stock dated 10/01, is that correct ?
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If I want to use the vision x stock ROM, and go with the stock theme, I would chose the download dated 10/01/13 ? There are two different downloads for the ATT MF3, looks like the theme version dated 09-22/13, and the stock dated 10/01, is that correct ?
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Yes. But you can use shostock also. Are you using your phone or a computer? It should say att stock and another themed.
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Yes. But you can use shostock also. Are you using your phone or a computer? It should say att stock and another themed, and also to each their own on Roms one ROM would be great for one person another would be great for another person so you just have to try and see which one you like the best.
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I have both S4 and G2
I love everything in my G2 except low-light and action photos...
Also S4 is an awesome smartphone..just look at it's camera...But I hate amoled its unreal colours..IPS from G2 is much better!!!
Anyway it's 2 awesome smartphones
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G2 vs S4
I have both. Love G2 for its Great Battery, Bigger and excellent display and Flexibility in ROMs. Camera in Low light not good.
S4 has the SD Card and removable battery, good camera. Locked up bootloader and virtually no options for modding. Battery life for me has not been good at all (I am on MJ6 and rooted and Have all multiple issues - not being able to install to SD card, battery life, etc)
I would go for G2 again.
On s4, passed on g2 cause of its button design and no SD card or removable battery....
bad thing about new s4 is the locked BL but I think your wife it wouldn't be too important I had s3 and s4 battery is amazing couldn't be happier with battery...
Also all the bloat garbage on the stock but once root its a lot better....
Rooted mf3 SHOstock
Hey guys,
So I am really torn between LG G2 and nexus 5, I want the lg g2 specs (battery) with pure stock basically. I really appreciate all the roms I have used with my sensation, but even CM wasnt reliable enough. I was looking for commentary on how close we are going to be able to get with reliable pure stock experience of the n5 on the g2 AT&T.
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Hey guys,
So I am really torn between LG G2 and nexus 5, I want the lg g2 specs (battery) with pure stock basically. I really appreciate all the roms I have used with my sensation, but even CM wasnt reliable enough. I was looking for commentary on how close we are going to be able to get with reliable pure stock experience of the n5 on the g2 AT&T.
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I want this too
CleanROM is slim but retains all stock features, working flawlessly for my VZ G2
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CleanROM is slim but retains all stock features, working flawlessly for my VZ G2
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I think by stock he means aosp...not sick LG Rom.
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I think by stock he means aosp...not sick LG Rom.
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Errr stock
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If you load any of the custom AOSP ROMs and stay out of the extras, its virtually a stock experience. As of right now there is no straight AOSP for G2.
Hopefully we'll see our first with 4.4!
I've been the biggest AOSP fanboy for years - since the OG Droid days. I hated and avoided any phone with an OEM skin. I bought this phone with the intention of putting the first pure AOSP ROM out there. Then I started using the phone and realized the LG skin is super minimal and nearly all of the features are very useful. I'm officially a former AOSP fanboy now. Give the G2 a try and I think you'll find the same thing.
Nova launcher. 8sms disable, q slide. And grab a aosp gallery apk maybe a aosp dialer. I prefer dialer one. Remove bloat and I'd say that you're close to stock. Could grab aosp camera, but why.
With googles focus on apps now. The ROM is beginning to matter less and less.
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I don't see any reason to consider LG UI far from stock. It follows Holo guidelines (ahem, I'm looking at you Touchwiz) and is smooth. Take it out for a spin in-store, I think you'll like it. Just ignore the icons and install Nova Launcher.
I like Kitkat, but it's not like we won't get it on the G2. CM will get there in no time. The one thing that keeps me from buying the Nexus 5 is the crap battery; I don't know about you, but I can't stand it.
Give LG UI a spin, maybe you'll like it. I installed KitKat Theme and all the ugly icons are gone now. Maybe you can install Aprx or Nova Launcher.
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What about battery? I think cm can last longer than lg stock rom. However note 2 with tw last longer than note with aokp/cm.
I've been using CM now for a few days on my Verizon G2, and personally find it to be extremely usable as a daily driver. Of course there will be minor issues here and there since we're talking about nightly builds, but I'm sure they'll get those worked out soon enough and have a stable release.
That aside, as others have mentioned, the stock LG UI really isn't that bad as far as bloat, etc. While I do find the phone to be a tad more responsive and less laggy on CM, LG's UI is really quite usable, and doesn't add too much to the normal stock/AOSP experience.
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Give LG UI a spin, maybe you'll like it. I installed KitKat Theme and all the ugly icons are gone now. Maybe you can install Aprx or Nova Launcher.
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Which KitKat theme are you talking about. I dig the AOSP look and have been trying to find a good way to replicate the appearance.
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Which KitKat theme are you talking about. I dig the AOSP look and have been trying to find a good way to replicate the appearance.
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this
Not sure about battery life on CM vs stock, but i have a feeling that LG's optimizations aren't in vain. CM on the Optimus G offered great performance but relatively short battery life.
Hello. I have an opportunity to take a 32gb model N5 or G2 for the same price. I need to know, which one will be better for the day use for my cases:
1) much phone calls (GSM + SIP calls)
2) music
3) e-reading
4) foto
5) web serfing.
Thank you.
P.S. I hope, people who will recommend me one or another phone, had the opportunity to test both devices.
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Hello. I have an opportunity to take a 32gb model N5 or G2 for the same price. I need to know, which one will be better for the day use for my cases:
1) much phone calls (GSM + SIP calls)
2) music
3) e-reading
4) foto
5) web serfing.
Thank you.
P.S. I hope, people who will recommend me one or another phone, had the opportunity to test both devices.
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G2 any given day of the week (I have both the devices). You'd want Nexus 5 only if you want Latest Official Stock Android and Butter Smooth UI Experience.
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G2 any given day of the week (I have both the devices).
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What do you mean?
For the same price G2 is better.You get a slightly bigger screen,better camera and better battery life,it's like a better nexus 5 if you install 4.4 kitkat rom in my opinion.In my country nexus 5 is 534$ and G2 for 574$ for 32gb price difference is low so I'm getting G2.
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it's like a better nexus 5 if you install 4.4 kitkat rom in my opinion.
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I am thinking about this. Does G2 works good with a custom roms like CM? No problems with LTE connection in europ with custom roms?
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What do you mean?
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I mean LG G2 is better than the Nexus because of the Screen, Camera, Battery. But the UI is not as smooth as in Nexus 5 which has stock android. No matter which custom ROM you install on your G2, Official Stock Android on Nexus 5 can not be matched. There will always be some bug here n there & Void Warranty. (Please be advised, this is my personal opinion)
The G2 is much much better made, has a better camera, better battery, more features, and is more stable. The N5 has horrible build quality issues, I had to return 3 and rejected 2 more in the shop, all had screen faults and were different batches. The G2 is cheap because its not selling that well, the N5 is cheap because it is cheap.. and nasty.
The G2 can be made just as fast and smooth as the N5, if not more so, and seems to play games at a higher frame rate to. The N5 is just very badly optimised. The g2 out benches the N5, and while benchmarks dont tell the whole story they are an indication that something isnt right with the N5. I didnt find the N5 to be any faster, and it was often slower. There is still lag and micro stutter in scrolling widgets and chrome.
The N5 will have the newest version of Android first, but thats not really a big deal when it still has very few features. Kit Kat is little more than Jelly bean with a few tweaks anyway, its a minor update. The N5s main advantaged is ROM support, but do you really need 500 ROMs, instead of, say 30 for the G2, 490 of which is either copies of each other, or dont work properly?
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I mean LG G2 is better than the Nexus because of the Screen, Camera, Battery. But the UI is not as smooth as in Nexus 5 which has stock android. No matter which custom ROM you install on your G2, Official Stock Android on Nexus 5 can not be matched. There will always be some bug here n there & Void Warranty. (Please be advised, this is my personal opinion)
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I disagree on smoothness, and there is no such thing as 'Stock' Android on a retail device. Stock only exists in emulators, the Nexus runs Googles idea of retail custom Android. Each Nexus is a little different to the other and has its own customisations.
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I am thinking about this. Does G2 works good with a custom roms like CM? No problems with LTE connection in europ with custom roms?
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Got my LG G2,I am very happy with this divice.Lot better than the S4 i had. You can install panaroid android 4.4 on G2. Which is closest to stock.
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Hi everyone
I'm a long time SGS2 and a galaxy Note user, and lately I've been thinking about buying an LG G2 (unlocked international).
since I'm a power user who hates Samsung's heavy skin, and seeing how close LG's skin is to that of it's home rival, I need to know how open to modding and flashing the G2 is?
the N7000 was pretty moddable but use anything other than samsung's stock based ROMs, and you have to deal with sudden reboots and crashes, and that's the case with all AOSP ROMs for me (currently running OMNI ROM on it, and it still reboots out of the blue at times)
so is the LG G2 anay different? is it easy to flash new ROMs to? how stable are AOSP ROMs on it? any features to be lost? (like the BIONZ image sensor on sony's z1 for example).
also any other advice and opinions on the device would be highly appreciated
thx folks
Aosp are generally getting a lot better, a few reboots every day is to be expected, however. The phone is quite moddable, you can install custom recoveries and flash custom Roms, although the bootloader is locked.
You will miss out on quite a few features, but some of them can be flashed back. You might find stock best for you and since you are an sgs2 user I'm sure you will appreciate the fact that dorimanx develops kernels for this beast. Best of luck.
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Features to be lost - IR blaster, Qslide, and what not if you're running an AOSP ROM. Knock on works for most AOSP ROMs but Knockoff only works for some.
There're still some bugs with the ROMs, yes, but most should be pretty stable for you to use your G2 as your daily driver.
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So it's almost the same as the Galaxy Note, hmmm..that's useful info, thank you guys so much
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Hi everyone
I'm a long time SGS2 and a galaxy Note user, and lately I've been thinking about buying an LG G2 (unlocked international).
since I'm a power user who hates Samsung's heavy skin, and seeing how close LG's skin is to that of it's home rival, I need to know how open to modding and flashing the G2 is?
the N7000 was pretty moddable but use anything other than samsung's stock based ROMs, and you have to deal with sudden reboots and crashes, and that's the case with all AOSP ROMs for me (currently running OMNI ROM on it, and it still reboots out of the blue at times)
so is the LG G2 anay different? is it easy to flash new ROMs to? how stable are AOSP ROMs on it? any features to be lost? (like the BIONZ image sensor on sony's z1 for example).
also any other advice and opinions on the device would be highly appreciated
thx folks
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close your eyes, buy the nexus 5 this is ocming from a X galaxy nexus user ! its easy as **** ! fastboot oem-unlock ,BANG root and do **** from fastboot ! while on the g2 its not that simple, its tough and many people have semi bricked their devices. so if your a flashahoilic like how i used to be, i suggest you get the nexus 5 . so why did i buy a g2 ? frankly speaking, it has everything i want to use in its STOCK ROM ! yup its a dafuq moment right there mate touch to wake,manual focus camera,a HUUUGE battery , good screen on time, a remote ( turned off the projector in college lectures ROFL etc etc ) i love this phone and just waiting for kitkat to be released officially. and also , this phone DOES NOT SLOW DOWN over time ! my friends note 2 got dam slow after about 2 weeks while the g2 is going just buttery smooth even on 4.2.2 . so it depends upon what you want
edit- lg's ui looks similar to the ****whiz of samsung but it does not slow down like ****whiz does
Also on the G2 you can mod just about everything with the Xposed mod, check it out and you will get an idea of what you can do to the G2 with that alone.
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close your eyes, buy the nexus 5 this is ocming from a X galaxy nexus user ! its easy as **** ! fastboot oem-unlock ,BANG root and do **** from fastboot ! while on the g2 its not that simple, its tough and many people have semi bricked their devices. so if your a flashahoilic like how i used to be, i suggest you get the nexus 5 . so why did i buy a g2 ? frankly speaking, it has everything i want to use in its STOCK ROM ! yup its a dafuq moment right there mate touch to wake,manual focus camera,a HUUUGE battery , good screen on time, a remote ( turned off the projector in college lectures ROFL etc etc ) i love this phone and just waiting for kitkat to be released officially. and also , this phone DOES NOT SLOW DOWN over time ! my friends note 2 got dam slow after about 2 weeks while the g2 is going just buttery smooth even on 4.2.2 . so it depends upon what you want
edit- lg's ui looks similar to the ****whiz of samsung but it does not slow down like ****whiz does
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Haha! no man I'm not a flashaholic or anything I just want something that works and works smoothly, can you believe I never ever flashed anything on my SGS2? it just worked beautifully on GB, but then I got the note and all that changed, it was slow as ****! had to flash a tons of different ROMs on it! :/
hmmm..now I'm seriously considering the G2! so how's the RAM consumption? the LG UI looks heavy but you guys are saying it's light? like...finally lag free? yay! hmm, and how's the stability of stock? my friend's S4 randomly reboots even on stock, but my brother's HTC ONE never ever rebooted in the 4 months we've bought it
so is the G2 that stable with stock? and did LG improve it's record at software updates? do you expect to receive kitkat soon?
also, the 16 GB version is only 420$ where I live, while the 32GB version is 510$ unlocked, I'm thinking of getting the 16GB version just because if I go with the 32GB then the note 3 is just 70$ away hahahaha!
I don't install games, so I don't think storage would be an issue, what do you think? and is it different when installing ROMs? the 16 from the 32 GB version? I don't think it matters since flashing ROMs shouldn't affect the partitioning table (well unless you specifically flash a partitioning file!), but who knows how LG does things.
also...I think I'm getting either the Gold or the Red versions since they're Matte! any of you had an experience with those?
nice one witht he projector btw hahaha
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Haha! no man I'm not a flashaholic or anything I just want something that works and works smoothly, can you believe I never ever flashed anything on my SGS2? it just worked beautifully on GB, but then I got the note and all that changed, it was slow as ****! had to flash a tons of different ROMs on it! :/
hmmm..now I'm seriously considering the G2! so how's the RAM consumption? the LG UI looks heavy but you guys are saying it's light? like...finally lag free? yay! hmm, and how's the stability of stock? my friend's S4 randomly reboots even on stock, but my brother's HTC ONE never ever rebooted in the 4 months we've bought it
so is the G2 that stable with stock? and did LG improve it's record at software updates? do you expect to receive kitkat soon?
also, the 16 GB version is only 420$ where I live, while the 32GB version is 510$ unlocked, I'm thinking of getting the 16GB version just because if I go with the 32GB then the note 3 is just 70$ away hahahaha!
I don't install games, so I don't think storage would be an issue, what do you think? and is it different when installing ROMs? the 16 from the 32 GB version? I don't think it matters since flashing ROMs shouldn't affect the partitioning table (well unless you specifically flash a partitioning file!), but who knows how LG does things.
also...I think I'm getting either the Gold or the Red versions since they're Matte! any of you had an experience with those?
nice one witht he projector btw hahaha
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I would generally consider the 32 gb option the better option here since it's really 10 gb of storage vs 24 gb of storage. You can't mess with partitions - at least nobody tried.
I would slam a case on it anyway since it's so fragile. The zero-gap screen technology makes the digitizer break if the screen breaks.
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I would generally consider the 32 gb option the better option here since it's really 10 gb of storage vs 24 gb of storage. You can't mess with partitions - at least nobody tried.
I would slam a case on it anyway since it's so fragile. The zero-gap screen technology makes the digitizer break if the screen breaks.
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yeah..but it's also almost a 100$ more :/
I'll have to consider this more carefully I think!
lucky I rarely drop my phone, and with something as big and heavy as the note to be only dropped 3 times in two years (on carpet when I'm lazily using it in bed ) I think I can manage a relatively small device just fine....but yeah a case is a smart idea I guess!
thx mate
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yeah..but it's also almost a 100$ more :/
I'll have to consider this more carefully I think!
lucky I rarely drop my phone, and with something as big and heavy as the note to be only dropped 3 times in two years (on carpet when I'm lazily using it in bed ) I think I can manage a relatively small device just fine....but yeah a case is a smart idea I guess!
thx mate
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i would most definitely go with the 32gb version. especially if you like to have a bunch of music files or videos on your phone. this phone has a sweet DAC in it, so it makes playing my flac files that much better. i have a 32gb g2 and i have 14gb of space left. if i had a 16gb g2 i'd have low space. g2 tweaksbox, g2 xposed and gravitybox [jb] give you everything you'd want on stock rom that aosp/cm have for jelly bean.
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i would most definitely go with the 32gb version. especially if you like to have a bunch of music files or videos on your phone. this phone has a sweet DAC in it, so it makes playing my flac files that much better. i have a 32gb g2 and i have 14gb of space left. if i had a 16gb g2 i'd have low space. g2 tweaksbox, g2 xposed and gravitybox [jb] give you everything you'd want on stock rom that aosp/cm have for jelly bean.
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Alright, so ladies and gentlemen, it's time for an update:
I bought a white D802 32GB version a couple of days ago, but didn't really have much time to get online, so far I like it, the speed, the battery life, but there are also a few quirks, occasional stuttering (nothing major, just every once in a while), KNOCK ON doesn't always work from the first time for some reason, and the screen..even though great by any standard, but damn AMOLEDs have spoiled my eyes, I can notice the color shifting from angles and it bothers me at times!
but yeah.......I'm part of the LG G2 XDA club now thx for everything folks
Hey guys,
I currently have an I9300 (A.K.A Galaxy S3) and thinking about upgrade to G2. I'm not looking for a advice on this thread but some info. Been on my GS3 since 1,5 years now and I rather know all the pros and cons of my device.
One of them is our Exynos chip that literally kills the device when using AOSP, second one is broken HW composer due the lack of closed source stuff of Samsung. Last but not least is the camera quality, vastly better on stock Touchwiz roms.
Knowing this stuff I have the following questions regarding G2;
1.- G2 uses Snapdragon, so on paper AOSP Roms should work fine (or not as bad as it is on Exynos). Is this really true? How does perform CM11 right now on the G2? I'm planning to stick always with CM or AOSP becouse can't stand stock LG skinned Android. On my S3 I am currently rolling CM11 and it is pretty OK due the great devs we have there. But you guys know, we always want something better
2.- Been reading a lot about the camera on the G2 and all threads say the same, camera quality on Stock is much better than AOSP. The question is; Is this difference big as on the GS3?
I am running away from the abusive closed source policy of Samsung and limited updates (I know is the same with LG but at least you guys don't have an Exynos chip to deal with :silly
Will I be able reach the full of G2 capacity staying at AOSP or it is going to be the same as it happens with my S3?. Am I going to be cursed to stay at stock Android until LG stop supporting the device? Will I be at home with a G2 or should look for a fugly Nexus 5 instead?
Posting this thing on General becouse it could help guys with the same doubts as I do. Hope you don't mind this big wall text.
Kind regards!
beeeto said:
Hey guys,
I currently have an I9300 (A.K.A Galaxy S3) and thinking about upgrade to G2. I'm not looking for a advice on this thread but some info. Been on my GS3 since 1,5 years now and I rather know all the pros and cons of my device.
One of them is our Exynos chip that literally kills the device when using AOSP, second one is broken HW composer due the lack of closed source stuff of Samsung. Last but not least is the camera quality, vastly better on stock Touchwiz roms.
Knowing this stuff I have the following questions regarding G2;
1.- G2 uses Snapdragon, so on paper AOSP Roms should work fine (or not as bad as it is on Exynos). Is this really true? How does perform CM11 right now on the G2? I'm planning to stick always with CM or AOSP becouse can't stand stock LG skinned Android. On my S3 I am currently rolling CM11 and it is pretty OK due the great devs we have there. But you guys know, we always want something better
2.- Been reading a lot about the camera on the G2 and all threads say the same, camera quality on Stock is much better than AOSP. The question is; Is this difference big as on the GS3?
I am running away from the abusive closed source policy of Samsung and limited updates (I know is the same with LG but at least you guys don't have an Exynos chip to deal with :silly
Will I be able reach the full of G2 capacity staying at AOSP or it is going to be the same as it happens with my S3?. Am I going to be cursed to stay at stock Android until LG stop supporting the device? Will I be at home with a G2 or should look for a fugly Nexus 5 instead?
Posting this thing on General becouse it could help guys with the same doubts as I do. Hope you don't mind this big wall text.
Kind regards!
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1. AOSP works fine, you have bucketloads of ROMs out there for the G2 (check Original Development forum).
2. Camera is perfectly fine on both stock and AOSP. Haven't read about any issues.
But seriously, stock ROM + Xposed. You don't need much more than that.
beeeto said:
Hey guys,
I currently have an I9300 (A.K.A Galaxy S3) and thinking about upgrade to G2. I'm not looking for a advice on this thread but some info. Been on my GS3 since 1,5 years now and I rather know all the pros and cons of my device.
One of them is our Exynos chip that literally kills the device when using AOSP, second one is broken HW composer due the lack of closed source stuff of Samsung. Last but not least is the camera quality, vastly better on stock Touchwiz roms.
Knowing this stuff I have the following questions regarding G2;
1.- G2 uses Snapdragon, so on paper AOSP Roms should work fine (or not as bad as it is on Exynos). Is this really true? How does perform CM11 right now on the G2? I'm planning to stick always with CM or AOSP becouse can't stand stock LG skinned Android. On my S3 I am currently rolling CM11 and it is pretty OK due the great devs we have there. But you guys know, we always want something better
2.- Been reading a lot about the camera on the G2 and all threads say the same, camera quality on Stock is much better than AOSP. The question is; Is this difference big as on the GS3?
I am running away from the abusive closed source policy of Samsung and limited updates (I know is the same with LG but at least you guys don't have an Exynos chip to deal with :silly
Will I be able reach the full of G2 capacity staying at AOSP or it is going to be the same as it happens with my S3?. Am I going to be cursed to stay at stock Android until LG stop supporting the device? Will I be at home with a G2 or should look for a fugly Nexus 5 instead?
Posting this thing on General becouse it could help guys with the same doubts as I do. Hope you don't mind this big wall text.
Kind regards!
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Before G2 I had S3 and Note2 and since both of them have same exynos and camera they were pretty similar in AOSP roms.
With S3 I used AOSP 80% of time (cm11 temasek). On note2 I used lame touchwiz because of spen.
Anyway after switching to G2 I flashed AOSP same day I got it (rooting doesn't void warranty in EU). I got G2 in last december and at that time AOSP was still quite buggy. But now AOSP is nearly as stable as stock.
Regarding your questions:
1. As I said AOSP now is fine, but look for rom that uses kitkat kernel source. In my opinion Mahdi ROM is best for AOSP. CM still uses old jellybean kernel sources that has bugs, so I avoid using it. I have been using Mahdi most of the time and there were only few bugs that were fixed quite fast. I agree that stock LG ui looks awful, but with xposed you can make it look nearly like AOSP (quicksettings and stuff). But you should definitely take a look at G3 roms, they are much better looking.
2. Regarding camera quality yes on AOSP it is a little worse, but in my opinion not as big difference from stock as it was on S3. There are ported stock camera app for AOSP if you want to check that out.
When I switched to G2 I was also looking at Nexus 5 since I am kinda flashoholic. But I am really happy that I got G2 not Nexus5. After I switched from S3 to N2 I got used to great battery of it and G2 has even better battery life than Note2. Plus thoose buttons on back are just the way they should be on all phones.
Anyway hope I helped you with this information.
Orvils said:
Before G2 I had S3 and Note2 and since both of them have same exynos and camera they were pretty similar in AOSP roms.
With S3 I used AOSP 80% of time (cm11 temasek). On note2 I used lame touchwiz because of spen.
Anyway after switching to G2 I flashed AOSP same day I got it (rooting doesn't void warranty in EU). I got G2 in last december and at that time AOSP was still quite buggy. But now AOSP is nearly as stable as stock.
Regarding your questions:
1. As I said AOSP now is fine, but look for rom that uses kitkat kernel source. In my opinion Mahdi ROM is best for AOSP. CM still uses old jellybean kernel sources that has bugs, so I avoid using it. I have been using Mahdi most of the time and there were only few bugs that were fixed quite fast. I agree that stock LG ui looks awful, but with xposed you can make it look nearly like AOSP (quicksettings and stuff). But you should definitely take a look at G3 roms, they are much better looking.
2. Regarding camera quality yes on AOSP it is a little worse, but in my opinion not as big difference from stock as it was on S3. There are ported stock camera app for AOSP if you want to check that out.
When I switched to G2 I was also looking at Nexus 5 since I am kinda flashoholic. But I am really happy that I got G2 not Nexus5. After I switched from S3 to N2 I got used to great battery of it and G2 has even better battery life than Note2. Plus thoose buttons on back are just the way they should be on all phones.
Anyway hope I helped you with this information.
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Oh boy, your words are like a gold mine! Exactly what I was looking for.
My G2 is officially ordered. Hope I'll be joining this part of XDA really soon and say good bye my old fellows I9300 users. Im sure here I'll feel at home :fingers-crossed:.
Have a little couple of questions, they are a little specific so couldn't find precise info. Hope you guys can direct me a little.
1.- You surely know that the most famous Kernel on the i9300 is Boeffla, it has own app to control voltages, sound control, overclock, etc. What is the G2 counter part? (I know Kernels are subjective but want to know where to start )
2.- What are the most used OC arround here for the CPU? (On the i9300 was 1.6Ghz)
I'm going to be wondering arround here a lot, so I hope don't get bashed for these questions, they are my base when starting to use a new device. (Yesterday spent 2 hours browsing ROM's and other threads, haha)
Thank you again!
beeeto said:
Oh boy, your words are like a gold mine! Exactly what I was looking for.
My G2 is officially ordered. Hope I'll be joining this part of XDA really soon and say good bye my old fellows I9300 users. Im sure here I'll feel at home :fingers-crossed:.
Have a little couple of questions, they are a little specific so couldn't find precise info. Hope you guys can direct me a little.
1.- You surely know that the most famous Kernel on the i9300 is Boeffla, it has own app to control voltages, sound control, overclock, etc. What is the G2 counter part? (I know Kernels are subjective but want to know where to start )
2.- What are the most used OC arround here for the CPU? (On the i9300 was 1.6Ghz)
I'm going to be wondering arround here a lot, so I hope don't get bashed for these questions, they are my base when starting to use a new device. (Yesterday spent 2 hours browsing ROM's and other threads, haha)
Thank you again!
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1. Well for stock roms there is dorimanx kernel. It has faux sound, overclock, undervolt, etc.
2. With dorimanx you can overclock up to max 2.8 GHz.
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beeeto said:
1.- G2 uses Snapdragon, so on paper AOSP Roms should work fine (or not as bad as it is on Exynos). Is this really true? How does perform CM11 right now on the G2? I'm planning to stick always with CM or AOSP becouse can't stand stock LG skinned Android. On my S3 I am currently rolling CM11 and it is pretty OK due the great devs we have there. But you guys know, we always want something better
2.- Been reading a lot about the camera on the G2 and all threads say the same, camera quality on Stock is much better than AOSP. The question is; Is this difference big as on the GS3?
Kind regards!
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s3's camera doesnt even come close to the cam on the g2 ! the quality is unbelievable. just note that night shots do get distorted when its very very dark ! but that happens on all phone cameras so its fine
oh and also cm11 rom doesnt support UHD and 120 FPS slowmo addons i bought this cus of the camera features n battery backup. i cant let it just go
Orvils said:
Before G2 I had S3 and Note2 and since both of them have same exynos and camera they were pretty similar in AOSP roms.
With S3 I used AOSP 80% of time (cm11 temasek). On note2 I used lame touchwiz because of spen.
Anyway after switching to G2 I flashed AOSP same day I got it (rooting doesn't void warranty in EU). I got G2 in last december and at that time AOSP was still quite buggy. But now AOSP is nearly as stable as stock.
Regarding your questions:
1. As I said AOSP now is fine, but look for rom that uses kitkat kernel source. In my opinion Mahdi ROM is best for AOSP. CM still uses old jellybean kernel sources that has bugs, so I avoid using it. I have been using Mahdi most of the time and there were only few bugs that were fixed quite fast. I agree that stock LG ui looks awful, but with xposed you can make it look nearly like AOSP (quicksettings and stuff). But you should definitely take a look at G3 roms, they are much better looking.
2. Regarding camera quality yes on AOSP it is a little worse, but in my opinion not as big difference from stock as it was on S3. There are ported stock camera app for AOSP if you want to check that out.
When I switched to G2 I was also looking at Nexus 5 since I am kinda flashoholic. But I am really happy that I got G2 not Nexus5. After I switched from S3 to N2 I got used to great battery of it and G2 has even better battery life than Note2. Plus thoose buttons on back are just the way they should be on all phones.
Anyway hope I helped you with this information.
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Where did you hear that rooting doesn't void warranty on Europe?
Are you completely 100% sure?
Cause I'm very interested in knowing if this is true.
Only rooting or also installing roms? Installing roms and custom recoveries doesn't void the warranty?
Thanks!!
My G2 is awesome. I keep it running stock ROM because I love what LG has done. If you've never tried it before, give it a chance before moving to CM 11. I have Nova installed and using that instead of LG launcher but other than that I really do enjoy all the features that come from LG =).
I compared my phone to a Nexus 5 side by side and it was pretty much the same speed to open apps (Except Viber, it was faster on N5, no idea why..). It's a very smooth phone, even when running LG UI .
My brother has the S3 and it's a good smooth phone but my G2 is an overall better phone.
You won't regret upgrading to it. Just make sure you get one without a touchscreen bug. I was lucky when I bought mine from someone else, it didn't have the touchscreen bug and still does not.
Camera is not the best and I'm considering trading for an S5 or Z2 just for that reason. I would actually go for the Find 7 but a bit too expensive and big. I prefer the camera on the S4 (I had that phone prior to the G2 and I also had the S4 Zoom). The S4 Zoom was the best one with awesome night shots since you can control shutter speed. Sadly we can't control shutter speed on G2 (on Oppo Find 7 we can and K zoom also). Day shots are good on G2 while some shots can really look awesome. It does bokeh effect better than the S4 and looks spectacular for a phone.
Low light shots can be either ok or bad. Too much over-processing going on and white balance isn't the best. I still love my LG G2 though!
I am using xdabbeb's camera mod, by the way, which I suggest you do also if you get the phone.
Nevermind, figured out by my self, thank you!