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[T-Mobile LG G2x] joezilla83:
I think the G2x is a great phone. I was never exposed to the phones flaws because i rooted mine immediately after buying it on Ebay. I must say the developer support is Amazing and i'm sure there are more optimizations to come. With that being said if you have the cash and are in for a new phone, go with one of those quad core monstrosities that will be popping up soon. Then again, who is to say those phones will not have issues of their own?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ala380:
I am truly sorry to hear that. I have had great luck with my G2x. With customs roms it never freezes, I never experience the SOD, and it is blazingly fast. Battery life has also been really good. It hasn't so much as stuttered. As we all know though every device is different. I don't know how you managed to get three devices that have the same problems but that really sucks. It's going to be a long time before I replace my G2x.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
I agree. The battery was/is an issue, especially for those people that are buying used devices. I have five of these phones. Two had issues. New battery in one fixed it. The other one I swaped at T-Mobile. Considering starting a service to repair dead G2x's. Cheap replacement battery and the right software can do wonders
[T-Mobile LG G2x] albertorodast2007:
I love my G2x specially now that ICS is knocking our doors, so I'm sticking a little bit more with it till I probably gave it to my wife and get my hands over a Quad Core.

Dunno for shure, Im not an US T-Mo user... Never had the opportunity to use one of their products but this benchs look promising http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-ascend-d-quad-xl-benchmarks-specs-57348/

Nobody gave a sh*t for HTC before 2000 and now they have some pretty decent decives, and for a quad core that will cost arround 20% - 50% less than competing devices... I'm in!

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] IRASadPanda:
Don't be like that.

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I can actually get over 60 hours of light use on my stock batter with my ROM/Kernel and tweaks combo.

But I get SOD's so I'm probably going to get a seidio innocel 1750 mah, more expensive but I'd rather not take a chance with those random companies I've never heard of, especially when they have a reputation for being less than 1500 mah and for frying phones.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lamdaman:
I've never had any problems even on the stock rom. Except for lag
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mansa_noob:
Love the phone except Bluetooth issues.

<= 2.3.3 the connection would be lost but the phone doesn't think so. This is regardless of ROM.

>2.3.3 won't mute the microphone when audio is being routed through Bluetooth.

I need to take it back or put it under a bus and see if it fixed the problem.

I guess no phone is perfect!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AndroidBotx:
Well my wife had the G2x for 4 months. She went thru 6 replacements all under warranty before we decided to give LG and Tmobile the finger. I had the htc g2 and that phone had its own set of issues. So thanks to LG my wife HATES android (Thanks LG) and she got the CrApple iSuck 4S and i got the Samsung Galaxy S II (Samsung Epic Touch 4G) and this phone kills my old G2 and my wifes G2x combined. The SGS2 is the way to go. Zero Lag. Pure Performance. Nice UI. Best Camera. You name it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
i've had mine for just over a week and flashed it right off with eagles blood and i havent had any issue with it that would make me throw it out the window, so far its been a great first android device for me!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] NekoNyapii:
I think you have to test out a little more rom/kernel combos. I admit, sometimes the G2x annoys me a lot cause it seems buggy at times, but when you find a good rom combination, it'll run smoothly. I've tested almost every rom in the G2x forums and to me, Hellfire Phoenix with Faux kernel works really well, not buggy at all, very smooth. ^_^
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
I call BS. Just saying. Why? Why do that? A better choice is returning the phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jhayton:
Well the OP has already stated that hes tried multiple rom/kernel combos. Hes asking for advice on a replacement device that falls into his budget. he has posted this in the g2x section, so its natural that all us g2x lovers are going to cry foul and ask why and give him other options to try.

While this may be noble is some round about way, it does not entertain his original questions (less the few posts that actually did give opinions for alt devices).

When a device fails to such a degree that the end user is fed up, one can not blame him/her for wanting to jump ship. Help him with question about comparable devices and let him enjoy the android platform.

To the OP, might I suggest taking your OP, copy it and post it in the General Discussion area (http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=256) where you can receive input from all manner of device users, and not just us biased G2x owners.

/2 Cents

I cant offer other input to your question as my android device experience is limited being that the G2x was my first droid, and my second was a SGS4G that I had for less then a week before I sent it in to Samsung to be RMA'd due to faulty soft keys.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mackster248:
I completely agree.

To the OP, that's why I suggest an HTC phone. It may not have the best hardware, thus you may find the build quality kinda bad, and speaker quality kinda eh. But the software is top notch... Any ROM I flashed on my HTC phones were rock solid. Even stock was perfectly fine.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ickster:
Yeah, I have to agree with the OP. I'm about done with this phone as well. Went through mutiple phones before I got a good one. Then had two fumble fingers and got a good one followed by this last one. It sucks. build date 5/20/2011 w/Froyo.Started out fine, even had awesome battery life. Now it's as buggy as any of the others, if not more. Runs hot, reboots, crappy battery life, wifi keeps dropping out.....all of it.

I'm done.

I could probably fight for a replacement, but I'm tired of that as well. Because Tmo replaced this one with a Sensation that I didn't like and sold, I'll have to likely pay for another phone, only real choice IMO is the the Samsung.

And because I won't, in all conscience, sell this without disclosing it's issues, It's pretty much worthless LOL. But I'm actually ahead, because of the free Sensation. But when I think of all the issues, headaches, expense, and endless phonecalls and emailing I've had over this POS since April......

And I will never buy LG again after the total lack of response or support from them. I do like Tmo, even though I've had reception issues at home (maybe the G2X's fault?)

So I'm saving my pennies 'til I can get the Samsung. Anyone wanna buy a G2X?

Buyer beware.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AndroidBotx:
Call it what you want. Im just stating the facts. G2x was a horrible device. End of story.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] vmartinez39:
I've had my share of disappointment with this device and I finally am at peace with my phone. Actually also shocked because I am finally able to get the battery life, the stability, and non-random reboots on my phone. Only thing that does drive me mad is the GPS, that **** will never work and don't expect it to. I just carry my G2 and WiFi tether off G2x if my device never locks on gps signal.

Battery Life: Awesome?

Turns out people out here in the post are right. Its the apps. For almost a year I've had loaded apps that simply leech the battery. I got super pissed and started freezing the apps that launched for no reason. Checked running apps and froze anything that shouldn't even be on. Did that until I took out any app that could drain my battery. Also switched from 4G to EDGE. Don't really mind but others will. The result was simply amazing. 15 hours of moderate use and could have gone 20 hours on single charge ON STOCK BATTERY. And using the 3500mah battery, past the 20 hour mark on heavy use.

The battery issue really got me bad because I couldn't get even 8 hours of use on the 3500mah battery with moderate use. That was really crappy so in the end its the apps to blame for the battery. Haven't used the 2.3.3 ROM in a long time so can't compare if the OS simply doesn't manage the apps properly.

Black Screen of DEATH: Still there sometimes

A few weeks ago I used a stock battery that really got hot on normal use, and every time while charging, the phone froze. I have 2 stock batteries. One of them is bad and is causing all the issues with BSOD, and the phone getting very hot. I switched batteries and the issue never came up (Phone Getting HOT that is).

Black screen of death still persists but I believe configuring the device to stay awake when charging is the solution. I had wifi enabled always while charging. I turned it off for some reason, to save on battery, and the BSOD returned. Then there was an option on Applications->Development->Stay Awake. I've really not had a BSOD while charging in a long time. Could be a solution but who knows.

But in the end I get the frustration, and honestly I've had to put alot of time learning this crap and figuring out how to make this phone stable. A phone is suppose to work and if it takes this much effort just for the G2X, or any phone, it should be replaced/scrapped.

The only reason I've hung in so long onto this phone is because almost a year ago I paid retail $500 bucks for this phone and I intend to get my money's worth. I've had ups and downs. But this phone should have been better. And I blame LG for everything. Devs here made this phone OK. Could have been great but whatever. LG sucks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kolyan:
GPS works fine. you just need to play with GPS.conf file and built.prop
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmandros:
I thought I remember reading a thread that linked SOD to bad batteries or something. Every time they send you a new phone you are putting the same battery back in. I'll do some searching and see if I can find it. Would be a cheaper try.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] regP:
Nope. There may have been some cases of actual bad batteries but for most the battery but it was never proven to be the root of the problem. Enabling "stay awake" ended my SOD issue from day one regardless of what ROM I'm on.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
No offence my friend. I could have stated what I intended in a more professional manner. I have five of these phones. Three were perfect. One required a swap. I swaped the batteries on the rest of them. Two were purchased the first week. Those two had issues. T-Mobile went out of their way, above and beyond to help me. Verbiage is important. Six phones with major issues? At the time you are referring to, T-Mobile offered various solutions and substitutions. Why did you choose not to take advantage? I would not put up with such shenanigans. I have a business to run.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] richteralan:
Good decision. Now I'm on a dumb phone+tablet combo. Couldn't be happier. May buy Sony Xperia S.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shazam1203:
I am thinking I am gonna do warranty exchange tomorrow.. Sick of all the issues with this phone..Miss my vibrant... After 3 times I will get a new phone hopefully mytouch 4g or galaxy s 4g
[T-Mobile LG G2x] whozilla:
I had a ton of random reboots and freezes on my g2x aswell. I also hated the gb cam. Charging it while off helped a bit and after rooting it, the phone is what I was always hoping it would be. Can't wait for a stable ics.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JackSparrow17:
Now what should we all think?.....Its OEM or Its Verizon to blame for.....

www.droid-life.com/2012/02/29/letter-from-verizon-to-fcc-details-their-stance-on-bootloaders/www.droid-life.com/2012/02/29/letter-from-verizon-to-fcc-details-their-stance-on-bootloaders/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vzscrd:
Found this comment at Engadget Site...

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If Verizon wants to lock the bootloader, why does it affect GSM users? Verizon is USA based company.... Just curios

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I thought International/GSM variant of RAZR is bootloader unlocked as posted by Engadget last year... damn....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bahathir:
My GSM XT910, AsianRetail (SEAOP) bootloader is LOCKED, and I did not buy the phone from VZW. The current kernel has bugs, where the clock i drifting, 1-2 seconds/day. Same bug in the last GB 2.3.6 for N1. For N1, I patched the kernel source code, compiled and now, my N1 clock is a accurate as before. I don't care about the ROMs, because, stock ROM is more than enough for me. Just give me chance to load and use my own kernel.

Motorola uses Free and Open Source project in the product. They save millions of USD for software developments, so, why not give something back to us. Give us freedom to choose (kernel/ROMs).

Thank you.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayleterleir:
Hi all,

i'm stressing out a little, mainly due to what I think is a lack of understanding on my part. I have a B70 Transformer with SBKv2, which basically means flashing stock via NVFlash is right out. Now, i'm slightly OCD when it comes to my devices, and I like to know exactly how certain procedures and processes work. So, i'll detail how I think it works, and if someone could correct me, that'd be great. From what I can tell in android, their are 3 levels of factory restoring/recovery.

1) The Factory Reset

So, from what I can tell, the factory reset boots into a special recovery mode, calls upon a hidden recovery partition and simply overwrites all FILES (not partitions) in the system partitions.

2) The Firmware flash

The firmware flash (this calls from experience with samsung devices) boots into a lower level recovery mode (or the same from what I can tell on the transformer), wipes all data of all partitions and restores all files from a firmware zip file.

3) The repartition

(Again, mainly experience from samsung devices). From what I can tell with special situations like this, the OS relies on a seperate entity (IE: Odin, Heimdall) to blank out the flash memory, re-lay a new partition layout and then restore the data.

Now, to my actual question. I like to keep my devices stock, but with a B70 and SBKv2 I am basically limited to option 1 unless I root. If the system itself crashes (IE, lockups, reboots etc) is it likely to alter or damage the recovery partition in any way? I'd like to know that barring a catastrophic incident/my own stupid tinkering that I have a way to bring back a completely clean and stock system. Will the factory reset achieve this? Is there any way to flash/downgrade new/old firmware on the B70s without rooting? I have tried the ASUS methods on honeycomb and ICS zip files from their website and beyond, but it doesn't seem to work. Do ASUS tablets have a PC based reflash package similar to Odin for samsung?

Excuse the blathering, I just want to be absolutely sure I can get a completely clean, stock experience if I need to, and ASUS devices seem a little more complex then Samsung devices to achieve that goal.

Thanks for reading and answering if you do :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
1.Facory reset deletes system data (Not apps or anything just stuff you put in) as well as wiping other installed apps but does not touch the data on your sd card

2. all firmware flash does is whatever the dev writes in the script which is most times mounting system and framework formatting them and rewriting the new files as well as writing in a new kernel

3. Only way to do this is NVFlash which requires sbk1 so you cant do this

Factory resetting will likley solve your problems

Rooting will not mess with recovery

Only way to downgrade is through root although most times downgrading takes the root away

The Odin equivalent is NVFlash which as i said before will not work for you
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luna_c666:
You are confusing some things, and overcomplicating others.

You have three boot modes- recovery, system, and APX. APX would be similar to the download mode on a Samsung phone, where it does nothing but wait to receive instructions and data to flash over both recovery and system partitions. As you have a SBK2, this mode is practically useless because before flashing, the bootloader needs to be unlocked with the SBK, and then can restore the device- as SBK2 is a mystery, APX mode on an SBK2 device is only useful to Asus at the moment.

Recovery mode can flash itself, and system partitions, and it can also wipe and backup data, install updates, etc. Think of any CWM recovery, these functions are contained in the recovery, although in the stock recovery they are hidden from view with an animation and no UI to interact with.

You can flash both ROM (system) and recovery partitions independently of one-another, well, in a way- you can install recovery from within the OS (does require a reboot and actually uses recovery to install, but nonetheless, if you botch your recovery mode you can reflash this way IIRC). You can also flash ONLY the ROM if you wish via recovery mode, if you have CWM installed. You can flash entire packages, containing both ROM and recovery, as well in CWM, and stock packages released by Asus can be flashed via the stock recovery partition.

In order to get a better understanding though, I suggest you read my noob guide linked in my sig ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayleterleir:
WOW, thankyou so much for the prompt replies! You people are geniuses, gentlemen (gentlepeople?) and scholars. Also, reading the guide recommended by luna now. Thankyou for the clarification :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
Here's my understanding:

1) the factory reset- this wipes data and maybe cache. The factory reset assumes that your device is not rooted, so there are no changes to the system partition. All non-root changes are to the data partition.

2) The firmware flash- this uses the recovery to write the system partition. The OTAs are applied this way with the stock recovery. Custom recoveries also use this. There is also a staging partition that can be used to write the kernel (boot.img on other devices) and the EBT partition (bootloader on other devices).

3) the repartition- this is nvflash and can be used (if accessible) to repartition, backup, and/or flash all partitions on the device. I think this is the counterpart to Odin/Heimdall since it can be used to recover an otherwise bricked device. This is analogous to fastboot on HTC devices, although it is possible to erase the fastboot bootloader and really brick the device. As far as I know, this type of brick is not possible with nvflash or Odin/Heimdall since the bootloader is built into the device.

Now, to your question, the system and recovery are seperate systems. You can bork your system and still be able to boot into recovery, so there is a way to restore. That being said, there are a few limitations since all of the tf101 recoveries I have come across don't back up the kernel/boot.img. This can be a problem if incompatible bootloaders or kernels are flashed together. To compound the problem, some roms have kernels/boot.img's included and some do not, so it's quite possible to get into a bad situation just by flashing something and then trying to restore a backup. This seems to be a common problem here on XDA in the transformer section- flashatosis.

After all that, it is possible to go completely stock without nvflash, but you have to use the staging partition to do it.
[Android Apps and Games] irishtexmex:
Maybe it's just me, but visually this subform is a pain in the butt. I wish there was some kind of standardized naming schema pinned to the top. Maybe something like

[[GAME or APP in all caps]] - [Title] (v#.#.#)- ([Description or summary])

e.g. [GAME] - Riptide GP (v2.3.7) - (Jet skiing game with native gamepad support)

Or is that overestimating the amount of care some people take when starting threads? :-\
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] whalesplaho:
can i get dis applications for my xperia mini pro?? i do use dem on my symbian phone before....

> talking clock (downloaded one from market but not working)

> greencharging (it talks when charging & fully charged)

> Say callers name
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kubekpop:
Hi. I have Dorimanx rom installed, and other people have much better results in benchmark, for example I/O. I have 1000, others have 5000. And people write, they play GTA3 with no lag, but I can't. It's slow. I have 1GB EXT3 (I don't know how to make an EXT4 partition, and I don't see the reason to do it) and 256 MB swap. Rom is High end using swap. What should I do to make my phone faster? OC is max.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
You have an HD2, they have different phones.

GTA 3 never ran without lag on the HD2.

The HD2 had never hit 5000 benchmark, and I doubt it will ever do.

Sorry, truth sometimes hurts.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dev!n:
Like Marvlesz said, nobody can run GTA3 smoothly. The processor isnt just Up 2 Date. So the benchmarks aren't so good as of the new Smartphones.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kubekpop:
OK, I understand, but look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1166948&page=1265 the post on the down of the site, second from down. He has 5k points I-O. I have 1k. Why? And what is this Input and output? What does it do?

And I Installed NFS Shift, in races it is fast, but in menu I can see slide show. What the....? It works on Galaxy Mini (600MHZ) - I understand, newer technology, but... it should work, especially because on WM6.5 it worked great.

[EDIT]

OK, I've installed NO ODEX version, and I have better results. Thanks for answers.

And "The HD2 had never hit 5000 benchmark, and I doubt it will ever do." I meant in I/O(just) i had 1K and others had 5K. But now it's fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
Is there an app that will auto turn off 4g and turn it back on when I lose connection? I know the areas that I have 4g and turn it off when going out of those areas. However, there's a couple dead spots in town that kick me off when I'm driving around and it never reconnects by itself. I've tried editing the wimax settings, but none of them reconnect for me.

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I bought, but never used, the profiles app. I don't know if it can be configured to do what you want. I think it might be able to do things based on the time of day or location. I'm sure someone that uses that app could tell you if rules could be made up with it to do what you're looking for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
That's a good idea. I have Tasker, but didn't think about that. I will look into that in the mean time. thanks

ok I think tasker is a little too advanced for me to figure out how to do that. I just use i for basic things so far hehe.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Serotheo:
I'm not sure if its ICS or simply the HellFire Sandwich ROM but my music and gallery pictures keep disappearing, what I mean is its still on the SD card, its like the system doesn't identify the files as a playable/viewable file.. ergo it doesn't see it. Note, I don't get this issue on any Gingerbread ROMs, so its unclear if its ICS itself (most likely?) or the ROM.

Basically.. anyone else got this issue?

Its really annoying having your ringtone be reset because it can't find the song on your SD because it doesn't identify that its there.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] missaellpzchvz:
Use this

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bero.sdrescan

Run it once, problem solved. If you ever run into the same thing again just re-run the application.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Serotheo:
I'll try it out.. if it doesn't work I'm assuming its an issue with the code that communicates with the hardware to communicate with SD?

Not working.