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[AT&T LG Optimus G] crward:
Let me just ask one more question, if you guys don't mind responding (i'll probably update the original post with it too) but, how important are the manufacturer added features (gimmicks, really) to you when you're buying a phone? Such as the Q stuff on our LG phones or the S stuff on Samsungs, ect....

Btw, thanks again guys, this is helpful! :good:
[AT&T LG Optimus G] blenkows:
Not at all. I've always rooted and installed AOSP ROMs if possible ASAP

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Sent from my LG Original Gangsta
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Dr0!dFreek:
Not really inpotaint at all......But now that I have the phone I find some of the features useful
[AT&T LG Optimus G] crward:
Yeah i find most of the features manufacturers add to be a turn off... lol but LG's done a pretty good job, they have a pretty light skin and it's nice. Not even missing AOSP all that much on this thing. I have tried SnowJB though, but just keep coming back to stock, rooted.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] STravers:
Chose the Optimus G over the One X+ becuause I previously owned the one X and didnt enjoy the interface. I chose the Optimus G over the Galaxy s3 because everyone and their mother had one....BTW I wonder how all thoese people feel now that samsung did a evolution instead of a revolution to their phones. All I remember is everyone bashing the 5 for not innovating and the s4 gives us infared and a few extra gimmicks(Ignoring the hardware of course). Sorry just had a side rant. I just wish people will be fair about things. Android excels in having a moddable device with lots of options and apple excels in having the whole phone/music player/internet things down packed along with design.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] powerwagon:
I really feel like this phone is the biggest hidden gem of anything out there right now. I like owning a phone that very few others even know about. I had the Note 2 and original One X, so nothing against those phones at all. LG had nothing to do with my decision one way or the other.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] aaronius:
LGOG

I was coming from an old school Inspire 4G and was desperately in need of a new phone. I did want the HTC One, but it kept getting delayed and I finally ran out of patience. I've never been a fan of Samsung devices, they feel flimsy to me and Touchwiz is a horrible skin IMO. Therefore, none of the Galaxy devices were even in consideration. I did consider the One X+, but was kind of turned off by the stories of battery life. Also, it only had 1 gig of system RAM, compared to the OG's 2 gigs. So in essence, the quad core processor, 2 gigs of memory, 16 gigs internal storage + the SD card slot and solid construction with no flex (looking at you, Samsung) along with the low price sealed the deal for me.

That help?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Nastybutler:
I bought this phone despite LG not because of them. One of the big knocks against them is their slow software updates, and combine that with AT&T's piss poor track record for releasing updates, I knew what I was getting into. I'm hoping the dev support continues so I don't have to rely on LG and AT&T for anything.

I have to stick with AT&T unfortunately as they are the only national carrier in Alaska, so unless I want an iPhone, they are the only one who has the latest phones. Local telecoms are a year or two behind the curve with their hardware, although they seem to be getting better, which is why I bought this phone outright so I could use Straight Talk without a contract.

I chose the OG for the same reasons everyone else has stated: great screen, blazing performance, and expandable storage. The LG skin isn't intrusive or as dated as most of the competition's are.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] pivotraze:
I bought the og because it had the best specs. I did lots of research as I came from iPhone so I wanted a really good android to replace it. I considered the S3, OX+, and OG. I ruled out the S3 because of the dual core processor, and the OX+ because of limited ram, and the 8 app max. I don't care for the added features. For example, wise screen has never worked correctly for me.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] hollywood528:
I didn't even know about any of these features until after I bought the phone. I almost always immediately root and flash a custom Rom the first day. So all that fancy stuff doesn't really interest me much

Thought I am rooted on this phone, I am still running stock.. I am really impressed with the functionality and smoothness. And after learning about the little features, I am enjoying playing around with them
[AT&T LG Optimus G] sparky4017:
I'll have to admit I jumped ship I had a s3 and sold it and bought a unlocked OG only had it two days haven't rooted yet but I will the OG does everything the S3 does only better it's faster smoother and better looking like the difference between a 350 and a 454 there is no sub for horsepower and the LG has it all ( until tomorrow when something else comes out ):cowboy:
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dbgeek:
As has been stated by many:

better processor

better "feel" (didn't feel cheap like the S3)

liked the LG UI over other manufacturer UI's

screen, esp the width (wider than other 4.7" displays)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] bassitone:
I got this instead of the S3 because TouchWiz looks more like a toy than a phone. If I had gone for anything Samsung, it would have been the Galaxy Nexus, which likely won't run all that well in two years comparatively. Also, this phone was the sane price as the GalNex when I got it.

HTC Sense is okay, but I've always hated how the One X(+) look physically. Plus HTC is too damn confusing to the point where someone who's done the research still wasn't sure what he'd have been getting...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] LostInNorth805:
I don't have this phone but what got my attention was the LG design. If you have looked at the Optimus 4x or G2X both of these phones were the first of its kind. G2X with a dual core CPU. O4X with Tegra 3 Quad Core CPU. LG doesn't really advertise their product too well, but I think that a good benefit. even tho they tend to take their time with updating their software I preferred it that way. Samsung sometimes pushed out a new update with more bugs then it original had. Also I never was interested in Samsung touchwiz. LG UI has a better feel to then Samsung UI. HTC sense I never liked, however it kinda reminds me of a MIUI, but MIUI is a hell of a lot better then sense.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jdock:
I came from a Samsung non-smartphone so I was really interested in the S3 at first, until I saw one for real. It seemed so huge at the time... and plastic. So I shopped around for a smaller phone. I was all for Motorola as well having good experience with their non-smartphones, and I was willing to go with HTC as well. LG was not high on my list of desirability. But when it came down to it, anything smaller had significantly inferior specs compared to the top tier phones, and the OG had an unbeatable combination of features, specs, and price.

Since this was my first smartphone, I had no affinity for any manufacturer's skins, and all I cared about was how potentially offensive LG's was, and it gets pretty good reviews for being minimalistic.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] dbgeek:
I find this comment to be very interesting. One of my sons can't understand how anyone could buy anything else than a One X(+), in part because of how good it looks. Simply proof that we need a number of choices in the marketplace.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Chirunavvutho:
I wanted a device no one i knew owned. Has to be fast etc. Plus I refuse to buy a device with back button on right(Samsung). It is counter productive.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] crward:
Thanks for the responses everyone, good data from one side of the spectrum and i've done a survey of about 50 random people and as i and probably most people expected, their phone choices are based on thier friends, ads and "social standing" lol i laugh at that last one because most people who who pick their phones based on how they'll be looked upon socially are Iphone users.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] STS9311:
Quadrant score >8300
[AT&T LG Optimus G] notown775:
I had a one x+ and boy was that thing GARBAGE .. tegra needs to fix battery issue

=LGOG \(^_^\)=
[AT&T LG Optimus G] yuckycool:
$$

I choose lgog first because of price then the quad 3rd the screen (bigger than s2) and more shades of gray than amoled and last but not least the shape of the phone
[AT&T LG Optimus G] shinydesert:
I have both, and so far I am enjoying them a lot....the Galaxy S3 and the LG Optimus G are by far the most similar devices I have ever seen,they are so much alike (UI wise)

One is running ICS and the other JB,but they are still very close, the camera on the Galaxy s3 is better if you ask me. Battery life seems to be a little bit shorter on the LG. I really like the way the LG feels when a grab/grip it, the LG interface is very nice though.

I am attaching some screenshots so that you can compare the camera and the UI. Pictures taken with the LG are on the left side.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jammol:
Okay so my story is a little different. I bought a Nexus 4 back in February because I saw that At&t accepted it. Oh boy was I in for a surprise!!! My data kept resetting to a 3g plan no matter what I did and no matter what they did. So I said screw it and got this phone. I thought about the HOX+ but damn that sdcard not existing sucks on the N4 and didn't feel like going through with another phone.

My wife has my old S3, damn I loved that phone, but now that I have the LGOG, LMFAO, S3 looks like ****e! My wife loves it though. She only likes it because it works and its a phone. She doesn't care for all the fancy stuff, but she has said she would use the N4.

Anyone want to buy an N4 or S3? Lol.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aanonymoushuman:
I put my Nexus 4 on a shelf that was about 5ft high, then someone pushed the shelf causing my phone to fall face down on the carpet. I thought the phone would handle the drop, as it had happened to me before, but I looked at it and the front glass, not LCD, was completely shattered. I know this would be a costly replacement, I would just like to find something under $100. What makes it bad is that the phone is only a month old, and I didn't have a case on it, kinda my fault.... But I'd like to ask if anyone else had this problem, and if so what was the solution, how much would it cost to buy a replacement online? and is it easy to replace at home, because I never replaced a screen by myself? If so did you get yours replaced at a shop? and how much was it with the glas and digitizer? Thanks, also do you think the prices for the screens will go down? They seem to be going down, because I could probably wait a month if it makes a big difference.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persheshhater:
$115 lg does it for you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aanonymoushuman:
Do you know of anything cheaper?

It doesn't sound bad but I just dont want to deal with sending in my phone, plus if its rooted? will it make a difference?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persheshhater:
unroot it not difficult if u use one of those toolkits. doubt you can find anything cheaper than that. screens are expensive. max you would save $20 but you run the risk to not succeed by doing it urself(unless u r a pro in such things)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Welcome back to XDA.

Also, toolkits are the devil.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedygonzo:
That's about the cheapest you can go. I paid about $250 for mine, and I had to fix it myself. Then again I prefer to do it myself.
[HTC One S] DrOfLife:
Hey guys,

Really odd issue I ran into today...

All the sudden my data connection started to not work, chrome responded back to me with error 102, and other apps said there was no data connection, although there was a data connection shown on my phone.

However here's the catch...

Some apps still work with the data, such as flipboard (but only text, pictures do not show up) and the campus portal app (grade app) works perfectly, grades still update perfectly.

Even with wifi the problem is exactly the same..

Any thoughts on what happened/what I can do to fix it?

Any help is much appreciated

DrOfLife

Htc One S

Vioer 2.1.0 Rom

ElementalX 3.3 Kernal

T-Mobile
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irpwnz:
Is there something I can use to dual boot Ubuntu touch and Android with? I don't want to waste my time reflashing Android after using Ubuntu touch for 10 minutes.

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squ89r97:
have you checked out this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1866675

looks pretty complex.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrecartp:
Nexus 10 here. Just installed latest carbon ROM to test vs PA- couldn't see my 5 GHz network. Anyone else? Back to PA for now.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_boo:
You should ask this in the carbon rom thread...
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrecartp:
Not allowed, new member.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrecartp:
Liquid rom as well

No 5 GHz support on any of these ROMs... Am I missing something? Stock and paranoid are the only ones that see my 160+ channel.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slin1402:
Crazy question:

Do you check tick at wi-fi setting Frequency band on Auto or only 5Ghz?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
Do some research on the channels there is a glitch with certain channels not working on 5ghz
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrecartp:
Your right. It was set to Europe. Had to change to USA and reboot in order to see my 5 GHz. I'm a dummy.:silly:

Could only connect at 130Mbit on 5 GHz no matter my settings. Guess I'll stick to Paranoid until those issues are settled (300Mbit steady).
[Asus Transformer TF700] bsammon:
Here's (almost) the process I used

change settings on device

"Unknown Sources"

"USB Debugging"

Find which device is mounted as "/system"

On my stock ICS .26 system this is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", but this might be something different (?)

adb shell mount | grep " /system"
​

copy files to device

copy debugfs to device

adb push debugfs /data/local/
​

copy su to device

adb push su /data/local/
​

copy debugfsinput to device

adb push debugfsinput /data/local/
​

setup temp directory

rename /data/local/tmp to /data/local/tmp.bak

make a new /data/local/tmp that is a symlink to /system device (as determined in step B)

ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /data/local/tmp
​

reboot tablet

mark debugfs program executable

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/debugfs
​

run debugfs using "/data/local/debugfsinput" script

adb shell "/data/local/debugfs -w /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 < /data/local/debugfsinput"
​

cleanup

remove /data/local/tmp symlink

move /data/local/tmp.bak to /data/local/tmp

remove /data/local/su

remove /data/local/debugfs

remove /data/local/debugfsinput

reboot

test superuser (see if "su" command works [no output, especially no error message])

install superuser app

adb install Superuser.apk
​

One thing I did different in some places was to just do "adb shell", and then issue commands one-by-one in the remote shell.

Related threads:

How to root TF700 Jelly Bean from Linux without unlocking?
[Asus Transformer TF700] bsammon:
[description of process updated and moved to first post]

It occurs to me that steps D through J should be doable on the device using the Terminal Emulator app that I've got installed.

Thoughts, anyone? See any dangerous pitfalls ahead on the path I'm about to undertake?

I'm going to hold off on actually doing this until tomorrow. This will to give people a chance to respond, and I need to attend to other matters (dinner, chores, etc...)
[Asus Transformer TF700] bsammon:
Another thought.... step C obviously doesn't need adb, and step K could be done with the "pm" command in the Terminal Emulator.

It seems I could do this without using adb at all--- not sure why I'd bother, unless I have problems getting it to work, or just to prove that I can.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I rooted my TF700 under Linux by reading the batch file and doing the steps manually - similar as you describe in your second post, but I even typed the input to debugfs manually. The whole process depends on getting at least "shell" user access, so I am not sure that it could be done without adb - a local terminal app would run under its own, more restricted user account.
[Asus Transformer TF700] FordPrefect:
There is also a shell script version around for that famous rooting batch file. Technically obviously the same as reading the commands and typing them manually ... but still :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
But doing it manually is so much more l33t. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] bsammon:
Got a link?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ntabikha:
is it possible to upgrade the ROM to a bigger size, like the 48m some ipaqs have?

if so, wouldnt i be able to cook More programs into rom?

this way i wont have to reinstall everythin every time i hard reset.

anyone tried it?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] valheru:
Not possible as far as I know. Even if it was, the rom of the XDA is only 32 megs so it wouldn't fit anyway.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rdm128:
I've been thinking about it. I have access to the tools to get it done, I just need to confirm it won't cause any trouble.

My big hesitation is that I'm not a programmer so I wouldn't be able to modify a kitchen to allow me to 'overload' the ROM. If I can stick it in there, would anyone volunteer to assist me in building a .NBF to try and use it?

Rich
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ozsmac:
The best guys to check with are PocketPC techs, they've been doing RAM & ROM upgrades for PocketPC's for quite a while.

http://www.pocketpctechs.com/

Currently they only seem to offer ROM updates for the Compaq iPaq 3600 series. They do offer a RAM upgrade for the XDA to 128Mb, but that's all.

I'm guessing that as none of the more recent PocketPC models have been included in the ROM update a specific technical problem must be involved. Might pay to drop them an e-mail.

Cheers

Steve
[HTC One X] Sultan.Alkhuzaie:
I wanna share an app I found it in the play store and it really funny you know . every thing is dancing :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEPSf5HE3eU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Play store link is in the describtion of the video
[HTC One X] wideopen4ever:
Great, I will show that to all my "friends" iOs users !!! (yeah, they only know what is an app-drawer... :D)
[HTC One X] HC4Life:
LOL...harlem shake is everywhere...lol
[HTC One X] TToivanen:
Dafuq did I just install

Just... LOL
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djmouse:
i dont see any threads on this,for the galaxy s3 maybe ive missed them i saw the ppsspp tried it found some .cso files on google but doesnt seem to run that good,anyone know of or can point me in a good direction to get some game emulators and games,i remember back in the day my friend having every emulator and every game for every system on his pc this must be possible on this phone? if this post is redundant delete and give some guidance please
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] khuls:
PPSSPP actually runs some games pretty nicely, but the compatibility right now isn't that good. ePSXe for psx is better than fpse imo, Mupen64 works okay, and My Boy! For GBA is good as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djmouse:
idled the epsxe what file do the games need to be kinda confussing .cso or .iso files? and where can i find games i wanna get into the emulators on my phone but theres not to much info been searching for the past few days
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djmouse:
is there somewere to get a bulk dl of games
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kyrue:
Not legally. Google is your friend.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djmouse:
yea i got some off google some .cso files for that ppsspp but what about for that epsxe emulator
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Pbwizkid:
I run the fpse and it works great. Most its uses .iso files. I play the crap out of ff7. Keep in mind legaly no one on her can tell u were to find the game files or the bios files if the emulator requires one. And u are only sposed to have these files if u own the actual product. But as said. Google is or friend and if or looking for digital back ups of or old games they are not to hard to find
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djmouse:
thanks ill check it out,I'm gettin board with the roms ive found my favorite,and have my themes down to a science,so i figured id try and get into the emulators but i guess because of the legal stuff i wont find to much on xda from all of my searching ,like i said before i just remember my boy back in the day having every emulator i think it was packing into one with probably over 10,000 games from every system ever made ill have to hit him up,but it was all on his pc i had it on myn but ive since erased all that it was probably 10 years ago but he did alot of the leg work gettin games,he used to put it all on a hard drive for the first xbox too it was dope,but thanks ill figure it out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bobbymokie:
Hey all, the wake button lag was my #1 complaint about this awesome device. Maddening! I did the MB4 update to see if Albuquerque had lte yet (nope) but got this totally wicked surprise. Its close enough to instant wake now, before the wait was uncomfortably long. So even if you don't leave lte yet, don't wait for the ota just let kies make your phone better
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] horr1blek1tten:
Not really I still got the lag
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] makki666:
+1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bobbymokie:
Weird. Mine went from at least half a second to almost instant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kawaisa:
mine's pretty quick now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Onemoa:
S Note is so much better as well. Opens the instant you press the button. The new widget is amazing as well. I love the update.

The only thing I'm worried about is the battery drain issue that came along with this update with the other carriers Note 2, S3 and other devices. Anyone notice it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxjrsmith3xx:
I still have lag.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sahil04:
I've been reading about people saying the lag is gone but I still have it as well, when I press the power button there is like a .5 second delay before the screen actually turns on (has always been like this).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] royale192:
My lag is now gone also. It act's as if you press it twice because task manager comes up quickly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bobbymokie:
I don't really have a feel for it yet, but I did notice more heat which implies faster drain.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8_gamer:
So I'm not the only one who's been having this happen? It's actually kind of annoying that the task manager keeps popping up when I hit the home button. I thought it was only me but is there a fix for this or anything to stop it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrog27:
I'm having the same stupid issue! Man is it irritating.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ptfdmedic:
This is the actual fix guys. See the screen shot. All you have to do is uncheck the home button activation for svoice. This has been a known issue since the S3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] horr1blek1tten:
That only affects pressing the home button not the lock screen lag.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jhobert:
Same here with me. Dont know if its a bug or its just me pressing it so hard lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] richardmkovach:
Unchecking that svoice option helped with the task manager issue but I still see some lag with either button.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmjkxa:
I remember reading another thread when the note 2 came out. Someone mentioned that it was an exynos processor issue. I'll have to find the original thread.

Edit: FOUND IT!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1983697
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidjon:
The update fixed the lag for me also. :)