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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Not just the volume. The vibration is unacceptable. I can't feel it at all.

Someone asked about the phone being a flash drive. I want to correct that after the installation of driver, you can use it with mtp. Not exactly like flash, but essentially the same.

Other than these, it is pretty awesome.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Yes. There is a video call button.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbjungle:
I was referring to the volume buttons on the back. But now that I think about it I probably use them about once a session at most.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngpic48:
I like the fact I can double tap to lock or unlock the screen
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fryguy:
Yeah I have a problem with some computers I don't have permissions to install drivers. Computers range from Win XP to 8. HTC so far just plug in and select drive and they work. Samsung you have to install software as far as I can tell. If LG just auto install drivers from Windows I may be OK. Just not sure about XP machines. Not sure they would have the necessary drivers included. Don't believe HTC uses mtp but could be wrong.

I hope no one takes this as me pushing HTC. I have just been used to them for a while. I am almost certain I want this phone when it comes to Sprint, but this is one thing I use often on various friend and work computers to transfer files.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artounet:
Hello !

Where are you find Korean version?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
OK. So do you possess any flagship phones so you could compare G2 with? Make for us photos of displays so we could judge by ourselves which better?

On ebay there's plenty, just [URL="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Cell-Phones-Smartphones-/9355/i.html?clk_rvr_id=&_nkw=G2+f320]search[/URL]
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gcuchiha:
Search for phonearena comparison videos of lg g2 on YouTube. They have compared it with all major phones.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Ok Folks, as promised, here are some videos and photos I took at Shaolin.

Videos:

http://youtu.be/oxNNaPor2bY

http://youtu.be/c56xdCQL8VY

http://youtu.be/SxCbnzKxqoE

http://youtu.be/3Nj-Synk8s8

http://youtu.be/eC_gMD3Hq-E

http://youtu.be/0m-yW0jVrG8

http://youtu.be/Z1RhWe3cnOw

http://youtu.be/ai7nPMaPas4

http://youtu.be/B3hsuTUFILo

I am a little disappointed on the video quality. I can't tell the difference between 30p and 60i, and maybe someone can tell me. I also don't know what Audio Zoom is supposed to do.

The music on the background was very loud, but not at concert level. But very loud.

When I returned I had a firmware update, hopefully, things will improve.

Here are some photos as well.

https://plus.google.com/photos/1011...s/5918664485514741153?authkey=CI3qmJWmqcnItgE

For the photos, the fourth and fifth (with Bronze/Gold statues) are shot in a very dark room. You can see the photos are actually very bright but fuzzy.

You can also find a photo from the HTC One near the end of the album, the one I shot in a meeting room. You can tell just by the resolution.

By the way, after I updated the firmware, the Knock Knock function is very responsive. I have no problem using it now.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I tried with my wife's htc one s. It is also MTP. I don't think windows xp has the drivers though (just a guess).
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ms.Dummbunny:
Thank you for all the info you have provided.

I had the GS4 but it stuttered wayyyy too much for my liking. I have the LG O G Pro and love it too pieces, but its a skutch too big and only comes in black. Thinking of getting this but am in USA and even the int'l GSM version coming out will not have removable battery, sd card slot OR even wireless charging (well Verizon's will have wireless charging but no rem bat or sd card & besides, i'd rather go back to two tin cans & a string than go to Verizon...and even tho the Korean Model DOES have rem bat and sd card, I heard the band freq won't work on T-Mo, or only get Edge) Two questions:

#1 Does the white version look even MORE plastic-y?

#2 Does your Korean version have wireless charging?

ty so much!

I might just keep my LG O Pro, as it has all that and N-E-V-E-R stutters, we'll see once I actually can hold the G2 in hand) ..

That's my LG F3 with LG O G Pro (Metro PCS version $99.00 bucks @ Best Buy NO Contract running on T-Mo!) That lil phone rocks! I am lovin' me some LG & T-Mo!

Ms D

Hi Youngpic!

Where did you get yours? Do you live in Kong Kong or Korea also? Thanx!

Ms D
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Give me the frequency of t mobile, and I can check.

There are 3 different Korean models, (S, L, and K). I have the K, which the salesman told me it supports the most/all frequencies.

And I played with the white one before buying. Never liked one phones. Just not my type. I thought both white and black looked plastic. Nothing can change that. The white one does hide fingerprints better.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katamari201:
Thanks a bunch for the images and videos. They are in line with all the other samples from the earlier ones from the Optimus forum, the anonymous youtube uploads, and now the Phone arena LG G2 review. It continues to disappoint me.

The camera reminds me of the HTC One, the way the images are processed, especially on well lit shots. Tons of noise reduction. I see very little noise. It's also super duper soft and blurry looking, with very little fine detail. HTC has heavy oversharpening while LG doesn't seem to bother and leaves it soft. The dynamic range is very poor. Outdoor images look very flat with no shadows. The trees and dirt and foliage look like its composed of only a dozen different colors of about the same luminance. Phonearena and their claim of the LG G2 having a camera rivaling the S4 are smoking crack. It only took them one day to put their review together as well.

I can tell there is some OIS in the videos, but most of the movement is the terrible bouncing autofocus, breathing in and out like an obese man, even when sitting perfectly still. Gives me a headache. The video quality is also blurry when perfectly still, and when there is any movement from the subjects, everything just BLURS. On other cameras like the Galaxy S4, iPhone, etc., you can pause the video and the image looks perfectly sharp. But LG, and in many cases HTC, everything is always blurry, especially in movement. They are afraid of noise and always set the ISO too low. That's why videos are choppy in dark shots and in perfectly lit ones its just smeared blur. I bet the way they encode h.264 videos also has something to do with the blurriness.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I agree. I think my gs3 has better video. Fortunately, I am not a video guy, and the photos are good enough. Because of the high iso and noise reduction, the low light photos "seem" to be better. But that is until you blow them up, and you will see how soft they are. Nonetheless, they are usable.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ms.Dummbunny:
Hi Yat!

You have really been gracious keeping up with all these questions!

I am the opposite, have ALWAYS loved white phones but it can depend on the design, as it is a fine line between white phone looking amazing & high end or looking cheap & toy-like (i'm looking at you HTC Vivid : )

Tmo spectrums are 1700 &1900 I think - the 1900 used to be only 2G but they refarmed it in my area so its HSPA+ on the 1900 spectrum now. The 1700 is their 4G spectrum BUT I read that for a phone to deliver LTE more than just having the correct band in the phone is involved...But HSPA+ speeds would be acceptable (1900)

Thanx!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Sorry to say, it is Samsung cheap.

I use Firefox. It handles the verge fine.

The phone is super smooth now. It could have been because it was syncing in the background on the first few days.

This is answering someone's questions that I missed earlier.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Regarding the sliding on the settings, yes, it has tab view, which I don't like.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
For lte and hspda bands

Here you go!

Sorry, doesn't seem to have your bands. Maybe the other user who has the L version can check for you as well.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ms.Dummbunny:
ty, but u know it might work with that CDMA 1900 band even tho T-Mo uses GSM bands so long as it uses a SIM card because I have the LG F3 from Metro PCS (CDMA) but since T-Mo bought them out, I am able to run my CDMA F3 phone with a SIM card on 1900 band. (I did have to pay 10 bucks to unlock it at safeunlockcode.com but after that its been smooth sailing for the past month : )

Thank you for checking!

And by the way, if your G2 is like my LG O Pro,you don't HAVE to use the tabbed settings, you can just slide thru the pages in the settings (they don't tell you that but it does it : )!

Ms. D
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
Can you check if this trick still works?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Yes. It's still there. Thanks for the tip.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
A few have asked where to buy

You can check the vendors here and ask whether they ship overseas :

http://www.price.com.hk/product.php?p=159538

I am not related to any of them and have to warn that some maybe not trustworthy

The Korean version price has come down by almost us$100.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngpic48:
Yup I had an S4 and Nexus 4...the colors on the S4 were too much and the screen on the N4 is washed out. The S4 has lag as does this G2..the N4 is smooth as butter. The audio on the N4 and G2 suck...the S4 is decent. The Cameras on the N4 and S4 suck and the G2 is crazy. The Contacts app on the G2 and S4 suoer lag and contact pics take time to load. The N4 had slight lag but was smooth. Transitions when apps open are smooth on the N4 and S4..the G2 lgs a bit and looks choppy. Call quality sucked on the S4 and N4..G2 loud and clear. The S4 settinga menu is garbage..the other 2 are similar. The G2 feels premium as does the N4(except the rattle noise of the sim tray)the S4 felt ok but too light and flimsy. The G2 and S4 gallery apps suck..the N4 is decent. The S4 and G2 need to be managed and the N4 managed itself. In other words...the guts of the G2 is what I wanted in the N4 the Vanilla Android of the N4 is what I wanted on the G2. The S4 had that damn hardware button and doesnt really come in black. The rear Camera of the S4 gets scratched up cause it protrudes. There are different things I liked about each phone. But the double tap to turn on or off the G2 and the thin bezel, camera and call quality won me over.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ms.Dummbunny:
did you mean "sliding thru instead of using the tabs" still works or were you talking about the other poster who was asking if "debloating and stopping services still works"?

I hope it was my post cuz I hate tabbed settings so it'd be nice if the sliding works... : )

so where did you get yours youngpic? is it Korean version w/ rem bat & sd card? if so, are you in U.S and if so, which band/carrier are you running on?

thanx!

Ms D
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Talking about stopping the services from the apps and clearing memory.

Regarding the tabbed settings, you can choose to be a long list. That's what I use.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
It's simple, press "Menu" when in settings and turn tab view into sliding
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkestred:
This may seem dumb but you did change the video quality to 1080p? I think it looks pretty good. The pictures do look a bit soft but not that bad.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Yes. I use both 1080 60i and 30p. The filename and youtube name should say so as well.

They are good enough for me. But far from being great.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayman86:
fyi, youtube does not playback 60p.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngpic48:
I got got it from a Korean guy named Leo online. Its the F320L U+ version. 32gig with the 64gig microsd...it even comes with 2 batteries a stand that doubles as a charger for the spare batt. The guy even sold me a smartview flip case. Its LTE Advance too.

---------- Post added at 02:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:10 AM ----------

I forgot..I'm working in the Philippines now. Everything wirks and no SMS limitations. But im from San Francisco and I normally use AT&T.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ascertion:
Do you guys have access to an LTE advanced network? Perhaps can you guys grab a speed test screenshot? Just curious on the LTE-A performance.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I don't have lte-a. I attached a the speed test for your info. The first 3 is before the patch from the Internet speed master app, and the other 3 is after the patch.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earazi:
A couple of questions about the g2, I've done some quick searching and can't find the answers:

1) Does it support HDMI out (if so what sort of cable)

2) Does it send song titles via bluetooth media streaming (Android 4.3 contains AVRCP 1.3 which includes this, and the HTC One uses a different Bluetooth stack which gets around this).

Thanks

Elliot
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wargreymon89:
1) There are mixed info but it supports MHL and/or SlimPort, I´ll ask LG on twitter and report back

EDIT: LG replied its Slimport.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
It's nobrainer, the LG Nexus 4, Optimus G, Optimus G Pro all had Slimport, why G2 would have outdated and aged MHL?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] val580:
thanks for the photos and videos it's great to share :)

are you used with rear buttons now and do you like ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wargreymon89:
I knew Nexus 4 had, but read somewhere LG didnt like Slimport and that it was "forced" by Google. Are you sure normal G has slimport? Can only find that G Pro has. Normal G has MHL though, which brings me to some questions: can you have both MHL and Slimport, and in the case if you have Slimport only, would a MHL Cable work (with Power connected of course)?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I just switched to a regular case and starting to use the back power button. To be honest, I don't like it. And really don't like it.... I think lg really made a mistake here. I am pretty picky on how fast I can access the phone. On a gs3/4 or note 2, I press the button while I am pulling the phone out from my pocket. And pattern unlock it straight away. This phone I have to readjust my hand in order to unlock phone.

I know I am picky.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
.. why not just use knock on then?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Because I read it somewhere that the knock on feature uses more battery. And I want to save it.

Second, hardware button is faster.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hutzdani:
does your model have QI as standard ?

I'll be coming from a N4, so if only Verison only has QI i won't be waisting my time buy buying a lesser phone than i already have.

I don't care for Faster CPU/GPU i use my phone to browser the web / make calls / take some images for work / Email.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
interesting.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Just sharing.

After rooting, I installed auto hide soft key app.

I can now enlarge the usable screen real estate.

And when I need the soft key, I just need to swipe up on the red bar at the bottom. Very convenient. In addition, there is a multi task button, which the stock soft key doesn't have.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Left out the other screen shot.

Off topic. The note 3 does look good, especially the 4k video recording and the true multi windows multi tasking with the bubble.... So cool.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
looks cool! eh the note 3 looks like more of the same to me. I have a gs4 and i'm sick of the lag and choppiness that we all know will be on the note 3 as well. I need to branch into something new. I've always had htc or samsung and it's time to try a new company.. and each day when I read all these g2 reviews, i know it's def the phone to get.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Tried to use my old samsung mhl adapter. The one for s2 didn't work. I can't get the one for s3 to even plugged in.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
Why? You just "doing it wrong". You supposed to put it in your pocket with "head down" because the audio jack is on the bottom. That way when you grab it in your pocket your finger should rest on powerbutton naturally and instinctively. I think so
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varunkumars:
HI OP,

Does it have scrolling wallpaper ? Transparent notification bar(for non-stock wallpaper) ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitramus:
I know I'm lat eon this one but I think he ment plugging a usb stick with a usb OTG (on the go cable) that adds a "external drive" like it does with a external drive on the PC.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DisneyF1:
One speaker or two? I saw somewhere that the second grille on the bottom houses a mic not a speaker.

Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surge27:
How big is the rom?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dan37tz:
Any reason why you're not using the stock browser and firefox instead?

Does the stock browser handle "theverge" website in desktop mode? The S4 could not handle the webpage at all, it will come to a crawl or crash.

The S4 can't handle XDA dev website sometimes either, it will stutter all over the place.

Does the phone support Adobe Flash on the stock browser? I know the HTC one does still.

Thank you so much.

I have both the G2 and Note 3 on pre-order. I hope the Note 3 with the S800 chipset gets rid of S-Lag.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
hate to say it but in the videos the lag still looked present...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
The speakers grilles indicate 2. But when I opened the back cover, i can't really see the speakers. It really makes no difference as they are so close together and has little to no improvement to your listening experience. I found the speakers to be loud, at least loud enough for my enjoyment.

I used the stock browser to open up theverge. It is fast and smooth. No problem. I really don't know which site still uses flash. I think yahoo advertisement still does. I can see them with no problem. Give me a site and I will try.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeavyTech:
Do you get any data connection at all? MMS, 3G, or LTE?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slide83:
The desktop version of the verge?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Theverge desktop. I use Firefox because I like the text wrap function. And I like how it organizes the most visited site by me and show the url when I touch the address bar. Super convenient.

3g, 4g, mms.... Everything ok
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AbdullahT:
Does the F320K comes with DMB Antenna ?

And are there pre-installed Korean apps in the device ? And is it possible to remove them in case they exist ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Yes. It came with an antenna. But I don't pull it out unless someone needs to clean it's ears....

I rooted my phone and use titanium backup to freeze all the unused apps. It saves about 100 meg ram. It started with 600+ free ram. Now I have 700+.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
Bad, very bad. What bloat have they stuffed into...

I've asked no1 replied what langs it has from the box?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
Bad, very bad? I don't get half of that on my Nexus 4, and there is no bloat. Right now, posting this, I have 277 MB free on my Nexus 4 and there is absolutely no slow down. You must think phones need 8GB RAM free to operate properly?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngpic48:
U can disable most of the Korean apps without rooting. It will still run like a monster!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
Well, after stopping most unneeded apps on OG Pro I have around 1G free after fresh boot. 600 shows that LG catching Samsung in bloatware too

Well, with 600M free I suppose that era of 3Gig fones is upon us, their time has come

Yup, that's what I do http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292012

So, who can answer what languages do F320 have?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpeterson066:
How are you liking the knock knock feature?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromrussiawithl0ve:
1. How much did you pay for it?:confused:

2. What you don't like about this phone?

thank you:)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theofficialpimp:
If you have an iPhone can you compare and tell me about the speakers.

I know the iPhone has tiny speakers but produces some warm deep tones and great lows.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wargreymon89:
Could you try if it can do flashdrives in OTG? Want to order one of these: https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/ if it can
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
I am curious about the speakers too as I have an HTC One,quality is nice but loudness so you can hear ringtones anywhere is even more important.

Also what about the screen under sunlight? GSM Arena said it was awful but I don't trust them anymore since they still say S4 is better than One under sunlight
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I try to answer the questions one by one... Need more time to compare to iPhone. I don't have one with me right now.

Knock knock

It is great. But I am starting to like the back power button now (I didn't like the back button previously). The hardware button is still faster.

Speaker volume

It is good enough for me and louder than my gs3 or my wife's htc one s. But I found the ring tone volume to be low.

Screen under sunlight

I found it acceptable. Not the best (old Nokias are the best). But I cab squint and see at 40% auto setting

What don't i like

The vibration is way too weak.... Always miss call when set at silent mode.

Price

I bought it at us$725. It is selling for around $650 with one spare battery and a extra charger in Hong Kong now.

Language

It has pretty much every language. French, Portuguese, Arabic, all kind of English.... Let me know which language you are looking for, and I can check it for you.

Will check volume against iphone and otg cable later. I pretty much love this phone. Fast.... Stable..... Very good standby battery (1.5% / hour) with 2 gmail accounts, around 70 emails a day.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I checked otg and it worked. I connected a usb flash drive and played a vob file using mx video player.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wargreymon89:
Cool, thanks. Will order one of those micro sd card readers then. They seem small and worth it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekoo89:
Do you need any software to see the files on USB flash or it's mounted as any other partition and you can search files with any other file explorer?

For example, in my music player, I want to set up two folders to scan music, one will be internal memory and other will be through USB.

Enviado desde mi GT-N7100 usando Tapatalk 4
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Znuf:
Hello

I found the lg g2 32Go in preorder for 599CHF ~600$

https://www.digitec.ch/ProdukteDetailsDruck1.aspx?Artikel=280322

The price seem to be low! what do you think?

Thanks for all the infos what you deserve :good:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychoace:
For the american market T-Mobile is selling it for $600 straight
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
I used astro Explorer to ooen files. My phone is rooted but I don't think that made the difference. The phone phone mounted the flash drive as a usb storage.

I haven't checked about whether I can use my music player to search.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
The link for the $600 doesn't work.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatbond:
Given the us version is coming out this month, unless you want the version with replaceable battery and a micro sd card slot, there is no reason to buy imports. For me, those were the good reasons.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djkinetic:
Have the Att version my hands.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
psh then stop posting from that crappy GS 4 ;)