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[G2 General] JJones1210:
Picked mine up from Verizon on Friday and really loving this phone so far. I had an S3 the past couple months and a GNex prior to that. The phone is super fast. There are a ton of mods that can be done on the stock launcher as well (change icons, resize widgets, etc.) The stock keyboard has several skins as well as emoji's already built in. I like being able to change the phone's font as well (hopefully there will me a way to get additional fonts in the future). I really like the knock on/off feature, but I'll probably never use the Qslide or multi tasking (I hold down the home button and get my previous apps, thats all I need). I got about 16 hours out of the battery yesterday with moderate usage.

Biggest thing that bothered me is that this thing does get pretty warm. I also wish you could change the options you get when you swipe up from the bottom of the screen. I will never use the voice assistant, or the LG note taking app (Google Keep is my go to). As stated in previous comments, my status bar is 50% transparent, but I have seen them completely transparent. Havent been able to figure out how to change it. I realize that most of the minor nuisances could be fixed by rooting, but I want to hold out until someone else decides to be the guinea pig and see if the Verizon version will go back to stating "unrooted" if you flash back to stock and lock it back up.
[G2 General] deeznuts:
Is Qslide just a software thing that basically does the same thign as recent apps (holding down home button)? Say i want to "multi-task" 3 different apps say email, text, and a game like dead trigger. Can i just "minimize" the app, ope up recent tasks, open one of the previous minimized apps and it opens right where i left off and then do the same to go back to dead trigger and it opens up right where it left off? Or do i have to do this stupid 3 finger swipe thing to make this happen making this device a two-handed device? Can't 3 finger swipe while holding device in just 1 hand imo. If i wanted that i'd get a phablet, Note 3.
[G2 General] JJones1210:
The 3 finger swipe thing is awkward as hell, and I will never get used to it. Qslide is 9 different apps (Phone, note, video player, calender, calculator, email, voice mate, file manager, and text) that work as a pop up over whatever you are on. You can have multiple open, and you can adjust the size and the transparency of them. I have not tried them with a game, only YouTube, but it worked well and picked up right where I left off after closing the pop up.
[G2 General] deeznuts:
Oh i see, ok. Please if you do have time or anyways else if you can test multi-tasking with a graphics intense game like dead trigger please!?!? Hate playing a game like dead trigger/dungeon hunter 4/etc., receiving and answering a phone call, then after the call the game starts from scratch like i just opened it thus not saving anything i just did and having the play over again, very annoying on my HTC One X+ which is why i don't even bother with mobile gaming much. Sad when my device is Tegra 3 but figured it was due to lack of only 1gb of ram. Hoping this device doesn't do this....
[G2 General] helpme364:
I'll be getting mine sometime on Wednesday. Too stoked.
[G2 General] varunkumars:
I am glad we got the bootloader bypass. Thanks to djbliss, Teamwin and all the testers. Now AT&T will you please release white color!!!
[G2 General] MarkAtHome:
I am coming from an HTC HD2 running Tytung's Android 4.3. I received my G2 this past tuesday. So far so good.
[G2 General] surge27:
Just got the G2 last night....

Went to Best Buy to try to get white because their site said release date 9/20 but not in stock in any local stores. Plus, they wouldn't match price att.

Went to att and made it past the "sheep" and left with paying 540 (before taxes) WIN!

I'm coming from almost all flagships (S4, One, Moto X) and its easily the fastest phone I've used. I'm curious to see if it can match Motos call quality. External speaker is much to be desired and that's being nice. Headphone quality is excellent though. I hope I can get used to back buttons.

The stock customization, features, and camera is what I bought it for.
[G2 General] giri0n:
Got my G2 at the Verizon store Wednesday night using the "transfer upgrade to dead line" method, and have been very pleased so far. Rooted, took the OTA, and pushed TWRP all without a hitch. Its fast, I'm getting thru a full day with light/moderate use easily and the back buttons/LG bloatware haven't bothered me at all. I installed TiBU and froze a bunch of garbage apps (including the OTA updater) and I can't wait to flash a GPE or other AOSP ROM to this bad boy.

Had the Galaxy Nexus prior to this, and the battery sucking hardcore is really what made me want to switch...I was leery at first of LG made phones (simply due to lack of experience) but with a case on this phone is terrific. :good:
[G2 General] JDROIDS:
This pretty much sums up my exact experience. Love this phone coming from VZW Gnex. No case for me though.
[G2 General] tiguy99:
How does the call quality compare? I asked about this earlier in another thread. Just bought the HTC One but the battery drain, short bluetooth range and gap issue @ the top of my phone is driving me nuts & I'm considering returning it.

Tmobile gets their G2 on Wednesday 9/25. If you say the call quality on the ear speaker is similar to the HTC One & Galaxy S4 I'm sold.
[G2 General] jordant2:
Just left the At&t store with my g2! It was hard to find. Most stores didn't seem to have it. I immediately connected to my jawbone and my call quality was fine. And I didn't experience the popping I get sometimes when using my Galaxy Mega. Love the size of it while still keeping a large screen. Feels really light too. Plus we have root! Can't wait.
[G2 General] Hosehead:
Picked mine up on VZ today.
[G2 General] tiguy99:
You guys are all lucky! Tmobile customers have to wait until Wednesday 9/25/13 to get it in stores. I'll report back here when I pickup my G2 this week
[G2 General] compumasta:
False... well possibly. I literally just bought mine from a T-Mobile here in Las Vegas. They said they were able to sell them if they had them but they couldn't put it on the floor because they didn't have price tags for it. Lol. I just asked and they gave me one to play with in store. I went back and bought one today. 603.99 plus tax outright. Or 99 down and 21per month.
[G2 General] tiguy99:
Damn! With that was Chicago. I would have picked it up this morning
[G2 General] shaungregg:
Had an LG Optimus G with Sprint and switched to T-Mobile and a Galaxy S4 which I turned in for an HTC One that I'm using now. I loved my LG way more than the S4 but not as much as I like the One running Viper Rom. Regardless I will be paying a 50 dollar rebox fee this week when I exchange the Htc One for the LG G2 on the 25th, I can only imagine how awesome the phone is since the Optimus G was my favorite Android ever.

Just read somebody above me got one at T-Mobile, guess some stores have em but can't display until Wednesday. Well thanks to you I'll be hitting up the two stores nearby tomorrow and hopefully get lucky.
[G2 General] warlord420:
I have owned tow samsung in past s3 and skyrocket ( att LTE version of s2)

before that I had an iPhone 3gs.

I really dont understand why LG's rom takes so much ram even after taking stuff like q slide and others away.

I also dont like how there is Carrier IQ still on this device, since ATT pushes the updates we probabley should blame them but LG shouldn't have allowed that.
[G2 General] milkinc:
Well I am holding on to a korean variant at the moment and comparing the battery life there is some issues when compared to a note 2 which is my previous phone but speed wise, very fast
[G2 General] cpufrost:
I have both an S4 and HTC One. Plan on getting a Note 3 as well. Should I get this too?

My concern is nano sim. Why? All my other phones are microsim. It was bad enough cutting regular sims down when I got my GS3. Now this. Never thought I'd be doing it as I won't buy an iphone 5x. My last iphone was a 4 LOL.

I do like the form factor. Screen in between GS4 and Note 2/3 without as much bulk. I do wonder if the nearly bezel-less design results in a lot of false screen touches when handling the phone. When I don't use a case on my S4 I do this a lot!

Oh and speaking of cases...

Wonder when the GOOD ones will come out! Otterbox commuter ETA? :fingers-crossed:
[G2 General] dincdoes.me:
Nano sim? I popped the same SIM from my HTC one GE edition into the G but before I left the rep made me put a new SIM in it cuz I had the unlimited data for 15 basic data package he fought me lol.. but yea no nano SIM bud.
[G2 General] shaungregg:
Hurrah T-Mobile

Went to T-Mobile today and sure enough they had them in stock just not on display, they did have about 8 cases on display tho. In the end it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to say goodbye to my HTC One, they took it back on buyer's remorse after 12 days. So I started with an S4 a month ago and returned it for the One and now I have the G2 lol, the only thing on the horizon that interested me is the next Sony since I just don't care for the Samsung physical home key. It was cool that the girl that did my transaction today was a proud new owner of the G2 as well, oh and the window case they sell or give away free if you order online at Tmo, it is ugly and cheap. I didn't like any of their cases but I got a ballistic just to have and I'll order something nice online then return this case.

Loving all the optimizations they give you, its almost like a custom rom that allows you to make many changes. The camera is imo the best I've used yet coming from the other top flagships, knock on and off works great and I got used to the rear buttons in the first few minutes. Honestly how often do you adjust volume anyway and since you can tap the screen on and off you won't hardly ever touch the power button. Plugged it into my pc and it loaded the drivers right onto my laptop and then it asked me to let it install LGPCsuite, all smooth and easy I'm tethering for free as with all my previous phones using Klink with no root needed. Oh well time to order a slimmer case, hate having such a svelte device dressed in a tank uniform.
[G2 General] rlocone:
I'm coming from Droid Razr. Not hacker friendly. Loving G2 so far.
[G2 General] compumasta:
It was the same deal at my store. Glad you got one. Also, glad I told people so they didn't have to wait. :cool:
[G2 General] tiguy99:
Going to see if they have it in Chicago. Where are you guys located?
[G2 General] blackwell387:
I'm on sprint and I can't wait. ..
[G2 General] shaungregg:
Yep If you hadn't told us I would have waited until Wednesday, got mine in South Florida.
[G2 General] dafutr:
Just got mine yesterday (vzw variant) and loving it. Coming from the Gnex. It was either this or the note3 and I went with the G2.

No regrets here.
[G2 General] wwmkst:
G2 is my first LG phone. I'm amazed by LG's quality and design.

G2 is definitely the best phone available imo.
[G2 General] rakinisbat:
Just ordered!!!

JUST ordered my LG G2, Just smashed my galaxy note 2 this phone looks more than amazing!!!
[G2 General] sefnap:
This is actually my first Android phone. I've been using iPhones for a few years (first one was a gift, then I bough the 4S). I've grown so sick of Apple's policies and the new lick of paint on iOS 7 really doesn't do anything for me. I couldn't be happier, both with the Android platform and the G2. What an awesome piece of hardware. Also, not having to pay someone $100/year to write code for my own device is so sweet. I used to tell myself that jailbreaking made Apple bearable, but not only is that getting harder with each release, it shouldn't be necessary. So much of what a jailbreak gives you is available in stock Android, though rooting is still useful for lower-level stuff. And I must say I'm looking forward to playing with custom ROMS, which obviously isn't an option with the fruit peddlers.
[G2 General] varunkumars:
Is it possible to get folders inside the menu of G2 just like in NoteIII.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45803288&postcount=6
[G2 General] tiguy99:
Hey man we're in the same boat. I just returned my HTC One yesterday under buyers remorse & ordered the white G2 from Tmobile. No one has the white in Chicago.

The part that sux...if the One didn't have the gap @ the top, problems with my Bluetooth (LG Voyager Legend) & bad battery life I would have kept it

After I saw the G2 (by accident) a week ago @ AT&T, I had to get it.
[G2 General] lyrical1278:
Got mine today. Ditched the s4 for it
[G2 General] varunkumars:
Humm...., they have white AT&T LG G2 online only.
[G2 General] Viper87227:
I ordered a G2 last Friday, should be arriving any day now. This will be my first adventure outside of Samsung or HTC. My Android history goes: HTC G1 > HTC MyTouch3G > HTC HD2 > Samsung Nexus S > Samsung Epic > HTC Evo 3D > Samsung Galaxy Nexus. When android first started out, HTC was really the only game in town for anyone who was a flashaholic, and they were the only phones I'd consider. But once Samsung stepped their game up I really fell in love with there phones. I actually really didn't like the Evo 3D, but I wanted something powerful and at the time it was a beast. Still, I was happy to be rid of it after a few months and back on Samsung.

I am a huge sucker for Samsung's AMOLED screens, as well as Nexus phones. Had Samsung and Google continued their partnership, I probably would have stuck exclusively to Nexus phones. But with the N5 being LG anyway, and all leaks pointing to the specs being worse, I figured now is as good a time as any to abandon ship. After two years my Galaxy Nexus took a tumble and I broke it's screen... so I had to do something and the N5 just doesn't seem worth waiting for.
[G2 General] varunkumars:
Did any of you get white at&t Lg G2 ?
[G2 General] Droc1983:
I love this phone other than the fact it doesn't have removable memory. My previous phones were Motorola Droid OG, Sony Xperia Play, HTC Rezound, Droid Razr Maxx, and Samsung GS3. First LG and so far so good.
[G2 General] afmracer6:
I've had mostly Samsung and moto for the past couple of years. I did have a lg spectrum it was not so bad but had ZERO Dev interest. I have the vzw lg g2 and it is by far my favorite phone in the past few years. I hope other devs join us. I'm currently rooted with cleanrom.
[G2 General] Mandelbrot.Benoit:
Blackberry, Motorola and Samsung Galaxy Nexus is what I'm coming from.

Rooted and ROMd with Clean ROM. I'm now an LG fanboy. Bought the wife the Nexus 4 and love it and now with the G2 LG has shown me they know how to build a phone. Now if they took Motorola's lead instead of Samsungs and made their UI useful instead of overwhelming they'd be #1 in my book.
[G2 General] hoonigan43:
I just got one.it rocks. End of story. Speaker could be better,but overall I love it and I feel no need for custom Rom or launchers
[G2 General] RobKort:
Got the white one in AT&T. This thing is sexy! ?

Tapped from my G2.....
[G2 General] curly9:
I just got the verizon one and man I love this device. The battery is never below 50 when I get home from work. No matter what I do
[G2 General] tiguy99:
Another white G2 checking in! Finally got it via T-Mobile.com yesterday and havent put it down yet! :)

Dont miss my old HTC One @ all either
[G2 General] benjmiester:
I went htc g1 to droid 2 global to galaxy s to s2 t989 to my g2. By far the best!
[G2 General] barondebxl:
Trying to figure out between the Note 3 and the G2. Very tough call for me.
[G2 General] somemadcaaant:
You want screen burn-in in a few months with an amoled screen or still have a pretty screen a yr from now. Only reason why I've never picked up a Samsung phone.

I'm looking heavily at this phone also.
[G2 General] bps119:
Thanks for all the feedback guys, I think I'm sold. I'm coming from the skyrocket i727 and my power button is starting to go on the fritz.
[G2 General] justflorin:
I have been mostly att...my line is bb8310, bb9000, backflip, aria, captivate, atrix, inspire, quantum, infuse, atrix again, galaxy s2, atrix 2, Sony ion, galaxy s3, HTC one, lg g2...HTC one and lg g2 have been my two favorite by far, dev support has always been awesome with Samsung's but I think I'm gonna be a little stock since I was never satisfied always waiting for something either fix or adjusted. I know I could learn to do it myself but come on, some of us are just not nearly as gifted to look at something and pick it up as well as others.

I've had some Verizon phones in the mix including droid x, charge, galaxy s3, razr, and razr m.
[G2 General] afmracer6:
Me too. I really loved the note 2. It looks like the note 3 will be locked down tight. I really love having the ability to mod my phones. Unless a miracle happens I may have to pass on the note 3. So for now I'm gonna stick with the lg. Not complaining though. This phone is a beast!
[G2 General] barondebxl:
Yep, its a good tough choice as both are excellent and android kings. Im leaning towards the G2, was sold out on the Note 3 3 hours ago and before that was on the G2 LMAO. I'm like 90% on the G2 plus its much affordable, offers the same battery life, many features and knock on is incredible. I just checked at the Note 3 forum and they are sayin that the stock browser has some kind of lag, that turned me way off. How is the stock browser on the G2 ( honestly)?
[G2 General] afmracer6:
Honestly so far I've has zero lags at all anywhere. I've used chrome that came with the phone and it's been flawless. I also use chrome beta. Its supposed to be a little faster. But I can't tell the difference. The only complaint I had but fixed with root and a mod was the on screen buttons. I did the tiny mod and fixed it.
[G2 General] barondebxl:
Nice thanks for the info!
[G2 General] pimfram:
I had LG flip phones back in the day. As far as smartphones, I've had an HTC ThunderBolt and Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
[G2 General] goldenmonkey1:
Treo 650

Treo 750

iPhone 3G

HTC Evo

iPhone 4

iPhone 5

HTC One (for about 9 days)

LG G2

Wanted to go Android again after having an iPhone for a little while. Wanted a bigger screen and custom keyboards mostly. Bought the One, hated the camera, battery was iffy and overall just kinda meh. Returned it for the LG tonight after a LOT of reading, talking and deliberation. After 4 hours with it, I'm quite happy. Screen still amazes me every time I turn it on, battery is draining at the rate of 5% per hour, it's fast as hell, scrolls smoothly, and isn't as awkward feeling as I would have thought. HTC still felt more natural, but again, I'm new with this one.

So, no LG in the past. This phone just impressed me and I was drawn to it.
[G2 General] xjreyes:
G2, Xperia z, Nexus 4, LG Optimus G, Galaxy s3, Htc evo lte and many more.. Only reason I have this phone is because LG gave it to me 100% free! I simply love this phone, camera, battery, speed, isp what's not to love?
[G2 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
The browser isn't the only place that you will get lag on the Note 3.
[G2 General] barondebxl:
Have you used it?
[G2 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Not yet, but when you've owned a S3, Note 2 and S4, you can spot the signature Samsung UI lag from videos a mile away. Not to mention the Droid Life review confirming it.

I would feel completely robbed if I bought that super expensive phone with super crazy specs that came with that trash Touchlag UI.

You don't have to agree with me, but I will go to an AT&T store soon to experience the lag myself just so I can confirm it myself.
[G2 General] electronical:
EVERYTHING. And i mean, EVERYTHING about my decision to buy this phone now relies solely on its software support (dev support and official updates). I am 100% sure about the phone being the best on the market at this moment - but i'm not willing to give in and later regret it if i'm stuck on 4.2.2 with no official OTA updates. I'm not willing to wait until the end of 2014 for official 4.4 update. The G2 has beastly specs and LG should easily be able to provide 4.4 and whatever new Android flavors come out in 2014 on its latest flagship device. However, LG isn't exactly known for being dev friendly, relative to Sony and HTC. Even Samsung provides more to developers than LG. A quick look at the dev sections on XDA for the S3/S4 and then the LG Optimus G/Pro gives an underwhelming feeling that i should be ready to endure a lot of frustration with official updates. Sure, custom ROMs can do the trick, but official software provide firmware updates for several components of the phone and many other enhancements to the official UI itself.
[G2 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Then don't buy the G2. LG or nobody here is forcing you to buy it. Get a device that you think will get more updates, which in reality is a crapshoot anyways, so what's the point in stressing about it? Nobody knows which phone will get the most updates, so why solely base your decision on it? It seems like a fools errand to me.

I love how people base their decisions on future updates instead of what's right in front of them and start making demands of what if's. It's just a phone, you won't have it forever and it isn't worth stressing about. In my opinion only, you don't have to agree.
[G2 General] jordant2:
Well I don't have to but I'm going to agree with you. I haven't looked at the kitkat update yet but I'm not sure what new feature it has that I can't already do with the phone. Is it something amazing that I'm missing? But definitely happy I picked this phone. Battery has been the best ever and now that I'm rooted and have a very stable debloated ROM, I really don't want to keep flashing. I'm convinced that this is the best phone out.
[G2 General] electronical:
OK, maybe you are right. I apologize for showing my (probably undeserved) frustration at LG as the latter might (hopefully!) improve on its software updates with the G2 (just like HTC did with the One relative to its previous flagships). But maybe waiting is the best thing to do in this case. If the LG G2 Android Dev section takes off, it should erase any remaining doubts about the enduring success of the G2, beyond 2013.

On another note, i wonder if LG manufacturing the Nexus phone is one of the main reasons why it hasn't been able to given enough attention to its own flagship. Maybe LG thinks that it needs to give less software support to its own flagship in order to bring forth the true value of Nexus devices - prompt software updates. Let's say, LG updates its G2 quickly whenever a new Android version is out. Then, the Nexus 4 sales might suffer, which would impact LG's profits. I might be completely wrong with this theory, and i hope i am (in which case, LG's software update team might just be lazy). :silly:
[G2 General] barondebxl:
Doesnt make sense but it is your opinion. I think he makes sense, considering a phone that is gonna get support, i dont see anything wrong with that at all. I'm torn between the Note 3 and G2 and that is also a concern, dev support and decent timely updates.