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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blade7840:
I'm torn between two phones I want to upgrade to. I like the LG G2 and the Note 3. I like both of them because of their cpu's. LG G2 is highly customizable; I'm sure it will be even better with a custom Rom. I like the screen size of the Note 3; but I don't like the big pocket budge of my pocket. Maybe I'll just wait for the Nexus 5 or Galaxy S5. All the problems I'm hearing about the LG G2 on this forum have me concerned. I'll wait to see the comments after a custom Rom is installed first on these two phones; before I make a final decision. Right now; I own the Galaxy S3. I love my S3; but I want to upgrade to another phone in which I'll feel the same about.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fidelio_o:
Not seeing all this lag everyone is talking about lol, coming from the HTC One which I loved, but this beast is just awesome, battery plus display is amazing got almost 35 hours on battery with my use. Again that's my usage.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irish.iolar:
Lol that's quite the turn around, I'm picking mine up this week. As for the on screen buttons I was thinking the same thing, but when roms start coming out you'll easily be able to get rid of them right?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0adam0o:
It's not released on Sprint yet. Pre-order is Oct 11th :/ That sucks, but at least it will give time for everyone to try it and discover the good/bad. Also gives time for the bootloader stuff.

The only thing that concerns me is the onscreen buttons. I've never understood why anyone would want them. Ive never owned a phone with onscreen buttons. So I'm a but worried.

All I need is a back and a home button (aside from the volume and power buttons) Is there any apps to remove the onscreen buttons? I assume I'd have to root. Would that leave a black square on the screen (where the onscreen buttons used to be) or would the buttons dissappear and you will end up with true full screen? Would the onscreen buttons dissappear across the whole UI no matter what app you use?

Also... How about reassigning buttons? Probably need root as well. Im thinking I would be OK with having the volume up key as a back button. I would imagine I'd be more desperate to turn the volume down than up. So I'll keep volume down button and turn it up via the UI or maybe some invisible widget I can tap to put full volume (UCCW or Tasker maybe?)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citytrader:
The issues people are telling are normal for any new phone release, it needs at least 6 month to be polished; for the G2 I think it needs only to polish a bit the software. In the case of my phone (Galaxy S2) when Jelly Bean was released it took some months to get polished, the same is for G2, give it time and in this way you will see if LG updates the software often or not.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irish.iolar:
There would be no box, just nice open screen
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arie001:
Not sure if this could be it but my OG Nexus 7 was doing something similar and it wound up being Chrome trying to sync my account after I had denied it and it was giving a token request type error. I let it go ahead and sync and the quick drain problem went away. I was later able to disable the sync with no further problems. Weird...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Ok bro, here are my screenshots, things have definitely gotten better:

Before bed:

This morning:

Please also keep in mind that I was playing with the phone a little bit when I woke up and before I took these shots. I think it was at about 34% when I woke up.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
dude that seems normal. 4 hours screen on, 30 percent left and 21 hours!?! wtf you complaining about hahahaha... my most was 17.5 hours and 5 hours screen on time and it was dead lol
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Haha I was only complaining when I went to bed with 45% and it dropped like a rock to 2% while sleeping.

With the adjustments I made, this is what I'm getting. You won't hear anymore complaints from me haha! :thumbup:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jabreezy:
anyone else on verizon having the call quality issue where there is a digital popping and screeching during calls? I am trying to figure out what this is. I use my phone all the time for work calls, and it almost made me throw it against a wall today because of these awful and loud sounds while the other people are talking. I have seen this on android central, and hoping to find a resolution.

I realize when mods are available and things get polished it should be better, and for that reason, I may wait because there is nothing else out there to go to with vzw. I wonder if I could just do a straight return, and go back to my old phone with unlimited data.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgman:
There has to be some background stuff going on. What about the auto backup time settings, auto app updates, things like that?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
Would a kernel fix ur problem?

sent from your moms phone
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scott:
Kinda of ironic that the power manager service is causing battery drain.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scott:
CleanROM will.

Dont worry :angel:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Meaning you are getting this phone? Don't hold out on me homie! :p
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radlink14:
There's no such thing as a lag less phone. There's no such thing as a lag less phone. There's no such thing as a lag less phone.

I should make that into a t-shirt and make money haha

I'm there with you, my phone is laggy. People just have really different expectations. Whoever says their phone has no lag probably has low expectations or is comparing it to only what they have experienced. It really depends on the severity of the lag. I am not sure what to do with this phone, return it or try to root it and see if that makes a difference ;o
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SysAdmNj:
I have the same top 2.

Are you sure? Oh my I cant wait then :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
So Lett me get this strait, problems are the horrible lag, and heats up bad 15min after game play, so the phone throttles down?

Fix- a ROM and or a kernel and its all good? I'm debating between this and the moto x

sent from your moms phone
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scott:
Yep, I just hope they are in stock when I wake up tomorrow!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gharris040604:
Sweet, I just picked up this thing tonight, I ran CleanRom on my note 2,HTC one, and s4.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjmiester:
Yeah, but isn't it funny how after all thier whining and *****ing about others "stealing" and "copying" their "original ideas", they turn around and do exactly that and have the nerve to call it a 'years in the making original overhaul'. I mean the notifications drawer, android. Toggles, android, screenshot multitasking, android and samsung originals straight up. I'm apalled. They're pretty pathetic on that one.

Sorry, that was crazy off topic :D
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warlord420:
im really debating....

One one had i dont really want a samsung because i;ve owned 2 before.... and there is nothing exciting out there on ATT.

Only choice i'd go with would be HTC one.

gonna play with it and see how the developtment goes on recovery and roms by my last day to return , and im going make my decision.

Really wonna give apple a chance, but their locked down OS really makes me angry. for god sake put a wifi turn off slider or something already.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gharris040604:
If you go to the one you will definitely miss the battery life of this beast
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
yessss. here's hoping you can fix both the launcher redraw issue and the horrible content adaptive brightness issue.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
I have the HTC One and I like the experience more on the LG. I've never used a smartphone from LG before and I am pleasantly surprised and please. I will definitely be sticking with it. I also have the Moto X, which is making my decision harder. I will either trade or sale my One.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
I'm REALLY getting sick of this brightness changing bull****. it's starting to get noticeable when I'm at my normal 40 percent brightness. It has to be something in the kernel that does this since I've disabled everything dealing with content adaptive brightness.. i've never considered returning a phone before but holy hell this is the most annoying crap in the world.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
Just wait for custom ROM's and custom kernels.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citytrader:
Have you tried the app Lux Dash!? I use it in my S2 and is fantastic.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
what's it do?

also I know I know, I'll wait for roms.. i think it's a kernel issue lol
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citytrader:
You can manage the percentage of brightness you like for each situation, you will never use autobrightess because compared with this software is faulty, for example on sunlight you will get XX lux of light and suppose you put a brightness to 100%, so you add a point in the app, when you are inside and you have muche less luxs, you add another point of brightness, at least you add 4 or 5 points that with manage the brightness the screen as you prefer and it adapts automatically so you get a much better autobrightness that work.

Paid:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux

Free:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eighty1:
Thanks for the tip on Lux. I use something like it on my jailbroken iphone 5 but its better on Android in my opinion. It really lets you set the brightness as low as you want and this is good for when Im in bed at night and the wife is trying to sleep.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisexv6:
I noticed the brightness thing last night as well. I really do think its something with the kernel/stock ROM, and will be resolved pretty quickly with third party development.

Have you tried a solid (or mostly solid) background? And yes I noticed it only at lower brightness levels (I think I was around 35% at the time). Disabling auto brightness had no effect.

Im wondering if any of the kernel control apps could actually control anything on the stock kernel. A few of them have an adaptive contrast control setting, but i think its up to the kernel to actually read the values.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurant1:
I returned my LG. I hated the light bleeding issue in the camera and the fact it gets so hot. Also wasn't fond of the speakers and brightness issue. But, I went back to my S4, and this thing is a pile compared to that LG. I will be promptly returning to the AT&T store to buy another one. There is no issue that won't be resolved that makes the S4 anything even close to the G2. Period.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hovax615@hotmail.com:
With the new iOS 7 you have the notification center where you can turn on/off WiFi also toggle several other things. Plus iOS 7 can be jail broken

So you wouldn't be locked down per se. I've been playing with my gf iPhone and its hard decision to make but I'm not giving up my galaxy s4 for an iPhone. I had a the chance to get the htc one but the screen size of the s4 is the key for me but I mean I have noticed a bunch of lag lately but no phone is perfect it'll have its moments eventually.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurant1:
Ugh Apple. Pure garbage IMO.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Han Solo 1:
Is it weird that I'm thinking of returning this baby because I want a bigger screen?

I'm leaning towards returning this and waiting for the Note 3.

:eek:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurant1:
I was thinking about waiting for the note 3 as well. But the lag in the s4 is pretty awful. That worries me a bit.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisexv6:
Camera light bleeding issue? Can you explain?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurant1:
Yes. When taking a picture of an indoor scene, like specifically I was taking pictures of my dogs, inside, the light in the windows is white, and severely bleeds into the picture. It ruins it. Outdoors, even in outdoor mode the sky won't be blue sometimes, it will be a very flush blue, almost white sometimes.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayman86:
i think you mean overexposure.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mediumraresteak:
I sympathize with you completely. I'm not sure if the overexposure is normal in terms of the white overpowering the picture and washing it out. I'm hoping it's my camera and I'm returning it to get a replacement unit today. Video recording has been just an awful experience with blurred vids while moving (OIS seems to be non-existent) and indoor shots with good lighting barely imitate 480p. The 60fps option seems like 10fps as well. Probably a defective unit?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intub8:
I bounced around in the last week. Started with my note 2. Traded for an iPhone5 to check out ios7. Called att 50 Times to birch about very slow data speeds. They sent me this phone for free, gave me 300$ in credits on my bill. Loved this phone even though it will never get updated. Sold my crapple iPhone to game stop for store credit. I am in love with this phone. No issues here except finding a case and screen covers in the stores. Fyi Verizon sells 3 pack of screen protectors that fit the att version perfectly and do not degrade the image.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurant1:
It's not so much overexposure in your typical sense. It's the whites, and anything bright such as the blue sky, or sun light, turn white. Indoors everything is in focus and great color, but the light turns white and anything the light touches turns white as well. But your subject comes out great. I never had the problem with my S4. But that phone took exceptional pictures.

Video recording is another subject, it's awful. Absolutely terrible. The first iPhone did better.

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Quite possibly. That was my rational is buying another one. But I've seen the complaint more than just a couple times.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
Christ. I've had 6 android phones and 1 xoom, and my only screen issue was some minor burn-in on my GNex. Either my eyesight isn't nearly as keen as yours, or you have really, really bad luck.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
honestly, it's that my eyesight is perfect and I notice the stupidest smallest stuff. I notice the smallest drops in framerate that most people don't notice and it kills me. I notice small screen defects. knock on wood i haven't seen that dead pixel since bc im not looking for it.. and sometimes when I am looking for it I don't see it... so imma leave it at that hahaha i don't wanna even think about looking for it lol.

but eh yeah I'm still happy with my g2 but my biggest biggest issue is the annoying content adaptive brightness.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
45% > 30% overnight? That is no bueno. You must have some app(s) in the background draining battery.

Awww hell. Sh!t just got real :cool:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razball:
Just returned mine I was on a call trying to at least replace mine because it was shutting down by itself, so i'm on the call and and get another call which happens somewhat often but thanks to the fact that you can replay with a text that youll call back I went to end the new call and send a text.

The phone literally glitched so hard the screen started jittering like it had been mixed with a dryer, and it wouldn't let me start a text and then the keyboard finally came up and I tried typing and that didn't work and then I gave up so needless to say I am not going to get a new one.

My nexus 4 can handle that with a breeze it's not that hard, it's not like I intentionally tried to lag it out I was just replying to a text while on the phone essentially ugh I'm upset cause it was such a nice phone.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
Im back and forth, I like my G2 for the battery, camera and screen but something about the Moto X makes me want to keep it still.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianTDI:
I just ordered a G2 from Verizon. I was thinking of waiting for the Note 3, but

1) I didn't want to pay $160+ more ($139 for G2 vs $299) for very similair spec'd phone.

2) I don't like hardware buttons, dont even like always on screen buttons. I use PIE almost exclusively.

3) LG G2 has already been rooted and custom recovery installed, something that might take months for the Note 3 especially on Verizon. Im coming from a Nexus 4, and will want get back to stock Android asap. This thing should be as close to a Nexus 5 as you can get on Verizon, but with a 3000mah battery!

4) I have no need for the S-Pen. Last stylus I had was on a Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC-6700!

5) I like knock on

6) Wireless charging built in. Once you get used to wireless charging it is hard to go back. (Granted the N3 might come enabled, but I don't want to spend another $50 for a special backing. See #1.

7) I was worried about the non-removeable battery, but it has easily been shown that the battery can be replaced by anyone who is mildly intelligent.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeznuts:
I notice a lot of people saying this, G2 or Note 3 but your really asking the question do i get the best "smartphone" on the market currently or the soon to be best "phablet" on the market? 2 completely different things IMO. Of course a "phablet" would have better specs than a smartphone, it's double in size people, lol! Practically a damn laptop. My buddy has a Note 2 and that thing is so damn huge. I'm a big guy already and wear very loose jeans and still couldn't imagine trying to go a day walking around with that in any of my jean pockets. Need a phanny pack to carry the Note 3, lol!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imucarmen:
Same for me! I bought my g2 this morning and sold my s4 30minutes later. I actually made a 100 dollars because I used an upgrade to get the g2. I hated the s4 and so far imo this phone is better in every way. I had the s4 for 2months and had the displeasure of having to sit on stock with no custom recovery or Rom that whole time with that laggy piece of trash s4 and ugly stock Samsung ui. I've had my g2 for a few hours and already have root with twrp installed and I'm sure very soon we will have some good roms (Verizon). My only fault for it right now is that foxfi isn't working and I need it because my phone is my only internet! So if anyone knows how to get it working let me know!

I'm keeping mine!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeznuts:
I believe the wifi tether has been fixed for ATT users, on Verizon like all new phones they've went above and beyond to make sure you cannot tether and built this into the kernal. Basically until a kernal dev steps in, doubt this will be fixed. Sure it will be one of the next things fixed though as many use this feature with their phones. See here if you haven't already, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2443581&page=12
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garywojdan81:
Gotta go blackberry now:)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dincdoes.me:
No way returning this It's amazing. I had a terrible experience with the LG thrill so I was kinda scared that this was going to be a repeat. I WAS WRONG. this thing blows my s3 and n7. 2 away well my n7 is fast but Damn it's a sweet a$$ phone so pleased with my purchase
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferralis:
i'll be returning mine for a replacement. Hopefully the second one is better!

My biggest problem is that right after a factory reset the phone is perfect, but within a few hours the screen gets horribly sensitive and just hovering over the screen it registers "clicks"

so it's basically impossible to type correctly.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephen293:
I love my G2. My Verizon phone isn't having any throttling or heat issues mentioned previously. Also with the soft buttons I would highly recommend installing UDN Pro. You can set the nav buttons to auto hide and customize what buttons you want to add as well as its appearance.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randpost:
I got the VZ G2 today for $120.00 (30% cpn code (VERIZON30) and a 20$ upgrade credit) on contract. It's a nice phone stock, and I am comparing it side by side to a rooted and custom rommed VZ Note 2. With that said, I will be returning it before my 14 days are up and pre-ordering the Note 3 or buying it if it does release by the 1st of Oct. as rumored. I am not a stylus user.

My biggest gripe with the G2 is the massive amount of heat produced from an hour of straight gaming. throttling kicks in around 20-30 mins depending on the game. At this point my overclocked Note 2 is on par or faster than the throttled G2.

My second dislike with the phone is the non-removable battery. I am out of the house 15 hrs a day, and I get about 5 to 6 hrs of gaming in from time to time. This internal battery while good, isn't good enough to handle the duration. The note 2 is always joined by 2 spare batts so I never run out of juice. I miss that.

Other than that, the G2 is better than the note 2, but I can't see it besting the Note 3 for my overall smart phone needs. I probably should just stick with the Note 2 for another cycle as I don't "require" an upgrade, but I've never been able to convince myself to wait.

One other gripe is that the VZ version of the G2 requires different case than the the other G2 variants because of the change in buttons and the slope of the back plate. Kind of annoying.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tstretch:
I'm torn.. I just returned my G2 last night for an S4, for 2 reasons..

1) knock On only surged like half the time.. And the stupid Verizon buttons all feel the same! So turning on the phone is so hard! Anyone know if this will / can be fixed? Not sure if its hardware or software related..

2) the way LG changed the use of the menu button in Android makes certain apps incompatible with this phone. Only one app that I actively use (groceryIQ) but still. Mostly the knock on feature though. Anyone heard of this being fixed?

I liked the G2 SOOOOOO much better that the S4...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidiac13:
I haven't had any trouble with my AT&T version with the KnockOn feature. Did you try another one to see if happen to have gotten a bad one?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BCM2011:
I am very happy with mine after installing Nova with the Jellybean theme. LG has come a long way since the Dare I had back in the day.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDROIDS:
This phone is amazing. My knock on for the VZW is working fine. Once in a while it takes 4 knocks but for the most part it works.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giri0n:
Any chance I can get a Play link to this UDN Pro? Couldn't find it in a search of the app store...thanks! :eek:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garywojdan81:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2270198
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giri0n:
Perfect, thanks! (Thanks Button has also been activated!) :good:

Cheers!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
Well i'll be returning mine for a replacement. Coz mine had a small ding on the bezel..other than that i am loving this phone...i was so confused between note 3 and g2 but in the end i think i made the right decision..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radlink14:
How hard was it to get that replacement order to go through ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
I'm still back and forth as I have my moto x as well as this g2.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
Well i didn't got my lg g2 actually replaced. I used buyer's remorse to return the phone so i would have to order it again..it sucks...they told me that this is the only way to do it. well anyway i think its releasing in stores on 24/25 sep..so i will just walk in the store and get the phone...