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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdmoore74:
The only other device I would consider is the Note 3 but after having the Note 2 for almost a year I want to try something new. Only 2 negatives about the Note 2; overall size and Amoled display. I was able to fit the Note in my pockets but I knew it was there. And while the colors were vibrant and the blacks deep the screen was lacking overall brightness.

I won't say the phone is a keeper until I make it past day 14. I'm still in the testing phase so I'm still getting use to it. But if this phone had it's bootloader unlocked it would be no question. That being said there's no guarantee that the Note 3 will have it's bootloader unlocked; ust look at the S4. And speaking about older phones the HTC One and S4 are middle age by smartphone standards. I would pick the G2 over those.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
no point. I'm throwing in the towel. I'm done. my last like 4 devices have had screen issues, and i think it's time I find a new hobby.

my incredible had notification bar burn in. my rezound had dust under the screen. my gnex had horrible burn in and banding. my s3 had banding issues and those black blotches when the screen was black. my first dna had that horrible blue dot in the middle. my second dna now has a dead white pixel. my nexus 7 had horrible, awful light bleed. my new nexus 7 (first one) had to return it because of a huge black dead pixel. the second one, my current one, has dust under the screen. my gs4 had notification bar burn in a month into owning it.. and now my 2nd g2 has a dead pixel.

I'm done. I really don't think i should have this as my hobby anymore. I'm wasting money and not even getting a perfect product, ever.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I was kinda considering this phone but your points 1 and 2 are really concerning.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WACOMalt:
I haven't had any throttling issues, even after playing asphalt 8 for over an hour at highest graphical settings. Maybe you guys got a bad run of phones? I'm on VZW version if that matters.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dchibro:
Nope. I'm loving this phone. Pound for pound it's the best I've owned.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericdabbs:
You can fix point 1 via this thread below. You need to be rooted though. Its not that hard and people have seen some good results. The fix has been confirmed to work on both the Verizon and ATT variants so far. I expect it to work on the Tmobile and Sprint variants when it comes out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2442883

Number 2 u just have to deal with since there are no physical buttons and you have to have a way to exit go back to the desktop, go back and hit the menu button. Ehh not a big deal to me since I am not a crazy hardcore gamer.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djkinetic:
Gmd auto hide soft keys... Will solve the on screen buttons.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hovax615@hotmail.com:
Was stopping in checking out the thread to see how everybody liked the g2. I love my gs4 but I've been a long time iPhone user and the new iPhone 5s is just pulling me back in because I was also considering getting the g2

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dante501:
And why does the "Iwillnotmentionthename5s" pull u back in? Is it the 4inch screen? The dual core processor? The finger scanner that the Motorola Atrix years ago already had? Please fill us all in why u wanna go back to the .........5s?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razball:
I know lol its weird to say even though most Iphones were behind times I still liked the s part but this one in don't even see a real upgrade slightly better camera not even a larger mp ever so slightly better processor and fingerprint scanner which could get scary if they don't lock it down and even then I'm sure some hacker could do it
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunblazer:
So does this phone really have throttling/thermal issues for graphic intensive games? If so, that is a huge deal-breaker. I rarely play games but I would want to run some impressive games occasionally to test out the adreno 330.

Can anyone who games on their G2 often share their experiences?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dan37tz:
Hmm.... my unit might be defective then. Is asphalt 8 available for you through the playstore? It's not available for the T-Mobile G2, I had to download a hack APK and download the data to play it.

Thinking about it, my G2 does get hot very easily, even playing some youtube videos will heat it up. Maybe I will exchange it once to see if I could give it another chance. Anybody else having throttling and heat issues while gaming?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaxick:
But they have no reason to make drastic changes. It's basically guaranteed to sell extremely well. Besides, it's not like the hardware inside the iPhone is a slouch. I can't knock Apple, their phones are very high quality. I have no shame in saying I'd love a Android phone with the build quality of a iPhone. The same goes for the Lumia.

iOS7 is actually a very nice overhaul of the platform. It's a big step in the right direction for me and that's saying a lot because iOS has never been a platform I've really been interested in. It's not perfect, but neither is Android. There are always going to be pros and cons to each platform.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dan37tz:
I'm hoping it's just my phone, maybe mine is defective. I will probably do an exchange tomorrow to see if I got a defective first batch, I was probably the first on the forum with a T-Mobile G2.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryanhayn:
Return my G2? HELL NO! The last time I had a phone this perfect was 6 years ago when I upgraded from a BlackBerry Pearl to the original iPhone.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratchetjaw:
Nope loving this phone
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevoc1:
He'll no this baby is Rooted ,fast great battery life, awesome screen, over all this phone is great. I could not be happier coming from a HTC One, S4, Moto X
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razball:
Ios7 is definitely coming in the right directions there adding a bunch of feature that android has most likely because they want to take some of the android market share and convert it lol
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spdwiz18:
I have 10 days left to decide and I'm still not sure. There is nothing out that I really want. But I do know I want the N5, but that's at least a month away. I had the s4 but I want through 4 of them with defective LCDs and easily breakable glass.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spruce_rd:
My first LG phone and I love it. It's rooted, debloated, great screen, battery and speed.

Bought original LG flip cover from Verizon yesterday, no more double/triple knock, hehe.

Found my Holy Grail (for the time being of course :) )
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retrospooty:
That is one of the main reasons I wanted to get it. AMOLED has better blacks and brighter colors, but fails in any and all true color tests. It is also awful in the sun. The color is subjective, if you want true correct color representation, IPS is the winner by a mile. If you prefer better black levels and more vibrant colors, AMOLED wins. IPS is still way better to me and I will never go back unless they fix AMOLED's sun issues in a future version.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SysAdmNj:
Negative, even if I'm if within my 14days I see the official specs for the nexus 5. If thats the case i'd buy that and sell this. This phone isnt perfect but I like it. They lg ui is better than I thought. I actually see friends with iphone's emojis now :D
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
I think I'm keeping it. My major gripe is its a pretty laggy experience compared to my Nexus 4. It's definitely noticeable.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toraRTC:
Nope! This is the smoothest device I have ever owned.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dante501:
Probably due to not being stock android. But my g pro doesn't lag as of now. And I have it for a while already.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Can you elaborate? Where and when do you see the lag?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inkdrink:
RE:

I'm a bit confused about the supposed lag on this device vs. the Nexus 4 as well.

I'm expecting my G2 today, and I'm coming from an Optimus G Pro which is just slightly too big for me. Having played around with every handset under the sun, the OG Pro is so far the smoothest I've seen Android running. There's never a hint of lag, from the notification shade to general OS movement, even with LG's skin overlayed. I would be amazed if the G2 is somehow slower than the G Pro.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
It's just lag everywhere. Swiping home screens lags. Swiping in the app drawer lags. Scrolling in tapatalk or in the browser lags. It lags more then my wife's One, and WAY more laggy than my N4. I guess people coming from older devices won't notice it, but if you've had an N4 it's a very different experience.

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I should make a video, the phone lags everywhere for me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathan3579:
Damn it! I'm seeing less and less encouraging things as the days go by about this phone. :( Feel free to make a video. I won't have mine til tomorrow.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inkdrink:
I didn't mean to imply I doubted you, I'm just going to be pretty bummed if this turns out to be a standard thing across all G2 units. By the spec numbers alone versus this phone's uncle, it just doesn't make sense. Maybe a firmware update can resolve if that's the case.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
The good news seems to be that I'm the only one seeing this. I don't see anyone else complaining about it, maybe I'm too particular, lol.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fsiddique:
I'm pretty much seeing the same thing. My S3 running CM way way smoother than the stock G2. From what I'm accustomed to, there is definitely noticeable lag in general use of the G2.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
If your main usage is toying with ROMs why buy G2 in the first place? G2 has tons of options over any options, possible in any custom ROM.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
I had AOKP running on the Nexus 4. I guess it's just carrier skin lag. I don't think someone who has ever used AOSP can say this is the smoothest phone they've ever used. Hopefully, the bootloader gets unlocked and it will be smooth sailing.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathan3579:
Well when I moved from the HTC One to the S4, I didn't even last 3 days before I sold the phone. Lol. The S4 is laggy as hell. The One was the smoothest device I've ever owned. (Even more so than the N4.) I'm afraid of how particular that phone has made me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fsiddique:
Hopefully...it's pretty unfortunate given the amazing hardware. The battery and screen are by far the best of any phone I've ever owned.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jabreezy:
It looks like I too am going to be returning my VZW G2. Have a Note2 but wanted to try a smaller phone. Current issues I am having are:

1. Digital screeching and loud annoying sounds during phone calls that only I can hear. Tried changing settings, and nothing changes.

2. Poor Battery Life. I cannot run my G2 on 100% brightness or it sux the battery down like my old thunderbolt did. If I leave it on stock settings, the battery life is OK, but no where near as good as my Note2, but then the brilliant screen is not enjoyable, thus no need for the phone.

3. Laggy and Hot. Lag during screen transitions, and hot after wireless charging. Even hotter after non wireless charging.

I am debating on the One or waiting till something else is available.

Thoughts?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
My wife has the One, its a very good phone. I prefer the screen size of the G2, I don't think I could go down to 4.7. Its fast also, but the battery on the G2 is far superior. I've had the phone since the 13th and only had to charge it twice so far.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollinFX45:
Well, I'm going to have to agree with other posters about the lag. It's easily noticeable. I came from all the previously mentioned phones as well -N4, Galaxy S4 (which did lag as well) and HTC One. The HTC One was much smoother as far as the basic tasks in the UI went. But for processor intensive stuff, this thing FLIES. Restoring all my apps and whatnot, I was really pounding on the CPU and it did get hot, but the installs were just lightning fast once downloaded.

Anyway, hopefully the lag issue gets sorted out. I'm keeping it and so far I would say that's the only flaw. Navigating from some screens, and this is NOT an exaggeration, pressing the home button will result in a close to five second lag. Yes, FIVE seconds. I can deal with a hiccup, but not pleased to see this thing choking like this. Maybe I'll make a video demonstrating it.

-Collin-
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helpme364:
As soon as custom ROMs come about, all of these "issues" will have go away.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
So, you suppose you use your HTC One constantly on 100% brightness without autobrightness and it works like whole day? Or you comparing dimmed to 50% Note 2 battery life with one of G2 having been turned to 100%? C'mon do you always leave your Note2 brightness on 100% auto checked off?

The screen supposed to drain battery quick on 100% brightness, turn it to 100% on HTC One, iPhone5 or Galaxy S4, Note 2 for that matter and it'll drain battery depleted in 3hrs. It's a FACT. no one uses smartphone on 100% constantly

100% is for being on streets in the sunny day

It's supposed to be hot charging wirelessly. Ppl, if you didn't attend school you might watched Discovery and read press anyway. You must've heard about induction cooktop, right?

Looks like use hunting and picking flea. Thus spreading FUD
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montevulture:
ABSOLUTELY NOT returning this beast! This is honestly the best built and fastest phone I've ever used. I had the HTC One at launch, and returned it after two weeks because of sharp edges, poorly set buttons, and over crap build quality. I then got the GS4, which I've been in love with for many months... fantastic build quality and overall feature set (except one warranty exchange for the main home button becoming loose and mushy). Sold my S4 for the G2, and the only thing I can find on this thread that I've experienced is the mysterious battery drain. Twice I've gone to bed with a full battery and woke up 8 hrs later with 30% left. Analysis attributed it to Engadget and Google services most recently... and once it was a Craigslist app that I've since uninstalled. Going to keep a close eye on that one. Otherwise, on a normal battery drain day... batt. life is amazing!

Auto brightness setting sometimes is a little busy trying to get it right. Volume from the "stereo" speakers is average, not as good as the HTC one, but about on par with the GS4. Haven't seen any lag with any screen whatsoever. Knock on feature is a bit inconsistent, but I attribute that to my still learning how hard and fast to tap the screen... but maybe it's something that needs tweaking by LG.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikef3j:
Definitely keeping mine. Need to root etc to dump the VZW bloatware. Great battery life, lighter, thinner than my GNex(that now resides in my dresser :( ).

Thanks LG...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dan37tz:
So the folks with the lag issues all have Verizon G2's right?

I have a TMO G2 and have yet to experience any UI lag, thing is a rocketship so far.

Only major gripes for me is the crappy speaker and thermal throttling during gaming.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jabreezy:
I can go all day with my note 2 and never have to dim the screen... auto-dimming off with brightness at 95%....

yeah, she's dead by 9pm, but this G2 will be dead by lunchtime.... . A LOT less pixels in the Note2 though which means less battery usage.

Induction is simple, yes, I have had multiple induction chargers, but this heat is much higher than expected, and I believe will become a "heated" issue of debate. Again, it gets even hotter charging thru the micro-usb slot.

Besides..... I don't want my phone to be a cooktop. I have a wife for that. And, she gets hot too. Not so smart though.

I don't want a HTC One. It's outdated, just like this phone will be in 6 months. Don't know what to do.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RashaYad:
VZW Fine

I haven't noticed any of the lag or throttling people have mentioned and have VZW. The only issue I have had thus far has been the original SIM was shot; replaced, and everything is working fine.

I do not foresee myself returning this phone for any reason, and it would take a pretty impressive phone (to actually hit VZW) for me to upgrade any time soon. Once it is fully unlocked this will be the best available on Verizon.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garywojdan81:
Almost every device mentioned in this thread is only really viable for 6mos from a feature/spec standpoint. There's always the "next big thing" right around the corner so staying current is almost impossible for the person of average means. The bottom line has to be what ultimately floats your boat "experience" wise. That's what's driving the moto x right now, the x8 architecture apparently eliminates any lag & produces the "experience" of a much more spec-heavy SoC.

If the Note(2 or 3) is what does it for you, then stay with it. But watch out for image burn if you're running an amoled screen at 95%.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REDFOCZ:
I kinda want the moto x, but am holding out for the new nexus phone
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boingboingbilly:
Just wanted to chime in - I have the VZW G2 and no lag whatsoever. In fact I have an N4 sitting right next to it and in my opinion the G2 flies in comparison. The UI is fast, switching apps is fast, and I play NFS and Asphalt - no throttling that I have noticed. Is it possible there are bad devices or bad SW out there?

As for battery life, I have been on the phone for about an hour, used navigation for 1hr 12 min, and 4 hrs screen time today - I also leave Bluetooth, Location, and WiFI on 100% of the time - total time on battery so far 10 hours 20 minutes and I am still at 25% battery. Not sure what more I could ask. I had a MAXX HD that was better, but not by much.

Honestly other than the cheap glossy plastic back and the lack of accessories for the VZ variant, I couldn't do much to improve this phone. I rooted to freeze the bloat and backup/restore, but I cannot imagine needing another ROM. I actually like the LG UI enhancements.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Walter21026:
I too wanted to chime in,I am keeping this bad boy, I too have the VZW G2 and ive had it since the day it launched on Verizon and this beast is everything i need in a phone as a power user this device will age exceptionally well over time. However, I too am experiencing lag too ONLY in the app drawer when im speeding through my widgets drawer, SPEEDING right through all my widgets. It is a little annoying but im not too worried i expect this to be fixed either by LG or Devs, also i have redraw on the home screen but its not like what im reading about, its very minimal and i havent seen it interfere with my experience, it clears up in miliseconds, again this will be fixed soon enough, and people relax already about development this beast is only a freaking week old!....

That said I really love this phone and im not just saying that to protect my own investment like you will hear alot of people say. I really dont see anything to gripe about other than app drawer lag. My fiance who owns a Tmobile S4 really loves it, she actually loves the white design and craigslisting her S4 in a few days. Take it with a grain of salt but she has to have the best of the best all the time, she didnt know anything about the G2 and when i picked it up she was pretty jealous after she got her hands on it lol. It feels everything like a premium device should feel like and looks it too, it feels really really good in the hands. It might be the best feeling device in the hands many people have ever held, there are alot of reviews talking about this.

Lastly the battery life is phenomenal. Let me put it like this, no BS. The afternoon I picked the G2 up i was with my fiance and she had a full battery on her S4. We drove straight to Verizon when i got the phone the battery was at 78 percent and i used 50% brightness all day, we were out all night went to go watch the big fight and by 9ish her phone was already about to die. i was using my phone moderately since I got it and i was sitting at 27-29% on a new 25% drained battery...hmmm sounds like a winner to me huh? Now battery last me a day and a half depending what im doing i can still get 4 hours screen time during that time at 50% brightness. So this phone is a keeper. Oh yeah its really freggin fast too.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
i'm currently working on making a video showing my lockscreen launcher lag/redraw....i'm verizon if that helps.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
I guess I will get involved in my own thread lol. I have had to turn off more settings on this phone than any other phone I've owned (ranks up there with my Thunderbolt) to improve battery life. It's starting to eat at me a bit.

More than once I have fell asleep at night with my battery between 40-50% and I will wake up in the morning with the low battery warning and my phone is at 2-5% battery. I've never had that happen before, not even on my now departed S4.

If I can't figure out why or if it keeps happening, I will sadly have to dump this phone. I already went through this nightmare with the Thunderbolt and I won't deal with it again.

The strange part is I fell asleep with 43% battery last night and woke up with 2% battery this morning. Why I say it's strange is because every single location setting was turned off. And I am running the same exact apps as I was on my S4, so I don't think it's a rogue app. Unless an app isn't playing nice with the G2 that did with the S4. Ugh, it's frustrating.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razball:
Just got mine and I notice minor lag but barely cause it was downloading the 40 apps I have

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And LTE signal is 4 bars minimum and my woman's gs3 is on 1bar
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
dude post a shot of better battery stats for when you leave it overnight. that's crazy. i'm still getting like crazy battery
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathan3579:
I'm ashamed to admit it but I played with one today in Best Buy and it's a very attractive device. (I like it more than I expected.)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Ok man, I will purposely make my battery be around 50% tonight before I go to bed and take screenshots in the morning.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
it has to be an app. my battery has been better than any phone i've got. altohugh, i don't leave it idling overnight..i charge all night.

the past few days when i wake up, i'd stay at 100% for like an hour off charger and 20 minutes screen on time....an hour off and 20 min screen on would have my DNA down to like, 87% no lie lol
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
So basicly Yal are complaining abt the phone getting hot and slow from gaming? So throttling down is the only issue? Cant a ROM and kernel fix that? I really want this phone

sent from your moms phone
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaumac:
I don't game on a phone. I don't know why you would to be honest. This phone is incredible and there is no way I would return it unless the N5 miraculously appears on Verizon with identical specs. That is not happening.