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[G2 General] barondebxl:
Lol I think you took the ocd thing a little too serious. I myself am a little ocd about things.

But many of us have been watching her vids for awhile and we disagree with many points she is making and also agree with many points she makes.
[G2 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
I totally understand what you are saying. I overall enjoy her videos and learning about the depths of phones since I'm a phone junkie.

But things like putting a microscope to the Note 3 screen to see the pixel layout is a little silly. Nobody is going to notice what she is talking about.

It's just stuff like that which I'm referring to.
[G2 General] WhiteZero:
I guess it all depends on what information you're wanting to consume. True, no one is going to see the PenTile pixel layout on the screen in real-world use, but it is a prominent technical spec that a lot of us are interested in.

You can have the more superficial reviews that only focus on what the everyday end-user is going to be concerned about, like The Verge. But then you also have the more deeply technical and detailed reviews that the more enthusiast tech crowd wants to see, like AnandTech.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
[G2 General] barondebxl:
True, we definitely need those as well.
[G2 General] Noam23:
It's more than that. She is providing important information that no other source on the internet has the technical ability or will to present. For example, she proved that the LG G2 IPS screen has severe color over saturation (which robs the screen of its brightness at lower brightness levels), while everybody else keep saying that it's so accurate. It is not accurate at all, and she proved it. I think this is valuable information, that currently only she has the capability to provide. She also talked about the Nav bar being way too big, which nobody else dared to mention, even though many of us see this here and are very annoyed by this. She also raised the GPS inaccuracy issue of the G2, which for me is very important because I use the phone to track my runs. I mean she is giving valuable technical information, and she is the only one. She doesn't let the hype stir her away from the truth, and for that she has my respect (assuming she does this always, and not just with LG phones).
[G2 General] shook187:
Noam23 you must be Erica
[G2 General] Noam23:
lol.
[G2 General] le_lutin:
I think it's an excellent review. Her comments on the camera's exposure are especially useful.

I think the reviewer is aware that it's a phone, so she's using other phones as the yard stick, not DSLRs. Her expectations aren't unrealistic.
[G2 General] Datafiend:
Erica always does really good in-depth and informative reviews. Her videos are second to nothing.
[G2 General] charlie_c:
AnandTech says "[The G2]...has some of the lowest DeltaE 2000 scores we've seen, with the iPhone 5, HTC One, and G2 clustering together in the GMB color checker test and saturations sweep. " Source

It's not an issue of being "technical", it's a problem of thinking one review is gospel just because it confirms your opinions. There are enough variations in hardware, reviewer bias, and review methodology to assure you'll probably find what you're looking for. Her review is just one more. Nothing more, nothing less. The reality is probably some amalgamation of them all.

The best review is based on your own actual everyday usage since it represents exactly what is most important to you. I've had extremely fast GPS lock with a 100% accuracy rate, taken some great photos (definitely better in well lit scenarios, but the OIS has allowed for some good low-light photos, especially with HDR), and I still love how great the display looks. There is no phone out currently that I'd rather have, and I'm not sure there is any slated for release any time soon (Nexus 5 included) that would change that.
[G2 General] bckrupps:
my real life review is simple. everybody who sees the screen on my phone thinks its amazing and the best out there and so do i. simple as that. knock off lol
[G2 General] droid_<3er:
Well, I follow Anand and Brian all the time and I must say that I don't think it is proper to compare this to AnandTech. Performance of GPS is definitely not "technical information" and neither is stuff like "camera exposure" (both of which i think are rather important). Despite its standing as a "Mini Review" because it's relatively shorter in length, the LG G2 review on Anand site is typical Brian stuff; it doesn't just look into the phone, we get a clear look at MSM8974 and LG Display as well. It's far too complicated for the regular Android user.

On the other hand, Erica just rambles on and on about things; just look at the length of the review. I find it difficult to believe that people would call it a review filled with advanced "technical information".

But again, just my $0.02. Everyone's entitled to their own.

LOL
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
No one could say better :cowboy:

She's just so Samsung-defensive that it irritates. "No one can beat Samsung" attitude is moronic and oldfashioned
[G2 General] :
yeah that seems true

Sent from my LG-D802
[G2 General] dythan2005:
Lisa from the mobiletechreview is the best in my opinion
[G2 General] cakessi:
^^^^

Lisa from MobileTech Reviews. The best.
[G2 General] shook187:
I don't feel like she reviews anything. All she does is gives a rundown on how it operates.
[G2 General] tiguy99:
This....I didn't even bother with the video after learning about her bias
[G2 General] twist:
What do you expect from a woman lol
[G2 General] cakessi:
That's exactly what I want. Completely objective.
[G2 General] Div033:
I think Erica does a wonderful job presenting information as a tech enthusiast. I'm the type to pick and tear apart the tiniest details about phones and am generally very picky. I can't spend $600 very often so I really want to know each and every detail about a device I'm interested in. She seems to be the only one capable or willing to do this. It's clear she has a love for this technology that exceeds many other reviewers.

Who cares about the color calibration? I do, I often test my website designs on multiple android browsers and prefer to see it accurately. Who can even see the difference between pentile and non? I most certainly can and I know I'm not the only one. I don't understand why people are getting so upset (and some blatantly misogynistic) about her detail packed reviews. No one's forcing you to watch it.

In all honesty many of these replies are coming off as sour grapes that she's pointing out quirks about the phone you just bought/want to buy. Who cares, they are quirks, every phone has them. I just want to know what they are and she tells me.
[G2 General] shook187:
The problem when discussing screens, is its a matter of option as to what looks good and what doesn't. So in turn she's wasting time going over her rants about LCD vs AMOLED and pixel density and all that good stuff.
[G2 General] Div033:
This is a half truth, as she is comparing the screen to correct color calibration defined by sRGB. I feel that there are objective reasons to prefer accurate over inaccurate, but can understand that others may prefer the inaccurate route. LG/Samsung doesn't just oversaturate because they feel like it, but rather they're appealing to the masses that don't care.

Pixel density is important, though the differences at this level (S4 vs G2) are quite minute even for me. However I (and hopefully everyone else) want to see pixel density progress so that one day we could be looking at screens which are truly indistinguishable from photographs. The only way this can happen is if the public/reviewers care about it enough to talk about it and want it. She is absolutely not wasting her time trying to get people to care about this stuff.

Although it should be obvious that we want photorealistic screens and the processing power isn't quite there yet anyway.
[G2 General] misuspita:
Pixel density was important until we reached and got over the threshold of human visual acuity, and still we don't actually believe we see a photorealistic display on our phones. But that is not because we need moar pixels, but because we need another technology to display it. The light we see and the objects we perceive as "real" is reflected light, not emitted by the objects themself. On the phone the display emmits dirrect light onto our eyes and they sense that as "not real". I believe the e-ink tech is the way to go for that realism, but that tech has its own limitations.

First post here, I'm leaning towards a G2 and this will be my first forray into Android world :)
[G2 General] player911:
Not owning the phone, I found the information useful. All of the "faults" she mentioned are good ones according to a new buyer. The KnockOn feature IS awesome but she mentioned the bug with the lockscreen, which could render it problematic. I use the KnockOn with my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 with none of those issues where the screen comes on like that. Still a great feature and I would use it as it but hoping it would be fixed.

The Screen "oversaturation" is fine. Most phones do this and I like it. My first Gen N7 had a "properly" calibrated screen and it looks washed out compared to others. So its a plus in my book.

The back buttons, I don't know if I agree with because I DO hold my phone with a finger on the back (like she said she didn't) so for me it would be good. EXCEPT I typically use a case and I don't know how a case with fit with the buttons on the back. I guess they could just have cut outs for the holes for the buttons. I would prefer the buttons on the back than on the side because my slim cases typically make pressing buttons a chore. Another problem is when listening to music, the volume buttons would be on the back. IF I had a flap case, I could lay the case face down but with a normal slim case, I wouldn't want the phone laying on the glass (especially when I am sitting out on my stone bench in the back yard around my firepit). Also when calls comes in, I can usually tap the Volume buttons to mute the ringtone one handed without picking up the phone. With them on the back I would have to pick the phone up to access the volume buttons to mute.

The speakers not having a lot of bass isn't that important to me. I don't know if "covering" them up will be an issue either since I hold mine differently anyway.

I think the camera software is just pure awesome. The ability to face track is sweet. The Zoom / Audio focus is really cool. The Guest Account would be great for my son. I like that the dialpad can be made smaller and toggled back and forth for a better reach. Also the quick notes that overlay across multiple apps is super freakin' awesome. Some apps just don't let you copy info, like the XDA app.

My question is that most of the stuff that I like are software features that probably won't be in a custom rom (AOKP, CM, AOSP). I'm wondering what type of functionality is lost and what the experience is like without all the bells and whistles. Because RIGHT now, I could live with stock... but the stock android is 4.2.2 when 4.4 is coming out in a few days with lots of updates and features. I'm not sure if we'll see 5.0 soon but might not on stock software.
[G2 General] player911:
I completely disagree. I've never owned a Pure Samsung (Touchwiz) phone and my GN is the closest thing to Samsung hardware that doesn't even use Samsung Hardware, BUT being a mobile enthusiast I know that Samsung is one of the leaders in mobile innovation. Between their Exynos chips, multiwindow, quick apps, Video Focus, screen tech, etc... Samsung really leads the way for others to follow. I'm not saying the S4 is better in every way, (I'm leaning for the G2) but lots of stuff the LG does was introduced by Samsung (outside of the camera stuff). Some ways Samsung even has the upper hand over LG.

Being closely compared to a Samsung is actually a good thing. Lots of the features I've read about are in a non-Samsung device that has easy root/flash capabilities.
[G2 General] 903tex:
I just bought the g2 and honestly I can say it's the best phone I had period. I like her reviews she goes in real depth on subjects I wish more youtubers doing reviews would do. But while I do think she can be a lil ocd on some subjects but for the most part I like her videos.

I like my g2, I love that it's growing in development and the the beauty of the device in my eyes are a big win!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mkeefner:
I'm not complaining about battery life bit I just fond this strange how with nothing running my phone went from 20% to dead that fast. Phone was locked and in my pocket. Anyone have any ideas? It's also not the first time this has happened either just the first time I thought to get a screen shot of battery usage right after

**Update**

Now my phone is dying at random :/ it does it from 50%, 30% etc. Any suggestions (i.e. battery calibration, full factory reset) or should I make it stock again and get a replacement?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dottat:
I've found battery level to be unreliable at low levels. Even rebooting the phone when low will often yield varied results
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mkeefner:
I know one day I will get the 14% notification and be good for like 45 minutes. Then another I'll get it and then bam phones dead
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mkeefner:
Some more pics of battery issue
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] steddora:
Batteries are gauged by how much voltage they are pushing in most tests. Though from my hobbies of electric rc cars, I've learned that batteries can change their voltages simply from a temperature change. While these changes may not be significant, they do represent differences and used to play a big part in my fifteen minutes charge cycles. It's harder to receive a positive rating in a cell that is low on power than it is with one on max charge. So if I'm down to twenty percent or so, I use my phone very sparingly. Has been pretty trustworthy for me over the years.

Either way, suspicious battery drain is usually a rogue application sitting there eating resources as the phones we use do seem to monitor battery life pretty good compared to the old voltage meter methods.

Sent from the One in Blue on xparent red tapatalk!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Dark Jedi:
You have anything auto syncing? I know I use the nfl mobile app and that can put s drain on ny battery life.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dspcap:
I found the htc-Facebook app drains funny on the battery. When I loaded bonestock, then loaded Facebook from the play store, it helped my battery. I think it's the way the htc-Facebook interacts with blinkfeed.

Could be completely of base, but I know the htc loaded Facebook is slightly different.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] ddurandSGS3:
charge it to 100 then bring it to down to 0. then back to 100 and youll probably be fine
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mjs31:
I assume you had a good signal everywhere you went? Nothing drains a battery faster than being in an area where there is very low or no signal. It constantly tries to connect and it will KILL your levels very fast. I see this quite a bit in my work place. Employees with Sprint and many times AT&T will complain about their battery dying at work only to find out the phone was constantly searching for a signal.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] steddora:
You know, I totally forgot about that. I used to have that issue with Sprint myself. Killing the data would eliminate TONS of battery usage when I was at work. Now that I'm on Verizon, there's never much problem. But he's completely right. If you're not getting a quality signal your phone may be searching and that can be an all day thing which just eats a battery alive.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mkeefner:
I am in a near perfect signal. I'm pretty sure its has nothing to do with coverage. What's strange to me is the phone immediately dies. It will be at 50% and then the screen goes black and won't come back on. Once I plug it in the phone finally comes back on and is at zero.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] kookahdoo:
Exchange it. My first One had weird reboot issues. It might a bad phone.

Sent
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mkeefner:
And another. Phone was right around 50% and then bam off
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] DroidOnRoids:
The battery is obviously defective. You need to get a replacement.

Sent from an HTC One
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mkeefner:
Alright. Time to start the relock process :/

Thanks for the help everyone
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] MissionImprobable:
That's bad juju for the type of batteries we have.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] ddurandSGS3:
really? just once to recalibrate it? I only had to do it once with my S3 but it worked after that.

got a read that could give me some info? my bad ive done it in the past
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] MissionImprobable:
I'd have to search around, but taking these batteries all the way down actually reduces their effective life.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] steddora:
Basically, the more you drain the power before charging, the less charge cycles the battery will have. Someone who charges at 75% compared to someone who charges at 25% will have more cycles over the life of the battery. I can't remember the exact numbers, but there's been plenty of studies on the issue. And if I'm correct charging at those numbers, the 75% will have more than twice the charge cycles over the life of the battery. The biggest battery killers though are actually higher amperage charges. One study showed more than five times the life cycle at 3.7v per cell compared to 4.3v. And the charging required to power the higher voltages actually cause more damage over time than the extra mah output is worth. The HTC one has a decent setup and the stock charger doesn't over feed the cells. But in not sure if it will make it to the 700 charge cycle that a two year contract may leave a user with.

Sent from the One in Blue on xparent red tapatalk!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EPiSKiNG:
I've moved over from a Droid Razr MAXX to the Galaxy Note 3... Do I need to use the SQL edit hack to enable WiFi Tethering through the Verizon app? I haven't seen any guides for the Note 3 yet..

Thoughts?

Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibkevin:
I've been using the app called Foxfi from the play store which has been working great for me and that's without root! There is a free version that limits the amount of time you can use it or a paid version for like 7 bucks. A little costly but I've been happy so far. Only thing is once u go into the Foxfi app and turn on mobile hot spot u will get a pop up about needing to set up through verizon, DO NOT hit cancel, instead just push your home button and wha la!! You have working mobile hotspot! Hope this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EPiSKiNG:
Thanks for the reply! I'll try that for the time being... Although I'd like to see if there's a way to use the Built-In Verizon WiFi Tether app, as it's quite stable... Maybe I'll try android-wifi-tether too...

Thanks!

-EP
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyfingers:
Yes that will work. There is a guide in the general section.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EPiSKiNG:
Hmm... I spent a couple minutes in there looking and I didn't see anything about the SQL hack... Link?

Thanks in advance!!

-EP
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyfingers:
Just add the hot spot toggle... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2482867
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thorn11166:
Any way to possibly get rid of the Verizon subscription error message? It's more annoying than anything
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EPiSKiNG:
Yah... That's the problem i'm running into...

-EP
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adoublearonn:
Just press the home button and it will go away while leaving tethering on... As long as you have used the widget or toggle to turn it on.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EPiSKiNG:
Well holy heck! Looks like that did the trick!

Thank you kindly!!

-EP
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gunthermic:
You must be looking for this. Was in General:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2482867
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistertek:
FoxFi really works great. Just hit the Home key once you enable it and you're golden!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firefighterguy:
Not sure. But I noticed something in SQLite.

Settings storage

settings.db

Global

51 Wifi_watchdog_on 1

I'm thinking - hoping- that that is the entitlement/subscription check. Anyone willing to find out?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EPiSKiNG:
Changed it to 0... Still getting Use of this service requires a subscription...

I think the Wifi Watchdog setting is to alert you when a WiFi network is in range....

I've just been using the notifications panel toggle hack, then pressing the Home button when the error comes up: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2482867

Would be great to get rid of the notification though

-EP
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firefighterguy:
Thanks for the heads up and trying it out. I'd change it back to 1, though. I did some searching and it seems that watchdog is a security measure to try and keep hackers from accessing your phone through wifi. So either what you were thinking is right or the info I have found is. But I'm no expert. So I don't know which it is. Lol. Either case is seems cruicial or important. So probably best to not mess with that.

I have the toggle going, also. I just figured it was worth a shot, at least. I just get a little annoyed having to press the Home button every time. But at least we have tether. I can deal with that until such time that they figure it out.

Thanks again for trying that!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] changt34x:
I have actually investigated this a bit, and like new devices, the check is now built in Framework-res.apk. You need to decompile, edit the lines that call the command to check for subscription, and recompile. I have tried quite a few times but could never get the signing right and replace the file on the device without a bootloop, so I gave up. I think I have more specific information on like the 2nd page of the we have root thread.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firefighterguy:
Will you please post a link, as genius here is having a hard time finding it? Lol

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] changt34x:
It had been made into a flash able zip in safestrap, check the Original Development section. The instructions for the actual changes in Framework-res.apk are also stated there, they are the same as what I would have done.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Qrypo:
When i send a message it mostly gets delivered twice!(not always but often)

how can i solve this annoying prob?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
look around or use search

issues like that have been asked before

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=32341
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Qrypo:
Don't know if anayone noticed it but there is no solution posted!

thats also my prob. and there is no decent solution given yet

does someone have a solution?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] SaBo:
There is: avoid characters which require unicode

Sascha
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tummyboy:
Install SPB Pocket Plus then add an exception for the close button. Add tmail.exe. This will solve your problem dude!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannycanrock:
The topic was my qus I can't find it in the download mode and thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannycanrock:
?

Sent from my SM-N900
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yohng:
So far, I suspect that we (on Exynos SM-N900) don't have this efuse ?

I'm also waiting for an answer from an expert.