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[G2 General] jayochs:
everything software related you listed can be done with an app. want the sms to wake the screen? get smsawake.

the launcher a bit choppy? yeah I had this problem too because the Verizon version of the launcher redraws more than any other carrier... so i said f it, I bought nova launcher years ago, so i put that on and got myself a custom icon pack called axis, and bam. a cooler, smoother customized ui. I've never had any choppiness anywhere except the launcher and now that's fixed.

don't like the audio? try one of many EQ apps. the problem here is the software has a really bad built in compressor and limitor combination that compresses everything and doesn't reproduce good sound from the speaker. I'm still looking for ways to disable this. however, you can try Viper to get a huge customizable EQ and whatnot.

for the phone being too big, well you'll get used to it. I remember when I had my og Inc and thought 4.3 inches on the rezound was huge.. and that the gs3 was GIGANTIC... and then the droid dna, and i said I'd never go bigger than 5 inches.. and now i have the g2 and it feels better than all of them.

point being, you'll get used to size.

attached is my setup with nova and axis icons. nova has never been smoother on any phone I own than it is on the g2. the animations aren't even this smooth on the gs4 running aosp... so i can't even blame it on touchwiz lol
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
While switching to Nova, is the browser scrolling a lot more smoother too? IMO, the iPhone has the most smoothest browser scrolling I've ever seen on a smartphone. The S4, followed by the Moto X were the closest to the iPhone. I've heard the S4 has lagged after a while of use, but the one I tried at a Verizon store was really smooth for scrolling.
[G2 General] bgdwiepp:
1) Agreed, but custom roms definitely change this.

2) You can change this, i most certainly did.

3) Lux (app) or a custom rom will fix/improve this.

4) One hand is fine for checking sms/weather/quick things, but yes, two hands are better for most everything else, however, with that said, 2 hand typing is far and away faster than one handed typing.

5) Not an app person so i don't really know. However, most of the main apps are on par with their iOS equivalents.

6) Yes, however, i find that it is easier to hold tightly because you don't need to worry about pressing side buttons.

7) Whilst it doesn't do this, it has a notification LED, so not only is it immediately visible, but you can see it across the room after the screen would normally have timed out, as well as using less power.

8) Yeah. No arguement from me.

9) I can't think of any accessories missing? Lots of screen protectors, cases, car chargers, music adapters, ect
[G2 General] jayochs:
nope that's just the launcher. which browser do you use? you see, since verizon likes to control our lives and tell us what we can and can't like, they decided it was better for us if they didn't include the stock LG browser. however, you can download it and use it and it works perfectly fine. not sure if you have VZW or not, but it's much smoother than chrome. I've never had any lag or hiccups in it.

also, some things that may help with scrolling would be going into developer settings and turning on the 2d rendering option.
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
Thanks for the advice. I don't have the phone, but used it at a VZ store. I don't remember which browser it was.

I'll have to check next time I go there.

Have you seen my video I took of the LG's scrolling? Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHHo85lj0ak

In that video I had used Chrome, so maybe the last time I used the LG G2, it was Chrome as well. I'll try the stock LG one next time.
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
Btw, where do I find the stock LG browser? I searched for it in the play store, but couldn't find it.
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
nobody here have to justify anything to you, if you asked this question then that mean the phone is not for you and you should A. go back to iphone or B. try a different phone. dont buy something that you dont find appealing to you, it just as dumb as this thread asking LG G2 users why you should not switch back.
[G2 General] jcutter347:
Could not agree more. The iphone cannot be compared to this phone!
[G2 General] jmill75:
Dont understand why everyone even plays into this guy. Dont like the phone, bye! Want your Iphone back, bye! Plain and simple. Funny though when people come on here bashing a particular phone that the Iphone of all phones is the one they want to go back to. Like it's got ANYTHING over any Android device, especially with the amount of choice we as Android people have.
[G2 General] Cst79:
If you are a heavy user of your smartphone in and work in the sales department where prompt email replies are probably very important, I wonder what do you do when you have a notification but you missed the 10 seconds or so during which the iPhone screen is turned on after a notification, for example, when you take your phone out of your pocket and you put it on the table, or when you come at the desk after being away for a few minutes. You will never know that you have a missed email, a missed call etc. until you will turn on your phone screen. You are forced by Apple to act like a madman and press the home button like once every minute, like I have seen on some of my colleagues :) This constant attention disrupts your work and places the phone in the center of your activity, instead of the actual work to be done.

On the other hand, the G2 has a multi-color notification light (and even one on the back of the phone) and you will never miss a notification.

Not sure how a business user could use an iPhone when it has this huge flaw.

Also, being a heavy user you need good battery life, right ? The G2 has about twice the battery life of the iPhone 5s.

To me, as a business user, there is just no contest.
[G2 General] somemadcaaant:
Lol...
[G2 General] joshuadjohnson22:
This choice is really personal preference, while I think Android is better I don't think it is best for everyone. If you like to customize, hack, play with open source Android is perfect, if you like to wait a while for apple to release features, but a pretty UI and simple Apple is king. It appears a lot of your complaints can be resolved by switching to a different android... If you got the Nexus 5 you can resolve the following issues:

1.Some parts of UI are just plain choppy

2.Screen brightness adjusting is terrible (probably, haven't seen one to try)

3. Large Screen also a negative, need two hands now

4.Harder to hold in hand

5.Sound is not the best. Meaning speaker (maybe I havn't tested)

6. Lack of accessories(nexus will get LOTS of love in this department)

All the other complaints will/could be resolved with mods and hack... in fact a lot of them can be resolved on the G2 with hacks:

1.Camera button next to home key, easy to hit (autohide the navigation bar)

2.Screen brightness adjusting is terrible(I've seen devs fix things like this but idk about this phone, I have never had an issue...)

3.Damn lock screen does not wake on notification(lots of ways to get this)

4.Sound is not the best. Meaning speaker (Xloud xposed mod)

Sorry if any of this has been addressed I didn't read every page ;)
[G2 General] paniro187:
Just let him go back to apple that s where he really wants to be. Nothing wring with that at all.
[G2 General] Rockliveson123:
I will tell you from my recent experience. I had an iPhone 5 then got a nexus, then got a G2. Then picked up an iphone 5 for 200$ from a friend to resell. Tried it for 1 day because I wanted imessage again, literally the screen was so small it was unusable. Back on my G2 on Cleanarom and the iphone is on craigslist!
[G2 General] 20degrees:
Those screens are wicked ain't they? Held a acquaintances iPhone a while back. Was like" wtf is this tiny thing"

LG G2
[G2 General] t18skyguy:
G2 versus Iphone

I have alway been an Apple guy, so after mulling over these phones I decided on the G2. The performance is fabulous, but I thought it was a little too big in my pocket, so I went and got an iPhone 5S. It felt better in my pocket, but the features and performance I felt was really lacking in the 5S, so I took the 5S back and got my G2 back. On my high end Asus router the 5S would download at 32 mps and the G2 would download at 56 mps. All of a sudden it doesn't feel so big in my pocket anymore, plus trying to chicken peck on the 5S little screen was much harder. The G2 is my first smartphone and I can see now why android is taking over the world.
[G2 General] badtoy1986:
Which navbar is that?
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
what features and performance was lacking for you with the 5S?
[G2 General] t18skyguy:
Speed, Screen size, and the multitude of settings put the G2 back in my pocket. The speed test used was speedtest.net both pinging identical servers. The one app I did really like on the 5S was FaceTime, but not enough to put up with that tiny screen. In formal speed tests at one of the sites the G2 bested the 5S in two out of 5 benchmarks, but in my hand at my house it wasn't even close.
[G2 General] sdsubball23:
That's interesting. Do you know if it means the G2 has better data reception? I'm unsure if that is true, but if your and perhaps others speedtests are showing the G2 to be faster, then it could be true.
[G2 General] t18skyguy:
I don't know if it has better data reception, but I do know the size of the antenna is important. Does a bigger phone mean a bigger antenna? Maybe someone else might have the answer to that.
[G2 General] imucarmen:
just my two cents

I havent read the op, nor have I read single post on this thread, but based off the thread title I'd say just go back to the iphone, I'm sure it will suit you much more than something as advanced and feature rich as android...sometimes things just don't work out mate, move on...it's ok ;]
[G2 General] crashN2u:
Oh, and can an iPhone do this?

Or this?

Or how about this?

The last two pics are from todays usage. The first pic is after almost 2 hours of charging.

:p
[G2 General] jayochs:
tiny navbar mod.
[G2 General] zathus:
what the iPhone does, and its pretty smart by the way is slow down the user experience to remove any chance of lag. In a browser, on android if you scroll down or up it scrolls the whole page. On iphone, it limits how much of the page can be scrolled in one shot. When you click home on android, the second you click home, the home page is responsive. So, if u used something memory intense, you might get redraw. What the iPhone does is when you click home, there is an animation that can't be adjusted. So no matter what, the home screen is unresponsive with an animation. Its the illusion of no lag with animations and restrictions. In other words, they do a cute little animation while the home screen is rendered.

Apple has done an amazing job at tricking there consumers. The only thing on iphone you can tell the quality right away on, is the camera. Which is why the camera on iPhones is usually pretty good. you can't tell the quality of the chip they use because they don't divulge that. They've been using the same screen for 3 years now. Pretty much nothing in iPhone gets updated but the camera. The rest is smoke and mirrors
[G2 General] Bigralphn:
I have a strong distaste for Apple but mine has nothing to do with performance. Both phones has Pros and cons. I will never buy IPhone or Apple products but being a guitarist I miss out on a lot of guitar stuff because android has not yet resolved latency issues with audio. I will not busy Apple for two reasons. First I met Jobs and Wosniak back in the 80s when they first exploded on the scene winning all kinds of awards and such. In my opinion they were two of the biggest Douchebags I have ever met in my life. I am told Wosniak is decent now but after my day working with them (I was a sound man if you are wondering) I swore I would never buy anything Apple. On a more recent note, their business practices disgust me. There idea of competition is to Sue any company that competes with them over and over. If you look at the number of suits they file it is ridiculous. They figure of they win 1% than it is worth it and the suits, for a time, slow down the competitor. I realize that sometimes they are justified, but more often than not, it is simply a means to bully competition. This has lead to other companies following their lead and causing a situation that only hurts the consumer. I know others will bring up others that do the same, but Apple seems to have invented and mastered it with their legal teams.
[G2 General] bayuadhi069:
I've switch phones with my friends iphone, for him G2 is confusing, too many customization. And for me, sure iphone works, but not much to do in litterally anything without spending money on more apps or accesories. In conclusion, for me iphone is boring. If you just want a plain and simple phone, then get an iphone
[G2 General] Evilmonstertruck:
Iphone= Grandma/Mom

Android= People who can use a computer for more than facebook/People who understand things
[G2 General] player911:
What accessories do you need? Bluetooth speakers and headphones and earpiece and case.

You are moving between different Operating systems. There will be a learning curve. You will learn to use it one handed. I have small hands and I have no problems twirling it around.

My first big phone was awkward at first but it fads after a few days.

-sent from my LG G2 using XDA Premium 4
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Hi, i did not find a solution anywhere so i trust on you guys :D I have HTC ONE, and it is rooted and i also have TWRP v2.6.3.0. Then i was trying to update to Android 4.3 and Sense 5.5...it did not work...so i tried to unroot it...then i messed up the phone :( no i can only go to recovery mode, or twrp...that´s it...how i can make it functional again ? I just wanted it back to original, no need to root anymore...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ParanormalBat:
Use USB-OTG and flash a ROM using that.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
If u can get to the bootloader try flashing a new recovery. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Or else sideload a rom.zip ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Sorry, i am kinf of a newbie with those kind of stuff :D But when i go to fastboot/bootloader, my computer does not work with it, i have tried many different drivers...so i can´t put any files in it anymore...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
So you can get into recovery? Have you tried wiping it yet?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Use windows 7/8 with the latest HTC drivers, it doesn't work with 8.1.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
yes, i can go to twrp v2.6.3.0...then i try to install: OTA_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE55_MR_HTC_Europe_3.62.401...then it says: no md5 file found, no file_contexts --> failed...so i think that i have delete the whole OS...it says also: No OS installed...ups :/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instigator008:
Have you tried wiping through twrp?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Looks like your system partition is empty, so you'll have to install a whole rom ,an OTA won't help an empty system ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Okey, could you please tell me (like for a child), how to do that :D ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Okay, do you have any rom(eg. ARHD).zip on your phone? If you do, flash that via twrp, and you're done

If you don't, copy a rom to a USB flash drive and connect it to your phone with an OTG Cable, and flash it via twrp

If you don't have an OTG cable, try this to sideload a rom to your internal sd card http://teamw.in/ADBSideload
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathlynn22:
How are you getting on? You most likely haven't bricked your ONE
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
When your phone is in fastboot, type

fastboot devices

Does it list your phone?

If it doesn't, try changing USB ports/cord, and also try uninstalling and then fresh installing new drivers after restarting your pc, then connecting your phone.

Now it finds it again :)

nd what happened to the sideload? Did the rom zip get copied?

Sideload would not connect, it fails all the time...

How are you getting on? You most likely haven't bricked your ONE

I have tried all things that you guys have suggested...i can´t get any of them to work, for now...So hard find all the right links and so on...i´m not great with android...is there any video or story, how to do that ? I suck :D My english also, i´m from Finland :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliesTheMan:
It's definitely NOT bricked. I'll keep an eye on this thread, you're getting great help but if you don't end up getting it fixed send me a PM, I sometimes forget about a thread I need to check back in on. It's for sure fixable and there's great advice in here.

Edit I somehow missed your last post before posting this. Send me a PM, and I'll help you get it fixed up after work.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
ok so fastboot is working, as suggested before post a "fastboot getvar all" (remove IMEI and s/n).

If sideload isn't working you can use "adb push", but first thing is to reflash custom recovery just in case it's corrupted.

so download CWM or TWRP (from the threads in xda), then

fastboot erase cache

fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery>.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

-> enter RECOVERY

then

adb push <name of rom>.zip /sdcard/ (this will take anywhere between 5 to 15minutes and not show progress, eventually it should come back with "success")

then

install zip in recovery, and choose the <name of rom>.zip and install it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
C:\Users\BootCampWin7\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130917\adt-bundle-wind

ows-x86_64-20130917\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.14

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 2.24.401.8

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__Y13

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4321mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-d959c75800

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.062s

i change laptop, and now it recognizes the phone :) So, i should now install the rom ? Where i can find it ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
in RECOVERY, use:

adb push <name of rom>.zip /sdcard/

(this will take 5 to 15 minutes without progress, and finally should report success) (you could also use sideload, I personally just like the push method more)

then "install zip", look for it and flash it. Let me know if you need more help
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Yes i need :) Where i can download the ROM-file, that i will push to the device ???
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Well which one you looking for? :D

You can get a custom ROM from the development section: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/development

Or if you just want to go back to stock, you could use a Guru Reset http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_2-24-401-8-zip/

But why would anybody want to go back to stock :laugh::confused:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Well, for now i just my phone back to business :D I put the stock downloading, but i´m confused still with this:

in RECOVERY, use:

adb push <name of rom>.zip /sdcard/

(this will take 5 to 15 minutes without progress, and finally should report success) (you could also use sideload, I personally just like the push method more)

then "install zip", look for it and flash it. Let me know if you need more help
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Once you've downloaded the zip file, put it in the same folder as adb, then in a command prompt type:

adb push <name of rom>.zip /sdcard/

Once it reports success, go to the second item in CWM recovery "install zip" then it will show you files & folders, press on the <name of rom>.zip and installation will begin.

Remember to hit the thanks button for people that helped ;)

Post back if something's still unclear
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Well, i have twrp but i know how to install with it...but, in a command promt, i wrote: adb push StockRom.zip /sdcard/

(I change the name for StockRom)

...but there just comes whole lot of stuff in the screen but the file did not move in to the phone...what i´m now doing wrong ???
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
can you copy/paste the command prompt, so we can take a look at that?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
how about a little space between "StockRom.zip/sdcard/" (it's not supposed to be one word :))

so try: adb push StockRom.zip /sdcard/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
is says: error: device not found :(

but when i type: fastboot devices, it finds my phone...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
then you are in bootloader mode. you need to go to RECOVERY, once you see the recovery screen (CWM or TWRP) adb should work.

to elaborate, when you type "fastboot devices" it should only work in bootloader (usually the white screen, picture attached), and "adb devices" will work in recovery (2nd picture).
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
Okey, i´m now in TWRP...still same thing, device not found...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
reboot both phone (bootloader then recovery) and PC. which version of TWRP are you running? maybe need to upgrade recovery as well as PC HTC drivers.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
I have newest Htc drivers, and i have TWRP v2.6.3.0....i booted phone, bootloader and recovery... also my laptop...device not found...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliesTheMan:
Boot to hboot with power and vol down with your phone unplugged from USB which should put you in bootloader, it will not say "FASTBOOT - USB at the top, if it does say that, select bootloader or hboot down near the bottom and it will switch screens

connect your phone, type the command adb devices, when you see the serial number returned, use the command to push the rom that you used earlier while you were in fastboot mode.

Also I have another idea, tell me if you get the adb devices to return the serial number, if it doesn't work and fastboot devices works it means you're in fastboot instead of regular hboot.

Update: Try this command which replaces " /sdcard " with it's official path, as /sdcard is a nickname (aka symlink which is a fancy word for... nickname)

adb push rom.zip /data/media/0/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandelin85:
HEY, IT WORKS AGAIN !!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF YOU !!! SPECIALLY OF COURSE TO: nkk71 !!!!!!!

So, i change my recovery from TWRP to Clockworkmod Recovery...then i got adb sideload to work, and with that, i manage to move the rom to the device (Command: adb sideload StockRom.Zip)...then the installation begins automatically. Now i have a working phone and i have learned very much from Android...I can´t thank you enough !!! THANKS !!! :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
That's not a valid command line, it's supposed to be "adb sideload <name of rom>.zip" where <name of rom> SHOULD NOT contain spaces; "gura rom.zip" as you typed it contains a space -> no good.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZANGETSU786:
THX A LOT mate got it working.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
:laugh::good::good::cowboy: