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[G2 General] D8nkE:
Stock, rooted, debloated, xposed to get rid of GPS and dual wifi/lte notifications.

I'm coming from the HTC Rezound. I usually go for CM, but am very impressed with the LG interface. I have been tempted to try a flex Rom, but am happy having a phone that everything works, and has amazing battery life.
[G2 General] mchlbenner:
Their not a flex rom for sprint.
[G2 General] jonstrong:
After flashing my Galaxy Nexus several times a week, and sometimes a few times in a day, for two years, I fully expected that I'd be doing the same with the G2. But I've been very pleasantly surprised at the speed, smoothness, features and battery life with stock. Stock has also been incredibly stable for me, No FC's, no lockups.

The stocks apps are much better than I expected -- the functionality has been excellent. I'm keeping an eye on the various sub-forums here for the G2, and may wind up flashing something new, but so far, I don't see anything more appealing than stock, and I'm not ready to give up the stock features. I may wind up with Flex, but I'm also guessing that there will be an update for the G2 sometime in the next 2 or 3 months, and my guess is that it may have some of the extra feature's we're seeing today in the Flex ROM. For now - I'm happy to remain stock, experiment with themes for the stock launcher and simply enjoy this fantastic phone. Still feels weird, as this is the first phone I've had where I'm really happy with stock.
[G2 General] ANTLAY:
^^Same exact situation for me,I'm loving the g2,just need to get rid of some of the bloat. But something deep inside really wants to start flashing away,but it's just too good as is, I stopped after root and recovery.
[G2 General] zathus:
I rooted first to get rid of all the status bar icons. Overkill lol I don't need to know NFC or WiFi is on. And with xposed tweaks, its all I need. I have zero interested in an asop ROM. Using flex and love it
[G2 General] tylerjames09:
Is there a sprint flex rom?
[G2 General] jonstrong:
I haven't truly de-bloated, but I've disabled as many apps as I can using the stock application manager, and I've had the launcher hide these. Not quite 100% cleaned, but quite honestly, there's so little bloatware left that it really has no noticeable impact at all.
[G2 General] cashshadow:
Been running the korean 4.4 upgrade for a month now, rooted and debloated, with GEL. This phone is out of control. Roms are great work, but there is alot of functionality in stock.
[G2 General] thebehemoth73:
I have used ALOT of phones the past 3 years...and I feel every time I root and install a ROM something is always broken ..either the battery drain is worse..there are more FCS...or just glitches of some kind..one thing that always frustrated me installing Roms was almost every phone I installed a ROM would have camera problems..there were several times I wanted to take quick picture of something that I had quickly take my phone out...and I can't tell u how many time I got a force close.I felt like with HTC when you take out Sense it always drained the battery more. The lg g2 is truly the first phone I have that has the quickness I want AND is VERY stable...and I haven't even talked about battery life..the battery life on this phone is awesome and I'm scared if I install a ROM it will decrease battery life..plus I don't want to void my warranty because I don't have insurance on this phone.
[G2 General] RKight:
Stock rooted, simply for Titanium Backup, AdAway, and the ability to modify system files such as lock and unlock sounds, etc. Stock is phenomenal. I hated stock on my old Captivate (Galaxy S 1), ran a modified stock on my HTC Rezound, but have my Nexus 7 2013 and G2 stock rooted. Android is just getting better and better, and LG added all the features I've always loved like battery percentage in the status bar, lots of customization, battery life, and even includes it's own version of Google's trace keyboard. I freaking love this phone.

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[G2 General] LenAsh:
Rooted stock for me too. Reason for root is to remove some of the extraneous apps and allow some minor tweaks. I've tried CM11 and it's OK but not mature enough just yet. I'm on the Netherlands 10f version which has several updates over the 10b release - the FM radio for instance. Happy bunny.
[G2 General] palexr:
From a Nexus 4 Root/Rom flash-aholic I am now on stock not even rooted. Just installed Nova Launcher because I didn't like the look of LG's.

Just waiting for (LG's official D802) 4.4
[G2 General] vPro97:
I love the carousel effect on the stock LG launcher
[G2 General] paniro187:
I am on clean ROM I have been to cm but the stock ROM kept calling me back niacin back for good.
[G2 General] 1T TAB:
Hallo!

I have 3 android devices roght now,odys next(tablet)(only avalaible in germany),sony xperia sola and Samsung galaxy ace.

I rooted my galaxy ace 6 months ago and installed many custom roms to see which's the best,i ended up getting across to the sg 2 custom roms,and i love this rom,it gives me much better battery life,can overclock the cpu and this rom has better ram optimization.

I also rooted and unlocked the bootloader of my xperia sola for installing a custom rom as thebattery life on stock rom is pathetic(1% lasts for a minute),but the features on the stock rom are great namely,glove mode,bravia engine,notes app etc,and i dont want to loose my data again after installing a new rom(internal storage got wiped when unlocked the bootloader)

Odys next has little suppport but there are a few developers(4,i think) working on custom roms for the odys next),i rooted it with a german tutorial but dont know how to install a custom rom on it
[G2 General] kewkie:
So, since are most using stock i have some more tips for you:

- Force GPU Rendering (It's in the developer options, go to settings, Phoneinfo, Software-Information, Tap "Build number" 7 times, go back to settings, then developer options)

- Flash Cross Breeder in recovery

- Download Build prop editor and add this:

- Wipe cache cache and dalvik in recovery, let it boot up and settle in for like 2-3 mins

Will add some more infos and tips in the next days. These tips above are good, at least for me :)
[G2 General] ANTLAY:
Anybody else have experience with crossbreeder mod?
[G2 General] souleman:
I used crossbreader on my evo, but see absolutely no purpose to it on the G2.
[G2 General] Clienterror:
Honestly the features on the stock roms are great but their response is very sluggish imo but the aosp based roms just feel way more responsive. The battery life is definitely comparable.
[G2 General] WHOneedsSOX:
I'm rooted on Beanstalk just because I used that on my old phone and loved it.
[G2 General] Rodeojones:
I rooted my G2 the moment I got home after purchasing it. Had every intention of flashing an AOSP ROM. But then I realized the stock LG ROM is pretty fantastic. And now with G2 Xposed and a few other Xposed mods my phone is pretty much perfect. I don't miss the custom ROM song and dance even a little.
[G2 General] tylerjames09:
See this is the compromise I am toying with right now, good features but sluggish or super quick but with no features.
[G2 General] ricecake2000:
I rooted mine after 3 months of stock. I just needed Viper audio ha ha
[G2 General] mrm43:
I was planning on installing a custom rom right after I bought it. But never did. The reason is I'm surprised with the fluidity of this lg rom. I immediately rooted it and installed g2 xposed. Installed greenify and jishnu'd camera mod. I'm very happy with its performance overall. Not thinking of installing custom roms anytime soon.
[G2 General] SKyRocKeting727:
First Android phone I use stock out of the box. Simple, it works!

Sent from my JEE TWO
[G2 General] Funkym0nkey:
The main reason I went with flashing PA AOSP ROM was the crapware that AT&T had on this phone. Mainly that irritating contact backup prompt every time I open stock contacts app. Drive me nuts on At&T G Pro and same thing again. I am not from US. I imported this as I got sweet deal on eBay for a brand new phone and I wanted to try G2.

I still have my Nexus 5. So coming from that, stock G2 was not quiet fluid enough. Also I have new admiration for the Google experience launcher ever since I started using nexus 5. The stock LG ROM even though fast and smooth, wasn't as fluid or buttery. Nexus 5 has spoiled me as far as feel of the phone goes.

So I flashed PA beta 3 and I couldn't be happier. It now feels like a nexus. And has tremendous battery life. One of the reason I even considered G2 was battery life.

Love it. Once you get used to KitKat feel on nexus 5, it is difficult to go back to JB. Stock LG ROM simply does not cut it.
[G2 General] Kwal:
I feel the same as OP.

Before my G2 (D802), i had a xperia x10 mini and a HTC sensation XE.

Both we're rooted and under a custom rom a week after i bought it.

Since i'm completely satisfied with my G2 at the time, i don't feel I need to install a custom ROM or something.

Sometimes s*** happens, so you might need the recovery in order to be able to loard your backup if something wrong happens.
[G2 General] SwissCheeseHead:
Ii'm also rooted and stock. I think the stock ROM is great and the features are intuitive and useful. knock knock is awesome.
[G2 General] thebehemoth73:
For those of u that are rooted and have Roms.. What would be your options if you cracked the screen or something hardware wise went wrong? I'm new to the lg devices so I don't know how they treated rooted devices.
[G2 General] LenAsh:
Your warranty is void. All the Custom ROMs warn you.

Back on topic...
[G2 General] Dri94:
You can simply flash back to stock. Then your warranty is unvoid.
[G2 General] mvng:
Went rooted and stock Android. Half of the LG apps and the general UI really irked me. The notification panel left me speechless. I prefer just about everything in stock, BUT the camera app. LG one is pretty great.
[G2 General] LenAsh:
Bit difficult if you can't use the screen... which was his point I believe.
[G2 General] kapybarus:
You really dont need screen if phone works. Just follow manual how to get back to stock.
[G2 General] Dri94:
Oh he just said cracked.

Also if the screen breaks a in store employee wont know how yo check if it's rooted
[G2 General] abdel12345:
This is off topic but I'm about to make a trade today either way. My options are Verizon or at&t version. They are both unlocked. I just wanted to know if there were any differences that might make one better than the other when fully stock besides the carrier bloat. Because the software like slightly different on both. Also does unlocked Verizon work on T-Mobile? The person claims it does but I thought gsm and CDMA were incompatible. Again sorry for the off topic but I really need an answer soon because they want to trade today or maybe tomorrow at the latest. Thanks. (I posted this in my should I trade thread but I don't think anyone's looked at that since when I first posted because it feels like I'm talking to myself.)

Edit: OK I got an answer sorry for off topic

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[G2 General] thebehemoth73:
I sort of more meant like asurion will replace a rooted ,warranty voided phone..however I do not believe lg would..
[G2 General] TEXASMADE1978:
Yes the Verizon G2 will work on T-Mobile

(Didn't see the part where you had got your answer, sorry)
[G2 General] abdel12345:
Thanks well that actually helps more because the answer I got didn't really clarify. They said best to stick with T-Mobile or att because they're interchangeable. If the Verizon one works I'd rather get that one because it's 50 less. The trade was delayed till tomorrow anyways. So thanks

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[G2 General] dockmaster:
Rooted V980, stock, mainly for tether (unlimited). Love the ui except for vzw contact mgr
[G2 General] JeffreyNijnatten:
I'm on stock. I like the features, and i've only rooted my device for Viper4Android
[G2 General] baileyjr:
I have a G2 on order and I think Im just going to flash PA on it straight out of the box. Can you tell me if google play music streaming and GPS are working on the latest PA? I've been checking the dev thread but its 500+pages long lol
[G2 General] Funkym0nkey:
GPS works just fine with latest beta3. No issues getting perfect lock on AT&T G2. Accurate lock every time I have used it. The issues are mainly for other versions from what I can see. Google play music has sadly not launched in my country. So cannot check that.
[G2 General] rfarrah:
Rooted, stock, with a couple of exposed modules running for fun and mods.
[G2 General] baileyjr:
Thanks for the reply anyway buddy. I guess I'll give it a try and find out. :good:
[G2 General] player911:
The Verizon model also supports Qi Wireless Charging, something the other models don't. The Verizon model is also GSM unlocked so it will work with a Tmobile SIM out of the box. A Verizon G2 will also with with AT&T and others, but you may not get support for 4G LTE without some sort of work around. I've heard that you can flash a AT&T rom on a Verizon model and get 4G on AT&T. I don't know 100%.

As far as the topic. I agree. I've had Nexus devices my entire Android experience and it was honestly the best. Now, however, with Android maturing and the development of Xposed, the need for a full blown custom rom is null IMO. In fact I think Xposed is the better option because you can install ONLY the tweaks you want and not have to worry about quirky bugs. If a module gives you problems, just uninstall it.

The Stock rom on the G2 will be a hard one to move away from. With its popup Call and Messaging, Wireless Storage, Clipboard, Floating Apps, etc. Also the Split Screen mod from the Flex is another wonder edition that can't be found on AOSP based roms yet.
[G2 General] Rado_vr6:
I'm using PA beta 3 and everything is working just fine. I also have my Nexus 5 just in case thing get wonky, but so far so good. I prefer the stock kit kat experience, but I absolutely love the G2 design, battery, and camera. So I decided to have the best of both worlds.
[G2 General] Mohawk3:
I'm still on stock and unrooted. I flashed my galaxy nexus and Motorola droid all the time. I haven't felt the need to do so yet. This phone's performance exceeded my expectations and the battery lasts me all day with use whereas I would try to limit use on my nexus to make through the day. The 4g signal is better than my nexus's was. I don't have to turn it off ever.
[G2 General] Dri94:
Is called multiwindow on aosp roms
[G2 General] Jonous:
tried really hard not to root cause i had everything i needed with stock rom, but i wanted that little extra from xposed, so i did it. So it's stock and rooted for me.

Απεστάλη δι' ενός ανεκδιηγήτου ζαγάρεως.
[G2 General] baileyjr:
Yeah here in the UK I picked up the 32gig G2 for £380 and the 32gig N5 was £350.. So £30 extra for all the extra goodies, I thought it was a steal :D

Coming from a Xperia Z Ultra, I definitely wanted something more compact, but still "slightly" bigger than your average 5" phones.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback. My device should be here Tuesday :fingers-crossed:
[G2 General] abdel12345:
Nice! I'll hopefully be getting one tomorrow finally if everything works out. Sadly this is like the fourth time I'm trying to trade and so far the other two times got cancelled or just didn't work. Hopefully this one does. I'm kinda taking a risk on craigslist but hopefully in the little time I can try it I can make sure nothing's wrong

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[G2 General] Kreuger:
The only thing Im not liking about stock is that it only leaves me 20 of 32gb free. I really dont think the OS should be taking up 12gb of space. I bought this phone knowing I wouldnt need an SD card and feel cheated. For that reason alone, I've considered using custom roms.
[G2 General] InsanePostman:
Rooted running IceROM right now with the furnace kernel. Stock experience with lots of optimizations and an overclocked cpu. And for those of you wanting a flex ROM on sprint, check out the Optimus ROM. I believe that is built around Flex.
[G2 General] Fastbird:
I've had the phone for a few hours now, coming from a rooted, flashed, overclocked Rezound. I see zero reason to flash a rom on the G2. I'm ONLY rooting the phone to remove bloat and install a couple of modules to clean things up. This is a doggone impressive phone so far.
[G2 General] subhani:
Mate, where did you get the 32gb version of the G2 and does it come with warranty?
[G2 General] baileyjr:
Yes, brand spanking new and UK stock mate..

http://www.tiptopelectronics.co.uk/mobile-3/lg.html

Not received it yet though only ordered last Friday night. Im guessing Tues/Weds this week.
[G2 General] subhani:
Bailey, thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it but I need you to tell us when you got it that it's all legit. Any hidden charges? Tax duty etc. I got mine from Negri for the same price but got hit by import duty of £48. Negri credited my account with £20 so in reality I paid a total of £408 for the 32gb international unlocked. BNIB.

ON TOPIC. I also only rooted for adaway, lgxposed modules like hide on screen buttons, vipermod sound (amazing improvement) and tinted status bar plus hide unwanted icons. Although, I'm really considering an AOSP ROM now. For even more smoothness/responsiveness plus some 4.4 goodness.

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I have a feeling that I'll be straight back to my backup of this stock rooted ROM if:

1. The camera isn't the same quality as stock camera (unless they ported the actual stock cam)

2. battery life is weaker

3. Performance improvements are negligible in respect to how the G2 is on stock. Speed and responsiveness that is.

Speed and responsiveness is good on stock (probably the best on any OEM skinned phone) but coming from a nexus 4, the nexus was simply more responsive, more smooth and also never stalled or stuttered. THIS is my only motivation to try AOSP.
[G2 General] baileyjr:
Shouldn't be any hidden charges as its shipped to their UK warehouse and then they ship direct to you.

http://www.tiptopelectronics.co.uk/shipping-uk/

States no hidden charges in that link above. I paid by paypal anyway so Im save if it doesn't arrive etc, but I'm confident it will. I'll report back anyway. :good:

Let me know how you get on with AOSP... I'm on the fence about running the LG stock for a while or just going straight too AOSP.. I just can't cope with bugs etc.. I am actually considering CM 10.2 as its in stable release and I just want to get rid of the LG skin and bloat.
[G2 General] subhani:
You're a gentleman mate. I'm eagerly waiting for your update. Seeing as you might know more about by this than myself, I was wondering if I still have warranty for this thing even though I imported it via negrielectronics?
[G2 General] baileyjr:
You should still have a warranty but it will be in the country that the device was imported from. Worst case you have to pay international shipping if for some reason you need to return it. A pain in the ar$e but by no means the end of the world :)

http://negricare.negrielectronics.c...les/553042-do-your-phones-include-a-warranty-
[G2 General] frappe33:
+1 to all this from a D801
[G2 General] icebergz12:
Rooted. Ran clean for long time. Now running malladus. It's as closer to stock as you can get with some great tweaks.
[G2 General] APark95:
I'm rooted and on the flex rom.
[G2 General] Funkym0nkey:
The thing I noticed. Lot of people who are happy with stock ROM are coming from older phones or phones with skinned ui. Lot of Nexus 5 owners are not comfortable with stock Lg ROM and flashing one of the AOSP ROMs on their G2. Just shows how greatly the perception of smoothness and performance varies depending on what you are coming from.

Nexus 5 really does spoil you. A perfectly fast stock Lg ROM is simply not fast and smooth enough once you have used N5
[G2 General] tylerjames09:
Well, been about a week and still haven't broke down and rooted, yet! And with the sprint ZVA update on the way im curious to see if there are any major changes. Im also curious to run cm11, has anyone ran that yet?
[G2 General] GibonXL:
I was the same opinion, until I found out that G2 is even more awesome with lower DPI. I moved to Spiderio, stock based rom.

When I was rooted I also decided to give a chance to xposed modules. G2 exposed offers quite interesting features :good:

However, with the Greenify xposed, you'll be able to expand the already good battery life, mate :)

Or just do whatever makes You happy with this graet phone :laugh:
[G2 General] tylerjames09:
Isn't that true though, it seems like there is not one specific route that one must take with this phone and whatever the user decides to do, he/she will be happy with it. Thanks for the input too, I'm starting to get that itch to root and I've heard a ton of good things about xposed mods, so I may start with rooted/xposed and see how I like it.
[G2 General] abdel12345:
Can anyone here tell me which they think is better? The Verizon or att firmware? They seem slightly different and I might be getting a Verizon one soon. The buttons and wireless charging and camera ring are all slightly different too. I see reviews saying the Verizon buttons feel cheap and plasticky and overall the att one is better. Do you guys agree? Sorry for off topic but this will decide if I want to root or stay on stock and I'd rather try stock a while but it seems Verizon version is really bloated and not as good.

I think I asked a similar question before but now the bid will end in an hour and I'd like to be confident in what I'm buying.

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[G2 General] tylerjames09:
Wireless charging on the vzw one would make it worth it for me
[G2 General] abdel12345:
Not sure if I'll ever use it but I think I'll check it out since there are lots if cheap ones out now

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[G2 General] reficurg:
I tried the stock ROM for awhile but was too used to stock Android with my Gnex so I rooted and went the ROM path. Currently running Mahdi and it's been amazing.
[G2 General] zathus:
HTC g1, htc mytouch, og droid, nexus 1, galaxy nexus...those are my phones before the g2 and I freaking love the flex ROM.

You compare the n5 to the g2 and say it spoils you with speed. What's faster then instant ? The only app I have that doesn't load instantly is YouTube.

What really cracks me up is you read the 4.4 theads for the g2 and there bloated with requests to have features of the g2 stock ROM ported.

So you install a non optimized ROM, deal with reboots, sods, call issues, then try to get the features you just left ported to what your using now. Why? So you say your on kit Kat lol...

And by "you" I'm not talking about the person I quoted, more in general.
[G2 General] Funkym0nkey:
On d800 there are none of the issues you mentioned. Vs980 version does have known issues and that you do see from aosp rom threads.

But d800 with PA is as smooth, fluid and fantastic as nexus barring camera app which obviously need fixing. I can flash or use lg / other camera apps till that is fixed. Not even cynogenmod is as fluid as google launcher on nexus or other kitkat Roms.

And your post just shows that you know nothing about fluidity of nexus 5. It is in different league at the moment. Flex rom for all it's speed still does not have as fluid feel as nexus 5. Currently only PA has that feel amongst the Roms I have tried so far for G2.
[G2 General] zathus:
Well, I can only speak for the vs980. If it works great for your version so be it, but for me there are pretty unstable. There like 10 vz 4.4 Roms all pulling from the same broken source, all claiming to be the best..all with the same issues.

And this is the g2 forums, not the n5. For the g2, stock is better, faster and more optimized.

Even if it wasn't, not having my phone randomly reboot ever on stock is enough for me