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[G2 General] jonstrong:
Not to be argumentative...but I find posts like these absolutely bewildering. You had a Nexus 5, but got the G2. You like the HTC One, but turned it in and got the G2....and it sounds like you got the G2 based on what you saw in writing, rather than having tried it out -- at least not long enough to realize you don't like the speakers, camera, stock GUI, etc. I hope that, in making a purchase like this, effectively "blind", that you still have an option to return the phone -- that's the only option I can think of that would make an impulsive uninformed purchase reasonable, unless you have money to burn.

There must have been hundreds of posts describing the UI in detail, and dozens of articles discussing the pros and cons of the stock UI vs vanilla KitKat and the various ROMs that are available, along with many, many photos of the screens. Also - many, many articles that discuss and contrast HTC One speakers with those on the G2, and on many other phones. After 4 or 5 months on the market, there are SO many discussions pro and con on this phone that pretty much none of these topics should come as a surprise -- the only variable would be your personal reaction, and how your opinion comes down each topic. There are numerous people who absolutely love the G2, a number who don't like it, and many with mixed feelings. But it seems that virtually every major topic, including the ones you've described, have been fleshed out in great detail here and on another dozen or two sites. With the topics and points of contention - and strong personal opinion - well known, wouldn't it have made sense to explore these "live" up front, before making the purchase?

Again - I don't mean to be contentious, I'm just genuinely bewildered. Also - in the interest of full disclosure - I've been using cell phones for about 22 years and have owned dozens -- all different manufacturers, OS's, ROMs, carriers, etc. I was a flashaholic with my last few phones, most notably with my GNex (flashing ROM's many times a week at the end). For my purposes, to my taste, and based on a combination of criteria, this is the best phone I've owned or used, period. But, after reading about it in depth, I went to a couple of stores that had live test models, and spent enough time with a G2 to have an excellent idea of my reaction to each item that was a question for me. By the time I bought it, I knew I liked it, and that the issues some people complained about didn't bother me. In the time since I brought it home, I've come to appreciate it even more.

No doubt some will like it and some won't. It's great that we have choices. I simply don't understand knowing that polarizing issues such as the ones you describe exist, making a purchase without checking these out for yourself, and then coming online to complain about them after the purchase has been made. Am I missing something?

No intention of picking a fight or offending -- I simply don't understand this scenario.
[G2 General] votinh:
A lesson in life for you.

1. Never read and listen things in one way. People like it, they praise it and say a lot of good things about it. Do read the negative side of it.

2. Do not just read on the web, go to store and spend 30' or 1hrs to really try it out before commit.

3. Do expect less, there is nothing perfect in this world, this one is good, don't expect the other as good as it. Latest doesn't mean greatest.

4. Seek your happiness elsewhere. If you don't like a "thing", just divorce it and marry the next one with care.
[G2 General] kewkie:
You heard a lot. A LOT about the G2 and still bought it? Thats braindead.

You dont feel a difference between the HTC One and G2? I'm having both Phones and the HTC feels a lot worse than the G2, performancewise.

Sound is worse than the htc? Of course, the one is having one of the best (stereo) speakers... lol ... you guy such a bad troll.
[G2 General] malikadnanm:
How do you not get the Nexus experience with CM11? Troll. This phone flies with cyanogenmod.
[G2 General] MaorSwan:
I agree with most of what you said, but you're also wrong; I've read lots, watched lots of videos, watched lots of screenshots of roms and stuff, read about pros and cons, read comparisons to the HTC ONE.

The only thing I couldn't do is try it live. I don't know where you live, based on your English I'll guess US, but in my country there's no place we can try devices, only iPhone and Galaxy because it's mainstream. Higher quality like HTC, LG, Nexus and stuff, are not offered by stores to try. Only people who are familiar with quality and brands buy these phones here, and we buy new phones based on what we're told.

I've bought the G2 for two reasons: battery and money. I'm short on money so I sold my One for cash, and bought the G2 in credit so I have some cash for a while. As for the horrible UI, I knew what I was getting into, but I thought that I could replace it with Google Edition roms like I did with the One when I didn't like the Sense, but as I mentioned, the developers are not as good and the roms they offer are bad compared to the roms of the One, so now I'm stuck with the stock GUI.
[G2 General] jayochs:
you're right in everything pretty much in regards to speakers/camera.

speaker: it sucks because it's tinny, but what's worse is LG uses their own limiter/compressor on it, which makes everything sound awful. i assume they did this so you could get maximum volume without clipping. with the help of xdabebb, i've disabled their equalizer/compressor/limiter and it sounds more natural now, but obviously volume is a bit lower because it's not amplified as high.

camera: yeah, it sucks. there's nothing more to say. i've never been this disappointed with a phone camera until now. the quality is just bad.
[G2 General] MaorSwan:
I'm not a troll.

I've used ARHD GE with my One, it felt like Nexus.

But with Paranoid and CM11, they changed something. It's not the same. There are bugs in the gallery, in the home screen you can only scroll to the right and not to the left and some other minor things, and it feels like a skin and not like a real stock clean android rom, like it with with ARHD GE on my One.
[G2 General] Snazarian:
Paying anybody? So if your gonna spend time to 'develop' and release a piece of crap worthless piece of software because you want attention and internet fame...make sure the fckin thing works first...thats a new thought, huh?

Of course the trolls come out as soon as anyone displays the SLIGHTEST hint of dissatisfaction.....you internet guys should really grow up...
[G2 General] NightM@re:
coming from the note 2 , G2 is a beast

It's the best smartphone I've ever used but sadly yes the speakers disappoints me

however i could never be happier with a smartphone
[G2 General] gunnyman:
Still saying the devs are bad? The aosp roms have the same issues. Common among them is the freezing. Blame kernel source and drivers not the devs.
[G2 General] absinthex:
I feel that CM is amazing on the G2, especially for not have a designated dev for our device. The freezes aren't that big of a deal to me, but I can see how that might be very annoying to other people. This is by far the best phone I've had especially comparing to my previous HTC devices - original HTC G1, HTC One x. and HTC One. :good:
[G2 General] scy1192:
I don't think this is a good knee-jerk reaction to have. The devs aren't babies and I'm sure they can handle someone not thinking their work is up to par with another dev community. That said, as a prospective G2 owner who plans to root + ROM, it's definitely valuable to hear if things aren't as good as they seem to be. Sure I'm not going to base my entire decision off one guy's opinion, but I'll be more aware of these issues and it'll do nothing other than help me make an informed decision.

And to be honest, looking through a lot of the ROMs, he does seem to be right. I believe it when they say many problems will go away with the kernel source, but right now that's the state of things.
[G2 General] SooooneR:
Well I don't usually chime in on threads like these but... anyway...

Ok I have had the HTC One (my son has it now)... Still have the S4...

I have a Sprint G2 on the latest ZVA update. Rooted with Xposed Tweaks.

I have to say that I'm not happy with the speakers but there are some mods out there that help this considerably. Your point on this is somewhat true.

On the Camera however... You are waaaaaaaaaay off! I have personally went out and compared pics between old HTC One pics, Current S4 pictures and G2 pics. There is no comparison the G2 pics are so much better and not just by a little its significant. I couldn't believe how much better.

I loved the HTC One but the reason I got rid of it was the Camera. The pics were just bad. Look at all of the reviews on Cameras... The G2 is always up there so I'm not just dreaming this up. Here is one of the better more comparison based Reviews...

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Camera-Comparison-iPhone-5s-vs-LG-G2-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-Galaxy-S4-HTC-One-Motorola-Moto-X-DROID-Ultra_id3447

I have played around with the stock camera app and really like it and I also have used the ABetter Camera app and it's really good.

So what you're stating seems to be one of two things... You're just trolling... or you have a defective phone and need to try another one.
[G2 General] Ltilt2:
Go ahead and unload your thoughts in the toilet not here. I'm sure you do that every day
[G2 General] testnet:
I don't get it. I love the G2 stock ROM. <shrug>
[G2 General] SooooneR:
Exactly... most of the phones that I have used lately the best setups are the Stock Rooted Roms with Xposed tweaks. I really feel that is the reason for less Custom Rom development. Really no need. Get rooted, use exposed, tweak and customize it how you like.
[G2 General] MaorSwan:
I used to think that too.. I've watched numerous still and video comparison videos, watches numerous samples, and I used to think that the G2's camera is the best out there.. but then I got it, started taking pics and videos, and it wasn't like what I've seen online at all.. Moreover, my brother's friend has G2 as well, checked his pics and videos, and it was the same - bad quality pics and videos.
[G2 General] Sfkn2:
Go onto Craigslist and offer a trade?
[G2 General] Clark Joseph Kent:
OP a moment here....if I may and I will......

1) If you are unhappy with your Device: SWAPPA.COM

2) And sounds like you need to take up Development and do it yourself, and or provide to the Community.

3) No one is keeping you here in these Forums or on XDA....

But thank you for you thoughts and input, next time you feel the need to post in this Manner, try one of those social sites vice XDA.

Thread Closed, and Thank You.
[Moto X Q&A] GloryUprising:
Reference: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/ref-how-to-root-4-4-links-guides-t2603358

Can we confirm that this works on a Bootloader Unlocked Dev Moto X running 4.4.2 on Vzw?

thanks!
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
You got an answer in that thread. Why start a new one after someone already answered you? ???
[Moto X Q&A] imnuts:
Because reading is hard.
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
Why are so many people so confused about rooting their Dev Editions?
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
See post above yours. LOL. ;)
[Moto X Q&A] GloryUprising:
Actually I noticed the QA thread AFTER I posted the first time in the original thread. And for future people, reading such a long thread is not always effecient. Now it may be easier for a new person (such as myself) to find.

Because we are noobs.

----PS: The root method does work on DE Moto X 4.4.2 for VZW
[Moto X Q&A] James4.0:
Because we are use to the VZ bs and when something appears easy, we think it is to good to be true.
[Moto X Q&A] rocketsaucev2:
So those in question spent extra $ on an unlockable device for what purpose?

-Nexus 10-
[Moto X Q&A] James4.0:
I got mine during the Cyber Monday sale for the same price as the normal non DE version. I bought from Motorola to keep my VZ unlimited data.
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
One quick Google search, "root Moto x dev edition".....boom. answers in seconds. Why oh why is that too hard? LOL. Far quicker than asking and waiting for someone to answer, and the inevitable flaming. ;)
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
Rules reminders aren't flames. ;)

Its helpful. Helps cut down clutter.

Number 1.

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
Agreed.

It implied I was flaming. I think a moderator would disagree. Lol

And hopefully if one stumbles across this thread, he'll close it swiftly. ;)
[Moto X Q&A] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Search before posting and ask your question only once

Thanks

FNSM
[Samsung Galaxy Chat] Andeia:
Hello all,

Could someone upload the bootloader for this phone (B5330) ?

And the partition table would also help, I think I have eMMC faulty and can only flash some regions unfortunately.

I'm trying revive the phone patching the files.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kevico7904:
hello.i just recently softbricked my sgh t999l ( samsung galaxy s3 t-mobile). my problem is that it cant mount my internal sd card. it wont wipe dalvik cache or data cach or factory data reset.it just says

--wiping data...

formatting /data...

error mounting /data!

skipping format...

formatting /cache..

formatting /sd-ext...

formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...

error mounting /sdcard/ .android_secure...

skipping format.....

data wipe complete...

I dont know what to do at this point.i tried flashing it to stock rom atleast 4 times. this incedent started after i did a wiping user data using the standard stock android recovery. yes i kno that wasnt smart.two days ago i didnt know what odin was.now i know it pretty well and i know if i could do this right if i had a second chance.all i wanted to do was to do a data reset.my phone was getting slow so i had to.

plzzzzz someone help me:(:(:( im going through withdrawal here XD
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Have you tried to Odin it to stock?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kevico7904:
yes i did.:(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
And what was the error message?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
What? You flash tar files with Odin not zips, and are you using the PC version?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Antroid777:
Did anyone ever find a solution to this problem. I'm having the same issue after doing a soft reset through the settings menu. Through Philz touch recovery wiping dalvik cache does not work and same error messages you receive come up when trying to wipe user data/factory reset through recovery. This is becoming really frustrating because I know there is a fix I just can't find it anywhere. Please help!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JOJESS06:
You need to debrick image and reflash/fix the corrupt partition on your phone. Go to the following thread. .http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-t-mobile/help/qa-unbrick-t-mobile-s-iii-qhsusbdload-t2904318 and if you follow exactly, down to the millisecond, as instructed, you will succeed, that is assuming your device is still able initiate into "download." mode and MOST IMPORTANTLY, you have your device specific debrick image. . If and when your device does succumb and is back online, give your utmost thanks to docholiday77.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ikhtiyar:
Recently I stumbled onto a post where I found that a new KitKat Rom for Xperia S has been made; I was wondering if you guys were planning to make one for the Xperia Sl Lt26i. :o
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tutils:
Yesterday I finally updated to Android 4.4.2.

Ever since, the 4G icon is present most of the time, even though the mobile data is disabled (confirmed in the settings menu).

Does it mean that the mobile data is still in use, or is it just a glitch with the display?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghav kapur:
If mobile data is disabled, its definitely a glitch
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MortenA:
Hi folks, would truly appreciate some help.

Tried to install this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2651790.

After starting up and installing som apps, I rebooted the phone, and after waiting a long time I realised I had to erase the ROM and try again.

So...there you have it. When attempting to flash ROM from sdcard, i got this response: can't mount/sdcard.

Have been searching desperately to find a solution, but am struggeling!

- Clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.0

Help, please somebody help! Thanks

Edit:

Have tried this: fastboot oem enableqxdm 0, fastboot oem eraseconfig
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Update your recovery. Like i said in the op of the ROM, older versions of cwm may cause problems.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MortenA:
Thanks for your reply,

Seems my SD card is broken, and mouting SD from phone works with another card. But when trying to update recovery to 4eXT putting the PB99IMG on the card, it won't update.

"No image or wrong image"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
R ya s-on r s-off? Did u put the file on the root of ur sdcard? Also ul prob need the latest 4ext recovery for chromium's rom.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MortenA:
Problem solved.
[Nexus 5 General] defrt:
Salam. Azerbaycandan nexus 5 istifadəçiləri var?

Burda birbirimizle məsləhətləşə bilərik, kimse ingilis dilin zeif bilirse, hansisa əməliyyati düzgün icra ede bilmirse suallar vere biler. Elimden gelen köməkliyi göstərəcəm.

Heole. Any nexus 5 users from Azerbaijan?

We can discuss each others, we can help who can't speak English. I'll help as long as I can.
[Nexus 5 General] Darth:
English forum friend. Sorry, you must post in English.
[Nexus 5 General] defrt:
English forum but this is Azerbaijan specific thread. I don't think so
[Nexus 5 General] Darth:
Read the xda rules. The point of it is so everyone can read and possibly learn something from any thread on the site. And on this site, English as a common language is the language xda chose.

If the moderators see other languages, not posted in English as well, at least....they will give a warning or close the thread.

Just trying to give you a heads up.

Notice the other country specific threads. Notice what language they're in? ;)

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Number 4.

http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81
[Nexus 5 General] aooga:
It's in the rules as the other guy said. If you post here, it has to be in English.
[Nexus 5 General] defrt:
Ok
[Nexus 5 General] LamboBull:
Well that was short lived.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] EminSG:
Hehe, here I am. Don't have any problems tho.

One question only. I had beats tour and was satisfied with quality. Today they got broken. Which headset could you advice me?

Отправлено с моего Nexus 5 через Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] defrt:
Nice to see you here :) i use my old xperia v headphone and enough for me. I guess any headset price between 30-100$ would be nice
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] JackHanAnLG:
Hi,

I came from a galaxy S3, before that a LG Optimus 2X which were so easy to root, flash CWM and Roms, and even flashing stock Rom.

Now we have this device -_- ...

Why is this so confusing and why is there so much to do! Please someone help me -_-

All i want to do is downgrade to the previous firmware, .290 I believe as I have a really bad wakelock in .136

Can someone please just give me a SHORT way of doing things

Thank you,

J
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Sure.

- Download 290

- Install Flashtool

- Flash

Done

Edit: I'm on my computer now, so got any questions? I listed the steps that you have to do. You're already on the newest baseband which started at 290, so everything newer than that is easy to deal with. Anything before 290 is a little harder.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shaolin95:
I have flashed different devices and they all take a while to learn...after you do it a few times, its a piece of cake but sadly there is always a learning curve changing systems.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
If you just want to stay on Stock Sony firmware then it's easy, all you have to do is stalk [MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION], find out where he lives and get him to flash the wanted FTF version - or just follow his steps above ;)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] JackHanAnLG:
thank you! sorry for the long reply, i just want to downgrade to 4.3 .290 i believe because i had less bugs and then wait for 4.4.2 kitkat

aha ;p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jamesst20:
Well latest 4.3 works very good. If you want root, just downgrade to. 532, root, install DualRerovery, download recovery flashable latest 4.3 and flash it, thats it ;) no need to unlock bootloader that way

"Envoyé depuis mon C6806 avec Tapatalk"

---------- Post added at 07:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 PM ----------

I found these but didnt test links: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2435474

"Envoyé depuis mon C6806 avec Tapatalk"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0chtm0o:
Hi, I'm having some issues with my android.There is a process in my Batter Battery Stats called "system" and is draining huge part of my battery. What can I do about it? In my settings menu/battery there is SO Android.

P.D.: There are even 2 more processes called "surfaceflinger" and "admsrv"
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] linkboy:
I have a SM-T210R and I disabled the Samsung keys and turned on the Android soft keys (as I prefer them and I can't stand where Samsung puts the back buttons.

The keys are working great, but I want to swap the menu and back buttons so the back is on the left side and menu on the right (like it is on the Nexus devices).

This is basically what I want, anyone know how to get it to work?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Latheman:
How did you disable the off screen keys?
[General Questions and Answers] chekyur6:
Im not new with using adb but using it in a virtualbox and getting all the drivers to work is becoming a pain. I can get the adb drivers to install and recognize the device, but I am having problems getting the diag drivers to work.

The phone is an HTC Incredible. I tried using the universal adb drivers which installed correctly for the most part, my problem is when the device reboots and I try to get it to be recognized from the fastboot devices command, it gets disconnected from the usb devices and then I get an error that the device is busy, and then I cant reconnect the phone through any way other than deleting the xp virtual machine and re-installing it and starting from scratch.

Any information or links explaining steps to mount the phone and install the adb and diag drivers would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, apologize for first newb post, will try to contribute something once I stop pulling my hair out.
[General Questions and Answers] chekyur6:
Figured it out, put it in diag mode before connecting it and then set the filter and install drivers, disable port before rebooting.
[Android Apps and Games] nic.dnb:
[APP][2.2+] ConcertBro Beta 1.0

A

Google Maps

+

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Mashup that lets you find concerts anywhere in the world! View a map with concert markers, or a list of all concerts near you!

Get it form google play, or my site:

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nicdnb.concertbro

sites.google.com/site/ndnbapps/

Search by city

Search by date

Get artist photos and bio from last.fm

Get number of listeners and track plays from last.fm

Get google streetview images of venue

Find artist tour dates and locations

Get venue calendars

Search near your location or place a marker anywhere on the map

Set a list of cities to include in your search

Note: This app is in Beta! New features and bug fixes are currently under development

I look forward to hearing your opinions and ideas for future features!
[Android Apps and Games] nic.dnb:
Version History

V1.0

Updated store listing and help docs

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Beta Release