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[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Im not seeing any major lag here. Theres little lag but its not the phone its the software. The phone runs fine in most games that are optimized. An update by lg to fix software os will help.

Dont act like its the phone thats is laggy. Because its using the same snapdragon chip and has 3gb ram with a higher ghz.

Leave it up to lg to fix the software stability.
[G3 General] Batfink33:
The M8 stock is crazy smooth. It's hitting IPhone performance. The Nexus 5 is second then the Z2 then the G3. You can see the frame rate dropping on the G3 that you just don't see on the 1080 Snapdragon phones which is logical as the Qhd display is using more resources. The G3 is not a BAD performer as such, it's just not as smooth a performer as the other phones. That said, it has other positives the other phones mentioned don't have. In the end you have to tailor your phone to your own wants and needs.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
I dont think it has any thing to do with the display. Its more of a software stability issue. When i had the g2 when it first came out it was laggy. Untill the 2-3 updates att brought out.
[G3 General] Batfink33:
Possibly but it reminds me of how my old Mediatek quadcores used to perform trying to render 1080. I don't think kernels or Roms will change it massively. At the end of the day it's a great looking phone that has positives and negatives just like all the others on the market......the m8 is super fast and but has a terrible camera for example.
[G3 General] erwaso:
Screw this I'm going back to my Motorola RAZR flip phone.

Jk. Played with a G3 at AT&T and it's a definite upgrade over my Optimus G. Waiting for the inevitable price drop before I switch.

And realistically, I doubt the differences people mention will be noticeable after a week of using it for most versus their previous phone.
[G3 General] bill3508:
The display is the factor that makes the G3 different from all other phones right now. Same parts powering higher res screen. Pretty simple really.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[G3 General] hello00:
the lag u see on the g3 is due to the lg launcher and the bloatwares..ive switched to nova and havent seen a single lag since then
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Its not even a problem. People act like the screen dumbs down the whole phone. Its a display for heaven sakes it dont use that much resource other than battery life. The processing is fine.

The lag people are crying about is all software. Like i stated.

Lg g2 was lagy when it first came out and it still kinda is.

The fact here is companys should learn to optimize and stabilize there software.
[G3 General] Batfink33:
Well it reserves 600mb of Ram as video Ram compared to HD which reserves around 300. The GPU is rendering 4x the amount of pixels the same GPU on an HD display is rendering.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Thank u. The lg launcher is part of there os software.

Like im been saying the lag is caused by the software stability. If lg brings an update to stabilize and optimize there software tor un smoother itll all be fine .

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Okay 300mb more wont hurt most the phones out there still have 2gb ram and run 1080.
[G3 General] born4trance:
What about G3's battery life (which probably is an even bigger step backward); No complaints?
[G3 General] oldschoolsig:
You mean the battery that i can replace? Let me check with Stephen Hawking on that one. :)
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Tbh its bout the same as lg g2. Maybe a little worse. Its not bad as its replaceable this time.
[G3 General] NexusWarrior:
I'm sick of reading "the screen is making it laggy" or "the GPU isn't powerful enough." As those with logic in their brains stated, the software is causing the problem. Look, slap Nova Launcher on there, is there any lag within the launcher itself? No, absolutely not. You know why? Because it's well optimized software.

As soon we have stripped down ROMs and/or root access across the board, we will be able to turn off some of these elements and eventually flash AOSP roms. The phone just came out, and while I've been considering returning it and keeping my N5, it has more pros than cons.

TL;DR - Software is causing the lag, the GPU powers the screen just fine.
[G3 General] Maine_Coon:
this thread is so lame.

I had LG G2. Now I have G3.

G3 puts G2 into the corner, with very little effort.

Even w/o root and new ROMs.

some folks just don't want to explore and learn. that's fine.
[G3 General] NexusWarrior:
I can't lie, my Nexus was so much smoother but damn I love the G3. It's just a better phone overall.
[G3 General] zone23:
OK well here is my take on the "lag" of the G3, I'm by no means a video producer...

SD Video:

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HD Video

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[G3 General] Maine_Coon:
I have my wife's Nexus 5 right here. While it is fine for her, it is very far from what I wanted. It is smooth indeed, and does what it can.

But for me

- non-removable battery

- no SD card

- so-so video/pictures..

G2 was quite like this, so I sold it.

Not my thingy.

Fine for missus.
[G3 General] NexusWarrior:
The camera, man. The camera is the greatest thing about this phone. And the fact that it has the screen size of a note with thinner bezels.

But the camera..
[G3 General] Maine_Coon:
Exactly.

Once I root it, I will install the mod and compare the pictures and video to my dedicated Panasonic x920 cam side-by-side.

Should be interesting, to say the least.

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Excellent, thank you.

Obviously QHD puts more demand on CPU/GPU than 1080p.

However, with a few tweaks it will be not noticeable at all.

Turn off animations etc you'd be happy you did.
[G3 General] zone23:
Yes I'm running against a tweaked ROM and a tweaked kernel. I think my G2 is OC to 2.5 as well. Tweak the G3 and a custom kernel should be great.
[G3 General] hack14u:
Isn't it funny how our wives will put up with these things and not even notice while we demand extreme performance :laugh:
[G3 General] oldschoolsig:
Just a quick g2 to g3 observation. My dock icons I keep as a mixture of pics of my kids and other images. It is crazy how much sharper those icon pics look on the g3.
[G3 General] Nate Rules:
This doesn't get mentioned and I have used Nove launcher for a long time. But recently I tried Go Launcher again and it is just buttery smooth and has all of the options you would want. And that is no exception on the G3. Absolutely no lagging of stuttering from the launcher. Give it a try, I think it is the smoothest experience on Android right now.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Of course a nexus is smother . it sure dam hell be better be . because google is the developers they own it and own android . plus its running stock android witch is more optimized.

I just hate all the idiots that compare the nexus against any other phone and say well the nexus runs faster and smoother.
[G3 General] BoundsChecking:
For all those saying there is lag: there will always be lag. You cannot expect for there not to be lag. Instead of comparing this device to an iPhone, which has a dual core processor. And 1Gb of RAM, how about we compare it to the likes of an M8, or even an S5. All of the like spec flagships suffer from micro stutters here and there.

I'm more than impressed by LG's handling of this all, because honestly, I would have expected this phone to lag a whole lot more than it actually does. I mean come on. It has a Quad HD screen. So, before you start comparing, think about the biggest thing we look at on a smartphone.. The screen. For the amount of pixels this screen is pushing, you know damn well this is a beast of a device.

TL;DR Quit whining about lag. You don't want any lag, go to an iPhone. Apple has been working on the same operating system since the first iPhone. Optimization is a huge part of their ecosystem.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
That or get stock android.
[G3 General] BlueC78:
No joke, I took my G3 back and am now using a Nokia 6303 Classic candy bar. The battery rocks for over a week of pretty heavy use and the call quality is astounding. Buttery smooth too. :D

On the topic of this thread, ironically after 3 weeks of the G3 I am now thinking of buying the G2 as it is falling in price and to me the G3 just isn't worth the extra £200, especially with all its bugs.

I am kinda sad that I sold my Galaxy S3. Phones seem to have got bigger, more powerful CPU's and more RAM, but I am not sure they have actually "improved" over the past 2 years. My girlfriends Galaxy S2 is still a credible phone... if anything it was built better than any modern flagship.

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Agreed. The camera is the stand out thing on the G3. It is probably the best camera on any phone ever released -it is sensational. But many of the other aspects of the handset as raised in this thread really let it down.

As an overall package, maybe the G2 was better. Maybe they should have just released a G2+ with an improved camera, removable battery and SD card slot. Or maybe that's kinda what they were aiming for but then they started to throw the kitchen sink at it and lost their way.
[G3 General] Jiyeon90:
What I learned from this video is that the g2 has a better screen
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Im happy i got rid of my gs3 that crap was horrib with battery it wouldnt live for more than 3 hours and dont get me started when its idle itll drain like im using it, also good thing i didnt get gs4 my mate had one and touch wiz is complete garbage its so slow. My lg g2 toped both i was happy with the battery life. The g3 is no different its on par with g2. Also good rhing g3 has removable battery.

In other news lg g3 s is out with 5inch 1080p for all u cry babies that cant recognize a quality phones.

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Another one, people dont understand true screen displays when they seen it. People are so use to overly contrasted phones with boosted colors.

If its contrast that ur not liking u kno there is a setting for that in the g3. U can go all crazy with ur over contrasts in colors.

If its not contrast that makes u think g2has better screen then what is it.
[G3 General] Japultra:
If your phone has any major lags, go exchange it. I've had mine for 2 weeks and aside from a few small hiccups here and there (usually when the SwiftKey keyboard has to pop up), this phone is very snappy. Don't let those with bad units dissuade you from getting it. I had a G2 previously and I'm LOVING the G3!
[G3 General] BlueC78:
My SG3 had good battery life. And there are loads of decent ROMs available that got rid of the crappy touchwiz and samsung bloatware. Considering it is 2 years old its a good device still.
[G3 General] octop8:
Lag? I own the M8, Lumia 930, Nexus 5 and the Z1. Other than the possibly the Nexus 5, the G3 is as smooth as anything out there. Now if some 13-year olds are installing crap on the phone, there is no cure for that.

Battery life bad? Please. After 3-4 discharge cycles burn in, I can honestly say this phone's battery life surpasses all the other ones I own (other than the Z1 on stamina mode).

Screen sharpening effects is the only real complain I have on the phone but I am hopeful they are going to introduce an option to turn it off much like Sony allows you to turn off their X-Reality engine.
[G3 General] hello00:
ppl are just trolling it is hard to believe ppl nowadays but yeah my only complain is the text sharpening..i dont seem to have any problem with the phone
[G3 General] gatorstew:
"Bad units, go exchange it, we're in the minority, there are numerous devices that work properly..."

All these statements take me back to 2005-2006 with the release of the Xbox 360. People were saying the same thing at that time... Eerily similar. But maybe it's nothing...
[G3 General] Japultra:
My only gripe with the G3 is the very weak notification light and the horrible viewing angles.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
This here is like my only issue.
[G3 General] _Infamous_:
Led light I agree, but I have no issues with viewing angles.
[G3 General] Japultra:
I meant the viewing angle of the led. If you tilt your phone just a bit, the light gets very very dark. With my phone on my desk, I have to really stare at it to be sure if the light is flashing or not.
[G3 General] _Infamous_:
Ok yea same issue
[G3 General] nazrin313:
In love with this phone..first charge, over 5hrs sot (still 25% left)..not bad at all

A few suggestions, change to ondemand/cfq to eliminate lag, greenify and lux for good battery life
[G3 General] erwaso:
4-5hrs SOT is so good, I'm lucky if I get 2.5hrs on my Optimus G with all 4 cores running.
[G3 General] nazrin313:
Still tweaking it, found out changing to cfq/on-demand giving me reboots...so back to stock now..greenified almost all apps apart from comms apps (ie whassap, bbm, fb messenger) and played around with lux settings..see what sot i get next..owh also frooze system apps which i never use
[G3 General] jimbo1mcm:
Screen Whiteness

Compared to the G2, the G3 screen looks like a dirty white. I can't get by that. If they brightened the screen to be like the G2 I could buy it.
[G3 General] hello00:
the white looks perfectly fine..same white as my u28d590 4k monitor
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Its cus ppl are use to the blueish tint whites that 1080 amoleds nd led gives off
[G3 General] Enddo:
I've read that CFQ is ok, it's the on-demand that will give you boot loops
[G3 General] Osseon:
The white on the G3 is real white, not fake blue white.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
True that
[G3 General] americasteam:
Yep, it's definitely a step back. Can't believe LG would do this to us.

1440p vs 1080p screen.

Bigger screen.

Removable battery (AT&T).

Micro SD card slot.

Optical stabilization for camera.

Still get over 5 hours screen on time from a single charge.

Optional wireless charging (AT&T). I actually removed the charging circuit from the circle case and installed in my original back.

Much improved rear speaker.

Improved focus times for camera.

Improved camera flash.

Last mobile LG product I buy. I hates them. [emoji33]
[G3 General] conan1600:
Dont forget

1 extra gig of Ram (ATT 32 GB)

Slightly improved processor

Removable Battery

I have been playing with android many years. I know how to set up a phone to get max performance and I can tell you this is the best yet even with somewhat degraded battery. This from a guy who has pretty well toyed with everything to ever come down the pipeline. That said, note 4 in a few months.....
[G3 General] americasteam:
Yeah, figured I would forget a few things. LG scum. [emoji6] Keep adding to it people!
[G3 General] :
The laser focus thing is a real deal breaker too. :sarcasm:

It ain't nothing but a G thing baby... Lg G3 LGSL990
[G3 General] hello00:
love the sarcasm on here
[G3 General] Zachary droid:
I haven't had any problems with my g3, i think alot of ppl just like to complain, and aren't grateful enough to appreciate the better things in life...
[G3 General] jonathanhtc:
I love mine. It's great and it's a good purchase.
[G3 General] Billy Madison:
I can now prove by the link http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54277559&postcount=15 that those who says that G3 have lags and slowdowns everywhere are trolls and liars
[G3 General] robertc88:
I have yet to see a video from anyone professing lag on the G3. Mine runs like a fine tuned watch.

If the G3 is a step back from the G2, I am sorry I never owned the latter.
[G3 General] zone23:
I think if you use the G3 for a week or so you will have a tough time going back to the G2. The G3 is not perfect but what phone is? The G3 just makes the G2 seem dated.
[G3 General] bturkel:
Yeah I have a moto droid maxx and want to switch - I am an unlimited customer so I have to pay full retail - I am going back to my Droid Maxx - just do not feel this is the phone worth me making a switch. Going to wait for the MotoX1
[G3 General] mainevent3405:
I can't believe the BS some people are posting about this phone ROFLOL...are you SERIOUS? The same way I wish they had a HATE button on facebook, they really need to start making DUMBphones. That would give all these SMARTphone experts somewhere to hang out! :p
[G3 General] hello00:
yeah u will find ppl coming on here and start trolling because they have nothing else better to do..they are pathetic posers..as if anyone with half a brain believes their bs anyway
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
The lag is from the ui. Lg needs to tweak it. Sometimes it takes a while for apps to launch. With nova they seem fine
[G3 General] garywojdan81:
What are you so defensive about? This is an open forum and people are entitled to post what they think. You're overreacting.

I'm posting on here and I'm not a troll or a poser. I have the g2 and its a great phone. I had the opportunity to burn another upgrade while everything's on sale at vzw, so I spent 3 visits in the store with the g3 since Thursday. I gotta say that I wanted to like the phone, I really did, but I just didn't. Not that it's bad, just that I didn't like it. Does that make me a troll or a poser to you? Does everybody get labelled that if they don't agree with you? None of your accolades about it can negate what I found or my conclusion. Brightness was dim, even up to 90% and it was smoking hot from running the preloaded demo and thermal throttling all over the place. I'm currently running a g3 port on my g2 and it is much smoother and more responsive than the actual device itself.

Could it be a fluke? Sure. Could a demo unit just be a dog? You bet. One could, but not both. And both were struggling just to scroll through the screens and open various apps and notification shades. The g2 was right next to them, running its demo just fine.
[G3 General] flickyamom:
Every phone lags.. Please even iPhones with those slowass animations do. I've never seen a phone that doesn't lag, and neither do I think I'll ever see one.
[G3 General] adiliyo:
it's bizarre, and should stay on tech blog comments because at least there it's fun to read, here it's needless clutter and honestly this entire thread makes no sense to exist.

ALL flagships have their pros and cons now, there is no best phone. the sd 801 is 100% a stepping stone to the actual next gen soc (805+) but the increase in battery life in them is real. to power a larger, higher density display, more ram, and a faster soc, the battery does remarkably well in this phone, the m8 and the s5. plus the camera on this phone is great, yes the g2 had ois, but that camera doesn't work nearly as well as this one. why? because it's newer, and they evolved their ois system with new software and hardware refinements.

it's no surprise to anyone that most phones take a larger step in 2 yr increments, people coming from an s3, m8, n4, or optimus g era device will see a much larger improvement than someone with an m8, s5, g2, or n5. it's the same on the iphone too, most of it due to 2yr contracts which are still a big thing in the US.

personally, this phone right now has the least amount of cons when it comes to what i want in a phone. but in the end, i like new stuff and can afford to buy it. so maybe i care a little less about nitpicky stuff, the small things that irritated me, most of them are gone now since root was achieved so quickly on this phone.

tl;dr: can we lock this pointless thread?
[G3 General] Saqib Nazm:
A lot has been going around here lately isn't it? Thread cleaned up and If any of us have to come around here to clean it up again, thread will get closed and offending members will be dealt accordingly.
[G3 General] sabret00the:
I never had the G2, so my comment in this thread will be limited to the fact you can overcome the Chromecast bug by not pressing the physical buttons (volume and power) and not pulling down your notification shade.
[G3 General] rkirmeier:
I've had numerous Samsung phones (S2, S3, S4) over the years and overall pretty happy with all of them however never liked the physical home button. The latter and thicker bezels on the S5 really turned me off so I decided to give the G3 a try. I absolutely love this phone, it meets all my expectations and then some. The screen is great and performance is great. I just think some people can't be happy...
[G3 General] robertc88:
If you are interested in the G3, I would not let that incident stop you. It isn't the first time I've seen this type of experience reported with a carrier's demo phone.

Mine just gets warm, never hot. No thermal throttling and the brightness isn't dim any more. I concede it was compared to other smartphones but we have a tweak for that, color and contrast as well.

I don't have a scorecard but I don't think i'm going out on a limb when I state folks are happy with the G3 as an upgrade for the G2.
[G3 General] killerskincanoe:
I rooted my device out of box. Ran TB and froze all the bs apps and turned art on and then rebooted. I'll get to actually play today work line gets activated today. But i can say playing on wifi with everything stock phone feels incredibly snappy. Not like when I first turned it on... But muuuch more buttery

Scribed henceforth from thy G pad.
[G3 General] lossah:
So its definitly worth to root? I dont think the apps on my phone make it slower. I tried safe mode without any real difference.

Thinking of root it and maybe install seeder. But well, its only the UI and and Chrome that lags. Chrome lags ALOT sometimes.
[G3 General] bogdan1980:
Because my z1/z2 is not on stock, i went to take my sister g3 to test.

I'm gamer on any device. Play gta san andreas with fps meter i have 5_12fps in it.

On note 3, 17-30 or so.

On S2, 3 times better then G3.

So i will stick with 1920 res, z1/z2 or maybe anther note...

Before testing G3 i thought that Note 3 is crap because huge resolution, low cpu, gpu for this resolution.

But G3 is two times worse.

And i think that manufacturers will put 2xxx resolutions on newer phones, this is am huge step back.

Even YouTube lag on HD, and stream Hd from dvbc tuners.

Lg, you need to make an G3 with 1280 resolutions for gamers

After this LG mistake i think that Samsung maybe put 1920 screen on note4,hopefully
[G3 General] lossah:
Must be hard to run games at 800*480. :D

Its all about resolution in games. Its the same for PCs. And like 95% of all games not optimized at all for 1440o, yet.

But ye, i will maybe root and install app to change it to 1080p on my G3. Could you try 1080p on that G3 with GTA? The only bad thing about this phone atm got to be 1440.

Btw, maybe its possible to change resolution in GTA? In options, i have no idea what you can actually change in options on bigger games.
[G3 General] geoff5093:
I still have my G2 while I wait for it to sell on Swappa, when I picked it up after using the G3 I couldn't believe how I used to think the G2 had a large display haha, it feels so small
[G3 General] Billy Madison:
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[G3 General] ACR_Manny:
^I just laughed at her entire review. Like her battery only lasted 6 hours.. Damn she must be on her phone constantly. I love my G3. That is all.
[G3 General] barondebxl:
This is exactly why I don't buy the G3. And I don't understand ppl that deny all these points she made. The phone clearly lags and has less battery than the G2. Those 2 points alone are a turn off.
[G3 General] ACR_Manny:
You can't compare your battery life to someone else's. Everyone's battery life is different. Besides not everyone's phone overheats. Mine doesn't. My battery lasts me 24hrs. With like 7hrs screen time. If you have every single thing syncing all the time then yes battery life and the phone sucks but every phone is like that.