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[G3 General] bmoreboy02:
Some guy on craigslist has been bugging me to trade my m8 for his g3 and $100.....lol now i know why

SENT FROM MY ROCKING HK M8
[G3 General] Z51:
I haven't came across any bugs with my G3. Its been solid and no lags for me. I did de bloat it and optimize a few things.
[G3 General] bmoreboy02:
One thing that bothers me about xda is it seems some users have.....i guess the best way to say it is tunnel vision. When someone points out a phones flaws like how laggy it is or how bad the battery is it seems almost everyones response is "oh thats a simple fix with root" "oh this rom will fix this" or "this dev will fix that". The xda community is just a small percentage of cellphone users. Most people dont know how to root there phones and could care less about custom ROMs. And i know there are other xda members like myself who dont always root there phones and love xda for all the information and help you can get from this wonderful community. My point is dont defend a phones flaw with a fix thst requires root or ROMs. What matters is performance out of the box. If a phone has issues out the box then theres something wrong with the phone.

SENT FROM MY ROCKING HK M8
[G3 General] Chris V:
I have the m8 and the LG g3. Don't know where your coming from. Never owned a LG phone till now. G3 kicks the m8 in the rear.
[G3 General] bmoreboy02:
I wasnt knocking the g3.....i dont have one so i cant compare. I had the g2 and that was a nice phone but it didnt play nice with my airrave and the lg flex had a crappy camera. I was commenting on how xda users always seem to wana use modifications that only people on xda know about to fix issues the phone has out of the box. Like i said i dont have the g3 so cant compare but when a new phone comes out i like to browse the forum and read all reviews, positive and negative. It seems like theres more complaining then usual about this device. I also remember when the nexus 5 came out there were alot of unhappy people. Also as i stated previously someone wanted to trade there g3 and $100 for my m8 and i thought it was strange. He said he simply just wanted my headphones but idk. I can say that in the last year ive had a note 2, silver m7, s4, black m7, red m7, lg g2, note 3, lg flex and now m8. And all the phones i had no issues with except the LG phones

SENT FROM MY ROCKING HK M8
[G3 General] Heisenberg420:
I have no desire to read this entire thread but I think that goes without saying.

Every android phone I've had performed poorly out of the box. But if you actually know a little android it's not too hard to figure out what apps are running and hogging resources, and disable them.

I've never used a g2 but idk how it's possible for the same LG software to run faster on an older chip. My g3 is a hell of a lot faster than my m7 was running aosp.
[G3 General] americasteam:
Same here. M8 is on eBay right now. Side by side, there's no comparison. This is coming from someone that was really happy with the M8 until I received my pre-ordered G3. Not putting down the M8 though. Still a great device.
[G3 General] Chris V:
Dot case is cool and unlocked boot loader helps.
[G3 General] americasteam:
Mine's been rooted, boot loader unlocked, and s-off since any of this was available. Have customized stock rom and CM11 I switch between a couple times a week. With all that flexibility I still prefer the G3. Love HTC phones though.
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
The g3 might be better then the m8 is many ways, but you cannot say software. Sense 6 is literally as fast as stock android. The m8 flew. It was not laggy. At all. Incredible actually. IPhone - like
[G3 General] hello00:
no phone will be perfect right out of the box
[G3 General] americasteam:
Agree. I'm on my second G3 and its night and day. This one is almost as smooth as my M8. This thing will fly on CM.
[G3 General] imitenotbecrazy:
This year I've had g2, f flex, m8, s5 and I'm grabbing a g3 next week. I've been using one extensively at work and love it. Anyone who says the g2 was a better phone is just ****ing high. So annoying to see all these fake reviewers talking about lag and ****. And the idiot saying an iPhone 4 running iOS 7 was faster haha I hate this place these days. So many dumb people
[G3 General] Jiyeon90:
Well the g2 is still superior when it comes to battery life and smoothness and that's a fact

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[G3 General] homer285:
Just got my G3, swapped for S5, so far its been a blessing the S5 had some nice attributes, however, the S-Lag is still present even with rooted tweaked ROM.

G3 for me is very fluid even stock and the overall build quality is bounds ahead of S5 for me, waterproofing matters nothing at all to me, neither does the stupid fingerprint scanner which worked 50% of the time, the heart-rate monitor lol.
[G3 General] Ascertion:
I just came from a G2. I don't notice any of the issues you're having. My device stays very cool, similar to how my G2 behaved. Maybe the Sprint version has some type of updated drivers or software but the device here is very smooth and works well! Not noticing any UI lag either.

Chromecast bugs I think have been fixed since because i tried YouTube and screen cast. Both work fine.

I'll enjoy my sd card slot, extra gig of ram and the brew speaker on my g3. [emoji38]

Sent from my LGLS990
[G3 General] xxjrsmith3xx:
hey guys just to note what I've seen, I seen the att lg g3 and it lags then I went to the sprint store and the ui was smooth very smooth mind you the sprint store display model was using 2.1gb ram the AT&T one was using around 1.7gb and it wasn't smooth not sure what's going on but that's what I saw.
[G3 General] markospena:
so you're saying I'm making this s*** up? Would you like me to record it and show you a comparison I have both phones.

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are you suggesting that there may be an issue with the AT&T LG g3 version? That would make sense because that's what I have, and I am very disappointed. Considering taking it back and taking my lg g2 of craigslist.
[G3 General] xxjrsmith3xx:
yeah they had 2 display models and I went to 2 different stores both had 2 and they weren't smooth then I went too 2 different sprint stores and it was night and day I'm still waiting for the tmobile on wensday which I want to get.
[G3 General] zeddys:
Oh. Must be some differences to the euro version. Good to know.
[G3 General] DylanMk2:
Dear god the cell phone generation can WHINE lol. I just upgraded from an evo 3d simply because development is really starting to die for it. I had that since launch and loved every minute of it. G3 is a seriously big step up from that and i got it for 100 bucks on sprint (uses 1.4-1.8 gigs of ram and is good with screen animations off). I noticed early on with smartphones to avoid hardware gimmicks (evo 3d's camera drivers) so the s5 was a no go with its debatably useless fp scanner. Htc was great and the m8 fit my standards until i read about battery replacement. All in all the g3 doesn't stray to far from standard hardware, the rear buttons were instantly natural for me, tapping the screen on and off without a lockscreen is really fast, speaker is louder than I'd like, and the battery life is crazy good imo. I guess some people complain no matter what. Anyways it's nice to join the g3 club XD
[G3 General] zeddys:
Can you try to put the volume up/down when chrome casting. And see if it crashes then.
[G3 General] americasteam:
There is not an issue with the AT&T model. I suggest anyone with lag return for an exchange. I swapped black for white. 1st was laggy, got warm (nothing to complain about except here on XDA), and pink tinted whites. 2nd phone is really smooth, stays very cool, and has perfect whites.
[G3 General] markospena:
This is exactly what I'm experiencing. I have the grey model and it runs warm, there's a pink tint which makes it look as if it's not as bright as the G2, slightly laggy/buggy. I wonder if it's an issue with the grey model only. I prefer the grey model but I'm willing to get the white model if it'll perform better.

:good:
[G3 General] daddioj:
I had the G3 a few days after it was released. Sorry to say it is a def a step back in the battery department. and it is laggy. or seems laggy since animations are not at 60 frames /sec for the price of the phone they could keep it. everything else about the phone is beautiful. especially the camera. new revisions might fix things but its a beta phone. things will surely get better as new phones release. and yes i tried to diff phones.
[G3 General] bmoreboy02:
Agreed.....but some do seem to have more issues then others

SENT FROM MY ROCKING HK M8
[G3 General] markospena:
Did you return it?

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Is it odd that the phone is constantly using 1.8-2.2 gb of ram even with no apps running?
[G3 General] daddioj:
yes i returned it. right away. i might even go back to the G2. i didn't look at ram usage really. i do agree with alot of users. rooting and flashing roms should not be a fix. if its not nice stock out of the box i dont want it

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but this is not speak for all post. this is just my "opinion" try it yourself maybe what i think is a downfall you can live with. but again in my "opinion" the phone is not worth it seriously
[G3 General] americasteam:
Not sure how it would be specific to one color, but I can tell you there are differences between devices. I wasn't expecting anything different and was just going to live with the issues. I could tell the difference as soon as I started it up while I was waiting for the AT&T rep to finish the exchange. Not saying your exchange would be different either as YMMV, but I can tell you there are devices out there that work as intended. I was on the fence when I was exchanging on whether I was going to keep the G3. Now I'm extremely happy with my purchase.
[G3 General] markospena:
Thanks for the info sir. Can you tell me what's the build number on your replacement device? Does it end with 10d? I'm wondering if it's a firmware issue. Either way, I'm going back to AT&T today. Thanks again.
[G3 General] americasteam:
Yeah, it ends with 10d. Good luck.
[G3 General] slimc84:
The white one that I have has a build number ending in 10d. I haven't experienced any of the reported issues as of yet and have had it since launch.
[G3 General] Batfink33:
The phone uses 600mb of Ram for video ram for the 2k display ,way more than an HD display. That's why there's not as much for apps etc.
[G3 General] Geezer:
or return and enjoy life...:p

manufacturers should not cut down on R&D at the expense of customers...

all Android device manufacturers have that nasty habit of cost cutting while pushing after sales support to forums like xda, facebook, androidcentral, freaktab, etc.so customers can help one another.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=legocfpZJNo

screen brightness comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKkTh4Reag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NQLjcRMLjI

overall comparison - an edge for the G3 after all ! :)
[G3 General] erwaso:
There was a performance debate back with the old HTC one X. People said the Grey one had more issues than the white one, then it changed to the old build date vs the later build dates.

It reminds me of the build date on cars debate, don't buy cars built on Monday because the underpaid factory works are hungover or lazy, don't but a Friday made car because the workers don't care that day either.

It's a crap shoot, not the color lol
[G3 General] Skizzy034:
My grey model doesn't get hot and there is hardly any lag.
[G3 General] americasteam:
Color has nothing to do with it. They're all made from the same components.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Theres nothing wrong with the display. If u think there is u dont know anything about lcds or ips or difference between hd or 2k. The 1080 hd displays we are use to are bright and have high contrast on colors making it seem hd. When in all reality the qhd displays true color tones. At the end the hd displays we are use to are buffed up displaying making it seem hd.
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
Im sorry about my english. But what im trying to say is the display puts out more contrast in colors. Meaning if u took red just plain red and amped up the color . thats not the true real color . yt search about high contrasts vs low contrast and normal colors.
[G3 General] xgman:
I'm going look at the Verizon display against my G2 on Thursday when it come out. I'll give it one more chance to compare at some brightness to be anywhere near my G2. If not I will sadly walk away. Trouble is I don't have a good alternative to the G2 right now and the G2 is acting up for other reasons. Maybe I'll look at the 5.5 iphone, but I played around with my wife's iphone yesterday and almost threw it at the wall. How do people still use ios?
[G3 General] bill3508:
No clue. My wife has one and its infuriating to use. Pure garbage.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[G3 General] StreetkillnHD:
You guys are looking at the display wrong. The display shows true colors and more pixels. The colors are high contrast like on other phones.
[G3 General] robertc88:
5.5" iphone I think is next year. After seeing the form factor on the G3 and liking it a lot, the 4.7" iphone will not be bought by me. Probably not the 5.5" either.

I never looked at the G2 and now I'm sorry I didn't but at least I hopped on the G3 thank goodness.
[G3 General] BlueHarford:
You guys are soo dramatic lol. I'm on a m8 now came from my g2.. They both have plus and minus. Samsung has just gone to sh*t. The s5 was their worst phone yet. The g3 is a g2 with a better screen. If you treat it like a g2 of course the battery won't be as good. With technology these days if u want better parts it will take more power. The parts in the g2 are the latest of tech that's been out for years. These are the first few phones with QHD screens.. Relax.. Wait till more come out and you get custom kernels and aosp and things will be fine.

Use common sense when buying a phone and if it doesn't meet your personal standards return it.. Use the phone u like.. Nothing that's said on here will make LG recall a phone and put a bigger battery in lol.

I'm excited to get my g3 once vzw ships it.

Bit of advice don't sell your current phone until you like your new phone... If u can't afford it otherwise you shouldn't be upgrading..
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
No 2014 flagship phone with 3GB of RAM should have ANY lag.

My M8, G2 and Nexus 5 run circles around this G3. People defending it have no choice as they probably signed a contract and are outside of their return period.

Sorry guys, but this puppy lags like an obese man at a marathon. Takes about one minute to notice how bad it is.
[G3 General] dadsterflip:
My stock m8 lagged.. Until I got a custom ROM running. My friends g2 lags... My wife's note 3 with 3gig of ram lags.. Until I finally got her convince to let me root it and custom ROM.

Just saying.
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
The M8 has no lag, that's just crazy talk. I'll give you the G2 though.....nowhere near as bad as it's successor though.
[G3 General] hello00:
my nexus 5 lags..and i dont even have that many apps installed
[G3 General] hack14u:
I have a M8 right here and have been using the G3 since launch. Changed it to ART, killed animations, and not needed apps, and wow guess what, mine doesn't lag AT ALL. And I paid full retail like every phone I buy, so no contract to make me say things either way. This phone is freaking amazing compared to the G2 I had and sold a few months ago. Maybe everyone is holding it wrong, lmao. But really, this thing is sick in every way, and I have seen 40 hour times (only charged it twice since launch) with moderate use, location on, no push emails yet. I am blown away.

And oh ya, since it just launched, no one is outside the return period yet. Personally I think people defending the M8 are wrong. I have hated mine since launch day and regret every penny I spent on it.
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
Guys, it lags.
[G3 General] hack14u:
I'm trying to see it, just opened up about 8 apps, closed them, went to settings, back to home, reopened apps, I am not seeing what you are. Everything is fast.
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
Swipe to your left or right. Or, have a Nexus 5 next to it.

Listen, I'm no LG snob, as I had the G2 and I have a Nexus now. I went to buy it. Played with it and was immediately turned off. I wanted it to be smooth, I really did, but it's not.
[G3 General] hack14u:
I got the white one and it's perfect too. Not sure what everyone is complaining about. I LOVE this phone. And I am saying that looking at my Note 2 and M8 sitting on my desk which will be on E-Bay soon because this phone is just awesome.

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Hey, it's all good. I only use 1 home screen, so no swiping. I killed the stupid health thing.I have a M8 right here too and for what they are, I don't see any difference. Now, you wanna see lag, take a look at my wife's brand new Note 3, but that's a different story....
[G3 General] americasteam:
Yeah, the first one I had definitely had issues. This one is as smooth as my M8. Running Nova with Android L animations. Screen is perfect. Very happy with it.
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
I can see how Nova would make a huge difference, but as a previous poster wisely stated, it should run perfect out of the box.
[G3 General] claud0902:
Man, it performs similar as two of my N5.

If you insist others are just defending their G3 without telling the truth, I will call you a liar based on what you state.
[G3 General] hack14u:
Very, very true. I wonder if people are having issues and they return them how close LG is going to study these. My guess is very closely and I would guess If it's software then updates could fix these said issues. LG does want to be the next big thing, so we will have to watch. Many manufactures issue updates not long after launch, so it should be interesting, and the why part of it will be interesting to follow. QHD screen, not enough RAM, bloatware apps?
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
No need to go throwing harsh words there, Rodney Jenkins, just a discussion.

You had to throw the "two of my N5" in there, for double the effect huh? The G3 is not smoother than the N5 and that statement is laughable.

Not going to argue with you, I'll continue to discuss in a civilized manner with your cohorts.
[G3 General] americasteam:
I was seriously thinking about returning my G3 until I swapped for another color. 2nd device is fantastic. Stock launcher isn't laggy on my current phone either. I just prefer Nova to LG 's stock launcher.

Makes me think LG got a bad batch of SOCs or something. There's too much variation in performance from one phone to the next. As always YMMV. [emoji6]
[G3 General] shook187:
Just wait a few days your new one will start lagging too
[G3 General] Lostatsea23:
Yeah. It seems all phones are fairly fast then you install apps and it settles in and is not as fast after a little while. Annoying. Lol
[G3 General] claud0902:
I take my words to your statement as objective and civilized but not harsh at all based on what crap you are spreading.

And I am replying you with my black Nexus 5. I do not have M8 but I have both G3 and N5. And I am copying you and conclude your statement is FALSE just like what you did to other people.
[G3 General] americasteam:
On my fourth day. It's not going to lag. Something is going on hardware wise with these phones. The 1st one got hot pretty fast, was a lag fest, and had a pink tinted screen. The 2nd is the coolest running phone I think I've ever had (and I've had a bunch), rarely ever stutters, and has an absolutely perfect screen.

It's really amazing the difference in performance I've experienced between the 2 G3s I've owned.

Not to mention, I removed the charging circuit from my circle case (will rarely use it) and put it in my stock back so I now have wireless charging in stock form. Pretty sweet actually.
[G3 General] 1ManWolfePack:
Take a deep breath, son.

N5 stock is faster than the G3 stock, hands-down. Factory reset both of them and run your little test again.

Peace.

P.S. it's not like I insulted your family or anything. I'm referring to a phone you bought a few days ago. Simmer down.
[G3 General] claud0902:
This is xda, not a rookie cellphone community.

Root the G3 and get rid of all the LG and carrier crap, put it to ART and DISABLE the LG's auto screen brightnes throtte.

Now you can compare the phone with a system refreshed N5 in ART mode.

The two phones are performing on par on regular use. Heavy gaming? We all know the G3 will struggle a bit as both phones use similar graphic cards.

There are people claiming G3 has no lags in this forum. You are simply concluding they are not saying the truth because they have to defend their device with a non-quitable contract. Well then, now you should have noticed how insulted these people would feel on your conclusion. I am always in peace, so thanks don't need to worry about me.
[G3 General] artipex:
If you just take a look around, most of your problems have a solution...
[G3 General] bmoreboy02:
I have the m8 and have to agree with you. Im coming from a note 3 which in my opinion wasnt as bad as alot of people are saying. The lag went away once i disabled the s-voice launcher through the home button. But as a few people have stated already its what ever phone fits your needs best. Me.....i love music and have alot of music on my phone. My fiance bought me the HK onyx bluetooth speaker for fathers day and that thing is awesome so i decided to give the HK phone a try. I love this phone. Its super fast, sexy and the speakers are perfect for me. Everytime me and my friends watch a video or something they tell me to play it on my phone lol. And the HK headphones are just extra icing on the cake lol. My fiance however still has her s4 and even though both are lines are eligible for an upgrade she refuses to get rid of her s4 bc she loves it. Before my note 3 i had the g2 and that also was a bada$$ phone but i had 2 and neither one would stay connected to my sprint airrave at home so i sold it.

SENT FROM MY ROCKING HK M8
[G3 General] BlueHarford:
lagging on a phone is not about hardware its about the software that runs on it. as may phones have 2GB with same processor...

so what you are all complaining about is the LG UI. wait till AOSP comes out and you'll be fine. the PHONE DOES NOT LAG, hardware DOES NOT LAG its the software running on it... the simple fact that this "lag" you all keep screaming about is fixed by putting in a new launcher, and some UI tweaks... there ya go..

on your computer you install win 7 and it runs great you upgrade to win 8 and it sucks... same computer.. different software..
[G3 General] claud0902:
Now people can clearly see you are nothing but troll.

My phone lags? Sorry, they are my property. It is not up to you to comment if my n5 or g3 lag or not. Otherwise if I reply you something like "your brain dies", you would complain I am too harsh again, but yes, you deserve to be treated in that way.
[G3 General] prfraczek:
For some people AOSP is not the solution- I need Barclays app to work

This is what I done to get rid of lags- i can say phone works lovely

- swap to ART

- get rid of the weather widget

- install full Nova Launcher + install LG G3 theme from playstore

- change 3 x animation scales to 0 (developer options)

- turn off 'keep your device protected' McAfee - Settings- Security- Phone administrators

- do not use google chrome or other because looks like these are just not optimised for lg g3

After all above my (cannot promise yours) phone works like a charm!!!

BTW I don't understand why people complaining about battery... G3 is fine for whole day of normal use with 2 x exchange push email, skype, facebook, twitter, linkedin etc. Also i'm using a lot of teamviewer, terminal, inssider etc- I'm IT

Hopefully this will help few of you start thinking positive about this phone :)