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[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
Of all the flagships of this year G3 is the best.......... but it is also the ones with more problems: battery life, overheating, cracks, cell reception issues, oversharpening, halo effect very annoying, display less bright than others, lag, reboots or shutdowns, brightness lowering itself when phone is hot every 5 minutes, etc.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
I have heard of the issues but have not had any.

Dam, I wanted the gold but my store didn't have them!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mps42:
For me Things that i love : camera ... Design ...

Things that i hate : battery life ...some laggy compare to my old mobile galaxy note 2 ... Some features like led light in back buttons i love g2 because of that but im shocked because g3 doesnt have it
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dondavis007:
No.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xRamz:
Care to elaborate? I'm interested to hear your reasoning.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweets55:
I had the LG G2, Flex and now the G3. I love them all. The build quality and camera on the G3 is a lot better then the G2. I have recommended the G3 to a few people and they like it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robber:
Here are my $. 02. The hardware on this phone is killer. The fact that is is plastic doesn't even bother me. It is a beautiful device with a sota screen, big battery, great camera and super fast processor.

The problem starts with the fact that is is running Android 4.4.2. Now this today doesn't mean much but it does continue LGs tradition of being slow to update their software. With Android L on the near horizon this becomes something to seriously consider. It will not surprise me if we are seeing threads in this forum come February about still not having an L update.

Otherwise, if you are ready to root and hopefully some day flash, or you don't care about having the latest and greatest is than go for it.

As it stands today, this is an outstanding phone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamDH1:
Compared to the M8, the G3 kills it. At first in the shop I was torn, and felt kinda like I regretted the G3 for the first month. But my bro just got the M8 on Friday, and the screen and size and feel of the G3 is just nicer in every way. No regrets anymore with this phone. No doubt the best there is right now.

Like said above though, with the bootloader locked and the possible slow updates from LG, depends where you stand with all of that. I know I am gunna have itchy fingers if L comes out and I have to wait 5/6 months to get it on this device. But Nova and Xposed/Tweakbox are an awesome combo for the pre-Android L
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swaggerjacker:
My phone lagged slightly with the stock launcher. It doesn't with Go Launcher. The battery is magnificent. I believe "some" of the people who complain about the battery, are people that throw a bunch of crap on their phones and start crying the minute it seems to lose battery performance.

I noticed my battery performance was decreasing and found that the Weather Channel app used 15% of my battery. Also, switching to a different launcher could be part of it as well. I've since deleted the hungry app and moved on. The phone is excellent, beautiful, and call quality is the best I've ever experienced.

My phone was unfortunately, free. A snafu on BestBuy's part. Twice I spoke with representatives (in store), I actually told them "here is the fone, you credited my account, so I haven't paid for it." They responded, "it shows your order was cancelled. We can't do anything." So, I have a free phone that I could sell and get anything I want, but will stay with the G3. It is to me, the best out there. The guilt is slowly fading. :o

My name is Steve, and I approve this phone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n3m37h:
I've had my G3 for well over a month now and it is just beautiful. Amazing display, good battery and very responsive (esp after tweaks) I would def recommend this phone to anyone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeGyver:
First I had a bad experience with my G3, I even considered selling it after a month because of lags, global slowness, overheating and horrible battery life...

Before putting it on e*ay I performed a hard reset then immediatly switched to ART... and the magic operates !

Only signal could be improved : my GN2 performed way better.

Now I don't even think about switching to another one, it's blazing fast, no lags, battery performs pretty well, overheating has gone... I never noticed such a difference on any previous phone, even when switching to a custom ROM !

FYI I have the international version, full stock, no root.

Only switched to google keyboard cos' the stock one feels laggy to me.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AC5L4T3R:
Yes.

I've gone from a Nexus 4 to a Xperia Z to the LG G3 since March and it's definitely the best phone I've ever owned. Never had any lag or any issues with the battery, in fact I've never been so impressed by the battery life.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swaggerjacker:
I have the VW variant. So no ART for me. The phone misbehaves when I try running on ART. I'm on stock ROM.

Steve
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistertac:
I'd recommend the G3 to anyone and in fact a few of my friends have gotten it after I did .

There all very happy with it. Great screen, camera and the Snap 801 can handle anything I throw at it.

Battery life is great I think for what the phone is... After tweaking the phone and removing all sorts of bloat and using Greenify it's great.

I've got a white G3 and have it in a clear Spigen Slim Armor case with a Zagg Glass Screen Protector and the phone just looks great.

- Tapatalked from the G3 -
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
I would recommend it.

Funny, my brother who is an iPhone head saw it and was amazed at the screen but tried to say big screens will break or some nonsense. I could see though that he was stunned at the definition of the screen. :D
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistertac:
A guy I work with had the iPhone 5s and he got the G3 after seeing mine... Said he won't go back to Apple ever again.

Felt good converting an iPhone person over to Android

- Tapatalked from the G3 -
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
My brother will be buying the new iPhone. I'm sure of it. He is just in denial about the awesomeness.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Expedito:
I definitely recommend this phone. The screen is very good, the sound is great and it is fast.

I cannot fell heat as an issue. You can make phone calls and watch videos without any heat problem.

Even the buttons at the back are not bad. After a while you will be used to them.

The only problem that I notice is a keyboard lag.

At the end, it is an excellent cellphone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaarky:
Not me - 2nd time in warranty repair due to the known issue with sound
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ferindel:
Would definitely recommend it after the bootloader has been unlocked. AOSP plus this beast of a phone ? 10/10.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhong1226:
I used to have the g2, that was a great phone. Upgraded to the g3 and never looked back. Its like having a g2 with bigger screen,removable battery,micro sd and the 4k display is awesome, although they did not make the battery bigger, that would have helped with the 4k display which is more power hungry than the 1080p display on the g2 ,but this phone would still last me the whole day.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
What kind of issue? Why didn't they replace the phone?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaarky:
Search for hissing sound and strange buzzing sound during calls...they didn't replace it, because it is still under warranty repair. Another country,another rules.

For me,I schould never replace it for my LG G2 ...despite of advantages which G3 still offers.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid2drummer:
Dude. I have a major complaint with the speaker. It's terrible. The phone is ok. But the speaker buzzes. Tinny. And not as good as g2 even. So I hope its a firmware issue. I'm sure I just "got a bad one" but I doubt it. Coming from M8. I'm not comparing. I'm stating that the speaker is not a decent speaker. Imo of my personal g3. I have never heard another g3 so I can only attest to mine. Its the gold sprint variant. But other than that I'm ok with the hesitations and battery life since I can swap. M8 was a beast but I needed better camera. Missed my g2 so I jumped. Hope this helps anyone in decisions. It's a plus for me if you know me well enough. So these complaints are minimal. Not to mention I can't stop thinking about grabbing a Damn note 4. Thanks tech moving at light speed.

Sent from rotary technology Phone
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
The speaker is excellent for a phone. This thing sounds amazing compared to my nexus 4 but still it is a phone. If I want good sound I use headphones.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
It's a good high end phone, but that's it, IMO there's nothing really special about it over the One M8, S5, Moto X (2014), etc. Some of the specs are better, but the display is pretty dull which makes the experience boring and depressing IMO.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spanky34:
I'd recommend it in a heartbeat.

I took mine to RiotFest Chicago and finally got decent concert video at night with a phone. Every other phone I've had has been unable to do squat unless I was front row(and then the sound sucks). It also took really good pictures while I was there. It's a very capable camera and I was more than impressed. I uploaded the videos to YouTube if anyone wants to see how the phone performed.

I came from a Nexus 5 which had a pretty mediocre camera, poor battery life, and didn't have expandable storage. I'm more than pleased with the upgrade.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulosznaider:
Mind sharing said videos here, please? I am now curious to see how its camera performs at night.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunek:
Does the phone really have a lag? I mean it is sad to see this kind of specs and that it laggs. I dont know if s5 or m8 have a lagg issue..

posl'o ja to s mob'tela
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MalekoUK:
I don't have any lag, smooth smooth here...
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunek:
Did you change any settings? Root? Art?

posl'o ja to s mob'tela
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MalekoUK:
Rooted and disabled stock launcher, using Nova. Deleted unneeded apps.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prfraczek:
Can you tap on gallery then check time between tap and app when run. Can you run skype and do the same. Run facebook and start scrolling down.

Go to http://www.apple.com/uk/ and scroll right or left. Run tapatalk and start scrolling down.

If you record video of that with no lags- I'll pay all money you paid for your phone.

Than repeat all steps on any iphone or windows mobile phone. No lags.

Thanks.

BTW google android no-native os. This will explain you why this phone lags (every android one)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
Loading data from the internet isn't lag. I phones do it also.

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Some apps take time to load. That is not lag. That happens even on the most powerful computers.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prfraczek:
Yes. Loading data from internet isn't lag but unfortunatelly happening just on this phone. Next one. Open up this tiny file https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...5801&authkey=!ABo47CXFI1TnON4&ithint=file,pdf and try to read it or zoom it or move- navigate.

Then repeat this on iPhone or windows mobile. Is that normal? I've been using this mobile since release date and it is just sh...t

There is always with every single android phone: install nova or root it and get rid of bloatware...or change to art etc.

I've had g2 previously and wasn't great (read still android) but much much better then this one.

Now little bit of trolling :) iphone or wm deal fantastic with all these issues. No lags [MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION]. But why? G3 got 3x more memory, 2xbetter processor. Better screen, camera. And no one can try to tell me that this phone has no lags etc. They must be blind. Probably someone can tell this is android and is full customisable. Hahah- the biggest bull**** in my life. Is full customisable because to fix all crappy issues once got it from the box just 'need' to be customisable. BTW iphone with jailbreak is very comparable with android- not talking about this phone because of the bootloader locked:) LG locked because the phone is great and other party don't need custom stuff....
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
Not sure what you are talking about really. I try that on my phone and there is no lag doing any of that stuff.

And yes, companies like Tmobile add some bloatware. There are also animations and things like that which sometimes cause some issues but it is very easy to fix. from my tests and experience using apple stuff I see issues there as well. The big one I noticed right off because I am a web developer is the browser on the Iphone. it does not load an entire webpage but only the portion you are reading so when you scroll down you have to wait. That is huge to me.

My opinion is that they both have minor delays or lags in certain areas. The reason I now use Android is because I have the freedom to make my phone any way I want it pretty much. I would not buy an Android phone without an unlocked bootloader.

Jail breaking an Iphone really is not the same thing still does not offer the same freedom.

My last point is the price. I only buy unlocked gsm phones. The cheapest iphone 6 which is 16 gig is more than my Lg g3! My Lg G3 has a removable batter and I can even add an additional 128 gig micro sd on top of the 32 gig! I do not know how the cameras compare but I would say the Lg g3 camera is amazing. I do not buy a phone for a camera though so it is a bonus to me.

And I really do think that Android users should really start complaining about all of the bloat ware companies are putting onto the phones. I am glad to know though that I can easily remove all of it. try doing that with Apple.

When you have an Iphone you are pretty much stuck using Apple for everything almost though that is starting to change a bit.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTCC:
I will agree with you about WP but I haven't had an iPhone since my 4s and that was just too small to do much with or spend much time on. I buy sim free phones so I don't have to deal with all the bloat from carriers but all phones have a certain amount of bloat and with WP all you have to do is uninstall it.

Another place where I WP is way ahead is in speed and fluidity everywhere and especially when browsing. I have had in the past 2 months an S5, M8, 1+1 and now the G3 and none of them can compare with even my Nokia 925 let alone my Nokia 1520 on speed and smoothness.

The only problem I have with WP is that there is no phone that has a 5-5.5 inch screen with either sd card or minimum of 64gb storage. My 1520 is a fantastic phone except for the size of it.

If your used to WP then you will always think that any android phone is a bit rough and slow but the M8 did come close.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dden4012:
LG Optimus M -> LG Esteem -> Samsung Note 2 -> LG G3...I was holding out for the Note 4 but sh^t happened to the Note 2. I would recommend waiting till next quarter and see what happens. Not a bad phone but it has little issues at times. Like that i can root the phone with an apk and revert to stock if needed on a pc. Camera is decent. Display is too. Battery life is a little meh but ok. Full recharge can be had in under 2 hours with stock charger...

EDIT: Compass is complete crap. GPS works fine. But if you use the magnetometer sensor (compass) your s.o.l.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MalekoUK:
Have to say, no lag...

I open gallery and it's there instantly, clicking on camera folder with 400 images and loads straight away, no waiting for thumbnails.

Facebook is instantly there.

The only app I have a so so so slight delay is hangouts, but I do have a ton of messages. I'm only talking a 1 second loading delay though.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunek:
So I would have to root it to avoid the lag?

posl'o ja to s mob'tela
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joejoe23:
Came from the Xperia z and it feels like a big big upgrade .Feels like I've come from an i3 to i7 and 23 inch 1080p to 27 inch 1440p. Lol
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MalekoUK:
haha, nice comparison! That's how I feel :P
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fluxxis:
What about the lag?

I've heard that the G3 had some lag issues when it came out. Did recent updates fixed this and does it always feel "snappy" :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pandakat:
I came from a NOte 3 on Verizon. Hopped over to Tmo bc of their low cost plans and free

music streaming.

My note 3 was rooted and ROMd running Alliance Rom. Loved that phone.

The G3 is def a great phone. A lil laggy at times but i have not updated to "m" yet.

Even with the minimal lag, the G3 is still a very cool phone to have. People complain about the

"lack of development" but i disagree. There are a lot of mods and plenty of Roms to choose from.

Im personally rooted with purpledrake, which literally took 5 mins. I added TWRP and G3 tweaksbox.

Tweaksbox is well worth the $. It has loads of options and its just what i needed to satisfy my modding needs.

I have not flashed any ROMs yet. This was enough. The only other feature i like is the knock to wake. I LOVE it

and i see myself trying to wake other devices bc its so natural and easy. I have not noticed anything spectacular about the QHD screen tho..

I give this phone a 8/10.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedja.m:
I think a lot of people here should learn a bit more what "lag" really is and what's a perception of lag due to the fact how some app works. The example given with FB and tapatalk app and the guy who is clueless, who's post is answered by the guy who knows all these things. Recent apps button does lag, FB and tapatalk does not(the PERCIEVED "lag" is because these apps load only what you are looking atm and not the whole page) . If you are still not convinced, open any of these 2 apps, scroll down the whole page, now get back up.. And down if you like... No lag now eh?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
So I guess your professor Know it all now. :eek:

Do you have a point?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TravisBean:
I don't own an LG G3, but I did try level 7 of Deer Hunter 2014 on a G3 (in the store) and it played the game more smoothly than any other phone I've tried so far.

The extra resolution also enabled more detailed graphics, I can conclude that gamming on the G3 is gonna be better than on any other device at the present time. Amazon has the AT&T version for $529 (without contract) that will work with a Straight Talk micro sim.

I'm debating between the G3 and the Sony Ultra Z Google Play Edition.

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Is the GPS performance good on the G3 ?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MalekoUK:
I use GPS a lot and seems very fast, location position in navigation appears faster than my last phone. Also locks position in my house which on my old S3Mini it couldn't.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedja.m:
I never said I am professor "Know it all", and if you are going to make a sarcastic comment I suggest you at least learn to make a difference between "your" and "you're" since it is quite big and falls under basic knowledge of English.

The point of my post is right there in the first sentence I wrote, which then goes onto an example and then an explanation. I hope I helped you a bit in finding it, I do understand you needing help on it, having in mind you had troubles understanding the difference between "your" and "you're",
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
Your original comment was rude.

And yes, I know the spelling but I'm on my phone and do not always go through to check spelling. This is a forum, not an English class but then again you think you are much smarter.

At any rate, your point was that the g3 lags. I get that. All devices do to an extent.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedja.m:
I don't understand where you saw rudeness in my 1st post. If you are referring to "Many ppl should learn what "lag" is", then I wouldn't say that is rude, and if someone is not well informed, I beleive it is the sentence to be used ? Based on that, you made your assumption I think I am "professor Know it all" which is, ofcourse, not true nor i think about myself that way.

You missed the point as well. I actually confirmed your first explanation of the lag and i completely agree on it. I will try to explain the second part of my post a bit better as well since I see it might be missleading: If one opens FB or tapatalk app, scrolling down initially will cause some stutter because these apps load content as you scroll. Simple proof of this would be to scroll down, whole page, and if after that it is scrolled up, there is no lag because the content is already loaded.

So, basically, I actually agree with what you said, but somehow you saw my post quite the opposite, leading to a quite awkward situation. BTW, checking the posts i had in mind, you would be the guy who gave a good answer who I stated in my 1st post.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
It's all good bro. No worries. I am not having a great day so I must have misinterpreted what you were saying. my apologies.

I understand what you are saying about lag also as it is basically what I was saying. So I was jumping all over you for agreeing with me. I guess. lol I will go stand in the corner with that other guy now. lol
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TravisBean:
I'm the only one who is truly rude on these forums, so feel free to blame it all on me !!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedja.m:
It's all good, don't worry about it :). We'll blame it on TravisBean :P
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richieboy67:
Thanks Travis! See what you made me do!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intellectua1:
Horrible. I'm about to get the Note 4 and I'm actually embarrassed to pass this down to my gf. Should've gotten the Note 3
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugoprh:
IMO, a very sad NO =(

I did jump the gun, mainly because of not having a unlocked bootloader, not happy with that at all, seeing that this would fix the other issues that it has... Main issue, lagg, not there all the time, but it is there for sure, I have the 16Gb / 2Gb D855, and after a clean restart, I have around 600Mb of free Ram, start a few apps and it drops to 200Mb most of the times, it seems that it is running on the edge, I was expecting this device to be smooth and stable, not the case, one example that I really dislike, is when the multitask button does not work, the multitask screen does open, but no apps showing to switch, even though there are apps running and don't think I haven't updated it, because I have, it is running V10J the latest available for download. The camera, it's great in day light, really fast focus, but not so great indoors, I think the G2 was better indoors and way better in battery life, LG G3 battery, nothing to write about, I use my phone a lot, my day starts at 7am and by 3pm, I have to charge it, with the LG G2, I could get a days worth easily... Oh yeah, the 2K display, overkill, not needed at all, you can not see the difference in day to day use, only if you are really looking and I mean REALLLYYYY looking for the difference.

If I had known of these issues, I would have waited for the MOTO X 2nd edition, or the Nexus 6, both a lot cheaper and probably better then LG G3 in most of the these aspects... I'm just hopping that when the Nexus 6 comes out, my G3 is still woth something, so I can sell it and buy the Nexus 6, sorry if I'm "offending" anyone, but this is my honest opinion.