[Sprint LG G3] br0adband:
Just wondering but... is anyone else really really disappointed in the G3 overall like I am at this point? I mean I've only had it a few weeks but after owning a G2 (or two) in the past year the G2 just seems to be so much better overall. I got a G3 used with a busted digitizer, replaced the display assembly and it works fine at the moment but it's an LS990 and I simply cannot get it to function on GSM at all so I've given up on that and just intend to use it with Google Hangouts/VoIP over WiFi from now on.

The battery life is horrid, period - it is absolutely abysmal and I mean the screen on time specifically. I say that because a few days ago I did a full charge before going to bed (the reverse of what some people do by charging it when they sleep), then I removed it from the charger. Using CloudyG2 v1.2 on this G3 of mine, I woke up some 7 hours later and checked the battery - it had flatlined at 100% since I took it off the charger and it was STILL at 100% 7.25 hours later with the Wi-Fi/cellular off). Now, considering it was basically in deep sleep and had no connectivity, that's pretty amazing but actually my G2 could do the same type of battery "usage" over extended periods of time.

So I started using it and of course even with 30-40% brightness I could just watch the battery percentage start ticking down as I used it (Wi-Fi on at that time, doing web browsing, etc). Within 30 mins it was down to 89% which to me is somewhat crazy but whatever.

I know the 2560x1440 QHD panel is murdering the battery life, it really is. I question LG's decision to go with this combination of hardware and that panel because it just doesn't seem like a good match. Compare the G3 to the OnePlus One on the most basic respects:

- both are Snapdragon 801 devices

- the G3 has a 3000mAh battery, the OPO has a 3100mAh

- the G3 has the QHD screen at 2560x1440, the OPO has a traditional FHD screen at 1920x1080

Now, considering how similar they are with the most basic hardware components, and considering that most people with the G3 barely crack 4-5 hours of SOT (screen on time) whereas people with the OPO report getting SOT in excess of 8, 9, 10, sometimes even 12 hours... ?

Screen-on time is probably the most actually useful statistic that matters when it comes to battery life - screen off time does matter, sure, but it's not like people use their device with the screen off aside from holding it while playing music or talking on an already connected phone call, perhaps.

But I mean given the G3 and the OPO are so similar with the same SoC (the 801) and the batteries are only 100mAh different, that leaves basically the display itself as the major culprit overall that's just murdering the battery life on the G3...

There are other issues as well like the overheating thing - I hadn't had any issues with it till the other day when the backlight dimmed automagically and I don't use the auto-dimming feature. It of course alerted me moments later that it was reducing the brightness due to thermal issues.

A few hours later I was doing some updates from the Play Market after a flash of a ROM for testing (20 mins after the flashing, mind you) and during the installation of some updates I got that warning about the thermal problem and it shut down then went into a boot loop till I pulled the battery to let it cool down.

Did LG just kinda screw up here with the G3's particular hardware combination or what... did their "lust" for being the first to market with the QHD panel end up creating a device they can't actually be that proud of even in spite of winning that Mobile World Congress award a few ago as the Best Smartphone of 2014 (tied with the iPhone 6 which is laughable to me - meaning the iPhone 6 is but whatever)?

I like the G3, don't get me wrong, but right now I wish some company was making a replacement display assembly for it that would have a 1920x1080 panel in it as a direct drop-in replacement. Hell, I'd probably pay $100 for such a thing because I know it would dramatically help with the battery life.

I just can't grasp how the G3 is doing so badly with battery life. The G2 I had? I ran CloudyG2 on that using the Dorimanx kernel with some tweaks I worked out and I was easily getting 7.5 hours of SOT pretty much every day running it down to about 10% battery before charging again.

Isn't newer hardware supposed to be an improvement over previous generations and models?

Am I alone in thinking the G3 is not really that much of an improvement over the G2 save for the removable battery and the microSD slot (both things I had really wished the G2 had in the first place)?

I wonder... imagine a G3 that could match or even best the OPO in terms of battery life, now that would be a smartphone to be damned proud of.