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[G4 General] Ryslegit:
coming from the HTC m8 which I thought was one of the best android phones I ever had, I actually like this phone (8 for me). The camera is amazing on this thing, I just wish battery life was better but I guess that's what the free spare is for! Also kind of sucks that development is a bit slower for this device as well.
[G4 General] giuseppedira:
Totaly agree! :)
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
9 for me...absolutely fantastic phone, but there's always room for improvement.
[G4 General] nineeightyone:
I'd say it's a 9. I've owned a Blackberry Pearl, Blackberry Tour, Droid X, Droid Razr MaxX, Galaxy S3, and now LG G4, and to date I think the G4 is one of the nicest phones I've used. With that said, it would be so much better if I could just have root -- I feel like I'm wasting so much bandwidth on ads that I'm not even looking at!
[G4 General] baileyjr:
I was in the same boat. Try this browser though mate, it has add blocking built in and doesn't require root.

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-nochromo-wild-browser-appears-t3130776

If you decide to give it a go you need the arm64 version of the apk. :good:
[G4 General] Csetoue:
Im on a M8, and thinking about getting a G4. Could you please tell me what you miss mostly from M8, and what you think on G4 that is much better than on M8? How the battery life?

Thanks a lot
[G4 General] Ryslegit:
Well I do miss sense for one, it's just a much more refined skin compared to the UX on the G4. On my M8 I was getting about 4-5 SOT in a days work with medium usage and I only get about 3.5 hrs with the G4. The camera is top notch on this phone which was one of my biggest gripes on the M8. Another thing is the random lag on this phone, it's not that bad but I do notice it at times. I never experienced that issue on the M8 but I also rooted and removed all the bloat right away on that phone. \

I think the G4 is a worthy upgrade if you're willing to hold out on development, plus the promotions going on for this phone make it hard to pass up.
[G4 General] PunishedSnake:
10 for me

basically what nexus 6 should have been size wise
[G4 General] ambervals6:
Will be a 10 if you could put nexus 6 rom on this device. With lg software is nothing better than a 5.

Sent from my SM-G920T
[G4 General] Fastbird:
I'm at a 7. I came from a G2 and here's my reasoning:

Pro's: Good screen size for me, phone is very snappy with the stock launcher even, excellent camera and has infinitely faster autofocus than the G2 did. Battery life is great too, and the expandable memory is a plus.

Cons. This is where I just don't get it. They took away the "wireless storage" feature I used exclusively with my G2. That's very frustrating. The gallery doesn't have the pinch and flick to delete which I also used quite often, though I wonder if this is a Lollipop thing more than LG. The QSlide bar in the drop down is gone which I also used quite frequently. The UI is almost childish in design, very very poor IMO. And the lack of QI charging out of the box just made my charger I bought last year for my G2 obsolete. Lastly, the phone just kind of feels plasticky to me, not nearly as solid feeling as my G2 was.

Time will tell.........
[G4 General] Bigralphn:
Since the lollipop update on my G2 and at least six factory resets I get a maximum 4 hours battery life with SCREEN OFF. I get about 45 minutes doing anything with it. Surely the G4 beats that! I have been to Verizon, contacted LG and get no help. That is all that is stopping me from buying a G4 before today. The G2 was the best phone I ever owned before Lollipop. Maybe tomorrow.. I have to read more of these.....
[G4 General] jayden2009:
8.5 because the LG skin is not grown up yet. One thing that bothers me when you turn something on or off the animation ( in the dropdown menu) is not smooth

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[G4 General] K-Jet:
10 so far! But i only had it for 2 hours! continue to amaze me!! I can throw all my old remote controllers out the window lol. I now control my TV, airconditioning and stereo with my phone :D

---------- Post added at 07:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:12 PM ----------

I have had a G2 for the last 10 months before i got my G4 today! Its a huge leap forward! Im happy i skipped the G3!
[G4 General] v1ne:
Love the phone but gets bl***y hot. :)
[G4 General] legend221:
10 no question about it, this is an awesome phone with no complaints so far other than no root or bootloader unlock til now. Just got the phone last night so I'll repost here if this changes.

.Sent from a impeccable LG G4 on Verizon.
[G4 General] Th3Bill:
I wish I could change vote to 10....originally gave a 9 due to occasional missed tap/keyboard issues. Fixed this morning with the app update. Device is buttery smooth now.
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
Which update? I still get these missed taps and they're killing me.
[G4 General] Th3Bill:
settings, about phone, updates, app updates. There's an update to LG keyboard. Fixed the missing taps I was having (which mostly happened when trying to double tap to wake for me) as well as the really LONG time you had to hold keyboard to get the "long-press special character" to work. Also made it so that the small lag I saw between shutter button press and picture take is gone. It wasn't much, but it was there occasionally for me.
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
I just checked and I've got no update. So the LG keyboard update fixes missing taps all over the device?

Edit: I don't even have the keyboard shown in that list, strange. I looked it up and there's indeed an update on its way. But I found two other ways to get the missing tap issue fixed:

1. Tick "force gpu rendering" under developer settings.

2. Install SGS Touch Booster from the Play Store (no root required) and set it to "optimized".

So far touch recognition seems now as it should be (and was on my G3).
[G4 General] jayden2009:
No update here either

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[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
See my edit of the post before yours. :)
[G4 General] jayden2009:
Thanks already had the gpu rendering on ...downloaded the app you mentioned ?

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[G4 General] Th3Bill:
I don't usually like workarounds if I can avoid them. Just feel like there's a reason they're not enabled from the factory, ya know? Also not a big fan of aftermarket system mod apps. It's just a matter of preference.

The update definitely made a huge difference for my G4. I'm on T-Mob.
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
I see it just like you, but as long as I don't receive the update this workaround will do. I don't want to hate my new phone, you know. I'm still in a love-hate-state with this locked bootloader thing. I'm so close to using the official Unlocker. The last three years or so there has never been a device in my hand without being root within 2 hours after unboxing. Now I sit here without root since two weeks. -.-
[G4 General] Th3Bill:
I know how you feel there. Of course, I'm normally on the device 2 to 3 months after, so most bugs worked out, most root/unlock done, etc. Overall, I am surprised that I'm not more irritated by not having root, but the phone is just so nice, I want root, but am willing to wait :)
[G4 General] jayden2009:
The international version can be rooted ...

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[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
I know but not without unlocking the bootloader, just as I said. And atm there's only the original LG unlocker that voids your warranty and is not reversible. I'm waiting for a reversible one.

I'm not new to this stuff at all, rooting since the HTC Magic came out 2010 with 1.5 on it. ;)
[G4 General] jayden2009:
So what about the warrenty....i have rooted all my phones. When one was broken for some reason i sent it for repair with custom Rom and all stuff ... And when i got it returned .. It was repaired and all ... No problems

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[G4 General] shojus:
Different countries have different takes on the whole rooting and bootloader unlocking deal. Warranty for me has never been a huge issue so I have unlocked and rooted every single phone I have had! It's just not the same without root and bootloader unlock. I thought I had recognized your name and sure enough, you are from the S6 forums right? I have an S6 and the S6 Edge and love both but I just cannot quite get used to this G4 yet. Lots of QC issues and things that we need root for. The S6 has this phone in a head lock, as far as I am concerned. I buy and own just about every major flagship that companies put out, and then I mod them to be the way I need them to be. With the G4, I have several things I would want to change before I could call it a true flagship. Just having a top notch camera and a removable battery and sd card does NOT make it a flagship device. I feel that the 808 is just underpowered a tad and they basically had no choice because the 810 is garbage! If anyone thinks this bad boy gets hot, you should play with the M9 for a few days! Lol All in all, it is a great phone but just not worthy of the flagship status that everyone is giving it, but I guess time will tell. I am still going to keep it but I find myself always grabbing the Nexus 6, S6 Edge or the Note 4 instead of the newly acquired G4 that is supposed to be the one I should be grabbing...
[G4 General] MicroMod777:
Well lets see how much this update fixes my keyboard. Had worst 3 second lag ever today on keys. Felt like throwing my G4. I bring my score to 9 now.
[G4 General] 96cobra:
I gave it a 7. I'm coming from a Galaxy S4 with root and loki. I'm still using my S4 and probably will until root is achieved on the G4 (Verizon). Things I don't like...

1. No root yet.

2. Lag when typing.

3. On screen/soft buttons - waste of space and less convenient.

4. Location of volume and power buttons. I'll get used to them at some point.

5. The keyboard sucks - randomly shows suggestions

6. Lack of AOSP Browser - it's simple and works.

7. Lots of little annoying things that I hope to change if we get root.

The main reason I went with the G4 over the S6 is the removable battery and external SD card. I'd rate my S4 at a 9.9 and hope to get my G4 that high with root. Root and bootloader unlock would get an 11! I bought my G4 outright to keep my unlimited data and to get the free battery/charger/SD card offer. I also got the $100 gift card from best buy. I need to go back and have them price match Verizon, and I'll get another $50 back.
[G4 General] GTabJosh:
Ridiculous G2 power consumption

That's nuts! I'm guessing your G2 isn't rooted. I'm running the Resurrection Remix, which IIRC is a mildly customized CyanogenMod. If you're unhappy enough with your G2 to want to replace it, take a dive into the deep end of the pool. Root it and drop a custom ROM on it (and cut Verizon out of your support loop).
[G4 General] ROMAddiction:
I'd give it an 8. I love the phone, practically everything about it is spot on what I want. The camera is ridiculous, and the extra storage with the SD Card is great, and the UI is almost perfect for my needs. I would love if I could control things like padding and custom icon use. Overall its damn close to perfect, save for these damn misfires on my touchscreen.
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
You can wait for the keyboard update or try the fix I mentioned a few posts ago. It worked like a charm for me. Not a single missed tap since that.
[G4 General] ROMAddiction:
So, about that. What are your settings for the SGS app?
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
I set it on optimized. I was curious and made the device touch test you can reach through the dialer by tapping 277634#*# and so far I really have all taps recognized now.
[G4 General] ROMAddiction:
What menu do you go to within the dialer test to see the firings?
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
Device Test - SAAT - Service Menu Manual test - Touch Draw Test manual
[G4 General] ROMAddiction:
Blast, I'm not getting the same
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
Could you try to also enable force for rendering un developer settings? I unchecked out of curiosity and the SGS Touch Booster still does its thing for me but many they're somewhat linked together.

I followed the instructions from another android site which I just can't remember now. But they've stated to do both, app and gpu changes.
[G4 General] mikecico:
I'd give it an 8.5. Great specs, but still suffers from the odd UI bugs here and there, and suffers the perennial android UI lag problems once in a while. I turned on forced GPU rendering which seems to help.

But, it's still the best I've owned. Great camera, usually great performance. Great screen and multitasking. I don't plan on replacing the launcher, which by now I'd already done on previous phones, so that speaks volumes about the OEM UI design. I also do not feel compelled to root the phone,which also speaks volumes.

Previous phones were a rooted S3, and the original Droid X (also rooted) .
[G4 General] mordbane:
I'm close to a 9. Great phone, but there are issues here and there and some UI things that aren't as intuitive as AOSP. Battery life is maybe a little better than my SGS3 running Slim. Given the screen size/resolution I'm OK with that. Lot's of time for improvement. At this point I"m not hurting because of the locked BL, i've been on Slimkat with a black theme for so long, this is new for me, but I'm sure it'll get old in a few months. Only thing I'm hurting for at the moment is Viper4Android.
[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
Actually I too always used Apex Launcher but am now convinced of the Stock LG Launcher. I like the smart bulletin page and the clock/weather widget is good enough to replace Beautiful Widgets.

Also coming from an SGS3 btw (I honestly can't really count the G3 as I owned it only 3-4 months before I upgraded to G4).
[G4 General] pimfram:
If the touch recognition issue is solved, it will be a 10. As it stands, I give it an 8. For comparison, I give my G3 a 7 and my G2 a 10.
[G4 General] ploopower79:
I'm loving this phone so much! But my two extremely small problems are that I don't get badges on the stock lg launcher I usually use nova prime anyways but maybe I'm just missing something?

And we'll the other isn't really an lg problem but I miss having the long press volume + or - to skip/rewind songs I got spoiled with that feature lol

Other than that I don't have ghost touches or missed taps or even this led notification problem I read
[G4 General] m2425:
It's one of my favorite phones. Top 5 (Nokia N75, S3, Note 3, Note 4) I really wish I can root this phone.
[G4 General] Csetoue:
Note 4 or LG G4? Why?
[G4 General] tazmeister:
It's a beautiful phone, but...

So far this is my biggest issue with it: headphone jack on the bottom and volume on the top.... :(

So if you're listening to wired headphones which end do you put first in to your pocket?

The volume end so the headphone cord isn't stretched or bent weird because the phone is resting on it?

Then you end up with the volume deep in your pocket

The headphone jack end? Then you end up needing a longer cord and the cord gets bent because it hits the bottom of the pocket immediately.
[G4 General] 20degrees:
Top of phone in first. I've always put my phone in my pocket like this.
[G4 General] bablo86:
9/10... Just the battery life i wished to be better ... Now it give me 4.5 hours screen .. But i wished to see that 6 hours at this moment i will give this fantastic phone 10/10
[G4 General] Mennooo:
8/10. Batterylife could be better and they could give us an option to remove the floating timer when on call.

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[G4 General] Svartsyn333:
How long do you have the G4? I have mine about two weeks and I have a feeling the battery life improves with every day.

(Skickat från min H815 också - synd vi måste prata engelska här, jag kunde lära bättre om jag kunde prata svenska har också. ;) )
[G4 General] MrBaltazar:
8/10.

Simply because the G3 was a cleaner look. The main difference being that the G4 has a taller "chin" between the screen and the bottom of the phone.. Basically the space where the LG logo is is too tall. Bit disappointment there.
[G4 General] aydinbahadir88:
7 from me

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[G4 General] m2425:
That's kind of hard to pick.

G4: better battery life, lollipop is smooth, doesn't overheat, good camera, better speaker, and comfort on the hands/pocket

Note 4: spen, I love the metal frame, takes pictures real quick, I like the front facing camera better, I can active Google Now while the screen is off, and doesn't give me the same problem as the G4 (the miss touch).

Both phones are great, my problem with the Note 4 is the battery life after the lollipop update, I couldn't get calls (Sprint, the phone doesn't work with them) and it overheats when in have use. The G4 doesn't overheat, the one thing I do miss is the spen.
[G4 General] legend221:
Have had the phone almost a week going to bump it up to 9.5

Love this device and that's saying a lot as I am a flasaholic and usually will not buy a phone unless I can bootloader unlock and root it right away.

I thoroughly recommend not using Hangouts or any other texting app and install Textra

Video Review here: https://youtu.be/-fCbNZ3dY6Q

You can thank me later.

..Sent from an impeccable LG G4 on Verizon..
[G4 General] villeban:
Well, apparently I was expecting too much from this device. I had to return the first one because of network issues, web browsing lags, and do i need to say it was having touch screen issues? Well, I'm coming from an Galaxy S4, which compared to the G4, it is extremely slow, BUT, the S4 screen is brighter and have more saturated colors, which I got use to.

On this second unit I am still experimenting some kind of the missing tap issues, that I never had with my S4, no screen issues at all. But my biggest grip is its battery life; my wife's Note 4 can be at 30 to 35% of charge at 10:00PM, while my G4 is already at less than 15% with much less use. BTW, I hate that the phone does not Charge at high current rate while screen is on. All of the Sammy does it with no problems at all. I find it stupid and it defeat the purpose of using the phone while charging.

My wife use her phone for everything. FB is always on, she text a lot, do video, web, everything!!! She is a Law's Student. I don't use my G4 at all, only at lunch, when I use it is to read some news and one or two youtube videos. My battery's life sucks compared to my wife's Note 4 and her brighter screen.

If I had the chance to return it, I would do it. Unfortunately, that opportunity has passed. I am expecting that an update may fix my concerns, if not, I will go to the next thing HTC or Sony come up with.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
how much improvement in battery did you see going from stock to slim on the S3 ?

any reasons ?
[G4 General] Z3ldaFan88:
Well at first I really loved it (easily a 10/10) but after getting the annoying "miss-touches" and "delayed response" I would say that dropped to about an 8/10.

Then factor in I had to do a full device reset just to get it to run Next Launcher without horrible lag and now we are at about a 7.5/10.

--Don't get me wrong, this device has the potential to be GREAT, I just really hope that LG gives it the updates it so desperately needs to correct the screen related issues (Though currently I will not dare upgrade for fear of them fixing whatever the currently unreleased app exploit is that allows Root Access)
[G4 General] busab:
5/10. The Camera is the only reason I'm giving it that high of a score.

The touchscreen is horrible, it charges about as fast as molasses, my camera app crashes if I look at the picture that I just took and then go back to the camera, Web pages are slow to load and even worse to scroll, double tap to wake doesn't work while charging and there's probably more stuff that I can't think of right now.

I do like the camera, the display, the leather back, the speaker and the overall feel of it in my hand.
[G4 General] mordbane:
I probably saw a 30% increase in battery life going from stock to slim on the SGS3. That's with the Quantum kernel.

Stock sound out of the G4 actually isn't too bad. Just can't fine tune the audio as much as I would like.

After week with this phone the battery life is better than I expected. I can run Google Now all day and see minimal battery drain, this killed the battery on my SGS3.
[G4 General] black_label:
The phone isn't bad just Sucks we can't flash roms yet. Think root can bring up my vote to a 9. Right now 5.
[G4 General] SoreGums:
I'm really missing Chroma ROM from the Nexus 5 :P

The phone hardware is a fantastic upgrade (screen, camera, SDcard +128GB!! responsiveness etc).

Really want a plastic back and not so keen on the curvy back as tapping on the desk doesn't work well... Also i bought an Air Dock for the car and this G4 obviously doesn't stick to it. The curves are nice in the hand though & going in and out of my pockets :D

So a 7, then once i get the software side sorted and a plastic back will be a 9 easy. 10 if it worked with the air dock/was stable on the desk.
[G4 General] bmac1191:
My battery life is awesome. I don't use my phone that much these days.. but I can go days without charging with light use. 50 hours since charge and at 44%. I came from a note 3. While it was a great phone, I didn't use any of the features... ever. With the g4, the features that make it stand out are actually very practical.

Have an aluminum bumper and black leather back.. looks awesome too!
[G4 General] Eagle1337:
A ten for me. It's doing everything I need it to do without issues. I seem to have lucked out and missed all the issues with mine.
[G4 General] Joeful:
The only issue I have is that that plastic on the sides get scuffed and scratched by TPU cases. It's not as bad as the G2, but maybe a metal rim the next time.

9 out of 10.
[G4 General] LamineBrown:
I think its a 8

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[G4 General] masze:
stock =5

with root and change of dpi=10

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[G4 General] marcadam:
I just use the built-in volume control on the headphones that came with the phone, my trusty old Samsung ear buds also have volume control.
[G4 General] GocaS6:
So, as i planned to swap from my Note 3 to LG G4, would you recommend me that? As i understood, root is not possible yet?
[G4 General] tt99c5:
Figured I'd update as I've had the phone for two weeks now. I'm at a 9 now. I have had zero issues. No touch or lag issues, charges lightning quick, snappy, responsive, I've gotten used to the ui and found acceptable balances for my screens and such.

Still missing the wireless storage and the gallery could be better. My only complaints which is why it isn't a 10 at this point.

And root. Just so I can install adaway. I've used it for so long that I had no clue how freaking invasive the ads everywhere are now.

But really really growing fond of the G4 at this point.

On my LG G4
[G4 General] MrBaltazar:
I'm sticking with this phone. After playing with the gs6 and Nexus 6, I like the "feel" of the G4.. Its like a larger version of the Nexus 5 which I fell in love with (sans battery life).

My score will stand still at 7/10 until root is achieved so I can properly remove bloatware and change LCD density properly.
[G4 General] bobfakkel:
Cpu could be allot better but I guess thats to blame on the overheating SD810. Touchscreen has allot of mistaps and feels slows in responce(annoying when typing). Build quality is really behind modern phones even though I got the leather one. I wish they would have used more metal or atleast make the plastic look like metal like my old Samsung Galaxy S4. Im most dissapointed about that, feels and looks kinda cheap. I give it a 6 sadly
[G4 General] Fastbird:
That update from tt99c5 was from me actually. Stupid tapatalk made me register an account when I installed it and it posted for me from that.

On my LG G4