my Note is still my "go-to" device , even with LG G2 Pro , Note-2 and Moto X , this is my daily driver , i cant seem to find the others without faults and the faults are numerous , having been replaced several times , the G2 just plain sucks , the Note-2 I love but cant seem to get one that works very long and the Moto X is awesome with xposed , but without an unlocked boot loader its just no fun whatsoever , Im still running Avatar rom on the Note 4.2.2 and besides a few crashes now and then its flawless !
Ha I'll trade you for your g2 then you can have 2 beloved notes.
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Almost every single one of those days in the pic was 4h+ screen on doing all sorts of things from gaming to Web browsing, music, ect...
My note never achieved this, no chance it could ever touch my g2 in terms of pure daily driver
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My Note 1 is still my second favorite phone behind my Note 3. I still use it regularly.
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my Note is still my "go-to" device , even with LG G2 Pro , Note-2 and Moto X , this is my daily driver , i cant seem to find the others without faults and the faults are numerous , having been replaced several times , the G2 just plain sucks , the Note-2 I love but cant seem to get one that works very long and the Moto X is awesome with xposed , but without an unlocked boot loader its just no fun whatsoever , Im still running Avatar rom on the Note 4.2.2 and besides a few crashes now and then its flawless !
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Please let me know what rom you use on your original note!
I looked at the original Note right before we signed our contract with At&t. I ended up going with the iPhone 5. I ended up selling my 5 for $350 a few weeks ago, and wanted to play around with Android some more before my upgrade in October. I picked up a mint i717 the other day for $100. It was still running ICS. I quickly rooted it, and now I'm running Beanstalk with uber kernel, and couldn't be happier.
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Please let me know what rom you use on your original note!
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been running avatar rom for damn near a year , I tried running a beta (very disastrous) ,was doing nightlies but stuck to a stable , now if you dont want kitkat stick with Blackstar (i think is the name ) cant be beat !
As far as the NOTE 2 goes ,Ive had problem after problem with it , nothing against it , just my experience and the LG is trash period , the Moto X is awesome for a stock (no chance of unlocking the BL) , i HAVE TO SAY IF I DIDNT GO CUSTOM THE MOTO X WOULD BE MY FONE!
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been running avatar rom for damn near a year , I tried running a beta (very disastrous) ,was doing nightlies but stuck to a stable , now if you dont want kitkat stick with Blackstar (i think is the name ) cant be beat !
As far as the NOTE 2 goes ,Ive had problem after problem with it , nothing against it , just my experience and the LG is trash period , the Moto X is awesome for a stock (no chance of unlocking the BL) , i HAVE TO SAY IF I DIDNT GO CUSTOM THE MOTO X WOULD BE MY FONE!
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Could you please link me to the right page for avatar? I cant seem to find it.
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been running avatar rom for damn near a year , I tried running a beta (very disastrous) ,was doing nightlies but stuck to a stable , now if you dont want kitkat stick with Blackstar (i think is the name ) cant be beat !
As far as the NOTE 2 goes ,Ive had problem after problem with it , nothing against it , just my experience and the LG is trash period , the Moto X is awesome for a stock (no chance of unlocking the BL) , i HAVE TO SAY IF I DIDNT GO CUSTOM THE MOTO X WOULD BE MY FONE!
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OK cool I found the thread for avatar. It's based on CM. How do you fix the echo issue (other end hears loud echo of them-self talking)?
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OK cool I found the thread for avatar. It's based on CM. How do you fix the echo issue (other end hears loud echo of them-self talking)?
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I dont have that issue and wasnt aware of it , I did have a similiar issue with my winfone Samsung Focus , cant remember how i cleared it but had to do with the secret menu on the phone itself
I'm still rocking the note!
Glad to see others are too. Sure it's had its problems over the years, but it's still running OK.
I had the power button issue, the GPS issue, and I'm on my 3rd battery, but I still love it!
I'm running Candy Kat 4.4, most stable for me I've found, but I'll have to look into the suggestions you've made on what your running right now, I'm do for a clean wipe anyway
Sadly I am in the market for an upgrade, I will probably take a chance on the one plus one later this year (when it might be possible to find an invite without fighting a few hundred thousand other people for it).
I figure for the price it can't hurt to give it a go. I am without contract right now and I'd like to keep it that way lol.
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Also, I have the same echo issue, I never knew there was a fix?
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I love my Note but the USB port bummed out on me a few days ago. No longer charges, but I plan on getting it fixed. Beanstalk has been my DD for a month or so. I have been looking at other phones though, possibly a Nexus or HTC
While I have moved onto the Note 3 myself, my original note is still running strong for my mom. She was unsure about the size of the phone but after an hour of using it she said she'll never use another phone but the note. The custom ROMs pulled from this site have greatly lengthened it's life and useability.
if anyone wants to trade their note for a droid dna,hit me up. the droid dna is for verizon but it has a sim slot and works on any gsm network,no LTE tho but will get HSPA+.
I too was thinking of rocking a Note in 2014. Found one for $70, is it worth it?
I'll honestly say, my phone still handles all the things I throw at it, just fine. Games like asphalt 8, etc, seem to run just fine.
I actually just got an invite for a oneplus one, so I will be upgrading. But if I didn't have the option, the note would still be fine.
If you're looking for a phone, and you don't want to spend a bunch of money, and it's in good condition, $70 isn't bad for a note. If I can get mine on a more stable Rom I'll probably give it to my mom, her galaxy s2 is giving her fits.
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When the TB first came out it felt very snappy, very smooth and fairly quick. Rooted it and after some time it just seems to have no hope and I dont know why. I have flashed almost every Rom out there and it seems to work fine for a little bit and then within a week it is back to its VERY laggy performance. When the S3 came out, I got that and my wife wanted my TB. She is getting tired of me playing around with the phone and trying to get a performance fix and just wants a new phone. Should I try to unroot it and run it stock for her? Otherwise she may look at the moto razr M or the inc 4g. (not a phone I would have, but its not up to me)
The phone slowing down may be certain apps impacting performance, so you may want to look into that. Also if you haven't already I would ditch sense based roms and give AOSP a try.
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When the TB first came out it felt very snappy, very smooth and fairly quick. Rooted it and after some time it just seems to have no hope and I dont know why. I have flashed almost every Rom out there and it seems to work fine for a little bit and then within a week it is back to its VERY laggy performance. When the S3 came out, I got that and my wife wanted my TB. She is getting tired of me playing around with the phone and trying to get a performance fix and just wants a new phone. Should I try to unroot it and run it stock for her? Otherwise she may look at the moto razr M or the inc 4g. (not a phone I would have, but its not up to me)
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The aosp ICS is snappy but a few things don't work. I haven't tried there sense version but heard good things.
The Gnex is a free upgrade btw
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In my opinion, sense based roms are slower & have more lag than than others. It is pretty much up to you, or your wife, to let you know what she wants. I was really looking forward to trying out the newest AOSP 4.0.4 ICS by twistedumbrella. Have you tried this yet? I haven't been able to get past the "bootloop" but it seems that some are & some aren't. I believe you'd love the rom if it works on your TB.
Keep in mind all aosp liquid/twisted builds the video recording does not work. Knowing most women camera and camcorder is a must lol.
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Keep in mind all aosp liquid/twisted builds the video recording does not work. Knowing most women camera and camcorder is a must lol.
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This is some good advice for the OP. I recall running a deodexed 2.7 or something a while back that would probably work well for the OP. It is sense based but it was very stable and everything works.
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Otherwise she may look at the moto razr M or the inc 4g. (not a phone I would have, but its not up to me)
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If she's looking for something that is smoother with less lag then stock definitely won't bring her that. If you're able, I'd look into getting a newer phone. The Thunderbolt is at its end of life.
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After a few days of playing with my S4 I would have to say I'm not very happy with it. My smart stay setting don't work but maybe a 1/4 of the time if that. My voice commands don't work but half the time and I get a bit of lag from time to time. I've always used the stock browser in the past cause of flash player and now that don't work right, along with every now and then not being able to click links like its lagging but yet the url, bookmarks, Window manager, and menu button work. Plus the battery life hasn't been to great but that may be me being used to the note 2 battery. If anyone else is getting the same thing or knows of fixes please let me know. I have had these problems on fully stock, rooted with stock debloated, and now on rooted stock. Should I just wait and see what roms come out or should I try to return it and if I should return it is there a way back to non rooted fully stock? Thank you for your time.
edit 5/30: i just got done formating the int and ext storage to start from scratch. after that i noticed hyperdrive was just released so i installed that. phone softbricked cause i tried to install the ads mod from the app he has on the rom. was getting missing file errors and i/o error when tring to restore/wipe/install anything. did the no-wipe factory image and had to wipe data and factory reset after to get it out of bootloop. now im back and phone seems to be running great (but not sure about the voice commands and smart screen stuff just yet). i think my problem was i didnt change the save folder for titanium backup to sd card and i had some rom backups in the int. storage. figured this out when i went to make a backup and it said not enough memory. so if your having problems with lag double check your int. storage to make sure you have plenty of space.
Sounds like every S 4 I have ever seen.
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After a few days of playing with my S4 I would have to say I'm not very happy with it. My smart stay setting don't work but maybe a 1/4 of the time if that. My voice commands don't work but half the time and I get a bit of lag from time to time. I've always used the stock browser in the past cause of flash player and now that don't work right, along with every now and then not being able to click links like its lagging but yet the url, bookmarks, Window manager, and menu button work. Plus the battery life hasn't been to great but that may be me being used to the note 2 battery. If anyone else is getting the same thing or knows of fixes please let me know. I have had these problems on fully stock, rooted with stock debloated, and now on rooted stock. Should I just wait and see what roms come out or should I try to return it and if I should return it is there a way back to non rooted fully stock? Thank you for your time.
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Cleanrom would be nice right about now but I heard it will be a while till he can get his hands on one. Looks like I may have to just wait it out for some roms to come out And hope the wonderful devs can get this thing running good. God knows verizon cant do it.
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Cleanrom would be nice right about now but I heard it will be a while till he can get his hands on one. Looks like I may have to just wait it out for some roms to come out And hope the wonderful devs can get this thing running good. God knows verizon cant do it.
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Looking at his site, he got his donations, and was about to purchase the device. He should just be waiting for its arrival. Give it a week or two and he will likely have a ROM cooked
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Thanks for the heads up! I ran it on my note 2 and loved it. Can't freaking wait!
Glad I brightened things up a bit for you!! Heck I am looking to upgrade soon and am considering the gs4. Been testing the waters in anticipation. I ran one of scotts roms years ago on my Optimus S (moved to the nexus s 4g, to currently the epic 4g touch) and he made a solid rom then, I know that.
I came from a note 2 as well. I can't wait for custom roms. The stock rom Sucks. I miss clean rom and beanstown but I'm sure everything will be here soon because the S series devices always have more development because they're more popular and more of an everyone phone unlike the note which isn't for everyone.
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I've seen none of that. This phone hasn't lagged once. Huge upgrade over my Galaxy nexus.
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I've noticed the Verizon S4 lags when compared to the T-Mobile variant.
the issue with links you cant click is an bug browser freezing up.hopefully they will fix it soon.temp u can clise tge broswer and then fire back up and it should work.
I wonder in Verizon applied the latest update like all the other carruers did that took care of lag etc...I remember something in early may that the other carriers were getting an update to address the lag issue and since our phones were just released last week...it may be a little bit before Verizon catches up.
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The Galaxy S3 was the first android phone that I could say finally solved the laggyness that has been there since the droid. I have an iphone 5, S3, and the S4. The S4, at least mine, is clearly faster then my S3, and the even the iphone (which has always been pinnacle of non lag phones)......can't even compare with the S4 smoothness, and that is saying something.
I hate lag, hated it since the OGDroid, and can see immediately. I'm sorry you're having issues with you're S4, but I really don't know what alternative phone you could buy as of now.....because, if i'm not mistaking, the S4,HTC One or Iphone.....are the only phones you can buy with the least amount of lag as of todays date.
Best of luck to you.
Well I need to do some more testing with the voice command. I went outside today (were is bright) and noticed that some of the clear stickers on the side of the phone were still there. Just not to sure if the ones I pulled off was covering the mic. If it's better from here on out I will definitely feel like a de de deee.
edit: still having a little of trouble but it may have to do with background noises and the phone volume being all the way up.
Tks
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Cleanrom would be nice right about now but I heard it will be a while till he can get his hands on one. Looks like I may have to just wait it out for some roms to come out And hope the wonderful devs can get this thing running good. God knows verizon cant do it.
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Tks for the tip.
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I've seen none of that. This phone hasn't lagged once. Huge upgrade over my Galaxy nexus.
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Same here.
I turned off all the Air gestures, and other 'features' that I don't need or care about and switched to ADW EX launcher.
Very pleased with the S4.
I'm happy with my GS4. No issues with me. My battery has been treating me much better compared to my old LG Revolution. I haven't noticed any lag on my phone and that's something I noticed all the time on 2.3.6
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That sucks. I'm glad I haven't had any issues.
I kept reading posts about the S4 being laggy, so I was a little worried when I picked mine up yesterday. Luckily, I seem to have a lag free version.
I came from an iPhone 5, and this S4 is much faster. Prior to that I had a gnex, and there is night and day difference between that and the S4.
Omg, Clean Rom is coming!!!!!! I cant wait, his roms are seriously top notch, I have renewed faith!!!!
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I came from a note 2 as well. I can't wait for custom roms. The stock rom Sucks. I miss clean rom and beanstown but I'm sure everything will be here soon because the S series devices always have more development because they're more popular and more of an everyone phone unlike the note which isn't for everyone.
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What are you guys talking about here, you can run other carrier roms, what is your hold up? You can run any rom the ATT I337 can, to include sprint and t-mobile roms. you just need to use the loki patch (verizon) within the recovery apps. Smile and start here...Cheer up Charlie!
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Bought my G2 at opening. First one at store to purchase . This is the bes t phone I've ever had. LG did an excellent job. The only reason I will have to root is to debloat. This is the smoothest and the ui is beautiful. If you were debating don't. I came from the HTC ONE , which was and is a great phone, but this blows me away. Battery so far kills the ONE, which was my only complaint with it
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So far I've had a similar experience.
I cannot wait for this to get root, that is my only complaint so far.
The double tap to unlock really makes this phone.
It is a nice phone, but the fact we may not see AOSP is making me reconsider it. I like having the most recent version of Android as well as the stock Android UI, much better than any theme out there. Even the notification shade on stock is so much better. Oh well, have 15 days to return it, if anything new and awesome about the Nexus 5 leaks I may return this.
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It is a nice phone, but the fact we may not see AOSP is making me reconsider it. I like having the most recent version of Android as well as the stock Android UI, much better than any theme out there. Even the notification shade on stock is so much better. Oh well, have 15 days to return it, if anything new and awesome about the Nexus 5 leaks I may return this.
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What makes you think we wont see aosp? Yes it has a locked bootloader but someone usually finds a way. Just wondering if I missed something and we will be stuck like the gs4 guys.
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It is a nice phone, but the fact we may not see AOSP is making me reconsider it. I like having the most recent version of Android as well as the stock Android UI, much better than any theme out there. Even the notification shade on stock is so much better. Oh well, have 15 days to return it, if anything new and awesome about the Nexus 5 leaks I may return this.
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There is no "fact" yet, barely anyone has really gotten their hands on it yet to even start attempting to unlock the bootloader.
We won't really have a good idea for a few more weeks probably.
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What makes you think we wont see aosp? Yes it has a locked bootloader but someone usually finds a way. Just wondering if I missed something and we will be stuck like the gs4 guys.
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I'm just worried about CM as the Optimus G for ATT doesn't have official CM builds.
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There is no "fact" yet, barely anyone has really gotten their hands on it yet to even start attempting to unlock the bootloader.
We won't really have a good idea for a few more weeks probably.
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I agree and I bet we will, just worried for the reason I said above, the ATT Optimus G doesn't have official CM.
For anyone else that has one (Verizon model here)
Is it weird for me to say that this is the first time I've bought a new Android phone and didn't really care to change the OS at all, other than wanting to de-bloat it?
I ran CM on all my previous phones, and after using this for a day and all the features the stock OS has, I'm perfectly fine with it.
Maybe I'm getting old
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For anyone else that has one (Verizon model here)
Is it weird for me to say that this is the first time I've bought a new Android phone and didn't really care to change the OS at all, other than wanting to de-bloat it?
I ran CM on all my previous phones, and after using this for a day and all the features the stock OS has, I'm perfectly fine with it.
Maybe I'm getting old
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I want to change the OS as you can tell.
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For anyone else that has one (Verizon model here)
Is it weird for me to say that this is the first time I've bought a new Android phone and didn't really care to change the OS at all, other than wanting to de-bloat it?
I ran CM on all my previous phones, and after using this for a day and all the features the stock OS has, I'm perfectly fine with it.
Maybe I'm getting old
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Its better than samsung's touchwiz but I cant stick with it, the mms app notifications are much worse and the stock lcd density makes everything HUGE! I'm running 360 right now but some things like camera are funky.
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For anyone else that has one (Verizon model here)
Is it weird for me to say that this is the first time I've bought a new Android phone and didn't really care to change the OS at all, other than wanting to de-bloat it?
I ran CM on all my previous phones, and after using this for a day and all the features the stock OS has, I'm perfectly fine with it.
Maybe I'm getting old
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I run Hyperdrive on both the S3 and S4 and that is mostly Touchwiz. I would be happy just to root this one. I don't need CM or the others for this phone.
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I run Hyperdrive on both the S3 and S4 and that is mostly Touchwiz. I would be happy just to root this one. I don't need CM or the others for this phone.
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Speaking of Hyperdrive, I'm going to try and help sbreen94 get this device. A bounty thread will be open soon.
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Can't wait until mine arrives tomorrow
This phone has enough tweaks that if I have to stay stock with it, I'm ok. Had the HTC One and liked Sense 5 but coming from a Gnex I really wanted vast improvement in battery live. Got that now and then some.
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I am totally satisfied with this phone. Always having touchwiz in the past, this ui just kills it. Its been allowing time since I have been happy with a stock UI. already rooted and debloated and I'm happy. Only one gripe so far. Google play music is not sending Bluetooth metadata to my car. I can live with that.
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Picked it up today, and love it! The UI is so much better than TW, I don't think I'll even throw a custom launcher on it this time.
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For anyone else that has one (Verizon model here)
Is it weird for me to say that this is the first time I've bought a new Android phone and didn't really care to change the OS at all, other than wanting to de-bloat it?
I ran CM on all my previous phones, and after using this for a day and all the features the stock OS has, I'm perfectly fine with it.
Maybe I'm getting old
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I'm in the same boat pretty much. CM while the development team is amazing is overrated IMO. I have a Nexus 4 and I like AOSP, but I don't need anything but root so I clean up the stuff I don't want on the G2. Too many test builds too many bugs, I'm over it.
If I could get back the stock Android browser and UI I would be extremely happy, definitely nice as is though.
I just wonder if this is better than the Note 3. It looks like a great device tho. I had the Optimus G Pro but it felt clunky and the camera was not the greatest. But the screen was amazing!
I am easy to please. I never had issues with TW. I ran both cleanrom and bonestock. TW is fine. This UI is fine. Root and all that jazz is icing but really isn't a huge deal. It's all android to me.
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For anyone else that has one (Verizon model here)
Is it weird for me to say that this is the first time I've bought a new Android phone and didn't really care to change the OS at all, other than wanting to de-bloat it?
I ran CM on all my previous phones, and after using this for a day and all the features the stock OS has, I'm perfectly fine with it.
Maybe I'm getting old
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I agree totally. I love this OS
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Definately not my favorite phone I ever owned that'd be the Nexus 4 <3. I bought the phone back in October at T-Mobile and was deciding between a S4/G2/One M7/iPhone 5s I wanted a note 3 but they were out of stock so I decided to go with G2 because I read about how great it was and the battery life and all that and its superior to s4 and one .. So my first 2 weeks with the phone were good I guess I did notice a few problems with camera But I don't use it much so I was fine with it.. Later on it fixed itself so camera worked great .. Later on in January I decided with my friend that we should root and get custom ROM on my g2 since he knws how to root and rooted my Nexus 4 easily before I agreed ... That same day my phone got bricked all thanks to TWRP and my friend could not do anything so I tried phone stores and nobody fixed it finally tmobile was nice enough to give me a replacement .. I didn't say it was rooted they just took it. I was sent a replacement device and it worked fine but the screen flickered so I also took back that one and got my 3rd G2 after that . I have had my 3rd G2 ever since and I have kitkat on it .. After KK the phone lags on all games like temple run or subway surfers and I tried a lot of ways to fix it like hidden menu etc but the phone plays games like GTA SA without a problem .. Funny right .. the phone is just so problamatic and I regret it so much .. Soon I'm gonna bring it down to JellyBean because I feel like they're won't be that much problems with it .. I'm never buying a LG phone again .. Unless its a Nexus .. Gonna stick with iPhones and HTC from now .. My next phone is either Nexus 6 or iPhone 6 maybe a One M8..
In before the lock ?
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your bad, goodbye...
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You have brought nothing useful to society bye.
Let's just get one thing straight. Bricking your phone was neither LG's, nor TWRP's fault. It was your own, maybe your friends but, likely due to your affinity for iPhone's, it was your own fault.
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Let's just get one thing straight. Bricking your phone was neither LG's, nor TWRP's fault. It was your own, maybe your friends but, likely due to your affinity for iPhone's, it was your own fault.
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Yes it might have been my friends fault since he did the whole process but I'm still disappointed with this phone either way as stated with my the other problems .. Also I used to hate iphones but now I actually like them .. It seems like they just work without any issues .. At least I can enjoy using my nexus 7 without any issues
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Yes it might have been my friends fault since he did the whole process but I'm still disappointed with this phone either way as stated with my the other problems .. Also I used to hate iphones but now I actually like them .. It seems like they just work without any issues .. At least I can enjoy using my nexus 7 without any issues
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Well that's the thing. Android is a developer based OS. It was made to be tinkered with and the time and dedication that it takes is not for everyone. Some prefer their phone to just work and there is the iPhone for that. Get the device that does what you need. Remember they are tools.
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^^ this
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Well that's the thing. Android is a developer based OS. It was made to be tinkered with and the time and dedication that it takes is not for everyone. Some prefer their phone to just work and there is the iPhone for that. Get the device that does what you need. Remember they are tools.
Bat cave One
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G2 just doesent work .. Atleast the D801 one .. I chose to go with android because my friends had android and they were geeks .. I liked how you could customize everything and that they were bigger so I naturally went with android and my first 2 android phones the One X and Nexus 4 were both really nice and worked.. I'm just upset with LG for not caring to fix these issues as I see multiple people with similar problems as me on xda too .. Yet it looks like they are only able to be solved with root .. Secret menu doesn't fix it for me. So I'm probably gonna buy the iPhone 6 when it comes out even one of my geeky friends is starting to like iphones after using 1
we wish you and your future iphone all the happiness
To the OP, I get no lag in games, either you installed some bad apps or maybe some infected pirated apps.
My sister an iPhone user with no tech background, she just switched to the G2 and likes it.
The flicker issue was fixed in an update. Every phone company has issues with their devices. Apple had some updates where battery life sucked for example and it took them a while to update. You cant blame LG for your TWRP brick (I used it and had no problem), thats a risk you knowingly took, it applies to Apple or any other OEM as well.
Just because you had problems installing a custom ROM doesn't make LG or any other OEM bad, they intend you to use their device as is. You screw with it, its your fault.
Honestly I can understand your frustration but its also partly your fault, I certainly hope you enjoy whichever new device you get.
Asta lavista OP..
And ps- use paragraphs next time
Ewww don't mention iPhone's here, you sick sick man. But seriously I have never had a problem with mine and it is by far the best phone I have ever had, and I have had many. I also managed to get my friend to get rid of her iPhone due to the fact she was having many problems with it, I told her to get the G2, she is very impressed and couldn't be happier. Now all she does is mocks iPhone's, just how it should be .
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Kinda funny. You must be the unluckiest G2 buyer in the world. And I had a Nexus 4 too before G2. But you just cannot compare rooting and flashing a nexus with G2. It's a completely different story. You practicaly cannot brick a nexus but you can a G2 and pretty easily if you don't know exactly what you are doing. Imho those replacement phones are probably faulty because they are .... a replacement. My G2 is running stock KK and it's a beast of a phone.
Carry right along.
Never seen a Merc owner argue with VW.
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G2 better than S5,HTC one, iphone 5s
OP..... I fail to understand how you cannot be happy with the G2. I have a s5, HTC one and an iphone5s. HTC and G2 was given by my employer. I bought iphone 5s.Believe me I speak from personal experience, the g2 is my favorite. I regret buying iphone 5. its worthless piece of junk even though i purchased it.
The HTC one is an ok ok phone as I dont like the ui and i thought the camera was better than the one on stock g2. Battery of htc one is outrightly bad. The only place where HTC rocks is speaker output. No one can beat it I agree.
then i was suggested to root the g2 and flash xdabbebs 2.2 version. My my, now the camera can outperform even a dslr man. Clarity,color reproduction, detail, vivid colors...I cant stop. Its absolutely stunning...After rooting my battery lasts over 2 days and the ui is stunning..... I couldnt find a better phone .....
The s5 is nothing better than a piece of junk....the phone even though has 2gb ram, has a substandard processor as against the g2's terrific snapdragon. Touchwizui is pathetic and slows the phone over a period of time as it is basically very resources eater. Sammy launched s5 in India with a degraded processor. The camera is ok ok., Doesnt come any closer to the one on g2.
Coming to sound quality, with the latest 20b indian update, hissing sound has gone, knock code fully embedded and working great, Install viper4 android and the phone will blow you away.
Summing it up, the g2 rocks above all.....I am never departing with this phone...not to forget, g2 has best android dev, in comparison to s5 and htc one, lots of mods and variety of stable roms....ohhhh the battery is muuuaaahhh.:highfive:
This kind of threads are often responsible for the starting of a flame war. Some people will agree with the OP, some will not. But there's no purpose of this thread, neither this thread will be quite and free of trouble If it remains. That's why Thread is Closed..
Hey guys,
Just wondering - do you plan keep carrying and using your SGS3 in 2015?
Or planning to get a new device?
Cheers
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TopTomy said:
Hey guys,
Just wondering - do you plan keep carrying and using your SGS3 in 2015?
Or planning to get a new device?
Cheers
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I think I'll keep my s3 in 2015 also, as I don't have money for a new phone, maybe next year, but no more samsung.What about you?
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Yup, currently happy with it.
Got myself a new original battery and its a solid device
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Well no. For multiple reasons, I'm growing angrier with this device every day.
1) Can't find a solid ROM for the life of me. Any stock based is slow, any cyanogen is way too unstable (reboots my device every now and again, crashes my apps) which is unacceptable, I can be far from charger for a few hours and rebooting the device that many times drains it. Won't even mention other bugs here.
2) My home button died. Now while I can use the 'handy whats-it-called' to replace it, it slows me down insanely, since they are software keys, when you need them the most (something is crashing) they will take a few seconds to appear. Also, the funny thing is (at least that's what I was told by repair shops) that in order to replace the home key, one must replace the screen as well, totaling the repair at about 120-130e, which is the price of a new unit.
Unfortunately, time has come to part ways with it. Still between s5 and 5s, not sure which one I'll get next.
No, today is my last day with the SIII! moved on to a Moto X+1
memebr said:
No, today is my last day with the SIII! moved on to a Moto X+1
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enjoy it!
Loldawg said:
Well no. For multiple reasons, I'm growing angrier with this device every day.
1) Can't find a solid ROM for the life of me. Any stock based is slow, any cyanogen is way too unstable (reboots my device every now and again, crashes my apps) which is unacceptable, I can be far from charger for a few hours and rebooting the device that many times drains it. Won't even mention other bugs here.
2) My home button died. Now while I can use the 'handy whats-it-called' to replace it, it slows me down insanely, since they are software keys, when you need them the most (something is crashing) they will take a few seconds to appear. Also, the funny thing is (at least that's what I was told by repair shops) that in order to replace the home key, one must replace the screen as well, totaling the repair at about 120-130e, which is the price of a new unit.
Unfortunately, time has come to part ways with it. Still between s5 and 5s, not sure which one I'll get next.
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yeah, i tried many roms as well and currently back to stock (yes 4.3 :/) its unfortunate but its the most stable rom out there + best battery life performance.
TopTomy said:
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yeah, i tried many roms as well and currently back to stock (yes 4.3 :/) its unfortunate but its the most stable rom out there + best battery life performance.
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Agree with you...
I will keep my S3 too because i buy it 1 month ago and i love it
Galaxy S3 International
efeXTREME Lite Rom v5.1
Arter97 Kernel v4.0 beta 3