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all i keep ready on here is complaint after complaint.. is there any good news? i just ordered mine and kinda thinking i should just sell both triple my money and keep my old phone.. what do you think??
What phone are you coming from?
Well to be honest bro I had a vibrant that was rooted, lag fixed, gps fix, mobileap, but... I am completely happy with my g2! My hinge isn't loose what so ever.. it runs very fast without any lag or gliches. The gps is amazing. It shows me walking around in my house lol.. and its just a solid phone. The build and everything
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don't laugh i'm comming from a mytouch 3g rooted with cy's 2.2 LOL.. its been awhile but this phone still has no scratches on the screen but all thepaint is falling off and just looks bad.. got a good deal on the g2's so i hope they hold up well
I love my G2
Seems like a lot of people just want to complain about every single little flaw they see. "I can't text while I'm upside down with the keyboard", "my track pad doesn't move diagonally", "the speaker phone doesn't go up to 165131 decibels".
I had a nexus one, loved it but the internal rom and memory was just to low, I had to start deleting apps.
Sold that had a vibrant (which I recently sold, thank god ) supposedly the best android phone as far as speed and memory. Yes its fast but Laggy and the gps doesn't work no matter what fix they send OTA. I honestly believe it is a hardware issue. That phone will not see froyo for a while, and it was extremely buggy.
My g2 I love it, yes it's a bit smaller and a little heavier but it does everything I need it to do and better than all the other phones listed. I was playing Home Run derby on my G2 and the movement is always smooth specially when you move your bat to your desired position. 9 times out of 10 on my vibrant it wasn't smooth so I couldn't even play.
Even though benchmarks don't mean much, but when you do a side by side comparison between a non lag fixed vibrant and a out of the box g2 it will come up with some sort of hypothesis. The g2 beat it by at least 600, mflops on the g2 always double the vibrant.
So I say the G2 is an awesome phone.
thanks for the input, now i should have my phones today and will add my thoughts later..
I'm coming from an HD2. The HD2 was a good phone, but I didn't want to deal with the horrible keyboard, and MS messenging client. It was fast and very powerful. It played any video content I put in it. I still have the phone because I wanna play with WM7 when it's released. But I LOVE my G2. Its very smooth and responsive. I find myself using the built in keyboard a lot more than the physical KB. It's nice being able to actually use the market, unlike WM. The apps work perfect. My hinges are fine, I got not complaints. Just glad to be back on android.
Best phone I've ever used.
I love the fact that I can run any app and not worry about the phone freezing. I still have my slide which is stock rooted and overclocked to 844 mhz and the phone is really good, but it would eat up memory and freeze sometimes. I can honestly say this phone never froze on me since I've received it on the 30th of September. The picture quality is awesome, screen size is perfect for me, & even the keyboard is very solid. Granted I use swype more than the physical keypad. I can honestly say besides the "hidden" 2.5 gb, I love this device!
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Lovin' It.
I'm lovin' my G2 so far. I came from a lowly G1. It's rooted and running 2.2 (Biffmod - based off CM6 but without all the stuff that makes the phone lag). While it was running good for a G1 running Froyo it was aggravating having apps that should be multi-taskable closing all the time... It would even get so lagged down due to low memory that they keyboard would crash trying to type a Tweet in Tweetdeck!
With my G2 I have access to more apps. Every app I download runs flawlessly (assuming it's not just a crappy app ) and I don't run into memory crashes. Yes, I miss having root and the wifi hotspot (had Wireless Tether installed on my G1) but I'm sure it's just a matter of time before the guys over the in the Thinktank figure out a way to make the temp root stick. When they do... I'll be even more in love with my phone.
I considered sending it back... but at this point, I just can't see myself going back to the G1 and nothing else out there in T-Mobile land compares. So yeah... I'm keeping my G2 and lovin' it.
Do not take the "*****fest" about the G2 to heart...it is an awesome phone with great speed, and smooth response, the keyboard is nice as well. A lot of people want you to believe that every phone that comes out should have everything for you, that would make it the perfect phone. It doesnt exist, if it did, you wouldnt need another phone...ever. Phone companies know that and so you will always have a issue with one. Enjoy the phone,and find out for yourself how much you will like or dislike it.
Yes.
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I am very happy with the phone.I came from a dash 3g. Mine feels like it is built solid.
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are you all happy with the camera and audio?
I'm very happy with mine. Coming from a rooted G1 running froyo. No more freezing, lagging, or force closing.
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Love my G2. Very much prefer it to the Vibrant. No issues whatsoever, except for the Hinge obviously. Which I feel is overblown ; yes it is loose, but it doesn't hamper my usage in any way whatsoever. Yesterday night I spent 2 hours in the bed playing around with it ; no hinge trouble.
yeah, keep in mind that people are more likely to post with complaints than with positive reactions. that's just the nature of forums. I personally have a loose hinge but otherwise love everything about the phone
Love my g2. Much better then the vibrant imo... plus the upside is htc will actually give us support unlike samsung...
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I recently returned my Epic and couldn't be happier. I had an iphone 3gs then an iphone4 but returned that. Later I dropped at&t and got an Epic with Sprint. I hated that Epic so much I returned the phone and went on the Tmobile month-to-month plan using my 3gs. Honestly, I didn't think any other phones would make me happy except for a new iphone. I couldn't complain about a phone that just works with extremely excellent battery life. When the G2 came out, I knew I had to give android another shot. Now guess what? I am in love with this phone. Give this phone a try for 30 days. If you don't like it, return it.
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so far so good for me. this is a welcome improvement over the nexus one, and a major step forward from the G1.
i like the new keyboard and the SLCD screen is as good or better than the nexus's AMOLED. Also like the upp'd storage space and HSPA+ capability. oh... and the new CPU/GPU is blazing.
Only a few hours in, but I'm not having issues...
Hinge is great, works upside down, not self closing.
Camera is fine for snaps. If I want a GOOD picture I'll use my real camera.
The headset speaker seems louder than my vibrant.
Smoother than the vibrant.
Another +1 to being glad I ditched the vibrant, just hope the g2 gets real root.
Feedback based on Stock Tmo ROM
PROS
after spending more than 12 hours straight doing all kind of stuff to this phone, which would have normally killed it in the old Nexus S, the T989 has by far surpassed all the expectations i had with it.
super fluid, i can do more than 10 things at once without crashing, hanging, or freezing, and simply rebooting like it did on the Nexus S.
i can be copying things around withing the phone while doing or running other apps, or installing things, without feeling a bit of lag
those simple operations would have easily frozen the Nexus S until whatever was holding it is done doing whatever it was doing.
The network speed is amazing, areas where i had poor download speed, less than 1 Mbps, now i can get 3 Mbps, areas where it maxed out at 5 Mbps i can get 8~9 Mbps (these are all indoors tests), and this is all in the broadware riddle stock ROM from Tmo
Eager to run some outdoor test to see how much higher the speed goes
speed coping pasting stuff to and from the SD card to PC or SD card to from internal memory is super fast
screen is simply amazing, it's working properly as designed, it was expected of a SAMOLED+ display, no where near as bad as it was presented on the worry topics.
camera is great, and very responsive, no shooter lag at all, unlike the Nexus S
flash works fine
the build quality is the highest i've seen from Samsung
CONS
the only thing that does worry me is the back cover...
i'm afraid after a while those teeth that keeps the cover locked to the side might simply wear out after frequent usage, like changing battery packs, changing SD cards, etc.
the speaker volume for speaker phone/ring tone is kinda low, compared to the Nexus S
screen default auto brightness is waaaaaaay too low, lets just say it stays at Zero or 5% most of the time. (work around, disable auto, and manually adjust to your liking), this will get better once CM7 or 3rd party apps becomes available to auto adjust screen brightness level as we set it to the level we want.
hmm... i can't think of anything else at the moment
still too excited and having too much fun, flashing things, restoring backup, migrating stuff from old phone to new phone, and installing more crap load of stuff to my 32GB class 10 Adata, soon to be replaced with the sandisk 64GB when it arrives by mail so i'll be installing even more stuff, until the phone slows down to a crawl, then i'll hold back
I really want to go ahead and get it. I sold my sensation to get Galaxy nexus. But I am not going to pay over 600$ for a phone if it doesn't come to tmobile. I really liked the galaxy s 2
I'm not a big fan of the GSII looks are pretty standard build quality seems good but not premium. but where things change is once you hold the device and use it you get this damn rock solid device in every aspect. Camera looks Great more settings than stock 2.3, Screen looks great with vivid colors, performance is just blazing even after so many MEH reviews of not having a Exynos this thing flies. Made me say damn your not my favorite but you really know how to keep me happy LOL. for someone to say this phone is garbage or bad they must be out of their mind.
What are your thoughts on the radio? Do you lose signal often?
I wholeheartedly agree with your review of the GS2! AMAZING phone!
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What are your thoughts on the radio? Do you lose signal often?
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i've not noticed anything weird on the radio, made several phone calls conversation walking/driving around just fine
i use 3G data a lot, and did not lose signal, unless i'm inside the elevator, or places deep inside the buildings like toilet, and basement places
the radio reception is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than the Nexus S
i still need to test inside Cotsco and Walmart super centres
those places i used to lose signal on the Nexus S
Coming from a Vibrant and G2x, I absolutely love this phone. The Vibrant was really what opened me up to Android while the G2x paved the way for rooting, recovery, and ROMs.
They both had their quirks and I feel like the SGSII is THE best phone out there. I see myself with this phone for a long time because of the great development and involvement of the Android community.
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I have to be honest guys, initially I did not like the thought of having a 4.5" display on my hands, I went and got the HTC AMAZE the same night was experiencing a horrible screen bleed, then found out the battery only last around 4-5hrs, it was a horrible 24hr experience... So, I decided to give the Galaxy SII a chance... OMG!!!... The GSII is the best phone I have ever had, battery is awesome I've been using the phone like there is no tomorrow, Web, YouTube, Text msg, Talking for hours, I mean constant use all day long, and I still have 30% left the battery, love it!!!... The screen, the colors, the camera its great... Definitely a way better build phone than other phones out there... Enjoy!!
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I had a vibrant a while back and that phone just doesn't compare. The back cover on the GSII is flimsy but at least it feels premium while on the phone.
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AllGamer said:
Feedback based on Stock Tmo ROM
PROS
after spending more than 12 hours straight doing all kind of stuff to this phone, which would have normally killed it in the old Nexus S, the T989 has by far surpassed all the expectations i had with it.
super fluid, i can do more than 10 things at once without crashing, hanging, or freezing, and simply rebooting like it did on the Nexus S.
i can be copying things around withing the phone while doing or running other apps, or installing things, without feeling a bit of lag
those simple operations would have easily frozen the Nexus S until whatever was holding it is done doing whatever it was doing.
The network speed is amazing, areas where i had poor download speed, less than 1 Mbps, now i can get 3 Mbps, areas where it maxed out at 5 Mbps i can get 8~9 Mbps (these are all indoors tests), and this is all in the broadware riddle stock ROM from Tmo
Eager to run some outdoor test to see how much higher the speed goes
speed coping pasting stuff to and from the SD card to PC or SD card to from internal memory is super fast
screen is simply amazing, it's working properly as designed, it was expected of a SAMOLED+ display, no where near as bad as it was presented on the worry topics.
camera is great, and very responsive, no shooter lag at all, unlike the Nexus S
flash works fine
the build quality is the highest i've seen from Samsung
CONS
the only thing that does worry me is the back cover...
i'm afraid after a while those teeth that keeps the cover locked to the side might simply wear out after frequent usage, like changing battery packs, changing SD cards, etc.
the speaker volume for speaker phone/ring tone is kinda low, compared to the Nexus S
screen default auto brightness is waaaaaaay too low, lets just say it stays at Zero or 5% most of the time. (work around, disable auto, and manually adjust to your liking), this will get better once CM7 or 3rd party apps becomes available to auto adjust screen brightness level as we set it to the level we want.
hmm... i can't think of anything else at the moment
still too excited and having too much fun, flashing things, restoring backup, migrating stuff from old phone to new phone, and installing more crap load of stuff to my 32GB class 10 Adata, soon to be replaced with the sandisk 64GB when it arrives by mail so i'll be installing even more stuff, until the phone slows down to a crawl, then i'll hold back
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I too came from the Nexus S and share the same opinion on this phone as you. I also am quite happy with the current rom devs for this phone. I am running EagleBlood rom and am getting some crazy good battery life.
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I have both the nexus s and the gs2. My gs2 spends more time in the box than it does being used. Don't get me wrong the phone is amazing but I like aosp(CM7). As soon as CM7 comes to the gs2 I wont look back. Gs2 ftw
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I was gunna make a post to see who was actually happy with the phone but you have done it for me.
I Love this phone its the bestest.
i came from iphone and the battery life is nothing compare to iphone. my expectations for this phone was off the charts, but now im just ehh.
Welcome to SGS2 Club AllGamer! Yes this phone is a Beast! Glad you finally got it.
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Loving my SGS2, don't really have any complaints. I also love all the devs that are popping out of nowhere to develop for this phone, not to mention Team Whiskey is also working on something.
If they made my Vibrant go from a POS to an awesome phone, I wonder what they are gonna do with this one. Can't wait!
Hercules Hercules!!
other than the battery, this phones features are crazy. and there are a lot of devs doing nice stuff to improve it too
I am a flashing maniac as well as a guy who gets bored with phones in a few weeks. I have had all the top devices, and the SGS2 has honestly exceeded all of my expectations X100!!! I don't even have the urge to Root it and flash ROMs because I am actually happy with it bone stock (a first for me). I think I have finally found my dream phone. When people show me their new iPhones I just giggle and smile. I want to marry this *****!!!!
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This phone is definitely amazing, exynos or not. I actually love touchwiz 4.0, something I thought I would never say. HUGE improvement over previous versions of touchwiz. No wonder why all tech reviews give this phone lots of praises.
SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
and the SGS2 has honestly exceeded all of my expectations X100!!! I don't even have the urge to Root it and flash ROMs because I am actually happy with it bone stock (a first for me).
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same here, of all the phones i've ever had, i was never happy with the stock ROM
this is a first, never seen such a snappier stock ROM ever
the crapware from Tmo are easy enough to remove once rooted.
now, if i flash ROM is just out of curiosity to check out what cool features the guys are adding
otherwise if i want a stable ROM, i'll just flash back to stock
i actually have a copy of the stock ROM in my SD card ready to be flash back, just in case any of the ROMs becomes unstable
I love this damn thing. Stock rom surprised the hell out of me with the features/responsiveness.
The only gripes I have are the lines at low brightness, the insane amount of bloatware, and no notification light.
Other than that, wow. I really can't believe how much I adore this phone. And the fact that I love to mod my phones (nexus one, g1 and hd2) says a lot for this one when I say I don't have any desire to root. Besides the bloat, but at least the app drawer lets me hide it.
Ok, I'm using eagleblood with go launcher... I'm in a constant love fest with the phone. Was that too overboard? Inappropriate? Awkward? I don't care. Well I came from a Droid Eris, so my ecstasy should be understandable. The Go Launcher is really solid BTW(tried a couple others that performed really sketchy) and I got it to get the desktop in landscape mode(whenever needed).and yeah, it's solid.
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This might be annoying, but who came from a LG G2x? The reason I got this phone is because my G2x fell in the toilet, which I wasn't even using. I loved the build quality of the G2x but it had some glaring issues. CM7 and great development (a couple devs are now here) made it a better phone than LG. But the speakerphone, APN (OMG 0_o) issues, and low quality screen have me admiring my SGSII for the great device it is. Had great memories with the G2x, but this will be my favorite phone for a long time.
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Yeah when functioning the
g2x was a beast...and
smoother...compare to the gs2 right now..
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Yeah when functioning the
g2x was a beast...and
smoother...compare to the gs2 right now..
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I absolutely agree but
.. I absolutely love this phone gaming on the g2x was soo much better I had a decent screen with minimal bleed and no reboots but this phone got me cause of the screen type and size there are pros and cons for both but all in all I think I made the right choice this phone has promise and every Dev in the world it seems like while the g2x forums were starting to get thin
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I think the G2x had a bad reputation from all the reboots and bugs even after the 2.3 update.
I still have my g2x and its still a beasr! Its faster and smoother than the gs2 right now (hopefully that changes soon) but the 4 inch screen just got too small. Never really ever had a reboot or any issue with it. Only beef also aside from the screen was that it didnt have a strong developer following.
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I came from the G2X. I never had the reboot issue, but it seems like I had every other issue known to man kind. So after 7...yes, you read that right 7...replacement devices, they allowed me to just upgrade. So I did to the Galaxy SII.
Only thing I miss is the LG camera we finally got in the dev section.
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I still have my g2x and its still a beasr! Its faster and smoother than the g2x right now (hopefully that changes soon) but the 4 inch screen just got too small. Never really ever had a reboot or any issue with it. Only beef also aside from the screen was that it didnt have a strong developer following.
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+1 on the screen size .. lol... I picked it up and turned it on the other day before I shipped it to the buyer and wow that thing felt tiny in my hand I got used to this phone really fast now when I look down at this phone it seems normal
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G2X who? Haha, yeah I came from the G2X and although Weapon G2X had it running great I don't miss it at all.
Hercules Hercules!!
I had the G2x running CM7 and never had any reboot or screen bleed issues. I bought the Galaxy S2 because I was a loyal Nexus S user before the G2x. I am not into gaming and I mainly use the phone for my GMail and Calender functions.
The Galaxy S2 has been great so far, I wish they would have made the screen with more DPI, but I have gotten use to the large screen which is nice when you are reading emails with attachments.
As far as the G2x is concerned, it was a nice phone but the Galaxy S2 is here to stay and so far the new development has been impressive. I am running the juggernaut V 2 ROM and so far it's been very smooth and no issues.
I still have it, i thought it was a good phone mine was good to me, and actually the ips display was nice. Still one of the fastest phones
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I still have it, i thought it was a good phone mine was good to me, and actually the ips display was nice. Still one of the fastest phones
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I didn't know u jumped to the s2 I remember seeing u around the g2x forums I sold mine kinda wish I would have kept it now but ohh wellwell
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Same here, I still have mine as well and use it now mostly for playing music but I still keep trying new ROM's and use it from day to day. I guess I miss it a little bit.
I still have mine and I use it from time to time to play music. I dont miss it. Screen size is everything.
I did and I'm not looking back. The GS2 runs circles around my G2x. No matter what ROM I used it was laggy and would shut off randomly etc. If i shut it off and then plugged it into the charger, it would turn itself back on. I just got tired of it.
The screen was great and it was a nice looking phone, but for me, that was all.
The one thing I miss is CyanogenMod, but with Kondik at Samsung it shouldn't take too long. Currently loving all of the GSII community and support.
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Another former G2X owner checking in! The only thing i actually miss about using my G2X is the ability to fry eggs with it...damn phone was always so damn hot! Lol.
I actually still have my G2X. I kinda only use it to show off Quadrant scores to my friends/co-workers...
I, too came from the g2x. I really liked the phone when it worked, but I had just about every problem in the book - reboots, shutdowns, no data, screen bleeding, serious (at times) lag, etc. Complained enough to get an early early upgrade. Very happy with the SGS2 - it's nice to have a phone that just works (at least for me). The RAM boost is great, too. I thought a 4" screen was perfect when I was on the g2x, but now I don't know how I could go any smaller than 4.3. Plus the colors on the SGS2 just blow the g2x out of the water. Only thing the g2x has on it is pixel density. SGS2 also has much better battery life, and of course, faster data speeds if they are available in your area. I would highly recommend moving on to the sgs2.
Hi, Im thinking of buying a gal.... but i was wondering some stuff,
1 : Is the phone good? Does it lagg and stuff like that.
2 : Is there many custom mods?
3 : What are the Good sides and the bad
Thanks in advance
Sry for my bad english, My grammer sucks
It's good, like it better than my old Galaxy S2.
Some mods, I haven't done much to mine though besides sticking in the sim card and exploring the phone.
Good sides - It's pretty awesome.
Bad - Screen rotation's slow on some apps..that's all I have so far.
Probably should have posted in the QA section.
Get it. I'm coming from iOS. Well, still use it. But this is the only phone I would use with android on a daily basis. Yeah there are cons, but overall no regret. Customizing, this is the phone u want. I predict this phone will only get better and be supported for a long time. Good luck with your decision
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It's great.
But it is a dev. phone, expect some bugs.
Overall I love it, and I think it's relatively beg-free compared to my N1 when I got that one and my expectations.
It is a lovely phone.
Is the screen really bright and is the volume of notifications really loud ?
The build in speaker sucks pretty hard. You have to use apps like volume+ to be able to hear your notifications in a louder environment.
But the screen is simply awesome.
Oh, and ice cream sandwich too
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I came from a droid x2, and I couldn't be happier.
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1. yes, once in a while here and there
2. dont know, i dont use custom mod
3. 4g, ok screen. bad battery life.
I came from an HTC Evo 4G.
First thing that I STILL can't get over after a weeks time is the screen! it wows me every time I turn it on!
I have gotten the phone to lag at some points but that's when I'm pushing it pretty hard. That's not too bad because once I load an over clocked kernel on it the lag should be gone for good.
overall the phone is simply amazing! I think I'll still be very happy with my purchase even after all the big 2012 models are announced in the next couple of months.
can't go wrong with a nexus!
EDIT: the phone is very snappy! when I say I've gotten it to lag, I mean it's not that often and I'm really working the phone hard to see it stutter but that was normal use with my evo even with OC and CM7.1
zeke1988 said:
1. yes, once in a while here and there
2. dont know, i dont use custom mod
3. 4g, ok screen. bad battery life.
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Seriously? Ok screen? What screen is better? Btw, your Miley Cyrus profile pic makes me believe your sight ain't that great.
Signal issues and mtp are the only issues I'm having. The phone is smooth as butter. Best on the market right now.
Okay thanks going to buy it as soon as my local store got it in stock
I'm sure that this is the wrong place for this, and yes, I did search, but....here goes anyways:
I think I've narrowed it down to the Nexus 5 or the G2. I've been very happy with LG in the past, and see no reason not to keep it up. Here's how I see the competition:
Nexus 5 pros: Price, "pure" Android, HUGE aftermarket support, wireless charging.
G2 pros: IR blaster, camera, battery, slightly larger display.
I know there are other differences, these are just the ones that jump out to me. I would be 100% sold on the G2, if not for the fact that it's not running 4.4 out of the box. I use group text at work a lot, and have yet to find a replacement SMS/MMS app I like as much as stock.
If it matters, I'm on Sprint (unlimited data) and currently have the OG running CM11.
So.....thoughts? Preferences? Experience?
I highly recommend the HTC one. I got one and had to give it to my wife after she had a mishap with her phone and water. Anyway, was by far the best phone experience for me. Plus if you are into rooting you have the Google play edition roms which is pure android I think. Camera and video editing software are second to none. My two cents. I have and lgog but as soon as best buy has the one for $50 again I'm upgrading.
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I'd prefer the G2, if you do root, you'll have the same phone when you start flashing stuff pretty much. Except you'll have the amazing battery and screen of the G2
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I'm sure that this is the wrong place for this, and yes, I did search, but....here goes anyways:
I think I've narrowed it down to the Nexus 5 or the G2. I've been very happy with LG in the past, and see no reason not to keep it up. Here's how I see the competition:
Nexus 5 pros: Price, "pure" Android, HUGE aftermarket support, wireless charging.
G2 pros: IR blaster, camera, battery, slightly larger display.
I know there are other differences, these are just the ones that jump out to me. I would be 100% sold on the G2, if not for the fact that it's not running 4.4 out of the box. I use group text at work a lot, and have yet to find a replacement SMS/MMS app I like as much as stock.
If it matters, I'm on Sprint (unlimited data) and currently have the OG running CM11.
So.....thoughts? Preferences? Experience?
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You selling your old phone?
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You selling your old phone?
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I'm planning on hanging on to it. Let my son use it for gaming.
I have an lgog I'll sell. Great condition. Pm me if interested.
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My daily is a G2 ... i got the G2 and then I then got an s4 and I am back to a G2.... The battery life is tremendously better on the G2 and the phone can do it all. Sure The S4 is a feature laden phone so I suggest looking at all the bells and whistles on their respective sites. In all honestly the whole not having 4.4 is over rated. The G2 flies and the camera is great on both. I think if you remember you can return or exchange your phone within 14 days you should go get the G2 and my bet is that you won't want to give it up.
Once the Nexus 5 came out my friend got one. I spent the day with it and as nice and all as it is being fairly debloated I still feel like the build quality is cheap. I've had an htc one and well my opinion is that's it still has the same things I disliked with the other htc's I've owned. They did a great job with the phone itself but they need to redo sense.
The G2 really is that good, as for the Nexus 5, to me it just felt cheap. I'd wait 2 weeks for the LG Flex to come out for sprint as the one for at&t is Holy Cow! A maze ing.
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What is your normal battery life on the G2? I'm just curious. And the G2 is definitely a higher end phone than the Nexus5, the only area I feel like the Nexus5 trumps the G2 in is developer support. But give it time and I'm sure the G2 will catch up. That's the main upside to Nexus devices in general, they are made to essentially be hacked. I also agree that a lot of 4.4 is just overrated. However, where some of the devs are taking AOSP 4.4 is pretty awesome, Omni specifically. The stock camera app that came on my lgog is world's ahead of the android camera so I bet the G2 is even better.
When the 2 phones came out I would have taken a Nexus5 because custom roms and support here at xda is one of the most important things to me, but the G2 is catching up and has better specs.
I wish Sprint would get the xperia line, currently the only phone I would take over a G2 is an xperia z1. 20.7mp camera and removable storage? Yes please! And it survived the same drop test as the Flex(which failed miserably) with only minor scratches on the side.
But currently, I'd actually keep my lgog over either of them because of this community. It's not important to most users, but to me, it makes all the difference.
EDIT: Looking at the G2 forums, it seems as though it's already made some serious strides in development. I keep forgetting @Lrod0175 got a G2 - that guy makes some quality roms.
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Total hours each charge 17 to 23 hours. Never less than 17 yet. It fluctuates as I can say when I used pandora on the s4 on my daily 12 mile bike ride it drained horribly. The G2 hardly drops at all. Yes there is little on here for the G2 but I can say once you've rooted it and removed what you don't care for there really is little left you'll want to do to it. The camera like the lgog is imo more clear than any of the others.
You can't go wrong with either choice. I say if your mind is set on the nexus 5, get the G2 and use it for 3 days. If you're not blown away and in love just take it back to sprint and get the nexus 5. The knock on feature is great.
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Thank you for the info and easing my curiosity(it can be a bit much sometimes). And I also feel the same way about my lgog. I flash every rom under the sun but I still go back to the stock I've been modifying and backing up since day one.
My lgog's battery fluctuates as well. GTA San Andreas is a battery hog no matter what I do. The reason I asked is because I never get less than 24 hours on the ls970 - my record was 30 hours with 7 hours screen on time. I don't have the higher capacity battery either. So many people seem to get abysmal battery stats with it.
Viper1.1 kernel made an immediate improvement, I never use auto brightness, if I'm not using it(3g, gps, whatever) it's turned off. I turned the capacitive lights off altogether as well. And greenify helps a lot. I also undervolt as much as possible. But I took this earlier tonight(I would have taken another one but started playing San Andreas again and just put it on the charger while I was). Most people don't think this sort of battery life is even possible with the lgog - just shows what constant tinkering can accomplish!
EDIT: Sorry @morganstein for just dropping my battery stats in your thread and getting off topic.