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I'm always a little iffy about all of the phones I buy but I'm sold on the Galaxy Nexus (Maguro). There really is no phone like it. I'm gonna go ahead and do a mini review since I know Gnex owners like seeing positive experiences.
Background: I basically came from an iPhone and a One X. I was an Android purist when I first started my smartphone venture with the myTouch 3G and the Evo 4G. Due to battery life problems and countless defects, I went to the iPhone for a year and found myself incredibly bored. Recently, I purchased the One X, but it was also plagued by manufacturer defects and Sense killed it for me. No use having great hardware on an platform that isn't optimized.
I decided to look into the Gnex because I saw a deal on the Play Store and I love the pure Android experience. I have to say, I've never had a smartphone experience like this. I received the phone quick as hell from Google (two day shipping). From first impressions the hardware looked incredibly well made: no hardware buttons, sleek and well thought out design, etc.
Turned on the phone and I was so happy to see just the Google trademark and the Nexus boot animation with no carrier branding or bloat. The phone has a bright, vivid screen that easily rivals the One X, snappy performance and feels great in the hand. So, as any logical Android power user would do, I unlocked the bootloader, rooted my phone and began flashing to see which setup fit me best.
I finally found my favorite. Right now, I'm on:CyanogenMod 2012-06-13-NIGHTLY-MAGURO with Trinity STABLE65.
Only thing I needed now was to experience daily use of my phone to determine whether or not it was a winner. As of today, I'm sold. I took my phone off the charger yesterday around 10:15 AM to head to the beach. Took pictures, texted, made a few phone calls. Left the beach at 5 PM, went to the mall and ran around the whole mall busting missions using my phone with horrible signal. Left home, got ready to go out, went to a party and spent the night texting, browsing the Internet, taking pictures, and making phone calls. I came home at 5 AM, fell asleep, woke up today at 11 AM, and the phone is still going! 1d 2h turned on with 30% left. I have finally found the phone for me. Not even my One X gave me such good results.
Not only that, pictures at night come out fantastic, to the point that I make my iPhone friends jealous. I removed bootanimation.zip so now I only see the Android logo when the phone boots. I copied modded Sans Serif fonts to my system/fonts folder and now I see Emoji system wide. I tweaked the screen colors, customized my phone to my desire, and I'm still not done making it exactly how I want it.And to top it off, everyone asks me about my phone. When they hold it they can't believe how light it feels in the hand. When they use it they say "I didn't know Android was this easy to use."
So yeah, thats my experience with the Gnex and I thought you all might like seeing it. I hope you guys have similar experiences. I'm loving my Gnex. Cheers!
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dimgl said:
I purchased the One X, but it was also plagued by manufacturer defects and Sense killed it for me.
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I went from the Desire to the Desire HD, and the build quality of the DHD was appalling. I sold it rooted about a week later and spent another happy 22 months with my Desire before upgrading to the Nexus.
I'd like to give the SGS III a go, but I just can't be bothered with the home button and the dedicated soft keys, I'm sure you can deactivate them, but I am made up with Black Ice without a nav bar, LMT is the best thing ever invented.
Im on the fence about getting this phone from the play store just like you. That battety life seems amazing but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life. I really want to pull the trigger though. And hows your reception? Are you on tmobile or att?
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Toad858 said:
but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life.
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How can GSM battery life possibly be worse than LTE?
I'm very happy with the battery life I get with my GSM Nexus, compared to any other phone I've owned, it's just as good.
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Im on the fence about getting this phone from the play store just like you. That battety life seems amazing but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life. I really want to pull the trigger though. And hows your reception? Are you on tmobile or att?
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Its just the opposite....GSM has way better life then there cdma version. Lte kills the battery. I'm on T-Mobile and this is the best battery life I've ever seen stock and then when u throw a trinity kernel on it u can easily get a day and a half....and I've had a lot of phones this phone is awesome
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Im on the fence about getting this phone from the play store just like you. That battety life seems amazing but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life. I really want to pull the trigger though. And hows your reception? Are you on tmobile or att?
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Wtf is up with the misconception about gsm battery life. It's great, and anybody who says otherwise is missing something. The pics below are 30% brightness, data on and syncing entire time. And these results are not abnormal for RAScream + trinity users. Standard size battery.
-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream+Trinity).-
I have the verizon cdma version, and while it may not get as good battery life as the gsm version, it's still pretty good. You just have to find a rom/kernel combo that you and your phone likes. On average I get about 2-3 hours of screen time, depending on what I'm doing, and lasts a full day.
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Wtf is up with the misconception about gsm battery life. It's great, and anybody who says otherwise is missing something. The pics below are 30% brightness, data on and syncing entire time. And these results are not abnormal for RAScream + trinity users. Standard size battery.
-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream+Trinity).-
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I'm about to try out Rascream, I've been hearing good things about it, and it's about the only rom I haven't tried yet. I personally don't like all the extra's the other roms through in, because I never use them.
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I have the verizon cdma version, and while it may not get as good battery life as the gsm version, it's still pretty good. You just have to find a rom/kernel combo that you and your phone likes. On average I get about 2-3 hours of screen time, depending on what I'm doing, and lasts a full day.
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I'm about to try out Rascream, I've been hearing good things about it, and it's about the only rom I haven't tried yet. I personally don't like all the extra's the other roms through in, because I never use them.
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You will love it. So fast and stable. What more you expect ? Rascream + trinity...rocks!!!
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I'm about to try out Rascream, I've been hearing good things about it, and it's about the only rom I haven't tried yet. I personally don't like all the extra's the other roms through in, because I never use them.
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I highly recommend it. you will not regret trying it!
-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream+Trinity).-
What is Rascream?
Rascream is a "stockish" ROM with a some added fuctionality (like status bar power widget & modifiable navbar) there is no official thread but discussion on this ROM take place in the Trinity kernel thread in the GSM dev section
The phone has been out over 7 months, and we're still getting "mini reviews?" As much as I love my Nexus, it's old news. The GS3 is the new king, and the Nexus is yesterday's new toy.
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TheBiles said:
The phone has been out over 7 months, and we're still getting "mini reviews?" As much as I love my Nexus, it's old news. The GS3 is the new king, and the Nexus is yesterday's new toy.
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There's always one guy who wants to trash the party.
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dimgl said:
There's always one guy who wants to trash the party.
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Sorry that the party is pretty old.
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TheBiles said:
The phone has been out over 7 months, and we're still getting "mini reviews?" As much as I love my Nexus, it's old news. The GS3 is the new king, and the Nexus is yesterday's new toy.
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Not all countries launched the phone on the same date. Besides, not everybody is willing to pay the price difference for a SGS3, the Gnex still can deal with any app with no problems, the dev support for a Nexus Device has no rival.
So yes, reviews at this point in time are still very welcome.
I bought the GNexus about 20 days ago, my first nexus and I don't think I can go back to a no nexus phone. The pure android experience and this community are awesome.
I have tried AOKP+ Franco, Rascream + Trinity and for me rascream + Franco has delivered the best performance.
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Not all countries launched the phone on the same date. Besides, not everybody is willing to pay the price difference for a SGS3, the Gnex still can deal with any app with no problems, the dev support for a Nexus Device has no rival.
So yes, reviews at this point in time are still very welcome.
I bought the GNexus about 20 days ago, my first nexus and I don't think I can go back to a no nexus phone. The pure android experience and this community are awesome.
I have tried AOKP+ Franco, Rascream + Trinity and for me rascream + Franco has delivered the best performance.
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just cause you like pure android that doesn't mean touchwiz suck. it has its pros and cons. and besides that S3 has better hardware as well and newer so without a questions its the hot topic. i know you bought yours 20 days ago but thats actually very late.. Nexus is old (got mine in Feb) and S3 is new. just have to accept it.
LTE Gnex, standard battery and Trinity ZM3 kernel. Hard to beat that with any phone and definitely any Android I've ever owned.
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just cause you like pure android that doesn't mean touchwiz suck. it has its pros and cons. and besides that S3 has better hardware as well and newer so without a questions its the hot topic. i know you bought yours 20 days ago but thats actually very late.. Nexus is old (got mine in Feb) and S3 is new. just have to accept it.
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What will get your further google or Samsung ?
TheBiles said:
Sorry that the party is pretty old.
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Then go to the new party and leave this one alone.
JaiaV said:
Then go to the new party and leave this one alone.
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+1. I switched from a Sprint E4GT to my GSM GNex a few weeks ago and I'm still floored by this phone. No need for folks to be buzzkills.
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I'm currently looking for a ROM base to modify to my needs. I really like the features available in cm but I'm not sure if cm10 (stock) is stable enough for production use yet. Does anyone have experience with this?
Been using it for about a month now and have no issues what so ever, I recommend the builds by Euroskank as he adds some really useful features.
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Been using it for about a month now and have no issues what so ever, I recommend the builds by Euroskank as he adds some really useful features.
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Thanks! I'm looking at adding my own features that I need so I'll be compiling from src
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Thanks! I'm looking at adding my own features that I need so I'll be compiling from src
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Even though they are not any RC's yet its pretty stable I have been running a nightly for two weeks
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I threw CM10 on mine and I had some radio issues. I don't know the technical details but the signal wouldn't lock in completely. The signal notification on the top bar would never turn blue no matter how perfect signal was, the wifi wouldn't lock in blue either. Reverted to stock for now.
Other than that it was awesome!
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I threw CM10 on mine and I had some radio issues. I don't know the technical details but the signal wouldn't lock in completely. The signal notification on the top bar would never turn blue no matter how perfect signal was, the wifi wouldn't lock in blue either. Reverted to stock for now.
Other than that it was awesome!
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FYI - even though your bars are gray, you still have an active data connection. When they turn blue it means they are connected to googles servers
Sorry for OT - but try JBSourcery instead. :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824624&highlight=jbsourcery&page=3
I just got my Verizon GNex about 3 days ago and right when I got it I rooted and put the CM10 preview ROM on it. I haven't found one thing wrong with it yet. Works great for me
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You can also try Paranoid Android which has CM10 as its base and this ROM has been very stable for me. This ROM can be used in stock phone layout, phablet, or tablet modes.
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I just got my Verizon GNex about 3 days ago and right when I got it I rooted and put the CM10 preview ROM on it. I haven't found one thing wrong with it yet. Works great for me
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How is your battery life? GPS? Still no bugs?
I'm still running Pete's Bugless Beast and its so perfect but just no mods or customization. I want to be able to customize but I don't know that I want to risk losing my bugless JB...
Has anyone compiled cm10 from source with no customizations other than the camera, NFC, and GPS files? How is that build? I'm going to be modifying it for personal and perhaps submit back.
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FYI - even though your bars are gray, you still have an active data connection. When they turn blue it means they are connected to googles servers
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Gotcha, thanks, I still was having issues, but I think it was hardware of 515.10 dropping connection
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ldp_frog said:
How is your battery life? GPS? Still no bugs?
I'm still running Pete's Bugless Beast and its so perfect but just no mods or customization. I want to be able to customize but I don't know that I want to risk losing my bugless JB...
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GPS is perfect. Locks immediately. Battery life is nothing to write home about. I have the official extended battery and with decent use I might get 8hrs if I'm lucky. I'm up for ideas on other JB ROMs for Verizon that have better battery life.
Everything is perfect except for the battery. Almost afraid to flash another ROM because everything on the CM10 preview works for me.
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I've been using XenonHD ROM for about a month now and find there are many features that were present in CM9! Runs fast and smooth!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667418
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I might get 8hrs if I'm lucky. I'm up for ideas on other JB ROMs for Verizon that have better battery life.
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JTFC, that's awful. How does it compare with what you had on ICS? I get decent battery life on JB (CM10), but still slightly lower (10-15%) than on CM9, but 1.5 to 2 days is still possible with my use + 3 hours screen on or so over that time. This holds true for all the JB ROMs I've run. 4-5 hours of screen on time over a workday of hard use is still possible for me, but idle drain seems to be hit/miss, some nights 0.25%/hour, other's 1%. Sync seems to be a more of a battery eater on JB, and I haven't bothered running Google Now since the first day or two I ran JB.
Shall see how today's JRO03L build performs.
Running vicious rom, the cm10, great with Franco kernel and his app. No complaints. Only thing is i can't get play music to download to my phone from the cloud
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JTFC, that's awful. How does it compare with what you had on ICS? I get decent battery life on JB (CM10), but still slightly lower (10-15%) than on CM9, but 1.5 to 2 days is still possible with my use + 3 hours screen on or so over that time. This holds true for all the JB ROMs I've run. 4-5 hours of screen on time over a workday of hard use is still possible for me, but idle drain seems to be hit/miss, some nights 0.25%/hour, other's 1%. Sync seems to be a more of a battery eater on JB, and I haven't bothered running Google Now since the first day or two I ran JB.
Shall see how today's JRO03L build performs.
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Unfortunately I don't have anything to compare it to. The GNex was a warranty replacement for my old Thunderbolt. After I got the GNex I immediately rooted and threw the first JB ROM on it I could find. I will keep searching through various threads in the development forum and see what I can come up with.
Oh and thanks for confirming my suspicion that my battery life is below average. The weekend is here. Plenty of time for experimenting
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Unfortunately I don't have anything to compare it to. The GNex was a warranty replacement for my old Thunderbolt. After I got the GNex I immediately rooted and threw the first JB ROM on it I could find. I will keep searching through various threads in the development forum and see what I can come up with.
Oh and thanks for confirming my suspicion that my battery life is below average. The weekend is here. Plenty of time for experimenting
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I highly recommend Better Battery Stats if you don't have it already. There's a free XDA version posted on the site, but the Market version is well worth the ~3$ also. Sync and location services (GPS or Google) and Google Now seem to be the biggest offenders on JB. I run sync and location sparingly.
That said, the GN is definitely no battery queen unfortunately :crying:
Now before I get flamed for asking such a ridiculous question, let me start off by saying that I know the SG3 is an awesome phone and it had features and does things better/faster than the SG2. That being said, is it REALLY worth the upgrade?
I've had my SG2 for a little over a year. I'm eligible for an upgrade on October 2 and I'm debating on whether or not I should switch over to the SG3. I really love my SG2. I have it rooted and customized perfectly (for me). The only thing that I wish was better is the battery life...its still better than most android ICS phones, but it still drains pretty fast with moderate - heavy use (yes I've already played around with different ROMs, kernels and modems). While I'm at work I have to keep the phone connected to WiFi because I don't get the best reception in my office...so that causes the battery to drain as well. Because battery life is a concern I also keep it slightly undervolted, which causes it to be somewhat slow and laggy, but it gives me the best battery life. I know the SG3 is certainly going to be faster than my SG2...but is battery life that much better? I know its a bigger battery, but there's a lot more for the SG3 to power (compared to the SG2), so I'm wondering if battery life is a wash.
Anyway...for those of you that upgraded from the SG2...what are your impressions...was it worth it?
Thanks in advance!
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Now before I get flamed for asking such a ridiculous question, let me start off by saying that I know the SG3 is an awesome phone and it had features and does things better/faster than the SG2. That being said, is it REALLY worth the upgrade?
I've had my SG2 for a little over a year. I'm eligible for an upgrade on October 2 and I'm debating on whether or not I should switch over to the SG3. I really love my SG2. I have it rooted and customized perfectly (for me). The only thing that I wish was better is the battery life...its still better than most android ICS phones, but it still drains pretty fast with moderate - heavy use (yes I've already played around with different ROMs, kernels and modems). While I'm at work I have to keep the phone connected to WiFi because I don't get the best reception in my office...so that causes the battery to drain as well. Because battery life is a concern I also keep it slightly undervolted, which causes it to be somewhat slow and laggy, but it gives me the best battery life. I know the SG3 is certainly going to be faster than my SG2...but is battery life that much better? I know its a bigger battery, but there's a lot more for the SG3 to power (compared to the SG2), so I'm wondering if battery life is a wash.
Anyway...for those of you that upgraded from the SG2...what are your impressions...was it worth it?
Thanks in advance!
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Yes it is... NFC...
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I can pull 14 hours with 4 hours screen on time w/ FreeGS3 rom. Now that may change now though since I flash a new kernel. We shall see.
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I'd wait for the note ii, if you can handle the size
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I would say the note 2, but i just tried the older one and it don't fit in my pockets at all. Just wait till January there will be some killer quad core behemoths waiting for you. The galaxy s3 is great phone but it made everyone step there game up a notch. I might have to get a man purse if i like the note 2 alot :/.
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Yea I looked at the Note but its just too big. The SG3 is probably the biggest i'd go
, yes it's definitely worth it if you don't want to waste your upgrade on the note 2 because you don't like the size this phone is the perfect fit I like you resisted upgrading from my S 2 but now that I have the battery life is better the phone is faster and the features and APs move way smoother I would definitely get it
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Sorry to bump an old thread but didn't want to start a new one...
Coming from an epic 4g touch, will it be worth it after all these new updates coming out? I have a hook up already set where the difference of switching will be only $200(no upgrade)..
reason why I'm hesistant is cause Samsung has failed us on very late os updates..was planning on the next nexus to be my next phone. Opinions?
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Sorry to bump an old thread but didn't want to start a new one...
Coming from an epic 4g touch, will it be worth it after all these new updates coming out? I have a hook up already set where the difference of switching will be only $200(no upgrade)..
reason why I'm hesistant is cause Samsung has failed us on very late os updates..was planning on the next nexus to be my next phone. Opinions?
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I have both and I'm currently using e4gt cause of 4g Wimax, but I'd recommend skipping the s3 and going for the note 2 if it's within your budget!
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Just a quick comparison...
My boss has a Verizon S4, completely stock....Today she asked me to go through it and set up her blue tooth, office Wifi, and get rid of some of the notifications she's getting all the time.
I took this time to dig into the phone and compare her stock Verizon S4 to my At&t DeTmobilized (1.5) S3. First off, I love the S4.. But after playing with the two side-by-side, my NEED to get one has subsided quite a bit.
S3 - Snappier/faster UI.. Everything seemed to respond quicker (this is a very snappy ROM)
S3 - Opened apps quicker
S3 - S Voice responded quicker
S3 - S Voice gave quicker results (when a question was asked to both at the same time)
S3 - Opened up websites quicker using Chrome
S3 - loaded websites faster, but didn't render them as fast (if that makes sense?).
S4 - Camera was amazing, pic quality seemed pretty close (at least on the small screens)
S4 - Rendered the websites slightly faster (became clear faster).
S4 - Quadrant Standard showed it was 4000 points higher than the S3 (S3 was around 6000, S4 was around 10,000), but didn't feel it when using it.
At&t's LTE was faster in this location with the At&t S3 at 26mbs and the Verizon S4 at 14mbs.
Just some quick comparison... I realize if the S4 had a custom ROM, it would have smoked the S3 in most (or all) aspects. But this makes me feel good having an S3.
This is a nice comparison. Ive actually owned both an S3 and an S4 on AT&T and have great LTE coverage here in Nashville.And your Comparisons are pretty much on par with my experience. I've since went back to the S3 just for a pound for pound better device software wise.
Thanks for your work.
I agree!! Been running the same ROM since inception and love it!! I really wanted an s4, but will probly hold out til the s5 or something, this phone is more than good enough for the time being. On a side note though, quadrant is not reliable at all, and the score proves nothing!!
At&t LTE is faster than Verizon's LTE for me too. Thanks for the comparison. S3 is also nice because it has an unlocked bootloader.
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On a side note though, quadrant is not reliable at all, and the score proves nothing!!
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Yeah, I kind of figured that.. I can run it 3 time and get 3 different results that range from the mid to upper 4000's to lower 6000's on my S3. But I figured 4000 points is a "ballpark" comparison.
Just curious, are there any good bench-marking programs our there?
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Yeah, I kind of figured that.. I can run it 3 time and get 3 different results that range from the mid to upper 4000's to lower 6000's on my S3. But I figured 4000 points is a "ballpark" comparison.
Just curious, are there any good bench-marking programs our there?
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I've heard good things about AnTuTu benchmark, but I've never personally used it, so I'm not sure???
The best benchmark is real world use.
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The best benchmark is real world use.
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I second that...
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Did anyone else catch the article about Samsung cheating at benchmarks on the S4?
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/30/samsung-benchmarks/
The article says Exynos Octacore, but I wonder if they snuck something into the US devices as well.
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I just recently installed my first custom rom on s3, and the difference is insane. It's soooo snappy. It was starting to feel a bit slow with the S4's and HTC One's of the world floating around, but my desire to upgrade has also subsided a great deal.
Not planning to upgrade anytime soon. S3 is freaking awesome!
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I am more than happy with this device and don't see much of a reason to upgrade.
We have a working build of 4.3 (CM 10.2) thanks to some very keen developers. Performance wise CM 10.2 on this phone is on par with GS4 or HTC one as any lag I noticed in 4.2.2 is gone and everything feels more "buttery". The improvements from 4.2 to 4.3 are anything but minimal (http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html) and it really shows on this device.
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Good comparison of the two phones. This actually calmed my phone upgrade urge also. I wish we could see more of these type of threads especially those that used both phones. It could bring some interesting discussions and information.
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I feel exactly the same way. After using my friends s4 I realized that in terms of real world use they don't differ by much. Not really worth the upgrade, at least not right now.
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I've been installing ROMs on my SGIII for awhile now and I highly recommend CM10.1. Its fast, very functional, pretty, and has a wonderful battery life.
The best app for rating battery life is Better Battery Stats
strat just released RC5 for Intergalactic 3.0. Its great! You may want to keep an eye out for the final release.
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Im loving my s3 with the latest build of cm 10.2
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Did anyone else catch the article about Samsung cheating at benchmarks on the S4?
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/30/samsung-benchmarks/
The article says Exynos Octacore, but I wonder if they snuck something into the US devices as well.
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Yes. They inserted code to basically overclock just for the tests. Sneaky.
I only played with the S4 in the att store... (ahh rhymes). But I really love my S3 on tasks AOKP with KTs kernel. Feels nearly faster. I think I'll wait for the S5 and for task to build his AOKP for its!
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att vs. vzw?
I wonder how much of a difference the two carriers' versions of these phones make for the performance. I also have an AT&T S3, and on the newest CM 10.2 it is very snappy and the battery life is great. I have a friend who has a similar set-up on his Verizon phone and his stutters sometimes and doesnt get as good battery life as me. I do have AT&T LTE in this area, not sure what kind of coverage Verizon has though.
I want to try android and I can get this phone in a trade. I have a few quick questions.
How is battery life?
Is this phone receiving updates?
Has anyone switched from iOS to this phone how's the experience?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Stock ROM battery life is great, Custom ROM's is hit and miss but for the most they do really well.
The phone is sitting on 4.1.2 and in all honesty it prob. won't get updated any further, however with that said user's are running 4.3 custom ROM's as a daily driver.
I haven't had a iPhone, I do own several ipods ranging from the first to Gen.5 touch, I can say that with the experience of owning those and the experience of owning numerous android devices, I have no desire to own a iPhone.
Good luck with your choice and perhaps we will see you cross over into the dark side...
qhinton said:
I want to try android and I can get this phone in a trade. I have a few quick questions.
How is battery life?
Is this phone receiving updates?
Has anyone switched from iOS to this phone how's the experience?
Any feedback is appreciated.
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I don't believe you will see similar battery life to the iPhone on ANY Android phone. They are very different OS's and as such battery drain is understandably different. That said, this phone has very good if not great battery life. It is subject of course to your use and needs. If you have the screen on all day, it's going to drain fast. If you use wifi tether, or leave wifi on when there is no wifi to connect to that's also going to significantly affect battery life. If you want to use Google Now or some other app that runs as a constant process in the background, you may not see great battery life.
That said, I have recently uninstalled some apps I don't use a whole lot, and disabled Google Now (I didn't use it that much) and on a custom ROM I am seeing 12-15 hours battery life with moderate use.
As previous responder stated, don't expect any more updates from LG. They may come, but it's always best to keep expectations low so you can be surprised. If you have plans to root, this community is great and we have had relatively bug-free releases of the most recent versions of Android within a few weeks of their release.
qhinton said:
I want to try android and I can get this phone in a trade. I have a few quick questions.
How is battery life?
Is this phone receiving updates?
Has anyone switched from iOS to this phone how's the experience?
Any feedback is appreciated.
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To be really honest, you will have a better experience switching from an Iphone to a Galaxy S3 or S4. The LGOG community is small and even though its solid it can make finding the answers you need a bit difficult. If you are looking to get into the custom rom scene, then i would recommend a more popular phone for your first rodeo.
I had the iPhone 5...went to the gs4 and it sucked....traded it for a lgog and I'm loving it...its a great android device....way better than the iphone 5 and gs4....IMO...
I get 12+ hrs medium usage
Stock setup is awesome
And now carbon ROM is awesome.
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Thanks
Thanks for the feedback. I will get it ago.
Not really answering your questions, but just wanted to say that the build quality is very similar. Feels great in the hand, nice glass back, good weight. Figured that might be a question because iPhones are known for having a good feel.
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qhinton said:
Thanks for the feedback. I will get it ago.
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Battery life is a hit and miss...some days I can get 12+ hours with moderate use. I remember one day it lasted 26 hours. ?. All of my friends with iPhones want my phone for its camera. We may not be getting any OS updates but rooting is easy so you can update it yourself. I highly recommend the LGOG...or you could wait for the LG G2 which is coming out mid-late September.
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Battery life is a hit and miss...some days I can get 12+ hours with moderate use. I remember one day it lasted 26 hours. ?. All of my friends with iPhones want my phone for its camera. We may not be getting any OS updates but rooting is easy so you can update it yourself. I highly recommend the LGOG...or you could wait for the LG G2 which is coming out mid-late September.
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26 hours in one day! They should put that in their advertisements.
With little use ive gotten 2 days out of one charge and this is on shellnuts cm10.2.
I dunno what an iPhone is like as I've never had one. I do know I can do almost anything with my phone. I build weather monitoring systems for a living and its cooll I don't need a laptop cause I can telnet to the systems with my android. My biggest complaint about any smartphone is why can't I print. We have a WiFi printer at my work and I have to copy and email myself to print info. Stupid...I can stream over HDMI cables but not print?
Something Google needs to address.
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