trading my s4 for optimus g pro - LG Optimus G Pro

I wanna trade my galaxy s4(locked bootloader) for an optimus g pro. are there any limitations with this phone as far as root & installing custom roms, specifically aosp & cm based?

deadenz said:
I wanna trade my galaxy s4(locked bootloader) for an optimus g pro. are there any limitations with this phone as far as root & installing custom roms, specifically aosp & cm based?
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I don't think there is any.
ROMs and custom kernels are many, though I am good enough with my rooted Stock ROM. Excellent battery life. I once managed to have 44hours of battery usage from full charge down to 4%
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AzureV said:
I don't think there is any.
ROMs and custom kernels are many, though I am good enough with my rooted Stock ROM. Excellent battery life. I once managed to have 44hours of battery usage from full charge down to 4%
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sounds good. I had an LG Optimus L9 p769, the battery was great on that phone also, but the bootloader was locked or something.. you couldn't put custom roms on like cm. maybe you can now, but then you couldn't and I really couldn't stand the UI. and had I done more research before getting the at&t s4 I would've known the bootloader is locked on the firmware that was on my phone when I got it.. sucks.

deadenz said:
sounds good. I had an LG Optimus L9 p769, the battery was great on that phone also, but the bootloader was locked or something.. you couldn't put custom roms on like cm. maybe you can now, but then you couldn't and I really couldn't stand the UI. and had I done more research before getting the at&t s4 I would've known the bootloader is locked on the firmware that was on my phone when I got it.. sucks.
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I have S4 Active also with locked bootloader it totally sucks so I use my G Pro as my daily running Paranoid Android and totally love it. The only thing that sucks is there isn't much love for cases. There's some good stuff but not like what's available for the S4. I rock mine naked anyway with a tempered glass screen protector it's mint. You're gonna love this phone. You getting black or white? I wish the white was available when I got mine lol.

solaris2k said:
I have S4 Active also with locked bootloader it totally sucks so I use my G Pro as my daily running Paranoid Android and totally love it. The only thing that sucks is there isn't much love for cases. There's some good stuff but not like what's available for the S4. I rock mine naked anyway with a tempered glass screen protector it's mint. You're gonna love this phone. You getting black or white? I wish the white was available when I got mine lol.
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I'd like to get black and I'm not too picky about cases. I usually like the holster combo's but a simple snap on is fine

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I have S4 Active also with locked bootloader it totally sucks so I use my G Pro as my daily running Paranoid Android and totally love it. The only thing that sucks is there isn't much love for cases. There's some good stuff but not like what's available for the S4. I rock mine naked anyway with a tempered glass screen protector it's mint. You're gonna love this phone. You getting black or white? I wish the white was available when I got mine lol.
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I'm using Nillkin hardcase on my OGPro, and it looks and feels really nice. I've had enough with all those flip/full leather covers, and the troubles to put the whole thing into my limited sized pocket.

AzureV said:
I don't think there is any.
ROMs and custom kernels are many, though I am good enough with my rooted Stock ROM. Excellent battery life. I once managed to have 44hours of battery usage from full charge down to 4%
Sent from my LG-E988 using xda app-developers app
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Hi Azure, I'm new here with my f240K (my 1st android phone). Do u mind to share how u make it with extremely great battery life? I can't even last for 12 hours although i hv rooted the stock ROM. Ur reply might appreciated.

fandy2121 said:
Hi Azure, I'm new here with my f240K (my 1st android phone). Do u mind to share how u make it with extremely great battery life? I can't even last for 12 hours although i hv rooted the stock ROM. Ur reply might appreciated.
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I'm using slimbean with cpu governor set to interactive and I get great battery life. full charge lasted over 3 days with 1.5 hrs screen on time

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Considering buying a Gpad, couple of questions.

I am thinking about a new tablet since mine got water damage. I want the new Nexus tab, but if I can get this for the right price I will have it as a backup with the Nexus comes out.
Hows Battery Life?
Is it possible to install the GPE software and how easy is it?
Anything I should know about the pad since I havent looked into it at all, just love the size and want on screen buttons so Sammy devices are out.
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I am thinking about a new tablet since mine got water damage. I want the new Nexus tab, but if I can get this for the right price I will have it as a backup with the Nexus comes out.
Hows Battery Life?
Is it possible to install the GPE software and how easy is it?
Anything I should know about the pad since I havent looked into it at all, just love the size and want on screen buttons so Sammy devices are out.
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Regarding the battery life, for the price, its not really bad. I would recommend rooting it right away though to increase the battery life. Using stock, I was able to get about 6-7 hours playing The MMO, Avabel, which is pretty intensive graphics wise. I would recommend installing slimkat ROM + greenify to further increase battery life. Havent been able to test how much improvement I got as I let my wife borrow it for a while.
Regarding your second question, I believe you want to convert the regular V500 to the GPE V510 version. There have already been numerous threads on the forums discussing this. So far, it looks like some radios are not working, most notably, WIFI. and is buggy. You can do a search on the forums to view the current status. What I am using is Slimkat, which is pretty close to AOSP and very good when it comes to battery life.
Regarding the last question, I've had mine for only 2 weeks and thus far, Im enjoying it. the bazels are small, the tablet itself feels well made, and performance wise, its pretty good for its current price point. On the negative side, the speakers doesn't sound very nice and are at the back. Would have been better if it was on the front. The screen is not too bright when using outdoors, and the camera is pretty crappy (although we don't really use the tablet as a camera as often as a smartphone so shouldn't be a biggy). However I got mine for about $225 (US) brand new and for the price point, I can hardly find anything save for the nexus 7 that can beat it, performance wise. Ran an antutu benchmark right after installing slimkat on it and actually scores higher than the note 2. Not bad for a $225 tablet, in full HD.
Hope this helps.
Firstly, I love it!!
Still makes me laugh that it's called GPad (lawsuit from Apple anyone)
Battery is better than my mobile ph ^^
Build quality is awesome!!
Mine was dirt cheap (brand new) $299 NZD.
Apparently there's a brightness bug (haven't noticed yet)...
Getting it rooted and ready for custom roms is/was a bit of a mission (if you OTA update to 4.4.2, mine came with 4.2.2 on board).
A few custom roms available - much of a muchness at present.
Needs some custom rom variety, for sure.
If you can get it cheap (like me) I'd jump at the chance!
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King_Rat said:
Firstly, I love it!!
Still makes me laugh that it's called GPad (lawsuit from Apple anyone)
Battery is better than my mobile ph ^^
Build quality is awesome!!
Mine was dirt cheap (brand new) $299 NZD.
Apparently there's a brightness bug (haven't noticed yet)...
Getting it rooted and ready for custom roms is/was a bit of a mission (if you OTA update to 4.4.2, mine came with 4.2.2 on board).
A few custom roms available - much of a muchness at present.
Needs some custom rom variety, for sure.
If you can get it cheap (like me) I'd jump at the chance!
Sent from my Kin[G]_Pad ?
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Yeah it definitely could use more custom ROMS. Unfortunately though it doesn't look like there are too many devs interested yet. Hopefully the demand gets higher. My slimkat doesn't even have a stable release yet. On their official page, it says no tester or something like that. There are some CM nightlies, pac man, and CMB roms available though. Tried CMB but has some app compatibility issues so went with AOSP-based ROM for maximum compatibility.
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Yeah it definitely could use more custom ROMS. Unfortunately though it doesn't look like there are too many devs interested yet. Hopefully the demand gets higher. My slimkat doesn't even have a stable release yet. On their official page, it says no tester or something like that. There are some CM nightlies, pac man, and CMB roms available though. Tried CMB but has some app compatibility issues so went with AOSP-based ROM for maximum compatibility.
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Trying CM11 by infected_ and it's n-i-i-c-c-e-e-!-!-!
Brightness bug on boot - anyway to fix??
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Scythe024 said:
Is it possible to install the GPE software and how easy is it?
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If you want the GPE software, why don't you buy the Google Play Edition. Used ones available on Swappa and eBay.
cam30era said:
If you want the GPE software, why don't you buy the Google Play Edition. Used ones available on Swappa and eBay.
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There's a gpad on Craigslist for $200 nearby and didn't see any gpe on swappa. I know it's fairly easy to make the M8 run gpe software, so I was curious if it's as easy for the gpad
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There's a gpad on Craigslist for $200 nearby and didn't see any gpe on swappa. I know it's fairly easy to make the M8 run gpe software, so I was curious if it's as easy for the gpad
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You can run GPE ROM on V500, but it's not really useable. WiFi doesn't work. Hardware is just enough different that drivers won't work. Devs spent a lot of time on this early this year and hit a brick wall. I sold my V500 and purchased a GPE, and I don't regret the change. Keep watching swappa and eBay. One will show up before long.
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Trying CM11 by infected_ and it's n-i-i-c-c-e-e-!-!-!
Brightness bug on boot - anyway to fix??
Sent from my Kin[G]_Pad ©
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Ive tried CMB. CM based ROMS are awesome, but the app incompatibility is a deal breaker for me because a few of my apps are in that list. So I stayed with slimkat AOSP based ROM. Never looked back ever since. If only franco kernel is compatible with our tablet, im all set.
Well maybe if the GPE ROM gets ported if and whenever that will happen
EDIT: Im also looking for a fix for the brightness bug on my slimkat. The LEDs appear off but I just double tap my power button to fix anyway. Not really a major peeve for me. Though a fix is very much welcome

It's been fun..

I know I've only had this phone a year, but I'm soon selling it as I'm buying a OnePlus One once it is up for preorder. Some of the reasons I'm selling the phone are; Poor LG updates; not so great custom ROM support, thanks to everyone that made them though; not much activity in the forums anymore and lastly, its just getting slower as Android gets newer. Maybe some of you are upgrading soon, if so what are you getting?
I've done the same upgrade as you are doing. Had the optimus g for a year and a half. Great phone however battery life is disappointing and the occasional BSOD is quite annoying so I now have the oneplus one. Great phone just bear in mind it is a huge phone (same size as the iPhone 6 bendy)
>Poor LG updates
S3 didn't even get 4.4
>not so great custom ROM support
Most popular ROMs out there are ported. They work fine and has everything you'll ever need. Personally I found no problem with ROM support.
>its just getting slower as Android gets newer
Still smooth on my phone. It's just as smooth as any flagship out there.
Unless you're running a nuclear powerplant on your phone I wouldn't say it's "slow"
Well the oneplus one wins it all round for me, 64gb internal is great. Battery life is meh as @etalocohc pointed out. Also, the camera isn't so good. Its been a rollercoaster.
Maybe you are right, but Optimus G is lot older and cheaper device. Wouldn't say LG updates are poor, stock firmware is great, and they put KitKat on device from end of 2012 which is nice. I can agree with Custom ROMs, they aren't great and not really much for e975, i think there are more ROMs for USA editions of LGOG. Battery life can be decent with good kernel, my phone goes down with voltage to -137,5 which is really good, better battery life and lower heating.
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Maybe you are right, but Optimus G is lot older and cheaper device. Wouldn't say LG updates are poor, stock firmware is great, and they put KitKat on device from end of 2012 which is nice. I can agree with Custom ROMs, they aren't great and not really much for e975, i think there are more ROMs for USA editions of LGOG. Battery life can be decent with good kernel, my phone goes down with voltage to -137,5 which is really good, better battery life and lower heating.
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I think most OEMs are supposed to update their phones or at least flagships for at least 2 years. Check your DMs, I asked a question .
Duo8 said:
>Poor LG updates
S3 didn't even get 4.4
>not so great custom ROM support
Most popular ROMs out there are ported. They work fine and has everything you'll ever need. Personally I found no problem with ROM support.
>its just getting slower as Android gets newer
Still smooth on my phone. It's just as smooth as any flagship out there.
Unless you're running a nuclear powerplant on your phone I wouldn't say it's "slow"
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Yes but ROM support sucks, not to bash on devs or anything, but most of the time ROMs are left half working, are then abandoned and another ROMs project starts. Also Gee sources which are used for a lot of ROMs on this device are just not the best I've seen.
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Yes but ROM support sucks, not to bash on devs or anything, but most of the time ROMs are left half working, are then abandoned and another ROMs project starts. Also Gee sources which are used for a lot of ROMs on this device are just not the best I've seen.
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At least now Faust93 has ported the kk camera driver. Fantastic progress which means gee ROMs can finally qualify as a daily driver.
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At least now Faust93 has ported the kk camera driver. Fantastic progress which means gee ROMs can finally qualify as a daily driver.
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There's still the thermald.conf file issue for me, i dont want my phone to be a mobile oven :V
Yeah, maybe in some months I will try to find some excuses to change my G phone, for now I'm happy and KK update was fantastic for me.
Most probably I will stay with LG, regarding One Plus One, I don't like the phone size and I will more time to see their hardware quality.
Got my invite tonight and ordering it later
Duo8 said:
>Poor LG updates
S3 didn't even get 4.4
>not so great custom ROM support
Most popular ROMs out there are ported. They work fine and has everything you'll ever need. Personally I found no problem with ROM support.
>its just getting slower as Android gets newer
Still smooth on my phone. It's just as smooth as any flagship out there.
Unless you're running a nuclear powerplant on your phone I wouldn't say it's "slow"
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+1
Please compare the G with devices from same time (s3) !
We have all roms u need and i think there are much not here at xda! Chineese dont often use xda because they cant english and are not interested!
And its great to see that one rom works for many models (f180, e970, ls 970..)
Yea one point: i think our g/device trees can more when we have better support with the right devs (we have good devs! They can build roms and fix errors and im happy! But i think device tree has more potential)
Battery life is for me great, i dont belive on wonders and see it in comparison with other devices!
I love my G and i will buy/replace backcover instead to buy a new phone! Theres no different.. I also can replace battery, no problem...
Camerais good! But my backcover has scratches and thats ehy quality awful and high senitivity by lights...
Opo is for me to big!
And hey, we have kitkat, its newest os! 4.4.2. 4.4.4 update makes no sense.. Find differents!
Only one i hate on lg: dont know if we can see g3 ui in future and we have no knockOn or knockCode! Lowend devices are on 4.2.1 but became update in that time with the knockon feature while we have waited for kitkat
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Well, it's a bit sad that I am putting my OG up for sale... I love this phone, but a great deal on a G2 was too good to pass, so I am moving on. All of you that are still using an OG, or considering getting one -- have fun and enjoy it, this puppy has plenty of life left in it, and it's still an awesome device today.
Thank you all who helped me along the way, the community support here on XDA is great!
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Well, it's a bit sad that I am putting my OG up for sale... I love this phone, but a great deal on a G2 was too good to pass, so I am moving on. All of you that are still using an OG, or considering getting one -- have fun and enjoy it, this puppy has plenty of life left in it, and it's still an awesome device today.
Thank you all who helped me along the way, the community support here on XDA is great!
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Oh, G2 has silly problems. I hope you won't regret. But, wish you the best anyway
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Oh, G2 has silly problems. I hope you won't regret. But, wish you the best anyway
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I know this is an offtopic here, but I am wondering if you have any pointers to such problems. I haven't perused G2 forums yet, but definitely planning to do it. I am not planning to do any heavy modding; still, would be interested to know what to look out for...
kt-Froggy said:
I know this is an offtopic here, but I am wondering if you have any pointers to such problems. I haven't perused G2 forums yet, but definitely planning to do it. I am not planning to do any heavy modding; still, would be interested to know what to look out for...
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Well, first of all a little signal issue, then something like BIOS battery problem! I mean if you turn the device off at night your settings will reset! Even if you don't turn it off, in the morning you notice it's not silent while you'd switched to silent mode.
Camera lens cover is aweful in quality which will heck your picture quality up. Battery life on kitkat is at least 20 percent worse than JB. Screen has two types which requires two types of kernel. Poor build quality comparing with OG. Risky to put in pocket. Screen yellow tint in many cases when it gets hot. And some other problems that I don't remember now. Oh the soft buttons. They are a real pain. You can't hide them and they are always present in every apps and games.
Even with a OnePlus One, I'll sorely miss my G, with so little amount of people in this forum, its such a tight community which I love. I'll still be around for help, just won't be able to test unless I keep my G alongside my One, still considering it .
Tapped from some sexy bacon goodness (OnePlus One)

LG G3 Users PLEASE READ!

Hi guys, im Kia.. Maybe someone knows me from G2 forum or from YouTube, never mind I just sold my G2 and im thinking what phone should i buy now. Money is not problem, theres no money haha lol . I was looking for some phone that has great dev support and good camera screen etc.. ( i will use my next phone like 6 months, im waiting for some new phones to be realised but need one immediatly) So did u suggest my G3 or to buy something else, instead Note 4 (i dont like design of it).... Hows battery life? And is it overheating when u play games and things like that? I heard some comments on youtube about overheating but if theres some better kernel than stock ofc i will install it... So if u suggest me G3 expect one ROM Reviewer in this awesome community. Thanks for any help or reply and yeah check my channel if u want And yeah, is there bootloader in G3 that will not let me install ROMs till i unlock it or ? (I dont think so just asking to be sure ;D )
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Hi guys, im Kia.. Maybe someone knows me from G2 forum or from YouTube, never mind I just sold my G2 and im thinking what phone should i buy now. Money is not problem, theres no money haha lol . I was looking for some phone that has great dev support and good camera screen etc.. ( i will use my next phone like 6 months, im waiting for some new phones to be realised but need one immediatly) So did u suggest my G3 or to buy something else, instead Note 4 (i dont like design of it).... Hows battery life? And is it overheating when u play games and things like that? I heard some comments on youtube about overheating but if theres some better kernel than stock ofc i will install it... So if u suggest me G3 expect one ROM Reviewer in this awesome community. Thanks for any help or reply and yeah check my channel if u want And yeah, is there bootloader in G3 that will not let me install ROMs till i unlock it or ? (I dont think so just asking to be sure ;D )
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The g3, fells amazing even though its plastic. I used the phone from, 7 a clock in the morning to 4 at the night, and it only used 30% of battery life. This is with stock rom, no changes have been made. I fell it's a really solid phone, nice camera good screen, and fast! And we got offical cm12 now So just ask here or pm me, if you got any questions And the overheating thing was fixed with a update i belive. Atleast i don't have it. And all i had to do, for getting custom rom, was root the phone install twrp and the flash nothing else
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The g3, fells amazing even though its plastic. I used the phone from, 7 a clock in the morning to 4 at the night, and it only used 30% of battery life. This is with stock rom, no changes have been made. I fell it's a really solid phone, nice camera good screen, and fast! And we got offical cm12 now So just ask here or pm me, if you got any questions And the overheating thing was fixed with a update i belive. Atleast i don't have it. And all i had to do, for getting custom rom, was root the phone install twrp and the flash nothing else
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Thanks man for the reply, really appreciate it 99% i will buy G3 !
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Thanks man for the reply, really appreciate it 99% i will buy G3 !
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Anything else you wanna know?
KiaTheKing said:
Hi guys, im Kia.. Maybe someone knows me from G2 forum or from YouTube, never mind I just sold my G2 and im thinking what phone should i buy now. Money is not problem, theres no money haha lol . I was looking for some phone that has great dev support and good camera screen etc.. ( i will use my next phone like 6 months, im waiting for some new phones to be realised but need one immediatly) So did u suggest my G3 or to buy something else, instead Note 4 (i dont like design of it).... Hows battery life? And is it overheating when u play games and things like that? I heard some comments on youtube about overheating but if theres some better kernel than stock ofc i will install it... So if u suggest me G3 expect one ROM Reviewer in this awesome community. Thanks for any help or reply and yeah check my channel if u want And yeah, is there bootloader in G3 that will not let me install ROMs till i unlock it or ? (I dont think so just asking to be sure ;D )
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Here`s my 2 cents:
1. Rooting the device is fairly simple imo. Downgrade to a KK rom, root it with PurpleDrake, flash a custom recovery and then you can flash a custom rom/kernel.
2. I`am not a big gamer but when i do i seldomly experience the thermal throttling issue. Maybe it kicks in during extensive gaming.
3. I think Cloudy 2.1 is the best stock based cutom rom atm which is very stable and fast.
4. Haven`t flashed custom kernels so far so can`t give you any personal xperience
Overall its a great device, i have the 32/3GB device whivh is the one to get imo. The camera is excellent in daytime/with sufficient light but in darker conditions pics can be a bit grainy.
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Here`s my 2 cents:
1. Rooting the device is fairly simple imo. Downgrade to a KK rom, root it with PurpleDrake, flash a custom recovery and then you can flash a custom rom/kernel.
2. I`am not a big gamer but when i do i seldomly experience the thermal throttling issue. Maybe it kicks in during extensive gaming.
3. I think Cloudy 2.1 is the best stock based cutom rom atm which is very stable and fast.
4. Haven`t flashed custom kernels so far so can`t give you any personal xperience
Overall its a great device, i have the 32/3GB device whivh is the one to get imo. The camera is excellent in daytime/with sufficient light but in darker conditions pics can be a bit grainy.
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Thanks to you also So, today, theres no better deal than G3, see you for a few days with G3 review
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Thanks to you also So, today, theres no better deal than G3, see you for a few days with G3 review
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Good luck and enjoy
cm 12 stable and camera better than stock ?
I loved oneplus one cm11s the customization of it? Does cm12 have all those features too? And is it on lollipop or kitkat base ? Too bad Xposed doesn't support lollipop yet....
In the price range you can't get much better than the G3. Good looking phone, full of potential.

Should I buy LG G3??

Should I buy this phone?? I heard that there is battery drain issue. And how many no contract varients are there? I'm a flasholic. I'd love to mod my phone and get the latest android! Is that snapdragon 801 processer future proof? I like this phone bcoz it shoot lasers!
No, i came from Nexus 5 and I miss it very hard. G3 is still laggy. N5 worked like a charm. I'll switch to the next 5" Nexus.
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No, i came from Nexus 5 and I miss it very hard. G3 is still laggy. N5 worked like a charm. I'll switch to the next 5" Nexus.
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Wutttttt? It is one year and still lag? After all this custom karnels and custom roms??
Aung Ye Kyaw said:
Wutttttt? It is one year and still lag? After all this custom karnels and custom roms??
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I came from a LG Optimus G and there's no Lag in custom Stock Roms. Install Cloudy G3 and you'll see the true potential of an Stock Rom. Although i hadn't tried yet an AOSP based Rom.
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No, i came from Nexus 5 and I miss it very hard. G3 is still laggy. N5 worked like a charm. I'll switch to the next 5" Nexus.
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Ditto
stock rom, rooted, TWRP installed. flashed modified stock-based kernel, cleaned some bloatware, installed 2g-3g switcher (via exposed) and I get day and a half of moderate usage with 3-4 hours SOT and no overheating... not bad, but also not ideal. one should not have to tinker with a new phone to get it working properly. but that said, now I'm satisfied. and it cost me half of the price of G4....
I bought it used for cheap. I like it but it's very laggy compared to my S5. Everything takes time to do. Taking a picture in low light automatically activates night mode so it takes a few seconds to be able to take another picture, sad. It also heats up quite a lot quite fast. Battery life is good but not while taking pictures, so I imagine when gaming it's terrible as well.
I don't want to install a custom ROM to make it run smooth and without overheating. LG did a bad job and are unable to fix it. Not sure why..
I'll keep my Galaxy S5.
I just came from the galaxy S5. Rooted and flashed blisspop as soon as i got it and it is awesome. Battery life is equal to that of the S5 running stock, just much faster. Probably the fastest rom I've ever used. I personally prefer this phone to the S5, much better than I expected. I just love the big sharp screen. I say get one, flash blisspop, and you'll love it.
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I bought it used for cheap. I like it but it's very laggy compared to my S5. Everything takes time to do. Taking a picture in low light automatically activates night mode so it takes a few seconds to be able to take another picture, sad. It also heats up quite a lot quite fast. Battery life is good but not while taking pictures, so I imagine when gaming it's terrible as well.
I don't want to install a custom ROM to make it run smooth and without overheating. LG did a bad job and are unable to fix it. Not sure why..
I'll keep my Galaxy S5.
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Well.. I think I'll be ok bcoz I love custom roms and kernals! I don't have enough money for a S5 [emoji16]
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I just came from the galaxy S5. Rooted and flashed blisspop as soon as i got it and it is awesome. Battery life is equal to that of the S5 running stock, just much faster. Probably the fastest rom I've ever used. I personally prefer this phone to the S5, much better than I expected. I just love the big sharp screen. I say get one, flash blisspop, and you'll love it.
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stock rom, rooted, TWRP installed. flashed modified stock-based kernel, cleaned some bloatware, installed 2g-3g switcher (via exposed) and I get day and a half of moderate usage with 3-4 hours SOT and no overheating... not bad, but also not ideal. one should not have to tinker with a new phone to get it working properly. but that said, now I'm satisfied. and it cost me half of the price of G4....
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Thanks you guys! I'll not play games with this phone as I've my mipad [emoji16] I like to mod my phone as much as I can! Is 2gb 16gb version ok?? I think this one also has a Fantastic Camera!

Which Rom & Kernel Are You Hoping To Flash On You Nexus 5X ?

For those of you who will unlock the bootloader & root your brand new 5X. Which rom & kernel combination are you hoping to flash (either based on previous experience or from what you have heard) ?
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Am i the only person that stopped rooting and flashing roms when they got their n5? I used every top of the line Android phone on T-Mobile, was a flash addict. Got my n5, it was perfect, and people were talking about how rooting the n5's were showing slower data speeds. I didn't want to chance slower speeds and vanilla Android runs too good to play with. Missed the addons from other roms but it wasn't worth it me.
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On my moto G 2014 I unlocked and rooted but didn't flash (rom scene isn't close as good as nexus I think) only used stock. Only rooted to use adaway and cf lumen. I wish we can root our phones without unlocking bootloader.
big fancy said:
Am i the only person that stopped rooting and flashing roms when they got their n5? I used every top of the line Android phone on T-Mobile, was a flash addict. Got my n5, it was perfect, and people were talking about how rooting the n5's were showing slower data speeds. I didn't want to chance slower speeds and vanilla Android runs too good to play with. Missed the addons from other roms but it wasn't worth it me.
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I am going to be unrooted and completely stock, like you. Marshmallow added in features that makes custom ROMs less of an appeal to me. I would like Android Pay to work
From what I can see Nexuses have no real need to have a custom rom installed (compared to other smartphones). Also Android Pay will not work if rooted.
Would people agree ?
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From what I can see Nexuses have no real need to have a custom rom installed (compared to other smartphones). Also Android Pay will not work if rooted.
Would people agree ?
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I agree. I used to just like flashing roms to see new things, but man, when a phone works as good as an n5 right out of the box, its hard to want to mess with that.
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I'm going to try to stay stock. But when the roms start showing up I won't be any to resist
woodydog said:
I'm going to try to stay stock. But when the roms start showing up I won't be any to resist
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Same here... plus I have some root apps I can't live without. I don't really care about custom roms on the Nexus, but like you I won't be able to stop myself, I'm sure. I'd like for Android Pay to work though, but not necessary.
slonlo said:
Same here... plus I have some root apps I can't live without. I don't really care about custom roms on the Nexus, but like you I won't be able to stop myself, I'm sure. I'd like for Android Pay to work though, but not necessary.
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What are the benefits of Android Pay ?
Being in Canada and not being eligible for Android pay there is no adverse affect of rooting. Ideally would be running stock + xposed/gravitybox but one can only speculate when that will be available on 6.0. Until then something ASOP or stock based that includes extended reboot menu, circle battery mod, multiwindow, and additional quick setting toggles
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What are the benefits of Android Pay ?
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You can pay with your phone at 23% of the stores in America lol lol. Which it's pointless. Now if you had Samsung pay that would be a different story, but you don't so let the rooting begin
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SlyUK said:
What are the benefits of Android Pay ?
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You can be embarrassed holding up the checkout line trying to use Android Pay while your pay card rests in your back pocket. The only use I ever see for this stuff is if you actually forget your card. Then it's great to be able to pay with a phone. And at a drive-thru or restaurant, they take your card.
Cataclysm ROM -PERIOD!
Hands down smoothest ROM I have ever used on any Nexus phone, including stock Google. It is a little different but has everything I could ever want. The battery life is amazing. I've tried others, but have stayed with Cataclysm with my N5 2013.
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Cataclysm ROM -PERIOD!
Hands down smoothest ROM I have ever used on any Nexus phone, including stock Google. It is a little different but has everything I could ever want. The battery life is amazing. I've tried others, but have stayed with Cataclysm with my N5 2013.
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@Mrwirez Is it guaranteed to come for the 5X ?
Cataclysm was favorite in N4 days. But the developer went MIA for 10 or so months during the jelly bean and kit kat days.
Riverdales27 said:
Cataclysm was favorite in N4 days. But the developer went MIA for 10 or so months during the jelly bean and kit kat days.
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@Riverdales27 He's back now ?
I'm usually stock with some kernel like franco or elemetnalx.
Also, I love GravityBox but I guess we'll have to wait a long time for that to work on M.
I'd be looking for put SlimROM on there as soon as possible, I have it all customised just the way I like it on my Nexus 5.
Hopefully none. I didn't get to play around with Marshmallow yet and I hope the new features are enough to make me stay stock. I'm a big fan of CM's Privacy Guard and I want to see how extensive the new Marshmallow one is, that and quick toggles customization. If I'm not satisfied, I'll probably flash CM 13 nightlies when they're available.

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