Eternal comparison of the LG Optimus G and the LG G2.
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Ok.... Not really getting what your trying to prove here
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Ok.... Not really getting what your trying to prove here
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+1 to this......?
Sounds like an open thread on greed form thoughts about what people like or didn't like between the first and second generation flagships. Now if youwere trying to be obtuse about WhY the need for such a thread, it may have been easier to just type those exact words... I kind of like putting all of those comparisons in one thread for those still on the fence about sticking with LG.... The OG can be had in secondary markets for under a Benjie and it's still a more than capable phone for what we do daily...
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Sounds like an open thread on greed form thoughts about what people like or didn't like between the first and second generation flagships. Now if youwere trying to be obtuse about WhY the need for such a thread, it may have been easier to just type those exact words... I kind of like putting all of those comparisons in one thread for those still on the fence about sticking with LG.... The OG can be had in secondary markets for under a Benjie and it's still a more than capable phone for what we do daily...
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No, I figured that was what it was about just thought it was a weird way of going about it. As for which one is better, the G2 would win for most people based on specs alone. However, I'd still choose the lgog for one major reason, developer support. This isn't a concern for your casual/standard smartphone user. G2 will catch up eventually I think, but I love this forum, just a bunch of great, helpful people and a ton of support.
Also, I got my lgog for $1.00 almost 6 months ago from Best Buy because I was due for an upgrade and that was the sale.
And while the G2 is impressive on the spec front, I'd still take a Nexus5 over it, again, because of developer support. The only thing I'd really miss is the camera app and extra megapixels.
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Sounds like an open thread on greed form thoughts about what people like or didn't like between the first and second generation flagships. Now if youwere trying to be obtuse about WhY the need for such a thread, it may have been easier to just type those exact words... I kind of like putting all of those comparisons in one thread for those still on the fence about sticking with LG.... The OG can be had in secondary markets for under a Benjie and it's still a more than capable phone for what we do daily...
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Lol that's why it confused me a bit because you started it but didn't give any details on your opinion besides the thread title.
I don't see myself getting rid of the lgog anytime soon. The communtiy is just too awesome.
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Lol that's why it confused me a bit because you started it but didn't give any details on your opinion besides the thread title.
I don't see myself getting rid of the lgog anytime soon. The communtiy is just too awesome.
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Oh I agree, I'm probably going to cry when I go to get my upgrade, my mother has the LG G2 and father with the HTC One so I feel left out but this device and the amazing developers we have is what brought me to this device. I love it!
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I've been putzing around with an HTC one since I dropped and cracked the screen on my OG..sense is not bad but I'm really disappointed with camera options...quality isn't health as bad as they say but options are junk compared to LG...I'm snatching the wife's g2 for a couple of weeks to see if it's worth just getting the OG fixed and sticking with that ...the S4 processor really holds up against these newer snapdragons in real world application, I don't care what the bench arms say
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I've been putzing around with an HTC one since I dropped and cracked the screen on my OG..sense is not bad but I'm really disappointed with camera options...quality isn't health as bad as they say but options are junk compared to LG...I'm snatching the wife's g2 for a couple of weeks to see if it's worth just getting the OG fixed and sticking with that ...the S4 processor really holds up against these newer snapdragons in real world application, I don't care what the bench arms say
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Yeah I have no experience with the the S4, but trust me, the lgog is worth it. I feel blessed to be a part of this community. That said - have fun with that G2!!!! And if you get your lgog fixed, we will be here waiting to embrace you into the fold!
Tbh, i like lg phones, but nothing is stable/fast enough on this phone besides stock. I mean, my evo shift lived wayyyy beyond it's time, and everything was super stable. The OG just doesn't handle aosp well, and although i love stock, i like having a stable version of the latest aosp too. I mean the 4.3 is more stable on my shift ( lags more, but is stable). The general point of aosp is to get better battery life and performance, and this phone ALWAYS has worse battery on aosp and performance equals stock only on certain roms for certain tasks( fyi i know its the phone not devs). If i was going to go anywhere, it would be back to HTC until LG opens up, as development has always been stellar on those phones, even before htc opened up.
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Tbh, i like lg phones, but nothing is stable/fast enough on this phone besides stock. I mean, my evo shift lived wayyyy beyond it's time, and everything was super stable. The OG just doesn't handle aosp well, and although i love stock, i like having a stable version of the latest aosp too. I mean the 4.3 is more stable on my shift ( lags more, but is stable). The general point of aosp is to get better battery life and performance, and this phone ALWAYS has worse battery on aosp and performance equals stock only on certain roms for certain tasks( fyi i know its the phone not devs). If i was going to go anywhere, it would be back to HTC until LG opens up, as development has always been stellar on those phones, even before htc opened up.
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Have you tried vanir?
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I tried Vanir and liked it besides getting ok battery life and not being able to record Vines, Snapchat video, and minor things that never work unless I'm on stock.
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The newer CM11 builds 1/28< have been near flawless for me. May want to give CM11 at least one more chance since sources for our device was updated recently. I generally find myself crawling back to CM11 whenever I try other roms for one reason or another. Previous CM11 builds gave me sleep of death but past few builds have been fine lately(or maybe it was official facebook causing it?)
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The newer CM11 builds 1/28< have been near flawless for me. May want to give CM11 at least one more chance since sources for our device was updated recently. I generally find myself crawling back to CM11 whenever I try other roms for one reason or another. Previous CM11 builds gave me sleep of death but past few builds have been fine lately(or maybe it was official facebook causing it?)
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Ive actually very happy with the state of cm11. But its still not (officially) finished, so it has too many bugs for me. Thats why i brought up 4.3 ie cm10.2. All 4.3 finished aosp roms are always worse than stock as far stability and performance, and the fact is, aosp is supposed to be faster. I game, use flash, watch a lot of videos and use my phone heavily, so i need battery life AND performane, not one or the other. Stock based is the only way i can get through a day.
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Lol that's why it confused me a bit because you started it but didn't give any details on your opinion besides the thread title.
I don't see myself getting rid of the lgog anytime soon. The communtiy is just too awesome.
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+1 on the community.
Don't know what I'd do if the lgog died-- doesn't look like Sprint has them anymore. G2 is a little bigger not so pocket sized anymore.
Guess I'll hang onto my upgrade for awhile.
I definitely prefer the LGOG over the G2. Back when my OG broke, I almost got another one until I saw the drop in price on the OG Pro and jumped for it. The G2 has horrid battery life. My grandmother had one for a few days and returned it because she had to charge it twice a day, not including a nightly charge. Definitely missing the dev support over here, though. So many more options ROM and kernel wise. Hell, we just received our first custom kernel and it's not exactly user friendly lol. The only real difference between the OGP and OG is the screen, chipset, and a removable battery (currently using a 9300mAh ZL). Although the OGP can only handle up to 1.89GHz, same as the OG, as I see you guys now have an OC kernel. In my eyes, the E970 is still the better device.
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I definitely prefer the LGOG over the G2. Back when my OG broke, I almost got another one until I saw the drop in price on the OG Pro and jumped for it. The G2 has horrid battery life. My grandmother had one for a few days and returned it because she had to charge it twice a day, not including a nightly charge. Definitely missing the dev support over here, though. So many more options ROM and kernel wise. Hell, we just received our first custom kernel and it's not exactly user friendly lol. The only real difference between the OGP and OG is the screen, chipset, and a removable battery (currently using a 9300mAh ZL). Although the OGP can only handle up to 1.89GHz, same as the OG, as I see you guys now have an OC kernel. In my eyes, the E970 is still the better device.
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You lost me...was your complaint against the G2 or the G Pro ? By all accconts I've heard the G2 gets amazing battery life. I'm returning the HTC today and activating the G2 so I'll be able to make comparisons tto the One the G2 and the OG after a few weeks of play. I can say, after a few weeks with the One that I will honestly miss that damned BlinkFeed.
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By all accconts I've heard the G2 gets amazing battery life. I'm returning the HTC today and activating the G2 so I'll be able to make comparisons tto the One the G2 and the OG after a few weeks of play. I can say, after a few weeks with the One that I will honestly miss that damned BlinkFeed.
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I hear the G2 gets amazing battery life as well but the best battery stats Ive heard about on the G2 were 17-23 hours. My stock Lgog gets 24-30 hours on a full charge. However both of my roomates have an lgog and they have very different experiences, nowhere near my experience - but I tinker with it daily - they are computer illiterate. Using viper kernel, undervolting a few clicks and using wakelock detector with greenify has given my lgog unheard of battery life. Again, this is on stock however - I too have had the most stable and best performance on stock/stock based. Vanir in particular seemed smoother and faster tbh, but battery life was no where near as good. That being said, a lot of these are still in it's infancy imo and just keep getting better. The lgog is a sensitive phone from everything Ive read/experienced but the devs we have continue to do amazing and dedicated work so I just keep my backup and continue flashing/playing with new things as they come.
Coming from an HTC EVO 4G, I feel like the lgog itself is a bit unstable. It's like what Lewis Black says about general rules of health - what's good for one of us may kill another, lol - that sums up the lgog for me. But thanks to either my constant tweaking or just dumb luck, I love this damn phone so much more than my old EVO.
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I definitely prefer the LGOG over the G2. Back when my OG broke, I almost got another one until I saw the drop in price on the OG Pro and jumped for it. The G2 has horrid battery life. My grandmother had one for a few days and returned it because she had to charge it twice a day, not including a nightly charge. Definitely missing the dev support over here, though. So many more options ROM and kernel wise. Hell, we just received our first custom kernel and it's not exactly user friendly lol. The only real difference between the OGP and OG is the screen, chipset, and a removable battery (currently using a 9300mAh ZL). Although the OGP can only handle up to 1.89GHz, same as the OG, as I see you guys now have an OC kernel. In my eyes, the E970 is still the better device.
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Yeah I was confused about whether or not you were talking about the G2 or the G pro, e980 is deifnitely the g pro - but you may have been talking about both and it came out funny - it happens. I was gonna say one thing about the G2 though - atleast they are getting official nightly 4.4 AOKP builds.
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Probably not, but it sure seems like the forums got real quiet the last few days. Just sayin....
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Probably not, but it sure seems like the forums got real quiet the last few days. Just sayin....
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got to agree. does seem a bit quiet. i am keeping both (well, the inc goes to the daughter but i will keep tweaking it for her) so i want the devs to keep working on the inc.
It's probably temporary, the Inc community will last for a while.
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Recently (as in a few days ago) coming from an Eris, which was 'end-of-life' in the middle of last year, and then received Gingerbread almost instantaneously after it was released to the public thanks to our fine devs here at XDA, I highly doubt the DInc will die out any time soon. This phone has way too much potential.
I expert it do die down in time, but the CM machine will keep chugging. Honestly, so long as Cyanogen has a DInc ROM, I'll be content. I use launcher pro, and prefer stock android over anything else, so not having new versions of sense isn't a big deal to me. Sometimes I like to jump on the MIUI train, but I always end up back with Cyanogen. They always support their phones so well, I imagine development for cm will continue long past the DInc's shelf-life.
I think even if it does dwindle, it will only be minor. As long as we have CM and a good maintaner we should always have something new and better to throw on our phones. The only thing is I've always wanted to see AOSP roms with tv-out but I see very little future in anyone dev that now that interest in it has died down.
I have been tryin z roms lately with very good success, and their cameras are the bomb. Aosp is nice an smooth, but i like the option to switch atound alot, plus cm camera just isnt that good. Im runnin miui gb now, with zero issues, kinda shox me for a first release just how good this rom is. I would love to see gb sense though just to have it.
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Only for a while guys go check out the specs on the Incredible S on engagdet
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Only for a while guys go check out the specs on the Incredible S on engagdet
Not gonna lie, that phone looked sharp.
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The devs have shifted focus to the Thunderbolt to give it a jump start in the root and rom arena. After this happens I'm sure we'll seen new stuff for the DInc again. Shoot! Someone will probably port the TB ROM to DInc.
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The devs have shifted focus to the Thunderbolt to give it a jump start in the root and rom arena. After this happens I'm sure we'll seen new stuff for the DInc again. Shoot! Someone will probably port the TB ROM to DInc.
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That rom has been leaked, figure it would have been ported by now.
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I can't speak for all developers but I myself will be returning to work on the Inc as soon as the major crap is done with the Thunderbolt such as CWM and CM 7. I'll still be here but not full time just yet.
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The devs have shifted focus to the Thunderbolt to give it a jump start in the root and rom arena. After this happens I'm sure we'll seen new stuff for the DInc again. Shoot! Someone will probably port the TB ROM to DInc.
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I just don't see the rom being much better granted the new Sense might be cool to look at.
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I may be completely wrong in saying this but i think the tb is actually going to increase the amount of dev on the dinc. When you look at the evo and dinc there are roms that run on both. From what ive heard of the tb its basically a evo just a lil bit better. So as soon as a good way is made for easy transfer of rom from tb to dinc or to evo we will have more options on the dinc. Plus as soon as the problems are sorted out of how to get tb roms and code to run on the dinc we will be getting more updates to stock releases.
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I can't speak for all developers but I myself will be returning to work on the Inc as soon as the major crap is done with the Thunderbolt such as CWM and CM 7. I'll still be here but not full time just yet.
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Good to know you have our back.
I had an Iphone 4, didn't like iOS so I decided to go check out the thunderbolt, I was less than impressed. No 4g around me, and I didn't want to pay $100 on top of giving my iphone 4 back. So I picked up an incredible, and couldn't be happier. Its such a solid phone. Perfect size.
I personally cannot wait until people start (hopefully) coming back to the Inc, it's been dead here lately, more than usual anyway.
Don't want to see the Inc die.
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I personally cannot wait until people start (hopefully) coming back to the Inc, it's been dead here lately, more than usual anyway.
Don't want to see the Inc die.
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Yes it has, no new roms, no ipdates, only cm nightlies, and all forums slow. Its too bad, this phone still has alot to offer. But hell, when i gey new toysi play with them more also, so i cant blame thosr wjo got thetb
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Yes it has, no new roms, no ipdates, only cm nightlies, and all forums slow. Its too bad, this phone still has alot to offer. But hell, when i gey new toysi play with them more also, so i cant blame thosr wjo got thetb
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Makes sense, I watch the EVO forums still rock, Nexus One forums will always be rocking, and with the Inc being such a close relative, just surprised activity has fallen off a little.
Yeah, im just hopin tgings start pickin up soon. There are alot of roms that could be ported, but nothing as of lately.
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I have a fascinate, but I've been thinking about buying an incredible 2, and give my fascinate to my brother..
but I have a few questions:
how well does the incredible 2 support custom roms [cyanogenmod]? Does it have stable CM10? and will it get cm11? I'm guessing it has an unlocked bootloader, right?
The second, what is faster, the Hummingbird [fascinate] or the Snapdragon [Inc 2]?
third would be any other advice about this phone, anything I might want to know before getting it.
Thanks!
Are we talking upgrading or just buying?
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Are we talking upgrading or just buying?
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Buying off craigslist.
It handles roms pretty well. I haven't had any problems, it has a few cm10 ROMs and on not sure about 11 due to the lack of kernel source but if its a good deal of would take it.
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It handles roms pretty well. I haven't had any problems, it has a few cm10 ROMs and on not sure about 11 due to the lack of kernel source but if its a good deal of would take it.
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lack of kernel support? you mean because 4.2 source code hasn't been released?
and ok. I'll keep an eye out on craigslist.
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lack of kernel support? you mean because 4.2 source code hasn't been released?
and ok. I'll keep an eye out on craigslist.
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The Inc 2 hasn't received the update to ics, which is supposedly just sitting at Verizon. Therefore there is no source for kernels/roms in order to build 100% stable 4.0+ ROMs.
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The Inc 2 hasn't received the update to ics, which is supposedly just sitting at Verizon. Therefore there is no source for kernels/roms in order to build 100% stable 4.0+ ROMs.
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my fascinate [latest stock 2.3.x] has fairly stable cm10 roms... though it seems to use up the battery faster [either that or my battery is just getting old]
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my fascinate [latest stock 2.3.x] has fairly stable cm10 roms... though it seems to use up the battery faster [either that or my battery is just getting old]
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Same story over here. The cm10 rom by Aero is pretty good. Good enough for me as a daily. But then I never use ffc or camcorder. I'm using mrom tho... gb. Best gb rom out IMO. Smooth like silk and sweet battery life.
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Same story over here. The cm10 rom by Aero is pretty good. Good enough for me as a daily. But then I never use ffc or camcorder. I'm using mrom tho... gb. Best gb rom out IMO. Smooth like silk and sweet battery life.
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well I am on ParanoidAndroid..
Anyway looks like perhaps I might be getting a rezound instead.. assuming this guy on craigslist isn't just playing around.
I'm on paranoid android as well. It works like a charm for me
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kepp the fascinate. i hate the dinc2. try to steer clear of htc in general.
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kepp the fascinate. i hate the dinc2. try to steer clear of htc in general.
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because of the locked bootloaders?
honestly they are very similar phones
if you prefer aosp, the fascinate is a better choice than the inc2 though, simply because of teamhacksung's porting of kernel 3.xx
if you want something different while you wait for a newer phone to come out, you might like the switch
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I have a fascinate, but I've been thinking about buying an incredible 2, and give my fascinate to my brother..
but I have a few questions:
how well does the incredible 2 support custom roms [cyanogenmod]? Does it have stable CM10? and will it get cm11? I'm guessing it has an unlocked bootloader, right?
The second, what is faster, the Hummingbird [fascinate] or the Snapdragon [Inc 2]?
third would be any other advice about this phone, anything I might want to know before getting it.
Thanks!
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I can't really address the first part of the question, but my Fascinate was replaced with the Droid Incredible 2 when I had problems with my replacement Fascinate.
The Inc 2 has a front-facing camera and an 8MP rear camera (Fascinate had 5MP) but only 1GB of internal storage (Fascinate had 2GBs). The display also isn't as clear in sunlight, even with brightness up, on the Inc 2. Also, it takes about 5 minutes to get beyond the bootloader screen on the Inc 2. But the HTC apps/widgets are better than some of the Fascinate apps. Also, if you love Swype, you'll have to find an alternative.
In terms of the speed of the phone, they're very similar (and you really won't be able to discern a difference), but the Inc 2 clocks slightly faster on benchmark tests at this site. androidbenchmark.net/passmark_chart.html
And you've already mentioned the locked bootloader issue if you want to root without letting them know you're doing that.
All in all though, they're very comparable. The only reasons I could see for someone wanting an Inc 2 over a Fascinate would be for the front-facing camera or for the global ready feature. If neither are a major perk for you, then you might be better off saving your money and upgrading your phone to something like a Galaxy Nexus phone or better. But that's just my opinion. I'm sure others might disagree.
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I can't really address the first part of the question, but my Fascinate was replaced with the Droid Incredible 2 when I had problems with my replacement Fascinate.
The Inc 2 has a front-facing camera and an 8MP rear camera (Fascinate had 5MP) but only 1GB of internal storage (Fascinate had 2GBs). The display also isn't as clear in sunlight, even with brightness up, on the Inc 2. Also, it takes about 5 minutes to get beyond the bootloader screen on the Inc 2. But the HTC apps/widgets are better than some of the Fascinate apps. Also, if you love Swype, you'll have to find an alternative.
In terms of the speed of the phone, they're very similar (and you really won't be able to discern a difference), but the Inc 2 clocks slightly faster on benchmark tests at this site. androidbenchmark.net/passmark_chart.html
And you've already mentioned the locked bootloader issue if you want to root without letting them know you're doing that.
All in all though, they're very comparable. The only reasons I could see for someone wanting an Inc 2 over a Fascinate would be for the front-facing camera or for the global ready feature. If neither are a major perk for you, then you might be better off saving your money and upgrading your phone to something like a Galaxy Nexus phone or better. But that's just my opinion. I'm sure others might disagree.
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First off, I ended up getting a rezound, because a guy was selling both, and I asked if he had the inc 2, he said no just the rezound. Got it for $120, good condition.
So anyway I wanted to point out, the main reason I considered the incredible 2 was because I hate PenTile pixel arrangement.
I took a look at the 800*480 LCD display of the original incredible, and was like "wow,I really hate pentile, because this screen is so UN-pixelated!"
Anyway, the rezound has an amazing screen, so I'm happy with it (besides the seemingly short battery life)
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Wait wait wait... You LIKE seeing pixels?
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...
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Wait wait wait... You LIKE seeing pixels?
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...
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no, when I saw the Inc. screen, I couldn't believe how un-pixelated it was, being the same resolution [800x480]. And then I looked at my fascinate again, and it was way more pixelated.
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no, when I saw the Inc. screen, I couldn't believe how un-pixelated it was, being the same resolution [800x480]. And then I looked at my fascinate again, and it was way more pixelated.
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Well, anyway you are right about the rezounds epic screen. 1280x720 is almost the same as my laptops res lol.
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...
How much are you getting one for?
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How much are you getting one for?
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I said I ended up getting a rezound instead (even though 4g phones on my network PagePlus are not /supposed/ to work, had to flash it myself), and I paid $120 for the rezound. But I was looking to get a inc 2 for around $50, I found 2 at that price, one was 2 hrs each way (to far) and the other was sold. The one that was sold also had a rezound, so that's why I got it--wasn't looking for it.
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i think it was a fair trade.
i first had a iphone 4s and swapped for a s3 swapped for a evo lte then swapped back for a gs3 and today swapped for a optimus g.
i might have the order a little screwed but either way if this phone gets a solid development group its definitely a keeper. For now
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i think it was a fair trade.
i first had a iphone 4s and swapped for a s3 swapped for a evo lte then swapped back for a gs3 and today swapped for a optimus g.
i might have the order a little screwed but either way if this phone gets a solid development group its definitely a keeper. For now
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Welcome to the LGOG! Definately check out the Dev section, we have a few stock ROM's and a new one posted today that is going for almost full AOSP!
Welcome to the club.
Rumor has it that jelly bean is right around the corner at which time ROM development should really kick into high gear.
I have zero ROM-making skill so my hat goes off to those that do. Thanks for making my phone awesome.
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I came from the evo 4g that I had for the last two years that I flashed a new rom every other week so the phone upgrade is awesome but the support is discouraging almost enough to make me go to the s3 or note 2. I'll wait and see what JB brings.
You got the better end of that deal, IMHO
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I came from the evo 4g that I had for the last two years that I flashed a new rom every other week so the phone upgrade is awesome but the support is discouraging almost enough to make me go to the s3 or note 2. I'll wait and see what JB brings.
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I am in the same boat as you, I have had the evo, nexus, and evo lte. All had great development. Almost feel like switching to s3 for development purposes.
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kris54241 said:
I am in the same boat as you, I have had the evo, nexus, and evo lte. All had great development. Almost feel like switching to s3 for development purposes.
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Sometimes I think developing is overrated. Most ROM feel and look the same. I rather have a small community of developing then a large one full of copy cats ROM.
The hardware and built of this phone is just top notch and I refuse to downgrade over anything currently available.
Give me a CM10 ROM give me a stock rooted ROM and give me a stock with Mod ROM and I'm happy.
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shook187 said:
Sometimes I think developing is overrated. Most ROM feel and look the same. I rather have a small community of developing then a large one full of copy cats ROM.
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This exactly it for me and the reason that I went with the LGOG. I really enjoy the interaction that the Mopho devs brought to our very underutilized device and have faith that they can do the same here. I don't know of another device that can say they had functioning ports of AOKP, CM7, CM9, CM10, CM10.1 (almost), PA, Liquid Smooth, etc all by one dev.
Im about to do this today very excited
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Make sure you change that profile pic when you do lol
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:beer:I did just for you
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Hey guys I am so torn right now with choosing this device. I currently have sprint with a gnex, and am looking at the optimus g or the note 2. The only thing I'm torn about is developer support. I would like to know how things are on your phones as far as custom stuff. I know you can unlock the bootloader now which is huge but how is the jelly bean support for the sprint version so far?
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Custom rom are slowly coming, currently there's support for CM10, AOKP and AOSP.
LG is also providing source code, so there's way for more in the future.
as for the JB support for the sprint, you can look in the LGOG Sprint section, people there will be more aware of this!
Don't try it. I did it for my OGEvo and things got ugly quickly!
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Dr. Mark said:
Don't try it. I did it for my OGEvo and things got ugly quickly!
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Do what?
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t1mman said:
Custom rom are slowly coming, currently there's support for CM10, AOKP and AOSP.
LG is also providing source code, so there's way for more in the future.
as for the JB support for the sprint, you can look in the LGOG Sprint section, people there will be more aware of this!
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There is aosp support? I haven't seen any is there a specific ROM your talking about?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116649
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116649
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Nothing for the sprint one yet?
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I don't know, I don't have a sprint LGOG, so I'm not realy following the Dev's there!
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Nothing for the sprint one yet?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993422
I flashed onto AOSP, so far so good. Excellent battery life on my E971. Getting 1 hr more screen time and not as much Android OS usage compared to stock. So far im at 12 hours on battery with 1 hr 35min of screen time and only at 51%. Only problem is that I miss the notification light, but thats a small price to pay for the newest OS and excellent battery life
WOW!!! I finally decided to keep the phone and now this... not good for LG Do you think they will correct this via warranty?
Correct what?
Gotta be honest with you....I absolutely LOVE this phone and dont think I'm ever going to root it. No need...its fast as all ****ing hell and the software works great. I've been rooting flashing ROM's on my past 2 phones for years and I'm kind of over it....at least for now Yeah the advantages are great but the cons are also a pain in the ass. Camera's that only half work, almost endless amounts of bugs, etc. Not to mention LG is rolling out JB as we speak.
As for how the phone is....its FASTTTTTT. I destroyed my girlfriends S3 in Quadrant and its eaten up everything I've put thrown at it (games, multitasking with apps, etc) with ease.
/\ thats great that you find it fast, I did too when I was using stock ics.. then I flased the JB rom and its no doubt faster over stock.. way more snappy.. like noticibly more as well as better battery life to boot..
Glad that I went to the trouble tbh, this rom beats stock ics by a loooong shot
Considering that everything works (at least for me it does) it was well worth the effort to install it..
Stock JB or some CM/AOKP/AOSP flavored one?
I have no doubt that JB is faster on this than ICS but I'm just gonna hold out for the official, stock JB update. It'll be here in the states in a month or so.
I loved my og... key word, loved..
Dropped it in water. :crying: gotta pay 150 to get a new one with telus..
Just got my LS970 from Sprint. I have LTE in my area so that's awesome. ICS on this phone is a little laggy. It's not as smooth as one would expect, especially scrolling through web pages with a lot of pictures. Even the FB, Twitter, and G+ plus apps tend to lag as you scroll through pics. Other than that this thing is solid. I'm liking it so far but i can't wait for the Jelly Bean update.
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Just got my LS970 from Sprint. I have LTE in my area so that's awesome. ICS on this phone is a little laggy. It's not as smooth as one would expect, especially scrolling through web pages with a lot of pictures. Even the FB, Twitter, and G+ plus apps tend to lag as you scroll through pics. Other than that this thing is solid. I'm liking it so far but i can't wait for the Jelly Bean update.
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Must be a Sprint firmware issue. No such ICS issues on GSM versions.
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I am looking to upgrade to the Sprint LG G2, and the deciding factor is how LG handles the root/ROM community. My current phone is the OG Photon, which Motorola permalocked the bootloader, then canceled ICS. Even unlocked, Motorola had terrible driver support, where camcorders, 4G and more would break on custom ROMs. Being on Gingerbread yet sucks, as such I refuse to buy a phone that can't be unlocked(T-Mobile has horrible coverage in my area, or I'd have bought a Nexus 4 long ago). So I'd like to see the opinions of the OG, to see how support is, and to see how easy it is to unlock. I understand how stock Android functions, but I have a Nexus 10. I'm used to 'fastboot oem unlock' and pure AOSP support/factory images and such haha. Does LG release the stock ROMs or bootloaders or anything? Does LG even use stock fastboot? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to not get burned again(Motorola.....).
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Koopa777 said:
I am looking to upgrade to the Sprint LG G2, and the deciding factor is how LG handles the root/ROM community. My current phone is the OG Photon, which Motorola permalocked the bootloader, then canceled ICS. Even unlocked, Motorola had terrible driver support, where camcorders, 4G and more would break on custom ROMs. Being on Gingerbread yet sucks, as such I refuse to buy a phone that can't be unlocked(T-Mobile has horrible coverage in my area, or I'd have bought a Nexus 4 long ago). So I'd like to see the opinions of the OG, to see how support is, and to see how easy it is to unlock. I understand how stock Android functions, but I have a Nexus 10. I'm used to 'fastboot oem unlock' and pure AOSP support/factory images and such haha. Does LG release the stock ROMs or bootloaders or anything? Does LG even use stock fastboot? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to not get burned again(Motorola.....).
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I'm happy happy man right know development is sky rocketing ...
They have a locked boot loader but their is an unlock currently for it ...
Lg doesn't do aosp type roms but they even their stock ROM is pretty nice tho....
They've updated us to jb 4.1 .. Looking to c if they give us 4.3 as our last hoorah Lol....
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The LGOG community has been amazing!
We all here are one big family trying to make sure our device stays up to date with the latest & greatest. I can't thank our Devs enough for all the hard work they put in.
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I actually looked here to make sure there was development for this phone before I purchased it, Optimus G running Vectus rom makes me smile each time I pick up my phone.
Its growing by the day! I just got this phone 1 month ago and there was an alright amount of ROMs. but now in the past month there was over 6 new ROMs!! Were getting up there.
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I came from the DROID RAZR, and this phone feels like a beast compared to that. Granted, Verizons network was better but I left them on principal. I haven't rooted yet, but I will in 10 more days (return period). I don't believe I will flash a custom ROM right off the bat though because the stock ROM is plenty smooth and does what it's supposed to. That's so not like Motoblur. It was almost necessary to root and flash in order to have a decent user experience on the Motorola phones (I've had 3). I'm pleasantly surprised by this phone and its stock ROM though. If you pick this phone it won't be a mistake.
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hazedabeast said:
Its growing by the day! I just got this phone 1 month ago and there was an alright amount of ROMs. but now in the past month there was over 6 new ROMs!! Were getting up there.
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+1, I have had my phone about 2 months and since then it has gone from a handful of ROMs to 10+, I was even inspired to make my own ROM.
Soon its going to be like the s3 thread.
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Lots of development going on! It really is sweet. When I first got here, there were only a few different choices. I had a ton of trouble getting my first builds together(and still do ), but the devs and users here were very knowledgible and helpful. It is one of the best forums I have had the pleasure of being a part of! And we're still rolling out more!.....
4.3 YO!!!!!
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4.3 YO!!!!!
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WHERE?!
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iamterence said:
WHERE?!
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I was saying its coming soon! lol
hazedabeast said:
I was saying its coming soon! lol
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Don't play with my heart like that man, lol. I know for a fact that we'll get 4.3 eventually, as well as maybe an official LG update to..... Whatever it is that they're planning on shipping the G2 with (4.2.1 or 4.2.2?). We have a flagship phone with some high end specs. If we don't get an official update for our phones from LG, it'll be because of just outright neglect.
That's what AOSP is for though, I guess.
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