Phones Lg g2

[spinedoc77]

Hmmm only thing putting me off is the fact that UK are only selling 16gb versions.....no 32gb versions

What's the best browser to use on android?

I'm on Cyanogenmod so have the stock Google browser, which I'm happy with. Incognito mode, dark/night mode, etc are all very nice. But you can download whatever browser you want, Chrome, Firefox, Dolphin, etc.

 

[boateng]

Battery - Im getting at least 3 days of average use before having to charge up.

As for the rest, you can see all the apps available in the app store.

Not too sure what you mean by messy interface, maybe you can explain that a bit more? I think the LG UI is actually very nice. Very fast and very clear.

As for the plastic feel - Just feels like a premium handset to me.

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Depends what you like. I use Chrome and have no issues.

16gb though? If you have loads of apps thats not enough
especially when you consider that its not actually 16gb...its like 12 or 11gb

 

[Dave.UK]

16gb though? If you have loads of apps thats not enough
especially when you consider that its not actually 16gb...its like 12 or 11gb

How many apps you thinking of having! Apps in general are pretty small.

At the end of the day, its your decision. Do whats best for you.

 

[SR71]

likewise

people keep saying wait for the nexus but the people also say the nexus is made for buying it out right and going on a sim only rather than being on a 24month contact.

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Hmm i want a phone with good battery, internet, apps, multimedia

what's putting me off the g2 is the messy interface i am hearing about and the plasticy feel.

Honestly, the UI isn't that bad, and that's coming from someone who hates Touchwiz. Nearly everything I hated about LG's UI had the option of being disabled or turned off. What was surprising to me about the plastic is that it doesn't feel crappy; I mean yeah it has that slippery feel, but the phone has such good ergonomics that it doesn't even really matter, and again, this is coming from someone who hated the plastic on the S4.

 

[boateng]

Honestly, the UI isn't that bad, and that's coming from someone who hates Touchwiz. Nearly everything I hated about LG's UI had the option of being disabled or turned off. What was surprising to me about the plastic is that it doesn't feel crappy; I mean yeah it has that slippery feel, but the phone has such good ergonomics that it doesn't even really matter, and again, this is coming from someone who hated the plastic on the S4.

hmm yeah i may get it

just have to see if i can manage with the 16gb memory

 

[SR71]

hmm yeah i may get it

just have to see if i can manage with the 16gb memory

All of the G2's (at least on the US carriers) come with 32GB storage.

 

[Dave.UK]

All of the G2's (at least on the US carriers) come with 32GB storage.

Currently only 16GB here in the UK.

 

[boateng]

All of the G2's (at least on the US carriers) come with 32GB storage.

nah not in the UK

They are selling 16gb's

 

[Dave.UK]

Does anyone know whether its possible to use the power button light for notifications as well as the front notification light?

I like to keep my phone face down, so using the power button light would b great for notifications.

 

[scott craft]

I spent some more time playing with the G2 Friday night. The speed swiping through the home screens is amazing. It is easily faster than the GS4, Note 3 and HTC One. It's quite a nice phone.

 

[SR71]

nah not in the UK

They are selling 16gb's

Oh, I didn't know that. Sorry about that, guys.

I spent some more time playing with the G2 Friday night. The speed swiping through the home screens is amazing. It is easily faster than the GS4, Note 3 and HTC One. It's quite a nice phone.

It really is an amazing phone and it's only going to get better in the coming weeks. KitKat ROM's should be out for the G2 in a week or two since it's nearly the same phone as the Nexus 5.

You almost don't need a playstore edition. There is a Cyanogenmod 4.3 ROM that is VERY stable, I've been using it extensively a couple of days. There is also an international AOKP ROM, which I'm sure will be on AT&T soon. You don't get much more stock than that.

I hope we see some kitkat roms soon after it's released. It seems like G2 development is exploding so I bet we will see them not too long after kit kat comes out.

Completely agree. I just put CM10.2 on my G2 and the speed, stability and ESPECIALLY battery life, is crazy. It's like a Nexus on steroids. I'm easily managing 6+ hours of screen-on time with 20+ hours off the charger (in the screenshot below I only got 19.5 hours since I used navigation which kills the battery). Also, since the G2 is essentially the Nexus 5, KitKat ROM's should be out within a week or two (same situation happened with the Nexus 4 and Optimus G... nearly the same phone, so it got newer builds of Android before other phones).

Check out these crazy screenshots... this is with 1 hour of navigation use as well and a mix of LTE + Wifi. Brightness varied between 10%-80% as the day progressed. Amazing battery life, I couldn't ask for anything more.

 

[boateng]

Oh, I didn't know that. Sorry about that, guys.



It really is an amazing phone and it's only going to get better in the coming weeks. KitKat ROM's should be out for the G2 in a week or two since it's nearly the same phone as the Nexus 5.



Completely agree. I just put CM10.2 on my G2 and the speed, stability and ESPECIALLY battery life, is crazy. It's like a Nexus on steroids. I'm easily managing 6+ hours of screen-on time with 20+ hours off the charger (in the screenshot below I only got 19.5 hours since I used navigation which kills the battery). Also, since the G2 is essentially the Nexus 5, KitKat ROM's should be out within a week or two (same situation happened with the Nexus 4 and Optimus G... nearly the same phone, so it got newer builds of Android before other phones).

Check out these crazy screenshots... this is with 1 hour of navigation use as well and a mix of LTE + Wifi. Brightness varied between 10%-80% as the day progressed. Amazing battery life, I couldn't ask for anything more.

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Is there any apps you recommend that helps with android such as saving battery etc...?

 

[Dave.UK]

Is there any apps you recommend that helps with android such as saving battery etc...?

Juice defender, although not had the need to use it on the G2

 

[boateng]

Juice defender, although not had the need to use it on the G2

what are other essential apps do you recommend in terms of helping your LG G2.

Im not use to android so have no clue!

 

[Dave.UK]

what are other essential apps do you recommend in terms of helping your LG G2.

Im not use to android so have no clue!

No essential apps for me. Unlike previous android phones ive had, the G2 seems to perform brilliantly straight out of the box.

 

[boateng]

No essential apps for me. Unlike previous android phones ive had, the G2 seems to perform brilliantly straight out of the box.

Oh okay

How do you set photos to automatically go to drop box?

Do you have to install drop box on your laptop or just your phone?

 

[isephmusic]

damn the g2 seems cool. just ordered a n5 so ill have to see if i like it. what do u guys think about the xperia z1

 

[Brazzan]

How do you set photos to automatically go to drop box?

Do you have to install drop box on your laptop or just your phone?

To upload them to Dropbox, you just need it on the phone.

To get them back down to the laptop, you need Dropbox on that as well.

 

[SR71]

Is there any apps you recommend that helps with android such as saving battery etc...?

I don't use any at all, but I think a lot has to do with stock Android; it's just so much less resource-intensive than an manufacturer skin, which causes battery life to be significantly better. With the same usage on a stock LG ROM there were always wakelocks here and there and while battery life was amazing even on the stock LG ROM, it's significantly better with a stock Android ROM like CyanogenMod.

 

[spinedoc77]

Oh okay

How do you set photos to automatically go to drop box?

Do you have to install drop box on your laptop or just your phone?

Google automatically uploads photos and videos too.

 

[2298754]

Oh okay

How do you set photos to automatically go to drop box?

Do you have to install drop box on your laptop or just your phone?

Download the app and go to settings and turn on camera upload. It automatically throws everything into dropbox.

 

[jmebbk]

is this phone really get

thinking of getting it on a contract over the htc one, and samsung s4

 

[SR71]

is this phone really get

thinking of getting it on a contract over the htc one, and samsung s4

This is a great phone and development has really picked up since KitKat's release. There is now a stable build of CM10.2 (Jellybean) available and there are multiple KitKat ROM's. Developers have even been able to port the stock LG camera app to the AOSP ROM's like CyanogenMod, AOKP, Paranoid Android, etc., so that you don't have to use the crappy stock Android camera app. I've never really understood why this phone isn't more popular. LG's UI, while similar to Touchwiz, performs MUCH better with no lag. It's also a lot more customizable. There are tons of ROM's, mods, etc. that can be loaded on the device, and battery life is top-notch, even beating out the Note 3.

The G2, Moto X, and Nexus 5, are the best phones that you can get right now. You can't go wrong with either of these, and they're all much better than the Galaxy S4 and HTC One.

Google automatically uploads photos and videos too.

Looks like I'm coming back to my trusty G2. Returned mine after experiencing horrible GPS issues (rendered navigation useless) and ended up giving the Moto X and Note 3 a shot in the meantime. Honestly would've kept the Moto X if I wasn't able to get such an amazing deal on the white Verizon G2, but that's another story. I'm glad to be back and am excited to see that CM10.2 is now released as stable along with developers successfully porting over the LG camera app to AOSP/CM ROM's. My white G2 will be here Thursday and the first thing I'll be doing is rooting it, modding it, and putting a ROM on it.

How's yours holding up? I'm really hoping this new G2 doesn't have GPS issues like the last one, as that was pretty much my only real problem with the phone.

 

[spinedoc77]

This is a great phone and development has really picked up since KitKat's release. There is now a stable build of CM10.2 (Jellybean) available and there are multiple KitKat ROM's. Developers have even been able to port the stock LG camera app to the AOSP ROM's like CyanogenMod, AOKP, Paranoid Android, etc., so that you don't have to use the crappy stock Android camera app. I've never really understood why this phone isn't more popular. LG's UI, while similar to Touchwiz, performs MUCH better with no lag. It's also a lot more customizable. There are tons of ROM's, mods, etc. that can be loaded on the device, and battery life is top-notch, even beating out the Note 3.

The G2, Moto X, and Nexus 5, are the best phones that you can get right now. You can't go wrong with either of these, and they're all much better than the Galaxy S4 and HTC One.



Looks like I'm coming back to my trusty G2. Returned mine after experiencing horrible GPS issues (rendered navigation useless) and ended up giving the Moto X and Note 3 a shot in the meantime. Honestly would've kept the Moto X if I wasn't able to get such an amazing deal on the white Verizon G2, but that's another story. I'm glad to be back and am excited to see that CM10.2 is now released as stable along with developers successfully porting over the LG camera app to AOSP/CM ROM's. My white G2 will be here Thursday and the first thing I'll be doing is rooting it, modding it, and putting a ROM on it.

How's yours holding up? I'm really hoping this new G2 doesn't have GPS issues like the last one, as that was pretty much my only real problem with the phone.

I sold mine a while ago. It's a phenomenal phone and also having owned the Nexus 5 I think I would choose the G2 over that ONLY if the G2 didn't have the rear placed buttons, which eventually wore me out. I was hoping the Nexus 5 would have been a G2 without rear buttons, but it was different enough to push me away.

 

[boateng]

This is a great phone and development has really picked up since KitKat's release. There is now a stable build of CM10.2 (Jellybean) available and there are multiple KitKat ROM's. Developers have even been able to port the stock LG camera app to the AOSP ROM's like CyanogenMod, AOKP, Paranoid Android, etc., so that you don't have to use the crappy stock Android camera app. I've never really understood why this phone isn't more popular. LG's UI, while similar to Touchwiz, performs MUCH better with no lag. It's also a lot more customizable. There are tons of ROM's, mods, etc. that can be loaded on the device, and battery life is top-notch, even beating out the Note 3.

The G2, Moto X, and Nexus 5, are the best phones that you can get right now. You can't go wrong with either of these, and they're all much better than the Galaxy S4 and HTC One.



Looks like I'm coming back to my trusty G2. Returned mine after experiencing horrible GPS issues (rendered navigation useless) and ended up giving the Moto X and Note 3 a shot in the meantime. Honestly would've kept the Moto X if I wasn't able to get such an amazing deal on the white Verizon G2, but that's another story. I'm glad to be back and am excited to see that CM10.2 is now released as stable along with developers successfully porting over the LG camera app to AOSP/CM ROM's. My white G2 will be here Thursday and the first thing I'll be doing is rooting it, modding it, and putting a ROM on it.

How's yours holding up? I'm really hoping this new G2 doesn't have GPS issues like the last one, as that was pretty much my only real problem with the phone.

What does all this rooting mean lol?!?
Is that something I have to do or is it optional? This is my first android phone you see...so no nothing about all these things!!!!