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I know that there are probably other threads just like mine but I just had to get this off my chest.....for everyone that's disrespecting this phone and saying its a slouch, slow etc.
Some of you may know me from selling/trading phones over in the marketplace. I've had every high end phone on Sprint, some phones I've owned twice or even three times. Nevertheless, I got rid of them because I just didn't like the phone or wanted something else.
Well, I got me another Photon and I come to find that I really like this phone. True it has some issues that's in my opinion is very minor. Those issues consist of the small amount of laginess when unlocking the phone and for some reason when ever I'm typing the vibration of the key press just stops. Then it starts back after I stop typing again...I don't know what's up with that...but those are the only two issues I have with this phone.
Now as far as the good, the reception is out of this world. I get excellent service and bars where I got no or little service on both my NS4G and E4GT. The only phone that came close is my iP4s. I went to the mall here where I live and while the wife and kids were doing some shopping, I decided to pull out the Photon and surf the web. I was expecting that the data would be slow to non existence. But to my surprise, data was working and fast too. Again, this wouldn't have never happened on my NS4G or ET4G. The speaker on the photon is a beast as well. It definitely blows the NS4G out of the water. The E4GT has a good speaker too but begins to crackle at a certain volume.
Not to mention all the accessories that's available for the photo. I'm currently in the market for lap dock
If I'm just blabbing, I apologize. I'm just giving this device some love. I'm already talking my co-worker into getting an Electrify on US Cellular.
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babble all you want, your basically just repeating what I have been saying since August!!
I have my gripes with the touch screen, but this is the best PHONE on Sprint. Best reception and sound quality that money can buy.
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On a side not, I just tried Google Hangout with my cousin. And wow.. what a nice thing to use.
I'm glad I switched back to Android from the iPoop.
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In that case, I think it is time for you to update your avatar and sig!
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In that case, I think it is time for you to update your avatar and sig!
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Lol....I know right...lol
I am as soon as I finish eating
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Yeah you're definitely all over the marketplace thats for sure lol. I never thought you'd be back to the photon. I too have used all of sprint's phones except the iPhone and Photon imo is the best Android device they've had so far. Honestly, I believe EVERY problem with device lies within the software I.e blur etc. Hardware is flawless ...
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I agree on all counts as well. The phone is awesome. And also agree that if Moto unlocked the bootloader without losing 4G then we can get rid of the blur stuff and really have a outstanding phone.
I'm loving my accessories.
TS
is the better...
is the better phone 4.3" , tegra 2 , is good combination. the pentile screen battery life save. i love the photon.
I got my G in yesterday. I replaced my atrix with cm10. I really dont miss cm10 either. I did root this phone so I could install titanium, remove bloat and install my old apps. I was wondering if there is some way to add weather to the lock screen. One issue I did have happen, it shut off completely one time, no button pushing revived it, I ended up plugging it to power and it responded. I see that might be an issue at some point, you cant remove the battery, so that makes me a little leary of unlocking or putting a new rom on, if it stuffs I cant turn it off
Easy process. And if you double get in a bind it may be easier for you to fix.
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Dude did you replace an atrix 4g with the LGOG? ...I DID THE SAME THING! Man I love this phone ^.^ my atrix was a tough cookie though.
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I also upgraded from the original atrix. Very happy with the performance of this phone. I do miss a couple of things from the atrix though: better battery life, ability to use standard wifi tethering and the customizable car dock app.
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Seems Like we have alto of former atrixers here. Ditto for me it was my first android and still serves as my multimedia dock for my lil Sony psp t.v.
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I have to admit, when the news came out earlier that the Nexus 4 is back in stock I briefly considered throwing my Optimus up on Swappa/Craigslist/whatever and getting one.
Ultimately, I'm perfectly happy with the G. Especially now that we have JB source and the devs can go crazy with it, I'm hoping we're not too far away from a CM or a true AOSP ROM. Heck, I'll probably be perfectly happy with the JB ROM we have already once the storage issue gets fixed, as the camera isn't really all that important to me. Sure, it's nice to have, but I've got a dedicated camera for when I want to do serious photography.
With our JB ROM, what's the real difference between the Optimus G and the Nexus 4 aside from the obvious not having to go through AT&T for updates? If we never get Key Lime Pie or anything official from AT&T period (even the JB OTA), my feelings might change, but for a device that people say has lacking dev support it doesn't seem all that bad.
Heck, knowing how much I like flashing ROMS having only a few of them may be better for my sanity
Former atrix user here too. Captivate-Atrix-i777Sii-LGOG. Atrix and LGOG win all the candy for battery life.
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they said the same thing about the atrix 4g devs..... i used PDA net and hid my data....been doing it since the old days ...lol! I LOVED my atrix, its my backup device still.... but it started going....just slowly *tears* . lol! this is going to be a good dev community i can feel it.
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ianwardell said:
Dude did you replace an atrix 4g with the LGOG? ...I DID THE SAME THING! Man I love this phone ^.^ my atrix was a tough cookie though.
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i really wanted to use my atrix forever, but it has a failing digitizer, the headphone jack quit working.
I switched from the Note 2 to the G and I can tell you the G is far more responsive and quick in day to day use. It's like night and day.
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I got my G in yesterday. I replaced my atrix with cm10. I really dont miss cm10 either. I did root this phone so I could install titanium, remove bloat and install my old apps. I was wondering if there is some way to add weather to the lock screen. One issue I did have happen, it shut off completely one time, no button pushing revived it, I ended up plugging it to power and it responded. I see that might be an issue at some point, you cant remove the battery, so that makes me a little leary of unlocking or putting a new rom on, if it stuffs I cant turn it off
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I love my Atrix but I found out that CM10 and Jokersax is a little too buggy for normal use - might just be me though. I used the epinter and it worked great but my battery was instant dead all the time (even with tweaks and extended battery )
I love seeing all these former Atrix users picking up the LGOG and loving it! My only concern is the battery life since I am a heavy user. Super heavy I am almost always on it even at home. I have been playing with the floor model at my job and really cannot see any faults besides the battery but LG and other OEM users claim that the "eco-mode" does the trick in conserving the battery. The floor model does not have an active sim and I do not see a way to disable LTE and only have HSPA+.
The battery issue and hacks seems to be an issue I foresee as well but I guess we would just need to be lucky and hope that the hard reset works aka press all buttons at once and pray.
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I love my Atrix but I found out that CM10 and Jokersax is a little too buggy for normal use - might just be me though. I used the epinter and it worked great but my battery was instant dead all the time (even with tweaks and extended battery )
I love seeing all these former Atrix users picking up the LGOG and loving it! My only concern is the battery life since I am a heavy user. Super heavy I am almost always on it even at home. I have been playing with the floor model at my job and really cannot see any faults besides the battery but LG and other OEM users claim that the "eco-mode" does the trick in conserving the battery. The floor model does not have an active sim and I do not see a way to disable LTE and only have HSPA+.
The battery issue and hacks seems to be an issue I foresee as well but I guess we would just need to be lucky and hope that the hard reset works aka press all buttons at once and pray.
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The Base seems to be the most battery efficient from what I've seen with sk8's 2.2 kernel. Check out my posts there. Definitely seeing better battery life with those settings.
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Should just call this the atrixog forums also a former Moto user but this device feels as smooth aw my atrix was. I do miss my fingerprint scanner though.
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clago87 said:
Should just call this the atrixog forums also a former Moto user but this device feels as smooth aw my atrix was. I do miss my fingerprint scanner though.
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Yes!!!!!!!! I loved it.. until the llast month of use it started going
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I feel left out i came from an inspire ha. I love this phone tho dont think i would have been this happy with anything else
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I feel left out i came from an inspire ha. I love this phone tho dont think i would have been this happy with anything else
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Agreed. Note 2 was to big....everything else a weak phone ....then the LG came out of nowhere.....
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phone fell out of my pocket and screen shattered on wednsday. I was going to get a case and bestbuy insurance last weekend but got lazy. now i have to deal with ASSurion, filed the claim on wednsday and no word yet, when I get this replaced i am droping that insurance.
I also came from cm10 on my atrix haha.
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+1 for former Atrix
It's great to see that a ton of Atrix users made it to the LGOG. Even better that Noattach made the jump with us!
So, has anybody tried to get the lapdock working with the LGOG yet? I'll be getting an MHL adapter soon, but I only expect video, as the USB speakers in the dock don't seem to have support outside of the Atrix. It would be awesome if there were some way to get the keyboard, trackpad, and USB ports on the dock to talk with the phone. Anybody have any ideas?
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omg ASSURION really sucks ass. so I havent heard **** in 2 days. I call, the call tree tells me it would be faster on line, so while i wait i check my claim on line, there is a message there it it might be better to call customer service lol. So I finally get on with a rep and they know nothing about the claim.
--edit, man what a bunch of ****ing morons. they finally find my claim and said everything was good they were going to transfer me but my call dropped. so I called again go thru the damn shuffle oh we cant find that phone, oh you have to refile, I said its the same ****ing documents i sent wednsday re use them...oh be we see the phone is not in use, no **** IT IS BROKEN!
When you mess around with your phone (flashing,adb commands,etc) what would you like to be done easier for you? I'm currently building a tool that'll be universal and open source.
IF you have any ideas leave them below!
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When you mess around with your phone what would you like to be 1 click type of doing?
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an excellent question. I love setting up automation with tasker but I've run out of ideas to implement. Im curious what other may find useful...(no thread hijack)
I would love to know how to set up an nfc task to toggle my bedroom tv on and off. I know it's stupid, but I'm lazy. Lol. I tried for a couple of hours to get it figured out and I could do it.
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COVX! How are you? And that's a good question. I would probably want to find out how to recreate the double tap method on the lock screen like on the G2.
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COVX! How are you? And that's a good question. I would probably want to find out how to recreate the double tap method on the lock screen like on the G2.
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My friend has a Rom of 4.2 on his gs3 and nexus 7 that allows for "tickle" wake up. So it's not the double tap, but just a swipe across the screen. I haven't personally used it so I'm not sure if it has to be in the Rom or if we could add it in.
Update: Might have been galaxy nexus. Found an app for the nexus, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101488
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My friend has a Rom of 4.2 on his gs3 and nexus 7 that allows for "tickle" wake up. So it's not the double tap, but just a swipe across the screen. I haven't personally used it so I'm not sure if it has to be in the Rom or if we could add it in.
Update: Might have been galaxy nexus. Found an app for the nexus, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101488
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There is a similar one called PGM2, I used it on my Galaxy Nexus. It requires a kernel that supports it. (most of the custom kernels do). You can set it to respond to tapping the screen, swiping, etc. You can simply swipe to the left across the bottom of the screen to turn it off. I love my Galaxy Nexus.... I just upgraded to the S4 2 weeks ago with the Verizon Unlimited Data keeping option and despite no custom kernel/4.3 support due to ME7, I LOVE this phone even more...the speed is phenomenal and I get more than triple the battery life of my Galaxy Nexus (and it has an extended battery). I'm running Hyperdrive rom and it's more than enough to keep me happy until if/when kexec support or other bootloader workaround is available.
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COVX! How are you? And that's a good question. I would probably want to find out how to recreate the double tap method on the lock screen like on the G2.
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Hey man! Getting back into the dev scene again i am, aha
EDIT: updated the op to be more specific
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There is a similar one called PGM2, I used it on my Galaxy Nexus. It requires a kernel that supports it. (most of the custom kernels do). You can set it to respond to tapping the screen, swiping, etc. You can simply swipe to the left across the bottom of the screen to turn it off. I love my Galaxy Nexus.... I just upgraded to the S4 2 weeks ago with the Verizon Unlimited Data keeping option and despite no custom kernel/4.3 support due to ME7, I LOVE this phone even more...the speed is phenomenal and I get more than triple the battery life of my Galaxy Nexus (and it has an extended battery). I'm running Hyperdrive rom and it's more than enough to keep me happy until if/when kexec support or other bootloader workaround is available.
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Is this PGM2 available for the S4?
Maybe some of the easier tasks like wifi off when leaving home/work network. Quiet hrs. during certain times, battery saving mode when sleeping for a period of time etc. Sounds like a good idea if its simplified. Tasker was a PITA to learn
one of my favorite tools used in flashing is a zip that copies all my custom notification mp3s to the system/media folder for me. Something similar would be nice
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Maybe some of the easier tasks like wifi off when leaving home/work network. Quiet hrs. during certain times, battery saving mode when sleeping for a period of time etc. Sounds like a good idea if its simplified. Tasker was a PITA to learn
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tasker can be difficult for some to wrap they're head around...i love learning that kind of stuff but im weird like that. i have so much goodness automated with tasker...i frickin love that app.
if OP automated the importing of tasker profiles for some of the things mentioned above that would be useful for some folks too. most basic codes for that can be downloaded and imported to tasker
I wanted to let everyone know that I have used all the AOSP based roms we have on the verizon model except PA and can report that the knock on feature works flawless!
Here's the thing, I like this handset, it's great and all but one thing that would annoy me at times is when my phone is in certain positions the knock on would not work properly. I have recreated all those positions with the AOSP based roms and the screen never needed to be tapped more than twice to be turned on. Therefore I wanted to report, (since no one else has and I've seen many reports of issues with knock on being very inconsistent for people including myself) that knock works perfect on CM10.2, Vanir, Carbon, OSE, AICP, and I'm sure PA as well.
Thought some folks might want to know that
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I wanted to let everyone know that I have used all the AOSP based roms we have on the verizon model except PA and can report that the knock on feature works flawless!
Here's the thing, I like this handset, it's great and all but one thing that would annoy me at times is when my phone is in certain positions the knock on would not work properly. I have recreated all those positions with the AOSP based roms and the screen never needed to be tapped more than twice to be turned on. Therefore I wanted to report, (since no one else has and I've seen many reports of issues with knock on being very inconsistent for people including myself) that knock works perfect on CM10.2, Vanir, Carbon, OSE, AICP, and I'm sure PA as well.
Thought some folks might want to know that
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Please link the ROM that works best for you? I wanna give it a shot.
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Please link the ROM that works best for you? I wanna give it a shot.
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Well I can tell by your signature that you are on the international version and I'm on verizon and the roms I speak of are all on verizon. There may actually be 4.3 AOSP based roms out for your version as well but I don't know because I don't check that section of the forum
I think I did see something about CM10.2 being out for the D802 which is what you have. There might be others out though.
On verizon I have settled with carbon for now because it's running stable and is so professionally put together as far as how carbon settings is configured and arranged...it's brilliant. OSE, AICP, Vanir, and of course PA and CM are all great as well. The order in which I wrote them is how I personally rank them as well as far as my personal taste.
But whatever you do do not flash a verizon rom on your phone or you might hard brick it. At the very least the phone would be usable for the amount of bugs it would have if it would even boot. I doubt it would make it past the LG boot logo.
Ok perfect. I posted in wrong forum lol. I have a Canadian G2. AT&T works with mine. Thanks
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Ok perfect. I posted in wrong forum lol. I have a Canadian G2. AT&T works with mine. Thanks
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No you aren't. The G2 only has one general section so you have threads for all 73 different models of G2's out there. The developement section is where you want to find whats out for your phone. You say att works so check that section.
While it hasn't worked flawlessly for me, I will say it has been working much better in CM10.2 than it was in CleanROM.
just curious, I wonder if AOSP/CM are using the sensor (top left side of G2) or conventional touchscreen kernel hack (like those modded kernels found in nexus devices)for the double tab.
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Ok perfect. I posted in wrong forum lol. I have a Canadian G2. AT&T works with mine. Thanks
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You flashed D800 CM on your D803?
but knock off doesnt work at all
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but knock off doesnt work at all
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get UDN lite and add another button on the navigation bar for sleep... problem solved, just one tap and it goes to sleep
Not really had any problems with knock on and off using stock. Misses once in a while if I knock too quickly, but definitely no complaints form me. Admittedly, getting it going 100% of the time would be a nice bonus though.
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but knock off doesnt work at all
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As the poster below you said, this is a half truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvesNzvgKDQ
I noticed initially that I was getting more consistent knock on results using AOSP, but even here it isn't 100% of the time for me. I feel like on stock I had to knock closer to the bottom of the phone, but on CM I have to knock closer to the middle.
My device definitely has some sort of knock on hotspot, I'm just yet to find exactly where. At first I was getting it 100% on CM, but now it's closer to 90% of the time
Yeah it works better on cm than stock. Still not flawless though.
For screen off, I added a shortcut that appears when you swipe up from the navigation bar. I actually like it more than knock off.
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Knock Off is part of the launcher for the most part, just get Apex or Nova or some other launcher that supports gestures and set double tap to an app which locks/turns off the screen. I'm using "Screen off and Lock" with Apex Launcher on the stock rom and it works flawlessly. Although this won't help with it working in the notification bar. Of course this is until knock off is properly implemented.
Sorry to sound dumb, I'm getting my G2 on tuesday.
Does Knock on and Off work directly on CM. or is there an add-on you must add for it to work, if so, What is it?
Thanks
This is how i turn off my screen. System settings, Interface, Quick Launch Shortcuts, set it Screen off. You are good to go. Gl
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Yeah... I am just waiting for them to get knock off to work, then I will probably go AOSP... for now, Malladus works very, very good!
My knock on is TOO sensitive! D800, with CM, and I can't hardly carry it in my pocket, it turns on, and if I don't notice it, it eventually unlocks, and I end up with 7 or 8 apps open by the time I notice it. I think cm is doing the knock on differently. Stock it needed the shock to the screen from the taps, and cm u just need to touch the screen. I can touch it twice as light as possible, and it will turn on... Who knows... haven't really read anyone else with the issue though.... thoughts?
A video of it working and Rom installed would be legit.
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i use the lates cm 2910 and i miss the short led blinking when the screen is going on (like at stock rom).
Ok, a better figureprint sensor placement would be nice.
But....other than that. I have never once said....I wish thing thing could ____.
I multitask in church, taking notes on the bottom while my Bible is on the bottom. When I need to dial into a conference call with an long access code. The appointment is on top and the dialer on the bottom.
I take notes in meetings with OneNote.
I love the camera.
I am actually starting to like bixby. "Remind me to pick up milk when I leave the office" actually works. If it would more easily send a text I wouldn't need Google assistant at all.
I am just loving this phone.
Best phone I've ever owned by far and I've been in both Android and iOS.
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I am very happy with the Note 8. Bixby is great, and the fingerprint sensor was a breeze to get used to. I like how I can swipe the sensor to bring down the notification shade. Love the battery life , and glad to have the s pen back.
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This phone is so good I won't be rooting it. First phone I've ever had that'll stay stock. Kinda sad about it actually. But the benefits of rooting no longer outweigh the benefits of staying stock. I got a lifetime of AdGuard to block ads without root. Samsung has themes that theme most or all of the phone UI. Substratum takes care of the rest without root. Only thing I'm worried about really is being on Xfinity. No support. Can't even find anything to read or proper specs or versions. Dunno how they'll handle security updates or system updates. But as far as the phone itself goes, it's nearly flawless. So impressed.
Wi-Fi tether.
This is all I seek
I wish I had the stomach to learn half of what the OP says they do with their N8. Alas, patience is something I lost with age. LOL
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