I am due for an upgrade tomorrow (the 13th of August) and this phone is looking really good to me, the only problem I have is the bootloader is locked. I am coming from the Samsung Galaxy S3 with an unlocked bootloader, and I don't want to buy a phone that can't be bootloader unlocked. Should I buy this phone and hope our awesome dev's will get this thing unlocked? Or should I go with a device that CAN be unlocked?
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If you look through the Verizon and AT&T boot loader unlock bounty threads it seems like the devs think that they can unlock the bootloader. Hopefully it will happen but I do think that the firmware on the g3 is the best looking oem skin out there other than vanilla aosp
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Can't believe you posted this today. I am ordering a G3, right after I post this, to replace my rooted/s-offed M8. I got the G3 for my wife, a week or two ago, and have coveted it since.The beautiful display, screen size, and camera, have convinced me to make the switch. I will miss flashing kernels and ROMs, but with root, Nova, and Xposed, I can make the G3 look and perform the way I want. If the bootloader gets unlocked, it will be icing on the cake.
I replaced a M8 with the G3 and could not be happier. The build quality of the M8 is wonderful but the camera was terrible. The G3 is basically the same size with a bigger screen and much lighter. I will miss the Viper M8 rom but with root and Xposed the G3 is fantastic.
Where do I find these bounty threads at?
Edit: never mind, they were easy to find. Should've looked before I posted.
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Where do I find these bounty threads at?
Edit: never mind, they were easy to find. Should've looked before I posted.
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I haven't owned an M8 but I just want to add that the G3 is an amazing phone. I know there's been quite a bit of talk about the QHD display not being worth it.... But it totally is. That's why the Note 4 and Nexus 6 are coming out with QHD next as well.
Battery life on the stock Interactive Governor is actually pretty amazing too for such a big display, obviously there are people on here who say it's terrible but what can you do.... Most of us who remove the bloat and Greenify things have absolutely no problems with the Battery life. And the Snapdragon 801 can handle anything you throw at it. Get the G3!
And BTW our G3 devs have gone so far too say that the bootloader is going to get unlocked without a doubt... Their working on it. Until then Stock Rooted with xposed and Nova still kicks a$$
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I agree with the majority here.
I've never even held and M8 but I can tell you that the G3 is solid.
I also run it rooted with xposed and nova and it's great.
If they actually do get the bootloader unlocked or figure out another way to get custom roms, I can only imagine how bleepin fast this phone will get.
I'm coming from an S4 and this phone already is better in every way.
Thank you to everyone that replied here, my wife and I are due for upgrades today and I have decided to get the G3. I tried to get my wife to get the HTC One (M8) but she's sold on the Galaxy S5. I have read reviews and watched videos of the G3 and I can not wait to get it in my hands. Again, thank you everyone that replied to my post.
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You will dont be second guess yourself about the G3. I have owned the M8 and while flashing was fun it does not compare to the g3 at all. I actually sold my M8 and used that money to cancel my contract on the m8 and used the rest to get the g3 on edge and pay taxes and everything.
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Thank you to everyone that replied here, my wife and I are due for upgrades today and I have decided to get the G3. I tried to get my wife to get the HTC One (M8) but she's sold on the Galaxy S5. I have read reviews and watched videos of the G3 and I can not wait to get it in my hands. Again, thank you everyone that replied to my post.
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I'd definitely go with LG or HTC over any Sammy device. Just picked my gf up a HTC One Max and she had an S4 and totally loves Sense over Touchwiz.
Whatever keeps the wife happy though I understand lol
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My G3 is out for delivery. :victory: I've got everything on my M8 backed up, and ready to go. Once the G3 is all set up, the M8 will be going on Swappa, and my local Craigslist.
Once I get home I could post a pic of where my m8 hangs out now. Next to a gs5 in my desk. Reminds Mr I need to post both of those for sale. G3 all the way
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I'd definitely go with LG or HTC over any Sammy device. Just picked my gf up a HTC One Max and she had an S4 and totally loves Sense over Touchwiz.
Whatever keeps the wife happy though I understand lol
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Definitely! I couldn't change her mind, we both came from Samsung Galaxy S3's and she love's Samsung. We already got our phones and she love's her S5, so she's happy and that makes me happy. I am loving my G3 though. Haven't had a single issue yet and battery life is great! Haven't rooted yet though, I think I'm going to give it a few days before I root, or maybe wait till the bootloader gets unlocked then just go all out then. Ohh, and I absolutely love the LG keyboard, heck, I love the LG UI, it's beautiful. LG did a kick ass job on the UI.
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Hey guys. So my upgrade will be in March which isn't far away and I'm looking for a new phone. I'm very disappointed with the gs4 on Verizon since the bootloader is locked. Yes, I have safestrap but I love AOSP vs Touchwiz. I've looked up some phones coming out this year such as gs5 and HTC one+ (m8). I really liked the design of the HTC one and wish I bought that over the gs4. Just wondering what you guys would get next. The gs5 or something different since i almost feel like Samsung is following apple's tracks. Also do you even like the gs4? Let me know what you all think..
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Hey guys. So my upgrade will be in March which isn't far away and I'm looking for a new phone. I'm very disappointed with the gs4 on Verizon since the bootloader is locked. Yes, I have safestrap but I love AOSP vs Touchwiz. I've looked up some phones coming out this year such as gs5 and HTC one+ (m8). I really liked the design of the HTC one and wish I bought that over the gs4. Just wondering what you guys would get next. The gs5 or something different since i almost feel like Samsung is following apple's tracks. Also do you even like the gs4? Let me know what you all think..
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Love the GS4 (besides the whole bootloader lock down) but I'd be willing to wager that the gs5 will be just as if not more locked down.
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Love the GS4 (besides the whole bootloader lock down) but I'd be willing to wager that the gs5 will be just as if not more locked down.
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Thats what I'm assuming too. So i am guessing you are getting the s5?
Love what S4...what bootloader? I had my best times with the DX and its locked bootloader. This whole BL thing is so overblown with the S4. Repetitive threads and posts about it...it's like a broken record.
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Don't like Samsung's attitude toward customers.
Probably won't buy another Samsung device. Like the device, don't like the company.
We'll see with the GS5. I doubt I'll bite.
Having the microSD support is compelling but, I can get by without it now that Meenova has the keychain USB-OTG adapter from microSD cards.
We'll see what LG and HTC come out with.
I like the Sony, but Verizon and Sony are like oil and water.
From all reports, the S5 is going to be a beast. I, for one, plan on picking it up the day it's released.
I'll probably stay with my MDK S4 that's on its way to me for a long while. If that one should break and I need a new one... Hard to say what I'd do. The S4 is awesome, and I'm sure the S5 will be an amazing phone, but like stated above, let's be honest, they're going to have that S5 locked up so tight its probably going to be hard to do anything on it.
If the G2 has the removable battery and external SD card, I'd be all over it.
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I'll probably stay with my MDK S4 that's on its way to me for a long while. If that one should break and I need a new one... Hard to say what I'd do. The S4 is awesome, and I'm sure the S5 will be an amazing phone, but like stated above, let's be honest, they're going to have that S5 locked up so tight its probably going to be hard to do anything on it.
If the G2 has the removable battery and external SD card, I'd be all over it.
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I'll probably keep my s4 For 2 or 3 years...that's my usual period. Besides, the improvements become less and less.
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There be a sticky for these discussions...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406733
If you were to choose, which would you upgrade to from the L9. I am upgrading on the 30th of april and I have been going back and forth between the two phones and it's driving me crazy!!
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If you were to choose, which would you upgrade to from the L9. I am upgrading on the 30th of april and I have been going back and forth between the two phones and it's driving me crazy!!
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I did upgrade to the N5 and gave my wife my L9 lol, Although she's somewhat content with it.
I too was looking at the HTC One line and a couple other phones. I ended up with the N5 be cause it's pure vanilla, a developers phone, Long life of support/updates and It took at the most 5 mins to bootloader unlock, root and flash TWRP. There's so much going on in the N5 thread that its almost impossible to keep up with everything and it literally makes the L9 thread look like a ghost town. There's every ROM and kernel that you could want too. I stayed completely stock on it, except for unlocking the bootloader, rooting and recovery for like a month and then I couldn't resist anymore and had to flash a custom ROM and kernel just the other day.
I've been nothing but impressed with this phone... It's lightning fast and has an awesome screen. Love it!
I know it can be a hard decision but ultimately it's your choice, I recommend researching and comparing them and then deciding what's the best fit for you.
That's my problem. I think I have researched so much. Especially camera wise. Ultrapixel versus mega. Pictures are respectable from both models. The HTC one is out and there aren't that many changes over the old model. Which leads me to believe that the support for the one(m7) will continue. I mean its still a quad core phone. The n5 has a dedicated 18month loyalty agreement from Google so there's that too. User experience..... Blink feed and bloat or pure vanilla.......
I am also hesitant to purchase anything else made by LG....
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This is my first nexus device and the pure vanilla experience is nice. The N5 camera does take pretty good pics for a 8 mp and with the HDDR turned on it's even better.
I definitely hear what your saying about LG, I said the exact same thing especially after my last 2 phones, the L9 and LG Motion... LG just loves to lock down their phone's. At least the motion has Loki. Even though LG co-created the N5, there's no evidence of LG's dirty work at hand here. HTC does make some solid phones though and I've owned 2, the HD7 and the almighty HD2. Both were great phones... I still have the HD7. The one thing that kept me away from HTC was the fact that I'm not a huge fan of HTC sense.
We should probably request to move this thread to the Q&A section too.
Ok, supposedly Verizon is getting this phone. I'm jumping all over it. I've never had a Sony. What's the deal, are they crazy hard to root? Any special process? I'm kinda jacked about this
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Ok, supposedly Verizon is getting this phone. I'm jumping all over it. I've never had a Sony. What's the deal, are they crazy hard to root? Any special process? I'm kinda jacked about this
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Look in the "Xperia Z2 Original Android Development" sub-threads. Looks pretty straight forward. But you never know what VZW might add to the software. My interest in the VZW version is pretty high too.
Yeah I really like the feel of Sony.
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It's either Z2 or the G3.
Won't buy another Samdung (pun intended) phone. I hate KNOX.
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It's either Z2 or the G3.
Won't buy another Samdung (pun intended) phone. I hate KNOX.
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I'm right there with you. Love my G2, looking forward to the G3, and now the Z2 and HTC M8 Prime. Waiting for details on the latter. In the mean time my G2 is getting lots of love.
So does anyone know what the deal is? I read now where is not going to Verizon... Any ideas
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Well saw it again, looks like Sony is coming to big red, just hope it's soon
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Using a Droid incredible these days, and i swear i'd throw it off a cliff if i had another phone...
Looking to upgrade, and I notice that while the Note 3 and One M8, the other devices I'm cross-shopping, go on sale to <$1 and return to a higher price, the G3 is perma-stuck below $1. Is it cause no one buys it? Or major problems? cause the specs are top notch, so in theory it should cost more...
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Using a Droid incredible these days, and i swear i'd throw it off a cliff if i had another phone...
Looking to upgrade, and I notice that while the Note 3 and One M8, the other devices I'm cross-shopping, go on sale to <$1 and return to a higher price, the G3 is perma-stuck below $1. Is it cause no one buys it? Or major problems? cause the specs are top notch, so in theory it should cost more...
Thanks!
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No idea why it's perma-discounted so low but all have their pros and cons. If you look at reviews most are happy with it. The most common complaints being the 4k screens impact on battery life (3.5-4 hours screen on time) and some ui lag in stock applications (messenger, settings, launcher). Overall I wouldn't trade it for anything else out there, but that is due to the fact that the community has bypassed the bootloader allowing for custom roms. If I had to keep the stock lg software or if I was not the type to modify my phone, my choice would probably be the M8. M8 has mediocre camera and display, but much better software optimization. Personally I won't even consider Samsung, but maybe that'll change if they ditch touchwiz like rumored.
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Using a Droid incredible these days, and i swear i'd throw it off a cliff if i had another phone...
Looking to upgrade, and I notice that while the Note 3 and One M8, the other devices I'm cross-shopping, go on sale to <$1 and return to a higher price, the G3 is perma-stuck below $1. Is it cause no one buys it? Or major problems? cause the specs are top notch, so in theory it should cost more...
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In my opinion... LG wants more market share so they priced the phone low and made a lot of them. HTC and Samsung are bigger players in the market and LG wants to make it's mark. G3 owners are getting a good phone and a good deal. That's not to say the others aren't good as well, but for the price - the value and quality is there on the G3. No major defects, problems, or anything like that.
I guess you can always take a test drive and compare - depending on your seller's policies. For ex: I bought an S5 on Amazon and hated it sooo much, but their policy is one free exchange within a 2 week period so I grabbed a G3 instead and couldn't be happier with that choice. It may be a pain but a test drive can keep you from getting stuck with a phone you hate.
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No idea why it's perma-discounted so low but all have their pros and cons. If you look at reviews most are happy with it. The most common complaints being the 4k screens impact on battery life (3.5-4 hours screen on time) and some ui lag in stock applications (messenger, settings, launcher). Overall I wouldn't trade it for anything else out there, but that is due to the fact that the community has bypassed the bootloader allowing for custom roms. If I had to keep the stock lg software or if I was not the type to modify my phone, my choice would probably be the M8. M8 has mediocre camera and display, but much better software optimization. Personally I won't even consider Samsung, but maybe that'll change if they ditch touchwiz like rumored.
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In my opinion... LG wants more market share so they priced the phone low and made a lot of them. HTC and Samsung are bigger players in the market and LG wants to make it's mark. G3 owners are getting a good phone and a good deal. That's not to say the others aren't good as well, but for the price - the value and quality is there on the G3. No major defects, problems, or anything like that.
I guess you can always take a test drive and compare - depending on your seller's policies. For ex: I bought an S5 on Amazon and hated it sooo much, but their policy is one free exchange within a 2 week period so I grabbed a G3 instead and couldn't be happier with that choice. It may be a pain but a test drive can keep you from getting stuck with a phone you hate.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I guess its the usual loss leader marketing scheme, and its working pretty well. I suppose i should be glad that the M8 and the N3 have increased in price. both of those require lots of hoop-jumping to get BL-unlocks [or not in the N3's case], while its so easy with the G3.
So i just picked up my G3 from Amazon this weekend for a penny+tax, $44.01 including shipping. Already owned the G2 which was perfectly but I sat on my upgrade for about 6 months and finally took the plunge... The few sales/reps I've asked about the price being so low basically told me that the G3 hasn't been marketed very well and non power users are sucked into the Crapple/Junksung riptide. So far its great, haven't been able to root yet due to 12B stump being patched, IOroot adb issues, and towelroot not working. M8 would definitely be my second choice but camera and display quality are very important. No better time than now to before price changes @sidewinder_x5
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So i just picked up my G3 from Amazon this weekend for a penny+tax, $44.01 including shipping. Already owned the G2 which was perfectly but I sat on my upgrade for about 6 months and finally took the plunge... The few sales/reps I've asked about the price being so low basically told me that the G3 hasn't been marketed very well and non power users are sucked into the Crapple/Junksung riptide. So far its great, haven't been able to root yet due to 12B stump being patched, IOroot adb issues, and towelroot not working. M8 would definitely be my second choice but camera and display quality are very important. No better time than now to before price changes @sidewinder_x5
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oh believe me, it's coming soon :good: and 12B patch? cant you downgrade to 10B, root, bump, then flash a custom 12B rom? sounds easier than trying to root straight at 12B millions of ways.
Speaking of amazon, what kinda fees did you have to pay? upgrade fee, activation fee, etc.
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oh believe me, it's coming soon :good: and 12B patch? cant you downgrade to 10B, root, bump, then flash a custom 12B rom? sounds easier than trying to root straight at 12B millions of ways.
Speaking of amazon, what kinda fees did you have to pay? upgrade fee, activation fee, etc.
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I bought my g3 of ebay for 54.00!!!! it was listed as a g2 with back cover missing nd in the pics i noticed it was a g3...u can't believe how excited i got i'd recomannd ebay..you can get a new phone for quarter the price..
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oh believe me, it's coming soon :good: and 12B patch? cant you downgrade to 10B, root, bump, then flash a custom 12B rom? sounds easier than trying to root straight at 12B millions of ways.
Speaking of amazon, what kinda fees did you have to pay? upgrade fee, activation fee, etc.
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Im about to attempt the 10B downgrade right now actually-just fired up the PC! I'm a little hesitant due to reading about bricks but I can't take not crackflashing a day longer! Haha And as far as Amazon goes it was a penny for the phone and $40.00 exactly in taxes. That's all and it was delivered in 2 days.
Its easy to do. Almost impossible to mess it up. Ive had mine since around Christmas, and i love it. then again, Im coming from an S4. LOL.
After years of using Samsung, I went from a Note 3 to a G2 which I was very happy with. I sold my G2 for $280 back in October and bought the G3 for $300 (brand new) from a local guy who went back to Iphone. G3 is my favorite phone I've had so far.
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Im about to attempt the 10B downgrade right now actually-just fired up the PC! I'm a little hesitant due to reading about bricks but I can't take not crackflashing a day longer! Haha And as far as Amazon goes it was a penny for the phone and $40.00 exactly in taxes. That's all and it was delivered in 2 days.
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haha, well best of luck to you! and well, that gives one more reason to buy from amazon. i'm scared if i go to verizon or target, theyll charge me tax. and the upgrade fee. and the activation fee.
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After years of using Samsung, I went from a Note 3 to a G2 which I was very happy with. I sold my G2 for $280 back in October and bought the G3 for $300 (brand new) from a local guy who went back to Iphone. G3 is my favorite phone I've had so far.
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the G2/G3 are amazing phones. i looked at getting a G2 before i arrived in the US, but the price was a bit much. glad there are places where i can get the G3 for close to nothing :good:
I enjoy my g3. And with the impending official lollipop update our development will become that much more awesome.
I was hesitant to go back to flashing roms myself. But since I have no need for softcard I said f it. Best decision ever. Basically I have a 5.5'' nexus 6 with removable battery and expandable memory lol.
Who's excited for the VR for g3? Who thinks lg will be nice enough to give these out like they did the free spare battery lol
Considering LG updated the G3 in Korea before even Nexus phones got the update, how did we fall behind the Moto X (2nd gen), Galaxy S5, and the HTC One M7 and M8 on Verizon?
http://www.androidcentral.com/lollipop-update-sprint-htc-one-m8-set-feb-13-lg-g3-feb-16
I mean yay for us finally getting it, but screw you Verizon.
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Considering LG updated the G3 in Korea before even Nexus phones got the update, how did we fall behind the Moto X (2nd gen), Galaxy S5, and the HTC One M7 and M8 on Verizon?
http://www.androidcentral.com/lollipop-update-sprint-htc-one-m8-set-feb-13-lg-g3-feb-16
I mean yay for us finally getting it, but screw you Verizon.
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This is for Sprint bud.....Verizon hasn't made a peep about any 5.0 update for the G3.
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This is for Sprint bud.....Verizon hasn't made a peep about any 5.0 update for the G3.
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Oh balls... even worse.
Yay early AM reading comprehension.
Luckily, Verizon and Sprint have been handing out updates about the same time for other phones. We can hope that continues and Verizon comes out at the same time. I just hope the bugs aren't an issue though.
I'm waiting till March/April before I throw lollipop on this(if the updates out)..I'll wait for the eclipse Rom to drop lollipop thanks..
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Oh balls... even worse.
Yay early AM reading comprehension.
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Lol....yeah. Personally I'm all about AOSP, so I can't complain, but it is annoying how long the US carriers always take. As far as AOSP goes, most of the ROMs I've tried are definitely stable enough for the things I use my phone for so I just live with the occasional oddities. Eclipse is an awesome choice though for a stock/AOSP hybrid of sorts. I just hope VZW doesn't jack with anything in the update that makes downgrading impossible or the like, because then all of a sudden the forum will be a mess with people who couldn't just wait the couple extra days for someone to release a "safe" version of the update....then all of a sudden the forums will be a mess with noobs all being like:
"Please help I know people said not to but I upgraded anyway and I now I can't be 1337 h4x0rz and haz root and phone is broken and won't boot!!!1 How to fix??"
Lol....but I digress