Alrighty, just to give my first thoughts on the LG G2, coming from a Rooted Galaxy Nexus running JBSourcery, on Verizon.
Everyone's talk about battery life, it's no lie. Straight out of the box, I easily lasted the day with plenty left. And that's playing with it a bit, a 20 min call in the middle. Screen was on auto brightness, which seemed to work decently, though there were a couple times it was a little slow to come up from dim.
Camera looks great so far, even the front facing is decent. The dual-camera option is kinda neat, though I can only imagine it being really useful to prove to your significant other that you really are at the grocery store. Way too many options to go through, but most reviews covered it well anyway.
I got the phone, walked out, instantly paired to my Bluetooth speakerphone in the car, no issues, connected very quick, and started streaming my Pandora easy. The only issue I had with it initially, was that because I have a vent-mounted cradle...the volume buttons are inaccessible. However, the volume slider on the nav pulldown was easy enough.
There are a handful of things with the phone, stock, that I ran into though. First, the unlock animations are nice and fancy, but I outgrew them kinda quick. They're great to impress with the OOOOH AHHHH factor, but for me, I wish I could have a None option. Personal preference, of course.
Took me a while to get the QSlide menu off the Nav bar, but managed to, and it feels like a whole new notification bar with the extra space. Took a few searches to find, but for those who haven't yet, you have to go to your toggles at the top, go all the way to the right and click Edit. Add the Qslide toggle and go back. Now, in your toggle message, turn off the Qslide. Then you can either leave the toggle there to turn it on or off, or like I did, just go back and edit your toggles and take it off your list until you want it back.
I was missing my Apex Launcher and my scrolling dock, but it became very apparent that it didn't play nicely with Knock Off. On was fine, but the default double-tap in Apex was to open it's menu, and no other settings would revert to default. Found an app for Screen Off, and was able to set that to a double-tap>Launch App and that did the trick there. So, rock on. Now I just need new icons.
I did have a dropped call after about 10 minutes (was my 3rd call of the day), but that was probably a very random thing. I've had it happen on that connection before (the person calling me from behind another system). So I don't blame the phone for that, yet. Calls did have a LITTLE bit of feedback and a certain volume, but I was also outside with traffic going by not too far, and turning the volume down a little took away that.
I like the ability to hide apps I won't use, even on the stock launcher, but like most people, I hate having it there to begin with. Spoils of coming from a Nexus I guess. I do plan on rooting this phone, but I have a lot more reading to do before I jump on it. I don't imagine it'll be QUITE as easy as the Gnex, but hey, if it is, all the more power to the people.
I will say, the GNex had been my best phone to date, but judging my initial impressions of the G2, I think it can easily equal it, if not surpass it. Heaven knows the power of this thing destroyed it. (It's also why I got two - one for me, and one for her, and the Gnex is on the spare line now, semi-retired).
Compared to the Gnex though, you have a screen that looks beautiful, and larger (even though the phones are almost identical in length/width). It's also lighter, thinner, and packs a TON more punch. The Gnex had below average battery life stock out of the box, this thing runs circles around it without the need for a huge phone or bulge. But all this is to be expected from a phone that is compared to one 2 years old.
Adding: One more thing that I've noticed, is that the radios on the G2 seem a bit stronger than my GNex was. I know people had issues with the GNex and signal, but mine was on par with my Thunderbolt, and a couple others. My G2 though, is well above it. And it's all of em. WiFi reaches a bit further out my driveway, my Network Extender connects out to my mailbox for cryin out loud. That's a good 75 feet away. And signal wise, I do have a Wilson Booster in my car, but today for example I forgot to turn that on and still hung onto Pandora for miles farther than I ever could in my Nexus. Hopefully it's not a fluke and my gf's is the same way since she'll be in some weak spots a lot driving too.
Everyone's talk about battery life, it's no lie. Straight out of the box, I easily lasted the day with plenty left. And that's playing with it a bit, a 20 min call in the middle. Screen was on auto brightness, which seemed to work decently, though there were a couple times it was a little slow to come up from dim.
Camera looks great so far, even the front facing is decent. The dual-camera option is kinda neat, though I can only imagine it being really useful to prove to your significant other that you really are at the grocery store. Way too many options to go through, but most reviews covered it well anyway.
I got the phone, walked out, instantly paired to my Bluetooth speakerphone in the car, no issues, connected very quick, and started streaming my Pandora easy. The only issue I had with it initially, was that because I have a vent-mounted cradle...the volume buttons are inaccessible. However, the volume slider on the nav pulldown was easy enough.
There are a handful of things with the phone, stock, that I ran into though. First, the unlock animations are nice and fancy, but I outgrew them kinda quick. They're great to impress with the OOOOH AHHHH factor, but for me, I wish I could have a None option. Personal preference, of course.
Took me a while to get the QSlide menu off the Nav bar, but managed to, and it feels like a whole new notification bar with the extra space. Took a few searches to find, but for those who haven't yet, you have to go to your toggles at the top, go all the way to the right and click Edit. Add the Qslide toggle and go back. Now, in your toggle message, turn off the Qslide. Then you can either leave the toggle there to turn it on or off, or like I did, just go back and edit your toggles and take it off your list until you want it back.
I was missing my Apex Launcher and my scrolling dock, but it became very apparent that it didn't play nicely with Knock Off. On was fine, but the default double-tap in Apex was to open it's menu, and no other settings would revert to default. Found an app for Screen Off, and was able to set that to a double-tap>Launch App and that did the trick there. So, rock on. Now I just need new icons.
I did have a dropped call after about 10 minutes (was my 3rd call of the day), but that was probably a very random thing. I've had it happen on that connection before (the person calling me from behind another system). So I don't blame the phone for that, yet. Calls did have a LITTLE bit of feedback and a certain volume, but I was also outside with traffic going by not too far, and turning the volume down a little took away that.
I like the ability to hide apps I won't use, even on the stock launcher, but like most people, I hate having it there to begin with. Spoils of coming from a Nexus I guess. I do plan on rooting this phone, but I have a lot more reading to do before I jump on it. I don't imagine it'll be QUITE as easy as the Gnex, but hey, if it is, all the more power to the people.
I will say, the GNex had been my best phone to date, but judging my initial impressions of the G2, I think it can easily equal it, if not surpass it. Heaven knows the power of this thing destroyed it. (It's also why I got two - one for me, and one for her, and the Gnex is on the spare line now, semi-retired).
Compared to the Gnex though, you have a screen that looks beautiful, and larger (even though the phones are almost identical in length/width). It's also lighter, thinner, and packs a TON more punch. The Gnex had below average battery life stock out of the box, this thing runs circles around it without the need for a huge phone or bulge. But all this is to be expected from a phone that is compared to one 2 years old.
Adding: One more thing that I've noticed, is that the radios on the G2 seem a bit stronger than my GNex was. I know people had issues with the GNex and signal, but mine was on par with my Thunderbolt, and a couple others. My G2 though, is well above it. And it's all of em. WiFi reaches a bit further out my driveway, my Network Extender connects out to my mailbox for cryin out loud. That's a good 75 feet away. And signal wise, I do have a Wilson Booster in my car, but today for example I forgot to turn that on and still hung onto Pandora for miles farther than I ever could in my Nexus. Hopefully it's not a fluke and my gf's is the same way since she'll be in some weak spots a lot driving too.
