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First Impressions

While we are all waiting in here, some SingTel customers (Singapore) are already getting served:
Read their first impressions (starting at page 10):
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2781948
Some good stuff:
- Feels good and light to hold
- Brilliant screen
- Smooth touch/swiping
Some complaints (hopefully solved quickly):
- No led notifications for missed calls/texts/low-battery?
- Lag when opening apps
- No subtitle support for movies?
Oh.. and when you finally get yours, please post your first impressions in here

offcourse the subtitle thing is a problem with the media player. You can always choose an other one from one of the markets.
i'm more concerned about the lag when opening apps. Although i haven't seen it on any of the youtube movies (yet).

List of a few of the bugs found on Galaxy compiled by the Singaporeans who got the device:
1. Video recording hangs and crashes pretty often, like 2 out of 3 times, upon recording halfway, I am unable to pause or stop and the timer just stops.
2. Only once that the music player crashes when browsing.
3. World clock crashes if I switch between the top buttons too fast.
4. Text reflow requires double tap to activate on some sites, wonder if it is a bug?
5. No subtitles =p
6. 6 channel AAC audio in video not playing.
7. online can be uncertain at times compared to other smartphones. not as smooth flowing on other smartphones as connection tends to be disconnected (prompting error to load message) at times
8. Got a kernel panic error (!!!) from using Kies + PC Internet on WinXP.
number 1 and 7 worry me a lot... number 2 a bit.

Battery Sucks!
Yesterday afternoon fully charge, by this morning flat, 5 mins surfing, 5 min calls + abit playing ard...
thnk need a few more full charge to c.. my battary C7
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After a day heavily palying with the phone, now the phone less 5% and is charging now
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Batt life seems to be a prob (i charged for hrs, and today it only lasted for 15hrs)
*EDIT: mines G7, printed on the battery. I saw others like state G9*
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Ok...i managed to play with it slightly more than my first usage..and the battery lasted 24hrs+...better than the first 19hrs...see how...
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Darn.. diff bat types...
that sucks..

BasieP said:
Darn.. diff bat types...
that sucks..
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Battery on reach it full capasity after 4-5 charges.. ..

Issue seems serious. eg video recording hang
Archius said:
List of a few of the bugs found on Galaxy compiled by the Singaporeans who got the device:
1. Video recording hangs and crashes pretty often, like 2 out of 3 times, upon recording halfway, I am unable to pause or stop and the timer just stops.
2. Only once that the music player crashes when browsing.
3. World clock crashes if I switch between the top buttons too fast.
4. Text reflow requires double tap to activate on some sites, wonder if it is a bug?
5. No subtitles =p
6. 6 channel AAC audio in video not playing.
7. online can be uncertain at times compared to other smartphones. not as smooth flowing on other smartphones as connection tends to be disconnected (prompting error to load message) at times
8. Got a kernel panic error (!!!) from using Kies + PC Internet on WinXP.
number 1 and 7 worry me a lot... number 2 a bit.
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some things I found:
7. the battery seem to drain quite fast, fully charge last night, after some heavy browser in the morning for two hours, it dropped to 80%. it may be due to me constantly playing with the new toy. Hopefully the battery is as good as Omnia II.
8. all the apps don't close automatically, i check the task manager, my memory usage hits, i think 80-90%, this maybe why the battery drain so fast, i have to manually terminated all those apps that i opened, msn, twitter, facebook, calculator, internet, music player.....
9. just that when i thought this Android is great compared to my usual Windows mobile that run on Omnia 1 and 2, i tried the camera, boom, it give me the "not enought memory" ****ty problem. i remembered Omnia 1 used to have such problem with the firmware, hopefully i don't have to wait long long for the firware upgrade to resolve such issue.
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7. total incompatibility with macbooks. my only gripe.
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this one really sucks:
The user manual mentioned to remove the charger when the battery is full. Overcharge will reduce lifespan of the battery(number of charges).
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Every new phone got this right! even my 2 year old htc hermes won't overcharge the battery! i'm mostly charging over night, so no chance for me to remove the charger

I don't believe that's true. If regular LiOn battery is used, there won't be any difference from other phones.

So no notification LED? That would suck as you'd have to pick up the phone to see if there is any email or missed call

ajaffarali said:
So no notification LED? That would suck as you'd have to pick up the phone to see if there is any email or missed call
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It was confirmed that there is no LED notification :'( by the Singaporeans that received the device.

gllu said:
I don't believe that's true. If regular LiOn battery is used, there won't be any difference from other phones.
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I believe the battery is Li-pol not Li-ion. Dunno how much, if any, difference that makes, but they're not identical.
Regards

according to gsmarena :
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Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

Knobibrot said:
The user manual mentioned to remove the charger when the battery is full. Overcharge will reduce lifespan of the battery(number of charges).
this one really sucks:
Every new phone got this right! even my 2 year old htc hermes won't overcharge the battery! i'm mostly charging over night, so no chance for me to remove the charger
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I don't know where the heck they got this information from.
If the phone is charged at the mains then all mains chargers have a sensor within that terminates charging once complete.
The exception to this is car chargers which most do not have.
However, for a little extra you can purchase a car charger which has a safety cut-out sensor built in like the one offered from MobileFun here.
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Okay, now we know it's a Li-Pol as opposed to a Li-Ion that makes it a little clearer.
Li-Pol cells are sealed in a plastic aluminium laminate, so if the battery sees an overcharge condition, the seal ruptures and vents any gases due to electrolyte oxidation and the cell shuts down rather than having steel or aluminium casings fragment, as in the case of lithium ion batteries that may result in metal shards.
Also, Li-Pol can be manufactured much thinner and lighter... which given the thickness of the i9000 makes perfect sense to use Li-Pol.

gllu said:
according to gsmarena :
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Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
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http://www.indian-tech-news.com/sam...tphone-with-1-ghz-application-processor/1352/
says: 1,500mAh Li-pol battery
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2976/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000--8gb--sim-free-unlocked-
says: Battery (Standard) Li-pol, 1,500mAh
But most importantly
http://galaxys.samsungmobile.com/specification/spec.html
says: Battery (Standard) Li-pol, 1,500mAh
Surely Samsung would know best?
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Silverdragondk said:
http://www.indian-tech-news.com/sam...tphone-with-1-ghz-application-processor/1352/
says: 1,500mAh Li-pol battery
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2976/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000--8gb--sim-free-unlocked-
says: Battery (Standard) Li-pol, 1,500mAh
But most importantly
http://galaxys.samsungmobile.com/specification/spec.html
says: Battery (Standard) Li-pol, 1,500mAh
Surely Samsung would know best?
Regards
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that's weird Samsung haven't declared the type of the battery ?!
http://www.samsungmobile.com.sg/mobile-phones/galaxy-s-specification

galaxys.samsungmobile.com/specification/spec.html
Battery (Standard) Li-pol, 1,500mAh
Talk time: 2G/803 min, 3G/393 min.
Standby time: 2G/750 hrs, 3G/576 hrs.
that's official from samsung, what else u need ,

Don't know if anyone has seen this...disassembly and assembly
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=lt9XNnjAcBc&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=gydoCVSTNFc&feature=channel

awesome news
"For those who are looking to buy at Hello! shops - it's not available at ComCentre and AMK. The reason they gave - "Oh, Samsung took the phones back to do a 'software upgrade'." just went down to both within the past hour."
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2781948&page=40
that's great I hope they fix the bugs! I knew it, those models were probably sent out as test units lol but official units nontheless.

Archius said:
It was confirmed that there is no LED notification :'( by the Singaporeans that received the device.
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That's really a sad thing because I was thinking about this phone, but not anymore

Besh82 said:
That's really a sad thing because I was thinking about this phone, but not anymore
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Are you saying you would only purchase this phone on the basis it has an LED Flash?
That's like saying you would not buy a ferrari solely because it does not have pop-up headlights.
This phone's camera has a fantastic F-Stop/Aperture of 2.6, that's going to make it very good vfor low light shooting.

Please help?

So I just bought the Nexus 10 a day ago and I'm worried about a few things. The device gets hot/warm under minimal usage like browsing Chrome near the rear camera. It also seems that the battery life is terrible, like four hours to go from 80% to 0% with light usage. Also I've noticed that the screen randomly flashed brightly once or twice when it was turned down pretty low. Does anyone think this is cause for worrying or is it normal? Thank you for any answers.

leviwhite9 said:
So I just bought the Nexus 10 a day ago and I'm worried about a few things. The device gets hot/warm under minimal usage like browsing Chrome near the rear camera. It also seems that the battery life is terrible, like four hours to go from 80% to 0% with light usage. Also I've noticed that the screen randomly flashed brightly once or twice when it was turned down pretty low. Does anyone think this is cause for worrying or is it normal? Thank you for any answers.
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Sure doesn't sound normal to me.
Mine never gets warm with light usage. Sounds like you should call Google and RMA it. Look up Google play contact, and call their number
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mvmacd said:
Sure doesn't sound normal to me.
Mine never gets warm with light usage. Sounds like you should call Google and RMA it. Look up Google play contact, and call their number
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Not even around the camera? Any word on your battery life?

Sounds to me like your frequency is stuck at max, or you set it there without realizing it.

EniGmA1987 said:
Sounds to me like your frequency is stuck at max, or you set it there without realizing it.
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Well, although I appreciate your input, I don't believe that's so. (See attached)

leviwhite9 said:
Not even around the camera? Any word on your battery life?
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I don't think so.. but I have a case on it now and the camera is the only exposed area. I don't think it gets warm from normal usage, but probably if I play a video or game. Then again, climate varies (also temp of hands affects heat perception). But next time I use it for an hour or more I'll take the case off and feel it.
Unfortunately I haven't done much testing on battery. I did run it down once to 20 percent once, I forget how long it took. But I'm sure it's longer than 4 hours.
What is your display?
And what does it say under battery? Usually screen should be main eater of battery unless intense apps are being used.
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mvmacd said:
I don't think so.. but I have a case on it now and the camera is the only exposed area. I don't think it gets warm from normal usage, but probably if I play a video or game. Then again, climate varies (also temp of hands affects heat perception). But next time I use it for an hour or more I'll take the case off and feel it.
Unfortunately I haven't done much testing on battery. I did run it down once to 20 percent once, I forget how long it took. But I'm sure it's longer than 4 hours.
What is your display?
And what does it say under battery? Usually screen should be main eater of battery unless intense apps are being used.
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Ok, well mine seems to be doing better now with a few charges. Here's my battery info, I've only had it on a little today.

I had the same thing happen to me. After a few charges the battery lasts longer... Up to 2 days with consistent daily use, for example.
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dopey44 said:
I had the same thing happen to me. After a few charges the battery lasts longer... Up to 2 days with consistent daily use, for example.
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Ok, I was just worried something was wrong.

Got Glass today....battery is poor

Not sure what I expected I guess. I found these glasses much more fascinating before I got them. People stare at you when you show up with them. Some are intrigued, some want you to remove them with dealing with you. What I have found is they are a better attachment to my S5 than my Gear 2 watch. Love the heads up text display, etc.

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Not sure what I expected I guess. I found these glasses much more fascinating before I got them. People stare at you when you show up with them. Some are intrigued, some want you to remove them with dealing with you. What I have found is they are a better attachment to my S5 than my Gear 2 watch. Love the heads up text display, etc.
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Does it have a recording feature why persons want u to remove it before dealing with them?
Does it really cost $1500 us?
Apart from what u stated, do u love the device?

Dvyn said:
Does it have a recording feature why persons want u to remove it before dealing with them?
Does it really cost $1500 us?
Apart from what u stated, do u love the device?
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Yes, you can take pictures and video with it. It is $1500. Aside from all of that, I do like it so far.

EVOme said:
Yes, you can take pictures and video with it. It is $1500. Aside from all of that, I do like it so far.
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Great to hear, been watching a lot of video reviews on it n I must say it is a good device am jus t not into wearable tech just yet. I think we are getting there but not in the sense that Google is trying... And for 1500 bucks I think we should get at least a spare

Drain the battery completely and then charge it completely a few times. Mine lasts all day.

danguyf said:
Drain the battery completely and then charge it completely a few times. Mine lasts all day.
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I thought this was a bad idea to do with newer batteries? Notably, either keeping the battery charged at 100% for extended periods (some devices charge to 100% and then let the battery drop down to like 97% then re-charge), or draining it all the way down to/near 0%.

I have heard that as well. In the case of Glass, I got decent battery life the first day or two, but on the third day I took it off of the charger and it reported <10% a few minutes later. Half an hour later it shut itself off and I plugged it in and left it plugged in for the day. I haven't had an issue since; it now lasts me from 5am to 10pm every day.
Others in the Explorers forum report the same "fix" and swear by it.

Be careful to leave it on when charging
Glass, like other devices that use the same technology, need a few full charge-discharge cycles to reach full battery lifetime.
Glass also has the crazy property that they will not charge if they are completely turned off and shut down. Make sure the LED is flashing when you expect them to be charging!

actually, how long you can use that google glass? it suposed to be a day without charging?

I got 4 pairs of glass for $50 because of the home try out program lol. The battery life isn't good however at the same time it's mainly because you can't shut off wifi or Bluetooth without installing glass control
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My battery seemed to last all day. I would go get that checked.

Firware updates
When I was on version 13.x I could go all day no problem. Ever since then I can go about half day. Its software so I'm now worried.

Same here.

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Might be that they are still in dev? Just my opinion.
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I actually bought mine in India and it last for a day and half.

XxCyberHackerxX said:
I got 4 pairs of glass for $50 because of the home try out program lol. The battery life isn't good however at the same time it's mainly because you can't shut off wifi or Bluetooth without installing glass control
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Wait how'd you get 4pairs for $50?!?

Google glass try out program
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For future reference...
So how much the battery holds? I'm planning to buy Google Glass once I get my savings ready lol

Google Glass Battery Life
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So how much the battery holds? I'm planning to buy Google Glass once I get my savings ready lol
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I know that Google initially estimated a battery life of 1 day for 'typical' use, but I suppose that can vary considering not everyone’s "day" is typically the same As we all know, many hi-tech devices, can have a touchy battery life, some which seem surprisingly low for this day and age and some that hold up rather well, regardless of how often we use them. So perhaps it could possibly depend upon the initial charge and/or overall treatment of the device and battery? Also, I believe they did an upgrade to the operating system earlier this year that included improving the battery life, and from what I’ve heard, it’s a bit better than it was before!

how long does the battery last?

feverdoingwork said:
how long does the battery last?
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Mine lasts over 20 hours.

A possible improvement for the overheating camera issue

It may help improve the situation, I noticed marked improvement in the length of videos that I can record if I enabled Extended Usage as folllows:
Power Management -> Stamina Mode -> [Check] Extended Usage

Mention how long you can record without this setting and with it.
Also mention ambient temperature when you do the recording in both cases.

One Twelve said:
Mention how long you can record without this setting and with it.
Also mention ambient temperature when you do the recording in both cases.
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Ambient temp: 29 C
BEFORE
Recording Video : less than 20 seconds...
AFTER
Over 2 minutes so far, no shutdowns yet...
Massive improvement...
I actually was recording my baby doing tricks, but initially was not able to do so... cause by the time I click on the red button to record, it already has over heated....

Presumably you are talking about 4k.
20 seconds at 29 degrees is rather short, i managed 2:30 in a non air conditioned shop before it put up that message, there was no active wifi or cell connection when doing this test as there was no sim card in it.
will try your setting later and report back how much difference it makes. Some body else also mentioned that this setting worked as well.

I think the camera overheating issue is not really related to the camera sensor, but to the processor overheating.
I am stating this based my experience with video recording using DSLRs,

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Presumably you are talking about 4k.
20 seconds at 29 degrees is rather short, i managed 2:30 in a non air conditioned shop before it put up that message, there was no active wifi or cell connection when doing this test as there was no sim card in it.
will try your setting later and report back how much difference it makes. Some body else also mentioned that this setting worked as well.
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Yes it is very short. I was so annoyed that I flashed another firmware only to find out that it had the same problems. I was not even taking 4k videos! Basically when you factory reset the phone, whatever settings that is there was the one I used.
However, last week, when I got my phone I could remember taking videos that were relatively long (3 minutes or so)... Oh well now I have setup the phone again... I am now on that .438 singtel firmwware.

Your phone is faulty
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Well it's working fine now...
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Well it's working fine now...
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It's very hard to do any sort of proper testing and come to any conclusions.
I can usually take loads of photos and (1080p video) in close succession, but just last week, when it was quite sunny - I managed just a few before the error and being told the camera would close to cool down. Started the camera again, it shut down almost immediately. And after that, I got an error that stopped the camera loading at all.
Now that's not normal. It really wasn't THAT hot either, but the CPU was running at 60 degrees! Goodness knows why, but ultimately I was unable to take photos until I'd turned the phone off completely to let it cool (I was out, so didn't have any cold water to dip it in).
After leaving it a while, it was okay for as long as I needed to take some more pictures.
It's ****** annoying as we're about to have one of the hottest weeks of the year so far in the UK, and here it's quite humid and sticky. Thus, I fully expect that I'm going to have loads of problems. And Sony will give us the software fix they've now acknowledged is coming just in time for winter.

I agree it's funding annoying
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What i have noticed so far with the G4

I`ve had the phone for 3 days now and before upgradin from the Iphone 6 ( my first and last iphone) i was really anxious about the many issues listed in the forums especially the touchscreen problem. When i initially got it i started testing everything and I`m glad to say that everything worked fine (sooo relieved) but when i charged it for the first time it charged very slowly, about 3 hours for a full charge, and it got really hot when using lightly the 3rd day a did a factory reset and immediately noticed the the battery charged way faster about 1% per minute ( i dont know how it compares to you other guys) and the phone didnt get nearly as hot. From all this i belive that LG did e very good job hardware wise but i think like many other conapnies fell a little short on the software department and hopefully it will be fixed in the updates to come.

samkle said:
the 3rd day a did a factory reset and immediately noticed the the battery charged way faster about 1% per minute ( i dont know how it compares to you other guys) and the phone didnt get nearly as hot.
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Factory reset is the first thing which I do with any new Android device I ever owned

_jis_ said:
Factory reset is the first thing which I do with any new Android device I ever owned
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It seems to fix some issues for alot of user so i think its worth a try for anyone whos experiencing any ☺

Mine will start getting hot and eating battery once in a while, but a reboot always fixes that. 1% charge per minute is about what I see on the stock LG charger.

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Mine will start getting hot and eating battery once in a while, but a reboot always fixes that. 1% charge per minute is about what I see on the stock LG charger.
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Glad to know its not only me. Have you used a QC with the phone? I ordered a Tronsmart 2.0 QC off ebay hopefully it will work faster without any issues.

I bought the Tronsmart QC 2.0 and its awesome. I go from 48% to close to 100% in the 45min car ride home. I do not notice any heat that is worrying. It does get warm when charging but normal.
My G4 was raging out of the box. Super hot. Brightness was being throttled back between 100, 90, and 80 pretty frequently and it went from 60% to dead in like 15minutes. After I wiped and setup as new, it has been running as one would expect.

player911 said:
I bought the Tronsmart QC 2.0 and its awesome. I go from 48% to close to 100% in the 45min car ride home. I do not notice any heat that is worrying. It does get warm when charging but normal.
My G4 was raging out of the box. Super hot. Brightness was being throttled back between 100, 90, and 80 pretty frequently and it went from 60% to dead in like 15minutes. After I wiped and setup as new, it has been running as one would expect.
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Glad to hear that ☺. I actually purchased the wall charger but i guess the performance will be similiar. The one thing i noticed today was the battery life, it seems it is not that great during very light usage but that may be due to the fact that these couple of days the reception has been awful because the carrier im using (Vodafone) is switching to 4G for the first time in my country and ,a little out of topic i know, the download speeds have shocked me, my home connection max download speed is about 400-500kbps and today i witnessed 15-20mbps.

Battery does drain faster in low signal areas. I found that a slow charge at night yeilds longer charges throughout the day. I use fast charge in the car so I can use GPS and still get a charge. But at home and office I use Qi Wireless Charging. I use fast charging at home but only when I am doing heavy useage. I slow charge while I sleep.

player911 said:
Battery does drain faster in low signal areas. I found that a slow charge at night yeilds longer charges throughout the day. I use fast charge in the car so I can use GPS and still get a charge. But at home and office I use Qi Wireless Charging. I use fast charging at home but only when I am doing heavy useage. I slow charge while I sleep.
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How much of a charge do you actually gain in the car with the fast charger while using nav and music with screen on?

Is any of you guys using a micro sd? Im using a Samusng 64Gb class 10 and im experiencing a lot of battery drain even when the phone is on idle and i was thinking if the card has anything to do with it.

I'm using SanDisk class 10 and there's no noticeable difference in my end

samkle said:
Is any of you guys using a micro sd? Im using a Samusng 64Gb class 10 and im experiencing a lot of battery drain even when the phone is on idle and i was thinking if the card has anything to do with it.
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It could be the phone is performing media scanning which keeps the phone awake. This should be completed in a day or two.
If you still experience battery drain after couple of days. I'd suggest performing a full format of the micro SD card on a computer. Incase there are bad sectors on the SD card that the phone is stuck on try to read them.

Bigmille said:
It could be the phone is performing media scanning which keeps the phone awake. This should be completed in a day or two.
If you still experience battery drain after couple of days. I'd suggest performing a full format of the micro SD card on a computer. Incase there are bad sectors on the SD card that the phone is stuck on try to read them.
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The funny thing is that the the two buying factors for me were the removable back and the micro SD slot, and the only issue I have may or may not be with the micro SD and a slightly loose hinge on the left side of the battery cover but I have experienced that with every phone I had including the g2 and the iPhone 6 without a removable back that had this issue.

Hey,
This is my first LG phone. I'm a bit disappointed, but the camera makes up for everything (mostly).
First of all, the device I'm using right now is the third one within a week. I got it from Vodafone, and the first two had the same issue. When the screen was on, and showing bright things, the front speaker would give out a high pitched whistle sound. You could only hear it initially if you held it to your ear. However in recorded videos it was clear and loud enough to be very very annoying. This third unit is ok it seems, but my advice to everyone is to try the G4 before leaving the shop. It might just be a bad batch that was made for Vodafone, a similar thing happened to me with my HTC One X, that had screen issues, and there too I had to go through several devices.
I did notice lag, Nova Launcher helps, but I'm really looking to root the thing and putting CM or some AOSP rom on it. My S5 seems way snappier with BlissPop on it. The only problem with that is I loose the camera app, the thing I bought it for in the first place.
The battery is ok, but I expect more. I haven't had heat issues. The GPS draines the battery though really bad. If you don't use a charger whilst navigating, you'll go flat within an hour,which is not stellar at all. If you use a normal 2.1A charger, you can keep it on level, or might even add a few %.
The camera is awesome, and the leather back too. Cool that at Vodafone you get the leather and a plastic back in the box.
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kozjegyzo said:
Hey,
This is my first LG phone. I'm a bit disappointed, but the camera makes up for everything (mostly).
First of all, the device I'm using right now is the third one within a week. I got it from Vodafone, and the first two had the same issue. When the screen was on, and showing bright things, the front speaker would give out a high pitched whistle sound. You could only hear it initially if you held it to your ear. However in recorded videos it was clear and loud enough to be very very annoying. This third unit is ok it seems, but my advice to everyone is to try the G4 before leaving the shop. It might just be a bad batch that was made for Vodafone, a similar thing happened to me with my HTC One X, that had screen issues, and there too I had to go through several devices.
I did notice lag, Nova Launcher helps, but I'm really looking to root the thing and putting CM or some AOSP rom on it. My S5 seems way snappier with BlissPop on it. The only problem with that is I loose the camera app, the thing I bought it for in the first place.
The battery is ok, but I expect more. I haven't had heat issues. The GPS draines the battery though really bad. If you don't use a charger whilst navigating, you'll go flat within an hour,which is not stellar at all. If you use a normal 2.1A charger, you can keep it on level, or might even add a few %.
The camera is awesome, and the leather back too. Cool that at Vodafone you get the leather and a plastic back in the box.
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Even my 1+1 is way snappier with blisspop installed. Snappier than s6, snappier than g4.
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kozjegyzo said:
Hey,
This is my first LG phone. I'm a bit disappointed, but the camera makes up for everything (mostly).
First of all, the device I'm using right now is the third one within a week. I got it from Vodafone, and the first two had the same issue. When the screen was on, and showing bright things, the front speaker would give out a high pitched whistle sound. You could only hear it initially if you held it to your ear. However in recorded videos it was clear and loud enough to be very very annoying. This third unit is ok it seems, but my advice to everyone is to try the G4 before leaving the shop. It might just be a bad batch that was made for Vodafone, a similar thing happened to me with my HTC One X, that had screen issues, and there too I had to go through several devices.
I did notice lag, Nova Launcher helps, but I'm really looking to root the thing and putting CM or some AOSP rom on it. My S5 seems way snappier with BlissPop on it. The only problem with that is I loose the camera app, the thing I bought it for in the first place.
The battery is ok, but I expect more. I haven't had heat issues. The GPS draines the battery though really bad. If you don't use a charger whilst navigating, you'll go flat within an hour,which is not stellar at all. If you use a normal 2.1A charger, you can keep it on level, or might even add a few %.
The camera is awesome, and the leather back too. Cool that at Vodafone you get the leather and a plastic back in the box.
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Thankfully I didn't have any hardware issues, I have the Hong Kong version because there's where most of retailers get the phones in my country, I think there's a lot room for improvement software wise and I'm hoping coming updates especially android M, will refine this device even more. I really hoped my I would get the plastic back cover in the box and I'm really jealous of those who did ??

Im starting to notice two more things with the G4, the battery cover (leather) is making a creacking noise when i press it on some areas, and the other one is the with the vibration motor that makes a little bit of noise compared to other phones ive had, has any of you guys experienced this?

samkle said:
Glad to know its not only me. Have you used a QC with the phone? I ordered a Tronsmart 2.0 QC off ebay hopefully it will work faster without any issues.
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I have charged it using my wifes samsung QC. Don't notice much difference over the stock LG charger.

I'm not going to resort to a factory data reset because I shouldn't have to
come to think of it maybe I will try a reset
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josephcory said:
I'm not going to resort to a factory data reset because I shouldn't have to
come to think of it maybe I will try a reset
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It's up to you, but as you have seen its much recommended if you have any issues.