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Thought the Nexus S was your next phone? CHECK THIS OUT

There's a lot of hype about the upcoming Nexus S (Galaxy S + Nexus One) with stock gingerbread, ffc, and first on the plate for updates.
But what you're about to lay your eyes upon.. is the GOD phone, rivaling the 4.3 in screen you envied from your droid x users I present here the:
Galaxy S 2! (The First Samsung Flashship phone)
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Boasting the specs of:
4.3/4.5 in SAMOLED2
Android Gingerbread
8 megapixel camera capable of 1080p video capture
14.4Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth 3.0
1.2GHz core
16GB of storage onboard
Thinner than iphone 4!!
Not to mention how sleek it is! THIS WILL BE THE BEST PHONE

Wtf, the cake is a lie. And if its not, I need some cake...

I got 2 nuts and a first born child for it...if it gets AT&T 3G bands..lol

Bowsa2511 said:
Boasting the specs of:
4.3/4.5 in SAMOLED2
Android Gingerbread
8 megapixel camera capable of 1080p video capture
14.4Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth 3.0
1.2GHz core
16GB of storage onboard
Lagfix included
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It better not have the same lag issues as the current crop, otherwise im not buying it.

If it doesn't have tons of ram i don't want it.

omg it makes me so sad to see this after ive only had my captivate for a month but imagine what the next year or two will bring!

Unless the samoled 2 is also a solar panel, I don't experience the best battery life...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Probably gonna be bogged with RFS and and TouchWiz. If they bork the nexus S with RFS that will seriously suck. I know we can run lag fixes etc. but it would be nice to get a phone that doesn't need to be hacked just top be functional (totally would still root it, but its just the satisfaction of knowing that I wouldn't have to ^_^)

I'd still pick the Nexus S.
If the Captivate has such awful battery life, I can't imagine what a 1.2ghz processor and a 4.3" screen will do to it.
The Google Experience with a 4" screen is my dream phone. The S2 sure does look pretty though.

with all this extra power, bigger screen etc, I couldnt believe what kind of a battery it would need to be HALF DECENT.
Companies should stop competing in cpu wars, display wars etc and really revolutionize a battery that will last at least a full 24 hours with moderate usage.

Bowsa2511 said:
But what you're about to lay your eyes upon.. is the GOD phone, rivaling the 4.3 in screen you envied from your droid x users
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Interesting, I didn't see GPS on the feature list. Like its predecessor it looks like this phone won't come with GPS either.
Very sad for Samsung not to figure out GPS yet.

Looks like it might not be the real thing. Here's more info:
http://www.bgr.com/2010/11/12/new-samsung-flagship-phone-due-in-february/

100% fake, end of story, move along...

Saw it yesterday and haven't stopped drooling
From a phone on an app

rafyvitto said:
100% fake, end of story, move along...
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Still like the specs..lol
sent from the bomb diggity captivate. XDA rocks.

Ummmmm gingerbread cookies! Gingerbread what a stupid name.
Looks like an i Phone and a battery hog.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

This isn't fake at all. I have a very good source at Samsung who can confirm this device, although those slides are not final. Like Engadget said, these slides are 100% real from Samsung... they just used an image of a different device to get their point across. Not meant to be seen by the whole world.
Anyways, the device (which can be confirmed real by Engadget, BGR, AndroidCentral) is called the Samsung Elite: http://briefmobile.com/new-samsung-elite-specifications
It is the successor to the Galaxy S line and it's due in early 2011 for announcement.

kennethpenn said:
This isn't fake at all. I have a very good source at Samsung who can confirm this device, although those slides are not final. Like Engadget said, these slides are 100% real from Samsung... they just used an image of a different device to get their point across. Not meant to be seen by the whole world.
Anyways, the device (which can be confirmed real by Engadget, BGR, AndroidCentral) is called the Samsung Elite: http://briefmobile.com/new-samsung-elite-specifications
It is the successor to the Galaxy S line and it's due in early 2011 for announcement.
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Sounds reasonable, I was wondering if it's samsung advertising our a mock up of what might come next.
People around here are so argumentative over things where they have no facts. Also I don't get what people expect of a phone, I find battery life between meets expectations to excellent depending on what rom and modem I'm running.
And where did the notion that amoled displays hog power come from? that's the opposite of true, I don't know what the droid x is like but go buy an evo and check the battery life, it's far from good.
I'm excited about the nexus s and hope the rom and kernel port to the captivate, I just wonder if the modem will be a problem, I'm guessing it will be hsupa+ (4g) and wonder if the hardware is the same in that area and if the modem file will support the att 3g bands, or will a froyo captivate modem.bin work in gingerbread? I'll have to wait and see. As for my next phone I'll wait for a dual core device.
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roadrash7 said:
Ummmmm gingerbread cookies! Gingerbread what a stupid name.
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Please propose a desert that starts with the letter G instead.
That's right.
For you, Mr. Noob, I present:
Cupcake
Donut
Eclair
Frozen Yogurt
Gingerbread

Android 2.3

Does anyone know when android 2.3 update will be availible

lg said at least the end of december

I thought it was at the end of this month? but anyway what do i care LG are sending me a prepaid pack to send my Optimus 3D to them as it freaking keeps rebooting.

wat
:/
end of december?
2012 is aproaching, and they are to bored to make android 2.3 available for their premium mobile phone...
that's sad...
I thought we would see gingerbread on our LGs way before icecream sandwich appears on nexus prime...that means nexus prime will have new android OS right before we get 2.3 update xD
sad...too sad

Let me comment this that way: Nexus Prime - here I come.

LG sucks
Yeah seems LG have alot o catching up to do, when it comes to keeping their hardware with the latest software. Its not like gingerbread was out after the phone. Although be looking forward to the ice cream sandwidch update in 2014 cheers LG

We'll probably have CyanogenMod8 IceCream Sandwich before we see Gingerbread from LG...sigh.

Frizhideron said:
wat
:/
end of december?
2012 is aproaching, and they are to bored to make android 2.3 available for their premium mobile phone...
that's sad...
I thought we would see gingerbread on our LGs way before icecream sandwich appears on nexus prime...that means nexus prime will have new android OS right before we get 2.3 update xD
sad...too sad
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So what?!
I do not realy care about ICS anyway! With my current state on the Optimus 3D I am pretty satisfied.
Who cares if its froyo, Giggybread or Peanut butter running the system.
In any way I do not like the new nexus phone its a google phone with samsung components.
I am looking forward to the next generation 3D phones. Till there is a better 3D phone out there I will be happy with the O3D .
I was really unsatisfied with the optimus 2X though.

FiremakerP said:
So what?!
I do not realy care about ICS anyway! With my current state on the Optimus 3D I am pretty satisfied.
Who cares if its froyo, Giggybread or Peanut butter running the system.
In any way I do not like the new nexus phone its a google phone with samsung components.
I am looking forward to the next generation 3D phones. Till there is a better 3D phone out there I will be happy with the O3D .
I was really unsatisfied with the optimus 2X though.
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Dear FiremakerP,
Totally agreed...
Kind Regards,

@firemarker
word, and word on that...what the hell everyone is forcing this updates...phone with froyo works perfect, 3300 quadrant scores, good 7am-12pm battery, 3d absolutely perfect and fun..
dudes...we have the best 3d phone available,,,didnt this (3d) the reason you bought it? if not, why not buy sgs2 in the first place?

bRkiX said:
good 7am-12pm battery
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Hahaha, good Joke! I think, the battery is the main reason why LGO3D users are waiting for GB...

Seriously... just because YOU don't care it doesn't mean that others are not allowed to care. Battery life and speed would be an improvement on gingerbread. Let others complain! They have all the right to do so. If you're happy with your froyo, you don't have to update!
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Benz-Driver said:
Hahaha, good Joke! I think, the battery is the main reason why LGO3D users are waiting for GB...
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with normal usage i get by the end of the day 15-20% battery left..
10-15 calls 10 sms, 10 pics, some 45 mins of avi video, half hour of gaming, maybe more, mms or two, all updatig every hour (pure messanger widget, mail, weather, and rest of the stuff)
for me pretty good.
Of course i will update...i am rom junkie from hd2 era, changed roms more often than socks, but here are too many people taliking **** about phone, even there is nothing wrong actually with it...so i commented...
cheers
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DrGomez said:
Seriously... just because YOU don't care it doesn't mean that others are not allowed to care. Battery life and speed would be an improvement on gingerbread. Let others complain! They have all the right to do so. If you're happy with your froyo, you don't have to update!
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
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maybe this is not the right place to complain...maybe better effect on some lg support...i dont know...
i think by the number of posts, there are maybe 50 of users here, so you really think you are able to do anything, by saying "f++k this phone im gonna get me galaxy nexus" ?

Optimus One(Finished)->Optimus 2X(Finished)->Optimus Mach(Devname-Hub)(This is KOR Model)->Optimus Chic(This is KOR Model)->Optimus Black->Optimus Big(Devname-Justine)(This is KOR Model)->Optimus 3D.
From Korean LG Site.
so, I think December 25th~2012 January 10th.(LG Kor Model is upgrade later Than American Model)

bRkiX said:
@firemarker
word, and word on that...what the hell everyone is forcing this updates...phone with froyo works perfect, 3300 quadrant scores, good 7am-12pm battery, 3d absolutely perfect and fun..
dudes...we have the best 3d phone available,,,didnt this (3d) the reason you bought it? if not, why not buy sgs2 in the first place?
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Yes that true , but gingerbread wuld be better
Some news feature ( in gingerbread i think??)
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All this GB "rumors" about better battery life is bogus.
When the Desire HD of a friend got his official OTA GB Update the phone had huge battery drains. And that was a huge issue with the OTA update from HTC for Gingerbread.
Would you rather have a rushed release? I want to support the people for bringing us a very nice device for reasonable money. I am a developer and I am pretty sure there are some pretty bright heads at LG that can make GB a good and stable release. Till then the functionality of the phone rocks pretty good.
Why all the fuzz then?

The thing is GB is talked about like it's new fangled Alchemy that nobody understands (I'll freely admit I couldn't Dev it but then th LG phone devs couldn't learn my job overnight either) but it's (GB) been out for Donkeys now. The 3D should have shipped with it and I for one thought the update would be showing a lot quicker. This sort of consumer awareness complacency is not exclusive to LG, I remember waiting for ages for the Desire GB update. Fortunately I got that a lot sooner due to the talented folks on this forum but thats by the by. The sad fact is we're all shovelfed a product that will do just enough to pass muster, after that the focus is shifted onto their next big hardware offering and IF we're lucky they'll give some work experience spod the task of working on an update that we all desperately deserve.
This is contemptible in my opinion, this phone came with a moderately high pricetag, I paid £430 and we've got software thats what? 2 years old? (don't quote me on that) We should be damanding ICS not sh!tty GB for crying out loud. A lot was made of the bleeding edge technology of the 3D, bloody well give us an OS that will show it to it's full potential. Perhaps if they weren't so insistant in putting all this bloatware crap into it (I know how to use the Market app if I need any of this tosh FFS) it might actually get done sooner? Ironically Smartworld/LGworld updates (that I couldn't give a monkeys about) come thick and fast, take some of the software devs from here and put them to work on the OS for crying out loud.

option to view 3d movie in single screen (2d) is really needed...but i dont think we need fw upgrade...maybe new vido player with that option built in..
well see ..

Video stabilization would be great! I really envy iPhone 4S users for their awesome video [email protected]!!

I'm agree that Gingerbread surely will not improve battery low performance. I read that one of the apps that run in the background that really drains the battery is the LG stock gallery. I have frozen the LG gallery app using Titanium Backup and I think battery lasts much more now. To watch pics I use Quikpic instead.

We are getting ice cream sand !!!! (:

Did you already hear?
http://androidandme.com/2011/11/new..._campaign=Feed:+androidandme+(Android+and+Me)

Kind of.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366200

Shot I thought I bring the news

benyben123 said:
Shot I thought I bring the news
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Almost!
Here's hoping TMo and whoever else will bring it to us as well.

well it doesnt show the g2x is gonna get it. plus they will probably take forever to get ics on the O2X

The way it went down with gb, it will just be a themed status bar with laucher, NVIDIA never again!

fcisco13 said:
The way it went down with gb, it will just be a themed status bar with laucher, NVIDIA never again!
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Are you kidding? Stock Gingerbread was a huge improvement over Froyo.
Sent from my CM7 G2x using XDA Premium App

i agree. they never mentioned the g2x. and for the people who are saying because is coming to the optimus 2x. dont get all excited these are 100% different phones. remember that we got gb before them. so if there an update for the 2x it doesnt automatically means that it does to the g2x.

gypsy214 said:
i agree. they never mentioned the g2x. and for the people who are saying because is coming to the optimus 2x. dont get all excited these are 100% different phones. remember that we got gb before them. so if there an update for the 2x it doesnt automatically means that it does to the g2x.
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From jboxer
jboxer said:
I am so tired of saying this, but here I go again. The G2X is an Optimus 2X device. To LG it is a 2X. The Optimus 2X line includes the P990, SU660 and the P999. The G2X badging was only for T-Mobile to continue their line of "G" high-end Android devices (i.e., G1, G2, G2X). It was easy for them and LG to just add a "G" to the front of the 2X name. That is why the P999 in Canada is a 2X. Only T-Mobile is allowed to use the G2X name. It is a proprietary name for T-Mobile only. It will get ICS so stop fretting about it already.
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The 2x is not a different phone.

Somebody think of the horse! The poor poor horse! Stop! Please stop! This horse has been dead for sooooooo long! PLEASE STOP BEATING HIM!!!

Doesn't say usa G2x will get it, it is guessing we will. As in "maybe".
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

Seeing as the O2x and G2x are basically identical hardware wise minus the radios I'm sure the drivers and such can be applied to our phone to give us a fully functional build.

Beekersguy said:
Somebody think of the horse! The poor poor horse! Stop! Please stop! This horse has been dead for sooooooo long! PLEASE STOP BEATING HIM!!!
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LG must release the drivers from my understanding. According to the ICS thread, that is what nVidia is claiming.
I have no worries. We will have ICS soon enough thanks to the great people on XDA.

From my understanding I thought the difference between the g2x and the o2x is that T-Mobile has the USA version and the o2x is the Canadian/etc version so they.are basically the same phone they just run under different radios isn't that true?
T-Mobile G2X
CyanogenMod Stable Version
7.1.0

lilmoe20087 said:
From my understanding I thought the difference between the g2x and the o2x is that T-Mobile has the USA version and the o2x is the Canadian/etc version so they.are basically the same phone they just run under different radios isn't that true?
T-Mobile G2X
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The Canadian version is exact same as G2x (Model P999) but it is called Optimus 2X. O2x is European model and has different radio (Model P990?).

That's what I'm saying so there is no.major difference then because the way alot of people make it seem like they are two different phones
T-Mobile G2X
CyanogenMod Stable Version
7.1.0

lilmoe20087 said:
That's what I'm saying so there is no.major difference then because the way alot of people make it seem like they are two different phones
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They have different file structures. TMobile G2X = WIND Optimus 2X which are LG-P999. Optimus 2X everywhere but Canada = LG-P990. Anyone who has flashed the LG-P990 update to the LG-P999 has messed up their phone. The LG-P990 appears to have better support from LG than the LG-P999. Why? No one knows.

You are right that makes no sense I don't know why either it shouldn't be more support for the other phone while the other phone has no support at all. Both phones are made by the same company regardless of the file structures they both should get the same support
T-Mobile G2X
CyanogenMod Stable Version
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100% different???!!!! You got to be joking!
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Should I trade my Optimus 3D for a Motorola Atrix?

The title says it all.
Should I make this trade? I was thinking about use Atrix webtop + his docks, but I already have an iPad 3 which makes kind dull have Atrix docks, cause I can perform everything better on the iPad.
So I was thinking, should I trade my LG O3D for the Atrix? Or wait and see if O3D gets ICS and so on...?
Im confused, becase O3D have the 3D features (ofc), radio FM (which I like it so much) and dual channel RAM that I though it a bit faster than Atrix.
On the other hand Atrix has their custom roms on JB already, good docks (which I dont know if im gonna buy it, its so expensive in my country) and more internal memory.
What you guys think?

Think about this 1st are you trading phones just to have JB? Or just because you're actually just tired of LG?
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sketch2k278 said:
Think about this 1st are you trading phones just to have JB? Or just because you're actually just tired of LG?
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Im kind tired yes...
I don't wanna stuck forever on 2.3, because before my O3D, I was with a Moto Milestone 1 and it already have 2.3.
So Im really temped to try something new, but there so many questions on my mind, if it really worth trading.

SanderVisions said:
Im kind tired yes...
I don't wanna stuck forever on 2.3, because before my O3D, I was with a Moto Milestone 1 and it already have 2.3.
So Im really temped to try something new, but there so many questions on my mind, if it really worth trading.
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well if i was in your situation i'd do my research (carefully) on the particular phone i want to trade my o3d for.... like read through the motorola atrix forum on here... read what others are saying by that phone, ask questions (if the question you have isn't posted) read to see how difficult it would be to root, upgrade etc. that way you'll know if that's truly the phone you want to trade to.
Hope this helps :good:

The Atrix is rather laggy even on custom roms. I had my friend's for a while, it heated up very quickly when using the Webtop and it was quite slow then. Besides, it won't be getting official ICS either.

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My friend has a lot of problems with his Atrix.
Automatic reboots, ****ty signal, calls end randomly, stuff like that.
He sent it to Motorola 3 times already, and when they sent it back it never really got better.
And besides that, it won't get official ICS either.
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I was going to buy the Atrix, but I chose the O3D over it because of the screen, although Atrix's is qhd, it's pentile. The colors are greyish, and O3D's is IPS, much brighter and colorful. But Atrix's battery life is way longer, while O3D's isn't even decent, But still, I still choose O3D over Atrix.

Im going to keep my optimus anyway, I only uses it for basic tasks, our phone is dual 512mb RAM ou dual 256ram?
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Just a quick word: I will keep my P920 as this is a really fantastic community. Although we don't have ICS yet, we have great developers. We have true DualBoot (and I'm sure there will be a nice interface soon), we have OC-Kernel, our developers are trying to port a leaked ICS... And lots of more. Thanks to all... :thumbup:
Gesendet von meinem LG P920 mit Tapatalk. Rom is ThiaiZ O3D 2.8 with Promethius-Kernel 1.5

Helpful tread.. i had a same dilemma and decide to stick with O3D.. only + for Atrix is the battery and nothin else i believe..
ps. this is my first post on xda...

Well, it all depends on your needs, I think.
I just exchanged a Motorola Milestone 1 for a O3D Max. The feature I want the most is the 3D Camera, to take pics and make movies, and all I wanted was a little more RAM (now I have 1GB, that's fine for me). Ofc I miss the amazing Google apps availabe for ICS and JB, but that doesn't count that much when I think that probably a year from now there will be a new GApps pack incompatible with ICS and JB, and I would get in the same situation I was. That's not what I want. The 3D features will remain the same for more years than the GApps, I think. So it weighted more for me.
If you don't use and don't care with 3D, go for another phone, not Atrix. It is a little old already, Motorola already dropped it's support for the webtop and lapdock and no official ICS or JB. So I'd suggest you get another phone, maybe a Sony from it's newest, that are beautifully designed, decent specs and probably will get more updates.
That's only my humble opinion, ofc. Good luck on your trade.

LG Escape with a faster CPU than advertised...

EDIT: Well now I'm finding sites that say 1.5ghz is what it's supposed to have. I've even watched youtube videos with reviews saying it has a 1.2ghz... sheesh... oh well glad it has a 1.5...
I had an LG Thrill that just went out on me. I decided to turn in the insurance and get a new one. They actually replaced the phone with a LG Escape. After looking around for a while all the sites I went to showed the Escape as having a dual-core 1.2ghz processor. Which was nice to know.
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But after rooting the phone and looking in many different benchmark and CPU apps I noticed that my phone had a dual-core 1.5ghz processor in it.
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What I am wondering is, anyone else out there notice this on their phone? Did I just get lucky or has LG changed it's specs??? I dunno if you have an LG Escape please post here and let me know.

Don't really have a direct answer for you, but I will say it is possible. The Samsung Captivate Glide was being marketed as a 1 Ghz Dual Core but was actually 1.2 Ghz Dual Core.
Another thing is it appears there's no LED Flash but LG's site claims it has it. So yay or nay on the flash?
Also, I am looking into getting one. I love the look of the form factor and build quality. Do you reccomend it?
Edit: Now that I think about it, they did the same thing with the Pantech Burst. It was marketed as 1.2 Ghz Dual Core but was 1.5 Ghz Dual Core. I sense a pattern. lol
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Well there is no flash on the camera which I don't like and it doesn't take the best of pictures but, it isn't the worst either imo. The phone itself is pretty snappy, I experience no lag and calls sound great. It has ICS 4.0.4 on it which also helps. There isn't a community for it right now and doesn't seem to be very popular so if you are into custom recoveries and roms it's not possible as of yet.
The backplate is VERY flimsy, you have to be careful when removing it as it is extremely thin.
In a nutshell,
Pros:
Running ICS
Nice design, and lightweight
Decent specs for the price
Call quality is great
Has 4G LTE, NFC
Good Battery
Cons:
No Flash
Mediocre Camera
No ROMS or custom recovery
No HDMI out
No Auto brightness
Flimsy Backplate
Can't complain too much about the phone for how much it costs it is a good deal.

I suppose I can live without flash (though its odd they didnt make it with flash) and the lower quality camera. Not a big picture guy. But no hdmi and no custom roms/recoveries does suck.
It just takes some time. I see it has somewhat of a root method. I say thats enough to deserve its own section. But a locked bootloader doesn't leave much room for development.
I'm an Atrix HD user and thats pretty much where we're at. Root, Locked Bootloader, Stand Still. The one good thing is we know Android 4.1 is on the way officially. If LG announced Jellybean for the Escape I'd jump ship.
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Yeah not really sure if JB will be released for this phone or not. They left out the flash and hdmi and all that in order to give the phone the specs it has at a low price. They cut corners here and there to give better performance. Personally I would have paid the extra 5 bucks for a flash haha
You are right, as of now all we have is the v10f KDZ and download mode in case of semi brick and a generic root method that isn't confirmed to work on the updated v10f firmware.
Another point... The LG ICS isn't so bad, they didn't mess with too much like they did in Froyo and GB and it is nice and quick. So honestly, stock ROM is fine for me if nothing comes along and with root I can remove bloat, root explorer, titanium backup etc, I would say I am pacified, not happy
EDIT: OK v10f is root able just got confirmation if you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31963526 and download wkparks root script v1.2 it will work to root.

Yeah. I don't think adding a flash would have cost em too much more. Definitely wouldn't have changed where it stands as a "mid range" smartphone.
And really? Thats great. I didnt know there was a way to fix a soft brick yet. Its hard to find the info without a designated section. Xda needs to come on with that. lol
And yeah. I agree. The new LG Optimus UI looks alot more polished than in older android builds. I was skeptical of it on the Escape at first. I love that on the Optimus G you can have 5 icons in the dock, change the clock on the lock screen, and change the transition effect on the home screens. Most reviewers didn't touch that subject but I finally found one that did and that made my decision easy.
So, with that said, I look to make the jump to the LG Escape within the week. And hopefully the one I get will be 1.5 Ghz Dual Core.
Btw, you mentioned you can remove bloat? I assume you freeze it rather than uninstall. Right? I hear the Escape and Optimus G have a new thing called LG Lockout where they lock you out of the phone if a file is missing such as uninstalling.
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I haven't really removed much of anything yet, I will see what's up and post a list of things you can safely delete in the thread I'm making here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33752762
I post anything I find there and would encourage you and everyone else with the Escape to do the same until we get a dedicated forum.

Alright man. I appreciate all the info and hopefully more people will get passed the lack of flash and pick one up so this phone can really take off.
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I believe it, I have this phone and it got a 1494 on geekbench which is higher than the SGS3 gets. I just wish there was some way to root this phone so I could remove the AT&T bloatware and get some nice tools. The camera is horrendous, just really reallly bad. I almost dont use it even though I love instagram. Hey I got it for free, it has LTE, its reasonably light, it has a replaceable battery, but only 4gb of space. It does have SD card slot, which is nice but I havent been able to install any apps to it even though I changed the default install location to 2 using adb tools, it errors out when I try to install any new apps after that.

I get the same information showing 1.5 ghz when I check my CPU with that app.