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i have had two nexus 5 and both have been faulty. the first had no vibration and when i tapped the phone it would vibrate. second just came and has a white stain on the screen which is common with lcds when they are faulty or pressed to hard... i dont know shall i take another chance or change to a g2 or something?

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i have had two nexus 5 and both have been faulty. the first had no vibration and when i tapped the phone it would vibrate. second just came and has a white stain on the screen which is common with lcds when they are faulty or pressed to hard... i dont know shall i take another chance or change to a g2 or something?
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I went back to my S4 because of horrible battery life. The G2 looks tempting, but it is kind of old.
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Shaun--77 said:
i have had two nexus 5 and both have been faulty. the first had no vibration and when i tapped the phone it would vibrate. second just came and has a white stain on the screen which is common with lcds when they are faulty or pressed to hard... i dont know shall i take another chance or change to a g2 or something?
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Hiya!
I would ask for a refund and buy the phone from another store and hope the phone is in another batch. The N5 really worths it and I am glad that I bought the phone even though it has a dust particle under the screen

G2 old? Whaaat
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G2 old? Whaaat
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My thoughts exactly.
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Who says if you get a G2 it will be perfect? It is an electronic device, they will always be bad ones in the bunch. You were just unfortunate to get 2 of the same device.
I think it is funny to complain about the N5 and then ask if you should go to a G2. They are both made by LG. You think they make the G2 in their perfect factory.
There are a ton of N5 users with perfectly working devices so I am sure your issues are not the norm. I have yet to see anyone even mention the white spot thing.
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I went back to my S4 because of horrible battery life. The G2 looks tempting, but it is kind of old.
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I think when the N5 behaves the battery life is outstanding. I can unplug at 8am and then plug back in at 11:30pm with 31/2 - 4 hoursof on-screen time and still have battery left. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that battery life. There does seem to be some Google issues with battery the last few days but that looks like it is worked itself out or should at least get worked out.

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I went back to my S4 because of horrible battery life. The G2 looks tempting, but it is kind of old.
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Hiya!
I would ask for a refund and buy the phone from another store and hope the phone is in another batch. The N5 really worths it and I am glad that I bought the phone even though it has a dust particle under the screen
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I think you may have been a bit hasty. My Nexus 5 had incredibly bad battery the first week but now Its probably a bit better than my GS4 on cm. It gets really good screen off time which is great for me because I play lots of music.

Thanks for the responses. i might try once more but i also cant get over the viewing angles after coming from a gs4. the g2 has it better but not as great. im confused but i love this phone other than that

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Who says if you get a G2 it will be perfect? It is an electronic device, they will always be bad ones in the bunch. You were just unfortunate to get 2 of the same device.
I think it is funny to complain about the N5 and then ask if you should go to a G2. They are both made by LG. You think they make the G2 in their perfect factory.
There are a ton of N5 users with perfectly working devices so I am sure your issues are not the norm. I have yet to see anyone even mention the white spot thing.
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I think when the N5 behaves the battery life is outstanding. I can unplug at 8am and then plug back in at 11:30pm with 31/2 - 4 hoursof on-screen time and still have battery left. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that battery life. There does seem to be some Google issues with battery the last few days but that looks like it is worked itself out or should at least get worked out.
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There are also tons of users with bad devices as well... The white spot is new and i havent heard that before but who knows... The battery has been better than my old Galaxy S2

I keep grabbing my nexus exactly where the camera is

I have to clean the camera lens pretty much everyday, almost every single time I take out my phone of my pocket, I grab it exactly where the camera module is , is it only me? Is there a particular reason why Google decided to move the camera from the middle to the top right side?

Chad_Petree said:
I have to clean the camera lens pretty much everyday, almost every single time I take out my phone of my pocket, I grab it exactly where the camera module is , is it only me? Is there a particular reason why Google decided to move the camera from the middle to the top right side?
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Cellphones are compactly designed, they have it there because that's the available space to put it in relation to all other hardware components in the phone. And I think it's more likely LG engineers who put it there.
Just chop off the fingers that get in the camera way or carry a microcloth with you to clean the camera when it's dirty.

Doesn't affect me. Ergonomics dictate that my camera lens is in the bottom-right corner of my pocket
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I do the same thing.. Drove me nuts at first, now that I'm more aware of the camera placement I've changed the way I hold my phone..
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I have the same issue. Often times it results in hazy photos with light flares.
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So do you guys keep your phones in your pockets, right-way-up? Then grab it using "pinch and pull"?
Try this.
Put your phone in your pocket upside down with the screen facing inwards against your leg.
Now pretend you're receiving a call. Slip your hand fully in your pocket (as you would if you're keeping your hand warm) so it is over the back of your phone (which will be between your palm and your leg) and grab. Pull it out and its already the correct way round in your hand for taking calls or typing.
Then compare that to the right-way-up pinch and pull. You probably have to swizzle the handset in your hand so its in the correct position to answer a call, which leaves more chance for droppage
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Lol such science all to grab a phone
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Lol such science all to grab a phone
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Tried and tested
I used to drop my phone a fair bit until I realised what was happening, then I changed and no more dropping. But also, lens doesn't get touched either
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So do you guys keep your phones in your pockets, right-way-up? Then grab it using "pinch and pull"?
Try this.
Put your phone in your pocket upside down with the screen facing inwards against your leg.
Now pretend you're receiving a call. Slip your hand fully in your pocket (as you would if you're keeping your hand warm) so it is over the back of your phone (which will be between your palm and your leg) and grab. Pull it out and its already the correct way round in your hand for taking calls or typing.
Then compare that to the right-way-up pinch and pull. You probably have to swizzle the handset in your hand so its in the correct position to answer a call, which leaves more chance for droppage
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it sounds quite useful, but what happens when you listen music with your phone like I do all the time? it's impossible is to keep the phone upside down because of the headphone jack

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it sounds quite useful, but what happens when you listen music with your phone like I do all the time? it's impossible is to keep the phone upside down because of the headphone jack
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I used to manage fine but im not tall so if you are, it could be a problem. I went bluetooth in the end though
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It's the opposite for me. Past phones moto x, gs3, gs4 I had to constantly clean the glass over the lens of camera. N5 is off to the side I rarely have to wipe it
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Verizon S5 Thoughts/Feedback Thread

After having mine now for an hour and using it....the fingerprint scanner doesn't work as good as I would like it. My thumb is at an angle when holding the phone. I added it in using that angle, but it wants you to come straight down, which means I have to change the way i hold it to use it and have it register.
Verizon added so much bloat it's crazy!

the heart rate monitor. absolutely useless to over 90% of the consumers.... maybe even 95%

Seems they screwed up adding all the extra features that as mentioned here, a lot probably will not use. Finger print scanners are prone to screw up and the heart rate sensor seems frilly for most. The cost of this "customer will like it" fluff is a bigger device. The device IMO is now too big in relation to the display and awkward with one hand for most people. The S4 was near borderline already.
Samsung truly has a bloat and new feature fetish. They seem to think the combination appeals more to customers. For the majority it seems No, but the minority is perhaps Yes. Catch is everyone gets stuck with a bigger, bloat ridden device- like it or not if want the S5.
The funny thing is the S5 now has near the same overall size of my S4 with a bigger battery.
M8 is also too big IMO, so the S5 is not alone in this regard.

I actually found the chrome trim be terrible looking, and despite my plans not to use a case, had to get a thin black bumper to cover it. There is no doubt the M8 looks better, and is very comfortable to hold. I had to have the S5 because the screen just seemed much better, and part of it isn't wasted by the nav bar like on the M8.
I haven't had enough time to play with all of the features yet, however the screen has been nothing but impressive so far. I don't like the new settings so far, but that's probably because I'm just not used to it.
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M8 is also too big IMO, so the S5 is not alone in this regard.
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My biggest beef with the M8 was that the speakers make the phone so much bigger than it needs to be. If you hold the S5 and the M8 next to eachother there is about half an inch of wasted space, especially if you factor in the navbar. For people that use the speakers, it might be worth it, but I would not.

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I actually found the chrome trim be terrible looking, and despite my plans not to use a case, had to get a thin black bumper to cover it. There is no doubt the M8 looks better, and is very comfortable to hold. I had to have the S5 because the screen just seemed much better, and part of it isn't wasted by the nav bar like on the M8.
I haven't had enough time to play with all of the features yet, however the screen has been nothing but impressive so far. I don't like the new settings so far, but that's probably because I'm just not used to it.
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My biggest beef with the M8 was that the speakers make the phone so much bigger than it needs to be. If you hold the S5 and the M8 next to eachother there is about half an inch of wasted space, especially if you factor in the navbar. For people that use the speakers, it might be worth it, but I would not.
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How is the screen in direct sunlight? I saw a review comparing it with others at max brightness which showed not much improvement. I think only Auto-Brightness will really max out the screen's brightness and I'm not sure if they manually maxed it out or it was it on auto.
And are you using it on the default mode or did you change it to cinematic?

i love the fingerprint scanner..works perfectly for my thumb for 1 handed use..
only thing i'm not liking right now is it seems to have that same body shift issue my white S3 had, that my S4 didn't..like as if the battery isn't big enough for the cavity, so it moves and makes the body feel like its twisting so it makes some lil snappy creak noises. kinda sucks, but oh well. maybe the battery just isn't big enough for the spot,w ho knows.

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How is the screen in direct sunlight? I saw a review comparing it with others at max brightness which showed not much improvement. I think only Auto-Brightness will really max out the screen's brightness and I'm not sure if they manually maxed it out or it was it on auto.
And are you using it on the default mode or did you change it to cinematic?
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Granted I only spent about 5 minutes with it outside so far, but the difference was HUGE from my S3 (which I really struggled with in the sun). I did not mess with any display settings yet, so it was all default. I got it on lunch and I'm working, so I've only been able to play with it here and there.
The display continues to be impressive, which is the main reason I wanted it. I can't speak to the difference between the s4-5, but between the 3 and 5 its night and day.

I'm excited to get it home and drop in a sink of water.

I like the phone. Definitely has a lot of features that I won't use but that's a Galaxy device. If we're on XDA, we know what we're getting into. The bigger size to achieve the IP67 certification is somewhat annoying but again, nothing unexpected and a nice feature. One that I'm sure will save more than a few people. So, despite the usually Galaxy "extras", I'm enjoying it. I will have to get a replacement as there is a permanent " smudge " on the display. Almost as if there's a coating for the IP67 certification and that coating wasn't applied correctly. No biggie. As long as VZW cooperates lol.
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Not going to lie I hate this phone, they dropped the ball in gs5, I am not going to use it until the gracious devs get root and unlocked bootloader
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damn..i just took some outdoors pics and they came out terrible. like, awful.
full light shots outdoors in the sun, blacks were coming out smudgy and blotchy and not good at all..i'm going to be super pissed if this camera turns out to be worse than my G2..that's the whole damn reason why i got this phone.

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damn..i just took some outdoors pics and they came out terrible. like, awful.
full light shots outdoors in the sun, blacks were coming out smudgy and blotchy and not good at all..i'm going to be super pissed if this camera turns out to be worse than my G2..that's the whole damn reason why i got this phone.
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Let's see these pics. No way worse than G2.

Not liking the recent apps button. Came from an s3 and I'm used to tapping for the menu to come up. Now it's needs a long press. If I could just swap the long and short press functions I would pretty happy. Only had it since 10am.
Screen is definitely better than the s3. Using it to navigate on the dash on a bright sunny made it very apparent. S3 looked dark and hard to see, the s5 looked way better and easy to see.
The chrome around this all black is not to my taste, but I'm hoping my new uag case will cover it.

jayochs said:
damn..i just took some outdoors pics and they came out terrible. like, awful.
full light shots outdoors in the sun, blacks were coming out smudgy and blotchy and not good at all..i'm going to be super pissed if this camera turns out to be worse than my G2..that's the whole damn reason why i got this phone.
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You might find this interesting. I've spent the afternoon confirming these results.
http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/sm...rs.com&subid=cfcd208495d565ef66e7dff9f98764da
Edit: that is a huge link!
cRookeD Nexus 5

Crooke356 said:
You might find this interesting. I've spent the afternoon confirming these results.
http://m.blogs.computerworld.com/sm...rs.com&subid=cfcd208495d565ef66e7dff9f98764da
Edit: that is a huge link!
cRookeD Nexus 5
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Lol yeah its huge. Lol.
So pretty much great camera with some bad moments?
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I just took this in my garage...cam is fine for me.

greatnesstx said:
Not going to lie I hate this phone, they dropped the ball in gs5, I am not going to use it until the gracious devs get root and unlocked bootloader
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If you hate it....not sure what you were expecting over what you saw on the S4.

jagrave said:
Lol yeah its huge. Lol.
So pretty much great camera with some bad moments?
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Yea. From all the devices I've ever owned, and it's a lot, that seems to be the case. Except for iPhone. I've never owned one but it's apparently perfect
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I just dropped mine a sink full of water. Still kicking. I recorded the drop.

I just realized that the screen lights up every time I get a text. Stays on for a few secs, but I cannot change that.
Light Manager works......w/out root.

Screen sensitivity

Hey guys, my son plays a Batman Lego Movie game and it's similar to Subway Surfer. He was telling me last night the screen is not very sensitive compared to his S8. Has anyone encountered anything the same? I don't play too many games but I wonder if this is something on all of the PH1s or just mine.
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I noticed the same thing but I'm not a gamer. I have to touch some things twice to get it to do what it's supposed tozoo

I am noticing the same thing! I haven't noticed it in games since I don't game but I do have to tap things twice sometimes. I thought it was just me! Haha
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Same here. Also seems to have micro stutters when scrolling. Not smooth scrolling at all.
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Scrolling isn't too bad. Overall I really like the device. Build quality is exceptional. Haven't had it long enough to comment on battery or camera. Might actually keep it over the note.
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oh... I'm not liking this. I'm not a gamer, but I like my phones to be responsive. I swear my Nexus 6P sometimes picks up the heat of my finger before I actually touch. That is sensitive!

Reporting same issue of having to tap things twice to register.

Agree similar issues here but some fanboy is going to come and say we all are just making this up to make look essential bad. When so many people are complaining that basic stuff isn't working properly you know this company wasn't ready software wise for the launch. Looks like they wanted to rush it out before the fall launch of major phones.

Considering that is an adjustable setting in some way (Since some other devices have a "Glove mode" and whatnot) I wonder if this can be adjusted in software easy enough in an update or given to us as an option. (Or heck, get root, make changes. )
Also, remember the phone does have a lot of rejection detection built in mainly because you will be touching the edges much easier on the device than you would most others. This for sure can cause sensitivity problems but just to check, how does the phone do one handed without anything near the edge of the screen?
It's just a thought but I notice this with other devices (my U11 even has this issue and I do dislike it vs my 6P and G3 even).
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I noticed the same thing but I'm not a gamer. I have to touch some things twice to get it to do what it's supposed tozoo
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I like the "I'm not a gamer" comment..... With a Descent Underground Sig. lol
Lier!
(also I feel that game is less Descent feeling than Overload. Overload feels perfect while Descent Underground just feels and looks, off.)

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Considering that is an adjustable setting in some way (Since some other devices have a "Glove mode" and whatnot) I wonder if this can be adjusted in software easy enough in an update or given to us as an option. (Or heck, get root, make changes. )
Also, remember the phone does have a lot of rejection detection built in mainly because you will be touching the edges much easier on the device than you would most others. This for sure can cause sensitivity problems but just to check, how does the phone do one handed without anything near the edge of the screen?
It's just a thought but I notice this with other devices (my U11 even has this issue and I do dislike it vs my 6P and G3 even).
I like the "I'm not a gamer" comment..... With a Descent Underground Sig. lol
Lier!
(also I feel that game is less Descent feeling than Overload. Overload feels perfect while Descent Underground just feels and looks, off.)
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Lol, well ok, not a phone gamer! Ugh. No.
Good point in the edge thing, that is where I notice it most like top corner 3 dot.
Thanks for pointing that out.
I like the phone so I'll live with it till I can't ?
Zo0

Could they really adjust sensitivity with a software update?
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Same!

I am finding screen sensitivity issues as well. I don't see any scrolling issues though. Just seems like I have to touch things a couple times. Especially the keyboard when typing

I'm fortunate in that I'm not having any sensitivity issues, or scrolling issues.
Some apps do seem to have issues with the what would seem to be a screen resolution issue (textra for example) where the inputs are off by a few pixels. Maybe this is what y'all are experiencing?
This is my second day with the phone, it's definitely smoother than day one. I'm guessing the OS was optimizing.
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I'm fortunate in that I'm not having any sensitivity issues, or scrolling issues.
Some apps do seem to have issues with the what would seem to be a screen resolution issue (textra for example) where the inputs are off by a few pixels. Maybe this is what y'all are experiencing?
This is my second day with the phone, it's definitely smoother than day one. I'm guessing the OS was optimizing.
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Same here no issues with that.
I need TWRP to restore all my data.
I need TWRP and root to get rid of all the stinking ads everywhere.

I notice it as well while playing clash royale, really annoying.

-Michael_ said:
I'm fortunate in that I'm not having any sensitivity issues, or scrolling issues.
Some apps do seem to have issues with the what would seem to be a screen resolution issue (textra for example) where the inputs are off by a few pixels. Maybe this is what y'all are experiencing?
This is my second day with the phone, it's definitely smoother than day one. I'm guessing the OS was optimizing.
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It's definitely this, I can't reorder stats in the fitbit app. I tried plugging in a USB mouse and it still didn't work so it's not the touch.

I haven't noticed any issues with having to tap the screen twice, however I have noticed while typing the haptic feedback sometimes seems like it misses a letter or two. The action registers and the letter appears but i get no vibration for some reason. It's been pretty sporadic. Maybe an AOSP but since we're so close to stock?
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I seem to be having the same issues... starting to get very frustrating.

I'm not having any sensitivity issues. Are you seeing them after installing any apps?

vibration motor/haptic feedback

How do people who have this device like the vibrations? I'm curious, because my phone makes this awful noise with every tap. I'm wondering if maybe I got a faulty phone.

sgorveatt said:
How do people who have this device like the vibrations? I'm curious, because my phone makes this awful noise with every tap. I'm wondering if maybe I got a faulty phone.
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My haptic feedback has been fairly normal. Vibrations have been almost as powerful as my Note 8, but I have not experienced any awful noise with every tap.
I would almost bet there's something odd going on with the motor.

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My haptic feedback has been fairly normal. Vibrations have been almost as powerful as my Note 8, but I have not experienced any awful noise with every tap.
I would almost bet there's something odd going on with the motor.
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Yeah I'm going to try to find a store that has a demo unit. I may have a faulty one. Do you know if the G7 and G7 One share the same haptic engine motor?
I know haptic feedback engines vary greatly between phones but I thought the G7 was regarded as having one of the better ones. The strength seems fine it's this buzzing noise that bothers me. Especially at night, when it's quite. My wife has a Pixel 2 and the haptic engine on that phone is so nice.

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Yeah I'm going to try to find a store that has a demo unit. I may have a faulty one. Do you know if the G7 and G7 One share the same haptic engine motor?
I know haptic feedback engines vary greatly between phones but I thought the G7 was regarded as having one of the better ones. The strength seems fine it's this buzzing noise that bothers me. Especially at night, when it's quite. My wife has a Pixel 2 and the haptic engine on that phone is so nice.
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I do not know unfortunately if they share the same motor, this is the first LG phone I've used in a while since the G6 first came out.
I wouldn't doubt it though as they seem to be very similarly built. Hopefully you get the issue sorted!