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admob

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after being really frustrated with the slight skipping/lag (whatever you want to call it), i resorted to trying a custom launcher... i wasnt really missing any LG widgets as such, so it wasnt a big issue... after trying the usual suspects, Nova, ADW, Go etc, i settled upon GO, firstly how can a small lteam of devs (i presume), transform the fluidity of an OEM's piece of hardware with a small app overlay.. the results are chalk and cheese...
however...
theres always a but... bizarrely some of the icons wouldnt launch on first click. They glowed as if they had been pressed, but nothing... so i was still frustrated...

so...

after a bit more looking around, i came across a launcher i had not heard of before,,, DODOL launcher... slim, lightweight, loads of really nice free themes.. the result... a super fast, buttery smooth experience... why oh why cant LG get these guys on board so the software the big boys release is spot on the day it leaves the shop..
 
The reason the LG UI is "laggy" is it is drawn in Qhd, so actually pushes the GPU to all of the display. The 801 was designed for 1080p, so this is par for the course when actually dealing with Qhd content. You could also notice lag with any web pages drawn in true Qhd.

The good news is by the time Qhd becomes standard content, most folks will be on the G4 or G5 :) It cracks me up how some reviewers WANT Qhd content for the device. For the display and GPUs sake- no, you probably would not. Lag, battery life issues and throttling would be common.
 
DODOL still has many "issues" based on the user reviews and unlike Nova, Knock off/on doesn't work.
 
rushmore said:
The reason the LG UI is "laggy" is it is drawn in Qhd, so actually pushes the GPU to all of the display. The 801 was designed for 1080p, so this is par for the course when actually dealing with Qhd content. You could also notice lag with any web pages drawn in true Qhd.

The good news is by the time Qhd becomes standard content, most folks will be on the G4 or G5 :) It cracks me up how some reviewers WANT Qhd content for the device. For the display and GPUs sake- no, you probably would not. Lag, battery life issues and throttling would be common.
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From my own experience all I can say is that it works very well for me..
 
admob said:
From my own experience all I can say is that it works very well for me..
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It does for me too, but some people notice it not as smooth. Not saying it is slow, but a tad of lag here and there. I use Nova, so would not be an issue anyway.
 
I have nova prime, and yes it does support knock on/off. To turn off your screen tap twice in the navigation bar at the top of your phone. With your screen off tap twice anywhere turns it back on. Works on my LG G3, hopes this helps.
 
Samsmome said:
I have nova prime, and yes it does support knock on/off. To turn off your screen tap twice in the navigation bar at the top of your phone. With your screen off tap twice anywhere turns it back on. Works on my LG G3, hopes this helps.
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You can also download an app called tap to lock. Then in Nova under gestures set the double tap gesture as that app and then it works like stock.
 
Based on my experience with the phone...turning off the "new card notifications" on the Clock/Weather widget fixed the lag I had when I first got the device. I'm only running 3 homescreens that aren't packed to the gills so the lag shouldn't have been there (regardless of resolution). Turned off LG solution (haha) to Google Now and it was much more fluid.

Just FYI for those who want to run the LG launcher. Biggest complaint I have with that launcher is no haptic feedback when opening the app drawer. It just feels wrong without it LOL!
 
zarem said:
You can also download an app called tap to lock. Then in Nova under gestures set the double tap gesture as that app and then it works like stock.
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Or if you have tasker, create a tasker task to lock screen and then create a nova gesture to call it.

I don't have open space on my main home screen, so I do a swipe up to lock and use stock knock on to turn on.
 
Due to the stutter in the app tray, a common fault on g3's, I had been forced to use a launcher.. Dodol. And go served me well and were both silky smooth. However due to an update from LG this week, not a major one, still on 4.4.2 mind but a subtle bug fix.. The lag and stutter are completely gone. The thing now flies and every folder and app opens in a blink.. Whatever they did, they did it right.. I've now got knock on/off working perfectly All the time as well.. Belated.. But we'll done LG..
 
i don't get why everyone is having lag issues. this is the fastest phone i've used to date. even faster than anything Samsung comes out with. either you're loading it with tons of dumb apps or games or you're playing around in developer options.

I can assure you that lag is NOT a 'common fault' especially on the G3. i've never seen any stutter. i've seen tons on TouchWiz ala Samsung though. even the new Note 4 lags. the G2 was pretty snappy as well.
 
Mine lagged and skipped the minute I started it.. There's loads of reports about it over the web. Some put it down to the 801 being designed for 1080p, so thanks for assuming it's user error..
I took it back and got a replacement model.. Exactly the same result, hence I used a launcher.. But due to a software update it went. So something was Deffo ammiss.. Buts its fixed now so all is well.. And yes it now is super fast...
 
either LG has bad quality control or I just got lucky. it's never lagged or stuttered even once. it's the most smoothest UI I've used to date.
 
the sure fire way to make Android lag on ANY device however is by loading them up with hundreds of apps/games. since Android tries to load every app's services in RAM eventually you get so much going that it's calling the OOM killer over and over again making things lag or stutter, or result in launcher redraws, hot phone temps, and battery drain. I've not tried to load up my G3 but my Note 3 stuttered out of the box and occasionally lost signal and wouldn't get it back until I pulled the battery and rebooted it.

My G3 is still the fastest Android smartphone I've had to date. closest I ever saw to an iPhone without rooting and enabling ART. it does everything I need without needing apps or the Play Store which I refuse to use if I can help it. I think Play Store is overrated as hell and Google apps cause tons of issues with CPU and battery use since they are always syncing no matter what you tell them to do.

You can all but remove lag in a Samsung device by turning off or disabling all the Google crap and using the in-built Samsung apps and Galaxy Apps store. I still use my Note 10.1 heavily for games and it is more lag-free due to having all the Google stuff removed. it's not like there is anything Google can do that Samsung cannot do.

I do wonder how many with laggy G3's have the 16GB model with one GB less RAM? the one I have is the 32GB model with 3GB RAM but there are 16GB models with a paltry 2GB of RAM and I can see that being a bit tight on things.
 
I have the 3/32 on tmobile and my phone gets slow and laggy. i dont have very many apps and no games. i signed out of my social network sites and still laggy. I really dont like this phone much anymore.
 
markbehr said:
I have the 3/32 on tmobile and my phone gets slow and laggy. i dont have very many apps and no games. i signed out of my social network sites and still laggy. I really dont like this phone much anymore.
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Have you went into Developer Options & changed the animation speeds?
It doesn't sound like much of a change, but, you'd be surprised at how much difference that makes, or, just turning off animations altogether.
 
I've never had problems on Verizon's model so maybe it's carrier specific? as for the screen i'll take the G3's over the oversaturated and retina burning intensity of Samsung AMOLED any day. I hated having to turn the brightness to 0% just to tolerate it and still it was too bright.

Playing around in Developer Options is a sure-fire way to get a laggy or unstable device. there's a reason they're hidden to begin with, and are titled 'DEVELOPER' options. if people are messing around and enabling things like 'force GPU rendering' and so on, you're bound to get a laggy device.

Auto Brightness is one thing Android has never done right. it's always too bright for my sensitive eyes and the transitions from bight to dim or vice versa are unnatural and far too fast. iOS always did it gradually where you'd never notice it so much so when you walked into a suddenly darker room or outside it wouldn't be such a shock to you. Android has never gotten the gradual transition done right. It is usually one of the first things I disable when I get a new device. I usually keep my G3's brightness anywhere from 34% to 50% and it has a convenient slider in the quick settings to change it.
 
the animations are set to .5x to begin with. turning them off entirely makes the UI less fluid as everything will just flash on/off immediately. the key is to not turn them on to 1x or above because you will indeed notice some stutter here and there.

I just updated five apps and had Play Store going aside Chrome and My Verizon Mobile. switching between them, even scrolling in Play Store while it was installing, no lag. each app, Play Store included blinked on immediately when tapped. no delay, no hesitation, no stutter. whoever is experiencing lag has to be doing things different than I am or has a faulty product. this is the most fastest phone I've used and is completely LAG-free!
 
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