Last post about this and in all seriousness, here is an article that has an interesting piece of trivia that I hope will curb nickdalz's impatience. This is a direct quote from the article:
Thus far we’ve seen LG G3 Android 5.0 updates rollout for Austria, the Baltics, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the UK. Making it one of the fastest devices to see Android 5.0 aside from Nexus smartphones and tablets, and a few smartphones from Motorola.
Here is the link to the article. It actually is a very interesting read:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/12/18/lg-g3-android-5-0-update-3-new-details-arrive/
Remember, Nexus devices are Google devices, so they are built to run the AOSP source code, which means less time needed to get them working on those devices. As for Motorola, I'm sure that includes the Nexus 6 which is Motorola. But, I had a Motorola device when Kit Kat first came out back in May of 2014 and it was a mess of a roll out. I was in the private soak test, so I saw first hand what was to come and believe me, when they eventually release KK, they released it with all the bugs that were identified in the private soak test. They didn't fix a single issue. Then, two more updates came out after that which addressed some of the issues, but not all. The final update didn't fix any of the remaining issues. They dropped it and moved on to LP I believe. I don't want that to happen with the G3.
The G3 is different hardware-wise (especially with the quad HD display and chipset), so yes, you could run the AOSP code (which is available), but it won't run the phone at it's best. Many are seeing battery issues, radio issues, DRM issues, etc. All of those things that we take for granted with the hardware in the G3 makes it far more difficult to port it.
But, nick, you have to see that LG
is working on it. With all the releases overseas, it proves that LG is not sitting on their laurels. They
are working on getting it to the G3. We
will see it. They can still make the end-of-the-year estimate that they gave, but it could go into next year. I would rather it go into next year, giving them enough time to fix any other issues, rather than getting a buggy release.
In fact, I would say, the overseas countries are the beta testers if you ask me. I have seen in other forums from people in those countries who received the update, and the reviews are mixed. Some good, some bad. Mostly though, the bad reviews are the ones being posted.
So, let's give LG more time. That means a better product released in the end. I would rather have that. Like I said, my N7's update was horrible, so I went back to KK. I did a factory reset and everything, and it still had terrible performance. Until I hear they've fixed it, I'll stay on KK on my Nexus 7.
Same will go with the G3 if they don't make it run as good as if not better than KK.
And I do apologize for the sarcasm I was posting earlier. It just gets to me when I see people say things like "I'm going to a different phone" or "They'll never release it like they promised". It just seems petty and it really isn't going to make LG work any faster. We all need to show some patience and constraint. We're all fellow Android users here, so I'm not going to rebuke nick anymore and I apologize for how I responded earlier.
However, when people
do offer suggestions, such as not liking dark halo themes, and you still respond with something that gives off an "I'm entitled to this and if I don't get it, I'm taking my toys and going home" attitude, that's when people aren't willing to help or suggest anything. Or worse, like me, respond with petty sarcasm.
Remember, Android allows
so much customization out of the box unlike the evil fruit company's phone, so you don't have to stick with what you get with your phone. That's the reason so many of us went to Android. Having the freedom to choose.
In the case of the LG G3, I feel it doesn't even
look like halo KK to me. They've themed it pretty nicely if you ask me, but then, I use Nova launcher with an LP theme, so I get the LP icons and animations. Yes, it's not all LP, but it is a step in the right direction until we get LP.
Anyways, take this post as a truce.
