LG G2 randomly locks up/reboots. Upgrade/replace with what ?

GoodEnough

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My 2013 LG G2 is starting to act funny. Locks up and reboots randomly. Any ideas for a similar parallel 2013 replacement, or the next level 2014 upgrade at a good value?
 

GoodEnough

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I don't know how to root and all that...
I can do a factory reset, I guess.

Is OnePlus that Asian startup that aimed to make the perfect phone at a cheap price?
 

lopri

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Nexus 5X @$300 ($350 for 32 GB) is a great deal if you are still looking. It's got a solid build quality, excellent camera, and fantastic display.
 

lopri

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No. Thanks in part to Google's aggressive management and in part to excellent efficiency of A53 (LITTLE) cores, perceived lags are minimal for everyday operation. The phone is actually very snappy all around. When the SOC is stressed hard (e.g. slow-mo video or 4K recording) you might notice some inconsistencies, but those occasions should be rare. Games should play fine as well because the Adreno 418 seems more resilient than the A57s in the Snapdragon 808. It is a phone that I would not mind paying more than $300.

If you can stretch your budget slightly and do not mind getting a phone without official support, the Galaxy S6 is also an option. It is perhaps the best smartphone of 2015 with all the latest stuff, but I would advise against getting a carrier-branded one. You might want to check out an international version at Amazon/eBay/Swappa, but if you are unfamiliar with such routes then I would stick with the 5X.
 

shabby

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No. Thanks in part to Google's aggressive management and in part to excellent efficiency of A53 (LITTLE) cores, perceived lags are minimal for everyday operation. The phone is actually very snappy all around. When the SOC is stressed hard (e.g. slow-mo video or 4K recording) you might notice some inconsistencies, but those occasions should be rare. Games should play fine as well because the Adreno 418 seems more resilient than the A57s in the Snapdragon 808. It is a phone that I would not mind paying more than $300.

Its not the sd808 that's causing this issue, it seems to be the full disk encryption, again google is not using the 808's hardware disk encryption but arm's software variation. Remember how fde slowed down the nexus 6?
 

sweenish

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My vote would be figuring out if the phone is actually on its way out first.

Right now, it just sounds like a software issue. Try and sort that out. Because why would you be itching to buy a sidegrade?
 

lopri

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Its not the sd808 that's causing this issue, it seems to be the full disk encryption, again google is not using the 808's hardware disk encryption but arm's software variation. Remember how fde slowed down the nexus 6?

I do remember but I also remember the inconvenience caused by those lags are de minimus at most and at any rate it was only noticeable in side-by-side tests. (and of course, benchmarks) The same is true here with this year's Android phones. I run all my phones encrypted and I do not feel like there is a storage bottleneck causing significant lags.

Now, many phones do experience slow-downs over a long period of time (say, 1 year or longer) and at that point you do feel lags on occasion even without side-by-side testing. I am not sure if that has to do with encryption, though.

On the other hand, I did experience severe lags caused by S808 throttling on occasions. Those occasions are thankfully rare, but can be frustrating. I acknowledge that.

P.S. I have just done side-by-side testing of app openings on the 5X and iPhone 6s Plus, and the Nexus 5X beat the iPhone 6s Plus in everything but games and Chrome (v. Safari). iOS' animations must be at fault here (as well as Chrome's terrible-ness), but nonetheless it shows that the negative performance impact caused encryption on Android is minuscule.
 

GoodEnough

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I am dreading doing a factory reset.
It will have to download all the apps and OS updates again, right?
I will wait for a day when I am stuck home with no plans.

If that doesn't fix it, I will start shopping.
 

Chocu1a

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Factory reset is no different than getting a new phone & setting it up, except it costs you nothing. Also, you can have Google set-up to re-download & install all your apps automatically.