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Thanks for the replies guys.  I guess I just got "lucky"  

I had a cracked screen on this one two about 6 months ago but got that replaced.  If the spare batter was still working I'd probably just suck it up until I was done paying it off.  My wife wants me to get an iPhone, but I like Android better from just the little bit I've played around with IOS.  And with all my stuff already in the Google ecosystem I'm not sure I want to make that move.

Maybe I'll try to wait it out until the Note 6 gets here.  Like the S7 but I prefer the bigger phone.

Are others still using their LG G3?  I don't see much discussion lately in this forum and i've not been hanging around s4gru for quite some time.  

I've got  a G3 that I still owe six months of EasyPay that's barely hanging on.  WiFi has stopped working along with the USB charging port.  The second battery that I got from LG when I bought it isn't working anymore either (phone continually reboots with that battery in).  I still have one battery working.  The camera doesn't take pictures like it used to, the colors are off and the focus isn't very good.

With all of this, I'm thinking of getting a new phone but still owing money on this phone is keeping me from moving.  Jut not very satisfied with how long this phone has lasted.   My son is still actively using my old Samsung S3 (even with a cracked screen).  This one barely lasted 18 months.

Anyone else have similar problems with their G3?

You have to use google now to use it, ie "Ok Google turn on the flashlight".

Well, according to Sprint Care it's Google's fault.  Not sure I'm buying it, I think it's LG's choice:

 

Thank you for reaching out to us with your question. We were able to look into this issue, and see that Google has listed this missing feature as a bug within the latest OS release. This is only affecting a small amount of phones, but at this time we are waiting for Google to release an update to fix the bug. We appreciate your patience and ask that you stay tuned on our Community Forums for updates on this issue. - ShaquilleSprint Social Care

 

You have to use google now to use it, ie "Ok Google turn on the flashlight".

Thanks, that works.  But is that seriously the only way to do it?  That sure seems like a dumb decision from LG in my opinion.

I finally got the notification to install the OTA this morning and it went fine.  Don't notice any huge differences so far but haven't played much with it yet.

One thing I was waiting for in Lollipop was the built-in flashlight functionality so I wouldn't have one of those crappy third party apps.  However, it seems like LG has kept a very similar look and feel from the previous version and I'm not seeing the new notifications bar functionality I was expecting.

Anyone know how to access this on the G3? 

I didn't think I would ever switch away from my old unlimited plan, but needed to add another line and wanted a new phone for myself. So, switched from Everything Data 1500 to the family share with 20GB (plus additional 10GB with promotion).  Added a line and got myself a new LG G3 on Easy Pay.  I'm paying about $30/mo. less than before and that's WITH a new phone and an additional line of service.  When the $25/mo with easy pay goes away I'll be saving more.  And will get a $100 prepaid Visa and got a free battery/charger as well.

In my opinion, Easy Pay is better than the subsidies since the additional monthly charge will eventually go away.  

How did you get the microphone to replace the setting's cog?  I did that on my G2, but can't remember what I did...

I finally found this webpage:

http://www.lg.com/us/support/product-help/doc-1403828818044-en-LGEAI

But the most important part is this:

I've had two freezes. Both immediately after receiving a text, and then swiping down the notification bar. Or, attempting to. It freezes just as it starts to move, and then a battery pull is required. But again, only twice. This is on ART.

 

As far as the keyboard, I've replaced the keyboards across all my devices with the Google Keyboard. Don't use anything else.

I may try the Google keyboard.  I did figure out how to customize the bottom keys on the LG keyboard and get the microphone as the default so I'm happy with the LG keyboard for now.

There has been some talk about the G3 screen not being as bright as some other phones in the same category.  In fact some say the sunlight visibility is poor. 

 

I leave the lab and go for a 2 mile walk in our industrial park every day at lunch.  Yesterday it was very sunny outside, and I had no difficulty at all viewing the G3 screen. 

 

....

I was outside for a while last Saturday and it was a very bright, sunny day.  The G3's screen was very easy to read even in the bright light.  My old S3 could be very difficult to see sometimes when it was especially bright outside but the G3 was very clear and there was no need to use my hand to make shade.

I've had my new G3 a little over a week now and love it for the most part.  The screen is great and it takes way better pictures and video than my old S3, which looked great when I first bought it compared to my old HTC Hero  :-).  

I have had a couple of issues, one of which is quite annoying.  My phone has been freezing up at least 2 times a day.  It seems to happen mostly when the messaging app is open, the phone goes to sleep, then I unlock the screen.  I have to take the battery out to get my phone back.  I've had ART enabled almost since I got it so I'm wondering if that's the issue.  Just switched back to Dalvik to see if the problem goes away now.

Another thing I dislike is the on-screen keyboard has a settings key right next to the space key.  If you hold the settings key down it will pop up and let you pick the microphone for speech to text.  I'd rather have the microphone be the main key and the others be on the popup since I hardly ever change settings but want to use text to speech almost every time I type.

Has anyone else had crash/freeze issues with their G3 and, if so, were you on ART as well?

Also, anyone know how to modify the layout of the on screen keyboard to change the order of the settings/text to speech button?

So do we know yet whether the Note 4 supports the CCA/RRPP bands yet?  I've searched but haven't found anything yet.  It's time for me to get a new phone and hand my S3 down to my son.  But I'm having a hard time deciding between getting an LG G3 now, waiting for the Note 4, or even waiting a bit longer and seeing what the next Nexus has to offer.  The new iPhones look like great phones but I'm so deep into the Google/Android ecosystem that it would really be a hassle to switch.

We already knew police departments in some places had these devices, now we know for sure that Raleigh and Durham are as well.

Raleigh, Durham police using device that tracks cellphone data:

http://www.wral.com/raleigh-durham-police-using-device-that-tracks-cellphone-data/13847158/#TlAv3hmi08ODdlWr.99

^{What happened to the network last night? I was getting LTE just fine on my M8 and my 5s, and this morning, all the way from Holly Springs to Durham, just the 5s is showing LTE.}

I was having voice issues and called Sprint yesterday and they said there was a market wide outage.  However, I was able to make calls from a few other places.  Things seem to be back to normal today for me at least.  I can't get LTE at the house so I can't tell if it's working out this way.

I just talked to Sprint support through chat and they told me this:

Isabella V.: I have determined that the problems you have described are being caused by a cell site outage in your area. We are currently experiencing an outage across the market. Network Engineers are working diligently to correct the issue. They estimate repair to complete by 07/24/2014 08:40:00 CST. The ticket number for reference is 3270799. Sprint network engineers have been working aggressively and they are trying to fix the issue before estimated timeframe.

So, it looks like there is a known issue in the area.      

Was there a Sprint outage? last night I could not connect at about 2 o'clock in the morning.

I noticed data connection loss around midnight or 1am; cried and went to sleep.

I've been having phone problems for at least a week now but haven't really noticed much until the last 2 days now that I'm back working from home.  Calls from my Phone Connect 2, S3 and my wife's iPhone all drop after maybe 10 seconds or so.  Cannot hold a call, very frustrating.  I've noticed with SCP on my S3 that 1x800 which I usually hold pretty well will come on for a few seconds and then drop.  Then I'll lose signal for a while and it will switch to 1900.  Stay there for a while then drop and have no signal.  Just bounces back and forth, sometimes roaming as well.  I've tried making calls while roaming hoping they might work but it won't complete the call and will drop back to Sprint which of course drops the call.

Driving me nuts.  I'm about to try to talk to Sprint to see what's going on since I've got calls for work all day and can't get one to go through.

I'm in Cary, just discovered my phone is on 1x800. Stock PRL. Thanks be to the Sprint gods!

I'm in RTP and seeing the real SID now. Just a couple of weeks ago it was still on the testing SID.

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Anyone seeing any 800 LTE/CDMA around RDU?

I've seen 1x800 everywhere around the Raleigh-Durham area, but on the testing SID which you can only pick up with one of the sponsor PRLs.  However, north of Wake Forest, in the Youngsville, Henderson, Oxford area I have seen 1x800 on the normal SID and it's usable.

For LTE800, it's been discussed in other forums but I believe that the public safety channels in NC haven't completely moved off yet to allow Sprint to fire it up.  I don't have a tri-band phone so I can't confirm if it's live anywhere, but I haven't seen any reports of it either.

Looks like 1x800 is finally out of testing mode in the Raleigh/Durham area.  I'm picking it up on SID 22438 instead of the testing SID as of today.  Went back to the stock PRL and am still picking it up.  Need to check my wife's iPhone when she gets home too and see if she's getting it now.  Hopefully my Sprint Phone Connect 2 will have a better signal as well because it's been a bit spotty at times.

 

Maybe some acceptances will show up soon.

Spoke a little premature on the Raleigh/Durham area.  At home (a bit north of Raleigh) I'm off of the testing SID but over the weekend I was in downtown Raleigh and in Cary.  Still picking up the testing SID there so things haven't been turned on everywhere yet.  Hopefully soon.

I noticed while visiting the Sprint store, Bham AL..last night that they have a Netgear (like, N6100 or something like that...without googling to be sure) but, it boasts LTE on 3 bands, wifi and router all in one.

And a price tag that isn't far-fetched, $199. Anyone tried this, or know if they are worth it?

 

Google showed me it's Netgear 6100D.

 

I gotta wonder how this works...say for instance..if I hooked it up in my house, where only LTE 1900 is available (but I can't get it without driving 10 minutes or so to town.)

No 800smr or b42 anywhere near me, lest Atlanta being closest.

 

Looks like a business solution..but how does it generate its signal..using a broadband backbone...?

There are a couple folks over in the Hotspot/USB area that have used it.  Checked out the thread over there:

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5554-netgear-4g-lte-router-gatewaynew-plans/

Looks like 1x800 is finally out of testing mode in the Raleigh/Durham area.  I'm picking it up on SID 22438 instead of the testing SID as of today.  Went back to the stock PRL and am still picking it up.  Need to check my wife's iPhone when she gets home too and see if she's getting it now.  Hopefully my Sprint Phone Connect 2 will have a better signal as well because it's been a bit spotty at times.

Maybe some acceptances will show up soon.

It actually doesn't matter where the call is made from, and my phone is doing the same thing at home the last few days now. My job called me phone never rang on my end and a few minutes later a voicemail popped up. So I tried calling my phone from my house it rang about six times on the calling end then went to voice mail my cell phone never rang

As afazel asked, are you using Google Voice integration at all or do you get your voicemail through Sprint?  I had this problem constantly when I had full GV integration, and outgoing calls took a long time (20-30 seconds) to initiate.  Since just switching to using GV for voicemail instead of the full integration the problem has all but gone away.

http://support.sprint.com/support/article/FAQs_about_HD_Voice_from_Sprint/3b348589-81a4-452d-8758-cd47d7ddb952

 

Those are the supported devices.

Oh well, looks like a no.  Thanks for the link.

Does anyone know if the Sprint Phone Connect 2 supports HD voice?  If so, I would imagine there would only be a difference when talking to other Sprint subscribers with devices that support HD voice.

The problem with Towerstream, as with most internet solutions, is that they don't serve more rural areas and the areas that they do server would already have many other internet options available:

New York, Boston, Seattle, Dallas, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Reno, Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Providence, Philadelphia.

And with a promotion of 8Mbps service for "only" $799/mo, that doesn't seem like an option for anything other than businesses that can afford it.  Unless I'm looking at the wrong Towerstream?

http://www.towerstream.com/ServiceAreas.aspx

I have always dropped the call when handed off between 1X 800 and 1X 1900 and assumed it was not possible, but others (I know nexgencpu already replied) pointed out they had no issues with it. Perhaps it's a market/vendor thing for now. It hasn't happened to me as often with my Nexus 5, but that's because it practically laughs at the notion of losing 1X 1900 anywhere.

 

It was more prevalent with my EVO LTE that was often hopping between PCS and SMR. I was usually using a sponsor PRL that prioritized 800 and camped on it; I would lose any call that moved out of range of live 800 sites, despite the fact that I would watch the phone immediately connect to 1900.

 

-Mike

I'm using the sponsor PRL as well and I always seem to drop in areas where I might switch between 1x800 and 1x1900.  In particular, one tower near the kids' school shows as 3G/4G accepted for several months but I've never received LTE from that Site and the 3G speeds in the area are terrible.  Every other site in the area has LTE and most have 1x800 (although on the testing SID).  When I'm on a call and head to that area, when the farther away 1x800 sites drop out I lose the call every time.  And I have a hard time holding calls in a few spots on 1x1900 in that area too. 

Here's a thought, could it be that areas still on the testing SID are unable to handoff between the two bands, but ones that are officially accepted and on the right SID for the market are handling handoffs correctly?  No evidence one way or the other, just an idea.