LG G3 Why omit these simple things?

[TheAlmightyDrew]

I'm confused. I played with the phone in Verizon. It had a brightness slider in the notification tray.

 

[npaladin-2000]

I'm confused. I played with the phone in Verizon. It had a brightness slider in the notification tray.

AT&T removed it on their version.

 

[RenoD2010]

Re: Why omit these simple things?

1) Navigation arrows on the stock keyboard - at least give us the option.
2) Quick controls on the stock internet browser - this makes surfing the net on the phone a breeze.

1) The only keyboard I've found with this option is Swiftkey unless I missed something on Kiis and Google Keyboard
2) Not a Chrome fan?

 

[RenoD2010]

Are you overall happy with the G3? I'm thinking about getting one instead of the Note. ☺

Days of "loving" any phone are probably gone for me but I really like it. I love specific features though like knock on and how fast the camera is and oh, yes, the screen is a wee bit insane

 

[a22matic]

Re: Why omit these simple things?

1) The only keyboard I've found with this option is Swiftkey unless I missed something on Kiis and Google Keyboard
2) Not a Chrome fan?

I haven't been in the past, but I'm definitely going to give it a shot. I actually purchased Swiftkey but never used it. The time to try it is now obviously.

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[MrBungle999]

Is No. 4 a KitKat thing? My Jelly Bean wielding Optimus G has rotating home screens.

My point is g2 had it with kit Kat.

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[atremorer]

Re: Why omit these simple things?

I just got my G3 yesterday from T-Mobile.

1. Brightness slider I have one.
2. Stock flashlight I downloaded one that I had used before. I can't remember if the one on my G2 was stock.
3. Active wallpapers preloaded. Surprised that the only live wallpaper is for flight tracking..
4. No landscape for home screensRight? I hadn't tried it till I read this, but it doesn't move to landscape. This was on my G2, though the lock screen would go briefly to Landscape and then pop back to portrait. I may be switching back to Nova Launcher, which I used on my Samsung
5. Ability to resize app icons. I have the option for two sizes and can resize Widgets
6. More or different transition choices This never mattered much to me, but I have 7 swipe transitions.
7. No password lock on memo/notes Should have that option, but I don't really use the QuickMemo+ app

 

[MrBungle999]

Re: Why omit these simple things?

I just got my G3 yesterday from T-Mobile.

1. Brightness slider I have one.
2. Stock flashlight I downloaded one that I had used before. I can't remember if the one on my G2 was stock.
3. Active wallpapers preloaded. Surprised that the only live wallpaper is for flight tracking..
4. No landscape for home screensRight? I hadn't tried it till I read this, but it doesn't move to landscape. This was on my G2, though the lock screen would go briefly to Landscape and then pop back to portrait. I may be switching back to Nova Launcher, which I used on my Samsung
5. Ability to resize app icons. I have the option for two sizes and can resize Widgets
6. More or different transition choices This never mattered much to me, but I have 7 swipe transitions.
7. No password lock on memo/notes Should have that option, but I don't really use the QuickMemo+ app

Yeah it's seems it's more att

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[Nyvideo]

My verizon G3 came with the brightness slider enabled in the notification dropdown

A way to change the font size on the notification shade is conspicuously missing.
They went a little small on the notification LED.
I sorely miss my 5x1 weather widget from the G2

 

[MrBungle999]

I wonder what goes through carrier mind when they do that? To separate themselves by taking things away?

So what's a good flash light app without ads and bloat? I just downloaded super bright led. And it launches a switch with an ad. I just want a click on widget.

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[xocomaox]

Front LED is best known as "notification light". It has patterns of flashing to indicate important information. On many newer phones you can set custom colors and sometimes custom patterns. My G Flex has a SECOND notification light on the rear, huge and bright. Same custom colors and everything, plus a couple extra patterns including "call active" and "recording", and when using face focus it changes colors to indicate whether you're in the frame.

I finally saw the front LED in person on the G3 and, when comparing to my RAZR and other phones I've dealt with, it seems very adequate for me. I do like the idea of a rear notification light, although I probably wouldn't be looking at it often.

 

[Almeuit]

Glad to hear the brightness slider is on the Verizon version. Switched to at&t last weekend but having weird mms issues that they can't seem to fix (can send and receive to at&t users, only send to T-Mobile users but not receive, and can't send or receive to Verizon or Sprint users) so I think I'm heading back to Verizon tomorrow while I'm in my return window.

Loving the phone but the lack of a brightness slider was annoying. Also wondering what the point was for at&t to remove it.

I can also confirm it's there. I used my coworker G3 (Verizon) the other day and it had it.

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[Relgoshan]

I finally saw the front LED in person on the G3 and, when comparing to my RAZR and other phones I've dealt with, it seems very adequate for me. I do like the idea of a rear notification light, although I probably wouldn't be looking at it often.

Yeah a single front light with a few colors is fine. I mean without this phone I'd never think I was missing anything.

Rear LED works well *because* the Flex is curved. You can set it on its face without dirtying or scratching the screen, and the curve makes it easy to pick up that way. It has hands free auto answer and the rear light tells you if the call is still active, as well the ring color tells who is calling. You can use rear keys to silence or reject. You can pick it up *like a phone* and it will stop ringing, and it will answer if you put it to your ear without tapping any buttons. I cannot overstate how much I enjoy that.

 

[Aglet]

So what's a good flash light app without ads and bloat? I just downloaded super bright led. And it launches a switch with an ad. I just want a click on widget.

I'm not sure if Nexus Torch will work for you, Bungle, as I only have a Nexus 5 to test it on. It's lighweight and ad-free and just toggles via an icon. You might not have spotted it on Play Store because it doesn't necessarily pop up with a search on 'flashlight' (Aussies are like Brits and, evidently, Chinese in that we call it a 'torch').

 

[AKFL3TCH3R]

My Verizon G3 has a brightness slider. Thank god haha.

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[Liljay86]

Its in the lg keyboard settings, where u can adjust the keyboard height you can also customize the keys.. The brightness slider i cant find anywhere on the Sprint version, but the volume one is there. And the notification light on the G3 is the best ive seen, it has a bunch of colors, you can set different color to different people for when they call and txt you. The g2 notification light wasn't it for me.

 

[TheAlmightyDrew]

One thing they omitted that really really annoys me, and please correct me if I am wrong, is that there seems to be no Task Manager now. I loved that about the G2. You could go in there and end programs that were still processing in the background. Is there anyway to do that on the G3?

 

[npaladin-2000]

One thing they omitted that really really annoys me, and please correct me if I am wrong, is that there seems to be no Task Manager now. I loved that about the G2. You could go in there and end programs that were still processing in the background. Is there anyway to do that on the G3?

It's in Apps under the Running tab.

 

[atremorer]

I've been using Tiny Flashlight.

 

[mdavis1972]

I'm looking at the brightness slider bar right now on my AT&T LG G3

Its not present on the AT&T variant as far as I can tell. I only see a volume slider when media is playing and then it disappears. I have to long press the brightness setting to go to settings for it.

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