LG is one of our favorite Android phone makers right now. The LG G3 can hold its own against the best smartphones around, but you may still occasionally run into trouble. We’ve identified some common LG G3 problems and pulled together a list of workarounds or potential fixes to help you address each one.
A lot of LG G3 owners have been surprised to find that games and apps have been disappearing. Things they’re sure they had installed, but haven’t used in a while just vanish. You’d be forgiven for being skeptical when behavior like this is described as a feature, but it really is this time.
Quite a few people have had trouble with regular voice calls on the LG G3. There are reports about callers on the other end being hard to hear and about LG G3 owner’s voices fading in and out.
Reports of Bluetooth failing to auto-connect, randomly disconnecting, and lag when playing audio are pretty frequent for most devices. A few LG G3 owners have also encountered a problem where they turn Bluetooth on and are greeted by the message “Bluetooth has stopped.”
Some LG G3 owners have found that the auto-rotate feature stops working randomly. It might be after a fall, or it might just stop working for no apparent reason. It might be that the sensor has just gotten stuck, especially if this happened after you dropped the phone. You can check with Advanced Tools by analyzing the sensors or try running a game that uses the accelerometer.
A lot of LG G3 owners have been getting this error message popping up repeatedly. There’s no further explanation about what it is and it just keeps popping up. It’s apparently related to a Verizon service, possibly Verizon Address Verification System Service for matching addresses to credit and debit card purchases; it seems to be some kind of a conflict with a Google + update.
Some people have had trouble when connecting their LG G3 to external speakers or a car stereo using a double-male 3.5mm Aux cable. Sometimes it flat out refuses to connect and keeps playing through the phone speakers, other times it connects, but it plays loud pops between tracks, and there’s audible interference or noise during quiet periods.
There have been many complaints about the LG G3 taking a long time to charge up. It ships with a 1.8A rated charger and so it shouldn’t really take more than two hours to fully charge the battery as long as you aren’t using the phone while it’s charging. Remember that you might get greater variance in the first few days as your new phone beds in, so give it a few charges before you panic.
A few LG G3 owners have had a problem getting the LED notification to work consistently. It may flash or light up for things like charging, but not for incoming notifications. There are a few things worth trying to get it working again.
Some people have been struggling with the Wi-Fi connection on their LG G3 handset. In some cases they can’t get it to connect, but more commonly it is connecting for a period and then dropping inexplicably and refusing to come back. You can try various things to sort it out.
A number of LG G3 owners have found that their new smartphone has the unfortunate habit of shutting itself off from time to time. For most the phone will turn back on normally when the Power button is pressed for a couple of seconds, but some owners report having to pull the battery and replace it to get the G3 to come back to life.
The LG G3 has a large 3,000mAh-rated battery, but it also has a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels. Some people report good battery life, but others are disappointed.
This is another issue that’s linked to that big screen. Some G3 owners have found that the phone gets hot. This will also have a negative impact on battery life. The screen is designed to automatically reduce the brightness when the screen gets too warm, but you’ll notice it if you play a graphically intensive game for any length of time. All phones get hot when used for extended periods and a screen this big has to draw a lot of power, so it will get warmer the longer it is on.
Some people have run into an issue with lag when navigating around on the LG G3. There might be stutters as you swipe from screen to screen or lag coming in and out of apps. There are many techniques you can try to alleviate the problem.
Quite a few people are reporting that the G3 keeps turning itself on in their pocket or bag. This is probably down to the Knock On feature, but it might not be as easy to turn off as you’d expect.
A lot of people have run into an issue where the LG G3 turns itself off and remains completely unresponsive. Pressing the Power button doesn’t bring it back to life. Plugging it in to charge has no apparent effect – the LED does not come on to indicate that it’s charging.
Quite a few people have run into issues with the camera repeatedly crashing on their LG G3. For some people, it crashes every time they try to zoom when shooting video. You can try a few things to fix this.
A few people have been suffering because the keyboard seems to lag when they’re typing, or it jumps around, and inserts extra spaces or letters.
Article was originally published on July 7, 2014. Updated on 4-21-2015 by Simon Hill: Added problems with won’t turn on or charge, camera crashing, keyboard lag, and added a new workaround to call audio glitch.
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