Hey guys,
I currently have a T-Mobile G1 but I think its time to get a new phone . I can pretty much get any phone I want just as long as its on T-Mobile, Verizon, or AT&T. I only want phones with the Android OS also, and of course be able to root it for a better experience. I have three on my list so far, ranked in order from most wanted to least:
1. Sony Xperia x10 - it seems to be like the greatest phone ever.. 1 GHz processor , but I don't even know when it's coming out so id have to wait until Q1 2010 (that's fine though). Oh and I heard this ships with Android 1.6..hopefully we'd get an update for 2.0+
2. Motorola Droid - pretty good phone too, and it's already out so I'd be able to get it for Christmas.
3. Motorola Cliq - its an okay phone to me but the only reason I would get it is if I have no other options.
Any other Android Phone suggestions? Thanks!
What about Hero?
What about Acer A1 aka Liquid?
I have Acer F1 (same hardware) and I 'm totaly satisfied with it and considering to buy an A1 too.
freco said:
What about Acer A1 aka Liquid?
I have Acer F1 (same hardware) and I 'm totaly satisfied with it and considering to buy an A1 too.
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Thanks. It looks pretty good. Do you know what carrier its coming for?
^I beleave no carrier, u just buy it unlocked.
Also, have you looked at htc mytouch 3G? Are you in the States?
galaxys said:
^I beleave no carrier, u just buy it unlocked.
Also, have you looked at htc mytouch 3G? Are you in the States?
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Oh okay, thanks. Yea.. I don't like the MyTouch 3G.. it's basically the same as my G1 but with no keyboard lol. Yea I'm in the states .
Good luck buying an unlocked phone in the states.
T-Mobile uses its whacky UMTS frequency and AT&T uses 850/1900 ... pretty much all unlocked phones are 900/2100.
Hey so far i haven't been able to find myself an adequate android phone for my first smartphone purchase (I'm an android junky and dev, just never got around to buying one that fit my needs) However now there are a couple contenders on the market. They have to fit t-mobile frequencies (I live in canada, and the only good network is wind which is basically t-mobile) and can't have too many issues. So I've recently stumbled across the spec sheet for the Motorola Droid 2 Global edition and was wondering if it supported t-mobiles frequencies considering the huge amount of radios it already does have.
More than likely it will work. Its a GSM capable phone, soo...yeah. You should check out the Nexus One too, its older but its still hanging up there with all the newest phones.
Yah the nexus one was very interesting and it was the original dev phone, idk i'd rather just be closer to the cutting edge and that 1.2ghz proc plus hardware keyboard really entices me lol
Complete speculation here, but I'd be surprised if it has the 1700/AWS band for 3G. Most 'global' phones have some combination of 850/900/1900/2100. I sure hope it does have AWS though
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Complete speculation here, but I'd be surprised if it has the 1700/AWS band for 3G. Most 'global' phones have some combination of 850/900/1900/2100. I sure hope it does have AWS though
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So do I wanna buy it so badly but refuse to use Telus/Bell(I'm canadian) the mytouch or g2 is the only real alternative but the mytouch just bugs me somehow
Douglerful said:
So do I wanna buy it so badly but refuse to use Telus/Bell(I'm canadian) the mytouch or g2 is the only real alternative but the mytouch just bugs me somehow
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I messed with a G2 the other day and it was great. Very solid build, excellent keyboard, vanilla Android... not to mention, it already has a massive developer base.
Thats good to hear i heard there were some sketchy things about the build quality of the hinges
I open and closed it several times and it seemed as solid as it needs to be. I think some people might just be too anal.
Hahahahahha Gee I hope i'm not one of those people cuz if i can't get my hands on a n unlocked Droid 2 Global thats my choice
Ha you can't go wrong either way. The Droid 2 is a tank. My only concerns with the Global would be how much compatibility it will have with D2/DX hacks and whether sbfs will be leaked. Development is much more sparse on these new Motos than HTCs like the G2.
Yah i've looked through the forums and htc's seem to attract a lot of dev interest, meh more room for me in the moto department then
I'm pretty sure it won't have AWS. USA/Canada are the only ones who use it, and they have CDMA networks. Why would Verizon need to roam on any AWS network?
According to leaked specs of the Droid Pro, it has UMTS 850/1900/2100
Since its specifications are very similar to the Droid 2 Global, I'm guessing (and hoping) it also has the same bands so that I have the option of buying it and using it on AT&T.
I don't know why they went with these bands for the Pro since Europe uses 900/2100 and the Pro is missing 900. I don't think 900 is very common though, and Australia uses 850MHz so that may be why.
Is it possible and recommendable to buy the prepaid Verizons droid 2 global instead of the full price one, so you save 150 dols, and then unlock it and use it with another GSM carrier outside the US? Or should I buy the ones that are for sale on ebay?
Douglerful said:
Hey so far i haven't been able to find myself an adequate android phone for my first smartphone purchase (I'm an android junky and dev, just never got around to buying one that fit my needs) However now there are a couple contenders on the market. They have to fit t-mobile frequencies (I live in canada, and the only good network is wind which is basically t-mobile) and can't have too many issues. So I've recently stumbled across the spec sheet for the Motorola Droid 2 Global edition and was wondering if it supported t-mobiles frequencies considering the huge amount of radios it already does have.
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For T-Mobile 3g I would go for the My Touch 4g or the Samsung Vibrant or The Nexus One. The Nexus One is still cutting edge. I have a Nexus One and a Droid 2 Global and the 1.2 processor doesn't really feel different. The Droid 2 Global also has barley any support here and absolutely no roms. I Love my Nexus One and I think it is better than any other smart-phone iv seen. If you want a great phone with amazing support and roms I would go with the Nexus.
Droid 2 GLOBAL - unsuccessful ROOT!
I was able to get a pre-retail Droid 2 Global a few weeks ago.
I wanted to Root is and use the Sapphire ROM. So I tried every ROOT method I could find using my MAC = no avail!
Then I tried every ROOT method I could find using a PC = NO AVAIL! (1-2-3, One click, etc)
* The only thing that happened was the phone got real hot and the program got stuck at "searching for device" - & yes I downloaded the Motorola drivers and the updated SDK pack.
Any thoughts on this?
You need to run the root apps again consecutively not always does it work the first time and all of the apps do the same exploit and there have been Droid 2 Globals that have rooted you just need to stick with it. Also sometimes it helps to reboot your phone after a failed attempt. It just depends on the phone. I remember when root first came for the D2 and we didn't have apps we had to run all the commands from ADB and do it manually.
Still no dice to Root Droid 2 Global
I just got this:
ww.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global/96381-droid-2-global-root-custom-recovery-sim-unlock-tutorial.html[/url]
I am going to give it a whirl after I get home from work tonight. Fingers crossed - if this doesn't work, I'm all set with trying to root this thing.
-d
D I O R D said:
I just got this:
ww.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global/96381-droid-2-global-root-custom-recovery-sim-unlock-tutorial.html[/url]
I am going to give it a whirl after I get home from work tonight. Fingers crossed - if this doesn't work, I'm all set with trying to root this thing.
-d
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Be VERY careful!!! Droid 2 and Droid 2 Global ROM's are NOT compatible. If you flash Droid 2 rom on D2G, phone will not boot and as there is no SBF available yet, you are looking into expensive paperweight until SBF is released.
BTW - phone is rootable. But refrain from flashing anything before you have way to get out if phone gets bricked. You have been warned.
Thanks for the heads up...
After minimal research, I realized that.
My plan was to flash clockwork recovery? Do you think that won't work?
It will be hard, but I can endure waiting for a "GLOBAL" ROM -
Cheers,
-T
D I O R D said:
After minimal research, I realized that.
My plan was to flash clockwork recovery? Do you think that won't work?
It will be hard, but I can endure waiting for a "GLOBAL" ROM -
Cheers,
-T
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Even if you have a D2 G clockwork regularly won't work because the D2 only has a bootstrapped recovery. I don't have a D2 G but the D2 G is based on the D2 and on the D2 you should only install things with koush's bootstrap. I believe flashing normal clockwork will brick your D2 G. I wouldn't flash anything though before the D2 G's sbf is out. Unless you don't mind an expensive paperweight until then.
For all D2 G owner's: read everyting you can about the way that things are done with the D2 so you will knw what you are doing when ROM's and things come for the D2 Global.
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Hello,
I currently have a Droid Incredible on the Verizon network. I have the grandfather plan and am looking to upgrade my phone to a 4G one and take advantage of unlimited tether. My question is which 4G phone is the best upgrade considering I am going to root it and install a custom rom.
I'm looking at the HTC Thunderbolt because the upgrade will be free, and I hear official ICS support is coming so hopefully CynogenMod does its stuff. But hardware wise it's not that big a leap for me.Any recommendations otherwise?
Also I've heard different phones get different LTE speeds? And how big a deal is a single core processor vs a dual core one? And is CM9 in the works for the Thunderbolt? CM is my fav ROM and would prefer that. Any other similar ones I'd be interested in too.
Thank you.