Upgrade from Cappy... is it worth it? - HTC Inspire 4G

I'm eligible for a free upgrade. Is it worth it or should I wait?
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I upgraded from the captivate and I still own two captivates ( wifes and sons ) and every time I play around the captivates I am so glad I got the Inspire. I still believe the Captivate is an awesome phone but the Inspire definitely blows the captivate away and I could never go back lol
So even though I already made a long story lol yes its an awesome phone and in my opinion you will not regret it
Don't know if you know him, but I just got Adamholden developer of Phoenix, Supernova etc an HTC Inspire and he should be receiving it on Monday and will begin developing Phoenix on the Inspire. Just another good reason to get one lol
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to be honest, i don't see it being worth using an upgrade for. If you have the 5$ monthly insurance, i would pay 125 bucks and have them send you an Inspire instead of a Captivate. Or buy a Inspire off craigslist. I guess thats just me. If i'm going to use an update, i want to know i'm making a good decision. In the future, i may even use updates for iphones and just resell them. At least you know you are getting the most money from your update

I sold my Captivate for 260 and bought my Inspire for 69 and haven't looked back. Loving it. Great to see you here too, Kizz. Remember you from Adams threads, which made the Captivated somewhat bearable. I've noticed DesignGears in here too, recently. Maybe Cognition for Inspire?
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Actually, I am VERY familiar with Adam's work. I have been onboard with the Phoenix ROMS since 3.5. I've also used all the Supernova's. Hell, I even tried Fusion. I saw where you said that you were getting him an Inspire. That alone realllllly makes me want to go that route. The only thing that has kept me with the Cappy is the work that he does. I just wanna say that you guys do GREAT work and make our wives crazy and our phones amazing. Thank you!!!!

TXRangerXDA said:
I sold my Captivate for 260 and bought my Inspire for 69 and haven't looked back. Loving it. Great to see you here too, Kizz. Remember you from Adams threads, which made the Captivated somewhat bearable. I've noticed DesignGears in here too, recently. Maybe Cognition for Inspire?
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DG said he is working in something.
Adam should have his Inspire on Monday and were gonna start on Phoenix Evolution HD , Probably gonna be 1.80 stock Inspire of course phoenix themed and then were gonna get busy on some Gingerbread. We are also trying to get a few other Team Phoenix over here. But I think you all will be happy with our Evolution
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buddy17 said:
to be honest, i don't see it being worth using an upgrade for. If you have the 5$ monthly insurance, i would pay 125 bucks and have them send you an Inspire instead of a Captivate. Or buy a Inspire off craigslist. I guess thats just me. If i'm going to use an update, i want to know i'm making a good decision. In the future, i may even use updates for iphones and just resell them. At least you know you are getting the most money from your update
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Well nice thing about AT&T upgrades, is if he doesn't like the phone he has thirty days to decide and if takes it back he can have them reverse the upgrade. I've done that before lol.
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Wow im confused lol doesn't take much to confuse me but non the less
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i cant even stand to go in the captivate forums anymore. dont get me wrong there are some devs in there that deserve credit, but theres too much work that just gets regurgitated and kanged, and people who can barely even make a rom(im not saying adam cant make a rom)are suddenly coming out with these roms with things that took me and other devs MONTHS to fix, without even a mention of names or whatever. thats just a big thing for me, i dont care if someone takes my work, but atleast give credit where its due.

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i cant even stand to go in the captivate forums anymore. dont get me wrong there are some devs in there that deserve credit, but theres too much work that just gets regurgitated and kanged, and people who can barely even make a rom(im not saying adam cant make a rom)are suddenly coming out with these roms with things that took me and other devs MONTHS to fix, without even a mention of names or whatever. thats just a big thing for me, i dont care if someone takes my work, but atleast give credit where its due.
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I hope you don't mean Adam. I only say that cause Adam always gives credit to people and is always very thankful for help.
Thats why I love Adam as a friend cause he its one of the coolest devs there. Including your self. There were only a few devs I thought were cool over there including you. You can tel me the truth I don't take sides. I'm to old for that stuff, the big 40 lol. Or just pm me so we don't cloud this guys thread.
Not to make you feel guilty but you were one of the first people he mentioned that he was glad to see over here .
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Just got my wife an inspire today.been playing with it and so far the so called 4g speeds are non existant. I live in phoenix so I know the hspa+ is here. I can't root it till she is for sure going to keep it so maybe that will solve some things.i hate that it only comes with 8gb too.the resolution isn't as sharp as the cappy but those are my only complaints.im still trying to figure it this gold card stuff??
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eramming said:
Just got my wife an inspire today.been playing with it and so far the so called 4g speeds are non existant. I live in phoenix so I know the hspa+ is here. I can't root it till she is for sure going to keep it so maybe that will solve some things.i hate that it only comes with 8gb too.the resolution isn't as sharp as the cappy but those are my only complaints.im still trying to figure it this gold card stuff??
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Yeah the 4G stuff was bs but I knew that going in and wasn't one of my reasons to get it as for resolution, play with inspire for a week or two and then play with the cappy. I can't stand playing on the cappy now just because, one its so slow compared to the inspire and I love the inspires resolution. It took me a bit to feel that way. I actually felt the same way you did . Almost took it back the first week cause of what you just posted lol and battery life . But again after a week of charging my inspire actually last just as long or longer than my cappy did.
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I'm just disappointed that the salesman wasn't up front about the speeds. Im curious to see how long it takes for att to come correct. Hopefully not as long as it took to get froyo! Lol
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eramming said:
I'm just disappointed that the salesman wasn't up front about the speeds. Im curious to see how long it takes for att to come correct. Hopefully not as long as it took to get froyo! Lol
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Lol agreed , but looks like there working on the speeds now . Supposed to be this month sometime actually. Some have already seen the speed improvements . I don't blame you for being upset about the data speeds. Like I said I knew that going in. I was fine with the same speeds I had with the cappy.
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The Cappy was definitely a great device and there are still things I miss from the device. The Screen, Easy Rooting Process, TW is not as intrusive as Sense. The abundant amount of Memory. 16gb on the Cappy and 8 on the inspire. I sold my Cappy on Craigs List. Bought Inspire from Craig too. Saving that Upgrade may try Verizon. AT&T locking out non market apps is bad too.
But moving on to the Inspire I have loved the Spot on GPS. Sense is a little heavy but I can live with it. HTC makes solid devices and I am sure we will get an update to 2.3 sometime. I still think the camera on the Cappy is better but I still like the Flash the Inspire has. The Inspire will be worth the upgrade but waiting for the new devices that are coming will be a good Idea too.
Speeds on both devices are good and on par with each other.

I recently came from a captivate. Overall, imo, the inspire is a better device. However, there are a couple of points where the captivate wins...screen resolution, speaker, slim design, more internal storage, and easy rooting. It all depends on what's more important to you.
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I recently came from a captivate. Overall, imo, the inspire is a better device. However, there are a couple of points where the captivate wins...screen resolution, speaker, slim design, more internal storage, and easy rooting. It all depends on what's more important to you.
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screen resolution is the same on the captivate/inspire.

Put the inspire and cappy side by side, look at the screens and tell me they are the same...if you honestly think that, you need to have your eyes checked. Cappy screen is crisper and more brilliant.

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Put the inspire and cappy side by side, look at the screens and tell me they are the same...if you honestly think that, you need to have your eyes checked. Cappy screen is crisper and more brilliant.
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I have two captivates and my inspire . Neither of the two captivates compare to the Inspires screen resolution. But to each his own .
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So........

Am I wrong that I now have an Inspire and am debating coming back to the Captivate? Lmao, but I honestly miss the ese of the device. Never had to worry so much about charging my battery and honestly the screen was better then the Inspire. I don't know maybe it is just me but I am seriously considering it.
Yea a Captivate, running a custom ROM, is better than the Inspire 4G IMO.
Just like I thought, man sometimes I wonder why I got this phone to begin with. The 4G is a joke and I always seem to have an issue with my email with this damn phone. Captivate here I come............
I have seen so many threads of people wanting to know what to get next...they all seem to end up in the same place. STAY WITH THE CAPPY.
Samsung Captivate
ROM: Phoenix Ultimate
Kernel: SuckerPunch-Voodoo #11
Modem: UGJL2
I agree man, I should have just stayed with it. It is one bad ass phone with so much dev support it's amazing. Well it has it's flaws of course but what phone doesn't. Oh well, I have learned my lesson I suppose.
It's easy to get in the 'grass is greener' state of mind. Fact is, there are some amazing phones available, and future is bright. As for now, Captivate is a nice play ground. If it weren't for all the great chef's in the cappy kitchen, my eyes would wonder too
I tried the inspire as well as the atrix and am back to using my captivate.
Neither of the other 2 in my opinion come close to the captivate. I hope att picks up their game soon with some great phones. I don't know how long my cappy will last but I plan on keeping it until it dies. Even after I buy another phone.
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Yea I am pretty sure after tomorrow when I go back to the Captivate I will use that until the Infuse comes out.
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Done and not looking back hahaha.
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I got an Inspire and it has fewer issues... Do you use the GPS? I prefer the Inspire just for the reason that I can not get lost... Something worth considering if you're gonna go back.
there are reasons the the captivate is still more expensive than the inspire in many places and i dont think it is because they want to kill sales for samsung.
the inspire has a great camera, way better than htc's past attemps at 8mp, but the captivate camera aint too shabby. not as great as taking pictures of text but not bad either.
the cappy has a great screen for video and games and photos, not the greatest with small text but it's ok with me. it also makes great calls, a problem with many smart phones is that they are not great at being phones. the cappy is definately different in that area. also the hummingbird is a monster when it comes to video and graphics, and with gingerbread it is a monster all around.
all the inspire has on the cappy is the huge screen, camera flash, more ram, and hsdpa+ but no hsupa yet. so not totally an advantage. by the time att can provide hspa+ to an extent that it is worth having there will be way better phones out.
the cappy has an advantage in graphics processing, maybe speed(depends on whcih benchmark you believe) rich colors, high contrast ratio, scratch resistant screen, great phone calls, battery life especially if you have a custom rom, thinner more pocketable profile, better constuction(matter of oppinion but i think most would agree if they looked inside both) and the coolness factor that nobody knows what it is. it's like being part of a secret club.
I loved my cappy I was just tired of have to flash constantly for performance, maybe the infuse will be better. But then again its samsung
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I've had a couple of HTC phones, but every one of them had horrible in-call volume issues... and that, when it all comes down to it, is what a phone is for, after all. I actually exchanged my first Aria in the hope that it would be better, but no go. Granted, the Captivate has it's issues (I wish the camera had a flash), but the work the devs have done to make it a better phone are amazing. And being able to tinker with it satisfies my geeklet yearnings.
I wouldn't trade my Cappy for anything out there at the moment.
I had the Inspire and have only one complaint, I couldnt find the auto answer, so I gave it to my wife, nothing wrong with it its a great phone in 6 months I may revisit it after the devs have lots of roms to flash,lol
captivate with cog 4
Yea I will never knock the phone it is a sweet device. I may go back one day especially since a great dev went over to the Inspire.
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iPhone4- the only way to go
jerseykirby said:
Yea I am pretty sure after tomorrow when I go back to the Captivate I will use that until the Infuse comes out.
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Give you my cappy for the inspire lol.
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Well I don't have the Inspire anymore lol.
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Nick James said:
iPhone4- the only way to go
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That's a joke right?
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Haha!!! I tell people if they want a simple phone and not a technical person, AT ALL, and just want a phone to use, then get an Iphone.
Anyways, what I wanted to say: my cappy is the longest phone ive ever kept. I was surprised that I haven't wanted another phone yet.
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From Vibrant to sgs people

I currantly have the vibrant and have a broken screen....tmobile says insurance will most likely send me a sgs,so my question is for those that went to the sgs from a vibrant.....how do you like the sgs compared to the vibrant....i for one know ill miss the large 16 gig internal memory....dont care for the ffc video chat that i know i wont use.....but over all whats your take?
Well, the galaxy s 4g has, well 4g. It does not currently have CM7 (Hope that changes soon!). But its Gps is not finicky and we have some great devs here, but not as many as the vibrant, but they work hard man! If you decide to flash roms, the minute you get the phone, you should start reading up on flashing roms correctly! or else you might brick, like I did to my first sgs4g We all love this phone, and are trying to get it even better, you will witness a legendary phone in the making if you read these fourms frequently! All in all, the sgs4g is almost excactly like the vibrant, but it has a bit more undiscovered tricks up its sleeve, i hope you enjoy the phone when you get it!
You know me. I'd pray for the og vibrant man. Development is way ahead there and you've got 15GB's more internal memory.
You can add the 2nd gen ffc to the vibrant. 4G is nice, but not crazy different. May be a moot point where you live too.
The sgs is great... Gingerbread ROM's are great too, but the kernel is killing things like cm7/miui.. And all those ROM's based off those don't exist here.
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I know, I was just trying to be postive
Thanks Callip i was definately looking for your opinion i am praying to get a vibrant back due to i use my lrg internal for transfering movies and such with my co-workers and friends,i basically use my phone as a computer and i will miss it
Although i really like miui i can live without it lol.....atm im actually running the sgs rom with voodoo lmao i kinda like it but i dont know if ill be happy with the phone
^ better go ahead and pick up a class 6 16GB card man.
Gingerbread roms are great on the sgs4g. Valhalla has been very stable/fast for me. If you like the stock + voodoo, this will not be an issue for you.
I personally miss miui and cm7. But I was a flashaholic. I am not realizing my personal life is better without all the fun my phone provided, haha.
From your last comment, memory can be fixed with the external card. Maybe it won't be so bad for you after all.
Wait how did you manage to break the screen. Mine fell screen first onto the corner of a fireplace from about 3 feet and nothing happened to it.
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Ive dropped mine many times never so much as a scratch on the screen....it only took this once...from waist hieght
Lol Callip im only happy with any 1 rom for a couple days now im back on project v and most likely will play with miui again next friday
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Ive dropped mine many times never so much as a scratch on the screen....it only took this once...from waist hieght
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That sucks
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wtf is this question? really. wtf?! you had a vibrant now you getting a vibrant plus. can't you figure out if its a good deal or not? ugh...
I had a Vibrant until I broke the screen. The 4g is more stable when overclocked and it since mid september it has a semi-official gingerbread 2.3.5 build from Samsung. Last time I checked, Vibrants only had 2.3.5 in CM7 and Miui flavors and they were all ported from someplace else. It's complicated to go from stock to 2.3.5 but it seems that once you've got a 2.3.5 rom installed you can just flash later 2.3.5 roms and they will work. Yesterday I flashed one on top of another without wiping anything and the phone worked fine. At this point wi-fi in gingerbread is feeble but we didn't have the GPS problems Vibrants had. The 4g depends on whether where you are has good 4g service.
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wtf is this question? really. wtf?! you had a vibrant now you getting a vibrant plus. can't you figure out if its a good deal or not? ugh...
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Well, the OP clearly states:
"how do you like the sgs compared to the vibrant"
Perhaps you did not have the og vibrant and then the gs4g. I know, because you wouldn't say Vibrant plus.... this phone has good and bad qualities, esp compared to a later model. I was jumping for joy when I got the 4G.... and then it was followed with "Oh... really... dang.... Oh..... ouch"
Like I said earlier though, based off what he said (minus the flashing a lot), the sgs4G is a great phone, and will be for him too.
There is shortbus riders in every forum lol I expect that

[Q] G2X Questions from a Vibrant user looking to Upgrade

Okay, a friend wants to buy my Vibrant from me and I am actually happy with it except for lack of any decent options to move from 2.2.x without losing battery life/gps (that's a different forum's discussion)..
So, I don't want to spend a LOT but I don't want a dog of a phone either. I have some specific questions on the G2X...
1) CM7/MIUI: Are they *100%* functional? As in, no "but" or "except" in the list. On the Vibrant, for example, on CM7, you get bad battery life, limping GPS and broken 911 calling. Is CM7 a viable option on the G2X for a daily driver? I am personally tired of seeing threads on various phones I've had in the past that said "100% functional" but when you get to using it, turns out it's not.
2) LG Support -vs- 3rd party. I am *not* asking if LG is going to release ICS. What I am asking is, will the dev community be dependent on LG's release to be able to properly support ICS in the future? Ie, again, on the Vibrant, CM7 is broken because Samsung never released a GB rom for the Vibrant and thus no kernel source. Is this going to be a problem on the G2X if LG doesn't release ICS?
I really don't want to spend the extra $100 it will cost me for a Sensation 4G.... I'm just not sure, basically, what to expect of 3rd party and specifically AOSP/CM7 support for the G2X in the future...
Input?
There will never be a perfect rom, ether gps, wifi, data, bluetooth, something will not work as it should, so if you want a "100% no buts, long lasting perfect phone" get one of the Motorola razr v3 or one of those flip phones from back then.
1. No ROM out for the G2x is perfect consider LG's work was far from perfect and what we have is much improved, but still a work in progress. Do we occasionally have APN issues (I never have, but as a community, yes) or sleep of deaths (Funny you mention, Sensation gets them too), yes but they're few and far between and there is work being done to fix them.
2. Because CM and a few others build straight from source, at this point it shouldn't matter if LG makes an ICS build or not. Maybe for a few things, like AD2P function, but otherwise, I'm not concerned.
I have a lot of friends who own Sensations, and I still think I made the better purchase in the G2x.
Hands up for g2x, friend have sensation, htc desirr, hd2.. 3 of us have rooted g2x with miui as last rom... all good
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So I went ahead and bit the bullet and upgraded. Already rooted and using weapon Rom. Will give this one a go for a while before trying.g out cyanogen. In fact I may just wait for an ICS cyanogen in a few months.
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I came from a Vibrant and I'm so thankful I chose this phone. It feels better in the hand, it's faster, CM7 works better, the GPS works and the HDMI output is really nice. I'm iffy on buying a Samsung again after having the Vibrant.
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Besides the fact that I scratched the screen 2 days after I got it, and the ICS uncertainty, I do like it a lot. I especially like the price T-Mobile is running it at since I'm on the Value plan and had to pay full price.
It does seem that the modder community for this phone is a bit smaller than the Vibrant.
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I have aa Vibrant and G2x. Use both daily with CM7 must say my vibrant last just as long as my G2x (13 hours) that's my average day any way. But I do feel the G2x is a worthy upgrade from the Vibrant, I do want Sense again but right now I love G2x
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Giving up on the sidekick

I hate to say it but through the past year I've seen this thread explode then burn fizzle and slowly die.
There hasn't been any "new" development for this phone since mid year and it doesn't look like we will ever get gingerbread or any real interest in this phone from any hardcore developers. T-Mobile failed in ressurecting the sidekick imho it started off good but it quickly became a novelty and they just brushed it under the carpet. Even going so far as to not do exchanges on devices with known problems.
I love the sidekick line for the design of the phone and the full keyboard and basic reliability of the design. For those who don't know the company who designed and built the original sidekick phones "Sharp" came out with a new phone on at&t that looks similar to the older sidekick designs. Its also touch screen and has android. I havnt really looked at the specs on it tho. Just know it exists.
For now ill use this phone till it falls apart only because I can't afford a new one and T-Mobile has me by the balls on contract :-/ untill there's some kind of breakthrough with this phone I think I'm done posting on here till I get my next android device.
Id like to thank those who deserve it for helping me and the community
Ay0teddy, sduvik, xmeatizmurderx and even revolution for his efforts in trying to keep things going.
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yeah iv seen that phone by sharp, the sharp fx. i immedietly thought of the old sidekick slide. i agree with you though kinda sucks, but im just glad we have any devs at all.
Actually the sidekick slide was the only one not made by sharp it was made by motorola.
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yeah iv seen that phone by sharp, the sharp fx. i immedietly thought of the old sidekick slide. i agree with you though kinda sucks, but im just glad we have any devs at all.
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The sidekick was my first android phone an I am sad that more devs haven't seen this phone as the new G1 but at the same time i'm happy with the devs we have that are trying to learn new things an make better roms for our phones. I myself am also on contract with tmobile so it will be a while before i can upgrade my sidekick for another phone (maybe a galaxy note even if it means no 3g or 4g) Currently for stability i've been using a spare xperia x10 mini pro (loaded with miniCMpro an phone cost me $125 after shipping) an its a breath of fresh air not having the phone reboot at random or fcing in the background without showing whats going wrong though i do miss having least 2g speeds (running on edge on this phone) but I do hope one day the devs we have or a new one finds a way to bring our phone from being a unloved child to being a phone to be desired
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yea i got rid of my sidekick 4g i have a galaxy s device now and im loveing it the way i did was called tmobile and demanded that i speak to the loyalty department and demanded a new phone because of the issues or i was leaving and they basically gave me a 600 dollar phone for 99.99 dollars 50 rebate and theirs a lot of dev going on for this phone that i got now you can take the warranty route and exchange your device three times than get another device free its called warranty exchange and since its a 4g phone you have the option of getting another 4g phone but they choose it for u its overnight shipping so you basically HAVE to have insurrance in order for it to be 5 bucks with each exchange or otherwise you pay 20 bucks for each exchange without insurrance if it all works out go to gazelle.com and sell your sidekick they gave me 80 for it
Bye. Can't say I care.
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Hey, at least he/she thanked the devs... it might have taken a page and a half to get there, with a review of opinions everyone has already said and/or read.
I must admit though, I do feel that the earth stopped rotating for a moment upon this announcement. hehehe
i kid-i kid
While development and upgrades to Gingerbread may be non-existant (for now), the users on this community have brought out the best in my phone. I had the same outlook as you did soon after buying this phone and seeing that there wasn't a) A gingerbread update already available (seeing as how the phone was released in March and I got mine last month), and b) It didn't look like Gingerbread or ICS weren't going to be available anytime in the near future. Even with Fryo this phone still has a lot to offer. Revolution's ICS Domination ROM gave my phone new life and a new modem brought my down/up speeds up exponentialy.
I have hope that eventually we will see a Gingerbread update (or even ICS) since this phones specs aren't too differnt from that of the Nexus S. But if not, I'm still glad I chose to get a Sidekick one last time.
I'm giving up too we just gotta wait the devs got our bacl!
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Once we get gingerbread , i'll be working on ICS .
Once again I look on xda and find a small amount of dev work being done I'm glad people still are holding on to this device. It makes me happy. I came back after this post for a brief time because of new roms but wound up going back to an older rom after difficulties. I know most of you left here are new to this device but I wanted to let everyone know once again I'm leaving my sk4g. I will be moving to the HTC Amaze 4g forums one of my good friends got a new rezound and let me have her amaze for free ^_^ once I root it I will be switching my daily driver to that. I hope to see this phone someday get the respect it should have from the inital release. Thank you to all devs who prooved that this phone wasn't just a little toy for text addicted teens and actually could have been brought to greatness if it weren't for t-mobile dropping support. Also if we ever get gingerbread, ice cream sandwich or jellybean to run on the sk4g would someone please pm me and let me know I would love to see it ^_^ untill then goodbye all and once again a big thanx to all the devs who keep this section of xda from going into the inactive threads pile with all other discontinued phones ^_^
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Once again I look on xda and find a small amount of dev work being done I'm glad people still are holding on to this device. It makes me happy. I came back after this post for a brief time because of new roms but wound up going back to an older rom after difficulties. I know most of you left here are new to this device but I wanted to let everyone know once again I'm leaving my sk4g. I will be moving to the HTC Amaze 4g forums one of my good friends got a new rezound and let me have her amaze for free ^_^ once I root it I will be switching my daily driver to that. I hope to see this phone someday get the respect it should have from the inital release. Thank you to all devs who prooved that this phone wasn't just a little toy for text addicted teens and actually could have been brought to greatness if it weren't for t-mobile dropping support. Also if we ever get gingerbread, ice cream sandwich or jellybean to run on the sk4g would someone please pm me and let me know I would love to see it ^_^ untill then goodbye all and once again a big thanx to all the devs who keep this section of xda from going into the inactive threads pile with all other discontinued phones ^_^
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No problem. I myself have switched DD's, but still support this phone highly. Regardless, I wish you the best of luck. The SGSII is an amazing phone, and I hope the Amaze4G is just as well. If you're finally done with the SK4G, you could look into sending it do bhundven as he is a recognized developer as such I'm sure he can do wonderful things and teach us things we never knew. After he's done creating and testing and he gets his own (soon) he will send it back. Please get in contact with him.
If I at any point decide to leave the SK4G (which isn't in my immediate future but who knows) I will send it to the developer who DOES NOT have one or is not capable of getting one -- to keep.
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No problem. I myself have switched DD's, but still support this phone highly. Regardless, I wish you the best of luck. The SGSII is an amazing phone, and I hope the Amaze4G is just as well. If you're finally done with the SK4G, you could look into sending it do bhundven as he is a recognized developer as such I'm sure he can do wonderful things and teach us things we never knew. After he's done creating and testing and he gets his own (soon) he will send it back. Please get in contact with him.
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TLS, that was very nice to ask that! If azcledel feels that he does not want to "give up" his sk4g, but instead loan it to me for 2 weeks, I would be happy to pay shipping to and from me.
The device would be returned in the same condition as I received it.
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If I at any point decide to leave the SK4G (which isn't in my immediate future but who knows) I will send it to the developer who DOES NOT have one or is not capable of getting one -- to keep.
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The question goes to you as well, If you are using your sgs2 as your DD, why not send me yours?
You will get it back in two weeks, and possibly have cm7 or better running on it
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TLS, that was very nice to ask that! If azcledel feels that he does not want to "give up" his sk4g, but instead loan it to me for 2 weeks, I would be happy to pay shipping to and from me.
The device would be returned in the same condition as I received it.
The question goes to you as well, If you are using your sgs2 as your DD, why not send me yours?
You will get it back in two weeks, and possibly have cm7 or better running on it
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I would gladly if you were to pay shipping (I'm a broke ass college student with no job) haha. You ARE a recognized developer. I trust you.
PM me on here if you're up for it. I'm going to be at college nearly all day so I won't be able to even send it at least until tomorrow. (My day off).
I will concider sending it once I get access to a pc to root my amaze but I'm not sure I want to give it up yet the amaze is a dual core running a fresh stock ics 4.0.3 with sense 3.6 it all depends on what I can do to it and how I like it. I don't like not having a full querty keyboard but the touch screen issues and lack of ram on the sk4g is why I am concidering switching in the first place also the "free" part helped a lot lol I'm broke myself and cant afford to upgrade. Who knows I may switch back to the sk4g and sell the amaze idk yet but will definetly keep it in mind.
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azcledel said:
I will concider sending it once I get access to a pc to root my amaze but I'm not sure I want to give it up yet the amaze is a dual core running a fresh stock ics 4.0.3 with sense 3.6 it all depends on what I can do to it and how I like it. I don't like not having a full querty keyboard but the touch screen issues and lack of ram on the sk4g is why I am concidering switching in the first place also the "free" part helped a lot lol I'm broke myself and cant afford to upgrade. Who knows I may switch back to the sk4g and sell the amaze idk yet but will definetly keep it in mind.
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Woah! Don't sell the Amaze 4G, it's..well...amazing! But yeah, just because it's 4.0.3 doesn't mean anything. You can find stable builds of 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 with Sense UI removed -- (if you want it that way) I got my GS II and like, 3 days later 4.0.4 officially came out with a newer radio too. But yeah, I understand the feeling of not wanting to consider dropping the SK4G in anyway (after all, it was and is my first Android smartphone and the first for which I've maintained a ROM for...) regardless, I'll admit to only buying the phone for 2 reasons...I was a teenager when the Sidekick was BOOMING around middle school and high school, and the price was so damn budget I had to get it.
Well so far I'm digging the amaze still hate not having a 5 row physical keyboard but the dev teams seem pretty informed we have ppl working on porting cyanogen mod 10 and jellybean. Right now I'm running a Rom with 4.0.3 had one running 4.0.4 but had problems sending/RECEIVING mms so I SWITCHED back. Ics is awesome but way different than gingerbread and our Frito that we've been plagued with. Just felt like updating you guys seeing as this is where my whole xda/android experience started. Here's a couple screen shots of the Rom I'm currently running.
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azcledel said:
Well so far I'm digging the amaze still hate not having a 5 row physical keyboard but the dev teams seem pretty informed we have ppl working on porting cyanogen mod 10 and jellybean. Right now I'm running a Rom with 4.0.3 had one running 4.0.4 but had problems sending/RECEIVING mms so I SWITCHED back. Ics is awesome but way different than gingerbread and our Frito that we've been plagued with. Just felt like updating you guys seeing as this is where my whole xda/android experience started. Here's a couple screen shots of the Rom I'm currently running.
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Lol yeah we're pretty much in the sameboat. I love my phone, we have an almost done version of CM10 / AOKP Jelly Bean ported.
Goodbye sk4g lol its over in my book. The devs over on the HTC Amaze 4G section got CM10 working with data today jellybean is soooo smooth. I'm never going back to the sk4g now. Tho if CM 7 gets up and working I will break it out just to update it. Good luck guys I'll still check here every now and then tho.
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azcledel said:
Goodbye sk4g lol its over in my book. The devs over on the HTC Amaze 4G section got CM10 working with data today
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What's the point of comparing QWERTY Sidekick with a typical touchphone?.. There are over 9000 of them, many with JB.

Why did i ever trade?!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678524
well, the mytouch 4g now has a almost completely fully functioning JB ROM and the g2x has a half-assed alpha test (sorry, EB team, not trying to belittle your work). grrrr. bout to go trade for a 4g slide. what really eats me, is that the G2x is a superior phone hardware wise to most phones even now. and definitively better than the mytouch. I feel the g2x community has fallen apart and due to that, there will never be a completely functional well.....anything. we should be all working together to iron out the wrinkles in JB not fighting over who developed what first or who can or cant use what code....I'm sorry, but who gives a flying f*** about the code when nothing since froyo has actually been 100% stable and functional on our devices?
im sorry, im just a bit meeved that i traded now. the reason why is in the specs of our phone:
http://geekaphone.com/compare/T-Mobile-G2x-vs-T-Mobile-myTouch-4G
and the state of our community as G2x owners:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784980
I'm sure i'll be flamed, shunned, and burned for this thread but i really dont care. i like my G2x despite its many downfalls. i want to see it prosper and run JB and other future versions of android.
thanks for reading.
/rant
Stop whining and try doing some of the work yourself.
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alrighty, teach me to code than. lol
Learning to do some of this coding for the G2x is what I am trying to research now. Just have to keep reading and start playing around. I am way behind the other developers here and I'm not going to learn as fast as I want to but I will try because I love this phone.
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Trade it back for mytouch. G2x won't be getting ICS love anytime soon.
Btw, we have very stable GB roms all over the dev forums. What are you talking about? regarding froyo.
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Trade it back for mytouch. G2x won't be getting ICS love anytime soon.
Btw, we have very stable GB roms all over the dev forums. What are you talking about? regarding froyo.
I don't know what to say, for starters, ur a heat fan so u should get flamed just for that . Everything else, no comment
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i havent seen a rooted rom (aside stock rom) with everything 100% like BT calling with new baseband for instance. ICS has the same issue plus missing camcorder drivers.
moeahmad1995 said:
I don't know what to say, for starters, ur a heat fan so u should get flamed just for that . Everything else, no comment
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Lebron and the heat whooped the **** outta OKC. lol
Calm down, the bobcats can beat the heat
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BuddhaTeh1337 said:
i havent seen a rooted rom (aside stock rom) with everything 100% like BT calling with new baseband for instance. ICS has the same issue plus missing camcorder drivers.
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Using the old baseband I have been 100% stable since I first got the g2x... everything works perfectly (aside from slow gps but it still works)
HFP, CM7, and CM7.2 just to name a few have no bugs other than user error which as we all know can't be fixed (because you just can't fix stupid)
I do understand where your coming from however your "facts" are a little skewed.
Good luck with the coding, I hope you will be the next great Dev!
Pin it to Win it.
Even though I don't use my G2X as my main phone anymore, it is my go to device as my tablet device. I know I don't have a tablet, but when I need to read news, stream videos, read emails, do all sorts of things, the G2X is my go to device. Hands down CM7 is solid and stable. I do need to reboot it a couple of times a week but I'm not stressed about it.
I've not updated the BB mainly because of the ROMs needing a special modification, and lose access to all the previous ROMs.
I don't care really. I want to use the ICS ROMs but they have bugs. Again all the hate goes to LG. Devs do best they can with little they do have access to.
I have the Galaxy S2, Amaze, and G2X. Hands down, my go to device is my G2X when I am home and in WiFi range. Its faster and snappier. What a waste LG did. Even display is better than the Amaze. It really pisses me off that HTC went cheap on the Amaze's display.
I use the GS2 now because it's got a stable CM9, and honestly detested the Stock ROM. If G2X had a stable CM9 (Full Support with Drivers and everything) and the GPS issue was reliable, I swear I'd go back to my G2X as my main device.
As for reliability is concerned, GS2 and Amaze hands down. Again, pisses me off LG screwed this phone royally.
moeahmad1995 said:
Calm down, the bobcats can beat the heat
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you sir....are wrong.
I.R.Chevy said:
Using the old baseband I have been 100% stable since I first got the g2x... everything works perfectly (aside from slow gps but it still works)
HFP, CM7, and CM7.2 just to name a few have no bugs other than user error which as we all know can't be fixed (because you just can't fix stupid)
I do understand where your coming from however your "facts" are a little skewed.
Good luck with the coding, I hope you will be the next great Dev!
Pin it to Win it.
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yeah. i needs my GPS, thats a game changer for me. im still reading all the stuff that CM suggests before doing anything. baby steps. gonna try and compile a new APK before i take on a ROM.
vmartinez39 said:
Even though I don't use my G2X as my main phone anymore, it is my go to device as my tablet device. I know I don't have a tablet, but when I need to read news, stream videos, read emails, do all sorts of things, the G2X is my go to device. Hands down CM7 is solid and stable. I do need to reboot it a couple of times a week but I'm not stressed about it.
I've not updated the BB mainly because of the ROMs needing a special modification, and lose access to all the previous ROMs.
I don't care really. I want to use the ICS ROMs but they have bugs. Again all the hate goes to LG. Devs do best they can with little they do have access to.
I have the Galaxy S2, Amaze, and G2X. Hands down, my go to device is my G2X when I am home and in WiFi range. Its faster and snappier. What a waste LG did. Even display is better than the Amaze. It really pisses me off that HTC went cheap on the Amaze's display.
I use the GS2 now because it's got a stable CM9, and honestly detested the Stock ROM. If G2X had a stable CM9 (Full Support with Drivers and everything) and the GPS issue was reliable, I swear I'd go back to my G2X as my main device.
As for reliability is concerned, GS2 and Amaze hands down. Again, pisses me off LG screwed this phone royally.
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thats exactly what i was saying. this is the best phone i have ever owned hardware wise. Yes, this is mostly Nvidia & LG's fault, but its still frustrating. my fiancee just got the blaze and its ok. its pretty snappy, but when my G2x is on stock rom, it stomps it... no questions asked. and yeah, the GPS bug is what i was talking abot from pre v21y. also, it is really a pain in the a$$ just to figure out how to downgrade basebands, let alone actually do it. alas, the g2x is my daily driver so i need it to preform well and be stable. that means i need bluetooth calling, working GPS, MMS, all that.
Yeah... Can't argue with you there. The G2x is a POS. I traded my MT4G for this phone too, while I don't really regret it since I got more money once I sold the G2x, the MT4G was far more reliable and every ROM just worked on it.
Either way, it was a lesson learned to never buy another LG phone no matter what the specs are. Samsung and HTC is the way to go from now on. Or better yet, Nexus!
mackster248 said:
The G2x is a POS.
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Disagree. Gingerbread 2.3.3 stunk on the G2x, and Nvidia's policy of keeping its drivers "closed-source" sucks!
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Or better yet, Nexus!
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Strongly agree! For $350, I know what I'd buy in a second if my G2x took a crap on me. Still, considering my 2 year contract came with a "free" G2x on each line nearly a year ago - I am not complaining. By the way, stock based 2.3.4 Gingerbread ROMs define stable for me (Thanks Kwes and Buru). However, I suppose I like a little instability in my life though since I married a woman?!? and use CM7 ROMs!?!:silly:
i've been seriously condsidering getting a loan and buying a nexus, than cancelling with t-mobile lol it'd probably be cheaper in the long run.
It's just a phone. If you want to be on the bleeding edge and have something to play around with just get a nexus 7.
I think a lot of people are just jealous that others get ics/jb and don't realize that it's not that big of a difference. g2x works great when I don't have my tablet.
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redmonke255 said:
It's just a phone. If you want to be on the bleeding edge and have something to play around with just get a nexus 7.
I think a lot of people are just jealous that others get ics/jb and don't realize that it's not that big of a difference. g2x works great when I don't have my tablet.
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redmonke255 said:
It's just a phone. If you want to be on the bleeding edge and have something to play around with just get a nexus 7.
I think a lot of people are just jealous that others get ics/jb and don't realize that it's not that big of a difference. g2x works great when I don't have my tablet.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/259660/googles_16gb_nexus_7_disappears_from_play_store.html
cant. and it doesnt have an sd slot. thats BS. wtf???
Try the paranoid android rom. Its a surprisingly good ICS ROM.
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xeroy said:
Try the paranoid android rom. Its a surprisingly good ICS ROM.
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check my sig. lol
and its ICS so i got google now on that ishhh. i wish we could get stock voice search though. the workaround blows.

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