Anyone with a cappy ever tested the epic? Is it too bulky? Is atleast as good as the cappy? See i need customer service thats reliable (already had sprint,i get them to do what i want ) and with simple mobile on my cappy i have already changed my number due to people calling it because someone else in my town already had that number. So i changed it and now theres morw people calling over and over even after i tell them they have the wrong number. Anyways,any tips would be great. Also who has had verizon? Is there service worth the price? Droid incredible 2 ok?
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I had a cappy and yeah the epics (sph-d700) bulkier but the reason i switched was cause i dropped my cappy and the lcd cracked. Dropped my epic bunch of times and its fine. Both had otterbox cases so go figure. I do get some comments that my phones big but the case adds some mm's in thickness. Just overall feels sturdier than my old cappy.
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why don't you just list those numbers on your auto-reject list?
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I had a cappy and yeah the epics (sph-d700) bulkier but the reason i switched was cause i dropped my cappy and the lcd cracked. Dropped my epic bunch of times and its fine. Both had otterbox cases so go figure. I do get some comments that my phones big but the case adds some mm's in thickness. Just overall feels sturdier than my old cappy.
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What about battery life on the epic? My cappys battery life is always hit and miss. Sometimes i get 16 hours with heavy use and other times i may get 12 with moderate use.
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why don't you just list those numbers on your auto-reject list?
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Well i havent thought of that,but ive gotten to the point that id rather pay more and not have any problems lol
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You do realize that with any carrier any number could have belonged to someone else and the same situation can show its head.
does the epic even have 2.2 yet? on the cappy we can run 2.3 samsung roms for the i9000. the launcher on the epic i used was not configureable, and switching launchers breaks the samsung widgets. this is why i use touch wiz. i cant be bothered finding replacment widgets in the market for everything. i guess you can pull a twlauncher with landscape added from the i9000 forum like the one from gtg. other than that the mms app didn't have contact lookup and multi select. you had to type names. it seemed to be a big pain to send out bulk mms. also there was no way to add contacts to groups in the phone, i thought of that as a way to send out bulk mms but then found that i couldn't do that either. you had to do it with your google account. i don't sync to google so that's annoying. i guess it could be edited in kies full by importing the vcard then clearing your contacts and moving the edited vcard back but i dont know if kies full works on the cdma phones.
the issue with it not having 2.2 is a lack of source code, you wont have the level of development seen on the gsm varients. although you can easily get 2.3.4 with cyanogen mod you have to decide if aosp is what you want. i personally dont like aosp as much as i like the samsung software packages.
all in all the epic is a decent phone but has really ****ty software out of the box. though some of that can be changed the selection is not as good as on the captivate.
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I had a cappy and yeah the epics (sph-d700) bulkier but the reason i switched was cause i dropped my cappy and the lcd cracked. Dropped my epic bunch of times and its fine. Both had otterbox cases so go figure. I do get some comments that my phones big but the case adds some mm's in thickness. Just overall feels sturdier than my old cappy.
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The Epic is nice. (Physical QWERTY FTW!) lol.
Wanted that instead of the Cappy at first. But sadly, it's a CDMA/WiMax exclusive phone.
Would have loved to see a GSM variant of it released.
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does the epic even have 2.2 yet? on the cappy we can run 2.3 samsung roms for the i9000. the launcher on the epic i used was not configureable, and switching launchers breaks the samsung widgets. this is why i use touch wiz. i cant be bothered finding replacment widgets in the market for everything. i guess you can pull a twlauncher with landscape added from the i9000 forum like the one from gtg. other than that the mms app didn't have contact lookup and multi select. you had to type names. it seemed to be a big pain to send out bulk mms. also there was no way to add contacts to groups in the phone, i thought of that as a way to send out bulk mms but then found that i couldn't do that either. you had to do it with your google account. i don't sync to google so that's annoying. i guess it could be edited in kies full by importing the vcard then clearing your contacts and moving the edited vcard back but i dont know if kies full works on the cdma phones.
the issue with it not having 2.2 is a lack of source code, you wont have the level of development seen on the gsm varients. although you can easily get 2.3.4 with cyanogen mod you have to decide if aosp is what you want. i personally dont like aosp as much as i like the samsung software packages.
all in all the epic is a decent phone but has really ****ty software out of the box. though some of that can be changed the selection is not as good as on the captivate.
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Actually the Epic has 2.2.1, so yes, it does have 2.2.
And I don't think the Epic has as many ROM's as the Captivate for 2.3, but the Captivate and the i9000 are the only phones that have a ton of 2.3 ROM's anyways (The Vibrant has a few, but not many).
BUT, no-one's going to get the Epic on Sprint now that the Nexus S 4G is released, 2.3 stock. Beats any SGS phones anyday.
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BUT, no-one's going to get the Epic on Sprint now that the Nexus S 4G is released, 2.3 stock. Beats any SGS phones anyday.
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You sir, should read up on the SGS2
Herp derp Captivate XDA Premium.
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Actually the Epic has 2.2.1, so yes, it does have 2.2.
And I don't think the Epic has as many ROM's as the Captivate for 2.3, but the Captivate and the i9000 are the only phones that have a ton of 2.3 ROM's anyways (The Vibrant has a few, but not many).
BUT, no-one's going to get the Epic on Sprint now that the Nexus S 4G is released, 2.3 stock. Beats any SGS phones anyday.
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I meant official 2.2 or 2.2.1 if it does it id news to me. But anyway if it does do the launcher and mms apps still suck? i know those can be changed but im sure there are other apps that suck as well.
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I meant official 2.2 or 2.2.1 if it does it id news to me. But anyway if it does do the launcher and mms apps still suck? i know those can be changed but im sure there are other apps that suck as well.
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I work with someone that has an Epic, and there is an official 2.2 update out there. He installed it OTA, and it bricked his phone. He's now on his 3rd Epic due to the brick on his first one and a problem with his screen flickering and turning off randomly on his second. He's now getting by on 2.1, but it keeps bugging him to update. I've pointed him to the Epic forums on XDA, but so far he's not confident enough to try custom ROMs, so I can't share any anecdotes about that.
I feel kinda bad b/c my love for my captivate inspired him to get Sprint's sgs, and he's had nothing but trouble. Maybe if he has to return it again Sprint will let him get another model.
it's funny because i speak to a senior cdma systems engineer for samsung on an unrelated forum. im half tempted to tell him he's blowing it but i know alot of the downfalls of the cdma galaxy phones are decisions made over his head and poor carrier cooperation.
Well since sprint requires a credit card,im screwed. Im thinkin about the fascinate but then again theres rumors of a ton of new phones comin to verizon. Ugh,stuck between a rock and a hard place
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Well since sprint requires a credit card,im screwed. Im thinkin about the fascinate but then again theres rumors of a ton of new phones comin to verizon. Ugh,stuck between a rock and a hard place
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the gharge was supposed to have been released already. but problems with the lte network caused them to hold it back. if you want a galaxy s like phone that's the one to get on verizon. though there may be a cdma varient of the sgs2 coming as well. ther is also the continuum which has 2.2 and a smaller screen but there is no development that i can tell going on with it.
I love blackberry form factor,but hate the operating system. So the droid pro seems like an ok idea but going back to 3.1 inch screen from 4,is.impossible lol. Not to mention I'm sure it lags. Damn decision making is too hard
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You sir, should read up on the SGS2
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I should rephrase myself.
The best SGS phone currently released to CDMA U.S. carriers.
I have an Epic and we do have official 2.2.1. Not as many Roms, but that's because the ones we have work well. Gingerbread is mostly officially finished on Epic with 1 Rom leak. It's a great phone and the hardware keyboard makes life easier.
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I have an Epic and we do have official 2.2.1. Not as many Roms, but that's because the ones we have work well. Gingerbread is mostly officially finished on Epic with 1 Rom leak. It's a great phone and the hardware keyboard makes life easier.
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I'm really thinking of getting it. Its only 50 bucks from celluardeals.com . Front facing camera any good?
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I'm really thinking of getting it. Its only 50 bucks from celluardeals.com . Front facing camera any good?
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If I had to do it all again, I would still go with the Epic. If your company has a Sprint company discount, you can get unlimited everything for about $70/month.
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You guys think development will ever rise up for this phone? I'm thinking of trading my myTouch 4G for this thing because I love AMOLED and the hardware quality of the SGS series. But with the development of the MT4G booming I'm not sure if I should pull the trigger.
Anyone regretting getting the SGS4G as supposed to a Vibrant with it's booming development?
Its coming up fast. New Rom's and themes are popping up almost daily now. Choices of modems, kernels, tweaks, etc....
Imo, grab it up! Its gonna be a fun ride and you'll have the chance to be in the front seat
This phone is lightning fast, download speeds are out of this world, and the development, yet still young, is going to take off like a rocket....and I think soon.
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mad_fitter said:
Its coming up fast. New Rom's and themes are popping up almost daily now. Choices of modems, kernels, tweaks, etc....
Imo, grab it up! Its gonna be a fun ride and you'll have the chance to be in the front seat
This phone is lightning fast, download speeds are out of this world, and the development, yet still young, is going to take off like a rocket....and I think soon.
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Yeah that's what I'm hoping man. Just that I've been so used to GB these past couple months I'm a bit weary to go back to 2.2, hopefully ext4 kernels will come to this phone soon so that GB ROM's will work on this phone. I'm one of the 10 people in this world that actually like TWiz, lol. So I hope GB TWiz can come soon.
I still think this is a great phone and yeah the screen is pure awesome. As long as you know what you are getting in to, and you want the features the sgs4g offers you should go for it. This is a pretty great community starting up around here and lots of mods and things already available. We will have gb eventually (might be a while but hey) and if its twiz you like--thanks to Whitehawkx--we even have a port of twiz 4.0 from the galaxy s2 available!
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I still think this is a great phone and yeah the screen is pure awesome. As long as you know what you are getting in to, and you want the features the sgs4g offers you should go for it. This is a pretty great community starting up around here and lots of mods and things already available. We will have gb eventually (might be a while but hey) and if its twiz you like--thanks to Whitehawkx--we even have a port of twiz 4.0 from the galaxy s2 available!
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What really?! How the heck did I miss that in the Development section lol. Fully functioning?
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What really?! How the heck did I miss that in the Development section lol. Fully functioning?
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Yup. Look in the themes and apps forum for:
[MOD][LAUNCHER] TouchWiz 4.0 from SGSII [EDT][5.11.2011]
Enjoy!
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do it. the galaxy series is in my opinion still one of the best phones out. i wouldnt trade it for anything else that doesnt have super amoled. i want to get the sensation but im pretty sure i wouldnt be able to stand the lcd screen after using super amoled. (off topic)
but yes, I would defintely say make the trade. Only thing I hate is not having a flash.
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do it. the galaxy series is in my opinion still one of the best phones out. i wouldnt trade it for anything else that doesnt have super amoled. i want to get the sensation but im pretty sure i wouldnt be able to stand the lcd screen after using super amoled. (off topic)
but yes, I would defintely say make the trade. Only thing I hate is not having a flash.
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Yeah. I love my myTouch 4G. Has everything and I do love Flash. But I just like Samsung's build quality better. I'm one of the 5 people in the world that prefers plastic over the myTouch's metal, lol.
BTW, do the GPS problems in the Vibrant also apparent in the Galaxy S 4G?
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Yeah. I love my myTouch 4G. Has everything and I do love Flash. But I just like Samsung's build quality better. I'm one of the 5 people in the world that prefers plastic over the myTouch's metal, lol.
BTW, do the GPS problems in the Vibrant also apparent in the Galaxy S 4G?
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Nope def no gps issues and the phone is def an upgrade from the vibrant the only real draw back is the internal memery is scrap but there's some good work around that...lol
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Yeah. I love my myTouch 4G. Has everything and I do love Flash. But I just like Samsung's build quality better. I'm one of the 5 people in the world that prefers plastic over the myTouch's metal, lol.
BTW, do the GPS problems in the Vibrant also apparent in the Galaxy S 4G?
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the SGS4G supports adobe flash; it doesn't have a physical flash for the camera. while the "night mode" really does do an excellent job, there have been times i've wished for an actual flash.
my GPS works near-flawlessly. personally, i feel the hardware is so superior to the mT4G that the (current) fewer ROM options is a worthy price. super AMOLED is every bit as spectacular as advertised.
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the SGS4G supports adobe flash; it doesn't have a physical flash for the camera. while the "night mode" really does do an excellent job, there have been times i've wished for an actual flash.
my GPS works near-flawlessly. personally, i feel the hardware is so superior to the mT4G that the (current) fewer ROM options is a worthy price. super AMOLED is every bit as spectacular as advertised.
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Has the 1GB of internal memory ever affected you? I'm worried about that because I have about 70 apps installed and still have about 500mb's free on my MT4G, so I don't wanna have to go back to the G1 days where I have to worry about apps2SD. I know it's a problem with stock GS4G ROM's. But do the rooted ROM's create more internal memory?
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Has the 1GB of internal memory ever affected you? I'm worried about that because I have about 70 apps installed and still have about 500mb's free on my MT4G, so I don't wanna have to go back to the G1 days where I have to worry about apps2SD. I know it's a problem with stock GS4G ROM's. But do the rooted ROM's create more internal memory?
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i haven't run into any issues. froyo allows the moving of apps to the SD. some apps themselves don't support it, but not enough that i've come close to running into the limit. i have around thirty apps installed, though... so your methods may vary.
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Has the 1GB of internal memory ever affected you? I'm worried about that because I have about 70 apps installed and still have about 500mb's free on my MT4G, so I don't wanna have to go back to the G1 days where I have to worry about apps2SD. I know it's a problem with stock GS4G ROM's. But do the rooted ROM's create more internal memory?
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no they dont create more memory
i just posted a guide on how to create 400mb for your apps instead of the normal 200mb for the sgs4g
THANKS for all the responses guys!
I think I'm gonna pull the trigger. I hope I won't regret it, but either way I know I got a good SGS4G community at hand!
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THANKS for all the responses guys!
I think I'm gonna pull the trigger. I hope I won't regret it, but either way I know I got a good SGS4G community at hand!
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A week or 2 ago you might regret it lol but the development is now promising and the community is definitely here for you
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THANKS for all the responses guys!
I think I'm gonna pull the trigger. I hope I won't regret it, but either way I know I got a good SGS4G community at hand!
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You won't regret it cause this phone is super fast with the right things done. "Lag, wtf is lag" lol
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You won't regret it cause this phone is super fast with the right things done. "Lag, wtf is lag" lol
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Yeah, I know it's a great phone. Just sucks that I'm gonna have to downgrade back to Froyo after running GB all year.
But I'm confident GB will come to this phone hopefully sometime sooner than later!
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Yeah, I know it's a great phone. Just sucks that I'm gonna have to downgrade back to Froyo after running GB all year.
But I'm confident GB will come to this phone hopefully sometime sooner than later!
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We already got more than people though we were gonna have. I think it will come in time.
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I'm making the same jump from a mytouch 4g to this simply because my LED flash burned out and this is my 3rd replacement so I'm just ditching it I want something different. At least with this phone I won't have to worry about the flash burning simply because... there is no flash
But in all honesty I hope that this phone can keep up with the speed of my mytouch 4g. I'm going to miss gingerbread but hopefully this phone will get it soon! The screen looks amazing on youtube, I might walk into tmobile and see how I like this phone. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
If speed and responsiveness are your main concerns let me tell you...this phone flys. And lots of tweaks to make it even snappier. Of all the things you might worry about on the sgs4g--speed is not one of those things lol.
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So yesterday I went into the store to play a little with the sensation and man I'm glad I got a G2x since release date and not waited for the Sensation. It felt slow all over the place and I compared everything with my G2x.
My G2x felt super smooth while the sensation was feeling laggy and stuttery.
Quadrant scores ( Rounded numbers)
Sensation - 1900
G2x - 2400 (Running stock)
The screen was the biggest dissapointment, The screen was all washed out, and with a yellowish tint. I was hoping to see a major improvement with the higher resolution but didn't compare at all against our phone.
So overall I didn't like the Sensation over the G2x and is not even a match when It comes to speed.
I am a proud owner of the G2x.
Hopefully they start selling the G2x soon. I am pretty sure T-Mobile will be marketing the G2x much more once they release the gingerbread update.
My advise is that you go to your T-Mobile store and try them both and decide for yourself.
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My advise is that you go to your T-Mobile store and try them both and decide for yourself.
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Thats it, best answer !! ....Several people have called this out. Go try it. If you like it...buy it. Good for you. If you don't, then good for you. Reasons for buying or not buying anything are between you and yourself.
Please feel free to not share those reasons....privacy laws and all...I'm sure you understand...
Yeah, I understand.
And don't get me wrong, Sensation is a good phone, just like you said, if you like it buy it if you don't, don't buy it. Lol
Should be simple, but humans care too much about what other people think.
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In my opinion, the G2x, right now, isn't ready for the general public. I think it is a good thing they aren't selling them again until GB comes out.
For me, the phone is a beast. I'm not afraid to root it and start ripping out crap that causes problems or flashing custom software or patches. The phone, completely stock, suffers from crappy programming.
Thats one thing that kills me about Android. I LOVE android but manufactures dig their own graves. Google should hire the CM team officially and make all phones require AOSP drivers. I mean the Nexus One still gets official updates from Google. If Google hired the CM team to work on making phones compatible with AOSP roms, then all phones could get pushed stable updates the way Google pushed updates to the Nexus phones.
See right now, manufactures have to build roms around their drivers. If all phones were made compatible to the same set of drivers then we wouldn't have this fragmentation crap.
They need to make the overlays just additional installs.
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In my opinion, the G2x, right now, isn't ready for the general public. I think it is a good thing they aren't selling them again until GB comes out.
For me, the phone is a beast. I'm not afraid to root it and start ripping out crap that causes problems or flashing custom software or patches. The phone, completely stock, suffers from crappy programming.
Thats one thing that kills me about Android. I LOVE android but manufactures dig their own graves. Google should hire the CM team officially and make all phones require AOSP drivers. I mean the Nexus One still gets official updates from Google. If Google hired the CM team to work on making phones compatible with AOSP roms, then all phones could get pushed stable updates the way Google pushed updates to the Nexus phones.
See right now, manufactures have to build roms around their drivers. If all phones were made compatible to the same set of drivers then we wouldn't have this fragmentation crap.
They need to make the overlays just additional installs.
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Agree 100%. Why you think the Nexus One forums are still booming
It's wierd I read of all these problems all I have is slight screen bleeding in the corners and I would've never recognized if I didn't read about it I love this phone my wife has a sidekick 4g and it feels way out dated to this phone never had a reboot or any thing so patently waiting for gingerbread
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Yeah, I understand.
And don't get me wrong, Sensation is a good phone, just like you said, if you like it buy it if you don't, don't buy it. Lol
Should be simple, but humans care too much about what other people think.
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Yeah, agreed. I have both. One goes back. I switched to the beast again today. Handed them both to my girlfriend, seeking her opinion. After 15 minutes she chose the G2x. You are right its a beast.
Decision made.
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Yeah, agreed. I have both. One goes back. I switched to the beast again today. Handed them both to my girlfriend, seeking her opinion. After 15 minutes she chose the G2x. You are right its a beast.
Decision made.
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Good choice brotha, I effin love my g2x it seems to amaze me everyday......they should rename this phone the hulk smash....cuz it definitly smashes the competition and is a straight beast!!!
alodar1 said:
Yeah, agreed. I have both. One goes back. I switched to the beast again today. Handed them both to my girlfriend, seeking her opinion. After 15 minutes she chose the G2x. You are right its a beast.
Decision made.
Thanks
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Good to have you back
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sarni84 said:
Good choice brotha, I effin love my g2x it seems to amaze me everyday......they should rename this phone the hulk smash....cuz it definitly smashes the competition and is a straight beast!!!
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I know dude, this thing impress me everyday.
And..... I'm running stock lol
No problems whatsoever
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they should rename this phone the hulk smash....cuz it definitly smashes the competition and is a straight beast!!!
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HAHAHA! They totally should! I think I found my next notification sound!
Love my phone! Even with the "issues", I wouldn't trade this for anything.
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Amen boys...this is my favorite android phone to date and I've had most ....love the sense clock but want nothing to do with sense ever again. Vanilla = real android experience .....we should come up with a clan name for the users that never turned their backs on this beast...what y'all think?
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Amen boys...this is my favorite android phone to date and I've had most ....love the sense clock but want nothing to do with sense ever again. Vanilla = real android experience .....we should come up with a clan name for the users that never turned their backs on this beast...what y'all think?
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My wife will probably think it's lame, but I am down. Lol
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love the sense clock but want nothing to do with sense ever again.
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Check out GO Weather, its a widget set that includes a click that can be skinned to look just like HTC.
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Check out GO Weather, its a widget set that includes a click that can be skinned to look just like HTC.
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No offense, there is no app that would make me buy a phone. The Beast is the beast because of how it feels and what it does. Sense or an unlocked bootloader are not part of it... For me.??
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No offense, there is no app that would make me buy a phone. The Beast is the beast because of how it feels and what it does. Sense or an unlocked bootloader are not part of it... For me.??
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No, I mean you can download out for your g2x and it will look like the sense clock. Best of both worlds : P
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Check out GO Weather, its a widget set that includes a click that can be skinned to look just like HTC.
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Thanks man. I downloaded GO Weather and am using it now. Very sense like indeed
My first post .... ) ..I don't know what all the fuss is about. I've had the G2X since day 1 and can honestly say it is the best android phone I have ever used. I switched from the Samsung galaxy which honestly led me to hate android. Switching from Samsung to this beast has changed my mind completely. I love everything about this phone. At first I was getting the random reboots but that hasn't happened in over a month. I can honestly say.. this phone is simply incredible.
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My first post .... ) ..I don't know what all the fuss is about. I've had the G2X since day 1 and can honestly say it is the best android phone I have ever used. I switched from the Samsung galaxy which honestly led me to hate android. Switching from Samsung to this beast has changed my mind completely. I love everything about this phone. At first I was getting the random reboots but that hasn't happened in over a month. I can honestly say.. this phone is simply incredible.
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I know, I'm looking at my G2x right now and is just gorgeous. This beweled screen and shinny screen, the metal, around the sides. I just don't like to put this phone down lol.
It is simply gorgeous
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My first post .... ) ..this phone is simply incredible.
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Nah man!!!! The Incredible is a different forum!!!! This forum is for beasts and the sensation.
Alright, I currently own an SGS4G and i love it but i feel as the development is very limited. While i appreciate all of the work that the devs have put in, I have noticed that other phone have a lot mor development and it doesn't seem as though our development community has that [email protected]$$ attitude that the community of other phones does. So, would it be wise to look at getting a G2x or an SGSII (if the US gets it)? I know @birgertime and @Krylon360 both have and develop for the G2x and I love Trigger and Bionix. So is it matbe time to look elsewhere?
First off I'm not gonna be one of those lil trolls saying "oh the devs put their heart out on their developement" type of deal. So imma say go for the SGSII cause its bigger, media powered, and will soon be more known than the iphone. G2x is just gonna be a phone that's know to us phone fanatics. SGSII is gonna be revolutionary...
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First off I'm not gonna be one of those lil trolls saying "oh the devs put their heart out on their developement" type of deal. So imma say go for the SGSII cause its bigger, media powered, and will soon be more known than the iphone. G2x is just gonna be a phone that's know to us phone fanatics. SGSII is gonna be revolutionary...
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But is it going to be released in the US? And thank you for not trolling, like i said, i love the devs for all of the work they put in, especially seeing as Krylon and birgertiome didn't have SGS4Gs of their own to model off of
I'm not impressed with my G2x, but it does have decent hardware. In my opinion, the battery is too small, it gets warm too easily, and what has really begun to bother me is it seems like data seems to stop working randomly; it'll look normal and show that it is sending info, but won't receive data for a minute for no reason. It did this on stock, and now on cm7 rc1. Not a deal breaker, but definitely my reasoning for using my sgs4g as my daily driver over it.
The processing power is great, development is good, and it's a good "feeling" phone to hold, but it definitely doesn't seem as easy to dev for as your typical vanilla android phone.
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IF you decide to swap out I would forget about the g2x. Wife had it and it was just bad. I'm sure the us will get the sgs 2 but you may want to have a look at the Hercules that is coming as well.
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Sgs4g aside from memory issues this phone is a Beast with a big B
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IF you decide to swap out I would forget about the g2x. Wife had it and it was just bad. I'm sure the us will get the sgs 2 but you may want to have a look at the Hercules that is coming as well.
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The Hercules also looks great. Thanks for letting me know about it. I'm glad to hear that it's 4G as well (soon enough that will be the standard)
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Alright, I currently own an SGS4G and i love it but i feel as the development is very limited. While i appreciate all of the work that the devs have put in, I have noticed that other phone have a lot mor development and it doesn't seem as though our development community has that [email protected]$$ attitude that the community of other phones does. So, would it be wise to look at getting a G2x or an SGSII (if the US gets it)? I know @birgertime and @Krylon360 both have and develop for the G2x and I love Trigger and Bionix. So is it matbe time to look elsewhere?
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You realize there is only 5 of us that develop for this phone right 2 of which dont actually own the devices.
Team Whiskey Krylon and Dr Honk
Team Acid Myself Desexton BlackPHenoix and a few others
WhiteHawk
and a few others
Also the theme rs
Fire under our asses you do realize most of us have jobs and real lifes We do this as a hobby spend quite a few hours doing this and days and weeks if not longer and dont even get paid for it.. You want development At least its not a side kick they got one rom.
The other phones u speak of are international versions minus the gx2 which has a larger dev community.
So please before you spout that kinda stuff look at whos deving for the phone you are using before you make comments like that thanks
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You realize there is only 5 of us that develop for this phone right 2 of which dont actually own the devices.
Team Whiskey Krylon and Dr Honk
Team Acid Myself Desexton BlackPHenoix and a few others
WhiteHawk
and a few others
Also the theme rs
Fire under our asses you do realize most of us have jobs and real lifes We do this as a hobby spend quite a few hours doing this and days and weeks if not longer and dont even get paid for it.. You want development At least its not a side kick they got one rom.
The other phones u speak of are international versions minus the gx2 which has a larger dev community.
So please before you spout that kinda stuff look at whos deving for the phone you are using before you make comments like that thanks
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Im pretty sure I said twice that I understand and appreciate all of you and I get that all of you have jobs. I would love to get into devoloping but I don't know how (yet). Im sorry if I cam across as unappreciative I really am thank full for all of you guys and your works
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Its called a G2X not gx2 and i own the phone and my girl has the sensation and I don't know about other g2x's but mine has no problems and the rom I'm running makes my phone so much better that the sensation or any other phone on ur minD .....!!!
Been a comp geek for a # of years and have recently began learning how to dev for android phones. I own the sgs4g and I absoluteabsolutely love it. I am fascinated by the outsoutstanding work the developers have produced on this phone thus far. I've read every post and have not ever had one problem flashing anything. I for one am extremely grateful for, not only the work put in, but also the vast knowledge that has been posted. These have become a shortcuts or fast tracks for me in learning how to develop and helping me to avoid some pitfalls that these guys have so gratuitously posted huge street sighns for us to read. Thanks guys.
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I'd personally wait for the Galaxy S II. The performance is said to be greatly improved, and the reviews for it are beyond belief (meanwhile it isn't even in the US yet.)
The G2X does seem to have quite a few bugs, and the battery life is said to be even worse then the GS4G.
What I'd do is either switch to Verizon and get the Droid Charge, or wait for the Galaxy S II.
Again, I can wholeheartedly say the developers for this phone have done some hard work, and need some well-deserved praise.
Raver, he never meant his post to be rude or to insult developers like yourself in any way.
RaverX3X said:
You realize there is only 5 of us that develop for this phone right 2 of which dont actually own the devices.
Team Whiskey Krylon and Dr Honk
Team Acid Myself Desexton BlackPHenoix and a few others
WhiteHawk
and a few others
Also the theme rs
Fire under our asses you do realize most of us have jobs and real lifes We do this as a hobby spend quite a few hours doing this and days and weeks if not longer and dont even get paid for it.. You want development At least its not a side kick they got one rom.
The other phones u speak of are international versions minus the gx2 which has a larger dev community.
So please before you spout that kinda stuff look at whos deving for the phone you are using before you make comments like that thanks
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Geez dude, kinda on the sensitive side there. He said he respected you guys and meant no harm in his comment.
As for the OP's questions, the SGS2 is the obvious winner but who knows when it will come to the US. Sucks that even Canada is getting it first. If I were you, consider the Sensation. I like Samsung's hardware 10x better than HTC's but since you love development then I would chose that phone. CM7 is going to be awesome on there. And since it's HTC you will most likely get a plethora of AOSP ROM's, Sense ROM's and MIUI ROM's for you to constantly play with.
But anyways, I love the SGS4G, wish I owned one. But you're right, development will most likely be scarce for this phone for a while so that's something to think about.
Good luck!
Hercules all the way. I love my SGS4G.
My friend and my uncle and aunt all have the G2X and nothing but issues with it. Overheats and shuts down and have to pull the battery sometimes while charging. Random reboots. I had my friend flash Bionix on it and he was having a couple issues with it. It seemed to drain his battery much quicker than stock and had a couple other issues with it. He didn't want to try any other ROM for it cuz I told him Bionix should be the best one. I might flash my uncles G2X to see what the issues are again. My friend forgot what they were besides the battery drain and he used Green Battery & later Juice Defender and it didn't help. He still gets random reboots once in a while. Or won't power on from sleep/lock and have to pull the battery.
Thanks to all the devs support in our community and other communities as well. I'm a flashing fiend lol.
I couldn't recommend the sensation anymore than the g2x. It has just as many issues; some people are actually selling their sensation to go back to the g2x. Both are fast, both have issues, more development currently for the g2x. The sensation is a better looking phone though
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The Sensation is badass. Even with a locked bootloader and no development it's insanely fast once you replace the Sense UI.... etc. Higher resolution, better feel in your hand...blah blah blah. As far as picking a phone goes... just avoid anything that uses nVidia. If you do that you should be okay. I found it ammusing to hear of screen bleed and jittery displays... after their company's desktop video cards went through the same type of issues. haha. nVidia = FAIL
but again... i'm just a guy in the forums.
This is probably a stupid question but would it be possible to buy a Canadian GSII and then unlock it and use it on T-Mobile in the US
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This is probably a stupid question but would it be possible to buy a Canadian GSII and then unlock it and use it on T-Mobile in the US
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yes it would be lol ironically raverx3x has a gs2 not sure if you noticed his tapatalk signature
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yes it would be lol ironically raverx3x has a gs2 not sure if you noticed his tapatalk signature
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I noticed the signature nut I wasn't sure what model number that was. And are there going to be GSII variations for each carrier?
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I noticed the signature nut I wasn't sure what model number that was. And are there going to be GSII variations for each carrier?
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Yeah so far the speculation shows that each carrier will be getting a Samsung Galaxy S2 variant. The T-Mobile one hasn't come up and some ppl think it might be the Hercules but no one really knows (most people think the Hercules is similar to the Infuse because of screen size and processor)
I hope what I said was correct.
What are you guys pros, cons, and recommendations.
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Great phone, few annoyances
Overall I think it's a great phone, with a lot of potential. The battery life blows the Epic out of the water, the reception is WAY better, and the keyboard is amazing once you get past the initial learning curve.
Even the stock ROM is not that bad.. My only real gripe is the lack of any toggle buttons in the notifications menu. That drives me insane, I use those constantly and HATE having to go into the settings every time I want to turn anything on or off.
I am, however, eagerly awaiting a root method and some custom ROM goodness. Which will quite easily take care of the majority of my gripes (besides the non-removable battery).
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Overall I think it's a great phone, with a lot of potential. The battery life blows the Epic out of the water, the reception is WAY better, and the keyboard is amazing once you get past the initial learning curve.
Even the stock ROM is not that bad.. My only real gripe is the lack of any toggle buttons in the notifications menu. That drives me insane, I use those constantly and HATE having to go into the settings every time I want to turn anything on or off.
I am, however, eagerly awaiting a root method and some custom ROM goodness. Which will quite easily take care of the majority of my gripes (besides the non-removable battery).
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I hated that damn epic. this phone is superior in every way. contrary to the "bigger is better" hype, I like the size of the phone. It fits nicely in my hand and I don't have to be a contortionist to get my fingers across the screen. the only issue I have to complain about so far, besides the lack of toggles, is that if you have head phones or a bluetooth device connected, the notifications play thru it instead of the back speak. But that could user error on my part.. It isn't that much thicker than the original Photon. I'm holding them both in my hands right now and the weight isn't that much different either, especially for a slider. I'm not in to much of a hurry for any custom roms. but it would be nice to have root. I'm sure shabby or one of the other great devs will have that taken care of soon enough...
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Overall I think it's a great phone, with a lot of potential. The battery life blows the Epic out of the water, the reception is WAY better, and the keyboard is amazing once you get past the initial learning curve.
Even the stock ROM is not that bad.. My only real gripe is the lack of any toggle buttons in the notifications menu. That drives me insane, I use those constantly and HATE having to go into the settings every time I want to turn anything on or off.
I am, however, eagerly awaiting a root method and some custom ROM goodness. Which will quite easily take care of the majority of my gripes (besides the non-removable battery).
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How about a widget? or maybe this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle&hl=en
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How about a widget? or maybe this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle&hl=en
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I tried it out, and it basically works... It does have a sort of tacked on feeling. I'd much prefer a baked in solution tho.
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I tried it out, and it basically works... It does have a sort of tacked on feeling. I'd much prefer a baked in solution tho.
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There are other alternatives, just giving 1 example.
So far, my thoughts on this device are that it is amazing! This could just be because i'm upgrading from a DROID Eris from Verizon, but this device does just about everything right!
The keyboard is by far the best one I've used on a mobile device, its very tactile and the back light is bright and adjustable. The phones performance is top notch, no lag in apps or just scrolling around. I've even gotten my ps1,n64,and gba emulators running great with keys mapped to the keypad
My internet browsing experience is been quite good, even though I'm still using sprint's 3g network, all websites load up quick and are smooth.
The screen looks fantastic, although it isn't full HD, colors are vibrant and watching videos is great on the phone. Overall, i am VERY pleased with the device so far, and i cant wait to see what developers have in store for it!
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I tried it out, and it basically works... It does have a sort of tacked on feeling. I'd much prefer a baked in solution tho.
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I just tossed the power control widget that's included on my home screen. While you can't get to it from everywhere, it's only one button away.
The only thing about this phone that I truly do not like is notification light. I don't like green XD
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I just tossed the power control widget that's included on my home screen. While you can't get to it from everywhere, it's only one button away.
The only thing about this phone that I truly do not like is notification light. I don't like green XD
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When that's your biggest gripe things are looking up for this phone
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If anyone buys/uses the HD Dock and/or the Vehicle Dock for the Q, I'd be highly interested in hearing your thoughts and experiences after a bit of time using those as well....just tossing that out there for present and future owners alike.
Found this fairly indepth impression post by someone over at Phandroid, worth a read by those considering buying:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-photon-q-4g-lte/604051-my-impressions.html
Better than the Galaxy S III?
So, the question for me is how does it compare to the Galaxy SIII?
Well the sg3 was out because samsung does not update crap. So I was leaning towards the htc evo lte when I heard about the photon q. Sometimes I have to compose some sizable emails for work and the touch typing can get pretty frustrating in those situations, so I end up using my epics keyboard a lot. Even thought about getting the htc and a blackberry just for emails for work
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Well the sg3 was out because samsung does not update crap. So I was leaning towards the htc evo lte when I heard about the photon q. Sometimes I have to compose some sizable emails for work and the touch typing can get pretty frustrating in those situations, so I end up using my epics keyboard a lot. Even thought about getting the htc and a blackberry just for emails for work
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im really wondering where you are getting your sources for samsung doesnt update crap, as far as ive seen they have done a pretty decent job on sprint so far.
I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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Why you say that cause it's stuck on ginger bread unless you use cyanogen mod?
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Why you say that cause it's stuck on ginger bread unless you use cyanogen mod?
The epic started with eclair. Updated to froyo n now has ginger bread stock. That's 2 major updates
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I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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i did actually, froyo came a little slower but i understand why, back then AOSP was really closed off towards just the nexus one. you want proof in that look at how long it took from eclair to froyo vs froyo to gb, samsung had based the nexus s off its samsung galaxy line so it was able to know how to have the code work on the humming bird a hell of a lot sooner. in fact the gingerbread update was posted the day ICS was announced, thus making the epic only 1 update "behind". granted its two now but its also past its two year mark (or rather tomorrow it will be, i remember picking mine up on august 31st 2010 launch day)
the epic 4g touch launched with gingerbread not that long ago it got ics and will prolly get jellybean someday. sgs3 launched with ICS and the tmo version already has leaks of JB, meaning it will prolly happen soon.
now lets compare that to the photon (im sure a few other moto phones fit this bill) launched with 2.3.4, after 7?8? months got an update to 2.3.5 instead of ICS, ICS is coming later this year which means it will only be one update behind until Key Lime is released this november, what do you think the odds are of the photon getting jellybean officially? so as of this november it will be 2 behind and stay that way, considering photon owners are 1 year into their 2 year agreement for that device doesnt leave a lot of hope.
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Why you say that cause it's stuck on ginger bread unless you use cyanogen mod?
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YOU!!! ;P
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I guess u havent had an epic 4g
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XD Helps if you know who you're talking to. He's pretty on point.
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i did actually, froyo came a little slower but i understand why, back then AOSP was really closed off towards just the nexus one. you want proof in that look at how long it took from eclair to froyo vs froyo to gb, samsung had based the nexus s off its samsung galaxy line so it was able to know how to have the code work on the humming bird a hell of a lot sooner. in fact the gingerbread update was posted the day ICS was announced, thus making the epic only 1 update "behind". granted its two now but its also past its two year mark (or rather tomorrow it will be, i remember picking mine up on august 31st 2010 launch day)
the epic 4g touch launched with gingerbread not that long ago it got ics and will prolly get jellybean someday. sgs3 launched with ICS and the tmo version already has leaks of JB, meaning it will prolly happen soon.
now lets compare that to the photon (im sure a few other moto phones fit this bill) launched with 2.3.4, after 7?8? months got an update to 2.3.5 instead of ICS, ICS is coming later this year which means it will only be one update behind until Key Lime is released this november, what do you think the odds are of the photon getting jellybean officially? so as of this november it will be 2 behind and stay that way, considering photon owners are 1 year into their 2 year agreement for that device doesnt leave a lot of hope.
YOU!!! ;P
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you nailed it right on the head.
I love when people don't realize me n you have been working on the epic since the beginning and we seen the phone grow and know what where talking about. Silly newbs
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you nailed it right on the head.
I love when people don't realize me n you have been working on the epic since the beginning and we seen the phone grow and know what where talking about. Silly newbs
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actually i tend to get confused when people mention me and epic. as i never did anything big for it, i leaked DK17 froyo build. i did the first linux/mac one click but i didnt do any roms or anything :/
The subject line says it all....
I have been using my Note 2 and Nexus 4, but threw my SIM back into my SK4G this weekend. I missed this keyboard! I just wish it had a better camera with a flash. I can live with everything else on the device. Though, a newer version of Android would be nice...
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The subject line says it all....
I have been using my Note 2 and Nexus 4, but threw my SIM back into my SK4G this weekend. I missed this keyboard! I just wish it had a better camera with a flash. I can live with everything else on the device. Though, a newer version of Android would be nice...
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I still use it as my main...and only...device. Hahaha! I will be getting a Zeki Jelly Bean 4.1.1 tablet soon for my multimedia content. I already found out how to root it and make it look like a Nexus 7. Why not get a Nexus 7 you may ask? Lack of a microsd card slot. I'll be getting a 32 Gigger with it.
Anyway, I agree. It would be nice to see something other than Froyo on this thing. I'll be moving to AT&T later this year and getting myself either a Nexus or LG Optimus, I'm sure by that time there will some nice Key Lime Pie phones....I won't get a Galaxy after being burned by Sammy.
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I still use it as my main...and only...device. Hahaha! I will be getting a Zeki Jelly Bean 4.1.1 tablet soon for my multimedia content. I already found out how to root it and make it look like a Nexus 7. Why not get a Nexus 7 you may ask? Lack of a microsd card slot. I'll be getting a 32 Gigger with it.
Anyway, I agree. It would be nice to see something other than Froyo on this thing. I'll be moving to AT&T later this year and getting myself either a Nexus or LG Optimus, I'm sure by that time there will some nice Key Lime Pie phones....I won't get a Galaxy after being burned by Sammy.
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Yeah. The Nexus is nice. I like it much better than the Note 2. Still, there are times when a physical keyboard is an absolute must...I wonder how bhundven is doing.
I just started repairing one my friend had. Seems it has a power issue and I am following some instructions I saw somewhere here.
Still using it atleast till this xmas when I can switch carries an not have to pay 600 to remove one of 3 lines
I love the keyboard but I wish they would update it as I seen "it was sopose to get 2.3" but never happened
I just hope they get the cm6/7 running would be really nice
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Waiting for EMS package with a device, that should replace Sidekick for me... Should get it this week. Too bad, but it seems like this phone has no future.
I use my sk4g at home connected to WiFi while my amaze4g charges sometimes also I use It to stream video on ustream as a stationary camera occasionally.
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The subject line says it all....
I have been using my Note 2 and Nexus 4, but threw my SIM back into my SK4G this weekend. I missed this keyboard! I just wish it had a better camera with a flash. I can live with everything else on the device. Though, a newer version of Android would be nice...
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My contract runs until Christmas, so I'm stuck with this phone. It was a decent phone for its time, but its time is way past. I can't believe T-Mo never updated it to GB. I will never buy another phone from them again.
BTW @RicAndroid thanks for continuing to put out ROMs for this phone. I guess once you get your tablet we won't see anything else for the SK4G from you, eh?
Well...I'm hoping Dizzle1 from androidforums lends a hand with creating a new kernel. If that happens, I'll release a combination of all the roms into a new version of Glorious Overdose. Ay0teddy deserves more than to have his classic rom remain in limbo.
The tablet will be just for multimedia content. Movies and ebooks look horrible on the SK4G. I only plan to root it to add Google Play and Nova Launcher.
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To put it simply, if Dizzle1 manages to make this happen, I'll make Glorious Overdose my main project.
If it doesn't happen, then I'll polish up minor stuff with my current roms and call it quits. Not much else left to do with KJ2, y'know?
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Well...I'm hoping Dizzle1 from androidforums lends a hand with creating a new kernel. If that happens, I'll release a combination of all the roms into a new version of Glorious Overdose. Ay0teddy deserves more than to have his classic rom remain in limbo.
The tablet will be just for multimedia content. Movies and ebooks look horrible on the SK4G. I only plan to root it to add Google Play and Nova Launcher.
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To put it simply, if Dizzle1 manages to make this happen, I'll make Glorious Overdose my main project.
If it doesn't happen, then I'll polish up minor stuff with my current roms and call it quits. Not much else left to do with KJ2, y'know?
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Let's hope for great things. I still hope bhundven comes through as well. Is Dizzle1 on xda?
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Let's hope for great things. I still hope bhundven comes through as well. Is Dizzle1 on xda?
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I'm still using mine. I only got it in January. It replaced my bricked Milestone 2 for a reasonable price, I love the design and if it wasn't for Froyo I'd want for nothing else.
Unfortunately, it is stuck with Froyo and I'm getting annoyed. But:
I didn't want to fork out the big bucks for an imported Relay 4G when it had a shonky-looking keyboard.
Motorola's qwerty line stops GSM support after the Milestone 2 which is only slightly better off in the ROM department than SK4G.
And there are no other pleasant or modern QWERTY options for Australia. So here I am!
(Also I love the girly magenta and no other woman in Perth is gonna whip out a Sidekick 4G. It was never even sold in Aus. I feel special!)
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I'm still using mine. I only got it in January. It replaced my bricked Milestone 2 for a reasonable price, I love the design and if it wasn't for Froyo I'd want for nothing else.
Unfortunately, it is stuck with Froyo and I'm getting annoyed. But:
I didn't want to fork out the big bucks for an imported Relay 4G when it had a shonky-looking keyboard.
Motorola's qwerty line stops GSM support after the Milestone 2 which is only slightly better off in the ROM department than SK4G.
And there are no other pleasant or modern QWERTY options for Australia. So here I am!
(Also I love the girly magenta and no other woman in Perth is gonna whip out a Sidekick 4G. It was never even sold in Aus. I feel special!)
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Yeah, the keyboard is awesome! Froyo is not so great. Though, the biggest gripe I have with it is that I can't use Chrome on it. Otherwise, I love the phone.
OK, I'm done, no more Sidekick for me.
Yes, it's not a phone, and yes, it's a strange gaming tablet, but I guess it would fit my needs, while Sidekick would be just a phone and WiFi access point.
Hope you guys would get something better than Froyo one day. I'm out of here, goodbye.
djh said:
OK, I'm done, no more Sidekick for me.
Yes, it's not a phone, and yes, it's a strange gaming tablet, but I guess it would fit my needs, while Sidekick would be just a phone and WiFi access point.
Hope you guys would get something better than Froyo one day. I'm out of here, goodbye.
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I'm planning on doing the same thing when I get my tablet, djh. It has Jelly Bean and I already figured out how to root it.
Anyway...thanks for your contribution and take care!
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Just bought it from one of your betrayer for 20 bucks. Nice phone. I do not hate froyo, it is just the slow response bored me.
Also, the keyboard is not as fast as soft keyboard in note 2.
But for 20 bucks, I have no complain.
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20 bucks you go a serious deal as this phone still goes for 100
An yes froyo is slow but the new nexus roms make is seem like no lag (atleast to me)
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Wow I thought I got off cheap paying 60 for mine, it is flawless though, you would think its new.
Even if I would have know that there were only froyo ROMs for this phone ahead of time I still would have bought it, yes we need to move ahead, this phone is plenty capable of running even jb, but we need talent who has time to do so....
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New Sidekick User
Hey everyone, I just got one for my girlfriend off ebay a few weeks ago, and everyone here in the subforum has been super helpful! I also got a second one for $50 that was broken with the reboot-power-button loop problem which I have about 60% fixed (using a TON of rubbing alcohol..).
I have to say, it is an odd little phone when it comes to hacking/rooting... My main phone is a Galaxy Exhibit 4G, which has its oddities as well, but the more I mess with this glitchy Sidekick the more I like it. My girlfriends phone is running RicAndroid's neXus JB 1.22, and so far so good. My Sidekick is running rooted and updated stock rom, for two reasons...
1) I can't seem to get CWM to stick without modifying the kernel as well
2) I really like the funky "urban" stock rom's style...
I wish there were a blend of all the features of JB with the look and feel of stock... That, or a functioning Bootmanager, so I could dual boot between stock and custom roms!
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djh said:
OK, I'm done, no more Sidekick for me.
Yes, it's not a phone, and yes, it's a strange gaming tablet, but I guess it would fit my needs, while Sidekick would be just a phone and WiFi access point.
Hope you guys would get something better than Froyo one day. I'm out of here, goodbye.
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Sad times, 4.2.2 really isn't all that great, only real benefit to new phones are bigger screens and faster processors. Most of the features in 4.2.2 have 3rd party apps that mirror the new "features" if not improve on them. If you know of a 4.2.2 Android with a physical keyboard this big you let me know! Until getting one of these phones recently, I had forgotten the sheer joy of using a REAL keyboard!
digimancer said:
Hey everyone, I just got one for my girlfriend off ebay a few weeks ago, and everyone here in the subforum has been super helpful! I also got a second one for $50 that was broken with the reboot-power-button loop problem which I have about 60% fixed (using a TON of rubbing alcohol..).
I have to say, it is an odd little phone when it comes to hacking/rooting... My main phone is a Galaxy Exhibit 4G, which has its oddities as well, but the more I mess with this glitchy Sidekick the more I like it. My girlfriends phone is running RicAndroid's neXus JB 1.22, and so far so good. My Sidekick is running rooted and updated stock rom, for two reasons...
1) I can't seem to get CWM to stick without modifying the kernel as well
2) I really like the funky "urban" stock rom's style...
I wish there were a blend of all the features of JB with the look and feel of stock... That, or a functioning Bootmanager, so I could dual boot between stock and custom roms!
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Sad times, 4.2.2 really isn't all that great, only real benefit to new phones are bigger screens and faster processors. Most of the features in 4.2.2 have 3rd party apps that mirror the new "features" if not improve on them. If you know of a 4.2.2 Android with a physical keyboard this big you let me know! Until getting one of these phones recently, I had forgotten the sheer joy of using a REAL keyboard!
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I do believe droid 4 is the most updated with a keyboard
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