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I see all issues and little praise. Is there any happy stories to tell?
Edit: It would seem a lot of people with success did a similar set up.
Don't skip the initial set up. ....
Reset the phone at least once after you've completed set up.
Should be butter.
Let me suggest Adw ex. It makes this phone butter smooth and is a way better interface.
So far I love my phone. Glad to have found a vanilla dual core so quickly.
I've thought about the sensation. But I would just run the same thing on that and have to deal with HTC sense.
Once the themes come and we get the notification bar power widget things couldn't get better.
At least thus far.
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I see all issues and little praise. Is there any happy stories to tell?
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LOVE ITTTTTT
I just came from a Nexus One and must say this phone ROCKS it.
Reason you are seeing complaints more than praise is because the people that aren't having problems are too busy playing with their phones
Yeah I LOVE this phone. I have had 0 issues with it so far, and it's very fast. I am coming from a nexus s. I think it will especially be awesome once we get a working recovery and some gingerbread cm love on here if I had to complain about something it would be the ideal wish the battery life was a little better but I have only had the phone for a day and i've been using the crappie out of it so I am sure once the battery cycles and few times it will be fine. It's not horrible. I also like the screen better then the samoled screens, maybe I just like it because it's different
Edit I almost forot, I have wifi calling back which I didn't have on the nexus, another plus. Wifi holds great signal also
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Love mine too! No issues at all!
Exactly that's why I created this poll
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043500
so we can see how many people are seeing issues and how many people think its perfect.
Nexus One to G2X has been a bit of a change, but so far it's mostly for the better.
I'll be sure to vote in the poll if any issue pop up, but so far it's dy-no-mite!
Samsung Fascinate to G2X. LOVE the G2X. I think the lcd bleed issues are being way overblown.
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Love it. No issues.
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N1 to G2x Love it
This phone is super nice and works perfect not one problem here
I loved my N1 but this phone is way better .....
I tested it out at the T-Mobile store today. It is awesome! I just got my MT4G few months ago...
Nexus One to G2x. Overall I am satisfied. There are a few quirks but nothing major. Mostly things that can be fixed through software... like my email signature won't save... keeps resorting to the default Tmobile blurb.
Really the worst thing so far is it requires drivers to see the internal and SD storage. Not a bog deal bit can suck if you just need to copy something real quick from a foreign PC.
Getting used to typing on a 4" display throws my typing off. Ill get used to it though. And wiimote doesn't find the Bluetooth stack yet.
Little things but pretty slick overall. Screen is bright and responsive. A good upgrade from my N1. I don't miss the trackball like I thought I would.
G2X is a great phone. Most people that are having issues also have a very small understanding of Android and computers.
I think you can count @cyanogen as one happy G2X owner.
http://twitter.com/#!/cyanogen/status/60755649193181184
"The G2X is insanely fast. I like it so far. Not much crapware by default either. Nice job @tmobile "
http://twitter.com/#!/cyanogen/status/60764429117165568
"@andrewmartonik it's just a nice clean Google-ish build by default. no fancy skins or crapware."
Got the g2x and its awesome, the problem I noticed right away is that it doesn't turn of the data service when turning on WIFI...
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This phone has the best gps that I've ever seen in a phone. I stay in the 4g network more on this phone than any I've ever had. I still prefer HTC phones, but all in all, this phone is solid, and will remain relevant for quite some time.
I see alot of former nexus one users switching over to this phone. I would like to add myself to that list. This g2x is incredible. I love it, love it, love it. Cant wait till cm adds his little touch.
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This phone has the best gps that I've ever seen in a phone. I stay in the 4g network more on this phone than any I've ever had. I still prefer HTC phones, but all in all, this phone is solid, and will remain relevant for quite some time.
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+1 Best GPS I have seen.. extremely fast compared to my previous Nexus S.
Browser experience also a plus.. great build quality...
Finally a phone that will last me more than four moths.
Extremely happy. Can't wait for CM7
Its nice to see some happy owners. I hope i join the fray tomorrow.
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I'm actually loving this phone so much I kinda want to sell my nexus s lol. Only problem is that it's gonna get ice cream first and I wanna be able to use it right away when it comes out. I'm so impatient
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This thing is the ****... I have no complaints......
The backlight bleeding issue is overrated.. Lets just hope no reboots, so far so good..
Games rule on this..
As you can see in my sig, I am on a Cappy with Gingerbread and a rom that is working magnificently. I have my Cappy setup exactly the way I like it and Netflix works like a charm. As a matter of fact, I am going on a business trip next week and look forward to chillin in the airport with my earbuds in watching a movie on the Cappy...
that said, I had really been looking forward to the Infuse. I was going to give it a week and pick it up tomorrow. Then I started browsing the new forum yesterday and noticed that some of you are reporting issues. Netflix also doesn't work. I was really looking forward to the front facing camera among other things... If I was to ask advice (and I would really like your advice), I would imagine some will tell me to just wait until an update comes out or the dev section really gets going. Any thoughts? Thanks for sharing.
I cant speak for the Cappy, but in the last 2 months I went from the iPhone 4, to the Atrix, to the Inspire, to the Infuse.
The Infuse is now my favorite phone that I have ever owned. It has the best of all of them combined.
Yes there are a few bugs, no there is no roms yet, but we all know that will come in the not far future. Get one now, and you'll get to enjoy it a little longer
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As you can see in my sig, I am on a Cappy with Gingerbread and a rom that is working magnificently. I have my Cappy setup exactly the way I like it and Netflix works like a charm. As a matter of fact, I am going on a business trip next week and look forward to chillin in the airport with my earbuds in watching a movie on the Cappy...
that said, I had really been looking forward to the Infuse. I was going to give it a week and pick it up tomorrow. Then I started browsing the new forum yesterday and noticed that some of you are reporting issues. Netflix also doesn't work. I was really looking forward to the front facing camera among other things... If I was to ask advice (and I would really like your advice), I would imagine some will tell me to just wait until an update comes out or the dev section really gets going. Any thoughts? Thanks for sharing.
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Camera is very, very good. See engadget's review if u don't believe me.
GPS - flawless. When you're on the trip - ur cappy will make u furious driving around wasting time and getting tickets (been there, done that, sold that piece of ****)
Netflix - no idea, don't care
It's huge. Thing is a shovel, just attach a handle.
Screen - amazing, SAMOLED Plus, need I say more?
Battery life - so far crappy, but it's not broken in yet. Supposed to be better, since it's 1750mah.
Also, more RAM, enough to keep my Opera, couple of HD games and some apps open without need to reopen them when Android clears RAM.
Definite upgrade over craptivate. That phone was sweet, but non-existent GPS on it killed it for me. Stupid thing made me spend $$ driving around like an idiot.
Warning: I'm easily influenced by positive responses and may end up leaving for my business trip Monday with an Infuse in tow.
Just what I was looking for... Thanks for the responses thus far.
Yes my friend..i have my cappy (was my main device) inspire both on cm7. I have not picked them up since i bought this animal.
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As you can see in my sig, I am on a Cappy with Gingerbread and a rom that is working magnificently. I have my Cappy setup exactly the way I like it and Netflix works like a charm. As a matter of fact, I am going on a business trip next week and look forward to chillin in the airport with my earbuds in watching a movie on the Cappy...
that said, I had really been looking forward to the Infuse. I was going to give it a week and pick it up tomorrow. Then I started browsing the new forum yesterday and noticed that some of you are reporting issues. Netflix also doesn't work. I was really looking forward to the front facing camera among other things... If I was to ask advice (and I would really like your advice), I would imagine some will tell me to just wait until an update comes out or the dev section really gets going. Any thoughts? Thanks for sharing.
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LOVE MY CAPPY!!!! I am running MikeyMike's new GB rom and it is bad ass....
But....i REALLY wanted a front facing cam so i can vid chat with wife and friends and i like the idea of 21mbps 4G speed....
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But....i REALLY wanted a front facing cam so i can vid chat with wife and friends and i like the idea of 21mbps 4G speed....
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This is what makes me foam at the mouth. I played with an Infuse in the store yesterday and the 4G speed is ridiculous. Web pages just appear. The lack of a front facing cam is something that I thought should have landed the Cappy designers back behind the woodshed.
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Yes my friend..i have my cappy (was my main device) inspire both on cm7. I have not picked them up since i bought this animal.
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Interesting. I believe my decision has been made.... lol. My wife will be happy because she'll be going from my hand me down Tilt 2 to this modded Cappy.
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As you can see in my sig, I am on a Cappy with Gingerbread and a rom that is working magnificently. I have my Cappy setup exactly the way I like it and Netflix works like a charm. As a matter of fact, I am going on a business trip next week and look forward to chillin in the airport with my earbuds in watching a movie on the Cappy...
that said, I had really been looking forward to the Infuse. I was going to give it a week and pick it up tomorrow. Then I started browsing the new forum yesterday and noticed that some of you are reporting issues. Netflix also doesn't work. I was really looking forward to the front facing camera among other things... If I was to ask advice (and I would really like your advice), I would imagine some will tell me to just wait until an update comes out or the dev section really gets going. Any thoughts? Thanks for sharing.
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Do you have the apk of the netflix app that you are using or did it come pre loaded on the rom you are using.
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Wife has my old Vibrant which is unlocked on ATT and has the front facing cam....and it is awesome....so for me there was no question....especially when all phone seem to be going that route...
My 3g where i live is almost as fast as 4g so my cappy did great...
I will say this....if there was any chance i could have added a FFC to my captivate i would not have change phones...
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Do you have the apk of the netflix app that you are using or did it come pre loaded on the rom you are using.
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I have the apk. Works like a dream. Streaming movies on the phone (with very good quality) is impressive.
Want to throw that .apk our way? Is it modded or just vanilla?
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Want to throw that .apk our way? Is it modded or just vanilla?
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Won't work unless you are running a galaxy s gingerbread rom...
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As you can see in my sig, I am on a Cappy with Gingerbread and a rom that is working magnificently. I have my Cappy setup exactly the way I like it and Netflix works like a charm. As a matter of fact, I am going on a business trip next week and look forward to chillin in the airport with my earbuds in watching a movie on the Cappy...
that said, I had really been looking forward to the Infuse. I was going to give it a week and pick it up tomorrow. Then I started browsing the new forum yesterday and noticed that some of you are reporting issues. Netflix also doesn't work. I was really looking forward to the front facing camera among other things... If I was to ask advice (and I would really like your advice), I would imagine some will tell me to just wait until an update comes out or the dev section really gets going. Any thoughts? Thanks for sharing.
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No Netflix no problem! Download the PlayOn app on your phone and PC. Free trial is 14 days, after its $4.99 a month. It automatically detects configuration on your pc allowing you to stream on 3g/4g. Best thing about playon is not only does it stream Netflix and and anything you want from your PC (music videos pics) it also has hulu integration! You can watch any hulu video just as you would in Netflix. Not thru a broswer but thru a deticated app. Quality is magnificient most hulu is in HD. There's even plugins so you can watch most network shows, NBC, FOX, CBS ect. Try it out! You won't be disappointed!
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Oh and PS. I've had every single phone in the world honestaly, every generation iphone, nexus one nexus s HTC inspire, captivate, atrix, blackberrys, and now the infuse. I'm a phone junkie/addict. I always want the best and I always want the latest. I can honestaly say this is.the best phone I.have ever used and I love every little thing about it. I buy all my ohones off contract and soon regret it. I don't regret this one. If the galaxy s 2 or iphone 5 came out tomorrow I woildnt blink an eye. 4.5 inches samoled is magnificient! The thing is super thin super light and super sexy looking. This is the best phone I've ever had, and I know everything about phones they all have their flaws or get boring after a while. I'm still in awe at this bad boy. 4.5 samoled iis the new standard for me. Dual core is all marketing IMHO. This thing is faster than my atrix ever was
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Good Choice!
I just got mine yesterday, i come from a Motorola Atrix 4G.
i can honestly say I LOVE THIS PHONE!
1. EYE CANDY! super slick and sexy. i would suggest a mirrored screen protector just for that mirror finish as the phone has gray chrome around it.
2. Massive screen. 4.5. i thought the HD2 was the biggest i would of ever gone. Super Amoled screen.
3. thinest smartphone. 'nough said.
4. it snappy, very snappy. i thought my atrix was fast with its dual core... this phone easily out paces the atrix in everyday use.
5. Touchwiz. the only custom UI that i have seen that does not slow down the phone like sense or motoblur.
6. 8MP camera. this phone carrier a really good lens on its back. i took dissection pictures of my cat at school. they look real nice. i would upload but idk the rules so yeah.
7. Long long battery life. well for me at least. this was under high usage texting music pictures and other stuff. words with friends... angry birds... you know.
thats pretty much it i guess. its a really good choice. and a really great phone. you will like it.
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Good Choice!
I just got mine yesterday, i come from a Motorola Atrix 4G.
i can honestly say I LOVE THIS PHONE!
1. EYE CANDY! super slick and sexy. i would suggest a mirrored screen protector just for that mirror finish as the phone has gray chrome around it.
2. Massive screen. 4.5. i thought the HD2 was the biggest i would of ever gone. Super Amoled screen.
3. thinest smartphone. 'nough said.
4. it snappy, very snappy. i thought my atrix was fast with its dual core... this phone easily out paces the atrix in everyday use.
5. Touchwiz. the only custom UI that i have seen that does not slow down the phone like sense or motoblur.
6. 8MP camera. this phone carrier a really good lens on its back. i took dissection pictures of my cat at school. they look real nice. i would upload but idk the rules so yeah.
7. Long long battery life. well for me at least. this was under high usage texting music pictures and other stuff. words with friends... angry birds... you know.
thats pretty much it i guess. its a really good choice. and a really great phone. you will like it. and for sure we will legally get netflix. because our phone has the new chipsets from qualcomm. so where all good. lol
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we have a samsung chipset. but it works on samsung with gingerbread. so no worries.
I also have a Cappy....actually use it now for my "work" phone, and have my new baby as my personal phone. I absolutely love the new infuse. Have been running custom roms like cm7, paragon, ff, you name it I've tried it... and loving this stock infuse more, than the Cappy any day. Its everything the Cappy should have been out of the box.
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we have a samsung chipset. but it works on samsung with gingerbread. so no worries.
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oh yeah true dat. hmmm idk who told me it had a qualcomm. oh well. same difference right?
it is too easy to get sucked into the rom frenzy with the cappy. and then the power of suggestion that the phone is laggy and such creates this striving for improvement constantly. i know i was there. my oppinion is that the cappy is not as bad as it is made out to be if you leave it basically stock. the infuse however doesnt the shortcomings of the cappy. it has both camera, a flash, unknown sources, bigger screen, better audio vs the cappy stock(slightly). same audio hardware, but better implimented or newer drivers. and the gps hardware is not marginalized. i have come to find out that tracking in google maps can be funky on any phone but with the cappys hardware it was a nightare untill you got the jupiter.xml all corrected and played with the settings.
the infuse is good out of the box but after putting some of my known good settings from the captivate in it was great. but then after trying agps settings full time it was phenomenal! this really is the best gps i have seen. it seems the hardware layout is changed. the gps seems to work during phone calls(didnt on the cappy, god forbid you are driving and someone calls you) as does the camera.
i got laughed at when i complained about photos in phone calls in the captivate section no one would work on it, now id bet it is a hardware limitation. now if im on speaker phone with someone who doesnt have video calling i can just text them pictures
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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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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mackster248 said:
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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moshe22 said:
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.
Thanks
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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.
Thanks
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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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sarni84 said:
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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laker666 said:
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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LordButtersI said:
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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LordButtersI said:
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.
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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MysteryEmotionz said:
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 :/