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HTC Inspire 4G videos

I know this is the wrong thread for the HTC Inspire 4G, but since we don't have a dedicated section for the handset yet, I thought this would be the best place to share these links. AT&T sent me a demo unit for the phone and I have recorded a few videos to show off the handset's functionality and performance.
*NEW*HTC Inspire 4G camera and video testing: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/htc-inspire-4g-camera-and-video-review/
HTC Inspire 4G unboxing: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/unboxing-and-first-hands-on-impressions-of-the-htc-inspire-4g-from-att/
HTC Inspire 4G speedtest: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/testing-atts-4g-hspa-network-with-the-htc-inspire-4g/
HTC Inspire 4G Quadrant benchmark test: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/htc-inspire-4g-quadrant-benchmark-testing/
Sideload apps on the HTC Inspire 4G: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/slideloading-apps-on-the-att-htc-inspire-4g/
I hope you enjoy! I'll be recording other videos over the next few days, let me know if you have any questions about the phone.

nickmgray said:
I know this is the wrong thread for the HTC Inspire 4G, but since we don't have a dedicated section for the handset yet, I thought this would be the best place to share these links. AT&T sent me a demo unit for the phone and I have recorded a few videos to show off the handset's functionality and performance.
I hope you enjoy! I'll be recording other videos over the next few days, let me know if you have any questions about the phone.
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Nice! Thanks a lot for the videos.
I was wondering the same thing - why no sub forum for Inspire yet? Anyways, I hear people are concerned over the battery life, as the specs are almost identical to the desire HD. What are your impressions on the battery life? With typical usage, will it last till night? Is 24 hours pushing it? I love everything else about this phone!

Itching for an upgrade!

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HTC Inspire 4G speedtest: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/testing-atts-4g-hspa-network-with-the-htc-inspire-4g/
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is this really a HSPA+ phone or they just saying that to sell more phones?
my samsung captivate with regular hspa get better (higher) speeds than this!

netnerd said:
is this really a HSPA+ phone or they just saying that to sell more phones?
my samsung captivate with regular hspa get better (higher) speeds than this!
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Yes, this phone does have support for AT&T's HSPA+ network. Keep in mind that the 4G speeds may still change since AT&T is not officially launching is until March 1st.

Also, I've updated the original post with another video.
Sideload apps on the HTC Inspire 4G: http://htcsource.com/2011/02/slideloading-apps-on-the-att-htc-inspire-4g/

How is the camera
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Are you able to install the swype beta?

Nice vids, thanks! How's battery life even under constant use? As I normally am always using my phone.

netnerd said:
is this really a HSPA+ phone or they just saying that to sell more phones?
my samsung captivate with regular hspa get better (higher) speeds than this!
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Might just be that area, I get faster than that with my Hero here in Baltimore.

The Inspire IS a Desire HD. The only difference is that this version has support for AT&T's 3G bands.

Battery life has been OK, but not great. Under constant use, the HTC Inspire lasted about 9 hours yesterday. Keep in mind I was testing apps, running benchmarkes, and such. I'll hopfully get a much better result today as I'm back in the office and will use it for day-to-day pursposes.
I'll be doing some camera testing later on and i'll be sure to post a link once I have sample images and video to show off.

I was looking at getting the motorola atrix but off contract it's too expensive. This phone looks awesome with htc sense, blows my iphone 4 out of the water. Can't wait!!!

And here's another post with smaple images and videos from the HTC Inspire 4G. Hope you enjoy. The link has also been added to the original thread.
http://htcsource.com/2011/02/htc-inspire-4g-camera-and-video-review/

Have you run linpack on it?
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Think they are going to add the inspire to the desire hd section. Isn't the thunderblot also another version of the desire hd?
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wtf up with att not letting ppl sideload apps? Nobody else does this **** accept for A&TT, I hope we can root it the first day and load custom roms and sideload all the apps we want.

romeo0119 said:
wtf up with att not letting ppl sideload apps? Nobody else does this **** accept for A&TT, I hope we can root it the first day and load custom roms and sideload all the apps we want.
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I would be surprised if rooting and sideloading isnt't possible by the first day I wouldnt think it would much different than the DesireHD. Custom rom will be able to be ported from the Desire HD thread i would think.
edit: forgot that someone will have to start deveoping a custom kernel too but I am sure we wont have to wait very long still

romeo0119 said:
wtf up with att not letting ppl sideload apps? Nobody else does this **** accept for A&TT, I hope we can root it the first day and load custom roms and sideload all the apps we want.
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Check out the Android Development section on the Inspire 4G.
I've made a thread link to a program so we can manually push market apps we have bought and others that are not available on the market.
Its worked for other phones, now all we have to do is test it and see if it works for the Inspire as well.
Nothing can replace root on a phone but this is just a temporary alternative until someone truly genius gets to work on the Inspire.
Sent from my HTC Dream - Weighing whats out there for my next Android and or Network

nickmgray said:
Battery life has been OK, but not great. Under constant use, the HTC Inspire lasted about 9 hours yesterday. Keep in mind I was testing apps, running benchmarkes, and such. I'll hopfully get a much better result today as I'm back in the office and will use it for day-to-day pursposes.
I'll be doing some camera testing later on and i'll be sure to post a link once I have sample images and video to show off.
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Wow, we really appreciate the videos and relaying this info to us Nick.
Can you please try out the App I mentioned in the previous post to see if it works.
Once confirmed please let us know.
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New to Thunderbolt and verizon

So i was finally fed up with att and the captivate... i know they have some intriguing phones coming out but going through 5 captivates an the rude CS i decide to switch to verizon and the thunderbolt. are they some accessories that you guys recommend and what should i look for when rooting/installing roms on this phone.... i was pretty exp. in doing it with the captivate. Hopefully verizon and the thunderbolt will give me a better experience

damnitdave said:
So i was finally fed up with att and the captivate... i know they have some intriguing phones coming out but going through 5 captivates an the rude CS i decide to switch to verizon and the thunderbolt. are they some accessories that you guys recommend and what should i look for when rooting/installing roms on this phone.... i was pretty exp. in doing it with the captivate. Hopefully verizon and the thunderbolt will give me a better experience
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I've tried to cover just about everything you'll need to know to start off in my [q AND a] thread. There's a link in my sig. Any questions about what's covered there, just post. Others and myself seem to keep an eye on that thread regularly and get answers out as quickly as possible.

I came to the tbolt from the vibrant and I felt your pain. I'm sure you'll have a much better experience with an HTC device. The good thing about having a Samsung device is that you get pretty adept at recovering from soft bricks and bootloops.
I have the Verizon branded car dock and it works great. Lots here use the extended battery, but if you root and install CM7, or any of the popular gingerbread sense roms, you probably won't need it.
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Give the droid Bionic a try if you just came aboard the verizon ship. It launched today.

were you suckered in with all of Verizon's propaganda also ?
damn them for making a big deal about 4G-LTE and 6 months later still waiting for 4G-LTE !
the phone itself is ok though.
i recommend the Mugen 4500mAh extended battery.

I've been a big fan of Seidio's products, and had lots of their accessories for my EVO 4G when I was still with Sprint. I have the Seidio SURFACE case and belt holster, as well as the desktop charging cradle, and their 1750mAh battery (slightly bigger than stock, but still uses original battery cover). I saw a 20-30% improvement in battery life after a few charge-discharge cycles.

trikotret said:
Give the droid Bionic a try if you just came aboard the verizon ship. It launched today.
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Never looked one, have you? That screen suck ass.

voxigenboy said:
were you suckered in with all of Verizon's propaganda also ?
damn them for making a big deal about 4G-LTE and 6 months later still waiting for 4G-LTE !
the phone itself is ok though.
i recommend the Mugen 4500mAh extended battery.
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still waiting for that 4G here in NY too
damnitdave said:
So i was finally fed up with att and the captivate... i know they have some intriguing phones coming out but going through 5 captivates an the rude CS i decide to switch to verizon and the thunderbolt. are they some accessories that you guys recommend and what should i look for when rooting/installing roms on this phone.... i was pretty exp. in doing it with the captivate. Hopefully verizon and the thunderbolt will give me a better experience
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wait til your thunderbolt starts sending texts to the wrong people. i'm getting fed up with mine

adrenalinemotion said:
still waiting for that 4G here in NY too
wait til your thunderbolt starts sending texts to the wrong people. i'm getting fed up with mine
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Well, NY state is largely a backwater wilderness. What do you expect? There isn't a major city in Ohio or FL that doesn't have LTE.
I've never had mine send texts to the wrong people. If you do, you might want to consider a different ROM or something.

adrenalinemotion said:
wait til your thunderbolt starts sending texts to the wrong people. i'm getting fed up with mine
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I've yet to experience that myself (knock on wood). Does it say that you did or do people just text you back asking why you sent them that text?
Edit: Yeah, good point...what rom are you running? I've heard a lot of bamf people say that.

adrenalinemotion said:
still waiting for that 4G here in NY too
wait til your thunderbolt starts sending texts to the wrong people. i'm getting fed up with mine
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I live in NYC and travel the 5 boroughs constantly, I get 4g everywhere I go.
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damnitdave said:
So i was finally fed up with att and the captivate... i know they have some intriguing phones coming out but going through 5 captivates an the rude CS i decide to switch to verizon and the thunderbolt. are they some accessories that you guys recommend and what should i look for when rooting/installing roms on this phone.... i was pretty exp. in doing it with the captivate. Hopefully verizon and the thunderbolt will give me a better experience
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Good to have you here. I have used the captivate (rooted and unlocked it) its a pretty good phone.
Not better than the thunderbolt. Although they have their pros and cons.
Anyways I would recommend getting a GB Rom, with the .625 radio. I use Synergy ROM right now. Haven't had to many problems, just the occasional bug. I don't update very often and that may be why.
Cyangenomod is very excellent with customization and hardware tweaking, I might suggest using a GB Cyangenomod ROM.
Using GOOGLE VOICE is the best way to go. I love texting and calling for free. Be careful to set your phone to default send texts thru GV, and u need to use "GROOVE IP" if you want calls. Its $4.99 and well worth it!
A screen protector and otter case or slip is a necessity, can't live without those. Trust me! LMFAO.
Personally I don't use much else on the hardware side besides the slip on and screen protector. Haven't did much research on any also. I am sure their are a lot of great accessories though.
Have fun with the TBolt, I know I DO!

adrenalinemotion said:
wait til your thunderbolt starts sending texts to the wrong people. i'm getting fed up with mine
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I can understand how that would be a pain .. but the fix is simple.. I use Handcent SMS (free in the Market) and have never had that issue. I have heard the same from other Handcent users. You have nothing to lose so give it a try.

I suggest a car charger in case you go out and end up using your phone a lot. HTC phones actually have pretty good scratch resistant screens, but would still recommend a screen protector.
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Those cancelling HOX preorders, what makes you think the S3 BL won't be locked?

I've seen a few people say they are cancelling their HOX preorders and getting the S3 over this whole BL issue. I am just curious if people think it will be a different story with the S3. To me, it seems that AT&T is behind the lock and I assume they would just as quickly lock down the S3. What do you guys think?

I think it'll be just like vivid..it will be unlockable in around month..I hope lol either way I'm keeping mine it's beautiful!
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mzimmer88 said:
I've seen a few people say they are cancelling their HOX preorders and getting the S3 over this whole BL issue. I am just curious if people think it will be a different story with the S3. To me, it seems that AT&T is behind the lock and I assume they would just as quickly lock down the S3. What do you guys think?
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Samsung dosent lock their bootloaders.

Samsung has generally been rather good at unlocking... Or just not properly.securing BL.
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jeremyshaw said:
Samsung has generally been rather good at unlocking... Or just not properly.securing BL.
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Ahh, thanks for the clarification. I have been using my Samsung Captivate which was always easy to do whatever with. I just thought that it came from a different point in Android BL openness history

Would just like to add that the BL lock does suck, but this is by far the best stock experience I have ever had on any mobile device. That also includes iOS.

americasteam said:
Would just like to add that the BL lock does suck, but this is by far the best stock experience I have ever had on any mobile device. That also includes iOS.
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I agree. HTC has done a bang up job, but dammit I want Stock ICS

I think Samsung has a lot more pull with the carriers too. The Galaxy SIII was the most hyped phone in a long time... I don't think AT&T would just turn down the Galaxy SIII cause Samsung wants the boot loader unlocked.

I doubt SGS3 will be locked. But still Im not mad about HTC's Bootloader lock since it works so well out the box (like the Vivid after ICS) as long as it works well, im happy. Honestly im not in a hurry to root since i wouldnt know what to do except mess around since i dont think i need anything improved as of today (except wifi bug, but htc should fix soon)
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mike21pr said:
I doubt SGS3 will be locked. But still Im not mad about HTC's Bootloader lock since it works so well out the box (like the Vivid after ICS) as long as it works well, im happy. Honestly im not in a hurry to root since i wouldnt know what to do except mess around since i dont think i need anything improved as of today (except wifi bug, but htc should fix soon)
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My biggest thing is tethering, since I would have to give up my grandfathered unlimited data plan to get it with root.

The only thing I would be looking forward to would be a debloated stock ROM. I am loving this stock experience. Oh and also for occasional wifi tethering.

I actually just bought this phone from the AT&T store today.. switched from a Galaxy S2, rooted with CM7.2.
The stock experience on this phone is.. amazing, to say the least. The display alone is just crazy. It feels like I'm looking at a photo, or one of those stickers on the phones you can't actually mess with in stores.
While it sucks not being able to root + drop a custom ROM on here.. I'm willing to wait until it eventually happens. The out of box experience is head and shoulders above any other Android phone I've used (Nexus One, Galaxy S2, Droid Incredible). If it never gets unlocked.. well, I'll still be happy with my purchase.

mzimmer88 said:
My biggest thing is tethering, since I would have to give up my grandfathered unlimited data plan to get it with root.
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There are alot of non-root tethering apps. Koush's works great.
Disclaimer: I have not tried it with the One X yet, but it worked on my old Droid X fine.

Huawei myTouch?

I saw this another website (can't link you to it, against XDA rules, sorry!) and it looked interesting. Give me your opinions, thoughts.
***DISCLAIMER***
In no way do I have any solid information from T-Mobile regarding the new MyTouch line, I am simply posting based on information from tmonews.com, and other sites.
According to sources (and a very convincing video posted by the guys over at engadget), the newest Manufacturer to add the MyTouch to their resume will be Huawei. It is said to be a mid range phone, however testers have stated that potential buyers should not be concerned about the device being mid range, stating that it is very solid, and smooth in testing.
My only experience with Huawei has been very low end entry devices, so I am curious what other's thoughts on this might be. Give me your opinions in the comments!
References:
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/03/upcom...ked-on-camera/
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/03/hands...e-from-huawei/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/28/t...erty-hands-on/
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The hell? It seems like we have the best my touch ever made after all
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THEindian said:
The hell? It seems like we have the best my touch ever made after all
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I know. The LG was crap, obviously. But Huawei? Their phones are awful..

invasion2 said:
I know. The LG was crap, obviously. But Huawei? Their phones are awful..
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The LG MyTouch is actually pretty good.

bmg1001 said:
The LG MyTouch is actually pretty good.
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Compared to a pantech or a huawei, maybe.

I heard the Huawei is gonna be pretty good. All they've made is entry level, so obviously the experience won't be up to par. They introduced some new high end stuff at ctia or whatever just passed lately. Give em a chance, at least read a review first
--sent from my glacier.

invasion2 said:
I know. But Huawei? Their phones are awful..
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Previous post is about this
--sent from my glacier.

i just got the new myTouch last week when it was released. I had the one from HTC as that was my replacement to my G2 from Asurion. Have the say the HTC one was a piece of garbage. Worst phone i ever had, thank god it broke a week after i got it and i was forced to get the new myTouch. This device is everything that the G2 was but better. Sure the HTC cam was a really nice piece of hardware, but only the stock OS could run it and that just wasn't worth running.
I'm hoping to root this device tonight!

toquer said:
i just got the new myTouch last week when it was released. I had the one from HTC as that was my replacement to my G2 from Asurion. Have the say the HTC one was a piece of garbage. Worst phone i ever had, thank god it broke a week after i got it and i was forced to get the new myTouch. This device is everything that the G2 was but better. Sure the HTC cam was a really nice piece of hardware, but only the stock OS could run it and that just wasn't worth running.
I'm hoping to root this device tonight!
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Troll
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toquer said:
i just got the new myTouch last week when it was released. I had the one from HTC as that was my replacement to my G2 from Asurion. Have the say the HTC one was a piece of garbage. Worst phone i ever had, thank god it broke a week after i got it and i was forced to get the new myTouch. This device is everything that the G2 was but better. Sure the HTC cam was a really nice piece of hardware, but only the stock OS could run it and that just wasn't worth running.
I'm hoping to root this device tonight!
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You're outta your mind..HTC GLACIER is still among the best devices.
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toquer said:
i just got the new myTouch last week when it was released. I had the one from HTC as that was my replacement to my G2 from Asurion. Have the say the HTC one was a piece of garbage. Worst phone i ever had, thank god it broke a week after i got it and i was forced to get the new myTouch. This device is everything that the G2 was but better. Sure the HTC cam was a really nice piece of hardware, but only the stock OS could run it and that just wasn't worth running.
I'm hoping to root this device tonight!
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this guy doesn't know what he's talking about O_O
i've tried Huawei devices before...PoS...huawei better step up their game...HTC is better by so much...

toquer said:
i just got the new myTouch last week when it was released. I had the one from HTC as that was my replacement to my G2 from Asurion. Have the say the HTC one was a piece of garbage. Worst phone i ever had, thank god it broke a week after i got it and i was forced to get the new myTouch. This device is everything that the G2 was but better. Sure the HTC cam was a really nice piece of hardware, but only the stock OS could run it and that just wasn't worth running.
I'm hoping to root this device tonight!
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What drugs do you take, you need to share!

Bangincrazy said:
What drugs do you take, you need to share!
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Hahaha! For real!

Can you say troll trap?
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toquer said:
Huawei did step up their game with the solid piece of hardware. Have you used it yet? it's far superior the the myTouch4g slide from HTC. I'm not wrong on this. time will show that HTC dropped the ball on that device big time. It was a horrid replacement device for the G2. I'm not saying HTC is crap, i'm saying their version of the myTouch was...so in case i don't know what i'm talking about...i'm sure you're standing on the biggest little soapbox around.
peace.
btw...i smoke a lot of nice flowers!!!
and what was so great about the HTC myTouch4g if you think i'm wrong? The 3 roms for it were barely stable. Had to remove my battery more than ever. Stock rom was loaded with so much bloat that the phone was virtually useless. Even when they were removed, you still have to choose Maps every time you wanted to navigate someplace as it wanted to use TMo's subscription app.
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Seriously man... stop hating. We have enough going on here. We don't need anyone going on about how some phone was better than the slide or the glacier on the GLACIER forum. Whatever phone you have go to that one and talk about how superior it is.
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toquer said:
Huawei did step up their game with the solid piece of hardware. Have you used it yet? it's far superior the the myTouch4g slide from HTC. I'm not wrong on this. time will show that HTC dropped the ball on that device big time. It was a horrid replacement device for the G2. I'm not saying HTC is crap, i'm saying their version of the myTouch was...so in case i don't know what i'm talking about...i'm sure you're standing on the biggest little soapbox around.
peace.
btw...i smoke a lot of nice flowers!!!
and what was so great about the HTC myTouch4g if you think i'm wrong? The 3 roms for it were barely stable. Had to remove my battery more than ever. Stock rom was loaded with so much bloat that the phone was virtually useless. Even when they were removed, you still have to choose Maps every time you wanted to navigate someplace as it wanted to use TMo's subscription app.
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How sad we are thinking Huawei "stepped their game up". Its still got GB on it troll. The simple fact that Hawaii (or whatever the eff they are called, lol) is behind it automatically makes it a paper weight. Why dont you go "upgrade" to that and I'm sure in no time you'll be trolling here again because there wont be jack for dev. over there. Now kick rocks.

toquer said:
Huawei did step up their game with the solid piece of hardware. Have you used it yet? it's far superior the the myTouch4g slide from HTC. I'm not wrong on this. time will show that HTC dropped the ball on that device big time. It was a horrid replacement device for the G2. I'm not saying HTC is crap, i'm saying their version of the myTouch was...so in case i don't know what i'm talking about...i'm sure you're standing on the biggest little soapbox around.
peace.
btw...i smoke a lot of nice flowers!!!
and what was so great about the HTC myTouch4g if you think i'm wrong? The 3 roms for it were barely stable. Had to remove my battery more than ever. Stock rom was loaded with so much bloat that the phone was virtually useless. Even when they were removed, you still have to choose Maps every time you wanted to navigate someplace as it wanted to use TMo's subscription app.
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Do you have eyes and the ability to process images? Then have I got the challenge for you! Look at our dev section and look at all thoses roms and happy users, count them, if the rom count is under 3. I'll give you $400

THEindian said:
Do you have eyes and the ability to process images? Then have I got the challenge for you! Look at our dev section and look at all thoses roms and happy users, count them, if the rom count is under 3. I'll give you $400
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This genius is confusing the mytouch 4G Slide with the myTouch 4G. Not only is he wrong about that, he's posting in the wrong forum.
Two possibilities:
1) Moron.
2) Troll.
Either way, you fell for it. Arguing with either is a waste of time.

estallings15 said:
This genius is confusing the mytouch 4G Slide with the myTouch 4G. Not only is he wrong about that, he's posting in the wrong forum.
Two possibilities:
1) Moron.
2) Troll.
Either way, you fell for it. Arguing with either is a waste of time.
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I know he is trolling us, lol

my bad
you guys are right, i didn't confuse it, i've got the slide version. my fingers are way to big to use just a touch screen.
you kids need to calm down though, all this troll talk and stuff, is there a bridge that i have to cross? am i looking for a holy grail? geese...
can't even respond with what makes your phone so much better either...all just talk. keep talking kids.
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I know he is trolling us, lol
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Buying T-Mobile S4 instead of AT&T?

hi guys,
so i am in the market for a new phone and decided to sticking with Samsung and going to an S4. the problem is that with all the bs about the locked bootloader, i do not feel confident about buying the AT&T model and to be honest, i also don't feel like giving AT&T any of my money. so that leaves me with 2 options: go with the GE which is a lot more expensive and also only comes in white or just buy a T-Mobile model and get it unlocked so i can use it on AT&T. so my question is if anybody here did that and just bought a T-Mobile model and runs it on AT&T?
any other advice?

I bought the t-mobile s4. I run it on AT&T and have had no real problems. The one thing that I have noticed, running a few custom roms, is that LTE drops in and out.
I've also noticed some weird behavior regarding talk and data. If I take a phone call, data ceases to work for a few seconds. I'm pretty sure this is an apn setting or a rom issue. Nothing to do with the network I'm running on or anything like that.
Sent from the depths of the ether.

How much did it set you back the tmobile branded one? Can you just walk into a tmobile store and buy one outright?
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r_diaz13 said:
How much did it set you back the tmobile branded one? Can you just walk into a tmobile store and buy one outright?
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http://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s-4-tmobile/us
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prata said:
I bought the t-mobile s4. I run it on AT&T and have had no real problems. The one thing that I have noticed, running a few custom roms, is that LTE drops in and out.
I've also noticed some weird behavior regarding talk and data. If I take a phone call, data ceases to work for some few seconds. I'm pretty sure this is an apn setting or a rom issue. Nothing to do with the network I'm running out on or anything like that.
Sent from the depths of the ether.
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Are these roms AT&T roms or tmobile roms? That can be your issue, make sure if you are running tmobile roms to apply the right apn

joshuadjohnson22 said:
http://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s-4-tmobile/us
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Are these roms AT&T roms or tmobile roms? That can be your issue, make sure if you are running tmobile roms to apply the right apn
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so technically all you need to do is get he t-mobile phone, unlock it and then run whatever t-mobile rom you want and simply manually set the ATT APN?

Rattles said:
so technically all you need to do is get he t-mobile phone, unlock it and then run whatever t-mobile rom you want and simply manually set the ATT APN?
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That or just run a AT&T Rom. I am under the impression they are the same device, once you confirm that I would recommend just running an AT&T rom to avoid issues. If I am wrong please someone let me know. It would have to be the non Loki version.
Their may be some international roms you can flash as well
Please double check this information before flashing, even though they seem to have almost everything in common they may differ in minor ways (radios and so on) I do not have a S4 to test and have not read around.

joshuadjohnson22 said:
That or just run a AT&T Rom. I am under the impression they are the same device, once you confirm that I would recommend just running an AT&T rom to avoid issues. If I am wrong please someone let me know. It would have to be the non Loki version.
Their may be some international roms you can flash as well
Please double check this information before flashing, even though they seem to have almost everything in common they may differ in minor ways (radios and so on) I do not have a S4 to test and have not read around.
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time to do some more reading but i am pretty sure that i will go for the t-mobile one (can you tell that i really really don't want to give AT&T any money?).
edit: looks like you are right and most roms will work on the t-mobile device, you just need the correct kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557

Rattles said:
time to do some more reading but i am pretty sure that i will go for the t-mobile one (can you tell that i really really don't want to give AT&T any money?).
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Lets just say if I was in your shoes and had the option of paying for the full price of the phone I would do the same thing.
I am more than satisfied with my active but if tmobile sold the active you bet I would get it

joshuadjohnson22 said:
Lets just say if I was in your shoes and had the option of paying for the full price of the phone I would do the same thing.
I am more than satisfied with my active but if tmobile sold the active you bet I would get it
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trust me, if it was up to me, i would have kicked AT&T a LONG time ago since i really do hate this company and how they treat their customers. however, since i don't actually pay the bill (my company pays for my phone and it is their account), i don't have any other option.

Rattles said:
trust me, if it was up to me, i would have kicked AT&T a LONG time ago since i really do hate this company and how they treat their customers. however, since i don't actually pay the bill (my company pays for my phone and it is their account), i don't have any other option.
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Honestly I do not mind AT&T at this point. Yes, locking down phones and cheating people out of money bugs the crap out of me... but they have been really good to me.
In the last couple of months they have:
1. Let me upgrade to the HTC One for $200 without charging one of my upgrade and waived the activation fee
2. Gave me the option of canceling all my lines early or take credits for my trouble
3. Gave me about $300+ in credits
4. Told me that I can upgrade early on my line that isn't available for an upgrade until May of 2014 (just as long as it is not an iPhone)... I'm going to save it for the next big thing.
How can I complain?

joshuadjohnson22 said:
Honestly I do not mind AT&T at this point. Yes, locking down phones and cheating people out of money bugs the crap out of me... but they have been really good to me.
In the last couple of months they have:
1. Let me upgrade to the HTC One for $200 without charging one of my upgrade and waived the activation fee
2. Gave me the option of canceling all my lines early or take credits for my trouble
3. Gave me about $300+ in credits
4. Told me that I can upgrade early on my line that isn't available for an upgrade until May of 2014 (just as long as it is not an iPhone)... I'm going to save it for the next big thing.
How can I complain?
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your experience is much different than mine and i agree, hard to complain after what they did for you.

Rattles said:
your experience is much different than mine and i agree, hard to complain after what they did for you.
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Yeah I got really lucky. Talked to all the right people and they were great. I find that you have to push a little and they will help, don't accept the first thing you hear. Everyone at AT&T will give you a different answer so it can be hard. I also noticed that a lot of them have different policies and things they can do. They have no idea what the other call centers are saying.

joshuadjohnson22 said:
Yeah I got really lucky. Talked to all the right people and they were great. I find that you have to push a little and they will help, don't accept the first thing you hear. Everyone at AT&T will give you a different answer so it can be hard. I also noticed that a lot of them have different policies and things they can do. They have no idea what the other call centers are saying.
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looks like i am the new owner of a used T-Mobile Galaxy S4. just bought one off of ebay for $490 unlocked with a case and spare battery.

prata said:
I bought the t-mobile s4. I run it on AT&T and have had no real problems. The one thing that I have noticed, running a few custom roms, is that LTE drops in and out.
I've also noticed some weird behavior regarding talk and data. If I take a phone call, data ceases to work for some few seconds. I'm pretty sure this is an apn setting or a rom issue. Nothing to do with the network I'm running out on or anything like that.
Sent from the depths of the ether.
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I have the issue where I can't use data while on the phone as well :/
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

toxicpaulution said:
I have the issue where I can't use data while on the phone as well :/
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wait are you using the T-Mobile one like he is?

Rattles said:
wait are you using the T-Mobile one like he is?
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Nope. I'm on att with an att sim. Its weird.
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

joshuadjohnson22 said:
That or just run a AT&T Rom. I am under the impression they are the same device, once you confirm that I would recommend just running an AT&T rom to avoid issues. If I am wrong please someone let me know. It would have to be the non Loki version.
Their may be some international roms you can flash as well
Please double check this information before flashing, even though they seem to have almost everything in common they may differ in minor ways (radios and so on) I do not have a S4 to test and have not read around.
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I have run AT&T as well as T-Mobile ROMs. I believe you need to (I have been doing so, after getting a black screen) run a T-mobile kernel though. None of the custom roms I have flashed have radios or modems in them. Generally, custom roms don't include them, because well terrible if you flash the wrong thing.