So, I am going to buy a phone but cannot decide which one to choose. I mean I want a phone which can be
easily (sim) unlocked
easily rooted
can install ROMS with ease
The phone should be a high speed one and should not lag.
It should have a pretty good built-in memory.
The phone should be compatible with most of of the HD Games available in market.
It's camera should be a nice one.
It should support a wide range of applications.
It should support Flash Player, Java ..., I mean it should support browsing almost like a computer browser.
Personally I would prefer an Symbian or Android based phone. Though if windows phone have a variety of apps and can easily be rooted (if that's a term for windows mobile), I may get that.
And NO !!! No iPhone
Size\Weight\Price is not any concern.
Your help will really be appreciated.
Thanks !!!
so u should buy the samsung galaxy s2 it's the best phone on market!
It fullfills all your desires
If you want Flash support then you're better off with an Android phone, otherwise WP7 is a good alternative. Wouldn't buy a symbian phone if i were you, its a platform thats slowly dying.
buy samsung galaxy s2 best mobile
Galaxy S2 best phone ever !
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Galaxy S2 best phone ever !
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it's the soooooooouuuul train!
Motorola Defy. Nice one, and supported by a great number of custom firmwares (miui, cm, wiui)
downloaderintruder said:
If you want Flash support then you're better off with an Android phone, otherwise WP7 is a good alternative. Wouldn't buy a symbian phone if i were you, its a platform thats slowly dying.
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Do u mean Adobe Flash or ROM-Flash-support ?
I think its hard to choose,because your phone seems perfect! But when you buy it you will find never it perfect. So,I think you can choose HTC(camera may not good,but system nice)or samsung i9100
Ok, so i am considering between HTC & Galaxy S-2, but if I am going for HTC, the question is : which HTC phone is equal to GS2? I mean in ease,speed & features.
Get an htc hd2. Pretty much every custom android ROM for the thing us pre-rooted anyway
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I have recently sold off my HTC Legend on ebay India as i was getting sick of no developer support for the legend & now i am back again in the market for a new phone . Since i live in India we have limited options here .I have listed what i have with a poll , Help me out . If you know something better , please voice your suggestions :
Depends on what you want. People are here are probably going to push you away from the iphone, but in my opinion its still a great phone. Its not that open to customization the way the nexus one might be, but still a good choice.
My only gripe with the iphone 4 is that its way too delicate & there's even the reception issue
I purchased a HTC smart when it was release and i'm not so satisfied with the BrewMP OS. Is there a possibility of installing Windows Mobile 6, 6.1 or 6.5 in this?? PLs help me out
bholloway said:
Depends on what you want. People are here are probably going to push you away from the iphone, but in my opinion its still a great phone. Its not that open to customization the way the nexus one might be, but still a good choice.
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No its not. Why buy a phone with features that the manufacturer DELIBERATELY retards?
I would go for the HTC Desire or a samsung Galaxy,
Stay with xda and get the HTC Nexus or Desire (almost identical)!
Really android geeks buying desire not galaxy S ? So no good roms and no apps for galaxy S ? Which phone to choose better from theese 2
Please guys help
How about ROM's for galaxy S ? And i now that there's a OpenDesire for HTC Desire which makes desire super phone. Will be there something for samsung ? At least fixes or smthg?
Please answer me guys, i have a few hours to decide. I dont now much about androids
The Desire is a) made by HTC, which this site has always been focused on, and b) very similar to the pre-rooted Nexus One, which is popular with hackers. The Desire has also been out a fair bit longer. So there's an established community around the Desire, and I think the non-HTCness of the Galaxy S is likely to mean it will never quite be its equal in terms of development here.
However, I've seen mention that developers are waiting for Froyo before focusing on the Galaxy S. We do have developers working on it, and there's work on porting CyanogenMod to the Vibrant (a Galaxy S series phone). So I can't guarantee it will ever match the Desire, but it's not being ignored either.
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Really android geeks buying desire not galaxy S ? So no good roms and no apps for galaxy S ? Which phone to choose better from theese 2
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the Samsung galaxy is a pretty powerful phone great hardware other then the few gps issues and the lag which if you dont over bog the phone with apps its generally a great phone. personally i am still running the stock rom that i have highly modified including boot up and boot down and removed all the crapware from the carrier its a wicked machine if done right and a tank of a phone almost impossible to brick
if you know what you are doing you are golden if you dont know what you are doing your going to end up figuring it out
samsung galaxy s: stock rom rooted
D-T-Mobiled
Will be there something similar like OpenDesire for samsung galaxy S ?
Hi Guys,
This is my first thread in the android section cuz I have been a windows mobile user for a long time with my SE xperia x1.
Now i'd like to buy another phone and unfortunately Windows Phone 7 lacks a lot of things so I'll go with an android phone. I think that froyo is really good.
I thought about the SE X10 but it only has android 2.1 and no official update for or no update at all for 2.2 which reflects how hard it'd be to update to any further version.
I also did some reading and found that Android 2.3 is soon to come and its minimum requirements are 1ghz processor and 512mb RAM. and I want to be able to update to it when the update comes out, so i want a phone with these minimum requirements and to currently have android 2.2 froyo on it.
so if u plz guide me to a phone with these specifications and not very expensive i'll be very thankful
T-Mobile's HTC G2 is a good phone, it has stock Android 2.2 and since it's one of Googles phones it should get the 2.3 update fairly quickly. Also Motorola's Droid 2 is stock 2.2 so it will get the update faster than other phones and has a 1ghz processor, and the Nexus One is probably the best Android phone out there.
Thanx for ur reply but sry i forgot to mention that i'm from Egypt and i'm going to get this phone from UAE so unfortunately there's no carrier phones so T-mobile g2 is not an option
An unlocked Nexus One should work over there. Do you're carriers use GSM?
I guess so, but I won't find a nexus one I'm not buying online
Well The Nexus One is the safest card at the moment. It will most likely be upgraded to gingerbread.
So if you can get hold of a nexus one, I think your problem is solved.
Here's something to read...
http://www.brighthand.com/default.a...ingerbread+3.0+Nexus+One+Upgrade+Release+Date
Thanx for your help, Bu I don't Think that the nexus one will be available where I'm buying plus honestly I don't think it looks beautiful either
so is there any other phone to consider??
The update to 2.3 doesn't have to be official but if the phone have the minimum requirements I believe that someone here at XDA will get the update running on it in no time
so any other recommendations ??
EDIT: There's a Probability that the Nexus One might be available so I'd like to know what does it lack among the phones available now cuz it has ben out since Jan 2010 it must be late on something I guess
I dont own one myself , so I cant really tell you anything about its cons or pros or whatever. However its physichal aspects does seems to feel a bit old, compared to HTC desire that is...
Alright, Let's say that I go for the desire
do u think that it'll be getting the 2.3 update either officially or non-officially
one more thing, is there any drawbacks with the desire?
I have no idea when it come to the desire actually.
And no, I personally think desire is the best android handset out yet =)
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Alright, Let's say that I go for the desire
do u think that it'll be getting the 2.3 update either officially or non-officially
one more thing, is there any drawbacks with the desire?
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I think the desire will not get an official 2.3. update.
But the Desire is almost the same as the Nexus One, which will get the 2.3. update, so there probably will be lots of 2.3.-ports for Desire from Nexus One.
I would'nt got for a SE-device, because imho their support is bad (updating on 2.1. when 2.2. already has been released 6 months ago WTF).
Regards
Yes I agree and as they both have practically the same specs, It would be bad marketing if they didnt offer a upgrade to the Desire aswell in my opinion...
Personally I would recommend the Galaxy S because the support is decent, it has a lot of supporters (custom roms, custom kernels, AOSP-ification etc).
Also hardware wise it is superior to anything on the market right now (strongest graphics chip) and the Super AMOLED is something out of this world! you have to see it to believe it.
Optionally you could wait till January for Nexus 2 which is a (?) modified version of galaxy S with gingerbread.
Secondary I could recommend the N900, it's an AWESOME hacking phone, just got USB hosting support (USB drives etc) and it looks like nokia might bring MeeGo to it after all.
But it's early adoption, yada yada, you'll have to take chances and learn some terminal commands and linux (no biggie) and in reward you get to run android, ubuntu palm pre apps (awesome games) at an almost perfect state(meaning phone, uit etc, games run perfect )!
Now what I would not recommend you to get is an iPhone.
The software support is awful, jaibreaking literally breaks the device (gsm etc...), buld quality, you must have read about it and buh-bye widgets flash and customizations.
's a blog about all that stuff, I keep reading and remain astonished...
http://theiphonefever.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-4g-screen-multimedia-flop.html
Yes you could buy a n900 and port it with upcoming nitdroid 0.0.9 (android 2.2.1)
But if you were looking to buy a android device in the first place I would not recommend to buy a n900 and port it to android and so on. I mean... gingerbread is soon to come and the NITDroid project is currently on the froyo stageline , in that case you would always be at least 1 year behind.
I wouldn't go for a galaxy S because of the lack of flash for the camera and the looks, I guess it looks kinda cheap and the desire is way better looking but I agree with you the super AMOLED is great.
and the n900 is very low on specs even if it'd boot android it'll be slow and laggy IMO, plus it's a NOKIA and for me this reason is more than enough not to buy it
and off course I wont even consider an iphone these phones r way stupid
I agree with nickownzya about SE phones I was astonished when I knew that the x10 got 2.1 while 2.2 was already out. why would they do that?!!!
so I guess I'll be either buying a desire or a nexus one, good looking, great support, and better hardware.
Thanx for the help guys
Desire and Nexus are cool but otherwise I hate HTC designs. Why do they always have to make that "spotted" back? what's wrong with a smooth finish?
Hard choice anyway, nexus seems to be close to the end of it's "lifetime" and kinda lags on specs HD video etc, but desire has more potential but doesn't have the same support...
Either way I don't agree about the galaxy looking cheap. SO far it's the only device with gorilla glass display (scratch proof so far for me) and it has the sleekest/thinnest shape of them all.
Also it has the strongest video hardware which will keep it from becoming obsolete a while longer than the competition. So far nothing takes full advantage of it though, unfortunately.
When it comes to design, it differs from a person to another. for me this plastic is too much plus it's a fingerprint magnet and I hate that. I would prefer a metal finish, metal buttons or even harder looking plastic with matte black or gray.
U seem to be a big galaxy S fan yourself and I don't hate it but If only they have added flash for the camera and took the whole thing and put it into a better looking body something like the milestone 2 which BTW also has Gorilla Glass display or a SE x10 I'd definitely go for it .
Anyway, Honestly I'd prefer the desire because of the same reason u mentioned .
Then go for desire, you wont be disapointed =)
Samsung galaxy s. You can't get better hardware.
Its not perfect out of the box.
Infact it need little care, but then its great.
I had an iphone4 before i did buy my sgs. Well now i don't have a iphone 4.
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Alright, Let's say that I go for the desire
do u think that it'll be getting the 2.3 update either officially or non-officially
one more thing, is there any drawbacks with the desire?
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We are not Jesus Christ or prophet mahomet....
There is plenty of threads to look for if you want an android phone. As I know... no one here works at google or at HTC ... we don't know nothing about gingerbread and wich one is gonna be updated and when. Google, youtube... make your homework. There's plenty of videos and reviews on the net...
I thought egyptians still use papyrus to communicate... no?
Hey guys,
I'm looking up for a new phone to buy and after a while digging into I got caught undecided between a Nexus S and an Omnia W. One is Android, other Windows Phone. I had a Galaxy 5 before, using unofficial Cyanogemod 7, and got a little disappointed with Android Gingerbread. Don't know now with ICS. Is it really better? But what I like about Android is the ability to install ROM's and being able to have the newest updates. On the other hand, there's the WP, which I had an oportunity to try for a few minutes, and liked at first, the system is really smooth, fast... Also, the Omnia W has a great battery life. But I just don't know about future updates for the Omnia... Also, I'd like to know about the battery life of Nexus S, someone who has one, could you tell me?
I'd apreciate a lot if someone could help me. Sorry about my english, ha.
Thank's in advanced.
what is the dissappoint things about GB?
I don't understand why people even like winmo7, android is fast moving and more user flexible
I would suggest grabbing either
-Galaxy S (international I9000), Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus
ICS is pretty good but if you don't like GB it is most likely the launcher that is the problem, try using a different launcher until you are happy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_Launchers
I personally like ICS & ADW
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I don't understand why people even like winmo7, android is fast moving and more user flexible
I would suggest grabbing either
-Galaxy S (international I9000), Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus
ICS is pretty good but if you don't like GB it is most likely the launcher that is the problem, try using a different launcher until you are happy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_Launchers
I personally like ICS & ADW
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Honestly, WP 7 seems to be a great platform. Also is Android. And the comment about the Launch, it wasn't it (at least I guess), I used to change between them. The thing was, I used to get a lot force close and this stuff.
Thanks for the reply.
considering WP7 is quite a new contender compared to droid, sooner or later both have their own adv and disadv. As murmur95 stated, Android tends to move faster because of its open source licensing (but not saying other than open source, the rests are bad things, they are good also, but i don't know their advs and disadvs).
If launcher forces close, I think have some issues with compatibility with the ROM, so you can either reflash the ROM and see if it works. ICS is essentially a new version of GB with some modification here and there, and yes. gives more feature, more stability, more speed, more battery saving etc2..so ICS is a very nice addition. That aside, you can simply watch videos, or read people's feedback of both WP or Android, but if you ask me, I favor Android better ^^V
I have tried W7 android and IOS believe me android is the best.
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Buy the Nexus, is better than the other
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Go ahead and buy one of Google's golden cages...
If you're such a lover of Android why not the latest MOTOROLA DROID which
at least is reasonably independent from Google gimmicks.
With any other device you'll have to ask for permission to, subscribe a compulsory
gmail account, allow google interfering with sundry notifications --
interrupting whatever activitties you may be on the edge of performing, etc.
Samsung machines while undeniably well designed and produced are little
more than advertising enforcers for Google -- see if you can easily get rid of
applications that fulfil your restricting space of internal memory, such as research,
google talk, etc. etc -- unless you're a fan of the said.
I'm inviting you to take notice of a two-posts query and shout for help concerning
one of those marvellous pieces-of-work:«Guidance to Samsung Galaxy Gio (S5660)??»,
and provide me your feed-back abou my issues therein...
Good grief! And i thought that the major manipulative OS was Windows -- I
even changed to linux (ZORIN 5,2 if you care to know) -- and then i went and
spoiled my own move and bought a Galaxy Gio...
I'm sorry if i sound too boring to you (and all).
Greetings and better luck than i had.
N'Rique
Why would you not consider the Galaxy Nexus, the successor to the Nexus S?
I think if that if you like the idea of installing custom roms then going for the nexus s would be a good shout. I believe that Google have been a bit slow rolling out ICS to it officially but this would give you the perfect opportunity to flash the latest versions of it yourself
First, thanks to all for replying.
About the force closes it wasn't only about the Launcher, was about lot of apps. The Galaxy Nexus is twice the price of Nexus S here, so...
What about Nexus S battery life? Has anyone tried this phone?
Thanks.
Hello XDA Dev,
I have been searching about Android ICS port to Samsung Focus S (windows phone ) ? but could not find any info anywhere in google...
Is anyone aware of any projects/developers working on it ?
Thank you for your advise..
so? why do you buy a windows phone?
Well one project could be .... sell your focus buy an android ICS phone.
We don't even have an unlocked bootloader to install custom WP7 ROMs on the Focus S yet (it'll come, but it's not available yet). Porting Android to WP7 hardware won't happen anytime very soon, and not to the Focus S specificlaly until we have a lot more access to its bootloader and such.
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so? why do you buy a windows phone?
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Didn't buy it - Thanks to Microsoft ! MS gave it for free could not refuse an excellent hardware...but my personal opinion; Windows Phone is not close to where it should be compared to Android or IOS...
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Didn't buy it - Thanks to Microsoft ! MS gave it for free could not refuse an excellent hardware...but my personal opinion; Windows Phone is not close to where it should be compared to Android or IOS...
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Kaiser137 said:
Well one project could be .... sell your focus buy an android ICS phone.
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Tried...doesn't even sell for $250 on CL ...I think Samsung Focus S is a beautiful piece of hardware; looking nicer than any other phone - no buyers at $250 for 1 week @ CL ?
Just don't want to give it away - Android Port would convert Focus S to Galaxy SII - Microsoft give away 1000s of these phones for Free... I believe there is a big crowd out there who would be happy with dual-boot...
I wish I had the skills to port but don't...
Also; Android has been ported to almost all the devices - surprised me not to Focus S...
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We don't even have an unlocked bootloader to install custom WP7 ROMs on the Focus S yet (it'll come, but it's not available yet). Porting Android to WP7 hardware won't happen anytime very soon, and not to the Focus S specificlaly until we have a lot more access to its bootloader and such.
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Just a quick checkup, do you know of any development for an unlocked bl on the focus S? IMHO it is still the best WP, but it seems neglected compared to others...
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Just a quick checkup, do you know of any development for an unlocked bl on the focus S? IMHO it is still the best WP, but it seems neglected compared to others...
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I agree that it is the most elegant and best WP, too... I don't know if it is me - tried to use it for a day again - I just can't... browser IE is horrible (doesn't resize ) - There are great feedback and reviews about WP but I just can't like it ( perhaps it is just me ? ) yes - it is fast and Samsung Focus S hardware makes it even more attractive with the amazing screen... but noway to use it on daily base for me...Hope; somebody comes with the Android port soon.
If it won't sell for $250, then lower the price.
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If it won't sell for $250, then lower the price.
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I am ready to contribute who can port android to samsung focus s. I wish I had the skills to port myself
tolgac said:
I am ready to contribute who can port android to samsung focus s. I wish I had the skills to port myself
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Never happen. Even if you donated enough to buy 10 phones. Just get a used Galaxy S2.
kenikh said:
Never happen. Even if you donated enough to buy 10 phones. Just get a used Galaxy S2.
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Galaxy S2 is selling $350 or over used - my brand new Samsung Focus S does not sell it for $200 on Craigslist... So this is how much people like Windows OS
You're trolling with the wrong crowd, homie.
Galaxy SII is made of newer, more expensive to license parts for one. Also Samsung Focus S's were free for a while so their value is obviously lowered. Obvious Troll is obvious.
i am with the op on this. i got my focus flash by trading a pair of lg tone plus headset.
I want $300 and people want it for only $175 or so. I would love to have android and all my apps like hulu!
People wont even trade or want me to give them money.. i even tried to trade for a iphone 3gs and they wanted me to give them money. I had to explain that they focus flash has a 3.7 screen vs 3.5 screen, 480x800 screen on focus flash, super amoled screen, more then double the cpu speed, double the system ram.... and that i wanted atleast $100 from him... since my phone has better specs....
Sometimes we just take a phone because it is gotten for free and have no other recourse....
Thread was dead and should have stayed that way honestly Closing this one now.