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Greetings,
I've never had an Android phone. I'm still using a Behold and a Storm II for work.
I bought a Nook Color, and I've been running Honeycomb for a few weeks.
I'm ready to bail on T-Mobile and go to ATT while I can still get a good deal on a phone for being a new customer, and the refurb Captivate is free.
I'll try the OEM 2.2 release, then probably root.
If you knew then what you know now, would you still get a Captivate?
I would, imho still the most customizable phone out there. I was mad because 4 days after my 30 day the phone was free for black friday.
I would buy it . If u don't wana wait if u wait till first week of April Samsung galaxy s2 is coming with all the frequency bands on it. So its 3g compatible basically with all carriers.
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Get an Inspire, so much better.
MNMichael said:
Greetings,
I've never had an Android phone. I'm still using a Behold and a Storm II for work.
I bought a Nook Color, and I've been running Honeycomb for a few weeks.
I'm ready to bail on T-Mobile and go to ATT while I can still get a good deal on a phone for being a new customer, and the refurb Captivate is free.
I'll try the OEM 2.2 release, then probably root.
If you knew then what you know now, would you still get a Captivate?
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The deal with the refurb phone is that you run a chance at getting one that has a shutdown problem. There are still some refurbs floating around in their stock that hasn't been repaired by Samsung (despite what AT&T claims) that resolves a random shutdown problem. I know this because I got a refurb that had this problem and I had to send it to Samsung to have it repaired (I got my Cappy last December).
Other than the problem I had with it initially the phone rocks and I am glad I got it at the price of a two year contract renewal and no more.
DONT GET A REFURB. you want the full warranty just in case.
The main problems with Captivates is the crappy (useless on stock) GPS, warranty is good for getting a replacement if your phone has issues. The other problem is the random shutdown problem. it happened to an earlier batch and doubtful you would get one with that issue.
I LOVE mine, best screen i have seen and a great phone with a custom ROM which is not too difficult to install.
I beg to differ. We got better display (samoled), more roms, more kernels, and more developers. What about unlocking? We got that. HTC don't. Ton of themes. HTC is heavy and the battery case is hard to open. We got 16gb on board and HTC got 8gb. Maybe I just like my captivate.
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Get an Inspire, so much better.
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xdahgary said:
I beg to differ. We got better display (samoled), more roms, more kernels, and more developers. What about unlocking? We got that. HTC don't. Ton of themes. HTC is heavy and the battery case is hard to open. We got 16gb on board and HTC got 8gb. Maybe I just like my captivate.
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I used to have a Cappy, so I know what I'm talking about. Glad I ditched it.
Display - yeah, SAMOLED is better, although it's pretty good on the Inspire as well.
Roms - I've only tried CM7 on the Inspire, but it's been far nicer than any of the custom roms I've tried on the Captivate. The Cappy ones are great, but CM7 just has so many more features. I know you guys are getting CM7, eventually, but looks like it'll take a while.
Unlocking - yes it is possible to unlock the Inspire, in fact the initial rooting program does it for you.
Weight - it's a little heavier than my old Cappy but it doesn't bother me too much.
Battery door - it was only hard to open the first few times, now it's easy.
Memory - yes Cappy has more to begin with, but it is possible to change out the SD card in the Inspire to a bigger one. Cappy has 16gb internal, Inspire has an 8gb SD card bundled.
Oh yeah the Inspire's GPS actually works pretty well, and HTC actually seems to care about putting updates out for their phones. That was my biggest gripe with the Captivate, is just that Samsung didn't seem to give a **** about their customers after sale. Of course custom roms and such from here were very helpful.
No. Wait for the Galaxy S2
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If you weren't so close to other phones (and better phones) being launched, I would say get a Captivate. At this point though, wait for the new phones. Plus you never know with AT &T now buying T-Mobile, the deals should be a plenty.
sofia-captivate said:
I would buy it . If u don't wana wait if u wait till first week of April Samsung galaxy s2 is coming with all the frequency bands on it. So its 3g compatible basically with all carriers.
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First week of April? You sure?
Captivate is an awesome phone minus the GPS issue which a lot of the roms do seem to "almost" fix. Awesome battery life, great screen and TONS of roms.
If you can't wait, get it... But if I were you, I'd wait for the S2.
I say yes!!!
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First week of April? You sure?
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I have HTC desire and captivate. And love my captivate. About more roms, kernels, and developers HTC do have more. And they do get updates faster than any company. Either way I love my cappuccino
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I beg to differ. We got better display (samoled), more roms, more kernels, and more developers. What about unlocking? We got that. HTC don't. Ton of themes. HTC is heavy and the battery case is hard to open. We got 16gb on board and HTC got 8gb. Maybe I just like my captivate.
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captivates a great phone inspire is a great phone,and the gs2 will be a great phone.
take your pick.
My Inspire destroys my Captivate. Even unlocking the phone is faster. The Inspire has Sense ROM's, MIUI and Cyanogenmod support, a true AOSP build in the works, and RoyalLiquid is being ported from the MyTouch 4G. The Captivate has just now gotten Cyanogenmod support. Pretty much everything else in the Captivate Dev section is the same ROM with a different theme (no offence to the Capybara devs).
The Captivate has one thing over the Inspire: a SAMOLED screen.
All of this being said, it's all fact beside the first sentence. YMMV. They're both awesome phones but better phones are around the corner.
I gat a refurb 5 days later sent it back when I knew they will send
Me a new cuz I talk to the insuranse first and now I gat a 300 dls phone for free
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tupirujp said:
I gat a refurb 5 days later sent it back when I knew they will send
Me a new cuz I talk to the insuranse first and now I gat a 300 dls phone for free
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What
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All in all, the Captivate is a great contender when it comes to these kinda phones. I love this thing. lol
Hey guys I know this is off topic but im a new tmobile customer and I now have the samsung 4g. My question is I only had this phone for 2 weeks. There is a special to get T~Mobile G2 google phone free. Would anyone here help me decide either keep the Samsung or get the G2 google phone from T~Mobile.
Thanks in advance
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Hey guys I know this is off topic but im a new tmobile customer and I now have the samsung 4g. My question is I only had this phone for 2 weeks. There is a special to get T~Mobile G2 google phone free. Would anyone here help me decide either keep the Samsung or get the G2 google phone from T~Mobile.
Thanks in advance
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Brother its all in what u want. I would recommended checking the specs for both at http://www.phonearena.com/phones and also this sgs4g is pretty amazing with the tweaks and mods I have already it is buttery smooth and the screen is brilliant. But like I said check the specs and figure which one fits you better.
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Well the G2 has more roms but the SGS4G is more powerful and will probably start getting roms soon so i would recomend keeping it if you have a some patience
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If you want a mans phone get the samsung. It seems built more for adults. The G2 reminds me of a teens phone. Just my opinion of course. GREAT roms for the phone already though. But we will be getting some good stuff here soon.
Thanks guys im keeping my Samsung the G2 is a nice phone. But I love my samsung front facing camera I do like video chatting with my girl. Plus getting a little show every now and then since both are going to different colleges. I do like the ginger bread rom on my samsung.
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Thanks guys im keeping my Samsung the G2 is a nice phone. But I love my samsung front facing camera I do like video chatting with my girl. Plus getting a little show every now and then since both are going to different colleges. I do like the ginger bread rom on my samsung.
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I'm sorry but you mean theme... gingerbread theme right?
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Well if he has the SGS4G then yeah he means theme.
chris49424 said:
Hey guys I know this is off topic but im a new tmobile customer and I now have the samsung 4g. My question is I only had this phone for 2 weeks. There is a special to get T~Mobile G2 google phone free. Would anyone here help me decide either keep the Samsung or get the G2 google phone from T~Mobile.
Thanks in advance
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I love my phone and all but in all honesty, return the phone and get the htc sensation or lg g2x. Much much better phones at the same price that are also a little more future proof than this phone.
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Same price? I got my SGS4G on flex pay for 50$.
EDIT: Once CM7 comes to our phones it will be future proof. Hell the G1 has 2.2.1 on it thanks to CM.
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Same price? I got my SGS4G on flex pay for 50$.
EDIT: Once CM7 comes to our phones it will be future proof. Hell the G1 has 2.2.1 on it thanks to CM.
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Hell I have gingerbread running smooth on my old g1that I still play with thanks to COS-DS. Runs good on the g1 actually...check the g1 dev forum if you still have one of those phones.
And yeah the g2 is a nice phone for its form factor. If you like a physical keyboard it has a really nice one. But the with g2x be careful. There are reports of alot of hardware problems, screen problems and other issues. Read up on the g2x before jumping in to that one.
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2.3 on the G1? Wow. Didn't think people used it actually still. My friend has 2.3.4 for his Cliq.
Hi guys and the girl that looks like a guy.
Ok so here it is, I'm on GayT&T and currently have the HTC Inspire on contract. Done a million things with it, grew bored and went and picked up a Samsung Nexus S off contract.
No i'm not "ballin" but time after time with my Inspire I went for CM7 and the whole AOSP thing, so I said screw it and went and picked one up.
Here is the hard part, I have untill the 27th, which my 30 return policy runs out at Best Buy.
I love the Nexus S completely stock, the camera is the only thing I dislike about it.
My Inspire, battery sucks, GPS never worked, build quality is **** and I wouldn't mind getting rid of it.
Ok now the really hard part.
Samsung Galaxy SII is rumored for launch via GayT&T sometime this week! Phone looks to be amazing, only problem is the 4.3" display.
After owning the Nexus S I have become quite fond of the smaller size and it feels great.
So I don't know if I should return the Nexus S then turn around and buy the SGSII off contract, which I havent seen a price yet, but you all know what I payed for the NS so what do you think?
HELP ME I'M GOING [email protected]!#!!
not a fan of Nexus S, had it since it came out december 2010
good phone, but poor reception, no SD card slot
SGS2 is definitely the phone to go for, excellent in every way, and you can still run stock Android on it if you wanted to CM7 is already out for SGS2
if i were you i'll definitely return the Nexus S and get the SGS2
but don't expect to see anything for less than $600
you don't need to wait for GayT&T to release SGS2
the international version works just fine for the GayT&T network, not to mention it's unlocked from factory
the GayT&T version might be locked
Thanks for the reply, I feel like I'm in the world series and I'm in a pickle between home and 3rd in a tied game in the bottom of the ninth. Lol
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Anyone else?
Make up my mind for me! Lol
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Keep the Nexus S, even though the sgs2 is suppose to be faster, with all the bloatware and everything else on it that takes up RAM, you'll find no matter what phone even the EVO 3D will not be as smooth as NS. I highly suggest you keep it over the sgs2 you'll regret returning it, I'm willing to bet.
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Go for the sgs2 mate. The galaxy S phones have never let me down in quality and smoothness.
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Go for the sgs2 mate. The galaxy S phones have never let me down in quality and smoothness.
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Very Ture i suggest the sgs2 it looks great, runs great and has a freakin sd card slot
I'm having a hard time talking myself into returning the NS, jerked off by att once again today I was hoping to get some phone time in store with the Sgs2.
I feel like I'm gonna regret returning my NS whereas everything on this phone works flawlessly. Fml I really don't know what I wanna do. Lol
The only other thing in the back of my mind is that fact of how much I paid for this phone. Ugh
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bdpyo said:
I'm having a hard time talking myself into returning the NS, jerked off by att once again today I was hoping to get some phone time in store with the Sgs2.
I feel like I'm gonna regret returning my NS whereas everything on this phone works flawlessly. Fml I really don't know what I wanna do. Lol
The only other thing in the back of my mind is that fact of how much I paid for this phone. Ugh
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if it was me i wouldnt regret getting the sgs2 it's years ahead of its specs...
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if it was me i wouldnt regret getting the sgs2 it's years ahead of its specs...
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It may be years ahead, but it will never be as smooth as the NS, NS4G. Non develeoper phones have to much bloatware, and crap taking up ram. Where Nexus has nothing but android. Plus you see almost every phone forum trying or has developed AOSP to be exactly like the nexus. Everyone wants it, but no one will ever have it as flawlessly as we do, plus nexus gets updates 10x faster. Overall better.
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I've just found one small issue with the Nexus S, underneath the volume rocker on the screen/top side it seems it has become slightly lose.
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Now im pissed I may take it back to best buy tonight, play the ****ing waiting game with at&t till they decide what they are doing with the s2.
I guess if I don't like it I can always buy the NS again? lol
Bump!
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I would think the S2 with CM7 on it must be a pretty nifty. I'd go for that personally.
I'm getting ready to take the NS back to best buy. :/
I could see them not returning it for some bogus reason.
There is hairline scratches on the battery door though.
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AT&T just announced the SGSII release date of October 2, for $199. Good luck with that.
I know I just saw it, packed the phone up, cried a little LOL
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I know everyone hates these posts. The ones that some guy you don't know.will never know. and don't care to know, upgrades to a different phone and feels the need to say goodbye. Trust me I have seen plenty and I rolled my eyes too.
That said, I finally upgraded to the sgs2 last night and will be retiring my cappy. I just wanted to take a second to thank all the amazing developers in here. You guys honestly made the cappy better. I also want to thank all the people who helped me. The amount of knowledge you all have about this stuff is amazing. There.. I tried to keep it semi short and sweet. Just wanted to express my appreciation. ...... flame if you must.
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enjoy your SG2 buddy.....and most of the captivate great devs has moves to SG2...so u will have same dev love there too....
Thinking about moving aswell
i think i'll stick with cappy for now, although i agree this website is amazing with all the knowledge for free........ thanks a bunch xda
I was skeptical about leaving the Cappy behind too, but when AT&T put refurb SGS2s online for $.01 well that did me in. My upgrade is on its way and I'll probably be handing off the Cappy to my wife who's stuck with an old iPhone 3G.
On another note I feel it's been neat to "sync" with some of the devs who had the Fuze like me and also moved to the Captivate when the time to upgrade came. Guess I'm going to be with them again in a couple days.
I think the captivate has been a great experience. From 2.1 all the way to having 4.0...what's next? Enjoy the s2
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I love this phone, and I think the only thing that would draw me away is an amazing Galaxy S3, when I say amazing I mean a phone that won't be old news in a few months, one that blows current phones away, and is just spectacular.
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Hey everyone,
I just picked up a G2x the other day and I'm really liking it. I'm coming from the Galaxy S 4g. I am really impressed with and encouraged by the progress and development. I'm having a great time playing around with the various rom. Anyway I just wanted to say hello and give a shout out to the devs for their amazing work
Welcome and enjoy the g2x. Had this phone since launch and never had any problems.
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I'm noticing a lot more new comers to the g2x its nice lol, wondering why though... besides the fact that they are super cheap.
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mt3g said:
I'm noticing a lot more new comers to the g2x its nice lol, wondering why though... besides the fact that they are super cheap.
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Well I'm making the switch because it was the cheapest off contract dual core phone and it was stock Android
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I was thinking the same thing because of the price, regardless it is still good that more people are making the switch. And I like all the positive threads for now instead of the multiple bad threads
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I've had my G2X since they first came out last April. I really like it. At first I got the random reboots probably once every two days, but the OTA update largely fixed that. Now I might get a random reboot or screen freeze once every couple of weeks if I haven't rebooted myself. Other than that the phone is perfect.
I also have an original Asus Transformer that uses the same Tegra 2 chip (but with 1 GB RAM instead of 512 MB). I just updated that to ICS and it runs as fast or faster than it did with Honeycomb. I'm sure in a few months people are going to be saying you need a quad core phone running at 1.5-2.0 GHz with 2 GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, but in reality you don't. It's not like my G1 which barely had enough power and space for Android 1.0 let alone any updates - any dual core phone out there will have enough hardware to run ICS, Jelly Bean, and whatever comes after that just as well as they ran FroYo or GB when they were original.
Welcome!
Enjoy the phone! We do have some great devs!
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I've had my G2X since they first came out last April. I really like it. At first I got the random reboots probably once every two days, but the OTA update largely fixed that. Now I might get a random reboot or screen freeze once every couple of weeks if I haven't rebooted myself. Other than that the phone is perfect.
I also have an original Asus Transformer that uses the same Tegra 2 chip (but with 1 GB RAM instead of 512 MB). I just updated that to ICS and it runs as fast or faster than it did with Honeycomb. I'm sure in a few months people are going to be saying you need a quad core phone running at 1.5-2.0 GHz with 2 GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, but in reality you don't. It's not like my G1 which barely had enough power and space for Android 1.0 let alone any updates - any dual core phone out there will have enough hardware to run ICS, Jelly Bean, and whatever comes after that just as well as they ran FroYo or GB when they were original.
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Nice to meet someone from the beginning, and also I completely agree with ur statement. As for the op, did u find out which rom is the most stable for you? Please try hellfire which is based off cm7, i believe 2.0 is the latest version right now.
ala380 said:
Hey everyone,
I just picked up a G2x the other day and I'm really liking it. I'm coming from the Galaxy S 4g. I am really impressed with and encouraged by the progress and development. I'm having a great time playing around with the various rom. Anyway I just wanted to say hello and give a shout out to the devs for their amazing work
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Welcome and make yourself at home. I'm also new and havnt regretted it yet. Love the phone and I'm still learning the community.
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I just picked up my GX2 today and so far I am very happy. I am switching from sprint to tmo. I sold my NS4G for $200 and bought a new GX2 for $200 all on craigslist. With my NS4G I was running Peter Alfono' 4.0.3 bugless beast rom. It was flawless. Tomorrow I will be bring my sim card and activatingmy phone. After that it's onto rooting and an ics rom. Who can suggest the best ics rom?
mt3g said:
I'm noticing a lot more new comers to the g2x its nice lol, wondering why though... besides the fact that they are super cheap.
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Lol, a free with contract dual core phone that can beat a Galaxy S2 if you have the right ROM/kernel combo....
More users you say? Absurd.
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I just picked up my GX2 today and so far I am very happy. I am switching from sprint to tmo. I sold my NS4G for $200 and bought a new GX2 for $200 all on craigslist. With my NS4G I was running Peter Alfono' 4.0.3 bugless beast rom. It was flawless. Tomorrow I will be bring my sim card and activatingmy phone. After that it's onto rooting and an ics rom. Who can suggest the best ics rom?
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NO, please god no, if you are looking to find out the real performance of this phone use a GB Rom.
ICS Roms aren't finished for this phone yet, expect them to be finished soon though.
I am so new I called my phone a GX2, duuuuu.....anyways, gonna try Eaglesblood 2.3.7 tomorrow for my first rom. No since going with an ics rom if it's not as good as what I had with my ns4g. Reading about EB2.3.7 it sounds really good.
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EB was the first rom I have ever flashed in my life, it is an amazing rom and donicq is an amazing developer. Hellfire is an amazing alternative to eagles blood with many add ons as well. Welcome to the g2x community and I hope your phone doesn't have any problems
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I just picked up my GX2 today and so far I am very happy. I am switching from sprint to tmo. I sold my NS4G for $200 and bought a new GX2 for $200 all on craigslist. With my NS4G I was running Peter Alfono' 4.0.3 bugless beast rom. It was flawless. Tomorrow I will be bring my sim card and activatingmy phone. After that it's onto rooting and an ics rom. Who can suggest the best ics rom?
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Haha I brokered the exact same deal. Sold my NS4G (single core 1000mhz) for $200 and brought my G2x (dual core 1000mhz) for $200. = Win
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I am so new I called my phone a GX2, duuuuu.....anyways, gonna try Eaglesblood 2.3.7 tomorrow for my first rom. No since going with an ics rom if it's not as good as what I had with my ns4g. Reading about EB2.3.7 it sounds really good.
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EaglesBlood GB Rom was my 1st flash as well.
Yeah ICS was more developed ( by a few months )on the NS4G.
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I've been using the EB 2.3.7 rom for a couple of days now and I really like it. I am going to try HellFire for a couple of days as well to see which one I like better. What I have seen so far they are both great. Even played around with EB ICS and I liked it a lot. Since I don't, necessarily, need video recording, and I can watch videos with software decoding ICS could potentially be daily use for me but we shall see. Either way I am having a lot of fun playing around!
And this ladies and gentlemen is a model of an awesome forum member lol, reads and knows what's up before asking!
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new to the G2x as well, waiting for it to arrive at this very minute! cant wait! got it free through t-mobile, but had to add a line, no biggie, its worth it (i hope!)
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And this ladies and gentlemen is a model of an awesome forum member lol, reads and knows what's up before asking!
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+1
Couldn't have said it better!
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Glad to see more new people here, especially with such a positive vibe. I've had this phone since a few weeks after it came out and have had a great experience with it. I joined xda a handful of months ago when I decided I wanted to root and ROM, and right around the time I joined there was a lot of negativity going around. There were a lot of people who joined xda after ICS came out with an attitude that LG, T-mobile or the devs owed them something. It was hard being a newcomer on the forum when so many newcomers were joining and being disrespectful to the devs and the old-timers and to the community in general.
I just got this phone as well.
I really like it (specially love the way the power key feels). I'm a bit disappointed that the latest "official" software update seems to be 2.3.3, not 2.3.7.
I'm also hating the APN bug since I'm on Simple Mobile and the phone keeps switching back and forth. Though there was an app recommendation on the forums that should hopefully fix the issue.
For $300 off-contract the LG G2X can't be beat.