The charge and the thunderbolt. Yet I'm trying to figure out which one is the best one. The charge has that super amoled plus screen, and the thunderbolt has the amazing body. What are your guys decision thanks.
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How much is the employee plan and how can I get it I'm also a radioshack employee already with Verizon
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Btw I'd go with the Droid charge
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Droid charge just for the battery life. Both have their pros and cons, but poor battery life significantly cripples the Thunderbolt.
Think about what part of the phone you look at all the time and then get the Charge.
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droid charge hands down
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It took me about 2 seconds in a side by side comparison in the Verizon store to decide on the Charge and I haven't regretted it for a second.
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It took me about 2 seconds in a side by side comparison in the Verizon store to decide on the Charge and I haven't regretted it for a second.
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LOL, I made the same comparison....
One of my co-workers has a t-bolt & he would swap it for a Charge in a heartbeat if he could.
~John
I've used both, I'm going for the Charge. You asked why?
1) Super AMOLED Plus
2) Lighter
3) Better battery life
Why not?
1) HTC Sense, I like this more than TouchWiz 3.0, but after seeing TouchWiz 4.0, I may change my mind.
The rest is up to you to decide for yourself
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1) HTC Sense, I like this more than TouchWiz 3.0, but after seeing TouchWiz 4.0, I may change my mind.
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Personally, I think they both suck but I use LauncherPro Plus and custom icons etc so it doesn't really matter to me which which one the phone or ROM come with.
~John
I've noticed that phones with Qualcomm SoCs have significantly fewer reception issues than phones with other radio chipsets. Makes sense since Qualcomm basically owns the CDMA standard. Also, while the CPU is roughly equivalent, the Tbolt has an extra 256MB of RAM which- given all the home screen redraw issues I've had on my Charge- is enough to make a difference.
Before someone brings it up, it's my understanding that the "Wireless by Qualcomm" sticker on top of the Charge means that Samsung paid their licensing fees to Qualcomm for use of the CDMA technology, not that Qualcomm had anything to do with making the modem. If that's incorrect, feel free to set me straight.
The Charge, however, has that Wolfson DAC and the Super AMOLED+, as well as HDMI out, making it a clearly superior device for entertainment purposes. So really it comes down to... do you want the better phone (battery issues aside), or a truly amazing PMP that happens to be a decent Verizon handset as well?
The charge and thunderbolt both have their ups and downs, but the main reason you should get the charge is you can most likely sell it for more. Get the charge, sell it, put a little cash on it and get the vigor/nexus prime.
Thunderbolt but I sold it they are both no good go to att get galaxy s 2 its the ****in bomb
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go to att get galaxy s 2 its the ****in bomb
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LOL, you got to be kidding me.
I'm sure the phone is nice, but who the heck is going to swap from VZ service to ATT just to get a different phone??
~John
Before I got my charge 2 weeks ago, I was looking at the Thunderbolt, Incredible, or this. I did some looking online at reviews and went into the store to get a feel for them. While they are all good, the Charge was my choice and I haven't regretted it yet. Oh and p.s. the phone I had before was an LG Ally lol so using this phone is like going from a Leapster to an Alienware
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I'm in same situation and have decided on the Charge. For a lot of the above reasons and mainly for the Display and the battery.
A co-worker decided on the TB because she likes HTC and she's used to always putting her ATT HTC Inpire on the Charger all the time at work and figures thats how she'll be using the ThunderBolt.
Go figure???? Oh well that's why there's more than one model of phone out there. And everyone likes to make a different decision even if it's wrong sometimes.
But I've made my decision also, and it looks good, especially the display.
Wait for the Nexus.
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Wait for the Nexus.
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Sometimes other things aren't an option
As in my case, My Company also gave me a Choice of Thunderbolt, Droid Charge or Droid X2.
Not of the Nexus or Droid Bionic and them So it doesn't do me any good either to wonder about better phones on the horizon. I have to deal with what choice to make of the phones I'm offered now.
I'll promise you this though, that there most assuridly will be a better phone than the Charge coming out in the future. Even better than the NEXUS Thats technology always advancing
But I think of the 3 choices I mentioned the Charge offers me the best features, options and mods for now. IMHO
I turned in my TB to VZW in exchange for he Charge. I had the TB since day two that it was out. Just too many issues on it for me. I had it rooted but returned to stock before sending it back.
What I've found with the Charge is that I traded in a phone with issues for a different phone but with as many issues, just different issues than the TB.
I'm eyeing either the Nexus or the Vigor right now. If the Nexus only has 16 or even 32 gb of memory and no external sd then I will go with the Vigor. I won't get either one on day or or day two. I'll probaby wait for a week and then watch the forums to see what issues are coming up on them.
I think the biggest problem for me with the Charge is the unbelievably bad wifi radio. Right now we are remodeling our bedroom in our house and so we head out to our RV sitting in our driveway to sleep at night. I have an Asus Transformer in there and it gets a signal from the wifi in the house with no problem. My old TB got the wifi signal with no problem. My wife's dinc get wifi with no problem, but this Charge barely gets a signal when it gets one and the signal fades in and out constantly.
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I turned in my TB to VZW in exchange for he Charge. I had the TB since day two that it was out. Just too many issues on it for me. I had it rooted but returned to stock before sending it back.
What I've found with the Charge is that I traded in a phone with issues for a different phone but with as many issues, just different issues than the TB.
I'm eyeing either the Nexus or the Vigor right now. If the Nexus only has 16 or even 32 gb of memory and no external sd then I will go with the Vigor. I won't get either one on day or or day two. I'll probaby wait for a week and then watch the forums to see what issues are coming up on them.
I think the biggest problem for me with the Charge is the unbelievably bad wifi radio. Right now we are remodeling our bedroom in our house and so we head out to our RV sitting in our driveway to sleep at night. I have an Asus Transformer in there and it gets a signal from the wifi in the house with no problem. My old TB got the wifi signal with no problem. My wife's dinc get wifi with no problem, but this Charge barely gets a signal when it gets one and the signal fades in and out constantly.
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yes finally someone brought up an issue I've had since day 1!!! I thought I was the only one who had horrendous wifi range on my Charge... the router in my place is maybe 30+ feet away in the back, my room's in the front where my laptop (and gf's Dinc) picks up the signal just fine and my Charge gets 0-1 bar... and I got a Cisco N+ router just for that reason, the range and speed
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OK folks,
I have been a member follower of these groups for a longtime now. I love the android environment. I bought a charge yesterday that is giving me problems. I have not even begun to hack and am having lockups, robot voice, slow response, etc.
I have just factory reset before I take it back but wanted to know what the groups feel about the 2. I will be submitting this same question in the thunderbolt forum as well. Looking for opinions with a reason, please no flaming either device or me. I have read nearly every post under the charge group of forums.
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What were the issues you had with the Charge? Maybe others had the same problem and know of a way to fix things, or a work around?
Overall, I've heard of issues with both devices, but I have heard of more serious problems with the Thunderbolt compared to the Charge. The Thunderbolt is having reboot issues with the latest OTA update, and before that, had significant battery drain problems, with a full charge lasting just a few hours, regardless of use. The other problem, which is semi-manageable is the screen and its washed out look, and I've also heard of light bleed around the edge. The other issue, which I haven't heard as much about recently where times when the Thunderbolt would get stuck in 1X or 3G when in a 4G area.
With the Charge, some users seem to have random battery drain problems. Myself, I haven't noticed it being to bad, but I only just got my phone. Signal bouncing around has been reported to, but so far, when I'm in a 4G area, it stays in 4G unless I send a text or get a call (haven't tried voice/data simultaneously yet), and if I'm in a fringe 4G area, it seems to only pick it up if it is a better signal than 3G. Software may be a downside here to, depending on how you look at it, but so far, this is the best Samsung phone I have used, and best phone overall, despite the current lack of mods (which will be fixed in the coming days/weeks now)
I just picked up a Charge about a week ago after returning the Thunderbolt. I can honestly say if you want a 4G device, the Charge is the better option. I used the Thunderbolt for about six weeks and had way too many issues with it. I won't say that the Charge is problem free, but its minimal in comparison and managable. With the Thunderbolt I had worse battery issues, syncing that wouldn't shut off, terrible signal that would go from 3G to 1X to no service, and reboots multiple times a day. The only problems I've had with the Charge has been Touchwiz and the battery. Touchwiz is an awful launcher but that's what ADW or Launcherpro is for. And the battery life for the Charge is rough, but probably double than what I was getting out of the Thunderbolt. Before these phones came out, I had no faith in either manufacturer when it came to android. Now, some has developed for one. Hope this helps.
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Thanks both of you for your responses. I have read the complete forums about my issues and some are common and involve a bad phone. I actual got 2 and the other one does not have the same issues so back to Verizon for a replacement I will go.
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I have a thunderbolt too and have and still do have random reboots and battery drain. I also get 1X lock in 3G areas too.
My wife owns the Charge and so far it's nice. I haven't really had it long enough to really compare the two.
How did you return your Thunderbolt after 6 weeks? Or did you just pay full retail for the Charge and ebay the thunderbolt?
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I just picked up a Charge about a week ago after returning the Thunderbolt. I can honestly say if you want a 4G device, the Charge is the better option. I used the Thunderbolt for about six weeks and had way too many issues with it. I won't say that the Charge is problem free, but its minimal in comparison and managable. With the Thunderbolt I had worse battery issues, syncing that wouldn't shut off, terrible signal that would go from 3G to 1X to no service, and reboots multiple times a day. The only problems I've had with the Charge has been Touchwiz and the battery. Touchwiz is an awful launcher but that's what ADW or Launcherpro is for. And the battery life for the Charge is rough, but probably double than what I was getting out of the Thunderbolt. Before these phones came out, I had no faith in either manufacturer when it came to android. Now, some has developed for one. Hope this helps.
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I bought my charge yesterday. Came from a tbolt. The tbolt is a piece of **** compared to the charge. ****ty battery. Poor build quality.bluetooth sucks. Screen sucks. And for some reason htc cant seem to send me a good replacement for my original tbolt that randomly died on me. Samsung makes a fine product.
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The ONLY thing i preferred on the TB over my Charge was the 256mb of extra memory really does make a difference, everything is that bit snappier on the TB, but the crap battery, poor visible screen when outside, the piss poor signal, the fact it looked just like my mates htc surround windows 7 phone just bigger and finally some of the software is garbage like when it saves drafts and you dont want it to of your half written text, and the fact the browser instead of being able to type and google search appears, you have to delete the http:// that appears everytime, make the charge stand head and shoulders above the HTC, will be interesting to see what this new LG Revolution is like as that seems identical to the charge
Quick edit: But i have to add that when changing over from rfs with the voodoo lag fix could make things even out in speed, im yet to root so i cant answer
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Thanks both of you for your responses. I have read the complete forums about my issues and some are common and involve a bad phone. I actual got 2 and the other one does not have the same issues so back to Verizon for a replacement I will go.
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I had to take back my first Charge as the vibrate motor was dead The new one though seems to be fine thus far though.
I had the Thunderbolt the first day it came out and returned it on the 14th. I really like the Charge, compared to HTC and Motorola, I think Samsung offers a good blend of things. The media player on this phone f-in ROCKS! The camera is good, much better low light performance than Motorola and offers great controls, and the screen is beautiful. The only thing I absolutely HATE is the **** brown color scheme. I hope that this can be resolved soon and I hope that developers will jump on board and give us a great community of ROM's and support because I think this phone has great potential
I *think* the Charge has dedicated video memory, where the TB doesn't.
So the Charge may only have 512M RAM, but I *think* it has 128M of video memory, where the TB has 768 of shared memory.
Someone chime in and correct me if I am wrong.
I do have both a Charge (wife) and a TB. I think the Charge, even with the Voodoo lag fix, is not as snappy as the TB. Not because of the memory, but because the TB has a bumped processor over the older hummingbird.
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The ONLY thing i preferred on the TB over my Charge was the 256mb of extra memory really does make a difference, everything is that bit snappier on the TB, but the crap battery, poor visible screen when outside, the piss poor signal, the fact it looked just like my mates htc surround windows 7 phone just bigger and finally some of the software is garbage like when it saves drafts and you dont want it to of your half written text, and the fact the browser instead of being able to type and google search appears, you have to delete the http:// that appears everytime, make the charge stand head and shoulders above the HTC, will be interesting to see what this new LG Revolution is like as that seems identical to the charge
Quick edit: But i have to add that when changing over from rfs with the voodoo lag fix could make things even out in speed, im yet to root so i cant answer
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Thanks all for the feedback. I still have the Charge and I did a factory reset and most of the issues have resolved itself. I am still looking at the thunderbolt but for now I have the Charge.
I think. anyone here leave the fascinate for charge and happy/unhappy? pros cons? thanks
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Sorry the promotion ended today. I was just told this buy a vzw rep when I went to get my new charge activated.
Still though the patch for missed calls was released today and the fassy is a great phone. Good luck.
And if I were you I'd still try.
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Sorry the promotion ended today. I was just told this buy a vzw rep when I went to get my new charge activated.
Still though the patch for missed calls was released today and the fassy is a great phone. Good luck.
And if I were you I'd still try.
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What are you talking about? It's not a promotion, it's a warranty replacement. You could hold on the the fascinate until the day your 1 year warranty is over and get a replacement phone because the phone is broken.
OP: I did the same thing 2 weeks ago and couldn't be more happy. You're going to love the charge.
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Its pretty awesome I think. Battery life is decent, the screen is amazing, 4G is super fast, touchwiz is easily covered and/or removed (with some awesome roms) the front camera (as well as back) is nice, and speaker quality is loud but top notch... however it has the same internal memory and RAM as the Fassy plus hard buttons on the bottom, also some report problems with output through mini HDMI but this could be due to cables or errors with apps/tv's. All in all a solid upgrade, a notification LED and a little better internal hardware (RAM and memory) and this would be a near perfect phone
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I love everything about this phone, even the little quirks you'll discover...except for the battery life. But there are tons of threads here telling about how to remedy this.
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I have small hands, so to me the phone feels just a tad big, but the awesome screen, huge keyboard, and easy to read texts and web pages more than make up for it. Reception is outstanding, too! It's a noticeable improvement over my old fascinate.
thankyou for the replies! so im getting pretty much all positive? great step up from the fassy? i thought there WAS an LED notification? wah. not that it would be a deal breaker.. ive been dealing with no LED since i got this phone in feb. but i had a D1 and loved the LED. either way. i like the front facing camera.. and if its a replacement and its that much of an upgrade than why not do it if i can? plus my phone does have terrible service. always missing calls and texts.. i thought it was just my phone. didnt realize till this deal took place that it was that widespread. size factor.. is it THAT much bigger than the fassy?
Samsung doesn't put notification LEDs on their new phones. Not on the Charge, not on the Nexus S, and not on the Galaxy S II. Unfortunately we don't even have BLN for the Charge because the code is currently incompatible.
As for size, yes, it's significantly larger than the Fascinate, no matter what anybody tells you. But the size doesn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it would.
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What are you talking about? It's not a promotion, it's a warranty replacement. You could hold on the the fascinate until the day your 1 year warranty is over and get a replacement phone because the phone is broken.
OP: I did the same thing 2 weeks ago and couldn't be more happy. You're going to love the charge.
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I think he means that the tech bulletin no longer allows for a change to a Charge. A buddy of mine who got approved to have his Fascinates changed a few days ago got denied today because they are releasing the OTA that fixes the problem.
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I think he means that the tech bulletin no longer allows for a change to a Charge. A buddy of mine who got approved to have his Fascinates changed a few days ago got denied today because they are releasing the OTA that fixes the problem.
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ah really??? that sucks so should i even bother trying lol i dont want to put my phone back to stock just to get denied. although i do have other issues that im sure werent "fixed" with the update.. ie: unresponsive screen frequently and plenty of freezes/reboots.
I found it ironic that the day receive my Charges, they release the OTA. I was defaulting my Fascinates before sending them back, and *POOF*, ED05 Corporate. So far, I haven't had it running long enough to make an opinion on the Charge, but you can't argue with that speed. I noticed that my screen flickers when it turns on. Anybody else seeing this?
Charge kills the Fascinate...you won't look back trust me. I was expecting worse battery life and have experienced the exact opposite which is a plus. I don't think there's even a comparison when you factor in 4g, build quality, super amoled +. I'm personally loving my Charge right now.
I seem to love my charge I just am sad over no led notification and the bottom buttons don't wake up the phone. But all in all I'm liking it.
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Got my Charge ordered today, I'll be joining y'all when I pickup my phone next weekend.
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Got my Charge ordered today, I'll be joining y'all when I pickup my phone next weekend.
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so then theres still a possibility i can get it? everyones saying the offer has been pulled since the ED05 update rolled out today and was supposed to fix all the issues..
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Got my Charge ordered today, I'll be joining y'all when I pickup my phone next weekend.
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Sorry, the bandwagon is full LOL!...Sorry, I couldn't resist! I think its a much better phone then people give it credit for... definitely exceeded my expectations.
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I seem to love my charge I just am sad over no led notification and the bottom buttons don't wake up the phone. But all in all I'm liking it.
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That's for a very good reason. Think about it: if the physical bottom buttons woke up your phone, it would wake up like crazy while in pockets or purses. Those get pressed all the time on my phone just by walking around.
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so then theres still a possibility i can get it? everyones saying the offer has been pulled since the ED05 update rolled out today and was supposed to fix all the issues..
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I called on sunday and they sent out a dinc2. I ended up going to the store today and got it ordered and they did mention an ota was bein sent out. Just wish I could've got my charge today but I left town today and I'll get it when I get back home next weekend.
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I called on sunday and they sent out a dinc2. I ended up going to the store today and got it ordered and they did mention an ota was bein sent out. Just wish I could've got my charge today but I left town today and I'll get it when I get back home next weekend.
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hmm.. well maybe ill still attempt it if you went in and got it ordered today..you got the charge as a REPLACEMENT or bought it out?
Very much enjoyed the transition. Missing CM7 and fully customized GB kernels, but they will come in time.
Screen is significantly larger. Phone is noticeably thicker, but nowhere near the brick that the Thunderbolt is. 4G is amazing - and maybe I just got super lucky, but after flashing GC GBE's latest via ODIN right upon getting the phone, I have the most amazing battery life I have ever experience in a smartphone. On a grade of Blackberry (-2921912912) to iPhone (+8239238932) - the Charge has (thus far) been even better than the iPhone on battery. At first I thought it was because I'm on WiFi all the time (now that WiFi actually works, unlike with the Fascinate) - so with the data radios disabled, it was sipping juice... however, out and about and even on 4G/3G border, I still get ridiculous battery life.
I still can't believe I managed to make a 15 minute drive, hang out in a store for 15 minutes (using 4G to product compare the whole time), make a 15 minute drive home.. at it was still at 100%.
My fascinate would've been in the 80s by then.. if not worse.
tl;dr: amazing battery, better radios in ALL aspects compared to fascinate, bigger screen, only missing CM7 and custom GB kernels.. and it's a bit thicker.
I just recently came from using a Fascinate to the charge by way of the whole Verizon swap craze that's been recently killed, and I have to say that I am less than satisfied for the time being...
First I should say that I am no stranger to rooting or customizing android devices, but after attempting to help my brother in arms over the internet to help get him CM7 on his Captivate, I am feeling rather n00bish. Be that as it may, I was running CM7 on my Fascinate and was VERY satisfied with the over all experience, but the Fassy just had way too poor signal quality in almost every area that I took it to here in Cincinnati. Hence, the swap for the Droid Charge.
Now, if anyone can help here, I would be more than greatful. I have heard reports of excellent battery life on the Charge, even few-to-no problems with it whatsoever. Yesterday I went to Kings Island (Theme Park, for those of you who don't know) and had unplugged my charge at 11am EST, by about 6pm I was already at 10% remaining battery life... GPS, and Wifi were both off (of course) and NO apps were running save for the OS and occasional updates through facebook and whatnot. Now it's also worth mentioning that the Mason, OH area is PURE 4g, so I am not sure if running constant 4g is a factor here or not.
Also, I was using my 16gb sd card that came with my fascinate when I bought it last September (as Verizon refuses to supply me with a 32gb card) yesterday, when shortly after taking a picture of my daughter in a new outfit, the thing went corrupt on me and is now useless. So I am not sure if all the flashing that I did with it on my fassy between Voodoo and Removing Voodoo and using it to flash my Charge had anything to do with it, but luckily I was able to retrieve the pictures I took (lo res only) through recovery software...
Help me here, am I just stupid, or are these problems more common than they appear?
Also, the forums here appear to be in complete disarray when comparing to the Fascinate forums... I recently lost my job last week, so if XDA needs someone to help tidy things up a bit, I would be glad to help!
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I just recently came from using a Fascinate to the charge by way of the whole Verizon swap craze that's been recently killed, and I have to say that I am less than satisfied for the time being...
First I should say that I am no stranger to rooting or customizing android devices, but after attempting to help my brother in arms over the internet to help get him CM7 on his Captivate, I am feeling rather n00bish. Be that as it may, I was running CM7 on my Fascinate and was VERY satisfied with the over all experience, but the Fassy just had way too poor signal quality in almost every area that I took it to here in Cincinnati. Hence, the swap for the Droid Charge.
Now, if anyone can help here, I would be more than greatful. I have heard reports of excellent battery life on the Charge, even few-to-no problems with it whatsoever. Yesterday I went to Kings Island (Theme Park, for those of you who don't know) and had unplugged my charge at 11am EST, by about 6pm I was already at 10% remaining battery life... GPS, and Wifi were both off (of course) and NO apps were running save for the OS and occasional updates through facebook and whatnot. Now it's also worth mentioning that the Mason, OH area is PURE 4g, so I am not sure if running constant 4g is a factor here or not.
Also, I was using my 16gb sd card that came with my fascinate when I bought it last September (as Verizon refuses to supply me with a 32gb card) yesterday, when shortly after taking a picture of my daughter in a new outfit, the thing went corrupt on me and is now useless. So I am not sure if all the flashing that I did with it on my fassy between Voodoo and Removing Voodoo and using it to flash my Charge had anything to do with it, but luckily I was able to retrieve the pictures I took (lo res only) through recovery software...
Help me here, am I just stupid, or are these problems more common than they appear?
Also, the forums here appear to be in complete disarray when comparing to the Fascinate forums... I recently lost my job last week, so if XDA needs someone to help tidy things up a bit, I would be glad to help!
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The 4G is a complete battery pwner. Use LTE Switch to keep it in 3G. Also, down/underclock and calibrate your battery.
Your SD card probably should have been formatted in the phone before your used it, but nothing you can do about it now.
The Charge forums are rapidly expanding (sometimes a bit more than our mod can keep up with), but everything here is relatively clean. The fassy forums appear to be clean but it is actually turning into a ghost town. The forum was just as crazy when the fassy came out as the charge forums are now.
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cool, will keep these things in mind, thanks for replying!
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I got my charge thru the verizon swap and I must say it's a fascinate on steroids. 4G is great too since I'm a truck driver. But I haven't had my battery consumed by 4G, I've had relatively good battery wether on 3G or 4G.
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I got it, hate it. I would get a boinic if it were not for t nexus rumors. Now I am stuck and just waiting
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I got it, hate it. I would get a boinic if it were not for t nexus rumors. Now I am stuck and just waiting
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Bionic really? You would want to puke when you see its screen.
Yes. However, I'm not going to do anything util I hear about the nexus. However, I'm not sure how much longer I can take using this pos.
I don't regret getting it at all because I got it free thanks to the fascinate. I'm rather thankful, however I wish the internet wouldn't disconnect so often even on 3g only.
I love it. I don't see why you'd hate it, especially with all these amazing roms available. Only reason I had to exchange mine was due to screen defects.
Sorry to hear. That's disappointing when your phone doesn't work well.
My Charge is flying along with Rooted ROMs and Imoyosen kernel and v6 supercharger and kickass! So far so good since July.
I've only ran GummyCharge. Maybe that's my problem? I am coming from a D1, then DX. Both were great phones. This phone seems slow, ugly, no notification light and poor battery. It also feels cheap in my hand
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I've only ran GummyCharge. Maybe that's my problem? I am coming from a D1, then DX. Both were great phones. This phone seems slow, ugly, no notification light and poor battery. It also feels cheap in my hand
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I'm running Humble 1.6 at the moment. Very smooth. I honestly don't think this phone is ugly; personally I feel it's one of the more futuristic looking phones out there. As for it feeling cheap in your hands, perhaps you should use a case?
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I got it, hate it. I would get a boinic if it were not for t nexus rumors. Now I am stuck and just waiting
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I just about thought the same thing...I had issues that.couldn't be resolved...exchanged for a new, this one was freshly sent from Samsung and has superior build quality than before...the battery life has doubled and it doesn't get hot like the 1st one.
Unrooted too.
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I don't have any huge problems with the charge. Its not much of an improvement over my old captivate, but it does have a working gps (yay!!!) and most importantly unlimited 4g data Anyone looking at the bionic should definitely play with out in store before plunking down any money for it. Its definitely fast, but the screen is hit or miss. Some people are fine with it, and some are annoyed as hell by it. After using the Charge and then looking at the screen of the captivate I can definitely notice the pentile vs non-pentile displays. There's no other word to describe a pentile screen except grainy. The new phones with amoleds screen though are the ones to watch (just announced Droid RAZR, Droid Prime, Galaxy Nexus etc). Till then, the charge is worth keeping.
Besides not having functional aosp (which I know is coming in time) I do not regret swapping my fascinate out. Its a better phone all around and my only real complaint would be the issues my signal has with stability.
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I've only ran GummyCharge. Maybe that's my problem? I am coming from a D1, then DX. Both were great phones. This phone seems slow, ugly, no notification light and poor battery. It also feels cheap in my hand
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Theres an app called noled, its works just like a notification light. Try it
Poor battery life, on the Charge? Are you using the same phone I am? Battery life on this phone is simply amazing as far as Android goes. Slow? Again, you must be doing it wrong. This is definitely no slower than other devices out right now, aside from the dual core phones. I would suggest going back to stock, and getting instructions on how to install a ROM correctly.
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Love my charge personally! Using imnuts ep1w rom and its great. I also like the so called 'cheap' feel. My friends have htc evo and that thing weighs a ton, I like how mine feels. Next benefit is the amazing sound quality on music with the Wolfson DAC and voodoo sound, no other phone comes close. Of all phones available now including bionic and even gs2 on other carriers the charge is still my top pick.
No going back from voodoo sound and SAMOLED+
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Without a doubt this is a great phone. Great battery, when ROM'd, everything is fast and fluid.
No regrets at all....
I love mine as well, im using the leaked gingerbread bloated, froze a bunch of the bloatware on titanium backup
I can get through about 12 hours (full work day) using the phone moderately.
so much better experience than my old droid 2
'anybody regret not getting a Charge sooner?'
fixed that title for ya
in seriousness though no, this phone runs circles around all my previous ones and is arguably one of the best phones VZ (if not THE best, yes I'm looking at you LOLbionic) has right now
When you guys say great battery life? What do you mean. I can't make it through a day. When you say fast, what do you mean? It seems like my phone become non-responsive at time and starts acting odd and I have to reboot.
Also the BT on this is bad. I have to make sure its on before I turn on my car radio or it doesn't connect. And when it does connect it has audio hiccups.
I tried nooled and it was OK but took it off cuz I was already having battery problems. I also couldn't figure out how to get it to work with touchdown but I think that works.
Maybe I have a bad phone (but this is my 2nd)? Maybe I have a bad app (Ive started to remove apps)? Maybe its GummyCharge? Maybe the phone just sucks?
I don't know. I just know I want something better
I have no issues with this phone, except for the battery life. Which is to be expected. However, I can get through a full day (6AM-10PM), but it's completely dead by the time I go to charge it.
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J say switch to the bionic so we don't have to see threads like this anymore.
Serioulsy tho.. most of us love this phone
Its fast as he'll when rommed correctly. I am on gummy GBE and its extreamly fast, no stuttering ever and I get up to 20 hours of battery life (less if I use it hardcore)
You will hate the screen on the bionic and motor blur even in its new form is garbage.
Personally I am going to get the vigor. Htc fan here.. I had the incredible when it had the amoled screen.. htc just makes awesome phones.
Only thing that bugs me on the charge is the gps.
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Okay, so here's the deal. I bought the Samsung Charge from Best Buy in July to get in on the unlimited 4G before Verizon killed that program. I paid for the buyback program so I can upgrade and get half the value of my Charge in trade.
I had the Fascinate and it was phenomenal. Never a problem. My Charge sucks worse than my old blackberry storm.
I got the high temp voice cut glitch so I had it replaced and guess what, yep, got it on this one too. So I'm convinced that Samsung blew it and I'd be stuck if I hadn't bought the buyback program.
My son in law has the OG Droid and still loves it. I was thinking about going with the Bionic but I heard the Razr is what the Bionic should be.
The problem is, I don't have time to do the research and the salesmen always lie.
Please give me your recommendations based on what the developers will (may) be working on. I want to root it on day one and I must have an SD card, so the nexus is out.
I can't tell you how much I hate my phone...
Oh, for you charge users, if you must talk on your phone while on the charger, try this. Remove the back and lay your fingers across the battery. This keeps the temp at around 104 to 107 degrees and you can help prevent that overheat voice cut bug.
Thanks for helping!
Alan S. Shole
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Also, I'm concerned about battery life.
I need a cardock and auxiliary battery charger like my Fascinate had.
I know the Bionic has them available. Does the razr?
What a PITA!
Thanks.
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