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So,this is my first post. Been lurking quite a bit though. Not sure if this is the best place for this topic, but I do have a question.
Virgin Mobiles Samsung Instinct says it runs Android 2.2 but flash 10.1 is not available for it, as in it does not show up in the app store. I'm new to the whole Droid world and was wondering if it was Virgin who disabled flash on the device, or if anything can be done to bypass it.
I've searched quite a bit around xda. And Google and could not find any info.
Thanks!
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Contacting their support yielded nothing. They wont help me unless I have an account
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It's actually the Samsung Intercept. IMO don't pick it up; It's garbage. My 3 sisters have the Sprint version and I had it for a week before switching to the Evo back in August. It's sluggish as hell. Definitely get the LG Optimus V. It's MILES better than the Intercept in every single way.
So the intercept in general wont have flash 10.1 support? Also, the optimus v only has a 600mhz cpu, compared to the 800mhz of the intercept. This phone isn't for me a friend recently got one. I got a t-mo defy and I love it
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EsOne said:
So the intercept in general wont have flash 10.1 support? Also, the optimus v only has a 600mhz cpu, compared to the 800mhz of the intercept. This phone isn't for me a friend recently got one. I got a t-mo defy and I love it
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Yeah but the 800 MHz on the Intercept feels like 500 MHz. Trust me, I have 3 of them in my house. The build quality is absolute crap. The Optimus V is A LOT better.
I wonder...the ThunderBolt is almost identical to the EVO 4G, and yet it costs $249.99, the EVO 4G, is now $99.99, and 1 GHz is now considered low-mid range. WTF? Same with the DROID Charge, $299.99 for a fake S2? Don't get me started with the Revolution...
The TB and other phones have newer Gen processors so you know.
Does that make them worth $150-200 more?
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Verizon also has higher monthly rates and no longer offers unlimited data.
If you can get good Sprint coverage in your area, it's no contest.
Thunderbolt has more RAM the newer snapdragon and newer 205 gpu
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I wonder the same thing. Also verizons new data plan options suck.
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The Evo 4G is sluggish and slow at everything, its processor is much older and not near as good as the Thunderbolts. I use a Evo 4G daily and have played with friend's Thunderbolts. The thunderbolt is incredibly faster at everything. I can't wait to ditch my Evo... It should not take 10 seconds to open the messages app.
Adreno 205 vs Adreno 200. 65 vs 45nm process. LTE 700MHZ > WiMax 2100(?) with better building penetration, speed, and latency. Verizon is priced darn high though
Can you really tell that much difference,, between a thunderbolt and inspire?? i liked the 99$ fo sho
crip said:
Can you really tell that much difference,, between a thunderbolt and inspire?? i liked the 99$ fo sho
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If you could use both side-by-side on the same network, the difference would be negligible. But you would definitely notice the difference between verizon LTE and at&t's "fastest 4G network in america"
Its Verizon.
They are insanely overpriced.
Tough deal.
Thunderbolt hardware is better for sure but not worth that much extra in my opinion.
I think its BS then they come out with a new phone every month
Rudementry said:
The Evo 4G is sluggish and slow at everything, its processor is much older and not near as good as the Thunderbolts. I use a Evo 4G daily and have played with friend's Thunderbolts. The thunderbolt is incredibly faster at everything. I can't wait to ditch my Evo... It should not take 10 seconds to open the messages app.
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Mine opens in less than a second
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Does that make them worth $150-200 more?
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Of course it doesn't, but Verizon and carriers in general like to overcharge.
thunderbolt > EVO
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thunderbolt > EVO
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unlimited > 2 gb
The EVO was first in its class...now we have Samsung crud, oohh look the Infuse. It's a Super AMOLED screen, and I think they are just over saturated screens.
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androidrockz said:
The EVO was first in its class...now we have Samsung crud, oohh look the Infuse. It's a Super AMOLED screen, and I think they are just over saturated screens.
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Evo fanboy. Samsung devices are 10x more smoother, and the screen is definitely not over saturated. But I have to agree, the tbolt is way overpriced. And the revolution is a wannabe g2x.
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Hey guys,
Quick question. Which one to choose? Optimus 2X or SGS2?
I do realise the screen is much better on the SGS2, but is slightly too big.
Opinions?
Thanks
Dont even think of buying lg..
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I have just picked up an Optimus 2x for playing with and as my daily driver. Have to say I'm pleasantly surprised. Using Paranoid Android and phone runs very well. May be a little behind the times now but plenty on Ebay at good prices.
Never buy an lg phone . Go for the sgs2 .
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Sgs2. Lg got 300 something mb ram. Not even 512mb as they advertised. ****.
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Go.for s2 which already has a ics...LG still have to wait till q3 to get update...s2 performance is much better than 2x
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SGS2 hands down
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Galaxy s2 for sure...
samsung - bad!
lg - worse!
sgs2 - nice
o2x - optimal
the choice is yours!!
Well as far as the performance is concerned, both of them are almost same except the RAM thing. But you can get the Optimus 2x at quite fair price. Rest is your choice.
I think the screen on the galaxy s2 is much better.
complete slaughter by the sgs2. Better processor, more ram, less bloat, has ics and is geared for jb update, and a hell of a better screen. Also Samsung actually backs up the phone unlike LG.
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s2, optimus 2x is just old, it won't even getting the new android OS
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/144778-atom-vs-cortex-a15-vs-krait-vs-tegra-3-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient
Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?
slannmage said:
http://www.extremetech.com/computin...-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient
Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?
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Samsung does a great job keeping secrets. Tomorrow we will know for sure
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I'm looking forward to the news about the S4 tomorrow. It's only my 2nd chance at an android phone. The S3 is sweet so far, I see it everyday as my gf has the phone.
I think samsung is going to surprise everyone tomorrow or I will just go with the the Note 2 lol
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If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.
They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.
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If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.
They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.
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Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though
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ShapesBlue said:
Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though
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Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.
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Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.
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I'm hoping so. My upgrade is due late June/July.
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The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
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The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
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No surprise that they will have different processors.
Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available
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ShapesBlue said:
No surprise that they will have different processors.
Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available
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Yeah :l
1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)
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Yeah :l
1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)
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Haven't done my research on that. Sounds about right
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I'm not gonna bother upgrading, both HTC and Samsung aren't exciting, was just disappointed between them.
Exynos = 3G only
Snapdragon s4 pro = LTE
Only LTE isn't coming out till the end of the year in this region.......... wtf were they thinking?
The HTC One is another no micro sd, no removable battery, ****ty camera, sense mess of a boring phone. People say how good it looks........ looks like any other boring HTC phone to me, just like the GS4 looks like another boring Samsung GS3 variant.
I know most of you won't care, but I want to say goodbye to my S4, all of you on the AT&T Galaxy S4 forum and Samsung in general.
I won't be buying another Samsung phone until they finally realize that they need to badly optimize their software. I am finally sick and tired of the lag and slowdowns on this phone regardless of rom and kernel combination. And the Note 3 videos show the signature Touchwiz ui lag once again, snapdragon 800, 3gb of ram and all.
I will be getting my LG G2 on Tuesday and will be selling my S4. Good luck to you all it has been real and there are a lot of great people here! Hope to see you all again one day.
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Hate to see you go but its understandable. We'll see you in the g2 threads
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Hate to see you go but its understandable. We'll see you in the g2 threads
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Thanks man, I really didn't want to leave and I love this S4 forum. But gotta do what I gotta do. Take care and hopefully see you soon!
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I know most of you won't care, but I want to say goodbye to my S4, all of you on the AT&T Galaxy S4 forum and Samsung in general.
I won't be buying another Samsung phone until they finally realize that they need to badly optimize their software. I am finally sick and tired of the lag and slowdowns on this phone regardless of rom and kernel combination. And the Note 3 videos show the signature Touchwiz ui lag once again, snapdragon 800, 3gb of ram and all.
I will be getting my LG G2 on Tuesday and will be selling my S4. Good luck to you all it has been real and there are a lot of great people here! Hope to see you all again one day.
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They listened!
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Yea stuff...
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They listened!
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How so? The note 3 videos that I've watched show lots of lag.
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Hopefully you don't get stuck with a locked boot loader with the G2. I personally dislike the software overlay the s4 comes with but that's why I run aosp style Roms. Good luck with the G2
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
I know most of you won't care, but I want to say goodbye to my S4, all of you on the AT&T Galaxy S4 forum and Samsung in general.
I won't be buying another Samsung phone until they finally realize that they need to badly optimize their software. I am finally sick and tired of the lag and slowdowns on this phone regardless of rom and kernel combination. And the Note 3 videos show the signature Touchwiz ui lag once again, snapdragon 800, 3gb of ram and all.
I will be getting my LG G2 on Tuesday and will be selling my S4. Good luck to you all it has been real and there are a lot of great people here! Hope to see you all again one day.
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Let us know how that works out for you
Wait so you are moving from Samsung to the G2 because of lag?! Hate to break it to you, LG is even worse.
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Wait so you are moving from Samsung to the G2 because of lag?! Hate to break it to you, LG is even worse.
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Umm, are you serious? You base your statement on what? I bought a LG Optimus G Pro for extremely cheap to check out the LG software and ui and then I flipped it for a profit.
There was zero lag. As in none that I could find. And look at the videos of the G2. The thing looks screaming fast and can only be faster than he Optimus G Pro with the Snapdragon 800. That is scary to think about because the Optimus G Pro is scary fast.
Compare that to the Note 3 videos and you can see lag all over the ui which is standard for Samsung lately.
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I ran an LG OGP numerous times before getting the S4. No lag--I just didn't like the 5 inch size. Good Luck--
Still say the s4 is better and nicer. The screen is outstanding and mine with the mf3 update works great. Every android phone lags a little. Also 4.3 is coming to the s4 in October because they need to update it for it to work with the new smartwatch.
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To each their own. Before owning the S4 and note 2 I had the optimus G and with the S4 pro CPU and andreno 320 GPU the phone was very fast and fluid. LG has been stepping their game up IMO.
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The lg is a really nice device no doubt but the lack of an sd card slot is a deal breaker for alot of us....I def need the extra storage!
Enjoy your new device though :thumbup:
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force70 said:
The lg is a really nice device no doubt but the lack of an sd card slot is a deal breaker for alot of us....I def need the extra storage!
Enjoy your new device though :thumbup:
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Thanks bro, but 32gb is plenty for me. I put several albums on locally that I really want on my phone and then use Google Music for the rest of my collection. And I don't put or watch movies on my phone.
But as you know, everyone has different needs. I can't wait for this phone, I think I will enjoy it based on early reviews and videos.
Enjoy your S4 bro!
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Damnit..you got me reading up on the g2 lol..there is a korean model with an sd card slot....not 100% if it will support LTE in us or canada though (99% sure it wont out of the box) or if it will be possible to mod it to do so. I would prolly pick one up if so just for something different since ive been all sammy the last 3 devices.
Time will tell I guess
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Damnit..you got me reading up on the g2 lol..there is a korean model with an sd card slot....not 100% if it will support LTE in us or canada though (99% sure it wont out of the box) or if it will be possible to mod it to do so. I would prolly pick one up if so just for something different since ive been all sammy the last 3 devices.
Time will tell I guess
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Bro, do it! Haha. The phone is gonna be an absolute monster. I picked up a cheap LG Optimus G Pro to see if I would like he LG UI and all of that and it was wicked fast man. So I can only imagine how fast the G2 is gonna be with the Snapdragon 800 and Adreno 330.
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Sorry, didn't mean to double post. Meant to add this:
On the videos I've watched it looks mind numbingly fast.
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Its always been known that touchjizz is an awful, memory hog of an overlay. That's why we have aosp based ROMs...to each their own, though.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Umm, are you serious? You base your statement on what? I bought a LG Optimus G Pro for extremely cheap to check out the LG software and ui and then I flipped it for a profit.
There was zero lag. As in none that I could find. And look at the videos of the G2. The thing looks screaming fast and can only be faster than he Optimus G Pro with the Snapdragon 800. That is scary to think about because the Optimus G Pro is scary fast.
Compare that to the Note 3 videos and you can see lag all over the ui which is standard for Samsung lately.
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Hmm that's funny because my touchwiz rom doesn't lag after some simple optimization and my cpu even goes down to 81mhz, in fact its snappy as hell.
P.S. Have fun with LG, the worst quality electronics company ever. With a list of horrible products in recent and past history I could make a whole forum about.
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