After using the phone for about a week I have decided to take it back and get an iPhone 4S. I upgraded from an iPhone 4 to the Skyrocket. Here are my rambling thoughts on Android and the phone:
1) Battery is terrible - doesn't last a full day with light use.
2) Screen is ok - but there is a really bad blue tint and the resolution isn't great.
3) I don't like how loose the OS feels - with iOS everything feels tighter and more integrated. I find myself searching all over these random menus everywhere in Android looking to do something simple.
4) LTE is great - but I don't have it in my house in Fort Worth and the internet is far worse on this phone at my desk at work than my iPhone was. It is also very hit or miss. You can get 50mb download and then drive half a mile and get 3mb download.
5) The phone doesn't work that great with the Sync system in my Ford truck.
6) SMS messages don't seem to come in as quick as my iPhone. Friends texts are showing up hours after they send them.
7) I don't like how you have to hit the side button to bring up the lock screen to unlock the phone.
8) Camera is crap compared to iPhone.
9) iOS does multi-tasking better - I find myself killing aps manually all the time.
10) No one click silence.
11) Hate how many click it takes to call someone - with iPhone I have my favorites set and I just click their name and it calls them - with this I have to click their name then click their phone number to call.
12) Visual voicemail not integrated into phone ap.
13) Bloatware is crap - and the roms seem really buggy.
Wired_In said:
After using the phone for about a week I have decided to take it back and get an iPhone 4S. I upgraded from an iPhone 4 to the Skyrocket. Here are my rambling thoughts on Android and the phone:
1) Battery is terrible - doesn't last a full day with light use.
2) Screen is ok - but there is a really bad blue tint and the resolution isn't great.
3) I don't like how loose the OS feels - with iOS everything feels tighter and more integrated. I find myself searching all over these random menus everywhere in Android looking to do something simple.
4) LTE is great - but I don't have it in my house in Fort Worth and the internet is far worse on this phone at my desk at work than my iPhone was. It is also very hit or miss. You can get 50mb download and then drive half a mile and get 3mb download.
5) The phone doesn't work that great with the Sync system in my Ford truck.
6) SMS messages don't seem to come in as quick as my iPhone. Friends texts are showing up hours after they send them.
7) I don't like how you have to hit the side button to bring up the lock screen to unlock the phone.
8) Camera is crap compared to iPhone.
9) iOS does multi-tasking better - I find myself killing aps manually all the time.
10) No one click silence.
11) Hate how many click it takes to call someone - with iPhone I have my favorites set and I just click their name and it calls them - with this I have to click their name then click their phone number to call.
12) Visual voicemail not integrated into phone ap.
13) Bloatware is crap - and the roms seem really buggy.
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alot of these are you just being lazy.......no offense.
you can set up the phone anyway you want.
Ios is a simple os for simple people. Thats fine android was to much forbyou to handle. With android you can do what ever you want. Ios is nothing more then a glorified app launcher. Very tight as u say .... yes tight as in u really.cant do much with it. I am happy to say i do not even need a computer because my smartphone can do anything a pc can. But thanks for the useless post. Enjoy being a fanboy lol. With your small display slow data speeds, and very limited capabilities
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alot of these are you just being lazy.......no offence.
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*Offense
And I would say not lazy - if there is an easier, more simple way to do things, then why is that lazy?
Also - let's take away my issues with Android. The hardware issues are still enough to make me return the phone. The blue screen/terrible battery/very hit or miss LTE/"4g" signal (and little or no internet at my desk at work compared to solid Edge on iPhone)/SMS-MMS issues.
Good luck with that.. Iphone is crap... have fun with that sweet 3 inch screen.. I have NONE on the issues you spoke of... I get 15 hours or more out of my battery.
I had a iphone.. its sucks.. No custom stuff.. You will be sorry you traded down.. The sr is far superior to the Iphone.. do some research..
I cant wait to till my Asus transformer prime 2.. Ipad 3 NOT
*Sounds like this is your first Android phone... dont be scared..... you can put your training wheels back on with the iphone4 LOL.*
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*Offense
And I would say not lazy - if there is an easier, more simple way to do things, then why is that lazy?
Also - let's take away my issues with Android. The hardware issues are still enough to make me return the phone. The blue screen/terrible battery/very hit or miss LTE/"4g" signal (and little or no internet at my desk at work compared to solid Edge on iPhone)/SMS-MMS issues.
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Little to no internet? Lol i got 60mbps download on my skyrocket ...my home comcast internet connection is 18mbps. Lol look at attached photo
I'm still on my Infuse and saw this and thought it was hilarious. I absolutely love when people try and compare an iPhone with the latest Android phones. I honestly think a lot of you guys come here simply to bash Android based phones. But that's ok, enjoy your simple iOS since you can't handle Android.
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i can drive all over houston and never get lower than 17 down and 10 up consistantly and thats usually with 2 bars....if i get 3 or more forget about it your talking 30's and 40's easy.
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Little to no internet? Lol i got 60mbps download on my skyrocket ...my home comcast internet connection is 18mbps. Lol look at attached photo
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the2rrell said:
i can drive all over houston and never get lower than 17 down and 10 up consistantly and thats usually with 2 bars....if i get 3 or more forget about your talking 30's and 40's easy.
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Im near Katy and I drove to Spring and got 29 down and 15 up .. driving!
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*Offense
And I would say not lazy - if there is an easier, more simple way to do things, then why is that lazy?
Also - let's take away my issues with Android. The hardware issues are still enough to make me return the phone. The blue screen/terrible battery/very hit or miss LTE/"4g" signal (and little or no internet at my desk at work compared to solid Edge on iPhone)/SMS-MMS issues.
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It's even funnier how you try and compare the phone's internet capabilities. Here's the funny thing. iPhones are still 3G devices, so you'll be even slower.
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Little to no internet? Lol i got 60mbps download on my skyrocket ...my home comcast internet connection is 18mbps. Lol look at attached photo
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I got 50MB once driving through Southlake. I am averaging about 20MB out and about.
Inside my house - no LTE - only 3 bars of 4G.
At my work - no LTE - no 4G - 2 bars of Edge (with iPhone I get 4 bars of Edge).
In my driveway - 3MB download on 1-2 bars LTE - this is in Fort Worth.
So the places I frequent - the LTE speeds are nonexistent.
I get consistant 40 -60 on lte. And 6-12 on h+ everywhere i go and i live in a country area
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I get consistant 40 -60 on lte. And 6-12 on h+ everywhere i go and i live in a country area
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If I got that, I would probably not be returning the phone - but LTE just isn't ready in my area I guess. Maybe AT&T will get the Galaxy Nexus eventually.
Any short cut a iphone has, android can do. I hate having to click the app on the iphone when i have a clander widget bigger than ur phone lol. U can also mute from most lockscreens. I even have 4 shortcuts on mine. Also, if u dont like the screen, just get a different android with a different screen lol. I dont think u can say that with ios. I also love how ios user pretend u dont have a settings menu lol.
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Bottom line is this thread is trolling. How do u expect people to react to a thread targeting the vary device whos forum u post it in, and to top it off trying to act like the fanboy phone is better. My advice is dont post these ideas when u have them keep them in your head. This thread has FAIL written all over it, and should be closed by a mod
wheres the Nyan Cat when you need it
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wheres the Nyan Cat when you need it
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Is that a request lol.
Wired_In said:
After using the phone for about a week I have decided to take it back and get an iPhone 4S. I upgraded from an iPhone 4 to the Skyrocket. Here are my rambling thoughts on Android and the phone:
1) Battery is terrible - doesn't last a full day with light use.
2) Screen is ok - but there is a really bad blue tint and the resolution isn't great.
3) I don't like how loose the OS feels - with iOS everything feels tighter and more integrated. I find myself searching all over these random menus everywhere in Android looking to do something simple.
4) LTE is great - but I don't have it in my house in Fort Worth and the internet is far worse on this phone at my desk at work than my iPhone was. It is also very hit or miss. You can get 50mb download and then drive half a mile and get 3mb download.
5) The phone doesn't work that great with the Sync system in my Ford truck.
6) SMS messages don't seem to come in as quick as my iPhone. Friends texts are showing up hours after they send them.
7) I don't like how you have to hit the side button to bring up the lock screen to unlock the phone.
8) Camera is crap compared to iPhone.
9) iOS does multi-tasking better - I find myself killing aps manually all the time.
10) No one click silence.
11) Hate how many click it takes to call someone - with iPhone I have my favorites set and I just click their name and it calls them - with this I have to click their name then click their phone number to call.
12) Visual voicemail not integrated into phone ap.
13) Bloatware is crap - and the roms seem really buggy.
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1. It should EASILY last a day on light use, my Vivid does, and it has a smaller battery then the Skyrocket.
2. Get a replacement, probably just a fluke, and with SAMOLED+, you really don't notice pixels.
3. iOS is integrated with Apple, and Android is integrated with Google, and we know which company is better there.
4. AT&T hasn't switched all their towers to LTE yet, give them a little while. Also, I'd like to see you get 40-60 down on 3G.
5. Isn't the sync system designed for iOS? Yeah, that's probably why.
6. Must have bad signal, I receive texts faster on my Vivid then ANY phone I've seen so far.
7. Get used to it, Samsung doesn't want to become HTC.
8. The viewer on iOS is modified to make the images seem a LOT better then they actually are, compare them in the same light settings on the computer, and the skyrocket will COMPLETELY outshine your iPhail.
9. LOL? iOS doesn't have multi-tasking, it caches the app for about 2-3 minutes, then keeps just the data in the RAM. That's not true multi-tasking, true multi-tasking keeps the app running... in REAL TIME! Also, free RAM is wasted RAM.
10. Hold the volume down button.
11. Your on TW, find the contact, and slide to the right, it auto-calls.
12. Is it on iOS? Can't say anything about that, since I really have no clue.
13. L2Root, and this phone is picking up on development, I wonder how the ROM's are on the iP- Oh wait.... yeah.
It is the same story every time. If an iPhone user does not give android a fair shot and take time to learn and understand it they will gripe complain return....every single time
Android is not apple plain and simple. For those that prefer the simplicity of all that is "I" by all means flock that way. But to desperately pick apart a new network and a proven OS is just lame.
Now...if one has a true want to learn ask away. LTE is up and coming in DFW. In the last week I went from having no coverage indoors at home and work.to getting LTE at both. As for inconsistent speeds..from what I can tell distance from tower is the determining factor here. this is no different with 3g or for any other carried for that matter. I can litterally test every 10 seconds while driving hwy 75 and give you the vicinity of each tower along a 20 mile stretch based on speeds.
So yeah...you have a choice..make it but jeebus don't put the blame on good hardware, and a new network in place of what's comfortable/easy/simple for you. At least focus on the truth
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You may have seen my whining posts about the things that soured my captivate experience, and a big one was for some absurd reason (probably to eat up more data minutes) they made it show ****ty looking videos in the youtube player unless you navigate through a bunch of menus to make them HQ. See that way, you use more data.
Anyway, at least one thing is better because I put a youtube player from the Evo on there and it is a little bit better. Still not perfect because the stupid thing still shows low quality at first, but at least in this youtube there is a single HQ button on the player by the fast forward one touch and you've got HQ.
So I'll take that tiny victory, however shallow, over AT&T and Samsungs herculean efforts to f- up the nice chips, speaker, and screen on this device. Note I didn't say hardware because I'm not a fan of the case overall.
the player defaults to lower quality if youre not connected to wifi so you use less data and it loads quicker. this would be useful to people who have the 200 mb data plan. IIRC it was the same when i had an iphone 3g a couple years ago.
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You may have seen my whining posts about the things that soured my captivate experience, and a big one was for some absurd reason (probably to eat up more data minutes) they made it show ****ty looking videos in the youtube player unless you navigate through a bunch of menus to make them HQ. See that way, you use more data.
Anyway, at least one thing is better because I put a youtube player from the Evo on there and it is a little bit better. Still not perfect because the stupid thing still shows low quality at first, but at least in this youtube there is a single HQ button on the player by the fast forward one touch and you've got HQ.
So I'll take that tiny victory, however shallow, over AT&T and Samsungs herculean efforts to **** up this nice device.
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"a bunch of menus"? You tap the menu button, hit more, then HQ. It takes less than a second. I usually have it hit before the low-quality version is even buffered. Three taps is more than one, but it's not like they were asking you to do analytic geometry. Maybe I don't care because my fingers are fast, or because I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan.
As for their herculean efforts, if you don't use the AT&T/Samsung stuff, you don't notice any of it once you've rooted and enabled sideloading. At least I don't.
Mine defaults to high quality. Whenever I hit menu -> more the option in there always says "watch in low quality". I've checked several times because I was thinking the video looked pretty bad, but then I realized it was already in high quality mode.
My old HTC phone used to pick the quality based on available bandwidth. This type of functionality doesn't seem like it should be beyond google and samsung with their latest and greatest phone lol. Google owns youtube for god's sake.
this sounds like a troll post...
Didn't realize there were wars between android phones
autoxer said:
"a bunch of menus"? You tap the menu button, hit more, then HQ. It takes less than a second. I usually have it hit before the low-quality version is even buffered. Three taps is more than one, but it's not like they were asking you to do analytic geometry. Maybe I don't care because my fingers are fast, or because I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan.
As for their herculean efforts, if you don't use the AT&T/Samsung stuff, you don't notice any of it once you've rooted and enabled sideloading. At least I don't.
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What does sideloading do and how do I enable it. I too have an unlimited plan so I just want the best performance. I'm new to Android phones. I use to be a Nokia fan but got tired of waiting for the N8 or something nice from Nokia.
Not to Hi-jack this post but I'm open to any suggestions to make my Captivate a better user experience. So far I'm loving it !!
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What does sideloading do and how do I enable it. I too have an unlimited plan so I just want the best performance. I'm new to Android phones. I use to be a Nokia fan but got tired of waiting for the N8 or something nice from Nokia.
Not to Hi-jack this post but I'm open to any suggestions to make my Captivate a better user experience. So far I'm loving it !!
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There are, very nearly literally, a million threads on sideloading here. It means the ability to load apps not found in the Market--a feature AT&T disabled by default, without the ability to switch it in settings. Search for it, and you'll find how to enable it. Once it's enabled, you have the only real handicap AT&T put on the phone out of the way.
A few seconds
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autoxer said:
As for their herculean efforts, if you don't use the AT&T/Samsung stuff, you don't notice any of it once you've rooted and enabled sideloading. At least I don't.
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I still notice the dialer. Isn't that still Samsung? It sucks compared to the Aria dialer.
You'd need to have actually used a sense device for a while to know what I mean, it's all about the cool predictive algorithm htc used, whereas the dialer on the captivate is no better than on my old Tilt (although a little faster, thank goodness, and I do appreciate the huge buttons)
Don't get me wrong, there are 5 good things about the captivate: The screen, the screen, the screen, the screen, and the speaker. And those 5 are enough to keep me interested.
autoxer said:
There are, very nearly literally, a million threads on sideloading here. It means the ability to load apps not found in the Market--a feature AT&T disabled by default, without the ability to switch it in settings. Search for it, and you'll find how to enable it. Once it's enabled, you have the only real handicap AT&T put on the phone out of the way.
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I can't find these threads regarding sideloading. Can anyone provide a link?
is there a way to trick youtube into thinking your on wifi so that it defaults to HQ.
I know on iphones theres "3g unrestrictor" is there something like that for android?
bowbei said:
I can't find these threads regarding sideloading. Can anyone provide a link?
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Dude, it's a sticky in the development forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738376
5 different ways to sideload.
Also, in case you didn't even bother looking in the correct forum, there is a sticky in this forum right above this topic about how to sideload:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735482
Next time search around before posting.
When you came from iOS then switch to Android you are going to miss iOS because you are use to it, I almost returned this infuse 4g, but I gave it a shot, when you learn to use this thing it gets better and better every single day, customization is like never ending, when you press a link you have a choice which browser to choose, when you want to call, you can choose to use your minutes or use your data using google voice, and more Dev team case speed the OS it self, + more appetite to choose from and loving Amazon giving a way a paid apparently for free everyday, 4'5 screen yes browsing is a breeze remember 80% of using your smartphone is for browsing yahoo.
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I have an iPhone 4 as well and was hoping for the rumored "AmazonWireless all 4g phones free" sale hoping that the Infuse 4g would be free, but it wasn't meant to be
I can upgrade right now but I think I will wait until the galaxy s 2 comes out or the iPhone 5 to see if its worth it then.
You haven't seen anything yet.
I agree. I was a longtime iphone user who finally made the switch to android with the Infuse. At first I was missing certain aspects of my jailbroken iPhone 4, but it took less than a week until I was ready to sell it. I love the 4.5" screen. There is really only two things I miss about my iphone. The text with the retina display was amazing and if I had that on my 4.5" screen I would be in heaven. I also like the way iOS formats emails a lot better. Emails on the infuse are just a lot harder to view as u have to pan around them. I have tried a couple alternate email clients, but still haven't found one I care for.
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MikeyMike01 said:
You haven't seen anything yet.
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I love a confident Dev.
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I agree. I was a longtime iphone user who finally made the switch to android with the Infuse. At first I was missing certain aspects of my jailbroken iPhone 4, but it took less than a week until I was ready to sell it. I love the 4.5" screen. There is really only two things I miss about my iphone. The text with the retina display was amazing and if I had that on my 4.5" screen I would be in heaven. I also like the way iOS formats emails a lot better. Emails on the infuse are just a lot harder to view as u have to pan around them. I have tried a couple alternate email clients, but still haven't found one I care for.
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The Gmail client rocks if you use Gmail. For general mail (with push capability) K9 wins hands down. If you haven't tried K9, give it a whirl.
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The Gmail client rocks if you use Gmail. For general mail (with push capability) K9 wins hands down. If you haven't tried K9, give it a whirl.
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I agree too much email on phone sucks battery life, unless you do the scheduled pushing, I quit my yahoo and use gmail I think 1 email is better than protecting 4 emails.
The only thing I want is the "3g unrestrictor apps" on iOs where you can fake apps that can be use only on wifi, unrestrict it making the apps think you are connected on wifi where in fact you are using 3g.
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One App I do miss on my iPhone is tone fx . It allowed you to easily juggle ringtones and notification sounds.
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I made the switch as well and don't think that I will ever look back. Regardless of what ios has to offer in the future I believe that android is just a better platform.
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One App I do miss on my iPhone is tone fx . It allowed you to easily juggle ringtones and notification sounds.
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You can change every single notification on android but not juggle.
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You can change every single notification on android but not juggle.
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Ya the ability to change notification sound out of the box is nice compared to ios but I really like the juggling especially for the ringtones. I used to have a bunch of 80's sitcom themes songs set to juggle for every call. Does any body know of a good App to do this? I tried a couple of them but niether worked very well.
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My last phone was a ipjone 3g. It's not a comprable phone, but just the OS alone has been enough to make me happy. With the added speed upgrade, it blows the iphone 3g out of the water.
Got my Infuse and iPhone 4 sittin here. Ive tried the Android switch several times and failed. Going to give the Infuse its fair shake though. Hoping for the best!
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When you came from iOS then switch to Android you are going to miss iOS because you are use to it, I almost returned this infuse 4g, but I gave it a shot, when you learn to use this thing it gets better and better every single day, customization is like never ending, when you press a link you have a choice which browser to choose, when you want to call, you can choose to use your minutes or use your data using google voice, and more Dev team case speed the OS it self, + more appetite to choose from and loving Amazon giving a way a paid apparently for free everyday, 4'5 screen yes browsing is a breeze remember 80% of using your smartphone is for browsing yahoo.
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I agree, I went from iPhone 4 to Android. The only thing I would like to see is better battery life and build quality out of the Android phone line. It always seems like my iPhone lasted forever, and was so rugged, and Android phones feel so plasticy and cheap, and the battery goes soooo fast.
With that said, iOS is like going back in time when using after Android. Sure Android has it's issues, but remember it's only 2 years young, so it's to be expected. I love things like how it adds facebook feeds to a user contact card, and little things like turning the phone upside down to mute a call. Really stuff that just works... it's great.
Welcome from another iPhone 4 convert, hehe
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I agree, I went from iPhone 4 to Android. The only thing I would like to see is better battery life and build quality out of the Android phone line. It always seems like my iPhone lasted forever, and was so rugged, and Android phones feel so plasticy and cheap, and the battery goes soooo fast.
With that said, iOS is like going back in time when using after Android. Sure Android has it's issues, but remember it's only 2 years young, so it's to be expected. I love things like how it adds facebook feeds to a user contact card, and little things like turning the phone upside down to mute a call. Really stuff that just works... it's great.
Welcome from another iPhone 4 convert, hehe
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I agree better battery life I can over with that. One thing I hate with infuse takes 3-4hrs to charge on stock charger, I'm using 1amp charger now and still just a little bit under 3hrs. Hope I can find a 1hr fast charger. I bought an extra battery and deskcharger hope it solve my issue, I always stream Justin.TV movies lol
Turning upside down really muted the call? Haven't tried that. Do I need another app for that? Wow I keep discovering new apps. I'll try that. Like Chumly always say AWESOME.
Any link for more info like this. I'm like ¹ week on android so I'm learning.
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Turning upside down really muted the call? Haven't tried that. Do I need another apparently for that? Wow I keep discovering new apps. I'll try that. Like Chumly always say AWESOME.
Any link for mire info like this. I'm like ¹ week on android so I'm learning.
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HAHA, you're funny and your post cracked me up with each sentence. I love it!
When a call comes in, flip the phone over onto it's face-down, and the phone will stop ringing. You'll also notice that if the phone is ringing and you pick it up to see who it is, it detects it's being fondled and turns down the ringer since you obviously know you have a call at that point. There's also a purse mode, so if you have it in a purse or pocket, it knows, and will crank up the ringer on it's own.
I too continue to discover cool stuff.... there's really no central repository for "cool stuff" but rather a bunch of different things around the net you can search for that'll give some cool tips and tricks. Android is fast evolving, so each tick they come out with gives a few more cool features. I bought this phone along with 2 friends, and I'm always hearing "did you see it can do this..." so as they find things they let me know. It's amazing how much they packed into an OS... makes iOS seem primitive, at best, hehe.
Chumley wouldn't be a good fit for a smartphone, he loves fried chicken and the screen would look like it'd gotten deep fried, hehe. I've never seen someone actually use a Chumley reference on here.... kudos! hehe
I went from an iPhone 4 to a Motorola Atrix for a little over a month. Couldn't stand Motoblur so I went back to an iPhone 4. I had a Captivate but didn't like a few things about it. I sold my iPhone 4 for $450 and bought my Infuse of some guy on Craigslist for $400.
I'm loving my Infuse so far, the size has really grown on me. I don't think I can ever get a phone under 4" again. Email sucks on Android if using email other than Gmail, but there are so many things that I enjoy on my Infuse more!
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I went from an iPhone 4 to a Motorola Atrix for a little over a month. Couldn't stand Motoblur so I went back to an iPhone 4. I had a Captivate but didn't like a few things about it. I sold my iPhone 4 for $450 and bought my Infuse of some guy on Craigslist for $400.
I'm loving my Infuse so far, the size has really grown on me. I don't think I can ever get a phone under 4" again. Email sucks on Android if using email other than Gmail, but there are so many things that I enjoy on my Infuse more!
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Congrats on the migration. It's funny how many people did the same as you, went Atrix because of the marketing hype. I have never personally used it, but I haven't been a Motorola fan since they killed the quality of production after StarTac.
i too agree the size is amazing. I always said anything more than 4" would be too big but now that I have a 4.5" it really is nice. I find that I text\web browse 95% of the time, and rarely use the phone, so the screen size is the #1 feature.
Regarding mail, I had the same sentiments as you, but quickly realized I was wrong. The phone has activesync built in, so first thing I did was delete the gMail client and use the mail app. You'll need an email that supports it (gmail does using exchange server "m.google.com"), or there's a plethora of other non-gmail providers that do it as well. I used to use GoDaddy's Secureserver.net hosted email, but they charge 30.00 a year for hosted IMAP, and $50 a year for activesync, and to me that's just not worth the cost. So I switched all of my domains over to Google Apps. They host your email (you pay $10 a year for the domain to godaddy) then google hosts the activesync email server, and the best part is it's FREE. It's far better than my iPhone mail experience, you just have to have a little know how to set it up, modify MX records, but google's help section makes it super easy to feel your way through it.
Best of luck.
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HAHA, you're funny and your post cracked me up with each sentence. I love it!
When a call comes in, flip the phone over onto it's face-down, and the phone will stop ringing. You'll also notice that if the phone is ringing and you pick it up to see who it is, it detects it's being fondled and turns down the ringer since you obviously know you have a call at that point. There's also a purse mode, so if you have it in a purse or pocket, it knows, and will crank up the ringer on it's own.
I too continue to discover cool stuff.... there's really no central repository for "cool stuff" but rather a bunch of different things around the net you can search for that'll give some cool tips and tricks. Android is fast evolving, so each tick they come out with gives a few more cool features. I bought this phone along with 2 friends, and I'm always hearing "did you see it can do this..." so as they find things they let me know. It's amazing how much they packed into an OS... makes iOS seem primitive, at best, hehe.
Chumley wouldn't be a good fit for a smartphone, he loves fried chicken and the screen would look like it'd gotten deep fried, hehe. I've never seen someone actually use a Chumley reference on here.... kudos! hehe
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I agree its like so much more to discover.
LOL just wondering if someone knows who he is here LOL, turns out someone even have his picture on his phone lmao,
He's funny though although we know that's his role in the series.
To be funny by being dumb, sometimes I even think is he really that good acting as dumb or its all natural. What do you think?
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I agree its like so much more to discover.
LOL just wondering if someone knows who he is here LOL, turns out someone even have his picture on his phone lmao,
He's funny though although we know that's his role in the series.
To be funny by being dumb, sometimes I even think is he really that good acting as dumb or its all natural. What do you think?
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It's got to be an act. You know he's at home writing a master's thesis on globalization as a result of the chinese influence on the world. HAHA. Based strictly on appearance, I do think he likes fried chicken in real life.
I've been using the Atrix 2 for a few days now and and seriously considering returning it.
I really want to like this phone but so far something about it just seems "off"
I don't like the camera, I have issues with wifi, and even though the GPS says accurate to 10 meters, when I am in my back yard, google maps satellite view shows me in my neighbor's yard.
I love the size and build quality and the screen is beautiful.
I'm eligible for upgrade in late january. Should I just suffer, then sell and get the Galaxy Nexus when it comes out, or move to the SGS II now and sell it (probably for more money)
My other concern is the locked bootloader. I've never had a phone without access to ROMS and kernels. I know it's a new phone, been out a month or so, but are there any Motorola Phones that have NOT been able to be unlocked eventually?
I'd love some input.
i'm in the same boat.
if development seemed like it was moving somewhere, i wouldn't feel so much like returning it. but, the development section is a ghost town, doesn't seem promising for the atrix 2.
I'm going on vacation next week to disney so I'll put the phone through it's paces, really USE the camera and make my decision when I get home. I still have time.
Like I said I want very much to like the phone.
Same here. I miss my HTC sense already.something just not right about the ATRIX. Considering exchanging for a free inspire4g. Virtuous unity rocks on that phone. Atrix2 camera is really crappy,and having wifi issues.
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I've been using the Atrix 2 for a few days now and and seriously considering returning it.
I really want to like this phone but so far something about it just seems "off"
I don't like the camera, I have issues with wifi, and even though the GPS says accurate to 10 meters, when I am in my back yard, google maps satellite view shows me in my neighbor's yard.
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I agree that the camera leaves a lot to be desired (at least the software that powers it). I can't speak to your WiFi issues, as I haven't had any problems with mine.
10 meter GPS accuracy is about 35 feet. So if you have a small yard it's entirely possible you will show up in your neighbor's yard with 10m accuracy.
My neighbors yard is a good 75 to 80 feet away.
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My neighbors yard is a good 75 to 80 feet away.
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OK, that sucks then. I still haven't even turned the GPS on since I got mine...I will do it now.
I am sitting inside my house, but the location was nearly perfect. Right over my house (albeit in a different room). Oddly, it said accurate to within 60 meters. Not sure why yours would report 10m accuracy and be so far off and mine would report 60m accuracy and be almost spot on.
Anybody else play fruit ninja? Lagggggggy. Definitely going back.
return it.
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I've been using the Atrix 2 for a few days now and and seriously considering returning it.
I really want to like this phone but so far something about it just seems "off"
I don't like the camera, I have issues with wifi, and even though the GPS says accurate to 10 meters, when I am in my back yard, google maps satellite view shows me in my neighbor's yard.
I love the size and build quality and the screen is beautiful.
I'm eligible for upgrade in late january. Should I just suffer, then sell and get the Galaxy Nexus when it comes out, or move to the SGS II now and sell it (probably for more money)
My other concern is the locked bootloader. I've never had a phone without access to ROMS and kernels. I know it's a new phone, been out a month or so, but are there any Motorola Phones that have NOT been able to be unlocked eventually?
I'd love some input.
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To many good phones to keep a phone that does not make you happy or one that you have to make excuses for.
Same boat as u were, went ahead and scooped up the SGS II.
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i fixed my camera gripes with camera zoom fx
my gps is really accurate, or atleast accurate enough for me, no problems there
i have no lag issues, but i don't play a lot of intensive games
i love my vehicle dock
my problems are with:
email continuously syncing, even with it set to manual fetch and push disabled
can't see the capacitive buttons when i need to, in the dark, it's fine. light, they don't need to be off, but in situations in between, it's too dark to see them, but not dark enough to trigger the led's behind them
the fact that motorola doesn't seem to really want to bother supporting the atrix 2. they haven't updated their site on accessories being available, or anywhere else for that matter. there's not even a hint of an update or them even addressing the vast amount of issues that owners have been complaining about. i would assume that 100% of their focus is on the razr.
development has gone no where fast.
however, there's nothing really worth exchanging it for on att (at least not at the same price-point. i played around with the hd7s in the store and really liked it, however, it's not a 4g phone. not that it matters since i've never hit over 5mb with my atrix 2. but the device was nice and the ui was smooth. the infuse would be a step down software wise. lg thrill, well, it's an lg...
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Anybody else play fruit ninja? Lagggggggy. Definitely going back.
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I have the game and runs perfectly
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I have the game and runs perfectly
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weird. Lags for me.
Guess I just got a good one. Only thing I've changed had been the camera n camera zoom fx work great. Maybe you got a bad one and a swap will fix your problems.
Possibly. Camera zoom fx even lags for me.
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Possibly. Camera zoom fx even lags for me.
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then you have an issue somewhere.
open the task manager and see what else is running
what all do you have installed?
facebook using 39 MB RAM
Market using 21 MB
widget locker using 8 MB
Seesmic using 7 MB
Gmail using 5 MB
Google plus using 5 MB
a couple of other things using 1 MB or less
restarted phone started fruit ninja, got lag
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I'm going on vacation next week to disney so I'll put the phone through it's paces, really USE the camera and make my decision when I get home. I still have time.
Like I said I want very much to like the phone.
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Try using Camera Zoom FX app it really improved the quality of my pics Im really enjoying this phone but these are issues that are concerning me im hoping soon there will be a bootloader unlock too Id love to see this hardware put through its paces with some custom ROMs
I would try returning it If I were you and having all of these issues ( havent seen em tho Ive had no lag in any games ive played) and see if a different device would work better if not then just upgrade and sell no need keeping a phone you're not really happy with it.
Gunnyman sounds like you def have hardware issues. I'd take it back for a switch and play around with a new one before leaving the store and make sure it doesn't have any problems as well
call me weird but i was expecting more. the update release said new widgets and icons and colors and all im seeing is a new color on the notification bar. i have yet to find new widgets or icons or different looking icons or widgets. the phone looks exactly the same except for the notification bar and that little yellow thing that pops up when you reach the bottom of a screen. yes im happy about the speed improvement. the phone is a lot faster then before but other then that its the same old charge
the color scheme is wack. FUGLY!
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call me weird but i was expecting more. the update release said new widgets and icons and colors and all im seeing is a new color on the notification bar. i have yet to find new widgets or icons or different looking icons or widgets. the phone looks exactly the same except for the notification bar and that little yellow thing that pops up when you reach the bottom of a screen. yes im happy about the speed improvement. the phone is a lot faster then before but other then that its the same old charge
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This was a software update, not a device refresh. They fixed bugs, revved the Android version, and improved the radios. I'm not sure why you (or anyone else) was expecting major changes to the look/functionality of the device.
I'm not sure why they didn't at least take the Stratosphere's interface design/colors (which is more uniform), as that is essentially the same phone with a smaller screen and physical keyboard.
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I'm not sure why they didn't at least take the Stratosphere's interface design/colors (which is more uniform), as that is essentially the same phone with a smaller screen and physical keyboard.
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+1 My wife just got a Stratosphere and the color scheme is what the Charge's should've been. Everything that's poopy and orange on our phones is green on hers. Jealous...
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This was a software update, not a device refresh. They fixed bugs, revved the Android version, and improved the radios. I'm not sure why you (or anyone else) was expecting major changes to the look/functionality of the device.
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The Verizon PDF said so, that's why.
I see this as a major rip off. It's the biggest case of false advertisement since the Marvel Comic "The New Fantastic Four" which stated on the cover that the Punisher makes a cameo appearance and the only place you can find him is in an ad for subscriptions.
I don't really care seeing as I'm running the ICS theme....but F-U Verisung.
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The Verizon PDF said so, that's why.
I see this as a major rip off. It's the biggest case of false advertisement since the Marvel Comic "The New Fantastic Four" which stated on the cover that the Punisher makes a cameo appearance and the only place you can find him is in an ad for subscriptions.
I don't really care seeing as I'm running the ICS theme....but F-U Verisung.
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B*tch b*tch nag nag, if you don't like it, go learn how to theme.
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One legitimate complaint that I have is they borked the built in screen capture function. You can no longer capture some screens (notification shade for example) because the phone lags while trying to produce a stupid animation before capturing the screen.
Yes, it would be possible to use an app from the market but I should not need to. They essentially removed a useful feature.
Also I find that the orange page limit glow gets in the way or certain things. It sometimes covers up what I am trying to look at. If I want to drag a photo to be able to see the edge in the gallery app for example when zoomed in. The stupid orange glow covers up the picture; having the glow cover up a web page is one thing but covering up the edge I am trying to look at is wrong. Essentially they removed the functionality of being able to drag a web page, image, etc., to the center of the screen and view it.
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B*tch b*tch nag nag, if you don't like it, go learn how to theme.
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Some people don't have time to theme... Some people also don't root their device...
If you don't like their comment, ignore it. Don't insult other members.
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Camera Issue
I was pleased with the update, and color scheme doesn't matter to me near as much as a more stable radio, and more responsive interface. Here is the reason I wish I would not have updated. CAMERA! I have a 2 year old and a 2 month old. Before, you could press and hold the shutter button to focus, and when you released it instantly snapped the shot. Now, that's a no go! A second + lag...... Hard to get the "good" shot that is hard to get. Bummer!
i love the speed improvements thats for sure. the phone is 100 times faster then it was but i think if verizon is going to publish documents claiming new icons and new widgets they should probably deliver on that.
I get FFC so I'm happy.
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I'm not happy. They took away and broke crap while in the process.
Well I just got my Charge from FedEx man 20 minutes ago, and after turning on phone and it "activating" the GSB update was the first screen to pop up, no user setup, Google account, etc. So i can't say how well the old version worked :/ But The update downloaded off 4G FAST...first app off market was Speed Test, and it got blazing 23069kbps down and 14094kbps up!
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Well I just got my Charge from FedEx man 20 minutes ago, and after turning on phone and it "activating" the GSB update was the first screen to pop up, no user setup, Google account, etc. So i can't say how well the old version worked :/ But The update downloaded off 4G FAST...first app off market was Speed Test, and it got blazing 23069kbps down and 14094kbps up!
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nice!! welcome to the Charge and LTE lol... now root that biotch and debloat/rom it
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Root bear?
anoninja118 said:
nice!! welcome to the Charge and LTE lol... now root that biotch and debloat/rom it
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Well heck ya I want to root. Looking at my options for ROMs...thinking mybe need to roll my own. Man we need move Devs
Go with Infinity.
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Got my Charge in May. I run stock because I don't care what the interface looks like. I need it to work, no time for bricks, make phone calls, txt, Google Docs etc. I was about done with Froyo because it was getting so slow, it seemed almost like it was being emulated on my phone. Was about to make a stink with Verizon.
Got the update. It fixed every single bug/complaint I ever had with the phone, and/or it enhanced every feature by fine tuning it.
Here is a short list of complaints fixed immediately:
GUI now hauls butt with little or no lag
bluetooth works perfectly and connects to my headset and stays connected
programs close on their own - don't have to constantly free memory
GPS works and is accurate
Yahoo Mail in email actually WORKS
The call quality is the clearest of any phone I've ever had (I do have great coverage here). 4G LTE hauls butt. With GB This phone makes my old iPhone looks like a piece of garbage.
Just my opinion.
i found the fancy new icons they were boasting about. the update available and download complete icons are new. ooohhhh aahhhhh.
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i found the fancy new icons they were boasting about. the update available and download complete icons are new. ooohhhh aahhhhh.
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My phone doesn't show an available update yet, not sure why, perhaps it's because I'm running Humble 5.0 and not stock . . . Anyway, when I do get the new OTA, how do I get the new icons/widgets? Is it a separate download or something? Thanks!
Well , other phones have this so i think we should too! I like reading other peoples thoughts on when ics is gonna be released even if its a random guess. i think by the end of this month is my estimate.
We will get it when everyone else in the world has it....
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I quickly learned the skyrocket is red headed step child... when I bought this device..... I wouldn't be surprised if we never get it
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WhatzinyourphonE said:
I quickly learned the skyrocket is red headed step child... when I bought this device..... I wouldn't be surprised if we never get it
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Well the t989 got it today, so I think we might actually get sometime this week, if not next week hope fully, at least this shows Rogers isn't waiting for the release of the s3 to update its existing galaxy line
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I think so too if t mobile can do it then why is att so far behind especially since there's been 2 leaks and from what ive read the second is all the way functional except a few bugs so what's taking so long
Yeah, hopefully this week or next. I see no reason why not. T-Mo SII just got it through Kies, so there is def SII love. US SIII just isn't groundbreaking.
Will this be an OTA we have to manually retreive or a Kies update? Im half wondering if Kies will give it to us right now.
I hope it gets here soon, I'm so utterly disgusted with the lack of features and performance in mine that I'm already ready to go back to an iPhone. The only reason I bought it was because my iPhone 4 was stolen and the AT&T sales rep said ICS was coming out "next week", this was nearly two months ago.
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I hope it gets here soon, I'm so utterly disgusted with the lack of features and performance in mine that I'm already ready to go back to an iPhone. The only reason I bought it was because my iPhone 4 was stolen and the AT&T sales rep said ICS was coming out "next week", this was nearly two months ago.
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lack of features? which features might those be?
As far as performance goes, the skyrocket is no slouch.
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lack of features? which features might those be?
As far as performance goes, the skyrocket is no slouch.
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Last I checked only the galaxy S3 and like 1 other phone were better, am I wrong?
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digitalmaniak3k said:
I hope it gets here soon, I'm so utterly disgusted with the lack of features and performance in mine that I'm already ready to go back to an iPhone. The only reason I bought it was because my iPhone 4 was stolen and the AT&T sales rep said ICS was coming out "next week", this was nearly two months ago.
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Ooh boy..
More of this
Fragmentation.
Lack of features aka I can't find them cuz they aren't on the home screen or plastered to my face
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hey, I'm not here to start anything, I wasted $200 on this thing because it's just not right for my usage. I have to restart it several times a day because it locks up, the stock browser is a joke, I'm forced to use Dolphin which I hate to access my company portal (hey, I didn't use Safari on my iPhone, but Safari did work for that) It won't ring, I never get notifications of text messages or voicemail, I drive over 200 miles a day so having music to listen to is important, and I had to dust off my old iPod for that, I had the TomTom app on my iPhone and since I travel out of my service area regularly I cant trust the navigation that came with the Samsung because it constantly loses GPS signal, so I had to buy a TomTom. I honestly thought my phone was broken so I took it back but the guy in the store said there was nothing wrong with my phone. I used to use Foursquare but the GPS is so off that every time I check in anywhere it says I'm too far away. Oh, and my battery only gives me about three hours off the charger.
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Lack of features aka I can't find them cuz they aren't on the home screen or plastered to my face
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Haha! Epic!
But honestly this is taking way too long to get the "official" ICS out... not complaining just an observation.
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hey, I'm not here to start anything, I wasted $200 on this thing because it's just not right for my usage. I have to restart it several times a day because it locks up, the stock browser is a joke, I'm forced to use Dolphin which I hate to access my company portal (hey, I didn't use Safari on my iPhone, but Safari did work for that) It won't ring, I never get notifications of text messages or voicemail, I drive over 200 miles a day so having music to listen to is important, and I had to dust off my old iPod for that, I had the TomTom app on my iPhone and since I travel out of my service area regularly I cant trust the navigation that came with the Samsung because it constantly loses GPS signal, so I had to buy a TomTom. I honestly thought my phone was broken so I took it back but the guy in the store said there was nothing wrong with my phone. I used to use Foursquare but the GPS is so off that every time I check in anywhere it says I'm too far away. Oh, and my battery only gives me about three hours off the charger.
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Then you just have a faulty phone bro...
Cool story
crixley said:
Then you just have a faulty phone bro...
Cool story
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AT&T and Samsung disagree.
digitalmaniak3k said:
AT&T and Samsung disagree.
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Well maybe you're just "special"
Go back to an iPhone, they're good for people who can't figure things out
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Well maybe you're just "special"
Go back to an iPhone, they're good for people who can't figure things out
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Wow you're a ****. And I mean that with the most disgusted inflection that word allows for, jackass.
To the other guy; your phone is faulty. It just is. You're the consumer, you payed for a product that isn't delivering. You're going to need to whine and ***** about it, make it a big of enough deal; don't take no for an answer.
They're retail stores, switching out used devices isn't really their forte. (If you had a faulty iPhone you'd still need to make a big deal about it before getting it switched).
You have a great phone, trust me and everyone else here who knows phones. Yours is faulty; the Skyrocket is an incredibly powerful device.