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Lost my HTC HD2---what phone should I get?

I recently lost my HD2. I love this phone to death, I was among the 1st one tried out hyperdroib-v12, it was the best rom so far....Wondering what phone should I get this time. Here are some candidates:
Tmobile-G2x
HTC-HD7
Mytouch4G slide
or another HD2 ?
hoping for honest opinions here, pro and con? ...future stable tweak. I personally enjoy fast response, longer battery life, GPS, and user friendly..not so much of a theme, UI guys.
Thanks

i noticed you are a big HTC fan
so i'll suggest HTC Amaze, also called HTC Ruby
it's basically the old HTC Sensation upgraded

nice..thanks, looked it up ...HTC amaze is not being offered from Tmobile at the moment.

Based on what you're looking for, stability, fast response, battery life, GPS, and user experience it'd be wrong to suggest anything but WP7. You can't tweak it much but that's because it doesn't need to be tweaked to exceed android and even iOS in those categories.

wait for the nexus prime ;-)
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eiabea said:
wait for the nexus prime ;-)
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Tmobile only please.

kikikuku said:
I recently lost my HD2. I love this phone to death, I was among the 1st one tried out hyperdroib-v12, it was the best rom so far....Wondering what phone should I get this time. Here are some candidates:
Tmobile-G2x
HTC-HD7
Mytouch4G slide
or another HD2 ?
hoping for honest opinions here, pro and con? ...future stable tweak. I personally enjoy fast response, longer battery life, GPS, and user friendly..not so much of a theme, UI guys.
Thanks
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Hi, I was in a similar situation to you a few weeks back...I replaced a broken HD2 with a new HD7 through Asurion (they were no longer offering the HD2 as a replacement :-( ), and after a few weeks of missing running Android, I bought another HD2 off of ebay for about $170. Now I have the HD2 as my primary phone running WP7 off NAND and Android off SD, and I have the HD7 to play with on the side while we wait for DFT to create an Android hack for that phone as well. The HD7 development is getting close, but it's not quite as far along as I'd like before I'll make the HD7 my primary phone--for me, the HD2 is still the king. I'd get another one of those, if I were you...

Id get the g2x
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-

kikikuku said:
I recently lost my HD2. I love this phone to death, I was among the 1st one tried out hyperdroib-v12, it was the best rom so far....Wondering what phone should I get this time. Here are some candidates:
Tmobile-G2x
HTC-HD7
Mytouch4G slide
or another HD2 ?
hoping for honest opinions here, pro and con? ...future stable tweak. I personally enjoy fast response, longer battery life, GPS, and user friendly..not so much of a theme, UI guys.
Thanks
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I have been using WP7 for a few months now and is one of the best phones i've ever had, i recommend you the HD7 you're not going to regret it!!

If you like installing Custom Roms ,Kernels etc. Than get the Nexus S
Or really wait for the Nexus Prime!
The Nexus S is a TOP Smartphone which is also very cheap!

I would wait for Nexus Prime.

[Q] Why no CM7\MiUi roms?

The AT&T SG2 had CM7 and MiUi roms basically on launch day I've notice roms seem to be coming slow on the skyrocket.
Is this because of the different chipsets, Dev Interest, or something else compared to SG2?
(This isn't me complaining I'm just curious , I also noticed no CM7 roms for T-Mobile SG2)

Bump Up My Post count. Also, want answer.

This device is very new. Also There is no international version. Imsure the dev support will increase but gota have patience . Its a totally different device from the sgs2. Just hope more odevs becpme intrested in it. I think once ics is released for.it the dev support will increase. Supposed to be the first at&t device to recieve it

silver03wrx said:
This device is very new. Also There is no international version. Imsure the dev support will increase but gota have patience . Its a totally different device from the sgs2. Just hope more odevs becpme intrested in it. I think once ics is released for.it the dev support will increase. Supposed to be the first at&t device to recieve it
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unfortunately, this is the same problem the infuse ran into.... which is why i left...

The SGS2 had it on the international phone, so migrating it was easy. New chip will delay the ROM's on the skyrocket, so be patient

silver03wrx said:
This device is very new. Also There is no international version. Imsure the dev support will increase but gota have patience . Its a totally different device from the sgs2. Just hope more odevs becpme intrested in it. I think once ics is released for.it the dev support will increase. Supposed to be the first at&t device to recieve it
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The galaxy s2 lte is the international version of the skyrocket, but the issue is it released at around the same time and is not near as popular as the original gs2.
Our phones are very similar to the tmo GS2, so once they get a cm7 port the skyrocket version shouldn't be far behind.

You should not stick with this phone if you are hoping for a ton of dev support. Frankly, we're lucky to have what we have right now (thanks guys!). This is a one off phone and as such, it's more difficult to port stuff over to it. I consider it highly unlikely that we'll see any Cyanogen or MiUi love on this phone unless portability some how gets easier with ICS.
I'm not huge on installing ROM's just to play with them. I come here more for problem solving on stock + root configs, so this isn't a big deal for me. But I can understand why it's a big turn off to some people.

The ROMS for the Infuse came fairly quickly after the phone was available. Subsequent cooked ROMs then started becoming more stable just about 3-4 months after. Of course, it all depends on the availability of dev support for the SR and hopefully they are coming onboard soon enough.
Then again, if you want *more* than a few ROMs to choose from, then the 'regular' sgs2 may be more up your alley.

I NEED MY STOCK ANDROID BACK... touch wiz is pretty but i went from g1 to n1 to skyrocket and i miss some things

A second line is coming up for upgrade (for the wife) and I have thought about getting/trying out the skyrocket as I have the original att SGS2 and love the rom and dev support. Already testing out the international versions alpha build of ice cream sandwich. But for the wife's phone I don't think I want to mess with it as much though. But it DOES boil down to dev support and roms I guess. Is it really this slow in here? I love my OG SGS2 and even though we will have lte in my area by years end I wont be giving up mine for anything. I got my OG SGS2 two days after launch and at first was excited by the lte version until it was confirmed to have the snapdragon and not the exerynos. So I was glad I stayed.
So my question is has any well known devs jumped into the skyrocket arena yet? The dev section looks kind of lonely right now. I have a month to decide whether to get her a OG SGS2 or the skyrocket so I am in no rush. I saw all the threads and have followed the skyrocket until it was moved out of our sub forum, so I have read all the debates and arguing about the differences between the OG and skyrocket. Haven't been in here for a few weeks now and it looks almost the exact same developer section wise. Other than being rooted have you guys seen any spectacular advancements as we have seen in the OG SGS2? I am NOT in here trolling but just wanted to get all your inputs as well. Are you still glad you went with the skyrocket? Are you glad you didn't just take it back and get a OG SGS2? I know with lte you guys get kick ass download speeds, and in my OG I get 8Mb download and haven't had any issues streaming anything, downloading anything, or visiting any web pages. So is it worth it in your eyes for me to get the skyrocket for the wife? PLEASE only real answers, I am not here for flaming wars or "my device is better because" replies, I am not trying to stir up the emotions I have seen between the two in the past. So again please just your honest and as possible unbiased opinions. Thanks
PS.I posted this here because I run CM7 on my OG SGS2. Not sure if I could give it up though touchwiz on our (both) att SGS's gets the job done. Plus with testing out alpha builds of ICS we are in for a WHOLE change of goodness as long as the ASOP build looks and feels. Unless samsung or att don't ruin it that is.
Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7

I would certainly love to see CM7 support for this device. i think it would be tremendous oversight for it to get swept under the table and miss out on CM7.1 + CM9.
I do not see it happening .. i believe it will show up sooner or later.
Patiently holding out on purchasing "ics device." just to "have an ics ROM."
people the phone came out a month ago! i was on the SGSII forum, and we didn't have CM support immediately, it took time patience and DONTATIONS! if no one is donating, please quit crying!! You can always return the device. It is not a good look for those of in the community (irc.irondust.net; #skyrocket) that are either attempting to be a part of the solution. Da_G is looking into a port now. Furthermore, Samsung was sent an email re the release of the source code.
We will see.

jcvancleve said:
I would certainly love to see CM7 support for this device. i think it would be tremendous oversight for it to get swept under the table and miss out on CM7.1 + CM9.
I do not see it happening .. i believe it will show up sooner or later.
Patiently holding out on purchasing "ics device." just to "have an ics ROM."
people the phone came out a month ago! i was on the SGSII forum, and we didn't have CM support immediately, it took time patience and DONTATIONS! if no one is donating, please quit crying!! You can always return the device. It is not a good look for those of in the community (irc.irondust.net; #skyrocket) that are either attempting to be a part of the solution. Da_G is looking into a port now. Furthermore, Samsung was sent an email re the release of the source code.
We will see.
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who do we have to donate to??????? i'm up for it.

highlanderx said:
who do we have to donate to??????? i'm up for it.
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Cyanogenmod
but get on the board, in our section and put up a request (register your name, go through the trouble it is worth it. these guys don't mess around) and do what yo0u can!~ it will be much appreciated! i know i did my thing
click on this link if you are truly interested. register on the board, post a friendly intro / request, tell a friend
click here to register etc. _ tell _ a _ Friend _ who _ owns _ a _ SKyRoCkET
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/36317-samsung-galaxy-s2-skyrocket-sgh-i727/
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CLICK HERE FOR CYANOGENMOD SUPPORT / DEVELOPMENT
buy these folks a bit of coffee, tea, ale, or wine.
Cheers!!!!!

We have to DEMONSTRATE DEMAND. Nothing in life is given, or assumed. At least not in the business world folks!
Instead of a HUGE thread on how to run a TMO ROM on our devices, we could request support instead on the Cyanogenmod thread for OUR device? Just a thought... not a flame
Any Dev will tell you the facts.. if he knows this device, he knows there are more than enough similarities BTW sgh-i727 and tmo sgs II for cyanogenmod to run a simple port. You guys must've not read up much .. this would be cake for those fellas.
If you want it, tell them politely and we will see it!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

The Skyrocket will be worth it in the long run, I know we might not have much dev support at the moment but eventually when ICS comes to this phone officially it will grow. I'm running this phone stock at the moment and I LOVE it no lag at all, and mostly I'm loving my 55mbps download speeds down here in Texas (;

Soon hopefully soon i miss me some miui!!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

Guys this phone is awesome..it just came out 3 weeks ago.. it already has some nice mods for it .. give it a chance.. Its like a new model car that comes out.. it takes some time for the vendors to R&D .. make a jig.. testing.. etc... to get the performance parts out.. .. I forsee great things with this phone in the very near future..
Have patience!

[Q] From Vibrant to G2X - should I do it?

As the title says - is it a leap forward or backwords?
Especially I would like to ask you owners if there are enough ROMs and Kernels and development for this phone.
The only way to know if to buy a phone nowadays is to ask if it has a good community of DEV in XDA
I love MIUI - so I want to also know if MIUI is supported
THANK YOU ALL

I think it's a step forward and we have 3 miu roms and I think there is an icecream sandwich miui build. Not sure.
Don't forget to tell us what ur decision is.
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benyben123 said:
As the title says - is it a leap forward or backwords?
Especially I would like to ask you owners if there are enough ROMs and Kernels and development for this phone.
The only way to know if to buy a phone nowadays is to ask if it has a good community of DEV in XDA
I love MIUI - so I want to also know if MIUI is supported
THANK YOU ALL
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Definitely a leap forward!
Development on our beloved G2x has come to a snail pace, but we've got weekly updated MIUI builds along with CM7, so what else could you need?

Definetly a leap forward, G2x ****s all over that other phone, only reason development has slowed down is cuz all the best roms have already been made available with what is to work with atm.

d12unk13astard said:
Definetly a leap forward, G2x ****s all over that other phone, only reason development has slowed down is cuz all the best roms have already been made available with what is to work with atm.
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I wouldn't say the G2x sh*ts all over the Vibrant, but its definitely an upgrade.

Ok so I just got my G2x two hours ago. And WOW !!! The performance (and I am talking about daily usual stuff - browsing, email, scrolling, multi-tasking) is absolutely amazing!
Mind you - all stock, and it's super-fast! I love it.
It came with a screen protector and I was kind of disappointed from the screen, but when I took off that shi#y screen protector, the screen POPPED to life! So that's something to remember as well - some SP are horrible!
I am just starting to learn it now, and going over the forums.
If I may add a question here: does the MIUI we have for the G2x takes full advantage of this hardware? In other words, I would hate to sacrifice the speed, the performance of this device. Or is this not a concern?
Thanks all !!!!

benyben123 said:
Ok so I just got my G2x two hours ago. And WOW !!! The performance (and I am talking about daily usual stuff - browsing, email, scrolling, multi-tasking) is absolutely amazing!
Mind you - all stock, and it's super-fast! I love it.
It came with a screen protector and I was kind of disappointed from the screen, but when I took off that shi#y screen protector, the screen POPPED to life! So that's something to remember as well - some SP are horrible!
I am just starting to learn it now, and going over the forums.
If I may add a question here: does the MIUI we have for the G2x takes full advantage of this hardware? In other words, I would hate to sacrifice the speed, the performance of this device. Or is this not a concern?
Thanks all !!!!
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Well, gingerbread in general is not optimized for dual core processors. Regardless, you'll still have a wonderful MIUI experience. I'd suggest you head on over to rootzwiki to get @Whitehawkx's MIUI builds, more up to date and I just trust his work more

[Q] Returning to The Sensation & i need A little direction?

Hello to all of you here in the Sensation forums, and let me say I couldn't be happier to be back here! I used to own a Tmo Sensation & I've been gone for a while as I dabbled in the department of the Galaxy S2 (yuck) & the HTC Amaze (great device but no Sensation). As the new devices rolled out I followed on the band wagon but I just kept finding myself missing my sensation. Though it seems to be popular belief that the GS2 is some sort of Android god, I just couldn't love it, & my Amaze was just never as practical as my Sensation due to battery life & development. So, that's my long unnecessary story, thank for listening! Lol.
Now I'm no expert but not quite a noob when it comes to rooting & flashing but its seems quite a lot has changed since I was last here, & I mostly mean the addition of the ICS firmware. I have fallen in love with ICS on my Transformer Prime & I've even almost completely replaced my net book, even being a small business owner, its just so functional for my daily tasks.
So my question is that the last time I was on the Sensation I used a guide by VipeR to get root, cwm, & s-off. Is this still the method I want to use if the ice firmware is where I'm headed, or is there a more up to date method? I'd also like to know what is the smoothest fully functional ice build/rom that the majority are using here, as I see there are a few? Also, any advice or links that anyone might have for me on any significant info or changes that have occurred since the addition of ICS would also be greatly appreciated! I have taken some time to skim through some of the areas that are new to me here, but being new to owning my own business has accounted for a lot of my free time, & family time. I don't have any problem reading & educating myself, but any direction that could be offered would be fantastic! Thank you in advance to all of you great ppl in this forum & I look forward to hanging around here, as Tmo GS2 forum I was most recently in was getting a little off putting & unfriendly.
Posted from my Elegant Transformer Prime

androholic said:
So my question is that the last time I was on the Sensation I used a guide by VipeR to get root, cwm, & s-off. Is this still the method I want to use if the ice firmware is where I'm headed, or is there a more up to date method? I'd also like to know what is the smoothest fully functional ice build/rom that the majority are using here, as I see there are a few?
Posted from my Elegant Transformer Prime
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you have to follow this guide, which is the viper one, cause it is the best method and it is explained very well!
I am using insertcoin 4.6.1 give it a try and you will never change rom

follow the same guide but install 4ext afterwards. it gives you the optian to make a choice if give by roms wich clockwork just standard says no to. 4ext.net dl recovery updater and install by that. nandroid backups are at my phone found in clockworkmod->backup because i sued cwm to at first but with ARHD 4ext can by and was my new recovery

Just curious...the consensus seems to be that ICS will be pushed to the Sensation next month already. Can't wait?
Even if you like the ROMs here (I don't blame you...I like them too! ) I would think that with the official ICS out, these devs would make their respective ROMs even more stable since it will be built on the official one.
If ICS wasn't so close to coming out or wasn't going to be available on your phone, I would definitely go for it, but being that it's so close...
Personally I'm waiting. Then once I've got the OTA, I'm rooting and looking for the ROM of my dreams. LOL!

Thank you very much for posting and honestly I have been considering that. I really want ICS as pure as possible. I had purchased the gnex but I returned it as I just didn't think it was worth the $700 I had spent. I went back with the sensation thinking this was probably much better of a chance of pure ICS than my Tmo gs2. I would have done the htc amaze but there is not as much development for it as the sensation, not to mention the battery life, and I have always loved the sensation. I have learned my lesson with samsung I will buy nothing but htc from here out. I spend the majority of my time on my aces transformer prime and have just fallen in love with this very pure form of ICS.

I used the revolutionary.io site to unlock my Sensation, worked without a problem. Installed CWM and then a few roms, settled on Darkforest as it is the most stable ICS rom I've tried. And the Sensation is definitely better than the Galaxy S2 in my opinion, such a better build quality and feel to it!

androholic said:
Thank you very much for posting and honestly I have been considering that. I really want ICS as pure as possible. I had purchased the gnex but I returned it as I just didn't think it was worth the $700 I had spent. I went back with the sensation thinking this was probably much better of a chance of pure ICS than my Tmo gs2. I would have done the htc amaze but there is not as much development for it as the sensation, not to mention the battery life, and I have always loved the sensation. I have learned my lesson with samsung I will buy nothing but htc from here out. I spend the majority of my time on my aces transformer prime and have just fallen in love with this very pure form of ICS.
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Just curious...what problems did you have with Samsung stuff?

androholic said:
Thank you very much for posting and honestly I have been considering that. I really want ICS as pure as possible. I had purchased the gnex but I returned it as I just didn't think it was worth the $700 I had spent. I went back with the sensation thinking this was probably much better of a chance of pure ICS than my Tmo gs2. I would have done the htc amaze but there is not as much development for it as the sensation, not to mention the battery life, and I have always loved the sensation. I have learned my lesson with samsung I will buy nothing but htc from here out. I spend the majority of my time on my aces transformer prime and have just fallen in love with this very pure form of ICS.
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As others have said, S-OFF etc. from the VipeR thread.
The main thing to be careful of is: S-OFF before upgrading the firmware, revolutionary.io doesn't currently support 1.23/1.27 HBOOTs.
If you want an AOSP like experience have a look at Virtuous Inquisition.

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If you want an AOSP like experience have a look at Virtuous Inquisition.
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I second this, I too have a transformer prime and I can't stand not having ICS. Virtious Inquisition is by far the best AOSP rom out there for the sensaiton. I've tried many others but this is the best working and fastest. ARHD is good if you like sense, but VI is best if you like pure AOSP (with a few HTC things like camera etc)
Sent from my Asus Transformer of The Prime Kind.

Im so happy I want to cry

I've been using Android phones for about 2 years now, and my replacement G2 broke right before the 90 warranty. I got T-Mobile to give me a sensation for free luckily. Anyways, my experience with Android has always come down to this - fun to use, but never as responsive as other mobile OS's. Even rooted, my old Moto Cliq and G2 would lag. However, I just rooted and installed Android Revolution on my Sensation, and its ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! No lag AT ALL. I know for a lot of you this is normal, but because I am discovering this just now, it's honestly a milestone for me. I was so sure I was going to switch to WP8 once it was released, but no longer. THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDROID DEV COMMUNITY!

Welcome aboard !

Next step - ditching Sense

I disagree :L with sense 4.0 it should be a much better experience but I understand why u might want to ditch sense 3.x XD
BTW. Not starting an argument just saying
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

i felt exactly the way you feel now when i got my sensation, and the experience was improved even further when i switched to ICS AOSP(-style) ROMs... i really think android can compete with iOS in terms of ui responsiveness now (though i have never used an iphone 4s).

Welcome to the cool Sensation! Happy Flashing! : )

Honestly sense 4.0 has been a great experience so far. There's absolutely no lag right now. I think I will try the AOSP roms once all of the kinks are worked out.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA

thats how exactly how i felt bro

Stay where you're at or go to Sense 3.6 ICS. Sense 4.0 isn't ready yet and whatever you do, do not install Sense 3.5 - laggy as all get out.

Next step use an AOSP ROM like CM9

same here.... but i bought my g2 on ebay already kinda scuffed up almost a year ago. something happened suddenly with my g2 (semi-bricked) and showed it to tmobile and gave me a choice of a replacement phone, sensation 4g or mytouch q. are you serious??? i chose the sensation of course....

Be sure to go over to dev site and thank mike1986. He and others have done an awesome job on this ROM/firmware.
Sent from my HTC Sensation ICS 4.0.3 ARHD 6.5.3XE. Clocked 1.62 ghz Rockin'

Yup. Just follow instructions here to a T, and you'll be amazed at how much better the Sensation gets from stock. Made the jump from Blackberry last August, and only did so because Android has come this far.

Good on ya!