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So I got to play with this phone today and all I have to say is WOW I'm so impressed.... I felt like my G2x was outdated. The screen is amazing, light weight, amazing feel, new 3.0 UI is awesome, It just feels like my old nexus one. I only got to take 2pics. can't wait until june! I took just 2 pics, I didn't get to take many as the "anonymous" person that had it didn't let me take more lol.
If your thinking of getting the G2x for tmobile... Trust me, its right around the corner... Just hold off and wait on that sensation.
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Sounds good to hear. Can't wait for release. How was the picture quality?
[G2/HTC Vision]

What determines my purchase is battery life. I really want this device.
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So excited, can't wait to get this bad boy.

Pics
To OP. Would you be able to post the pics you took of the device? I know there are plenty out there, but just curious.
Thanks

i couldnt really try out the camera it was dark. i cant really post the pics because of work confidentiality purposes
good thing i didnt before, they are hawks on these forums now.

I hope they upgraded the Camera and loudspeaker, the IS has the same hardware of DHD!
I can imagine that with the new resolution the wallpapers will look perfect, though not super amoled + brightness and contrast
Sense 3.0 is the main reason I preffer Sensation over SGS2 but will not take the risk to buy it before it gets Root

joser24 said:
good thing i didnt before, they are hawks on these forums now.
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Good. Hopefully they are getting the message about the boot loader. Don't follow in Motorola's footsteps... https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=question&id=10150175871280731&qa_ref=ssp

I got to test the sensation in uk. The screen looked amazing the sound from the videos I saw were cool. Didn't get a chance to test thorough. I'm gonna wait for proper reviews from techradar and pocketnow. If they give thumbs up then that's cool by me. By the time they get it they should have the final rom.

joser24 said:
i couldnt really try out the camera it was dark. i cant really post the pics because of work confidentiality purposes
good thing i didnt before, they are hawks on these forums now.
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That's cool. No need to get people in trouble. =P Did the phone at any point seem laggy or that it couldn't handle everything you were doing on it?

Verizon and terrible themes?

Is it just Verizon that sees the need to theme their Samsung devices in terrible colors? The Droid Charge poop brown is ugly, especially with the new buttons that don't match. Not to mention TW3.0 just really isn't good looking overall. Now I've just seen a bunch of screenshots of the Stratosphere in the Engadget review, and the theme is a hideous olive/throw up green. Why? I sold a GS4G on T-Mobile the other day, loaded with 2.3 from the factory and it was a perfectly nice gray/blue theme. Why does Verizon have to punish their Samsung/LTE followers?

I would suggest that they devote few resources to theming, and that themes are generally chosen that are usable with decent contrast so that text is readable.
I just flashed the red Charged theme on stock/deodexed EP4D.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382949
If you like red, its badass.
Check the Themes and Apps forum for more goodness.

The major problem is that most users don't care as much about the theming and rooting as people on forums like this do. Usability is what they are after most of all. The brown works. Whether you like it or not, its bearable. But, if you really hate it: change it.
As another suggestion: There is an awesome Black and Blue theme on here that is amazing, and probably is the closest to the blue and grey theme you mentioned.

CoreDroid and "Black and Blue" are probably the two best third-party themes for the Droid Charge. Both of them are not gaudy, not over the top, etc. They do just enough changes to the interface to make it look good without changing too many things about the UI.
I used CoreDroid for some time and recently switched to "Black and Blue".

I've considered changing to the black and blue theme, I love the screenshots. However while I'm not a total noob, I have no idea how to deodex a rom, or even what that actually does.
I also beg to differ about the brown being easy to read. After the update, if you pull down the notification menu you'll notice that at least text messages are previewed in a nice shade of grey that you can barely read on top of the brown. Literally can barely see it.
I'm glad Verizon tried to change the theme, but really they didn't do any good at all. At least the brown and orange buttons matched the whole rest of the theme and you could read the notifications.
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Homestar1217 said:
I've considered changing to the black and blue theme, I love the screenshots. However while I'm not a total noob, I have no idea how to deodex a rom, or even what that actually does.
I also beg to differ about the brown being easy to read. After the update, if you pull down the notification menu you'll notice that at least text messages are previewed in a nice shade of grey that you can barely read on top of the brown. Literally can barely see it.
I'm glad Verizon tried to change the theme, but really they didn't do any good at all. At least the brown and orange buttons matched the whole rest of the theme and you could read the notifications.
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Just back up your phone with CWM 4.0.1.4 or prepare for reloading your phone. I used to be afraid of flashing frequently because I didn't have a quick way to get up and running with the large number of apps. Now I use the batch restore on Titanium Backup. Contacts are backed up on Google.
I would flash a ROM according to the instructions in its Original Post, then just flash a theme. I like Charged (red theme) quite a bit. You should know fairly quickly if it worked properly. Then just sign into Google, restore some apps, and you should good to go.
I've successfully restored from CWM backups, which is definitely nice if you just want to try a ROM or theme out and something gets borked. Its nice as well when you normally change a bunch of stuff with your phone's setup (animations and sound at bootup and shutdown are the first to go on my phone!)

They have poo fetishes. Nuff said.
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Well, darker colors use less power so I guess that's a reason for their poor theme choices... but whatever. It never really bothered me as much as it seemed to bother everyone else on these forums.
Honestly, the biggest complaint i hear about this phone nowadays is the color... really? thats what you feel the need to complain about?

blarrick said:
Well, darker colors use less power so I guess that's a reason for their poor theme choices... but whatever. It never really bothered me as much as it seemed to bother everyone else on these forums.
Honestly, the biggest complaint i hear about this phone nowadays is the color... really? thats what you feel the need to complain about?
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It's easily remedied with a theme, but still. The stock colors are pretty unacceptable.
But the poo colors are far from our biggest problems...
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blarrick said:
Well, darker colors use less power so I guess that's a reason for their poor theme choices... but whatever. It never really bothered me as much as it seemed to bother everyone else on these forums.
Honestly, the biggest complaint i hear about this phone nowadays is the color... really? thats what you feel the need to complain about?
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I CAN SWITCH TO COMPLAINING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN
lololol j/k I kid... I do have a few complaints about the Charge but keep them to myself as we don't need more of that here, though I agree with kvswim that most are easily remedied (except for RIL source for CM7/CM9/ICS )
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[Q] Most likely picking up the skyrocket tomorrow. How is it overall?

I currently have the Infuse 4G and am looking to use one of my upgrades. The Note seems like it would be a bit too big for my tastes and I like the skyrockets dual core processor. I haven't heard of any new ATT phones coming out in the immediate future so that leaves me with the Skyrocket. Are there any pros/cons or any major issues with this phone? Will I notice that much of a difference coming from an Infuse?
Thanks in advance for your input

I just got my black one and I like it as far as I can see the development is picking up don't know how it was before but I'm happy. I had sprint before but before that I had a atrix and ran some roms from a dev here. You won't regret it.
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great phone, and as said before dev activity is picking up ALOT. Dual core S3 with LTE, what more could u ask for. The speed is ridiculous, I could never go back to 3 or 4g. Honestly, my only gripe was battery, but rooted and undervolted I run over a day as opposed to 7 hours when I first got it. My advice, get it

Do not know if it is me but the radio seems just a bit on the weak side for my liking but otherwise I like it just fine.
May get the Note in time for the bigger higher resolution screen and battery life.

the note is only like what 1/2" bigger screen .. skyrocket is great though but Im not on lte where I am now it did however kick arse when I was in tampa 2 weeks

AstroDigital said:
Do not know if it is me but the radio seems just a bit on the weak side for my liking but otherwise I like it just fine.
May get the Note in time for the bigger higher resolution screen and battery life.
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Flash a different radio, then.

xcrazydx said:
Flash a different radio, then.
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Yes.... not a big deal.
Waiting for ICS before I flash a new radio.

AstroDigital said:
Yes.... not a big deal.
Waiting for ICS before I flash a new radio.
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You'll be waiting a long while, haha

xcrazydx said:
You'll be waiting a long while, haha
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So be it .... the longer I wait the less likely it be that I will ever get a non-Nexus device.

AstroDigital said:
So be it .... the longer I wait the less likely it be that I will ever get a non-Nexus device.
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AstroDigital said:
Do not know if it is me but the radio seems just a bit on the weak side for my liking but otherwise I like it just fine.
May get the Note in time for the bigger higher resolution screen and battery life.
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AstroDigital said:
Do not know if it is me but the radio seems just a bit on the weak side for my liking but otherwise I like it just fine.
May get the Note in time for the bigger higher resolution screen and battery life.
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haha ur funny. u really think a bigger screen will have better battery? No lol

What everyone else said. My only gripe with the phone is the screen at low brightness is dark areas has lines running through the screen.

r_3 said:
What everyone else said. My only gripe with the phone is the screen at low brightness is dark areas has lines running through the screen.
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That's all galaxy devices for some reason
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I dont remember it on my old captivate. Is it just a GSII issue?

r_3 said:
I dont remember it on my old captivate. Is it just a GSII issue?
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Galaxy Nexus has them too...the New iPad uses a Sammy screen, I bet it might have those lines too.
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I really doubt Apple would let that fly...

I wouldn't have gotten one at this time of the year. Holding out for the S4 based or tegra devices may have been wiser. Although, I personally wouldn't get a tegra myself...
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M0D1441 said:
Galaxy Nexus has them too...the New iPad uses a Sammy screen, I bet it might have those lines too.
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I know that the hercules and epic touch have them
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icenight89 said:
haha ur funny. u really think a bigger screen will have better battery? No lol
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No reason to be like that to him. Besides, you're wrong anyway.
The difference in actual battery consumption between the two screens ends up being equal to or less than the difference between the 1800ma/h battery and the massive 2600ma/h battery. So yeah, the Note has better battery life out of the box.
Of course, everything can change depending on over/under volting/clocking, ROMs, custom batteries, etc.

Great phone. Fast, okay battery, and the community is pretty good. My only complaint is the screen line issue at low brightness but that's not really a huge problem in every day use.
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Amoled Screen Tuning

I have had amoled screen phones in the past, and screen tuning apps (VooDoo) can make it noticeably better, and fit each persons preference.
i Was wondering if it will be possible with the One S? , since the only phones i have seen amoled screen tuning apps on where Samsung phones
Would be pretty cool, all i know is that it will need a custom kernel to be enabled

Bump. Now that custom kernel are on the horizon.
blacks and grey have a reddish tint when the brightness is on the lowest. voodoo cam fix that.

would love to see this on HOS as well!

This would be really good
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dolcedavinci said:
Bump. Now that custom kernel are on the horizon.
blacks and grey have a reddish tint when the brightness is on the lowest. voodoo cam fix that.
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Elaborate?!

Guess this is referring to that kernel source code was finally released by htc yesterday

djsubtronic said:
Elaborate?!
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Had to put in words, but heres a video of how it works : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2wOsGleNDc

dolcedavinci said:
Had to put in words, but heres a video of how it works : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2wOsGleNDc
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Interesting video but I was actually referring to the kernels on the horizon part
But I just looked on HTCDev, seems like One S is out, so I guess that is what you meant.

Can't wait to get Sweep2Wake on One XL!

I just saw this mod today for the international One X and I'm in love. I had the trackpad wake on my HTC Aria and I miss it so much. It'll be great to not have to reach to the top of our big awesome phones to turn them on.
edit: It's from Bricked-Kernel for the Tegra One X. Hopefully we'll be able to get this into our ROMs as well.

BoosterSilver said:
I just saw this mod today for the international One X and I'm in love. I had the trackpad wake on my HTC Aria and I miss it so much. It'll be great to not have to reach to the top of our big awesome phones to turn them on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgQ22IuCcKw
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Wow, sign me up. Can you post a link to the thread? (I know its for a different phone, but potentially the dev efforts can be ported)

I had this on my vivid and loved it. I dropped my phone in water, the only thing that didn't xome back 100% was the power button, and this mod was a lifesaver! More convenient too! Hope it comes our way
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Wow that's is incredible
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Yes, yes yes -- I would love this mod. Coming from the iPhone 4, the HOX is my first android phone, and I hate having to hit that home button all the way at the top of the phone.

Now that we have kernel, devs can start baking this into their mods. Correct?

BoosterSilver said:
Now that we have kernel, devs can start baking this into their mods. Correct?
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Yes with source its possible. It just needs to be ported over to our kernel.

sbryan12144 has already said he plans on adding it to his black out kernal that he already has posted in the dev section.
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BoosterSilver said:
I just saw this mod today for the international One X and I'm in love. I had the trackpad wake on my HTC Aria and I miss it so much. It'll be great to not have to reach to the top of our big awesome phones to turn them on.
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Ah, that was definitely one of the best mods available for that little phone. My favorite anyway. I hope this gets ported over!
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Hell yes, i'm so sick of reaching for the power button all the time

Seems legit
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I would love this! I was actually thinking about this kind of mod the other day before I knew it existed...then I saw this and HAVE to have it now! hope to see it get ported

I'm honestly surprised there aren't a bunch of kernels out. I don't expect anything out of the devs cause its not like we pay them a salary. I'm still rocking the one kernel we have though

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I'm honestly surprised there aren't a bunch of kernels out. I don't expect anything out of the devs cause its not like we pay them a salary. I'm still rocking the one kernel we have though
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The challenge is building a kernal is a whole different animal than building roms. Not sure if we have a ton of devs that are experienced in building a kernal
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E.Cadro said:
The challenge is building a kernal is a whole different animal than building roms. Not sure if we have a ton of devs that are experienced in building a kernal
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Yeah kernels are much harder than ROMs. I've taken coding classes and Unix courses. Compiling kernels just isn't fun to me. And the people of xda are picky and complain if anything goes wrong.
BTW does this mod prevent deep sleep? Since you have to have the capacitive sensors always on to detect touch? Its like keeping a portion of the screen on.

Shaddy-Z. said:
Yeah kernels are much harder than ROMs. I've taken coding classes and Unix courses. Compiling kernels just isn't fun to me. And the people of xda are picky and complain if anything goes wrong.
BTW does this mod prevent deep sleep? Since you have to have the capacitive sensors always on to detect touch? Its like keeping a portion of the screen on.
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Good question honestly don't know the answer you may try and take a look at the international one x dev section I.believe the kernal named brick has it incorporated in it.
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That looks super slick! The power button on the HOX does indeed seem to be a bit finicky. That was one benefit of the Seidio active case. The power button was much easier to manipulate. Does this mean that the device doesn't actually "sleep" since it's waiting for input on the hard buttons?

Personally, i think tap2wake would be more awesome. Would better emulate the aria's trackpad. Just tapping the home button.
Also, you still go into deep sleep. lol, with slide2wake on the galaxy nexus, you had to slide accross the screen itself and even then, the phone still went into deep sleep.

The deep sleep thing was a valid concern. I remember when trackball wake was first incorporated into Aria's liberated 2.2.2 ROM the phone wouldn't sleep correctly. This was eventually fixed though.
I think tap2wake would yield too many false positives to be useful.
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