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Out of curiosity, what phone are MT4G users coming from? I know personally I am coming from a Vibrant -- had too many problems with that phone, so I jumped ship to MT4G (hoping for no/minimal problems).
iPhone 3GS. I think I've finally found an Android phone that's worth me jumping ship for. I wanted something fast, slim, no physical keyboard and with better data speeds than AT&T. Got it! Ordered my Black MT4G from wirefly just a minute ago with next day shipping hopefully will have it in hand tomorrow!
Just got back from the store...grabbed a white one.
I am coming from the HD2 which is also running Android 2.2 SkinnyEVO...not that my HD2 was giving me any troubles (runs extremely smooth)...I just have a problem
G2 > Vibrant > Mytouch 4g. My main thing was overall phone use and camera. That pushed me off the G2 to the vibrant. And the reason for Vibrant to Mytouch 4g was FFC, 4G and dedicated camera button
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Just got back from the store...grabbed a white one.
I am coming from the HD2 which is also running Android 2.2 SkinnyEVO...not that my HD2 was giving me any troubles (runs extremely smooth)...I just have a problem
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Hello my name is David and I also have a problem. In the last 9 months I have had a MT3G, Cliq, HD2, X10, Storm 2, Iphone 3G, and the G2. For anyone that cares the MT4G IMO is waaaaaay better than the G2.
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Touch Pro 2.... its time to retire this baby, not up to par way too slow
Coming from a G1. Really liked it but it's time to move on to something faster. Besides my contract expired last month.
Tough decisions... its probably because of the bloated t-mobile software but my vibrant is so much quicker than the mt4g... I don't think I would stick with the mt4g unless I was able to clean it up a bit and speed it up. =\
G1->Nexus One (sniff, will never forget you buddy)->G2->mytouch 4G
Still debating between G2 and mytouch 4G. I wish there was a Nexus 2 out, with all the mytouch features minus all the sense bloat and annoying "genius" button. Although this is a definite step up from the previous mytouch devices, this one still looks somewhat plasticy in comparison to the Nexus or G2.
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Tough decisions... its probably because of the bloated t-mobile software but my vibrant is so much quicker than the mt4g... I don't think I would stick with the mt4g unless I was able to clean it up a bit and speed it up. =\
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Today I went to the t-mobile store to check the MT4G and compare it against my vibrant. Really loved the solid feel and quality but I was surprised to see how laggy it was compared to the vibrant even though my vibrant is not rooted and no lag fix on it. The web page scrolling was jerky compared to the vibrant but the screen quality was much better than the G2 although not as nice as the vibrant's IMO. All in all I was kinda disappointed as I still have a free upgrade to choose and I was all set on getting the MT4G.
Coming from the HTC HD2, but running Android. Tired of waiting for builds and time to move to an actual Android phone. Great timing to!
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Ran out and got a Vibrant the day it was released, ended up trading it for a Nexus One after it's "GPS Fix" update made it 10x worse than it was before. Nexus was decent but after having played with the MT4G Rom port, I just HAD to get this phone! Glad I did!
coming from a BlackBerry 8220....please god, it better be delivered soon.
Evo...vibrant...desire...hd2....nexus this thing blew them all...nexus 2nd place...
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G1 -> Glacier. This is the first t-mobile phone since the G1 that I think «sucks less». I just hope the battery lasts on the level of G2 at least.
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Mytouch 3g
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I'm coming from my old mt3g. I had a Vibrant for a minute but lack of camera button, notification led, trackball, working GPS, working compass, and the cheap plasticy feel, had me return it within two weeks. I've been waiting for something better to come along. Looks like the mt4g will be my next phone.
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Today I went to the t-mobile store to check the MT4G and compare it against my vibrant. Really loved the solid feel and quality but I was surprised to see how laggy it was compared to the vibrant even though my vibrant is not rooted and no lag fix on it. The web page scrolling was jerky compared to the vibrant but the screen quality was much better than the G2 although not as nice as the vibrant's IMO. All in all I was kinda disappointed as I still have a free upgrade to choose and I was all set on getting the MT4G.
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I've had a vibrant since july and just got the MT4g and its much quicker than the vibrant. Its not even that close.
Coming from the Vibrant. Even with the custom roms out there, it still doesn't make up for Samsung's bull**** RFS file system. I find that the MT4G is a much smoother experience, no lag at all. The touch screen also responds better.
Having said that, there are a few gripes I have with the phone but they're minor.
1. Why the huge text box for SMS? Annoying, because when the keyboard is out it takes up half the screen.
2. Numbers next to contacts in SMS. I know who I'm taking to, I don't need more wasted space with the number there.
3. The default notification seems to override everything. For some bull**** reason I can't set the ringtone in the mail app but I can on gmail. My initial solution was to set the default notification tone in settings to what I wanted for email. Then I set the ringtone for texts in the SMS app. Well, that didn't work. It was still using the default tone.
Edit: To clarify, the mail app is the only thing that happens on. I can set a tone for everything else without a problem.
To overcome this I just installed chompsms and disabled the stock app. The point is though, I shouldn't have to do that because of tmobiles idiotic design decisions on their android roms.
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I am coming from the HD2 with Android 2.2 skinnyevo rom. i hated the little issues they had with it and i hated the battery life. i just wanted a good stock android phone so i heard about this phone right before i was gonna get a g2 so i decided to wait and i could never be happier. i was at t mobile first thing in the morning at 9am here in cali. i was the first customer to buy the mytouch 4g white lol
The sensation is a great phone, but there are some things that bother me about it. Sense 3.0 is just too much...uses too many resources. The screen is decent, but I still can't figure out why the g2x screen I saw in person looks better (maybe because the g2x is an IPS screen?), and the speaker on the sensation is terrible (how is the speaker on the g2x)?
I've been reading that the official gingerbread update has (so far) fixed some issues that the g2x had, which is why I'm thinking about making the switch.
Any opinions on this?
honestly as this recent leak is, cm7 is still better and more stable with alot of extra features, until t-mo releases the official ota with upgraded baseband and upgraded to a gingerbread kernel, this update is still inferior to cm7 imo
gingerbread is still far off, if this is the latest rom LG has, then i wouldnt say its close to being pushed to t-mo for review wich still leaves us a few months away from anything official, unless they really plan to make the final update run on a kernel that doesnt even fully support the tegra 2 chip.
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The sensation is a great phone, but there are some things that bother me about it. Sense 3.0 is just too much...uses too many resources. The screen is decent, but I still can't figure out why the g2x screen I saw in person looks better (maybe because the g2x is an IPS screen?), and the speaker on the sensation is terrible (how is the speaker on the g2x)?
I've been reading that the official gingerbread update has (so far) fixed some issues that the g2x had, which is why I'm thinking about making the switch.
Any opinions on this?
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if your looking to swap it for a g2x and t-mo doesnt allow the exchange i have my g2x ill trade to you for it ive been trying to get a sensation
G2x in my opinion with new update stock works great for me. In my opinion I think its the best phone out there right now.
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Came from Sensation. Haven't looked back.
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Came from Sensation. Haven't looked back.
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Wise man listen to him..
Faux123 for Dev!!!
brian85 said:
The sensation is a great phone, but there are some things that bother me about it. Sense 3.0 is just too much...uses too many resources. The screen is decent, but I still can't figure out why the g2x screen I saw in person looks better (maybe because the g2x is an IPS screen?), and the speaker on the sensation is terrible (how is the speaker on the g2x)?
I've been reading that the official gingerbread update has (so far) fixed some issues that the g2x had, which is why I'm thinking about making the switch.
Any opinions on this?
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if you still want to trade you sensation let me know... i have a g2x since its release never exchanged it and never have problems no reboots not frezzes no nothing...
one of my friends have the sensation and i loved it!! pm me if your interesting
I also have a g2x i am selling if your interested. I just got it as a replacement from tmobile so it looks completely brand new. Ill even throw in an 8gb microsd card with for free. Pm me if your interested
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Both phones are great. Had the G2x but switched it out for the sensation. I have no regrets because the G2x was very problematic. I guess I was one of those unlucky ones that got a bad g2x (reboots, freezes, shutdowns, etc).....and I had 2 G2x and both phones were bad and I didn't want to wait for the update lol. However, a working nondefective G2x is a beast phone nonetheless. It's faster than the sensation imo.
The sensation on the other hand is also a great phone. And im Lucky that I got a nondefective one from the start. I prefer the sensation over the G2x but it all comes down to the user itself.
Im not boasting or bragging or putting down any phone, just stating my personal experiances with these phones.
Hope you get the phone you want...
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Both phones are great. Had the G2x but switched it out for the sensation. I have no regrets because the G2x was very problematic. I guess I was one of those unlucky ones that got a bad g2x (reboots, freezes, shutdowns, etc).....and I had 2 G2x and both phones were bad and I didn't want to wait for the update lol. However, a working nondefective G2x is a beast phone nonetheless. It's faster than the sensation imo.
The sensation on the other hand is also a great phone. And im Lucky that I got a nondefective one from the start. I prefer the sensation over the G2x but it all comes down to the user itself.
Im not boasting or bragging or putting down any phone, just stating my personal experiances with these phones.
Hope you get the phone you want...
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The g2x is an awesome gaming phone with all the tegra games and stuff.
The sensation i feel is a little more boring but more reliable and professional looking. Also i noticed that by disabling sense and the bloatware that cane with the phone, ive been able to make it as fast if not faster than the g2x. Specially the browsing. I dont have the problem where it takes a while for the browser to open abd once it opens its seems to reopen the last website, which i belive was due to my g2x running low on memory.
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Wise man listen to him..
Faux123 for Dev!!!
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I second.
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Wanna trade? I have a 25 day old G2x!
brian85 said:
The sensation is a great phone, but there are some things that bother me about it. Sense 3.0 is just too much...uses too many resources. The screen is decent, but I still can't figure out why the g2x screen I saw in person looks better (maybe because the g2x is an IPS screen?), and the speaker on the sensation is terrible (how is the speaker on the g2x)?
I've been reading that the official gingerbread update has (so far) fixed some issues that the g2x had, which is why I'm thinking about making the switch.
Any opinions on this?
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I traded my g2x for a sensation, them back to the g2x. The g2x is way better..
Sensation wifi was horrid..
Kept my G2X but use my Sensation as my daily driver. The only time I really pick the G2X up is to play Tegra games or flash ROMS. Like someone else said, if you keep Sense on the Sensation, your phone will be laggy. HTC did a horrible job of optimizing the new version of Sense. If you load ADW on the Sensation, the UI will become as fast, if not faster than the G2X. Loading apps, using Google maps and browsing the web has always been faster on the Sensation than on the G2X whether your running Sense or not. Getting rid of Sense and stopping it from running makes the UI as responsive as one could get.
Can't go wrong with either phone. I didn't have a bad experience with either of them (until I loaded GB onto my G2X). Some people had a bad experience with the G2X and went to the Sensation. Some people had a bad experience with the Sensation and came back to the G2X. To each his own.
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Well, looks like I'm keeping my sensation.
Installed launcherpro, and for some reason it even opens up apps quicker now (even though sense 3.0 is still there running in the background). I also love the fact that I can still use the sense 3.0 lockscreen with launcherpro. Phones feels like an entirely new beast now.
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Well, looks like I'm keeping my sensation.
Installed launcherpro, and for some reason it even opens up apps quicker now (even though sense 3.0 is still there running in the background). I also love the fact that I can still use the sense 3.0 lockscreen with launcherpro. Phones feels like an entirely new beast now.
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Yea man...Sense sucks anyway. The only things good about it is the lock screen, sms app, contacts and email. Everything else is just annoying eye candy. Good part about using a launcher is you get to keep all of that without the eye candy.
Check your available memory now. It should be somewhere around 300. Also, if you think LP is fast, check out ADW.
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If you are a developer then get the G2x, but if you are looking for a overall solid phone for day to day use, keep the Sensation. But if you don't etheir one, then can't go wrong with either phone. The Sensation is more powerful as it uses a better GPU.
The screen on the sensation is superior in some ways, just overall looks sharper and alot more more detail. But the G2x, colors look more vibrant.
WiFi issue I notice to, if you touch around the top area and when signal is fair, then drops, but with a stonger signal, not as bad. Notice it doesn't affect the other radio's inside.
But the G2x seem quicker, but battery last more longer on the sensation, I guess theirs tradeoff's ethier way you look at it.
Long term Sensation is a better choice, In quadrant test score lower due to screen resolution is higher and does affect the score, but CPU/GPU is better in the Sensation as it use a powerful 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor with Adreno 220 GPU, which is known to outpreform the Nvidia terga 2 chipset, only thing lacking is the ram which is 768MB LPDDR2, which is good, they sure have when to 1gb. Alot of people think the Samsung Galaxy s2 is going to be faster, it's not, it only use a Adreno 205 GPU, but the ddr II 1gb ram helps but screen resolution also make a big different, put the same screen in all and see who wins?
I didn't have any problems with my G2X to begin with, but updated to the GB update and it runs even quicker and the battery life is also better.
One thing that deterred me from getting the Sensation was the locked bootloader and only 1gb of internal memory. Not all apps can be moved to the SD card. Plus I think the G2X looks sexy with it's curved Gorilla glass edges and sleek body. stock Vanilla is a big plus, and the dual speakers at the bottom of the phone and not on the back that get's muffled was another deciding factor. HTC always has crappy sounding speakers.
I`m coming from an iPhone so this will be my first android phone. I'm very familiar with jailbreaking so I'm looking forward to rooting my future phone.
I was comparing the specs of these two but I kind of like the screen size of the Sensation, but love the exterior of the G2x. right now I'm leaning towards the G2x but I heard that the interface is fairly bland compared to the HTC and that it has a lot of problems. I'm sure I'll be able to add a theme or skin by rooting, correct? I also heard the HTC has a locked bootloader, whatever that means. I'm guessing that plays a big part in rooting. Any idea which I should get? Also, I was wondering if I do get an HTC would I be able to remove the Sense(the interface)?
G2X. all the way. I came from an iphone as well and was looking for a new UI but if you're looking for a sweet iPhone-ish UI definitely flash MIUI. Great battery life, stability and usability.
You should go with sensation, fancy right out the box. You don't have to root for custom skin or theme. If you are a person, who do not mind some little problem to get the best out of other thing like speed, smoothly, the handling of the hardware on your hands, then go with g2x. If you go with gwx you will need a good amount of time to find out which rom + kernel will be the best for your need, nobody will be sure that rom will be best for you seen some ppl have luck with all different rom. Seen you from iPhone you should try Miui rom 1st, you can dl it here or one from rootzwiki.
sensation is a POS with POS reception. Grip of death issues make wifi weak to unusable. skinny screen makes landscape the only way you can keyboard, but then wifi goes out.
Lots of great ideas put into something with ****ty implementation. My g2x has 2x the reception of my sensation. I'll never buy an HTC phone again.
EDIT: BTW, it got lower reception than our motorola cliq's, by 1-2 bars all the time, but if you picked it up, it lost another bar. Moto cliq would have 3-4 bars at my house, or my dad's house, where the sensation had 1-2, and if you picked it up, it became 0-1 causing dropped calls. Horrid.
What kinds of problems have you guys encountered with the G2x? And is it true that it has more dev support than Sensation?
I don't have a Sensation but I came from Mytouch 4G, which is a great HTC phone and still wish if I could trade my G2X to get the MT4G. I got this G2x as a replacement for my MT4G (insurance) about 2 weeks ago and i went thru 4 times of exchange due to reboot, auto turn off problem. G2X forum doesn't have much dev support (you can always check and compare between forums to see).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278780
Good luck with your choice.
btw, G2X doesn't have build-in LED, which is a big - for me
If u plan on rooting, go with the g2x because it was my first android phone too and it was easier to start of with since it is easier to root. Sensation u can root but it has more steps to it. My phone only rebooted once.
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Ohh btw if u use GPSa lot go with the sensation.
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Thankds for the info so far.
Is the screen bleed on the G2xs a common problem? What about the dust under the screen of the sensation?
EDIT: And what other androids should I consider other than the SG?
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Neither, wait for the S2 or the Amaze aka souped-up Sensation.... or wait for the Prime.
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+1 on this.
The G2x is an amazing phone, but it's going to be outdated pretty soon, sadly.
Im trying to get a phone off craigslist for cheap. Found a couple HTCs and G2xs. Doubt there will be an Amaze when its released. Looks great though :O
I have a g2x and a Sensation. The Sensation has a bigger screen, g2x wins hands down everything else.. the Sensation does not even have reception at my house, G2x and even Mytouch 4G have 2 bars, G2x feels twice as fast and the battery lasts longer..
My only small beef is the buttons are in a different order on the G2x and I really love the HTC Sense lock screen and weather Widgets.
But to me the G2x is a better phone..
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Just a warning if you use bluetooth stereo for like your car or headphones, it'll only work on the G2x on roms based off the official 2.3.3 rom. So you won't be able to run CM7 or MIUI without losing bluetooth stereo support.
I love my G2x (mine has no problem), and the recent Gingerbread update seems to have solved issues in most case.
With the Galaxy S II's coming out to major carriers, and the Nexus Prime weeks away... I would wait.
But seems like you need a quick phone now.
I love my G2x. We have working CM7, MIUI, and lots of custom roms. Since the Sensation has been unlocked, I'm sure they are starting to pick up some stuff too.
Most people think the development has been slow, but we have LOTS of roms... the problem is that nothing new has come out to develop. We have the latest CM7 builds based on AOSP 2.3.5, we have the latest MIUI, and we have several stock-based roms. What more can you ask for?
New G2x's come with Gingerbread out of the box so they typically work better then the original outlook (boinked software). My cousin has a new stock GB G2x and has no issues with it (came from an iPhone 4). The Sensation also has/had some pretty major issues out of the box with their touch screen not being responsive and dust under the screen (hardware problems). I don't think you can fix a boinked Sensation with a bad touch screen sensor with custom software.
The G2x can be a beast if you want it to.
Hey guys, i had a g2x when they first came out.....didnt had a great experience with it, camera was really dark, lots of bugs.....sold it and bought a mt4g, pretty great phone, great camera....
Now i have a chance on tmobile to get a free phone....
I have 2 options
G2x
Mytouch slide
What do you guys think???
Im asking cause i dont really like qwerty phones but the camera its great on the slide and has sense, fast processor all that stuff...
Did the g2x got better, updates on cam, rom with fixes???
Idk, opinions would help alot, thanks
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Hey guys, i had a g2x when they first came out.....didnt had a great experience with it, camera was really dark, lots of bugs.....sold it and bought a mt4g, pretty great phone, great camera....
Now i have a chance on tmobile to get a free phone....
I have 2 options
G2x
Mytouch slide
What do you guys think???
Im asking cause i dont really like qwerty phones but the camera its great on the slide and has sense, fast processor all that stuff...
Did the g2x got better, updates on cam, rom with fixes???
Idk, opinions would help alot, thanks
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I've only had my G2x 2 months and it was manufactured 8/11/11 accirding to the box and I haven't had any bugs that were brought up when it first came out I.e screen bleed random boots etc.
The rom weapon G2x has the LG 3.0 cam that you can flash and its almost as nice as the cam on mt4g slide
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I didn't get the G2x when the phone came out but I bought about 3 months ago with the gingerbread update pre-installed already and I had a good experience with it (it hasn't rebooted or frozen on me) I actually kept it stock for quite a while before starting to hack it, and about the mytouch slide...it does have a dual-core processor clocked at a higher speed than the G2x but the g2x is still pretty significantly faster than the mytouch slide because the slide is bogged down by sense and the Tegra 2 chipset on the G2x is more powerful than the Qualcomm chipset found on the mytouch slide.
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Slightly old thread but I'll reply. My first phone came with GB pre-installed and it failed after 8 days. I sent it back and I got a phone back with a bleeding screen and it sometimes randomly resets. I was pretty upset at first but after doing my homework, it seems lots of people are having problems with screen bleed even today. While I think that is a bad decision as far as QC, I think I'll deal with it. As far as the random resets, I thought I would send my phone back in but I think I'll just wait for an OS update. I'm counting on the ICS release and I hope they don't fail me. I don't want to flash/root this phone yet because this is the only phone I've ever seen in real life (not on the internet) fail. I think I just got a bad luck of the draw.
If you get a working one, which it seems you likely will should you purchase it now, it is a good phone otherwise. The camera isn't bad at all, it doesn't have auto focus but you can still focus and take good pictures. The camera is still very dark though so you'll end up using flash where other cameras wouldn't need to. Install Launcher Pro on it and it will run smooth as silk. It has some pretty neat Tegra games too.
Just curious...
I have the option to trade my Infuse for an HTC Inspire (non HD version). Both phones are in like new condition. I know many of you have multiple phones so any advice?
Before deciding on the Infuse back in August 2011, I considered buying the Inspire but I found that the screen was not as clear and bright. It reminded me of old, grainy LCD monitors. I also don't really like SenseUI but that is an easy fix with root/custom ROM.
I would also check out their forum on XDA to see how they're doing over there (I do this with EVERY phone I think about purchasing, lol). I have heard HTC offers codes to unlock the bootloader for most of their devices so that's a plus also. If you plan on rooting it and loading custom ROMs, I would also definitely check the CyanogenMod and MIUI sites to see if they offer ROMs for it. Every little bit helps.
YMMV but seeing as how they're very comparable in the spec department, you should seriously consider it. I know I did.
I've known a few people with the HTC Inspire and it's by far one of the worst phones I've ever seen. Now, granted that's probably 90% due to HTC's ****ty software, and a custom ROM would probably help it out immensely (I tried to convince my friends to let me put a custom ROM on, but they'd prefer to just whine about how much they hate their phone *shrug*).
I would suggest that you take caution in swapping for that phone. The Infuse is by far a better phone, but the development community is dead, which is why, I assume, you'd want to trade it. Otherwise there's no reason to trade.
The dev community is dead huh... must be on a different infuse forum than I am bro.
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My only reason for considering it is my mother has the HTC and likes it better due to the size, easier to txt. The screens don't even compare. I have no issues with my Infuse and would have to flash back to stock for her but I don't want to swap for a phone that doesn't handle custom ROMS, Apps well etc. I was just thinking about helping her out. The size is no biggie for me.
Thanks for the input
I have an htc inspire running abcession ics 4.0.3 OC to 1.92g and it is amazinglly fast and smooth.... its all up to what YOU want bro.
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My only reason for considering it is my mother has the HTC and likes it better due to the size, easier to txt. The screens don't even compare. I have no issues with my Infuse and would have to flash back to stock for her but I don't want to swap for a phone that doesn't handle custom ROMS, Apps well etc. I was just thinking about helping her out. The size is no biggie for me.
Thanks for the input
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I'm guessing you mention size because the Inspire is smaller. Honestly, the Infuse FEELS smaller to me. The Infuse is a little bit taller, it's width dimensions are nearly the same, and it's quite a bit thinner which gives it a smaller feel to me. I find the Infuse much better feeling in the hand than almost any 4.3" phone due to it's thin lightweight design. Being that it's only a tenth of an inch wider, I don't think it would make a whole lot of difference in texting for her.
Most important factor is you said flashing back to stock for her. This is where a HUGE warning flag pops up. HTC's Sense UI is absolute dog **** on that phone. It crashes frequently, it slows the phone down incredibly. That phone has turned more people to iPhones than any other Android phone I know. If you'd be running stock software, then I HIGHLY suggest you avoid the Inspire. Sense used to be something you WANTED on a phone, and Sense 4.0 looks like it's getting better again, but for a while there I wouldn't have taken a phone with a Sense based UI if you paid me. If you're willing to put a custom ROM on it for her, then the Inspire has some decent ICS ROMs as dman mentioned, and probably even pretty good Senseless GB ROMs, but stock, no way. It reminds me of the original stock version of Eclair on the Captivate. Slow as dirt. At least that's my opinion and the impression I got from using several friends' Inspires.
AJerman said:
I'm guessing you mention size because the Inspire is smaller. Honestly, the Infuse FEELS smaller to me. The Infuse is a little bit taller, it's width dimensions are nearly the same, and it's quite a bit thinner which gives it a smaller feel to me. I find the Infuse much better feeling in the hand than almost any 4.3" phone due to it's thin lightweight design. Being that it's only a tenth of an inch wider, I don't think it would make a whole lot of difference in texting for her.
Most important factor is you said flashing back to stock for her. This is where a HUGE warning flag pops up. HTC's Sense UI is absolute dog **** on that phone. It crashes frequently, it slows the phone down incredibly. That phone has turned more people to iPhones than any other Android phone I know. If you'd be running stock software, then I HIGHLY suggest you avoid the Inspire. Sense used to be something you WANTED on a phone, and Sense 4.0 looks like it's getting better again, but for a while there I wouldn't have taken a phone with a Sense based UI if you paid me. If you're willing to put a custom ROM on it for her, then the Inspire has some decent ICS ROMs as dman mentioned, and probably even pretty good Senseless GB ROMs, but stock, no way. It reminds me of the original stock version of Eclair on the Captivate. Slow as dirt. At least that's my opinion and the impression I got from using several friends' Inspires.
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I meant that I would flash my Infuse back to stock for her but wanted to be able to flash solid ROMs to the Inspire for myself. IDK, I have no issues at all with my Infuse but I didn't want to get stuck with a shotty phone. We'll see just wanted some input in case I swapped.
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Your exactly right... the inspirebis extremely slow and laggy stock... it needs a custom rom to run at its full potential
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sdmlsu1 said:
I meant that I would flash my Infuse back to stock for her but wanted to be able to flash solid ROMs to the Inspire for myself. IDK, I have no issues at all with my Infuse but I didn't want to get stuck with a shotty phone. We'll see just wanted some input in case I swapped.
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Oh, I completely misunderstood because I didn't read well enough! Yeah, I dunno, that's a tough choice. For one I think the Infuse is an entirely better phone than the Inspire, but the Inspire isn't that far behind and does have some decent ICS ROMs where the Infuse doesn't, so that's tempting. I don't think I could give up my SAMOLED+ screen though.
Brother had an inspire before i got the infuse. I find the inspire to be thicker and heavier than the infuse. Those are big problems with me especially when the infuse runs with a bigger screen and battery. Plus once you go super amoled you just cant go back
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Between the infuse and inspire, I'd take the Infuse just because its thinner and has a better screen.
I wish HTC came out with a thinner phone. Of all the factory UI's, I enjoy HTC's the most.
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before coming to the infuse i had the htc inspire..the infuse is DEFINITELY a step up in my opinion. A lot of bugs on the inspire including issues that many were finding, as well as myself, that when you used the flash on the camera the phone would restart itself.
1300 mAh vs. 1750mAh.. enough said for me.
I still have my Inspire. DO NOT TRADE FOR AN INSPIRE.
1) Screen sucks.. Seriously all washed out.
2) Lack of codec support. Playback of MKVs sucked even with other players.
3) Stupid useless unibody design makes it heavy and impossible to replace the 1280mAh battery with a higher capacity one.
4) No internal storage.
5) The camera sucks.... Ok maybe it's not the camera but instead the software. Videos and pics are compressed much more than the Infuse. Oh... The lens sticks out like a nipple. WTF HTC?
6) No HDMI-out if that matters to you.
6 cons off the top of my head. HTC really dropped the ball with the Inspire. Dumbasses.
I've had the infuse for quite sometime and picked up a inspire a while back on Craigslist and have to admit I haven't really used the infuse since. I'm running ice cold sandwich on my inspire and its smooth and fast. but really its ones personal preference but myself I like the inspire but they are both great phones with great roms to use get both and switch back and forth
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trdsnow said:
I wish HTC came out with a thinner phone. Of all the factory UI's, I enjoy HTC's the most.
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Totally off-topic but... here's one.
Man i got both phones and DO NOT trade the beautiful infuse for the Inspire 4G i repeat DO NOT trade!.
The build of the Inspire "feels" kinnda better being heavier and having a nice design but BELIEVE ME that 1230 mAh batery does down FAST, the camera does not compare to the Infuse camera, and the screen quality on the Infuse is just not reached by the Inspire.
They are both GOOD phones, thats why i bought em both but I you can only have one, keep the Infuse ALWAYS.
Don't do ittt!
I just traded my old Inspire for an Infuse about two weeks ago. Let me tell you that it is one of the better choices I've made! I would stick with the Infuse for the screen alone, the Super AMOLED screen is beautiful! Probably the easiest screen to read in daylight that I've ever seen. Apart from that, the processor (at stock speeds) is faster and I also find the camera to be better on the Infuse (software maybe? Cause aren't the cameras the same?)
My inspire is running Abcession by the collective ICS 4.0.3 and it makes my infuse look sad... apparently you don't know how to set that inspire up... its a beast. Able of OC to 2.1 ghz on ics... its a beast...period
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