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Amazing Phone - First Impressions

I had this phone for few hours now and it is unbelieveable fast and responsive.
The screen is better than in my previous Galaxy S 4G and actually feels better and more responsive. The colors are unbelieveable and more natural than SGS4G. Black colors will not make me return this phone at all.
Thr speakers are super clear as well. Actually got surprised by how clear the sound is.
Data speeds and reception have been great as well.
these are my first impressions.
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Great to hear!

Great!
Another happy G2X customer. I agree with you.
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moshe22 said:
I had this phone for few hours now and it is unbelieveable fast and responsive.
The screen is better than in my previous Galaxy S 4G and actually feels better and more responsive. The colors are unbelieveable and more natural than SGS4G. Black colors will not make me return this phone at all.
Thr speakers are super clear as well. Actually got surprised by how clear the sound is.
Data speeds and reception have been great as well.
these are my first impressions.
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i wish there was a like button like facebook... but i just hit the thanks instead!!!
i love this phone and yeah there are some down sides (plain jane vanilla android) its got alot of support behind it!!!!!

SugarMouth said:
Great to hear!
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Yo whats good sugarmouth. U goin g2x also?
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Glad to see that I'm not the only happy "Life is good" and T-Mobile customer.
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Agree, love it so far.
I love my Nexus One but couldn't resist this puppy. And so far I love it. It had a quadrant score of 2340 out the box.

defconjuan said:
I love my Nexus One but couldn't resist this puppy. And so far I love it. It had a quadrant score of 2340 out the box.
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glad to hear that you are another happy G2x owner.
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T-mobile has the best customer service of all the time. I called today and I was 9 month into my contract with 3 vibrants on my account. I was offered new g2x and renewing my contract. I told them that other lines dont care about this phone but they might be interested in some phones that are soon to be released. And the rep told me just call back and they will give me full phone upgrading option to my other two lines. Cant be happier and cant wait for the ups truck now!

ceroglu said:
T-mobile has the best customer service of all the time. I called today and I was 9 month into my contract with 3 vibrants on my account. I was offered new g2x and renewing my contract. I told them that other lines dont care about this phone but they might be interested in some phones that are soon to be released. And the rep told me just call back and they will give me full phone upgrading option to my other two lines. Cant be happier and cant wait for the ups truck now!
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Congrats man!
Glad you got this amazing phone and yes T Mobile customer services is one of the best.
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Did you call to cancel your service or did you speak to the sales department?
In my experience, the sales department would never make an offer like that so I'm guessing you were threatening to cancel unless you got a deal like this.

I actually talked to CS first and told them the problem that I was having with GPS on my vibrant and then she connected me to some other department(customer loyalty I believe). Then I nicely explained the stiuation with the phone having GPS problems even after the current replacement that I had. And he asked me, if I might consider an upgrade and I just told him that I could give it a try to see if the next phone is better. And then I told him that I cant upgrade all three phones right now but I might in future. So I asked for G2x and he expided for me and devided $250 into four month payment + $50 rebate. (btw, I have been with tmobile since 2004)

loving it so far only 1 problem
so im loving the phone so far. coming from droid 1. havent been able to test the 4g much yet only 2g at the house. I do miss some of the customizations in my rom Sourcery from the droid one will get to porting it to this when we get what we need from the great cm. coming over from verizon obviously. my only complaint is i was under the impression the tmobile girl would come welcome me and she hasnt shown up yet

I had a chance to briefly try one of these out at the store today and was really tempted to just buy it. I currently have a nexus one so it's a huge step up. The only thing holding me back is the HTC Sensation which is supposed to come out in june. Do you guys think it's worth waiting for over the g2x?

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segfault82 said:
I had a chance to briefly try one of these out at the store today and was really tempted to just buy it. I currently have a nexus one so it's a huge step up. The only thing holding me back is the HTC Sensation which is supposed to come out in june. Do you guys think it's worth waiting for over the g2x?
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I read multiple posts about the Sensation having a locked boot loader. I dont know how long it would take devs to get around it but it might be problem at first for a while. I would also would like to see a real world comparisson with G2x.

segfault82 said:
I had a chance to briefly try one of these out at the store today and was really tempted to just buy it. I currently have a nexus one so it's a huge step up. The only thing holding me back is the HTC Sensation which is supposed to come out in june. Do you guys think it's worth waiting for over the g2x?
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Today while I was getting my Galaxy S 4G exchanged for this phone I saw a dude checking out the G2x. I wonder if that was you. Where are you from?
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ceroglu said:
I read multiple posts about the Sensation having a locked boot loader. I dont know how long it would take devs to get around it but it might be problem at first for a while. I would also would like to see a real world comparisson with G2x.
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Yeah, would be interesting to see some real world comparisson.
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moshe22 said:
Today while I was getting my Galaxy S 4G exchanged for this phone I saw a dude checking out the G2x. I wonder if that was you. Where are you from?
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lol that would be funny. Im from nyc

The sound is incredible, both in call and external. I was amazed how loud and clear it is.
Great phone thus far except I'm burning the battery much too quickly.

T-Mobile swapping me to the my touch 4g

So thought I was in the clear with this phone, I started having problems again. Called T-Mobile and now they are now sending the my touch 4g NIB. Umm am I getting the shaft here. Bottom line is I want a phone that works. But I don't know much about this phone and am afraid I'm gettting the shaft. I really think T-Mobile is the worst carrier ever!! I knew I should've went with a bigger carrier. Sigh :-(
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90teggy said:
So thought I was in the clear with this phone, I started having problems again. Called T-Mobile and now they are now sending the my touch 4g NIB. Umm am I getting the shaft here. Bottom line is I want a phone that works. But I don't know much about this phone and am afraid I'm gettting the shaft. I really think T-Mobile is the worst carrier ever!! I knew I should've went with a bigger carrier. Sigh :-(
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As far as I'm concerned, you're getting ripped off. That phone came out around November or December of last year? It is also only single core as opposed to dual core, as well as many other advantages the G2x has over it...
I'm not sure of your issues, but obviously a working phone is better than a broken one.

90teggy said:
So thought I was in the clear with this phone, I started having problems again. Called T-Mobile and now they are now sending the my touch 4g NIB. Umm am I getting the shaft here. Bottom line is I want a phone that works. But I don't know much about this phone and am afraid I'm gettting the shaft. I really think T-Mobile is the worst carrier ever!! I knew I should've went with a bigger carrier. Sigh :-(
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The mytouch 4g is a really nice phone. Should the g2x be swapped for it? I don't think so. I don't think its a fair trade off especially since a week and a half ago they were giving mytouch 4g's for free on a new contract
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Shafted. I know there is no way I would allow that.

You need to tell them you don't want that phone. You should have known better than to accept it lol.
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ummm dude i would call them back i mean dont get me wrong i had the mytouch 4g and it is a great phone and there are lots of roms and kernels for it but u just took a step down in terms of speed, processor, screen, etc. they shouldnt have did that nor should u have let them. that phone is not equal to the g2x

sarni84 said:
ummm dude i would call them back i mean dont get me wrong i had the mytouch 4g and it is a great phone and there are lots of roms and kernels for it but u just took a step down in terms of speed, processor, screen, etc. they shouldnt have did that nor should u have let them. that phone is not equal to the g2x
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Tmo offered me a MT4G as well, I kindly declined since I already had one. I just got my third replacement and the screen bleed is even worse than my second lol. Number 4 is now on it's way.

After 5 they offered me to upgrade early on the line so I said yes they let me keep the g2x which runs well just the screen bleeds...I gave in took the sensation for a second phone and hopefully when the update for the g2x comes out ill give my wife the sensation. Best option all the way around...
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Oh man, working phone you would want, but definitely downgraded in terms of **** on the phone! Call them back! HURRY!

You're getting shafted. Tell them you want a sensation or the ability to upgrade to another phone. Screw a mytouch. A working G2x is much better
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On another note. What the f uck is up with T-Mobile. Its like they have given up on the G2x and insulting it by not offering a sensation .
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jeffreynew23 said:
On another note. What the f uck is up with T-Mobile. Its like they have given up on the G2x and insulting it by not offering a sensation .
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May have to do with what the manufacturer is allowing them to do.

T-Mobile is not going to offer Sensations to the masses. They cannot send the G2X back to LG since it's outside of 30 days and they would have to eat the cost of the Sensation. Some people got the Sensation but most are not. The only reason why I did is because T-Mobile ****ed up and notated my account with the **** up.

Thank you for the replies. I am not that techy I only know how to follow instructions lol. I can't cancel now, but will be sending them back the mytouch and will be giving them a phone call and telling them they can take the offer and stick it where the sun don't shine! (maybe in not in those exact words, but I will make sure they get the point.) I can't believe how they are not taking care of there customers. This is so frustrating, especially with all the problems that have arose with this phone. I had one Rep tell me flat out "sorry your stuck with it" wtf!? I love this phone. I don't want an excuse to get a sensation or anything like that. I just want it to work damnitt!
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Tell them you want $120 and the MT4g and it's a fair deal

Even the Galaxy S 4G would have been a better deal....

If you want a mytouch, ask for the upcoming mytouch slide, not the mytouch 4g cr4p.

From a g2x yes its a major downgrade.
Having a mt4g side by side with the x the screen is inferior....majorly inferior. Colors are nowhere near as vivid when compared to the x. Hardware wise.....well battery life is good when rooted and running a good rom. My wife uses it and gets easily all day and she's a realestate agent and emails and calls galore she comes home with 35-50% battery every day. At charge time at night she's down to maybe 25% if she plays on it.
The hardware buttons are nice but come loose after a bit. I do miss trackpad tho.
Regardless its a serious downgrade and should not have been accepted by you.
ITS ALL WONKY!!!

Dayum homie, you got sucker punched on this one. You just traded your brand new Lexus for a last year model Toyota!

princeasi said:
Dayum homie, you got sucker punched on this one. You just traded your brand new Lexus for a last year model Toyota!
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ROFL...couldn't have said it better.
Anyway, yeah...don't let this stand.

Best of Tmobile but they forgot about the g2x

best of tmobile...
they dont even mention the g2x in there..
even with issues i think the g2x is better than
sgs 4g, mt4gs, and sideckick
http://explore.t-mobile.com/best-of-t-mobile

WOW. As long as our phone is recognized on XDA, it's okay... Because that's all that matters.

The Gslate is there, which is the same exact thing but bigger lol.. Does that make u feel better?

i guess they only mention phone that doesn't have a lot of issues

They most likely want to advertise their most expensive phones to the greatest extent. Plus the g2x may be out of stock.
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Its not out of stock I can still order it online
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hobbla said:
They most likely want to advertise their most expensive phones to the greatest extent. Plus the g2x may be out of stock.
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What are you talking about, the G2X actually went up in price from $199 to $249.
Making it one of the most expensive phones on T-Mobile.
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supersilko said:
i guess they only mention phone that doesn't have a lot of issues
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what are you talking about... had you seen the issues samsuck have with lags and all that trouble with the vibrant and sgs4g have same issues!!!! sensation have issues too

Average people don't notice the lag they think its good if the phone don't reboot by itself or have screen bleeds
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supersilko said:
Average people don't notice the lag they think its good if the phone don't reboot by itself or have screen bleeds
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very true, the average consumer realy doesnt notice the lag like we would, or people on xda would, because we are constantly playing with our phones, **** there happy if the phone doesnt reboot or do any funny stuff , so in there eyes if the phone just plain out works there happy, and its a great phone

I was just on my.t-mobile.com changing my voice plan. (finally getting rid of My Favs, now I get 200 extra anytime minutes for the same price I was paying)
There is a part of the main page of the site that shows a pic of my phone and provides a link labeled "not your phone?" This space has shown an MT3G since I upgraded my WinMo Wing 2 years ago, even though I have been using an N1 for over a year. For whatever reason I was always a bit leery of clicking the link and letting them know I'm not using the phone they sold me.
Today I said what the heck, I bought my G2x from a B&M T-Mo store. I went ahead and clicked the link only to find that the G2x is not an option.
The Bastages...

Should I buy a G2x?

Should I buy a G2x or buy the Sensation 4G for $40 more? This is the only phone within my budget right now thats dual core, I wish I could get the Galaxy S2 but its nowhere to be found for less than $500 and I dont wanna spend that much.

And is the screen bleed issue appears at a later time or is it there from the beginning? I will look for it when buying but is it a possibility that it could appear at a later time?
Whats a good price for the phone?

Dnt make a mistake by buying g2x no ics update for it
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^^^^ don't go spreading lies. Yes it's not coming to g2x from LG, but once we have sources I'm sure we will get ICS. if the NS is able to run it then we will.
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903tex said:
^^^^ don't go spreading lies. Yes it's not coming to g2x from LG, but once we have sources I'm sure we will get ICS. if the NS is able to run it then we will.
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Doesn't matter. He shouldn't buy the g2x
That's what she said...

I'm happy with mine. Tried sensation and back to g2x, would buy it again. Love this phone
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I recommend going to the store, checking out both phones and going from there. Both phones have their issues and positives, so it comes done to which one is more of your liking.
Also I would think there is a higher possibility of the Sensation getting ICS than the G2X so that is def a plus for Sensation.
Good luck.
Hercules Hercules!!

I would get the SGS2 because its newer and it will more than likely get the ICS update. The G2x is a bada$$ phone but if you are looking for the most up to date phone I would get the SGS2.
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I'm with the guy above me, I love my G2X but I wouldn't recommend any LG product to anyone at this point.

1) How much would you be spending on the G2X?
2) It's a very powerful, fast phone -- it does have a few software quirks and GPS lock-on isn't the fastest I've seen. Mod ROMs may be helpful.
3) Battery life has been quite good since the Gingerbread update.
4) The G2X may still get ICS from LG as stock, there has been absolutely no announcement regarding it not getting updated and it's just a mass assumption right now since, well, it's LG. Ignore the FUD, though it would be nice if LG would just say yes or no.

You guys don't say why you wouldn't buy it though? I'm getting it for $220 USED but mint condition.
I simply cannot spend 2x that amount for the Galaxy S2, I don't think its worth two times as much especially the Tmobile one with the crappy 1.5ghz Snapdragon processor.

My opinion is... Dont support LG (because they wont support you), buy it used or dont buy it at all

Im buying it used not from the store, thats why its $220... I would pay $220 for the SGS2 but it wont be for that price for atleast another year.

avio07 said:
Im buying it used not from the store, thats why its $220... I would pay $220 for the SGS2 but it wont be for that price for atleast another year.
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hopefully you don't get one of those that has a faulty chipset, where little to no matter what you do, your phone will reboot, get hot while charging, get frozen on black screen while attempting to wake the phone (screen of death), insane back light bleed... buying this phone used is seriously a shot in the dark as you won't be bale to actually test things out and then be able to return it... I love mine cause I don't have these issues. Others went through 3 or more before they got a good one or just gave up. Good luck to you.

Seihaku said:
The G2X may still get ICS from LG as stock, there has been absolutely no announcement regarding it not getting updated and it's just a mass assumption right now since, well, it's LG. Ignore the FUD, though it would be nice if LG would just say yes or no.
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http://www.facebook.com/Lifesgoodpage/posts/291113000916687
They definitely said
We will not be introducing Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich updates on LG Optimus 2X P990. Keep watching this space for further updates.
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If you wanna be super positive and think they may bring it to the p999 then you are then you are definitely an optimistic person

mt3g said:
hopefully you don't get one of those that has a faulty chipset, where little to no matter what you do, your phone will reboot, get hot while charging, get frozen on black screen while attempting to wake the phone (screen of death), insane back light bleed... buying this phone used is seriously a shot in the dark as you won't be bale to actually test things out and then be able to return it... I love mine cause I don't have these issues. Others went through 3 or more before they got a good one or just gave up. Good luck to you.
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I can't perform any tests to make sure its not a lemon?

Put your sim in phone and try some GPS. see how long it takes. Also see what baseband its on. Far as reboot issues mine has been 100% flawless and I got it used as well. You can't really test the reboot issues unless it does it right off the bat.
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Should I just pay $30 extra for the HTC sensation 4g?

avio07 said:
Should I just pay $30 extra for the HTC sensation 4g?
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Hang out in these forums and listen to the rambles. Then do the same in the Sensation forums. Should be able to make a comfortable decision by then.
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Bout to Huck this POS into a wall!

Stupid ass phone...there's not a single rom that doesn't either freeze, randomly reboot or flat out just not work properly. Not talking **** on dev's. But **** this phone seriously. One of the most expencive pieces of junk ever.
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I know you say pretty much all the roms do this, but can you give a list of the ones you have tried? Maybe we can give some suggestions or OC/UV settings or kernel selections.
Anything really.

NeKr0MAtiK said:
Stupid ass phone...there's not a single rom that doesn't either freeze, randomly reboot or flat out just not work properly. Not talking **** on dev's. But **** this phone seriously. One of the most expencive pieces of junk ever.
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I understand feeling pissed about hacking these phones and it not working right. I suggest if you have properly installed a custom recovery that you flash a simple rooted Gingerbread rom. Everything will work like a charm, all features. Make sure to go into clockwork mod, wipe data, wipe partition, wipe dalvic cache and flash the rooted gingerbread rom. Reboot and enjoy.
If you don't like gingerbread and you want a great ICs rom, use the EaglesBlood AOSP 4.04 ICS rom. I think it works great. Some things do not work on this rom though. Because the devs do not have the source code from Nvidia they can not make the video camera work. Netflix will not display video. The wifi calling does work. Data drops have been addressed.
So there is my two cents. Hope that is helpful.

or better yet, if you haven't already, update the phone to the stock 2.3.4 update that was just released and see if it solves your phone problems.

If your phone is in warranty then call t-mobile and tell them how your phone is freezing and yadda yadda. They should exchange it for a new one

Appreciate the feed back. I think I'm done with tmo altogether though. My data speed with them is like 1.5 mbs compared to my buddy's Verizon which is at 11.5 mbs were in Riverside ca
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Lol
I actually am trying to make my phone use stock 2.3.3 and I find that it froze overnight while charging, froze overnight without even plugged in!!!!!
And the only reason I'm even going for STOCK is because the dam Simple Mobile Sim will not work on CM7. It runs better on CM7 but the unreliable GPS, and other settings I needed to apply just so that it wouldn't freeze anymore.
I moved on the GS2 T989 for now. I'm not thrilled with the phone honestly, but wins points for reliability. Never fails, just works. Only had 1 random reboot in the month I've used it.
I want to give away my G2X to a friend or relative, but I don't want to, because I know they will hate me for it. Its cruel to give someone a phone like this and trash talk and blame Android for it. Its not the ROMS or the OS, its the piece of **** phone.
Thankfully I don't have to deal with it so much on a regular basis.

Ohh I know like I said I'm not blaming devs or android for that matter. I mostly blame myself for going "first dual core phone, err I want dat" and goin and buying it rather than researching first.
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LG seems to have some piss poor quality control. I must have gotten lucky with mine, though it had some issues of its own that got fixed by flashing roms/kernels.
To your last point, I will never again buy a phone without scoping out the development and opinion from these forums. Even if it means I have to wait a few months and not have the phone right away.

Try a euroskank... Haven't had a problem with it... I flashed it on my girls phone and she hasn't complained yet.
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chrisram88 said:
Try a euroskank... Haven't had a problem with it... I flashed it on my girls phone and she hasn't complained yet.
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By the way, geek talk is an amazing thing. If I told my wife I was "upgrading her to euroskank and that will solve her problems" I'm pretty sure I'd get a kick in the nuts.

chrisram88 said:
Try a euroskank... Haven't had a problem with it... I flashed it on my girls phone and she hasn't complained yet.
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Girlfriend didn't complain?
She's a keeper.

you guys just have defective phones. I have no freezing etc in mine
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I've been experiencing the same thing. I get so many crashes, lag, reboots on CM 7.1 stable which is the latest I have been running. Ive tried EB and some others, and they were all plagued with similar issues.
I'm essentially done with Android. You never know what the hell you're going to get as far as how the phone works, and it takes way too much time and effort to get things to work correctly. I just want something that works well out of the box. I had the G1, Nexus S, and this, and I can't stand Android anymore. Google doesn't even care enough about it to update their Nexus line on time.

I love my POS

NeKr0MAtiK said:
Stupid ass phone...there's not a single rom that doesn't either freeze, randomly reboot or flat out just not work properly. Not talking **** on dev's. But **** this phone seriously. One of the most expencive pieces of junk ever.
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Ever heard of user error?

IRASadPanda said:
Ever heard of user error?
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That goes to Mr. "I'm done with android" as well... I can flash back to stock and live with the little things that are a little messed up, just can't stand stock battery life, but with any of the cm7 roms my phone is better then most my friends, and even help convince some of my iOS friends to go android. I'm sure either you guys got lemons or just don't understand android!
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PEBKAC
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NeKr0MAtiK said:
Ohh I know like I said I'm not blaming devs or android for that matter. I mostly blame myself for going "first dual core phone, err I want dat" and goin and buying it rather than researching first.
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The phone has been out for over a year. There are many options. Running gigglebead for a new experience. Did you purchase the phone new from T-Mobile?
Ranting at a forum will not satisfy your issues. Pm me if you need help..

NeKr0MAtiK said:
Stupid ass phone...there's not a single rom that doesn't either freeze, randomly reboot or flat out just not work properly. Not talking **** on dev's. But **** this phone seriously. One of the most expencive pieces of junk ever.
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You should probably get an iPhone, both of us will be happier.
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