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Samsung Galaxy S 4G killer arrives! G2X

The phone has arrived here in USA:
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=T-Mobile-G2x-with-Google
I guess it will be 10-15 days till I can actually use it
Super sweet
I say in 7 days I'll know the price

#1..... You're about 2 weeks late on this announcement.
#2.... This is an android development forum, not a gossip forum about other phones.
#3.... I'm super stoked about the g2x too, but let's take the conversation to the thread already started on the galaxy s 4g general forum.
Thanks!
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rafarataneneces said:
The phone has arrived here in USA:
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=T-Mobile-G2x-with-Google
I guess it will be 10-15 days till I can actually use it
Super sweet
I say in 7 days I'll know the price
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I wish xda app had a report button.
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Dude...don't be a douche.
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osurshaney said:
Dude...don't be a douche.
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1. wrong section. This is the Dev section.
2. This is a Galaxy S 4G forum.
Not trying to be a **** but it gets old reading about phones that have nothing to do with what I am here for.

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I wish xda app had a report button.
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Took care of it.
NO Offense Rafa.

This phones are coming out faster than what I can count.
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Screw that phone. Ill stick with my phone which i can actually use the entire day without needing to carry around a spare battery or charger. From reading the lg optimus 2x forums apparently that phone has absolutely TERRIBLE battery life. I can understand why too, its using a 15000mah battery with hspa+ and dual core. Just look at the atrix, it has a 19000 mah battery and yet its battery life is close to our phone which is not impressive to begin with.
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osurshaney said:
Dude...don't be a douche.
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Hows he being a douche?
Plus he is right...
Why dont ya go and take your happy go lucky self over to the G2x side and get out of here ...
On a side note i did want that phone but down to basics our phone is better in many ways only thing we dont have is 2x cores and a HDMI port but our phone is from a better brand ... the SGS2 will eat the G2x alive ill bet on it...
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Wrong froum, moved.

I love that phone already
thanks for moving the thread
G2X will kill Samsung Galaxy S 4G
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Sure yall say the SGS4G is dead once the G2x comes out but with what facts?
Also if you are going to say that the G2x has 2x core fine you win that point... But you got to remember that the SGS line of blood that this phone comes from is almost a year old ... Screen wise we have a better one than the G2x... internal ram yea G2x may have more power... But i bet dev here in XDA will make magic... The final thing i got to say is beware of the SGS 2 with 1.2Ghz 2x core and there will be also a 3D version!
So G2x owners of just smack talkers ( i joke ) you may win this up coming battle but will win Wrestlemania! ( lol... )
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Yogi3 said:
Sure yall say the SGS4G is dead once the G2x comes out but with what facts?
Also if you are going to say that the G2x has 2x core fine you win that point... But you got to remember that the SGS line of blood that this phone comes from is almost a year old ... Screen wise we have a better one than the G2x... internal ram yea G2x may have more power... But i bet dev here in XDA will make magic... The final thing i got to say is beware of the SGS 2 with 1.2Ghz 2x core and there will be also a 3D version!
So G2x owners of just smack talkers ( i joke ) you may win this up coming battle but will win Wrestlemania! ( lol... )
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I don't like the Samsung Galaxy S 4G
1) Bloat
2) no camera flash
3) little RAM
4) only 180 MB of internal memory
5) no custom kernels yet
The screen might be the only thing good plus the internet speed
The CPU is slow too

I don't care how good this thing is if its not amoled or better ill pass
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Success100 said:
I don't care how good this thing is if its not amoled or better ill pass
Sent from my DAMN Galaxy 4G¡!
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Is there a BIG difference between AMOLED and standard screens? I would like to go to T-Mobile, and then see the difference between two devices. Which is a good T-Mobile device that doesn't has AMOLED?

I will say it again... the sgs4g is the best untill the HTC pyramid comes out.

mavictb said:
I will say it again... the sgs4g is the best untill the HTC pyramid comes out.
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What about the lack of flash in the camera plus the limited RAM and the slow CPU?

rafarataneneces said:
What about the lack of flash in the camera plus the limited RAM and the slow CPU?
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im pretty sure the htc will kick the G2x's ass if it had one... just sayin.

1,3,4,5 = Fixed with new rom's.
2= Have you tried taking pictures with "night mode"? I would (and have) put this camera up against any camera phone w/flash any day (or night ).
And yes, IMHO, the screen is a huge improvement over similar phones. I held mine next to a mtg4g, HD7 and a g2, no comparison. Now idk about the newer phones.
I loved my Vibrant, and the sgs4g has everything I wished the Vibrant had ( -Bionix)

golmar88 said:
1,3,4,5 = Fixed with new rom's.
2= Have you tried taking pictures with "night mode"? I would (and have) put this camera up against any camera phone w/flash any day (or night ).
And yes, IMHO, the screen is a huge improvement over similar phones. I held mine next to a mtg4g, HD7 and a g2, no comparison. Now idk about the newer phones.
I loved my Vibrant, and the sgs4g has everything I wished the Vibrant had ( -Bionix)
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The G2X has 4.0 Inches, WVGA 16M Colors, TFT Capacitive Touchscreen I will go to T-Mobile and Verizon today and compare my phone with the other phones, see if I can see a big difference or not
Night mode sucks let's not be fanatics now, no flash = BAD PICTURES There is a reason why flash was invented there is no workaround for that
So let's keep this a matter of facts Flash is better than No Flash That's a fact

About to purchase an Inspire 4G

My friend is about to purchase an Inspire 4G. How is everyone's experience with it? I don't think my friend will do any sort of heaving modding with it such as rooting and custom ROMs. Is there lag such as the Captivate that requires the so called "Lagfix"? How is the phone overall? Feedback will be appreciated!
Sorry i meant The Samsung Infuse 4G!!! I get the names confused!

Did you mean infuse?
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Lol inspired by our infuse?
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INFUSE 4G!
Omg Sorry! I meant the Samsung INFUSE 4G. I get the name confused with the Inspire.

ITS HORRIBLE! IT DIES EVERY 3 HOURS! YOU CANT TEXT! YOU CANT CALL! LAG EVERYWHERE!
no im joking its an awesome phone. i can say it is the best phone i have ever had. got rid of my dual core atrix for this one. ITS AWESOME!

Optimus-Prime said:
ITS HORRIBLE! IT DIES EVERY 3 HOURS! YOU CANT TEXT! YOU CANT CALL! LAG EVERYWHERE!
no im joking its an awesome phone. i can say it is the best phone i have ever had. got rid of my dual core atrix for this one. ITS AWESOME!
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Optimus is correct nice nice phone
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awesome phone, can be lagfix'd if you so choose, it is pretty snappy out of the box but lagfix is a common mod. I'd Odin flash the community kernel if i were him and call it a day, later he can use CWM included in the kernel to flash the upcoming gingerbread based rom that make it feel like a new phone. there is a world.of difference between the included firmware and gingerbread.

infuse 4g is literally the best phone ive ever had, especially if you like youtube and netflix as much as i do

Best phone I've used to date, kicked my G2x to the curb for it. The screen size and color is beastly. Dual core is overrated, you wont be disappointed with this phone.
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The phone looks gorgeous although I find myself swapping back and forth from my atrix lately after the latest update from att. He won't regret it though the phone looks super sexy which is why I had to get it. No regrets!
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Its an awesome phone its my first smartphone and my sister has iPhone 4 and is constantly bragging on my phone. Just awesome. Advice tho at fry's electronics it is only 119 so skip the att store and go to fry's
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Awesome phone. Had all the iphones and this handsdown has been my favorite! If you know anyone with a sam's club membership $99 and some change there with a 2 year agreement.
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MIUI soon :)

RT @MIUImods: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989 MIUI coming soon to a device near you! http://i.imgur.com/rdYnf.jpg Just to let you know its being worked on!
Being made for the T-Mobile SGS2 and its very similar to ours so we shall be able to flash this also
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XAviierG said:
RT @MIUImods: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989 MIUI coming soon to a device near you! http://i.imgur.com/rdYnf.jpg Just to let you know its being worked on!
Being made for the T-Mobile SGS2 and its very similar to ours so we shall be able to flash this also
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that will be great, we just got a AWESOME themer "ee" if he has time he makes asstastic themes. i followed him while we had the infuse miui themes as well.....so i will keep my fingers crossed.

I think our device deserves its own
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If it needs tweaks for ours ill add the tweaks and maintain it here if needed too
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I can't wait I miss miui
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Is this better than CyanogenMod?

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To some it is due to its highly customization

GalaxySkyrocket500 said:
Is this better than CyanogenMod?
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Depends on taste......CM7 i think has better performance, but Miui is the must have anyone that loves to customize there phone. it lets you change everything piece by piece but it has no app drawer unless you use a launcher to get it back otherwise all your apps will just be on the front pages.
there both great, but cm7 still has my vote on sheer smoothness and tweaks. but again i loved "ee"'s themes for Miui so who knows

GalaxySkyrocket500 said:
Is this better than CyanogenMod?
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IMO...CM is better. MiUI too iPhonish for me.
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XAviierG said:
RT @MIUImods: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989 MIUI coming soon to a device near you! http://i.imgur.com/rdYnf.jpg Just to let you know its being worked on!
Being made for the T-Mobile SGS2 and its very similar to ours so we shall be able to flash this also
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Scott951 posted MIUI ROM for 989 a couple weeks ago. Doesn't work too well yet though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363402

cue_32 said:
IMO...CM is better. MiUI too iPhonish for me.
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It is very "iPhonish" when you first use MIUI; throw a lancher on it, though, and it's back to business as usual. Very slick, very smooth, very customizable (if that's a word). Oh, and it's based on CM 7.1 sources. I've tried all sorts of ROMs on my Inspire, but I always end up going back to MIUI, it's just too damn nice. Getting a SR soon, and I'd love to see a MIUI build for it.

cue_32 said:
IMO...CM is better. MiUI too iPhonish for me.
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I agree with this. Almost every aspect of MIUI is iPhone ripped. Throwing a launcher over top of it kind defeats the purpose of MIUI (IMHO).
I have used MIUI and it had horrible battery life, right up there with CM7. Personally I would never use MIUI or CM7 ever again (on one of my phones).
That being said
I have MIUI on my daughters phone because she loves the iPhone and since I am giving her my Captivate for Christmas and she really wants an iPhone, I decided to put MIUI on it to ease the pain. LOL

agreed,
women seem to love miui though......hence why i am trying to put it on my old cappy to give to my GF.
but am having issues with the drivers.
i dont mind CM7, with the right kernel the battery drain is not that bad......but yes it can get annoying to have plug your up to the wall every couple hours as a preemptive strike on your phone dying.

the2rrell said:
agreed,
women seem to love miui though......hence why i am trying to put it on my old cappy to give to my GF.
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same reason I put it on my Cappy for my daughter. She loves that iOS look and I am NOT buying her an iPhone, so this should do great for her.

Mortem Tuam said:
same reason I put it on my Cappy for my daughter. She loves that iOS look and I am NOT buying her an iPhone, so this should do great for her.
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Lol why not?
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Lol why not?
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I have had iphone3 3gs and 4. I don't like them and this captivate is already paid for. So I'm not buying a new phone when this one works fine. Especially since she's 14 and this captivate is a huge upgrade for her.
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Ok. So what would it take to get MIUI ported onto SR? What's the process? I tried everything on my HD2 and i always ended up with MIUI. And now i upgraded to SR and would love to install MIUI on it. How to we initiate it?

It boots but no data, someone said they fixed data and will give me the zip but haven't received anything
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Need help on major decision.

K I know you guys are all smart ppl can someone. I just got the Skyrocket yesterday but having some regret I think I'm going to go to the nexus on rogers but is it worth it?
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The skyrocket has better specs and is lte capable. I think its far better plus ics is right around the corner. I had the skyrocketed from rogers as well sold it last week but its a amazing phone
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Nexus is has old cpu and specs wise Rocket is best. Once we get ics our phone will be best in market.

Definitely keep the skyrocket. I think the nexus may have been a little overrated.
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I think our opinions in this forum are a little biased, but that's because most of us LOVE our Skyrockets.
Definitely keep it. Skyrocket has a better processor and a better camera, if you need a couple of reasons...

The only thing I like more about the Nexus is the 720 screen. But for that, you can probably wait for the S3 or the S2 LTE HD (aka Skyrocket HD).

What parts are making you regret it?

The only thing that I don't like about the Skyrocket is the HDPI screen. It wouldn't normally bother me, but coming from an Evo 3D with QHD, it just seems kind of blurry. Other than that, this phone is absolutely amazing.

Thanks for the responses. Definitely clears up. SKYROCKET definitely has better hardware. But on Monday when the note comes out I'll make my decision....depends on the size of that thing.
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sulpher said:
What parts are making you regret it?
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Honestly I was drawn back by the design cause I came from infuse 4g which in my opinion has a more premium look. Lol...
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I hear you about the screen its my one drawback as well. outside of that, this phone has been great thus far. Sucked to here the HD is going hit canada, but not until q2 which by then, more quad core devices are going to be on their way so its not as big of a deal.

I love my skyrocket. Its been the best phone to date I have had. infuse was ok but felt cheaper to me... have a white note coming next week. and cant wait. cause to me its like a bigger skyrocket.. with a few little extras.. but will keep my skyrocket on my spare line. etc..
Funny thing is.. on the skyrocket the stock rom has been so good havent felt the need to install another etc.. unlike say the inspire or infuse or atrix. or the 10 million other androids I have had in the past. etc..

I find it funny that people on the skyrocket forums are not as anal as people in infuse.
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Had the Skyrocket. It was good but since I didn't have LTE here it was pointless to keep. Galaxy Nexus is by far better in performance but since it doesn't have LTE skyrocket is faster IMHO
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Depends on your needs
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Sarius24 said:
Thanks for the responses. Definitely clears up. SKYROCKET definitely has better hardware. But on Monday when the note comes out I'll make my decision....depends on the size of that thing.
The note Is a monster its a little big but trust me that phone is amazing you will start to love the fact that it is so big. Just sold my n7000 so i could get the lte version. In the mean time im using the og s2 and this thing feels tiny now
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G2x vs samsung galaxy s 4g

Alright let me start off by saying i.love my g2x i guess i got lucky i never had a issue like some of the other horror stories ive reae here but i recently broke my screen and decided to try this galaxy s i had i was wondering if anyone has had one before how are the roms and kernels im busy with work i wont have time to really try any out and flash for a while so any advice would be nice
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rjbriggs18 said:
Alright let me start off by saying i.love my g2x i guess i got lucky i never had a issue like some of the other horror stories ive reae here but i recently broke my screen and decided to try this galaxy s i had i was wondering if anyone has had one before how are the roms and kernels im busy with work i wont have time to really try any out and flash for a while so any advice would be nice
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G2x is soooo much better. My younger brother has a Galaxy S 4G, and it's a nice phone and all, but there is literally no development going on for it anymore. No Vanilla, MIUI, or ICS. G2x is wayyy faster although I really like the Galaxy S 4G's Camera.

G2x forsure
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Ya my g2x runs hell fire 1.7 n i love ics imma flash a few things this weekend just to see how it is being that the g2x was my first droid
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I had galaxy s4g development there its horrible just rehashes diffirent themes with ROMs. Although music player is really good and can take advantage of full voodoo
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I actually just got my Samsung Galaxy S 4g replaced from Tmobile with the G2X. I used the SGS4G for awhile.
I don't regret it one bit, this phone is a beast in comparison. I'm not even using ICS yet, and I'm so happy with my new device. Significant upgrade in my opinion, and as others have said ROM development is much more active.
The devs are trying to work out ICS, but nothing close to even "kind of" functional.
IMO the screen was a little better and voodoo sound is cool, but a majority of the ROMs are customized versions of a stable base. MIUI is also being worked on, however the significant gains in just about every other area out shine 2 perks. Can't comment on battery life yet, my G2X has "new toy syndrome" at the moment.
Bottom line, stuck my SGS4G in the box and sent it back this morning.
G2X > SGS4G
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So far the screen is the only thing i like about it i need to break down and buy a digitizer maybe a all white conversion for the g2x
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