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Ok guys, I need some advice.
I have a Incredible and a Xoom and want 4G on my Xoom. but have the wifi one . I have been tethering via 3g and its slow. I was going to get a 4g hotspot but unlimited data on a TB seems better....
thoughts? suggestions?
you wont be able to legally tether ur thunderbolt to your Xoom. even if you use the built in hotspot feature, ur gonna have to pay extra, and there's a cap. i dont know the prices/cap off hand, but you can see them on verizon.com. if you use wifi-tether or something along those lines, verizon might catch wind and start charging ur account or terminate ur account and make u pay the ETF.
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you wont be able to legally tether ur thunderbolt to your Xoom. even if you use the built in hotspot feature, ur gonna have to pay extra, and there's a cap. i dont know the prices/cap off hand, but you can see them on verizon.com. if you use wifi-tether or something along those lines, verizon might catch wind and start charging ur account or terminate ur account and make u pay the ETF.
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i can get the tether apps no problems, and im not going to use crazy amounts of bandwidth, but i want it to be faster when I DO use it
I use the Wifi tether for my laptop and don't use copious amounts of bandwidth (under 5GB). I am convinced it would cost Verizon more money to make an issue out of it with me than it would to just let it go.
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you wont be able to legally tether ur thunderbolt to your Xoom. even if you use the built in hotspot feature, ur gonna have to pay extra, and there's a cap. i dont know the prices/cap off hand, but you can see them on verizon.com. if you use wifi-tether or something along those lines, verizon might catch wind and start charging ur account or terminate ur account and make u pay the ETF.
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I've never heard of this happening, so I don't think he needs to worry.
Stop thinking and just do it!
I gave up my droid incredible for the thunderbolt. My main concern was the jump in phone size. I'm glad I made the move, I love the thunderbolt. I got used to the size pretty quickly.
Your eventually goin to get a 4G device, either now or later. Get it now while its the same price for 3G and unlimited. Because the price will change. Tbolt!
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Your eventually goin to get a 4G device, either now or later. Get it now while its the same price for 3G and unlimited. Because the price will change. Tbolt!
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This is true. That being said, it wasn't the most compelling reason for me to get a TB. The most compelling reason was the promise of CM support on a more capable handset than my D1. The TB is definitely capable, and a workable daily driver of CM is now available from slayher. Life is good.
Waiting to meet the guy from ebay now to get my tbolt
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Waiting to meet the guy from ebay now to get my tbolt
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I think you'll be impressed. I'm very happy with this phone.
I would tell you to wait for something better, but as we can all see, you may end up waiting and waiting. I got mine day one, and I did a one year contract, and am up again in Jan. 2012. I love the phone and have no regrets, and as of right now, it is the best phone available on Verizon. If I was buying now, I would have second thoughts with so many phones seemingly getting closer to launch date.
I was pretty skeptical about this phone at first but finally jumped the gun and got it. It's so worth it! Loving this phone like crazy! xD
As everyone else is saying love this phone. I got a 2 year contract just to lock in the unlimited 4g for as long as possible. Just something to think about.
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Once you have 4g you won,t want anything else... I love my thunderbolt on the BAMF 1.6.1.
Cheers
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I am a former X owner and thought this phone was gonna be great with the unlocked bootloader, I am disappointed with it though, my X ran just as good and was better in so many ways. The only reason I have this phone is for 4g.
Don't buy thunderbolt just wait for something better
The thunderbolt is 1.0 device that means battery really sucks, beside 4g the thunderbolt is last year hardware trust me. Please I know am gonna get flame for this but what's the point of having a 4g phone if you can't use it. My thunderbolt only lasted me 6 hrs if I even touch it, some time If I restart it that's another bar gone from the battery. So I couldn't take using the thunderbolt than got an iPhone 4 which is also last yrs hardware and once you go 4g you don't go back but am happy with my decision, I don't know what apple did with iOS or battery but Damn that battery last. I lve always had android and this is my first iOS device but there's no android phone that last as long as the iPhone 4. Plus the thing that made me give up the thunderbolt is because next month htc sensation is coming to tmobile htc sense 3.0 ,gingerbread and dual core processor and the Evo 3d and You will probably be still stuck with froyo and sense 2.1 no sense 3.0 no 3d no dual core. This sucks, Verizon waited to long for the thunderbolt if they released it same time evo got out than maybe but at this point it's only another evo 1.5. Beside my iPhone having excellent battery I can't wait for an evo 3d from Verizon but I know Verizon by the time they come out with That it will be outdated by a yr. But with the iPhone I constantly get updates right when it's out no bull**** about your phone is not supported because it's 2 months old. Plus i see nobody telling this guy about the battery problem or gps problem. All of you are in denial for recommend this phone this late in the game.
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I got it today and am disappointed so far. The 4G has been up and down all over the place. It drops from 4g to 4g to 1x to no network constantly. I dont know what the issue is but so far I miss my incredible
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The thunderbolt is 1.0 device that means battery really sucks, beside 4g the thunderbolt is last year hardware trust me. Please I know am gonna get flame for this but what's the point of having a 4g phone if you can't use it. My thunderbolt only lasted me 6 hrs if I even touch it, some time If I restart it that's another bar gone from the battery. So I couldn't take using the thunderbolt than got an iPhone 4 which is also last yrs hardware and once you go 4g you don't go back but am happy with my decision, I don't know what apple did with iOS or battery but Damn that battery last. I lve always had android and this is my first iOS device but there's no android phone that last as long as the iPhone 4. Plus the thing that made me give up the thunderbolt is because next month htc sensation is coming to tmobile htc sense 3.0 ,gingerbread and dual core processor and the Evo 3d and You will probably be still stuck with froyo and sense 2.1 no sense 3.0 no 3d no dual core. This sucks, Verizon waited to long for the thunderbolt if they released it same time evo got out than maybe but at this point it's only another evo 1.5. Beside my iPhone having excellent battery I can't wait for an evo 3d from Verizon but I know Verizon by the time they come out with That it will be outdated by a yr. But with the iPhone I constantly get updates right when it's out no bull**** about your phone is not supported because it's 2 months old. Plus i see nobody telling this guy about the battery problem or gps problem. All of you are in denial for recommend this phone this late in the game.
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You make some valid points, but it is still a very capable phone, if not still a high end phone, and will be until the newer phones actually launch. I am in Chicago, I get 4g everywhere, and my battery lasts all day with moderate usage. I am happy with that. I have never had a random reboot, and GPS works fine (I run custom ROM, so lock is slow once in a while - but never on stock ROM). Plus, for "most" people, this phone will still be very capable for a long time, it depends what you use it for. If you just want to benchmark and have a bigger ****, you will not be happy, as newer, faster phones are coming out. But, for the average user, its a great phone.
Also, I am guessing the people who are having issues, its more network related than the actual phone, which necessarily isn't the hardware, but more so software/network. I am thinking many of us knew there would be growing pains when buying this, but again, I am in an area where I do not have any reception or 4g issues.
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I got it today and am disappointed so far. The 4G has been up and down all over the place. It drops from 4g to 4g to 1x to no network constantly. I dont know what the issue is but so far I miss my incredible
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They've been having network issues since day one with 4G. Stick with it and it will improve.
I have had my first g2x for a little over a week. I really liked the phone, but the screen bleed on the first one was pretty bad. If it was just a little bit of bleed I could of dealt with it. I had flashed over to bionix, and with the black status bar the bleed was horrid. It was hard to make out the status bar sometimes because they bleed was so bad. The phone did not have any random reboots that everyone else seems to have. I wish I could of kept it. I ended up calling t mobile and they shipped a new one.
Today I received my new replacement in the mail. It was a brand new phone. I opened up the box and installed the battery and went for initial boot. The first thing that I noticed was it had a cluster of dead pixels at the top of the screen. If it was one I might be able to deal with it. Although for having a new premium phone I don't necessarily expect it to be perfect, but this was unacceptable. Well then the phone booted and went to the little android that I needed to tap enter. I tapped him, then the phone had a bunch of forced closes and rebooted. I rebooted it and same thing happened 2 more times. By this time I had had enough. I called up t mobile to get another replacement.
They guy that I was talking too asked me since this was going to be my third one why didn't I wait for the htc sensation. I told him the reason I didn't want it was because it was too big, but the main thing is because of the locked boot loader. I asked if they had an actual date for release, but he did not have one. He said he has seen leaked documents on blogs giving a date. But we have all seen the same thing. I also sold my vibrant so I don't have another phone right now. I really like the g2x and want to keep it. I also like the idea of the tegra 2. I am a big fan of nvidia, and their support has always been top notch. I hope I get a good third phone, because I really want to keep the g2x.
On a side note, I re-upped my contract to get this phone at the upgrade price. I was told today that to get new phone and not a refurb I had to extend my contract so that the 2 years started from today. Not that 2 weeks of extension was that big of deal but to me that's kind of ridiculous. It's not my fault I received faulty phones, why should I have to re up my contract. I know its only 2 weeks, but that is just a stupid policy. Or maybe it was just the guy I was talking too. I am just tired of these big company's taking advantage of the little guy for things that are not even our fault. I should not have to re-sign my contract because of faulty equipment. I was half tempted to just return the phone right there and tell them to cancel my contract. Not that 2 weeks will kill me, but for the principal of the fact. Has that happened to anyone else that had to return their faulty g2s's?
Another sob story about this phone. This is bad. Why was this device released if it is such a pile. Where is and what happened to LG quality control????
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I went to tmobile website and this phone has so many good reviews. I don't understand because this is also my 3rd one, and I'm about to return it too. If not for light bleeding, then it is for all the rebooting and freezing for no reason. Could it be because all of my phones are shipped from the warehouse in KY...where are the good ones come from? Any idea?
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The manufacture date of my phone is only 5/9/2011 so its was not even made 2 weeks ago. It makes me think it cant be a warehouse thing because the phone only being manufactured 10 days ago could not of had that much time to sit on the shelf. I am actually surprised that it can make it from the factory in Korea to my doorstep in 10 days.
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I went to tmobile website and this phone has so many good reviews. I don't understand because this is also my 3rd one, and I'm about to return it too. If not for light bleeding, then it is for all the rebooting and freezing for no reason. Could it be because all of my phones are shipped from the warehouse in KY...where are the good ones come from? Any idea?
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Hi,
Mine shipped from KY and its great, production date 4/26. Screen bleed is very very minimal at the top and really isnt very noticeable unless you read these threads and look for it. I had one reboot but that was because I got the phone stuck when trying to stream music directly from the browser and it went a bit bazerk. But other than that this is a GREAT phone. My friend and his wife got one(from radio shack) with no problems whatsoever and so I would guess there is a bad batch around or something.
In regards to the good reviews about the g2x on Tmobile's site, I posted a negative one and it was removed after the first day. I think they clear out the bad comments.
My 3rd was a refurbished..and I've never owned one past 14 days. And I got in from a Rep.
Still after never getting a NEWphone that worked they tried to send me a refurbished phone.
That just really hit me in a bad way.
Unfortunately from the sound of customers who came to tmo from other carriers tmo is better.
That sucks.
I'm going to the sensation. The Rep did not deny the sensation would be here in a few weeks.
Just said they can't confirm until an official date is given.
My g1 was the best phone I swear.
I'm learning to trust HTC for a well made and tested phone.
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I'm learning to trust HTC for a well made and tested phone.
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Except for battery life. Htc phones and battery life just plain suck and get nowhere near what they claim
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tackleberry said:
Except for battery life. Htc phones and battery life just plain suck and get nowhere near what they claim
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Yeah my g1 was a twice a day charger.
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Yeah my g1 was a twice a day charger.
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somehow i got a whole "work day" out of my G1....which was from 3am to 3pm. granted i would be in the 15% range at the end of the work day but it did last most work days all day. slower work days like mid week i would carry my car charger just incase, but on weekends when it was busy i would actually be at 30% area of remaining battery at end of same hours due to less use. the G1 was a decent slab of hardware. i sold it to my friend that just moved on to a G2 2 months ago, and said it still worked perfect. I got the G1 about 2 weeks after its retail release.
Hi Guys...
I have a Thunderbolt now (rooted) that waqs giving me problems I was going from 4g to 3g to 1x and then I wasn't getting any data at all. This started last night....I figured I would wait because it was a network problem
This morning the same thing was happening....I called VZ tech support and they told me before they send me a new phone...I have to go to a VZ store and get a new sim card. I unrooted my phone and went to the store. I got a new sim card and that didn' help. I called back tech support and they said they will send me a new Thunderbolt. I have a family plan and I have 4 phones on my plan (mine is the only smartphone) I asked if I can get a CHARGE...after some back n forth chat...he told me that they will send me a NEW Charge...and also a belt clip and screen protector for no charge....
I love my Thunderbolt...and I know there are pros and cons betwen both phones.....but I really use my Slingbox app alot and I wanted to get the charge because of the screen...so Monday or Tuesday my new charge arrives...
hope I didn't make a mistake not going with the Thunderbolt....thoughts??
I want to thank all of the other members here who helped me with all my questions on the Thunderbolt....I will be changing forums but I will stop in here from time to time
The charge came out with an OTA update (yesterday) that made numerous fixes and charge owners are saying that it made the phone AWESOME!
hogowner said:
Hi Guys...
I have a Thunderbolt now (rooted) that waqs giving me problems I was going from 4g to 3g to 1x and then I wasn't getting any data at all. This started last night....I figured I would wait because it was a network problem
This morning the same thing was happening....I called VZ tech support and they told me before they send me a new phone...I have to go to a VZ store and get a new sim card. I unrooted my phone and went to the store. I got a new sim card and that didn' help. I called back tech support and they said they will send me a new Thunderbolt. I have a family plan and I have 4 phones on my plan (mine is the only smartphone) I asked if I can get a CHARGE...after some back n forth chat...he told me that they will send me a NEW Charge...and also a belt clip and screen protector for no charge....
I love my Thunderbolt...and I know there are pros and cons betwen both phones.....but I really use my Slingbox app alot and I wanted to get the charge because of the screen...so Monday or Tuesday my new charge arrives...
hope I didn't make a mistake not going with the Thunderbolt....thoughts??
I want to thank all of the other members here who helped me with all my questions on the Thunderbolt....I will be changing forums but I will stop in here from time to time
The charge came out with an OTA update (yesterday) that made numerous fixes and charge owners are saying that it made the phone AWESOME!
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While I don't agree with your decision, it's understandable and i hope it works out for you charge has less dev support though
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I just had a problem with my tbolt I couldnt make or receive calls but could do text message or email.
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While I don't agree with your decision, it's understandable and i hope it works out for you charge has less dev support though
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Yes I know less dev support...but remember.....it just came out....
I may not root it.....have to see........
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Yes I know less dev support...but remember.....it just came out....
I may not root it.....have to see........
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It's also got that icky Touchwiz
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hogowner said:
hope I didn't make a mistake not going with the Thunderbolt....thoughts??
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Since you're posting in the TB section, you already know what to expect
The Charge is a nice phone as long as you don't mind Touchwiz & limited custom rom/kernel options (at least for the moment). Sorry the TB didn't work out for you.
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The problem that you describe was exact what I went through with my Thunderbolt. I went through Verizon tech support on the phone, as well as the store, only to hit a dead end... Even after getting a new sim card.
They wanted to send me a certified like new phone, but I hated the idea. So, after 2 days without any data service, I decided to do a complete re-installation of Froyo from bootloader. Note: wiping the data / factory restore and cache wipe did not resolve the issue.
The problem was likely due to a corrupt system file.
So yeah, I went and downloaded a rooted RUU Froyo and just flash it in bootloader, not in recovery, and works.
Thank you for confirming that I'm not the only one with a ThunderBolt that went through this problem.
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No phone is perfect. It's a matter of deciding what criterias are more important and deciding between the least sucky one. One area of weakness with the Charge is the inability to manage the radios and manually forcing between 3G or 4G. You lose the benefits of battery conservation by forcing 3G only and may experience constant flip flop between 3G and 4G causing loss of data connectivity in fringe areas. Also, no simultaneous voice and data on 3G.
I'm not entirely happy with my thunderbolt but because VZW sent me a really crappy replacement. Actually, my second replacement. I had an issue similar to you a while back. I couldn't even get 3G. No data. Went to the store, they had to call HQ or something, talked for 30min or so, ended up sending me a replacement over night. That phone was perfect before I lost data. The replacement had that reboot issue so I got a replacement for that one; the phone I have now. It came without working camera flash. I didn't notice until a week later when I used the flash for the first time. That's pretty unacceptable if you ask me. But, that's not the worst part. My screen is FALLING OUT of my phone. The whole right side of the screen is not glued/fastened in any way. It comes out 1/4 inch on it's own. Went to a VZW store and they couldn't be bothered since I wasn't there to buy a phone. My VZW store is useless. I'm going to have to go to a VZW kiosk at a nearby mall. Weirdly, they are the most helpful usually.
If your phone is an appliance to you, then you made an arguably good decision. The screen is a dandy one on the charge and battery life is notably better than the Tbolt. If you are a root/ROM guy, then you're totally off your nut.
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I'm not entirely happy with my thunderbolt but because VZW sent me a really crappy replacement. Actually, my second replacement. I had an issue similar to you a while back. I couldn't even get 3G. No data. Went to the store, they had to call HQ or something, talked for 30min or so, ended up sending me a replacement over night. That phone was perfect before I lost data. The replacement had that reboot issue so I got a replacement for that one; the phone I have now. It came without working camera flash. I didn't notice until a week later when I used the flash for the first time. That's pretty unacceptable if you ask me. But, that's not the worst part. My screen is FALLING OUT of my phone. The whole right side of the screen is not glued/fastened in any way. It comes out 1/4 inch on it's own. Went to a VZW store and they couldn't be bothered since I wasn't there to buy a phone. My VZW store is useless. I'm going to have to go to a VZW kiosk at a nearby mall. Weirdly, they are the most helpful usually.
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I just went through this after coming from a Charge back to the Tbolt. The left side of the screen was loose and it took three Verizon stores to get a NEW replacement.
As far as the Charge goes, I liked the phone, but my friend has a Tbolt and we drive a truck so we are all over the country and the Tbolt sometimes would have service and the Charge wouldn't, or rather it seemed that the Tbolt could hold a signal longer than the Charge. I also didn't like the fact that I couldn't do voice and data in 3G, but I spend a lot more time in 3G since I travel all over. I also could never get over 20MB download on the Charge and my Bolt hit 42MB in Charlotte the other night. The battey is marginally better on the Charge, but it takes forever to recharge. Also the lack of Dev support and Samsungs issue with updates scared me. There is also a lack of RAM, 768 vs 512.
Walking away from it, the only thing that I think the Charge has over the Bolt is the screen. If you put a 1600 Mah battery in the Bolt, the battery life would be comparable., but that's just my 2ยข.
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Yes I know less dev support...but remember.....it just came out....
I may not root it.....have to see........
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I had a fascinate it don't matter if it just came out or not dev support is never strong for cdma samsung devices and always stellar for htc devices.
i feel like the Thunderbolt is a very raw device. Verizon pushed it out after so many ppl knew about it. Now we must wait for them to finish perfecting it and getting it to where they want it to be. I think once they have a good update for it, it will be an amazing phone. I love my TB, but right now its nothing to brag about. Once it gets GB and they address battery life and get all the app support, it will be even better.
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If your phone is an appliance to you, then you made an arguably good decision. The screen is a dandy one on the charge and battery life is notably better than the Tbolt. If you are a root/ROM guy, then you're totally off your nut.
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Sigh, the charge has better battery life since it uses a bigger battery. I can get up to 30 hours or so on the extended battery with quite heavy usage.
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I also am getting at no charge the holster...screen protector and I found out an extended battery for the charge. The VZ rep told me it is a 2600 battery....
I think getting this phone is a no brainer....especially with all the freebies....
the charge came out with an OTA update a few days ago....from what I am hearing from people who have the update, they are saying the data connections are better now with the new radio and so is the browser
I own both and prefer the Thunderbolt for reasons stated above. Though I do prefer the Charge screen.
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Sigh, the charge has better battery life since it uses a bigger battery. I can get up to 30 hours or so on the extended battery with quite heavy usage.
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So you quoted him, just to agree?
hogowner said:
I also am getting at no charge the holster...screen protector and I found out an extended battery for the charge. The VZ rep told me it is a 2600 battery....
I think getting this phone is a no brainer....especially with all the freebies....
the charge came out with an OTA update a few days ago....from what I am hearing from people who have the update, they are saying the data connections are better now with the new radio and so is the browser
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As mentioned before, as long as you are not big on dev support, so be it. I find 300mb less usable ram, and a filesystem thats 1/4 of the performance a deal breaker. To each their own, of course.
mi7chy said:
No phone is perfect. It's a matter of deciding what criterias are more important and deciding between the least sucky one. One area of weakness with the Charge is the inability to manage the radios and manually forcing between 3G or 4G. You lose the benefits of battery conservation by forcing 3G only and may experience constant flip flop between 3G and 4G causing loss of data connectivity in fringe areas. Also, no simultaneous voice and data on 3G.
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Although you cannot force 4g only on the Charge, it does have a CDMA and 4G/CDMA toggle.
Charge
The reviews are pretty good for the charge... but the test will be after a month of ussing it, to see if your already searching for another phone...
Hey guys! I got my Samsung Infuse 4g today (finally!) And I must say, I'm quite impressed. I previously owned a Captivate until I bricked it flashing incorrect bootloaders, and I must say this phone is a HUGE improvement. I just wanted to put my 2 cents out there for those of you who are "on the fence" about buying this phone.
-It is NOT "too big" for most hands. I find it very easy to type with one hand, even.
-The battery life is great! Even on stock! I mean, it's no Tilt2 but so far I've been using it for about 12 hours and still have 76% battery life left!
-The GPS works great (thank god... I'm looking at you, Cappy. v_v) I haven't had a chance to test it while driving yet, but meh, I have a TomTom. I would only ever use it if I absolutely had to.
- It doesn't have that "dialer lag" my old Cappy suffered. Not sure if this was phone specific but it used to take FOREVER to pull up the dialer.
- 4G is fast, but not really fast. It's almost as if AT&T was like, "welcome to AT&T, where you can have it your way but don't get crazy!" (reference ;p) It is fast though. I got 3542kbps down and 1290 kbps up in Toledo Ohio with 4 bars.
-Lastly, I would like to say that my only gripe so far has been that I had to call AT&T because my data wasn't showing up, and they said I technically "can't" get my unlimited data grandfathered, but an "engineer" would contact me within a week about still having unlimited, so I'm stuck on 2GB, but I forced the tech guy to write down that I DID HAVE unlimited smartphone internet for 3 years. I got his name and everything. This is an AT&T specific issue, however. The phone itself is fantastic.
Hopefully this review will help some of you out there leave your iPhone 4's for the true phone with bigger GB's: the Samsung Infuse 4G! I know I didn't cover too many bases here, but it was, in fact, a small review. Keep that in mind.
I had the same exact issue when I came over to the infuse (1 week ago). Called up ATT and the guy told me the same thing, I asked for a manager and he said, he was one, and that it couldn't be done because it's no longer available, after about 15 minutes of me telling him what a jaggoff he was, I hung up on him, called up 611 and they put it back on the unlimited plan (so I thought), when I checked online it said 2GB plan. I called again and they did it, and I confirmed on the web account that I still have the unlimited. So I guess the moral of the story is don't take no for an answer... also if they told you to wait a week, they are probably hoping you'll forget about it and won't call back. Call today and demand it changed to the unlimited plan, otherwise make it known to the user that if they upgrade they will lose the plan.... they will change it.
I did same thing. Seconded. Bug the **** out of them and tell them you are gonna change carriers.....they'll put unlimited back on.
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Thank you guys so much. I will be sure to give them a piece of my mind tomorrow. It really frustrates me that they're doing this. I for one love AT&T and feel that they have been nothing but good to me, but this is ridiculous.
lol @ 12 hours w/ 70 some % left... People must not even use the damn thing.
Guess I'm in my own category of heavy users I guess. Few hours of Google+'ing, three hours of Zynga Poker or Holdem Live = dead phone.
Haha that was with juicedefender ultimate... and my data hasn't been working all day. I've been on Wifi and that was just to install my "main apps" and get my google account situated and stuff. I guess I should have said that before putting it in my review :X
Just a follow up, AT&T did in fact switch me from 2GB to unlimited this morning, so in less than 24 hours my trouble ticket was resolved. AT&T kept a customer... for now
Thanks for the review. I will be receiving mine in the mail tomorrow and will be a royal pain in the butt if they take me off the unlimited plan. I jumped on that bandwidthwagon as soon as they released it and ill be damned if they are going to take me off tomorrow when I activate it. They will loose a customer as quick as they say no. I am looking forward to trying all the different ROMs already developed. Coming from a craptivate, im already foaming at the mouth for CM7 to release something stable.
Thanks again for the review, you calmed my nerves about it being too much like a crappy.
Be sure to check the price after the GS2 comes out, you might be able to get a refund for the difference if the price drops.
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I thought the infuse didn't have real 4g. At least that's what I've read somewhere
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Mr.Brosnan said:
I thought the infuse didn't have real 4g. At least that's what I've read somewhere
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4G is just a ridiculously overloaded term. What you probably mean by "real" 4G is LTE, which Verizon currently has in some areas and AT&T will begin to roll out "soon." What AT&T is currently calling 4G is usually referred to as HSPA+ or HSDPA, and it is essentially a retrofitted 3G with about thrice as much optimum throughput. Results obviously vary by area, network congestion, signal quality, and myriad other issues.
Umm, yeah actually. That's the details I was referring to. So then it is true, that the Samsung Infuse 4G only has the HSPA+ Side of 4G?
Muse the Infuse
Got my $19 upgrade Infuse last night, installed Infused ROM and I must say I really like this phone. GPS was a little slow but working well now and I just installed screen protector, no meathooks have been on this fabulous screen! Any more complaints about this great machine and I am gonna start jerking knots!
Hmmm, that's unfortunate that AT&T gave you grief.
I had a Cappy that I upgraded from LG Incite that's an upgrade from HTC 8525. I had unlimited PDA data and they grandfathered it all the way to when I upgraded to the Infuse through my wife's phone and she got the Cappy and 2GB data. The 611 agent said they would do the 4G unlimited and only took a few minutes a 2 reboots of my phone.
Overall, I've had very good experiences with in person and call center AT&T staff. The lady who helped with my Cappy upgrade was just plain cute, smart and knowledgeable and worked the upgrade with no issues at all(btw, all the female staff in that store that day were rather hot, it's a Sign!!!). She wasn't pushy at all with any upsells and I was done with new Sammy happiness in under 20mins! Infuse upgrade was also easy as well.
I've been with AT&T for over 6 yrs and I've not had coverage or billing problems that couldn't be explained.
Truly your mileage may vary. Maybe we can start a thread of Top Notch AT&T Stores by zip code. Record your experiences and cite the agent's name and you're thoughts.
We know AT&T staff reads XDA so this would be direct feed back they can't censor like they do in their own forums.
There are a couple of places where you can get the true LTE. Chicago is one of the cities. You can check out the full map on AT&T website.
I have been with AT&T for 4 years already and have never had a problem. I started with old Samsung A707A. It was one of their phones that had 3G and wasn't a smartphone. Used for 2 years and got unlimited data plan when it just came out.
Used iphone 3GS for 2 years. Honostly, I really got tired of Apple telling me what to do. I don't say that my iPhone was bad. It was just limited to me. I believe if I payed my money for my phone, I can use how I want to, not how someone else expects me to use it.
Switch to Android OS having an Infuse was a great decison. Used it right now for 4 days.
Here is my experience:
*Battery life isn't that bad. My iphone was the same way. Plus, it is with the use of HSPA+ (raw 4G/3g+). iPhone while using 3G was eating through the battery like no other. I also for my paranoia bought a case with a battery in it (1700mA). Basically that extends my heavy data usage to 2 days.
*Rooted to use Titanium. I like the customization options.
*The size is NOT too big. It's super thin as well. Even with the case it's alright.
Haven't had any problems with the phone yet.
Using medium data with 4G got me through 7am to 7pm to 78% battery.
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Hey guys,
Thank you for your feedback. I think I should clarify a couple things...
1) I live in Toledo, OH, which is a major test market. I might have LTE and not even know it... Does the Infuse even support LTE? I mean, I get better speeds than my friend who has an Atrix 4G, by about 700kbps each time down and 300kbps up. From my experience this phone is freaking fast.
2) I installed some data heavy apps, such as skype, (front facing camera FTW!) and beautiful widgets, and a bunch of games. I can still go through a typical day (8am-12am) with about 10% battery. I'm impressed. Then again, results may vary.
3) Lastly, has anybody tried just keeping the phone on EDGE all day? I mean, if you're using the infused rom and don't use data except for email and such, you could probably just switch it over to EDGE and save a TON of battery life. My cappy used to get about 1/3 extra battery life.
It's good to hear that most of you are also have good Infuse experiences!
I have been experimenting with widgets to toggle 2g-4g great idea. Screen of course is the biggest battery eater.
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I have been experimenting with widgets to toggle 2g-4g great idea. Screen of course is the biggest battery eater.
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Agreed. I use brightness level from curvefish and make my own brightness > It saves a little bit of battery.
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after about 15 minutes of me telling him what a jaggoff he was, I hung up on him, called up 611 and they put it back on the unlimited plan
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LoL
I love it when customer service reps and managers don't do their jobs correctly and I get to rip into them like you did to that guy for 15 minutes. Wish I could have been there on the phone to listen
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I love it when customer service reps and managers don't do their jobs correctly and I get to rip into them like you did to that guy for 15 minutes. Wish I could have been there on the phone to listen
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Well, I was very persistent about speaking with a manager without ripping into the employee (I could tell she didn't know what she was doing) and I was polite about it, and they fixed my problem within 24 hours. Maybe putting reps in their place works, but it's important to remember that they aren't the ones who set up a crapton of frivolous data plans to confuse customers and reps alike.
Basically, i'm up for an upgrade on my account with AT&T and trying to decide if I want to get the Skyrocket or wait until something better comes out. Currently I have the LG Optimus 3D, or "Thrill 4g" as AT&T likes to call it. Its nice, pretty snappy and has the whole 3D gig which is a novelty at best.. The plan is to pass that one to my wife when I upgrade.
I really just want to hear some negatives about this phone. I've read a lot of reviews and 90% of them are about all the great features that are listed right on the box and thats not what I want to hear about.. I want the problems.. the things you cant get to work, apps that wont run correctly, your pet peeves with this phone. So that I can decide if your pet peeve would also be a deal breaker for myself(or anyone else reading this thread in the same situation).
I come here because I know you all will have poked and prodded the phone so much by now that you know everything there is to know about its REAL pros and cons.. the ones that matter, not "it didn't fit in my pocket" and "i like my iphone better".
Much appreciated in advance!
Other than the actual size of the phone, I haven't had a single problem. And the size doesn't bother me anymore.
Only complaint I have is that bluetooth sometimes disconnects and shuts off, can only be fixed by a reboot. I think this has been fixed in most recent UCLA3 update, but have only been on that version a couple days so too early to say for sure. Otherwise a decent phone.
If you don't need the cutting edge I say upgrade. If you do I'd wait 6 months and there will be something worth upgrading to.
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I have passed my rocket on to my wife and got a note,the only issue I ever had with the rocket was if I paused music from my bluetooth headphones the phone and headphones would loose connection and I would have to go into settings and reconnect them,other then that I was very happy with it.I will say this though the skyrocket screen don't compare to the HD note screen.
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If you don't need the cutting edge I say upgrade. If you do I'd wait 6 months and there will be something worth upgrading to.
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I do like having cutting edge but I haven't heard about anything coming out any time soon that is competing that heavily with the S2 Skyrocket. Not enough to make me wait 6 months for an upgrade, at least..
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I have passed my rocket on to my wife and got a note,the only issue I ever had with the rocket was if I paused music from my bluetooth headphones the phone and headphones would loose connection and I would have to go into settings and reconnect them,other then that I was very happy with it.I will say this though the skyrocket screen don't compare to the HD note screen.
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For me the Note is too big, I'm not interested in a tablet as a phone.. If I were to get a tablet it'd be a separate entity. I need something to have with me in my pocket at work and when out to sea(I'm in the Navy). That's just my preference/situation tho, but thanks for the input!
Overall I haven't had any problems with mine that wasn't rom/software issue. I wish I could give you a few this sucks or that sucks but all and all it a great phone. I'm bad about jumping out off my truck with mine in my lap and still no cracks. Pretty close to unbrickable unless your a real moron, worse thing I can say about it is it's the first phone that I have been throttled every month I've had it (since november 6th) but the ****ing phone has so many radios in it change apn, flash t mobile radio that doesn't let lte come on and waaaaa laaaa keep on downloading. I want to upgrade to the note but I'm afraid it just won't add up. Sure we don't have a real cm, or a mui, but who gives a **** when we get ics and the way google releases new **** we will have had ics so long we are sick of it to just like we are with gingerbread.
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The note is the only thing that for awhile will be on the skyrocketa level and I went and saw one yesterday and its huge way to big for me nice looking screen though
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Skyrocket is a really good phone, but I can't say it is a great phone. The CPU feels like it is a generation behind. 3D, UI, Xvid Playback all choppy in comparison to phones with Exynos CPUs. Dev support seem to be lacking, but it is slowly improving. LTE on the hand is amazing.
I feel that 3.5 months in, I'm already looking forward to Nov 2013 when my contract is up.
With that said, is there a better phone out there yet? No. If I needed a phone today, I'd still get a Skyrocket or a Note.
Thanks for all the fast feedback everyone! So far a great help. The fact that so many people - not only in the uneducated world but in the developers world - have had little to no complains about the phone speaks wonders. Probably going to head in tomorrow to pick up my own Skyrocket.
Unless you just get one that is made on monday or friday. You know the days lemons are made. You won't be disappointed
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