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Epic or evo

Im asking this on the evo thread to so I can hear both sides. I have two days left before my 30 are up and I don't know if I should stick with the epic or jump ship. I do think it is a great phone but I don't want to be stuck with a forgotten phone like with me pre. And the gps is killing me
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My friend has an evo. I prefer my custom epic. We have some great devs here.
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i came from evo about a month ago. i preffer the epic, becuase it has better hardware. the evo does have a slightly bigger screen that is very nice though. the evo also has more support in the dev community. but still epic wins in my opinion

It all comes down to personal preference.
Some pros for the Epic might be:
Hardware Keyboard.
Higher quality screen.
Better graphics processor.
(In summary, hardware)
Some pros for the Evo would be:
Larger screen (though less energy efficient)
Slightly thinner.
Better community support including great CyanogenMod support.
Or if you don't like CM, Sense is ok.
(In summary, software)

philowneus said:
My friend has an evo. I prefer my custom epic. We have some great devs here.
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Epic can't compare to the EVO from a development standpoint. The EVO even has 4G available on Cyanogen now. I have an EVO, my wife just got an Epic, and my EVO has had 2.3 available since last year. If you're going to be rooting your device, IMO, it's EVO without question. FAR more ROMs, far more themes, far more love overall from the dev community. There are people right now working on a Honeycomb port for the EVO based on the 3.0 SDK. When do you think the Epic will EVER sniff something like that?
My wife got the Epic for the great camera features, the screen, and the hardware keyboard (she won't consider a phone without a real keyboard). I would gladly consider a Samsung device if they sold like the EVO did because then everyone would have one and you'd have devs all over the place like the EVO has.
Oh, and my wife also has navigation in her car, so that made the horrible GPS on the Epic a non-issue.

WrlsFanatic said:
Epic can't compare to the EVO from a development standpoint. The EVO even has 4G available on Cyanogen now. I have an EVO, my wife just got an Epic, and my EVO has had 2.3 available since last year. If you're going to be rooting your device, IMO, it's EVO without question. FAR more ROMs, far more themes, far more love overall from the dev community. There are people right now working on a Honeycomb port for the EVO based on the 3.0 SDK. When do you think the Epic will EVER sniff something like that?
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We are making progress on CM7, and WiMax should come very quickly to us, as our WiMax driver is now open source and in-kernel. EVO devs had to reverse engineer WiMax to get it working in CM.
As for the Honeycomb SDK ports. An SDK port is usually better known as an Emulator port. They're hackish and not very wise to use on your phone. Definitely a fun proof-of-concept though. I do however have confidence that once Honeycomb hits AOSP, it will be ported to Evo properly.
My wife got the Epic for the great camera features, the screen, and the hardware keyboard (she won't consider a phone without a real keyboard). I would gladly consider a Samsung device if they sold like the EVO did because then everyone would have one and you'd have devs all over the place like the EVO has.
Oh, and my wife also has navigation in her car, so that made the horrible GPS on the Epic a non-issue.
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Yeah, GPS only worked for me on the earliest of eclair versions, it's been very frustrating.

The keyboard was why I went with the epic to begin with, but I only use it for gaming. I heard that game gripper is going to be making a bluetooth game pad so that's not a plus anymore. The main reason im thinking about switching is I don't want a phone that will never be updated. I am rooted with supernova's new rom which its amazing but there are still bugs that im not sure samsung will ever fix. I hate having to walk around my back yard trying to get a gps fix. Every other phone I've had locked within second from my living room.
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Where did I say I was taking about epic developers. I was referring to xda. And stop being a fanboy. Both are great phones. Beyond the fact samsung can suck a fat one the hardware is better on the epic. The software I'll leave to the devs. However, with swype I don't need my physical keyboard anymore. My gps works flawlessly in my epic. The compass however is retarded no matter what fixes I employ.
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If we would of had the source as long as the evo has had theirs for we wouldn't be so far.behind them. Stick with the epic to many evo fanboys out there.
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nullghost said:
We are making progress on CM7, and WiMax should come very quickly to us, as our WiMax driver is now open source and in-kernel. EVO devs had to reverse engineer WiMax to get it working in CM.
As for the Honeycomb SDK ports. An SDK port is usually better known as an Emulator port. They're hackish and not very wise to use on your phone. Definitely a fun proof-of-concept though. I do however have confidence that once Honeycomb hits AOSP, it will be ported to Evo properly.
Yeah, GPS only worked for me on the earliest of eclair versions, it's been very frustrating.
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Might want to follow Clearwire...looks like Sprint is jumping ship over to LTE in the near future.

I really enjoy my Epic; more so ocne I decided on a ROM (midNight).
I haven't had any issues with Nav or anything for that matter (uhg, I bet I just jinxed myself)
I am one that HAS to have a keyboard, BUT .. Swype is awesome. The larger screen makes using a virtual keyboard much easier that in the Instinct and Moment days. I swore after the Instict (which took 3-4 presses each time to get the right character, OMG that used to frustrate me.. I digress) i'd never use a virtual keyboard again. I'd say its 50/50 right now with me.
For me the hardware was a big seller and I wanted android without sense on it; now I just bought my daughter the Evo Shift 4G. Rooted it and ROMed it.
The rooting process was NOT as simple as samsung rooting has been with Moment and Epic. I had to push and run all the adb commands. Spoiled rotten is all <grin> course it is brand new and that phone feels REAL solid in your hand.
Anyhow, really goes to person preference. There are subtle differences but overall you can go wrong with any of the 4G devices.
Good luck; let us know what you picked and why.

I think I'm going to stay with the epic. Its just tough cause my last two phones were the palm pre and the instinct. Both phones were supposedly the best phones and ended up being the biggest pieces of crap. Now I do love webos and I know many of you do to but after 14 replacements in the year that I had the phone I couldn't deal with it anymore. If there was a way to put webos on this phone I would new in heaven
i do rom jump quite a bit but currently running supernova with the genocide kernel. midnight is is one of my favs and my heart goes out to him and his family. I read his lost and tired blog all the time. If I wasn't currently laid off I would be sending donations his way.
The main reason I'm staying with the epic is it has such a great community.
And the screen doesn't hurt either
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Thinking of ditching Nexus One and getting an Epic 4G or Evo 4G

I am, as the subject says, thinking of ditching TMo and my N1 and going back to Sprint and getting either an Epic 4G or an Evo 4G.
I'm curious as to the differences between the N1 and Epic/Evo where custom roms are concerned. On my N1, it's so easy to switch back and forth between custom roms via recovery, especially with Clockwork. I just tell it to backup the current rom and install the new one, and five minutes later, I'm up and running. Are things this easy with the Epic and Evo as well?
Any other insights you all could provide would be greatly appreciated.

I can't speak for the EVO but the Epic is sweet. This phone is my very first smartphone...I used to have a razr not but 2 months ago. So I've never changed roms and what not but the Epic is super easy...pretty much what you described. I back up in cwm and install the new rom and that's it new rom is working. 2 weeks after I got the phone I was playing with roms.

with cm7 i see no advantages the evo has over the epic, it used to be they had better software, but in no time we shall have better hardware + the roms .

Magic Oreo said:
with cm7 i see no advantages the evo has over the epic, it used to be they had better software, but in no time we shall have better hardware + the roms .
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I can't wait for cm7...my buddy has gingerbread on his N1 and it's awesome, can't wait to have it on the epic.

They are both just as easy. Epic has clockwork and the evo has clockwork or amon RA recovery. Evo is a little harder to root cause of the security on the nand partition. Its still easy though. Once rooted flashing roms are all the same on android phones.
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musclehead84 said:
They are both just as easy. Epic has clockwork and the evo has clockwork or amon RA recovery. Evo is a little harder to root cause of the security on the nand partition. Its still easy though. Once rooted flashing roms are all the same on android phones.
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Good to know, I wan't sure how others differed since the N1 was designed from the begging to be mostly open and easy to root.
Now to decide, humongous LCD, or pretty large Super AMOLED.

Another question, something I've never totally grasped is the internal storage of Android phones.
If I understand correctly, the Evo has twice the storage of the N1, and the Epic has even more yet. The Epic specs I've seen say 8-16GB. First, which one is it, 8 or 16, and is this system and app. Am I to understand that I'd have at least 8GB available for the system and apps? That would totally awesome, no more A2SD, wouldn't need it.
I'd imagine that running CM7 on the Evo would leave a lot of space available since it doesn't have all that Sense bloat on it.

That is SD card that it comes with. The epic comes with.a 16 gb card and the evo comes with an 8 TB card. As far as internal memory they are about the same. After the phone is booted and before any apps are installed the epic has about 400 mbs of storage left. About tue same for evo so apps2sd might still be needed.You can.always buy another SD card for either phone. I have the epic and my wife has the evo so I get to play with both of them.
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musclehead84 said:
That is SD card that it comes with. The epic comes with.a 16 gb card and the evo comes with an 8 TB card. As far as internal memory they are about the same. After the phone is booted and before any apps are installed the epic has about 400 mbs of storage left. About tue same for evo so apps2sd might still be needed.You can.always buy another SD card for either phone. I have the epic and my wife has the evo so I get to play with both of them.
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I have a 32gb card now, so I'm covered if I do have to use a2sd. Just hoping I didn't have to do that.

I would wait for evo 3d or nexus s4g
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I'm wanting to take advantage of the $125 ETF credit Sprint is offering, I have till April 14th for that though, so I'll wait and see what come from CTIA. I figure between the $125, and the at least $250 I could get for my Nexus, I'll come out pretty good money wise.
I really like Sprints Any Mobile Any Time, since 95% of my calls are to mobile phones, I can get the smallest package and save some money. I'll get it at Best Buy too so I don't have to worry about any mail in's and get the Black Tie protection as well. Had the Black Tie when I had a Palm Pre, dropped the phone four days after I got it and broke the screen, hand a new Pre a week later no questions asked. Best insurance out there IMO.

get the evo.
i had the evo, got the epic, miss the evo. epics hardware may be better, but at this point n time there is a lot more roms to play and have a good time with on the evo. the miui rom for the evo right now is very stable and LOTS of fun.

So I'm glad I decided to wait until after CTIA to get a phone. I've been seeing reports on Engadget, Gizmodo, and Android Central about a bad-ass phone coming out on Sprint. I just hope the phone comes about before the middle of April.

If you do get an epic, look into the bonsai rom, It rocks. Also when you flash the evo, there's a chance of permabricking the 4g if you don't backup the rsa keys right. I'd recommend either the epic 4g or nexus s 4g if you're going to wait for the new releases
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garfnodie said:
Had the Black Tie when I had a Palm Pre, dropped the phone four days after I got it and broke the screen, hand a new Pre a week later no questions asked. Best insurance out there IMO.
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alot of epic and evo owners have had issues with a 30 day turn around with the black tie from best buy. since sprint changed their insurance policies to include physical damage with no deductible, i think it is better. they basicaly dont even jack with repair for the most part. they just switch it out on the spot for you.

From the research I did a few months ago when I got my tax return (it's awesome being a single parent, lol) I spent at least 3 weeks researching the Evo, Slide, and the Epic. Since I was coming from an HTC Hero, the Slide was automatically thrown off the list because it did not have a 1GHz processor. I hear it isn't much of a difference between the Evo and the slide (just the speed of the phone) but one thing I wanted going into a new phone is a 1ghz processor and nothing less.
So after all the research was done and it was time to make the decision, it came down to this:
EVO has an FM Tuner, huge screen, very nice widgets (HTC Sense), and huge buttons on the screen
Epic has a keyboard (HUGE plus for me), touchwiz 3 (I love it, so clean and simple), and almost the same size as the Evo. It sucks it doesn't have the FM tuner but I was only going to use it for Baseball games (I just bought the app instead).
The only major things I saw different between the two was the interface, keyboard, and the screen itself. If you put an Evo next to an Epic, the screen on the Evo looked dull.
Final Virdict: If you want a keyboard and are going to root, the Epic is the way to go. If you just watch touch screen or just don't care and AREN'T going to root, then the Evo is the right one. Samsung blows at updating their software.

austin420 said:
alot of epic and evo owners have had issues with a 30 day turn around with the black tie from best buy. since sprint changed their insurance policies to include physical damage with no deductible, i think it is better. they basicaly dont even jack with repair for the most part. they just switch it out on the spot for you.
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I didn't realize Sprint had changed their insurance and deductibles. When I left Sprint a little over a year ago, they had $100 ded. for smart phones and no guarantee that you'd get the same model phone back and if water damage, sorry your screwed. Do they cover basic water damage as well now, such as the quick dunk in water? When I had black tie, it was physical and minor water damage for $10/month.

[Q] Who's not going 3d?

I kinda find it funny in a way that people were doggin the evo and bragging about the Evo 3d.
So now that you know the Evo 3d is locked down. Who is sticking to the Evo?
Evo is a great phone she is the best so you might wanna pick her up give her a hug and kiss it and she will forgive you for wanting to leave her for the Evo 3d.

reaper24 said:
I kinda find it funny in a way that people were doggin the evo and bragging about the Evo 3d.
So now that you know the Evo 3d is locked down. Who is sticking to the Evo?
Evo is a great phone she is the best so you might wanna pick her up give her a hug and kiss it and she will forgive you for wanting to leave her for the Evo 3d.
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Man I'm staying with the OG EVO
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My upgrade eligibility isn't until like october or november, so I'll just have to see how the evo 3d scene is looking by then. I'm 99% sure I'm getting a new phone, I just hope it's an HTC and not something else.

I was going to stick with the OGevo even if the 3d had a dedicated "instant root" button!
I'm hoping we see something better by axemas.

I never jumped on the 3D bandwagon because I'm entirely happy with my Evo. I know it has better hardware and other optimizations, but my Evo is fast enough. I don't experience any lag, and I see no need for more speed. While the new Sense looks nice, I don't use Sense. I'd rather be able to load super awesome roms on my current Evo than have to stay on the stock Evo 3D rom for more than a week.
Regardless of that, the more I see the 3D, the more I want it. Still not bad enough to buy it out of contract, or sell my current Evo to help pay for it.
Maybe when the Evo 4D comes out six months later, I'll get that.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

Ya I'm still loving the evo still beats the newest phones sprint is gonna release. I don't see the evo 3d being a big seller now lol. So the evo will be getting a OTA I wouldn't claim sprint is gonna let it die it's there best seller.

I'm keeping mine, no need to get rid of a phone that's less than a year old and works great!

Im keeping mine and if I want a touch of 3d ill intall the SPB Shell 3d
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Looks like the evo 3d is a epic fail . Lol

reaper24 said:
Looks like the evo 3d is a epic fail . Lol
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I wouldn't say it's a fail. It might be a fail in the eyes of rooters but it'll probably be very successful if it follows the trend of the EVO.
And it probably will be rooted sooner or later. If it can be locked or course it can be unlocked.

Got to upgrade to the new hardware is a definite must for me. no doubt, no doubt.
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I'm skipping the evo 3d if it ends up with an encrypted bootloader.
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snowboarda42 said:
I'm skipping the evo 3d if it ends up with an encrypted bootloader.
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Lol it is locked up as tight as fort Knox . Nice pic of the wedding crashers

SuperDeform said:
Got to upgrade to the new hardware is a definite must for me. no doubt, no doubt.
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Lol nice feel bad for the people who are stuck with it and no longer want it from pre ordering it.

I need root access, unlock, customization, variety, the need to flash every few days. Sticking with the OGevo for now. I do have hope that it will be unlocked but till then, Ill stick with flashing in between the Kingdom Rom and CM7..

No root, No EVO 3D. I qualify for an upgrade next week but I'll wait for something that can be rooted. The whole 3D thing isn't my cup o' tea anyway.

I see no benefits of the 3D over the 4G.
I mean honestly, 3D screen? That's nothing special imo.
2 cameras = more bulkiness = bad... (But can video in 3D or 1080p Video)
So I'll be sticking with my current Evo..

Undead46 said:
I see no benefits of the 3D over the 4G.
I mean honestly, 3D screen? That's nothing special imo.
2 cameras = more bulkiness = bad... (But can video in 3D or 1080p Video)
So I'll be sticking with my current Evo..
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Totally agree with you on that . I'm still loving the evo. Feel bad for the ones who sold there's lol to realize they made a mistake. There evo will be saying "why did you leave me why" low chilling creepy voice while they sleep. Lol better hope it doesn't come back Freddy Kruger style

No root????? Ughhhhhhhhh
I don't know what it is but something about this 3D, sparks some interest and I really want to get the phone on June 4th but no root......really????

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I kinda find it funny in a way that people were doggin the evo and bragging about the Evo 3d.
So now that you know the Evo 3d is locked down. Who is sticking to the Evo?
Evo is a great phone she is the best so you might wanna pick her up give her a hug and kiss it and she will forgive you for wanting to leave her for the Evo 3d.
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People are only dogging Evo 4g because now there will be other options from Sprint that are at the same level or possibly a little better. But as long as Sprint hooks everyone up with Gingerbread and some of these excellent developers create some roms for it, I'll be quite fine with my original Evo. Evo 3D may be locked down and even if it wasn't, who's to say it would be any better?

[Q] I'm getting that feeling again.

This is NOT a Thread that I'm selling my Epic in, I need help deciding whether to keep my Epic or not. I want to change my Epic for an Evo 4G/BlackBerry. I like it and all, but the Epic just doesn't have enough development. I'd have to either get the Evo and Flash my phone EVERYday like I used to with my G1, or get a BlackBerry Bold 9650 and not Flash it at all. the Evo is a nice phone, it has all features working on CM7 which is a big plus for me, it's always up-to-date with MIUI, and was the phone I was going to get first, but it was sold out and I was impatient and I obviously regret it. Or, I could get a BlackBerry. Their much more simple and would meet my standards, but I'm afraid of Android-Withdrawal, but I could take it to OS6 and that looks cool.
So, what does everyone here think. Should I keep the Epic, let the price go down with more use, and wait to see what happens? Should I trade it in and get some cash and buy an Evo in order to fill my flashing addictions? Or should I sell it and buy a BlackBerry Tour2 9650 so that I can't Flash anymore, but have a pretty good phone? And the final option, should I just keep my Epic 4G, and live with it, and hope for the best?

Drop the epic and get an EVO lots of Rome to flash . Unless u Want to wait till September for the gingerbread update . Then the flashing begins for epic.
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Keep the epic...CM7 will be out when official gingerbread in released!

I don't know man. September is a few months away, and that IF we get GingerBread then. And even though, we'll have CM7 ROMs from 3 different developers, a few AOSP from a few different developers, and maybe 2 MIUI ROMs. I wonder if we'll ever have Sense or a Port of maybe the Droid3? Or LG Optimus 2X? I don't think we have enough people.

Someone is already working on a sense port, the same dev that's working on miui. And we have a cm7 alpha 4. We need gingerbread source code to help move us along.
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Id rather QUALITY over quantity!
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I could take it to OS6 and that looks cool.
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I came from a BB bold 9700. I did some beta testing for OS 6 on it. It was very nice but that is all the tinkering you could do with it was put a leak version of the OS or beta test. So I would say you have already commented on "flash withdrawal" so BB will be nice for about a month then you will be bored with it. One of the reasons I got the Epic was because of the keyboard coming from a BB and the screen size. My other options were the Intercept (which my son has) or the Shift but again the screen sold me on the Epic. I didn't even look to root or custom ROMS for at least 2 months after I bought it. But once you start it is hard to go back.
Hi my name is John and I am a flashaholic...LOL

Look up the ORD Thread in the Off-Topic. That's us. That Thread was my idea btw.
And I guess I'll stay. I guessssss...

Sounds like you've already made up your mind and are just looking for someone to talk you out of it... I carry a crackberry and my epic. The crackberry is free and I can do what I want with it, but I still keep an android that costs me ~40 bux a month and has horrific cell coverage most of the time just because it's an Android and the berry sucks for anything other than email.
I don't know much about the Evo other than it's large development base, crappy screen and lack of keyboard. If flashing a new ROM everyday is your goal, then get the Evo and live with the lackluster video performance and on screen keyboards.
If the only reason you're ditching the Epic is due to lack of development, then develop something...

I forgot to mention that the Epic's keyboard sucks and I barley use it. If at all. And I can't develop. My friends will think differently of me. Lol jk, I'm too lazy and I don't have the time. All these devs are high ballers. I wouldn't compare. They wouldn't take me as seriously.

keep the EPIC !!!!! it's a better phone !!!!!! ( just sayin' )

Proof of this concept?

So have u decided what u gonna do?
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TexasEpic4G said:
keep the EPIC !!!!! it's a better phone !!!!!! ( just sayin' )
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Agree until the SGSII
"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons

Oh boy! Wait until you turn on the evo screen. You will shat bricks! Since your eyes are used to the super amoled screen, youll notice how god awfull the evo screen looks.
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SINNN said:
Oh boy! Wait until you turn on the evo screen. You will shat bricks! Since your eyes are used to the super amoled screen, youll notice how god awfull the evo screen looks.
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-better hardware
-better screen
-faster
-can play tegra2, xperia play games on it
I mean sure EvO has more roms but how many do you really need. My sister has an EVO and I read thru the EVO section and concluded only 4-5 roms are actually worth trying Synergy-Kingdom, MIkG, MIUI, CM7 or Gingerdeck and thats about it...The last three we will hopefully get once GB is released.

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Hi my name is John and I am a flashaholic...LOL
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Hi John!
There totally should be an AFA (Android flashers Anon) cause I'd be in it.
I've only had the Epic for a couple months, but I wouldn't trade it for any of the other phones available for Sprint right now. It's fast, great hardware, and has a full keyboard. I use a handful of other devices for work, and my Epic is the best by far. (my Galaxy Tab is a close 2nd) It feels weird not having some new rom/customization come out every couple weeks or days on the Epic, but I've adapted to a slower dev cycle that I was used to. And honestly, the only thing keeping me from running one of the GB leaks is the lack of a custom kernel to fix the hw keyboard lag. So until there's something that feels and works as good or better than my Epic, I'll be hanging on to it for dear life..

No offense but hopefully sucks.....especially if u upgrade yearly.....the good thing I learned my lesson and not going through that again.
But again that's just me.
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[Q] What are you going to do with your OG Evo?

Now that the typical two year cycle is coming to a close for most of us Evo owners, I'm curious as to what you are going to do with it. I've thought about trading it in or selling it, but it has got to be one of my favorite gadgets/pieces of tech of all time. I don't think I'm ready to let go! Here's a few ideas I've had...
1-Wipe all the info off it, download GrooveIP, and give it to my daughter as a VOIP exclusive phone.
2-Do the same as above, but use it as a "home" phone.
3-Turn it into a media/gaming center (saw this on lifehacker the other day, great idea, here's the link: http://lifehacker.com/5915083/how-to-turn-your-android-into-an-awesome-portable-media-and-gaming-center
4-Finally figure out how to compile ROMs and test them on it.
5-Use it as a standalone GPS unit.
6-Turn it into a portable web server.
Any other ideas out there?

sell it on craigslist, and move on with good memories.

Keep it I still love my EVO and I am not ready to move on.

I stupidly traded mine in when I got my 3D. I still have all my original Sprint phones /except/ the best one ever. So I went on eBay last night and bought one, just to keep as a WiFi-only placeholder for the one that got away.
glg
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Run Deck's Reloaded and sit on my upgrade. Compared to the new phones, OUR EVO still pulls it wait. Also, no phone from Sprint has made the EVO obsolete . . . . . . . . . . yet.

I love my Evo, it does everything I need and more. I'll probably have it for another two years.

i'm just gonna keep it for now... the lte pisses me off. i would have gotten it if it wasn't for the battery. i guess i'm gonna wait til something interests me... but so far, until it breaks i'm gonna keep it

I usually post over in the Epic Touch forums as that is my main phone but recently I reclaimed my OG EVO from my ex (he bought an E4GT from me) and I had almost forgot how much I loved the phone. Don't get me wrong I seriously love my E4GT but it's nice to have my EVO back.
When I used it, before giving it to the ex, I knew nothing about rooting and so when the 3D came out I made the ultimate mistake of picking it up and getting rid of the OG EVO, a move I regretted on a daily basis. lol
Now that I have it back I want to do all the things with it I didn't before, like root, try out custom ROMs, etc. Just have to find a good starting place (okay rooting my Epic is like way simple, the root instructions I've found for the EVO seem a little confusing).
Anyway, this really is one of Sprint's best phones and now I can say I have both of Sprint's best phones.

using groove ip to turn it into a pure google voice phone

When I upgrade ill keep it and use it as a wifi media player type device. Plus Google maps is going to have maps offline so it would also make a good stand alone GPS.
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I handed it off to the wifey so she can learn to use Android now instead of the Blackerry's that she has been using forever now.
I am messing around with the Epic 4G Touch now until LTE comes out and then I will get an LTE phone and the wife can have the E4GT or keep the Evo.

I've ordered my Galaxy S III already. I will either unroot / stock rom / CM7 the phone and give it to my dad. He's currently using an optimus S and hates it.

MikeWjF said:
When I upgrade ill keep it and use it as a wifi media player type device. Plus Google maps is going to have maps offline so it would also make a good stand alone GPS.
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Stand alone GPS...I forgot about the offline maps thing. Great idea!
On another note, I finally got my LTEvo yesterday, and the first two calls I had dropped. It might have been because I was out on the field coaching in a lower coverage area, but my OG NEVER once dropped a call.

I'm gonna cover it with honey and make sweet love to it.
sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS

Esoteric68 said:
I usually post over in the Epic Touch forums as that is my main phone but recently I reclaimed my OG EVO from my ex (he bought an E4GT from me) and I had almost forgot how much I loved the phone. Don't get me wrong I seriously love my E4GT but it's nice to have my EVO back.
When I used it, before giving it to the ex, I knew nothing about rooting and so when the 3D came out I made the ultimate mistake of picking it up and getting rid of the OG EVO, a move I regretted on a daily basis. lol
Now that I have it back I want to do all the things with it I didn't before, like root, try out custom ROMs, etc. Just have to find a good starting place (okay rooting my Epic is like way simple, the root instructions I've found for the EVO seem a little confusing).
Anyway, this really is one of Sprint's best phones and now I can say I have both of Sprint's best phones.
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Depending on what firmware is in your ogevo is what makes it difficult or not, if your on 2.3.3 use revolutionary its really simple. If your on the latest which is 2.3.5 I believe, you have to HTC dev unlock bleh, or use tacoroot downgrade, flash the Eng boot loader, then upgrade to a 2.3.3 stock rom, then use revolutionary. Or at least that's what I did with mine. Its actually not as hard as you think if you follow the guides on the net :-D I could possibly help you if you need it, just throw me a pm
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Here's another use for it...portable server.
http://lifehacker.com/5920173/use-your-android-phone-as-a-full-fledged-web-server