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Motoblur port to Evo?

Not sure if this should be posted in the development section, but I figured its more of a question than anything development related
Does anyone know if it would be possible to port over the new edition of motoblur? And before we all freak out, watch the videos of the new Droid X
(here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/exclusive-motorola-droid-x-preview/)
Judging by the specs I've seen...
Some of the listed specs include:
4.4-inch, FWVGA 854 x 480-resolution screen
Android 2.1 with "some new sort of Motoblur"
8-megapixel camera
Ability to record 720p video
Multitouch keyboard
1GHz ARMv7 processor
8GB of storage space
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...The processor is identical; that should help, no? It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch, but I'm no developer.
I just really like the clean, vanilla look of the new motoblur, SenseUI has always seemed a little boring to me. Any thoughts/ideas?

The processors currently both run at 1 ghz, but they are FAR from the same processor. Evo sports a snapdragon from qualcomm while the Droid x has an omap from Texas instruments.
It's a bit premature but I have a feeling that processor is a better candidate for overclocking. Hopefully all those leaked quadrant tests we saw of this phone really were on froyo.
That processor is about the only thing I want from that phone.
Motoblur? No thanks. Not even with a cool name like "ninjablur".
I still say Evo all the way
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Yes the Droid X is using ninjablur, a more "adult" version of motoblur. as for a port, i dont even think the old motoblur was ported to anything besides the G1, its bad. Sense > moto/ninjablur by far. ADW or Launcher Pro > blur also

itmustbejj said:
The processors currently both run at 1 ghz, but they are FAR from the same processor. Evo sports a snapdragon from qualcomm while the Droid x has an omap from Texas instruments.
It's a bit premature but I have a feeling that processor is a better candidate for overclocking. Hopefully all those leaked quadrant tests we saw of this phone really were on froyo.
That processor is about the only thing I want from that phone.
Motoblur? No thanks. Not even with a cool name like "ninjablur".
I still say Evo all the way
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Shows you how much I know, thanks for clearing that up for me. I was under the impression that since they were both "1Ghz ARMv7" processors they were more similar than that.
Don't get me wrong, my point to this post was not to talk down the Evo, it is by far the best device I have ever used, and I find the X to be bulbous and not as clean cut as my Evo. But as much as I love my Evo, I despise SenseUI. Maybe if it was called NINJAUI I would feel differently
I guess I'll just have to wait for a nice AOSP or Froyo ROM.

booyakasha said:
Shows you how much I know, thanks for clearing that up for me. I was under the impression that since they were both "1Ghz ARMv7" processors they were more similar than that.
Don't get me wrong, my point to this post was not to talk down the Evo, it is by far the best device I have ever used, and I find the X to be bulbous and not as clean cut as my Evo. But as much as I love my Evo, I despise SenseUI. Maybe if it was called NINJAUI I would feel differently
I guess I'll just have to wait for a nice AOSP or Froyo ROM.
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LOL I'm not one to bite people's head off for "questioning the Evo". It's so early into our Evo ownership that we have every right to question our purchase (especially within the 30 day window). As for me I have no questions about the Evo, I haven't had any of the hardware defects lots of other ppl have been reporting.
My only issue with my decision is Sprint's data speeds. Some people get great speeds and I am uber jealous. Indianapolis is the 11th biggest city in the US and my data speeds here blow. I routinely get 150kbps downstream on 3G. With a "premium data" add on you tell me how you would feel paying extra and getting stuck with those speeds....

gah shame on my double posting self.

itmustbejj said:
LOL I'm not one to bite people's head off for "questioning the Evo". It's so early into our Evo ownership that we have every right to question our purchase (especially within the 30 day window). As for me I have no questions about the Evo, I haven't had any of the hardware defects lots of other ppl have been reporting.
My only issue with my decision is Sprint's data speeds. Some people get great speeds and I am uber jealous. Indianapolis is the 11th biggest city in the US and my data speeds here blow. I routinely get 150kbps downstream on 3G. With a "premium data" add on you tell me how you would feel paying extra and getting stuck with those speeds....
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Didn't notice you were from Indy as well, we are in need of some 4G lovin. I'm not home enough to report on my 3G speeds there but I can tell you it can't be much worse than the 1x I get while at school in Bloomington
I've been lucky as well, I have a little bit of the screen rise but not enough to make a fuss about it yet. I just hate that damn Sense, I stumbled upon Avalaunch's EVOlution ROM, that'll hold me over until a proper 2.2 can be released..then I'll never look back
I'll run some speed tests this weekend when I'm home and let you know how mine looks. I'm up on the NE side.
EDIT: that probably confused you, didn't realize I was logged in on my other account :/

I still am very interested in seeing a motoblur brought to the EVO; im actually trying to work on that but i have no real time

Inc 2

I want to know how the gameing and over all experience for the Droid inc 2 is because I have the first one and I'm trying to decide
What to get when I upgrade
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htcdroidincredible23 said:
I want to know how the gameing and over all experience for the Droid inc 2 is because I have the first one and I'm trying to decide
What to get when I upgrade
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I got one not sure about HTC due to what I read about the Tbolt, but I'm loving this phone. Its fast, and looks sick. I'd go for it.
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Yea that's what every body said but my real big problem is single core or dual core
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Not sure what kind of games you want to play, but my Dinc2 handles Plants versus Zombies, Lets Golf 2, Need for Speed shift, Madden NFL 11, Angry Birds and a few others with no issues. I think the expanded ram helps with the games and keeps them stable and lag free.
The overall experience has been really good. My phone is quick enough, and can be pretty amazing when overclocked. (the attached screen shot is running at 1.5 ghz) Battery life is good as well. It's not uncommon to see people going a couple of days on one charge with average use.
I can't really say that there is anything that I'm disappointed in with this phone.

i went from a Dinc1 to a Dinc2 without skipping a beat and even when we didnt have root for the Dinc2 the phone was still killer!
i may be biased but this device has to be my all time fave device since ive been using Android enabled devices.
functionality, speed, sleekness..all ties together for me on this one.

htcdroidincredible23 said:
Yea that's what every body said but my real big problem is single core or dual core
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As far as I'm concerned, the single vs dual core argument is stupid. This phone is freakin' lightning quick. If you added a dual core to it, I'm pretty sure it'd be TOO fast. lol It's a sick phone that's fast as a Kenyan, and is super versatile.

tylerlawhon said:
As far as I'm concerned, the single vs dual core argument is stupid. This phone is freakin' lightning quick. If you added a dual core to it, I'm pretty sure it'd be TOO fast. lol It's a sick phone that's fast as a Kenyan, and is super versatile.
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I was under the impression that you'll need ICS to really use a dual core effectively anyways.
The Dinc2 is definitely the most solid device on vzw atm. Its not a dual core, it doesnt have lte, but its definitely refined.
The build quality for a plastic device is outstanding, compared to my old fascinate, i feel this phone could easily last my upgrade cycle.
The phone itself is FAST, even with sense and bloatware on it, doesnt matter. I never see my phone stutter or lag no matter what i throw at it.
Hell, the battery life is even great on stock. Put some roms on it, a custom kernel and you'll have a phone that can last you two days between charges.

I can't belive you got into the 3 thousands with that phone
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[Q] Sprint and ATT versions Superior?

Hey all are the GS2 from Sprint and att superior to our tmobile version? hardware wise? I am new to rooting and all, and I just rooted my phone and it runs super better with all the bloatware removed.. My antutu bench scored like 5460. is that good? and when I freshly reboot i scored a 3800 in the quadrant. anyone know when an OC kernal will be out?

first off all benchmarks really don't mean much. they are cool to tote around but in the end of the day it makes something better than another.
lets just say that hardware wise the processors are faster on the sprint and att&t. Not stating they are but lets just pretend. What does that really mean? It'd take 0.1 seconds more to open something on the T-mobile. wow is that really relevant?
lets talk about things that matter. screen size. attt is smaller. fail for me. some might like a smaller phone and think 4.52" is too large. if it is go attt. Now sprint is big also. So what other differences is there. More roms on sprint. at least right now. that should be important to people on xda but the phone is young. I think you only need like 4 good roms anyway. Once we have those it'd be different.
really is a slight hardware difference important?

jessejames111981 said:
first off all benchmarks really don't mean much. they are cool to tote around but in the end of the day it makes something better than another.
lets just say that hardware wise the processors are faster on the sprint and att&t. Not stating they are but lets just pretend. What does that really mean? It'd take 0.1 seconds more to open something on the T-mobile. wow is that really relevant?
lets talk about things that matter. screen size. attt is smaller. fail for me. some might like a smaller phone and think 4.52" is too large. if it is go attt. Now sprint is big also. So what other differences is there. More roms on sprint. at least right now. that should be important to people on xda but the phone is young. I think you only need like 4 good roms anyway. Once we have those it'd be different.
really is a slight hardware difference important?
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Very well put sir.
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Touchwiz is hardware accelerated for mali-400 which is more powerful than are gpu. The adreno 220 have better shaders and renders than the mali-400 but the mali is still more powerful. Our version of the galaxy s2 is not hardware accelerated like the other ones. Snapdragon S3 processors are optimized for battery life. Being asynchronous processors meaning even though you have a 1.5
dual core in your phone your phone is never actually reaching 1.5 in both cores at the same time. Both cores work independently from each other. This can make things lag as both processors scale differently from each other. But if programmed correctly they are on the same level with exynos processor if not better.

Thanks! Yes I agree I love my phone, and it runs every single app including every game like a champ, and I do love the bigger screen. I cant wait for more roms to come out for our phone. Anyone know when we will receive a OC kernal to start over clocking it?

bubbabfp said:
Thanks! Yes I agree I love my phone, and it runs every single app including every game like a champ, and I do love the bigger screen. I cant wait for more roms to come out for our phone. Anyone know when we will receive a OC kernal to start over clocking it?
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overclock? is there a reason to overclock except for (useless) bench marking? I'm still trying to find a game/app that this phone has a hard time running. The game deadspace runs 100% flawless!

I cant seem to download Dead Space.. from the flexion site, but I am downloading dungeon defenders now.

jessejames111981 said:
overclock? is there a reason to overclock except for (useless) bench marking? I'm still trying to find a game/app that this phone has a hard time running. The game deadspace runs 100% flawless!
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Your right no need for overclock this processor is one of the higher clocks and we still get better battery life compared to the others variants. Dead space is a good example on optimization for the gpu for us. As soon as we get some kernels and optimized roms are phone will be sitting right next to the other beast.

att and sprint dont offer up to 42 mbps speed data speeds

Killbynature said:
Touchwiz is hardware accelerated for mali-400 which is more powerful than are gpu. The adreno 220 have better shaders and renders than the mali-400 but the mali is still more powerful. Our version of the galaxy s2 is not hardware accelerated like the other ones. Snapdragon S3 processors are optimized for battery life. Being asynchronous processors meaning even though you have a 1.5
dual core in your phone your phone is never actually reaching 1.5 in both cores at the same time. Both cores work independently from each other. This can make things lag as both processors scale differently from each other. But if programmed correctly they are on the same level with exynos processor if not better.
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This. The big difference from a UI perspective is the lack of hardware acceleration on the TMO version. In all likelihood, it will still that way as well.

quest4fire said:
att and sprint dont offer up to 42 mbps speed data speeds
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show me some one that gets 42mb. show me someone who gets over 20mb consistantly.
In philadelphia I get 3-5mb with sprint 4g. I get 4-6mb with my gsII. Other cities may get other results

I can say from personal experience that the Sprint version kicks the snot out of this one. Wish I never sold mine and switched to this. but I couldn't pass up 30.00 a month for 5gb that I can actually use.
The Sprint version has barely any lag at all. Using the Tmobile one, it seems so slow that even my Nexus S can walk right by at times. I am seriously considering returning this and getting the htc Sensation or G2X. That's how much it bothers me.
Heck, if a fairly priced new in box Tmobile Android pops up on Craigslist, I will pick it up right away. 560 with tax for something that lags about the same as the Nexus S doesn't seem reasonable.
I know some folks are going to say benchmarks and all. But this is reality for me. I am currently using the S2 and the Sprint NS4G until the port finishes.
Oh and this morning, I did hit 23mbps on a speed test. But to be fair, it was 8am on a Sunday morning. I average anywhere from 3-17mbps where I live.
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overthatscreen said:
I can say from personal experience that the Sprint version kicks the snot out of this one. Wish I never sold mine and switched to this. but I couldn't pass up 30.00 a month for 5gb that I can actually use.
The Sprint version has barely any lag at all. Using the Tmobile one, it seems so slow that even my Nexus S can walk right by at times. I am seriously considering returning this and getting the htc Sensation or G2X. That's how much it bothers me.
Heck, if a fairly priced new in box Tmobile Android pops up on Craigslist, I will pick it up right away. 560 with tax for something that lags about the same as the Nexus S doesn't seem reasonable.
I know some folks are going to say benchmarks and all. But this is reality for me. I am currently using the S2 and the Sprint NS4G until the port finishes.
Oh and this morning, I did hit 23mbps on a speed test. But to be fair, it was 8am on a Sunday morning. I average anywhere from 3-17mbps where I live.
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Yep, this is pretty much the trade-off. With the optimizations going on over in the Dev threads, I have been able to get this phone to behave a fair amount more smoothly, but it's still pretty much a joke compared to the exynos versions.
On the other hand, my data speeds absolutely crush what I was getting with Sprint's wimax in NYC, so there you have it.

overthatscreen said:
I can say from personal experience that the Sprint version kicks the snot out of this one. Wish I never sold mine and switched to this. but I couldn't pass up 30.00 a month for 5gb that I can actually use.
The Sprint version has barely any lag at all. Using the Tmobile one, it seems so slow that even my Nexus S can walk right by at times. I am seriously considering returning this and getting the htc Sensation or G2X. That's how much it bothers me.
Heck, if a fairly priced new in box Tmobile Android pops up on Craigslist, I will pick it up right away. 560 with tax for something that lags about the same as the Nexus S doesn't seem reasonable.
I know some folks are going to say benchmarks and all. But this is reality for me. I am currently using the S2 and the Sprint NS4G until the port finishes.
Oh and this morning, I did hit 23mbps on a speed test. But to be fair, it was 8am on a Sunday morning. I average anywhere from 3-17mbps where I live.
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I just moved over from the Sprint version today. I will agree that the Sprint version is snappier but the service was horrible, like 300kbytes average, no thanks i will deal with a very tiny bit of lag for better service.
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jessejames111981 said:
show me some one that gets 42mb. show me someone who gets over 20mb consistantly.
In philadelphia I get 3-5mb with sprint 4g. I get 4-6mb with my gsII. Other cities may get other results
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The higher the theoretical top speed, the higher the real-world speed. Bottom line is that the tmo version is faster thanks to the processor's ability to run faster and tmo's network being way faster than both Sprint and ATT.
And to the guy who is having lag issues, I'm sorry man, that's not normal at all. I came from both the Sensation and G2x and while the G2x was the faster of those 2, my Herc blows both away. Maybe try an exchange before you downgrade back to the Sensation or G2x?
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jessejames111981 said:
show me some one that gets 42mb. show me someone who gets over 20mb consistantly.
In philadelphia I get 3-5mb with sprint 4g. I get 4-6mb with my gsII. Other cities may get other results
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Check out the city .....
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TJBunch1228 said:
The higher the theoretical top speed, the higher the real-world speed. Bottom line is that the tmo version is faster thanks to the processor's ability to run faster and tmo's network being way faster than both Sprint and ATT.
And to the guy who is having lag issues, I'm sorry man, that's not normal at all. I came from both the Sensation and G2x and while the G2x was the faster of those 2, my Herc blows both away. Maybe try an exchange before you downgrade back to the Sensation or G2x?
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He's comparing it to the exynos SGS2 tho -- no amount of exchanging is going to make the TMO version look any better in that comparison.

This thread makes me sad I sold, my international exynos version for this
I was using it on att gophone $50 unlimited plan, getting 800 haha, which was ok for simple browsing.
Their prices are ridiculous so signing with.then is out of the question.
after owning it 3 months I sold it , and used the money to get this so I can be on a plan with high speed data
I miss hardware acceleration, and some games running very smoothly.
I liked the big screen, capacitive buttons, and Data speed.
I know I will get other phones and sell this eventually so I don't let it bother me......I try not to lol
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Idk about lag, but my phone doesn't lag at all. Fastest phone I've ever had.
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it was a big deal for me at first, but for my needs it is plenty capable
I miss the high graphics, but realize that good games aren't made to run on one device. If a good game comes out, developers want that game to run well on all devices, so long as they meet the sudden requirements.
Maybe i'm wrong
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Coming from an EVO... Who knows about this phone???

I was one of the first on the EVO band wagon with Sprint..
After a long time, of promising me 4G and waiting for the Galaxy Nexus to come out for Sprint.. I'm not waiting any longer..
T-Mobile is giving away GSII 's this weekend.. and I'm making the switch..
Looking for some tips and tricks here..
I know the phone is much faster than my EVO..
What are some things I should know about this phone?
T-Mobiles service is lightning fast for a glorified 3G (HSPA)
My EVO is rooted and I'm running Cyanogen Rom..
I would like to Root my GSII and eventually within a few weeks put a ROM on it..
Now.. Is it all basically the same? Rom manager? Reboot into recovery ? RA,Clockwork?
Flash zips?
How is the battery life? I deal with pretty good Battery life with my EVO.. after much time with messing with Kernels and such..
How is the Camera? Pictures looked great from me playing with it...
Duel Core 1.5 CPU ?? Seems awesome.. Galaxy Nexus is only 1.2 or something..
Screen quality as well looks amazing!!
Anything else you guys can tell me about this phone, I would appreciate it ,..
THANKS

Yup, its probably the same but you need to use odin and download mode to root.
Battery life is 12 hours for me with medium usage, and with lil usage it can last up to 30~ hours.
Camera is fine. I personally find it better than any phone i had, just dont zoom when taking pictures.
1.5 ghz doesnt mean anything, Uk's GS2 is 1.2 ghz but atleast 20% faster than ours.

Hey dude, I was in the same boat as you. I had a HTC Evo running Cyanogen, too. I just got my SG2 last Friday and everything was pretty painless in terms of getting everything done. There were a few things that were confusing and frustrating, but it's really really easy to root and everything.
First thing you're going to want to do is follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332103
The first time you get into Odin and recovery and everything can be frustrating, so you're going to want to keep your battery cover off in the mean time until you can flash the recovery onto there and all that jazz.
Once you've got recovery installed and rooted, you can start flashing ROMs. The ROM I'm using is Juggernaut, which you can find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1322642. It's got the most features, in my opinion, and runs rock solid. One thing I like about it is that I can reboot into recovery while in the ROM, so I don't have to shut it off, do the key presses to get in there. Makes it way easier when flashing new themes, etc. etc. After putting on a custom ROM, I moved on to flashing a theme, which brings Gingerbread up to look like ICS. I used this theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341526.
In terms of battery life, I'm constantly texting with vibration on, using 3G/4G to listen to music and browse the web. I'm starting at about 8 or 8:30 am and get done with work at about 3 or 4, and by the time I get home I'm sitting at like 35 or 40% charge. This is on the Bullet kernel that comes with the Juggernaut ROM. In terms of the speed of the processor, it's fast. Really fast - better than the one we have in the EVO. The camera is awesome, too. I use a program called HDR Camera+ to do HDR pics, and it's awesome. Cost $3.99 int he market, but the stock camera takes awesome pictures, too. Videos on it are awesome. Here's one I took last night to show a friend the colour changing on my new gaming keyboard using the stock camera program to record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geiPjeNjfiU

Sure I'll answer! Hi, and welcome to the sgs2 T-Mobile section!
1: you should know the phone has a way better screen then the evo, hmm probably lacking devs, since there were probably many for the evo. No issues honestly. GPS calls etc. Perfect. Well close to.
2: yes, rom manager, clockwork, etc same flashable zip
3: battery life is something you don't have to worry about, the evo battery sucked, HTC+battery is a no go.
4: camera is ehh, better than the nexus, but not better than the original sgs2.
5: 1.5 vs 1.2 actually the nexus is faster than our phone, but you can't tell much.
6: I mean from the sgs 2 to the evo is a big jump, honestly you'll enjoy this phone!
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Yep.. i'm pretty excited..
Few more questions if you guys don't mind..
How does it score on "Quadrant" ?
Finally, since we're all using T-mobile here.. My fathers co-worker just got this phone as well .. and on a speedtest he is averaging anywhere from 4-10 down and 2-4 up
To me, that seems incredible.. Actually, it seems almost TOO FAST.. as if its just going to show those speeds on the initial speed test, then slow down. ??
I use about 4-5 gigs a month, I use Slingplayer,Netflix,HBOGO, sportstracker live, and many other bandwidth dependent programs..
With those speeds all those I just listed would work flawlessly ....
Is it accurate? Are you guys happy with the speeds??
EDIT** Also, I assume I can get rid of the bloatware and other stuff Samsung puts on these phones with a rom?? Right?

EDIT #2.. lol
No ICS roms yet?
Will ICS come out for this phone?? I assume its more than powerful enough.. No leaked versions yet? I mean, the EVO already has one.. Very alpha stage, but still...

I just got the white tmobile version from the sprint version which I loved but both 3G/4G suck balls.....so I made the flip I use sprint for voice only 30bucks a month.....then I got the $30 5GB 100min on tmobile....my 4G speeds are very fast between 11-22mpbs !!! I barley got 3mpbs on sprint 4G........performance wise I knew the processor was different and went almost looking for a lesser experience ..but hpnestly I really dont notice any difference at all...Im happy with the setup I have and making my cell phone plans work for me and not get screwed by carriers
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THanks..
I just realized.. NO google wallet for this phone..

Husam2011 said:
Yup, its probably the same but you need to use odin and download mode to root.
Battery life is 12 hours for me with medium usage, and with lil usage it can last up to 30~ hours.
Camera is fine. I personally find it better than any phone i had, just dont zoom when taking pictures.
1.5 ghz doesnt mean anything, Uk's GS2 is 1.2 ghz but atleast 20% faster than ours.
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wrong
if you run exynos 1.2ghz and compare it to our 1.5, they should run around the same speeds
the amazing part is that wheny ou oc the exynos to 1.6, then it'd be faster than ours when we oc our snapdragon to 1.8

I also just jumped ship from sprint w/ an EVO. Now on T-Mobile w/ Galaxy S II. Loving it so far though i expected a larger development scene for the device, seems like the other GS II models have been getting a bit more love as far as custom rom development goes. Is they're any reason for this? Besides technical development setback's of course.
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Pretty much the galaxy nexus and ics development slowed down a lot of development...it hasnt stopped development, just slowed it down. There are still a lot of devs working on this device.
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Husam2011 said:
Yup, its probably the same but you need to use odin and download mode to root.
Battery life is 12 hours for me with medium usage, and with lil usage it can last up to 30~ hours.
Camera is fine. I personally find it better than any phone i had, just dont zoom when taking pictures.
1.5 ghz doesnt mean anything, Uk's GS2 is 1.2 ghz but atleast 20% faster than ours.
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The camera does zoom, use pinch to zoom in and out..
I have about 3 hours of screen on time and play games and what not and do about 14 hours
As for the exynos being "faster" this is just not true.. the processor is not faster nor does it compute any more or less. the only thing it has over us is the GPU is much better. However there is no game that is able to tax what we have so it doesn't matter..
As for quadrants I have gotten between 3000 and 4000 depending on the setup at the time. but I would prefer 2500 and a smooth device over a 4000 and jumpy menus..
And t Mo's 4G < or 3G what ever> is great, especially when you compare it to Sprints pathetic speeds. I get between 13 and 20 mbps down and over 2 mbps up.. not to far off of LTE.

Well said.
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I also switched over to Tmobile from Sprint last year and agree about sprints Wimax being pathetic compared to tmobiles hspa. I loved my evo but customer service and 4g for Sprint was garbage. And the sgs2 is by far the best phone out right now
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Looking into the S3.

Due for an upgrade in Jan of 2013. My current phone is a HTC Vivid running De-sensed ICS. I've been looking into this phone for alot of reasons.
Bigger screen, Faster CPU, More RAM. The like
My biggest thing is custom ROMS and battery life... I've heard mixed views on the battery life, And as far as custom ROMs go all of the people I've talked to aren't phone savvy, So talking to them about custom ROMs is out of the question

Its the best phone I've had there are lots of custom roms, plus samsung has sold 30 million how could you go wrong?
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Well the S3 isn't the Fastest phone on Att. The One X+, Optimus G and GN2 take those awards. It is by far the must flexible.
It has a fantastic screen, good battery life, good dev support, good cpu and 2gb of ram.
Plus it is one of the few phones I have seen that have good extended batteries. If you don't like the battery life you can buy an Anker or Hyperion 4000 mah plus battery and notice a huge improvement in battery life. Most other phones the 3rd party batteries (excellent Mugen and Seidio) usually are garbage.
I like to think of the S3 as the Swiss Army Knife of phones right not. It's 6 months old and still nothing really can't do everything it can (except the GN2 which is being released today).
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No sense in getting a quad core when 90% is optimized for dual core. This is the same argument raised 2.5 yrs ago when dual cores were first being introduced. The SIII has a good solid 2 yrs of life in it as far as specs go.
But... If you're due for upgrade in January, I would hold out until then to see what your options are at that time.
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Excellent phone. Only "issues"; display is dim in bright sunlight (SGS3 is not only phone affected), and gets a little warm after some extended game playing. Everything else has been due to user error. There are just so many new roms to flash and try out! You won't be sorry.

im coming from an iphone 4S. I like the S3 way more, but i wish it wouldn't be so plasticity. It makes it look cheap compared to apple/ HTC phones

RedSkulll said:
im coming from an iphone 4S. I like the S3 way more, but i wish it wouldn't be so plasticity. It makes it look cheap compared to apple/ HTC phones
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Get a nice case. It'll solve your problems.
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the S3 has a nice sized screen, not too small, not too big and excellent resolution. it has a good, solid processor and 2gb of ram. S3 users get very good dev support with a ton of different ROMs and tweaks. also, its a universal device so there are a ton of accessories as well. what else were you considering op? i would stay away from the HOXs because there is no removable battery meaning youre stuck with that battery life and no battery pulls lol.