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My wife's og Droid took a poop so I bought an Incredible which I'll have in a day or 2. I love my X but am thinking about swapping her to have something new (to me) to play with until I upgrade this summer. Plus the X is crippled with its locked bootloader. Has anyone here had both and prefer one over the other? Decisions decisions....
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I hate the Droid x. I hate Motorola phones. Whenever I see one I feel like punching the owner and smashing it. I don't know, just me. I love my dinc.
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Sooo... I should swap? Lol. Thanks. Any rom and theme suggestions?
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I have both (work DX and personal DInc). There are a couple of ROM for the DX but alot of different options for the DInc.
If you want to get addicted, swap...
ZooDad
I had a Droid 2, bought the incredible and never looked back. So much better..
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Droid x is nice if you like big screens and motoblur. But if you want to root and flash new roms the incredible is the way to go. Its also more pocketable.
Droid x by a mile. The Droid x is a better built phone, it has (in my opinion) a more capable processor, has a bigger screen (that's kind of a personal preference), HDMI out, many times better battery life, offical gingerbread, and the Motoblur is a) not as bad as everyone says (sense is so much worse and uses resources) and b) can be practically disabled through a custom rom.
However, I think that you shouldn't get either device if you can avoid it, go for a newer device, both are almost a year old now.
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Droid x by a mile. The Droid x is a better built phone, it has (in my opinion) a more capable processor, has a bigger screen (that's kind of a personal preference), HDMI out, many times better battery life, offical gingerbread, and the Motoblur is a) not as bad as everyone says (sense is so much worse and uses resources) and b) can be practically disabled through a custom rom.
However, I think that you shouldn't get either device if you can avoid it, go for a newer device, both are almost a year old now.
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I'm on Apex so I pretty much have zero blur. The purchase of the Inc is to immediately replace her d1 with a better (and working) phone. Whichever I do (either keep my X or give it to her and take the Inc), it will shortly be replaced by the next unlocked bootloader - 4g - front facing camera - dual core Android phone.
Thanks for the opinions ppl!
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Well I'm going to say the Inc, custom kernels can all but eliminate the battery life problem, and I find the Droid X's screen just too big. AMOLED or SLCD will kick the crap out of the X's screen in quality any day too. ROM selection on the Inc blows the X out of the water and chokes it to death, and the Inc ROM dev community will, at this rate, go much longer than the X's. Sense is much better than any kind of Blur, and if you don't want either, the Inc has the option of good, clean CM7, as well as OMGB/OMFGB for a more stock experience than even CM7. When I bought the Inc, I bought it from a hardware and software perspective; Sense beats Blur, better screen/screen size on the Inc, didn't even think about custom ROMs at that point. I'd still heartily recommend the Droid Incredible to anyone, even at this point in its lifespan.
do you have gingerbread on the x yet?
My first android phone was an X. I rooted it and installed custom roms and loved it. Then one day I bought an incredible on a whim, and I liked it SO much better. IMO, HTC makes way better phones than motorola. The inc has an unlocked bootloader, which is great for trying out different radios and kernels. I think the incredible's size is very nice, and the screen IS a lot prettier (SCLD or AMOLED are nicer). Lastly, there is a lot more ROM development and options. Not to mention the incredible has cyanogenmod, which is more or less considered the best AOSP ROM out there.
The only kicker is going to be the battery life. Even if you install a good ROM you probably won't be able to make it through the whole day if you use it a decent amount. The extended batteries are getting cheaper on Amazon though, since the phone is nearing it's end of life.
Hope that helped! I would totally go for the swap. You can always swap back if you hate it! (And have a nice wife. )
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do you have gingerbread on the x yet?
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Yep, I'm on Apex 2.0 beta.
DrPepperLives23 said:
My first android phone was an X. I rooted it and installed custom roms and loved it. Then one day I bought an incredible on a whim, and I liked it SO much better. IMO, HTC makes way better phones than motorola. The inc has an unlocked bootloader, which is great for trying out different radios and kernels. I think the incredible's size is very nice, and the screen IS a lot prettier (SCLD or AMOLED are nicer). Lastly, there is a lot more ROM development and options. Not to mention the incredible has cyanogenmod, which is more or less considered the best AOSP ROM out there.
The only kicker is going to be the battery life. Even if you install a good ROM you probably won't be able to make it through the whole day if you use it a decent amount. The extended batteries are getting cheaper on Amazon though, since the phone is nearing it's end of life.
Hope that helped! I would totally go for the swap. You can always swap back if you hate it! (And have a nice wife. )
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You make excellent l points, sir, thanks!
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Droid x by a mile. The Droid x is a better built phone, it has (in my opinion) a more capable processor, has a bigger screen (that's kind of a personal preference), HDMI out, many times better battery life, offical gingerbread, and the Motoblur is a) not as bad as everyone says (sense is so much worse and uses resources) and b) can be practically disabled through a custom rom.
However, I think that you shouldn't get either device if you can avoid it, go for a newer device, both are almost a year old now.
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Lets get cracking on this one.
The processor, the TI OMAP vs the Qualcomm Snapdragon, both clocked at 1 GHz give little to no real difference in performance minus a couple 100 points in benchmarks.
The Incredible still has TV out, HDMI is nice and all, but I wouldn't consider it a deal breaker.
Gingerbread is more then accessible through Cyanogenmod, and if not the OTA should be out soon enough if you dig Sense. Plus the tons of other ROMs we have avalible at our disposal. Plus all of the custom kernals that allow overclocking, underclocking, overvolting, undervolting, SBC, HAVS/Smartass, ect.
I love the screen size on the X, but the actual screen sharpness and brightness is pretty lacking vs our AMOLED or SLCD screens side by side. This is MY take on it, and like others have posted, function over form. Also, just wait for something new to come out, or at least get an X2.
DINC FTW.
Slap some Virtuous on that puppy with the HeyItsLou Kernal and you're set. BEEYAH!
So I got the inc and I'm very disappointed. I'm trying to root using unrevoked and after the first reboot when it tries to "run root" the phone reboots itself before it's finished, causing an error. Now the phone keeps rebooting shortly after the boot animation. I can unlock the screen and before it's finished loading it'll reboot.
Some details:
Stock Android 2.2
Unrevoked 3.2
Correct hboot drivers
Usb debugging is on
Charge only - remember this
Factory Reset does not fix the reboot issue for me.
I've done this for a buddy's inc last year with not a single problem as well as an evo so I'm familiar with unrevoked and htc devices.
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zwade01 said:
I'm on Apex so I pretty much have zero blur. The purchase of the Inc is to immediately replace her d1 with a better (and working) phone. Whichever I do (either keep my X or give it to her and take the Inc), it will shortly be replaced by the next unlocked bootloader - 4g - front facing camera - dual core Android phone.
Thanks for the opinions ppl!
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I actually had a D1 before I got my INC and was running CM7, as soon as I got the Inc I installed CM7 and never looked back. Where the D1 struggled and even froze on occasion, the Inc jumped hurdled and jumped again. This thing is awesome!
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DINC FTW.
Slap some Virtuous on that puppy with the HeyItsLou Kernal and you're set. BEEYAH!
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I ran this combo before CM, worked great!
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...Motoblur is not as bad as everyone says (sense is so much worse and uses resources)...
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He...he didn't...wow, he did.
Put any Motorola device against an equivalent HTC device and watch the Motorola crash and burn. And now HTC will be unlocking all bootloaders. Game over. To the OP, you might have an SLCD device, which I heard causes problems with rooting. Do make a new thread, your problem will be solved in no time.
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He...he didn't...wow, he did.
Put any Motorola device against an equivalent HTC device and watch the Motorola crash and burn. And now HTC will be unlocking all bootloaders. Game over. To the OP, you might have an SLCD device, which I heard causes problems with rooting. Do make a new thread, your problem will be solved in no time.
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Problem not solved (unless you count returning for a refund solved). I finally got it rooted, cm7'd, and constantly rebooted. Another gb sense rom, constant rebooted. Ruu stock, constant rebooted. I wish the inc I received wasn't faulty. I was looking forward to playing with it until the latest and greatest came out this summer. It wasn't a problem on my end, it did that since I opened it from the package before attempting to even check it out in its stock form.
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I kind of like Blur, but I would say go with the Incredible. Just for the awesome dev community (just take a look). If you switch, however, you can't blame me for the ORD that will most likely ensue.
I love the active ROM community on the Dinc. I had a Dinc, went to Droid X, and back to Dinc. Love the Dinc.
Just wondering what you guys think are some of the benefits aside from Development, HTC Sense, Rooting-Unrooting, Battery life!
Pretty much the pros & cons you've come to love or hate about your DInc2!
Thanks
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Just wondering what you guys think are some of the benefits aside from Development, HTC Sense, Rooting-Unrooting, Battery life!
Pretty much the pros & cons you've come to love or hate about your DInc2!
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pros: awesome battery life, form factor, *good* screen, sense (i like it at least), world phone, strong signal/data speeds, performance even stock is amazing for a single core phone, flashing things from one recovery and not having to odin xxx recovery to use xyz rom etc , all 3 major aosp roms available
cons: the gb root situation, screen is a step down from samoled (although not as awful as u would be lead to believe, smaller development community (but growing)
This phone is leaps and bounds better than the Fassy, for me at least.
Pros: Nearly everything about this is better than the Fassy. Except the screen of course. (That has blacker blacks than the blacks on my black coloured phone.)
Cons: The root is non-existent for OTA Gingerbread. And the Fassy was 10x smoother. But we'll see after I get root.
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I came from the D1 running liquid gingerbread and oc'ed to 1Ghz. That was my favorite phone ever then my screen went out.
Pros: I like the larger screen size, it's bigger but not too big. The battery life is amazing. I do seem to have better signal and faster UL and DL speeds.
Cons: the sound isn't as loud as my D1. Not a fan of the SRS WOWHD as the only time I listen to music is in my vehicle and I don't need the SRS WOWHD. In call volume isn't as good either. At first I thought my hearing was getting worse than what it already is bit after some research others feel the volume is lower as well. And of course the GB issue. I can't wait to get s-off but right now I'm on a tight budget as I will be moving soon and my job may or may not be paying for the move so no xtc clip for this guy for about 2-3 months.
Overall though this phone is awesome. I don't think it will ever fully replace my D1 but it already comes close so we'll see.
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What is the Situation with GB Root?
Can S-Off, Root, CWM only be achieved in FroYo??
Cause I'm pretty certain the Dinc2 I receive Tuesday will more than likely have GB..
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I came from D1, then Inc1, X, fascinate, and now shot down for Charge and ready to Join the Dinc2 Community!
D1 Rooting was pie!
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What is the Situation with GB Root?
Can S-Off, Root, CWM only be achieved in FroYo??
Cause I'm pretty certain the Dinc2 I receive Tuesday will more than likely have GB..
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Correct, there is no way to S-off the GB OTA yet. I just picked up the DI2 from Costco yesterday and luckily it still had froyo on it. Was rooted and rom'ed in 40 minutes.
I came from a fassy and so far I really like it. I actually really like the screen not missing the fassy screen and the thing is smooth.
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Honestly the Inc2 without root is still an amazing phone. Fantastic battery life, pretty fast. I feel it has more stock features than the Fascinate and I would definitely choose the Incredible2 over it. I'm sure they will find a way to root the Inc 2 GB soon.
Another fortunate recipient of a DINC2 from the Fassy fiasco.
I was rooted and rocking UKB2.1 on the Fassy, aside from the bloatware, I prefer the stock DIN2!
What is s-off? I understand it is required for root, but what the hell does it mean? Also, what is the xtc-clip?
Thanks! Looking forward to some DINC2 dev!
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Honestly the Inc2 without root is still an amazing phone. Fantastic battery life, pretty fast. I feel it has more stock features than the Fascinate and I would definitely choose the Incredible2 over it. I'm sure they will find a way to root the Inc 2 GB soon.
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Well it sucks that as soon as I'm leaving the Fascinate due to call sms gps & data issue's CM7 Nightlies become available for it. And the rooting aspect was cake with superoneclick and odin flashing.
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It was a hassle trying to find a reliable radio for the Fascinate,having to turn voodoo on/off, getting the gps to work, etc. I found myself having to tinker the hell out of the device to get it to work properly. The inc2 is great out of box. I agree with what nitsuj said about the device.
I'm hurt stevl! No agreeing with me Q.Q lol
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I'm hurt stevl! No agreeing with me Q.Q lol
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Lol I agree with you too
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[Q] Have any of you guys made it through the rooting process yet!? JW
I know ill love it stock like I did Inc1, but I need CM7 in my life!
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I haven't rooted. There is no root for Gingerbread yet. I like the phone stock anyways. I think there is a signal issue with CM7 and Miui on Inc2. I could be wrong though, but thought I read that somewhere.
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[Q] Have any of you guys made it through the rooting process yet!? JW
I know ill love it stock like I did Inc1, but I need CM7 in my life!
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Most of the Droid Inc2s now are coming out with Gingerbread preloaded and there isn't a root out unless you use a XTC clip for it. IF by chance you get it preloaded with Froyo then you're good to go.
We picked up a DI2 from Costco for $30 this last Saturday and it still had froyo on it. Was rooted and rom'ed in 40 min. Easy peasy
Just out of curiosity... I'm coming from Fascinate also. This will be the first time I've gotten a new smart phone. What is the best way to backup my apps+data and move them to the DINC2 when I get it. Will TiBu work? Is there a more simple solution. I'm really just wanting to port over my Angry Birds progress and my Memo Pad app (not the stock sammy one) that has some important information on it. What method did you guys use if any?
TiBu only works if you have root, so if you get a DI2 with GB on it TiBu will not work for you. I know there are apps on the market that will save your angry birds progress. Not sure about your other app, it may say your notes to your sdcard.
hey guys I recently switched to Verizon and got a thunderbolt. I've had it a few days and must say I'm quite unhappy with it so far. every ROM I have tried I get random reboots and the battery life is abysmally. my question is how do you guys like your dincs? I'm thinking of swapping my bolt for one I'm still below fifteen days. I'm not trying to start a bolt vs. dinc discussion I would just like to hear some of you guys opinions.
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I love mine. Only downside is no 4g (which I don't need anyway). Great battery life; stable sense ROM's, stable AOSP ROM's, all with great support... especially now that root has been achieved on GB. FFC, quality rear camera, snappy, not too big, not too small, battery lasts all day (maybe 2 if not using heavily). I would say it's like a mini T-bolt, without all of the reported bugs of the T-bolt.
thank you this is the stuff i want to hear. i dont have 4g in my area anyway and if it ever does come i have a mifi so not having 4g is not an issue. when i was on att i had an inspire and loved it i'm just wondering if going to the smaller screen on the dinc will bother me or not.
I don't mind the 4 inch, and they make efficient use of the real estate, so it's a fairly compact phone. I would say give it a try; what else is there I think the Charge is the only other phone that I would look at... and don't let that beautiful AMOLED screen suck you in (that's how I ended up with a fascinate before the Inc2). If not, you'll have to leave Verizon for an Evo 3d...
I had an evo for two days but was always roaming had to go to Verizon. I guess I'll go dinc I don't want a charge I learned my lesson on the captivate hacked up rfs filesystem sucks
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This is coming from a sales side of response. The thunderbolt has had it major bugs since day one. The charge is a headache with its low quality hardware (Mic, speakers, and cheap case). The dinc2 has been a worthy contender. I have had no complaints on it. I have had almost 6 charges come back in a row. My Thunderbolt customers keep the phone but always complain.
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Can you please tell me what radio your using? I went from a tbolt to a inc2. The random reboots were fixed with a newer radio.
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Coming from a DI1, I REALLY link my DI2. The size is perfect; it's fast and it simply WORKS.
You will love the Dinc2, LOTS of roms available, along with the Skyrider Zeus ported over from thunderbolt so it should feel right at home.
I was actually torn between the two phones when my VZN contract was up and I got my little token $50 coupon (last one before it went away). I tried them both out at the VZN store before buying the INC2 online (total $50 with the online deal and the $50 off and the price drop the same day). I liked the T-bolt for the little things, but those didn't push me as hard as the sleek look and "feel" of the INC2. 4g is nice, but right now, the network is so constrained and I even live and work in a supported area. It just was not enough to make me select the T-bolt.
Besides, the chip running the INC2 makes things snappy enough esp with the OC kernals out now.
I'm using the mr2 ota radio. While I haven't had a reboot in awhile my battery life is still horrendous. I'm gonna s- on and unroot this thing and go grab a dinc today. Lemme ask you guys another question. When I had an inspire aosp roms had far superior battery life than sense roms while the bolt is the opposite. How is aosp on the since?
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Well guys I got the dinc 2 today and am very happy with it so far. Doesn't have any of the bugs the bolt did. Bolt is quite overrated imo
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Is it still a good phone? I have a nexus s and the only thing stoping me from switching to the evo is the fact that the evo might not get icecream sanwich..will the evo get it thru dev?
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Is it still a good phone? I have a nexus s and the only thing stoping me from switching to the evo is the fact that the evo might not get icecream sanwich..will the evo get it thru dev?
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I'm sure it will.
The Nexus S battery life definitely beats the Evo, by far.
The Nexus S isn't a bigger enough step from the Evo, that's why I didn't waste the upgrade.
But I wouldn't "downgrade" to an Evo from the Nexus S any day.
Downgrade? Idk about that the evo feels more solid and with a custom rom is just as fast. Thank for ur response
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Is it still a good phone? I have a nexus s and the only thing stoping me from switching to the evo is the fact that the evo might not get icecream sanwich..will the evo get it thru dev?
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The Evo is still a solid Smart Phone.
HTC Evo 4G Was Best Selling Android Phone In Second Quarter Of 2011 [HTC Evo Comes In Third Among All Smart Phones & First Among Android Handsets For Q2]
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We wont know if it will be able to run ice cream sandwich until it is released, but the evos dev scene is one of the best. I think if the nexus s can run it so will the evo. The devs have done some amazing things for the evo.
Just look at it this way. The motorola photon is a great phone. A little bit better than the evo3d (debateable) but the photon dev scene isnt too good for now. The 3d scene is pretty good. So you really never know.
It doesnt matter if a certain phone is better. The devs flock to a phone and we must follow...or be stuck with crap
In my point of view the evo will keep getting support from devs until it really cant run the software. Being probably the most popular droid phone i think the evo will get the best support until its obsolete.
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Thanks for the comments...the Evo is a great device.
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Downgrade? Idk about that the evo feels more solid and with a custom rom is just as fast. Thank for ur response
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i used custom roms and it still wasnt nearly as fast as the 3d
plus the extra ram and storage space i could never turn back
evo 4g is a good phone, but of course technology moves so fast,that TECH-wise, its just not that great of a phone anymore
but the simple fact it has 4.3inch screen and runs android would make me choose it over an iphone anyday
i would definitely say its still a strong competitor and as far as development goes i don't think its going anywhere very soon. i mean think about it the htc hero cdma is still getting developed for. so im thinking ics will definitely get ported sooner or later.
I'm a heavy user running a lot social networking apps, navigating, etc at the same time. The Evo 4G is feeling OLD. I've had since last December and I am so ready to trade up to a dual core device with loads more memory.
If your mobile computing needs are modest, then maybe the Evo 4G is still solid. For me, the Evo 4G is feeling dated and ready to be retired.
I do think the evo is still in great standing my dad got the photon and to be serious my phone can still compete (dont know how to spell this word haha) with his photon the only big things are memory batt life and screen. a little speed but not much. I will not upgrade until i see a phone like when the evo first came out it destroyed all other smartphones.
I think the evo 3 is gonna kill every phone out there....if it comes out lol
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I do think the evo is still in great standing my dad got the photon and to be serious my phone can still compete (dont know how to spell this word haha) with his photon the only big things are memory batt life and screen. a little speed but not much. I will not upgrade until i see a phone like when the evo first came out it destroyed all other smartphones.
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I think the next actual release of Evo, like the 4G and 3D were released in the summer, will destroy the smartphone market. With a possibility of quad-core coming form NVIDIA to phones by then. I think it is a major possibility that Evo will have another first with quad-core. It would definitely be a first for Sprint, Evo, and it would destroy the smartphone market.
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I'm a heavy user running a lot social networking apps, navigating, etc at the same time. The Evo 4G is feeling OLD. I've had since last December and I am so ready to trade up to a dual core device with loads more memory.
If your mobile computing needs are modest, then maybe the Evo 4G is still solid. For me, the Evo 4G is feeling dated and ready to be retired.
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IMO, the hardware is more than enough to handle whatever you can throw at it. Maybe you should try a new ROM.
I think it is still a solid phone. Lots of cool roms still being worked on and it still feels snappy after a year or so of use.
I love my evo and think I'll keep it even when I upgrade but I think its reaching its EOL with quad core phones coming out I won't upgrade till then I see no point to go to a dual core atm .
Its sad to see how much the forum has slowed down since the evo 3d came out I remember when there were a few ROMs a day dropping now were all pretty much just waiting on updates to the ones that are out.
Thank God for cm I think we will keep seeing updates from them for a long time.
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I was thinking about getting an inc2, upgrading from my inc, and I was wondering if it'd be worth it, does anybody have generally a lot of experience with the inc1, and gotten the inc2, and liked it better? Is the hardware well, better? What about amount of roms, and other software things of that sort; is there a wider variety available for it, than there is for the original inc? Another question, since the Incredible 2 and Incredible S are almost basically the same phone, would roms for the inc S work on the inc2, or would they just not be compatible? Thanks, whoever might answer these.
I never had the original but i have had quite a few androids (aria, captivate,inspire, thunderbolt, and even an evo3d for a short time) i can honestly say the dinc2 is the most rock solid phone out of all of them. Its definitely underrated i love it. But no unfortunately inc s roms are not compatible
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I never had the original but i have had quite a few androids (aria, captivate,inspire, thunderbolt, and even an evo3d for a short time) i can honestly say the dinc2 is the most rock solid phone out of all of them. Its definitely underrated i love it. But no unfortunately inc s roms are not compatible
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I own both of them. it's worth it. It's an outstanding phone.
Alright, thanks for the responses guys! Hopefully I'll be joining the inc2 community here in a few weeks, though it's gonna be sort of hard to leave the original inc after many months being a flash addict with it...
No worries we got plenty of good stuff to flash and our development is still pretty young. I think u chose the right phone, the thunderbolt got all the hype but i had one and absolutely hated it. Buggy ass phone with abysmal battery life, at least mine was
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Just hope you don't get one with 2.3.4.
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Just hope you don't get one with 2.3.4.
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Me too, I really don't want to have to get a clip just to be able to root it. If I do, hopefully by the time I get one, there'll be a way to root it.
I had the Eris, then the Inc1, and now Inc2, Love it. highly suggest it.
may I ask, why not 2.3.4. I will get an Incredible 2 very soon but not sure about which version it has.
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Just hope you don't get one with 2.3.4.
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They don't have S-OFF for 2.3.4 yet. I guess it just depends were you purchase it. I purchased mine on amazon wireless and it came with froyo.
I had the original Inc 1 and now have the Inc2. Underrated is the best way to describe the Inc2.
It's everything that I wanted my Inc1 to be: faster and better battery life.
I was lucky to snag one off ebay that had Android 2.3 on it, and on first boot I made sure I rejected the OTA. Then I rooted as soon as I could.
I think the Inc2 is the best Verizon phone out right now, and here's why:
1. Form factor - at 4.0" screen is big, but not too big. All high end verizon phones are too big, imo, at 4.3"
2. It's fast - sure, on paper, it's rated at the same speed of 1Ghz as the Inc1, but the the CPU is made with the 45nm process instead of the 65nm of Inc1, which means it's faster and more power efficient. Also the Increase in RAM to 768 helps too. When rooted and overclocked (up to 1.9Ghz), it can be as fast as a duo core phone, or faster in some cases. I think it's faster than a Droid3 (duo core), the Inc2 has more ram than the Droid3, that seems to help.
3. It's still 3G - imo, 3G is fast enough, I don't need 4G draining my battery. I don't know why ppl make such a big deal out of 4G, I think battery life is more important in something that's portable.
4. Good battery life - The Inc2 easily lasts twice as long as my Inc1, even with heavy use. And it gets even better when rooted using an undervolted kernel.
5. Good community support - there are a lot of good custom roms for the Inc2. I've tried 4 already and liked them all. And there are enough ppl using the Inc2 that you can find a solution to most of your issues with a quick search.
I don't want a giant phone that's too big for my hands, and doesn't last a day on battery, and is supposedly better than the Inc2.
Great dev support
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armchairbear said:
I had the original Inc 1 and now have the Inc2. Underrated is the best way to describe the Inc2.
It's everything that I wanted my Inc1 to be: faster and better battery life.
I was lucky to snag one off ebay that had Android 2.3 on it, and on first boot I made sure I rejected the OTA. Then I rooted as soon as I could.
I think the Inc2 is the best Verizon phone out right now, and here's why:
1. Form factor - at 4.0" screen is big, but not too big. All high end verizon phones are too big, imo, at 4.3"
2. It's fast - sure, on paper, it's rated at the same speed of 1Ghz as the Inc1, but the the CPU is made with the 45nm process instead of the 65nm of Inc1, which means it's faster and more power efficient. Also the Increase in RAM to 768 helps too. When rooted and overclocked (up to 1.9Ghz), it can be as fast as a duo core phone, or faster in some cases. I think it's faster than a Droid3 (duo core), the Inc2 has more ram than the Droid3, that seems to help.
3. It's still 3G - imo, 3G is fast enough, I don't need 4G draining my battery. I don't know why ppl make such a big deal out of 4G, I think battery life is more important in something that's portable.
4. Good battery life - The Inc2 easily lasts twice as long as my Inc1, even with heavy use. And it gets even better when rooted using an undervolted kernel.
5. Good community support - there are a lot of good custom roms for the Inc2. I've tried 4 already and liked them all. And there are enough ppl using the Inc2 that you can find a solution to most of your issues with a quick search.
I don't want a giant phone that's too big for my hands, and doesn't last a day on battery, and is supposedly better than the Inc2.
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Awesome man , I'm pretty much completely sure this'll be my next phone, and yeah, I don't see why 4G is so important. I don't think I'll dabble in phones like that until that actually becomes more battery efficient. I was thinking about the Thunderbolt, but realized it's horrible battery life, and an extended battery would be too much bulk. Plus, a 4.3in screen at only WVGA starts making it look a little pixelated(sp?). I'd love the Sensation though, if only it'd work on Verizon...But oh well, the inc2 sounds amazing, definitely gonna get it, here in the next month or so.
Love my Incredible2
My Eris 2 yr contract was expiring and I found a brand new Inc 2 on CL for $135. I ended up feeling sorry for the poor guy so I tossed in my old rooted GSB Eris so he would have a phone.
Bummer was, it had just installed 2.3.4... hopefully someone will come up with a fix for that real soon. G3 is plenty fast and the battery easily lasts all day. With moderate use it still has 50-60% at bedtime. Size is perfect, takes great pictures, it's very smooth and fast and so far absolutely trouble free. I just picked up another one for my wife and she can't believe the difference between it and her Eris. We are planning on going with NO contract for a while assuming I can keep my unlimited data plan. Highly recommended!
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My Eris 2 yr contract was expiring and I found a brand new Inc 2 on CL for $135. I ended up feeling sorry for the poor guy so I tossed in my old rooted GSB Eris so he would have a phone.
Bummer was, it had just installed 2.3.4... hopefully someone will come up with a fix for that real soon. G3 is plenty fast and the battery easily lasts all day. With moderate use it still has 50-60% at bedtime. Size is perfect, takes great pictures, it's very smooth and fast and so far absolutely trouble free. I just picked up another one for my wife and she can't believe the difference between it and her Eris. We are planning on going with NO contract for a while assuming I can keep my unlimited data plan. Highly recommended!
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There is that method with adb, but I mean, you have to know how to use it...I'm still learning that. And that's what I'm doing, not going with the contract, I'm gonna keep my unlimited plan as long as I can. Thanks for the response though
armchairbear said:
I had the original Inc 1 and now have the Inc2. Underrated is the best way to describe the Inc2.
It's everything that I wanted my Inc1 to be: faster and better battery life.
I was lucky to snag one off ebay that had Android 2.3 on it, and on first boot I made sure I rejected the OTA. Then I rooted as soon as I could.
I think the Inc2 is the best Verizon phone out right now, and here's why:
1. Form factor - at 4.0" screen is big, but not too big. All high end verizon phones are too big, imo, at 4.3"
2. It's fast - sure, on paper, it's rated at the same speed of 1Ghz as the Inc1, but the the CPU is made with the 45nm process instead of the 65nm of Inc1, which means it's faster and more power efficient. Also the Increase in RAM to 768 helps too. When rooted and overclocked (up to 1.9Ghz), it can be as fast as a duo core phone, or faster in some cases. I think it's faster than a Droid3 (duo core), the Inc2 has more ram than the Droid3, that seems to help.
3. It's still 3G - imo, 3G is fast enough, I don't need 4G draining my battery. I don't know why ppl make such a big deal out of 4G, I think battery life is more important in something that's portable.
4. Good battery life - The Inc2 easily lasts twice as long as my Inc1, even with heavy use. And it gets even better when rooted using an undervolted kernel.
5. Good community support - there are a lot of good custom roms for the Inc2. I've tried 4 already and liked them all. And there are enough ppl using the Inc2 that you can find a solution to most of your issues with a quick search.
I don't want a giant phone that's too big for my hands, and doesn't last a day on battery, and is supposedly better than the Inc2.
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Couldn't agree more I upgraded from the first Inc and I'm in love. This is the best phone I've ever had. Love the size and battery life most.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using XDA App
i have also used several phones and I have to say the incredible2 has been amazing since i got it, I would recommend it to anybody in the market for an awesome phone
username235 said:
I was thinking about getting an inc2, upgrading from my inc, and I was wondering if it'd be worth it, does anybody have generally a lot of experience with the inc1, and gotten the inc2, and liked it better? Is the hardware well, better? What about amount of roms, and other software things of that sort; is there a wider variety available for it, than there is for the original inc? Another question, since the Incredible 2 and Incredible S are almost basically the same phone, would roms for the inc S work on the inc2, or would they just not be compatible? Thanks, whoever might answer these.
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oxlong27 said:
I never had the original but i have had quite a few androids (aria, captivate,inspire, thunderbolt, and even an evo3d for a short time) i can honestly say the dinc2 is the most rock solid phone out of all of them. Its definitely underrated i love it. But no unfortunately inc s roms are not compatible
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this is for educational and seeking knowledge Purposes only .
Incredible S Roms Could be installed on Incredible 2 , working 100% if you know how . But you should know that developers ( sense 3.5 ) don't usually make their roms Global as i researched . what is available now For incedible 2 are CDMA only sense3.5 roms ( No GSM Support !!! ) , for Incredible S of course it would be GSM only sense 3.5 Roms . if you live in a country that uses GSM networks only , Incredible S is a Better Choice because as i noticed is little development for GSM Support for incredible 2 , you will have to stick with what is issued by Verizon , and of course they would not issue Sense 3.5 .
Now to install Incredible S rom on Incredible 2 ( you must be S-OFF and Rooted ) :
1- you must have similar compatible roms for Incredibles S and Incredible 2
2- replace the Boot.img of the incredible s rom with the same one from the incredible 2 rom inside winrar window ( Don't extract then zip again , just drag and drop )
3- install the rom from recovery as normal , it will Boot OK
4 if you have error starting WiFi ,then flash this Kernel ( inc2_2.6.35.14#18 ) ,it will solve the Problem , thanks to EhabFG ,
the two matching Roms are
EhabFG Android 2.3.5 Runnymed V1.3|EXT4|Full Arabic sense 3.5 ( google it) - Incredible S
-MikRoms-Incredible 2 HD v2.1 [sense 3.5 GB 2.3.5] ( google it ?) - Incredible 2
Please not that Same procedure was tried for the updates issued for those 2 Roms , it did not work ( meaning they are not similar anymore ) although they use the same New Base 1.02.401.1 ????
Some developer suggests the following
- Replace Boot.img
- Replace Kernel (Module Folder ) inside lib
- Replace Sevice.jar in framework folder
hope that would answer your Questions