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[Q] Is Evo the best or worst thing that's entered your life?

For the people that our lives have been taken over by the addiction of flashing roms, kernels, and fine tweaking our phones on a daily basis. Have you payed less attention to loved ones in your life? Gotten in trouble? "Put that damn phone down for one freakin second!!"
As much as I get yelled at, I still can't put it down! I always get into a lot of trouble, girlfriend being suspicious of texting activities, etc... All i'm doing is playing some robo defense and fruit ninja!
How's everyone else holding up? lol. Do you consider the evo as the best or worst thing that's happened?

I wouldn't day the best thing in my life, but a great power in a way.
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I had a G1 before EVO and that was my first wild phone. I wouldn't say it is the best thing but it is a vital thing in my life. It is sadly also a horrible object that promotes ADD and addiction.
I wouldn't go without it!

I think I would consider it a great enhancement to my personal life.... I have been sorta in the dog house cause of it, but this is the best dog house I ever been in....
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due to vows i recently took, i'm obligated to say my wife is the thing to enter my life
EVO & PS3 are tied at a close second

My fiance comes first, at least to me, but she will beg to differ. Her most famous quote is, "your always on that GOD DAMN PHONE!" I dont think I am. Only when I'm checking Facebook, the forum, engadget, flashing, backups, theming, looking for cool apps, playing angry birds, and what ever else I do on the phone. So I don't see how she don't think I put her first. At least I sleep with her at night and not the phone, even though the phone does have its own spot on the bed next to me.
Freshhh EVO 4G = iPhone 4 murderer

Ruki_Uki said:
My fiance comes first, at least to me, but she will beg to differ. Her most famous quote is, "your always on that GOD DAMN PHONE!" I dont think I am. Only when I'm checking Facebook, the forum, engadget, flashing, backups, theming, looking for cool apps, playing angry birds, and what ever else I do on the phone. So I don't see how she don't think I put her first. At least I sleep with her at night and not the phone, even though the phone does have its own spot on the bed next to me.
Freshhh EVO 4G = iPhone 4 murderer
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Lmao its the same for me!
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jkinnison90 said:
Lmao its the same for me!
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Hahahahaha!!!!! Well at least I can show her she's not alone lol
Freshhh EVO 4G = iPhone 4 murderer

I think jail was the worst thing to happen (so far).
As for the evo, I just gave it to my gf cause it was collecting dust. That's one way to get your old lady off your ass, give her one. When she's playing some stupid game say, "you're always playing with that damned phone and you don't give me any attention anymore"
Payback is a *****
LOL!
One time she was giving me a hard time. She made some comment that maybe you would have more money if you didn't buy a new phone every month. I told her I didn't buy a phone every month and why does she care? She gets the month or two old phone as a hand me down so she has no room to complain. She hasn't said anything since.

Ummmm.... I got my wife an Evo the same day that I got mine.... problem solved

Damn SNESoid and Super Metroid: Prime!!!

I bought my fiance an evo the same day I bought my phone. Got paid for some web design I did and went right out and bought evos lol
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bigblueshock said:
For the people that our lives have been taken over by the addiction of flashing roms, kernels, and fine tweaking our phones on a daily basis. Have you payed less attention to loved ones in your life? Gotten in trouble? "Put that damn phone down for one freakin second!!"
As much as I get yelled at, I still can't put it down! I always get into a lot of trouble, girlfriend being suspicious of texting activities, etc... All i'm doing is playing some robo defense and fruit ninja!
How's everyone else holding up? lol. Do you consider the evo as the best or worst thing that's happened?
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This is awesome, sounds like me and my house. It is definitely an addiction. After HTC 8525, HTC Tilt, all 3 iPhones, HTC Hero, HD2, HTC Desire a couple of others in between and now the EVO. All I hear now is "You and your phones"
There's been many of nights setting at my desk clicking refresh and reading every updated post waiting on the next best thing while she is her thing and still trying to talk to me and I aint hearing a dam thing.
I have thought many times about just getting rid of a smart phone and going back to just having a phone. But I just can't do it. I am ate up with this ****!

LOL!!!
I knew I wasn't the only one...
It's the most amazing electronic device I've ever had, and it had caused it's fair share of relationship stress.. It did get a little easier when my gf got her evo though..
And I agree, it's not the worst doghouse..

I've been a flash-a-holic since my touch pro. windows mobile sucked many hours of my life away. i spent hours modding kitchens, creating provxmls, and creating my own roms.
now... i just wait for a fresh rom update, flash, and done. ahhhh... love android. definately don't tweak it as often as i used to in WM days.... no need to... everything is rock solid with my setup in my sig...

Ill just say my phone lays closer to me in the bed than she does.

it's called balance imho
if you understand what comes first problem solved

I think they should make a tv bases off of us. Something like the show on animal planet, its me or the dog. But we can call it, its me or the EVO. Lmao
Freshhh EVO 4G = iPhone 4 murderer

Sporkman said:
it's called balance imho
if you understand what comes first problem solved
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The phone always turns on for me.
The phone never complains I touch it to much.
The phone will always do what I say.
If I don't like something on the phone, I can change it.
If the phone gets broken or scratched up, I got insurance.
When a newer model comes out it wont get mad if i touch it a bit.
and last but certainly not least:
I CAN PUT THE PHONE ON MUTE!!!!!!!!!!
need i go on its not as simple as balance

nebenezer said:
LOL!!!
I knew I wasn't the only one...
It's the most amazing electronic device I've ever had, and it had caused it's fair share of relationship stress.. It did get a little easier when my gf got her evo though..
And I agree, it's not the worst doghouse..
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Dear Brat:
The schmancy purple case certainly helped resolve some of that "relationship stress".
Oxen,
Teabag

I love my dinc! But what's next?

I'm an original at&t iPhone guy who switched to Verizon about a year ago when the android finally started making me drool over its superior look, feel and operation.
The fact that its open source and has far better customization, sold me in a heartbeat. I started with a Samsung fascinate and was sorely dissapointed. The phone always had bugs and never ran properly. Even after a much awaited froyo update.
I traded my fascinate on craigslist for my dinc about 4 months ago and was very impressed not only with the lack of bugs and lagginess but also at the development that has occurred. The devs for this phone are freakin awesome!!! Thanks guys!!
Now I see dual core processors and larger screens taking over the android market as well as an upcoming iPhone 5 that, I'm sure will live up to the apple name.
My question is simple. Should I keep my dinc until its done, should I upgrade to a newer android device or should I cross back to the dark side and have apple tell me what's good for me once again? Hmmmmmmm.....
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Nothing is worthy of replacing the inc yet. I look daily. Lol
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wollitaj said:
I'm an original at&t iPhone guy who switched to Verizon about a year ago when the android finally started making me drool over its superior look, feel and operation.
The fact that its open source and has far better customization, sold me in a heartbeat. I started with a Samsung fascinate and was sorely dissapointed. The phone always had bugs and never ran properly. Even after a much awaited froyo update.
I traded my fascinate on craigslist for my dinc about 4 months ago and was very impressed not only with the lack of bugs and lagginess but also at the development that has occurred. The devs for this phone are freakin awesome!!! Thanks guys!!
Now I see dual core processors and larger screens taking over the android market as well as an upcoming iPhone 5 that, I'm sure will live up to the apple name.
My question is simple. Should I keep my dinc until its done, should I upgrade to a newer android device or should I cross back to the dark side and have apple tell me what's good for me once again? Hmmmmmmm.....
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It's wall to wall walls in this place!!!
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I'm keeping my Dinc until it's upgrade time (beginning of Jan 2012), and if there is no suitable replacement (for my tastes) then I have no problems sticking with the Dinc. It's a great phone and will still be a great phone in 6 months from now.
As for switching to iPhone, that's a matter of preference. I'm a Mac user that prefers Android over iOS because iOS doesn't have the flexibility and functionality that Android does. I do think that iOS can be prettier and more polished in some ways, but the functionality of an Android phone is worth more than the eye candy of iOS.

I would say the only worthy upgrade seems to be the SGS2(if it has lte) or the Nexus 4G/htc verzion that are rumored for this fall/winter.

ithrewitontheground said:
I would say the only worthy upgrade seems to be the SGS2(if it has lte) or the Nexus 4G/htc verzion that are rumored for this fall/winter.
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HTC Nexus on Verizon *drooool*

I did a long hard search and honestly there is nothing better than the DINC right now.
The Droid incredible 2 I still wouldn't take just because of the lack of development.

I'd be surprised if Verizon would allow a stock phone without bloatware all over the damn place.. I'd love if I was wrong but I wouldn't be surprised if it was still a sprint phone. Saw an article about how sprint is now going to be removing bloatware or making it uninstallable. Pretty respectable move IMO, but I can't see Verizon following suit.

actually the nexus 4g lte is rumored to go to At&t with their new 4g lte network not verizons and sprint sort of exagerates "lies" the removal of bloatware because you can only remove 5 or so apps

Keyboards said:
HTC Nexus on Verizon *drooool*
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Ill tell ya what, if the next nexus is truely an HTC phone on Verizon, I will definitely get it. Its the best of everything android stands for. Open source vanilla OS and superior hardware. HTC is, by far, my top pick for any android phone!!!! And ics, come on.... What more can u ask for?
It's wall to wall walls in this place!!!

TheWhiteBandito said:
I'm keeping my Dinc until it's upgrade time (beginning of Jan 2012), and if there is no suitable replacement (for my tastes) then I have no problems sticking with the Dinc. It's a great phone and will still be a great phone in 6 months from now.
As for switching to iPhone, that's a matter of preference. I'm a Mac user that prefers Android over iOS because iOS doesn't have the flexibility and functionality that Android does. I do think that iOS can be prettier and more polished in some ways, but the functionality of an Android phone is worth more than the eye candy of iOS.
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That's when I have my upgrade option as well and honestly I'm thinking about switching to Sprint. They have been getting some of the best phones lately. When I look at Verizon's line up and upcoming it seems to be all of the same.

JoelZ9614 said:
actually the nexus 4g lte is rumored to go to At&t with their new 4g lte network not verizons and sprint sort of exagerates "lies" the removal of bloatware because you can only remove 5 or so apps
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Hm i didn't see that.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/19/sprints-fared-adib-we-made-a-conscious-decision-to-scale-back/

Man, there STILL isn't anything even being talked about to be released to consider. Disappointing!
The only consolation is that we still have one of the best phones out there.

I have incredible faith (heh heh) in our devs. Seeing as the inc2 has just been rooted and we have the 2 big boys, cm7 and Miui already available for the device, i believe ill be accidentally taking a shower with my Dinc in my pocket in the next few weeks.
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rfarrah said:
Man, there STILL isn't anything even being talked about to be released to consider. Disappointing!
The only consolation is that we still have one of the best phones out there.
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Also, as far as I'm concerned, as long as the devs hold in there with this phone until the end of this year and port ICS, I will probably keep this phone until it dies.
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Im keeping my Incredible until 3/13/13. Then i dont know if my girlfriend gets my upgrade or i do.
ADR6300

What's next is called the Thunderbolt. It's got a screen bright enough to read, battery life... well, anything has batter battery life than a dInc, absolutely stupid-fast 4G, a stupid-fast CPU that EASILY clocks up to 1.6GHz, and a screen big enough for a keyboard. I lived with the dInc for a long time, longer than any other phone I've ever had. I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone can say with a straight face that the original dInc isn't bested yet. There is literally nothing that the dInc does as well, let alone better, than either the Thunderbolt or the dInc2.

k_nivesout said:
I'd be surprised if Verizon would allow a stock phone without bloatware all over the damn place.. I'd love if I was wrong but I wouldn't be surprised if it was still a sprint phone. Saw an article about how sprint is now going to be removing bloatware or making it uninstallable. Pretty respectable move IMO, but I can't see Verizon following suit.
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Verizon gets a small incentive from the companies of the bloatware, that's why they put them on there. and i don't think verizon will ever get a nexus bone stock android phone, i really don't, here is why. Verizon isn't really out there for the consumer, they are out there for the profit. hence why, i mean at t-mobile and ATT, if you want a new phone, no problem, walk into the store, and get one at the upgrade price....in the middle of your contract.
Verizon hasn't gotten the idea of that just yet. plus like other companies, verizon does have shareholders to report to (and they aren't happy, they think the data plan changes will ruin their investment)
the only reason i have verizon is because that's the only carrier here with decent coverege, and they really aren't as bad as people make them out to be.

loonatik78 said:
What's next is called the Thunderbolt. It's got a screen bright enough to read, battery life... well, anything has batter battery life than a dInc,
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that's your oppinion.
loonatik78 said:
absolutely stupid-fast 4G, a stupid-fast CPU that EASILY clocks up to 1.6GHz, and a screen big enough for a keyboard.
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yeah, we can overclock any phone, and switch to landscape mode to type somthing. and 4G isn't nationwide in every single town yet, i want to know people seem to think that. and not everyone wants a big-ass phone in their pockets. i have somtuing called a laptop, and it works just great if i want somthing better than 3.5 inches
loonatik78 said:
I lived with the dInc for a long time, longer than any other phone I've ever had. I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone can say with a straight face that the original dInc isn't bested yet.
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maybe because we have devs who already got it to gingerbread? and with that logic everyone in this country on the roads should be driving brand new 2012 model year cars, right now. people are happy with what they have and they make it better. not everyone has 500+ dollars to spend on a new phone everytime they come out.
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There is literally nothing that the dInc does as well, let alone better, than either the Thunderbolt or the dInc2.
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really? there isn't much difference, gingerbread as i said above, is already on various roms for the dinc. the main selling point for the t-bolt right now is that it's a 4g CAPABLE phone. if you are not in a 4g area, you will get 3g coverege. my area won't get 4g until a few years from now. and no, i don't live in "podunk nebraska" i live in a town of about 48,500+ people.
the way you pimp the freaking t-bolt so much... the thunderbolt threads are down there

Kiboe said:
that's your oppinion.
yeah, we can overclock any phone, and switch to landscape mode to type somthing. and 4G isn't nationwide in every single town yet, i want to know people seem to think that. and not everyone wants a big-ass phone in their pockets. i have somtuing called a laptop, and it works just great if i want somthing better than 3.5 inches
maybe because we have devs who already got it to gingerbread? and with that logic everyone in this country on the roads should be driving brand new 2012 model year cars, right now. people are happy with what they have and they make it better. not everyone has 500+ dollars to spend on a new phone everytime they come out.
really? there isn't much difference, gingerbread as i said above, is already on various roms for the dinc. the main selling point for the t-bolt right now is that it's a 4g CAPABLE phone. if you are not in a 4g area, you will get 3g coverege. my area won't get 4g until a few years from now. and no, i don't live in "podunk nebraska" i live in a town of about 48,500+ people.
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Guess what? I had a dInc2 to play with for a week and I still have my Tbolt and I'm about to kernel up my old dInc, so yeah, I've got a hell of a lot more clue than pretty much everyone on this thread as to what I'm talking about. My dInc has been running GB for quite a while now. So has my Bolt. The dInc2 did EVERYTHING faster than the original, running bone stock firmware!
I'm not gonna make excuses for the Bolt. The firmware for that phone, and a good number of the leaks have been lousy. But, the more recent leaks have yielded absolutely bullet-proof, flowing-water smooth ROMs. The question was "What's next?". That big plate of glass next to me IS what's next. There is no question about it. It's not opinion. As for 4G, when towns like Fostoria, OH pop up with LTE, I'm thinking very broad coverage on this side of the Mississippi is clearly coming.... well before my contract is up. Hell! Even 3G is faster on the dInc2 and Tbolt, if for no other reason than they have the power to render things quicker. I'm glad people are happy with what they have. The dInc was, and still is, a solid, modern phone more capable than many devices to come after it. Too bad it looks pretty dated in light of Tbolts and dInc2's and several other phones. When I read someone write something like "I keep looking and I don't see anything that measures up to the dInc", I'm wondering how much crack they smoke. You're either insane, on drugs, or oblivious to reality to think that.

loonatik78 said:
Guess what? I had a dInc2 to play with for a week and I still have my Tbolt and I'm about to kernel up my old dInc, so yeah, I've got a hell of a lot more clue than pretty much everyone on this thread as to what I'm talking about. My dInc has been running GB for quite a while now. So has my Bolt. The dInc2 did EVERYTHING faster than the original, running bone stock firmware!
I'm not gonna make excuses for the Bolt. The firmware for that phone, and a good number of the leaks have been lousy. But, the more recent leaks have yielded absolutely bullet-proof, flowing-water smooth ROMs. The question was "What's next?". That big plate of glass next to me IS what's next. There is no question about it. It's not opinion. As for 4G, when towns like Fostoria, OH pop up with LTE, I'm thinking very broad coverage on this side of the Mississippi is clearly coming.... well before my contract is up. Hell! Even 3G is faster on the dInc2 and Tbolt, if for no other reason than they have the power to render things quicker. I'm glad people are happy with what they have. The dInc was, and still is, a solid, modern phone more capable than many devices to come after it. Too bad it looks pretty dated in light of Tbolts and dInc2's and several other phones. When I read someone write something like "I keep looking and I don't see anything that measures up to the dInc", I'm wondering how much crack they smoke. You're either insane, on drugs, or oblivious to reality to think that.
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Wow man way to be a total ****. I have an incredible and my brother has a Tbolt, I can honestly say I prefer mine over it.
Besides that, although the Tbolt and INC2 *are* upgrades from the INC- for most people they just aren't worth someone's 2-year contract or full retail to get that sort of an upgrade. You've been out of the INC scene for a while it looks like.. and DEV's here are still putting out loads of stuff every day increasing performance/battery life/features -- moreso than INC2 or Thunderbolt since they've been out a shorter time. The INC2 even has issues now where if you buy it and it comes with GB, you can't even root it.
4G is extremely scarce, if you drive out 5 miles from whatever city you're in then you're out of luck as far as 4G goes. 4G is nowhere in my state yet, not even in our capitol (Richmond) and it looks like it'll be at least a year, probably more until we get it. The 3G, at least where I'm at, is fantastically good. I get 320kb/s on a good day and low 200's/kb/s during peak hours. That's enough to stream Colbert report, download movies (I've downloaded 4 so far) and watch netflix without pauses or hiccups.
So.. even if there WAS 4G in my area there really isn't any need that I get it since I don't normally watch HD movies on a ~4" screen or tether it to a datacenter.
Your opinion and mine.. but you don't need to flaunt around your phone while downing the INC (on our own forums) which is a perfectly awesome phone.

Why do so many people complain so much...

I've had a lot of phones and sold a lot as well. Just recently selling my Photon so that I can grab the Epic Touch. This phone is amazing, but everytime I go to a forum it's always a posts complaining of screen colors, data speeds, screen size etc.
I'm so tired of this stuff it's ridiculous. True this phone has some some flaws like the inability to connect to the media hub right now, but that's minor and I'm sure it'll get fixed. But the threads where people is posting the issues that I stated above, have been talked about forever. And for the complaining of the screen size, everyone knew how big the phone was before it was released and some people even had the chance to play with the phone before actually buying the phone and they still bought it, only to complain later that it's too big or to complain about a another minor issue. Hell, it's even been reviews posted all over youtube from various people. and people still bought the phone...wtf.
As for the data issue, I'm suer people is coming from other devices on sprint, so the data speeds shouldnt be a suprise. In addition, Sprint is working on numerous towers so this could affecting the data speeds.
Then people are complaining about screen color and all that stuff. It takes a very bored person that has nothing to do in life to do than to look and stare at phone screens just to find out the white aren't white, the black colors aren't black enought etc. These are phones...not computers, not Plasma TV's.
All in all, it seem to me that a lot of people is just looking to find something wrong with this phone. It's like they hating on the phone. It's a great phone so people should just deal with it. I know everybody have their own opinions and its cool. But if you go to Evo forums, the Epic Forums..any sprint android phone forum, its the same threads everywhere...data speeds, screen colors...etc.
Lets stop it all and just enjoy this beast of a phone....
Sorry for the rant

And you complain people complaining?
I have not seen people comlain much about this phone, you are not exaggerating are you?
I had EVO 3D I've seen worst.

I agree with justwonder, seems pretty mild to me. It's only natural for people to put the phone through its paces when they get it, it is afterall a 20 month decision and that's fine.

People are more likely to complain than compliment.

justwonder said:
And you complain people complaining?
I have not seen people comlain much about this phone, you are not exaggerating are you?
I had EVO 3D I've seen worst.
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Look...Im not complaining...well maybe...lol. But there has been a few people complaing about the phone. Not here on XDA but on other forums. It's not a big deal to me...I'm loving it so far.
Oh well....

Lets face it, there will never be the "perfect phone" where everything is unbelievably perfect. But this dam phone is pretty dam close!!! Lol

cds0699 said:
I agree with justwonder, seems pretty mild to me. It's only natural for people to put the phone through its paces when they get it, it is afterall a 20 month decision and that's fine.
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Yeah...you're right ..a 20 month decision. But within that 20 month decison and since this will be a 2 year agreement for most of us, did research and watched reviews of the Galaxy S II before we made the final decison.
It's similiar to buying a car. You do research on it before you go out and buy it.
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aaron130 said:
Lets face it, there will never be the "perfect phone" where everything is unbelievably perfect. But this dam phone is pretty dam close!!! Lol
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I totally agree with you. I'm giving you a "thanks" for that one

as was already said compared to what the E3D forum went through this is so mild as to have not even registered on my radar whatsoever. I know there have been a few "this one thing isn't perfect" or "this thing is broken on mine" posts and threads...but...not the onslaught of complaints, valid or not, that you make it seem like. I have not even given it a thought. I also expect them to die down in the next few weeks. Go check in on the E3D forum for a few hours, you'd think the phone came out 12 hours ago from the looks of things, 3 months later.
The phone just came out, frankly it seems like the least bugs and complaints I've ever seen on a rollout of such an anticipated phone.

daneurysm said:
as was already said compared to what the E3D forum went through this is so mild as to have not even registered on my radar whatsoever. I know there have been a few "this one thing isn't perfect" or "this thing is broken on mine" posts and threads...but...not the onslaught of complaints, valid or not, that you make it seem like. I have not even given it a thought. I also expect them to die down in the next few weeks. Go check in on the E3D forum for a few hours, you'd think the phone came out 12 hours ago from the looks of things, 3 months later.
The phone just came out, frankly it seems like the least bugs and complaints I've ever seen on a rollout of such an anticipated phone.
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lol...Having owned the OG Evo and the Evo 3D, I already know about the Evo forums.
Yeah, I haven't noticed that many bugs with this phone either. I talked my cousin into exchanging his photon for one today.

plmiller0905 said:
Yeah...you're right ..a 20 month decision. But within that 20 month decison and since this will be a 2 year agreement for most of us, did research and watched reviews of the Galaxy S II before we made the final decison.
It's similiar to buying a car. You do research on it before you go out and buy it.
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But those comlaints help people research better than those review sites.
Before I bought EVO 3D, I knew exactly what flaws the phone has, because of people complaining, you wouldn't find that in those review website.
So let people complaining, it would help other decide it's a deal breaker or not...

OP: Dude its not ridiculous....that's what forums are for.
Don't tell other people they're ridiculous when they "complain" about things they're frustrated with or don't understand cause THATS what ruins forums.
Think I said this but that's what forums are for.
There are and will be solutions to improve a lot of what you think are ridiculous complaints.
Just don't go to those threads if you can't offer something constructive...no worries.
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Some men have vaginas. They complain.
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Wow a complainer complaining about complainers, ha
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plmiller0905 said:
Look...Im not complaining...well maybe...lol. But there has been a few people complaing about the phone. Not here on XDA but on other forums. It's not a big deal to me...I'm loving it so far.
Oh well....
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Cool story bro

The Opinion Of A Sprint Employee

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I thought this was about "the announcement", lol.
I don't feel myself looking forward to the next phone on the horizon I'm actually satisfied with what I have for once.
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I actually identify with this, after coming from a Moment to a Hero to an EVO4G quickly...had that for a year, happily, then to an E3D, to ANOTHER E3D, to an NS4G, to ANOTHER E3D, considered the photon but wasn't impressed, and finally to the ET4G I agree whole heartedly.
I anticipated just jumping to the Nexus Prime ASAP, but, I think I'll hang onto this device for a while....and this is before I've done any more than flash CWM in preparation.

xReMiNGToN said:
I'm currently a Sprint employee and I work at an Indirect retailer/service & repair center. I'll be the first to admit that I have a serious phone addiction. I somehow end up getting all the new phones right when they launch and get to play with all the ones I don't get to carry personally. My family has a business plan with 17 lines so I'm always able to somehow squeeze and upgrade out, do a "Repair" swap to a comparable model, or employee purchase a phone.
My girlfriend has had an iPhone 4 since launch and even though I used to carry one for awhile I've grown to resent them. My first Android upon working here was a Samsung Epic which I loved at first (coming from an iPhone 3G) but as I loaded more apps on it I watched it become laggy and seen it develop quite an overheating problem. I was extremely close to going back with an iPhone then I found this site and began experimenting with rooting and custom roms and now I'm hooked.
So to flash forward since my Epic days (sorry I've been rambling) I've went from a Nexus S to a EVO 3D to a HTC Arrive (tried something new and yeah didn't work out) to a Motorola Photon and now finally a Galaxy S II. Needless to say every single phone I've had up until this one had issues I just couldn't cope with. My nexus got horrible signal wherever I was at and 3G was practically worthless. I was so hyped about the 3D and when it launched the first one I had was defective and my second would freeze and lag constantly. To top it all off about 30% of the ones we would sell were defective out of the box. It's hard to have love for a phone that you sell to someone only to see them come back the next day ready to rip your head off. After that I figured I'd try something new and went with an HTC Arrive. I'll spare you the details lets just say a week into it and I was done. So I decided to go with the Photon and for the most part I liked it other then the horrible UI (Customer Launchers saved me) and the silent call issue that plagued it.
I'd been reading about the GSII for awhile and once I heard it was coming to Sprint I had to make sure I could get it on Launch. Enough calls into Sprint got me my upgrade early and I took the bait and dove right in not knowing exactly what new "issues" I'd be getting myself into. It's been almost a week since I've had mine and I can say without a doubt that I've never ever owned a phone this amazing. Everything about it is superb from the screen, to the UI, and the sleek design. I haven't had NOT ONE single problem with this phone and to me that's saying something. Traditionally almost all of our Samsung devices have been crap. Plain and simple. This phone was bashed by all my coworkers before launch because of the bad name Samsung had made for themselves. Now they're just as amazed as I am. I don't feel myself looking forward to the next phone on the horizon I'm actually satisfied with what I have for once.
I know this post is nothing but rambling but honestly this phone is everything I've ever hoped for and more. Once the roms start pouring in I truly feel it will be a short while before this phone is dethroned as King. I guess I made this post just to see how everyone else was feeling about there phone and if anyone has had similar issues with past phones and now finds themselves satisfied.
This is my first post on here so don't flame me too hard =) Any thoughts/experiences would be appreciated especially from anyone else who shares my phone addiction lol
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im an ex-employee so i totally feel you and your addiction. Its a serious issue, and an expensive one lol.
But yes your right. When I bought the 3d, my dude that still works there tried to talk me out of buying it. Because of the power and signal issues. Of course like a idiot I still did. Wanted to love that thing so bad.
Im going to also agree with you 1000%. This is my DREAM phone. Ive lost sleep over the s2. When i heard Sprint was getting it, I literally thought about nothing else than the Epic Touch, aside from women and money. This thing is awesome. ****t, the only thing I want is higher resolution, but even with that I love this phone. I cant imagine what the next one will be like, but for the FIRST time in my life, I AM TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH A PHONE!!!

Yes my addiction to crack started when I was..oh wait...your talking phones...Like you my friend I have had every phone you listed (except the Arrive...my god man what were you thinking!) and this is the best phone I have owned..hands down. No problems...yet. Great camera and fast. I love it!

I will agree. I was happy with the HTC Incredible based on what was available and told myself that no matter how bad I wanted a new phone no 'feature" would be worth the upgrade until dual-core chips hit. Yes I jumped on the LTE band wagon but quickly realized that was far from ready for daily use. Then they(dual-core) hit and man its been disappointing till the chip Samsung used( Exynos). That chip with the GPU totally blows anything else out of the water.

Maybe just stick to iphone if android gives you so much trouble? I'm pretty sure there are lots of users on this forum that use Epic1, Nexus S and Evo 3D with no problems.

+1 from me. Nice write up, thanks.

BenKranged said:
Maybe just stick to iphone if android gives you so much trouble? I'm pretty sure there are lots of users on this forum that use Epic1, Nexus S and Evo 3D with no problems.
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Every thing i was reading was great until this, you had to mention the iPhone and to top ot off, recommended sticking with it if Android gives you problems. Expecially if you're talking about the E4GT, man what were you thinking.
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acrown said:
Every thing i was reading was great until this, you had to mention the iPhone and to top ot off, recommended sticking with it if Android gives you problems. Expecially if you're talking about the E4GT, man what were you thinking.
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+1 this post was pointless. Anywhoo. Back to the subject at hand
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Success100 said:
im an ex-employee so i totally feel you and your addiction. Its a serious issue, and an expensive one lol.
But yes your right. When I bought the 3d, my dude that still works there tried to talk me out of buying it. Because of the power and signal issues. Of course like a idiot I still did. Wanted to love that thing so bad.
Im going to also agree with you 1000%. This is my DREAM phone. Ive lost sleep over the s2. When i heard Sprint was getting it, I literally thought about nothing else than the Epic Touch, aside from women and money. This thing is awesome. ****t, the only thing I want is higher resolution, but even with that I love this phone. I cant imagine what the next one will be like, but for the FIRST time in my life, I AM TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH A PHONE!!!
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most definately i am very satisfied with this phone just stock. thats amazing to say cuz i was a flashoholic. from the og evo. i can root but no need to since im on vacation only needed it for work. and the resolution is a small minus but dont mind really the screen looks amazing everywhere. my real minus is kickstand. coming froma evo i miss the hell out of it

I thought sprint employee don't get the phone untill 2 or three week because customer are the one paying the most and they should be the first to have it?.......I am under an employee account ( SWAC ) and sprint wouldn't let me buy the phone at all. They keep saying it's one of the disadvantage of being under this plan, but is more advantage than have a regular plan. God DAMN! I can't wait till is available to buy ( BUT WHEN?).........It was kinda funny on launch day I went to sprint store and they told I can't buy it cause I'm under employee account......I was like WTF! than why ya let me buy the gift card to reserve for the Epic 4G Touch?...they was like, well....who ever sold you that card should of known better, we are really sorry......I was like can I have my refund?......they said, No, we can't refund but you can use to buy any sprint product........I was like, can I use it to buy the phone when is available for SWAC plan?........they said, ummmm maybe... I said...CRAP! bye!!!!

I dont have any desire to worry about any phone coming out after getting this phone. It does everything I need it to better than any other phone I have come across.

Vega said:
most definately i am very satisfied with this phone just stock. thats amazing to say cuz i was a flashoholic. from the og evo. i can root but no need to since im on vacation only needed it for work. and the resolution is a small minus but dont mind really the screen looks amazing everywhere. my real minus is kickstand. coming froma evo i miss the hell out of it
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I miss the kickstand dearly, but funny thing is I never actually used it as a kickstand. I just fidgeted with it ALL THE TIME. Now I have nothing to fidget with so I swipe through my home panels near compulsively.

I went from a Razr to a crap cricket phone to helio ocean to palm pixi to hero to epic 4g to inspire 4g to evo and finally to eptouch

acrown said:
Every thing i was reading was great until this, you had to mention the iPhone and to top ot off, recommended sticking with it if Android gives you problems. Expecially if you're talking about the E4GT, man what were you thinking.
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The guy said he used to use iphone and had problems with the epic1, nexus s and evo 3D, which are all good android phones. I was suggesting the problem was the user not the android phones.

yang704 said:
I thought sprint employee don't get the phone untill 2 or three week because customer are the one paying the most and they should be the first to have it?.......I am under an employee account ( SWAC ) and sprint wouldn't let me buy the phone at all. They keep saying it's one of the disadvantage of being under this plan, but is more advantage than have a regular plan. God DAMN! I can't wait till is available to buy ( BUT WHEN?).........It was kinda funny on launch day I went to sprint store and they told I can't buy it cause I'm under employee account......I was like WTF! than why ya let me buy the gift card to reserve for the Epic 4G Touch?...they was like, well....who ever sold you that card should of known better, we are really sorry......I was like can I have my refund?......they said, No, we can't refund but you can use to buy any sprint product........I was like, can I use it to buy the phone when is available for SWAC plan?........they said, ummmm maybe... I said...CRAP! bye!!!!
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Sprint employees can't buy it yet. That's how it always is they have to wait a while before high end phones to become available to them. HOWEVER...one person per corporate store gets designated to be an advocate, and are responsible for making sure the staff is well informed on it and handling customer questions about it, and they get to keep the phone because of it. I was the advocate for the palm pre and OG Evo
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_MetalHead_ said:
I miss the kickstand dearly, but funny thing is I never actually used it as a kickstand. I just fidgeted with it ALL THE TIME. Now I have nothing to fidget with so I swipe through my home panels near compulsively.
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Haha.... yeah I always used the battery cover clip on my Captivate and flicked it back and forth...
I think all phones should have a dedicated fidget system...

Zurginator said:
Haha.... yeah I always used the battery cover clip on my Captivate and flicked it back and forth...
I think all phones should have a dedicated fidget system...
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So true. I barely ever used my E4G kickstand but boy did I miss it when it was gone.

yang704 said:
I thought sprint employee don't get the phone untill 2 or three week because customer are the one paying the most and they should be the first to have it?.......I am under an employee account ( SWAC ) and sprint wouldn't let me buy the phone at all. They keep saying it's one of the disadvantage of being under this plan, but is more advantage than have a regular plan. God DAMN! I can't wait till is available to buy ( BUT WHEN?).........It was kinda funny on launch day I went to sprint store and they told I can't buy it cause I'm under employee account......I was like WTF! than why ya let me buy the gift card to reserve for the Epic 4G Touch?...they was like, well....who ever sold you that card should of known better, we are really sorry......I was like can I have my refund?......they said, No, we can't refund but you can use to buy any sprint product........I was like, can I use it to buy the phone when is available for SWAC plan?........they said, ummmm maybe... I said...CRAP! bye!!!!
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He's not a Sprint employee. Indirect dealers are not Sprint employees, they work for a company that has a reseller agreement with Sprint.
He also said he has a family plan with 17 lines, so he got it on a non employee line, then moved it to his line. I know indirect employees get a discounted line, not sure how much it is though.

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[Q] Any former Evo 3D users here?

I've noticed a lot of familiar faces around here, how many people here came from the Evo 3D? I used to think once the Evo got AOSP the phone would work better. I wish I had waited for this phone with my upgrade! I bought this on Ebay, I just couldn't take the lag anymore. It's such a night and day difference. Are you other folks satisfied with the switch?

Hell yes this phone is night and day better than evo3d.... There is no looking back from here
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i came from the evo 3d and all i gotta say is i dont miss that thing one bit....
before you ever switch phones i must suggest this rom for your pleasure :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323763

Glad I made the move. Even sold back my EVO3D with a broken screen to Sprint for $125 and bought the 4G Touch on Amazon for $79. Win win! If I could only access the 3D images and vids women volunteered to test for me...

Lol I trade my 3d straight across for this last weekend. It has been the best trade ever. I had the vibrant on tmo so its like coming home with this phone and using Odin.
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Traded my evo3d for a photon, then got this bad boy. I couldn't stand the 16:9 screen of the 3D.

I made the switch from the Evo3d last week...wish I has made the move sooner...

I wish I hadn't listened to people saying this phone was poor quality, I was so wrong

Best move I ever made!!!

PaulB007 said:
I wish I hadn't listened to people saying this phone was poor quality, I was so wrong
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ya I have both and love this phone without a doubt. I like how in the htc forums they call this phone junk. it runs circles around that phone. I love the screen. I havent had one build quality problem since day one. even tho they said I would. i did however have multiple issues with the 3d over a couple of them. also as far as samsung being shady with updates. not for this phone! this is getting Ice cream sandwich very soon. I laugh everytime I see one of those threads. they don't realize how easywe have it over here where there is no need for a site like htcdev.com to unlock a bootloader like the evo 3d needs. welcome to the green side

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ya I have both and love this phone without a doubt. I like how in the htc forums they call this phone junk. it runs circles around that phone. I love the screen. I havent had one build quality problem since day one. even tho they said I would. i did however have multiple issues with the 3d over a couple of them. also as far as samsung being shady with updates. not for this phone! this is getting Ice cream sandwich very soon. I laugh everytime I see one of those threads. they don't realize how easywe have it over here where there is no need for a site like htcdev.com to unlock a bootloader like the evo 3d needs. welcome to the green side
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I was biased towards Samsung and was half expecting non stop problems and deal with the LOS and the soundpool bug for the next six months or more, and forget about ICS...maybe in 2014.
Samsung proved me wrong on all accounts.

Ya, I am glad I switched. I thought HTC was so cool. It was like thinking a Geo Storm was cool back in 1996. Ya, it ain't sh!t compared to my Audi turbo with panoramic sunroof. You would think the people at Sprint would have said, hey, don't buy the 3d. It is a POS. I looked at the photon but I couldn't get use to that pixel thing going on with the screen

I got the Evo 3D on launch day...in November, this phone came up for a penny on Amazon, and I had to go for it. When it came in, I was shocked at how much smoother and faster it was than the Evo.
I'm definitely glad that I made the switch.

Yes, sold my 3vo.

had the 3d sold it and now I am rocking this beauty!!

I love this phone I just wish it had a better build, I'm not a fan of Samsung plastic. Other than taht it blows the 3d out the water. I still have my 3d because I gave it my sister but still love flashing Roms on it :b.

I liked my 3d. I just like this phone more. Coming from an og evo, I was bummed with the slightly smaller screen, weaker speaker and camera.

Gps seems better on 3vo but that is it. Literally. This thing could run the entire evo in a widget.
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robber said:
Gps seems better on 3vo but that is it. Literally. This thing could run the entire evo in a widget.
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Is Samsung known for less than spectacular gps? My last Samsung was a Moment and the GPS was horrible.

Rob the plumber said:
Is Samsung known for less than spectacular gps? My last Samsung was a Moment and the GPS was horrible.
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While my ET is in repair (unbricking service), I'm running Evo3D. It's just not as snappy as ET. There are some inexplicable lags.