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Reviews..

lets see if we can add the reviews to one thread so they'll be easy to find.
Here are two I just got real quick ...
Wirefly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3p8UaIpsoY
Mobile Burn ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEijRctiodk

Here are all the reviews/unboxings I've seen:
MobileBurn part 1 and 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgWwD0YY_hE&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3oyI1SMfkA&feature=player_embedded
BWOne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MzAswTazUk&feature=player_embedded#!
Slashgear:
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-review-12178752/
Phandroid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8e_BIGwSbg&feature=youtu.be
Androidpolice:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/09/13/initial-hands-on-with-the-samsung-epic-4g-touch-for-sprint/

Here is probably the most thorough review you will find.
Courtesy of Anandtech.com
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/

Lisa from MobileTechReviews (She does great reviews) has a review coming tomorrow... she just got it today.

Sweet Guys !

Khilbron said:
Here is probably the most thorough review you will find.
Courtesy of Anandtech.com
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/
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Anand's review talks about the 2nd microphone used for noise cancellation. But it seems the Epic 4G Touch is missing this feature.

Here's a first impression from wired:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/samsung-galaxy-s2-epic-4g/

The best is yet to come...
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Korey_Nicholson said:
The best is yet to come...
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Yeah, looking forward to our Whosdaman review.
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WhiteZero said:
Anand's review talks about the 2nd microphone used for noise cancellation. But it seems the Epic 4G Touch is missing this feature.
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To be honest that feature on my E3D irritates the hell out of me. When *I* am in a setting on a phone call *I* hear the noise and it's usually very confusing that other people can't...I usually talk louder to compensate for the noise and only get asked "why do you sound like that" or "why are you yelling?"....it is especially effective with the exactl (constant, droning and predictable) type of background noise I work around. Perfect fit? No way, I have old school ears and sensibilities...the fact that someone I am having a conversation with isn't aware of or affected by the same sound that is ruining my day 10 hours a day for years, well, it's hard remember....Screw who I'm talking to, how about a phone that eliminates background noise for me? Besides, if I'm clearly busy (or trying to sound like it) the last thing I need is for my phone to make it seem like I'm in a quiet room with nothing going on.
Cool technology...the very concept of phase cancellation is what fascinated me enough as a child 2 decades ago to study sound, reproduction, recording and engineering in the first place...but...I will not miss it one bit.

Wirefly part 2 is up.
My post count isn't high enough to post the link.
Cheers

gaspowered1 said:
Wirefly part 2 is up.
My post count isn't high enough to post the link.
Cheers
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Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWLhxTbeEk

gaspowered1 said:
Wirefly part 2 is up.
My post count isn't high enough to post the link.
Cheers
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Allow me
EDIT: MetalHead beat me to it. lol

anyone say how much memory is available to apps?

churro7 said:
anyone say how much memory is available to apps?
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2gb, there was a screen shot of the available space in one of the video reviews. I'm sorry, I don't remember which one.
Cheers

sweet thx
10char

Anyone noticed that the BWOne review there was a HDMI adapter while other reviews such as the AndroidPolice didn't come with one? What the heck?
Edit: From AndroidPolice "Yes, it did, but it wasn't in the phone box. It was in a bag, stuck in the shipping box separately. Thus, I didn't mention it in the unboxing."
Mystery solved.

PC World Review
I hear that the HDMI adapter doesn't come with it, at least its not part of whats in the box... speculation though, i am praying it does.

Okay special requests for my review will need to be sent by PM. I will include every request as necessary. So far the only major request I've had is signal comparison. And so far I can say that the Epic Touch is one bar stronger then the Nexus S 4G. I haven't been able to test 4G yet...

Found a couple new unboxing videos. Man my life is lame right now.
Pocketnow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bORdFDO8318
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Phonedog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Qi_XZNfk8&feature=player_embedded#!

Finally an app that completes the SGS2... SPEAKTOIT

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speaktoit.assistant&feature=search_result
This app def completes the SGS2 experience.

haha this **** is just like siri!! thanks bro

I agree! I really like it -- the best was the night we were testing it and my 10 year old walked up and said "Fart" -- the phone responded "You should really learn some manners!"
It doesn't always respond with the same answer, but the look on my kids face was priceless!!

Nice. also jeannie is another app similar to this and pretty good
Sent from my Galaxy S2

If u talk dirty to it it will tell you off...lmao

mmmajor said:
If u talk dirty to it it will tell you off...lmao
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why are you trying to hook up with your assistant man?? That's pretty sad and sick.. are you going to try to bang one of the tiny holes in the phone.. I'm sure it will fit and have plenty of wiggle room left over ;-P

This app works pretty good! A few more updates and it will be as good as Siri.

Yeah it's not bad at all. My kid will have a blast with it.
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well yeh the program is pretty neat
but basically, my main use will be to pull this out when some iphone person wants to tout Siri on me

SayWhat10 said:
well yeh the program is pretty neat
but basically, my main use will be to pull this out when some iphone person wants to tout Siri on me
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I did that in my psyc class. This girl came in with her shiny new iphone 4s and showed me Siri, I tried to show her speaktoit but the damn thing kept telling me it couldnt connect.. made me look bad.. hahaha
Have you guys tried iris as well? It's another one for android that was made to be like siri

http://www.pcworld.com/article/243302/want_siri_on_your_android_phone_try_these_apps.html

Just came across this one too: https://market.android.com/details?...wsImNvbS5ibHVldG9ybmFkb3NmLnNtYXJ0eXBhbnRzIl0.

graffixnyc said:
I did that in my psyc class. This girl came in with her shiny new iphone 4s and showed me Siri, I tried to show her speaktoit but the damn thing kept telling me it couldnt connect.. made me look bad.. hahaha
Have you guys tried iris as well? It's another one for android that was made to be like siri
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You have to have a strong signal...

Beats Audio now unofficially available for all Android devices

http://phandroid.com/2012/03/04/bea...es/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

what's good about beats? seems like it's all hype

So along with the 10+ threads we have about ICS for the international GSII (that don't help us at all) are we gonna see 10+ threads on how Beats can be ported to any Android device now?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525172
and the actual thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226

The download list says it works for samsung devices. I am testing it now.

I really hope this doesn't bring an influx of "does this ROM have Beats?" questions.
It's vastly overhyped and to an extent, the sound quality isn't any better than what you can configure with Poweramp.

synergeticink said:
The download list says it works for samsung devices. I am testing it now.
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Its already being integrated into paradox rom.
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Which one should we actually flash?
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Just installed it, I can tell a difference. Too bad there is no control app for it.

Man not this again. Flashed it last time and then he said that it was fake and didn't really do anything. what's the difference with this one?
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darkside79 said:
Man not this again. Flashed it last time and then he said that it was fake and didn't really do anything. what's the difference with this one?
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Ill have it ready for everyone tomorrow
I didnt look at this one yet.
The other wasnt fake...it just put the files in the wrong places..it was missing a few extras as well
M&S

Master&Slave™ said:
Ill have it ready for everyone tomorrow
I didnt look at this one yet.
The other wasnt fake...it just put the files in the wrong places..it was missing a few extras as well
M&S
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Ur a beast Bro hope u bring it soon so when I go to the gym tmrw I can rock out even better... keep up the great work
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Master&Slave™ said:
Ill have it ready for everyone tomorrow
I didnt look at this one yet.
The other wasnt fake...it just put the files in the wrong places..it was missing a few extras as well
M&S
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Your awesome man!!

Wont install on Tmo GSII
From My S II (T989)
or My Asus TF201

LpSk8r said:
Wont install on Tmo GSII
From My S II (T989)
or My Asus TF201
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Poor guy
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LpSk8r said:
Wont install on Tmo GSII
From My S II (T989)
or My Asus TF201
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I was able to install it, and it worked.

LpSk8r said:
Wont install on Tmo GSII
From My S II (T989)
or My Asus TF201
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Worked for me...you may want to try again.

Is there a particular reason people don't like Beats? I haven't tried it, but it seems to be immensely popular although I'm sure a lot of that is due to trendiness.
Even Starbucks made good coffee at one point....

opiate46 said:
Is there a particular reason people don't like Beats? I haven't tried it, but it seems to be immensely popular although I'm sure a lot of that is due to trendiness.
Even Starbucks made good coffee at one point....
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My reasoning is as follows.
On the Beats Audio HW side, it is overprices POS that lives on name brand along, much like BOSE. This is not to say the Hardware is bad, but rather that it is highly over-priced for what you get and can often get better quality for 1/3rd or less of the MSRP if you buy other brands.
As for the SW side of things Beats audio artificially increases the the lower end of the audio spectrum through audio "enhancement" algorithms which actually colors the sound and effects not only the Lower Bass but Mid-bass as well and imho ruins the music. It ruins it by changing the sound signature drastically from the original. Basically from all I have seen through wave-guide charts is that it adds or amplifies all frequencies under 120hz to be at an equal or higher level than the highest output for a single frequency. In short, it makes all music sound heavy in bass whether or not it was the artists original intention.

Can't say that's what I want happening to my music then. Thanks for the fairly detailed explanation.
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Raistline said:
My reasoning is as follows.
On the Beats Audio HW side, it is overprices POS that lives on name brand along, much like BOSE. This is not to say the Hardware is bad, but rather that it is highly over-priced for what you get and can often get better quality for 1/3rd or less of the MSRP if you buy other brands.
As for the SW side of things Beats audio artificially increases the the lower end of the audio spectrum through audio "enhancement" algorithms which actually colors the sound and effects not only the Lower Bass but Mid-bass as well and imho ruins the music. It ruins it by changing the sound signature drastically from the original. Basically from all I have seen through wave-guide charts is that it adds or amplifies all frequencies under 120hz to be at an equal or higher level than the highest output for a single frequency. In short, it makes all music sound heavy in bass whether or not it was the artists original intention.
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I hope more people realize this. People at my gym walking around with these headsets on their heads thinking "look, I'm cool and I got swag cuz I'm wearing Dre by Beats"

pop up play for HOX

Is there any such mod for the one X which is comparable to the "pop up play" feature in the SGS3?
This might be a deal breaker for me because i often watch a lot of video on the go to pass the time while travelling, i would like to be able to do other things whilst watching the video at the same time.
Maybe something for devs to work on if they havnt already done it?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.stickit

nis-gens said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.stickit
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Haha wow I never knew such an app existed, thanks!

lostunsunghero said:
Is there any such mod for the one X which is comparable to the "pop up play" feature in the SGS3?
This might be a deal breaker for me because i often watch a lot of video on the go to pass the time while travelling, i would like to be able to do other things whilst watching the video at the same time.
Maybe something for devs to work on if they havnt already done it?
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Just like IPhone, Samsung Copies it and now everyone thinks It's revolutionary.
It's Nothing new, I've been using it for the last 6 months.
Overskreen- A pop up Browser that you can on top of the screen.
Stick It- A pop up video player which you can use on top of the Screen, And It's much better than Samsung's Pop up play, as you can use it with any media and as many videos at once as you like.

TommUK said:
Just like IPhone, Samsung Copies it and now everyone thinks It's revolutionary.
It's Nothing new, I've been using it for the last 6 months.
Overskreen- A pop up Browser that you can on top of the screen.
Stick It- A pop up video player which you can use on top of the Screen, And It's much better than Samsung's Pop up play, as you can use it with any media and as many videos at once as you like.
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When did i say it was revolutionary? I just liked the idea of being able to watch video and browse the web at the same time. I had never heard of the app because i never activley sought after something like that, when it was announced at the SGS3 event i thought hmm what a great idea, i wonder if anyone else has already done this. Hence the opening line in my OP dumbass

TommUK said:
Just like IPhone, Samsung Copies it and now everyone thinks It's revolutionary.
It's Nothing new, I've been using it for the last 6 months.
Overskreen- A pop up Browser that you can on top of the screen.
Stick It- A pop up video player which you can use on top of the Screen, And It's much better than Samsung's Pop up play, as you can use it with any media and as many videos at once as you like.
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Didn't Samsung come out with the idea first in their galaxy tabs and the Samsung apps?
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lostunsunghero said:
When did i say it was revolutionary? I just liked the idea of being able to watch video and browse the web at the same time. I had never heard of the app because i never activley sought after something like that, when it was announced at the SGS3 event i thought hmm what a great idea, i wonder if anyone else has already done this. Hence the opening line in my OP dumbass
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I don't believe Tommy was having a dig at you? Maybe you're a bit naive or you have a paranoia issue? But calling him a dumbass after just informing you on where the idea came from seems pretty "dumbass" to me.
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lostunsunghero said:
When did i say it was revolutionary? I just liked the idea of being able to watch video and browse the web at the same time. I had never heard of the app because i never activley sought after something like that, when it was announced at the SGS3 event i thought hmm what a great idea, i wonder if anyone else has already done this. Hence the opening line in my OP dumbass
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Excuse me? I never meant to touch on your insecurities....
I was merely talking about Samsung, not you. Wow some people.

hey guys just wanted to say hello

Man ive had this beast of a phone for a little over a week now and I must say I FRIGGIN love it.. Everyday i have come across something i didnt know this phone could do.. the s pen is awesome.. I love my gs3 but this phone is a totally different animal.. Its everything ive always wanted in a phone.. the music is more crisp and a little louder the pics i take are just so clear.. ive found my soulmate.. lol
Anyway just wanted to share the love.. anyone on the lines of if they should get this phone are the nexus 4 do yourself a favor and get this.. the screen the s pen and soon the true multitasking.. its a nobrainer this phone is OFF DA CHAIN.. Anyhow just wanted to share... I love when i put my headphones in and it automatically goes right to my music.. MUCH LOVE!!! im out..

Same here i had the gs3 for a week then the note 1 until the 2 came out...and this is by far the best phone i ever had...the first phone i didnt feel the need to root and run a custom rom on
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recepo1 said:
Same here i had the gs3 for a week then the note 1 until the 2 came out...and this is by far the best phone i ever had...the first phone i didnt feel the need to root and run a custom rom on
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Exactly i usually rooted my phone cause i wanted particular things the Rom would have to offer.. this phone has every Damn thing I've wanted.. on one serious note tho just my opinion.. i really don't think aokp are cyanogen would really be right with this phone.. i don't wanna get flamed i just think with what this device does we would lose allot of particulars of why we purchased it.. as i said just my opinion..
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think i will buy one myself!

PA212 said:
think i will buy one myself!
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You should bro you won't be disappointed.. gs2 to gs3 there were some differences.. but coming from gs3 to this phone...Wow!!! I'm just totally amazed with what it does.. just like this morning i used the s pen to check out my emails.. my phone started reading me each one when i hovered over each one just another awesome thing it does...
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I've had this phone for two weeks now and like the OP, I find new things with it every day. Battery life is great! UI is smooth! I haven't had any issues with it. Only android device I've owned prior to this was a rooted htc hero (sprint). I went to an iPhone for awhile and I'm glad I waited till now to switch back! Once you've got a taste of a big screen. You don't want to go back to anything smaller. :laugh:
Looking forward to rooting this baby and trying out the different roms!
Also, glad to be back in the xda community! :victory:

Agreed that this phone is awesome. It's honestly the best phone I've ever owned by far. The S-Pen is quite cool as well. I'm always finding uses for it.
BTW, if you haven't checked it out yet, check out Samsung's user guide app for it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.co.samsung.note_2
I usually root my phones but I don't think I will on this one, at least not for a while. I don't think it's a good idea anyway because I don't want to have any issues when T-Mobile gets around to pushing and OTA update for LTE.

kidchunks said:
I've had this phone for two weeks now and like the OP, I find new things with it every day. Battery life is great! UI is smooth! I haven't had any issues with it. Only android device I've owned prior to this was a rooted htc hero (sprint). I went to an iPhone for awhile and I'm glad I waited till now to switch back! Once you've got a taste of a big screen. You don't want to go back to anything smaller. :laugh:
Looking forward to rooting this baby and trying out the different roms!
Also, glad to be back in the xda community! :victory:
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Yeah i feel ya. so much more to do with ALL android devices.. I had a htc hd2 back a few years ago i liked the screen on it but it didnt have android market it had the windows apps... jesus i started missing android quite quickly.. i never rooted a phone when i had the hd2 didnt even know about rooting in the first place... the vibrant changed all that.. I may mess around with kernels but im really happy with what i have in this phone....

_Motoki_ said:
Agreed that this phone is awesome. It's honestly the best phone I've ever owned by far. The S-Pen is quite cool as well. I'm always finding uses for it.
BTW, if you haven't checked it out yet, check out Samsung's user guide app for it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.co.samsung.note_2
I usually root my phones but I don't think I will on this one, at least not for a while. I don't think it's a good idea anyway because I don't want to have any issues when T-Mobile gets around to pushing and OTA update for LTE.
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Thanks motoki VERY GOOD stuff bro....

_Motoki_ said:
Agreed that this phone is awesome. It's honestly the best phone I've ever owned by far. The S-Pen is quite cool as well. I'm always finding uses for it.
BTW, if you haven't checked it out yet, check out Samsung's user guide app for it:
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Thanks! :good:
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I usually root my phones but I don't think I will on this one, at least not for a while. I don't think it's a good idea anyway because I don't want to have any issues when T-Mobile gets around to pushing and OTA update for LTE.
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I agree, I'm happy with how the phone is running now and don't find a need to root it. Although those roms coming out are looking VERY tempting!

Cant say i wont ever root this phone but as of yet i dont see the need to and i paid the outright price of 700 i think it was worth every penny
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hey go to the samsung app store and get the photo editor its free and it damn good btw..