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My girl is wanting one of these epic touch phones but I read a lot about it. From overheating to the LOS to the closing games thing. Has this update improved on any of these?
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I haven't experienced Los in a month.
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Does it improve the other issues
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donsh00tmesanta said:
Does it improve the other issues
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To be honest i haven't even updated anything but my modem however I have never really had any issues with overheating or los. The game issue was with a few games but the games i really enjoy don't have any problems.
Games such as brother in arms, dead space, backstab, and nova 2. So depends on what games she likes it maybe an issue.
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donsh00tmesanta said:
My girl is wanting one of these epic touch phones but I read a lot about it. From overheating to the LOS to the closing games thing. Has this update improved on any of these?
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it has improved a lot. have not experienced any force closes since EG30 and Los. and the overheating doesnt happen unless ur watching or playing games for over 2-3 hours which every phone over heats. im currently on EL26 the latest build and to my opinion the battery improved. unplugged my phone at 7am to go to work ( texting/few calls and gaming) and came back at 6pm with 73% battery left.
Never heard anything about overheating on the E4GT.
The others have, to the best of my knowledge, been fixed. LoS has disappeared, and all the games that previously crashed for me no longer do so.
Nice nice thanks guys I think this will make a great late Xmas gift
I am seeing so many builds but they aren't ICS, are they meant to fix something?
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donsh00tmesanta said:
Nice nice thanks guys I think this will make a great late Xmas gift
I am seeing so many builds but they aren't ICS, are they meant to fix something?
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well the point is its kinda hard to get ics on the E4GT because of TW, but im pretty sure we'll be seeing ICS soon just be patient
O I realize that....I have a Nexus S so I will probably be seeing it sooner....since this will be for my girl its ok lol I am just curious as to more leaks.....
I've had the Nexus S 4G with ICS on it, and a few other phones, and this by far is my favorite phone so far. Beautiful display, fast and the newest update seems to have made my signal better.
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donsh00tmesanta said:
O I realize that....I have a Nexus S so I will probably be seeing it sooner....since this will be for my girl its ok lol I am just curious as to more leaks.....
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well u seem to have picked a really nice phone for ur girl, probably the best phone out there right now lol. well ICS isnt new to me since i have the galaxy nexus already, so im not really hiked up about it. I just want to see how it performs on the E4GT cause right now my E4GT runs a lot smoother and faster than my Galaxy Nexus the only thing that i like better on the galaxy nexus is Verizons LTE lol.
Are you talking about the epic touch?
Are y'all saying I should get the touch and give her the nexus s? Lol
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I've had the Nexus S 4G with ICS on it, and a few other phones, and this by far is my favorite phone so far. Beautiful display, fast and the newest update seems to have made my signal better.
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dazednconfused said:
I've had the Nexus S 4G with ICS on it, and a few other phones, and this by far is my favorite phone so far. Beautiful display, fast and the newest update seems to have made my signal better.
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What up dazed?! New update has has been fantastic for me so far
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What up dazed?! New update has has been fantastic for me so far
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Not much. How are you doing? Yeah I really like the update also. How are you liking this phone compared to the nexus?
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donsh00tmesanta said:
Are you talking about the epic touch?
Are y'all saying I should get the touch and give her the nexus s?
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That's what I did. Gave my son the Nexus S 4G and I took the Epic Touch. Couldn't be happier with my decision.
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I have not experienced any LoS issues in a while now. I have also never experienced any overheating or issues with games. I have to say that this is by far the best Android phone I have owned or used to date imho. I am very impressed by this phone and would recommend it to anyone looking into it.
haha. idk man its up to u if u want the epic touch, just to tell u. much better screen and camera. u can zoom in and out in camera mode and also do HD vids unlike the nexus s lol. and much more goodies you can find out if u decide to get it
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Not much. How are you doing? Yeah I really like the update also. How are you liking this phone compared to the nexus?
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I like the NS4G but this phone is the best I have ever owned. On EL26, I ran Speedtests on Sat night, early this morning, and this afternoon. I usually never see over 6Mbps download on the L.A. server so I use a farther one. These screenies are on L.A. server
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Hmmmm I think I might do that
How's signal strength
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I have the E4GT and I do love it to death but I have an upgrade is it worth it to upgrade to the nexus or should I hold out and wait for the galaxy sIII or perhaps the note to come to sprint?
Well no rush then. Just wait for the gs3 or the epic touch 4g Lte or what ever the hell it's going to be called.
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Well no rush then. Just wait for the gs3 or the epic touch 4g Lte or what ever the hell it's going to be called.
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Ya, thats pretty much what I thought. The E4GT is way to close in specs with the Gnexus to throw away an upgrade that could bring me a much more superior phone!
I'd be curious to hear from our recent deserters (hah!) if they've been experiencing the data issues that have been reported and what their overall opinion of the phone is in comparison to the E4GT.
We've heard from Overstew, who went over and came back, and I think his opinion would've been mine as well, but would love to hear from others.
I played with the Galaxy Nexus for 2 days. It is a great phone, but I like my Epic 4G Touch better.
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I just upgraded myself! Its a great upgrade for me at least. I LOVE THE SCREEN, design, and 50 bucks you get with Google wallet. Along with some awesome dev support. This is gonna be an awesome phone for development come jelly bean
I love the nexus....some things are better and some not... Love the resolution of the screen...love that I can put a recovery on it team win recovery and it stays...no matter what kernel I flash...the battery life is similar to what e4gt is getting on ics but the epic touch kills it with gb.... Maybe ics is just not as good battery wise.... Love boot manager as I have aokp, cm9 , miui, and paranoid android all installed.....to me as a flash a holic I love the nexus ....doesn't seem like a bad choice since sprint won't have a quad core any time soon.... to me evo lte and galaxy 3 are just not that much better than epic touch or the nexus to warrant a upgrade
The main thing better for me is the signal strength is much better than my epic touch in low signal areas...
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Went to the sprint store today to play with the nexus and I must say there was either something wrong with the one I was using or that phone is a mess. I got nothing but lock ups and force closes. Could not get into the facial unlock it just kept force closing. What do you guys say, Isolated incident or is that just how that phone is? It did not run nearly as smooth as my E4GT!
I was talking to someone today that has a lot of issues with the nexus even with trying different roms,
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I was talking to someone today that has a lot of issues with the nexus even with trying different roms,
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Thanks for the heads up I was about to waste an upgrade on that thing! The E4GT Is SOOOO much better after what I saw today. I think if I had that nexus I would end up throwing it out a window!
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I love the nexus....some things are better and some not... Love the resolution of the screen...love that I can put a recovery on it team win recovery and it stays...no matter what kernel I flash...the battery life is similar to what e4gt is getting on ics but the epic touch kills it with gb.... Maybe ics is just not as good battery wise.... Love boot manager as I have aokp, cm9 , miui, and paranoid android all installed.....to me as a flash a holic I love the nexus ....doesn't seem like a bad choice since sprint won't have a quad core any time soon.... to me evo lte and galaxy 3 are just not that much better than epic touch or the nexus to warrant a upgrade
The main thing better for me is the signal strength is much better than my epic touch in low signal areas...
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This is why I am still considering it because my ET4G isn't going anywhere. It would be my upgrade to my NS4G. I almost exclusively use my NS4G at work because of the low signal performance on my Epic Touch. I figure if I am going to pay full price for a phone I don't think the GNex, Evo LTE, and S3 wouldn't warrant it. If something truly next level comes along I would consider paying full price at the time. So the question for me is GNex or S3 with my 2nd line upgrade. My friends who upgraded from NS4G to GNex are actually really enjoying it and say the battery isn't as bad as people are saying. They tell me its equal to NS4G which I can pull 5-6 hours of screen time as well. I just know how to set up Sammys. The NS4G is known for bad battery life as well...
I just hope the trouble I saw with that thing was device related and not ICS related. If we get ICS and my phone starts acting like that nexus I may just stick with Gingerbread!
Another thread about this?
I have had a couple fc but that is to be expected as there are a lot of non optimized apps but overall really happy with nexus haven't even picked up epic touch lately....
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Sound off! Let's hope this community kicks as much butt as the OG did. Welcome.
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Used the evo since release!
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From 3d
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From 3d
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Nobody's perfect.
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I was on the evo 4g as well.
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4G, 3D, 4Glte....
Tried to stay faithful due to the Samsung Moment I had before leaving a sour taste in my mouth. It's funny how HTC is the one passing people off these days.
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Nobody's perfect.
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LOL! Coming from 4 different 3d's in less than 6 months. Wasn't going to give HTC another chance after that.
Had the 4g for two years, the lte for 29 days and this here galaxy s III for eleven days I believe.
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I remember when my Evo 4G was brand new almost 2 years ago. It was the thinnest phone I had used at that point. It was so fast and perfect at everything. Putting MIUI on it made it even better. I've had my GS3 for a week, and I can't believe how old my Evo 4G feels when I use it now.
Oh, well. On to bigger and better things.
I had the EVO 4G and the EVO 3D.
SGS3 is rooted a few days later from June 21. Now running Blazer rom and ICS Domination Theme.
Rom dev is kinda slow around here but this phone is not even a month old here in US. MYN is developing some Warm Roms for this phone.
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I had the EVO 4G and the EVO 3D.
SGS3 is rooted a few days later from June 21. Now running Blazer rom and ICS Domination Theme.
Rom dev is kinda slow around here but this phone is not even a month old here in US. MYN is developing some Warm Roms for this phone.
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can't wait for myn to start taking his work. His roms are always amazing.
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JuggZaPoppiN said:
can't wait for myn to start taking his work. His roms are always amazing.
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I have been trying my damnedest not to think about such things. Whole day is messed up now.
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I have been trying my damnedest not to think about such things. Whole day is messed up now.
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When you go into these forums there's no way you can avoid thinking about these things. It's quite addictive. Rooted my phone even before custom roms were available. Lol.
Got my OG back in March of 2010, loved that phone, by far the best I ever had (hell just look at my name) , flashed a new rom on it weekly. The first week after getting my SG3 I am like...what evo?
I had my evo for 2 years and I still can't part from it when I got my s3. I'm going to make it my mp3 for my car. Lol
Yeah I'm still running stock with root on the s3. Just waiting on myn and his team
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I've been debating the switch, but I love the Sense dialer, HTC widgets, and the keyboard that has directional arrows. Playing with the GS3 at the store didn't impress me that much. I know it has far better specs, but the UI didn't grab me.
Am I the only that is still passionate about their OG? Its separation anxiety. I just got my S3. Can I ask you guys since I am already here, any of you guys worried about flash counter? I had my S3 for less then 4 hours and I am itching at the fact that I did not root it yet.
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Used the evo since release!
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Same
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Am I the only that is still passionate about their OG? Its separation anxiety. I just got my S3. Can I ask you guys since I am already here, any of you guys worried about flash counter? I had my S3 for less then 4 hours and I am itching at the fact that I did not root it yet.
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I too was worried on the 1st day, then was over it and rooted the next day. Threw on TB and Droidwall and froze a lot of the bloat. Ran really smooth. Personally, I knew I wasn't going to keep the phone stocked forever. Sooner or later, its going to get rooted. In regards to the what if I need to return, my personal experience returning rooted phone thru sprint rep over the phone is a whole lot ez'r than instore rep's.
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I've been debating the switch, but I love the Sense dialer, HTC widgets, and the keyboard that has directional arrows. Playing with the GS3 at the store didn't impress me that much. I know it has far better specs, but the UI didn't grab me.
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Don't let the launcher/dialer/widgets/keyboard keep you from a great phone. All those things are fixable; you can download third party apps to replace them. Check out the Go launcher/dialer/contacts/widgets/keyboard. There are plenty of options out there besides Go, but it's a good place to start. Seriously, the phone kicks so much butt.
Does it still have the crappy signal/gps issues? I had it earlier this year and it was frustrating, so just want to see how things have been since then with all the updates and such....
gps sucks. it takes a long time to connect. and i have this issue where the phone fails to connect to 3g when 4g disconnects. super annoying.
get the sgs3 or evo 4g lte.
Umm no. My phone does not have those problems. Running aokp stable 4 with fh13 modem
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Umm no. My phone does not have those problems. Running aokp stable 4 with fh13 modem
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+1 mine doesn't either, of.course I never had LoS when the phone was new either like so many others did.
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No GPS problems here. I get a lock in 5 seconds INDOORS and this was on touchwiz, cm9 , and jelky bean
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I don't have GPS problems, but the battery life has been pretty bad with the new ics update. It's no where near the life of gb.
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No GPS or LoS issues here running a stock ff18 Rom fg31 k/m. This phone is sick. :thumbup:
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too many variables to give you a answer lol.. ive hardly ever had any of ur issues but depends on the rom, kernel, modem, your area, and then some.. one thing im sure on is this phone beats any iphone in every way
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Keep the iPhone, easier to sell and retains value. And then buy GS3
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Never had a GPS problem anywhere indoor/outdoor. Even with my slow 3G speeds.
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I still dont know
You guys are all saying its works fine and like a million other people are complaining when I googled it lol. I'm just bored with my iphone 4 and my sister took my evo 3d, So I need something to get my android fix with lol.... no upgrade til december.
Having played with a galaxy s3 in the mall, I'd say go with that. Read that section in the forum to see what issues there are. After going from a 4s to the e4gt, I miss the 4s camera and the better quality sounding audio output. I've had this one for nine months now and the screen burn in is getting on my nerves. Going to pen tile displays was samsung's choice for screen lasting longer and less apt to burning. I didn't notice a screen door effect on the s3 either. Even though the cameras are virtually the same, I can see how having a faster focus helps in certain situations with the s3. Its low light is noisy though like lots have mentioned.
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You guys are all saying its works fine and like a million other people are complaining when I googled it lol. I'm just bored with my iphone 4 and my sister took my evo 3d, So I need something to get my android fix with lol.... no upgrade til december.
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Its the way things goes on in consumer world. More noise is created by people who's stuff is not working. I work for verizon fios and we only hear 5 to 10% customers call in to complain but some might come to wrong conclusion that fios always breaks. Thats how it is. I have had no issues with my e4gt. Love everything about it.
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I love the pure Google experience and I hate the touchwiz or any other skin. And when I say hate I mean like I will never buy or use it again. Anyway was running ICS and it was great but battery life a few other bugs it just never felt like it was meant to run on the phone. So I'm in Miami and maybe lte is around corner was going to sell for a nexus and would give up 4g. Now also must say I have a few sprint phones and the epic by far has always had the worst 3g 4g speeds. Only time it was OK was on el26. Have a nexus s 4g and it blows it out of the water side by side.
So the day I was going to sell and get a gal nex I tried jb ROM on the nexus s 4g and man did it make things better. Then I knew on the epic the Roms had the Los issue but man does it fly. It is perfect to me. All I do is keep on the wifi and never get Los (while connected to WiFi). I feel a perfect jb ROM is near and snappy is the word.
The sad part is phones barely have ICS and by the time job gets up to speed something else will be out. My main fear is another nexus being delayed and exclusive again. Google can't really keep screwing things up iPhone 5 will be very tempting for a lot of people.
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Im in miami too, actually contemplating leaving sprint for Verizon just because of the signal strength. But you raise an interesting point, if im patient good things may come.
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Ahhh the iPhone 5, the iPhone 4s with a few new apps and a new name. Same size screen, still no 4g and same old glass case designed to break the first time it falls off your desk so you have to buy a new one. Shattered case? Not covered by warranty I think ill stick with android and a choice, I don't like being told what I'm supposed to like and what I'm allowed to do with something I own, oh yeah when you buy and apple product you don't own it you just paid to borrow it, they still control what you can do with it :thumbdown: lol. You Miami folks should be seeing LTE by January at the latest, coverage should begin spreading in the next month or so and continue thru January when the whole locale should be upgraded and ready to go live.
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It shouldn't have anything to do with your ROM... Your modem speeds and signal strength are related directly to which modem you're using, and the towers around you. That said, FH13 modem was a colossal improvement in terms of reliability here in Detroit (compared to all previous ics modems)
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It shouldn't have anything to do with your ROM... Your modem speeds and signal strength are related directly to which modem you're using, and the towers around you. That said, FH13 modem was a colossal improvement in terms of reliability here in Detroit (compared to all previous ics modems)
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That's not entirely true. I get far better data speeds on Gingerbread vs. ICS.
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That's not entirely true. I get far better data speeds on Gingerbread vs. ICS.
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Same here ny average in my area on gb was about 700-800kbps then right when i flash ics it dropped to 400-500kbps
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Same here ny average in my area on gb was about 700-800kbps then right when i flash ics it dropped to 400-500kbps
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I'd like to know what your setup was during that speed test in your avatar lol
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That's not entirely true. I get far better data speeds on Gingerbread vs. ICS.
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I feel like that's a big fat placebo effect. I've gone back and forth from GB to ICS to JB, trying out different modems, and they've all been consistent in garbage speeds. Even FH13 is garbage speed, but it much more consistently gives me a "decent" connection than all the other modems, regardless of what ROM I was on
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I'd like to know what your setup was during that speed test in your avatar lol
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Says he's on university internet