Thinkin of dinc 2. - Verizon Droid Incredible 2

Im up for renewal, got og dinc, an i just cant see $300 for a new phone. How is the dinc 2 for rooting, battery, roms available? I can get it for free, run sense 3.5, and buy klipsh headet and save a boatload. Any advice? Also lookin tbolt
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donnyp1 said:
Im up for renewal, got og dinc, an i just cant see $300 for a new phone. How is the dinc 2 for rooting, battery, roms available? I can get it for free, run sense 3.5, and buy klipsh headet and save a boatload. Any advice? Also lookin tbolt
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Go for it man. It's the best phone I've ever played with.
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Get it.
Giggity giggity.
Free sounds good.
Great ROMs available.
Battery kills the Tbolt's.
If 4g isn't a need for you, the DInc2 is the best phone on the market IMHO, especially for the price.

I have 4g in my area, but always use wifi if i can, im leanin towards dinc 2
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If its hacks an Roms you want? THe Dinc 2 is great!!!
The dinc 2 is a great phone with plenty of Roms to choose from. If I had an upgrade i would get the new $300 HTC smartphone (but thats just becuase of the specs).
If you get a dinc 2 it will be running android 2.3.4. THat version is not rooted yet.
but you can downgrade to android 2.3.3 using this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgIYFGcVimU&feature=channel_video_title
Then root 2.3.3 using
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEASn3v0v8&feature=relmfu
Have fun with your new rooted phone !!!

I asked the same question here a couple weeks ago ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357066
... you might find some of the answers I got helpful to your situation.
I ended up getting my Dinc2 for free on Black Friday, and have been loving it. It's a great phone, everything I need, and nothing I don't.

joefrog1996 said:
The dinc 2 is a great phone with plenty of Roms to choose from. If I had an upgrade i would get the new $300 HTC smartphone (but thats just becuase of the specs).
If you get a dinc 2 it will be running android 2.3.4. THat version is not rooted yet.
but you can downgrade to android 2.3.3 using this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgIYFGcVimU&feature=channel_video_title
Then root 2.3.3 using
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEASn3v0v8&feature=relmfu
Have fun with your new rooted phone !!!
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for Rooting Revolutionary gives permanent root for some devices , and for others it give root but not complete permanent root ( incredible 2 is in the second group i believe ) , go to thier website for more . still you can install do all rooted things
as for Roms , if you are using CDMA there is plenty of excellent Roms Sense 3.5 . if you want GSM very few Roms for that and the maximum is Sense 3 for a stable bug less GSM Rom
the phone is nice , and battery is Very good in my opinion

Got mine at Costco for $30.
Might be a good time to check eBay/CL for a used one...

increduloustoo said:
Got mine at Costco for $30.
Might be a good time to check eBay/CL for a used one...
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Haha I did the same thing! I was like eff yeah I'll go for that deal lol.
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increduloustoo said:
Got mine at Costco for $30.
Might be a good time to check eBay/CL for a used one...
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Was that with an upgrade??
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knipp21 said:
Was that with an upgrade??
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Nope brand new. My first phone on my dad's plan and only $30
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I say go for it. Rooting was fairly straightforward and I have never used adb before that. I love it so far though. It gets way better battery life than the thunderbolt and has cynanogen mod as well as really good sense roms. Also the dev have a pretty decent ICS beta out so if you want that it probably it will be stable I a bit. Enjoy

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[Q] Would it be possible to create an app that gives temproot on startup?

Like a simple one click app that just pushes everything it needs too while in temproot and sets itself to startup with the device? I know its silly of me to think that it could really be that easy but I have no general understanding of how these things work (though I would love to know). So what do yah think? Can it be done?
That would be neat. I'm actually debating returning my Droid 2 and reverting back to my original Droid inc since it was everything I wanted. Seems to be a giant development interest in the inc. I upgraded "because I could" basically. I miss my WiFi tether and screenshot app...that's about it.
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barn07 said:
That would be neat. I'm actually debating returning my Droid 2 and reverting back to my original Droid inc since it was everything I wanted. Seems to be a giant development interest in the inc. I upgraded "because I could" basically. I miss my WiFi tether and screenshot app...that's about it.
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you wont be able too.
all dinc 1's have been discontinued.
you can either get a Droid X or a DroidGlobal 2
SoCalSpecialist said:
you wont be able too.
all dinc 1's have been discontinued.
you can either get a Droid X or a DroidGlobal 2
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Still have my old dinc. Sadly I flashed it back to stock thinking I was going to sell it. Looks like I'm keeping it. Should have left cm7 on there
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barn07 said:
Still have my old dinc. Sadly I flashed it back to stock thinking I was going to sell it. Looks like I'm keeping it. Should have left cm7 on there
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sell it on ebay, i did with all of my accessories and got well over listing price for it.
tylerch said:
Like a simple one click app that just pushes everything it needs too while in temproot and sets itself to startup with the device? I know its silly of me to think that it could really be that easy but I have no general understanding of how these things work (though I would love to know). So what do yah think? Can it be done?
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Yes, possible.
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sell it on ebay, i did with all of my accessories and got well over listing price for it.
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I can't part with it until there is root for the inc2!!!
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jcase said:
Yes, possible.
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i believe thats what the g2 did for awhile until they finally got s-off
jcase said:
Yes, possible.
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Then why has nobody made one yet? I mean I don't know how to program or anything so I don't really know how long that would take haha.. But yah it would be nice to be able to reboot my device without using adb to get root every single time..
Stability would be my concern, but to be honest I don't know many developers flocking to inc2, HTC's recent decisions make their devices less appealing to many developers.
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Fascinate replacement Including here Tues...questions

So, Verizon decided they didn't want to deal with me and my lack of mobile web issue, and is sending me an Inc2. It should be here Tuesday. So, being the super sluthe I am, I've been checking out all the posts about rooting, and roms, and themes and apps. Is it really that easy to root this phone? Really??? There's no problems with voodoo and non-voodoo, and flashing the wrong kernel with the wrong cwm???? Seriously????? OMG! I'm going to love this phone! I think I've been able to use my fascinate for about 10 days out of the last 30 because I flashed a voodoo kernel on a non-voodoo rom and bricked my phone. I had to go back to eclair , and now I can't root it again. I can't wait to get this phone!
Peace!
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Yep, now that Gingerbread has been s-off'd this phone just became awesome. I can't ever see myself going to something different for the time being.
Oh yes. Coming from the charge this phone is a piece of cake to root and flash
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Great. This is not only my first rooting, but my first android period. Now I'll be afraid to move to another device, not that I want to right now. Probably never leave htc anyway.
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Don't be scared! I figure that if worse comes to worse, "my phone fell out of my pocket and I accidentally ran it over...here's $50, came I have a replacement?" Follow me?
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I came from an Incredible which was rooted and running CM7 for about 8 months. Now that I had the Incredible 2 I felt underwhelmed because I couldn't root it. That has all went away since I am rooted.
I dont see how this phone is easier to root? SuperOneClick was pretty straight forward. And the Fascinate was pretty unbrickable. This phone isnt.
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I dont see how this phone is easier to root? SuperOneClick was pretty straight forward. And the Fascinate was pretty unbrickable. This phone isnt.
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Gotta agree here. Just came from the Fassy myself. Was pretty simple as long as you knew what you were doing and followed directions and not flashing voodoo onto non voodoo I felt better knowing it was virtually impossible to brick my device with Odin on standby. I just rooted my inc2 last night and I havent flashed anything yet but I am researching the better and stable roms in the dev section to try and pick one. They all look great so its hard to decide. Lol. Think I want a Sense 3.0 rom though. Anyone have any good suggestions? Preferably one that is bugless and everything functioning correctly.
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Will pay for HELP

My rooting / rom experience has always been on very simple devices. The Droid X last year and this year I have my INC2 and my Charge. The Charge is really easy but the INC2 just seems to not like me. I really want to give my INC2 some usage but the Charge is performing like a champ and going to a stock INC2 is just outta the question.
The point I'm trying to arrive at is that I want to send my stock INC2 to someone reputable, and have it rooted rommed and RIPPED. Of course I'm willing to kick down a donation for the time and effort.
If there's someone interested, PM me your info and I'll get with you about the details. My INC2 is the stock 2.3.3 version.
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4g63mark said:
My rooting / rom experience has always been on very simple devices. The Droid X last year and this year I have my INC2 and my Charge. The Charge is really easy but the INC2 just seems to not like me. I really want to give my INC2 some usage but the Charge is performing like a champ and going to a stock INC2 is just outta the question.
The point I'm trying to arrive at is that I want to send my stock INC2 to someone reputable, and have it rooted rommed and RIPPED. Of course I'm willing to kick down a donation for the time and effort.
If there's someone interested, PM me your info and I'll get with you about the details. My INC2 is the stock 2.3.3 version.
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Where you live
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knipp21 said:
Where you live
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Also just pay for a box with the phone in it, shipping to and from there. And whatever you feel is fair and ill do it.
As far as rep goes I have the best dev in the Eris forums as well as ppl over there. And anyone who may choose to vouch for me here
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i dont have a rep... but i rooted my dinc2 and ill root your for free..
knipp is obviously very knowledgable i wouldnt hesitate sending him my phone and some moola. but.... i would also highly recomend you to figure it out and do it yourself. ROMs come and go and are updated so fast it will be very benificial for you to figure it out. Rooting, S-off, and recovery with alpharev is nearly 1 touch. from there just pick a rom and go to town. that being said, you could send it to knipp have him open it up for you and install all necessary items and ROM manager for you to swap and update ROMs with.
+1 on doing it learning it yourself. what happens if you have a bad bug or get a bootloop you won't know what to do to recover. revolutionary makes rooting extremely easy
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Do it yourself it's free and fun and real easy. I come from a business background with no technical training at all and I did it and have been flashing ROMS all the time, can't decide which one I like best. I like the AOSP roms much more than the sense, part of the reason I rooted was do get rid of sense and use plain vanilla Android or close to it. The Inc2 is the first phone I have rooted and I am 43 years old, 15 year old kids know more about this than I do. So YOU CAN DO IT. Just read and read and read and when you think you have it figured out READ SOME MORE.
4g63mark said:
My rooting / rom experience has always been on very simple devices. The Droid X last year and this year I have my INC2 and my Charge. The Charge is really easy but the INC2 just seems to not like me. I really want to give my INC2 some usage but the Charge is performing like a champ and going to a stock INC2 is just outta the question.
The point I'm trying to arrive at is that I want to send my stock INC2 to someone reputable, and have it rooted rommed and RIPPED. Of course I'm willing to kick down a donation for the time and effort.
If there's someone interested, PM me your info and I'll get with you about the details. My INC2 is the stock 2.3.3 version.
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PM me we can get on gtalk or something and I'll help you get rooted and going for free.
andybones said:
PM me we can get on gtalk or something and I'll help you get rooted and going for free.
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Yea, I was going to say there's any number of people here who'd be happy to walk you through the process step by step. As was said, roms are updated all the time, so you'll really want to know how to flash back and forth.
And just FYI, I had a Fascinate before this, and rooting the charge is pretty much the same as that. The Inc is different, but not difficult to root and flash.
4g63mark said:
My rooting / rom experience has always been on very simple devices. The Droid X last year and this year I have my INC2 and my Charge. The Charge is really easy but the INC2 just seems to not like me. I really want to give my INC2 some usage but the Charge is performing like a champ and going to a stock INC2 is just outta the question.
The point I'm trying to arrive at is that I want to send my stock INC2 to someone reputable, and have it rooted rommed and RIPPED. Of course I'm willing to kick down a donation for the time and effort.
If there's someone interested, PM me your info and I'll get with you about the details. My INC2 is the stock 2.3.3 version.
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Sent you a pm bro.
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Just hit my thanks button
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[Q] Question: Ice Cream Sandwich And Evo (time frame question)

With ICS being released early next week (hopefully anyways.) I was just wondering if ICS is ported to our wonderful Evos, how long might the port take....roughly???? Would we be talking days, weeks, or months.. Thanks for any replies. I'm just anxiously awaiting this new OS
I'm thinking cm will have it in less then a month
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
Crossrocker said:
I'm thinking cm will have it in less then a month
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
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I believe it, and I'll be all over that.
teh roxxorz said:
I believe it, and I'll be all over that.
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I got $10 on lithid or evervolv first.
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It will take over a month. It took 3 months to get Gingerbread mostly working on the evo.
2.3 sdk was released December 6 and evervolv was running 2.3 on December 18.
Too bad preludedrew bought an evo 3d.
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Well a fully functioning one will take about 2 months but as a first I say a week very unstable though
sent from my HTC evolution running a freshly baked gingerbread with the 4gs in it
ICS to EVO? another reason to hold off on buying a new phone. Going to ride this EVO wave as much as I can. Until my 2yr contracts ends in April anyways. lol
Zameus said:
ICS to EVO? another reason to hold off on buying a new phone. Going to ride this EVO wave as much as I can. Until my 2yr contracts ends in April anyways. lol
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I plan on riding mine even longer than that... Once this thing either bricks or just plain quits, then I'll get something...hopefully with ICS already on it.
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Someone already ported it for the Nexus S. So It may be faster than we think
I just want to lower everyone's expectations. SDK ports are pretty much useless. They are fun to play with to get to know (roughly) what to expect, but they are mostly non-functional. I say this having experienced an SDK based honeycomb port on the nook color (I even waited for maturation of that port a few months after the first release). It was horrible. If you are asking for a time frame as to when you will have a daily driver ICS port, I would say your answer is probably a month or so after Google releases the source code. If I remember correctly they usually release it about 3 months after the it goes public (I believe they are required to per the GPL). So you are probably looking at a 2/12 time frame.
How can your 2 year contract expire 2 months before the EVO came out???
Zameus said:
ICS to EVO? another reason to hold off on buying a new phone. Going to ride this EVO wave as much as I can. Until my 2yr contracts ends in April anyways. lol
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eggsack said:
How can your 2 year contract expire 2 months before the EVO came out???
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You're right but when sprint got rid of the rewards, it said that gold members get an upgrade every 20 months. I'm pretty sure
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
Bump for interest.
I've been looking at the highlights for ICS and it just makes me even more impatient.
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My friend is running an sdk port of ICS on his Nexus S. It's pretty amazing. Runs just as well as any other roms so far. Makes me really confused to see people saying sdk ports don't work, as he has encountered no bugs so far.
Hakizi said:
My friend is running an sdk port of ICS on his Nexus S. It's pretty amazing. Runs just as well as any other roms so far. Makes me really confused to see people saying sdk ports don't work, as he has encountered no bugs so far.
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I think it really depends on the phone you're trying to port the sdk on. If porting an sdk has as many different ways of doing it as rooting, Samsung phones would just wind up causing headaches for most. Rooting my wife's phone took me about a week of research and trial and error before I was finally successful. My EVO, on the other hand, was rooted, had flashed a custom recovery, and then finally a custom ROM, all done in about an hour-ish.
Back on topic, though, if anybody knows of anything ICS that is available for EVO, please link me to it so I can satisfy my craving for ice cream. Thanks in advance!
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Well on 17 November, the galaxy nexus will be released in europe; the US date is still unconfirmed. So you can expect it to be in the mid november-december time frame.

Hello Galaxy S3 users!

I just jumped ship from HTC, I've been using HTC since I've ever had service, and was loyal to HTC, until this phone just caught my eye and wanting to try something new I went with samsung, I should be getting mine tomorrow or Wed!
So what do you guys think of the phone? And what major bugs (if any does this phone have)
Welcome. You won't regret your purchase. I love mine.
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BubZX said:
Welcome. You won't regret your purchase. I love mine.
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Do you know how easy it is to root? I've never been on a samsung before and isn't Samsung and Cyanogen together? So we should have better CM10 builds than HTC?
Check out this thread here its very easy.
[HOW TO] Root, Unroot, Hotspot, Roms, Tips and more! (13 videos) 7/24/12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
djdant said:
Do you know how easy it is to root? I've never been on a samsung before and isn't Samsung and Cyanogen together? So we should have better CM10 builds than HTC?
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Considering we have a daily driver worthy CM10 build while the Evo 4G LTE barely has a CM9 port..
djdant said:
I just jumped ship from HTC, I've been using HTC since I've ever had service, and was loyal to HTC, until this phone just caught my eye and wanting to try something new I went with samsung, I should be getting mine tomorrow or Wed!
So what do you guys think of the phone? And what major bugs (if any does this phone have)
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I tried the evo lte for a few weeks and I exchanged it for the s3 just the other day. I don't regret it, I had the og evo for 2 years! I do think the evo has a few things better than s3, but if u add it all up, s3 wins out IMHO. Just my 2 cents
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I started with a Htc One X, moved over to a Evo Lte, now i just bought the S III and i am absolutely loving it! I had a couple good hacks in dev sections of both devices, dont claim to be a real developer but look forward to digging into this phone and seeing what can be found:beer:
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Thanks guys! I can't wait to get this phone! I know i'll have sense envy tho haha, but i'll get over it, I don't think imma even try Touchwiz, im gonna go with JB or ICS
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Thanks guys! I can't wait to get this phone! I know i'll have sense envy tho haha, but i'll get over it, I don't think imma even try Touchwiz, im gonna go with JB or ICS
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I would give touch wiz a shot, it may surprise you! So many features built into it.
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