So I ordered this phone, it's sitting here in the box...I am coming from the Vibrant...**** gps and now no 911 calls on 2.3/cm7/miui...
Was on monthly contract expired...signed 2yr to get this phone at 333 overnighted+tax...haven't opened it yet..I guess as soon as I do, I actually sign the contract?
Only thing is I'm not too happy about spending money on a phone that has basically only 2 roms available both stock looking GB...I am so used to the beautiful look of miui, not to mention the built in backup that has failed 0 times...its so flawless, anytime I flashed a new miui variant, it took 5 minutes to get all my apps/settings/alarm back to what it was...lockscreen music controls...custom boot animations, status bars...well everything...
Reason I am debating is, when I got the vibrant home a few weeks after it came out there was like a hundred roms available...here..not the case...and I am not writing this as any kind of a knock against the devs that ARE actually working on this phone, so please don't take it that way. I just want to be sure that there are things to come for this phone. The vibrant was a horrible experience as far as updates and Sources from samsung...already I see the ATT ver of this has ICS...again ALREADY t-mo's phone is behind...will this trend continue?
Thoughts?
You don't deserve this phone. Send it back. Now!
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I agree. I think you should just go ahead and ship it to me and ill open it. Sound good?
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Send it back. You don't appreciate the phone or the devs.
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Send it back. You don't appreciate the phone or the devs.
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Did u read the whole post...I specifically said this is no way a knock on the devs that ARE actually dev. for the device...sorry If i came across bad, but I was looking for feedback from someone who has something constructive to say to my specific situation...
Send it back and put the 333 and your time into learning some of this and then you won't have to wait...you could contribute.
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Is this phone going to have all the devs and rom's the vibrant had? Maybe not. A lot of people supported the vibrant and there were not as many phone choices. Android phones have expanded with more choices so the devs are more spread out. Does this phone have good roms? Yes, yes it does. And I bet more to come. Should you open your phone? Probably not since usually every time someone post something like this they turn out to be rom and dev bashers and trolls. Trade it for an amaze if your in doubt. Or appreciate what is here and have fun.
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First of all guyz, lay off.. He's not being a mcdouche he's just really worried!
I was too bro.. I came to this phone from the nexus s and at first I was like.. Wtf?? 4 roms? No ics? This was about 2 weeks ago. After spending some time with beastmod though, there is no more looking back.. It's beautiful, blazing fast.. Battery will rape the galaxy s battery.
Keep in mind that this phone is only a few months old so things will pick up. There is a cm9 in the works and an miui rom as well... Unless you have way to get a galaxy nexus, this is the phone to have.. Do yourself a favor and open that box!
Your contract and buyers remorse period starts when fedex/ups drops it at your door not when you open your phone.
I Actually on tmobile USA you can return the phone within 14 days of getting it
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Actually on tmobile USA you can return the phone within 14 days of getting it
Edit: even if you open it up believe
Coming from the Evo 3D forums to here all I see are POS's and rude people.
But to be honest I would wait until you can get it for cheaper if you really really want it.
$333 is A LOT, they had the whiter version for $99 on contract a day or two ago.
As for the dev for the phone it gets better, when I got the GSM e3d it had nothing....after a month it had a great amount of tweaks and roms
look, if you are on t-mobile you basically have two options unless you want to buy a gsm unlocked phone such as the nexus. Amaze or GSII neither have ICS. We have a cm dev with an alpha cm7 and is working on cm9. Does amaze have that? I prefer sense over touchwiz but use go launcher and don't see much touchwiz anyway. How many roms do you need? I had an evo 4g before this which has a crapload of roms but really you had sense, aosp cm based, miui.
You can wait for the next phone but when will that be? next month? spring? summer?
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First of all guyz, lay off.. He's not being a mcdouche he's just really worried!
I was too bro.. I came to this phone from the nexus s and at first I was like.. Wtf?? 4 roms? No ics? This was about 2 weeks ago. After spending some time with beastmod though, there is no more looking back.. It's beautiful, blazing fast.. Battery will rape the galaxy s battery.
Keep in mind that this phone is only a few months old so things will pick up. There is a cm9 in the works and an miui rom as well... Unless you have way to get a galaxy nexus, this is the phone to have.. Do yourself a favor and open that box!
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Thx...glad u actually read what I wrote...to say I don't appreciate the development team is bull****...again I've had the vibrant for a long time and have had every rom u can imagine ....so to say I don't appreciate the devs is ignorant...I am aware thing will pick up...I was mainly worried that sources will come out for every carrier but tmo like on the vibrant and ill be stick with non working parts of the phone due to the tmo Samsung practice of doing business....thanks guys ill opener er up...sure ill love it...
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There's actually 4.5 roms here, you have stock(and the updated stock), cm7, juggernaut, beastmod, and a half working miui build.
On the nexus s you have vanilla android, cm7(vanilla android though it's definitely the best vanilla android), ICS(vanilla android) and miui.
Looks fairly even to me...any touchwiz roms on the Nexus S? Where's the real variety?
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Thx...glad u actually read what I wrote...to say I don't appreciate the development team is bull****...again I've had the vibrant for a long time and have had every rom u can imagine ....so to say I don't appreciate the devs is ignorant...I am aware thing will pick up...I was mainly worried that sources will come out for every carrier but tmo like on the vibrant and ill be stick with non working parts of the phone due to the tmo Samsung practice of doing business....thanks guys ill opener er up...sure ill love it...
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Yeah there are some drama dudes in here for sure! I understand your concerns.. But I'm not aware of any phones with a better combination of good support and hardware Besides that blasted nexus.. Don't know why it's only on Vaerizon.
Btw, I noticed you live in kent.. Is that kent, wa?
You should leave it in the box until it becomes valueless
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There's actually 4.5 roms here, you have stock(and the updated stock), cm7, juggernaut, beastmod, and a half working miui build.
On the nexus s you have vanilla android, cm7(vanilla android though it's definitely the best vanilla android), ICS(vanilla android) and miui.
Looks fairly even to me...any touchwiz roms on the Nexus S? Where's the real variety?
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I just checked and they have almost 10 just on the first page. They have ics and a full miui rom.. So that's hardly even
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Yeah there are some drama dudes in here for sure! I understand your concerns.. But I'm not aware of any phones with a better combination of good support and hardware Besides that blasted nexus.. Don't know why it's only on Vaerizon.
Btw, I noticed you live in kent.. Is that kent, wa?
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Yup. There are some "drama " dudes. Like the OP.
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Well, I think you should return it, i wish i could return mine ( bought a month ago, $570)
for monthly4g $30 plan. First because the screen and lines really piss me off, and i think me buying a vibrant would of have been a better choice and upgrading my pc with the rest of the money. I'm 15 so $570 was alot of savings. If you work i guess buying it off contract and getting monthly4g wouldnt be much a loss as you would have no contract.
Also, the roms here piss me off to, and accessories available and how the colors, build quality is higher on my old $200 prepaid phone.
Edit: Also, coming from the Optimus V roms, I had alot more roms and even miui on there, just stock upgraded here.
Hey, guys. He was looking for opinions, not a lynch mob. Stop going on the offensive because some people have the gall to give a little criticism toward the phone you have - it makes the community seem worse in everyone else's eye. This isn't 4chan, and there's no need for such rude behavior.
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This is NOT a Thread that I'm selling my Epic in, I need help deciding whether to keep my Epic or not. I want to change my Epic for an Evo 4G/BlackBerry. I like it and all, but the Epic just doesn't have enough development. I'd have to either get the Evo and Flash my phone EVERYday like I used to with my G1, or get a BlackBerry Bold 9650 and not Flash it at all. the Evo is a nice phone, it has all features working on CM7 which is a big plus for me, it's always up-to-date with MIUI, and was the phone I was going to get first, but it was sold out and I was impatient and I obviously regret it. Or, I could get a BlackBerry. Their much more simple and would meet my standards, but I'm afraid of Android-Withdrawal, but I could take it to OS6 and that looks cool.
So, what does everyone here think. Should I keep the Epic, let the price go down with more use, and wait to see what happens? Should I trade it in and get some cash and buy an Evo in order to fill my flashing addictions? Or should I sell it and buy a BlackBerry Tour2 9650 so that I can't Flash anymore, but have a pretty good phone? And the final option, should I just keep my Epic 4G, and live with it, and hope for the best?
Drop the epic and get an EVO lots of Rome to flash . Unless u Want to wait till September for the gingerbread update . Then the flashing begins for epic.
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Keep the epic...CM7 will be out when official gingerbread in released!
I don't know man. September is a few months away, and that IF we get GingerBread then. And even though, we'll have CM7 ROMs from 3 different developers, a few AOSP from a few different developers, and maybe 2 MIUI ROMs. I wonder if we'll ever have Sense or a Port of maybe the Droid3? Or LG Optimus 2X? I don't think we have enough people.
Someone is already working on a sense port, the same dev that's working on miui. And we have a cm7 alpha 4. We need gingerbread source code to help move us along.
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Id rather QUALITY over quantity!
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I could take it to OS6 and that looks cool.
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I came from a BB bold 9700. I did some beta testing for OS 6 on it. It was very nice but that is all the tinkering you could do with it was put a leak version of the OS or beta test. So I would say you have already commented on "flash withdrawal" so BB will be nice for about a month then you will be bored with it. One of the reasons I got the Epic was because of the keyboard coming from a BB and the screen size. My other options were the Intercept (which my son has) or the Shift but again the screen sold me on the Epic. I didn't even look to root or custom ROMS for at least 2 months after I bought it. But once you start it is hard to go back.
Hi my name is John and I am a flashaholic...LOL
Look up the ORD Thread in the Off-Topic. That's us. That Thread was my idea btw.
And I guess I'll stay. I guessssss...
Sounds like you've already made up your mind and are just looking for someone to talk you out of it... I carry a crackberry and my epic. The crackberry is free and I can do what I want with it, but I still keep an android that costs me ~40 bux a month and has horrific cell coverage most of the time just because it's an Android and the berry sucks for anything other than email.
I don't know much about the Evo other than it's large development base, crappy screen and lack of keyboard. If flashing a new ROM everyday is your goal, then get the Evo and live with the lackluster video performance and on screen keyboards.
If the only reason you're ditching the Epic is due to lack of development, then develop something...
I forgot to mention that the Epic's keyboard sucks and I barley use it. If at all. And I can't develop. My friends will think differently of me. Lol jk, I'm too lazy and I don't have the time. All these devs are high ballers. I wouldn't compare. They wouldn't take me as seriously.
keep the EPIC !!!!! it's a better phone !!!!!! ( just sayin' )
Proof of this concept?
So have u decided what u gonna do?
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keep the EPIC !!!!! it's a better phone !!!!!! ( just sayin' )
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Agree until the SGSII
"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons
Oh boy! Wait until you turn on the evo screen. You will shat bricks! Since your eyes are used to the super amoled screen, youll notice how god awfull the evo screen looks.
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SINNN said:
Oh boy! Wait until you turn on the evo screen. You will shat bricks! Since your eyes are used to the super amoled screen, youll notice how god awfull the evo screen looks.
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-better hardware
-better screen
-faster
-can play tegra2, xperia play games on it
I mean sure EvO has more roms but how many do you really need. My sister has an EVO and I read thru the EVO section and concluded only 4-5 roms are actually worth trying Synergy-Kingdom, MIkG, MIUI, CM7 or Gingerdeck and thats about it...The last three we will hopefully get once GB is released.
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Hi my name is John and I am a flashaholic...LOL
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Hi John!
There totally should be an AFA (Android flashers Anon) cause I'd be in it.
I've only had the Epic for a couple months, but I wouldn't trade it for any of the other phones available for Sprint right now. It's fast, great hardware, and has a full keyboard. I use a handful of other devices for work, and my Epic is the best by far. (my Galaxy Tab is a close 2nd) It feels weird not having some new rom/customization come out every couple weeks or days on the Epic, but I've adapted to a slower dev cycle that I was used to. And honestly, the only thing keeping me from running one of the GB leaks is the lack of a custom kernel to fix the hw keyboard lag. So until there's something that feels and works as good or better than my Epic, I'll be hanging on to it for dear life..
No offense but hopefully sucks.....especially if u upgrade yearly.....the good thing I learned my lesson and not going through that again.
But again that's just me.
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Getting my White SG2 tomorrow - stoked! I know this will probably get balked at as a dumb ass thread, but gimme me a break, it's the general section. I'm new to the SG2 forums, been looking around the last couple days, but want to know if some users could offer some starting off tips. I understand there are no stable cm roms at the moment, so is what's available mostly just tweaks of the stock tw 4.0? What are the current benefits of rooting, removal of bloatware and tw theming?
For the record, I've rooted and run circles around my last two phones, but they were both HTC so this is my first dance with a Samsung Android, and I hear it's a little different.
Anyway, thanks and I'm excited to jump into this baby!
welcome to the sgs2 ,i love my phone but development sucks over here ,seems like there are a bunch of immature teenagers in this forum cursing each other out and seems like a dev gets banned every week .very dissapointing if your coming from an HTC phone where the dev support is mostly pretty good and civil.But any how the sgs2 is a great phone ...enjoy and welcome
i use beastmod rom.... Phone is sweet but i just got a nexus today and damn... that phone even though it's pentile it looks sweet at 720p.
Only tip from me is beware of static images.. super amoled burns in faster than plasma.... I always keep screen moving... my old galaxy s had notification bar burn in and even icons and i was good with it. Use a rom of theme with blue clock or easy color... image retention with white clock is almost instant.
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best stable rom around here would probably be juggernaut rom paired with faux's kernel(very very smooth) use that with touchwiz 4.5 and you'll customize the theme however you want.
tigerz0202 said:
welcome to the sgs2 ,i love my phone but development sucks over here ,seems like there are a bunch of immature teenagers in this forum cursing each other out and seems like a dev gets banned every week .very dissapointing if your coming from an HTC phone where the dev support is mostly pretty good and civil.But any how the sgs2 is a great phone ...enjoy and welcome
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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It's my understanding from the reading I've done so far that cm9 is in the works...supposedly maybe an ics rom??
To all the others, thanks for the suggestions. Even though the SG2 has been around awhile, the TMO version is still pretty new, and I think most people who have upgraded to a 'new' TMO phone will either be on this or the Amaze, so hopefully the pumped up devving is coming. And with ICS on the horizon, who know's what's to come...? At the TMO store the other day and a rep (who uses the SG2 as his phone) told me he's pretty sure the SG2 will be getting ICS within 1-2 months. For those interested, he also told me he was sure that when the next iphone hits (iphone 5?) TMO will carry it...but who knows on that front lol.
Thats probably good news for Tmobile if they get the iPhone but that does nothing for me as I don't like them, my hopes are T-Mobile switches to LTE and carries the GS3 but that's a long shot on the LTE thing for this year but more than likely they will have it in the future
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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whatre you talking about? we have generally good devs with a few small exceptions.. and cm9 is coming
pretty good phone and good roms available.
Rocking beast mod 4.0 ...bullet kernel...n green hulk smash theme....not going to lie obsessed wit my fone....cm is coming though thanxs to team darkside so have no fears...there really nice...I'm not a pro, but if u have any questions feel free to ask me n ill try n help u out... just make sure to hit thanx button every now n then if I help btw welcome to the family lol
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Welcome - I hope you enjoy your phone and if the screen doesn't bother you, keep it!
I went through about 5 SGS2s and each had the screen problem - which I couldn't bare.
Hopefully samsung fixes the issue within a month or two so I can get the phone again but until then, I will be without it
Enjoy it! I know I did while I had it.
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Welcome - I hope you enjoy your phone and if the screen doesn't bother you, keep it!
I went through about 5 SGS2s and each had the screen problem - which I couldn't bare.
Hopefully samsung fixes the issue within a month or two so I can get the phone again but until then, I will be without it
Enjoy it! I know I did while I had it.
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You're talking about the 'streaks' that show up on the screen? I've read about this elsewhere on XDA, anxious to see for myself when the phone gets here sometime today. Having streaks going across my phone's display on a regular basis is the kind of thing I'm not willing to deal with for a $500 price tag. We'll see...thanks for the heads up.
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You're talking about the 'streaks' that show up on the screen? I've read about this elsewhere on XDA, anxious to see for myself when the phone gets here sometime today. Having streaks going across my phone's display on a regular basis is the kind of thing I'm not willing to deal with for a $500 price tag. We'll see...thanks for the heads up.
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Honestly ppl find something to complain about ...its Rly not that serious u.only notic this if u have brightness all the way down to zero which u will nvr do BC this screen is amazin when.its bright I have mine at 20-30% n I'm good money no lines or anything...ull be fine. Trust me
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Honestly ppl find something to complain about ...its Rly not that serious u.only notic this if u have brightness all the way down to zero which u will nvr do BC this screen is amazin when.its bright I have mine at 20-30% n I'm good money no lines or anything...ull be fine. Trust me
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Plus forty. I do understand we spent allot of money and there really shouldn't be any defects but no phone is perfect and compared to other hardware imperfections that other phones have I'll take this any day.
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Thats probably good news for Tmobile if they get the iPhone but that does nothing for me as I don't like them, my hopes are T-Mobile switches to LTE and carries the GS3 but that's a long shot on the LTE thing for this year but more than likely they will have it in the future
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Im fairly certain Tmobile is going to start switching over to LTE Read This, there is some really interesting info in it about tmobile and LTE.
I would suggest you spend 1 or 2 weeks to use it first, once you get a hang of it you can upgrade android version or root the phone using Odin.
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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Me too i miss mexdroid team lot drama on here
Title says it all,,Finally got pushed enough through Verizon to terminate my contract early without fees....I loved the galaxy nexus,,BUT WOW this phone is amazing fast and stable and battery life last twice as long,,,Am glad to be here and listen to your guys advice and input,,so far i rooted it, flashed Juggernaut 4.1 ...i cannot believe what i was missing out....thanks for having me guys...
Cheers
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Title says it all,,Finally got pushed enough through Verizon to terminate my contract early without fees....I loved the galaxy nexus,,BUT WOW this phone is amazing fast and stable and battery life last twice as long,,,Am glad to be here and listen to your guys advice and input,,so far i rooted it, flashed Juggernaut 4.1 ...i cannot believe what i was missing out....thanks for having me guys...
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I'm new to this phone and forum as well, but I came from a much more modest device(htc HD2). It was the most fun I ever had, flashing the hell out of it. Also has a very good dev community. We lost some devs to the Sensation, among other devices...but still going strong. Tytung, a recognized developer, has a near perfect ICS rom for the HD2. I still have my old phone and four batteries, don't think I'll ever get rid of it. Hoping this phone takes off for dev community. I got my sgh t989 for 98.88 at Sam's club with a contract extension of course;-)
Welcome! I came from the HD2 as well. That HD2 is one amazing phone! There is no where near the development level here as with the HD2. That's to be expected, though, the Hercules/Skyrocket is a new and unique device.
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I'm new to this phone and forum as well, but I came from a much more modest device(htc HD2). It was the most fun I ever had, flashing the hell out of it. Also has a very good dev community. We lost some devs to the Sensation, among other devices...but still going strong. Tytung, a recognized developer, has a near perfect ICS rom for the HD2. I still have my old phone and four batteries, don't think I'll ever get rid of it. Hoping this phone takes off for dev community. I got my sgh t989 for 98.88 at Sam's club with a contract extension of course;-)
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There enough good devs for the t989 besides why do we need a hundred Roms when half are not good enough. When the ics port we'll see what this baby can really do.
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I agree so far the roms ive encountered so far on this phone is amazing ...blows anyrhing that ive been using with galaxy nexus....the Juggernaut is smooth and battery last all day..plus bench mark is thru the roof ..which really dosent matter just nice knowing i suppose..lol
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I left Verizon as well (and a droid razr) Wondering how you beat the early term fee?
deathknellx said:
I'm new to this phone and forum as well, but I came from a much more modest device(htc HD2). It was the most fun I ever had, flashing the hell out of it. Also has a very good dev community. We lost some devs to the Sensation, among other devices...but still going strong. Tytung, a recognized developer, has a near perfect ICS rom for the HD2. I still have my old phone and four batteries, don't think I'll ever get rid of it. Hoping this phone takes off for dev community. I got my sgh t989 for 98.88 at Sam's club with a contract extension of course;-)
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What!!!!! Modest?????? HD2 is a classic the phone blew the EVO 4g & Nexus One out of the water. With great development and more than plenty of space for app storage, I remember my nexus one had only 50mb left even with hacks and the HD2 had like 500mb that phone until this day still consider a mid-range phone.
I love my original phone.. Sony Xperia x10. . It still has one of the best dev's in there and this phone is STILL being dev'ed. =X
Wish we had more here haha .. but welcome
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What!!!!! Modest?????? HD2 is a classic the phone blew the EVO 4g & Nexus One out of the water. With great development and more than plenty of space for app storage, I remember my nexus one had only 50mb left even with hacks and the HD2 had like 500mb that phone until this day still consider a mid-range phone.
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I'm not saying the HD2 isn't a great phone even to this day, however the OP says he came from the Galaxy Nexus that a lot of people think is the best Android phone to date(mostly because it came with ICS and has the latest and greatest hardware). The HD2 came out in 2009 and is becoming dated. I agree it has a lot still to offer but here's to progress. Just modest in comparison.
welcome......
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There enough good devs for the t989 besides why do we need a hundred Roms when half are not good enough. When the ics port we'll see what this baby can really do.
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agreed
i still have 1 game that EA / POP CAP have you yet upgraded to support ICS 4.0 yet
all the other apps i had trouble with GPS, etc, new versions has been released to work with ICS 4.0 so now i'm looking forward to have ICS on our phone, before i wasn't as many of the Apps i use often were not ICS ready
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agreed
i still have 1 game that EA / POP CAP have you yet upgraded to support ICS 4.0 yet
all the other apps i had trouble with GPS, etc, new versions has been released to work with ICS 4.0 so now i'm looking forward to have ICS on our phone, before i wasn't as many of the Apps i use often were not ICS ready
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I'll also be picking up the GSII tomorrow and handing down my Sensation to my son who's currently using my HD2. So I'll be rooting and flashing the GSII , the HD2 to ICS and my TouchPad to Leo's newest ICS release.
Well that's the plan, but I probably won't get all that done easily, since I will most likely play with the GSII all day.
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wish777 said:
Title says it all,,Finally got pushed enough through Verizon to terminate my contract early without fees....I loved the galaxy nexus,,BUT WOW this phone is amazing fast and stable and battery life last twice as long,,,Am glad to be here and listen to your guys advice and input,,so far i rooted it, flashed Juggernaut 4.1 ...i cannot believe what i was missing out....thanks for having me guys...
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What happen with the galaxy nexus, you sold it already? I got Verizon for personal and T-Mobile from work.
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I'm new to this phone and forum as well, but I came from a much more modest device(htc HD2). It was the most fun I ever had, flashing the hell out of it. Also has a very good dev community. We lost some devs to the Sensation, among other devices...but still going strong. Tytung, a recognized developer, has a near perfect ICS rom for the HD2. I still have my old phone and four batteries, don't think I'll ever get rid of it. Hoping this phone takes off for dev community. I got my sgh t989 for 98.88 at Sam's club with a contract extension of course;-)
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HD2 love!!! I still have mine too & I just recently replaced the screen & housing. My baby got a little scruffy, lol... I'm gonna have to check out that ICS rom :-D
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kabuk1 said:
HD2 love!!! I still have mine too & I just recently replaced the screen & housing. My baby got a little scruffy, lol... I'm gonna have to check out that ICS rom :-D
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You get a chance to flash that ICS rom yet?
Wow, lots of HD2 owners on here. I finally bit the bullet and "retired" the HD2 this past weekend and took advantage of the "free phone" sale and snapped up the GS2.
Definitely still have love for my HD2, just feeling like it's long in the tooth now and has some issues that I don't want to deal with anymore (long story).
I'm enjoying the GS2 and am now just trying to figure out which ROM to go with. I've tried Juggernaut and am now on Darkside. Hoping to find the right one for me soon.
There definitely was a TON more to choose from for the HD2, both when I was just using WinMo and then Android. Hopefully, the SG2 will grow as well. Also patiently waiting for ICS to come to this device and my Asus Transformer.
i had to sendbthe phone back to Verizon to get my money back....i had trouble tickets in ., moaty for my 4g not working....in my house ...took a couple mounths of then pinging it or whayever....but said beacise i have a 4g phone ,and its not working effectively and there isnt anu 4g coverage ...its in the contract you can leave without termination fees.....i do have a network extender for Verizon ?...hooks up thru interent and makes it like a mini tower...
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Another former HD2 owner (sold it on eBay) for a decent sum in about 2 hours - phone was mint (not a nick and functioned perfectly). Got my SG2 with the Valentine's Day promotion. Unfortunately had to bump my plan up to unlimited to receive the "free" phone but they told me I can drop the unlimited after I receive the rebate.
The HD2 was an OK phone until the developers ported over Android. Although it did run a little on the hot side and the GPS was pretty slow it kept me happy until I was able to do an upgrade. Data drops were the only significant issue I ever had and ran AmeriCan daily. More than likely could have kept it for a while but the sale was too hard to pass up and so far I'm lovin this phone.
Considered Verizon's Galaxy Nexus from Amazon at 99.00 but reading the forums it seems to have several problems. Also the build quality seems very cheap compared to the SG2 and the camera and screen are inferior as well.
stim141 said:
Considered Verizon's Galaxy Nexus from Amazon at 99.00 but reading the forums it seems to have several problems. Also the build quality seems very cheap compared to the SG2 and the camera and screen are inferior as well.
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having compared the screens side by side I'd say it's a bit of a wash. our screen has colors that "pop" better but the 720p resolution on the nexus is pretty damn awesome, even if it is pentile. I'm probably going to go with the nexus because I find ICS much more pleasant to use (and I like not having to wait until manufacturers/carriers get their act together for updates), but they're both great phones. The camera is really the only downside to the nexus imo, I can't for the life of me understand why so many people complain about it being "laggy". I think that has more to do with the fact that one of the few improvements touchwiz has over stock android is the transitions are a bit smoother, actual use/switching between apps is pretty equivalent on both
So yesterday I thought to myself the t989 forum is going down hill. No devs support, lack of any real sense of community seems all are devs are jumping ship due to the fact of trolling and no appreciation. So I said let me see if the grass is greener on the other side, so I started looking for the best deal and ended up finding the a great deal. So here's where I stand I still have my t989 but I'm debating if I should sell and just keep my gnex, I really love the t989 screen feels bigger to me than the gnex. But are community is not a community we look to troll on another and its getting us no where I'm tired of beefed up stock roms. So I'm in a jam, I also think I could just keep my gnex till the galaxy S 3 is released really looking forward to that phone. What do you guys think?.
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Why not just keep both and enjoy them? That's what I would do.
I mean, if you already bought the SG Nexus, then it seems like you've already got one foot out the door on the SGS2.
And I'm not sure why you think dev support has dropped. I've seen a bunch of ROMS added lately. I also think there's a lull because the devs are waiting for ICS to come for this phone. (IF it comes...)
My two cents. If I had both, I'd keep both and enjoy the options.
I was in the same boat as you, but I ultimately sold my T989 because of frequent data issues that seem to surround a lot of T-Mobile phones. I heard that the Galaxy Nexus does not have this issue from people who own this device and know what I'm talking about.
The community seemed much more immature than what I am used to, particularly some who put so called "devs" to a pedestal when real devs call them out on their ROMs. I won't go any further, but I'm glad Team Kang is here to stay.
im looking forward to the SIII as well one thing thats got me worried is touchwiz tho, i hope AOSP can be fully and quickly ported to it
also i need to see if its sexier than the nex
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Why not just keep both and enjoy them? That's what I would do.
I mean, if you already bought the SG Nexus, then it seems like you've already got one foot out the door on the SGS2.
And I'm not sure why you think dev support has dropped. I've seen a bunch of ROMS added lately. I also think there's a lull because the devs are waiting for ICS to come for this phone. (IF it comes...)
My two cents. If I had both, I'd keep both and enjoy the options.
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That's just it, a lot of beefed up stock roms no miui,ics, they might get ics my the summer but the galaxy S 3 will be here by then. A lot of trolling and child's play. You can't even ask a question without getting flamed. Moneys tight and the gnex is not cheap. Lol
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if money is tight and you bought the gnex off contract at full price then sell the gs2 to offset some of the cost while its still a popular phone. if you wait until the S3 comes out and sell it you are going to get a lot less for it. theres always going to be a newer and better phone coming out soon so why bother with keeping older phones lying around.
That's true, I know if I wait to long then galaxy S II will lose its value. Seems like there's a lot going on in the gnex forum. What's the best rom/kernal?.
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Levi strauss said:
That's true, I know if I wait to long then galaxy S II will lose its value. Seems like there's a lot going on in the gnex forum. What's the best rom/kernal?.
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check out cm9 or aokp, they are the two most popular roms for the galaxy nexus.
Hows the data speeds 4g wise compared to do sgh-t989 i heard it dpesnt do as good on 4g, cause im thinking of switching
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Hows the data speeds 4g wise compared to do sgh-t989 i heard it dpesnt do as good on 4g, cause im thinking of switching
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really that's not true, 4g speeds are great. I'm getting about 10mb down and 4mb up. There are different modems you can flash, all around the best phone I've purchased. Ppl talk of the camera but its not like your going to do photography with a phone..lol its serves its purpose well for snapping pics for Facebook and other social sites. Ppl also talk of CPU but this phone is buttery smooth. I would recommend you buy, plus the screen on this phone is amazing. And you can't beat ics and not having to wait for updates from T-Mobile.
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Hey guys! Currently I'm on tmobile with the gs2. I've always had a nexus device until verizon stole it Lol. I loved always having up to date software, which is not the case with the gs2. I'm also sick of the sg2 xda forum.. Too much ******ry going on there.
Do you guys think it's worth getting? After selling the gs2 ill only be paying around 100 more. Amazon is selling for 500.
Before the nexus i have a gs2 i like the nexus better people's here saying that they have reboots problems with the phone but i never have a single problem with it i love it also coming from a 4s two
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I think so dude. I moved here from the i9100. I haven't looked back. AOSP ICS is simply amazing! There are small hardware gripes I have with the nexus compared to the i9100, but I moved to the neuxs more for the ICS and updates. Plus I have the Verizon LTE version and the speeds are pretty sweet, minus the battery drain. Oh and that Amoled HD display is so damn sexy.
I'm going to be making the switch too. I wouldn't be losing any money making the switch, make a good enough profit buying and selling things here and there.
lol, it is impressive how every 2-3 days we have someone posting the exactly same thread here
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Before the nexus i have a gs2 i like the nexus better people's here saying that they have reboots problems with the phone but i never have a single problem with it i love it also coming from a 4s two
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Thanks for the response. I'm gonna miss the camera but I think I really want a gn.
wait until a better phone then the nexus. Going from galaxy s2 to the nexus is not really a big step up. I would wait for the galaxy s3 or if you need a phone really soon I would get the HTC one. The nexus isn't so much better then the galaxy s2 and some might even say the galaxy s2 is a better because of hardware.
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unless you actually switch your phones alot....i'd say stay with the i9100 until galaxy SIII
I'm only switching cuz I feel like it and I got the nexus really cheap (in my eyes) and I can sell my i9100 for almost just as much since I have a white one and a good amount of accessories.
Plus I sell laptops and other phones and stuff making good profit like that.
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unless you actually switch your phones alot....i'd say stay with the i9100 until galaxy SIII
I'm only switching cuz I feel like it and I got the nexus really cheap (in my eyes) and I can sell my i9100 for almost just as much since I have a white one and a good amount of accessories.
Plus I sell laptops and other phones and stuff making good profit like that.
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I'm not going to buy another non nexus phone. If I remember correctly the nexus was launched in nov-dec. The next nexus will be released around the same time I assume. This will be the time my upgrade will be available so hopefully the new nexus phone will come to tmo and ill use it to get that.
If not I'll use it on the gs3 sell it and buy the International nexus
I'm ready to pull the trigger. Does anyone know where to get one cheaper than amazon?
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I'm not going to buy another non nexus phone. If I remember correctly the nexus was launched in nov-dec. The next nexus will be released around the same time I assume. This will be the time my upgrade will be available so hopefully the new nexus phone will come to tmo and ill use it to get that.
If not I'll use it on the gs3 sell it and buy the International nexus
I'm ready to pull the trigger. Does anyone know where to get one cheaper than amazon?
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Negri electronics, NTT DOCOMO version unlocked. Exactly the same except it was originally Docomo locked and has docomo branding on the backplate. $460 and you get warranty unlike amazon. Negri and Expansys assist. It's on backorder right now so I would just go with Amazon. I ordered mine sunday from Negri and it will arrive Monday according to Fedex because they ship from Nevada. There are some concerns with IMEI though because of the way they unlocked it but not a big deal for me on AT&T. I'm just going to save the original IMEI files etc...as backup
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Negri electronics, NTT DOCOMO version unlocked. Exactly the same except it was originally Docomo locked and has docomo branding on the backplate. $460 and you get warranty unlike amazon. Negri and Expansys assist. It's on backorder right now so I would just go with Amazon. I ordered mine sunday from Negri and it will arrive Monday according to Fedex because they ship from Nevada. There are some concerns with IMEI though because of the way they unlocked it but not a big deal for me on AT&T. I'm just going to save the original IMEI files etc...as backup
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Thx sounds like amazon it is. Plus I can do the 4 dollar overnight shipping I am excite
You're from the T989 forums too? Man that place was such a hell hole. Too many wanna be devs and downtrodden people made me leave that place. Worst device forum ever.
This device is so much better, trust me. I got mine from Negri which came unlocked from docomo and it is working fine.
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You're from the T989 forums too? Man that place was such a hell hole. Too many wanna be devs and downtrodden people made me leave that place. Worst device forum ever.
This device is so much better, trust me. I got mine from Negri which came unlocked from docomo and it is working fine.
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Yeah its gotta be the worst forum ever. Haters, douchey nerds, dissing on noobs.. Hell hole is right. A buggy Aosp and a skyrocket ics port were released and were locked within 24 hours lol.
Just ordered my nexus from Amazon. Stock ics is so Purdy.
also, M&S got a galaxy nexus. He says it will just be his daily and he's gonna dev the t989, but hopefully someone will really piss him off and he'll come dev here lol. His tuesday rom is awesome.
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lol, it is impressive how every 2-3 days we have someone posting the exactly same thread here
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If you mean from the t989 forum, I'm not surprised lol. I'm surprised I lasted so long
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Yeah its gotta be the worst forum ever. Haters, douchey nerds, dissing on noobs.. Hell hole is right. A buggy Aosp and a skyrocket ics port were released and were locked within 24 hours lol.
Just ordered my nexus from Amazon. Stock ics is so Purdy.
also, M&S got a galaxy nexus. He says it will just be his daily and he's gonna dev the t989, but hopefully someone will really piss him off and he'll come dev here lol. His tuesday rom is awesome.
If you mean from the t989 forum, I'm not surprised lol. I'm surprised I lasted so long
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Wow, I'm somehow not surprised man. Everyone was itching for ICS since every day that one guy kept posting articles about CM9 and ICS. It was bound to explode once ICS was released.
I didn't want to be a part of that immaturity and left reluctantly. I say reluctantly because the phone itself was beastly, I had the white one and it was probably one of the best designs minus this phone I've owned so far.
Stop making threads about it and just do it.
I'm thinking about shooting myself but I took an arrow to the knee. Somebody should start a website "thinking about selling x so I can get x". Then whoever takes me up in the best idea eva can start a thread called I'm thinking about selling my website so I can buy Facebook.
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i came from an htc sensation which is think is very similar to the gs2:
- both considered flagship phones (dual core, 4.3-4.5")
- both have microSD slot over the gnex
- both have better camera than gnex
the biggest thing for me was that most of the sensation roms were Sense based (even on XDA) and i wanted pure AOSP. im not sure how it is on the GS2 but i am assuming the same (ie most of the roms for the GS2 are probably touchwiz based). if you want pure AOSP, nothing beat the nexus
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i came from an htc sensation which is think is very similar to the gs2:
- both considered flagship phones (dual core, 4.3-4.5")
- both have microSD slot over the gnex
- both have better camera than gnex
the biggest thing for me was that most of the sensation roms were Sense based (even on XDA) and i wanted pure AOSP. im not sure how it is on the GS2 but i am assuming the same (ie most of the roms for the GS2 are probably touchwiz based). if you want pure AOSP, nothing beat the nexus
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Naw...galaxy phones have huge dev community. We have a lot based on Samsung firmware but also a ton based on aosp. Cm9 was one of the first to go nightlies and be every day usable for a while now. A lot of aokp and aosp based roms also or a decent amount at least.
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Well if your gonna wait for the next big phone youll always be waiting....i posted a similar thread a cple of days ago and im happy with my nexus.....mainly for the fact that im always waiting for the next release by a carrier or company who made the phone...its frustrating to have things that sorta work. The screen is amazing. The phone is speedy and smooth. But the best thing are the forums....ive been on xda for about 3 years now and people havnt been nicer or more helpful than the Gnex forums...so far
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The nexus looks awesome and I'm sure it is, but at this point why not wait a week or so for the HTC one X?