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Hey guys, a while back i had the epic 4g, and it was the best phone in the world to me. The motorola photon came out and all i saw was dual core! so i jumped off the samsung epic ship and boarded the motorola photon ship......BIG MISTAKE....there wasnt anything i couldnt do with the epic 4g. Between the devs, and learning how to really have some modding fun with the epic, there wasnt really much of a limit on it. Ive been arguing with sprint for 6 months to allow me to upgrade both my lines, and they finally agreed! Ive had so many problems with the motorola photon, and the dev. department can only do so much without an unlocked bootloader...anyway, Im phone shopping now, and i wanna come back to the samsung epic family. I really like the epic touch 4g. Can you please comment on your experience with the phone? Is 4g and GPS working stable on all the roms? Im so eager and excited...I want to wait for the galaxy nexus, but ive got to take advantage of this opportunity while i have the chance, and the galaxy nexus is slightly outa hands reach...I will await your thoughts.....
This phone is awesome I just came from a nexus s and I don't miss it at all! Especially with CM9 the GPS and 4G is awesome where I live!
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everything is working great for me and i also asked about the nexus and generally everyone agreed that it wont really offer much more then the e4gt. i think just a little bigger screen and more internal memory
It's ultimately that YMMV. I heard that the photons have better modems so they can get better signals compared to the epic 4g touch.
However, ROM development has really been kicking off. We have three main AOSP ROMS, CM 9, AOKP, and Codename Android, which are all about to be updated to Android 4.0.4 and able to record video again. All silky smooth. Make sure to not flash or wipe anything if you flash to ICS or you risk bricking.
As far as hardware, you should check if you have LTE where you live if you want to take advantage of it on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here's a thread asking a similar question
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568211
In all honesty, this is the longest I've ever kept a phone and I've had it since it released in September. I love this phone and the devs (and contributors) here at XDA just give me new ways to enjoy my phone and make it work for me.
I'll be eyeing the new HTC and SGS3 (if it ever comes out) but it would take a lot to make me jump ship, and truly, that is saying a lot for me.
@darkfire2024, i must admit, some of my co-workers have the epic touch 4g and when they dont have any bars of service, i usually have full bars. Not that it helps to have full bars, i might beable to make a call, but i definitely dont have any 3g coverage...I live in chicago, im sure it will be months before they release lte over here. I checked that thread. Very useful, thanks for your advice.
I'd like to say this is by the best phone I've ever used. The great thing, as you pointed out, is the active devs here, they are incredible. I recently helped a co-worker with his newest Droid4; get it at least rooted anyways, and I felt even better about my phone. Great thing is you have SO many options to choose from - especially for connectivity! Maybe the EL29 modem works best on your phone and in your neighborhood. Maybe it's the FC07 or FC24 or even one of the EK versions. The point being you can find out! I've been lucky and had progressively better speeds for both 4G and 3G with each version (except one early FC; caused batter drain and got no 4G) Good luck.
Edit: forgot to add that if you do go flashing different modems, make sure to update the PRL and Profile after/between the updates! I keep coming back to the Blazer GB ROM - literally everything works and works great. I've got a couple FC24 builds I'll probably try this weekend. But we'll see. I'm sure the final offical ICS code will drop very soon; then we'll see some great crazy development.
Excellent phone. GB ROMs are perfect. ICS are good, but they do still have some issues.
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Awesome phone
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hands down best phone ive ever owned. by a football field
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Excellent phone. GB ROMs are perfect. ICS are good, but they do still have some issues.
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Issues u say, any bugs that are known or are they just random and intermittent?
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Issues u say, any bugs that are known or are they just random and intermittent?
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The ICS issues are known and most have work arounds, but some of us are lucky and don't experience them. I think ICS is great, but I don't have any of the issues. Look at first few posts for known issues: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512419
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hands down best phone ive ever owned. by a football field
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My thoughts exactly. I have used the nexus in the verizon store and I must say the e4gt runs smoother. Samsung really hit the nail on the head with this phone it is perfect! No lag at all. Watch the video comparing the two by FlossyCarter on youtube you will see what I mean when I say the epic runs better. Like others have said this is the phone that I have owned the longest because with cell phones I am always getting sick of them after a couple weeks (Iphone) this phone has so much dev support and is just so awesome I can see myself holding on to it for another year easily!
This phone is the best I've ever had the pleasure to own and I've owned a lot (see my signature)
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My thoughts exactly. I have used the nexus in the verizon store and I must say the e4gt runs smoother. Samsung really hit the nail on the head with this phone it is perfect! No lag at all. Watch the video comparing the two by FlossyCarter on youtube you will see what I mean when I say the epic runs better. Like others have said this is the phone that I have owned the longest because with cell phones I am always getting sick of them after a couple weeks (Iphone) this phone has so much dev support and is just so awesome I can see myself holding on to it for another year easily!
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right! plus ICS is making it super raw lol. everytime i pick this joint up to use it im still in awe like the first day I got it. Im amazed by how powerful and advanced this thing is. Im totally satisfied with it. Never had a phone this long either, and unless the note comes to sprint, I wont be ditching it anytime soon. Not even for the GNEX which IMO is a downgrade.
the best I always fight w m friend on whos better is iPhone or my epic 4g touch
Et4g + AOSP ICS > gNex ;-)
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If I were you I would wait about 2 weeks man! Rumor has it the Galaxy Nexus might be released on sprint April 15. Besides that phone I would just wait for the Galaxy S3 which should be out in the next 6-8 months!
I switch phones quite a bit as well but to be honest with you this phone is the best I've ever owned, and with so much dev support you never get tired of it.
Coming from the HTC Evo 3D I can say this phone blows it out the water. Love my Epic Touch
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I'm always a little iffy about all of the phones I buy but I'm sold on the Galaxy Nexus (Maguro). There really is no phone like it. I'm gonna go ahead and do a mini review since I know Gnex owners like seeing positive experiences.
Background: I basically came from an iPhone and a One X. I was an Android purist when I first started my smartphone venture with the myTouch 3G and the Evo 4G. Due to battery life problems and countless defects, I went to the iPhone for a year and found myself incredibly bored. Recently, I purchased the One X, but it was also plagued by manufacturer defects and Sense killed it for me. No use having great hardware on an platform that isn't optimized.
I decided to look into the Gnex because I saw a deal on the Play Store and I love the pure Android experience. I have to say, I've never had a smartphone experience like this. I received the phone quick as hell from Google (two day shipping). From first impressions the hardware looked incredibly well made: no hardware buttons, sleek and well thought out design, etc.
Turned on the phone and I was so happy to see just the Google trademark and the Nexus boot animation with no carrier branding or bloat. The phone has a bright, vivid screen that easily rivals the One X, snappy performance and feels great in the hand. So, as any logical Android power user would do, I unlocked the bootloader, rooted my phone and began flashing to see which setup fit me best.
I finally found my favorite. Right now, I'm on:CyanogenMod 2012-06-13-NIGHTLY-MAGURO with Trinity STABLE65.
Only thing I needed now was to experience daily use of my phone to determine whether or not it was a winner. As of today, I'm sold. I took my phone off the charger yesterday around 10:15 AM to head to the beach. Took pictures, texted, made a few phone calls. Left the beach at 5 PM, went to the mall and ran around the whole mall busting missions using my phone with horrible signal. Left home, got ready to go out, went to a party and spent the night texting, browsing the Internet, taking pictures, and making phone calls. I came home at 5 AM, fell asleep, woke up today at 11 AM, and the phone is still going! 1d 2h turned on with 30% left. I have finally found the phone for me. Not even my One X gave me such good results.
Not only that, pictures at night come out fantastic, to the point that I make my iPhone friends jealous. I removed bootanimation.zip so now I only see the Android logo when the phone boots. I copied modded Sans Serif fonts to my system/fonts folder and now I see Emoji system wide. I tweaked the screen colors, customized my phone to my desire, and I'm still not done making it exactly how I want it.And to top it off, everyone asks me about my phone. When they hold it they can't believe how light it feels in the hand. When they use it they say "I didn't know Android was this easy to use."
So yeah, thats my experience with the Gnex and I thought you all might like seeing it. I hope you guys have similar experiences. I'm loving my Gnex. Cheers!
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I purchased the One X, but it was also plagued by manufacturer defects and Sense killed it for me.
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I went from the Desire to the Desire HD, and the build quality of the DHD was appalling. I sold it rooted about a week later and spent another happy 22 months with my Desire before upgrading to the Nexus.
I'd like to give the SGS III a go, but I just can't be bothered with the home button and the dedicated soft keys, I'm sure you can deactivate them, but I am made up with Black Ice without a nav bar, LMT is the best thing ever invented.
Im on the fence about getting this phone from the play store just like you. That battety life seems amazing but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life. I really want to pull the trigger though. And hows your reception? Are you on tmobile or att?
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but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life.
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How can GSM battery life possibly be worse than LTE?
I'm very happy with the battery life I get with my GSM Nexus, compared to any other phone I've owned, it's just as good.
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Im on the fence about getting this phone from the play store just like you. That battety life seems amazing but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life. I really want to pull the trigger though. And hows your reception? Are you on tmobile or att?
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Its just the opposite....GSM has way better life then there cdma version. Lte kills the battery. I'm on T-Mobile and this is the best battery life I've ever seen stock and then when u throw a trinity kernel on it u can easily get a day and a half....and I've had a lot of phones this phone is awesome
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Im on the fence about getting this phone from the play store just like you. That battety life seems amazing but people on here say that the gsm galaxy nexus has terrible battery life. I really want to pull the trigger though. And hows your reception? Are you on tmobile or att?
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Wtf is up with the misconception about gsm battery life. It's great, and anybody who says otherwise is missing something. The pics below are 30% brightness, data on and syncing entire time. And these results are not abnormal for RAScream + trinity users. Standard size battery.
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I have the verizon cdma version, and while it may not get as good battery life as the gsm version, it's still pretty good. You just have to find a rom/kernel combo that you and your phone likes. On average I get about 2-3 hours of screen time, depending on what I'm doing, and lasts a full day.
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Wtf is up with the misconception about gsm battery life. It's great, and anybody who says otherwise is missing something. The pics below are 30% brightness, data on and syncing entire time. And these results are not abnormal for RAScream + trinity users. Standard size battery.
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I'm about to try out Rascream, I've been hearing good things about it, and it's about the only rom I haven't tried yet. I personally don't like all the extra's the other roms through in, because I never use them.
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I have the verizon cdma version, and while it may not get as good battery life as the gsm version, it's still pretty good. You just have to find a rom/kernel combo that you and your phone likes. On average I get about 2-3 hours of screen time, depending on what I'm doing, and lasts a full day.
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I'm about to try out Rascream, I've been hearing good things about it, and it's about the only rom I haven't tried yet. I personally don't like all the extra's the other roms through in, because I never use them.
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You will love it. So fast and stable. What more you expect ? Rascream + trinity...rocks!!!
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I'm about to try out Rascream, I've been hearing good things about it, and it's about the only rom I haven't tried yet. I personally don't like all the extra's the other roms through in, because I never use them.
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I highly recommend it. you will not regret trying it!
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What is Rascream?
Rascream is a "stockish" ROM with a some added fuctionality (like status bar power widget & modifiable navbar) there is no official thread but discussion on this ROM take place in the Trinity kernel thread in the GSM dev section
The phone has been out over 7 months, and we're still getting "mini reviews?" As much as I love my Nexus, it's old news. The GS3 is the new king, and the Nexus is yesterday's new toy.
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The phone has been out over 7 months, and we're still getting "mini reviews?" As much as I love my Nexus, it's old news. The GS3 is the new king, and the Nexus is yesterday's new toy.
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There's always one guy who wants to trash the party.
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There's always one guy who wants to trash the party.
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Sorry that the party is pretty old.
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The phone has been out over 7 months, and we're still getting "mini reviews?" As much as I love my Nexus, it's old news. The GS3 is the new king, and the Nexus is yesterday's new toy.
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Not all countries launched the phone on the same date. Besides, not everybody is willing to pay the price difference for a SGS3, the Gnex still can deal with any app with no problems, the dev support for a Nexus Device has no rival.
So yes, reviews at this point in time are still very welcome.
I bought the GNexus about 20 days ago, my first nexus and I don't think I can go back to a no nexus phone. The pure android experience and this community are awesome.
I have tried AOKP+ Franco, Rascream + Trinity and for me rascream + Franco has delivered the best performance.
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Not all countries launched the phone on the same date. Besides, not everybody is willing to pay the price difference for a SGS3, the Gnex still can deal with any app with no problems, the dev support for a Nexus Device has no rival.
So yes, reviews at this point in time are still very welcome.
I bought the GNexus about 20 days ago, my first nexus and I don't think I can go back to a no nexus phone. The pure android experience and this community are awesome.
I have tried AOKP+ Franco, Rascream + Trinity and for me rascream + Franco has delivered the best performance.
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just cause you like pure android that doesn't mean touchwiz suck. it has its pros and cons. and besides that S3 has better hardware as well and newer so without a questions its the hot topic. i know you bought yours 20 days ago but thats actually very late.. Nexus is old (got mine in Feb) and S3 is new. just have to accept it.
LTE Gnex, standard battery and Trinity ZM3 kernel. Hard to beat that with any phone and definitely any Android I've ever owned.
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just cause you like pure android that doesn't mean touchwiz suck. it has its pros and cons. and besides that S3 has better hardware as well and newer so without a questions its the hot topic. i know you bought yours 20 days ago but thats actually very late.. Nexus is old (got mine in Feb) and S3 is new. just have to accept it.
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What will get your further google or Samsung ?
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Sorry that the party is pretty old.
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Then go to the new party and leave this one alone.
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Then go to the new party and leave this one alone.
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+1. I switched from a Sprint E4GT to my GSM GNex a few weeks ago and I'm still floored by this phone. No need for folks to be buzzkills.
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So I've been with my Captivate for two years or so now, with an iPhone 4S in between uses. I must admit, I think I liked my iPhone 4S better simply because of the speed, but otherwise I love Android. Now I'm switching to the GNex and I'm pretty excited.
First, I'd like to ask what kernels you guys have had the best experience with the stock JB update. This includes battery life and speed. Any extra features of the kernel are also a plus. If your favorite has extras that you enjoy, tell me about them!
Also, is it worth buying an extended battery? I'm a moderate to heavy user of my phone, and my Captivate barely does a good job at staying alive for a day when I actually use it.
Anyway, tell me about your experience with the GNex! What phone did you come from? Why do you like it better? What problems have you had? I'd like to hear your stories.
Thanks.
I too came from a captivate. The difference is night and day. With the captivate, i was trying new roms every week and I was never satisfied. But the gnex, everything just works. Ive had the gnex for almost two months and i havnt once felt the need to root or load a rom or kernel. Im on stock JB 4.1.1 and am loving it. The battery destroys the one on the captivate. I can easliy go a day and a half with moderate usage. And im getting about 3.5 mbps down with att her in san diego.
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I too came from a captivate. The difference is night and day. With the captivate, i was trying new roms every week and I was never satisfied. But the gnex, everything just works. Ive had the gnex for almost two months and i havnt once felt the need to root or load a rom or kernel. Im on stock JB 4.1.1 and am loving it. The battery destroys the one on the captivate. I can easliy go a day and a half with moderate usage. And im getting about 3.5 mbps down with att her in san diego.
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Awesome to hear it! I can totally relate with the trying new ROMs practically every week just to find something I actually liked. I do plan on rooting my GNex, but I'm not entirely sure about flashing a kernel, but I'll have to wait and see. And that's good about the battery, I'm about fed up with my Captivate's failing battery. You're all the way on the other side of the country, so I'm not so sure how those speeds will reflect here, but that's good to know! I'm going to be using the Straight Talk service, but they run on AT&T's bandwidth, so it's all the same.
Now before I get flamed for asking such a ridiculous question, let me start off by saying that I know the SG3 is an awesome phone and it had features and does things better/faster than the SG2. That being said, is it REALLY worth the upgrade?
I've had my SG2 for a little over a year. I'm eligible for an upgrade on October 2 and I'm debating on whether or not I should switch over to the SG3. I really love my SG2. I have it rooted and customized perfectly (for me). The only thing that I wish was better is the battery life...its still better than most android ICS phones, but it still drains pretty fast with moderate - heavy use (yes I've already played around with different ROMs, kernels and modems). While I'm at work I have to keep the phone connected to WiFi because I don't get the best reception in my office...so that causes the battery to drain as well. Because battery life is a concern I also keep it slightly undervolted, which causes it to be somewhat slow and laggy, but it gives me the best battery life. I know the SG3 is certainly going to be faster than my SG2...but is battery life that much better? I know its a bigger battery, but there's a lot more for the SG3 to power (compared to the SG2), so I'm wondering if battery life is a wash.
Anyway...for those of you that upgraded from the SG2...what are your impressions...was it worth it?
Thanks in advance!
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Now before I get flamed for asking such a ridiculous question, let me start off by saying that I know the SG3 is an awesome phone and it had features and does things better/faster than the SG2. That being said, is it REALLY worth the upgrade?
I've had my SG2 for a little over a year. I'm eligible for an upgrade on October 2 and I'm debating on whether or not I should switch over to the SG3. I really love my SG2. I have it rooted and customized perfectly (for me). The only thing that I wish was better is the battery life...its still better than most android ICS phones, but it still drains pretty fast with moderate - heavy use (yes I've already played around with different ROMs, kernels and modems). While I'm at work I have to keep the phone connected to WiFi because I don't get the best reception in my office...so that causes the battery to drain as well. Because battery life is a concern I also keep it slightly undervolted, which causes it to be somewhat slow and laggy, but it gives me the best battery life. I know the SG3 is certainly going to be faster than my SG2...but is battery life that much better? I know its a bigger battery, but there's a lot more for the SG3 to power (compared to the SG2), so I'm wondering if battery life is a wash.
Anyway...for those of you that upgraded from the SG2...what are your impressions...was it worth it?
Thanks in advance!
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Yes it is... NFC...
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I can pull 14 hours with 4 hours screen on time w/ FreeGS3 rom. Now that may change now though since I flash a new kernel. We shall see.
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I'd wait for the note ii, if you can handle the size
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I would say the note 2, but i just tried the older one and it don't fit in my pockets at all. Just wait till January there will be some killer quad core behemoths waiting for you. The galaxy s3 is great phone but it made everyone step there game up a notch. I might have to get a man purse if i like the note 2 alot :/.
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Yea I looked at the Note but its just too big. The SG3 is probably the biggest i'd go
, yes it's definitely worth it if you don't want to waste your upgrade on the note 2 because you don't like the size this phone is the perfect fit I like you resisted upgrading from my S 2 but now that I have the battery life is better the phone is faster and the features and APs move way smoother I would definitely get it
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Sorry to bump an old thread but didn't want to start a new one...
Coming from an epic 4g touch, will it be worth it after all these new updates coming out? I have a hook up already set where the difference of switching will be only $200(no upgrade)..
reason why I'm hesistant is cause Samsung has failed us on very late os updates..was planning on the next nexus to be my next phone. Opinions?
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Sorry to bump an old thread but didn't want to start a new one...
Coming from an epic 4g touch, will it be worth it after all these new updates coming out? I have a hook up already set where the difference of switching will be only $200(no upgrade)..
reason why I'm hesistant is cause Samsung has failed us on very late os updates..was planning on the next nexus to be my next phone. Opinions?
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I have both and I'm currently using e4gt cause of 4g Wimax, but I'd recommend skipping the s3 and going for the note 2 if it's within your budget!
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My Wife and I have had the Verizon Galaxy Nexus since Winter, I am a big Nexus, fan, having owned all three Nexus phones. But also had a few HTC phones too, over the years. Next to stock vanilla Android UI, I think Sense is the second best, but since JB, I am thinking stock Android is really the only UI to have now.
Anyways, getting sick of Verizon's prices, we want to move to the GSM Unlocked Nexus or "international" One X, my two Brothers have the Nexus from the Play Store running on Straight Talk for $45/month, and they LOVE it, zero issues whatsoever, and that would be well over 150% cheaper than what we pay on Verizon. Plus CDMA radios suck battery faster than GSM in my opinion. Standby time on GSM is better.
Long story short I found a mint condition "International" One X in white, on sale for $325. I picked the one up 10 days ago. Here is my opinion of it running Sense and CM10 based ROM's and comparing it to the Galaxy LTE Nexus.
First off, the white One X is an absolutely beautiful device, very cool looking phone, and high quality, the best looking Android phone ever sold, hands down no question. Makes the Nexus look cheap and poorly designed.
The Good;
- Screen is amazing, super clear and very sharp. Reading text and news websites is so clear and easy on the eyes. At first I thought it looked washed out and dull compared to Super AMOLED from Samsung, but after a few days, I started thinking the Samsung screen sucked now, it looked cartoony in colors, and whites blow on the Nexus, where as the One X, it looks so real and true in color, and super crisp sharp. The One X is the best screen on a smartphone today, better than the iPhone5 screen my Sister owns.
- Design of the phone, just a work of art.
- Size and weight, it is very thin, and lightweight.
- Battery life on Sense ROM's is amazing, 5 hours on screen time, easily 1 day + of heavy use, this Tegra 3 is a beast with a good Sense ROM and the right kernel. Crazy good battery life with the right setup of custom ROM and battery kernel.
- When CM10 ROM's are working well, they are beautiful on the One X, and run super smooth as "butter", and crazy fast, with zero lag whatsoever. CM10 makes the One X feel like a next generation Nexus-Four ( CM10 battery life is mentioned below, in the BAD file )
The Bad;
- No S-Off yet, and doubtful if ever. This is a major bad point to me. Installing ROM's and kernels is a pain in the **** on this phone, frustrating and stupid. Always have to have the phone plugged into the PC, and go into boot loader and flash the boot.img through Command prompt on your PC, then boot into Recovery and do the flashing, but only the ROM, then the kernel must also go through that long process too, after a full reboot. And updating ROM's still need to do it. Basically you can't just flash in recovery and be done, now way, it is a long drawn out process of bull****. And if you don;t have the correct boot.img flashed in Command Prompt, good luck.
- Sense sucks. I know Sense based ROM's have insane good battery life, but there is no JellyBean Sense yet officially, so they still 4.0.4 based, and Sense just looks outdated and like from Gingerbread still. I tried 4 different Sense ROM's all with custom options to make it look like AOSP, and LOL they don't look like AOSP, still has the Sense crap in menus and running behind the scenes. Ever since Google released Android 4.0 ICS, in my opinion, there is no more need need for Sense or Touchwizz, stock vanilla Android is just the best now.
- Custom AOSP ROM's = HOLY SH!T bad battery life. There are some cool CM10 ROM's for the "international" One X, but everyone one of them has bugs here and there, or stuff not working 100% yet. And battery life is a ****ing joke, easily 60% less, compared to Sense based ROM's. I tried 4 different CM10 ROM's with three of the top kernels, and battery just blew chunks. But CM10 does run lightning fast on the One X.
To wrap this up, My Wife and I still need to get one more "Unlocked" phone to use on Straight Talk, and I was all set originally on getting 2 International One X's, but now after 10 days with the HoX, I am for sure going back to a Nexus, and will buy a GSM Nexus off the Play Store. Stock vanilla Android running a Nexus device is the best.
I would definitely stick with the One X easily if they did two things; allowed S-Off for true Recovery flashing. And CM10 ROM's mature and get stable with good battery life. I do think those two might happen, at least CM10 should be much better after a few more weeks or a month, they just started the official Nightly's on the One X last week, so it needs more development time. And S-Off might happen once with One + phone is released with Jellybean, but that's a big maybe.
For now, I will stick with Nexus phone, like I have the last three years.
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For now, I will stick with Nexus phone, like I have the last three years.
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Good choice. Both on the phone, and going contract free!
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Good choice. Both on the phone, and going contract free!
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If CM10 on the One X was stable and had good battery life, like it does on my Nexus, then for sure I much prefer stock Jellybean on the One X, it is a nicer phone, and is very fast and smooth.
But CM10 on the One X, is a long ways from being solid with battery life, I am sure needs a good month of development time still, and we shall see from there...but the developers working on CM10 ROM's for the HoX are very smart and good guys, they will figure it out sooner than later I am sure, and it will be just as good as Sense based ROM's hopefully.
Now if the Nexus 5 rumors are true, which says it will be a HTC One X+ type of phone, I would welcome that BIG TIME, it is a very nice phone, just needs stock vanilla Android made specifically for it, and S-Off.
Nexus is about software not hardware at most what they try to innovate on is display which it the time was top of the line
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Since you're using the HoX GSM (Int'l version) I thought I'd ask here - my brother has it and every so often the signal drops out - he's on stock firmware no root etc. Signals are fine for the same network, in the same place, on my GNex though. It's the second HoX my bro is using after we exchanged the first thinking it was faulty but the same signal inconsistency shows up on the new one as well. I've read that there might be some issues with the HoX signals (radios?), Have U noticed anything of the sort? He's thinking of switching to the SGS3 or GNex because of this prob. (Physically, gotta agree with you, It's a beautiful piece of hardware, wonderful to hold and use)
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This was the heart of the matter for me with my s3 before I changed it for a nexus. The dev team working on the port of cm10 are excellent but due to samsungs source issues, they have not been able to get it bug free yet.
After sticking with it for a while I decided it would never be as good as Jb on the nexus. That's why I changed
Am I the only one that thinks the One X is more on the fugly side of the fence?
Fwiw a custom kernel such as Franco on the Gnex will let you tweak the colors and make the whites truly white again. While I agree the onex has an amazing screen, and my greyish-blue tinted screen used to bother me, after flashing Franco kernel, and using some settings found in various xda threads, my display finally looks much better. Whites look white, and it's not as cartoony as you put it.
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djexacto said:
Fwiw a custom kernel such as Franco on the Gnex will let you tweak the colors and make the whites truly white again. While I agree the onex has an amazing screen, and my greyish-blue tinted screen used to bother me, after flashing Franco kernel, and using some settings found in various xda threads, my display finally looks much better. Whites look white, and it's not as cartoony as you put it.
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Yea the franco color tweaks are amazing. :good:
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Since you're using the HoX GSM (Int'l version) I thought I'd ask here - my brother has it and every so often the signal drops out - he's on stock firmware no root etc. Signals are fine for the same network, in the same place, on my GNex though. It's the second HoX my bro is using after we exchanged the first thinking it was faulty but the same signal inconsistency shows up on the new one as well. I've read that there might be some issues with the HoX signals (radios?), Have U noticed anything of the sort? He's thinking of switching to the SGS3 or GNex because of this prob. (Physically, gotta agree with you, It's a beautiful piece of hardware, wonderful to hold and use)
Thanks.
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Had the same problem with htc one s, could be an HTC made issue. But, either way if you have the problem as my wife and I both had, it is a horrible experience.
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Am I the only one that thinks the One X is more on the fugly side of the fence?
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a agree with you
If LCD could have the blacks of amoled I would consider it. I just can't stand the grey/blue black on LCD's specially from angles.
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@ the OP.
My other phone is a tmo branded SGS2 which came with touchwiz. There are a bunch of aosp roms for it, however the battery life sucks in all of them.
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@ the OP.
My other phone is a tmo branded SGS2 which came with touchwiz. There are a bunch of aosp roms for it, however the battery life sucks in all of them.
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Get a RAZR if you want android and battery life
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Over the weekend I installed the latest CM10 for the One X, and man has it improved greatly. Very stable now, with much better battery life. The standby time on the One X is amazing on battery life. And on screen time, I can go 4 hours screen time, unplugged a full day before battery drains, where as my Verizon Nexus is lucky to get 2.5 hours screen time, and dead in 12 - 14 hours. I know the GSM Nexus is substantially better on battery, it seems the Verizon Nexus just plain sucks. And I never use 4G/LTE, and battery life still sucks. I have installed different ROM's, different kernels, no sync, no GPS, no 4G, and using it daily I just can't get long battery life.
How's WiFi and data connectivity on one x as stock? I hear people are having problems with that.
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IMHO HTC One series are well made. Where as Samsung seems to like producing plastic fantastic phones, the HTC Ones are metal and have premium grade feel to it.
I agree Sense and Touchwiz... along with whatever mfg over-lays should go the way of the dinosaur. Let Android be Android.
Haven't had the chance to really check out any of the new One series phones, but I loved the build quality of my Evo. Felt solid and well constructed. It's the only thing about my Nexus that I might call a gripe. Just feels a little under built. With some extra care I don't think it will be a problem in the long term, but it does make me a bit nervous. We've all had that klutzy moment!
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Got a SH26W One X. Wifi is somehow better than the 2 previous HOX batches I got. But it's still that I sometimes get no connection for no reason.
But HOX had some serius production faults, e.g. bad Wifi antenna connection, screen ripple, screen flex and so on... Gotta say that my GNEX's production quality is much better than my HOX's... But HOX has lotta more power, 4 sure
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As someone previously said, the Nexus line is not for top of the line hardware. Newer phones such as the HTC One X and Galaxy SIII are going to obviously win out in hardware and probably build quality, but when the next version of Android comes out I can tell you who will have it first, and that is all that matters to me. Especially since the hardware on both of those phones will be outdated in a couple months.