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Farewell to DInc2

Farewell my Incredible goodness. You've been a great stepping block for my intro into rooting and romming. You shall hold a somewhat minuscule place in my heart due to your horrible reception and even more horrible customer support from Verizon. Hopefully this next phone will allow me to not have to deal with VZW anymore. To all you Inc2 users, I bid thee farewell and good luck with future rooting and romming. Adieu!

You could still stick around LOL. What phone are you getting to play with next?
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digitalsynner85 said:
Farewell my Incredible goodness. You've been a great stepping block for my intro into rooting and romming. You shall hold a somewhat minuscule place in my heart due to your horrible reception and even more horrible customer support from Verizon. Hopefully this next phone will allow me to not have to deal with VZW anymore. To all you Inc2 users, I bid thee farewell and good luck with future rooting and romming. Adieu!
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Thanks for the pointless thread!

andybones said:
Thanks for the pointless thread!
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LOL, you crack me up bro.

Lol, I figured someone would post something like that. Everyone needs a pointless thread once in a while and this is my first thread without a point whatsoever lol.
@tyler, the Droid 3
And to be honest, I could possibly call this a "thank you" thread for all the rommers and modders on the Inc2 . I just can't deal with the horribad reception issues that this phone has where I'm at, which has forced me to upgrade to something that is confirmed working in my household. There are 3 other smartphones in this household and I'm the only one who can't get service. lulz

I feel that.
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digitalsynner85 said:
Lol, I figured someone would post something like that. Everyone needs a pointless thread once in a while and this is my first thread without a point whatsoever lol.
@tyler, the Droid 3
And to be honest, I could possibly call this a "thank you" thread for all the rommers and modders on the Inc2 . I just can't deal with the horribad reception issues that this phone has where I'm at, which has forced me to upgrade to something that is confirmed working in my household. There are 3 other smartphones in this household and I'm the only one who can't get service. lulz
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The Droid 3...I thought you got a better phone...
Motorola...ewwwww
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knipp21 said:
The Droid 3...I thought you got a better phone...
Motorola...ewwwww
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+1 lawl!!! I don't like 'em either.
Sent from my Droid Incredible 2 HD

lol, i'm reading a lot of good things about them......plus the **** that verizon is trying to pull on me, they're letting me replace the incredible 2 in 1 of 2 ways......either 1) drop contract and pay the new contract price on any phone, or 2) since im on a 3g phone, i can replace it w/ any other 3g phone that isn't brand new and they can give me a "certified like new" phone...so basically it was the droid x2, the droid 3, or *gags* the iphone 4, i've been thru 5 incredible 2s so far lol, don't think i'm choosing another one
Edit: there's also blackberries, but i've had a blackberry before and they're great and durable, just meh, i want android for rooting and romming

I would take the 3 as well given your choices

PacerguyDon said:
I would take the 3 as well given your choices
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lol, glad to see someone sees it from my position , all in all, i've had an iphone before i went over to verizon from a forced merger, so if none of the android phones *long sigh* i'll get another iphone, i already know how to jailbreak it and install installous on it so that i never have to worry about paying for the apps i want anyway lol

peace out girl scout!

digitalsynner85 said:
lol, glad to see someone sees it from my position , all in all, i've had an iphone before i went over to verizon from a forced merger, so if none of the android phones *long sigh* i'll get another iphone, i already know how to jailbreak it and install installous on it so that i never have to worry about paying for the apps i want anyway lol
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Just wait till you go through 15 d3s.
Most ppl report bad screens, the hinges jamming or not working.
Oh and lack of development
If I've helped. don't neglect my thanks button

You should get the iPhone and flip it. You should get enough to get whatever you want. Don't settle for Motorola. I just came from an x2. The HTC is better in every way.
[Sent from my INC2]

digitalsynner85 said:
Farewell my Incredible goodness. You've been a great stepping block for my intro into rooting and romming. You shall hold a somewhat minuscule place in my heart due to your horrible reception and even more horrible customer support from Verizon. Hopefully this next phone will allow me to not have to deal with VZW anymore. To all you Inc2 users, I bid thee farewell and good luck with future rooting and romming. Adieu!
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Did you have equal service with the stock battery, and door as the extended one you were using? I remember your post on the cm7 forums where you were talking about bad service, and i remember you were using an extended battery. I posted a reply but it appears you never seen it. I also got an extended battery and quit using it within 3 days because service went to ****.
"Actually i'm in one of the classes right now where i had a deadzone. With the extended battery my phone never had service the whole time i sat in this spot (1 hour). Sitting in the same spot today with the stock battery and cover and i have 1-3 bars (mostly 2). Coincidence? I don't think so...On a side note i don't recall having ever encountered a dead zone with my phone prior to this (had it since june)" There was also one other deadzone i encountered with the extended battery/door that wasn't and isn't there with the stock battery/door.
The battery door is the antenna for the phone. Fractal antennas are very small, and precision=performance. It seems the generic ones (providing thats what you got) have this problem all the time either due to a different style of fractal or more likely just a poorly made one. I got an immediate 70% refund without having to return it.
I hope this wasn't really all your problem was, as the inc2 is a beast phone. Not to mention you wouldn't have had to deal with vzw customer support.

ryankliber said:
Did you have equal service with the stock battery, and door as the extended one you were using? I remember your post on the cm7 forums where you were talking about bad service, and i remember you were using an extended battery. I posted a reply but it appears you never seen it. I also got an extended battery and quit using it within 3 days because service went to ****.
"Actually i'm in one of the classes right now where i had a deadzone. With the extended battery my phone never had service the whole time i sat in this spot (1 hour). Sitting in the same spot today with the stock battery and cover and i have 1-3 bars (mostly 2). Coincidence? I don't think so...On a side note i don't recall having ever encountered a dead zone with my phone prior to this (had it since june)" There was also one other deadzone i encountered with the extended battery/door that wasn't and isn't there with the stock battery/door.
The battery door is the antenna for the phone. Fractal antennas are very small, and precision=performance. It seems the generic ones (providing thats what you got) have this problem all the time either due to a different style of fractal or more likely just a poorly made one. I got an immediate 70% refund without having to return it.
I hope this wasn't really all your problem was, as the inc2 is a beast phone. Not to mention you wouldn't have had to deal with vzw customer support.
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Yeah, same issues with both the stock battery/backing and extended battery/backing. And I'm not going off just the bars. I'm actually going off the DBM. -105dBm is not acceptable 24/7 lol.
I do agree HTC makes some good phones, but the only one I was ever interested in was the Incredible 2. *shrug* If what i anticipate is going to happen, I'll be going through phones like nobodys business. Verizon ****ed up by buying Centennial Wireless out. We had a good company. Now we got an alright company with shoddy reps and some pretty decent phones. If I lived in the city it'd be a different issue, but because I live like 2 miles outside of town, it's garbage lol. But it was fun lol. There definitely is a lot of support for the DInc2. But it is what it is lol.

The E4GT is Hands Down the Best Built Phone I have Used!!!

So this has been the first Samsung smart phone I have owned since I have been using smart phones. I started way back with the PPC-6600 and moved up the line with each additional model by HTC. I was an HTC fan boy and never even looked at another manufacturer.
All I would read about on these forums is how crappy Samsung phones are built and they are junk. People would swear by HTC's build. Well after using the SGS2 for almost 2 months now, I have to say this is the best built phone I have ever used. Everything has just been perfect!
I love when people make the claim that is feels cheap. Even if it feels cheap, it is still built like a monster! HTC phones might feel like an army tank but along with that army tank comes crooked screens, bad power buttons, dust inside the screen, bad pixels, cracks on the casing, terrible battery doors that you need to pry off with chisel, light leakage and I am sure the list goes on and on and on...
Since the release of the E4GT, there are been barely any posts about hardware problems on the phone. How could anyone make the claim it is cheaply made? If you visit the EVO 3D forums, you will still see that claim all over the place still.
Well at least us smart ones are enjoying the best cheaply made Sprint phone without any problems while HTC owners are using their army tank of a phone with a ton of hardware defects.
Who is laughing now!

For sure dude. I was a hardcore HTC fanboy but Sammy has more than won me over with this phone. It is nothing short of amazing.
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Great phone but definitely not the best built.
Take a look at the razr, photon, bionic, iPhone, evo, etc.
With that being said I do prefer the light weight over build quality, as its still solid.
Drawbacks of plastic chassis are easily noticed: creaky, easy to crack, easy to scratch (everything scratches plastic). Durable enough for my needs, but if you've used other phones you wouldn't say this is the best built.
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bbedward said:
Great phone but definitely not the best built.
Take a look at the razr, photon, bionic, iPhone, evo, etc.
With that being said I do prefer the light weight over build quality, as its still solid.
Drawbacks of plastic chassis are easily noticed: creaky, easy to crack, easy to scratch (everything scratches plastic). Durable enough for my needs, but if you've used other phones you wouldn't say this is the best built.
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I don't know about that.....Drop an iPhone and then drop a E4GT and see who looks better in the end...Oh wait, let me find that for you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKxgsrJFhw
I have read a ton of posts from people that have cracked the back glass on their iPhone but I have yet to read anyone cracking their E4GT. So what are you basing that on? I have also yet to hear my phone creak or see anyone complaining about that.
I am beginning to think people just make stuff up and do not base it on anything except what they hear from other people. I bet you a lot of people that claim Samsung phones are cheap and crap have never even owned one.
As an HTC owner and now a Samsung owner, I must say that HTC has a lot to learn when it comes to build quality. I used to believe everything I read as well and thought HTC knew how to build a phone. I would always say to myself all these issues and people still think it is great. I just figured other manufacturer's must be even worse. How wrong I was...

Htc's quality has gotten better over the years. I went through a couple of Moguls and Vogues before I got one that worked well and didn't look slapped together. I really loved my Vogue with Donut on it. The quality of my evo was pretty good but it just seemed too heavy and thick. For me the Droid Incredible was the best phone I ever owned, I liked it every bit as much as the e4gt. My only complaint is the stepped back and small battery (fixed by using the Evo battery).
I am now spoiled by big screens. I just have a tough time reading on the small screens and the retina display just does not help.
The e4gt does feel like cheap plastic to me, I'm a sucker for soft touch coatings but I really like the weight and the thinness of it. Aside from the occasional LOS it is quality phone. I agree that it is a better built phone then any that I have owned in the past. I have not played with the latest crop of Htc phones.

I agree. I dropped my phone down 2 rows of stairs. I got one small scratch on the bezel. My evo would have shattered. My Droid x would have disintegrated. I don't understand how plastic feels cheap. The phone is solid all around and proves it.

I agreste, this is definitely the best phone out! I was watching the galaxy nexus review on pocketnow.com and how he said that the sgs2 is still faster. Samsung hit the nail on this one.
The plastic does scratch no matter what you do lol, I've had the protector case (gel one, not hard palstic) and there are little scratches all up and down the sides though I clean it daily....
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I definitely have to agree. Aside from the little quirks here and there this phone is amazing. My old Evo felt like if I so much as looked at it the wrong way it would crumble apart and compared to my ancient Touch Pro, the Sammy feels indestructible.

I love this phone, but build quality vs impact durability are a little different.
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[email protected] said:
Well at least us smart ones are enjoying the best cheaply made Sprint phone without any problems while HTC owners are using their army tank of a phone with a ton of hardware defects.
Who is laughing now!
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Have you somehow missed the whole LOS debacle? There's ONLY 399 posts in the stickied thread up top.
Who cares about build quality and materials used if you can't use the phone?

nooomoto said:
Have you somehow missed the whole LOS debacle? There's ONLY 399 posts in the stickied thread up top.
Who cares about build quality and materials used if you can't use the phone?
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That would be software. Has nothing to do with the physical build of the phone.
Plus I do not get LOS, and if you do switch to stock pulled kernel it almost becomes non existent for people who were getting it.

[email protected] said:
That would be software. Has nothing to do with the physical build of the phone.
Plus I do not get LOS, and if you do switch to stock pulled kernel it almost becomes non existent for people who were getting it.
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I have to agree with nooomoto tho...yes the phone has awesome hardware in many categories,, but where it really really counts, this thing sucks..what am I talking about ??
Radio.....
I love this phone on wifi,, soon as I leave my house, I'm worried about reception and data speeds.forget about the los, how about painfully slow 3g AND 4g, even in the los angeles area.

it will be interesting to see, if the "Alleged" LOS fix, coming in December, fixes LOS, what will the whiners here have to complain about instead of that???
This phone is without doubt the best smartphone on the market now...
Sprint network sucks, and, since they are pretty much the cheaper full line provider out there, the old adage "you get what you pay for" is what you deal with when you have them as your provider, but, that aside, nothing comes close to this phone, as of right now..And, I have had phones/smartphones since 1986, so I feel pretty qualified to make these kinds of observations...

Camera - That right there makes this the best phone i have ever used. My OG Evo's phone camera was terrible!! But I also agree, LOS included - my favorite phone of all time.

xlGmanlx said:
Camera - That right there makes this the best phone i have ever used. My OG Evo's phone camera was terrible!! But I also agree, LOS included - my favorite phone of all time.
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thats very true; my wife takes tons of pics with her E3D, and she is always pissed at me, when I take the same pic with my sammy phone, and how much superior my picture is to hers!

It truly is on par if not better with the iphone which is a true accomplishment as that was one of their finer points. Just check out this thread on your computer if you doubt the camera
EPIC TOUCH 4G PICTURE THREAD
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thats very true; my wife takes tons of pics with her E3D, and she is always pissed at me, when I take the same pic with my sammy phone, and how much superior my picture is to hers!
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Snazarian said:
I have to agree with nooomoto tho...yes the phone has awesome hardware in many categories,, but where it really really counts, this thing sucks..what am I talking about ??
Radio.....
I love this phone on wifi,, soon as I leave my house, I'm worried about reception and data speeds.forget about the los, how about painfully slow 3g AND 4g, even in the los angeles area.
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Data speeds have nothing to do with your phone! Sprint's network sucks right now no matter what phone you are using!!! Why don't people get that?
One day on my phone I got 14mbs on 4G. The next day I got 4mbs. Do you think my phone had a different radio in it the first day. There is so much that plays into your data speeds and the tower congestion.
Why do I get the same speeds on my Airave every single day of around 1.5mbs over 3G but when I go somewhere else I pull anywhere from 25kbs - 1mbs over 3g? Do you think I change out my radio in my house for better speeds.
When I had the EVO 3D I was pulling a constant speed of 50kbs over 3G by my job. Does HTC make ****ty radio's as well? People need to stop confusing their crappy data speeds for a bad Samsung Radio. There is nothing wrong with the radio in the E4GT. It behaves like every other Sprint phone right now over their ****ty network!

Until they prove otherwise, I am going to give sprint the benefit of the doubt. I saw what their plan was for network vision and I think they potentially could be ahead of the curve in 2012/13. Doesn't help us now, since i believe they skipped Rev B which would have been better speeds but I am ok with that if they are first to complete their LTE network. But it appears that clearwire is using all the tricks and political juice to slow down Sprint's LTE partner.

Idk what you guys are talking about with LOS, I've never got one. This is built great. Yes plastic do scratch easily but it do not shatter like iPhone 4 4s, i drop this down a flight of stairs, the worse that happen was my music being paused. Best built phone, hardware and software wise hands down. LOS who??? Never got one.

If HTC made this phone with the same specs, hardware and dimensions it would be the ULTIMATE phone, like the phone of the gods.
And you can't deny the fact that LOS and the sou d bug would have been fixed a week or so after launch.

[Q] G2 Favorite Phone Ever

Is it your Fav phone?
mine by far
Tell us why its your favorite or why its not

I don't mean any offense by this, but I think this Thread does not really belong in the Q&A section.
While it is a question if all of us think, whether this is the most awesome phone since the invention of cans and a string, it is not one that can be definitively answered.
So this would belong in the general section. This section - as I understand it - is for folks who have trouble with their device and seek advice or help.

actually it was meant for "Off-Topic" i do not know how it ended here =0

Not my FAVOURITE phone ever, simply because I waited so long for it and then it came with so many issues (for me). Dodgy loose z-hinge which causes the two halves of the phone not to stay tight shut (mine is still buffered with layers of electrical tape in between to stop the annoying tapping when one half hits the other when typing on the screen), poor screen in sunlight, really poor speaker, 4 row keyboard instead of 5. These are the things that made me unhappy when I got it, but with little else to choose from (Android qwerty-wise) I had little option but to get used to it.
I think my favourite phone ever has to be my G1, simply because it was on a completely different level to what I had been using previously (Nokia smartphones like the N85 and N73). Yeah, sure it didn't really have the hardware needed (especially towards the end of it's life) but I LOVED that phone like a child :-D
The G2/DZ is a pretty decent phone, but was not groundbreaking in any way, shape or form. The development scene for it is just as good as I remember the G1's being, which is a plus - and ultimately that, and the fact there are still no better qwertys in the UK, is the only reason I'm still using this thing.

I love it because I got in love with it in March, and wanted to get it with a budget of just 250€ euros... No used ones weren't fake, so I got a Nexus One, great phone, and I decided to keep it thinking it was better of my beloved DZ, than in August Desire Z was 240€ new and sold my nexus one to get it. Now I love it, every single thing but the back cover which is already damaged. I like HTC assistance: they sent me a courier (is it right?) beacause I lived 20km far from the collection point and then in one working week I had it back repaired... (now on the other side they're asking me to go to the colelction point to get a new usb cable, which is 10€ and I should take 10 euros of train to get there..).
But as for the phone itself it just lacks a better GPU and a bit more of battery... Oh yes, it should be at least two metres thicker and five tons lighter
but I love it!

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I love it because I got in love with it in March, and wanted to get it with a budget of just 250€ euros... No used ones weren't fake, so I got a Nexus One, great phone, and I decided to keep it thinking it was better of my beloved DZ, than in August Desire Z was 240€ new and sold my nexus one to get it. Now I love it, every single thing but the back cover which is already damaged. I like HTC assistance: they sent me a courier (is it right?) beacause I lived 20km far from the collection point and then in one working week I had it back repaired... (now on the other side they're asking me to go to the colelction point to get a new usb cable, which is 10€ and I should take 10 euros of train to get there..).
But as for the phone itself it just lacks a better GPU and a bit more of battery... Oh yes, it should be at least two metres thicker and five tons lighter
but I love it!
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I MISS MY NeXus One, I LOVE MY G2
2 of my favorite besides the G2X
Cheers

setspeed said:
Not my FAVOURITE phone ever, simply because I waited so long for it and then it came with so many issues (for me). Dodgy loose z-hinge which causes the two halves of the phone not to stay tight shut (mine is still buffered with layers of electrical tape in between to stop the annoying tapping when one half hits the other when typing on the screen), poor screen in sunlight, really poor speaker, 4 row keyboard instead of 5. These are the things that made me unhappy when I got it, but with little else to choose from (Android qwerty-wise) I had little option but to get used to it.
I think my favourite phone ever has to be my G1, simply because it was on a completely different level to what I had been using previously (Nokia smartphones like the N85 and N73). Yeah, sure it didn't really have the hardware needed (especially towards the end of it's life) but I LOVED that phone like a child :-D
The G2/DZ is a pretty decent phone, but was not groundbreaking in any way, shape or form. The development scene for it is just as good as I remember the G1's being, which is a plus - and ultimately that, and the fact there are still no better qwertys in the UK, is the only reason I'm still using this thing.
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God, I hated my g1, then again i got it 2 days after it came out....in Bronze

G2.. best phone ever. Left iphone in the dust for it and never looked back
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qjbj90 said:
G2.. best phone ever. Left iphone in the dust for it and never looked back
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yEAH g2 is an amazing device!

When I look at all the new phones without hard keys or trackpads, I don't know what I'll find to replace my G2. I just have to get a handle on my battery drain issues then I can get another two years from it. I still miss the g1 keyboard sometimes, but the g2 is better in so many ways.

It is.
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I honestly liked my Nokia E71. I got it before my Desire Z. Nokia's were great.
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I honestly liked my Nokia E71. I got it before my Desire Z. Nokia's were great.
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Yeah, I absolutly agree! But I still would rather have the galaxy s 2 than anything else.
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whatiznt said:
Yeah, I absolutly agree! But I still would rather have the galaxy s 2 than anything else.
Sent from my CM7 G2!
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Sorry Major HTC Fan...wait
-Nexus One
-G2
-MyTouch 3G
-MyTouch 3G Slide
-Mytouch 4G
-MyTouch 4G Slide
-Sensation
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great phones =)

Its actually the only phone I loved that hasnt broken on me yet had it for almost a full year now and it still runs great. Dropped it plenty of times on the ground and it only has a few scratches & dents. Z-hinges aren't really bothersome and really isnt that loose, it makes the phone fun to flip and play around with actually! I really cant see a new phone w/o a qwerty board. Lets hope we get to see at least some this year.

I honestly dont know if there is another phone out there for me to update to! So I see myself with the g2 for a looooong time! And I would have never updated to it if it wasnt for the H+ speeds!
G1 in honesty has the best hand placement/keyboard feel!
Another plus was it was Black too!!

Have had it for more than a year and was my first smart phone. For me the only other device that competes is mytouch 4g slide simply because I can't live without keyboard but imo this has a far better look and feel than the 4g
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It's my favorite phone, but it only became so after rooting it. IMO Sense is a bulky solution for dummy proofing a phone.When I rooted and got rid of the bloat I started loving it more and more.
I had a Desire before I went to the G2. I had to find out the expensive way that a touchscreen only phone just doesn't work for me

I had the g1 before this, and a few sidekicks before that. I've been hooked on keyboard phones since around 2006. Being a t-mobile customer, I am bound to what they provide so physical keyboards have become somewhat of a necessary thing for me when shopping for a phone. The g2 came as quite a surprise really. It's nearly 2 years old now and with a little tweaking, it's still preforming as well as a lot of todays (stock) high end devices. Bravo htc.
I'm looking forward to future physical keyboard devices.

This phone sure is a great product.
Nice collection of roms to choose from, and gotta love the keyboard.
First phone with physical QWERTY to me, and I won't buy a phone without it again.
This does need some tweaking (custom rom & overclocking) to be fast enough for daily use - but it's very easy thing to do.
This is my second Android-phone.

[Q] Is the phone fit for purpose?

I have been wanting to buy the HOX since its day of release however I keep putting it off and am slowly losing confidence in the phone.
Initially, I decided to wait to see if the battery would handle the phone. Despite mixed reviews I've concluded that battery life isnt really an issue and would give me similar performance to my Desire which has been an amazing phone for the past 2 years.
Then came the big showstopper, the flickering screen. After weeks of agonising whether to wait or not, it now appears that this looks as if it will be fixed via a FOTA upgrade which is great. Just when I was getting my confidence back in the phone, people started reporting issues with the screen coming away from the main case, plus others have reported issues with the g-sensor.
I've had a play with the phone on a couple of occasions and I love it but is it really worth buying right now and going through the heartache of having to send it back and going through the lottery of getting several handsets before one works.
I'm not about to jump on the SGS3 bandwagon. If the phone is not worth buying at the moment, I'm sticking with my Desire as I'm prepared to wait a bit longer if all these problems will be addressed eventually. HTC are not filling me with much confidence at the moment though.
Any advice would be gratefully received.

craggybuk said:
I have been wanting to buy the HOX since its day of release however I keep putting it off and am slowly losing confidence in the phone.
Initially, I decided to wait to see if the battery would handle the phone. Despite mixed reviews I've concluded that battery life isnt really an issue and would give me similar performance to my Desire which has been an amazing phone for the past 2 years.
Then came the big showstopper, the flickering screen. After weeks of agonising whether to wait or not, it now appears that this looks as if it will be fixed via a FOTA upgrade which is great. Just when I was getting my confidence back in the phone, people started reporting issues with the screen coming away from the main case, plus others have reported issues with the g-sensor.
I've had a play with the phone on a couple of occasions and I love it but is it really worth buying right now and going through the heartache of having to send it back and going through the lottery of getting several handsets before one works.
I'm not about to jump on the SGS3 bandwagon. If the phone is not worth buying at the moment, I'm sticking with my Desire as I'm prepared to wait a bit longer if all these problems will be addressed eventually. HTC are not filling me with much confidence at the moment though.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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i got mine 2 days after release, first had a dead pixel and no other problems, i took that back and got this one and has been 100% fine no issues i'm so confident it is perfect i unlocked and void warranty lol
i would go for it you will have 30 days to take it back anyway so no like oyu will be out of pocket if you do get a defect just take it back.

Personally I have had mine for 2 weeks I guess I been lucky the first one I had was very very hot after 15 minutes that was HT23 handset. I swapped it with a HT243W which looking at the forums seemed to be better build quality a lot more robust. Still warms up when playing games but not too the point of scalding.
I used Custom roms on mine and with ARHD I was getting good battery life I am considered a light user 5 hours listening pod casts, 2hrs surfing and a few phone calls. I have a long commute to work.
Overall I really really love this phone. I have no regrets in my decision on getting the one X.

I must be 1 of the lucky 1s, first handset and no faults ht23 batch. I'm glad I went for this instead of the S3. Does everything I need it to do smoothly and the battery lasts me just over a day with over 3 hours screen on time
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Where did you all get your handsets from. I'm looking at getting mine from mobiles.co.uk as they seem the cheapest for the handset on the length of contract I'm looking at.
I'm currently using GiffGaff as my provider but I cant afford to buy the phone outright so I'll be moving back to Orange when I eventually buy it. Thats why its important for me to only buy when I'm satisfied as I'll be going from £10 a month at GG to £26 a month with Orange.

Got mine from Clove.co.UK on release day. Not had a single issue.
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I got mine from o2
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your more likely to find people talking about problems on forums than people saying their device is perfect, simply because there is no reason to say "my device is perfect" but people report problems to let others know.
There are more perfect one xs than there are broken ones.
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The graphics issues (it's not just flickering) will be resolved via updates. If you're in no rush, there's no harm in waiting until the "all clear" is sounded.
The setting of the screen is a QC issue. The polls would indicate that either a lot of people are easily pleased, blind, or that the majority of phones are decent. If you're buying in-store compare a couple.
The biggest item (it doesn't qualify as an "issue") people aren't pleased with is that HTC uses two vendors for the display. One has a warm cast, the other cool. Most people seem to prefer the cool. If you can see the phone you're buying that shouldn't be an issue.
The only non-addressable issue is battery life and it's real. I get about 15-20% less usage than on my i9100 doing exactly the same things. It's passable but no more.
Other than that I've had the phone over two weeks and not had a single issue. There are no QC issues, the displays brilliant, and Wi-Fi/BT/3G all work better than on my i9100. Coming from TW I also really like Sense. It really is a terrific value; especially for less than a 16GB SGS3.

ive been the most vocal about QC issues
but i love the HOX despite all this and think its worth some effort, really amazing in every word, futuristic phone
having said that, i truly think no one with flawed HOX should keep it, exchange until you get yourself a flawless One X to enjoy and as BarryH_GEG said its best to pick it by hand it store
as for the displays, the colder one is more pleasant to the eye/brighter but the warmer one is more accurate and have better contrast/clean grid, users reported recalibrated colors for the warm screen after the 1.29
corruption glitches seems mostly gone with 1.29 too, this leaves the grey flicker occurring after over heating which im also hoping will be sorted with updates, since its never being permanent and Transformer prime suffered from something similar which eventually got sorted by updates
make sure to hand pick your unit and if you can't be bothered wait a while, im pretty sure HTC is working on the production issues
i don't think the SGS3 comes close

No issues here neither.
Battery lasts well enough, even with heavy use (phone calls, texts), lots of games, browsing, apps will kill the battery.
No screen issues.
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Sorry if I sound like I'm flaming you, however I have to right?
The title of this thread is just utterly ridiculous. Of course this phone is fit for purpose, primarily because it can make texts & calls. It's amazing how many people are complaining about this phone and saying it isn't right. If you buy a phone within the first two months, maybe even three of it being launched, these are problems you have to expect to get.
The build quality issues are inexcusable. As far as I'm concerned the first batch should be as good as the very last batch made, however I know this isn't always the case due to different factories ect.
As for the software, I think almost every single smartphone on the planets initial software is flawed in one way or another. I suppose technically you could argue the One X is running 'Beta' firmware. It's Kernel is took from Gingerbread rather than ICS. In my opinion HTC rushed the release.
Until a phones initial release, there is never any mass software testing and so there are always going to be bugs. When I got my Desire HD on launch day, despite being an OTA the second I got home the phone still had a severe battery drain and performance issues that weren't sorted out for months! It was around February when those issues got sorted, and that update got pulled because it introduced new bugs.
The One X is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. You can tell that it's design has really been took into consideration, and despite being on my 4th device (I'm very happy with this one) I don't regret getting my One X and completely recommend it to you, it will not disappoint.
So the answer to your question, the One X is certainly fit for purpose. Feel free to flame me people, it's just my opinion.
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craggybuk said:
I have been wanting to buy the HOX since its day of release however I keep putting it off and am slowly losing confidence in the phone.
Initially, I decided to wait to see if the battery would handle the phone. Despite mixed reviews I've concluded that battery life isnt really an issue and would give me similar performance to my Desire which has been an amazing phone for the past 2 years.
Then came the big showstopper, the flickering screen. After weeks of agonising whether to wait or not, it now appears that this looks as if it will be fixed via a FOTA upgrade which is great. Just when I was getting my confidence back in the phone, people started reporting issues with the screen coming away from the main case, plus others have reported issues with the g-sensor.
I've had a play with the phone on a couple of occasions and I love it but is it really worth buying right now and going through the heartache of having to send it back and going through the lottery of getting several handsets before one works.
I'm not about to jump on the SGS3 bandwagon. If the phone is not worth buying at the moment, I'm sticking with my Desire as I'm prepared to wait a bit longer if all these problems will be addressed eventually. HTC are not filling me with much confidence at the moment though.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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As an owner, I think the battery issue is the biggest for me. Also, I'm not happy about not supporting OTG.
If you can find a phone that fits your needs with better battery life, go for it
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jaaystott said:
So the answer to your question, the One X is certainly fit for purpose. Feel free to flame me people, it's just my opinion.
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What's your purpose?
I would prefer a phone I can feel comfortable taking out of the city for a few days, and with some way to access external storage - be it OTG or usb...
In hindsight, the One X is like a gaming phone or something.

I dont think that any phone is 100% perfect for everyone that buys it. Its all about compromises. This is probably why quite a few people carry two handsets with them.
Any new device released will have its teething issues…. even many cars launched have recalls in the first few months.
As I said, I have no issues with mine at all. Screen has no faults, its not lifting from the body, I am always able to have the phone on charge (even though I am a field based engineer) but lasts well enough when off charge.
The only time i see the battery drain quickly is when browsing the net, tethering or playing games. Texting, emailing, facebook dont seem to kill the battery that much as its generally just for a few moments rather than 10 or 20 minutes with the screen on.
We buy a phone cos its thin, huge screen, good looking and has a quad core processor….. surely its not rocket science to know that the battery isnt going to last as well as a Nokia 6310i?
Steve

Supaiku said:
What's your purpose?
I would prefer a phone I can feel comfortable taking out of the city for a few days, and with some way to access external storage - be it OTG or usb...
In hindsight, the One X is like a gaming phone or something.
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The OP was basically asking is this phone fit for purpose, so I assume he means as a phone, as a phone its more than fit for purpose

jaaystott said:
The OP was basically asking is this phone fit for purpose, so I assume he means as a phone, as a phone its more than fit for purpose
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You know those 30 dollar nokias make great phones... and they will last days on a single charge! Plus they're smaller...

Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. It seems that the majority of you are happy with the One X.
Just to clear up a what I mean by fit for purpose. I want a handset which isnt going to fall apart or malfunction beyond repair within 6 months. Some of the threads here are disturbing to say the least concerning the manufacturing issues with a select batch of handsets.
jaaystott, I don't think the title of the thread is ridiculous. I was asking a question based on what I have read here. If I had come out and said that the HOX WAS unift for purpose then you would have a point. Remember, I dont have the phone yet so I was asking a question that anyone would reasonable ask prior to spending a substantial amount of cash.
I am tempted to see what next week brings and then just bite the bullet and buy one.

craggybuk said:
Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. It seems that the majority of you are happy with the One X.
Just to clear up a what I mean by fit for purpose. I want a handset which isnt going to fall apart or malfunction beyond repair within 6 months. Some of the threads here are disturbing to say the least concerning the manufacturing issues with a select batch of handsets.
jaaystott, I don't think the title of the thread is ridiculous. I was asking a question based on what I have read here. If I had come out and said that the HOX WAS unift for purpose then you would have a point. Remember, I dont have the phone yet so I was asking a question that anyone would reasonable ask prior to spending a substantial amount of cash.
I am tempted to see what next week brings and then just bite the bullet and buy one.
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Well if that's all you're looking for, then just make sure your phone doesn't have any build quality issues before you do something to void the warranty (like unlock it w/ HTCdev) and you're set. My One X has no build quality issues, and if you check out the "One X War Stories" thread to see about how well the One X fairs when subjected to "cruel and unusual punishment" ;p
For instance:
hamade said:
I've received the first case after around a week, but during that time I've dropped the phone at least 4 times, always on a solid floor and from around 1 meter height, and I can honestly say I am really impressed with the quality of the packing, there is not even one visible scratch on the phone or the screen.
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My 10th replacement phone.

Ok,
I just to share my pain with you guys. I keep reading you guys on the HOX update thread. I reckon by the time I get a phone without fault, it'll come with Jellybean straight out of the box.
I'm with Carphone Warehouse.
They are brilliant at arranging a swap. But, not so good at sending me a working phone it seems. I'll spare you the details about the issues, but they have all been genuine.
Spoke to a manager today, who said to send the phone to their office, and they will have a look at it. And they will inspect my replacement before they send it out.
However, I'm on the second month of my new contract now, and it's basically 2 months without the phone I ordered. I don't see the point in kicking off over the phone, as most of the time, they don't really have the authority to do much. Plus, it's no good for the blood pressure if you end up arguing with a jerk.
Far better to take your time and write a letter to head office, spelling out all the issues, the timeline and what you want as a resolution. And then sleep on it. Edit it, and sleep on it again before sending it.
If you were me, what would you ask them for? (apart from a working phone, but hopefully that is in the bag if they truly are going to inspect it)
I don't mind stupid comments as long as you give a sensible one as well. I could do with some light relief.

If you were me, what would you ask them for?
a galaxy s3 and be done with it, flawless first time
oh and it being a better phone will be a bonus to
it took me 3 one x's to get a decent one, gave that to the missus and got a gs3, its a much better phone

Your 2 months line rental back at a minimum
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If you just want a phone ask if you can swap for a gs3(I had this option and didn't go for it because I don't find the gs3 better than the one x). If you still want a one x, let then let you pick it up in-store, maybe let you into the store room and puck the box personally. Even say if you can get the one x+ for free when it comes out
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oliseo said:
Ok,
I just to share my pain with you guys. I keep reading you guys on the HOX update thread. I reckon by the time I get a phone without fault, it'll come with Jellybean straight out of the box.
I'm with Carphone Warehouse.
They are brilliant at arranging a swap. But, not so good at sending me a working phone it seems. I'll spare you the details about the issues, but they have all been genuine.
Spoke to a manager today, who said to send the phone to their office, and they will have a look at it. And they will inspect my replacement before they send it out.
However, I'm on the second month of my new contract now, and it's basically 2 months without the phone I ordered. I don't see the point in kicking off over the phone, as most of the time, they don't really have the authority to do much. Plus, it's no good for the blood pressure if you end up arguing with a jerk.
Far better to take your time and write a letter to head office, spelling out all the issues, the timeline and what you want as a resolution. And then sleep on it. Edit it, and sleep on it again before sending it.
If you were me, what would you ask them for? (apart from a working phone, but hopefully that is in the bag if they truly are going to inspect it)
I don't mind stupid comments as long as you give a sensible one as well. I could do with some light relief.
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I would wonder why I wouldn't ask for a different phone after the third or fourth time.
Edit: Just pulled up reviews for CPW. They kinda suck if you look at their reviews. Perhaps it's not the phone, but who you've gotten 10 phones from.

apallohadas said:
I would wonder why I wouldn't ask for a different phone after the third or fourth time.
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Yes, they did offer me the SG3.
I don't like the screen. Nor the dialler. Or the design.
As for why I different ask for a different phone.
Kind of like those situations where you're waiting for a bus. And you've been waiting that long, you could have walked, but didn't, because you knew the next one would be here in a minute.
I've spoken to them, and if they don't send me out a working phone, without flaws, then I will be getting an SG3.
(but then, whose to say I won't have the same issues with the SG3!! I might just be one of those really unlucky SOB's...)
I mean, given probability, you would have thought that by the 8th one, I would have got a working one.
What I don't want to do, is end up over on the SG3 forum, with the same title, except it saying
My 10th replacement SG3.
And 4 months into my contract.
Yes, you're right. Definitely the 2 months line rental.

You have my sympathy, it took me 4 replacements on the 3 network to get a usable phone and I thought I had it bad, you're doing well not to lose it, sounds like Carphone Warehoue are being decent at least with swapping them out each time rather than a repair.
Then again, with 3 i'm still on 1.28 with bugs galore so it's still not 100%. I would definitely be asking for the 2 months back as you haven't had the benefit of the service you're paying for. I really would have thought HTC would have these problems sorted by now, I'm very surprised.
I would probably at this point even ask for a refund, hold out a month or two and maybe either try again or opt for another phone if something else you fancied came along.
If they are going to check out the new replacement first, maybe give them this chance and then consider your options. Good luck!

@Op,
10 new replacements in 2 months does make me think your story is crap, that's how I see it.

Laurentius26 said:
@Op,
10 new replacements in 2 months does make me think your story is crap, that's how I see it.
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I'd have gone through two. Maybe three. But ten? Unless there was a bad run and CPW got all of them the odds of getting that many defective devices in a row are astronomical. Early in the launch when the One X was at its worst the "perfect vs. non-perfect poll" showed 70% declared perfect by their owners. Out of ten that's seven that were fault free. OP, you seem to have bad karma with the One X. I'd suggest not tempting the gods any longer and finding a substitute.

I also say total crap,
Carphone warehouse wouldn't even replace it 10 times, they would have offered a different phone or scrapped the contract long before now.
I've had one HOX, (release day 5th april)
The one I'm using now is the same phone, it's faultless.
Oh, and I got it from Carphone Warehouse.
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Laurentius26 said:
@Op,
10 new replacements in 2 months does make me think your story is crap, that's how I see it.
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So true :good:
Op hasn't mentioned what the "fault or flaw" is that he has experienced. Utter Bull crap if you ask me.
I feel so sorry for htc...because of these people that send their phones back for a creaking screen or flashing lcd's bla bla bla. It is breaking htc to the point of needing a bail-out from the Taiwanese Banks!
I've owned my One X since May and experienced all of the bugs that have been discussed in these forums but I never gave up on her, she's been wonderful to me. Luckily I don't have any hardware defects and accept that she is what she is a hot & sexy and occasionally sometimes difficult to be with. But I love my One X to the end.
Sorry for the rant but really come on 10 returns?? Why didn't you switch service providers after the 3rd return? And next time tell us what flaw's you were experiencing other wise we'll just think you're talking utter crap...end

Well I have just received my fifth replacement (First four because of GPS issues), and this one I found, to my dismay, has a faulty touch screen. I.e. the top third of the screen doesn't register any touch, and I can't drag notification bar down, or search for apps in Play Store etc etc.
This one was FROM HTC.... ugh

Wow 10 replacements does sound bad indeed. Maybe you are just to picky, or they keep sending you the same phone
i got mine since it came out. The only problem with it is the creacking on the left side. It does seem annoying sometimes but not enough to start bugging htc or complain about sh*t quality. I love my phone as it is. Theres nothing perfect in this world

tadas_max said:
Wow 10 replacements does sound bad indeed. Maybe you are just to picky, or they keep sending you the same phone
i got mine since it came out. The only problem with it is the creacking on the left side. It does seem annoying sometimes but not enough to start bugging htc or complain about sh*t quality. I love my phone as it is. Theres nothing perfect in this world
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Yea mine also seems to have that issue and the light leak at the bottom on a black screen, but it's not enough for me to send it back. I only had one issue with the phone after I got it and that was a faulty SIM card, but my Service provider, MTN Just swapped it the next day. I love my phone and am running JB ROM now. it makes all the difference. 10 swaps seems like a picky user or you must have been a terrible person in your previous life.

Maximus78 said:
So true :good:
Op hasn't mentioned what the "fault or flaw" is that he has experienced. Utter Bull crap if you ask me.
I feel so sorry for htc...because of these people that send their phones back for a creaking screen or flashing lcd's bla bla bla. It is breaking htc to the point of needing a bail-out from the Taiwanese Banks!
I've owned my One X since May and experienced all of the bugs that have been discussed in these forums but I never gave up on her, she's been wonderful to me. Luckily I don't have any hardware defects and accept that she is what she is a hot & sexy and occasionally sometimes difficult to be with. But I love my One X to the end.
Sorry for the rant but really come on 10 returns?? Why didn't you switch service providers after the 3rd return? And next time tell us what flaw's you were experiencing other wise we'll just think you're talking utter crap...end
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Well just so you know HTC/retailers/carriers dont just keep the returned phones. They resell them to other customers in different manners depending on how honest the party is. HTC is having financial problems because people just dont buy their phones to begin with. I just started working at a phone store and the people there push the SGS3 like crazy and customers just ask about IP4S )
And just because you like the ideal design/ concept/ the brand doesnt make the messy production acceptable. Idk about other major Android phone releases, but I've seen so many people who had to swap A COUPLE OF times just to get a decent one. That was a bit shocking. And I've seen people who claimed to have a perfect handset in the beginning now have issues with the wifi-antenna. SO just a reminder for those of you HTC police, before chastising the disgruntled customers, think about karma. Your perfect phones may be the next one in the line to be sent back to customer service and I'll be eagerly waiting for the story about your experience with HTC repair, especially those you that live in the UK.
PS: Just to say preemptively that Im not a Samsung/ Apple/ Sony fan boy. HTC is still my most favourite Android manufacturer but that doesnt mean I need to suck up to their horrendous quality control.

i call bull **** 10 phones u are either the unluckiest person alive or your trolling

Please, I wanna c a picture of ur face. Please.
Enviado desde mi HTC One X

@ averygagaanroid I totally agree with you.
My personal experience with htc thus far has been exceptional and the three gorgeous phone's I've owned from them in the last 5-6 years have been a Hero, Desire and One X and yes a have found bugs but I was patient enough and now I still have these perfect working phone's now.
I only hope that htc pull's through these hard times and comes out stronger because I will be buying my next phone from htc in the next 18 months.
What network are you working for?

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@ averygagaanroid I totally agree with you.
My personal experience with htc thus far has been exceptional and the three gorgeous phone's I've owned from them in the last 5-6 years have been a Hero, Desire and One X and yes a have found bugs but I was patient enough and now I still have these perfect working phone's now.
I only hope that htc pull's through these hard times and comes out stronger because I will be buying my next phone from htc in the next 18 months.
What network are you working for?
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Optus and Virgin in Australia.

i work at CPW, please P/M me a customer number or transaction number for any of the 10 exchanges so that i can confirm/refute your claims for all these fine people