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[Q] On the fence, a N1 owner...

What's up XDA, I am a very happy Nexus One owner. That phone is amazing
as we all know. But, I can't lie the G2 is looking more and more tempting.
There are basically 2 issues as I see it:
The G2's hardware is superior to the N1's, period.
(Especially now with perm root, and those amazing overclocks.)
But, the N1 is a true Dev phone, so it gets all the latest software.
(i.e. Gingerbread, Miui, on and on...)
What do you guys think, would you switch from an N1 to a G2?

thats a tough one. I'm a former N1 owner and still miss it. Only reason why i jumped on board with the G2 is because i lost my precious N1 that i had paid the full amount for... Other then that, i'd still hold onto it.

I would hold on to it, especially with the Gingerbread update coming out. Maybe when Gingerbread gets ported to G2, you can make the switch..

apollostees said:
What's up XDA, I am a very happy Nexus One owner. That phone is amazing
as we all know. But, I can't lie the G2 is looking more and more tempting.
There are basically 2 issues as I see it:
The G2's hardware is superior to the N1's, period.
(Especially now with perm root, and those amazing overclocks.)
But, the N1 is a true Dev phone, so it gets all the latest software.
(i.e. Gingerbread, Miui, on and on...)
What do you guys think, would you switch from an N1 to a G2?
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I personally made the jump, but only because I root my phone.
If you dont root your phone I would stay with the N1 but if you do root you will get just about every goodie that the Nexus One does + better everything so I cant think of a reason to stay to be hones.
Gingerbread will be ported over by some developer here a short time after its released on the Nexus One so I wouldnt worry about that ^_^

I am a former N1 user that made the switch to a G2. I can say personally, it was a great choice.
I loved my N1. However, I wasn't huge into the custom roms and modding. I did my fair share of installing custom roms, kernel mods, etc. However, at the end of the day (i.e. after 3 phone replacements due to faulty hardware over the course of my ownership) I found myself sticking to the stock OTA 2.2 software with a few minor kernel mods like cifs.
My main reasons for switching the to G2 were:
1. I really missed having a hardware keyboard (I went from a G1 to the N1)
2. The G2 hardware was superior to the N1 in all respects
3. HSPA+ is awesome in the Seattle area
4. I was able to sell my N1 on Ebay for $440 which pretty much paid for my G2.
My current new found loves for the G2 are:
1. 1497Mhz overclock kicks BUTT in the PSX emulator!
2. Temproot is so easy and doesn't void my warranty
3. Permroot is now established so if I want to go mod crazy later I can
4. Battery life on my G2 is easily double what I got on the N1
Hopefully all this will shed some light on your question and help you with your decision

Yeah me too i switch from the N1 and i was missing it because the root but now we have full power to this phone it have better hardware but is u call iam happy with my decision
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The G2 has a PSX emulator?!? OK, I'm already sold...
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using XDA App

apollostees said:
What's up XDA, I am a very happy Nexus One owner. That phone is amazing
as we all know. But, I can't lie the G2 is looking more and more tempting.
There are basically 2 issues as I see it:
The G2's hardware is superior to the N1's, period.
(Especially now with perm root, and those amazing overclocks.)
But, the N1 is a true Dev phone, so it gets all the latest software.
(i.e. Gingerbread, Miui, on and on...)
What do you guys think, would you switch from an N1 to a G2?
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Former N1 owner here. The G2 is BY FAR a superior device, no contest. I would have waffled a couple days ago when we had no perma-root, but now? Absolutely, one hundred percent superior. The G2 will get all the latest software just like the G1 did -- you can run Froyo on a G1 with no problem, remember. It's the universal handset. The only thing it lacks is a front-facing camera, and I for one couldn't care less about that

I currently have and use both the N1 and the G2.
G2:
+ Faster hardware
+ Keyboard
+ Swype
- Bulky
- No CyanogenMod
N1:
+ Gets updates first
+ CyanogenMod
+ Thin
- No keyboard
- No Swype
I find myself carrying the G2 most of the time because I a corporate user, and I have to send a lot of email from the phone. I am much faster with long emails using the physical keyboard.

No offense the nexus one will get gingerbread but that the last update for that phone. If you want a phone that has support on update, beside rooting then go with the g2 it sure will taste Android 3.0 os honeycomb and Android 4.0 os ice cream for 2011.

add119 said:
No offense the nexus one will get gingerbread but that the last update for that phone. If you want a phone that has support on update, beside rooting then go with the g2 it sure will taste Android 3.0 os honeycomb and Android 4.0 os ice cream for 2011.
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And where did you get that information?

http://www.pocketables.net/2010/11/...d-to-nexus-one-handsets-in-next-few-days.html
I dont have any info on the nexus one not passing beyond 2.3 os.
Trust me the nexus one wont get Android 3.0 os from google.
It will be from xda developer, when google drop the ball on them. It the same way they did with the g1.
Either you root or not and google going to say the samething to users like they did with the g1 in may 2010. Telling the users that they wont support them in 2011.

Why should we trust you? Are you a Google employee? Does one have your ear? You're just making unsubstantiated claims based on your own opinion.

To the person who posted about "no" cyanogen mod.
ROMs are subjective, that doesn't matter unless you disparately need it and still, Cyanogen himself is working on a build for the g2. Plus when the N1 came out, it barely had any ROMs available for it. IT TAKES TIME PEOPLE!
The HW on the G2 is superior, the support will continue. From what it seems, gingerbread will be the last update on the Nexus One before it gets discontinued completely. Sure it was the Official Google phone, and it will always be but its getting old in age, and specs. It's time to move on to bigger and better stuff. I had an N1 and I sold it to buy this G2, and so far it pretty much owns the Nexus One in everything.

~~Tito~~ said:
Cyanogen himself is working on a build for the g2.
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Yes, it is likely the G2 will have CM and will have it rather soon. It's not out now, so I was simply stating a fact. The hardware in the G2 is better, but I currently don't notice much a difference in usability between the two. That being said, I prefer the G2, but I am not prepared to write off my N1, yet.

Jay dont believe me i being with android for 2 years .
By now i should know how things work with android updates. All android phones that are google experience phones only get support 1 year from google or manufacture. After that xda developers continue supporting it, to people that interest in them.

add119 said:
Jay dont believe me i being with android for 2 years .
By now i should know how things work with android updates. All android phones that are google experience phones only get support 1 year from google or manufacture. After that xda developers continue supporting it, to people that interest in them.
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You're not the only person who's been around Android for two years. Or around XDA for two years. I know how things HAVE worked. That's not saying for sure that it WILL work the same in the future.

Yeah jay i wish that nexus one users get the latest operating system from google, because not everyone wants to root their phones. Especially, if their new and they dont know about this. And, will be scare of messing up their phones.

Sell or not sell this phone [LTE/CDMA]

Hi community! I acquired a galaxy nexus (CDMA) recently and I wanted to know if I should keep it. I'm going to give you a few details and ask a few questions.
Details: phone has no LTE card, and the battery door is in tact but needs to be replaced because it wont stay attached, VZW said they can't run these phones on their month to month plans and the phone is stuck in a boot loop but I'm not sure if it's stock or a flashed ROM running. (I'm able to access a recovery menu but it looks to be stock).
Questions:
1. Is this phone more valuable for me to keep as stock or flash?
2. Is there any way to get VZW to run this phone in their month 2 month plans?
3. Are there any other carriers this phone can be flashed to?
4. Ultimately, should I keep or sell based on the condition?
Thx!
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Stock
No
No
Keep if you enjoy it or need a new phone
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Personally (even on stock), this phone is great. Flashing new roms will only make it better. I'm not familiar with US carriers, but you can only use on another CDMA provider. In Canada, all the Gnexs are GSM.
If you were to return, what phone would you get? Another Android, Blackberry, iPhone, WP7?
The RAZR looks good and so does the new Xperia S. Personally, I'd stick with the Nexus if you like it!

1. The best part about this phone is the fact that it is not locked down and the dev community is amazing. Stock is good (no VZW bloatware). But IMO, custom ROMs and kernels are the way to go.
2. No idea
3. It may be possible in the future. The VZW Samsung Fascinate was able to be flashed to straight talk and cricket.
4. It's up to you.

ARchamps said:
Personally (even on stock), this phone is great. Flashing new roms will only make it better. I'm not familiar with US carriers, but you can only use on another CDMA provider. In Canada, all the Gnexs are GSM.
If you were to return, what phone would you get? Another Android, Blackberry, iPhone, WP7?
The RAZR looks good and so does the new Xperia S. Personally, I'd stick with the Nexus if you like it!
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I can't return it, I didn't buy it from VZW. I paid 100 for it because it needs work and the person I bought it from doesn't flash phones.
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I'll Buy it
I'll give you what you paidfor it

automaddux said:
I'll give you what you paidfor it
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200 is what I'm looking for. I know what it's worth and can do the work on it but I didn't know who would be in the market for it other than to sell it to one of the local unlock shops. I didn't know if I should sell it unlocked or locked to those shops of I sold it. I'd keep it of VZW did non contract plans with this phone.
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If you know how to fix it.. why are you only asking 200?

JJHunterx said:
1. The best part about this phone is the fact that it is not locked down and the dev community is amazing. Stock is good (no VZW bloatware). But IMO, custom ROMs and kernels are the way to go.
2. No idea
3. It may be possible in the future. The VZW Samsung Fascinate was able to be flashed to straight talk and cricket.
4. It's up to you.
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Thanks for this info. I haven't flashed a phone from a CDMA carrier to cricket since the touch pro 2 so I'm out of the loop on CDMA flashing. Currently I'm "flashing" GSM phones.
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joshnichols189 said:
If you know how to fix it.. why are you only asking 200?
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Because I know what it's worth lol. Like I said, the battery door needs replacing and I'm not going to research how much those are. Also, I haven't begun much
research on the flashing of this product. The only difference between me and the "local shop" guys is that if their software won't "fully" flash newer phones, they don't come here to flash it, they sell it stock or with a partial flash. You want the hassle for 200, you got it lol!
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JJHunterx said:
1. The best part about this phone is the fact that it is not locked down and the dev community is amazing. Stock is good (no VZW bloatware). But IMO, custom ROMs and kernels are the way to go.
2. No idea
3. It may be possible in the future. The VZW Samsung Fascinate was able to be flashed to straight talk and cricket.
4. It's up to you.
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I truly Hope it can be flashed to cricket or something. This phone would be worth more to cricket users.
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Won't cost much to fix battery door that's forsure. Flashing is soooooo easy if ya can handle the fun
2 bills for it sounds good, knowing a new one would be tops right now vzw new two yr 229 or 299 last time I checked.. Good luck tho on the decision man!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Nitro officially getting ICS.... eventually

So even though LG announced ICS for the Optimus LTE back in December, there was no mention of ICS for the Nitro specifically and there was some speculation that this meant AT&T had no plans of updating it.
Today AT&T announced ICS is available for the HTC Vivid, which has nothing to do with this forum, but the same press release listed several other devices that will get ICS "in the coming months" and the Nitro is among them.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/htc-vivid-android-4-ics-att/#continued
Good news at least.

Already Announced?
gmkelly001 said:
So even though LG announced ICS for the Optimus LTE back in December, there was no mention of ICS for the Nitro specifically and there was some speculation that this meant AT&T had no plans of updating it.
Today AT&T announced ICS is available for the HTC Vivid, which has nothing to do with this forum, but the same press release listed several other devices that will get ICS "in the coming months" and the Nitro is among them.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/htc-vivid-android-4-ics-att/#continued
Good news at least.
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I thought I heard earlier that ICS is coming in Q2 (so April-Juneish)

That was for the lg optimus LTE (Canada). In specific
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Cam R said:
That was for the lg optimus LTE (Canada). In specific
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my bad, but I would assume the Nitro would receive ICS soon after the optimus LTE

mgoblueno1 said:
my bad, but I would assume the Nitro would receive ICS soon after the optimus LTE
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With AT&T, if you're going to assume anything, assume the worst. So if there's no official announcement, assume there will be no update.
Now, there's an official announcement and a general time frame for the ICS update.

Well I found this article, looks like we will be gettin ics, maybe cm9 before the official release
m.pocketnow.com/android/att-commits-to-ice-cream-sandwich-for-ten-androids
Sent from my LG-P930 using xda premium

Has anyone seen an LG device with their version of ICS yet? I'll be interested to see how they skin it.
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dnorthington said:
Has anyone seen an LG device with their version of ICS yet? I'll be interested to see how they skin it.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA
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There's what I assume is a leaked engineering version of ICS for the LU-6200. The post about it in the LU-6200 development forum has screenshots of it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528417

ICS
Estimated in May or both June

Its here Now but leaked lol. also its just one click install. You just connect your phone to pc click on pc software. Then run the supplied exe and it will do everything for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668476
installed and its smooth so far.

Quick Look at ICS on LG Nitro HD
Quick look for anyone who want to decide if they want to install it or not. UI is pretty cool. I am amazed.
Thanks designgears.

crush said:
Quick look for anyone who want to decide if they want to install it or not. UI is pretty cool. I am amazed.
Thanks designgears.
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i hope even after installing this i will be rooted and be able to go to recovery partition. so that i can restore my CM9 backup if i want?

hem.acharya said:
i hope even after installing this i will be rooted and be able to go to recovery partition. so that i can restore my CM9 backup if i want?
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No, you won't be rooted and you won't be able to use CWM if you install this.

anyone notice their radio disables itself randomly? i have to switch airplane mode on and off to get signal back.

crush said:
Quick look for anyone who want to decide if they want to install it or not. UI is pretty cool. I am amazed.
Thanks designgears.
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crush, i noticed your's does not have the carrier logo in the left side of the notification bar, mine has the stupid ATT there, did you remove your's?
perhaps it's installed after the leaked ROm is installed. it's soooo much nicer without it.

scott0 said:
crush, i noticed your's does not have the carrier logo in the left side of the notification bar, mine has the stupid ATT there, did you remove your's?
perhaps it's installed after the leaked ROm is installed. it's soooo much nicer without it.
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It's because he doesn't have a SIM card installed.

Unlocking LG Nitro P930 with ICS
I purchased a LG Nitro P930 (AT&T) that had been rooted and also has ICS
on it. I've tried to unlock the phone and have been unable to do so. I have
an unlocking code and I went to cellunlocker.net for help when I couldn't get
it to unlock. I followed all of the different ways to unlock it and it still won't work.
I've even tried 2 different sim cards in it and have the same results.
Has anyone been able to unlock this phone with ICS or have any suggestions
short of throwing it out (too expensive).
Any and all help will be appreciated.
Ivan

Yeah, assuming you have root (if you don't, root it) flash the official Gingerbread nandroid backups found in this thread using the dd commands. I don't understand how your device has ICS, though, unless somebody had access to what designgears just leaked to us or unless you're mistaking ICS for CyanogenMod or AOKP.
You might want to go ahead and make backups of your partitions before you flash the Gingerbread images, though.

You're Right
Thanks Malnilion.
Here's what the seller put in his description:
Auction is for a perfect condition LG Nitro HD Smartphone on AT&T Network with Android's latest OS installed, Ice Cream Sandwich via CyanogenMod 9 build. ICS is not available yet for this phone because LG/ATT have been dragging their feet on getting it ready. This phone is by far the nicest phone I have used in quite awhile. I've had the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Captivate, Nexus, Lumia 900, HTC Titan, and a bunch more. I test phones a lot. Screen is real HD at 720p and the best one of those I have seen. Colors are near perfect and detail is bright and crisp. Phone has been rooted and has ClockworkMod Installed so you can load up any ROM you want with a simple reboot. It was quite a task getting ICS on this phone but I was able to do it and it runs like butter. Really smooth and has full capabilities.
Hopefully this answers your question. The phone looks great with it and I'd like to keep ICS if I could but I need to get the phone unlocked and nothing I have tried so far works. Is my only answer to go back to the original OS or ?
Thanks
Ivan

gulwing1 said:
Thanks Malnilion.
Here's what the seller put in his description:
Auction is for a perfect condition LG Nitro HD Smartphone on AT&T Network with Android's latest OS installed, Ice Cream Sandwich via CyanogenMod 9 build. ICS is not available yet for this phone because LG/ATT have been dragging their feet on getting it ready. This phone is by far the nicest phone I have used in quite awhile. I've had the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Captivate, Nexus, Lumia 900, HTC Titan, and a bunch more. I test phones a lot. Screen is real HD at 720p and the best one of those I have seen. Colors are near perfect and detail is bright and crisp. Phone has been rooted and has ClockworkMod Installed so you can load up any ROM you want with a simple reboot. It was quite a task getting ICS on this phone but I was able to do it and it runs like butter. Really smooth and has full capabilities.
Hopefully this answers your question. The phone looks great with it and I'd like to keep ICS if I could but I need to get the phone unlocked and nothing I have tried so far works. Is my only answer to go back to the original OS or ?
Thanks
Ivan
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hopefully the seller put a nandroid backup of the stock ROM on the sd card somewhere.......then with CWM you can easily backup your current ROM, restore the stocker & unlock the device and then restore the cm9.

[Q] Looking for Android 4.1.2 Sense Rom

Hello together,
I'm looking for a Rom with Android 4.1.2 and HTC Sense. Any tip ?
Thanks
Virus3003

virus3003 said:
Hello together,
I'm looking for a Rom with Android 4.1.2 and HTC Sense. Any tip ?
Thanks
Virus3003
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No JB ROM has Sense right now.

HTC has not released JB for any device as of yet. JB will come only with One X+. Even then it will probably take 2-3 months for Sense with JB to work for DHD. Atleast not unless One V or One S get their JB updates(if any).

I think our phone get old .. we should buy one x

Maybe the time has come to buy a new phone. Thanks for replys.

Don't buy another HTC phone, they promised ics for us and then they told us Desire HD couldn't run it. A lie!!!

Muikkuman said:
Don't buy another HTC phone, they promised ics for us and then they told us Desire HD couldn't run it. A lie!!!
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well actually they did not said anything like that...
they cancelled ICS for DHD because there would be no way to upgrade without formatting system partitions which would lead to loss of users data and so on...

kyn-ROM Android4.1.1 Sense4.1-F21
China Rom. Pretty stable.

Crimson1988 said:
well actually they did not said anything like that...
they cancelled ICS for DHD because there would be no way to upgrade without formatting system partitions which would lead to loss of users data and so on...
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Yes, and an average user will not be happy with this. ROM flashers dont care, but normal users do
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True, but they could have released the update, clearly stating in the update info screen that it will lead to loss of data. So then, only the users who want it would run it, while the others would simply cancel it. This is a no-brainer. Other companies have done this, so I don't see why HTC can't. Re-partitioning and loss of data is no excuse for a company to renege on their promised upgrade. At best, they could have released an RUU on HTCdev for our phone just like they did for the HTC Desire GB upgrade. That way only really knowledgeable users would run it.
The truth is, they never started work on ICS for the DHD at all. *Every* other HTC phone had an ICS leak a month or two before they officially got it. The DHD had none. They never started work on the DHD, because they didn't want to spend their time and money on the oldest phone in the list, expecting people to buy their new One series instead. That's a crap move. It wouldn't be that bad if they didn't promise the upgrade in the first place and then go back on their word, but they did. Motorola did the same thing with the Photon 4G and 2 other phones. At least we got Froyo > Gingerbread. Those phones were stuck on GB their entire life, and Motorola had the gall to offer a $100 discount (not cash-back) for customers of these phones, if they purchased newer Motorola phones.
On the other hand, you have Sony Mobile which us releasing alpha stage ROMs of upcoming upgrades to the community, along with kernel source code for the alpha ROM, taking suggestions from the community and actively working together to develop that ROM. That is how a company should be. Motorola is crap and HTC has gone far down that route. They just don't care. Sony as a company can't work to upgrade all their phones all the time too, because ultimately it costs time and money, but to counter that they are actively helping the community by providing drivers and binaries for custom ROMs. This is the reason more or less all Sony Xperia phones (low-end to high-end) have official CM support. HTC and Motorola make great phones but their business practices and ideologies are just wrong.
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Last_SiN said:
kyn-ROM Android4.1.1 Sense4.1-F21
China Rom. Pretty stable.
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Any link? Does it have english?
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Yes it has English.
No, mirrors to these ROMS are not allowed on XDA,
If you want to try it, just use google and it's translate...

-SmOgER said:
Yes it has English.
No, mirrors to these ROMS are not allowed on XDA,
If you want to try it, just use google and it's translate...
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Lol found it, its the one I posted screen shot of in your thread
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[Q] [HELP] Upgrading, rooting, and SIM unlocking Verizon Incredible S2

Hey XDA Dev community! So I happen to have an old, but completely mint!, Droid Incredible 2 from when I first purchased it from Verizon back in 2011. I no longer use Verizon and switched to T-Mobile and now using a Z3. Anyways, birthdays are coming up soon and i'd like to hand my Incredible 2 down to my younger brother as a gift. BUT, of course as you all figured, there is a slight problem: the ADR6350 is SIM locked, running Android ver. 2.3.4 with HTC Sense ver. 2.1 basically bare bones stock stuck in the year 2011. So I'm trying to figure out if this handset can be upgraded to today's standards (at least ICS 4.00) rooted and unlocked. I'm definitely not wanting to use Verizon so I'm leaning towards T-Mobile prepaid. I'm trying to trick this little handset out for the little guy as I think the ADR6350 is still a half decent starter cell. So is it possible to get this cell up and running without Verizon's chains? I really hope so! because i'd hate to leave this perfect, more than capable, cell in a box for 5 more years to only be a shiny paperweight.. Please help! Walk me through step by step as I am a newb with cell rooting ect. (hence the S/N) But please, only proven stable mods or Roms though!
(mods feel free to move thread to proper location)
PM if you need hardware/software/IMEI #'s
THANKS!!!