Now that the typical two year cycle is coming to a close for most of us Evo owners, I'm curious as to what you are going to do with it. I've thought about trading it in or selling it, but it has got to be one of my favorite gadgets/pieces of tech of all time. I don't think I'm ready to let go! Here's a few ideas I've had...
1-Wipe all the info off it, download GrooveIP, and give it to my daughter as a VOIP exclusive phone.
2-Do the same as above, but use it as a "home" phone.
3-Turn it into a media/gaming center (saw this on lifehacker the other day, great idea, here's the link: http://lifehacker.com/5915083/how-to-turn-your-android-into-an-awesome-portable-media-and-gaming-center
4-Finally figure out how to compile ROMs and test them on it.
5-Use it as a standalone GPS unit.
6-Turn it into a portable web server.
Any other ideas out there?
sell it on craigslist, and move on with good memories.
Keep it I still love my EVO and I am not ready to move on.
I stupidly traded mine in when I got my 3D. I still have all my original Sprint phones /except/ the best one ever. So I went on eBay last night and bought one, just to keep as a WiFi-only placeholder for the one that got away.
glg
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Run Deck's Reloaded and sit on my upgrade. Compared to the new phones, OUR EVO still pulls it wait. Also, no phone from Sprint has made the EVO obsolete . . . . . . . . . . yet.
I love my Evo, it does everything I need and more. I'll probably have it for another two years.
i'm just gonna keep it for now... the lte pisses me off. i would have gotten it if it wasn't for the battery. i guess i'm gonna wait til something interests me... but so far, until it breaks i'm gonna keep it
I usually post over in the Epic Touch forums as that is my main phone but recently I reclaimed my OG EVO from my ex (he bought an E4GT from me) and I had almost forgot how much I loved the phone. Don't get me wrong I seriously love my E4GT but it's nice to have my EVO back.
When I used it, before giving it to the ex, I knew nothing about rooting and so when the 3D came out I made the ultimate mistake of picking it up and getting rid of the OG EVO, a move I regretted on a daily basis. lol
Now that I have it back I want to do all the things with it I didn't before, like root, try out custom ROMs, etc. Just have to find a good starting place (okay rooting my Epic is like way simple, the root instructions I've found for the EVO seem a little confusing).
Anyway, this really is one of Sprint's best phones and now I can say I have both of Sprint's best phones.
using groove ip to turn it into a pure google voice phone
When I upgrade ill keep it and use it as a wifi media player type device. Plus Google maps is going to have maps offline so it would also make a good stand alone GPS.
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I handed it off to the wifey so she can learn to use Android now instead of the Blackerry's that she has been using forever now.
I am messing around with the Epic 4G Touch now until LTE comes out and then I will get an LTE phone and the wife can have the E4GT or keep the Evo.
I've ordered my Galaxy S III already. I will either unroot / stock rom / CM7 the phone and give it to my dad. He's currently using an optimus S and hates it.
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When I upgrade ill keep it and use it as a wifi media player type device. Plus Google maps is going to have maps offline so it would also make a good stand alone GPS.
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Stand alone GPS...I forgot about the offline maps thing. Great idea!
On another note, I finally got my LTEvo yesterday, and the first two calls I had dropped. It might have been because I was out on the field coaching in a lower coverage area, but my OG NEVER once dropped a call.
I'm gonna cover it with honey and make sweet love to it.
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I usually post over in the Epic Touch forums as that is my main phone but recently I reclaimed my OG EVO from my ex (he bought an E4GT from me) and I had almost forgot how much I loved the phone. Don't get me wrong I seriously love my E4GT but it's nice to have my EVO back.
When I used it, before giving it to the ex, I knew nothing about rooting and so when the 3D came out I made the ultimate mistake of picking it up and getting rid of the OG EVO, a move I regretted on a daily basis. lol
Now that I have it back I want to do all the things with it I didn't before, like root, try out custom ROMs, etc. Just have to find a good starting place (okay rooting my Epic is like way simple, the root instructions I've found for the EVO seem a little confusing).
Anyway, this really is one of Sprint's best phones and now I can say I have both of Sprint's best phones.
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Depending on what firmware is in your ogevo is what makes it difficult or not, if your on 2.3.3 use revolutionary its really simple. If your on the latest which is 2.3.5 I believe, you have to HTC dev unlock bleh, or use tacoroot downgrade, flash the Eng boot loader, then upgrade to a 2.3.3 stock rom, then use revolutionary. Or at least that's what I did with mine. Its actually not as hard as you think if you follow the guides on the net :-D I could possibly help you if you need it, just throw me a pm
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Here's another use for it...portable server.
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This is NOT a Thread that I'm selling my Epic in, I need help deciding whether to keep my Epic or not. I want to change my Epic for an Evo 4G/BlackBerry. I like it and all, but the Epic just doesn't have enough development. I'd have to either get the Evo and Flash my phone EVERYday like I used to with my G1, or get a BlackBerry Bold 9650 and not Flash it at all. the Evo is a nice phone, it has all features working on CM7 which is a big plus for me, it's always up-to-date with MIUI, and was the phone I was going to get first, but it was sold out and I was impatient and I obviously regret it. Or, I could get a BlackBerry. Their much more simple and would meet my standards, but I'm afraid of Android-Withdrawal, but I could take it to OS6 and that looks cool.
So, what does everyone here think. Should I keep the Epic, let the price go down with more use, and wait to see what happens? Should I trade it in and get some cash and buy an Evo in order to fill my flashing addictions? Or should I sell it and buy a BlackBerry Tour2 9650 so that I can't Flash anymore, but have a pretty good phone? And the final option, should I just keep my Epic 4G, and live with it, and hope for the best?
Drop the epic and get an EVO lots of Rome to flash . Unless u Want to wait till September for the gingerbread update . Then the flashing begins for epic.
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Keep the epic...CM7 will be out when official gingerbread in released!
I don't know man. September is a few months away, and that IF we get GingerBread then. And even though, we'll have CM7 ROMs from 3 different developers, a few AOSP from a few different developers, and maybe 2 MIUI ROMs. I wonder if we'll ever have Sense or a Port of maybe the Droid3? Or LG Optimus 2X? I don't think we have enough people.
Someone is already working on a sense port, the same dev that's working on miui. And we have a cm7 alpha 4. We need gingerbread source code to help move us along.
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Id rather QUALITY over quantity!
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I could take it to OS6 and that looks cool.
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I came from a BB bold 9700. I did some beta testing for OS 6 on it. It was very nice but that is all the tinkering you could do with it was put a leak version of the OS or beta test. So I would say you have already commented on "flash withdrawal" so BB will be nice for about a month then you will be bored with it. One of the reasons I got the Epic was because of the keyboard coming from a BB and the screen size. My other options were the Intercept (which my son has) or the Shift but again the screen sold me on the Epic. I didn't even look to root or custom ROMS for at least 2 months after I bought it. But once you start it is hard to go back.
Hi my name is John and I am a flashaholic...LOL
Look up the ORD Thread in the Off-Topic. That's us. That Thread was my idea btw.
And I guess I'll stay. I guessssss...
Sounds like you've already made up your mind and are just looking for someone to talk you out of it... I carry a crackberry and my epic. The crackberry is free and I can do what I want with it, but I still keep an android that costs me ~40 bux a month and has horrific cell coverage most of the time just because it's an Android and the berry sucks for anything other than email.
I don't know much about the Evo other than it's large development base, crappy screen and lack of keyboard. If flashing a new ROM everyday is your goal, then get the Evo and live with the lackluster video performance and on screen keyboards.
If the only reason you're ditching the Epic is due to lack of development, then develop something...
I forgot to mention that the Epic's keyboard sucks and I barley use it. If at all. And I can't develop. My friends will think differently of me. Lol jk, I'm too lazy and I don't have the time. All these devs are high ballers. I wouldn't compare. They wouldn't take me as seriously.
keep the EPIC !!!!! it's a better phone !!!!!! ( just sayin' )
Proof of this concept?
So have u decided what u gonna do?
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keep the EPIC !!!!! it's a better phone !!!!!! ( just sayin' )
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Agree until the SGSII
"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons
Oh boy! Wait until you turn on the evo screen. You will shat bricks! Since your eyes are used to the super amoled screen, youll notice how god awfull the evo screen looks.
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Oh boy! Wait until you turn on the evo screen. You will shat bricks! Since your eyes are used to the super amoled screen, youll notice how god awfull the evo screen looks.
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-better hardware
-better screen
-faster
-can play tegra2, xperia play games on it
I mean sure EvO has more roms but how many do you really need. My sister has an EVO and I read thru the EVO section and concluded only 4-5 roms are actually worth trying Synergy-Kingdom, MIkG, MIUI, CM7 or Gingerdeck and thats about it...The last three we will hopefully get once GB is released.
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Hi my name is John and I am a flashaholic...LOL
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Hi John!
There totally should be an AFA (Android flashers Anon) cause I'd be in it.
I've only had the Epic for a couple months, but I wouldn't trade it for any of the other phones available for Sprint right now. It's fast, great hardware, and has a full keyboard. I use a handful of other devices for work, and my Epic is the best by far. (my Galaxy Tab is a close 2nd) It feels weird not having some new rom/customization come out every couple weeks or days on the Epic, but I've adapted to a slower dev cycle that I was used to. And honestly, the only thing keeping me from running one of the GB leaks is the lack of a custom kernel to fix the hw keyboard lag. So until there's something that feels and works as good or better than my Epic, I'll be hanging on to it for dear life..
No offense but hopefully sucks.....especially if u upgrade yearly.....the good thing I learned my lesson and not going through that again.
But again that's just me.
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Dinc2 should be here on Friday! I miss my dinc the fascinate is a good phone but the time with the Inc people is greatly missed.
hopefully the Dev community moved over.
Anything good or bad about the Dinc2 I should know about?
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I'm in the same boat...
I'm migrating over from the fascinate after dealing with far too many missed call, 3g data, and GPS bugs. I know nitsuj17 is coming over too, so hopefully that results in some great continuity from our old community. Anything you guys was recommend to some users just starting out on the inc2?
I came from the fascinate also and was sad to make the switch, but after you root this phone it is amazing.
The community is building and I am on a very stable Gb rom. As for the bad things.....the biggest for me is the audio it is pretty quite (I miss voodoo sound do bad). Then there is the screen while it is pretty close to the fassy it is not the same.
The last bad news I can tell you is if your phones come updated to Gb then the only way for you to root st this point is to buy a clip. But if you got your phone with froyo the you can use alpharevx's root method.
Hope this helps!
Semper Primus
my sister has been trying to get out of her fascinate as well (my wife and i came here by way of the fascinate) and last night i called verizon on her behalf. got them to swap her out too since they'd already swapped her phone for a replacement fascinate, and the tech let slip that there is a known software issue with them, meaning pretty much anyone who asks and says the right thing is gonna get out of that crapfest phone.
Ok so I currently have the nexus s 4g, i am due for an upgrade. I was just curious whether you guys think i should upgrade to the epic 4g touch, or wait for a better phone down the line (galaxy nexus). These are my thoughts:
The epic 4g touch, in many ways IMO, is the best phone out on the market now. I have played around with it in the sprint stores and love it. But I have a few questions...I have read that the Epic touch has NFC technology, is this true? Also are there a lot of nice ROMs for it, i have searched the dev section but really theres no way to tell the quality of ROM by just looking at the pictures and posts. Also do you guys think i should save my upgrade for something thats coming down the line? I have googled searched as much as possible to see if there are any new sprint phones coming down the line and i cant seem to find anything that beats out the epic touch, besides the galaxy nexus which is not even confirmed for sprint yet, and no announcment of a WiMax version so im thinking if sprint even gets it it wont be until they get there LTE network up which will be for a while. Gimme Your thoughts...thanks in advance.
Be patient and wait for the Galaxy Nexus. wait for the news about it, see if they are going to release one for Sprint... if not get the Epic Touch 4g.
No NFC for the epic touch 4g. also, not many roms. development is slow but it will take off with a little more time.
I'd wait for the Galaxy Nexus.
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First things first, there's always going to be a newer bigger and better phone coming down the line no matter what phone you buy. Even if you buy a phone on launch day there's always something new in the works. That's technology, its constantly evolving. And don't go chasing fairy tales of a Nexus that isn't even announced to be coming to Sprint. Even if it was it would be an LTE device and that's a long time from now.
As for lack of custom Roms the epic touch hasn't been out all that long so there's only a few custom Roms out. But truthfully there's not much that needs changing or modifying to make this phone awesome. Straight out of the box you won't find much to complain about if anything at all. I was asking myself the same questions and I come to the conclusion that the epic touch is definetely worthy of an upgrade and even worthy of keeping for twenty months. Sprint. LTE. is a ways off so by the time that starts rolling out in a timely fashion, you'll be nearing your next upgrade anyway. Go buy the epic touch and give it a try for a few days. I promise you will not want to return it and go back to your current phone. Trust me on that.
The Galaxy Nexus probably won't come for quite a while so if you're anxious for a new device and don't want to leave Sprint, then the Epic Touch will be great. There are some issues such as loss of signal and no NFC included as stated earlier. I came from the original epic and I upgraded to this one since the next Nexus seemed like it would take a while to get to Sprint.
I was in your situation and decided to go ahead and get the Epic 4G Touch. I haven't had any problems with it at all so far and love the phone. There's lots of development going on for it too if you're into custom ROMs. The Nexus Prime will probably be great, but who knows when we'll see it. Like others have said, there's always going to be something newer on the horizon.
Get it its a beast by th time you think about it. Newer phones will be out just enjoy the now
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Get it!!!!
I made the jump from the Evo to E4GT and I couldn't be happier.
If you keep waiting for the next best thing, you will never get anything. No one even knows for sure if Sprint is getting the GN
anyway.
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Don't get it and makes others not get it
Hi I own one and though the phone is great, the Samsung support is non existent. Also with Samsung you have to buy new phone to get the upgrade to the OS. I am waiting for HTC to announce their next sprint phone like Vigor. My experience with HTC has been much better...The only way Samsung with unlearn what they learnt from Apple is to let their sales get affected. I am telling this to everyone who goes ooh aah over my phone.
If you are planning to stay with Sprint and not looking to switch carriers, I would say buy it and enjoy it.
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Hi I own one and though the phone is great, the Samsung support is non existent. Also with Samsung you have to buy new phone to get the upgrade to the OS. I am waiting for HTC to announce their next sprint phone like Vigor. My experience with HTC has been much better...The only way Samsung with unlearn what they learnt from Apple is to let their sales get affected. I am telling this to everyone who goes ooh aah over my phone.
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I think the phone is great, despite having left mine for ohhh say 30 mins in a steamy bathroom. No water damage signs inside sprint told me (I didnt tell them what happened obviously) but two weeks later after tons of complaining I got a new one and I am happy as a pig in poo. This "smartphone" maybe because it is my first one, but I can't imagine being without it.
When I purchased it was a couple days after I found out that sprint was getting the iphone, and after about two weeks of hard research (it was released in US MID september to the best of my knowledge) so I am looking forward to spending two years with it now. The two weeks (really 10 days because I rigged it up to work and got extra battery that I had sprint credit to my account.
The old phone already had drop marks and stuff, the new one go a TPU treatment right away and steinheil sgp screen protector 24 hours later. This, IMO is the perfect trio. Size of the iphone IMO is better, thats it. The screen on this thing will wow you with pretty much all you look at, it is fast, every iphone person that sees it LOVES it (ICouldGAF after reading jobs bio - ****), precesses fast, battery is nice, feel nice, fit finish nice. I dont want a metal phone, even though when I dropped it a few times, the edges that were worn looked a heck of alot like some sort of metal and it bent like metal in places, I also read it is somewhere (of course cant find link but maybe somewhere on Samsung site proper)
JC
I would get it. I doubt the galaxy nexus is coming to sprint. This is the best phone out for Sprint and will be for a long time.
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I would defintely get it, i came from AT&T's Motorola Atrix(the first one) and it was a great device and still is, had it since launch, but i been wanting a Galaxy S phone. So i decided to go into the sprint store and check out the E4gT, and loved it, the phones that i was tryna decided between were the E4gT and the Evo3d, i didn't want the photon cause i don't really like motorla, and the iphone 4s was too high, plus i really don't like iOS(i love mod'n my devices and u really can't do much with iOS), and the Galaxy Nexus is WAAAAAYYYY OVERRATED, sure it's gonna come with ICS but nobody's gonna keep it stock for long, they'll end up throwing a rom over it, and the devs on the E4gT are active and will keep you happy with enough roms(and updates with them), mods, and themes until ICS comes to the E4gT
But back to the topic at hand, i definitely suggest this phone, buy it, give it a few days before u decide to root it to test it out, stay up to date with the forum and if u decide to root, the instructions are super easy and you'll have plenty of help if u get stuck(eventhough some may give u a hard time) but i'll definitely help u if needed just like i was helped.....now GO FOR IT! lol
Its aight. Once the LOS is fixed (hopefully) it'll be the a great phone to hang on to.
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when its 100% it is an awesome phone and there isnt one out that Id want more, but because of the bugs me and the wife both slightly wish we waited longer to pick these up or got different phones without the bugs this phone has...
Id say wait for samsung to send out the update to fix the phone, then get it.
I have 3 Sprint phones in my possession right now. This one, the EVO 3D, and the Nexus S 4G. They are all great phones & each has some sort if advantage over the other. The Nexus S, will surely get ICS shortly after the Galaxy Nexus comes out. It is a great little phone. The EVO 3D is a nice phone & with the CM7 alpha on it, it's every bit as fast as the E4GT. HTC has already announced they well be updating it to ICS. The E4GT has a beautiful screen & is fast as hell. It's simple to use, root & also easy to fix if you mess something up from flashing. I would go to the Sprint store & play with these 3 devices & decide for yourself. I don't think Sprint well get the Galaxy Nexus until mid next year. Samsung has not mentioned one that ics is coming to this phone. The others have already said they'll get it.
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I have 3 Sprint phones in my possession right now. This one, the EVO 3D, and the Nexus S 4G. They are all great phones & each has some sort if advantage over the other. The Nexus S, will surely get ICS shortly after the Galaxy Nexus comes out. It is a great little phone. The EVO 3D is a nice phone & with the CM7 alpha on it, it's every bit as fast as the E4GT. HTC has already announced they well be updating it to ICS. The E4GT has a beautiful screen & is fast as hell. It's simple to use, root & also easy to fix if you mess something up from flashing. I would go to the Sprint store & play with these 3 devices & decide for yourself. I don't think Sprint well get the Galaxy Nexus until mid next year. Samsung has not mentioned one that ics is coming to this phone. The others have already said they'll get it.
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ICS is coming to this phone
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ICS is coming to this phone
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How can you be so sure? Not a flame, just an honest question.
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Def a good phone if the galaxy nexus does come it wont be for at least 6months
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Def a good phone if the galaxy nexus does come it wont be for at least 6months
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Sprint has alot more to worry about than making the nexus a priority as their next samsung smartphone offering. They have their hands full with backorders of Epic 4g touches all over. I have been on the phone for a week, try getting one in a rapid fashion when yours malfunctions day 15 - one day after the 14 day trial ends - Jump through hoops. Been a customer since 1997 here....
As far as ICS, I wont hold my breath, what were working with seems well enough, no?
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Hey guys. I just wanted to ask a question, I actually posted here sometime ago before I was even with Sprint. But to get straight to the point, in this time of the EVO being older now, what you think of it now? I was thinking about trading my phone for one..
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Hey guys. I just wanted to ask a question, I actually posted here sometime ago before I was even with Sprint. But to get straight to the point, in this time of the EVO being older now, what you think of it now? I was thinking about trading my phone for one..
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Honestly the evo is a great phone but if i had a Nexus S 4g i wouldnt trade it for a evo. The nexus s 4g development is booming right now with ICS roms that are fully working. Also i believe the NS4G is better hardware wise as well
I've had my evo for close to 2 years now, and I still love it thanks to the awesome rom developers on this site. I'm not sure I would trade down for it if you have a newer, faster device, though.
Had my phone for 2 years. Would probably trade it for something else had it not been for the Deck Rom that I found on this forum. Phone still is very competitive with the rest of the models out there so for me unless i find a model that outperforms my phone by miles i'll stick to Evo. Plus with the new rom Deck Reloaded its better than ever (minus few minor things that need to be ironed out, rom was just released 2 days ago).
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Honestly the evo is a great phone but if i had a Nexus S 4g i wouldnt trade it for a evo. The nexus s 4g development is booming right now with ICS roms that are fully working. Also i believe the NS4G is better hardware wise as well
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Then you would have to change your handle from evo4gnoob to nexus4gnoob. Lol
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Hey guys. I just wanted to ask a question, I actually posted here sometime ago before I was even with Sprint. But to get straight to the point, in this time of the EVO being older now, what you think of it now? I was thinking about trading my phone for one..
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I've passed on "upgrading" from my Evo for 14 months, because nothing else was a good enough excuse to give it up. Still the overall best phone I've ever had, so far! I'm still keeping mine to play and hack around on long after my Evo 4G LTE is in my hands.
That's my plan too is to keep to OG Evo to use as a wifi device around the house when I want to listen podcasts and such that the wife doesn't want to hear. On that same note, can't wait for the LTE to drop.
I've had mine since the launch and I still love it. I also tend to stay with a given phone for long hauls; I had my Sony Erickson w810i for almost 4 years (I replaced it with the Evo).
I've had mine for almost 2 yrs. It's the best phone I've had simply for the modification factor. I like to tinker and try new things (ROMs, kernels, themes, etc.) w/o the lockdown hurdle I had with my iPhone. I wouldn't trade down for older tech though. I would think you could get one pretty cheap and not have to give up the newer phone you have.
I'm thinking about making the switch to the SG3 in the near future (I'm past due for my upgrade) and want to start researching everything I can about the phone.
I know rooting is a breeze with Odin, but I'm looking for info on what I should keep on hand, like drivers, etc. Looks like CWM is the best recovery?? Or no?
How's the dev'ing going with this phone?
BTW, as much as I learned about and contributed to the Evo community, I'm hoping to make a good positive impact here, too, if and when I do make the switch
I like twrp recovery. Odin will be your best friend. If your phone is soft bricked and you have no nandroids, you can go back to stock. It's awesome.
Also - Of sprints current phone selection this phone is hands down the best in terms of everything in general (mostly lte connectivity.)
Make sure that your area has Sprint LTE coverage, as the 3G performance is pretty bad and the SGS3 does not support WIMAX. That's been the only real headache I've seen from people making the change. I'm in Atlanta, 4G LTE coverage is pretty good and I couldn't be happier with my phone!
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Not sure about LTE here, but Sprint never did get us 4G in Peoria.
I remember form my Moment that the radios in Samsung phones were just not good. Hopefully, this has changed in the last 2 years
TWRP is a great recovery option. 3G sucks. 4G is good when I can connect. I mostly use wireless though.
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I'm thinking about making the switch to the SG3 in the near future (I'm past due for my upgrade) and want to start researching everything I can about the phone.
I know rooting is a breeze with Odin, but I'm looking for info on what I should keep on hand, like drivers, etc. Looks like CWM is the best recovery?? Or no?
How's the dev'ing going with this phone?
BTW, as much as I learned about and contributed to the Evo community, I'm hoping to make a good positive impact here, too, if and when I do make the switch
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There are some awesome dev's and themers working on this phone ... Clark44, Phantom hacker, Strong Steve, and Myn (who you probably know from having an Evo) all have great ROMs out. DazednConfused and Josh Beach, among others, have amazingly themed ROM's. There are also some close to 100% working AOSP ROMs out as well. So, lots of options.
Yeah aosp is booming the nightlies have been stable more then a month
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There are some awesome dev's and themers working on this phone ... Clark44, Phantom hacker, Strong Steve, and Myn (who you probably know from having an Evo) all have great ROMs out. DazednConfused and Josh Beach, among others, have amazingly themed ROM's. There are also some close to 100% working AOSP ROMs out as well. So, lots of options.
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+1 to ^^ and would love to see you on a GS3 you have been a great asset to the OG EVO. Your guide helped me many times
@casmi, thanks!
I have a few friends (online) trying to convince me to go Evo LTE, but I have just lost so much faith in HTC, especially in light of drivers never being released for ICS/JB, the concerted effort to lock down Hboot, etc...
HipKat said:
@casmi, thanks!
I have a few friends (online) trying to convince me to go Evo LTE, but I have just lost so much faith in HTC, especially in light of drivers never being released for ICS/JB, the concerted effort to lock down Hboot, etc...
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I agree, HTC has been making things more and more difficult even though they try to seem otherwise. The GS3 was my first Samsung to root and it was so easy, I was ready to have to jump through hoops like the EVO. I was pleasantly suprised.
The development on the GS3 seems good and I'm sure will only continue to grow. I have a feeling it may be like the EVO as it will be around for a long time with continued development. Good luck in your search for your next phone
HipKat said:
@casmi, thanks!
I have a few friends (online) trying to convince me to go Evo LTE, but I have just lost so much faith in HTC, especially in light of drivers never being released for ICS/JB, the concerted effort to lock down Hboot, etc...
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I'm pretty sure you remember scottspa or something like that. You can ask his opinion of the LTE EVO. He doesn't seem thrilled
"Pro:being to fully S-off bootlaoder. And then you can flash radios forward and backward. With elo lte, if you downgrade firmware,...hard brick. You look at this phone kinda sideways and it will hard brick (buy a GSIII) (And believe me, that hurts to say)
via xda premium on my AOKP'd Evo LTE"
found his quote
To answer your question, twrp 2.2.2.0 (lose your past thoughts from the evo) and aokp. There is also a miui for you too.
Screw HTC
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HipKat said:
@casmi, thanks!
I have a few friends (online) trying to convince me to go Evo LTE, but I have just lost so much faith in HTC, especially in light of drivers never being released for ICS/JB, the concerted effort to lock down Hboot, etc...
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Sdx? Yo we need more good people over here. A friend of mine got the evo and has problems up and down and isn't rooted
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Whats up HipKat. Im in the same boat as you. Im past due for an upgrade and have been thinking long n hard(yes i said LONG N HARD) about which phone i want. I have friends that got the EVO LTE and love it, but they dont have the root and flash bug as i do. I have been scouring both forums on here looking for opinions. I have also been watching reviews online to see what i can come up with. Every onnline review i watch puts the SGS3 slightly above the EVO LTE. I think im leaning this way, hope to see you here as well. You have given me some good guidance to rooting and flashing and your guide to everything rooting in the OG EVO forum was my most visited thread!
I to came from an og evo, bought the evo lte and returned it for the s3, don't regret it one bit! Rooting much easier on the s3, and if u do brick, it seems so easy to fix. Another thing is updates, Samsung has been advertising this phone so much, for them not to push out jellybean asap, would be a failure. Just my 2 cents
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fgcchevy said:
I to came from an og evo, bought the evo lte and returned it for the s3, don't regret it one bit! Rooting much easier on the s3, and if u do brick, it seems so easy to fix. Another thing is updates, Samsung has been advertising this phone so much, for them not to push out jellybean asap, would be a failure. Just my 2 cents
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Past experience with Samsung was one reason I was leery of this device. It seems that in the past(before the days of Android) i had Samsung devices and they seemed to stop support for them prematurely. I guess with the popularity of these new devices that would be a little tougher to do.
I made the jump from OG Evo. It was a hard decision but after seeing a friend's Evo LTE sense just seemed tired to me. I didn't even feel the need to root SIII until recently. You won't be disappointed. IMHO, the only advantage of the evo is screen brightness in daylight. If you work outdoors you may want to compare the two and see.
dannyboyex said:
Sdx? Yo we need more good people over here. A friend of mine got the evo and has problems up and down and isn't rooted
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Yep, old SDX crew.
I'll have to go over there and see how much dev work SDX is doing on the SG3
fgcchevy said:
I to came from an og evo, bought the evo lte and returned it for the s3, don't regret it one bit! Rooting much easier on the s3, and if u do brick, it seems so easy to fix. Another thing is updates, Samsung has been advertising this phone so much, for them not to push out jellybean asap, would be a failure. Just my 2 cents
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Yeah. I think I saw JB for the SG3 next month, if I'm not mistaken.
I been watching reviews too, plus Wirefly has the 16gb SG3 for 100 bucks now
sssqueue said:
I made the jump from OG Evo. It was a hard decision but after seeing a friend's Evo LTE sense just seemed tired to me. I didn't even feel the need to root SIII until recently. You won't be disappointed. IMHO, the only advantage of the evo is screen brightness in daylight. If you work outdoors you may want to compare the two and see.
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I do work outside, but the OG EVO is the same way and I get by with it just fine.