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Am I the only one thinking about trading this in for a new nexus or maybe a evo 3d?
because I know they're saying be patient on roms but I've been very patient and this some be :/
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So make a rom or is this just a rant post?
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Go get your EVO 3d already if you really want to test your patience, hopefully you get a 1.5 bootloader too.
Lol i had an evo 3d from day 1 and now its sitting in a box while i use this. Sgs2 hands down better. Get lostkernel with starburst Rom. Epic speed and battery life. Can't compare the 3d screen to the SUPER AMOLED.
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If you wanna wait for the galaxy nexus to release on sprint while dealing with an evo 3d be my guest.
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Get the evo3d. Oh and make your own rom.
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Lol, Evo3D. I had it on release day... Brought it back for Nexus S4g... Got another Evo3D, rooted, rommed...meh. Aside from the giant hardware deficiencies it had, especially compared to et4g, umm, just blah. Synergy rom was the only compelling rom. CM7 still has a long ways to go and the other millions of roms? Pretty much themes. Also, sense? Ugh.
The grass is always greener bro, keep that in mind... But... Be my guest.
Though I will definitely be going the Nexus Prime route. Still debating switching to Verizon or waiting for the Sprint version.
Otherwise just be patient... Things will be fine... Especially once we get a true AOSP base.
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Seems like the only benefits of the nexxus are the screen, nfc, and ics, otherwise 1.2 GHz processor (not sure what chip it is), 5mp camera, 1.3mp front, etc.
Seems like it's not as big of an upgrade as most expected. Once we get ics I'll be happy. I dont see myself utilizing the nfc, and the bigger screen isn't worth however much I'd have to pay. I hope Samsung is on top of the ICS update.
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Seems like the only benefits of the nexxus are the screen, nfc, and ics, otherwise 1.2 GHz processor (not sure what chip it is), 5mp camera, 1.3mp front, etc.
Seems like it's not as big of an upgrade as most expected. Once we get ics I'll be happy. I dont see myself utilizing the nfc, and the bigger screen isn't worth however much I'd have to pay. I hope Samsung is on top of the ICS update.
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The screen (except in fullscreen mode for games that support it and video) will likely be the same size (of active area) or perhaps closer to 4.3" in scale...remember the on-screen buttons. Though the resolution must be stunning.
I heard it was supposed to be the new OMAP platform, but, I don't recall getting any official comfirmation of that.
The FFC I thought was the same 2.0mp that we have. Though the 5mp seems like a downgrade I'll bet that the optics are better. Besides, making the pictures 'bigger' without adding any high-quality detail is pretty pointless.
I don't care much for NFC myself...and the 16:9 aspect ratio I find very irritating...but, remember on-screen buttons...sometimes....
I'm going in for the Official Google Experience, early updates and no horse-**** when it comes to source code (I'm looking at you Samsung with their older-than-release kernel and HTC with their half-of-the-source code). If it is the same as my ET4G plus a little resolution bump minus a couple meaningless megapixels I'm game.
...who knows, it might even support EVDO rev.b that is pointless to worry about. though, if it is an OMAP those are known for their awesome overclockability...
I'm definitely going to get one, but, I'm not going to be a release-day whore like I usually am. This ET4G is a stellar phone as it is and I'm still enjoying it thoroughly.
Go for it, one less person to make threads like this.
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If it comes to Sprint, I'm laying down the money for this phone. I love my Epic Touch but I haven't tried a Nexus phone yet and ICS looks amazing, along with the hardware that comes with the Galaxy Nexus.
I'll be getting rid of this phone to go back to my Nexus S and just hold onto it until the Galaxy Nexus comes out for Sprint. (if it does)
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Yeah man I like flashing roms too.. but it doesnt get much better than starburst rom with lost kernel. My set up runs circles around any phone I have ever owned including the Evo 3d. The screen is bigger on the prime and has better resolution but if you use density changer that really doesnt matter. Other than that it doesnt really have any groundbreaking updates as far as hardware is concerned and sooner or later the software updates will be available on our phones anyway. That being said... I think you should go get the 3d based on the fact that you even had to ask.
So far it seems to be that unless you are an HTC device or a GSM Samsung device or a Verizon Motorola device you are going to be stuck with the proverbial red-headed-stepchild-device so far as development is concerned...Unless you get a Nexus...though there is still a splinter between the carrier models I'll take it. CM7 and MiUi are all I really want as options, everything else is gravy after that...like netarchy kernels.
Perhaps I'm wrong and just paranoid about this becoming the same disaster I saw the Epic turn out to be...a device that wasn't intended to be Android until the last minute (from what I understand). After coming from a long line of HTC devices it's hard not to be paranoid about that. Which is too bad since HTC dropped the ball this round and Samsung is really picking up the slack, finally.
Getting a Nexus device hedges against this...
ICS is optimized for TI OMAP processors
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ICS is optimized for TI OMAP processors
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maybe on the galaxy nexus? That can be easily rectified. It is an open source platform after all
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maybe on the galaxy nexus? That can be easily rectified. It is an open source platform after all
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I read it somewhere on a blog a month back or so. multiple actually. Droid life or Android central or 9to5google.
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When's the nexus coming to sprint?
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When's the nexus coming to sprint?
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Rumored to be released on 13/13/13.
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Rumored to be released on 13/13/13.
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Can't wait for that. Lol.
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Do the Tmobile Galaxy s2 have the same chipset as the hp touchpad? So would hp webos work on this phone? Since webos is open source now and has anyone ported it to anything yet?
thanks, btw im new so my questions may seem dumb. lol.
Ween is is meant for tablets not phones and even if we could port Web OS to the galaxy S2, somebody would have to program the kennel and that's not very easy. what do you wanna do with Web OS anyway, Android is much better?
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why would you want WebOS?
people are buying webos stuff and trying to put android on it...
I would rather not have that junk near my phone nice idea though. There is a reason why everyone who bought a touch pad put Android on it.
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Anything good about webos ....ics stole so let's wait for that! HAHAHAHA
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Well it would be a good learning experience. How would we get started?
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Well it would be a good learning experience. How would we get started?
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Learn how to code on an expert level in Linux, Java, and probably a few others lol.
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Learn how to code on an expert level in Linux, Java, and probably a few others lol.
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That's a good start. WebOS isn't "junk" by any stretch of the imagination. It was/is a nice OS that was a victim of poor decisions on HP's part.
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Web OS is great I use it more often than android Web OS is visually better than android 2.3. If you want a Web OS device Im sure you can get a palm 3 for 250.00 which is a nice device with no support.
the HP tablet and our phone does have almost identical spec, except for the screen size
but i would NEVER install that piece of crap Web OS in our phone even if it'll run on our phone
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the HP tablet and our phone does have almost identical spec, except for the screen size
but i would NEVER install that piece of crap Web OS in our phone even if it'll run on our phone
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You do realize that a large portion of ICS was stolen from WebOS when Matias Duarte left HP for Google. WebOS is still the best UI and the best for multi-funcionality, better than android and better than iOS. Don't confuse crappy HP with the product itself because WebOS is quite good, it's just that HP had no clue what to do with it.
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You do realize that a large portion of ICS was stolen from WebOS when Matias Duarte left HP for Google. WebOS is still the best UI and the best for multi-funcionality, better than android and better than iOS. Don't confuse crappy HP with the product itself because WebOS is quite good, it's just that HP had no clue what to do with it.
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Um no.
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Umm yes. I have a Touchpad. The WebOS UI is really amazing. I have Android on the Touchpad as well as ICS.
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I would rather not have that junk near my phone nice idea though. There is a reason why everyone who bought a touch pad put Android on it.
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WebOS isn't that bad. Blame HP.
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I don't consider webOS junk at all, just because you prefer to use android doesn't exactly mean that all other mobile OS's are inferior in any way. I would like to see alternative roms for a phone that aren't just Android. Would make purchasing a phone allot more of a fun experience in my opinion.
i had a touchpad before, the multitasking on it was so smooth but sadly hp launched the touchpad late compare to the other tablets on the market. It was destined to sell poorly
It sold poorly because it came to the market late and was sort of underpowered for webOS.
Android is a great operating system, but webOS now that it's open source, would be a great addition to the SGS2.
What's great about webOS is the multitasking experience and it's built upon open web technologies.
I'd flash webOS on my SGS2 if it were available. Kinda doubting it though
I was really hoping to find something productive in this thread. I like webOS and would still own a webOS device if HP would have created a device that wouldn't fry when I plugged it into a charger. I loved the os that was very fun and easy to use.
Wait... If we have similar hardware...cant we port their cm9 over?
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Wait... If we have similar hardware...cant we port their cm9 over?
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innovator.....
Hi all,
My father recently decided to pick up a s2 and doesn't plan on using it for anything other than calling, texting, and calendar reminders. In fact, he WON'T even have a data plan.
He's coming from a dumb phone that'll give him wonderful battery life so this phone's battery life will be a sort of shock.
I'm wondering what are some ways to ease that battery life.
I've come up with
-custom rom& kernel
Underclocking
CPU sleeper
Autobrightness
2G only
Data off
Sync off
Wifi Bluetooth gps off
Any other tips you guys have? Help is much appreciated.
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I forgot to include freezing bloat.
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Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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I'd like to suggest Darkside v8! That rom is incredibly stable and well developed.
If you want to save a lot more battery, I'd like to suggest SetCPU and just downlock. I doubt your dad would be able to tell an immediate difference between 1.1-1.2 ghz VS. 1.5ghz. Plus, make sure you install CPUspy and BetterBatteryStats to make sure that the phone is actually entering into 'deep sleep' mode.
Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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You can't get a discounted smartphone without adding a data plan.
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Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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Sounds EXACTLY like my dad, but we're not upgrading and not getting anything for free so I'm not getting him a new phone, currently he has a old candy bar style Nokia. I won't even give him my old n8 because it's too much for him
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You can't get a discounted smartphone without adding a data plan.
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Til there is a recognize contributor LOL, totally never noticed that.
I have a family plan. My brother's line was up so we upgraded his line (which already has a data plan) to the s2 and we're giving the s2 to my father. My father is simply going to be putting his sim in the s2 (and my brother will be keeping the same mytouch he has at the moment.) Tmobile will not add a data plan and force my father to use one as his line was not the one upgraded.
And this isn't att where data is added to lines automatically
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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My father is like your father he asked me which phone was better the Driod or the iPhone. And i like looked at him as if he were high or delusional.. I told him none lol.
But yes i agree with the other user who recommended darkside v8. I recommend STOCK or any TouchWiz ROM. As for the comment "paying for extra features when he wont use them" Well if you already have the s2 which is collecting dust why not put it to use? I wouldnt recommend going out and buying an S2 to not use. But if one already has it then what the heck? lol.
As for data, T-Mobile allows any phone to not have a data plan. Im on the value plan, and if i wished, i could get rid of everything but talking minutes.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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What features am I talking about?
Everything having to do with data..(unless your on Wi-Fi)
And do you mind sharing the "bells and whistles" the s3 has that ours doesn't? It is a SLIGHTLY improved version of the s2 that does all the same things..
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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Ive had several smartphones, notably the Tmobile Comet (Running Froyo FYI), LG Mytouch, and the S2. The S2 is FAR from basic. If you every tried those phones, you will know. As far as battery life, try juice defender. Use the extreme profile, will save you a ton of battery life
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Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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Funny, is like buying a ferrari and drive 35MPH only lol
To each his own. Everyone is entitled their own opinion.. Not flaming fighting, whatever you guys want to call it.
I'll check out juice defender.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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S3 is not all that better. S2 is nowhere basic if you know how to use it.
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For ****'s Sake, can someone just answer his question without telling a full grown man how to spend his money?
I love how infatuated with this phone some of you are. Anyone who says the s3 is a slight improvement over this phone is horribly mistaken. I play with my buddies s3 from time to time.. side by side app loading is much faster, gets more FPS while gaming (dead trigger runs smoother on the s3 despite it pushing almost 3 tines the amount of pixels, the 720p screen is much better, the 2gb of ram really comes in handy (have any of you ever noticed how laggy and stuttery the t989 gets when updating apps from the play store? The s3 is completely smooth while updating) the cameras snapshots have better PQ.. everything about the s3 is better. Of all the handsets I've owned I've never seen such infatuation and naivety in its xda forum section. :-/ makes me hurl.
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Dont know if u guys have seen this but it looks pretty awesome.
http://www.phonedog.com/2013/01/02/...eatures-like-edge-gestures-and-global-search/
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Yeah I saw that. Pretty awesome if we had an ubuntu rom to flash. If that's possible, im just a noob.
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Well dont think source is releases....
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Saw this yesterday. It would be awesome on our device.
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Sure did!. Makes me wonder how it will look as far as the UI. Can't be that hard since its already simple for PC's . Can't wait to see how they did it. And what devices will get it.
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Sure did!. Makes me wonder how it will look as far as the UI. Can't be that hard since its already simple for PC's . Can't wait to see how they did it. And what devices will get it.
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There is a video on that post....vid is ~20 minutes and u have to skip the beginning but they have the os preview and u can see the os and all in action.
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I'm definitely interested in taking Ubuntu for a test drive, but I do have a few concerns:
1 - There is no lock screen, but the phone is still somehow secure. I don't feel great about that. Having a lock screen in place gives me the added peace of mind that if my phone is lost or stolen, I know that my data will be initially secure, and will probably remain secure until I remotely wipe the device.
2 - I'm not sure how I feel about a completely gesture-driven device. I had the original Palm Pre at the time, and I didn't find myself using the gestures unless I absolutely needed to (i.e. closing out cards, going back in the browser, etc.). Thankfully, the phone was a hybrid of gestures and physical hardware buttons. There won't be any hardware buttons on any Ubuntu phone.
3 - The device unity selling point doesn't sell me. I'd never use my phone as my home computer. My desktop and laptop are far more robust in terms of capability than any phone, and I'd rather just use those.
4 - I'm having a hard time believing that desktop-grade applications will run smoothly on a phone. Sure, developers will be encouraged to bundle a mobile interface, but I'm not sold on the notion that someday in the near future I'll be playing Portal 2 on my phone.
5 - The home screen looks crazy. I'm not a huge fan of the hodgepodge that will be files, media, and apps strewn about the home screen. In hindsight, I like the process existing mobile OS's take to reduce clutter. Open the app, then open media recognized by the app. That process keeps things clean.
Ubuntu isn't exactly easy on the eyes, either. That magenta-y, orange-ish theme is hideous. Even the font that they use sucks. Undoubtedly, however, that can be fixed through themeing the rom. However, I love stock rom experiences, so I know that a theme would irk me. Just my OCD, I guess.
It's core strength is multi-tasking, of which I'm very interested in. It seems to be very intuitive. I'd love to play around with that.
Web-based apps on the phone are definitely intriguing.
I didn't really care for the dig that they made on Android regarding Java. Java was put in place for rapid application development. On lower-end phones, I can see a Java environment being overhead on the operating system, but with my Optimus G, it hardly even knows its there. The OG is a beast.
I'm definitely going to be paying attention to the developments made with Ubuntu Mobile. I'll be dusting off my GNex when the image does get released.
Damn dude hater over here
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Damn dude hater over here
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Definitely not hating, I do wanna try it. It could be a totally viable OS.
didnt seem like hating to me. just putting his opinion out there. he makes some good points. i would like to try it out but id much rather get JB before this lol
I'll port it eventually. Is there demand for webos or firefox os? I could do those too.
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Webos most definitely! Loved my Palm Pre and multitasking .
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I'll port it eventually. Is there demand for webos or firefox os? I could do those too.
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I'm very interested in ubuntu. Would love to see it ported in the future.
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Is Love to see unbuntu or webos ported over
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Im extremely excited for this. Especially if it comes with a feature to dock to an external monitor and run a slim Ubuntu desktop OS.
I'm gonna need a port as soon as possible
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Alright guys here is the video shown on the Galaxy Nexus in case you have been living under a rock for the past few days...
Everywhere I look I cannot find anywhere where it has been released to begin working on getting it to our Note 2. Let us update this thread and eventually turn it into a "How-To" once we slap together something that works.
Any thoughts to get the ball rolling?
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Any thoughts to get the ball rolling?
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Wait for source code to drop?
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They said they will be releasing a flashable zip for the galaxy nexus sometime in the future. So I would think you would have to wait til that.
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Wait for source code to drop?
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They said they will be releasing a flashable zip for the galaxy nexus sometime in the future. So I would think you would have to wait til that.
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Yeah I figured that this is all that we can do is wait, but does anyone know where it will be dropped first?
I think it is dropping during ces so like next week sometime, very excited about this.
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I think its kind of like a mash up of wp and android. To me I don't know if I like it yet I don't think, it looks like everything big and they didn't utilize the realist ate they have. And that looked a little slow, if you watch on some of the transactions and I like the ability to have buttons and menus. I'll have to play with it when its out but so far I'm not sure
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Looks like a themed version of miui to me. Nothing special but im not a ubuntu user.
excited to see what they bring to the table
android may not be as stagnant as iOS, but it's going to be neat having an ubuntu OS. I run it on my windows machine as another boot option and find it useful and fairly intuitive.
will be looking forward to news for this.
I think the ability to have a full fledged operating system on a phone is an amazing idea.
What those videos where showing was a Nexus running a Ubuntu operating system, with some sort of mobile theme applied. Once the device is docked it could be used as a desktop solution. Or plugged into a TV, or a laptop etc.
This is something the mobile market has never seen before.
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I have a big concern about Ubuntu's history of ignoring feedback over the last few years. They've been making very heavy handed design decisions with the excuse that Linux users are 'free' to change things around if they want, but that attitude won't cut it in the consumer mobile market.
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I've always enjoyed Ubuntu, not this new Unity thing but with Gnome classic it's been great. So I would definitely give this a try.
Ive been looking for ubuntu phone os for almost 2 years lol since they released there website ... Ubuntu can we get some leakage love hehe
This would be perfect for the note 2, with huge screen and pen as mouse... using a skin launcher like unity on a phone would be great, laptop/desktop unity is junk... and have a full terminal my favorite part with connection to tv and bluetooth keyboard/mouse ...
Cant wait for this to drop
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The trick with our phone is going to be the s pen support. I can't wait for ubuntu on my phone.
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i can't wait for this. hopefully it doesn't take long for a port, and a multi boot kernel for the n2 would be awesome just waiting patiently at this point.
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Yeah I figured that this is all that we can do is wait, but does anyone know where it will be dropped first?
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"A specific date in unknown but it’s probable that the release will coincide with Canonical’s appearance at the Mobile World Congress 2013, being held between 25 – 28th of February." still over a month away
Now, there is a date:
Canonical announced the release of the image for the nexus and the source code as well, for the 21st of February. They will flash every phone they get at the MWC from 23 - 25.
Hopefully, someone will manage to port it for the sgn2, soon.
Can't wait to try it out! Even though functionality will be very basic at first... The only thing that worries me is whether the Ubuntu install will repartition our phone. It would be a bit of a ***** in that case
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coke7 said:
Now, there is a date:
Canonical announced the release of the image for the nexus and the source code as well, for the 21st of February. They will flash every phone they get at the MWC from 23 - 25.
Hopefully, someone will manage to port it for the sgn2, soon.
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It seems like a difficult process. In oder for Ubuntu to run smoothly, it needs to be ran as a complete operating system. As was shown on those videos. What we can do today is run Ubuntu virtually, which, for obvious reasons, will be significantly slower.
Once the code is dropped, we have to find a way to port it over to our Notes. Which means finding specific drivers. If Samsung supports this (which I doubt) it would make the process that much simpler.
That and I'm assuming the confirmed working devices, Nexus S, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 will all have a dual boot option from Android to Ubuntu. We don't have that option... Yet...
No support? I'd switch to the Nexus 4. Seriously. That's how badly I would love to have Ubuntu on my phone Lol. Id throw away LTE, expandable memory and a killer battery to have that OS in my hands.
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It seems like a difficult process. In oder for Ubuntu to run smoothly, it needs to be ran as a complete operating system. As was shown on those videos. What we can do today is run Ubuntu virtually, which, for obvious reasons, will be significantly slower.
Once the code is dropped, we have to find a way to port it over to our Notes. Which means finding specific drivers. If Samsung supports this (which I doubt) it would make the process that much simpler.
That and I'm assuming the confirmed working devices, Nexus S, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 will all have a dual boot option from Android to Ubuntu. We don't have that option... Yet...
No support? I'd switch to the Nexus 4. Seriously. That's how badly I would love to have Ubuntu on my phone Lol. Id throw away LTE, expandable memory and a killer battery to have that OS in my hands.
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The initial release will be very basic. No exchange email support from what I understand and no app store for starters. So you can only use what they give you as far as apps. Won't be fun with no apps to install and use.
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Really? If it's a desktop OS, why nothing will work? I'm using Thunderbird it's pretty good email client.
P.S. I'm really excited to try Ubuntu, it's my the only OS for last 6 or 7 years. What can be better then to use the same OS everywhere
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