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Battery life? and other possible things

I was thinking about switching to the GN from my atrix once the ROM development picks up so I have a little bit more of a choice, but I was wondering right now how battery life is. How long does the battery last for and how heavily do you use it? Also it might be helpful if you post any gripes about the phone too. I've heard it has a yellowish tint, but people said that about the atrix as well and I never saw it.
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whatsaqazza said:
I was thinking about switching to the GN from my atrix once the ROM development picks up so I have a little bit more of a choice, but I was wondering right now how battery life is. How long does the battery last for and how heavily do you use it? Also it might be helpful if you post any gripes about the phone too. I've heard it has a yellowish tint, but people said that about the atrix as well and I never saw it.
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I dont have the nexus yet, but dont expect atrix battery life. Thats for damn sure. I just hope it can make it through a whole day, though realistically ill prolly be charging at the end of my work day on my way home from work and i can live with that. I just the sound chip is on par with the wolfson on the atrix. I didnt realize how good it was til i did some comparisons last night.
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So far I've been getting around 20 hours I think, with moderate use.

whatsaqazza said:
I was thinking about switching to the GN from my atrix once the ROM development picks up so I have a little bit more of a choice, but I was wondering right now how battery life is. How long does the battery last for and how heavily do you use it? Also it might be helpful if you post any gripes about the phone too. I've heard it has a yellowish tint, but people said that about the atrix as well and I never saw it.
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There are a few threads on battery life already.

Depends entirely on the usage.
With relatively light usage including some browsing and some media playback + twitter/facebook/email/tweetdeck sync I got this after 1 day:
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If you use high brightness levels and lots of screen time you can expect a lot less.

martonikaj said:
There are a few threads on battery life already.
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Sorry for making a new thread, I was in a hurry and didn't want to forget to ask.
But does anyone have anything bad to say about the phone? Besides quadrant being low, I don't care about that.
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T-Mobile - horrible reception? (Time without a signal)

I've got the T-Mobile SGS3, and am getting horrible reception.. time without a signal hovers around 30% at home on this phone, where as both my Nexus One and Sensation had no problems whatsoever with signal. Going for WCDMA preferred instead of GSM auto (default out of the box setting) didn't help.. fwiw, I'm getting 3-4 bars of signal on the statusbar.
is anyone else having this issue, or is my phone just a lemon?
Thanks!

bump.. no one else is seeing bad reception?
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I think a lot of people are having this problem in one way or another, including myself.

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/07/t-mobile-suffering-data-outage-says-early-reports/
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Yes im having trouble!! No internet On htc amaze! Good to know not only me. weird that texting works but not internet. Oh well guess time to stay on wifi for nowm let me know if anyone gets any updates or when its getting back up.
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Like my signal is so bad right now.

I'm having problems in Las Vegas area thank god I'm home now, I just switch carriers for better service and this happens 0_o for 3 years in different carries I never had problems
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I got 4g back by the toggle data like 10 times lol, saw it in another thread
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Ha either way my 4g is back. Good thing for wifi for a couple hours
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cashyftw said:
Like my signal is so bad right now.
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Im on sprint, and my signal is piss poor also. Take forever to logon to pandora and forget about watching any videos, impossible. I'm thinking the modern needs an update. What's the sense in having this bad ass phone if we can't even listen to internet radio in peace. I'm going back to my SSG2, and getting my HBO back for lunch

I'm still getting 25-30% time without a signal, just sitting at home.. why is the signal strength for the SGS3 so bad?! Is it a Samsung issue? I've only had HTC android phones before this one.

WP7

I got sick of my BB Curve 3G that i use for work, so I picked up an HTC Surround off of Ebay for 100 bucks.
I just got it yesterday and haven't even update to7.5 yet. So far I have been impressed.
I don't see me leaving Android and my E4GT. However, it's nice to pick up another phone on another OS to play with.
If you have any WP7 questions I'll try to answer then as I get more aquainted with the os.
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patrao_n said:
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Nice over used internet meme brah
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My mom has the lumia 900 and it's fun to toy around with, but I can't see leaving android for Windows...not customizable enough for me.
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I had an old HTC HD2 lying around (probably the most-hackable phone even more than the EVO). I ran everything from GB to ICS to Ubuntu but by far the best OS was WP7.5. Runs so smooth, and the animations are beautiful.

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Wait what?
Sent From A Rotary Phone

Why is this here?
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Wow, lots of intelligent conversation going on here. Thanks to the two individuals that replied on topic.
Also, to the tools posting pictures, please provide links to your contributions to xda. I would love to see the code you've written or themes you've created.
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Glad to hear your enjoying WP7. You definitely need to update to 7.5, even better. I have a Focus on ATT as a back up phone and I love the OS.
I've had six Android devices (purely a hardware choice - AMOLED, dual core, etc.) choice. I must say that ICS has changed my feelings toward Android, I actually like the look and feel of 4.04. In fact just got the GSIII and love it.
Are you considering moving from your GSII to the GSIII? The Epic Touch is a great phone but the Galaxy SIII is outstanding. Just my very humble opinion.
El Mono

El Mono said:
Glad to hear your enjoying WP7. You definitely need to update to 7.5, even better. I have a Focus on ATT as a back up phone and I love the OS.
I've had six Android devices (purely a hardware choice - AMOLED, dual core, etc.) choice. I must say that ICS has changed my feelings toward Android, I actually like the look and feel of 4.04. In fact just got the GSIII and love it.
Are you considering moving from your GSII to the GSIII? The Epic Touch is a great phone but the Galaxy SIII is outstanding. Just my very humble opinion.
El Mono
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7.5 is a definite upgrade. I don't like it as much as 4.0.4, but it is nice and smooth.
Definitely thinking about the SGIII. My upgrade isn't until November, so we'll see what's out then.
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Widows Phone. :laugh: Fun toy but not really there yet.
I have a few buddies with wp7 but I have not ever come close to thinking about leaving android. As far as customization goes android can not be beat. Windows phone is a nice alternative to the iphone, but has nothing on android. I have used both and that is a phone for novice users.

if you've ever complained about Google maps...

Now before I get flamed for the post. I put a lot of thought into it and am not sure of the appropiate thread for this. None the less it had me dying so I figured sharing it's worth the risk. I've had my fair share of complaints on Google maps in the past but I guess I never realized how bad it could really be...
http://mashable.com/2012/09/20/the-world-according-to-apple-maps/

billard412 said:
Now before I get flamed for the post. I put a lot of thought into it and am not sure of the appropiate thread for this. None the less it had me dying so I figured sharing it's worth the risk. I've had my fair share of complaints on Google maps in the past but I guess I never realized how bad it could really be...
http://mashable.com/2012/09/20/the-world-according-to-apple-maps/
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Ha!
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i know about ten 15 year olds on this site that could do a better job than that. thanks for the link, funny stuff

Must have been watching inception.
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That so funny I hope apple fails with everything
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OP, that is great, thanks for sharing!:good:

Awesome...lmao. Thanks OP

#fail
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Can't...stop...dying... too halarious...
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That was great. I showed it to an apple guy that sits next to me at work. He tried to say, "well it's a new service." I quickly let him know that doesn't matter it sucks. They should have never released that. He didn't have much to say after that.

New my ass it's ios6 **** they got it somewhat right for the first five what the hell happened. Lol.
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AHAHAHAH

HA. Another reason why the iPhone 5 is a disaster... LOLL
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Hahaha apple is trash. Why would they ditch something that WORKS for something so ****in bad?
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Yeah, its pretty disastrous! I been playing with my iPhone 5 that I received from my job today and it plain out sucks compared to goggle maps on my SGS3.

Words fail me to describe this, maybe I should ask Siri... oh wait, server busy

QUICK! Sell it and get an android! You won't be able to find your way to work tomorrow - it's probably covered in clouds!
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Wow I'm so thankful that i have an android with Google maps
From a galaxy, far, far away.

A friend of mine was visiting today, his wife had the new iPhone, they needed to leave to the train station to pick up a fried, I Google voice searched it and mapped it on my Android...good to go. I Siri searched the exact same thing and it routed them to a completely different Amtrak train station 20 miles away, awesome. It gave three Amtrak stations, none were the correct station.

Need your opinions...

So right now I have an evo4g lte (not a thing wrong with it). Sprint sent me a white galaxy s3 (refurb) with only 15 total life calls on it and less than an hour of use. It only came with a charger. It was basically sprint saying, hey sorry for a messup try out this phone if you don't like it send it back...or keep it and send back evo.
Questions...
When I got the evo I purchased best buys buyback on the evo. Wouldn't I lose the buyback on the evo ? What's the best deal to not lose money? (got evo on release day)
Why would a refurb have such little use and are refurbs a concern?
My next upgrade is Feb 2014.
I've took a look already of what others said pros and cons are.
Just looking for advice from community to come to a decision
Thanks!
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Stick with the s3 man you won't be disappointed. Night and day difference in quality and performance over your evo.. Buyback plan may switch to the s3 since they sent it to you but I'm not sure. You made money off this deal by them sending you that phone regardless of it being refurb. I've rarely had an issue with any refurbished devices.
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Why is Sprint sending you a reverb when your evo has nothing wrong with it?
Aside from that it's your personal opinion on which one you like more. I can't stand HTC phones so I'm no help.
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I called them and had a question about a bill..they asked me how things were I said things were good...I guess they were just going over the top with customer service.
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smoley said:
I called them and had a question about a bill..they asked me how things were I said things were good...I guess they were just going over the top with customer service.
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Wow lucky person lol. I'd stick with the gs3 but I'm biased. My wife's old evo ruined HTC for me.
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The S3 is better than the Evo LTE in my opinion. I also can't stand Sense or HTC support. Its not a huge upgrade though. I would talk to Best Buy about how much they would give you etc. But just to be very clear the S3 has better hardware and software and will get upgrades for Android faster and more often.
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Gotcha....
I guess my only concerns now is it appears if the phone is replaced and the buy back isn't attached to the esn then you lose out in the program if I take the galaxy...or keep what I have for another year and figure that I won't be paying out if pocket a whole lot of money for the next greatest thing.
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Well here's my opinion on the gs3 or evo lte why I got the gs3 was one the fact that I can't stand not being able to switch batterys if needed but other than that they have just about the same specs and I just liked the look of the gs3 better and flip covers they look so cool right haha just wish Samsung made black gs3 for sprint
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