Is anyone planning on switching to the galaxy s3 for virgin mobile? It looks pretty awesome, but it's a little expensive (although not as much as an unlocked phone). Any flaws with it?
lilrob1213 said:
Is anyone planning on switching to the galaxy s3 for virgin mobile? It looks pretty awesome, but it's a little expensive (although not as much as an unlocked phone). Any flaws with it?
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I definitely want one, if there's a phone worth upgrading to from the One V than the s3 is it! The only other phone that has newer specs is the Samsung Victory, but it's chunky and meh when it comes to looks, plus the screen and camera aren't much of an upgrade, so screw that. Anyway, I'm never ever buying a phone from Virgin Mobile unless it's during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales, I got screwed when I bought the Optimus V, Optimus Elite, and One V at close to retail when they ended up having them for $49.99 at every BF/CM sale, so just wait until then. I remember the s2 went from $299.99 to $199.99-239.99 around that time, so I wonder how much the s3 will be on special...
Edit: As far as the phone itself goes, the s3 is a fantastically balanced phone with no real drawbacks. I've never been a real fan of samsung's plastic and roundish designs, but they are pretty durable and you can take the back cover off easily for battery replacement and repairs. I'm also looking to upgrade my sd card to a fast 64gb capacity card since the s3 is able to use them. Anyway, the only real question is how well 4G LTE coverage will be by then...
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I definitely want one, if there's a phone worth upgrading to from the One V than the s3 is it! The only other phone that has newer specs is the Samsung Victory, but it's chunky and meh when it comes to looks, plus the screen and camera aren't much of an upgrade, so screw that. Anyway, I'm never ever buying a phone from Virgin Mobile unless it's during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales, I got screwed when I bought the Optimus V, Optimus Elite, and One V at close to retail when they ended up having them for $49.99 at every BF/CM sale, so just wait until then. I remember the s2 went from $299.99 to $199.99-239.99 around that time, so I wonder how much the s3 will be on special...
Edit: As far as the phone itself goes, the s3 is a fantastically balanced phone with no real drawbacks. I've never been a real fan of samsung's plastic and roundish designs, but they are pretty durable and you can take the back cover off easily for battery replacement and repairs. I'm also looking to upgrade my sd card to a fast 64gb capacity card since the s3 is able to use them. Anyway, the only real question is how well 4G LTE coverage will be by then...
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hahaha well yeah! This is the first time I've actually considered buying a phone more expensive than $150 (my one v) but I don't know whether I can wait til November!!! But I probably will because my phone is still good... I just WANT this one!!! lol I didn't even know this, but there's 4g lte in my home town already! AND in the places I plan to move in december! That's good
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hahaha well yeah! This is the first time I've actually considered buying a phone more expensive than $150 (my one v) but I don't know whether I can wait til November!!! But I probably will because my phone is still good... I just WANT this one!!! lol I didn't even know this, but there's 4g lte in my home town already! AND in the places I plan to move in december! That's good
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Man, just thinking about a rooted s3, with a pure no nonsense JB ROM, modding and adding performance tweaks, not to mention the overclocking potential gets me drooling... :victory: I hope they give it a nice discount come November since I just bought a new laptop and 399.99 plus tax seems too steep for me at the moment.
My daughter has one..... She's not into rooting or deving but she's had it since it was available to virgin mobile and loves it, 4g is really iffy around here
rickyx32 said:
Man, just thinking about a rooted s3, with a pure no nonsense JB ROM, modding and adding performance tweaks, not to mention the overclocking potential gets me drooling... :victory: I hope they give it a nice discount come November since I just bought a new laptop and 399.99 plus tax seems too steep for me at the moment.
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Yeah I totally agree, $399 plus tax is a bit too pricey for a PHONE... I bought my car for just double that... LOL and I will be needing a car soon, so I'll have to save up for that, but I can't even imagine how wonderful the phone would be! lol
russellvone said:
My daughter has one..... She's not into rooting or deving but she's had it since it was available to virgin mobile and loves it, 4g is really iffy around here
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Even a stock samsung touchwiz gs3 would be great on performance I'm sure with the dual core 1.5 Ghz processor *drool* lol but are you in an area that's SUPPOSED to have good 4G? or no?
No... Not officially covered that's why it's iffy
I already switched a d got one with cricket its really amazing, totally glad I got it, its a huuuuuge improvement to be honest. rooted it day one, put carbon on and never looked back I wasn't happy with virgin's service which they could never fix, for some reason I would never get calls, just voice mails, over three phones and 100s of complaints. so I don't regret the carrier switch.
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No... Not officially covered that's why it's iffy
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Oh okay well that makes sense why it's iffy... oh well, hopefully they'll expand into your area soon! I think my area's getting 4g lte soon!
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I already switched a d got one with cricket its really amazing, totally glad I got it, its a huuuuuge improvement to be honest. rooted it day one, put carbon on and never looked back I wasn't happy with virgin's service which they could never fix, for some reason I would never get calls, just voice mails, over three phones and 100s of complaints. so I don't regret the carrier switch.
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Oh yeah!? That's great! Do they have a lot of fully working roms? That's one thing that bothers me about the one v is that a lot of roms don't have Everything working except the sense based roms... which can be somewhat laggy... but still we have some amazing devs no offense to anyone!!
I have had cricket in the past, and I really didn't like them... maybe they've gotten better since then, but I think I will stick to virgin mobile
Just bought a gs2 it has basically the same exact specs and better design IMO. Same plastic and everything lmao and they both have jellybean so same software except sbeam .. And only 200$ right now
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XxlemonxX said:
Just bought a gs2 it has basically the same exact specs and better design IMO. Same plastic and everything lmao and they both have jellybean so same software except sbeam .. And only 200$ right now
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Hmmm... It would have definitely been an upgrade from the one v, but I wouldn't say it's on quite the same level... On virgins website it says it has android 4.0 and a 1.2 ghz dual core which is good but the 4g is wimax not LTE so that's an older slower technology plus the gs3 has an amoled display that's bigger and more vibrant so I'm just not sold but for 200 it's still way better than the one v so I really hope you like it
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Hmmm... It would have definitely been an upgrade from the one v, but I wouldn't say it's on quite the same level... On virgins website it says it has android 4.0 and a 1.2 ghz dual core which is good but the 4g is wimax not LTE so that's an older slower technology plus the gs3 has an amoled display that's bigger and more vibrant so I'm just not sold but for 200 it's still way better than the one v so I really hope you like it
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Ehh you make good points I guess. But it does have jellybean there just slow at uploading their site. S3 might get 4.2 update though
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XxlemonxX said:
Ehh you make good points I guess. But it does have jellybean there just slow at uploading their site. S3 might get 4.2 update though
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Oh ok well that's good that it got the update is it pretty snappy?
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Oh yeah!? That's great! Do they have a lot of fully working roms? That's one thing that bothers me about the one v is that a lot of roms don't have Everything working except the sense based roms... which can be somewhat laggy... but still we have some amazing devs no offense to anyone!!
I have had cricket in the past, and I really didn't like them... maybe they've gotten better since then, but I think I will stick to virgin mobile
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for the roms, instead of being gsm or cdma, they go by carrier so if you get the virgin you guys will all most likely start from scratch. its an amazing phone though, I'm on nodded touchwiz right now, but I've tried carbon, chameleon and pretty much all the others the cricket variant had to offer. most Roms are rock solid too.
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for the roms, instead of being gsm or cdma, they go by carrier so if you get the virgin you guys will all most likely start from scratch. its an amazing phone though, I'm on nodded touchwiz right now, but I've tried carbon, chameleon and pretty much all the others the cricket variant had to offer. most Roms are rock solid too.
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That's awesome! I'm glad to hear the roms are stable is the modded touchwiz kinda like our modded sense roms?
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That's awesome! I'm glad to hear the roms are stable is the modded touchwiz kinda like our modded sense roms?
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look up hyperdrive rls14 that's the one most people use. but like I said, its by carrier, Sammy makes their handsets different for each carrier, so there won't be anything at all for virgin until people get it and start building for it.
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look up hyperdrive rls14 that's the one most people use. but like I said, its by carrier, Sammy makes their handsets different for each carrier, so there won't be anything at all for virgin until people get it and start building for it.
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Oh yeah that rom looks nice, I'm hoping it's simple to port from one carrier to ours and just make an mms fix zip for it or something, I was reading up a little to see what they have so far... but I really wish I could get it soon!!
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Oh yeah that rom looks nice, I'm hoping it's simple to port from one carrier to ours and just make an mms fix zip for it or something, I was reading up a little to see what they have so far... but I really wish I could get it soon!!
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right now, the verizon variant is almost identical to cricket and us cellular's so I'm thinking virgin's will fall in that cluster as well...Roms will still need to be ported, but it'll just be a tad easier.
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Do you guys think I made the right choice of ordering the sgs2 instead of the Amaze?
How's dev so far for this phone? Any recommendations you guys can give as far rooting, custom rom & kernel?
So excited to get this new phone!
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babymatteo said:
Do you guys think I made the right choice of ordering the sgs2 instead of the Amaze?
How's dev so far for this phone? Any recommendations you guys can give as far rooting, custom rom & kernel?
So excited to get this new phone!
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Yes you did make the right chose indeed! The development is kinda slow at the moment. People wasting so much time deciding between the amaze and sgsii. Once we get root, expect the development to kick off and some goodies!
It's all waiting on the root, then it's on!
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Theres not much deving cause i mean.. Cmon we just got it.
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phreshjoker said:
Theres not much deving cause i mean.. Cmon we just got it.
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You said the best answer. Why are people expecting MIRACLES on 34th Street? This phone is about a week old. I hope you guys don't expect a newborn to walk.
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YES! I'm loving it even without root, which I'm confident we will have within a week!
I'm planning on rooting, removing the bloat, adding google talk with video, unrooting, then leaving it alone for a month or so.
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You did make the right choice, this is a great phone!
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babymatteo said:
Do you guys think I made the right choice of ordering the sgs2 instead of the Amaze?
How's dev so far for this phone? Any recommendations you guys can give as far rooting, custom rom & kernel?
So excited to get this new phone!
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which SGS2 model did you order?
I just decided to read the reviews for the phone on t-mo.com (sort of the final step before I buy one after work today just to make sure there aren't any massive issues people have been reporting that I've missed) and I have to say, and I apologize allgamer because this is sort of off-topic, they were ****ing hilarious.
One guy claimed this phone should not be advertised as a non-LTE phone because it is a LTE device (huh? HSPA+ is definitely the same as LTE...waaaaait...). Another claimed that because there was no wifi calling, you couldn't surf the web on wifi! OH EM GEE GAIZ U CNT SUFR TEH WEBZ! Wait no...My Nexus S can't do Wifi calling and I can (and do) use it on WiFi all the time. Same with my Epic 4G. Same with my Evo 4G. Same with my MT3G. Same with my wife's Evo Shift 4G. Same with my Wife's Nexus S. Wow, I guess samsung must have really screwed the pooch or something to make it so that wifi calling was linked to all wifi use. Yikes! They better fix that soon! (That was sarcasm, FYI).
On a serious note though, I've done the reading, compared to the Amaze and watched the Galaxy Nexus launch and I'm not convinced any of them are or will be better than this phone on t-mo. The only real huge selling points of the GN (compared to the SGS2) are the HD screen and ICS; we'll get ICS and .15in diagonally larger isn't really that much so oh well. As for the Amaze? Its really only got better resolution which I couldn't find an issue with in store and I have pretty discerning eyes. Yes, I could see the difference but I couldn't see it making an impact on my daily life.
In summation, and as a non-owner of the SGS2 I'd have to tell the OP that yes, you did in fact make the right choice!
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I just decided to read the reviews for the phone on t-mo.com (sort of the final step before I buy one after work today just to make sure there aren't any massive issues people have been reporting that I've missed) and I have to say, and I apologize allgamer because this is sort of off-topic, they were ****ing hilarious.
One guy claimed this phone should not be advertised as a non-LTE phone because it is a LTE device (huh? HSPA+ is definitely the same as LTE...waaaaait...). Another claimed that because there was no wifi calling, you couldn't surf the web on wifi! OH EM GEE GAIZ U CNT SUFR TEH WEBZ! Wait no...My Nexus S can't do Wifi calling and I can (and do) use it on WiFi all the time. Same with my Epic 4G. Same with my Evo 4G. Same with my MT3G. Same with my wife's Evo Shift 4G. Same with my Wife's Nexus S. Wow, I guess samsung must have really screwed the pooch or something to make it so that wifi calling was linked to all wifi use. Yikes! They better fix that soon! (That was sarcasm, FYI).
On a serious note though, I've done the reading, compared to the Amaze and watched the Galaxy Nexus launch and I'm not convinced any of them are or will be better than this phone on t-mo. The only real huge selling points of the GN (compared to the SGS2) are the HD screen and ICS; we'll get ICS and .15in diagonally larger isn't really that much so oh well. As for the Amaze? Its really only got better resolution which I couldn't find an issue with in store and I have pretty discerning eyes. Yes, I could see the difference but I couldn't see it making an impact on my daily life.
In summation, and as a non-owner of the SGS2 I'd have to tell the OP that yes, you did in fact make the right choice!
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I am getting the Galaxy Nexus just because it has no buttons. To tell the truth our phone is bigger because the virtual buttons take of space on the screen. Other than that the galaxy nexus has no real selling factor besides icecream sandwich.
I just realized one thing I don't know about the S2...does it come with a mSD and if so what size is it?
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There's different models? I ordered mine from the Tmobile website. I got the overnight shipping so it should be in by tomorrow.
kenvan19 said:
I just decided to read the reviews for the phone on t-mo.com (sort of the final step before I buy one after work today just to make sure there aren't any massive issues people have been reporting that I've missed) and I have to say, and I apologize allgamer because this is sort of off-topic, they were ****ing hilarious.
One guy claimed this phone should not be advertised as a non-LTE phone because it is a LTE device (huh? HSPA+ is definitely the same as LTE...waaaaait...). Another claimed that because there was no wifi calling, you couldn't surf the web on wifi! OH EM GEE GAIZ U CNT SUFR TEH WEBZ! Wait no...My Nexus S can't do Wifi calling and I can (and do) use it on WiFi all the time. Same with my Epic 4G. Same with my Evo 4G. Same with my MT3G. Same with my wife's Evo Shift 4G. Same with my Wife's Nexus S. Wow, I guess samsung must have really screwed the pooch or something to make it so that wifi calling was linked to all wifi use. Yikes! They better fix that soon! (That was sarcasm, FYI).
On a serious note though, I've done the reading, compared to the Amaze and watched the Galaxy Nexus launch and I'm not convinced any of them are or will be better than this phone on t-mo. The only real huge selling points of the GN (compared to the SGS2) are the HD screen and ICS; we'll get ICS and .15in diagonally larger isn't really that much so oh well. As for the Amaze? Its really only got better resolution which I couldn't find an issue with in store and I have pretty discerning eyes. Yes, I could see the difference but I couldn't see it making an impact on my daily life.
In summation, and as a non-owner of the SGS2 I'd have to tell the OP that yes, you did in fact make the right choice!
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Thanks...this really reassured me
babymatteo said:
There's different models? I ordered mine from the Tmobile website. I got the overnight shipping so it should be in by tomorrow.
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Tmobile USA or Tmobile UK ?
yes there are different models of the SGS2
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Tmobile USA or Tmobile UK ?
yes there are different models of the SGS2
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Oic...definitely the Tmo US version...i believe it's the SGH-T989 IIRC.
then you are in the right forum
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then you are in the right forum
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Lmao...cool i passed the test
kenvan19 said:
I just realized one thing I don't know about the S2...does it come with a mSD and if so what size is it?
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mine from the T-Mobile store had no mSD.
I ordered a class 10- from Amazon. 16gb Amazonbasic was $33.
no, samsung never shipped phones with free external microSD included.
it was always purchased separately
only Motorola ships 8 GB microSD included
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no, samsung never shipped phones with free external microSD included.
it was always purchased separately
only Motorola ships 8 GB microSD included
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And htc .
I need galaxy s 2 now ..
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We know about the One S, but One X? Discuss...
http://androidandme.com/2012/02/sma...e-to-get-stock-android-4-0-and-quad-core-cpu/
While it would be so SO awesome if we got the X, I'm having a hard time believing that we would get it with stock Android. Then again, the point about quad and HSPA makes sense.
If this turns out to be true I am in. Still depends if tmobile gets the next iphone or a nokia windows phone. Been thinking of trying something different. But an HTC phone with aosp again would be awesome.
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that will be the first time Im tempted to steal from work LOL
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If this turns out to be true I am in. Still depends if tmobile gets the next iphone or a nokia windows phone. Been thinking of trying something different. But an HTC phone with aosp again would be awesome.
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T-Mobile won't get the iPhone it cost simply to much just to get it. It really put a hit on Verizon when they got it. I don't see it happening.
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T-Mobile won't get the iPhone it cost simply to much just to get it. It really put a hit on Verizon when they got it. I don't see it happening.
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Who the heck wants an apple anyway? Yuck.
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Who the heck wants an apple anyway? Yuck.
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+1.
there's not much difference between the X, S, or even the amaze to warrant an upgrade so soon. Just out of curiosity, what could a phone do that the amaze can't do? speaking aside from aesthetics. and S-OFF
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there's not much difference between the X, S, or even the amaze to warrant an upgrade so soon. Just out of curiosity, what could a phone do that the amaze can't do? speaking aside from aesthetics. and S-OFF
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That's been my argument all along also. Aside from AOSP ROMs, we will have everything (esp when ics drops). And now that we have dual core cpus, we can actually run sense roms with no lag and plenty of free RAM still. A few new devs for mods, themes, etc would be nice, but we have a nice variety of 3.0 ROMs, a 3.5 ROM, another 3.5 port coming soon, and a dev working on ics. What else? Not to forget, team Revolutionary will soon have a donated Amaze to try and get a $1k pledge for getting s=off.
I say this phone is in a better position than people make it out to be.
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Well I think its kind of dumb because LTE doesn't work with quad core, if tmo were to get the one x, it will be a waste for next year because next year tmo will have LTE
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That's been my argument all along also. Aside from AOSP ROMs, we will have everything (esp when ics drops). And now that we have dual core cpus, we can actually run sense roms with no lag and plenty of free RAM still. A few new devs for mods, themes, etc would be nice, but we have a nice variety of 3.0 ROMs, a 3.5 ROM, another 3.5 port coming soon, and a dev working on ics. What else? Not to forget, team Revolutionary will soon have a donated Amaze to try and get a $1k pledge for getting s=off.
I say this phone is in a better position than people make it out to be.
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I agree, but I would really like to see some AOSP ROM's I'm not a fan of sense at all. But you take what you can get.
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TMO will end up with the iphone now that the merger is dead with ATT. That was a BIG reason we didnt get it last go around
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TMO will end up with the iphone now that the merger is dead with ATT. That was a BIG reason we didnt get it last go around
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It's not the merger its the price it cost just to get the phone period. It's not worth it for T mobile period. Discount wasn't in Steve jobs vocab. He probably didn't even get a Discount lol.
ok...............just wait, im sure well have it by years end
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It's not the merger its the price it cost just to get the phone period. It's not worth it for T mobile period. Discount wasn't in Steve jobs vocab. He probably didn't even get a Discount lol.
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We wonder where all the money is and why no once can hire or do anything. Could it be company's like Apple. Worth 500 billion today. Which means they are worth more than Greece by a long shot and just over the value of Poland as well. These are whole countries with GNP and citizens. Obviously something is wrong if someone can put that much money away. How about putting some of that to use in the global economy Apple???
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We wonder where all the money is and why no once can hire or do anything. Could it be company's like Apple. Worth 500 billion today. Which means they are worth more than Greece by a long shot and just over the value of Poland as well. These are whole countries with GNP and citizens. Obviously something is wrong if someone can put that much money away. How about putting some of that to use in the global economy Apple???
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So true! Anyway a little off topic but I don't think we will have it by years end or next year or the year after that. Lets get back on topic
Wow tegra3 really? Good luck getting sources for drivers from Nvidia. But the X is a damn good phone and would probably opt-out for the X instead of the S.
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Wow tegra3 really? Good luck getting sources for drivers from Nvidia. But the X is a damn good phone and would probably opt-out for the X instead of the S.
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im sure you wouldnt even need to root the phone lol, nvidia supports all its hardware, still supports hardware that is years old back to the GT series.. tegra will be supported for a long time since they are in tablets and heading towards phones
The rumor says that the One X will be branded G4X, I'm really hoping that's the case. I'm trying to hold off on renewing contract until May, when it's possible that they will announce something like this at the CTIA.
Now that the LTE version is dubbed the XL, I really think we have a shot at this. I've been holding out with my G2 for awhile now because T-Mo hasn't gotten anything worth upgrading to. Recently replaced a myTouch 3G for a SGS II and wasn't impressed much. However, the specs and knowing it already has a home on XDA alone makes me ready to part ways.
T-mobile is not getting the HTC One X, the are getting the One S. AT&T will be getting the X. Which sucks because it is the better of the two.
I was planning on upgrading to a Dinc2 sometime this summer and dropping Verizon for Page Plus, but it looks like it will happen sooner than I expected. I dropped my Kin Twom today and the digitizer spiderwebed, so it is pretty worthless. It was a pretty good phone for the 2 years I had it, but I'll finally be getting something better.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi, I'm sure I'll be around these parts a lot once I find a good price on a Dinc 2.
Welcome! I was new to smartphones and Verizon recommended this phone. Great thing they did; i love it and the community that comes along with it.
Things are a little slower than they had been.. Waiting on a source to drop from HTC with Ice Cream Sandwich and then the newer roms like AOKP and nitsuj's rom plus the rom aero is working on.. they will then be 100% ... all are daily drivers as they stand now which is amazing considering there is nothing from HTC yet... So set back, relax, grab a beer, wine, liquor, smoke.. what ever you do and wait for the real fun to begin! WELCOME!!!!
Hate to s**t on everyone's pillows here, but the Inc2 is pretty old at this point, and I would recommend going for one of the newer devices if you can. That's just my thought. I always thought this phone was fast but after using any non Moto dual core device, this thing is, as I've said before, a sedated tortoise.
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Hate to s**t on everyone's pillows here, but the Inc2 is pretty old at this point, and I would recommend going for one of the newer devices if you can. That's just my thought. I always thought this phone was fast but after using any non Moto dual core device, this thing is, as I've said before, a sedated tortoise.
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No doubt.. but to some it's new ... I still enjoy using it and will continue to enjoy it .. I don't have an upgrade until December so I've got the rest of this year and I may keep it after that, who knows.. plus who knows what's gonna be around when that time comes.. The OP is happy he's getting/got a DINC2 so don't rain on his parade ..
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Hate to s**t on everyone's pillows here, but the Inc2 is pretty old at this point, and I would recommend going for one of the newer devices if you can. That's just my thought. I always thought this phone was fast but after using any non Moto dual core device, this thing is, as I've said before, a sedated tortoise.
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Well, compared to my Motorola dual core phone, this phone runs as fast as a mad, stabbed bull! So it is all relative. Plus the OP wants to quit Verizon and go to page plus. So may be he has a particular reason to choose dinc2, or budget constraints?
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To each their own.. it's all good.. the DINC2 is a good phone and holds its own against other phones in its class.. The newer phones coming out are seriously powerful ... I can't wait to get a phone that makes me feel the way I did when I dumped the Blackberry Storm for the DINC2 ... I was blown away!!
Thanks guys. Ya I know the Dinc 2 is getting kinda old, but the new service I will be using is only for 3G phones currently and from what I have found the Dinc 2 is the top of the 3G types.
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Thanks guys. Ya I know the Dinc 2 is getting kinda old, but the new service I will be using is only for 3G phones currently and from what I have found the Dinc 2 is the top of the 3G types.
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Well that explains it. But I do believe that 4G phones can work on 3G too, unless there is some compatibility issues with the service. So, may be you can consider a 4G phone too.
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Well that explains it. But I do believe that 4G phones can work on 3G too, unless there is some compatibility issues with the service. So, may be you can consider a 4G phone too.
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4G phones are compatible with 3g (would be stupid if they weren't). He may not have 4g in his area which may be why he didn't get a 4g phone. I didn't have it in my area when I upgraded so I took this phone.
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Well that explains it. But I do believe that 4G phones can work on 3G too, unless there is some compatibility issues with the service. So, may be you can consider a 4G phone too.
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I'm using Page Plus Cellular and 4G phones do not work on it. I believe it is because of the LTE sim card.
Just sayin' andybones (a good friend of mine) went back to the inc2 after being on the Rez.
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Just sayin' andybones (a good friend of mine) went back to the inc2 after being on the Rez.
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AW hell.. I forgot about andybones!!!! SHAME ON ME!
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Just sayin' andybones (a good friend of mine) went back to the inc2 after being on the Rez.
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The thought of using the Rezound makes me want to repeatedly band my head against a wall.
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The thought of using the Rezound makes me want to repeatedly band my head against a wall.
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Is it something about the phone or about HTC in general? Because, I've been badly hit by Moto and wanna be careful next time around. So I would like to know if HTC is not so great...
litetaker said:
Is it something about the phone or about HTC in general? Because, I've been badly hit by Moto and wanna be careful next time around. So I would like to know if HTC is not so great...
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He just doesn't like Sense.
jakob95 said:
He just doesn't like Sense.
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Or that the phone is fat, has terrible battery life and overheats. Ugh. Sense 4 isn't bad though. Pretty nice. That and 2.1 are cool. Everything else blows. Still like stock ICS better than both.
I think you'll be happy with the Dinc2. It's a good phone, and for a 3G phone, it would be my first choice (again) for a 3G phone. I've really enjoyed mine for almost a year now (hard to believe it's been that long). I had not had any intentions of upgrading anytime soon due to not having 4G in my area.
Well, due to my wife's job relocating her, I will know be living in a 4G area, so needless to say, I have a Galaxy Nexus on the way. The Dinc2 will still be staying in the family though, moving to the wife till the next upgrade is due. This will be her first smart phone. I think she will be really happy.
Enjoy your phone, and the community here, They're a great goup
I have had the Inc2 for almost a year as well. My mom has a charge. We have 4G EVERYWHERE where I live (about 45 min outside Boston) and someone on my plan has an unwanted upgrade that is coming in May so Gnexus time for me. Yay! The inc2 really is the best VZW 3g phone though hands down.
I just upgraded from an Eris to the Inc2. I love it and the price off Amazon was 1 cent. Plus I was able to keep my unlimited data plan. And from what I've heard 4g is still spotty around where I live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4K8mzWEuLg&feature=plcp
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Thanks for sharing!!
YES!!!
SPRINT!!!
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thinking about moving from my HTC EVO 4g lte to this,. Love the EVO, but it has been having some issues and always drops the data connection.
riceatusc said:
thinking about moving from my HTC EVO 4g lte to this,. Love the EVO, but it has been having some issues and always drops the data connection.
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You should. It is a much better device.
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You should. It is a much better device.
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I'm pretty much sold on it as long as it supports Google Wallet, which I am sure that it will. I
Of course AT&T would blow a great phone and give it a crap camera.
See the following CNET review:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/lg-optimus-g-at/4505-6452_7-35477689.html
I'm almost thinking about switching to Sprint, since I'm really having a hard time finding a phone I truly like. Good job to Sprint for keeping the BEASTLY 13mp camera.
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Yeah, it probably will. It has NFC support.
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Of course AT&T would blow a great phone and give it a crap camera.
See the following CNET review:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/lg-optimus-g-at/4505-6452_7-35477689.html
I'm almost thinking about switching to Sprint, since I'm really having a hard time finding a phone I truly like. Good job to Sprint for keeping the BEASTLY 13mp camera.
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You should, just hopefully you don't use too much data if you don't live in a LTE area. Their speeds are terrible! I personally don't have them, but I have some friends that do. It took around 10 minutes to download a 10 MB file.
Looking forward to getting this phone as iv been using optimus one for longest time and been very happy with its proformance
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Looking forward to getting this phone as iv been using optimus one for longest time and been very happy with its proformance
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It will be a HUGE upgrade for you! Congrats on your first post, BTW.
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Yeah, it probably will. It has NFC support.
You should, just hopefully you don't use too much data if you don't live in a LTE area. Their speeds are terrible! I personally don't have them, but I have some friends that do. It took around 10 minutes to download a 10 MB file.
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As a long time sprint user (also my parents and grandparents, uncles, etc) use sprint, I believe that is a device or location specific issue. On 3g I've downloaded files that size in under a minute. In a few seconds on wimax. I might upgrade to this from the classic Evo. Just got an upgrade two months ago.
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Of course AT&T would blow a great phone and give it a crap camera.
See the following CNET review:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/lg-optimus-g-at/4505-6452_7-35477689.html
I'm almost thinking about switching to Sprint, since I'm really having a hard time finding a phone I truly like. Good job to Sprint for keeping the BEASTLY 13mp camera.
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There is no facepalm great enough to express my reaction to your post. Bigger isn't always better
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I pre-ordered my yesterday , I have 14 days to return it if it doesn`t pan out, but from the specs and everything it should be awesome, I know there is a lot of people bashing it on here from the S3 guys, I had a S3, you know what, got rid of it because crappy reception, I flashed every file know, and it never fix it, so I off it for Sony Xperia Ion, its night and day difference I`m able to make a call.,
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How it go
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How it go
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How did what go?
Anyone thinking about jumping from s3 to the Optimus G
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Yup !
Awesome device! cant wait to held it with my tiny hands!:laugh:
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Yeah, I have an Optimus S, but seeing as I had to overclock it to make the performance even just acceptable and then having support mostly cut off for it makes me not want to go LG again. So it's the GSIII for me. And seeing as I don't play any games, I don't think I will have any issues with it.
Guys I have my G already and it's amazing. I work for a marketing company partnered with LG. Art release will be the 2nd and sprint will be the 11th. The phone is stupid fast. Great battery life and cool camera features
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Guys I have my G already and it's amazing. I work for a marketing company partnered with LG. Art release will be the 2nd and sprint will be the 11th. The phone is stupid fast. Great battery life and cool camera features
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I really want the Optimus G. Did you root it?
LG Optimus G2
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/05/07/lg-optimus-g2-sprint-snapdragon-800/
Really?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267155
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264621
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Really?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267155
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264621
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Brush up on your reading skills.
I'm asking current owners IF they'd buy another Optimus.
And why or why not.
I wouldn't buy the G2, because it'll be way too soon for me to buy a new phone, but when my upgrade rolls around I'll certainly consider another Optimus phone. So far I've had the Optimus S and the Optimus G, two fantastic phones. The S can actually run jellybean fairly smoothly, it's amazing.
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Brush up on your reading skills.
I'm asking current owners IF they'd buy another Optimus.
And why or why not.
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Still the same subject...
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I would buy another optimus and this is a fairly decent upgrade, however, I will still wait a year. Right now, my two favorite companies are HTC and LG. They make high quality, innovative stuff.
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I just sold my optimus G to get the HTC One and I'm very happy with my decision but that being said I would still buy another optimus. I was so happy with my purchase of the optimus G and wouldnt have given it up if it werent for me getting such a great deal on the HTC one. $30.
LG came from dirt phone after dirt phone and surprised us all with the optimus G. Surprised everyone and did it with style. All anyone could talk about was galaxy s3 this evo lte that, razr, one x, ect. Then this phone came out. Sh!t all over the compition and even mocked samsung with their "4" billboard. The ONLY thing keeping this device from being any more popular is the fact that they have fail so many times before with previous devices.
Now coming out with a device to compete with the note series and another G to keep up with the one and s4 even though they don't have to. The optimus G is still just as good as the high end phones coming out today. They are doing this to keep their name fresh and to hopefully one day soon give people more of a choice when going to upgrade rather than depending on the reps to push their stuff.
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I just sold my optimus G to get the HTC One and I'm very happy with my decision but that being said I would still buy another optimus. I was so happy with my purchase of the optimus G and wouldnt have given it up if it werent for me getting such a great deal on the HTC one. $30.
LG came from dirt phone after dirt phone and surprised us all with the optimus G. Surprised everyone and did it with style. All anyone could talk about was galaxy s3 this evo lte that, razr, one x, ect. Then this phone came out. Sh!t all over the compition and even mocked samsung with their "4" billboard. The ONLY thing keeping this device from being any more popular is the fact that they have fail so many times before with previous devices.
Now coming out with a device to compete with the note series and another G to keep up with the one and s4 even though they don't have to. The optimus G is still just as good as the high end phones coming out today. They are doing this to keep their name fresh and to hopefully one day soon give people more of a choice when going to upgrade rather than depending on the reps to push their stuff.
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LG could be the next Samsung. Before the s1, they made crap devices, such as the moment. The s1 and s2 were good, but not a household name. Then comes the s3 and its incessant advertising and people think that just because they advertise that it's the best phone, so since HTC is a smaller company, and has a lower budget, they are getting screwed despite having higher quality products. Oh how the tables have turned since the evo. No one had heard of a galaxy, it wasn't even offered as that on carriers. The only phones sprint advertised were the evo line, until the s3.
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No. The camera on this phone is not very good. Also there is not enough devs working on this phone. The Galaxy phones have awesome devs working on every tiny thing.
pdelacr2 said:
No. The camera on this phone is not very good. Also there is not enough devs working on this phone. The Galaxy phones have awesome devs working on every tiny thing.
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I knew we would see this answer...
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No. The camera on this phone is not very good. Also there is not enough devs working on this phone. The Galaxy phones have awesome devs working on every tiny thing.
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yeah 100 roms based on the same stock deodexed rom is real development :good:
Well..I've only had this phone since this Friday but... judging from how zippy this one feels compared to most every thing out now...I'd say yes. Granted I'm coming from a GS2 but so far I really like this one.
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bumsock said:
Well..I've only had this phone since this Friday but... judging from how zippy this one feels compared to most every thing out now...I'd say yes. Granted I'm coming from a GS2 but so far I really like this one.
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Just curious, what made you decide on this rather than the One or S4?
Well unforeseen circumstances forced me to buy a phone outright off contract . So at first I asked about the galaxy s4 and the Sprint rep said that they could not sell it off contract... something about because it has a SIM card :what: BUT...I still have an upgrade coming a little later, probably around the time the Galaxy Note 3 is out and what ever else comes out by then.
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I think there is only a 50 dollar difference between the phones (One S4 and This one) but I was pushing it money wise getting this lol
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No. The camera on this phone is not very good. Also there is not enough devs working on this phone. The Galaxy phones have awesome devs working on every tiny thing.
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I agree not as much development but how much do we really need we have the main AOSP ROMs with a few minor bugs, we have tweaked stock all we really need is sense 5 which is coming soon. The camera is garbage in low light situations but in good lighting it is nice.
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Well unforeseen circumstances forced me to buy a phone outright off contract . So at first I asked about the galaxy s4 and the Sprint rep said that they could not sell it off contract... something about because it has a SIM card :what: BUT...I still have an upgrade coming a little later, probably around the time the Galaxy Note 3 is out and what ever else comes out by then.
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I think there is only a 50 dollar difference between the phones (One S4 and This one) but I was pushing it money wise getting this lol
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When is your upgrade? If it's within 6 months then it would have been a lot cheaper to pay the early upgrade fee and got an s4 or one than to pay outright
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I definitely would, but I would like to see one with 64GB internal or better yet, a microSD slot. I find myself constantly moving stuff off from my phone to computer to make space (photos, videos, backups).
Nope. I'm in fact in the process of getting rid every phone I've been on since the Photon (LGOG included) and going back to the Photon or the Atrix. Every one of them has been a downgrade and a waste of silicon in my eyes.
pdelacr2 said:
No. The camera on this phone is not very good. Also there is not enough devs working on this phone. The Galaxy phones have awesome devs working on every tiny thing.
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And most of those "ROMs" are themes and copycat tweaks distributed as ROMs. So the Galaxy phones have a couple true ROMs and a ton of themes pretending to be ROMs.
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No. The camera on this phone is not very good. Also there is not enough devs working on this phone. The Galaxy phones have awesome devs working on every tiny thing.
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sharkboy0901 said:
I agree not as much development but how much do we really need we have the main AOSP ROMs with a few minor bugs, we have tweaked stock all we really need is sense 5 which is coming soon. The camera is garbage in low light situations but in good lighting it is nice.
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By all means you guys are more then welcome to set up to the plate. Sorry there is a lack of dev support for this phone, but the people have worked on this phone have worked very hard. You have no idea. We put in 3 months or so into getting you guys working Aosp. Getting everything working was a total pain in the ass. LGs implementation of EFS was a night mare to get passed, but we came up with a good solution. We probably lost 10 phones or so before we figured it out. I know I personally had two replacements. So be happy for what you have. I know for a fact all of the roms in the original dev section are working and stable. I was actually thinking to myself yesterday that I am actually starting to like this this phone (even though it has been a total ***** to me through the entire process).
If you get a chance. Thank Shelnutt2, thecubed, Autoprime, dvxher and Synergy when you get a chance. Also, Mike_77, Redmk, chachin, Interloper, ilkinansr92 and last but not least my favorite tester Theo2889. Without these guys none of this would ever of happened.
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By all means you guys are more then welcome to set up to the plate. Sorry there is a lack of dev support for this phone, but the people have worked on it have worked very hard. We put in 3 months or so into getting you guys working Aosp. Getting everything working was not as easy as you think. So be happy for what you have. I know for a fact all of the roms in the original dev section are working and stable. I was actually thinking to myself yesterday that I am actually starting to like this this phone (even though it has been a total ***** to me through the entire process).
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Guys like this are a big reason I WOULD buy another Optimus.
We may not have a million ROMs like the SIII, but I have maintained from day one that this is a good thing for us. Our ROMs are stable, functional, and well supported. The Quality v Quantity theory.The devs that we have are committed and really produce some great work. Even builds that have been labeled as "unstable", in my experience, have been pretty danged stable.
Additionally, I think that LG really knocked it out of the park with the hardware on this phone. I would love to see an SD card slot, but haven't really had need for one thanks to cloud services, I would just like the option. I would like to see a better sensor on the camera, but let's be honest, if you want glamour shots you should buy a camera, not a phone. Other than that, I literally have no complaints about this Optimus G and I go so far as to say that it is the best phone I have owned to date. I cannot wait to see what it does when they finally deploy LTE in Denver, but that's sprints problem.