yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] cdszoke:
Wow. That's all according to the eye of the beholder. My evo running cm7 works perfect for me for now. Like I said in another thread it completely replaced my netbook. **** it also replaced my ps1/ n64 for when I want to get nostalgic (Final fantasy series and mario series). With my evo I search the full web, check out my youtube subscriptions, play mobile and emulated games, video chat with my girl when I go out of town, help past time whenever I am forced to go shopping with my girl, and many more other tasks.

If the only reason you have a phone is to flash different roms than you probably making a bad investments. A custom rom helps keeps things fresh, but, if you based the lifespan of a phone based on that than maybe you should just get a dev phone and go dev it out yourself. For me my evo is running strong even after a year and the custom roms helped keep things fresh for me. But, even without custom roms I'm good till evo 3d comes out.

On another note samsung is really on my by bad side since the moment. For me it's like any other product. If I buy a bed from a certain company and the bed ****s up than I'm pissed. I will never buy a bed from that company again. Samsung will never get my business since the moment incident.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
If you have an Evo running CM7, the Nexus S would be a downgrade, besides the fact that it will definitely get updates beyond 2.3. The Evo has a kickstand, 8 MP camera, dual-LED flash, memory card slot, two notification lights and a larger screen. The Nexus S has a faster processor, which isn't really important unless you're primarily a mobile gamer, which I know I'm not.
[EVO 4G General] Neo3D:
Seriously, the only loyalty I have is to GettingTheMostBangForYourBuck, Inc.

Looks like SGSII is a pretty sweet machine! And it's thin and light too!
[EVO 4G General] Neo3D:
The SGSII has SAMOLED+, I'm gonna wait for the comparison tests between SAMOLED & SAMOLED+

Ideally, I want 48gb in my next phone, 16gb on board and 32gb on sdcard.

I think Samsung gives you 2GB of that 16gb for app installation, why does HTC only give us 1gb?

I have gotten LOW MEMORY warnings twice now when installing apps, I'm down to only 60mb :( and usually have to uninstall apps.

I love Sense, but not enough to keep dealing w/low memory, esp in these 2nd gen Android super phones.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
APPS2SD!

/filler
[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
Why the hate against Samsung? I have a Samsung Focus with WP7 for work and its a great piece of hardware with a gorgeous screen.

The Galaxy S2 has the best specs - the screen alone is reason enough, its brighter and uses less power. Evo 3D has higher resolution but that's about it. SGS2 is lighter and thinner, more memory. I prefer Sense over TouchWiz but really who cares - we'll all be running custom rom's since these don't have locked bootloaders.

Between the Evo3d, G2x and SGS2, I think the performance of the dual core cpu's is about the same and it will all come down to battery life, where again Samsung has the biggest one. Nexus S shouldn't be in this conversation.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I agree with that.

Personally neither Samasung or HTC have let me down, so I'd be open to either.
[EVO 4G General] lacrossev:
I clicked this thread expecting videos of people throwing smartphones at each other :confused:

HTC all the way though, my touch pro 1 still works great when i decided to turn it on. Various samsung dumbphones and my blackjack decided to just keel over and die after i put them back in to their boxes with batteries removed.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
I'm on CM7 and have been using CM since it was first built for the EVO. Its not perfect. CM6 was close but CM7 still has a ton of bugs. Definitely is not as stable or fully working as Android 2.3.3 on my N1.
[EVO 4G General] cdszoke:
I agree cm7 is not perfect yet. I just got on it to play some final fantasy 7-9 on my tv using hdmwin and wiimote. When I want stability I just Nandroid back to MikFroyo. Either way my evo is far from obsolete to me now. I do alot with it now. More than I mentioned on my previous post. Honestly everyone entitled to their opinion and mines is gearing towards HTC products right now. I have the evo and I am happy with it. I will be waiting for the Evo3d and most likely be happy. Once again this is only my opinion based on my experiences.
[EVO 4G General] viny2cool:
All new HTC phones gonna have locked bootloaders and its been confirmed that SGS II will have unlocked bootloader...SO best custom roms with best hardware

also when Samsung offered galaxy S series to US carriers they wanted to modify it according to them...So Epic got the worst hardware but front facing camera and slide keyboard...Also dont forget there is some hardware difference between GSM and CDMA phones....before hating SGS you guys shud try to play with SGS GSM phones...which beats every HTC, MOTO 1 ghz phone...even EVO too...

Captivate, Vibrant and I9000 (international version) are most selling android devices...
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
I'm not 100% on this but I'm pretty sure that a huge problem with Samsung phones is that they have a ton of proprietary drivers that are hard to port to 100% custom ROMs (as in not based on stock). So even if you have an unlocked bootloader, it don't mean much. Another reason why I think the Nexus S is such a good phone to own - from what I've read, it has the most open drivers of any Android phone.
[EVO 4G General] viny2cool:
I agree with that..but the Devs r doing great job with that...we also got CM7 ported over for all phones..like I9000m captivate and vibrant...but i thinks thats becoz the hardware is different from any other android phone...we have great dev support...better then any other phone..and have three version of same hardware helps us a lot...I am sure same thing gonna happen with SGS II....
[EVO 4G General] Justin.G11:
I still think people are under appreciating the google updates. EVO is still in it's prime dev time. Before this year is done all of these dual core beasts will be out... what do you think that will do to the EVO dev market?

EVO ROMs will halt in progress sooner after the next update ... very soon we will see the death of possibly the largest dev community around. In contrast the N1 is _still_ getting updates before anyone else, 1.5+ years later. I'm never going to under estimate that edge again.

I like the idea of my phone staying current through the _entirety_ of my 2 year contract.

EDIT: my brain is broken ... N1 isn't 2 years old yet (sorry).
[EVO 4G General] :
Is true that the Htc Evo 3D will have a locked bootloader? Doesnt that mean we can root but we cant install roms or flash zips?

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
No a locked bootloader is the same thing the evo had and we have root, custom roms and kernels. Will be the same for the evo 3d.

Sent from my HTC Evo running CM7
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
What you guys mean to ask is "Will it have an encrypted bootloader" (a la Atrix), but I doubt that.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Yea but what people dont understand is that MAYBE... MAYBE 5% of people that actually buy these phones go through the trouble of rooting them ad flashing roms. The rest couldnt care less.
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
Exactly....and its also been stated that key devs will be getting the evo 3d so it is well covered in the dev dept. And I'm sure the evo will continue to get great developing just like the hero still does.

Sent from my HTC Evo running CM7
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
...which again favors the Nexus S.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
We don't know that for sure yet.
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
What don't we know?
[EVO 4G General] r916:
lol tegra 2 the samsung dual cores are going to **** on tegras and snapdragons. samsung makea beast ass hardware (cpu/gpu's)

Sent from HTC EVO
[EVO 4G General] alnova1:
I have the G2X and Love it..not having any problems that the others are having so far but that being said I will not give up my Evo or Sprint. Even though I will probably never see 4G sprint here where I live in the next 2 years I still like the service...T-mobile is the only one of the big 4 that I can have 4G services and it does pretty well. Here is my Quadrant score on my GX2..
[EVO 4G General] viny2cool:
+1 even all shiny iphones uses all samsung hardware. In a long run every one will realize what samsung is capable of. Btw no encrypted of sgs2 and even if you are one of those root it and flash,it will have most advance features and tw4 ****s sense 3 right on face.

sent from my cappy rocking gingerbread (CM7)
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
If the SGS2 drops on VZW im getting it no questions asked. Just got a feeling its either going to be at&t or tmobile though.
[EVO 4G General] Landara:
yup i agree
[EVO 4G General] jasongthang:
Nothing else for Sprint besides the Evo 3d. The Sensation looks pretty sweet though. How come HTC can't UP their phone's internal memory? Evo 3d, 4gb, the Sensation, 1GB?!?!?! Even the thunderbolt had 16gb internal and came with a 32 gb memory card!
[EVO 4G General] Justin.G11:
Is that just more for the sake of more?

I mean are you honestly low on memory right now?
[EVO 4G General] jasongthang:
Personally? I am not too bad, my internal is full and my 8gb sd is about 3/4 full.

But I don't use my phone for anything but calls, texts, email, and fun. How many people out there use their phone for work and recreation, using many apps, documents, photos, videos, songs, and whatever else? My roommate uses his phone as an mp3 player instead of an ipod, so he has all his songs on his phone. He uses every bit of his 16gb card.

40gb of space on a phone IS a lot, but i'm just saying that it seems like they cheap out on memory sometimes.

If I had more memory, Id have more storage room for nand backups and all the roms I want.
[EVO 4G General] dude64:
As a company Samsung's a behemoth, but as far as the smart phones go, I think HTC does a much better job. Besides the software updates issue, I've always felt Samsung's devices to be plasticky with a cheap feel compared to HTC's.
[EVO 4G General] :
I hope that Samsung releases a version for Sprint but keeps the exact design. I hate the way the Epic looks.

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[EVO 4G General] AdamHart612:
I've been rocking an Evo since launch day. Just picked up my G2x on the 20th.

The build quality is off the chain. This should have been the Nexus 2. IMO I haven't used an android phone that feels this nice since N1. I would say this feels higher quality than N1. The IPS display has the nicest quality picture I've seen on an android. Its just as vibrant as my gf's epic. Rooting it took 5 minutes max.

Performance wise, there is no comparison. I thought everything was snappy and smooth running CM7/savagedzen. Now my Evo is almost frustrating to use. Absolutely every interaction feels like its taking forever.

Dual core is definitely nice games aside. Browser is desktop speed on wifi and close on hspa+. Flash loads instantly and is smooth as desktop, as is interacting in flash games/movies. Progress bars drag perfectly smooth lol. Pinch zoom is iPhone smooth and so is website scrolling. Screen rotation is extremely fast.

Well see how I feel when sensation/evo3d and gs2 release. They would have to be absolutely mind blowing, performance and overall build, to make me wanna replace this G2x. I love samoled but couldnt care less how thin the gs2 is if it still feels like I'm gonna snap it in half holding it.

I still have multiple sprint lines (tmo for work) so ill probably end up picking up an Evo3d either way. But I don't see it replacing this as my go to phone.

I love gadgets tho so who knows might end up trying them all haha.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
I will buy the best phone sprint has, right now its the evo, soon will be the evo 3d, if the sgs2 comes to sprint then I will look into

I refuse to go with any gsm company and verizon is too expensive, I need unlimited and free roaming
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
I wish the Evo had some more metal on it. Besides the huge bezel near the bottom, the LG G2x looks pretty sex compared to the Evo.
[EVO 4G General] AdamHart612:
Yeah the bottom bezel is needlessly large, only thing that bothers me about it. But it feels sooo nice in hand. Slightly taller and skinnier then Evo, but significantly thinner.

I have no manufacturer loyalties. I could care less who makes it, the actual product is what counts. I don't like the way HTC is going bootloader wise, but have had lots of HTC's and always had good experiences. Im not sure how much I trust LG to put out a lasting quality product but we'll see how this G2x fares. I figure OS updates are a running joke at Samsung (ie, no one cares). No matter tho as whatever phone would be stock only for as long as it takes to root.

Rooting G2x was easy as running running SuperOneClick. LG's stock recovery even allows flashing unsigned updates...
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
It even takes screenshots out of the box. Press Home + Power and it's just like the iPhone.
[EVO 4G General] AdamHart612:
Yup. Oh forgot to mention one thing....3d Gallery opens/loads instantly and is smooth as can be! Its amazing haha

And apart from not being "fastboot oem unlock"able, this is as open as a phone gets.

completely stock
[General Questions and Answers] naranova7:
Hi everyone, ive been wondering since the first time i heard about the new 3d displays like the ones on lg optimus 3d so on, is there any differences between 3d displays and the normal ones?

i mean is it just having that 2 camera system and using g-sencor and stuff, or are there any real differences between the displays? like the differences between led and lcd displays, something basic?
[General Questions and Answers] traderjean:
Would like to know as well....
[General Questions and Answers] astar26:
there is a difference.

First, the O3D uses special LCD display, I don't realy know how it works, but it somehow fools the brain so we see in 3D, you can just google that for an explanation.

As for the 3D videos from the camera, if you will watch them on a computer or any other display, they will be like normal 3d films (the ones you need glasses to watch).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxjay:
I just saw that the official gb rom for the evo was leaked with some radios, im currently running cm7 and am curious as if updating my radios to the new ones would be safe and possibly produce better signal?

radios and leak information can be found here(XDA):

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/evo-gingerbread-official-rom-leaked/

I have not tested it but if someone could tell me how to flash a radio i wont mind testing it myself
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Search in the thread for.the leaked gingerbread rom. There is a flashsble zip somewhere in there. Just flash it in recovery, and expect to see some different screens while.it flashes, so don't panic and pull battery. I flashed the radio image last night, and haven't noticed any improvement.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
So the zip file that includes the entire rom does not include the radio? Do you have any idea on what page the radios are? I was trying to keep up with the thread yesterday but it was moving fast as hell....by the time I got to work this morning, it had well over 100 pages.

Edit: I'm downloading TMartin's rooted rom now to try it, but the mirrors are slow. I don't know what's inside the rom yet.

Have you tried this radio with the 1.90 PRI? I see you still have the 1.77 PRI in your set up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
The radios are not in Tmartins rom. I think it was around page 50 - 54 that Barnacles posted the radio.img, which needs to be flashed in fastboot. then shortly after his post, someone posted the flashable zip. And you wont have any issues being on PRI 1.90, other people posted screens with that setup.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
Thank you much. I'll dig through the thread around page 50 now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
You're welcome, good luck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xhaui:
I flashed the new radio last night on CM7. It didn't break anything but I also saw no speed or signal improvement. From what I have read in the post it is just a 3g update but my 3g didn't seem any better at all. I ended up flashing back to the radio I had before, 2.15.00.11.19.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxjay:
i see i have ****ty 3g coverage and speeds in my area so im going to give this a shot and did you do anything prior or after flashing the radio or you just booted to recovery and flashed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
All you have to do is backup your current rom, wipe cache and dalvik, then flash.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Destrophy:
I am currently trying to root my Inspire 4G, and during the "HBOOT" steps, im getting a meesage saying "Main Version Is Older! Update Fail!"

what am i doing wrong? i have followed all guides to the T, and and still coming up with this error...

I am using the Ace Hack Kit V9...:confused:
[Xperia Arc General] jakhan86:
Hey guys,

I accidentally removed the contents of my memory card along with the final fantasy demo video. Is there any way to get it back? If anybody would be kind enough to point me to a link or upload it somewhere. Thanks:-)
[Xperia Arc General] Makenboshi:
dunno about getting it back

but you can always make a fresh formatted sd card within the settings
[LG Optimus 2x] los0325:
N E ONE else get there phone order...
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
I ordered mine at 12:01 also lol

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] ajftl:
I ordered mine at 12:00 flat. Beat u all
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
When did it say your delivery date was?

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] jsapp:
Ordered mine at 10:05pm......ha

Sent from my Nexus One
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
It said my estimated delivery date was the 17th, which doesn't really make sense since that is a Sunday lol

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] davehasninjas:
Same here for delivery date, got my fingers crossed
[LG Optimus 2x] ikarma:
Which shipping option?

In the past I have always used standard ground and it has always been next day delivery when I ordered during the week.
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
I did the ups express shipping, I don't like to wait :)

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] xl DIGITAL lx:
I ordered mine right now and got the 3-day shipping for free. Should be coming Sunday, hopefully. =]
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
Does ups even deliver on sunday? Lol

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] xl DIGITAL lx:
I guess so since its 3-day express shipping, but idk.
[LG Optimus 2x] ikarma:
How? .
[LG Optimus 2x] xl DIGITAL lx:
I told them I was thinking of canceling my service with tmobile and they wanted me to stay so they gave me all these offers including free 3-day shipping for upgrading to the g2x. So told them I'll take the deal and stay with tmobile even though I was going to stay anyways.
[LG Optimus 2x] c19932:
correct me if im wrong, but t-mobile isn't shipping the phone till tuesday. These are just pre-orders
[LG Optimus 2x] samson_420:
I don't know why I didn't feel like wheeling and dealing with them today. Maybe I felt bad for the guy on the phone since the AT&T merger will most likely cause a giant downsize of their call centers. . . Either way.

I ordered one, 298 out the door. Minus a 50 Dollar rebate. . . . We shall see what this thing is about.

So far I have had pretty much every T-Mobile smart phone except the MyTouch 4g.

Vibrant - Garbage

HD7 - WMO7, enough said

HD2 - The best of everything as of now
[LG Optimus 2x] se1zure31:
I just ordered mine over the phone with a tmobile rep. I used my sidekick special update to get a pretty good deal on it too. But besides that I got the standard shipping and the estimated delivery date they told me was the 26th and thats with UPS Ground. I am pretty sure the phone doesnt ship today...
[LG Optimus 2x] xl DIGITAL lx:
The tmobile customer rep. said the G2x was being processed today and shipping out Monday.
[LG Optimus 2x] jsapp:
I received a text this morning at about 8:30 saying it was shipped, with a tracking #. Haven't tracked it yet though

Sent from my Nexus One
[LG Optimus 2x] ajftl:
Same here. Checked tracking but didn't work. I think it would Arrive tomorrow. I Doubt we get shipping on a Sunday
[LG Optimus 2x] Lootes:
So I just played with a functioning demo unit in the T-Mo shop by my office. This is the device to own right now. Solid feel to it, nice materials, not plastic like Samsung puts out. Heavier than my NS, but in a good way, has some substance to it. The SAMOLED screen of my NS has the darker blacks, but the crispness and colors of the SLCD looks so much better. Overall response is quick and stock it ran a 2400 quadrant score. They are holding one for me to grab on Wednessday.

On a side note they also had a G-Slate which is really nice looking, will pick up one of those as well. Looks like I am going all LG.
[LG Optimus 2x] hdxnickka:
I too have ordered the G2x as an upgrade at 12:00am. I just got a text from t-mobile them self stating that my order has shipped out already and supplied me with a tracking number.

Just a heads up for what i did to bargain for a better plan:

I called t-mobile and told the automated machine to direct me to the retention line. Once I got to speak with the representative, I told them that since my plan has been over for a couple of months now, I wanted to leave t-mobile because i had found a better service for about $15-20 cheaper and still have about the same rates and right off the bad they offered me a better plan. to cut the story short, yes they did give me a better plan.. my family plan now looks like this:

700 minute plan @ $59.99 (comes with a mandatory 2 lines to start a family plan)

added 3 lines @ $10 each

unlimited data for 2 lines @ $20 each

unlimited family text for $10

+12% off for being a Cuny student

This comes out to $123.2/month (This is all before tax)

This was my old plan:

1000mins $69.99 (family plan)

3 lines @ $10 each

unlimited data for 2 lines @ $25 each

unlimited family text for $20

+12% off for being a Cuny student.

This came out to a total of $149.6/month (This price is before tax)

You guys can figure out the difference :)

Happy hunting guys. I hope This will be helpful to everyone that's looking to save some bucks :)

Any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability.

-Nick
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
I still haven't gotten any emails or anything with a tracking number or anything saying it's been shipped and I ordered at 1201 :(

Edit: I wonder if it's because I bought it outright without renewing contract

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] mobilehavoc:
Me neither. I ordered later though at 8am ish. I was told when I called back recently that they're using some special ordering process for this phone and we may not get emails until tomorrow. The guy who I ordered from before said I'd ahve it early next week. Will be a shame if I get it after it's out in stores!!

Either way I ordered through business sales so no activation and 15% monthly discount.
[LG Optimus 2x] donutman:
Well I renewed my contract and haven't got a shipping text. Ordered around 7am.
[LG Optimus 2x] jsapp:
I didn't renew and I received a shipping number by text at 8:30. UPS doesn't show info for the number though.

Sent from my Nexus One
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
Oh well, I just wanna get it before wednsday that's why I stayed up to order it lol

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] xl DIGITAL lx:
Same here =]
[LG Optimus 2x] duglas:
I ordered mine at 8am this morning.. Just got a tracking # a few minutes ago..

Should be here Tue. it says..
[LG Optimus 2x] wootek76:
Finally got to order mine around 3pm ish, because of all the hassle they put me through they're going to ship expedited shipping for the fee of ground...and when I checked my confirmation it is being shipped through USPS Express.
[LG Optimus 2x] SupremeC281:
I ordered around 5:15am ct express shipping. The confirmation email said it will be here by the 18th. I dont care if I get a tracking number or not...just have my phone here by the 18th :D