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[Thunderbolt General] bladerealm124:
I came from a blackberry bold and the keyboard is the only thing I miss dearly. I could type almost as fast as I can on a PC with that thing. The Thunderbolt's screen is large enough that it's adequate but it will never be like my blackberry. I'm hoping Verizon/HTC releases a 4.3" with a hard keyboard eventually.
[Thunderbolt General] twizzler703:
went the exact same route lol, I had the Omnia first, screen wasnt that great so i was wanting a hard keyboard. I ended up losing the Omnia and replaced it with a blackberry tour liked not having to look at the screen when texting, replaced the tour with the thunderbolt and no regrets big upgrade over the omnia
[Thunderbolt General] evilkokonut:
I went from a blackberry tour to a droid to a droid x then my thunderbolt. The biggest adjustment for me was going from the tour to the droid. The droid's keyboard sucked at first, but then I got used to it. I never thought I could get used to a touchscreen, but as soon as I started typing on a 4.3" screen I loved it. I'm actually faster now on my tbolt since its a wider aspect ratio than my droid x.
[Thunderbolt General] 52brandon:
I liked having the slide out keyboard on my droid a lot. It's not a big deal using the screen on my TB to type, but flipping over my droid to play with the NES emulator was the ****. Playing emulator ROMs with a touchscreen sucks a lot :(
[Thunderbolt General] necosino:
I will have to disagree with this one. I play N64, SNES, GBA, GBC, and PSx on my Thunderbolt flawlessly.
[Thunderbolt General] mattsonhistb:
My last phone, Sidekick LX 09, had one of the best hardware keyboards I've ever used. I could easily get 70 words per minute on that thing.

I hated the thunderbolt's keyboard, but I installed Swype and it's a little better, every once in awhile I'll sound like I'm drunk when typing with it, but for most of the time it's pretty consistant. I do have to look to type though, didn't have to look with my old Sidekick
[Thunderbolt General] KnightCrusader:
I went from an HP Jornada 680 -> HP Jornada 728 -> iPaq 4355 -> Samsung i760 -> Touch Pro 2 (best keyboard ever) -> Droid 2 -> Thunderbolt, and the Thunderbolt is the first smartphone/PDA I have ever had without some sort of physical keyboard. I thought I'd get used to it, but frankly, its driving me nuts. I have been thinking about going back to my Droid 2, but I like having my bootloader unlocked, locked in my unlimited 4G for $10/month, and simultaneous voice and data on 3G.

So, I am going to try to see if I can make a slide-out bluetooth keyboard for this thing. I already ordered the parts from China but it will be a few weeks. My family has some plastic molding tools so I'm gonna give it a shot. Something that can just snap on the back like a hard case and be very low profile.

I don't see why HTC couldn't make a slate phone that has a removable back, and they could sell "backpacks" for extra $$ for it that you can attach so you can have a physical keyboard if you want it, or some other kind of add on. Something sort of what ASUS did with the Transformer and the keyboard dock making it into a netbook for people who wanted that. Win-win, and they are blowing everyone else away in Android tablet sales.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BluesTele:
Does anyone know if both the wifi 7" and 10.1" can share the same power adapter and cable ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] peare:
Yes, I am still using my Gtab7 power and cable.
[HTC EVO 3D] mrjaydee82:
How is everyone liking their new phone? Is it everything its cracked up to be? Also how is the 3d function? I'm very curious. I get mine from best buy Friday and I can't wait....I'm jealous of all you early birds :-)
[HTC EVO 3D] kingakuma:
the 3d Photo Feature is actually quite decent, much better than the Nintendo 3ds by far.

4g connects extremely fast.

Mind you the screen isn't wider but it is slightly loner than the EVO, the phone fits in the palm of your hand with ease.

camera button and 2d/3d switch is a great feature.

Very solid build, the battery door covers the entire rear of the phone.

Music beta on 4g connects and streams very nicely, haven't tried 3g yet because im still uploading my music to it's servers.

Overall im very impressed SO far
[HTC EVO 3D] jshields1986:
i assume this is all while pluged in? i know this is to soon to ask but battery?
[HTC EVO 3D] kingakuma:
actually battery life from what i have seen is actually really good, i turned it on at about 40-50% i didnt check how much it was charged it is charging now, my friends at sprin has been off the charger for like 6hrs and he is at 70%.

but as we all know each user experience is different
[HTC EVO 3D] chesarae.garza:
i love sense 3.0...its AMAZING. i feel in control of EVERYTHING!
[HTC EVO 3D] Greenkknight101:
*Cries*

How did so many people get it early! gahhhh

...friday can't come soon enough!
[HTC EVO 3D] freeza:
UPS here delivers like at 8:30 at night so while delivery is today for me, it's pretty much tomorrow anyway....lol fail.

I wish I could tell you how it is!
[HTC EVO 3D] mario23:
I decided to stick with my local and trusted Sprint store figuring a day or 2 won't hurt...it hurts...

I'm glad to see its going well for those of you who got the jump on us though. Keep us posted on early impressions...
[HTC EVO 3D] mrjaydee82:
You wanna know how sad I really am lol? Since I have to wait until Friday to get my phone, I went to bb to buy an evo 3d case to feel closer, but they wouldn't sell me 1 lol
[HTC EVO 3D] liverstealerJobs:
I came from a launch date EVO 4G. I now have the younger, hotter faster sister.

3D is way better than I expected. Make sure you compose so foreground, subject and background elements are in the frame. My eyes have no problem adjusting, but of course, YMMV.

Fast, fast fast. Even sense. Which I will still dump for ADW launcher ex. Just because it fits my workflow.

Annoying that the charge port is on the side now instead of the bottom. Looks like it was a design compromise to get a larger battery on the bottom half of the phone.

Any evaluation of battery life can only be taken after at least a week of use.

Battery cover seems harder to remove because of the camera shutter button. Someone has already mentioned it.

Sprint just made me stay with them until Verizon gets an equivalent.
[HTC EVO 3D] brnail:
Sadly, I had the same experience. I should have ordered from Sprint but thought: HEY, I will have a couple of days to decide if I really want this phone. I should know better.
[HTC EVO 3D] xo96:
+1 Sweet little phone here

Ordered yesterday (Tues) a.m., Sprint free shipping next day and got it this morning.

Been playing non-stop for the past 4 hours. I honestly say I like the E3D "in general" better than my E4G.

In terms of physical attributes, the narrower frame has a better grip on hand, even it's a bit longer than the 4G. Voice quality is at least on par with the 4G (As I have custom ROM on the 4G, it is louder anyhow). Connection for BT, Wifi and 4G are faster to established.

The QhD screen takes a bit to get use to (Even in 2D mode). I had the same concern as the Nexus 4G came out as they seem a bit yellowish tint than the regular LCD screen. However browsing the net, watching movies and games it is more crisp on the eye.

The only gripe I have is the Micro usb port being on the right side, instead of the bottom. And of course, I have to re-train my hand to hold the phone as everytime the camera lens get smudge with finger prints...

Overall, I'll give it 9.5/10 rating. JMHO.
[HTC EVO 3D] firmbiz94:
Well this is the thread I was looking for..so far so good then..ill take a 9.5 out of 10th..I think the charger on the side sucks as well especially if your using the kickstand case and viewing something..thanks for.the input guys
[HTC EVO 3D] azneon:
3D is better than I thought, after all the bad reviews. When installing Google earth, a 3D buildings layer is now available, but it isn't real 3D, just rendered like the PC version.
[HTC EVO 3D] phistyle:
9.5!?!?!?! 9.5?!?!?!! From all the backlash of the people in the Evo 3D section on the negative reviews, I would think this phone would be a 10!!! FAILBOAT ACTIVATE!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] chewbz:
Man I have a tough decision, I got this ns4g in my hand and I got the evo 3d in preorder.... I don't know if I should pull the trigger. The only thing that is keeping me from going to 3d heaven is the bootloader issue lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] johnsonjs:
izzzz good! Thumbs up@@
[HTC EVO 3D] superman_legendary:
Come on now you know a hack is coming. If guys can make my Nook Color run like unstoppable beast I can imagine what they can do with this beast. It got ranked as number 1 dual core in gpu and CPU category tegra 2 being the worst out of the 4 chips.
[HTC EVO 3D] CuzinBucksBx:
When I first witness the 3D, DAMN! FOR A MIN MY RIGHT EYE WAS HURTING ME! But I got use to it...
[HTC EVO 3D] snarebum:
yeah im still adjusting my eyes but when i do. im completely blown away especially with some of the youtube 3d videos. as far as liking it? I LOVE it.

Even coming from a Evo, I can still tell a difference. So far the battery life is perfect for the way I use it. like everyone else, im frustrated with the port on the side I keep wanting to plug it into the bottom. in short Im happy with my purchase and will be saying bye bye to the evo today.
[HTC EVO 3D] os10:
got mine yesterday, 1 day after ordering. nice!

everything is good, including the 3D features (surprisingly). speed of the GUI / app launch / task switching is noticeably faster than EVO4G and that's the main thing i was looking for. most of the little delays and hiccups on EVO4G are gone here. bump in display resolution is useful. sense 3 looks more refined.

to nitpick:

1 display quality is about on par with EVO4G. good but not great viewing angles for color/contrast.

2 battery cover is part of the case.. will make any extended batteries hard to accommodate.

3 would prefer separate hdmi and power ports.. never heard of MHT before.

i'm guessing 2 & 3 were compromises to fit it in the bigger battery within the same form factor as EVO4G.

only thing i will miss is wifi tethering until there is an easy way to root like unrevoked. back to pdanet for now.
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
So far I love the size.it feels sleek!!!

The screen is gorgeous!!! I love the brightness and clarity.

Power button is supper sensitive. So us the touch screen.

The build quality is very good. Some very tiny light leakage. But very sturdy design.

The camera still sucks in low light.

Battery I can't comment on just yet.

Shutter button is very small and not big like pictures make it out to be.

Heck once you have it in your hand you will be impressed.

Also the vibrate is great.

I'll update when I have more time with it.

I am very happy with it so far.

sent from my 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] MILH0U5E:
The 3d aspect really surprises me, as well as the screen.

But why can't HTC phones get a true black? My NS4g's screen is much better looking.

As for battery, after the first charge I'm not impressed. In airplane mode it drained over 20percent over night. Compared to 1percent drain in airplane mode on my NS4g.

I want to like it, but besides the 3d; nothing has really blown me away. I hope root comes before 30 days, so I can give it a true shot.
[HTC EVO 3D] cmatherly:
I just want to know one thing. Does 3d work in portrait? Try this in the gallery. The 3d pictures don't rotate to landscape until you turn the phone. I naturally assumed 3d only worked in landscape until I watched the Techno Buffalo review this morning and saw the some side to side ghosting while the picture of his remote was still in portrait. If this is true, just imagine the theme possibilities!

Someone please check this!
[HTC EVO 3D] jessejames111981:
there is a thread dedicated to this topic already

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1136016
[HTC EVO 3D] cmatherly:
Thanks,

I never thought I would be one of those idiots who didn't think to hit search. I really thought this would simple question, not a four page discussion. LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] Freddy2Fred:
I played with my friends EVO 3D. Its a great phone. Its fast and decent looking. But Im gonna have to go with the Galaxy S2 on this. It just feels faster and more responsive with really good colors. The resolution is good on the EVO but when I compared both screens, the Galaxy just looked alot better. Im not hating on this EVO cuz it is a good phone but hey, it is wha it is you know.
[HTC EVO 3D] alchemist316:
Hboot issue will hopefully be resolved soon if i had the choice of the two look at the list of devs that will be working on and buying it ...

:-)
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
The EVO is already thin and if the sgs2 is thinner I would say that's way to thin.

sent from my 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Rippley05:
Loving this phone so far but I do have some complaints.

A ton of apps aren't sized right and only use a portion of the screen.. I guess they need updated.

Facebook for HTC sense isn't syncing all of my contact pictures and this causes the photos in my people widget to look extremely poor or be left blank.

HTC Hub is a waste, missing widgets like Notes/Tasks that I used often.

Seems a little glitchy here and there... like the seamless homescreen scrolling sometimes will stop working after I access the photo grid widget.

Also, the speaker volume is incredibly low.. =\

Pros: 3D works exceptionally better than I expected after reading the harsh reviews. Battery life isn't great, but it seems decent.

The phone is fast, screen is sharp and much better than the Evo.

The phone feels much smaller but doesn't feel like it sacrifices anything as far as the display is concerned.

The new "3-D" apps looks great when scrolling through the homescreen, the Sense gallery loads much faster than it used to.

I like that some bloat is uninstallable.. but some isn't . (stocks) I actually use the nascar app
[HTC EVO 3D] bobodobo:
Can you confirm that PDAnet works on the EVO 3D?

EDIT: Sorry I didn't see this thread before I posted.
[HTC EVO 3D] kcb2627:
I am waiting on the same thing here(easy root).I am very pleased with my 3d though.Battery life is actually great for me.
[General Questions and Answers] |Sobota|:
I use CM 7.3 (stable) in HTC Vision. My problem is not have support other (ext2,ext4) format SD card. How add this function on android or other solution problem?
[EVO 4G General] cjh6386:
what would be the latest OTA release you can get? Have they officially released the 4.xx series or would the phone still be on 3.70?

Thanks :] Easy question but not an easy answer to find.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
4.24.651.1
[EVO 4G General] cjh6386:
Thanks B-]
[General Questions and Answers] Tenchol:
Hi Everybody i'm Tenchol i'm interested in technology and I want to know how can I become an expert like you all ?
[Droid 2 General] starscream86:
So my room mate's Droid 2 got a little water damage.. The phone wont power on at all and gets hot if the battery is left in it.

Obviously a broken phone.. however the water damage indicator on the phone is not showing that it has been wet..

so my question is: How possible would it be that I could take the phone into Verizon and play stupid to try to get it replaced..?

My room mate has already called Verizon and got a new D2global sent to her and has no use for the old broken D2.

any input or advice is much appreciated thank you
[Droid 2 General] McJosephs:
1. Check, how old is your device (maybe garantee?)

2. Before you do anything, you should make sure, that the inside of the phone is dry. Therefore I advice to lay the phone on a little bit warm heater (not hot!!) without the battery (maybe this does the job already...).

3. If not, play silly at your seller...

... if phone doesn't start after drying, you should start it without the battery (with charging cable)... maybe just your battery is dead.
[Droid 2 General] starscream86:
thanks for the reply. I have tried all the drying tricks.. even gone as far as taking the phone apart and inspecting the hardware.

im more just concerned about Verizon's policies and procedures.. if there happens to be any VZ reps or employees listening...??..
[Droid 2 General] BenKranged:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1073929

*cough* I'm not advocating fraud
[Droid 2 General] bornthor:
If your roommate got another phone sent to her as a replacement for the original that was dropped in water, then they will expect the defective device to be sent back. If it was an upgrade (meaning she paid money and/or agreed to a contract extension) then there is no expectation of VZW receiving any device back. After 5 days of her have the replacement they check for the device that is expected and charge the account full retail price (prolly around 6 hundies). That being said, if it isn't on any account, its not covered by warranty. Your best hope is to let it dry out completely (about a week or so in a dry place) and then try again to use it. Liquid damage will show in other places and they don't go only by the indicator sticker.
[Droid 2 General] mjshealy:
Play dumb.
[Droid 2 General] Retinar:
Play dumb :)

Play dumb : )):)
[Droid 2 General] VZW_CS:
Re: Water-Damaged Droid 2 Questions

Thank you Bornthor, for your comment. You are correct; if the original device was replaced via the warranty, or via the Equipment insurance program, it does need to be returned within 5 days of receipt. If it is not returned, then the line will be charged a non-return fee. This fee is based upon the full retail cost of the device, which is over $500.00. Upon receipt of the replacement, a free shipping label was included, in order to return the device with no out-of-pocket cost.

I would strongly recommend not using this device on a different line, since your roommate will be charged for it. Once the charge is on the line, it cannot be removed until that same specific device is returned.

I hope this information is helpful for you. Have a great day!

Christina B

VZW Support

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[Droid 2 General] mattXdezzi:
I accidentally laid my droid2 face down on a wet nightstand a while back (after a long night of drinking). Woke up with water under the screen. I had an old broken droid2 laying around and I was able to transplant the motherboard from the wet one into the old screen/keyboard assembly. You might try doing something similar with the d2g if nothing else works.

Good luck!
[Droid 2 General] crazyhtown:
Lol.. did you think you got a free phone?...
[Droid 2 General] flashesbuck:
I know that if you take the phone into the store and have them make a warrenty exchange they wont charge you. The tech needs to inspect the phone befor it is exchanged. If you play dumb at this point and they dont pick up that there was water damage then your going to be ok. Yes when you call in then send the phone in, theres a good chance that you will be charged, and its bull how much verizon charges for these phones now.
[Droid 2 General] MugetsuX:
I've been told that placing phone with water damage in a bag of rice overnight helps remove moisture from the phone. Just make sure your remove the battery and the cover from the back. Hope that helps somewhat.
[HD2 General] men8ifr:
I set the weather to update once per 24 hours but has not been doing this. If I click update now it does nothing.

In settings I have the phone on and data connection on.

I can use google maps OK so I guess the phone can connect to the internet OK.

Any ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
So I inherited a G1 that looks like its in good shape. But when I turn it on it briefly flashes a boot screen that quickly fades to black.

If I hold down the power and camera button it starts to boot, I let go of the power button and keep the camera button held down the screen will stay lit and I can see the fastboot mode. As soon as I let go of the camera button some other words flash on the screen and it dies again.

I looked through the forum assuming I could quickly fix this and have a new backup phone but this forum is now so advanced nobody seems to be having basic problems like this. And anyone who is still here seems to have lots more experience than me with this particular model of phone. Usually the stickies have an unbrick thread but I cant seem to find it.

I am sure this is something simple but if someone could point me in the right direction, or say the screen is burned out, I its bricked, or whatever you think it might be, I would appreciate it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
After more reading and discussing with previous owner, I think that the Camera and power button puts it into fastboot. (not sure exactly what that is yet)

From there it tries to install something from the SD card but fails.

The SD card contains DREAIMG.nbh and two empty folders. It seems to be trying to install something else besides DREAIMG but it fails so fast I cant catch it.

Is there something else I should place on the external SD card or perhaps a different version of the same file?

The previous owner also told me the G1 had been running CM6 if that makes any difference. ( I know it does on CM7 ).

I can get it to the screen with the three skateboarding androids (engineering spl indication? )but any time I let go of any of the buttons the screen fades right to black, making any further button pushing useless.

Any helpful hints? Anyone? Even a thread you think I should read completely?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
I copied the DREAIMG.ngh to the desktop of my computer and reformated the SD card. After I bunch of button pushing and holding I managed to get it to hold on the HBOOT screen without going black. I pushed the trackball down and it reloaded the image apparently. Now it turns on and such but none of the keyboard buttons work and it says safemode in the bottom left corner. I will continue to read and search. :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
I cant find anything in this forum about safe mode. I am stumped.

The phone will boot and tries to get me to sign up for the gmail account but the keyboard only has the d, e, f, and x keys working.

The emergency dialer seems to work. I dialed my other phone with it and it said its not an emergency number and wont let it dial.

I am pretty sure this is not a lost cause here. There is just something I am missing. Could it be a bad flash from the DREAIMG.nbh?

Would it be possible to download a different image.nbh from someplace and try that?

Anyone have any ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
ok what are you trying to do exactly? i think your having trouble because the files on your sd... take them all off and see what happens??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
can you boot into recovery? holding home+power??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
Trying to get a functioning phone is all. I am comfortable fiddling with it , just dont know the process to go through.

I pulled the SD card and rebooted and its the same result. Little grey box in the bottom left that says 'safe mode' and it proceeds to the google account screen.

The touch screen works, and the trackball seems to. but Home and Menu dont so I cant even back out of the sign in screen.

Booting up with home+power gives me the triangle with the ! inside it instead of any kind of recovery mode like I expected.

Like I mentioned earlier, I believe it might be running CM6 but I am not even positive about that. I was told it was.

Any suggestions on my nextstep to get it into some kind of functoning state? I am willing to try anything suggested. New ROM or whatever.

I really thing its something simple, I just dont have any expreience with this model at all.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireRaider:
After more searching I guess the ! with triangle is the first screen of the recovery mode? But pushing Alt+L or Alt+I doesnt do anything.

I am used to the Galaxy S recover mode being all right there on the screen.

So next step would be......?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
no wait you get the triangle and the !?? thats good lol that is the stock recovery mode.. so now i know what to work with :D when you get to that screen you can press alt+L and a list should pop up!! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldrifta:
oooo it doesnt do anything?? hmmm