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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Likely the GNex or Inc LTE will suit you fine at that price range. I wouldn't purchase anything older. I see both phones being that cheap by then. Be advised, your plan will change if you currently have unlimited data and want to keep said unlimited data BUT choose to purchase at subsidy price.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
man the DINC 4g looks FANTASTIC, however no search key, no deal :( That's one thing i love about my DINC
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
yea so can anyone help me help me out with a time table of delivery? i know it says "shiips july 11" but what does that mean? does that mean it leaves south korea and makes it way to the u.s. and at my door steps 2 weeks after july 11, or more of the i can walk into verizon store and pick one up on that date.

oh and one other thing. if i was told i have 14 days to return the phone if i donnt like it , wtf is up with telling me that this takes place after the phone has been SHIPPED, not at my door step but shipped, fail.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
There's a looooong thread in the SGSIII forum about verizon preorders.

One of the people in that thread said that the ship by date means when you receive it, not when it leaves the warehouse. I wouldn't put too much stock in anything a verizon rep says, but figured I'd throw that out there.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TokedUp:
Sgs3 locked and encrypted boot loader!!!! Yikes. Might change my mind on it after all.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
verizon only. of course :p
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
I just saw that :(
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
For me, its the next Nexus, or Iphone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I'm seriously set back by this. I have been following the GSIII since release and I suspected this may happen given the "delay." What made me think this was the Samsung S.A.F.E. stuff that was talked about recently. I also assumed Verizon was holding because they anticipated demand exceeding supply which makes sense. Idk what to think now cuz I love modifying my phone software and this encrypted bootloader (is this a fact btw?) will kill development. We aren't getting the next Nexus let's the facts and Verizon likely won't get another flagship until the fall.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohredwood:
Well I let the last upgrade I had a comin go by the wayside, just couldn't get onboard with the GS3. At this point now, I'm really glad I didn't, because it would be one more fiasco I'd have to deal with returning it. Looks like it was announced or discovered the bootloader is encrypted and or locked....

Oh brother, guess VZ is gonna see a whole heap of them phones coming back to their counters in another week and a half. Have to see how the INC 4g is shaking out, probably buy one off contract, to preserve my unlimited data....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYC Coyote:
Honestly.. if the OG Incredible isn't killing you (it's only starting to seem slow to me now) I'd wait a little longer. If you are going to buy off contract (which if you do the math is only about 370 more per phone - if you use more than 2 gig/month you make that up within 15 months or so)... I'd wait. It's what I'm doing.

I am hoping to make it til Nov. And I've been out of contract for A WHILE. I only did the Incredible on a 1 year.. so I have been out of contract 15 months now!

I'm waiting to see if the iPhone rumors are true (quad core.. slightly larger screen... lte on the same chip) and see what happens with Android phones (hopefully more will get the SGS3 camera which is the same as the iPhone 4S.. with decent batteries.. build quality.. and unlocked bootloader)...

I'm not stuck into either ecosystem.. I'll go with whatever fits my needs best at the time.. but knowing that within a few months we'll see competition heat up again because of the iPhone refresh.. I may as well wait.. I'm already buying them off contract now... so no rush. The OG Incredible is still working great.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
I was considering the iPhone, until I realized that the ecosystem was the exact same as the one that I had used on my iPod touch four years ago.

On top of that, I don't think I'm going to buy Apple simply because they've sued ALL of the competition over and over in an attempt to BLOCK all of their competition.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
I have my mind set on the nexus, hoping its cheaper by the time of my contract ending.

49.99$ for an upgrade, saw rom development and and stuff it seems to have the best of both worlds (without sense).

I was looking at the Rezound but the price continues to get higher, but I don't want a phone that gets extremely hot.

Oh..hope those who purchased the Sg3 can return them or get an unlocked bootloader.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
Wasn't our dinc locked? It's been so long I've forgotten.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
Yeah. HTC had it locked until maybe earlier this year where you could get it unlocked at htcdev.com. it could get s-off but that's not an unlocked bootloader.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gixx0r:
I'm having real trouble with this decision. I just broke my Droid Inc yesterday and am desperately in need of a phone asap.

Do I buy off contract to preserve my unlimited data, upgrade now and get either the Galaxy Nexus or SGS3 or get an older phone off contract for cheap just to wait a few more months so some new phones come out?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYC Coyote:
This point on buy "off-contract" it's a $370 difference.. which you more than make up for in about 14 or 15 months if you use more than 2 gig a month (or if you thinking forward)

As to whether you want to buy a used phone that's older and spend more money later.. or buy a brand new phone now... well.. that's your choice.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
I am gonna hold off for the next Nexus in october-january. I missed out on the galaxy nexus cuz I had better things to spend my money on, and i already had a working phone. I would get a GN now, but I'd be bashing my head against a wall if the next nexus is miles better. If i were you, i would get a cheap phone for now
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j13smiley:
i'm wanting to stick with the incredible line and get the inc 4g... i like the 4" screen and 4g...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gixx0r:
I'm just looking for a cheap incredible somewhere that has a clean ESN now. I'll wait for the next best phone to come out, although I prefer the smaller size of the incredible compared to all the new phones coming out except for maybe the Inc 4g which is out now I suppose
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Saw the dinc 2 for 29.99$ at best buy from a magazine, not sure about the deal. Might wanna check it out.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gixx0r:
Thank you for that, the cheapest thing i'm seeing on Craigslist is $75 for the first Incredible. Can't seem to find that best buy deal you mentioned.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Might be limited to my location then.. or the magazine was hella old. It had the one x series and nexus and sg3, the 4g I think was selling for 149.99$ same as the nexus, which is 49.99$ on amazon with an upgrade family or individual.

Probably location limited though sorry, I've been looking around for the Droid incredible 2 for awhile.

Anyone know how much the Droid incredible sells for and where I can sell it - non internet -?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gixx0r:
Ahh, I mean I could probably get one for dirt cheap if I wanted to sign a new 2 year contract (if I'm not mistaken $29.99 for 2 year renewal in the ad)

I'm trying to keep my unlimited data plan right now so I'll be buying off contract. Does anybody know what a good rate is for the original Droid Incredible or better yet an Incredible 2 without contract?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmac720:
bastards!

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/1...-with-an-unlockable-bootloader/#disqus_thread
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I know! I read that article at the very moment that I was picking up my GSIII from FedEx today. Idk what I'll decide to do, keep my current GSIII or return it for this upcoming dev version.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
Honestly... I missed the damn boat, i got a rezound that turned out to be a POS... i returned it, and now I cant upgrade while still keeping my unlimited data..

Should have exchanged it, but.. I didn't like the damn sense either..

Why the damn 2 gig data cap. So lame.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackFire27:
SGS3 or an iPhone 4S
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bucks130:
SGSIII. DINC was great but time to move on.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp99:
Almost 3 weeks now with the SG3 and I'm loving it. I do kinda miss Sense. lol.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
I've been using the galaxy S3 for a week now and it is awesome.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I honestly don't miss Sense one bit. The GSIII has been relatively fantastic for me in that same time frame.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
I find I do not mind touchwiz at all. Just change the wallpaper and disable the lock screen ripples and it's good
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I agree, stock TW is really sweet on this phone. I just went to Settings/Developer Options and reduced my window and transition speed. Good tip if you haven't done so yet. I had to throw on Apex awhile back, I wanted:

a) themed icons

b) hide my notification bar on my homescreen

c) swipe down for notification bar/swipe up for app drawer

Just a couple tweaks and I have been all set.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
Do you keep gpu acceleration on or off?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I keep gpu acceleration off, I don't know what it does but my phone breezes through everything without it so it will stay off.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'd say the incredible 4g. Blazing fast and about the same size as the incredible
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrJESUSatWork:
The screen of the Galaxy s3 was beautiful though, couldn't pass it up :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maikai.Guy:
Left my Dinc for a Dinc2, then a Galaxy Nexus. I root all my phones. I keep my last two connected to networks. If I'm doing something that could damage a phone, the Dinc2 comes along. If I'm just working or hanging about, the GNex. Thank you Google Voice for that flexibility. ;)

I like the S3, but I think I'm sticking to Nexus class phones from now on. The experience, flexibility and timeliness of ROMs from the dev community is just too good.

Still use the original Dinc as an around-the-house VoIP phone. Running albinoman's Jelly Bean ROM on it. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1778190). It's got some very minor issues, but it's very usable. In fact, I'm going to put it back on the Verizon network. I think it would be kind of cool to show a 3+ year old phone running the latest Android OS. The Dinc2 can become the VoIP phone for awhile.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
Picked up a Galaxy nexus for Free, and got a 50.00 gift card.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
As an upgrade? Lol either way nice!

bOx Stash - https://www.box.com/shared/d8a46b7252c38069deb1

In collaboration, I'm using a Link with BlackBearBlanc's stash and my stash.

Thank BBB for letting me host his stash!

-WIP-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ocj:
I'll probably keep mine until I'm forced to upgrade or change my plan. Running Linaro CM9.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
Yep, Upgrade, and got a 50.00 gift card for upgrading..

The Nexus is INCREDIBLE... Seriously such a sick phone.. I love it.

Samsung stepped up their game!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
Wow. Sweet deal.

Welcome to the nexus community. Are you in the xda or rootz land?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobAbooE:
I have a question. Since I have a dinc, can I buy a 4g phone off swappa, get a sim card from Verizon, activate and still keep my unlimited? Or does going from a 3g to 4g in any way get rid of the unlimited?

I assume they will ax unlimited all together but it's too important to me, I am at 5gb this month, I can't justify less for more until I absolutely have to.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
You should be able to keep unlimited. It should only get rid of unlimited if you sign a new contract. That's at least what I understand it to be.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Damn.. that's just one damn good deal.

Lol I feel like I'm never gonna see that.. I've got my eye set on the Gnex, by Christmas time close to my upgrade I'm hoping to see some major deals.

I just can't wrap my mind around that deal, its insane.

bOx Stash - https://www.box.com/shared/d8a46b7252c38069deb1

In collaboration, I'm using a Link with BlackBearBlanc's stash and my stash.

Thank BBB for letting me host his stash!

-WIP-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gargamel1:
I know its old but how are/were people upgrading to the nexus for free with a 50 gift card? I could care less about the gift card but I wanna give my wife my incredible she's still using a dumb phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Lol sorry.. anyway best buy has a deal with a free nexus, I'm unsure if you need to trade your phone in to get the 50$ gift card. But yeah best buy is giving them free if your eligible for an upgrade.

bOx Stash - https://www.box.com/shared/d8a46b7252c38069deb1
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alton (Halo 2):
Yea I got my nexus for free at best buy last week . I couldn't resist lol
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Right?! Its a good phone and the only one better than it at the moment is sgs3, well depending if you like sense.. then you'll enjoy the Droid incredible 4g although the community is however so low. 49$ at amazon with a another two contract. Not bad since it was originally 149$ on amazon lol, probably isn't selling well I'd imagine.

I did want the rezound for the longest time but after hearing the battery issues and overheating plus getting stuck with sense roms. Although I think I've seen some aosp roms in beta?

I honestly will say the nexus beats the 4g and rezound hands down, the one thing that made wanna get the nexus is the zero camera shutter lag. Its amazing how simple it just transitions the photos. I'm not a big camera person but that was just incredible. I'm not a fan of the no SD card.. its a huge con in my opinion.

Alton may I ask are you using jb? I've been hearing issues with it and was curious..

bOx Stash - https://www.box.com/shared/d8a46b7252c38069deb1
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweeds:
I'm thinking about upgrading to a Galaxy Nexus or the SGS3. The Dinc has been incredible :thumbup::cool:

But it's time for a hardware upgrade, gentlemen.

Sent from my CM10 KF w/ Tapatalk
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheldonsteen:
The free Nexus (or $0.01 from Amazon) is very tempting. Almost tempting enough to give up unlimited data...almost.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srsparky32:
retiring my DInc for a Galaxy Nexus. sucks i have to wait till september for the upgrade.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gargamel1:
Ok so I can get a Razr for a penny from amazon or a nexus for free from best buy. I have somewhat spotty reception in my house (-95 to -100 dbm) any suggestions? My wife will be the reluctant new owner of this wonderful device also. I'm going to have it run nils gingersense 2.1/3.0 for stability and features for her.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
Nexus for sure if you want to tinker. However as signal is not the best on this phone and your signal is spotty, I think the razr may be better with signal and better battery especially if its the maxx one.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daxh:
Finally caved and will be upgrading to gnex on the 28th of this month. I average about 500mb's a month and have never been over 1gb, so the shared plan will actually save me some money in the long run (still sad about losing unlimited though). Hopefully bestbuy will still be offering the gnex for free when my full upgrade comes in a couple weeks.

The dinc has been by far the best phone I've ever used, not a single issue in the two years I've had it. I still plan to use it as a music player/gps/backup phone, but I think it's time for a hardware upgrade. Very excited. :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gargamel1:
Tiny you are awesome. I have been using your kernel for quite sometime now and it has never let me down (except for a few bumps here and there which were fixed rather quickly) The Razr would only be the original Razr, but yeah I love tinkering. I think I'm going to go with the Gnex. I have noticed that you are also on the Gnex and am wondering if you have messed with the radios at all and if there is any difference. I know that the radios affects on the reception aren't necessarily tied together but I have seen some reports that changing radios has drastically increased their reception. Also how's the build quality I haven't gone to look at the Gnex yet (going on friday) but I fear that it'll feel plasticy and frail. Thanks again for your continued support of the Dinc as well as all your extremely helpful advice.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
I'm honestly having amazing signal and battery life, even before rooting.

Though lol.. in the dark looking at a lightly colored dark grey, can you see blotches in your screen? Wondering if I should be worried.

If you get the nexus guys you with not be disappointed at all!

The dual core makes this a beast, games I've ran off my incredible run smooth as hell on the nexus.

Even in apps you'll notice it, just overall an amazing phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gargamel1:
Alright looks like I'm going with the nexus come Friday. Thanks withbloodskies you as well have been a beacon of hope when it comes to the longevity of the incredible.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobAbooE:
How's the gnex working out for you? Battery decent? Hows the call quality?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Its a great phone, although I'm really kinda shocked why they put the headset jack on the bottom. Kinda annoying.

Great right now, I used adb to root because I've been hearing issues with the toolkits. I'm running jelly bean right now.

Battery life upon stock gave me about 12 hours at around 40-48% as I was on it downloading and playing with it.

Believe it or not I rarely make calls so I couldn't say. Probably decent?

If for some reason your like me, I have 12gbs to transfer from my SD card as the nexus does not have this :(
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobAbooE:
I rarely call too but I have read some issues. But who really cares, pure google.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
I get decent battery as long as signal is good (not so at work) - I lost about 30% in a work day idle (weak signal but it stayed)

What ROM are you running now? I'm on a cm10 kang but may switch if this systemui force close issue persists.

Yeah, the manual transfer due to lack of sdcard sucks. Honestly thinking about it again, I wouldn't mind 16gb internal for apps and backup if I can have an sdcard slot. At least the transfer speed is faster (either adb or android commander or on windows it works fine).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Jbsourcery 1.0.0? Great ROM, although I could just be amazed by the fact I'm using a faster device lol. Anyway, its a great rom. Not really sure what other ROM to use lol.. this one is speedy and comes with customization "cherry picks" if I remember correctly. Could be a norm for any ROM though lol.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
I'm debating paradigm or rasbeanjelly (this one is on rootz in the trinity kernel thread). Maybe JBSourcery but I always end up leaving it for AOKP or CM10. Paranoid is pretty cool on my Nexus 7 but I just have never had a desire to put any apps or the UI in tablet mode on my gnex - still a bit small for that I think. I may be an old faithful cm fan as I used it almost exclusively as my daily and the devs on it are good and aim for good code over features - plus it basically has the features I need. I need to work with conap on boot manager as I think jellybean breaks boot manager.

Oh, what kernel? I'm on trinity as I love the color scheme.

Another thing, did you get any long boot times on jellybean yet? It's something I've run into on occasion that I hate but have learned to deal with as that's a small price to pay for jellybean.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Actually to my surprise the initial boot took about 3-5 minutes about the same with the incredible.

Every other boot has completed on or little bit into a minute.

I'm using stock cwm without touch. No specific kernel because I'm not sure which ones are the best and how specific they are to ROMs.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
I might do a flash to stock to clean the system when I figure out a proper mirror backup to pc that's not just copy/paste.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobAbooE:
Now that the bootloader on the Galaxy SIII has been cracked, it's going to be hard to choose between that and the Gnex. Price will be a factor for me. I am going to wait to see if google puts out the rumored 5 devices this christmas. If not by then the SIII might be around $300 used and the Gnex even cheaper.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Personally I'd go with the Gnex. Having JB that's not ported really is awesome. Maybe by Christmas it will have been OTA'd but the build for the GSM version has been ported to the LTE version for Verizon and works perfectly
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweeds:
I'm been contemplating SGS3 vs Gnex as well.

The SGS3 has the newest hardware advantage, but other than that Gnex has Google OTA software and a development community that could only rival the Dinc. Plus the Gnex specs still are solid and an upgrade from this beast. I'm leaning more and more towards the Nexus especially if I can get it for $Free.99 from BestBuy.

Sent from my CM10 KF w/ Tapatalk
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yeah, the only downside I've found is the battery life of the Nexus. Although with the right ROM and kernel I've managed to get 1d 11h out of a single charge
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Honestly battery life is about the same or better than the droid incredible. But I want those who are getting a nexus to be aware of defects. My brother got one yesterday after asking me how it worked, he went home with a defected nexus, there was an issue with the radio "signal" networking in the phone. Caused it to drop signal every 2-3 minutes at the expense of losing a severe amount of battery life.

In settings battery, his cell standby was be used 36% where mine was 2% the normal even on the incredible.

I've heard of screen issues too, chances are you will probably get a defect unless your the luckiest son of a ***** like me.

bOx Stash - https://www.box.com/shared/d8a46b7252c38069deb1
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobAbooE:
Now there's an app in the market to unlock the bootloader. Damn cool.