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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMc51:
My contract isn't up until March, so I've still got a large bit of time to think about what I'm wanting for my replacement. I've got an idea in my mind about what I'm looking for, though.

Hoping for quad-core, though dual-core would still be a nice upgrade.

Would like to have Tegra, but it's not huge to not have it.

Must be rootable.

Something with a large, active community around it.

I've got a good chunk of time, and a handful of phones fitting my needs/wants may be out before I need to decide, so I'm not all too worried about making a choice for now.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alton (Halo 2):
Galaxy nexus is a really great phone that's wat I updated to ;) but yea those defects are terrible
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haliwa04:
I grabbed a Rezound with a hairline crack in the digitizer from a buddy for about $100. It was already rooted, I did the s-off, and its like having a bigger, faster, meaner incredible. I think the rezound should have been the inc 4g. Sense 4, aosp ics and jb in the works. I love the feel of HTC phones, not too heavy. Just stocky enough to feel good in my huge hands. I was tempted by the gnex and razr maxx, but the rezound has made me a very happy nerd.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltcreep1:
I just LOVE this phone! Now with Jelly Bean running smooth on it why should I switch?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imtoomuch:
I had a hard time letting go of my Incredible. If it was updated it would have been perfect.

I wanted a Nexus, but ended up going for the SIII. So far I'm a big fan. It just feels way more fragile than my Incredible so I'm going to have to go back to using cases, ugh.

The plan for the Incredible is to root it and use it as a toy. I love trying out new ROMs. The only problem is that I can't get the HTC boot unlocker to work so the rooting is on hold unless somebody can help me!!! Bummed!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka_bigred:
I'm getting due for a new phone. I love VZ's coverage, but they really piss me off billing wise and their recent plan changes are terrible. Given that I have grandfathered unlimited data, I really want to keep it, but I know I'll get bent over on the new phone when I have to pay retail or get it used. Not happy about that at all, but I can't find exactly the right one yet.

I'm hoping to go back to Moto now that they have the bootloading unlocker available. I stayed away and went with the DINC over the DroidX mainly because Moto was locking the bootloader. Hopefully they put out something decent now/soom (possible), or others follow suite (unlikely).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alton (Halo 2):
You should have got the nexus bcuz when there's something better like an s4 or something the update are going to stop. So since the nexus is a Google phone updates are never going to stop for it. Until after 4 years or something lol
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haliwa04:
You shouldn't need the htcdev site, do some searching, its on xda somewhere, but its simple, quick, and easy.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheldonsteen:
Albinoman's JB build has just been updated to beta 3, with working butter and 8mp camera. If it's as good as it sounds it may be a long time before I retire my dinc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porky008:
I just handed mine down to my friends kid after getting the S3 as a gift. Had it not been a gift I would still be on my DInc and am missing it big time.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurejikame:
That's one of the main reasons I'm waiting until the next Nexus comes out (Or maybe multiple ones according to some sources). But then again, who would have thought that the Droid Incredible was going to see Jellybean? It really depends on the development base for the phone, but I think the s3 will be supported for a while even after Samsung officially stops support. Also, with the specs on the s3 I don't think it should have much a problem with handling newer versions of Android at least for a couple of years, but who knows!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canpitt27:
Got the Dinc 4g and could not be happier! Battery life is great, way better than the original Since.

Sent from my HTC Incredible 4G
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STAT1:
In my opinion the OG Incredible is such a pure, smooth, sexy, tight, shiny, lovely piece of technology that I have balked at every opportunity to move over to a newer devicec. The Galaxy Nexus looks great, big screen and more power... NOPE. The Galaxy SIII is finally out and getty rave reviews, an upgrade over the OGInc in every way... CANT DO IT. I actually have two Incredibles since my wife swapped hers an Asshole iPhone once it came to Verizon. With two phones, three batteries and a handful of accessories I plan on riding this thing into the ground. Last Dinc standing, you're looking at him.

PS. The white back cover is a stroke of hotness.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imtoomuch:
Google really isn't supporting the Verizon Nexus anyway. Nothing Verizon is truly "vanilla".

Besides, there's always rooting when Samsung stops support. I have a feeling the SIII will have third party support for a long time because of the specs and there already have been a ton of units sold. The Nexus hardware is already kind of outdated, especially the camera.

I looked and couldn't find any other method with the new boot loader.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AJGO23:
LTE would be good on the Tbolt if it didn't have those reboot problems. I'd rather not be able to do those things simultaneously and actually get them done, than try to do both at the same time and have my phone reboot, which in the end, I would get neither done.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bardude84:
Wow......... Quite the conversation of what your next phone would be.

I wouldn't mind looking at the new Moto Bionic (not a fan of BLUR), and the HTC Vigor looks pretty bad ass but supposedly it is the T-Bolt replacement. HTC lauched that back in March didn't they????? So here we are today talking about a phone that could completely replace a phone in about 6 months of time. This does not excite me one bit how HTC lauches a phone and then replaces it in less then one year.

IMO.... I wish a manufacturer could come up with 2 -3 levels of phones for Android (Entry Level - Super Geek) and then get them on a minimual of a 1.5 - 2 life span before replacing them. They would still be able to lauch a new phone every year and be able to concentrate on Google OS Updates for the phone that be locked a 2yr contract on becuase they would get update on their phone..... afterall wasn't that the whole point of Android to keep your phone to current standard!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbiss:
maybe the vigor, depends on what is out there when my contact is up
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
I wish there was a good 4inch option (excluding INC2) it looks like the smartphones are all moving to 4.3 which is a little big for me.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
The reboot issue has been solved for about 2 or 3 months now. The people still having it are those rooted using the ADB process which leaves you with a stock rooted 1.13 RUU and MR1 radio set, or those using RUU 1.68 radios for a Froyo ROM. Anything newer than RUU 1.70 is rock solid. I haven't had a random reboot in 3 months at least. Battery life has also come a long with, with 2 days of light use not unusual. Mine sips about 1.4% per hour on LTE just sitting there.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
Well, carries do kinda maintain a line up of entry level to super-geek devices. They aren't all from the same maker though. For LTE, you've got the top-end Tbolt, then the beautiful, but slightly less functional and cheaper feeling Charge, and then that LG Revolution which is kinda like the worst of all worlds.

For CDMA, you've got the dInc2, which is pretty much a perfect example of Sense, CDMA, and Android inside a flawless package. Then there's the Samsung gizmos... like that Continuum freak with 2 screens and the Motorola devices.

I do hear what you're saying about longer generational lives on devices, but that's just never going to happen. HTC uses Qualcomm chips, and Qualcomm buys a licence from ARM for the ARMv7 instruction set and they need to make a return on that license investment before developing a completely new architecture and renewing the license. The basic Snapdragon guts haven't changed since before the dInc came out, and they won't change again in a big way until Snapdragon S4 chips show up on the scene sometime in 2012. THAT'S where the REAL upgrades are going to be. Dual-core S3 Snapdragons are a stopgap in the face of Tegra2, OMAP, and Hummingbird. The advantage of the all-Qualcomm solution is aditional functionality that the others can't provide.

Because TI, nVidia, and Samsung use ARM cores, not the custom Scorpion core Qualcomm uses, they can implement the upgrades as fast as ARM develops them, and at a reduces cost because they're not licensing the ARMv7 instruction set. This makes faster upgrades more cost-effective and keeps public interest in newer devices. And lets face it, nobody would be happier with slower roll-out of new devices... except for maybe HTC.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedHotLama:
Want something at least dual core 1.5ghz min, a lot more ram and more internal storage. 16gb min. Then would want a 4-4.5 inch screen.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoraxEleven:
As for now... The Droid Incredible Two... Maybe something else, later... Who can tell. It's such a fast-paced world.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkeybiz:
From a hardware perspective, I'd like a dual core processor, 4.3"+ screen, 4G LTE, Wireless-N, at least a gig of RAM, and a battery that doesn't require absurd amounts of tweaking or a custom ROM to last a full day.

From a software perspective, either Sense or Stock. I wouldn't buy a phone that's running Blur or Touchwiz unless I could immediately put Stock on it.

Last August, I had the choice between a Droid X and a Droid Incredible. My best friend and his wife got Droid X's. I played with it, and hated Blur. I played with another friend's Droid Incredible, and loved Sense. Even with the smaller screen, the better software made all the difference.

So, I'm keeping an eye on the HTC Vigor. Right now, it looks like a strong contender for my replacement device. I'll be keeping an eye on the Nexus/Droid Prime as well. Other than that, nothing on my radar.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kid427_2000:
Prob the HTC Vigor or maybe one of the new toys coming out soon. Have alittle while before my upgrade so got plenty of time to decide. I do know it will be hard to give up my Dinc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtavera:
More baterry life, every phone is fast, but the battery life isnt enough.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
Na... You'll find it'll be VERY easy to give up your Dinc. I don't mean to pick on you, but you wouldn't find it hard at all to give up a 2009 Corvette for a 2012 Corvette, would you?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bukithd:
Right now I'm stuck on my Inc until i graduate college in december. I'm switching plans then most likely possibly to sprint, maybe staying on vzw.

Right now I forsee a strong liking of the HTC Vigor. HTC will be where I stay. No moto phones for me.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
The Droid/nexus prime if its out fot VZW. My area recently got LTE so that plus it being vanilla Android makes it a winner. Also I want super amoled plus.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liteon163:
What would I switch to RIGHT NOW? Voluntarily, nothing. If my AMOLED DInc were destroyed, I'd probably go with a DROID Charge until my upgrade in January. But if I could find a Tbolt on Craigslist for $200 or less, I'd strongly consider it. Hell, I might even consider getting a Palm Pre Plus off CL for $50 just to get me through until my upgrade in January, if it came to that. Having had my DInc since it first came out, I doubt anything much will happen to it before then. I hope I just didn't jinx myself...

As a result of realizing how little I actually TALK on the phone, I'm relaxing my requirement for nothing larger than a 4 inch screen. I'd rather be better able to type and watch video on my phone, so a 4.3-4.6 inch screen should be OK.

In January I should have my choice of a Nexus Prime and an HTC Vigor. Both phones should have been out long enough for reviews to settle on a consensus. I'll choose the one that reviews better, but initially I'm leaning toward the Nexus phone because it will be easier to customize, like the CM7 DInc I have right now.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
I have a few options. My annual upgrade option came up last month, so I'll look hard at the Vigor and Nexus/Droid Prime. However, I prefer the smaller form factor of the Incredible. Given the specs of the Vigor, and the power thirst of first-gen LTE chips, I suspect battery life on the Vigor will be as bad as or even worse than the Thunderbolt. If the Droid/Nexus Prime isn't a real nexus, IE, bone-stock with no Verizon customization, I'm not touching it.

So, if the Vigor has a lousy battery, the Prime ends up not being a real Nexus, and in either case I can't stand the form factor, I'll just stick with the Incredible line. The Incredible 2 is single-core and a modest upgrade from the first gen Incredible. At this point, it's not a smart decision to commit to that phone for another 20 months. Besides, if I wanted to, I could get it used for about the same price as a contract renewal. However, going by the way HTC updates, I suspect that the Incredible 3 could be similar in form factor to the Incredible 2, but with dual-core Snapdragon and potentially a 2nd gen LTE chip (smaller and better on battery life). it would also likely drop in April, the same time my NE2 comes up.

My Incredible is an awesome phone. I view it like a laptop in that I don't need to upgrade when something better comes out, but rather, I need to upgrade when it no longer performs the functions that I desire. That point hasn't occurred yet, so I'll need to see a damn near perfect phone come out to convince me to make the switch.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoman24v:
My 'mid' upgrade was the Incredible 2. Having that larger screen, more ram and more processing power blows the old Incredible out of the water.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastalero:
Sadly I'm giving up my inc to asurion for an inc 2,I know I can replace the screen but the usb port is acting screwy as well...

with no upgrade in sight I can't justify borking the fix and being stuck with a fliper phone(can't reflash a broken,obviously voided phone)

So the inc2 it is for a while. Shouldn't complain about a cheap upgrade tho and flashing the new MAGNOLIA is something to be excited for :)

When I can get an upgrade it will be the second line of ICS phones!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
You've definitely got a larger screen and more RAM, but unfortunately, you don't have more processing power. The CPU is the same CPU and speed, just on a smaller die size (less heat dissipation and power consumption). You do, however, have a faster GPU :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riko540:
If I stick with Verizon I'd probably get the Vigor. If not I'll get the the Nexus Prime.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheldonsteen:
Well, I bit the bullet today and got a used Gnex on ebay for a pretty good price. I was able to save my unlimited data and I can upgrade whenever I want now if something comes along that can entice me into giving up unlimited data. I'll miss my Dinc, it was good to me for a long time. Pretty excited about getting my shiny "new" toy though!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnaCore:
Nothing. I will ride this beast out like an old man rides out his 87 dodge. I will lose my unlimited once I upgrade. I won't pay retail. Verizon will have to beat my door down and be like come on man and pry it from my fingers....bastards.

the lady at radio shack kept dissin on my phone for being old. I swear she said it like 5 times.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Lol, I would have smirked and said look.. I have jelly bean. What's yours have?!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockaholic112:
I traded it for a rezound, but the first one and the replacement sucked, so I got a RAZR maxx and love it

Sent from my portable telecommunications box
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnaCore:
Muahaha believe me I wanted to. Unfortunately I was in there buying a universal charger. My phone was completely dead with a broken musb port which made it look even more prehistoric.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharpe:
I upgraded to the GNex. I loved my DInc but my GNex is in a whole different league. Ill never own anything but a Nexus device again. Also, I kept my unlimited when I upgraded.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alton (Halo 2):
How?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnaCore:
He probably upgraded before 6/28. If you did you were allowed to hold your unlimited for another 2 years.

Verizon has been blowing me up lately. I'm out of contract and they are trying to get me to drop my unlimited with their garbo share everything plan. There on a serious mission to save me $12/M with a 2gb data cap LOL
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ck04:
I will be upgrading to the Inc. 4g when this phone dies on me. I hate how most smart phones are so big so the Inc. 4g being only slightly bigger than the OG inc is something I really like.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharpe:
I did
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbone52:
It is as good as it sounds. I have never been as impressed with this great device more than how it runs on jb. Thank you Albinoman great job. Keep up the great work.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezeuba:
Retired my DINC today

I retired my DINC today. I moved my number from the DINC to my new phone, a Galaxy Nexus (Verizon/Sprint Hybrid). The hardware is Verizon, the ROM and CDMA radio are Sprint. That's the only way this monster can be flashed to another network. It was a lovely ride with my DINC; it never failed me. It met all my expectations of the kind of phone I wanted, but the lure of a Nexus phone was just too much to resist, besides I got the GNex at a very cheap rate. About $100, mainly because it was difficult to program so the seller nearly wrote it off. Goodbye my beloved DINC. It was a nice ride together.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Ya know I'd hate to sound like a snob lol.. but once you play with the nexus for a day your incredible seems ancient. There was a period where I didn't touch my incredible for 4 days, was on a ICS ROM.

Picked it up and dear god the stuttering and lag compared to the nexus. I'm ashamed to have thought that was smooth. Your only fooled by looks until you mess with the real thing.

Its still a great device but I was astonished how much stutter/lag there was.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
To anyone who may have been following Sense4All... it looks like they've given up.

I can't say I'm not disappointed... but I can't say I'm surprised either. It's hard enough getting Sense to work on HTC devices, let alone other ones.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I felt the same way when I switched to my GSIII. My Inc just felt so much slower than what I had gotten use to with the GSIII.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RepeatUntilTheEnd:
It's definitely as good as it sounds, and it's also going to be a while until I retire my dinc.

I'm extremely tempted, especially after hearing that once you switch over the dinc seems prehistoric.

The way I look at it:

I already have decent hardware and jellybean (thanks to Albinoman). If I bought the S3, I would have to give up my unlimited, pay $200 for the phone, and then worry about rooting and unlocking the bootloader to load jellybean on it.

Owning a rooted incredible is like owning a honda civic with a bugotti engine :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collins521:
Anyone have any spare batteries they don't want now that they've moved on? Just picked a DInc up for the wife as a temporary phone until we get the funds for a newer phone (won't be for awhile) and the battery that we have hardly holds a charge.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prius56mpg:
Also running Albinoman's JB build here and quite pleased with it (still on Beta 3 though). I'm working on saving up the funds for a Galaxy Note to run on RedPocket. I've calculated out the savings, and they are quite substantial compared to my current plan on Verizon. Hoping the Note prices go down as the Note 2 is announced for US carriers.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pepp67:
The Incredible was my first smartphone and these forums allowed me to flash many features of the newest android release. The devs in this forum, and the android community, rock! However the price on the Nexus has dropped to where big red is actually giving them away and a friend offered me one at a price I couldn't refuse. So I switched to the Galaxy Nexus last weekend.

I want to thank evervolv, the CM team, drk.hd, albinoman, Zimeron, and all the people whose work that these dev's roms were built upon. I also want to thank cmlusco and scotty85 for their guides on how to root, unlock, and achieve s-off. I now can unlock an Incredible in a flash (well multiple flashes actually..) but at the time it took me two days - damn HTC!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezeuba:
I cut my Android flashing teeth on my Droid Incredible. It was quite interesting how I could do anything to that phone and it always came out rocking. I flashed virtually every ROM I could lay my hands on. Some good, some bad, some downright ugly, but the phone always came out impressing me day in day out. The Droid Incredible is iconic and I couldn't bear to part with mine, but a colleague finally persuaded me to sell it to him. I loved that phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agent20x:
moved on to samsung gs3 been great so far
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacobsensei:
Samsung gnex s3 or the HTC OneX.

Sent from my HTC Droid Incredible
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shibby87:
Had my dinc for 3yrs and still would be rockin invisiblec's ICS build if I hadn't dropped it. Switched to the S3 and been lovin it. Literally twice the size of the dinc! I still miss it tho, the phone that never dies! I truley hope development will be as amazing as it was for me. Huge thx to all the devs who made this phone invincible :D

Sent from my Synergized GS3
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblack55:
Is anyone else extremely disappointed with the lack of selection of VZ HTC phones? Really miss sense but the phones offered suck. The only good phone is the Rezound but the good old developers that left here for there haven't even gotten a JB ROM out yet.

Thinking S3 may me the next phone for me.