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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] xplan9:
Lately I have seen quite a few negative (or negative leaning) reviews (Walt Mossberg etc..) of the Note. This has surprised me.

The common theme in these reviews revolves around the fact that the GNote is large - too large to hold to the side of one's head and too large to control with one hand.

It strikes me that instead of viewing it as a new type of phone they are down on it because it isn't a small phone (like the iPhone) - and therefore deficient in some way.

They just seem to miss the point, completely.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SysAdmNj:
What steve jobs started was a cult following if you think about it. Most people who use apple products religiously are not even tech savvy from my experience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] brokenartist:
They are just jealous they all have small hands.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NR017:
I agree. I've seen friends willing to die for the 4s when it came out, knowing that iPhone 5 is coming up few months after it. I think it's a waste. I bought an iPad and then the iPad2 came out, that was it for me. I feel cheated, buying Apple products.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sarius24:
People are so whiney, you either like it or not. I hate reviews like that. Actually I hate subjective reviews. Just tell us what the phone has and does.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] terra-starr:
That is the point of apple, is it not. My wife wants simple no mess with functionality out of the box, even if the functionality is limited. I'm just thankful she agreed to stay with Gmail and drop box.

I like to set up and control my systems and have maximum functionality, thus I go with android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Aerials:
And most of them don't seem to care about the enslavement and dependence on iTunes. I have seen numerous times where someone plugged their iDevice into another person's PC to charge...then the contacts and other stuff gets over-written or vice versa. And they freak out about it....even though Apple made this info rather clear....Perfect example of them not even knowing the basics of being dependent on Apple.

Whereas for Android, you save everything to a google account and then instantly sync contacts or whatever through mobile data/ wi-fi....no cables or hassle required. And there's even some apps that let you wirelessly sync files between phone and PC...but that of course requires a wi-fi connection.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SysAdmNj:
It definitely is the point hence why a 2yr old can use an ipad with no problem :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NR017:
Let's face it, they're paying for the logo for the most part. I can understand their computers, their iMac brands are good, but as far as the phone is concern, there's nothing really much anyone can do with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Aerials:
Yeah, both their desktops and laptops are great overall, although they still charge a huge premium for them. You can usually build or upgrade your own traditional Windows desktop for a cheaper price, and the specs end up being significantly better for most uses (like gaming purposes).

I feel both the iPhone and iPad are very limiting when compared to their counter parts. Every iPhone has basically been the same...sure, there are some actual upgrades to make the icon scrolling and other basic functions move faster.

And more often than not,, the alternatives are superior and sell for cheaper too. So why pay more for outdated stuff...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] brokenartist:
Or you could build a Hackintosh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NR017:
Regardless how much you tell and explain this to an Apple iPhone user, they will NEVER believe you. I wish our Android phones has better resale value like their iPhone, though.

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A friend offered to make me a Hackintosh. I'm ehh about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SysAdmNj:
Linux > hackintosh > mac os
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] brokenartist:
Yeah I know once I get my note on my main line I can easily sell my 4s 64gb for about $650 on CL.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Aerials:
It's true that iPhones have far better resale value due to their status and popularity.

In the case for Android phones, it's much easier to lose money from selling a CDMA version. GSM ones usually have great resale value if they're unlocked...since there's usually a chance someone overseas is interested.

1 of my VZW friends had an iPhone 4 for like 1 month...as a stop-gap before the Nexus was released. He said he wanted to sell his Thunderbolt before it depreciated fast. At the end, he got all his money back from the iPhone 4, but he lost close to $100 on the TB (since it was originally purchased off-contract).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ryandelman:
That's a silly position to take.

If all you need is a feature run-down, peruse the web and you'll find it in seconds.

I personally want subjectivity, and from a number of different sources, which I'll then use to weigh against each other to make a decision on my own.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tenderchkn:
Why ehh? Mine cost $1,300 in parts (that's counting all hard drives for other OS's) and outbenches the $6k Mac Pro.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NR017:
Because I don't need it atm and I was in the middle of PCS out of another state.
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
Has anyone else ever had their battery improve over time?

My stock battery has overnight gotten amazingly better, and I can't explain it. Its on a stock amaze, everything stock, I was having some battery issues, it would charge and get to 99% then take a good 20-25 mins to get to 100%, so I got a battery calibrator off the market, a non root required one. So I get it charged, and 'calibrate' it, and I didn't think it would do anything. So it stayed at 100% for over an hour with the screen on. At night it was reading 70%, and I left it without charging, and in the morning was dead. Right away I thought the battery calibrator threw it off, so I charged it up agaon to 100%, and this time wanted it to drain to zero, and I thought I'd start over from a drained battery. Same thing happened when I had it at 100%, it would take forever to drain it, I was playing movies on it, sound turned up, screen full brightness, and the thing wouldn't drain. I had a movie looped all night, and for a period of 10 hrs of this, it was still going when I woke up! I find it hard to believe that this is legit, but I've tried it twice now to drain the battery and I'll wake up and it'll be at roughly 15% remaining.

The other odd thing I noticed is on my data tracker, I had about 80MB of data go through the phone that I can't recall doing anything with. It was at a time I was at home and on wifi, so I can't call telus and see what went through the network, but the phone had something big go through it that I didn't do. Maybe telus is secretly fixing the battery issue on these phones? The conspiracy continues…

Just thought I'd share. I attached a pic of the battery status as of today. I haven't charged this thing in over a day other then a little bump. Before, I'd get to 18-20 hrs of regular use and it would need a charge.

I've also got another amaze running energy rom, and faux and its been doing way better then the rooted amaze.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bdix:
Hmmmm anyone with knowledge about battery life wanna chin in?

What's the name of the app, Guy?
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
battery calibration, developed by 'professionals'

I uninstalled it, I had it on my phone for 20 minutes
[HTC Amaze 4G] bendirkss:
This is my battery life.

AOKP + LeanView attachment 906355
[HTC Amaze 4G] glacierguy:
WOW @ THIS SCREENSHOT
[HTC Amaze 4G] fuego77:
I could only get about 8 hours MAX with intermediate use =[ tried every rom & kernel
[HTC Amaze 4G] bendirkss:
Same :( Nexus s 14h, not a galaxy nexus though.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fuego77:
My brother has a galaxy s2 and gets about 18+ with intermediate use and 29 hours with low usage.... I get about 10 with low usage. It drives me crazy man!!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
This picture tells nothing about battery usage/life. It just makes noobs wow.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bendirkss:
Me to! I can't even get 10. Its fine asleep but once its on I watch it go doooown.
[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
I get 8-12 hours depending on my use from moderate to heavy. I usually hook it up to a charger though if I am watching a flick or streaming music, unless working out, lol!

My mytouch4G I got between 12-14 hours, so not drastically different. I Just deal with it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bronyr:
Hmmm, sensation gave me much worse battery life, currently using energy ROM sense 3.0. I get about 12 hrs per day average use, data constantly on (unlimited), min 1 hr talk, few min of Twitter and responding to e-mails, checking stock. I plug it into my car charger for 10-30 min but it doesn't change that much.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fuego77:
So I just woke up, been on my phone for ten minutes, checking emails , checking Twitter and on xda

My phones on 89%

The only thing I have syncing is my gmail account (contacts & calendar) and facebook (contacts and calendar)
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bdix:
Been on my phone looking at forums and taking pics for 1h22m and I'm at 67%
[HTC Amaze 4G] lorddart:
Ha keep checking this hoping someone else tried the the op has done and see if there's been any improvement... My battery life seems decent enough and I know to bring my charger if I'm going to be using it a lot and out all day.
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
Taking pictures uses a LOT of battery life i have noticed, especially when using flash.
[HTC Amaze 4G] isaster1:
The Screen was barely on and awake time is minimal as well. Everyone just says "Wow" when they see a day, but a day of barely using your phone is not a special thing to accomplish.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lorddart:
Truth when I spend all day at my job I can't use my phone, even with syncing on... I'll still have 70+ % after 14 hours or so...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
+1000000000000
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
So is this thread supposed to be based on a purely stock experience? I have yet to get less than 14 hours with the heaviest usage.. but then again I am not stock. But every rom I have used has given me at LEAST a 12 hour battery life, even if I am trying to kill it.

I realize from numerous threads that wiping battery stats doesn't really do anything, but even though my battery goes to 90% super quick(I wish I knew why, it hasn't always) I still usually get 18+ from my phone, with realistic usage.

If this thread IS just for people using stock.. why are you using stock? I am on bulletproof 2.5 with the latest kernel, and I get great battery life, with over 130 apps installed and regular use.

A random thought, on previous devices I disabled automatic time sync and saw a big difference. I did the same for the amaze since day 1.. maybe you should disable it too? After you synced to the server, what point is there to auto-time?

My 2 cents.. don't know what the complaining it about.

On light usage, I EASILY get 2+ days on one charge..
[HTC Amaze 4G] rachelm920:
Where is this setting?
[HTC Amaze 4G] lorddart:
Accounts & sync,

And yes, turning this off makes a huge difference
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
I didn't just take a screenshot of some random day I barely used my phone. I use it roughly the same every day, but I'm suddenly getting better battery life, very noticeable improvement. So rather then being annoying re-read the original post, I just find it curious how all of a sudden this thing is lasting way more then usual.

Same thing over the weekend, only charged it once, and as always, I moderately surf, take pics and record vids. Its just lasting way longer then before. And the change happened overnight
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
Correct, this is based on a stock amaze, I also have a rooted amaze with energy rom and faux. the wife and I use both, I've just been using the stock one lately. The stock one has been outperforming the rooted one, typically the same usage, with NO changes to it to warrant this improvement.
[HTC Amaze 4G] arcadeon54:
My battery life improved dramatically after a few days of running energy rom with stock kernel.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bdix:
None stop usage

How do I get my display % down? Its on the lowest dim setting. With no animation, and my Bluetooth was never on.
[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
Holy ish balls! ^^^^^^^
[HTC Amaze 4G] shahkam:
i can get 45 hours if i put my screen off so guys please post screenshot whit screen on time ?
[HTC Amaze 4G] jcparks:
I want to give this thread a bump because I just experienced magical battery life for myself. I was gonna get a good screenshot, but now my battery has gone back to 'normal'. Luckily I made a nandroid backup while experiencing great battery life, so I hope to go back to check various settings.

The story is, I flashed BulletProof 2.5.0 about two weeks ago with stock kernel and typically experienced 12 -16 hours on light usage. Then on Friday 3/9/2012 I notice that my battery is not draining nearly as fast, but the phone is slightly sluggish (scrolling, opening apps, etc). I gave it a good test over the weekend, playing games, adding more widgets and just using it more in general. Still awesome battery that surpassed 24hr. I was even able to experience charging during usb tethering, when normally I can’t keep up with the drain.

Then today just before noon I wanted to dive into why this was happening so I could share with everyone. I thought it would be smart to check System Tuner App to see cpu speeds, but when I opened it I got the prompt for SuperUser access – meaning that I hadn’t even used System Tuner on this ROM yet. That’s when the battery started going downhill again… fast.

Might be relevant is some google apps that recently updated: Google Play, Google Maps, Google Play Music.

Also might be relevant is my recent settings change to turn off all vibrations of UI and keyboard (2 separate settings)

I can’t figure out what happened, but my current theory is that something changed my cpu clock settings to be heavy underclocked. I am able to replicate the sluggishness and improved battery by underclocking the cpu to 1GHz on Conservative governer. I’ll need to do some more testing, but I just want to put it out there that magical battery improvement is for real!
[Xperia Arc General] luctreebusch:
hi guys i have a problem with my xperia arc s.

I wanted to install cm7 mod on it and downloaded the zips from here:

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=anzu

just before i unlocked my phoen with bootloader. everything worked. installing the cm7 followed the steps it was bootlooping. i didn't know what to do so i reboot it and restored it. Now if i turn it on it will stay at the sonyericsson logo and is does nothing further. Please help

ps: sorry for my bad english
[Xperia Arc General] lilude56214:
you should flash fw and start again from scratch, may you miss some steps :p

i had the same problem :)
[Xperia Arc General] luctreebusch:
how to flash the fw? sorry don't know much about this:o
[Xperia Arc General] Flo95:
Using FlashTool
[Xperia Arc General] lilude56214:
that's right, download fw for arc S and use flashtool to flash. It's here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000012 ;)
[Xperia Arc General] taaviu:
Flash kernel too....because if you get stucked SE LOGO...then it mean. You don't have right kernel.

Cm7 kernel logo is FXP.

Command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
[Xperia Arc General] luctreebusch:
Thanks

Everything works correct now. Thanks everybody:D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
There it is folks!

http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/i...-the-north-american-edition/10150786212353084

We have more good news related to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, and can confirm that upgrades are planned for Verizon Wireless customers with the HTC Rhyme, HTC Thunderbolt, and DROID Incredible 2 by HTC, as well as the already announced HTC Rezound.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] icon123:
Thanks for posting!

That's great news!

Thanks HTC for reinstating my faith in you and the inc2.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
alright HTC! now if only we get it before....idk july lol

/me will have to bug certain anonymous individuals to keep a watch in vzw's testing system
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
I always believed we would get it... The phone is what?? Nine months old if that... Eight? :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
i would have bet that we would eventually get it....but when we never got a sense 3.0 upgrade and every similar phone did, and all those sense 3 phones already were announced.........well gives you pause

:o
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Awesome. Let's hope this comes to be true.

Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone using Magic (TapaTalk)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PharmCAT:
Kind of odd hearing about this, considering Sense 3.0/3.5 barely saw any light on other than the newest models at that time, and they made it sound like it was due to the resource requirements, which the 3rd-party developers proved them wrong about it. So, seeing that they are actually making a new version available on older models feels very unlike them.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Linch89:
Guess I'll have to eat my words nit :p
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] romma1:
Just pour those words on top of an ice cream sandwich to make them tasty!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jbarcus81:
ICE CREAM SANDWICH!!!!!!!

I think the question is how long Verizon will set on the ROM before a release? I'm sure something will leak long before that so.. it's all good.. Just wondering..​
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Number R09:
great news. i'll still wait a few (more) months before updating. i'd like to hear some complaints first, and see what the community comes up with.

you can follow Android Police as well, they gave the story a brief once-over as well.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
well sense 3.0 went official on the dhd, desire s, and inc s which are all almost identical to our phones....which makes me think verizon just didnt want to deal with a sense 3.0 upgrade (even the rebranded bolt on some puerto rican carrier got sense 3.0 but not the vzw one)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
i think the most interesting will be the rhyme update...as the whole selling point (aside from the charm and its pink outercase) was the "different" sense skin that it had

cuz all we have seen of sense 3.5 ics 3.6 and 4.0 are that each leak the ui is more less uniform across all the version #s (ie for each leak of each version...im aware sense 3.6 and 4.0 are a lot different)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Tarpit_Carnivore:
Last time I saw this kind of announcement (Eris 1.5-2.1) I didn't see an update come in for 4 or 5 months.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
At this point I don't really care. I just wanna see it lol.

Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone using Magic (TapaTalk)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
agreed...i love the inc2 so much...just the form factor, screen size/resolution combo, batt life and performance is so perfect for me

if we had lte in my area (or when we do eventually) ill probably feel a bit different, but i plan on keeping it around regardless and will continue to work on it as long as there people still around
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
That's my deal right now. We have one lte tower near us, and even so, I'm never near its radius. I mean, I like the size of some of the slightly larger screened phones like the t-bolt, but there's no way I could trade off the performance of this phone for the occasional lte speed lol.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Tarpit_Carnivore:
I plan on running this until my upgrade at which point it looks like 4G will be in my area. I'd just like to try out Sense 4 (honestly not entirely sold on stock ICS) and I think I'm beginning to get impatient.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Well, who knows if we'll get sense 4.0 or 3.6 on top. I would almost bet on 3.6, but I wouldn't be upset to find out otherwise.

Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone using Magic (TapaTalk)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
yeah id bet on sense 3.6...but since sense 4.0 should also be on snapdragon mid range ics launch devices it ll be a lot easier to port than what trip is doing for the sensation from the endeavor RUU
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Yeah, like I said, I wouldn't be upset to get sense 4.0 ;)

Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone using Magic (TapaTalk)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] j006:
Now maybe we can get root (jumping ahead of myself)with ICS without having to downgrade to 2.3.3 first...keeping fingers crossed...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ChrisDDD:
I don't know, since getting the Inc2, we've gotten pretty solid 4G coverage and I haven't the slightest desire to give up all that the Inc2 got right - form factor, battery life, etc. Anything that would be a measurable improvement in one area would, to me, be a step backward in several others, be it battery life or a too-large screen/overall size.

Now that we're definitely getting ICS, I honestly can't see a reason to upgrade for a very long time.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
as long as we get an RUU leak we ll be fine and dont have to worry about that...as for any OTA? id imagine the bl would get updated and possibly restore s-on (unless you are radio s-off like some of us are)....but since inc2 is now an officially supported unlock device, you could do that at least

well my wife has a tbolt, so the second lte comes up ill have an up close and personal object of jealously lol...ive calmed down though with immediately upgrading and getting new phones...i turned that compulsion into rom/theme flashing - > then to theming -> then to working on roms
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dg4prez:
What I don't understand is, having provided an unlocker, HTC doesn't support the modding community further with either beta tests or drivers.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
well certain things are proprietary to htc and they arent generally going to share what they arent required to as part of the open handset alliance

but i dont blame htc, other oems are as bad or worse because they share about the same amount of code, but in cases like a) samsung, their non-nexus devices are pretty poorly coded which makes aosp a much more herculian task b) motorola where who cares what they share cuz they encrypt their phones or c) other oems make android phones? :p

as for betas...htc actually IS doing a limited ics release in europe to a few handsets next month...moto does soaktests but they always break root and you have to hope that you have a revert method
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
I wish I had an XTC clip so I was perm s-off. I used revolutionary. So, I think if I took the ota, I'd get screwed over like some people.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
we wont know til it happens, but i really doubt there would a need to take the ota

every RUU leaks either during testing or post ota
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] icon123:
I picked up a Rezound off ebay to try out. I had it for 3 days and sold it. I was not nearly impressed with it as I thought I would be. It didn't seem any faster, I preferred the 4" screen, it was defiantly bigger/thicker, the battery wasn't good and lte wasn't as fast as I thought it would have been. But bottom line, the thing I hated the most was not having s-off. What a difference that makes.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Yeah, that's my concern with whatever phone I get next. I want/need s-off.

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dg4prez:
my next phone is a nexus phone. i want open use of my phone.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
I get that desire....frankly for me I get too bored with aosp by itself though
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] icon123:
I have gotten that way occasionally. MIUI was a nice mix.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] david_hume:
Since I'm gonna get my upgrade in the next couple of months, I'm gonna snag me a Nexus phone if Verizon's gonna have another one.