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[HTC Amaze 4G] xxquicksh0txx:
I still have my incredible.... :D

Puremotives sense 3.5 port is a freaking beast, better battery life than aosp. Nearly just as quick. The development is still going on pretty fast over there too, nearly have One X ported to it.

I wish we had a couple of those devs over here.

But again, I would still keep my amaze over the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The amaze is just sexy.
[HTC Amaze 4G] yo2boy:
It's called personal preference.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rustyxj6:
I was seriously looking into the Galaxy Nexus specially since when I eventually sell it it might keep it's value because it can work with AT&T and T-Mobile. Then I read that the Amaze also works on AT&T's 3G.

I have a Droid Charge which sort of looks like the Galaxy Nexus and I'm not liking the styling. Only reason why I got the charge was to mess with it since I got it for $60.

The Amaze is one impressive phone. I got a 32 gig card class 10 micro sd and I have lots of storage. I travel often outside the US so that whole cloud is of no use to me. When I'm on a plane on a long flight the Cloud does nothing for me. When I'm in the backwoods of Mexico or some other country the cloud does nothing for me unless I want to pay $5 for a meg of data on roaming. Sometimes with T-mobile the signal is so bad that I can't even watch youtube without the video stopping and loading. So I really like having the option of adding extra storage via the microsd cad.

That's one of the biggest reasons why I kept the Amaze along with some other details like a better camera, the two dedicated buttons for the cam corder and camera. I'm also a fan of HTC's Sense.

Another thing that bugs me about the Galaxy Nexus is that they didn't use Gorilla Glass. What the hell was Samsung thinking? I've heard that the thing scratches easily unless you stick a screen protector on top of the display. I for one hate screen protectors. The ones that stick on with glue or whatever collect dust around the edges making the phone look ghetto.

I do like the Display of the Galaxy Nexus better though. However lately HTC has left me with a sour taste in my mouth. My wife uses the Incredible 2. The first phone had a charging port go bad. Her second one has got lots of dust under the screen. Bad HTC very bad HTC. Keep it up and I'm going somewhere else.
[HTC Amaze 4G] NardVa:
Don't forget the Amaze 4G supports HSPA+ 42 and the Galaxy Nexus supports HSPA+ 21. You will get faster download speeds on the Amaze 4G if you are in a HSPA+ 42 area.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Chance Ill:
Both devices are beautiful but have flaws like EVERY device, but to say the pentile display and screen burn are prevalent issues or lessens the quality are the words of someone that does not own one or simply bias. As far as power, or lack thereof, (1.2 vs 1.5) is a numbers game. The Amaze needs that extra power to navigate Sense while the GN is Vanilla, which is optimized to run on the GN and doesn't require that extra bump. On and on and on.............:rolleyes:

It comes down to preference. Both are definitely beast in their own right, but you have to decide which is worth keeping.

I couldn't decide, so I bought both! ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
pentile might not bother some people (regular consumers) which there arent much of those "regular" ones on xda lol most of us want nuclear powerplants as phones and the best tech and pentile doesnt cut it. though on the one s pentile doenst look bad. now with the screen burn, thats is just complete crap and i would never be okay paying $600 for a phone that i know is going to get that.. i dont see who would, unless they have money to waste
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I love the Amaze's screen, but think it would be worth the sacrifice to get battery life. I've never seen a phone's battery fall off of the cliff like the Amaze, just from having the display on... Smh. Even with brightness all the way down. Just because the Pentile isn't AS good as the Amaze's, you're right in saying they're really not that much of a downgrade

Sent from my HTC Amaze running Sense 3.5
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
take a look at the first two pictures. http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-r...te-disses-pentile-on-samsungs-amoled/#4962291

yes, you get good battery life on blacks, but whites you get HORRIBLE battery life, much more drain then the amaze. so any web browsing or light backgrounds or anything will drain the crap out of your phone.

IPS displays have the advantage with white and blacks. too bad the amaze isnt IPS :p the IPS barely uses anymore power on blacks either than the oled

i cant stand pentile, everything looked pixelated, qHD, HD, full HD idk name it. there is no advantage over pentile over full RGB besides battery life. id rather have a beautliful screen and suffer some battery drain than a horrible screen and better battery. and i know that is a opinion, but; if you are wanting amazing battery life in general then why the hell would you own an android in the first place lol.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
True... That's why I have 3 microUSBs strategically placed at work, in my laptop, and in my car to go with my OEM cable at my bedside lol :D

I'm an addict and I love my display :D

Sent from my HTC Amaze running Sense 3.5
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
The amaze has the best display of any phone that i have owned, only thing that could be better is the blacks xD thats not new though
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamenramen:
Stick with the Amaze. The best thing about the Galaxy Nexus is the fact that it's vanilla Android ICS.

That's it, and the developer base that comes with it being an official Google phone.

But other than that, I can't find myself liking the Galaxy Nexus for the following reasons:

--the pentile matrix is easily visible, even at a 720p resolution

--the screen is 200 nits. That's not even as bright as a regular laptop screen. It's dim. That's a prime reason that the battery life is "better" than the Amaze. If I could get on a soapbox a bit, a screen, esp on a touchscreen phone, which is basically 90% screen, should be of supreme importance. Why the pentile matrix has blossomed I will never know, but the Amaze's screen is the primary reason why I want the phone. I hadn't seen any screen that can compete with the iPhone 4/4S screens until now. The Amaze does just that. The One X I hear is even better.

--build quality

--inferior camera

--no memory card expansion slot

--removeable battery

The galaxy nexus is in no way under consideration by me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
the screen on the one x is probablt 3 times as good as the one on the amaze. you get oled blacks with a IPS SLCD "2". it is the best on the market imo. still, wont ever go 4.7" i dont think
[HTC Amaze 4G] vrracing:
I love my Amaze and i recently got my girlfriend a Gnex. Ive messed with it a little and it actually makes me love my amaze more. I dont know if it samsungs lack of finish or that i just hate ICS but there is no way i would ever choose the Gnex ove my amaze.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rubyman94:
I herd that the burn problem on the screen has been fixed. Soooo I'm really tempted to sell my amaze and get a nexus :).
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
thats not a problem of samsungs, its the oled screen itself.. i dont think there is a "fix"
[HTC Amaze 4G] rubyman94:
Ohh so all of the phones that have oled screens have that? Does the sg2 have that?
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
im pretty sure, correct me if im wrong
[HTC Amaze 4G] PeartFan40:
If you're anything like me, you won't keep your phone long enough to worry about burn in. I've yet to have an OLED suffer from it. :) My 2 year old Google Nexus didn't have burn in when I sold it.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] blitz911:
If you got used to the Amaze and tried out a GN, only thing you'd really notice is the better battery life and larger screen. Other than that, the Amaze is better. Oh and transferring pics on the GN not so much a plug n play affair. Kinda annoying, but you get used to it. I use Airdroid to get stuff off and on the phone. I'm running an Amaze now and am pretty satisfied with it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
The only thing I have to add is that I love the feel of the Amaze in my hand. Am I the only one that doesn't think ultra thin and light is desirable?
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
Yeah thats what i was thinking. next phone i get will probably have a oled screen. the only phone that i am looking at that doesnt is the acer cloudmobile which im not even sure what screen it has
[HTC Amaze 4G] PeartFan40:
It looks like CloudMobile has an 4.3" HD IPS Display with a zero."air gap" design. Now that you mentioned this phone, I'm now interested. LOL.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] DontJoinTheDarkSide:
I'm not surprised that all these posts support the amaze (it IS the amaze forum) however I am surprised by some of the arguments. Android development is obviously way better on the nexus it being supported directly from Google. And I agree that stock the brightness is a little low but 80% of the people that got the nexus got it to flash custom roms / kernels. And let me tell you. I get 3.5 hours screen on time with 75% brightness with Franco.kernel not to mention super smoothness. Also Google Wallet ! Might not be for everyone but let me tell you its a head turner. I will give the amaze camera better quality shots however the zero shutter lag on the nexus is amazing! Also rgb led light is great too! Amaze does have an sdcard which is good however most cloud storage is becoming more convenient especially with sites like drop box. Also I own both phones and my nexus doesn't have burn in. its 720p display is much better than my amaze's display.
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
exactly!!! im not really big on Acer but this phone is going to make them shine :D the screen looks amazing
[HTC Amaze 4G] PeartFan40:
From what I've read, its a good phone. People are really commenting on the design.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] rubyman94:
I hate the gap at the bottom that it has when it's in the lock screen.
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
it also won a award for its design :D im just happy to see other companys making high end phones so we will have more options rather than sammy, htc, lg, etc.
[General Questions and Answers] pcsandchips:
my brother bought me this tablet for christmas it was briliant. i went to update facebook and it crashed. rebooted fine then went to update other software and it crashed... dose any one have the origanal rom... so i can try a re flashing rom back to factory. at present it wont boot at all now. i am almost sure a re flash would fix this. many thanks for taking the time to read this :confused:

is thire anything about i could even try to put on the Elonex eTouch 750ET software even windows or anything
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalda01:
If I have 2 captivate devices, can I restore a Nandroid backup of one device into the other ? would that work ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Between AOSP roms, it's as easy as that. But if you are on a Samsung ROM, or are restoring a Samsung ROM, you must flash the appropriate kernel first. If going from stock to AOSP, I recommend fully installing the AOSP ROM before you restore

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ike167:
Currently I am running Calkulins 3.0 and now I want to try out Calkulins ICS so can someone explain the steps on what I should do to flash that ICS cause I don't want to brick my phone. Do I just flash like a normal ROM or should I just take different steps? Please help me out!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] killaphatboy:
Just mobile odin el26+cwm kernel and boot into recovery. Flash Calkulins format all and flash ROM.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wilderckw:
What is mobile Odin? Sorry IM kinda new also. All I no is cwm
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sol_671:
You could find mobile Odin on the market. Its an app that cost 5 bucks and somewhere here on xda for free I think

Edit: Its a portable version of Odin that you used to root and flash your phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] killaphatboy:
What he said^^^. There is a light version on xda for free. It will do the job. App is a must for any ROM flasher. :D

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You can also just use the Auto Root sticky in development (Option C) to install EL26+CWM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
I know its safe go back to gb using odin one click. Is it safe to go back to gb by odining el 26 kernel then wiping then flashING gb Rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] killaphatboy:
Yes. I just use Mobile Odin to flash el26+cwm and wipe/flash as needed between all ROMs. I'm a flashaholic so I use it almost daily

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
Thanks just wanted to make sure I don't brick my phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
Well they're only giving you pieces of information. If you're on Calkins 3.0 I have to assume that you are familiar with cwm rogue and most probably auto root or regular Odin. Its my suggestion that if you're not familiar with regular Odin (go to xda search bar and put in a search for Odin v1.85 and Odin one click el29 root and Odin el26 root) that you get familiar with it and download at least those three versions to your pc. It will save your a$$ in a pinch. Also you should have a copy of the latest auto root program. Put in a search on xda or head over to the developers section and skim through the first 5 pages. You're guaranteed to find them there. Now flashing to ICS isn't the hard part. Its getting back to el29 that causes all the bricks. -- 2Things. Go over to the general E4GT section and read the first thread. "How not to brick your E4GT". Also by all things in the universe that is good stay away from CM9 and any CWM touch kernels and roms. Both have been linked to bricks. Bad stuff there. Now that you have the programs you need on you're pc and you're a little more educated about ICS, I SUGGEST CALKINS ICS2.v1.4 Fd02. It had a stock kernel (safe) repacked with the same version of CWM that you already have on calks 3.0. Plus everything works and its very stable. All you need to do I'd down load Calkins format all and the ROM and put it on you sd card. Then go into recovery and wipe cashe then wipe dalvik cashe then go to mounts and storage and wipe your internal sd. Make sure to make back ups before hands so you don't lose any data. Now go to install zip and run the format all. When it is done go back to install zip and install ICS! LET IT REBOOT AND ENJOY. ALSO GOOD IDEA TO DOWNLOAD APP BACKUP AND CONTACT BACKUP OFF THE MARKET. BOTH ARE FREE AND WILL ALLOW YOU TO REINSTALL almos t all YOUR APPS AND CONTACTS AFTER YOU FLASH. Make sure you read all the instructions on how to use Odin as well. Hope this was a little helpful.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] killaphatboy:
El26 with cwm is the latest safe kernel to flash with. El29 and later have rogue repacks and are not safe to use to flash from ICS to GB. I have flashed from ics to ics using fd02, fb21, and a few others with no issues(doesn't mean its safe). Only use el26 with official cwm to be safe.

Edit: especially when flashing to/from AOKP/CM9/AOSP.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
Are you using mobile Odin lite?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] killaphatboy:
No, I use it so much that I bought it. Best $5 I've spent in a long time.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CyberpodS2:
+1 on no regrets buying this app! This and Roam Control are like magic imo...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
I will buy tomorrow
[Motorola Photon 4G] rruss:
Which would u choose? I'm figthin the urge to go buy the galaxy nexus Sunday I love the photon and thinking it may be better to wait on a fully functional stable joker rom cuz I miss hbo go...I don't really believe Motorola is actually gonna update this phone to ICS in the future and I'm not worried about LTE just yet I'll jump on that train when it actually rolls out in my area
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jeff_in_LA:
Absolutely positively zero question, the Galaxy nexus all the way.

My friend has one, I've spent extensive time using it. Simply the best phone I've ever used, it was phone of the year last year.

Also, being a Nexus phone - you will get the first updates for new OS'es . My sisters Nexus S got ICS already. Effen Motorola said what... November?

Jokers work is awesome, and I thank him profusely. I hope Motorola hires him!

For me, this phone is a red headed stepchild. Moto only cars about Verizon customers. I'm never buying a moto phone again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] five40:
The Nexus is already obsolete. I'd wait and see what the Galaxy SIII has to offer when Samsung makes the announcement on May 3. I'm not impressed by Sprint's verison of the HTC One X. HTC lost me after releasing that piece of crap Evo 3D (always losing signal and roaming). And according to the FCC test results, the radio in the EVO 4G LTE seems to be crappy as well.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Dong12:
Question

galaxy nexus is be OK,I think that..
[Motorola Photon 4G] MadFlava:
Have you not been paying attention to all the Epic 4G Touch issues? For months the phone would just randomly drop service without letting you know and you had to reboot to restore it. The radio in it is garbage on top of that. The Photon radio is a serious step up. Every single phone Samsung has released for Sprint has had major issues.

I really dont like my Photon and it will be the last Motorola phone I buy. My wife has a DroidX2 Global on Verizon and its a piece of crap too. She's probably going to go to an iPhone (Its her work phone and they have discontinued Android devides so its either iPhone or BB) and Im going to get a HTC One when it comes up for sale on Sprint. Maybe Ill give her my Photon for her Sprint line. She has an OG Epic she uses on Sprint but she probably hasnt made 10 calls on it in a year.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jeff_in_LA:
I'd hardly call it obsolete. Yes S3 series is going to get announced. HTC and Moto lost me, and a pure google with with no crappy skin is awesome.

Also, the Nexus community have dialed the roms in for that phone like race cars. The Roms and kernels are awesome.

Interesting about phones.. 5 months is considered obsolete. My intel i7-920 overclocked to 3.8Ghz is still an awesome computer. They chip was launched in 08.

My 2 cents!
[Motorola Photon 4G] five40:
The Photon is the best piece of hardware Sprint has to offer right now.

The Galaxy Nexus is just a tweaked Galaxy SII. I was a big HTC fan until the EVO 3D and I know Samsung phones aren't known for stellar radio performance, neither does HTC.

I'm waiting on the Galaxy SIII, but back to the OP's question.

I would go with a Galaxy Nexus because the display is absolutely gorgeous.

I owned one for a few weeks. Took it back because I'm on the edge of 2 Verizon LTE towers and would lose signal quite often. I know it's not isolated to the Nexus because a friend of mine owns the Verizon equivalent of the Photon (can't remember the name right now) and has the same LTE issues problem.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
i been kickin around the same idea, and this EVO LTE is looking even better with a 1.5 GHz processor!?!?!

BUT.... i look back on the pros and cons

If i switch to the Nexus or EVO LTE

Pros(even tho they end up sounding like cons

-Faster Processor (even tho we have 1.3 OC i still clock down to 1.0, so not too powerful of persuasion.

-LTE - BUT... sprint is adding this technology and it will be WIP.

Screen - no doubt its a better screen, BUT it will probably chew more power

-1080p camera (but the devs are working on this for the photon)

-Official ICS (BUT id end up wiping out and flashing CM9 so im back to where i am now)

-Lighter - this is one pro that i cant argue, the EVO LTE is a feather!

-Front camera - 1.3 v vga (not a biggy for me)

Cons

-Only CDMA, less radios, less cell signal probably

-$$$ it will take a few bills outta my pocket

-phone is bigger and will be bigger in the jeans pocket

-more attractive to be stolen at the gym

when i rethink everything through, i honesty am more tempted to go buy a second photon for backup. The photon is not at a huge hardware disadvantage. software wise... just think how fast joker has done what he has done with using code out of the air. Im sittin my fat ass down with the photon for a long time.

Once or IF sprint ever comes back out with a worldwide android phone that can beat the Photon in the ring, THEN ill switch over. but for now, the photon has too great of devs, and amazing radios that i cant ignore. a phone is for communications, and without great radios, well... your SOL.

my 2 cents
[Motorola Photon 4G] carrilloevo:
Just hope this great devs don't switch over to an lte phone lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] rruss:
alot of great points being brought up i swore to myself i would never buy another samsung phone because i had a terrible experience with the epic touch signal wise i just didn't get the same signal i got with my photon in the exact same spots no arguing that. i would love to get the evo lte too BUT intergrated battery is too iphone-ish for me and i feel like it will be a HUGE disadvantage to rooters and another way for sprint to **** with me and take more money out my pocket if my phone gets screwed up if motorola werent on verizons jock i would wait for them to come out with a lte phone...by the way do you guys think that googles purchase of motorola will eventually lead to a Motorola manufactured Nexus? how awsome would that be
[Motorola Photon 4G] ericdabbs:
Easy choice. The Galaxy Nexus. As much as I love the Photon, people need to look beyond the software UI when choosing a phone. Galaxy Nexus has LTE capability, Photon has Wimax capability. Wimax is on its way out while LTE is on its way in. The LTE footprint by Sprint will be nationwide whereas the Wimax footprint is standing put.

Get the Galaxy Nexus because even joker's rom is stock ICS which is what the galaxy nexus is anyways except you will get LTE capability at some point in the future depending on which market you live in.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MadFlava:
Im with you there. I might be willing to try the Note but at this point, who knows if its coming or not.
[Motorola Photon 4G] halfdriven:
why would they hire him?

And if you look at the amount of sold units between Vz and Sprint you would see why Moto caters to Vz. Sprint is no longer considered an Class A service provider by any OM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] EggSpawn:
photon all the way. with miui its a fantastic phone. and wouldnt trade if for anything. and yes. more is to come with this phone. it can only get better
[Motorola Photon 4G] five40:
How is a less functional phone fantastic? No 4G, no MMS
[Motorola Photon 4G] five40:
My post was in response to the MIUI comment

Sorry I thought I quoted the post.