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[General Questions and Answers] BurttPlugg:
Looking for a Replacement for my Droid xt912

Basically my phone has got to be so slow it's unusable for the most part. Unlocking the screen and bringing up touchdown takes 30-45 seconds.

I want to get something similar to it, but with more ram (as much as i can get).

I need to run:

k9mail (4 imap accounts)

touchdown (work)

contacts/calander synced to active sync (k9 does my email since the android built in email client does not work well)

Firefox web browser

pandora

camera application

wifi-teather with out extra charges

ringcentral app for side business

SNTP app to sync the clock (need root)

Must have's

Verizon wireless support for LTE

GSM/UMTS support along with CDMA/EvDO

unlocked (not just for every other non MCC 310 (US) carrier), I want to be able to install my work phone sim in it (it's an AT&T wireless sim) when I travel internationally since work has an unlimited international data plan. I don't need LTE support for this, but want 3g (WCDMA).

I have an Iphone for work on ATT, but use my personal phone so I don't have to carry 2 phones. I can't get the work to pay for it unless it's a supported device, so when I go international I swap my call forwarding from one to the other.

I also work internationally (in telecom believe it or not), and want to be able to put a prepaid or "golden" sim in it.

I'd like to have an SD card slot

Good battery is a must, the Droid lasts about 8-10 hours, which is usable (not great). The first android based phone I had, google nexus, would last about 1.5-2 hours, just sitting idle. This has me shying away from the samsung phones as I can't afford to take another risk on this.

Most importantly I don't need 50 unremovable apps, or a phone I can't have root access on. If I'm paying 700 to 800 dollars for a phone I want access to do what I want with it.

I want to be able to take a picture in 1-2 seconds if possible, no 60-90 second wait for the OS to respond.

Any ideas what I should be looking for?

I'll be buying it retail, not subsided since I have unlimited data on VZW.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] battouter:
sony xperia v is also a good buy.
[General Questions and Answers] 19pl92:
Hi I currently am a owner of a htc evo 3d and in December I would like to change it to htc one or htc one google edition .. Which one do you recommend??Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
Go for the normal one, just because vanilla androids doesn't fit the looks of the One. Sense look better on it.
[General Questions and Answers] 19pl92:
but if I buy a htc one later I can turn it into a google edition when htc will not release more updates??
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
Yes offcourse
[General Questions and Answers] ryukiri:
Hi, so basically, I want a phone that's semi-future proof (hoping it'll last more than 2 years with a custom rom or something)..and I'm not sure what to pick. Removable battery and microSD cards are a must for me so now its either down to the Note 3 or the S4. I could also wait for the S5 but do you guys think that Android will turn 64 bit anytime soon? I'm scared that when Android turns 64 bit and all the devs make 64 bit apps, the S4 or Note 3 won't be able to download any apps. Also, I want something fast and fluid for daily use and I don't really know if you can feel a big difference between the Snapdragon 600 and 800. Price is also a factor, but all the other stuff comes first. So tell me what you guys think :) Thanks~
[General Questions and Answers] fredpel:
Hello,

I'm considering an upgrade over my Nexus S, that's quite sluggish and take pictures like ****.

Bugdet is 250€ - 300€ (preferably the former)

Must have:

- good camera

- screen at least 4.3

- one-hand usage (I think 4.7" screen is on the edge)

- thinness is welcome

I don't need exceptional gaming perfomance, nor LTE

I'm liking the Oppo R819, can I find something better for the same price?
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
Nexus 4 ^^^
[General Questions and Answers] fredpel:
I often read it has a quite poor camera

Inviato dal mio Nexus S con Tapatalk 4
[General Questions and Answers] Tablets:
Hi guys,

I'm looking for an android tablet 7-10 inch. I want to develop android apps and test them, not really into the rooting and rom thing but it could be a plus. Low price is good, looking to spend around 250€. Latest android version and updates appreciated.

I was thinking new nexus 7 but don't like reboot, multitouch issues. Also thinking asus memo pad hd 7 but not sure.

Any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] LinearEquation:
Don't know if a quality tablet can be found for that price. Maybe a nice kitchen table tablet. You may want to look at Swappa on here. Might find something worth owning for a decent price. As for new top shelf quality, not much there in your price range.
[General Questions and Answers] Sangeet007:
it would be better if u go for samsung galaxy tab 2 or tab 3.

;)
[General Questions and Answers] Tablets:
Thanks for the suggestions. Tomorrow I'll check them :good:
[General Questions and Answers] mc704:
Hey Folks,

I am looking to ditch my current service provider for Straight Talk (which uses AT&T network I believe).

I have the option from picking a T-Mobile HTC One or Verizon Galaxy S4.

They both are priced exactly the same (buying from relatives)

From my understanding, the T-Mobile HTC One has bands for LTE network on Straight Talk but the Verizon Galaxy S4 (Only has HSPA+ for AT&T network)

Which one would you guys recommend me getting? I mainly call,text, with the occasional game & media streaming. Battery life is important to me and so is build quality and SPEED.
[General Questions and Answers] Jens Hoffmann:
Usage

Hi Ka-La!

I think the main question here is: what would you use your Tabet for?

The Nexus 7 is a Beast for Multi-Media like Movies or Games and it just kills all Benchmarks.

The Microsoft Surface is awesome if you use it to Study or work with the great Office functions.

I love both of them because I own them both.

Now it's your Decision... Or have you already bought one?

Greetz - Jens Hoffmann
[General Questions and Answers] lhuge:
HTC One best choice for 1st Android phone?

I'm ditching my iPhone after three years of hacking, jailbreaking, etc. I wouldn't want to deal with a non-jailbroken iPhone, and things look dicey on the JB front going forward into iOS 7+. Plus I'm old enough to start having problems with the iPhone's smaller screen.

I think I'm getting the HTC One, because of reviews I've read ... I like the look&feel of it, the good speakers are appealing to me, and the downsides I'm aware of (no SD card or removable battery) don't seem that bad to me.

I've heard that the Nexus 5 is probably coming out in a week, so I'm interested in that, but nothing has made me think that it would blow the HTC One out of the water.

I'm writing this to (1) ask if there's anything else I should be thinking of in choosing my first Android phone, and (2) ask for help with choosing between (US) carriers.

I'm with AT&T now but have had a pretty bad time with them. I have heard that Sprint generally performs very badly in terms of 4G connection. That leaves Verizon & T-Mobile. Any advice there?

I'd like to be able to root & unlock my phone, which it seems is easier on T-Mobile, but it sounds like that will probably get worked out eventually as the Verizon bootloader issue gets worked out. I really like the blue phone, which is only available on Verizon, but that seems like a shallow reason to choose a carrier.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] deltaforce936:
I would like LG optimus G2 :)
[General Questions and Answers] spb11:
Hi guys,

I'm looking for an android tablet and GPS. What about Prestigio GV7777 ?

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This is the best choice. Reality!
[General Questions and Answers] thedesmodes:
I am looking to get a powerful tablet with a good screen and a large amount of storage, I was looking at the nexus 7 but I am not sure.
[General Questions and Answers] Rimas432:
Hello guys! Xperia SP or Ascend P6? What should i get?
[General Questions and Answers] i9100g user:
New nexus 7 is the way to go ,I am considering it .

Or you can wait for new nexus 10 announcing on 14th october
[General Questions and Answers] Zvezdica:
Advice about phones

Hey all :)

Here is the list of some phones and there prices at my mobile provider:

Samsung Galaxy Express 216€

Htc Desire 601 240€

LG Optimus 4X HD 240€

Nokia Lumia 920 240€ (not sure if still availble)

Huawei Ascend P6 288€

LG Optimus G 288€

Sony Experia SP 288€

What is the best choose for the money.

Thanks for help in advance
[General Questions and Answers] stxfreak:
Galaxy S4 or Lg G2

Hey there,

I'm new to the forums so i hope i put this in the right thread.

I'm about to get an upgrade from my provider (tmobile germany) and im unsure what to get. I'm a previous iPhone user (4s currently) and im tired of it. Android seemed more and more appealing to me and so it will be one of the new devices. Currently I'm not sure if I should get a s4 or a lg g2. The g2 is just available with 16gb storage (provider) but i always had 16gb iphones and never a problem with the storage. My main demands on the device are the best possible screen, fairly easy repairs when it comes to broken screens (yeah, sadly that happened to me often), a somewhat sturdy phone (i use it as a daily music-device, at work and sports) and something i can play around with alot when in terms of custom roms which i never did in the past but planning to do as it seems very interesting to me. The main usage as i said will be as a music-device (spotify), for watching videos and as a regular phone, not so much as a gaming device.

#edit: The phone should do its best for the next 2 years, as thats the period my upgrades are coming in.

I hope you can help me out here,

thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] chusebizen:
Hi,

I actually have a Galaxy S2.

It's a nice phone, but I think its time is getting over. Samsung will never update it.

I'm thinking to get a new one.

Which one you will recommend? Stick on samsung?, LG? Nexus?

Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] yousef8824:
Wait for nexus 5

sent from my UNLOCKED gt-s5360 using the XDA app

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Optimus g is the best in the list

sent from my UNLOCKED gt-s5360 using the XDA app
[General Questions and Answers] thedesmodes:
thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] Zvezdica:
Thanks :)
[General Questions and Answers] jcsy:
hi guys,

recently my HD2's touch screen failed on me and im looking to get a new Windows Phone device, for cheap

I was using Windows phone 7.8 really decently (I have an Android primarily)

I was scouring the web for a cheap Windows Phone 8 perhaps, and I was looking at Lumia 620 and 520, but both didnt seem like they were "unlockable" on XDA

i really prefer having root manager + XAP installers

any suggestions for a cheap hackable device?
[General Questions and Answers] shawnhalu:
ok thank mate, but i got the Z1 already :)
[General Questions and Answers] Kendosis:
I'd like to know which of these are better specs, I'm completely clueless about phone hardware xD.

Phone 1 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 8225Q quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz

Phone 2 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8930 dual-core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz Krait

PS. I'll be using the phone for normal usage no games or anything like that, I just want to make sure there won't be any lag when scrolling through the home screen and menus.
[General Questions and Answers] Felimenta97:
Both appears to have the same architecture from Qualcomm... Phone 2 has a newer processor, but a lower end compared to phone 1. But, Erm, could you tell us which phone are them? Processor isn't the only thing. I mean, a phone with a clean and optimized software and the slower processor can be better than a one with bad, full of trash, not optimized software and the faster processor...
[General Questions and Answers] Kendosis:
Phone 1 is the Faea F1 and Phone 2 is the HTC First.
[General Questions and Answers] gromky:
Xiaomi

I'm about to buy a secondhand Xiaomi M2, I think. My Desire Z just turned itself off this afternoon and won't come back on and the charge light won't go on when I plug it in. So, I'm getting a newer phone, and Xiaomi seems like just the thing. But I searched and there's no forum for it here, where can I talk about this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Kendosis:
Xiaomi has an English forum that's pretty active, just google it. You'll find tons of recovery/roms/mods there for various Xiaomi phones.
[General Questions and Answers] conanecu:
New Custom Rom

Hello, this is my very first post on this forum :)

I have in plan to buy in 2014 spring a new phone, THL W300 or ZOPO ZP990.

There is a posibility that xda team to make custom rom's for this phones ? Because this is the online reason that will make me buy it.

Untill my new phone, many thanks for your tutorials and helps for my actually motorola defy.

Have a nice day to you all.
[General Questions and Answers] shanky76:
Please Suggest which one I Should choose out of these Dual SIM

Hi All,

Could you please suggest me the best phone among these shortlisted please.

ONN Tiger V8

UMI X2

Zopo Z990

THL 200

My Budget is only $200 to $250 ..Any other brand (Dual SIM)which has a good development on XDA ..Please suggest
[General Questions and Answers] conanecu:
Zopo ZP990 :) but is beyond your budget
[General Questions and Answers] Kendosis:
Both Zopo and Thl have a decent amount of custom roms, MIUI is ported on both already so you should just go with which one you think looks better lol.

You should check out the Faea F2S it cost $250, it has an official English site with lots of recoverys/roms/mods for it already and you can buy it from the company's main website which means you don't have to worry about gettings fakes and such.

Another one you should check out is the iOcean x7, it's my main device at the moment. It doesn't have too much development going on for it but MIUI and CM are already ported to it which is good enough for me lol, it cost $219 for the 1gb/4rom version and $299 for the 2gb/32rom version.
[General Questions and Answers] jirald:
is the difference between HTC One X and X+ noticeable?
[General Questions and Answers] jcsy:
Anyone?

BTW I might fix the screen at a local shop, for like 70 USD

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Tapatalked from my HTC EVO 3D GSM

CM10.2 | 5Oct2013

Mirage kernel | CFQ

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[General Questions and Answers] issak42:
Half a year is light years in phone world. Wait until spring and decide again, new phone right now is almost obsolete in 6 months.
[General Questions and Answers] TiTAN-O-One:
Im getting the Elite version (2gb/32rom). Where did you buy yours? I heard many scams abt FCT :((
[General Questions and Answers] Kendosis:
I got mines from dhgate, the exact link is:

http://www.dhgate.com/product/original-iocean-x7-turbo-plus-5-0-inch-fhd/169169459.html

I usually try to avoid buying chinese phones tho since most of them are scams lol.
[General Questions and Answers] TiTAN-O-One:
What does it come with? Sorry many qns :o

CyanogenMod® :D
[General Questions and Answers] Kendosis:
The basic stuff, charger, usb cable, car charger, battery, headphones, screen protectors, black clear case and some other stuff, it also comes rooted already :)
[General Questions and Answers] Bifur1:
Need help deciding on upgrade

Hey everyone,

I've been looking and researching all sorts of different phones to upgrade my HTC Vision. I got this phone back in 2009 or 2010 and it has been awesome over the years. However its dated specs just cannot keep up with jelly bean, etc. I love the feel and size of it still and I'm afraid a S4 or other "massive" phone will disappoint me. I'm also looking for something that has a removeable battery as I keep my phones for a couple years and try to put a new battery in every year or so. Im sure any phone this year is a major boost vs my Vision but researching so much i always find negatives and decide against it. I also use tmobile as my phone provider.

I have even considered *gasp* the iPhone 5s but I prefer custom ROMs for better stability and flexibility.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] abdel12345:
The xperia z maybe? Or one of the newer ones like xperia zl or sp. They all seem great and each has its own strengths but id go with any of those. (Personally im waiting for the nexus 5, but it doesnt gave removable battery like you wanted). Ive been about 2 1/2 months witjout a phone waiting for nexus 5 so unless a better phone comes out this month for the sane price im going with that.

Sent from my LG-P970g
[General Questions and Answers] backudog:
Hi! Im due an upgrade on my O2 contract but cant decide which phone to go for, i have an HTC One X at the moment and am considering either a HTC One, a Samsung Galaxy S4, a LG G2 or Iphone 5s. I dont really use my phone AS A PHONE more as a camera, media player, internet/facebook browser etc, so each of the other phones have thier pros and cons when compared to my ONE X,

HTC ONE

Pros: Cons:

faster, camera not as good (4 ultrapixels or whatever they call it)

more memory,

better screen,

better speakers.

slo-mo video recording.

Samsung Galaxy S4

faster

more memory screen not as good as HTC ONE from reviews ive read

better screen speakers not as good as HTC ONE

better camera plasticky build?

microSD card support

slo-mo video recording

LG G2

Speedy cpu (faster than S4 and ONE) bit of an unknown to me?

(Are LG phones any good normally?)

more memory plasticky build

better camera volume and lock buttons are on the back?! (might be a tad fiddly?)

not sure if it does slo-mo?

Iphone 5s

nice build screen not as hd or as big as others

faster (64bit cpu) camera not as good as others

more memory unless jailbroken limited customization options

Bigger selection of apps (some exclusive to ios?)

lol, basically i want a phone that has the speed of the LG G2 (or possibly the 64bit cpu of the iphone 5s), with the speakers and screen of the HTC ONE, and the memory of the Galaxy s4 or HTC ONE, with the build quality of the Iphone 5s! which would you guys n gals recommend?

ta in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] issak42:
HTC one: crappy camera. It lacks detail, and it's low light performance doesn't justify that. HTC one camera is bad.

Do you really need speakers on the phone? It's meant for ringtone and some sounds when playing angry birds, for everything else you have headphones. Unless you're one of those annoying people on the bus/train blasting crappy music on their phone. slo-mo video recording is nifty, but not very usefu..

S4 is faking benchmarking tests. Google it, don't trust benchmarking tests. Yes, it's plastic, but you are probably going to stick it into a 2$ plastic case from ebay anyway.

LG G2 has the crappiest software of them all, the hardware is very powerful, but software makes it look and feel like a toy. Buttons on the back I like though, imagine it on your phone, see what's easier. You can turn the display on with tapping on the screen I think. Plastic, case, ebay :) Also the camera is not really all that good, 8MP lumia makes better photos than 13MP G2.

iPhone: oh well... 64 bit is a marketing trick. It doesn't make processor 'faster', it's just capable of addressing more memory (over 3GB), which it doesn't have anyway. Don't fall for it. However, iPhones have always been fast and smooth because of good software/hardware integration. You have to live with the stupid fingerprint scanner and whole iWorld. Screen has lower resolution, but you can't really tell the difference between 720 and 1080 anyway, I'm running a 23" LCD monitor with 1080p resolution. If nothing else, more pixels on the screen = more battery consumption.

Bigger selection of apps: yes, but how many good ones? Who cares if there is 20000000 apps in the store when only top 250 are actually being used and top 30 are the ones used by most people. And those 30 apps are also available on android, and if there is no 'official' app, there is a 3rd party app which does the same and sometimes even better.

I assume you are not interested in windows phone? If you don't mind it, the lumia 1020 has the best camera on the phone ever, and the 925 is aluminium built, feels very premuim, with amazing screen and camera, and one of the best touchscreens out there. but there is no official instagram of course, so the whole platform is cr4p /sarcasm
[General Questions and Answers] conanecu:
I don't know why, but I am into just 2 brands of phones. Zopo and THL. you are wright about scams about fastcardtech, and i found this trustfully sites (i hope)

zopomobileshop .com and thlmobileshop .com

I do not know if these are official websites, but they appear ok.

When i will decide what phone to buy, i will buy it from one of those websites
[General Questions and Answers] Pow35:
Great site... Thanks for all the posting... saved me hours of research
[General Questions and Answers] i9100g user:
G2,Htc one are also "cheating" in benchmarks, a much more insightfull piece of text from anandtech

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7384/state-of-cheating-in-android-benchmarks

If I had to take one of them ,then it would be the G2 because of s800 and battery life.(or note 3)
[General Questions and Answers] issak42:
Yes, yes, they all are, that's what I meant by 'don't trust benchmarks', I meant don't trust any, for any device, but I was a bit in a hurry so it came out wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] jcsy:
Google top 20 phones 2013 and a site named tech radar will come up

Read them to get a decent feel of all the phones

Lg g2 is actually 2nd place, if I'm not mistaken

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Tapatalked from my HTC EVO 3D GSM

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Mirage kernel | CFQ

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[General Questions and Answers] zomgitsanoob:
Last 2 phones have been cricket hts Desire c and one sv. Both piss me off with s-on and bloat. what phones /carriers are good for getting s-off and cyanogenmod (or other custom roms with full root)? I hate bloatware, I hate boot animations, i hate startup sounds, i like experimenting with roms and options and settings.
[General Questions and Answers] Cygforom:
Nexus 4, Xperia Z or HTC Butterfly

Im trying to decide between the 3 phones.

Nexus 4

Xperia z

HTC Butterfly

Which is better for music.

If i could get really good music quality on the nexus 4, as compared to sony's walkman or HTC's beats, nexus would prolly go home with me. but thats the tough part, since I have no idea at all. :confused:

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] sukkukikku:
Z
[General Questions and Answers] zomgitsanoob:
If you associate beats with quality, you know nothing about beats ot sound. Beats is crap, ****ty equalize settings that intentionally make your music sound worse when in 'off' mode and distort the sound t

And drown out vox with out of balance bass when in 'on' mode. B

Quality is giid signal to noise ratio and faithful reproduction og the source signal.

It's called high fidelity, or HiFi...

Beats is why I will necer buy another htc device- because they all seem ti have it now
[General Questions and Answers] Alteria:
Hmmmm, a friend of mine can't decide whether to get the Sony Xperia M or Samsung Galaxy Core. Which one is better and why?
[General Questions and Answers] Cygforom:
Any more opinions, looks like HTC is out of the picture. Anyone know which would be better; nexus 4 or XZ?

keep it simple. dont wanna get technical about sound :angel:
[General Questions and Answers] jayc137:
Nexus 4 for me

If you want SD card then go for XZ
[General Questions and Answers] dilster97:
Looking for a phone with a killer camera.

Detail would be my preference cos low light doesn't interest me enough to get a HTC One.

So what phones have the best cameras out their?
[General Questions and Answers] jayc137:
Lumia 1020
[General Questions and Answers] mhoss48:
Galaxy S4, Note 3, Lg G2, i5, i5S , xperia Z1