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[HTC Amaze 4G] gideo:
I'm going to give the n4 16g a shot,even though it has no expandable storage. I am tired of buying phones from T-Mobile I bought my amaze 4 months ago when I dropped my hd2 but out of the box the battery was bad (wouldn't hold a charge)but they were kind enough to let me give them 15 bucks to send me a new one.But I have 4 phones unlimited everything for around 200bucks a month so I'm not going to a different carrier,But I'm not giving them anymore money for phones(except the note2 that my wife wants....I don't like sleeping on the couch)
[HTC Amaze 4G] Diogenes5:
Amaze was one of the last non-samsung phones to have a removable battery and micro sd slot. Its ridiculous.

I would eat up the next non-pentile screen phone to have these 2 features.
[HTC Amaze 4G] daswahnsinn:
I'll be getting the note1 soon, hopefully, it's an AT&T model but it's been unlocked.
[HTC Amaze 4G] SocalTeknique:
Meh I'm sticking with my Amaze till next year. I just can't find another phone that looks and feels great like the Amaze
[HTC Amaze 4G] daswahnsinn:
I wish I could do what you have done. The data speeds that I have around my area is EDGE, so I need that extra storage. You do prove a good valid point though.
[HTC Amaze 4G] b33j7030:
nope! you're not alone on this category... i'm sticking with my Amaze til it breaks down lol... this phone has been great to me (with the exception of battery life ofcourse) but i could always buy an anker.. but i'm not sure which Mah to go with :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Ericdjobs - here is why I need one. I have a nephew who is 8 months old. I record videos and take pix of him left and right. HD videos use a lot of space and I for one do not want to upload a 1gb video on dropbox that is only a few mins long.

Also, if your phone all of a sudden stops turning on, all my data is on my 64gb card. Plug and play. Simple as that. Sure we have all this technology and the cloud, but you can never be too careful. Also, why you I buy a phone with non expandable memory and have my 64GB card that I bought collect dust? Sounds like a terrible investment. As a business major, I think of it differently rather than being a smartphone.

I fix computers as well and I put the software/files I need and use on my memory card because I tend to lose flash drives. As long as I have my phone with me, I can diagnose a computer wherever I go. As I said, I think of it as terms of business as well. If it wasn't for my SD card, I would've lose potential sales/profit.

Everyone has their own reasons and that was mine.

Sent From My HTC Amaze 4G via Someone's Room ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] ericdjobs:
That's true! Some very solid points!

Yeah man, to each their own of course. I was just curious actually... I didn't mean it in any offensive way or anything like that. I was just explaining the shift that happened in my thinking because I used to feel the same way but after the true unlimited I've found that I've completely changed in that regard. I was just curious as to what other people required removable storage for!
[HTC Amaze 4G] aznvi3tric3guy:
Where did you send it in repair? T-Mobile? Or HTC? It seems most amaze has the same problem. Mine is acting up too...
[HTC Amaze 4G] rasstar:
I could never get a nexus 4 to be stuck with a non replaceable battery. I sometimes tether with my phone and always keep a spare battery handy. I didn't like the Galaxy S and there is no way I would want a note. The Amaze works fine for me so I see no need in wasting money on another phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Diogenes5:
Tldr.

Not everyone has unlimited data or good 24/7 reception. I need at least 32 gb.
[HTC Amaze 4G] shuvarts:
Lol... After reading through my thread... I realized I forgot to put one more vote option: "Stick with the Amaze" :laugh:

Can I edit the voting panel and add another option? How can I do it? :silly:
[HTC Amaze 4G] antiquezip:
I hates to be depend on anything - especially the cloud. I'm gonna stick with my Amaze for as long as there are no expandable memory phone :D

Don't asked me what did I do with my memory or why did I need more than 16 Gb, just look at my phone memory status
[HTC Amaze 4G] kusso92:
i am going to stick with my amaze till htc releases a phone in the us for tmobile thats the same as the htc butterfly in japan
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
Sgs3's expandable memory works great :D... and its MUCH nicer than the amaze. Ask any previous amaze user that has owned it (except hasoon2000).

I hear ya on the extsd being a must. I tried tricking myself that I wouldn't need it when I got the one s... that lasted 3 weeks lol

---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 AM ----------

Still no microsd... fugly... and a horrible battery. If you are looking for a phone/tablet hybrid, I like the note2 over the butterfly. Either way they are both too big for my pants pockets.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Haters gon' hate lol. Both my brother's sold their S3s and went back to their Sensation and One S. The S3 in my opinion is a terrible phone. The one thing ill give the S3 is the Bluetooth connectivity. Besides that, I hate it.

Sent From My HTC Amaze 4G via Someone's Room ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] Diogenes5:
Galaxy S3 is newer and has more support which will almost certainly stop after JB is out (it is Samsung after all). You couldn't pay me to put up with that god-awful pentile screen. I don't care what stupid-ass reviewers (who know most of their readers will buy S3's anyways and will be upset if a spade is called a spade with regards to the awful screen) say. The pentile screen on the S3 is just as bad as previous pentile screens and makes reading text a blurry mess. That being said, the S3 has other things going for it such as the amazing battery life and a broad feature set.

But a smart phone is mostly its screen which is why I can't put up with the pentile nonsense. I'm waiting for a phone with a 720p, high-quality LCD screen, removable battery, and micro-sd slot. Most idiot android phonemakers keep getting the idea that they should pull back and start making phones more like the iphone: with no removable battery or storage. If I wanted to have decisions made for me, I would simply buy an iphone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
Lol wow... everyone that sees my sgs3, the first thing they comment on is how beautiful the screen is. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. :rolleyes:

You kinda have a point about development. Samsung has never been known to be the most supportive. But the last few HTC devices I've owned (amaze and one s) have awful build quality, lack features (sgs3 has TONS of goodies), locked bootloaders, tampered bootloaders, wire tricks to s=off (Samsung much easier to customize - can change splash screen, modems, etc right after rooting), craply battery life (i dont ever have to charge my gs3 during the day) and the updates have been.... well... I guess the amaze has sense 3.6 lol.

Again... I guess everyone has their own taste ;)

I used to be a big HTC fanboy, but they have fallen off.
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
that's the one thing that still surprises me. Samsung throws everything at you, HTC gives you sense, and a few extras.
[HTC Amaze 4G] takingflight005:
You hit the nail right on the head, man. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who uses their phone like a flash drive, and doesn't want to waste the memory card they have now.

Also, for me, it's the principal of the thing when it comes to cloud storage: For as much as I love Android, and Google as a company....they want to own your information. All your information. The reason they're not including more memory is that they want you to use their cloud services. Why? Because that makes them more money, and because they want to control your data. I hate that thought. My music is just that: MY music. It's not Google's to own. Sometimes, I'm not always going to have the network connectivity to grab that obscure album I didn't think I'd want to listen to all that much. Sometimes, I'm going to be in the middle of the supermarket building, where I can't get any bars, and think "Dang, I'd like to pull up that photo I took of the specific version of <whatever product>, but I can't get to my online albums...."

Not to mention that bull crap response that Matias Duarte gave about MicroSD being old technology and confusing to the customer. That's just a cover story, and total bologna.

I was waiting to give up the Amaze for whatever new Nexus device came out, because I want a pure Android experience, but that plan is now a pile of mental rubble.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
as soon as i get mine im going to root it then play with the stock firmware for a few days. after that, im putting cm10 on that sucker! :p
[HTC Amaze 4G] Y2Ne1:
and me lol most of the phones listed on here is half wack =( im just amazed with my amaze now with 16gb+64gb = ya you do the math i need storage and as far as ram goes there's tons a way to swap sd card ^_^ im not getting a phone till it has 10MP HD cam on it with 3-5MP front facing ^_^ :good: and at least 100GB of storage

p.s F all these new phone with no way to take back cover off =( can we say ((( awkward )))
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
Thats what i did... but went back to wicked rom series because i missed all of the awesome touchwiz features. Sense pushes people to AOSP... not touchwiz (Anymore). Its came a long way since the crappy sgs2 - now that's a phone the Amaze is better than :D

Idk what this means? I have 16+64, 2gb RAM and the rest is mumbled English and Japanese emotions... I think. Have fun!

Again... idk if you're just talking about HTC and LG, Cuz sammy has a removable back cover.
[HTC Amaze 4G] craigtut:
Sweet! I love user design discussions! Which is completely what the Sdcard battle is all about.

My opinion, from a design and marketing standpoint, is that Google made the right call by not including an Sdcard. I know that most everyone here probably hates that fact (including me) but here's reality; if your on Xda posting right now, your one of the more advanced smartphone users. To most smartphone users, having an SD card and internal storage is insanely confusing. They don't understand the concept of having two different storage spaces. All that they understand is that they have text messages, pictures, apps, and songs on a phone. I have friends that are so technologically illiterate, they don't even know how to put music on an iPhone. An Sdcard makes the experience just that much more confusing to tech illiterate people. This leads to the fun part...

I love the fact that Google is finally making the Nexus brand appealing to the mass public, rather than it just being geared as a developer phone! I think that's what I'm most excited for in the new nexus lineup. Hopefully they will run some amazing ads on the internet as well as television to get people to see how brilliant Android can be! I think its been working very well so far with the Nexus 7! Marketing wise, the tech illiterate people make up a greater percentage than us tech geeks that understand everything. It only makes sense to build phones to appeal to that percentage of people.

Just my thoughts, I love what Google is trying to do. I hope they succeed!
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
THIS ^^^ GUY has never lied... GREAT POINTS
[HTC Amaze 4G] antiquezip:
Bold text are points that I'd love to discuss

*1, 4, 5 This right direction helps Google to bring Apple to it's knee - at least closed to ... We've seen Android growth significantly in the past several years. Google were right to geared toward the mass ... Nexus 7 was another example, to gain a solid foundation in an already dominated market by Apple's (tablet)

*6 The Devs/power users community, although small, are an important factor to helps grow the Android eco-system. Taking XDA as an example. XDA were first found based on HTC's customers/phones and HTC started to lock-down their Dev's friendly policy compared with Samsung's - although Samsung starting to go toward that un-friendly policy lately as well - And look at what happened to HTC? Even though they are still making great phone.

Without the Devs community, Android eco-system wouldn't be where is it today. By introduced a so-called "Dev phone" (at least the Nexus brand were understood as a Dev's phone since the beginning) without SD Card expandable option, Google seem to be abandon the Devs' community - psychologically. This community is equally important in term of apps development: inspiration, ideas ...

I agreed that 16Gb is enough for an average user. But for power users, what are we using most on our SD Card? To me, it's Rom zip files and NAND backup. 1 Sense Rom and it's NAND backup almost took up 1 Gb and I'd bet many of us here having more than 1 set (Rom+NAND) at a time on his/her SDcard

Taking the Amaze for example. An average user still be able to use it out-of-the-box WITHOUT having to add another SDCard, but, if you are a Dev or a power user, adding another SDcard is a great option. Hence, goes back to your 3 and 4, if a Nexus device were built with SD Card expandable slot, a tech-illiterate person doesn't have to buy another SDCard and still be able to use his/her phone without any confusing at all - out of the box

Non-removable battery and non-expandable memory seem to be a Dev un-friendly step that Google heading in order to gain the mass, tech-illiterate market, whereas, with just an option to add memory card, they win both world.

Just my 2 cents
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
And although hackers are a small %, it also makes sense for google to not want ppl hacking their devices and software... if our old phones can do what new phones do... why would anyone buy a new phone. Just doesnt make sense
[HTC Amaze 4G] antiquezip:
This. I agreed. Perhaps they learnt this lesson from the HD2 ...

BUT

People still tend to buying the latest piece of hardware whether their phone is less than a year old or 2 years old. It's a need that not many can resisted. Tell me how many pieces of hi-tech toy or smartphone that you're owned right now GG :)

Beside. Hacking phone only improve your phone software. You can not increase a 5Mp camera to 8Mp by hacking.
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
LOL SGS3 is my 3rd this year... but mainly because I was unhappy with the Amaze and One S. Before that I had the mt4g for a year and a half. However... before the mt4g I was getting a new phone every 4-6 months #MajorPhoneWhore :o
[HTC Amaze 4G] rbaruch:
http://www.howardforums.com/content.php/1140-Galaxy-Too-Our-review-of-the-LG-Optimus-G?

Just read the review of the LG Optimus G, and since it has the same hardware as the Nexus 4, it doesn't look like I'll be getting it. Slow/mediocre camera performance, gets hot, mediocre battery life.

I want a straight upgrade going from an amaze, not the same issues (minus the camera, love it on the amaze)
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalUnderground:
THANK YOU! I was looking at the nexus 4 and thought the best part is its a GED and it has quad core. Still no removable battery or sd... and didnt look much better than the galaxy nexus. And its ugly and made by LG.... mytouch q... GROSS!!!

Sent from my Wicked Galaxy S III
[HTC Amaze 4G] the show stopper:
a google device made by lg ?? no way i am buying it. i am gonna stick with my Amaze until i see something better from either sony or htc.
[HTC Amaze 4G] shuvarts:
Are they exactly the same? I was just wondering, since nexus 4 has no LTE; which might give some difference (just hoping)... LTE is not very important for me personally since T-mobile doesn't even have it anyway and I heard that LTE drains battery really fast... So, other than the LTE thing, is everything else pretty much the same?

Edit: I just looked at the HTC J Butterfly; and now, I kinda wish the international version (HTC DLX which supposed to have larger battery, 12MP camera, and microSD slot - pretty much almost everything I want lol) is coming to T-Mobile.... But, it seems like it's only coming to Verizon in the US :(.... If this thing comes to T-Mobile, I'd most likely get this one instead :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKioFLow:
I rooted my phone a year or two back, thinking Clockwork mod would run fine and i could flash new roms onto my G2. Turns out it required S off, and i just looked into it and all the guides are outdated, and the updated ones are telling me to use gfree. Problem is, im being paranoid and since the guides on gfree have nothing on visionary and what to do with it i have no clue on what to do. Ive read to delete visionary and flash a stock rom onto my phone. What should i do? Should i just continue and use gfree and radio s off my phone? Or should i restock to the official stock for my phone and use gfree?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nipqer:
if you uninstall visionary, gfree should be able to work fine.

if for any reason something goes wrong, you'll be able to flash a stock rom anyway to fix it.

but if you want to make extra sure right from the start, go with flashing a stock rom first.

-Nipqer
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] LordJeremy:
Hi all,

When some app is asking for permission from superuser, it keeps repeating the question even though i checked the remember box.

How do I fix this.

I've searched for this question with 'superuser'
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] RazOne:
Update SU Binary or reinstall Superuser.. If this doesn't work. Delete superuser and install supersu and after that update SU binary.

Hope it works

RazOne @ XDA
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] LordJeremy:
Managed to fix it by force updating the su binary, thank you for your time
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amzi:
Im getting some horrible battery life on miui is there another kernel i could use? any tips? my kernnel is 3.0.44-cuanogenmod-gb59923bblinky-ghost#cyanogenmod) #1 SMP PREEMPT SUN oct 14 02:25:20 PDT 2012

im running a 2.10.12 miui version with i747UCLH9 baseband and battery life is just horrible i tried reflashing i did do a clean install. soo other then that this rom is great but i really need help with battery tweaks with miui or hints if any.. Thanks..

EDIT: currently using the system tuner app from playstore and set my cpu at702 at max and min on 384 MHz. any other cpu controlling apps that are bettter?
[Galaxy S III General] crashck:
I saw today that the nexus 4 was released and it's only 300....In my area I could sell my gs3 for 500 instantly... What are the pros and cons to getting the nexus over my GS3
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
I probably won't, Nexus 4 looks nice but LG, I hate LG.
[Galaxy S III General] Northern-Loop:
Pros,

Not Samsung - Source code available?

Cons

Slightly smaller screen? Though its only .1"

16GB fixed storage is the biggie for me

Full Spec

Tech Specs

SCREEN

4.7" diagonal

1280 x 768 pixel resolution (320 ppi)

WXGA IPS

Corning(R) Gorilla(R) Glass 2

CPU

Qualcomm Snapdragon(TM) S4 Pro

SIZE

133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm

WEIGHT

139g

CAMERAS

8 MP (main)

1.3 MP (front)

NETWORK

Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+

GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz)

HSPA+ 21

MEMORY

16 GB internal storage (actual formatted capacity will be less)

2 GB RAM

CONNECTIVITY

Micro USB

SlimPort HDMI

3.5mm headphone jack

WIRELESS

Wireless charging

WiFi 802.11 b/g/n

NFC (Android Beam)

Bluetooth

BATTERY

2,100 mAh Lithium polymer

OS

Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)

SENSORS

Microphone

Accelerometer

Compass

Ambient light

Gyroscope

Barometer

GPS
[Galaxy S III General] brian6685:
I'm also debating selling my s3 for the nexus 4. Especially if we can't get the sources from Samsung soon because we won't be able to run 4.2 smoothly without.
[Galaxy S III General] Mimsy:
I think I will have to pass on this one. N4 seems really nice, but 16GB without micro-SD is ridiculous.
[Galaxy S III General] dsmpampis:
I think the galaxy s3 i9305 with LTE and 2gb ram is better!
[Galaxy S III General] kyle1b1:
I'm going!
[Galaxy S III General] insomnia:
I am tempted.... but not sure. yet.
[Galaxy S III General] Erahgon:
No SD card slot eh? WHY GOOGLE WHY?!?!?!?!
[Galaxy S III General] Northern-Loop:
Its in their buzz word of the eco system blah blah blah.

Hate buzz words!
[Galaxy S III General] woodback:
i will never ever get a LG phone again. ask anyone who got a lg optimus 2x or 3d. there software and updates are ****
[Galaxy S III General] brian6685:
The updates won't be coming from LG, they will be directly from google.
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
I want to get rid of my s3 im hating the software updates and the fact its not stock its all that touchwizz crap. how much an s3's go for unlocked?
[Galaxy S III General] mcbyte_it:
I just ordered my S3, it will arrive in a day or 2 (europe unlocked version for €490), but this Nexus 4 seems tempting, but first we have to see it in the wild.
[Galaxy S III General] Kickasskev:
100% correct, i was punished with lgo2x
[Galaxy S III General] GuestK00431:
Yep im moving over to the N4 - want stock and the support from Google.
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
thats all i want is a nice stock feel and knowing ill get ota when google releases it. i was apauled with how the s3 got jelly bean branded got it before the unlocked did
[Galaxy S III General] danielsf:
I probably won't sell my s3 as the main reason I like the s3 because the huge screen, I have used the HTC one x and 0.1inch is noticeable and with the on screen buttons taking up a good amount of the screen on the nexus 4, it shoots up a bit of a problem. I have terrible vision without glasses even though I am 18 :) and with the s3, it is the first device I can use without glasses. Also storage, google doesnt have google music in the uk and i have over 12GB of music on my phone and numerous games and video. I have filled a 32gb micro SD card and most of my internal 16gb on my s3, 16gb by it self just isnt enough for me. I am though planning to sell my galaxy s2 and galaxy tab 10.1 to get that new nexus 10 32gb. That screen and GPU look like a beast :D
[Galaxy S III General] dumb donkey:
I'm just waiting to see what the cameras like (after the appalling low light pics of the last nexus) then I'm all over the nexus 4.

Well... I'll let a few people on here get it first and see what faults it has first, and maybe wait till they have been fixed... But then I'm all over that nexus!
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
i read earlier that google music is coming to the uk with the nexus 4 release and if not just use a vpn to sign up for it now
[Galaxy S III General] disclaimernotice:
For 200+ dollars, the Nexus 4 is practically a steal. I wouldn't sell my S3 for it, but I'd defnitely consider getting it as a second device.
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
Good to see some more people speaking sense on here. Thought the thread had turned in to people *****ing about LG and lack of SD cards . Google has already explained why they've removed sd support for nexus devices on numerous occasions. It would be nice to have more storage but never use all of a 16GB S3 as it is. I really don;'t understand how people can game on these devices anyway, the screen is far too small to game properly and touch is really not a great control system for allot of games. Plus I hate my thumbs getting in the way of the onscreen action!

If you'd watched the numerous videos from Google and others you'd know that the LG engineering team were based in Googles offices during the entire design process. Google also say this is the closest collaboration yet on a Nexus device. I'm sure Google will be making there own p[hones via Motorola eventually but these things take time.
[Galaxy S III General] toptekjon:
The updates would come directly from Google though, correct?

LG should have absolutely nothing to do with this phone after it's delivered to you.
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
Yeah Nexus is always basically just a Google device so Google can show off the latest OS first and always remove external memory to gradually get people used to not having enough memory and using their Cloud services which Google makes money from, and the only thing LG does is deal with warranty claims.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
You seem like an awfully sad lad, Lad.