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[EVO 4G General] Rippley05:
I wouldn't mind the epic once it was able to be rooted and get that horrible launcher the heck off there.

I actually don't like physical keyboard...feels too much like a prepaid texter phone I guess =x just a matter of taste.

I'm absolutely satisfied with the EVO even if I do wish I could change several things about it. For me, I wouldn't change because I would have to pay full price, if I had an upgrade then maybe. I would possibly change to a phone that would get Android updates faster because as we know with the Hero/2.1 debacle, Sense UI makes things rough and even when the hero did get 2.1 ...it was a dumbed down version. I seriously hope our EVOs get better treatment.

Ultimately, I guess you have to maybe play with one and see how it feels to you.
[EVO 4G General] darkfluid:
One word...Samsung. Maybe Samsung will finally redeem themselves to me with this phone, but they have always given their phones poor support after release and in general been really crappy for hardcore enthusiasts. If this phone develops a large user development crowd, you will be safer. Either way your going to have monster hardware, what will the community and the support after the sale be like?
[EVO 4G General] bigdogdan2:
Have you tried swype? If not try it first and give it a few weeks to get used to it.

After using it I feel it makes physical keyboards obsolete.
[EVO 4G General] herbthehammer:
Wasn't this topic beat to death like last week when someone was crying about leaving for an iphone?

Wrong word choice and misspelling courtesy of swype.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Slide-out hardware keyboards are crap in my experience. I will take Swype ANY DAY.

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[EVO 4G General] knives of ice:
who would ever want a physical keyboard again when we have Swype? no way you can type faster on a physical not to mention the extra bulk. with the evo's big screen there is no longer need for a physical keyboard - and this comes from someone who loved the tp2 keyboard.
[EVO 4G General] redrazr7791:
I was thinking the same thing. Just didn't want to say it and get the whole "don't be so mean" response :rolleyes:

Sorry OP, but I wouldn't touch a phone with a physical keyboard anymore. No need when you have a freaking 4.3 inch screen ;)
[EVO 4G General] b1indsided:
Get a second battery,u should get about 8 hours from each at the least. i get at least 10 hours. 1500mhz batteries just arent enough for a 4.3 inch android phone.blame htc for givin us this battery dont blame the phone plz. right now im on 7 hours and 40 minutes with 50% battery left
[EVO 4G General] Mecha2142:
The Droid X apparently has much better battery life than the Evo, and it has a 4.3 display. Then again, that might be due to its 45nm processor vs the 65nm found on the Evo.
[EVO 4G General] b1indsided:
and ive been using a live wallpaper this whole time
[EVO 4G General] b1indsided:
See
[EVO 4G General] OneStepAhead:
don't use your phone much as a phone eh?
[EVO 4G General] Hanson68:
The things I wouldn't want to give up on the Evo are:

The extra .3" of screen size -- it doesn't sound like much, but when you see the two side by side, the Evo screen isn't a little bigger, it's just flat out bigger.

I like Sense, and the home screen and app screen layouts are more my style.

The GPS on the Galaxy phones are reportedly poor. They lock on fewer satellites than the Evo does and are slow to do so.

I had a slider on the TP2, and I rarely used it. The keyboard on the 4.3" screen makes a physical keyboard only helpful in specific situations, and even RDP is fully functional and usable even without a physical keyboard. So I'd rather not have it and save on the bulk.

I also have zero interest in 3d gaming on the phone, so the 3d capabilities of the Hummingbird hold little interest for me. YMMV.
[EVO 4G General] b1indsided:
not today been sittin at home just texting mostly and some pandora and a homerun challenge orcourse and a few auto syncs
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
It really is up to you. Both are great phones. Personally I would go with the Evo. I wouldn't mind having the Samsung either though. :)

AFAIK all the Galaxy phones have been rooted no? Rooting the Epic shouldn't be much harder. Since the Evo has had such good development and a little experience with WiMax, should be easy to port over that development.
[EVO 4G General] EtherealRemnant:
I am mulling over the same decision right now...

The big drawback for me is the display on the Epic... while it is true it is S-AMOLED and should provide more vibrant colors and such, the display itself is subject to burn in (not as much as AMOLED but still there) and the tech they use in the display makes it like half the effective resolution of what it really is... I can't remember the name of it right now... Its somewhere on the forums. I have seen a Galaxy S screen next to my Evo and its vibrant and bright but my Evo (Epson panel) is easier to see outdoors and text is much crisper on it.

Second, its a Samsung. I have never liked a single Samsung product I've tried from their TVs to their cell phones. While I would like to have a physical keyboard, the lack of support Samsung gives to their products sucks.

Third, yes the hummingbird and SGX540 absolutely spank everything else on the market right now... but dual-core snapdragons are coming and so is Tegra2. I would rather wait and see what happens than just jump from a phone that's working perfectly fine to another one with better specs... Only to kick myself in the balls come Christmas time.

Lastly, Sprint chopped the 16GB of storage to 2GB in their version which kills a main selling point for me. Internal storage tends to be much faster than a microSD card of ANY size.
[EVO 4G General] amirborna:
The cyanogenmod will never be on the Galaxy S.

The Galaxy S will never be as snappy as the Evo.

And yes the hummingbird processor is much better than snapdragon and yes it does do graphics much better, but I'm running PSX4Droid right now FF7 maxed out what else more do you want from a phone lol...

Have fun supporting PS2 graphics...too bad nobody is developing anything and good luck when the phone comes out rooting / flashing custom roms.

But hey the phone is great you wouldn't be wrong getting it either but currently the evo looks better.
[EVO 4G General] EtherealRemnant:
When did Cyanogen say he won't release for the Galaxy S? Its a HUGE market base for Android since EVERY carrier will have a variant...

EDIT: Looking at the various Galaxy forums it looks like a community FroYo isn't going to be easy since the hardware info won't even boot in the emulator... Guess you're right.

But one more reason to get the Epic - it supports a crap ton of codecs out of the box and won't require most video files to be converted unlike the Evo.
[EVO 4G General] mayurolla:
Samsung is notorious for not supporting their devices after launch. Just look at Behold II users, Samsung promised 2.0/2.1 on video, then later pulled the video to remove any evidence of them saying that.

It's a great phone, just don't expect it to be supported down the road.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
The Galaxy S is listed as one of the supported CM6 devices.

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[EVO 4G General] hydralisk:
I'm not going to convince you to do that. Barring some act of God, I will be getting the Epic when it's released.

So far, the Epic looks better on paper (to me) than the EVO. I'm also newer to android so I don't know much about Samsung. What I like about the Epic:

The keyboard. It doesn't appeal to everyone... but it appeals to me. I love touch screen phones for everyone except typing. It's great when I try and type slower... but the second I go fast, I **** up and misspell everything. I could FLY on a blackberry curve. On the EVO... I'm slow as ****. I'm thinking the keyboard will also be nice for emulator games when I don't have a wii controller with me.

The screen: I hear so many good things about it. I think I have to see it for myself though. 4" isn't that much smaller than 4.3". I think I can manage.

The processor: The hummingbird blows snapdragons out of the water. This is probably one of my biggest complaints about the EVO. 6 months newer than the Nexus One yet... the same speed processor.

Obviously, touchwiz is terrible compared to Sense... but I'm currently running CM6. I'll probably throw launcher pro on the Epic as soon as I get it anyway.
[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
Make up your own mind
[EVO 4G General] fldash:
I hate to bump this thread, but with the confirmation the Epic will be release on the 20th, I'll be within my 30 day window. There are obviously Pros and Cons to each device, but I can't decide which Pros and Cons are better to me...

Epic Pros

- Processor (#1 pro for me, less battery drain, blows the EVO CPU away)

- S-AMOLED (Great display, less battery drain)

- Battery life

Epic Push

- Keyboard (could be useful occasionally, but also worried about it coming 'loose' after time though and sliding out too easy)

Epic Cons

- S-AMOLED Resolution

- .3" less screen space (10%!)

- Samsung support

EVO Pros

- 4.3" display

- Development Community (I think this community will always blow away the Galaxy one)

EVO Cons

- Aging CPU

- Poor battery life (in most cases)

It's such a tough decision...
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
yea i prefer the evo i came from all sorts of brands and finally found the one i like
[EVO 4G General] jamerican413:
I really don't understand how you can make a decision based on paper stats, but if you can - hey, bless you. If you have the money to blow chasing the latest (and not necessarily) greatest, you're going to be very busy. Forget about having the shiniest toy on the block and concentrate on what meets your needs. No one need talk you into or out of anything. It astounds me how many people seem to have their egos attached to a cellphone (or any electronic device) where they have to try to look like a "hero" by getting the next newest and fastest and biggest and... But hey, do you.
[EVO 4G General] fldash:
I'm guessing this is directed at me? I'm not trying to chase the latest and greatest technology, I'm trying to weigh my options on getting what's going to be the most future proof since I'll be lugging it around for 2 years.

I'm a technology geek, it's what we do. When I build a PC, I don't go for the latest and greatest, I'm able to do tons of research and get parts that are at an optimum price/performance ratio and last a long time without a premium. Since you can't really apply this to cell phones, I have to take a different angle and figure out what's available at my time of purchase, and what may be available in the immediate (read 30 day future).

Ultimately though, when I think about it, the ONLY pro the Galaxy line has over the EVO to me is the processor. I don't know how much I'll game on it, so it may be a moot point, I've never gamed on my HTC Touch Vogue (can you even?).
[EVO 4G General] stolirocks:
Why? I love my EVO and you getting a diff phone means nothing to me or Sprint. Do what you want.
[EVO 4G General] jmlott:
My only input comes from a tweet Koush sent out earlier today:

"What a trainwreck. Samsung Galaxy S stores all apps and data on an internal SD card (rather than flash). Major system hangs due to slow r/w. "

That's a pretty major fail in my book.
[EVO 4G General] fldash:
jmlott, yep, that's definitely another major con. I think my decision is already made. The only thing I like better on the Epic is the processor...I don't think it will kill me to have the Snap for a few years.q
[EVO 4G General] ForrelZ:
Not obvious at ALL, TouchWiz 3.0 is alot nicer than Sense, unless you try it in person and get to play with it don't judge it.
[EVO 4G General] tdusen:
If you're at all interested in using the GPS, avoid the Galaxy phones. They all have a problem locking the position, and the compass is erratic and laggy.

I had a Captivate for 3 weeks. I switched to the EVO 4 days ago. The GPS is as accurate as my G1. IMO, the EVO is the way to go.
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
Every time I see a "convince me to keep my EVO" thread all I can think is "please, get rid of your EVO, get whatever the hell else you have in mind and stfu"

The EVO is freaking awesome. If you dont appreciate what an amazing device it is then sell it to someone who will. And please, please don't come back when you realize what a mistake you made and whine about it.

Your decision to leave the EVO has no bearing on my life whatsoever, I could give a crap what you do. I'm only posting this because I'm bored and grumpy...
[EVO 4G General] phillycreamboy:
I hear the galaxy phones have system hangs from sd card storage for system files. Hang from slow rw.
[EVO 4G General] garyfunk:
So much for me posting. I agree with you.
[EVO 4G General] holob:
It's really more than 10% smaller, closer to 15% (like 14%ish) when done by area, for the same reason a 12" pizza is 4x the size of a 6" pizza. As screens get bigger, each additional inch adds considerably more area. It will be very noticably smaller.

Also the battery savings of froyo may way outweigh the battery savings of that newer processor.
[EVO 4G General] heygrl:
There is nothing wrong with the apps/data being stored on the internal SD. Internal SD is very speedy, confirmed with a read/write test. On par with my Class 6 SD card, that and people running a "lag fix" with Class 2 MSD cards have no problems with speed either..
[EVO 4G General] LordLugard:
And so when the Epic get's it's own Froyo down the road as promised by Sprint and Samsung, isn't it going to be even faster than the Evo is right now with froyo?

Before the Evo launched, all we had to go on were it's specs on paper which made folks moist with delight, and now some posters above are dinging the fact that others are moistening at the Epic 4G's specs on the same paper.

I've played extensively with the Evo (skipped it) and came away more disappointed than not because of several things already mentioned here (battery life, laggy...) so i'm keeping an open mind on the Epic.

When it comes out and we get the chance to fondle it for all it's worth then we'll know for sure. For right now, all we have to go on are it's specs on paper, and at that i'm liking it a lot, but we'll see.
[EVO 4G General] oxeneers:
I was lucky to get a complimentary EVO at I/O this year, and I still have an upgrade with Sprint. Looking towards getting the Epic unless something else comes up and distracts me. I absolutely hate Samsung for burning Behold II users with their promise for Eclair and coming away shortchanged. That was a lot of bull****... and I never owned the device but I am just pissed they ****ed their users that hard. Oh well.

Anyways the Epic has great specs, yes, but why the hell hasn't Sprint announced a release date yet? And I bet they place it at $199.99 which is going to make it even more difficult to want to get. Ugh.
[EVO 4G General] oikjdfkrjhr:
There's good and bad to that. The good is it will be hard to run into the "internal memory is too low" problem.
[EVO 4G General] edtate:
As others have said, get what meets your needs on a daily basis, not on gimmicks. Whenever it's released, go to a sprint store, take out your Evo and compare it to the Epic FOR YOURSELF; really, paper stats sound good but it's nothing compared to actually holding and feeling the phones for yourself. Other people's opinions shouldn't matter so much; they're not the ones spending the money OR living with the decision you made. Whichever one you feel comfortable with, get.
[Nexus One General] rex450se:
I just received a used Nexus One I purchased and the call volume is insanely low. Of course I was unable to try it out before buying but got a great deal on it. Maybe this is why. I was just wondering what I could do, are there any hacks to increase volume, or should I check on warranty status maybe. It is so low, if there is any background noise I can't hear the other person at all. I work in a construction trade so volume isn't something I can sacrifice. Thanks for your input.

Victor
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
flash a kernel with the audio hack. if you ask me, the stock call volume is horrible.
[Nexus One General] bobalias:
I thought this at first too, but I realized I was positioning the phone way too high on my head. The speaker is a the very top edge of the phone, try moving the phone up and down your ear during a call to find the correct spot.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dbtfree:
PRetty much says it all. I was running titanium, Energy rom. Battery went dead, and now I can't access my email. In titanium it still shows my email account, but if I click on it, nothing happens. If I turn on Max Sense, I can read all of my old emails on the email screen, but I can't view any of them. If I click the mail link through the start menu, it only offers to setup a new account. If I do, and enter the same account name, it says the account name already exists.

Anyone know how to reconnect the email box? I am guessing it is something in the registry?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sumflipnol:
The easiest thing to do (if you turn on MaxSense) is to go to the Mail Tab, press Menu > Account Settings > Delete the e-mail account. Then you can recreate the account.

This has happened to me and several others in the past. Although, this hasn't happened to me for a few months now, and I don't know what causes it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dbtfree:
Thanks! You led me right to the solution:

If you go to the mail tab, press Menu, got to account settings, then instead of deleting the account, click edit.

Amazing! There is no incoming or outgoing server info in there!!! Weird! I replaced it, also had to replace my password, though username was ok. And Voila! Got my email box back.

Thanks again.

Still no idea why this happened. At the same time my 3G stopped working. I had to resetup my ATT connection, and also had to go into communication manager and turn on data connection. Super weird. Anyone have any ideas?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sumflipnol:
Hmm...When I tried to do that when this happened to me, it didn't even recognize the accounts! All I could do was delete them.:mad: You got lucky!:p Glad you got it working, though!

Maybe you could try reflashing your radio (since your 3G stopped working -- unless, of course, AT&T's towers are down in your location). Or you could try forcing your phone into 3G in Comm Manager (tap the 3G bar > Network Type: WCDMA > Done) then go to Start > Settings > Connections > Connection Setup. The latter method sometimes helps me reconfigure my data.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] RodneyMcKay:
Thanks for this idea, it fixed my identical email problem too. I think somehow the 3g connection setup wizard is erasing the email server settings. It might also be resetting the credentials in the registry. I had to reenter my activesync server password which still worked besides that.

I rebooted my phone and couldn't get the 3g to start. It wouldn't even try. I've manually fixed the auth fail type of errors before, where it starts to connect, drops, and retries. But this wasn't even starting to connect, so I reran the setup wizard.

The really strange part about being able to restore the server settings via sense is that the mailbox doesn't even show up in the normal windows mobile email settings program. If it wasn't for sense I wouldn't have been able to fix or delete this mailbox.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] paulrz:
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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibow:
I'm tired of all my vanillaROM's. They allways sems to crash after some time..

So im looking for a new ROM with sense.

So, what do you think is the best/fastest one out there atm?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Strange... I haven't had crashes on VR12. just to check you were not using huge over clock settings, and that you were on the latest version.

I am thinking if you have regular issues, you might have an app that is crashing. I had one app constantly crash, but I mentioned it to the developer, and they made a 2.1 compatible version. So just a thought that if it's the same crash between roms, it's worth asking the dev of the app.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2500726:
To answer the title question. I would say Cronos Droid or ChocolateEclair for speed and stability and VillainROM 12 for customization (themes, bootscreens etc.) and i'm personally running Cronos Droid;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfn:
sensehero 2.1 is the best I have used... check out at the hero rom blogspot or the developers website htc dev scene

Am using froyd villain 1.1.1 now just love it :)
[General Questions and Answers] rsx19:
ive bought many unlocked phones in the past but this is the first time ill be buying a phone carrier locked no commitment price, what does it mean when they say activation is free with a new plan, i need to activate the phone before i can use it?

AT&T Captivate
[General Questions and Answers] rsx19:
no one can asnwer this question guys?
[General Questions and Answers] 1freedude:
I have a Vibrant with TMO that is "no commitment." I paid full retail price. I don't have a contract, but i do have a plan (read: bill) i have to pay each month.

the two year contract gives a discounted price on the phone, but they jack up the price on the monthly bill. In the long run, it's cheaper (for me and the vibrant) to pay full price for the phone because of the reduced monthly bill....that i can stop anytime without fear of ETF.

Edit: do you have a plan, now? if so, you're going to pay an activation fee. if no plan, no fee. either way, a new plan or activation fee is needed.
[General Questions and Answers] rsx19:
what the heck is the activation fee, does the phone not work out of box? and yes i have a plan

cant just pop the sim in?
[General Questions and Answers] 1freedude:
i'd imagine not. try it. how much is the act. fee?
[General Questions and Answers] rsx19:
what is this thing, i tried the live chat on ATT and they dont help for anything, they told me to call att instead
[General Questions and Answers] Farmer Ted:
I think the activation is just for a new sim card. If you already have one, you're good to go, as long as the phone is unlocked or works on that network.
[General Questions and Answers] rsx19:
ah thank you so much, yeah i called reps and chatted with them and the most i got out of them was, "it turns on but you cant use it"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] negawolf:
I've search this forum and Google. But can't find any guide to make digital clock/flip clock.

I've tried to extract some template cab using WinCe ad replace the manila pngs using Manila Editor. And recab it using QuickCab. But when I install it, everything is just messed up. No clock shown up.

Anyone can give me direction for the guide? Or maybe some one can help me making this png to cab? I want it to be font only, without flipper...I put the png in the attachment

Thanx in advance.
[Networking] DarkKrai:
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[General Topics] DarkKrai:
Hey, its DarkKrai here, in-part creator of the wonderful MD5 hashing tool for android, ManD5. I'm just here to announce our brand new android forum! Not trying to leech members off xda, but if youre feeling up to it, feel free to join!

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