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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nipuna:
Ok, I know there are a couple of simillar threads, but what i think would be really helpful is if we could list down some combo's of options on android thats working pretty well... If people could list what combos work best i suppose all fo us could avoid wasting a lot of time....

I feel this may help, specially since what is said in build specific threads dont hold true universally.

For instance i just read a msg in one thread where it said you get robot voice on miri's new rom (one i'll refer to below), for me it works perfectly... and in another thread i read class 4/6 sds' give better battery life -- for me class 2 has been much better.....

So... let me kick off with what worked from me (almost fully functional, apart for occasional ppp data drops)

mDeeJays Mdeejay Froyo Sense v. 2.4 (Is more stable than 2.4.2) I use opera btw, theres a issue with the regular browser

Hastarin Kernal 7.2

radios 2.14.50 / 2.15.50 (latter has better call clarity)

Miri_HD2_WM65X_23139_Sense25_V23.0

Miri_HD2_WM65_21916_Sense25_V19,1 worked as well

VBN roms also did the job

TMOUS stock sd 16gb class2, gets battery life as low as 5ma with screen off

while a class 6 8gb sd caused stuttering, slow response and worse battery life (even though therotically class 6 'SHOULD' be faster

oh and the registry power management on win mo helped improve battery, quite noticably.....

what didnt workall android builds i tried gave robot voice on TMOUS stock roms ... including the latest ones.

While i got bangsters 1.4 working on VBN, it gave too much trouble i dropped it all together..

HTCclay (all versions i tested), bangsters 1.5, MCCM SE 2.5, Froyostone versions i've tried on Miri's roms gave me robot voice....

And i like Miri's rom's cause they give u a fully working, stock rom-like 'fallback' interface for win mo, incase you have a problem with your android build (like a sudden freeze). ALso it doesnt hvae annoying glassy - 3d wanna be interface...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dplate07:
Hi all,

Recently i flashed to the DXJG5. Im from Singapore. Can someone tell me if this is an official ROM? And how do i know? Is there an official rom list? as some of the ROMs are not official. They are just leaked ROMs

Regards,
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalpik:
That's probably an official ROM.. Where did you get it from?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dplate07:
Hey there,

I grabbed it off samfirmware.com :D

Anyway, can anyone verify with me?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yaocheng:
you can get official rom from KIES
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantIntoCode:
If you flash a older firmware I'm sure Kies will update you to the newest official firmware of your region.

Also this should be in Q/A...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prankey:
Your ROM has a valid date code and hence should be official. All the leaked ROMs have date codes like JMx (Eclair), JPx (Froyo)

For your ROM J = 2010 and G = July (A = Jan, L = Dec). There could be no M or P month after that, hence they are essentially leaked ROMs which are not officially supported.

I see a caveat here - some people report that a JMx ROM is officially supplied to them through KIES or their local service centers. I don't believe so and can only see valid timestamped ROMs as official and supported.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhousibo:
Hey, I have a Singapore I9000 and am on stock FW.

I am basing the official FW based on Kies which says that for me I am on the latest official FW which is DXJG4. Official firmwares I believe only come through Kies.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adevem:
latest firmware for singapore users should be dxjg4.

at least off kies anyway!
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
http://cnettv.cnet.com/hottest-android-phones/9742-1_53-50094230.html?tag=rb_content;carouselMain

Epic got 1st?! What a joke!
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
That's because... The Epic IS better than the Evo
[EVO 4G General] Badious:
The fact the reviewer said Teet do describe connecting to the EVO's WiFi makes it a horrid review..
[EVO 4G General] Ruki_Uki:
The epic really is a nice phone. I love the screen, and the slide out keyboard. I would trade my EVO but I'm addicted to sense :)

Freshhh EVO = iPhone 4 murderer
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
You missing a funny bone? :P
[EVO 4G General] YenahsYenzow:
Hows that so?

My neighbor has one and its definately slower than my Evo, it takes awhile to load several apps, compared to my Evo.....Which was the BIGGEST and the FIRST turnoff!! I don't see why the Epic IS better though. I'd pick HTC Incredible in terms of performance over the Epic.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Faster/better CPU/GPU, Samoled screen. I think that makes it better
[EVO 4G General] ms79723:
out of the box Epic is better.

customization wise, Evo is better.

Unfortunately for us, you can't always rely on the second option there, because that isn't a given for most people, mainly people that don't want to customize. Doesn't matter what they think of the Evo anyways...as long as your happy with it, fck reviews.
[EVO 4G General] nabbed:
Faster/better CPU? Not really. They are about the same.

Faster/better GPU. Yes, that's the only advantage of Epic.

Samoled screen? I'll take a 4.3" lcd over 4.0" samoled any day. Now, it was a 4.3" samoled, it would be a different story.

Here's what's Epic doesn't have.

While being physically larger than the EVO, Epic's screen is smaller.

No HDMI out for Epic (in addition to DLNA).

Only 5mp camera for Epic.

No kickstand.

No looks - Epic is fugly.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
The Epic's cam might be 5MP but it's still shoots better photos and videos.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
"About the same" still puts the Epics cpu ontop of the Evo's... the rest are personal opinions. HDMI out, no need, it's got DLNA, besides what good is HDMI out when it can only be used to watch what you film?

5MP camera means nothing as far as actual quality. Kickstand, again, only matters if you use your phone to watch movies, you still have to hold it when you're standing and showing a video to your friends.

The screen is better, period, even if it's .3 inches smaller.

I love my Evo, and would never get an Epic, but I can admit that it is a better phone than our Evo's.
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
after i saw htc incredible beating out htc evo. i closed it out.

htc incredible is a smaller and less developed version of the evo. So how the **** does it beat evo? The guy must like small things, just like his tiny ____.
[EVO 4G General] jkinnison90:
Probably because the epic looks like an iPhone, and you know, that's what everybody wants >.>

More serious though, I think the Epic is horrid looking. The screen looks nice though.
[EVO 4G General] greyopaque:
How old is this review? Pre 2.2? He said the EVO has no bluetooth dialing... I dial with mine all the time.
[EVO 4G General] cabrone1:
My Girlfriend has the EPIC, and from her POV is it the better device. And, well, from mine too. I like to take a lot of pictures with my camera phone, hmm, go figure, and the evo is lackluster. The EPIC is packed with features that the evo currently cannot come close to rivaling. Be it the built in ADD ME feature, allowing you to add yourself to a picture of yourself, or the pre loaded SMS settings for both video and Txt, it is overall much better for that sort of stuff. Not sure what else the video touches on as i don't have any sound at my work station, but i'd trade my evo for an epic without question.
[EVO 4G General] casual864:
Everyone quit fanboying around. The Epic is a great device and so is the Evo. The Epic came out after the Evo was released, thus making it a more current device. Sammy has put great efforts into the Galaxy S line. Besides their touchwiz interface, I believe that the Epic surpasses the Evo. Not in great lengths, but in minor flaws that the Evo has.

I have owned both devices and in my opinion I like the Evo more. Epic is probably the most perfect phone you can get hardware wise, without the touchy keyboard. Software wise... eh iffy, I choose Sense UI over Touchwiz anyday.
[EVO 4G General] Saltwater Hero:
My girlfriend has an epic and I have an evo and I can say IMO it comes down to personal prefrence they are both kickass phones.
[EVO 4G General] Rydah:
**** the epic

Sent From My HTC Evo 4G Using Tapa Talk Pro!
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
I had an epic and returned it for an Evo, I like the support behind my Evo much better.
[EVO 4G General] spamking98:
I returned them both and got a real smart phone a Sanyo :-)
[EVO 4G General] stanglifemike:
HTC>Samsung....period!!
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
You got the Sanyo? How do you like it?
[EVO 4G General] jskoch:
Same website, different results. Search "Prizefight: Epic 4G vs. Evo 4G" on the cnettv website.

Its all just a matter of personal preference.
[EVO 4G General] nabbed:
It's almost like these reviewers don't want to even mention of how fugly Epic looks compared to Evo.
[EVO 4G General] cabrone1:
No it's not! see? that is an opinion...:D (just playing

So, that isn't much they could say about it other than "our editor thinks this one is cuter or sexier than the other" Who cares...
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
Here we go with the epic vs EVO again, someone had to start. Im surprised knowing cnet it wasn't 1. iPhone 2. IPhone 2.5 iPhone 3. Evo
[EVO 4G General] imwillzillla:
The Epic and the Evo are both so close in terms of quality in both devices I can see any other way. The Epic looks a lot worse on screen than it does in person.
[EVO 4G General] zone23:
Sprint site gives EVO a 4.7 and the Epic a 4.6 does that make anyone feel better? Its always nice to be able to afford the latest and greatest toys so you can argue about which one is better. Especially when the differences for the most part are insignificant. Some poor saps are still stuck with the Touch Pro 2 think about how they feel. Its probably what it feels like to live in a third world country.
[EVO 4G General] philly0128:
Cnet a couple months ago did a Epic Vs. Evo and a Evo Vs. Incredable so I take these things with a grain of salt

it's all personal preference. The minute someone desagree with someone's idea everyone gets hyped up. I have the evo and love my evo, I love to see when people vote for the evo, but at the end of the day why should I guy. HTC evo is not putting any money in my pocket.

Please don't take these thing serious
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
how did you return both, and you are still posting from PC36100 aka evo?
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
i concur, samsung doesnt support the phones they come out with.
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
brings up another point. have they released 2.2 yet? jw, not trying to bash the phone. But from what i know samsung said it should be released at the beginning of oct. Well right after saying it should be released at the end of sept
[EVO 4G General] ImmortalLuD:
End of November, around the time of the Tab release...

Today I just returned my Epic for the Evo. I have an Evo on a second line for my girlfriend anyway...

I miss the Epic for it's screen, speed, and AOSP functionality out of the box. The phone was AMAZINGLY fast and fluid. MUCH more than the Evo. But I got sick and tired of the screen wobbling around, and I never even used the hardware keyboard. Swype is just wonderful on that phone.

It just felt too cheap, and owning a phone for the next year, I know the Evo will last. It was the same thing with the HTC Hero vs. Samsung Moment...
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
well speed and aosp func can be fixed on evo, if you dont like stock. ****load of roms already to fix those issues. As for the screen, id take .3 over samoled any day.

Wish htc would of made it with better gpu and hardware in general. evo would be THE best phone on the market if it had the same hardware specs as epic, or iphone or something (minus the small screen size)
[EVO 4G General] ImmortalLuD:
I agree about the screen...

The Epic had a screen door effect to it, and the Evo's is just gorgeous. Much better to read on.

Are there AOSP roms out that support 4G though?... I was reading about all the current roms on the Evo, and didn't come across anything that was polished enough for me to want to run them... I may have to look again.

ALSO, I totally miss the camera and recording on the Epic... I swear, the camera on this Evo is like going back to my razr v3!!! =)
[EVO 4G General] tatnai:
yeah, I turned it off as soon as I saw that; the whole backbone of the stupid review falls apart.

agreed; build quality + support of HTC, much better than anything you'll get from sammy. no contest, not even close.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
That's my only quirk with the EVO. I mean, it's good enough but it kind of feels like it came out 3-6 months too late for its most important specs.

I'd take a HTC phone over a Samsung phone 9 times out of 10, but the gap between some of the specs (EVO vs Epic) makes it mighty close to falling into that 1/10 probability.

Here's hoping that the next big Sprint phone in May/June is a 4.3" HTC with a dual core Snapdragon and Adreno 220.
[EVO 4G General] jmhart:
I also returned the Epic and got the Evo. The Epic is the better multimedia device, but the build quality consistence just isn't there. Instead of exhanging Epic after Epic trying to get one that didn't have a problem, I decided to get the Evo instead and haven't looked back. Bear in mind though that I don't really use my phone for watching video or playing games.

Problems my first and only Epic had:

- Accelerometer miscalibrated, only way to fix is via root and command line.

- Slider was loose leaving about a 2-3mm gap between the screen and keyboard.

- Typing too fast on the keyboard resulted in characters getting dropped randomly.

- GPS is terrible, this goes without saying. Refused to work indoors at all.

- Data rates are abnormally low (and I'm not talking about the 3G upload issue which was fixed by a patch).
[EVO 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
I dont get Cnet's review...didnt they do a prizefight against the Epic and the Evo...and the Evo won...so wouldnt the Evo be the first phone?....w/e
[EVO 4G General] th3_g00b:
why is it he likes to bring up things that arent even spec related..... "u cant make calls and surf at the same time on verizon" and paying 10 dollars for the 4g gives it negatives?? those arent even head to head specs....thats on the carriers.... this guy is a moron.
[EVO 4G General] lafester:
I have the incredible and evo and I like the incredible more.

The evo has a bigger screen but it is much worse at angles and the resolution is the same so you see the same image... where is the advantage there? if it was higher res and amoled it would win.

also build quality of the incredible is much better. no light leak or screen lift. also no power button crack. its easier to hold and navigate with the smaller screen. not sure how you feel it is less developed as it is exactly the same spec wise.
[EVO 4G General] Samzebian:
funny that you say that. A buddy of mine got here from Iraq, and I set up his touch pro 2 with a custom Rom that also unlocked it. He said the last time he was in the US, it was the best phone around. I showed him my evo, and he still though his phone was better.

So I'm guessing people in those 3rd world countries feel the same as us: they still think their phone is the best!

Btw I personally prefer the Evo over epic, I use the kickstand a lot more than I expected, the camera is AWESOME at 8mp, I love the huge screen, hate touchwiz and like sense, the Epic (and all galaxy S phones) have the dumbest button configuration for the 4 main buttons, and the evo is much sexier than the epic. I mean who can argue with the internal red design? And Cnet, WTF, incredible better than Evo? It's the same phone, minus the kickstand, 4g, large screen and HDMI out! WTF.
[EVO 4G General] Samzebian:
I think he means less developed for, aka chefs cook more roms and tweak them more for the Evo. But that's just my interpretation as to what he said, whether or not that's true is up in the air. I really don't know, nor do I care. I have the phone I want, and other people can get the phones they want, like your incredible.
[EVO 4G General] ins0dus:
huh??

How does that Make sense??? 8 mp to 5 mp.. and a 5 mp being better???

idk about you but the more mp the better quality... better resolution in bigger pics better everything...
[EVO 4G General] ImmortalLuD:
You obviously don't know much about cameras... The Epic has a better sensor. The pictures have more natural colors by FAR. I miss my Epic's camera for sure...

Megapixels mean NOTHING.
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
I totally agree

Again, agreed

Why do so many people think the Epic is so horrid looking? I think the way it feels in your hand is more of a complaint than the way it looks. And the way it appears is totally subjective. It is not something you can measure, define, and rate equally.

I have an Evo, I just got my cousin an Epic, and they're both great phones. Evos can customize and Epics have a great hardware. This is such a pointless thread.
[EVO 4G General] Pao23:
All I can say is I'm happy with my phone and don't really care how a reviewer rates it, as it's absolutely perfect for ME.

My best friend has an Epic, I didn't really like it after playing with it, much prefered my Evo. Again, that's for me, and why I'll be keeping it. If I liked his better, I'd get it since they forgot to take away my upgrade discount when I got my phone :P
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
that's part of what i meant. I also meant the extras on evo like kickstand/size of screen/etc..
[EVO 4G General] Pao23:
I may like my Evo better then the Epic, but brother, you REALLY don't know what you're talking about here...
[EVO 4G General] Phen0m:
This. :cool:
[EVO 4G General] kamakazman:
The evo was a good proof of concept but even with its 1ghz snapdragon processor it's still under powered against galaxy s phones.

Sent from my crippled with Bing, Galaxy S phone.
[EVO 4G General] kamakazman:
Lets not forget the epic its still running 2.1 I dare I to take your evo and go head to head with your neighbor on neocore. See who's faster then.

Sent from my crippled with Bing, Galaxy S phone.
[EVO 4G General] Genjinaro:
^Ditto.......

BTW I love the look of my EVO but the Epic is not ugly, I like the Epic out of all of the Galaxy S designs, very minimalistic & curvy wins big with me.

I'm not upset it beat the EVO here, part of me wants the Epic but NEVER over my EVO on the strength of XDA + HTC Sense.
[EVO 4G General] ryohei47:
Well at least the evo won the prizefight!

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
You're right, it doesn't look ugly from the outside but once you slide it open... one of the ugliest, cheapest keyboards I've seen. If it wasn't for that, it'd look good.
[EVO 4G General] easy9:
Evo wins hands down on there prize fight review
[EVO 4G General] investinwaffles:
The epic looks sleek and sexy as hell with the screen off. Even more so than the EVO.

But, I can never ever forget that Samsung made the Sprint Instinct. The absolute worst peice of crap phone I have EVER been stuck with for 2 years of my life! I would rather take a first gen moto razr than another samsung instinct.

I just can never go with another Samsung phone, ever. I am scarred for life and absolutely horrified of Samsung and their mobile phones. :(
[EVO 4G General] Arm0:
That's actually not true. I can watch YouTube on hdmi out. Though one of my friends does have an epic. That dlna is very nice. Read and played like 90% of my media server videos.
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs

Shows a couple aosp roms.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
I notice that Ev vs Ep the HDMI out it always thrown out there, but who actually uses it? Being HTC and XDA, and 4.3 is was sold me.
[EVO 4G General] dudleyfire:
My neighbor had me root his Epic so I got to play with the phone for a bit and there were some things I liked but more things that bothered me.

The Good

1) Very fast and fluent.

2) The screen colors and depth were brilliant.

The Bad

1) TouchWiz is a awful UI.

2) Feels like a large round stone in your pocket while the keyboard doesn't justify the size.

3) Build quality feels cheap and the screen moves around in your hand.

4) Android 2.1

A great phone none the less and is the best of the Galaxy line.

If it didn't have a keyboard and had a larger screen I would say it could the best android phone yet but HTC is being very competitive with the development of the EVO software while Samsung is seemingly slow with the EPIC which is more than half the battle. (Anyone remember the moment? Lets hope they do better this time around.)

In my subjective opinion the EVO provides a better experience overall and is also more comfortable in my hand and pocket.

Steve
[EVO 4G General] kamiller42:
Saying the HTC Incredible is better than the EVO is much more disagreeable than Epic besting the EVO.
[EVO 4G General] Beejis:
Yeah that is just a slap in the face. Makes no sense what so ever...
[EVO 4G General] luckylui:
Its the sense on the incredible that passed the evo :(

Sent from my phone.. I think Tapatalk??
[EVO 4G General] smarmytime:
They both got the same score, really, so...

Wait a minute...who cares? You have the phone that you prefer, right?
[EVO 4G General] supchaka:
I dont type in landscape mode on my evo, ever, so the slideout keyboard is useless to me on the epic. Build quality feels like garbage on the epic. That keyboard makes it too fat as well.

AMOLED Evo with better camera and I'd be "completely" happy. The dev community is much stronger with HTC and they get updates out quicker than anyone else.
[EVO 4G General] herzzreh:
That's cuz after playing with wife's Epic for the past month... I think it's better than Evo!
[EVO 4G General] BrentnNC:
I like the evo better than the epic because i prefer the on screen keyboard and Sense. I thinks those are the two biggest differences in the two phones. It all comes down to personal preference.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waylo:
I've been using Tmobile T-Zones for years for my internet. Had it for my Palm Centro, used it on my iphone, and used it for the past 6 months on my Nexus One.

For some reason now, this AM (also for a brief hour or so last week), Tmobile is not letting my T-zones work, telling me I need to upgrade my data plan.

Anyone else having this issue?

This is not a T-mobile contract Nexus, this is the full price unsubsidized one.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikadnanm:
I have the $10 plan I got with a dumbphone and that still works for me. Is ur apn set to internet2.voicestream.com?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waylo:
I was grandfathered in to the $6 T-Zones plan. I think this is the same thing as the $10 plan. Haven't changed the settings or APN but I'll check.

Addendum:

epc.tmobile.com is what I've been using all along. ? why they'd shut that one off and keep the other one going?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikadnanm:
Idk that never worked for me. Then again I'm a new customer. epc one always took me to web2go page saying I need to upgrade. Hopefully they don't stop this one.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waylo:
Crap, changed the apn to internet2 and still having the same issue. Rebooting, seeing if that does anything...

Maybe I'll pop the SIM into my iphone when I get back home to see if I still have the same issue.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waylo:
Bah! Looks like it's nationwide.

http://forums.tmonews.com/index.php?topic=12385.80
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikadnanm:
Oh man that's not good. It's still working on mine for now
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waylo:
One of the other forums had a guy from Yorktown, PA reporting it was still working, so maybe in your area it's still okay?

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...scuss-All-Related-Questions-Here-ONLY/page93?

Sux for everyone else though.

That's an additional $19/month. Won't break the bank, but it was nice while it lasted. If it's a permanent block.

At least I may get faster speeds!