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[Epic 4G General] badasscat:
Cons:

* Lots of little workarounds are needed to solve some common issues - hopefully future updates will fix all of these issues, but there is no guarantee.

* Keyboard has some layout quirks that I find annoying (smiley button instead of an "@" button, comma on the wrong side of the space bar, etc.)

* Super AMOLED screen is overkill and sucks juice like a mofo.

* I haven't been impacted by this yet, but yes the phone has less storage than others. I have about 30 apps installed and still have room for more so I don't know how much a phone really needs, but yes the Epic has less storage.

* People seem to have trouble hearing me on the speakerphone. I need to test this a bit to find out why.

* Not specific to the Epic, but I find claims of its camera quality to be greatly exaggerated. I have a digital SLR, a Canon pocket camera and my Epic... the Epic is nowhere near either of the other two in picture quality, and in fact is only marginally better than my Samsung SGH-A707 from like 6 years ago. The sensors on phones are just too small. I still have to carry around a real camera.

* The build is a bit plasticky, and judging from the experience of others, the QC is a little inconsistent.

* GPS can take a long time to lock. Once it's locked, though, it stays locked. It's not unusable like some people make it out to be.

Pros:

* It's fast.

* The screen is beautiful, even if it does suck juice. It's better than the iPhone's retina display, IMO. It's almost jarring how beautiful it is, and the fact that there's absolutely no contrast rolloff at extreme angles.

* The keyboard feels great, even if its layout is a bit wonky. Also, it has a real number row, which some other keyboard phones lack.

* My hinge mechanism, at least, is very tight, and it opens and closes with a satisfying "clunk".

* Front facing camera.

* Battery life - for me this is actually a pro! You need to tweak some things, but it's easily possible to get 48 hours out of the Epic battery. Other people have posted screenshots of that here, and I've done it too. It won't be that way out of the box, but that's just one of the things about this phone - you gotta learn some tricks to milk it.

* Call quality is really good, for me. Compared to my old HTC Fuze, it was like talking on a land line the first time I made a call on my Epic.

* I like TouchWiz. It's possible to use LauncherPro or even stock (once you install LauncherPro, you have the option to use the stock interface), but I found LP to be kind of buggy and stutter-prone, and I felt pretty lost with stock. TouchWiz is pretty unobtrusive except that it just organizes things a little better.

That's about all I can think of...
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
Cons:

1) poor GPS on all Epics

a) accuracy reporting bug

b) poor SNR meaning less likely to get lock than other Smartphones

c) AGPS cache bugs

2) worse battery life than Evo, without root or half a dozen user interventions to toggle airplane and remove drm

3) decent but not top of the line speaker phone and speaker

4) less than average reception (tested with two other sprint phones at fringe of reception in outer banks and with airave walkaway tests)

5) bulk

Pros:

1) Beautiful, if a bit over-saturated, screen

2) processor Speedy as heck

3) GPU

4) 4G speeds - 4G speeds -- SWEET 4G speeds

5) although I am using keyboard less than I expected, there is at least once a day when it would be a complete PITA not to have it.
[Epic 4G General] icantdrawanime:
I disagree with most of the claims of bad battery life. While the 3g browsing times are a bit disappointing, I contend that it was on par with what the EVO delivered (I had both phones). I have no problem getting through a full day on medium usage with my phone.

I agree with the reception issues. I also agree that the GPS isnt as accurate as other smart phones.

I dont have any problems connecting to my mac though. Not sure why others are...

I agree with all the pros here.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
The only time I have ever had a problem with GPS was when it was piss pouring rain outside and it took ~1 minute to lock - otherwise it takes about 15 seconds or so to lock a set of birds. No great, but its definitely livable. The only other issue I run into is battery life - but thats not a complaint. I ask my phone to do everything but wipe my arse for me, and would if it wouldn't smell bad afterword.... I just keep a charge in my car and at home and work and charge it when it gets around 50%.

A couple of things that do irritate me are Music and Camera apps (native ones) won't open if the battery does get low...and damn it I want to take pictures every time I do let it get low...irony...

My slider is flawless and tight, sometimes to tight since I have some hand issues and can't work it with my right hand well. Swype is also pretty sweet when I remember I have it and I don't have to tap.

All in all, I loooove the phone and its the best thing I have ever purchased. Still glad I paid $600 for it. I can't even use my wife's hero any more its just way too small.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodigalOne:
Beleive me, I've searched. I'm in desperate need to update my email.apk as I can't reply to company emails, BUT I CANNOT ROOT? What is wrong with me? All of the one click roots do not work, and I get the error message

Any help? Appreciated

signed

a user who did search and found too many similar posts pointing to different root methods
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pmac25:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=797397
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashman2002:
OP you didn't search hard enough. There currently are no one click root setups for Froyo. Do what that thread says and you will have no issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodigalOne:
I admit defeat, after I posted the question, my coworker found it for me in no time. Kid you not, I had 13 tabs open at one point.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
and to think. all you had to do was open the dev section and look at the first page.....
[Fascinate Android Development] jorge3687:
do you guys know of a good easy to use irc client, and can you guide me in basic steps to configure it to connect to an irc room? i just want to use it to connect to the irc room where the xda people get together
[Fascinate Android Development] Boushh:
Andchat. It's free on the market. It is very easy to set up.

Sent from my overclocked SCH-I500
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
I take NO credit for this! This is compliments of Paul over at Modaco!

http://android.modaco.com/content/software/319798/updated-2-2-style-market-for-android-2-1/

Root not required - I just installed on Stock. Gives you the functionality of auto-updating just like in Froyo.

When installing you will be notified that this is a system app, and asked if you still want to install. Let it!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] blackerwater:
Im away from my laptop for a week. Can you post the apk for me. I can't download from this link thanks

Sent from my vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
I've attached the .APK file to the original post - ENJOY!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] f-yeah:
Works perfectly, thanks for posting this.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
You're very welcome!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kizer:
Updated 5 apps with the "Update All" button

About damn time. Thanks a lot. :D
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] demize!:
Nice move! Ya get brownie points for this.

Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Alex530:
Can you install flash with this?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
Nope - doesn't show up on the market.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] sactomkiii:
Fin sweet
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] hoey2011:
+1

this works wonderfully. Only problem is, got a few apps i'm waiting to update b/c everyone is complaining about shiz being broken. first time i've ever really run into this kinda crap with android lol
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] demize!:
Scrolling seems smoother, could be placebo effect.

Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] rjwisniewski:
Thanks for this. Now those G2 brats can quit bragging.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using the XDA app.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
What do they have to brag about? That their phone is more locked down than ours? :rolleyes:
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] All~G1:
We got virgins, they have a purity club member with a chastity belt lol.

Does this do the auto reload of apps too(after a wipe)? Or was thst imbedded in the system of 2.2?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Ste11a:
This is great! Thanks.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Master™:
When bionix 1.6.1 or 1.7 (Whatever it is) I will do this :)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kizer:
The auto update check box is there when you click on an app its at the top right of the app. Of course I'm scared to try it because that takes all the fun out of clicking the box that says "Update All" :D
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mikey98277:
Thanks, works great, missed the update all option I used to have on CM6 on my G1, now I got it back.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] zephiK:
Thanks! Love the way how the search works... real-time suggestions as you type.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] bgmike:
Love it! Works like a champ.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Soldi3rxx:
Says my phone doesn't support it. I have a samsung vibrant....help?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
Interesting. What ROM are you running (if not the Vibrant Stock rom)? Any mods?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] fit333:
this is awesome.. tx for posting :)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Soldi3rxx:
I am running stock everything on my vibrant.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] courtmagician:
It seemed my market updated itself automatically, I noticed the change last night, but I hadn't updated the apk or anything and I'm still waiting on the OTA update notification.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Viper717:
Installed, updated and working great!

Thanks!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Senorkabob:
I'm curious, does the regular market have access to our google talk messages?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Good question.. First time you open market and go to downloads does it have a list of the apps you had before wiping? I really missed that from froyo..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] All~G1:
Same here. With the auto backup (& dl) of apps TB only had to restore data. One day soon enough lol
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Segnaro:
Awesome. Now I can find some of the missing apps I couldn't find with the old market, like Angry Birds and whatnot.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
I'm thinking it doesn't give access to any more/less apps, but, let us know what your results are.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] e-wrecked:
When attempting to download via my Vibrant browser, it says file type not supported. Can the OP rename the file without all of the "."s in it?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] webmastertroi:
Ok so I installed but when you open market and click Downloads, it never shows my apps. Just a spinning wheel and "Loading" ..anyone else with this issue? I do see the Update All button at bottom tho.. but not actually showing apps in list..

***Update: Apps are showing up now.. I think it just needed time to propagate. Just seemed like forever though..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Dan_Brutal:
Will this market apk work with bionix 1.6?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] b0ricuaguerrero:
you wont know until you try dude. live a little!

works on frankin final btw
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] karmasore:
Just installed this last night... its running great.

Thanks for the heads up, OP!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Dan_Brutal:
I lived and it works. Thanks!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] g1g:
:confused:I installed and cant seem to find the update all button where do i find it ???
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] eortizr:
thanks!!!!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] delldroid:
wayyy siked on this and again thank you! The only thing I was looking for is the Ms zombie live wallpaper I had the apk before and somehow lost it and doesn't come up in my market haha oh well works great. Pm if anyone has it.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] DonutYankee:
Installed. Works as advertised. Excellent! Props to the guys at Modaco.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] iynfynity:
mine updated automatically. if they can update like this without us knowing it, can't they just do it like these JI6? i don't really know anything about this so sorry if you think my question is stupid.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kuhan:
Hit the menu button and then downloads. If there are any updates available, it should be at the bottom.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] lotherius:
Since installing this on the Ota version of JI6 suddenly am missing a number of apps from the market. Both paid and free apps are affected. Of about 30 apps I have installed, 5 of them are not visible on the market. thankfully, I hedge titanium backups of all of the affected apps, otherwise I wouldn't be able to install them at all. As it is I can't receive updates to them.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Ste11a:
I can't find some of my paid apps like Astro File Manager. I wipe my phone to fix it after the new OTA. Installed this app thinking it be easier to update at once but now I don't see some of my paid apps. Do you or anyone have the original Market app?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Senorkabob:
My market somehow reverted back to the original one. Anyone else get this?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] SizAndals:
Install worked fine, but my launcher pro went awry, and it won't let me install it. Says installation failed after downloading from market.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] lotherius:
I thought there was a problem with the new market causing a lot of apps to not show up, but it turns out it is due to the ji6 build. Do developers really have to update their market listing even for incremental updates like this one?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] matt_stang:
The market just force closes every time I try to download something. Anyone know how I can revert back to original?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Steeltippin:
Thanks, works perfect
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
Ok guys I am about to ODIN back to stock shipping rom and going to apply this APK and see if my apps auto-restore :-)

I'll let you know how it goes!

____________________________

SCRATCH THAT - I just got called in to work, so, no phone play for me tonight :-(
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] webmastertroi:
Sounds to me like you lost your apps during the wipe.. its unlikely the new Market app erased them.

.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] lotherius:
Actually..... the new JI6 build has market "issues", apparently Google didn't get off their asses and update it as an official release, so protected apps don't show up yet on the market. Really not good, Google. Has nothing to do with the new market, and everything to do with JI6. You could modify your build.prop to show as an older build and the apps will come back, but that shouldn't be necessary.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] intltracon:
thanks i will try it later.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] lexluthor:
Worked perfectly for me.

This is one of the biggest things that you notice when you get 2.2, so getting this one 2.1 is really nice.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] stoober:
Fantastic!!!!!! No more induvidual update or having to check dl's 10 times a day for updates? Now I will need to get a life!! Lol!!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] s15274n:
I've added this thread to the Tips and Tricks. Thanks for posting it man.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dalepa:
Attachment hangs at 3%
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
Follow the link in the original post and try downloading from there.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] RoxAbout:
Slight problem

Installed ok on stock vibrant with j16...

went to market/dowloads sure enough there was the update all button

had 2 to update no problem...Hit the button

now it has 2 d/l green zig zagz going...and going and going and going....

after 15 mins they were still d/l'ng! so I clicked on one only option was cancel...

then it offered to install...ok...then it did d/l! same went with the other one also...had to cancel and install and then the d/l really d/l'd.....

anyone else have this bug?

link to original market file...anyone...?

:confused:
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] iTylerA:
Seems to work fine, only issue is market widget not working. Could just be my connection
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] NoDataFound:
You know google rolled this out for 2.1 with no extra steps needed.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] DonutYankee:
I must say, this updated Market app is much, much faster than the previous one. It's a night and day difference. With JI6 and this updated Market app, my phone finally flies even with all the apps.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] timsterzzz:
Works great here, thanks a million!!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] 12paq:
Anyone else noticed a terrible lag with the new market app? Takes forever to start change tabs. ?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] tjhart85:
Works for me, same setup.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] clivo360:
does the download section of the market load any faster with this update?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Eclipse26:
works really good for me. great download
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] option94:
Force closes everytime i try to open it on Bionix 1.8. anyone know how to fix this or go back to the old market app?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Lakers3408:
There are missing apps using this

Searched the following ... all missing

1. Abduction! World Attack

2. Amtalee

3. AppMonster Pro

4. Fandango

5. Quadrant Advanced

to name of few

Any others???
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] RoxAbout:
fixed..

Hmm well the good news is that you can uninstall this market update.

So now I think its back to the stock version.

Thank you for the updated app!

Wished it worked for me I like the idea of auto updates!

:)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] JWhipple:
It would have been nice if my phone would have gotten it without any extra steps, but it didn't... Guess they forgot about us.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] sLiKK:
Will it brick my phone on installing OTA updates from T-Mobile in future.

Im a newbie and I have little or no knowledge of rooting and other stuff. I just don't want to end up with a bricked phone.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Mr_Tricorder:
I had the same problem. I'm glad I made a NAND backup before installing this. I briefly used the Froyo market in bionix 1.7, and now I'm having "update all" button withdrawals since they decided to revert back to the 2.1 market for Bionix 1.8.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] NoDataFound:
I had it about a week prior to manually upgrading my vibrant to JI6 using keis mini. I just opened the market one day and noticed it was different.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] reekxda:
Had the same problem, went back to stock market and now market just force closes on me when I try to open it up
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] demo23019:
Im running 2.2 market with fix and i see all those except Quadrant advanced...only standard

How do we get 2.1 back?

Cant we just install back the original 2.1 market .apk

or push it back?

or since 2.2 is just apk does just uninstalling market revert back?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] b0ricuaguerrero:
Im having force close issues. Running bionix 1.9

To revert back hit menu/settings/applications/manage applications find market and un install updates. You should be good after that.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Mr_Tricorder:
I'm not having any issues with this on bionix 1.9.1. It works great!

I noticed Quadrant Advanced missing too, but I don't think it's even in the market anymore since it didn't come up on androlib, appbrain, or cyrket either.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] b0ricuaguerrero:
care to tell me your setup?

im running jac oc/ov kernal & ext2 lagfix
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Mr_Tricorder:
I'm running the same kernel and lagfix

Bionix 1.9.1 w/JACs OC/UV kernel

ext2 lagfix enabled via ADB

stock Swype from new Vibrant firmware

stock Touchwiz theme applied through framework.zip provided in the forum thread

new (as of yet unreleased) version of my ClearBar theme applied through MetaMorph

2.2 Market installed from Dropbox via package installer
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] b0ricuaguerrero:
hmm will try
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] joshuapurcell:
I've had some weird issues after installing this Market update, so I have reverted back by to the original by uninstalling this update. Here are my issues:

when marking specific comments as spam/helpful/unhelpful, it actually marks every comment as chosen

certain paid apps (in my case Robo Defense) will not install successfully... i can start the download process but it will never complete. this is definitely related to the update... reverting solved the issue. Not sure if other apps are affected.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Been wanting to try this new market out but experiences like yours do have me weary. That being said, I know myself and will probably give it a go, so if I do have a similar experience, you say to uninstall the update. When you say this, do you mean by uninstalling the apk itself (like for instance using Astro to do it) or by going to manage applications and uninstalling the updates in market? Just want to be sure that i don't do something stupid and end up uninstalling my market altogether.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] joshuapurcell:
I was easily able to revert back to the standard Market app after trying this update by using the normal built-in method for uninstalling updates under Setting -> Applications -> Manage applications -> Market.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] demize!:
I just wanted to report that it was acting buggy on my pre ji6 device but have had no problems since ota,other than not getting update noti's.I don't have update automatically set.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] UnseenMaster:
This is awesome. Thank you for the heads up JWhipple.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Oh, that's good to know. Didn't realize it would be that simple. No reason not to give it a shot now, huh?

Have had the update for about a week now so hopefully when I install this, I get no problems either.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kuhan:
This keeps auto-reverting back to stock market... wtf?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kcdude:
I tried downloading but keeps saying not supported by this phone please help
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Pacothebandit:
Why does this say download unsuccessful when I try to download on my vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] demize!:
Did you just install it? Go to market settings and clear cache make sure you're signed into Google talk.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] iynfynity:
i have read that there's a new market releasing today. had anyone got it already?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dakiddcarter:
sweet been wanting this
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] darkside79:
Is this market apk on here the newest version? Thanks!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camoway:
Dude did you realy think this would work on everyones phone. Well it does not on mine. Mine hangs on downloading. please put a back up file. Now I have to spend time looking for a stock..2.1 market that works so far 20mins wasted trying to play with this app. Thanks for the effort for bringing this app too those people it worked for..... but what about these of us that are having issues no support????
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camoway:
if ya need 2.1 here ya go http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741563
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camoway:
nm still does not work if i have to re install my whole phone im gona be So happy i tried this app.......#### ### hole what the ####. "warning my cause your market to not work no matter what version you download after". You may have to reinstall the entire os agian. WOW nm me im just some looser....thanks for warring me

really helped me save hours of my day. soo i dont have to reinstall........#######

#######, #### you and #### my life. Thanks for this app

the atomic bomb was also made with free energy in mind, look how that turned out
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camoway:
nm i will pry to a golden Cow named lulu and baby jesus and go to bed and maybe someone will post a file that will work. dear baby jesus please let someone hear my plee
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] zombioptic:
I'm a Whipple too! :)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] SoFaKiNgStOkeD:
Works perfectly!