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[G2 and Desire Z General] mobilegun:
- Are there any showstopping problems I should know about with this device?

not really, the device is great, the hspa coverage (for me) is spotty in areas i frequent, thus the only showstopper (for me)

- Any features you felt disappointed not to have, such as HDMI?

number row on keyboard. sure hdmi out woudl be nice but a lot of things would be. possible rgb leds (unless thats been debunked/solved) around the trackpad and charger led

- Overall, do you feel like the addition of the keyboard is worth it? Is the extra bulk (thickness, weight) a worthy tradeoff? Do the keys feel too cramped?

i like they keyboard, i find that i actually like swype but havent composed a big, long email yet. i dont really like how the keyboard doesnt feel centered and G/H are slightly to the right which is opposite of coming from a G1 with it being to the left due to the chin. the enter key i feel should be a row down but these are all things you can get accustomed to. the spacing and such are good. im not a huge fan of the hinge since when opened it feels a bit wobbly. i dont doubt its sturdy overall just feels "cheap". its like having a door on a ferrari rattle when you close it or something (you wouldnt complain but you wish it wouldnt do that).

- Does the phone feel too heavy? Can you listen to music while jogging without it feeling way too bulky?

the heft is both good and bad. it feels executive like a premium device. the downside is it might be more prone to those accidental drops or something. i dont mind the weight but if i had a pick id wish it would weigh nothing and be 1"x1" but have the display of an ipad. of course these things dont add up.

overall i might take mine back, not for the device at all however. i do like it, its snappy its clean it does what i want (wish the camera was a bit better but again, not a dealbreaker). the only issue i have is with signal, which isnt device related.
[G2 and Desire Z General] phazedplasma:
- Are there any showstopping problems I should know about with this device?Not really, I get weak signal in my apt, but once they release wifi calling that will be fixed. I also have gotten used to the higne and the reboots seem to have stopped for me.

- Any features you felt disappointed not to have, such as HDMI?

Nope, I came from an iPhone to this phoen though, so I was feature light to begin with ;)

- Overall, do you feel like the addition of the keyboard is worth it? Is the extra bulk (thickness, weight) a worthy tradeoff? Do the keys feel too cramped?

This is my first keyboard phone and its awesome! pefect thickness, and the keyboard feels great.

- Does the phone feel too heavy? Can you listen to music while jogging without it feeling way too bulky?

Nah it feels solid, I would run with it, but I'd get some kind of neoprene sleeve/holster for it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scottmog:
1, not with mine in particular, dead pixels and a weak hinge would really piss me off though.

2. You know that is one thing I would have liked but not needed. I play emulators ALOT on my phone and it would have been very nice to be able to hook up two wii controllers and bust out some old snes games with my wife on the tv.

3. Extra bulk? You need to start lifting weights if its to heavy for you. Keys are very very nice as long as I cut my nails, I had nails that hadnt been cut for two weeks or so and it was annoying. Females probably wouldnt like it, maybe you just need to get used to it.

4. Bulky? Naw I love it, it just feel cheap and weak.
[G2 and Desire Z General] WilliamStern:
Well, I just sent mine back to Tmobile for a new one.

Hinge became looser over the few weeks of owning it.

Phone would reboot on it's own from time to time.

Force Closed on apps all the time.

Signal would come in and out.

Don't let what I said scare you. I'm sure I just got a really bad apple, err... phone. I love the phone very much, and hopefully the new one works better. It's a really fast little ****er, no lie!
[G2 and Desire Z General] gaalaagaa:
It does what every phone does and it doesn't do what its not meant to do "drive your car? Hopefully in 5 more years" As 3g or hspa, its deffenitely faster than the iphone 4 or any 3g phone "I live next to philly so I get good service, and I home tested myself since you can't blv ppl this days cuz they lie too much". The weight is cute it makes you feel like you have a 550$ hardware. Only thing I don't like is the opening screen, I thought it should be more solid and have a bit more preassure in it. Overall, I personally like it more than vibrant, feels like a more androidish phone. Only thing I desire is to get my hands on some htc sence.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Efroh:
This is my first smartphone, so I'm pretty excited about what it can do. Only thing I'd really change right now is the SMS notice. The LED flash needs to either be constant (my preference) or much more frequent than it's currently set now. I can't believe that slipped by in UI testing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Pickx:
Hmm, thanks for the help so far, you guys are really helpful. I've been playing the waiting game with Android since it launched. So many features are always 'right around the corner' and should be implemented any minute now (higher resolutions as rumored in Gingerbread, Tegra 2/ARM9, Super AMOLED on non-Samsung devices,

BUT, hardware keyboards are way too rare nowadays and this keyboard seems to have been executed quite well. Again, rare.

It's very scary to import a device that could end up with a wobbly hinge or repeated resets... but honestly other than the weight and the rootkit, this phone is extremely appealing. Looks dead sexy too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pdxrealtor:
It is sexy as hell. With that said, I'm on my second because I wanted the better deal from Costco.....100 vs 200

My first one started rebooting on its own (at least it restarted-my captivate shut down and wouldn't turn back on automatically) and now this one has the screen flicker problem when the brightness is set to low. Ill exchange it.

Overall this phone is the best phone I've had since the iPhone was the latest greatest.

Shipping it in with no option to return would make me nervous.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Pickx:
Hmm. Maybe I'll get the Desire Z instead. I'll give it a week or so to see if these have less problems.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tdcrawford:
- Are there any showstopping problems I should know about with this device?

Not any that I've noticed yet. Build quality throughout the initial release may be an issue- my first G2 had a cracked space bar, weak hinge, and after having the battery die in 6 hours, wouldn't charge or even turn on. The one I've got now? Perfect.

- Any features you felt disappointed not to have, such as HDMI?

Colored notification LED's (whether that's on the speaker or around the track pad), ability to root :p

- Overall, do you feel like the addition of the keyboard is worth it? Is the extra bulk (thickness, weight) a worthy tradeoff? Do the keys feel too cramped?

The keys most certainly don't feel cramped- it's a very, very spacious keyboard. I personally haven't used it very much, since I'm used to Swype, but the times I have used it (for typing URL's, long emails, or long texts) I've found it very comfortable and easy to use.

- Does the phone feel too heavy? Can you listen to music while jogging without it feeling way too bulky?

No way, I absolutely love the weight of this phone. It feels expensive, if you know what I mean. If you can find a phone with a strong hinge, the build quality feels absolutely fantastic. I don't job, so I can't tell you if it's good for that, but I can't imagine it would be very good for jogging without securing it to yourself in some way.

Hope this helps! This is the first phone that I've bought and truly been completely satisfied with out of the box. Aside from the rooting issues, this phone is perfect.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mjhuntejrr:
I absolutely love it! The thinkg flies! My only issues are no wifi hotspot yet and a few radio issues. These two things will be addressed in an ota update so I'm not too worried about it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] c_licious:
I'm really really loving mine. Had the G1 first, then the N1. Haven't had any of the hinge problems or random reboots. Screen is sharp, phone is super snappy (more so then the N1) and feels/looks like an expensive, proper business phone.

The keyboard is nice and got tons of really positive reviews. I personally liked the G1 keyboard better because it had dedicated number keys and overall seemed faster to type on.

As for negatives, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the crappy loudspeaker yet. I'd google some reviews of the speaker first if that factor is important to you.

Overall its a great device and I am very satisfied with it. Having said that I also didn't have any of the problems other users complained about. If you get one that works like mine I think you'd fall equally in love with it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Sv3nt3k:
I just recently got the G2 about two days ago and I love it! I previously had the Blackberry Pearl for a few years and thought it was time for an upgrade. This is my first Android phone and so far, it's wonderful. I don't have the loose hinge issue or any other visible problems.

Just still getting used to it, looking for the good apps that'll tickle my funny bone, and reading more on "rooting" and the like. I'm enjoying my experience. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] arthurbrownleeiv:
The Good:

-Speedy, apps launch quickly and the phone is very smooth

-Great size, form factor

-Decent screen and brightness

-GOOD keyboard

-Battery life was impressive

The Bad:

-All three I had (yes, I ended up taking the last one back too) did the reboots in low service areas

-On my morning drive, my HD2 never drops my call. The G2 would drop in 3 places every day

-The hinge was very poorly done, and as someone who started the HTC keyboard phones with the Tytn-II, Touch Pro, and Touch Pro 2, I know they can get it right. This was just a stupid, stupid design.

-No 4gb of storage

-What the hell is with the trackpad? Can we just ditch it and save a bit of space?

I could have looked past the hinge issue, but the obvious radio issues combined with the DRM like protection of the ROM, I decided that TMOUS and HTC could shove it with this phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Keirnoth:
The speaker on this phone is absolute CRAP. Crap crap crap. I'm saying this so that if anyone is googling for info on this phone they will know they are not alone. And if you try to set the thing to max volume, you have a chance of getting volume distortion (crackling, etc). This, and this alone is the one showstopping problem I have with the phone that is tempting me to return it.

I stepped up from an HTC Touch Pro 2, which had a powerful speaker with its own woofer and tweeters and I used it ALL the time to play and listen to Youtube videos, music, radio, etc and it did not sound distorted at all. Because the speakers are located on the back of the phone (where the camera is) and because the speakers are weak, sometimes you'll have no choice but to put the phone screen side down, which would defeat the whole purpose of watching some media.

Wi-fi tethering/hotspot disabled out of the box. Sure you can root your phone to get around it, but disabling one of the key aspects of what is making Froyo the hot topic of this year kinda is a punch to the gut.

The keyboard isn't as great as people say it is. The keys are perfectly spaced, but it's not a fully traditional QWERTY keyboard because *the number row is completely missing*. You have to hit alt to access the number keys, and I find myself needing that number row more often than not.

Also, I don't exactly have big hands, but it feels like the top row is way too close to the edge of the screen - I don't feel comfortable hitting the keys on the top row because of that. They press up against the screen edge and slow my typing down.

Take note, I'm absolutely anal about having a QWERTY keyboard because most of my text chat is done via IRC, which is much more heavy duty than a typical text message conversation.

It's slightly heftier than say an iPhone 4, but since I moved up from a Touch Pro 2, which was a tank, this phone is actually *lighter* for me. I actually like the feel of the heft because it gives me the impression that the phone was built for quality (which it is, sans the speakers).

Overall, I think it's an absolutely fantastic phone if you don't need it for its speaker or if you're not a text-a-holic (but you still text on a moderate basis). It's blazing fast and can be overclocked to a point where it stomps the rest of the competition. I'm torn between using this or returning it and keeping my Touch Pro 2 because of the above issues. If the two issues I mentioned don't bother you, then by all means, PLEASE get this phone. Everything else about it is awesome, and stock, no frills Froyo 2.2 is perfect for people like us who would rather put our own stuff on it rather than have the battery be drained by the OEM interface.
[G2 and Desire Z General] meltedmoops999:
I love my G2. It has so much potential now that its been rooted. 2nd gen Snapdragon is snappy, Looks sexy, has an amazing keyboard, decent screen size, good battery life, etc. This phone is going places! Watch out!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] senone:
After seeing the moto droids evo's heros' and even teh nexus one, I knew i was going to get this Fone I even comteplated getting the Desire and as soon as it was announce on TMO and i went to the store for a test drive I WAS IN LIKE FYLNN.

all of the other droid converts at work hate my fone why because MY G2 DROID is smoking them.

hinge issue non existent, weight i know i got it, its rooted and OC'd what else can you ask for and its GSM Plus 10.

Blackberry and Iphones and Stock Carrier Java phones are dead to me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MassimoM2:
other than loose hinge, weight, thickens, speaker phone, this phone is good.

so if they make this w/o keyboard, it'd be nice.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azaria:
Hi,

I have a Blue-tooth hands-free set in my car.

I often need to walk away from my car during a phone call.

It also happens that I am a few yards/meters away from the car when I make or get a call. when this happens the audio goes to the BT headset, but I can't hear it or be heard because I'm not near it.

So how can I make an ongoing call move from the BT handsfree back to my phone?

It has to be done from the phone only. No pressing buttons on the headset itself etc. (as I explained, I might be far from the headset and the car may be locked, etc.)

ThanX in advance!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] IncredibleDoes:
This is just a port, I will not be supporting this port... Devs feel free to take over!

Removed:

- demo games

- all tmo apps (most did not function on cdma)

know issues:

- same as desire Z port

- same as desire hd port

Its pretty smooth and fast, check it out! Has a different type of sense to it.

Download:

http://sharebee.com/a1bac5b5

Hope you enjoy!

ID
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ethan.r.besbris:
So no CAM and what else?

What apps can we rip from this? Anything tmo specific that we may want?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] IncredibleDoes:
It sucks, no lie... all tmo apps were removed and most did not function on cdma network. Nothing special just pretty fast!

ID
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ethan.r.besbris:
Does it run the same sense as the mytouch slide just the new interface? Sorry if that is to confusing. haha.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] xwera43:
Pretty big even after removing stuff eh ID.

X
[Droid Incredible Android Development] touchpro247:
I'm using this rom on my Nexus its real nice IMO.

The best parts about the rom:

Media Room

Built-in Custom themes(No need to reboot)

myFaves

myModes

Custom Lockscreen Wallpapers

Car dock

Genius Button

Desk dock

Screen Share?

Speed

Plus most of the new HD sense features.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jdkoreclipse:
Ill tale this over if need be
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ethan.r.besbris:
Screenshots please?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] deficitism:
You know what? I actually like this. This right here has potential. I'm going to look into some things.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] xwera43:
I too think it's pretty decent. Wants to format my SD card but doesn't which is a bit odd. Too many things to go through at this hour, I'll have to mess with it later.

X

ID How about a new Droid X MotoBlur you mentioned?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] xwera43:
It does seem quick.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] wrippel82:
Lots of neat things.

I must say, along with being fast, which i assume can be attributed to good framework, this has some pretty neat features not seen in the other HD roms. I also must add that there are by FAR less F/C in this rom, and aside from the SD format notification when you plug in via USB (which actually doesn't format your card) this is a really nice rom. I know that the camera not working is a deal breaker for some, but i think i will use this as my daily driver.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] animal1967:
We'll all be in for a treat if Def takes it over.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] deficitism:
You got it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Stoney 666:
****n dope! This is way sweater than hd or z imo.... even the themes are nicer here... cant wait for a cleaned up version.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cooljames2186:
Yay...it's like xmas in october...Freddy in peppermint colors!? :confused:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] GMK83:
Please no.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbh00jh:
+1 no way.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mikesincredible:
I just flashed liquidsense yesterday! now a new one! lol, im gonna end up in a sanatorium
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ianxcom:
Im really liking this. I like anythink thats not like the stock dinc sense.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kmoore11:
A combination of this and the Desire HD port would be awesome. I like the style and skins of this along with faves, but really liked on the HD how I could change my skin, scene, wallpaper, ringtone, etc. from just a long press on the home screen. If there was a way to combine them, I'd definitely buy somebody a few drinks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jager420:
JESUS!

ID at it again? This guy is ****ing awsome..tired of flashing ROMS so I'm going to wait till ID puts out some **** like the HD ROM but stable..ID does alot for our Inc's buy this guy a beer
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mrchambo:
Fail. FCs from the start at the Setup Wizard...hey, def. If you're taking this on, I'm with you...looking forward to you working your magic.

jc
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mrchambo:
Update. Just reinstalled. Everything working fine...looking forward to deficitism's improvements...

jc
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ianxcom:
Just an FYI and or warning,

There was talk earlier about the SD card showing up damaged and so on. I was on The new guys v5 rom and decided to do a recovery back to this one. When i did that my sd card started to say it was damaged. It kept saying that even when i flashed back to other roms such as miui. It was weird since i could restore via rom manager. As a last resort to try and fix the problem i went ahead and reformatted my sd card, since i had recently back it all up, and now it keep saything there is an error and i cant even mount it anymore.

I am going to buy another one tomorrow but im wondering if this happened to anybody else. Maybe its just user error.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] deficitism:
We'll get all this stuff squared away.

FWIW, I have had your exact issue with another alpha rom. To fix, I formatted the card on my laptop with the built-in SD Card reader. (not with the phone) I was able to get back up and running that way.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jfair9:
So far i likie this rom but much like other alpha's it does have some issues. I will list below what i've noticed so far and see if anyone else is experiencing them.

1. Cant play video from websites. Flash seems to not be functioning .. Matter of fact it forces the browser to close.

2. Swype doesnt swype .. Only shows the trace and does nothing

3. The button on the bottom right of the dock does nothing when i click it.

4. I have no weather clock widget

5. Clicking get more widgets from widget menu displays no widgets

Any one else?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
Not on this rom, but swype did that to me before. Turned out the beta of swype I was using had expired.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ianxcom:
Thanks I'll try that when I get back to my house. I'm glad you are on it because I really like this rom alot.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ianxcom:
Yeah this one needs to new removed so another can be installed.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] stopthebus:
1. Started for a second and then "Cannot play Video" and stop.

2. Swype does that when it expired or load into the wrong device. Can use by tap.

3. I believe that's the "Faves" button a T-Mobile (network) exclusive?

4. I do have the default flip clock with weather, if that's what you mean.

5. This, I am guessing requires an HTC/T-Mobile account, which we don't/can't have with this ROM.

On a side note: Could you guys recommend a music player that read the internal storage? Thanks
[Droid Incredible Android Development] deficitism:
Will address all of these issues. Look out for a new thread.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kmoore11:
I don't know if this was just a problem with me or not, but when I tried to log in to HTC Sense, it was never able to confirm my account. I couldn't get any of those features to work
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Ianxcom:
Thanks for putting in the work on this Def. Im looking forward to an update.

BTW, i tried to reformat my SD card just on the computer and its still a no go. Oh well, it was a reason to upgrade to a 16gig. Im going to try and flash a rom from it now, though the update.zip isnt on it anymore. Does anybody know where i can get it from when i first rooted with unrevoked on 2.1?

Edit: Seems to be working without the update.zip on the sd card. I assumed i needed it since i had to have it when i flashed roms on my eris.

Edit: It said it installed but it still wont go past the splash screen. Damn. I need to figure this crap out.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] :
Can somepne post the faves app
[Droid Incredible Android Development] htc(hot-taco-cheese):
Any screenies??

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] touchpro247:
Here you go. If you get it to stop FCing on other roms let me pm me. I haven't had time to mess with it. It looks for the Rosie/launcher.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] deficitism:
Some sick progress being made here. Fully functional 6 bars of signal, right button is now mapped to the web browser, added some beautiful new snappy transitions, app folder app drawer mod (with transitions), dsp manager baked in, hulu and modded flash. From what I hear, we may have a camera fix soon. Adding in smooth sense, fixing USB and EMMC issues, then we will start the alpha.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
This is great news!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mrchambo:
Damn, def. Knew this was in the right hands...could be the best ROM going very soon. Almost as good as Uncommon...

jc
[Droid Incredible Android Development] khukman:
Sounds great! This ROM looks pretty sweet. I had a few random reboots and a lock or two so I went back to Skyraider for now. It has some features that I haven't seen in other ROMs that I really like! Looking forward to it being in a more complete and polished state! Keep up the good work!

Regards,
[Droid Incredible Android Development] JLG1985:
Lovin' It!

I tried to D/L and received a message saying, "this account is suspended". Can anybody help me please. I don't know if it's just me or is anybody else experiencing this problem too?

Thank you in advance!