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Hey guys! First post here and first Android (Atrix)...came from Iphone 3gs. I have been sitting back and looking at these forums for a while since my fiance got a captivate.
I have rooted my Atrix and am using LP and I must say, this phone ROCKS! Battery is no problem for me because I keep my phone plugged in during the day.
From a former Iphone owner, I am glad to have this phone and to tell Steve Jobs goodbye.
Everyone who contributes to this forum rocks!
THANK YOU!!!!
-G
YES finally a 1 poster member that isn't a troll post!
The phone is a great phone. It has a few out of the box flaws, but nothing that is a showstopper for most people.
Dont think you need to keep it plugged in all day, the battery is more then enough to get the average... even above average user easily 14+ hours. I'm at 14 hours with 40% remaining!
Coming from the iPhone, if you want the iPhone icon look, use ADW Launcher. There's a setting in there for the blocky colored icon look.
I also like my Atrix, I am from 3Gs and Nexus One
I love mine. I am at 42 hours now, havent used it TOO much, but I have been texting all day, and have about an hour of calls, and it's at 20% now. This was after my 3rd charge, the first day or two it was low but it's gotten absolutely outstanding. The phone flies, the first day or two I was pretty disappointed coming from an ip4, but it has really picked up. Regardless of the reviews, I am using the newest Firefox and find it to be extremely zippy. Even Flash on the phone seems to be pretty fast, and when I had my Nexus One it was pretty miserable. I had thought about swapping back to an iPhone, but this has really grown on me, and I will be keeping it.
No way, you're not the only one.
I absolutely love my Atrix. I literally haven't stopped playing with it since I got it, I keep finding new fun things to do with it and creative ways to customize it and get the best usage out of it. I haven't even had any issues with said "out of the box flaws" that other people are having. Coming from an old iPhone user, and a more recent Captivate user, this phone has been more than a solid upgrade. Love everything about it.
Same here.
I still have my iphone 4 and nexus one, but the Atrix really is amazing. Hopefully we'll get some kind of bootloader solution so that the devs can really go to work on this beast.
love my Atrix
thatoneguy247 said:
Same here.
I still have my iphone 4 and nexus one, but the Atrix really is amazing. Hopefully we'll get some kind of bootloader solution so that the devs can really go to work on this beast.
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No doubt, now sell that iphone before they announce a new one.
Sold my iphone 4 today and have no regrets. While the iphone is super polished android is a gadget junkies dream.
Things I love.
- notifications
- gmail
- customization
- not having to sync to a computer.
Things I dislike
- no music controls in notification bar. I love this on my tab.
- no quick brightness control.
- moto blur.
- app selection
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the phone is definitely far from perfect, but DAMN is it FAST!!!!
Coming from the captivate, there are many things I miss (such as wireless controls from the pull down), but the speed makes up for ANY and ALL and EVERYTHING and ALWAYS
Coming from an iphone 3gs to the Atrix.
Honestly, it's like going from a Kia to a Porsche.
No really, it is.
jaydon34 said:
Things I dislike
- no music controls in notification bar. I love this on my tab.
- no quick brightness control.
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Use one of the Market music apps, there's a few really good ones that make the stock one look like crap.
There's brightness widgets out there as well I'm pretty sure. If not, I'll make one!!
I can't wait to het my Atrix. I ordered mine from Bestbuy Friday night, express shipping. It says ill receive it either Monday or Tuesday. Of course I'm hoping for Monday. I'm coming from the HTC Evo.
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jaydon34 said:
Sold my iphone 4 today and have no regrets. While the iphone is super polished android is a gadget junkies dream.
Things I dislike
- no music controls in notification bar. I love this on my tab.
- no quick brightness control.
- moto blur.
- app selection
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Launcher pro or adw launcher to remove blur
For brightness I use the power control widget on my main screen and it does all the stuff that was in the notification bar on the touchwiz from my captivate. specifically it as wifi, bluetooth, gps, notifications, and brightness.
I have to say that I wasn't "blown away" by the phone like I was with my captivate (Hero was my first android), but so far nothing has sucked really bad and thats what I love about it. I know that over time the roms will improve stuff, and for now it rocks enough to not have to change anything and be content.
Trying to go pick up mine today. Coming from an iPhone 4. Hope mine goes as yalls did.
I love my Atrix! I don't know what all the whining is about on the forum. Most of the issues are caused by the users and not knowing Android. I had several Android phones and this my first Motorola after 4 HTC devices. I am impressed so far. HTC lost in quality in the last 2 years...but this Motorola is rock solid. I switched from T-mobile to AT&T and my speed went from 0.8 mbps to 3mbps download. Couldn't be happier with my choice
came from iphone 3g, to captivate temporarily, now on atrix. love this fawking thing to death.
im just DIEING to have a custom rom, and the ability to overclock, and have good custom themes like i did on the captivate.....and i keep looking for an update in the thread, ive read the whole thing. and i has a sad. granted i dont know anything about what these awesome developers do, but from what i read my hopes arent high that i will ever be able to use a custom kernel.
if the bootloader never manages to get cracked, the next phone i buy i will be taking this into heavy consideration because i wouldnt want to own another android phone without being able to use all the fancy stuff the devs here make.
DAMN! I am so looking forward to these babies hitting the Aussie shores. May can't come any quicker.
First time user here too. Coming from iphone 2g to atrix 4g. Big jump for me and loving it!
etiin said:
First time user here too. Coming from iphone 2g to atrix 4g. Big jump for me and loving it!
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Lol! for you it was like going from a french fry to a 9 course meal including the whole burger
Is it just me, or does the S2 not have the cool screen off animation that looks like an old TV switching off? I thought it came as part of gingerbread?
Now there is a proper reason not to buy the phone, it's rubbish without this feature.
Intratech said:
Now there is a proper reason not to buy the phone, it's rubbish without this feature.
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Time to cancel my pre-order
On-topic: Can be re-added in custom rom or maybe even with a nice option through an app.
gruff83 said:
Is it just me, or does the S2 not have the cool screen off animation that looks like an old TV switching off? I thought it came as part of gingerbread?
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Only for Nexus S and One with pure Google experience.
BTW I hated it and disabled it on my HTC Desire custom ROM.
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Someone will make a flashable update.zip, don't worry. We need CWM first though
Ive had the phone for 5 days and have only just noticed, so no big deal really. Would be nice to have though as I think it's pretty cool looking.
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i have the screen off animation on my nexus one, and it really is worth it to have that little feature. HTC took it off their upcoming phones as well, who knows why they are removing it.
it will be added back with custom ROMs for sure.
If you want the old CRT TV-off animation try the program "Screen Off and Lock", has the same thing. I use it on my SGSI now, and from memory there was a recent update for gingerbread compatibility. You can check youTube for examples of it in action, unfortunately I cannot supply a link since I'm at work.
On my Galaxy S and Nexus S the mod I most appreciated was Backlight Notification (BLN) to use the LEDs for missed call/text notifications.
Does anybody know how possible such a mod is for the SGS2? It took a long time to appear on the Nexus S scene - is it likely to be just as tricky for the SGS2?
BLN would be great. Going to use Noled for now I guess.
definately possible since neldar released the version for older sgs gingerbread today..
I started a thread about a bounty for this. I don't think there is much interest. Which is crazy. Not having a notification led really sucks.
I would really like this too, maybe since the phone hasn't been out long it'll take a bit of time to get this on the radar for development. Especially as it still hasn't been released in some countries yet.
I came from an HTC hero, so this hasn't been an issue previously, and it took a bit of searching to find out that BLN had existed for previous galaxy phones.
AmesCell said:
I started a thread about a bounty for this. I don't think there is much interest. Which is crazy. Not having a notification led really sucks.
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I'll be chipping something in to this bounty
Good news - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14679659&postcount=510
Excellent! Neldar's BLN is definitely sorely missed on the i9100.
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Can someone explain the advantage of this over NoLED?
I too came from a Hero and have been happier with NoLED than a single LED notification. There are already tons of options to setup NoLED however you want. I can't imagine a mod being any better...
No led is useless to me since I dont use a lock screen, hate em. Does the bln version work without one? I read for 20 minutes in the link without figuring that out.
This is the mod I am most looking forward too
so any news about the BLN application for Galaxy S II ?
Yes, same here. Eagerly waiting for BLN to support the I9100. But isn't there any other app in the market? As our phone has in built key light it shouldn't be very hard to make an app I guess.
Regards.
Rob_J said:
On my Galaxy S and Nexus S the mod I most appreciated was Backlight Notification (BLN) to use the LEDs for missed call/text notifications.
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How is this possible ?, I thought AMOLED screens used no backlight...
Enables led in back and menu buttons
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Lets hope its soon! I'm very excited for this mod.
I'm also looking VERY much forward to this mod, since I'm coming from an HTC phone (Hero) where this is standard.
This would make the SGS2 perfect! ATM it's only almost perfect
Would also happily add to the bounty
im also looking forward to this mod. can't believe a notification LED wasnt built in.. must have just forgot?
I will definitely donate for this!!
yes, this and the lock screen delay issue is the only thing holding this wonderful phone back.
Does BLN control Pro v0.11.10 work on SGS II??
Basically, stuff that wasn't advertised. So far I see:
1.) the hissing in the audio seems to be pretty much gone, which is awesome
2.) they added the battery meter thing into the "power" menu
3.) when synced to facebook, peoples birthdays are no longer a day earlier than they really are in the People app..they're the right date now!
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to be tested:
1.) see if they got rid of the clicks/pops of the video camera (going to try to do a guitar video tomorrow to test) ****TESTED and they still have NOT fixed this. the audio is still god awful.
anyone else notice anything cool that wasn't advertised?
realllllllly? nobody noticed anything else? lol
Everyone else is rooted and still figuring out how to get the OTA! lol.
Seriously, if I'm not mistaken, those that are rooted and go right back to their nand, like I'm about to do, won't see the changes except the radios and hboot version.
EDIT: Restored my nand of Ineffabilis and I still see the 5 bars, I see the battery level indicator but not in the "power" menu, in the "About phone > battery" menu. I hope that means the calendar date thing is fixed too since I'm about to break down and sign up on Facebook.
lol nice nice..yeah, i'm not rooting it yet. the phone is working 100% how i want it to, and i don't feel like rooting and throwing roms on there..when i rooted the Inc, i went through a new rom like every week, and i can't keep doing that to myself lol
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lol nice nice..yeah, i'm not rooting it yet. the phone is working 100% how i want it to, and i don't feel like rooting and throwing roms on there..when i rooted the Inc, i went through a new rom like every week, and i can't keep doing that to myself lol
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Same here bro, except one problem I am going to make a thread about right now.
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Ack! They still didn't fix that compression distortion in the audio track? Damn, thats like the only reason I rarely ever record video on this thing. I wish they would fix that. It makes it sound like s**t. The other day I tested the video after I bolted on a quiet muffler on my car. In the video, I can still hear that compression noise very loudly, even with a quiet exhaust sound. Dohhhhh come on htc.....
yeah im gonna keep hitting them up until something gets fixed lol... either way, I bit the bullet and rooted lol so hopefully the devs can work on it now
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Has anyone had a problem with the music app? It's no big deal but sometimes it locks-up and won't open unless I turn the phone off and turn it on again.
Skype wants to use earpiece for audio now rather than speaker on video calls. Not sure how to change it, but, it also means I can do a video call with my Bluetooth headset which is kind of nice. I tried this before the update and it didn't work.
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Oh, and now Skype video won't rotate out of landskape.
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samiusmc said:
Has anyone had a problem with the music app? It's no big deal but sometimes it locks-up and won't open unless I turn the phone off and turn it on again.
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I had this before the update, it would sometimes stop displaying my artwork too.... Which I've spent a lot of time embedding
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I'm loving this bad boy so far. The size is absolutely perfect and fits in my hand like a glove.
Physical/ Build Quality
It actually looks and feels more like the OG Inc then the Inc2. Slightly narrower then the Inc2 but a tad longer and has the same red highlighted speaker above the screen as the OG Inc. It also feels lighter then the Inc2 and, it feels more solid than any HTC to date. The back battery cover doesn't make that annoying squeak and fits tightly . :good:
Camera
Although this doesn't have the same imaging software as the ONE series, it takes pictures amazingly fast. Click, click, click -one right after another.
Beats Audio
Gimmick or not, Music sounds noticeably better on this device than on the Inc2. I'm playing the same FLAC HD files off the same SD card.
Cons
Looks like they did away with the FriendStream widget ?! There's a Twitter HTC widget but no HTC widget for Facebook. Only the totally lame FaceBook widget that comes with the FaceBook app. I like having the Twitter and Facebook feeds combined in the FriendStream widget. Bummer . . .
Price
I paid $106.99 (including tax) for the device as a "Buddy Upgrade" on my company's business account. They applied the $50 rebate directly to the purchase.
I haven't gotten one yet but I'm pissed that, at least according to the website, the phone isn't global ready. WTF?? The DINC 2 was global ready right? And this chip supposedly has GSM capabilities built in. So why not make it global ready from day one?
Verizon is getting on my last nerve...first they pass on the One series and put out this phone with inferior specs, then they jerk everyone around waiting for the release so they can screw us on the plan, then they don't make it global ready when the hardware clearly supports it. I don't get it. I'm going the europe next month and was looking forward to using the phone over there.
Verzion already has said they will send out a software update to make it globally complient in very near future. It has the hardware to support it inside of it.
Yeah, I didn't buy one either for the above reason. They told me in the store today it wasn't gsm capable at the moment.
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Verzion already has said they will send out a software update to make it globally complient in very near future. It has the hardware to support it inside of it.
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LOL...with Verizon the very near future could be a year from now.
And by the way, is it just a coincidence that they send out this OTA to the original DINC that is throwing everyone's phone into a constant reboot loop a week before the new DINC 4G comes out? The timing is a little suspicious. I get the stupid notification like every half hour, hoping the thing will eventually just go away.
Sorry slacka...didn't mean to hijack your thread. I'm done ranting now....
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Sorry slacka...didn't mean to hijack your thread. I'm done ranting now....
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No worries. :laugh: I actually have a gripe already -looks like they did away with the FriendStream widget ?! There's a Twitter HTC widget but nothing for FB but the totally lame FaceBook widget that comes with the FaceBook app. I like having the Twitter and Facebook feeds combined in the FriendStream widget. Call me lame . . .
I picked up one this morning to replace my galaxy nexus. (By the way, does anyone want a nexus)
So far I love it. I wanted a 4g phone that wasn't as big as a surf board. I don't need a huge screen as I will never watch TV or anything on it so this is perfect.
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No worries. :laugh: I actually have a gripe already -looks like they did away with the FriendStream widget ?! There's a Twitter HTC widget but nothing for FB but the totally lame FaceBook widget that comes with the FaceBook app. I like having the Twitter and Facebook feeds combined in the FriendStream widget. Call me lame . . .
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im sure we can fix that easily given that friendstream does exist for sense4 on the other phones
Honestly if I didnt miss school 2 weeks ago, I would leave work and go straight to picking this phone up. I wonder should I do that.... hmmm....
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...(By the way, does anyone want a nexus)...
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Fo free? :cyclops:
slacka-vt said:
No worries. :laugh: I actually have a gripe already -looks like they did away with the FriendStream widget ?! There's a Twitter HTC widget but nothing for FB but the totally lame FaceBook widget that comes with the FaceBook app. I like having the Twitter and Facebook feeds combined in the FriendStream widget. Call me lame . . .
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Are we sure it isn't in there? That it is a deal breaker for me, FriendStream is the best feature of Sense for me.
Y2J
y2jdmbfan said:
Are we sure it isn't in there? That it is a deal breaker for me, FriendStream is the best feature of Sense for me.
Y2J
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even if its not, would be a very easy (id think) fix for custom stock-ish roms
marky2mark said:
LOL...with Verizon the very near future could be a year from now.
And by the way, is it just a coincidence that they send out this OTA to the original DINC that is throwing everyone's phone into a constant reboot loop a week before the new DINC 4G comes out? The timing is a little suspicious. I get the stupid notification like every half hour, hoping the thing will eventually just go away.
Sorry slacka...didn't mean to hijack your thread. I'm done ranting now....
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Did anyone try the back door method the rezound has? This is one of the features I was wanting as well. Here is how the Rezound works.
(*#*#4636#*#* in dialer, then phone information) there is a option for "Global Mode" and ones for "WCDMA Only" and "GSM Only"
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Did anyone try the back door method the rezound has? This is one of the features I was wanting as well. Here is how the Rezound works.
(*#*#4636#*#* in dialer, then phone information) there is a option for "Global Mode" and ones for "WCDMA Only" and "GSM Only"
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So that's all it takes to turn on global mode? Do you have to be rooted?
I think you have to pre-pay for data from verizon before you go right? Like $25/100 mb. So they wouldn't care that you went in and turned on global mode yourself?
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Fo free? :cyclops:
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Based on your post logic used in the other thread this kind of discussion should be posted in a different thread based on this ones title...
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Was a longtime user of several phones, including Dinc2, and Rezound.
Picked up the 4g lte today, and I gotta say from the limited time I have with it, I am enjoying it. The biggest plus so far is the nice sharp screen. In fact, I like it more than the rezound's 720 p screen because this one is NOT scaled, so everything looks nice and crisp, and the fonts aren't too big.
Sense 4 on this phone seems pretty snappy and smooth, minimal if any lag on certain scrolls, but they are rare. Haven't made phone calls yet. 4g (here in LA county) is variable in terms of speed... from 300 KB/sec to 1.1 MB/sec. I think that is maybe more related to network congestion.
Form factor of the phone is basically the same as the Dinc2, which is a good thing, but I find this one to be easier to hold in my hands, with softer edges. Also, buttons are easier to press than the Dinc2, which is a plus. Battery door easy to open, and doesn't have flex/creaking. Another nice feature is that the SIM tray and SD card tray are both on the side of the phone, so you don't have to remove the battery to access anything, only the back cover.
All in all, I am pleased so far. Hope to continue the enjoyment, and hopefully will see some nice interest in this phone. Only question remaining is whether the bootloader will be unlocked (either by HTCdev, or otherwise). Honestly, though, Sense 4 on this phone is pretty snappy and quick, so I can overlook this even if we don't get AOSP. But nothing wrong with more options, of course, thanks to any and all devs who know how to cook roms, because I sure don't know how to.
Thanks for reading!
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no sir
I understand that you initial posters have your shiny, new phone that you paid for, so please don't flame me for offering what the OP suggested, ie: initial thoughts.
I used the phone briefly in the Verizon store today. I have lots of experience with Sense, having used and rooted both a Droid Incredible and an HTC Rezound. That said, I should state that my bias leans toward Senseless and ASOP roms.
Compared to my Rezound running ConRom, I found the Incredible 4G on Sense 4 to be laggy when it came to screen transitions, ie: opening/closing the market, updating apps, transitioning between Sense home screens, etc. I'm not one of those "The Rezound is the best Android phone out" guys either. I was honestly hoping that this phone would be a significant upgrade over the Rezound. If I still had the ability to keep unlimited data and burn my existing upgrade, my choice would still be either the Rezound or the Galaxy Nexus.
I am envious of the Incredible 4G due to it's form-factor. It's feels great in the hand, light but not too light, and has the same nice rubberized-texture that the Inc 2 and Rezound have.
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I understand that you initial posters have your shiny, new phone that you paid for, so please don't flame me for offering what the OP suggested, ie: initial thoughts.
I used the phone briefly in the Verizon store today. I have lots of experience with Sense, having used and rooted both a Droid Incredible and an HTC Rezound. That said, I should state that my bias leans toward Senseless and ASOP roms.
Compared to my Rezound running ConRom, I found the Incredible 4G on Sense 4 to be laggy when it came to screen transitions, ie: opening/closing the market, updating apps, transitioning between Sense home screens, etc. I'm not one of those "The Rezound is the best Android phone out" guys either. I was honestly hoping that this phone would be a significant upgrade over the Rezound. If I still had the ability to keep unlimited data and burn my existing upgrade, my choice would still be either the Rezound or the Galaxy Nexus.
I am envious of the Incredible 4G due to it's form-factor. It's feels great in the hand, light but not too light, and has the same nice rubberized-texture that the Inc 2 and Rezound have.
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I wasn't running ComRom on my Rezound but so far my experience has been the exact opposite. The Incdreble 4G has had no lag like the Rezound does. Plus, Sense 4 runs circles around the Rezounds version of Sense.
Besides, It's hardly a fair comparison to pit a custom ROM against stock anything.
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So that's all it takes to turn on global mode? Do you have to be rooted?
I think you have to pre-pay for data from verizon before you go right? Like $25/100 mb. So they wouldn't care that you went in and turned on global mode yourself?
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Global mode is something different. What I am talking about is buying a prepaid sim overseas or using it with t-mobile/att&t. The command doesn't work because Verizon disabled it but if you download the Thunderbolt LTE on/off app in the play store you can change it to GSM only. The options are there so the phone is capable like everyone said. I just got back from receiving the phone and the app works in switching to 3G. The sim for this phone is now a micro-sim so for someone to test they would need to trim a regular sim and put it in. This settings works for voice only. To send SMS and MMS, we need a dev to fix the ROM. That's how they did it with the Rezound. Or we wait for Verizon to enable all the functionality.
So far I am liking the phone. It's more like the original incredible than the incredible 2.