I know that this question has been asked a hundred times but when somebody gets concrete evidence please post here . As my upgrade date is feb 10 so if its the 14th that would be pretty sick! Oh yeah, and if I hear another "this is just a EVO comment " im going to throw you off a bridge lol. Last time ill say this. It has the new gen. Snapdragon(1st generation were awesome, I think my dinc is faster than my x, or fascinate.) Vastly improved GPU that is about on the same level as the galaxy s phones. Ands let's not forget it has 768mb of RAM either. Look forward to seeing the development thread in this grow to be as good as the EVO or dinc!
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I know that this question has been asked a hundred times but when somebody gets concrete evidence please post here . As my upgrade date is feb 10 so if its the 14th that would be pretty sick! Oh yeah, and if I hear another "this is just a EVO comment " im going to throw you off a bridge lol. Last time ill say this. It has the new gen. Snapdragon(1st generation were awesome, I think my dinc is faster than my x, or fascinate.) Vastly improved GPU that is about on the same level as the galaxy s phones. Ands let's not forget it has 768mb of RAM either. Look forward to seeing the development thread in this grow to be as good as the EVO or dinc!
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Great post! I agree with everything you just said.
Mods, feel free sticky this thread so we can get a release date asap
The [RUMOR] is february 14th and I pray that's true as my upgrade is due so can't wait. Cone on thunderbolt. I am lucky enough to be in one of the up and coming LTE areas. This phonebwill def. Do me til I can get bionic. Only if the bootmoadef is unlo led tho. And that's the only way I will get it
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The [RUMOR] is february 14th and I pray that's true as my upgrade is due so can't wait. Cone on thunderbolt. I am lucky enough to be in one of the up and coming LTE areas. This phonebwill def. Do me til I can get bionic. Only if the bootmoadef is unlo led tho. And that's the only way I will get it
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I sure hope it's the 14th.
From Me
I watold they are going go drop it before the iPhone. I sure hope so.
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Somebody lease tell me this comes out the feb. 14th date. My wife wants me to use my upgrade to get her an iPhone and if this phone cones out around the same time this would give me the perfect reason not to buy it!!!
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I am hoping for February as well
I have emailed Orange (UK) asking if they will stock it and if so then when. Awaiting a reply will post back here if I get one.
As everyday passes I can't wait fothis phone. While not dual cor it has the beat single core processor that one can ask for and as well sense ui. Not to mention 768mb of RAM, I can live without dual core. Just release this ***** already u mutha truckers!!!
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I have seen several people say that it will lain h on the 14th. Holding my breath that this ia true. Can't wait to dump this lo led bootloader on my x, and I would use my dinc but screen to small im 6'5 250 and the battery life sucks.
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Droid life has just confirmed a Feb 24th launch of this phone so that should be the day we are expecting a release. I have to say I was hoping for sooner since my upgrade date is the 10th and my wifee is begging me tobget her the iPhone. Suck.
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Looks like I'll be shelling out $600. I won't have an upgrade available and I'd rather not extend my contract even if I did. They said the price point is going to be $249 for a 2-year contract, $349 for a 1-year contract and $599 full retail.
Here's an interesting article I read from Android Central. States that Best Buy might possibly have the TB on Feb 14th.
http://www.androidcentral.com/scree...-point-feb-14-best-buy-launch-htc-thunderbolt
Wait.......did anyone read this?
From AndroidCentral Forums:
My local Verizon Wireless store said tonight, 1/22/11, that the HTC Thunderbolt was going on sale Feb. 11th; one day after the iPhone for Verizon! The staff (all 5 of the people working who have never mislead my in the past 4 years) said that just this morning they had a meeting in which they received this information! A new excitement is inside me once again
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Though take it with a grain of salt too, a lot more has come out since the 22nd.
Hmm, interesting. 2 people on my line are upgrading to the Iphone and they both recieved offers to "reserve" their Iphones on Feb 3rd. I guess they can release the Tbolt on that day too because there are barely going to be any Iphones in the stores, since most will be sold out...
Not seeing how the Thunderbolt will release within two weeks of the iPhone. The Thunder will mainly get missed by the media and a lot of consumers, due to the media's iPhone feevah'. Seems Thunder needs space for its own limelight.
Also needs an ad campaign with ACDCs Thunderstuck
Rushless, agreed with your comment. But, the iPhone and android phones are for two different types of people. The iPhone will sell primarily to the people who already have them or have been waiting on them, the people who like android will get the bolt. The people who no nothing, about either, will go with the bolt, because its bigger and prettier, and has "the neat windshield wipers when it rains" I've heard it stated this way when I sold my dinc to a lady a couple of weeks back.
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Agreed, ksiz, but the media and their coverage helps sales too. To soon release around iPhone means minimal media coverage of an Android device. Sad but true.
You have to put into consideration that the iPhone 4 isn't new either. Nothing groundbreaking here than merely another carrier picking up the same model already offered on AT&T. The iPhone publicity horse has been beat to death for years now. I overheard a 63 year old lady at the mall the other night talking about the iPhone coming to Verizon, and how she was picking one up for her granddaughter. The reason I know she's 63 is because she's my neighbor and I was carefully trying to avoid her at all cost, when you get her going she can't stop talking.
OK i have a question will i have to pay anything if its my upgrade time?
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Droid Eris November 6, 2009 - May, 2010
That seems a bit short. I'm still happy with my purchase and hope this doesn't stop HTC from supporting it later on (I know it won't be soon) and that the devs may lose interest... Oh well. Maybe i'll scrap some cash together and just grab a desire when it comes out... who knows.
**Sorry for the poor title. I didn't catch it til it was too late.**
it's really all verizon's fault, they NEVER promoted the eris, and if you went in there wanting to buy one they would push the droid on you like no tomorrow.
hopefully this doesnt stop them from releasing the 2.1 OTA update to the general public, it will really help development along for us. Someday, when my eris dies I will upgrade (damn that incredible looks so good...) but until that day, I dont regret a single thing about it. except for installing leak, good thing a got a replacement though
It always seemed to me like the Eris has been advertised as Verizon's cheaper (even free for a lot of us) alternative to the Droid, and it did it's job well.
With the Incredible and Nexus One and all of the other phones (probably) coming out soon I'd expect the Droid to take the Eris' place in the lineup, like a "Buy a new HTC Incredible and get a Motorola Droid FREE" kind of deal.
ah.... oh well...
Looks like I will be upgrading soon... and paying the full price too lol, since I JUST started my contract on November 2009... oh well technology comes and goes.. and I'll have a new testing device!
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Looks like I will be upgrading soon... and paying the full price too lol, since I JUST started my contract on November 2009... oh well technology comes and goes.. and I'll have a new testing device!
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Why would you upgrade that quick? The eris still has quite a few miles left in her. Early adopters can be very annoying sometimes. I have a friend (kind of) that buys a new macbook everytime there is a refresh. Drives me bat**** crazy to pay several hundred dollars more for something that does only a little more than the old one...
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Droid Eris November 6, 2009 - May, 2010
That seems a bit short. I'm still happy with my purchase and hope this doesn't stop HTC from supporting it later on (I know it won't be soon) and that the devs may lose interest... Oh well. Maybe i'll scrap some cash together and just grab a desire when it comes out... who knows.
**Sorry for the poor title. I didn't catch it til it was too late.**
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We all know technology changes daily be it hardware or software or whatever...
Cell phones, pda's ect are particularly susceptible as they are market driven and manufacturers are always trying to come out with the "Next Big Thing".
Hell the moto droid is now available on several websites for 20 bucks on a new 2 year...Letstalk.com etc...
Being a former 8 year blackberry user I can say this for Android at least theyre not just putting a new facade over a dated os\ui . So long as my eris doesnt melt down at the end of life date I'm good. Also so long as you're a VZW customer you'll get support for your device even if it is minimal.
I always felt the Eris was kind of an afterthought, the way they marketed it.
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Why would you upgrade that quick? The eris still has quite a few miles left in her. Early adopters can be very annoying sometimes. I have a friend (kind of) that buys a new macbook everytime there is a refresh. Drives me bat**** crazy to pay several hundred dollars more for something that does only a little more than the old one...
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It's just a thought for now... I haven't totally decided but I will wait and see what the HTC incredible or whatever VZW comes out with, has to offer... if its something like an amazingly fast phone I'll probably get it.. if not I will stay with the Eris.. I don't hate the Eris, I think it is one amazing phone
plus I'd still be on here [XDA] using the Eris for testing stuff, helping out as much as I can..
looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of the screen is 480x800... the eris' screen is 480 in LENGTH, that's pretty impressive. Will i get the incredible? if i had the money, which i dont, so i will stay with my eris for as long as I deem fit, because honestly, it's a damn good phone for what it's worth.
and what about in six more months after that and they double the specs on the incredible
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looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of the screen is 480x800... the eris' screen is 480 in LENGTH, that's pretty impressive. Will i get the incredible? if i had the money, which i dont, so i will stay with my eris for as long as I deem fit, because honestly, it's a damn good phone for what it's worth.
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exactly... I will see when i comes out what people are saying first.. and the eris is an amazing phone for the price. I really dont think you can beat the value.
After rocking an HTC Touch for 1.5 years, I bought a brand new Eris from someone and avoided a contract reset just a week ago. I think it's a great phone, and I have no regrets. I can upgrade anytime but I'm still on a very good Alltel contract so I want to hold out as long as I can before switching to a VZW plan. It does everything I need it to do.
Has anyone heard anything more about this? I'd like to know if it's actually going to happen or not. Although I'm sure if it is we'll find out soon.. I'd also like to know if they'd offer us an upgrade for free or at least half price. If they stop doing the phone completely I think they should at least offer us something. I'd love to upgrade to the Incredible if it was free or half price..
why would they give us a new phone simply because they've stopped selling it?
If you have to do a warranty replacement or anything like that, I'm sure there is a large multitude of backup units, and once those run out/they stop carrying those, verizon will simply replace it with a phone of equal value and hardware features like they always have done for discontinued phones.
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looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of the screen is 480x800... the eris' screen is 480 in LENGTH, that's pretty impressive. Will i get the incredible? if i had the money, which i dont, so i will stay with my eris for as long as I deem fit, because honestly, it's a damn good phone for what it's worth.
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BUT WHY SENSE UI?
i want the incredible. i'm due for an upgrade. and i'm depressed because the nexus one is apparently not coming to verizon. but incredible without sense ui would be ahmazing
looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of t
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BUT WHY SENSE UI?
i want the incredible. i'm due for an upgrade. and i'm depressed because the nexus one is apparently not coming to verizon. but incredible without sense ui would be ahmazing
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Where did you hear that the nexus one isn't coming to verizon. It's been confirmed for verizon for a while now. There just isn't a release date. I suspect we'll hear about it next month at the google I/o conference as will as news about froyo.
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Where did you hear that the nexus one isn't coming to verizon. It's been confirmed for verizon for a while now. There just isn't a release date. I suspect we'll hear about it next month at the google I/o conference as will as news about froyo.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/google-updates-nexus-one-page-tells-verizon-customers-to-get-a/
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I just read an article about the nexus one being scrapped. Thought you just another person complaining because they were impatient. I'll eat my words and apologize now.
yeah, the nexus one is pretty dead.
plagued by 3g problems, and low sales, the only thing to really look forward to in picking one up over another phone like the incredible is that it it's wireless N chipset miiiiiiiiiiight (big might) get support soon.
honestly, for the price you'd be better off getting an incredible and waiting for root to get vanilla-android.
and man, why do people hate sense ui so much? the only ONLY problem it has is how laggy it can get. and on the eris? honestly, I expected it when I bought it looking at the specs. but upgrading to 2.1 got rid of ALL the lag for me. I love the look and extra screens of sense.
and jebus... the incredible is rocking DOUBLE the cpu and ram hardware, using nearly the same rosie build as the eris. it will be faster then us on 2.1 out of the freaking box, and with root... you'll be blazing through apps like crazy.
So I have a G2, the 30 day return policy ends on Feb 22, should I return it on the 22, get my money back, and buy the Vibrant 4G on the 23rd? Do you think T-Mobile stores will have it on the 23rd
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I think its a 14day return policy for tmobile not 30, i had both but i hated the g2 and went back to my vibrant. You can keep swapping phones within the 14 day and u get a new 14 day everyime you exchange atleast that was the case with me ( I swapped and exchanged like 4 different phones) But i would get the vibrant 4g plus if its possible. But youll most likely have to pay the price difference between the vibrant 4g and g2 to exchange it for that
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I think its a 14day return policy for tmobile not 30, i had both but i hated the g2 and went back to my vibrant. You can keep swapping phones within the 14 day and u get a new 14 day everyime you exchange atleast that was the case with me ( I swapped and exchanged like 4 different phones) But i would get the vibrant 4g plus if its possible. But youll most likely have to pay the price difference between the vibrant 4g and g2 to exchange it for that
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I had a 20 day return on mine. Funny how we got 3 differant answers for 3 people
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14 days if you pay contract price, 30 days if you pay full cost for the device
Are you porting the G2 to the vibrant 4G?! No? Then get outta here!!!
Dude, even with all the bs sammy gives us. Hands down greatest peice of hardware ever created so far. It just feels perfect. At least in my hands. Best phone ever especially with KB1 rom and voodoo insane speed and battery life.
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I had a 20 day return on mine. Funny how we got 3 differant answers for 3 people
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The different answers received are likely because the policy varies depending on how the phone was bought. In-store purchases are 14-days, Online purchases are 20 days. The extra days for online purchases are for shipping allowances, etc when returning the device. Either way, T-Mobile doesn't do 30 days. If the OP is already past 14 / 20 trial, then the G2 can't be returned anyway. In that case, it ends up being a moot point because the OP either failed to read, listen, etc.
You do get 30 days to return the phone if its not an upgrade and purchased in full at a T-Mob store. 14 days if on contract.
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I think its a 14day return policy for tmobile not 30, i had both but i hated the g2 and went back to my vibrant. You can keep swapping phones within the 14 day and u get a new 14 day everyime you exchange atleast that was the case with me ( I swapped and exchanged like 4 different phones) But i would get the vibrant 4g plus if its possible. But youll most likely have to pay the price difference between the vibrant 4g and g2 to exchange it for that
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Tmobile for california is 30 days
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g2 for vibrant 4g
I wish the mods would move this. Its in the wrong section as stated earlier. End thread asap please.
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Dude, even with all the bs sammy gives us. Hands down greatest peice of hardware ever created so far. It just feels perfect. At least in my hands. Best phone ever especially with KB1 rom and voodoo insane speed and battery life.
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Tmobile for california is 30 days.
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Ah, true. Didn't realize you were in a CA and forgot about that CA specific law. I think that state may be the only exception. My apologies.
Are you on contract? If not, you would receive 30 days anyway. Forgot about that too. Should be clear now, though.
I sold my Vibrant, got the G2. Not regretting it one bit.
Yeah, Vibrant was a little faster, but Samsung can suck it. Tired of their lines of BS. Their story has always been the same. My friend had a Behold 2 and he warned me about Samsung's incompetence and their propensity to renege on promises (Behold 2 was supposed to get updates 1.6 or 2.1 Android and they got NOTHING). I should have heeded his advice.
And Cyanogenmod rocks, they're actually innovating and introducing new features rather than just releasing ROMs w/ skin changes.
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I sold my Vibrant, got the G2. Not regretting it one bit.
Yeah, Vibrant was a little faster, but Samsung can suck it. Tired of their lines of BS. Their story has always been the same. My friend had a Behold 2 and he warned me about Samsung's incompetence and their propensity to renege on promises (Behold 2 was supposed to get updates 1.6 or 2.1 Android and they got NOTHING). I should have heeded his advice.
And Cyanogenmod rocks, they're actually innovating and introducing new features rather than just releasing ROMs w/ skin changes.
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CyanogenMod is good for a nerd, not for the average person.
C'mon, you're on XDA forums. We're all nerds here, we're spending our free time to root our phones to squeeze out an extra 10% of functionality.
Even I, as a low level of nerd, who hasn't edited a file or skinned my own launcher, can appreciate the extra functionality of Cyanogenmod. Customizable drop-down status menus, lockscreen gestures, etc etc. All awesome things.
In the end, the hardware is only as good as the software on it. HTC has always been good about keeping their devices up to date (not as good as Motorola, but certain better than Samsung). Cyanogenmod is just icing on the cake.
Well, to be honest, I actually quite like Samsung phones, even though their updates time are terrible.
I learned that what aren't broken don't fix it. Extra tweaks/options/themes will only serve to slow the phone down or mess it up somehow. I actually like to keep my phone as simple as possible, using only enough power to get it to work correctly.
Shouldn't this be on the general question section not the development section? My 2ยข
0bey
How do I flash this?
If I can't flash this then why is it here?
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My theory is Sprint is **** blocking HTC from pushing it forward. The reason behind this is simple. I believe that they are trying to Push the Nexus Prime with ICS for a month or two then we will get it. Specs to a layman shopper these phones are close to one another (dual core, ram, ect) I know for us here they are not but the average Joe they are. Sprint pays a lot for new phones and the Evo 3D is near EOL so they'd rather have people looking at the new shiny then an old one. Just my humble two cents for what it's worth....
No i am not trolling and I own a 3D . I also don't know when EOL is but this June they'll have had it for a year so it's closer now then the PRIME is by almost a year.
You would actually think sprint would want to sell more of the 3d's right now, since they have a lot of inventory left. And if they don't sell them now at 150 or 200 bucks, they will have to discount them to 99 bucks or lower to get rid of remaining stock.
They did that to the EVO lol gave it gingerbread and few months later it went out the window. I don't think Sprint is the problem think HTC is tryin to make it flawless maybe
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True sitlet but they have more money right now tied up in the nexus prime order then they do the remaining Evo's so if they want to recoup that fast they'd hold any phones getting ICS and have just the Prime for a month or two ... then update the other stock as well as introduce new phones. .... Again just my two cents. Thanks for you input though :
True Reaper that may be but HTC normally is pretty good at pushing updates or at least they were for the Hero for the first year as well as the og Evo. I'd rather blame Sprint cause HTC really is trying to get it's s**t together for it's user base and they've had ICS to play with now for what... 5 or 6 months? Cause the developers get it before they push it to phones or release the source....
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And if they don't sell them now at 150 or 200 bucks, they will have to discount them to 99 bucks or lower to get rid of remaining stock.
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$50 at Target, still big sellers here
I agree, given Sprint's track record with Eclair on the Hero and GB on the EVO and Shift, its gonna be a long spring for us here
HTC told us we would have ICS in the beginning of the year. I asked on Facebook why the ICS update has been posponed to "later in the year" instead of having it at "the beginning of the year", the response I got was that "nothing has been delayed" and then a link to their note on Facebook.
Here they said "beginning of the year"
http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc-u...d-40-updates-for-htc-handsets/300698153293006
Here they say "later this year"
http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084
Like I said, the response by HTC to my wall post was that "nothing has been delayed", so either we will get it before June, or we were lied to.
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HTC told us we would have ICS in the beginning of the year. I asked on Facebook why the ICS update has been posponed to "later in the year" instead of having it at "the beginning of the year", the response I got was that "nothing has been delayed" and then a link to their note on Facebook.
Here they said "beginning of the year"
http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc-u...d-40-updates-for-htc-handsets/300698153293006
Here they say "later this year"
http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084
Like I said, the response by HTC to my wall post was that "nothing has been delayed", so either we will get it before June, or we were lied to.
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Actually, if it isn't before the end of March, we were lied to. To me, "early" implies within the first three months of the year, but rest assured my friend, you guys with the GSM 3d will most certainly receive your ISC update LONG before we CDMA/Sprint users get ours.
Yeah, radioshack sold me mine for $100. That $200 pricing is already out the window.
I am betting they are looking for a way to force HBOOT 1.5 in order to use ICS. They probably have a release already ready... but they are hoping to add that hook. If too much time goes by, the public pressure will force them to release sooner than they want.
My prediction about the original HBOOT unlock delay was spot on, even though people called me crazy. So... don't doubt me this time.
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I am betting they are looking for a way to force HBOOT 1.5 in order to use ICS. They probably have a release already ready... but they are hoping to add that hook. If too much time goes by, the public pressure will force them to release sooner than they want.
My prediction about the original HBOOT unlock delay was spot on, even though people called me crazy. So... don't doubt me this time.
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public pressure?!?! HA
like "they" give a crap about "you".
There's no contract written here, no obligation, no reason at all to update us any faster than "they" like.
You bought what you bought, and thats the end of "their" obligation.
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public pressure?!?! HA
like "they" give a crap about "you".
There's no contract written here, no obligation, no reason at all to update us any faster than "they" like.
You bought what you bought, and thats the end of "their" obligation.
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Actually, Google requires manufacturers to keep phones up to date with Android versions for 2 years so HTC's obligation to "us" has not ended for another year.
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Actually, Google requires manufacturers to keep phones up to date with Android versions for 2 years so HTC's obligation to "us" has not ended for another year.
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Yes, but in the same regard, that's their only time frame. It doesn't have to be this month or the next, or the one after that, as long as it's within the year.
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Actually, Google requires manufacturers to keep phones up to date with Android versions for 2 years so HTC's obligation to "us" has not ended for another year.
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I believe its 18 months..But still,jellybean will be out by the time month 18 comes for us 3D users.
I don't think we will see ICS until August-September. But it wont matter to me because I'm using my wife's upgrade in July for what ever is out or I just may leave Sprint because I'm tired of a sub par network.
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Please.
Hows those up-to-date updates working out for ya?
http://androidandme.com/2011/08/news/updates-or-lack-thereof-on-the-android-update-alliance/
Where or what is the alleged hammer when one of these manufacturers gives Goog the finger on updates? Don't forget, they are pumping these things out of China.
It's not HTC fault guys. It's the fat kid he ran off with our ICS Sorry I couldn't help it.
I believe we will see it soon. Whip some nice roms up from it ...
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HTC said that evo 3d will come out later this year and the sensation series will be by the end of march, so we will not have been lied to.
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I'm telling you guys. June or later. I've been calling it for a while.
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I'm telling you guys. June or later. I've been calling it for a while.
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If your right, then we as a community need to voice the opinion to Sprint directly about their poor choice in holding this back for us....
In all honesty the more I think about it a new phone coming out should not delay an update to an older one. Even if they were updating the 3D to Sense 4.0 the pure hardware alone of the new HTC device will be leaps ahead of ours and really an update to our device wouldn't delay or deter anyone from buying the new device anymore than if it wasn't out. If anything the publicity of Sprint pushing manufacturers to roll out OTA's faster would benefit them more...
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My theory is Sprint is **** blocking HTC from pushing it forward. The reason behind this is simple. I believe that they are trying to Push the Nexus Prime with ICS for a month or two then we will get it. Specs to a layman shopper these phones are close to one another (dual core, ram, ect) I know for us here they are not but the average Joe they are. Sprint pays a lot for new phones and the Evo 3D is near EOL so they'd rather have people looking at the new shiny then an old one. Just my humble two cents for what it's worth....
No i am not trolling and I own a 3D . I also don't know when EOL is but this June they'll have had it for a year so it's closer now then the PRIME is by almost a year.
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I don't think the Nexus has anything to do with it. I believe it's all Sprint and what phone they consider their flagship device. When the Evo 4g came out it got babyed with a lot of software upgrades while the Epic 4g just sat and rot. Now you have the Epic 4G Touch as the flagship this time around and its been receiving quite a few updates. This includes some leaked ics builds. So I have reason to believe whatever is Sprints flagship device is the device Sprint will push manufacturers to develop for..
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Off late I've been really pissed by my phone. I had to factory reset my phone a couple times this week and I very frequently find my phone struggling even with CM7. I really doubt it helped it too much, though I must admit it was better with it.
So, I am hoping I can go all out on the Customer service (I don't mean shouting at them, but use all skill available) to wrestle a different phone from them. Definitely not Droid 3 (I hate keyboards), but what do you think I could get if I tried real hard?
And what tips do you guys suggest me to use?
UPDATE!!! Read this for important tips to score a new phone from VZW, and my farewell to DX2 community!
The x2 is not near old enough to get a new model. Try again in 8 months.
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m125 said:
The x2 is not near old enough to get a new model. Try again in 8 months.
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I don't really want a brand new model. I will settle with any good phone that was released in the same time frame as the X2...
litetaker said:
I don't really want a brand new model. I will settle with any good phone that was released in the same time frame as the X2...
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See my other post...lol most likely they will offer Droid 3. Add a one time thing they replaced with New Droid Charge, but I quickly got sick of it and went back to x2...just mention replacement alternative...they will say no 4g devices but all in all there is nothing else, but the inc 2...yuck.
Don't give up, our in to them, if they see you expressing effort to pay for a battery and cover you can usually get whatever you want. I tried fit a Bionic last week, they said no, but we're willing to give me upgrade.....upgrade...lol I did that from my f fascinate to get x2 inn June....lol
Good luck bud!
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Pixelation said:
See my other post...lol most likely they will offer Droid 3. Add a one time thing they replaced with New Droid Charge, but I quickly got sick of it and went back to x2...just mention replacement alternative...they will say no 4g devices but all in all there is nothing else, but the inc 2...yuck.
Don't give up, our in to them, if they see you expressing effort to pay for a battery and cover you can usually get whatever you want. I tried fit a Bionic last week, they said no, but we're willing to give me upgrade.....upgrade...lol I did that from my f fascinate to get x2 inn June....lol
Good luck bud!
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My actual upgrade date is over a year away... Do you think they can give me an early upgrade? My bad luck is my bro has an upgrade, so every time they suggest early upgrade they are very eager to eat away my bro's upgrade... Jackasses. They got lucky. I will say no and they will say I can't help you
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You'd have to come up with quite the case to force Verizon to ship you a new device. You'd probably have to have gone through 3 or more X2's and have a multitude to problems consistent across each replacement phone. Then, your convos with every rep must be perfect...
You need a miracle.
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You'd have to come up with quite the case to force Verizon to ship you a new device. You'd probably have to have gone through 3 or more X2's and have a multitude to problems consistent across each replacement phone. Then, your convos with every rep must be perfect...
You need a miracle.
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lol. I don't deny one bit that I need a miracle here. I am half expecting that I win some raffle and get a Galaxy Nexus! I really need to win some lottery or something, but then again such great things never happened to me!
As far as an early upgrade goes, I think Verizon stopped doing that not too long ago. I may be wrong though. But when they did, you had to be kind of close to your upgrade date and you had to shell out almost full price for the phone.
I have been riding thier arsses since Nov. about signal and wifi issues with my X2 went through 3 phones with them .Today they gave me a bionic and a multi mediadock (the good 1) and a new car dock. I had gotten in on a price mishap on verizon.com and ordered a accy.package for 19.99 reg price 99.99 anyway I would have had the bionic a month ago but I held out for the accy's too.
Call them every couple of days and complain . Make sure you get transferd to a higher tier. If all else fails ask to be transferd to "Customer Retention" and state your case to them.
just tell them you are willing to pay for an upgrade, nothing but issues with the x2 blah blah blah, talk money, keep talking money, that's all they wanna hear really is cash, so you'll probably have to pay, but it should be possible if you offer money....oh yeah, money, money money....just have someone stand near you saying money every couple seconds and they will give you what you want lol....see the pattern?
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just tell them you are willing to pay for an upgrade, nothing but issues with the x2 blah blah blah, talk money, keep talking money, that's all they wanna hear really is cash, so you'll probably have to pay, but it should be possible if you offer money....oh yeah, money, money money....just have someone stand near you saying money every couple seconds and they will give you what you want lol....see the pattern?
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Looks like I'm gonna have to suck it up, be a man and live with this PITA! :/
And next April (no sir, I am talking about 2013) I need to buy something OTHER than Motorola...
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Looks like I'm gonna have to suck it up, be a man and live with this PITA! :/
And next April (no sir, I am talking about 2013) I need to buy something OTHER than Motorola...
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I would be very surprised if by 2013 Motorola doesn't have some type of unlocking program/procedure available.
then again, no I wouldn't
For me, April will be too late if they even do start unlocking bootloaders. My upgrade is in January and I'm sure I will be moving on to an HTC. I'm ok with that.
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For me, April will be too late if they even do start unlocking bootloaders. My upgrade is in January and I'm sure I will be moving on to an HTC. I'm ok with that.
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I was looking at the HTC Rezound, but now I'm beginning to lean towards the Galaxy Nexus 32gb model. No SD card, but 32gb of internal memory is nothing to sneeze at! I know the Rezound has 16gb internal and then an SD card, but at least with the Samsung Galaxy, you get ICS out of the box.
I still don't know, though. I have to wait and see what is available come my upgrade.
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Looks like I'm gonna have to suck it up, be a man and live with this PITA! :/
And next April (no sir, I am talking about 2013) I need to buy something OTHER than Motorola...
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my upgrade is on May 18! ill probably keep this PITA until my bday in sept or maybe get the iphone 5 on release (only if LTE, has a bigger screen and quad core)
They will give you an early upgrade 6 months early for a fee of $20
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They will give you an early upgrade 6 months early for a fee of $20
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lol
I guess it would be pointless to ask them if I can get an early upgrade 12 months early for $40
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I guess it would be pointless to ask them if I can get an early upgrade 12 months early for $40
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Lol, right!!!
They gave me a new Charge in August, first call, no questions asked, in October I went back to x2, I offered y to pay for battery and back. After two replacements they keep offering nee early upgrades but I insist I shouldn't have to pay more money, just to have a phone that works...LOL
I'M going to try for a bionic replacement alternative again soon...
Life, just like Ash said earlier offer some sort of money...battery...etc
Good luck
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I would be very surprised if by 2013 Motorola doesn't have some type of unlocking program/procedure available.
then again, no I wouldn't
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I hope so. If not, hopefully the S3 is out by the time I can upgrade (August 2013)
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I hope so. If not, hopefully the S3 is out by the time I can upgrade (August 2013)
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2013...when is that..ooh light year away, we'll be sporting 5g by then from a different manufacturer.
The doctor told me I only have a week to live, so, right here right now!!! I'm playing, hopefully more manufacturers unlock their devices, honestly this x2 was nice, still is, but think I'm just bored, let me stop in to day hi to Motcher...lol
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I dont know what it is but for some reason I just REALLY want this phone right now. I have to admit when the gs3 was first announced I thought it was the ugliest thing out there. Lately its been growing on me and I just want it very badly right now. I probably seen every unboxing/review video of it in youtube and I constantly check for updates on what the situation on this phone is. What makes matters worst is that i pre ordered this phone on Verizon so i have to wait longer then everyone else to get it. Im just hoping for a stroke of luck that some how The verizon model gets shipped out before the 9th. Anyways am I the only one like this?
i think the hype for this phone has been just so much a lot of people are feeling the same way...
im actually about to return my HTC Evo 4G LTE (which is an AWESOME phone), for putting in my pre-order for the sgs3
the removable, larger batter and the 2 GBs of RAM really have me pumped, plus a lot of cool extra features, gesture controls, etc make this a super exciting phone...
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i think the hype for this phone has been just so much a lot of people are feeling the same way...
im actually about to return my HTC Evo 4G LTE (which is an AWESOME phone), for putting in my pre-order for the sgs3
the removable, larger batter and the 2 GBs of RAM really have me pumped, plus a lot of cool extra features, gesture controls, etc make this a super exciting phone...
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Exactly! lol and i think what sold me the most on this phone is the fact that the battery is gonna be way better then my galaxy nexus so i dont have to worry about it dying all the time. Also all of the other features are just amazing.
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I dont know what it is but for some reason I just REALLY want this phone right now. I have to admit when the gs3 was first announced I thought it was the ugliest thing out there. Lately its been growing on me and I just want it very badly right now. I probably seen every unboxing/review video of it in youtube and I constantly check for updates on what the situation on this phone is. What makes matters worst is that i pre ordered this phone on Verizon so i have to wait longer then everyone else to get it. Im just hoping for a stroke of luck that some how The verizon model gets shipped out before the 9th. Anyways am I the only one like this?
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lol noooo you're not the only one. I've watched almost every video on youtube.. over and over and over again and finally someone shared a video of the Canadian version which is the same as the U.S. one which I will be getting on June 21st from tmobile I am too too excited! imma have to pay 600 somethin for it.. grrrr
hahaha same, im stalking this phone like a bieber fan.
Yea you're alone. I'm coming from an Evo 4G, and there have been some decent replacements, like the nexus, galaxy S II, but I've been stalking this phone since it was first annouced back before march. I'm with Sprint, so I'll have mine next week. You can live vicariously through us.
Waiting on a pre-order is worse than simply waiting for release in my opinion, since the money is already gone from my account, but no phone in hand. Reading about how much the international people are enjoying theirs already makes it even harder.
You are not alone. I am also very excited for the S3!!! Then again I have an X2 so really any phone is looking good to me right about now lol!
I'm pretty blown away by the specs of the S3 and if I don't have to pay full price for it, I'll probably get it. Does anyone know if I would still have to pay full retail price for the S3 if I upgrade my contract before the 28th and lock in another 2 years unlimited data?? On Verizion, obviously...
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I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way. I think Samsung should start doing their press release events the day before release because making us wait this long is simply unfair. I am secretly hoping that my carrier will call me today and say 'we got a stack of phones in early, would you like to pick yours up early?' LOL. Seriously, I know once I have the phone a while the novelty will wear off a bit but I want it now. And its not like my SGS2 is not a good enough phone or won't hold me over for another year. Do we need help or are just simply victims of marketing?? haha
And now it looks like the Canadian release date has been increased another week to the 27th.
I can't wait either cuz I'm not rooting this evolte since its temp so I want my permanent gs3 yeah buddy.
I thought I was the only one... I thought this was the ugliest phone, but it some how has grown on me, a lot, like I haven't been this bad since the first iPhone came out (everyone was going crazy about it)... and the fact that I haven't seen any U.S variants is driving me nuts...
Lol same here, I almost bought the international version a few days ago to use on AT&T. *Patient running on low*
Im watchin youtube videos of the s3 on my evo lte drooling over the s3 lol
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Currently waiting for my S3 from Verizon also and going crazy but over the last couple days it seems that I'm phasing it out more and more. I was going crazy at first and now I'm just like whatever when it comes it comes especially with no solid release date, I've heard so many 6/28, 7/9, 7/10 all I know is that its pre ordered and I'll be in the first batch of shipments whenever it happens.
This is not just a phone - Galaxy Nexus
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Im watchin youtube videos of the s3 on my evo lte drooling over the s3 lol
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Rofl me too
Just a phone dude. And like all android phones that get rooted, you never find it perfect because you keep flashing and flashing until some other phone comes out and you feel the need tio get rid of the one you have.
I'm on here like 100+ times a day among every other site that I can find info. I even went and did a recon on a T-Mobile store to find the best tactical advantage for me to get my phone first. Crazy!
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I'm anxious to get it, for sure, I just hope its worth the wait and lives up to the hype.
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I'm shopping for accessories already lol
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I'm anxious to get it, for sure, I just hope its worth the wait and lives up to the hype.
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Watch the review videos by phonedog the gs3 looks amazing.