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Well I am very interested in this phone but would like some honest opinions about it here are my questiones. Was the phone what you thought it would be? Is the dual core fast,any lag? and how issue battery life
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I love my 3d and it is speedy and all. But to be honest, if i were upgrading now i would get something else. There are better phones out now as tech moves so quickly. Not a bad phone dont get me wrong, just better ones are out there now
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I've had a lot of android phone and the evo 3d is the only one that's I've been so satisfied with since my droid 1
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Thanks for feedback I have 2 weeks to decide and it's either this phone or epic touch battery is an issue I would like a phone to last majority of the day also u would want a phone that I know will be updated to ics I know HTC already confirmed this with evo3d don't know about epic touch
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Evo3d and epic touch are the best 2 choices. I would say the 3d because its fast and made by htc. Gotta love sense.
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Evo 3d is the best phone sprint has hands down... And some of the best developers...
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Motorola photon....hands down....
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I have an Epic 4G, was going with the Touch BUT! I just bought me an Evo 3D from ebay. I think the masses believe in HTC. They are just better built and from what I see here, have more support. Mines in the mail baby, I'll be joining you all here soon.
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I really dig the Photon and the SGSII is nice as well. But for me, Sense is where it's at. Plus the Dev support is fantastic and exceeds that of the Sammy and MoPho in my opinion.
I had the opportunity to go Photon or Evo3D. Went Evo3D. No regrets. The community really ha made this phone a beast. Before root, I must admit I missed my Evo4G... Not anymore. 3D is neat, but ultimately a gimmick in my humble opinion. The dial cores are fast. I'm running Eternity on mine and it is buttery smooth. To the battery issue.... I chew through them. SIMPLE and CHEAP solution. Ebay up a set of 3 spare batteries and a battery charger for $20. Cha ching!
E3D'ed... Booyah!
Wow you guys are really convincing me to go with the evo3d
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Wow you guys are really convincing me to go with the evo3d
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Sarcasm? lol Play w/ it for a good long while and choose from there. I'm still thinking of trading in my Evo 3D for an Epic Touch 4G... but I have heard nothing but problems from peeps on these forums regarding said device. LOS; cheap build quality; software issues after root, etc. BUT I have also heard nothing but good things about the screen/camera/phone's fluidity.
I've played w/ the ET a couple of times... I've never had any issues w/ it at all while handling it and the fact that the phone FEELS so much smoother than the Evo 3D really makes me want to make the switch.
Anyway, the Photon beats them both for phone stability and build quality but the interface is very bogged down/laggy and the dev support is pretty damn scarce.
Make the right decision. :3
I figure the battery is the same as epic touch which is bad so I would go have look for quality and I know the evo3d has some weight to it which is fine with me epic touch looks like its poor quality any thoughts
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Really depends on what ur coming from. I mean its a bad ass phone for sure but I think I could have been just as happy sticking with my 4G EVO. I love my 3d don't get me wrong. It's fast and reliable for sure. The 3d feature is cool at first but i don't really find any real use for it. Definately love it but think about this too, LTE phones should be coming out one after another starting next year. Depending on what u got now maybe u should wait and see what's new in the first quarter.
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Some times it's just so damn hard to try and wait.
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Yea it can can be confusing choosing a phone would if you guys where in my shoes on upgrading my phone( hero) would you still pick the evo3d
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Yeah, because with the hero there might be alot of features u think are phone related and are really sense related.
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Yea it can can be confusing choosing a phone would if you guys where in my shoes on upgrading my phone( hero) would you still pick the evo3d
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If you've held out on upgrading this long, I'd go ahead and wait for Sprint to start releasing LTE devices next year. That would suck if you upgraded now, right before the end of the year and in 6 months LTE devices come out and Sprint's new LTE network starting to become operational, and you're stuck with a WiMAX phone for 2 years.
bravo1565 said:
Yea it can can be confusing choosing a phone would if you guys where in my shoes on upgrading my phone( hero) would you still pick the evo3d
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Yes!! 2 Evo 3D's here for almost 5 months. 100% satisfied. My wife upgraded from Hero to Evo Design 4G 2 weeks ago and that phone is awesome. Go play with all the phones and buy the one that blows your skirt up. Grandpa always said "never buy anything that doesn't excite you". Good luck!!
galaxy nexus, hands down
Did anyone try out the vivid? I'm thinking of switching over. Despite the low benchmarks it seems like a good peice of hardware and designed very well too. I came from the inspire and always loved sense ui.
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akira02rex said:
Did anyone try out the vivid? I'm thinking of switching over. Despite the low benchmarks it seems like a good peice of hardware and designed very well too. I came from the inspire and always loved sense ui.
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its a great phone. i swap daily between my GS2 and my vivid. only problem i have with the vivid is the locked bootloader.....if it doesnt get unlocked soon, i will be selling it.
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its a great phone. i swap daily between my GS2 and my vivid. only problem i have with the vivid is the locked bootloader.....if it doesnt get unlocked soon, i will be selling it.
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Well got till the end of today to get it for one penny. Anyone else?
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I bought the Vivid for my wife in white. Nice phone HTC customization are really nice. She loves it.
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Well got till the end of today to get it for one penny. Anyone else?
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One penny? Where?
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One penny? Where?
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Amazon.com is selling all att phones for one cent.
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Amazon.com is selling all att phones for one cent.
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The caveat being that it's only for additional lines or new accounts. Doesn't apply to upgrades.
Decided to keep the gs2. The vivid probably won't see updates as I'd like it to compared to the best selling gs2.
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Decided to keep the gs2. The vivid probably won't see updates as I'd like it to compared to the best selling gs2.
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You mean the confirmed ics isn't an update? Lol
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You mean the confirmed ics isn't an update? Lol
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I bet the sgs2 will see ics before it does.
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I owned gs2 for a month, switched to vivid for a couple of weeks. I got both vivid and gs2 right more. Im going to return vivid by the end of this month. Its a great phone but I think I love development more. I did not know I'll miss everything... root/custom ROMs etc so much.
Feels good to have gs2 though.
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I owned gs2 for a month, switched to vivid for a couple of weeks. I got both vivid and gs2 right more. Im going to return vivid by the end of this month. Its a great phone but I think I love development more. I did not know I'll miss everything... root/custom ROMs etc so much.
Feels good to have gs2 though.
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From what I've researched, the Vivid's cpu/gpu isn't near as fast as the GSII's Exynos and Mali 400MP. Our GSII is still far ahead of the game and it's hard for me to justify giving all of that up. I was liking the qHD display and other nice little features like LED notification, LTE, etc of the Vivid but I think my main problem is that I get bored way too fast...
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From what I've researched, the Vivid's cpu/gpu isn't near as fast as the GSII's Exynos and Mali 400MP. Our GSII is still far ahead of the game and it's hard for me to justify giving all of that up. I was liking the qHD display and other nice little features like LED notification, LTE, etc of the Vivid but I think my main problem is that I get bored way too fast...
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yes I agree. I'M back to gs2 but my instincts are kicking in for lg nitro hd which will be released on December 4th.
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yes I agree. I'M back to gs2 but my instincts are kicking in for lg nitro hd which will be released on December 4th.
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Whatever you Do AVOID LG. They are the worst at updating Anything. The LG Thrill is STILL Stuck on Froyo.
Call me a fanboy but I have to say that the only way I am getting rid of this phone is
1) the new device is TRULY SUPERIOR to the SGS2 in EVERY ASPECT.
2) the new device is TRULY SUPERIOR to the SGS2 in EVERY ASPECT.
I will say alot of these new devices look sharp...but I do not see this phone being second to ANY DEVICE out right now period. Unless you need the screen real estate.....there is NO reason to get rid of this phone.
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Call me a fanboy but I have to say that the only way I am getting rid of this phone is
1) the new device is TRULY SUPERIOR to the SGS2 in EVERY ASPECT.
2) the new device is TRULY SUPERIOR to the SGS2 in EVERY ASPECT.
I will say alot of these new devices look sharp...but I do not see this phone being second to ANY DEVICE out right now period. Unless you need the screen real estate.....there is NO reason to get rid of this phone.
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^^
+1 what he said
Quad-core or 2.5ghz+ (stock, not overclocked) dual core
4.7inch+ screen or dual screens
2gb+ ram
Unlocked bootloader
My minimum requirements. And what's scary in a very cool tech way, good chance we'll see something like that in less than a year, two years absolute tops.
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+1 what he said
Quad-core or 2.5ghz+ (stock, not overclocked) dual core
4.7inch+ screen or dual screens
2gb+ ram
Unlocked bootloader
My minimum requirements. And what's scary in a very cool tech way, good chance we'll see something like that in less than a year, two years absolute tops.
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Well considering the Asus Transformer Tablet is on the Horizon with a Quad-Core CPU I would say not much longer till we see it in the cellphone market.
Well, I've been an Evo 3D fag, but i've been having problems with it and I don't really like it. First one went completley dead, and this one has random reboots and gps is fried.
I brought my e3d to sprint last night and they gave me an option of the E3d or Photon.
I decided to try the Photon ( mistake or good choice)?
The E3d is very buggy and just isn't very good quality. I heard the Photon gets great reception and such. The 3D was garbage and bars would jump to 5 then instantly drop to 1 all the time.
Hopefully I made a good choice. Or did I?
Good choice to my evo3d back after 7 days for the photon
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My son has the 3d. Great device, except that he doesn't get good reception. I love my Mopho. However don't expected as many roms here as the 3d. The ones we have are great though!
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Hello,
I purchased an EVO 3D as part of the First to Buy promotion last June as a Premier Gold after having a wonderful experience with my EVO 4G.
All I can say is after literally 5 different 3D's, 2 weeks ago I finally demanded a different Android Handset and too was offered the Photon.
I truly cannot be happier and as I already had a 16gb SD Card, the amount of Storage I have is staggering. It has been hard to get used to the Home Button not being at the far left, but I have gotten used to it.
Cheers,
JJ
Thanks for the replies, i do like the storage on it. I know there isnt much going on for development, but i'm not too worried about it. It doesn't make that much of a difference with the phone its just fun and addicting.
The E3D is just so buggy, the roms and phone itself.
I just got my photon today coming from a galaxy s2 i didnt have los but at work its like a dead spot and with my epic touch 4g i would lose all bars but with my photon i get full bars plus 4g wtf.!!!! Photon ftw.!!!
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Congrats on your choice. I just unlocked about 3-4 days ago and it was very easy. From what others have told me it is a very hard phone to brick. Reception is by far the best I have had on any phone. I think you will like it!
Welcome to the club. Most will tell you the photon doesn't need a rom. I'm one of those people. I'm satisfied just being rooted on stock. It's pretty much hits the nose in terms of what I want from a rom. Enjoy!
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MoPho
I think you've made a very good choice. I recently just got the Photon in the last week coming from an Evo 4G. This phone has the best reception of any I've owned. Battery life is also excellent. Over all I am very pleased.
Like nyckid stated, the stock ROM is very good. I have yet to see a compelling reason to flash an alternative. Unlike with my Evo where I was flashing a new ROM or kernel every other day, lol.
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Welcome to the club. Most will tell you the photon doesn't need a rom. I'm one of those people. I'm satisfied just being rooted on stock. It's pretty much hits the nose in terms of what I want from a rom. Enjoy!
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Well said!
Im hella happy with my Photon. I traded my Samsung Galaxy S2 for it. It's just a different phone. If you've had 1 Samsung you've had them all.
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Awesome, I was kinda worried I made the wrong choice, but now im anxious for it to come :O. i can live with the stock rooted. Flashing is too addicting and on the e3d almost every rom is buggy to the point where you wanna throw the phone out the window
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Awesome, I was kinda worried I made the wrong choice, but now im anxious for it to come :O. i can live with the stock rooted. Flashing is too addicting and on the e3d almost every rom is buggy to the point where you wanna throw the phone out the window
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Funny, I had Evo, Rooted it only to put it back after 3 days. I Rooted Photon, but it back, rooted again for bettery battery life (I use ROM Toolbox Pro!) but for the most part, I like the Photon just like it is, Stock?
I also think you made a good choice. I've always owned Moto phones, except for one. The quality and reception are always great.
I'm a MoPho-er
Ive had the evo 4g,on launch day as well as evo 3d.and i must say the photon is the better phone...hands down!!!!
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Yeah, I too am getting a MoPho after having issues w my 3D..... It will be my first android without sense....
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Im hella happy with my Photon. I traded my Samsung Galaxy S2 for it. It's just a different phone. If you've had 1 Samsung you've had them all.
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Hey i traded my gs2 too lol. I was lucky enough with a guy on craigslist that barely got his phone and didnt like it and i barely got my gs2 maybe 2 weeks ago. So we traded and he added cash on top. Honestly this phone feels better in hand feels solid doesn't feel cheap in hand and the thing im super happy about it that it has superb signal. I've never owned a motorola phone but now i love em.!!! This phone is fast, no droped calls, great battery. Im in love with my mopho.!
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Welcome to the club. Most will tell you the photon doesn't need a rom. I'm one of those people. I'm satisfied just being rooted on stock. It's pretty much hits the nose in terms of what I want from a rom. Enjoy!
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To be rooted stock means you don't have to unlock the bootloader which means you keep 4g right? If so that's what I want to do.
And I just got my Photon today as a replacement for the 3D. So far so good.
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To be rooted stock means you don't have to unlock the bootloader which means you keep 4g right? If so that's what I want to do.
And I just got my Photon today as a replacement for the 3D. So far so good.
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That's what I will prob do anyway....even though I don't have 4g in my town....
I can't wait....I'm so sick of my broken 3VO
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To be rooted stock means you don't have to unlock the bootloader which means you keep 4g right? If so that's what I want to do.
And I just got my Photon today as a replacement for the 3D. So far so good.
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That is correct. Root is sort of like administrative access on a computer.Lets you install cool stuff you normally couldn't and make changes to your system, if you would like to. It wont break your 4g in other words.
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Has anyone made the switch from the iphone to this device? If so what are you thoughts/comparisons? Would you make the switch back? I am sure this has been asked but I am at work and just time constrained and can't search. Any input is greatly appreciated.
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This is a great phone and will do just about anything the iPhone can do, the two downsides are the battery life is nowhere near the iPhones and the games on the play store are lacking but catching up quickly.
The screen in my opinion is much easier on the eyes than the iPhone and I love the size and feel of it. All in all if you don't mind buying an extended battery than I'd say this phone is ideal.
That being said, there are some newer phones out that are just as good but with that better battery life.
Hope I helped
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Helped a lot actually thank you I am just torn between this or wait until the Incredible 4GLTE is released. I like HTC a lot. Too bad they opted out of the HTC One series. :-( That is an impressive device.
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Yeah, in my personal opinion I'd just wait if out until the end of the summer. Some really great phones are coming out that will have better battery and a better chance of receiving the new jelly bean software (faster and more features than ice cream).
Glad I could help you out
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Helped a lot actually thank you I am just torn between this or wait until the Incredible 4GLTE is released. I like HTC a lot. Too bad they opted out of the HTC One series. :-( That is an impressive device.
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do you have ATT too? get the one x! lol
Actually both my phones are Verizon so the HTC One X is a no go for me unfortunately. I know the Rezound is getting 4.0.
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Has anyone made the switch from the iphone to this device? If so what are you thoughts/comparisons? Would you make the switch back? I am sure this has been asked but I am at work and just time constrained and can't search. Any input is greatly appreciated.
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Wait for the incredible 4g if you want HTC. The battery on this one is pretty bad. The snapdragon s3 is not easy on the battery. Otherwise look at the nexus or the razr Maxx (official ics is rolling out as we speak) and its pretty close to aosp. They also have working cm9.
Just realized I forgot about the galaxy s3. That's also a great choice.
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I recently broke my Note 2 and need a new phone to hold me over till I get an upgrade in about a year. Just wanted to know how your phones are still holding up and if it's still worth getting.
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It's definitely worth getting. I've had this phone for over a year now and it's super durable and it's had good performance throughout the year. Definitely worth getting and it'll most certainly help you get to your upgrade
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I will go s3 this phone doesn't have good radios for 4g unless you don't have it in your areas
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I just got this phone a couple weeks ago when I broke ny galaxy nexus. I'm really enjoying it. Don't regret getting this phone at all. Its very fast and smooth. Gets great battery life compared to the galaxy nexus I had before.
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I'm very happy with this phone. I haven't had any problems that i didn't cause myself.
Also, this device, once retired, will make a great media player. Only downside is no easily replaceable battery...
I below it's only a couple screw's to get the battery out so at least if it does seem to lose capacity you can put a new one in.
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Google nav has been broken since the jb update (December), and it has bad data radios. Other than that its ok.
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My radio picks up 4g just fine.
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And my Google nav has always worked fine... I use it at least twice a week
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Depends if u get one of the good ones
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No gripes with mine. But if you're looking for lots of development, you may wanna go with the One. Still, I'm happy with my Evo LTE. Picks up LTE just fine as far as I can see.
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Love it
I love the Evo LTE. Development has been slow to some degree, but there are some excellent ROMs available. Grab the Otterbox Commuter case if you want solid protection.
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And my Google nav has always worked fine... I use it at least twice a week
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Does it work in 2d and 3d mode? Do you have the latest updates? Just curious cause if that's the case ill just keep exchanging it till I get a good one.
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Nope. This phone 4g lte radio issues. You "might" get one of those very rare evos that actually has good radios
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One/GS4>>>Note2>>>Evo
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Does it work in 2d and 3d mode? Do you have the latest updates? Just curious cause if that's the case ill just keep exchanging it till I get a good one.
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Is this what ur refering to? Mine's never failed
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Nope. This phone 4g lte radio issues. You "might" get one of those very rare evos that actually has good radios
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4g just started poping up here according to sensorly and my phone connects to it automatically with no troubles in the already confirmed areas
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This phone is good but the s3 is better overall. I sold my evo 4g lte three months after I got it due to poor reception. Picked up a s3 and haven't seen 3g since on my phone. The 4g lte radios got issues on this phone. Everything else with the phone is fine except the battery, coming from the note this will be hard to live with the s3 battery last longer but if you get the official extended battery by Samsung it will get better life than the note 2. Htc feels good in the hands compared to the plastic of Samsung but if you use a case like I do it really don't matter.
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yup
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Nope. This phone 4g lte radio issues. You "might" get one of those very rare evos that actually has good radios
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My lte radio or antenna blows chunks also. Andddd i'm stuck using ics, my home wifi blows using jelly bean and im not about to buy a new wifi setup. Wifi does work properly with 4.2 evervolv also. My htc evo shift was a well made phone.
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Is this what ur refering to? Mine's never failed
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Yeah. Lucky.
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