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i just bought the mytouch 4g and i like to but i really like the vibrants 4 inch screen and the nice colors on them vs the mytouch 4g. plus your gpu is better in the vibrant then in my mytouch 4g. but i was thinking about trading my phone somewhere along the way once u guys get android 2.2 at the end of the month. so i guess i am asking is the vibrant a really good phone? my problem is i am no where near a 4g network for tmobile so i cant use that, also there is not many phones out there that can do video chat since there is only like 6 phones with front facing camera's. well let me know, thanks
there is actually a mod to put a ffc on a vibrant. costs about $30.
Also I doubt official 2.2 will be coming out within a month. The devs are working hard on the new froyo roms based upon what samsung gave out, and there are still some problems. The biggest is a weaker/buggier modem. I get edge where I used to get 2 bars of 3g. I have had people call me and the phone acts like it never gets it. and there's problems with the sdcard and mounting.
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there is actually a mod to put a ffc on a vibrant. costs about $30.
Also I doubt official 2.2 will be coming out within a month. The devs are working hard on the new froyo roms based upon what samsung gave out, and there are still some problems. The biggest is a weaker/buggier modem. I get edge where I used to get 2 bars of 3g. I have had people call me and the phone acts like it never gets it. and there's problems with the sdcard and mounting.
TLR no official 2.2 coming out this month
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I'm running 2.2 Macnut R12 with the A14 kernel and I'm actualy getting extremely good signal
right now I'm getting H with 4 bars, when I first got the phone I was almost always on either poor 3G or a pretty good edge connection.
so things seem to be improving
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there is actually a mod to put a ffc on a vibrant. costs about $30.
Also I doubt official 2.2 will be coming out within a month. The devs are working hard on the new froyo roms based upon what samsung gave out, and there are still some problems. The biggest is a weaker/buggier modem. I get edge where I used to get 2 bars of 3g. I have had people call me and the phone acts like it never gets it. and there's problems with the sdcard and mounting.
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here is the link about the vibrant getting 2.2 at the end of this month..
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/11/04...gain-should-we-believe-android-2-2-is-coming/
if it is true then thats cool if not that sucks since gingerbread will be out in the next week. thats the thing i hate about samsung. i had the behold 2 and they said we were gonna get 2.0 then told everyone its only getting 1.6 and even that phone took forever to update. as for the ffc mod i wouldnt want to do that cause then no warranty and that phone aint cheap to replace lol.
I've also got the Vibrant since this month so willing to share some ideas:
Positive:
+ Competent hardware allows satisfied Android experience.
+ 'Vibrant' screen
+ This forum is awesome: lots useful info, quick responses, customized ROMS...
Negative:
+ Only one physical button to turn on/off the phone, what happens if it malfunctions after usage?
+ No 'real' front camera as well as physical capture button and flash light.
+ GPS takes long time (or even never) to lock and the lock is not stable.
+ Some phones (such as mine) have "hardware lock" error which requires fix before flashing ROM
+ Short battery life: my phone's never stood for 2 days yet. What a shame.
Hope this help.
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I've also got the Vibrant since this month so willing to share some ideas:
Positive:
+ Competent hardware allows satisfied Android experience.
+ 'Vibrant' screen
+ This forum is awesome: lots useful info, quick responses, customized ROMS...
Negative:
+ Only one physical button to turn on/off the phone, what happens if it malfunctions after usage?
+ No 'real' front camera as well as physical capture button and flash light.
+ GPS takes long time (or even never) to lock and the lock is not stable.
+ Some phones (such as mine) have "hardware lock" error which requires fix before flashing ROM
+ Short battery life: my phone's never stood for 2 days yet. What a shame.
Hope this help.
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thanks for that. im sure once u guys get 2.2 it might help the vibrant out a lot. thats what i am hoping for then i might trade my phone for a vibrant. i noticed its gpu is one of the best ive seen on any cell phone to date. it even beats my mt4g. plus i think the vibrant looks better then the mytouch 4g. never been a fan of the mytouch serious but once i saw 1ghz plus 768mb ram and 4gb rom ffc and camera flash and led notification, i was like damn its about time the mytouch serious made a good phone lol.
also whats up with this lag fix i am hearing about? does the phone lag that bad were it needs to be rooted just to be fast? jw
Hopefully, we can have official 2.2 updates to see what improvements, but customized ROMs on this fourm are really impressive and worth a try.
About the lag fix, I do not try one so can't say much. From what I read (on this forum offcourse), lag fix means changing the way to store data, let's say FAT32 vs NTFS. However, flashing ROMS usually requires disable/remove lag fix. Moreover, I don't think my phone slow at all.
On the other hand, I don't want to disappoint you but there is one more bad point I should say. That is the very weak Wifi signal. At the same position, the Nokia E63 and Motorola Milestone have stable signal, while the Vibrant cannot reach the same Wifi or usually disconnect.
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Hopefully, we can have official 2.2 updates to see what improvements, but customized ROMs on this fourm are really impressive and worth a try.
About the lag fix, I do not try one so can't say much. From what I read (on this forum offcourse), lag fix means changing the way to store data, let's say FAT32 vs NTFS. However, flashing ROMS usually requires disable/remove lag fix. Moreover, I don't think my phone slow at all.
On the other hand, I don't want to disappoint you but there is one more bad point I should say. That is the very weak Wifi signal. At the same position, the Nokia E63 and Motorola Milestone have stable signal, while the Vibrant cannot reach the same Wifi or usually disconnect.
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oh ok i see. well for what i am hearing they are saying u guys might not get the update till 2011. that would suck but this is what samsung does best. they take forever to keep there devices up to date. but there is hope since they are going with google to make the nexus s that they might jump straight to android 2.3 but thats not a fact but u never know.
Hi! I'm having issues with my battery. When I turn on wifi or 3G the battery meter % runs like mad towards 0! I have a program called JuicePlotter that shows a graph that scares me!
With wifi on, not using it heavily, it sucks a lot of battery. How much battery is it draining for you?
Let's put it this way:
1. Got the Vibrant at launch
2. A few days later started looking towards improving it - screen was nice but it was soooo slow at times to get to the task at hand.
3. Found XDA
4. And now a few months later I am not looking back
to save battery go to settings>apps>running services and turn everything unnecessary off. then get titanium backup and uninstall the apps that have DRM in the name. You will lose the ability to play avatar though.
here is what I have uninstalled in titanium. I have noticed they waste battery and/or are uneeded for me
buddies now
daily breifing
device management (checks for OTA updates)
drm protected
drm content launcher
feeds and updates (facebook)
google voice
talk
media hub
sns 1.0 (facebook)
sns account (facebook)
swype
I can last about 12hours of medium texting/internet. biggest killer is still the screen and that is always on lowest brightness
I'm in the market to upgrade my Touch Pro2. I want badly to get the Vibrant, but I was wondering what you guys think.
I've kind of narrowed it down to Vibrant and the Defy. I like the Vibrant screen, I've heard its speaker is clear, the reception is good and the camera is nice. I absolutely love the 4 inch screen size.
I'm tempted by the Defy because of what I've read about call quality, battery life, and toughness. It seems it's classified as a mid-range phone because of processor speed, which I think can be overclocked to put it on par with Vibrant speed.
I'm interested in the mt4g and G2 but I hear the speakerphone sucks and the camera is mediocre and the reception is spotty.
Am I right in the good stuff I've heard about the Vibrant? I know about the lag and the gps--is it so bad I'd hate the phone?
Would you recommend the defy or one of the htc's?
Thanks.
Defy.
If I had it to do over, I'd get the Defy.
I was going insane trying to get out of San Francisco this evening b/c the GPS & lag is so ****ty.
-bZj
It really depends, If I could've done it again I would have waited for the Nexus S, which may or may not have the same GPS issues, or even the G2 (if you can do without super amoled screen). I've also heard the G2 is $50 on a contract and will be one of the first phones to get gingerbread (after nexus s and nexus one).
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So two Vibrant owners respond and both say skip the Vibrant. Is that the general consensus on this board?
Thanks guys for your honest.
Gabe
I love this phone anyone who doesn't want the one they have can give them to me
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So two Vibrant owners respond and both say skip the Vibrant. Is that the general consensus on this board?
Thanks guys for your honest.
Gabe
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Well, the vibrant is like any other phone.
Yes, it has problems.
Does it give you the moments when you go "DAMN MY PHONE MUST BE THE BEST ONE OUT THERE?" yes.
If your one of the Travelling type and uses GPS, i suggest you skip this phone, BUT i have been hearing they changed teh gps so it works perfectly now.
I say you get the Vibrant, overall its a perfect device, but if you want you can get NEXUS S which is the same thing, but with a few differences which kind of make it a little better.
Defy or Vibrant?
Vibrant.
My personal choice, i haven't used teh Defy so.. i wouldn't know.
I've got an earlier Vibrant so my GPS is a bit flaky, but its still good enough for an occasional GPS-guided trip for me. Lag.. Occasionally. I ran some fixes earlier on that I felt improved things. But then I see others using their different models of phone and waiting, waiting.. I think its a "grass is always greener" sort of thing. Overall, while I wish I had native AOSP and a FFC (stock, not modded), I also wish I had a million bucks .. Can't get it all, right? I'd buy Vibrant again.
So, if I bought a new Vibrant it might not have a GPS issue, but it will definitely still be laggy? And the lag fixes don't completely alleviate the problem?
I'm sorry for all the questions. I live 1 hour away from any Tmobile store and I'm stuck in snow, so I can't just go play with them.
RE lag, if you're going on what I was saying -- My point was that it may have some lag, but no phone doesn't. I don't think it has excessive lag, and there are plenty of tweaks you can try out if you just need to eke out every last bit of speed.
Oh, and I feel your pain. I'm also an hour out, and I don't particularly like that store - few hours further to get a good one. Ordered on the phone personally. Call 'em up and tell the IVR you're checking your contract dates.
I have an older Vibrant and am in love with the phone, but got fed up with the gps. Just an hour ago talked to TMO and without any effort they decided to send me a replacement. Apparently (fingers crossed) these days the replacements they are shipping are retail units (newer batches), not refurbs.
On another thread we discussed how it looks like phones built on or after october do better GPS-wise. So, a week from now if I get a new one, I will be able to compare them side by side.
Btw, check my signature. Being a fervent Nexus One user, was very excited to get a G2, but less than a week was enough for me to dislike it in every possible aspect (to me the G2 is the direct sucessor of the N1 so I had assumed that I would love it as well). I did get the mega-download speed but had the very same 3G issues my N1 up to this day has, where gets stuck switching to HSUPA or something like that. Very annoying when using maps or navigation.
Of all the choices around, if I had to choose, I'd get another vibrant even though I'm a hardcore HTC fan. To top it off, looks like we will be able to run Gingerbread sooner than later. Much sooner. Supercurio has it already running and has already published the files to do so (pretty useless right now, but it has been 36h since he started).
So, I was going to get a Nexus S but after such development, looks like I'll be able to have gingerbread *and* sd card slot, on a non-banana shaped phone...lol. Ah, on the same thread someone ran this benchmark (don't remember the name, the one that shows a comlarative graph at the end) and the gingerVibrant ranked a tad faster than the Nexus One with Froyo, which is the fastest according to that particular program. In other words, faster than any other. Looks like JIT on the Hummingbird is here to stay. Also, seems the gingerVibrant does not have any lag issues, as apparently it is natively EXT4
Hope this helps you in your decission process.
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So, if I bought a new Vibrant it might not have a GPS issue, but it will definitely still be laggy? And the lag fixes don't completely alleviate the problem?
I'm sorry for all the questions. I live 1 hour away from any Tmobile store and I'm stuck in snow, so I can't just go play with them.
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It WON'T have gps issue i can say that for if you live near Dallas Texas.
I was just at the mall and went to Tmobile store, saw a vibrant, GPS is working, i asked them and they said they're shipping new ones with fixed GPS issues.
Not sure about where you live though.
Lag? What lag? I've never had a lag problem, only if your doing like EXCESSIVE things, like running music, facebook, email checking every second, downloading bunch of apps etc, yes it will lag, but it shouldn't, and even if it does and your planning on Flashing Custom Roms, the new froyo roms have NO lag what so ever, even with my heavy use.
I'll recommend you get a Vibrant anyday.
I'm a G2 Nexus one, blackberry pearl, curve and iPhone 3, 3GS, 4 user.
Vibrant has filled all my needs, G2 is pretty good too, i just hate call quality.
The call quality issue is big for me. I need a good speakerphone, good reception and voice quality. Those don't seem like I'm asking much, but from what I've heard, and experienced (I'm a Touch Pro2 user), htc falls short there. The G2 included, correct.
Thanks
Bought two Vibrants a week or so ago, one for me, one for the wife... Wanted the G2 but when I got it in my hands, I had reservations about the spring and she wanted the Vibrant. The T-Mobile sales rep actually sent me to WalMart and they had the Vibrant for $50 (T-Mobile store $199.99)!!
Hers is stock and I'm running the Nero v1 ROM. She gets 6 hours of battery life (the first two days before I rooted mine was the the same) with normal use, and I get about 16. Even though its not a "4G" phone we're both getting some pretty great speeds. Neither of us have had lag or gps issues.
All in all it seems like a solid phone. It's fast, call quality is good, and the display is amazing. The speaker is good, I noticed at full volume the G2 sounded distorted and tinny, and this isn't so much the case with the Vibrant, although it does happen slightly.
There are roms out there to really let you customize it to your liking, and to address some of the phones shortcomings . Glad I didn't get the G2 because I'm lovin the Vibrant so far.
Spaternitejr,
Is the GPS working correctly/quickly on both new vibrants? Was the walmart deal for upgrades or new customers?
GPS is working just fine on both. They acquire quickly and consistently. We did upgrades, but believe it was the same price for either.
I just got my vibrant from walmart for 50...all of walmarts advertised prices are for upgrades and add a lines.
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Out of curiosity, why not get the Nexus S instead of the Vibrant?
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Out of curiosity, why not get the Nexus S instead of the Vibrant?
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Cheaper, SD card, broken GPS...lol, and something I just posted in another thread:
Looks like it can do 3G in AT&T (!!!). Awaiting confirmation by anyone who has an unlocked Vibrant and AT&T service. Details are here but still awaiting confirmation...
If that turns out to be true, then it would be the first phone I know of that can do 3G on both major carriers in the States (!).
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Cheaper, SD card, broken GPS...lol, and something I just posted in another thread:
Looks like it can do 3G in AT&T (!!!). Awaiting confirmation by anyone who has an unlocked Vibrant and AT&T service. Details are here but still awaiting confirmation...
If that turns out to be true, then it would be the first phone I know of that can do 3G on both major carriers in the States (!).
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From what I remember reading, the Vibrant radio is only compatible with one of ATT's 3G frequencies, so in some 3G areas you can only get edge.
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From what I remember reading, the Vibrant radio is only compatible with one of ATT's 3G frequencies, so in some 3G areas you can only get edge.
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I would tend to agree, but just checked on my phone (on that secret menu) and found that it has both 850 and 1900 (both for 3G and plain GSM) in addition to the 1700 and 2100 TMO uses. This is AT&T's band map: http://cellularmaps.com/att_850_1900.shtml
EDIT: I confirmed what Chalup said. Only worked as 3G in one of the bands for me. Here.
So... i have run a few different 2.2.1 Roms. Many people talk about speed improvements and such and i tend to agree. But my question is has anyone experienced the glitchy feeling from them or random spurts of freezing up? In general it seems faster and a little smoother but for me it tends to have more moments of non responsiveness. I'm not complaining or any crap because i know it is a port from the i9000 and all that i just haven't read about anyone else having the issue when discussing the 2.2.1 roms. So wasn't sure it was my phone, or im just crazy, or if it is true. I have run bi winning and frost i think one more i don't remember though.
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I've been having a "moment" of laggy glitchy yumminess for the past hour and a half even after 2 restarts and a battery pull, It was working fine before my lunch break but now it's giving me barely anything and I haven't downloaded anything new or changed anything...
So i convinced my friend to grab this phone because of all the goodness and epic speeds ive experienced with my 1.2ghz dual core mytouch 4g slide...
Hes not happy and he thinks his phone is ****ty, everything seems slow, the 4g in the browser, as well as all the stock apps. Im sure all of you can understand what he means since you have the phone.
I feel bad for him, lol... Anyways im just considering to root his phone for him so i can overclock his phone as well as get him setcpu for battery life.
Im asking the photon community for some input/advice. How are the devs doing for your phone. Any operational AOSP roms? Which rom should i check out for a vanilla android feel that is buttery smooth and just makes you love your phone?
My friend is a noob and all, im mostly looking for a fully operational rom so he doesnt get the urge to whip his phone at the wall.
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leoilios said:
Hes not happy and he thinks his phone is ****ty, everything seems slow, the 4g in the browser, as well as all the stock apps. Im sure all of you can understand what he means since you have the phone.
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No I personally cannot understand what he means. Maybe your friend is doing it wrong? Are we even talking about the same phone here... Because my phone is in no way, shape or form slow.
So i convinced my friend to grab this phone because of all the goodness and epic speeds ive experienced with my 1.2ghz dual core mytouch 4g slide...
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that doesn't make any sense...
What does your snapdragon have to do with the tegra 2 SOC powering the photon they are completely different experiences. If you like how your phone runs why not just recommend your friend buy one like yours.
Also, rooting won't allow you to OC. You'll need the OC kernel that's floating around the dev section. As for roms, CM7 is in the works. Wait for that and slap it on your friends phone when it's done.
Or just tell him to get a new phone. I hear samsung's great for "noobs"
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There are also no real downsides to rooting.
This phone has the best battery life of any android phone I have ever owned out of the box. The speeds are crazy and everything on the device is super smooth. The only time I ever experience an issue is with the stock keyboard - its just not right for me. I use SwiftKey X.
Speeds on 4G are pretty much a joke anywhere - they get to call those speeds 4G when GSM 3G has had similar speeds for a long time. Yeah, they are better than Sprints 3G most the time, but they definitely are slow in comparison to HSPA or LTE
The only downfalls of rooting are the same as the Epic Touch - it does void the warranty, even though it is reversible or hide-able. The chances of being caught are low.
Now the downfall of Unlocking the bootloader is that we don't have 4G working again, unless you relock which doesn't take long.
Honestly if dude isn't happy with the phone, there is something wrong with him or he needs to buy a different device. Probably an iDevice.
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No I personally cannot understand what he means. Maybe your friend is doing it wrong? Are we even talking about the same phone here... Because my phone is in no way, shape or form slow.
that doesn't make any sense...
What does your snapdragon have to do with the tegra 2 SOC powering the photon they are completely different experiences. If you like how your phone runs why not just recommend your friend buy one like yours.
Also, rooting won't allow you to OC. You'll need the OC kernel that's floating around the dev section. As for roms, CM7 is in the works. Wait for that and slap it on your friends phone when it's done.
Or just tell him to get a new phone. I hear samsung's great for "noobs"
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There are also no real downsides to rooting.
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We are talking about the giant octagon shaped phone from sprint in qHD and has a 1.0 dual core processor right? Why shouldnt i expect similar performance to my 1.2 dual core. Is your second core completely dormant or something? Mine atleast runs all the background apps with the second core.
Your phone is newer, and is/was the flagship phone for sprint.
I witnessed him having to wait about 10 seconds after clicking on his bookmark just to load google in the middle of chicago where he has full bars of 4g.
After that he showed me his 15 second wait to get to espn.go.com. he lives in the city and he said this is normal for him.
He showed me his stock music app which was just rediculous. Like 5 seconds or so to load artists, and then again for songs. I fixed that for him instantly when i have him mixzing from the market.
So your phone has terrible stock software, and a ton of bloatware. Im thinking that rooting it and getting a rom with more vanilla android apps would do the trick, but as for his network speed im not so sure. Maybe sprint is just a p.o.s. maybe its the stock radio.
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This phone has the best battery life of any android phone I have ever owned out of the box.
Speeds on 4G are pretty much a joke anywhere - they get to call those speeds 4G when GSM 3G has had similar speeds for a long time. Yeah, they are better than Sprints 3G most the time, but they definitely are slow in comparison to HSPA or LTE
Now the downfall of Unlocking the bootloader is that we don't have 4G working again, unless you relock which doesn't take long.
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1750maH battery is pretty win, i know.
I didnt think the network being THAT slow was possible.
Losing 4g sounds like a pain in the ass. So whats the problem you only get 4g with S-on and not with S-off? Im gonna have to do some research so that i can root his phone and flash a new rom within a couple hours...
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If you like how your phone runs why not just recommend your friend buy one like yours.
Also, rooting won't allow you to OC. You'll need the OC kernel that's floating around the dev section.
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I would have picked mine for him believe me.
How fast can you oc with the right kernel? My phone is getting 1788mhz dual core and minimal bugs.
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I would have picked mine for him believe me.
How fast can you oc with the right kernel? My phone is getting 1788mhz dual core and minimal bugs.
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Tegra Chip is easily capable of 1.6/7 - they do it on the Xoom all day long. But that speed isn't really used, there aren't any apps that are that intensive. And if they do exist, they have been optimized for Tegra 2 and Physx.
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1750maH battery is pretty win, i know.
I didnt think the network being THAT slow was possible.
Losing 4g sounds like a pain in the ass. So whats the problem you only get 4g with S-on and not with S-off? Im gonna have to do some research so that i can root his phone and flash a new rom within a couple hours...
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We don't have 4G because the unlocked bootloader messes with our RSA keys which authenticate the device to the network. I know a fix is being worked on, but I am not sure if we should count on anything any time soon.
Also technically I believe our phone and chipset is older, I mean the Atrix is a twin and its been out for a good long time now - we are only slightly upgraded in comparison.
How long it takes to load a website has to do with download speeds, not bloatware. I just tried an experiment. I loaded google news. (about 10 seconds) then I loaded something that wasn't a browser. Then I went to the home screen and tapped google news. It loaded instantly. Then I went to the home screen and clicked a shortcut for ars technica. 11 seconds. I believe that was download speed.
I have 2 bars of 3g, by the way.
My downloads are much faster when I have wifi.
So I don't think rooting and removing bloatware will make any difference.
I have found that sometimes the phone us confused as to whether 4g is available, and in those cases, turning off the 4g radio improves performance. That might be your friend's problem.
I have been thrilled with the speed and responsiveness of my photon, by the way. Yes, downloads can be limited by signal, but everything that's on the phone is instant response and buttery smooth. So my other hypothesis it's that there's something wrong with your friend's unit. Try clearing out everything non-stock that he loaded and see if performance improves. If that doesn't do it, try exchanging it for a different unit.
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How long it takes to load a website has to do with download speeds, not bloatware. I just tried an experiment. I loaded google news. (about 10 seconds) then I loaded something that wasn't a browser. Then I went to the home screen and tapped google news. It loaded instantly. Then I went to the home screen and clicked a shortcut for ars technica. 11 seconds. I believe that was download speed.
I have 2 bars of 3g, by the way.
My downloads are much faster when I have wifi.
So I don't think rooting and removing bloatware will make any difference.
I have found that sometimes the phone us confused as to whether 4g is available, and in those cases, turning off the 4g radio improves performance. That might be your friend's problem.
I have been thrilled with the speed and responsiveness of my photon, by the way. Yes, downloads can be limited by signal, but everything that's on the phone is instant response and buttery smooth. So my other hypothesis it's that there's something wrong with your friend's unit. Try clearing out everything non-stock that he loaded and see if performance improves. If that doesn't do it, try exchanging it for a different unit.
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He got it on day 1 of it being released so maybe he got a bad revision of the phone
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I just did the update to the leaked ICS and I couldn't be happier. First of all it was so easy to do. It's like a whole different phone. So fast and smooth. I think since our phone has the same specs as the skyrocket but with more pixels to push the note is hampered quite a bit. ICS I think makes better use of hardware acceleration and there fore speeds up the phone quite alot. Btw, since this rom isn't rooted will it still get the ota update when it comes out?
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i tried the leak as well, did not like it at all, full of bugs and other issues. not to mention I lost root and my radio as well. tried to go back to Saurom, ended wiping out my external SD card aw well. so my Titanium and CWM backups were gone too. worst of all, it soft bricked the phone. that was likely my fault, but what an ordeal.
yeah, i'm gonna wait on a real DEV port, leaks, not so good for me.
I just find the battery life sucks on ics.
I liked it too for a few days until my touch screen started to become unresponsive. It got so bad i had to touch icons 2-3 times to get anything to work. I didn't notice a difference in battery life, but I wasn't looking for it either. I went back to stock ( after a struggle) and then back to Saurom ROM, which runs every bit as fast for me as ICS, and without the problems I experienced. I got 3500 quadrant scores on leaked ICS, and thats what I average on Saurom without over clocking.
I also ran into the problem of a few apps force closing with ICS, and others not being compatible. The whole experience was actually good because it taught me how to root and flash my phone, and I learned much to the terminology from this forum. This is an awesome site.