A few people who got there's already have posted on here and other threads it may be locked pretty good.If this is true and IF HTC does not send a OTA out for it will you keep it after 29 days?
To me if it can't be rooted by week 2-3 back it goes to sprint i have no use for it if i can't MOD it.
why theMOD EDIT does everyone play the what if game.
htc said they will unlock them how about we just wait and see and stop saying what if this happens.
I'll still keep it. I know it'll be rooted eventually. I'm currently using a Hero, so the 3D will be a definite upgrade for me.
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why the **** does everyone play the what if game.
htc said they will unlock them how about we just wait and see and stop saying what if this happens.
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Yep and we have the engineer hboot. It's all a matter of patience
Im more concerned about the picture quality and battery life. I havent used my digital camera except a few times since me and my gf got the evo 4g. The 8mp cameras awesome. The battery life sucks and from what i understand should be alot better on 3d. Im so sick of my friends iphone lastin all day at work. Me on the other hand i have to throw it on the charger by lunch
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I'll still keep it. I know it'll be rooted eventually. I'm currently using a Hero, so the 3D will be a definite upgrade for me.
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Came in here to post exactly this, word for word.
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I'll still keep it. I know it'll be rooted eventually. I'm currently using a Hero, so the 3D will be a definite upgrade for me.
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Me too! ten chars
oh and i would keep mine you know why?
cause rooting doesnt determine if i keep the phone or not yeah it would be nice to but its all extra.
I would bet 70% of the people on here would send it back before 30 days if it can't be rooted.
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I would bet 70% of the people on here would send it back before 30 days if it can't be rooted.
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Yup, I'm too addicted to modding and flashing to cut it out cold turkey. The 3d is clearly a badass phone, with or without root. But for it to keep me happy, I need root. I'll give it the 29 days. If no root by then, I'd return it and go back to using my Evo, then wait and see if a root method is found for the 3d. I feel pretty confident that root will be found within that time frame though.
Anything at this point is just speculation. No one from the general public will have an EVO 3d in hand until Wednesday at the earliest.
If HTC actually plans to unlock this device, it's quite possible they are waiting until the actual release to provide the code or key. After all, what good is a key if the lock hasn't been made yet? I hope HTC provides the key publicly and not as an OTA or other update. Sprint likely would not let that fly, but it will take Sprint six months to pass it through testing if they did.
What other phone would I go to? The Nexus? If there was something out there maybe but nothing else will be here in time...or anything good anyway.
But this bad boy will be rooted. It might be a month from now but HTC will hold up there side of the bargain and give us root access.
If it can't be rooted it will be replaced. Give a dog a bone.
But it will be rooted no doubt. Have no worries friends!
well i am rather addicted to flashing roms and themes so i dont know that i would want a phone where i cant do that but im also into having a faster phone... sigh
I'll keep mine, preferably rooted; but if not, I still have another Og Evo.
We have an eng hboot. Its not about if, its about when.
seriously???? a) Do you go out looking to start [email protected]#? b) we have already had this thread with a poll even. c) HTC said the phone boot loader issue will be resolved. for a man taking sprints word who was told by HTC about no shortage issue you are now questioning HTC? WTF??
Not even sure why I waste my time responding to you.
Originally I was going to get 2, but with what looks to be a shoddy camera and not knowing when the bootloader will be unlocked, I'm going to get just one. If the one, stock, ends up being better then I feel it might be or it gets full root within a couple weeks, I'll get a 2nd. If not, I'll wait for the Galaxy S 2 and might even return the 1st EVO 3D.
It's going to boil down to how I feel about the one I get. If it's better then expected, I'll get #2. If not, and depending on how well it performs to my liking, I might keep it or get rid of it too b4 the 30 days are up.
To be honest, I'm really hoping it's better then what I think it's going to be because I really don't like Samsung phones.
I'll be keeping it. If full root isn't gained in that time frame, we might have a temp root, allowing us to at least run root apps and do some other things.
I'd probably kill it with fire.
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Well, After 2 years and a month or 3 I decided to upgrade from my trusty Hero and get an Evo 3D. With upgrade i managed to walk away with it for $100 so I cant complain to much. I do though have a few questions before I get to really playing with it.
First, I bought it from an online company (wirefly) and they said once I turn it on it will activate automatically and my Hero will no long work and no need to call Sprint or anything like that. Is there any way to prevent it from doing this right away so I can maybe mess around with it and get it all rooted and stuff before hand or should I just let it activate itself. I hate to be without a phone if something does go wrong.
And second, what is the best method for rooting (Permanent root) and s-off and all that good stuff? I am guessing this is the best method here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218193
I am so excited and I have been trying to read all I can but its a lot to take in. Also really looking at ViperRom as it looks like a great solid fast rom.
Well, Today I will officially be here in the 3D forums for the most part. I will not totally give up on my Hero. It will make a great MP3 player and stuff for out in the boat and what not and some GPS stuff and use when on the WiFi at home.
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Well, After 2 years and a month or 3 I decided to upgrade from my trusty Hero and get an Evo 3D. With upgrade i managed to walk away with it for $100 so I cant complain to much. I do though have a few questions before I get to really playing with it.
First, I bought it from an online company (wirefly) and they said once I turn it on it will activate automatically and my Hero will no long work and no need to call Sprint or anything like that. Is there any way to prevent it from doing this right away so I can maybe mess around with it and get it all rooted and stuff before hand or should I just let it activate itself. I hate to be without a phone if something does go wrong.
And second, what is the best method for rooting (Permanent root) and s-off and all that good stuff? I am guessing this is the best method here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218193
I am so excited and I have been trying to read all I can but its a lot to take in. Also really looking at ViperRom as it looks like a great solid fast rom.
Well, Today I will officially be here in the 3D forums for the most part. I will not totally give up on my Hero. It will make a great MP3 player and stuff for out in the boat and what not and some GPS stuff and use when on the WiFi at home.
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Activation should be a completely separate issue from "updating". You can "activate" the phone number, but by no means whatsoever should you let it do a ("firmware update", ruu, OTA, whatever) at all.
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I used this for rooting. Worked like a charm.
As for activation... You can mess with it and all of that but its really easy to change out your phones if you have to and still have your old Hero. All you do is a battery pull, find out your esn, then go to sprint.com and do it there.
Well, I got my phone and first thing first was to root it and then back it up then flash away! Never even used it stock but I have a back up should I need to go back ever.
So far I am really liking it. Sad to see the Hero get set aside though...
not to be a downer but its most likely going to have boot loader 1.50 on it. which will mean only way to unlock and root will be to void your warranty the htc way. maybe you will get lucky and get a 1.30 or a 1.40 but i doubt it if its new.
edit seen your new post. you got lucky lol congrats. dont update the boot loader!!
Its already been rooted and flashed with ViperRom. And it has HBoot 1.40.000
Guess I got lucky.
Bye folks! I will miss you all. This phone started out well because I like the hardware. It feels nice in the hands. But I am tired of waiting for Moto to unlock the bootloader. They promised they would in late 2011. No word yet. Anyways, I am going back to HTC DINC2 for some CM love. If I wanted to get stuck with OEM crapware on my smartphone, I would have bought the iCrap. But I like the freedom. I have tried Eclipse, and it just seems like the best a dev can do with his hands tied, which is not good enough. This phone should be OC'd, should have many more abilities as far as android goes, but devs can only do so much. I am not blaming them or the community. They are all great. But Moto can lick the bottom of my nutsack for all I care. I hate HTC hardware, it feels cheap, but at least it is unlocked. or can be unlocked easily. Anyways, just thought I would leave my one last post on this forum. Take care everyone!
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Bye folks! I will miss you all. This phone started out well because I like the hardware. It feels nice in the hands. But I am tired of waiting for Moto to unlock the bootloader. They promised they would in late 2011. No word yet. Anyways, I am going back to HTC DINC2 for some CM love. If I wanted to get stuck with OEM crapware on my smartphone, I would have bought the iCrap. But I like the freedom. I have tried Eclipse, and it just seems like the best a dev can do with his hands tied, which is not good enough. This phone should be OC'd, should have many more abilities as far as android goes, but devs can only do so much. I am not blaming them or the community. They are all great. But Moto can lick the bottom of my nutsack for all I care. I hate HTC hardware, it feels cheap, but at least it is unlocked. or can be unlocked easily. Anyways, just thought I would leave my one last post on this forum. Take care everyone!
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Htc has great build quality. You'll be pleased. Later!
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My mom has the Incredible 2, first thing I said before we got root for our phone when we were still on 2.2 that here phone was significantly faster/smoother than mine!
Ummm Ok? Gotta love these teenage drama OMG FU (insert latest life disappointment) threads. Grow up! Its a phone and you knew what you were getting when you bought it. You got several options. Leave, Develop or Wait (patiently like the majority here). You seem to have choose the first so take care.
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Bye folks! I will miss you all. This phone started out well because I like the hardware. It feels nice in the hands. But I am tired of waiting for Moto to unlock the bootloader. They promised they would in late 2011. No word yet. Anyways, I am going back to HTC DINC2 for some CM love. If I wanted to get stuck with OEM crapware on my smartphone, I would have bought the iCrap. But I like the freedom. I have tried Eclipse, and it just seems like the best a dev can do with his hands tied, which is not good enough. This phone should be OC'd, should have many more abilities as far as android goes, but devs can only do so much. I am not blaming them or the community. They are all great. But Moto can lick the bottom of my nutsack for all I care. I hate HTC hardware, it feels cheap, but at least it is unlocked. or can be unlocked easily. Anyways, just thought I would leave my one last post on this forum. Take care everyone!
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Did you -REALLY- think the X2 was going to get an unlocked bootloader? Seriously they announced they will unlock (future ones in development) but never ever said they would do anything for devices in production.. If you did, then you bought the wrong phone and stop putting the blame on Motorola. As for the phone, I have been pleased, works well, fast..
My only gripe was it was released with Froyo, had no front facing camera, and was 3g instead of 4g.. I do hope someone figures out how to unlock it, but I'm not "Waiting for Moto to Unlock" because I expect them NOT to..
So good for you, you now should go buy a phone that you'll like more.. Now that months and months have gone by there are some really good ones out there (for a price)..
I don't blame you for leaving the X2 it's a POS because of Motorola. Learn the lesson don't buy from them again. Good luck on your next phone.
Actually the ATRIX is an insane phone so moto isn't a pos. Eventually they will give in.
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Actually the ATRIX is an insane phone so moto isn't a pos. Eventually they will give in.
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Eventually. That time frame doesn't suit anyone.
my x2 has run great the entire time i've had the phone, it was pretty laggy in froyo but compared to the froyo on my old lg ally the x2 screams. and gingerbread made it way quicker. 2.3.4 improved everything for me including battery life. i want the bootloader unlocked as bad as anyone else but, i think it will happen eventually, i'm stick'n with my phone and my current contract because i've got an unlimited plan for another 14 months or so, i'm sure as hell not throwing that away just for an unlocked bootloader.
It is not just until the end of your contract, every time you renew you keep your original terms. I know this because I was the one who upgraded my moms phone as she is on my plan. I am eligible for upgrade as of yesterday, specifically asked the rep from Verizon and they told me I still keep it. But, I don't like the Bionic, so I will wait
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It is not just until the end of your contract, every time you renew you keep your original terms. I know this because I was the one who upgraded my moms phone as she is on my plan. I am eligible for upgrade as of yesterday, specifically asked the rep from Verizon and they told me I still keep it. But, I don't like the Bionic, so I will wait
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The prime and vigor are looking mighty awesome.
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Not to mention 4G goes hot here in the "Michiana" (Mishawaka, South Bend, Osceola, Granger, Goshen, Elkhart, Middlebury, Niles, Edwardsburg, Notre Lame, Roseland) metro area a week from today
Lol I said the same thing to the x2 in the end. Stock touchwiz out performs the x2 regardless of the roms and scripts.
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Not the stock touchwiz on my fascinate.
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Bye folks! I will miss you all. This phone started out well because I like the hardware. It feels nice in the hands. But I am tired of waiting for Moto to unlock the bootloader. They promised they would in late 2011. No word yet. Anyways, I am going back to HTC DINC2 for some CM love. If I wanted to get stuck with OEM crapware on my smartphone, I would have bought the iCrap. But I like the freedom. I have tried Eclipse, and it just seems like the best a dev can do with his hands tied, which is not good enough. This phone should be OC'd, should have many more abilities as far as android goes, but devs can only do so much. I am not blaming them or the community. They are all great. But Moto can lick the bottom of my nutsack for all I care. I hate HTC hardware, it feels cheap, but at least it is unlocked. or can be unlocked easily. Anyways, just thought I would leave my one last post on this forum. Take care everyone!
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Bye! Don't let the door hit you in the butt on way out! And by the way it is just now late 2011...did you expect something right at the beginning of the 4 th quarter of the year? That's crazy!(well believing moto would do it at all is crazy)
So I was sitting in my Jeep after coming back from getting pizza a minute ago and noticed that my phone was frozen when tried to change songs. I would press the honme button, nothing, press the back button, nothing. Then the screen would go black but not off. I could still put the phone to sleep by pushing the power button and the lock screen would still work when I would wake it up. but after being woken up the screen was still black. Now I removed and reinserted the battery and when it boots up it has no signal, doesnt seem to be activated, just the flashing triangle where the 3g symbol would be. Normally restarting the phone would fix the flashing triangle issue and 3g would work again but its starting to take more and more restarts to get that to work correctly.
So I found myself saying F* this phone. I have never had a phone that needed so many scripts and edits to get to work properly, this is the worst phone ever.
If the phone works properly WITH the scripts it is not the phone that is the problem.
Don't hate the phone. It's common knowledge that Motorola has their bootloades locked on the majority of their devices. Do some Google searches before making a decision, especially if you plan on modding/rooting your phone. You still turned out better than I did. My first android was the Sanyo Zio. TERRIBLE!!! So I gave it to my kid as a portable gaming device and cancelled service. Then I researched and bought the NS4G, and I love it!
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So I was sitting in my Jeep after coming back from getting pizza a minute ago and noticed that my phone was frozen when tried to change songs. I would press the honme button, nothing, press the back button, nothing. Then the screen would go black but not off. I could still put the phone to sleep by pushing the power button and the lock screen would still work when I would wake it up. but after being woken up the screen was still black. Now I removed and reinserted the battery and when it boots up it has no signal, doesnt seem to be activated, just the flashing triangle where the 3g symbol would be. Normally restarting the phone would fix the flashing triangle issue and 3g would work again but its starting to take more and more restarts to get that to work correctly.
So I found myself saying F* this phone. I have never had a phone that needed so many scripts and edits to get to work properly, this is the worst phone ever.
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I just wanted to send out a big thank you to all the guys working hard to make this phone better. But sadly for me it is just not enough to keep me with android any longer. I have had enough of the **** android devices that are just completely unfinished before releasing. I hope they get their **** together and make some wonderful devices. I would never have thought that I'd be tapa talkin from an iPhone but Motorola htc and Samsung have pushed me to try one. I am so surprised at how well it works that I often wonder why I ever thought these were a pos. not trying to convert anyone at all just stating my personal surprise on the matter. Again thanks to everyone for making my experience at least tolerable for a while.
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Full moon tonight or something?
Wow - they snuck that out, didn't they. Walked back to my phone and saw it was in the middle of a forced update. So much for temp root, etc. Really bummed.
If you are using temp root simply because you don't want to unlock the boot loader, sorry I have no sympathy for you. If you can't unlock it because it is a company phone or something, then I feel bad for you.
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If you are using temp root simply because you don't want to unlock the boot loader, sorry I have no sympathy for you. If you can't unlock it because it is a company phone or something, then I feel bad for you.
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Con ... first, thanks for all the work you do for the Rezound.
To answer you ... it's all on me I'm on Rezound # 4 and since heat is very subjective and there is no answer to what ultimately happens when/if a "re-locked" phone gets back to Verizon, I haven't unlocked. It was nice having temp root from time to time when needed, but I don't have $650 lying around, so I stayed locked.
I'll tell ya ... I wish we had S-OFF and S-ON swapping like on my dearly departed DINC. That would solve it all
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Con ... first, thanks for all the work you do for the Rezound.
To answer you ... it's all on me I'm on Rezound # 4 and since heat is very subjective and there is no answer to what ultimately happens when/if a "re-locked" phone gets back to Verizon, I haven't unlocked. It was nice having temp root from time to time when needed, but I don't have $650 lying around, so I stayed locked.
I'll tell ya ... I wish we had S-OFF and S-ON swapping like on my dearly departed DINC. That would solve it all
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I usually give my devices the 2 week rule. If it doesn't have problems in the first 2 weeks, it is likely it won't have any until the warranty expires. Then at that point I would be paying for issues anyway. If it has problems in those 2 weeks (I have NEVER had an issue with an electronic device in my life as far back as my 4th gen clickwheel ipod) I would keep returning until I get a good one.
Welp
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I usually give my devices the 2 week rule. If it doesn't have problems in the first 2 weeks, it is likely it won't have any until the warranty expires. Then at that point I would be paying for issues anyway. If it has problems in those 2 weeks (I have NEVER had an issue with an electronic device in my life as far back as my 4th gen clickwheel ipod) I would keep returning until I get a good one.
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... and that's a good rule; but whether or not a phone overheats (which is what I wish I knew) or is acting normally given the ambient temperature + what you are doing, is too subjective across threads to be determinable. Short of standing next to someone running basically the same background threads (although I would gladly dismiss that), running battery indicator, and playing the same game at the same time for the same length; there is no true way to know yes or no. ... so that 2 weeks never ticks off
Anyway - again, thanks for all your hard work for the Rezound.
One word..... Asurion, their replacement program is awesome and they don't care about root etc. IF you ever have an issue you call CS and complain. They promptly send out a new one. You just gotta pay the initial 100 dollars.
The cheaply made htc batteries have a lot to do with the overheating. When they start using some well made batteries the overheating should stop.
Just wanted to drop a line as a new Motorola Photon owner.
I have been an XDA member for years and owned multiple devices. The Photon is replacing a HTC Shift. I additionally own a Sony S tablet.
Enjoying this new device!
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Just wanted to drop a line as a new Motorola Photon owner.
I have been an XDA member for years and owned multiple devices. The Photon is replacing a HTC Shift. I additionally own a Sony S tablet.
Enjoying this new device!
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Welcome to the Photon community!
Yea, welcome to the Family!
Welcome! I'm new too. Long time lurker, brand new poster. I have the Motorola Electrify, which is basically the same as the photon with some slightly different software, and no 4G =(. If you see people saying things like "Will you make an Electrify Version?" or "Does this work on Electrify?" That's just because the Photon and Electrify are so similar that making two forums is kind of silly. Unfortunately for me, my BL is locked, but I believe all versions of the Photon can be unlocked, so if Custom ROMs tickle your fancy, you're in luck!
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Unfortunately for me, my BL is locked, but I believe all versions of the Photon can be unlocked, so if Custom ROMs tickle your fancy, you're in luck!
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I would not say unfortunate, I was unlocked and custom for months. 2/15/2012 I went bone stock and never looked back!!! MotoBLUR is not the best, but play with it long enough and you get things where you want them, you become confortable? Matter fact, if you put 10 photons side-by-side, I could pick mine on the first try!
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I would not say unfortunate, I was unlocked and custom for months. 2/15/2012 I went bone stock and never looked back!!! MotoBLUR is not the best, but play with it long enough and you get things where you want them, you become confortable? Matter fact, if you put 10 photons side-by-side, I could pick mine on the first try!
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Yes, I'm mostly fine with stock. I love it honestly. I just want to remove anything that's tracking me (a root should probably help with that) and to replace webtop with Ubuntop or Webtop+ (I'm still researching this.). I wouldn't mind switching to a custom rom if it still offered the full encryption, improved Exchange connectivity and the ability to get a real read on my extended battery.
I don't mean to hijack the thread, I just finally found a post with someone that likes stock and may know enough to be able to compare both or at least help me out in my searching.
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I don't mean to hijack the thread, I just finally found a post with someone that likes stock and may know enough to be able to compare both or at least help me out in my searching.
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I don't see it as jacking, I see it as a "one shop stop" for a new member and bring them up to speed on a few items/post that may interest them.
The encryption/tracking issue has been around for some time. Personally, I dont care. I go to work, home, maybe the grocery store, mall sometimes, and law enforcement is not looking for me (I dont think). secondly, once all carriers ditch CarrierIQ (is that the company that did their tracking?, that pretty much eased some mines. Personally, my GPS and WiFi (unless I need it) are off, you may get close off cell phone tower, but exactly where I am...............
As for Stock, ROM's gave me a headache. One day the phone worked, next it did not, would get home and it was working again? When I finally decided to put it back, I made a serious effort to see what stock had to offer, 2 days later I was happy and decided to dig deeper. Yes, I have a lot of bloatware, I just don't use it! Matter fact, I really don't hit the "App's" icon. Everything I do on a normal is on one of the Panels that I can find easily. But since I use the phone so much, if I'm in e-mail and I want to chack my bank, I just press and hold the home button and the last 10 current apps come up anyway, then I open the bank.
Thanks everyone.
I am a heavy modder, and spent 5 hours the first night I had my Photon downloading apps and setting up everything the way I like.
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Thanks everyone.
I am a heavy modder, and spent 5 hours the first night I had my Photon downloading apps and setting up everything the way I like.
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F.Y.I., downloading apps and setting everything up and modding are apples and oranges. Like srkelley and I, I have downloading apps and set everything up, stock! (matter fact, at one point I had 230+ apps, broke that down to less than 60!
Modding = Rooting (gaining Admin Rights to root directory) and unlocking (kicking Sprint to the door and taking control of your phone to do anything you damm well please, Like blowing away SprintNSCAR and installing whatever you want!)
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I don't see it as jacking, I see it as a "one shop stop" for a new member and bring them up to speed on a few items/post that may interest them.
The encryption/tracking issue has been around for some time. Personally, I dont care. I go to work, home, maybe the grocery store, mall sometimes, and law enforcement is not looking for me (I dont think). secondly, once all carriers ditch CarrierIQ (is that the company that did their tracking?, that pretty much eased some mines. Personally, my GPS and WiFi (unless I need it) are off, you may get close off cell phone tower, but exactly where I am...............
As for Stock, ROM's gave me a headache. One day the phone worked, next it did not, would get home and it was working again? When I finally decided to put it back, I made a serious effort to see what stock had to offer, 2 days later I was happy and decided to dig deeper. Yes, I have a lot of bloatware, I just don't use it! Matter fact, I really don't hit the "App's" icon. Everything I do on a normal is on one of the Panels that I can find easily. But since I use the phone so much, if I'm in e-mail and I want to chack my bank, I just press and hold the home button and the last 10 current apps come up anyway, then I open the bank.
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Thank you.
I'm too boring for big brother, but if anything were to ever occur then I'd like to make things as difficult as possible for them legally. I just don't like people going through my stuff but pretty much have to accept that it happens in our lives now. Not without a fight and exercising all of my rights though!
I'm probably going to back up stock and try something else for a while. I honestly don't feel limited in stock, just in Webtop. If I'm going to really go through with modifying anything then I may try underclocking the processor to see if I can get better battery life without losing performance in regular use. I don't do anything too taxing on the phone so it's power is mostly wasted on me outside of keeping things smooth.
hello
Welcome,have you unlocked and rooted?
Hi,
I also bought it few days back and I have rooted it and installed CWM too. My photon is unlocked meaning I can put any operators sim and use it. I am now in India and using it with Tata Docomo.
If I change the rom, do I have to unlock it again or it will stay unlocked forever ?
Thanks.
kikloo said:
Hi,
I also bought it few days back and I have rooted it and installed CWM too. My photon is unlocked meaning I can put any operators sim and use it. I am now in India and using it with Tata Docomo.
If I change the rom, do I have to unlock it again or it will stay unlocked forever ?
Thanks.
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You've unlocked the bootloader, so you can install custom ROMs, kernels, etc.
GSM isn't locked unless you are in the US, its a world phone.
Another Electrify user here, but I'm neither new here, nor new to the device. I've had it for a little over 4 months now. And I will never go back to stock. Screw that. The closest I will consider going is CM7.2. CyanogenMod+Gingerbread. I really don't want to downgrade from ICS, though. It's too nice. I will admit part of the thrill is having something most others (93% of Android users!) do not, but I genuinely like it on its own as well. I just got a huge performance increase going from stock to Joker's CM9, and ICS requires more resources than Gingerbread. Yet the phone runs faster? How does THAT work? It's because of bloatware. And Blur is just terribad. I imagine CM7.2 would be pretty slick since it doesn't require the power of ICS and has all the crap from Blur removed.
kikloo said:
If I change the rom, do I have to unlock it again or it will stay unlocked forever ?
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Nope! If you unlock the bootloader, it's unlocked. Flashing ROMs doesn't touch the bootloader. To re-lock the bootloader you would have to flash a locked bootloader. I haven't heard of anybody doing that, though.
Hey guys/gals,
Just thought I would share this with everyone. Best Buy has a new policy with their warranty for phones (at least the ones by me do).
You no longer have to ship your phone in for service. All you do is go to the store, tell them your problem, they ship a new phone (the last couple I had replaced arrived in less than 36 hours), and you bring your phone in when the new/re-manufactured one arrives.
This is great if you have a problem where your current phone still works. You don't have to dig out an old phone, or rent a POS loaner phone from BBY, but you can still do all of those things if your phone is unusable.
Like I said just though I would share this info. I think BBY keeps making their protection policies better and better.
Hope this has helped someone!
I will put this to the test this weekend!!! Good find!!!
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FattySparks said:
Hey guys/gals,
Just thought I would share this with everyone. Best Buy has a new policy with their warranty for phones (at least the ones by me do).
You no longer have to ship your phone in for service. All you do is go to the store, tell them your problem, they ship a new phone (the last couple I had replaced arrived in less than 36 hours), and you bring your phone in when the new/re-manufactured one arrives.
This is great if you have a problem where your current phone still works. You don't have to dig out an old phone, or rent a POS loaner phone from BBY, but you can still do all of those things if your phone is unusable.
Like I said just though I would share this info. I think BBY keeps making their protection policies better and better.
Hope this has helped someone!
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This is what they did for me when I needed a replacement about six months ago.
They did not offer it to me until I spoke with the manager because i didn't want to be without a phone for a few days or use one of their loaner phones.
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about time they changed it, I canx my 3x black ties just because of this
Best buy insurance, ftw. I will never buy another phone anywhere else. Im on my 3rd lte and i got the lte free because they had no more 3d's. They ask basic questions about what happened and then ship it out. I got my last replacement in 2 days. Took it in on a Monday at 7pm and got my replacement on Wednesday at 7pm.
Awesome. I love black tie (bb). I had to replace due to malfunctions and no questions or hassles in fact the reason I signed up for black tie was the guy indicated I would never have to send anything in and that I would get a new replacement directly from the store which they did. I even had the guy write and confirm that on my sales receipt because I didn't believe him.
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Thank you all for the info. I won't be going to Sprint stores anymore. BB sounds like the way to go now. Back when I worked there it definitely wasn't but a lot has changed since then. Good to know.
My EVO has developed a problem where I'm getting all sorts of crazy noise on the screen. Definitely a hardware problem as it even has problems with the HTC logo on boot. I'm currently S-OFF with the latest CM release installed. Do I need to unroot and restore back to Sense before I take the phone into Best Buy, or do they not care?
Thanks for the help and all the useful info!!
pdlboy said:
My EVO has developed a problem where I'm getting all sorts of crazy noise on the screen. Definitely a hardware problem as it even has problems with the HTC logo on boot. I'm currently S-OFF with the latest CM release installed. Do I need to unroot and restore back to Sense before I take the phone into Best Buy, or do they not care?
Thanks for the help and all the useful info!!
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I would at least flash a stock rom and splash screen before taking it in. Other than that, my local store doesn't care about root.
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I would at least flash a stock rom and splash screen before taking it in. Other than that, my local store doesn't care about root.
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When i took my last one in i had viper on it but i was taking it in because the screen was crushed. It was still usable thougg and he was sittin there going through the different venom options just amazed. Then i told him i just wanted to erase the data and internal storage and he was amazed by twrp too lmao. He didn't give half a sht.
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When i took my last one in i had viper on it but i was taking it in because the screen was crushed. It was still usable thougg and he was sittin there going through the different venom options just amazed. Then i told him i just wanted to erase the data and internal storage and he was amazed by twrp too lmao. He didn't give half a sht.
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Yeah, my store is the same way, but I doubt every store is the same. To be safe I would backup, flash a stock rom, bring it in and show them the problem, then recover until your "new" phone gets in and the re-flash a stock rom when you bring it back.
I doubt they'd care, but this should cover your a$$ either way.
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Yeah, my store is the same way, but I doubt every store is the same. To be safe I would backup, flash a stock rom, bring it in and show them the problem, then recover until your "new" phone gets in and the re-flash a stock rom when you bring it back.
I doubt they'd care, but this should cover your a$$ either way.
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Best buy covers software though right? So why would it matter? There's nothing saying they don't cover rooted devices. I even asked the manager when i got my 3d and he said if i bricked it I'm covered. So why flash back to stock? Unless youre having issues that could be rom/kernel related of course.. then youll obviously want to flash to something else to make sure its not the rom and then go back to stock to show them its happeneing on there also.
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Best buy covers software though right? So why would it matter? There's nothing saying they don't cover rooted devices. I even asked the manager when i got my 3d and he said if i bricked it I'm covered. So why flash back to stock? Unless youre having issues that could be rom/kernel related of course.. then youll obviously want to flash to something else to make sure its not the rom and then go back to stock to show them its happeneing on there also.
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Because it is better to be safe than sorry. If you read the terms and conditions, they don't list software as covered. They could deny coverage if they wanted to. Every store is not the same, but if you hand them a phone that is obviously not stock, there is more of a chance of them questioning it. I don't think they would, but it takes me 2 minutes to flash back to stock, so I'd rather avoid a potential headache. I'm getting a "new" phone anyway, so what do I care if I leave cm10 on my old one. Plus, it's a good way to wipe your phone.
Personally, if I were a store employee and someone brought me a "bricked" phone that I could prove was rooted, I wouldn't cover them. If you bricked your phone, that's your fault. Best Buy or any other business shouldn't subsidize your hobby, because you didn't know what you were doing. That makes the development community look bad. Now if it were a problem that was obviously not caused by root, I would look the other way.
I'm currently in this situation where my screen is cracked. I too was wondering if I needed to unroot before I had them ship the phone out for repair. What stock ROM does everyone suggest?
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I'm using Sharkie's right now as my daily. It flashes with the new TWRP. One of the other ones that I tried wouldn't flash.
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Because it is better to be safe than sorry. If you read the terms and conditions, they don't list software as covered. They could deny coverage if they wanted to. Every store is not the same, but if you hand them a phone that is obviously not stock, there is more of a chance of them questioning it. I don't think they would, but it takes me 2 minutes to flash back to stock, so I'd rather avoid a potential headache. I'm getting a "new" phone anyway, so what do I care if I leave cm10 on my old one. Plus, it's a good way to wipe your phone.
Personally, if I were a store employee and someone brought me a "bricked" phone that I could prove was rooted, I wouldn't cover them. If you bricked your phone, that's your fault. Best Buy or any other business shouldn't subsidize your hobby, because you didn't know what you were doing. That makes the development community look bad. Now if it were a problem that was obviously not caused by root, I would look the other way.
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I see where you are coming from but A. You wouldn't have the power to set a company wide policy B. You would have to account for all the phones sold with the protection plan being quoted "for any reason at all" C. As low hourly wage employee you wouldn't care
Nice to know :thumbup:
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I see where you are coming from but A. You wouldn't have the power to set a company wide policy B. You would have to account for all the phones sold with the protection plan being quoted "for any reason at all" C. As low hourly wage employee you wouldn't care
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Pretty sure he was posting from the perspective of someone who *could* set company wide policy FWIW.
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