My fiance and I are due for an upgrade on Sunday and we want to get the Xperia play but I did want to ask on here if anyone has gotten it already.
We did play around with it in the store yesterday and fell in love with it.
We still love our eris but my fiance is in need of a new phone and I am ready for something new myself.
Thank you for any help
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Where should I go from here? I'm not finding anything that I'm enjoying about the Eris anymore. It's naturally slow and outdated, and my favorite ROM has been discontinued.
I've researched a few phones on the market (Incredible, Droid 2, etc) but I know there are others out there. Are there any that are just completely phenomenal?
My contract isn't up for quite a while, so I won't be getting an upgrade anytime soon unless someone knows of a contract loophole. Any advice for a (relatively cheap/free) upgrade?
Also, any good way to breathe some new life into my Eris? I've tried every major ROM, not totally enjoying any other than Evil Eris (again, discontinued..). Throw out any ideas short of bricking it
Raikalo said:
Where should I go from here? I'm not finding anything that I'm enjoying about the Eris anymore. It's naturally slow and outdated, and my favorite ROM has been discontinued.
I've researched a few phones on the market (Incredible, Droid 2, etc) but I know there are others out there. Are there any that are just completely phenomenal?
My contract isn't up for quite a while, so I won't be getting an upgrade anytime soon unless someone knows of a contract loophole. Any advice for a (relatively cheap/free) upgrade?
Also, any good way to breathe some new life into my Eris? I've tried every major ROM, not totally enjoying any other than Evil Eris (again, discontinued..). Throw out any ideas short of bricking it
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There is a Verizon buyback program thread somewhere here. Do that and see if you can get a little cash for it.
Thanks, I'll look for that.
Any other ideas?
KaosFroyo put new life in my Eris.
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There are also the Samsung galaxy s series of phones. I'm not sure of Verizon has one right now though, but from what I hear they are good phones.
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My girlfriend had an eris, I too flashed every rom I could to speed it up, no luck, so i called customer service and bugged the hell outta them telling then how horrible it was until they agreed to give me an early upgrade. Just bought her an incredible last week for 300 minus 100 mail in rebate. I went onto vzw/trade_in website and they appraised her eris for 132. So it really is only costing me 70 outta pocket for her upgrade. And ps, she says the incredible is everything she always wished her eris could be lol
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I have a question about this too, I bought my eris around the time it just came out, (not quite sure anywhere from Nov-Jan) Is their a way where I can get an early upgrade for 20$ or something? I heard their was an early upgrade you could get.
I'd suggest one of the froyo roms. Evil Eris was my first and favorite ROM for a long time and I wasn't satisfied with any other until Tazz Froyo.
The fact is... our phone is pretty weak. Software tweaks at this point will not really help us all that much unless they're absolutely major. Basically, until Android 3.0 comes out we really won't be seeing much change.
That being said, I don't suggest you upgrade. Smart phones are still in their early stages, especially android phones. In a year they'll have been taken to a whole new level. It'll be like comparing a modern PC to one 5 years ago (like an i7 to a P4) the way that things are going.
I suggest you wait it out because the longer you wait the more incredible your phone will be when you get it.
Wow, I appreciate all of the feedback.
I didn't even consider Hungry Man's idea of toughing it out for a better phone in the long run, that's a good one. High on the priority list.
@jiggaman508 -- I was wondering if complaining would actually do any good. haha.
@Stonent, Hungry man -- I grabbed KaosFroyo and have to say that it is WAY better than any other ROM I've tried. Gonna try Tazz out later tonight probably.
Thanks for the feedback! Keep the ideas rolling
I'd like to say a royal thank you to all lthe dev's busting to make the little Eris look like a cramp. Yet, sadly, I have upgraded to a HTC TB, and will miss you all ever so dearly. All the help you give, the support, and above all, time you spent is well worth it, as who'd of ever thought the Eris would see GB?
I will miss you all, and hope to see you all again one day, as my Eris is still with me. Maybe one day, the little guy will find a new place a new home and you all will make it shine for the new owner.
Thank you, HTC Eris Dev's for all your hardwork and dedication, and if I could give you all a pat on the back, know I would.
Look into TheMP3Rom and turn it into an MP3 player with wifi. That is what I plan to do when I get a new phone for my wife and I.
The Devs ROCK!
Yes the Eris has some awesome devs. The best in the whole world if you ask me. But in the end I guess the Droid Eris will eventually have to fade quietly into the night. It is just another phone after all.
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Indeed, I will miss everyone, You all made my Eris pro, made it faster smoother and just a great phone. Now my TB will take its place, tho I'll always have this Eris... not sure what to do with it, but it'll be a memory of the good times.
Where is this mp3 rom you speak of? Sounds cool.
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Where is this mp3 rom you speak of? Sounds cool.
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In the Eris Dev section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979808
I got my TB on Saturday so I'm kinda moving on as well.
Yesterday though, I was talking to my wife and telling her that I was probably just going to sell my Eris and she quickly said "NO", I'll take it......from someone who has allways hated my phone because "you spend so much time on that dam thing!" LOL, she cool though, she's the one that bought me the TB for our wedding anniversary this past weekend.
So, I'll still be around, need to download the new GSB tonite and install, she's not sure if she's going to activate the phone or just use it as a calender / wifi toy.
I seriously can't thank/donate enough to the Devs (Tazz and Shed especially) for keeping this thing as fast as possible. It sure has been (scratch that) IS a great little phone.
And honestly, I'll probably frame mine for the office before I'd ever sell it!
Peace!
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I got my TB on Saturday so I'm kinda moving on as well.
Yesterday though, I was talking to my wife and telling her that I was probably just going to sell my Eris and she quickly said "NO", I'll take it......from someone who has allways hated my phone because "you spend so much time on that dam thing!" LOL, she cool though, she's the one that bought me the TB for our wedding anniversary this past weekend.
So, I'll still be around, need to download the new GSB tonite and install, she's not sure if she's going to activate the phone or just use it as a calender / wifi toy.
I seriously can't thank/donate enough to the Devs (Tazz and Shed especially) for keeping this thing as fast as possible. It sure has been (scratch that) IS a great little phone.
And honestly, I'll probably frame mine for the office before I'd ever sell it!
Peace!
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Now that's love! My fiance has hated it when I spend so much time on my phone, too. I don't spend as much time as I used to, though, even though I still flash often.
Have fun with your TB and take care!
^ i can agree with this :O)
I know its not a question, but would like to just say thanks to everyone in this misfit forum for making our phone a better device. Just shows what can happen when people work together. I know I've learned alot about android in the last 10 months & thank you guys for all your help along the way. Let's hope the New Year brings us new possibilities for this misfit of a phone....THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE..MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!
This happens to be my very first post on XDA. I'm one of those silent followers, reading, re-reading, scratching my head, pulling my hair, but smiling in the end bc of you Devs. I went back to stock last night to flash 2.3.5 and it kept saying error "build.prop & verification blah blah". I'm freaking out. Since I'm on vacation, I tether my phone for internet (throttled, of course, bc I've been downloading as much as a middle school boy with the parents out). I spend forever loading pages, too stubborn to ask a question and too afraid of the "dude, have you ever heard of the search feature?" Yes, mister, I have read about that feature. But I deleted it and need you to send me a link So, it's Christmas Eve and I'm sitting in a Chinese restaurant enveloped in a sea of S. Florida Jews that my sister loves to talk with every year. We're the only Catholics in the room, but she feels right at home. Idk. It may have been Moses working, but I realized I was on 2.3.3. Huzzah! As soon as we got back I immediately satiated my flash fix. Thanks Ace for the nandroid. X-mas came early. Thanks everyone for your help. I've learned so much for my first smart phone bc of XDA and y'all. I really fear ppl are going to be moving on soon. I fear that a lot. I don't know how ppl can go through phones like it's an accessory. I got my phone on August 6th and am sticking with this to at least my 2 year update. Don't worry. I foresee our unlock is near.
Sorry for the long post, if you made it this far. My next ones won't be this bad.
Big thanks to DEVS and...Ashlepedia. I categorize you, Ash, with the Devs bc of the amount of work you put in to this forum. I rooted around the same time you did and it's been great watching how much you've learned. I'll get whatever phone you get next.
Happy holidays, everyone from Old Testament to New to none.
Gtg to run to bed so Nicolas doesn't get mad. I heard he's brining me an Otterbox this year.
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Hey guys
I wanted to pick up an iPhone clone running android, pretty much just to mess with people and customers. I saw online a few that were running 2.2 and 2.3 but was wondering if anyone had any experience upgrading them to ICS or if there was a specific iClone I should be looking for that can be flashed with an ICS rom. There are videos and articles out there showing it running but none have specifics on which clone it is. Any help would be appreciated. I'll probably pick up on next week so if there is anything I need to pull from the system I can do that as well.
Thanks
Found one! I plan on picking this up in the next couple weeks. I'll update when I receive it and can get to fooling around with it. Should be funny.
If anyone else is interested in messing around with one
http://www.ahappydeal.com/product-84072.html
They also have a bunch of other android knockoff devices that could be cool to mess around with
Haha, that is awesome!
I've been looking to do the exact same. Please keep us updated.
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Thread bump for success. Bought a hero h2000+ on Amazon for 200 to mess around with. I've been surprisingly happy with it considering its cost and components. Sure I could get a nexus 4 for not much more but I wouldn't be able to make fun of my ifan friends with it. I'll update soon with pics and some performance stats
I apologize if this thread is in the wrong spot. I usually use xda to search for problems and not post problems of my own.
Anyway, I have a Nexus 7 2013 edition that I want to give to my girlfriends daughter. She is only 3 but uses an elipses 7 from verizon now and loves it. I know she will be comfortable with the Nexus 7 as it is but I was really wanting to put a kid friendly launcher on it for her. I have owned the nabi 2 and Im also getting her the nabi big tab since walmart had it for $189. but I was wanting to know if someone has tried putting a nabi rom on the nexus or the nabi kids mode apk on it. I have tried some free ones from the play store but in order to lock it in kids mode, I have to pay a monthly fee and I think its dumb. So if anyone could help me out here then that would be greatly appreciated!