Yep, I dropped my EVO 4G taking it out of my pocked in a parking lot today, and the screen is cracked to he!!. Need to decide whether to get another EVO 4G or move to the EVO 3D.
I like the idea of the better quality screen and faster processor in the 3D, but from reading some if the "issues" threads here and elsewhere, not looking for a new device that will randomly reboot, have worse reception, overheat faster (it's flipping hot here in Houston!), etc. The lack of a kickstand and where they place the charging port seems like a huge fail as well.
I don't root or anything like that. This is a work phone and to be honest, I don't have the time to mess with rooting and stuff. I just need it to work right out of the box. I have a 16GB micro SD card that I will use for storing pictures, music, etc. I currently use the Sprint extended battery (2600 mAh) in my EVO 4G and get through a normal day with 35-40% left. Not sure if I will need an extended battery with the 3D?
Anyway, for those of you that came from the EVO 4G, was it worthwhile?
Thanks!
Jason
Well the only deciding factor is whether or not you want HTC Sense 3.0. Yes the phone is faster and such but if you don't root your phone you won't truly take advantage of all it has to offer.
My advice is to go to the sprint store and try out their in-store demo and see for yourself if you want to upgrade.
I personally have the EVO 4G and the EVO 3D and they are both great devices, the EVO 3D just improves on the 4G tremendously.
its a worthy upgrade. do it
also keep in mind that the galaxy s2 is coming to sprint soon. another bad ass smartphone. they say within the next month or two.
but why wait.
id pull the plug if i were u im really starting to love this phone
I broke the screen on my og evo and after bictching at sprint for not repairing it I got an upgrade early so I sold my evo 4G plus extended battery for 160$ (with broken screen) I pay 55$ out my pocket and i'm a happy camper, and besides sometimes the camera app getting freeze after opening vertically, everything else works the same, you will need a second battery if you use it the much but this one does have a longer battery life tho so is up to you, the one the seido came out is ugly as hell so im waiting to see if htc gets a nice one like the one they did for the thunderbolt (really like the phone when had it btw)
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
Just went by my local Sprint store to take a look at the 3D. Good news is that the 3D will still fit in my universal car cradle. I was worried that the charing port would be covered by the left side of the cradle, but the port is high enough up on the side to clear.
I use this universal car cradle, BTW:
http://www.amazon.com/Arkon-SM410-Universal-Windshield-Smartphones/dp/B003ELOOZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312321220&sr=8-1
Though a little weary of the stock battery life, I told my IT guy to get me the 3D. Hopefully it gets drop-shipped to my office in the next 48 hours. I will be the first in my company to use it for business, so hopefully it works just like the 4G does (synching with Outlook e-mail, calendar, contacts).
Thanks for the quick replies!
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Just went by my local Sprint store to take a look at the 3D. Good news is that the 3D will still fit in my universal car cradle. I was worried that the charing port would be covered by the left side of the cradle, but the port is high enough up on the side to clear.
I use this universal car cradle, BTW:
http://www.amazon.com/Arkon-SM410-U...OOZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312321220&sr=8-1
Though a little weary of the stock battery life, I told my IT guy to get me the 3D. Hopefully it gets drop-shipped to my office in the next 48 hours. I will be the first in my company to use it for business, so hopefully it works just like the 4G does (synching with Outlook e-mail, calendar, contacts).
Thanks for the quick replies!
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Don't worry you will be a happy customer, if you love the 4g then the 3D will blow your mind. Dual core goodness all the way.
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Don't worry you will be a happy customer, if you love the 4g then the 3D will blow your mind. Dual core goodness all the way.
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I hope you're right. I really like my EVO 4G. No major bugs for me with that device running 100% stock from Sprint. A little nervous about the 3D. Hoping I didn't make a bad choice.
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I hope you're right. I really like my EVO 4G. No major bugs for me with that device running 100% stock from Sprint. A little nervous about the 3D. Hoping I didn't make a bad choice.
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You will be good let us know what you think about it after you play with it
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
You mean step down to the Evo 3D? IMO you should get the HTC Vogue...
Golf Nut said:
Yep, I dropped my EVO 4G taking it out of my pocked in a parking lot today, and the screen is cracked to he!!. Need to decide whether to get another EVO 4G or move to the EVO 3D.
I like the idea of the better quality screen and faster processor in the 3D, but from reading some if the "issues" threads here and elsewhere, not looking for a new device that will randomly reboot, have worse reception, overheat faster (it's flipping hot here in Houston!), etc. The lack of a kickstand and where they place the charging port seems like a huge fail as well.
I don't root or anything like that. This is a work phone and to be honest, I don't have the time to mess with rooting and stuff. I just need it to work right out of the box. I have a 16GB micro SD card that I will use for storing pictures, music, etc. I currently use the Sprint extended battery (2600 mAh) in my EVO 4G and get through a normal day with 35-40% left. Not sure if I will need an extended battery with the 3D?
Anyway, for those of you that came from the EVO 4G, was it worthwhile?
Thanks!
Jason
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I'd say upgrade. I had the Evo 4G since it was released and then got the Evo 3D the day it was released, haven't looked back. I haven't had a single random reboot since I purchased my 3D. I haven't noticed any problems with my reception here in Kansas City, Missouri, at least no different than my Evo 4G.
As for the overheating, I've not had a single problem with this either, and it was 109 here in KC. I think HTC got rid of the kick stand because it was taking up precious battery room. If it's that big of a deal to you you can always go for the seidio active case that has a built in kickstand.
The stock Evo 3D battery seemed to out perform my Evo 4G battery as well, however I'm now using the seidio 4000mHa super extended battery and my phone will last two days with constant use.
I absolutely love the EVO 3D. It fixed many of my little issues I had with my EVO4g. The only thing that doesn't work right for me is the BlueTooth hook up to my car stereo.
EVO 4g auto hooked up everytime i started the car. never failed. (2011 Subaru STi stock radio)
EVO 3D I have to turn off the bluetooth, re-enable and then pair manually. Sometimes it pairs completely.. sometimes it pairs with only the media portion so I only get music and not phone capabilities.
Other than that, Its a great upgrade.
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Are you 100% satisfy with your E3D? Why/why not?
Had mine for two weeks now...
Can't say I'm that happy. Random reboots, reception issues, and things like my battery discharging even though its plugged into my USB annoy me.
Stickin with it though, I have faith in this thing.
I am very satisfied with it in an "off-the-shelf" capacity. There is virtually no lag, and does everything I would expect from a non-rooted phone very well.
I don't have any of the issues though. No reboots, screen issues etc.
Once it is perm rooted it will be perfect.
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Am I the only one with a perfect E3D? I've been reading threads from other site as well. A lot of people had problems. On the released date, I called sprint rep to upgrade. Ever since the day I received it, never had any problem, but for some reason still not satisfy. Maybe because there's no permanent root s-off?
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Are you 100% satisfy with your E3D? Why/why not?
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Not with the rattle or sprint store in my area they wouldn't swap my phone lady at the main store was a ***** to me and said they all rattle then wentt and *****ed about me to manager and he did no help. Calling Sprint and dropping names .
Senorkabob said:
Had mine for two weeks now...
Can't say I'm that happy. Random reboots, reception issues, and things like my battery discharging even though its plugged into my USB annoy me.
Stickin with it though, I have faith in this thing.
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Lmao mine takes about 6 to 7 hours to charge and it will sit at 99% and keep charging succks lol think its staying awake .
I was happy with the EVO but not Sprint. Sadly i blows in my area (or PR entirely) dropped calls, goes straight to roaming in the first floor of my house, average data speeds or 200kbps and a all time low of 7kbps etc. It wasnt worth the switch from TMO. Good thing they let me reactivate before 30 days of cancellation and its like it never happened im back at 5mbps land and my phone works at home now horray!!! Bummer since the 3VO was a nice peice of kit
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I'm very happy no issues at All!! May be the green tint on the pics but it doesn't bother me.at all cuz of the Camera Effects u can change colors and stuff, battery life has been great
Ohhh I found a bug, my bootloader still says S-Off lol
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For me i am Happy but would be happier if the stuff was better implemented, seriously HTC no Hardware Acceleration for 2D or Browser, They could have just taken the stuff from CM and put in, Also Animations aren't that smooth, when i plug in via USB the screen responsiveness goes down. 3D is something i am loving. Woulf be happier if they had put in a 8mpx camera in there to go with a 5mpx or just 2 8mpx
This phone gives me a boner every time I turn the screen on.
Everything is pretty much perfect except for the green tint thing and I'm hoping they'll fix that with a future software upgrade. If not, it's still not a deal breaker for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHb5NfKAC0#t=0m09s
Well I got my Titan for a penny so I'll be selling it and buying that the moment it comes out....
*grumble grumble*
How about you guys?
http://www.wpcentral.com/hands-htc-titan-ii-att-video
Sorry a non replace able battery kills it for me, also I like the metal shell.
Titan II
I had a feeling that Titan II was going to come. But if the only difference is a 16meg cam and LTE it's not very exciting also since the battery is not replaceable. I dont know why people are so gun ho with having super internet speeds on a Phone. I'd be happy if they got 3G speeds (aka 4G on AT&T) working correctly.
I wonder when they where doing the show and tell at CES on the Titan II if the phone did a random power cycle like my Original Titan and the replacement Titan I have now. Ha!
Seeing that the titan's speeds are definitely throttled, and 4G is really just H (or might as well be), trading up seems like a good idea. I have had good luck with my HTC batteries, so I'm not too worried about that. Got my titan in the penny sale, I no reason not to sell it and trade up.
Also, non removeable back means the antenna issues will be permanently solved, and I'm sure the titan II will get a fix for the noise cancellation before the titan
Not being able to take the battery out is a deal breaker for me. I just watch all my friends with iOS devices always looking for some place to plug in when we are traveling.
I just pop my Amaze replacement battery in and I am off to the races.
I will personally wait for the multi-core and W8 kernal.
I was definitely looking at purchasing an extra battery for my Titan. I didn't have one for my Focus, and there were times I wished I did. However, I would definitely love to have an LTE phone. 5x speed for the same price I'm paying for data now sounds good to me.
As for throttled speed, I did several speed tests and got 5-6 Mbps and as high as 7 Mbps on my AT&T Titan using the Wi-Fi tethering and a laptop. I don't think they are throttled so much as the antenna on the Titan sucks and HSPA drops off quick with signal degradation. In fact, my only major complaint with the Titan is the antenna performance. I have to wonder if that's fixed in the Titan II.
Hmm, I have several phones so when one dies I used to just pop my Sim card in another one.
Recently, I bought a portable battery pack so I just charge my batteries from that. It's 12AH or so. Never again gonna waste money on spare batteries for each and every phone I get...
I was debating on getting a portable battery pack, but wasn't sure how well/fast they worked. Which one did you get?
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I was debating on getting a portable battery pack, but wasn't sure how well/fast they worked. Which one did you get?
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I got the Newtrent IMP1000
There are some up to 20AH or so, but after looking through many reviews I settled for 11.1AH, because a lot of the reviews were saying the bigger ones were melting or otherwise breaking down in some fashion. Mine is only 2-3 months old, and I've only charged it 3 times, so the capacity is just fine for me, and it doesn't look like it's going to die any time soon.
Charges your device as fast as a USB charger. Mine is 5V 1A output, but there are models that support up to 2A output (for iPad and other). Since I only have one device that uses 2A I didn't think it was worth getting. The battery itself charges at 2A 5V input, and takes about 8 hours to charge (I remember when AAs took 8 hours to charge...)
It comes with a USB plug that has several interchangeable heads (microUSB, miniUSB) but I never really use them. I bought a nice backpack, packed up the battery, all necessary cables and my old phones, my laptop and laptop gaming accessories and I keep it in my car (it doesn't charge the laptop, to be clear. USB out only). I could go for weeks without an outlet , just hope my car never gets stolen.
Here are the ones I compared
http://www.zagg.com/accessories/zaggsparq.php#sparqSpecs
http://www.newtrent.com/HTC-EVO-android-External-Battery-p/imp500_android.htm
http://www.newtrent.com/IMP50D-dual-USB-5000mAh-iphone-battery-p/imp50d.htm
http://www.newtrent.com/Best-HTC-android-phone-Battery-Pack-p/imp1000_android.htm
I think HTC shouldn't have named this device as the "Titan 2".
Because it only has a better camera/battery and of course 4G LET;on the other hand,it's thicker and the backside has less aluminum and more plastic(Compared to Titan 1)
True. XDA thinks it should've been called the Titan LTE and I agree. It would better clarify the 4G product choice and also show it's an incremental upgrade.
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I expected better from HTC
I figured that HTC would have done a lot better, after reading though the thread here, I'm not very impressed and now even HTC is going with the un-removable battery!
I guess it's a good money maker for the providers and manufactures, if anything goes wrong with it, just get a new err well with ATT it's a used replacement phone. Regardless of owning it for 90 days or 1 yr, their policy is after 30 days and the Phone wiggs out on ya, you get a used replacement.
Well you do have the option to send it in to ATT to get it repaired, but then you have no phone unless you have a backup phone. I when through this issue several years back with Razer Flip phone came out, I ran in to problems with key pad separating in certain places and not others on the phone, I had no choice but take a used replacement.
And when that one also had the same issues, I just gave up and got my HTC HD2 T9193 and just upgraded the rom, I think I will just stick with what I have and fall for all the glitzy hype.
Greetings,
I'm about ready to jump ship from Sprint and switch to Verizon. I've been looking over Verizon's top end phones and the HTC Rezound looks to be one of them.
Coming from an HTC EVO 4G, I have a few questions regarding the Rezound
Do incoming & outgoing MMS pictures come out over compressed? This is a huge problem for me using my EVO where I get overcompressed postage sized pictures and it drives me crazy.
My EVO battery SUCKS and reading over the reviews, it seems like it's also an issue with this phone. What has your experience been?
How is video playback using Flash in the browser? 480p videos are incredibly choppy with my EVO, it was like a slideshow.
Does this phone have HTC Hub? Having the ability to remotely track & wipe your device is a huge benefit.
I was considering getting the Galaxy Nexus, but I'm reading that phone has bad signal due to crappy radios. I've never had a signal issue with my EVO, is it safe to assume this is also the case with the Rezound?
How's the microphone quality? Is it decent? On my EVO it's terrible... It's especially noticeable when playing back video... There was too much compression on the audio and I sounded robotic.
Thanks in advance, much appreciated!
Mitalis said:
Greetings,
I'm about ready to jump ship from Sprint and switch to Verizon. I've been looking over Verizon's top end phones and the HTC Rezound looks to be one of them.
Coming from an HTC EVO 4G, I have a few questions regarding the Rezound
Do incoming & outgoing MMS pictures come out over compressed? This is a huge problem for me using my EVO where I get overcompressed postage sized pictures and it drives me crazy.
My EVO battery SUCKS and reading over the reviews, it seems like it's also an issue with this phone. What has your experience been?
How is video playback using Flash in the browser? 480p videos are incredibly choppy with my EVO, it was like a slideshow.
Does this phone have HTC Hub? Having the ability to remotely track & wipe your device is a huge benefit.
I was considering getting the Galaxy Nexus, but I'm reading that phone has bad signal due to crappy radios. I've never had a signal issue with my EVO, is it safe to assume this is also the case with the Rezound?
How's the microphone quality? Is it decent? On my EVO it's terrible... It's especially noticeable when playing back video... There was too much compression on the audio and I sounded robotic.
Thanks in advance, much appreciated!
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I'll answer a few from my experience.
1. I've never seen MMS be compressed to small images; they're always decently sized (big enough for me to see).
2. The battery isn't the greatest, but it can get me through a day.
3. I've watched Flash on Youtube in 720p mode (hey, we have that 720p screen) and it runs incredibly smooth. Tried in 1080p mode just to try, and that was the only mode that was choppy.
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5. Yes - the Rezound's radios are decent (I can't compare to GNex since I don't have it). Does keep 4G for me. Rarely drops it.
6. Recording videos, the microphone (along with camera) are great. Pics up the images in low light settings and picks up sound nicely.
Does the phone have that instant 10% battery drop once you take it off the charger? That's also been an issue with my EVO.
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Does the phone have that instant 10% battery drop once you take it off the charger? That's also been an issue with my EVO.
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No, it doesn't.
And as to #4... there is at least one ROM that has HTC Hub, can't remember which one. But you can also download an app to track and remotely control your phone if you don't use a ROM that has it. Cerberus is paid, I think Avast! does it free but I may be mistaken. Phone Locator is free, never tried it so can't comment on performance. I think I decided to try Cerberus and buy it if it works well.
Mitalis said:
Do incoming & outgoing MMS pictures come out over compressed? This is a huge problem for me using my EVO where I get overcompressed postage sized pictures and it drives me crazy.
No, I think they look fine
My EVO battery SUCKS and reading over the reviews, it seems like it's also an issue with this phone. What has your experience been?
Battery life is awesome with this phone. Better than HTC Desire which used same CPU and a smaller screen than your evo
How is video playback using Flash in the browser? 480p videos are incredibly choppy with my EVO, it was like a slideshow.
I think they are OK
Does this phone have HTC Hub? Having the ability to remotely track & wipe your device is a huge benefit.
No, but custom roms will most likely add it back
I was considering getting the Galaxy Nexus, but I'm reading that phone has bad signal due to crappy radios. I've never had a signal issue with my EVO, is it safe to assume this is also the case with the Rezound?
Rezound has great signal. LTE is awesome
How's the microphone quality? Is it decent? On my EVO it's terrible... It's especially noticeable when playing back video... There was too much compression on the audio and I sounded robotic.
Idk I pretty much use my phone for it's screen. I hardly talk on it.
Thanks in advance, much appreciated!
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My answers are bolded under their questions
#2 for battery life - has been great for me. I use a task killer to kill off the bloatware, and using it as phone & checking email I can get a little over a day from it. Streaming music for a couple hours (with screen off!) it easily gets me to the end of the day.
It doesn't have the 10% battery drop right off the charger either. (Beats my OG droid too! But I'm not sure I had that battery conditioned right, plus it is now 2 yrs old )
#5 I do not have a problem with signal here...if I have 4G available, I am on 4G, else I'm on 3G. I haven't had may places where I've "hopped" around back and forth.
#6 Mic is great - in regards to phone calls, the Rezound has this odd bit (I came from OG Droid) where it really does a good job at cancelling out background noises from the other person's side. It sort of reminds me like how speaker phones work, but not enough to annoy me. I have had less need to up my volume to hear people in my experience.
Honestly, from all I've seen, I would pick the Rezound again over the GNex. I do look longingly at the ROMs and Devs swarming that phone, but I think it's more apparent in the difference between the two phones as opposed to actually be deficient in ROM & Dev support Plus, I really needed ROM & Dev support for the Droid to keep it running well - this phone is doing very nice stock (w/ root). It hasn't been too annoying to do all the de-bloating and such with my workarounds.
Thanks guys, much appreciated!
Edit: One more question, what's the boot time like on this phone? Is it pretty fast? My EVO took like 3 minutes.
no lie
if i power down and power my device back up, the boot time is usually 15-25 seconds no lie.
Mitalis said:
Thanks guys, much appreciated!
Edit: One more question, what's the boot time like on this phone? Is it pretty fast? My EVO took like 3 minutes.
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At first it will be fast. but eventually it will get bugged down depending on the amount of apps... But should still be relatively fast.
Mitalis said:
Does the phone have that instant 10% battery drop once you take it off the charger? That's also been an issue with my EVO.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871051#
A bit off topic post, but just to explain what you're describing
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I have Fast Boot shut off in power settings and my Rez takes a few minutes to be useful after battery replacement.
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with the og evo 4g when the phone was charging, from time to time the touch screen would bug out and get mildly unresponsive and make your screen jump everywhere. does this phone also suffer from this problem?
im going to get one when my contracts up regardless, im just curious since i can't get it till november...
hey oldschool lol nope. This does not suffer from that issue. I'm typing while plugged in right now, and everything is smooth and dead accurate.
See ya here soon.
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
I used to have that same problem with both my OG EVO and EVO 3D, but then I found out it was the charger/cord I was using. Apparently it was not pushing enough power into the phone. Once I got a new charger I didn't have that problem again.
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WUESTSIDER X!
I have several of the original Incredible batteries that are 3.7VDC, 1300mAh, 4.81Whr lying around and with Sandy coming for a visit here in NJ, I was wondering if these can be used as backups for the 4G LTE Incredible (3.8VDC, 1700mAh, 6.46Whr). I do expect to lose power since we do for all major storms and I have a generator but would be nice if these can be used in this phone. If so, could these be charged in this phone as well? Thanks!
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I have several of the original Incredible batteries that are 3.7VDC, 1300mAh, 4.81Whr lying around and with Sandy coming for a visit here in NJ, I was wondering if these can be used as backups for the 4G LTE Incredible (3.8VDC, 1700mAh, 6.46Whr). I do expect to lose power since we do for all major storms and I have a generator but would be nice if these can be used in this phone. If so, could these be charged in this phone as well? Thanks!
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i think they'll work in the phone ok but i switched batteries on my inc2 to my 4g buy mistake one time, phone worked fine, but would not charge, don;t know why or if this was an isolated situation, i'd test it and see.
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i think they'll work in the phone ok but i switched batteries on my inc2 to my 4g buy mistake one time, phone worked fine, but would not charge, don;t know why or if this was an isolated situation, i'd test it and see.
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If his generator fails, he'll have no way to charge it anyway.
I don't know if the Incredible battery is the same physical size, but if it works, great. I'd have to spend some time finding my original Incredible, then taking my cases off both phones, then switching out the batteries to check.
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If his generator fails, he'll have no way to charge it anyway.
I don't know if the Incredible battery is the same physical size, but if it works, great. I'd have to spend some time finding my original Incredible, then taking my cases off both phones, then switching out the batteries to check.
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don't know either, the inc2 batteries are the same as the 4g except for the mah rating.
Well, after getting them charged up in my son's Inc, I decided to try one in my 4G phone and while they are the same physical size they won't fit. The tabs on the contacts end are different. Damn...
My generator won't fail, I treat it like my baby! Cover it up at night when it's all cold and change it's oil on a regular basis. :fingers-crossed:
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Well, after getting them charged up in my son's Inc, I decided to try one in my 4G phone and while they are the same physical size they won't fit. The tabs on the contacts end are different. Damn...
My generator won't fail, I treat it like my baby! Cover it up at night when it's all cold and change it's oil on a regular basis. :fingers-crossed:
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good luck to ya, man
You should be able to use those batteries. People that switched from the original incredible to the incredible 2 reported being able to use their old batteries. It did require them to file down the tabs on the old batteries but after that they fit fine and worked. Since we discovered recently that the incredible 2 batteries work in the 4g it should work out fine for you. Not sure about charging but in your case you'll probably want to limit you generator to essential things.
Btw during large storms like that where you lose power, how does Verizon's network hold up? If the towers lose power doesn't that mean the network goes down in that area too?
Thanks! We've lived through plenty before but they seem to think this one might pack more of a wallop. I travel a lot and was suppose to head up to Boston for the week but decided to cancel all my appointments today. No reason to risk one's safety for a job. It looks like Pittsburgh will be getting some of this as well!
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Thanks! We've lived through plenty before but they seem to think this one might pack more of a wallop. I travel a lot and was suppose to head up to Boston for the week but decided to cancel all my appointments today. No reason to risk one's safety for a job. It looks like Pittsburgh will be getting some of this as well!
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yeah, we are supposed to get 50-60 mph winds, looks like a dandy.you guys are going to get the worst of it though, be safe
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You should be able to use those batteries. People that switched from the original incredible to the incredible 2 reported being able to use their old batteries. It did require them to file down the tabs on the old batteries but after that they fit fine and worked. Since we discovered recently that the incredible 2 batteries work in the 4g it should work out fine for you. Not sure about charging but in your case you'll probably want to limit you generator to essential things.
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I was thinking of doing that but one thing I'm concerned about is the label and contacts placement on battery. On the original Dinc, the contacts are opposite (left-to-right) of the 4G. This could be why the older batteries won't charge.
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Btw during large storms like that where you lose power, how does Verizon's network hold up? If the towers lose power doesn't that mean the network goes down in that area too?
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In the past, it hasn't been too big of a problem and even our cable has worked when running on generator. Of course you never know what the next storm will bring. Last spring we were out of power for 5 days and Freehold 8 miles away was over 10 days. I had neighbors lined up to take showers (everyone here is on a well). My generator runs the well, one furnace, frig and a couple of circuits of lights. I won't let the kids plug in the big LED TV so they use the old 36" tube TV that's >25 years old and going strong. The winter isn't an issue because we have a high efficiency wood insert downstairs which will run you out of the house if you open it up. The benefits of living on 5 acres and all oak trees.
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I was thinking of doing that but one thing I'm concerned about is the label and contacts placement on battery. On the original Dinc, the contacts are opposite (left-to-right) of the 4G. This could be why the older batteries won't charge.
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No, the incredible 2 batteries that were tried in the incredible 4, which are the same size and contact location, work but only one person tried charging and reported it wouldn't work. I'm planning on confirming that tomorrow. Since the battery isn't flipped from Inc 2 to the 4g polarity shouldn't be reversed. Unless the contact polarity inside the batteries themselves are reversed, but not sure why they would do that. To me I think it's worth a try to break the tabs and try them. If they don't work you shouldn't have any problem reusing them in the og incredible.
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In the past, it hasn't been too big of a problem and even our cable has worked when running on generator. Of course you never know what the next storm will bring. Last spring we were out of power for 5 days and Freehold 8 miles away was over 10 days. I had neighbors lined up to take showers (everyone here is on a well). My generator runs the well, one furnace, frig and a couple of circuits of lights. I won't let the kids plug in the big LED TV so they use the old 36" tube TV that's >25 years old and going strong. The winter isn't an issue because we have a high efficiency wood insert downstairs which will run you out of the house if you open it up. The benefits of living on 5 acres.
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I hear ya, I'm on well and septic but probably not as rural as what you have. Gotta love that wood burner tho. I have a simple insert in the living room that heats most of the first floor surprisingly. I'd love to put one in the basement ducted into the furnace but so far am happy with the insert. Don't have many power issues so I haven't bothered to wire a generator to the well yet.