I gave my wife the evo and got this upgrade since i added her to my account.....like where is the support?
It seems to be just another 4g average sprint phone as of now
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newalker91 said:
I sure hope you're just trying to troll considering the dozens of topics in this forum stating why this phone is amazing.
+Battery life
+Signal strength
+Processing speed
+Memory
+Webtop
+Full HDMI mirroring
etc..etc..
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Well said - the OP Does appear to just be trolling ... just expressing general negativity with no details.
For me, I am Quite impresssed with 2 updates already. This is quite a nice phone.
Trolling? What are you 17...
Anyhow, this phone makes me wanna go back to the evo because atlease i stayed on 3g but this phone would put me on verizon 1x network when im here in the city with 4 to 5 bars of sprint but 6 bars of verizon coverage. Im like dude really. ....then this phone doesnt have a boot up sound im like really
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newalker91 said:
I've seen you posting around in this forum before so you should understand by now that the Photon has the best reception of any Sprint phone. You're complaining about no boot sound? Let me quote you.... "really?".
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noob_2010 said:
I gave my wife the evo and got this upgrade since i added her to my account.....like where is the support?
It seems to be just another 4g average sprint phone as of now
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(Cough cough) douche (cough cough)
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I never thought about a startup sound; I'm rarely sitting at a boot screen.
Kevets said:
I never thought about a startup sound; I'm rarely sitting at a boot screen.
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trolling is a good way to ensure people help you in the future. :-/
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noob_2010 said:
Trolling? What are you 17...
Anyhow, this phone makes me wanna go back to the evo because atlease i stayed on 3g but this phone would put me on verizon 1x network when im here in the city with 4 to 5 bars of sprint but 6 bars of verizon coverage. Im like dude really. ....then this phone doesnt have a boot up sound im like really
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Any reason you didn't post that info in your first post? Without that info - yes, sounded like trolling. Respectfully suggest you provide fact-based info, not just vague emotion, when you start a thread.
What happens when you set "Sprint Only" as your CDMA selection? In my experience, I'd prefer the phone at least acknowledge that it's roaming when the Sprint signal is poor! My Photon often tells me it's roaming when I'm at home (where Sprint signal is weak); my EVO 4G/3D never told me I was roaming but instead would drop calls.
You want a bootup sound? Mine does make a sound when booting - do you have ringer & media volume on? For me - if my phone boots only once every 2 weeks, I'm happy.
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I never thought about a startup sound; I'm rarely sitting at a boot screen.
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I want my phone to :
1 - rarely need to be booted; unless I want to
2 - boot fast enough that I barely notice it
My Photon satisfies both of the above
noob_2010 said:
I gave my wife the evo and got this upgrade since i added her to my account.....like where is the support?
It seems to be just another 4g average sprint phone as of now
Moto photon
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Maybe I'm just very different from many of you who are quick to jump on a person if you deem them a troll. I took this post to mean just what he asked.....where is the support? As in how other phones have developers living on the forum.
"It seems to be just another 4g average sprint phone as of now".....I took this to mean that with the little to no mention of the photon, it could very well just be another ordinary phone is sprints arsenal of phones.
I don't think the OP was trolling....he just wasn't as detailed as you veterans.
Wow really...instead of answer the question everyone just calls him names and makes him feel dumb. Weird.
I'll give u my opinion...It took me about two weeks to finally start appreciating how awesome my photon is. It had its kinks and a few things I had to get used to BUT now I love it. It has the fastest google maps I've ever used, the screen is the perfect size, the UI is unique and not so 'kiddish' like the samsung and htc sense are, I could go on.
I will say that the Photon is a harder phone for me to sell at wk people are always going straight to the Evo, but the customers of mine that have gotten the photon are always saying how happy they are with it.
Sent from my Photon on the Now network.
Well if you look in the Dev section, there is plenty of support. we have a custom kernal with overclock. Three ROM's, a CM7 project in the works. So how is that not support? Perhaps it's not as much as the Evo (which is more popular, god knows why) so for what we have, I'd suggest you look around a bit more before making snide remarks with no basis to back it up.
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And on a side note. Look how long the Evo has been out, and look how long the Photon has been out. Something else to take into account too.
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I gave my wife the evo and got this upgrade since i added her to my account.....like where is the support?
It seems to be just another 4g average sprint phone as of now
Moto photon
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Take a rooted Evo, add:
extended battery
battery saving mods galore
1.2Ghz OC
FullHDMI/HDMwIn
Evo Desktop PC
and it still falls short of what the Photon does OUT OF THE BOX. This is pretty much the case with every other phone Sprint carries (not sure about the GSII yet as I'm still waiting for mine to come in). Toss in that the core HW is around 6 months old (think Atrix w/ CDMA radios) and is second only to the GSII in performance, it's far from average. Keep in mind that with the core hardware being so very close to the Atrix, we're already using things from Atrix development with little to no changes.
I used the EVO 3d, I prefer the photon over it. The E3d was too small for my liking.
newalker91 said:
I sure hope you're just trying to troll considering the dozens of topics in this forum stating why this phone is amazing.
+Battery life
+Signal strength
+Processing speed
+Memory
+Webtop
+Full HDMI mirroring
etc..etc..
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basically what i would say......and also the fact it has been updated twice....i guess the Google Moto merge might be a great factor
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Who's taking the Photon back when the GSII comes in a week? Im taking it back because there are too many dumb things happening with this phone,the reboots and such. Plus there isn't too much going on with the Dev side either.
Why do people keep spamming the board with threads that already exist... I just don't understand.
And for the record, i've had my Mopho rooted and unlocked since the first week with yayrom installed (ive owned it for a little over a month). I havn't had any problems... The same can be said for countless other. The dev community is fine. You dont need countless bugged roms, just a few quality ones from quality developers. We have that. Adopt patience, it's a virtue. And well, if you dont have any, have fun with your sg2. We could use less user spam anyway.
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Who's taking the Photon back when the GSII comes in a week? Im taking it back because there are too many dumb things happening with this phone,the reboots and such. Plus there isn't too much going on with the Dev side either.
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Mines never rebooted once in the week I've had it. Today we have a further 2 roms available in development, things seem to be picking up. Besides I cannot take mine back as it would be a hefy price from the UK to the States, not that I want to anyways, love this phone
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I was thinking about it but after taking a look at the Samsung infuse at an att store I changed my mind. 800 x 460 screen resolution on a 4.54 inch screen is fail.
I agree with i made a video discussing the build quality samsung makes all there phone plastic that feels really cheap. I had the infuse and charge and it feels real cheap motorola just on build quality is amazing prime example test out the epic 4g and then a droid 3 its a major difference. The photon is a beast and people just go along with reviews from people like phonedog that test out phones and there not actual using them as there personal phone. The epic touch is basically a infuse with a few changes the photon is so different and i agree i would rather have a couple stable roms then a bunch of unstable ones my take it from me because i would listen to those people and go out and buy phone after phone listen to them talking about this is the best when it wasnt. Now i know whats good and whats garbage. On the photon really all u need is it rooted changed to launcher pro and setcpu and its amazing
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The CDMA radio in the Photon is reason enough to hang on to it, i can make phone calls in places i never could before with my Evo 4G and my Evo Shift.
The other day my phone was sitting side by side with a Verizon Thunderbolt, the T-bolt didn't have service and my Photon was roaming on Verizon with 3 bars.
I also get full service at work (on sprints network) where i only had one to two bars with my Evo.
Wanna hear something funny. The radios on this device rock for me. I was in a hospital waiting room the other day while a family member was having surgery and I had to provide a wifi hotspot for my brother and my uncle who were using T-Mobile and AT&T. Ain't that the ****!
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That's kinda funny.
Last night my wife got an Epic Touch. Nice phone. But I can confirm what people have been saying about the radios. The reception on the Photon was consistently 6 to 8 dB stronger on the Photon. I downloaded the same app with both and the Photon 40 percent faster. Both phones were in the same place. Also, there are a couple of "no Sprint zones " where I'd always drop calls with my old Epic. The Photon always holds the call in that area. I know people have claimed many times that the Photon radios are better and here is a real world test that proves it. Im glad I stayed with the Photon.
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you gotta love it when you can use a phone as a phone and make and hold calls.
I was very seriously considering swapping my photon for the ET4G... i mean REALLY considering it.. I loved the Epic.. it would only stand to reason that it successor would be just as bad ass right ??
Then i remember the GPS problems, the bluetooth headaches, the lack of support/updates (from samsung/sprint).. it took lots of modding and just the right ROM to make the phone a pleasure to use.. IThen I grabbed my photon and realized how good I really have it.
This thing just works. I installed SPB shell 3D, rooted it and am loving the experience. Can't wait for CM7.. that'll make the experience w/ the photon INCREDIBLE..
just my .02
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I was very seriously considering swapping my photon for the ET4G... i mean REALLY considering it.. I loved the Epic.. it would only stand to reason that it successor would be just as bad ass right ??
Then i remember the GPS problems, the bluetooth headaches, the lack of support/updates (from samsung/sprint).. it took lots of modding and just the right ROM to make the phone a pleasure to use.. IThen I grabbed my photon and realized how good I really have it.
This thing just works. I installed SPB shell 3D, rooted it and am loving the experience. Can't wait for CM7.. that'll make the experience w/ the photon INCREDIBLE..
just my .02
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I own both phones and love both of them. =] The epic touch for its screen (way better then I thought it was gonna be), light weight, still pic cam, and no lag. The photon for its radio, build quality, and speakers. Both phones are great and you can't go wrong with which ever one you pick. ^^ Sprint to me is the top dog right now with high end 4g phones. Lets just hope they improve their network this coming October.
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I enjoy my Photon way more than my Epic, I just think Motorola's framework is a lot more cleaner than Samsung's. One of the things that annoyed me the most about the Epic is I couldnt disable the sound of when their is a network drop/reconnect. So I would constantly hear it while listening to music going in and out of subways. With the Photon, it's just silent and there is audio interruption going on.
Also, the little things like the orientation animation is nice. Samsung's screens are of course great, but I'm glad I have a higher res screen on the Photon. The icons on the Epic Touch look huge with the lower res, but that of course is a personal preference thing. Also not having my phone be a useless brick that can only use wifi when traveling internationally is great, the world phone option is a huge plus for me.
sndtubes said:
Last night my wife got an Epic Touch. Nice phone. But I can confirm what people have been saying about the radios. The reception on the Photon was consistently 6 to 8 dB stronger on the Photon. I downloaded the same app with both and the Photon 40 percent faster. Both phones were in the same place. Also, there are a couple of "no Sprint zones " where I'd always drop calls with my old Epic. The Photon always holds the call in that area. I know people have claimed many times that the Photon radios are better and here is a real world test that proves it. Im glad I stayed with the Photon.
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+1 - similar experience here
daddymikey1975 said:
I was very seriously considering swapping my photon for the ET4G... i mean REALLY considering it.. I loved the Epic.. it would only stand to reason that it successor would be just as bad ass right ??
Then i remember the GPS problems, the bluetooth headaches, the lack of support/updates (from samsung/sprint).. it took lots of modding and just the right ROM to make the phone a pleasure to use.. IThen I grabbed my photon and realized how good I really have it.
This thing just works. I installed SPB shell 3D, rooted it and am loving the experience. Can't wait for CM7.. that'll make the experience w/ the photon INCREDIBLE..
just my .02
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No joke I had the epic and I have the new touch as well as a photon and I still looker my photon better I still have a grudge with Samsung.
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And you'll get more quicker updates with the Mopho
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abrcrmdl23 said:
I still have a grudge with Samsung.
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Even though Samsung doesn't push updates much, the development section is so active that most issues will be cleared out. Also cuz international version has been out a while, most issues must've been ironed out by now
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Have had both and like the Epic Touch way better. For one thing I can hear someone when a call comes in. While the Photon had very strong signals and great sound, even with the MR it still suffered from software issues. I know everyone said to keep exchanging until you get one that works but that is not too appealing to me. I just want to get a phone and go. With the ET it has worked great from day one with no issues at all.
To be honest there are some faults that only a tech geek would nit pick about. Most people I know never seem troubled by some of the issues that posters rant and rave about. People complained about the Photon screen, really? I had to go into our tech department and use their electron microscope to see what they were talking about.
I would have to say that both phones are about equal. You can't go wrong with either one. It all comes down to which one you prefer. If you are happy with the one you purchased then that's all that really matters.
The name is kind of catchy also "MOPHO". I thought about getting the Epic Touch too, but I think there are too many things that the MOPHO has the the touch does not.. Kickstand and webtop mostly.. I just wish there was more developer interest.
i agree with the comment about having a grudge with samsung. after owning a moment i'll never own a sammy phone again. just got my photon last night and the sales person was trying to push a samsung on me. i was take your sammy and shove it lady give me the photon!
I know that there are probably other threads just like mine but I just had to get this off my chest.....for everyone that's disrespecting this phone and saying its a slouch, slow etc.
Some of you may know me from selling/trading phones over in the marketplace. I've had every high end phone on Sprint, some phones I've owned twice or even three times. Nevertheless, I got rid of them because I just didn't like the phone or wanted something else.
Well, I got me another Photon and I come to find that I really like this phone. True it has some issues that's in my opinion is very minor. Those issues consist of the small amount of laginess when unlocking the phone and for some reason when ever I'm typing the vibration of the key press just stops. Then it starts back after I stop typing again...I don't know what's up with that...but those are the only two issues I have with this phone.
Now as far as the good, the reception is out of this world. I get excellent service and bars where I got no or little service on both my NS4G and E4GT. The only phone that came close is my iP4s. I went to the mall here where I live and while the wife and kids were doing some shopping, I decided to pull out the Photon and surf the web. I was expecting that the data would be slow to non existence. But to my surprise, data was working and fast too. Again, this wouldn't have never happened on my NS4G or ET4G. The speaker on the photon is a beast as well. It definitely blows the NS4G out of the water. The E4GT has a good speaker too but begins to crackle at a certain volume.
Not to mention all the accessories that's available for the photo. I'm currently in the market for lap dock
If I'm just blabbing, I apologize. I'm just giving this device some love. I'm already talking my co-worker into getting an Electrify on US Cellular.
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babble all you want, your basically just repeating what I have been saying since August!!
I have my gripes with the touch screen, but this is the best PHONE on Sprint. Best reception and sound quality that money can buy.
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On a side not, I just tried Google Hangout with my cousin. And wow.. what a nice thing to use.
I'm glad I switched back to Android from the iPoop.
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In that case, I think it is time for you to update your avatar and sig!
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In that case, I think it is time for you to update your avatar and sig!
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Lol....I know right...lol
I am as soon as I finish eating
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Yeah you're definitely all over the marketplace thats for sure lol. I never thought you'd be back to the photon. I too have used all of sprint's phones except the iPhone and Photon imo is the best Android device they've had so far. Honestly, I believe EVERY problem with device lies within the software I.e blur etc. Hardware is flawless ...
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I agree on all counts as well. The phone is awesome. And also agree that if Moto unlocked the bootloader without losing 4G then we can get rid of the blur stuff and really have a outstanding phone.
I'm loving my accessories.
TS
is the better...
is the better phone 4.3" , tegra 2 , is good combination. the pentile screen battery life save. i love the photon.
hey guys.
I was on board with the first Evo 4G, then got the Evo 3D, and now i'm wanting to upgrade. but i'm not feeling as excited about the LTE as I was hoping to be.
I use my phones with MetroPCS so I don't care about the LTE capabilities. is there anything going from an Evo 3D to the LTE that might leave me disatisfied? is there a better phone out there (CDMA)?
thanks.
Max_Pain said:
hey guys.
I was on board with the first Evo 4G, then got the Evo 3D, and now i'm wanting to upgrade. but i'm not feeling as excited about the LTE as I was hoping to be.
I use my phones with MetroPCS so I don't care about the LTE capabilities. is there anything going from an Evo 3D to the LTE that might leave me disatisfied? is there a better phone out there (CDMA)?
thanks.
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i had the og evo and the evo 3d.. now i got the evo lte and it kicks a$$!!! this phone is a beast.. that is all
Best battery life of any android devices i have owned.
EVO 4G, Epic 4G, EVO 3D, Epic Touch.
Do not get the LTE yet! Do you like 3G speed on your brand new Porche?
I wish I had stay with my 3D.
i just hate this 3G speed!
I'm sorry I don't follow. Are you suggesting the speeds I'm getting on my 3D are better than what I would get on the same service with the LTE?
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Max_Pain said:
hey guys.
I was on board with the first Evo 4G, then got the Evo 3D, and now i'm wanting to upgrade. but i'm not feeling as excited about the LTE as I was hoping to be.
I use my phones with MetroPCS so I don't care about the LTE capabilities. is there anything going from an Evo 3D to the LTE that might leave me disatisfied? is there a better phone out there (CDMA)?
thanks.
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The LTE is the flash master!
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BUBBA DUB'S said:
The LTE is the flash master!
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Cheating on Post 8... HEY MOM WHERE IS THE MEAT LOAF??!!
If you're not having any issues with your EVO 3D, I'd suggest you stick with it. For me, the EVO LTE isn't much of an upgrade because of all the problems I have with it. Others may not have these problems... I dunno, but here's my list:
* It locks up and I have to reset it constantly.
* Characters or whole freakin' words disappear after they've been typed. This bugs me more than everything else.
* Multitasking is an absolute joke because the phone constantly refreshes itself when you leave an app and go to another.
* My text messages don't send or I don't receive any quite often.
* Connecting to the web is always an issue even when the phone is showing a full strength signal. I usually end up grabbing a different phone to do what I was trying to do.
* When I download stuff from the web, the content gets stored on the phone's internal storage instead of the SD card like it's supposed to.
I've had these very same issues even when my phone was bone stock. My phone is rooted now and it's running on the VIPER 4G ROM, and it STILL has the same issues. I still have and use my EVO 3D on a different line... I'm glad I didn't trade it in.
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If you're not having any issues with your EVO 3D, I'd suggest you stick with it. For me, the EVO LTE isn't much of an upgrade because of all the problems I have with it. Others may not have these problems... I dunno, but here's my list:
* It locks up and I have to reset it constantly.
* Characters or whole freakin' words disappear after they've been typed. This bugs me more than everything else.
* Multitasking is an absolute joke because the phone constantly refreshes itself when you leave an app and go to another.
* My text messages don't send or I don't receive any quite often.
* Connecting to the web is always an issue even when the phone is showing a full strength signal. I usually end up grabbing a different phone to do what I was trying to do.
* When I download stuff from the web, the content gets stored on the phone's internal storage instead of the SD card like it's supposed to.
I've had these very same issues even when my phone was bone stock. My phone is rooted now and it's running on the VIPER 4G ROM, and it STILL has the same issues. I still have and use my EVO 3D on a different line... I'm glad I didn't trade it in.
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That's lame that you are having all those issues. On the last one though, you do know you can choose where things are downloaded to.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
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I'm sorry I don't follow. Are you suggesting the speeds I'm getting on my 3D are better than what I would get on the same service with the LTE?
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I have my og evo 4g on another line and even when it is on 3g it gets much better service than my lte. For example, on my golf course the lte cant even stream pandora. The og evo never misses a beat. IMO this phone just wasnt meant for 3g.
I would agree on the battery life though, and that is about the only thing keeping from going back to the og evo all together.
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That's lame that you are having all those issues. On the last one though, you do know you can choose where things are downloaded to.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
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I've tried adjusting every setting there is on the Dolphin browser, Google Chrome, the built-in browser and the phone settings and it still won't work right. I'm not too concerned with that issue though... it's a minor annoyance in comparison with everything else.
Stock browser, settings, advanced, download storage.?
"We're coming from a pure power source"
thanks for the feedback guys.
after researching both phones, I'm going to cheat on HTC and go over to the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
more ram, bigger screen, replaceable battery (easily the most convincing argument for me since I typically buy my Seidio big batteries before the phones), and connectivity with all our existing Samsung electronics.
Let's hope I don't regret it...
The best handset I've ever had, by FAR. The LTEVO is as good as it gets... Until the new HTC hardware rolls out this Fall, of course.
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Stock browser, settings, advanced, download storage.?
"We're coming from a pure power source"
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Yup, that's how my phone has always been setup. I'm gonna try flashing a non-Sense ROM (if there is one) to see if it'll get rid of my issues.
Got blue (me) and white (wife) SIIIs today. They look great and are very light. Still very nervous leaving HTC but I think change every couple of years is healthy...right?
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Got blue (me) and white (wife) SIIIs today. They look great and are very light. Still very nervous leaving HTC but I think change every couple of years is healthy...right?
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The Samsung phones are ok. I have an SII that I picked up a few months ago. The only thing I'm not too fond of with the Samsung phones are the Super AMOLED screens. They're a little too saturated with color and not bright enough for my taste.
Coming from someone who knows SPECS and performance, dont go with the Evo LTE.
Thats the phone I currently have and from looking at my signature, I have been on almost every Droid phone even the ones on the GSM side of the world.
The Evo LTE is a good phone but it does have its problems. The biggest and only real problem you will notice is the tasking. If your in a app or brower and if you leave it and try to come back to it, the phone will attemp to reload the whole app or page your on. And if your on Sprint 3G that can be a pain LOL.
If anyone on here tell you the phone is a beast or the best phone on the market, they are either fanboys of HTC devices, or plain clear dont know what there talking about. Dont get me wrong, the phone isnt bad but the phone will start to slow down as you install more and more apps and HTC Sense does take up a good portion of RAM so expect your apps to close out a lot if you back out of them.
If your on the Evo 3D, the only upgrade you will really see is in the Camera and the Display of the Screen. The screen is 720p vs the Evo 3D QHD. As for the camera, its up there with the iphone 4s in my opinion.
If you had to choose which CDMA phone to get next I would say either the Galaxy S3 for its performance, perfect tasking and SAMOLED 720p Display.
Or the Galaxy Nexus to get that pure google experience that has basicly 0 system lag with the Jelly Bean OS.
Thats my 2 cents, to me HTC failed with this phone. The tasking problem with Sprint 3G is just fail. Impatiently waiting for LTE to come to Nashville TN the music city of the country...
@FiberOpticRLD
carlos64030 said:
If you're not having any issues with your EVO 3D, I'd suggest you stick with it. For me, the EVO LTE isn't much of an upgrade because of all the problems I have with it. Others may not have these problems... I dunno, but here's my list:
* It locks up and I have to reset it constantly.
* Characters or whole freakin' words disappear after they've been typed. This bugs me more than everything else.
* Multitasking is an absolute joke because the phone constantly refreshes itself when you leave an app and go to another.
* My text messages don't send or I don't receive any quite often.
* Connecting to the web is always an issue even when the phone is showing a full strength signal. I usually end up grabbing a different phone to do what I was trying to do.
* When I download stuff from the web, the content gets stored on the phone's internal storage instead of the SD card like it's supposed to.
I've had these very same issues even when my phone was bone stock. My phone is rooted now and it's running on the VIPER 4G ROM, and it STILL has the same issues. I still have and use my EVO 3D on a different line... I'm glad I didn't trade it in.
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Lol I have only had the multi tasking problem (stock rom) now running mean rom everything is perfect except sprints 3g in hawaii but ofcourse I knew what I was getting into when trading WiMAX for 3g so I can't complain, all the other problems you have posted leads me to believe you have a defective device, if so then I'm sorry for a bad first impression.
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IMO the galaxy nexus from Verizon which I am familiar with has poor cpu/gpu performance compared to the evo lte. Gaming/video playback/3d graphics really made me sad from a Samsung google device. I do get ridiculous lte here 20-40mbps, just can't play any graphics intensive games without crazy lag and battery guzzling internals. I get a full day on my lte overclocked lol and I get 6-7 hours on my veri GN stock rom.
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Got my Sprint HTC m9 yesterday. I have never been so disappointed in a device in my life. This thing is absolute garbage. Very glad I held onto my m8. First of all, the device FREQUENTLY gets so hot that I don't want to hold it. I'm talking above 45*C (which is the BATTERY TEMP as reported by System Monitor). Secondly, the battery life is utter trash. It is hands down the worst battery life I've ever experienced in a phone. The phone is noticeably less responsive when switching apps as compared to the m8, possibly due to excessive cpu throttling to keep the cpu temperature down. No point in having a faster CPU if you can only run at it half speed due to the heat it generates.
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TWRP
m03sizlak said:
Got my Sprint HTC m9 yesterday. I have never been so disappointed in a device in my life. This thing is absolute garbage. Very glad I held onto my m8. First of all, the device FREQUENTLY gets so hot that I don't want to hold it. I'm talking above 45*C (which is the BATTERY TEMP as reported by System Monitor). Secondly, the battery life is utter trash. It is hands down the worst battery life I've ever experienced in a phone. The phone is noticeably less responsive when switching apps as compared to the m8, possibly due to excessive cpu throttling to keep the cpu temperature down. No point in having a faster CPU if you can only run at it half speed due to the heat it generates.
So then I figure I'd root the thing and uninstall all the bloatware. Well using the HTC Unlock method to unlock the bootloader was no problem, but after that you can't even install a custom recovery!!! This seems to be unique to the Sprint variant. I've tried flashing the recovery in both the bootloader and in download-mode and get the following errors respectively:
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
FAILED (remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT receovery)
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i loaded TWRP on mine without issue. so it definitely works. However there are no roms yet
i Used Windroid Univerisal Android Toolkit to load TWRP and Root.
m03sizlak said:
Got my Sprint HTC m9 yesterday. I have never been so disappointed in a device in my life. This thing is absolute garbage. Very glad I held onto my m8. First of all, the device FREQUENTLY gets so hot that I don't want to hold it. I'm talking above 45*C (which is the BATTERY TEMP as reported by System Monitor). Secondly, the battery life is utter trash. It is hands down the worst battery life I've ever experienced in a phone. The phone is noticeably less responsive when switching apps as compared to the m8, possibly due to excessive cpu throttling to keep the cpu temperature down. No point in having a faster CPU if you can only run at it half speed due to the heat it generates.
So then I figure I'd root the thing and uninstall all the bloatware. Well using the HTC Unlock method to unlock the bootloader was no problem, but after that you can't even install a custom recovery!!! This seems to be unique to the Sprint variant. I've tried flashing the recovery in both the bootloader and in download-mode and get the following errors respectively:
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state)
FAILED (remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT receovery)
[typo above is theirs not mine]
Mod Edit: Removed swearing. I plan on returning it by way of rifling it at the nearest Sprint representative's head at high velocity.
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Wow. The recovery issue is a user error. The snapdragon 810 is NOT faster than the 801 or 805 in clock speed. It's 2 ghz. So no matter what, its a "slower processor." Also, I ran antutu benchmark EIGHT times on a G Flex 2, and it did not warm up, so I'd expect similar results. Maybe you got a bad unit? I'll be able to really weigh in in two days when my device arrives, but it sounds like you're having issues loading twrp, and got a lemon of a device.
OK fixed the problem with the recovery not flashing.
Still stand by my statement that the phone is junk.
maybe you have a lemon. i received my sprint M9 yesterday.
I have to agree. Maybe you did get a bad device. I am having zero overheating issues. My battery life pretty much mirrors the M8 stock. Wait until we get some kernels and s-off then battery will get better.
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I plan on returning it by way of rifling it at the nearest Sprint representative's head at high velocity.
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I hope I'm not the nearest rep when you come in because you'll get an iPad thrown right back at ya.
Blackcircle said:
I hope I'm not the nearest rep when you come in because you'll get an iPad thrown right back at ya.
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Heh good luck. The iPads have absolutely no aerodynamics.
Lol hate hate hate hate.....
Glad you have posted your opinion.... One in which no one cares about likely at that...
Had the device for awhile here and it's great... Best build quality, no slowness switching apps at all, sense 7 is awesome overall with the theme options they gave and customization available.
Camera needs tweaking some, as does the display calibration too.
I get no worse battery here and have been using it much harder than my M8.
Lol...so far so good over here too. I'm very happy ?
The OP isn't the Sprint M9 I have in my hands and have used extensively for 2 days.
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So it is Sprint's fault you don't like the phone?
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go to another carrier then or even take it back(we don't care)you probably need an iphone!
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FrozenRiff said:
So it is Sprint's fault you don't like the phone?
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yo riffy, whats up??? bro
Aldo101t said:
go to another carrier then or even take it back(we don't care)you probably need an iphone!
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yo riffy, whats up??? bro
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Aldo, whats up bro!
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Aldo, whats up bro!
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nothing much you gonna get the m9?
Aldo101t said:
nothing much you gonna get the m9?
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Hoping to, but won't be until June. I might switch to T-Mo not cause of Sprint, its great at my work and home but cause some of the Bad Seed devs jumped over.
Making some cool clock themes for Sense 7, will be posting in both in m8 and m9 forums when I'm done.
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Hoping to, but won't be until June. I might switch to T-Mo not cause of Sprint, its great at my work and home but cause some of the Bad Seed devs jumped over.
Making some cool clock themes for Sense 7, will be posting in both in m8 and m9 forums when I'm done.
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okie dokie, I'm planning on getting it as soon as it's in stores. see ya there.
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Yup all sprints fault.... Clearly have no clue bud.... HTC spins the updates...
You won't see 1.33 on sprint anyway... It'll be a few revisions past that if I had to guess...
Realize also that all software #s are not the same across carriers... You can't compare the # on sprint to what's on VZ or the world carriers...
Are you new to HTC/Sprint here? Seems you just need to leave and go get an iPhone on VZ at this point.
Junk??? Hmmm I smell rotten apples near by oh wait it's the iPhone he's picking up
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Aldo, whats up bro!
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Hey you! I've been wondering why you haven't checked in at my M9 compilation thread! I hope you do get the m9, but stay sprint. Not too many familiar faces around here yet ☺
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Hoping to, but won't be until June. I might switch to T-Mo not cause of Sprint, its great at my work and home but cause some of the Bad Seed devs jumped over.
Making some cool clock themes for Sense 7, will be posting in both in m8 and m9 forums when I'm done.
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