The last few days have been very slow in this forum. I hope people are just satisfied with the phone and are not posting. I guess I'm just spoiled by the Evo 4g forum where you always had something new to read.
Starting to worry.
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Not even one thread has reached a 1000 posts yet. Its pretty sad. I know people keep saying good things will come, but I lost hope a while ago. Not trolling. I know everyone does this development stuff during their free time
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For me - I love the phone. Only thing I'd change would be placement of the USB port relative to the kickstand.
I've rooted it to remove bloatware, but don't know that there's anything that I want it do to that requires a custom ROM. Customizations, yes - but launchers, widgets and apps can do what I want.
I was in the same place with my EVO 3D. Stock was fine.
ROMs were necessary in the WinMo days (and perhaps the early Android days, though I missed those). I spent a LOT of time cooking kitchens for my WinMo phones.
There will always be people who like to cook ROMs as a hobby, but I knew that the Moto Photon would NOT be one of the target platform for them - will be mostly HTC phones, I imagine.
Well unlike my evo shift I'm happy with the phone the way it is. The evo shift was boring unless rooted and running a custom rom.
I love this phone and i'm satisfied with just root. Best phone I've ever owned. It just seems like there were a lot more people in this forum last month.
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I love this phone and i'm satisfied with just root. Best phone I've ever owned. It just seems like there were a lot more people in this forum last month.
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It was brand new then
The inferior Samsung is the new shiny.
I also spent more time here and AC a month ago, but really don't have much more to say, or problems that need solved. I'm spending my time now customizing it and try out new apps.
Enjoy it!
Love this phone but its too complicated to unlock boot loader and such so people lost interest in the forums, not the phone in my opinion. I came from the Nexus S 4G and don't see a reason to lose 4g for a rom its great as it is running launcher pro. Just my 2 cents.
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The inferior Samsung is the new shiny
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Yea I don't think the epic touch is inferior at all. The exynos kills tegra. Everyone knows that
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Photon was a great phone, its great with root alone. I now got the sgs2 and gave the MoPho to my gf. She loves it coming from an HTC Aria. I was too nervous to unlock the bootloader, I tried but it looked too risky. I was pretty much satisfied with stock and my own build prop tweaks, there was no need to unlock. I do recommend to phone to people who aren't as tech savvy for just being a good dependable fast phone.
The sgs2 is no way inferior to the photon, every day use they run about the same, the photon does have better battery life and video recording, the sgs2 has a bigger screen and an unlocked bootloader.
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Yea I don't think the epic touch is inferior at all. The exynos kills tegra. Everyone knows that
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CPU is only one component in comparing phones, and IMHO not in the top 3 criteria. Screen, battery, radio signal, construction quality, vendor support all more important than minor (in the real world) CPU differences.
I won't get into any more bashing - will just say glad you like your phone; enjoy it!
I think my Photon is the best Android phone i've ever owned and I've had a few over the past couple of months, including the SGSII. The SGSII is a great phone but just too thin for me, so when on a flat surface my manley fingers couldn't quite grasp it right and i ended up dropping it. The Photon just feels perfect, build quality is great, just ticks all the boxes for me and I'm gonna stick with it for a while
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I know it may seem to be kinda hard, but unlocking the bootloader is actually fairly easy if you follow the steps on breifmobile. I have a link I think if someone is looking to unlock the bootloader.
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I know it may seem to be kinda hard, but unlocking the bootloader is actually fairly easy if you follow the steps on breifmobile. I have a link I think if someone is looking to unlock the bootloader.
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But you lose 4G
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Makes no difference to me. I don't live in a 4G area. :]
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Makes no difference to me. I don't live in a 4G area. :]
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Same
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Phone is great out of the box, not much to complain about on forums nor are people in a rush to slap a ROM on it like they would need to so their Samsung works correctly.
I came from the tmobile vibrant. At one point I had a choice of 65 custom roms and 11 kernels. I wanted unlimited data and more minutes and sprint was the only choice. I got the epic but took it back the day this phone dropped on the market. I like htc but 3d had some drawbacks. Mainly signal quality. I would like more roms, but mainly overclock kernels. I am learning to make my own themes and that will probably satisfy me. I hope development picks up, but if it doesn't I won't be upset. This is a wonderful phone and works right out of the box. I don't get 4g on my end of town and probably never will, and I could really care less.
It's good to see people are still here and they are satisfied with their phones. This is probably the best phone Sprint has to offer right now. It sucks that it was released sandwiched between the 3vo and sgsII.
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why does no one listen to me? i said weeks ago that what we had was the best this community was gunna get, with the release of the et4g i knew this place with die down a bit.. its unfortunate but thats the way it is. perhaps the next moto phone that sprint gets (tegra 3 plz ) will get some attention, instead of sprint getting another phone months later (they did it with the nexus s 4g, photon and if the rumors are true it will happen with the next nexus)
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Makes no difference to me. I don't live in a 4G area. :]
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Haha unfortunately I get full signal in my area :/
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Sound off.
Just wasn't to see who all from the epic community has made the leap to the MoPho!
I have a strong feeling im not looking back!
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I gave my thoughts in the thread that's (right now, at least) a few messages down. In short, I'm loving the Photon compared to my Epic.
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Was expecting iSaint with first lol
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Yep .... im still amazed at this phone and its on stock... cant wait to see what our amazing devs do.
Lol cant do first tonight im in atlantic city
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Was expecting iSaint with first lol
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Ya, I think he's getting slow in his old age. Lol Good to see so many familiar names. Really happy with the Mopho. Running Alien rom. Running sweet so far.
Loved my Epic, But... My MoPho is amazing... Not to mention, I was getting harassed by my co-workers about my Samsung, due to the fact I work for Motorola Solutions...
been rockin' my MoPho for a couple days now.. battery life is STELLAR.. the screen is too bright sometimes.. not bright enough others..
it's stupid fast compared to the epic on EXT4.. but.. (to be fair) once the GS2 comes out, I might toss the Photon .. depends on how well i like the GS2.. lol
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been rockin' my MoPho for a couple days now.. battery life is STELLAR.. the screen is too bright sometimes.. not bright enough others..
it's stupid fast compared to the epic on EXT4.. but.. (to be fair) once the GS2 comes out, I might toss the Photon .. depends on how well i like the GS2.. lol
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Thanks for the thanks bro.
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Thanks for the thanks bro.
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thanks tag and you're 'it' LMFAO
u got thanks for the 'can't do first' thing LMFAO
I'm really loving my Photon, and I really didn't have many complaints about my Epic. I really didn't use the keyboard at all. My battery life is far superior top the Epic, which I attribute to its stronger radio. I work on the service floor of a hospital and my Epic was constantly searching for signal in certain areas where I now maintain a solid signal throughout the day. My only complaint its that I daily experience the "silent call" issue. I read that removing the SIM card helps some folks, so I'm trying that.
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I'm really loving my Photon, and I really didn't have many complaints about my Epic. I really didn't use the keyboard at all. My battery life is far superior top the Epic, which I attribute to its stronger radio. I work on the service floor of a hospital and my Epic was constantly searching for signal in certain areas where I now maintain a solid signal throughout the day. My only complaint its that I daily experience the "silent call" issue. I read that removing the SIM card helps some folks, so I'm trying that.
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Let me know if that works for you. Im experiencing it too.
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The epic was horrible and glitchy this is soo much nicer.
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I didn't come from an Epic but I did remove that sim card. Since then, haven't had NOT one issue.
I also upgraded from the Epic to the Photon, and I think the Photon is way better than the Epic..and faster. My Epic was getting laggy, and over heating whenever I was charging it. So far I am really enjoying the Photon.
Well to be honest with you I have become bored with the Photon and might go back to my Epic. The things I miss the most with my Epic is having to always keep a spare battery in my pocket, waiting for the phone to figure out where I am so I can check into Foursquare, the time spent searching and waiting for Gingerbread, and waiting for the camera to respond among other things. Without all of this, my life with my Photon seems so boring and I'm having trouble finding what to do with the extra time. It's been very hard to adjust to not having those features like I did on the Epic.
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ZING!
TBH I dont have that many issues on my Epic while on a stock-like ROM. Still waiting for official GB like everyone else though...
My mother needs a new phone so I am sending her my Epic while I upgrade...
One of the issues I have not yet seen info on (I'm still searching) is whether or not Motorola has decided to start following the microUSB standards yet or am I going to have to double up on 5 USB chargers that I keep anywhere I might need to use my phone...
Other than that most of the issues I have seen are pretty much software related and the phone looks great. I think I'm still going to go ahead with the Photon rather than the Evo3d.
Yes it has a micro port.
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ZING!
TBH I dont have that many issues on my Epic while on a stock-like ROM. Still waiting for official GB like everyone else though...
My mother needs a new phone so I am sending her my Epic while I upgrade...
One of the issues I have not yet seen info on (I'm still searching) is whether or not Motorola has decided to start following the microUSB standards yet or am I going to have to double up on 5 USB chargers that I keep anywhere I might need to use my phone...
Other than that most of the issues I have seen are pretty much software related and the phone looks great. I think I'm still going to go ahead with the Photon rather than the Evo3d.
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Every phone will have a micro usb. Its been standardized now. No phone that comes out will use a different charger. This was passed awhile ago to cut down on the amount of charging cables and such in landfills among other reasons
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Aye, i know they have been standardizing them, but I know Moto was still being different. After talking it over with my Sprint guy today as I was ordering my phone.. I came to the conclusion that this was likely only an issue with the MINI-usb plugs. There were specific warnings on the websites I use to order my parts against mixing Moto and any other usb cables. As I understand it they had a couple wires reversed in those, and it seems they are getting with the program now and standardizing with the rest of the world.
In 2 days I will officially be a former Epic owner..
It would be today but they didnt know how to put the phone on my bill and have me walk out with one like they did with my Epic.
I had an Epic for a bit, but ended up going back to the Evo. I had better luck out of the Vibrant than the Epic. Photon is light years better though lol.
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I have been looking for one for weeks and it has been a no-go. i've looked through XDA market, and CL. i dont understand why, ive heard so many people trading back to a atrix from a sensation asap when they tried it. when i ask if they'd trade its usually "no thanks, the sensation is worth more". i honestly dont care about price tag. that doesnt put out how much the device is worth, just what manufactures tag it. especially when atrix has more ram and features. and before i get flamed for even posting this. i want to trade because i care about display and camera over webtop. i take tons of pics and watch netflix alot on the go. i actually liked this display until i watched a couple movies.. i hate the outer glow on the screen and how grainy it can look/washed out. or maybe i should go after another phone?
Reason im posting it here is because i want to hear people who have the atrix or even both opinions. thanks
edit: haha to think i was about to trade.... http://www.htcphones.net/htc-announced-sensation-xe-with-beats-audio/ look at this ****!
I have an ATRIX and I love it ..I actually thought about trading it for a sensation but after watching a review it changed my mind. Its so much faster than the sensation and never lags,..I think it was bad with MOTOBLUR but with a custom rom or the official gingerbread update its simply amazing, only phone I would trade it for is the galaxy s2
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I own a sensation and yes its slower now but cm7 is almost complete and its so fast!!! (I'm on a early build right now)
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I have an ATRIX and I love it ..I actually thought about trading it for a sensation but after watching a review it changed my mind. Its so much faster than the sensation and never lags,..I think it was bad with MOTOBLUR but with a custom rom or the official gingerbread update its simply amazing, only phone I would trade it for is the galaxy s2
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ive heard about all the laggyness and glitchyness the sensation has "had". its mostly all gone now, they released a update and one of my friends that has the sensation says all the screen issues are gone and its way less laggy. so that made my interested in it again. ive always been on HTCs boat, this is my first Moto device. i wouldnt mind getting one again though.
edit: dont get me wrong, i LOVE my atrix, best device i have had. i just like to switch things up.. i dont really care for the "big features" of this devices. they sounded cool at first. but not for me
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I own a sensation and yes its slower now but cm7 is almost complete and its so fast!!! (I'm on a early build right now)
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Do you like it though?? about benchmarks or anything of that matter. just everyday use and games/movies, also i love to skype and such. its sad atrix isnt supported. thanks. ive never been big on CM cause its all "stock" it just bores me id rather have eye candy and neat looking things and a camera/gallery with great settings then just.. stock. hopefully ICS has neat things
thats why i love sense. it all great in one package. i havent had my hands on sense 3.0 yet, last android HTC devices i had was the mytouch 4g.
I can't do HTC phones anymore until they improve the battery, and make the signal strength stronger...
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I love my ATRIX, I get around 2200-2700 on benchmarks and in everyday use it never lags, opens applications easily, also the battery is a huge plus, I easily get through a day, I could get it through 2 but i'm used to charging my phone every night. I also think the tegrazone games are fantastic, even though im not a mobile gamer. If you're thinking about trading your phone for the sensation I would wait for any HTC devices coming out in the next few months that may running sense 3.5, or even beats audio, or maybe a Samsung galaxy s2 or nexus prime.
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I agree, my old MyTouch barely made it through like half a days usage..would have to charge it around 5 or 6pm, Motorola also always does a great job on radio too
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lol i know what you guys mean xD i am always home so that isnt an issue, and with radio i have more benefits with the sensation cause im on tmo. the biggest thing i will miss is the nvidia GPU, im huge on nvidia. not so big on AMD adreno... AMD always is lacking something it seems. id be giving up tegrazone for NEON support, that is hard. id probably go for neon support because i play emulators more than anything.. like ps1 games, etc. just getting someone to trade is the problem :[ id love to have a spare atrix though, this phone has been my favorite so far modding. HTC phones have never been that fun for me with modding lol, idk why. alot of people think the guys in the atrix forums are mean, lol. people are worse in the HTC forums.
motorola atrix internal hardware with HTC sensation external would be a dream phone haha.. im never getting a samsuck phone again, after what they did to the people who spent $500 on the behold 2 to f*ck them, seriously. dont mean to sound like a **** but i was one of them who bought it lol. im all for motorola, htc, and id think about getting a xperia if they made a freaking dual core phone and not just overclocked a arc up to 1.4ghz -_-
my brother has a incredible and holy crap that things battery life is horrible!
Im on T-Mobile also, edge isn't so bad though honestly, HTC should have had a gb of ram though..its a deal breaker for me, that and no Tegra , good eye candy though
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Im on T-Mobile also, edge isn't so bad though honestly, HTC should have had a gb of ram though..its a deal breaker for me, that and no Tegra , good eye candy though
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i dont even use my phone.. as a phone haha, i just text. i use wifi for everything else. so i dont care if its 4g or not. yeah, they definitely should have. they always are low on RAM it seems. i was surprised to see 1gb in the evo
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i dont even use my phone.. as a phone haha, i just text. i use wifi for everything else. so i dont care if its 4g or not. yeah, they definitely should have. they always are low on RAM it seems. i was surprised to see 1gb in the evo
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I hate att with a passion, and I've had it for 11 years. I like the atrix though, but don't know about being banished to edge.
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If at&t had the sensation, I would of done that, no exceptions.
If the ATRIX was unavailable on at&t, I would of went hd7s, mostly to consolidate my zune hd (dear me, I do like the zune system, lol).
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I can't do HTC phones anymore until they improve the battery, and make the signal strength stronger...
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Totally agree..
Sent from my dual core beast..ATRIX
HTC - built from plastic, crappy signal, crappy battery.
deal breaker right there.
I don't see how you can go from Atrix to Sensation without feeling like you are downgrading.
Anyway, it's your choice. Ideally, use both phones for a while and keep whichever you like better. Cheers.
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HTC - built from plastic, crappy signal, crappy battery.
deal breaker right there.
I don't see how you can go from Atrix to Sensation without feeling like you are downgrading.
Anyway, it's your choice. Ideally, use both phones for a while and keep whichever you like better. Cheers.
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the sensation isnt plastic! lol, the atrix is plastic xD yeah that is what i plan on, id use the sensation for a while and see. if i find someone who'd trade.
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HTC - built from plastic, crappy signal, crappy battery.
deal breaker right there.
I don't see how you can go from Atrix to Sensation without feeling like you are downgrading.
Anyway, it's your choice. Ideally, use both phones for a while and keep whichever you like better. Cheers.
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Sensation is aluminium and the screen is 1000x better so no downgrade just about the same as the atrix some strengths and some weaknesses
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Sensation is aluminium and the screen is 1000x better so no downgrade just about the same as the atrix some strengths and some weaknesses
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I'll give you the screen, but my Atrix is in a case so build quality to me doesn't matter as much.
I really think "HTC Sense" is the biggest draw that brings people in. I enjoyed my time with it too.
But whether I had HTC for Android or even Winmo, I never kept a call in any of my questionable dead zones.
If they fixed that and the battery (larger physical battery and in the software) I could see myself going back to HTC again down the road...
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I'll give you the screen, but my Atrix is in a case so build quality to me doesn't matter as much.
I really think "HTC Sense" is the biggest draw that brings people in. I enjoyed my time with it too.
But whether I had HTC for Android or even Winmo, I never kept a call in any of my questionable dead zones.
If they fixed that and the battery (larger physical battery and in the software) I could see myself going back to HTC again down the road...
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yeah mine is in a case too, but still. i have it in the case because its so slippery xD
that is one big thing, but not completely for me. i have just always had HTC and i most likely always will. i love the form factor, the cameras, the software, etc. only thing that sucks on HTC phones is the speaker, that is horrid haha.
well they did fix the laggyness in the software. the battery is poop but oh well thats one thing that has never bothered me for some reason, unless im camping or something lol.
I'm hearing everywhere that the phone will be obsolete in a couple of months. I'm scared I might get out dated when I just bought this phone like 1 months ago. Should I get rid of it and get a sgs2 while I still can or what should I do?
Thank you for reading this.
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I'm hearing everywhere that the phone will be obsolete in a couple of months. I'm scared I might get out dated when I just bought this phone like 1 months ago. Should I get rid of it and get a sgs2 while I still can or what should I do?
Thank you for reading this.
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Even if HTC were to discontinue the phone today it's still a 1.5ghz dual core 4G phone. The SGS2 is pretty much identical in specs. If the phones are so similar and the Amaze is no longer in production but the SGS2 is, then is the Amze "obsolete?" Your definition of obsolete must be different than mine.
+1. ^^^
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im sorry, i used a poor choice of words. i was in a hurry when i wrote this. By obsolete i meant that htc will not be supporting us and will stop sellin the phone.
With the second generation dual core and first generation quad cores on the horizon. Not to mention the big hardware specification push, it is/will be soon obsolete. Does that make it irrelevant, no.. Hell computers are obsolete before you buy them for the most part. Just live with and enjoy your device...
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With the second generation dual core and first generation quad cores on the horizon. Not to mention the big hardware specification push, it is/will be soon obsolete. Does that make it irrelevant, no.. Hell computers are obsolete before you buy them for the most part. Just live with and enjoy your device...
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I agree. You have a two year contract when you purchase a phone with a discount. Who here thinks that T-Mobile shouldn't start offering new phones before your two year contract expires? Seriously! The phone has been out for what... three, four months now? I would say that's pretty good actually. Don't worry about the phone itself though. You still have a 1 year warranty which will still be honored should you require service. It's still a powerhouse of a phone and we're expecting an update here very soon. So... what's the problem? You guys are acting like it's the damn G1.
You know to be honest I was expecting a better phone to come out about a month after ours did. I'm surprised that it didn't. But I'm saying this to people that are suprised that in this day and technological age your phone is old and outdated before you can manage to buy accessories for it. Just look at it this way... iphone fans are constantly being screwed by Apple and their yearly releases! You wait in line overnight to buy the new iphone 4GS or whatever and nine months later Apple teases you with the new iphone 4GS2 for a super low price of $600 because you're still on contract. Else they can wait for another year for the release of the iphone 5 or whatever. It's a sales gimmick and that's all there is to it. Yet you guys are surpised to see this with HTC? Naive I think.
Only thing you need to worry about is awful Dev support.
Im sorry I like XB and the others but this phone has just about zero Rom selection compared to SGS2 and other phones. Nothing even close to a workable ICS build.
The phone itself is fantastic mostly due to the camera , HW isnt what you should be worried about.
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Only thing you need to worry about is awful Dev support.
Im sorry I like XB and the others but this phone has just about zero Rom selection compared to SGS2 and other phones. Nothing even close to a workable ICS build.
The phone itself is fantastic mostly due to the camera , HW isnt what you should be worried about.
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Samsung devices don't have to be worried about a locked bootloader either.
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Only thing you need to worry about is awful Dev support.
Im sorry I like XB and the others but this phone has just about zero Rom selection compared to SGS2 and other phones. Nothing even close to a workable ICS build.
The phone itself is fantastic mostly due to the camera , HW isnt what you should be worried about.
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i dont see any progress on the sgs2 tmo version im further then them
Don't worry be happy. Is just a phone!
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Don't worry be happy. Is just a phone!
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Just a phone?? Watcha you mouth!
And.....you managed to get that damn song stuck in my head.
Yes its not the end of the world its just HTC Saying ok we aren't making the phone anymore tmobile n HTC aren't going to blow u off if u have a issue with it.
They are not going to make the phone anymore because of what's on the horizon. I say in about a month or two we will see a new HTC tmobile phone.
with ICS "wink"
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I'm hearing everywhere that the phone will be obsolete in a couple of months. I'm scared I might get out dated when I just bought this phone like 1 months ago. Should I get rid of it and get a sgs2 while I still can or what should I do?
Thank you for reading this.
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samsung has horrible support for their phones, except for ones running vanilla android, they are incredibly slow when it comes to pushing out os updates, im almost certain htc will give us a stable ics before samsung does with the sgs2
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It might be "just a phone" but I paid a large chunk of cash for my phone and I don't like getting screwed over by Google.......not to mention Apple's bait & switch marketing.
Smartphones "smart" once you find out your phone will be semi-obsolete as is the case here with Google trying to tell software & hardware developers what to do.
stefnuts
All of this is true but don't you all feel that the htc amaze is a bad phone? You can't have a case because you lose WiFi signal, you have to put electrical tape on the back of the phone to prevent the flash from messing up your pictures at night, the haptic key light bleeds in the screen, the faceplate on the back creaks really loud when putting pressure. I did not pay over 600 for a phone to have so many problems.
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T-mo news did post an article stating that the amaze 4g is reaching "end-of-life" and will he discontinued soon. This may lower our chance of getting more dev support, but let's be thankful for who we do have which is some great developers like xboarder, faux, and now nrg... Just have patience, soom good stuff is going to be coming to us in the near future, we just need to wait. No one has a perfectly running ICS with no bugs we arent far behind guys we will have what we want soon
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I do not see why it is such a big deal they won't be producing htc amaze anymore(if that is true). anyway even the htc ville we are expecting to come out in march or the samsung bliss, they have nothing special, same dual core cpu, same speed + the camera that the amaze has is one of the best in the market. So I find all this "worried about my amaze" a little too exaggerated. and yes it is just a phone, if you are concerned just go sell it back and buy a new one when it comes out. hope your worries about the htc amaze do not keep you from living a normal life...extra stress is never good
I love my Amaze. I knew about the "flaws" before I bought it. To my amazement, it's better than I thought and read about. I fortunately do not have the creaking back cover(there's a fix), Wi-Fi range is awesome even with a case, GPS locks in seconds even inside the house, battery life last all day, awesome ROMs available (thank you devs, you know who you are, lol) the list goes on. My 0.02
In my room I have 1 - 2 bars of WiFi
With the case off I get full 4, pretty annoying
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fuego77 said:
In my room I have 1 - 2 bars of WiFi
With the case off I get full 4, pretty annoying
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what case do you have?
http://explore.t-mobile.com/verizon-att-sprint/vs-sprint/
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What's ur point?
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http://explore.t-mobile.com/verizon-att-sprint/vs-sprint/
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dood, phone has been discontinued by tmo, it's not got much life in it. I just happens to be one of the 2 soon to be 3 available hspa+ 42mbps devices! once the s drops you can expect more price drops on the Amaze.
The phone may be going EOL but it's probably their best phone and is still comparable to the new One S. Also those ads are completely one sided, note that they are using an iPhone for Sprint which is only a 3G phone. I used to be on Sprint before switching to T-Mobile and their 4G service was decently quick... if you could get it.
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The phone may be going EOL but it's probably their best phone and is still comparable to the new One S. Also those ads are completely one sided, note that they are using an iPhone for Sprint which is only a 3G phone. I used to be on Sprint before switching to T-Mobile and their 4G service was decently quick... if you could get it.
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My friend up here has an EVO3D and never switches 4G ON. I asked him why and he said "by the time it even connects or finds 4G signal, the web pages could already have been loaded on 3G"
Don't know how accurate that is but Idk why it would take so long to connect.
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fuego77 said:
My friend up here has an EVO3D and never switches 4G ON. I asked him why and he said "by the time it even connects or finds 4G signal, the web pages could already have been loaded on 3G"
Don't know how accurate that is but Idk why it would take so long to connect.
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That would only be the case if you switch it on to check one page then shut it back off again. It does take about 30 seconds or so to connect to 4g, much like it does to connect to WiFi. Personally that sounds like a dumb excuse to not use 4g. We don't have 4g here but if we did, I'd likely leave it on all the time since my phone is near a charger all day anyways.
Shame the amaze is end of the line I actually want to go back to it. The galaxy s 2 with ICS is nice, but for me I really enjoyed messing with the amazes camera and thought sense was really cool.
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ebatr8 said:
Shame the amaze is end of the line I actually want to go back to it. The galaxy s 2 with ICS is nice, but for me I really enjoyed messing with the amazes camera and thought sense was really cool.
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i think once the price drops more development will pick up. personally i would never pay $400 for this phone, especially not now lol. gsii with ics sounds nice
The Black Amaze is not EOL. Only the white version is. I personally would choose this device over the ONE S anyday.
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i think once the price drops more development will pick up. personally i would never pay $400 for this phone, especially not now lol. gsii with ics sounds nice
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It is nice even tho its a leak for the at&t skyrocket the awesome devs have got it working pretty perfectly for the T-Mobile s2. Ics just has subtle changes that really polish the way android works and steps performance up real well. I really like sense tho I use to have the sensation then the amaze, ended up selling the amaze but wish I would have kept it n just sold the s2 instead.
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It is nice even tho its a leak for the at&t skyrocket the awesome devs have got it working pretty perfectly for the T-Mobile s2. Ics just has subtle changes that really polish the way android works and steps performance up real well. I really like sense tho I use to have the sensation then the amaze, ended up selling the amaze but wish I would have kept it n just sold the s2 instead.
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Wonder who you sold that amaze to tbh i dislike samsung but i would rather have the gsgii than the amaze for some reason. maybe cause its something new/different
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Wonder who you sold that amaze to tbh i dislike samsung but i would rather have the gsgii than the amaze for some reason. maybe cause its something new/different
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So we meet again..... lol its always nice to have something different maybe I am just bored of the sgs2, but if s-off comes through on the amaze here soon then development might pick up and there will be lots of new stuff to play with on the amaze.
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So we meet again..... lol its always nice to have something different maybe I am just bored of the sgs2, but if s-off comes through on the amaze here soon then development might pick up and there will be lots of new stuff to play with on the amaze.
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Yeah true, i dont really care for the lack of development considering im running NRGs rom and its perfect. I just havent had anything besides HTC and one moto device since the samsung behold 2 was out and that was a long time ago lol. Been wanting to try Nokia and maybe a Samsung
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Yeah true, i dont really care for the lack of development considering im running NRGs rom and its perfect. I just havent had anything besides HTC and one moto device since the samsung behold 2 was out and that was a long time ago lol. Been wanting to try Nokia and maybe a Samsung
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You not down with padphone no more?
I really want to check that thing out.
A, I like that its not made by samsung or htc and ....well the obvious its made by Asus.... Hopefully it doesn't become the phailphone....
Unless I sell this I'm going to wait for s-off and ics.
Once ics comes to the amaze, its gonna make or break this phone, sorry to say.
Im really hoping ics will relly unleash the beast I know this phone is capable of.
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You not down with padphone no more?
I really want to check that thing out.
A, I like that its not made by samsung or htc and ....well the obvious its made by Asus.... Hopefully it doesn't become the phailphone....
Unless I sell this I'm going to wait for s-off and ics.
Once ics comes to the amaze, its gonna make or break this phone, sorry to say.
Im really hoping ics will relly unleash the beast I know this phone is capable of.
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I am very interested in it, Asus is one of my favorite companys specially for gaming, i love their ROG series. i have the Asus G74 laptop right now and plan on getting the Asus Tytan.
Note that its never good to get any phone when its just released. i wait a few months for all the problems (if it has any) to be fixed and development to start and prices to drop. while the samsung galaxy ii already been out for quite a while.
according to this site it wont be too much more than the one s: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Asus...mer-Pad-300-Get-Priced-in-Europe-264743.shtml
only $15 more for just the phone. i will wait till the price is around $400 on ebay then ill buy it in a heartbeat
edit: look at their website now. they updated the information about it. http://www.asus.com/Mobile/PadFone/ you can get 102 hours of battery from padfone (the phone), the station (tablet), and the station dock (keyboard). they all use the hardware of the padfone (cpu/gpu/ram/camera), but they all have their own battery. also its all one data package (from the phone). this is going to get huge IMO.
the camera should be better than the amaze as well, has the same aperture, but a better lense made my asus.
I love my photon, but there is that pesky unlocked situation. i recently switched internet providers and had to use 3g for a few days since im running the gummy rom. after the 3 days im ready to switch. i need 4g and the abilty to tinker with my device. this has been a great phone, but motorola has let everyone down. i will be switching back to htc starting with evo 3d. Thanks to the devs and photon members that have made hacking this phone fun and easy. im gonna miss it.
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I feel your pain, but good things come to those who wait. I imagine youll hate your 3D after being with the Photon. Seems to be the general consensus. Bad software is fixable, bad hardware isn't.
3D? are you serious? I'd get original before 3D if that is your opinion. But just like other poster, Im waiting it out!
My Photon still does 4G just fine. Honestly, I've never understood why people moved from 4G to 3G-only ROMs.
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I have an original EVO (now daughter's), EVO 3D (wife's), and Photon (mine).
Photon has clearly better radios. Otherwise, all are nice phones.
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My Photon still does 4G just fine. Honestly, I've never understood why people moved from 4G to 3G-only ROMs.
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I have an original EVO (now daughter's), EVO 3D (wife's), and Photon (mine).
Photon has clearly better radios. Otherwise, all are nice phones.
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i don't understand why people need 4g so desperately.
the only thing motorola lacks is updates and unlocked bootloaders.
i already have the 3d. it works good and they have great roms. i need 4g when i cant use wifi. its an unlock issue. it shouldnt matter if i want to unlock it. evo was the best phone ive ever had. for a hackalicious person like myself. the 4g roms on the photon just arent near as good as installing kitchen sink. i want unlocked options on a 4g device. btw gummy is the only rom that works perfect mms etc.
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theres nothing to wait for, motorola will never unlock the bootloader. i dont want stock ics. i want maxed out kernel pushing the device.
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I feel your pain, but good things come to those who wait. I imagine youll hate your 3D after being with the Photon. Seems to be the general consensus. Bad software is fixable, bad hardware isn't.
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Forum someone that would on phones all day I can say that the 3d isn't nearly as well made as the original evo. I wish they used all the money they put in that parallax display for better build quality. I'm interested to see how policy changes at Motorola now that they are Google owned but I don't hold much hope that it will affect the current handsets.
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yea i have a 3d lying around. been devvin it till i decide to switch.
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i don't understand why people need 4g so desperately.
the only thing motorola lacks is updates and unlocked bootloaders.
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Because it's there, like ICS ROMs. It's a nice perk, but vs. 3G? No big deal. I mean, you don't see anybody posting speed tests about how much faster it is. My understanding is that it isn't much faster, just more stable on video. So maybe it's 3MBit as opposed to 1MBit or something. But again, nobody with 4G is bragging about the speed with solid numbers; until they do I wouldn't worry about it. Also, it's in what, two cities in America? Los Angeles and New York City? Maybe Chicago and Dallas as well? I dunno. I'm sure it's more than that but the point is, most of us couldn't get it if we wanted it.
Motorola will always get better signal than HTC, at least for now. They have the best radios; everything else is a compromise. Motorola usually wins on battery life, too. I just think Motorola makes the best hardware. Best software, that's another story. Blur is a dog, but I'm no fan of Sense. I think Sense is great for iConverts who need hand holding in the big scary Android world, but for me, I just want AOSP with the Google apps and a few others and I'm good. I will say that the Sense clock is nice, though. They can keep their weird ring lock, though; the one in CM9 is better. Non-Motorola smartphones are to Motorola phones what Hackintoshes are to real Macs. A nice try but not quite the total package. IMO.
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Because it's there, like ICS ROMs. It's a nice perk, but vs. 3G? No big deal. I mean, you don't see anybody posting speed tests about how much faster it is. My understanding is that it isn't much faster, just more stable on video. So maybe it's 3MBit as opposed to 1MBit or something. But again, nobody with 4G is bragging about the speed with solid numbers; until they do I wouldn't worry about it. Also, it's in what, two cities in America? Los Angeles and New York City? Maybe Chicago and Dallas as well? I dunno. I'm sure it's more than that but the point is, most of us couldn't get it if we wanted it.
Motorola will always get better signal than HTC, at least for now. They have the best radios; everything else is a compromise. Motorola usually wins on battery life, too. I just think Motorola makes the best hardware. Best software, that's another story. Blur is a dog, but I'm no fan of Sense. I think Sense is great for iConverts who need hand holding in the big scary Android world, but for me, I just want AOSP with the Google apps and a few others and I'm good. I will say that the Sense clock is nice, though. They can keep their weird ring lock, though; the one in CM9 is better. Non-Motorola smartphones are to Motorola phones what Hackintoshes are to real Macs. A nice try but not quite the total package. IMO.
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4G is Much faster, but I travel a lot and rarely am able to keep a 4G connection for more than 30 seconds or a minute or so. And more like 1G in my house, but I use 6M WiFi so OK. So, 4G for me is worthless.
But likewise, there is nothing in the custom 3G ROMs that excites me. I prefer stability over a few minor tweaks.
my gummy rom is super stable. i live in downtown seattle an my 3g barely loads facebook, but my 4g(when i sbf back to stock at random times) is blazing. faster than my home comcast. i might just flash this photon to boost so if im geting 3g only ill pay 50 instead of between 100-200 to sprint.
people say motorola has better radios but i dunno my gfs iphone 3g rules.
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I just had to chime in. My wife had the evo 3d, ended up replacing it 6 times for different issues, she was finally available for her upgrade and she got the SGS3. She LOVES that phone. She is on it night and day. She said it is a night and day difference in how smooth everything is etc. Just my 2 cents, but the evo3d was a poorly executed phone. The hardware was great (with the exception of the 3d camera) but the software was JUST not there and too slow...
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I just had to chime in. My wife had the evo 3d, ended up replacing it 6 times for different issues, she was finally available for her upgrade and she got the SGS3. She LOVES that phone. She is on it night and day. She said it is a night and day difference in how smooth everything is etc. Just my 2 cents, but the evo3d was a poorly executed phone. The hardware was great (with the exception of the 3d camera) but the software was JUST not there and too slow...
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Yeah, I have to say the 3D was a super turd when it came to performance. Idk exactly what was causing it to be such a dog, unstable sense and firmware ota for my wifes, I definitely would have took my og evo over it any day of the week... And it wad dropped on toilet, spiderwebbed screen, half a flash, lol! It was a flash machine, roms for days, kernels, devs out the wazoo, just a great phone. Unlock this photon I have now, locked up like Fort Knox! And I need 4g so that the way it shall stay... #goodbyemoto #hellos3/evolte
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Yeah, I have to say the 3D was a super turd when it came to performance. Idk exactly what was causing it to be such a dog, unstable sense and firmware ota for my wifes, I definitely would have took my og evo over it any day of the week... And it wad dropped on toilet, spiderwebbed screen, half a flash, lol! It was a flash machine, roms for days, kernels, devs out the wazoo, just a great phone. Unlock this photon I have now, locked up like Fort Knox! And I need 4g so that the way it shall stay... #goodbyemoto #hellos3/evolte
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I feel the same way
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I didnt go with the 3d i decided to switch to verizon. The lte is sick and i got the lucid for free which is better than the photon. Fast great screen etc. I do love the photon people so you should all get lucids or nexus so we can all stay lol.
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We were talking about Seattle rain the other night. One of my friends said there is a spice or some kind of weed substitute called Seattle rain. Is that what you based your name off of? Lol just curious
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Seatttlereign said:
I didnt go with the 3d i decided to switch to verizon. The lte is sick and i got the lucid for free which is better than the photon. Fast great screen etc. I do love the photon people so you should all get lucids or nexus so we can all stay lol.
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Lucid? Never heard of it
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Lol no i live in seattle and i reign down on mother&[email protected]:$ its my gamertag too. Lucid is a 1.2 dualcore lg phone great screen great phone fast. Noone developing for it i might start. I want the nexus but its hard to get discontinued. Im done with motorola
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Seatttlereign said:
Lol no i live in seattle and i reign down on mother&[email protected]:$ its my gamertag too. Lucid is a 1.2 dualcore lg phone great screen great phone fast. Noone developing for it i might start. I want the nexus but its hard to get discontinued. Im done with motorola
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How is the battery life?
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