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But only to hold me over until the SGS2 comes from Sprint.
I need a new toy to play with and the Epic on any software bothers me with its problems.
Is this MoPho noticeably quicker than the Epic? I played with store demo for a bit
but still not enough time and thorough to make this judgement for myself =]
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But only to hold me over until the SGS2 comes from Sprint.
I need a new toy to play with and the Epic on any software bothers me with its problems.
Is this MoPho noticeably quicker than the Epic? I played with store demo for a bit
but still not enough time and thorough to make this judgement for myself =]
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Well, I came from the Epic. I thought it was a great phone, but I really love the photon! Blur can be a little laggy going from screen to screen. Use launcher pro and it flies. Mine is unlocked, rooted, and has Alien rom on it, and it's just stupid fast and smooth. Once source is released and we have custom kernels, it will be even better. Battery life has been great for me. Some people have had problems as with any new phone, a fix is to be released soon. I however have not had any of these problems. I also have the dock which is like having another computer. All in all it comes down to personal choice. What works for one does not work for all.
ok cool thanks for the reply. The one at the store was lagging a lil from side scrolling the screens.
ALSO being very new at the phone, In 5 mins of touching the phone I figured out how to page jump by swiping up on the launcher pulls up the seven screens like pinching in does on the epic and htc. Whereas reviews claimed there was no way to bring up the screens in any way.
only thing that bothers me is the screen. i dont think I could get used to that.
there was similar effect going to epic from evo, seeing the pixels. But the Photon is way noticeable on pretty much anything. But then again its just a temporary toy
I came from a Vibrant which is the Tmo galaxy S.
(well, ok, so I had a evo 4g and a evo 3d between....but the Vibrant made those BOTH look like a POS)
I had custom kernel (overstock) and a very nice ROM on the Vibrant (don't recall which).
It was very fast, stupid fast. This Photon keeps up with it and I have had no real problems that I can really think of.
I honestly do not see the MoPhos screen as being lesser than the super AMOled....I seriously do not see any noticable difference.
I also got tired of waiting for the SGS2.
I am getting the photon today as well, actually its already at my house in a box waiting for me to get off work and play with it.
I'm coming from an EVO - i'm overdue for an upgrade
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I am getting the photon today as well, actually its already at my house in a box waiting for me to get off work and play with it.
I'm coming from an EVO - i'm overdue for an upgrade
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Being at work while the new toy waste at home is stressful I tell ya....stressful
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Being at work while the new toy waste at home is stressful I tell ya....stressful
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I've held out on lunch until a delivery was made before lol
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slag02 said:
I am getting the photon today as well, actually its already at my house in a box waiting for me to get off work and play with it.
I'm coming from an EVO - i'm overdue for an upgrade
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Omg that sucks loll!! Yeah when I got the htc diamond I actually called in late to get it in the morning before work. And the htc hero I got at lunch, well, extended lunch lol screw waiting
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SGS"POO"! LOL...Stay with your MoPho...Samsung sucks at development for their devices IMO...Motorola has impressed the hell out of me so far...I came from the OG and it was hard for me to leave HTC. Give it time, you'll see!
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Being at work while the new toy waste at home is stressful I tell ya....stressful
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Agree... that's why mine's being shipped here at Work. However, mine isn't arriving until Monday.
Although I like living in CA because of the weather, it also means I have to wait a few days more every time I order a new phone from Sprint.
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SGS"POO"! LOL...Stay with your MoPho...Samsung sucks at development for their devices IMO...Motorola has impressed the hell out of me so far...I came from the OG and it was hard for me to leave HTC. Give it time, you'll see!
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Ya i had the evo 4g then the evo 3d and now the photon. I kinda miss sence but im diggin the photon. It has some bugs but its a great phone.
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Ya i had the evo 4g then the evo 3d and now the photon. I kinda miss sence but im diggin the photon. It has some bugs but its a great phone.
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If you really miss Sense, check out some of the other launchers on the Market like ADW, Launcher Pro, or Go Launcher EX <- my favorite. Many of them have widgets that are very similar to HTC's Sense. If the Sense clock is the thing that does it for you, there are also tons of widgets that replicate that too.
just got a photon and i need to tether free without doc is it possible yet? im not positive im keeping it and tethering is deal breaker but i got photon free as exchange for one of my broke epics.
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Is this MoPho noticeably quicker than the Epic? =]
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Yes it is, just don't try to make a call on it
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Being at work while the new toy waste at home is stressful I tell ya....stressful
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Yes...
I debated going home on lunch (a 30min drive) but I decided to be a good employee and not waste the rest of the afternoon here playing with my new phone LOL
I'm going to head home.. watch some Chiefs football, crack a cold one and get my MoPho on
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Yes it is, just don't try to make a call on it
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Damn is that really on all Photons? That would be annoying. I remember having this problem on the Epic but maybe it was the ROMS.
darren.wlsn1 said:
just got a photon and i need to tether free without doc is it possible yet? im not positive im keeping it and tethering is deal breaker but i got photon free as exchange for one of my broke epics.
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That is cool they give you that as replacement. What are you talking about tethering? I use the hotspot all the time on my Epic. Are you saying on the Photon you need some sort of dock?
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Ya i had the evo 4g then the evo 3d and now the photon. I kinda miss sence but im diggin the photon. It has some bugs but its a great phone.
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what bugs do you have? is it 'worth' dealing with?
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Yes...
I debated going home on lunch (a 30min drive) but I decided to be a good employee and not waste the rest of the afternoon here playing with my new phone LOL
I'm going to head home.. watch some Chiefs football, crack a cold one and get my MoPho on
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Nice report here please when u get it, I want your user experience
Coming from the epic...
Not regretting it one bit this is an awesome phone not even thinking about gs2 anymore....
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iSaint said:
Coming from the epic...
Not regretting it one bit this is an awesome phone not even thinking about gs2 anymore....
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Well hello there iSaint!!! I seem to have a Photon 4G as well hehe
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Yes it is, just don't try to make a call on it
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Lol... Was about to say the same
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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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mquinn24 said:
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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Well, I've been an Evo 3D fag, but i've been having problems with it and I don't really like it. First one went completley dead, and this one has random reboots and gps is fried.
I brought my e3d to sprint last night and they gave me an option of the E3d or Photon.
I decided to try the Photon ( mistake or good choice)?
The E3d is very buggy and just isn't very good quality. I heard the Photon gets great reception and such. The 3D was garbage and bars would jump to 5 then instantly drop to 1 all the time.
Hopefully I made a good choice. Or did I?
Good choice to my evo3d back after 7 days for the photon
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My son has the 3d. Great device, except that he doesn't get good reception. I love my Mopho. However don't expected as many roms here as the 3d. The ones we have are great though!
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Hello,
I purchased an EVO 3D as part of the First to Buy promotion last June as a Premier Gold after having a wonderful experience with my EVO 4G.
All I can say is after literally 5 different 3D's, 2 weeks ago I finally demanded a different Android Handset and too was offered the Photon.
I truly cannot be happier and as I already had a 16gb SD Card, the amount of Storage I have is staggering. It has been hard to get used to the Home Button not being at the far left, but I have gotten used to it.
Cheers,
JJ
Thanks for the replies, i do like the storage on it. I know there isnt much going on for development, but i'm not too worried about it. It doesn't make that much of a difference with the phone its just fun and addicting.
The E3D is just so buggy, the roms and phone itself.
I just got my photon today coming from a galaxy s2 i didnt have los but at work its like a dead spot and with my epic touch 4g i would lose all bars but with my photon i get full bars plus 4g wtf.!!!! Photon ftw.!!!
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Congrats on your choice. I just unlocked about 3-4 days ago and it was very easy. From what others have told me it is a very hard phone to brick. Reception is by far the best I have had on any phone. I think you will like it!
Welcome to the club. Most will tell you the photon doesn't need a rom. I'm one of those people. I'm satisfied just being rooted on stock. It's pretty much hits the nose in terms of what I want from a rom. Enjoy!
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MoPho
I think you've made a very good choice. I recently just got the Photon in the last week coming from an Evo 4G. This phone has the best reception of any I've owned. Battery life is also excellent. Over all I am very pleased.
Like nyckid stated, the stock ROM is very good. I have yet to see a compelling reason to flash an alternative. Unlike with my Evo where I was flashing a new ROM or kernel every other day, lol.
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Welcome to the club. Most will tell you the photon doesn't need a rom. I'm one of those people. I'm satisfied just being rooted on stock. It's pretty much hits the nose in terms of what I want from a rom. Enjoy!
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Well said!
Im hella happy with my Photon. I traded my Samsung Galaxy S2 for it. It's just a different phone. If you've had 1 Samsung you've had them all.
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Awesome, I was kinda worried I made the wrong choice, but now im anxious for it to come :O. i can live with the stock rooted. Flashing is too addicting and on the e3d almost every rom is buggy to the point where you wanna throw the phone out the window
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Awesome, I was kinda worried I made the wrong choice, but now im anxious for it to come :O. i can live with the stock rooted. Flashing is too addicting and on the e3d almost every rom is buggy to the point where you wanna throw the phone out the window
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Funny, I had Evo, Rooted it only to put it back after 3 days. I Rooted Photon, but it back, rooted again for bettery battery life (I use ROM Toolbox Pro!) but for the most part, I like the Photon just like it is, Stock?
I also think you made a good choice. I've always owned Moto phones, except for one. The quality and reception are always great.
I'm a MoPho-er
Ive had the evo 4g,on launch day as well as evo 3d.and i must say the photon is the better phone...hands down!!!!
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Yeah, I too am getting a MoPho after having issues w my 3D..... It will be my first android without sense....
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Im hella happy with my Photon. I traded my Samsung Galaxy S2 for it. It's just a different phone. If you've had 1 Samsung you've had them all.
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Hey i traded my gs2 too lol. I was lucky enough with a guy on craigslist that barely got his phone and didnt like it and i barely got my gs2 maybe 2 weeks ago. So we traded and he added cash on top. Honestly this phone feels better in hand feels solid doesn't feel cheap in hand and the thing im super happy about it that it has superb signal. I've never owned a motorola phone but now i love em.!!! This phone is fast, no droped calls, great battery. Im in love with my mopho.!
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Welcome to the club. Most will tell you the photon doesn't need a rom. I'm one of those people. I'm satisfied just being rooted on stock. It's pretty much hits the nose in terms of what I want from a rom. Enjoy!
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To be rooted stock means you don't have to unlock the bootloader which means you keep 4g right? If so that's what I want to do.
And I just got my Photon today as a replacement for the 3D. So far so good.
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To be rooted stock means you don't have to unlock the bootloader which means you keep 4g right? If so that's what I want to do.
And I just got my Photon today as a replacement for the 3D. So far so good.
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That's what I will prob do anyway....even though I don't have 4g in my town....
I can't wait....I'm so sick of my broken 3VO
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sdc177 said:
To be rooted stock means you don't have to unlock the bootloader which means you keep 4g right? If so that's what I want to do.
And I just got my Photon today as a replacement for the 3D. So far so good.
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That is correct. Root is sort of like administrative access on a computer.Lets you install cool stuff you normally couldn't and make changes to your system, if you would like to. It wont break your 4g in other words.
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So what do you guys think of the photon you happy with it? Been thinking at some point about tryin the phone out in the near future.. I know the layout isn't like sense like the Evo or Evo 3D.. Always been curious about the photon.. I noticed the dev support isn't poppin like the other bunch of phones that are out.
Would be nice to see more roms out for it
I'm more than happy with it. It's an awesome phone. We may not have as many roms as some phones, but the ones we do have are quality, and our devs are awesome. I had an evo and a nexus s before this and have used my husband's galaxy s2, and the photon is hands down my favorite.
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I'm more than happy with it. It's an awesome phone. We may not have as many roms as some phones, but the ones we do have are quality, and our devs are awesome. I had an evo and a nexus s before this and have used my husband's galaxy s2, and the photon is hands down my favorite.
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Was a long time evo user and now a evo 3d user ... Been building themes for the evo 3d and started some rom builds for it
I have seen a few root methods out for the photon and some recoverys. Good to hear some things about the Photon..
The Evo 3D is a great phone I like it just been wanting to try something different ... The 3D also has plenty of roms out for it. Dev support and full root now.. The photon just looks like something fun to play with and fresh just haven't heard much about it once it came out.. Always looked like a excellent phone...
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Was a long time evo user and now a evo 3d user ... Been building themes for the evo 3d and started some rom builds for it
I have seen a few root methods out for the photon and some recoverys. Good to hear some things about the Photon..
The Evo 3D is a great phone I like it just been wanting to try something different ... The 3D also has plenty of roms out for it. Dev support and full root now.. The photon just looks like something fun to play with and fresh just haven't heard much about it once it came out.. Always looked like a excellent phone...
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Let's not say the tegra games are awesome "its not about the quantity its about the quality"(I think I got that right lol)
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RockoDev said:
Let's not say the tegra games are awesome "its not about the quantity its about the quality"(I think I got that right lol)
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Lol Just checkin things out about it .... So far things looks pretty peachy for it..
Amazing and reliable phone. The phone works flawlessly, and I personally never once had a bug or anything like that. The more I have my phone the more I like it.
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Coming from my old Hero, this thing is amazing in every way, and I still feel like with all the patchwork ICS roms that we're just scratching the surface.
My only complaint is the size of the phone. Don't get me wrong, having this big of a display is more than a fair trade off, but I'm a big guy with hands big enough to palm a basketball, and it takes a lot of effort on my part to go from the bottom right corner to the top left corner with my thumb without readjusting my grip on the phone.
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Coming from my old Hero, this thing is amazing in every way, and I still feel like with all the patchwork ICS roms that we're just scratching the surface.
My only complaint is the size of the phone. Don't get me wrong, having this big of a display is more than a fair trade off, but I'm a big guy with hands big enough to palm a basketball, and it takes a lot of effort on my part to go from the bottom right corner to the top left corner with my thumb without readjusting my grip on the phone.
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I know I love the photon too!! But Im a big hands guy too and seems like the upper 1/2" of the screen is unreacheable unless im using both hands.
anyways... best Q3 2011 android handset IMHO.
You do need to try the Photon. It is a good phone with great RF. I just haven't had much luck with it, as I have been dealing with refurbs.
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You do need to try the Photon. It is a good phone with great RF. I just haven't had much luck with it, as I have been dealing with refurbs.
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Ya at some point I plan on it. I went the Evo 3D route with my upgrade due to it being cheaper at the time it was on sale which was a few months ago.. The photon was too still is now on sale..
I know each phone has some issues.. I tried the epic out awhile back seemed to Iphoneish for my liking.. Not a apple fan.. That was a awhile back.
What you guys been running for daily rom?
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Ya at some point I plan on it. I went the Evo 3D route with my upgrade due to it being cheaper at the time it was on sale which was a few months ago.. The photon was too still is now on sale..
I know each phone has some issues.. I tried the epic out awhile back seemed to Iphoneish for my liking.. Not a apple fan.. That was a awhile back.
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I've been switching between CM9 and AOKP. Both are good, minimal bugs. And I lol'd at the big hands people. I can reach all four corners of the phone no problem, but I have pretty big hands myself.
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Ya at some point I plan on it. I went the Evo 3D route with my upgrade due to it being cheaper at the time it was on sale which was a few months ago.. The photon was too still is now on sale..
I know each phone has some issues.. I tried the epic out awhile back seemed to Iphoneish for my liking.. Not a apple fan.. That was a awhile back.
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For me I'm switching between Rocko and MIUI. MIUI has been my favorite for sure, but I had some problems with the last build so I switched to Rocko. Im back on MIUI now, and I missed it even though I only had it for about two days lol.
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For me I'm switching between Rocko and MIUI. MIUI has been my favorite for sure, but I had some problems with the last build so I switched to Rocko. Im back on MIUI now, and I missed it even though I only had it for about two days lol.
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Nice cm was my all time favorite rom on any phone . Miui is cool too.
What was the big issue with root I been reading it could and would kill 4G ?
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Nice cm was my all time favorite rom on any phone . Miui is cool too.
What was the big issue with root I been reading it could and would kill 4G ?
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Unlocking boot loader kills 4g as of now but we have some roms that will work on locked bootloaders
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My personal experience has been less than satisfying.
It's a horrible phone to root and unlock. When i first tried to root and unlock it (coming from a HTC Arrive running Mango, and a CM7 EVO 4G before that) it was such an undertaking.
Ended up breaking the radio.
Just flashed my phone again today, and the radio's are dead. As a 17 year old male, my connection to the news, friends, and internet is now dead. Bring on the withdrawls..
two different phone, the same problem...
Well the best thing about having a father thats regional manager for Sprint is free phones...
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My personal experience has been less than satisfying.
It's a horrible phone to root and unlock. When i first tried to root and unlock it (coming from a HTC Arrive running Mango, and a CM7 EVO 4G before that) it was such an undertaking.
Ended up breaking the radio.
Just flashed my phone again today, and the radio's are dead. As a 17 year old male, my connection to the news, friends, and internet is now dead. Bring on the withdrawls..
two different phone, the same problem...
Well the best thing about having a father thats regional manager for Sprint is free phones...
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Sorry to hear that man lol that sucks...
Hopefully you get a new one... You should be able to save it you would just need a stock zip with all the updates in it..
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Unlocking boot loader kills 4g as of now but we have some roms that will work on locked bootloaders
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I was checkin screens of your rom you put up not bad nice layout man
Wish I could multi task and do some themes for the photon
My rom and theme layout for the EVO 3D.. From what I have read in the theme section of the photon alot of the layout is the same just named diff...
I wonder if that 4G kill should be simple fix ... Whoever built the root would need to figure out what they changed that killed it..
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I was checkin screens of your rom you put up not bad nice layout man
Wish I could multi task and do some themes for the photon
My rom and theme layout for the EVO 3D.. From what I have read in the theme section of the photon alot of the layout is the same just named diff...
I wonder if that 4G kill should be simple fix ... Whoever built the root would need to figure out what they changed that killed it..
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Thanks man for some reason I like the blur if you mess with it can be really nice
Not bad (your rom) looks nice is the status bar transparent or just blue?
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RockoDev said:
Thanks man for some reason I like the blur if you mess with it can be really nice
Not bad (your rom) looks nice is the status bar transparent or just blue?
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I made it blue the rest of the rom is themed just didn't throw all the pics in lol.
The statusbar is colored blue with a background I added to it..
I can make it transparent but didn't want to at the time... Same for the rosie at the bottom it's semi trans parent..
Statusbar looks great clear just the problem is some backgrounds can make the text hard to see unless you change the text color..
I always liked the look of the photon layout . Is the stock rom always white at the bottom or can you change that look on it? Never seen anyone ask that before..
One thing I can do for everyone is make custom wallpaper
Easily the best device I've owned.
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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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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