Should I buy it? - Motorola Photon 4G

I was in the sprint store today getting my evo shift repaired and saw the photon and thought it looked and felt great. Sine then I did some research and there are a lot of unhappy Customers.
Does this phone live up to the hype?

Yes, this is the best phone on sprint right now all phones have their quirks and this one has some but it is by far the best phone I have ever owned. major upgrade from a shift.
Send from my MoPho.

Mopho is the best phone currently in the market
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It really is a powerhouse... I've had mine a few months, and it does everything you need it to, out of the box
Pew! Pew! Pew! From my Mo-Pho!
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I switched from the shift 4g and I also gave the epic touch a try. I agree that this is the best phone on the market. It has great signal and call quality , great battery life and a large, bright screen that is easily usable in direct sunlight. Motorola has been very, very good about updates and I would not be surprised if this is one of the first phones on sprint to see ice cream sandwich. Grab it, you wont regret it.
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Mopho is real phone!
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this phone flat out kicks ass

I'm on my fourth Photon. I have the random reboot issue. Lately my launcher has been acting weird. All the icons get jumbled together. Motorola has been good about updates but if I was in my 30 day return period id get a different phone. The Photon would be a great phone if it wasn't for all the problems. As it stands the phone is garbage.
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Can't go wrong with getting this phone. Fast out of the box, easy to root (haven't messed w/ the bootloader yet), and w/ Google purchasing Moto Mobile, there is no logical reason why this phone WON'T get continuous updates for quite a while. Plus development is picking up....
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I haven't had a single issue with my mopho at all. Im coming from the evo and this phone blows it away
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I'm on my fourth Photon. I have the random reboot issue. Lately my launcher has been acting weird. All the icons get jumbled together. Motorola has been good about updates but if I was in my 30 day return period id get a different phone. The Photon would be a great phone if it wasn't for all the problems. As it stands the phone is garbage.
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I have had mine for a couple of months now, and I love it. I agree that this is the best phone out there right now. It did have a couple of bugs when it first came out, but Motorola has been great with resolving them with updates. The price is good on them now too. I haven't regretted my Photon purchase.

I've had not one problem with my Pho and ive had mine since launch. Any bugs this phone has had usually has been ironed out before I experience them. Gladly recommend this phone.i came from an epic.
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I'm on my fourth Photon. I have the random reboot issue. Lately my launcher has been acting weird. All the icons get jumbled together. Motorola has been good about updates but if I was in my 30 day return period id get a different phone. The Photon would be a great phone if it wasn't for all the problems. As it stands the phone is garbage.
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Are you running a custom launcher? I had a similar issue when using Go launcher, I installed launcher pro and the issue was gone. It was the launchers problem not the phone.
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I came from Epic with the super AMOLED screen. This screen is not as bad as some would say. After a few days I don't even notice. The rest of the phone is top notch. I love having more reception than everybody else. The battery life is great. It's very fast and has a superior GPU to GSII. GSII also has lots of problems (loss of signal, rapid battery drain) and no updates in sight after more than a month. Evo 3d doesn't have the internal memory to keep more things off of SD card, which speeds things up. In my opinion, there isn't a better dual core at Sprint.

jeriel05 said:
Are you running a custom launcher? I had a similar issue when using Go launcher, I installed launcher pro and the issue was gone. It was the launchers problem not the phone.
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I was using launcher pro and had to switch back to stock.
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I left tmobile and the vibrant and came to sprint. I had the epic for about 2 weeks when the photon dropped. I was not a fan of the 3d and wanted a phone with great battery life and a bright screen in the daytime. This phone has exceeded my expectations. I do however wish the stock launcher wasn't so laggy, but Launcher Pro fixed that. Although their aren't many roms flowing in the forums I remain positive that there will be. Also this phone has the best reception for signal and wifi I have ever seen. I love it, and would recommend it over sprints other phones at the moment.

I would imagine most, if not all, of the people having problems with their MoPhos were running older firmware. When I first received the phone, it was running 45.2.5(?), which is 3 updates old. It was snappy, but I had horrendous battery life. However, after the updates, it's even faster and the battery life is fantastic. Moreover, reception is much better than any other smartphone I've played with.
You'll notice that on the Sprint website, the MoPho is not as highly rated as the Epic Touch. I assumed that was from the early adopters who were frustrated with the phones before Motorola released the updates.
You'd be hard pressed to find a better phone from any carrier. Sure, several phones on the market have a larger screen and/or faster processor, but I doubt any of these phones have the MoPho's battery life.
Lastly, of any phone on the market, I think we'd be one of the most likely to get the long-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich.

When I got my Photon I was going back and forth between this and the GSII and in the end the geek in me won out. I got the Photon for the HDMI out, and the webtop feature. I don't think "stock" webtop is super useful or interesting in it's current state but I think it has so much potential. I can see Google replacing the current linux build with a version of chrome OS, even if it doesn't hit my phone. I am confident it could be ported in the future. I've only started to play with modding the webtop partition but I've already learned so much about linux as well as it's similarities and differences from android. As an intermediate user I love to get in and mod my phone and webtop gave me a new challenge to expand my knowledge. Plus it's a dead sexy phone. I miss my super amoled screen on my epic4g but that will fade. I'm gald I got the photon and I look forward to future development.

I'm super happy with my Photon. I came from the Evo to this phone. It's worth the upgrade in my opinion. And a lot of the people that are unhappy with it are either because A) there isn't enough ROM's and **** to customize it or B) they did something to **** the phone up then blame the phone for their mistake. There are a couple of people that have legitimate issues, but most of those have been fixed via updates. Of which have come out quickly, so it's worth it IMO.

Yes... absolutely, yes. Especially now that we have a lapdock.

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[Q] Gingerblur Atrix v. HTC Inspire

Hey everyone,
I'm currently planning on upgrading from my Samsung Captivate. I haven't dealt with custom ROMs (I would have with the Captivate if I weren't switching), but am definitely planning on using them with the next phone I get.
When reading about the Inspire v. Atrix I've seen a lot of support for the Inspire due to the fact that it can load customs ROMs and therefor run faster, while Motoblur slows the Atrix down.
I'm a bit hesitant to buy the Inspire because I'm worried in the next couple of years the dual cores in the Atrix will be useful (and I like the better battery life).
And so my essential questions are this:
What are the major issues with Motoblur?
Does Gingerblur fix the lag issues with the Atrix, or does the Inspire still run more smoothly?
Does anyone expect full custom ROMs to be run on the Atrix at any point?
Thanks a lot for you help!
MotoBlur slows down all as hTC Sense does the same.
I LOVE hTC and I'm writing from my blazing fast G2 @2GHz but...I've bought an Atrix, at least it's dualcore...Tegra2.
And remember that it's an interesting device so...I hope that someone will trick the Tegra2's security chain.
Another thing: nothing is uncrackable.
Ouh, synthetically, I'd go on the Atrix choice.
I have had all three phones and my choice is the Atrix. Battery life on the inspire was horrible and didn't have a front facing camera. Currently I am running Gingerblur 6.5 and it is smoking fast. The Inspire was not even close to this fast! Also, this is the best battery life I have ever had on a smart phone.
So I would recommend the Atrix 4G!
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First off this is the wrong place for this thread.
I have an atrix and I love it. Yeah blur sucks, but I never used sense either. That's the beauty of android your not stuck like ios. If you want a big screen then go with the inspire, but keep in mind you have far less memory and only a single core and no tegra. The only thing really holding this phone back right now is the fact that development for apps and games don't fully utilize all of the power it has to offer. But that'd about to change bowe that the bionic is about to come out on verizon, it's pretty much the same phone. The catch is there are more devs on verizon phones. So inevitably there will be a butt load more support coming for dual core phones, especially moto.
That's my 2 cents.
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I've used Both. I loved the inspire. From HTC sense to the screen size everything was right. Then the reality started kicking in. I would use the phone for 20 minutes with the screen on checking twitter emails ect and the battery would loose 25%. Even when I didn't touch it it would drain about 10% an hour. Its an awesome phone but it would always have to be on yhr charger for me and this got really annoying. Now with the atrix I do miss the bigger size of the inspire screen but I get thru all day with this thing. And it has HDMI out and if you install the webtop hack like me you get hulu or whatever on your HDTV and you know what? Webtop is great for videos. It completely replaced my need for Google TV. That being said I do miss sense UI and the large screen but at the end of the day when you look at what's most important and a better long term investment atrix wins hands down.
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Yea, I agree, this probably belongs in the general area.
But a few quick words from a former Captivate user. Yea, they are super simple to hack, and that was cool. Especially since the phone had so many bug when released. Hacker/devs really cleaned it up and made it a good phone. But there are many things the Atrix can do that the old captivate cant, and the Inspire as well. For me, HDMI out is a huge deal, and webtop (with hack) is the icing on the cake. I love playing Emus on this while its hooked up to my TV. Its like having a NES,SNES,N64,GBA,Sega,PS1 in my pocket at all times.
The potential of this phone is HUGE. Hopefully as things progress more things will come, and be developed to put all this power to good use. I am sure that the badass Devs that are dedicated to this phone will come up with some very exciting things (as they have already!) If I had the know how, I'd certainly be in that ring coming up with cool things to do with this sucker.
Just out of the box, simply using a different launcher like LauncherPro will solve most of the motoblur issues. I used it that way for the first few weeks with no problem, and no lag. I just recently got the courage to flash gingerblur (I flashed the HELL out of my old Captivate) and so far it is awesome, and even faster. I am very happy I made the switch to Atrix. But if I had the $$ I'd prpbably have kept the Captivate too just to play with custom roms and tinker with.
Anyway, I would probably choose the Atrix over the Inspire just because of features and power potential.
Well if your worried about which phone will be more usefull in a couple years don't get either one. With the progression we've seen lately both phones will be considered dinosaurs by late summer.
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That's true. The price of the Atrix is already dropping, and with word/specs of the HTC Sensation 4G (Pyramid), as well as the EVO 3D, the Atrix will be old hat very soon it seems.
d1nonlyhogfan said:
That's true. The price of the Atrix is already dropping, and with word/specs of the HTC Sensation 4G (Pyramid), as well as the EVO 3D, the Atrix will be old hat very soon it seems.
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Looking at the ATT site, the price has not dropped. $199 for new contract is still normal.
booty hater said:
Well if your worried about which phone will be more usefull in a couple years don't get either one. With the progression we've seen lately both phones will be considered dinosaurs by late summer.
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d1nonlyhogfan said:
That's true. The price of the Atrix is already dropping, and with word/specs of the HTC Sensation 4G (Pyramid), as well as the EVO 3D, the Atrix will be old hat very soon it seems.
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Dont know what inside info u got but i dont see any phone smoking atrix this year... Apart from slightly better camera, screen or 3D (which are personal tastes), i dont see any specs that atrix can't match .. and when u throw in the accessories (which no one else is even working on), atrix becomes a unique phone solid enough to last till the Quadcores come NEXT summer.
Here is post comparing atrix & sensation and most users still prefer atrix. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032403
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Looking at the ATT site, the price has not dropped. $199 for new contract is still normal.
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You can get it for $129 or $99 from Amazon.com as well as Costco (if you are a member).

[Q] Taking it back??

Who's taking the Photon back when the GSII comes in a week? Im taking it back because there are too many dumb things happening with this phone,the reboots and such. Plus there isn't too much going on with the Dev side either.
Why do people keep spamming the board with threads that already exist... I just don't understand.
And for the record, i've had my Mopho rooted and unlocked since the first week with yayrom installed (ive owned it for a little over a month). I havn't had any problems... The same can be said for countless other. The dev community is fine. You dont need countless bugged roms, just a few quality ones from quality developers. We have that. Adopt patience, it's a virtue. And well, if you dont have any, have fun with your sg2. We could use less user spam anyway.
jfashion said:
Who's taking the Photon back when the GSII comes in a week? Im taking it back because there are too many dumb things happening with this phone,the reboots and such. Plus there isn't too much going on with the Dev side either.
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Mines never rebooted once in the week I've had it. Today we have a further 2 roms available in development, things seem to be picking up. Besides I cannot take mine back as it would be a hefy price from the UK to the States, not that I want to anyways, love this phone
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I was thinking about it but after taking a look at the Samsung infuse at an att store I changed my mind. 800 x 460 screen resolution on a 4.54 inch screen is fail.
I agree with i made a video discussing the build quality samsung makes all there phone plastic that feels really cheap. I had the infuse and charge and it feels real cheap motorola just on build quality is amazing prime example test out the epic 4g and then a droid 3 its a major difference. The photon is a beast and people just go along with reviews from people like phonedog that test out phones and there not actual using them as there personal phone. The epic touch is basically a infuse with a few changes the photon is so different and i agree i would rather have a couple stable roms then a bunch of unstable ones my take it from me because i would listen to those people and go out and buy phone after phone listen to them talking about this is the best when it wasnt. Now i know whats good and whats garbage. On the photon really all u need is it rooted changed to launcher pro and setcpu and its amazing
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The CDMA radio in the Photon is reason enough to hang on to it, i can make phone calls in places i never could before with my Evo 4G and my Evo Shift.
The other day my phone was sitting side by side with a Verizon Thunderbolt, the T-bolt didn't have service and my Photon was roaming on Verizon with 3 bars.
I also get full service at work (on sprints network) where i only had one to two bars with my Evo.
Wanna hear something funny. The radios on this device rock for me. I was in a hospital waiting room the other day while a family member was having surgery and I had to provide a wifi hotspot for my brother and my uncle who were using T-Mobile and AT&T. Ain't that the ****!
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That's kinda funny.

Epic Touch vs. Photon

Last night my wife got an Epic Touch. Nice phone. But I can confirm what people have been saying about the radios. The reception on the Photon was consistently 6 to 8 dB stronger on the Photon. I downloaded the same app with both and the Photon 40 percent faster. Both phones were in the same place. Also, there are a couple of "no Sprint zones " where I'd always drop calls with my old Epic. The Photon always holds the call in that area. I know people have claimed many times that the Photon radios are better and here is a real world test that proves it. Im glad I stayed with the Photon.
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you gotta love it when you can use a phone as a phone and make and hold calls.
I was very seriously considering swapping my photon for the ET4G... i mean REALLY considering it.. I loved the Epic.. it would only stand to reason that it successor would be just as bad ass right ??
Then i remember the GPS problems, the bluetooth headaches, the lack of support/updates (from samsung/sprint).. it took lots of modding and just the right ROM to make the phone a pleasure to use.. IThen I grabbed my photon and realized how good I really have it.
This thing just works. I installed SPB shell 3D, rooted it and am loving the experience. Can't wait for CM7.. that'll make the experience w/ the photon INCREDIBLE..
just my .02
daddymikey1975 said:
I was very seriously considering swapping my photon for the ET4G... i mean REALLY considering it.. I loved the Epic.. it would only stand to reason that it successor would be just as bad ass right ??
Then i remember the GPS problems, the bluetooth headaches, the lack of support/updates (from samsung/sprint).. it took lots of modding and just the right ROM to make the phone a pleasure to use.. IThen I grabbed my photon and realized how good I really have it.
This thing just works. I installed SPB shell 3D, rooted it and am loving the experience. Can't wait for CM7.. that'll make the experience w/ the photon INCREDIBLE..
just my .02
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I own both phones and love both of them. =] The epic touch for its screen (way better then I thought it was gonna be), light weight, still pic cam, and no lag. The photon for its radio, build quality, and speakers. Both phones are great and you can't go wrong with which ever one you pick. ^^ Sprint to me is the top dog right now with high end 4g phones. Lets just hope they improve their network this coming October.
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I enjoy my Photon way more than my Epic, I just think Motorola's framework is a lot more cleaner than Samsung's. One of the things that annoyed me the most about the Epic is I couldnt disable the sound of when their is a network drop/reconnect. So I would constantly hear it while listening to music going in and out of subways. With the Photon, it's just silent and there is audio interruption going on.
Also, the little things like the orientation animation is nice. Samsung's screens are of course great, but I'm glad I have a higher res screen on the Photon. The icons on the Epic Touch look huge with the lower res, but that of course is a personal preference thing. Also not having my phone be a useless brick that can only use wifi when traveling internationally is great, the world phone option is a huge plus for me.
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Last night my wife got an Epic Touch. Nice phone. But I can confirm what people have been saying about the radios. The reception on the Photon was consistently 6 to 8 dB stronger on the Photon. I downloaded the same app with both and the Photon 40 percent faster. Both phones were in the same place. Also, there are a couple of "no Sprint zones " where I'd always drop calls with my old Epic. The Photon always holds the call in that area. I know people have claimed many times that the Photon radios are better and here is a real world test that proves it. Im glad I stayed with the Photon.
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+1 - similar experience here
daddymikey1975 said:
I was very seriously considering swapping my photon for the ET4G... i mean REALLY considering it.. I loved the Epic.. it would only stand to reason that it successor would be just as bad ass right ??
Then i remember the GPS problems, the bluetooth headaches, the lack of support/updates (from samsung/sprint).. it took lots of modding and just the right ROM to make the phone a pleasure to use.. IThen I grabbed my photon and realized how good I really have it.
This thing just works. I installed SPB shell 3D, rooted it and am loving the experience. Can't wait for CM7.. that'll make the experience w/ the photon INCREDIBLE..
just my .02
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No joke I had the epic and I have the new touch as well as a photon and I still looker my photon better I still have a grudge with Samsung.
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And you'll get more quicker updates with the Mopho
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I still have a grudge with Samsung.
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Even though Samsung doesn't push updates much, the development section is so active that most issues will be cleared out. Also cuz international version has been out a while, most issues must've been ironed out by now
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Have had both and like the Epic Touch way better. For one thing I can hear someone when a call comes in. While the Photon had very strong signals and great sound, even with the MR it still suffered from software issues. I know everyone said to keep exchanging until you get one that works but that is not too appealing to me. I just want to get a phone and go. With the ET it has worked great from day one with no issues at all.
To be honest there are some faults that only a tech geek would nit pick about. Most people I know never seem troubled by some of the issues that posters rant and rave about. People complained about the Photon screen, really? I had to go into our tech department and use their electron microscope to see what they were talking about.
I would have to say that both phones are about equal. You can't go wrong with either one. It all comes down to which one you prefer. If you are happy with the one you purchased then that's all that really matters.
The name is kind of catchy also "MOPHO". I thought about getting the Epic Touch too, but I think there are too many things that the MOPHO has the the touch does not.. Kickstand and webtop mostly.. I just wish there was more developer interest.
i agree with the comment about having a grudge with samsung. after owning a moment i'll never own a sammy phone again. just got my photon last night and the sales person was trying to push a samsung on me. i was take your sammy and shove it lady give me the photon!

The Perfect Photon?

Just trying to get a layout of the MoPho landscape. Are any of you having issues with your phone or do you have a "perfect" MoPho?
The hardware for me has been "perfect".
The software you install and user error determines whether it remains "perfect".
just saying.....
This is true. I really haven't had any of the issues that others have experienced, but once in a while it does seem a tiny bit laggy but that is due to / and usually happens after i install an app or game that isn't up to par.
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sjamie said:
Just trying to get a layout of the MoPho landscape. Are any of you having issues with your phone or do you have a "perfect" MoPho?
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I think this phone is just about as perfect as a stock phone can be. I currently have a rooted phone (stock ROM) - downloaded spare parts and set it to fast, I also am using Go Launcher - love being able to change the themes. I must say that this phone is FAST and very responsive. It does reboot from time to time (been over a week since last one) - but I must say it is the best phone I have owned, and I have owned quite a few!!!
Haven't had any issues with mine. Running stock rooted on latest OTA.
Unlocked/rooted/running jokerstock rev1 with joker's OC 1.3 kernel and Joker's theme
Before my photon, I had the epic 4g. I like this phone so much better. even when it was stock, the phone impressed me. now it's fast, smooth and awesome. totally perfect !!
No problems here. And get data where I didn't get it before. Best phone I've ever owned!
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Well, maybe my two Photons have been duds. I'll wait a few more days to see if I need to get a replacement. I'm testing a few things...
My phone sucks. I get random reboots atleast three times a day. A lot of times data takes forever to kick in once screen is woken up. Somes when making calls phone hangs when connecting. Ill never buy another motorola phone again.
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I've encountered the reboots and sleep of death, but they are few and far between. My old phone encountered the same things from time to time. I have been amazed with the performance of this phone otherwise.
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My phone sucks. I get random reboots atleast three times a day. A lot of times data takes forever to kick in once screen is woken up. Somes when making calls phone hangs when connecting. Ill never buy another motorola phone again.
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Only 3 random reboots per day? That would be a huge improvement for me!
Never had one random reboot. Maybe a app or a faulty root you guy's applied? Mine is flawless.
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you want a crappy phone? go buy a samsung moment then you will have something to ***** about
At stock I fell victim to the sod, and maybe one reboot every other week. Since roming I have zero issues unless my phone gets to hot lol
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Mine is pretty much as good as it gits, a few random lockups and slowdowns and maybe 1 reboot a month, i am very happy i use the **** out of my phone and this had been the best one i ever owned, data and signal is great and super fast, phone speed is fast even with the moto animations which tend to look slow but that is how they are sped them up a bit with spare parts. Great phone can't wait for the tegra 3. Oh yeah battery life is great, phone in general is so much better than the epic, epic touch, and nexus, Samsung sucks had so many problems with them, never again.
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My phone has been fine from day one. Sucks to hear about these reboots. Had that problem with my Evo 3d. Guess its luck of the draw!?!
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Well Once motorola starts to help us out more (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH rigggght) We may finally make some ground. I currently have an electrify (basically the same phone) and although u.s. cellular is somewhat small I feel the electrify users may help the fan base. As for mine the only problems I have noted are short periods where the bottom portion of the screen starts to lag terribly.
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At stock I fell victim to the sod, and maybe one reboot every other week. Since roming I have zero issues unless my phone gets to hot lol
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What rom are you running?
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Well Once motorola starts to help us out more (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH rigggght) We may finally make some ground. I currently have an electrify (basically the same phone) and although u.s. cellular is somewhat small I feel the electrify users may help the fan base. As for mine the only problems I have noted are short periods where the bottom portion of the screen starts to lag terribly.
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Well I don't think that is true in my opinion. The leak that yagg got actually came from Moto if I am not mistaken. And Moto has (again in my opinion) provided more updates than the phones from HTC or Samsung I've had previously. Except for the locked bootloader I really can't complain about this phone.
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This phone is a beast...definity meets my needs!

I know that there are probably other threads just like mine but I just had to get this off my chest.....for everyone that's disrespecting this phone and saying its a slouch, slow etc.
Some of you may know me from selling/trading phones over in the marketplace. I've had every high end phone on Sprint, some phones I've owned twice or even three times. Nevertheless, I got rid of them because I just didn't like the phone or wanted something else.
Well, I got me another Photon and I come to find that I really like this phone. True it has some issues that's in my opinion is very minor. Those issues consist of the small amount of laginess when unlocking the phone and for some reason when ever I'm typing the vibration of the key press just stops. Then it starts back after I stop typing again...I don't know what's up with that...but those are the only two issues I have with this phone.
Now as far as the good, the reception is out of this world. I get excellent service and bars where I got no or little service on both my NS4G and E4GT. The only phone that came close is my iP4s. I went to the mall here where I live and while the wife and kids were doing some shopping, I decided to pull out the Photon and surf the web. I was expecting that the data would be slow to non existence. But to my surprise, data was working and fast too. Again, this wouldn't have never happened on my NS4G or ET4G. The speaker on the photon is a beast as well. It definitely blows the NS4G out of the water. The E4GT has a good speaker too but begins to crackle at a certain volume.
Not to mention all the accessories that's available for the photo. I'm currently in the market for lap dock
If I'm just blabbing, I apologize. I'm just giving this device some love. I'm already talking my co-worker into getting an Electrify on US Cellular.
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babble all you want, your basically just repeating what I have been saying since August!!
I have my gripes with the touch screen, but this is the best PHONE on Sprint. Best reception and sound quality that money can buy.
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On a side not, I just tried Google Hangout with my cousin. And wow.. what a nice thing to use.
I'm glad I switched back to Android from the iPoop.
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In that case, I think it is time for you to update your avatar and sig!
sjamie said:
In that case, I think it is time for you to update your avatar and sig!
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Lol....I know right...lol
I am as soon as I finish eating
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Yeah you're definitely all over the marketplace thats for sure lol. I never thought you'd be back to the photon. I too have used all of sprint's phones except the iPhone and Photon imo is the best Android device they've had so far. Honestly, I believe EVERY problem with device lies within the software I.e blur etc. Hardware is flawless ...
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I agree on all counts as well. The phone is awesome. And also agree that if Moto unlocked the bootloader without losing 4G then we can get rid of the blur stuff and really have a outstanding phone.
I'm loving my accessories.
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is the better...
is the better phone 4.3" , tegra 2 , is good combination. the pentile screen battery life save. i love the photon.

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