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Ironic that I'm posting this because I used to get so sick of seeing these back when rooting the D1 was the thing to do. However, I thought it might be nice to have a thread that anyone on the fence could browse through to see some opinions re pros & cons.
I rooted my D1 the day after I got it in Jan of 2010. This was before there were any easy tools and it was all new territory. It was pretty fun and I spent weeks of my spare time playing with different ROMS. But in the end, the only reason I think I stayed rooted was to get a black theme and to overclock because the D1 cpu was so much slower than other phones. Now I have a dual-core 1.2Ghz phone that already gets hot and I don't think I want to overclock it and the theme is already what I want. So why root?
I have the latest OS (almost) and the phone does pretty much everything I want. The only reason I can think of to root is to be on the bleeding edge & get little tiny features before anyone else. Don't get me wrong; that is fun, but since I've been there / done that, I'm not sure it's worth it this time. I know I can't decide on a ROM until I've tried all the popular ones and I don't think I want to spend all that time & energy bouncing between ROMS.
I thought maybe I would just get root so I could use my root tools like Titanium, etc, but now it looks like the current root prevents OTA updates and if I'm not going to custom ROM, then I want those OTA updates.
I've been on the edge of my seat, hoping the devs would crack this phone, but now that it's happened, here I sit trying to decide. Anyone else in this same boat?
If you read the post, you'll realize I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ADVICE - just looking for others' opinions, that's all.
My perspective? Definitely root. Why not? If I root and want nothing else? I'm all set. if I don't root and want to do something I can't without root i've got no options....
I see no down side. Also CM ftw.
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I don't know what the **** a 3vo is, but if you have an Evo 3D, I'd say root it. It's awesome.
I would root it just to get rid of annoying sprint apps that take up room for no good reason. I have the memory for it, but i hate seeing them just chill there.
You want my opinion? Root your damn evo 3d right NAOW!!!
If you aren't going to flash a new ROM then probably not much point because it will be hard to get updated software with out using a somewhat custom ROM.
But really why not root and find a ROM that suites you. These are all updated usually within hours of an update. Outside of losing some of the bloat you can barely tell that it isn't stock.
I'm in the same situation. I came from a rooted EVO 4G and enjoyed the benefits of flashing ROMs, mods, and having that "total control" feeling. I've since transitioned to the 3D without looking back...too much.
With the 4G, I got used to being able to move things around in the file system without any issue. Things like "I like that ringtone from the last ROM I used, but it's not on this one. No problem, just copy it into the /system/media area and the ringer's back". I also miss using root-required apps, and getting rid of what I dont want.
Having those abilities back would justify rooting the 3D, to me. There aren't any ROMs at the moment that have really caught my eye and I don't mind the stock one anyway. Decisions, decisions...
I'm Rooted
I had to root to see what kind of snappy features I could get out of my phone.
I will admit though, Any time I have extra time I am hovering around my computer looking for the latest updated rom, searching CM for their first release and scouting all over these forums waiting. I have a rom I'm satisfied with and it's great to not see 4 pages of useless apps in my app tray. My goal is to keep it at 2 pages and I'm happy with that.
I also am OCD about certain things like how much battery I have and now I can see my percentage the second I turn on my screen. It makes me happy.
I would still do it again if I had the choice. I plan on learning how to customize my own rom here in the future as soon as I see a good tutorial posted. One has been started in the development section.
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I don't know what the **** a 3vo is, but if you have an Evo 3D, I'd say root it. It's awesome.
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HAHA! SUPER CLEVER! It's funny because you're pretending like you don't know what 3vo is because you don't like the name! HAHA! You're funny! I see you post this everywhere! Neato witty person!
I also noticed from your previous posts that you're an asshole to many people. Good for you!!
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HAHA! SUPER CLEVER! It's funny because you're pretending like you don't know what 3vo is because you don't like the name! HAHA! You're funny! I see you post this everywhere! Neato witty person!
I also noticed from your previous posts that you're an asshole to many people. Good for you!!
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If he's an asshole by pointing out that the phone is an EVO 3D and not the 3vo, they deserve it. As for the question of this topic, I would definitely root it for ROMs and things like Ubuntu.
Dude, solstice is awesome <3 he's just expressing his opinion on the name. He also contributed by saying he should root it.
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A quick look at the profile tells me this person has contributed here & there but has regularly insulted others - go look. How is that awesome? I come here to read & post info about phones and roms. I know I have to see posts from people who don't know what they're doing - that just goes with the territory, but why should we have to see rude, childish crap? This isn't 4chan.
3vo has become a nickname for the phone. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not still a nickname. And it's easier to type. Get over it. Why so much drama? Who cares what people call the damned phone?
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A quick look at the profile tells me this person has contributed here & there but has regularly insulted others - go look. How is that awesome? I come here to read & post info about phones and roms. I know I have to see posts from people who don't know what they're doing - that just goes with the territory, but why should we have to see rude, childish crap? This isn't 4chan.
3vo has become a nickname for the phone. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not still a nickname. And it's easier to type. Get over it. Why so much drama? Who cares what people call the damned phone?
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I didnt think he was being an asshole or anything like that. Personally myself I dont like 3vo either. You mean to say 3d is harder to type then 3vo? And no im not trying to be a jerk either. But to me it looks like your pointing out stuff and making the drama by insulting the guy calling him an asshole and carrying on about his post. He has his right to his Opinion as do you.
As far as the root. I say to root.. even if its to get rid of bloatware and make the phone faster and take up less space. I like the way the 3d is layed out in general. But there are some things that can be improved. It also looks like you can easily take it back to stock if you so wanted to. I havent rooted mine yet, wont lie this is only my second Android device for myself. Wife has a Shift. I didnt root my Hero.. even though I should have it was horrible. but im pretty sure I will root my 3d. I do like the thought of being able to add ring tones from other roms and such and port over cool stuff. Not sure I want to change roms like crazy though. Who knows I just might get the bug.
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HAHA! SUPER CLEVER! It's funny because you're pretending like you don't know what 3vo is because you don't like the name! HAHA! You're funny! I see you post this everywhere! Neato witty person!
I also noticed from your previous posts that you're an asshole to many people. Good for you!!
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Christ, who pissed in your cheerios? I merely like to toy with people calling it a 3vo.
Anyways, yes, root it. Adfree is enough of a reason alone to root.
Edit: And I may be an asshole, but I'm an asshole who gets **** done. It's my goal to have all the assholes of the world come together one day and build a statue of me.
Hi Solstice, My name is Estrogen....ewwwwwwww. You are cool though!
You can always unroot.
You can stay stock and just add SU, Busybox.
I like it just for the full backup abilities.
Tethering is my main reason functionally wanting root. And with root I now have Sprint Hot Spot working without Ad-Hoc. That alone is worth rooting for.
Stock is not bad and most ROM's are near Stock with some minor clean up.
I'm sure HTC will close this exploit soon with an OTA update.
LOL ok ok i guess I was being a drama queen here. My bad.
A douche at work got me started this morning.
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It's cool dude. Enjoy your rooting!
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When rooted do you get HTC 3D updates? Htc has told me there will be some updates to improve the camera. The camera is my biggest disappointment with the phone, other than that its fast enough for me.
Plus I don't know how to root
d12bn said:
When rooted do you get HTC 3D updates? Htc has told me there will be some updates to improve the camera. The camera is my biggest disappointment with the phone, other than that its fast enough for me.
Plus I don't know how to root
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Any updates that are pushed OTA will be available (if not days-to-hours before) hours after the OTA goes live to any portion of the userbase. If the camera update is one of them it I would expect it to probably be available here before your phase of the OTA roll-out even gets it's turn. There are a lot of us who would really like that update.
It is best not to accept updates as they have to potential to un-root you and making getting root again anywhere from difficult to impossible--ever. again. Ask E4G owners that took the update how that's working out for them. If you prize being rooted and all of the amazing things that lets you do I would recommend never taking an update. ever. Just check in here and you'll probably be ahead of the curve by a day or two...if not--worst case scenario: you get the update 3 or 4 hours late.
<opinion> Also, yeah, 3vo is weak. It's an EVO 3D. Everyone can call it what they wish, but, are we all 12 years old or does it just feel like that when everyone calls an HTC Evo 3D a "Three-voh"...IMO it doesn't look cool, it doesn't sound cool and has really suggested to me that this forum is more populated with 2-fast-2-furious fans than actual geeks. </opinion>
Hello guys,
I've been following xda photon forums from the start. I must say that i like what you guys do here and your communication, being helpful and nice to each other. Devs are friendly, owners are like buddies. Honestly, MoPho forums draw a picture in my mind for what it should have been like in all other motorola forums @xda. I own razr xt910 and atrix now. Just decided to trade my atrix for the photon. Atrix is a great device but it doesn't excite me anymore. It's not that i need a photon but cant resist myself of getting one especially after the free msl code guide.
Wish me luck for the trade since i'm looking after a straight trade.
Good luck with that.
I think the fact that the Photon is not as popular as the EVO3D, SGSII, etc. is an advantage when it comes to this forum and the type of peeps participating. I remember how bad some of the other phone forums got after growing with users. Everybody started complaining, fighting, and most the devs, sorry to say, were just plain jerks. In there defense though they were getting stupid questions asked time after time after time from lazy, immature users who didn't want to read first.
The other great thing is that this phone is better stock than most other phones are so not as many peeps having to flash a new rom every hour to get things to work. The roms we do have in this forum are quality and backed by devs willing to provide any support needed.
After being on the EVO 4G forums, and Droid X Forums, boy, I hated the rude people. But after all, we have only had one major fight break out here, and I had to call in the mods to clean some trashy mouths up. But, only one. I am friends with every user, (I think that the one who got into a verbal fight with me left the forums, so now I can honestly say,) every user on the MoPho forums. We are the nicest people just trying to help one another in anyway we can. (Please join the XDA Fan Group by clicking below on my Signature.)
guess most of those "rude people" must be some kids who got too excited on a new phone. Photon is for men, lol... I found popular forums (xda, ppcgeecks, androidforums...) are always helpful.
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After being on the EVO 4G forums, and Droid X Forums, boy, I hated the rude people. But after all, we have only had one major fight break out here, and I had to call in the mods to clean some trashy mouths up. But, only one. I am friends with every user, (I think that the one who got into a verbal fight with me left the forums, so now I can honestly say,) every user on the MoPho forums. We are the nicest people just trying to help one another in anyway we can. (Please join the XDA Fan Group by clicking below on my Signature.) If you are looking for a signature picture, please PM me, I will hook you up, provided you donate, even a small amount helps pay the bills, lol.
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I think you can block curse words bubb the rest of us I think are over 16/18. We can handle the words of the curse
adding stars to curse words isn't going to change anything we all know what it is....as long as someone isn't calling another user a ****ing asshat I think we are good
Welcome! We are a small family here and get along well (I think so anyway!) Get Deedscreen to make you a signature like he did mine, ask questions, provide answers if you know them, tell a joke now and then!!!
If you look at my signature, SPB 3D Shell is giving me a headache at the moment, but I love my phone. Get Otterbox Defender over GhostArmor to protect that baby!
Coming from the EVO 4G since it's launch, I've definitely seen my share of arguments and rudeness on both XDA and the Androidforums website.
The community for the Photon seems smaller but not less served. We already have a nearly stable CM7, a Miui port, and our CM9 is well on the way to being on par with the EVO 4G's.
The only thing we're missing is some themed roms, but it is of little consequence, specially if you use CM7 and utilize the theme manager.
I've come from the Samsung Galaxy S, it was good and lots of development but the crappy GPS annoyed me, couldn't get a fix unless you're under a clear sky.
Loving the Photon, gives me a fix down to 6m indoors on a rainy day in just a few seconds! Also the notification LED is really nice.
Its funny how no one had this phone but when a little development comes around all these new people pop up randomly lol. Good luck with your trade, and if its successful hope you enjoy the best device on sprint's network!
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Welcome! We are a small family here and get along well (I think so anyway!) Get Deedscreen to make you a signature like he did mine, ask questions, provide answers if you know them, tell a joke now and then!!!
If you look at my signature, SPB 3D Shell is giving me a headache at the moment, but I love my phone. Get Otterbox Defender over GhostArmor to protect that baby!
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You will never fully enjoy your phone until you ditch that launcher bro lol. I understand that many paid 15 bucks for it so you guys are clinging to it but its bad, Michael Jackson bad (aka it sucks).
kennypow3rs said:
Its funny how no one had this phone but when a little development comes around all these new people pop up randomly lol. Good luck with your trade, and if its successful hope you enjoy the best device on sprint's network!
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I know right... but it's all good the more the better!
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is a great...
is a great phone man ! buy it.
kennypow3rs said:
Its funny how no one had this phone but when a little development comes around all these new people pop up randomly lol. Good luck with your trade, and if its successful hope you enjoy the best device on sprint's network!
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Truth
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I'm posting from cm9 on 3g now its way better on the mopho than my evo even without the camera working we might not have as many devs as the evo but ares are the best
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kennypow3rs said:
Its funny how no one had this phone but when a little development comes around all these new people pop up randomly lol. Good luck with your trade, and if its successful hope you enjoy the best device on sprint's network!
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I bought the Photon on launch day. But I came here hoping to find development works. I don't have those skills (or that time) but I am grateful to those of you who do.
Meanwhile, I like the phone, and I like the community. I assumed there were similar communities around most of the phones, though.
It's a very good phone. Just watch out for the texting issues.
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Glad to see one of the best phones I've had or seen is getting more love! It really is a winner, though. Great battery, great hardware, good screen, and a wonderful community; what mote could u ask for in a phone?
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HotInEER said:
It's a very good phone. Just watch out for the texting issues.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII EPIC 4g Touch on XDA Premium!
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What texting issues...or are you trolling?
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welcome
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Hello guys,
Will finish the trade on monday. For starters i know a lot about the photon, there is no texting issue or whatsoever. It is one of rare stable stable out of the box android phones in history.
Hey guys. I have a XT912 with an unlocked boot loader. I didn't realize it until I saw the pics earlier today of the other user that had one.
Contact me by PM, as I know my situation is different than his is....so someone needs to evaluate my phone.
I am at CES till tomorrow, but will be ready on Friday to do this.
You have any pics of your booloader unlocked... This also needs to nee looked @
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Hey guys. I have a XT912 with an unlocked boot loader. I didn't realize it until I saw the pics earlier today of the other user that had one.
Contact me by PM, as I know my situation is different than his is....so someone needs to evaluate my phone.
I am at CES till tomorrow, but will be ready on Friday to do this.
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Nice!!!
detr0yt said:
You have any pics of your booloader unlocked... This also needs to nee looked @
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Yea, pics please.
Maybe this can bring us somewhere the previous unlock couldnt. But let's not get our hopes too antsy yet.
Yeah my dreams were straight crushed on the, last unlocked razr from.Spain...
Sent you a PM on behalf of devs I am in direct contact with who are working on unlocking the bootloader.
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Sent you a PM on behalf of devs I am in direct contact with who are working on unlocking the bootloader.
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Tricksy hobbit.
PM sent in return.
Will get this information up by Friday. At CES, and have business meetings all day tomorrow.
I haven't looked at the bootloader since the fastboot files were uploaded, and my system DEFINITELY said unlocked, but I thought there was no way that this meant I was lucky enough to have an unlocked bootloader, and I couldn't find any pictures on google of what a locked bootloader looked like on a RAZR.
After seeing the photo's today....that changed my mind.
More info to come.
garlick2 said:
PM sent in return.
Will get this information up by Friday. At CES, and have business meetings all day tomorrow.
I haven't looked at the bootloader since the fastboot files were uploaded, and my system DEFINITELY said unlocked, but I thought there was no way that this meant I was lucky enough to have an unlocked bootloader, and I couldn't find any pictures on google of what a locked bootloader looked like on a RAZR.
After seeing the photo's today....that changed my mind.
More info to come.
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Since ur at CES, can u get a word from Moto?
cheekrox said:
Since ur at CES, can u get a word from Moto?
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Very few of the people you can actually talk to @ CES have anything to do with those decisions, nor are they in contact with those people. Just a heads up. Most of them are just reps.
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Since ur at CES, can u get a word from Moto?
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What arcan said....
Although I was walking to the bathroom, and two of the Moto guys were walking in front of me, and I joked....."You guys want to unlock my bootloader for me??" (before I figured out mine was already unlocked).
They didn't think that was too funny, although they understood.
I have a friend who works at Moto Mobility, and he's told me it REALLY isn't much they can do about it. Verizon has made it very clear to Moto that they can't unlock their bootloaders anytime soon, or they risk losing some pretty hefty advertising subsidies, which HTC actually gave up, as well as Samsung.
Moto isn't in a financial position to give those up....so Verizon has them literally by the balls.
Pretty sad really, Moto's devices, to me, are the best constructed on the market. They also seem to have been supportive of the dev's from day 1, or at least a lot more than other companies....ahem Samsung....
I will say, the Droid 4 was looking like a pretty spectacular device.
The RAZR Maxx is too thick for my liking. It's MUCH thicker than the RAZR, which makes it more like a Droid X2 replacement than a RAZR....but the extended battery life would definitely be cool.
I was talking to the guys at the booth about the Droid 4, as I think I'm going to get one next month, and they were getting some good battery life numbers off that unit. One guy was saying he was getting 12-13 hours with moderate to heavy usage on 4G, which would be exactly what I would be looking for.
I checked out the Galaxy Note, and it's not my cup of tea. I already find the RAZR to be too big at times, and the Note is just WAY too large to try and talk on with the headset next to your ear, and with the way the layout is, there's no advantage to using it in landscape with the virtual keyboard, as the keyboard still takes up the entire screen, and you have to use the next button to go to the next field, which causes me errors from time to time on my RAZR (that's really my chief complaint).
As for other things that I saw, the google TV/Android TV applications are all very cool, and could be something great with a little work.
There was an amazing camera concept that was being shown off....while not a real product, it was definitely awesome....check it out here:
www.wvil.de
Sony had the best glasses free 3D TV's shown here. Their UHD 40" glasses free 3D looked really good. The first glasses free 3D TV I could actually say I wanted to own.
LG is still kicking everyone else's asses in the 3D glasses realm, as their passive 3D TV's were hands down the best at the show.
I know 3D seems to be a gimmick, but there was more information on 3D broadcasting equipment, and content creation than at any previous show by almost triple what we've seen. So 3D is here to stay. There are tablets and phones & overlays (complete garbage) that are being shown off in wild numbers.
Intel's concept phone was KILLER!! I don't know who did the hardware on the outside, but the phone flies. It was running android, and man that thing cooked. With only a single core to, the apps were ripping through. If they didn't have the horrible dance routine to a taped production on stage, they would have had the better booths, but I was laughing the whole time this guys was supposed to be "interacting" with the big screen because it was just bad
There were also some really interesting accessories, although I really hate how EVERYTHING is so focused on the iPhone in that area. There were some interesting set up's for DJ'ing off iPads, where you use 2 on stands, and then an analog mixer. (I have built a full touch screen DJ box, which has a 21.5" multi touch LCD that I use so I'm partial to full touch mixing so Analog doesn't interest me anymore) but it was still cool to see.
Android is really, really pushing the envelope of being a development tool for companies to run their applications on. I saw more products that were built off the Android SDK than I expected. There were GPS units, heart monitors, camera stations, wireless blu ray devices, full car dashboards....all kinds of things that were on top of an android platform.
There was even a 3D printing machine, that you could do rendering in Android and have the machine print from there.
Overall, I do have to say, last year was a bit better in terms of shear number of BIG product reveals. It seemed the cell phone guys were a bit mild this year, and the TV people were focused on 4K UHD resolution, while just kind of waiting for 3D content to catch up so people get more interested.
All in all, still the best show in North America year in and year out, and I got to sit in a Lamborghini Aventador for the first time....wow, that's an amazing machine.
Sounds like a great time! I go to Comic-Con every year but I still need to see CES one day
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I must admit, the new Sony Xperia S has made me believing in Sony once again. Haha.
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garlick2 said:
What arcan said....
Although I was walking to the bathroom, and two of the Moto guys were walking in front of me, and I joked....."You guys want to unlock my bootloader for me??" (before I figured out mine was already unlocked).
They didn't think that was too funny, although they understood.
I have a friend who works at Moto Mobility, and he's told me it REALLY isn't much they can do about it. Verizon has made it very clear to Moto that they can't unlock their bootloaders anytime soon, or they risk losing some pretty hefty advertising subsidies, which HTC actually gave up, as well as Samsung.
Moto isn't in a financial position to give those up....so Verizon has them literally by the balls.
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What about the retail versions? Who are they kidding? Verizon has NO say whatsoever in the international RAZR XT910. Mine is an UNBRANDED phone. WTH?!! Please talk to them about it once. Ask your friend please. Or if u can gimme his email ID, i can send him an email.
garlick2 said:
Hey guys. I have a XT912 with an unlocked boot loader. I didn't realize it until I saw the pics earlier today of the other user that had one.
Contact me by PM, as I know my situation is different than his is....so someone needs to evaluate my phone.
I am at CES till tomorrow, but will be ready on Friday to do this.
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code 1 or code 3?
garlick2 said:
Hey guys. I have a XT912 with an unlocked boot loader. I didn't realize it until I saw the pics earlier today of the other user that had one.
Contact me by PM, as I know my situation is different than his is....so someone needs to evaluate my phone.
I am at CES till tomorrow, but will be ready on Friday to do this.
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Through what channel did you get the phone from?
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code 1 or code 3?
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good question! A picture would definitely be valuable here. Does it says "Factory use only", or "(SE)"?
What version number does it show?
From a computer, can you also try to run:
Code:
moto-fastboot getvar -all
(it will only read and show the value of variables, it won't perform anything more on the phone)
(you can get moto-fastboot.exe from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GB4VV9ZW )
oh boy, here we go again
i hope this isn't another failure
raclimja said:
oh boy, here we go again
i hope this isn't another failure
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Dude they didn't exactly make it super easy to unlock the bootloader. There are going to be many "failures" as it may never be unlocked. The trouble is so many people get all excited and start asking for the "files" as if it's been figured out whenever they see a thread like this.
gogo unlock!
I only need to know the status code that you can read on your bootloader. Then I'll say to you all if this is useful for unlocking us all or not.
Thanks,
The EternityProject Team Manager & Main Developer
--kholk
$$ bounty $$
MOD EDIT: BOUNTY WAS ACHIEVED AND DEVICE WAS PURCHASED
Here it is folks, the much requested bounty thread to get an amaze for Mr NRGZ28. "Who is that?" you ask, "and why should I care?" you add to your original question, causing this uncomfortably complicated sentence. Well I'm semi glad you asked! He's a totally stand up dude who sometimes also likes to sit, who has been devving for like, ever. I heard he started out on the telettrofono (look it up), and is known accross the west coast as the Rom whisperer (true story). He's currently running a sensation and making it live up to its name, but we'd like him to move up to an Amaze and work his magic. So we're chipping in to help. Here's his profie
NRGZ28
so you can stalk him. There you'll see super handy donate to me link which is like the best way possible to donate to him. So lets get going!
*IMPORTANT*
Make sure you add a note saying "for the amaze" to the donation, so he can keep track. I'll keep the thread updated with running totals when he gives them to me.
Disclaimers
So giving your money to a dev is like totally giving money away. Its gone. We hope it'll result in an amaze which will then result in awesome roms for the amaze, but no guarantees.
ok i'll start
Confirmation number: 0DR47233GX398405L.
$20 smakkers, which brings to grand total all the way up to
20 smakkers
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$$ bounty $$
Here it is folks, the much requested bounty thread to get an amaze for Mr NRGZ28. "Who is that?" you ask, "and why should I care?" you add to your original question, causing this uncomfortably complicated sentence. Well I'm semi glad you asked! He's a totally stand up dude who sometimes also likes to sit, who has been devving for like, ever. I heard he started out on the telettrofono (look it up), and is known accross the west coast as the Rom whisperer (true story). He's currently running a sensation and making it live up to its name, but we'd like him to move up to an Amaze and work his magic. So we're chipping in to help. Here's his profie
NRGZ28
so you can stalk him. There you'll see super handy donate to me link which is like the best way possible to donate to him. So lets get going!
*IMPORTANT*
Make sure you add a note saying "for the amaze" to the donation, so he can keep track. I'll keep the thread updated with running totals when he gives them to me.
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So giving your money to a dev is like totally giving money away. Its gone. We hope it'll result in an amaze which will then result in awesome roms for the amaze, but no guarantees.
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Very well done. I hope to see some of his good work in here.
I won't be giving any money. He never offers ANY type of support. People ask for help with his ROMs but he never replies. There are better Devs if you want to give your money to someone.
Harsh.. I'm sure I'll get flamed.. But check his ROM thread out..
johnk1973 said:
I won't be giving any money. He never offers ANY type of support. People ask for help with his ROMs but he never replies. There are better Devs if you want to give your money to someone.
Harsh.. I'm sure I'll get flamed.. But check his ROM thread out..
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.. or you could look at a thread where he has the phone and is actively devving, and see all the loyal followers talking about how many phones he's improved for them, and how few people have problems anyway, and haveplenty of support from the dev and all the very experienced users in the thread.
but in any case the thread is for people to donate, peeps who are not interested can kindly spend time elsewhere
Would love to donate when i get money. A extra dev would be lovely right now, been following the energy ROMs for a long while. Anyone know if eVil still devs on HTC devices? used to see him back in the mytouch days and he was a great one.. havent seen him around since the mytouch 3g slide or 4g (i think)
johnk1973 said:
I won't be giving any money. He never offers ANY type of support. People ask for help with his ROMs but he never replies. There are better Devs if you want to give your money to someone.
Harsh.. I'm sure I'll get flamed.. But check his ROM thread out..
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That's not very nice... I don't support the ROM actively because I don't own an Amaze (obviously) and therefore I can't exactly troubleshoot problems with it. This is the reason bobbie started this thread. I support all my other threads quite a lot. But like he said.. if you don't like it, don't crap on someone else's party. It's just not nice.
stratax said:
Would love to donate when i get money. A extra dev would be lovely right now, been following the energy ROMs for a long while. Anyone know if eVil still devs on HTC devices? used to see him back in the mytouch days and he was a great one.. havent seen him around since the mytouch 3g slide or 4g (i think)
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That's mostly the case with chefs that only one device. Once the go to the Jesus phone, you never hear from them again. Myself, have been around for years and will continue to be around for more years to come.
NRGZ28 said:
That's mostly the case with chefs that only one device. Once the go to the Jesus phone, you never hear from them again. Myself, have been around for years and will continue to be around for more years to come.
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Yeah true, just did a search and evil d is on the g2x lol. anyways didnt you do a lot of WinMo devices? i remember flashing some stuff on my HTC Pure a long time ago haha and HD2
stratax said:
Yeah true, just did a search and evil d is on the g2x lol. anyways didnt you do a lot of WinMo devices? i remember flashing some stuff on my HTC Pure a long time ago haha and HD2
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I did all the modern winmo devices... and I do a lot of android devices as well these days. Experience counts
Done!
Loved your work on my "retired" HD2...looking forward to what you will do on the Amaze!
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Great Now we're up to $45 !
Here in about a week I get an upgrade from T-mo, so ill be getting an Amaze. I don't have cash to give but I offer my working hd2. If you want the hassle of selling it, you can make a few bucks. Just to clarify, this isn't an offer to sell it. Its an offer to give, with original box, and I'll even cover shipping.
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NRGZ28 said:
I did all the modern winmo devices... and I do a lot of android devices as well these days. Experience counts
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you make my old pure a beast haha, cant wait for you to work on the Amaze.
btw this thread should be a sticky!
Wow, you made my hd2 a beast!!!!
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I may be getting another Amaze so you can purchase the one I have right now soon if you would like.
im going to make a donation on friday i really like your roms i sold my hd2 now im here and i have you rom running thank you
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Here in about a week I get an upgrade from T-mo, so ill be getting an Amaze. I don't have cash to give but I offer my working hd2. If you want the hassle of selling it, you can make a few bucks. Just to clarify, this isn't an offer to sell it. Its an offer to give, with original box, and I'll even cover shipping.
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That's a good idea! If nrg is too busy I could Ebay it and just forward him the money from pay pal
dpw9272 said:
Loved your work on my "retired" HD2...looking forward to what you will do on the Amaze!
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Sweet! Thank you my friend
hasoon2000 said:
I may be getting another Amaze so you can purchase the one I have right now soon if you would like.
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Cool! great way to save a some moolah. The amaze is an awesome device, but the audience for it is really small right now, compared to a world phone like the sensation
So Motorola has posted videos on their website on the new features for the new "Motoblur". Webtop looks awesome!!!
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iamx89 said:
So Motorola has posted videos on their website on the new features for the new "Motoblur". Webtop looks awesome!!!
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Link???????
This is the best video I've seen so far and I am still very unimpressed. UI interaction sucks, many apps still do not have "tablet mode", no data connection means you lose any user friendly way to edit documents, image editing is a no go........ I'll stay on GB til hell freezes over before I'll go back to using this type of nightmare!!!
Can't post links. Motorola.com / icecreamsandwich
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iamx89 This is not directed at you but specifically but at users in general.
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Somebody help me. I keep asking but nobody can give me an answer as to how this is better? ICS Tablet mode and apps with "Tablet UI" what is so amazing about this? Tablet mode/UI is already built into ICS, freaking look at the Paranoid Android ROM! Desktop UI browser? I did that over a year ago! Android as your desktop? Old freaking news! The damn press and public are all over this like it's free beer! I see comments in the press like "innovative". BS! How in the hell is this innovative? All they did was fix the crap I outlined for the manufacturers, Google, major dev houses, like Firefox, over a year ago! The replies were always pretty much "Piss off because your ideas are stupid!" If these retards had listened, everybody would have had this a year ago on ALL mirroring capable phones! Moto won't even talk to me unless I lawyer up. If the industry as a whole sent me a reply it would probably go like this- "thanks for giving us the keys to the kingdom. sucks to be you".
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Lokifish Marz said:
iamx89 This is not directed at you but specifically but at users in general.
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Somebody help me. I keep asking but nobody can give me an answer as to how this is better? ICS Tablet mode and apps with "Tablet UI" what is so amazing about this? Tablet mode/UI is already built into ICS, freaking look at the Paranoid Android ROM! Desktop UI browser? I did that over a year ago! Android as your desktop? Old freaking news! The damn press and public are all over this like it's free beer! I see comments in the press like "innovative". BS! How in the hell is this innovative? All they did was fix the crap I outlined for the manufacturers, Google, major dev houses, like Firefox, over a year ago! The replies were always pretty much "Piss off because your ideas are stupid!" If these retards had listened, everybody would have had this a year ago on ALL mirroring capable phones! Moto won't even talk to me unless I lawyer up. If the industry as a whole sent me a reply it would probably go like this- "thanks for giving us the keys to the kingdom. sucks to be you".
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Lmaoooo
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lol, yeah.
thrs nothing gr8 in it..
try ICS custom ROMs instead..
That video Lokifish posted, is just about webtop... or at least the first few minutes of it (I didn't watch it all). I could have sworn I saw a video showing off the actual ICS on a Motorola phone... I can't find it now but I did find this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24073UmIlwQ
So far, looks about the same as what we got now with CM9, obviously with some Blur to it. And the bloat, I'm sure. And a four-way compass-style lock (north, west, east, south) with defaults set to all four.
I'm just hoping ICS on Razr/Maxx means we can get working camera/video drivers in the CM9-based ROMs soon. My wife's happy with Gingerblur and can wait a year plus until they get around to getting ICS on our phones officially. ICS really doesn't mean much to the average consumer.