Just in case you missed it, the camera is now working in cyangenmod 9 for the Photon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0MzkYVpgQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
Thks. But we knew it ages ago.
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It's good you spread the word out... Most people don't read and ask over n over for camera working....
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Re: "Thks. But we knew it ages ago."
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The beta was only posted 2 days ago. Anyway, thanks for you input.
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Thks. But we knew it ages ago.
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i, too, mock people for sharing good news
Not everyone reads/understands things going on in development threads. The OP is just trying to share some good news with the community.
I've been using this build for 24 hours now. I have no plans to go back
How is battery life niteglo?
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The beta was only posted 2 days ago. Anyway, thanks for you input.
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Exaggeration.
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Would those who have tried this comment on battery life?
Battery life is fine, just as good as stock.
Couple concerns for those of you who are still using stock.
1. Phone heats up really easily now, I've never had this problem before.
2. Signal seems inconsistent. I used to consistently have signal in my room and since flash it seems to flicker between 2 bars and no bar.
Of course, the positive outweights the negatives for me here. ICS just such a huge step forward compared to gingerbread and I've never seen quadrant score of 3300 on stock before.
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One minor but very annoying thing is that sometimes apps will just hang while uninstalling, just stuck at the stage where they show a bar moving back and forth. Reboot fixes it somewhat, but just a minor annoyance that I haven't seen anybody mentioning.(I'm just glad I have signal I guess)
Is 4g working on ICS?
I use 4g constantly and don't want to give that up.
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About the signal issue - I understand the bars fluctuate but is there any degradation of call quality or data speed?
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Is 4g working on ICS?
I use 4g constantly and don't want to give that up.
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No 4G - mainly due to unlocking of bootloader to flash! Still a damn good ROM though - super sleek, minor bugs!! All Hail the Jokersax!!!
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About the signal issue - I understand the bars fluctuate but is there any degradation of call quality or data speed?
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Can't comment on data since 3G is so slow it's pretty much unusable here. Call is fine when there is consistent signal but I never had a drop call issue in my room until now.
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Can't comment on data since 3G is so slow it's pretty much unusable here. Call is fine when there is consistent signal but I never had a drop call issue in my room until now.
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So now you drop calls? Not good.
Can you tell if the radio software is different than in GB?
John Kotches said:
Is 4g working on ICS?
I use 4g constantly and don't want to give that up.
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No
10 char.......
USCC
I have this on the moto electrify and everything works so far. been running non stop playing with stuff for 2 hours!
Anyone running any of the oc kernels?
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Anyone running any of the oc kernels?
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CM9 I think has joker's 1.3 oc in it.
Sweet. Anyone played with the 1.4/1.5 yet on this?
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How is it working for you? Any bugs and issues that make it a deal breaker right now?
Read the first post of the miui thread and you will find out all you need to know.
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I'm using it as my dd. Everything seems OK minus no gps or mms.. But I do have issues sometimes where bluetooth doesn't automatically find my stereo in car it takes a few min to find it.
It's really fast.. Just read the thread there are fixes even tho temporary to the missing calls and text issue and themes.
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Would use it except that I can't receive calls when phone sleeps. It is otherwise seriously sweet. Will go back for sure once this is fixed. Great work by andmer.
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I have been using it for my DD for a couple days, the OP has all the bugs listed but mine for some reason recieves calls while in sleep and SMS too!... but I also still suffer from all the other listed bugs. I also noted that my vvm wont work..just gets stuck trying to register my device and then says that I have no data connection! Oh well I'm not worried about it, when the devs get it finalized I'm sure it will be fine..they are awesome! Also im using nemsis' kernel and its the first time my phone will run over 1.2ghz...its stable at 1.4ghz! and if it matters...2260 quadrants!
Edit: sorry thought this was in refference to cm7....lol I swear I didn't gloss over the title! Sorry for the clutter
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I loved it but I had extremely low in call volume that made it impossible for us to hear eachother while on a call. Never found a fix
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I use it as a daily driver ...I get calls/SMS when phone is asleep ...the only issue I'm having is that I'm on the Cricket network and my data refuses to connect ...it shows 3g but as soon as I go to browser it goes away ...I have no clue why... used comrom miuiwiz and stock and data worked perfectly ...any help on this is greatly appreciated
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I use it as a daily driver ...I get calls/SMS when phone is asleep ...the only issue I'm having is that I'm on the Cricket network and my data refuses to connect ...it shows 3g but as soon as I go to browser it goes away ...I have no clue why... used comrom miuiwiz and stock and data worked perfectly ...any help on this is greatly appreciated
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MIUI is using CM7(and has the same problems) and MIUIwiz is still on a tw rom so that is a huge difference. Other than that I don't know why your data would do that I haven't used MIUI but I'm on CM7 and it works for me (on verizon)
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Would use it except that I can't receive calls when phone sleeps. It is otherwise seriously sweet. Will go back for sure once this is fixed. Great work by andmer.
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In the CM7 thread some one listed an app SoftLocker which makes it so your phone doesn't go into deep sleep, more battery drain but calls are nice to get. It's working for me with CM7.
I have soft locker on my phone and not noticing a bad battery drain. Maybe I am lucky or blind lol
Keithn said:
In the CM7 thread some one listed an app SoftLocker which makes it so your phone doesn't go into deep sleep, more battery drain but calls are nice to get. It's working for me with CM7.
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I recently purchased the nexus s 4g and I'm still within my 30 days. I'd like to swap it for the photon but I've been reading up on this sleep of death thing. My question is, before I make the plunge; did the last update fix the sleep of death? Also hows battery life compared to the nexus s 4g? Finally, Motorola has always been known to produce strong internal attenaes, how'd they do on the photon? Particularly the wimax radio.
Its either the photon or the galaxy epic touch. I like it epic touch but it feels so cheap!!!
Thanks for the input!
Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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Thanks for the input! Was that sleep of death addressed?
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Thanks for the input! Was that sleep of death addressed?
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This was a hardware issue. Never had this but most people who did returned their phone and it went away.
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Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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Im with him 100%!
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no sleep of death issue on mine either.
Thanks for the input. Ill be buying mine tomorrow
I have only had it once and it has not returned. Was streaming bt and bam...needed a reboot. Not sure what caused it or fixed but has been strong since
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You should check out the motorola photon forum. People are still having issues. Mine reboots on its own every day.
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Just got my photon 4g. Friggin awesome. I love it!!!!
Thank u all for your input. Its appreciated. As soon as the bootloader can be unlocked without losing 4g ill be all over it
Glad you are enjoying it, I haven't seen the sleep of death problem either.
I got mine last weekend and I love it! I just hate the stock look. Luckily its Android so I can change most of it except the blue status bar.... I mean really blue? you cant make an element on the UI a dominant color like that lol. I am running Alien and dealing with the annoying update window for now. I love the service with this phone. 3G Data is actually worth something. Instead of the crappy antennas used in the Epic. My data speeds went from 200kbps to 600-700kbps in the same location. AWESOME!!!!
As for the 4G- I've seen the highest download bandwidth on any phone I owned, in my area, with the Photon.
I've got close to 12mb, where as my other phones, including the E3D, couldn't touch double digits. (Outdoors of course.)
EDIT: And somehow I can keep 4G going in my basement, in a brick house.
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I haven't had the sleeping death before the update, but after I flashed the update I've had it happen to me twice today.
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Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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The truth has been spoken.
I get twice the signal that my Evo Shift would regularly have.
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-listenwatch-sprints-strategynetwork-meeting-tomorrow
The meeting can be accessed two different ways:
Call-In – Call 1-888-393-1149 and use 6395937 as your ID. Make sure you call in about 10 minutes ahead of time to be sure there no problems for getting though. This way is not recommended for most.
Webcast – Go to here, like the “Webcast” link and register. Now you are watching it live! The webcast should start promptly at 9:30am. Remember to join ten minutes ahead of time. This is the way I recommend. (Mainly because it’s easy to watch at work or in class.)
Cool.
Setting myself up to be disappointed & somewhat satisfied.
My basic concern is experiencing a noticeable & noteworthy no no... Make that a hat tipping, river dancing difference in 3G performance, the 800Mhz band & current Wimax reliability during the roll out of this.
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Cool.
Setting myself up to be disappointed & somewhat satisfied.
My basic concern is experiencing a noticeable & noteworthy no no... Make that a hat tipping, river dancing difference in 3G performance, the 800Mhz band & current Wimax reliability during the roll out of this.
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I expect the best actually. Sprint has been drastically improving their network in most of the larger areas. Network Vision has had a smooth progression through the states. They haven't enabled it fully yet, but it'll come in the next year or so. We'll get more detail tomorrow morning.
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I expect the best actually. Sprint has been drastically improving their network in most of the larger areas. Network Vision has had a smooth progression through the states. They haven't enabled it fully yet, but it'll come in the next year or so. We'll get more detail tomorrow morning.
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MOST is key word there as they have still left out Raleigh, NC which typically is one of the first to get stuff along with Atl, and Charlotte.
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MOST is key word there as they have still left out Raleigh, NC which typically is one of the first to get stuff along with Atl, and Charlotte.
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What time is it for central time zone?
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What time is it for central time zone?
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8:30am
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8:30am
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Cool thanks hope i have data to stream it
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I just opened up a tab for the webcast. Thanks for the tip. Only 45 minutes to wait.
i just open up the webcast too almost time and good morning xda people
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its live but havent started it yet
no video sucks...
I'm logged into the call since my work PC sucks. Fingers crossed for 800mhz Rev B goodness!
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I'm logged into the call since my work PC sucks. Fingers crossed for 800mhz Rev B goodness!
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going to be dissapointed then i bet.
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going to be dissapointed then i bet.
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Pessimist! =P
Yes rev b and do advance please!!!
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Talking about LTE rollout now
interesting LTE on the 1900MHz spectrum......thats new. always thought it would be on the 800MHz.
are you serious? LTE on 1900.... terrible idea just saying
Well the evdo network goes to lte afther worth
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Woot! He just said 800MHz CDMA!
oh phew... 800 cdma and lte moving to 800 possibly... not as scared now...
Trial concluded. Not able to reproduce results
Going to test now.
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Nvm, post does not pertain to actual purpose of the thread.
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Well so far I can't tell too much of a difference other than I'm having greater fluctuation of 3g speeds. 3g service is holding constant though. I live in an urban area and I still have the occasional 1x service, and like you said, this was not so on eclipse. I'd like to run more speed testing later as well. I will edit this post with screens of my tests. There is was a substantial difference in the fluctuations than normal.
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I 'll reply back and tell you why I think that is. I'm driving home. That's kind of the reason I recommended in a rural setting
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I 'll reply back and tell you why I think that is. I'm driving home. That's kind of the reason I recommended in a rural setting
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I'd like to hear. I've had connectivity issues in my area as well is why I figured I would try. Even in an urban/suburban area.
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I'd like to hear. I've had connectivity issues in my area as well is why I figured I would try. Even in an urban/suburban area.
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In my rural area I don't have many towers to select from. I thought if I could see if it works well in a rural area I might find a pattern. There is probably a few towers around your area since its urban so I thought maybe its making yours jump towers alot. I did speed tests about noon and I found it was consistantly 1.5-2mbps download. More so then that or swapping back and forth from 3g to 1x I was finding I got rid of my data hangups. That was the main issue for this mod.
I just did this yesterday so I'm still trying it out for long term results
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Well, I'm in the same boat as you. It seems to me I have more than my share of data hangups. I'll give this a try for a few days and let ya know if it helps any.
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Thanks for the response. I misunderstood its purpose.
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Thanks for the response. I misunderstood its purpose.
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Its cool I edited the post more I didn't think about how I worded it...sorry
I think 1x often is more cuz of the network. Have u tried *228 to update your prl *22899 auto updates both option 1 and 2 in the *228 menu but doesn't verbally say its updated when done but your screen will
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Just updated. I've never hung around to even hear option 2 lol. Usually when I have to do this there are new roms or some problems to attend to.
I'm going to edit the previous post away
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Just updated. I've never hung around to even hear option 2 lol. Usually when I have to do this there are new roms or some problems to attend to.
I'm going to edit the previous post away
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Option 2 updates prl (preferred roaming list. Good thing to update once in a while
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I have found that so far I had decreased data hangups with this but speeds fluctuated a lot like Caden experienced.
Doesn't look like I can get anyone to duplicate my results. Editing out of op. Trial concluded. Thanks to those who tried it
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I am using this and the 3g speed hack (used 10) all is good. 1500 k on speedtest depending on the nearest cell.
Thanks.
Try the mod in the dev forum....different lib but sounds like you have a good thing going
That's the 3g I ment. I live 3/4 of a mi from a Hub.
Edit What num head I WAS ON WIFI @ 2.5 MIPS!
That's 1.5 mips TO 1.7 mips on 3g.
I was trying out the task bar at the bottom - that is my excuse !
And it'll be the Evo LTE or the SGSIII.
I have handled both and like the Evo more. (rocking a Photon currently)
My one question: is there a RELIABLE AND BUG FREE workaround yet for the botched multi-tasking??
If not, I think that will ruin my experience.
Thanks.
Nope, even with everything I've tried it is still crwp when compared to other phones I've owned, specially stock android 4.1.
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Wow, not good. You have tried the custom ROMs that are available with the supposed tweaks to fix this?
Thanks.
I haven't noticed it at all. I can leave an application and go back into it 10+ minutes later and it's still where I left off.
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I haven't noticed it at all. I can leave an application and go back into it 10+ minutes later and it's still where I left off.
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So what is everyone complaining about?
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Wow, not good. You have tried the custom ROMs that are available with the supposed tweaks to fix this?
Thanks.
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I tried multiple roms and so far it seems there is no fix.
For example I was on the web browser. Backed out with the home key to go to home screen. I then went to settings to change my display settings went back to browser and the whole page had to reload and refresh.
My GS2 and Galaxy Nexus was better then this phone in the performance department.
Not to mention after you start installing apps and setting up your home screens the phone just gets slower and slower and less snappy.
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Wow, not good. You have tried the custom ROMs that are available with the supposed tweaks to fix this?
Thanks.
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Yep. It's bad.
Bad enough that my lte is sitting in a drawer as I use an alpha cm9 build on my evo 3d. Multitasking, background downloads stopping, and overall sluggishness compared to stock drove me away.
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I haven't noticed it at all. I can leave an application and go back into it 10+ minutes later and it's still where I left off.
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Try playing a game. Then get a text, reply and check your email for the hell of it.
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Jelly Bean will be running on the LTEVO any day now, which will mitigate the multi-tasking issue. With that said, I've tried both and the LTEVO was the clear winner for me. The Galaxy is way too plasticy for me.
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Jelly Bean will be running on the LTEVO any day now, which will mitigate the multi-tasking issue.
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And how do we know this?
I'm on my second evo lte as of today first one the radio burn out on me for too much usage and second one came brand new in box with old update so I can root s off all the way but 2morrow I get my galaxy s 3 so moving to that one and selling this one
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The multitasking will get better with AOSP, I think. Actually, is it possible its because of the s4? Could anyone else using a phone with s4 respond to this? Much thanks.
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The multitasking will get better with AOSP, I think. Actually, is it possible its because of the s4? Could anyone else using a phone with s4 respond to this? Much thanks.
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Don't think so
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The multitasking will get better with AOSP, I think. Actually, is it possible its because of the s4? Could anyone else using a phone with s4 respond to this? Much thanks.
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Nope. Just this phone. I returned this phone due to crappy gps, lag and horrible multi tasking. Having to keep my screen on to download something was unacceptable. I'm on a s3 now and xda app was still on the last Page I viewed yesterday evening and I've played a few games and run a few other apps. Gps is best I've ever experienced on a phone. Hard to say that and Samsung in same sentence lol
One thing I miss is reception though
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And how do we know this?
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Go onto IRC and download decks build of cm10.
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Go onto IRC and download decks build of cm10.
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Besides the camera and display HTC failed on this phone.