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Hi guys, im going back to android (had a G1 a year ago) from blackberry (got tired) and im getting two good offers on these phones, but since these smartphones are SO different to what i used to have (G1 xD), im kinda confused wich one is better, so i want you guys to help me out here, wich is one should i get? Vibrant or myTouch 4G?
Internet speed its not important since i don't live in a 4G area (in fact, there isn't any 4G coverage at all in my country), but i like to play games and stuff like that. I like my phone to be fast and with very little lag. I have read on internet that Samsung's Hummingbird processor its better than the Snapdragon proccesor that the myTouch 4G have, but, i don't know why, i keep reading on forums that the myTouch 4G is faster than the Vibrant...how is that possible? The Vibrant have more RAM, ROM (16GB Internal, the myTouch have only 4GB), faster proccesor, better GPU...well, im a little confused there too.
Any opinions?
Mytouch 4G. It has way more features and has a bigger community of devs.
Camera with FLASH! Trackpad. Front Camera. Metallic build quality.
With both phones stock, the HTC has 700+ mb of ram available and the Vibrant has only 304+ available. The other issue is file systems. The HTC uses I think ext4 and the Vibrant uses its home grown system of RFS. I feel the RFS system is probable the biggest issue to slow the phone down. I have mine rooted with custom rom that uses ext4 (voodoo) and it is faster with much better battery life then all the stock MT4G's that I have seen. If you are not going to root anything then I would recommend the MT4G or even look at the G2x. But the screen on the vibrant is killer
myTouch4G has 768mb ram, Vibrant has 512mb (about 330mb is available for Android to use, depending on the rom).
I'd say the MSM8255 Snapdragon is probably on-par with the Hummingbird in the SGS - the SGS does have a much better GPU for 3D gaming, though.
The Vibrant may have a 16gb ROM, but only 2gb is available for app storage, the rest is treated as an internal SD card.
They would both be great phones, but the Vibrant has the better screen.
I have a vibrant and my wife has a mt4g. I would say if youre going to root and flash roms get the vibrant, but if youre going to leave it stock get the mt4g. Both phones were laggy stock to me. Im much happier with the dev community for the vibrant though. I've flashed 6 or 7 different roms on the mt4g (including cm7) but none of them seem as complete as bionix or trigger
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Ok, i forgot to say this, but im TOTALLY going to root the phone. In fact, is one of the mains reasons that im comming back to android (and here plays the song "Im comming home" by Dirty Money ), i love flashing roms, looking for bugs in new roms, the excitement of someone releasing a new rom (like Cyanogen), trying out weird apps in the market place and all that kind of stuff, i DON'T like stock phones at all...i installed OS6 on my Blackberry 9300 as soon as i got it, looking for something different (running away from stock), still was a pretty boring phone tough.
You have told me guys that both phones stock, the MT4G its faster, but what about both phones rooted? Should i get the Vibrant? Or even both phones rooted, the myTouch its still better?
EDIT: Also, are the Samsung Vibrant and the Samsung Captivate the exact same device? Under the hood, of course.
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Thanks for your input.
Anyone else?
Both rooted running custom roms with no overclock my vibrant and my wifes mt4g scored within 6 points of each other on quandrant. I'd say it come down the ffc if that's important to you or super amoled screen (more important to me)
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Both rooted running custom roms with no overclock my vibrant and my wifes mt4g scored within 6 points of each other on quandrant. I'd say it come down the ffc if that's important to you or super amoled screen (more important to me)
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FFC? Whats that? Sorry for the noobie question...
EDIT: Nevermind, just guessed what it is...Front Face Camera, right?
Hm, if i guessed right, then having a FFC its not important to me, i don't like video calls.
Any more inputs?
do you use your phone as a media player? if yes get the vibrant.
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do you use your phone as a media player? if yes get the vibrant.
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Thats a yes for sure. Every single moment im alone, in the bus or something alike. im listening to music.
Anyone else?
Well, I absolutely love my vibrant. Plenty fast (q score 1600+), amoled screen rules, and camera takes amazing pix. Flash isn't an issue since I don't really take pix in the dark lol.
It has less ram, but its near impossible to hard brick from what I've read. I'd say go vibrant, and if you don't like it, flash back to stock and exchange for the mt4g.
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Well, I absolutely love my vibrant. Plenty fast (q score 1600+), amoled screen rules, and camera takes amazing pix. Flash isn't an issue since I don't really take pix in the dark lol.
It has less ram, but its near impossible to hard brick from what I've read. I'd say go vibrant, and if you don't like it, flash back to stock and exchange for the mt4g.
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My problem its that im buying it second hand, so its not as easy as i"f i dont like it, i just take it back..." So thats why i have to make the right choice, because oncei buy the phone, its going to be difficult to sell it again.
Well, I'd say that if you don't have 4g coverage, why buy a 4g phone. Its like buying a Ferrari when you live in Poland. Maybe not as expensive, but you can't take full advantage of it. Lol.
Do you have any questions about the phone itself? Not spec wise?
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Vibrant all the way, I'm telling you its a wonderful phone. Samsung captivate and the Samsung vibrant are exactly the same under the hood.
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Vibrant all the way, I'm telling you its a wonderful phone. Samsung captivate and the Samsung vibrant are exactly the same under the hood.
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Amen to that.
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If you are into gaming, then vibrant hands down. Here are the things I would take into consideration.
1. Bigger dev community for the mytouch4g. I think most of the people with the vibrant will be leaving for the Sensation or the galaxy 2 if they have the funds. I am going with the galaxy S 2 myself. With that being said the development will dwindle down to nothing by the end of the summer.
2. There are great roms for the vibrant right now. Trigger, Bionix, and a bunch of stable 2.2.1 roms to choose from.
3. I don't know if a stable cm7 will ever happen for the vibrant. They have it working ok. Plenty of bugs, and bad battery. Also no 2.3 rom has working gps because of drivers. You will have to wait on a leaked 2.3 rom for the vibrant I think.
I love my vibrant for gaming. I have about 5 Gameloft games.. bogo for $2.99 . Can't beat that. And the phone handles them beautifully. I am running Trigger btw, just because I wanted a stable rom until I get the galaxy 2 .
I hope this helps with your decision, I know I rambled a bit. But I think i covered everything on the development side for you.
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Cm7 runs fine for me. However, I don't use GPS so it suits my needs. Runs fast needs daily charge, but meh, that's what sleep is for lol
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On top of what everyone else said, Voodoo sound on the vibrant makes listening to music through the 3.5 mm jack a dream. I can't go back now. It's just too good.
Hi to all...
I have an Iphone 3G 8G, and a guy offer me to change his Xperia X10i with my iphone...
now...I really find ios and Iphone a good phone..
But 3G is becaming really slow, now I have whited00r firmware and its a bit more fast but I loose many application of the 4.2 =(
So i think that going to android could be better...
What do you think of xperia x10i?
maybe with a 2.2 or 2.3 rom?
is slow like the iphone 3G or is better?
thanks in advance for your answer
This will not answer your actual question
But i would rather worry why he wants to trade his phone with yours. Just guessing, but maybe something is not correct with his one. Else I cant really understand why he would change his phone with a 3 years old one..
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Its definitely a lot smoother with froyo and gingerbread and we have flash.
The downside of switching is the lack of true multitouch and touch responsiveness. Other than that its great.
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ya the x10 feels alot less responsive compared to the iphone other than that everything else is equal
X10 is less responsive and smooth (due to the FPS Cap), further it feels for me even faster then the iPhone 4. So I would definetely trade my iPhone 3g (if I had) for a x10i. But i've already got my x10
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This will not answer your actual question
But i would rather worry why he wants to trade his phone with yours. Just guessing, but maybe something is not correct with his one. Else I cant really understand why he would change his phone with a 3 years old one..
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Yea, even if it's an iphone, it is way older then the x10. I never really had iphone 3g in my hands, but I guess there should be a difference, even if it's apple..
Yeah but once a stable custom kernel is released in he coming months then the true power of x10 will be seen
SE has been showing a cleaner side lately.
The x10 was a bummer.
But i'm starting to like the new work they are doing.
X10 all the way!
alright well lets compare ...
Display ...
Xperia 480*854 4 inches ... Bravia engine is in the works and trust when i say the colors are even better than the iphone 4 <--- Win
Iphone 320*480 3.5 inches
Memory
Xperia 384MB but with SD-Card
Iphone 8 or 16 GB with no SD-Card <--- my personal taste win but u dont have to agree
Ram
Xperia 384MB <-- win
Iphone 128MB
Camera
Xperia 8MP with great lens <----- defo a win even to other 8 MP phones
Iphone 2MP lens is okayish
CPU
Xperia 1GHz <---- win
Iphone <512MHz
OS
This is all personal taste so try out android and see how it works for you
so the point being the Xperia is not a bad phone unless it has SE stock Firmware haha honestly the Xperia is better than the iphone 4 if u have the right custom firmware on it ... and as someone said before make sure theres nothing wrong with the phone cuz it makes no sense to trade that phone for an Iphone
I have both these phones and the iPhones home screen may be a bit smoother but the x10 runs apps and launches them much faster. Even stock 2.1 is going to be better.
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Si the touchscreen is resistive or capacitive?
RealPsygnosis said:
Hi to all...
I have an Iphone 3G 8G, and a guy offer me to change his Xperia X10i with my iphone...
now...I really find ios and Iphone a good phone..
But 3G is becaming really slow, now I have whited00r firmware and its a bit more fast but I loose many application of the 4.2 =(
So i think that going to android could be better...
What do you think of xperia x10i?
maybe with a 2.2 or 2.3 rom?
is slow like the iphone 3G or is better?
thanks in advance for your answer
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I had an iPhone and now have a x10.... i would never go back.... but like other posters i would skeptical of his motives.... just my 2c
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Are you being serious? Obviously its capacitive....
resistive - this is previous age
Android is interesting iPhone - as for me.
I have both phones but I prefer my x10 alot more!! Itsfater an smoother and more customizable
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thanks for all the answer...
but the owner of the x10 leaves me with no in hands...
he disappeared and call me 3 day after and said me that he sold the phone -.-
You right guys, he maybe change his idea to exchange my iphone with his x10...
So I've decided to buy (always used) an google nexus one... I hope I've made a good choice...instead of the x10...
thanks to all...
RealPsygnosis said:
thanks for all the answer...
but the owner of the x10 leaves me with no in hands...
he disappeared and call me 3 day after and said me that he sold the phone -.-
You right guys, he maybe change his idea to exchange my iphone with his x10...
So I've decided to buy (always used) an google nexus one... I hope I've made a good choice...instead of the x10...
thanks to all...
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Not bD choice
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So I made a good choice? or it's still better the x10?
Hi just ordered my razr and I cant wait to get it, however I do have a few questions. Coming from the x10 ( which I still love) I had my fingers burnt a bit with the phone one was the fps cap on the screen and a design flaw which made the usb fail and not detect anything. Does the razr have a fps cap and are there any likely things which could fail and cause problems? ( buttons/ports)
Thanks.
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Hi just ordered my razr and I cant wait to get it, however I do have a few questions. Coming from the x10 ( which I still love) I had my fingers burnt a bit with the phone one was the fps cap on the screen and a design flaw which made the usb fail and not detect anything. Does the razr have a fps cap and are there any likely things which could fail and cause problems? ( buttons/ports)
Thanks.
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Hi, I own RAZR for about a week and I also came from X10. RAZR is superfast - the UI is so smooth and it gives you 60fps. The construction is amazing - X10 is so cheap in terms of construction in comparison to this phone.
Brilliant, cheap ports and buttons were my biggest worry, my usb died on me and I had a custom Rom installed so I had to wait for ages before I can send it off for repair. Hope I dont have the same problems this time.
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If u don't mind how much r u getting the Droid razr for
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So as the title says im having my upgrade this week and bending toward the amaze against the galaxy nexus one thing that keeps me off from buying its that caroussel 3d effect when you quickly switch screens!
I went in a store played around whit it and when i wanted to quickly scroll through the homescreens i got that effect its kinda irritating after long time :/ and another thing is the back of the phone its quite ugly :/ guys im really sorry to post this here and annoy you as i know there is 10000 threads about a dude jumping to the amaze 4g but none did really answer my question
Thanks !
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So as the title says im having my upgrade this week and bending toward the amaze against the galaxy nexus one thing that keeps me off from buying its that caroussel 3d effect when you quickly switch screens!
I went in a store played around whit it and when i wanted to quickly scroll through the homescreens i got that effect its kinda irritating after long time :/ and another thing is the back of the phone its quite ugly :/ guys im really sorry to post this here and annoy you as i know there is 10000 threads about a dude jumping to the amaze 4g but none did really answer my question
Thanks !
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You can always try a different launcher.
I think that for some custom roms (specifically xboarder56's) you can disable the 3D effects by a Tweaks app that comes pre-installed in the rom.
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You can always try a different launcher.
I think that for some custom roms (specifically xboarder56's) you can disable the 3D effects by a Tweaks app that comes pre-installed in the rom.
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i could use a custom launcher of course but i like the sense one :/ and not an expert whit rooting and flashing roms on other devices on my x10 it was extremly easy just install z4root and voila sucks that it isn't an option by default tho :/
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i could use a custom launcher of course but i like the sense one :/ and not an expert whit rooting and flashing roms on other devices on my x10 it was extremly easy just install z4root and voila sucks that it isn't an option by default tho :/
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This device is more complicated than that.
However once you unlock your bootloader it's fairly simple.
I know NRGs Energy ROM also has the tweaks to disable the carousel and 3D widgets if you want. I actually think it's XBoarder's tweaks app just borrowed.
Like binary said, it's rather simple to unlock and root, just very time consuming on this device compared to many others. Binary put together great step by step instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426179
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I know NRGs Energy ROM also has the tweaks to disable the carousel and 3D widgets if you want. I actually think it's XBoarder's tweaks app just borrowed.
Like binary said, it's rather simple to unlock and root, just very time consuming on this device compared to many others. Binary put together great step by step instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426179
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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Everyone has a different opinion on battery life. I typically get anywhere from 16 to 28 hours of battery life depending on amount of use. Got the same on stock ROM with brightness turned all the way down.
If you like Aosp go with galaxy nexus. There is no telling when we will get Aosp Ics. If you prefer Sense though definitely go with the amaze. Its a great phone hardware wise! The real big difference is the software and camera. If the camera is a big thing for you maybe the amaze is the way to go. Its a much better camera.
Great phone, there are only two issues that my phone has:
+The capacitive lights bleed onto the main screen.
+The flash for the camera bleeds into the lens.
Besides that everything works perfectly!
Concerning battery: for me if my phone stays on standby it will last for days, but if i use it heavily it'll give me a good day's use out of it.
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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as far as battery life goes, mine usually lasts a day (at least 20 hrs), so in that respect i think it's pretty good especially since my old mt4g struggled to get even that lol
I would say save your upgrade for the next new phone.
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I would say save your upgrade for the next new phone.
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ya actually that sounds like really good advise especially seeing that the htc ville is just around the corner, might as well get that
its like the amaze but thinner/lighter not to mention ics and sense 4.0, so basically better lol
Thanks alot guys ! Well im quite desperate to change my old x10 lol will get the amaze !
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I was also torn between these two phones myself. I decided to settle with the Amaze due to the mediocre camera on the galaxy nexus, and also the lack of expandable memory (they seriously seemed to have pulled an Apple with this). The nexus does have the 720p screen (pentile though), but the Amaze offers the perfect blend of screen size and resolution. It seems like we do have a few hardworking devs, so it’s a matter of time before more jump ship to Amaze with more ROMs available.
One of the reasons I went with the Amaze was due to the back of the phone. I actually think hardware wise it is one of the nicest phones out there.
Like others mentioned, battery life just depends how you use it. I get between 8-14 hours depending on my day. That is quite a few 20 minute or so phone calls, texting a good amount, web browsing, g-talk quite a bit and a little BT streaming of music and movies. Streaming of the music and movies will really suck it down quick though. I know someone else who has a black Amaze and.gets 5 hours, but he is always downloading movies and streaming music.
It really is a great phone and it does have a good camera, just have to have decent lighting for a good picture.
Might run into a couple small issues like light bleeding into the screen from the soft keys lighting up. There are a couple apps out there to shut them off. I believe the G-Nex suffers from the same exact thing. That and the flash bleeding when taking a pic. I personally have yet to have that happen though. Seems common enough though.
Good luck! There are some good peeps on this board and especially in the Amaze section.
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One of the reasons I went with the Amaze was due to the back of the phone. I actually think hardware wise it is one of the nicest phones out there.
Like others mentioned, battery life just depends how you use it. I get between 8-14 hours depending on my day. That is quite a few 20 minute or so phone calls, texting a good amount, web browsing, g-talk quite a bit and a little BT streaming of music and movies. Streaming of the music and movies will really suck it down quick though. I know someone else who has a black Amaze and.gets 5 hours, but he is always downloading movies and streaming music.
It really is a great phone and it does have a good camera, just have to have decent lighting for a good picture.
Might run into a couple small issues like light bleeding into the screen from the soft keys lighting up. There are a couple apps out there to shut them off. I believe the G-Nex suffers from the same exact thing. That and the flash bleeding when taking a pic. I personally have yet to have that happen though. Seems common enough though.
Good luck! There are some good peeps on this board and especially in the Amaze section.
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Thanks guys ! I really want to get this device but can you tell me just a little bit more about the flash bleed ? I can't wait to get this and join and flash custom roms but looks so hard to get this thing rooted and is this phone easy to hard brick i really want my phone to last because if i brick it im kinda dead :/
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Thanks guys ! I really want to get this device but can you tell me just a little bit more about the flash bleed ? I can't wait to get this and join and flash custom roms but looks so hard to get this thing rooted and is this phone easy to hard brick i really want my phone to last because if i brick it im kinda dead :/
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There's a thread somewhere on here about it, but the gist of it is that the dual flash isn't confined/separated enough from the lens so sometimes you get some light bleed on the bottom (or however you hold your phone while taking a pic).
Supposedly you can fix it with a tiny piece of electrical tape, it basically mimics the effect of putting the dual flash in a housing unit (like the sensation has). I haven't noticed it enough yet to do that, but it does bug me that HTC produced this phone without fixing that...haha
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There's a thread somewhere on here about it, but the gist of it is that the dual flash isn't confined/separated enough from the lens so sometimes you get some light bleed on the bottom (or however you hold your phone while taking a pic).
Supposedly you can fix it with a tiny piece of electrical tape, it basically mimics the effect of putting the dual flash in a housing unit (like the sensation has). I haven't noticed it enough yet to do that, but it does bug me that HTC produced this phone without fixing that...haha
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Meh small issues no device is perfect can't wait anymore i like alot aosp and the galaxy nexus but ita battery fails and so does the camera so no thanks to that
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Gey guys ive got a couple of wuestions because i really want to have this tablet.Is the wifi signal good now? Because there were problems with bad signal.If anyone could i would like to know how the signal compares to other devices.Does the display work good in HD mode? And are there any other big problems with this device? I want to buy a device to 300 $ and i want a really good display.Do you guys recommend any other tablets? Thanks
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