What to upgrade to? Need some experienced dev advice - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK so next month I'm eligible for an upgrade from at&t and I'm wondering what is the best phone to root is. I've look at the specs and I'm leaning towards the note but want some advice on rooting capabilities on Samsung. I've only rooted my HTC inspire but I would imagine that Samsung is better but I don't know.
Thanks in advance.
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its REALLY easy. U download and install some drivers, and then use superoneclick. Then use a program called odin to flash a custom recovery called clockworkmod. Then u pretty much know the rest, as I think its the same for ur current phone. we have stickies that explain it I'm detail

You should wait for the SGS3. It will be a pretty nice device. And will probably come with ICS out of box.
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djluis48 said:
You should wait for the SGS3. It will be a pretty nice device. And will probably come with ICS out of box.
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Ok I've started to look into the SGS3 and is this thing really coming out in may? It seems too good to be true that my contract is up for renewal the same month that the most anticipated phone is released. My luck isn't that good.
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djluis48 said:
You should wait for the SGS3. It will be a pretty nice device. And will probably come with ICS out of box.
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To be fair if it looks like any of the leaked photos are showing it will be one fugly mobile. I'm due for an upgrade myself and hanging between SG3 and One X but just from aesthetic point of view I will probably go for HTC.

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[Q] Galaxy Nexus....get it or wait for ICS on the MoPho

Just wondering should I get the Galaxy Nexus which is really nice especially running ICS but I really love my MoPho ...what do you guys think? Should I wait for ICS on my MoPho or get the GN ?
Phone looks awesome but it wont drop until november. And its probably a vzw exclusive for the time being. They didnt comment much on carriers at the release.
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There is no freaking way in hell I would do business with Verizon ever again, so that's an easy choice for me.
e-motion said:
There is no freaking way in hell I would do business with Verizon ever again, so that's an easy choice for me.
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This. And as far as trying to build out the brand, it was a poor move to put this into the hands of Verizon the same day the Razr was announced. It sucks because of the fact that data is moving into the cloud, access $80 per 5 piece. I'll never go back to Verizon and the MoPho is a device I can stick with for awhile because the communications and GPS functioning on the device is great.
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dreDrennon1 said:
Just wondering should I get the Galaxy Nexus which is really nice especially running ICS but I really love my MoPho ...what do you guys think? Should I wait for ICS on my MoPho or get the GN ?
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No right or wrong answer. If you want to go with Verizon in a month or 2, certainly they will make it easy to do so.
Why are you asking us?
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No right or wrong answer. If you want to go with Verizon in a month or 2, certainly they will make it easy to do so.
Why are you asking us?
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Ummm, probably because he wants some opinions and thoughts to help with his decision!!
im hearing a lot of speculation of sprint getting it mid q1 next year (just in time to announce their first LTE sites) at which point i will be selling my gf's soul to get one
(dont worry she doesnt actually have a soul.. )
I love everything about the Galaxy Nexus and am really tempted to upgrade. But two things threw me off:
- exclusive to Verizon. What the heck. What happened to the promise to be open and not stick to one carrier? That was just last year when they released the Nexus S!
- Likely to be CDMA only. As a student from Hong Kong that goes back every half year, I need my GSM connectivity on my Photon.
Now that Google bought Motorola, I have high hopes that they will bring ICS to Photon.
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I love everything about the Galaxy Nexus and am really tempted to upgrade. But two things threw me off:
- exclusive to Verizon. What the heck. What happened to the promise to be open and not stick to one carrier? That was just last year when they released the Nexus S!
- Likely to be CDMA only. As a student from Hong Kong that goes back every half year, I need my GSM connectivity on my Photon.
Now that Google bought Motorola, I have high hopes that they will bring ICS to Photon.
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the international version is gsm and carrier unlocked, just the same as the previous nexus. if you are on tmo or att that version will work fine
verizon exclusive is only until sprint gets lte set up. sprint just bought a CRAPLOAD of iphones and is subsidzing them at a horrible cost to themselves. once they have the capital and lte networks up i expect to see a sprint version
*cries* Yeah and I wish they hadn't done so now they are so cash strapped it'll be a while before we see improvements around here? :/
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verizon exclusive is only until sprint gets lte set up. sprint just bought a CRAPLOAD of iphones and is subsidzing them at a horrible cost to themselves. once they have the capital and lte networks up i expect to see a sprint version
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It will most likely come to the photon one way or another so I'm going to patiently wait. By the time there will be any talk of ICS on our photons we'll be dabbling in sweet sweet CM7.
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No right or wrong answer. If you want to go with Verizon in a month or 2, certainly they will make it easy to do so.
Why are you asking us?
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I was asking everyone for their opinions just to get some idea of what I should do...I would wait for sprint to get the device because I used to work for Verizon and they are full of **** over there but I am not sure about the devices as a whole...things have been moving really slow over here and I give much thanks and props to the guys that have been developing over here but I am used to flashing at will without all of the problems with 4g wifi etc...I get bored easily so I am already looking for my next device but when I can flash at will it keeps my current device fresh and new for me and I don't get bored with it as fast....if I can get ICS in the next couple of Weeks thru a leak our something I will be good until upgrade time I guess
Motorola is probably working on it but a release of ics won't be until march April maybe.. It won't come overnight but in time...
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Though ICS is looking dam good on Galaxy Nexus keep in mind that Samsung is not good with updates.So,if there is any bug in initial release only God can help you.
For example Samsung Infuse released with froyo and Samsung almost forgot about this phone.
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im hearing a lot of speculation of sprint getting it mid q1 next year (just in time to announce their first LTE sites) at which point i will be selling my gf's soul to get one
(dont worry she doesnt actually have a soul.. )
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FUNNY!
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Never!
Is a Samsung!
Is in Verizon!
Too many problems to start with!
rohit3192 said:
Though ICS is looking dam good on Galaxy Nexus keep in mind that Samsung is not good with updates.So,if there is any bug in initial release only God can help you.
For example Samsung Infuse released with froyo and Samsung almost forgot about this phone.
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If its pure Google like all other Nexus phones then Samsung will not control the updates it will be Google, that means updates before any other device.
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ianford10 said:
If its pure Google like all other Nexus phones then Samsung will not control the updates it will be Google, that means updates before any other device.
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That is when is a android updates, but when is hardware updates, radio, screen, battery, touch inputs and a lot more problmes, those come from samsung and they are slowwww. I had nexus s and that why I know.
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That is when is a android updates, but when is hardware updates, radio, screen, battery, touch inputs and a lot more problmes, those come from samsung and they are slowwww. I had nexus s and that why I know.
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Ah, good point
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dmora01 said:
Never!
Is a Samsung!
Is in Verizon!
Too many problems to start with!
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Samsung g s2 is a Sammy with no problems, not all sammys are the same
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Questions before purchasing

1. Is the Rezound worth $275 with some minor cosmetic nicks?
2. Is it completely rootable, s-off, unlockable, and SuperCID?
3. Is the development for the device satisfactory?
1. Off contract, probably worth it.
2. Rootable and unlockable. No s-off, yet. S/B coming soon though.
3. Developers have done an excellent job so far. Still waiting for kernel source and an official OTA for ICS.
thanks, man.
Is this the best android phone on verizon not named galaxy nexus?
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thanks, man.
Is this the best android phone on verizon not named galaxy nexus?
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For sure. I nothing else even comes close in my opinion.
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In my opinion, yes, but I am an HTC fan.
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In my opinion, yes, but I am an HTC fan.
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So am I.
Thanks for the input, gents.
I really enjoy using mine and would recomend this phone to snyone and there are many good ics roms out there and alot of devs hard at work but i bought mine for 350 off contract but had box and all in perfect condition
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enserio said:
thanks, man.
Is this the best android phone on verizon not named galaxy nexus?
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In the development world, yes. Moto locks their **** down tight.
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thanks, man.
Is this the best android phone on verizon not named galaxy nexus?
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Yes, yes it is. And IMHO its the best including any other names you care to type.
I pay 350 without contract for mine, a new one
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I'm a former Motorola fan, and I have to say-definitely. The screen finally doesn't use PenTile. Even the GNexus uses Pentile. It ruins your smartphone screen. Plus this device being HTC, it doesn't have the Motorola charging bug where the screeen jumps around. That bug has been in all Moto phones since the OG Droid-poor shielding or something. It's very snappy and has good dev support as well.

new phone next friday

well the time has come. ill be getting a new phone friday, can't make up my mind between s3 and the q, I like both but can't decide, so I figure open a thread get some opinions from my buddies on here.....I'm on the fence big, please drop a line or two with your opinion, links, whatever advice you might have to offer.....figure this might help others who can't decide as well....thanks
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I plan on getting a new phone in about 2 weeks also and the Q is not even a thought. I don't really like Samsung but I'll be getting the S3.
I recommend you stay with the Photon and not get a new one. My reasons are selfish though, because I don't want you to leave us as a dev!
Honestly though, my girlfriend has the S3 and it's amazing. I don't like how fragile it feels in comparison to the Photon, but I watched her drop it on concrete yesterday and it surprised me. It landed in the top left corner and the screen didn't shatter. It just has a couple dings and scrapes on the sides.
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I'm thinking about the S3 but I'm going to wait till the Photon Q's development starts going
So im waiting
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spleef said:
well the time has come. ill be getting a new phone friday, can't make up my mind between s3 and the q, I like both but can't decide, so I figure open a thread get some opinions from my buddies on here.....I'm on the fence big, please drop a line or two with your opinion, links, whatever advice you might have to offer.....figure this might help others who can't decide as well....thanks
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First, let me say, I loved your work on the photon 4g. Now that's out of the way. ***k the s3. I have a Q. In my opinion samsung needs some originality. Go to the store and play with them both, bigger isn't always better.
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spleef said:
well the time has come. ill be getting a new phone friday, can't make up my mind between s3 and the q, I like both but can't decide, so I figure open a thread get some opinions from my buddies on here.....I'm on the fence big, please drop a line or two with your opinion, links, whatever advice you might have to offer.....figure this might help others who can't decide as well....thanks
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IMO, get the S3:
1- As far as I know is the fastest phone out there
2- Samsung has added some nice software features
3- It's about to get official JB
4- The development community is growing up day by day
5- You will support Samsung in some way after the crappy outcome of the Samsung vs Apple trial D:
Thanks for all your work spleef..we've really enjoyed having you as one of our amazing devs!
Wait for the lg eclipse quad core, 2 gigs of ram, 13 megapixel camera, and a display that rivals the retina display from apple oh and 2100mah battery stock.
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S3... only because US Celullar doesn't have the Q
The Q has kernel source thanks to moto and root thanks to shabby I want you to get one of those that way I know I have at least one ROM to trust lol
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S3 all the way. My mother in-laws has one.got to play with it for awhile.It's a sick phone. Hopefully my next one. No more Motorola for me
kind of feel the same way wanting to get away from motorola, but damn they make good phones....lol that lg sounds sick but I've never been much of a lg fan....usually I've only bought htc until this photon being my first motorola, but several of my friends have motorola and they are beastly.....leaning towards the q I like the keyboard phones, and the fact it is unlockable by motorola seems promising...idk...still on the fence got a few more days still
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inimitableac said:
The Q has kernel source thanks to moto and root thanks to shabby I want you to get one of those that way I know I have at least one ROM to trust lol
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stop lying about me! people will get the idea i know what im doing
That lg is the lg eclipse 4g lteit is a god of phone spec.
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Or you can hope that the rumors about sprint getting the galaxy note 2 are true they just released the specs and omg! But anyway.. if it does come out for sprint it will be in October.. if I had an upgrade I would wait 2 months for it
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tsdeaton said:
Or you can hope that the rumors about sprint getting the galaxy note 2 are true they just released the specs and omg! But anyway.. if it does come out for sprint it will be in October.. if I had an upgrade I would wait 2 months for it
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kinda like them getting the samsung galaxy journal back when that image leaked?
shabbypenguin said:
kinda like them getting the samsung galaxy journal back when that image leaked?
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Lol yea. I'm ready for a quad core device! And call me crazy but I want to dual boot jellybean and wp8. I'm obviously a android fan but the new windows phone 8 looks promising
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Lol yea. I'm ready for a quad core device! And call me crazy but I want to dual boot jellybean and wp8. I'm obviously a android fan but the new windows phone 8 looks promising
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the note 2 will face the same changes the sgs3 did, there is no current quad core chipsets that support LTE, the newest and greatest one to do so is the MSM8960 aka the qualcomm snapdragon S4 tahts inside the one x lineup, sgs3 lineup, and many many other phones this year
Come to the light.
S3 so far has been a great phone.
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Samsung's radios are garbage. I had the Epic, have since given it to my ex-wife, and after a year, the single sucked, on all fronts. the cell signal sucked, the wifi signal sucked, and even the bluetooth was flakey. The Photon (and I got mine used, so it's probably a year old now) is 10 times better in those respects. The only thing the Sammy has that bests Moto is the Super AMOLED screen.

Optimus G is going back

Hi, after 5 day's of using the Lg Optimus G its in the box and going back to At&t.
Its a fast beautiful phone, but I can't live without ROM's. Wish all of you good luck guy's.
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samomamo said:
Hi, after 5 day's of using the Lg Optimus G its in the box and going back to At&t.
Its a fast beautiful phone, but I can't live without ROM's. Wish all of you good luck guy's.
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I don't know if you are paying attention to the development forum but they have clockwork tethered n on the device and they are actively working on an unlock n r very close.
Development is not everything !
NEVER buy a phone for what it 'might' do in the future. Buy it for what it can do now.
If custom roms are important to you, don't get this phone right now. Get an S3 or One X.
If a really good oem experience is OK for you, and root is good enough, then look no further! I think this is an awesome phone.
But until proven otherwise, assume that the bootloader will never be unlocked. It might be, but if that is critical to you, then you should be buying a phone that can do that today.
Each to their own.
Jason
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JasonJoel said:
If custom roms are important to you, don't get this phone right now. Get an S3 or One X.
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Why buy those when the N4 is for sale as I type this note. You will not only get the custom ROM's but the quickest update to the latest releases of Andriod.
dbgeek said:
Why buy those when the N4 is for sale as I type this note. You will not only get the custom ROM's but the quickest update to the latest releases of Andriod.
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If only N4 had LTE, then I would jump right on that. In the meantime I'm looking forward to getting my OG, and keeping my fingers crossed for the devs to work their magic. Anyone else feel the same?
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they are actively working on an unlock n r very close.
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Where did you see this?
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dbgeek said:
Why buy those when the N4 is for sale as I type this note. You will not only get the custom ROM's but the quickest update to the latest releases of Andriod.
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Lte.
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Lte.
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And expandable storage
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This phone is an animal. And even now, the test units for the N4 have been updated with the build that will be on the shipped units and in benchmarks and real world testing it doesn't hold a candle to this phone. That of course poses a couple of questions like why is vanilla android not as fast or faster than the build on the optimus g if the hardware is so similar? And why buy the n4 for faster access to updates if those updates don't bring it up to the same performance level as the Optimus G?
Wireless charging is the only feature I wish we had and hey, I can live without that. So IMO this phone is superior and will be even more so if/when the developers here work there magic and get passes the locked bootloader. So I would suggest sticking around.
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And expandable storage
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While I agree that LTE and expandable storage are important, if lack of sufficient progress towards boot loader unlock, in 5 days, would drive you to return the device, for one that will get customer ROMs, getting an S3 which from what I read is about to lose it's dev support due to Samsung policies (devs are tired of doing inefficient, cumbersome work arounds that shouldn't be necessary) isn't a good option, even if you got LTE everywhere you went and could expand storage to 2 TB. The One x has it's drawbacks too.
Even stock unrooted, this thing is a monster in terms of what I'm seeing it do. I may still trade it in for the One X+ at the end of this week, but if I don't I certainly can't find fault with it yet. If I can survive a Droid Bionic with utter lack of Dev support (for good reasons, obviously), the LG OG will be a snap!
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Even stock unrooted, this thing is a monster in terms of what I'm seeing it do. I may still trade it in for the One X+ at the end of this week, but if I don't I certainly can't find fault with it yet. If I can survive a Droid Bionic with utter lack of Dev support (for good reasons, obviously), the LG OG will be a snap!
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I'm thinking about return the OG also, and possibly getting the One X+ (if it's battery life is decent) or the Nexus 4 (and giving up LTE, not sure though).
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This phone is an animal. And even now, the test units for the N4 have been updated with the build that will be on the shipped units and in benchmarks and real world testing it doesn't hold a candle to this phone. That of course poses a couple of questions like why is vanilla android not as fast or faster than the build on the optimus g if the hardware is so similar? And why buy the n4 for faster access to updates if those updates don't bring it up to the same performance level as the Optimus G?
Wireless charging is the only feature I wish we had and hey, I can live without that. So IMO this phone is superior and will be even more so if/when the developers here work there magic and get passes the locked bootloader. So I would suggest sticking around.
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Also even a stock upgrade to jellybean will give us a large performance boost... I am happy enough with root for now, there is no phone that compares to this one.
Imo with just 8/16 gb storage options , no matter what power it houses n4 is pretty useless ! A couple of hd games and few songs Will fill it up and then how am i supposed to take advantage of those a15 quads !
Yeah, 64gb sd cards win
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I really wish the HTC One X+ had 2GB of RAM, mainly because of the uncertainty of needing 2GB for the next version of Android OS.
Mine may be going back and I just got it today. Mine doesn't want to recognize the SIM
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I really wish the HTC One X+ had 2GB of RAM, mainly because of the uncertainty of needing 2GB for the next version of Android OS.
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The other thing you aren't understanding is the Tegra 3 only supports single channel memory, so that one gig is much slower than our 2gb of dual channel memory.
I think he should send it back. Some else would appreciate this wondrous phone.
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Help convince me....

....to go from a DNA to a Note 2 and now possibly back to a DNA. I know certain users around here might drop their jaws by looking at this post based on my posting history, but I'm considering it.
I must confess, I'm a phone whore. I get bored pretty easily and always like to try new phones, etc. I had a S3 before my original DNA purchase and then I returned that for a Note 2. But now I'm kind of bored with the Note 2. I think since I had the S3 before it, I'm kind of bored with Touchwiz.
There is a guy from my local Craigslist who is willing to do a trade of the phones and he will throw $50 on top. My phone and his are both in mint condition with all of the original accessories, etc. What do you guys think of the deal?
Also, before I consider it any further, I have a few questions:
1. He said the new OTA is installed and it's not rooted. From the quick reading here, there currently isn't a root method for the new OTA. Will there be any time soon?
2. I've seen both sides of this, but will Sense 5 be a realistic possibility? Whether official or unofficial, it doesn't matter to me.
3. Do any of the current custom ROM's make the home screen scrolling any faster? This is one of the biggest ones for me. I just didn't like the slow animations while scrolling the home screens. And please refrain from saying "just install Nova". I know that would help, but I'm talking about Sense.
I need to make a decision by tomorrow, so any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Convince me! LOL.
Thanks!
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1. He said the new OTA is installed and it's not rooted. From the quick reading here, there currently isn't a root method for the new OTA. Will there be any time soon?
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You are correct in the fact that you are currently unable to root it. And no one knows when a new root method will come out. It could be tomorrow, it could be next month, it could be never.
WizeGuyDezignz said:
2. I've seen both sides of this, but will Sense 5 be a realistic possibility? Whether official or unofficial, it doesn't matter to me.
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Unofficially, of course. Officially, its likely, but not certain. Someone, nits iirc, said it's been built and in the hands of verizon already. So that's good news.
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3. Do any of the current custom ROM's make the home screen scrolling any faster? This is one of the biggest ones for me. I just didn't like the slow animations while scrolling the home screens. And please refrain from saying "just install Nova". I know that would help, but I'm talking about Sense.
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No. And I'm pretty sure it's not easy to do that. And to be honest if it really bothers you that much just install a 3rd party launcher.
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Go buy a Motorola phone.... it will make you appreciate either one of them:silly:
I know, not helpful..... well, with the OTA installed on it, he should throw $100 on it because that just made it so that you're stuck for now. If he puts in $100, go for it hahah
I switched from the Note 2 to the DNA and could not be happier. There has never been a time I wished I still had the Note.
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I switched from the Note 2 to the DNA and could not be happier. There has never been a time I wished I still had the Note.
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What do you like better about the DNA over the Note 2? I know for sure that I will miss the battery life if I do this.
If you need convincing then just keep what you have. Just my opinion.
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If you need convincing then just keep what you have. Just my opinion.
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Why do you say that?
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I'm the same way I'm known as the guy with a new phone lol. I own the DNA which my gf has right now we switched and I want it back and only play with the note 2 where I work since I sell phones and I like it too just not a touchwize person bit would like to personally use cm10 or 10.1 the DNA and note 2 r set up right next to each other and the DNA gets brighter. I like both screens. Depends to me if u want a huge phone or a phablet
Also. If you are like me I'm around a charger quite often so battery doesn't bother me. The DNA did pretty well to last the day on decent use but my usage varies
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If it's unlocked then I would get it, if not I would pass.
I believe it will get Sense5.
As for roms making the home screen scrolling faster, idk since I use Nova, but Supercharged Hatka has a lot of speed tweaks.
If I were you I would wait for the S4 since you already tried the DNA and would be tempted to get the S4 when it comes out.
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What do you like better about the DNA over the Note 2? I know for sure that I will miss the battery life if I do this.
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I prefer the size, feel, appearance and screen type. I have not used an LCD in awhile but I really like it at this point.
The note 2 felt like I had a mini tablet in my pocket and this feels like a normal phone.
The grippy material HTC used for the back of the phone makes it very easy to hold in one hand and the shiny plastic on the Note 2 made it difficult.
The shiny appearance of the note 2 was very flashy and it did look enormous compared to most phones where the DNA comes across as a normal ish phone size.
While the battery life on the note 2 was better than the DNA, I've been getting an average of 15-20 hrs per charge with what I would describe as moderately heavy usage.
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Theres nothing better with the DNA. Screen is very subjective (LCD vs amoled). Size is also, depends on person( 1 handed use with note 2/no skinny jeans here) .
I believe with the newest its there is not a way to root/soff yet. And hopefully the devs will provide sense 5. From what I hear Verizon isn't the quickest at releasing updates but that's why we have xda.
Scrolling has gotten better if comparing to intial release.
Personally my gadget addiction needed to try something else. Im currently revisiting the dna for the moment and no real complaints.
My current issue is with development(many slightly tweaked stock roms). Waiting to see what happens after HTC one release.
Samsung devices out of the box are slightly better. You can see all the little things they added when switching to HTC.
Verizon needs to stop touching things. Everything they added is extremely annoying. I'm not extremely hype about sense 5, all I see is a rss reader. Its very clean looking though.
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I just want to echo the sentiment that the update makes scrolling home pages faster, at least in my hands, it feels faster.
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orangechoochoo said:
If it's unlocked then I would get it, if not I would pass.
I believe it will get Sense5.
As for roms making the home screen scrolling faster, idk since I use Nova, but Supercharged Hatka has a lot of speed tweaks.
If I were you I would wait for the S4 since you already tried the DNA and would be tempted to get the S4 when it comes out.
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What do you mean by unlocked? If you mean rooted and soff, it's not.
So the consensus is to not get this DNA?
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
What do you mean by unlocked? If you mean rooted and soff, it's not.
So the consensus is to not get this DNA?
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Assuming the trader is using the gsm unlock as a selling point. The device is s-on and has the ota that can't be rooted.
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Get that damn DNA bro. You will love it.
Install newt NOS Rom on it and njoy.
My DNA is flying with this Rom and cubed kernel. No more stuttering while scrolling through homescreen and contact list.
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amit_sen said:
Get that damn DNA bro. You will love it.
Install newt NOS Rom on it and njoy.
My DNA is flying with this Rom and cubed kernel. No more stuttering while scrolling through homescreen and contact list.
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Only problem is the new OTA is installed so I can't root lol.
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intruda119 said:
Assuming the trader is using the gsm unlock as a selling point. The device is s-on and has the ota that can't be rooted.
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I still don't understand gsm unlock. The phone has never been rooted and is on the latest OTA.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
I still don't understand gsm unlock. The phone has never been rooted and is on the latest OTA.
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The dna is gsm unlocked straight from Verizon. It means you can pop an at&t(or any other gsm carrier) sim in it and it will work. It has no relation to bootloader unlocking.
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I think he would like it unlocked so he can mod it if he wants to, and he probably will.
Be sure you're okay with sense because you'll be using stock wayyyy more than you are used to on other phones. That's the biggest thing you'll notice - while there is good dev support, its nothing compared to n2/gs3 support. You're options will be limited and hence, you'll be using sense (or sense based roms) a whole lot. I switched back for the same reason, touchwiz gets boring quick. I am 90% confident that we'll be getting sense 5.0 so that's good. It may not be for another 2-3 months though Others and yourself are correct in saying that until superCID gets worked out for 2.x.x updates, you (we) are SOL and stuck with stock until further implementation. Because of this, again, hope you're okay with stock

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