Tomorrow I'm getting my Evo 3D GSM - which is an upgrade from my HTC HD2.
What should I see to be different (besides the obvious 3D). Will I get better battery life? My HD2 is currently getting around 4-5 hours of life, idle, and using 2-5ma an hour.
What roms do you recommend? Does ICS support 3D (besides camera)? Are there any roms like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482664 that have 3D support? And does LeeDroid have 3D support? I don't want 3D for all the time, but just to show friends.
Are there any good tweaks that are out there for the Evo 3D? Any recommended accessories?
Thanks,
Snowled.
Battery is fine if you aren't a super heavy user. No ICS roms have a functioning camera at the moment, and AOSP roms do not support 3D in any way.
Leedroid fully supports all functions as it is based on official HTC firmware, and is imo the best gingerbread rom on the device.
If you want to squeeze the most out of your battery I would recommend using Anryl 10.07 kernel and setting a low conservative clock speed for screen off, and an interactive clock speed for screen on via SetCPU.
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I got mine for one month and i love it. I am from a Nexus One wich was heavily customize, flashed, bricked, unbricked, bootlooped, unbootlooped, etc etc...
Yesterday i unlocked it from HTC, flash the amazing 4ext touch recovery, but as my hboot is 00018 i'm still S ON but i am currently on leedroids rom and its great !
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Battery is fine if you aren't a super heavy user. No ICS roms have a functioning camera at the moment, and AOSP roms do not support 3D in any way.
Leedroid fully supports all functions as it is based on official HTC firmware, and is imo the best gingerbread rom on the device.
If you want to squeeze the most out of your battery I would recommend using Anryl 10.07 kernel and setting a low conservative clock speed for screen off, and an interactive clock speed for screen on via SetCPU.
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Thanks! Does ICS Sense (3.5 or 4) have 3D (besides camera)?
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Thanks! Does ICS Sense (3.5 or 4) have 3D (besides camera)?
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Well the ICS Sense versions are actually 3.6 and 4.0 . But to answer your question no, they do not support 3D at all as they are mainly based on the Sensation (3.6) and One S (4.0) official firmwares, neither of which have any 3D libs or support whatsoever. Until an official EVO 3D ICS firmware comes out, there will be no perfectly working (eg. missing 3D, camera, bluetooth, USB mounting etc.) ROM for ICS.
Definitely invest in an extended battery. I got me a 3500 mah and love not being too dependant on an outlet throughout the day.
Well because off the 3D it takes longer until we get full function ports that also have the 3D.
An spare battery could come in handy. I think its a very good phone, only HTC One S and HTC One X are in mine eyes better then HTC Evo 3D and both don't have the 3D.
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... My HD2 is currently getting around 4-5 hours of life, idle, and using 2-5ma an hour.
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Sounds like you need to get a new battery for the phone, if it's sitting idle and only getting 4 to 5 hours.
My recommendation... Don't buy it... It's a year old, and you'll wish you held out just a couple more months for a "One Series" phone.
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My recommendation... Don't buy it... It's a year old, and you'll wish you held out just a couple more months for a "One Series" phone.
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U must be DUMB
First, the Evo is in no way one year old ... First time available at the end of juny in USA only !! More than two months to go only for Sprint Version ...
Second, why to hold out for One Series ? Costs more than 300€ up than Evo and what can it do better than Evo ? Right, nothing ... No microSD, no changeable battery, too big, expensive, ...
Great - you get a bit more sharpness and quad core thats not even lagfree ?! 599€ lol
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My recommendation... Don't buy it... It's a year old, and you'll wish you held out just a couple more months for a "One Series" phone.
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Hardly, it has a natural 1.51ghz dual core aka the same as the One S and USA version of the One X, and 1gb ram which is 256mb MORE than the One S and the same as the One X. Not to mention it doesn't have that disgusting pentile style display and has fully removable external storage and battery. The One X's only saving grace is its screen resolution. Sense 4.0 is a non issue as it will undoubtedly be ported with full functions when the official RUU of EVO 3D ICS is released.
The EVO 3D is still a very strong phone and at the current prices it would be madness not to get one.
Oh and it has 3D .
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My recommendation... Don't buy it... It's a year old, and you'll wish you held out just a couple more months for a "One Series" phone.
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If the price difference between the HTC Evo 3D and HTC One X wasnt so big I would also recommend that.
But its really worth buying it, I bought it for € 289 and now its in MediaMarkt germany again € 269, so price dropped € 20.
Anyway that is less then € 300 for an really good Android phone, its even better then the HTC Sensation XE which is overhyped because off beats audio.
In mine country you will pay about € 320 for it orso, its still cheap, an HTC One S, which is better then Evo 3D would cost € 479, but has some cons.
Honestly? It's not a bad phone. I had an LG Optimus 2X until a few days ago (I was running them side by side for a month-ish), and the optimus had pretty much everything better (IMO!), except half the memory and smaller resolution screen. I would say the reception is slightly better on the EVO 3D. I would say technically the O2X was the better phone, although I do think it would REALLY benefit from having more memory.
I don't really care about the 3D at all, but the number of accessories and just I preferred using the EVO 3D made me sell the O2X. I don't actually like sense however, although it's easy to use.
Also.. 'friend steam' kills your battery, I wouldn't use it lol.
Bottomline, the Evo is still a good purchase for the price (as long as it's not still high). If the newer phones are anything like the price of the Evo 3d, then then 3d isn't worth getting and you may as well get something new like the HTC One X.
I really think the other guys recommendation NOT to buy the Evo 3D is completely missing the cheap cost of the Evo 3D (for most people). If you are getting it on contract it might not be worth getting, so do your sum's first
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HTC One S, which is better then Evo 3D would cost € 479, but has some cons.
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Less RAM, horrible pentile display, non removable battery & memory. Hardly "better".
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Sounds like you need to get a new battery for the phone, if it's sitting idle and only getting 4 to 5 hours.
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I bought another battery and it had the same problem. It would only charge to about 50-70% over a full night (12 hours or so), so I would need to wait 2 days to use my phone again. It had this bug with NAND cLk Android & normal WP6.
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My recommendation... Don't buy it... It's a year old, and you'll wish you held out just a couple more months for a "One Series" phone.
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I would have gotten a One Series but I don't earn as much as I would like to, so I bought a phone that seemed that would run good yet be in my budget
Anyway, thanks guys for replying, I can't wait to get mine today
Don't buy it
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i came from my hd2 about a month ago. got it cheap 229 from asda. Never thought i would get rid of my hd2 but this phone is a big improvement. the battery life is better. more importantly everything just works.
I was a flashaholic on the hd2 but not touched this phone which says alot about it imo.
I think you will be fine.
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i came from my hd2 about a month ago. got it cheap 229 from asda. Never thought i would get rid of my hd2 but this phone is a big improvement. the battery life is better. more importantly everything just works.
I was a flashaholic on the hd2 but not touched this phone which says alot about it imo.
I think you will be fine.
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I haven't felt the need to flash it yet, but then I've only had it a short while. BTW.. asda also.. £207 ;-)
BTW.. i'm stunned no one had your username so far!
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Tomorrow I'm getting my Evo 3D GSM - which is an upgrade from my HTC HD2.
What should I see to be different (besides the obvious 3D). Will I get better battery life? My HD2 is currently getting around 4-5 hours of life, idle, and using 2-5ma an hour.
What roms do you recommend? Does ICS support 3D (besides camera)? Are there any roms like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482664 that have 3D support? And does LeeDroid have 3D support? I don't want 3D for all the time, but just to show friends.
Are there any good tweaks that are out there for the Evo 3D? Any recommended accessories?
Thanks,
Snowled.
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Go on amazon.com and get the wall charger with 2 batteries. It's well worth it. Under $20 and very nice to never have to plug ur phone in. Yeah u gotta rip the back off and switch them all the time but this thing starts up so fast compared to my og EVO it doesn't even matter. U will like the phone. These new evos not having replaceable batteries has got to be a bad thing. I dont know how it will ever get rooted if u can't get urself out of s bootloop lol. I haven't rooted my 3d yet cuz I don't really like the methods out right now and with it getting ics I probably won't even bother.
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As a fairly new Evo3D user I can say it's a great phone and I see no reason not to get it. I upgraded from a Samsung Moment and have been impressed with the power of my new Evo3D, which is a beast compared to the Moment. The only thing I don't like about the EVO3D is that it doesn't have a physical slide keyboard built-in; I loved that feature of the Moment and am still getting used to using the inefficient on-screen touch keyboard.
As for ROMs, I first flashed the Fresh v4.2.0 because it is basically a better version of Stock. Fresh runs excellent on this phone and battery is good. Now for the past few days I am testing MeanROM v3.4 with Chad's Anthrax kernels, and still trying to get it working right. If I can't make an Anthrax kernel work well I'll probably go back to the kernel that came with Fresh as I had absolutely no problems with it.
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I am eligible to upgrade my phone and I will just like to know if I should upgrade to the Evo 3d or stay with my Evo 4G.I know is a dumb question but I just want to know what you guys think.thanks
What will you use it for? If just phone calls and or flashing roms...then no...evo been around for awhile and works good. If you need to flash you have tons of customs roms. The evo still holds itself well among phones. But, it you want a kick ass phone that is now not really mod able but will be soon...or desire faster, better and IMO opinion...a really good phone..then yes. I bought the phone for cash...I did not have a upgrade coming until november...when I bought..I knew there was no flash able roms yet..and was not really usable with titanium or root explorer...now that is not the case but I really miss flashing. I have no regrets..the 3d feature is a nice feature..and battery life on this phone is much better than my OG evo. Currently loving the better screen also.
Better screen, faster processor, more RAM, better everything. Once the bootloader is unlocked this phone will explode with ROMs. If you are eligible and have the money, there should be no question.
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Go play with one, if it excites you buy it. Never buy anything that doesn't excite you.
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I'm Going To Agree With Everything Said Already, But Add One More Thing. Look At The 3D Aspect As An ADD-ON. I Think The Reason The Review's For This Phone Are Lower Than Expected Is Because The Reviewers Thought That 3D Was All The Phone Had To Offer.
This Phone Is A Lot More Than Just 3D, And When We Get S-Off, This Phone Will Be The Best.
There is a lot that I don't like about this phone but i still have a problem getting rid of it. If it were me I'd hold off till more bugs vet worked out and the hardware becomes better. I'm on my 3rd 3d and each one has had different problems. The current one has screen lock up.
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Ive had 3 3Ds as well (one I exchanged for another) I did have a problem with one but the other 2 work perfectly. I think the 3D is a truly awesome phone in every way including the 3D part of it. The only thing I dont like is that the screen isnt as wide as the 4G. I know its cause the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the resolution is higher but I miss it. I still would trade it for a 3D in a second.
It depends on what your looking for and how long you want to wait. Personally I love the 3vo. But Sprint is getting some other high end phones (photon, within aka gsII, possibly a nexus in November...) and your og EVO will easily last till those phones come out. I couldn't wait any longer cuz I love the latest and greatest so I got the 3vo
stay with the evo 4g wait for a better phone to come out I hate my 3d data speeds suck I when back to my evo 4g and data is great again
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It depends on what your looking for and how long you want to wait. Personally I love the 3vo. But Sprint is getting some other high end phones (photon, within aka gsII, possibly a nexus in November...) and your og EVO will easily last till those phones come out. I couldn't wait any longer cuz I love the latest and greatest so I got the 3vo
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Seriously..wait for a crappy motorola(which is bootloader locked, and never will be unlocked) or a even more crappy samsung product..get real he asked about EVOs..And to the OP..def get the 3d..dude above said it perfect..3d is an addon..the phone is a beast spec wise!!
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Seriously..wait for a crappy motorola(which is bootloader locked, and never will be unlocked) or a even more crappy samsung product..get real he asked about EVOs..And to the OP..def get the 3d..dude above said it perfect..3d is an addon..the phone is a beast spec wise!!
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Just because you don't personally like Motorola or Samsung doesn't mean they aren't good products... I like HTC best but other manufacturers do have advantages in certain aspects. And he never specifics about just evos. Although I did re read his post and it doesnt ask about upgrading later. All I'm saying is theres no need to flame I was just trying to be helpful like everyone else here.
Coming from an EVO myself I like this one a lot, I miss the kickstannd but I do like it that is a bit longer and less wide easier to hold on the hand, we don't have roms but they are some themes a lot good ones too so you don't need to depend on HTC for them zone23 came from the EVO as well, teamwin, I haven't seen any other developers tho, battery life is better RAM helps a lot duel core is nice but i don't think is use completely with OS and we're pretty sure we getting ice cream update, HTC sense if you like it on the EVO you will love it here , sure myn, ava and xxxvirusxxx and other developers has done a great job with synergy but having out the box works amazing , I sold my EVO with extras for 160$ ( broken digitizer ) and I pay like 56$ with tac more and I'm happy not missing root to much cause there is a lot cuztomization on the stock sense hope the helps
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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I think the 3vo is a better overall phone. Honestly I was able to sell the EVO stock for $250 so I actually made money off the upgrade. But the 3vo is in my opinion faster and a better phone. If you can deal with not being able to root it yet, which for some is a dealbreaker then its a no brainer in my opinion
3VO has a higher resolution and much faster processor. Right now you can Oc'd to 1.8 if you want too. It's amazing. And you still have the customization of adw ex. I came from EVO og and was flashing roms all the time. This just works so fast and well out of the box. The speed and resolution are what's really keeping me with the 3VO. I don't think I can do a lower res like gs2 ever again.
Hey guys, it's weird venturing to this section of XDA
I've had my EVO 4G since launch, it's still going strong with me as of today, and I gotta say I adore it. The XDA scene for EVO 4G is just amazing, currently using Synergy + Godmode.
But anyways, the 3D has been tempting me this summer and I have a few questions.
1. A customer came into my work with a 3D EVO, and he told me that Sprint gives you $150 credit if you trade it in with the EVO 4G, is this still true? I heard RADIOSHACK does the same thing but only a $100 discount, while I saw in some thread that the shack gave some guy a $175 credit for exchanging his phone.
2. Those of you who have the phone for a while, how's the battery life now? I get about 30-40 hours with moderate usage with the same stock battery that it came with the phone. Started out as only 10 with the 4G :X
3. I see that people have figured out to unlock the bootloader, now that ROM's are starting to be made, do you think the big EVO 4G rom dev's will contribute to making the 3VO as successful?
4. I know the phone has a dual core snapdragon cpu, so how does this compare to the EVO 4G? Are you guys generally happy with performance or do you wish it could be snappier for a dual core machine?
5. What's the camera quality of those 5 MP cameras? 3D, when it comes to the 3D do you guys like to use it often, or is it just a gimmick like the 3DS? Would you say that the performance of the phone is well worth it over the 3D stuffs?
6. Lastly, do you guys enjoy your phone? Especially the ones who switched from the original 4G.
Thank you for your time!
Too many questions for me to answer all of them properly
However, I love the phone, check out the dev section we already have tons of ROMS and its only a week since we got s-off.
Oh yes, I personally don't dig 3d, however some people seem to like it.
I am far from a professional photographer, but the pics look great to me.
Hope this helps!
If it does feel free to hit the thanks button
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It's just a better Evo 4G. Nuff said.
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Hey guys, it's weird venturing to this section of XDA
I've had my EVO 4G since launch, it's still going strong with me as of today, and I gotta say I adore it. The XDA scene for EVO 4G is just amazing, currently using Synergy + Godmode.
But anyways, the 3D has been tempting me this summer and I have a few questions.
1. A customer came into my work with a 3D EVO, and he told me that Sprint gives you $150 credit if you trade it in with the EVO 4G, is this still true? I heard RADIOSHACK does the same thing but only a $100 discount, while I saw in some thread that the shack gave some guy a $175 credit for exchanging his phone.
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I believe Sprint is still doing this, but yeah, they basically give you a $150 credit on your bill for your phone. That's what I did to get my E3D.
2. Those of you who have the phone for a while, how's the battery life now? I get about 30-40 hours with moderate usage with the same stock battery that it came with the phone. Started out as only 10 with the 4G :X
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Battery life stock is pretty good, surprisingly. HTC really did a good job with power management consider the dual core processor. On my ROM, I regularly get over 20 hours of moderate use. If you're on the stock EVO 4G battery and you're getting 40 hours, I know you can't be using your phone heavily.
3. I see that people have figured out to unlock the bootloader, now that ROM's are starting to be made, do you think the big EVO 4G rom dev's will contribute to making the 3VO as successful?
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Yes, absolutely. Some of the big names are already in here and there are a TON of ROMs already.
4. I know the phone has a dual core snapdragon cpu, so how does this compare to the EVO 4G? Are you guys generally happy with performance or do you wish it could be snappier for a dual core machine?
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Performance is fantastic and once you tweak it, it gets even better.
5. What's the camera quality of those 5 MP cameras? 3D, when it comes to the 3D do you guys like to use it often, or is it just a gimmick like the 3DS? Would you say that the performance of the phone is well worth it over the 3D stuffs?
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Yeah, it's kind of a cool bragging feature like "Hey, look what my phone does!" but I don't use it too often. Picture quality is very good, IMO. It's anot a DSLR, but for a phone, it's pretty good.
6. Lastly, do you guys enjoy your phone? Especially the ones who switched from the original 4G.
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Of course I do
As far as buybacks, I don't know. Battery life is excellent, camera IMO better. Look st all the Roms
Out so far and its been only a week since it was unlocked!!!!!! Performance is night and day compared to the original. This is one badass phone. Period. I have no regrets. I did not even mention the 3d part!
I think the buy back is now 125.00. The third party store I went to told me 125
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Hi all,
I have won an iphone 4 16gb from a lottery and i think i'll get it in second half of january. As you imagine i'll sell it and buy a high end android device. I absolutely want to buy evo 3d because of its ram but here someone offers me sensation. In Turkey, evo 3d is about $100-150 cheaper than sensation. I know evo has more ram than the other. So it should be faster because they have the same cpu and gpu... But why is this cheaper and why does somebody say it isn't really that fast? Please help me to persuade myself to get an evo
By the way, goodbye desire z
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I don't know who told you the Evo 3D "isn't really that fast" but...
1.2ghz dual-core cpu stock (mine is OC'ed to 1.5ghz) Snapdragon S3
1gb RAM
And the Adreno 220 GPU
Although those are just specs that anyone can look up, they're on par with almost every other highend smartphone out there right now. I'm running an experimental ICS rom and it's smooth as ****. It's not even in the final stages yet, so that says something.
It's cheaper because it didn't sell as anticipated.
I've gotten 4500 quads and linpack scores topping 108+ so yeah not that fast.
Wtf.
No its fast as hell and will do some serious multitasking with a gig of ram. Most evo 3ds can handle an overclock up to 1.782ghz the fact alone that the factory1.2ghz clock speed is actually detuned from the factory specs of 1.5ghz so technically "overclocking" to 1.5 is pretty damn near not overclocking.
I would say go for the 3d if you want the better phone.
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With Root and OC cpu I get around 95-105 mflops on cpu and if I really crank it up around 3300+ on quad standard scores. It is super fast
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It's cheaper because it didn't sell as anticipated.
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Thank you all to reply but i wonder why it didn't sell too much? It seems evo 3d has better sprecifications than sensation...
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And because gsm phones sale more then cdma
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The sensation is much more thin than the 3d
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The sensation is much more thin than the 3d
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Is this a reason to buy a sensation?
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Is this a reason to buy a sensation?
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Works for apple.
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Sensation has a much better camera, and is thinner. But the extra ram does make the 3d feel much faster. Atleast when I played with them both I didn't think the sensation felt any faster than my epic 4g, but I noticed quite a difference when I used the 3d. Both stock of course when I played with them. If you need a really clear camera then its the sensation you need. Other than that the 3d is the way I went because I have sprint, and because it seamed so much quicker.
Evo 3D taking it to Redline V2!
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Sensation has a much better camera, and is thinner. But the extra ram does make the 3d feel much faster. Atleast when I played with them both I didn't think the sensation felt any faster than my epic 4g, but I noticed quite a difference when I used the 3d. Both stock of course when I played with them. If you need a really clear camera then its the sensation you need. Other than that the 3d is the way I went because I have sprint, and because it seamed so much quicker.
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I can't remember when i used camera of my desire z last. So it is not problem if a device has only a vga camera. But i want to play games smoothly as it can be. Yesterday i visited a technology market a had a chance to try evo 3d. Unfortunately i couldn't find a wifi network so couldn't install any 3d game to play... Everything was ok with its stock rom but i want to have a red back side although they have yellow back side
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Having both of these phones myself, I have to say that at this moment in time the sensation has better rom's which give better performance than the EVO3D, which is a shame because i always thought the evo would spank the sensation, and on paper it does, but the user experience so far with the evo has been disappointing on the evo when compared to the sensation, i don't do benchmarks because quite frankly it doesn't mean ****, the user experience is everything and from what i've seen the evo has a little bit of catching up to do.
I've still got 11 days to return my evo and get either a galaxy nexus or an XL, I'm a fan of HTC Sense so i am dragging my heels on switching devices, i just hope the dev's can pull out the roms which the guys doing the sensation have.
I'm running Insert Coin at the moment, probably the fastest sense rom on the sensation, alas it doesn't seem to cut the mustard on the EVO, my DHD is smoother than this with only one core.
I've unlocked both cores and i'm using the anthrax kernel v2.
If you want to know what i mean, then just swipe the carousel around and right at the end you will see jitters and stuttering, the sensation doesn't do this, if the evo was as smooth as the sensation is then it would be a no brainer, but at the moment it's just not the case.
Oh and for anyone about to say putting a senseless rom on their evo is smooth, well yea it is, but i didn't buy the evo to live without sense, i could have got a galaxy nexus for that.
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Having both of these phones myself, I have to say that at this moment in time the sensation has better rom's which give better performance than the EVO3D, which is a shame because i always thought the evo would spank the sensation, and on paper it does, but the user experience so far with the evo has been disappointing on the evo when compared to the sensation, i don't do benchmarks because quite frankly it doesn't mean ****, the user experience is everything and from what i've seen the evo has a little bit of catching up to do.
I've still got 11 days to return my evo and get either a galaxy nexus or an XL, I'm a fan of HTC Sense so i am dragging my heels on switching devices, i just hope the dev's can pull out the roms which the guys doing the sensation have.
I'm running Insert Coin at the moment, probably the fastest sense rom on the sensation, alas it doesn't seem to cut the mustard on the EVO, my DHD is smoother than this with only one core.
I've unlocked both cores and i'm using the anthrax kernel v2.
If you want to know what i mean, then just swipe the carousel around and right at the end you will see jitters and stuttering, the sensation doesn't do this, if the evo was as smooth as the sensation is then it would be a no brainer, but at the moment it's just not the case.
Oh and for anyone about to say putting a senseless rom on their evo is smooth, well yea it is, but i didn't buy the evo to live without sense, i could have got a galaxy nexus for that.
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You made me confused, thank you
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You made me confused, thank you
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In short, the EVO is a better phone, however if you plan to flash a rom, which i think you will, then at the moment the sensation is ahead, but that will probably change.
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In short, the EVO is a better phone, however if you plan to flash a rom, which i think you will, then at the moment the sensation is ahead, but that will probably change.
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I think I will buy an evo 3d...
Hardware wise, Evo3D trumps Sensation. It's just how it was marketed.
During that time, this section was flooded with assholes who were arguing newer phones like the sgs and other non-related phones with superior specifications and ROM support that it kind of killed it's tractions here (not excluding the babies who kept killing dev support here because of there constant demands for things they had no right to push since they weren't helping with the code).
On the outside, it was the best at release, but the competitors were selling their latest phones that weren't even available, and the end results was that people waited for them.
So now you see them trying to get rid of there stock in preparation for the next big thing. I still love my phone. I came from the Hero and knew what specs I was looking for. If we could get ICS running on that little machine, my horizon for this phone was, and still is, grand. It's capabilities will last me well into the next phase of phones until I'm forced to get a new one that will accommodate the new change in cellular frequencies.
the Evo 3d would be great coming from the DHD, IMO,
I just got my 3d a coupole months ago, upgraded from the original EVO 4G, I could have gotten any phone, or even waited for some of the new ones im sure sprint will release in the next 3ish months, and I am completely satisified, I find my phone to be rediculously fast, It takes whatever i throw at it with ease, especially when I have anthrax kernels.
And I feel like once the 3D officially gets ICS, things are just going to get faster and smoother..
I'm getting a new phone soon. And this one is actually cheap and has dual core + 3D <3!
But I want your opinion if I should buy it. Why should I buy it, why I shouldn't buy it. Good custom roms. Ics, rooting and all that stuff..
Thanks for your time!
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best android device i have owned, personally. if you can get your hands on one, do it and don't think twice.
it has great hardware, and with the release of ICS, that hardware is being utilized and optimized to it's maximum potential.
Great specs
OK screen
3D is a gimmick
If you like tinkering with your phones the 3d is definitely one to consider, if you can get it for a cheap price. ICS leaks have dropped, so the roms are mostly fully functional. S-OFF methods have been found for various HBOOTS so doing the above should be quite easy. All in all, get it.
What's not to like about 3D selfies
Nah seriously though, hardware is still powerful enough for everything you throw at it. The 3D is fun for a day, then I pretty much haven't touched it since, although watching 3D movies is still on my to do list. With the official leaks of ICS out the development has been going crazy and there are some truly excellent roms on offer, mdeejays and mwakious being my favourites so far.
If you can get it for a decent price then why haven't you bought it already is kinda what I'm saying
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The phone is great and the custom Rom developers are top notch. I enjoy the 3d capabilities for the occasional picture.
The only reason I might pause at purchasing is it uses WiMAX which is not being rolled out anymore.
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Good news for me..!
I'm getting the phone on maybe this weekend or on next weekend!
I'm looking forward to you guys! <3 (no homo)
fantastic phone.... not expensive
For choosing the HTC EVO 3D as ur next phone! Love this phone have had it since a week it came out...let me tell u...BEST PHONE I've ever owened ...my next on the list is the galaxy s3 ...leaving HTC
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Best deal out there in term of cost-value...
The new ice leaks are breathing new life into this phone. If I could afford it, I would trade up, but as of now I am more than content with it OG EVO is less in the hard ware but man, I miss that phone, too lol
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If you talk about HTC, great build quality & UI are certainties. Evo 3D, what can I say? the most cheapest device having 1GB RAM and moreover it has 3D cam & screen. its dualcore & GPU aren't as impressive as exynos' or tegra's, but how often will you need that powerful resource?
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If you talk about HTC, great build quality & UI are certainties. Evo 3D, what can I say? the most cheapest device having 1GB RAM and moreover it has 3D cam & screen. its dualcore & GPU aren't as impressive as exynos' or tegra's, but how often will you need that powerful resource?
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First i wanted a Sensation XE, but in chosen the Evo 3D, same hardware and 3D as a bonus, no regrets so... il love my phone !
I'm in the same boat looking to get the rebranded version for Virgin.
One question I have is how is streaming video on Netflix, hulu, mlbtv, and even video that requires flash player? I like streaming sports from first row sports and I'm really hoping this phone can handle that.
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Got the 3D myself because of the CPU and other hardware specs. As others have said the 3D itself is a gimick, I dont think I've used it more than twice since I got the phone over a year ago. My only complaint about the phone is the touch screen is a little over sensitive. You can activate things just by barely brushing the screen by the slightest ammount. It takes some getting used to but other than that the phone is awsome. Also, just an fyi since it took me a long time to confirm this the evo3d does indeed have Gen-1 gorilla glass.
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First i wanted a Sensation XE, but in chosen the Evo 3D, same hardware and 3D as a bonus, no regrets so... il love my phone !
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+ more RAM too.
1GB instead of 768MB
this phone is perfect for me...unless some gamechanging software and abilities show up i don't think i'll be upgrading for another phone this november (maybe tablet =P )
Phone is great, especially rooted with a custom Rom. It runs anything I throw at it easily. You will not be disappointed.
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No one mentioned the hassle of HBOOT 1.5. Read up on it carefully. Once you get past it, there is plenty of love for this phone to make it last a good while.
cheap and good mobile phone
saboxerman said:
No one mentioned the hassle of HBOOT 1.5. Read up on it carefully. Once you get past it, there is plenty of love for this phone to make it last a good while.
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You make a very good point. It litteraly took me 8 hours to root this phone (Including time to temp root, backup, crack hboot, install recovery, rom and restore) and thats after doing weeks of research and knowing exactly what I was doing every step of the way. My wifes Samsung Galaxy S2 took all of mabye 15 minutes. But as the above said, once your past that its gravy and I still like this phone better than my wifes S2.
I'VE had this phone since day 1 of its UK release, took a little while but development has been pretty constant and in my opinion this is by far the best phone on the market, since buying this phone I've also bought an iPhone 4s (just to stay uptodate with Ios development) and a Samsung galaxy s2 and a galaxy s3, and without a shadow of a doubt, the EVO 3d (taking EVERYTHING into account) is far superior and far more durable than anything out there
Just saying.........
If you don't got a 3vo, your ain't got a 3vo, simples
Rant over.....ha ha ha
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If you don't got a 3vo, your ain't got a 3vo, simple/QUOTE]
Has been my favorite phone in a while I love this phone but I have the ghost finger
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I love my 3D, but it's not the most superior phone out there... Let's be realistic here.
I've had my 3VO about 6 months (i can't remember exactly how long....but around 6 i think). Bought it when ASDA had the deal for £250 (cheap )
Took it out the box, flashed Virus' rom and adored it even more. Went to LeeDroid, was blown away and now i'm on Mwakious' ICS and it's just perfect.
Awesome little phone, i love it
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I love my 3D, but it's not the most superior phone out there... Let's be realistic here.
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I think your forgetting this phone is 3d, and I'm booting 9 roms successfully and I've scored 8225 in antutu, and my phones supports 64gb mem card with full 24hz beats audio
Now name a device that comes close to doing all of that ? I had an s3 (most powerful and feature filled) but that doesn't come close to the EVO 3d in my opinion
High end phones are very powerful, but the power of this, I can do everything or just about everything I need it to. A more powerful phone isn't a need.
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Hi Gav..... Witch rom gave you the super high score... Plz...
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philmidd said:
Hi Gav..... Witch rom gave you the super high score... Plz...
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It was mwakious 12.3 with cool-z evoG 2.2 kernel, oc to 1.83 x2, amd ov 1.83 at 1350500mv, and v6 supercharger
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Hi Gav..... Witch rom gave you the super high score... Plz...
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I would like to now too! My stock rom ICS gives me pretty low score in benchmarks (Quadrant), a little more then my desire running CM7. Besides from that my battery is turning bad.. fortunate that i have mobile charger with me, and I believe this problem is not exclusive for this model.
What I do like is that even though I have dropped the phone without a case on the ground multiple times, but not a scratch or dent in the case nor the screen! All buttons still work and camera is stills sharp! (My desire has a non functioning volume button and a scratched glass that is in front of the camera).
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I love my 3D, but it's not the most superior phone out there... Let's be realistic here.
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I'm waiting for a quad core to come out. Then I'll update. In the meantime, this phone still has much more power under the hood than most out there.
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I would like to now too! My stock rom ICS gives me pretty low score in benchmarks (Quadrant), a little more then my desire running CM7. Besides from that my battery is turning bad.. fortunate that i have mobile charger with me, and I believe this problem is not exclusive for this model.
What I do like is that even though I have dropped the phone without a case on the ground multiple times, but not a scratch or dent in the case nor the screen! All buttons still work and camera is stills sharp! (My desire has a non functioning volume button and a scratched glass that is in front of the camera).
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It was mwakious 12.3 with cool-z evoG 2.2 kernel, oc to 1.83 x2, amd ov 1.83 at 1350500mv, and v6 supercharger
my phone is battered, my extended battery case has cracks and chips all over it, and the metal framing around the phone is bent away from the phone, ive had it 13 months and must have dropped it a hundred times, but its still got plenty of life left in the old dog yet, i dropped it on a drain, right on the grids, the very first day i got it, before id even got it home, or switched it on, very lucky, but id chipped it and scratched away the black paintwork around the corners, so there was no point taking extra care with it since then lol
Yeah, this phone is really cool compare to my past devices.. I've had Galaxy 9003 and Xperia R800i. Both of it tends to so hot. the durability of the casing is better...
Now, with custom ROM + smartstay apps, I think this evo is better than SGS3 , Considering 3D features that We had
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For its gen of phones, the E3D is easily my favorite. Probably a little bias since it was what brought me over from the dark side, the company with a fruit logo. The 3D is fun, even if I don't use it a whole bunch. That said, hopefully HTC makes another 3D phone. I'd like to hold off for the next one.
The insides have held up well, but I've had faulty backplates. Apparently there was an issue with the first run of US phones where the glue was faulty in a few spots. HTC replaced them for free with little hassle though.
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Oh come on. Okay, let's be realistic:
What would you realistically need a more powerful phone for? If you're dead-serious about n64-emulation, then I'll give you that. Apart from that literally everything from games to complex apps runs buttery smooth and with jb-roms becoming better and better, this will only improve.
Of course, if you're a die-hard gamer, there may be a market for those fancy quadcore-phones sometime soon, but apart from that, those new devices are only released to keep manufacturers afloat because they NEED to sell x amount of new phones every year, no matter what the software side actually needs to run.
The hardware side is WAY ahead of the software development and it's been like that for quite some time.
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Oh come on. Okay, let's be realistic:
What would you realistically need a more powerful phone for? If you're dead-serious about n64-emulation, then I'll give you that. Apart from that literally everything from games to complex apps runs buttery smooth and with jb-roms becoming better and better, this will only improve.
Of course, if you're a die-hard gamer, there may be a market for those fancy quadcore-phones sometime soon, but apart from that, those new devices are only released to keep manufacturers afloat because they NEED to sell x amount of new phones every year, no matter what the software side actually needs to run.
The hardware side is WAY ahead of the software development and it's been like that for quite some time.
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i think youll find video editing is the most cpu n gpu intensive, i edit a lot of video on my phonee, thanks to androvid pro, also flashing a rom in bootmanager from a rom with a higher oc, the process is faster,
and yeah like you say, in jb, its generally faster than ics anyway
13 months here too. Phone was doing fine, but had some nicks and scratches, but started to get the phantom touch issue. Bought an empty housing here for $45, swapped in the mother board, and now it looks and feels like a new phone. I am extremely happy with it, and will not use my free upgrade on anything right now until something more exciting comes out. The SG3 is the best Sprint phone right now, but not that exciting.
As cool as mobile glasses free 3D is, HTC has stated that this phone sold horribly, but not in the exact words. They already stated that they won't be supporting 3D because of that.
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Aside from the infamous battery life drains this phone is still bad ass compared to most phones today. I used to own an iPhone 3 back a couple years ago but really there ios had not really changed all that much now with ios 5 or 6 or whatever is current. Mind you it was great but I love my evo 3d even more. This baby is enhanced to the very limits it will allow with everything tweaked out. I can play most n64 games smooth as hell. PlayStation even better. I wouldn't even think about trading out my evo until they come out with a quad-core evo.