Newbee to this section and photon in general. My son has an epic touch 4g and is very much unhappy with dropped calls, texts that arrive hours later, things that pertain to the phones ability to make calls etc. I have heard that the photon is very good as a phone, maybe it has a stronger antenna or something? I myself have an evo 3d and it's not the greatest as far as phone calls either. To me all of these devices are pretty close spec wise (dual core, good graphics,etc) so i was thinking about trying to trade one of the phones for a photon. Do you think i would notice an improvement in call quality? If i do trade should i look for a phone that has not been updated past a certain point (for rooting purposes)? thank you for your time.
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Newbee to this section and photon in general. My son has an epic touch 4g and is very much unhappy with dropped calls, texts that arrive hours later, things that pertain to the phones ability to make calls etc. I have heard that the photon is very good as a phone, maybe it has a stronger antenna or something? I myself have an evo 3d and it's not the greatest as far as phone calls either. To me all of these devices are pretty close spec wise (dual core, good graphics,etc) so i was thinking about trying to trade one of the phones for a photon. Do you think i would notice an improvement in call quality? If i do trade should i look for a phone that has not been updated past a certain point (for rooting purposes)? thank you for your time.
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would definitely notice a difference, p photon been a great phone best I've ever owned....yeah try to get on thats on 2.3.4.... if your planning on unlocking, I think root can be done either way but if you want to unlock the bootloader need the older version, granted I have no idea if the newest photons on the shelves have been updated though so might be worrying for nothing, but best to play it safe ya know
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my father in law just upgraded to the photon and loves it. It came with 2.3.4 from Best Buy and I had no problems rooting and unlocking out last night.
The photon has been the best phone I've had also. Compared to my wife's Epic and some friends Evos it gets signal and doesn't drop calls like there's do.
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Coming from a plethora of samsung devices I am blown away by the signal quality and strength of this phone.
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Coming from a plethora of samsung devices I am blown away by the signal quality and strength of this phone.
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+1....Compared to E4G and ogEVO the Photon is miles above them for signal strength and overall "phone function" usage.
The photon definitely has a better radio than other phone I've seen. I have friends on sprint who will barely hold 1-2 bars of signal while my photon has a solid 4. I've never had a single dropped call and only had late texts one time, and a simple reboot fixed it.
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i agree to all. High quality radios in the Photon that will provide you with great communications. For smartdevices, its up there but not 1st. for a phone where communication is key, it is untouchable. you will be impressed by the call quality if you buy one.
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Newbee to this section and photon in general. My son has an epic touch 4g and is very much unhappy with dropped calls, texts that arrive hours later, things that pertain to the phones ability to make calls etc. I have heard that the photon is very good as a phone, maybe it has a stronger antenna or something? I myself have an evo 3d and it's not the greatest as far as phone calls either. To me all of these devices are pretty close spec wise (dual core, good graphics,etc) so i was thinking about trying to trade one of the phones for a photon. Do you think i would notice an improvement in call quality? If i do trade should i look for a phone that has not been updated past a certain point (for rooting purposes)? thank you for your time.
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Phone is Great if you roam on Verizon!!!"
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As a phone, it gets some weird popping sounds sometimes, like a short in the speaker. Makes me think the other person hung up.
There was an audio routing issue at launch that has since been fixed and not the MoPho is superior in many ways. CDMA is reliable so far as retaining calls, dropped calls are typically a network issue, that said the issues you've seen with other phones dropping calls are probably device specific and should be regarded as such. Unless you're talking about a device sounding "tinny" or garbled or echoes ect. call quality is usually network related.
Photon owns. Best phone I've ever had. Out of box, Modded, whatever. MoPho.
As a phone the Motorola Photon 4G is the best phone on Sprint. Motorola is known to make great wireless radios. You will get better signal with the Photon than any other phone on Sprint.
So if you're a person that actually counts on getting all your calls, text, and voicemails on time, currently the Photon is your best option on Sprint. I use to have the Epic Touch, great device in all aspects except for being a phone.
Sprint is the worst major carrier in the U.S. in my opinion. I've been with all 4 majors. The only thing good about Sprint is unlimited plans. Their prices aren't too far off other carries. You may save a few bucks but it's not major. Just good plans. I changed to Verizon. You pay more but I get signal everywhere and I'm a person that relies on phone calls.
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Long time Sprint user who has been anticipating the new Evo 3D. Well, I received it Wednesday evening via the Premier early release and love how smooth the interface is. WiFi is super fast. It is definitely a great experience utilizing the multimedia aspect of this phone. Spiderman was pretty cool, but haven't really played with 3D yet.
My first call the person on the other end said I sounded a tad hollow. Made a few other calls with no problem besides sounding hollow. I am in San Antonio and 95% of time have pretty good reception. Now in most areas when making calls, the reception goes in and out with the display on the phone corresponding by going dead then back on. Tech support had me perform a hard reset, update my profile with still no fix. They suggested to take to a Sprint repair center and I told them a new phone shouldn't be performing like this. I am pretty bummed as the other aspects of this phone are killer. Any ideas besides replacing with a new one?? Thanks everyone.
Hmm that's weird. I have no suggestions other than to take it to a sprint store. The first call i made, the person on the other end said i call quality was awesome.
Good luck
I'd almost say I'm seeing the same. I had the NS4G for 12 days, before today switching to the e3d. While the NS4g would have a low 1 bar, and terrible wifi, it would hold call quality. Today inside the house, the e3d all calls seem to fade in and out corresponding with bar, and dba. I'm hoping it is something that others are seeing and will be fixed.
Otherwise I guess I still have about 14 days to swap this one out.
No issues here. I talked to my 90 year old grandmother today beside the building generator(while it was running) with no issues. I could hear her fine and she could hear me fine.
lol apparently I roam in my house, according to sprint this area is completely covered, with 3g even.. and I get about 300kbps
about to be regretting paying my ETF
I'm having a similar issue. I used to get 5 bars in my home on my Evo 4G, I get 1 Bar on the 3D. I'm not sure why this is happening, my wife now has my 4G and is getting 5 bars sitting next to me. Maybe I got a bad radio or something.
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lol apparently I roam in my house, according to sprint this area is completely covered, with 3g even.. and I get about 300kbps
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If you switch back to your previous carrier your ETF would be credited back, if it's T-Mobile you should just get the Sensation 4G..
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Long time Sprint user who has been anticipating the new Evo 3D. Well, I received it Wednesday evening via the Premier early release and love how smooth the interface is. WiFi is super fast. It is definitely a great experience utilizing the multimedia aspect of this phone. Spiderman was pretty cool, but haven't really played with 3D yet.
My first call the person on the other end said I sounded a tad hollow. Made a few other calls with no problem besides sounding hollow. I am in San Antonio and 95% of time have pretty good reception. Now in most areas when making calls, the reception goes in and out with the display on the phone corresponding by going dead then back on. Tech support had me perform a hard reset, update my profile with still no fix. They suggested to take to a Sprint repair center and I told them a new phone shouldn't be performing like this. I am pretty bummed as the other aspects of this phone are killer. Any ideas besides replacing with a new one?? Thanks everyone.
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Did you ever get the phone replaced? My girlfriend's 3d is getting bad or no reception in places where her Hero worked fine. I'm wondering if I need to get it replaced too.
I , too, have bad reception on my EVO3D. My hero used to have good quality. I think it's a bad radio as well.
I took the OTA update. Call quality & reception has been terrific and thats feedback from fellow Sprint pals in addition to AT&T and Verizon users. I am in Columbia, SC where 4G does not exist yet.
Also noticed that my speaker (not speaker phone) volume is much louder after the OTA...
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I took the OTA update. Call quality & reception has been terrific and thats feedback from fellow Sprint pals in addition to AT&T and Verizon users. I am in Columbia, SC where 4G does not exist yet.
Also noticed that my speaker (not speaker phone) volume is much louder after the OTA...
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I also took the OTA. Louder speaker volume, no reception issues. I fluctuaute from 4-5 bars. Spouses is the same way.
The only issue that I have is the tunnel effect. People can hear me fine and I can hear them fine, it just sounds like they are far away. Loud, but far away
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Finally used the phone after owning it for 5 days. To me, it sounds fine. Of course, had 3 bars of 4G being in NYC.
Is anyone having trouble using the 3D as a phone? I'm finding that this phone drops calls WAY more often than my TouchPro2 did. Drops them in places where the TP2 sailed right through. And even when the call is well-connected, I find that I can't understand what people are saying to me over the phone, and they report the same thing about my conversation to them. I'm constantly saying "What? Could you repeat that, please?", and so are the people at the other end.
This is an amazing device for many things - Hotspot, Navigation, Music and Media, Games, etc. - but as a phone, it leaves a lot to be desired.
I haven't had any trouble with dropped calls, but I usually have good signal when I use it. I do think the sound quality sucks compare to the evo. I called XM radio on my 3D and I could barley understand what the guy was saying. Stupid offshore call center doesn't help of course but still call quality was better on my evo. My speaker almost sounds kinda blown but I put another 3D side by side mine it sounds exactly the same.
I have an old sanyo 7050 for my work phone, call quality on that runs circles around the evo.
Do a search and try some of the tweaks to get better reception. If that does not work exchange it.
I gave up on it and took it back to Sprint yesterday. It just kept dropping calls in weak signal areas, and even when calls were connected, intelligibility suffered in both directions. So I'm back to using my old Touch Pro 2, and everyone is telling me that the sound is much better. I'll miss all the cool features of the 3vo - it really is a great device in many ways - but at least now I can count on my phone to make phone calls.
Of course, I'm running Android on the TP2, so it's not as bad as it seems!
Now I just have to figure out what's the next great phone coming along on Sprint. Hopefully they'll come up with something new sometime later in the year.
I get the same amount if dropped calls as my EVO. Either your area has some signal issues or maybe you have a defective phone.
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I get the same amount if dropped calls as my EVO. Either your area has some signal issues or maybe you have a defective phone.
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You mean maybe I "had" a defective phone. Could be. Yes, my area definitely has signal issues, always has. Sprint has the best coverage in the area, but it's not that good. Still, the difference between my TP2 and the Evo3D is dramatic. The TP2 gets through the weak spots without losing the call (in most cases). The Evo3D just drops them. I never owned the older Evo - maybe it would have had trouble here, too. But quite a few people have said that the new Evo is not as good as the old one in this area.
Maybe the next HTC will be better. I hope so. I'm sure that the 3D will be fine for those who spend most of their time in strong signal areas. But I don't recommend it for those who are farther out from the city and/or suburbs.
Definitely sounds like it was an issue with your phone. I went from a TP2 to the 3D and haven't seen any real difference with the signal I'm pulling or my call quality. My wife tells me I sound the same, maybe better than before.
Yeah I'm having issues also. My signal isn't great at my house, but my evo usually was fine, did drop calls though. The 3d is killing me, its impossible to be on the phone for any duration. Only have a few days left, wanted to throw it last night, sucks i really like this phone, but may go back.
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Yeah I'm having issues also. My signal isn't great at my house, but my evo usually was fine, did drop calls though. The 3d is killing me, its impossible to be on the phone for any duration. Only have a few days left, wanted to throw it last night, sucks i really like this phone, but may go back.
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Just to close the loop on this discussion, after I returned the EVO3D, I waited for Sprint to come out with an Android phone that would have better call quality. On Saturday, I bought a new Motorola Photon 4G. It is an excellent Android phone, quite comparable to the 3D in most respects. Obviously, it doesn't have Sense (which some people seem to really like - personally, I'm indifferent to it). And it doesn't have the 3D gimmick (which I consider a blessing - the Photon has an 8mp camera instead!).
But most important, the call quality is excellent. It has a much better grasp of the signal than the 3D, it has yet to drop a call. And the voice quality is much better in both directions. This is what drew me to this phone - all the online reviews that I found were consistent in noting the very good call quality. Turns out they were right.
I'm sure most people here are delighted with the 3D, and I was as well - except for the call quality issues. If you live and work where there is a strong Sprint signal, you'll probably never have a bit of trouble. But for those who live farther out from the city, where the towers are farther apart, the new Photon4G is a very good choice. I'm really glad that I made the switch!
Either way, enjoy!
Mine dropped a bunch of calls too. I am now back to using a nexus s.
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Could just be a defective network and not the phone. Just saying.. LOL....
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I have not.dropped a call in years until.the 3vo. Just last week It dropped maybe 4 calls - thus the swap back to the Nexus.
I have excellent call quality with my evo3d.
I'm located in Hawaii, no dropped calls but call quality isn't that great compared to Evo4G. Hopefully it's something that's fixable!!!
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Could just be a defective network and not the phone. Just saying.. LOL....
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Perhaps so. But the new phone is on the same network, and it's not dropping any calls. For that matter, neither did my old TP2. I guess that's really my point - the 3D doesn't do nearly as well as other phones with lower signal levels. As long as you've got good signal, it works fine. Sprint coverage is better in some places than others, so YMMV. In any event, I'm not knocking the 3D - it's a great device. It just didn't work very well as a phone in my geography.
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Perhaps so. But the new phone is on the same network, and it's not dropping any calls. For that matter, neither did my old TP2. I guess that's really my point - the 3D doesn't do nearly as well as other phones with lower signal levels. As long as you've got good signal, it works fine. Sprint coverage is better in some places than others, so YMMV. In any event, I'm not knocking the 3D - it's a great device. It just didn't work very well as a phone in my geography.
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Hm my 3D gets better coverage in my house than my Hero or Evo did, and about the same as my epic4G did.
ill be honest. this thing blows when it comes to signal. maaybe a different radio may fix it. But I used to have sprin and the OG evo(switched for tmobile and came back for the 3d)..and the coverage was so so inside my apartment. the 3d doesnt work at all. People keep telling me they are calling me and **** and my phone doesnt ring. My brothers OG Evo works fine. I want to exchange it, but I dont think a new one is going to change anything. Call quality is also terrible even in good signal areas.
Im getting my phone replaced since my camera went bad, but my biggest concern on this phone would have to be call quality. I could barely understand the sprint rep when talking to me. If they don't fix the call quality on this phone, I will have to replace it. This is ridiculous, and my HTC Hero was amazing in call quality. HTC Hero and HTC EVO 3D ran on the same network, so it must be a phone issue.
I haven't had any issues with quality, but I guess u live in an area with strong service
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Just to close the loop on this discussion, after I returned the EVO3D, I waited for Sprint to come out with an Android phone that would have better call quality. On Saturday, I bought a new Motorola Photon 4G. It is an excellent Android phone, quite comparable to the 3D in most respects. Obviously, it doesn't have Sense (which some people seem to really like - personally, I'm indifferent to it). And it doesn't have the 3D gimmick (which I consider a blessing - the Photon has an 8mp camera instead!).
But most important, the call quality is excellent. It has a much better grasp of the signal than the 3D, it has yet to drop a call. And the voice quality is much better in both directions. This is what drew me to this phone - all the online reviews that I found were consistent in noting the very good call quality. Turns out they were right.
I'm sure most people here are delighted with the 3D, and I was as well - except for the call quality issues. If you live and work where there is a strong Sprint signal, you'll probably never have a bit of trouble. But for those who live farther out from the city, where the towers are farther apart, the new Photon4G is a very good choice. I'm really glad that I made the switch!
Either way, enjoy!
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I did the same thing, except my evo 3d had a major screen-freakout I couldn't fix. I also had sprint buy-back my otterbox and that money went towards the car-dock for the photon (which is freaking awesome btw). The Photon is actually a wonderful piece of hardware too. It's much lighter, so it "feels" cheap, but in all actuality it's comparable build quality. The Moto UI they have in it is a lot closer to vanilla android than HTC sense IMHO, but I'm flexible as far as that goes.
There are some features I'll miss about my 3vo, but frankly the 3d imaging made me nauseous, I didn't care for Sense, and the photon does seem to have better signal/call quality.
I'd put both devices in the same tier. Dual-core powerhouses that will provide plenty of use for a long time... but I'm kinda favoring the photon, which surprises me more than anything.
I got the Motorola Photon last week because it was only $99 dollars which is an amazing price for this amazing phone. I was going to get the LG Marquee because it was a 3G only device I believe and last time I got a droid from sprint they had the $10 dollar surcharge for premium data only for 4G capable device, regardless of the fact that there is no 4G in my area. Needless to say I read recently that Sprint is going to be shutting down or re-purposing their Wimax towers and moving to LTE, I think this is a great idea, but my question is, will my Photon be able to use LTE when it is available or will I have to get a new phone when they switch to LTE? Compared to Verizon, the data connection is a joke. Its very slow, luckily when Im at school they have wireless N wifi, and at home I have wifi. I would like to eventually not have to use wifi and be able to do stuff as simple as searching the market without having to wait 5-10 seconds for a page to come up. I used that 3G supercharger, and it is better then it was, but randomly drops the connection and goes to roaming now, that doesn't really matter though. Another comment I have on the Photon, is the phenomenal battery life. I didn't update my phone with the leaked software that was suppose to fix some battery issues, but I don't have any. I easily go 14 hours a day using it as an mp3 player, etc, and usually have around 60% battery power left then it takes like less then an hour to fully charge. Call quality and reception is about a million times better then my Samsung transform. Motorola has made me a believer in good phones. I'll never purchase another Samsung cell phone again, that's for sure. The only thing that could make this phone better would be LTE.
Welcome to the club. There's several threads on LTE, so check those out but there's no conclusive answer that I've seen. Battery life and reception are great with this phone so if you ever do have a problem, look for a rogue app.
Lol The club. I like that. Anywho I was looking around in the mophos build.prop file and it actually said some stuff about LTE, thats pretty cool. Maybe this phone is already prepared to switch to LTE in a future system update.
I think(read: I'm uncertain if)the Photon has the necessary 800mhz radio in it for sprints future rollouts(rev. a, rev. b, 1xAdvanced or whatever is gonna use it).
I'm actually trying to determine this as well, for certain, since this phone has amazing radios in it as far as the reception is concerned. I dont care too much about the LTE radio but I'd like to be able to use the revised 3G band. I've been thinking of getting the Photon and moving away from my Nexus S 4G only because of what I've heard about its ability to pull down a signal.
HSPA+ is the minimum foundation for LTE so if sprint layered their network the Photon would work fine because that is the Gsm Transceiver it has.
Thats what I was thinking! Sprint just needs to HTFU and cut out wimax and give us the better LTE network. Lol I bet all the new samsung phones will be **** out of luck though! That will be hilarious when the new GSII's are useless! Samsung blows
Hey all,
Im a sprint evo 4g owner, and am considering the razr maxx from verizon. Where I live here in maine, verizon has the best signal, and network reliability of all service providers.. or so I hear anyway...
On sprint, I roam prolly half the time, and anyone that has had sprint knows roaming speeds blow goat nads When I'm roaming and have full signal, I max out at 128kbps... Verizon guys I know out here get 1mbps +/- with 1-2 bars, add in the multiple dropped calls for seemingly no reason, and... I'm about done..
The evo has been a great phone, had it almost 2 years now, I rooted a lil over a year ago, and have pretty much got the full use out of it, considering its limitations from the network its on..
Guess what I wanna know from you guys is...
How is the network? Drop calls often for no reason? Data speeds pretty consistent?
How is verizons customer service? I've heard pretty horrible things about it, but never had any use myslef... I've found Sprint customer service to be great...
How is this phone in general? It has a huge battery so thats another plus... Even with my rooted evo running custom kernels/roms etc, the battery life leaves much desire... I see on verizons page that the maxx has up to 21.5 hrs talk time.. Thats about 3x what the evo was advertised for... Does it improve even more with custom roms/kernels?
Wifi hotspot and tethering.. I assume once I root, this will be easy enough, just like the evo?
Hdmi... does it work? Sprint shipped the evo with a useless hdmi out port... lol
Google voice... I will not be paying for text messaging, as I use gv for most texting now, does it play nice with the maxx? Also, how about sip calling? I have no signal at all at my house, so I use the wifi for gv, and sipgate, and just forward my calls to the gv #
I guess thats about it guys... I'm sure I'll think of more later, but I pretty much have my mind made up, unless some one points out that some of the thing I asked about simply wont work,,,
Thanks in advance
I actually just moved to a razr from Sprint last month. The speed difference is night and day. Customer service/support so far has been good. No complaints.
The network? 4g rocks. voice calls, never seem to drop. I have coverage in many places where I didn't before. Sound quality is about the same as sprint.
I have the razr, not maxx, so I can't speak to the size on it. I love the razr so far. HDMI out does work on the razr, so I'm assuming it does on the maxx as well. And yes, easy to root and do what you want to it
Motorola phones have the best signal strength of any phones, in addition to Verizon's network which is quite good.
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Thanks for the replies!
4g wont matter much for me, as there is no lte in maine yet... Sprint does have wimax in select few spots here, and last year when I first tries it out, I was getting speed test result of 13mbps down, and 8mbps up, In those same places I now get get results of 1mbps op/down (I assume there is more use now), pretty weak considering thats what a good 3g speed should be... and dont even get me started on 3g speeds, or consistency... I notice huge changes while im sitting in the same place...
I never had good luck with motorola phones in the past (tho its been about 7-8 years since I've owned 1) But I hear they have come a long way, and they do hold signal better, or at least show your actual signal better...
I guess... really, I already know the network is gonna be better... cant b any worse, thats for sure... I just wanna make sure I'll be able to use the phone for the things I really need it for... ie:
Google voice - Heard mixed reviews of it with this device, some say it works fine for texting, some say not at all... are the "not at all" ppl just stupid? lol
Same with sip calling - does verizon prohibit it on their network, or block me from downloading the needed apps from the market? I know there are ways around that, but I like the idea of simplicity, which is why we own smart phones in the st place
Rooting; from what ive read, is not terribly difficult, although maybe a bit more involved than rooting my evo, so not too worried about that...
WiFi hotspot - I have no intentions of paying the $30/mo verizon wants for this service, as I hardly use it, but I need it to work when I do use it, and hell... If I'm paying for 10gb/mo of data, I'll use it however the hell I want ... This just as simple as the evo? (usually this feature is cooked into rooted roms on the evo)
Also the battery life - The only reason I'm even considering this device is the 21.5 hrs talk time, and huge 3300mah battery... So is it that great?
I guess those are the major things, the rest is prolly gonna be mostly based on opinion.
I am using the groove IP app. It is in the market. Yah Google brought it back. It let's you use voip with your Google voice. Call quality isn't too bad.
Yes the battery life is amazing. I can get 8 hours with crazy insane use and 4g on or be a tad more conservative by sticking to 3g and get 10-12 hours heavy usage. With texting over 3g with an app and browsing with juice defender I made it to 30% in 17 hours.
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I am using the groove IP app. It is in the market. Yah Google brought it back. It let's you use voip with your Google voice. Call quality isn't too bad.
Yes the battery life is amazing. I can get 8 hours with crazy insane use and 4g on or be a tad more conservative by sticking to 3g and get 10-12 hours heavy usage. With texting over 3g with an app and browsing with juice defender I made it to 30% in 17 hours.
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Wow!! that is unreal!! Even with my evo rooted, and me limiting and monitoring apps, etc... I'm lucky to get 4-5 hrs of heavy usage!!
As for the voip... I am using voice+ from play store now... Used to use gv callfree, but that was removed a while ago... call quality isnt too bad, but there is at least a 1sec delay... this could just be not enough cpu or ram causing that tho...
IMHO... wait to switch. This phone has been top of the tier list so long, it's run is bound to end soon. I advise waiting for something better, it should only be a month tops. even if if the GSIII isn't your cup of tea.
A quick look at coverage charts shows just how INSANELY more coverage you could get with verizon over sprint.
Like you, in my area Verizon has the best coverage and even amongst the verizon phones I've had (including a V3m Razr, EnVtouch and my current Razr Maxx) the Maxx is HANDS DOWN the best at reception night and day over the touch (which was one of the better reception wise), my envtouch wouldn't work till the very top of one hill on my drive to/from work and my Maxx works at the bottom of that hill in the valley several hundred feet lower (300-500 approx) and is intermittent in the valley itself, but NONE of the phones I've seen have had ANY service in that valley, and we don't even have 4G here yet.
I literally am amazed with all the places were this phone works, even at work where we have a small desktop cell repeater (single room style) my maxx works from atleast 50% further away from the repeater then my envtouch did.
It's a bit batter hungery but this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ndroid&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd is great for VOIP using your google voice number.
Wifi Tether is great for rooted phones to share the connection and works right out of the box without having to configure ANYTHING.
And if you download matt's DroidRAZRutility rooting is a BREEZE, literally hook up phone set it into USB debugging mode and click the choice for rooting, phone will reboot twice (IIRC) and about 5 minutes from when you started it, its done.
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IMHO... wait to switch. This phone has been top of the tier list so long, it's run is bound to end soon. I advise waiting for something better, it should only be a month tops. even if if the GSIII isn't your cup of tea.
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Ya... no samsung products for me... I had the moment from sprint... WOW... what a p.o.s. lol Then they moved me to the Cant remember what it was called, but it wasnt much better.
The other thing is... I really dont wanna wait... I dont see naything all that much better coming fro a while.. Maybe a droid whatever 1.5ghz dual core, but I dont see that being a whole lot better than a 1.2...
Idk... Anyone else think I should wait?
Dont see any great things coming from sprint any time soon, they got their heads stuck up their arses with the i-crap...
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A quick look at coverage charts shows just how INSANELY more coverage you could get with verizon over sprint.
Like you, in my area Verizon has the best coverage and even amongst the verizon phones I've had (including a V3m Razr, EnVtouch and my current Razr Maxx) the Maxx is HANDS DOWN the best at reception night and day over the touch (which was one of the better reception wise), my envtouch wouldn't work till the very top of one hill on my drive to/from work and my Maxx works at the bottom of that hill in the valley several hundred feet lower (300-500 approx) and is intermittent in the valley itself, but NONE of the phones I've seen have had ANY service in that valley, and we don't even have 4G here yet.
I literally am amazed with all the places were this phone works, even at work where we have a small desktop cell repeater (single room style) my maxx works from atleast 50% further away from the repeater then my envtouch did.
It's a bit batter hungery but this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ndroid&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd is great for VOIP using your google voice number.
Wifi Tether is great for rooted phones to share the connection and works right out of the box without having to configure ANYTHING.
And if you download matt's DroidRAZRutility rooting is a BREEZE, literally hook up phone set it into USB debugging mode and click the choice for rooting, phone will reboot twice (IIRC) and about 5 minutes from when you started it, its done.
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Exactly what I was hoping to hear! I dont need the next best thing... I just want something that works where/when I need it to, and having 3g everywhere I only have 1x now, is gonna be huge for me... It opens a whole new sales region for me....
I won't go to any other carrier until they offer unlimited data or at least reasonably priced tiered plans. I love paying $110 a month for unlimited for my wife and myself. It would be over $180 on Verizon.
I made the switch from the evo 3D to the RAZR and I'm one happy guy! Service here in northern Virginia is excellent compared to sprint,as well as 4g data speeds that top out at 20 something Mbs!!! No dropped calls,nothing so far! Call quality is crisp and clear. Now onto the phone....this is actually my first Motorola phone after the original RAZR ha! Build and quality wise its real good and durable,the only downside is (coming from a line of HTC phones) boot loaders are a complete ***** lol. Other than that,everything is A1 for me. I pay around $80 per month,I have the 420 or something min plan+6gb data plan + my men's wear house discount lol. Anything else you need to know,feel free to ask! This RAZR forum is one of the few that doesn't have as much trolls,haters,*****yness and empowering individual false personalities like the other forums had In short.....make the switch,you will not regret it!
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ali87va said:
I made the switch from the evo 3D to the RAZR and I'm one happy guy! Service here in northern Virginia is excellent compared to sprint,as well as 4g data speeds that top out at 20 something Mbs!!! No dropped calls,nothing so far! Call quality is crisp and clear. Now onto the phone....this is actually my first Motorola phone after the original RAZR ha! Build and quality wise its real good and durable,the only downside is (coming from a line of HTC phones) boot loaders are a complete ***** lol. Other than that,everything is A1 for me. I pay around $80 per month,I have the 420 or something min plan+6gb data plan + my men's wear house discount lol. Anything else you need to know,feel free to ask! This RAZR forum is one of the few that doesn't have as much trolls,haters,*****yness and empowering individual false personalities like the other forums had In short.....make the switch,you will not regret it!
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that reminds me, If you've ever served in the military, bring your military ID to you local verizon and you can get something like 10-20% discount (can't remember exactly) off your monthly bill, something we just learned about when we were getting are Razr Maxx's activated.
If data and minutes bang for your buck is a major point I should also mention Straight Talk has an option now where you can take any cell that works on AT&T and put there sim card in it and have unlimted everything for 45 bucks a month, you might want to think about that if AT&T service is good enough in your area.
my wife and I both have the razr maxx and we regularly get 2 days out of the battery w/ moderate usage.. lots of texting, web use (4G for me at work).. streaming Slacker radio for 8 - 10 hrs while at work (to be fair, I cache the music to my sd card on wifi at home so I don't eat up my 4gigs)...
The battery life on the maxx is sick.
Been a long time sprint user and ROM flasher. Company moved to Verizon and I got the maxx until sgs3 drops. Great battery, development doesn't seem as active as the sprint devices were.
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nothing to worry about it,razer has fine signal every where in global
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it's hard to say sucks about the barttery cause it depends on how you use your phone
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Just wanted to update on this...
I made the switch! And tho its only been less than 24hrs... I can already say I wont be looking back. The drive home from the verizon store was enough in itself to sell me on verizon, and this device! I get full signal 3g now, in places I either had no signal before, or a crappy roaming signal that was no reliable. I was actually able to stream pandora in my garage for a full 3 hrs!! My sprint evo wouldnt have even made thru one song... Aside from the unreal battery life (took off charger at 5pm yesterday, and still at 80%) the device dosent really seem any better than my evo was, but the difference in the network is night and day!
Anyway... thanks a lot guys! And once I get used to this phone, I will be in here looking to root it, and get rid of all this verizon bloat...
Scionero said:
I won't go to any other carrier until they offer unlimited data or at least reasonably priced tiered plans. I love paying $110 a month for unlimited for my wife and myself. It would be over $180 on Verizon.
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This was my big concern... I only get 5gb/mo... But... I never used more than 4 w sprint (mostly cuz their network is slow slow its almost impossible). so I will be keeping an eye on the data usage. From what the customer service rep said... verizon is changing their data rate plans, and tho no one really knows what they are changing, its pretty safe to say, they will be offering more data for the $... (I hope), and I will just change my data plan next month...
I have a Motorola photon from sprint which is almost the same as the razor. I'll say this about Motorola.... awesome phones right out of the box. Change the launcher to go launcher of launcher pro and the speed difference of the phone is night and day. Motorola does not want you unlocking the boot loader and running custom roms and to be honest there isn't any need to.
Root the phone through adb method and apply the water drop mod and download nebtop so you can use web top without a dock. I bought a $30 Bluetooth keyboard off amazon... its pretty nice when travel sling on the bike or just surfing the web in bed on the flat screen.
PS Google just bought Motorola so hopefully the development side of Motorola phones picks up soon.
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First off phone is awesome! I do have a pre order for an s3 from best buy though, so I will be running stock for at least 29 days and putting the phone through its paces. I came from Verizon and the service was overpriced for what I was getting but data speeds were great most of the time. I can deal with this on sprint by using WiFi more which is in abundance on long island. I know sprint is upgrading service, but did I make a mistake leaving Verizon?
If you have access to wifi at home and work you should be good. This is a great phone
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No... I'm skeptical about these changes to the network, but I think Sprint is doing the right thing.
davwman said:
First off phone is awesome! I do have a pre order for an s3 from best buy though, so I will be running stock for at least 29 days and putting the phone through its paces. I came from Verizon and the service was overpriced for what I was getting but data speeds were great most of the time. I can deal with this on sprint by using WiFi more which is in abundance on long island. I know sprint is upgrading service, but did I make a mistake leaving Verizon?
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Not sure if your reference to the "29 Days" is to the trial period of the phone before committing to it. On Sprint, it has been reduced to 14 Days.... just thought I would throw that out there if you thought you had 30 days to decided if you wanted to keep the phone or not.
I'm referring to best buys policy on the phone not the service
You made the right choice - unlimited data; cheaper prices; network vision upgrade in progress.
The key is wifi. If you have access to it then you be fine. Sprints customer service is by far better then Verizon. By the way, sprints data isnt as bad as most make it out to be. I wont use it for things like downloading roms or watching videos on netflixs or YouTube. But for radio apps and normal emailing and web browsing i think you'll be fine, i know i am.
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Thanks for the responses.
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No... I'm skeptical about these changes to the network, but I think Sprint is doing the right thing.
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The only thing I am concerned about is their quickness to implement the changes. Once all the tower get the software upgrade, it will be legit. They went this route because had they stuck with wimax it would have meant building a LOT more towers... LTE means updating the existing ones, getting 3 or 4 times the range, and maybe building a few more in necessary areas.
Their initial plan was just simply to be the first to have true 4G... which they did successfully. But in my opinion it nipped them in the ass because as soon as everybody got their LTE implemented, it blew the balls off sprint's low range, high spectrum network, and made their "4G" look like a joke.
They are fools, but so is anybody who outrightly decides to go with them knowing their history and then complains about it. Jeez i get so sick of reading threads "o ma you'll never guess what sprint did to me!!!!" .... like stfu and blame yourself for signing the contract.
anyways, little bit of a rant, but once they get LTE up and running it will be nice, and they will. every single place there is a 4g tower, there will be LTE. and in the mean time, more towers will go up.
Service seems good so far been streaming Pandora with no buffering but Sirius xm buffers like a sob
Well, its a sad day. Returned the evo lte due to constant roaming and data drops and weak signal, For a photon. huge downgrade, but at least the photon gets constant data at a respectful speed for me. Im really disappointed about this situation and hope my galaxy s3 pre order comes in right away so I could give it a shot, if not ill go back to the evo lte and hope radio updates help it. Never been this disappointed before over a phone because i really was enjoying the other aspects of it. Photon will at least get wimax in my area. are the data drops and lack of signal reception due to hardware issues with the lte?
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