I've had quite a few Android devices, including the Galaxy Nexus and Droid RAZR, but this one is by far my favorite. I took a Trophy plus some expensive headphones a while back for my RAZR, and finally emerged from the wilderness of WP7 back into Android. This phone is very smooth, and has a wider range of apps and games available than any others that I've owned, besides the OG Droid. It always frustrated me that I couldn't play some of my old favorite GL games on my newer device, but now I can. I do have a class 10 card so that may make a difference too.
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Personally, I think aokp reinvented this 2 year old phone. Hoping to replace it soon with a gs3 from Verizon if we are lucky.
I tell people there isn't much this phone can't do.
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Personally, I think aokp reinvented this 2 year old phone. Hoping to replace it soon with a gs3 from Verizon if we are lucky.
I tell people there isn't much this phone can't do.
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Yeah I'm running AOKP right now and it is very smooth. Very comparable to the GNexus in most tasks. I've owned one, so trust me, I know.
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Yeah I'm running AOKP right now and it is very smooth. Very comparable to the GNexus in most tasks. I've owned one, so trust me, I know.
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i came from a DX2 and honestly i absolutely love this phone more, this phone is for one much more enjoyable than my dx2 because of the open source, true open source, no locked bootloaders to overcome, and no waiting.
the development for this 2 year old phone is quite awesome! a phone designed to run GB is running AOSP ICS and its running amazingly,i believe & feel that the development for this phone will continue, maybe not for forever, but for a loooooooooooooooong time at least
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i came from a DX2 and honestly i absolutely love this phone more, this phone is for one much more enjoyable than my dx2 because of the open source, true open source, no locked bootloaders to overcome, and no waiting.
the development for this 2 year old phone is quite awesome! a phone designed to run GB is running AOSP ICS and its running amazingly,i believe & feel that the development for this phone will continue, maybe not for forever, but for a loooooooooooooooong time at least
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Yeah I had X2 for a few months, and it was horrible. One true dev, and another few off and on. The software really crippled that phone.
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Yeah I had X2 for a few months, and it was horrible. One true dev, and another few off and on. The software really crippled that phone.
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it wasnt the software that crippled it, it was the way Motorola handled the software by locking down their damned phones. thats the worst of it all
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it wasnt the software that crippled it, it was the way Motorola handled the software by locking down their damned phones. thats the worst of it all
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Yeah that's what I meant. You couldn't remove all the Moto software. Same thing with the RAZR, it bottle-necked like crazy, and you couldn't fix it. All Moto dual-cores seem to do that. It's that jumpy lag that pops up every now and again.
I think it's a good phone overall, but avoid it if you're a heavy GPS user. Now that I've upgraded to a LG Spectrum my Fascinate is freed up to play with. I came from a Droid Eris to the Fascinate and found the Samsung style of android daunting with Odin, PIT files, MTD vs non MTD, Voodoo, multiple versions of CWM. It will make your head spin. My Eris once rooted, all I had to do was throw zips on the SD card and flash them, I didn't have to think about can I go from ROM A to ROM B without soft-bricking the phone etc. One of the best things about the Fascinate was they show up on Cowboom.com from time to time for about $70 with no contract.
My spectrum has a very good screen, but still doesn't have the richness of a Samsung display. One thing I could always hold over the "IClones" that are everywhere when they go on and on about their precious retina display was, ok you have a high pixel density, but you also have a smaller screen, and the colors feel washed out.
My screen is bigger and has colors that POP!
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Yeah that's what I meant. You couldn't remove all the Moto software. Same thing with the RAZR, it bottle-necked like crazy, and you couldn't fix it. All Moto dual-cores seem to do that. It's that jumpy lag that pops up every now and again.
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True, if Motorola would give us the key to unlock the phones then the phone might blow the fascinate out of the water with numerous kernels and everything, but being locked down the Motorola Droid X2 running GB 2.3.5 compared to a stock Fascinate running the same OS the fascinate seems to blow the Droid X2 outta the water IMO. I think blur is a total waste of space on the phone and the kernel being locked is even worse, but this has been said on every human known forum for development on the internet.
I wish Motorola would do what Samsung is doing and providing the phone's being unlocked at the get go, but now that I have Samsung, I'm never going back!
sorry for the long winded rant that kept going back to the fact that Motorola needs to provide an unlock tool without having to buy a new phone without a warranty.
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True, if Motorola would give us the key to unlock the phones then the phone might blow the fascinate out of the water with numerous kernels and everything, but being locked down the Motorola Droid X2 running GB 2.3.5 compared to a stock Fascinate running the same OS the fascinate seems to blow the Droid X2 outta the water IMO. I think blur is a total waste of space on the phone and the kernel being locked is even worse, but this has been said on every human known forum for development on the internet.
I wish Motorola would do what Samsung is doing and providing the phone's being unlocked at the get go, but now that I have Samsung, I'm never going back!
sorry for the long winded rant that kept going back to the fact that Motorola needs to provide an unlock tool without having to buy a new phone without a warranty.
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Its fine, I completely agree.
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the development for this 2 year old phone is quite awesome! a phone designed to run GB is running AOSP ICS
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This phone was designed to run 2.1 eclair when it was released 2 years ago. Which is even more impressive.
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Its fine, I completely agree.
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haha i figured since you've had two up-to-date Motorola phones. If I may ask, why'd you switch from the nexus to (possibly) the fascinate? or even better question, why aren't you using the nexus over the fascinate?
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This phone was designed to run 2.1 eclair when it was released 2 years ago. Which is even more impressive.
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yes sir, that definitely is impressive. I forgot it was designed and released with Eclair 2.1. I just bought the phone and I believe it was on froyo, but then I odin'd it to GB and went straight to ICS.
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haha i figured since you've had two up-to-date Motorola phones. If I may ask, why'd you switch from the nexus to (possibly) the fascinate? or even better question, why aren't you using the nexus over the fascinate?
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yes sir, that definitely is impressive. I forgot it was designed and released with Eclair 2.1. I just bought the phone and I believe it was on froyo, but then I odin'd it to GB and went straight to ICS.
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What I really miss is the Rezound. I traded my Nexus for a RAZR because I thought surely Motorola had improved since the X2. I was wrong, clearly. I ended up trading my RAZR for a Trophy plus some nice headphones then the Trophy for the Fascinate. I'd love a Rezound though lol.
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What I really miss is the Rezound. I traded my Nexus for a RAZR because I thought surely Motorola had improved since the X2. I was wrong, clearly. I ended up trading my RAZR for a Trophy plus some nice headphones then the Trophy for the Fascinate. I'd love a Rezound though lol.
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so you had 4g devices and then traded them for a 3g device? idk if I could do that if I had 4g, I don't know if I'd like a HTC device anymore, I honestly think i'm going to stick with Samsung.
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so you had 4g devices and then traded them for a 3g device? idk if I could do that if I had 4g, I don't know if I'd like a HTC device anymore, I honestly think i'm going to stick with Samsung.
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Don't have 4G coverage in my area so it didn't matter.
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Don't have 4G coverage in my area so it didn't matter.
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that's how I feel, that's why I went with the Fascinate instead of the Nexus or anything 4g.
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that's how I feel, that's why I went with the Fascinate instead of the Nexus or anything 4g.
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May buy another Rezound though, because they just put 4G in my area.
I agree i'm loving the fascinate its a great phone. I have had several other phones, including blackberry witch was a disaster. Fascinate is defiantly one of the best phones i have had.
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New version of blur on DROID 3 looks great. Lots of sweet 3D animations and better apps/widgets. Will it be in our gingerbread update? DROID pro and X got the version of blur that the X2 currently has in their updates. THANKS!
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New version of blur on DROID 3 looks great. Lots of sweet 3D animations and better apps/widgets. Will it be in our gingerbread update? DROID pro and X got the version of blur that the X2 currently has in their updates. THANKS!
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ask on the Motorola Forums Manager "Matt" he said he seen the update on a droid x2...
Asked and waiting for response. I have two days left in my exchange period and am hoping to keep X2 pending any additional knowledge on the QUALITY of our 2.3 update.
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Most likely
Droid X2 prob had development problems with ginger before release, so they went back to froyo and shipped them out to meet their deadlines. Wouldn't make sense financially to spend all that money on different software for the individual phones, when they can just tweak the same one to run on all of them. That's my theory anyways. I'm eyeballing the Nexus Prime, or the Samsung Function. I have a hook up for upgrades whenever though. I say stick with the X2 it will probably run really well with the update, or even some rom love.
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I have a hook up for upgrades whenever though.
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How??!!
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shhhhhhh....
Just happen to know have met the right people. Don't think it would be wise to over abuse it though. I have three lines running so I get them all the time anyways. I haven't actually used the hook up yet, but im pretty sure its not a problem. I promote a lil and get all kinds of stuff in exchange.
EDIT: Sorry, misinformed
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Droid X2 prob had development problems with ginger before release, so they went back to froyo and shipped them out to meet their deadlines. Wouldn't make sense financially to spend all that money on different software for the individual phones, when they can just tweak the same one to run on all of them. That's my theory anyways. I'm eyeballing the Nexus Prime, or the Samsung Function. I have a hook up for upgrades whenever though. I say stick with the X2 it will probably run really well with the update, or even some rom love.
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I highly doubt that Verizon will get the Nexus Prime, or any Nexus to be honest. I'd probably pass the Function myself, samsung always makes phones of crappy build/poor materials etc. I also doubt that Verizon will get the s2, s3 most likely, but s2 doubtful.
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I highly doubt that Verizon will get the Nexus Prime, or any Nexus to be honest. I'd probably pass the Function myself, samsung always makes phones of crappy build/poor materials etc. I also doubt that Verizon will get the s2, s3 most likely, but s2 doubtful.
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There was a time when I was convinced that VZW would be offering the Galaxy S2 by sometime this summer. Now I'm thinking you could be right. After I played with the Fascinate (S1), that I bought my wife for Mother's Day, the S2 was going to be MY next phone to replace my old WinMoble phone. But I quite waiting and got a Droid X2 instead. I'm glad I did. No regrets at all! (...except for that awful DROIDDDDD sound, which I've managed to change )
So i just got the droidx2 i really like the phone and all but im thinking about trading it for a htc thunderbolt does anybody know how they compare to eachother?
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A buddy of mine from work just got a thunderbolt and it is really fast the development on the x2 is slow but is getting there ..the thunderbolt does have some sweet roms out ....the only bad thing I've heard is that it has terrible battery life ....its your call bit those are my 2 cents
Dx2RGB.E
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Google for the win!
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Support The X2!!
Get the thunderbolt. I don't wanna read your whining about slow development for the x2. We have enough whiners.
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i was using dx and i bought the thunderbolt on ebay and used it
for about 3months.. but then i came back to dx..
if you want 4g lte then u might want thunderbolt,
but if 3g is ok with u then dx2 will be a lot better
im getting dx2 today for replacement
ok, thanx guys for ur two cents. like i said i really like the droid x2 its a greaT phone but i just really prefer sense idk y lol i kinda also really want the front facing camra lol. n ya i heard the same thing about the battery life. so far that, and the fact that theres no hdmi out are the only negative things ive heard about it really
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ok, thanx guys for ur two cents. like i said i really like the droid x2 its a greaT phone but i just really prefer sense idk y lol i kinda also really want the front facing camra lol. n ya i heard the same thing about the battery life. so far that, and the fact that theres no hdmi out are the only negative things ive heard about it really
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I believe battery life importance is by far the most important thing in a phone. Can't wait for the day when battery life on these and 4G (since their going to phase 3G out) is fantastic (more then 10 hours heavy use). Thats just wishful thinking because it'll never happen.
Question for those here, when 3G phones do get phased out and were stuck with 4G and its horrible battery life is everyone just going to go with the flow or anyone stick with the same phone they currently have.
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ya i heard the same thing about the battery life. so far that, and the fact that theres no hdmi out are the only negative things ive heard about it really
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If you want to hear yet another "negative thing" about the Thunderbold, I think it feels rather "clunky" in your hand. Sorta like a small brick.
I had a Thunderbolt and came to the x2. It's a great phone, development is awesome, ie it has cm7 and a slew of sense based roms. Battery life is easily manageable. I'd go back if i could.
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I've had a DX2 for 5 weeks. GB has made it very unstable. And the pentile display is poor. Its almost as bad as my old BB Storm. Get the TB if you can't wait for the good phones in October
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I've had a DX2 for 5 weeks. GB has made it very unstable. And the pentile display is poor. Its almost as bad as my old BB Storm. Get the TB if you can't wait for the good phones in October
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stop trolling. GB is the most stable android as a whole has ever been. and the pentile display is entirely opinion, although most "real world" reviews will tell you it is not an issue in the least bit.
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stop trolling. GB is the most stable android as a whole has ever been. and the pentile display is entirely opinion, although most "real world" reviews will tell you it is not an issue in the least bit.
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This.
Sounds like c_hack needs a iphone.
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This.
Sounds like c_hack needs a iphone.
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The display does ghost like a mother though. Seriously.
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ilovesoad said:
The display does ghost like a mother though. Seriously.
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Whose mother? Not mine!
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Whose mother? Not mine!
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I wasn't going to add the other word. Some people like to report me to mr. Clown for using adult language.
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I wasn't going to add the other word. Some people like to report me to mr. Clown for using adult language.
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It's Not About Using It, This Isn't The Place To Use It. Clearly Stated In The Rules That You Agreed To When Signing Up. What You Could Do Is Make Your Own Website And Make Your Own Rules. Lol.
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The display does ghost like a mother though. Seriously.
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Sounds like your display is defective.
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Go for the Bolt, especially if you're into custom roms. We only have 2 roms...which aren't really custom roms, they're just tweaked stock roms. Nothing like CM7 or MIUI.
Once the Bionic comes out, a good handful of people will get it. I doubt a lot of devs will be looking at it (locked loader, sick of waiting for it). The Bionic, the Vigor, and the rumored soon released Nexus Prime are going to push us to the back of the room. I plan on trying to sell my x2 once the Prime or Vigor comes out, actually I regret getting it since the Prime and Vigor are coming out so soon
My wife's Incredible is in the process of dying & I found out that I have the last of my yearly upgrades on my line & she's always wanted the x2, sooooo: What should I get, Razr, Rezound or GNex?
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Get anything Samsung.
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Get anything Samsung.
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Can you root a stock Samsung phone now without having to deal with that "Rage against the Cage" nonsense? Tried it once on my wife's Facinate and my anti-virus program wouldn't let Rage run, even when I disabled it. (I know there are ROM's with pre-rooted Kernels you can flash. Just flashed rooted GB 2.3.5 kernel to my Galaxy Tab.)
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Get anything Samsung.
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Came from a fascinate & am suspicious of Samsung reception. The missed call thing was killing me & I haven't had one incident of that on the x2.
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Gnex sounds sick to me...
But u know if u wait a month something even crazier will be bound to drop Hahaha.
I was also digging the HTC resound that was announced
Galaxy Nexus. Hands down. I'll be getting one of those soon.
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Galaxy Nexus. Hands down. I'll be getting one of those soon.
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It does sound great but the lack of an sd card slot is kinda a deal breaker for me.
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Gnex sounds sick to me...
But u know if u wait a month something even crazier will be bound to drop Hahaha.
I was also digging the HTC resound that was announced
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Yep, I know but it's either buy me a phone now or buy my wife one now, so how do you think that's gonna go? Lol
But all that aside, I checked out the razr today & plan on comparing it to the Rezound next week. My bottom line is reception & my x2 has never failed me where my wife's dinc hasn't been too impressive so htc might not be the best for me.
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Can you root a stock Samsung phone now without having to deal with that "Rage against the Cage" nonsense? Tried it once on my wife's Facinate and my anti-virus program wouldn't let Rage run, even when I disabled it. (I know there are ROM's with pre-rooted Kernels you can flash. Just flashed rooted GB 2.3.5 kernel to my Galaxy Tab.)
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Rage in the cage new? Never had to use it. First root ever was a one click root i found somewhere. Then i used Odin to flash the stock froyo pre-root. I believe i seen a pre-root GB stock over there, too.
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I believe "Rage against the Cage" is the exploit scheme that they used on the Samsung one-click boot process. It's been about 6 months since I've tried to root the Facinate, so my memory is sketcy. The upside is that, as you mentioned, there are probably a lot of pre-rooted ROM offerings that can be easily flashed with Heimdall (or Odin, if yer into that).
I agree Sammy makes a good phone. Wife loves her Facinate. Sadly, the Galaxy II never made it to Verizon, but now lots of folks are waiting for the Nexus, which should be out around the end of the month. But I also like the Moto Droid line, now that we've been given some developer attention. The hardware is top notch, and my X2 is running VERY snappy and stable on Moto-Ginger-Funk v7a. I have no reason to want to trade up for a long while yet (unless Google cannot get a handle on their funky Market issue).
Droid Razr looks very sharp (sorry for the pun). I'm a little afraid of the non-removeable battery, though. There are loads of times that I have recoved my X2 from brink of "brickhood" just by pulling the battery and booting into recovery.
I'm not too crazy about the Razr's non-detachable battery. All too often taking the battery out and putting it back in seems to solve a problem, without having that ability on the Razr I'm somewhat concerned.
Odin=Heimdall but for diff operating systems, i believe. When my contract is up, I'm looking into sprint if vzw isn't allowed to launch the SGSII. And no, i have no intentions of turning this thread into a "who it's better sprint or vzw". Carry on w/ upgrade discussion...
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I'm not too crazy about the Razr's non-detachable battery. All too often taking the battery out and putting it back in seems to solve a problem, without having that ability on the Razr I'm somewhat concerned.
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I'm pretty sure that the razr has a failsafe two buttons u.press to kill battery connection or something similar
.like a "hard kill" switch.
I am upgrading to the ReZound Monday. There are more reasons not to get the Razr, than there are to get it lol. If you are in an X2 now, you are better off either keeping it and riding out your time, or getting the ReZound/Nexus, at least right now.
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I am upgrading to the ReZound Monday. There are more reasons not to get the Razr, than there are to get it lol. If you are in an X2 now, you are better off either keeping it and riding out your time, or getting the ReZound/Nexus, at least right now.
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What led you to the Rezound? Beats audio or the the display?
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Well, the headphones alone carry a very hefty price, so getting them "free" for the same price as the other phones is a good incentive(probably why they aren't advertising the phone). I already have the SkullCandy Titan Earbuds, so I really don't NEED the Beats Audio ones. But, the camera's on it are both better. The screen resolution is on par with the nexus on a DX2 size screen. Removable battery, SD storage, unlockable BL, 1.5GHz processor.. Basically, the only "feature" it doesn't carry is the super slim design, and who gives a **** if the phone is lacking in so many other categories? lol.
My moms Stock Inc2 walked all over my X2 with Eclipse before I even put CM7 on it for her! HTC is doing all the right things, even with Sense. Too many people complain about Samsung, and I lived in Korea for 2 years from 07-09, we are getting their leftovers over here(Thanks FCC/FTC, and assholes running patent wars..Apple).
Yeah Im gonna look into adding a line soon. Not sure if I'm going to resound or nexus yet
Rezound looks sick. As does nexus(ICS!) but I can see resound getting ics eventually.
ha. HTC edge I thought about until I saw it was Tegra. I will wait for reviews on that before even trying it lol. This phone has lowered my expectations for tegra devices lol
Skip skip stutter...it drives me crazy how one day it seems skipping is.fixed but next its stutters again
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My wife's Incredible is in the process of dying & I found out that I have the last of my yearly upgrades on my line & she's always wanted the x2, sooooo: What should I get, Razr, Rezound or GNex?
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His and hers X2's...it would be soooo cute
Well, couldn't hold out any longer...
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motcher41 said:
His and hers X2's...it would be soooo cute
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We did that actually, got the original DX the day they came out. Loved em. I moved from a bb curve and she from a Moto rokr. When the DX gb bugs hit we were offered DX2s and took them since we had the car docks etc. Didn't feel like switching 100 worth of accessories.
AtLemacks right, seems that the Razer with limitations or something without. Hardware is close enough on either one. Why move to another Moto and keep banging your head against the wall like we do daily.
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Well, couldn't hold out any longer...
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Wha?! Well you might as well let us know what your impressions are.
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Probably on Launch Day.
Nope. The screen will KILL battery life like butter.
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running sweet sweet Jelly Bean
Depends on the off contract price... expecting it to be around 7-8 hundred so probably not.
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Is this thread really necessary?
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Is this thread really necessary?
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I agree we already have the same phone in 2 other threads. Although I sound a bit like a hippocrit since I made a thread on the Japanese version when they had the dlx thread out.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
Delete it then fine by me. I only saw the butterfly thread and was just trying to provide some information.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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Well, it started with the many replacements of the tbolt, then HTC's hard stance against updating their tablets kinda pushed me over the edge, then they updated the flyer/view to broken software and they wont even fix it. Now the Rezound is having touchscreen issues. So I'm just tired of dealing with the problems and the lack of OEM support after purchase. I appreciate the Dev community for the zound, but sammy seems to be stronger in that dept. So I think I am going to give them a shot. I won't touch Moto with a ten foot pole. It may be a bad move, but I'm willing to take that risk after all the issues I have had recently with HTC. So for me, from here on out, it's going to be Nexus, or Samsung.
Samsung is worse.
I love my Rez and I still think of it as probably one of the, if not the most undervalued android phone released to date, but I don't see myself going for yet another carrier exclusive device after this. Of course, reviews might be so great for the DNA that I could change my mind but so far I am not that impressed.
Having said that however, the lack of a LTE capable Nexus 4 kinda limits the options for those looking to upgrade atm and I really cant see myself with a Galaxy S device. Wish Sony would be given a chance at penetrating the US market, they seem to strike a fair balance between corporate dev support, hardware and software quality.
I'll be getting this. The hardware and build quality will be top notch, it can be unlocked through HTCs dev website and be able to load cm. It was between this and the note but son, I am dissapoint at it having the older gen exynos and 720p screen on a 5.5 inch screen.
no, my next phone will be honor 2 or note 2
battery is important factor to me now
i dont think i will ever came back to htc
even im sense-boy
Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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Its looking like ill most likely be getting it. I'm thinking ill be getting the DNA and one other new gen phone probably a GSM phone since I have two contracts, one with ATT and one with Verizon.
But I will be more careful than usual with this purchase. I'm currently so broke I can't afford the down payment on a grilled cheese sandwich. But this phone is a priority, and I owe it to the BAMF community. So I've been saving my pennies and will be selling some stuff to raise some funds.
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I cam say that I'll be getting one as well, I'm always into the latest HTC has to offer..
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Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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samsungs radios and signal are 10x worse.
in my house, my gs3 gets about 6kbps download on 3g.
my rezound, when its not pulling 4g in my house (which the nexus and GS3 CAN'T), pulls atleast half a meg to a meg per second. doing anything on the gs3 on 3g is terrible, and ridiculously slow. fb app won't even load. rezound loads it no problem. hell, i even tethered 3 tablets to my rezound last night and while we were all browsing at the same time, ti was STILl faster than my gs3
i don't think i'd buy antoher samsung phone ever again, and i really want the DNA...dunno if i wanna fork out 600 bones for it tohugh
I am currently using a gnex and I love the development on this phone. However it's really getting under my skin with all the dropped calls and constantly reboot. Should I get the dna with the free promo?
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Yes its worth it. YOu can try it for 15 days. Just go for it!
Yes, but be aware that at this p pint in time there is not a software solution for rooting, you have to send it off to get jtagged.
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The DNA is worlds beyond the gnex man. The screen is gorgeous! And the battery will last a full day no charging! So glad when I put my gnex down for the dna. When u get it send it to be jtagged before you even turn it on.
No way. I wish I could go back to the Nexus, but the S4 comes out next week. Not having a replaceable battery or SD expansion is awful when you can only get a 16GB phone. Plus, it's impossible to replace the screen of this phone if it cracks, which is terrible. I won't even get into the absolute lack of development.
Suggestion: wait for the S4 next week.
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No way. I wish I could go back to the Nexus, but the S4 comes out next week. Not having a replaceable battery or SD expansion is awful when you can only get a 16GB phone. Plus, it's impossible to replace the screen of this phone if it cracks, which is terrible. I won't even get into the absolute lack of development.
Suggestion: wait for the S4 next week.
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Not finding a different exploit to unlock the bootloader doesn't equal lack of development. There is quite a bit of development here.
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No way. I wish I could go back to the Nexus, but the S4 comes out next week. Not having a replaceable battery or SD expansion is awful when you can only get a 16GB phone. Plus, it's impossible to replace the screen of this phone if it cracks, which is terrible. I won't even get into the absolute lack of development.
Suggestion: wait for the S4 next week.
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Wow. I had my screen replaced just fine.
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Not finding a different exploit to unlock the bootloader doesn't equal lack of development. There is quite a bit of development here.
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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Wow. I had my screen replaced just fine.
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Did you do it yourself?
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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Yea, your right. It would be so much better if we had 100 iterations of the same ROM like the gnex.
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Yea, your right. It would be so much better if we had 100 iterations of the same ROM like the gnex.
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Instead we have 5 iterations of the same ROM, and they never get updated. We're so spoiled!
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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Did you do it yourself?
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What's the difference? Still not "impossible", as you so matter of factly stated.
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What's the difference? Still not "impossible", as you so matter of factly stated.
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It's pretty much impossible to do yourself. There's a massive difference.
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It's pretty much impossible to do yourself. There's a massive difference.
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Really. When did you do it? Or is that just what you've heard?
I had mine done by a local shop because it broke, and I had to leave town. They had the screen/digitizer together, in stock, so they got my money. 4 hours later, I had my phone back.
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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CM is pretty much fully functional now, and we've had at least three ROMs pop up in the past day or two. Expect more with CM up and running.
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I'm pretty happy with the development here... This is coming from a crackflasher with 5 or 6 roms plus Ubuntu on my nexus 7. It's picking up very quickly. Also, I think it's fair to say that the ROMs that haven't been updated recently don't really need updates.
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Really. When did you do it? Or is that just what you've heard?
I had mine done by a local shop because it broke, and I had to leave town. They had the screen/digitizer together, in stock, so they got my money. 4 hours later, I had my phone back.
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Watch any disassembly video of the phone. You have to fully disassemble it just to change the screen.
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Meh, I could careless how the screen comes off. A person like me who takes stuff apart and puts it back together wouldn't mind either. Besides, its not like we are taking apart something that has a million wires inside of it. Most phones that I have had, required to be fully disassembled to get the screen out. This phone is most definitely not the first, or the last. Luckily, I have only had to replace one screen out of my collection of phones.
However, given the price of phones, I would think that people would want to take better care of their phones. Sure accidents happen, but I've seen people break screen, after screen, after screen. Like really? If you are worried about disassembling an entire phone to get the screen out, my advice is don't do anything that would crack your phone screen.
I don't buy phones based on screen durability and screen removal. I buy phones based on what it can do for me.
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Good for you. I'm not buying another phone that screws you in the off chance it does break and doesn't even let you replace the battery. I felt like I was using a damn iPhone the whole time I have had the DNA, and I am eagerly flocking back to Samsung with my 64GB MicroSD and spare battery in hand.
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OP sent you a PM. This thread is about as useless as it gets, I apologize for that.
We generally are a great community as a whole, except for the general section sometimes.
I'll throw my 3ยข in.
Whether it's worth it is up to you. The development of the gnex is awesome BUT it's an almost 2 year old phone running software which didn't exist when it was thought up. No amount of devs are going to be able to make it just that some second faster.
The DNA has that split second. Even unrooted with sense, which is a learning curve it's a great device.
There's some Sense stuff that's annoying but it's a good upgrade for the most part. I'm surprised I'm enjoying it actually.