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I recently purchased the nexus s 4g and I'm still within my 30 days. I'd like to swap it for the photon but I've been reading up on this sleep of death thing. My question is, before I make the plunge; did the last update fix the sleep of death? Also hows battery life compared to the nexus s 4g? Finally, Motorola has always been known to produce strong internal attenaes, how'd they do on the photon? Particularly the wimax radio.
Its either the photon or the galaxy epic touch. I like it epic touch but it feels so cheap!!!
Thanks for the input!
Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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scoobdude said:
Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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Thanks for the input! Was that sleep of death addressed?
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Thanks for the input! Was that sleep of death addressed?
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This was a hardware issue. Never had this but most people who did returned their phone and it went away.
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scoobdude said:
Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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Im with him 100%!
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no sleep of death issue on mine either.
Thanks for the input. Ill be buying mine tomorrow
I have only had it once and it has not returned. Was streaming bt and bam...needed a reboot. Not sure what caused it or fixed but has been strong since
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You should check out the motorola photon forum. People are still having issues. Mine reboots on its own every day.
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Just got my photon 4g. Friggin awesome. I love it!!!!
Thank u all for your input. Its appreciated. As soon as the bootloader can be unlocked without losing 4g ill be all over it
Glad you are enjoying it, I haven't seen the sleep of death problem either.
I got mine last weekend and I love it! I just hate the stock look. Luckily its Android so I can change most of it except the blue status bar.... I mean really blue? you cant make an element on the UI a dominant color like that lol. I am running Alien and dealing with the annoying update window for now. I love the service with this phone. 3G Data is actually worth something. Instead of the crappy antennas used in the Epic. My data speeds went from 200kbps to 600-700kbps in the same location. AWESOME!!!!
As for the 4G- I've seen the highest download bandwidth on any phone I owned, in my area, with the Photon.
I've got close to 12mb, where as my other phones, including the E3D, couldn't touch double digits. (Outdoors of course.)
EDIT: And somehow I can keep 4G going in my basement, in a brick house.
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I haven't had the sleeping death before the update, but after I flashed the update I've had it happen to me twice today.
scoobdude said:
Battery is awesome, hardware is awesome. I also came from a nexus s and signal is soooii much better plus this phone does not over heat
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The truth has been spoken.
I get twice the signal that my Evo Shift would regularly have.
Im on Sprint and im trying to decide what phone to get im debating wether to choose the HTC EVO 3D, Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4g Touch, or the Nexus Prime (which is likely to come to sprint at some point). What phone do you guys think would be good for a person that likes a lot of custom roms and high preformance phones with a fast CPU, and GPU.
I have an Evo 3d and i have nothing but touch screen problems. I always have to cycle the screen on and off or pull the status bar down to get it to recognize any input. If i was you I would stay away from HTC devices, at least the EVO ones.
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jsergio123 said:
I have an Evo 3d and i have nothing but touch screen problems. I always have to cycle the screen on and off or pull the status bar down to get it to recognize any input. If i was you I would stay away from HTC devices, at least the EVO ones.
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Well im currently using a HTC Hero which is still fully functioning with gingerbread, but im leaning towards choosing the Evo 3d because of the dev support here on XDA for it, its incredible how many roms are already available for it.
I'm a nexus s user... pure Google experience is just awesome! Speed, fast, sexy! You should wait for prime as it has dual core gpu and a super fast processor. The most important thing is it is very easy to root.
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I'm a nexus s user... pure Google experience is just awesome! Speed, fast, sexy! You should wait for prime as it has dual core gpu and a super fast processor. The most important thing is it is very easy to root.
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True Google experience is incredible im running it on my phone currently ,but i also enjoy switching between sense and aosp, i might just choose the nexus prime because of the updates it gets but im still not entirely sure on that, hmm i might have to wait till samung and google unveil the nexus prime.
Nexus Prime. Wait a few more days for the official announcement. You won't even have to think about it.
i think the nexus series is the easiest to root and flash custom roms
Who got theirs!? I know I got mine! Shame the boot loader is newer though. Hope that doesn't create problems for S-OFF.
My HBOOT is 1.90.0006
Picking mine up today or Monday!
Want to give me any reviews of your device now incase the Telus version is ****e?
Cheers.
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Picking mine up today or Monday!
Want to give me any reviews of your device now incase the Telus version is ****e?
Cheers.
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Picked mine up yesterday. I'm still playing around with it. Used gps on the way home from the store. It was waaaaaay more responsive than my Hero was. The screen is absolutely beautiful. It's super fast and feels really nice in the hand. The Samsung GS2 was actually too light for my taste. Plus the samsung screen size was a little too big for my smallish hands. Downloading and installing apps happens almost instantly. Really happy so far....but it HAS been less than a day. I've already installed Juice Defender (free) to hopefully alleviate any battery issues.
I do have a question tho. I'm having trouble getting to the media on my SD card. I deleted everything from my SD card from the Hero, dragged my Music folder and Video folder to the card and popped it into the phone but cannot seem to access any of it. What am I missing?
Make sure SD card is mounted in settings
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Got it sorted out. Had to reformat my card. Also had to select sdcard2 or something like that in the folders in PowerAmp.
I love it. Got it today... Replaced my N1... I NOTICE QUITE A bit of light bleed from the soft key LEDs though.... Anyone else notice this?
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Zeusus said:
I love it. Got it today... Replaced my N1... I NOTICE QUITE A bit of light bleed from the soft key LEDs though.... Anyone else notice this?
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I noticed the same, I dont. My only issue is the current lack of unlock codes (none available at this time - I'm on Rogers).
If someone is aware of a SIM unlock method which would only require Temp root that would be awesome
i too picked it up yesterday
i unlocked the bootloader and rooted the rom
installed the recovery
but there are several issue,
1) tried several different roms, the wifi and bluetooth doesn't work other then the stock rom. ( i also notice the flash light doesn't work when using those roms)
2) stock rom doesn't come with the fancy camera,( the one with smart shot )
anyone find any solution?
Just got mine today and loving it. Noticing quite a bit of screen bleed but it doesn't really bother me.
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Im picking mine up this week from the Telus store - can I just ask if its true that there is no SD card included in the box - doesnt look like it from the website info...
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Im picking mine up this week from the Telus store - can I just ask if its true that there is no SD card included in the box - doesnt look like it from the website info...
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It's true though it comes with 16gigs of internal so you have lots to work worth.
bonus if you have a 16 or 32gig to add I have a 16 for music and backups.
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Thinking about replacing my Desire Z with this. How is the battery life for you guys? That's the only thing I'm worred about.
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Thinking about replacing my Desire Z with this. How is the battery life for you guys? That's the only thing I'm worred about.
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I've been using it on wifi only and after screen on for over 4 hours, running mainly apps (Facebook, Google+, XDA, mmajunkie) , Google talk, as well as taking photos and videos I got over 24 hours use before it completely drained.
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I've been using it on wifi only and after screen on for over 4 hours, running mainly apps (Facebook, Google+, XDA, mmajunkie) , Google talk, as well as taking photos and videos I got over 24 hours use before it completely drained.
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You sir are full of it. Trust me even with juice defender the most you probably get with regular 6-7 hrs. From morning till night naw that's the iPhone 4 camp.
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You sir are full of it. Trust me even with juice defender the most you probably get with regular 6-7 hrs. From morning till night naw that's the iPhone 4 camp.
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My usage was 100% on WiFi, yes I had some long periods where the phone just sat but that doesn't change screen on time. From experience the RF network is always the killer. I'd be pretty upset to see under 12 hours on a charge considering I see 14-16 on average using my Inspire 4G (rooted with an RCmix Rom).
Between home and work I'm almost always on WiFi.
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My usage was 100% on WiFi, yes I had some long periods where the phone just sat but that doesn't change screen on time. From experience the RF network is always the killer. I'd be pretty upset to see under 12 hours on a charge considering I see 14-16 on average using my Inspire 4G (rooted with an RCmix Rom).
Between home and work I'm almost always on WiFi.
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yes and he is using one of my roms which allready has a ton of tweaks in it to save battery life i was at 9 hours and it was only half that with mediem use
Can anyone else with a Telus Amaze comment on battery? Gotta say I'm impressed Telus didn't bloat or brand the phone (no Telus boot animation or apps) as well no branding physically on the phone.
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yes and he is using one of my roms which allready has a ton of tweaks in it to save battery life i was at 9 hours and it was only half that with mediem use
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My battery experience must be completed supported by my lack of radio network, I would expect a lot less once I'm actually using a SIM though hopefully still enough juice to reach 10 hours at least.
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Xboarder56. Can you help?
When using your rom with my telus amaze,
I will not have wifi, Bluetooth, and flashlight for camera.
Other then that it all work.
Really want to use your rom.. thanks
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Can anyone else with a Telus Amaze comment on battery? Gotta say I'm impressed Telus didn't bloat or brand the phone (no Telus boot animation or apps) as well no branding physically on the phone.
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Just plugged my phone in to charge up so I can have a full charge in the morning. It was at 52% when I plugged it in. I had just over 12 hrs of light to moderate use today on that 48%.
I am still on stock sense rom and am using Juice Defender Free on aggressive setting. I saw no signs of the aggressive setting inhibiting performance. So far battery life is not as bad as I had heard it would be.
So as the title says im having my upgrade this week and bending toward the amaze against the galaxy nexus one thing that keeps me off from buying its that caroussel 3d effect when you quickly switch screens!
I went in a store played around whit it and when i wanted to quickly scroll through the homescreens i got that effect its kinda irritating after long time :/ and another thing is the back of the phone its quite ugly :/ guys im really sorry to post this here and annoy you as i know there is 10000 threads about a dude jumping to the amaze 4g but none did really answer my question
Thanks !
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So as the title says im having my upgrade this week and bending toward the amaze against the galaxy nexus one thing that keeps me off from buying its that caroussel 3d effect when you quickly switch screens!
I went in a store played around whit it and when i wanted to quickly scroll through the homescreens i got that effect its kinda irritating after long time :/ and another thing is the back of the phone its quite ugly :/ guys im really sorry to post this here and annoy you as i know there is 10000 threads about a dude jumping to the amaze 4g but none did really answer my question
Thanks !
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You can always try a different launcher.
I think that for some custom roms (specifically xboarder56's) you can disable the 3D effects by a Tweaks app that comes pre-installed in the rom.
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You can always try a different launcher.
I think that for some custom roms (specifically xboarder56's) you can disable the 3D effects by a Tweaks app that comes pre-installed in the rom.
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i could use a custom launcher of course but i like the sense one :/ and not an expert whit rooting and flashing roms on other devices on my x10 it was extremly easy just install z4root and voila sucks that it isn't an option by default tho :/
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i could use a custom launcher of course but i like the sense one :/ and not an expert whit rooting and flashing roms on other devices on my x10 it was extremly easy just install z4root and voila sucks that it isn't an option by default tho :/
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This device is more complicated than that.
However once you unlock your bootloader it's fairly simple.
I know NRGs Energy ROM also has the tweaks to disable the carousel and 3D widgets if you want. I actually think it's XBoarder's tweaks app just borrowed.
Like binary said, it's rather simple to unlock and root, just very time consuming on this device compared to many others. Binary put together great step by step instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426179
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glacierguy said:
I know NRGs Energy ROM also has the tweaks to disable the carousel and 3D widgets if you want. I actually think it's XBoarder's tweaks app just borrowed.
Like binary said, it's rather simple to unlock and root, just very time consuming on this device compared to many others. Binary put together great step by step instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426179
[HOW TO] ROOT HTC RUBY / AMAZE 4G
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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Everyone has a different opinion on battery life. I typically get anywhere from 16 to 28 hours of battery life depending on amount of use. Got the same on stock ROM with brightness turned all the way down.
If you like Aosp go with galaxy nexus. There is no telling when we will get Aosp Ics. If you prefer Sense though definitely go with the amaze. Its a great phone hardware wise! The real big difference is the software and camera. If the camera is a big thing for you maybe the amaze is the way to go. Its a much better camera.
Great phone, there are only two issues that my phone has:
+The capacitive lights bleed onto the main screen.
+The flash for the camera bleeds into the lens.
Besides that everything works perfectly!
Concerning battery: for me if my phone stays on standby it will last for days, but if i use it heavily it'll give me a good day's use out of it.
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Thanks had a look at that ! Could you please give me an inside about how's battery life ?
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as far as battery life goes, mine usually lasts a day (at least 20 hrs), so in that respect i think it's pretty good especially since my old mt4g struggled to get even that lol
I would say save your upgrade for the next new phone.
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I would say save your upgrade for the next new phone.
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ya actually that sounds like really good advise especially seeing that the htc ville is just around the corner, might as well get that
its like the amaze but thinner/lighter not to mention ics and sense 4.0, so basically better lol
Thanks alot guys ! Well im quite desperate to change my old x10 lol will get the amaze !
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I was also torn between these two phones myself. I decided to settle with the Amaze due to the mediocre camera on the galaxy nexus, and also the lack of expandable memory (they seriously seemed to have pulled an Apple with this). The nexus does have the 720p screen (pentile though), but the Amaze offers the perfect blend of screen size and resolution. It seems like we do have a few hardworking devs, so it’s a matter of time before more jump ship to Amaze with more ROMs available.
One of the reasons I went with the Amaze was due to the back of the phone. I actually think hardware wise it is one of the nicest phones out there.
Like others mentioned, battery life just depends how you use it. I get between 8-14 hours depending on my day. That is quite a few 20 minute or so phone calls, texting a good amount, web browsing, g-talk quite a bit and a little BT streaming of music and movies. Streaming of the music and movies will really suck it down quick though. I know someone else who has a black Amaze and.gets 5 hours, but he is always downloading movies and streaming music.
It really is a great phone and it does have a good camera, just have to have decent lighting for a good picture.
Might run into a couple small issues like light bleeding into the screen from the soft keys lighting up. There are a couple apps out there to shut them off. I believe the G-Nex suffers from the same exact thing. That and the flash bleeding when taking a pic. I personally have yet to have that happen though. Seems common enough though.
Good luck! There are some good peeps on this board and especially in the Amaze section.
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JesseMT4G said:
One of the reasons I went with the Amaze was due to the back of the phone. I actually think hardware wise it is one of the nicest phones out there.
Like others mentioned, battery life just depends how you use it. I get between 8-14 hours depending on my day. That is quite a few 20 minute or so phone calls, texting a good amount, web browsing, g-talk quite a bit and a little BT streaming of music and movies. Streaming of the music and movies will really suck it down quick though. I know someone else who has a black Amaze and.gets 5 hours, but he is always downloading movies and streaming music.
It really is a great phone and it does have a good camera, just have to have decent lighting for a good picture.
Might run into a couple small issues like light bleeding into the screen from the soft keys lighting up. There are a couple apps out there to shut them off. I believe the G-Nex suffers from the same exact thing. That and the flash bleeding when taking a pic. I personally have yet to have that happen though. Seems common enough though.
Good luck! There are some good peeps on this board and especially in the Amaze section.
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Thanks guys ! I really want to get this device but can you tell me just a little bit more about the flash bleed ? I can't wait to get this and join and flash custom roms but looks so hard to get this thing rooted and is this phone easy to hard brick i really want my phone to last because if i brick it im kinda dead :/
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shahkam said:
Thanks guys ! I really want to get this device but can you tell me just a little bit more about the flash bleed ? I can't wait to get this and join and flash custom roms but looks so hard to get this thing rooted and is this phone easy to hard brick i really want my phone to last because if i brick it im kinda dead :/
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There's a thread somewhere on here about it, but the gist of it is that the dual flash isn't confined/separated enough from the lens so sometimes you get some light bleed on the bottom (or however you hold your phone while taking a pic).
Supposedly you can fix it with a tiny piece of electrical tape, it basically mimics the effect of putting the dual flash in a housing unit (like the sensation has). I haven't noticed it enough yet to do that, but it does bug me that HTC produced this phone without fixing that...haha
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eliasadrian said:
There's a thread somewhere on here about it, but the gist of it is that the dual flash isn't confined/separated enough from the lens so sometimes you get some light bleed on the bottom (or however you hold your phone while taking a pic).
Supposedly you can fix it with a tiny piece of electrical tape, it basically mimics the effect of putting the dual flash in a housing unit (like the sensation has). I haven't noticed it enough yet to do that, but it does bug me that HTC produced this phone without fixing that...haha
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Meh small issues no device is perfect can't wait anymore i like alot aosp and the galaxy nexus but ita battery fails and so does the camera so no thanks to that
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Hey guys just wondering if the Rezound has any real bad data drop issues? I'm considering getting the Gnex or the Rezound and I'm curious to see what the users have experienced. And any large problems with the Rezound itself? I can't decide between the two!
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Hey guys just wondering if the Rezound has any real bad data drop issues? I'm considering getting the Gnex or the Rezound and I'm curious to see what the users have experienced. And any large problems with the Rezound itself? I can't decide between the two!
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I've had the Rezound for a little over a year and I haven't had any major issues. Before I upgraded to the official ICS Sense 3.6, I had 4G data problems where it would disconnect while I loaded the facebook app and sometimes the google play app. When I upgraded to ICS, my data has been solid on 4G LTE. The UI is more smoother and some of the scrolling such as in the browser is smoother too. Overall I like this phone as it is feature packed and works really well since I upgraded to ICS. I do wish it had the Galaxy Nexus smoothness because that phone is wonderfully smooth compared to the Rezound which has it's lag and choppy scrolling in some places. But the Rezound is still a great phone.
I only have one complaint about my Rezound, while the 720p screen is beautiful, it sucks down power like nobody's business. Still I've had mine about a year and I've been more then happy with it. I do run the extended battery which more then gets me through the day with regular usage.