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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.
Hi,
So as the title states i have 0 data [3G/LTE]..
Background:
This afternoon my rezound went dead and wouldn't charge.
So after 6 hours on the charger and no turning on my girlfriend came home with her rezound. i popped the battery in and it started right up except it wouldnt boot all of the way.
After a few tries i wiped and tried again. Still no go. So i wiped and went to flash a backup and sdcard wouldnt mount. After a few unsuccessful tries on device and computer i pressed reformat. That got the SD working.
I downloaded a few roms both ICS and GB wiped and installed. None will provide me mobile data. It sees wifi networks just fine.
My girlfriend has both LTE and 3G and i have full cell bars.
WTF!?
krstnsn said:
Hi,
So as the title states i have 0 data [3G/LTE]..
Background:
This afternoon my rezound went dead and wouldn't charge.
So after 6 hours on the charger and no turning on my girlfriend came home with her rezound. i popped the battery in and it started right up except it wouldnt boot all of the way.
After a few tries i wiped and tried again. Still no go. So i wiped and went to flash a backup and sdcard wouldnt mount. After a few unsuccessful tries on device and computer i pressed reformat. That got the SD working.
I downloaded a few roms both ICS and GB wiped and installed. None will provide me mobile data. It sees wifi networks just fine.
My girlfriend has both LTE and 3G and i have full cell bars.
WTF!?
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Well this sounds to me like a phone specific problem. I've heard of people's batteries going dead and not charging again, but I've never heard of no data before. If I were you I'd take it back to verzion. I heard they're offering people galaxy nexuses as replacement phones for people who have problems with their rezound!
Hope I helped!
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Well this sounds to me like a phone specific problem. I've heard of people's batteries going dead and not charging again, but I've never heard of no data before. If I were you I'd take it back to verzion. I heard they're offering people galaxy nexuses as replacement phones for people who have problems with their rezound!
Hope I helped!
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this is interesting.
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this is interesting.
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If you don't believe me about the gnex replacement thing here:
http://www.motoringcrunch.com/news/mobile-tech/9922-verizon-htc-rezound-samsung-galaxy-nexus
I've also read from some of the forum posts that when they took their rezound to Verizon they were offered gnexes as well.
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Who would want a crappy nexus
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Who would want a crappy nexus
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Someone thats a nondeveloper [me] that really doesnt want a Sense device. Theres like one nonsense ICS rom and its been like that for awhile. I cant take sense.
nev310 said:
Who would want a crappy nexus
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No need to troll here, bro.
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Someone thats a nondeveloper [me] that really doesnt want a Sense device. Theres like one nonsense ICS rom and its been like that for awhile. I cant take sense.
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And I know what you mean. Sense is too heavy of a skin for me. And HTC makes me mad because they put out a flagship phone and then like a month later they make a better version of it and make you feel like your device is obsolete.
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Someone thats a nondeveloper [me] that really doesnt want a Sense device. Theres like one nonsense ICS rom and its been like that for awhile. I cant take sense.
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Meh. I agree that Sense sucks, but the Rezound is clearly the better piece of hardware, and the software will come.
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Meh. I agree that Sense sucks, but the Rezound is clearly the better piece of hardware, and the software will come.
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I agree with all this is why im for the most part happy with the device. Its just that bit. If VZW wants to exchange for the nexus ill take it. If not.... no sweat on my back.
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I agree with all this is why im for the most part happy with the device. Its just that bit. If VZW wants to exchange for the nexus ill take it. If not.... no sweat on my back.
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Well it's not like you can just walk in and just exchange you're rezound for a gnex. You have to actually have something wrong with your rezound for that to ocurr.
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zZDave_Stud said:
No need to troll here, bro.
And I know what you mean. Sense is too heavy of a skin for me. And HTC makes me mad because they put out a flagship phone and then like a month later they make a better version of it and make you feel like your device is obsolete.
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IM not trolling I had a no data issue leaving work and was going to mention it. The only way I fixed it was a full reboot. Also after I rebooted I was stuck in cdma prl. Changed it to cdma/lte and it started working. The weird thing was it said data was on but no 1x 3g or 4g. Toggled everything and nothing helped cept the reboot.
Also atleast HTC doesn't make you wait for over a year for a barely updated version of the same thing and make you feel like you need it (Apple)
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Someone thats a nondeveloper [me] that really doesnt want a Sense device. Theres like one nonsense ICS rom and its been like that for awhile. I cant take sense.
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I disable sense and use go launcher and go SMS.
The nexus just feels so cheap.
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Well it's not like you can just walk in and just exchange you're rezound for a gnex. You have to actually have something wrong with your rezound for that to ocurr.
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right. like no data and a battery that apparently doesnt charge when dead. That wasnt the first time. However it was the first time i had to wait 6 hours and it still not turn on.
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right. like no data and a battery that apparently doesnt charge when dead. That wasnt the first time. However it was the first time i had to wait 6 hours and it still not turn on.
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Wow. Well I'd just take it to a Verizon rep at one of their stores and see what they have to say because the battery problem is definitely a recurring problem with other rezound users. I don't know about the no data problem though. I've heard of people constantly dropping data, but I've never seen someone who doesn't have it at all.
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Just in case you missed it, the camera is now working in cyangenmod 9 for the Photon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0MzkYVpgQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
Thks. But we knew it ages ago.
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It's good you spread the word out... Most people don't read and ask over n over for camera working....
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Re: "Thks. But we knew it ages ago."
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The beta was only posted 2 days ago. Anyway, thanks for you input.
dxl880517 said:
Thks. But we knew it ages ago.
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i, too, mock people for sharing good news
Not everyone reads/understands things going on in development threads. The OP is just trying to share some good news with the community.
I've been using this build for 24 hours now. I have no plans to go back
How is battery life niteglo?
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The beta was only posted 2 days ago. Anyway, thanks for you input.
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Exaggeration.
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Would those who have tried this comment on battery life?
Battery life is fine, just as good as stock.
Couple concerns for those of you who are still using stock.
1. Phone heats up really easily now, I've never had this problem before.
2. Signal seems inconsistent. I used to consistently have signal in my room and since flash it seems to flicker between 2 bars and no bar.
Of course, the positive outweights the negatives for me here. ICS just such a huge step forward compared to gingerbread and I've never seen quadrant score of 3300 on stock before.
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One minor but very annoying thing is that sometimes apps will just hang while uninstalling, just stuck at the stage where they show a bar moving back and forth. Reboot fixes it somewhat, but just a minor annoyance that I haven't seen anybody mentioning.(I'm just glad I have signal I guess)
Is 4g working on ICS?
I use 4g constantly and don't want to give that up.
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About the signal issue - I understand the bars fluctuate but is there any degradation of call quality or data speed?
John Kotches said:
Is 4g working on ICS?
I use 4g constantly and don't want to give that up.
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No 4G - mainly due to unlocking of bootloader to flash! Still a damn good ROM though - super sleek, minor bugs!! All Hail the Jokersax!!!
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About the signal issue - I understand the bars fluctuate but is there any degradation of call quality or data speed?
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Can't comment on data since 3G is so slow it's pretty much unusable here. Call is fine when there is consistent signal but I never had a drop call issue in my room until now.
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Can't comment on data since 3G is so slow it's pretty much unusable here. Call is fine when there is consistent signal but I never had a drop call issue in my room until now.
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So now you drop calls? Not good.
Can you tell if the radio software is different than in GB?
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Is 4g working on ICS?
I use 4g constantly and don't want to give that up.
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No
10 char.......
USCC
I have this on the moto electrify and everything works so far. been running non stop playing with stuff for 2 hours!
Anyone running any of the oc kernels?
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Anyone running any of the oc kernels?
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CM9 I think has joker's 1.3 oc in it.
Sweet. Anyone played with the 1.4/1.5 yet on this?
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I have to say that I love this phone, but the browser is almost unusable because it is so laggy. I've noticed that this phone needs hardware acceleration really bad...
The home screen isn't the smoothest either.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
And pinch to zoom in the browser is a joke. Its laggier than a single core phone.
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speedy0339 said:
I have to say that I love this phone, but the browser is almost unusable because it is so laggy. I've noticed that this phone needs hardware acceleration really bad...
The home screen isn't the smoothest either.
Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
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Have you tried restarting your phone, freeing up some RAM, or deleting some apps that may be giving the phone lag?
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yea probably some other app trashed your phone. sometimes the only way to get the performance back is to hard reset the phone. gosh Android is starting to feel a lot like windows...
You might also have to factory reset to fix the problem. Are up to date on your firmware?
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Yeah. Even when I played with the maxx at the store it just isn't smooth. I had a gs2, then an iphone, and now this. I just think I'm so used to the iphone smoothness that I just have to get back to the Android feel of things. And no I'm not an apple fan boy, the only reason i got the iphone was because sprint didnt have 4g in my area and i just wanted to try it. Now that i finally got a good service, i had to go back to the good os.
I've noticed even scrolling in apps, that the phone isn't very smooth for a dual core. I kind of expected more.
Does anyone know if ICS and hardware acceleration will fix this? Or maybe the soak test update coming whenever it comes?
I have no such problems. All my apps open almost instantly, and I don't get any lag when I scroll. I don't know what to tell you guys. Restarting your phones, update your firmware, kill some processes, and say 3 hail Marys.
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Leviathan26 said:
I have no such problems. All my apps open almost instantly, and I don't get any lag when I scroll. I don't know what to tell you guys. Restarting your phones, update your firmware, kill some processes, and say 3 hail Marys.
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It just isn't smooth as butter like the gs2, galaxy nexus, iphone 4s
Mine is as smooth as butter though. ^_^ That's why I keep saying that I don't have any of those problems.
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Leviathan26 said:
Mine is as smooth as butter though. ^_^ That's why I keep saying that I don't have any of those problems.
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Even in apps like scrolling and stuff? Ill hard reset tonight. That's so weird...
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Leviathan26 said:
Mine is as smooth as butter though. ^_^ That's why I keep saying that I don't have any of those problems.
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Are you running stock 2.3.6?
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speedy0339 said:
Are you running stock 2.3.6?
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iPhone is very very smooth - almost as fast as amiga was. maybe you were spoiled by iPhone? i still think it's weird that all these years later with a thousand times the processing power there's still nothing as smooth scrolling as the amiga from 25 years ago.
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Are you running stock 2.3.6?
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Yes, completely stock. No root, or custom roms.
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iolinux333 said:
iPhone is very very smooth - almost as fast as amiga was. maybe you were spoiled by iPhone? i still think it's weird that all these years later with a thousand times the processing power there's still nothing as smooth scrolling as the amiga from 25 years ago.
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I guess I was just spoiled by the iphone. I love Verizon lte but this phone just isn't anywhere near as fast as the iphone.
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Get a cache cleaner. My browser began to get laggy and stopped opening pages, I looking in my cache and had over 30mb . I cleared it and it works fantastic now
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Get a cache cleaner. My browser began to get laggy and stopped opening pages, I looking in my cache and had over 30mb . I cleared it and it works fantastic now
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Didn't help at all bro
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If you look at page load times the Razr will kill iOS devices every time. The scrolling jitters is due to lack of hardware acceleration in rendering- Honeycomb and newer uses OpenGL to deliver a much better experience. Yet another reason I can't wait for ICS...
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If you look at page load times the Razr will kill iOS devices every time. The scrolling jitters is due to lack of hardware acceleration in rendering- Honeycomb and newer uses OpenGL to deliver a much better experience. Yet another reason I can't wait for ICS...
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I guess ill just have to wait or root and flash ics. I had the nexus before this but I couldn't stand the Samsung antenna and 3 hour battery life.
Thanks for explaining.
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speedy0339 said:
I guess ill just have to wait or root and flash ics. I had the nexus before this but I couldn't stand the Samsung antenna and 3 hour battery life.
Thanks for explaining.
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And the pinch to zoom in the gallery is a joke!! Its SUPER laggy.
And it'll be the Evo LTE or the SGSIII.
I have handled both and like the Evo more. (rocking a Photon currently)
My one question: is there a RELIABLE AND BUG FREE workaround yet for the botched multi-tasking??
If not, I think that will ruin my experience.
Thanks.
Nope, even with everything I've tried it is still crwp when compared to other phones I've owned, specially stock android 4.1.
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Wow, not good. You have tried the custom ROMs that are available with the supposed tweaks to fix this?
Thanks.
I haven't noticed it at all. I can leave an application and go back into it 10+ minutes later and it's still where I left off.
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I haven't noticed it at all. I can leave an application and go back into it 10+ minutes later and it's still where I left off.
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So what is everyone complaining about?
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Wow, not good. You have tried the custom ROMs that are available with the supposed tweaks to fix this?
Thanks.
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I tried multiple roms and so far it seems there is no fix.
For example I was on the web browser. Backed out with the home key to go to home screen. I then went to settings to change my display settings went back to browser and the whole page had to reload and refresh.
My GS2 and Galaxy Nexus was better then this phone in the performance department.
Not to mention after you start installing apps and setting up your home screens the phone just gets slower and slower and less snappy.
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Wow, not good. You have tried the custom ROMs that are available with the supposed tweaks to fix this?
Thanks.
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Yep. It's bad.
Bad enough that my lte is sitting in a drawer as I use an alpha cm9 build on my evo 3d. Multitasking, background downloads stopping, and overall sluggishness compared to stock drove me away.
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I haven't noticed it at all. I can leave an application and go back into it 10+ minutes later and it's still where I left off.
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Try playing a game. Then get a text, reply and check your email for the hell of it.
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Jelly Bean will be running on the LTEVO any day now, which will mitigate the multi-tasking issue. With that said, I've tried both and the LTEVO was the clear winner for me. The Galaxy is way too plasticy for me.
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Jelly Bean will be running on the LTEVO any day now, which will mitigate the multi-tasking issue.
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And how do we know this?
I'm on my second evo lte as of today first one the radio burn out on me for too much usage and second one came brand new in box with old update so I can root s off all the way but 2morrow I get my galaxy s 3 so moving to that one and selling this one
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The multitasking will get better with AOSP, I think. Actually, is it possible its because of the s4? Could anyone else using a phone with s4 respond to this? Much thanks.
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The multitasking will get better with AOSP, I think. Actually, is it possible its because of the s4? Could anyone else using a phone with s4 respond to this? Much thanks.
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Don't think so
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The multitasking will get better with AOSP, I think. Actually, is it possible its because of the s4? Could anyone else using a phone with s4 respond to this? Much thanks.
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Nope. Just this phone. I returned this phone due to crappy gps, lag and horrible multi tasking. Having to keep my screen on to download something was unacceptable. I'm on a s3 now and xda app was still on the last Page I viewed yesterday evening and I've played a few games and run a few other apps. Gps is best I've ever experienced on a phone. Hard to say that and Samsung in same sentence lol
One thing I miss is reception though
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ronnienyc said:
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Go onto IRC and download decks build of cm10.
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Go onto IRC and download decks build of cm10.
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Besides the camera and display HTC failed on this phone.