The wife & I are about to get out of our AT&T contract and switch over to VZ. We're upgrading from the HTC Aria (AT&T's first real Android phone) so pretty much any current phone is going to be a huge upgrade. The RAZR Maxx seems like the cat's meow, so that's the way we're leaning. I do have a couple of questions though..
How bad is the bloatware, and how hard is it to remove? I assume you have to root..
We despise Swype, but haven't found anything better. I thought I saw that it's comes pre-installed, but if not, can it be installed on the RAZR?
I assume that the RAZR uses the standard Micro USB cable, but will our HTC wall chargers work with the new phones?
This is it for now, but I'll browse the forums some more and maybe come up with some other questions..
I just switched to the maxx from evo 4g (sprint) a couple weeks ago. Hows the att coverage in ur area? If its anything like it is up here, I'd say you will be very happy with the switch.
Bloat... theres a fair amount of it, but... Not any worse than anything I've seen from any other carrier, and unless u actually use the apps, they just sit idle, and as far as I can tell, dont use any power, or consume resources/data. Yes, root is needed to remove/freeze.
I personally dont use swype, but it does come pre-installed.
I DO use my htc chargers to charge this device... I even use my htc micro hdmi cable for mirroring, both work flawlessly.
Aside from all that, its a pretty slick phone! Battery life absolutely destroys every other device I have tried, its fast, and smooth, and pretty rugged.
For keyboards I have Swiftkey 3 installed (Which is on sale in my region), totally worth the price.
With other phones I would have a charger at home, one in the car and another in the office. With the MAXX I only have to use one charger, the one at home.
That plain fact makes the phone the correct choice for me
With the ICS upgrade you can actually disable all of the bloat ware so it won't use any resources ever.
bloat is no problem. swiftkeys is a must (or other keyb app) . if the smart actions are set up we on a stock razr maxx the phone is perfect and will do every thing you want. the only mod I really care about is the wifi hotspot , data is data. so if you do not want to mod at all it is 29.99 a month for tethering
the phone is perfect
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Hey guys, im thinking of getting a LG Optimus One(p500), is it worth the money? (170 euros over here), does it slow down, is the camera good, etc? or should i get something else?
It's generally decent for the price, there's plenty of roms in the development section for it, the camera is USELESS in the dark though. everything else works perfectly though.
However, there's a few issue you have to take note of.Even though it's froyo aka Android 2.2, because of the hardware, it does not support Adobe Flash Player.And there is a bug in this phone and that is when you touch the screen when playing games or doing anything else, the frames will drop and the phone will lag.It's a touch screen bug I believe.Just hope that Android 2.3 will take care of this problem.Take note of all those things.
Its a great device for the price I bought it in Germany for 242€ on Amazon.
It does have some software issues.
On the Hardware side the device is pretty good.
The Screen is a LCD screen compared to the OLED of the i5700 it doesnt have any pixel problems.
The camera is more then enough for making pictures except in the dark I think even an LED Light wouldn't make so much differences. And who is making pictures late at night? Outside even and LED light wouldnt make a difference.
On new year I will try to make some pictures with it. ^_^
The device does have enough RAM and besides the software-issues its a great device.
I'm sure LG will fix this for their most successful android smartphone.
And we will get Gingerbread...
My first post in here... well...
im using this phone since 2nd December ... i bought it at 205euros [device only, unbranded etc etc...] with car charger + windshield stand.
I previously had an iPhone 3G and sold it because i got bored with that... so actually that's my 1st android device.
For the ammount of money i've spent ... the accesories i got along + a bluetooth stereo that i use for music, i have to say that it's the best phone i've seen!
I've been searching the market after selling my iphone for a new one with android [2.2froyo from the box!] with a price around 200euros and that's the only one i found!
This phone is a bargain and for me the only disadvantage is the Screen lag when being touched [software problem, may be fixed on gingerbread] and the fact that it doesnt have v7 processor so it doesnt support flash [no big deal but... :/]
Well i woke up and drove out to sprint way earlier today.
I have to admit, i did give a split thought to the evo3d because they got the 2.3.4 update. But no way could it make everything perfect in that ota. So i went with my original choice.
This phone is sexy. It is really fast... doing side by side actions with the epic on gb, the photon was twice as fast if not more in some areas.
Pure computing power this phone noticeably crushes my epic.
Not once was i frustrated an app didnt open instantly, how
I wanted my epic experience to be.
The fone is growing on me and i love it more the longer i have it.
I love the MOTOBLUR. Great balance between pure google and overlay ui. Very cool experience you cant find with any other oem ui.
Like the extensive integration with social networks.
I love how the stock music player does the lyrics, that was a surprise today. And many other cool things but i have to cut this short. But i have to mention, the screens on the display units are not the same on our consumer handsets. It looked complete trash on the demo, but my fone screen is amazing.. no screen issues at all. I did have call bug very first call. Remove sim and im good.
And lastly, i understand about you guys saying youre not eorried about the Galaxy anymore. I may keep this.
Something about pulling up gps status and getting INSTANT 9 of 9 sats inside the appartment with zero error that makes me feel all warm and goey inside
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Very cool you got u one of these Mo-Phos... I think you'll like it.
I'm still on the fence as to whether i'm going to perma-keep mines.. lol
when the GS2 comes out, I'll play with it for sure, but if it has crippled GPS/bluetooth, I'll just stick w/ moto this time.
This may not be the solution for you but I got a GlobalSat BT 368 that is about the size of 2 match books longways and thick ways. I use the free bluetooth gps in the market and I now have GPS better than my epic 4g or my wifes 4g touch. In fact I am now thinking about getting a full size navigation program like copilot or sygic any thoughts on a good program
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018YZ836/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
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Looks good. How long battery last?
Can't tell you from experience I only got it thurs. Its rated at 11 hours continuous use but cuts off after 10 mins. if not connected. If it's anything like a speaker phone with the same ratings and features it will probably need charging every three weeks. 2 hour charge.
I have been thinking about just leaving it plugged up in my glove compartment and on continuously. Once locked it doesn't lose signals for anything that I have been able to try in the house.
HI,
Glad you got your GPS working. I don't know type of phones you have available, but if they are Win6-7 phones, there is a program out there called WiFiRouter (costs, but it works great....use it all the time), then you can use a free program called WAZE that uses online data. I find the routes selected, but the the nice thing is that it is "user-interactive"....that is, users identify construction/police/slow-stopped traffic. It should work great in DC. Other than that, I'd go with CoPilot for now because it's cheap. Magellan and Garmin have operation apps for the iphone, but not the Android Market yet, and those are the 2 companies that I would recommend.
Personally, my current setup is a Garmin 4390 standalone, with WAZE running to let me know where the traffic and cops are. Haven't had the Prime long enough to see if there's any others available....The other company to look at is Tom-Tom.
If you're going to connect the Prime to the internet via the phone, then you probably need to apply this fix, so ad-hoc networks are available. ICS stock has them locked out.
If you have an Android phone, there are apps similar to the WiFiRouter, I'm sure.
Good luck,
Bob
Hello Folks,
some days ago, I bought from Ebay a new battery to my mother's iPhone, I bought a battery with 2430 mAh, I had searched for one like that to Lumia 800, I have a WP7, LG E900 with a battery like that and I can use it for three days without change the battery, any one here can say here a find a battery like that to Lumia 800?
Thanks!!!
dont use batteries that arent made only for your phone or produced from nokia in your case.
If its a fake 1)the battery life will go down very fast 2)you will for sure have a problem when charging your phone with extreme temps and lastly there is even a chance with chinese or fake batteries that they will explode(not like a bomb but still will ruin your phone) if exposed in high temps(sun etc)
All replacement batteries arent that bad. Before buying read the reviews in amazon etc. For example I had an "extended" battery on my Samsung galaxy s and I never had any problems with it, and it really improved the battery life. Though I remember news about exploding phones when using these replacement batteries. Yes, of course there is a risk, and it is a risk that you should think about. In my opinion your Lumia 800 is too expensive to gamble
i thought you couldnt replace batteries for this phone?!? isnt it like the iphone, ie built in (cant get it out)
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i thought you couldnt replace batteries for this phone?!? isnt it like the iphone, ie built in (cant get it out)
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It can be replaced but you need to take the phone apart. It is not very difficult though.
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It can be replaced but you need to take the phone apart. It is not very difficult though.
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that looks cooool lol
got my standard battery to last 4 days 12h.
although i only use it for texts, light calls and light music use. oh and the odd internet browsing. the lack of apps is the main problem. theres some cool ones but for games i use my tablet (android)
So I bought an X2 for STUPID cheap with a bad ESN (much cheaper than I could buy just a new replacement digitizer)
Mine has a broken digitizer and is generally just beat-up looking.
can I just swap the mainboards (along with the IMEI sticker so it matches the radio)
this will save me SO much tedious work, and having to buy a torx t3 that I will inevitably lose in my travels.
and um... anyone want whats left of the bad ESN model for any reason or need any parts?
since I seem to be the only person on the face of this planet that actually likes this phone, I would like to keep it running!
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and does anyone know why there's a tag that says REPAIRW/EXH on a phone that's never been touched by anyone other than myself since I bought it brand freakin new? Is Verizon doing shady things that I should get angry about? (well, if it is repaired, they did a good job, because it truly is the best damn phone I've ever had)
really? I can't post pics from Dropbox anymore? LAME!
so just for fun, I just tried to activate the phone with the supposed bad ESN....
the seller lied to me!
what a stupid lie to tell!
however, the volume buttons don't work right, if I press search, the volume goes all the way down and if I try to turn it back up it fights me...
that's FN weird.
I flashed eclipse 2.3 on it w/ the 2.3.5 418 OTA, and I'm not impressed with how it runs, at this point it would be easier to swap boards than to SBF to 2.3.4 and put CM7 on it, (CM7 is already on that naked board)
Get all the parts that work together from the two phones so that you have a good functioning phone. You can remap your hard keys. The download may have been bad. SBF all the way and start from scratch.
I straight up swapped the two boards + imei stickers, and now I have two perfectly functional phones (minus the cracked screen) the second was an asurion remanufactured phone and the ribbon going from the mainboard to the digitizer/hardbuttons was a little messed up
Eclipse 1.3rc2 was the best one of the eclipse varieties I ever ran on that phone. 2.3 is just slower than CM7, and I HDCP enabled HDMI is kinda useless for me. adapting my DVI laptop to HDMI is better for the signal testing work I do sometimes.
I'll keep 2.3 on this "spare parts" phone and use it for playing videos on HDMI equipped hotel TVs or a receiver for Wifi Walkie Talkie @ work and use a remote control app of some sort to basically just use it as a networked portable media player. (like a battery operated portable WDTV)
I am in a similar situation except that after the swap, I have no display. I have triple checked all of my connections. I didn't break any ribbon cables and I even tried putting the boards back into the phones they came out of. Any help at all would be appreciated