Had it with the latest greatest T-Mobile phones - HTC Amaze 4G

Had a gs3 and have a one s while the one s is better then the gs3 in my eyes the one s drops connection completely from time to time. Would the amaze be worth getting? Thinking about a gs2 also.

davwman said:
Had a gs3 and have a one s while the one s is better then the gs3 in my eyes the one s drops connection completely from time to time. Would the amaze be worth getting? Thinking about a gs2 also.
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Just root the one s and install one of the t mobile us Rom's, it fixes the data connection issue. It's absolutely the best phone on t mobile IMHO.
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I've done that. I'm running axiom 1.7 senseless and its not data dropping it completely loses cell connection. Think red circle with line through it standing for no connection. Stock does the same thing. Is it a sim card issue or a defect?

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I've done that. I'm running axiom 1.7 senseless and its not data dropping it completely loses cell connection. Think red circle with line through it standing for no connection. Stock does the same thing. Is it a sim card issue or a defect?
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I think I read somewhere that it's a hardware problem, something about the antenna not fully connecting in the phone. too bad you can't take off the casing with ease, I'm sure some aluminum foil or a paperclip of some sort would fix it lol.
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Well, if you can live little development, then yes, the amaze is worth it. Great camera, decent screen, great build quality.
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Looked like dev support was strong

I will vouch for the One S signal sucking. Its awful.... no way is the one s better than sgs3 in ANY category tho... just my opinion... i also own(ed) both.
Rooting and flashing different radios didnt help either.
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Can u deal with a.phone that'll last you 4 hours?
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fuego77 said:
Can u deal with a.phone that'll last you 4 hours?
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I've owned all three devices & while they are all great devices, I would stay with the S3. The one S had horrible signal and it's pentile screen is crappy compared to the Amaze and inferior to the S3's. Also the S3 having an massive 4.8 HD display gets excellent battery life, plus has an sd card slot and removable battery

yea man, stay with the GS3. sick phone. what color is it?
the Amaze is good, dont get me wrong. its just not great for development and its battery life is...well. not good, to put it nicely lol

Nvm, figured out the signal problem. Antenna on the one s is at the lower left hand side. Grip it down there in a low signal area, say good bye to reception. Knowing his the signal has been solid. Looks like I'm sticking with the one s!

Didn't the iPhONE have that issue? Death Grip.

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The bottom left hand corner of the phone sits in my hand as shown in the picture. Bye, bye signal. Problem solved by holding differently. Good thing is this only happens in extremely poor T-Mobile areas. Which for me, is rare.

Lol leave it to htc to completely rebuild your phone grip like Tiger Woods rebuilding his swing lol.
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I'll sue HTC for carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand

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I'll sue HTC for carpal tunnel syndrome in my right hand
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Lmao!!! Class action brewing!!!
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If you're wanting a the new samsung.... Get one.

I'm tired of getting tired of getting on here every day and reading these posts about the epic touch. It's a matter of opinion. If you think it's going to be better, then by all means get one. But stop with all these.. Samsungs better and the photon is a piece of **** posts. I love this phone and a lot of us here do. So if you're that dead set that you want the epic 4g touch.... Shut the **** up and get one.
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+1 amen to that
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I couldn't agree more
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× 200,000,000 from me
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Agree 100%!
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Actually, right now I'm more excited about the MoPho. I have an epic right now. While its a great piece of hardware the support and interest from samsprint is disappointing to say the least. Really looking forward to the motogoogle devices.
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Both phones are great but the photon was just the right choice for me. I'm a big guy 6'2", 250 pounds . I never thought anything would be to big for me lol but that 4.5 inch screen on the epic touch is over kill.
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I'm tired of getting tired of getting on here every day and reading these posts about the epic touch. It's a matter of opinion. If you think it's going to be better, then by all means get one. But stop with all these.. Samsungs better and the photon is a piece of **** posts. I love this phone and a lot of us here do. So if you're that dead set that you want the epic 4g touch.... Shut the **** up and get one.
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Agreed! Besides, this is a Photon-specific forum, not a Samsung forum...
Totally agree with this. Don't let the door hit you on the *$$ on the way out!
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Agreed! Besides, this is a Photon-specific forum, not a Samsung forum...
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This seems to be a bad problem in xda, people like to troll other forums posting info about another phones or "my phone is better and your sucks" threads. Whers operation iron fist when you need it?
4.3 to 4.5 diagnol is virtually nothing. on sizemeup it shows the overall sgs2 is only 3 mm wider and exact same height as mopho
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Yea there alot of dumb ass photon basher here they need to move on
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Finally someone said it, I love it! A-mothafkin-men! Glad the Photon guys are finally sticking up for themselves!! Good to see this!!
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Definitely.
What I don't get is that some of these people seem to be Photon owners who for some reason have buyers remorse.
This phone isn't even half a year old and at present works perfectly fine as it is. It got root within the first few weeks, it got 2 updates to address it's initial issues, and the source was just released. No other phone that has been recently released has gotten this kind of treatment. WTF?!
ROMs are created to enhance a phone's capabilities. And at its current capacity, there's nothing to enhance on the Photon. At least nothing that can't be addressed by purchasing apps from the Market...
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This seems to be a bad problem in xda, people like to troll other forums posting info about another phones or "my phone is better and your sucks" threads. Whers operation iron fist when you need it?
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It's simple, with good (Photon) there is always gonna be some cry baby puss out there who wants to talk **** because their product is inferior and they feel justified. Either way, the hell with 'em. All them fan boys can **** off.
LMAO well said with the typo(probably) in the Thread title
I agree I want the Epic Touch 2 BUT my Mopho is one sexy well....MoPho.
I miss touchwiz ESPECIALLY the latest version of it but I'm really digging this M.A.P(don't call us blur).
I had buyers remorse for like 2 days(only then because I was broke as **** till pay day which was 2 days away lol) then I was all like this muh fuggah is bad ass and snappy right out of the box
No! Don't send the trolls my way. ;( (I'm getting the Touch too).
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Supposed new look of Evo One

http://m.androidcentral.com/leaked-press-shots-claim-show-htc-evo-one
Interesting
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I say keep the design it has. I don't like the one X and one S design .. it makes it look like my moms crappy LG optimous ..
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I say keep the design it has. I don't like the one X and one S design .. it makes it look like my moms crappy LG optimous ..
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I like it. I just hope they don't let the camera stick out half an inch like the One X.
See I agree I love the design of the one x and one s. But I don't understand why. HTC insists make that damn camera protrude out. Apple and Samsung do just fine with out that non sense ( no pun intended and.the have some of the most epic cameras out.
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Looks good, just a shame it won't be coming out in my region.
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Same outdated phones from HTC.. to me HTC is the new RIM they will be dead in a few years
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But I don't understand why. HTC insists make that damn camera protrude out.
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Hate that so much. The lens on my Evo 4G was scratched up a couple of months after I bought it. I suppose I could lay it screen down on my desk, but then I have to keep flipping it over to see anything. At the very least, make the lens scratch-resistant, or recessed enough to not scrape across the surface it's on.
And I prefer the looks of the AT&T version of the One. The Sprint version is just another plain black slab -- why do we get such ugly phones on Sprint?? Still gonna get one though
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How do you figure that. Rim isn't going down hill because of bad hardware. There going down hill because of outdated software. Rims 9930 is a solid preice of hardware. Now if they catch up on the software front that would help them tremendously, maybe look into bigger screens for there next Gen phones. HTC has solid hardware and beautiful software. Just to much implementation of sense IMO.
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HTC had a huge hit in 2010 with the Evo. They had a down year in 2011 (how do you follow up the Evo???), but they're generating a lot of hype with this new One line. I don't think they're going the way of RIM. And by the way, smart move if they're going to concentrate on a single line of phones rather than pushing out a new, differently named phone every month.
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See the thread located HERE......
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Sorry about that Sgt
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Sorry about that Sgt
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Same outdated phones from HTC.. to me HTC is the new RIM they will be dead in a few years
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Love that pic hahahaha
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Shuting off NFC made my service much better

I just wanted to let you guys know that after I shut off NFC my service (signal strength) seems much better (ex I did not have service in my basement with it on). It takes a few minutes though to see the result.
Just something you guys might want to look into.
user1323 said:
I just wanted to let you guys know that after I shut off NFC my service seems much better (ex I did not have service in my basement with it on). It takes a few minutes though to see the result.
Just something you guys might want to look into.
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Testing now..
*EDIT* while speeds are not increased, It does seem to hold a more consistent signal. Here at work I get very little 3G if at all. It typically keeps switching from 1x to 3g to no data where now it seems to at least maintain the data connection. Nothing conclusive. Could be placebo, could have some substance. Look forward to more people's results..
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I can't wait to hear the results of this as I've never had the NFC chip on and I believe I've been getting pretty good service.
Just how do you cut the NFC chip off? I can't seem to find the setting.
EDIT: Nevermind. Found it.
Would it save a tiny bit of battery?
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Would it save a tiny bit of battery?
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From what I've heard, the battery use of nfc is extremely minimal.
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I've had nfc off for a few days now and I don't see better battery life or better service (data speeds or signal).
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From what I've heard, the battery use of nfc is extremely minimal.
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I was under the impression that the NFC radio only uses battery when you touch your phone to a NFC chip, but besides that it is hibernating..
Wow! Thanks so much. Since Google wallet doesn't work, I turned it off like you said and got an extra 2 bars!
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Doubled my speed!
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I was under the impression that the NFC radio only uses battery when you touch your phone to a NFC chip, but besides that it is hibernating..
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According to my non-scientific, and barely researched opinion, this is partially true.
NFC tags are actually powered by the NFC chip in your phone. When you touch them, power is transferred to the tag, and then the info is transferred to your phone.
However, I feel it is 99% impossible, to have a technology that is "waiting" to touch something, which will in turn activate it/something, not be using power while it's waiting. It seems like something has to be on, to acknowledge when the NFC tag is in range/touched.
I could be completely wrong, but I imagine there is some kind of power being used, even if it's miniscule.
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Doubled my speed!
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I lol'ed
I got better speeds with it on. 1st is on 2nd is off. :screwy:
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Doubled my speed!
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Nah you lie. With nfc on I got faster speeds.
Nfc on:
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I highly doubt the NFC chip has anything to do with data speeds lol....
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Nah you lie. With nfc on I got faster speeds.
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Jesus...lol if I lived where you do I definitely would have waited to get this phone until more towers came your way.
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Jesus...lol if I lived where you do I definitely would have waited to get this phone until more towers came your way.
SENT FROM MY EVO 4G LTE!!!
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Yah lol even though I bash Sprint for its crappy service and data speeds..... I've been with them for 8 years... And I'm poor
Network vision better be as good as they say it's going to be.. Because I am not going to deal with this much longer. Data speeds have been going down hill on a yearly basis. Now it's 28.8k speeds and should have never been allowed to get this bad
I wonder if the Sprint Executives use their own service.
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ATT LTE speedtests

In SF doing Audits for the big V this week. Came out of dinner last nite to find the wily and elusive LTE icon lit up on the Note.
Im going to try to post a screenie.
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Please send me some LTE.....
I'm in BFE, Utah......LOL......g
Btw i jist got done testing for V/qualcomm for 6 mo on some newer "microcell" stuff they might deploy in the cities. Wimax w/backhaul idea... anyway speeds were topped at about 38M and that wasnt steady..most were 15-22M depending on the test parameters. ATT is doing all of that by my tests. However as we know deployment schedule is ****y.
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Actually at&t have been very good about updating towers in s timely manner.
Because They gotta compete with big red.
I live in Nashville, we were supposed to get lte by the end of summer....had it since the middle of spring.
Have they produced a projected map of upgrades ?
I'd like to see that....g
LoL yes i could for sure find out and im involved w the V LTE buildup. However i get paid wayyyyy to well to go there. sorry.
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In LA we have it. I managed to get 8/4. Put the sim back into my nexus, 4 across the board. Almost pointless
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In Oklahoma City I'm getting around 10/8.
We don't have very speedy LTE here. =/
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clmill79 said:
In Oklahoma City I'm getting around 10/8.
We don't have very speedy LTE here. =/
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Your getting 10/8 and it says LTE? That is pretty high upload speed.. but LTE starts @ 11M doesnt it?
good luck, im just happy to have my cell near my house @ full capacity now. I have 5 bars of 4g Yay!
I'm from Orlando and this is my first AT&T phone. LTE speeds are very fast here.
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not too bad here in Jersey either.
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Your getting 10/8 and it says LTE? That is pretty high upload speed.. but LTE starts @ 11M doesnt it?
good luck, im just happy to have my cell near my house @ full capacity now. I have 5 bars of 4g Yay!
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It probably isn't actually LTE, wouldn't surprise me, and I haven't seen the LTE text since I started running ROMs on my phones. =P.
That being said, it would be nice to once in a while get the crazy speeds that some of y'all are getting, though. =O. Guess we're just a little behind the power curve in Oklahoma. @[email protected]
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No LTE love for Sacramento, CA.
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Well dang, that sucks...

Started with a stuck pixel last night. It's gotten progressively worse over the day. Thankfully Verizon said they'd replace it.
I wonder if this is a SAmoled Screen issue or a loose wire issue...
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ive seen that on S3's before too
Hope that doesnt happen to mine. Ive never gotten a bad phone out of the 4 smartphones ive bought except the iphone. Not that it had a problem, just the fact that it was an iphone.
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Damn that sucks glad vzw said they got u
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Hopefully you don't get a refurb.
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Hopefully you don't get a refurb.
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I dont think they give refurbished if its within 14 days.
whatever it is it doesn't appear to be only the screen, even the LED light at the top is purple
Ugh, that sucks! Glad to hear they are replacing it.
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whatever it is it doesn't appear to be only the screen, even the LED light at the top is purple
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I think that is just the camera he is using picking up the gesture sensor.
This phone is to new for refurbished devices. It'll take a month or two before we start getting refurbished.
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Yeah this would be the first phone that I've ever had that happen to. It's kinda shocking. I don't think I'll get a referb with it being so new, but I'll find out tomorrow morning. I sweet talked the rep and got her to ship it overnight. Score haha.
I guess right now it doesn't bother me as much as when it was a stuck pixel. I know the lines there so it doesn't bother me as much. The pixel just annoys the crap outta you because you look for it every time you turn the phone on haha.
I know how that is. Everytime my rezounds screen dark colored I would try to count how many dead pixels I could see in the nickel sized cluster of dead pixels it had. Most i could see were 12 lol. But didnt bother me enough to get a new one.
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It is spreading!
got the same problem
Just got the new one in today. Brand new, looks like it was ready to go to some pre order person or something. Time to take it back to root!
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Just call verizon, sit through their speil. Tell them you have a defective screen. They'll tell you to power cycle the phone, and do a factory restore. It will inevitably end with them sending you a new phone. Everything's gonna be fine
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Hope that doesnt happen to mine. Ive never gotten a bad phone out of the 4 smartphones ive bought except the iphone. Not that it had a problem, just the fact that it was an iphone.
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This made me laugh for a good minute
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Evocm7 said:
Hope that doesnt happen to mine. Ive never gotten a bad phone out of the 4 smartphones ive bought except the iphone. Not that it had a problem, just the fact that it was an iphone.
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lololololol
That happened to my Aunts S4 last week.
I'm ready for an upgrade but am not really sure if I wanna ditch my prefect s3 for the s4 yet... the screen must be perfect or I won't like it lol.
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