Just felt like mentioning that you now have another new owner of the Droid Incredible 4G LTE. I finally got it yesterday and am enjoying it greatly. Coming from the original Droid Incredible, this is a huge step up. The slightly larger size takes a little getting used to while typing, though.
I waited for a long time for this phone to come out, and I'm excited to finally have one. Not having posted in a long time on XDA, I decided to get a fresh start with a new account. I've been monitoring the situation with S-OFF on this phone, and can't wait to hear from andy and the S-OFF team that they've achieved it so we who bought the phone more than 2 weeks after it came out can get rooted!
I prefer Sense over stock Android, and with all the barely- or half-completed Sense 2 and 3 ROMs for the Inc, I primarily stuck to using the stock HTC rooted, de-odexed ROMs by wildstang83. Sense 4 is a huge improvement over Sense 1. Also, you have to love Ice Cream Sandwich and its ability to disable all the apps you won't ever use that still take up space (which is a great reason to get rooted, to delete them permanently). The last ROM I sampled from the Inc forum was a very sluggish, not even half-working beta of Jellybean, and while there was no HWA, it was still an interesting experience with Google Now, and I can't wait for the Inc 4G to get Jellybean, though, if it's anything like the timetable on the OG Inc, it will be at least 6 months before the first incremental update (as it was for Eclair to Froyo, and 10 months for a broken version of Gingerbread).
Anyway, all I wanted to say was I'm excited to be here with this community that has worked quite well together this far, and I hope the cooperation continues.
Welcome aboard partner.
Do please post in the 'battery life experiences' thread after you've used your phone for a week or so.
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Great to see ya IceDragon. Have patience with the S-Off situation it'll come eventually. Frankly, I'd run a Stock Inc 4g over just about anything else that is rooted right now. They just perform that well.
If ya need help with anything, just ask.
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Just felt like mentioning that you now have another new owner of the Droid Incredible 4G LTE. I finally got it yesterday and am enjoying it greatly. Coming from the original Droid Incredible, this is a huge step up. The slightly larger size takes a little getting used to while typing, though.
I waited for a long time for this phone to come out, and I'm excited to finally have one. Not having posted in a long time on XDA, I decided to get a fresh start with a new account. I've been monitoring the situation with S-OFF on this phone, and can't wait to hear from andy and the S-OFF team that they've achieved it so we who bought the phone more than 2 weeks after it came out can get rooted!
I prefer Sense over stock Android, and with all the barely- or half-completed Sense 2 and 3 ROMs for the Inc, I primarily stuck to using the stock HTC rooted, de-odexed ROMs by wildstang83. Sense 4 is a huge improvement over Sense 1. Also, you have to love Ice Cream Sandwich and its ability to disable all the apps you won't ever use that still take up space (which is a great reason to get rooted, to delete them permanently). The last ROM I sampled from the Inc forum was a very sluggish, not even half-working beta of Jellybean, and while there was no HWA, it was still an interesting experience with Google Now, and I can't wait for the Inc 4G to get Jellybean, though, if it's anything like the timetable on the OG Inc, it will be at least 6 months before the first incremental update (as it was for Eclair to Froyo, and 10 months for a broken version of Gingerbread).
Anyway, all I wanted to say was I'm excited to be here with this community that has worked quite well together this far, and I hope the cooperation continues.
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welcome to the gang
Welcome!
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
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Before I got my first Android I was a dedicated Iphone lover and I swore nothing would beat it until I got my hands on a Nexus 1 which was my first android and it just happened to be rooted and I had no clue what flashing was but when I figured it out ive been a crack flasher ever since.... So what's your story?
Upon a quick glance at the question and then the "high guy" avatar, I thought someone was asking for drugs.
I used to be until CM7 came out for the INC and then I stayed with that. With the TB I was switching between CM7 & BAMF, but i've stuck with BAMF for a couple weeks now.
I used to flash my old WinMo 6.5 Omnia, and when I came over to Droid, it made it that much easier to really go nuts, there was just SO much cool stuff to play with. I'm on a quest for the "perfect" rom. So far, plenty of close calls, but there's always that little something that I want, or that isn't quite right. I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to teach myself to build ROMS so I don't have to hound these poor devs for mods all the time.
I guess I'm a flashing addict.
Lol, I flash a new ROM practically every day.
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Lol, I flash a new ROM practically every day.
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Ditto. I actually stuck with a single rom for about 2 months with my Droid X on Liberty 1.5 with the EpicBlue theme. That was a major record for me! I trend to install, on average, probably 5 roms/themes a week on my tbolt.
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i used to flash like twice a day on my OG till i discovered MIUI and then i started slowing down, now im much more moderate with flashing, back in the day though without nandroid, i wouldve been lost lol
The thunderbolt is my first android and I rooted and flashed it the day I got it. I flashed it with the perfect storm 1.4. I thought I was going to flash a bunch of other roms. But as it turns out, I haven't found anything in this rom that makes me want to figure out how to make a backup of my current setup. And if i don't have a way to get back to my current setup (all Apps and data), i dont really feel like flashing a different rom.
My gadget hacking days have an origin way before android phones. Started back when I was flashing custom firmwares on my PSP. The reason I got an android phone was for rooting and customization. None of my gadgets usually last more than a day or so before they're hacked some way or another
Definitely have enjoyed flashing on the Thunderbolt...although now pretty much the only time I flash is when Bamf gets updated...
I may or may not have a problem lol
First smartphone I ever had was an HTC Eris. I had never even heard of rooting till a few months after I had gotten it. I had just seen it mentioned somewhere on the internet, and I decided to research it (technology is a passion of mine). I was definitely a crack flasher with my Eris (mainly because tazz updated his ROM every day ) Then I had gotten a Droid 2. Not as bad of a crack flasher with that after liberty came out.
I just got my tbolt 2 weeks ago. I had it rooted within 4 hours of buying it. I am definitely not a crack flashed with it. I still can't decide if I want to keep it stock (or at least plain jane) or if I want a custom ROM. Right now, I'm using das BAMF 2.0 with adrynalynes 2.0 kernel, and it seems promising.
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had the OG droid and flashed tons on it.. now on the tbolt and seems to go between cm7 and bamf2.0.. mainly cuz of the recent bricking stuff..
gets bad i work at a verizon store and trying to get all my co workers to do it too..
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gets bad i work at a verizon store and trying to get all my co workers to do it too..
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"come'on all the cool people are doing it"
this is my first android phone, and im loving CM7, i can't get enough of the AOSP experience
kinda sickening most of my co workers are going iphone!!
Caved in for some 4G goodness (It's starting to boom in my area) and got the Thunderbolt. Out of the box it's faster than the X2 rooted and ROM'd. Anyway, I returned my X2 within the 14 day period to get it, so no more Droid for me. Thanks to everyone for all their help and best of luck to the Devs!
No 4 g in my area, so that means nothing to me for the time being. And out of box, I would disagree the Tbolt is faster/better from my experiences with it. Each to their own, but I find the Tbolt sluggish, with a VERY dim screen. Running on a year old processor. I woulda waited and got at least the Vigor or one of the newer offerings, although that would have pushed you past your return date. Good luck anyway and if you are like me you won't keep a phone over 6 months without upgrading anyway.
When'd you test a TBolt? Lol. Earlier versions of the phone were horrible. But, the one I have is blazing fast (found a kernel to OC to 2.03GHz as well) I love Sense, and it's nice not having to switch to another launcher because the stock is so sluggish. =p. First thing I did with a fresh install of an X2 ROM was change to either Launcher 7 or GoLauncher.
I originally had the TBolt, but returned it after a week due to horrific battery life and overall sluggishness. Im sure they've worked out some of the bugs w with updates, but 3 months ago it was a pretty horrible phone out of the box imo. 4g however, was noticeably faster than 3g.
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Im coming from the HTC evo from sprint. Im on my way over to Verizon. Im interested in both the Rezound and the nexus...
Is there a reason to choose the REzound over the nexus? It doesnt seem like the Rezound has full root/s-off etc etc right? Is it a matter of time, or do they have this thing locked down?
Rezound have radio lock thats all
Rezound is faster and has alotttt stronger signal. Basically, HTC owns samsung
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I was all about the nexus but after being burned so often by buying and trying to justify my purchase waited and was about to buy a rezound till I got it as a replacement and its awesome. I love this phone so far. Great camera, It's really quick, screen is amazing and its the perfect size
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I came from the EVO as well. It was this or nexus, I chose this for the better camera and beats, which I can't go without now. Plus the free headphones. Only selling point of the nexus is ics but a senseless Rom gives a close experience which should get better in time. Plus sense 3.6 is cool and miui is in progress as well as sense 4.0
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Came from Evo 4G on Sprint as well. Went through 2 Nexus's before giving up and getting the Rezound. Signal and call quality on the Nexus was horrendous. I would hear about every third word the caller was saying which made for some pretty interesting conversations.
The ONLY advantage to the Nexus is the ease of "tweaking" it but I un-locked, flashed a recovery, and flashed a rooted ICS Rom on my Rezound in about 10 minutes.
Get the Rezound ... NO BRAINER
IMHO
Edit: BTW ... The return rate of the Nexus is upwards of 20% according to my Verizon Rep. She told me she wished they would pull it off the market.
I came on over from the Evo 3d and I love the Rezound and coverage so much I've yet to root it. This phone has almost cured my flashism. Though I'm on vacation this week, I might get in on the rooting and madness on this side of town soon.
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Thanks guys.. Im hesistant with the Nexus because IVe heard about samsung not rolling out updates etc etc as fast as they should.
Rezound vs GNex
I poured over this decision back in December. I opted for the rezound because it has an sd card slot and the GNex doesn't. The camera and processor are also superior. I have mine OC's to 1.8 GHz. It is saddled with s-on though. HTC allows users to unlock the bootloader but we cannot flash radios and kernels directly via recovery. It must be done in the bootloader or via fastboot. Not the end of the world but not as easy as an s-off device. This nut seems to be a tough one to crack too. A few devs have been at it since December but no joy
Once we get cm9 the nexus will be a thing of the past.
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Once we get cm9 the nexus will be a thing of the past.
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What do you mean by that?
editeD: lolwut I got it now haha fail.
Look, I'm not expert by any means, but I feel I need to chime in. I have owned both phones. The Nexus was probably the sweetest phone I thought I ever had.. Everything seemed to work flawlessly. After a few days I constantly had problems with the Battery, Signal strength and SOUND. Let me explain. ICS was awesome IMO. It worked great and was a really nice change. But that was the only thing that was nice on it. The roms that are coming out now for the Rezound by far make this the best phone I've ever owned. Speed, picture, ICS and I personally like Sense. SO for me to give anyone advice it would easily be GO REZOUND!!
BTW.. Ask this question in the Nexus forum, and I guarantee you'll get a different response. So basically, you need to go in the store, and give yourself 20 minutes to mess around with both phones. Just keep in mind that Samsung has a reputation as having terrible radios. Be sure to listen to the sound on both. And take a look at the resolution and clarity.. A few youtube videos should do it for ya! ALSO, the fact that you get a nice set of ear phones.
I just got the rezound last week and love it. I'm coming from a sensation 4g this is a lot better phone than that is. Plus now we have an ics leak that your phone doesn't have to be rooted is sweet. And when the official ota drops you can still update
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Don't think. Just buy a rezound.
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I faced the same decision, and I went for the Rezound. The camera, reception, and overall build quality of this phone is better than that of the Nexus. I really don't like Sense, and that almost made me go for the Nexus, but software is upgradable and hardware isn't. I'm currently running a senseless ROM (XTreme's), which isn't AOSP, but it's close. It seems like there is being progress with ROMs completely lacking sense (MIUI is being worked on and apparently has RIL in-tact), and once CM9 gets its RIL issues fixed, my phone will feel complete. Even without that, I am very happy with this phone. The screen is amazing, even when compared to a Samsung device (Nexus). The battery life isn't great, but it is an LTE device... I never get signal drops, and I'm always on 4G.
okay well with that being said, what do you guys loose not having s-off?
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okay well with that being said, what do you guys loose not having s-off?
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Not much. It makes it more difficult to flash kernels, but it is still relatively easy using adb or just your phone. You can't flash radios (well at least without being relocked), which I think is the major downside of s-off. Also, unlocking through the HTCDev method won't let you go back to complete factory stock (without the bootloader saying relocked), so if Verizon happened to check, they can see that you MAY have voided PARTS of your warranty (not a big deal).
hmm Seems like its too much bull**** to deal with...
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hmm Seems like its too much bull**** to deal with...
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It's really not that bad. Choose the phone you want to go with, but don't let that sway you too much. We may not have as many developers and ROMs as the Nexus, but we have some really great devs. And flashing ROMs and kernels really doesn't take noticeably longer without s-off, and becomes second nature
If you want stock ICS go Nexus.
If you want better screen, eventual Sense ICS (AOSP probably won't be possible until we can get s-off I think), and removable SD card go Rezound.
I've been a stock Android fan since the original Droid, but I've really grown to like Sense and Sense 4.0 looks even better. I do want an eventual AOSP.
Hello all, things sure have changed around here!
I started off years ago mainly on Android Central, if I recall correctly, with my droid Eris which was the first phone I ever rooted. Loved it for a few years and then moved to the Dinc 1. Rooted that the hard way and basically used it with cyanogen and uncommon sense Rom as a daily driver for year. A few days ago I finally upgraded to the Dinc 4G LTE and was super excited to root it and see the new Roms available for it as the Rom development fell off for the Dinc for obvious reasons of age.
So there is no way to turn S-off as of now and no method to root? This is saddening but I am not surprised as I figured Verizon and HTC would figure some way to stop it. The Verizon salesperson I bought my phone from had the Galaxy S3 and he said he planned on rooting it soon. It was weird talking to a Verizon salesperson about rooting lol..... anyways it seems after researching for even just a few minutes that the Dinc 4G isnt the best for development as of now? I love the Dinc and always have, the combination of perfect size, weight, and performance is everything I want. If I wanted a tablet I would have got a tablet. So this is my grand re-entrance, can anybody catch me up to speed on the status of rooting the 4g?
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Hello all, things sure have changed around here!
I started off years ago mainly on Android Central, if I recall correctly, with my droid Eris which was the first phone I ever rooted. Loved it for a few years and then moved to the Dinc 1. Rooted that the hard way and basically used it with cyanogen and uncommon sense Rom as a daily driver for year. A few days ago I finally upgraded to the Dinc 4G LTE and was super excited to root it and see the new Roms available for it as the Rom development fell off for the Dinc for obvious reasons of age.
So there is no way to turn S-off as of now and no method to root? This is saddening but I am not surprised as I figured Verizon and HTC would figure some way to stop it. The Verizon salesperson I bought my phone from had the Galaxy S3 and he said he planned on rooting it soon. It was weird talking to a Verizon salesperson about rooting lol..... anyways it seems after researching for even just a few minutes that the Dinc 4G isnt the best for development as of now? I love the Dinc and always have, the combination of perfect size, weight, and performance is everything I want. If I wanted a tablet I would have got a tablet. So this is my grand re-entrance, can anybody catch me up to speed on the status of rooting the 4g?
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Well, there's not much to tell. When the phone first came out, there were a few lucky ones that got unlocked, then verizon/htc locked us down, there is no s-off exploit at this time, but there are peolple working on it, that about sums it up, you'll just have to float around this forum and get caught up. WELCOME TO THE MORGUE LOL
Welcome to the community.
I finally retired my Evo OG and loved it so much I had to go with it's successor. My Evo's LCD screen went out literally when I got home from the sprint store (talk about great timing). First of all RIP Evo OG. You are still the best phone I have ever owned. I'm gonna miss you.
Anyway, I am wondering what's the first things I should do with my new Evo LTE? Should I root right away? Any good rom suggestions? Kernels? My old phone was rooted since about the time I first bought it. I was running Deck's rom for about the last 8 months. Thanks for any advice.
My phone's hardware version is 0003 and software version 1.13.651.1 710RD. I haven't had a chance to check the Hboot and S-off stuff yet.
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I finally retired my Evo OG and loved it so much I had to go with it's successor. My Evo's LCD screen went out literally when I got home from the sprint store (talk about great timing). First of all RIP Evo OG. You are still the best phone I have ever owned. I'm gonna miss you.
Anyway, I am wondering what's the first things I should do with my new Evo LTE? Should I root right away? Any good rom suggestions? Kernels? My old phone was rooted since about the time I first bought it. I was running Deck's rom for about the last 8 months. Thanks for any advice.
My phone's hardware version is 0003 and software version 1.13.651.1 710RD. I haven't had a chance to check the Hboot and S-off stuff yet.
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root... then s-off.. flash mean rom or cm10 if u like aosp roms.. i like sense myself.. i say mean rom the best sense and aosp would be cm10 for sure!
Sell it due to radio issues...
Or second.. Make sure you update to the latest baseband, pri, and all the pieces that go with it. Do not make the mistake of just updating the modem. Especially with all the issues the modem has now. Hopefully they will come out with some sort of fix but many of us are doubtful. Then from there test different roms to see what works for you.
Loved this phone for everything but uh the phone and data part. Getting a note 2 or s3 in a week and handing the evo down.
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I may be of the minority, but I have had VERY FEW issues with my phone. It has worked well from the beginning and all but one issue has been resolved (contacts lagging, but not as bad for me as some report). I am not rooted and don't ever plan to be. I use Nova Launcher Prime, which took care for Sense reloads, and Chomp for texting as it syncs Facebook avitars for free. I absolutely love this phone. Good luck to you with yours!
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Thanks for all of the advice guys I really appreciate it.
evo401:
I'm going to give sense a try for a day or two and then probably root and try some roms. I've read that the sense camera app is awesome and am curious as to how valid that is. Any knowledge?
digiblur:
When I first turned on the phone it updated some things including the prl. How exactly would I go about making sure I get all of the correct radio pieces?
digiblur:
Glad to hear a positive review of the phone. I'm definitely gonna take a look at some of those apps you posted.
I keep reading about how terrible the multitasking is. I guess I'll get a feel for that and battery life in my first go around today. I'm hoping this goes well.
All the firmware pieces come with the OTA updates that download and get applied at reboot.
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Root and MeanRom for sure. IMHO.
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Root and MeanRom for sure. IMHO.
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thats what im saying bro.. mean rom is were its at! :good:
Personally I'm a huge fan of flex's Rom stock with goodies its so smooth
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Thanks for all of the advice guys I really appreciate it.
evo401:
I'm going to give sense a try for a day or two and then probably root and try some roms. I've read that the sense camera app is awesome and am curious as to how valid that is. Any knowledge?
digiblur:
When I first turned on the phone it updated some things including the prl. How exactly would I go about making sure I get all of the correct radio pieces?
digiblur:
Glad to hear a positive review of the phone. I'm definitely gonna take a look at some of those apps you posted.
I keep reading about how terrible the multitasking is. I guess I'll get a feel for that and battery life in my first go around today. I'm hoping this goes well.
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If you're familiar with android at all you'll immediately see how broke the multitasking is. But AOSP ROMs fix that. I've read zeppelinroxs mod fixes it for sense. I'm starting its the s4 processor, cuz all I use is AOSP, and when I relaunch root explorer from recent button, root explorer always start from base level, not last open level.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
Thanks Digilbur for that info. I was actually having all sorts of trouble with data speeds for the past few days so I was starting to worry that the radio was gonna be a problem, but turns out I was worrying for nothing because sprint was having an unusual outage in my area. He said it would be fixed on the 26th so hopefully everything will be running smooth by then. I went ahead and took the OTA I received, prior to knowing about the outage, hoping it would fix my radios.
Coming from my last phone where I had to squeeze every last drop of battery life out of it, I'm loving how much longer this one lasts. I rarely played games on my OG because my phone would die, now I can spend a bunch of time playing 9 innings baseball 2013 (GO A'S!).
Anyway when I do root, which will likely be soon, I will have to try Mean rom, Flex rom, and CM10. I have been partial to AOSP roms because I like to use go launcher ex anyway, but never really liked cyanogen mod due to too some problems that are probably fixed. My main thing is without question battery life followed by functionality (everything working or working better than in stock). I'm hoping to have the multitasking fixed for sure and I'm still curious as to if there is any truth to the camera app or camera itself functioning better in sense?
Sense uses image sense with is basically post (denoise, color correction) but the camera is still leaps and bounds ahead of aosp camera in terms of functionality. The libs are supposed to have been ported but the chromatic aberration is terrible in aosp
Fleck's stock with goodies is a good ROM. Basically stock with a few features like quick toggles added. True multitasking as well but I haven't used it awhile. Cm10 is always nice.