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So, after jumping into Android with a Droid X a couple years back, I fell in love with Android. Since being an avid anti-Appleist, this love was not unexpected. I loved the way the devs were able to work with a locked bootloader. I came across an X2 at the beginning of the year, and was thrilled with the speed increase and the screen resolution increase; Although missed how everything just worked with the X.
Now I very recently acquired a Rezound, and holy hell this thing is fast! After some research and tinkering, I soon realized this phone is a different beast in terms of modding than the Moto. I have flashed up to ICS, rooted, S-Off'ed, and now I am having issues with AR Recovery in terms of backups and storage mounting. I am also coming to hate Sense, and wishing there were an AOSP rom ready to go.
I have a little thought in my head urging me to explore options of acquiring a G-Nex instead...
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So, after jumping into Android with a Droid X a couple years back, I fell in love with Android. Since being an avid anti-Appleist, this love was not unexpected. I loved the way the devs were able to work with a locked bootloader. I came across an X2 at the beginning of the year, and was thrilled with the speed increase and the screen resolution increase; Although missed how everything just worked with the X.
Now I very recently acquired a Rezound, and holy hell this thing is fast! After some research and tinkering, I soon realized this phone is a different beast in terms of modding than the Moto. I have flashed up to ICS, rooted, S-Off'ed, and now I am having issues with AR Recovery in terms of backups and storage mounting. I am also coming to hate Sense, and wishing there were an AOSP rom ready to go.
I have a little thought in my head urging me to explore options of acquiring a G-Nex instead...
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I did just what you did. Rezound is a great phone but the GNex is 10 steps up.
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CanesDrew said:
I did just what you did. Rezound is a great phone but the GNex is 10 steps up.
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I don't wanna start anything but... Nice joke. Had me laughing for like 5 Mins
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I don't wanna start anything but... Nice joke. Had me laughing for like 5 Mins
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The jokes on you. I've got the Nexus. ;-)
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The jokes on you. I've got the Nexus. ;-)
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What do you mean the jokes on me id never want that piece of junk haha
And not to be rude but If you have a nexus why are you still here?
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What do you mean the jokes on me id never want that piece of junk haha
And not to be rude but If you have a nexus why are you still here?
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Oh sure. That didn't sound rude at all. :what:
I don't believe we are limited to one sub forum of XDA. Take off your wanna be mod hat.
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I waited six months to get a gnex, I was probably more excited to get this phone than any other of the million different phones I have had in the past.
When I finally did manage to get one, I could not believe what a complete total POS it turned out to be. Being made by Samsung, I guess I shouldn't have been all that surprised but I actually believed (because I wanted to) all the asinine totally raving reviews from completely clueless idiots on sites like this.
I used that steaming pile for 2-3 weeks and then made sure I returned it before it was too late. If there has ever been a bigger disappointment from a phone not even coming close to the pre- release hype than the gnex, I can't imagine what it would be.
From the crappy pentile screen to the awful camera to the useless radios etc etc etc, it seems like every time I turned it on I found another thing to be let down over.
Some things can be fixed with software updates, things like an awful camera will never change. I did pre-order a GSlll to burn up my last upgrade, but I don't have tremendously high expectations for it so when it turns out to be a typical Samsung pile of you know what I can probably sell it for a profit and go back to the superior Rezound.
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Oh sure. That didn't sound rude at all. :what:
I don't believe we are limited to one sub forum of XDA. Take off your wanna be mod hat.
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True you aren't but It's a problems when you come In here and brag(oh wait can't use brag because there's nothing to brag about) your dumb GNex to this forum who doesn't really care.
oh god. another argument thread...the rezound XDA subforum has totally gone to complete ****.
we're doomed.
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drew, you really didn't have to make that first post. if you didn't, this argument would have never started. we get it, you love your nexus, but if you have one, why do you feel a need to try to say these things to someone who JUST bought the rezound?
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True you aren't but It's a problems when you come In here and brag(oh wait can't use brag because there's nothing to brag about) your dumb GNex to this forum who doesn't really care.
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Maybe you should do some reading. Many of your devs are leaving to develop for the GNex. Can't be that much of a POS.
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oh god. another argument thread...the rezound XDA subforum has totally gone to complete ****.
we're doomed.
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drew, you really didn't have to make that first post. if you didn't, this argument would have never started. we get it, you love your nexus, but if you have one, why do you feel a need to try to say these things to someone who JUST bought the rezound?
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Drew is now just trolling. And now saying the GNEX beats the rezound. Smh.
Yes developers are flocking to it.. It's easier to dev for. Equipment wise the rez poo poos on it.
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Honestly I was just replying to discuss. On vacation, relaxing in the condo and bored.
He started getting pissy. Sounds like butt hurt Rez owners who are mad they're losing development.
Trade for a nexus, I did it and so can you!!
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Honestly I was just replying to discuss. On vacation, relaxing in the condo and bored.
He started getting pissy. Sounds like butt hurt Rez owners who are mad they're losing development.
Trade for a nexus, I did it and so can you!!
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just, stop. really. you're not helping it whatsoever.
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just, stop. really. you're not helping it whatsoever.
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On a different note, when is FiOS coming to Memphis, TN?!
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CanesDrew said:
Honestly I was just replying to discuss. On vacation, relaxing in the condo and bored.
He started getting pissy. Sounds like butt hurt Rez owners who are mad they're losing development.
Trade for a nexus, I did it and so can you!!
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If you did it and you're happy shoo shoo. You, Joelz, Con and whoever else.
*shrug*
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If you did it and you're happy shoo shoo. You, Joelz, Con and whoever else.
*shrug*
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Oh but you guys are soooo welcoming and friendly!!
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On a different note, when is FiOS coming to Memphis, TN?!
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lol probably never. fios is ridiculous, i don't even think they're rolling it out anymore.
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lol probably never. fios is ridiculous, i don't even think they're rolling it out anymore.
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I'm a Comcast guy anyway. Hate ATT and DirecTV is bundling their internet and TV together. Bogus.
Just looking for an alternative. Sucks.
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Trade for a nexus, I did it and so can you!!
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Lol, at least most of the posters here would be honest enough to admit how disappointed they where with the downgrade in hardware.......
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Lol, at least most of the posters here would be honest enough to admit how disappointed they where with the downgrade in hardware.......
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I'll admit it My Rez is better than my Nexus. Still love them both though
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What device should I get next after the amaze, might go for the next htc device that hits T-Mobile......
Next Nexus? (There was a report saying that there would be about 5 different Nexus phones from different manufacturers released)
-edit- Article: http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/15/3022682/google-direct-sales-multiple-device-OEMs
I dont want a nexus that doesnt come nativly yo T-Mobile
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Cough Cough ONE S Cough Cough
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Cough Cough ONE S Cough Cough
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Heh, I think its too late for a one s now
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Galaxy S3!?
I might actually get that tomorrow or this weekend.. still keeping the Amaze tho
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Galaxy S3!?
I might actually get that tomorrow or this weekend.. still keeping the Amaze tho
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I thought about it but after AOSP, sense is the best android overlay imho
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Yeah I suppose you are right, but HTC has been going down lately, both in the Dev category and the stock market... HTC needs to get on their game otherwise they might be the next RIM
Im going Nexus, i know that for sure. Tired of these stupid android skins that make development so difficult for people.
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Im going Nexus, i know that for sure. Tired of these stupid android skins that make development so difficult for people.
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Lol it's not really the skin, its the manufacturers not releasing the drivers the way Google does with the nexus devices.
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Just because of hardware I would never go with Samsung...I just like HTC in that term... Don't matter how much they **** up!!
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I'll be hanging on to my amaze for at least another year. there hasn't been anything out that is miles ahead of the amaze, so when I upgrade, I want it to be an upgrade, not just trying something else out and moving sideways. Now that everything has been released for the amaze, its only a matter of time until everybody gets what they want (AOSP, AOKP, CM9/10, sense4, etc)
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right, there is nothing right now truly worth it. But, i f i could, it had to be the tegra 3 one x, but its way to expensive and i dont know its compatible for tmo
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I haven't even paid mine off yet, I do monthly payments. I really don't have to but my other hobby of shooting guns kinda ties up my money, oh and those pesky bills keep coming back. I just paid those last month, ROFL
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What device should I get next after the amaze, might go for the next htc device that hits T-Mobile......
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I'll let you know what to get as soon as I decide what I'm gonna get. Sticking with the amaze for a while longer though
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agreed - been an owner for almost 3 weeks and lovin' it. Even though battery sucked - could really careless.. Juicedefender's doing its job = ) btw. I do not see any device outhere that are worth replacing this device just yet. I'm gonna be holding on this for much MUCH longer.
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right, there is nothing right now truly worth it. But, i f i could, it had to be the tegra 3 one x, but its way to expensive and i dont know its compatible for tmo
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I had the tegra 3 one X, & you will only get EDGE speed on it, everything else works. It was ridiculously slow though so I switched.
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I'll be hanging on to my amaze for at least another year. there hasn't been anything out that is miles ahead of the amaze, so when I upgrade, I want it to be an upgrade, not just trying something else out and moving sideways. Now that everything has been released for the amaze, its only a matter of time until everybody gets what they want (AOSP, AOKP, CM9/10, sense4, etc)
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Totally agreed to this one too. lol.
I personally think that my Amaze will still do the job till at least next year.... except, if i got tired with the crappy battery life and the random shutdown (switched between three batteries and still got the random shutdown).... If not for those two problems, I would never ever think of changing phone.... Plus, I don't wanna pay extra 200 bucks for a small hardware upgrade....
Guys remember we are getting the 1900 band as well. So I'm going to wait for that then get international phones. The choices are endless when we get that 1900.
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right, there is nothing right now truly worth it. But, i f i could, it had to be the tegra 3 one x, but its way to expensive and i dont know its compatible for tmo
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It's not, or I would've taken the one this guy offered me a couple days ago.
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Guys remember we are getting the 1900 band as well. So I'm going to wait for that then get international phones. The choices are endless when we get that 1900.
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We are, but when?
Tech specs
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Probably on Launch Day.
Nope. The screen will KILL battery life like butter.
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running sweet sweet Jelly Bean
Depends on the off contract price... expecting it to be around 7-8 hundred so probably not.
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Is this thread really necessary?
GrayTheWolf said:
Is this thread really necessary?
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I agree we already have the same phone in 2 other threads. Although I sound a bit like a hippocrit since I made a thread on the Japanese version when they had the dlx thread out.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
Delete it then fine by me. I only saw the butterfly thread and was just trying to provide some information.
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1454 said:
Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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Well, it started with the many replacements of the tbolt, then HTC's hard stance against updating their tablets kinda pushed me over the edge, then they updated the flyer/view to broken software and they wont even fix it. Now the Rezound is having touchscreen issues. So I'm just tired of dealing with the problems and the lack of OEM support after purchase. I appreciate the Dev community for the zound, but sammy seems to be stronger in that dept. So I think I am going to give them a shot. I won't touch Moto with a ten foot pole. It may be a bad move, but I'm willing to take that risk after all the issues I have had recently with HTC. So for me, from here on out, it's going to be Nexus, or Samsung.
Samsung is worse.
I love my Rez and I still think of it as probably one of the, if not the most undervalued android phone released to date, but I don't see myself going for yet another carrier exclusive device after this. Of course, reviews might be so great for the DNA that I could change my mind but so far I am not that impressed.
Having said that however, the lack of a LTE capable Nexus 4 kinda limits the options for those looking to upgrade atm and I really cant see myself with a Galaxy S device. Wish Sony would be given a chance at penetrating the US market, they seem to strike a fair balance between corporate dev support, hardware and software quality.
I'll be getting this. The hardware and build quality will be top notch, it can be unlocked through HTCs dev website and be able to load cm. It was between this and the note but son, I am dissapoint at it having the older gen exynos and 720p screen on a 5.5 inch screen.
no, my next phone will be honor 2 or note 2
battery is important factor to me now
i dont think i will ever came back to htc
even im sense-boy
Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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Its looking like ill most likely be getting it. I'm thinking ill be getting the DNA and one other new gen phone probably a GSM phone since I have two contracts, one with ATT and one with Verizon.
But I will be more careful than usual with this purchase. I'm currently so broke I can't afford the down payment on a grilled cheese sandwich. But this phone is a priority, and I owe it to the BAMF community. So I've been saving my pennies and will be selling some stuff to raise some funds.
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I cam say that I'll be getting one as well, I'm always into the latest HTC has to offer..
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Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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samsungs radios and signal are 10x worse.
in my house, my gs3 gets about 6kbps download on 3g.
my rezound, when its not pulling 4g in my house (which the nexus and GS3 CAN'T), pulls atleast half a meg to a meg per second. doing anything on the gs3 on 3g is terrible, and ridiculously slow. fb app won't even load. rezound loads it no problem. hell, i even tethered 3 tablets to my rezound last night and while we were all browsing at the same time, ti was STILl faster than my gs3
i don't think i'd buy antoher samsung phone ever again, and i really want the DNA...dunno if i wanna fork out 600 bones for it tohugh
Sense 5 will be available on older models. HTC has confirmed the information via his Facebook page. For the moment no "roadmap" official has been issued, only a small non-exhaustive list is available.
"HTC will be offering upgrades to some of its existing devices in the coming months, including variants of HTC One X One X +, One S & HTC Butterfly. However, note that certain features of the new HTC One will not be available in software updates for hardware compatibility reasons ".
The Droid DNA isn't on this list of 4 smartphones, but if the Butterfly will get the update, so it wouldn't be for technical reasons if the Droid DNA wouldn't get it...Normally it will also...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...83261228.90941.360596000693663&type=1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/pages/HTC-DROID-DNA/360596000693663
I'm not even thinking of official updates that's probably so far down the road.
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Yeah verizon is horrible with updates. We probably won't have sense 5 until close to the end of the year. Or may never get it through an ota most likely will get it through a port before the ota.
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Yeah verizon is horrible with updates. We probably won't have sense 5 until close to the end of the year. Or may never get it through an ota most likely will get it through a port before the ota.
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Yeah def through port
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And this is why we have devs.
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The word variants kind of confirms the DNA. I don't understand why such doubt? Don't say because of the thunderbolt or this phone or that phone didn't get anything. All we can do is wait. We bought the phone for what it had, not for what it might get. I'm happy either way.
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The word variants kind of confirms the DNA. I don't understand why such doubt? Don't say because of the thunderbolt or this phone or that phone didn't get anything. All we can do is wait. We bought the phone for what it had, not for what it might get. I'm happy either way.
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Well personally i bought this phone in hopes of the future upgrade to cook me dinner.
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Well personally i bought this phone in hopes of the future upgrade to cook me dinner.
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I thank that's a Galaxy S IV exclusive.
This is the reason I left HTC to begin with... The promising of updates that never happen... Verizon shares some of the blame for the delays, but ultimately it's up to HTC to deliver quality builds to the carriers.. While on the Incredible 2 and waiting for ICS, HTC delivered a build to Verizon that was so buggy that even Verizon said "no".... But now I'm back and hope this doesn't happen again..
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This is the reason I left HTC to begin with... The promising of updates that never happen... Verizon shares some of the blame for the delays, but ultimately it's up to HTC to deliver quality builds to the carriers.. While on the Incredible 2 and waiting for ICS, HTC delivered a build to Verizon that was so buggy that even Verizon said "no".... But now I'm back and hope this doesn't happen again..
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Timely updates are not one of HTC's virtues. But their phones are the best. You might be disappointed again with updates, most likely. But look at the phone you are holding. What is better?
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This is the reason I left HTC to begin with... The promising of updates that never happen... Verizon shares some of the blame for the delays, but ultimately it's up to HTC to deliver quality builds to the carriers.. While on the Incredible 2 and waiting for ICS, HTC delivered a build to Verizon that was so buggy that even Verizon said "no".... But now I'm back and hope this doesn't happen again..
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I love how you're comparing the new and revised business plan with the Inc2.......this is 100% on verizon, not HTC. I suppose people also think that the 4.1 and 4.2 updates were delivered to Verizon "buggy" from google for the Galaxy Nexus? or JB update for S3? or many many others that were released worldwide and on other carriers a good 2-6 months before big red? lolz....
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I love how you're comparing the new and revised business plan with the Inc2.......this is 100% on verizon, not HTC. I suppose people also think that the 4.1 and 4.2 updates were delivered to Verizon "buggy" from google for the Galaxy Nexus? or JB update for S3? or many many others that were released worldwide and on other carriers a good 2-6 months before big red? lolz....
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ok.... That was a few seconds I won't get back... The first ICS build sent to Verizon was buggy... Embarrassingly buggy for HTC... There was major connection issues among other things... If Sense 5 arrives and in good time then that's great, I'm just not getting my hopes up and rely on my software updates from our awesome developers...
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Timely updates are not one of HTC's virtues. But their phones are the best. You might be disappointed again with updates, most likely. But look at the phone you are holding. What is better?
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Oh no doubt... I get my updates from the awesome developers.... This phone is awesome and I'm very happy I came back!
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ok.... That was a few seconds I won't get back... The first ICS build sent to Verizon was buggy... Embarrassingly buggy for HTC... There was major connection issues among other things... If Sense 5 arrives and in good time then that's great, I'm just not getting my hopes up and rely on my software updates from our awesome developers...
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Oh no doubt... I get my updates from the awesome developers.... This phone is awesome and I'm very happy I came back!
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Precisely why I look at the possible dev community rather than what I think the carrier will offer down the road when I purchase a phone. I bought the DNA in full confidence that there would be many great devs supporting it, and I was right. Really enjoying my phone so far.
As for my friend, he bought an LG Spectrum even though he knew I was pretty knowledgeable and could have given him better suggestions. Now he's begging me to root it for him... but for what, there's no development for it at all lol.
I personally bought the DNA over butterfly because of the bigger dev community. Ill never understand why be at xda and wait on carriers.
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Precisely why I look at the possible dev community rather than what I think the carrier will offer down the road when I purchase a phone. I bought the DNA in full confidence that there would be many great devs supporting it, and I was right. Really enjoying my phone so far.
As for my friend, he bought an LG Spectrum even though he knew I was pretty knowledgeable and could have given him better suggestions. Now he's begging me to root it for him... but for what, there's no development for it at all lol.
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you might want to go check over on android forums. There is plenty of development. In fact, AOKP and CM 10.1 both are nearing official support thanks to the devs over there. The Spec was a great phone while I had it.
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you might want to go check over on android forums. There is plenty of development. In fact, AOKP and CM 10.1 both are nearing official support thanks to the devs over there. The Spec was a great phone while I had it.
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I looked quite a few times and even by the time I bought my DNA, they still didn't have anything concrete. Just took a look too and this all looks like recent dev for it. Agreed though, the specs did look good, but LG messed it up pretty bad.
Either way, good to see that it's finally getting some attention and I can offer him some relief when we see each other in a few months - hopefully they have a stable CM10.1 by then
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I looked quite a few times and even by the time I bought my DNA, they still didn't have anything concrete. Just took a look too and this all looks like recent dev for it. Agreed though, the specs did look good, but LG messed it up pretty bad.
Either way, good to see that it's finally getting some attention and I can offer him some relief when we see each other in a few months - hopefully they have a stable CM10.1 by then
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LG devices are notorious for their poor development. They're usually budget phones (with the Optimus line being an obvious exception).
HTC confirmed via their Facebook page to my question about ICS on the Thunderbolt that it was "coming soon" back in June of 2012. When did it arrive? December? Better late than never I suppose but I wouldn't hold your breath...
I am currently using a gnex and I love the development on this phone. However it's really getting under my skin with all the dropped calls and constantly reboot. Should I get the dna with the free promo?
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Yes its worth it. YOu can try it for 15 days. Just go for it!
Yes, but be aware that at this p pint in time there is not a software solution for rooting, you have to send it off to get jtagged.
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The DNA is worlds beyond the gnex man. The screen is gorgeous! And the battery will last a full day no charging! So glad when I put my gnex down for the dna. When u get it send it to be jtagged before you even turn it on.
No way. I wish I could go back to the Nexus, but the S4 comes out next week. Not having a replaceable battery or SD expansion is awful when you can only get a 16GB phone. Plus, it's impossible to replace the screen of this phone if it cracks, which is terrible. I won't even get into the absolute lack of development.
Suggestion: wait for the S4 next week.
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TheBiles said:
No way. I wish I could go back to the Nexus, but the S4 comes out next week. Not having a replaceable battery or SD expansion is awful when you can only get a 16GB phone. Plus, it's impossible to replace the screen of this phone if it cracks, which is terrible. I won't even get into the absolute lack of development.
Suggestion: wait for the S4 next week.
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Not finding a different exploit to unlock the bootloader doesn't equal lack of development. There is quite a bit of development here.
TheBiles said:
No way. I wish I could go back to the Nexus, but the S4 comes out next week. Not having a replaceable battery or SD expansion is awful when you can only get a 16GB phone. Plus, it's impossible to replace the screen of this phone if it cracks, which is terrible. I won't even get into the absolute lack of development.
Suggestion: wait for the S4 next week.
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Wow. I had my screen replaced just fine.
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Phaded said:
Not finding a different exploit to unlock the bootloader doesn't equal lack of development. There is quite a bit of development here.
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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trickster2369 said:
Wow. I had my screen replaced just fine.
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Did you do it yourself?
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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Yea, your right. It would be so much better if we had 100 iterations of the same ROM like the gnex.
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Yea, your right. It would be so much better if we had 100 iterations of the same ROM like the gnex.
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Instead we have 5 iterations of the same ROM, and they never get updated. We're so spoiled!
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Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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Did you do it yourself?
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What's the difference? Still not "impossible", as you so matter of factly stated.
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trickster2369 said:
What's the difference? Still not "impossible", as you so matter of factly stated.
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It's pretty much impossible to do yourself. There's a massive difference.
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It's pretty much impossible to do yourself. There's a massive difference.
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Really. When did you do it? Or is that just what you've heard?
I had mine done by a local shop because it broke, and I had to leave town. They had the screen/digitizer together, in stock, so they got my money. 4 hours later, I had my phone back.
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TheBiles said:
Compared to the Nexus, there might as well not be any development. I'm not impressed with the 5 or so Sense ROMs that are almost never updated and the partially working CM.
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CM is pretty much fully functional now, and we've had at least three ROMs pop up in the past day or two. Expect more with CM up and running.
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I'm pretty happy with the development here... This is coming from a crackflasher with 5 or 6 roms plus Ubuntu on my nexus 7. It's picking up very quickly. Also, I think it's fair to say that the ROMs that haven't been updated recently don't really need updates.
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Really. When did you do it? Or is that just what you've heard?
I had mine done by a local shop because it broke, and I had to leave town. They had the screen/digitizer together, in stock, so they got my money. 4 hours later, I had my phone back.
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Watch any disassembly video of the phone. You have to fully disassemble it just to change the screen.
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Meh, I could careless how the screen comes off. A person like me who takes stuff apart and puts it back together wouldn't mind either. Besides, its not like we are taking apart something that has a million wires inside of it. Most phones that I have had, required to be fully disassembled to get the screen out. This phone is most definitely not the first, or the last. Luckily, I have only had to replace one screen out of my collection of phones.
However, given the price of phones, I would think that people would want to take better care of their phones. Sure accidents happen, but I've seen people break screen, after screen, after screen. Like really? If you are worried about disassembling an entire phone to get the screen out, my advice is don't do anything that would crack your phone screen.
I don't buy phones based on screen durability and screen removal. I buy phones based on what it can do for me.
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Good for you. I'm not buying another phone that screws you in the off chance it does break and doesn't even let you replace the battery. I felt like I was using a damn iPhone the whole time I have had the DNA, and I am eagerly flocking back to Samsung with my 64GB MicroSD and spare battery in hand.
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OP sent you a PM. This thread is about as useless as it gets, I apologize for that.
We generally are a great community as a whole, except for the general section sometimes.
I'll throw my 3¢ in.
Whether it's worth it is up to you. The development of the gnex is awesome BUT it's an almost 2 year old phone running software which didn't exist when it was thought up. No amount of devs are going to be able to make it just that some second faster.
The DNA has that split second. Even unrooted with sense, which is a learning curve it's a great device.
There's some Sense stuff that's annoying but it's a good upgrade for the most part. I'm surprised I'm enjoying it actually.