Greetings,
Dear amaze users,
my question is that does it is worth to be purchase amaze 4G?
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If you don't need the latest and greatest, it is worth it.
What are you comparing it to?
Here is why I bought it:
I needed a Tmobile phone
Dual core
Good camera
Rootable/Unlockable bootloader
Over 4" screen
Fast enough to handle Talkatone/Google Voice
Cheap monthly prepaid
HSPA+/4G
GSM
Good speaker/sound quality
EvilKing009 said:
Greetings,
Dear amaze users,
my question is that does it is worth to be purchase amaze 4G?
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Its the best choice but under a certain budget. Whats yours?
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tube517 said:
If you don't need the latest and greatest, it is worth it.
What are you comparing it to?
Here is why I bought it:
I needed a Tmobile phone
Dual core
Good camera
Rootable/Unlockable bootloader
Over 4" screen
Fast enough to handle Talkatone/Google Voice
Cheap monthly prepaid
HSPA+/4G
GSM
Good speaker/sound quality
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Thanks
Mostly I like its things like
8mp camera
4.3 large screen
dual core CPU with 1.5ghz power
Htc sense
Guys,
I have a question
What about its battery life,is it better or not,or is it can be optimized through OS upgrading(ICS,JB etc)?
EvilKing009 said:
Guys,
I have a question
What about its battery life,is it better or not,or is it can be optimized through OS upgrading(ICS,JB etc)?
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Stock is average and even upgrading and tweaks make little difference. Battery life is absolutely atrocious if you compare it to phones like the note2
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Hassaan.W said:
Stock is average and even upgrading and tweaks make little difference. Battery life is absolutely atrocious if you compare it to phones like the note2
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well compare it to note 2 is really bad cuz note 2 has everything bigger(battery life,performance,screen,UI,etc).
Does amaze' battery life can be optimized by these things ?
- deleting bloatwares
- disabling some things
- using high-end script tweaks
- build.prop tweaks
- brightness,timeout etc
Am i right?
EvilKing009 said:
well compare it to note 2 is really bad cuz note 2 has everything bigger(battery life,performance,screen,UI,etc).
Does amaze' battery life can be optimized by these things ?
- deleting bloatwares
- disabling some things
- using high-end script tweaks
- build.prop tweaks
- brightness,timeout etc
Am i right?
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Yeah it does have effect. Greenify is a life saver but what im saying is that its still not enough. But im annoyed mostly because im on the stock battery. You should have no problems with the mugen 3600
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The biggest selling point so far would be the camera quality.. if the camera is important to you, the amaze is the phone for you. Besides the phone being quite snappy(I'm coming from a Samsung galaxy s), and some other notable perks.. the camera really is high quality. It focuses faster, captures much higher quality than my last 5mp phone did.. and the phone overall does everything you could expect a phone to do.
I am happy with the amaze. I'm not a heavy user, and if you are I would say buy a spare battery.. but otherwise I would say this is a great device to upgrade to. I did a fair amount of research, and I would say this phone is a big upgrade from any other phone tmobile has to offer. Buy it, there is no good reason I can find not to.
Not the best picture in the world, but here is an example of the quality you can get with the built in panoramic pictures.. normal and hdr are even better, but for the quality of panoramic pictures from stock app to be this good.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13692699/IMAG0008.jpg
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Seconded... HTC is overall better quality.
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Third the camera post the camera is amazing I miss my amaze's camera I have a galaxy s 2 now and its nowhere near as good as the amaze. in low light you might as well have a VGA camera with this gs2 the amaze really performed well. The battery life was great on my part coming from the sensation it was better I think people expect too much out of large touchscreen devices when it comes to battery life.
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Third the camera post the camera is amazing I miss my amaze's camera I have a galaxy s 2 now and its nowhere near as good as the amaze. in low light you might as well have a VGA camera with this gs2 the amaze really performed well. The battery life was great on my part coming from the sensation it was better I think people expect too much out of large touchscreen devices when it comes to battery life.
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I agree.. with juice defender I got 21 hours out of the battery yesterday. Having it only allow data every 15 minutes with screen off and 4g with screen on didn't inconvenience me at all.. today I'm going to see how long it lasts without juice defender.. and I just got my spare batteries so it doesn't really matter anymore anyways.
Overall, I'm very happy with this phone.
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Third the camera post the camera is amazing I miss my amaze's camera I have a galaxy s 2 now and its nowhere near as good as the amaze. in low light you might as well have a VGA camera with this gs2 the amaze really performed well. The battery life was great on my part coming from the sensation it was better I think people expect too much out of large touchscreen devices when it comes to battery life.
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I heard on a video a girl saying the still pictures got better quality in the dark with the sgs ii lol, it made no sense to me but she seemed pretty convinced xD
Don't forget the audio quality, music quality to be specific! Headphones with either SRS or EQ enabled is top quality for any phone. I'm using my Nexus for now, still have my Amaze and I can say music and camera apps for the Amaze make great purchase points!
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With fauxs kernal and beastmod.... No need for another battery.
Trevorhimself said:
Don't forget the audio quality, music quality to be specific! Headphones with either SRS or EQ enabled is top quality for any phone. I'm using my Nexus for now, still have my Amaze and I can say music and camera apps for the Amaze make great purchase points!
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Actually, I agree. The quality of the audio is noticeably better than my old phone. Another big perk, listening to poweramp on this phone doesn't seem to kill battery like it used to on my vibrant.. very impressed.
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With fauxs kernal and beastmod.... No need for another battery.
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I never saw a good description of what is different about fauxes kernel, or if the ones included with roms are stock.. I know fauxes allows oc, but I haven't been interested enough to look into it more than that. If I get better battery maybe I'll give it a go, though I'm pretty happy thus far.
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The downside would be if you are a crack flasher then this phone is not for you.
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xsteven77x said:
The downside would be if you are a crack flasher then this phone is not for you.
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Not true, copy the battery stats file before flashing, flash, put back old file.. problem solved. Any rom can include a script that does this as part of the flashing of the rom, but still easy enough to do yourself.
Silentbtdeadly said:
Not true, copy the battery stats file before flashing, flash, put back old file.. problem solved. Any rom can include a script that does this as part of the flashing of the rom, but still easy enough to do yourself.
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He was saying there aren't a lot of roms haha.
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Actually, I agree. The quality of the audio is noticeably better than my old phone. Another big perk, listening to poweramp on this phone doesn't seem to kill battery like it used to on my vibrant.. very impressed.
I never saw a good description of what is different about fauxes kernel, or if the ones included with roms are stock.. I know fauxes allows oc, but I haven't been interested enough to look into it more than that. If I get better battery maybe I'll give it a go, though I'm pretty happy thus far.
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It also under volts AKA saves power consumption at times when phone is not being used or just tweaked to consume less even in use.
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Not true, copy the battery stats file before flashing, flash, put back old file.. problem solved. Any rom can include a script that does this as part of the flashing of the rom, but still easy enough to do yourself.
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What does that have to do with being addicted to flashing roms.
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What does that have to do with being addicted to flashing roms.
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I probably misread it, I think I was pretty tired when I replied..
Only downside is the flash bleeds into night pictures. Have to tape it.
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The biggest selling point so far would be the camera quality.. if the camera is important to you, the amaze is the phone for you. Besides the phone being quite snappy(I'm coming from a Samsung galaxy s), and some other notable perks.. the camera really is high quality. It focuses faster, captures much higher quality than my last 5mp phone did.. and the phone overall does everything you could expect a phone to do.
I am happy with the amaze. I'm not a heavy user, and if you are I would say buy a spare battery.. but otherwise I would say this is a great device to upgrade to. I did a fair amount of research, and I would say this phone is a big upgrade from any other phone tmobile has to offer. Buy it, there is no good reason I can find not to.
Not the best picture in the world, but here is an example of the quality you can get with the built in panoramic pictures.. normal and hdr are even better, but for the quality of panoramic pictures from stock app to be this good.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13692699/IMAG0008.jpg
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how are the new phones of htc like rezound ?
like the camera , screen , speed .
will the (edge) be like it
Its amazing, great camera, great screen, plenty of power with the extended battery if you need more.
It's aight
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I personally wouldn't define the next generation of phones by the Rezound. The Rezound to me tops the current generation. The next gen will include quad core processors, Nvidia chipsets, more than likely separate video RAM, etc...
The Rezound itself is a good phone with a few faults, like a funky light sensor in the camera. For me everything is overly yellow and I have to adjust the white balance manually to get a good non-simpson'esque picture. Speed is wonderful, especially coming from a Droid X. Network speed on 4G is awesome and actually being able to get good signal quality is also a welcome change. The biggest "WOW" moment for me was being able to talk/surf on 4G and 3G. Finally the screen is great although it sucks the battery dry pretty fast.
But do you compare the camera to the Xperia set . Because I want to get the htc edge but I am afraid that it will not be as good as the Xperia s or ion . Although the sense will be new to me .
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mustafa123sayim said:
But do you compare the camera to the Xperia set . Because I want to get the htc edge but I am afraid that it will not be as good as the Xperia s or ion . Although the sense will be new to me .
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There is no way to compare a camera on a phone that isn't even out yet. But currently the Rezound's camera is fine, no problems.. If you're that concerned about pictures get a good camera.
Do you compare it to the Xperia arc " And how is the sense ???"
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First off I would like to say I love my DNA from a hardware point of view. Everything about this phone's hardware is awesome. Secondly I don't mind sense. The problem comes in when Verizon gets in involved. With this being a Verizon only device Verizon has almost complete control. I want an unlock able bootloader and SD card slot, Google wallet and the other features Verizon left out form the J Butterfly. Because of this I may, still a possibility, sell this phone for either the M7 or the Samsung s4 depending on their specs. The main reason is these phones will be multi carrier devices with much more likely hood to receive updates and dev... Otherwise the DNA would be a perfect phone.
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I'm kinda in the same boat. I'm really considering selling this and getting the moto x phone when it comes out.
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The X phone and the S4 sound tasty.
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The X phone and the S4 sound tasty.
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you guys are funny.
M7 99% isn't going to be unlockable on ATT or VZW without exploit. And if you import it, likely won't support all the bands we need.
Wanna place bets on the X phone being locked down?
Sorry verizon snuck into your home in the middle of the night and took away your sd card slot and google wallet. My phone happened to ship that way, so I don't mind as much.
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you guys are funny.
M7 99% isn't going to be unlockable on ATT or VZW without exploit. And if you import it, likely won't support all the bands we need.
Wanna place bets on the X phone being locked down?
Sorry verizon snuck into your home in the middle of the night and took away your sd card slot and google wallet. My phone happened to ship that way, so I don't mind as much.
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So I'm not allowed to upgrade to the newest thing according to you...
I was fully aware of the flaws of the DNA when I bought it and still love it, but I am also able to upgrade to a newer and better device when it comes out.
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So I'm not allowed to upgrade to the newest thing according to you...
I was fully aware of the flaws of the DNA when I bought it and still love it, but I am also able to upgrade to a newer and better device when it comes out.
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No, you're not allowed. you must continue to use the DNA
Seriously, though, being "locked down" is a pretty lame reason considering you'll likely still face that. And, if you don't switch carriers, you likely won't get wallet either.
And outside of probably having more storage, what do those phones have that the DNA doesn't? M7 is downgrade from DNA imo.
I cam from the Razr Maxx so this phone is amazing in comparsion. I do miss the battery life but i can still so far get through a day no problem. Now the storage is where i want to jump ship.
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No, you're not allowed. you must continue to use the DNA
Seriously, though, being "locked down" is a pretty lame reason considering you'll likely still face that. And, if you don't switch carriers, you likely won't get wallet either.
And outside of probably having more storage, what do those phones have that the DNA doesn't? M7 is downgrade from DNA imo.
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I don't want a m7. But even that will have a better camera and better screen, albeit slightly smaller.
But as far as the s4 and x phone. Better screen, better camera, better processor, better battery, and as you said, more storage.
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I don't want a m7. But even that will have a better camera and better screen, albeit slightly smaller.
But as far as the s4 and x phone. Better screen, better camera, better processor, better battery, and as you said, more storage.
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better screen, processor, and battery? Not arguing, but link me please. Didn't know better screens and processors existed yet.
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better screen, processor, and battery? Not arguing, but link me please. Didn't know better screens and processors existed yet.
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Well there are solux screens, which the m7 is supposed to have, and will become standard soon.
The s4 should come with their octa core processor, and the x phone will likely have one if the next gen processors announced last month at ces.
I don't feel like finding links for all of that, but a quick Google search will give you all the info on those things.
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Well there are solux screens, which the m7 is supposed to have, and will become standard soon.
The s4 should come with their octa core processor, and the x phone will likely have one if the next gen processors announced last month at ces.
I don't feel like finding links for all of that, but a quick Google search will give you all the info on those things.
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I think solux is just more marketing nonsense. Anyhow, 4.7" screen I'd actually prefer. I am keeping my eyes out for that one. I miss the size of my oneX
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Well there are solux screens, which the m7 is supposed to have, and will become standard soon.
The s4 should come with their octa core processor, and the x phone will likely have one if the next gen processors announced last month at ces.
I don't feel like finding links for all of that, but a quick Google search will give you all the info on those things.
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The octa core processor is going to be useless. The industry hasnt even fully embraced quad core yet. Octa core is going to be a waste of battery and is just there for bragging rights.
Give me one reason why you need one in a phone being made RIGHT now. There isnt any logical reason unless you think benchmarks mean everything.
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The octa core processor is going to be useless. The industry hasnt even fully embraced quad core yet. Octa core is going to be a waste of battery and is just there for bragging rights.
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No, how it works is that there are 4 super powerful cores and 4 low power cores. When it is not under stress it uses the low power cores but when it needs power it goes to the powerful cores. It actually offers up to 70% savings on batteries.
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No, how it works is that there are 4 super powerful cores and 4 low power cores. When it is not under stress it uses the low power cores but when it needs power it goes to the powerful cores. It actually offers up to 70% savings on batteries.
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Not sure how a cpu offers 70% battery savings when it never is responsible for 70% of the total battery usage in the first place.
Reminds me of the stuff intel says.
I suppose time will tell.
At any rate, my initial retort was for the op. "no wallet", "no unlock", etc.
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Not sure how a cpu offers 70% battery savings when it never is responsible for 70% of the total battery usage in the first place.
Reminds me of the stuff intel says.
I suppose time will tell.
At any rate, my initial retort was for the op. "no wallet", "no unlock", etc.
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70% less battery consumption by the cpu. Not total battery life.
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70% less battery consumption by the cpu. Not total battery life.
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Ah, I made the mistake of reading the words you typed should be an exciting year for phones.
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No, how it works is that there are 4 super powerful cores and 4 low power cores. When it is not under stress it uses the low power cores but when it needs power it goes to the powerful cores. It actually offers up to 70% savings on batteries.
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I don't think a octa core processor is going to be much useful. Most apps don't even use the quad cores on the newer phones. As for 70% less battery usage, we'll see about that haha...
The only problem i foresee having with the DNA is the 5'' screen...My hands aren't that big, and a 4.7'' would be nicer to have. I hope the M7 is awesome, and gets good development soon. CM mod + awesome phone = happy me
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I don't think a octa core processor is going to be much useful. Most apps don't even use the quad cores on the newer phones. As for 70% less battery usage, we'll see about that haha...
The only problem i foresee having with the DNA is the 5'' screen...My hands aren't that big, and a 4.7'' would be nicer to have. I hope the M7 is awesome, and gets good development soon. CM mod + awesome phone = happy me
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Again, its not 8 core in the fact that 8 full power cores are running, there are 4 high power/performance cores to do intensive tasks, then there are 4 low power cores which save lots of energy compared to current quad core processors. These 4 cores are what are used most of the time, they will handle simple tasks. Here's a good quote.
"Something like mapping data would be handled by the "little" processor, while graphic-intensive gaming would switch over to the "big" guys."
So what this means for the end user is higher performance for tasks that need it, but overall lower power consumption and better battery life. That isn't propaganda or a guess, it is a fact.
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So what this means for the end user is higher performance for tasks that need it, but overall lower power consumption and better battery life. That isn't propaganda or a guess, it is a fact.
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This is going to be a complicated configuration, will be interesting to see how it performs when it's released. I can only imagine the mpdecision and governor complications when we start introducing switching from slower processors to faster processors mid thread.
The reality is, when I use applications like "maps", most of the time 3 of the 4 cores are totally offline, and the core in use is ramping as needed. I can't yet dispute the benefits of running said application on a slower CPU, but it seems pretty counter-intuitive to the "go fast and sleep" mentality that has been a pillar behind cpu power improvements for years and years.
Time will tell.
One thing is for sure, we can hardly state "facts" when the item doesn't even exist yet. Until then, it absolutely is "speculation" and/or "a guess".
I'm not sure where everyone is hearing that Verizon is getting the M7 on launch. Last I heard, this is T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint on launch.
Running my mind ragged whether I should get the S4, the HTC One or the Moto X (or Droid Maxxx) (I know I know, camera. I know.)
What I was wondering was, since the S4 is Super AMOLED, does it have the ability to incorporate the active display that the Moto X has or is Super AMOLED a totally different beast?
Ehh it can.. But it doesn't have the Motos low power chip to handle the notifications and pulse the screen, so any 3rd party app you install to do it, will kill your battery.
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Ehh it can.. But it doesn't have the Motos low power chip to handle the notifications and pulse the screen, so any 3rd party app you install to do it, will kill your battery.
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Now that you mentioned that, I remembered reading that somewhere else.
It's crazy that in this day and age we haven't yet a phone that can provide 3 things: 1)amazing build quality with loud calls 2) a great camera 3)extremely long battery life/battery saving processing
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Now that you mentioned that, I remembered reading that somewhere else.
It's crazy that in this day and age we haven't yet a phone that can provide 3 things: 1)amazing build quality with loud calls 2) a great camera 3)extremely long battery life/battery saving processing
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Agreed, I do like the s4 more than I figured I would tho, signal reception is just as good as the razr hd it replaced, (was worried as every sammy I had before had horrible reception), Battery life really isnt bad and I regularly get 24 hrs with normal use, the screen is absolutely beautiful, performance is great, and the camera just blows the razr hd's away. I miss being unlocked sometimes, but I thought id be returning this and ended up keeping it.
I live in a rear apartment. Reception I believe will always btw horrible bit o believe that build can decrease reception, rendering awful reception non-existent, so I think that may be my number one priority. I have two kids and I love the S3 camera... maybe I'll get the S4 and put a GE Rom on.
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I live in a rear apartment. Reception I believe will always btw horrible bit o believe that build can decrease reception, rendering awful reception non-existent, so I think that may be my number one priority. I have two kids and I love the S3 camera... maybe I'll get the S4 and put a GE Rom on.
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Check to make sure you get a non updated phone if you wanna do that, mine came pre updated so I couldn't do roms.
Good tip
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Good tip
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It hasn't mattered to me that much since usually when I get to flashing roms on a phone it's because the stock rom is god awful slow, but this phone is so fast it doesn't bother me. I can imagine a nice rom on this runs pretty sweet though.
I just hate hate hate touchwiz. Also.I can do without the gazillion extras they added.... I really don't need so many tricks for the camera. Just hood hardware and snapseed
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I just hate hate hate touchwiz. Also.I can do without the gazillion extras they added.... I really don't need so many tricks for the camera. Just hood hardware and snapseed
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I hear you, I dont use any of the extras with this phone, and nova went on before the end of the first day, already froze most of the TW stuff, I do like all the stuff the camera can do, but as long as the AOSP cam can take good pics Id be ok with that too, the TW cam does take some pretty nice pictures though Been quite impressed actually.
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I hear you, I dont use any of the extras with this phone, and nova went on before the end of the first day, already froze most of the TW stuff, I do like all the stuff the camera can do, but as long as the AOSP cam can take good pics Id be ok with that too, the TW cam does take some pretty nice pictures though Been quite impressed actually.
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I think the hardware is solid... so any software lumped on to pilot it will do well. I tend to like the uncluttered look and feel of the stock camera. I am going by today to check out the s4 again. If the X is really out one the 29th, it would give me one day to make a decision in order to take advantage of the $50 + $10 off coupons.
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I think the hardware is solid... so any software lumped on to pilot it will do well. I tend to like the uncluttered look and feel of the stock camera. I am going by today to check out the s4 again. If the X is really out one the 29th, it would give me one day to make a decision in order to take advantage of the $50 + $10 off coupons.
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Really don't think you can go wrong between the two, I had actually picked this up because I sold my Razr HD, and could not stand using the LG Ally backup phone I had any longer, knowing I had 14 days to decide I grabbed the S4, and its what im gonna keep. Good luck with whatever you choose!
The Note 3 was launched today,
and confirmed 4.3 on it.
4.3 will come to other devices this October.
Hopefully this helps with the bootlader exploit.
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Hopefully this helps with the bootlader exploit.
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Probably the opposite - it'll be locked down tighter.
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Probably the opposite - it'll be locked down tighter.
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Well i hear it's kinda different with 4.3. Like rooting and stuff. So hopefully, stuff changes
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Fat chance of any opportunities to unlock. We can always hope.
Cant wait for the note 3, the hands one video looks killer.
I just worried the battery life might be worse than the note 2. Bigger screen higher resolution but almost the same battery..
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Maybe we'll get a Verizon pre-release leak of it which will also have an unlocked bootloader...
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Did anyone see a Dev edition note 3 announcement yet? Needs it & Wants it.
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Dubbsy said:
Did anyone see a Dev edition note 3 announcement yet? Needs it & Wants it.
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Ditto
Something new to dream for.
JaeKay said:
Well i hear it's kinda different with 4.3. Like rooting and stuff. So hopefully, stuff changes
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i'm on the s3 and running slimbean which is on android 4.3. you have to go to the developer option then enable ADB + ROOT APPS, or something of that nature, to install supersu. just fyi
speaking of 4.3, what do you guys think is meant by "lower latancy in input for gamepad buttons and joysticks" means?
It is mentioned in this droid life article.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/24/a-look-at-whats-new-in-android-4-3/
It also has other 4.3 features to (hopefully) look forward to
I will stay on ME7 and have update apks frozen with TB. I like using Flash and 4.3 is not too Flash friendly. 4.2 is better with Flash. ME7 works great, good battery life and amazing low battery bleed in sleep mode. This may have more to do with resource hungry stock apps being frozen, but still completely happy with ME7. No desire to rock an already fine boat, IMO.
Most likely to the international version in October. And months later in the US.
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JaeKay said:
I just worried the battery life might be worse than the note 2. Bigger screen higher resolution but almost the same battery..
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I'm not clear on what you mean by this. Are you saying the Note 2 had bad battery life to begin with or that a similar size with higher specs all around might make it less enduring? I'm assuming you mean the latter since in my experience the N2 had the best battery life out of any phone I've had.
In any event I think that even though battery tech isn't advancing at near the rate that the other hardware is (meaning typically bigger batteries, not better), I believe that it is advancing to some degree and that the software itself is being tailored towards improved longevity. Each iteration of Android has yielded improved battery life and I've read here and there that 4.3 has some optimization software-wise that improves on battery life.
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zerofighter1 said:
I'm not clear on what you mean by this. Are you saying the Note 2 had bad battery life to begin with or that a similar size with higher specs all around might make it less enduring? I'm assuming you mean the latter since in my experience the N2 had the best battery life out of any phone I've had.
In any event I think that even though battery tech isn't advancing at near the rate that the other hardware is (meaning typically bigger batteries, not better), I believe that it is advancing to some degree and that the software itself is being tailored towards improved longevity. Each iteration of Android has yielded improved battery life and I've read here and there that 4.3 has some optimization software-wise that improves on battery life.
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I think hes worried going from 720p to 1080p without much of change to the battery
IamPro said:
I think hes worried going from 720p to 1080p without much of change to the battery
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yea, i know note 2 had a great battery life, and im just afraid that with only a 100 mah boost, it might be slightly worse with the bumped up resolution and specs
Be aware, typically the Verizon release will trail 3-6 months of the international release. Not always, but almost always...
Why would they even bother getting 4.3 on it? Why not put any and all resources to getting 4.4 on the S4 since it is the flagship right now?
rmorris said:
Why would they even bother getting 4.3 on it? Why not put any and all resources to getting 4.4 on the S4 since it is the flagship right now?
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Uh because 4.4 hasn't come out yet. The only thing we know is the name. There's no release date or anything else. That's why.
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