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Thinking about getting one. I know someone who has a t-mobile one.
Is it easy to root/unlock. I'd love to play with CM10 on it does it run well?
Other than GPS and intermittent 911 issues, the CM10 based ROMs that I've used run nicely.
As far as unlocking, you can simply download a free market app that will unlock your Vibrant.
For a phone that has been out now for.... over two years? It still hangs tough with the big boys in my opinion. If you have the opportunity to get one, my advice would be to go ahead and give it a shot. I think you'll like it.
You were just sliced bread before you were burnt by the toaster.
As my boy toaster said, this phone is the little android that could. Samsung and
T-homobile wrote this device off, never updating past froyo. Well the beautiful minds of cyanogen/xda community knew that the capabilities of this device was greater so we got cm7/GB based ROMs. The haters said this device wouldn't run ICS, the great minds proved that it would. Now JB ROMs are running smooth!! My 2 1/2 year old phone is running android 4.1.2, while over 90% of new phones are still on ICS.
If you find a vibrant for sale, for a good price, grab it!
** Make sure its the t959 3g, not a t959v 4g. The t959v has a front facing camera, runs 4g*, and comes with inception on it.
But the t959v only has a 4gb internal SD card vs the vibes 16gb SD card. It is limited because of that, not nearly as many people dev'ing for it.
**very easy to root etc if you read and follow directions!
No tickee, no laundry!
I always go back to this device after using much more expensive ones for some reason. I don't like new phones that lack microSD slot and transfer using MTP mode. My previous S3 had MTP issues that cause transferring to be extremely slow and freeze up midway.
This thing run JellyBean surprisingly smooth. GPS just need an easy hardware fix. It can playback HD MKV videos without problems if you're using the right software. The only lacking thing about this phone is the GPU which can't handle new games anymore.
Side note, I just rebought a Nexus S because my Vibrant charging port broke, but it's actually not as good. Has issue with slow USB transferring with ICS and JB that haven't been fixed since forever. The camera despite LED flash is not as good and worthless for macro and nightshots. I don't understand this, but for a Nexus device, it's actually less stable than the Vibrant with reboots with stock roms. Also Semaphore kernel and its manager app for the Vibrant has more customization than the Nexus S kernels.
With that said this phone is getting dated. I'm still searching for a proper upgrade, with 4-4.3" screen, removable battery, pentaband or with 1700 and 1900 3g band, microsd slot, a better camera, higher than 800x480 res, and Cyanogenmod supported. I haven't found a device that meet these criterias yet, the Blaze come close and just got CM10 supported so it might be better to get than the Vibrant at this point. Looking at new phones, some missing features of the LG Nexus 4 is more if a backward step to me than an upgrade. The S3 mini looks more like a lackluster attempt by Samsung to cash off their S3 popularity, I might had been interested if it had a higher res screen.
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i have t-mobile t959 vibrant which feels great to have. Yes I ran froyo for sometime since I was waiting for official updates which wasn't available till NOW. these guys doin amazing work getting new android versions on vibrant. I am running ICS on my vibe which looks great. no hassles. Yeah. It will run JB too definitely. **As samsgun357 mentioned make sure to get t959**
Grad a vibe n you will know what its capable of
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The t959 is way underated, especially with the quality of devs that have contributed. Cm10 is in progress, but thats the fun. Shes a honey bunny with a nice screen.
Ah I would donate mine, but its dead. I loved the vibe, it was an awesome phone. Now I got the gs3, and I miss hellybean and cm10. Get it! If youre to cheap, do some stripping for a few days
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iKoolkid said:
Ah I would donate mine, but its dead. I loved the vibe, it was an awesome phone. Now I got the gs3, and I miss hellybean and cm10. Get it! If youre to cheap, do some stripping for a few days
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Hey koolkid what happen to your vibe? When you say dead what do you mean?
And what are you doing trolling down here in the vibe threads? Lol
I'm sure that gs3 is keeping you occupied. I'm waiting on the next round of nexus devices, hoping its more than just the lg nexus 4.
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Hey koolkid what happen to your vibe? When you say dead what do you mean?
And what are you doing trolling down here in the vibe threads? Lol
I'm sure that gs3 is keeping you occupied. I'm waiting on the next round of nexus devices, hoping its more than just the lg nexus 4.
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Im to lazy to do anything with my gs3. My vibe has bad usb port and im too lazy to donate or fix it. Cause im 13. And my parents are like that.
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iKoolkid said:
Im to lazy to do anything with my gs3. My vibe has bad usb port and im too lazy to donate or fix it. Cause im 13. And my parents are like that.
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Haha damn that sucks! So the vibe works, just can't charge the battery in the phone. You should get an external charger.
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Haha damn that sucks! So the vibe works, just can't charge the battery in the phone. You should get an external charger.
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Yeah. But remember the ASIAN PARENTS WITH DA MONEY SAVING IDEAS.
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Yeah. But remember the ASIAN PARENTS WITH DA MONEY SAVING IDEAS.
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Lol that's hilarious. They won't even let you sell the vibe?
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Lol that's hilarious. They won't even let you sell the vibe?
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Yup.
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Nice I wish it has 1gb memory
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Hey guys, my wife currently has a Galaxy Y and is looking for an upgrade. She needs something that has good build quality (drops her phone quite a lot), very good battery is possible, removable storage/sd slot & removable battery. As for price.. It can't be over £500/$750, thank you!
All replies are very welcome & very much appreciated, thank you all very much!
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So I'm coming from a Samsung Infuse, and honestly, this phone cannot piss me off even more than I already am. I'm talking about constant resets (stuck power button), terrible GPS reception, UNBEARABLE LAG even with the latest paranoid android, and finally, messed up APN settings which bares the phone useless since I can't have any service on it! So now you understand of my struggles with my current phone. I'm in search for something that I can rely on and won't have even the slightest bit of lag after 2+ years of owning it.
Now, I've been doing some research on some phones (gs3, htc one x, htc one, gs4) And I come here to find out your honest opinion on the GS3 since the time you've owned it. Should I save some cash buying a GS3 or a One X, or are there some sort of problems with these phones that have ticked you off that I should consider paying the extra buck and looking at the 2013 flagships instead?
I would suggest the SIV over the SIII..
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I would suggest the SIV over the SIII..
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The S4 might will not have CM support in anytime soon...
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OP, if I were you, I'd wait until the S4. Not because the S4 is a good phone, we don't really know. But because I'd like to know if the S3 sources are to be released. Otherwise, stay away from exynos.
You'll thank me later.
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The S4 might will not have CM support in anytime soon...
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Neither will the SIII have stable CM..
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If you really want an S3, what about the I9305? 2G RAM! If you can afford a G4 go for that instead, if cash is tight perhaps a second hand G3. Should be a few out there soon cheap, when people have upgraded.
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Sv: Should I get a Galaxy S III??
If you can get the S3 for a gooood price, get it and install SlimBean no lag at all stable as rock. Faster then a n4
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I'd recommended waiting for the S4. The S3 is a great phone but at least you'll be future-proof with the Galaxy S4 (in terms of updates, camera, display, and RAM). That's quite a lot of things!
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Buy yourself a Nexus 4 and enjoy aosp in its best form! ^^
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Buy yourself a Nexus 4 and enjoy aosp in its best form! ^^
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I agree with you Nexus is always the best option.....in terms of performance as well as design and latest updates but only drawback 16gig mem
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I agree with you Nexus is always the best option.....in terms of performance as well as design and latest updates but only drawback 16gig mem
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Yeah it's a drawback, one I would find myself very hard to live with, but I would make compromises. I love that my S3 is capable of reading sdcards but I would easily give up that for something that runs lovely aosp as awesomely as the Nexus
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Yeah it's a drawback, one I would find myself very hard to live with, but I would make compromises. I love that my S3 is capable of reading sdcards but I would easily give up that for something that runs lovely aosp as awesomely as the Nexus
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I would be probably on Nexus 4 already if it supports USB OTG to mount external drives.
S3 have bad multitasking management, huge delay when you open dialer, mms and galery app.
I have spent lot of hours to fix these issues thanks to xda devs. It is a good phone (huge battery removable, good screen, ext sd card, powerfull) with a bad programmation.
I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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S3 have bad multitasking management, huge delay when you open dialer, mms and galery app.
I have spent lot of hours to fix these issues thanks to xda devs. It is a good phone (huge battery removable, good screen, ext sd card, powerfull) with a bad programmation.
I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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I knew the s3 software was bad, but it's worst than a nexus one
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All i'm saying is to get a phone with 2Gb of ram. S4 or even the S3 with 4G is fine. The N4 is subject to different considerations (do you want an sdcard, etc) but it's a powerhouse too.
While the S3 nearly doesn't lag at all, not having multitask isn't fun and you'll definitly have a better experience if your apps aren't closing all the time due to lack of memory. This annoys me to no end and i'm replacing it whenever an oportunity arrises.
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I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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I am glad that I wasn't the only person to see that about the N1.
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Yes you should
Fredo13127 said:
S3 have bad multitasking management, huge delay when you open dialer, mms and galery app.
I have spent lot of hours to fix these issues thanks to xda devs. It is a good phone (huge battery removable, good screen, ext sd card, powerfull) with a bad programmation.
I advise you a nexus one or a htc.
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U mean HTC ONE OR NEXUS :what::what::what:
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Well syay away from s3. I am selling my s3. And going for optimus g. My s3 is not having any issues but reading/listening to others issues with their s3 like sudden death I am getting possed off. Lol.
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Hi All,
I have been running Viper 1.2 for some time now and really am anxious to get on something new.
I have no interest in running AOSP or any variations.
Could I get suggestions of what might be my best option (not buggy) that I could use as a daily driver for a little while.
I like what I see for Sense 5 ROMs too.
Thanks!
newts Sense 5 Rom. The best, I have tried them all.
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In order to get a good answer you need to be more specific with your question.
What is important for you to get from the rom?
Battery life? Performance? Eye candy? or may be its CM?
Anyway, i guess you should change your question a bit before one of the mods will delete this thread
Xda doesn't allow threads to compare roms your going to have to try them yourself because I can guarantee that a mod will close this soon.
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I didn't ask for a comparison....I need a good non buggy Rom for a daily driver with some nice bells and whistles and just asked for an opinion. Would prefer sense 5. I know the rules.
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Newts is what you want
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How's the battery life
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Newts is good but I feel like it was a little buggy and the battery was not great but not terrible... I prefer the Bamf sense 5 rom that Joel made
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Was that the most recent build?
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Newts is the best that I have tried. I paired that with crpalmers kernel and my phone has never been better.
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Mustafa's Hatka Supreme ROM works great and has amazing battery life. The only issue I've had so far was getting MMS to work but it was an easy fix.
Agree with those who said newts Rom. It is by far the most bug free and customized Rom. Through a custom kernel on it and you'll never look back.
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jlamb76049 said:
Newts is the best that I have tried. I paired that with crpalmers kernel and my phone has never been better.
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Agreed, I'm running this setup as well.
Battery life on the dna is going to suck no matter what rom you use.
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Agreed, I'm running this setup as well.
Battery life on the dna is going to suck no matter what rom you use.
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I disagree. I get through a day quite easily on most roms.
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My battery usually has to be put on the charger at around 10 pm and I get up at 6 for school. Granted I probably don't use my phone as much as most people here since I'm in class all day. I'm on stock.
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I get excellent battery life. I'm running Viper 1.2 with Zarboz' kernel (stock settings).
I just took a look and it says I still have 83% battery after 6 hours 47 minutes on battery. Usage: several texts, phone calls, syncing with my Jawbone UP band, checking email; light to medium use I guess.
All the ROMs are great. I observed a slight better battery life on the Sense5 ones though. Since I am not a big fan Sense5, especially the blink feed, I get bored with it the very first day. This big bright HD screen is made to show bright and beautiful colors. Not just black and white. Sense 5 still looks sharp though. My main reason to keep going back to ViperDNA is the sound. On it my phone shakes the Beats Solo HD and vibrates the Studios (with PowerAmp of course, Sony xLoud and the Beats mod from eriknors' thread). It doesn't feel as strong and powerful on the other roms. I mostly use two songs for test: Go Hard or Go Home by E-40, Fuel by Metallica.
Everything is opinion based on what you like. But who MIKE D has something awesome coming.
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EclipticNA lol
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EclipticNA lol
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Haha you took the words out of my mouth! I was just gonna say the best dna rom isn't on xda. And yes, it's yours! :thumbup:
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MODERATOR PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD
Would like to use this review on my own website without Google detecting a duplicate. I might as well since this thread died out few days ago
Very nice review! Makes me more excited about my upcoming G2!
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I cant agree with u more....but i have to add tgat the fact u can customize almost everythng is just unmatched....i alwsys ended up installng a launcher just to b able change those stupid tw icons....and this phone let me do that out of the box.....u can also uninstall many of the preloaded 3rd party apps....i also agree that sound quality is not on par with the rest of this phone's spec.....(whats the mod u used?)......all in all best experience ive had with a android phone...
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I cant agree with u more....but i have to add tgat the fact u can customize almost everythng is just unmatched....i alwsys ended up installng a launcher just to b able change those stupid tw icons....and this phone let me do that out of the box.....u can also uninstall many of the preloaded 3rd party apps....i also agree that sound quality is not on par with the rest of this phone's spec.....(whats the mod u used?)......all in all best experience ive had with a android phone...
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Yeah agreed. Its nice just to have the ability to change the icon size too. And its a mod in the android development section
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By the way check out this awesome camera review by marques brownlee he's awesome. He thinks its the 4th best camera phone out there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMb-jXlkNwY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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technostein said:
By the way check out this awesome camera review by marques brownlee he's awesome. He thinks its the 4th best camera phone out there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMb-jXlkNwY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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nice review ..... how does the battery life compare with note 2 ?
and how fast this thing charges up ?
hbksabhi said:
nice review ..... how does the battery life compare with note 2 ?
and how fast this thing charges up ?
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I would say its about the same if not slightly better. And it charges REALLY fast. I would say about 2 hours or so and your good to go
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technostein said:
I would say its about the same if not slightly better. And it charges REALLY fast. I would say about 2 hours or so and your good to go
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that is so coool ..... its a double win :laugh: