Hello everyone my wife has an iphone 3gs for 6 years. He began to tire at the application level and speed.
I'm looking for her a used phone. She does not want it too big. (the phone )
Me I want something of quality and powerful enough.
I have no knowledge in small phones. Does the Samsung S5 mini is a good choice?
Please tell me the obvious I really do not know the small models.
A big thank you to those who will take a few minutes to answer.
Hi there,
There are threads already established that are devoted to discussions about devices, please read, and if necessary, repost your question in one of these threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
There are also several other discussion threads that you probably should review to help you. They are What phone do you wish you had? or
The Worst Android Device That You've Ever Had & Why or even this place that talks about The best phone you ever owned.
I will have to close this one. Thanks for understanding.
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After seeing a few new threads start up recently, it was interesting to see how different users have explored the boundaries of TG01 and got the maximum out of it!
I was surprised at certain things this mighty beast can do! I am opening this thread with a hope that we will get more input from TG01 users in terms of what can be done using TG01! May be other users like me will benefit now and in future by knowing that there is no limit to surprises TG01 brings
So question is simple with simplers answers:
What do you use your TG01 MOSTLY for? Please vote for the options and if I have missed out something as 'the most common' act on TG01, then feel free to add comments!
Please can I also request anyone who does something different with their TG01, to post links so that other users could try it and share their views too?
PS: Keep this thread fun but full of information!
Please ADD this to your signature and brag how cool your phone is!!
TELL THE WORLD WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR TG01 please VOTE!
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37 views and only 1 vote!! come on guys, share how good your phone is!
i have already voted nice thread!
Reading, of course!
One of the thing that every day I do with my TG1 is...reading. I've already read a lot of e-books anywhere..if I'm waiting, on a cue...my book is ready to keep on reading from the last paragraph that I read the previous time.
I had installed an app called µBook, but few days ago I discovered Freda, an free EPUB (and other formats) reader that suits perfectly in our TG01
You can download the last version from http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-freda.html
Good thread!
Pere said:
One of the thing that every day I do with my TG1 is...reading. I've already read a lot of e-books anywhere..if I'm waiting, on a cue...my book is ready to keep on reading from the last paragraph that I read the previous time.
I had installed an app called µBook, but few days ago I discovered Freda, an free EPUB (and other formats) reader that suits perfectly in our TG01
You can download the last version from http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-freda.html
Good thread!
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I love e-books myself, but I couldn't read them on TG01 as I always thought you end up buying and spending lots (I tried B&N) - I am downloading the one you suggesting, it might make me the most happiest and complete TG01 owner ever!
If you know any more TG01 owners, please ask them to come forward and share more so that we get more out of this beast
Thanks
olyloh6696 said:
i have already voted nice thread!
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I was a bit unsure if mods would like it !
Mate, if you know more TG01 users on the forum, please ask them to vote and share so that we get more out of TG01 from everyone's experience. This might even reveal what sort of tasks are best performed on TG01
It's really good to see from the votes so far that, Browsing on TG01 is what is done mostly!
Considering the complaints of battery drain and crappy IE that comes with TG01, I am sure most of us have ended up using faster browsers and better batteries!
Anything worth sharing to have better browsing experience on TG01 guys?
I do something more than this! (please post a comment and share)
Yes it help me to progress with ROM dev and in english ... of course !!!
Good thread man !
EVEALEX62 said:
I do something more than this! (please post a comment and share)
Yes it help me to progress with ROM dev and in english ... of course !!!
Good thread man !
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Thanks a lot
It is getting more useful and informative as we get more votes!
Already we know that it works as a great device to browse! So many people use it for browsing..
and many votes for 'I use it for something else' too, but only 2 users mentioned some useful info for us. I wish we will have more ideas for tg01
Most of us still use it for browsing - inspite of claims of bad battery life!
I think it's because of amazing speeds we get with Snapdragon?!
I presume we use Opera/SkyFire/IE - any other browsers you think can work better on TG01?
Hello Everyone!
I am writing this post in most of my threads so that everyone is well informed. I am not sure if you will get annoyed to see the identical post in more than 1 thread. The only reason being, I want everyone who visits particular thread to know that I am going to be a rare visitor on TG01 forums from now.
As you might all know, I went on 3 weeks holiday (it was AWESOME!) only to find out that Orange had sent me a letter confirming that I should F***O** and they won’t be interested in either paying repair costs/ offering replacement handset/ offer any sort of money back for the malfunctioning TG01(s) (6 replacements to be precise) they have supplied me since January 2011! Since last 5 months, I wasn’t able to develop or help with roms/themes as I din’t trust my phone’s behaviour (it froze randomly making hard to know if it’s rom/theme doing it or actual phone). However, I have tried my best to help out in forum and also with beta tests.
My TG01 is now officially in coma. It doesn’t last more than 5 minutes without restarting. This has annoyed the piss out of me and I was helpless financially. However, I have managed to sell this TG01 for spare along with few old WinMos and Symbian phone to get me enough money to buy a brand new San Francisco (the cheapest option out there for smart phone at the moment!)
So, to keep the story short, all these threads, might not see any help at all from me in terms of development. I will still be willing to help anyone and everyone (whatever can be done without a TG01). If anyone would want to use any of my work so far – please feel free to PM me and I will happily share ROMs/THEMES/files etc that will help you to carry on the projects further.
It’s been absolute charm being a part of this forum and will miss it! I will be around in San Francisco forums anyway, so drop me a PM if you ever think of me
Long live TG01 and WinMos
(already saving up to buy new WP7!)
EVC4 Development System
I use the TG01 as a software development platform for a GPS application - see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117192
I'm still using EVC4 as it's simple, effective and free. More modern tools are too complicated for my simple mind, and seem to produce enormous slow applications.
I had to produce my own SDK using Platform Builder, but now find this works on most ARM devices; although it grizzles a bit, it gives full source-level debugging. It does mean I have to use XP for development - has anyone got EVC4 to run under Vista or Win7?
I like the TG01 as it's fast and has a big screen. I think it's virtually unusable as a mobile phone.
Heya all N9 fans! We all want Nokia N9 development thread on XDA, right?
Let's vote this in hope that the moderators will hear our voice and will create a separate thread.
Give your vote in the poll above and don't forget to Submit Thread!
Thanks and cheers!
whats so special about the n9? any development that requires a dedicated thread?
First of all it is a smartphone which has an open source platform and it lacks developers; the more users/fans it will have - the more it will attract developers to work around it.
Secondly, this is a great piece of machinery with a cool OS. Beside that, an Android OS could theoretically be ported to this device and XDA is one of few communities that could bring to this great phone/OS some further development, by that giving more chances for life, as Nokia has officially resigned from MeeGo project.
costisanu said:
First of all it is a smartphone which has an open source platform and it lacks developers; the more users/fans it will have - the more it will attract developers to work around it.
Secondly, this is a great piece of machinery with a cool OS. Beside that, an Android OS could theoretically be ported to this device and XDA is one of few communities that could bring to this great phone/OS some further development, by that giving more chances for life, as Nokia has officially resigned from MeeGo project.
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The only thing that will help development for this phone is that developers have this phone. The problem with that is it wasnt sold world wide. Not many people have this phone. Having a spot on XDA will not bring developers to a phone with a discontinued OS on it.
@zelendel: Can't disagree with that, but now the phone is available on e-Bay (which is quite world wide), with a more realistic price of around 500$.
The thing is that this little piece of machinery has impressed me a lot. But I wouldn't risk to buy it unless I can see that the phone will have a future. And I believe that threads like this will show us very clearly what is N9's destiny
costisanu said:
@zelendel: Can't disagree with that, but now the phone is available on e-Bay (which is quite world wide), with a more realistic price of around 500$.
The thing is that this little piece of machinery has impressed me a lot. But I wouldn't risk to buy it unless I can see that the phone will have a future. And I believe that threads like this will show us very clearly what is N9's destiny
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Dont get me wrong I had the n9 for a little bit but got rid of it after a bit. There is a dedicated thread for asking for a new device forum. HERE
Might be a better place for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416406
zelendel said:
Dont get me wrong I had the n9 for a little bit but got rid of it after a bit. There is a dedicated thread for asking for a new device forum. HERE
Might be a better place for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416406
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Thanks for the link, but you know what N9 is not even in the poll list
Can't believe that this phone has such small chances to ever succeed.
By the way, why did you got rid of it?
Hello, I feel I own a fairly popular phone and a lot of other people across the internet own phones from this company. It seems there is a wide interest in custom ROMs but a severe lack of developers owning these products.
I am new to android -- and smart phones all together. But I am quite handy with linux and after 2-3 weeks of owning my Blu Studio 5.0 D530 Dual Sim 4gb smart phone, I feel pretty comfortable with the device. My last text message on my old phone was May 16th; so that was the day they came in the mail after work. I've rooted it with many methods, installed custom CWM, fried 1-2 sdcards, factory reset a dozen times, and bricked my device for two days. We've been through a lot.
My wife owns the Blu Advance 4.5 which has even less information and she fears even letting me root it at this point.
If a category for this specific company is made, I would really enjoy getting more involved with the company and sharing my experiences, fails, and successes. I've acquired a large, hugely undocumented, and unorganized collection of tools and applications for my phones, as well as a plethora of book marks.
I'm getting to a point where I can organize and begin documenting/referencing these tools to share with the community here on XDA. I'm sure we can find more people with much more knowledge than myself who might become interested in purchasing one of these phones.
They are highly affordable and well designed (other than the low internal memory). Also, I've recently learned that since they are an American company, they are required by law to provide sources for their products, and have already received multiple requests to do so with a couple of confirmed positive responses. [1]
Thank you for reading my post. Please comment if you agree.
[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2645756
I bought a Plum Gator 3 phone roughly 3 years ago, because as a rugged phone, it was described as being more durable than other phones on the market (which I now know is true, and its why I love rugged tech). Unfortunately, because of Google Play being bloatware, and because of Google itself being known to do some pretty insidious things, I now want Android off of my phone. I've tried looking up tutorials on how to root it, but its as if most information about this phone has disappeared off of the face of the Earth. Any help?
DKruse1994 said:
I bought a Plum Gator 3 phone roughly 3 years ago, because as a rugged phone, it was described as being more durable than other phones on the market (which I now know is true, and its why I love rugged tech). Unfortunately, because of Google Play being bloatware, and because of Google itself being known to do some pretty insidious things, I now want Android off of my phone. I've tried looking up tutorials on how to root it, but its as if most information about this phone has disappeared off of the face of the Earth. Any help?
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Missed the [developers only] tag when you decided to post here? Welcome to XDA but please read up on some rules first. The thread will probably be closed soon but let me give you a quick reply nonetheless.
Replacing it with what? A Linux distribution like that doesn't even exist for your device? Mind that you have a Mediatek processor, which has the worst support already. Let alone a brand that no one heard of and 1GB of RAM that would bring you nothing but trouble if it were possible to install something else. If you want to avoid Android, I'm afraid your only options are iOS (as if Apple doesn't participate in insidious practices) or going back to a Nokia 3310 (yay, Snake!) or similar.
Another in my opinion better option, is going for a device à la OnePlus, Pixel or Poco that has an established development community and patch the heck out of it to block out anything related to Google. You will not achieve this on your current device, ever. Sorry to disappoint ya [emoji52]
Wrapped with delicious Fajita [emoji896]
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Timmmmaaahh said:
Missed the [developers only] tag when you decided to post here? Welcome to XDA but please read up on some rules first. The thread will probably be closed soon but let me give you a quick reply nonetheless.
Replacing it with what? A Linux distribution like that doesn't even exist for your device? Mind that you have a Mediatek processor, which has the worst support already. Let alone a brand that no one heard of and 1GB of RAM that would bring you nothing but trouble if it were possible to install something else. If you want to avoid Android, I'm afraid your only options are iOS (as if Apple doesn't participate in insidious practices) or going back to a Nokia 3310 (yay, Snake!) or similar.
Another in my opinion better option, is going for a device à la OnePlus, Pixel or Poco that has an established development community and patch the heck out of it to block out anything related to Google. You will not achieve this on your current device, ever. Sorry to disappoint ya [emoji52]
Wrapped with delicious Fajita [emoji896]
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I was informed by a private message from some guy named Matt that my post was moved to Android Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting. Also, my answer to your question about what I'd replace Android with would've been Ubuntu Touch. Not to sound like I have blind arrogance, but reading your response made me wonder if it's possible to replace the processor with one that has much better support, and replace the ram with one that has more gigs? I understand that every piece of hardware has to be compatible with each other, and sometimes you're lucky enough to find replacement parts that are. Other times, it ends up being a waste of time and money. If it is possible, I also understand it will be more of a pain in the ass than it needs to be just to replace the parts and then see if I'm lucky enough to even root it, but if it allows me to be one step closer to accomplishing my goal, then all I can do is be cautious when seeing what happens. However, if, in your expert opinion, it isn't possible, I'll just dump it and use the Alcatel Go Flip 3 I bought yesterday as a back up phone.
I have T-Mobile but just moved to Mexico. To make a long story short my Trust was embezzled. I can't get things done without a good device. I don't speak fluent Spanish so it's important I have Google's keyboard that translates, WhatsApp, at least a 6.7 screen IP68, 13gb ram. I would like two sim slots so I can get a carrier in Mexico. I have a OnePlus 8 pro. Battery won't hold a charge. I lived Huawei pros and the old N95, HTC, I like a good device but can't spend more than $700 or so. I don't have time to research. I'm trying to get my house done and sell my old one and I have heart disease. Anyone?
Hi, check the primary what phone thread here:
**What phone should I buy next?** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!
Hi everyone, This thread is a continuation of this thread. This is here so you can discuss what your next phone/tablet should be, if you're not sure what to pick. Also, if you need advice as to which device is better than another, then feel...
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or move your Post question there