While it's been a great year run, albeit with a few hiccups, it is time to retire my Hercules.
I can remember June 11th, 2013 as if it was yesterday. Waiting patiently for UPS to arrive (and eventually waiting until 10 pm, but that's another story). I received the package from HSN. It was my brand new T-Mobile Galaxy S II. After setting it up and then sleeping. I set off to root it! (No custom rom at this point.) I was surprised at all of the information I found here coming from the somewhat barren Optimus L9. I rooted it and immediately changed the DPI haha. Idk why now because that was the only time i ever changed it! About a month later however all the trouble started. The SIM card slot was broken (one of the pins) and I had to mail it in. So I did! Anxiously waiting for it to arrive again it made its way. I then re rooted and installed a custom rom... that night I was awakened by the sound of the phone rebooting over and over again endlessly.... the power button was suck.... I called Samsung (after trying the many fixes listed here) and sent it in..... it came back a week or so later... 2 days later.... same issue! So then I sent it back AGAIN talked to a manager..... they said theyd just give me a new one.... 2 weeks later it came back....... fixed but not new.... I slapped CM10.2 on it and was super happy. This would be the end of all the warranty issues finally! I then just flashed roms occasionally mainly from Hell Devs and enjoying my time in these threads. I almost crapped my pants when I had Kitkat for the first time . Here we are now though over a year later. Yes this device has caused me many headaches with its somewhat horrible battery life and somewhat odd FC's and RR's but this device is what made me love Android and know that by ditching my iPhone 4 I made the best decision ever! It is now time to say goodbye however. As I have just purchased my first current gen Android device. The Galaxy Note 3! I can't wait to see what lies ahead of me now with this great device and I hope to see many of you over there in the T-Mobile Note 3 Threads! I love you all and thanks so much for making my T989 what it is today, and for making me love android
ps - I messaged a mod about making this thread but never got a reply. I hope its "legal" to post this here, I really wanted to say goodbye and thank you I love you all!!!
I was there too. Have worked up the line through the phones and forums listed in my sig. Good times at each stop.
goodbye! take care!
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Hey You,
I've got an htc Desire for almost about 2 years now and I think it's time to get a new phone.
It's working fine though, but it fell on the floor, a part of the case broke off...
Now, what would You buy next?
I'm thinking about the Galaxy Nexus, but it's hardware seems outdated...
Would You buy the Galaxy Nexus or wait for Samsung Galaxy s 3 and htc Ville?
Which would You prefer, Samsung or htc?
Thanks
wait couple of months more
there will be MWC (Mobile World Congress) held in Spain, next week... mobile industry's biggest event. Just follow the new-comers there. You may even think of an LG, Panasonic (yes, it's coming back), or something else; after this event. And March Samsung will be announcing it's 2012 lineup.
Some kind of new era should begin regarding smartphones, in order to change Desire to something else. Because, to my opinion still all the android phone experiences are more or less the same.
First of all, thanks for Your reply,
Well, I think that means for me that won't get myself a Galaxy Nexus, I'm going to wait some time for the new Quad-Core-Machines
At the moment SGS2 is best option but if you can wait then quad cores would be there soon.
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At the moment SGS2 is best option but if you can wait then quad cores would be there soon.
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I can't wait... But I also don't want to have already an outdated phone in a couple of months.
But that's Android, I guess, You get a new phone and there's already a new one out.
I'll wait for release of s3, then I can compare it to the other new handsets of MWC12.
Thanks for Your reply
And i'm unlocked, rooted, and ROM'd already
Came from a rooted Thunderbolt and I just wanna say how much of an amazing phone this is. At first I wanted to just enjoy the ICS experience, but after having a rooted phone...no stock phone will do I love the fact that Gummy included a wifi tether setting as well as the removal of all the bloatware and stuff. This phone is ridiculously fast and i'm now getting quadrant scores more than I would ever imagine on a mobile device (last run was 3200). Anyways, just wanted to say hi and that I am not a proud new owner of a Gnex.
For anyone new to the Android scene, get this damn phone NOW. This phone is pretty much future proof....until quad core Jelly Bean comes out lol.
Otherwise, unlike the TB, I have no plans of trading this phone in for at least another year. The screen alone is enough to keep me as a loyal customer.
Welcome. You have to love the best phone in the world.
You said not, but I think you were trying to say now... guessing by the rest of the post
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Lol yea I meant "now", my bad
Hey Guys,
Just a message to say I'm leaving and have ordered a new phone, I've been with you guys since early December I think, so much amazing work has been done to this phone and hopefully CM9 will be completed sooner than later, If your wondering (see what I did there ) I've just ordered a Galaxy Note while they were on offer before the note 2 comes out, got it on a 20.50 a month contract and hopefully it will be just as good or even better than the Wonder, Thank you all for the help and assistance and good luck with the future.
Thanks
Jamie
Almost 2 years ago, I had an HTC Inspire. Earlier this year, I moved up to a Galaxy Note II..got it rooted and have been loving it ever since.
However, I'd really like to find an app like Boot Manager. I bought the app when I had the Inspire, but it does not work on the Note II. I tried emailing them...a month ago and no response. Now, reading the reviews, it seems they stopped updating it and just let the app die. Are there any other apps out there similar to Boot Manager for Note II?
I tried asking in the Q&A....129 views and 0 responses.
There isnt anything like that for most phones. Best you can do on the note is dual boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239453
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There isnt anything like that for most phones. Best you can do on the note is dual boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239453
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Thanks hun, I may try that soon....after I find 2 ROMs I absolutely love
I'm guessing all the bad reviews woke up the BM devs because they updated their description:
"We apologize for letting this app die we became very busy with other works, however, starting today (November 7th) we have began to work on this project again. We plan to update soon and will be working on the following: support for Galaxy Nexus JB, and Samsung Galaxy S3 support. If you would like to suggest other points to work on follow us at @init2winitapps on twitter and mention us to contact us."
Which is good news for those people but bad for the ones not on the list....ah well...it was a $3 app that served it's purpose.
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Almost 2 years ago, I had an HTC Inspire. Earlier this year, I moved up to a Galaxy Note II..got it rooted and have been loving it ever since.
However, I'd really like to find an app like Boot Manager. I bought the app when I had the Inspire, but it does not work on the Note II. I tried emailing them...a month ago and no response. Now, reading the reviews, it seems they stopped updating it and just let the app die. Are there any other apps out there similar to Boot Manager for Note II?
I tried asking in the Q&A....129 views and 0 responses.
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burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB. It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS, including Linux/Windows/OSX/FreeBSD, etc.
I haven't seen any development for nk3, besides effortless. I really love my note 3 and feel like it can still hang, but is it time to jump ship and move on? Or will development pick up again, after Christmas?
Until there is a substantial update to say 5.0 there won't be much more they can do and updating the base to another Ota doesn't really do much. I'm sure there will be a few things going on after we get that next big jump.
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My NK3 Rom isn't out yet (close though ), but I updated the guides to prep a while ago.
I think most developers are waiting until lollipop.. and I'm sure many people are getting a Note 3 for Christmas.
It's a lot of work and T-Mobile released three updates in a very short time. Now it's the holidays, so some down time for devs and families.
It's pretty slow on the Note 4 side as well. Hopefully Samsung can get LP out during quarter 1 '15 to kick some development off again.
I, too, think that most of the new developments will be for lollipop. And I can't wait. My effortless ROM has been awesome at keeping my Note 3 feeling like new (even though I've been getting random shutdowns lately). I'd like to thank Effortless for all the work he's done. Patiently waiting to see what you do next.
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My NK3 Rom isn't out yet (close though ), but I updated the guides to prep a while ago.
I think most developers are waiting until lollipop.. and I'm sure many people are getting a Note 3 for Christmas.
It's a lot of work and T-Mobile released three updates in a very short time. Now it's the holidays, so some down time for devs and families.
It's pretty slow on the Note 4 side as well. Hopefully Samsung can get LP out during quarter 1 '15 to kick some development off again.
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Yeah, but even just your guide is one of the first things I look for when a new update drops. It's pretty convenient. Many thanks.