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Hello my wife currently has a d2g and its her 3rd replacement so I called vz with my final straw. I was Not taking another replacement I'm on number 3 enough enough. So long story short there sending me a dinc2 as a replacement. The I was just wondering if there were any known issues I looked around the threads just saw here and there issues nothing specific to all dinc2. It looked like a really great deviceand I'm sure it will be. I how is the battery life btw? And the keyboard for that matter its going to be weird for her not having a slide out. any info is appreciated thanks.
Battery life is great...I had a OG Droid....took me a bit to get used to no slideout keyboard....I use flext9 since I didn't care for the stock style...love the smaller form factor that no physical keyboard allows
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Speakers sound terrible at high volumes and the rotating buttons on the bottom show light through the poorly painted black circles around them. I've had 8 replacements in the first month and all were the same or worse. Still love the phone
06stang said:
Speakers sound terrible at high volumes and the rotating buttons on the bottom show light through the poorly painted black circles around them. I've had 8 replacements in the first month and all were the same or worse. Still love the phone
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Wow 8 replacements.
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I really enjoy this phone. I would recommend getting a case for it. I have a couple very small marks where the screen meets the plastic on the edge. I believe it was from laying the phone face down at work. A case with a small lip, so the phone doesn't touch table resolved this. It didn't resolve the marks I already had. :s Battery life is very good!! Once I get this thing rooted, it will be a beast!!!
Yeah my last charge lasted 1 day and a couple hours. Love the phone like I said but it seems poorly built. Probably the worst hardware of any htc phone I've owned before. Even the vibration is different from phone to phone. Some have barely noticeable vibrate some have too strong and makes terrible rattling noises.
What's funny is that my first Dinc2 had the power and volume buttons kinda hard to press, the rattling USB port, and very low vibrations. But this one is loads better than the last one, easy power button, fixed port and earthquake-like vibrations.
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I'm loving mine, build quality and software wise. Good battery, no bugs. A very solid phone.
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Wow you guys are making me consider giving the wife my d3 and snagging the dinc2 lol. Eh ill let her have the efficient bmw ill stick to my gas guzzling overpowered for no reason supercharged mustang.
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illcat2000 said:
Wow you guys are making me consider giving the wife my d3 and snagging the dinc2 lol. Eh ill let her have the efficient bmw ill stick to my gas guzzling overpowered for no reason supercharged mustang.
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Hey, gotta love the mustangs though
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illcat2000 said:
Wow you guys are making me consider giving the wife my d3 and snagging the dinc2 lol. Eh ill let her have the efficient bmw ill stick to my gas guzzling overpowered for no reason supercharged mustang.
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That's exactly how I feel. Seems like people are loving this dinc2 when I honestly thought the new droids would overshadow it as the reviewers have said
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Yeah its great when people can complain about problems with their phones and still love it!
Unlike all the Motorolas I've had :/
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I was just at the Sprint store playing around with the device and it is very nice, but it is extremely large! I put my Evo up to it and the Epic dwarf's it but the screen is the same size I believe. Of course the Epic is very thin and light and does feel nice in your hand.
I happen to carry my Evo in my pocket sometimes and that is already too large, even in cargo shorts the Evo can be felt clunking around. Just thinking it may be too large, too bad they couldn't keep it closer to the size of the Evo all while keeping it as thin as it is.
I really loved the Epic Touch though, I can upgrade at any time but I may wait a month.
It's just a hair bigger than "perfect size" as far as I'm concerned...and that's exactly the size I want, lol. I love the absurd factor.
...and I'm a tall guy with big hands and big pockets, so, I don't even notice it in there...far less so than my E4G and E3D.
I believe it's screen is bigger than the Epic's. Our Epic's have 4 inch screens, and the Epic 4G Touch has a 4.5, which I think is the same size as the Infuse 4G is.
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I am 5'8 and I cant palm a basketball and the phone feels good to me. It feels like a mini Tablet
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its slight longer and wider than the evo, however it is SIGNIFICANTLY lighter than the evo, you probably won't even notice it in your pocket
I don't disagree that it feels good in your hands, I am just talking about when you transport it in your jeans/shorts pocket.
I can see that being a bit more difficult/uncomfortable to do.
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So far I haven't noticed a difference between it and my evo in my front pocket. I'm 5'7" and a buck fifty if that makes any difference. I do like that it is lighter, and somewhat less noticeable to me. However I can see either phone being a problem if I wore jeans, but i don't wear jeans here in Hawaii. If I was wearing jeans back home, chances are i'd be wearing a jacket, and would then use the jacket pocket. My two cents.
Howzit brah?!
killerbicycle said:
So far I haven't noticed a difference between it and my evo in my front pocket. I'm 5'7" and a buck fifty if that makes any difference. I do like that it is lighter, and somewhat less noticeable to me. However I can see either phone being a problem if I wore jeans, but i don't wear jeans here in Hawaii. If I was wearing jeans back home, chances are i'd be wearing a jacket, and would then use the jacket pocket. My two cents.
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Raistlin1 said:
I don't disagree that it feels good in your hands.
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Thats what she said...
Raistlin1 said:
I put my Evo up to it and the Epic dwarf's it but the screen is the same size I believe.
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You believe wrong. The EVO 4G is 4.3", the Epic 4G Touch is 4.52".
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You believe wrong. The EVO 4G is 4.3", the Epic 4G Touch is 4.52".
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I was just going off of what I saw when I compared the two side by side. I could not notice the .22" difference in person...
JohnCorleone said:
I am 5'8 and I cant palm a basketball and the phone feels good to me. It feels like a mini Tablet
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Yeah its fine to me... But im 5'10" and still growing cuz im 15 lol..
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perfect for me, smaller hands i could see how it would be huge.
Mmm, going to have to go with NO. Maybe if it were an inch larger, but as it stands I think there's a little more room to grow without being 'too' big.
I don't feel like it's too big, in fact it feels like a nice (and very noticeable) upgrade from my Inspire's 4.3 screen.
But if it were any bigger, it would probably be uncomfortable to operate.
Too big for me, but only slightly. I'll manage but I was hoping for 4.3. Any bigger and that is a deal breaker as I will not be comfortable using it as a phone.
Typing takes me a little longer because I have more screen swype through.
Last edit: it makes up for the slower typing with much easier reading. I'll give up a little speed when typing to gain a huge improvement in reading at a glance.
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This thing is sweet!
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I think anything above 4.5" is crazy, but I like having "eye room" when I am playing games or texting.
Pocket Tanks for Android is on its way this fall.
That's what shes said!
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Hey all, I was looking at the Final Countdown widget on my screen with my glasses (I usually wear contacts) and I noticed the numbers seem to come off the screen just a smidge! I looked at it without my glasses and lo and behold, it was as flat as the screen. Lol Why am I seeing this? I have pretty bad astigmatism, so idk if the difference in my lenses cause this little faux 3D effect? Lemme know what you think!
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Yes, I can explain why but it's easier to say that it's an optical illusion because of the way the glasses are compared to the contacts.
Focal points, etc.
I too experience this, I had eye surgery on my left eye but my right eye is perfect vision. Hence I wear contacts as well, tho the right one is so minor I might as well not on that side. When I switch to my glasses, I'll get slightly odd effects, especially at some angles or surfaces.
On a side note, if you see this in your screens, keep in mind it can/will happen elsewhere, like when you're driving with your glasses....
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On a side note, if you see this in your screens, keep in mind it can/will happen elsewhere, like when you're driving with your glasses....
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Whoa... That truck REALLY looks like it's coming right at me!
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Wizard Knight said:
Whoa... That truck REALLY looks like it's coming right at me!
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Hahaha, better get out of the oncoming lane then!
Nah, but really, if you have astigmatism, only the actual very center of the glasses lens is truly in focus and some "views" through the lens, if you don't turn your head will be blurry or you may see things that aren't really quite there. You do get used to it over time and tune it out, but if you watch for it, you see it.
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On a side note, if you see this in your screens, keep in mind it can/will happen elsewhere, like when you're driving with your glasses....
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Haha It's a good thing I never drive with my glasses! I'm always worried that they'll fall off somehow when I'm driving and, with my vision as bad as it is, I'd be screwed.
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Since this thread is sooo not on topic with everything else, mind telling me what brand contacts you wear?
My doc had me switch brands again, hoping these will be more comfortable in the long run.
I went from Purevision Toric monthly to Extreme H2O 54 toric bi weekly.
Purevision was nice, stayed clear and you could sleep in them, but irritated my eyes after 5 hours.
Extreme H2O very comfortable, pricy but collect "gunk" faster, so I end up removing and cleaning them in the afternoons.
Why can't there be a perfect model?
Compusmurf said:
Since this thread is sooo not on topic with everything else, mind telling me what brand contacts you wear?
My doc had me switch brands again, hoping these will be more comfortable in the long run.
I went from Purevision Toric monthly to Extreme H2O 54 toric bi weekly.
Purevision was nice, stayed clear and you could sleep in them, but irritated my eyes after 5 hours.
Extreme H2O very comfortable, pricy but collect "gunk" faster, so I end up removing and cleaning them in the afternoons.
Why can't there be a perfect model?
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Lol I use Acuvue, they work great for me and I can last the entire day without having to clean them. I highly recommend em!
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Haha It's a good thing I never drive with my glasses! I'm always worried that they'll fall off somehow when I'm driving and, with my vision as bad as it is, I'd be screwed.
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Haven't you ever had a contact fold up in your eye while driving? 100x worse. It happens to me once in a while, and it has almost sent me into the median a couple of times. I don't have glasses anymore, but I can't remember ever having an issue driving with glasses. But, ymmv, I suppose.
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I wear glasses and ive noticed this effect.
For example, when looking at titanium backup, some of the entries are red text, and others are gray, white or yellow. The red text seems to stand out in front of the other colors. When i take off my glasses and refocus, the effect go away.
Maybe it has something to do with the coatings they put on the lenses? Ive also noticed when looking at flourescent lights that one edge has a blue halo, the other edge has a yellow halo.
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Haven't you ever had a contact fold up in your eye while driving? 100x worse. It happens to me once in a while, and it has almost sent me into the median a couple of times. I don't have glasses anymore, but I can't remember ever having an issue driving with glasses. But, ymmv, I suppose.
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No, not yet, but since I really only need the contact for the one eye, at least I'd still be able to see.
I think it is cool. I wear contacts all the time and never wear my glasses because I feel like I might wake up and my daughter is standing next to the bed and she gets hit because I don't know who she is. Yes my vision is that bad. But I do see the 3D effect that you mention when wearing my glasses. And I also wear acuvue oasis.
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This is driving me nuts. The signal in my area was ass, so I yelled at Sprint until they sent me an airrave. Now that my signal is piggybacking off house wifi I see four bars nearly all the time, unless I'm in a bathroom on another floor.
Despite that, however, I'm still having calls with family drop on me. Beep before the call will indicate I'm on the airrave, call is going fine, and then the hangup beep, with the occasional "Call has been lost" notification. If I look at the phone immediately after the call has been lost, I see the LOS icon (i.e. the bars disappear and it becomes a solid, gray triangle) for a second, then goes back to 4 bars,
WTF, Sprint.
I have the same issue. I came up with a strange repair. Strip of aluminum foil over the 3g antena flatened and spread to the back of the phone taped and a good phone case put over it. Since the foil (even cheap no name foil) is made of 99% pure aluminum. This is a good conductor. I have it on my phone. Now places I never got signal I get atlease two bars. And my droped calls stoped. Simple low tech fix.
If you look at the pic the three darker parts are the major antennas. Left (largest) is 3g, center top is gps and right is 4g.
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I have the same issue. I came up with a strange repair. Strip of aluminum foil over the 3g antena flatened and spread to the back of the phone taped and a good phone case put over it. Since the foil (even cheap no name foil) is made of 99% pure aluminum. This is a good conductor. I have it on my phone. Now places I never got signal I get atlease two bars. And my droped calls stoped. Simple low tech fix.
If you look at the pic the three darker parts are the major antennas. Left (largest) is 3g, center top is gps and right is 4g.
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Hhaha that is awesome
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Ya don't do that. Its placebo at best. Might as well make a tinfoil hat to go with that.
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These antannaes are tuned to exact lengths. By altering that you can severely mess up your signal. Although having a tin foil antannae sitting on top of your actual antannae not even making contact is just blocking the waves. The same as those gimmicks on TV telling you to place their sticker under the battery.
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Not true. As long as you do not modify the stock attenna it will work. All the receiver will know is that it has better access to the signal. Besides. Prove me wrong. Try it. I have ran multiple tests in several different environments. It will not provide a dramatic boost. But will provide enough signal to make phone calls and roam the web. It's simple science. Look it up. Do your own research. The same tech that makes NFC work makes this possible. Look, I was looking for a simple fix to help me get a signal while at work. Since my work is in a valley, this helps. It may not be what your looking for. Don't modify the stock attenna. Don't cut anything. Just put. Two pieces over each attenna. Don't let them touch. Put the case back on. Reset the phone. And just try it. If it does not work. Take it off and return back to what it was before. No harm done. Think about it. What would I gain by telling a lie?
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Not true. As long as you do not modify the stock attenna it will work. All the receiver will know is that it has better access to the signal. Besides. Prove me wrong. Try it. I have ran multiple tests in several different environments. It will not provide a dramatic boost. But will provide enough signal to make phone calls and roam the web. It's simple science. Look it up. Do your own research. The same tech that makes NFC work makes this possible. Look, I was looking for a simple fix to help me get a signal while at work. Since my work is in a valley, this helps. It may not be what your looking for. Don't modify the stock attenna. Don't cut anything. Just put. Two pieces over each attenna. Don't let them touch. Put the case back on. Reset the phone. And just try it. If it does not work. Take it off and return back to what it was before. No harm done. Think about it. What would I gain by telling a lie?
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Might do it then since with out airvana I seriously get about 0-2 IF I am lucky which is sh%t. I walk outside about 100 feet and i get 3-5 bars.
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Living example.
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Living example.
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When you hold your phone up to your ear, that will impress the women for sure! :silly:
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Living example.
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So it does help ? Lol
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I am married. My wife knows I am a nerd so it's all good. Besides, a phone case will cover it.
Yes it works.
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By the way its been posted here before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477551&highlight=antannae
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I have been an iphone user ever since sprint first got the iphone 4s and prior to that had the HTC evo and evo 3d
Anyway after switching to the iphone I never liked the way android felt in my hand or looked
They all felt like cheap plastic ESP THE SAMSUNG GALAXY'S, 1,2,3 my opinion cheapest feeling premium phone
This really kept me from switching back to the dark side =P
All that being said the lg optimus g just feels amazingly solid and looks amazing... Finally a phone with superior hardware and build quality and battery life now only if we could have JB and a nexus 4 port in my opinion this would be the best phone ever made
We should really start a petition to push sprint to get this damn update to our phones
I, wholeheartedly agree, on the subject of Samsung. I have never liked Samsungs build quality. I could actually sit here and rant on about all of the horrible experiences I have had with the 6+ Samsung devices I owned. Despite that, I have had a number of android phones with an excellent, solid body, and the Optimus G is definetely no exception.
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We should really start a petition to push sprint to get this damn update to our phones
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I'm pretty positive they're working on it and honestly the Jelly Bean port over on the General thread is daily driver quality for me (The no-outgoing calls bit is annoying although GrooVe IP is a good workaround if you have Google Voice). This is a time for patience, a petition isn't going to fix anything (they need to bugtest I'm sure considering how bad this LG software is)
Looks like I was right
More on the subject of build quality, I got the LGOG about two weeks ago. So far the radio is strong and and I'm getting LTE here near the Tampa/Brandon area in Florida with pretty decent speeds with ZVB. Near the outskirts on -105 to -110dbm I get 12mb down and 2.5mb up.
Also, The few times I've dropped it there hasn't been a single nick or scratch. Also and very recently I might add, a certain someone got mad at me and threw it across the room and a pretty high velocity for about 6 feet against a wall, tumbling down a computer desk. After I found it lying face face down I thought the worst. To my surprise however, there was not a single scratch or dent or crack. I have to say I've been lucky because I would have thought the glass on glass deal would have done after that. Lol
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What are your walls made of, pillows???? I dropped my phone six feet (although on asphalt), and it dented and nicked the silver part of the frame on top and bottom of the phone. But I will say I was surprised not a single scratch on the screen. So I will agree it is one tough son of a *****!!!
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Made of standard drywall. Lol.. All that's left is the underwater gatorade-toothpaste-bleach survival test.
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