After reading a few posts, I see that a few people besides myself came from a GNEX. How many of us are there, and how are you liking the One? I love it, but wish we had S-OFF. I know it will be soon though.
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I came from the gnex. I love the one! My one was sent to sonic for s-off! The one gets better after a good debloating or a custom rom!
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I also came from the gnex and was lucky enough to unlock before VZW killed the tool. Been rooted on stock for a while now, and while I can say that Sense 5 is decent enough, I really missed the stock android feel. And using Nova Launcher just wasn't good enough.
So this morning I flashed it to the CyanogenMod 10.2 nightly. I have to say I feel at home again, aside from a few bugs that aren't necessarily show stoppers. Now using the interface I had before, I have to say I don't miss the gnex all that much.
It's not much bigger, and is a whole lot faster. Gotta admit, though, the reason I picked this over the GS4 was the front facing speakers. EVERY PHONE SHOULD HAVE SPEAKERS ON THE FRONT! The nexus speaker was just sad.
<shrug>
I was a day one purchaser of the GNex. Thought I was the coolest kid in town. Then the battery issues started. And the reception issues. I would have to carry a backup battery to make it thru the day. If that phone didnt have a removable back cover and had that battery, I would have upgraded long ago. I had the standard and extended battery (from Verizon) and both covers started to lose their fit.
I love the premium feel of the One. I'm getting much better reception in my location. LTE speeds are quite improved. And the glorious battery life, it may not be the best, but coming from a GNex, it's worlds better. The screen, hardware, reception, and battery were reasons enough for me to upgrade.
I will miss the multitude of ROMs the GNex had and its openness, excluding the Verizon aspect. Moving from stock to sense will be an adjustment, but one I'm kinda interested in. I'm getting used to the cap keys again. This is my first HTC phone personally, although I have rooted and s-offed some of the older models. I've been around touchwhiz and decided it wasn't for me. Also, the plastic feel of the s4 wasn't very appeasing.
Overall, I'm happy I made the decision to move on the One. The GNex is retiring and heading out to pasture with the OG Droid.
Peace,
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After reading a few posts, I see that a few people besides myself came from a GNEX. How many of us are there, and how are you liking the One? I love it, but wish we had S-OFF. I know it will be soon though.
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I came from the Galaxy Nexus.
I came from the gnex and could not be happier. The only issue I have with the phone is I keep hitting the speaker button with my cheek when I am on the phone.
I LOVE sense 5 I was a huge stock guy before but I pleasently surprised
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I also came from the Galaxy Nexus. While I do miss how easy it was to unlock and root, I'd gladly trade it for my One. Especially now that Sonic is going to S-Off my One.
The battery life and reception issues ultimately ended up being a deal breaker for me.
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I came from the gnex and could not be happier. The only issue I have with the phone is I keep hitting the speaker button with my cheek when I am on the phone.
I LOVE sense 5 I was a huge stock guy before but I pleasently surprised
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Is your proximity sensor off? My HTC One detects my face being near the phone and shuts the screen off. When I pull the phone away, it comes back on.
Me too
I came from the GNex and love my new One! I miss the GNex in a few ways but I'm s-Off'd, unlocked and rooted on the One. Go Sonic!
I came from the GNex. No looking back even without root.
did the shuffle to get here from the GNexus and am very satisfied. Phone feels, looks and operates great, even with S-ON. I plan on shipping mine out to get it S-OFFd and see if I can't get back to the 'stock" feel.
Wow there really are a lot of GNEX owners that came to this phone. I am extremely satisfied with the One myself.
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Came from the GNex and flashed tons of roms and mods. Started with the S4 out of impatience and ended up switching to the One. Definitely enjoy the One far more than the S4 out of the box. S-Offed, unlocked and rooted but have no desire to flash anything right now. I'm sure that'll change at some point but this is the first phone that I haven't wanted to dump the manufacturers skin of android immediately.
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Another former Gnex user here! Loved that phone, but it was time to move on. I miss the hacking and massive dev support, but android is so flexible even Verizon can't ruin such a beautiful phone
Going from an hour of screen time to over 4x that some days, Im in love
Can't wait until the hard working devs crack this bad boy open and really allow us to show what its made of!!
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Had a GNEX for almost 2 years. Loved it. Did a quick stint with the S3 which I was not all that fond of. The HTC One is by far, the best smart phone I have ever had. Even without unlock and root, still an amazing device.
I came from the nexus too. Got the gnex right on launch day and same with the one. Missed out on the unlock though so I might go back to the gnex for a week if I decide to send the one to sonic.
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Also came from the GNex. The speed, battery and radios of the One are definitely in another class compared to the GNex. Hopefully things will open up for the One when 4.3 or 4.4 roll around (Verizon...). Still thinking about sending away for S-off.
I too came from the GNex. I was one of those guys that thought I must have an AOSP based UI, but I have no problem using the Sense UI. Not as ugly and bloated as TouchWiz. I am currently back on my GNex using CyanogenMod 10.2 while my phone is being S'Off'ed. I cannot stand the bloatware that Verizon added to the phone. While back on the GNex, I am plagued with radio problems because of it being on 4.3. I am an extremely happy HTC One owner.
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After reading a few posts, I see that a few people besides myself came from a GNEX. How many of us are there, and how are you liking the One? I love it, but wish we had S-OFF. I know it will be soon though.
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hello
My first Android phone was the OGDroid. After that it was the Incredible 2, then the GNEX, and now the One. I still miss the OGDroid, but obviously I've moved on to bigger and better things.
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Well first off, my Incredible has been a POS ever since I dropped it and cracked the screen, even though I replaced it, it doesnt work right.
Not only that, Im tired of Sense. I was pissed that we got Gingerbread 8 months after it was announced and also even if I get a new HTC phone, Sense has just become too bloated for me.
So how many other people are going to become Android Purists and get the Galaxy Nexus?
you should do a poll.
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As exciting as it is...I still want to wait for the hype to die down a Tad
Already polled here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284463
Even though the names of both phones are now wrong, the Vigor being the Rezound and the Prime being the Galaxy-Nexus.
If you hated Sense that much I'm actually pretty surprised you haven't rooted and put on an AOSP ROM. The DINC has had an awesome development community and we've been lucky enough to have a ton of really great ROMs ported for us and we were never tied to waiting for HTC or being stuck with Sense.
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Already polled here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284463
Even though the names of both phones are now wrong, the Vigor being the Rezound and the Prime being the Galaxy-Nexus.
If you hated Sense that much I'm actually pretty surprised you haven't rooted and put on an AOSP ROM. The DINC has had an awesome development community and we've been lucky enough to have a ton of really great ROMs ported for us and we were never tied to waiting for HTC or being stuck with Sense.
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agreed. We have never been short on ROMs. I have found that there have been some really awesome ones with sense. Mctwist is running smooth as ever.
I'm probably going to get the galaxy nexus after it comes out and is clear from any major bugs, but that is just to upgrade because there is nothing wrong with my incredible. It has literally been incredible since the day I got it. It's rare for phones these days to actually be able to do that.
I am getting the Nexus and then using my incredible as a back up.
Will finally have a back up phone that is android.
Still torn on this myself. I will definitely have to see it in person, and I'd like to see how the developer community works out.
Of course by then some new better yet phone will be just around the corner.
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That galaxy nexus looks sweet. I going to have to keep my eye on that one.
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I am getting the Nexus and then using my incredible as a back up.
Will finally have a back up phone that is android.
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Same here. I like a lot - a LOT - of what I've seen and heard about the Vigor/Rezound, but I simply want to give the Galaxy Nexus a solid try. ICS from day one, cutting-edge updates. The ICS presentation in Hong Kong sold me, I don't want to wait weeks to months (I suspect a viable AOSP Inc build within a week of the AOSP ICS release - I'm not as confident on the Vigor, since we don't know the bootloader status yet, and this IS Verizon we're talking about) for ICS on a Vigor.
They're (rumored to be) coming out close enough together, that if I end up disliking my Galaxy Nexus and just like the Rezound better (you can bet I'll be in a B&M VZW store getting my hands on it) I can return and switch.
I really like my Incredible a lot, and I'm floored with the strong dev community for it, and what I've seen of similar things for the EVO family and so on. I hope the same for the Vigor/Rezound will be true. But then again, I've seen an overwhelming majority of anyone with a Nexus phone saying how happy they are with theirs.
For one, I'll be getting it just because it's a Nexus device. I enjoy my Incredible and will continue use it as a backup. I've tried all kinds of Roms and I just wanna try something different. I enjoy Sense but the recent versions have just not been fun for me, maybe that's because of Verizon's locking down or something.
It looks nice, but I am going to watch the hype for a bit. It is hard to move on from something as smooth and still as well supported as our INC.
I am going for the Droid Razr, never have and never will own a Samsung phone. Motorola and HTC have proven themselves in the Signal Strength and Quality category for many many years.
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I am going for the Droid Razr, never have and never will own a Samsung phone. Motorola and HTC have proven themselves in the Signal Strength and Quality category for many many years.
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I own a samsung and am very impressed with it, samsung would be my top choice although I'm open minded to others.
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I'm totally getting a Nexus.
All these low storage errors are starting to piss me off.
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Try the ext data moved mod?
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I'm totally getting a Nexus.
All these low storage errors are starting to piss me off.
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not an issue in any of their newer phones either.
I was completely going for the Rezound before I realized that it's still a mystery if it's going to get an unlocked bootloader or not. That's a deciding factor for me.
The Nexus is a great phone, but again another huge letdown is the SD card slot. I use my phone as my iPod so I need the space for my music collection.
I have no problem waiting with my trusty INC until I can see better how these phones will turn out.
Waiting for the quad core phone that is not even coming to verizon is just insanity. It'll be such a long wait, I'll bet you almost anything that the Q1 Q2 date will be pushed back, not to mention that phone is for AT&T, verizon may not see a quad core phone for another year.
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I was completely going for the Rezound before I realized that it's still a mystery if it's going to get an unlocked bootloader or not. That's a deciding factor for me.
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That's a pretty big issue for me too, and seeing that motorola pointed the finger at Verizon for the locked bootloader on the Droid Razr, I'm not expecting to see any sort of official bootloader unlocking from HTC (even if they wanted to) for the Rezound. Wouldn't be surprised to see something down the road from revolutionary/unrevoked, but I'd like to be able to buy a phone, turn on USB debugging, plug it into my laptop, do a quick 'fastboot oem unlock' and be done with it (nexus).
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The Nexus is a great phone, but again another huge letdown is the SD card slot. I use my phone as my iPod so I need the space for my music collection.
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Google music beta. I've got an invite if you need.
abrin said:
Already polled here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284463
If you hated Sense that much I'm actually pretty surprised you haven't rooted and put on an AOSP ROM. The DINC has had an awesome development community and we've been lucky enough to have a ton of really great ROMs ported for us and we were never tied to waiting for HTC or being stuck with Sense.
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Amen. Your phone is only as smart as you are..
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Google music beta. I've got an invite if you need.
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I had it, used it, uninstalled it. Streaming over 3G isn't that great in spotty coverage, plus I really dislike the app and how it functions, the UI mostly.
The more I think about it though, the more I think 32GB will be enough. I'm leaning towards the Nexus but still going to wait it out. With the prices they're being sold at I don't want to make a choice that I'll end up regretting.
I've been given the opportunity to trade my incredible + $20 for a fascinate. Should I do it?
I am kinda really attached to my phone and I can get an upgrade as early as April anyway. I know the fascinate has a pretty darn good build of ICS working on it which is the only reason I'm considering it.
Like I said, I love this phone and am apprehensive to trade it for something else. ICS would be nice, but I'm not sure how many quirks the build has.
Any thoughts? The deal would take place on Friday so I dont have much time to sit and think.
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Div033 said:
I've been given the opportunity to trade my incredible + $20 for a fascinate. Should I do it?
I am kinda really attached to my phone and I can get an upgrade as early as April anyway. I know the fascinate has a pretty darn good build of ICS working on it which is the only reason I'm considering it.
Like I said, I love this phone and am apprehensive to trade it for something else. ICS would be nice, but I'm not sure how many quirks the build has.
Any thoughts? The deal would take place on Friday so I dont have much time to sit and think.
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Bigger screen... HELL YEAH
Less ram hell no.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
After Samsung's antennagate debacle with the first line of Galaxy S phones, you shouldn't waste your time with the Fascinate. I know it's been "fixed" but that was piss poor handling by Samsung.
No..........
I wouldn't take a fascinate for free. I know to many people with Samsung phones that just have problem after problem. No network connection. My mothers Infuse just turns off randomly. A woman I work next to hers drops 4G to no connection I've pulled her simcard/battery at least 3 times recently. My brother has a NS4g he was telling my yesterday he had no network connection or was dropped to 1x. Battery pull once again. A kid a used to work with had a galaxy S 1 random reboots and just stop charging. Another girl I work with also has a galaxy S 1 ive never seen a phone go into safe mode before. Battery pull. The main reason I passed on the GNexus is because it was made by Samsung.
Long story short NO
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I now remember reading about the fascinate having less ram, but forget the exact reason why.
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I will be keeping my Incredible and will continue working on my Sense 1.0 theme that I cannot wait to share
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nope.
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No.
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Nope
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In case you still on the fence, no. Don't do it. The ICS ROMs for Inc are making good progress.
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Another no from me.
Of course you are asking a bunch of dINC owners
still I think the dINC is more future proof (even considering how old it is) than the Fascinate.
Yeah I've decided I'm not going to do it. The GPU is worlds better on the fascinate, but with an upgrade right around the corner and me being completely satisfied with this phone (heck I may wait even longer) I'm just gonna stick around. If the fascinate had 4G then it might have been a done deal.
Again thanks all for the feedback!
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You're welcome!
I went from the Dinc to the Fascinate. Keep the Dinc. The only thing that the Fascinate has on the Dinc is the bigger screen and a better DAC.
I personally bought the DINC because it was the smallest smartphone available. Sadly, it still is one of a kind in that department. I would try out the ICS build. I am using it now. It's quite stable and will make you feel like you have a new phone even though you have a two year old one.
ICS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475936
legault said:
I personally bought the DINC because it was the smallest smartphone available. Sadly, it still is one of a kind in that department. I would try out the ICS build. I am using it now. It's quite stable and will make you feel like you have a new phone even though you have a two year old one.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475936
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I have tried out the ICS build and I'm not very satisfied with it. I am hugely picky about the smoothness and responsiveness of my phone rom and ICS on the inc isn't quite there yet due to the graphics drivers not supporting the GPU acceleration properly. I'll give it another shot if that ever gets fixed. That was the main draw of the fascinate to me, same gpu as the gnexus, same smoothness of the gnexus.
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Just my opinion, I would never trade a phone you are happy with for anyone's phone unless it was a large upgrade and you were sure you could return it. Many phones have minor annoyances which would make you regret it even if the phone was a minor upgrade. I run miui v4 and despite the things not yet worked out, it is still excellent.
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Div033 said:
I've been given the opportunity to trade my incredible + $20 for a fascinate. Should I do it?
I am kinda really attached to my phone and I can get an upgrade as early as April anyway. I know the fascinate has a pretty darn good build of ICS working on it which is the only reason I'm considering it.
Like I said, I love this phone and am apprehensive to trade it for something else. ICS would be nice, but I'm not sure how many quirks the build has.
Any thoughts? The deal would take place on Friday so I dont have much time to sit and think.
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Without a doubt go for it...Just saw your first post maybe you decided already...I've had my fascinate for a year now and the last three months of ics builds have been great. I've used both the teamhacksung and the gummy builds (which I'm running now).
Both builds have been for the most part stable from what I've experienced.
My buddy has two DINC's at the moment with one running MIUI, I wouldn't trade my shattered LCD stylin' fascinate for it...I soft bricked my fassy for two weeks before I got the time to read up enough and restore it, then I dropped it flush, face down on concrete that same exact day...
so yeah take the i500 or sure...save your upgrade if you want
I have a special place in my heart for the Fascinate, but the GPS problem was painful to deal with, no matter how many gpsfix.zip's people put out.
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Well there it is!
http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2230
www.sprint.com/evo4glte
Nice if it doesn't have a locked boot loader....
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Good ****
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...cool. I guess. I loved my Evo4G with a passion--it was an amazing phone with a spectacular development community...but...After the ET4G I'll be damned if I get saddled with Sense and a half-assed camera ever again. My Moment's camera, while only 3.2mp, took far superior pictures.
...at least eventually Sense will be option thanks to AOSP roms, but, I love this amazing camera far too much. Samsung makes cameras, HTC does not.
Supposedly the sensor was the same as in the iphone4 and they still managed to make it take half assed pictures....some were great, but, that took engineering...blurry shots, odd colors, worthless in low light. pffft. HTC has got a lot to prove before they win me back. (though I am open to the idea)
EDIT: and how could I forget the screen? Any other phone's screen is washed out and dry looking. Only the iphone screen comes close, and it still isn't as completely awesome.
Im gonna wait a few weeks for some feedback, I learned my lesson pre ordering and showing up at 7am for the evo3d. HTC wasn't nice to us with that phone. Im sure the new EVO will get some great development.
Doesn't sound impressive
... Except for LTE part
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Im gonna wait a few weeks for some feedback, I learned my lesson pre ordering and showing up at 7am for the evo3d. HTC wasn't nice to us with that phone. Im sure it'll get some great development.
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Thank God they got rid of 3d and if it's got a locked boot loader I won't get it ... I don't want the htc unlock junk...makes it hard to flash roms
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I think audio will be better on it...i listen to music and videos a lot and hence will be getting it...
I was probably going to get it if the battery was 2600 mAh, but it's only 2000 mAh. It's not much of an upgrade from our devices. The only reason I see to get it is for the LTE.
Any word on the bootloadet? I'm sure it will be locked with an unlock key from HTC which is BS.
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Not a bad phone. But even if I could afford to upgrade to it I probably wouldn't. HTC hasn't wronged me in the past but samsung just feels better
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I'm interested in the HD voice, something I wasn't even aware we were deploying until this product announcement.
If we move to make all phones compatible with the set of HD voice protocols, that would be quite a feature to separate Sprint.
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I cant stand Sense, but the phone looks SWEEEET.
Looks astonishing but that's probably all it is. I had the evo, evo3D, and the jumped ship to the ET. Nothing I've used has wowed me like the epic did. I guess I will have to wait and give it a try to see if it will be anywhere near SGS3 ballpark one its announced.
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So the HTC One will be known at the Evo4GLTE. I am sorry but I think it is time for Sprint to let the name Evo go away. Should be a nice phone though regardless of the name. Hopefully it will ship with the bootloader unlocked.
Well at least we are gonna have some good options for Lte. It's still gonna take a lot for HTC to get their namesake back. Wtf were they thinking with the 3d POS? If you notice, they are trying to get a similar phone on all carriers like Samsung did. We all see how that paid off Sharp looking phone!
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Any word on the bootloadet? I'm sure it will be locked with an unlock key from HTC which is BS.
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Aren't all HTC phones going forward locked and them making you unlock through them?
After moving to Verizon and having the Galaxy Nexus, if I were on Sprint it would be a tough choice for me.
The GN is my first Nexus device and I must say I am really enjoying the pure Google experience. While the EVO LTE might have some better specs internally, there is just something about Vanilla ICS which is a much better experience over Sense.
Curious how this will play out for you guys and what device people will be moving to. If I was going to go to a non Nexus device I think I would wait to hear what the GSIII is going to include. I am thinking that would be the non-Nexus device to go with over this HTC phone.
Sammy proved to me they are the leaders after there SGS2 and they know they set the bar high for themselves and I think they are going to deliver...Geeze, If the current SGS2 had a 720p screen and an LTE radio in it I don't think many would even look at the EVO LTE.
On top of it, if you are going to go with a Non removable battery, you need to throw something large in there like Moto did with the Razr Maxx to make it worth it...2000mah isn't even the size of an extended battery.
I don't know... I think Ima go the Gnex route until the GS3 drops.
I used to think my mother evo was slim.. Till the e4gt.. Now I can't stand the thickness of holding any other phone.. Lol
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Aren't all HTC phones going forward locked and them making you unlock through them?
After moving to Verizon and having the Galaxy Nexus, if I were on Sprint it would be a tough choice for me.
The GN is my first Nexus device and I must say I am really enjoying the pure Google experience. While the EVO LTE might have some better specs internally, there is just something about Vanilla ICS which is a much better experience over Sense.
Curious how this will play out for you guys and what device people will be moving to. If I was going to go to a non Nexus device I think I would wait to hear what the GSIII is going to include. I am thinking that would be the non-Nexus device to go with over this HTC phone.
Sammy proved to me they are the leaders after there SGS2 and they know they set the bar high for themselves and I think they are going to deliver...Geeze, If the current SGS2 had a 720p screen and an LTE radio in it I don't think many would even look at the EVO LTE.
On top of it, if you are going to go with a Non removable battery, you need to throw something large in there like Moto did with the Razr Maxx to make it worth it...2000mah isn't even the size of an extended battery.
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I totally agree with you on throwing a large battery in like Moto. That 2000 mAh battery is a complete buzz kill for me. I will be getting the GN when it comes out. I've been wanting the real Android experience. To me usability is way more important then having the top of the line specs. WP and iOS have really opened my eyes to this recently.
I am just curious, I still have a good 9-10 days to return it and might as well if there is not going to be much dev support because even with this awesome hardware I know LG just plain sucks at software...
We should make a list, if you have one say so just so we can get a count of how many people have them.
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I am just curious, I still have a good 9-10 days to return it and might as well if there is not going to be much dev support because even with this awesome hardware I know LG just plain sucks at software...
We should make a list, if you have one say so just so we can get a count of how many people have them.
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I have it...I am not a dev and don't really care to root my phone...just want the Jelly Bean upgrade I'll be happy with this. Dropped my GSIII the other day...the deductible on the insurance was $199....I had an upgrade was going to get a new GSIII but started reading about this phone so I decided to give a shot...LOVE IT...don't regret getting this over another GSIII...as a matter of fact I like it better. Very happy with it.
I have it. My return deadline is this Friday. Might return it for the Nexus 4. Love the device. At&t wont unlock. Still undecided for now.
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I have it. My return deadline is this Friday. Might return it for the Nexus 4. Love the device. At&t wont unlock. Still undecided for now.
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This exactly. I think my deadline is the 19th...
I'm not counting on att I'm hoping devs figure it out. But if we have to rely on LG jelly bean may never happen and this bloat is ridiculous, I'm pretty sure they never fixed the G2x only the custom roms did.
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I'm not counting on att I'm hoping devs figure it out. But if we have to rely on LG jelly bean may never happen and this bloat is ridiculous, I'm pretty sure they never fixed the G2x only the custom roms did.
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The bloat you can fix by rooting and using Titanium Backup. I'm fine with the phone, I just need to know that the bootloader will get unlocked, and there will be dev support. The entire xda section for this phone is dead. Not a good sign.
Exactly my worry, this place is a ghost town. And there is something very wrong with our stock OS. The battery usage is ridiculous and this chip should bench higher too.
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whoamanwtf said:
Exactly my worry, this place is a ghost town. And there is something very wrong with our stock OS. The battery usage is ridiculous and this chip should bench higher too.
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The battery has been up and down for me. Twice I've had something get stuck that killed the battery, once it was the phone, and I hadn't made any calls that day. It was fine after a reboot. The android OS seems to keep it awake a bit much, and the phone is NEVER in deep sleep as much as other devices. Try eco mode?
Also, this thing is benching fine? Same as the Korean version? I posted a bunch of bench screens in the "show homescreen" thread. The N4 was benching horribly last time I was looking at reviews...
Well I guess my only comparison were the 10k quadrants the qualcomm dev system was putting up with this chip. But yeah I mean it is blazing fast, fastest phone I've ever seen... That's why I'm having such a hard time deciding.
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whoamanwtf said:
Well I guess my only comparison were the 10k quadrants the qualcomm dev system was putting up with this chip. But yeah I mean it is blazing fast, fastest phone I've ever seen... That's why I'm having such a hard time deciding.
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This thing with its stock AT&T ICS rom, stock kernel, stock clocks, is benching about the same as my SGS3 was with a Jelly Bean ROM, kernel, and OCed to 1.7ghz. In some cases, its beating it. My friend has the Sprint SGS3 (krait dual core) and I'm obliterating him in benches. Browsermark is about the only thing he's even with.
As a phone, for normal people, is great. I could easily recommend this to friends. Battery life is the only thing we can debate on. For us? We need XDA dev support. I know for myself, I *have* to get back to Jelly Bean, and some form of AOSP rom. (I'm partial to AOKP)
So I have a week to see what's going to happen. Hopefully with the N4 coming out today, we'll see something. If its still a ghost town with no word by next week, I'm going to have to decided to either return it, and save my upgrade or sell it on XDA.
whoamanwtf said:
Well I guess my only comparison were the 10k quadrants the qualcomm dev system was putting up with this chip. But yeah I mean it is blazing fast, fastest phone I've ever seen... That's why I'm having such a hard time deciding.
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That dev board shows what the SoC is capable of, but no way will performance be the same on this. This already has thermal throttling issues, so pushing it too much would be crazy.
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I have it. My return deadline is this Friday. Might return it for the Nexus 4. Love the device. At&t wont unlock. Still undecided for now.
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Exactly what I'm thinking, not because of dev support, but because there are many little issues I can't deal with with this phone. Either the Nexus 4 or the One X+.
Good luck getting a Nexus anytime soon, I tried AT launch this morning. Some members got some, others like myself spent 20 minutes trying over and over, getting lag and errors until the phone was removed from our carts, and is now sold out.
I tried. I have to return the LGOG by Monday... hopefully something happens by then.
This phone is brand new...you can't expect it to be PERFECT..its pretty close though lol. And all I see is people pointing out the bad. Battery life...you have 4 cores! Your phone isn't gonna get the battery life your used to..and benchmarks? Idk what you guys are pulling but I get 7500+. That's plenty fast for me. And LG is hurting. The OG is gonna make or break them. I think you need to have faith in this manufacturer. Its the first of its kind in the US. Its too big of a deal to not update. Mght be a couple months but for those of you who switch because of locked bootloader will regret with what I believe will come in the future. Jellybean will do wonders for the UI..which is not bad at all...I suggest you give this beast a chance..I don't think you will regret it.
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This phone is brand new...you can't expect it to be PERFECT..its pretty close though lol. And all I see is people pointing out the bad. Battery life...you have 4 cores! Your phone isn't gonna get the battery life your used to..and benchmarks? Idk what you guys are pulling but I get 7500+. That's plenty fast for me. And LG is hurting. The OG is gonna make or break them. I think you need to have faith in this manufacturer. Its the first of its kind in the US. Its too big of a deal to not update. Mght be a couple months but for those of you who switch because of locked bootloader will regret with what I believe will come in the future. Jellybean will do wonders for the UI..which is not bad at all...I suggest you give this beast a chance..I don't think you will regret it.
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Sure sure Mr LG employee! I do agree this phone will be the survival or death of their mobile. But my doubts come from owning prior LG devices, their problems were all software and never fixed by LG. It didn't matter though because we had a decent dev community, looked bootloaders though on an LG phone worry the hell out of me. This phone is a beast I love the build quality but I am still sceptical, I'm going to ride this ship though hopefully we steer clear of icebergs!
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I can understand your concerns. I had the same thoughts..I almost considered switching to the one x+, but I would regret it if (and I'm sure it will) upgrade to 4.1 or possibly jb and 4.2. I think this is their changing point.
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I have it
I was rooting for the nexus 4 but when it came out with no lte and no expandable memory I opted for the next best thing at the time which was LG optimus g hoping developement would be therefore it. And thankfully it seems to be the case so :good:!
I have had this device a little over a week and i love it i get way better battery life than i did oit of my atrix 2 and so far nothing i due can produce lag the phone responds as fast as i can touch the screen i love my device i think build quality is second to none and my city launched lte recently so with 40 mb plus download speeds i think this device is supurb i have rooted and installed custom roms on every device i have owned but so far with the optimus g i see no need to my only complaint is the camera i feel it could be better but hey its still a phone !
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I am loving this phone. Its incredibly fast and responsive I have only managed to lag it with Testla LED (oddly Flashlight works fine).
Not a huge fan of LG's UI choice (I would have rather had a dark theme, but its not that big of a deal.) Hopefully we get an official Cyanogen port down the road.
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I just picked up my OG yesterday. This is my first Android phone in awhile. I've previously had a G1 and Sprint HTC Hero. I'm coming from an iPhone 5 I smashed in frustration after dealing with Apple's dumb customer service reps for a week regarding a SIM not valid error after updating to iOS 6.0.1.
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Was really torn between this and a GS3 but budgets left me with a refurbished Nex (VZN) for $220, seemed like a no brainer. Set this forum as a favorite and will be catching up soon but any quick tips for rooting and best rooms are appreciated.
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very nice choice dude. You are definately not going to regret this. GNEX is trully a superb phone with huge support :good:
Hoping so man, can't afford to lose unlimited data, getting JB, Google Now, and tethering ASAP will be my priorities.
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I'm really liking liquid smooth, it's really slimmed down (I think less than 100mb img) and has every option I want. Rock solid stability and of course... Smooth
Really a good choice, in my humble opinion, it is one of the best devices in the market by far.
Great specs, great screen, great support from Google and XDA...
I just love Galaxy Nexus, it is sooo liquid smooth and crystal clear 720p
rasbean ftw ! and gnex off course !
Only major drawback i find on thisphone is that (at least the GSM version) doesn't have a lot of variety of roms. Most of the work being done lately is AOSP based, so all the rom look alike. In my case, i usually like to change things and try fresh, new & different stuff. I have like 3 weeks using the same rom. I kind of miss the old "ported" stuff. Thats just me thought. About the device, i bought like two months ago, and i couldn't be happier. Granted, its not as fast a GS3 or a N4 (or a HTC OX) but its still pretty decent. Welcome aboard dude!
djluis48 said:
Only major drawback i find on thisphone is that (at least the GSM version) doesn't have a lot of variety of roms. Most of the work being done lately is AOSP based, so all the rom look alike. In my case, i usually like to change things and try fresh, new & different stuff. I have like 3 weeks using the same rom. I kind of miss the old "ported" stuff. Thats just me thought. About the device, i bought like two months ago, and i couldn't be happier. Granted, its not as fast a GS3 or a N4 (or a HTC OX) but its still pretty decent. Welcome aboard dude!
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The irony here is slightly humorous. People on other phones would kill to be on the latest Android version, plus stock Android, and you want to get off of it for variety? Not trying to be an ass, just kind of made me chuckle.
Me too!
Woo Woo!
I ordered a Gnex GSM as well yesterday. It was between the One X and Gnex, but given how much cheaper the Gnex was ($100 less) I had to go with it. It really does look like there are tons of support for this year+ old phone...plenty of roms to choose from as well.
Coming from a HTC myTouch 4G I think I will love the upgrade. Got really tired of waiting for the Nexus 4 and now I have a new toy to play with until there are more Nexus 4s available.
Great feedback guys, thanks for sharing. Really looking forward to this thing, now to just find the best case and accessories. My Thunderbolt seemed to be a bit finnicky when it came to chorded headsets, anyone know if the GNex has the same issues or do most seem to work?
Congratulations.
I, too, am awaiting delivery of my refurbed GNex. Should be here on Friday (2 more days).
While, on one hand, I think, "It's a year old model;" in reality, it is over a year newer than my HTC Thunderbolt. Since I am still tied to Verizon until late July, I figure this will let me enjoy the last six months of my contract, and more, without having to sell myself to VZW for another two years.
I have been mulling the concept of going to TMobile with the Nexus 5, whenever that comes out.
After more than a year with no development on the Thunderbolt, I am looking forward to CM 10.1 on my phone, as it is on my tablet.
BoulderGeek said:
Congratulations.
I, too, am awaiting delivery of my refurbed GNex. Should be here on Friday (2 more days).
While, on one hand, I think, "It's a year old model;" in reality, it is over a year newer than my HTC Thunderbolt. Since I am still tied to Verizon until late July, I figure this will let me enjoy the last six months of my contract, and more, without having to sell myself to VZW for another two years.
I have been mulling the concept of going to TMobile with the Nexus 5, whenever that comes out.
After more than a year with no development on the Thunderbolt, I am looking forward to CM 10.1 on my phone, as it is on my tablet.
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I too csme from that sad piece of a phone tbolt. I must have flashed 20 times the first week! This phone is fantastic!
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Funny thing is I have a HTC one x. And I bought a gnex to play games on and such and for music. Got it for a steal at 40 bucks. Has a small crack though. But barely noticeable
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DNak206 said:
Was really torn between this and a GS3 but budgets left me with a refurbished Nex (VZN) for $220, seemed like a no brainer. Set this forum as a favorite and will be catching up soon but any quick tips for rooting and best rooms are appreciated.
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Paranoid Android, nuff said...
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miketoasty said:
The irony here is slightly humorous. People on other phones would kill to be on the latest Android version, plus stock Android, and you want to get off of it for variety? Not trying to be an ass, just kind of made me chuckle.
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Yeah. Maybe its just 4.2 that have quite some bugs. But still, i like to change the look of my phone, i get tired of looking at the same menus and places all the time.
Congrats! I got mine for free last month and LOVE it. Best phone I've ever had.