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Hey XDA,
I've had the G1 for more than a year and a half now, and with all these new phones coming out im really considering a nexus one. But there are allota questions i still have to ask that pertain to people that actually have the phone. I'd appreciate any help.
1. I'm sick and tired of getting the newest "hottest" phone, and then realizing theres so much more just around the corner. With the EVO 4G coming out, the HTC Desire on the horizon, the new Iphone announcement most likely coming in summer - i just want to know if the nexus one is "futureproof". I've been flashing ROMs to my g1 just to keep it as close to the newest and greatest android i can get on it, but i really know now with all these snapdragon processor phones coming out the g1 aint gonna cut it. What do you guys think about the nexus one being futureproof? I'm most likely going to be flashing the latest Cynanogen or the new Desire ROMs on it when I get it. Will cooked ROMs enable me to be on par wiht the competition the Nexus will get in the coming months?
2. How does the Nexus One compare to the HTC Desire? I know they are pretty much the same phone but looking at some reviews, it seems like the Desire is much more highly touted. Since I can get the Desire ROM on my Nexus One when I get it, will the two phones really function that different? Is there a noticable speed boost with that extra about 70MB of RAM the Desire has? I've heard some things about the screen being very responsive - is the screen on the Desire different from the Nexus One? Really, what's so great about the Desire the Nexus One doesn't have?
3. Really. How fast is the Nexus One, stock and with a Cynanogen ROM? Do livewallpapers work flawlessly? Does switching from app to app happen blazing fast?
4. Is the screen that bad to use in the sunlight where its pretty much rendered unusable? I'd like to know from you guys experiencing the phone.
5. About that reception issue the Nexus One is having, is there a really high cahnce the phone I order will have the issue at this point? Is the signal reception issues really bad where I will have that much trouble getting 3g? How bad is it really? I live in NY. So if anyone of u guys live here i'd appreciate your view.
Thanks alot XDA, I'm really looking forward to some answers, and apologize for taking your time.
Greetings!
Like I always say, these are all based on my opinion and experience. You or others might think otherwise...
1- IMO the N1 will be a keeper for quiet awhile, although there might be great phones that are out or coming out, they are less likely to have the latest updates since they arent google devices, they alsi wont get as much attention from the devs compared to the N1‚ just like the G1 to Hero/Mytouch.
2- I consider the desire to be an N1 with sense UI, they're very similar, except for a few things like N1’s noise cancellation features which the desire won't have, anything the desire has however, you have the option to have in the N1 when you flash Modaco's Alpha version of the desire. ( I should say its great for being an Alpha version only).
3- I cannot stress how fast this phone is. live wallpaper works flawlessly and you have Cyanogen, Enomther, Kingklicks and other ROMs available that makes it even better.
4-AMOLED isn't as great as SUPER AMOLED, but with the auto brightness tweak that Enom and Cyan and Modaco have in their ROMs make it good enough for me.
5- I never had a problem with my order or my device, and I ordered it January so they probably fixed minor issues by now to avoid returns, still I suggest you give it a few days before unlocking and rooting ur phone just incase... As far as signal goes I think its all about the network you're on, and since the N1 will be available to all carriers if not already, pick the network that suits u best.
Good Luck brother!!!
1. Nexus one ftw, i just got my nexus one over the HTC desire paying around $260 more for nexus. Reason nexus got many pros n zero cons. Nexus one is one phone gonna live more than 2 years coz its google branded and sold by google and at max only a 1.5 ghz phone can be out in the market and its not gonna happen till mid 2011. Nexus got OC, it is developer friendly it got a big developer support, i know how it feels not to have a good developer backbone. We got all the funky, risk taking deveopers here which is going to unlikely with any other phone. Most G1 developers shifted to N1. For the screen i travel a lot around the worls and nexus has been with me in the brightest SUN. If you make the brightness around 1/2 u can see most stuff on screen, for text reading u need to turn it to full, same was with my Hero, Magic, G1 and Liquid.
For the reception Nexus is the only phone i got which has 2 bars in the basement of my mall which is 2 floor underground.
About EVO, i may have one of the biggest hand but handling HTC HD2 was nothing like holding a monster, its barely gonna look good in ur hand, u will feel awkward n clarity of Nexus will be more due to higher dpi of Nexus. and for EVO on NExus will surely run faster due to the devs we have here. Everything will be ported to nexus. Nexus will have best of both worlds VANILLA (CYANOGEN) and Sense(Paulobrien{Modaco}.
For the speed i currently have more than 413 apps on my phone last i checked n it is still faster than stock nexus one ( U know stock isnt gonna be slow). i get no Lag nothing, NO FC n battery lasts around 14-15 hours ( I use it at full brightness coz i am mostly outside and i got wifi always on, twitter checks every 5 min, 3g always on, Web browsing on the go sites like xda and gizmodo etc, n play my favourite game asphalt(almost finished, was released around 5 days ago n it is a long game), i got no complaints with nexus n i ordered it with a dock coz dock is awesome
About the Build quality- My dad threw my phone in anger on a hard marble floor from around 6 feet and it bounced 3-4 times on floor. no scratch nothing, guess i was lucky (dont try this)
I love the nexus and i am proud to say NEXUS FTW
will tel more of my expreience but gotta go, hope u get it soon
bumpitup wishing to hear even more responses!
Im having the exact same problem as you... I have the g1 currently and love the roms and all the work that the devs have put into it, but my g1 isn't cutting it anymore and i need an upgrade. I was looking at the HTC desire (im in the UK) which on tmobile will be considerably cheaper than the N1 when it gets released, but I am dubious whether the Desire is going to be right for me. I really want a phone that a lot of the devs will support so it can be as fun as the g1 was for me
Buy one i just got mine two days ago, best android phone, better then the iphone in every sense, if your into complete freedom and customization you will love it....
souljas said:
Im having the exact same problem as you... I have the g1 currently and love the roms and all the work that the devs have put into it, but my g1 isn't cutting it anymore and i need an upgrade. I was looking at the HTC desire (im in the UK) which on tmobile will be considerably cheaper than the N1 when it gets released, but I am dubious whether the Desire is going to be right for me. I really want a phone that a lot of the devs will support so it can be as fun as the g1 was for me
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wrd up man, the g1 was hella fun. but with the nexus one out now, im definitely looking for something better than the g1 - and i want that same fun, flashing different ROMs, customizing the hell out of it, showing it off, it was great. definitely stuck on purchasing the n1 though because its alot of money to invest when there are more phones just around the cornerrr
Im almost positive you guys will love the N1, specially coming from a G1. For me it'll take a lot for the competing phones to pass up the N1, unless they come out with a dual processor phone that looks as pretty as the N1, then its time to switch to a new phone.
Hi,
I've been on the forums as a ghost for quite a while now. Had my Captivate since early December, and it was a big change; considering I had a BlackBerry 8900 before this, and this phone literally expelled all fear of having a touchscreen-enabled phone again.
But that's not even my argument.
I know that ATT is rolling out with their three new 'super-phones', announced at CES 2011. The HTC Inspire, Samsung Infuse, and Motorola Atrix.
Personally, I just love HTC, and was really hoping for a phone a lot like the Inspire. Only problem is, I'm not even going to use 4G + EVO is practically the same phone and it's been out for so much longer than most if not all Androids for ATT. Really, I just love Sense, and that's what I'm waiting for.
So which should I get? I really want something that looks nice and is 'hackable'? Though Captivate has the highest dev base for ATT, still--I want some awesome devs working on the phone I've got, and I don't want to feel envy if I would've picked up the Inspire.
So any advice?
I still like my captivate and will not change it anytime soon.
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Personally, I just love HTC, and was really hoping for a phone a lot like the Inspire. Only problem is, I'm not even going to use 4G + EVO is practically the same phone and it's been out for so much longer than most if not all Androids for ATT. Really, I just love Sense, and that's what I'm waiting for.
So which should I get? I really want something that looks nice and is 'hackable'? Though Captivate has the highest dev base for ATT, still--I want some awesome devs working on the phone I've got, and I don't want to feel envy if I would've picked up the Inspire.
So any advice?
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First and foremost: HTC makes a great UI. HTC makes crappy quality phones. Keep that in mind. They aren't horrible, but when you pick one up, it's just not on par with the build quality as the Samsung Captivate.
Also, that's a software thing that you want. So you can get the Sense UI on the Captivate. Will it be easy? No. But it's possible, and you don't have to go and get a new phone to do it.
Lastly: it's not the Captivate that has the awesome devs (though I absolutely love dg, Mikey, and the others in the Captivate forums), it's the Samsung phone line. So if you did end up getting the Samsung Infuse, you'd still have multiple, extremely capable devs working on it, mostly because it's the new "thing".
But trust me, all of these phones that are coming out, including the Inspire, will have the same dev base as the other. Plus, I believe it was DG? that said he was going to buy the Motorola Atrix when it came out, so you can imagine that some nice stuff will be coming out for that Don't worry about it though.
Personally, I'm keeping my Captivate. It's more than fast enough. The only two issues I have are that the battery isn't that great (fixable), and it doesn't have a flash (not fixable). But the flash isn't a selling point for me, so once I have the phone, I'll stick with it for my contract period.
I have a Nexus One running cm7 theme Inexus and I love this phone. Its in great shape and never thought in my mind I would ever consider selling it. Everything about it since I first got it, does everything I want it to do. Now comes into the question. I'm with T-Mobile and been with them since the begining but I feel it's time to say goodbye to them for couple different reasons. Looks like I'm going to go with cincinnati bell and they told me I could use my Nexus One with them that was great news. When I was at the store I picked up the Galaxy S and felt pretty good.
Whats the pros and cons of Nexus One and the Galaxy S. Or even though the Galaxy S felt good not on same level of N1?
Thanks for all that might beable to help me with this question.
Don't know if it matters. I have had a nexus one. Later, on ATT I picked up a captivate. I personally loved the feel of it, but the gps issues and the lack of a camera flash were game breakers to me. However, the power in screen quality almost made up for it. But here I am, sold my captivate and have an att nexus one and still love it.
Well, honestly, I would never move away from the Nexus One for a Galaxy S at this moment in time... yeah, the phone has great features but lacks the build quality of the Nexus One... the "plastic" finish just doesn't cut it... too many surface scratches too easily!!
This is the input I'm looking for, thanks guys keep them coming. I don't want to regret getting rid of my N1 if the time comes. I wish the N1 speaker sounded just a lil bit better when listening to music. But not complaining cause my N1 has been out standing for me. My girl has a comet and the speaker when listening to music sounds like its coming from a high end stereo ha.
If the AT& -T-Mobile deal goes through, would you eventually be without a 3G signal once AT&T scaps the AWS band frequency? Does Cincinatti Bell roam onto TMO's towers?
Not sure good question. Where I live with T-Mobile I'm just outside the 3g coverage. I use wifi at home. 10mins up the road 3 g kicks in.
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If the AT& -T-Mobile deal goes through, would you eventually be without a 3G signal once AT&T scaps the AWS band frequency? Does Cincinatti Bell roam onto TMO's towers?
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They haven't been clear yet on how the merge would affect current phones. But one would assume they would only use the EDGE network. Because of the time it would take to finalize the deal they would most likely be able to keep the network intact till the contract ends and either offer replacements or some sort of compensation for rendering the phones useless on their new network.
Has anybody had a galaxy and a nexus one? Do they run bout the same? I know galaxy Dosnt have a flash on camera. Looking for lil more pros and cons.
Trackball, and Trackball wake
I myself have had ample time to play with both devices as my lil bro has a nexus s and i have a nexus one yes the build quality by HTC is better than the Sammy but with 500 dollar phones you had better have a case on that sucker so the plastic feel would be out the widow there. Now the hardware in the Sammy is not that much better than that in the HTC and does not hold enough gains over my nexus to make me get it. And the ultimate deal breaker for me is and it may make me keep this nexus one until im forced to get rid of it and that is the trackball alerts. There is no way that I would be able to live without my trackball notifications and trackball wake. Just my 2 cents
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Has anybody had a galaxy and a nexus one? Do they run bout the same? I know galaxy Dosnt have a flash on camera. Looking for lil more pros and cons.
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My younger brother uses the SGS and when comparing the two.. I hate the feeling of the galaxy. Not too comfortable in my hand and the plastic feeling ughh (But its great with the otterbox commuter case) Comparing the two when playing some games (I don't play so I could really care less), sgs definitely runs it faster but no camera flash is terrible. I can't live without the flash, (I almost use the camera everyday! Even in the hospital!) the torch app is so useful too. Some hardware on sgs is better, but it's missing some stuff the nexus has. It's a tough decision between the two. I hope that putting the things in brackets sort of show that it really depends on how you're going to use your phone.
Since I have the nexus and the sgs isn't a major upgrade, I'm just gonna wait it out.
If I had to choose between the two, I would go for the nexus. (To be honest, I wouldn't go for either at the rate phones are coming out right now! Just hold on to your current for a bit more!)
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Now the hardware in the Sammy is not that much better than that in the HTC and does not hold enough gains over my nexus to make me get it. And the ultimate deal breaker for me is and it may make me keep this nexus one until im forced to get rid of it and that is the trackball alerts. There is no way that I would be able to live without my trackball notifications and trackball wake. Just my 2 cents
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+1 and +1! I always have my eye on the trackball for notifications. I guess I'm gonna have to get used to this soon though Reminds me if games like goldeneye back then.. damn that game. I dunno if it's just me but b/c of it, I play all fps games with the controller settings inverted! Can't get used to that, dunno how I'll get used to no ball!!
Everybody has been very helpful. Thank you very much. Now I need lil more help on different matter lol.
My girl got the Hauwei 8100 and I just rooted it but now I want to put a stable cyanmod on it. But I have no clue what to do or where to go or what to get. I know my N1 but I have no clue bout her new phone. Can I get some help or links or step by step . (A easy way to do it ha)
Having both, the galaxy s has an amazing screen, amazing! N1 feels. Better in hand. They both run just as fast once rommed.
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I keeped the N1. I just love this phone. My girl brought back the huawei phone sucked and got the blaze. She loves it. Just need to root it and rom it ha.
My trusty S1 is starting to look abit dated, im looking into getting either the Galaxy Nexus or SIII but havent seen either in person :S if money wasnt in the equation i would have gone straight for the S3 with the beast ExynosQuad but im only 17 so £500 for a phone is abit pricey, So I can either get the Galxy Nexus being slightly cheaper or the S3, ive heard good and bad about the GNex so im not quite sure, plus, i get bored with using the same UI very easily so im not sure whether ill be left with buyers remorse a month after buying a shiny new GNex. Also, does anyone know how easy the Nexus is to root compared to the S3, throughout the Galaxy S its easy as hell, all you have to do is flash a custom Kernel, is it that simple for the GNex? And how easy is it to brick? The S1 has got to be hands down the best phone when it comes to "unbrickability"
Sorry if I rambled on didnt wnt to post in a S3 or GNex forum as i knew it would be biased towards that particular phone.
Personally I'd go for the S3. Tried the GNex from a friend of mine, feels a bit silly imo. The S3 looks immense though. If you want a solid device for a decent price I'd recommend the S2.
I bought my S1 5 weeks back for £100 and feel a bit silly because of the price crash on the S2's due to the new release.
I just flashed RemICS v1.2 on my phone and I think it can tide me over until a windows 8 phone comes out It's a nice rom, suffice it to say.
Well my friend own's a Nexus and he loves it, but he's not really a techie anyway and doesn't root or flash or anything.
I'm guessing you've already read a few reviews for both phones to help with your decision?? Also, are you on a contract or pre-paid? It's gonna be a lot cheaper obviously if you get the S3 on a contract. It's not like the Nexus is a BAD phone... it's just that the S3 is better
And it took me a while to figure out how to root my S1 (my touchpad was a b*tch to figure out) so I'm probably not the best judge on whether or not the Nexus is easily rooted... If you don't get the answer you want on this thread I'd suggest actually researching the Nexus' rooting methods. I'd imagine they'd all pretty much have similar instructions anyway.
It really depends on what you actually do on your phone. If you're constantly running your phone hard or just want the newest gadget, then the S3 - you're future-proofed for a couple of years at least. The dual core on the Nexus should get you through most of anything, but as you said buyer's remorse. But considering you're only 17... I don't think you can afford getting buyer's remorse on anything
Hi all,
I've had the Galaxy S4 on AT&T for nearly two years now, and my contract expires in late June, so of course, I've been going through intense deliberations about what phone to get next. I really want to like the Galaxy S6/S6 edge, but I just cannot stand Touchwiz, even the "stripped-down" version that they have introduced now. I want to like the HTC One M9, but I'm not a fan of Sense either. I also don't really want the G3 (or wait for the G4) as I'm just not a fan of LG's designs and software.
I've used stock Lollipop on my previously rooted S4 (until that got water damage and I had to file an insurance claim leaving me with a refurbished, locked-bootloader S4 until June) and I absolutely loved it. It is a fantastic operating system, so I would really love to get the Nexus 6.
My questions would be for pretty much anybody who has come from an S4 (or even S3 or S5 for that matter) to the Nexus 6... do you like it? Is there anything from Samsung that is missed on the Nexus?
For what it's worth, I have tried out the Nexus 6 in the store for quite a while, and I love the size. I know many say how big it is, which of course is true, but I'm always carrying a backpack and I usually have big pockets, so the size is no issue. Nor is the price.
tl;dr, for someone who loves stock Lollipop, is the Nexus 6 a good choice?
yes. but youre better off asking questions in the q&a section, where people go to help others, by answering questions that people post there. questions dont belong in the general section. i did ask the mods to move this thread there
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While I didn't come from one of the devices you've mentioned, I'd say the biggest hurdle for most, is the size. Being that you're OK with that, I assure you, you won't be disappointed. Yes this is pure lollipop and there will be things missing that you had on Sammy. If you're going to root/mod/ROM, you will find it is very easy. Good luck with your decision, as it is solely yours, but you will be hard pressed to find many negative reviews here.
Coming from the s4, the nexus one would be a good choice!
The nexus 6 is epic
I also came from a s4, you will like it... unlocking the boot loader... rooting... installing custom recovery... flashing new factory images or custom rom ... it is all easier than dealing with the s4. Only advise I have is if your planning on doing the stuff I mentioned... unlock the boot loader as soon as you get the device.... you can unlock after you get it but it will wipe all your data so you will have to install all your apps again... not a big deal but if you know your going to do it anyway you will save yourself a bit of time...