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So i have the AT&T Galaxy S II right now. I want an LTE phone with a 4.5"+ screen...
the Vivid looks pretty nice.
Questions:
-Is the Vivid's bootloader locked or unlocked?
-Is Vivid going to get CM9 officially?
-Is the build quality good? Better than the Galaxy S II?
-Is the battery life as good as the GSII's?
-Is it worth going with the Vivid now, or should I wait for the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD or the Sony Xperia Ion?
Thanks for the help!
Bootloader is unlockable via HTC dev site
I have owned the sgs2 aswell and the vivid is far more heavy but I feel like it is crafted better, however more breakable screen wise.
HTC has stated that the device will get ics first quarter 2012. So as long as we have willing devs we can get cm9, there are already a few working on it unofficially
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I have the Vivid but I'm goin to be takin a look at the Ion when it comes out. 4.6 HD screen,12mp camera and LTE sounds good. I like the Vivid but I have a problem with gettin new phones when they are released.
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Tbh anything over 4.3 just seems too much and SE has failed so hard in recent years I have a hard time believing they are gonna hit one out of the park.
The SGS2 was great for dev, now that the vivid is bootloader unlockable were gonna see some movement here. It's getting exciting.
Drew
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I'd wait for the Ion.
Came from the skyrocket and I do not regret it at all. Vivid feels like a phone. Skyrocket feels like a toy. Vivid screen is better. Skyrocket is good also. Vivid battery is great for me on a Rom I'm working on. Skyrocket was only good on cm7 . Table will turn once we get cm7 or cm9. I'll have to give the Vivid the belt between the two.
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Coming from the SGS (the first one), I bought the SGSII only to return it for the Raider after two days. I never liked touchwiz (I used ADW launcher) it's to simple and not very friendly. The widgets suck and the UI is to iPhone, with its big color full icons that take way to much room. The lock screen sucks even on the SGSII, if you enable pin/password etc you loose the ability of notification on the lock screen and no notification led (unless you use bln and backlight keys), this was enough to push me away. I like the ability to see text, change tracks, see the weather all without unlocking the phone and still have it locked with a pattern. Yes i tried Widget locker and al though it worke it involved to many widgets and apps just to get what the Raider already has.
These are the few things i disliked about Samsung and they are still an issue with the SGSII, all in all the Raider in my opinion is the far superior phone despite what reviewers say, if Samsung made the touchwiz better and not stip everything that is android i would have sticked with the SGS.
I had the Captivate before this Vivid so i personally am blown away haha. I have two co-workers who have the skyrocket and they want my white vivid. I personally love both phones but i recommend the vivid especially if you are planning to do any rooting. As of now i get about 2 days battery life using RumRaider beta11 with fairly heavy use considering i sell phones. Like everyone has said the vivid is heavy and you can feel it but i have noticed i drop light phones more because its hard to feel when they are slipping. the vivid of course doesnt have the amazing samsung screen though which is to me the only downside. Im running 47mbps on my vivids LTE which so far none of my coworkers have got on there Skyrocket. HTC also i believe is a far better company. its all personal preference though when it comes down to it. Either way i don't think you will be disappointed.
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I had the Captivate before this Vivid so i personally am blown away haha. I have two co-workers who have the skyrocket and they want my white vivid. I personally love both phones but i recommend the vivid especially if you are planning to do any rooting. As of now i get about 2 days battery life using RumRaider beta11 with fairly heavy use considering i sell phones. Like everyone has said the vivid is heavy and you can feel it but i have noticed i drop light phones more because its hard to feel when they are slipping. the vivid of course doesnt have the amazing samsung screen though which is to me the only downside. Im running 47mbps on my vivids LTE which so far none of my coworkers have got on there Skyrocket. HTC also i believe is a far better company. its all personal preference though when it comes down to it. Either way i don't think you will be disappointed.
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Agree 100%. But I can't see a different between screens eh
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XAviierG said:
Agree 100%. But I can't see a different between screens eh
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I however can tell a difference. I've had my Vivid since I picked up mine and my wife's white Vivids from Frye's in Atlanta during their 80 dollar sale this past Sunday. Coming from the 800x480 resolution display of the Inspire, this is more, well, Vivid. To me, there is a BIG difference between the displays in the resolution department. Yes, the Samsungs have vibrant displays from the SuperAMOLED+. However, the resolution is only 800x480. The Vivid, on the other hand, has an equally beautiful qHD display. The resolution on these badboys is a healthy 960x540. The winner of best display, for me, is the 960x540 qHD display of the Vivid.
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Agree 100%. But I can't see a different between screens eh
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Exactly xD its not much of a difference but samsung i believe is the only phones with AMOLED screens which gives a nice liquid color but HTC did such a great visual job that the difference is hard to see. I think its just cause i work with phones all day i can see it haha
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I have decided to just wait and see what comes out in Q2 and maybe Q3. I happen to be insanly lucky and found a Nexus One in the street!
I will be using that until either:
1) I can find the owner (I wanna be a good person)
2) I find an awesome phone that I'm going to be satisfied with.
There's also the Samsung note that is suppose to be insane. If u wanna check into that
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Don't forget HTC is rumored to be releasing the Elite/Congressional to AT&T this Spring. It should be announced next month at Mobile World Congress in Spain.
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How the phone? I'm a long time HTC user I had the evo3d then left sprint for att I have the infuse now but looking for some HTC love again.
Hows the phone rate over all?
E3D
Do it! Do it now!
I got mine last week and love it. Forgot all about the iphone.
Battery could use improvement but its manageable.
The phone is very comparable to the EVO3d. Actually I think its hardware is very similar internally to it minus the 3d and the nice grippy back cover. I compared my phone to the coworkers EVO and they are quite similar. Loving this phone thus far! Fast and solid except I did get some random reboots with the stock firmware from rogers.
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The phone is very comparable to the EVO3d. Actually I think its hardware is very similar internally to it minus the 3d and the nice grippy back cover. I compared my phone to the coworkers EVO and they are quite similar. Loving this phone thus far! Fast and solid except I did get some random reboots with the stock firmware from rogers.
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I have read several reports of people getting random reboots, but I have yet to experience a single one. It was my primary concern, aside from battery life (which has been great).
Then again, I'm on AT&T. Maybe the Rogers firmware is effed up.
Getting my Vivid hopefully next week. Will see how it will measure up on slooow European networks
By the way has someone noticed does Vivid's display have Gorilla coating (scratch-proof) ?
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I don't believe it does have Gorilla Glass.
Great phone,
- needs to be rooted
- needs a better mic or mic adapter
- battery life tons better with juice defender
- great web browser
- phone itself feels very fast.
- best to get rid of the att bloatware.
- Navigation is spot on ...
- Voice to text is awesome.
ppcboyz said:
Great phone,
- needs to be rooted
- needs a better mic or mic adapter
- battery life tons better with juice defender
- great web browser
- phone itself feels very fast.
- best to get rid of the att bloatware.
- Navigation is spot on ...
- Voice to text is awesome.
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Why does it NEED to be rooted? I'm doing just fine without root.
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mndgz said:
By the way has someone noticed does Vivid's display have Gorilla coating (scratch-proof) ?
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HTC generally doesn't use Gorilla Glass. Samsung usually does, but not always. That being said, I have never scratched a screen on one of my phones, but I'm also very careful.
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Why does it NEED to be rooted? I'm doing just fine without root.
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HTC generally doesn't use Gorilla Glass. Samsung usually does, but not always. That being said, I have never scratched a screen on one of my phones, but I'm also very careful.
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Why are you on XDA Developers if you don't want to root?
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Why are you on XDA Developers if you don't want to root?
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Sorry. I wasn't aware that having a rooted phone was a requirement of posting on these forums. I must have missed that in the forum rules.
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Sorry. I wasn't aware that having a rooted phone was a requirement of posting on these forums. I must have missed that in the forum rules.
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Not a requirement...
Kinda like skiing without a lift ticket. You can walk up the mountain but it's a whole lot easier to take the lift.
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Not a requirement...
Kinda like skiing without a lift ticket. You can walk up the mountain but it's a whole lot easier to take the lift.
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Everyone who is in the root crowd thinks it's the only way to go. I have been there. I have rooted and hacked my android phones and played with custom ROMs. I have also had multiple phones from every platform (iOS, WP7, WebOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, etc.). I have more experience with mobile devices than almost anyone I know and I am the mobile expert for my company.
Some time back, it stopped becoming worth it for me to root. The phones do what i want them to do without root. I don't need to freeze apps, uninstall apps, wirelessly tether, block ads. I have no more interest in custom ROMs.
I just need a phone that works. If I have to hack it to make it do what I want, it's not a phone I want to own. This is why I no longer use an iPhone.
So, no, rooting isn't for everyone. I'm in this forum because it's talking about a phone that I own. This is the GENERAL forum, not the "Vivid Android Development" forum.
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Why does it NEED to be rooted? I'm doing just fine without root.
To be honest I don't the the phone needs to be rooted. I was happy with it stock, the phone was very responsive and I love the camera. There is hardly any shutter lag when taking a photo. Battery life is a different story tho. Stock mine would only last half way thru the day but rooted with rumraider I am no issues using my phone all day ending up with right around 40%.
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greyhulk said:
Why does it NEED to be rooted? I'm doing just fine without root.
To be honest I don't the the phone needs to be rooted. I was happy with it stock, the phone was very responsive and I love the camera. There is hardly any shutter lag when taking a photo. Battery life is a different story tho. Stock mine would only last half way thru the day but rooted with rumraider I am no issues using my phone all day ending up with right around 40%.
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Are you an extremely heavy user? I'm stock and my phone lasts all day. I typically go home with 60-70%. This is one of the best Android phones I have ever had in terms of battery life.
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I agree with you. This by far is the best phone I've ever owned. Out of the box it was fantastic. I was happy with the stock rom and only rooted to remove bloatware. I just recently downloaded Rumraider bc I felt like I was missing out lol but its not that much different from stock. Not taking anything away from the developers do not get me wrong, the work they've done is simply fantastic. Coming from an HTC Aria I was using CM7 and that was VERY different from HTC sense. I"m sure in time we'll get more variety of ROM's for the device. The phone simply blows me away. I play with it so much its my own fault the battery does not last all day siince the display is always on lol. With moderate use I lasts all day 8+ hours. If I'm being a texting whore and playing words with friends it will last 4 hours.
This is a great phone. I would consider myself a very heavy user, I can stream music for about 7 hours, and still play around with it during my breaks at work and go home with about 25% battery.
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yep i also am using rumraider on my new vivid and i got just almost 2 days of heavy use without the overclock. overclocked i get a good day and a half. I think the vivid is the way to go right now i recently had the captivate on ATT and it was an awesome android starter especially with rooting but the Vivid is an amazing phone well worth the hundred bucks. The camera and speed is remarkable i sell cell phones for a living and i love this phone and talk about it all day like the child i never had xD
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Why does it NEED to be rooted? I'm doing just fine without root.
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HTC generally doesn't use Gorilla Glass. Samsung usually does, but not always. That being said, I have never scratched a screen on one of my phones, but I'm also very careful.
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If you want to run the custom roms, and some apps the root is needed, If you don't want that, then it would be fine.. There are some features that I want with the custom rom.. stock I wouldn't keep the phone, I would go back to my iPhone.
As far as I can tell, the new Telstra HTC Velocity is a Holiday/Vivid/Raider which has to be the most complciated mess off device renames I've seen in a while.
I have the option comming up at my work to go for 1 of three phones.
1. HTC Velocity on Telstra(holiday/vivid/raider)
2. Galaxy Nexus on Telstra
3. Galaxy S II (first version, on telstra)
SO this is addressed to people who own this handset, or a few handsets. DO you think I should go for the Velocity, or one of the others, if so why?
The Velocity has the fastest cpu (telstra version is 1.5Ghtz) and is the only one with LTE, however I'm not the biggest fan of Sense UI and I don't live or work in an LTE zone yet, wont be getting an LTE upgrade here for another 6 months. and the nexus appears to have a higher resolution screen.
Anyway, I'm incomming from a HTC HD2, which is awesome for flashing and such but mine is getting old and overheating so I will be glad to move on, does anyone know my chances of flashing roms/rooting the HTC Velocity easily?
Hey David,
Im currently using the SGS2 and LOVE it, but i do live in a 4G zone, i took home the demo today, and am doing some research on flashing as i am a bit of a nerd/freak when it comes to these things, and use alot of apps that require Root, so without that, its a no go for me... but the speed is PHENOMENAL! amazing, and to be quite honest, even on standard 3G/NextG gets far better coverage and 3G speeds than my galaxy, 10mb/s on the Velocity - on 3G and only 3MB/s on the Galaxy s2... I am cm's away from buying it
Hope this helps and if anyone has any more news, or if you can use Vivid/Raider ROMS on the velocity, as it has the same op sys... and sence... let me know!!!
cheers
So you would say the velocity is much better than the galaxy s ii?
Thank you
Got my HTC Velocity 4G today.
Managed to get boot loader unlocked via HTCDev but device is still S-On
Will try rooting and will update you guys
Yea iirc the HTCDev tool don't give you S-off, it just allows you to flash a new rom.
If you want to flash a new radio you will need S-off.
Keep us updated how you go flashing a new rom, ty.
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Ive had my HTC Vivid on ATT for about a month. Finally decided to go android after 5 years of iPhone use. Anyways, From what I can tell, like you said, the vivid and the velocity are more or less the same phone, just on different carriers. The phone is a solid handset, the battery life is average, its fast and even though I dont live in an area with LTE service, it still rocks on on HSPA+. Great phone, love mine, highly recommend it. As for not liking the Sense UI, if you arent concerned about your warranty, you can always root it and load a custom ROM onto it.
Thanks guys, good info.
Looking forward to seeing how kychan79 does with his, I should get mine in a few days I think I'm sold on the Velocity
I've noticied I can get extended batteries for the "raider" version, 3600mAh sounds boss, I have an extended battery for my HD2 so I'm used to the cover hump.
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So you would say the velocity is much better than the galaxy s ii?
Thank you
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I wouldnt say it is 'much' better, but it is better, in terms of speed, yes, but in terms of spec... no... the 1.5ghz is supposedly inferior to the 1.2, and 1.4 dual cores seen in the s2, and new galaxy tablets. However, i am fond of the speed and will be upgrading to an LTE device, and if we can crack the bootloader in these HTC's i will more than likely be upgrading to one
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davidcampbell said:
Thanks guys, good info.
Looking forward to seeing how kychan79 does with his, I should get mine in a few days I think I'm sold on the Velocity
I've noticied I can get extended batteries for the "raider" version, 3600mAh sounds boss, I have an extended battery for my HD2 so I'm used to the cover hump.
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does the weight go up much with the ext battery??? i am so used to my galaxy s2, (116grams) im scared of the extra weight, i used the Desire HD for a while back in the day.. hated the extra weight... thoughts???
if you hate weight, avoid the extra battery, I prefer my phone to be weighty
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SO this is addressed to people who own this handset, or a few handsets. DO you think I should go for the Velocity, or one of the others, if so why?
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I work for an online mobile store, and have used both the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for an extended period of time. I also bought the HTC Velocity 4G yesterday.
The HTC Velocity 4G is currently the best device out in Australia, if speed is important to you! Not only does the device have 4G, though it also has dual band HSPA+, which makes it faster than most devices on the Next G network. I uploaded a video to YouTube yesterday, showing how much faster the HTC Velocity 4G runs on the Next G network, when compared to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
You can search YouTube for 'HTC Velocity 4G dual band HSPA+ test' if you want to watch the video, I am unable to post links, as I am a new user.
There are however three things that disappoint me about the device:
1. The device is a bit heavier than the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Nexus
2. The device came with Android 2.3.7, rather than Android 4.0 (Should be released in a month)
3. HTC Sense
The Galaxy Nexus is a great device, it is light, thin and stylish. It also obviously has Ice Cream Sandwich, gets updated directly from Google (depending on where you get the device from), and doesn't have crap like HTC Sense on top of Android. The device however has a darker screen than most devices (not necessarily a bad thing), and the camera is pretty ****ty, though in all fairness, I was comparing it to the camera on the iPhone 4S, which makes all other mobile cameras look bad.
The Samsung Galaxy S II is a great device if you don't want a device as big as the Galaxy Nexus and don't want to spend as much. I also don't mind the software that Samsung puts on top of Android, it is a lot better than HTC Sense.
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does anyone know my chances of flashing roms/rooting the HTC Velocity easily?
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This is the reason why I logged onto XDA Developers today, I am wanting to ditch the HTC Sense / Telstra ROM for a good custom ROM, or if at all possible, a clean ICS ROM.
I would have went with the Galaxy Nexus (AOSP and no bloat HELLz YES,)if it wasn't the limited storage. 16GB is easy to fill and i need more if it was 32GB it would have been a done deal for me. Coming from the Galaxy S upgraded to the SII and within 2 days exchanged for the Raider.
SGS ans SGSII not much difference some but not much TouchWiz just plane sucks in my opinion lockscreen is horrible widgets limited. With my SGS i used ADW launcher just to avoid TouchWiz. Sense maybe a resource hog but it meets everything i was looking in a phone that the SII did not provide. with my first SGS i found myself hack and modding it to hell just so i can get it the way i want it to work and installing apps like widget locker etc. The Raider does not lag and i use this think like a mini computer everything is on with auto sync set to every hour. People say the battery is average i beg to differ i think its amazing battery for a 4.5" device. On very heavy days i get 12-14 hours on medium days it has last 2days and low even 3 days.
This is after i rooted and removed bloat, without bloat i would get max 12 hours on low usage. Still running stock, I like hacking/modding but to much trial and error and not enough time, with the Raider i do not need to mod it just to get basic functionality like SMS prompt or change tracks on lockscreen when phone is locked with pin/pass/pattern. It may seem small for others but that was a deal breaker for me. I need the phone locked but still have access to simple things like music and SMS from lockscreen and should not have to purchase apps like widget locker. Another big reason to jump ships was again weather in lockscreen, here up north weather can be very unpredictable so having that on the lockscreen is a great addition for me and it has saved me a few times already.
If i went SGSII first thing i would do is flash CM9 but then again its not really ready and has bugs.
I am getting this phone on Monday, so excited.
Very happy that it is getting ICS by end of Feb / Early March.
See here under the "Software Updates" Tab - http://bit.ly/x3nvyT
Excelllent!! A velocity thread!!
I just got mine yesterday! Love it. I came from an inspire with wcx Rom.. this is on par with how my inspire was... But I know this phone can be twice as good...
I have a few questions...
How Did you unlock boot loader? Did you select vi I'd from the list on htcdev.com?
If I unlock bootloader will I lose my Telstra warranty?
Can it be undone?
If I flash a new Rom can the phone be returned to stock easily enough?
if I flash a new Rom with wcx which is based on at.t... Will I lose my 1800 MHz LTE?
Sorry about all the novice questions...
One last thing.. when I had my inspire with sense 3.5 it seemed to have more features like the arrows in keyboard. And more items in the power menu... What's up with these disappearing?
I'm getting mine on monday
I also ordered an extended battery online (2600mAh) and the HDMI adapter just for funzies, so I'll let you folks know how well they work
If you want a keyboard with arrows, I use "hackers keyboard" off the market which I love, on my current android NAND htc HD2.
Thanks for the info, especially mark david, good stuff, and I didn't know about the dual-band HSDPA+ that certainly sounds lovely as I do not live in a 4G area (yet, they are upgrading jun/jul)
I would phone telstra to get the info direct from them RE: unlocking the bootloader. As for the rest, don't know yet sorry
Manage to Gain perm root and flash custom CWM recovery by following Step 2) of the superguide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
Note that I need to extract the PH39IMG.zip and modify the "android-info.txt" with the below info and repackage it to get it work.
modelid: PH3912000cidnum: TELST001mainver: 2.27.841.6hbootpreupdate:12DelCache:1
I am not sure if I want to flash a custom ROM at this stage but if I do, I ll update you guys again
This thread is reallyt growing, they need an HTC Velocity Section on XDA
Im getting my Velocity Tomorrow
Will crack bootloader tomorrow as soon as i finish work!
Talk soon!
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This thread is reallyt growing, they need an HTC Velocity Section on XDA
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why? its the same hardware. same phone. hell, my rom is based from the velocity RUU.
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why? its the same hardware. same phone. hell, my rom is based from the velocity RUU.
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Just a thought. Shouldn't we be able to use the velocity kernel to get 1.5ghz? Since they're essentially the same device just one is undervolted and one is not?
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Just a thought. Shouldn't we be able to use the velocity kernel to get 1.5ghz? Since they're essentially the same device just one is undervolted and one is not?
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if you are running my rom, you are running the velocity kernel. its going to take more than just flashing that kernel though. unfortunately, i am not a kernel guru, or i would know what else it would take.
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I also ordered an extended battery online (2600mAh) and the HDMI adapter just for funzies, so I'll let you folks know how well they work
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Where did you order the accessories from? I cant find anything for this phone at the moment? Or did you search for "Vivid"
hey im interested in buying. I am moving from an atrix 4g but keeping it just incase. im wondering does this have fully functiong jelly bean? and is it easy to root? idk what else to ask but feel free to convince me!
This phone has a great community and is easy to root. ICS or JB should be near fully functional shortly (thanks guys!) - looks like the camera is among the last few remaining speed bumps. Still, consider all your options - some people prefer a manufacturer driven ICS/JB build over a community project. It all depends on what's more fun for you.
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Get the droid 3 if you want full QWERTY.
Without the qwerty, there are quite some phones that are better (more ram, faster cpu, better screen, full android 4.x)
im a bit confused. soo is the droid 3 basically in the same state in the atrix or like the camera just isnt working or something?
Camera isn't working right now. It might never work, since we lack the proper drivers to make it work. Just buy it if you want full QWERTY and is short on money
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Camera isn't working right now. It might never work, since we lack the proper drivers to make it work. Just buy it if you want full QWERTY and is short on money
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would you recommend upgrade from atrix 4g? its kinda a spec downgrade and if not should i just buy it? im getting it for around under 100 like 100-70 should i test it out then resell? and if resell would i be making or losing $ and by how much. thanks guys!
A new Galaxy Nexus can be had for $100 with contract if a keyboard isn't a must have for you.
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A new Galaxy Nexus can be had for $100 with contract if a keyboard isn't a must have for you.
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that is my dream phone but i cant afford it i go off contract with a no contract company
I'd suggest you to stay away from this phone for your own sake. Or buy it second-hand for not more, than 200 bucks. The worst smartphone ever made.
TOTALLY DISAGREE. BEST QWERTY DEVICE EVER MADE!
I owned these Android devices, and find the Droid 3 the best: HTC Hero, Motorola Milestone, Samsung Galaxy, HTC Desire, HTC Desire Z, Motorola Milestone 2, Motorola Droid 3.
There is only one downside for me, no official ICS.
It's display is GREAT, especially outdoors. You can use FM Radio, Camera is perfect (with the right modifications), battery life is good, keyboard is awesome, build quality top notch.
There is no reason to describe it as "worst smartphone ever made"...
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It's display is GREAT, especially outdoors. You can use FM Radio, Camera is perfect (with the right modifications), battery life is good, keyboard is awesome, build quality top notch.
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Totally agree with you, but there is one single point making the device great micro-tab with QWERTY - as the phone with CDMA networks device is extremely poor. It doesn't work with non-Verizon EV-DO networks, therefore loses the network pretty often and reboots deliberately twice a day. Half-time the phone is offline and this makes the device of totally no use as communicator.
Did you apply the GSM option that leads to much better reception? It gave me the double amount of signal bars and stopped loosing signal immediately.
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I like my phone but the lack of a stable update is kinda saddening but we got a high quality dev and he is working on it.
It's great if you don't mind lack of official OS updates, and if you can find one without keyboard issues. I've got one of the ones with bad keys and it makes the keyboard pretty much unusable. Aside from that, though, it's pretty fast and capapble, has a nice screen, feels pretty good in the hand, and has a variety of accessories available.
I'm basically a phone addict. I've had the PPC-6700, Mogul, Vogue, TP, TP2, EVO, and now EVO LTE. The EVO was the only phone that I've kept for the life of my two year contract. I'm one year into my EVO LTE and there's nothing really wrong with it other than the fact that I'm bored.
Was the upgrade worth it to you guys or now that the novelty has worn off? Let me know!
Worth it, totally. The qualcomm s600 has some balls and sense 5 is the fastest version ever
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Honesty, if I didn't have an upgrade, I could have waited. I was on the evo 4g lte as well. I have 4 phone lines on my plan, so I get to upgrade every year. I was running meanbean from the start then went to sense 5. I'm sure it's even better now.
I think the biggest difference is the sound from the front facing speakers.
It is much faster, but I'm not a gamer, do that's pretty much a wash.
It is beautiful and build quality is awesome. I use cases on my phones, so that's a wash as well.
The camera is way better on the ONE as well.
If you're really deadset on upgrading, I'm sure the evo is still worth something. I got $100 for the old og evo.
Just my $.02 of course.
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completely worth it for me, i got so sick of the lte reception issues with the lte. battery life is amazing and the speakers are great for watching movies or streaming music at work.
Well, I had the Evo LTe and my wife still has it.
Honestly, I don't see the rush to update. I called Sprint they gave me a deal buy back my contract on the EVolte and cost me $380.00 for the early upgrade. Trust me... The EVo Lte is up too par with the Htc One. Except the live feeds, some camera features and display. But overall camera, performance and speed the EvoLte is equally matched.
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Well, I had the Evo LTe and my wife still has it.
Honestly, I don't see the rush to update. I called Sprint they gave me a deal buy back my contract on the EVolte and cost me $380.00 for the early upgrade. Trust me... The EVo Lte is up too par with the Htc One. Except the live feeds, some camera features and display. But overall camera, performance and speed the EvoLte is equally matched.
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I have to disagree. With 2 gb of ram, multitasking finally works right. Also, when sending mms, its far faster on the One to attach pics to the mms, including more than one pic. If its an AOSP rom on the LTE, then yeah its kinda close.
I have had the HTC Touch Pro, The HTC Touch Pro 2, EVO, Evo3D, EVO LTE, HTC One. The evo was ahead of it's time, but the 3D was actually one of my favorite upgrades. It was fast, going to the evoLTE from the 3D wasn't that impressive in my opinion. I always had issues with wi-fi on the evoLTE. It was a good phone but not something I was blown away on. The HTC ONE is amazing. The speakers alone are worth the upgrade. The way it's built is HTC's best built phone ever. It's super fast, battery rocks, wi-fi actually works correctly (at least for me). It's a very worthy upgrade, I couldn't wait to get rid of my evo LTE again mainly cause I had wi-fi issues. Could have been just my hardware. The one had worked perfect for me so far except my simulated battery pull doesn't seem to work correctly. Other than that, it's the most impressive upgrade I have had since I have been using smart phones. All the evo devices I have had on release day so I have had plenty of time using each one.
Paid for my one outright. Bit my wallet pretty bad, but it's worth every cent. The screen, the speakers, the cpu, the build, everything kicks the crap out of the lte. The ONLY thing that bothers me is...no miss my kickstand. I go to put my phone down and ..I...I don't know what to do with myself. Although the thing that has kept me the most happy so far is working radios. Consistent 3g, and I can actually hold an lte signal now!
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Thanks everyone. I have 5 lines on my account so I have an upgrade to use. I was worried about the One being able to hold an LTE connection because of some of the threads I've read. This is the only thing that bothers me about the ELTE.
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Thanks everyone. I have 5 lines on my account so I have an upgrade to use. I was worried about the One being able to hold an LTE connection because of some of the threads I've read. This is the only thing that bothers me about the ELTE.
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Yeah the signal problem on my E lte was really pissing me off. The one is much better at holding it I have no idea what these guys are talking about
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I don't regret upgrading in the slightest. My evo battery life was so god aweful and random freezes, I had so many problems with it. The HTC One is like a godsend to me. I love being able to listen to pandora at work and at the end of the day still have 30 percent battery life left.
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I don't regret upgrading in the slightest. My evo battery life was so god aweful and random freezes, I had so many problems with it. The HTC One is like a godsend to me. I love being able to listen to pandora at work and at the end of the day still have 30 percent battery life left.
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Im an ex evo user. I got1and a half times the battery life with it. No comparison whatsoever. If course I used custom kernel but I am with this phone also. But with the evo I could have5 hours screen on and still get a total of 20 hours use. Just my 2 cents. My son had the evo as I gave it to him and he laughs when I have to charge this phone. We don't have lte where we live so thats not an issue. And for this camera being better I'm not sure that's the case either. We have done comparison shots and in my opinion the right megapixel it's definitely better in certain situations by far. Just my input. Thanks.
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I don't regret this phone even for one second, much more solid and better connections, speakers are also great!! I do miss the kickstand however and regarding photos I've taken some very nice outdoor pictures and the low light aka indoor photos blow the evo lte away for sure, I took pics side by side in a dimly lit room evo u could barely see a chair of sorts the one u could see the chair the detail on the cushin and the dresser on the other side and also the wall 5 ft behind it instead of just darkness..I'll try to grab some side by sides and show u what I mean
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I went through all the same phones you listed plus a couple more I've had the Evo 3d and this is the nicest HTC phone I've had yet
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I was just a original Evo user - now I have the One - what a great phone. HTC understands what were about.
Get the One. I still have my Evo LTE and I do comparison and the One just outshines it. Better display. True multitasking, doesn't reload every app after leaving it. Better sound quality with and without headphones, you definitely can tell a difference. No lag issues at all. For instance. Download a torrent file on your Evo LTE, that phone will lag like hell. Do the same with the One, it will perform with no lag. If you're a gamer go with the One. Just get it. Best phone I've had.
My phone history is Motorola Q, HTC Mogul, Sidekick LX, IPhone, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2, Evo 4G, Evo LTE, now the One.
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I'm basically a phone addict. I've had the PPC-6700, Mogul, Vogue, TP, TP2, EVO, and now EVO LTE. The EVO was the only phone that I've kept for the life of my two year contract. I'm one year into my EVO LTE and there's nothing really wrong with it other than the fact that I'm bored.
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Have had each "EVO" (4G, 3D, 4g-LTE) since I came back to Sprint a while ago...
In Chicago, we've had LTE since last Fall. I do notice a difference in Speed (3-5Mbps faster in some areas) vs. my "4gLT-EVO." That alone was worth it to me!
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Have had each "EVO" (4G, 3D, 4g-LTE) since I came back to Sprint a while ago...
In Chicago, we've had LTE since last Fall. I do notice a difference in Speed (3-5Mbps faster in some areas) vs. my "4gLT-EVO." That alone was worth it to me!
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Forgot that. 4G fights to light up on your phone. The LTE would stay on 3g until I cut my mobile network off and back on.
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Yep, Got rid of my LTE for the One, the only thing that's taking me a while to get used to are my capacitive buttons. I just found out that double tapping the home button brings up the recent apps lol. I miss the camera buttons as well.
But once you get used to that, everything else is great. I love it, love Zoe, love the sound, screen size, and the hassle-free 4G. I've had it for almost 2 weeks now and I'm yet to root it, longest I've gone, so, no complaints here.
While I was driving to the sprint store to get my One I kept saying why am I getting this new phone? After I got it there's no question that it was the right decision lol both moms have evo ltes now and I could never go back