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Considering a Nexus

So I started my android life with a G1, then eventually got a Mytouch. Now I am considering getting a Nexus one, I have the money saved up but I am not 100% sure... I want some experienced users (mainly the people who's root) and tell me, does the battery last good? And are you truly happy with it? Because I can't make up my mind rather to get the Nexus, or the Droid..Or some other new android phones coming to t-mobile soon..(rumors)
But then again I hate the fact that every time I buy a phone a new one comes out.. lol.
Side note: If anyone is selling a nexus, let me know.

G1-evolve said:
So I started my android life with a G1, then eventually got a Mytouch. Now I am considering getting a Nexus one, I have the money saved up but I am not 100% sure... I want some experienced users (mainly the people who's root) and tell me, does the battery last good? And are you truly happy with it? Because I can't make up my mind rather to get the Nexus, or the Droid..Or some other new android phones coming to t-mobile soon..(rumors)
But then again I hate the fact that every time I buy a phone a new one comes out.. lol.
Side note: If anyone is selling a nexus, let me know.
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Tough situation. You have to realize that at some point, the trigger has to be pulled and when it is, another device will be coming out. That is just how it works. Look at Apple users...they buy a laptop to find out 6 months later something even better is arriving. Technology never waits, so when you want something, jump on it.
If you are on T-Mobile, you can look at the Desire. If you are interested in Verizon, the Incredible is landing soon which is basically a Desire with a boost.
The Nexus is a very open platform with amazing community support and having owned two, I regret nothing. This phone is amazing.

deprecate said:
Tough situation. You have to realize that at some point, the trigger has to be pulled and when it is, another device will be coming out. That is just how it works. Look at Apple users...they buy a laptop to find out 6 months later something even better is arriving. Technology never waits, so when you want something, jump on it.
If you are on T-Mobile, you can look at the Desire. If you are interested in Verizon, the Incredible is landing soon which is basically a Desire with a boost.
The Nexus is a very open platform with amazing community support and having owned two, I regret nothing. This phone is amazing.
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+infinity!!!!

I have good battery life now with some setting changes in custom rom I run. I have the extended battery so the feeling is comfortable for 1 hand texting. I still have and toy with my G1 but when I leave the house the I have the N1. I wouldn't trade my N1 for any phone out. It took me a few days to get adjusted to not having the physical keyboard but the size of the screen really make it easy. I just didn't get it when I had a mytouch. These are just a few of my options.

Definitely get a Nexus. Like deprecate said, technology will keep moving. You just gotta take the plunge. Battery life has been decent for me but that is most probably cause mine is still a brand new battery. Once it's broken in a little, it should be good.
The processor is ridiculously amazing. Things just work, and work very fast. Trust me, once you use the Nexus for a day and try to go back to G1/Dream, you will wonder how you lived all this time. The HTC Desire Rom for Nexus is actually very good if you like Sense. It also has Flash Player Lite if you're into that. Cyan's Rom, of course, gets better all the time. Honestly there aren't a lot of Rom options yet but that's because there isn't very much that could be improved at this point. Everything just works.
All in all, I say go for it.

the desire seems ok, idk I really might get a nexus I just don't want the battery to suck for a $500+ phone.

Well you gotta be reasonable. It has a 1ghz processor. The thing is gonna be a bit of a juice monkey no matter what. There are undervolted kernels available that help with battery life though.

After a month playing with my rooted N1 (previously had a iphone 3g) i can only say: Wow, this beast is fast. You can multi-task, load custom ROMs, browse fast and soon we will have flash support. Battery life is accetable, so great performance with a so thin design is acceptable. And android is a powerfull and flexible OS. Im very happy with my nexus1.
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I went through the same thought process as well before buying my Nexus One. The thing that really sold me was the fact that I have a few friends with Android phones and they all seem pretty frustrated that they see all these new Android releases coming out and their phones remain stuck at 1.5. Since the N1 is Google's showcase phone it's pretty much a given that it will always get timely updates to the latest version of Android. I don't think you can say the same for ANY other Android phone (a lot even have boot loaders that can't be unlocked like the Milestone and Rogers HTC Magic) and I doubt any that might come out in the next few months will be that lucky either. Plus this thing is just mind blowing fast.
I came from an iPhone 3G so initially I was slightly disappointed with the touchscreen (it doesn't reject spurious input from fingers and palms that might wrap around the phone) and the less than stellar reception. Every time I put my hand on lower part of the phone and see 2-3 bars of reception disappear I feel shame.
Coming from a Magic I doubt I would ever notice this because these problems exist in those phones too as I believe it uses the same touchscreen and the radio placement is identical.
As for battery life, I actually get pretty good life now that my usage has settled down.

For the Battery if you run one of the UV kernels as well as setcpu with profiles. Also do some of the main things you do with your Mytouch like turn off wifi, GPS, screen brightness to low, only use 3G when you need it other wise leave it on Edge, as well as the many other battery saving ideas. You should should get great battery life. I can go about 16 hours of ok usage and have about 50 to 60% battery life left. Check my Sig for what i am running. Over all i paid full price for my N1 and i am love with phone in every way.

Some Issues

Running all stock
1. Battery life HORRIBLE!!! 7 hours and 30min uptime 45min of use total during that time and it was on 4% left (this was ALL on EDGE)
2. CAMERA SLOWNESS and pics look crappy Went to Disney for 2 days. Missed LOADS Of things cause I would select Camera and it would take several seconds to load up. Then pictures look worse than a very old VX5600 with a VGA camera (Yes the settings are set to full) 1080p Videos look better than the pics
Is these two gonna get fixed with Gingerbread? and has anyone heard when it will come?

From what I have heard LG rushed this device out to be the first dual core 3d phone. So that's why they went with froyo. There is suppose to be a ton of fixes in gingerbread like 3d camera fixes and performance fixes. I would just wait for a custom rom or if your impatient get a different device
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Wow you have quite a lot of issues there which oddly enough I don't suffer from at all. Yes I am still running stock and no I have nothing special installed but than again I don't have a lot of apps installed either. My suggestion to you would be to check and see what programs you have constantly running because that can cause a Lot of the sluggishness as well as the battery drain. I mean I ran 19 hrs. with light use and the battery on mine was still sitting at 25%.

malickie said:
Wow you have quite a lot of issues there which oddly enough I don't suffer from at all. Yes I am still running stock and no I have nothing special installed but than again I don't have a lot of apps installed either. My suggestion to you would be to check and see what programs you have constantly running because that can cause a Lot of the sluggishness as well as the battery drain. I mean I ran 19 hrs. with light use and the battery on mine was still sitting at 25%.
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This can be laggy after a reset

Would it be worth to take it back and wait for the iPhone 5 or Samsung galaxy ii
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hyelton said:
Would it be worth to take it back and wait for the iPhone 5 or Samsung galaxy ii
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In my opinion? No. But you have to choose the device that's right for you.
I charge my battery when needed as I am almost always near an outlet.
I use widget locker to have a direct to camera unlock slider and I can pull up the camera in about 3-5 seconds. I use the camera strictly for 3D pictures - I bought a point and shoot that is light years beyond *any* phone camera for real pictures when I am going somewhere special. It's a Panasonic I believe, and from power on to picture ready is about 1 second, if anyone's interested. And it fits in my pocket.
Personally, I feel that cameras in phones are there just to take a quick photo of something when you don't have a dedicated device handy or don't need super photo frame quality.
The 3D pictures I take look great, and my only gripe is the long delay between the time you press the button and time the picture is actually snapped. I'm hoping LG's GB update will fix all of that, but it's not a deal breaker for me.
I wouldn't go to a non-3D camera phone now, so I'll probably upgrade when better phones with 3D capabilities come out.

Well my mesmerize galaxy s I had OMG itbtook better pics than thisthing. And even video. Its pics was amazing And I'm use to my phone as soon as I hit camera the camera comes up and I don't have to wait for it to come up. And battery life is a problem cause I travel a lot. I thought my cdma device had bad battery. This is worse. Even though GSM tends to have better battery life
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Think about exchanging it for another device, if it bothers you that much.
I travel constantly for work and so far have not had a problem with the battery - it seems to me it lasts much longer when it's nearly drained. I left my hotel not realizing my battery was down to 6% - I used GPS and maps for about 30 minutes (albeit not CONSTANT use) and I was able to reach my destination, and find my way back to the hotel with 4% left.
YMMV.

seems like alot of people are complaining about this device having a sucky battery. It's an android phone. Charge, EVO 3D, Revolution and Bionic have the same issue. It's not this phone alone.

BigCiX said:
seems like alot of people are complaining about this device having a sucky battery. It's an android phone. Charge, EVO 3D, Revolution and Bionic have the same issue. It's not this phone alone.
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Well I knowits not this phone alone. Buts its been worse than my Acclaim,Mesmerizse,Desire, Merge, X10,and atrix 4g lol. Its been worse than my CDMA phones that should be saying something cause usually gsm has better battery life

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Well I knowits not this phone alone. Buts its been worse than my Acclaim,Mesmerizse,Desire, Merge, X10,and atrix 4g lol. Its been worse than my CDMA phones that should be saying something cause usually gsm has better battery life
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besides the atrix everything you mentioned has a single processor. Thrill has a bigger screen, outdated OS and 3D effects that would make battery life less then an atrix.

Unfortunately I returned my Thrill. I loved the phone but reminds me too much of the LG G2X problems, which I once had. I attempted to record a non-3d video 4 times in a row. Everytime the phone rebooted 10-12 sec into the recording. I even attempted to take a 3d photo of the misses a day later and the phone locked up . This all on a stock Thrill, 3 days old. Maybe I'll wait untill the bugs are worked out. Back to my Infuse.

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Unfortunately I returned my Thrill. I loved the phone but reminds me too much of the LG G2X problems, which I once had. I attempted to record a non-3d video 4 times in a row. Everytime the phone rebooted 10-12 sec into the recording. I even attempted to take a 3d photo of the misses a day later and the phone locked up . This all on a stock Thrill, 3 days old. Maybe I'll wait untill the bugs are worked out. Back to my Infuse.
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Sounds like a bad phone. I've been doing a rediculous amount of recording and picture taking (to show off the 3D ) without any issues. Camera is a little on the slow side compared to my HTC but nothing too bad. These things aren't all created equal. One phone can have an issue that the next one doesn't, even if it is the same make/model.
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You know what fixes the reboot problem? Don't use ur SD card use internal storage
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Droid 3 [XT860] Arrived

Well it arrived yesterday, and I'm super-happy to say that so far (knock on wood) it appears to be essentially flawless; no screwy keys, no bad backlight, no boot-looping or overheating or any of the other issues that seem to plague some of the batches of phones. I also got the Moto 1930mAh battery, so battery life shouldn't be a big issue.
I was worried about the screen quality (a common D3 gripe), but I gotta say, after being accustomed to an older, smaller, scratched-up, lower-res, innaccurate, resistive touch screen on my HTC Tilt 2 for the last two years, I'm totally happy with the D3's screen; aside from it being slightly dimmer than some of the super-bright/saturated Super-AMOLEDs, it looks fine. I looked pretty closely and watched the text scroll in the Home interface and on web pages, and I never saw this "blurriness" that apparently drives all the super-picky screen elitists to hate PenTile. It looks great to me, probably due to the high res.
When it comes to navigating Android, I pretty much just stare at it and drool like a catatonic chimp, occasionally poking at buttons/icons, and dragging stuff here and there. Years of Windows Mobile haven't left me very Android-inclined I guess, but it looks intuitive and I've heard that it may be a slightly better OS than WinMo, so I'll figure it out.
And, as expected, the keyboard blew away any expectations I had. It's awesome.
So far I love the thing.
I'm a little scared to root; can I brick my phone while trying to root it?

Nice! I see: root! It can't be easier. Just double click!

I'd wait a bit before root. In general I say wait for an SBF of a sort. Soon we should see an update to address the bluish camera, power leaking car dock and few other minor annoyances. Hopefully recovery files will leak soon.
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Well it's been 2 days now. I've figured out how to drag icons around and add/remove them from my Home screen, updated some stuff, and downloaded/played GRave Defense HD (fun game btw).
I left it to charge all night, and plucked it from the chrager at exactly 7am yesterday when I left for work. I've used it moderately so far; watched a few YouTube vids, played some GRave Defense, texted a fair amount, checked Gmail, explored the menus a lot and fiddled around with it quite a bit. So far the battery is down to about 48% in a period of 30 hours (7am one day to 1pm the next day) without being turned off at all. I'm betting it will hit two days before needing a recharge, althoug with heavier usage it mayonly last 30-36 hours per charge. Still, not too bad at all for such a monster smartphone. I'm actually pretty impressed. I do have the 1930mAh Moto battery though. Which, I must add, doesn't even add any noticeable size increase to the phone.
Gotta say I LOVE this phone so far; I definitely picked the right phone for me; I can't find a single thing wrong with it, really. I don't know what people are *****ing about as far as the interface being slow or the screen being in any way blurry; you practically have to look at the thing under a friggin microscope to even see the slight cross-hatched PenTile dithering. I think people are just looking for excuses to complain. Of course, I don't have that much for a basis of comparison; I'm not really spoiled with all the latest phone technology, having only a Tilt2 with its old 528MHz single-core processor and buggy-ass, laggy TouchFLO-3D-on-top-of-Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system for comparison.

the blurry thing is hard to see at first.. but after a while you will notice it.. it doesnt bug me so much but its there lol.. overall i love the phone too.. great purchase.. i just got into the rooting and exploring android further scene.. rooting is easy .. its literally 2 clicks away.. cant harm anything.. but from there.. becareful what u do .. u dont want to delete the wrong thing .. then ur sol till an SBF comes out..

I agree it is a good little phone and once you get used to it you get to liking it. I am finding that it is a nice phone to be able to dink around with. My only thing is I haven't found a launcher I just love. Blur seems slow, as does ADB, and Go Launcher was buggy. But other then that it seems like a good little phone.
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Oooh, I just figured out that I can forcibly turn up the brightness in the Display settings and the display looks brilliant in a half-lit room. I don't want it eating up battery though so I'll keep it down around 60% or so.
I loaded DICE player and it literally crashes and reboots my phone EVERY TIME I load any kind of video file. Craptacular. I'll stick with MoboPlayer.

I rooted my unlocked XT860 quite easily using PSouza's Tool (version 1.06). It worked very well! I was afraid as well but didn't see anyone in the forum that said they bricked when they tried it.
I semi-bricked my phone by trying to flash one of the ROMs out there (Steel Droid), so I warn you - don't do any ROMs until they are released as international-friendly! (or specifically built for our XT860's).
To unbrick, I flashed the Chinese ME865 SBF. It's nice to have my phone back but it's on Android version 2.3.5, which is currently not root-able.
So there *is* a way out in case of catastrophe, but it's not as nice as having a stock Bell SBF.

I also rooted and added Hashcodes recovery to my XT860, but like everyone else, I'm impatient for something to flash. It's like our phones are all dressed up, but have nowhere to go
Its slightly depressing as well, surfing all the other sites, the popular ones and some not so popular...there's just no dev action on this phone. No forums even where we can exchange information. Well, except in here, hidden in the D3 forums.
I can't complain about the phone at all, to be honest, as I won it in one of MobileSyrups giveaways.
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Well just as an update, the battery ran until about 8pm the following night, from 7am the previous morning. That's about... What? 37 hours? When I plugged it in, it still had 10% as well, but it was going down pretty quick, likely would not have lasted another hour or two. Not bad at all though; 37 hours without a recharge while surfing, texting, and downloading/installing hordes of new apps is certainly a pretty good time-frame for a smart phone these days.
Just downloaded/installed Pandora Radio, it is the dog's bollocks (that's British for "Awesome").

Savior057 said:
Well just as an update, the battery ran until about 8pm the following night, from 7am the previous morning. That's about... What? 37 hours? When I plugged it in, it still had 10% as well, but it was going down pretty quick, likely would not have lasted another hour or two. Not bad at all though; 37 hours without a recharge while surfing, texting, and downloading/installing hordes of new apps is certainly a pretty good time-frame for a smart phone these days.
Just downloaded/installed Pandora Radio, it is the dog's bollocks (that's British for "Awesome").
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You got 37 hours from a xt860?!
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Endoroid said:
You got 37 hours from a xt860?!
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Since the times of milestone one, those big numbers are surfacing.
Usually they came from people that doesen't use the always on data or is used to keep the phone in 2g.
With my xt883 and the extended battery i'm happy if i reach the end of the day...

Well OK, to be fair, I work in a secured area and can't bring my phone in, and must leave it in a little locker outside the door. This happens about 5-6hrs a day, so you could subtract up to 10 or 12 hours of actual usage time out of that 37 hours, but I made sure that at no point was the phone ever turned off or put in sleep mode or airplane mode; it was always on and had signal.

Wow impressive. I wish my battery life was that long. But unfortunately CDMA isn't as friendly. But I can make it through the day with over 50% left if I do it right.

I'm lucky if I get 8 hours, regardless of use
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My stock XT862 (debloated though) does about 12 hours on heavy usage. Does 16h on normal usage

I think my only regret so far was getting the Moto 1930mAh battery; sinc then I've heard amazing things about the Mugen power 3600mAh one. Oh well, the Moto battery definitely pulls it weight.

Savior057 said:
I think my only regret so far was getting the Moto 1930mAh battery; sinc then I've heard amazing things about the Mugen power 3600mAh one. Oh well, the Moto battery definitely pulls it weight.
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Still regretting ??

DoubleYouPee said:
My stock XT862 (debloated though) does about 12 hours on heavy usage. Does 16h on normal usage
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Yes however the xt862 has had a software update fixing the cell standby/idle bug. The xt860 has had no update.
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Still regretting ??
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WHAT?? That's a D3?? Holy crap. Maybe I will stick with my 1930mAh bat for a bit... how's ur battery life? Is it worth the bulk?

Vivid what do you think?

Hello just wondering how you all felt about the vivd,battery life stock,battery life with custom roms?Whats your honest opinion?
Im about to get a new phone just curious about this one.Thanks

Its a great device, i love it. Despite the reviews on poor battery i believe it has amazing battery. I'm a heavy user like video, games, internet and music all day and still have 30% or so at the end of the day and on medium days i have gone 48hours without charging.
I used to get something like 12-14 hours when using stock, but after a day i had to root and remove bloat. The key to poor battery is bloat once you remove that you phone will last a while. Still using stock but with bloat removed.

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Youssarian said:
The Vivid screen is great. I like the camera on the Vivid a little better than on the Skyrocket. (Although I heard there's a Skyrocket HD coming, but who knows with AT&T losing 6 billion last Q too.) Both phones are very fast and I love that. At the moment, battery wise the Samsung wins hands down, both stock and with the phones rooted, bloatware removed and modded. However, the Vivid stock battery is pretty good considering all it does. Bluetooth wise I have no complaints.
Personally, I don't like where HTC is going with their phones. We now know AT&T is not the only company they send these things out locked for. We also know that HTC is currently developing their own O.S. for their phones which is meant to replace Android, which is why I think the Raider / Vivid / Velocity is harder to work with ROM / kernel wise. IF you need your phone to work and modding is in your future, then I'd go with the Skyrocket, or some such. If you need a great screen, camera and have some patience the Vivid is also a fine option.
The Skyrocket is 2 ounces lighter than the Vivid. However, the Vivid may offer some protection against say a .22 caliber bullet and the backing plate may deflect a .30 cal. slow moving slug. The Vivid also could be registered as a lethal weapon, where as the Skyrocket is more in the non-lethal category.
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Heh, a .22 would rip through the Vivid, and SR.
I gotta ask, I had the Vivid, but exchanged for the SR to boycott the HTC boot loader thing.
How is the battery life? Stock vivid was atrocious compared to the SR, but I don't know why.
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Cant say the battery life is any better either way other than the wcx rom. Not enough action on Vivid unlike the Skyrocket. If the Galaxy s 2 had LTE it would be better than the Vivid so I think the Skyrocket is better most definitely faster. I owned all 3 just giving my opinion.

I love my Vivid. I prefer Sense to Touchwiz and the camera is great. Battery has been lasting me all day with 60-70% left when I go home. That's with several e-mail accounts on push and everything else on, data-pulling widgets, etc.
Literally, my only complaint about this phone is the weight, but I'm not a wuss, so I deal with it. The Vivid is a solid phone and very reliable.

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I said _"may provide *some* protection"_. <G> I think we should buy a bricked Vivid and SR, go out to the range and do some testing. It's the only way to be sure really. As an added bonus maybe the Utub video will go viral and we'll make millions from the book / movie deal?
After looking at the logs, I think it's the screen that sucks more juice in the Vivid. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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Let's do it, we only need about a grand for phones, and 2 bullets.
Ahh, yeah, AMOLED likes to sip power at lower brightness, and the black/no light on LED helps I guess.
How's the actual performance now on the Vivid? I guess I didn't like Sense..

it's not a bad phone, I have used worse...as you can see there is not a lot of support for it in the forums, when you compare it to other phones. ROMs are slow to come out and update as well. I'm afraid this will be another ATT flop. Thats just my opinion. I have the Vivid and the Skyrocket. I really like the Vivid just wish there was more support for it on xda. Most of the time I find myself using the Samsung Sky Rocket Galaxy s 2.

so far I enjoy my vivid very much especially it's LTE capability. With a wild child's sense 3.5 rom, the performance got even better.

After having the Vivid for about a week now, I'm thinking about trying out the Skyrocket...
The screen on the Vivid is really nice and I like the more natural colors of the screen vs. Samsung screens. But I am not really liking how narrow the screen is, feels cramped sometimes. Also I'm finding it difficult to use in bright sunlight, gotta squint to see it.
While I like the look of Sense, prefer it over TW, I'm finding it to be a little quirky. Don't care much for some of the stock apps like email, calendar, etc. The led indicator seems a little random too, sometimes I get the notification, sometimes I don't.
Battery life has been ok, a little better than average. LTE performance has been awesome in my area too, no complaints. The main thing is the screen for me I guess... I know the Skyrocket isn't perfect either, but I think I might do an exchange and give it a try. :/
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aimfire72 said:
After having the Vivid for about a week now, I'm thinking about trying out the Skyrocket...
The screen on the Vivid is really nice and I like the more natural colors of the screen vs. Samsung screens. But I am not really liking how narrow the screen is, feels cramped sometimes. Also I'm finding it difficult to use in bright sunlight, gotta squint to see it.
While I like the look of Sense, prefer it over TW, I'm finding it to be a little quirky. Don't care much for some of the stock apps like email, calendar, etc. The led indicator seems a little random too, sometimes I get the notification, sometimes I don't.
Battery life has been ok, a little better than average. LTE performance has been awesome in my area too, no complaints. The main thing is the screen for me I guess... I know the Skyrocket isn't perfect either, but I think I might do an exchange and give it a try. :/
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Having just retired my Vivid for a Skyrocket, I can tell you that it's a good choice. All of the little bugs and issues I had with my Vivid are absent in the Skyrocket: Duplicate text messages, youtube upload issues, Picasa upload issues, laggy keyboard, etc. I didn't even realize how much the keyboard lagged until I used the Skyrocket. I just knew it wasn't quite right.
All in all, I'm very happy with the switch. I just wish I had taken the Vivid back before my 30 days were up. Now I'm stuck with two phones. What's sad is, I really love Sense and it has a lot of great optimizations that Touchwiz is still missing. But the weight of the device made it unwieldy in my hand and the duplicate text messages were driving me nuts.

Rum raider down to 77% in about 20 mins :/
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come at me bro said:
Rum raider down to 77% in about 20 mins :/
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did you follow the information from the rom thread about the need to make sure your CPU isnt pegged? use setCPU and make sure its not forced to min1188 max1188

samsung guy buys htc one and rooting questions

OK I can find the answers here most likely but I just wanted to ask questions.
I have had s2 and s3. both rooted. both custom kernels. etc. I noticed vast improvements. the one frankly makes me nervous. should I even root it?
its on telus network in Canada. seems the ones are all the same no? unlike Samsung galaxy series. is development advanced enough to go ahead? I've only had the phone now for less than a week. I really do like it. miss the physical home button. don't care about aluminum design etc. nervous about sealed battery. but the battery life is awesome so far. even on the first charge I got all day and 6 hours of screen. this was with playing with settings. trying speakers. etc. but of course I'm always looking for more.
I'd say rooting my s3 meant I went from all day and 5 hours screen to all day and 6 plus hours screen. definitely worth it. should I expect the same here? I really want a secondary way to wake the device. pushing a touch button or swipe would be nice. will these not work in a dark room? any detrimental reasons why I wouldn't want this?
I mostly want battery life. convince me that I have the right phone. I can still return it I think. but got a good deal on the phone. basically paid 500 for it new. on a plan. 150 off price. and 500 device balance should I decide to pay it out. s4 is still 150 on contract. plus the 500 device balance. I want to like the one I really do. but missing Samsung sometimes. this is not an s4 vs one thread. just help me make the most of this device.

oh and today battery life is not so good. 12 hours up time. 2.5 hrs screen and 40% left. not terrible I guess. but perhaps something is sending it down some.
another question. what root features will do me the most for battery? with s3 I set screen off max to really really low. and that helped. under volt across the board and limit CPU speed. but this is my first quad core. thanks

Don't wanna sound mean, but save yourself the trouble and switch the One for the S4. I've enough experience to know that when you're questioning a phone, asking whether it's the right one for you or not, usually means the mind's set on something else and you'll never be happy with it. If you miss Samsung and you like the ability to switch batteries, why not go with the S4? It's not a bad device, and you said yourself that you don't care about the aluminium design of the One.
If battery life is what you're after, I'd be happy to let you know there are a lot of beefy batteries available for the S4. Check Amazon for instance.
Cheers.

s384 said:
oh and today battery life is not so good. 12 hours up time. 2.5 hrs screen and 40% left. not terrible I guess. but perhaps something is sending it down some.
another question. what root features will do me the most for battery? with s3 I set screen off max to really really low. and that helped. under volt across the board and limit CPU speed. but this is my first quad core. thanks
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battery will improve over time when i first got mine i got around
10-12 hrs with around 3-4 hrs screen time
the next week i got 15-20 hrs with 4-5 hrs screen time
and now after around 2 months around 30 hrs with 5-7 hrs screen time
but i rooted and installed custom sense rom first day

Theshawty said:
Don't wanna sound mean, but save yourself the trouble and switch the One for the S4. I've enough experience to know that when you're questioning a phone, asking whether it's the right one for you or not, usually means the mind's set on something else and you'll never be happy with it. If you miss Samsung and you like the ability to switch batteries, why not go with the S4? It's not a bad device, and you said yourself that you don't care about the aluminium design of the One.
If battery life is what you're after, I'd be happy to let you know there are a lot of beefy batteries available for the S4. Check Amazon for instance.
Cheers.
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appreciate the response. but I did save 150$ going this route. don't give up on me so easy. I'm still here aren't I?

s384 said:
appreciate the response. but I did save 150$ going this route. don't give up on me so easy. I'm still here aren't I?
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Fair enough. I don't know any battery saving tweaks as I don't pay much mind to that. I just use my device like I want to use it, then charge whenever I see fit. I have a charger at home, next to my bed (which is also conveniently close to my desk) so I'm happy if it lasts 8 hours of medium usage (whenever I'm working)
I just don't wanna see you miserable, mate. I've seen far too many people making the wrong choice of phone (myself included, though not with the One) and ending up hating anything and everything (not literally ).

i agree with theshawty 1st post...
@OP, i think you only want some attention and some words to help you sleep at night... you're not a noob in rooting world, you already know about the difference between HTC and Samsung in battery area, and now you want others to convince you? nobody can...

Try JuiceDefender. It does a good job of managing radios and turning things off and on based on location in addition to some other solid battery saving techniques.
Also, I hear your pain. I love the design and the speakers. I even like Sense for the first time ever. I think I miss the physical home button of my S2 and 3 though. Reaching for the power button is annoying and compounded by the fact that the screen stays off when texts are received.
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you should stick with the S4. The battery life on the One will make you hate it later. I had the S4 but switched to the One because I just enjoy the screen of the One more than the S4.

silkshocker said:
you should stick with the S4. The battery life on the One will make you hate it later. I had the S4 but switched to the One because I just enjoy the screen of the One more than the S4.
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really? i average 30+ hrs with 5-7 hrs screen time which is on par with the s4 i had but the lag was to much. how does a phone with the same processor as the one but overclocked to 1.9 ghz lag when the one at 1.7 ghz doesnt? that is unacceptable for a flagship device

Man you guys are so helpful S-off your phone and unlock ur bootloader then load the 4.2.2 leak the battery life and camera are amazing on it...root and use greenify and enable auto hibernation.Enable power saver but disable the screen option(which really dims screen) put screen brightness @ 50% trust me awesome Battery life
HTC ONE rooted,S-Off,SuperCid

billygr said:
i agree with theshawty 1st post...
@OP, i think you only want some attention and some words to help you sleep at night... you're not a noob in rooting world, you already know about the difference between HTC and Samsung in battery area, and now you want others to convince you? nobody can...
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I'm not a noob to rooting. I've done it with almost every phone I've had. I just happen to not have much experience with HTC. I had a desire HD. rooted. but got rid of it shortly after.
like I said if I was so desperate for the s4 I would get it. or i would go out and buy one outright. i saved 150 buying the one, its got rave reviews, and so far save for a few thinga i love it. I said I don't care about aluminum, but truth be told this phone seems much more robust than s4. materials aside. and that's important. if it was a robust plastic phone I would not care.
I've been reading the forums but really haven't had much time lately. thanks for replies

gemini002 said:
Man you guys are so helpful S-off your phone and unlock ur bootloader then load the 4.2.2 leak the battery life and camera are amazing on it...root and use greenify and enable auto hibernation.Enable power saver but disable the screen option(which really dims screen) put screen brightness @ 50% trust me awesome Battery life
HTC ONE rooted,S-Off,SuperCid
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About that screenshot... Did you leave it unplugged @ 100% from the last nightt? 7hrs with 98% is just unrealistic, and considering it's early morning when you took the shot...

AndresGalvan98 said:
About that screenshot... Did you leave it unplugged @ 100% from the last nightt? 7hrs with 98% is just unrealistic, and considering it's early morning when you took the shot...
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yes I unplugged it @ 100% went to bed woke up took screen shoot it is the same every time if i sleep more than 9hrs sometimes it will be @ 97%...powersave on this phone is awesome i just disable it for my screen and set it 50% brightness everything is on wifi bluetooth etc ,the phone goes into a deep sleep when in standby and with greenify hibernating everything(google maps etc) this is real man