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[Q] Which Phone?

I'm looking to buy a new phone but I'm not sure which to get.
I'm Canadian so my options are a bit limited.
My 3 options are:
Galaxy S Captivate
Galaxy S Vibrant
Desire Z
I was leaning towards the Desire Z because the physical keyboard but after reading all the problems about the G2 I started to reconsider. I may get the Desire Z if it doesn't have the same problems as the G2. But if not which phone should I get the Captivate or the Vibrant?

break it down to this:
front camera important - bell galaxy s vibrant
physical keyboard important - desire z
otherwise, rogers galaxy s captivate
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the choice is obvious
Galaxy S i9000M (Bell Vibrant)
do not be fooled by the USA T-mobile Vibrant which is completely out of the league inferior sibling of the I9000 series

aridoasis said:
break it down to this:
front camera important - bell galaxy s vibrant
physical keyboard important - desire z
otherwise, rogers galaxy s captivate
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Sorry for no being very clear in my original post.
The main thing I care about is hackability and update speed (from 2.2 - 3.0 and so on). Everything else I would be willing to compromise on. But having a keyboard or front facing camera would be nice.
The vibrant doesn't have a search button, is that a big deal?
Whats the differences between the captivate and the vibrant?

re: keyboard, then you should go with the Sprint version of Galaxy S (Edge 4G)
all SGS phones are the same in regards to ROM releases
we are slowly getting more and more ROM Developers participating, so you should see more frequent unofficial ROMs and more choices
all Android phones are super hackable, you can pretty much do anything you want and change anything you want out of the box, after it has been rooted
smitty5569 said:
Sorry for no being very clear in my original post.
The main thing I care about is hackability and update speed (from 2.2 - 3.0 and so on). Everything else I would be willing to compromise on. But having a keyboard or front facing camera would be nice.
The vibrant doesn't have a search button, is that a big deal?
Whats the differences between the captivate and the vibrant?
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Eugh. As much as I would reccomend the SGS, I can't. Samsung has killed this phone! I'd personally get the Desire Z, more dev support, better software (hardware is NOTHING without software) and the keyboard will be great.

khsbenny said:
Eugh. As much as I would reccomend the SGS, I can't. Samsung has killed this phone! I'd personally get the Desire Z, more dev support, better software (hardware is NOTHING without software) and the keyboard will be great.
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Spot on, Nailed it

Galaxy s without a question.
I got 2 now and they are super.
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khsbenny said:
Eugh. As much as I would reccomend the SGS, I can't. Samsung has killed this phone! I'd personally get the Desire Z, more dev support, better software (hardware is NOTHING without software) and the keyboard will be great.
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How did Samsung kill SGS?

[Q] considering upgrading/sidegrading

I was considering buying the Infuse I was wondering if anybody has/uses both I have a few questions:
Does the GPS actually work without a random hardware factor.
How easy is it to install a custom ROM compared to the Cappy
Is there a Better choice the 4.5" screen is nice but is there a new/better phone in the works with a dual core that would be better to wait on.
Anything else I should know before/if I choose to upgrade.

Why don't you ask this in the infuse Q&A? They would know better than us.

I was looking for a comparison between the 2 phones they could have have told me all about the Infuse on their section but I was curious about how it stacked up against my current phone a cappy.

This caught my eye I was hoping there were some answers in here lol
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scooterjes said:
I was looking for a comparison between the 2 phones they could have have told me all about the Infuse on their section but I was curious about how it stacked up against my current phone a cappy.
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Your best bet would be to read over the Q&A section and see what they say. No one will be able to tell you if you will like it more or less then your captivate. Should make your own mind up with research.

No device is perfect!

Ok, so how come everytime we get a new device we complain about everything. Screen, battery, gps, and everything else! It's getting old. No device is going to be perfect! Come on we have a kick ass device! The Galaxy S2 is awesome. Tired of all the bashing and complaining going on in the forums. can't we just enjoy our awesome device and the awesome Roms and support the devs give us? Nope because we are spoiled!
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2

I love this phone. Its the best I have ever had and I have had a g1, sgs4g, g2, g2x, sensation, amaze, and a couple sprint androids. The roms a very good and the devs are as well. There does seem to be a lot of childish bickering here that needs to stop, but I think the phone is an ass kicking device.
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Only if you're lucky enough to have non-problem screen then the rest is perfect.
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True but the screen problem is unforgivable. If I can get it fixed then I can overlook all the other problems this phone has.

if the iphone 4s had a bigger screen lets say 4" atleast, it would be the perfect device lol
if the galaxy s 2 had a better screen with no lines or blobs and we got updates fast, like lets say ICS!! it would be the perfect device..
if googled made it a requirement to update your device to the new OS, things would be soo different..
if it only it was like the iphone lol

After all the bugs and issues on my G2x, the SII is a pleasure to own.
People are always going to complain. The best thing we can do is not respond to their threads/posts.

I never had an issue with my g2x i was lucky and the blobs on here arent that noticable to me so all in all im a happy camper
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darkside79 said:
Ok, so how come everytime we get a new device we complain about everything. Screen, battery, gps, and everything else! It's getting old. No device is going to be perfect! Come on we have a kick ass device! The Galaxy S2 is awesome. Tired of all the bashing and complaining going on in the forums. can't we just enjoy our awesome device and the awesome Roms and support the devs give us? Nope because we are spoiled!
Killing Zombies With My Samsung Galaxy S2
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+1 dude I love this device the screen problem is no biggie I don't Read in the dark with the lowest setting possible and even still dont realky see it. But like op said every device isnt perfect and i had just about every device. This gs2 is by far the sweetest phone i owned to date i still think my next device will prolly be a nexus device or the s3 if its sick enough. But yea man i love my phone its super fast and reliable. It was also the first device where i thought the stock rom was half decent. I am definitely enjoying this device and will for a good while with or without ics. Even tho that would be a sweet addition to our roms
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funziebear said:
I never had an issue with my g2x i was lucky and the blobs on here arent that noticable to me so all in all im a happy camper
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The g2x was one of my favorite devices and now the wife has it and enjoys.

Would any of us have noticed the screen issue if we hadn't read about it on xda?
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Had every mytouch, g2x and I honestly think this is the best fone....I loved my mytouch 4g though not going to lie lol
Screen prob. Tgat every1 talks about isnt tgat serious I have the brightness at 25% and I don't notice a single prob....now on 0% then I see it lol but that's wayyy to dark to enjoy this beautiful screen....ppl r always going to find something to nit pick and complain about I just ignore it.
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With out a doubt the Samsung Galaxy S II is the #1 phone in the world for 2011-current. Some other phones have other features or other small features that make them better in some aspects, such as the Galaxy Nexus screen. Other wise the SGSII is uncontested in every aspect and in sales.
CONS: Now, not by choice I own the T-Mobile SGSII which is another story all together. Yes, T-Mobile and Samsung changed a few features on this device to make it unique to T-Mobile. Whether good or bad it is very clear that the SGSII for TMO has a decrease in screen resolution, CPU and GPU Graphics performance. Other people have complained about lines and blobs on there screen, which I am fortunately enough not to experience on my device. But the worse part of the TMO version is the design......because Apple had to be a B*%^& and sue Samsung over this device we lost the three main button/keys from the original UK version. I like real buttons and would have loved to have a real home button and a back and menu button, ps who actually uses the search button?...worthless! The only other thing I would change would have been to have waited for the white one to come out before buying.
PROS: Personally I don't see much of a decrease in the screen resolution at all, I LOVE IT, and love the size to! The speed of the phone when at its best is amazing (have yet to root my phone and over clock it so I expect to to be even better soon when I do). Until we get ICS I am very content with the Go Launcher ICS theme which is easy to customize.
Over all even with my small simple complaints this is by far the best phone I have even own and still think no other phone on the market competes.

HRodMusic said:
if the iphone 4s had a bigger screen lets say 4" atleast, it would be the perfect device lol
if the galaxy s 2 had a better screen with no lines or blobs and we got updates fast, like lets say ICS!! it would be the perfect device..
if googled made it a requirement to update your device to the new OS, things would be soo different..
if it only it was like the iphone lol
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I totally disagree..
The iphone would still have a horribly bland and boring os and would still have a horrid build quality (shattering from a 1 foot drop)

jordanishere said:
Would any of us have noticed the screen issue if we hadn't read about it on xda?
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Yes, I first noticed it on an HD video I was watching and I thought it was something wrong with the video itself. In fact, I would not even know about xda if it weren't for the screen issue (so it's the other way around).
knickfan5745 said:
After all the bugs and issues on my G2x, the SII is a pleasure to own.
People are always going to complain. The best thing we can do is not respond to their threads/posts.
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Lol.

I still haven't seen the difference myself, better yet I would rather not see it because I would just be upset about it, right? But its not something that makes me happy when I hear that Samsung and TMO made it slower and less screen quality.

synergeticink said:
I still haven't seen the difference myself, better yet I would rather not see it because I would just be upset about it, right? But its not something that makes me happy when I hear that Samsung and TMO made it slower and less screen quality.
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Skyrocket has the same issue as well

I thought that the skyrocket and our phone were the exact same device. Wasn't it just discovered that ours supports LTE as well? Whats the differences?

The difference is the processor (Qualcomm vs. Exynos), and the screen itself (4.5" vs. 4.3"). Sadly, our 4.5" screen is the one with the blobs/lines.
This really isn't the carrier's fault, but if they are refusing you a refund/exchange then it is.

huh, so are the blobs/lines caused by something or over time? Or do some devices just have them?

synergeticink said:
I thought that the skyrocket and our phone were the exact same device. Wasn't it just discovered that ours supports LTE as well? Whats the differences?
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I think it the same actually, hence why I'm in this forum

synergeticink said:
huh, so are the blobs/lines caused by something or over time? Or do some devices just have them?
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Some devices just have them. Others have speculated that all have them to an extent but some are better than others.
renegadefunk said:
I think it the same actually, hence why I'm in this forum
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Yep, Skyrocket is the same as this phone. (I have Skyrocket)

[Q] Which phone to buy? 9000 or 9001?

Hello to everyone, I've recently started searching to buy a new phone and I saw Galaxy S and Galaxy S Plus. I saw that GS+ is 40% faster than the original one but I also heard that the GS consumes less RAM and that the GS+ lags a lot more.
Also, I saw that 9000 has a wider community and support and that it even has more payable games from gameloft than the 9001!
And so, I'm a bit confused, that's why I'm asking for advice. Thanks a lot in advance!

hi,
it really depends on whether we get ics ported for sgs+ or not.
if you just compare the hardware of both sgs+ will easily win, but the community is much bigger for sgs (we neither have any finished cm7 port nor ics, but both are maybe coming).

Thanks for your answer! I also happened to see people say that GS+ lags more than the original GS (both on GB) and people saying that it looks like samsung doesn't give much support to it, unlike the GS. That's what has been making me wonder.

If you are not planning to upgrade from stock rom(wich I dont advise) you should go with the SGS+.
Like annqx said there is a much better communitx for SGS, there are a lot more roms for it.

Sorry for my late reply, I had internet issues the whole week, anyway, I see, maybe then I'm going for the SGS+, since it's newer, I believe it will get more popular in the future. Thanks a lot for your answers!

Not sure it will get that much more popular. Remember galaxy s was top end phone at one point. Now replaced by s2, and soon s3. Just my opinion but could be wrong.
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Well having used both phones and still using S version i would personaly say S as you already know about modding obviously being part of this community .
S+ is better on paper and thats what it only is , unless some drastic change in modding com and suddenly many devs appear for S+...
S with CM7/9 is just to good of phone ...

I'm satisfied with my S Plus. In my opinion it is a good fast phone
And not to forget, GPS is better in the S Plus, many people had problems on that with the SGS.

I9000 is better than I9001 because it have better dev support, better gpu and cpu .
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[Q] Porting Leaked Samsung Firmware N7100XXUEMI6

Hello everyone, a couple of days ago I saw the video for the leaked Samsung Firmware for the GT-N7100 Note II (N7100XXUEMI6). I quite liked what I saw, I think that its quite an improvement compare to what the GT-N7000 Note I has got so far.
So I bring this question to Devs here on XDA. Do you (Devs) think it would be posible to port this to the GT-N7000 Note I? Do you think it would run smoothly on our device? Would it work properlly?
Hope to hear (read) your thoughts about it soon.
Best regards from Venezuela.

rupalazzi said:
Hello everyone, a couple of days ago I saw the video for the leaked Samsung Firmware for the GT-N7100 Note II (N7100XXUEMI6). I quite liked what I saw, I think that its quite an improvement compare to what the GT-N7000 Note I has got so far.
So I bring this question to Devs here on XDA. Do you (Devs) think it would be posible to port this to the GT-N7000 Note I? Do you think it would run smoothly on our device? Would it work properlly?
Hope to hear (read) your thoughts about it soon.
Best regards from Venezuela.
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Well i did kind of the same question in a topic, and the answer was no.Why ?, well different cpu,gpu,screen size, and of course it would take too much work to make it work.But then again im pretty much optimistic and i hope someone comes overe here and shut my mouth

diegonnc said:
Well i did kind of the same question in a topic, and the answer was no.Why ?, well different cpu,gpu,screen size, and of course it would take too much work to make it work.But then again im pretty much optimistic and i hope someone comes overe here and shut my mouth
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yes .. i feel like samsung has totally fogotten GT N7000 forever :/ S3 and GN2 have leaked 4.2.2 and 4.3 now and we are still fighting for a battery bar and GN3 weather widget port :/ pity
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