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Hey guys . Hi.
I'm thinking of buying this device. It got amazing specs on paper but need to know its performance practically.
Here are some of my questions!
1. How's the sound quality of this phone?
2. Tell me your reviews and experience on this device.
3. Tell the bugs you find .too.
Shriharsh said:
Hey guys . Hi.
I'm thinking of buying this device. It got amazing specs on paper but need to know its performance practically.
Here are some of my questions!
1. How's the sound quality of this phone?
2. Tell me your reviews and experience on this device.
3. Tell the bugs you find .too.
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The phone straight of the box is not all that 'flash'...in order to reach it's full potential you will need to flash newer firmware and/or customs roms...for increased sound quality you will need Voodoo Sound, and I would recommend PowerAmp also. Once all that is complete you'll have one hell of a phone (seriously)
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Some questions on rom manager
After i install rom manager and put custom clockwork mod recovery ,would i still need pc to flash roms with odin or i can do it without pc?
Also it would be nice if someone tell the procedure on how to install roms using rom manager?
Shriharsh said:
Hey guys . Hi.
I'm thinking of buying this device. It got amazing specs on paper but need to know its performance practically.
Here are some of my questions!
1. How's the sound quality of this phone?
2. Tell me your reviews and experience on this device.
3. Tell the bugs you find .too.
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1. There is a fair bit of support for sound quality on this device. I am no audiophile, but I think its pretty good. There is a Voodoo Control app that lets you get a little more in depth with all of this, a quick search for it might help you figure out if its what you're looking for.
2. I love my SGS. Tons of fun ROM's available, ported apps, despite what some say I experience great battery life, with the upgrade to 2.3.3 I have great GPS. The screen is extraordinary, and it has one of the best community followings on XDA
3. There are some bugs with the GPS system. Some people experience poor satellite locks. There are a few different things that can cause it, most with viable workarounds or fixes. Other than that....the only bugs I've found have been software, and usually fixed by Dev's.
beaver2233 said:
The phone straight of the box is not all that 'flash'...in order to reach it's full potential you will need to flash newer firmware and/or customs roms...for increased sound quality you will need Voodoo Sound, and I would recommend PowerAmp also. Once all that is complete you'll have one hell of a phone (seriously)
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and what about bugs?
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and what about bugs?
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Varies depending on what rom/firmware you choose as stated above about GPS, however I don't use it so doesn't worry me...
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out of the box my phone had 2.2 froyo which has been ok for me. The best thing about the phone and android platform is how much you can change.
The thing that made me choose this over HTC is the screen is it's a more manageable size and the screen is covered in gorilla glass - MUCH harder to crack/break. So many of my friends have cracked iphones and HTC's.
Flashing to late gingerbread/good custom rom's makes the phone incredibly quick compared to stock and much more fluid and usable.
No regrets on this phone, except that the SII is out soon ;D
beaver2233 said:
Varies depending on what rom/firmware you choose as stated above about GPS, however I don't use it so doesn't worry me...
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tell me more about rom manager and how it works?
gorilla Glass?
i dont think galaxy S comes with gorilla glass !!!
johnmerlyn said:
i dont think galaxy S comes with gorilla glass !!!
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gsmarena has mentioned that it is powered by gorilla glass. Have a look here http://xrl.us/bhk6hi
Powered by gorilla glass?
It has gorilla glass but gets absolutely no power from it....
Lol anyways!
quit asking questions and just buy the farking thing!
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Shriharsh said:
tell me more about rom manager and how it works?
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Rom manager ? There's no real need for that in my opinion, to start off you just use Odin (on your PC, very simple) to flash an updated stock firmware, 2.3.3 probably best. Once that's done you download any rom you want from the Galaxy S Android Development Thread. However to do all this, including using Odin, you (the phone) MUST have both download mode (with phone off, hold home button + volume down + power) and recovery mode (same but volume up instead of down). Pretty sure 95% of them do have these modes.
I would definitely recommend buying an i9000 right now.
The hardware is solid and reasonably future-proof, including some features that newer phones lack such as the AMOLED screen and Gorilla Glass. The 1Ghz processor may not be dual core as some of the newer phones will be sporting, but in real day to day usage the performance difference between dual core and single core CPUs is not really noticable, assuming you aren't doing heavy gaming on your phone.
The i9000 modding community is very strong so even once Samsung stops providing software updates to the phone, you will still be able to get the latest and greatest thanks to XDA devs. Often the ROMs you can get here will be superior to the stock ROMs for such phones as the Galaxy S II (and probably even III). You can also opt to install Cm7 on the i9000 now to ensure your phone will be getting regular updates for at least a few years to come.
Lastly, now that the Galaxy S II and other next gen phones are being released, you should be able to get a great deal on an i9000.
There are two major bugs for the international SGS line.
The first one, lag, can be fixed pretty easily, if you don't mind rooting your phone and generally doing things that void your warranty. The main problem is to do with the file system used on the phone. It may seem fine at first but it bogs down after a while and a week or two later can be pretty unusuable. Although this varies from person to person, and a lot of the newer firmwares are a lot better than the old ones. Still this is pretty easy to fix permanently if you have a problem, just flash a kernal supporting voodoo lagfix or universal lagfix and then convert the filesystem.
The second major problem is the GPS. User experience varies very greatly for this, some report their gps working perfectly all the time whist others claim it to be literally useless. The problem seems to be a combination of hardware and software and there are a lot of fixes which have widely varrying success rates and may work perfectly for one person but be useless for another. In my experience the gps is probably not reliable enough for navigation but will do alright. Sometimes it locks to an accuracy of 5m - other times 5km. If you consider GPS an important function, then I would probably have to recommend you look elsewhere.
Gingerbread, the latest version of android is available for our phones, but it has a few bugs in it. So some people prefer running the later version of froyo which are very reliable and there is lots of support and extras for. However as gingerbread is more commonly adopted it is starting to take over and get many of the extra features that are available for froyo.
Alternatively, the phone now has official cyanogenmod support after a long time of it being unofficial and too hard to make work as an official version. This will enable you to run the latest and greatest android versions for some time to come but at the moment it drains battery much faster than samsung based roms.
As for gorilla glass, it's certainly a great thing to have, and much better than normal glass, but by no means does it make your phone invincible to scratches and cracks. Some people may still prefer to use a screen protector, some people do not, it's really up to you to decide that. However I've seen far too many expect gorilla glass to mean invincible and they get a big scratch on their 3rd day or something and then complain too much. Having tried it with and without a screen cover, the plain glass does feel a little bit nicer, but if you get a good quality cover it's almost unnoticeable. Just take care of your phone either way.
Now as for sound, out of the box it is pretty average. However it has a high quality audio chip and its average sound output is due to rushed sound drivers. Supercurio has essentially reworked the sound drivers and has made a huge difference to the sound making it very high quality. There is a free version and a paid version. The Free version gets pretty much all the same stuff but you have to use a custom kernal with voodoo sound built into it. The paid version only requires your phone to be rooted and it can inject the voodoo sound drivers into any kernel. The best bit about this is you always get the latest version of voodoo sound without having to flash anything new. Even if the kernel you use has an old version of voodoo sound, using the paid up you will always get the newest. The paid version also gets the latest new features before they are brought to the free one.
EDIT: One last thing, try and have a look at the display model. The Galaxy S uses a pentile matrix sub-pixel layout which some people find looks funny and they cannot stand it. If the screen looks fine to you then don't worry about it. It looks fine to me.
I was rushing anxiously to buy the sgs 2 but fortunately I stopped to check out s1 and gave myself a chance to try it, after using that amazing phone, no need for the dual processor of the s2 with the present apps on the market now, maybe later on.
What I love in this phone:
1. Amazing screen
2. Compact size
3. Sound quality (boosted by voodo)
4. Fair processor speed.
I switched from htc hd2
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Shriharsh said:
Hey guys . Hi.
I'm thinking of buying this device. It got amazing specs on paper but need to know its performance practically.
Here are some of my questions!
1. How's the sound quality of this phone?
2. Tell me your reviews and experience on this device.
3. Tell the bugs you find .too.
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Since I bought this phone 8 months ago and still using it I reccomend you to buy.
Here are my asnwers to your questions. Please note that these are depending on my experience and opinions. It is impossible for me to be very objective.
1. Sound quality is perfect. I was using Iphone 3g before. Compared to iphone it is perfect. But it may such compared to some other devices that I did not used or have knowledge about it.
2. The screen is awesome. Color, sensitivity are perfect. Little bit less resolution than I phone but the look is better than iphone (iphone 4 of course). The battery life is about same compared with these kind of devices. Speed is reasonable. The thing that I do not like is the back button can be touched accidentaly easily resulting exiting programs. Not a big deal.
3. Bugs are dependable. If you flash a lot of roms like me, or install applications out from the market it is possible to have some bugs.
Hello i want to buy this awesome device .. previously i was thinking of buying LG O 2X . but due to it reboot n crash problems i m thinking of buying this phone the only questions i would like to ask
1 - can this deice be rooted ?
2- Howz the Camera
3- Battery life
4- Anyother problems like reboot or anything else this device is facing ?
anshmiester78900 said:
Hello i want to buy this awesome device .. previously i was thinking of buying LG O 2X . but due to it reboot n crash problems i m thinking of buying this phone the only questions i would like to ask
1 - can this deice be rooted ?
2- Howz the Camera
3- Battery life
4- Anyother problems like reboot or anything else this device is facing ?
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1.Yes, you need to S-OFF first using AlphaRevX and then you can root.
2.Its not up to its 8MP mark, the noise reduction is a lot in the camera, in other words, a 8MP picture on this phone is actually not a 8MP picture.My previous phone that had a 5MP sensor used to take far better pictures.
3.The battery life's great, if you use ARHD ROM it improves even further.
4.No, there is a wifi drop issue but that's with all gingerbread phones.
hussainmushahid said:
1.Yes, you need to S-OFF first using AlphaRevX and then you can root.
2.Its not up to its 8MP mark, the noise reduction is a lot in the camera, in other words, a 8MP picture on this phone is actually not a 8MP picture.My previous phone that had a 5MP sensor used to take far better pictures.
3.The battery life's great, if you use ARHD ROM it improves even further.
4.No, there is a wifi drop issue but that's with all gingerbread phones.
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Ohh mate thnx alot +1 for ya
also is device is on GB rit ? so will it get any Future updates ?
Also hows the Sense 3 roms on it ? how about CM7
im sorry im asking too much question cuz previously i wasted a lot of time in O2X which im not buying now . i gave a thought about Desire HD also but its battery is not good so i thought of this phone
anshmiester78900 said:
Ohh mate thnx alot +1 for ya
also is device is on GB rit ? so will it get any Future updates ?
Also hows the Sense 3 roms on it ? how about CM7
im sorry im asking too much question cuz previously i wasted a lot of time in O2X which im not buying now . i gave a thought about Desire HD also but its battery is not good so i thought of this phone
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if your device comes with froyo, update it via OTA or more better is to make a gold card, download a RUU that supports AlphaRevX (WWE European) put it in it and flash via bootloader. Then you can use AlphaRevX to S-OFF.(You will find all such instructions in the android development category) Some new official ROM bases do not support AlphaRevX so it better to update via goldcard just to be safe.
Sense 3.0 ROM i.e Virtious Unity performs very good, doesn't lag at all, comes with a great kernel with OC on demand. I personally don't like sense and am on MIUI. You can give CM7 a try but the buttons won't rotate(not something of much concern, will probably be fixed in the next update) It would be stock vanilla android and you can customize it in any way you like plus it will perform very fast or you could try MIUI which is based on CM7. You could also try ARHD, its clean,fast and stable.
hussainmushahid said:
if your device comes with froyo, update it via OTA or more better is to make a gold card, download a RUU that supports AlphaRevX (WWE European) put it in it and flash via bootloader. Then you can use AlphaRevX to S-OFF.(You will find all such instructions in the android development category) Some new official ROM bases do not support AlphaRevX so it better to update via goldcard just to be safe.
Sense 3.0 ROM i.e Virtious Unity performs very good, doesn't lag at all, comes with a great kernel with OC on demand. I personally don't like sense and am on MIUI. You can give CM7 a try but the buttons won't rotate(not something of much concern, will probably be fixed in the next update) It would be stock vanilla android and you can customize it in any way you like plus it will perform very fast or you could try MIUI which is based on CM7. You could also try ARHD, its clean,fast and stable.
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+1 for the amazing reply man . thnx a lot
So now i have made my mind that this phone is my next n first Android
I think its necessary that you should be knowing these 2 minor problems.
1.Back cover creeking, happens to only some people, can be fixed using a plastic tape or piece of paper placed inside. Its nothing to worry about.
2.If you view the rotatable buttons from one side, one will appear brighter than the others, the opposite if you view from the other side.Its probably because of the dual LCD button layers. Again not something of much concerns, if you see it straight, you wont notice. On my phone, I can partially see the landscape search button in portrait mode, it makes it look a bit weird.
hussainmushahid said:
I think its necessary that you should be knowing these 2 minor problems.
1.Back cover creeking, happens to only some people, can be fixed using a plastic tape or piece of paper placed inside. Its nothing to worry about.
2.If you view the rotatable buttons from one side, one will appear brighter than the others, the opposite if you view from the other side.Its probably because of the dual LCD button layers. Again not something of much concerns, if you see it straight, you wont notice. On my phone, I can partially see the landscape search button in portrait mode, it makes it look a bit weird.
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Ok thnx i think im ok with these
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Since you're in India, if you but this phone, you will have a Asian ROM so you would have to change to a european one in order to S-OFF. If you need any help later on, don't hesitate to ask.The guides are available in the development section that explain every step in detail.
hussainmushahid said:
Since you're in India, if you but this phone, you will have a Asian ROM so you would have to change to a european one in order to S-OFF. If you need any help later on, don't hesitate to ask.The guides are available in the development section that explain every step in detail.
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Sure mate i will come to you
Also i was just checking out the Guides and all & i hardly understood any word there lol
anshmiester78900 said:
Sure mate i will come to you
Also i was just checking out the Guides and all & i hardly understood any word there lol
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you will understand eventually, I was at your stage once too
hussainmushahid said:
you will understand eventually, I was at your stage once too
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Cool ok .!!
Well, I'm an x8 user, I'm gonna change the phone in some months and wanna ask if i really should buy this device
I know too much about roms cuz well I'm developing one
I wanna ask you guys, should i use it in stock and then wait for official ics or stock roms suck?
Does this phone really need all the stuff to work smooth? I mean custom kernel, rom etc because well its dualcore phone and looks that in some post i read, my phone works better
Thanks
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It's an awesome phone with cm7
well the stock rom it's not the best out there obviously... blatware apps, poor kernel make it a bad choice if you have alternatives.
for me, the best one is CM7, even better with a custom kernel like the Etana one. lots of tweaks and optimizations if you know what i mean
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well the stock rom it's not the best out there obviously... blatware apps, poor kernel make it a bad choice if you have alternatives.
for me, the best one is CM7, even better with a custom kernel like the Etana one. lots of tweaks and optimizations if you know what i mean
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But an official update to ics wont be enough? cuz i guess LG will fix lots of things in ics
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Hi leroy.
I will give you my personal unbiased opinion about it.
I bought the phone and it came with stock froyo (android 2.2). And I thought it was fine. I could play games with no problems at all. Didn't experience any of the problems that lots of people were complaining about (SoD, bad battery life, etc). I "test-drove" it for three weeks more or less, just to make sure everything was working fine, and it was.
And then I flashed temasek's latest kang and vadonka's latest kernel. And I do not regret it one bit. The phone is smoother, more responsive, and battery life is better by at least 25%. Unfortunately I did not do a quadrant benchmark before flashing, so I don't have a before and after comparison, but the phone "feels" much better, no doubts about it.
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Hi leroy.
I will give you my personal unbiased opinion about it.
I bought the phone and it came with stock froyo (android 2.2). And I thought it was fine. I could play games with no problems at all. Didn't experience any of the problems that lots of people were complaining about (SoD, bad battery life, etc). I "test-drove" it for three weeks more or less, just to make sure everything was working fine, and it was.
And then I flashed temasek's latest kang and vadonka's latest kernel. And I do not regret it one bit. The phone is smoother, more responsive, and battery life is better by at least 25%. Unfortunately I did not do a quadrant benchmark before flashing, so I don't have a before and after comparison, but the phone "feels" much better, no doubts about it.
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Thanks looks like a big change from phone to phone but i guess stock will be enough for a while, it will be a perfect phone and i will try development after using it for a while
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leroy_coco said:
Thanks looks like a big change from phone to phone but i guess stock will be enough for a while, it will be a perfect phone and i will try development after using it for a while
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I tend to believe that what differs from phone to phone is the "bloatware" that carrier dependent phones have installed. I bought an unbranded phone, so I am guessing that is the main reason why I was such a happy customer to begin with, even with stock ROM. A stock unbranded ROM, I might add.
LarsPT said:
I tend to believe that what differs from phone to phone is the "bloatware" that carrier dependent phones have installed. I bought an unbranded phone, so I am guessing that is the main reason why I was such a happy customer to begin with, even with stock ROM. A stock unbranded ROM, I might add.
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So, theres a way ti change that bloatware?
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Sorry But i dont know what bloatware mean
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My definition of "bloatware" is basically crap software that your carrier (for example vodafone or movistar or whatever) preloads in your branded phone (phone sim locked to your carrier). This software is usually very bad software poorly developed that has memory leakage and drains your battery.
This might be a very biased opinion from me, but usually I like my operating systems to be as clean as possible, only with the software/applications I really need and use. This usually makes for a very fast, responsive and efficient system.
LarsPT said:
My definition of "bloatware" is basically crap software that your carrier (for example vodafone or movistar or whatever) preloads in your branded phone (phone sim locked to your carrier). This software is usually very bad software poorly developed that has memory leakage and drains your battery.
This might be a very biased opinion from me, but usually I like my operating systems to be as clean as possible, only with the software/applications I really need and use. This usually makes for a very fast, responsive and efficient system.
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Well, so installing custom rom will replace craping software or just similar unlocking phone?
Also i have hear this is a great phone for developing, but why there's not too much moves as in our threads? Couldn't it be because the phone doesn't need too much developing?
Another question, will official ics fix that or i should upgrade to cm9?
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leroy_coco said:
Well, so installing custom rom will replace craping software or just similar unlocking phone?
Also i have hear this is a great phone for developing, but why there's not too much moves as in our threads? Couldn't it be because the phone doesn't need too much developing?
Another question, will official ics fix that or i should upgrade to cm9?
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Trust me, the devs for the O2X are awesome. They seriously do great jobs and even create miracles for this device. Just about a month ago, CM9 wasn't available. Many things didn't work, but now thanks to awesome guys like RC and Owain, they made it available to us.
If I were you I wouldn't wait do the official LG release. The GB release was way overdue. LG promised release dates they didn't met and I think this will also happen with ICS. LG said that they would release ICS during the 2nd quarter of this year. I bet that LG won't release it then but probably in 2013 .
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Trust me, the devs for the O2X are awesome. They seriously do great jobs and even create miracles for this device. Just about a month ago, CM9 wasn't available. Many things didn't work, but now thanks to awesome guys like RC and Owain, they made it available to us.
If I were you I wouldn't wait do the official LG release. The GB release was way overdue. LG promised release dates they didn't met and I think this will also happen with ICS. LG said that they would release ICS during the 2nd quarter of this year. I bet that LG won't release it then but probably in 2013 .
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Crap
But cm is always better, more customization etc the only thing that worries me is that cm can me the phone lose some characteristics
I mean, i lose HDMI, the 8 MP camera is 6 MP camera that's what i mean
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leroy_coco said:
Crap
But cm is always better, more customization etc the only thing that worries me is that cm can me the phone lose some characteristics
I mean, i lose HDMI, the 8 MP camera is 6 MP camera that's what i mean
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Who needs that anyways?
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Who needs that anyways?
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Me, camera: i need an HD camera because i don't have one
HDMI: i have an LCD and i wanna get the best experience in gaming, movies etc
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leroy_coco said:
Crap
But cm is always better, more customization etc the only thing that worries me is that cm can me the phone lose some characteristics
I mean, i lose HDMI, the 8 MP camera is 6 MP camera that's what i mean
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I don't know if there is HDMI out or not in CM, because I've never used it while using CM, but it does work fine in MIUI.
And what do you mean by "8 MP is 6 MP"? I thought the resolution just stays the same. Either way, the stock camera app has been ported over to CM7 based roms, and it works just as good as in stock ROM.
Honestly, using MIUI (Wiui to be exact), the experience is alot better, and there is almost no feature sacrificed compared to stock
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I don't know if there is HDMI out or not in CM, because I've never used it while using CM, but it does work fine in MIUI.
And what do you mean by "8 MP is 6 MP"? I thought the resolution just stays the same. Either way, the stock camera app has been ported over to CM7 based roms, and it works just as good as in stock ROM.
Honestly, using MIUI (Wiui to be exact), the experience is alot better, and there is almost no feature sacrificed compared to stock
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I have lots if things to learn, but this is a good start
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For me, this phone is best in its class and value-for-money phone.
I only have 1 complain, The battery.
But once you get an extended battery, this phone is perfect.
But once you get an extended battery
What you mean?
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There are batteries you can buy with more capacity than the stock battery that comes with the phone.
However, I can easily get two day battery life with the stock battery, so personally I don't understand why so many people complain about their battery life. As far as I know it's about the same as other smart phones.
Hi all,
I just sold my LG optimus 3d P920 and looking to buy my next smart phone. After a while this one seems to be a good choice with nice performance/price where I live. But still, I have some questions:
_ Given the bad reputation of LG for late (or sometimes, even no) software update, is this phone any different? What are the current android versions this device can run? Are most people happy or disappointed?
_ How is the community's support for the 4x HD? Are there many custom ROMs? Are rooting/ installing roms/ reverting back to stock roms easy? Are there good CyanogenMod ROMs/MIUI ROMs or other AOSP ROMs for this device?
_ How is the overall user experience towards this phone? Is it worthy to buy? Is it good to use casually in real life?
I've read some reviews about this phone but those asked above are real life experience related, so I have to ask you guys here. Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
advice is don't buy this one, some of us still can not unlock bootloader which means you don't have tons of custom roms, for now.
and the memory is small, most big games running lag like ****.
i don't play games with my phone so i don't really care about this.
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K9998 said:
advice is don't buy this one, some of us still can not unlock bootloader which means you don't have tons of custom roms, for now.
and the memory is small, most big games running lag like ****.
i don't play games with my phone so i don't really care about this.
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Well game lags have nothing to do with the amount of memory...its the kernel. With this said...the JB update via OTA will unlock the bootloader and with this custom Rom and kernels will come and the performance issues will be dealt with...this is the only problem with this phone...everything else is butter smooth...the screen is amazing ...the design and form factor are both great. Overall its a great phone with still untapped potential. Just wait till LG decided to effin update it, and the beast will be awoken.
Custom Roms and developer support will come with the official update...so it's just a matter of time. CyanogenMod as far as I know have been talked about ...but not until the phone is fully unlocked.
Rooting is available on ICS via the standard means but on the leaked JB beta but it's a bit dodgy.
So yeah great hardware, scrappy software support, but as soon as its updated and unlocked, I bet it's gonna be a beast of a phone.
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I would say dont buy it. But it depends on the money you want to spend.
NightyNight said:
Well game lags have nothing to do with the amount of memory...its the kernel. With this said...the JB update via OTA will unlock the bootloader and with this custom Rom and kernels will come and the performance issues will be dealt with...this is the only problem with this phone...everything else is butter smooth...the screen is amazing ...the design and form factor are both great. Overall its a great phone with still untapped potential. Just wait till LG decided to effin update it, and the beast will be awoken.
Custom Roms and developer support will come with the official update...so it's just a matter of time. CyanogenMod as far as I know have been talked about ...but not until the phone is fully unlocked.
Rooting is available on ICS via the standard means but on the leaked JB beta but it's a bit dodgy.
So yeah great hardware, scrappy software support, but as soon as its updated and unlocked, I bet it's gonna be a beast of a phone.
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Welcome to our forum .
I was an Optimus 3D user too .
About root and recovery we have both of them . And about Dev's they are little at the moment but we have dexter someone like xbsall or maybe better he can port recoveries , kernels , ROMs .
The bootloaders WAS locked but now with JB it's unlocked .
This device is new compared with P920 so little devs here until now .
For me I see it exellent and the best for its price .
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Go for it best price in this class very nice phone
Easy to root and update with xda guides !
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My O4X have a lot dust under the screen The bootloader will be unlocked with the JB upgrade, so new roms are coming. The performance of the HW is good for every day tasks, I do not use it for games.
For a branded, advanced hardware and cheap device go for it.Just an heads up the camera has autofocus issues but works perfectly with other camera apps. Rest it is par with other action packed devices. But development of this phone is still in its toddler stage. So if you dare to wait like us then
Like people say: best screen, speed and hardware specs/battery for the price.
Only problem is lack of custom bootloader.. which isn't much of a problem for most users anyway. Camera isn't extremely good. But if you download another camera-app, that's easily fixed, so...
Another thing - you kind of don't actually want a phone to get updates every week. Lots of people on the internet make a huge buzz about how that is fantastic. But it's usually just proof that the entire program package is full of huge bloatware and bugs that need to be sorted out..
Just bought the phone, thanks a lot guys! Now to root and install recovery
If you want to play games, which is the main thing in buying a tegra 3 phone, you will get disappointed. Even temple run Oz lags on max graphs...
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Just bought the phone, thanks a lot guys! Now to root and install recovery
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Looking forward for new users .
Welcome here to our forum :thumbup: .
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i want to buy this phone, but after reading about games lags like hell, i dont know now...
its taht so horrible ? what about gta vice city ? htc one x has same HW and games run flawless and smoth.
AW: Planning to buy this phone, any advice?
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i want to buy this phone, but after reading about games lags like hell, i dont know now...
its taht so horrible ? what about gta vice city ? htc one x has same HW and games run flawless and smoth.
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Sorry for my horrible English.
But the are awesome.
Its better than HTC ONE X because its have Change Battery and SD Card and the overheating Problem is not so high as One X.
Look this Video there are be tested some Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsIMd2gyxo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And tell me it's horrible for you?
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mmm273 said:
i want to buy this phone, but after reading about games lags like hell, i dont know now...
its taht so horrible ? what about gta vice city ? htc one x has same HW and games run flawless and smoth.
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I owned this fone, and can share some of my experience with gaming on it. All of the gameploft games lag, som more some less, but you will find gems like batman, spiderman, Modern combat 3,4 lagy and unplayeble. I know that it's due to bad optimization from gameloft, but thats how it is. NFS most wanted is unplayeble, you can also see from the video above that it's running like 15-20 fps- it look smooth but its slow, just look at the time count how much one second takes. Asphalt 7 used to lag but with new update its fine. I used to play a lot of real racing 2 which playes buttery smooth, but real racing 3 lags badly. There is a workaround for real racing 3 to set low graphics and play smoothly.
Games developed for tegra plays fine with some added effects, but still on other devices you can add those ass well. All the other games are running fine, like those 2d and not so demandign 3d titles.
But sill for the price you'll get a great device witha perfect display, with removable battery and an sd card slot wthich a lot of devices from this category lack..But if you want to play demanding 3d games, especialy from gameploft, pay a few more bucks and get something else like s3 or nexus 4.
i have it for 270€ only... i replaced my Xperia S iwth this, because i think - tegra 3, great, gaming phone ... so another mistake...
I am too planning to buy this phone.. Hows the expericnce so far?
I guess, by now, lot of new ROMs are available?
arinjayw said:
I am too planning to buy this phone.. Hows the expericnce so far?
I guess, by now, lot of new ROMs are available?
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Well some people have RIL problems, some people have GPS problems and its signal being reduced if headphones are plugged in. It's not a bad phone but some people have issues. As for roms you have some good cm based roms (and a very good official CM11) and we already have lollipop working good.
If I were you I'd choose a more recent phone like the Moto G or even a Nexus 5, unless you have a really really good deal.
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I am too planning to buy this phone.. Hows the expericnce so far?
I guess, by now, lot of new ROMs are available?
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Oh, there's a ton of ROMs (mostly KitKat at the time of writing, though more Lollipop ROMs are in the making).
It really depends on how willing you are to mod it and how much it costs by now. I would advice against buying it if you don't wanna mod it, there are phones with the same specs which are running stock L. Really, by now it depends on how much it costs. I wouldn't pay the €270 I paid for it now, I'm pretty sure there are better devices by now in that price range.
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I am too planning to buy this phone.. Hows the expericnce so far?
I guess, by now, lot of new ROMs are available?
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with the right custom rom and the right twiking this phone runs great, but..............................................
its all about the price, if you can get it for 100$ go ahead
if its more then this go for the one plus one, its only 300$ and it's absolutely a monster.
Well I already ordered it on amazon so yeah I will have this phone in less than a week. My xperia play decided to give up on me, and I needed a good cheap phone fast because I can't live without android.
So... what I would like to know if the HTC Vivid is a upgrade or a downgrade compared to the xperia play. When I look at the specs it for certain is a upgrade with the 1GM ram (Xperia play has 512mb) and the camera experience. But I want to know from you guys how the performance is. I had a lot of problems with the Xperia and I'm hoping they won't appear on the vivid.
Some of the problems I had on the Xperia play were:
- Constant Lag
- Touchscreen not always responsive
- Keyboard not always responsive
- Multitasking is pretty average
- Lag on 2D HQ games like Temple Run and Ninja Fruit
So will I be facing similar problems with the Vivid? I would like to think not since it has ICS and 1GB ram. Things that are the most important for me with this phone:
1. Social Multitasking (Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Instagram)
2. Camera (Skype)
3. Casual Gaming without lag (Temple run, Angry Birds, Ninja Fruit ect)
I've seen reviews on youtube and they look very positive but I do see people complaining about the battery life. That's not really a issue for me since I walk with my charger 24/7.
So what do you guys think? Will I enjoy this phone? Or will it be another xperia play disaster for me?
How much did you pay for this phone? Also the stock ics rom on this phone is very buggy. After a few months, I was experiencing lots of freezes and soft reboots. Also reboots take like 5-10 minutes. If you decide to stick with this phone, I highly suggest you install a custom rom on it as they are much more stable than the stock ics rom and dont have the freezes and long reboot issues (albinoman887's are the best IMO).
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How much did you pay for this phone? Also the stock ics rom on this phone is very buggy. After a few months, I was experiencing lots of freezes and soft reboots. Also reboots take like 5-10 minutes. If you decide to stick with this phone, I highly suggest you install a custom rom on it as they are much more stable than the stock ics rom and dont have the freezes and long reboot issues (albinoman887's are the best IMO).
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$215 on amazon. It's an unlocked AT&T Vidid version. And yeah I will most likely install a custom rom, but for the first month I hope the stock rom is good enough. I tend to observe my android first before starting messing around with it.
Is there lag during gameplay? And was it as buggy on gingerbread?
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$215 on amazon. It's an unlocked AT&T Vidid version. And yeah I will most likely install a custom rom, but for the first month I hope the stock rom is good enough. I tend to observe my android first before starting messing around with it.
Is there lag during gameplay? And was it as buggy on gingerbread?
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I got the phone with ics so I don't know how it was with gingerbread. I did not observe any lag while playing any games so you're probably good there at least.
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I got the phone with ics so I don't know how it was with gingerbread. I did not observe any lag while playing any games so you're probably good there at least.
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Hmm it could be possible that I will get it with ICS as well, but we'll see. This is my first HTC phone so I'm kinda excited. Can you play heavy games on this phone as well? Like Nova, Dungeon Defenders and the other current games?
Gaming & Multitasking... These are the two most important things for me. That's why I bought the xperia play since it was labeled as a gaming phone and Ironic enough the gaming is average. It's only good for emulators and such.
Since you have some sense of my tastes in phones, do you think this phone will satisfy me?
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Hmm it could be possible that I will get it with ICS as well, but we'll see. This is my first HTC phone so I'm kinda excited. Can you play heavy games on this phone as well? Like Nova, Dungeon Defenders and the other current games?
Gaming & Multitasking... These are the two most important things for me. That's why I bought the xperia play since it was labeled as a gaming phone and Ironic enough the gaming is average. It's only good for emulators and such.
Since you have some sense of my tastes in phones, do you think this phone will satisfy me?
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Multitasking...not so much, gaming, it's adequate, keep in mind you only have 1Gb of ram and the OS takes up roughly 1/2-2/3rds of it.
Storage is not a problem though with 8Gb internal and it'll handle 32Gb SD card with no issues. It does a good job as a camera and media device.
If you have the time and notion, I would suggest reading up on how to S-OFF(optional but makes life easier), installing custom recovery, and installing a custom ROM (Albinoman887's AOSP 4.2.2 is nice and relatively stable). Just be sure to read the thread regarding some issues with 4.2.2 on the Vivid (minor and more of an annoyance).
Enjoy!
Wolfhawke said:
Multitasking...not so much, gaming, it's adequate, keep in mind you only have 1Gb of ram and the OS takes up roughly 1/2-2/3rds of it.
Storage is not a problem though with 8Gb internal and it'll handle 32Gb SD card with no issues. It does a good job as a camera and media device.
If you have the time and notion, I would suggest reading up on how to S-OFF(optional but makes life easier), installing custom recovery, and installing a custom ROM (Albinoman887's AOSP 4.2.2 is nice and relatively stable). Just be sure to read the thread regarding some issues with 4.2.2 on the Vivid (minor and more of an annoyance).
Enjoy!
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I will man. Thanks for the response
I only paid 75 for mine I must of found a good deal
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jriv said:
I only paid 75 for mine I must of found a good deal
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With or without contract? And how have you experienced your phone so far?
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With or without contract? And how have you experienced your phone so far?
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With a contract (standard upgrade option) I paid... $0.01 for my Vivid, brand new. July of last year, I found it on Amazon.
I'm running DU on it now with great results. Volumes are good, battery life variable (helps a lot if I put it on airplane mode when I am at work where there is no signal to speak of).
cmerlyn said:
With a contract (standard upgrade option) I paid... $0.01 for my Vivid, brand new. July of last year, I found it on Amazon.
I'm running DU on it now with great results. Volumes are good, battery life variable (helps a lot if I put it on airplane mode when I am at work where there is no signal to speak of).
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What's DU? I found mine for $200 on amazon, unlocked. I'm probably going to get it tomorrow. Seriously can't wait.
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What's DU? I found mine for $200 on amazon, unlocked. I'm probably going to get it tomorrow. Seriously can't wait.
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I wouldn't buy this phone over again personally... I'd go with an htc one x or an x+
You can get the one x for around 200 used way better phone this is a nice phone if you need it as a back up
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What's DU? I found mine for $200 on amazon, unlocked. I'm probably going to get it tomorrow. Seriously can't wait.
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Dirty Unicorn (Jellybean ROM by bilibox). Working very well for me.