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[Q] Is it worth getting a G1??

Hey all,
I'm wanting to get another Android phone as I got rid of my HTC Wildfire. I'm thinking about getting the G1 as its cheap and seems as though it can perform well.
I'm looking at buying one that is locked to T-Mobile and has the newest carrier updates on. My question is can it be unlocked? and does Cyanogen mod perform well?
Thanks!

It would be worth having one now, but getting one from fresh... that would depend on how cheap you can get one and if you think you need a hard-QWERTY. The G1 is quite old... and you may be more content with adding more funds for a G2.

I recently bought a G1 for cheap, and it is great currently have it running gingerbread which works really quite well, a lot more so then i thought cyanogenmon 6 did.
I also believe that they can be unlocked quite easily as well

Thanks for the info

I'm looking at a G1 also, coming from a CDMA Moment with 2.2.2 and looking to switch to GSM. The Moment has a faster processor(?) but is not a very good at some things, like being a phone. Is the G1 a good PHONE? I can get a good ROM for the things I want but does the phone part work well?

G1 okay phone, easy to mod. if you like tinkering.
G1 is an okay phone. My partner at work uses a Blackberry, he can't hear the person at the other end without an ear piece, I don't have that issue on my G1.
I do NOT love my G1, it's bulky/heavy and I don't feel the build quality is as good as some of the other phones. The Speaker is on the back of the phone, opposite from the display - seriously who does that? Samsung for example always puts the speaker above the main screen.
The Keyboard has very small keys but it IS a 5 row keyboard, you can get good with some practice, but some of the newer phones, ex: T-Mobile Sidekick 4G has a keyboard/CPU/display that I almost can't believe how good it is, however they have the dumbest overlay I've ever seen, haha, can't have it all I guess.
The G1 is reliable, it's just not very pretty, if it's cheap, it's a deal.

Hi,
I am contemplating putting my G1 up for sale.
It is the one in my Signature.
Lemme know.
Heeter

If you don't play big games, g1 is enough, however, you cannot buy a new one now.
If I were you, I will buy another new phone.

I suggest a HTC Wildfire at least :/ g1 is maybe just too slow even for normal use if your gonna even get apps :'(

Honestly, no. Get a higher end device and you will be much happier.. I just got a HD2 and it is a huge improvement over the G1, and very worth investing in.
The G1 can't run many of the apps on market because it is too slow, including live wallpapers, angry birds rio, etc..

It depends on how much you can get if for. I got mine for US$50 used a few weeks a go. It's really slow and low on capacity but it's a great entry phone to Android for me. Learned a lot with it. It works great as a phone. And the best part is, if I brick it, I will not feel bad. Just pull the SIM and move to the next cheap phone I can find.
Just saw someone selling one for $30 on craigslist. I would definitely get that one if I haven't got this one.

I completely agree with the above statement ^^

I would love to get an G1 for a nice 2nd/back up phone since my bb 8900 curve have self rebooting problems
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Anyone getting the One

Anyone going to switch from the vivid to the One? idk how i feel about htc after this phone, i mean its a great phone and all but htc bent us over and showed us the 50 states. thank god for the devs. But the phone looks awesome and its sleek as hell too.

I will be ordering one as soon as its available. 1080p display, 2gb ram, infrared behind the power button (I've missed that sooo much in my smart phones since my Treo).. I'm excited lol
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Wait about 2 months and HTC will probably come out with another revolutionary phone
What happened to the Droid DNA? The DNA has only been out for 3 months and HTC is already forgetting it.

I believe the answer is somewhere in the neighborhood of "When donkeys and pigs gain aerodynamic and sustained aerial motion" or the successful cloning of a flying Pigasus, whichever happens first... I'm tired of the 1 software upgrade and we're through with you mentality, the fact that you had to do a physical hardware short circuit to S-off and the point that the HTC One contains no easily changed battery, no place to put a microSD card...no, no..(clickty clacky keyboard noises) Computer says NO-o-o-o-o!

The DNA was released for Verizon only. All other major us carriers are getting the one, except verizon. HTC has already announced that 'the one' will be the only one series device in 2013. I understand everyone's setbacks. But I'm not passing up on a hardware beauty like this one. Not to mention it looks like every major dev team is planning on getting at least one. Check out the thread in the one general section to see who all is on board. Also everyone's favorite dev will have one too lol @jon
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I agree the specs and looks of the phone makes me drool.they are not releasing the one for Verizon cause of the dna
So I guess they haven't completely forgotten about their customers haha. But I do want the phone real bad. Also I'm curious to see since its the only flag ship they are releasing how often they keep it updated .
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Despite the incredibly large amount of times HTC pisses me off, I still plan on getting the HTC One as soon as I can afford it. I like the Vivid but The One looks like a phone I am actually willing to buy at the non-contract price

homeslice976 said:
I will be ordering one as soon as its available. 1080p display, 2gb ram, infrared behind the power button (I've missed that sooo much in my smart phones since my Treo).. I'm excited lol
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Wait.. this doesn't mean you will stop developing for the vivid, right?

The one actually is appealing though. And HTC is actually doing a good job marketing, unlike the vivid lol
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Nope...I'm going back to Samsung...gonna get me the sgs4 as soon as its released...I mean...its gonna blow everything out of the water and every dev team will have one guaranteed...not to mention how easy it is to root and flash rims on Samsung devices...no locked bootloader to deal with...no s off to deal with
I gave HTC a shot and I'm done with them :/ I hate having to unlock the bootloader...and s off - that's just stupid...they honestly make it so hard to customize your phone...heck it be easier to jailbreak an iPhone than get an HTC phone setup for Rom flashing, then you got the crappy source...and extra security measures...(in-call Mic issues for att users) - who's to say they won't do the same on the one....if the s off process is anything like the vivids...well good luck with that as I'm pretty sure the one doesn't have a removable battery /end rant
I guess you could call me a Samsung fan boy
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I won't pay retail for it but when my upgrade comes I'll get it.

My gf has one, and she loves it. I couldn't get it, though, because it doesn't have SD card expansion. I love my SD card way too much, so I got the Vivid instead. Couldn't be happier.

My one X is s-off a new method recently came out to do it, and it's nothing like the Vivid was cause I owned that to, never bothered to try s-off due to the stupid method.
HTC is doing a stupid move by removing microSD slots from their newer phones. We aren't babies, I'm tired of HTC treating us only a few years older then Apple does their users.
With all that being said, I'm not wasting hundreds and hundreds on a device that can't even include the basics like access to the battery and a MicroSD slot. This is day one **** HTC. I WON'T be getting a one, actually selling my HTC one X right now to switch brands. Sad sad thing.
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And here I am stuck on a contract for another year and 10 months...

Wolfhawke said:
I believe the answer is somewhere in the neighborhood of "When donkeys and pigs gain aerodynamic and sustained aerial motion" or the successful cloning of a flying Pigasus, whichever happens first... I'm tired of the 1 software upgrade and we're through with you mentality, the fact that you had to do a physical hardware short circuit to S-off and the point that the HTC One contains no easily changed battery, no place to put a microSD card...no, no..(clickty clacky keyboard noises) Computer says NO-o-o-o-o!
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Is that a Little Britain reference?
And no, I won't be getting the One. Nothing could ever convince me to buy another HTC product. I'll probably end up with a Galaxy S4.
Sent from my HTC PH39100.

just saw this:
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleMobile.aspx?regionid=3&articleid=7444208
are sim and bootloader unlocked the only differences? still no removable battery or sd :S
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Yea im pretty sure that the only difference, but the only issue i see is the non remove able batter, which for me isnt even an issue, i have insurance on all my phones ( just cause i know something goes wrong and i always get them switched out ..always on my 3rd vivid right now) So if the battery starts ****ing up new phone for me XD yeaaaa hahah

I'll get it the day it comes out:laugh:

90% Yes. Still debating getting the SGS4 or the possible Motorola NXT.

Tapatalk sucks recently...looks like HTC is trying to stop source builds...check out h8s post in the cm10 thread
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Going from Silver HTC One to Galaxy S4 and back to Black HTC One

I contemplated not writing this. In tech sometimes we require so much perfection, we forget what's actually important to us. Furthermore we forget that any software issue can be conquered by the great devs here at XDA. With the fear of sounding hypocritical, here's why I found myself going back to the HTC One after a short two week affair with the S4.
I had very real issues with my silver HTC One. The S4 was the answer to those issues. After a couple weeks with the S4 I really missed one thing about the HTC One - the camera. I have 2 babies and after missing several pictures of them over the past couple weeks I became very frustrated with the slow launch and slow picture taking of the S4. I was enjoying all the other features but this was beginning to stick in my crawl. So I really researched the issues I was having with the HTC One. I found out that the brightness quick toggle was solved through Viper Rom and menu button was easily mapped to a short hold of the back button.
Now I had a problem because I was torn between going back to the HTC one (most of which for me all had build issues) or staying with the S4 and waiting for developement to speed up camera and some of the overall lag I was experiencing. So I went out to Best Buy and decided to check out a black HTC One. I don't know if it's simply because the manufacturing was updated or refined but it was perfect. Zero gaps, seemless bezel and no dead or stuck pixels. Having only one trade left at best buy I made the leap and swapped back to the HTC One. I think this was a great decision. Again a big factor was the camera, being able to post edit my shots - remove people from the background and make a drama shot without having to put it in that mode before shooting the picture is really fast and convenient. I in one day caught 3 great pictures that I would have needed to adjust settings on BEFORE taking with the S4. Pictures I think I would have missed with the S4. Also I didn't realize how different (brighter and somewhat crisper) the HTC One screen was. There will of course be sacrifices with the HTC One, no swappable battery, awkward placement of power button and no multi-window. But, the tradeoff is one I'm ok with. Black HTC One made the difference for me.

No offense, but wall of text is extremely hard to read.
Welcome back, I think?

Rippley05 said:
No offense, but wall of text is extremely hard to read.
Welcome back, I think?
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Thanks, I broke it up a little. I honestly am glad to be back. I had some issues with the HTC one and panicked a little but with this new one I'm definitely enjoying HTC and especially glad to have ZOE back. It's really a standout feature.

coojoe1000 said:
Thanks, I broke it up a little. I honestly am glad to be back. I had some issues with the HTC one and panicked a little but with this new one I'm definitely enjoying HTC and especially glad to have ZOE back. It's really a standout feature.
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Don't feel bad my man. I was in the same situation as you. It was just something about this HTC One.
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I'm currently in panic mode trying to figure out what to do with my silver One. Thanks for the great post.
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Morghan said:
I'm currently in panic mode trying to figure out what to do with my silver One. Thanks for the great post.
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...and why is that?
I am about to end my remorse period and am 50-50 on the phone. Love it but gets too hot and eats too much battery sometimes (I'm a light user). I like it but I also got a SGS4 for my friend and I keep staring at it...
So, why panic mode? Thinking of returning... or?

Morghan said:
I'm currently in panic mode trying to figure out what to do with my silver One. Thanks for the great post.
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Glad I can help. This has been a hard decision for me but I'm glad to finally settle with the HTC One and think I've made the best decision for me.
In my opinion, figure out a way to swap for the black. I don't know if it's because of a refined manufacturing process, Better materials or what - but the difference between the two colors is night and day. No misfires pushing the back or home buttons and no gaps anywhere. I'll post pics when I get home. If you bought from sprint and go in to change color they'll charge a restocking fee. I would recommend pointing out a flaw with the silver (I'm sure you probably have one) and ask to change to a black one as you have heard reports of better assembly and less issues. If you bought from Best Buy or the like you can swap without fee's. That's why I almost exclusively by phones from Best Buy now.

coojoe1000 said:
Glad I can help. This has been a hard decision for me but I'm glad to finally settle with the HTC One and think I've made the best decision for me.
In my opinion, figure out a way to swap for the black. I don't know if it's because of a refined manufacturing process, Better materials or what - but the difference between the two colors is night and day. No misfires pushing the back or home buttons and no gaps anywhere. I'll post pics when I get home. If you bought from sprint and go in to change color they'll charge a restocking fee. I would recommend pointing out a flaw with the silver (I'm sure you probably have one) and ask to change to a black one as you have heard reports of better assembly and less issues. If you bought from Best Buy or the like you can swap without fee's. That's why I almost exclusively by phones from Best Buy now.
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I agree, Best Buy was the way to go for me. Ended up getting data error 104 all the time on my first one.....exchanged the phone 6 times per sprint techs requests before I figured out they had my SIM ID incorrect on my account. The One (silver) I have is absolutely perfect now.

If I got my HTC one online, can I exchange at best buy?
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thlinx said:
If I got my HTC one online, can I exchange at best buy?
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if you got it from Best Buy online then yes

I spent less then a week with the S4 before I gave in to my overwhelming felling of missing an HTC device. I liked some of the features but the phone just felt cheap and the Sprint service in my area doesn't seem to play well with Samsung Phones. Lots of dropped calls and frequent signal fluctuations. Love the ONE very happy I made the switch...

Android ---> Winphone -----> Android

Hello buddies,
i had ages ago a Xperia X10. Bought than Windows Phone HTC 8X. But the battery drain made me crazy. So the 8X was sold, but still in love with HTC. now im still using my Xperia X10, what a good product.....5 years and still running with the same battery......
So i do some research and i think i want the HTC One, it looks gorgeous, is fair priced and has great specs, beside the cam. BUT im a little bit confused about the finish, read a lot about cuts.....misaligned displays and more.
Would you still buy it again ? Do you think i can also use the One at least 3 to 4 years ?
Please give me advice before buying these beauty
Greetings

go for M8

Hi,
that was not the question and to be clear. Every cam is better than the cam used by my X10 . Its not so important for me, just mentioned that point.
By the way i dont want to spend so much money AND dont want to wait. Just some tips from guys using it all day would be nice.

mek84 said:
Hello buddies,
i had ages ago a Xperia X10. Bought than Windows Phone HTC 8X. But the battery drain made me crazy. So the 8X was sold, but still in love with HTC. now im still using my Xperia X10, what a good product.....5 years and still running with the same battery......
So i do some research and i think i want the HTC One, it looks gorgeous, is fair priced and has great specs, beside the cam. BUT im a little bit confused about the finish, read a lot about cuts.....misaligned displays and more.
Would you still buy it again ? Do you think i can also use the One at least 3 to 4 years ?
Please give me advice before buying these beauty
Greetings
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I would buy again. Mine have no flaws and the cam isn't that bad. Not experienced any issue at all. The most common issue is the camera purp tint. I think newer batch of phones should be fine. I will not say anything about lifespan because at this point its just speculating but the aluminum casing makes the phone seem pretty solid

The assembly of the HTC One is amazing, mine is rock solid and sooo gorgeous, I love it. It should last 3 years easily, the sharpness of the screen is amazing but my camera is horrible, never focuses so I have to use an app with manual focus options in order to snap focused pics. Other than that I love it, but if you really love HTC wait for the M8, it is literally a month down the road. Cheers!
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I lost my HTC one and i though if what replacement phone I should get..
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How can you recommand the M8? It'll be at least two months to availability and be twice the current price of the M7.
The HTC One is a great phone and still the phone I would choose if buying a phone today.

BenPope said:
How can you recommand the M8? It'll be at least two months to availability and be twice the current price of the M7.
The HTC One is a great phone and still the phone I would choose if buying a phone today.
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Brand new, the m7 is still £400-500. The m8 will just be around the same price.
With regards to the question asked, the HTC One is a great phone. However, since you've waited so long already to get a new phone, I would wait and get the m8. Personally anyways.
I've had my one since just before Christmas. Bought it outright because I don't want to renew my contract when it's up. The phone I had on contract was terrible - acting up really bad; plus contract are far too dear (better value to buy a phone outright and add a giffgaff sim card - if you're in the uk) . I'm confident that the One will last me a good couple years.
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pardoned said:
Brand new, the m7 is still £400-500. The m8 will just be around the same price.
With regards to the question asked, the HTC One is a great phone. However, since you've waited so long already to get a new phone, I would wait and get the m8. Personally anyways.
I've had my one since just before Christmas. Bought it outright because I don't want to renew my contract when it's up. The phone I had on contract was terrible - acting up really bad; plus contract are far too dear (better value to buy a phone outright and add a giffgaff sim card - if you're in the uk) . I'm confident that the One will last me a good couple years.
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Thanks, but in germany you get a new one for around 300-400 Euro. So i will definitely stick with the M7....dont want afford M8

Convince me to stay or go

Ok I have had a M7 since day of launch in the UK on Orange but im seriously tempted to go buy myself a Oneplus One, and sell my trusted M7
So whats peoples opinions ? anyone used both ?
Cheers in advance
Mike

gowm said:
Ok I have had a M7 since day of launch in the UK on Orange but im seriously tempted to go buy myself a Oneplus One, and sell my trusted M7
So whats peoples opinions ? anyone used both ?
Cheers in advance
Mike
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Well the OPO runs GPe rom and that would put me off straight away, I love the sense overlay which HTC put on top of android, plus HTC is easy to mod, just take a look around these forums, this device is 2 years old and still very much alive and being developed around here, when I do come to upgrade in about 9 months, I will definatley go HTC again, probably the M9 depending on the deals around, we live in rip off britain at the end of the day, but HTC is the only way for me, I cant stand I-DONT-KNOW-PHONES, dont like touchwiz by Samsung, plus my Mrs Samasung Galaxy in loaded with so much rubbish its unbelievable, and not operator rubbish, its all Samsung stuff, and Sony have the slowest updates ive ever experienced.
Maybe you should s-off your M7 and stick a GPe rom on it, see if you like it before jumping into a 2 year contract which you may not like.

My phone is S-off and running MaximusHD52 lollipop but to be honest i love it and cant really fault it, i was like you going to wait on the M9 but rip off britian that we like in, i can get a great deal on a sim only ee card for £12 a month unlimited text/calls and 15gb data so if i traded my one into CEX i would get close to £100 for it, meaning i would only be £150 on top for an opo divide that into the 24 month contract and add the line rental and it works out at £18.25 a month, a heck of a saving on my current phone, and im pretty sure that the M9 will cost a fortune when it arrives.
But im not sure if i will miss my M7 too much as i said i love the phone and my only real faults with it is the battery aint the best and im still not sure im sold on the camera, even HTC aint sure on it and dropped it on the M9

gowm said:
My phone is S-off and running MaximusHD52 lollipop but to be honest i love it and cant really fault it, i was like you going to wait on the M9 but rip off britian that we like in, i can get a great deal on a sim only ee card for £12 a month unlimited text/calls and 15gb data so if i traded my one into CEX i would get close to £100 for it, meaning i would only be £150 on top for an opo divide that into the 24 month contract and add the line rental and it works out at £18.25 a month, a heck of a saving on my current phone, and im pretty sure that the M9 will cost a fortune when it arrives.
But im not sure if i will miss my M7 too much as i said i love the phone and my only real faults with it is the battery aint the best and im still not sure im sold on the camera, even HTC aint sure on it and dropped it on the M9
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yeah I know what you mean about the camera and battery, the camera is rubbish compared to other devices in its class, I always use my Mrs camera on her Samsung to take picts, that is the only good thing I can say about her Galaxy, the camera kicks HTC's rear end, as for the battery, have you ever tried this, I found it the other day and tried it, follow every instruction to the letter, it worked wonders:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...ry-charger-reset-procedure-htc-one-m7-m8.html
Also, not to be a sales guy, but have a look at virgin media's sim only contracts, unlimited everything for £18 a month including 0870 / 0845 / 0800 calls etc, they use EE's network :good: its the way I will go until I can get a good price.

Well i just did the 2 mins of resetting to see how it goes, although in 5.0.2 i cant see any fast boot options, or am i being stupid ?
and there aint any amount of resets that will fix my camera lol, although mine is so much better than my wife one m7 which in low light makes the world look purple lol

gowm said:
Well i just did the 2 mins of resetting to see how it goes, although in 5.0.2 i cant see any fast boot options, or am i being stupid ?
and there aint any amount of resets that will fix my camera lol, although mine is so much better than my wife one m7 which in low light makes the world look purple lol
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I have an M8 and an M7 and the M8 is a solid upgrade to the M7. The great part is everything you like about an M7 is also right their in the M8
and most the stuff you didn't get in the M7 is included in an M8. Duel rear camera - Eye experience - ZOE - External SDcard - bigger screen - bigger battery - it's really everything the M7 should have been.

Being an user of m7 for nearly one year, I still love my m7, first of all is the gorgeous design, then what impresses me is the back camera, the screenshots taken are clear and brilliant, and for the battery, it's durable for me to use in a whole day.