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Basically here's the situation, been checking sites for a few weeks on good deals on 2nd hand Android phones. I recently started making contact with sellers and here's the bit.
Seller A - meeting tonight supposedly
Rogers "Unlocked" Captivate
Usb + Charger
$380
Haven't seen pics and the guy says to trust him that the phone is unlocked
Seller B - meeting tomorrow if I back down on Seller A offer
Bell Locked Vibrant (i9000M)
LNIB, bags, all accessories, etc
$370
Seen pics of the phone and accessories. Looks good (even seen it turned on)
I'm on Rogers and was wondering which would be best? I'm fine with either phone. At this point after seeing both for so long/often (researched) they're both on even playing ground...except for some speculations that i9000M (Vibrant)'s battery life is better.
So my question is...Seller A or Seller B? If I go with Seller B I'd have to root/unlock and I've read through threads and forums and seems like loads of people have problems :S More often than the person replying and saying thanks to the creator of the thread/helper and saying that they got it. So I'm having doubts about that. Don't want to mess up the phone!
Also, since this is my first dealings with buying something second hand from a stranger, any tips on things to check for? I heard it's always important to check that the phone can enter download/recovery mode but wouldn't that also reset the phone :S
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
3py0n said:
Basically here's the situation, been checking sites for a few weeks on good deals on 2nd hand Android phones. I recently started making contact with sellers and here's the bit.
Seller A - meeting tonight supposedly
Rogers "Unlocked" Captivate
Usb + Charger
$380
Haven't seen pics and the guy says to trust him that the phone is unlocked
Seller B - meeting tomorrow if I back down on Seller A offer
Bell Locked Vibrant (i9000M)
LNIB, bags, all accessories, etc
$370
Seen pics of the phone and accessories. Looks good (even seen it turned on)
I'm on Rogers and was wondering which would be best? I'm fine with either phone. At this point after seeing both for so long/often (researched) they're both on even playing ground...except for some speculations that i9000M (Vibrant)'s battery life is better.
So my question is...Seller A or Seller B? If I go with Seller B I'd have to root/unlock and I've read through threads and forums and seems like loads of people have problems :S More often than the person replying and saying thanks to the creator of the thread/helper and saying that they got it. So I'm having doubts about that. Don't want to mess up the phone!
Also, since this is my first dealings with buying something second hand from a stranger, any tips on things to check for? I heard it's always important to check that the phone can enter download/recovery mode but wouldn't that also reset the phone :S
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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I personally like i9000M better (looks-wise) and of course, in terms of features, i9000M has a front facing camera which the Rogers Captivate doesn't. I am not sure if Captivate has problems flashing other roms.
As for things to check, you can bring a sim card from another carrier to test if the phone is unlocked. Test the camera, test phone call, check the phone condition and also firmware version (might give you an idea whether the last owner did a lot of flashing).
oooo true true...only thing is I have only 1 sim card from Rogers :S
I'm at the fork in the road right now...I won't be able to test phone call on the Bell one because the Seller B's bell sim is deactivated so he can only turn it on and what not.
Which is the safer bet? Best issue for me is the root/unlocking process. Though there are guides everywhere online and an awesome on here, I still read about many conflicts people have. And the interal SD card corruption (2 weeks after unlocking) I read about scares me
Is this the right code to check firmware?: *#1234# Firmware Version
Also I was told this should work...unless Rogers locked it: *#7465625# = Check the phone lock status
So you are willing to take the risk with possible hardware failure? right?
If so, choose Rogers Captivate.
If not go find a Desire Z or something like that~
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So you are willing to take the risk with possible hardware failure? right?
If so, choose Rogers Captivate.
If not go find a Desire Z or something like that~
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DesireZ is nice, but the hinge for "sliding" the screen can break easily.
wait what? Captivate has hardware failure?!?! :S
But THAT'S the one that's unlocked lol
3py0n said:
wait what? Captivate has hardware failure?!?! :S
But THAT'S the one that's unlocked lol
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You can unlock and root the i9000M easily though.
yea but heard lots of horror stories :S so I'm not so sure...and someone reassured me things are okay with the Captivate.
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yea but heard lots of horror stories :S so I'm not so sure...and someone reassured me things are okay with the Captivate.
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I can tell you that rooting and unlocking won't kill the phone. But you will have a high chance if you start flashing different firmwares on it.
The answer of which to choose is simple:
if you want front camera and hard key button go with Bell
if you don't need the front camera, and don't mind having 4 fake buttons go with Rogers
LOLOLOL 4 fake buttons haha jokes
Thanks! I'll go with Captivate and if n e thing goes wrong...or I dont like it...just sell it and grab a Vibrant (i9000M)
Thanks for everyone's contributions.
Got a little sketchy when he wanted to change locations lol wish me luck!! And going with the Captivate.
BOUGHT THE PHONE!
In working order. Thanks for everyone's input!
Just a little bummed about the responsiveness of the "fake" 4 buttons...gotta find the sweet spot when touching them. Or maybe it's just Eclair's fault lol
so i noticed for the last two days my 4g and 3g are going out not just a couple seconds either it for a good amount of time 10 to 15 minutes at a time anyone have a idea why this is or how to reslove this called verizon they don't have any outages at all worked fine for the previous 2 to 3 weeks that i had the phone with no issues what so ever...
what system and rom are you on ?
100 percent stock. Havent rooted yet
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Im having the same issue all stock as well with the latest update
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you can root and try 901 update. it seems to be a more stable radio
Not. Confident enough with a. Locked bootloader and have. To do a. Bit more research before crossing that bridge
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The locked bootloader isn't really a problem. You can still do a lot of stuff. We have some awesome roms,themes and hacks along with a great community with lots of helpful people
I can not say this will help you, but it helped me with the same problem, this is a fix I found on rootzwiki i believe, i forget the authors name but the fix is not mine and it is simple and gives me good connection for about 1-3 weeks before i have to do it again.
turn off your phone, pull battery, and sim card, replace battery and turn phone back on and let it boot up, turn phone off and replace sim card, turn phone backup, that is it. What I have read is that this refreshes your sim connection to Verizon, I have no idea if this is the case or not.
I did also find that when I activated an old phone to update some software in it and then tried to reactivate my Bionic the web site did not let me activate my sim card with the numbers it had on the card itself, so I called up Verizon and jumped through some hoops and they activated my sim card and had very good data connection after that for about a month. Just a reminder if you are rooted don't tell them that.
Hope this helps a bit.
My data still is not %100 but getting much closer when I pop the sim card in and out.
So what else is new.....
I am in Los Angeles, an area blanketed with 4G. I have a solid 4G connection at home 99.5% of the time. My first 4G phone was a Samsung Droid Charge and while I liked it I often found in my travels that I would have 0 connectivity and all my 3G friends would be surfing along just fine.
I thought it was my device and ended up going through 5 Charges and now Verizon has given me a Bionic and guess what, exact same performance (well, in terms of connectivity). I find it hard to believe that 6 phones by 2 manufacturers exhibit the same problem so concluded it had something to do with the geography of my travels and the associated towers and hand-offs.
I then read, and totally believe THIS
Thanks that worked great and you last posted good to know!!!!
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I can not say this will help you, but it helped me with the same problem, this is a fix I found on rootzwiki i believe, i forget the authors name but the fix is not mine and it is simple and gives me good connection for about 1-3 weeks before i have to do it again.
turn off your phone, pull battery, and sim card, replace battery and turn phone back on and let it boot up, turn phone off and replace sim card, turn phone backup, that is it. What I have read is that this refreshes your sim connection to Verizon, I have no idea if this is the case or not.
I did also find that when I activated an old phone to update some software in it and then tried to reactivate my Bionic the web site did not let me activate my sim card with the numbers it had on the card itself, so I called up Verizon and jumped through some hoops and they activated my sim card and had very good data connection after that for about a month. Just a reminder if you are rooted don't tell them that.
Hope this helps a bit.
My data still is not %100 but getting much closer when I pop the sim card in and out.
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Well I am on the. 901 update and on the same day I got a new sim card. And my connection was completely solid..... for two days. After that the drops were as bad as ever. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 50% so I am trying this right now well I did already actually. IT HAS JUST DROPPED ME WHILE WRITING THIS. However it did not last long because its already back. I dunno I am just gettin tired of it. Maybe I should have spent the extra money to get the rezound. I am. Just frusterated. I really appreciate this idea. I will keep trying it for a while.
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Have had mine for close to two weeks. Data drops weren't a problem until a day or two in. Figured out that at least for me, it was my own doing. Some of you are probably the same, while others are something different.
Settings>Data & Battery Manager>Battery Mode>
From here you have several options. I had set mine up on custom one night, while half asleep, laying in the bed, playing with my new phone.
This morning it dawned on me, after thinking that it seemed a lot like Juice Defender acts when it takes a while to register data again. I went back in and changed it from a custom profile, to Performance Mode. Voila....
All day long and not single data drop.
Hope this helps some of you.
I have had 1, 5 second drop since updating to .901. I would urge anyone that is having serious data drop issues to try it. It is a signed update and is supported by Verizon and Motorola. They can't void your warranty or anything for updating to it.
How would go about. 901 do I gave to root anyway to push this to phone without root
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I need a new phone with a physical keyboard. Was looking at the Droid4, which appears to have the best physical keyboard around, but am a bit of a newb at this stuff. My old HTC Dream (G1) is dying, and I need to figure this out sooner then later. Haha
Can it be unlocked to work on Rogers Wireless in Canada?
As of right now, no.
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As of right now, no.
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Thnx. Is it a case of no unlock? Or (lack of knowledge here) no GSM support?
Also, once an android device is rooted, is there an unlock app of some kind? Or?
demungtoe said:
Thnx. Is it a case of no unlock? Or (lack of knowledge here) no GSM support?
Also, once an android device is rooted, is there an unlock app of some kind? Or?
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Currently GSM support is disabled in the firmware and AFAIK it will stay that way until Verizon releases an update to enable it.
Was a bit disappointing they do not have the global services available on the Droid 4. If your looking for a device with keyboard right now you may be able to pick up a used Droid 2 Global. I know those work up there as I had one when I was in Canada last year.
All I can say is, damn. I can't believe how messed up the mobile phone industry is. There is a device, I want to use it, so much so that I'm willing to pay the crazy $549.99 pricetag for it. However, they've decided that I'm not allowed to use it on my network. I hope chinese clones step up their game! Heh.
I was contemplating a droid3, however don't want to spend too much since I may want the droid4 once its actually usable.
I was contemplating picking up a motorola flipout for the meantime, cheap and weird looking!
Also, this probably isn't the right place for a question about this, but I'm at a loss as to what the heck unlock codes actually are (are they issued by the carrier? or hardware manufacturer?) and why there are numerous scammy websites selling them. Can anyone recommend a site I can do some reading about this on? About why I'll probably have to pay for one? I may need to know this if I pickup a different used phone.
The SIM Unlock codes are usually given by the carrier to their paid customers. Verizon will give them out if you have had an account in good standing for 6 months if I recall right.
As for sites to get the unlock codes, I cannot make any recommendations due to I have never paid for them. I have however seen on sites like deals extreme unlocker SIMs that go between the phone and the SIM but have no idea if or how well those work.
Also if you buy a used device you may be able to get one that has been SIM unlocked already. The SIM unlock is a one time task, even if the phone gets wiped or reset it will remain SIM unlocked.
I still keep my G1 as a spare. My next step from that was a TouchPro2 - it comes with WindowsMobile, but I'm running XDAndroid on it. It has an excellent keyboard. I think I still like the TP2 keyboard better than my D4's keyboard.
But, the TP2 has the exact same processor as the G1, and only a tiny bit more RAM. It has a much higher screen rez (800x480) but no faster hardware, so it is noticeably slow.
If I were you I'd look at picking up a used Droid3. I was considering the D3 as my next phone from the TP2, but waited instead for the D4 to come out. As it is, I'm finding that Verizon's 4G service is cutting out all the time on me, so it's still better as a 3G phone. And I'm heading off to Europe in a couple weeks, and will have to bring my G1 or my TP2 on the trip anyway.
Curses to Qualcomm, Motorola, and Verizon. Verizon for their stupid policies and selling a phone with full-featured hardware and intentionally crippled software. Motorola for their locked firmware that prevents end-users, who have legitimately paid for and *own* the damn hardware, from installing software on it as they see fit. Qualcomm for preventing end-users (again, who have legitimately paid for and *own* the hardware) from even seeing the specifications so that they can provide their own software.
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All I can say is, damn. I can't believe how messed up the mobile phone industry is. There is a device, I want to use it, so much so that I'm willing to pay the crazy $549.99 pricetag for it. However, they've decided that I'm not allowed to use it on my network. I hope chinese clones step up their game! Heh.
I was contemplating a droid3, however don't want to spend too much since I may want the droid4 once its actually usable.
I was contemplating picking up a motorola flipout for the meantime, cheap and weird looking!
Also, this probably isn't the right place for a question about this, but I'm at a loss as to what the heck unlock codes actually are (are they issued by the carrier? or hardware manufacturer?) and why there are numerous scammy websites selling them. Can anyone recommend a site I can do some reading about this on? About why I'll probably have to pay for one? I may need to know this if I pickup a different used phone.
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Bell sells the Motorola XT860, I'm currently using it unlocked on Rogers without a hitch. The only issue, I'm not sure if this phone will get official ICS support... The devs are hacking away at getting all of the cool ICS features up and running though
You can probably find an XT860 on Kijiji, Craigslist or even eBay for a lot cheaper than the full Bell price... heck they were giving them away on 3 year contracts during xmas. You might want to check out the Droid3 forums in the meantime to get some more info on XT860
Fwiw, i'm in Ireland now and popped an Irish SIM into the phone. Interestingly enough, you can swap the SIM while the phone is powered on, in Airplane mode. It still didn't work, but the phone didn't complain about any SIM lock. But when I rebooted the phone, it complained then.
There are properties in /system/build.prop for enabling world-mode. I turned these on, but looking at the radio logcat, it seems that our current libril-xxx.so just doesn't support any GSM commands.
The interesting thing is that the Motorola Atrix has the same Qualcomm MDM6600 radio modem as this phone. I'm going to look for an Atrix ROM and see if I can kang some libril files from there to see if I can get any further. (Btw, I wrote the multimode RIL for the XDAndroid ROM; this sort of investigation is my specialty...)
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I hope they hurry with this. I want this phone now. Its ridiculous that users outside USA cannot use this phone.
Bump, any development?
HerrDarkShadow said:
Bump, any development?
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Look at the thread titled "Droid 4 for Hong Konger" in this forum for instructions on how to unlock GSM capability. This only came about a few days ago.
Dave Lister said:
Look at the thread titled "Droid 4 for Hong Konger" in this forum for instructions on how to unlock GSM capability. This only came about a few days ago.
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And it's still not stable from what I've read...
This phone is too early to jump into for me. I'll stick to my 4G Slide for now and check back on this device in a few months. Maybe development will pick up by then and they'll have the GSM thing sorted out
Bumping this again. Any news?
I'm in the same situation as OP. Need to upgrade phone (from a Desire Z) and want something with physical keyboard. Droid 4 seems like the best bet.
eksobr said:
Bumping this again. Any news?
I'm in the same situation as OP. Need to upgrade phone (from a Desire Z) and want something with physical keyboard. Droid 4 seems like the best bet.
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The phone worked fine for me on Rogers when I had it. I did a bunch of tweaking in order to get all of the functions working, but this was back in ICS. Also, no LTE is available...
But you're much better off going full touchscreen, just get used to it... I think keyboard phones are going the way of the dinosaur
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eksobr said:
Bumping this again. Any news?
I'm in the same situation as OP. Need to upgrade phone (from a Desire Z) and want something with physical keyboard. Droid 4 seems like the best bet.
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danifunker said:
The phone worked fine for me on Rogers when I had it. I did a bunch of tweaking in order to get all of the functions working, but this was back in ICS. Also, no LTE is available...
But you're much better off going full touchscreen, just get used to it... I think keyboard phones are going the way of the dinosaur
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OK guys this is perfect timing.. and i dont have much support for th eextra tweaking issues we have in Canada, with some of these phones and roms..
Anyhow. Heres my story.. You will like the ending!!
Ive owned a Droid 3 (XT860-BELLMOBILITY) for over a year now.. I came from the original Milestone 1 from Telus Mobililty.
4 weeks ago I had my Droid 3 stolen from me in the laundry room of my condo.. Well it was more.. forgotten by me (i think it was lost there.. for sure!!) and some lucky sole got their hands on it.. I can now use google and its cached pages of kijiji to see that it wass posted the day of.. lol ive got the kid selling other goods so its only a matter of time before i force karma upon him
I took a risk, but being desperate QWERTYDROID junkies like we are, and bought an American Verizon Droid 3 (XT862)
--Keep in mind that i knew nothing about unlocking, rooting, restoring, and doing the whole ROM/Bootstrap/TWRP/SAFEBOOT etc.. Im 35, been into pc's since i was 15, but never into MAC or LINUX.
At this point ive bricked these phones and the next one i speak about dozens of times, while attempting to do the practice makes perfect sort of journey to see what works, what doesnt, what sometimes does, etc.. Its always ended up being able to use the original stock rom's with no problems. (sometimes bloatwear was anoying) but not much support for our radios and etc.
So i had a bit of trouble getting this verizon droid 3 up and running as verizon themselves gives us extra work by trying to secure the load up of the activation process. Either way.. it worked, and still does, and ive gotten a few roms working on it like all SteelDroid, CM10.1, MiniMoto, and possibly a couple others. but these were the ones that can and will work, with a bit of trial and error.
shoot gotta run for a few minutes. so i wanna post this so i dont lose it all.
PART 2 of this story to follow within an hour!! But ill give you a bit of a spoiler.
I am using a Droid 4 now.. as a poster said justr before me, he had many issues to get past, well so did I, but them came the huge hurdles to get over also..
Still have my droid 3 xt862 that was wanting to sell. though,, im still not for certain ready to part with it..
be back shortly sorry about this..
next part in next post
What happened????
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eksobr said:
Bumping this again. Any news?
I'm in the same situation as OP. Need to upgrade phone (from a Desire Z) and want something with physical keyboard. Droid 4 seems like the best bet.
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As far as I'm aware, there shouldn't be any problem getting this to run on a GSM network outside the United States. If the phone is on ICS or JB the GSM is unlocked already. If you use any of the ROM's, there's a thread in the "Droid 4 Android Development" called "Enable GSM on any ROM Patch" which should fully enable it.
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demungtoe said:
I need a new phone with a physical keyboard. Was looking at the Droid4, which appears to have the best physical keyboard around, but am a bit of a newb at this stuff. My old HTC Dream (G1) is dying, and I need to figure this out sooner then later. Haha
Can it be unlocked to work on Rogers Wireless in Canada?
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I have a Droid4, updated with android 4.1, and I can confirm you that it works with Rogers
As the title says I have an xt861 I wanted to modify the radio with the xt883 radio for use on at&t. I was able to do this successfully twice with mine and my girlfriends droid 3s however they are showing some signs of age and I was able to pick this up pretty cheap in brand new condition as a replacement. My question is should I use the debrick method found in that thread to put the droid 3 rom on it before beginning the process or would it work with the xt861 rom that is on the phone now? If it didn't would I be able to use the one step debrick on the phone to restore it to a factory droid 3 state at least and then start again from there? Unless someone tells me its a bad idea I was gonna try this anyways but I thought I would ask in case someone had any experience trying it with this phone. Another question I've wondered is why can't we install the radio from the xt860 and just use it that way? Is there a difference in the hardware of these two phones?
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As the title says I have an xt861 I wanted to modify the radio with the xt883 radio for use on at&t. I was able to do this successfully twice with mine and my girlfriends droid 3s however they are showing some signs of age and I was able to pick this up pretty cheap in brand new condition as a replacement. My question is should I use the debrick method found in that thread to put the droid 3 rom on it before beginning the process or would it work with the xt861 rom that is on the phone now? If it didn't would I be able to use the one step debrick on the phone to restore it to a factory droid 3 state at least and then start again from there? Unless someone tells me its a bad idea I was gonna try this anyways but I thought I would ask in case someone had any experience trying it with this phone. Another question I've wondered is why can't we install the radio from the xt860 and just use it that way? Is there a difference in the hardware of these two phones?
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You might do some searching around but the 861 is the same phone as the 862 I think.
I wanted to come back and confirm that the xt883 radio swap found in developers section on this forum for the xt862 does indeed work on the xt861. If I could thank everyone on this forum twice for this I would as I've been using an xt862 with this tweek for the last year but knowing it works with the xt861 as well opens up the market for replacement phones as I live in an alltel area that is switching to at&t soon and should lead to a flood of the market on used xt861's. I believe a carrier in virginia called blue ridge wireless also carries this phone I hope this will help someone else looking for a deal on a used phone. I did not have to put the droid 3 firmware on it before doing it so it is confirmed working with the 861 firmware and which seems like a much more stripped down version than the verizon firmware. Didn't really see any bloatware on the phone other than blur lol. I did have to use motofail to root the phone as petes one click root didn't work but everything else worked just as described in the guide. Have only used it for a couple hours and haven't run into any issues yet but if I do I will certainly come back and report so everyone will have all the info to decide if they want to go this route or not. Once again, thanks to all the developers on here who take the time to write up these step by step guides and one click tools to help out those of us who are good at following instructions but don't have the brains or time to work this out for ourselves. Now that I have an extra slightly worn out d3 I wont be using I'm going to do some reading on some of the custom roms some have developed and see what I might like or not about those and which ones will work with the xt883 radio. These phones are still very capable for what I need them to do but I'd really like to see just what the phone is capable of when tweeked by the great minds on here. If there's anyone in the hickory/asheville area of nc that needs a d3 to experiment with let me know and I would be willing to loan out my extra one to maybe look over your shoulder and learn a little.
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every1nosme said:
I wanted to come back and confirm that the xt883 radio swap found in developers section on this forum for the xt862 does indeed work on the xt861. If I could thank everyone on this forum twice for this I would as I've been using an xt862 with this tweek for the last year but knowing it works with the xt861 as well opens up the market for replacement phones as I live in an alltel area that is switching to at&t soon and should lead to a flood of the market on used xt861's. I believe a carrier in virginia called blue ridge wireless also carries this phone I hope this will help someone else looking for a deal on a used phone. I did not have to put the droid 3 firmware on it before doing it so it is confirmed working with the 861 firmware and which seems like a much more stripped down version than the verizon firmware. Didn't really see any bloatware on the phone other than blur lol. I did have to use motofail to root the phone as petes one click root didn't work but everything else worked just as described in the guide. Have only used it for a couple hours and haven't run into any issues yet but if I do I will certainly come back and report so everyone will have all the info to decide if they want to go this route or not. Once again, thanks to all the developers on here who take the time to write up these step by step guides and one click tools to help out those of us who are good at following instructions but don't have the brains or time to work this out for ourselves. Now that I have an extra slightly worn out d3 I wont be using I'm going to do some reading on some of the custom roms some have developed and see what I might like or not about those and which ones will work with the xt883 radio. These phones are still very capable for what I need them to do but I'd really like to see just what the phone is capable of when tweeked by the great minds on here. If there's anyone in the hickory/asheville area of nc that needs a d3 to experiment with let me know and I would be willing to loan out my extra one to maybe look over your shoulder and learn a little.
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Hi, I went ahead and assumed I'd have to flash the xt883 radio and build.prop. Mine isn't working as is. I'm curious if you had to also replace and tweak the build.prop with your xt861? Mine is the Ntelos version which I believe is the same as Alltel. Also did you have to unlock your phone? Some have said they have had to others have said they haven't. Just trying to get all my facts straight with this minority version of the milestone 3. -Thanks.
Hey, thanks for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it. Well, let's get to it. This is my first phone a plan, all my other phones prior had been using a sim card and I had paid for it fully. This is the first time I bought a phone that I am paying off monthly on a Basic Sprint plan.
Will Rooting or Flashing my device cause any issues with my carrier or incur any extra fees. (I can't afford that atm)
Once my device is flashed/rooted will I lose connection to my account?
(Super Silly question) To Root my device will I lose all my information?
Seeing that I am content with the stock ROM, I'm just looking for the benefits of being rooted, should I go ahead and root my device?
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Hey, thanks for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it. Well, let's get to it. This is my first phone a plan, all my other phones prior had been using a sim card and I had paid for it fully. This is the first time I bought a phone that I am paying off monthly on a Basic Sprint plan.
Will Rooting or Flashing my device cause any issues with my carrier or incur any extra fees. (I can't afford that atm)
Once my device is flashed/rooted will I lose connection to my account?
(Super Silly question) To Root my device will I lose all my information?
Seeing that I am content with the stock ROM, I'm just looking for the benefits of being rooted, should I go ahead and root my device?
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No
You might have to have Sprint reprovision your phone.
Yes
I've had mine since launch without root, and it's honestly the first phone I've ever had where I didn't really find the need to root it. And I like fully stock phones.
eXplicit815 said:
No
You might have to have Sprint reprovision your phone.
Yes
I've had mine since launch without root, and it's honestly the first phone I've ever had where I didn't really find the need to root it. And I like fully stock phones.
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Thanks for answering!
I have this feeling the Sprint will give me sh*t for rooting it for some reason. Like make things complicated for me.
I rooted and changed roms within 5 minutes of owning mine. Have sent 2 back now for device issues. The guy that works at sprint thought it was cool that I was doing that.
For troubleshooting reasons it would be a PITA to fix but if you know what you are doing you could take care of most stuff on your device.
Stellarex said:
I rooted and changed roms within 5 minutes of owning mine. Have sent 2 back now for device issues. The guy that works at sprint thought it was cool that I was doing that.
For troubleshooting reasons it would be a PITA to fix but if you know what you are doing you could take care of most stuff on your device.
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Yeah, I think I'm going to keep stock for now. People usually thinks it's some big thing to flash roms and root.
BeNicePlz said:
Yeah, I think I'm going to keep stock for now. People usually thinks it's some big thing to flash roms and root.
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I did because I was really sick of sense
If you have to send your phone to htc for any reason outside of Sprint (warranty issue), and they find out you unlocked your bootloader, they could charge you a few hundred dollars to repair or refuse to help you at all. There are ways around this, but nobody else mentioned this scenario. Just throwing it out there.