So I recently purchased a Captivate, what got me to buy it was how it DID NOT look like an Iphone. The vibrant just looks like an Iphone(although I've been eying it for a while since I live in Canada and Bell offered the one with the front facing camera, is it really that useful?).
I'm just curious on what got you guys to choose the Captivate.
Cause the AT&T nexus one is hard to find for under 500 bucks lol
But honestly the 4 inch screen and cause its the only android handset with a bright future on at&t and i hate iphones with a passion
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ahyl said:
So I recently purchased a Captivate, what got me to buy it was how it DID NOT look like a Vibrant (although I've been eying it for a while since I live in Canada and Bell offered the one with the front facing camera, is it really that useful?).
I'm just curious on what got you guys to choose the Captivate.
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well I am not sure what kind of Q is this but we have captivate avaialable on att and not vibrant and hence we chose Captivate !!!
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Cause the AT&T nexus one is hard to find for under 500 bucks lol
But honestly the 4 inch screen and cause its the only android handset with a bright future on at&t and i hate iphones with a passion
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always nice to hear from people like me who hate 'iphone with passion' good one !!1!! I just pity on the idiots who praise iphone in front of me after seeing my captivate
I could have gone with either T-Mob or AT&T the deciding factor for me was the Amazon deal on the Cappy for a penny. 1 Penny VS 100 dollars. was easy decision.
FAN + high end android phone
Also, it looks the best (the carbon fiber back matches my bike ).
I have to agree with both statements of both the iphone look of the vibrant and the absolute disgust of the iphone itself. I've already converted some ppl to android and completely shamed some iphone 4 owners with the amazing captivate. And when ppl see my phone they know its not an idumb unlike my friend who owns a vibrant. She has the hardest time having vibrant in plain site and ppl asking if its the new iphone.
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I upgraded to this from a Samsung Impression. I loved my Impression. I never had any issues with it like others had described. It had the same AMOLED screen technology, and amazing battery life. Any Samsung I've owned, whether it's been a phone or a camera has been great. So they've earned my business. They didn't disappoint me this time either with my Captivate. It's fast, it's light, it does great on battery life (I can go a day and a half without a full charge unlike I could with my Samsung Blackjack) and the screen is bright and vibrant just like I expected.
impression had a amoled screen? didn't know that but anyways well the 16 GB internal storage is one reason the other is that i couldn't switch to T-Mo
im not leaving AT&T, i had an upgrade available and its the first high end android device they offered. plus i was getting tired of how blackberry was so behind with everything.
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im not leaving AT&T, i had an upgrade available and its the first high end android device they offered. plus i was getting tired of how blackberry was so behind with everything.
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+1 got rid of my bb bold 9700. Love this phone so far minus the GPS issue. Nothing like getting direction the old fashion way, till its fix.
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y this
i was a tmobile subscriber b4! i moved to att because of the att family plan we have and i didnt like the way vibrant looks(esp. at the back). my plan was to get the iphone 4, but the deathgrip issue broke out plus lots of other factors made me pick the cappy. im very happy to pick this over ip4. i wish i waited a bit longer though to get the .01$ captivate.
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impression had a amoled screen? didn't know that but anyways well the 16 GB internal storage is one reason the other is that i couldn't switch to T-Mo
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Ya learn something new everyday.
i was tired of my bb's outdated operation.. was considering an iphone.. but this phone came HIGHLY reccomended from an executive at ATT that i know well... and referred to this phone as the "iphone killer"... love it so far.
My friend had the Vibrant on T-mo and told me, "Yknow, AT&T is getting basically the same phone, it's called the Captivate." My contract came up for renewal and they offered me the phone for $99. I couldn't say no. I like the idea of a phone running an open source operating system that anyone can tinker with. I've never liked Apple and their iOS with all of their restrictions.
I was actually contemplating making the move to T-mobile as they have cheaper plans and the service is about the same as AT&T in my area. Still, after holding both phones, the build quality and the overall look of the phone was much better with the Captivate IMO, so I decided to stick with AT&T for now and picked one up.
I am now waiting on the G2 and whatever the Emerald turns out to be for T-mobile this fall and may make the jump at that point.
I'm actually not enthralled with the overall look of the Captivate, but that's probably because I came from the Pure, and could see how AT&T has been influencing the design of these phones, and not necessarily for the better. I've attached a picture that shows what I mean better. If I removed the branding, you might have a hard time telling which phone is which.
But I did buy a Captivate, but only because I got ~$300 off from AT&T, T-mobile gets horrible reception both where I live and work, and I knew before I bought it that I would be able to undo the vast majority of AT&T's raping of this otherwise amazing phone.
had my Cappy out charging in Starbucks the other day and overheard the two people next to us chatting about it to each other:
"hey, what phone is that over there?"
"looks like the Xperia X10"
had to laugh at myself and told em its a Captivate and its not released here in Canada yet
To all who were tired of the bb.
I just came from a Bold 9000. Blackberry isn't really much outdated it's just really more lenient on business.
Tbh, I miss some things on my bb like keyboard shortcuts, the keyboard in general lol, bbm(reasons not sure why), and the ease of jumping around for me.
The reason why I jumped ship to the captivate is because it's the best android phone for AT&T and that's where I have a family plan :T lol I would have taken Sprint Epic if I could but I'm on AT&T!
^ I find bbm silly. Anyone who has a blackberry says they love it and I ask them why, the answer is always bbm. I say why is that better than text? They always try to come up with a reason. some of them know bbm transfers files. I say I have google talk and a vast array of other Im apps. They always say but bbm is blackberry only as if that's a good thing. I can talk to any one with a computer or iphone or android or whatever on there existing aim our yahoo account and they can only talk to there friends with blackberries, seems snobbish to me. You might say google talk can't send files, but yahoo messenger can.
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Just wanted to say "Hi".
After owning a EVO for a month I happened to enjoy android for a bit, but not to the point of wanting a Android Phone. (I am a Win Mobile user at heart and soon to be a Win Phone 7 User once Sprint gets the 7 Pro) A Android Tablet on the other hand, that I would enjoy so I can learn more of the in's and out's. Looking around I see the NC has taken off as rat as root and soon to come custom roms are concerned so I made the plunge and ordered one up. (Now still says shipping today, but has yet to do so Grr..)
As soon as it finally shows up I will be tinkering and rooting the heck out of it to make it do things It was never fully intended to do. (along with probably picking up a few books to actually read again.. Hmm)
Anyway look to see some of you around.
IM0001
I just made a post over in the Sony Xperia 10 Plus discussion forum. There isn't much to say about this phone really, but I had to share my herculean effort at trying 10000 pin codes manually over the past 16 days.
I've gotten into the world of smart phones primarily by watching youtube videos on how to bypass FRP locks. Even though I have a bunch of smart phones and tablets that I've managed to reset, my main phone - no joke - is a close to 20-year-old Motorola V60s which still works on Verizon's towers around here. This phone is so old, it will work on an analog system as well (AMPS). I've learned how to manually create my own ring tones with it and the speaker is so loud, I can hear it over the saw I run at work which is an amazing feat no smart phone has been able to pull off. I've rebulit the phone well over 10 times by buying old phones on ebay and then just moving the PC board from shell to shell as I wear out screens and buttons.
I've managed to use TWRP and installed Kali Linux on a smartphone a few years ago. I can't remember the model right off, but it was one that Verizon kicked off the network for not having High Definition voice capability.
A couple of years ago, I took my Samsung S4 to Australia and manually programmed in the access data and got it to work with Telstra. It's how I discovered what H+ is and how it's like 3.5G and the phone really worked well except for one minor hassle - when I would reply to a text, it would try and reply as if I was in the USA so I could never reply to a text (long distance charges), but I could go to contacts and text that way and then it would go locally through Telstra. It all boiled down to the fact that 4G is on different frequencies in Australia.
I hated it when Verizon dumped the S4 because I had taught myself to work on them so that I really knew the phones inside and out. I'd buy them as parts on ebay and make myself good usable phones out of them. Even so, I have an LG V20 sitting here ready to go the moment Verizon kicks my V60S off the network. I put a huge battery on the V20 so that I don't have to be tethered all the time if the inevitable happens. As it stands, I have the largest batteries Motorola ever produced that fit the V60s and I can go 2 to 5 days before I have to drop in the other battery (the charging ports are just too worn out to be of any use) and fortunately, I found out Motorola produces a radio that just so happens to take the same battery as the V60S so that I can still buy brand new extended life batteries for it.
That pretty much sums up my experience with android devices. I like to hack around on them a bit. I grew up in the 8 bit world (Commodore computers) and I'll be half a century old this year. I always liked to hack and dive into things to learn how they work and try to do things you're not supposed to do. I even got in trouble for messing around on the State Capital's computer system via modem in Nebraska in the late 1980s. Thankfully all of this before hacking laws were passed.
That's my introduction as a new member to the site. I hope I can contribute as much as I learn.
NQ
No_Quarter said:
I just made a post over in the Sony Xperia 10 Plus discussion forum. There isn't much to say about this phone really, but I had to share my herculean effort at trying 10000 pin codes manually over the past 16 days.
I've gotten into the world of smart phones primarily by watching youtube videos on how to bypass FRP locks. Even though I have a bunch of smart phones and tablets that I've managed to reset, my main phone - no joke - is a close to 20-year-old Motorola V60s which still works on Verizon's towers around here. This phone is so old, it will work on an analog system as well (AMPS). I've learned how to manually create my own ring tones with it and the speaker is so loud, I can hear it over the saw I run at work which is an amazing feat no smart phone has been able to pull off. I've rebulit the phone well over 10 times by buying old phones on ebay and then just moving the PC board from shell to shell as I wear out screens and buttons.
I've managed to use TWRP and installed Kali Linux on a smartphone a few years ago. I can't remember the model right off, but it was one that Verizon kicked off the network for not having High Definition voice capability.
A couple of years ago, I took my Samsung S4 to Australia and manually programmed in the access data and got it to work with Telstra. It's how I discovered what H+ is and how it's like 3.5G and the phone really worked well except for one minor hassle - when I would reply to a text, it would try and reply as if I was in the USA so I could never reply to a text (long distance charges), but I could go to contacts and text that way and then it would go locally through Telstra. It all boiled down to the fact that 4G is on different frequencies in Australia.
I hated it when Verizon dumped the S4 because I had taught myself to work on them so that I really knew the phones inside and out. I'd buy them as parts on ebay and make myself good usable phones out of them. Even so, I have an LG V20 sitting here ready to go the moment Verizon kicks my V60S off the network. I put a huge battery on the V20 so that I don't have to be tethered all the time if the inevitable happens. As it stands, I have the largest batteries Motorola ever produced that fit the V60s and I can go 2 to 5 days before I have to drop in the other battery (the charging ports are just too worn out to be of any use) and fortunately, I found out Motorola produces a radio that just so happens to take the same battery as the V60S so that I can still buy brand new extended life batteries for it.
That pretty much sums up my experience with android devices. I like to hack around on them a bit. I grew up in the 8 bit world (Commodore computers) and I'll be half a century old this year. I always liked to hack and dive into things to learn how they work and try to do things you're not supposed to do. I even got in trouble for messing around on the State Capital's computer system via modem in Nebraska in the late 1980s. Thankfully all of this before hacking laws were passed.
That's my introduction as a new member to the site. I hope I can contribute as much as I learn.
NQ
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Now thats what I call a full intro.
Welcome to XDA!
Got a greenhorn here. I messed around with rooting years and years ago on my s5, but didn't get too heavy into it. Looks like we're back to take another shot at it with the s21 base model.
Always good to see a former flasher back on XDA!
Enjoy your S21!
Cheers
Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is doing well! I signed up with the forums because I have questions about three devices I have and was hoping to get some help on them. I know that there are separate forums for each devices, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to give an overview here as well.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (AT&T), an Insignia Flex 11", and just recently received an AT&T Radiant Core (if I am correct, an AT&T-branded ZTE Radiant smartphone)
I have the Galaxy Note 3 because I bought it some years back when AT&T was still supporting the 3G network. The Radiant Core was mailed to me by AT&T because the 3G network will be shut down soon, and the Insignia was purchased on a lark.
I'd like to root all three, but the more I research, the more unlikely this seems. I haven't really tried anything with the Samsung just yet, but the Insignia doesn't have much out there on it besides dead links. It appears there was an app called Bin4ry that could root the system, but all the links I've found are dead.
As for the Radiant, I would like that rooted soon since I have been doing nothing but charging it since I received it. My Samsung will be disconnected from the network in about a week, and the Radiant will be activated. As a result, I'd like the phone to be ready (or bricked) soon. I've read, however, that network-branded phones are generally not worth the trouble of rooting if it can be done at all. I haven't seen much in the way of boot.img or recovery.img files for this phone, either. Perhaps it's not worth it?
As for why I would like to root, well, the Samsung has been a good small-screen media consumption device, but there are just too many pre-installed apps taking up space that I can't get rid of, including discontinued Samsung apps that are never going to be used. The Insignia doesn't have much on it, but it has a nice big screen and it came with a keyboard, so I'd like to experiment with it a bit. The Radiant is brand new and has not been used, so if I'm going to root it, I'd like to do it before using it for anything.
So! That's my story. If anyone can offer advice, I'd appreciate it. Thank you!
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Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is doing well! I signed up with the forums because I have questions about three devices I have and was hoping to get some help on them. I know that there are separate forums for each devices, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to give an overview here as well.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (AT&T), an Insignia Flex 11", and just recently received an AT&T Radiant Core (if I am correct, an AT&T-branded ZTE Radiant smartphone)
I have the Galaxy Note 3 because I bought it some years back when AT&T was still supporting the 3G network. The Radiant Core was mailed to me by AT&T because the 3G network will be shut down soon, and the Insignia was purchased on a lark.
I'd like to root all three, but the more I research, the more unlikely this seems. I haven't really tried anything with the Samsung just yet, but the Insignia doesn't have much out there on it besides dead links. It appears there was an app called Bin4ry that could root the system, but all the links I've found are dead.
As for the Radiant, I would like that rooted soon since I have been doing nothing but charging it since I received it. My Samsung will be disconnected from the network in about a week, and the Radiant will be activated. As a result, I'd like the phone to be ready (or bricked) soon. I've read, however, that network-branded phones are generally not worth the trouble of rooting if it can be done at all. I haven't seen much in the way of boot.img or recovery.img files for this phone, either. Perhaps it's not worth it?
As for why I would like to root, well, the Samsung has been a good small-screen media consumption device, but there are just too many pre-installed apps taking up space that I can't get rid of, including discontinued Samsung apps that are never going to be used. The Insignia doesn't have much on it, but it has a nice big screen and it came with a keyboard, so I'd like to experiment with it a bit. The Radiant is brand new and has not been used, so if I'm going to root it, I'd like to do it before using it for anything.
So! That's my story. If anyone can offer advice, I'd appreciate it. Thank you!
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Welcome to XDA
Have a deep search on your devices sections, sure it has been discussed before.
Good luck
orb3000 said:
Welcome to XDA
Have a deep search on your devices sections, sure it has been discussed before.
Good luck
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Thank you!