Chance I'm returning the Aria - HTC Aria General

and getting the Droid X. I like the Aria alot but the size is becoming a bit small, and I do miss the camera/video functions I had on my blackberry and Aria doesnt deliver in that category, besides that its a great device.
How can I get the device back to factory settings when I return it?
Also, with the rumors that the droid x may not be able to get custom roms because of a signed boot loader? Would this deter anyone here?

Go to the HTC support site and look for the aria download the shipped Rom and run that. That will get it back to factory settings. Also you could wait to get the captivate which is a high end phone for ATT. its nicer in my opinion, super amoled screen 1ghz hummingbird cortex a8 processor, great phone. Don't.know when it will be out though..
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Ok, thanks I will try that.
I also looked at the samsung but it may not be released within my 30 day period. I also didnt like the UI, and not so great support samsung is known for.

Yeah someone said it may come out the 15th. It's a really nice phone, well the specs are great. The UI isn't the greatest and the reason I'm afraid of getting it is Samsung support record.
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They already have rom's for the gallexy s. AkA capivate. Over at modaco. They have none samsung UI rom's there
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jasonyump said:
Yeah someone said it may come out the 15th. It's a really nice phone, well the specs are great. The UI isn't the greatest and the reason I'm afraid of getting it is Samsung support record.
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Engadget put up a posting saying that they have official word of a July 18th release of the Samsung Captivate. $199 on contract, not sure about retail.

Why is this post in the development section again??? Mods??

yeah this really should be moved to the HTC aria general section.

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Next Vibrant

Could be the next vibrant? (if T-Mobile picks it up)
http://androidapproved.com/item/samsung-galaxy-s-2-i9200/
Give me the specs of that phone with the exact same body design as my phone now and I might shell out the money for something like that. I don't really feel I'm lacking much with my phone as is so that might not even be an option
Sexy Vibrant featuring Sombionix 1.9.1, JAC's OC/UV, FFC installed
bdveteran18 said:
Give me the specs of that phone with the exact same body design as my phone now and I might shell out the money for something like that. I don't really feel I'm lacking much with my phone as is so that might not even be an option
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I agree. I don't really like the look of the phone if that's the final model. I like the design of the vibrant. One of the few things Samsung got right about the phone.
Nice find. Those specs look mighty delicious.
Great specs.
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4.3-inch SAMOLED2 display at 1280x720 and 340 dpi
Holy ****, yeah, I would leave my Vibrant for that.
I personally find the squarish design quite sexy.
What's really crazy is that those specs mean it's better tricked out than 90% of netbooks out there.
Ill take the 4.3 inch screen. My sister has an evo and that her only form of braging right because the vibrant w/bionix smashes her's with a custom sense rom.
Plus the 2GHz
That thing is so fake(IMO) it would suck too because the first vibrant just came out. Why would they release it so soon?
That's an amazing device. I would do everything in my power to pick that up if Tmo gets it.
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I agree. I don't really like the look of the phone if that's the final model. I like the design of the vibrant. One of the few things Samsung got right about the phone.
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That's just someone's crappy rendering. If you follow the link to the FCC page and view the label location PDF you'll see that it's rounded like the Vibrant.
If that device is real. Its to high end for tmo. Verizon maybe sprint. But lolz at tmo
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Ahh yes That would be nice
If true it would be nice. i do miss the HD2 size. For me a slightly larger screen would be nicer as I would like it to be more business friendly. I'd go for a 4.5-7 size screen if they could work out the battery issues, but then that's just me. Nice specs if it is real.......and yes TMO will have it if it does come out.
No Android device is going to have 2ghz in 2011, let along Q1 2011.
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If that device is real. Its to high end for tmo. Verizon maybe sprint. But lolz at tmo
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I agree. I don't think tmo would pick this up with those specs
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No Android device is going to have 2ghz in 2011, let along Q1 2011.
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Specs are probably not final. it could be one of the first dual core android phones of 2011
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Samsung is the business of kicking out hardware for the android market right now and the primary reason software updates are taking a back seat. Samsung doesn't have resources to dedicate. Whatever software and/or hardware problems encountered, the customer will ultimately need to except partial operability. Samsung is on rise of becoming THE android manufacturer. This new device doesnt surprise me.
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I call BS, no way there is be a 2ghz chip in Q1 2011.
@OP: Are you the owner of that website? Looking at your past posts, you have posted quite a many links to that particular website, which, btw, doesn't look too legit.
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@OP: Are you the owner of that website? Looking at your past posts, you have posted quite a many links to that particular website, which, btw, doesn't look too legit.
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Im not the only one that has posted about this. Its all over the web.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-i-want-believe
http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/07/05/samsung-i9200-galaxy-s2-details-leak/
This rumor has been around for a while.
IMO fake
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Felix your 2nd link dates all the way back to july 5.
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We all may have purchsed a Nexus S

It seems from the good work at Engadget that the Nexus S will be a stock android phone running on Galaxy S hardware with a front facing camera. If this is the case, and it comes to Verizon as the original was supposed to, it would be nothing to port these roms over to our phones seeing how the alleged hardware is exactly like ours with a camera. We would also see development ramp up as well. Interesting indeed.
Interesting assumption.
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I would assume yph are correct. Best buy leaked documents on phandroid say its coming out on Nov,14. Though it will be T-Mobile. That will just give all the GSM galaxy users gingerbread I would assume while we wait til 11/11/11 to get froyo.
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I have to say, the i9020 is looking awfully real.
What are the odds of a CDMA model, I wonder...
s44 said:
I have to say, the i9020 is looking awfully real.
What are the odds of a CDMA model, I wonder...
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Slim to none. Just like Verizon and Sprint were gonna get the N1 but ended up with "like" devices with "comparable" features in the Incredible and Evo.
Verizon will likely not ever have another developer phone(d1 was/is) because they can't control what goes on it if it is like the N1. They want to have complete and total control over their phone.
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There is no way this phone is the same hardware as the galaxy s..........for one the camera is different, the flash placement is different and so is the speakerphone placement!!!
Lets get realistic and sad our phone is official outdated.....the nexus is the standard for android!!!
I hope im wrong!!
BingoDanny said:
There is no way this phone is the same hardware as the galaxy s..........for one the camera is different, the flash placement is different and so is the speakerphone placement!!!
Lets get realistic and sad our phone is official outdated.....the nexus is the standard for android!!!
I hope im wrong!!
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I'm petty sure sure you're not right...
This phone is petty much standard hardware. I don't think anything past 1.0 GHz is released yet by anyone.
If gingerbread is out before we get froyo I'm getting a different phone
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One of the posts on this phone connected to flckr. They looked up the model number of the phone and found pics connected to it rated at 5 mega pixels. Same as our phone. The screen looks to be the same size and allegedly samoled. Even if it was just a developer phone, we could always pick and pull what we want from it, just like we so from the other galaxy s variants. It looks like hardware wise, we aren't going to be much different. It's been approved by the fcc, a while ago, so theyprobably didn't get a chanceto change much. This is all speculation of course, but it makes sense.
A,tually there is something past 1ghz...droid 2 global
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I was thinking of migrating to the merge or inedible hd if this turned into too much of a fiasco, but this has me very curious to see how this will pan out. Google's sort has proven much different than samsung. Extended my patience a bit.

Keeping or getting Nexus S?

Are you guys keeping the mt4g or getting the nexus s?
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You go ahead and let me know when you find a place to buy one, or a price, or a release date, or any official specs, or any official recognition that it actually exists. With that said in the magical rainbow farting unicorn world where it's available already it of course is better than anything that ever came before it or would ever exist so of course we're all taking our real phones back in exchange for the rumor.
Since the phone isn't even out yet...I have time to get my "phone fund" card paid off so when it does launch, i don't have to pass on either
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agentaaron said:
Since the phone isn't even out yet...I have time to get my "phone fund" card paid off so when it does launch, i don't have to pass on either
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Nice lol
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If HTC had made it then I would've been all over it. Not interested in a Samsung phone. I have yet to hear anything good about their products except for that Galaxy S screen.
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If HTC had made it then I would've been all over it. Not interested in a Samsung phone.
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+1
Hearing the rumors regarding plastic construction and no HSPA+, doesn't make me want to purchase it regardless if Google is behind it or not.
As much as I hate saying this I might have to go with the nexus s,simply because there will be more development(sorry as great as a phone I believe my Mt4g it has next to none dev support because they all purchased their silly G2s sorry had to vent) for as soon as it lands their all over it because supposedly itll be backed by google as a dev phone..follow them on twitter cyanogen teamdouche their all in...as much as I hate samsung im all over it to....but if we had some dev love id stay put because so far this is the best smartphone ive purchased.....kirkcodycobain
Nexus S=Samsung=No way
benmyers2941 said:
You go ahead and let me know when you find a place to buy one, or a price, or a release date, or any official specs, or any official recognition that it actually exists. With that said in the magical rainbow farting unicorn world where it's available already it of course is better than anything that ever came before it or would ever exist so of course we're all taking our real phones back in exchange for the rumor.
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where U been? Its real http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/eric-schmidt-shows-off-a-nexus-s-at-the-web-2-0-summit/
but yeah, Samsung scares me. But if its good, I will get it too
Ok, I forgot about that. But there are still no other specifics
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+1
Hearing the rumors regarding plastic construction and no HSPA+, doesn't make me want to purchase it regardless if Google is behind it or not.
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Only franchise Tmo devices will get 4G (G2--MT4G-) Everything else will get a very respectable 7.2. HSPA+ will be just about complete in Mid 2011, Our devices will be blazing some reports suggest as hgh as 42
kirkcody said:
As much as I hate saying this I might have to go with the nexus s,simply because there will be more development(sorry as great as a phone I believe my Mt4g it has next to none dev support because they all purchased their silly G2s sorry had to vent) for as soon as it lands their all over it because supposedly itll be backed by google as a dev phone..follow them on twitter cyanogen teamdouche their all in...as much as I hate samsung im all over it to....but if we had some dev love id stay put because so far this is the best smartphone ive purchased.....kirkcodycobain
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Wow really, I dont buy devices based on who is supporting them here on XDA, The fact that the MT4G has eclipsed all other devices ( Hardware ) Will make it difficult to be Ignored. As you can see OC kernals are being released, source codes, Roms to follow shortly.
30Glock said:
Only franchise Tmo devices will get 4G (G2--MT4G-) Ecerything else will get a very respectable 7.2. HSPA+ will be just about complete in Mid 2011, Our devices will be blazing some reports suggest as hgh as 42
Wow really, I dont buy devices based on who is supporting them here on XDA, The fact that the MT4G has eclipsed all other devices ( Hardware ) Will make it difficult to be Ignored. As you can see OC kernals are being released, source codes, Roms to follow shortly.
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Samsung, yuk. I CANNOT believe Google went the Samcrap for their next Nexus. I will NOT be wasting my money on another Samsung phone, EVER. I'll keep using my N1 for flashing and hacking and my MT4G for everything else.
P.S. Did you notice that the power/lock/wake button is in the same uncomfortable/almost impossible spot to use just like the Galaxy? Idiots.
Samsung? No thanks.
My last Samsung was the Omnia I900. Gotta say the company went down hill after that device and lost my influence with their sorta cheap design. The MT4g is a heck of a phone and Google direct support or not its going to get alot of love in the future from Tmo and HTC I bet. Ill stay with HTC.

Gingerbread and HTC

It looks like this time around the Droid x is going to get the gingerbread build before us
Hands-on with Gingerbread on Droid X http://bit.ly/dH0pvV
Does anyone remember that when our evo got froyo, Droid x got it a few weeks later! What you guys think?
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I think there is already a thread about gingerbread on the evo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866245
This thread make it seem like the Droid X and the Evo are both by HTC. Droid X is Motorola.
ms79723 said:
This thread make it seem like the Droid X and the Evo are both by HTC. Droid X is Motorola.
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Actually Sony.(Joke joke teehee)
ms79723 said:
This thread make it seem like the Droid X and the Evo are both by HTC. Droid X is Motorola.
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Really? Ha ha I would never thought of it like that, but man this would really sucked if my Droid x friends get official gingerbread first
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Yea it seems that not only are motorola phones gonna beat us...but maybe *gasp* samsung as well. Definitely something to consider when buying HTC it seems.
I'll eventually be a google phone only guy with all the carrier/manufacturer bs going on.
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Yea it seems that not only are motorola phones gonna beat us...but maybe *gasp* samsung as well. Definitely something to consider when buying HTC it seems.
I'll eventually be a google phone only guy with all the carrier/manufacturer bs going on.
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Yeah that's the only reason that I'm reconsidering to get the evo 3D for nexus s but the GPS issue with Sammy's phones piss me off if it would made HTC it would be a non brainier, I know HTC is delaying to update the HTC evo to make people buy the new phones but I don't think is right, at the end I might end up staying with my evo and get the ipad 2 I got apps on my iPhone the looks like.they got ipad support so wouldn't have to buy them again LOL
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And this is why I'm leaning towards a Nexus S over the Evo 3D.
i saw this thread just before i made one with the exact same topic. you beat me to it.
ya i agree. samsung has leaks out for some galaxy s already, most of which are still eclair btw, and now motorolla has leaks for the droid x and 2? what the hell is going on here? isnt htc supposed to be the company that comes out with everything first? when gb came out, there was a thread that said htc would update ~ February, motorolla around april, and sammy like summer. this seems completely backwards to me.
and didnt an htc rep say they were working on gb for evo around when nexus s was announced? i kno implementing sense is hard and takes a lot of difficult coding and stuff, but 4 months should be more than enough time for paid professionals.
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i saw this thread just before i made one with the exact same topic. you beat me to it.
ya i agree. samsung has leaks out for some galaxy s already, most of which are still eclair btw, and now motorolla has leaks for the droid x and 2? what the hell is going on here? isnt htc supposed to be the company that comes out with everything first? when gb came out, there was a thread that said htc would update ~ February, motorolla around april, and sammy like summer. this seems completely backwards to me.
and didnt an htc rep say they were working on gb for evo around when nexus s was announced? i kno implementing sense is hard and takes a lot of difficult coding and stuff, but 4 months should be more than enough time for paid professionals.
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my thoughts exactly. wtf htc + sprint.
dkdude36 said:
i saw this thread just before i made one with the exact same topic. you beat me to it.
ya i agree. samsung has leaks out for some galaxy s already, most of which are still eclair btw, and now motorolla has leaks for the droid x and 2? what the hell is going on here? isnt htc supposed to be the company that comes out with everything first? when gb came out, there was a thread that said htc would update ~ February, motorolla around april, and sammy like summer. this seems completely backwards to me.
and didnt an htc rep say they were working on gb for evo around when nexus s was announced? i kno implementing sense is hard and takes a lot of difficult coding and stuff, but 4 months should be more than enough time for paid professionals.
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Yeah they probably have it running but they want people to.buy a new device but I think is BS, thank God we got.CyanogenMod but still we deserve a full gingerbread experience with 2.0 sense
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Yeah they probably have it running but they want people to.buy a new device but I think is BS, thank God we got.CyanogenMod but still we deserve a full gingerbread experience with 2.0 sense
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Exactly what they want, Hell if we can get GB with sense 2.0 I'm sure most people are still going to buy the Evo 3D, it's a dual core phone! Of course most of us will buy it.
I hope the update comes with Sense 2.1. It has some sweet features.
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yea a buddy sent me a pic of his droid x with the 2.3.3 build .... i went WTF .. the nexusS it starting to win me over
There is just something about having a Google phone that sreams "baller" to me....(Nexus)
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If they pushed 2.3 for the EVO before the EVO3D was released it would actually make me want to buy the 3D more.
When I go to buy a phone now that I have experience with them.. I will look for a couple major things.
1. Battery life. Let's face it, new features are nothing if your phone dies in 6 hours.
2. Manufacturer/Dev support. If the EVO only gets one update then has to wait until the latest thing comes out before it gets another... then that's a HUGE setback for me, especially if we have a locked bootloader and AOSP roms aren't possible.
Samsung has a horrible rep but the battery life on their phones are reportedly outstanding. They aren't locking the phones down. They did stink it up in a HUGE way with the 2.2 update but if they push 2.3 out ASAP it goes a long way in my eyes.
I HATE HATE touchwiz, but if the phone isn't locked down then it doesn't much matter.
Samsungs phones are locked as well... the evo is too. Motos new phones are encrypted which is the problem.
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I think a lot of people thought exactly what I thought. I saw the galaxy getting the official leak and thought what is going on. Htc is usually first on the scene with this type of stuff. Then today I saw motorola getting some love from the leaks. If both companies drop gingerbread before htc it will look bad on htc. They will be on 2.2 and everyone else on 2.3 and with the evo being seen as one of the best, it would be a shame. I hope HTC changes their mind and just drops gingerbread. I will even take Sense 2.0 and nothing else right now. The new features can come later.
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I think a lot of people thought exactly what I thought. I saw the galaxy getting the official leak and thought what is going on. Htc is usually first on the scene with this type of stuff. Then today I saw motorola getting some love from the leaks. If both companies drop gingerbread before htc it will look bad on htc. They will be on 2.2 and everyone else on 2.3 and with the evo being seen as one of the best, it would be a shame. I hope HTC changes their mind and just drops gingerbread. I will even take Sense 2.0 and nothing else right now. The new features can come later.
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Agree I don't care much for gingerbread what I want the most is a 100% working sense 2.0 desing for Evo with 4G , I know myn work in a nnice rom but I'm sure everyone agrees when I say that if HTC realese will be more stable and all features working and let EVO developers get their hand on it
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i think...
moto and sammy are doing market clean up and PR repair.. knee jerk reaction to some surveys done last month about which OEM is faster and better support of upgrades/updates. HTC as at the top of most.
so here is moto and sammy trying to get public favor back. before they release their next big phone. and as most knee-jerk reactions.. the implementation will not be stable and full of bugs.. or low in features.
then back to waiting for the fixes and updates for the upgrade issues.
HTC is staying the course with their proven market strategy.
but I do hope that the quick release of gb on moto and sammy will quicken the gb release from htc on evo!

Sgs2 or what?

I was just wondering what phone you guys are waiting for, I'm personally waiting for the sgs2, hopefully it comes out soon enough. Seems mostly everyone has gone to the g2x already.
if they did go for the g2x already i feel sorry for them in my opinion. ive seen the reviews and no way is it even close to sg2 not even close to htc sensation. im gonna get either one of those, preferable sg2!
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if they did go for the g2x already i feel sorry for them in my opinion. ive seen the reviews and no way is it even close to sg2 not even close to htc sensation. im gonna get either one of those, preferable sg2!
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That's exactly what i'm thinking, the g2x isn't that great, I think most people got it because the guy who made cm7 has one also.
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That's exactly what i'm thinking, the g2x isn't that great, I think most people got it because the guy who made cm7 has one also.
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Precisely.
The reason why a lot of people have gone towards the g2x is the big support from the Dev community. Unlocked bootloader + source has already been released.
Not to mention sg2 has no release date for the u.s, others couldn't wait.
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The reason why a lot of people have gone towards the g2x is the big support from the Dev community. Unlocked bootloader + source has already been released.
Not to mention sg2 has no release date for the u.s, others couldn't wait.
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These are reasons why people in this community would buy or take a long look at it, seems like a good phone and most reviews are quite good. Samsung and there slow updates, and lack of source make a tough phone for developers and now that HTC and Moto are locking their bootloaders, its gets harder to dev's to make the fun they make.
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Definitely an HTC
I had the choice of G2 or Vibrant me thinking Awesome hardware=better than G2.
I was wrong.
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im thinking of getting the sgs2 or sensation...
#neveragain
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Hands Down SGS2, I love being able to tinker, but even if I cant I love samsung hardware. I gotta say for support though, LG or HTC
I never understood the craze over the g2. Is there something with current roms that you don't like?
Idk about craze over the G2, but it is a fantastic phone, especially for emulators in my opinion, but thats because you can get some nice clocks outta the CPU. I got one (well, not mine, I tinker with my friends) running @ 1.8ghz, and thats pretty sexy playing OOT on there perfectly (almost) In regards to roms, you mean for vibrant? I have no problem with anyones work =) just prefer my own I'm working on =P
I understand that the G2, and all second gen snapdragons for that matter, can clock high, but is there any application other than emulators that use that power. After all, developers have to take care of both the low and high end phones. Plus, you are killing the lifespan of the CPU and lowering your battery life.
The vibrant runs fine on 2.2.1 and is helped by Samsung's GPU acceleration implementation in both the launcher and browser. And once the i9000 gingerbread roms start rolling out, we can only expect greater speed and stability.
Mostly people suffer from nuevo-addiction and waiting is just too much. Also, alot of people who have phones I have noticed once the phone becomes bugfree with lots of support they bail for a new phone to conquer the new phone system.
I am waiting for the S2
if you've got the money why nit? if I'm a millionaire I would buy all the latest android phone.
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SGS2
Most likely a better processor (as long as we don't get the Tegra2 version)
SAMOLED plus
more RAM
G2X then SGS2!
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I'm looking forward to the sensation. The galaxy s2 wont be significantly better in terms of hardware, and I've got a real bad taste in my mouth from the lack of support my vibrant has received from Samsung. Locked bootloader or not, the sensation is still a pretty good looking phone that I'm sure will perform well.
Worst case scenario, I buy the sensation, hate it and return within 14 days, wait for something else to be released. My vibrant and hd2 should keep me happy until I find something great.
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I've got a real bad taste in my mouth from the lack of support my vibrant has received from Samsung.
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To me the problem is buying a carrier altered edition of the phone. The international GS seems to get upgrades just fine. They don't have to wait on Samsung AND then the retarded carriers with all their alterations and other BS. That's what owning my Vibrant has taught me. 100% international & unlocked only from here on in. I'll be buying the International SGS2 as soon as I can, no US version for me ever again.
all i want is a new google nexus phone with a notification led duel cameras with flash and a duel core processor then ill be happy

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