I love my Nexus. Here's one example of why... - Nexus One General

So I was rebuilding my HTPC (new PSU and graphics card, and a fresh win7 install for anyone interested) and I realised that the driver disk for my wireless card was in the loft, two storeys from my position in the lounge! What a disaster!
So instead of trudging all the way up two (that's right, TWO!) flights of stairs, I decided to see if I could tether the PC to the phone (which was connected to the wireless network) via usb. Guess what? It worked!! I knew I could tether if the phone was connected to 3G, but not wifi. I was pleased.
That's right folks, my phone saved me a horrendous journey to the loft (and back).
I know I sound sarcastic, but I always do. This actually did make my day...

Im gonna stike this up on the "other things the iphone wishes it could do" board. Hmmm Android - 1,968,169,254 to iPhone - 0

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My family and I just moved halfway across the country and my N1 made it soo much easier. At one time, while driving across Kentucky, I had the N1 playing music over bluetooth to my truck radio, while it was navigating for us, and tethering to my wife's netbook which was playing a movie for the kids in the back. It was super hot, and I don't think it gained a single percentage of battery while it was charging, but it worked for hours like that.
After moving into our house over the weekend, the DSL or satellite TV wouldn't be hooked up till Monday, so we tethered the N1 to the PS3 and watched Netflix movies all night.
And it's my alarm clock.

wfagan59 said:
My family and I just moved halfway across the country and my N1 made it soo much easier. At one time, while driving across Kentucky, I had the N1 playing music over bluetooth to my truck radio, while it was navigating for us, and tethering to my wife's netbook which was playing a movie for the kids in the back. It was super hot, and I don't think it gained a single percentage of battery while it was charging, but it worked for hours like that.
After moving into our house over the weekend, the DSL or satellite TV wouldn't be hooked up till Monday, so we tethered the N1 to the PS3 and watched Netflix movies all night.
And it's my alarm clock.
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That story was awesome. It's great having freedom and functionality on a device. Just like it should be when you pay top dollar for a piece of tech.
Hi Apple, are you listening?

wfagan59 said:
And it's my alarm clock.
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Best feature to be honest.

wfagan59 said:
My family and I just moved halfway across the country and my N1 made it soo much easier. At one time, while driving across Kentucky, I had the N1 playing music over bluetooth to my truck radio, while it was navigating for us, and tethering to my wife's netbook which was playing a movie for the kids in the back. It was super hot, and I don't think it gained a single percentage of battery while it was charging, but it worked for hours like that.
After moving into our house over the weekend, the DSL or satellite TV wouldn't be hooked up till Monday, so we tethered the N1 to the PS3 and watched Netflix movies all night.
And it's my alarm clock.
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Not only is that story awesome but that would make an awesome commercial...

Yeah it would. Unfortunately, Google never ran any. To be honest, now that I have one, I'm kinda glad they aren't selling any more. Makes mine that much cooler.
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Im wondering how did you get it to tether your wifi connection? when i try it always uses 3G,

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Im wondering how did you get it to tether your wifi connection? when i try it always uses 3G,
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I thought the same thing, but it turns out that isn't true.
When you use your nexus as a hotspot, devices connected to it can use the N1's hotspot and connect to the wifi network the N1 is connected to. Your nexus, however, can't use the wifi network except to pass it off to the tethered devices. The N1 won't show that it's still connected to wifi, but a speed test I just did on my pc while tethered to my N1 confirm it (unless 3G just got bumped up to 12mpbs )

wfagan59 said:
My family and I just moved halfway across the country and my N1 made it soo much easier. At one time, while driving across Kentucky, I had the N1 playing music over bluetooth to my truck radio, while it was navigating for us, and tethering to my wife's netbook which was playing a movie for the kids in the back. It was super hot, and I don't think it gained a single percentage of battery while it was charging, but it worked for hours like that.
After moving into our house over the weekend, the DSL or satellite TV wouldn't be hooked up till Monday, so we tethered the N1 to the PS3 and watched Netflix movies all night.
And it's my alarm clock.
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You should send Google your story. Who knows, maybe they'll send you some Gingerbread test hardware to play with

We had an issue with a very expensive microscope at work. We had to dismantle part of it and look at its inner mechanics. Where was the torch that my boss desperately needed? Yes N1 to the rescue!

thatoneguy247 said:
I thought the same thing, but it turns out that isn't true.
When you use your nexus as a hotspot, devices connected to it can use the N1's hotspot and connect to the wifi network the N1 is connected to. Your nexus, however, can't use the wifi network except to pass it off to the tethered devices. The N1 won't show that it's still connected to wifi, but a speed test I just did on my pc while tethered to my N1 confirm it (unless 3G just got bumped up to 12mpbs )
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I did not know this. I was tethering 3g and sometimes edge to the netbook. I'm sure the video stuttered and lagged a bit, but my kids didn't complain.
I get caught up in all the latest and greatest things we can make our phones capable of, but when you take a step back and look at what the N1 can do now, it's pretty amazing. Doing all that in my truck while driving 80mph down the interstate is crazy. Some of the credit should go to the carriers (At&t in this instance, but I had T-Mobile forever, I still miss my Shadow sometimes). Fact is they blanket the whole damn country with signal for the most part and we all take for granted that it will just work. My wife gives me a hard time when I get all excited over my phone, but even she had to agree that this example was pretty cool.

My Nexus one is the luckiest SOB phone in the world.. It just sits in my desktop dock all day.. happily sipping electricity and sleep most of the day. ya, it picks up mail and few calls, but no need to work like a dog tethering other PCs and play music. I'm gonna make it work like a $600 phone one of these days...

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To be honest, now that I have one, I'm kinda glad they aren't selling any more. Makes mine that much cooler.
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Collector's item ftw

Related

What do you do with your EVO that you find "Really Cool."

I ask this question because I've run into a couple of apps that I just find really cool, apps that I look at and say "wow, that's awesome that I can do this with my phone."
One of them is PhoneMyPC, remote logging into my home computer ($10 app).
The other one is of course WiFi tether (either paid or rooted).
I also really dig FiOS Mobile apps. Two apps, one that allows you to monitor, schedule recordings, and delete recordings on my home DVR from anywhere. The other allows me to control my home DVR via wifi. Why is this cool? I ran a second cable from my DVR to my other TV, so now I can control it while the DVR is at the other end of the house, no need for an IR repeater! And I can screw with my wife while she's watching TV.
What have you found that has made you go "Damn, that's cool!"
Having trouble of thinking of things exclusive to my Evo...but I <3 Android:
Accessing a terabyte of video, music and pictures on my home server through Orb to the Evo is pretty awesome!
Real time video streaming to my Qik stream is very cool.
Real time monitoring of my OBDII stats on the phone through the torque app. I use an OBDII bluetooth module that I got for $30 from Hong Kong. The module is a permanent fixture in my S2000 (install and forget). Very useful if you are into hypermiling, shows current MPG, average MPG and every other stat your OBD sensors feed out.
Droidlive radio app has replaced the crappy Las Vegas radio stations we have out here. I stream this to my Sony Xplod deck's bluetooth.
Google Navigation is honestly the best thing ever. I have give a Garmin nav unit that I haven't used since I got 2.1 on my old Hero.
My girlfriend and I stalk each other with the Latitude app in Google maps. Fun and useful for seeing what your friends and family are up to.
Slingbox Mobile Player will be added to my favorite features this summer, full cable lineup on my phone!
Gmote allows me to use my phone as a track pad on my media server. Very useful and makes an awesome wireless mouse.
i didnt want the evo at first due to its size, i came from an htc diamond to this and what i loved about my diamond was its compact size.. well after getting the evo the size is one of the things that i love about this phone, not to mention not having a lag with finger swipes, everything is instant and precise.. i love this phone.. ANDROID ANDROID ANDROID!!! the apps that i use are as follows;
backgrounds: for some custom backgrounds
driodbox: for accessing my dropbox, like this better than the official dropbox app
camera zoom fx: neat little camera app
itrackmma: a must have for true mma fans, schedules and fightcards for events
jogtracker: creates a detail maps of my jogging speed and routes
listen: for listening to my podcasts
rootbooter: boots into recovery, but i still have to click the recovery files
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Droidlive radio app has replaced the crappy Las Vegas radio stations we have out here. I stream this to my Sony Xplod deck's bluetooth.
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It's nice to know I'm not the only person who thinks the radio stations out here are dreadful.
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[*]Droidlive radio app has replaced the crappy Las Vegas radio stations we have out here. I stream this to my Sony Xplod deck's bluetooth.
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Totally forgot you were moving here. How you fairing through the heat wave? And yeah, Vegas has THE WORST radio stations!
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It's nice to know I'm not the only person who thinks the radio stations out here are dreadful.
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another Las Vegan? Seems like we are taking over XDA, lol.
IMO, one of the coolest things i can do on the phone is to have what the camera sees as my wallpaper. LWP FTW!!
Beyond the 'look' of the device, the sheer functionality, the fact that it does what I need it to do without lag...that is 'really cool'.
The EVO is what a smartphone is supposed to be.
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[*]Real time monitoring of my OBDII stats on the phone through the torque app. I use an OBDII bluetooth module that I got for $30 from Hong Kong. The module is a permanent fixture in my S2000 (install and forget). Very useful if you are into hypermiling, shows current MPG, average MPG and every other stat your OBD sensors feed out.
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omg.... i did not know this exsisted!!!!! dude this is perfect for my turbo setup how fast is the realtime updating? now i dont have to carry my laptop with me lol
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Totally forgot you were moving here. How you fairing through the heat wave? And yeah, Vegas has THE WORST radio stations!
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HAHA yeah, vegas has some really crappy radio stations. I always just listened to NPR and my ex was always trying to find something to listen to because NPR was too 'boring', she never really found anything else.
I do like vegas's NPR station better then phoenix's.
I think the ability to video chat my mother who I haven't seen in years and lives in a different country is "really cool." (From the phone.)
Hi mom!
Playing highly polished games like Radiant on the Evo is nothing short of breathtaking. Once you've done that, there is no going back to a smaller device.
danknee said:
Having trouble of thinking of things exclusive to my Evo...but I <3 Android:
Accessing a terabyte of video, music and pictures on my home server through Orb to the Evo is pretty awesome!
Real time video streaming to my Qik stream is very cool.
Real time monitoring of my OBDII stats on the phone through the torque app. I use an OBDII bluetooth module that I got for $30 from Hong Kong. The module is a permanent fixture in my S2000 (install and forget). Very useful if you are into hypermiling, shows current MPG, average MPG and every other stat your OBD sensors feed out.
Droidlive radio app has replaced the crappy Las Vegas radio stations we have out here. I stream this to my Sony Xplod deck's bluetooth.
Google Navigation is honestly the best thing ever. I have give a Garmin nav unit that I haven't used since I got 2.1 on my old Hero.
My girlfriend and I stalk each other with the Latitude app in Google maps. Fun and useful for seeing what your friends and family are up to.
Slingbox Mobile Player will be added to my favorite features this summer, full cable lineup on my phone!
Gmote allows me to use my phone as a track pad on my media server. Very useful and makes an awesome wireless mouse.
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Where did you get this? That would be awesome.
Not all of these are uniquely EVO, but they are awesome none the less. (some are repeats too, but they amazed me)
Using the phone as a trackpad over wifi. Link
Google Voice Mail. The one thing I hated more than anything else over the past decade was checking voice mails. Now its a pleasure.
Latitude
Key Ring helped make my wallet thinner, in a good way. Less club cards to carry. Link
Keeping track of my cars gas mileage and service. Link
Being able to say out loud "Navigate to Frozen Yogurt" and being lead to the nearest place to kill my craving.
Mint is really handy and is already helping me save money. It is ALL your financial information in 1 place. Link
Google Translate is a lot of fun when you use a language it can actually speak back out loud. Link
For me the biggest deal is that this is the first time I have been able to browse the web on something other than a computer, and have it be enjoyable. The other night I sat in bed browsing for at least 1.5 hours completely comfortable. I would say its like 70% of the desktop experience, which is pretty good. Even on the HTC Incredible I found it a bit of a pain to browse. Love that 4.3" screen!
take 8 mp pics of my old PRE to post on craigslist ....
danknee said:
Having trouble of thinking of things exclusive to my Evo...but I <3 Android:
Accessing a terabyte of video, music and pictures on my home server through Orb to the Evo is pretty awesome!
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I'm using HomePipe. Like it better than Orb. Can use it to transfer any files, not just music/video/pics.
I think one of the coolest things is
Finding a song using shazam,
downloading the full song for free from MP3 download,
email it to someone else, or search for any video on youtube and download it directly to the phone.
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Where did you get this? That would be awesome.
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I wondered the same so I turned to my old friend, and yours, Google..
Here's what I found:
$40 - and this model ELM 327 is specifically mentioned on the software's webpage
http://www.easy-motorcycle.com/blue...r-can-bus-327-wireless-p-81.html?currency=USD
$55
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16921
About the obdii adapter: It lagged about 2 milliseconds on my hero, I was testing it out with the Evo today and the lag was about 1 millisecond. I paid $30 for the bt obdii adapter on ebay including shipping.
The best app for it its torque, plus it is free. It even allows for resetting trouble codes.
Seriously the thing that is most incredible to me is being able to use Skype video call to people while walking around using my phone.
this phone does so much epic awesomeness.
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Totally forgot you were moving here. How you fairing through the heat wave?
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I'm not minding the heat at all, beats snow any day!
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Seriously the thing that is most incredible to me is being able to use Skype video call to people while walking around using my phone.
this phone does so much epic awesomeness.
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Are you using Fring for that? I'd love a native Skype app.. Slingbox too!
My favorite app on the EVO so far has been Google Sky. It really uses all of the technology available to produce something so simple.

EVO Wifi is terrible

There are big threads on this on the Andrioid Central and HTC user forums. Many folks are experiencing terrible wifi performance. My experience is typical; right next to my router I can pull 13Mbps+ (via speedtest), but if I go into the next room or anywhere else in the house my signal drops to one bar and thoroughput plummets to <1Mbps. Both my iPhone and iPad work great around the whole house.
No problems here. In fact, I've been very pleased with the wifi, 3G, and 4G coverage I have here compared with the wifi and 3G I had with my Hero. My speeds are also markedly better. I was pulling 1.9Mbps with 3G yesterday and at that point, I don't think I have any reason to complain about service.
No problems with mine either. Maybe Apple is trying to discredit other products while they are running... lol
i thought i was the only one seeing this, i walk a few steps away from my router and it drops to zero or just one bar. i guess it works best with a wireless N router
My Evo's wi-fi reception isn't as horrible as some claim it to be, but it is noticeably weaker than that of my Touch Pro. When I go downstairs, I drop down to one or two bars, where as my Touch Pro stays at a solid three bars.
Try and take your router out of dual/tripple band mode and run it on only G or N and see how it does.
I've noticed running with backwards compatibility messes a lot of phones up.
i'm having the same issues...
running a linksys 802.11/b/g/n router
seeing the same issues with my ipad, but not with my old iphone
can this be remedied with a simple hack to the os? or would it be totally hw related?
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i thought i was the only one seeing this, i walk a few steps away from my router and it drops to zero or just one bar. i guess it works best with a wireless N router
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Same for me man, its terrible. Mine isnt rooted or custom rom'd yet though so well see whats up when they start hax0rin the phone a lil more.
Chriscic said:
There are big threads on this on the Andrioid Central and HTC user forums. Many folks are experiencing terrible wifi performance. My experience is typical; right next to my router I can pull 13Mbps+ (via speedtest), but if I go into the next room or anywhere else in the house my signal drops to one bar and thoroughput plummets to <1Mbps. Both my iPhone and iPad work great around the whole house.
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i thought i was the only one seeing this, i walk a few steps away from my router and it drops to zero or just one bar. i guess it works best with a wireless N router
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Poor Wi-Fi performance would be a dealbreaker so how much of a reality:rumor is this?
I would have to take Sprint up on their 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee-return policy if this issue is not resolved..
BTW, N I've heard will not be supported until 2.2
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i thought i was the only one seeing this, i walk a few steps away from my router and it drops to zero or just one bar. i guess it works best with a wireless N router
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I have a wireless N router. Someone on one of the other forums says that Android 2.1 only runs G wireless anyway, although I'm not knowledgeable enough on that yet to confirm that it's true.
Mine is also bad i get 10 to 15ft away and it drops to nothing.
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Mine is also bad i get 10 to 15ft away and it drops to nothing.
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mine drops to * to 1 bar when I go around the house, but it's still working and never disconnects so I don't really care.
-edit- our router sucks too btw so I'm not surprised.
Evo wifi
I just got my Evo as we were heading to Mexico for vacation. My whole family has (including me) and iphone but I had my Evo with me when we went to a restaurant to eat. The restaurant had wifi coverage but we had to get a password to access. Accessing the wifi with the EVO is a bit more time consuming than the iphone but I didnt care about that. What i DID care was everyone else was saying..CONNECTED as my EVO was still searching. It did find the signal about 15 seconds later. Now the frustrating part. My signal kept dropping while my family, with iphones kept bragging about their signal never dropping. Finally the signal dropped totally from my EVO and I had to use my wifes iphone. I love the EVO and want this phone to work for me. Im not an Iphone fanboy either. I feel like this is something that will be fixed with an update.
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I just got my Evo as we were heading to Mexico for vacation. My whole family has (including me) and iphone but I had my Evo with me when we went to a restaurant to eat. The restaurant had wifi coverage but we had to get a password to access. Accessing the wifi with the EVO is a bit more time consuming than the iphone but I didnt care about that. What i DID care was everyone else was saying..CONNECTED as my EVO was still searching. It did find the signal about 15 seconds later. Now the frustrating part. My signal kept dropping while my family, with iphones kept bragging about their signal never dropping. Finally the signal dropped totally from my EVO and I had to use my wifes iphone. I love the EVO and want this phone to work for me. Im not an Iphone fanboy either. I feel like this is something that will be fixed with an update.
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If it isn't fixed I don't see how I can get-keep the EVO..please keep us updated on this issue..
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If it isn't fixed I don't see how I can get-keep the EVO..please keep us updated on this issue..
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aww, see I came from an android phone without wifi, so i'm used to not being able to rely on it lol.
Mine's just OK. I do get coverage throughout the house, even 2 floors up (router in basement). But when I'm sitting right next to the router, literally 2 feet, I do not have full bars. (1 shy). Can't really complain too much, but I do wish it was better.
Speedtest
Next to router: 9438 down, 3996 up
1 floor up: 4492 down, 4102 up
Wifi reception for me is pretty awful, only the "dot" comes on with no circumferential bars when I'm at home and I get no signal at all when I'm at work (where both my laptop & iPhone 3G do fine). This is looking like a deal breaker for me.
Gary
Here in Puerto Rico the vast majority of houses are built in concrete... My EVO's WiFi seems to fare worse than my iPod touch's WiFi (which in turn fares worse than my netbook's). In the family room, with one room and one concrete wall in between me and the standard G router, I get a signal and it works fine.
With two concrete walls (one room and a bathroom) in between me and the router signal is borderline but it still seems to work, tho I'm often seeing just a dot. With three concrete walls in between me and the router (two rooms and a bathroom in between) I get no signal whatsoever.
Under those same conditions the iPod touch would ocasionally get a signal in certain corners of that room while the netbook's never had trouble getting a signal unless I go to the far end/corner of the room. I'm not terribly worried about it since I'd use the WiFi the most in the family room but it's a bit troublesome, hopefully it's improved w/an update.
I can confirm EVO wifi is much worse then my TP. I'm trying to move my router to a more central location now to accommodate it. :-\ hopefully we'll get N in 2.2 it's not a deal breaker, just an annoyance.
You can always make a directional antenna focuser out of a soda can too, it sounds ghetto but actually works... There was an article about it on MaxiumPC about a year ago.

The #1 thing I love most about the Vibrant...

...Having bluetooth work like it should! I just came from a Mytouch 3G after a year to the Vibrant. The BT on the MT3G was utter garbage! I listen to podcasts all day while at work with my A2DP bluetooth and I couldn't set the phone down on my desk and walk 10 feet across the office without it choking, hiccuping or dropping my connection. At first I thought it was the earpiece so I returned the Jawbone Icon and bought the Blue Ant T-1. Same damn problem! I would walk with the phone in my hand and with every swing of my arm the sound would cut out. I practically had to hold the phone in the hand closest to the earpiece! My 5 year old Moto flip phone had better BT performance than the MT3G did. So once I got the Vibrant the first thing I did was try out the BT performance. Man, what a relief! They put a good radio in there! Now I can leave my phone in one room of the house, go downstairs and not have a single dropped connection or sound hiccup while playing audio.
Thanks Samsung!
The Bluetooth is utterly broken on my devices. It sucks in my car (5+ phone NEVER an issue). Glad yours is working, I am hoping moving to Froyo moving spec to 3.0 will resolve this. Bluetooth is my only complaint about the Vibrant.
While one rejoices, the other complains. Seriously I am starting to think Samsung customized each individual phone for purchase. At least that is what it seems like on these forums with all the conflicting reports.
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...Having bluetooth work like it should! I just came from a Mytouch 3G after a year to the Vibrant. The BT on the MT3G was utter garbage! I listen to podcasts all day while at work with my A2DP bluetooth and I couldn't set the phone down on my desk and walk 10 feet across the office without it choking, hiccuping or dropping my connection. At first I thought it was the earpiece so I returned the Jawbone Icon and bought the Blue Ant T-1. Same damn problem! I would walk with the phone in my hand and with every swing of my arm the sound would cut out. I practically had to hold the phone in the hand closest to the earpiece! My 5 year old Moto flip phone had better BT performance than the MT3G did. So once I got the Vibrant the first thing I did was try out the BT performance. Man, what a relief! They put a good radio in there! Now I can leave my phone in one room of the house, go downstairs and not have a single dropped connection or sound hiccup while playing audio.
Thanks Samsung!
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i came from a moto cliq, and the bluetooth was worse then your mt3g. with the cliq the bluetooth would never stay connected. i always had to repair the headset with the phone every time i wanted to use it. now i can actually say that the bluetooth on the vibrant is so much better and it actually works
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While one rejoices, the other complains. Seriously I am starting to think Samsung customized each individual phone for purchase. At least that is what it seems like on these forums with all the conflicting reports.
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LOL. I'll take a Vibrant with a messed up GPS, BT, etc and a side order of slow RFS on the side, please. Please pull up to the next window...
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LOL. I'll take a Vibrant with a messed up GPS, BT, etc and a side order of slow RFS on the side, please. Please pull up to the next window...
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Does that come with a large NAND or will you charger me extra for that?
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Does that come with a large NAND or will you charger me extra for that?
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That is include free of charge at random. And as part of our standard package you will get phone bricking OTA from our partner T-Mo Inc free of charge as well.
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Also free of charge you can navigate to XDA dev section and load a custom ROM with the kernel and lag fix of your choice and have a smooth experience with your Vibrant.
DISCLAIMER: Support developers by clicking their "please donate" links.
Also free of charge, Nachos. Enjoy
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LOL. I'll take a Vibrant with a messed up GPS, BT, etc and a side order of slow RFS on the side, please. Please pull up to the next window...
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Would you like an extra large hardware lock with that, sir? For here or to go?
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Would you like an extra large hardware lock with that, sir? For here or to go?
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lastly would you like it bricked?
I love the display. With that said there's a whole list of things that I can name that I HATE about this phone. Mostly poor design aspects on the part of Samsung.
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I use napster, bluetoothed to my truck stereo most all of the time. I never drop audio, and I am sure signal drops to 1 bar in places.
For me that best thing is the Super AMOLED screen, many other phones had me thinking of selling vibrant but at the end is the screen I just can't give up. It's like once you see it you will never go back to any other crabs. The best screen ever.
Considering coming from MyTouch before Vibrant...speed/performance
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Considering coming from MyTouch before Vibrant...speed/performance
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I second that...
Coming from a Touch Pro 2 and an iPhone 3G I like the speed of the Vibrant, the display and am happy with the availability of apps for it. Rooted with the Mobile AP app installed is the frosting on my tasty cake!
I can live with GPS glitches (it's not perfect but it does get me from place to place), shorter battery life etc... The Vibrant isn't perfect but it does what I need it to do without complaining that I'm asking too much from it most of the time
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Also free of charge you can navigate to XDA dev section and load a custom ROM with the kernel and lag fix of your choice and have a smooth experience with your Vibrant.
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if you choose to void your warranty and negate any possible future support (as if you'd get any anyway)
disclaimer: i am not against voiding my warranty (usually happens the day i get a phone), but this should be added for noobs.

People that bought the car dock...

Should be the main ones pissed at samsung.
The OFFICIAL DOCK DOESN'T EVEN WORK WITHOUT FROYO!!
WHY SELL SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T PLAN ON MAKING IT USEABLE.
I think these guys would stand a chance in a class action.
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Should be the main ones pissed at samsung.
The OFFICIAL DOCK DOESN'T EVEN WORK WITHOUT FROYO!!
WHY SELL SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T PLAN ON MAKING IT USEABLE.
I think these guys would stand a chance in a class action.
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There's a car dock?
I own it:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Vehicle-Navigation-Sprint/dp/B004EV3YF4
Probably the same as the home dock. A tiny piece of paper that states it won't be 100% functional until 2.2 is released.
So how well does that suction stay on the window? I've never bought one with suction (have a generic that attaches to the vent) and am always afraid it will just fall off during driving due to the weight and bouncing of the phone.
I have the car dock, and it works as expected, minus the fact that the audio-out isn't yet functional. That's not really the reason I bought it though. I wanted something to put the phone in while driving and using navigation, etc that was specifically made to fit this phone. It also seems to stay suctioned to the window quite well.
I have it too and the suction has never failed on me. I've only put it up once and I got it at Christmas. It does have that tiny paper that says the audio out will only work once the Epic gets 2.2. Other than that, I think it's great.
People who paid anything more than 24 bucks (Retail is 40, 24 on amazon) should really be pissed!
I bought both car and desk dock, thinking "oh well, 2.2 will be here soon, I can use it exactly how I want!"
How do I want to use it?
- At home, I want to drop my phone into my deskdock have it charge AND PLAY AUDIO THROUGH THE AUDIO OUT to my stereo, via the slacker APP and the Subsonic AP.
- In the car I want the same exact thing.
*bluetooth audio streaming is NOT acceptable imo
its a great dock minus the fact that 1/2 the reason i wanted it was to listen to music in the car.
i was hoping that it would stop the battery drain i get from usign my phone as a GPS too but it just slows it =\
I have the car dock and I just put the phone in backwards and you can plug the power and audio cable directly into the phone. I also bought it for the purpose of holding it in place when I was driving and using navigation. Its a great dock, especially for 25, what I paid.
I bought one, and it works great, except for the audio port like the other owners have mentioned. It'll be nice once that gets enabled, but somehow I'll manage to soldier on through life until it happens. </sarcasm> I'm just happy as a dead pig in the sun that it charges and switches to car mode when I stick it in there. Makes it so nice for running the maps app and wayze. Speakerphone mode is really nice too.
murso74 said:
its a great dock minus the fact that 1/2 the reason i wanted it was to listen to music in the car.
i was hoping that it would stop the battery drain i get from usign my phone as a GPS too but it just slows it =\
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all you need is a 2.1 amp charger - I can use GPS / 4g/ Stream music and leave the screen always on with full brightness, it wont discharge at all. Infact it charges pretty quickly!
I found it on amazon..
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003LGT4WU/ref=oss_product

Evo useful after its life as a phone?

Hey folks,
Just curious, as I'm planning on transitioning to the Evo 3D when it drops, is there any practical use for my current Evo after I transfer service to the new phone?
I don't know how all of the services it uses work, so I'm wondering if it would retain GPS capability-- if so it would be nice to just leave in my car as a permanent GPS -- even if it would have to wifi tether to my new phone.
Or any other good uses for it? I suppose it might not be a bad portable media player/backup phone in case something happens.
Thoughts?
I don't believe the GPS will work as it requires data, could still suffice as a WiFi device at the home / Music // Media player on the go.
conqu1stador said:
I don't believe the GPS will work as it requires data, could still suffice as a WiFi device at the home / Music // Media player on the go.
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The gps would work on wifi. The ipod proves that theory. Id personaly sell the evo and offset your new purchase.
fixxxer2008 said:
The gps would work on wifi. The ipod proves that theory. Id personaly sell the evo and offset your new purchase.
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Well, GPS vs A-GPS. Not quite the same as the latter requires a data connection. Wouldn't necessarily stop you from mapping out a route and storing.
Essentially, the data is what you won't have. Naturally. And, yes, having it as a backup phone for 'just in case's.'
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The gps would work on wifi. The ipod proves that theory. Id personaly sell the evo and offset your new purchase.
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Yeah that's basically what im trying to decide on. I will be honest, I want the 3D for its speed but I prefer the form factor of the evo by far-- ports on bottom, separate for hdmi/usb, and a built in kickstand.. the 3D is kinda fugly in my opinion.
gps works fine if you have the maps cached or use a 3rd party program with apps pre-loaded like copilot. I have an evo that i use for that same purpose, as well as a media controller for all the computers around that house that are connected to TVs or sound systems.
A all around media device would be good use for it. Personally I'm on the road alot so when I upgrade I will use this phone for music and movies.
will make a good paper weight lol not trying to put it down as i love my evo just sayin tho
I use my old hero as an MP3 player/navigation/wifi Pandora player. With the radio off it will last for days (Duh?). My evo will run for 4 days with the radio off, with 6hrs of music played(per day). I do have sprints ext. Battery however.
E-reader,calculator, calender, degree measurer, ruler, emulator, camcorder, notepad, flashlight, alarm clock...
Anyone want to add to what's not posted ?
it will be great as an .. ipod like device.
that is what my daughter is doing with my old hero.
How about a back up phone just in case your 3D explodes (from awesomeness) and you're waiting for a new one to arrive
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The 3D isn't enough of a step up to upgrade to IMO but if you do upgrade it won't do anything the 3D couldn't do so it's kind of a duplicative device unless you want to keep it around as a spare.
I love the specs of the evo 3D but the design is FUGLY.the new LG phones(the Optimus/Optimus 3D) look really sexy.I hope HTC makes some design changes before release.
could you still make google voice calls over wifi?
The sprint reps are saying that the 3D overclocks pretty readily to 2GHZ. Even if I have to use it plugged in at that speed it's a substantial upgrade. I'll sell my old EVO probably and use my girlfriend's upgrade. Cha Ching! You should still get 2-250 by then.
Yes, I have a friend using GV and SIP on a wifi EVO.

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