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Anxious future owner here; Come on guys, how's the beast performing??

Is it faster than the Nexus S?
Are apps opening in lightening speed?
Is there any lag at all?
Is the camera fairly decent?
WLan works well?
Can't wait to get the darn thing next week..
P.S. Has anyone managed to remove the sim-lock?

Nope go read the threads screen sucks and slow on things. And I almost wanted on over my nexus s
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I can still choose whether I get the Nexus S or the Atrix; a friend in the US buys it tomorrow for me. I was done & dusted on getting the Nexus S (coming from an un-rooted Nexus One) until I took a final look on those specs of the Atrix again. That phone just looks too good on paper to not be good!
Guys, more updates please! Help a guy make up his mind..

Vangelis13 said:
Is it faster than the Nexus S?
Are apps opening in lightening speed?
Is there any lag at all?
Is the camera fairly decent?
WLan works well?
Can't wait to get the darn thing next week..
P.S. Has anyone managed to remove the sim-lock?
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Apps opening? - Fastest phone I've own yet...
Lag? - yes. Going from an app like Angry birds to home screen, there's an initial lag. It's annoying. Must be Blurrrrr.
Camera? - Disappointed...iPhone 4 is definitely better.
Let's just say I'm ready to install a custom Rom without all the bloatware and lameBlur. Blur kills the phones IMO.

Not many phones can beat the iphone 4 camera appart from Nokia, but is the camera on the Atrix better than the HTC Desire or nexus s.
Cheers.

Go pure Google nexus s soo fast better screen nfc chip and gryoscope for games. 2.4 will set the standard soon witch this device won't see
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xs2k said:
Apps opening? - Fastest phone I've own yet...
Lag? - yes. Going from an app like Angry birds to home screen, there's an initial lag. It's annoying. Must be Blurrrrr.
Camera? - Disappointed...iPhone 4 is definitely better.
Let's just say I'm ready to install a custom Rom without all the bloatware and lameBlur. Blur kills the phones IMO.
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What about running Launcher Pro on it, that'd make it a bit more sensible I think.
Camera; Using Camera 360 can probably crisp the images a bit more? it's a phone at the end of the day..

nucentury08 said:
Go pure Google nexus s soo fast better screen nfc chip and gryoscope for games. 2.4 will set the standard soon witch this device won't see
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Would luv to go Samsung but for me a LED notification light is the number 1 piece of hardware then the camers then the screen & samsung will not put a cheap led light on there phones, so only HTC & Motorola for me & HTC have done nothing new this year so far.

nucentury08 said:
Go pure Google nexus s soo fast better screen nfc chip and gryoscope for games. 2.4 will set the standard soon witch this device won't see
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Go back to the Nexus S boards then rather than trolling here. You clearly don't have the phone, any anything you state is a matter of opinion, and clearly jealousy since you're on our boards and not yours.

My atrix is fast. I had someinitial lag in the app drawer while using Launcher Pro but it is gone now.
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Came from Nexus One. Good upgrade.
Confirmed that with proper account provisioning, unlimited 4G data for $30, and the "phone" apn, upload is either capped by AT&T or HSUPA is disabled on the hardware by AT&T. Tethering plan may increase upload speed but I got no confirmation in this yet.
Otherwise it's an excellent upgrade from the N1.
-James

nucentury08 said:
Nope go read the threads screen sucks and slow on things. And I almost wanted on over my nexus s
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nucentury08 said:
Go pure Google nexus s soo fast better screen nfc chip and gryoscope for games. 2.4 will set the standard soon witch this device won't see
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You like to troll don't you?
The phone works great, haven't had any lag at all so far. Only been playing on it for 4 hours though! Launcher Pro works great, I have the 3D settings on and the animations don't lag whatsoever. No complaints with the screen. Only thing that sucks is my Worms game isn't working Something about being an unsupported device.

Man I see you trolling on a ton of threads here and as a Nexus S owner myself you really give us a bad name.
Sound like a jealous teenager hating the fact that someone else could have something better than you... drop it already. Go back to school, learn to read and write correctly.
nucentury08 said:
Go pure Google nexus s soo fast better screen nfc chip and gryoscope for games. 2.4 will set the standard soon witch this device won't see
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My Quadrant score was 2690.

jmacdonald801 said:
Came from Nexus One. Good upgrade.
Confirmed that with proper account provisioning, unlimited 4G data for $30, and the "phone" apn, upload is either capped by AT&T or HSUPA is disabled on the hardware by AT&T. Tethering plan may increase upload speed but I got no confirmation in this yet.
Otherwise it's an excellent upgrade from the N1.
-James
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Thanks for that reply, great to know a fellow N1 owner is happy with the Atrix! The N1 is the best phone I've ever use; I am getting more & more convinced that the Atrix will have me equally mesmerized!!
Just hope that after Tuesday's off - contract sales someone will post a confirmed way to remove the sim lock too..

Vangelis13 said:
Thanks for that reply, great to know a fellow N1 owner is happy with the Atrix! The N1 is the best phone I've ever use; I am getting more & more convinced that the Atrix will have me equally mesmerized!!
Just hope that after Tuesday's off - contract sales someone will post a confirmed way to remove the sim lock too..
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Should note that if you look at the reviews out there, the N1 battery life is crap (compared to the Atrix). Also the Atrix (like most newer Android phones) has a proper multitouch screeen. So you'll notice way better typing input immediately.

I will admit.... it's nice that nucentury is at least starting to use SOME punctuation. Not enough, but it's still an improvement from the first post i've seen from him in his other thread.
Besides.... who would even take the advice of someone who thinks that a gyroscope makes a phone that much better than any other device when it comes to gaming? A gyroscope has the same exact flaw as Microsoft Kinect. It's only logical to be used for a certain genre of games. Anything outside those genres, and it's just a useless addition to the phone.

Everything for me is great thus far. Phone is very snappy using LauncherPro also using Beautiful widgets.
Typing is spot on. Nice screen resolution. I would say the phone is overall faster than the Captivate and Inspire.
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yeah I love this phone very fast with scrolling no lag, switching apps super fast, the screen is excellent, I really like the power but/finger print reader works flawless, battery life is good, I did a bench mark test and had 2691

AllTheWay said:
Everything for me is great thus far. Phone is very snappy using LauncherPro also using Beautiful widgets.
Typing is spot on. Nice screen resolution. I would say the phone is overall faster than the Captivate and Inspire.
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Thanks for the reply! LauncherPro has become essential, it's good to know it enhances the Android experience here too.

Just got my Nexus S ATT. My thoughts.

Coming from HTC Inspire btw.
Size-Build is awesome imo, perfect screen size, nice and lightweight and does not feel cheap imo.
Yea its superamoled but wtf at the yellowish tint....why did they do this?? My Captivate looked better and this is one of the main selling points for me, is there anything we can do to get it back to the other color temperature? Seriously....
Tried the camera a bit, not impressive at all, neither was the inspire so eh whatever.
Everything is FAST! I love it!
Stock Android!!! Woooh! No Blocking of Apps! Woooh!
Wifi seems a bit slow, it started doing a restore off the bat and downloading all my apps from the inspire and even the background! wow! Really cool feature that I had no Idea about, but some apps installed and then I kept getting a bunch of errors saying "insufficient memory" I guess I gotta do them one by one...
Thats pretty much it, Im satisfied but the screen tint is kinda leaving a bad taste in my mouth, the SuperLCD seemed more sharp and brighter then this and the whites were WHITE and the blacks werent too shabby either, dunno wtf is going on as the Screen on my old captivate was great and I loved it, this is eh...

Really hoping I didnt make the wrong choice here, the Xperia arc I had my eyes on and the only thing it didnt have was a FFC and I can live without it, beyond that I like the looks, bigger screen, lighter weight, on the arc better and sony unlocked the bootloader on their new devices so updates will come regardless, way better camera, I just dont know about this whole screen thing....

i just got mine today, so thought i'd chime in too.
build quality: not cheap imo, the ergonomics dept should pat themselves on the back. feels just right
doesn't feel laggy
sensors problem. compass seems a bit off, and the best gps lock i've had is 10m error after about 60s. i stood outside and waited, no lock. resorted to downloading gps status and downloaded the additional gps data. this seems to be the only way it's locked on. compared to a desire, this is hella slow and crappy for gps.
camera quality, i think for a phone it's good enough. for the ffc, so it's vga, but at what resolution does skype mobile use? what's that? it's not working? oh well. i think vga is fine for video calls. anything else is just additional cost.
about to test with music and haven't put a sim in yet to test the phone.
i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.

MarkusPO said:
i just got mine today, so thought i'd chime in too.
build quality: not cheap imo, the ergonomics dept should pat themselves on the back. feels just right
doesn't feel laggy
sensors problem. compass seems a bit off, and the best gps lock i've had is 10m error after about 60s. i stood outside and waited, no lock. resorted to downloading gps status and downloaded the additional gps data. this seems to be the only way it's locked on. compared to a desire, this is hella slow and crappy for gps.
camera quality, i think for a phone it's good enough. for the ffc, so it's vga, but at what resolution does skype mobile use? what's that? it's not working? oh well. i think vga is fine for video calls. anything else is just additional cost.
about to test with music and haven't put a sim in yet to test the phone.
i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.
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if you're going to test sound, i highly recommend using netarchy's kernel (unsure if it works on a I9020A).. but basically put Voodoo Sound, it'll be highly worth it without question

thanks, but i'm going to keep this stock.

You can change the bad color by using voodoo control app on the market and finding a kernel that supports it.
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MarkusPO said:
thanks, but i'm going to keep this stock.
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if you're keeping it stock... why did you say
i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.
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aren't you simply contradicting yourself?

j0hnZ said:
You can change the bad color by using voodoo control app on the market and finding a kernel that supports it.
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Not sure what you mean by "kernal that supports it" Can anyone help me out with this? Whole reason I got a NS is so that I didnt have to mod/root etc lol
But I dunno if I can live with this yellow tint, I NEED to change it!

zephiK said:
if you're keeping it stock... why did you say
aren't you simply contradicting yourself?
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You can do plenty of app development on a stock rom. Not all development is rom/kernel based
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krohnjw said:
You can do plenty of app development on a stock rom. Not all development is rom/kernel based
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Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!

MarkusPO said:
Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!
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well, you didn't specify. and yes, development on XDA is defaulted towards ROM development and not apps.

bah. it doesn't matter, let's play nice.
want a game of horseshoe? HORSESHOE!

MarkusPO said:
bah. it doesn't matter, let's play nice.
want a game of horseshoe? HORSESHOE!
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What about a yellow tint? You have it? Its seriously bugging me out...

crap, sorry about the thanks there
no, i don't have a tint at all - i have a 9020. and no tint. i manually upgraded to 2.3.2 - too scared to update to 2.3.3 yet. i don't have a sim in it, so the ota wasn't registering.
in terms of sound quality, it blows away my ipod touch 1st gen, but then again most of my older cheaper mp3 players do so that in itself isn't saying much! the dynamic range sounds a lot better on this than what was on the desire too.
but still haven't taken the stickers on the phone off yet. need a case!

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Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!
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Lol lmo in your world maybe.
In the one that I live in and the rest of the world DEVELOPMENT means rom development or something else or different to improve the phone or make it looks nicer maybe a theme
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MarkusPO said:
crap, sorry about the thanks there
no, i don't have a tint at all - i have a 9020. and no tint. i manually upgraded to 2.3.2 - too scared to update to 2.3.3 yet. i don't have a sim in it, so the ota wasn't registering.
in terms of sound quality, it blows away my ipod touch 1st gen, but then again most of my older cheaper mp3 players do so that in itself isn't saying much! the dynamic range sounds a lot better on this than what was on the desire too.
but still haven't taken the stickers on the phone off yet. need a case!
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You'd be even more amazed at sound with voodoo.
Seriously, you're missing out. But if u don't want to mod it then that's fine.
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doniqcc said:
Lol lmo in your world maybe.
In the one that I live in and the rest of the world DEVELOPMENT means rom development or something else or different to improve the phone or make it looks nicer maybe a theme
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putting glow-in-the-dark stickers on it will make it look nice... ohh i see... i didn't know that's development! thanks!
development means programming. fullstop. period. back to the scheduled show!

MarkusPO said:
putting glow-in-the-dark stickers on it will make it look nice... ohh i see... i didn't know that's development! thanks!
development means programming. fullstop. period. back to the scheduled show!
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Not in xda development but you can do it in android market place but you'll learn eventually it's ok. I can't wait to see what app you'll work on. wait I know something about teaching other people how to develop a rom without rooting your phone nice yeeeeah
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voodoo sound and color changed my life.
Try the settings in the apps and themes section of this forum.

aaronpaws said:
voodoo sound and color changed my life.
Try the settings in the apps and themes section of this forum.
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I wish I could do it without a root, I just cant seem to do the damn root, Im stuck on the drivers part....

[Q] How good a phone is this ?

Ig Going to Upgrade from my Lg optimus and was wanting to get the g2x but have heard that it has too many problems so i was looking at this one and saw it had all of my favorite roms i really dont like the design of the phone or mysense but custom roms make up for all of that . The thing is that the hardware old now that there are more dualcore phones And the screen is small for what i was wanting. Can you all give me some feedback or maybe suggest some better alternatives ?

Its solid. Battery life is fair, don't expect to be away from the charger. But thats common with Android phones.
There are 2 screens/displays. If you get one, you will get a nice one (bright colors) or the washed up one thats all white and just is terrible.
I have the one with the washed up screen but didn't really notice it until I got a G2X. However, from my experience here is what I find:
Stock Rom: Its solid. I never had any complaints with it. It will bogg down and lagg, but its expected. You get used to it after a while, but the phone was solid in Stock Rom. Never had problems while using it. Camera is decent. Sense 2.1 is alright, I like it. You won't have complaints
If you feel adventurous, you can Root it and flash ROMS. CM7 and Virtious Unity are the best alternative to the stock ROM. You'll get a performance boost.
Personally I bought a G2X thinking its better and in many ways it is. However, the one thing that just disgusts me about my phone is just how washed up screen is. Its not that is defective, just that HTC used different manufacturers for the display and I got the one that looks all washed up and just looks terrible. When compared to the G2X, the difference is night and day.
If not for that, I probably would still be using this phone. Mytouch 4G has been good to me. I have it as a spare. But if you haven't been spoiled by a bright, rich color, and contrast. Give it a shot. 50/50 on getting a good display. Overall the phone is great.
I mean get it if you can't wait. I won't lie, G2X took time to find a stable ROM. There are issues, but you'll have to test and tweak before finding stable ground. Or you might be lucky and get a bright/good display. LG can rot for producing such trash of a ROM. I'm on a G2X. But I do miss the stable myTouch 4G.

Umm I see. If I Get a bad one I can replace until I get lucky and get a good one right? I don't like the stock ui so yea I was planning on putting cm7 miui or virtuous unity are those smooth and stable?
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fr0zenblood75 said:
Umm I see. If I Get a bad one I can replace until I get lucky and get a good one right? I don't like the stock ui so yea I was planning on putting cm7 miui or virtuous unity are those smooth and stable?
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mt4g addict here, it's basically the best single core phone out there, i haven't seen anyone with a bad display yet (socal)
you will love this phone, it is definitely a beast.
I never used miui but every top rom out there is smooth and stable on here.
virtuous unity, royalginger (it's like cm7 that is stripped down and supercharged) heard a lot of good things about faux's rom. But i'm definitely attached to virtuous unity right now.
Forewarning, you will go on a flashing craze the first time you get this phone because every rom on here is amazing. there's a lot of great devs on here.
comparison, my friend, cousin, and brother has the samsung galaxy 4g and is jealous of my phone
my friend with the g2x is jealous of it.
However, right now I'm a bit jealous of the sensation and the devs that are heading over there.

MT4G is a good phone. I was hesitant to buy one after I dropped in broke my Vibrant screen.
It very speedy and the battery life is decent. My only complaint is I was/am used to the Super AMOLED display but after one month of using my old Blackberry this screen is beautiful.

From what I have seen if the phone was made in china you will get a good display. I think the washed out one is made in taiwan. check under the battery before it gets installed.
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Thanks guys I was looking at it and ended up picking up a sensation
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fr0zenblood75 said:
Thanks guys I was looking at it and ended up picking up a sensation
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Nice choice, that seems to be a pretty awesome phone. Havent heard bad things about it yet and they just barely got into unlocking the bootloader and rooting that device. Hope to see good things from it.

eqjunkie829 said:
Nice choice, that seems to be a pretty awesome phone. Havent heard bad things about it yet and they just barely got into unlocking the bootloader and rooting that device. Hope to see good things from it.
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Yea its really nice I dont regret it and battery life is really good . Im actually gonna wait a while to root it probobly when cm7 and miui get released for it . I have not found any defect so far

I had a bad one from china
Axe_Thrasher said:
From what I have seen if the phone was made in china you will get a good display. I think the washed out one is made in taiwan. check under the battery before it gets installed.
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tvotony said:
I had a bad one from china
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I have both, Bad and good, from china

EVO Shift for EVO4G?

One of my friends offered me to trade phone I have the evo ****, but his evo4g is in perfect condition. I like the evo4g because of the bigger screen, FrontFacing Camera, and kickstand... but what does the EVO Shift beat it at it... devolpment looks great with EVO too.
Give me your opinions gonna think about trading it. Thanks for your time.
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madplaya1 said:
One of my friends offered me to trade phone I have the evo ****, but his evo4g is in perfect condition. I like the evo4g because of the bigger screen, FrontFacing Camera, and kickstand... but what does the EVO Shift beat it at it... devolpment looks great with EVO too.
Give me your opinions gonna think about trading it. Thanks for your time.
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The evo is the the best phone ever... Ditch the shift and roll with the evo... Seriously? The evo is slower but has a few nicer options... It's all personal preference. My wife has an evo and she can keep it...
Edit: this post is sarcasm... Im trying really hard to not flame you... Did you ask the same question in the evo thread? Im willing to bet that almost all the evo users say evo and majority of shift users say shift... If we didnt like the device, we probably wouldnt have it...
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One of my friends offered me to trade phone I have the evo ****
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Ouch I don't think the EVO shift is **** lol but yeah ask notsointresting how he liked his... He couldn't oc over 1.2 GHz without it locking up
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No i just posted here, but i just wanted to get some opinions on it but most likely the roms over there make the phone run faster and maybe some ROMS faster or equal to the speed of this..
I meant evo shift not **** ahah. typo.

My wife has an OG EVO 4G, I have the Shift. Both rooted, running Mik Roms on both. Other than the Front Facing Camera, and the bigger screen. That's it. I like my Shift better in everyway. Can OC way higher, just as versatile as the OG EVO. IMO stick with the Shift.

the OG EVO is nice for the front cam and bigger screen but myself i prefer having a physical keyboard on the shift instead of wasting screen space typing on the screen.
i just think the shift is a good solid phone and mine has taken many beatings and met many walls and still runs like a german tank fueled on meth

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the OG EVO is nice for the front cam and bigger screen but myself i prefer having a physical keyboard on the shift instead of wasting screen space typing on the screen.
i just think the shift is a good solid phone and mine has taken many beatings and met many walls and still runs like a german tank fueled on meth
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Hahahahahahaha . Very true. That last comment is awesome .

I wouldn't trade it just yet, we have one more good set of roms coming to xda soon

umm
" but most likely the roms over there make the phone run faster and maybe some ROMS faster"
doubting that

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... but what does the EVO Shift beat [the EVO] at?
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Nothing, except the hardware keyboard (which I don't use anywhere near as much as I'd thought). I only have a Shift because the USB port on my EVO stopped working, and I'm glad I carry a tablet as I tend to really hate this phone- if it weren't for Go Launcher Ex (the original Sense Launcher would redraw everything nearly every time, making it really slow) I'd've chucked it out a LONG time ago.
I really should just root it and put AOSP on it, but as it's really just a phone now, haven't gotten around to it.

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Nothing, except the hardware keyboard (which I don't use anywhere near as much as I'd thought). I only have a Shift because the USB port on my EVO stopped working, and I'm glad I carry a tablet as I tend to really hate this phone- if it weren't for Go Launcher Ex (the original Sense Launcher would redraw everything nearly every time, making it really slow) I'd've chucked it out a LONG time ago.
I really should just root it and put AOSP on it, but as it's really just a phone now, haven't gotten around to it.
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The shift dominates the evo... My wife has an evo (rooted of course) that I maintain, it won't overclock over 1.2GHZ, it is much slower than the shift at any task, and is a big clunky phone if you put the otterbox defender on it, which she has because we have 2 kids. The evo is a nice device with a ton of development... if you like 10 of the same roms with different themes added... Also this has to be stated: The evo is old technology, the evo shift was the first of the newer emmc partitioned devices and although it only has an 800mhz processor, it kicks the evo's ass in all areas of performance. Not to mention the much more powerful adreno 205 gpu that comes in the shift. The keyboard is just an added bonus... Oh, we also dont have the dreaded busted charging port that the evo has... Shift all the way for me!
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drob311 said:
The shift dominates the evo ...The evo is old technology, the evo shift was the first of the newer emmc partitioned devices and although it only has an 800mhz processor, it kicks the evo's ass in all areas of performance. Not to mention the much more powerful adreno 205 gpu that comes in the shift. The keyboard is just an added bonus
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Hrmph. My (stock 2.3.4) Shift compared to my EVO (which I still use a mini-tablet, I just swap batteries every couple of days and don't use it as a phone):
- is slow as hell for EVERYTHING
- will reload the Sense Launcher every time you go back to it (I had to switch Launchers)
- wlll lag for sometimes up to 30 seconds while using some apps (like Google Maps as one)
- I've stopped loading apps on it, 'cause I'm always getting the dreaded "Low on Space" notification at < 50MB left (and when it does, it stops synching).
I got it 'cause I like hardware keyboards, but the layout is so odd I'm a worse typist than if I use the on-screen keyboard.
It's just slow and laggy- and frankly I'm surprised to hear that people actually like it. Perhaps there's some variation in the hardware, but I only bought this thing in July so how back could it be?

kcrudup said:
Hrmph. My (stock 2.3.4) Shift compared to my EVO (which I still use a mini-tablet, I just swap batteries every couple of days and don't use it as a phone):
- is slow as hell for EVERYTHING
- will reload the Sense Launcher every time you go back to it (I had to switch Launchers)
- wlll lag for sometimes up to 30 seconds while using some apps (like Google Maps as one)
- I've stopped loading apps on it, 'cause I'm always getting the dreaded "Low on Space" notification at < 50MB left (and when it does, it stops synching).
I got it 'cause I like hardware keyboards, but the layout is so odd I'm a worse typist than if I use the on-screen keyboard.
It's just slow and laggy- and frankly I'm surprised to hear that people actually like it. Perhaps there's some variation in the hardware, but I only bought this thing in July so how back could it be?
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You gotta root it. Then you unleash the power man
All aboard the Speedy Express

You gotta root it... Sense 2.1 is a beast for this little phone and htc/sprint did us no favors with the amount of bull**** bloat they put on the phones. Im running a stock sense 2.1 2.3.4 rooted rom based off the ruu, fully loaded with bloat and get 1 - 2 sense re-loads a week. Once I strip the bloat and odex it, it will decrease to 1 - 2 sense re-loads a month. Although I'm not currently using it, V6 supercharger is also great for memory management... But the first step is downgrading hboot and rooting that *****... You wont regret it, and aosp on the shift is smooth as a baby's ass...
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Root it. Flash just about any Rom on here, and it will be better than stock
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

Thanks everyone- all the rest of my devices are rooted but I was loath to do so with my "Phone" phone 'cause I do need that to Just Work.
I know this is gonna be like asking a crowd of folks "What's the best way to top a pizza" as everyone will answer differently , but does anyone recommend one ROM over another? (I'm a seasoned Android BSP/Kernel developer, BTW).
FWIW, I've taken the last FOTA (which brought me to 2.3.4/2.77.651.3) ; does that eliminate the HBOOT degrade security hole?

Any Mik Rom . MikShiftedG v2.0 , Supreme Sense v9.1 , MikRunny RC . All great roms .
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

kcrudup said:
Thanks everyone- all the rest of my devices are rooted but I was loath to do so with my "Phone" phone 'cause I do need that to Just Work.
I know this is gonna be like asking a crowd of folks "What's the best way to top a pizza" as everyone will answer differently , but does anyone recommend one ROM over another? (I'm a seasoned Android BSP/Kernel developer, BTW).
FWIW, I've taken the last FOTA (which brought me to 2.3.4/2.77.651.3) ; does that eliminate the HBOOT degrade security hole?
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if you dig sense id go with any of the mikmik roms prboy mentioned and if you prefer clean, modded, aosp id go with UKE. mikrunny is super nice for sense imo and uke is super nice for aosp

madplaya1 said:
One of my friends offered me to trade phone I have the evo ****, but his evo4g is in perfect condition. I like the evo4g because of the bigger screen, FrontFacing Camera, and kickstand... but what does the EVO Shift beat it at it... devolpment looks great with EVO too.
Give me your opinions gonna think about trading it. Thanks for your time.
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Ouch I don't think the EVO shift is **** lol but yeah ask notsointresting how he liked his... He couldn't oc over 1.2 GHz without it locking up
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I didnt read all of this thread,but saw my name mentioned. I'm using the EVO 3D now, and i only bought it because i couldn't deal with the slow ass EVO anymore. I couldn't get that thing to 1.2 ghz for the life of me. The shift is way faster, and a more capable device (try playing shadowgun on both)
Who cares about extra development. For every 1 rom we have here they gave two roms that are exactly the same with a different theme.
I will say i love the big screen and kickstand , but if i had to choose between one...definitely the shift. Plus this community has less pricks too.
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notsointeresting said:
I didnt read all of this thread,but saw my name mentioned. I'm using the EVO 3D now, and i only bought it because i couldn't deal with the slow ass EVO anymore. I couldn't get that thing to 1.2 ghz for the life of me. Who cares about extra development. For every 1 rom we have here they gave two roms that are exactly the same with a different theme. The shift is way faster, and a more capable device (try playing shadowgun on both)
I will say i love the big screen and kickstand , but if i had to choose between one...definitely the shift. Plus this community has less pricks too.
The only reason i couldn't get another shift is because the screen size got to me
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Double post I'm a dumbass xD, i blame it all on the XDA app
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HTC One GE Talk

Everyone that's running GE, what are your 1st impressions of it?
I know it has some sense framework in it etc but overall I'm really digging it a lot..to me it feels a little faster...more clean obviously... I know some will hate but I am very pleased with the Google edition ROM on my T-Mobile m7 phone.

It's basically plain Android. What more could one say? Meh
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its stock android on a 1080p aluminum phone
the super nexus imo
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I have fallen in love with this phone all over again. This is exactly what I wanted. The camera quality hasn't suffered, and Beats is present.
I just switched from iPhone land and I loved the phone with Sense, but it's still awkward and clunky. Much less so than what I had remembered of Sense from years past. I kept hearing about how Jelly Bean was really a big leap for the platform and it really shows with the GPE ROM. I didn't realize how polished Jelly Bean was until tonight. I am now 100% team Google/Android.
I'll never get rid of my MacBook but it's going to take something extraordinary to pry the One out of my hand. These speakers have spoiled me, I don't think I can leave HTC now even though I want a true Nexus device next.

I like how it seems smoother and cleaner. My new daily driver!

Its amazing. Much better than I anticipated. Just make sure to download the aosp browser.
And I changed the minimum CPU to 1026mhz like the nexus 4

I'm a little annoyed by the fact that aptX is missing now. Other than that, it's much preferred over Sense.

For_itembine said:
Its amazing. Much better than I anticipated. Just make sure to download the aosp browser.
And I changed the minimum CPU to 1026mhz like the nexus 4
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Minimum to 1026? Just curious, why did you do that? Don't you think your battery life will suffer?

henrybravo said:
Minimum to 1026? Just curious, why did you do that? Don't you think your battery life will suffer?
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I'm curious too, don't see the good in that.
-Sent from Marino's Nexus 7-

I love it, I have a nexus 4 and I hated the screen Cuz it has a yellow tint to it... This is just as clean as sense. I love cm 10 and once a fully working version come out I'll switch to that. I know that cm is working hard on it so I have no complaints, just waiting. I do love stock very very much. Plus I was using nova launch with my sense phone now I can have pure and be happy
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I love this ****, best ROM I've ever used, daily driver for SURE.

I Am Marino said:
I'm curious too, don't see the good in that.
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Its at 1026 because of mp decision or whatever crap for no lag.
Just set it to 300 or whatever. Use tbaldwin kernel for 100 mhz.
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Yeah I have to agree with everything that's been said before. This is what the Android experience should feel like and it will only get better. Having owned both iOS and Android devices since the dawn of both, this is as good as its ever been and am very very happy.
Does anyone know how to enable battery percentage on the status bar?
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for those on HTC__001 or a CID where google keyboard dont work, youll have to change the CID to GOOGL001
first impressions? good, feels good to be back on a stock device that feels nicer than my old Nexus 4

is wifi hotspot broken? or is it just me? error

IINexusII said:
for those on HTC__001 or a CID where google keyboard dont work, youll have to change the CID to GOOGL001
first impressions? good, feels good to be back on a stock device that feels nicer than my old Nexus 4
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Thanks.. didn't know.
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m0nz said:
Yeah I have to agree with everything that's been said before. This is what the Android experience should feel like and it will only get better. Having owned both iOS and Android devices since the dawn of both, this is as good as its ever been and am very very happy.
Does anyone know how to enable battery percentage on the status bar?
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There isn't an option for this on aosp 4.2.2.
You'll have to install a de-odexed version and I am sure there will be plenty of % battery mods to flash very soon if not already.

devinthomas said:
I have fallen in love with this phone all over again. This is exactly what I wanted. The camera quality hasn't suffered, and Beats is present.
I just switched from iPhone land and I loved the phone with Sense, but it's still awkward and clunky. Much less so than what I had remembered of Sense from years past. I kept hearing about how Jelly Bean was really a big leap for the platform and it really shows with the GPE ROM. I didn't realize how polished Jelly Bean was until tonight. I am now 100% team Google/Android.
I'll never get rid of my MacBook but it's going to take something extraordinary to pry the One out of my hand. These speakers have spoiled me, I don't think I can leave HTC now even though I want a true Nexus device next.
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The camera quality has suffered!!! There is no way on Earth that the quality on the Trickdroid GE Rom is anywhere near as good as stock or ARHD 11.

It made me like my one twice as much
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Stock android lovers will obviously love this, whereas I personally miss some sense stuff. For the starters the audio quality is worse, not just in headphones but the loudspeaker is definitely quieter than on sense. I miss the camera interface and Zoe as well as things like focusing on a bright area so it dims the picture and vice versa.
Can't judge battery life since I didn't use it long enough. It's smooth but my One running Viper Rom is really smooth and personally won't trade off some really good features to gain a 0.05 speed increase. It's good that the option is there for stock android lovers though