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Flash Mod for camera

Just wondering if anyone has thought about adding a flash to the camera. Don't know if or how it could be donebut there a people here a lot smarter than myself in these types of things.
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I never thought about it. I'm fine with what I have.

Discussed many times in the ffc thread. Never attempted though. Care to be the 1st?
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Yeah I'd try...on my wife's Vibrant first though
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I have no use for a ffc but a flash, that would make this phone ab?out perfect. Is the hardware available? This is one I would like to try.

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I'd love to try this if someone could tell me how!

Could have used one at last Saturday night's Halloween party. Totally forgot that it didn't have one. Was thinking of my Nokia E63.

I'd be all over this. It is beyond me how a high end handset such as the Vibrant is released with no flash function essentially rendering a great camera useless at night.

Until someone actually figures out how to hack a LED onto the back of the phone (?), there's always this:
http://www.amazon.com/LED-Keychain-Flashlight-Teardrop-Squeeze/dp/B002GVXCGA?&camp=212361&linkCode=wey&tag=freeinindi-20&creative=391825
What I have a hard time comprehending is why someone would buy a phone that lacks a feature they consider essential. Maybe a life lesson?

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What I have a hard time comprehending is why someone would buy a phone that lacks a feature they consider essential. Maybe a life lesson?
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And the answer is that I wanted the best phone I could get. My other choice at the time was the Evo but I sacrificed a flash for 48gb of storage and slightly lower TMobile mmonthly bill. The flash is a minor issue and I was only curious if anyone had modded one on the Vibrant.
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there's already a thread about this

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And the answer is that I wanted the best phone I could get. My other choice at the time was the Evo but I sacrificed a flash for 48gb of storage and slightly lower TMobile mmonthly bill. The flash is a minor issue and I was only curious if anyone had modded one on the Vibrant.
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Cool. So you weren't who I was referring to, since for you it was a minor issue, and you made a conscious decision.

turbosix said:
there's already a thread about this
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how about taking the entire camera including the LED from a fascinate or a European Galaxy S and doing a little hacking of the back cover??
And while at it, taking the FF camera form the I9000 too?
I'm sure someone can come up with a software mod that will work.

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Just wondering if anyone has thought about adding a flash to the camera. Don't know if or how it could be donebut there a people here a lot smarter than myself in these types of things.
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get a cheap case(the silicone? ones pry would work the best) and hack it up so a small LED can be placed near the camera with a button or switch that will be on the back of the phone.

m4r10 said:
how about taking the entire camera including the LED from a fascinate or a European Galaxy S and doing a little hacking of the back cover??
And while at it, taking the FF camera form the I9000 too?
I'm sure someone can come up with a software mod that will work.
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European Galaxy S doesn't have a flash.

Doesn't need it
With the software I have loaded in my phone i really have not needed it or missed. There is a low light setting and it works well enough. If I want more then i ll bring my Nikon

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European Galaxy S doesn't have a flash.
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oh ****. ok but the fascinate does.

oka1 said:
With the software I have loaded in my phone i really have not needed it or missed. There is a low light setting and it works well enough. If I want more then i ll bring my Nikon
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this kind of response annoys me so much. I don't care what kind of software you got loaded. It is no replacement for a flash. Try taking a picture of people while out at night in bar lighting. It ain't good. Not unless you're taking pictures of statues using a tripod.
Have a friend with a phone with good camera take a picture of the same thing in low lighting using flash and you with your fancy software then compare. Not even close.
Who wants to take their Nikon around everywhere with them?

Still a mystery why some models have it and others don't, but regardless, anyone know of an add on case/cover with a light? I know they were made for the original iphones...
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Vibrant to MT4G Worth It????

I currently have a sanding vibrant and was looking to pick up a mytouch however I wanted to ask you guys first to see if it was worth it. I've read through the general and q&a sections and have seen posts about bad screens and bad chips which made me doubt getting it. So yea what do you guys think should I get it or not
P.S. the sensation is out of the question right now as I don't have the money to buy it and need a phone to replace my vibrant
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Yes, it is deff worth it! The things about the bad screen and chips were only for the first batch of mytouch's that were made, so I doubt u will get a bad screen at this time. But it is a great phone, and once again, totally worth it! Especially if u plan to root it
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Well just make sure you have a good one, and if you do then this is a wonderful phone. Greatly underrated IMO.
But of course there is a "but." And that's the quality control, which sucks ass. That's why you see so many threads regarding bad screens, bad eMMC chips, off centered FFC, creaks at buttons light leakage you name it.
But like I said, if you find that good one then this is an awesome phone.

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Yes, it is deff worth it! The things about the bad screen and chips were only for the first batch of mytouch's that were made, so I doubt u will get a bad screen at this time. But it is a great phone, and once again, totally worth it! Especially if u plan to root it
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This isn't true I know people who recently got theirs and have the bad screen and chip,i got mines and may and have a good screen,but bad chip...Htc is using both chips still. Even replacement phones can have either once.if you ask me I feel you should save your money for something more recent instead, wait for next year or at least till ice cream sandwich is released, you wans get the best for your money right? The vibrant is very good and should hold you off for something better, I like my mt4g, but it's a minir upgrade for you. Both phones are pretty equal in specs, some downgrades and upgrades...mytouch has the dragon why sammy has the hummingbird,dragon has lower power,but sammy has the power vr 540 or 535 thats better for 3d apps. And it has more internal space, but crappy camera and bad plastic. Mytouch has 4g and vibrant 3g I belive, so the choice is up to you.
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DoUknoGREG said:
Yes, it is deff worth it! The things about the bad screen and chips were only for the first batch of mytouch's that were made, so I doubt u will get a bad screen at this time.
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I don't think that's necessarily true. I bought mine a week after launch and I got a good screen and good eMMC, and there have been a lot of people who recently purchased it new from T-Mobile who are still reporting bad components. It seems to be related more to the country of manufacture (China vs Taiwan I think it was).

I bought mine last Nov in FL, good screen and chip. My brother bought his in March in NY Good screen and chip. His GF got hers in NY in April, again good screen and chip. She did need a replacement shipped from somewhere again good screen and chip. So it really is luck of the draw. I suddenly feel like playing lotto.

Well Ill probably get one this week but ill definitely be on the lookout for bad chips and screen
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MT4G slide is coming out next month.. http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/mytouch-4g-slide-in-the-wild-no-mr-blurrycam-in-sight/ .... i want it now

Hell yea it does look pretty sweet but hopefully it doesn't have the same issues as the original one
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reyese24 said:
Hell yea it does look pretty sweet but hopefully it doesn't have the same issues as the original one
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People with the sensation also have a good/bad screen, go check out the section, they may have good/bad chips too, we'll find out after it's unlocked i guess.

Bye fascinate > Inc2

I've mooved on to my dinc2 loving it so far just wanted to stop buy and say good buy to this wonderful phone! I hope I can get another fassy just to mess w/ I still have valuable info i would think anyone need help pm me or reply to this post!
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Nah.
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So long.
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Why do people post stupid threads
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It's a way of bragging and saying "look what I got!".
good day.

don't let the door hit in the A** on the way out!

How in the world could anyone leave a super AMOLED screen for an LCD? Samsung has the best camera and the best video player out there. I realize they aren't the best in regards to updating their firmware, but yikes. Samsung has the best hardware, hands down. I don't think I could ever leave them.
Droid charge FTW, by the way.
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klovar said:
How in the world could anyone leave a super AMOLED screen for an LCD? Samsung has the best camera and the best video player out there. I realize they aren't the best in regards to updating their firmware, but yikes. Samsung has the best hardware, hands down. I don't think I could ever leave them.
Droid charge FTW, by the way.
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Agree 100%, you can't beat samsung when it comes to hardware.
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A good friend of mine just upgraded from the Incredible to the Incredible 2 and the only thing I like about it is the front facing camera. Other than that, it's MEH. The screen size is smaller than (or same size as) Fascinate, the speed doesn't seem to be any different, they are still using the LCD, crappy 1 Gig of phone memory, shipped with a small SD card... I'd take a stock, bloated Fascinate over the I2 any day... much less my fully customized, sweetly configured piece of artwork.
Bottom Line: The Fascinate is still one of the best out there, it's an amazing phone that is easy to use with great results. My kids watch movies on it all the time, the screen rocks! Games play flawlessly most of the time and it's just a very nice piece of hardware.
I do wish good ole VZW hadn't jumped away from the GalaxyS II. Now my future plans for an upgrade later this year are going to be put on indefinte hold because I really prefer Samsung.

its sad that the samsung phones tend to need modding to show their true potential, nice phones out-of-the-box, but nowhere near their potential till you start modding.
I am on hold for my upgrade as well to see what verizon will do, may have to change carriers if they dont come up with something from verizon to replace my fassy

I have a funny twist to this story, I have an inc2 but will be switching to a fascinate in a few days, unless my wife wants it. I just want a new toy to play with and it looked like a good phone and I didn't wanna pay 350 for a replacement of her inc 2 she broke, so I ordered a fascinate. I have been reading these forums, and the terminology seems different and some things are new to me "whats this odin thing lol" but I'm really excited to mess with it and try stuff out as I have already done/tried everything available for the inc 2 since it came out. I made a thread under q&a if anyone is so kind to help a fellow flashaholic out...
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odin is a program to push roms and other tar files to the phone. it is a wonderful program if something goes wrong during a flash, odin is there to recover

dejo67 said:
odin is a program to push roms and other tar files to the phone. it is a wonderful program if something goes wrong during a flash, odin is there to recover
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Thanks
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jeremytn86 said:
I have a funny twist to this story, I have an inc2 but will be switching to a fascinate in a few days, unless my wife wants it. I just want a new toy to play with and it looked like a good phone and I didn't wanna pay 350 for a replacement of her inc 2 she broke, so I ordered a fascinate. I have been reading these forums, and the terminology seems different and some things are new to me "whats this odin thing lol" but I'm really excited to mess with it and try stuff out as I have already done/tried everything available for the inc 2 since it came out. I made a thread under q&a if anyone is so kind to help a fellow flashaholic out...
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Odin is easily the thing i miss about my fassy the most. It really gives you a sense of security when flashing ****, since in a worse case scenario you can just odin out. none of that pg32img.zip bs.

Zax_Was_Here said:
Odin is easily the thing i miss about my fassy the most. It really gives you a sense of security when flashing ****, since in a worse case scenario you can just odin out. none of that pg32img.zip bs.
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Lol, yeah, you kinda commit with the inc 2 huh?
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ICS 4.0 Thoughts?

Very impressed what what I saw..Whole slew of new great features.
Any thoughts?

Tons of new stuff...i like it. I can't wait till is ported to the Vibrant...the 4.0 ADK is already alive and available, so i guess that it shouldn't take long for CyanogenMOD team to update to 4.0...lol

Thoughts: CM8!!! Someone is gonna port it for
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Just watched the stream and here are my thoughts:
Ice Cream Sandwich looks like a crap. Personally it looks like a jumbled honeycomb and WP7 aka "Magazine Interface". Google had the chance to pick up the ball Apple dropped and make the design a little more inviting. From the the blue Tron glow of the dialer to the metro like interface of the people app (?) it's like 5 different themes jumbled into one.
Hardware wise, it gets a meh. I'm just excited to get the larger screen plus Super Amoled HD
Despite that, the features are amazing. I was particularly blown away by the instant voice, nfc sharing, and new photo features. Android has come along way.
Shame they didn't touch on ICS for tablets as this was the OS that ties phone and tablet together.
In another note, reading the Engadget comments, I'm particularity amused that most "comments" (apple fanboys) believe that this was the first time Android featured folders. HA! Take that Apple!

So because it has squares an swipes to side its metro ui???
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I love it. Can't wait for a port. But not sure if any devs are still willing to work for the vibrant.
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Jasonhunterx said:
So because it has squares an swipes to side its metro ui???
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Maybe you need to watch that event again so you won't miss that the people "hub". Plus I never said it being fully metro, I said it "looks like".
Read.

iynfynity said:
I love it. Can't wait for a port. But not sure if any devs are still willing to work for the vibrant.
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The least we can get is CyanogenMOD 8...im sure that these guys are not going to let us down.

Completely raised the bar!! I knew it was going to be good but God damn. I was going to wait a bit to buy the nexus, not no more...
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Promo vid!
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/1...eleased-verizon-spotted-in-notification-menu/

I ****ing loved what I saw. I really really really hope that ics comes to the vibrant.

So there is no menu button anymore or the multitasking button will double as that? Also I wonder how ICS will be compatible with existing apps.

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If my post helped you, SPANK my ass, spank it HARD.
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HA HA
No spank for you though.
Edit:Just saw the hands on video from engadget and the lack of micro sd is pretty disappointing. Would love to get my hands on that wallpaper.

iynfynity said:
I love it. Can't wait for a port. But not sure if any devs are still willing to work for the vibrant.
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Face it, the Vibrant is DOA. Either be happy as it sits, or move on. I'm outtie.

I liked ICS and the phone. I just wish the phone had a better GPU, it has practically the same GPU in our current vibrant (power vr sgx 540).
The Super Amoled HD screen should be impressive, then again with that higher resolution a better GPU would have been nice!
If the phone comes to T-mobile or At&t soon, I will get it.
Also ICS is deffinately coming to Nexus S.

TheSneakerWhore said:
Face it, the Vibrant is DOA. Either be happy as it sits, or move on. I'm outtie.
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I guess so, I just got carried away with the beauty of ICS.
I was waiting for the mobile chrome.

iynfynity said:
I guess so, I just got carried away with the beauty of ICS.
I was waiting for the mobile chrome.
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No luck there...I ditched my Vibrant for the amaze. Samsung build quality is **** in comparison. Hell, my N1 is built like a tank...plastic bezels are for cheap phones--why Sammy keeps using them blows my mind. I'd rather fight s-off/etc. with a well built device than deal with the gsII/ Prime's cheap build quality.
As for ICS, it's all a software gimmick. Skins really do make a difference. AOSP is for boring ****s that think bare-bones is attractive. If that were the case, I would've married a 12 y.o. girl.
\Give me tits and DAT ass.

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AOSP is for boring ****s that think bare-bones is attractive.
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I don't really care how Touchwiz, Sense, or any other manufacturer based UI looks like. But the thing is when they mess with the phone's software they tend to slow it down which makes AOSP better.

some more screens and details here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html
i cant imagine ICS 4.0 MIUI

TheSneakerWhore said:
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In the United States, phones are very cheap.
That's not the case in other countries, you can read about it here:
http://www.xda-developers.com/feature/outside-the-big-tech-scene/
Maybe in the US you can allow to upgrade your phone each year or even less, in other countries you usually stay with your phone for much longer.
So, I don't think the Vibrant will be forgotten so soon.
Even the G1 phone has some unofficial mods for Gingerbread and even Honeycomb.
So why would our phone be forgotten?

Landing page for HTC evo 4g LTE

So i don't know how long this has been up. I was making a payment tonight and the pre order add scrolled across my browser. Just thought i'd share. I know this is double post.
i have been a loyal OG4G user but i knew the 3D was only a half step. I am getting the E4GL. And know that Our beloved 4G is nearing its capacity. I wanted to share with my OG folks.
Also I would like to Propose the use of the word E4GL for the abbreviation. Thats Eagle for you noobs that don't read leet.
Here is the Pre-Order page

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So i don't know how long this has been up. I was making a payment tonight and the pre order add scrolled across my browser. Just thought i'd share. I know this is double post.
i have been a loyal OG4G user but i knew the 3D was only a half step. I am getting the E4GL. And know that Our beloved 4G is nearing its capacity. I wanted to share with my OG folks.
Also I would like to Propose the use of the word E4GL for the abbreviation. Thats Eagle for you noobs that don't read leet.
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"Eagle". Interesting.
I think we're all already calling it the "LTEvo", though .

Ooohhhhh. I like that LTEvo. Like the way it rolls off the tongue. Hadn't heard it before. (EvoLTE, -like 'eVolt' - is nice, too, though, I think)
And why E4GL? Is eagle it's code name (like 'supersonic') or something?
Thanks for preorder page.
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I second that LTEvo sounds great.

Can't wait. Don't know why people are freak'n out about the look. Seriously, this phone is packing extras that the htc one x doesn't have. Bigger Battery, removable sd card, a kickstand.
All I'm worried about is how much is going to cost me to get this phone. I have the EVO 3D now and it will only be a year into my contract by the time the LTevo is out. Does anyone know how this works, need to prep

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Ooohhhhh. I like that LTEvo. Like the way it rolls off the tongue. Hadn't heard it before. (EvoLTE, -like 'eVolt' - is nice, too, though, I think)
And why E4GL? Is eagle it's code name (like 'supersonic') or something?
Thanks for preorder page.
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Im pretty sure the codename is "Jewel" don't quote me though

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Can't wait. Don't know why people are freak'n out about the look. Seriously, this phone is packing extras that the htc one x doesn't have. Bigger Battery, removable sd card, a kickstand.
All I'm worried about is how much is going to cost me to get this phone. I have the EVO 3D now and it will only be a year into my contract by the time the LTevo is out. Does anyone know how this works, need to prep
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Buy up program.
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Wulfre said:
Im pretty sure the codename is "Jewel" don't quote me though
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I thought the jewel was the code name for the phone that had the little thing that's lights up running sense 3.5
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THREESTRIPEBRAND said:
I thought the jewel was the code name for the phone that had the little thing that's lights up running sense 3.5
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HTC Ryhme? Thats called the HTC Bliss as its codename

evo4gnoob said:
HTC Ryhme? Thats called the HTC Bliss as its codename
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Yeah that's what it was, thanks.
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Anyone else going mad about sprint announcing this like 2 mo in advance?! My god, the wait is killing me. (I remember the same thing for OG Evo, too, though). Every day, looking at pictures you've already looked at 1,000 times, Googling for any new info every few hrs. It feels like forever already.
(Still, gotta say I'm back and forth regarding the aesthetics. Sometimes I think it's gorgeous, then sometimes I wish the lines were more like the OG Evo, which I still think is one of the sexiest phones available)
**waiting**
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Agreed I can't wait.
I completely dismiss the look cause i have a tendency to mod my casings. And any time an ugly phone comes out that is worth the hardware in it. There tends to be alot of modders coming up with different options to pimp out the phone.
How epic would it be if some one made a clear cover for the top/back half?
Cant wait to see what the modding community has in-store for this awesome phone.

can't wait till it is released and I go to work on modding the shiny black cover into something more of my liking..lol

This phone may just bring me back from the "darkside"
Speaking off, do we have a dedicated sub-forum for this phone yet?

redrazr7791 said:
This phone may just bring me back from the "darkside"
Speaking off, do we have a dedicated sub-forum for this phone yet?
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I haven't seen one upon looking... I hope there is one soon! I was curious if someone had rooted one already, haha. Seems to happen immediately these days!
Also, I truly hope someone makes a 3rd party covering for the SD card that is a matte black finish so those fingerprints don't go all over.
Speaking of cases, are there any that are advertised yet? Or does it usually take a while? I've never bought a phone on release day - this is killing me!

Cant wait here ethier. I jumped on the shift after my hero instead of the og evo. Cant wait to get my hands on the lte
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I can't wait for the EVO LTE
Almost have my EVO 4g for 2 years!!!

No EvoLTE sub-forum yet?

The samsuck 3 got its own forum before it was released, it just got officially announced like the other day
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How does a sub forum get put up? Can we ask the mods or something? I would love to see some dedicated areas devoted to this device. That's all I want to discuss on xda right now...