So for those of you that don't know me, or haven't seen, my Evo, long story short got stolen yesterday before my Calculus III class. So today my mom sent me my sister's blackberry curve for a temp, as its going to take between 7-10 days to get my replacement evo. Let me just say that going from my rooted phone that exudes awesomeness, that this blackberry is garbage...I hate the keyboard and so tiny...and I can only have ONE alarm. Seriously? [sad face]
Evo >>>>>>> Blackberry. There should be more >>>, but we get the point.
Edit: Go Y2K post.
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Edit: Go Y2K post.
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congrats on forum greatness.
and yea, i saw your post about that, super suckfest.
you going to install phone location software next time? so you can beatdown the thief?
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congrats on forum greatness.
and yea, i saw your post about that, super suckfest.
you going to install phone location software next time? so you can beatdown the thief?
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Well I don't think I've committed anything worthy of forum greatness personally, but perhaps. They could have found, it but of course being me, my gps was off. Had a bad esn placed on it and temporarily deactivated it though.
Yeah that is a bummer! As far as all the 'find my -' apps go, are there any that can have GPS ENABLED by instruction / a message?
Again, total bummer.
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Depending on the rom you use, some of the sense roms that are sense 2.0 based have a phone finder built in. Blackberry isn't bad, it's a business phone. It's not made to be flashy, it's just made to work. I don't like it since it doesn't fit my wants in a smartphone, but hey it does what it's made to do.
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Yeah that is a bummer! As far as all the 'find my -' apps go, are there any that can have GPS ENABLED by instruction / a message?
Again, total bummer.
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I think there are some, but I don't know the names of any off hand.
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Depending on the rom you use, some of the sense roms that are sense 2.0 based have a phone finder built in. Blackberry isn't bad, it's a business phone. It's not made to be flashy, it's just made to work. I don't like it since it doesn't fit my wants in a smartphone, but hey it does what it's made to do.
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I completely agree, and that's exactly why I hate it; it doesn't fit what I need it to do in a smartphone. And I'm still kinda ticked that I can only have 1 alarm...and I have 2 different class times on m/w and t/th so changing it daily is a pain.
Yeah have found one that says it can remotely enable GPS and one stating that if off it can use network location. Guess I wasn't looking hard enough. That or it has been so long thought it wasn't likely. Damn, posts like these always get me thinking about having my phone stolen. Bummer.
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And I'm still kinda ticked that I can only have 1 alarm...and I have 2 different class times on m/w and t/th so changing it daily is a pain.
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Try this: Go to Calendar > Press blackberry key > New Alarm
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Try this: Go to Calendar > Press blackberry key > New Alarm
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Thanks, that seemed to work. If you can't tell, trying to use this as little as possible. ><
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Thanks, that seemed to work. If you can't tell, trying to use this as little as possible. ><
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I hear you man. i have one for work and am not a fan. it works perfectly with a corporate server and all that, but it's damn near worthless as a civilian phone.
I can relate. I have a curve that work gave me. A lot of my friends have BBM, so I end up typing on that and I HATE it. i don't bother correcting typos b/c there are way to many with my fingers hitting like 50 keys at once. Good to know about the new alarm thing. That was bugging me too.
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I hear you man. i have one for work and am not a fan. it works perfectly with a corporate server and all that, but it's damn near worthless as a civilian phone.
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I agree, not ideal for the casual usage, like the evo...they said 7-10 days, I'm hoping for 6.
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I agree, not ideal for the casual usage, like the evo...they said 7-10 days, I'm hoping for 6.
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They told me 7-10 days last Thursday. Consider yourself lucky to have the BB......I'm on a Samusung A940.
funny as blackberry os 6.0 is pretty awesome. i don't like blackberries much but my wife loves hers. she hates touchscreens. i even had to but her that new flip blackberry sprint has, she wanted nothing to do with an evo or android.
get my point, everybodies taste is different.
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They told me 7-10 days last Thursday. Consider yourself lucky to have the BB......I'm on a Samusung A940.
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Ouch...I may be willing to trade...XD And you still have some time left.
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funny as blackberry os 6.0 is pretty awesome. i don't like blackberries much but my wife loves hers. she hates touchscreens. i even had to but her that new flip blackberry sprint has, she wanted nothing to do with an evo or android.
get my point, everybodies taste is different.
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And yes, I know. As I said I hate the blackberry, not that blackberry sucks in general.
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So for those of you that don't know me, or haven't seen, my Evo, long story short got stolen yesterday before my Calculus III class. So today my mom sent me my sister's blackberry curve for a temp, as its going to take between 7-10 days to get my replacement evo. Let me just say that going from my rooted phone that exudes awesomeness, that this blackberry is garbage...I hate the keyboard and so tiny...and I can only have ONE alarm. Seriously? [sad face]
Evo >>>>>>> Blackberry. There should be more >>>, but we get the point.
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Throw a hybrid OS on it. Just download any BB OS, then go to C:/Program Files/Common Files/Research in Motion (RIM)...then extract the folder named "Java" and play around with the .cod modules.
I built hybrid OS's for years before I found Android.
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Throw a hybrid OS on it. Just download any BB OS, then go to C:/Program Files/Common Files/Research in Motion (RIM)...then extract the folder named "Java" and play around with the .cod modules.
I built hybrid OS's for years before I found Android.
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Interesting...I may try that. Though I am only on this till I get me evo, and this is technically my sister's phone, so I may not, out of respect.
Sucks you got your evo stolen I returned my evo I got from sprint by using my upgrade the other day, waiting for the one I bought from Ebay now But in the meantime I am using a Blackberry curve, I hate this thing! For one its boring, the keypad is tiny, no angry birds, lol. I tried to make my wife take it, that only lasted on day though, lol. She calls it a blueberry and has been walking around the house saying "no evo no evo", now my kids have joined her! grrrrrr Hurry up mailman! I feel your pain
I have a 13 year old daughter, I offered to buy her the shift for an upgrade, she said shes just fine with her BB curve
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Sucks you got your evo stolen I returned my evo I got from sprint by using my upgrade the other day, waiting for the one I bought from Ebay now But in the meantime I am using a Blackberry curve, I hate this thing! For one its boring, the keypad is tiny, no angry birds, lol. I tried to make my wife take it, that only lasted on day though, lol. She calls it a blueberry and has been walking around the house saying "no evo no evo", now my kids have joined her! grrrrrr Hurry up mailman! I feel your pain
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Lol I agree, its just no fun..and send it my way?
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I have a 13 year old daughter, I offered to buy her the shift for an upgrade, she said shes just fine with her BB curve
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Is that upgrade offer still good? maybe your daughter and I can switch?
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I got my Nexus One, and while I expected it to be good.. I did not expect this much! Literally the best phone I have ever had in my 14 year old life (After previously having G1s, MyTouch's, etc.) It feels so smooth, its so fluid.. I love everything about it! Google, I wuv you guys..
Now, as I've said before, a better phone better not come out by Xmas.. don't wanna sell this thing so soon ^.~
Wait, you're 14? How did you afford this phone?
Lucky bastard
Paul22000 said:
Wait, you're 14? How did you afford this phone?
Lucky bastard
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My parents bought it, I am a lucky bastard aren't I
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Wait, you're 14? How did you afford this phone?
Lucky bastard
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My 14-year old had one for a day. She couldn't do without a physical keyboard so we're waiting until an android handset comes out with one. She loved everything else and, despite the lack of a keyboard, my Nexus One is the best phone I've ever had. I come from Windows Mobile.
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My 14-year old had one for a day. She couldn't do without a physical keyboard so we're waiting until an android handset comes out with one. She loved everything else and, despite the lack of a keyboard, my Nexus One is the best phone I've ever had. I come from Windows Mobile.
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It takes a while to get used to the on-screen keyboard. I know from experience, I came from a G1.
After a few months, I still can't type as fast as I did with the G1 keyboard, but it beats having to turn the phone sideways and flip out the keyboard just to type a few letters in some app. The convenience of the big screen and using the on-screen portrait keyboard without having to turn the phone sideways outweigh the gained typing speed on my G1.
your lucky dude..14 years old with a nexus...anyway I love this phone..coming from a touch pro 2..I don't miss that phone one bit..not even the keyboard..well maybe a little lol but still this phone is great and so is swype.
Speaking of typing on a virtual keyboard...have you seen the video of a guy typing 83 wpm on a virtual keyboard? Albeit, it's not a N1...impressive non-the-less.
wow when i was 14year i didn't even have a dumb phone lol, congratz on your nexus one hope you enjoy it
My nexus one surprises me every day. It is definitely the phone I've been waiting for.
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I got my Nexus One, and while I expected it to be good.. I did not expect this much! Literally the best phone I have ever had in my 14 year old life (After previously having G1s, MyTouch's, etc.) It feels so smooth, its so fluid.. I love everything about it! Google, I wuv you guys..
Now, as I've said before, a better phone better not come out by Xmas.. don't wanna sell this thing so soon ^.~
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Well ****. I got it @ 17 and I've been through both of those phones too. I had to pay for it myself though, but hey, no complaints here good sir.
Enjoy your awesome phone ^_^
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wow when i was 14year i didn't even have a dumb phone lol, congratz on your nexus one hope you enjoy it
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Same, although that was a couple of weeks shy of 15 years ago
Good god, kids sure are spoiled these days.
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My parents bought it, I am a lucky bastard aren't I
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Man you are lucky, im 14 as well and my parents made me pay every dime of it lol
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Now, as I've said before, a better phone better not come out by Xmas.. don't wanna sell this thing so soon ^.~
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you mean this?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/htc-evo-4g-is-sprints-android-powered-knight-in-superphone-armo
I'm 16 and I afforded it because of money I earned selling 3D designs and birthday money (hehe) but ITS ALL MINE. So if I break it, I know what it feels like to lose $530.
Saw this 15 year old drop his iPhone in my class, screen shattered, and he told everyone, its alright, parents will buy me a new one. Can't always depend on them, you know what I mean?
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I got my Nexus One, and while I expected it to be good.. I did not expect this much! Literally the best phone I have ever had in my 14 year old life (After previously having G1s, MyTouch's, etc.) It feels so smooth, its so fluid.. I love everything about it! Google, I wuv you guys..
Now, as I've said before, a better phone better not come out by Xmas.. don't wanna sell this thing so soon ^.~
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WTF is the point of this waste of space you call a thread? You love your phone...that's great. We all love our phones. You're 14...go outside and play!
grainysand said:
Good god, kids sure are spoiled these days.
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yes and parents these days are stupid enough to buy this kind of **** for them...
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Man you are lucky, im 14 as well and my parents made me pay every dime of it lol
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good for your parents, you will thank them some day for installing some decent values into you
it really is pathetic how much kids are given these days... NO concept of money what so ever... mommy and daddy just buy everything for them... when I see 16-22 year olds driving around in their brand new BMW's and Audi's i literally want to vomit... I have no respect for them... I work for everything I own and it feels god damn great!
I'm 14 and pressured my mom into getting it on release day, she ended up getting it on release day too lmao
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yes and parents these days are stupid enough to buy this kind of **** for them...
good for your parents, you will thank them some day for installing some decent values into you
it really is pathetic how much kids are given these days... NO concept of money what so ever... mommy and daddy just buy everything for them... when I see 16-22 year olds driving around in their brand new BMW's and Audi's i literally want to vomit... I have no respect for them... I work for everything I own and it feels god damn great!
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Now you know how I feel too. I gotta find money to buy something. The only thing they buy me is food.
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Now you know how I feel too. I gotta find money to buy something. The only thing they buy me is food.
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lol, just wait till you start having to buy your own food too... life and money start getting real serious then too
it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
***pics posted taken from hero came***
***update2 just posted 2 new pics video coming when i upload it***
I don't know why the box is making headlines... its what's inside that matters. I love the box, new and eco-friendly.
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it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
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Comparing the screen to the iPhone, is it glass or plastic?
I'm switching from iPhone to Evo but I have not had the chance to hold one and compare build quality.
My question is how much lag is there? Not just the home screen but the apps. FOr instance, when you open messages, how long does it take to display things? That's the number one thing I hate about Sense. Too much f-ing lag.
joecrack305, if you're in miami let me know which store so that i can come check it out.
Joecrack305 said:
it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
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omg I hate you!
Wait for the op's pic.
sorry havent responded
i have both hero and iphone and they feel plastic, the evo def feels like glass.
lag wise not existent at all i swear its so smooth
jvs60 - no ones technically suppose to know about us having the evo, but every corp store in america has one person with a evo. my supervisor is the one with the evo and i know my manager def wouldnt be a happy camper if i told you to swing by, but go to any store in miami and ask to see the evo advocates phone test your luck.
tried seeing one at my local corporate sprint store. met the advocate who had it, said he was sworn to not show it off or he would get in trouble.
it is so awesome. I feel like the guy from the burger king commercial who has the small hands and hates going to burger king when I am holding it. It is pretty big, and comes with an 8gb card in it. No lag at all when putting live wallpapers on there (unlike my rooted hero). Damn I love this phone!
giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
From what I've seen online, the lag is minimal...remember it has a Snapdragon 1Ghz Processor in it...Go play with a HD2 and you'll get a feel for the speed...Android 2.2 is supposed to be faster than 2.1 from what i heard also.
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giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
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I am just as giddy. It's unreal. It's a freaking phone! WTF?
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I am just as giddy. It's unreal. It's a freaking phone! WTF?
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I'm constantly looking at pics, videos, thinking about it
MetroKnight said:
giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
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indeed! I even installed the SDK for android and wrote my first hello world app and tested the emulator. All while thinking about this phone and cool its going to be.
Im sure i want it... But Im not so sure i want it on sprint.
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indeed! I even installed the SDK for android and wrote my first hello world app and tested the emulator. All while thinking about this phone and cool its going to be.
Im sure i want it... But Im not so sure i want it on sprint.
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Why not sprint is great, i switched from t-mobile and I love it
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Why not sprint is great, i switched from t-mobile and I love it
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Coverage reasons in my local area.
They are great in metros but in rural coverage is spotty and most of the time roaming. At least around here.
I'm going to play with it again today so hopefully more pics
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I'm going to play with it again today so hopefully more pics
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Can you play with the keyboard? Is it easy to type and stuff? I am coming from using a slide out keyboard so I am kinda worried about having to start using a onscreen keyboard.
thanks
The hero was my first onscreen keyboard and the iPhone was my second
The hero I'd give a 7
the iPhone 10
evo so far a 10
The screen is so big and easy to type on it's amazing for the hero I use swype now and I will probably use that in the evo when I switch
Well my trusty hero which I only had for a a couple of months bit the big one yesterday. I went to the Sprint Store to get another one and all they had in stock for Android was a Moment.
So I guess I won't be around here as much.
This community despite some squabbles is incredible. I've enjoyed and appreciated my time here and the help I got.
The moment isn't a bad phone, I just pretend I'm running DarchDroid.
With a keyboard.
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Well my trusty hero which I only had for a a couple of months bit the big one yesterday. I went to the Sprint Store to get another one and all they had in stock for Android was a Moment.
So I guess I won't be around here as much.
This community despite some squabbles is incredible. I've enjoyed and appreciated my time here and the help I got.
The moment isn't a bad phone, I just pretend I'm running DarchDroid.
With a keyboard.
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What did you do to it?
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What did you do to it?
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I didn't do anything. It just decided to shut off and not turn back on. Tried many batteries etc. It just went bye bye.
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I didn't do anything. It just decided to shut off and not turn back on. Tried many batteries etc. It just went bye bye.
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Dang man... sorry to hear it
How sad Gunny, we'll miss ya bud!
Drop in and say hi sometimes! Maybe we'll see ya on the EVO posts.
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I didn't do anything. It just decided to shut off and not turn back on. Tried many batteries etc. It just went bye bye.
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HAHAHAHAHA Likely story!!
You flashed a GSM rom didn't you??
just kidding, hope you like your moment until you move on to the next gen
I'll be around.
I would ***** and moan until june 4th and then say "evo please"
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish!
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I'll be around.
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Well we're gonna miss ya for sure! Hope you can deal with the Moment until you get our EVO (providing that is what you're going to next ) I know we'll see you around......
.....Now you should root the moment and port all our goodness to them You'll be a hero......haha.
The Moment was rooted before the official 2.1 was released. They have it easy. An earlier version of the Samsung software updater let you run unsigned tarballs. So you just use that to install a custom recovery and off you go.
btw, great reference for the title. was one of my favorite books WAAYYY before the movie, they did a HORRIBLE job with Zaphod
good luck you going to sdx?
I prefer to pretend that movie never happened.
Either of them.
Going to miss you gunnyman both here and Android central.. be well.
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See ya gunnyman.... I hope those who get an evo will see you in the portal. Me however, I'll be in this ghostland of a Hero forum.
I'll be here with you for a while, Meng. Dropping $500 on a phone, even one as nice as the evo, just aint happenin for ol' tejas.
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I'll be here with you for a while, Meng. Dropping $500 on a phone, even one as nice as the evo, just aint happenin for ol' tejas.
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I'll be here at least until October.... upgrade date.
Argh I miss my Hero already. The themes, the ports of different roms. Just don't happen over there in SDX Land. Someone is working on a Sens UI port though. On the upside. Live Wallpapers work perfectly and so does the 3d gallery at the same time.
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Well my trusty hero which I only had for a a couple of months bit the big one yesterday. I went to the Sprint Store to get another one and all they had in stock for Android was a Moment.
So I guess I won't be around here as much.
This community despite some squabbles is incredible. I've enjoyed and appreciated my time here and the help I got.
The moment isn't a bad phone, I just pretend I'm running DarchDroid.
With a keyboard.
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So wait they just gave you a moment instead, no questions asked? Im gonna try this today as my hero has been acting up and if i get a replacement it would be my 4th phone already. Sprint told me they hardly ever give you a different model phone.
Please follow the link and sign up so you know when the Epic will be available.
http://now.sprint.com/epic4g/?ECID=vanity:epic4G
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Please follow the link and sign up so you know when the Epic will be available.
http://now.sprint.com/epic4g/?ECID=vanity:epic4G
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Signed up earlier this week, but are you going to get it?
I hope we have a good community for it.
im waiting for epic to come out and see which of the 4G devices I should purchase base on user feedback\reviews.
i think it will have insane speed/graphics due to hummingbird, i would upgrade but i have 8 more months to go
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Signed up earlier this week, but are you going to get it?
I hope we have a good community for it.
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i dont know i didnt like the moment but hey i'll give it a try, my evo should be here next week hopefully
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i dont know i didnt like the moment but hey i'll give it a try, my evo should be here next week hopefully
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Hmm, glad I didn't buy the Evo Now I can get this or whatever's better once my contract runs up.
I took back my EVO for the Epic. The EVO sucked in my opinion. The build quality is kinda horrid, I went through 3 EVOs all which broke on me. I was very disappointed with HTC this time around.
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I took back my EVO for the Epic. The EVO sucked in my opinion. The build quality is kinda horrid, I went through 3 EVOs all which broke on me. I was very disappointed with HTC this time around.
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What do you do? Jump off cliffs with your phone?
Im gonna extended my contract for this sexy beast
Sent from my HERO200
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What do you do? Jump off cliffs with your phone?
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The EVOs hardware is horrible on their first builds. The first one the USB port broke, second one the bottom lights didnt light up right and the third one the USB port broke again, it got to the point where it literally couldnt charge it anymore. I've had enough with that ****ty phone.
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Please follow the link and sign up so you know when the Epic will be available.
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I know better than to get a samsung phone after seeing what they did with the moment
Ugh I'm in a tough spot. Went wakeboarding with my hero in my pocket this morning, and I'll let it sit in rice for a few days but I'm not holding out hope. I do have a line in our plan up for upgrade.
Do I:
Use it on another hero, which will root and probably run Froyo happily for another 10 months
Get an Evo which is nice but frickin' huge. Suck up the $10 sucker fee and deny the phones on the horizon
Get a cheap flip phone off Craigslist and hold out for an Epic.
Do I even want a hardware keyboard? Even if I didn't use it this phone looks awesome. Samsung support scares me though. Perusing the Moment developer scene doesn't give me much hope of getting AOSP builds going.
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Ugh I'm in a tough spot. Went wakeboarding with my hero in my pocket this morning, and I'll let it sit in rice for a few days but I'm not holding out hope. I do have a line in our plan up for upgrade.
Do I:
Use it on another hero, which will root and probably run Froyo happily for another 10 months
Get an Evo which is nice but frickin' huge. Suck up the $10 sucker fee and deny the phones on the horizon
Get a cheap flip phone off Craigslist and hold out for an Epic.
Do I even want a hardware keyboard? Even if I didn't use it this phone looks awesome. Samsung support scares me though. Perusing the Moment developer scene doesn't give me much hope of getting AOSP builds going.
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Not to mention the Epic is very likely going to have that $10 fee as well
Yeah, no doubt.
I guess I've decided to use my old Q9C (UGH!) for the month or so until the Epic is rumored to come out. I'll pick it up and try it out, and use the 30 day return to hop back to Evo if I don't like it.
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Yeah, no doubt.
I guess I've decided to use my old Q9C (UGH!) for the month or so until the Epic is rumored to come out. I'll pick it up and try it out, and use the 30 day return to hop back to Evo if I don't like it.
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Huh? i thought i read this wasn't coming out till late fall? I like the design of the phone & the specs but the touch wiz interface sucks.
bohiti said:
Ugh I'm in a tough spot. Went wakeboarding with my hero in my pocket this morning, and I'll let it sit in rice for a few days but I'm not holding out hope. I do have a line in our plan up for upgrade.
Do I:
Use it on another hero, which will root and probably run Froyo happily for another 10 months
Get an Evo which is nice but frickin' huge. Suck up the $10 sucker fee and deny the phones on the horizon
Get a cheap flip phone off Craigslist and hold out for an Epic.
Do I even want a hardware keyboard? Even if I didn't use it this phone looks awesome. Samsung support scares me though. Perusing the Moment developer scene doesn't give me much hope of getting AOSP builds going.
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not worth it to waste an upgrade on a hero. go grab a old palm or blackberry and use it if u want the epic. or just suck it up and get the hero
Or if you wanted to pick up phones at radioshack you could just return each phone before the 30 days were up until it got released,
I did a whole tour exploring different phones and platforms waiting for the evo when I headed back to sprint, each time you return a phone it resets your 30 day period
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Or if you wanted to pick up phones at radioshack you could just return each phone before the 30 days were up until it got released,
I did a whole tour exploring different phones and platforms waiting for the evo when I headed back to sprint, each time you return a phone it resets your 30 day period
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there was no history of your returns in the system? i don't want to get dirty looks lol
flam253 said:
there was no history of your returns in the system? i don't want to get dirty looks lol
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no you get to try a device for 30 days if you dont like you can try another device for 30 days. sweet huh.
all i know is touchwiz looks like crap and so does the taskbar theme. i may just try to pick up a cheap evo.
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
cool story bro
Nice .. you should have had more taste also .. an iphone .. heheh.... joking
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fireburn said:
Nice .. you should have had more taste also .. an iphone .. heheh.... joking
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lol you are right I severely underestimated her lol
Haha... I'd called that paradigm shift
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Now thats my kind of girl wow
pics?
The next thing you mom is going to ask is to flash custom rom on it
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pics?
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Of his mom?
blackguy101 said:
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
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Your mom isn't that tech savvy, the previous night just before she woke you up I was telling her all about the sgs3 I had in pre-order!
P.S. I AM YOUR FATHER......
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Of his mom?
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lol!
isn't anyone gonna start a "yo momma joke"?
nice, your mum has got good taste
Lol, hahaha I had a good laugh with this thread.
I admit that I also underestimate the non techy sometimes
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Lol, hahaha I had a good laugh with this thread.
I admit that I also underestimate the non techy sometimes
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Nah, it's more "I don't want to be tech support for X years." Let's face it, Android gives you a while lot more control, and with control come more options, and with more options, mass questioning/general hysteria is soon to follow.
I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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My mom got the S1 shortly after release as a birthday present.
She kept complaining about not being able to to stuff or certain things taking too many clicks, so I installed Darkyrom first and CM9 later, customized the phone with some apps (most of the 'Go Dev' apps) and she's completely happy now.
With an iPhone such features would've been nearly impossible to get.
Note that she's technically illiterate (well she thinks otherwise but meh...) and uses the smartphone-capabilities only at home to check Amazon orders, get a weather forecast and listen to foreign radio stations through TuneIn.
I've configured MyBackup for daily backups to be kept for a whole week so even if she mistakely deletes or misconfigures something it's like 2 clicks to restore it.
Set me up with your mum :silly:
cmd512 said:
Nah, it's more "I don't want to be tech support for X years." Let's face it, Android gives you a while lot more control, and with control come more options, and with more options, mass questioning/general hysteria is soon to follow.
I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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Well yes and no.
Generally parents aren't really that tech savvy and they use these smartphones in limited range of functions. Take my parents for an example. I got my mother an iphone which she transitioned from a blackberry. I got my father an Evo which he transitioned from a blackberry. Initial reasoning behind the purchase was same as what you're saying above but it's actually not quite true. Both of them use it for calls, email, text message, im, and internet and both have had no issues doing just that. In fact my mother seems to envy my note purely based on size.
Now i did pre-order the S3 for sprint for father's day based on his feedback. Despite the fact that he has an ipad, my father wanted the S3 over iphone4s and evo lte based on the interest in AMOLED screens (he asked me on more than few occasion what kind of screen tech is used in my phone)
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Well yes and no.
Generally parents aren't really that tech savvy and they use these smartphones in limited range of functions. Take my parents for an example. I got my mother an iphone which she transitioned from a blackberry. I got my father an Evo which he transitioned from a blackberry. Initial reasoning behind the purchase was same as what you're saying above but it's actually not quite true. Both of them use it for calls, email, text message, im, and internet and both have had no issues doing just that. In fact my mother seems to envy my note purely based on size.
Now i did pre-order the S3 for sprint for father's day based on his feedback. Despite the fact that he has an ipad, my father wanted the S3 over iphone4s and evo lte based on the interest in AMOLED screens (he asked me on more than few occasion what kind of screen tech is used in my phone)
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You've completely missed the point bud. I'd get any of my non-tech relatives an iPhone over an Android anyday of the month. This is because I've been been the "guy to call whenever **** blows up."
Now, no where in my rant did I say they didn't envy my SGS3 for one reason or another. Hell, my mom even said over the weekend that "wow, I can read the text so clearly because that screen is so much bigger on your phone...!" And, just about every iPhone user quivers when I'm sitting there Swyping like a boss. But, does that mean I'd get them an Android over another phone? No, hell no, and twice again on Sunday... no. The fact of the matter is, any carrier sold phone in the States here that ISN'T an Apple product is riddled with bloatware. Add on top of the fact that Android simply isn't as polished an experience out of the box, I wouldn't bother.
Now for myself, I wouldn't touch an iPhone. I need my phone for work. I need it to do the things I need it to do when I need them. And, the only way to get that is to setup and customize my phone the way I like it. I'd be nowhere near as productive on an iPhone, and that would only end up pissing me off, resulting with the iPhone 6 feet under in the pool, hah.
But again, to each their own. For me, I've been the family tech support dude... really, been there done that. Got way too many other things on my plate now than to keep carrying that torch if you know what I mean.
blackguy101 said:
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
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I'm having a bit of parent envy here. My dad, after watching me using my Touchpad running CM9, asked me "is it as good as the real thing?" (read: iPad). I was so ashamed for him. :crying:
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The next thing you mom is going to ask is to flash custom rom on it
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I'd like her to flash something for me too.