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What do you think of the epic so far?

I will have to admit that I have been a HTC WinMo fan boy for the last 6yrs. Wm was not perfect but, it got the job done. Custom roms were good but, they always had bugs. So when I got my EPIC an my first android phone I was blown away. The speed how well everything worked together. I was amazed how people complained about touchwiz. I don't see anything wrong with it. Maybe because I don't know of any better interface. It not as flashy as HTC sense but, it seems fast.
I hear alot of nitpicking here about the phone. They compare stock EPIC roms to Custom roms on other phone. Not realizing that everyone doesn't like the custom rom you love. I don't know of anything being perfect. But, some of the people that bought this phone were expecting more.
I love the phone. I just wanted to know what others think.

I'm amazed by it. Every time I get a spare second, I want to pick it up and play with it.
I really like the design of the phone more than the other Galaxy S variants. The soft touch back reminds me of the EVO, and the screen looks so good sitting there with the phone turned off. Which brings me to my next point:
This screen is so brilliant. I've not noticed any of the issues people complain about. It's gorgeous. HD movies look better on the Epic than any other phone I've seen (EVO and iPhone 4). I constantly want to change my wallpaper.
The speed of this phone is fantastic. It's faster on 2.1 than my EVO is with CM6 (Froyo). I never used sense on my EVO. I actually stuck with touchwiz for a while before I finally installed launcher PRO. Again, Launcher Pro AND Touchwiz are faster than anything I put on my EVO. Menus scroll with no lag at all. Apps open very fast and games are perfect. I didn't like that a lot of games ran slow on the EVO... and some were downright unplayable. I'm a big gamer, so this is important.
The keyboard is pretty convenient. I use swype for most things... like texting, emailing, etc. But I love the keyboard for when I need to type numbers, usernames\passwords, website URLs, etc. I also use it for games\emulators.
All in all, I'm very happy with this phone. It's not for everybody, but it is definitely for me. I've actually made a few iPhone 4 users jealous. They were never jealous of my EVO

I love love love this phone. its deff worth the move after being an iPhone user for 2.5 years. I love the freedom I have to make and customize the phone to my taste vs just having a glass screen with shortcuts all over it. every time I wake my phone I swear I get more and more amazed by the screen quality lol.. the phone is very fast and snappy. the only complaint I seem to suffer from is my battery life =/ .. other than that this is deff an iPhone killer in my eyes.
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I freakin love this phone. So quick and buttery smooth. And it hasn't even gotten froyo yet.
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b1indsided said:
I freakin love this phone. So quick and buttery smooth. And it hasn't even gotten froyo yet.
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yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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surveysays said:
yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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Dude.. when froyo hits this.. its gonna look like the Pillsbury Dough Boy Massacre! This ishow the other phones will look...
http://sickpigs.com/wp-content/potd/doughboy.jpg
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ehh.. it's ok
REally want to see an update for the phone. +1 for the camera and keyboard and 16GB Sd. I still like the Evo but we'll see if that changes.

surveysays said:
yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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Rofl man I can't wait.
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b1indsided said:
Rofl man I can't wait.
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Imagine when we get Gingerbread? Oh wait, we already did!!

I do love some of the necro'd memories. I was still a guest lurker during this post.

Traded Epic for Evo; Custom ROM not allowing activation on Epic?

Hi everyone. Yesterday I traded my Epic for an Evo (for my own personal reasons - regardless of how FUBAR they may be to you). I love the Evo and everything is going well... UNTIL the guy I traded makes me aware of a small little problem: Sprint says I can't activate the phone with a custom ROM on it.
I guess I must have forgot to tell him to not let Sprint in on the phone cracking, but too late. Now he is saying he needs me to help him put the phone back to stock. It currently has Quantum ROM 1.3 on it and clockwork mod and all that stuff.
Do any of you believe that the phone won't activate with this ROM? If so, do you have any recommendations of how to get this guy up and running - remotely? He lives 40 miles from me and it was a hassle for us to meet up yesterday.

Flash the modem stickied at the top of the Dev page using ODIN and you're golden. Why don't you just call sprint and activate the phone. You don't have to bring the phone into a store.

We did call Sprint and they put it in the system and everything and said it was done. However, the phone never activated

BTW, I am at that page and looking for the stock ROM. I see a couple of 2.1 ROM's, but neither of them seem to be the stock official 2.1

The stock tar is stickied at the top of the development thread, just follow the directions.
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I took a chance at the method at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786266 and it worked perfectly. His new Epic works great and is back to Android 2.1.
Thanks for all your help everyone!

You need to run a sense Rom, sounds like your on an aosp... I ran into the issue with my hero
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REDFOCZ said:
You need to run a sense Rom, sounds like your on an aosp... I ran into the issue with my hero
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Last time I checked, the Epic ran TouchWiz - not Sense.
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By the way, the Evo is faaaarrrr superior to the Epic in my opinion.
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kasl33 said:
By the way, the Evo is faaaarrrr superior to the Epic in my opinion.
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Yes, at sucking, the EVO is faaaarrrr superior I agree..lol
But realistically if your gonna make those kind of statements at least claim why you feel that way >.>

Last time I checked my evo was slow as piss and everything lagged, including the Notification area, App Drawer and the whole 9 yards. On top of that it liked to eat battery like a starving child. Htc needs to learn how to make graphics drivers. XV6800, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2. The cycle never ends, well besides the G2 of course.

kasl33 said:
By the way, the Evo is faaaarrrr superior to the Epic in my opinion.
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How's that real keyboard that you can type on without looking at the phone working out for ya?

digiblur said:
How's that real keyboard that you can type on without looking at the phone working out for ya?
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Lmao
But am I the only weird one that types on the touchscreen keyboard without having to look at it? Lol..
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[REQ] Touch Wiz Based Rom for g2?

Has anyone made one? Do you think its worth porting?

Most people with touchwiz want to get rid of it. Those who don't have it want it. Lulz.
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I love the contacts app for touchwiz, sliding left or right to send messages or call, easier then opening the contact then clicking call or message (because you dont have to open it, less to load, less time wasted).

I think touch wiz is pretty. i love the dialer as well. surprised no one ported it yet

Touchwiz is great. Some people hate the launcher and are misinformed to think the launcher is what lagged out the vibrant. My kb5 vibrant with touchwiz runs great...I love all of the touchwiz features.
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allthrottle said:
Touchwiz is great. Some people hate the launcher and are misinformed to think the launcher is what lagged out the vibrant. My kb5 vibrant with touchwiz runs great...I love all of the touchwiz features.
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Lol I know. Samsung needs to learn how to use proper file systems and they would be alot better off. They finally did with the vibrant 4g, too bad there is ZERO dev interest. I actually owned it for awhile till I realized it was never gonna go anywhere. They barely have a half broken clockwork mod that has not been updated since 4/24 or even a much as an update from the dev about what is going on. Makes me EXTREMELY thankful for our wonderful community.
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xsteven77x said:
Lol I know. Samsung needs to learn how to use proper file systems and they would be alot better off. They finally did with the vibrant 4g, too bad there is ZERO dev interest. I actually owned it for awhile till I realized it was never gonna go anywhere. They barely have a half broken clockwork mod that has not been updated since 4/24 or even a much as an update from the dev about what is going on. Makes me EXTREMELY thankful for our wonderful community.
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It just came too late, unfortunately.

Help me keep my Epic!

I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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If I were you I would install some kernals.
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days.
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lazydazed said:
Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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Why downgrade? Go with Colonel Twilight and the Frozen revolution! It's nearly pure android experience. Only catch is you have to give Mystery a kiss.

Mushmaster said:
If I were you I would install some kernals.
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What exactly do kernals do?
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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I'm thinking about it.
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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There's definitely a nice selection of Kernels and ROM's available, take a look at the development section, read through some of the features of the different ones available, and see if you find one you'd like to try.
In the end, whether you keep the phone or return it for a Nexus, is all up to you... none of us can really answer this for you, because we all have different wants and needs in our phones.
And fwiw, software side of this phone can be easily modified/customized, so if you're happy with the hardware, then perhaps you should look into the software customization.

xizzmatt said:
What exactly do kernals do?
I'm thinking about it.
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Well the kernel has tweaks in it that can save battery... I'd go with syndicate rom frozen with the genocide 1.1 kernel... pretty good combo for me, I can have my screen on for about 4hrs and I'm sure if you use the phone less you can get a few days out of it
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Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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steviee7 said:
Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Yeah the only buggy rom's are some of the gingerbread roms and there LEAKS... if you want a stable rom syndicate 1.2 is the one to go with.
EDIT: cyanogen is out but not a daily driver yet ie: many things are broken and they are waiting for gingerbread source.
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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No and probably won't be for some time.
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A good tip to remember...if you do go the custom ROM route, some have no journaling. If you choose one of those, make sure you power down phone completely and don't let battery die or you will get force closes out the arse. If this my be an issue for you, get a ROM with journal on or flash the journal on mod after flashing the ROM.
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Probably a dumb question, but can I root and install a rom w/o going on a computer?
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Syndicate Rom. It's absolutely awesome and very few bugs with almost all features working that I have noticed. Turns the Epic into the EPIC!!!!
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Go with SyndicateROM Frozen. The 1.1 version needs updating ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091680 ) on the ClockworkMod. The 1.2 version ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544 ) requires the latest ClockworkMod ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999 ). You need to flash modem to EC05 with Odin.
What I did was flashing modem to EC05, put the first CWM on the phone, then installed SynROM Frozen 1.1. After that, I updated the CWM, then updated to 1.2. I think the 1.2 is not full package (?) and upgrade from the 1.1 (?). Rodderik will update the 1.2 version with latest CWM. You can either wait for that update or continue with the steps that I did toward the 1.2 version.
Edit - SynROM Frozen 1.1 comes with ClockworkMod included. When you get it installed, just update the ClockworkMod (what I did was using the flash method with Odin) then upgrade to 1.2 version.

xizzmatt said:
I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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Dump sprint altogether and get a htc sensation with tmo or if you really want to stick with sprint get the evo 3d.

xizzmatt said:
I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software.
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You had it partially right. Hardware is paramount simply because you can replace the software with better software but you can't replace what drives it. Root your phone with the new purple CWM and then give the Syndicate rom a try. What kernel you choose for it depends on your phone since they each take to certain kernels differently. I am personally using the second to last version of the Genocide kernel and voltage control with great results.
Think of the rom as a car's body that you can choose to option and the kernel as its engine.
I prefer Go Launcher over Launcher Pro and Handcent over all the others available.
If you want incredible battery life download an app called DataSwitch by TomatoX.
Make sure to enable journaling too.

xizzmatt said:
the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher.
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I thought the same thing when I first started using tw... If your taking about the launcher I won't argue. But the rest of tw is pretty good. Built in task manager that clears ram, the dialer is dope. Contacts list is very functional, U can swype right on a name to call our left to txt. Also easy to navigate if u have alot of contacts. Hold your finger on the right in portrait mode to jump through letters, than if, lets say you know alot of T's when u get to T, slide your finger to the left and you can sort by the second letter (feel free to say thanks). If your in to facebook the buddies now and whatever other things are built in to the tw launcher (though if u change launchers you lose those widgets) activities in contacts links your fb friends, the... Does... And u can... With... And so on and so on and so on... theres alot to learn that u wrong in a few days... I've had mine since release day and I just found out... Yesterday... long story short, u only get one chance to trade ur phone in. Use the whole 30 days before u decide
P.s. u can change your screen brightness by long pressing the notification bar and sliding left to right. But u gotta have auto brightness turned off (thanks ↓)
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Thanks for the info lol. Think I'll just use a rom and kernal
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I'm going to throw this out there.

I've been running EL30 all day and just realized how smooth the scroll is and of amazing the multitasking is. Went is it that stock roms do multitasking so much better than custom roms? Everyone should go stock for at least one day to see what I mean. Again.. Just throwing it out there.

I've been running stock EL30 since we got the google link. I'm liking it so far. Just need the keyboard lag fix. I think they did fix the GPS though, it goes fast in google maps and its accurate. And I like the none iOS touchwiz.
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Did they make big changes to touchwiz in el30? I had not read about that yet.
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Does the keyboard still skip keys?

Beezer80 said:
Does the keyboard still skip keys?
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Steveo said it needed the lag fix and I can confirm from typing this reply.
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They changed a couple of the icons and removed the colored squares from the icons when you are in the app drawer.
The keyboard skips 70% less than EI22 but it is still there.
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steveo314 said:
They changed a couple of the icons and removed the colored squares from the icons when you are in the app drawer.
The keyboard skips 70% less than EI22 but it is still there.
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It really is much better, but it dropped one of the e's in "needed". I hadn't noticed the background thing because I use ADW EX with a theme. It seems fine stock, but I'd love to underclock again so I might just root for that.
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Im just rooted with sumarai kernel. Now I care less for costume since ciq is gone. Im very impressed with its mulritasking. Never had gb multitasj this good.

drunkskunk said:
Im just rooted with sumarai kernel. Now I care less for costume since ciq is gone. Im very impressed with its mulritasking. Never had gb multitasj this good.
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Is that you in your pic?
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Yea that's all I want on EL30 is undervolt... and maybe some "weight loss"....
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awesome battery life, no ciq, new live wallpapers... So far it's being good.

How awesome? I may jump ship I'm still running srf 1.2. Its just so stable and fast

stud_muffler said:
awesome battery life, no ciq, new live wallpapers... So far it's being good.
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The bubble wallpaper is from the captivate. I had the captivate the first part of 2011 and really liked that 'paper.
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drunkskunk said:
yup... Me on a good day. U should see me on bad days.
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We gotta have a staring contest my friend
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stud_muffler said:
awesome battery life, no ciq, new live wallpapers... So far it's being good.
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Yes, I noticed battery life is great! Also, I think the smoothness is coming from the rom being odexed originally from sprint. We must all remember that the odex codes are optimized for our devices. That's why deodexed roms are never as smooth. Might be slight quicker but awful multitasking. But personaly, ive never seen a performance boost from going deodex.
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Can I still run a EI22 rom if I flash to this modem??

Drunkskunk, you funny mang. Women be shoppin, brothas be flashin.
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drunkskunk said:
...personaly, ive never seen a performance boost from going deodex...
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De-odexing isn't supposed to give ya performance boost, it allows you to theme your phone.
BEER!

Yup, but alot of members here state that the roms under deodex run snappier. In which I disagree.
Just buggin out, me an my eye balls.

Check out the thread in the development section entitled "[tweak][CM7] odex cyanogenmod 7.2 flashable zip" by zman for more info on the subject
edit: also, listening to certain people on this forum can provide bad advice, on occasion always research, for your own (phone) safety
BEER!