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Your thoughts for the HTC Aria

My thoughts for the Aria is that its a great phone because I dropped it many times no problems it might not have flash and can't play NFS Shift but it is a really good phone
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Does everything I could want in a phone! Yeah, no flash, no snap dragon, bit is A highly functional yet small phone. I liked the htc sense ui, bit cm7 is more suited for me...
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AriaUSer_ said:
My thoughts for the Aria is that its a great phone because I dropped it many times no problems it might not have flash and can't play NFS Shift but it is a really good phone
Write what your thoughts are for the Aria
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The only thing I can imagine is that you must have dropped it on a pillow. The forum is full of posts on shattered Aria digitizer screens from drops of as little as 18". I have 2 Aria's, one working and a second for backup, and the backup is waiting now for another digitizer to arrive.
Other than that and no Flash, it's a great phone.

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The only thing I can imagine is that you must have dropped it on a pillow. The forum is full of posts on shattered Aria digitizer screens from drops of as little as 18". I have 2 Aria's, one working and a second for backup, and the backup is waiting now for another digitizer to arrive.
Other than that and no Flash, it's a great phone.
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I've dropped mine several times on hard surfaces including asphault and the only damage it has is a little nick in the corner of the back cover. I've even dropped it in water, fully emersed and it never even got wet inside except some moisture under the screen that dried up. This little guy is going on 9 months old now Ans never had a single issue. Its a sturdy and very reliable little phone IMO.
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the aria is a great phone, especially with cm7 installed on it. its way more powerful than it should be.

Mine survived a toilet drop. But I think the silicone case did alot of the work.
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Mine can run nfs shift...? Just not on cm7, that I know of

I've dropped my aria while it was on my lap in the truck and when I opened the door to get out it flew off my lap as I stood up and skidded face down across the road. Not even a scratch thanks to the gel HTC case I have for it
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It just works well
Coming from a HTC Fuze, I'm glad I did not give up on HTC. The Aria makes up for all of the glitches and freezes I experienced with the Fuze. My Aria simply works reliably, quickly, and without hassle - except for random bluetooth connection issues which may or may not be due to my Motorola earset.
My only beef with it is that the compactness comes at the price of text entry speed. It's still leaps better than T9, but well short of what's possible with a physical keypad, and a notch or two off of even the iPhone. But if I send 5 texts a day, that's heavy use for me, so this is hardly worth my worry.
No trouble after dropping it face down onto concrete with a vinyl/gel cover on it.
Considering it's a $0.01 upgrade (+ AT&T $18 fee) under contract extension at Amazon.com right now, more bang for the buck is hard to find.

This phone is great! only complaint is the size and no physical keyboard >.<
even so its better than the tilt2 i came from

I like the aria. It's fast, compact, and looks pretty.
I chose the aria because of its smaller size. I was coming from a motorola pebble so I didn't want anything gigantic. It even sports the same soft back as the pebble which is comforting.
There are, however, some things that I do not like about the phone. I don't like the antenna being built into the back cover; I feel that over time the contacts might wear out. Additionally, the back cover itself is annoying... It isn't as securely attached as I'd like; the glass around the top of the phone tends to lift up about 1mm from its protective back cover - something I noticed a few days after purchasing the phone. And lastly, I'm regretting buying a phone this small; I'm 6' so my hands are fairly large, it's a little hard to hold a phone this size without dropping it. An evo 4G would fit much better in my hand.
Having said that, I believe without a doubt that the screen will crack if you drop it onto contrete from waste high without a case for it. I have never dropped my phone though...
But I did go through a car accident with it (no case).When everything was all said and done I found my little aria under the brake peddle.. It was in my cup holder before. Not a single scratch on the screen - no idea how that happened.
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My first phone to welcome me to the Android world and I said it did a great job, i also got a lot of help from the community here though >.<

I love my aria, only problem is battery life, but I keep it on the charger most of the time so there are no worries. When I turn my data off, it can go 24 hours without a charge without a problem.

I love this phone. It was my first Android and considering I was coming from WM 6.5 it was a huge upgrade. While I like the large screens of other androids I felt they were too bulky and opted for this one. Other than a few shortcomings (slower processor, smaller screen, and no flash mainly) the phone is great.

[Q]Slider problem ?

Hi
I have been using my Xperia Play for 2 weeks and I have noticed that there is a gap between the gamepad and the screen (left side of the phone when in closed mode), which can be widened by lifting the screen. When the phone's closed the gap is around 1 mm but it can widen up to 2mm.
This causes the screen to shake (and sometimes click) and it's really irritating. Is it a problem of all phones or just mine ?
Well, that stupid protection won't allow me to post video...

I had the same problem with my old play. My new one is only 5days old and no gap yet. It is annoying because the phone would keep moving as a type
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So did you send your old Play to the repair centre and they gave you a new one ?
Also, I heard that it is normal for all Plays so this is going to happen inevitably.

Mine is the same. I stuck a few mouse skates on the back of the screen to stabilize it a bit. Works o.k, but screen still has a slight wobble when closed.
The screen wobble is probably the only thing that I can fault with this phone, but I can live with it as long as it doesn't get worse.

Do those mouse skates scratch your gamepad ?
Any other ideas how to make it shake a bit less ?
Can sony ericsson cannot repair that, because I remember that it would not wobble that much ?

I sent my play in for a different issue. The gap is a minor problem that isn't worth fixing, I can live with it
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RossettiX said:
Do those mouse skates scratch your gamepad ?
Any other ideas how to make it shake a bit less ?
Can sony ericsson cannot repair that, because I remember that it would not wobble that much ?
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I dont know if SE would repair it, but if it bothers you too much I guess you could always try to take it back.
I haven't noticed any scratches on the gamepad.
Here's a pic of the back of my play.
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The two top skates were probably a bad idea as they are covering 2 screw hole covers/stickers which could peel off if I decide to take the skates off.
The skate just behind the home button is perfect and has stopped a lot of the wobble when i tap the screen or hit one of the face buttons.

This seems like something sony should have thought of beforehand. It seems all too obvious that this problem is going to happen to every xplay out there. The joints of the sliding mechanism can only be so strong.

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This seems like something sony should have thought of beforehand. It seems all too obvious that this problem is going to happen to every xplay out there. The joints of the sliding mechanism can only be so strong.
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The play isn't the first or only phone that slides. I don't have this problem. At least not yet but I'm guessing everyone will at some point.

Dude, the mouse skates idea. I just peeled two off of my old mouse and stuck them on the top back of the screen. Major improvement. Cheers for the tip

Wait, you put them on the top of the screen, just like in the photo ? And the wobbling stopped :> ?
Gotta get some mouse pads

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Wait, you put them on the top of the screen, just like in the photo ? And the wobbling stopped :> ?
Gotta get some mouse pads
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It reduced wobbling, I put another two on at the bottom of the screen and it made the sliding motion a bit stiff. So I took them off.

They should have used a Z Hinge like on the N95 or Desire Z!

Just came up with my own makeshift method for the hinge issue. Only 10 days in and i was already crazy annoyed with how the screen would "give" when i was touching the screen or any of the navigation buttons (especially the back button). I didn't have any spare mice sitting around so i grabbed these things at target that you stick on the bottom of vases or coasters to protect your furnature from scratching (basically small stick on circles of various thicknesses and materials). I found one of a sufficient thickness and cut it down to a size that made sense and stuck it on the two corners of the controller. It still slides perfectly and has rid me of pretty much all problems. Additionally, it doesn't seem to get in the way of gaming. The pix will probably give you a better idea of what im talking about than my explanation.

Oh god this has been discussed over and over and over and over and over.. I even stopped worrying about my XPlay months ago..
I asked SE via facebook a month ago and here's what they have to say:

narflynn619 said:
Oh god this has been discussed over and over and over and over and over.. I even stopped worrying about my XPlay months ago..
I asked SE via facebook a month ago and here's what they have to say:
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Its good to know that SE is aware of this and that the problem wont actually get worse. However it doesn't change the fact that the movement of the screen when typing or pressing the face buttons won't drive me up the wall. In the end though... I bought this phone for its built in game controller...small issues be damned

nice one Frogybloop..
It doesn't bother me in any way. Maybe it really depends on the user/owner. This is, after all, expected in almost all slider phones like my friend's trusty X1 -- it wobbles more than my XPlay. The screen part of my phone is still snugly fit to the edge and do not slide when I'm typing like others report. I can just feel the click it produces when the screen is pressed down when typing. I can live with that. Not a problem to me at all.

Galaxy S II vs Galaxy Note

I just got my Note yesterday and spent a great deal of time with the device. I figure this might be a good place to share the experience
1. Pentile display complaints on Note is a moot point. Specially around the curved text edges, it looks like Note is noticeably sharper than the S2
2. Feel is very similar. Note is pretty much a bigger slightly quicker S2 with a larger screen/battery
3. SAMOLED HD is gorgeous
4. Sad to say this but i'm already used to the device size and S2 feels tiny every time i go back to it
5. Onscreen keyboard is easier to use due to size and spacing (it's probably the best onscreen keyboard that i've used and this includes the 10.1 and ipad)
6. S-Pen is awesome and it works much better than any other stylus that i've used including the capacitive ones
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Good luck sitting on a crowded bus with that thing in your pocket lol.

investmenttechnology said:
Good luck sitting on a crowded bus with that thing in your pocket lol.
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Funny that you mentioned it. Not only did i walk down the streets of NYC with it next to my head, i carried it in my pocket the whole day and no one really gave me any funny looks.

That brings me memories from Nokia Sideway talk (n-gage)

ph00ny said:
Funny that you mentioned it. Not only did i walk down the streets of NYC with it next to my head, i carried it in my pocket the whole day and no one really gave me any funny looks.
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But he got 3 girls phone numbers, who odly, kept grinning at him

ph00ny said:
Funny that you mentioned it. Not only did i walk down the streets of NYC with it next to my head, i carried it in my pocket the whole day and no one really gave me any funny looks.
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It's not people giving looks, it's whether you comfortable with that giant tabphone in your pocket?

that thing looks huge....still rather wait for the s3 though.... enjoy your new baby

Matriak31 said:
that thing looks huge....still rather wait for the s3 though.... enjoy your new baby
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I'm most likely going to pick up the S3 and maybe nexus to play around with as well

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It's not people giving looks, it's whether you comfortable with that giant tabphone in your pocket?
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i'm definitely comfortable with it. It's barely noticeable in my suit pocket anyways

I use my SGS2 when out running with RunKeeper, great for voice feedback , music and the odd photo when needed...
This is probably the only reason to stop me going for a Note.
Can you use the Notes stylus on the SGS2 screen ?

Excellent phone but no chance would i buy it, for me it's far too big.

THUDUK said:
I use my SGS2 when out running with RunKeeper, great for voice feedback , music and the odd photo when needed...
This is probably the only reason to stop me going for a Note.
Can you use the Notes stylus on the SGS2 screen ?
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It doesn't work with SGS2

Shame, I suppose I could use the Note as a snowboard or something, I thought the SGS2 was big, I guess for a tablet the Note is small

Please place sgs2 on top of the note and take photo

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Please place sgs2 on top of the note and take photo
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strange question, how about placing an apple on top or perhaps the odd grape or two

^^ lol. Its so he can see the size difference. i would like to see that too actually as im considering getting a Note next month too.
How about fluid and smoothness? as good as S2?
Is it a pain to use in one hand i.e reaching the far side of the screen? or do you need to use 2 hands?
I read somewhere on here that bigger screens dont actually mean more text on the page, its just larger text. If you load the same page in both browsers do you actually see a lot more on the page of the Note?

safeelhd2 said:
^^ lol. Its so he can see the size difference. i would like to see that too actually as im considering getting a Note next month too.
How about fluid and smoothness? as good as S2?
Is it a pain to use in one hand i.e reaching the far side of the screen? or do you need to use 2 hands?
I read somewhere on here that bigger screens dont actually mean more text on the page, its just larger text. If you load the same page in both browsers do you actually see a lot more on the page of the Note?
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If the screen is bigger, but the resolution is the same (e.g. Galaxy S1 and Galaxy S2, the latter has bigger screen but same 800x480 resolutio, so the view will be the same on both, with S2 text being larger). However, the Note has higher 720p resolution, so it should fit more.

Sounds good.
I prefer big screens (100inch screen via projector in my living room lol) so i would love the Note. Im gunna pop down to city centre on the weekend and try get a bit of play time with one in the stores.
The modding scene doesnt look very big on XDA at the moment, i guess thats cos its still new though.

I needed a second phone and was about to get a Note. Then I found out it doesn't have Gorilla glass and some users have already reported it easily gets scratched. I hate screen protectors. I agree with the rest of its wonders, but no Gorilla means no phone to me.

HTC Dude said:
I needed a second phone and was about to get a Note. Then I found out it doesn't have Gorilla glass and some users have already reported it easily gets scratched. I hate screen protectors. I agree with the rest of its wonders, but no Gorilla means no phone to me.
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Gorilla glass is just a brand name and samsung might be building their own fortified glass similar to nexus
Btw, gorilla glass does scratch and it all depends on what your device gets exposed to
http://www.scp.samsung.com/company/comInfo.asp

If G Nexus is 4.65", then the Note is actually more like 5.6"!

I had the G Nexus for a short while before the Note, and I loved the GNex's 4.65" screen.
At first, I thought the GNex's 'no-capacitative' buttons feature was an advantage over the Note, because the Note was wasting space with the buttons there rather than being able to free it up had it been software buttons instead.
Then I took a closer look and thought about it some more, and came to the opposite conclusion - it's an ADVANTAGE for the Note to have the capacitative buttons!
This is because what the Note effectively did, was to NOT waste the real screen's real estate with software buttons, by putting those buttons much further down on the phone, right up to the edge of it. I don't think that the screen could go anywhere near as close to the bottom edge of the screen, so since there's space there, why waste it? Why not use it by putting capacitative buttons (plus a physical button which I love, btw) there, so that the screen doesn't have to ever bother with having buttons on it when ICS comes?
Look at the G Nexus:
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Yes, it's 4.65", but in real-life, it's only 4.65" when you watch movies!! All other times, the bottom part of the screen is taken up by the buttons! Wouldn't it have been much better to have used up the big black space at the bottom by putting the buttons there instead??
So in reality, the G Nexus is more like a 4.3" phone.
If G Nexus is 4.65", then for 99% of the time you use your phone, the Note should therefore be about 5.6" if you count the space that's occupied by the capacitative buttons below!
Anyway, that was one of the reasons I sold the GNEx and got the Note!
(More reasons here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22551945&postcount=4 )

They can never remove the bottom chunk there, even if you were to remove the physical buttons completely.
This is due to the antenna and other communicative parts being located at the bottom (they're not allowed to be placed at the top no more out of fear that it might kill and deep fry your gray matter).
Cheers.
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I had the G Nexus for a short while before the Note, and I loved the GNex's 4.65" screen.
At first, I thought the GNex's 'no-capacitative' buttons feature was an advantage over the Note, because the Note was wasting space with the buttons there rather than being able to free it up had it been software buttons instead.
Then I took a closer look and thought about it some more, and came to the opposite conclusion - it's an ADVANTAGE for the Note to have the capacitative buttons!
This is because what the Note effectively did, was to NOT waste the real screen's real estate with software buttons, by putting those buttons much further down on the phone, right up to the edge of it. I don't think that the screen could go anywhere near as close to the bottom edge of the screen, so since there's space there, why waste it? Why not use it by putting capacitative buttons (plus a physical button which I love, btw) there, so that the screen doesn't have to ever bother with having buttons on it when ICS comes?
Look at the G Nexus:
Yes, it's 4.65", but in real-life, it's only 4.65" when you watch movies!! All other times, the bottom part of the screen is taken up by the buttons! Wouldn't it have been much better to have used up the big black space at the bottom by putting the buttons there instead??
So in reality, the G Nexus is more like a 4.3" phone.
If G Nexus is 4.65", then for 99% of the time you use your phone, the Note should therefore be about 5.6" if you count the space that's occupied by the capacitative buttons below!
Anyway, that was one of the reasons I sold the GNEx and got the Note!
(More reasons here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22551945&postcount=4 )
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Huh?
http://phone-size.com/?s=3,6
Doesn't look right to me...

I agree that physical buttons are better than prominent capacitive ones like in the GNexus.
Therefore the GN is as you say about 4.3" but the Note is still 5.3".

PoisonWolf said:
They can never remove the bottom chunk there, even if you were to remove the physical buttons completely.
This is due to the antenna and other communicative parts being located at the bottom (they're not allowed to be placed at the top no more out of fear that it might kill and deep fry your gray matter).
Cheers.
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Yes, and that's my point. Since you can't remove it, you may as well put the capacitative buttons (and even a physical home button) there, like with the Note! That way, you free up the screen real-estate permanently!

Can you disable the buttons on g nexus?
You could get access to the rest of your screen, just install button savior.
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the galaxy 3 is just

to dang big for me,i really like android and all but wow this phone is way to big for me and i think im going to throw it on the market place.but the screen is so nice and i love android 4.0 i just have small hands.

Give it time and your hands will learn and grow to use it! :victory:

How long have you had it? Give it a while and see if you get use to it.

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How long have you had it? Give it a while and see if you get use to it.
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i have had it since tuesday and i was about to sell my 4s to pay for this galaxy so i may just keep my iphone even though it is boring as heck.
and i need a case and that is going to make it that much bigger,lol

keep the phone and take steroids?

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hightechlive said:
i have had it since tuesday and i was about to sell my 4s to pay for this galaxy so i may just keep my iphone even though it is boring as heck.
and i need a case and that is going to make it that much bigger,lol
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That may be the reason it feels so big as the iPhone is so small. The value of the gs3 won't depreciate rapidly, so I would hang on to it and try it for another week or 2 before you try to sell it. :good:
Good luck. And P.S. You can get a thin case like the speck pixel hd or even a cruzerlite case from amazon.

... really its less than a quarter inch of difference on sideways width...

hightechlive said:
i have had it since tuesday and i was about to sell my 4s to pay for this galaxy so i may just keep my iphone even though it is boring as heck.
and i need a case and that is going to make it that much bigger,lol
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The case you want is a D30 with cutouts for the buttons. Not sure what the model number is...(not printed on the box)...but it is really slim.
Plus...4.8 inch screen...is more of a One and a Half handed phone. :silly:

Plus...4.8 inch screen...is more of a One and a Half handed phone. :silly:[/QUOTE]
that is right oh well i tried.

I actually think it is not big enough. I have the Note but it was too wide for one-handed use, so when I saw the specs for the S3, I said 4.8 should be just right compared to the Note's 5.3 inch screen. But I have to admit I was a bit disappointed, I was expecting the S3 to be a slightly bigger. I see now that the phone is taller but still rather narrow. Don't get me wrong, though, I am loving the phone compared to my iPhone 4, so I am still happy overall! Now if the rumors turn out to be true about the Note 2, bigger screen but narrower and similar to the S3 in terms of curves, then it will definitely be my next phone.

I suggest getting the flygrip. It's a finger grip and a kickstand. You stick it on the back of the phone and the adhesive will keep it in place. You'll never worry about dropping it and with your fingers in the position they are, you'll be able to reach all corners of the screen with ease. You can check it out at
Flygrip.com
Qbking also did a review on it
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hightechlive said:
Plus...4.8 inch screen...is more of a One and a Half handed phone. :silly:
that is right oh well i tried.
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I can use it one handed without too much struggle and I have relatively small hands. I don't think its too bad and I am coming from a HTC Hero which is a little smaller than the iPhone.

drksilenc said:
... really its less than a quarter inch of difference on sideways width...
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But the screen sizes are a huge difference. He can probably reach the whole iPhone screen with half his thumb extended. While the gs3 takes a while thumb and a slide of the hand.
Deebo took your bike too?!

Get apex launcher or Nova. They have a setting where you can swipe down anywhere on your home screens and the notification toggle slides down. That way you dont have to reach to the top so much.