Hi.
I have my hd2 for about 3 months now and i really like it, but this morning on my way to work my phone died. Screen went black while i was browsing the net. I restarted it but phone is stuck on tmobile stick together splash screen. I was still rocking original tmous rom, so I called customer service and they told me that they will ship me a new one and also that i will have another 14 day trial period with it. So basically i can return this phone and pick another one. one of my friends got vibrant yesterday and i spent some time playing with it and phone seems to be pretty nice as well plus it runs android and since my last phone was g1 i am kinda used to it. Thing is i dont really like samsung phones as i had some bad experience with them in the past, so my question is, would You change your hd2 for vibrant if you had the opportunity? if yes please explain why.
I just saw it at the store about 30 minutes ago. I will say this, while being a nice phone, the avatar demo movie playing on it was chopping up and glitching a bunch. Not sure if thats the phone, or the player but video on the HD2 played way smoother and cleaner. Other then that I couldn't tell you anything. And your answer from me would be, HELL NO!! The HD2 just has too much going for it compared to everyother phone. Look at the rate of progress they are deving android for it! Near the speed of light. I could see droid being your stable OS on the HD2 in under 1 month.
The vibrant is a great phone, but not perfect either. I think in this case once again the choice just comes down to whether you get along better with Android or WM.
But, keep in mind that you'll likely never find a WM version ported to the Vibrant, where as the HD2 has several Android builds that are mostly working on it right now, and a fully-functional version should happen before very long.
i use both phones. the hd2, primarily for work and the vibrant as my "daily driver". both phones have some setbacks. with the hd2, my biggest complaint, on the latest stock rom, has been lagging and freezing during and after sending sms and mms. i usually have to soft reset my phone during these cases.
however, i am sure flashing of some custom roms should solve this issue but i have not had the time to do so. overall, i love the build quality of the hd2 and its gorgeous 4.3" display. i'm also running a dual boot of the latest android froyo port on it and it almost runs as smooth as the android os on my vibrant.
my biggest gripes about the vibrant is its overall build quality. it's pretty much plastic all over and very lightweight. there are some creaks during vibration.
while this might be a setback it's also one of the phone's strengths. some times i forget that it's in my pocket. it's very portable/pocketable and slim. bear in mind, it's screen is 4", not that much smaller than the hd2's. also its weight literally feels like a feather vs. the weight of the hd2.
my other complaint about the vibrant is the TouchWiz skinned interface. it looks a lot like the iphone. heck, the overall look of the phone looks like the iphone 3gs. however, i soon got over that that by installing some home theme replacement apps/ui such as Launcher Pro and ADW launder free from the android market. these themed UI apps look just like vanilla froyo roms and actually run smoother then the touchwiz theme.
Overall, the vibrant is seems to run a lot smoother, quicker v. the hd2 in terms of app launching and scrolling, screen transitioning, and gaming. furthermore, texting is great. no lags nor freezes and the included swype keyboard trumps the one provided by the hd2. no lags, delays, etc whatsoever. however, there are some lags and glitches here and there when running a number of apps or when using the android market. just like the hd2 and the winmo OS, there are task killers that you can download from the android market place. and let's not forget the beautiful and vibrant (yes, tmobile got it right with this nickname) the screen is. i literally have the brightness set at 0 and it's still stands out a bit vs. my hd2 set at about 20 pct to save battery. honestly, i've never seen a smartphone reproduce such colors in terms of watching movies like avatar so vividly. i'd say it's almost on par with the beautiful display of the iphone 4.
if you decide to purchase the vibrant, make use of the 14 day return period. make use of the android market and look in to this website, xda and see what the vibrant is capable of. rooting is SUPER easy on this phone and a froyo build should be coming out soon from team cyanogen (i.e. wes garner). The official OTA on android 2.2 will likely be out by the end of September for this phone as well.
I had an Android phone for about 18 months, and I've had my HD2 for about 4...
I love the HD2. Best phone I've ever had. The G1 was cool when it came out, and I was impressed initally, but it only took a week or so before it started to get "buggy". Once I rooted it, nothing imporved and I was constantly out of touch for hours at a time due to booting, wiping, flashing, etc...
HD2 totally different story. Say what you will about Windows Mobile 6.5, but it is very customizable and powerful, capable of many great feats. Not nearly as proprietary as iPhone or the upcoming WP7. And as of now as far as I know Microsoft is on record as stating they will be supporting and upgrading 6.5 for the next two years at least even though WP7 will be out.
The HD2 is very quick. The stock Opera browser, while not having native flash is very quick to load full media-rich pages. Having Office 2010 preloaded is a big plus for me, also.
I play the Ferrari GT Evolution game all the time, and since I got a class 6 SD Card, there is very little lag or stutter at all, graphics are very imressive. I know the Vibrant has a better screen but I think the HD2's is good enough to where this would not be considered a "deal breaker" (like not having a freakin' flash on your top model phone, I mean, come on, Samsung, is everyone there shooting meth?).
I have not had any problems with MMS, Text, or Facebook or Twitter on my HD2. All run very smoothly. I have 5 email accounts up and synching nicely.
As far as watching movies, if you have to run them side by side to tell the difference, again, I file it in the "not a dealbreaker" category. All I know is I can watch True Blood in H264 just fine on my HD2 and not even use 35% of the battery.
Battery life on the HD2 for me seems to be about a full day, plus a half if not having wifi on all the time.
People complain about the size but I love it. I like having a big, solidly-built smartphone that I know is sitting in my pocket and not going anywhere.
Anyway, I haven't played with the Vibrant yet so I can't do a comparison, but the flash for me is a big one, because I use the camera on my HD2 constantly. But my advice would be not to write off the HD2 just because of everything you hear about it. Give it a shot. It's a great phone.
Hope that helps.
to be fair, the op was asking about the vibrant. i also have a rooted g1 and i'd have to say the vibrant murders the g1 in every aspect. i have not rooted the vibrant out of the box because of how much internal memory it has (16 gb) and its blazing speed.
mfrey0118 said:
I had an Android phone for about 18 months, and I've had my HD2 for about 4...
I love the HD2. Best phone I've ever had. The G1 was cool when it came out, and I was impressed initally, but it only took a week or so before it started to get "buggy". Once I rooted it, nothing imporved and I was constantly out of touch for hours at a time due to booting, wiping, flashing, etc...
HD2 totally different story. Say what you will about Windows Mobile 6.5, but it is very customizable and powerful, capable of many great feats. Not nearly as proprietary as iPhone or the upcoming WP7. And as of now as far as I know Microsoft is on record as stating they will be supporting and upgrading 6.5 for the next two years at least even though WP7 will be out.
The HD2 is very quick. The stock Opera browser, while not having native flash is very quick to load full media-rich pages. Having Office 2010 preloaded is a big plus for me, also.
I play the Ferrari GT Evolution game all the time, and since I got a class 6 SD Card, there is very little lag or stutter at all, graphics are very imressive. I know the Vibrant has a better screen but I think the HD2's is good enough to where this would not be considered a "deal breaker" (like not having a freakin' flash on your top model phone, I mean, come on, Samsung, is everyone there shooting meth?).
I have not had any problems with MMS, Text, or Facebook or Twitter on my HD2. All run very smoothly. I have 5 email accounts up and synching nicely.
As far as watching movies, if you have to run them side by side to tell the difference, again, I file it in the "not a dealbreaker" category. All I know is I can watch True Blood in H264 just fine on my HD2 and not even use 35% of the battery.
Battery life on the HD2 for me seems to be about a full day, plus a half if not having wifi on all the time.
People complain about the size but I love it. I like having a big, solidly-built smartphone that I know is sitting in my pocket and not going anywhere.
Anyway, I haven't played with the Vibrant yet so I can't do a comparison, but the flash for me is a big one, because I use the camera on my HD2 constantly. But my advice would be not to write off the HD2 just because of everything you hear about it. Give it a shot. It's a great phone.
Hope that helps.
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ryan562 said:
to be fair, the op was asking about the vibrant. i also have a rooted g1 and i'd have to say the vibrant murders the g1 in every aspect. i have not rooted the vibrant out of the box because of how much internal memory it has (16 gb) and its blazing speed.
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To be accurate, they were asking if anyone would trade their HD2 for the Vibrant. I simply wanted to have an opportunity to let the OP know that his HD2 experience may be the exception rather than the norm, and to familiarize himself with how to use the device instead of simply giving up on it.
Thx for the replys.
I decided to stick with hd2. I flashed a custom rom same day i got my replacement and it really improved speed of the phone and everything work as smooth as i expected. On top of that im runing darkstone's froyo now and im loving it.
nomadwgk said:
Hi.
I have my hd2 for about 3 months now and i really like it, but this morning on my way to work my phone died. Screen went black while i was browsing the net. I restarted it but phone is stuck on tmobile stick together splash screen. I was still rocking original tmous rom, so I called customer service and they told me that they will ship me a new one and also that i will have another 14 day trial period with it. So basically i can return this phone and pick another one. one of my friends got vibrant yesterday and i spent some time playing with it and phone seems to be pretty nice as well plus it runs android and since my last phone was g1 i am kinda used to it. Thing is i dont really like samsung phones as i had some bad experience with them in the past, so my question is, would You change your hd2 for vibrant if you had the opportunity? if yes please explain why.
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No i wouod keep the hd2 but thats just me...but i agree with you on the samsung topic they really arent the greatest...
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Of course I understand the OnePlus One is a last gen phone, compared to a recent top new gen.
I went back to my OnePlus One, because I was itching for some stock type Marshmallow 6.0 goodness, and there are some pretty good CM13 ROM's out now for the OPO.
I haven't used my OnePlus One since the Spring, dusted off the old OPO, flashed the latest firmware, then erased everything, and flashed the best CM13 ROM, got it all setup, and I was like hot damn, Marshmallow is pretty sweat I took my SIM card out of my Note 5, and popped in the OPO, and ran it all night and this morning.
Long story short; I am back to my Note 5 and happy as a clam
Short story long; I forgot just how poor the OPO display is, holy cow is it bad compared to the Note 5. Seems like light years apart in technology. The OnePlus One looks like the stone age screen, and the Note 5 screen was built by Commander LaForge on the Starship Enterprise.
And the curved back, I forgot how much I HATE phones with curved backs, my Nexus 6 had that curved back too, and God I couldn't stand that terrible design. It rocks back and forth like a canoe in choppy water when laying on a table. I love laying my phone down on the table and using it while eating, and doing some computer work, and with a flat phone like the Note 5 it's just so simple, easy, and smooth to tap away on it while laying down flat.
One thing was the speed difference, or almost lack thereof in a way. I run Nova Launcher on both phones, and have the speed set up exactly the same to " relaxed", and also Developer options the same too, with 1 second animations. While the Note 5 did feel smoother and overall faster, I can't say the OPO was a lagging turtle or slow motion, the speed difference did NOT feel night and day. Where my rooted and ROM'd Note 5 has ZERO lag, the OPO maybe had a hair hiccup lag here or there, but just a little.
Biggest thing, was how the newer stock Android 6.0 Marshmallow compared to Touchwiz running 5.1.1 did not feel or look, or perform all that different from each other. I am running a Material theme on my Note 5, and it looks pretty cool, and I have stated over the years how much I HATE Touchwiz, just loath it, but not sure what happened, the Note 5's TW + a Material theme is really slick, super smooth and fast, and I admit I like the Dialer, and Contacts, and E-mail, Lock screen better on Touchwiz than I do stock Android.
Hello there,
i upgraded from Redmi Note 4X (xiaomi.eu weekly rom) and got 2 new RN7 Global (global stable 10.2.3) for me and my girlfriend and now I'm quiet disappointed. In comparison to RN4X there is all over worse performance and weird touch behavior. RN4X is often even faster.
For example:
- Microlags in Browser or Menus, especially Chrome. Firefox Lite is up to now "ok" experience
- While scrolling threw pages and menus etc the touch behavior feels quite unpredictable. Sometimes it reacts to fast, sometimes to slow, all together with microlags
- touchpad does not recognize fast "backspack" tipping, like in my RN4. I have to delete text "slowly"
What do you think? Is this a known problem? Should i reset the phones? Do i expect to much with this upgrade RN4X to RN7 ? Are these some bugs which i can expect to get removed in updates? Since i have tested 2 new phones, i can exclude hardware defects, right?
Of course, one have always to get used a new phone after switching from a loved one old friend. But i'm afraid there i did some bad decision. And of course, there are some pluses to the RN7 too. Nice cam, display etc.
Thanks!
I got this device 4 days ago and til now I didn't encounter anything you pointed at, everything is working flawlessly even though I have the same MIUI version of yours so.. I guess the next update "MIUI 11" is gonna fix all the bugs you spoke about.
Same problem here. Broke my Note 5 and thought what could be wrong with Note 7. The performance! It's so laggy, it's hurting my eyes. I too had a 4X before the Note 5 and it's still faster than the Note 7. I bought mine at AliExpress? Maybe it's a bad charge, but I've seen quite some postings about bad performance now.
Got mine 7 days ago. No problems at all. No lags , no problem with scrolling , etc , no nothing. Deleted some MIUI apps with adb and its great.
So I switched to this phone from a Razer Phone 2 as you can't easily get new batteries for them and it was just getting old. Yes, I know, the hardware is better in a RP2, but I liked the idea of owning a OnePlus and I got it for a smokin deal.
Pros:
- Great size, fits great in my hand
- Fantastic Screen. I run it at 60Hz as at 90, it makes me dizzy (never ran my RP2 over 60 either), but its whatever. Picture is great
- Great battery life* (there's a * for a reason, see cons)
- Android 10 on the device was flawless. Never had a single issue.
- Photo quality with the rear camera are fantastic
Cons:
- Battery... No matter what I do, I cannot get it to charge past 75% unless I turn the phone off and plug it in. Even if I'm not using it at all, just on a night stand next to me while I sleep, it stops at 75%. I've checked EVERY setting, doesn't go past 75%.
- Android 11 bricked my device. The June 1, 2021 SecurityPatch update with Android 11 completely bricked my phone. I was rooted and EVERYTHING was working that I do on 10, then the update came and it was problem after problem. Rooted or not.
- Verizon doesn't support the 5G on this device if its not a verizon sold device, even though they sold their own variant of it
I'm switching to a 6t because I have one unopened in the box still from TMobile that's unlocked. I hate this thing...
Hi fellas, I recently acquired a galaxy S10 plus from somebody, he acquired it from at&t, and is stuck on Android 9, I don't know what to do
Highest I go would be 10. Pie is a good OS and security isn't an issue unless you do something stupid. My one Note 10+ is still running on 9, no plans to upgrade as it runs fast and stable.
With 11 and 12 scoped storage and forced encryption are fully activate. They will use more cpu cycles and resources... people have been having issues with 12 especially.
blackhawk said:
Highest I go would be 10. Pie is a good OS and security isn't an issue unless you do something stupid. My one Note 10+ is still running on 9, no plans to upgrade as it runs fast and stable.
With 11 and 12 scoped storage and forced encryption are fully activate. They will use more cpu cycles and resources... people have been having issues with 12 especially.
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I know somehow is better, but the phone is for my gf, and she likes the aesthetic of one UI 3, we both have the same galaxy, and she likes mine better because mine is android 11, and i don't want to give her my phone
BayronFeick said:
I know somehow is better, but the phone is for my gf, and she likes the aesthetic of one UI 3, we both have the same galaxy, and she likes mine better because mine is android 11, and don't want to give her my phone
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That's motivation
Adding Double Tap and using the Good Lock family of apps would do nearly the same thing to Android 10, both of which I use.
Samsung wisely didn't muck with the appearance too much with UI 3 apperantly. Fully active scooped storage will alter its functionality though at the core level especially in 12.
If I easily could I would play with 11 and 12 to experience how they behave directly. However not at the cost of permanently losing the older versions that are serving me well and trouble free.
Hopefully she will love it... she'll also get the latest security patches.