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A Bad Poster posted:I'll keep that in mind. I'm going up there for almost a month, so that would be worth the $3. It is not only $3/month. It is a ton worse than that. "Traveling to Canada? For only $2.99 per month all calls placed from Canada are only $0.20 per minute." Traveling internationally, it is almost always better to buy a prepaid phone and a SIM from a local carrier if you're going to be there for very long. That and use Skype whenever you can.
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Chappy posted:It's exactly the opposite of what Sprint's policy just became. We are supposed to attempt to re-flash approved software first, and if the problem still happens, to swap the phone out. I doubt it's because of them being the "good" carrier, although I want to believe they're going to be the more friendlier carrier that plays dumb pipe instead of playing the content provider/ISP game that cable companies play. The systems and measures VZW and ATT are possibly working on, I'll believe it when I see it, cost some serious money as well as customers. They've already admitted their networks are overloaded by going with tiered data, and now they're going for the kill by telling you how you can use your overpriced 2 GB of data and your phone. Sprint can just be cool about stuff, not spend the money, not piss people off, and just be an ISP. They're presenting an actual alternative to the duopoly for business reasons/saving their butts. I doubt it works, most people are stupid and will pay a lot for very little because "oooohhh the iphones!!!!", but at least it's something. It will be interesting to watch the Android community migrate from T-Mobile to Sprint over the next year. I know it's not a big group but I'm interested to see if it's noticeable over the next few quarters. Blakkout posted:Anyone else been having service problems lately? My phone has not had service in almost 48 hours now and I have no idea what the deal is. Just going to take a guess, your radio died or something in your phone is messed up.
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Eyecannon posted:Tthis is what custom ROMs are for... Exactly... oh poo poo, this isn't the WinMo thread.
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atomicvocabulary posted:Once every 10 times or so HDMwIn works on my CM7 Evo. I finally got it to work and had a camera at the same time. Check that there isn't a bunch of dust/dirt in the jack, the wires are really small and a small bit of lint can make things not work.
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Apr 8, 2011 04:28
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jaku78 posted:While I got a rooted samsung moment, I hardly use the features of the root besides the CPU clocking and small stuff like that I could live without I think. I might just go with the EVO 3D because of the power (and I want to play PSX games with no lag). Oh and I never knew that about the Wiimotes and that's just awesome because I happen to have one lying around. The Evo3D will have to be rooted to use the Wiimote unfortunately. HTC uses a gimped bluetooth driver for no good reason.
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Apr 12, 2011 03:44
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Zorro KingOfEngland posted:Yeah, I'm not so much excited for it as I am for the Cyanogenmod 7 development that will be jumpstarted by its release. Specifically the 4G development. CM7 has 4G, and this won't help it at all. They had to write 4G from scratch in CM6 and CM7. It should help with a few of the GPS issues that some people have after flashing though.
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Apr 15, 2011 04:13
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Chunk posted:Argh I have the Moment and Im due for an upgrade in May. I cant decide if I should just go for the Nexus S or try and be really patient for the Evo3D whenever that comes out It's like polishing a turd, but at least you can have C2DM and move to SD: http://forum.sdx-developers.com/moment-2-2-development/froyo-dl05-beta-6-for-samsung-moment-(upd-0320-215am-edt)/
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Apr 15, 2011 04:15
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Chunk posted:I haven't paid attention to any of this stuff in months, what is the preferred rom and all that stuff? I asked a friend with a Moment, that's the one they're using. No real show stopper problems as far as I know.
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Apr 16, 2011 22:34
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TheBlackMallard posted:Has anyone used both the Evo and Evo Shift? I'm thinking about trading my Evo for a new Evo Shift since it has CM7 now and was wondering how they compare in terms of battery life, etc. The Evo is slightly too big for me and I wouldn't mind having a hardware keyboard. I agree with brc64, the screen on the Shift seems tiny after the Evo. Performance wise, the Shift is a bit faster.
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Apr 19, 2011 05:22
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Mistikman posted:I'm not sure where else to ask this, so I'll just ask here: I have a non-rooted LG Optimus S, and one of the programs I installed is Advanced Task Killer, to try to get some better battery life out of it. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing. Your battery will improve by uninstalling the task killer, you don't need it. Those things aren't really running, they're sleeping in the background. How long does it run on a charge without the task killer?
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Task killers are marginally useful as a bazooka solution for killing (& restarting) a bunch of tasks in the event that one of them has run amok and is eating CPU cycles due to a bug. The hope is that, by killing it, it will either not respawn, or respawn in a state that it doesn't eat CPU. Although finding the offending service and ending it permanently (if not needed) is a much better solution. Wow, broken software that breaks itself even more. Good one Samsung. Kreeblah posted:Does that have anything over the built-in task manager? Settings > Applications > Running services lets you see what you have running and the CPU time everything's used, plus you can kill things right there if something's gone haywire and is pegging your CPU. Task killer app lists load a lot faster than the built-in manager. I really only have a single app that continually screws up, so I made a Tasker shortcut that kills that one app. If you're having problems with a single app, it's a really good solution. Also, CM7 (and I think CM6) lets you long press the back button to kill the foreground app.
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Apr 19, 2011 22:19
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Chappy posted:The 79.99 includes the 10 extra a month. the plan is 69.99 normally Or 59.99 for EPRP plus 10 is only 69.99 for unlimited data.
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Apr 24, 2011 05:39
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atomicvocabulary posted:I use it often, in fact I'm very disappointed that the evo 2 might not have one There's no might about it, the Evo 3D does not have a kickstand unfortunately. They added a physical camera button and removed the kickstand, not sure that's a great trade but that's what they've done.
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Apr 24, 2011 21:41
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Alman posted:I think that could possibly change with the FCC ruling on fair roaming prices, but I'm not really all that read-up on this so I don't know for sure. Absolutely it would, that's why Verizon opposes it.
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Apr 26, 2011 16:43
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nate fisher posted:Nexus S and not even close. (unless you are my daughter and yes the $60 Epic is just perfect for you). A thousand times this. The Evo3D should be as good or probably better than the Evo with a newer, more efficient CPU, and bigger battery. But yeah, if you have to get a phone really soon, the Nexus wins by a mile.
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Apr 27, 2011 04:06
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Alman posted:So I played around with the EVO3D yesterday for a little bit. It's about what you'd expect - an EVO with a 3D camera and display. I didn't get to play around with it long enough to comment on battery life or performance, but I did take a couple pictures with the camera. One thing I noticed was that the 3D effect was really weird if you accidentally blurred your shot. It's really kind of a trippy experience, but if 3D photos aren't your bag it's really easy just to switch to the 2D camera. I really hope some sort of support for 3D menus comes out because that would be sweet I imagine there's a deal being worked out with Sprint TV or Blockbuster (or whoever owns them now) for a 3D movie service. Maybe not, but it seems dumb not to leverage the screen as best you can. So far I've heard the LCD on the 3D (disregarding the 3D) is better quality than the Evo4G. Any comments on the new version of Sense or was your time too limited? How about size and weight compared to the 4G?
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Apr 27, 2011 16:45
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Ryven posted:So I've been looking at getting a new phone finally and I pretty much have it narrowed down to 3 choices. The HTC EVO Shift, Samsung Epic 4g and the Nexus S 4g ( if it worth me waiting till it comes out). In comparison to the others, the Epic the worst possible decision. You're tying yourself to a phone for two years that may or may not ever be updated and will never be as well supported as the other two. The Shift isn't a bad option, but there's no reason for a physical keyboard unless you log into *nix systems a lot, so get a screen with some real estate. Get the Nexus S or wait for the Evo3D, that's your most future-proof solution right now. If you want custom ROM support, Nexus S is the only guarantee.
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Apr 29, 2011 02:22
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thisdude23 posted:That phone sucks. It sounds like mid-range hardware and most likely a Droid Pro/Blackberry style portrait keyboard. If it's AMOLED, it should run for days on a charge with that small of a screen.
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May 1, 2011 19:03
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datajosh posted:More like Clearwire is putting random towers where they need to in order to keep their spectrum and pissing off people looking at the coverage map hoping it'll expand There's no "use it or lose it" on auctioned spectrum.
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May 2, 2011 00:20
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hoonchops posted:Not the auctioned spectrum, the EBS. http://www.digitalcommunities.com/blogs/broadband-nation/Clearwire-Educational-Broadband-Service-Spectrum-121510.html That makes a lot more sense.
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ShowTime posted:See I never even thought of that, so i'm glad I said something. Having to code the programs to utilize the dual core snapdragon processor is a good point. Another thing I thought of was HTC Sense. I love that UI and my last two phone used it. But, I found myself never really utilizing the 7 screens and an entire button that was on every screen (one of the buttons located next to the curved "phone" button set in the lower middle part of the screen). So that was just wasted space. I loved the widgets, but i'm 99% sure that by now there are widgets for your standard Android UI. First, there's no reason to use the Sense launcher when ADW and LauncherPro exist. That goes for Blur and Touchwiz too. But just because apps aren't multithreaded doesn't mean the OS can't use two cores for simultaneous execution. That allows for lower clock speed per core, lower voltage, and less power consumed over a shorter time. The Evo 4G was released June 4th running 2.1, by July it was running 2.2. I wouldn't doubt the same happening with the Evo 3D and 2.4. At that point, have two cores should provide a great advantage. Basically, I'm not signing a contract for two years and not getting the very best phone available. Just my two cents, I'm not telling you the Nexus S is bad, just that it's a bit long in the tooth for a 2 year contract.
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May 3, 2011 02:44
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Duckman2008 posted:No guarantees in upgrades ever unless its a Nexus phone is really the general rule. HTC is better about it, but not perfect (see Hero). Either way the Shift is still a good buy (unless you are a super phone user junkie), and even if it doesn't upgrade 2.2 is a much better software platform to be on than 2.1 and should stay relevant for a while. 2.3 already leaked for the Evo 4G and the Shift is a newer phone. There's very little chance the Shift never gets 2.3.
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heat posted:I seem to remember something about the upside to Sprint's lovely building penetrating spectrum was more bandwidth, but I could be completely imagining this. True. That high frequency spectrum doesn't go very far, which sounds terrible at first. You can serve about the same number of people and data on spectrum at 700 MHz or 2.5 GHz, if you had say 700-720 MHz and 2500-2520 MHz. But you can locate 2.5 GHz sites a lot closer to each other without interference, meaning you can spread people out across more sites and giving them more throughput. Basically, think about it like being able to put wifi access points in every building so you only share with people in the area instead of everyone on the block. Day 1 it's cheaper to put up the one site and serve the whole block, but it sure sucks when everyone uses it at once and you can't add more. See pictures at the bottom: http://gigaom.com/2007/03/14/700mhz-explained/ They're very much for 700 MHz in the article because they're talking about public safety networks, which don't need to serve a ton of people but need to cover large areas at a low cost.
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nate fisher posted:Hate to use the S word, but I was looking at the Samsung Galaxy S2 and looks wise it blows the EVO 3D out of the water. It might be the sexiest phone I have ever seen. Super thin, dual core, and 4.3 inch super amoled screen. I love thin phones and this one takes the cake. It is the first phone I seen that look wise blows away the iPhone. I know all carriers are suppose to get one and please God let Sprint get one without a hard keyboard (pretty please!). I think I am going to official wait on my upgrade until I hear what is going to happen with the S2. "It's looks so good on paper, I want to get one." Son, you've been Samsung'd.
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moolchaba posted:The first time I laid eyes on the EVO 3D, the camera lense fixture was a huge eyesore. After a month of watching video previews, it's becoming less an issue. You never really sit and look at the back. It's like driving an ugly car, you stop noticing after a while because you never see it.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:1) HTC EVO Pre was June 6th. EDIT I think the Instinct was June too.
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brc64 posted:I've always understood the Airave (and Airvana) as being essentially VoIP to cellular adapters. That's the whole point. I could be wrong.. maybe it does need some faint Sprint signal to latch onto, but I'm reasonably sure that's not the case. I'd call again and talk to a different person. CDMA is a highly synchronized technology. Every site is synchronized to a GPS clock. It's possible that it needs to sync with a tower so that when you leave your home it can had off to a real tower. If there's nothing to hand off too, I can't see how it would matter. No idea, I would call back and try a different rep, worst that can happen is you get one and it actually doesn't work and you're no worse off.
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ThermoPhysical posted:I hope so...there's a lot of issues the Nexus S has, it seems. The Evo has official AOSP 4G drivers and better 3rd party HDMI support than HTC ever included. It's got amazing community support, and I wouldn't be surprised if it continues getting updates for CyanogenMod until the hardware just can't run newer versions of Android.
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SLOSifl posted:My launch day EVO bricked, and I had it replaced. My new one is not a refurb, and I rooted it with Unrevoked. No issues. From what I've read, Sprint Evo's are no problem, but KDDI in Japan carries a flavor of the Evo and it doesn't work with the auto-root methods.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Except that's not LTE vs WiMAX, but 700 MHz vs 2500, or more appropriately, Verizon 4G vs Sprint 4G. I've said it before, Sprint is sitting on gold at 2.5GHz simply because it has smaller coverage per watt. If no one paid close attention to that article, they have over 100MHz of spectrum in major cities JUST FOR 4G. I think either AT&T or Verizon has only 60MHz. That doesn't even touch the 850MHz iDEN spectrum they can use in parallel with the 2.5 coverage or to cover rural areas. If they can hold out, they'll be a loving force. Step 1 was positive net additions. Step 2 is being the low cost alternative. If your network is solid and data is cheap, businesses will follow and then you're set. Yes, they have to play things just right so it may be a bust but I'm pulling for the little guy. Of course the alternative is VZW and AT&T buying out everyone, getting all of the spectrum and still pretending there's not enough and capping the gently caress out of it while raising prices.
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god this blows posted:The problem is that this is great for cities but not all of us live in cities. I currently live in the "country" and I'm roaming in my house even though at the beginning of the year I wasn't. 2.5Ghz is great in cities but it sucks in the "country." Also Sprint doesn't have the sheer number of towers that Verizon or AT&T does. Spectrum is great, but if you don't have towers they're going to cost more to put up than the people who already have the towers. It's not worth it to waste a lot of money covering small towns when they can cover 200 Million+ people in larger cities. Rural customers cost the most to cover and offer the least return. Sorry, but you're not a good investment for them. EDIT: Just to add a bit, notice that only the very largest carriers had the cash to cover or buy coverage in that area.
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TiCK posted:This might seem like a stupid question, but is there any way to change the Evo Shift's dialer, contacts and such (stuff you get when you open the Phone app) to look like the Samsung Moment's? Moment was the stock dialer, Shift is the Sense dialer. You can try an app like Dialer One or you can root and install CyanogenMod when it's even close to ready, which doesn't look like right now. I remember Dialer One not playing will with Sense but that could be fixed now.
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kahm posted:Cyanogenmod isnt ready for the Evo Shift? Yessiree, it is, it's even out of 'experimental' status, i've been running the official CM7 for almost a month now: I took a quick look at the nightly forum and it looked like they were having some major issues, but it's awesome if there's a stable.
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Chunk posted:Sprint is now taking preorders for the Evo3d so I can't imagine it's that far off at this point. Where did you see this? EDIT: Also can Best Buy handle EPRP yet? 900ftjesus fucked around with this message at 19:14 on May 14, 2011 |
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ShowTime posted:Google revealed only this: Pre-ordered one today at a Sprint store. It's in "sales force" which is some internal system or at least that's what the rep said. You have to buy a $50 gift card when you pre-order, so you can just opt not to buy and get something else if you want.
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porksmash posted:Looks like we will soon know if the EVO 3D has a locked/signed/whatever bootloader: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/16/htc-evo-3d-system-dump-leaked-get-it-while-its-hot/ Don't take this as gospel, but: http://forum.androidcentral.com/evo-3d/84920-htc-evo3d-system-dump.html About three posts down from an "Adviser": "bootloader is locked but not encrypted" That's the way the Evo 4G shipped, so that would be best case next to unlocked, which no one expected. I'm only putting any stock at all into this because the guy posting it is a mod or adviser or whatever, but I'll wait to see it confirmed elsewhere.
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The Entire Universe posted:So I take this to essentially mean that ROM development will be only mildly set back at first, then change to being a moderate chance of bricking, then be OK? My view is, yes, you're right there will need to be an effort into unlocking the bootloader. But, if this is the only HTC unencrypted bootloader with a dual-core, it's going to be the hacker phone of choice right behind the Nexus phones. The Evo 4G is one of the most popular phones on CM right now, something like 25k people which doesn't include people with stats turned off. There's already an open-source 4G implementation for WiMAX and HDMI mirroring. The only thing would be getting the dual camera an 3D effect working, which I could definitely live without. Sense is also looking pretty mean, the lock screen isn't crap anymore, their Exchange email client is tons better than AOSP, so I'm not too concerned about being stuck on Sense for a while. That's my 2 cents, I'm still not putting too much faith in the unencrypted bootloader yet, but I wouldn't worry about it too much if it's just locked.
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Deadpan Science posted:Some sales guy at a sprint store told my friend that he wouldn't be able to buy an evo 3d off contract. Is that true? It's not true at all as long as they're willing to pay $500 or whatever for the phone. That is unless Sprint is doing something very different with the Evo 3D which is not terribly likely.
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Chunk posted:http://www.phonedog.com/2011/05/22/htc-evo-3d-to-be-priced-at-199-99-at-radioshack/ No surprises so far. EDIT: The Green Hornet in 3D. Awesome, 3 dimensions of a bad movie. 900ftjesus fucked around with this message at 02:55 on May 23, 2011 |
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letsgoflyers81 posted:I'm a Premier customer and I got knocked down to silver when they changed the rules, but I'm pretty sure I'm grandfathered in to still get my 12 month upgrade through June this year, unless I'm remembering wrong. I got my EVO on launch day last year, so does that mean I should be able to trade in my EVO 4G for an EVO 3D for only $100? Just trying to make sure I'm not overlooking anything. Listings on Craigslist for the Evo 4G are $200-$350 right now, mostly $250 and up. Taking $100 from Radioshack is a pretty lowball offer.
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