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Getting rid of G1 Best droid phone alt?!

Hi all I am a lonnnnng time owner of a G!...I was looking to get a new android device, preferable the HD2. is that any good for roms/mods/anything along like that? The G1 is lacking devs b/c they all moved on to better devices....Plz I need some opinions on which android would be the best bet to get..and im not looking to get the nexus one (not enough money).

lightninbug said:
Hi all I am a lonnnnng time owner of a G!...I was looking to get a new android device, preferable the HD2. is that any good for roms/mods/anything along like that? The G1 is lacking devs b/c they all moved on to better devices....Plz I need some opinions on which android would be the best bet to get..and im not looking to get the nexus one (not enough money).
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the hd2 is a windows mobile phone, nobody has ported android to it yet
if you insist on torturing yourself with that, watch the action here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651632
nexus one or mytouch, or mytouch slide if youre staying on tmobile
evo if you switch to sprint
droid incredible or droid if your moving to verizon
in my humble opinion
by the way, the devs have not moved on to other devices, froyo will be available on the G1 in the next few weeks from cyanogen
and if you're up for an upgrade with Tmobile, you can get the nexus1 for like 189 if you order it online from google

tnpapadakos said:
the hd2 is a windows mobile phone, nobody has ported android to it yet
if you insist on torturing yourself with that, watch the action here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651632
nexus one or mytouch, or mytouch slide if youre staying on tmobile
evo if you switch to sprint
droid incredible or droid if your moving to verizon
in my humble opinion
by the way, the devs have not moved on to other devices, froyo will be available on the G1 in the next few weeks from cyanogen
and if you're up for an upgrade with Tmobile, you can get the nexus1 for like 189 if you order it online from google
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full upgrade is in august....is the nexus one have more support/better ROMS than the hd2?

lightninbug said:
full upgrade is in august....is the nexus one have more support/better ROMS than the hd2?
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you're kidding, right?
the HD2 is NOT android, if you want to go to winmo, well...i cant abide that

Why not wait till 7/21 and get the new Samsung Android?
And please quit throwing around non-android phones....

Wait for The samsung galaxy s or as it's gonna be horribly renamed to the samsung vibrant for us americans
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s15274n said:
And please quit throwing around non-android phones....
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thank you, i second that

lightninbug said:
Hi all I am a lonnnnng time owner of a G!...I was looking to get a new android device, preferable the HD2. is that any good for roms/mods/anything along like that? The G1 is lacking devs b/c they all moved on to better devices....Plz I need some opinions on which android would be the best bet to get..and im not looking to get the nexus one (not enough money).
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HD2 is crap... I would go for a Nexus, Desire or Evo.
Do some research its all about preferences.

Desire or Nexus One at the moment

[Q] Epic/Evo 4g

Hello,i am about to upgrade either to the evo or epic my problem is that i can't decide.i love the epics keyboard and its cpu is supposed to be faster than the evos,but the epics forums here on xda arent really good...i know its just the start but nothing looks promising.do you guys think a lot of devs are going to work on Epic or should i go with the evo B/c the forums there are amazing.any help would be very appreciated thank you.

evo will be outdated soon
there is hardly any development for the epic either.
i would wait and see what other phones are coming to sprint first. i was actually thinking of picking up a palm pre now that webos 2.0 will be coming soon. plus i can overclock the device to 1ghz. now.

fixxxer2008 said:
evo will be outdated soon
there is hardly any development for the epic either.
i would wait and see what other phones are coming to sprint first. i was actually thinking of picking up a palm pre now that webos 2.0 will be coming soon. plus i can overclock the device to 1ghz. now.
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possible with the palm pixi? maybe not 1ghz but the oc'ing? android is pissing me off lately and ive always liked the pixi's form factor...

tailsthecat3 said:
possible with the palm pixi? maybe not 1ghz but the oc'ing? android is pissing me off lately and ive always liked the pixi's form factor...
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no the pre can overclock to 1ghz and the gpu is better. the pixi has a nice form factor but it is by far more limited than the pre. i actually decided today im going to buy a palm pre and sell my hero.
but yes i think you can overclock the pixi just fine.

It will be outdated but how many devs do you thing would jump ship from a phone they just got because the epic has pottential but everyone overlooked it
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Swallow or... said:
It will be outdated but how many devs do you thing would jump ship from a phone they just got because the epic has pottential but everyone overlooked it
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i love droid but i like to try out new devices. i still think with the proper hp backing webos could give google a run for the money. webos 2.0 is coming this year and it is already getting rave reviews.

just found out on precentral that you can overclock the pre to 1.2ghz if you wanted too. i mean **** that blows both the hero & evo out of the water.

fixxxer2008 said:
just found out on precentral that you can overclock the pre to 1.2ghz if you wanted too. i mean **** that blows both the hero & evo out of the water.
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Your heart can also beat 200 times per minute...the question is for how long? i dont know much about the pre, but im fairly certain its 600mhz stock. it might run at 1.2, but i dont think youre gonna see much of a lifespan of the phone running that fast

[Q] What to get after the Hero?

I qualify for an upgrade next week. I'm stoked. Android has gotten better release after release--the hardware has become rate limiting, I'm ready for a new phone.
What do I get next?
My impressions are that the Samsung Epic is technically a better phone than the Evo 4G but that because it so new that there's much less software development for it at the moment. I enjoy CM6 and have been flashing the nightlies every few days. With Epic, I'd be stuck with 2.1. Will the Epic catch up in development?

dynamicpda said:
I qualify for an upgrade next week. I'm stoked. Android has gotten better release after release--the hardware has become rate limiting, I'm ready for a new phone.
What do I get next?
My impressions are that the Samsung Epic is technically a better phone than the Evo 4G but that because it so new that there's much less software development for it at the moment. I enjoy CM6 and have been flashing the nightlies every few days. With Epic, I'd be stuck with 2.1. Will the Epic catch up in development?
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I used both the Evo and the Epic and the Evo is a superior phone. Heres why, the community for the evo is way bigger and it has the best devs... guys like Cyanogen, Sterickson and other are evo users and activaley particapate in the forums there. The phone is fast and performs better on every test I've done on both. There is way more development for the Evo. Its 50$ cheaper. Froyo Sense, and a ton of custom mods, all the great devs and theme from here are now in the Evo forums.
I almost got the Epic I like Samsung phones but I was more partial to the verizon epic as I don;t need to physical qwerty. Best way to see what you want is go down to best buy and use them download some apps play around thats what I did and ended up with the Evo, only thing I miss is the track ball but got use to not having it very quickly.
If you liked the Hero then you'll love the Evo.

When im able to upgrade, 12/12/10, im going to get an epic 4G! I did a lot of resarch on it and it seems like a great phone.
Sent from my HTC hero running froyo!

ASimmons said:
I used both the Evo and the Epic and the Evo is a superior phone. Heres why, the community for the evo is way bigger and it has the best devs... guys like Cyanogen, Sterickson and other are evo users and activaley particapate in the forums there. The phone is fast and performs better on every test I've done on both. There is way more development for the Evo. Its 50$ cheaper. Froyo Sense, and a ton of custom mods, all the great devs and theme from here are now in the Evo forums.
I almost got the Epic I like Samsung phones but I was more partial to the verizon epic as I don;t need to physical qwerty. Best way to see what you want is go down to best buy and use them download some apps play around thats what I did and ended up with the Evo, only thing I miss is the track ball but got use to not having it very quickly.
If you liked the Hero then you'll love the Evo.
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I'll go to Best Buy to check them out. Thanks for confirming what I am thinking. I will likely get the Evo. Both seem to be great phones. If I were less addicted to the pace of development, I could be happy with the Epic. They are still waiting for Froyo...

If you have small hands, get the Epic because it's smaller than the Evo.
They are both 4G, but a plus on the Epic is that it has a physical keyboard, so you might want to try that out.
It's your descison, so you should make sure you get the one you want
Sent from my HTC hero running froyo!

Are you abandoning the Hero? within a month ill bet we have a working Froyo running on it, with Sense!

I'd at least wait until the Christmas phones come out and see if anything with that sweet 1.5ghz processor is coming out yet. I felt like an idiot when I upgraded to a Hero 3 months before the EVO came out...if I had just been a little more patient I'd have a much better phone. Then again, that would also have meant 3 more months of broken sliders and ****ty Samsung construction, so I guess it's a fair trade. With Sprint Premium you get up grades every 12 months so it doesn't really matter anymore...just pay your bill on time
Also, see the HTC Knight on XDA's main page. Looks like it's coming out for Sprint and should be an awesome deal. When buying technology that moves this fast it's always better to do some research and wait for a release rather than just buy the best thing out there for "right now."

Im waiting till next christmas in 2011 and see whts out then.

I'm actually due for an upgrade tomorrow but I will be waiting for the HTC Knight / Speedy which has a release date in the beginning of January. I do not want a 4G phone as I am in the middle of nowhere and will be prolly be the last to get 4G coverage. That's as long as I can wait unless I hear something about nvidia's tegra2 chip then I guess ill have to wait for that.
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Ive had an update since may, but have been holding out to see whats next. Dont have 4g where I'm at, so an evo or epic plus $10 a month doesn't make much sense for me personally...plus I love these hero forums too much to leave.
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noobnl does cyan official for epic just so you know

[Q] What new phone should I get?

My Captivate has never been very good. It has a bad AT&T update server thing, it randomly presses the search button for no reason, its laggy and the internet doesn't always work, even if I have a good signal. I'm looking for another android phone, but not a Samsung. I want to be able to sell this
Captivate that is 2.2 and rooted w/ Evo Black Bar mod. It is in fairly good condition and I've had it for 3 months. And using the money I sold it for, for another phone. Right now i'm really looking into the HTC Inspire 4g, but should I wait awhile longer to see if a better phone comes out soon. I've always liked the HTC Sense UI, so I'd want it to be an HTC phone.
Thanks!
EDIT: Sorry I accidently put this in the wrong thread :\

even though this is the wrong thread i reccomend the inspire 4g coming out on sunday

Id say wait for the atix

Get the Junebug.

drakizard said:
My Captivate has never been very good. It has a bad AT&T update server thing, it randomly presses the search button for no reason, its laggy and the internet doesn't always work, even if I have a good signal. I'm looking for another android phone, but not a Samsung. I want to be able to sell this
Captivate that is 2.2 and rooted w/ Evo Black Bar mod. It is in fairly good condition and I've had it for 3 months. And using the money I sold it for, for another phone. Right now i'm really looking into the HTC Inspire 4g, but should I wait awhile longer to see if a better phone comes out soon. I've always liked the HTC Sense UI, so I'd want it to be an HTC phone.
Thanks!
EDIT: Sorry I accidently put this in the wrong thread :\
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My friend likes their evo shift, but I'll be honest I like my captivate better. I've been playing with the lcd density app. nothing like all your apps on one page. lol.

drakizard said:
My Captivate has never been very good. It has a bad AT&T update server thing, it randomly presses the search button for no reason, its laggy and the internet doesn't always work, even if I have a good signal. I'm looking for another android phone, but not a Samsung. I want to be able to sell this
Captivate that is 2.2 and rooted w/ Evo Black Bar mod. It is in fairly good condition and I've had it for 3 months. And using the money I sold it for, for another phone. Right now i'm really looking into the HTC Inspire 4g, but should I wait awhile longer to see if a better phone comes out soon. I've always liked the HTC Sense UI, so I'd want it to be an HTC phone.
Thanks!
EDIT: Sorry I accidently put this in the wrong thread :\
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I say..take that one back and get a Captivate that actually works..I am very pleased with mine..and it is about the easiest phone to make changes on..
Mac

happycappy said:
Get the Junebug.
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Whats a JuneBug?

bpodz34 said:
Id say wait for the atix
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I don't really care for the Dual-Core, and I really hate the MotoBlur UI

happycappy said:
Get the Junebug.
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JitterBug?

drakizard said:
My Captivate has never been very good. It has a bad AT&T update server thing, it randomly presses the search button for no reason, its laggy and the internet doesn't always work, even if I have a good signal. I'm looking for another android phone, but not a Samsung. I want to be able to sell this
Captivate that is 2.2 and rooted w/ Evo Black Bar mod. It is in fairly good condition and I've had it for 3 months. And using the money I sold it for, for another phone. Right now i'm really looking into the HTC Inspire 4g, but should I wait awhile longer to see if a better phone comes out soon. I've always liked the HTC Sense UI, so I'd want it to be an HTC phone.
Thanks!
EDIT: Sorry I accidently put this in the wrong thread :\
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if you like htc wait! the inspire is great, no doubt but in 2011 there should be a dualcore phone coming out from htc. there should also be one coming out from samsung not that you are interested.
it's unfortunate that the search button presses itself but the internet thing sounds like either a rom/modem problem or an att problem. have you tried andromeda or the latest cognition based on the rogers release? there may be reasons not to go with samsung but if your reasons are isolated to one broken phone maybe you should exchange it and give it second chance. what ever your decision thanks for not starting a flame war with bitter complaints that have no relevance to anything like others have.

If it were me, I would look into getting it replaced with another one and seeing if that alleaviates some of the issues you are having. If not then I'd say Atrix or infuse..just my 2c

go with the motorola razr you'll never look back

Not only in the wrong section but I would swear I have seen a thread just like this one before lol j/k I will be moving this to Q and A when I hit my pc. My thoughts are with MWC coming up In less then a week it is far to early to say for sure. I personly would go with the HTC, known good hardware and decent updates. Moto known for locked bootloaders and ok updates. Samsung well we all know this story lol good gardware, updates, what are those? lol
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Scratch that.......

I agree with zelendal. don't jump the gun. The few phones announced right now is the beginning. Thinking this is the year that quit a few smartphones will be released. And with all the latest and newest hardware plus software.
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Vote on Rootzwiki to help get CM7 to bionic

VOTE AGAIN ROUND TWO!
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?7634-Round-2-Battle-for-the-Bionic-Dev-Giveaway
Vote for RevNumbers
He did a great job on Droid 2 and it would be great to have him with cvpcs working on the bionic

Been using CM7 for awhile on Fascinate and Droid, I am still hmm not quiet sure I want to put CM on Bionic...soo much bugs, so unstable..eheheh

Bump! The race is close, single digits close! Help Rev over the top!

BUMP FOR ROUND two

Why the heck not, I love CM7, BUMP
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For anyone who wants CM7 on their bionic, I highly recommend going the extra mile to register with the site, if you are not already, because if the CM7 team has the bionic, it can finnaly be developed for
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CVPCS already has a bionic, and has been working on it since about launch day. He had it booted in about a day.
This phone will get CM7 no matter who you vote for. If I were you guys, I would vote for a non CM7 person (like Nitro or Liquid) so we can get some variety.
Just my 2 cents...
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mistawolfe said:
CVPCS already has a bionic, and has been working on it since about launch day. He had it booted in about a day.
This phone will get CM7 no matter who you vote for. If I were you guys, I would vote for a non CM7 person (like Nitro or Liquid) so we can get some variety.
Just my 2 cents...
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Those guys are already out of the running. There was a tie between Rev and Framework earlier today and there's now a 1v1 vote up to be the tie breaker.

And then along came Debbie Downer:
r2doesinc said:
Ok, I see lots of "cm7 ftw" type comments. I thought my post in the other thread would be enough, but maybe it should be said again.
AOSP/MIUI will not come to this phone anytime in the foreseeable future. Let me break it down like this.
Remember on the Evo back before shinzul and toast got wimax working? We are kinda in the same position again. Here we are, faced with devices that contain a totally new form of data. One that isn't available in the aosp repos. One that we have no reference code for. One that the code is different for on each lte device.
Your first question is probably, "Well they did it on the Thunderbolt, why not the Bionic?" Fair question, and seeing as we got aosp and lte on that device witgout the help of cm, I think I'm in a position to answer it. The thunderbolt runs a qualcomm chip, unlike the charge and the bionic. Qulacomm has this nifty little site called Code Aurora Forums. CAF is where all the lte code came from. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but neither slayher nor xoomdev wrote 99% of the lte code. The difficult part with the bolt was making it all work with our existing rom code.
This code WILL NOT work on non qualcomm devices, I would hope that goes without saying.
So where's that leave us you ask? SOL. Or **** out of luck for those of you who don't know l33t sp3ak.
Remember my comment about wimax and team w1n? Those guys literally wrote the wimax code FROM SCRATCH. And it took FOREVER. The evo just got wimax on aosp months ago, and how long was the device out for?
What's this all actually mean you ask? It means don't expect with one of these guys to bring miui or cm7 or anything non blur based to this device. Not that I think either of these guys arent amazing devs, they both are. No disrespect to either one, but I think even they would agree that they aren't up to the challange of writing lte literally from nothing.
Also, one more thing on the wimax-evo/lte-bionic comparison. Yea, before the evo got wimax, it still had 3g and was a perfectly functional Rom. In this case its going to be a little different.
DISCLAIMER
The follow statements are the only thing in this post I ccannot 100% back up. I'm 99% of their correctness, but could be wrong.
With my experience with lte, its all or nothing. You don't get working 3g and no 4g. You get it all or you get basically an ipodtouch. Nothing but wifi.
Now, someone did mention that the bionic has seperate radios, unlike the bolt. They used this as an argument that 3g can be fixed before 4g is made to work. My argument against that is to look at the current cm7 build for the bionic. No data. No 3g. Data is RARELY an obstacle for aosp on devices. Usually only when something weird is going on, like what Samsung does, or where lte is involved.
Again, I could be wrong. But I doubt it.
Tldr : Quit expecting aosp on this device. And if you ***** out whoever wins for not getting aosp booted, I will personally print out this post, find you and shove it down your throat.
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The only reason it hurts so much is because it's likely 100% true :'(

Why would I want anyone wasting their time on CM7 for Bionic? I know that it's fun to get hold of lots of new ROMs and spend all your free time every evening trying new ones, but it's going to take a while and in the meantime, there's this Ice Cream Sandwich thing (anybody else heard of it) that's coming out.
Love the CM offerings; CM7 was fun on my Eris... but would be as enticing as Eclair with modded Sense on my Bionic! Anybody have a good reason to pursue this further aside from new toys???

The more the merrier?
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quentin0 said:
And then along came Debbie Downer:
The only reason it hurts so much is because it's likely 100% true :'(
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All he's really saying is don't be a c*nt if one or the other comes out with nothing immediately. Understand what's what going in, etc.

idefiler6 said:
All he's really saying is don't be a c*nt if one or the other comes out with nothing immediately. Understand what's what going in, etc.
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Its a new technology naturally it will take longer to figure out ^_^