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What new android phone should I get?

Hey guys, pretty straight forward.
Just to let you know, I really don't want an HTC one x, or any other phone with poor battery life.
Things that matter:
Screen size: 4in+
Processor
Camera quality
HARDWARE in general
Overall feel of the phone in your hand
I would prefer the least amount of plastic on the phone as possible.
Thanks guys
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HTC sensation or galaxy s 2
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Plastic is a nice thing....

Do you have a carrier preference? Are you wanting to stay with VZW?

HTC EVO 4G LTE.
Outstanding battery life.
16GB internal storage and a micro sd slot.
Blazing fast processor.
It feels solid as a rock.
It has the best screen of any phone I have ever used, 4.7 inch.
The camera on this phone is phenomenal. Here is a thread with pics from it.
All in all this is the best phone I have ever owned.

The evo 4G is very intriguing.
As far as carrier, I don't care at all.
So far the phones in the race are:
Sony xperia ion
HTC evo 4g
Samsung galaxy s3
These are just so far. Feel free to offer any handset as a suggestion. I'll put up a poll when I get into the preliminaries.
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Wait for the HTC phone that's coming to Verizon
It has a 1080 p screen so everything would be awesome
It also has an adreno 320 cup
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-DarkKnight- said:
Wait for the HTC phone that's coming to Verizon
It has a 1080 p screen so everything would be awesome
It also has an adreno 320 cup
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What phone is that if which you speak?
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idiotzach15 said:
As far as carrier, I don't care at all.
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I'm jelly of ya'll that have more than one carrier with service in your area.
Does the Nexus not even get a honorable mention simply because it gets the newest Android versions before any other phones? I agree that there is better hardware on the market, but I love showing off all the new features before anyone else gets them. My buddy just posted on fb how he got ICS on his RAZR, I replied "It can't do a barrel roll." Its fun to be smug about firmware lol.
I got my hands on a SGSIII and I liked it allot, big good looking screen, felt good in my hand, fast and smooth. I rooted it and gave it back to my buddy. Plus the Galaxy S phones have good development so you wont be waiting too much longer than Nexus for custom ROMs and such..

The nexus was in the running, but the camera threw it out for me.
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If you want to be certain you'll get 1st party updates without waiting them definitely Galaxy Nexus. The camera, however, isn't too good.
Personal suggestion is S2. I haven't found one con from this phone, it's fast,I like its screen,a lot of development here, camera is excellent. It also packs a 1 6GB flash memory and a micro SD slot.
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Whatever phone that stops you from OPing threads like this before searching. There are stickies for this in other sections.
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boborone said:
Whatever phone that stops you from OPing threads like this before searching. There are stickies for this in other sections.
Sent from your phone you lost the game.
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Yes, but this was specifically for more recent phones, and I'm gonna add a poll soon for fun.
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Galaxy s3
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Android_Monsters said:
Galaxy s3
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You understand that post is useless because you don't provide any info about why you recommend that one...
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its rumored

HTC is crap. Go Samsung GSIII. Its nice overall hardware and software!
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Gs3 is too big... I I think I've decided on the ion... I I don't hate htc... But i do hate Microsoft lol
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Agreed! HTC is good with designs and Sense 4.0 is good...its the hardware that lags
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I'd pick HTC over any phone. Not to keen on the Incredible 4G for Verizon though. Its nothing like what the other carriers got. I'll be sticking to my Droid Incredible 2 so long as Dev's continue to support it.
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Atrix HD vs Nexus 4

Which phone is a better value to me? I need a stop gap phone until the Note 3 or some next gen phone.

The nexus 4:
Better SoC quad core s4 pro
Android 4.2.2
Better build quality
But dunno about the development their at the atrix hd
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I prefer the build quality of the Atrix 10 fold. The nexus feels cheap and plasticy. And we have a steady stream of 4.2 roms coming now.
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i would go n4 in a heartbeat, sorry... its a true nexus device and has immense support. our development almost died because one guy left for a while... :crying:

N4 is 100 times better than AHD...

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N4 is 100 times better than AHD...
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For now it is, once our devs get that 3.4 kernel working we'll be able to have all the roms the N4 has with little issues. As is we already almost can. Between us, RAZR, and Photon Q, there is only a small handful of devs and kangers.
Our biggest problem is no one stays long enough before they jump ship. I'll be here for the next year and a half minimum so there ya go (upgraded contract and received AHD in March). Even if I were to get a new phone I'd still keep up with PAC for us cause I'd use my AHD as a portable game system/mp3 player -- I plan on getting one of these in the next month (have to finish up this job we're on so I have the $$$). I should probably get a MAXX battery as well.

I'd go N4
'#//One of the biggest kangers here, PA is super kanged lol
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deeje00 said:
I prefer the build quality of the Atrix 10 fold. The nexus feels cheap and plasticy. And we have a steady stream of 4.2 roms coming now.
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adamr240 said:
Did I miss something?
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adamr240 said:
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The part about the build quality
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N4 has good build quality IMHO. Very luxury feeling. Just the glass back will get micro scratches all over it from minimal use and it will shatter with the slightest bit of a drop.
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I think he meant where is this steady stream of ROMs lol and I have to say In wouldn't get an atrix again if I could do it over , the battery life if horrible and for it being dual core and a gig of ram its slower then my Samsung focus but this is my first android device and I'm beginning to figure out how to properly use the OS.Just my two cents .
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You mind telling me the best pimp my ROM settings for our phone. I don't know what to do with about half of the settings lol.
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The part about a steady stream of 4.2 Roms.

Well considering we have 6 not counting the multiple more from the razr we can use I'd say it's a pretty large selection. If you can't find one you like.. You have a problem lol.
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deeje00 said:
Well considering we have 6 not counting the multiple more from the razr we can use I'd say it's a pretty large selection. If you can't find one you like.. You have a problem lol.
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Especially now that I'm pretty much doing nightlies....sometime 2 PAC's a day. I plan on getting AOKP set up for possibly Youngunn2008 to start doing builds for us (its hard to do more than one rom and give both the time they deserve). We have CM10.1, PAC, Carbon, all from source, AOKP to come, PA Ports from Echo (will be source eventually). We've been unlocked for such a short time and our devs have made tons of progress. Give it a bit more time and I believe we'll soon have an epic phone. Kinks just gotta get unkinked.

skeevydude said:
Especially now that I'm pretty much doing nightlies....sometime 2 PAC's a day.
You better cut down or you'll get KANGcer.
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skeevydude said:
Especially now that I'm pretty much doing nightlies....sometime 2 PAC's a day. I plan on getting AOKP set up for possibly Youngunn2008 to start doing builds for us (its hard to do more than one rom and give both the time they deserve). We have CM10.1, PAC, Carbon, all from source, AOKP to come, PA Ports from Echo (will be source eventually). We've been unlocked for such a short time and our devs have made tons of progress. Give it a bit more time and I believe we'll soon have an epic phone. Kinks just gotta get unkinked.
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hell ya if you setup the repos ill build aokp no problem. lol we'll get this going together!

I was going to pick up a Nexus 4 today. Held one in my hand and loved the look and feel of the device. But I realized that my Atrix HD was still a great phone that full filled my needs perfectly. And with a good chance that we'll receive a 4.2 update I decided against buying the Nexus 4. But I ended up buying a Nexus 7 and am in love with it.
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If I already had the AHD and the decision was to buy an N4 or N7, I'd buy the N7 as well. I already have the phone, I don't have a tablet.
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Nexus 4 sucks no SD cards!!
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Soak test for Razr HD & MAXX...

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/0...k-test-invites-for-droid-razr-hd-and-maxx-hd/
Maybe some new fodder for us?
N7... 'Nuff said...
http://android-gz.com

Yes! This might mean we could get our hands on a 4.2.x update!

Byakko Custom said:
Yes! This might mean we could get our hands on a 4.2.x update!
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Too late! Thanks to custom ROMs we already did!
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Byakko Custom said:
Yes! This might mean we could get our hands on a 4.2.x update!
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Not 100%, but it seems to be just a 4.1.2 service update. Maybe a Blur update. I'm more intereseted if they're gonna release an updated kernel. That's what's gonna be interesting....
//off to scour sourceforge

I think this is maintainence update before 4.2.2
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Checked, Moto released an "updated" RHD kernel...still at version 3.0.31...custom kernel is 3.0.85....

skeevydude said:
Checked, Moto released an "updated" RHD kernel...still at version 3.0.31...custom kernel is 3.0.85....
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So is this good or bad?
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chiikko561 said:
So is this good or bad?
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Bad
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EcHoFiiVe said:
Bad
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Good thing we don't have to take it!
Stay away from stock and we'll be OK.
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4.2.2
If you are wanting this update with a good kernel just flash CM10.2. There should be a official coming out in the next couple of days or the nightlies are very good to.

EcHoFiiVe said:
Bad
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Could you explain why it's bad? I don't know much about kernels.

Parham112 said:
Could you explain why it's bad? I don't know much about kernels.
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Its bad cause we have .93 kernel already while stock lags behind at like .30 something, custom kernel>stock kernel
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Parham112 said:
Could you explain why it's bad? I don't know much about kernels.
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An older kernel isn't necessarily a bad thing, but those Soak Tests/OTA's tweaked the system enough to break the unlocked bootloader exploit. If you have a RAZR HD, don't update it. Have an Atrix HD??? Doesn't matter, Motorola completely dropped support for us so we'll never get an official Motorola/OEM/Carrier OTA ever again. Motorola dropped our support hoping we'd buy an X, the only thing they accomplished is making a lot of us not get a Motorola Phone on our next upgrade/purchase.

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Tthose Soak Tests/OTA's tweaked the system enough to break the unlocked bootloader exploit. If you have a RAZR HD, don't update it. Have an Atrix HD??? Doesn't matter, Motorola completely dropped support for us so we'll never get an official Motorola/OEM/Carrier OTA ever again. Motorola dropped our support hoping we'd buy an X, the only thing they accomplished is making a lot of us not get a Motorola Phone on our next upgrade/purchase.
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I added Moto to my list of companies to not buy products from.
If the galaxy s2's get officil 4.2.2 my next phone will be a Samsung.
Edit: I'm grateful for this official cm10.1 i'm using on my atrixhd... i started to hate stock and even holoblur couldn't keep me happy. I don't know if it's just me but it seems like after a day or two of usage stock roms start to lag, i found myself having to reboot my phone every 24-48hours.

skeevydude said:
An older kernel isn't necessarily a bad thing, but those Soak Tests/OTA's tweaked the system enough to break the unlocked bootloader exploit. If you have a RAZR HD, don't update it. Have an Atrix HD??? Doesn't matter, Motorola completely dropped support for us so we'll never get an official Motorola/OEM/Carrier OTA ever again. Motorola dropped our support hoping we'd buy an X, the only thing they accomplished is making a lot of us not get a Motorola Phone on our next upgrade/purchase.
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Yeah definitely not smart on their part. They drop support on almost every phone after 1 or 2 updates. And every atrix people got screwed on. Especially people that traded in their old Motorola to get this one and then moto was like ha just kidding get bent. Buy this new 200 dollar on contract phone.
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Are you absolutely sure Motorola has dropped support for the Atrix HD? I remember getting a maintenance update on my old Atrix 4G last spring after Motorola had announced that the Atrix 4G would not be getting ICS.
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cool

Android 4.4 kitKat

I'm sure you've all heard new android 4.4 kitkat.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...gn=Feed:+xda-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)
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Not buying it. First of all KitKat is a trademarked name... Also the whole "golden ticket" willy wonka thing is bogus too.
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harsho1 said:
Not buying it. First of all KitKat is a trademarked name... Also the whole "golden ticket" willy wonka thing is bogus too.
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Pull out your wallet. Google spokeman confirmed it
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harsho1 said:
Not buying it. First of all KitKat is a trademarked name... Also the whole "golden ticket" willy wonka thing is bogus too.
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Dude they partnered up duh. They've already got the statue. And they're not doing anything willy wonka golden ticket things.. Is just a contest for N7s and a couple play store gift cards
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I feel like kitkat is gonna be dope. Anyone think our phone will be able to handle it? (they seem to have no doubt that the nexus 7 2013 will have it and besides the ram being 2gb and that AHD being 1gb, the specs don't between the two don't differ much [feel free to nicely correct me if I'm wrong])

4.4 is being made for older phones with lesser specs than ours. The question is will the carriers give it out to us?
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helldogg75 said:
4.4 is being made for older phones with lesser specs than ours. The question is will the carriers give it out to us?
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The answer is no, our talented devs will
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EcHoFiiVe said:
The answer is no, our talented devs will
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Exactly lol. We won't even get an official 4.2.
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deeje00 said:
Exactly lol. We won't even get an official 4.2.
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Did AT&T users even get 4.1.2?
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EcHoFiiVe said:
Did AT&T users even get 4.1.2?
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Yeah got that right after my first AHD. Caused my phone to bootloop and had to get another.
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Well then I'm gonna be hopeful for a PAC 4.4
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its on the official android site
http://www.android.com/
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I feel like kitkat is gonna be dope. Anyone think our phone will be able to handle it? (they seem to have no doubt that the nexus 7 2013 will have it and besides the ram being 2gb and that AHD being 1gb, the specs don't between the two don't differ much [feel free to nicely correct me if I'm wrong])
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in fact ive seen devices that originally came with gingerbread running 4.2.2 very well and not only that motorola will upgrade moto-x to kitkat atrix hd is only a 200mhz slower than moto-x

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in fact ive seen devices that originally came with gingerbread running 4.2.2 very well and not only that motorola will upgrade moto-x to kitkat atrix hd is only a 200mhz slower than moto-x
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Exactly! I personally am not down with the moto x. Its just a (very) slightly updated version of the matrix HD. And the real deal killer (from what I've heard) is that there's no f*#$%¡£ SD card slot.
Slightly of topic: since we where talking about kitkat running on older phones, does anyone else find it awesomely funny that the HTC dream/ T-Mobile G1 (the first official android phone) can run jellybean? Sure it's crap compared to ours now but the fact that it can even boot is cool.
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"It's our goal with android kitkat to make an amazing android experience available for everybody"
We'll see what that really means
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They should just push it out... forget the carriers.
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EcHoFiiVe said:
Did AT&T users even get 4.1.2?
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AT&T users got 4.1.1...

i actualy did not know that and not only that att cut there main support for atrix hd as soon as moto-x came out and i haveused the moto-x its really more of a downgrade than an upgrade and you are correct it does not have a external sd card slot which prevents me from even thinking about the moto-x as a possible device
thats why i havent bought the nexus 4

Well I don't really think that 4.4 KitKat will be the next version of android. I don't know why but it just doesn't sound right. I mean all these hints from Google about klp for nothing? If you remember a Google employee had posted a picture of android eating klp which actually "confirmed" klp as the next version of android for me. It could be a marketing trick, like they show kitkat and then release 5.0 KLP . It could be a small "lie" from Google so that it keeps us thinking that they release 4.4 and then, boum they release 5.0. I could be wrong but I don't think 4.4 will be next version of android if you think how many android versions 4+ has supported (4.0, 4.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3, and now 4.4???) All other android version numbers were supporting no more than two versions of android (1.5, 2.0, 2.2, 3.0,) Also I don't think Google would use a copyrighted name as their next version of android. Like I said, this could be a "trick" from Google or I could be totally wrong
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Well I don't really think that 4.4 KitKat will be the next version of android. I don't know why but it just doesn't sound right. I mean all these hints from Google about klp for nothing? If you remember a Google employee had posted a picture of android eating klp which actually "confirmed" klp as the next version of android for me. It could be a marketing trick, like they show kitkat and then release 5.0 KLP . It could be a small "lie" from Google so that it keeps us thinking that they release 4.4 and then, boum they release 5.0. I could be wrong but I don't think 4.4 will be next version of android if you think how many android versions 4+ has supported (4.0, 4.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3, and now 4.4???) All other android version numbers were supporting no more than two versions of android (1.5, 2.0, 2.2, 3.0,) Also I don't think Google would use a copyrighted name as their next version of android. Like I said, this could be a "trick" from Google or I could be totally wrong
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Here's the story behind the story
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/3/4691040/android-kitkat-the-story-behind-a-delicious-partnership

Basically this makes me want to eat KitKats. They are delicious!
//I'm a sucker for marketing...bought a 6er of these because I liked the way the bottles looked.

Motorola Atrix HD will get android 4.4?

I don't know if the future update we will receive is android 4.4 or a lower one(4.2 or 4.3) but at least there's something planned..
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Interesting, we all hoping to get anything the least. Skeevy already point this out last night. But thanks for making its own thread.
Me you I rename it though as it mislead.
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According to Droid Life, Motorola's KitKat-compatible phones include all versions of the Moto X, as well as new Droid phones like the Droid Ultra, the Droid Maxx, and the Droid Mini. Meanwhile, notable omissions include the Razr HD and the Razr Maxx HD.

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I don't know if the future update we will receive is android 4.4 or a lower one(4.2 or 4.3) but at least there's something planned..
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In the mean time you can install the goodies from 4.4 from: here...
Tried it out and I love the knew sms integration with hangouts, group messages works perfect now.

They look good. Downloading some of them to test out.
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They don't work on my phone.
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Motorola (even in spite of being under Google's control now) will pull the same crap they did with the Atrix 4G and Photon: they'll keep saying "future plans" or "coming soon" or "we'll let you know" and then they'll just drop a bomb as they already did and say "if you want KitKat, go buy a candy bar or a new phone..."
Sad but more than likely true.
It really pisses me off since Google is pushing KitKat with marketing-speak that professes it runs great on non-top-tier hardware with as little as 512MB of RAM and a dual core processor, and yet with a device like the Atrix HD which covers that (dual core 1.5 GHz + 1GB of RAM) they'll just say "It's not gonna happen so get over it." I know in the long run it would be AT&T's decision whether to do it or not, but it's safe to say that no, we'll never see an official 4.4 update for the Atrix HD. Hell, I probably won't get one for my LG Optimus G either, which truly sucks.
/me hates it when companies do crap like that...

br0adband said:
Motorola (even in spite of being under Google's control now) will pull the same crap they did with the Atrix 4G and Photon: they'll keep saying "future plans" or "coming soon" or "we'll let you know" and then they'll just drop a bomb as they already did and say "if you want KitKat, go buy a candy bar or a new phone..."
Sad but more than likely true.
It really pisses me off since Google is pushing KitKat with marketing-speak that professes it runs great on non-top-tier hardware with as little as 512MB of RAM and a dual core processor, and yet with a device like the Atrix HD which covers that (dual core 1.5 GHz + 1GB of RAM) they'll just say "It's not gonna happen so get over it." I know in the long run it would be AT&T's decision whether to do it or not, but it's safe to say that no, we'll never see an official 4.4 update for the Atrix HD. Hell, I probably won't get one for my LG Optimus G either, which truly sucks.
/me hates it when companies do crap like that...
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Yea. Finally the decision is on At&t's side. But they should give us android 4.4. =]
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The decision has always been on att side. They suck at getting updates across.
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The decision has always been on att side. They suck at getting updates across.
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AT&T doesn't even factor into us getting stock better than 4.1.. We have more carriers than just AT&T, not many, but we do -- Atrix HD already has 4.1.2 stock, where AT&T Atrix HD is only 4.1.1. Also, rumor has it that AHD Bell is running 4.2....almost makes me want to flash Bell JB just to run a system update on it....almost. If someone does flash B 4.1.2 and gets an update, don't install it, notify us so it can be ripped and made into a rom first. Don't want to accidentally f**k yourself out of an unlocked bootloader.
Remember that as long as ANY device of the razr-msm8960 family gets better than 4.1, then all the other devices essentially get it.

I know I'm saying att personally sucks at updates as your post just confirmed lol.
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To be fair to AT&T, Motorola is/was just as bad. Look at the Bravo, Defy, Defy+, Milestone 2, and a few other similar phones, between the 4 the biggest differences are 3 different camera modules, a hardware keyboard, the below screen button layout, and maybe some slightly different sensors....Moto released the Defy+, which is the exact same as the Defy only clocked to 1ghz and had the red lens camera module (OG Defies had 5mp cameras, but some had a red lens module and the other green, Milestone had red 5mp, Bravo green 3mp).
Now on the custom scene, Bravo and Defy use the exact same sources other than camera and, I think, some proprietary lib differences. Milestone is the same other than the hardware keyboard additions, and maybe some more...been a while since I've messed with that platform.
Bravo latest is stock froyo 2.2.1 (there is a 2.2.2 model around)
Defy is froyo 2.2.2 (there is a leaked 2.3.4 GB)
Defy+ is GB 2.3.6
MS2 is GB 2.3.6
All these phones could have easily been updated by Motorola, but its easier to not update them and make us get new phones.
Stock Bravo is the worst stock experience ever, and my first Android. Four hours in and I was rooted and on a custom rom, BravoX.
They all run CM10.2 thanks to Quarx and many other talented devs.
What's funny is I bet ya that more than half of XDA's members are here because of the Manufacturer/Carrier release fiasco that always happens. If they didn't want us messing with our phones then they should give us something that doesn't completely suck, like our Stock ICS...Other than TB, governor type crap, etc I could use that without root any day of the week and be happy with it.

[QIf someone does flash B 4.1.2 and gets an update, don't install it, notify us so it can be ripped and made into a rom first. Don't want to accidentally f**k yourself out of an unlocked bootloader
Trying it out.
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helldogg75 said:
[QIf someone does flash B 4.1.2 and gets an update, don't install it, notify us so it can be ripped and made into a rom first. Don't want to accidentally f**k yourself out of an unlocked bootloader
Trying it out.
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Any OTA or does it say none when you're on 4.1.2?

Got caught up with my six month old. I will try later. Sorry.
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No update from 4.1.2 on bell
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helldogg75 said:
[QIf someone does flash B 4.1.2 and gets an update, don't install it, notify us so it can be ripped and made into a rom first. Don't want to accidentally f**k yourself out of an unlocked bootloader
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No update
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Would like to atleast see a nice cyanogenmod android 4.4 version.
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maiquito said:
Would like to atleast see a nice cyanogenmod android 4.4 version.
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I'm almost willing to bet that it will happen so you wish has hope.
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Blackest Pain said:
I'm almost willing to bet that it will happen so you wish has hope.
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Yea but I wish something different not just the same. Because all cyanogenmod roms are the same look. I wish something at least noticeable different from the current one's.
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maiquito said:
Yea but I wish something different not just the same. Because all cyanogenmod roms are the same look. I wish something at least noticeable different from the current one's.
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Totally agree. Don't get me wrong as I truly appreciate cyanogen team but what you have stated is exactly why I'm not a fan of their ROMs any more.
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