The battle of the Droids??!

[eTiMaGo]

moar android! Now using a HTC Desire HD, Motorola Atrix (to get 3G), and a Motorola Xoom :D

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

moar android! Now using a HTC Desire HD, Motorola Atrix (to get 3G), and a Motorola Xoom :D

Crazy....your Japanese aren't you, carrying two phones around

@ tomato - My power button stopped working (i think it was that stupid CHineses piece of shit MIUI roms fault), but other than that...it rocks.
I had a replacement sent (unrooted my phone and made it under warranty ;)) and i still love it. Nothing out there that is worth upgrading till NFC phones come out.

Tomato - root your phone, i swear....my phone charges from 40% to 90% in 30 mins, wall charged. Battery held its charge for a good 12-18 hours of usage.
My battery is exhausted now i think, it drains 5-8% right when i open up the browser haha.

I use it to tether, sometimes overclock it, phone calls, gps, photos, Japanese kanji flashcard learning...

I installed HTC sense 3.0...and went back to CM7 rom....waiting for a stable HTC Sense 3.5 rom.

Root your device

[goliath1812]

I'm trading in....I've had an iPhone 3G for a while, getting an Evo 4G in the mail. Any tips on things to do to it, and how? (Rooting, etc.) I've never messed with my iPhone, I was always worried about bricking...

[Altitude]

Originally Posted by PK198105

word of wisdom , stay away from any apps like Juice Defender

I disagree. I was skeptical at first, but it makes a HUGE difference. Sure, it just turns off things when they're not in use and I could manually do the same. But this way I don't have to think twice about it.

In my case it wasn't bloatware because I rooted and removed all that crap. It is just a power hungry phone (Samsung Captivate).

It doesn't help people who use the phone constantly, but my phone gets a lot of downtime so it means I only need to charge every few days as opposed to every 12 hours or less. Well worth it IMHO.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by goliath1812

I'm trading in....I've had an iPhone 3G for a while, getting an Evo 4G in the mail. Any tips on things to do to it, and how? (Rooting, etc.) I've never messed with my iPhone, I was always worried about bricking...

Congratulations on your purchase. I looked around and that EVO 4G is still a strong contender IMO. I played with the EVO 3G a bit and it is blazing fast, but I'm not a huge fan of the 3D picture thingy. Hurt my eyes!

There are faster phones out there, to be sure, but that EVO 4G is still a damn good phone.

However, I think at this point, I agree with the posters, I think we would get more out of the device if we root.

EVO just got Gingerbread over the air and it's nice enough (cosmetic differences mostly) but it's starting to get laggy, at times. Plus there are all these apps I don't need and can't get rid of, that are taking valuable space in the phone's internal memory.

Soooo, those of you who could do it in their sleep (PK, Etimago, Kioshi, Altitude, etc.) could you kindly give us root-noobs some pointers so we don't have to roam each and every thread @ XDA ? :-)

Links, tips and tricks greatly appreciated

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by tomato

Soooo, those of you who could do it in their sleep (PK, Etimago, Kioshi, Altitude, etc.) could you kindly give us root-noobs some pointers so we don't have to roam each and every thread @ XDA ? :-)

Links, tips and tricks greatly appreciated

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411

Simply and easy. I suggest reading the instructions at least 3x..3 TIMES!
Not saying you are illiterate....its just...i did the same as i wanted to do everything correctly w/o bricking the phone.

Once you learn it, it becomes second nature to root your phone if you ever get a replacement....or flash different roms.

@ tomato - try unrevoked as well....its super easy to root with that one too. Actually, thats what i used twice to root.

P.S - Almost all NCVC members have Android phones if not rooted haha....not sure about the ones i have not met yet.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Kioshi

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411

Simply and easy. I suggest reading the instructions at least 3x..3 TIMES!
Not saying you are illiterate....its just...i did the same as i wanted to do everything correctly w/o bricking the phone.

Once you learn it, it becomes second nature to root your phone if you ever get a replacement....or flash different roms.

@ tomato - try unrevoked as well....its super easy to root with that one too. Actually, thats what i used twice to root.

P.S - Almost all NCVC members have Android phones if not rooted haha....not sure about the ones i have not met yet.

Great read, thanks!! I agree with you, careful reading *ahead of time* could prove very useful.

I checked out unrevoked briefly. There is an app for that, too?!! Figures! Great stuff, thanks


Those of you who have rooted, any surprise or things I should know?

[Kioshi]

Dont flash beta roms....they will be unstable. You wont be able to make calls and a whole other boat load of stuff.

Just flash CM7 and call it a day. Its stable enough to use everyday.

Or look at HTC custom roms that have been in development for a long time, those are the ones to go for.

Other than that, no surprises tomato.

[tomato]

BTW, Sprint was pushing me to upgrade to an EVO 3G for only $50 for a while, but I declined. I want to keep my EVO 4G as long as I can, until I see the device I truly want (a "true" android world phone (GSM/CDMA), with a long battery life, and off contract). It could be another year or longer, until we see that. I'm secretely hoping that Google will make one, some day, now that the bought Motorola (never was a huge fan of Moto Blur). But we'll see. :)


Glad you guys are still enjoying your Android phones as much as I do !

[Kioshi]

Altitude, i want you to try and flash a different kernal....a kernal called...Chad's kernal.
Any battery saving app will diminish after you spend a week using that kernal on your phone.
He makes the BEST kernal. Best battery conserving, fastest charge times (bump charge especially).

And to those thinking about getting an HTC Evo 3D....BEWARE! HTC has something on it that logs everything you do (what app you use, when, location, etc) like big brother watching you.

BUT thanks to the xda developers, they have found out a way to remove this....so as long as you remove it, your free from the clutches of HTC monitoring your phone's activity.

[Shroomster]

Kioshi...mind telling us what it is that HTC supposedly put on the phones to monitor? In all honesty it is most likely no different than every single other manufacturer putting snooping software/apps/monitors on phones. it's just that apple, htc and samsung have come to light for it for reasons I don't know

You kind of read in the last few posts of this thread as jilted somewhat by something....


I'm far too tired to go through and quote everything I want to right now....So I'll say it all right here

XDA forums = best thing I stumbled upon.

PAVEL if you get the sensation---LEEDrOiD rom is what I'm using and loving....rooted,S-off, 2.3.4 with newest features...I would wait though for the XE model or w/e they call it...it will have the dual core processor clocked to its correct (1.5) speed instead of underclocked to 1.2 (I think its that or they're putting a different processor in it not sure) BUT IT WILL HAVE 4 gb of INTERNAL.....OMGWTFILETMYMCGRIDDLE....


@Tomato well we just signed into a contract today actually and she upgraded to the 4g mytouch slide...I have the Sensation and we both are soooo happy with the phones.
I did root the slide but had to put it back as CM7 rom wasn't available (stable) yet for it and the rom I d/l didn't have bluetooth finished (dev's walked away to pursue rom cooking in the mytouch 4g non-slide area)

and before anyone gets confused:

Tomato you have the original EVO4g, the new evo's are:

-Evo shift w/keyboard (4g as well)
-Evo 3d (4g as well)
saw you kept typing evo 3g and yes the original evo is 4g somewhat(lot of reading to find out what 4g, lte, hsdpa, hsupa and wimaxx are all doing but hey)....but it is 4g....


Oh, I also rooted my mytouch 3g to gingerbread 2.3.4 but the things processor is still so slow and it's going to be a back up but sheesh....qHD resolution on a screen that is the same size as the entire mt3g's body...lol

[tomato]

Thanks.

Sprint announced they were discontinuing most of the benefits I had under the Premier account, so I have no incentive to upgrade early. I saw the EVO 3G (when it came out, Sprint offered an early upgrade for $50 but I declined because the difference between the 3G and the 4G doesn't seem significant enough to warrant signing for another 2 years.

I'll just wait. I bet by the time I'm out of contract, there will be all kinds of offering on all other carriers (or whoever is left). That Droid Bionic (on VZW) is pretty awesome already. Can you even imagine what they're going to offer a year from now?!

[Shroomster]

Lol there is already an upgraded version of the Sensation called the Xe but the only real diff is the 4gigs of internal...but something i read said only one gig is user accessable....

Maybe in a year the big 4 will go back to unlimited once they build up the infrastructures correctly.

[tomato]

<--- rooted, at long last. Running CM 7.1.

First impressions are pretty good , except the CM keyboard is even worse than the HTC Sense Keyboard!, and the camera controls take a little getting used to (they're a bit smallish for my fingers, and harder to see the HTC Sense ones).

Other than that, the device feels faster, lighter, cleaner interface. And I can tether which is a huge plus for me. So far, no regrets ;)

Can anyone recommend a better KB?


And BTW, Kioshi is right about reading up a couple of times ahead of time!! yes, the process is relatively fast, but what takes a fair amount of time is trying to figure out what you're doing before hand, but it's a necessary step, even if you have a friend helping you, only so you understand what's going on.

[Shroomster]

Wow congrats welcome to the rooted club. I don't know if it will work for your phone but ill look up the keyboard htc hack......

Also google snappz market....they might have the better keyboard app on there....

[Shroomster]

Found it for ya tomato!

htc hi-res and lo-res keyboard hacks

Just take a look through and see what works for you....if you have any questions p/m me or ask on here....btw my handle on xda is the same here :)

Btw jsut so it doesn't scare you, it doesn't get rid of your current keyboard, it's an additional keyboard. It installs as a .apk and you check mark it in keyboard options then long press in a text box and select input method.....

[cali yaris]

I'm reading up on rooting for my 2S. So far afraid to tackle it. CM looks like it has some features I want.

I'm a newb though - just started using voice commands, for example. :-/

[Astroman]

Has anyone used or purchased the new Motorola Droid Razr? I'm seriously considering it to replace my 2 year old Blackberry Tour.