[Q] Will the Vibrant's internal parts fit the Epic 4G chassis? Keyboard connector? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
This might be my first post after a loooooong time of lurking.
I happen to have a Vibrant (T959) and an Epic 4G (D700) and I'd like to know if I can combine the two. I want to put the internal components of the Vibrant into the chassis of the Epic 4G.
I know the FFC will fit, but what about everything else? Can the Epic's keyboard be connected to the Vibrant? Is what I'm proposing virtually impossible? I don't want to break the Epic's warranty to find out.
Thanks!

derrikc said:
Hi all,
This might be my first post after a loooooong time of lurking.
I happen to have a Vibrant (T959) and an Epic 4G (D700) and I'd like to know if I can combine the two. I want to put the internal components of the Vibrant into the chassis of the Epic 4G.
I know the FFC will fit, but what about everything else? Can the Epic's keyboard be connected to the Vibrant? Is what I'm proposing virtually impossible? I don't want to break the Epic's warranty to find out.
Thanks!
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I mean it's technically possible, but why...? they're virtually running the same hardware, and software, why? Unless it's a Carrier issue, i don't see it wouldn't work but to be honest you'll have to learn how to port drivers from phone to phone for the keyboard.

Main reason is that I want the keyboard, FFC and flash led from the Epic but I want to stay with T-Mobile. At least until the SGS II comes out. As for drivers - I don't know how difficult it would be, but it could be a fun project.

I wouldn't do this if I were you.
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derrikc said:
Main reason is that I want the keyboard, FFC and flash led from the Epic but I want to stay with T-Mobile. At least until the SGS II comes out. As for drivers - I don't know how difficult it would be, but it could be a fun project.
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All I can say is good luck lol, 2 void warranty devices & possibly find yourself out of a galaxy s >

Haha! Well, thanks for all the advice. I *might* still try this. If so, I will document it just in case I'm met with success, or if not, to provide amusement. I highly doubt I'll break either device and the Vibrant has already been in pieces twice. I'll let you guys know.

Dude, that would be Epic.

jamesd86 said:
Dude, that would be Epic.
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Literally an "epic vibrant" lol
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Vibrant front facing camera hack

Have you guys seen the thread in the vibrant forum about this? Can't post a link sorry but apparently they managed to get a front facing camera installed and developed a working rom to support its use. Hopefully someone will see this and work on doing the same for the fascinate bc I'm totally willing to donate and be a guinea pig fur this one
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Thats awesome, the first chance I get I'm doing this.
I'll do it when my 30 day return period is out.
I think this depends on the vibrants hardware similarity to the stock i9000 so there is a place to physically install the camera. Not so sure the fascinate even has this.
it do
Hey order my can for mine and the fascinate do have a place for the can and I no cause I opened mine up
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Hey order my can for mine and the fascinate do have a place for the can and I no cause I opened mine up
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Sounds pretty legit.
I want to buy one but not 3
Yeah I Was Reading The Vibrant Forum, I Would Love to have a FFC on my Fascinate! Ide donate some too! Hopfully Somone will pick this Up :x *Crosses Fingers*
yea was just reading that vibrant thread, this would be great!
You would need to port the i9000 froyo rom over to this. My gf has a fascinate and I have a Vibrant so we'll see. Maybe I'll look into getting it done :X no promises
Anderdroid said:
You would need to port the i9000 froyo rom over to this. My gf has a fascinate and I have a Vibrant so we'll see. Maybe I'll look into getting it done :X no promises
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You Would Be Worshiped if you Do! >,<
if theres room for a ffc, could there be room for an led notification light?
bomber889 said:
if theres room for a ffc, could there be room for an led notification light?
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Im Not Shure but I dont think so Since i dont think the ORiginal i9000 had a notification light. Might only be possible through usb. Also Somone on the Vibrant forum said there isnt Enough Room for a FFC in the Fascinate? idk if its true but it would be nice if somone tested this and found out :X hope there is room! Ide so love a FFC.
So i opened up my Fascinate a couple days ago. There is some good news and some bad news. Good news is that the phone was relatively easy to open and can easily be done if you want to. The bad news is that there is in fact no room for a FFC as far as i can tell. I tried to take pictures of the whole process with my droid eris but the pictures looked awful. Ill try to find another camera to work with to take pics and post them. For people who want to open up their Fascinates i highly encourage. The phone is easier to open up than the i9000 IMO.
I would certainly scrape together a donation for the person who makes this happen on the fascinate
so excited ! FFC on fascinate sounds awesome =)
I do not know guys, why spend time on such nonsense?...
I propose to try different route. What if we can create some sort of optical attachment on the lens to direct image from front to camera? Something extremely simple as a couple of mirrors or prisms. I can imagine making prototype from paper in about one hour.
Is there any app able to do video chat using back camera? Would it be difficult to create one?
Patent application is pending
I do not know guys, why spend time on such nonsense?...
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Back at ya...
Realistically. I think it's better than live in wet dreams...
CNemo7539 said:
I do not know guys, why spend time on such nonsense?...
I propose to try different route. What if we can create some sort of optical attachment on the lens to direct image from front to camera? Something extremely simple as a couple of mirrors or prisms. I can imagine making prototype from paper in about one hour.
Is there any app able to do video chat using back camera? Would it be difficult to create one?
Patent application is pending
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The app is for both iOS and Android, its called Tango!

Vib or mytouch 4G?

Hello folks,
I'm a loyal VZW customer, please don't throw tomatoes, and I love my Fascinate even though it has a few warts. My friend is on Tmo and ready to chuck his old BB into the Tennessee River. After much reading it seems to come down to the Vibrant or the mytouch 4G. I know that the mytouch was giving folks some grief in rooting and so forth and the vibrant has been sorted out.
My question is can someone who has T-mo give me opinions on these phones? I know this is the Vib forum and expect answers accordingly but the Vib is basically the slightly older brother to my Fascinate and I know how much it rocks even with Sammy dragging their feet at times.
Thanks.
As much as I love my vibrant I would go with the mytouch.
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I agree. MyTouch or HD7 if I could do it again (if they existed ).
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I think your friend should wait for Nexus S. It is coming to T-mobile around mid December.
t-rust said:
I think your friend should wait for Nexus S. It is coming to T-mobile around mid December.
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This. Supposed to launch December 16. As the new dec phone it means timely upgrades to the os.
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I would go for the MT4G eaven over the nexus s, just saying...
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t-rust said:
I think your friend should wait for Nexus S. It is coming to T-mobile around mid December.
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Only thing on the Nexus S that's better than the Vibrant is the NAND chip and the OS.
Everything else is arguably worse, or the same at best.
Well, maybe the GPS will work right.
In any case, that phone is not "worth the wait."
you already have a fascinate, why not try other manufacturer like htc instead of samsung.
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N8ter said:
Only thing on the Nexus S that's better than the Vibrant is the NAND chip and the OS.
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The NFC chip may be nice. The EXT4 filesystem is too. The FFC and BFC flash are probably important to some. The lack of an SD card is bad. I don't want a Nexus S, myself. The Vibrant is still my favorite.
bilbotn said:
Hello folks,
I'm a loyal VZW customer, please don't throw tomatoes, and I love my Fascinate even though it has a few warts. My friend is on Tmo and ready to chuck his old BB into the Tennessee River. After much reading it seems to come down to the Vibrant or the mytouch 4G. I know that the mytouch was giving folks some grief in rooting and so forth and the vibrant has been sorted out.
My question is can someone who has T-mo give me opinions on these phones? I know this is the Vib forum and expect answers accordingly but the Vib is basically the slightly older brother to my Fascinate and I know how much it rocks even with Sammy dragging their feet at times.
Thanks.
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Mytouch 4G IMO. Physically it just feels nicer, it has hsdpa+ (meh), has a front facing camera, and the GPS works right on it. The built in software is slightly less bad than the Vibrant's, and I'd actually be willing to bet that it will see an official CM build before the Vibrant does (despite being released so much later).
Tell him to suck it up till the dual-core phones come out in early 2011.
I absolutely love the Vibrant. So hard to brick, lots of development, Cyanogen is going to happen, great hardware, great screen.
The MT4G has advantages, but i think it is ugly as Duck (kind of me not to cuss, right).... I would hate to pick up that phone everyday... it is just not attractive, at all to me. the data speed would be nice though, if you are in a "4G" city.
epakrat75 said:
The NFC chip may be nice. The EXT4 filesystem is too. The FFC and BFC flash are probably important to some. The lack of an SD card is bad. I don't want a Nexus S, myself. The Vibrant is still my favorite.
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The NAND chip in the Nexus S is much better than the Vibrants. There's a chance that even with RFS we would not be getting the types of lags we get if we had the better NAND chip.
Camera Flash, LED Notification are pretty basic features and Samsung not giving them to us was a faux pas - but they didn't really have any competition on our carrier when the phone was released (only the HD2, that was it), so there wasn't any real incentive for them to put them on there - all things considered.
FFC is nice but not necessary. Maybe in a year or so the market will get to a point where it's an expected feature.
Lack of SD card is bad but with 16GB storage I'd take a better NAND and a LED Notification and Flash over a card slot, personally...
Don't go for the MyTrash 4g. Come on. You should know better than that. Just get a Nexus S next week and you'll be fine. It has 2.3. Nice clean interface, no TouchWiz, SAMOLED screen, Front facing camera. It's a no brainer!
MyTrash 4G is ugly, has a washed out screen, ugliest UI I've ever seen on a phone, speaker sucks, battery life sucks, camera sucks. Garbage. Why would anyone on earth ever consdier that POS. So what if it has HSPA+! So what if it has a FFC and so what if has a so called "second generation" processor. Like it's that much faster. Please. Believe me, it isn't. The Nexus S probably wont have Samsungs stupid file system and since it will have 2.3, speed will be on par with the MyTrash if not just a little behind but only by a nose.
N8ter said:
The NAND chip in the Nexus S is much better than the Vibrants. There's a chance that even with RFS we would not be getting the types of lags we get if we had the better NAND chip.
Camera Flash, LED Notification are pretty basic features and Samsung not giving them to us was a faux pas - but they didn't really have any competition on our carrier when the phone was released (only the HD2, that was it), so there wasn't any real incentive for them to put them on there - all things considered.
FFC is nice but not necessary. Maybe in a year or so the market will get to a point where it's an expected feature.
Lack of SD card is bad but with 16GB storage I'd take a better NAND and a LED Notification and Flash over a card slot, personally...
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Me too. I do not use this as my primary music player or for videos. 16 gb is plenty for me.
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one thing i only like about the mytouch 4g is carly is advertising it.
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iynfynity said:
one thing i only like about the mytouch 4g is carly is advertising it.
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lol yeah. But I'm really disappointed at HTC. They make good ****. Why did they have to be patronizing and give T-Mo a Fisher Price/Tech looking ugly ass phone with a ugly user interface. Why couldn't they just make a phone with the HD7/Evo's body and just use regular Sense. That's all they had to do.
The nexus s runs VANILLA ANDROID which means it will get updates Way before the vibrant or MT4G. Id wait for the nexus s and try it out in person.
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I have a Vibrant and a Nexus One and a MT4G. I am going to sell my Nexus One . I like the Vibrant best as I am using it to learn the how to;s and where for's of rooting and flashing etc. I am a nubie and I do not feel comfortable doing much to the Nexus One or the Mt4g. The Vibrant seems to be very difficult to do total damage to(at least thats what I have read on these threads) but I hope I do not find out just how difficult that is any time soon. IMO the Mt4g is the best all around phone. That is for phone basics and it does everything well ( however apparently no one thing great) and is just a solid performer, but it seems to not be user friendly to users who are not well versed in Adb or have a lot of experience in rooting and flashing and recovering etc. The Vibrant has Odin which I find to be very useful once you finally get it installed. That is just my opinion. I am going to keep the Vibrant for sure and probably the MT4g and am in the process of deciding whether or not to go for the Nexus S. (I probably will)
This phone isn't for me. It really is for a friend that really doesn't have any intention of doing any major "customization".
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Just got my Wife a Mytouch 4G and after playing with it I am torn. Vibrant is great, but the random lags drive me nutz. Yes I have played with custom roms and they do seem to help but always come across weird glitches and end up back on stock as at least it is 100% stable for me. MT4G just seems over all snappier, and while screen isn't as vibrant, never had issues with blurry text in web browser. Also forgot how nice it was having HTC phones turn over to silence incoming calls and other little stuff like that. Vibrant is much lighter though, MT4G is heavier than it looks!
If I had to do it over, would probably get the MT4G.
Nexus S is a let down for me. Memory card slot would be nice, but no HSDPA+? WTF?

Would you switch from your vibrant to mytouch slide 4g?

Just wondering I love my vibrant and screen but the specs on the doubleshot is awesome. And the main reason I would think of switching is the keyboard
I use swype so expect bad grammar and errors
I got a mytouch for my gf a few months ago. its a very nice phone but I couldn't get past the physical buttons and charger being on the bottom left.
This is the new slide coming out though check it out its going to be completely different
I use swype so expect bad grammar and errors
no.
I would wait for the T-mobile g3 if you needed a keyboard. I don't have any info on it, but espresso is a lame version of sense. But if you really want to type more accurately you should stop using swype. Just a though.
Nope. Physical keyboards are 90's tech.
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Hell no. I don't see myself switching to any device that doesn't have equal audio quality (through headphones) to voodoo sound. The screen would also need to be as good or better. Looks like I could be waiting a while.
I'd only jump to SGSII. Other than that it's falling really.
seedofchaos said:
This is the new slide coming out though check it out its going to be completely different
I use swype so expect bad grammar and errors
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Still has the same physical buttons
A physical keyboard is kinda Ninteys and adding a physical and a touch screen is overkill to me.
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dklimah said:
A physical keyboard is kinda Ninteys and adding a physical and a touch screen is overkill to me.
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That, and it is a waste of power/supplies/space.
Abu-7abash said:
I'd only jump to SGSII. Other than that it's falling really.
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This.
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Why is everyone always about the mytouch. Please enlighten me I don't understand why everyone likes it so much. In my opinion it's hideous and it's also made by HTC which is a huge downfall to me. I just don't understand why everybody loves such a crappy phone.
mugenfiji0327 said:
Why is everyone always about the mytouch. Please enlighten me I don't understand why everyone likes it so much. In my opinion it's hideous and it's also made by HTC which is a huge downfall to me. I just don't understand why everybody loves such a crappy phone.
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HTC makes great phones, but I don't understand either. In this case, the OP wants a keyboard. I thought I needed a keyboard until I got rid of my G1.The first mytouch slide was a turd of a phone, and I can only imagine that the second one is going to be a lower-level device as well. I wish people knew that the stupid "genius button" is merely only the search button with a different label.
mugenfiji0327 said:
Why is everyone always about the mytouch. Please enlighten me I don't understand why everyone likes it so much. In my opinion it's hideous and it's also made by HTC which is a huge downfall to me. I just don't understand why everybody loves such a crappy phone.
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youre entitled to your opinion on the aesthetics of the phone but it is anything but crappy. build quality is great, everything functions fully, battery life is good and development community is booming. dunno how you define crappy..
Not anymore, only thing I want from MT4G was CM7, but now we have a CM7 that's stable enough for me.
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Honestly the mts was nice but thr specs was garbage. I had one but traded it for a vibrant but I miss the keyboard. This new mt will be dual core 1.2 with a keyboard. Yes ill be sacrafising a great screen but I am "stuck in the ninties" I guess
I use swype so expect bad grammar and errors
regP said:
youre entitled to your opinion on the aesthetics of the phone but it is anything but crappy. build quality is great, everything functions fully, battery life is good and development community is booming. dunno how you define crappy..
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Let me help you out on that one lol. My definition of crappy=HTC. I don't know where you getting your build quality specs from but every HTC device I have ever owned has had CRAPPY build quality.

Should I jump?

Hey guys I recently came to att from sprint. I had their galaxy s2 version but decided to get the kg thrill... I have no complaints about the phone except their is no development happening. Should I go ahead and get the att sg2? Is it worth it?
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What do you expect people to say when you ask this question in the AT&T Galaxy S2 forum?
I think you already made up your mind and just want to hear some form of confirmation...
So here it is: Yes, Galaxy S2 is great!
I used the LG Thrill for a month before exchange the the SG2. Yes much much better except no 3-crappy-D
MaartenK said:
What do you expect people to say when you ask this question in the AT&T Galaxy S2 forum?
I think you already made up your mind and just want to hear some form of confirmation...
So here it is: Yes, Galaxy S2 is great!
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Honestly I had made up mind...lol.... I just wanted to know if anyone who had the thrill found any significant difference....I only had my sg2 from sprint for about 2 weeks....
I'd like to ask a question as well without threadjacking too much, but I didnt want to make a new thread. I know this is a SGSII forum, but what do you guys think of the SGSII vs. the Samsung Infuse 4G? Very similar phones, my wife has an Infuse already. Is it worth the jump in $ for the SGSII?
I chose the Thrill for a few reasons, cheaper, dual channel RAM, dedicated HDMI port with included cable, and 3D. Check my posted from a week or two ago, I defended this decision on the sgs and Thrill forums.
After three weeks, unable to find a solution to my stereo Bluetooth issues that wasn't temporary, and when gtg left I bounced. The Thrill is a solid phone, it had great specs, and has amazing potential, but I'm not a dev and I cannot tap into that potential without a dev. When all the rats are jumping off a ship it makes you wonder if you should stay. Not that I am calling devs rats, but they are more in tune with the situation than an end user.
Immediately I did not regret jumping to the SGS II. Its faster, no doubt, 1GB RAM seems to outperform 512 of the faster variety. I prefer TouchWiz, opposed to what LG was running. Here there was two ROMs within a week of launch. There's another, and a few other devs are still working an yet to be releases ROMs. Here I am eating my humble pie. I would not go back. The sgs ii feels amazing in hand, its noticibly lighter and thinner. I thought 3D was cool (and seemed batter than the EVOs), but the viewing angles are narrow, and I just didn't use it except to show other people.
If in doubt go into a store and just use the SGS II for a few minutes, I don't think the decision will be hard once you get one in your hands.
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highaltitude said:
I'd like to ask a question as well without threadjacking too much, but I didnt want to make a new thread. I know this is a SGSII forum, but what do you guys think of the SGSII vs. the Samsung Infuse 4G? Very similar phones, my wife has an Infuse already. Is it worth the jump in $ for the SGSII?
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Glad you asked because I wanted to know the same... it would only be an extra 100 for me to upgrade to sg2 and nothing to get the infuse...
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I had the Infuse prior to my GS2 and I definitely think it's worth the bump in price. I loved the Infuse don't get me wrong, but the GS2 is really a great bump in every aspect.
highaltitude said:
I'd like to ask a question as well without threadjacking too much, but I didnt want to make a new thread. I know this is a SGSII forum, but what do you guys think of the SGSII vs. the Samsung Infuse 4G? Very similar phones, my wife has an Infuse already. Is it worth the jump in $ for the SGSII?
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My GF has the Infuse and it's a good device. I think it's worth the price bump to get the GS2 (even more so when the already decent development gets even better). RAM is the most significant point to me. Personally, 512mb is not enough. Otherwise, I'd be fine with the Infuse. The GS2 projects to the future a little better as well.
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Should I go ahead and get the att sg2? Is it worth it?
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Of course. I don't even take the Thrill seriously.
I had the infuse and sold it the day this came out. The development of already way ahead. And GTG is here too now.
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All I can tell you is that the SG II is the best phone I have ever owned. As too if you should switch or not that depends on what you want out of your phone. If the Thrill does everything you want it too, I guess i would say stay with it.
Personally I have tried the Thrill and I think the SG II is just a better phone, but that is only MY opinion.
I love my Galaxy S 2. On my second one after it got stolen.

Need a Phone!

Hello all.
I was using a DX2 which isn't a bad phone but the ability to use custom software on it is very limited to none as I am sure most of you know. regardless it was a good phone, at least for me. Well in the short ver. of things my wife got a replacement phone which I was stuck with. It's the Samsung ChitOphere (Stratosphere) sorry if you like the phone and I offend you but to me it's a flipping joke!
I would very much so like some serious input here as to what phone to get. I don't have an upgrade at the time, I have about 10 months or so before that so what I get will have to be 100% out of pocket. I don't mind it being something used. Here is what I want in my phone.
1. Ability to use custom ROM/Kernel/Etc
2. 8mp camera
3. Good Sound
4. Good Radio
5. Good Battery life
Now, I am not unreasonable, I realize that getting the perfect phone is not gonna happen, but if I can get one that has the best balance in these features I will be tickled pink!! So please, if you will respond to this thread if you have some good advice and can help me in my quest to find a phone.
Oh yeah, the phone can be something that I can replace when my upgrade is ava. or it can be one that I would want to keep.
If you aren't aware by now, I am on VZW.
Thank you very mcuh for your input!
For me, a very good phone is the Samsung Captivate i987 (5Mpix camera, but has a looooot of support from community).
Possible choices with 8MPix camera:
SE -->Neo V, Arc, Arc S
Samsung -->Galaxy SII Skyrocket, SII T989, Infuse 4G
HTC -->Evo 4G, Inspire 4G, Sensation 4G...
Other choices...
Check in the development forums of each device if it has good support
Sounds like you want a GS3 lol
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Get the Droid Razr Maxx.
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HTC sensation. Awesome development going on and matches your demands.
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HTC sensation. Awesome development going on and matches your demands.
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While I do appreciate all the replies, I would prefer not to purchase something that isn't already on the VZW network, as I don't have want to have to deal with one being unlocked for the GSM. Also I have no intentions at this time going with a different carrier.
Thanks,
SlimMan said:
Hello all.
I was using a DX2 which isn't a bad phone but the ability to use custom software on it is very limited to none as I am sure most of you know. regardless it was a good phone, at least for me. Well in the short ver. of things my wife got a replacement phone which I was stuck with. It's the Samsung ChitOphere (Stratosphere) sorry if you like the phone and I offend you but to me it's a flipping joke!
I would very much so like some serious input here as to what phone to get. I don't have an upgrade at the time, I have about 10 months or so before that so what I get will have to be 100% out of pocket. I don't mind it being something used. Here is what I want in my phone.
1. Ability to use custom ROM/Kernel/Etc
2. 8mp camera
3. Good Sound
4. Good Radio
5. Good Battery life
Now, I am not unreasonable, I realize that getting the perfect phone is not gonna happen, but if I can get one that has the best balance in these features I will be tickled pink!! So please, if you will respond to this thread if you have some good advice and can help me in my quest to find a phone.
Oh yeah, the phone can be something that I can replace when my upgrade is ava. or it can be one that I would want to keep.
If you aren't aware by now, I am on VZW.
Thank you very mcuh for your input!
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I would say Galaxy Nexus, but it lacks in sound volume and camera quality. I can't comment on the radio, however.
Nexus/S2 have loads of support. They are really a developers phone. Battery life just isn't there on the nexus, unless you don't keep your 3g on when not in use or use fast dormancy.
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mohitrocks said:
I would say Galaxy Nexus, but it lacks in sound volume and camera quality. I can't comment on the radio, however.
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From what I've heard, the camera on the gnex outperforms the S2.
When will people learn its not all about the megapixels? Ever heard of lens? Sensor?
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SlimMan said:
Hello all.
I was using a DX2 which isn't a bad phone but the ability to use custom software on it is very limited to none as I am sure most of you know. regardless it was a good phone, at least for me. Well in the short ver. of things my wife got a replacement phone which I was stuck with. It's the Samsung ChitOphere (Stratosphere) sorry if you like the phone and I offend you but to me it's a flipping joke!
I would very much so like some serious input here as to what phone to get. I don't have an upgrade at the time, I have about 10 months or so before that so what I get will have to be 100% out of pocket. I don't mind it being something used. Here is what I want in my phone.
1. Ability to use custom ROM/Kernel/Etc
2. 8mp camera
3. Good Sound
4. Good Radio
5. Good Battery life
Now, I am not unreasonable, I realize that getting the perfect phone is not gonna happen, but if I can get one that has the best balance in these features I will be tickled pink!! So please, if you will respond to this thread if you have some good advice and can help me in my quest to find a phone.
Oh yeah, the phone can be something that I can replace when my upgrade is ava. or it can be one that I would want to keep.
If you aren't aware by now, I am on VZW.
Thank you very mcuh for your input!
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Well the GS3 is right up your alley for sure.
1.All of this is possible ^_^
2.I am pretty sure the GS3 has the best smartphone camera out atm its really nice!
3.The speakers on the GS3 are EASILY the loudest/best I have ever used.
4.umm you mean like LTE?
5.Awesome battery life! Especially when you start installing custom roms, kernels, UV, etc.
Now to buy a straight out GS3 it's pretty expensive (about $500-600ish?) so you will have to be patient. Everyday search amazon,ebay,craigslist,xda marketplace etc. Like I said you have to be patient, sometimes you will find something in your price range within a week, sometimes it can take over 1 month. Eventually though I am sure you will find something that satisfies you! I got lucky with my GS3(i747), I found one in about 2 weeks FOR ONLY $290 and it was practically brand new! It only came with the phone itself, and no battery door cover but for $290 that is still an amazing deal(probably best deal I have ever found tbh).
Good luck on your search for your phone!
CaLiSwEEPeR said:
4.umm you mean like LTE?
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Good radio typically means good signal, so does the S3 get good reception? Motorola is known to make good radios
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gagdude said:
Good radio typically means good signal, so does the S3 get good reception? Motorola is known to make good radios
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I would like to think so, but I can't confirm this since I still haven't gotten my new sim card for my S3
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Good radio typically means good signal, so does the S3 get good reception? Motorola is known to make good radios
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yeah this is what I was referring to in the radio, good signal.
Thanks for the input!

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