So I went swimming with my trusty little Eris last night. He didn't seem to like it too much. So I've got a Thunderbolt in my hand and I've left (albeit not necessarily on purpose) my first love.
Mad thanks to all the devs and themers and basically everybody here who's exponentially smarter than I am. I'm not leaving the Eris entirely since my chick still has hers, so keep up the good work guys and thanks for making the last year.5 a brilliant experience.
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I was gonna start a new thread, but I'll just add mine in here. Alas I have moved on to the Thunderbolt too. I recieved a private sale invitation in the mail, and I could not pass on the 200 dollar TBolt without using an upgrade haha. I will miss my eris, but it is going into my capable fathers hands, and I believe that he will take good care of my baby. Fare well modders, and I will keep in touch, just not as often.
MuerteMan signing out.
i will stick with my eris.
Im hoping I can wait it out until next march time for the new phones lol. With rooting and roms its runs pretty decent
I had no problem with mine and was prepared to give my wife the upgrade and wait for a dual core, buy the pool incident gave me the opportunity for a freebe so I took it.
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I upgraded to the thunderbolt from the eris and love my bolt rooted rom fleshed new kernel all that good stuff gave the eris rooted froyo rom to the old lady and it just took a **** on her won't power on with a full charge I told her to take it to a verizon store and get a new one that's why we pay insurance maybe she will get a bolt also
How much larger is the Tbolt?
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4.3" screen, vs. the Eris' 3.2" To be honest, when I pick up my Eris now it feels so small. I got used to the Bolts size pretty quick - the thickness is about the same. The killer thing for me with the bolt is speed. It is rooted, but I haven't seen the need to overclock. The couple times I did, I didn't really notice much difference. I don't game so take it for what it is worth.
I loved my Eris. I love my Bolt. I will love my new multi-core phone in January when I get another upgrade.
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4.3" screen, vs. the Eris' 3.2" To be honest, when I pick up my Eris now it feels so small. I got used to the Bolts size pretty quick - the thickness is about the same. The killer thing for me with the bolt is speed. It is rooted, but I haven't seen the need to overclock. The couple times I did, I didn't really notice much difference. I don't game so take it for what it is worth.
I loved my Eris. I love my Bolt. I will love my new multi-core phone in January when I get another upgrade.
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Size is why I got the Eris in the first place, so I definitely hear you on that.
my wife and i just picked up our first smart phones - both erises (erii?) - free from family members. our carrier has given us the option of upgrading early, but we are thrilled with these phones. we're running Workshed's GSB v3.5 and couldn't be happier with it (and these phones). we're in a 4g market, so our next phones will likely have that capability, but i'd like to hold out as long as i can.
having only just joined the eris (for that matter, droid) community, i'm in no rush to jump ship to one of the newest phones available. when i do, though, i imagine it'll be a bit of a sad day
Welcome to the eris! May i also suggest Gin-Sen-Tazz that will reeeeaaallly make you love this phone. I'm so proud of what my eris can do... i literally run a live wallpaper just because i can and cuz this phone was never supposed to be able to. I don't care if kills my battery lol!
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That seems a bit short. I'm still happy with my purchase and hope this doesn't stop HTC from supporting it later on (I know it won't be soon) and that the devs may lose interest... Oh well. Maybe i'll scrap some cash together and just grab a desire when it comes out... who knows.
**Sorry for the poor title. I didn't catch it til it was too late.**
it's really all verizon's fault, they NEVER promoted the eris, and if you went in there wanting to buy one they would push the droid on you like no tomorrow.
hopefully this doesnt stop them from releasing the 2.1 OTA update to the general public, it will really help development along for us. Someday, when my eris dies I will upgrade (damn that incredible looks so good...) but until that day, I dont regret a single thing about it. except for installing leak, good thing a got a replacement though
It always seemed to me like the Eris has been advertised as Verizon's cheaper (even free for a lot of us) alternative to the Droid, and it did it's job well.
With the Incredible and Nexus One and all of the other phones (probably) coming out soon I'd expect the Droid to take the Eris' place in the lineup, like a "Buy a new HTC Incredible and get a Motorola Droid FREE" kind of deal.
ah.... oh well...
Looks like I will be upgrading soon... and paying the full price too lol, since I JUST started my contract on November 2009... oh well technology comes and goes.. and I'll have a new testing device!
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Looks like I will be upgrading soon... and paying the full price too lol, since I JUST started my contract on November 2009... oh well technology comes and goes.. and I'll have a new testing device!
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Why would you upgrade that quick? The eris still has quite a few miles left in her. Early adopters can be very annoying sometimes. I have a friend (kind of) that buys a new macbook everytime there is a refresh. Drives me bat**** crazy to pay several hundred dollars more for something that does only a little more than the old one...
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That seems a bit short. I'm still happy with my purchase and hope this doesn't stop HTC from supporting it later on (I know it won't be soon) and that the devs may lose interest... Oh well. Maybe i'll scrap some cash together and just grab a desire when it comes out... who knows.
**Sorry for the poor title. I didn't catch it til it was too late.**
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We all know technology changes daily be it hardware or software or whatever...
Cell phones, pda's ect are particularly susceptible as they are market driven and manufacturers are always trying to come out with the "Next Big Thing".
Hell the moto droid is now available on several websites for 20 bucks on a new 2 year...Letstalk.com etc...
Being a former 8 year blackberry user I can say this for Android at least theyre not just putting a new facade over a dated os\ui . So long as my eris doesnt melt down at the end of life date I'm good. Also so long as you're a VZW customer you'll get support for your device even if it is minimal.
I always felt the Eris was kind of an afterthought, the way they marketed it.
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Why would you upgrade that quick? The eris still has quite a few miles left in her. Early adopters can be very annoying sometimes. I have a friend (kind of) that buys a new macbook everytime there is a refresh. Drives me bat**** crazy to pay several hundred dollars more for something that does only a little more than the old one...
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It's just a thought for now... I haven't totally decided but I will wait and see what the HTC incredible or whatever VZW comes out with, has to offer... if its something like an amazingly fast phone I'll probably get it.. if not I will stay with the Eris.. I don't hate the Eris, I think it is one amazing phone
plus I'd still be on here [XDA] using the Eris for testing stuff, helping out as much as I can..
looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of the screen is 480x800... the eris' screen is 480 in LENGTH, that's pretty impressive. Will i get the incredible? if i had the money, which i dont, so i will stay with my eris for as long as I deem fit, because honestly, it's a damn good phone for what it's worth.
and what about in six more months after that and they double the specs on the incredible
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looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of the screen is 480x800... the eris' screen is 480 in LENGTH, that's pretty impressive. Will i get the incredible? if i had the money, which i dont, so i will stay with my eris for as long as I deem fit, because honestly, it's a damn good phone for what it's worth.
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exactly... I will see when i comes out what people are saying first.. and the eris is an amazing phone for the price. I really dont think you can beat the value.
After rocking an HTC Touch for 1.5 years, I bought a brand new Eris from someone and avoided a contract reset just a week ago. I think it's a great phone, and I have no regrets. I can upgrade anytime but I'm still on a very good Alltel contract so I want to hold out as long as I can before switching to a VZW plan. It does everything I need it to do.
Has anyone heard anything more about this? I'd like to know if it's actually going to happen or not. Although I'm sure if it is we'll find out soon.. I'd also like to know if they'd offer us an upgrade for free or at least half price. If they stop doing the phone completely I think they should at least offer us something. I'd love to upgrade to the Incredible if it was free or half price..
why would they give us a new phone simply because they've stopped selling it?
If you have to do a warranty replacement or anything like that, I'm sure there is a large multitude of backup units, and once those run out/they stop carrying those, verizon will simply replace it with a phone of equal value and hardware features like they always have done for discontinued phones.
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looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of the screen is 480x800... the eris' screen is 480 in LENGTH, that's pretty impressive. Will i get the incredible? if i had the money, which i dont, so i will stay with my eris for as long as I deem fit, because honestly, it's a damn good phone for what it's worth.
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BUT WHY SENSE UI?
i want the incredible. i'm due for an upgrade. and i'm depressed because the nexus one is apparently not coming to verizon. but incredible without sense ui would be ahmazing
looking at the incredible's spec sheet though, it's really worth the upgrade, i mean... it literally DOUBLES most of the specs, the re resolution of t
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BUT WHY SENSE UI?
i want the incredible. i'm due for an upgrade. and i'm depressed because the nexus one is apparently not coming to verizon. but incredible without sense ui would be ahmazing
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Where did you hear that the nexus one isn't coming to verizon. It's been confirmed for verizon for a while now. There just isn't a release date. I suspect we'll hear about it next month at the google I/o conference as will as news about froyo.
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Where did you hear that the nexus one isn't coming to verizon. It's been confirmed for verizon for a while now. There just isn't a release date. I suspect we'll hear about it next month at the google I/o conference as will as news about froyo.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/google-updates-nexus-one-page-tells-verizon-customers-to-get-a/
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I just read an article about the nexus one being scrapped. Thought you just another person complaining because they were impatient. I'll eat my words and apologize now.
yeah, the nexus one is pretty dead.
plagued by 3g problems, and low sales, the only thing to really look forward to in picking one up over another phone like the incredible is that it it's wireless N chipset miiiiiiiiiiight (big might) get support soon.
honestly, for the price you'd be better off getting an incredible and waiting for root to get vanilla-android.
and man, why do people hate sense ui so much? the only ONLY problem it has is how laggy it can get. and on the eris? honestly, I expected it when I bought it looking at the specs. but upgrading to 2.1 got rid of ALL the lag for me. I love the look and extra screens of sense.
and jebus... the incredible is rocking DOUBLE the cpu and ram hardware, using nearly the same rosie build as the eris. it will be faster then us on 2.1 out of the freaking box, and with root... you'll be blazing through apps like crazy.
Where should I go from here? I'm not finding anything that I'm enjoying about the Eris anymore. It's naturally slow and outdated, and my favorite ROM has been discontinued.
I've researched a few phones on the market (Incredible, Droid 2, etc) but I know there are others out there. Are there any that are just completely phenomenal?
My contract isn't up for quite a while, so I won't be getting an upgrade anytime soon unless someone knows of a contract loophole. Any advice for a (relatively cheap/free) upgrade?
Also, any good way to breathe some new life into my Eris? I've tried every major ROM, not totally enjoying any other than Evil Eris (again, discontinued..). Throw out any ideas short of bricking it
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Where should I go from here? I'm not finding anything that I'm enjoying about the Eris anymore. It's naturally slow and outdated, and my favorite ROM has been discontinued.
I've researched a few phones on the market (Incredible, Droid 2, etc) but I know there are others out there. Are there any that are just completely phenomenal?
My contract isn't up for quite a while, so I won't be getting an upgrade anytime soon unless someone knows of a contract loophole. Any advice for a (relatively cheap/free) upgrade?
Also, any good way to breathe some new life into my Eris? I've tried every major ROM, not totally enjoying any other than Evil Eris (again, discontinued..). Throw out any ideas short of bricking it
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There is a Verizon buyback program thread somewhere here. Do that and see if you can get a little cash for it.
Thanks, I'll look for that.
Any other ideas?
KaosFroyo put new life in my Eris.
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There are also the Samsung galaxy s series of phones. I'm not sure of Verizon has one right now though, but from what I hear they are good phones.
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My girlfriend had an eris, I too flashed every rom I could to speed it up, no luck, so i called customer service and bugged the hell outta them telling then how horrible it was until they agreed to give me an early upgrade. Just bought her an incredible last week for 300 minus 100 mail in rebate. I went onto vzw/trade_in website and they appraised her eris for 132. So it really is only costing me 70 outta pocket for her upgrade. And ps, she says the incredible is everything she always wished her eris could be lol
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I have a question about this too, I bought my eris around the time it just came out, (not quite sure anywhere from Nov-Jan) Is their a way where I can get an early upgrade for 20$ or something? I heard their was an early upgrade you could get.
I'd suggest one of the froyo roms. Evil Eris was my first and favorite ROM for a long time and I wasn't satisfied with any other until Tazz Froyo.
The fact is... our phone is pretty weak. Software tweaks at this point will not really help us all that much unless they're absolutely major. Basically, until Android 3.0 comes out we really won't be seeing much change.
That being said, I don't suggest you upgrade. Smart phones are still in their early stages, especially android phones. In a year they'll have been taken to a whole new level. It'll be like comparing a modern PC to one 5 years ago (like an i7 to a P4) the way that things are going.
I suggest you wait it out because the longer you wait the more incredible your phone will be when you get it.
Wow, I appreciate all of the feedback.
I didn't even consider Hungry Man's idea of toughing it out for a better phone in the long run, that's a good one. High on the priority list.
@jiggaman508 -- I was wondering if complaining would actually do any good. haha.
@Stonent, Hungry man -- I grabbed KaosFroyo and have to say that it is WAY better than any other ROM I've tried. Gonna try Tazz out later tonight probably.
Thanks for the feedback! Keep the ideas rolling
I am on my 4th replacement Eris (trackball issues, and charging port issues). It's mint, and I take good care of it, so it's not that I am abusing it by any means, but my charging/usb port is on its way out. I've had to exchange 2 others because of the well known trackball issues.
So, Verizon has offered me early upgrade pricing on any phone of my choice! Question is, which one is closest to my Eris (size) and feel. When the Eris came out, I admit, I liked the way it looked, and felt compare to the Droid 1.
Of course, I rooted it, since there is no way I could stand being stuck on 2.1, with Sense. I really want the Nexus S, but I'm on Verizon, and not able to move (company phone). I would prefer the most "google" experience, but if it's an HTC phone with Sense, I can live. I'll probably just root it anyway. So, here are my requirements:
* FAST!! (After having an Eris for so long, I yearn for speed!!)
* Most Vanilla Google like
* "smaller" form factor like the Eris
* Good dev community for rooting (like the Eris)
Actually, now that I think of it, my requirement for being Vanilla, is not really a requirement, since I can always root it
Here are some of the phones I have thought about:
* DINC (but, should I go for something even faster, or wait?)
* Samsung Facinate
* Droid 2 Global (don't really like the form factor, but 1.2Ghz is nice!!)
I don't really think there is much choice. Although I am a diehard Mac OS X guy (Mostly because it's Unix), the iPhone just doesn't do it for me anymore. I like Android widgets, and the notifications too much, and the iPhone sucks at those (or doesn't have it)
Any chance of the Nexus S coming to Verizon? I like that the Nexus phones are always on the bleeding edge of Android releases, which is what I really want the most
So, what does everyone recommend? Wait? Get a new phone now? Replace the Eris for the 5th time?
Can you wait out for the vzw Thunderbolt?
Personally I would get another Eris and wait for the new phones to come out. BTW next time, post questions like this in the Q&A or General sections.
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J/K...I'd wait for the new LTE phones to come out before getting one. They just leaked that the LTE pricing will be the same 29.99 for unlimited.
dinc is too old now. almost at the end of its life and so is the droid x. Samsung has horrible support as you can see by kaos having to go over to their forums to help them get froyo and its near the end of its life. Most of the fast phones that verizon has have a EOL in march. The d2g is the same processor as the x and d2 but overclocked. i had a x for 29 days and hated it. and that thing ran all day at 1.35. If you can handle the 4.3" screen wait for the thunderbolt. My experience with the x and looking at the rest of verizons going ons has made me realize i am leaving them. I have determined that its time to move to a mobile carrier that has similar views that i do in how handsets should be ran. That is why i am switching to tmobile and getting the G2. Tmobile is owned by a german company and for some reason the Europeans seem to be more accepting of all things unix. They have a good relationship with google and they have released 4 vanilla pure android phones. no one else has released any that i can think of.
I would get the DINC but only if you can without having to use your upgrade.
Currently on my 7th one, nd verizon has yet to offer me this. Just get the iphone, much more reliable
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I'm still on my first, but I'm saving my upgrade for the Droid Bionic. And how do you go through 4-7 Eris's?!?
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I'm still on my first, but I'm saving my upgrade for the Droid Bionic. And how do you go through 4-7 Eris's?!?
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track ball going out, screen unresponsive, phone restarting randomly... i'm about to be on my third.
The build quality was very uneven on the Eris. Most of the ones people are getting now have already failed in the past and will fail again. If you're on your first one like I am (over 12 months now) count yourself lucky and just ride it out. Unless things change I'll be changing carriers after this contract is up as it is anyway.
Do the verizon trade in credit thing. Eris is worth 132 to verizon. Then buy some used phone online (I recently got a mint droid for 130, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much faster it is over the eris and has a great dev community and super easy to root and is still supported by verizon. For now) and wait till the thunderbolt, bionic, x 2, droid 3, or the Inc 2 comes out and get that and use your promo pricing
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Do the verizon trade in credit thing. Eris is worth 132 to verizon.
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not anymore, they changed it today to 32
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not anymore, they changed it today to 32
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That must be because of the iPhone? $100 drop is steep!
Get the Thunderbolt
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Dangg. Whew I'm glad I did it last week haha.
Replace it with another Eris; then wait for the Thunderbolt (SVDO) or the Droid Bonic - or jump ship like me and just get an iPhone. *shrug* /2c
I only read your first post and haven't read anyone else's answers. IMHO, Either go for the Incredible or wait for the next HTC Android phone on Verizon, the Incredible's successor, whatever it will be. Shouldn't be too much longer, but I understand it's hard to be patient.
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currently on my 7th one, nd verizon has yet to offer me this. Just get the iphone, much more reliable
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boooooooo!!!!!!!!! -8974624
im keeping my eye on the bionic myself. wait it out just a little longer.
Hi all, my first post here. I'm looking to upgrade from my HTC Shadow (now that's what you call a legacy devide) and move on to bigger and better stuff. What's everyone's general opinion of the ERIS? Big can't miss, or is it a phone that I'll regret buying in a few months?
I've been watching on craigslist and have noticed some awesome deals for this phone (~75-100$) Is that reasonable, too high, or too good to be true?
I'm also thinking of joining page plus and getting away from the whole contract thing so if anyone's had big issues with the eris and that whole concept let me know.
Thanks for any help. I've been going through some of the posts here. good stuff overall.
The eris is awesome. Its even better rooted. It may not have all the options newer phones have now but for a smart phone its a great choice. The price you found is good too.
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thanks labnjab. I'm definitely interested in rooting the phone. Would this screw with the page plus thing? I wouldn't think so since basically page plus sounds like it's the verizon network, but I've never rooted anything.
Totally in love with mine. Stock, it kinda sucked, but rooted and it's a totally different phone. Freedom to make it what you want.
I was never into phones before the Eris. Had a Blackjack for a while; totally unimpressed, even back in its day.
Eris definitely ain't a power performer, but definitely bang for buck.
Not too many retired phone with this level of support.
If you can pick one up cheap with no contract, I'd recommend it.
The downsides would be, space as apps continue to grow, breaking the 10mb barrier and beyond. CPU, and lack of dedicated hardware graphics may be a problem soon as more apps are written to target the hardware of higher end phones.
I'll have mine another year unless I come across a cheap no contract deal. But the Eris with Android 2.3.2 does everything I need it to. No compelling reason to upgrade for me yet.
I love the small thin form factor. Couldn't imagine carrying around some of the bricks their pushing now.
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Personally, I think now is a bad time to be thinking of getting an Eris. The #1 reason I got this phone was that it was free for me through a website other than Verizon. Actually had a $50 rebate, too, although I had to wait five months before being allowed to redeem it, so I actually got paid to get this phone.
Of course, the developers and other users here have made this phone much more interesting than I would've imagined.
The price mentioned does seem reasonable for being without a contract, but being without a contract isn't that important to me. I can go through the same website as I did when I got the Eris and get a brand new Incredible for free, now.
I doubt if I will be upgrading to anything, however, until January 2012, hopefully right after the apocalypse so that I can get any Android for free.
if you have made it this long with your Shadow without being tempted by the newest, shiniest phones, you would probably be happy with an Eris. it is a great phone which has lasted way longer than the one year i planned to keep it for, thanks to all the great dev work here on XDA.
not sure how much longer we will be able to keep up with the increasing demands beyond Gingerbread, but if you are content with features currently offered by Froyo and GB, Eris would be a solid option. i would gladly buy this phone again.
The Droid Eris will not disappoint. I got mine for $100 on ebay around Christmas time, and have loved it ever since. Rooting rocks this phone's world. It shouldn't affect anything with your page plus contract.
But I've got my eye on the Incredible and Thunderbolt. Both of those phones are great contenders. Judging from your past phone history and waiting out on smartphones for this long though, the Eris will be a great start for you, I think!
The battery life for this phone is pretty good, I've gotten it to last the whole day on one charge. The call quality is decent, pictures/videos are okay. The features of this phone are really what blow it away.
A lot of these Android phones do a lot of the same things, it really comes down to, how fast do you want your phone to be, how many things do you want it to be able to do at once, things like that.
Thanks everyone. Got the phone today. It's in awesome shape. Turns right on FAST, nothing like the shadow which took about 2.5 days to boot. I like it. So, now that I've committed, what should be the first things I do to make this phone even better???
Never done any of this stuff so I need pointed in the right direction by those wiser than myself.
I don't know about wiser, but how about someone who just did this last week.
First go here and read the first 4 posts.
Google all terms you don't understand. Then Thank your lucky stars you don't need to do all that gain root.
Go to Market and download one-click root. Follow instructions. Once you have root donate as instructed. Browse forums here to decide which ROM to load.
I like my Eris, but it is a stop gap and always was. I should have swapped it for the Incredible when that first came out. But my other phone broke and was in a bind - 2 weeks before the Incredible was being rumored to launch.
The Eris does more then I EVER expected it to and it is a good phone. The memory is what kills me, and the speed. It feels snappy, but it is too slow some of the more intensive apps I want to run.
The size of the Eris and lack of a physical keyboard is what sold me on it, and what I still like. I will hate to have to go to a brick phone again, I got rid of those in the 90's.
Root and Custom ROMs restored life to my Eris, which was about to become one with a brick wall at 200 miles an hour on the stock firmware. The stock 2.1 Sense ROM is pretty slow and overall not the greatest Android experience, but if you root and flash something like GSB, you won't regret it.
Like everyone else said, Android is Android, it's all a matter of how fast you really wanna go. Any feature that newer phones have that the Eris doesn't is pretty much totally based on hardware limitations (i.e: HD video capture, 4G, etc.). The nice thing about it though is it's small, unless you're into the whole 32" TV in your pocket deal. Slides right in and out of your side pockets and doesn't cause carpal tunnel when typing.
Once you root, as listed in a previous post, find a rom you like and install. There are several listed in the developer section of the Eris forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=554). Instructions on how to flash are included in most threads. Ask if you need further assistance!
i love my cute lil eris.
i wan running stock 2.1 for the longest time then finally took the plunge into 2.2 and now 2.3
HTC sense is why i bought this lil bugger, even though it can barely run it sometimes. in my opinion the stock rom on this isnt that bad for someones first android phone.
iv been very happy with my eris, but its almost upgrade time, sad to see this lil guy go. i usually sell my old phones to help pay for the new one but this time i might keep him around just for the memories <3
RA recovery is better then clockwork(my opinion) remember to flash that
It was a beast , and I think it deserves all of us preview owners to say bye the right way!! lol
just wanted to say bye evo 4g, i had you for a year and honestly we had good moments shyt even got me laid a couple of times, because chicks look at me flashing kernels and shyt and they loved it, it was a nice run, I will miss you hope you have a good time with your new owner , that was really stupid to buy you for $300 but like I say I will miss you!!!
I picked up my E4g last night and immediately noticed how much slower it was. I do kinda miss it, altough i wont go back to using it. Daddy's got a new baby now.
I do miss mine too. It was and still is a great phone. Nice to see you over here phatman!!
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I sold mine on Ebay I boxed him up last night right after the Good Block party we threw him. Today we had a departing ceremony, it was a very depressing scene
(Tears falling).. o.k. EVO 4g.. your the first android device I've ever had.. you popped my android cherry. I was a winmo user before . Thanks EVO. For the year that you've been in ny life I am grateful .. through the ups (cm7, freshrom) and downs (no 4g with miui) you've been the best phone I've had .. as I wrap u up in a UPS box please don't hate me. Just remember all the times I've tickled you with new roms and boosted you with super kernals.. (still crying )
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i still use my 4g... my 3d doesnt fit into my armband for working out quite like my evo does, and i can still use the gps for my runkeeper.... so can you say "ipod touch 4g" LMAO
Dear Evo 4G,
I'm sorry that I had thoughts of saying goodbye, but in the end I kept you. It could have been worse: look at these people in this thread! In the end, I did the right thing. I traded in your ugly stepsister instead. She was an old dusty iPhone who hadn't been turned on in a year. Sure, I didn't get quite as much for her, but hopefully someone with lower standards will be able to turn her on now.
Let's not ponder whether or not we would have parted ways had you not had an ugly stepsister to give away. Let's only focus on the fact that you are still here, passed down to my daughter who is now enjoying a fully rooted, Deck'd out 2.3.4 ROM Evo. If we were forced to part ways, I would honestly miss you!
Mike
mikeyxda said:
Dear Evo 4G,
I'm sorry that I had thoughts of saying goodbye, but in the end I kept you. It could have been worse: look at these people in this thread! In the end, I did the right thing. I traded in your ugly stepsister instead. She was an old dusty iPhone who hadn't been turned on in a year. Sure, I didn't get quite as much for her, but hopefully someone with lower standards will be able to turn her on now.
Let's not ponder whether or not we would have parted ways had you not had an ugly stepsister to give away. Let's only focus on the fact that you are still here, passed down to my daughter who is now enjoying a fully rooted, Deck'd out 2.3.4 ROM Evo. If we were forced to part ways, I would honestly miss you!
Mike
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i kept mine too...
Dear Eva (my gf's nickname for my Evo),
You were my first Android phone, and helped get me out of a lot of crazy situations. I loved you like no other phone, and I'm sorry that I had to let you go. It was just time. Thanks for all the good times testing out new roms, and sorry for all the times that I yelled at you for not booting. I hope you have fun with your new owner.
Brian
I bit the bullet and did the Sprint trade in program today . I was putting it off for a long time, but alas our ways must part.
Dear Evo 4g,
You have given me many hours of delight since the day you were launched. I will never forget the time when you convinced a die hard Iphone fanboy to see the light and come over to android. I will never forget the way you changed the world and set a benchmark for all other phones to be compared to. I called it the evo standard, does it have 4.3" screen, front camera, 1ghz processor... I will never forget you, but alas I have adopted a new evo into our family. I didnt think it would be fair to put you into the closet next to my hero and other old phones. SO I posted a adoption notice for you on CL and asked for a rehoming fee ($300). I hope that you will give your new home as much joy as you did mine. The lady who adopted you was very gracious to have you, just as I was.
The evo 4G was one of those phones that will always be referenced and continued to be used for years to come. many new phones being launched today still cant contend with the evo 4g.
Let my 4g go. Miss the extra .25" or so on the width, but the 3d is so cool. And it's super fast!