Android Thread V4 - Got money? Samsung Galaxy S II. No money? ZTE Blade.

[Cree8ive]

[QUOTE=PyroCF;32018234]Samsung are going to release a 2000mAh battery for the SGSII. Adds 1mm thickness!
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239719[/url][/QUOTE]

Anyone know if this was to come out worldwide where it would show up first?

Asked around in my town and they told me I would need to look online if this comes out in the near future.

[redBadger]

Looking for a good Android phone for Verizon. Price isn't a problem. Any recommendations?
I've been wanting to get a Samsung Galaxy phone, but because Verizon sucks dick when it comes to getting the phones I want, I don't really have a choice.

Anything which is currently released to any releasing in the month of November will be preferable.

[Robber]

Possibly the Nexus Prime.

[Arachnidus]

Wait for the Nexus Prime/Droid Prime to come out. The Thunderbolt is great if you get an extended battery or get lucky and get one with decent battery life, or find a nice kernel/rom. The Charge is pretty good too, but with the Droid Prime on the horizon, it'll leave you just behind the curve.

[editline]4th September 2011[/editline]

Unless you absolutely need a keyboard, then jump on the Droid 3.

[editline]4th September 2011[/editline]

The Bionic looks fine too, but with the Prime on the horizon, it seems a little stale.

Which has me worried about whether or not Verizon will really get it. The Prime would probably detract from Bionic and iPhone 5/4S sales.

[redBadger]

If that Nexus Prime doesn't end up on Verizon, I will do some serious slaughtering.
Thanks guys, the Prime looks almost exactly what I need, and the "iPhone killer" part really had me sold. I'll definitely keep my eye on it.

If it doesn't end up on Verizon, I'll check out the Droid 3.

[Kaabii]

Ugh. No droid prime is absolutely on the horizon. Why would Google go from never giving Verizon a Google phone to giving them their own exclusive Google phone.

The "Nexus Prime" is Samsung property and that's pretty much a confirmation of existence. The only site to claim the Droid Prime exists is BGR.

[Arachnidus]

Timed exclusive, perhaps. Weirder things have happened.

So failing the Prime, I'm getting a goddamn Bionic and mounting my Thunderbolt on the wall of "things I had to cope with".

[Kaabii]

[QUOTE=Arachnidus;32111522]Timed exclusive, perhaps. Weirder things have happened.

So failing the Prime, I'm getting a goddamn Bionic and mounting my Thunderbolt on the wall of "things I had to cope with".[/QUOTE]

I told people the Thunderbolt was a waste of money in like V2 of these threads. Have fun with your bionic. It's hard to express how big of a jump that is from a thunderbolt.

[Arachnidus]

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32111756]I told people the Thunderbolt was a waste of money in like V2 of these threads. Have fun with your bionic. It's hard to express how big of a jump that is from a thunderbolt.[/QUOTE]

Of that, I've no doubt. As long as it lasts me the entire day, I'm fine with it. Hell, as long as it lasts me a normal school day (8:15-2:30), I'm satisfied.

[SilverHedgehog]

So what, Thunderbolt is basically Desire HD for Verizon?

[Kaabii]

[QUOTE=SilverHedgehog;32112661]So what, Thunderbolt is basically Desire HD for Verizon?[/QUOTE]

Desire HD+LTE.

[shian]

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32112724]Desire HD+LTE.[/QUOTE]

+kickstand.

[PyroCF]

Tab rooted, time to flash an OC kernel.

[Kaabii]

[QUOTE=PyroCF;32113684]Tab rooted, time to flash an OC kernel.[/QUOTE]

OMAP4 should have been the Honeycomb standard, not Tegra 2. With so many people rushing to overclock their Tegra 2 devices they obviously aren't holding up in terms of speed.

[FPtje]

The compass rotates in the wrong way for me. Shaking it and doing the 8-figure won't work. Also it can't play any movies. It's been like this since I got it last thursday, and I got it in the LG 24-hour service.

LG update thingey is down for maintenance, I'll try to run an update before calling the helpdesk.

[Kaabii]

[QUOTE=FPtje;32113907]The compass rotates in the wrong way for me. Shaking it and doing the 8-figure won't work. Also it can't play any movies. It's been like this since I got it last thursday, and I got it in the LG 24-hour service.

LG update thingey is down for maintenance, I'll try to run an update before calling the helpdesk.[/QUOTE]

Which device is this again?

[Arachnidus]

[QUOTE=shian;32112995]+kickstand.[/QUOTE]

I have to admit, I'm really going to miss that damn kick.

[Robber]

[QUOTE=Arachnidus;32114270]I have to admit, I'm really going to miss that damn kick.[/QUOTE]
I've never had one and I still miss it.

[Arachnidus]

[QUOTE=Robber;32115063]I've never had one and I still miss it.[/QUOTE]

It's surprisingly useful, every phone should have one.

[Kaabii]

[QUOTE=Arachnidus;32115415]It's surprisingly useful, every phone should have one.[/QUOTE]

The kickstand limits how thin a phone can be. I can't see a kickstand being put on my Galaxy S II without making the back cover MUCH thicker.

[Flaming Spaz]

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32115766]The kickstand limits how thin a phone can be. I can't see a kickstand being put on my Galaxy S II without making the back cover MUCH thicker.[/QUOTE]

There are cases with them on, so it's a plus if you were going to have a case anyway.

I can just imagine if the kickstand was as thin as the back cover :v:

[Hunt3r.j2]

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32107486]Well the international variant will but the US custom versions won't for 3-6 months after the international one if the US carriers do the same thing they did with the original.

LTE isn't really going to get "optimized". It's a battery sucker but it has a reason to be and it isn't going to improve substantially beyond software side optimizations and slightly improved radio tech.[/QUOTE]
LTE should have less battery drain when it's not an entirely separate radio, having LTE only enabled for some situations, it should all help.

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32107486]It's actually still just Touchwiz 4.0. Fr4gg0r's modded one is typically referred to as 4.5. That aside I agree with you 100%. No more iOS style icon backgrounds, better animations and MUCH better widgets than old 3.0.[/QUOTE]
Too bad though, Samsung's RFS made the phone far too laggy and I had to revert to 2.3.3, and so now instead the phone will have to deal with Android OS CPU drain. Hoping that reboots solve that problem.

[editline]4th September 2011[/editline]

Going to have to wait for 2.3.4 ROMs for both the DHD and Captivate to be released and fully polished before I'll consider moving on.

[editline]4th September 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32113827]OMAP4 should have been the Honeycomb standard, not Tegra 2. With so many people rushing to overclock their Tegra 2 devices they obviously aren't holding up in terms of speed.[/QUOTE]
I've noticed usually that a lot of things are more about optimizations and such for fluidity rather than just brute force speed.

[ManningQB18]

Are there any cases for the ATT GS2 yet? I'll want one for the phone anyway, so why not now?

[Lazor]

what are the drawbacks of purchasing from amazon wireless?

we're switching to sprint and getting a family data plan or w/e and the phones there are super cheap

[Kingo64]

[QUOTE=garrynohome;32108380]Not really. Most mid-high end devices have 8-16GB internal storage.[/QUOTE]
My phone's RAM to internal storage is basically 1:1 :C

[Hunt3r.j2]

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;32122739]My phone's RAM to internal storage is basically 1:1 :C[/QUOTE]
The phone's "Linux" (ext4, ext3, ext2, RFS)formatted partitions are something like 1.5-2 GB, usually the rest is formatted as FAT32

[Flaming Spaz]

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;32123974]The phone's "Linux" (ext4, ext3, ext2, RFS)formatted partitions are something like 1.5-2 GB, usually the rest is formatted as FAT32[/QUOTE]

I remember those days,,, When I had my HTC Magic I had a 32gb MicroSD card formatted as 16gb ext3, 4gb swap and the rest fat32. I don't actually know why now.

[demoguy08]

There is apparently a "keyboard slider case" for iPhone 4

[img]http://www.boxwave.com/images_bw/landing_pages/kbuddy4/minisite-gallery-2.jpg[/img]

I WANT THIS FOR MY S2!!!! It's a nice phone, yeah, but I spend a lot of time typing shit and a keyboard would be great.. so I got this idea of [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-II-i9100-/130570954751?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e66a2a7ff]buying this keyboard[/url] and a flip cover case, and combining them somehow. Not as pretty but it'll do the job until someone releases a slide case for the S2.

Am I being an idiot for wanting this? The S2 looks great but I'm more of a practicality guy than looks guy

[jlj1]

I think the S2 would have suited a keyboard because of how thin it is without it

[PyroCF]

[QUOTE=demoguy08;32127534]There is apparently a "keyboard slider case" for iPhone 4

[img]http://www.boxwave.com/images_bw/landing_pages/kbuddy4/minisite-gallery-2.jpg[/img]

I WANT THIS FOR MY S2!!!! It's a nice phone, yeah, but I spend a lot of time typing shit and a keyboard would be great.. so I got this idea of [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-II-i9100-/130570954751?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e66a2a7ff]buying this keyboard[/url] and a flip cover case, and combining them somehow. Not as pretty but it'll do the job until someone releases a slide case for the S2.

Am I being an idiot for wanting this? The S2 looks great but I'm more of a practicality guy than looks guy[/QUOTE]
You can't be an idiot for wanting something perfectly reasonable. Its a cool concept.