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I'm gettin tired of seeing a new thread for every new Android device that gets released.

Android has really grown over the past few years since it's launch.

Discuss anything Android related in here.

The new Evo, Droid X, Galaxies, Streak, anything. Post your news, rumors, speculation, and etc all in this one thread.

If any of the mods wants, you can even combine any of the previous Android related threads into this one.

Yay!

I've got the Captivate (Galaxy S) for AT&T. I love it to death... I just wish I could get 2.2 on it. 2.1 is pretty buggy on it. I can't change my text tone, and it won't connect to Windows 7 x64. Other than that, I love it. Huge screen, much better than the iPhone. :)

Try ringdroid to change your notification tones and to assign user specific rings. I haven't heard about any issues regarding connecting to x64 W7 yet. I'll try one here at work right now and let you know if I have issues.

I am actually considering picking up a Galaxy Vibrant. T-Mobile blows ATT right out of the water here in Los Angeles. Oh and I hate ATT to begin with.

Oh and since I mentioned it in the other thread. HTC is going to be bringing out a Dual Core processor phone this fall. Its most likely going to be running the Intel Atom processor in a dual core low power configuration.

Oh and supposedly we should be getting the HTC Desire sometime very soon.

Oh and ya its not Android but rumour has it (MacGuru is the source) that T-Mobile execs and the parent company Duestche Telecom are 80% close to a deal with Apple for the Iphone on T-Mobile end of 3rd quarter this year.

I can change my notification noise but it only changes the email tone. The SMS tone remains the same.

As far as the W7 X64 goes, I plugged it into my computer the first day I got the phone and my computer wouldn't install the drivers or whatever. So I did a bit of Google searching and a couple of people that reviewed the problem said they had the same problem.

Like I said, try Ringdroid. It will take care of all your custom ring needs.

Daniel I have 3G and I'm not impressed by the 4g iPhone.

Wat can I get on AT&T? Halplz.

EVO 4G Android Development - xda-developers

for those of you with Sprint's Evo, this site can help you root your phone and depending on the rom you decide on, can possibly double battery life and improve overall speed. The link is specific to the Evo, but the site itself has a plethora of information and mod guides for Android and Windows Mobile based phones. So if you don't mind getting technical, enjoy! just remember to follow everything to the T, because if you fuck up, you could brick your phone and void your warranty.

Scott I would say drop AT&T. LOL but yeah look at the Galaxy S line of phones from Samsung. They have the Captivate on ATT and the Vibrant on T mobile and and a slider qwerty coming out on Sprint. Not sure what the Verizon variant is going to be like but under the hood they are all the same, just different bodies.

I think Handcent lets you choose from the Android system or from your music folder.

Everything but AT&T has shitty service at my house -_-

Im running 2.2. froyo on my g1 thanks to cyanogen. Runs a hell of a lot faster and more battery efficient than 2.1 flan

idk know about you guys but i know that the driod soft ware sucks. its laggy and glitchy all the time. if your not constantly on top of deletiing everything these phones become a bag of shit. dont get me wrong i love my droid(slider guy with key board) but i hate the program i phones never are laggy and are smooth where as mine and every one elses sucks. even with task killer pro the one you pay for it still sucks


just my opionion im very disapiionted and i wish i woulda bought the iphone

How many aps are you running at once, and what kind of glitches are you experiencing? What kind of things do you need to delete constantly to prevent the phone from becoming a bag of shit?

Are you 100% certain that iPhones (I'll assume you mean the iPhone4 and not any of the older ones here) don't experience similar slowdowns and delays between command executions?

Don't forget to delete the cache that the apps build up. Hell, my Photobucket app had 7MB of cache in only a week of use.

just extreeemly slow like if im away from my home screen and i push home it takes about 20 seconds of black screen every time i live with my friend who has the iphone and it never messes up i hate him for it he rubs it in my face every day lol

Obviously you're exaggerating. Nothing should take 20 seconds to accomplish. If it does, you're doing something wrong or you need to do a warranty exchange asap.

Any info on this? Mine still won't connect. :(

root it
load a custom rom on it and u can rub it in his face

My ancient iPhone (un-locked) failed on my yesterday... it stopped turning on...
so I am going to try out Samsung Vibrant.. T-mobile said I have 14days to try with no charge...
I will post my opinion of Vibrant after try out !!

Motorola Droid...any opinions? I have an EnV Touch now and hate it, but I want a fold/slide QWERTY on Verizon.

Good phone. Know plenty of people that have it.
Wait a couple weeks for the Droid2 to come out. Should be shipping with Froyo 2.2 which improves on 2.1 a LOT.

I'm waiting for my Droid X to come in. Two week backorder. :bite:

Also Froyo 2.2 should be coming to the Evo 4G officially tomorrow. I believe I read somewhere it was available now, but Sprint won't officially push the upgrade until tomorrow.

Yeah here it is.
HTC EVO 4G to Receive Feature-Packed Android 2.2 Update Starting Tomorrow | Android Phone Fans

Phones Owned.
HTC G1 - Blackberry 9700 - HTC HD2 - iPhone 4 - Samsung Vibrant.

Currently running the Vibrant and I'll have to say its the best one yet. The only issue I had was the GPS on it, it was giving me wrong "MyLocations" but after I did a lil research and tweaking it now works perfect. I heard tmobile is suppose to send an update to fix the issue but if you want it fixed asap click the link below. Also no flash and indicator light, other than that I think this is a wonderful phone. Camera/Video is amazing on the Amoled screen. Best graphics ive seen so far on any phone. Very fast, lightweight, beautiful screen, Android, and 4inch screen, best phone out for Tmobile for sure.

Samsung Vibrant GPS fix= T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) GPS fix


Top Phones on my list as of today.
At&t= Samsung Captivate
Tmobile= Samsung Vibrant
Verizon= Moto Droid / HTC Incredible / Droid X
Sprint= HTC Evo

I've decided to drop my BB Tour and ordered up a Droid X.

VZW is doing a promotion until Aug. 31, where you can upgrade early to any 3G smartphone. Given that my renew date wasn't up until March 2011, I jumped on this promotion. Now I just have to wait since the phone is on backorder :\

Look forward to trying out some apps, especially Chrome to Phone once Froyo is out for the Droid X.

just an FYI Froyo is very kick ass in the battery efficiency department

Droid2 release has been moved from Aug23 to Aug12...7 more days!!!!!

I took your advice and got a new one it's ok it's slowly getting slow again thing is I have slot of music on it so maybe that's the problem

the only thing i am not a fan of is not being able to clear the cache of the dialer storage, i had to reset my phone the other day (Droid) because i couldn't receive any text messages since my phone storage was too low. I cleared all my apps (all 4 of them) and still only had 22mb of storage. So i looked into it, and found the only way to clear it is reset.

Hard reset i assume? or soft reset?

I finally figured out how to change my text tone, hahah. I'm happy now. :)

Now if only I could get a 2.2 update... 2.1 is annoyingly buggy.