sgs 3

3/14/2012 12:07:32 AM

http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/03/pr2012-03-14.html

Quote :

"On Thursday, March 15, the company will introduce its 4G LTE network in Dothan and Enterprise, Ala.; Naples, Fla.; Greenville, N.C.; Altus and Durant, Okla.; and Longview/Marshall, Texas. The company will also expand its 4G LTE network in Washington, D.C.; Elkhart, Ind.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbus, Miss.; Northern N.J.; Wilmington, N.C.; Duncan, Okla.; Allentown/Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Scranton/Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Hilton Head, S.C.; Cleveland, Tenn.; Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; and Kenosha, Madison and Milwaukee, Wis."

w00t. Hopefully that Wilmington expansion finally reaches my parents' house.

3/14/2012 2:35:28 PM

first boot of CM9 on razr. it's been at least 3 minutes and it's still on the boot splash so we'll see if this was a success or not...

[Edited on March 22, 2012 at 7:19 PM. Reason : that would be a negative...let's try again...]

3/22/2012 7:05:47 PM

There's actually WiMax in New Bern and Greenville as well in spots. No announcement.

3/22/2012 7:36:10 PM

FINALLY, it took me about 3 times but i got it to finally work. for some reason after i flashed the ROM it unmounted the system so I had to back into CWM and remount it manually.

Ended up going with Axiom and it is pretty

3/23/2012 11:36:45 AM

oh my eyes red, purple & green

3/23/2012 11:47:16 AM

i might change the red but i like the time in green so it stands out and the purple for battery

3/23/2012 11:48:30 AM

On 5/22 I am leaving Verizon.

I am gonna miss LTE, but tired of getting raped for the voice usage, the highest share plan they have is 2000 minutes, thats just not enough without any mobile being free...

Sprint has 3000 minutes with any mobile any time, and unlimited data.

I hear WiMax sucks and most people that have it on their phones leave it turned off because its horrible on battery life, not that much faster, and coverage is spotty.

3/23/2012 11:51:43 AM

I have sprint, and I will say the coverage isn't as good as Verizon or ATT was, but what you get is way better for the money. 4g is spotty, but when I looked at switching over to verizon, I decided I'd just deal with it. I do leave it off most of the time when I'm out and about, but if I know i'm gonna be somewhere in service range, I'll fire it up

[Edited on March 24, 2012 at 5:41 PM. Reason : 4g]

3/24/2012 5:39:51 PM

where the fuck is the nexus s 4g official ICS update? i'm tired of this unstable ICS ROM bullshit and this shit should have been out forever ago.

3/24/2012 8:22:18 PM

Call Him up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbfymq9rAg&feature=g-like&context=G225ef82ALT2bOswAIAA

3/24/2012 8:47:02 PM

is there anything on the horizon worth upgrading to from my evo 4g? It's almost two years old now, but nothing really strikes me as being that much of an upgrade like it did when I got it.

3/28/2012 11:35:30 PM

^I'm waiting until LTE to use my phone upgrade. I don't see the point in getting one now as though there are some nice updates, I think the better network would help more. That and you can buy a phone on craigslist or ebay for not too much more than the upgrade cost and then can still use it when it comes out.

3/29/2012 8:23:58 AM

waiting on LTE? It's already out

3/29/2012 8:44:24 AM

He's probably talking about Sprint.

3/29/2012 8:51:20 AM

Anyone install 4.0.4 on an unrooted GNex?

3/29/2012 9:00:25 AM

I thought Evo 4g would've been the give away on Sprint. Whoops.

3/29/2012 9:33:13 AM

I don't keep up with who has what phone. Not worth the time.

I thought sprint was still lightyears away from having even minimal LTE coverage?

3/29/2012 10:34:42 AM

Quote :

"I hear WiMax sucks and most people that have it on their phones leave it turned off because its horrible on battery life, not that much faster, and coverage is spotty"

All true. I had 4G Sprint phones for a couple years and the WiMax "service" was complete shit. I don't know if WiMax towers don't transmit that far, but I never seemed to be near one around Raleigh. And when you were lucky enough to be in range, it's not like your phone would auto connect to the tower, I had to search and connect every time. Worthless. I just left that shit turned off and dealt with Sprint's slow 3G service. After I couldn't take any more of their crap data service I switched to Verizon for their superior 3G and 4G networks...but yeah, the $texas they charge for voice does suck.

Quote :

"I thought sprint was still lightyears away from having even minimal LTE coverage?"

That's my understanding as well

3/29/2012 10:42:58 AM

3/29/2012 12:22:09 PM

Sprint will have LTE markets this summer. Galaxy Nexus should be out as well. No sense in using an upgrade until that happens.

3/29/2012 12:39:21 PM

Quote :

"Sprint will have LTE markets this summer. "

Oh that's right...they're planning Baltimore, Kansas City, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio by "mid-2012." We'll see if even that small amount of coverage happens as planned...


http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/03/29/sprints-lte-plans-are-coming-up-short-as-iphone-5-approaches/

3/29/2012 1:52:53 PM

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/03/29/sprint-says-no-more-wimax-devices-ever-promises-to-launch-15-lte-devices-by-years-end/

Quote :

"It's only been a couple years since the EVO launched as not only the first WiMax phone, but the first "4G" phone (by carrier reckoning). Now, though, Sprint says that not only will there be no more WiMax phones, which we knew earlier, but no more WiMax devices at all. That means hotspots and tablets will also lack any WiMax antennae. Don't worry, though. Sprint has promised 15 LTE devices by year's end. Sprint's LTE plans have been no secret, although not without a fair amount of bumps in the road. Still, Sprint insists that its LTE plans are on schedule. So far, no LTE markets have been lit up, but Sprint should be activating our favorite network acronym in a few cities by mid-2012. "Mid-2012", by an unsurprising coincidence, is also around the time that the so-called EVO One is rumored to land. An early June release date for an EVO sequel would follow the pattern, and June is just about as mid as 2012 can get. If the information we've heard is true, and Sprint's variant of the HTC One X does, in fact, carry LTE, Sprint users' long wait to taste those high-bandwidth waters may finally be over in a few short months. The most interesting tidbit, though, is what Sprint's Senior Vice President of Networks, Bob Azzi, had to say about how this new LTE network would affect Sprint's bottom line. Azzi said that Sprint's new network plans would result in a 50 percent reduction in cost per gigabyte to deliver data, and also a 50 percent reduction in cost per minute to deliver voice. This is great news for Sprint, which hasn't exactly been swimming in cash lately. However, it does raise the question, if Sprint is able to cut delivery costs by 50% with a new CDMA-LTE network, why are other carriers so insistent that data costs for their fancy new networks are rising, not falling? Perhaps the number of customers gobbling up data is growing at a much faster rate (which is almost certainly true), or maybe Sprint has some kind of deal with other LTE carriers that reduce its costs. Azzi also notes that Sprint's Network Vision plan "will be nearly complete" by 2013. It's unclear just what this plan entails, or how much of the country it plans on covering in LTE. In fact, given the recent upheavals with Sprint's partners, we'd be surprised if even Sprint knows for sure. Still, good to see that the failed Lightsquared deal hasn't set Sprint too far back. Or so it seems."

3/29/2012 3:30:21 PM

Has anyone found a call recorder that works on stock, unrooted Droid Xs?

3/30/2012 2:54:10 PM

if you haven't done your taxes, yet, and you have a honeycomb or ICS tablet, you can file your taxes for free (federal AND state) using the turbotax app: http://blog.laptopmag.com/you-can-file-your-taxes-for-free-on-turbotax-for-android-over-the-weekend

you have to download and START the return this weekend, but you can finish it up later...i don't think you can import last year's info, though

3/31/2012 6:47:55 PM

android tablets suck right now. google knows this and that's why they are doing their own devices and store to sell them...

even android fanboys like me own an iOS device now

3/31/2012 7:08:58 PM

Anyone know a workaround to use HBO Go with an HDMI cable? I assumed I'd be able to stream to my phone and display on the TV, but when I plug in the HDMI cable it stops the app and tells me to unplug the cable to proceed. Netflix works fine, so it looks like they just don't want you watching HBO on anything but your phone.

I have a Galaxy S2 with a HDMI breakout cable that plugs into the micro-USB charging port.

[Edited on April 1, 2012 at 10:53 AM. Reason : l]

4/1/2012 10:40:10 AM

From what I've research already, it doesn't look too good but....

...can you use a Samsung Galaxy S2 on the Verizon network if the phone has already been unlocked? I have a feeling the answer is no considering Verizon works on a CDMA network...

Any information on this would be helpful.

4/3/2012 9:32:04 AM

Instagram now available.

http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/03/instagram-for-android-now-available-in-the-google-play-store/

4/3/2012 12:37:40 PM

^

4/3/2012 1:14:29 PM

^^ I came to post the same thing.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android

Also I didn't know I could browse the [whatever the hell theyre calling the app store] and send apps to my phone. Pretty sweet.

4/3/2012 1:46:51 PM

that acctually is pretty awesome

4/3/2012 1:52:53 PM

So glad I can finally take artistic dick pics.

4/3/2012 2:47:46 PM

Same here

4/3/2012 2:53:16 PM

at last our problems are at an end, lads!

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 2:59 PM. Reason : huzzah]

4/3/2012 2:59:06 PM

Spotify keeps crashing on my GNex...like right after I open it. Is that happening to anyone else?

4/3/2012 7:28:54 PM

screw instagram

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 7:46 PM. Reason : edited for tech talk]

4/3/2012 7:46:24 PM

^^Yeah mine bugged out on ICS Nexus s4G. I ended up completely removing the app and reinstalling.

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 8:58 PM. Reason : ]

4/3/2012 8:56:53 PM

^ what rom are you using

4/4/2012 9:53:03 AM

Mine is stock...and I already tried the 'ol uninstall and re install

4/4/2012 9:54:25 AM

^^CM9

^does it force close or does it open your playlist for like 2 seconds and then exit out. I think I wiped app cache then uninstalled/reinstalled.

4/4/2012 12:23:24 PM

Quote :

"does it open your playlist for like 2 seconds and then exit out. I think I wiped app cache then uninstalled/reinstalled."

usually the latter...thanks for the idea i'll give it a try

4/4/2012 2:36:20 PM

That did it, thanks!

4/4/2012 3:36:20 PM

yaaaaaaaaaaay instagraaaaaaaaaam finallyyyyyyyy

4/4/2012 4:25:11 PM

vintage photos was so 2011 1970.

[Edited on April 4, 2012 at 5:50 PM. Reason : .]

4/4/2012 5:50:27 PM

i feel like this has been addressed already in this thread (perhaps by myself as i've been thinking about it for a while), but i went back some and didn't find it

i'm looking for a way to use my thunderbolt to do only two things with my HTPC: 1.) control the mouse so i can navigate to folders containing the media i want, and 2.) allow me to control VLC playback

which app(s) have you used and prefer?

remote for vlc: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.peterbaldwin.client.android.vlcremote
remotedroid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joshsera
gmote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gmote.client.android
unified remote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Relmtech.Remote
win - remote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=banamalon.remote.win.lite

[Edited on April 4, 2012 at 6:38 PM. Reason : also, instagram is neat...i downloaded it ]

4/4/2012 6:37:43 PM

using unified for the moment...it's between that and remotedroid

i like it so far

4/4/2012 7:53:31 PM

^I was wondering the same thing today for my Nook. Thanks for posting the apps, I'll have to try them out and will report back

4/4/2012 10:38:33 PM

Sprint has a bunch of LTE phones announced!!!

4/4/2012 10:44:49 PM

Too bad they won't work in Raleigh

Sorry for the negativity, but I have no faith in Sprint to deliver high quality data service.

4/4/2012 10:47:47 PM