My goodness you folks like to talk your faces off! It's taken me over 2 days to catch up after I left for a few hours to study for an exam.
In all seriousness though, thanks so much to the insiders for providing the amazing info we've gotten this week!
Congrats to those coming off of probation!
And I'm super excited to be close to finally have this phone in my hands, hopefully attached to a "Happy 21st Birthday Darling Daughter of Ours" Card
Let's keep the optimism of this forum going!!
Yeah, I'm getting it from my DH as a belated b'day present. Of course if the supposed March 25th release date had been kept/correct, it wouldn't have been late...
I couldn't find a way to get Visual VoiceMail without paying for it anywhere. Also, how long should it take to get GVoice after you request it? I requested a number at least 2 months ago and haven't seen anything yet. Any ideas?
Yeah, I'm getting it from my DH as a belated b'day present. Of course if the supposed March 25th release date had been kept/correct, it wouldn't have been late...
I couldn't find a way to get Visual VoiceMail without paying for it anywhere. Also, how long should it take to get GVoice after you request it? I requested a number at least 2 months ago and haven't seen anything yet. Any ideas?
you have to either get really lucky, or find a nice enough person with some invites to invite you :{
i need one aswell and they are so hard to come by, i've posted on 3 forums i frequent and i still haven't been able to find someone to get one from.
I couldn't find a way to get Visual VoiceMail without paying for it anywhere. Also, how long should it take to get GVoice after you request it? I requested a number at least 2 months ago and haven't seen anything yet. Any ideas?
Not sure how long it should take. If you don't want to wait any longer, you can always resort to ebay. Someone posted earlier that they're going for $0.99. That's what I had to do for my first gmail account "back in the day".
This was PM'd to me earlier by the poster who said he found the information. I had asked him if he still had it b/c I wanted to know how to do that as well.
But just to add, now it's possible to switch your VZW voicemail to Google Voice directly through the Google Voice interface. Just go to settings>phones (assuming that you've already added your VZW phone number) click the "Activate Google Voicemail On This Phone" link next to the number. Then follow the instructions.
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Just curious...how many of us here are female? I am the only person I know "in real life" that is a total tech-gadget freak. IIRC, it seems like there are around 5 of us here.
And to keep the OT police away, I'm now vaccillating on getting the Incredible or keeping my Eris. I installed the 2.1 leak last night, and now that I'm reading about class 6 microSD cards possibly helping the phone's responsiveness, I may just hold onto the Eris until LTE launches. But then again if I can't stay away from AF after the Inc's release, I'm sure jealousy will get the best of me.
Android girls are hot!!
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Oh, not sure if this is true or not but while I was talking to the rep at Verizon tonight I asked him how long it takes for them to start getting accessories ( i.e docks,screen protectors etc.) in when they get a new phone- He said they usually have them right away. so hopefully we will be able to get our car docks, screen protectors, and cases right when the phone comes out. TIFWIW
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Yeah, to quote L'oreal, "Because you're worth it"!!!
LOL, good one!
So you ladies are pretty close to convincing me to return my Eris tomorrow, but I have a question...
Does anyone think they'll catch that I've installed 2.1 on it? My guess is no, because in the past when I've returned a handset I've already deactivated it by using the online ESN changer to switch to my new (old?) phone, and I've had reps not even bother to power the phone up. Just don't wanna get busted, refused a return, AND have my warranty voided!
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Me too. It's my birthday! Not only 4/20, but 1969!!!!!! Duuuuude.........
It would be an awesome present.
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I don't care if you lick windows, take the special bus or occasionally wet your pants..............You hang in there Sunshine, you're freakin' special!
Anonimac (or however you spell that name): Thank you for your tireless work for us and phandroid. I have already recommended you for MOD to the MOD's. If they don't promote you, then they are short-sighted.
(Personally, I can't figure out why anyone would want to be a MOD, babysitting us, who are a bunch of babies!)
NKT: You have put yourself in harm's way for us, jeopardizing a lot to take care of us. I really respect and honor you.
Montana Man: You've taken a lot of grief from us. You are a great guy. I am honored to call you my friend and as we promised: we will either call each other or text each other first from our new Incredibles. You're the type of guy who I know people go to when they need a real friend. (Boston Sucks.)
Kappy: I am honored to call you my friend, too. (After all, we're FB friends. Why don't I see you post more..is it because I'm on here so much I don't use FB anymore?) I love your sense of humor. I call you my kindred spirit.
To all my friends unnamed: I love your humor and desire level for this new phone.
Trolls, Negative Nancies and those who think I talk too much: Thank you. You're teaching me to take the high road and patience.
To the MOD's: Two Sporks, Phases, etc.: You have been great. You've been great! You've always come around to the right decision! Thanks! I want to ask you to keep us going in one form or another after the Incredible comes out. Pleeeeeze???!!!!
So you ladies are pretty close to convincing me to return my Eris tomorrow, but I have a question...
Does anyone think they'll catch that I've installed 2.1 on it? My guess is no, because in the past when I've returned a handset I've already deactivated it by using the online ESN changer to switch to my new (old?) phone, and I've had reps not even bother to power the phone up. Just don't wanna get busted, refused a return, AND have my warranty voided!
There should be a way to return it back to the previous OS. I would try to put it back if you can, would just be simpler- have never had to return a handset to VZW before so dont know if they would check or not.
So you ladies are pretty close to convincing me to return my Eris tomorrow, but I have a question...
Does anyone think they'll catch that I've installed 2.1 on it? My guess is no, because in the past when I've returned a handset I've already deactivated it by using the online ESN changer to switch to my new (old?) phone, and I've had reps not even bother to power the phone up. Just don't wanna get busted, refused a return, AND have my warranty voided!
How was 2.1 on it? Thinking about doing that for my wife's Eris. It looks like the official update may never come. Any speed improvements?
I was counting about 8 or 9.
I played around with the Eris while we were waiting to be helped but it just wasn't tempting me enough.
on a side note though I did leave the Evergreen thread up on the phone when I got done playing around with it
It's got to be a lot higher than that. How about all the women who read this thank me for this post? I'm not trying to get a high "thanks" count, it's just the quickest way I can think of to get a better number. It certainly can't be more OT than what's for dinner, and it'd give us a better idea of this thread's demographic.
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Tethering is mentioned on page 137 on the users guide. It says that HTC Sync is required. What operating systems will HTC Sync work with? I saw no mention of a mobile hotspot app. Will there be a mobile hotspot app on the Android Market? When tethering, can you do so through bluetooth or will it only be through the data cable?
According to the HTC Sync download site, Sync will work on the following OS's
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition
So it looks like if you have a Mac, it won't work - hopefully it will work with Parallels (or similar).
So you ladies are pretty close to convincing me to return my Eris tomorrow, but I have a question...
Does anyone think they'll catch that I've installed 2.1 on it? My guess is no, because in the past when I've returned a handset I've already deactivated it by using the online ESN changer to switch to my new (old?) phone, and I've had reps not even bother to power the phone up. Just don't wanna get busted, refused a return, AND have my warranty voided!
Hmmm, if you just make sure that the home screen looks remotely like the original ROM, I doubt they'll go any further even if they do power it on. I'd highly doubt they'd think to check software version and even so, they'd have to realize that it shouldn't be 2.1. With all the stuff about the Droid getting it, it would likely slip by.
Of course, if the worst happens and they did notice, you could always play dumb..."WHHHAAATTT??? Are you serious??? You're telling me that somehow there was an unofficial, unreleased, buggy update that downloaded itself on my phone?!?! No WONDER it was acting up! How in the world could that have happened? Now I DEFINITELY want to return it!"
But I highly doubt they will.
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source says that its not uncommon to have 2 pallets in a shipment a week.... so thats no big deal. And Source says there were no adr6300's on this weeks shipments..... Source went on to say that they were not ruling out the possibility that a shipment could be Drop SHIPPED this weekend or sometime next week.
My real name is Source.
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I know this GV thing is getting old, but I also know people still need invites. If anyone on here is in the military use this link to get a free invite. I can vouch that it works well. I know that I saw at least on Air Force person in here. https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoicemilitary/
...Incredible.
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There should be a way to return it back to the previous OS. I would try to put it back if you can, would just be simpler- have never had to return a handset to VZW before so dont know if they would check or not.
Unfortunately, there isn't. The tutorial says something to the effect of "you don't like 2.1, tough $%&#, you're stuck now."
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How was 2.1 on it? Thinking about doing that for my wife's Eris. It looks like the official update may never come. Any speed improvements?
It's a bit speedier. I've had 2 issues today - one, the dialer (which I never liked anyway) has gotten sluggish and even unresponsive a few times, and the browser completely crapped. It was just stuck on a site - no back, no stop, no refresh, no clicking a link - just had to reboot the phone. So the glitches are a minor (so far!) trade-off for the improvements. And it's so easy to do - I thought I had to have missed a step or something because it was so simple!
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Hmmm, if you just make sure that the home screen looks remotely like the original ROM, I doubt they'll go any further even if they do power it on. I'd highly doubt they'd think to check software version and even so, they'd have to realize that it shouldn't be 2.1. With all the stuff about the Droid getting it, it would likely slip by.
Of course, if the worst happens and they did notice, you could always play dumb..."WHHHAAATTT??? You're telling me that somehow there was an unofficia,l unreleased, buggy update that downloaded itself on my phone?!?! No WONDER it was acting up! How in the world could that have happened? Now I DEFINITELY want to return it!"
But I highly doubt they will.
LOL! I like your thinking! The home screen looks pretty much the same; some of the icons are slightly different. Guess those are the ones I'll remove, huh?
I know this GV thing is getting old, but I also know people still need invites. If anyone on here is in the military use this link to get a free invite. I can vouch that it works well. I know that I saw at least on Air Force person in here. https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoicemilitary/
...Incredible.
I'll 2nd that. DH is military so I have a .mil email by being a mil spouse. I submitted GV requests from my .mil account and my Gmail and had the invite in my .mil the next day; got it in my Gmail a week or so later. BTW, I still have the 2nd invite - not sure if it would work since it's the original invite (not one of the 3 you get once you're already signed up), but if anyone wants to try it, let me know.
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Well, THAT horse has left the barn! Fortunately I have lots of toys to play with that will work nicely with my new Incredible, which I hope comes sooner than later.
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I'll 2nd that. DH is military so I have a .mil email by being a mil spouse. I submitted GV requests from my .mil account and my Gmail and had the invite in my .mil the next day; got it in my Gmail a week or so later. BTW, I still have the 2nd invite - not sure if it would work since it's the original invite (not one of the 3 you get once you're already signed up), but if anyone wants to try it, let me know.
Now It's almost a certainty that one of these phones will be one of the MS "Pink" phones because the "It's Time to Share" tag line in the e-mail....
But what if
"It's Time to Share"
"Lets Get Social" and
"It's New, It's Unique, Living exclusively on Americas largest and most reliable 3G network"
Are 3 separate tag lines for 3 separate phones (Pink, Turtle and Fill in the blank)
Hopefully we ALL will! Where are we all planning on meeting up for the Incredible Bash anyway? I've heard Vermont... Orlando... Hawaii tossed around out there! Then again, there's always lots of space to party in Big Sky Country! Wherever you all decide, I'm there!
who else is from Vermont? i would be happy to host the party if its in Vermont!!!
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You must like that place. I'm going to drive 75 miles to northern VA to try that restaurant. Any 'incredible' food recommendations?
We like it fine. It is not a GREAT Italian restaurant, but it is good quality. I like the penne rustica, shrimp portofino, Chicken scalopine, Mamma's trio. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with. I live to serve.
Hey, You guys should start up a HTC incredible forums after this phone releases I mean look they've already got a Evo 4g forum and the the phone isn't even close to release. It kind of made me lol 0_0
Just curious...how many of us here are female? I am the only person I know "in real life" that is a total tech-gadget freak. IIRC, it seems like there are around 5 of us here.
And to keep the OT police away, I'm now vaccillating on getting the Incredible or keeping my Eris. I installed the 2.1 leak last night, and now that I'm reading about class 6 microSD cards possibly helping the phone's responsiveness, I may just hold onto the Eris until LTE launches. But then again if I can't stay away from AF after the Inc's release, I'm sure jealousy will get the best of me.
I know us girls are the minority, which is why I started us our own little group. See my signature or look for "Android Gals" in the Social Groups area.
If you can get it without having to pay full retail, I think you should go with the Incredible!
Hey, You guys should start up a HTC incredible forums after this phone releases I mean look they've already got a Evo 4g forum and the the phone isn't even close to release. It kind of made me lol 0_0
I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that we'll have some kind of Incredible Support/Tips and Tricks forum to get the most out of our new great phones.
I couldn't find a way to get Visual VoiceMail without paying for it anywhere. Also, how long should it take to get GVoice after you request it? I requested a number at least 2 months ago and haven't seen anything yet. Any ideas?
I saw someone else recommended YouMail. That's what I would suggest too, I used it until I got my GVoice invite.
I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that we'll have some kind of Incredible Support/Tips and Tricks forum to get the most out of our new great phones.
I hope...I don't speak ever, well 2 times actually, but I have gained quite a bit of knowledge just listening to this so called off topic rambling. I know when I pick mine up I def will have one or two things I need answered and why not do it with people you like.
On a side note I was telling my friend who doesn't have a 3gs that shes going to have to get a new iphone to take advantage of the new OS...I might just have her converting not only to an Android OS phone, but Verizon. GO CARDS!
I hope...I don't speak ever, well 2 times actually, but I have gained quite a bit of knowledge just listening to this so called off topic rambling. I know when I pick mine up I def will have one or two things I need answered and why not do it with people you like.
On a side note I was telling my friend who doesn't have a 3gs that shes going to have to get a new iphone to take advantage of the new OS...I might just have her converting not only to an Android OS phone, but Verizon. GO CARDS!
I haven't had a smartphone yet, (I have an ipod touch, and I've seen/read what the Android OS can do) but I'm ready to learn as much as I can about Android. I'm also a software developer, and the development system for Android is much more accessible than the Apple (Nazi) system.
Just curious...how many of us here are female? I am the only person I know "in real life" that is a total tech-gadget freak. IIRC, it seems like there are around 5 of us here.
And to keep the OT police away, I'm now vaccillating on getting the Incredible or keeping my Eris. I installed the 2.1 leak last night, and now that I'm reading about class 6 microSD cards possibly helping the phone's responsiveness, I may just hold onto the Eris until LTE launches. But then again if I can't stay away from AF after the Inc's release, I'm sure jealousy will get the best of me.
Haha....Another Femdroid here, i thought i was the only one that was a tech freak....all my friends always come to me when they have problems with their gadgets because of my "interests" ah they make it sound so sinister.... But i cannot wait for this phone to launch, i am tired of all the iphones being shoved down my throat....Lets get 'em
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There should be a way to return it back to the previous OS. I would try to put it back if you can, would just be simpler- have never had to return a handset to VZW before so dont know if they would check or not.
As a rep, I never, ever, looked at software version prior to returning a handset.
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I haven't had a smartphone yet, (I have an ipod touch, and I've seen/read what the Android OS can do) but I'm ready to learn as much as I can about Android. I'm also a software developer, and the development system for Android is much more accessible than the Apple (Nazi) system.
I'm psyched and can't wait to get this phone.
I agree completely. I have an LG Voyager and while the texting on it is decent, the browser on it makes me want do bad things to kittens. I actually end up stealing my friends Iphone and browsing the forums while at work. The power of the Incredible and the accessibility of Android just is better than Iphone OS hands down...imo of course.
I can't seem to walk away from this thread so I now have the laptop sitting on the treadmill as I exercise. I need HELP! Give me my INCREDIBLE!!!
Ha! My husband has been attached to his new video game all week, and usually I'd be kind of sad about it, but its given me an excuse to be on the thread all night!
Plus I'll be able to remind him of all the time he spent playing the game when all I want to do is play with my new Incredible!
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I sent VZW an e-mail yesterday asking them what they thought of all the information leaking... the April 25 and 29 release dates... and I just got a response saying that they were "unable to provide information regarding approximate release dates"
I'm just kinda baffled as to why they wouldn't want to come clean and just tell us the information?
I know some of you are tired of the microsd talk, but, I was thinking with the 8 gb of moviNAND, might the speed not be as important. On the thread talking about the eris the faster card made some difference in general speed. However all the testers that we heard about say this thing is really fast, might that be because of the very fast moviNANd. If this is the case we may not see a difference when using a class 2 as just a file repository.
Oh, not sure if this is true or not but while I was talking to the rep at Verizon tonight I asked him how long it takes for them to start getting accessories ( i.e docks,screen protectors etc.) in when they get a new phone- He said they usually have them right away. so hopefully we will be able to get our car docks, screen protectors, and cases right when the phone comes out. TIFWIW
Nice! I've got a Visa gift card I've been saving to use on some accessories. I'm hoping for a nice thin silicone case like BlackBerry makes for their phones and car dock.
I can't seem to walk away from this thread so I now have the laptop sitting on the treadmill as I exercise. I need HELP! Give me my INCREDIBLE!!!
I will admit that this thread has a strange addicting quality to it. Hard to leave it...
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I agree completely. I have an LG Voyager and while the texting on it is decent, the browser on it makes me want do bad things to kittens. I actually end up stealing my friends Iphone and browsing the forums while at work. The power of the Incredible and the accessibility of Android just is better than Iphone OS hands down...imo of course.
I'll agree that I'm really looking forward to NOT using my Voyager anymore and saying goodbye to it. I guess overall it's been a decent enough phone and to its credit it's survived several falls (functionally at least) but the browser isn't fun to use and lack of calendar syncing is a real PITA. The Inc will be my first smartphone as well (I've owned PDAs but never combined with my phone!) and I really, really can't wait. I've worked hard to try to be sure my Google account/contacts, etc are all cleaned up and ready to use with the phone...LOL.
The tutorial says something to the effect of "you don't like 2.1, tough $%&#, you're stuck now." 
3 Phones for Monday? (Just a thought)
Wherever you all decide, I'm there! 
