TheEpicIsh

This guy on YouTube posted up a video stating that there might be a new phone called the Huawei M931 heading to MetroPCS. I was wondering if anyone has any idea if it is true or not. Here is the pic he posted along with the video ---> metroPCS News- Huawei M931/Premia 4G, Rumor LG MS790 - YouTube

Spec2nirvash

Metro needs to stock some better phones, seriously. This new Huawei phone sounds like a twin to the ZTE Avid. Not that the Avid is a bad phone, but Huawei just has a poor record with MPCS. I think the Ascend was the only one that was half-way decent after heavy modding LOL...

If the quad-core rumor is true, it may have some hope after all, like being able to run like it has a 1GHz CPU. A new locked down LG phone??? LOL... I'm all set with them

mike28

Yes that's true this will be metro's last phone before the merger happens

OcalaFlGuy

I can't see this phone coming close to the phone or price as the Spirit from Wirefly rebated and activated for $160. (Til the end of this month.)

The look of this phone SCREAMS C H E A P ! thru even these first pics.

Bruce in Ocala, FL-who damn sure ain't buyin' na phone whos name he can't pronounce

Gman9831

Then phones that come tmobile ready will be released I heard

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2GigayteSD

Looks like ICS... But the status bar icons are wacky...

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mike28

Last cdma phone too guys next month tmobile phones are coming to a store near you

OcalaFlGuy

Where is that info from?

The stockholders meeting isn't even until the middle of next month.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Ubercharrge

Gross.

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mike28

From your Tampa Boyz if everything goes accordingly that is the plan

Gman9831

Also from the big corps mouth. They said they were hoping to have tmobile ready phones @the time of the completion.

Gman9831

Most Huawei phones are to me.

ZTE also

LgOptimusM

What type of tmobile phones? Curious.. very curious...

DirtyDee

I want to get on a super great LTE network, my hot spot barley works, and I should start saving up for a NEXUS to flash metro pcs.

Killah1994

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OcalaFlGuy

When this came across Faceplant I told the Mothership there they are going to have A LOT of these POC phones[1] getting dusty on their shelves.

[1] My actual wordage was garbage phones but you get the picture.

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

Spec2nirvash

Lol probably worth every penny....

Killah1994

LOL not my penny's

Spec2nirvash

I dunno. Maybe Huawei stepped up their game a bit with this new one? ANYTHING would be better than that Activa model LOL right? I have an M835 that is perfect for hacking and tinkering around with, and managed to not kill it yet, damn thing is bulletproof

1.5 Ghz, (hopefully) QuadCore and Gorilla glass? It sounds decent for the price.....

howeejr

I could never trust Huawei again, that's just my opinion

Spec2nirvash

Scratch that... looked the specs up, dual core 1.5 LOL

DirtyDee

never thought about it it before but it feels so boring

THE W

seems like a decent budget phone to me. about what you'd expect for a $149 price point.

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Killah1994

I'm not buying anymore huawei phones ... the ascend was ok due to playfulgod and Issac, the activa LOL has no support what so ever what if this one becomes just like the activa naw too risky, for me I want a device that's sturdy so if my daughter throw it at me its still intact .. that huawei looks like she could chew on the back cover

OcalaFlGuy

As long as you can get the Spirit, a major brand phone with at least Some support, with a brazeelyun times better appearing construction from Wirefly for $169 activated, you'd have to be effin dain bramaged to get this phone for $20 less. At least the Spirit has Gen-u-wine Simulated Metalplastic.

IMO anyway.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Last edited by OcalaFlGuy; March 21st, 2013 at 04:22 PM.

THE W

the spirit at that price i would agree, but the price has gone up.

OcalaFlGuy

It's still $229 at Wirefly with Free shipping, no tax and free activation if you do it at home. $229 - $70 rebate for 10 more days = $159

Actually the Huawei would cost At Least $5 MORE than the Spirit as you gotta add the $15 mandatory in store activate to it's 150.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

elcocho852

I still don't know if I should get the LG spirit?? The price is tempting but with a locked bootloader idk?? I'm waiting for the price of the GS3 to drop a little and then ill get it.. I saw the Huawei Premia on metropcs website and i didn't like it I think I'm going to wait a little longer?? Plus ill just wait until metropcs starts rolling out gsm phones??

cubone

they say patience is a virtue

elk1007

I bought this phone today. It runs well with the stock rom, but I haven't found a successful way to root it yet. Also, no Cyanogen Mod support afaik.

Killah1994

LOL bud its still new, so rooting will take some time

Kid09

Awesomeness!

alfick3

I will have to say this, at least it's ICS. Metro is bringing out some phones with a better OS than GB.

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TransitGuy4500

The phone looks alright. At least it has ICS. Shame that GB phones are still being sold nowadays, not only by Metro, but by all the carriers. Its been 2 almost 3 years, its outdated. This phone is more for people either new to Android, or coming from a GB phone, imo.

I'll stick with my Motion for now, especially with the possible upcoming merger

DirtyDee

Have to second that, I can't wait until we at metro has T-mobile speeds at metro price, but that phone still looks boring.

Sent from my batcave.

Last edited by DirtyDee; March 24th, 2013 at 01:47 PM.

elk1007

So where would be a good place to get updates about rooting my phone?

Killah1994

Lol well I don't even see a sub forum for this phone as yet

OcalaFlGuy

The Spirit beats the Premia like a red headed step child even Worse than it slapped around the Motion...

Huawei Premia 4G vs LG Spirit 4G Quadrant Standard Metro pcs - YouTube

[EDIT] Plus Huwhutever Premia review;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhI7rgPjW0U

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Last edited by OcalaFlGuy; March 25th, 2013 at 11:21 PM.

THE W

hmm, so the metro $70 rebate can be used for metro phones purchased on wirefly? didnt know that.

OcalaFlGuy

Apparently Metro considers them an Authorized Dealer. If you read the mouseprint on the rebate form it Does specifically say that phones from WallyWhurl and BestBuy DON'T get the rebate. So, before I got my Spirit from Wirefly, I asked them about it on Faceplant. Somewhere in the Spirit area is the thread where I posted the snipped Faceplant convo where they said yes, Wirefly was okiedokie. My own Wirefly Spirit rebate is cleared for it's final processing now, they're just at the point where they check and see if I still have service 30 days after activating the phone.

But yes, it Does also say in the rebate Mouseprint only Authorized Metro dealers so if one had the slightest concern if where they were getting their phone from was a GO, they should check with Metro, and I did.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[EDIT] W, since I've already had to use this Twice today for a DoubtingCurly and just happen to have it at my fingertips, here it is from the Mothership themownsevs.

Last edited by OcalaFlGuy; March 26th, 2013 at 01:51 PM.

THE W

like i said, if you can get that phone for that price, go for it.

elk1007

Not that it has anything up yet, but here's the Huawei Premia - All Things Root Guide.


btw, I've been playing quiet a few games and the premia has handled all of them well at high graphical settings. Apparently it's not as good as the LG Spirit, but I am very happy with this phone's performance.

aznight

thx

Last edited by aznight; April 7th, 2013 at 11:57 PM.

XyLoSe

Just bought one of these today after my favorite CM7-M860 did a 1-1/2 gainer smack dab, screen-first onto the metal leg of my cave chair! :-( So wanted the GS3, but couldn't justify the bucks to wifey... Soooo, settled for this new Huawei beastie instead as my trusty M860 was such a soldier for so many years.
So, first impression... WOW, fast little sucker - but then I've been on an M860 for so long it's not really a fair assessment I think. However, I also do have Comcast Blast-Plus on the Desk and I gotta admit the idea of poppin on the hotspot and dumping the $100+/mo. Comcast bill has been gnawin at my cranium something fierce!!! But, again, this 4GLTE is still new so I've decided to let it brew a bit before makin any hasty decisions.
Google/Gmail setup was done in seconds, literally, txt/pic messaging is no longer a tap-n-wait affair. Calls are clear and loud (but one call from wifey's sammy 2G {yes, you read that correctly, '2G'!!! She's like stuck on stupid with that damn old-a#$ed phone} had this annoying echo-ey, feedback-like feint popping going on in the background. Didn't seem to matter when switching speaker-phone on or off, either. She mighta been driving (bad wifey) when she called, too, so chock it up to anomaly as it hasn't happened again in 7-8 calls. Camera/picture quality is real nice and video recording is pretty decent, too. Shot a 2 minute vid of the four ankle biters either running from or trying to devour my new toy and attached it to a txt and presto! my youngest daughter had it seconds later on her Verizon iPhone 5! She txt back 'Nice vid, Pops. How'd you do that on your old piece of junk?' Teenagers, huh? Sceen is really responsive with no semi-dead spots (ala, M860 and the 'P' key and lower edge-residing neighbors.
So when playtime was over and i hadda give some serious thought to securing this thing I went directly to web through the default browser (Chrome) and DL'ed Avast mobile and again this was all done in tens of seconds (seriously impressive imho), but (yup, here it comes) couldn't get 'all' the anti-theft features to work due to not having root priv's! Yea, not really the phone's fault bein new and all and so thought I'd pop on over here and check the status of root-ability and well, here we are, lol, waiting. If i had more time and knowledge...
So, yea, from a professional level user this phone is pretty damn nice for your 'everyday use' and associated tasks. Will report more as it happens and so on.
One last note: the Metro-bate of $49.00 is 'only' for new phone/customer/activations! The $15.00 phone number transport is in effect and if you can tell the right joke and get the little hottie working the counter to smile you might get the coupon for the 'as-yet-unavailable' rubber metro-phone-cover gratis!!! Going back inna week for mines - The rubber cover, i mean, lol!!! X

THE W

i recall when i came from the Lg connect to the Lg motion and thought i had stepped into a whole new universe of smartphone awesomeness that i didnt think could exist.

i thought the connect was an awesome phone since it was my first smartphone ever even though it had huge issues. abysmal battery life, overheating, lack of functionality. i had to root it and put all sorts of stuff on it just so the phone could function.

when i got the motion i was blown away at how all the functions i needed all sorts of root required apps on the my connect to have came right out of the box on my motion. the only reason i rooted it at all was because you have to if you want to use ad blocking apps.

to think that a more than $300 phone would be vastly inferior in every aspect to a phone less than half its price.

Last edited by THE W; April 9th, 2013 at 11:12 PM.

alfick3

That's exactly why I recently rooted.

smackem

i need a root method any way will work im a pro just cant find a method can i put busy box on and root that way or is there a one click method and go that rote or is there a stock rooted

Shabbypenguin

well i was hoping t find some users interested in testing a possible root. but seems there isnt any users for that phone on that forum.

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elk1007

I have a premia and I'll test a root method if you've got one.

I've already tried OneClickRoot, SuperOneClick, and a script from Bin4ary.

It looks like the file system is never mounted properly and the correct folders are never found.


Also, here is my output using Bin4ary method in PTP (Camera Mode).

It looks like it can't access the file system folders. The restore function ends rights away, and the script just keeps running . Trying it in Mass Storage Mode points the script to the SD card (or worse, the data partition of the phone mounted as /mnt/sdcard).

In MTP, it can't find the device at all. OneClickRoot also "works" in PTP mode, but fails at the very end.

Anyone who can get this device rooted sure would be my hero

Last edited by elk1007; April 11th, 2013 at 01:45 AM.

smackem

lets start another forum for root testing or something.