I'll be putting mine up for sale shortly. Looked at it sadly today after hearing about the fixed GB update rolling out.
No one's keeping their DInc as a backup? What happens if you lose/destroy your current phone somehow?
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I'll be putting mine up for sale shortly. Looked at it sadly today after hearing about the fixed GB update rolling out.
No one's keeping their DInc as a backup? What happens if you lose/destroy your current phone somehow?
Deactivated mine yesterday and got the GB update notification immediately after
Think I'm gonna root the Inc real quick (if I feel like learning how)
When I get new phone, I will use Inc as everything but phone using wifi and backup phone
No one's keeping their DInc as a backup? What happens if you lose/destroy your current phone somehow?
I switched to AT&T, so it's useless to me. However, if I see an intl Galaxy S or Incredible S for under $100 within the next year, I could see myself getting one for development and as a backup.
Part of the reason why I bought the DInc 2 was because it's a world phone. I can take it to any other carrier other than Sprint if I want to which is nice.
That's true, but I made the decision that I would from now on only purchased a true unlocked phone (not a carrier-branded phone that has since been unlocked). My new device has an unlocked bootloader, no carrier bloat, and some features that you generally don't find in US phones. Also, due to not being an AT&T branded phone, I'm able to use their $10 unlimited data plan for non-smartphones. If I keep the phone for 2 years, it virtually pays for itself in the data plan savings.
Is there a difference between buying an unlocked phone and buying a carrier phone and unlocking it? There's a huge difference in price. You're locked into a contract with a carrier of course. Besides that is there a difference?
I can't do business with ATT. They have horrid coverage here in town and have screwed me over majorly before.
6 weeks or so til I can upgrade. My wife is looking at the DInc 2 to replace her DInc, I however am trying to decided between the Razr, Rezound, or Bionic. I know I want dual core but I still haven't set my self on 4G so if these are still too expensive end of dec ($250-$300 is a little much for a phone I'm going to replace in like 20 months) I may end up with a droid 3 or something.
I would stay away from the bionic, most say the RAZR is what the bionic should of been.
It's the IMEI number. If it's a phone that AT&T sells, then the IMEI is forever loaded into their system. If they don't sell it, it's not in their system and the phone shows up as a dumb phone on their end.
An example would be the Galaxy S2. Just because the AT&T version is called the Galaxy S2 doesn't mean it's the same version. The international version is called GT-I9100, while the AT&T branded version is the SGH-I777. These have different sets of IMEI numbers. You can unlocked the carrier branded version, but you'll still have to root it to remove the carrier bloat, and you'll still have to pay full price for unlimited data.
I hadn't thought of the IMEI. VZW is CDMA so I'm screwed anyway. I don't think you can buy an unlocked CDMA phone and take it to VZW or Sprint. I may be wrong though and probably am.
I root every device I get just to get better backups of it. The so-called "bloatware" doesn't bother me at all. I don't ever use it, but I don't ever remove it either.
I root every device I get just to get better backups of it. The so-called "bloatware" doesn't bother me at all. I don't ever use it, but I don't ever remove it either.
It's one of those cases where ignorance is bliss. And no, I do not mean that as any kind of insult. I just mean that in the sense that if you were to load the ROM that I maintained, you likely wouldn't be able to tolerate the stock firmware.
I used to developer (and still maintain) an Incredible ROM called Liberation. The primary change from stock to Liberation was the removal of ALL Verizon apps, services, and framework. The result? A much smoother phone. Now, it still wasn't iPhone smooth, but it turned heads from my other Android using friends. It was VERY smooth for a phone with its specs.
It's one of those cases where ignorance is bliss. And no, I do not mean that as any kind of insult. I just mean that in the sense that if you were to load the ROM that I maintained, you likely wouldn't be able to tolerate the stock firmware.
You're absolutely correct. For me, it's superior coverage (Verizon) versus unlocked phones (AT&T). When I found out that the Verizon Galaxy Nexus would still come with some Verizon apps installed (My Verizon, Backup Assistant, and one more likely app), I realized that Verizon would not cede control on any aspect of a phone not named iPhone. Due to this, I decided to bail.
The only reason that I rooted my Incredible in the first place was to remove Verizon's "customization." I shouldn't have to do that. And, so far, I haven't rooted my current phone.
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