I'm curious: who else is still using the Eris as their phone?

doogald · Jun 22, 2012

ljbami said:
Doogald,

I just ordered a Galaxy Nexus. There is absolutely nothing wrong with my rooted Eris. What a great phone it is. But I did it to keep my unlimited data plan for another 2 years (I'm sure some newer awfuller paradigm will be invented for phone companies to fleece customers by that time). I want to thank you for all your help keeping my Eris humming. It was as much (or more) your help as the device itself that made it a great phone.

What phone are you using now? I'm going to go visit that forum too

I'm sure that you will love the Galaxy Nexus. I have a Droid 3 right now. I had originally update to a Bionic but had all sorts of trouble with that phone dropping mobile networking randomly, so I decided to exchange it for the best 3G phone out at the time. It's a good phone, though it will not get an ICS update.

nomarsgirl · Jun 22, 2012

Still rocking the Eris. Thinking of switching carriers when the contract is up for the family plan. Verizon has no signal where I live. My husband is overly loyal to this company that has been taking his money for 12 years without providing the service.

thetomlin2 · Jun 28, 2012

TheAtheistReverend said:
I think you'll be very happy with the DInc2. I went from the Eris to the DInc2 over a year ago (I think) and I'm not the only person who thinks the DInc2 is a perfected Eris, without the trackball of course.

The trackball was the death of my first Eris. I got an insurance claim and a new Eris through them (refurb, I know) and the trackball went on it as well. I tried so hard to be careful when I plugged it in too!

I have now replaced the trackball to see if I could save the phone for rainy days and just to use once in a while for good ol times sake, but it didn't help. Didn't think it would but it was worth a try.

Congrats on the DInc2, I'll see you over there!

Agreed, I did the same thing. I used to think the size of the Eris was perfect, then got used to and liked the size of the DInc2 ... now I am trying to get used to the Razr Maxx which is even bigger!

pannonius · Jun 28, 2012

thetomlin2 said:
Agreed, I did the same thing. I used to think the size of the Eris was perfect, then got used to and liked the size of the DInc2 ... now I am trying to get used to the Razr Maxx which is even bigger!

How's that working out for you? I pulled the trigger on a Razr Maxx last night in order to lock in my unlimited data for another 2 years in case Big Red changes their minds and forces everyone off-contract to a new plan. However, I'm going right from the Eris to that beast, and while I spent a good deal of time playing with it at the store, I'm still wondering about how I'll like it in the day-to-day. Guess I'll find out starting tomorrow when it arrives

thetomlin2 · Jun 28, 2012

pannonius said:
How's that working out for you? I pulled the trigger on a Razr Maxx last night in order to lock in my unlimited data for another 2 years in case Big Red changes their minds and forces everyone off-contract to a new plan. However, I'm going right from the Eris to that beast, and while I spent a good deal of time playing with it at the store, I'm still wondering about how I'll like it in the day-to-day. Guess I'll find out starting tomorrow when it arrives

I got it in the mail yesterday afternoon and I like it so far. Battery life has been good, but not great. Everyone in the Maxx forum says it needs a few days, so we will see. Overall thus far I like it and its a big upgrade from the DInc2 ... it will be an amazing upgrade from the Eris!

SBCT · Jun 30, 2012

I went from an Eris to a galaxy nexus and it only took a few days to get used to the bigger size. The convenience of the larger screen with things such as web browsing makes it well worth it.

Demache · Jul 1, 2012

SBCT said:
I went from an Eris to a galaxy nexus and it only took a few days to get used to the bigger size. The convenience of the larger screen with things such as web browsing makes it well worth it.

Now whenever I use my Eris, it looks like a toy in comparison. Its just so ADORABLE.

Also, now after flashing Jelly Bean on my GNexus, the stuttering on pretty much everything on the Eris is super annoying. It makes me think how far we have come since 3 years ago.

TheMortallyWounded · Jul 3, 2012

You watch. The Eris is one of those early-adopter devices that was popular when rooting/modding/hacking was first starting to become mainstream. In ten years, mark my words, we'll all be digging them out and trying new stuff all over again, like a 30-something with an Atari.

"Hey, remember the Eris?"

"B---- please. I had a REAL HERO."

"Okay."

Demache · Jul 3, 2012

TheMortallyWounded said:
You watch. The Eris is one of those early-adopter devices that was popular when rooting/modding/hacking was first starting to become mainstream. In ten years, mark my words, we'll all be digging them out and trying new stuff all over again, like a 30-something with an Atari.

"Hey, remember the Eris?"

"B---- please. I had a REAL HERO."

"Okay."

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14575796/Interesting/erisNEXUS.JPG

I used to think the resolution on the Eris was good enough. Then I found out a poor DSLR shot could pick each one up perfectly.

Although I bet somebody is going to pull one of these out in a few years, and do something really ridiculous like turning it into a synthesizer or something.

TheMortallyWounded · Jul 3, 2012

I was too lazy to insert the memes. Props to you.

I dug out my old Yamaha PSS-170 and then did a search on circuit bending. I was impressed. But all you have to do is download the Ethereal Dialpad app to turn it into a trippy synth. Gravitone was the first app (plugin, really) I ever purchased on Market.

TheMortallyWounded · Jul 5, 2012

Picking up a used Eris today from someone at work. I want to use it as a simple spreadsheet calculator, but wondered if there have been any new reliable ROMs released out there since November of last year. I like to stay on top of things. Also, anybody know of any hardware mods to REALLY bump up performance?

doogald · Jul 5, 2012

TheMortallyWounded said:
Picking up a used Eris today from someone at work. I want to use it as a simple spreadsheet calculator, but wondered if there have been any new reliable ROMs released out there since November of last year. I like to stay on top of things. Also, anybody know of any hardware mods to REALLY bump up performance?

As far as I know, gsb, condemned, evervolv are the best gb ROMs, and xtrsense remains the best stock 2.1 eris ROM.

Pitamakan · Jul 5, 2012

doogald said:
As far as I know, gsb, condemned, evervolv are the best gb ROMs, and xtrsense remains the best stock 2.1 eris ROM.

I really need to reflash XTR on my poor old Eris ... that was such a great ROM, and really the only one I ever played with that was comfortably fast. All the gb Eris ROMs seem so ridiculously slow nowadays, at least compared to what's on our current phones.

TheMortallyWounded · Jul 5, 2012

doogald said:
As far as I know, gsb, condemned, evervolv are the best gb ROMs, and xtrsense remains the best stock 2.1 eris ROM.

I thought so, and I like XTR. Turns out though that the phone I was going to get has a bad SD Micro mounting latch. So much for that.

paleodust · Jul 5, 2012

We've pretty much given our old phones (Eris) to our little daughters to play games on. Unfortunately, they are currently running more slowly than molasses. I'm tempted to redo them. What's the best ROM for use as a gaming platform for kids, at this point?

Pitamakan · Jul 5, 2012

paleodust said:
We've pretty much given our old phones (Eris) to our little daughters to play games on. Unfortunately, they are currently running more slowly than molasses. I'm tempted to redo them. What's the best ROM for use as a gaming platform for kids, at this point?

As far as I'm concerned, at least ... definitely XTRRom or XTRSense. Very solid ROMs, and the fastest ones I found back then.

Demache · Jul 5, 2012

Pitamakan said:
As far as I'm concerned, at least ... definitely XTRRom or XTRSense. Very solid ROMs, and the fastest ones I found back then.

Yeah, that's really it. Any games that require newer Android versions are probably too demanding for the Eris to handle anyway.

paleodust · Jul 5, 2012

Demache said:
Yeah, that's really it. Any games that require newer Android versions are probably too demanding for the Eris to handle anyway.

Yeah, I think you're probably right.

MrDangerous · Jul 7, 2012

I was holding out to use my upgrade on a Galaxy S II on Verizon but it never came, so I got a LG Spectrum, and like a week later the GS III was announced... FACE PALM!

paleodust · Jul 8, 2012

MrDangerous said:
I was holding out to use my upgrade on a Galaxy S II on Verizon but it never came, so I got a LG Spectrum, and like a week later the GS III was announced... FACE PALM!

You might be able to trade it in. I know you can if you got it through Costco.

doogald · Jul 8, 2012

You have 14 days to trade in a device with a $35 restocking fee. In this case, I'd say it's worth it.

guitarrarl · Jul 8, 2012

The Eris is a great phone, I use the LG Esteem and it is fantastic. Recently, I installed iMedia Share on theEris and it c pop uld play hd videos on itself and also stream hours of video to the Sony Media player and tv!!I was sur pop riced it could d pop it well: )
RL

bberryhill0 · Jul 8, 2012

CondemnedSoul said on Rootzwiki:

[quote name='CondemnedSoul' timestamp='1341403638' post='780133']
I have cm9 running on my eris, just haven't put any links up yet. [/quote]

mcysr · Jul 14, 2012

Using easily unlocked Eris with condemned CM7 mod. Android 2.3.7. Works great with pageplus!! 30$ month. Any one still on Verizon is crazy.

Bur it is sooooo slow compared to newer phones :rolleyes:

bberryhill0 · Jul 14, 2012

It's the $200/GB that keeps me off PagePlus.

I'm curious: who else is still using the Eris as their phone?

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