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Help my vibrant get front facing camera mod

Anyone who lives in the bay area who can knows how mod my vibrant for the front facing camera willing to pay!!!! ; )
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Quit fixating on this stupid gimmick. If you want a dumb front-facing camera, go buy an iPhone4.

I like my vibrant tho im tired of all the hype of a iphone 4 if its a mod for my ffc im getting it
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raduque said:
Quit fixating on this stupid gimmick. If you want a dumb front-facing camera, go buy an iPhone4.
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Dude, if he wants an FFC, let him try to get one installed. What's it to you?

I live in SJ and I have two cameras coming. How much are you willing to pay for the mod?

raduque said:
Quit fixating on this stupid gimmick. If you want a dumb front-facing camera, go buy an iPhone4.
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A piece of hardware that was only removed because TMO didn't want it on their network is hardly a reason for someone to get an iphone. Samsung covered up the camera hole with some paint and left the mounting brackets in place. This is simply putting your phone back to the way the manufacturer intended it to be.
If people want to make video calls or take myspace pics (are they still called that even though pretty much no one uses myspace anymore?), then let them. We've got three Vibrants in the house & for $20-25 each, we can get a FFC, so I'll probably be doing this mod as well, even if I never actually use it. You'll still have something unique that 99% of the other phones out there will not have.
For the people that don't want apps sharing their GPS location without their consent (even though they gave it when they installed the app), that's a reason to go to iphone. For people that just want the phone "experience" to be magical out of the box, that's a reason to get an iphone (the rest of us LIKE that Google made it so pretty much everything is customizable).

tjhart85 said:
For the people that don't want apps sharing their GPS location without their consent (even though they gave it when they installed the app), that's a reason to go to iphone. For people that just want the phone "experience" to be magical out of the box, that's a reason to get an iphone (the rest of us LIKE that Google made it so pretty much everything is customizable).
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Well said.......

tjhart85 said:
or take myspace pics (are they still called that even though pretty much no one uses myspace anymore?),
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huh? I think you meant to say self-portraits. What does Myspace have to do with taking a picture of yourself?

androidmonkey said:
huh? I think you meant to say self-portraits. What does Myspace have to do with taking a picture of yourself?
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It's A Saying, Or A Phrase

I'm stay in cali, riverside if any one wants to pich in!
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Bspence415 said:
Anyone who lives in the bay area who can knows how mod my vibrant for the front facing camera willing to pay!!!! ; )
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I live in Tampa and we can get to a deal. You know that the only sell 3 at the time $17 each. Send me an email if still interested.
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Sell your vibrant and get the international galaxy s and then unlock it and root it

Another option which I plan on doing when I get the loot, is to pick up an iPod Touch 4G and wifi tether it to my Vibrant. Plus this way il have the best of both worlds. Android Market and iOS Market.

tjhart85 said:
Samsung covered up the camera hole with some paint and left the mounting brackets in place. This is simply putting your phone back to the way the manufacturer intended it to be.
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Yeah, too bad Samsung didn't redesign the board to fix that. The camera was removed because T-Mobile didn't think it was necessary (and I agree), and to keep costs down.
If you REALLY want the device to be "how the manufacturer intended it to be", stop rooting, flashing roms, hacking it, and do a factory reset to JFD firmware and leave it alone.
Otherwise, you're just a hypocrit.
BTW, I truly believe that an FFC is a completely useless gimmick, and nothing more than a check on the box and something for people to ***** about it not being there. Nobody thought they wanted one till it wasn't there.

raduque said:
Yeah, too bad Samsung didn't redesign the board to fix that. The camera was removed because T-Mobile didn't think it was necessary (and I agree), and to keep costs down.
Is you REALLY want the device to be "how the manufacturer intended it to be", stop rooting, flashing roms, hacking it, and do a factory reset to JFD firmware and leave it alone.
Otherwise, you're just a hypocrit.
BTW, I truly believe that an FFC is a completely useless gimmick, and nothing more than a check on the box and something for people to ***** about it not being there. Nobody thought they wanted one till it wasn't there.
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Okay you wrote this because? Nothing is perfect outta the box. You get a laptop and instantly get firefox or chrome, you order food at a resturant and add salt. Who said we hated our phones cause we mod them? I like the vibrant, I also like video chat, so if I can have both why not? No one is telling you to do it, you just keep running sammy's knock off ios touch wiz and leave the customization for people who understand what android is about. Better yet get a nice feature phone so I dont have to skim past your narrow minded crap. A hypocrit posts in xda about not modding a phone. Shove off troll. Help or leave.
Edit the ffc is built onto the i9000 cam prob costs an extra $5 tops in bulk, who here would not have paid a lincoln more for there phone?
Tmo removed it so the mytouch line would be the first to get it.
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OK, yes, maybe I'm trolling a little bit, but seriously, you people didn't even know you wanted this stupid gimmick till it wasn't there.
I wrote my last post because the guy said that putting in an FFC is "returning the device to the way the manufacturer intended". Well, the manufacturer intended you to use it with the unrooted stock UVJFD rom. Anything else (all the community roms, leaked roms, rooting, flashed GPS files from leaked roms, "lag fixes", etc) isn't the "way the manufacturer intended". Seems a bit hypocritical to me.
PS: I never said anybody hated their phone. Don't put text onto my keyboard that I never typed. For the record, I'm running LP+ on JI6 with a custom-modded Framework-res.apk and "/data/data to NAND" hack. So don't tell me I don't know anything about modding a phone.

Duly noted sir. I will hush. Lol
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jamboy5590 said:
Sell your vibrant and get the international galaxy s and then unlock it and root it
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Yeah, except for the whole lack of AWS bands, so you would get a ffc and no 3G whatsoever.

I live in atlanta ga I will pay someone to do this mod for me. I will pay pm me or email me at [email protected]

I live in the bay area and am willing to do this for you for $638.12

Does anyone dislike their Epic more and more everyday?

After a few months, the novelty of the phone has worn off and I find myself disliking and regreting my choice to buy this phone more and more every day. From the lack of froyo, software stability issues, gps, problems, useless keyboard, etc, it just seems more and more unsuited for daily use. I'm also becoming disappointed in Sprint's network. At first I thought it was leaps and bounds better than T-Mobile but now I'm not so sure. "4G" is an absolute joke unless you're outside, standing still, and 100 ft from a tower. This is not a flaming bash thread, just how I feel. I'm wondering if anyone else shares my views.
P.S. I live in NYC
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Sorry for the bad experiences man. I'm actually the opposite. I like it more and more everyday. I'm running epic experience froyo. Gps locks in seconds.(for me anyway) runs very smooth. Can't comment on 4g cause its not availabe in my area. Everyones has their opinion I guess. Have you considered the evo? I have to say thogh the evo has a better radio. A couple of friends have it and Ill be sitting right next to them and they get 2-3 more bars than me in certain areas. That's just my observation tho.
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Personally, I still dig the phone even more than I did when I got it. My 4g isn't great either, but there when I need it- anywhere from 2-5mbits. Despite the little the devs have had to work with, my phone (on 2.2) is way faster than when I got it. Stability wise- I've had a few self induced setbacks, but now I back up more often. Once the source is out, the sky's the limit.
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I feel the exact opposite. I'm loving my epic more and more every day. I've been running the froyo betas since day one and it runs just as good if not better than my buddies evo running the official froyo. I do believe I can do without the hardware keyboard because I find myself using the software kb a lot more than I thought I would. But my phone has been great so far. And for some reason I've never had a problem with gps. Even on froyo. I'm in ny also but I live out east in suffolk county so we don't have 4g yet. Doesn't bother me though when I'm home I use my wifi and at work we have wifi as well so I'm good with that. Also.. since having the epic, I get kind of disgusted when I look at a non SAMOLED screen. They look so washed out. This includes the iphone 4s screen although it is a bit sharper
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hugo87 said:
Sorry for the bad experiences man. I'm actually the opposite. I like it more and more everyday. I'm running epic experience froyo. Gps locks in seconds.(for me anyway) runs very smooth. Can't comment on 4g cause its not availabe in my area. Everyones has their opinion I guess. Have you considered the evo? I have to say thogh the evo has a better radio. A couple of friends have it and Ill be sitting right next to them and they get 2-3 more bars than me in certain areas. That's just my observation tho.
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Lol I must have been typing my reply as you posted yours. But our replies look similar
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Lol. First I ditched my captivate(pay as you go) then I got suckered into getting a fascinate and couldn't regret it more. That's why this message is sent from my incredible. And not a Samsung phone period. If Sammy made a phone that sucked my ****, swallowed, and showed pix of Kim kardashian while doing it I still wouldn't buy another one.
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ksizzle9 said:
Lol. First I ditched my captivate(pay as you go) then I got suckered into getting a fascinate and couldn't regret it more. That's why this message is sent from my incredible. And not a Samsung phone period. If Sammy made a phone that sucked my ****, swallowed, and showed pix of Kim kardashian while doing it I still wouldn't buy another one.
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The incredible is cute I guess. But I needed a mans phone. I'm done with any screen smaller than 4 in. The incredible is a decent phone but it is inferior to the epic in just about every way. But have fun with that though. And on top of that u pay so much more a month. So its a lose lose in my eyes. Sero ftw
Also i don't see the problem ppl are having with sammy phones. This is my first sammy phone after about 6 htc phones and I don't regret the switch at all. It feels a little plasticy at first but the quality is definitely not bad at all
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I don't have many phone to go by cause this is my first android phone but my friends from work who have iphone4, blackberry and a few other smartphones are all praising my Epic.
As far as 4g goes, I use it all the time and always get a good signal indoors or outdoors. BTW I'm in the Boston market. I did notice while in queens new york I didn't get a 4g signal indoors.

jok3sta said:
Lol I must have been typing my reply as you posted yours. But our replies look similar
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Haha agree!
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jok3sta said:
The incredible is cute I guess. But I needed a mans phone. I'm done with any screen smaller than 4 in. The incredible is a decent phone but it is inferior to the epic in just about every way. But have fun with that though. And on top of that u pay so much more a month. So its a lose lose in my eyes. Sero ftw
Also i don't see the problem ppl are having with sammy phones. This is my first sammy phone after about 6 htc phones and I don't regret the switch at all. It feels a little plasticy at first but the quality is definitely not bad at all
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Agree 100%. I would like to see 2.2.1 officially released though.

I am still in love with the phone. The only thing I wish is that we had 2.2 officially.

Actually, yeah, I'm right there with ya. I waited and waited and held off on buying an Evo, in spite of the fact that my wife and my dad were loving theirs, anxiously awaiting Epic launch day. I'm starting to regret it now, like for real. But I don't think the Evo is the perfect phone for me either, but it seems closer. I really like some of the other phones out there, but now I'm stuck on a Sprint family plan, and there isn't **** coming out any time soon (yeah, I know about the Knight, or Evo Shift or whatever, but I don't want a keyboard, dammit). Seems like T-Mo and Verizon are getting sweet new high end phones every week, and Sprint is just happy to get by on the success of the Evo. I guess I might be looking for a trade for an Evo soon, or selling mine on Ebay to buy an Evo. I really want to love this phone, but Samsung just isn't letting me. It'd be nice if every phone was available on every carrier. Stupid back door carrier/manufacturer deals.

Can we just stop making posts about how we hate our epics this is how the community gets into fights, that and when noobs ask questions.
THE FROYO EPIC EXPERIENCE

I'm in nyc and i dont have any of the issues you seem to have, i get 4g at work 5/1 d/u
i get 4g at home 7/1.2 d/u, my 3g service is fairly awesome(except on the corner of 22nd and park where i get ONLY get 4g). the phone itself is everything i expected, i bought great hardware. i fully expected to be able to hack at it and make it how i wanted, which is what we got with the albiet lackluster dev community, but at least i have froyo, the only major drawback that i can see to the epic has been the rather inconsitent seeming quality control on the hardware itself.
GPS working perfect on some or not at all/spotty on others. the major downside to the GPS problem and trying to find a fix(which could be as stupid as putting a papperclip on the internal antenae(dont do this it was only an example)) or just waiting for source and recompiling the drivers to cover more internal revisions of the chip. im guessing that since froyo is still "private beta" that the gps problems will persist, but since everyone seems to believe that di18 had solved it for all, it's hard to say. if you're unhappy with the phone because you feel left behind i dunno what to say except, did you really expect to get more than just a great hardware device and a phone network? We all bought this one above all else because of what it was not what it could become.

I enjoy this phone more and more everyday. I switched over from tmobile and I had the g1 with them and then the motorola cliq, they both worked fine when I 1st got them but being on the tmobile network was a pain, they always had problems(so I'm glad I ditced them after 5 yrs of service.)
Now as for the epic, its way faster then my other 2 android phones from tmobile and it let's me do more, I'm also in NYC and I've notice that 4g only works for me when I'm in the city. When I head home (brooklyn) it just doesn't stay connected to the 4g service so ill agree with you there. The other thing that I don't like is the keyboard and its lag, other then those two things I can deal with this phone, its quite fast and screen is freaking beautiful!
P.S: battery problem is a common for android phones so I don't include that in my dislikes.
- Its just going to be Epic!

I would say I like this phone the exact amount as the day I got it, which is a lot. I would say I like android more and more each day as I find new more useful apps.
As far as the phone is concerned I live and work very close to major freeways so 4g reception is terrific in my workplace and in my home, in fact it is better than 3g in both places. A downside for me is that this phone seems to have worse reception than my old tp2 but it has never really been to much of an issue. The battery has never been a problem for me, I can make it run out in a few hours if I really wanted but last weekend I was sick on the couch the whole holiday and my phone made it 40+ hours chillin beside me since i didn't really use it much. The keyboard is no touch pro 2 but I still prefer it over the screen for typing long emails and now that i have a GAMEGRIPPER i play emulators quite a bit. I do still need to shave down some of the gamegrippers buttons but i digress. Overall I am very satisfied and I hope that there are developers out there who will make stuff targeted at more powerful phones like ours.
edit: sorry the screenshot is kinda weird but it is still readable and my screen was only on for 62 min.

I suppose that there are more things to hate right now.
Battery life needs improvement. Hate.
My phone recently overheated and shut down. Hate.
Ran out of room for apps. Hate.
Pen-tile and poor whites. Hate.
GPS is worthless. Hate.
Very responsive. Like.
Boots up pretty quickly. Like.
Looks different than other phones. Like.
Keyboard - not sure. I actually want a 5-row keyboard, but I want one like the HTC Touch Pro 2; this layout isn't that great.

Bigjim1488 said:
I am still in love with the phone. The only thing I wish is that we had 2.2 officially.
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Ok.. this thread is not as boring as the other ones.. I agree with the above,
there is so much to like about the phone. If you don't like it.. get a phone that suits you.

Nah, my phone is really cool I totally dig it. About the only thing I dislike is the fact that the battery doesn't last very long.
About the keyboard.. its funny, I do a lot of typing through swype, like at least 80% or so. Sometimes I think I could have gotten away without a physical keyboard, then I go to type some non-dictionary word or url or something and it's just easier to flip out the physical keyboard than it is to fight with the on screen keyboard. I think of it like that old saying about guns.. "Better the have one and not need it than to need one and not have it."
edit: getting froyo on my phone was pretty easy. I'm marginally technically inclined and it wasn't any harder than installing/configuring an OS on a desktop (I guess technically it is exactly that) It took about a few hours of research and a couple retries to sort all the kinks out but it's very smooth now.
still bitter about that battery tho..
oh yea not receiving 4G service in San Pedro yet still paying extra for 4G is lame..

What is this" atrix is a bad phone" crap

Maybe im just stupid but damn I love my atrix.... I had inspire returned got atrix never looked back so wtf? Our bootloader is locked that's it.... the device is fast as hell and since 1.8.3 the motoblurr has been my pick with gladatrix so why do people talk about selling it for infuse.inspire and captivate? The inspire lags when over used and the atrix excells in high usage
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I blame it on the vocal minority. I love this phone. Hate motoblur? Download a different launcher. Hate bootlocked devices? Shouldn't have bought this phone. Hate the fingerprint scanner? Don't use this function. Etc... etc..
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its just the same 2 or 3 guys screaming like little girls.

The Atrix is a great device. People need to stop crying about it. No one wants to waste time reading complaints.

If I could marry my Atrix I would! She already accepted my proposal via SMS, but unfortunately, although I am forward thinking, the State of Massachusetts is not, so we cannot wed!

doing the opposite of that is also annoying imho.. (will become so if not yet)
just stop feeding the trolls and they will move elsewhere

I love my phone -- just one complaint really.... as an actual PHONE -- it's a little tough for people to understand me on the other end. I know there are a TON of factors that go into this.. but... still... I find myself just putting a phone call on speaker and talking on it that way. Sounds better and I can have better conversations as opposed to people on the other end going "What?"

s1mpd1ddy said:
I love my phone -- just one complaint really.... as an actual PHONE -- it's a little tough for people to understand me on the other end. I know there are a TON of factors that go into this.. but... still... I find myself just putting a phone call on speaker and talking on it that way. Sounds better and I can have better conversations as opposed to people on the other end going "What?"
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I'm actually used to that. I'm extremely soft spoken, and I always have people on the other end go huh? Or what?
Annoying at first, but it's okay now.
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I just got an Atrix but I've been using an inspire, having a tough time deciding which to sell, might keep both since they're both awesome phones
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Seriously. The phone is great and there are too many vocal winers on this forum for it's own good. That's it. Once we get a few custom kernels unlocking the phone's true potential (+3 multitouch) it will be even better.
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Just a lot of haters on it and Motorola on the internet for obvious reasons.
Plus At&t has a lot to do with it and since most people have their old tech still they want to believe that dual core is pointless and lags with motoblur and blah blah.
Just keep rehashing the same thing over and over again.
Watch if the bionic ever comes to verizon, it will be getting a lot more praise, even though it will be the same phone.
I get no lag on mine, it seems to be getting faster and faster the more crap I install on it. There were obviously some buggy models but if you get a good one, there's not too much to complain about it.
The browser is probably one of the best and that's what most people use their smartphones for.

Devnant said:
Seriously. The phone is great and there are too many vocal winers on this forum for it's own good. That's it. Once we get a few custom kernels unlocking the phone's true potential (+3 multitouch) it will be even better.
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You'r gonna be waiting a long time before moto unlocks this phone if they ever do which I doubt. Lts see how much you love this phone in six months when nothing has changed and much better phones are available.
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yeah, too many whiners on this forum.
i have been a power user of phones since my blue angel sx66 back in the day. i was a primarily winmo user (sometimes palm and bb for work) until recently when i tried wp7 and have now moved on to this atrix.
i really don't have any features that i am missing except remote desktop.
i like my atrix and still have my surround and tilt 2. but i still keep using my atrix. there are far too many clowns in here talking about dumb stuff and half of them don't even own an atrix.
and so what if something better comes out in six months. guess what??? there will always be something better coming out in six months. get in where you fit in.

My Atrix rocks. It's really snappy, it never lags and battery life is insane. When I had my Milestone, I could only squeeze 12 to 15 hrs from it with moderate use. My Atrix can hold a charge for 20+ hours with heavy use, even more if I use the Lapdock since it charges the phone.
Very happy with this device!

I agree with the vocal minority theory. Many of these people look at the locked bootloader and try to convince themselves it somehow makes the phone subpar, or they listen to the vocal minority group that says AT&T sucks and translate that to their phone.
I haven't owned any android phones in the past because I've heard from others that they're slow and laggy. However, I bought the Atrix because seeing one in person, it was exactly the opposite. Having owned mine for a month now (as of today, in fact), its still just as zippy (if not more zippy) than the day I bought it.
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You'r gonna be waiting a long time before moto unlocks this phone if they ever do which I doubt. Lts see how much you love this phone in six months when nothing has changed and much better phones are available.
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I believe he's referring to the kexec bypass by Kholk, not an official Motorola unlock. Once that is available and we have custom kernels, I'd be surprised if there isn't a reversal in attitude among these people.

s1mpd1ddy said:
I love my phone -- just one complaint really.... as an actual PHONE -- it's a little tough for people to understand me on the other end. I know there are a TON of factors that go into this.. but... still... I find myself just putting a phone call on speaker and talking on it that way. Sounds better and I can have better conversations as opposed to people on the other end going "What?"
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Check your background noise supression.. ( under call settings) wifes atrix was hard to hear till I turned it off..

gammite said:
yeah, too many whiners on this forum.
i have been a power user of phones since my blue angel sx66 back in the day. i was a primarily winmo user (sometimes palm and bb for work) until recently when i tried wp7 and have now moved on to this atrix.
i really don't have any features that i am missing except remote desktop.
i like my atrix and still have my surround and tilt 2. but i still keep using my atrix. there are far too many clowns in here talking about dumb stuff and half of them don't even own an atrix.
and so what if something better comes out in six months. guess what??? there will always be something better coming out in six months. get in where you fit in.
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Hey -- check out Teamviewer on the market --- all you need to do is install the server on your PC, and the app on your phone, and voila --- Remote Desktop.
the best part? .... its FREE for home users.

This phone is pretty cool. ONLY after it is rooted. I almost sold this phone until I rooted and put gibgerblur on it. I customized it to my liking and now I love it.
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DroidBabe said:
This phone is pretty cool. ONLY after it is rooted. I almost sold this phone until I rooted and put gibgerblur on it. I customized it to my liking and now I love it.
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Rooting rules for real for real!!!
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s1mpd1ddy said:
Hey -- check out Teamviewer on the market --- all you need to do is install the server on your PC, and the app on your phone, and voila --- Remote Desktop.
the best part? .... its FREE for home users.
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i have played with it. i dunno if i trust it. i can't see why they let it be used for no charge.

Anyone else not to thrilled with their Atrix?

Maybe its just me but im not as impressed with my Atrix as i thought i would be. Before this i had a Nexus one and it seemed like it was much faster than the Atrix it just seems like its always lagging a little bit, i can really tell it when i unlock it because it will randomly stop before im done swiping my code. (if that makes since, hard to explain) I would use the Finger Print scanner but that took about 6 times to finally unlock the phone. Last but not least the flash light on the back. I use to use it all the time but now it doesn't work half the time. It will start flashing and dim untill it finally goes dead and doesnt work. It has like a yellow tint to it to. (not sure if that's normal)
Also the dock was a waist of 80$ Its not worth but maybe 10$ I cant even sync the phone up to the computer in it.

I am pretty much in love with mine... No lag, no random restarts, no troubles from the flash, zero problems. I am rooted and using GingerBlur 4.5 ATM. Maybe try modding it some.

i think we need a separate sub-forum for unhappy users. that way I dont have to read them
I think the Atrix is GREAT. I have owned it for a few months and at the same time bought and returned the HTC Inspire, SGS2 and the HTC Sensation. It beat them ALL IMHO. especially in battery life, sound quality and loudness, and general ability to run anything I install without a hitch. It is fast but not over-tuned (and lacking torque when it matters). For example, I play a lot of video and onyl the Atrix plays everything without a stutter. OK its camera isnt as good as SGS2, but its good enough. I like its screen the most of all the devices (its the birghtest, especially whites). Its the only device I feel I can rely on for an entire day without being near a battery charger.

Sanbourne said:
Maybe its just me but im not as impressed with my Atrix as i thought i would be. Before this i had a Nexus one and it seemed like it was much faster than the Atrix it just seems like its always lagging a little bit, i can really tell it when i unlock it because it will randomly stop before im done swiping my code. (if that makes since, hard to explain) I would use the Finger Print scanner but that took about 6 times to finally unlock the phone. Last but not least the flash light on the back. I use to use it all the time but now it doesn't work half the time. It will start flashing and dim untill it finally goes dead and doesnt work. It has like a yellow tint to it to. (not sure if that's normal)
Also the dock was a waist of 80$ Its not worth but maybe 10$ I cant even sync the phone up to the computer in it.
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..And the towers are too far apart and it doesn't play the song I want and one of the guys at the att store smells funny. Also Im on XDA but I'm not too sure how to search or ask questions so I guess I will rant.

As has bene documented countless times in this forum, the hardware is being suffocated by the software. That's why everyone anxiously awaits the bypassing of the bootloader, loading custom kernels and ROMs, and why many people are pressuring Motorola to set their phone free. Motorola promises late 2011, but some people have different timelines to take matters into their own hands.

No, mine is fast and has no lag.
Getting faster the more crap I put on it.

@WiredPirate
If your not going to answer my question dont reply to my thread.
Trolls these days, i swear

Sanbourne said:
@WiredPirate
If your not going to answer my question dont reply to my thread.
Trolls these days, i swear
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Exactly what goes through my mind when I see responses like that.
I'm in the same boat as you Sanbourne. Been having a lot of problems with my Atrix and I'm just about ready to get rid of it

I have used many phones, and I mean MANY. The atrix is the only phone that has finally made me say, wow. I don't see the problems your having and maybe the fact that its an assembly line phone you might need to replace it. I run 3d graphics without a hitch. Screen scrolling and unlocking is smooth as butter. Not to mention call quality, speaker, display, etc... It is by far a beast of a device. I have packed almost 40gb of info into this thing, have over 80 apps, including games, productivity and more. I am probably at any given time running 15 or more processes in the background and still, it takes it with no problem. These are phones here, and in a world where we rely less on what they do and more on how they do it and how they look we seem to forget that nothing comes close to what this phone has achieved in a power user standpoint. Keep that all in mind when you think the atrix isn't that great or impressive. Its your personal workhorse, its not a "pretty" phone or a "wow look at that phone!" its a, "nope, leave the laptop, I have everything I need right here"

I'm so tired of people *****ing about there phone. If I don't like it take it back. I love mine....fast as hell....tons of features..
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J-man67 said:
I am pretty much in love with mine... No lag, no random restarts, no troubles from the flash, zero problems. I am rooted and using GingerBlur 4.5 ATM. Maybe try modding it some.
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same here
i m just waiting for the bootloader to be unlocked + / and GB 2.3.4
ekerbuddyeker said:
i think we need a separate sub-forum for unhappy users. that way I dont have to read them
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agreed

Sanbourne said:
@WiredPirate
If your not going to answer my question dont reply to my thread.
Trolls these days, i swear
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You didn't ask any questions, there is not one single question mark in your whole post. You only posted to complain. This is a public forum if you dont want to hear my reply then you should post in a private forum. Instead you want me to read your lame ass post and copy/paste the information here for you so you dont have to do any work finding the answers yourself? YOU are the troll.
XXtremeAzzKicker said:
I'm so tired of people *****ing about there phone. If I don't like it take it back. I love mine....fast as hell....tons of features..
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+1

skillz9669 said:
I have used many phones, and I mean MANY. The atrix is the only phone that has finally made me say, wow. I don't see the problems your having and maybe the fact that its an assembly line phone you might need to replace it. I run 3d graphics without a hitch. Screen scrolling and unlocking is smooth as butter. Not to mention call quality, speaker, display, etc... It is by far a beast of a device. I have packed almost 40gb of info into this thing, have over 80 apps, including games, productivity and more. I am probably at any given time running 15 or more processes in the background and still, it takes it with no problem. These are phones here, and in a world where we rely less on what they do and more on how they do it and how they look we seem to forget that nothing comes close to what this phone has achieved in a power user standpoint. Keep that all in mind when you think the atrix isn't that great or impressive. Its your personal workhorse, its not a "pretty" phone or a "wow look at that phone!" its a, "nope, leave the laptop, I have everything I need right here"
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Same here and with Citrix Xen Desktop and the lapdock I can run a Windows XP session and use Excel/Word and all my other office software....
I don't understand about the flashlight...although I have read that some apps can burn out the led on a phone. Maybe you should take it in under warranty.
On the keypad..there is a delay if you are in the process of rebooting your phone. Otherwise entering the code is instantaneous. Fingerprint reader may take me two times..

Ive owned a moto backflip and htc aria before getting this phone and in my opinion, it feels like a better version of the motorola backflip
Life is a banquet and death is dessert

WiredPirate said:
You didn't ask any questions, there is not one single question mark in your whole post. You only posted to complain. This is a public forum if you dont want to hear my reply then you should post in a private forum. Instead you want me to read your lame ass post and copy/paste the information here for you so you dont have to do any work finding the answers yourself? YOU are the troll.
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I'm pretty sure you're the troll. If you don't like the content of the thread (or can already tell you won't by reading the title), exercise some god damn willpower and DON'T REPLY. You're wasting everyone's time.

I came from a Vodafone UK Iphone 4 and got back to the states...I picked up the atrix after a BUNCH of research. I am really happy with it. So much I really havent even paid attention to upcoming phones.(thats how I gauge how much i really like a phone). it is kinda like being happy with your woman enough not to notice all the others out there.
The other thing to keep in mind is the version of Android isnt even supporting ALL that this phone can do. So it really is future proof for a while. Gingerblur has made things smooth as can possibly be also.
give it some time bro

OP, I disagree with you. I recently baught a nexus one for my wife, $270 brand new. Although I love its build quality, my Atrix is MUCH faster (with Go launcher EX). And yes, even the Nexus one with its 1 Ghz CPU lags after a day of use.
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dLo GSR said:
I'm pretty sure you're the troll. If you don't like the content of the thread (or can already tell you won't by reading the title), exercise some god damn willpower and DON'T REPLY. You're wasting everyone's time.
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Now you're the troll. If you don't like the content of my post, exercise some god damn willpower and DON'T REPLY. You're wasting everyone's time.

skillz9669 said:
Keep that all in mind when you think the atrix isn't that great or impressive. Its your personal workhorse, its not a "pretty" phone or a "wow look at that phone!" its a, "nope, leave the laptop, I have everything I need right here"
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Exactly what I think about the atrix.
I love it.
Great post skillz. +1

Will agree with OP... It's nice but nothing takes advantage of the dual cores it seems.
Live Wallpaper is laggy (with launcher pro or motoblur), the screen takes forever to turn on, it seems every other previous flagship device is getting updates (It's pissing me off!)...
Next time I'm definitely going with HTC, if I can't find a good HTC I'll opt for samsung, but never again for Motorola. Or AT&T for that fact.

Is anyone else picky about letting anyone else hold your phone!?

So....who else here doesn't feel comfortable with anyone else holding their device?
Like when someone asks to use your phone, or when a friend sees you playing a cool game and he says, oh can i see? And when you say no, you get that "why don't you trust me look?"
I go to a friends house, and they have a son who always was able to use his dads evo to play games, so when I go over to his house, he wants to touch and play with my phone, but I don't let him lol. But his mom was like, oh he won't drop it! and seemed to get a little offended by this.
It's not that I don't trust anyone with my phone, it's just that I don't trust anyone with my phone.
So, that about sums it up. This phone is my baby, and I just don't trust anyone else to hold it!
The end.
Thanks for reading

OMG, that is so me!
When I show someone a pic of my kids or something, and they reach for the phone, I instinctively pull it away. No one touches my Evo! no one! lol

I do this to plus in my hood u don't let anyone touch your stuff.
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I do this!! Lol. My EVO is my baby. I rarely even let my girlfriend touch my phone. Lol. Leggo my EVO!!
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I feel the same way lol and if I let someone touch my phone it's only for a minute or two haha. People are nosy,they try to read your text messages and look at your pictures etc.
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Project_S14 said:
I feel the same way lol and if I let someone touch my phone it's only for a minute or two haha. People are nosy,they try to read your text messages and look at your pictures etc.
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LOL. People are always trying to find something.

I'm always afraid that they will drop it or something, then just say something like, oh im sorry, you have insurance right?..I mean I don't even feel comfortable with them touching it! It's my baby and no one touches my baby
Lego my evo, lol nice.

If you think about it, touch screen phones are great germ carriers. The last thing I want is someone using my phone after they just came out of the bathroom, neglecting to wash their hands.
EVO | Swagged Out Stock Rom

I just don't wanna be showing pics and they hit back accidentally and see the gallery of naked chics I get sent to me by my honeys

I had to get an Evo for the wife, so she wouldn't touch mine!
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i love showing off my rooted evo to other evo owners who dont kno how to root lol, but once they see how awesome it is, they wanna get their hands on it, and its a no no for me, i don't like them playing around with it haha

I agree with all the above reasons and will add another, every time i let another Evo owner hold mine it always ends up in "aw man that's awesome......can you do mine like that"! HAHA

i dont have a problem with friends holding my phone because i dont have friends that lack basic motor skills such as holding a small inanimate object.

seriously? get a life... if you're that worried about your phone then get insurance or wrap it in bubble wrap.

I guess it depends on the person if they only have experience in a feature phone I will dial the number and hand it to them if they're into rooting and hacking and etc I give them a little freedom because the first thing I do when handed a phone is start looking at what they are running and what kind if set up they have goin on and for those who like to look at your photos and texts don't let them in your bathroom cause you know they are looking in your medicine cabnet
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I let someone hold my evo once. A five year old girl my sister babysits was over and she wanted to take a picture of a butterfly outside. feeling like a nice guy i let her. she threw it back to me while my back was turned and it shattered the screen. NEVER AGAIN!!

Omg, i am so like this too. I will reluctantly let some people have it, but i do my best not to. and when i do let people have it, i am so nervous while they have it. It might be partly withdrawal symptoms as well LOL.
Doesn't help that most my friends are completely ignorant of tech, and some have ability to break anything the touch. so i am even more D: when they want to see it for something x-x;;;
As someone else said, and the inevitable OMGs CAN YOU DO THAT TO MINE???? x-x

Nah I love showing off my rooted Evo, especially to iPhone users lol. I'm not too worried about it because I'm rocking the otterbox defender series
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I am with a particular friend of mine. He's dropped it twice and the GPS seems to magically stop working every time he picks it up in the car....

If its a friend or relative who is a adult (no slobbering babies) and they want to check something out, then I could care less.
You all are just way too uptight. *rolls eyes
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