Re: Welcome to the Samsung Epic 4G! Please introduce yourselves h
I've been posting here a bit recently, but don't think I did an intro. I'm not sure what to say, but I got my Epic about 1 year ago, and it's my first Android phone. I came over from Palm devices (PalmOS, not webOS), which I liked and generally worked fine for my needs. But they didn't seem to be going very far, and almost all app development seemed like it was for iPhones and Androids. I couldn't try all the new cool apps I was reading about on tech sites. So when I decided to upgrade, I went for an Android. I had basically narrowed it down to the Epic and the Evo, but the physical keyboard on the Epic was probably the big draw for me. I actually don't use it as much as I thought I would, but I still like having it. I've never rooted my phone, but I am considering it more seriously now, especially since I don't expect that the Epic will get an official Ice Cream Sandwich release. Rooting to do a bit of customizing might help me last until I'm eligible for an upgrade next year, at which point I'll probably go to the latest Nexus device. Don't get me wrong, the Epic's a good phone, when it works well, but I've had a lot of minor problems with it. Gingerbread seems to be helping, but I'm still thinking that root/ROM may be good, and getting away from Samsung with it's terrible OS update history would help (since Google supports the Nexus devices, I'd make an exception for that). I guess that's a decent summary for now. I'm not sure how active I'll be here, but I'll probably at least pop in now and then to read about what's going on and to hopefully find info or answers to questions I may have.