Got a brand new Evo, stark improvements from my launch model!?

acf3passion

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I bought the Evo 3d on launch date last year. Well it got broken and got a brand new phone through insurance just now.

Right away I noticed stark improvements:

*Camera snaps picture much faster. The launch model's lag was terribly slow.

*Camera doesn't suffer from its NOTORIOUS green-tinting, I LOVE THIS

*Speaker volume is louder for sure. At max volume, you can hear the speaker static/blowing (too much volume). This was never the case with the launch model.

*I'm not sure about this, but I seem to type easier on this.

I'm just so happy about these changes alone. There has always been a cry about Evo 3D's terrible picture quality and they speculated it was software issue. If it's fixed on the new version, why not on existing models?
 
Re: Got a brand new Evo, stark improvements from my launch model!

Really? Is you new phone on a different hardware version? (Settings > About phone > Hardware information) I got mine in July 2011 and it's hardware version 0002.

What about software number, kernel version, build number, etc? (Settings > About phone > Software information)

I'm curious to know what (if anything) is different.
 
Re: Got a brand new Evo, stark improvements from my launch model!

Same thing happened with me. The build still says 002 but way louder and faster camera. Maybe a repaired build and not a new one? Oh wifi is stronger as well.
 
Re: Got a brand new Evo, stark improvements from my launch model!

its the new build # 2.17.651.5 its as fast if not faster than the old build overclocked
 
Re: Got a brand new Evo, stark improvements from my launch model!

Maybe the original phone was just defective from day 1?1? I got a new phone about a month ago because my day 1 Evo3D screen stopped responding to touch and I didn't notice anything different from a performance standpoint. I can tell you that installing custom ROMs has really unlocked the full potential of my phone! There is no comparison to the custom ROM I am running now to the stock Sprint/HTC ROM.
 
Re: Got a brand new Evo, stark improvements from my launch model!

its the new build # 2.17.651.5 its as fast if not faster than the old build overclocked

But we've had the 2.17.651.5 build for a while now. It was definitely an improvement, but I'm assuming the OP is referring to something more recent.