I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favor of

[MannyZ28]

....the Galaxy S2 Epic Touch 4G....

Yes yes...I know, I was one of the people that dizzed the GS2 when all we had to work with was the European/Asian version....but here's what happened.

I am on my second Evo 3d already, and like the first one, my business email just wasn't checked unless I did it manually. I tried everything under the sun, with no success. I missed a lot of important emails that way and it drove me crazy! Aside from that, the phone started to just run hot and kill the battery for no reason, I had to do a battery pull to "fix" this issue. Also, at times it wouldn't charge completely over night and I had to start the day with a very hot, half way charged phone, not good at all! It's latest trick was to just turn the backlight of the screen on for no reason. It displayed nothing, just a black screen, and at times it would just flash on and off, other times it would come on and stay on.

I didn't want to get a refurb, and the whole waiting for a new phone thing was just not appealing to me. Besides that, I did have a few issues with with the phone in general. I was really looking forward to a faster dual core phone to replace my slow pokey Evo 4G. Too many games just didn't run well on it, and Live Wallpapers didn't run smoothly at all. I was hoping that the Evo 3d would resolve this, but it didn't, not completely at least. That stupid carousel gimmick killed the fun of any type of wallpaper, being it just a picture or a live one just because all you see is on part of it, due to the dumb carousel you never got to see the rest of the wallpaper, that really didn't sit well with me. The games for the most part ran pretty good, but, because it's an Evo 3d, quite a few of the gameloft games were either not available or you had to get the 3d version, granted, you could turn the 3d off, but the games still didn't run as well as their 2d only counterparts.

I dropped a lot of calls with the first one, the second one was better, but still not perfect, and voice quality on both ends wasn't great either. Again, this is my business phone, I can't sound like I am talking through a cup with a string attached. Lastly, the phone just never felt like a new phone to me. The difference between it and the Evo 4g were limited to certain games running much faster, but that was about it. With a live wallpaper enabled, the switching from homescreen to homescreen was jerky and the phone just didn't feel fast to me.

So then when they announced the SGS2 on Sprint, I paid attention. I watched a ton of reviews and this phone just had what I wanted, it was smooth and fast, Touchwiz 4 isn't as bad as I thought it might be, it actually has some nice features. I never really used the fancy looking HTC Widgets once, so the comparative lack of widgets on the SGS2 doesn't bother me one bit. It's fast, the screen looks amazing, and the fact that it's not qhd doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. This thing is just fast fast smooth smooth and fast, that's all I can say. It really feels like a new, or "next gen" (compared to the Evo 4g) phone to me. Call quality is much better on both ends, and I really have no issue with reception either. The colors really pop, I thought it would be a bit much based on the early comparison videos I saw between the SGS2 and the HTC Sensation, but now that I have this gorgeous screen, I can't find anything wrong with it. The camera is faster and takes way better pictures too, and the 3d....well, I don't miss it one bit!

Anyways, it was great hanging out here and waiting for the arrival of the Evo 3d, but it just wasn't what I hoped it would be.

Now I am happy...until the next superphone comes out....

 

[CarrieK]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I am glad you have a device that makes you happy. What others think doesn't matter since you are the one who has to use and live with the phone. Having said that, I do not understand why people who have changed to a different device feel the need to come back and provide PSAS on the EVO 3D forum about how much better their new device is, like there is some need to educate those of us who are somehow lacking in judgment on how ignorant we are to be happy with the device we chose. I have an NS4G and found that it does not get 3G or 4G service when my EVO 3D does, yet I do not feel the need to go to the NS4G forum and point it out. Why undermine someone's choice and try to make them feel stupid for their decision? What do you expect us to do? Say, "Oh, what an idiot I am. I am sooo glad you made me realize the error of my ways! I'll put my EVO 3D on Craigslist immediately so some unsuspecting idiot will buy it so I can finally get a great phone since before this post I had no clue what a decent phone is!"

I have had my EVO 3D since 6/23 and have not regretted it for a moment. Perhaps I am just in a mood, but I really find posts like this condescending and downright insulting.

 

[VickMackey#AC]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

don't feel bad. I'm ditching the 3d for a better device next year with ICS and hopefully a better camera. What I wouldn't do is ditch it for a device without a qhd or HD screen. Don't mind Carriek, she's the resident EVO defender.

 

[onesie13]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

Congrats on getting the ET4G. i was going to switch to that but ultimately it didn't feel right or as sturdy imo so i went Evo 3d, its not perfect by a longshot but i'll live. I also agree with carriek, though maybe not to that extent. Never understood the farewell thread, even if you enjoyed specific people of this community i'd just personally pm them or something rather than doing this. Hope you enjoy your new phone.

 

[Wiley_11]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

....the Galaxy S2 Epic Touch 4G....

Yes yes...I know, I was one of the people that dizzed the GS2 when all we had to work with was the European/Asian version....but here's what happened.

I am on my second Evo 3d already, and like the first one, my business email just wasn't checked unless I did it manually. I tried everything under the sun, with no success. I missed a lot of important emails that way and it drove me crazy! Aside from that, the phone started to just run hot and kill the battery for no reason, I had to do a battery pull to "fix" this issue. Also, at times it wouldn't charge completely over night and I had to start the day with a very hot, half way charged phone, not good at all! It's latest trick was to just turn the backlight of the screen on for no reason. It displayed nothing, just a black screen, and at times it would just flash on and off, other times it would come on and stay on.

I didn't want to get a refurb, and the whole waiting for a new phone thing was just not appealing to me. Besides that, I did have a few issues with with the phone in general. I was really looking forward to a faster dual core phone to replace my slow pokey Evo 4G. Too many games just didn't run well on it, and Live Wallpapers didn't run smoothly at all. I was hoping that the Evo 3d would resolve this, but it didn't, not completely at least. That stupid carousel gimmick killed the fun of any type of wallpaper, being it just a picture or a live one just because all you see is on part of it, due to the dumb carousel you never got to see the rest of the wallpaper, that really didn't sit well with me. The games for the most part ran pretty good, but, because it's an Evo 3d, quite a few of the gameloft games were either not available or you had to get the 3d version, granted, you could turn the 3d off, but the games still didn't run as well as their 2d only counterparts.

I dropped a lot of calls with the first one, the second one was better, but still not perfect, and voice quality on both ends wasn't great either. Again, this is my business phone, I can't sound like I am talking through a cup with a string attached. Lastly, the phone just never felt like a new phone to me. The difference between it and the Evo 4g were limited to certain games running much faster, but that was about it. With a live wallpaper enabled, the switching from homescreen to homescreen was jerky and the phone just didn't feel fast to me.

So then when they announced the SGS2 on Sprint, I paid attention. I watched a ton of reviews and this phone just had what I wanted, it was smooth and fast, Touchwiz 4 isn't as bad as I thought it might be, it actually has some nice features. I never really used the fancy looking HTC Widgets once, so the comparative lack of widgets on the SGS2 doesn't bother me one bit. It's fast, the screen looks amazing, and the fact that it's not qhd doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. This thing is just fast fast smooth smooth and fast, that's all I can say. It really feels like a new, or "next gen" (compared to the Evo 4g) phone to me. Call quality is much better on both ends, and I really have no issue with reception either. The colors really pop, I thought it would be a bit much based on the early comparison videos I saw between the SGS2 and the HTC Sensation, but now that I have this gorgeous screen, I can't find anything wrong with it. The camera is faster and takes way better pictures too, and the 3d....well, I don't miss it one bit!

Anyways, it was great hanging out here and waiting for the arrival of the Evo 3d, but it just wasn't what I hoped it would be.

Now I am happy...until the next superphone comes out....

Manny......say it ain't so!! I for one have enjoyed your posts, *till now* j/k Come by and visit. I personally care about what phone you use about as much as I care what shoes you wear. Good luck with your new toy.

 

[Wiley_11]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I am glad you have a device that makes you happy. What others think doesn't matter since you are the one who has to use and live with the phone. Having said that, I do not understand why people who have changed to a different device feel the need to come back and provide PSAS on the EVO 3D forum about how much better their new device is, like there is some need to educate those of us who are somehow lacking in judgment on how ignorant we are to be happy with the device we chose. I have an NS4G and found that it does not get 3G or 4G service when my EVO 3D does, yet I do not feel the need to go to the NS4G forum and point it out. Why undermine someone's choice and try to make them feel stupid for their decision? What do you expect us to do? Say, "Oh, what an idiot I am. I am sooo glad you made me realize the error of my ways! I'll put my EVO 3D on Craigslist immediately so some unsuspecting idiot will buy it so I can finally get a great phone since before this post I had no clue what a decent phone is!"

I have had my EVO 3D since 6/23 and have not regretted it for a moment. Perhaps I am just in a mood, but I really find posts like this condescending and downright insulting.

If I had as many problems as Manny had with the E3D I would moved on also. We have 2 E3ds here with none of those problems. At least now, after his PSA, I won't wonder if he's lying in a ditch or something. ltm ltm

Great point about CL. I imagine that's where most of the lemon phones go.

 

[CarrieK]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I'll be the first to admit that I was a bit rash in my post. I am not going to go back and edit it because a person should stand by his or her words, and you can't unring a bell. I know there are people who have had serious issues with the EVO 3D. Just like there are people who can't stand Samsung for various reasons.

I like Manny and he has always been nice. I guess his post was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back.

I have always maintained that we are all different and what you may like may be different than what I like. That is the great thing about choices. I respect others' choices and just don't understand why others can't accept mine. Sometimes when I come here I wonder if I am in the correct forum because of all the negativity. When I get another device, I am not going to start a goodbye thread and list all the reasons why I "left." When I got my EVO 4G I didn't go back to the Optimus S forum to break the news and share all the reasons why I did it and why they should too. The same is true when I moved from my EVO 4G to the EVO 3D. I just moved on to the forum for each device and started joining in the discussions there.

 

[MannyZ28]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I am glad you have a device that makes you happy. What others think doesn't matter since you are the one who has to use and live with the phone. Having said that, I do not understand why people who have changed to a different device feel the need to come back and provide PSAS on the EVO 3D forum about how much better their new device is, like there is some need to educate those of us who are somehow lacking in judgment on how ignorant we are to be happy with the device we chose. I have an NS4G and found that it does not get 3G or 4G service when my EVO 3D does, yet I do not feel the need to go to the NS4G forum and point it out. Why undermine someone's choice and try to make them feel stupid for their decision? What do you expect us to do? Say, "Oh, what an idiot I am. I am sooo glad you made me realize the error of my ways! I'll put my EVO 3D on Craigslist immediately so some unsuspecting idiot will buy it so I can finally get a great phone since before this post I had no clue what a decent phone is!"

I have had my EVO 3D since 6/23 and have not regretted it for a moment. Perhaps I am just in a mood, but I really find posts like this condescending and downright insulting.

I have been posting in this particular forum ever since it was started, it was an exciting journey talking about our new toy. I was also a very opiniated person when it came to the GS2, meaning, I didn't like it. This is a forum about our experiences with the Evo 3d, I shared mine. I didn't call anyone silly for using a Evo 3d, I didn't tell anyone to rush to the next store and trade in their E3d for a GS2. I had two E3ds and neither of them lived up to my expectations, and since this is a E3d forum, I shared my experience with it.

People that read what I used to write about the GS2 in the past would probably never expect me to switch, and since I used to be a very active member in this forum, I thought I'd share my story, knowing full well that not everyone cares about what shoes I wear, uh, I mean what phone I use

 

[FrostyGTA]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I like Manny and he has always been nice. I guess his post was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back.

Wow, dramatic much?

 

[MannyZ28]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I guess it's a sign I miss a bit from my Evo 3d..... I bought Widgetlocker so I can get the Evo3d lock screen back!

 

[VickMackey#AC]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

people get way too emotional and wrapped up in a phone. I had a pre, it was good for a month then it sucked and here I am. I was impressed with the 3D for a while but now I want a better camera. That's life, we shouldn't begrudge someone for a choice. Eventually we will all find this phone inadequate and move on I suspect

 

[warpdrive]

I guess it's a sign I miss a bit from my Evo 3d..... I bought Widgetlocker so I can get the Evo3d lock screen back!

LOL. Do you want me to send you the HTC widgets?

sent with my EVO3D with lazer beams

 

[Sean-Troy]

LOL. Do you want me to send you the HTC widgets?

sent with my EVO3D with lazer beams

If you can send the htc widgets I'd like to have them

 

[IAmSixNine]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I know you have switched but perhaps a hard reset would solve the over heating problems. Sounds to me like an app or something was running rogue and causing the processor to work a lot. Thus killing battery and over heating the unit. That might have solved that issue.

As far as sound quality, there are mentions of a fix on here and XDA. Its changing one of the vocoders to EVCR-B enabled. This helped the sound quality on mine.

The email thing is odd, but i have a work email which is exchange, and we had a security certificate issue in the begining, once that was resolved my mail worked just like it was supposed to.

last Friday i switched to an Epic Touch my self just to try it out. I am very happy with my 3D but i wanted to play with the bigger and better screen. Both devices have pros and cons.
Its to bad your leaving on such bad circumstances.

 

[rico college]

Lets keep this real. You needed. A phone with better reception for work. Fine you made a good choice. As for me, a power user. No way I could move to a phone with lower resolution. That's a big step backwords. Any not qhd or higher is old tech period.

Sent from my EVO 3D

 

[hitman4274]

people get way too emotional and wrapped up in a phone. I had a pre, it was good for a month then it sucked and here I am. I was impressed with the 3D for a while but now I want a better camera. That's life, we shouldn't begrudge someone for a choice. Eventually we will all find this phone inadequate and move on I suspect

I will never find my 3vo inadequate, regardless of new devices coming out that are better for what ever reason.
This is technology at its finest at this specific date,

That's like saying my lap top is inadequate because their are better ones out a week later, even if we buy a new device the prior device doesn't lack anything the technology just wasn't there yet, or our pockets don't allow for it yet, idk just my opinion,

And as far as the op goes, as stated before we could care less which phone you use, there are a ton of developers that have left their EVO 3ds behind for something different and most still do their part and continue to develop without the device, just out of respect for the community they continue to spend countless hours developing something they will not use themselves.
And most of the time you have to ask them why they got rid of the EVO 3d, u won't see them posting stuff like this, cause the device doesn't make you who you are.
So do what you do use the devices u like, thats the power of Droid over apple anyday, we have choices... Just think if u liked apple you would be able to choose,from an iPhone 4, or an iPhone 4s....or an iPhone4... Wow what choices lol, so be thankful for the choices we have as android users and enjoy the variety

Shot from my shooter in 3D
injected with cleanrom2.7

 

[MannyZ28]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

The email thing really is weird. It worked perfectly fine on my Evo 4g, and nothing really has changed as far as my business email account goes.

The resolution thing, yes....I was a big supporter of the (if it's not qhd, go home) movement, but the rest of the screen just looks so nice (again, I thought the colors would look cartoony until I saw it in real life for myself) that it makes up for the few less pixels. Quite a few apps still didn't support qhd properly so things looked a little weird running them on the Evo 3d. Besides, I usually just keep my phones for one year and move on after that, especially now since this phone was bought at best buy and I have the buy back program with it that gives me a good amount of money back within the first 11 months of ownership.

Besides the screen, the biggest reason for switching was performance. The Evo 3d just didn't seem to perform much better than the Evo 4g did, besides in graphics intensive games, so because of that, I really didn't get that new phone feeling after buying it.

So, between the problems I had with it, and the other just mentioned reasons, I just had to do it.

I know...no one cares what phone I have, but then again, we're discussing my experience with my Evo 3d, and this is what this forum is for.

And no, I don't miss the HTC widgets that much, the only one I used was the stock market one.

 

[warpdrive]

I'm glad you're happy Manny.
I too like the gs2, but at least the last time I played with one, it was no faster then my 3D.

I have a game and lookout running in the background at all times and my phone seems no slower then the Sammy. (And my boss hates his bionic now that he saw it snow on my phone this evening. LOL)

swiped to you in 3D

 

[MannyZ28]

Re: I have a confession to make...I parted with my Evo 3d in favo

I'm glad you're happy Manny.
I too like the gs2, but at least the last time I played with one, it was no faster then my 3D.

I have a game and lookout running in the background at all times and my phone seems no slower then the Sammy. (And my boss hates his bionic now that he saw it snow on my phone this evening. LOL)

swiped to you in 3D

What bugged me the most on the 3d was how jerky the UI felt, especially with a live wallpaper running. I like live wallpapers, I bought some and I want to use them, but the new version of sense keeps them from working properly and makes the transitions from homescreen to homescreen stutter.

Yeah the Bionic is a bit of a stepchild, with the Galaxy Nexus or even the Razr right around the corner, Bionic owners must feel a bit cheated.

 

[yankeesusa]

....the Galaxy S2 Epic Touch 4G....

Yes yes...I know, I was one of the people that dizzed the GS2 when all we had to work with was the European/Asian version....but here's what happened.

I am on my second Evo 3d already, and like the first one, my business email just wasn't checked unless I did it manually. I tried everything under the sun, with no success. I missed a lot of important emails that way and it drove me crazy! Aside from that, the phone started to just run hot and kill the battery for no reason, I had to do a battery pull to "fix" this issue. Also, at times it wouldn't charge completely over night and I had to start the day with a very hot, half way charged phone, not good at all! It's latest trick was to just turn the backlight of the screen on for no reason. It displayed nothing, just a black screen, and at times it would just flash on and off, other times it would come on and stay on.

I didn't want to get a refurb, and the whole waiting for a new phone thing was just not appealing to me. Besides that, I did have a few issues with with the phone in general. I was really looking forward to a faster dual core phone to replace my slow pokey Evo 4G. Too many games just didn't run well on it, and Live Wallpapers didn't run smoothly at all. I was hoping that the Evo 3d would resolve this, but it didn't, not completely at least. That stupid carousel gimmick killed the fun of any type of wallpaper, being it just a picture or a live one just because all you see is on part of it, due to the dumb carousel you never got to see the rest of the wallpaper, that really didn't sit well with me. The games for the most part ran pretty good, but, because it's an Evo 3d, quite a few of the gameloft games were either not available or you had to get the 3d version, granted, you could turn the 3d off, but the games still didn't run as well as their 2d only counterparts.

I dropped a lot of calls with the first one, the second one was better, but still not perfect, and voice quality on both ends wasn't great either. Again, this is my business phone, I can't sound like I am talking through a cup with a string attached. Lastly, the phone just never felt like a new phone to me. The difference between it and the Evo 4g were limited to certain games running much faster, but that was about it. With a live wallpaper enabled, the switching from homescreen to homescreen was jerky and the phone just didn't feel fast to me.

So then when they announced the SGS2 on Sprint, I paid attention. I watched a ton of reviews and this phone just had what I wanted, it was smooth and fast, Touchwiz 4 isn't as bad as I thought it might be, it actually has some nice features. I never really used the fancy looking HTC Widgets once, so the comparative lack of widgets on the SGS2 doesn't bother me one bit. It's fast, the screen looks amazing, and the fact that it's not qhd doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. This thing is just fast fast smooth smooth and fast, that's all I can say. It really feels like a new, or "next gen" (compared to the Evo 4g) phone to me. Call quality is much better on both ends, and I really have no issue with reception either. The colors really pop, I thought it would be a bit much based on the early comparison videos I saw between the SGS2 and the HTC Sensation, but now that I have this gorgeous screen, I can't find anything wrong with it. The camera is faster and takes way better pictures too, and the 3d....well, I don't miss it one bit!

Anyways, it was great hanging out here and waiting for the arrival of the Evo 3d, but it just wasn't what I hoped it would be.

Now I am happy...until the next superphone comes out....

Hey, I have the 3d and the epic touch is not bad at all as a replacement. I would give up my 3d for the epic touch but I just love htc sense. Plus my 3d doesn't sell for enough money to buy the sgs2. I will wait till June to buy another. Maybe an htc lte phone will be out, or the next nexus will be out also. Either way the sgs2 is a nice phone and I would give up my 3d for it if I had the money.

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