Will MoPho be as supported as HTC??

[gTen]

Support starts somewhere...I remember back in the day when I mentioned the Galaxy S people would say how "devs won't support it" but guess what? in the end it was supported and pretty well, the i9000 is pretty much the 2nd biggest forum on xda (and this does not include all the other variants, if you combine the variants its the biggest).

So it may be a little rough early on, but you definitely will get there..with such powerful hardware and Android OS, generally stock is decent..and custom roms is just pure benefit.

[syanni85]

Originally Posted by gTen

Support starts somewhere...I remember back in the day when I mentioned the Galaxy S people would say how "devs won't support it" but guess what? in the end it was supported and pretty well, the i9000 is pretty much the 2nd biggest forum on xda (and this does not include all the other variants, if you combine the variants its the biggest).

So it may be a little rough early on, but you definitely will get there..with such powerful hardware and Android OS, generally stock is decent..and custom roms is just pure benefit.

you are right about it taking time to build a collection of ROMs and Devs, BUT, we are comparing apples to oranges here. The Evo 3D was a HUGE deal for sprint (even tho euro carriers are getting it too) with a better marketing campaign, and the photon kinda flew under the radar... Plus, the Photon is Sprints first Moto device and people are scared to try something new, when they loved their OG Evo so much. My uncle, original Evo owner, is an average user and returned the Photon after 1 day because he hated it so much, now he has the 3D and loves it like no other. Hands down the 3D is the bigger seller because Sense is just what people are used to now, and my god do A LOT of people stand by Sense like its the best thing since sliced bread (i am not one of them, i prefer closer to AOSP).

HTC reminds me of Volvo cars. They are the safest cars around, well built and last a long time, and usually, once a volvo owner, always a volvo owner. But for the price, if you sacrifice having the "safest car", you can get a car way cooler with better features/options (ie Infinity or BMW). Some people just don't like change tho.

i'm super excited to see Yay4Juggs and Calk deving for the photon tho. When it comes down to it, i'd rather have a few big names on the dev team rather than dozens of "ok" devs. I've dramatically slowed down my "rom-testing" flashaholic ways lately and have been sticking with the big named devs and stablest ROMs.

[darren.wlsn1]

"i'm super excited to see Yay4Juggs and Calk deving for the photon tho. When it comes down to it, i'd rather have a few big names on the dev team rather than dozens of "ok" devs. I've dramatically slowed down my "rom-testing" flashaholic ways lately and have been sticking with the big named devs and stablest ROMs."





exactly the way im thinking plus source is not out yet.

[gator352]

I feel the same way as you guys. I'm not stuck to one brand or one manufacturer but some swear by HTC. Kinda like some swear by apple. HTC makes good phones like the E4G. I still have 3 of them on my payroll! But the E3D...not so much.

Where I live, rural lake county, Florida, my E4G's got good reception. I had to literally make it go into roaming or drop a call. The E3D, all 3 I had, reception was almost non-existent and that bothered me. Dropped calls more than AT&T and sound quality was worse than 20 year old radio shack paper speakers. Not to mention the screen tilt on 2 of them and dust under the screens. I just could not like the E3D even though I tried so hard. Sense is a bombshell though. I like how it does the weather and how it ties alot of the OS into it making things pretty easy. But the skin isn't a make or break for me.

The moPho beats the E3D, even the E4G, in reception and sound quality. To me there is no comparison between the two. This IS a big deal for me as I drive a dump truck for a living and them things get loud, not to mention I drive all over Florida. So I need a phone that's a phone first ( have a 2 year old) to talk to the wife when needed then a PDA second. And that's what, to me, the Photon is.

I like the moPho for it's simplistic UI. Nothing real fancy, but totally customizable. The motoblur or whatever they call it now, seems slow, unfinished, and kinda just blah. So I added LP and this thing flies and is smooth as butter. I couldn't be happier. The only gripe I have with it though is BT. Seems if I use it during the day, then turn it off when I get home, I have all the problems everyone says they have. P/S stops working, locked dialer screen, silent call issues, etc. But a simple reboot fixes them. If I don't use BT in any way, the phone is flawless. This just shouldn't happen but I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that it will be fixed in an update.

BUt like you guys, I can't wait till the source code is released so they can start making great roms for the moPho! Kinda excited by it!

[deziking]

will there be a way to choose which rom to you want to boot up??

[darren.wlsn1]

Originally Posted by deziking

will there be a way to choose which rom to you want to boot up??

well ya, whatever you flash will boot like any phone or am i missing something?