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Defending the Ascend

Dsanders77

Dsanders77

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Everyday I see the Cricket Facebook page, and the constant stream of people trashing the Ascend. I get tired of trying to tell people "Good Hardware, bloated crappy stock ROM." I would love to see this phone be "The tech savvy phone of choice" for Cricket and Metro users that know what they are talking about. I got this thing over the Zio due to the info I found on these forums, and have been nothing but happy. That's my rant.

DEFEND THE ASCEND!!!

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For what it is and the price the Ascend is a great lil phone. Its a very good starter phone for the smart phone realm and Android. Just sux like you said they put a obsolete version of Android on it, and no real reason for doing so really lol, 2.2 came out when??? I got CM7 2.3 Gingerbread on mine and love it. I was really starting to hate the laggy 2.1 crap. Yea I still would like a new more powerful phone, but the Ascend will do until I can afford to buy one lol.

I say everyone just needs to flash cm6 or cm7 n then they would be happy ;)
 
I would love to see this phone be "The tech savvy phone of choice" for Cricket and Metro users that know what they are talking about.


It already is !! :D:rolleyes:
 
For $150 with no contract, I can't see how people would be dissing the phone. Come on, the Archos 28 is $99 bucks, has a resistive screen, weaker CPU, less RAM, and no cellular modem...
 
la sal said:
I've read that Google Maps needs fixing as well. That is only thing holding me back.
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maps works for me, drags the system to a crawl, but it works.

i had to get it from the market though.... i forget if it's in the auto dl/d menu at the beginning but i was told it works, tested it and yep, sure enough.
 
Tokenpoke said:
i don't have navigation installed
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My Ascend runs a little laggy now and then; it's not quite as "sprightly" as I'd like but it gets the job done and I love it. As I said in another post, folks complaining about the Ascend would probably buy a Ford Fiesta and bitch because it isn't a Mustang.
 
efeigenbaum said:
My Ascend runs a little laggy now and then; it's not quite as "sprightly" as I'd like but it gets the job done and I love it. As I said in another post, folks complaining about the Ascend would probably buy a Ford Fiesta and bitch because it isn't a Mustang.
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or a Civic and bitch that it isn't really a car... (i'm talking 90's civic here)
 
Tokenpoke said:
or a Civic and bitch that it isn't really a car... (i'm talking 90's civic here)
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That too. All I'm saying (not that people will listen) is that if you buy a product, accept the damned thing for what it is and stop complaining if it isn't what you expected. Complaining isn't going to change a single thing.
 
it works just slowly, I installed mine from the setup menu. Wonder if it makes a diff on speed if its installed from the market??? Then again isnt that where the setup menu goes to get it??? lol

My only bitch about the ascend isnt really the phone, but that I bought it a few days b4 its official release for $179 and 3 days later Metro was selling it for $99 and purdy much told me tough titty when I asked about it lol

At that time the LG was $279 and then went to $129 lol.
 
Well the speed is the slowest of any android phone and the build is kinda cheap with the track ball. The buttons all light one color and the resolution is low. The GOOD part is the screen size is very large and all Android software is the same. It all does the same stuff. Some apps are phone brand specific but most are universal. Unlimited everything is great and Cricket doesn't care if you tether. The screen spoils me, when I put it next to a better phone. The screen size is the first thing thats hard to get over. It can do what any Android phone can do. Thats why people hate on it.
 
For the $80 dollars I spent on this phone new, For the easiest time I've had customizing it, and for the simple fact that it has call/hang up buttons..I love this phone. I know it's not considered the best phone ever, But each person has their own expectations. I was not expecting this phone to fly, cook, and teach me Spanish. So I ended up quite happy with what it COULD do. :P
 
PlayfulGod said:
For what it is and the price the Ascend is a great lil phone. Its a very good starter phone for the smart phone realm and Android. Just sux like you said they put a obsolete version of Android on it, and no real reason for doing so really lol, 2.2 came out when??? I got CM7 2.3 Gingerbread on mine and love it. I was really starting to hate the laggy 2.1 crap. Yea I still would like a new more powerful phone, but the Ascend will do until I can afford to buy one lol.

I say everyone just needs to flash cm6 or cm7 n then they would be happy ;)
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Icurus or CM7 , which is better ? faster ?
less lag , less error :confused:
 
starr1048 said:
Icurus or CM7 , which is better ? faster ?
less lag , less error :confused:
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CM7 hands down, it was built from source for the ascend, as icurus was hacked together from other phones(s) to fit the ascend not actually built for it.

Everyone I read that has tried both likes CM7 better :)

I've not install icurus myself tho and I am just repeating what I was told by Isaac.
 
my only idea of people down talking this phone is....how much i paid for mines was $99, and how much you paid for whatever phone you have, which was way more i bet. And im not on a contract with metro, or you with sprint or t-mobile or others :), can your phone be loaded with with more than 1 or 2 roms? well i think the ascend wins on a lot of ends. Also why do people whine about a game on the phone and how it lags and stuff, i have game consoles for that go figure. also peeps will rather spend $400 to $600 rather than $99 just to play a game. Why? lmao well peeps have there on opinion about there phones and personly i love my ascend and going to keep till it burns out. and with the tapout phone its the same phone with different colors for $50 more hahaha they can keep the color for that much plus the cases that you can change, the color dont make the phone, the roms make the phone, but you have to think for a sec, when you buy a phone, dont you buy a case to cover it up to protect it. so the things is why pay more for the same thing but different colors and than you cover it anyway and you still cant tell the differents in the color cause its covered up.
 
This phone is for the masses, and gets people into the smartphone arena. This phone is for people who want something better than a cheap multimedia, no change to your liking phone. A phone that you can customize, and won't break your wallet every month. Get away, tracfone!
 
PlayfulGod said:
CM7 hands down, it was built from source for the ascend, as icurus was hacked together from other phones(s) to fit the ascend not actually built for it.

Everyone I read that has tried both likes CM7 better :)

I've not install icurus myself tho and I am just repeating what I was told by Isaac.
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Only thing is that cm7 does not have MMS still. Though I think Isaac is still messing with another build. Don't quote me on that though. There are also a few other buggy things popping up but, It's faster and smoother than Icarus (From what I've seen). I guess it just depends on the user. I'm still on Icarus 1.1 myself.
 
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