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[Official] Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Pre-release thread - Sprint official launch is Saturday, June 2

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i had a thought... could this whole delay thing.. be a smart plan by sprint or htc??

if the phone comes out this week...
the public had expectations to be out the first week of June.
but sprint try to get it out on May 18th..
htc and sprint knew they had taken care of the "patent" issue.
the HTC One S for Tmobile was out and fine..so Sense is good.

some how htc/sprint found a stupid lawyer at apple to pull the trigger on the customs delay tactic after the May 7th pre-order.

Sprint/HTC gets a lot of pre-orders... with them expecting early June.
Apple gets another black eye about the bad under-handed patten wars.
more publicity for the new LTevo and HTC phones in general..

LTevo gets released this week (I hope).
everyone is happy... and more orders come in from all the publicity.
 
3vodroid said:
Yes sir it is :D..... And on a side note those " will it blend " videos are hilarious. Have you seen the one when he blends the ipad? I can't help but watch It over.... And over and over and...
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I've never seen those videos before, I just watched the one with the iphone...... holy cow!!! As expensive as those things are, how can they destroy them??? Yikes!!! :eek:
 
agentc13 said:
I don't know what ROMs will be available for your device (so I can't be specific), but I assume CM9 will be available before too long and that is always nice. I bet there will be a couple different flavors of that and other AOSP based ROMs.

I hate recommending ROMs for folks, it's something you just need to try out and see if it fits what you like. I am sure once it's released and had a bit of time to get the ROMs worked on, you will have plenty of options and the fine folks here can guide you to something you'll like better than I could. ;)
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I actually meant for me to try on the Evo 3d I'm currently using, but you're right, I guess I can just skim and play with a few. thanks for the info in any case
 
dan330 said:
i had a thought... could this whole delay thing.. be a smart plan by sprint or htc??

if the phone comes out this week...
the public had expectations to be out the first week of June.
but sprint try to get it out on May 18th..
htc and sprint knew they had taken care of the "patent" issue.
the HTC One S for Tmobile was out and fine..so Sense is good.

some how htc/sprint found a stupid lawyer at apple to pull the trigger on the customs delay tactic after the May 7th pre-order.

Sprint/HTC gets a lot of pre-orders... with them expecting early June.
Apple gets another black eye about the bad under-handed patten wars.
more publicity for the new LTevo and HTC phones in general..

LTevo gets released this week (I hope).
everyone is happy... and more orders come in from all the publicity.
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?!? This is a narrative on a book your writing! lol!...You lost me on this on! Are you being serious!?
 
davvy1856 said:
Oh goodness. As a guy I grin and nod (crookedly like I have game.) As a father with 1.5 daughters I am SUPER sympathetic for their father. That poor poor man.
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As the father of two gorgeous daughters and one drop dead handsome son, and six beautiful grandkids, I can tell you two things.


Kids make you old and keep you young all at the same time.


If you start with game, you'll never lose it.

;) :)

PS to AM2 - while we wait for Senseless roms, maybe consider trying the Go family of apps for a launcher, dialer, sms, contacts. ;)
 
Just found this video on YouTube it clearly displays how CRAPPLE has not only screwed HTC, Samsung,Motorola etc... But most of all how ios 5 is pretty darn close to an exact replica of android 4.0 CRAPPLE has finally realised android is better and they have copied our beloved OS almost to a T !!!! REAL PATHETIC APPLE AND EVEN LOW FOR YOU!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vnGUVJe7vQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 
EarlyMon said:
The answer requires a quick look at Sense itself.

Many people think of Sense as the launcher, maybe also the HTC widgets that only work with it.

Sense is that (launcher and unique widgets) and also a set of HTC apps that all communicate with each other, in obvious and non-obvious ways.

ICS validates the Sense approach by including many of the app connections that Sense had, but Android never did.

Think of it as people centric now - just as Sense tied People to SMS, Mail, etc, ICS does much of that now.

HTC announced that they were lightening up Sense in response to user complaints - and maybe that's true, maybe it was just marketing - because it made sense to lighten Sense to not duplicate what ICS wants to do under the hood now.

So - your questions:

First - the launcher. Some say the new Sense is so fast, replacing it will be a matter of choice. As always, that will be the target of fun, lively discussions, regardless of the version of Sense.

The Sense launcher (named Rosie) is just an app (an apk file) like most everything else in Android. Just like when you choose a new default browser and the old one stays dormant in storage - Rosie will become dormant while you use your new one.

Second - deleting Sense components. Honestly, this is usually a bad idea. System apps like to talk to each other. If you decide to make a piece of Sense dormant, and another app tries to talk to it, that app gets a signal that basically says, go away, I'm dormant, and the app carries on.

If you delete the dormant Sense component, the calling app gets no answer. So it calls again. And again. And again. Repeatedly. Wasting time, cpu, and power until it times out - and then starts in again. This will cause you to delete that app and replace it, and the problem will shift to a new component.

That will lead you to think that all of Sense is buggy, bloated and broken. And that's what people believe - to the point of thinking that Sense is worthless and can't be salvaged.

What to do. If you like other launchers and find the experience preferable, then strongly consider installing a Sense-less rom. In those, a good rom dev will not only remove Sense, but ensure that the apps are cleaned up to not wait wastefully for replies from Sense that will never come.

Does Sense come with a cpu price? Sure. All apps do. Maybe the apps you'll choose will come with less of a cpu price, maybe more. The general target for pure Android is less of a cpu price. I've noticed that with each version of Sense from 1 to 2 to 3, the cpu price seems to have gone down. They promise the same for Sense 4. But pure Android, with fewer processes, will run faster.

However - on a dual core Krait, I think we have yet to see how noticeable all that is.

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Is root required? No.

Just as you can use Handcent for SMS or Boat Browser as your defaults on any HTC without root, you can try different launchers, dialers, and contacts (People) apps without root.

Is Sense better? You tell me. I'm a Sense lover, and no matter what I promise myself, my screens fill with widgets, shortcuts and goodies. Then I look at my son's Samsung, configured super minimally and incredibly clean - and every time I hand him my phone back, I think often that maybe I'm just doing Android wrong. :) A clean layout is mighty nice, too.

Probably missed a good part of your questions, but I hope this helps. :)
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Outstandingly Excellent write-up on Sense and how various apps connect to each other.

Honestly, after reading that I finally understand the reason that some apps you don't need or want are necessary because others that are important to the proper functioning of the need them.

For example, even though I have absolutely no use for apps such as Facebook, that it really can't be removed because it would screw up my phone's sync processes.

Thanks for taking a really complicated concept and making it simple to understand!

I nominate your post for a Sticky! :D
 
dan330 said:
i had a thought... could this whole delay thing.. be a smart plan by sprint or htc??

if the phone comes out this week...
the public had expectations to be out the first week of June.
but sprint try to get it out on May 18th..
htc and sprint knew they had taken care of the "patent" issue.
the HTC One S for Tmobile was out and fine..so Sense is good.

some how htc/sprint found a stupid lawyer at apple to pull the trigger on the customs delay tactic after the May 7th pre-order.

Sprint/HTC gets a lot of pre-orders... with them expecting early June.
Apple gets another black eye about the bad under-handed patten wars.
more publicity for the new LTevo and HTC phones in general..

LTevo gets released this week (I hope).
everyone is happy... and more orders come in from all the publicity.
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Except for the drop in HTC stock, outcry by Taiwanese government officials, and Sprint publicly declaring a loss of around 10% in more on disposable income sales...

Yeah. No. :D
 
ahh sleep is so overated isnt it fellas? ( 1:47 a.m. here in jersey ) no intentions on going to sleep just yet... what if by some kind of freak occurance my evo shows up in the middle of the night!!?? :flute::bebored:
 
Excuse the off-topicness of this question but since I doubt there will be any breaking news during this hour..... Does anyone else take the built in plastic screen protector in their defenders out and replace it with a zagg? I couldn't stand dirt and grease getting under the screen (mechanic) and ontop of that compared to the one built in the zagg is a bazillion times more clear and crisp in my experience.... And the almost rubbery feel of the zagg helps to fight oil as well.... I definetly plan on doing this with the 4vo... Was just wondering if alot of people have thought to do this.... Or if I was a pioneer :cool:
 
LTEVO Folsom Prison Blues Song :) "Free LTEVO" :D
LTEVO an't seen the sunshine since I don't know when, I'm stuck in U.S customs and time keeps dragging on :(


Johnny Cash-Folsom Prison Blues - YouTube

Far from Folsom Prison is where LTEVO wants to stay! When LTEVO gets free'd, let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away! :cool:
Hopefully, Some LTEVO's were in the first batch released by customs on a train to shipping HQ :D
 
3vodroid said:
Excuse the off-topicness of this question but since I doubt there will be any breaking news during this hour..... Does anyone else take the built in plastic screen protector in their defenders out and replace it with a zagg? I couldn't stand dirt and grease getting under the screen (mechanic) and ontop of that compared to the one built in the zagg is a bazillion times more clear and crisp in my experience.... And the almost rubbery feel of the zagg helps to fight oil as well.... I definetly plan on doing this with the 4vo... Was just wondering if alot of people have thought to do this.... Or if I was a pioneer :cool:
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Zagg Invisishield, but not the no-smudge version. That one is no good. The plain one rocks.
 
Heading out to work and will unfortunately not have cell signal or the ability to check the forums until I get home. Just wanted to wish everyone good luck-- I'm hoping for good news this morning!
 
drparton21 said:
THIS MIGHT BE BIG NEWS

I got caught up on the phone, so I'm just now heading out. Decided to check the Sprint site since I hadn't since last night.

I'VE BEEN CHARGED FOR MY EVO--- SPRINT NO LONGER SHOWS THAT THEY OWE ME MONEY.

I think this is a -very- good sign that they're shipping today.
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Okay I saw this post and I literally just checked and my account on Sprint.com still shows they owe me $$$ and i ordered mine through Sprint on the website may 7th the moment it became available to pre order? :( :( I pre ordered on day 1 and my account still shows they owe me $$$ unlike this above post is stating :( :( ??
 
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