hard decision to make--> G1/MYTOUCH/SIDEKICK LX 09

[Bajan_Boi]

OK TO START OFF,I THINK KNO I AM A G1 FEEN..THE THING DAT SUX IS DAT I DNT HAVE 1 LOL. I HAVE  BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FORUM SINCE JANUARY N ERRY TIME I CHECK TO C WATS NEW IT MAKES ME WANNA GO GIT A G1 RYTE NOW. I HAVE JUST BEEN CONTEMPLATING A WHOLE LOT FROM JANUARY TO NOW ON IF I SHOOD WAIT FOR THE MYTOUCH OR GIT DA G1 OR THE LX09.I HAVE REASONS Y I WANT THE FONE(G1/MYTOUCH/LX09) AND DONT WANT THE FONE-->

WHY I WANT A G1:
1.ITS SOMETHING NEW, HUGE UPGRADE FORM THE LX 07 WICH ANGERS ME EVERYDAY
2.ANDROID IS CALLING MY NAME
3.3G
4. I WANT TO KNO WUT IT FEELS LYK TO HAV A ROOTED G1
5. I WANT A TOUCH SCREEN FONE(1ST ONE IN MY CELL PHONE LIFE IF I GIT IT)

WHY I DONT WANT A G1:
1.HEARD DA BATTERY LIFE SUX, I SEE ALMOST EVERYBODY COMPLAININ BOUT IT IN THIS FORUM..IM A MODERATE TEXTER N MODERATE INTERNET USER SO HOPEFULLY IT DOESNT DRAIN FAST
2.AIM IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD B. IM HEARING THIS MOSTLY FROM FORMER SK USERS SO I KINDA UNDERSTAND..IM NOT A CRAZII AIM USER EITHA..JUS PUT UP AWAYS N HIT PPL UP WEN I FEEL LYK IT
3.FORCE CLOSIN AND SLOWNESS OF FONE PERFORMANCE.I UNDERSTAND Y IT HAPPENS JUS HAD TO PUT IT DOWN

DA REASON Y I WOOD WANT I MY TOUCH IS BECUZ ITSZ AN UPGRADE FROM THE G1..NOT MUCH OF AN UPGRADE FROM WUT I RESEARCHED BUT AN UPGRADE. Y I DNT WANT THE MYTOUCH IS BECUZ I DNT KNO HOW I WOOD DEAL WIT AN ALL TOUCH SCREEN FONE..DAS A BIG JUMP FOR ME..HAVIN A KEYBOARD WIT ALL THE FONES I EVER HAD TO JUS GOIN STRAIT TOUCH.IDK

0OK AS FOR THE LX09..THE SCREEN RES IS SEXY, AIM IS SEXIER NOW DAT U CAN SEND PICS THRU IT,IT HAS 3G.THE MAIN REASON I WOOD STICK TO THE LX 09 IS FOR THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE..I WOOD B PAYIN 20 BUCKS A MONTH EVEN WIT 3G BUT IF I GIT THE G1 N DNT LYK IT(WICH I THINK FOR ME IS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL) I HAV TO NOW PAY 35.IM KINDA A CHEAP PERSON BUT HEY I KANT HELP IT. Y I WOODNT GIT THE LX09 IS BECUZ ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEIN AS OPEN AS ANDROID..I WAS HAPPY U COULD FINALLY RECORD YA OWN RINGOTNES BUT STILL BEING CLOSED IN OR HAVIN MANY OPPOURUNITES? G1 SOUNDS BETTER.HOPEFULLY THE G1'SZ 3G SIGNAL IS GHUD BECUS MY LX07 SUX SUX SUX! IN MISS CALLS N GIT TEXT LATE N PPL GIT MAD AT ME KUS OF DIS DUM FONE..SO BY NEXT WEEK I HOPE TO HAV MY MIND MADE UP...SO ANY CAN YA PLEEZ HELP ME MAKE A DECISION..IM MOST LIKELY GUNNA GIT A G1 BUT IDK STILL UNSURE..THANX VERY MUCH

N SORRY FOR MAKIN IT SO0 LENGTHY

[figadealme]

Well, I've never owned or even used the sidekick, and seeing as how the my touch hasn't been released yet( and at this point in time hasn't been rooted by those who have had a chance to mess with it) can't help you much there.  I can, however say that the g1 is the best phone I have ever owned.

 In response to your reasons that you don't want a g1, here are my personal experiences:

1. Battery life- the battery does drain quick compared to non smart phones. If you calibrate your battery ( as mentioned in these forums) you can still get a good lifespan out of a charge. On a full charge my phone will last from 11am to 3-4 am with heavy internet use. I do nearly all my posting on this forum(including this post) via g1. I spend roughly 6 hours a day on the net unplugged from the charger.

2. AIM- tbh..I have no clue about this because I don't use aim at all. Not even on my pc so perhaps someone else can get with you about that.

3. Force closes and "slowness"-  force closes happen sometimes. Its not like its a non stop issue unless its a particular problem with a buggy app. Even when force closes happen, its not like your phone shuts off or something. It simply closes the app or feature and you can immediatly re open it.  For me force closes don't happen much, and when they do I don't get particularly bothered by them
   - when people refer to slowness of their phones, more times than not they are meaning the phone reacts slower than normal.  That doesn't at all mean that the phone isn't reacting fast, just means not as fast as it could/should.  If you don't root, you will only realy encounter slowness due to low internal memory, or perhaps too many apps running in the background   If you do root and you encounter slowness it could be related to the rom installed , in which case you could flash a different version, or whole new rom all together to remedy your problems.

  All in all, for me at least, the g1 has been great. Rooting is simple and gratifying, the apps are great and most are free, the actual phone functions work well, the keyboard feels great, and the screen is bright, clear, and resposive.  There isn't another phone on the market I would replace my g1 with.

  Hope this helps you in your decision even though I was unable to make direct comparisons of your other options.

[Bajan_Boi]

THANX FOR DA INSIGHT IT HELPED ENUFF..I APPRECIATE IT THO.HOPEFULLY ILL GIT MY G1 2MORRO..I WILL TAKE DA CHANCE AND HAV MY GRANDFATHER CLAUSE FROM MY SIDEKICK DROPPED( =( AHH NO MORE 19.99 FOR DATA=(( ),, THEN BEGIN THE FUN...WITH MY G1 HAHA

[figadealme]

I don't think you will be disappointed.  There may be things that a g1 won't do as well as a sidekick, but one thing is for sure.  There are countless thing you can/will be able to do on your g1 that a sidekick owner could only read about.

  When you get your new device, let me know what you think.  Also, what color were you thinking about getting?

[Bajan_Boi]

YOU'RE RYTE BOUT DAT..KINDA WUT IM DOIN NOW..ONLY READIN BOUT WUT IT CAN DO. BLACK! LOL WHIT IS IIGHT I JUSZ DNT LYK HOW DA BACKGROUND OV DA KEYBOARD IS ANUTHA COLOR. I THINK DA SAME THING FOR DA BLACK OR DID DEY CHANGE IT? IDK BUT IM GOING WITH BLACK NO MATTA WUT

[figadealme]

The keyboard on the black g1 is black still. I bought the bronze originaly and my wife bought black.  I had an issue with my bronze one and returned it and grabbed the white one. I love the white one.  For some reason it lokks classier to me.  The only issue I had with the white and bronze ones are the backlight for the keyboard. Since the keys are silver in mid range lighting its hella hard to see the letters on the keys without holding the phone at weird angles.  Easy fix if rooted tho.  There is an app for root users that gives you the ability to turn the backlight for the keyboard on and off with the tap of a widget on the desktop.  I just turn it off during the day, and back on when I'm in a dark area.

[Bajan_Boi]

The white one duz luk lyk itsz  more glossy...rooting seemsz lyk da best thing dat ever hapened to da g1..I def wanna root my fone.but all these diff names jesusfreak and cyanogen jusz confuse me on wich is better or ghud to use. Im goin to wait lyk a week or 2 afta I got da fone den make my decision on rooting

[figadealme]

That's what I did. Waited about 2 weeks before I rooted.  As far as which is the best rom.....its about personal preference.  I havnt tried many, infact only two.  First had JF1.51crb43. It was alright, since this was my priginal modded rom I had no idea what I was missing out on.  Now I have cyanogen 3.6.5 and boy oh boy is it better imho.


  Its all up to the user. 

[Bajan_Boi]

Many ppl got cyanogen..so it must b ghud. I got A LOT  OV QUESTIONS BOUT ROOT..but wen da time komes I will do another post

[androidcee123]

Bajan, I also did the same thing...kinda toyed with the idea, read, got to get information prior to rooting my G1. The fact is that I too now now Cyanogen 3.6.5, and it seems even faster than it was out of the box. I can assure you, you will be quite happy with the end product, though it CAN BE time consuming.

[figadealme]

Yeah takes a bit to digest all the info.  I don't claim to know a ton about root.  But its not such an overwhelming task that you can't learn as you go.   Just be sure you have your ducks in a row prior to rooting, and all should go well. 

[Bajan_Boi]

Yeah takes a bit to digest all the info.  I don't claim to know a ton about root.  But its not such an overwhelming task that you can't learn as you go.   Just be sure you have your ducks in a row prior to rooting, and all should go well. 

lol i hope its not dat difficult. if u brick da fone u kan jusz reboot it or sumtin or is it officially dead  gone?

[Bajan_Boi]

androidcee,
faster as in ya fone is actually running faster?..n as for time consuming, im going to take sum time out of my day n have sum quality time with my g1. ha

[androidcee123]

What I meant about being faster, is that transitions from apps, or pages within apps etc, SEEMS quicker, or at least, they load/change in rapid almost imperceptible manner. That's just my thoughts. What I can say though, is that Cyanogen's build is very fast and stable. I haven't had any problem since I uninstalled the additional themes. So that's what I meant. 

[Bajan_Boi]

Oo o0k gotcha. well dat seems great.. cant wait to get my g1..i went to tmobile today n dey want me to pay $360 so im not gunna git it from tmobile store ima try bestbuy or sum other retail stores and try n get a reasonable upgrade price