8125 to 8525 switch?

[cyndication]

well.. my 8125 broke at the usb/charger port. Thinking about making a switch to the 8525 but haven't had any hands on with it. I am currently using NBD 8.3 and its basically made me fall in love with the phone. In short, if anyone has made the switch, give me some pro's/con's.

[chymmylt]

well.. my 8125 broke at the usb/charger port. Thinking about making a switch to the 8525 but haven't had any hands on with it. I am currently using NBD 8.3 and its basically made me fall in love with the phone. In short, if anyone has made the switch, give me some pro's/con's.

There are no roms that are just like NBD - there are some that have a lot of similarities and you can install most of the things that aren't. The only thing that you're going to probably miss is the 3D cube. The smart people here who work on these things haven't been able to port the Touch 3D cube over to this phone yet (Apparently you Wizard users got lucky as they used the same touch mechanism on the Wizard as the Touch making it easy to port it over). There is a semi-working implementation for this phone but it's unstable and to make the screens rotate you have to keep pushing a button instead of swiping with your finger - not nearly as cool. If you can live without the 3D cube - you can make a rom look and work very similarly to the NBD roms

[cyndication]

thank you very much. my 2nd question, is speed of loading programs and web pages on the wi-fi. I am sure this noticeably faster?

[alkizmo]

Have you tried dismantling the 8125 and seeing if you can fix the broken USB port.

Since you're leaving it broken like this, there is no loss if you actually EXPLODE your phone while trying to fix it :p


And if you DO want to upgrade to a 8525 anyways, then you can resell your 8125 FUNCTIONAL (fixed).


Trust me, as a man who internalized a USB hub in his laptop, I know that USB ports are very simple.

[chymmylt]

thank you very much. my 2nd question, is speed of loading programs and web pages on the wi-fi. I am sure this noticeably faster?

I have only played with the Wizard very briefly when I unlocked and loaded NBD on the singer of my bands phone. I was surprised how snappy of a rom it was. My TyTN still feels quicker to me then hers (should be - the processor is 2x as fast) but she doesn't have any processor intensive apps on her phone (such as TomTom) like I do on mine so it's a little hard for me to get a feeling (calc seems about the same speed on both ;P) I like the keypad on my phone much better then hers - the layout seems more logical (though you may be used to yours and find it weird but she likes mine more too so you'll probably like it better). Also the 2mpx camera is a nice upgrade (assuming you have good lighting - the photos are still crap in dark lighting but are fairly decent in good sunlight/well lit rooms). I'm not sure about the websurfing - never tried that on hers but I'm don't feel like it's a long wait while using it on mine so it'll probably be fine for you.

[Doom Tints]

I have both an 8125 and an 8525.

The 8525 is a lot better, except the 8125 feels a lot tougher. The 8125 feels like you could drop it a few times and it would still be OK (and I have), whereas I feel like I need to be careful with the 8525. If you're "always on the go" I'd probably stick with the 8125 -- the proven workhorse.

[cyndication]

well i have soder gun, i could fix it. but after i take the 4 screws out, I am kinda unsure of whats next. i have tried to pull it apart, but i don't want to break it. looking at the 8525 i am not a fan so much, I am liking the htc tytn alot more.

[maximuz329]

8525 and Tytn pretty much the same, if you want cheap and cool looking u can try search for X01HT white. Or maybe just wait for 8925 (kaiser)

[hiimcliff]

i have both also. personally i dont find any cons with the 8525. i had huge speed problems with my 8125. so to me it kicks the 8125's butt. i'd get a hermes if i were u. and sell the fixed wizard ebay.