upgrade Inspire, Root or ??

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well, ive had so many issues with my Inspire, they are giving me free upgrade on my contract now, so i can choose the ATT phone of my choice.
Mainly due to overheating, battery life of 2 hours, and i've had 2 of these, and had continuous issues....:Proximity sensor makes cheek hang up on all calls etc.....
Long list...

I've rooted my Nook Color with CM7, and really like that, so i;m familiar with process,

I guess the choice now is root the Inspire i have, OR get HTC One X or the GS III...(others?)

I really don't want much of a bigger phone than the Inspire, as i still want the
Phone "feel", rather than a computer...

Thoughts...?

Is it free? Upgrade. Which one? Go to a store, play around with them, see which one you like.

Do you get to keep the inspire after the upgrade? Root. If not, you got a free upgrade.

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Upgrade

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If it is free, then an upgrade might be a good choice. If you are having to sign a 2 year contract, then this will be one of the couple main considerations. If you don't mind being locked in then upgrade to new tech.

If you get to keep your inspire, then you can get the free upgrade and have a phone you can root and play around with. Win-win.

I say Nextel.

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Its a battle to get free upgrades from ATT. One rep promises you one thing and the next says the first one was wrong. I've gotten the run around from ATT at least twice before. Good Luck. Enjoy your new phone

I rooted my HTC Inspire and had MIUI when I took it back (but back to Best Buy because that place is heaven for a flashaholic like myself) and the assistant looked at it (which was hysterical) and gave me 30 bucks for it. I went with the Galaxy Note but as stated by your preferences, that probably wouldn't be a good choice for you. GS3 is almost just as large so seems like the One X may be more your style. In all honesty, I miss sense a lot. A lot A lot and as long as you don't need compartments that can be opened, I would go with that bad boy.

Originally Posted by jlm86

well, ive had so many issues with my Inspire, they are giving me free upgrade on my contract now, so i can choose the ATT phone of my choice.
Mainly due to overheating, battery life of 2 hours, and i've had 2 of these, and had continuous issues....:Proximity sensor makes cheek hang up on all calls etc.....
Long list...

I've rooted my Nook Color with CM7, and really like that, so i;m familiar with process,

I guess the choice now is root the Inspire i have, OR get HTC One X or the GS III...(others?)

I really don't want much of a bigger phone than the Inspire, as i still want the
Phone "feel", rather than a computer...

Thoughts...?

Have the SG3 myself and love it. Already easily rooted. Keep in mind the One X has no removable battery or SD card slot.

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Is the iphone an option as well? Also if screen real estate is a deciding factor, might want to look at the xperia ion.

The HTC One X is a nice phone but keep in mind there's no external sd card, removable battery and God knows when the kernel source will get released.

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I'd root it

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If money isn't an issue definitely go for the GSIII. You'll have native ICS if you don't want to mess around with flashing and there's a big dev community for it right now. I have a friend with a One S which doesn't have a micro SD card slot and he is always complaining about not having enough storage.

Go for the GSIII. The removable battery and micro SD card make it a better phone than the One X and it'll be a good improvement over your Inspire.