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Default So after owning the G2 for a few weeks...

I'm happy to say that I'm back on my Samsung Vibrant! The G2 is a great looking phone, and fast at that too. Issues that made me walk away from it....

Hinge was fine when I first got it, but after a few weeks it got really loose.

Force closed on my Apps so many times, it made me wanna toss it out the window a few times.

Rebooted itself at least once a day. This morning it did it 3 times back-to-back. Really?!?!

Can't get a perm root, and it looks like a few are starting to give up on it. I'm sure it'll be rooted, but not any time soon.

I really missed the Vibrant crew. You guys are a bunch of cool Mother F__kers!

Missed this pretty ass screen! <3

Oh, and I know this is minor, but I couldn't do this <3 because the G2 is missing this key "<"

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I haven't heard of any of them rebooting themselves. That is weird.

Did you do something to the phone to make that happen?
 
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welcome back to the Vibrant.
Let's make a group called "The Vibrants!"
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I didn't do anything to it at all. I didn't even try to install temp root either. I didn't want to mess with the phone till their was a perm root.

If you go to the G2 forum section, you'll see that a few people had a issues with the phone rebooting on its own. Even when I called T-Mobile about the issue, I was told that they've been getting calls about the issue.
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I haven't heard of any of them rebooting themselves. That is weird.

Did you do something to the phone to make that happen?
There has definitely been people having issues with the phone rebooting by itself. Sometimes even 3 times in a day like he mentioned. Seen plenty of people on my Twitter timeline complain about it. There seem to be a lot of issues with the phone.


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I really missed the Vibrant crew. You guys are a bunch of cool Mother F__kers
Good to have a family member back
We're pretty cool
 
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You were lucky to return it. There are posts that some people have been put on a wait list due to so many returns coming in.

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I am on my third G2 with the fourth replacement on the way and so far all have had very similar issues.1.Very very poor to no reception. 2. random rebooting, 3. Black screen freezes. 4. Dropped calls. 5. Loose hinges that keep getting looser. 6. When deploying keyboard apps start randomly. 7. Very difficult to connect to market. 8. Powers itself off on a random basis. I am so Grateful that I still have my Vibrant. So far I would rank it way above the G2. If my fourth one has the same issues and there is no OTA update to fix some of them I will send it back. IMO I believe the Vibrant is the best phone available at this time.
 
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I am on my third G2 with the fourth replacement on the way and so far all have had very similar issues.1.Very very poor to no reception. 2. random rebooting, 3. Black screen freezes. 4. Dropped calls. 5. Loose hinges that keep getting looser. 6. When deploying keyboard apps start randomly. 7. Very difficult to connect to market. 8. Powers itself off on a random basis. I am so Grateful that I still have my Vibrant. So far I would rank it way above the G2. If my fourth one has the same issues and there is no OTA update to fix some of them I will send it back. IMO I believe the Vibrant is the best phone available at this time.
I agree about the Vibrant being the best phone right now.
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Thanks for telling me this after I just purchased a G2...

Actually I'm not giving my Vibrant up just yet. Once my G2 gets here I'll have both. I was able to get the G2 new for $200 flat-out (no contract) So I'm gonna keep them both for a while and see what happens. Then maybe I'll sell one
 
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Default Told them so........

Told them so........ but no one listens The Vibrant best phone on the market today.

Smartphones I have had:
2 blackberrys, 3 Iphones, 1 nokia, 2 Winmo Phones, the G1 and the Hd 2

Of all those phones only the HD2 came close in overall performance to the Vibrant...... but not android and what a battery hog- did like the htc sense

What I like about the Vibrant (besides almost everything) it is very forgiving when you brick, I have been able to restore from all screwups I have created within 1 hr.


Within the first 20 min of trying a G2 I knew it was going to be buggy that is why I stayed with this phone

Good luck But Vibrant still RocKs

 
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