Should I buy a captivate?

[drizzt5]

Hey guys,

I have a galaxy Nexus on Verizon. My girl friend HAD an HTC Vivid on AT&T.

Her phone recently broke and she needs a replacement. We don't have much money, so I started looking on ebay for some cheap phones on AT&T that I could get her. Originally I would have liked to get her some kind of Nexus phone, but they are all expensive.


I noticed the Galaxy S captivate is widely available on ebay, and it can be purchased for around half the price of the galaxy s 2. It seems to be around $70 on ebay.

I was considering buying this phone and putting CM10.1 on it.

Considering the price and performance of this phone, does this sound like a good idea? Will my GF be happy with it? I don't think she will miss not having 4G.

Thanks.

 

[laughingT]

I've been running 10.1 nightlies with no problem for the last month.

You might just install the monthly M build on it.

 

[xchrisknightx]

The captivate is an awesome phone. I have a gs3 and my old captivate will do almost anything that my gs3 will grant it the gs3 is a lot faster at it. Development is awesome for the captivate too. Don't think you could go wrong with the cappy. I was running 4.2 aosp before my upgrade and it ran great.

Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda premium

 

[unglued94ta]

Cappy is an excellent choice. IM running slimbean on mine currently

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[drizzt5]

I purchased one with a slightly cracked screen for forty bucks on ebay. It seemed like a good deal. I'm trying to find a cheap replacement digitizer. I have successfully replaced a few screens with no damage to the phone/laptop/tablet, but each smartphone is different so I hope it isn't too hard to fix the captivates.

I'm looking forward to putting a rom on it. My only concern for my GF is if she will really miss the lack of an LED on the back to use as a flash light. I wasn't aware of that missing.

 

[BigBozolini]

Hey guys,

I have a galaxy Nexus on Verizon. My girl friend HAD an HTC Vivid on AT&T.

Her phone recently broke and she needs a replacement. We don't have much money, so I started looking on ebay for some cheap phones on AT&T that I could get her. Originally I would have liked to get her some kind of Nexus phone, but they are all expensive.


I noticed the Galaxy S captivate is widely available on ebay, and it can be purchased for around half the price of the galaxy s 2. It seems to be around $70 on ebay.

I was considering buying this phone and putting CM10.1 on it.

Considering the price and performance of this phone, does this sound like a good idea? Will my GF be happy with it? I don't think she will miss not having 4G.



Thanks.

If you want a reliable phone with great development this far into the life of the device than do yourself a favor and grab a Capdaddy. I've had mine since its release and I am not looking to upgrade anytime soon.

 

[Avikar]

Great Value for money.

Hey guys,

I have a galaxy Nexus on Verizon. My girl friend HAD an HTC Vivid on AT&T.

Her phone recently broke and she needs a replacement. We don't have much money, so I started looking on ebay for some cheap phones on AT&T that I could get her. Originally I would have liked to get her some kind of Nexus phone, but they are all expensive.


I noticed the Galaxy S captivate is widely available on ebay, and it can be purchased for around half the price of the galaxy s 2. It seems to be around $70 on ebay.

I was considering buying this phone and putting CM10.1 on it.

Considering the price and performance of this phone, does this sound like a good idea? Will my GF be happy with it? I don't think she will miss not having 4G.

Thanks.

Apart from Battery Backup Front Cam and LED Flash this phone has everything with Strong body panel.

I am running CM 10.1 and it is working lag free.

 

[drizzt5]

Apart from Battery Backup Front Cam and LED Flash this phone has everything with Strong body panel.

I am running CM 10.1 and it is working lag free.

I get that it has no front cam or LED flash, but what do you mean by battery backup?

And I am excited for it to arrive so I can start tinkering with it and give it to her.

 

[Dosolutions]

Go for the Samsung Captivate Glide

Hey guys,

I have a galaxy Nexus on Verizon. My girl friend HAD an HTC Vivid on AT&T.

Her phone recently broke and she needs a replacement. We don't have much money, so I started looking on ebay for some cheap phones on AT&T that I could get her. Originally I would have liked to get her some kind of Nexus phone, but they are all expensive.


I noticed the Galaxy S captivate is widely available on ebay, and it can be purchased for around half the price of the galaxy s 2. It seems to be around $70 on ebay.

I was considering buying this phone and putting CM10.1 on it.

Considering the price and performance of this phone, does this sound like a good idea? Will my GF be happy with it? I don't think she will miss not having 4G.

Thanks.

If I were you i would consider a newer phone. While i love my 2.5 yo cappy, and have ported and polished the heads... er I mean rooted rommed, upgraded and inverted it, its still is a 3 year old phone. Att has free phones (with year contract) like the Samsung Captivate Glide, with 8 meg camera, dual core CPU, slide out keyboard and front facing camera. Not sure how hack able it is, but if it is a SG captivate at heart things should work fine.

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Hey guys,

I have a galaxy Nexus on Verizon. My girl friend HAD an HTC Vivid on AT&T.

Her phone recently broke and she needs a replacement. We don't have much money, so I started looking on ebay for some cheap phones on AT&T that I could get her. Originally I would have liked to get her some kind of Nexus phone, but they are all expensive.


I noticed the Galaxy S captivate is widely available on ebay, and it can be purchased for around half the price of the galaxy s 2. It seems to be around $70 on ebay.

I was considering buying this phone and putting CM10.1 on it.

Considering the price and performance of this phone, does this sound like a good idea? Will my GF be happy with it? I don't think she will miss not having 4G.

Thanks.

For 4 g try the GS II
I cannot post the link, but search att.

It is also .99 cents.
AND No I do not work for or even like Atnt.

 

[drizzt5]

I think it goes without saying that we are locked into a contract and are unable to take advantage of the subsidized phones.

If I were you i would consider a newer phone. While i love my 2.5 yo cappy, and have ported and polished the heads... er I mean rooted rommed, upgraded and inverted it, its still is a 3 year old phone. Att has free phones (with year contract) like the Samsung Captivate Glide, with 8 meg camera, dual core CPU, slide out keyboard and front facing camera. Not sure how hack able it is, but if it is a SG captivate at heart things should work fine.

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For 4 g try the GS II
I cannot post the link, but search att.

It is also .99 cents.
AND No I do not work for or even like Atnt.

edit: things aren't going so well. I wish I knew it had so many GPS issues. Mine has busted usb pins -.-

 

[Darkangels6sic6]

Busted usb pins sucks. Was it $40 functioning as is? When $70 on eBay or craigslist you usually get a good deal. You can try yer hand at soldering and get a new port for about $5 or send it to be fixed for about $30-$40. By battery they meant its almost three years old so the battery is not the best. You can get some slim extended batteries really cheap or any battery that works for the Sprint GS2 Epic Touch 4G, but not the other S2's. All in all its a great phone though. Hellybean and Captivating "newest m2 build seems to be a little buggies for most" 4.2 ROMS are running amazing on it. I've heard great on slimbean too. 4.2 is the best my Cappy has been yet.

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[Bdev3]

Newegg has refurbished Cappies on sale for $139.99 today (2/21/13), which should be in basically new condition and would avoid any problems with used/ebay units. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875176240

 

[Pirateghost]

I need to offload my vivid..... It's sitting in the box collecting dust....

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[Thyjesster]

Legendary

I am currently running a Vivid (Raider here in Canada) as my daily driver and I love it as she probably did as well.

The actual usability will be very similar to your nexus as cm10.1 is very vanilla user experience. As long as she doesn't need too much power it will be a great phone. The size, weight and screen are the reason I bought one again.

If you are not familiar with running custom roms, it will be a little bit buggy, but mine hasn't had any problems so far. Great phone and $70 is a reasonable price. (I got my first for $60 brand new and second for $20 barely used from a friend)

Keep in mind you can buy ANY android phone and unlock it quickly and for free or little cost.:good: