All verizon installed was backup assistant (to transfer contacts) and my verizon both of which you can uninstall. The verizon iphone has the same thing. Theres no bloatware on it. No free trial games or any of that.
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Phones Help Me Decide, Galaxy Nexus now or wait for iPhone 5
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All verizon installed was backup assistant (to transfer contacts) and my verizon both of which you can uninstall. The verizon iphone has the same thing. Theres no bloatware on it. No free trial games or any of that.
Nope, in the built in applications list if you click them, theres a disable button in there that will uninstall them. It just keeps the apk file in a backup folder just in case you want them back. They aren't installed though when they are disabled.
S3. That's the whole point, the points you are bringing up aren't applicable to the GS3. The GS3 and GS2 are two completely different devices.
[ROM] Jelly Belly [4.1] - It's all about speed!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28677-rom-jelly-belly-v17-07012012-jellybean-41-its-all-about-speed/
Holy cow, this ROM is blazing fast, and truly smooth as "butter" Is rock solid stable, and amazing. He updates it almost once per day, each version better than the last.
Also this kernel is golden on top of this ROM;
http://www.derkernel.com/jbtuna.php#
tap the "Experimental" tab
My Verizon Nexus has never been so smooth and warp speed fast. My Brother a long time iPhone addict, even admitted he was very impressed on how fast and responsive it is. And he always criticized my previous Android phones, for feeling laggy. With this new Jellybean ROM, it is amazingly better.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28677-rom-jelly-belly-v17-07012012-jellybean-41-its-all-about-speed/
Holy cow, this ROM is blazing fast, and truly smooth as "butter" Is rock solid stable, and amazing. He updates it almost once per day, each version better than the last.
Also this kernel is golden on top of this ROM;
http://www.derkernel.com/jbtuna.php#
tap the "Experimental" tab
My Verizon Nexus has never been so smooth and warp speed fast. My Brother a long time iPhone addict, even admitted he was very impressed on how fast and responsive it is. And he always criticized my previous Android phones, for feeling laggy. With this new Jellybean ROM, it is amazingly better.
Thanks for the link. I am using Beats v2.1 rom and its been great thus far, but it looks like that rom is even better.
Edit: Nevermind, that looks like its for a Verizon Nexus and not GSM. I'm not sure if it will work with my phone. I guess I'll stick with Beats.
Yeah with these new Jellybean ROM's, only install the ones for your carrier. I have to admit, that Jellybean is finally exactly where Android needs to be, all grown up and mature. ICS was a big step up, but felt little unfinished, where JB completes it. I think a lot of iPhone user who play with a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1 Jellybean, will be pleasantly surprised.
It would take a major update from Apple to get me back to an iPhone again, I am open minded to going back, but want several features not sure Apple will ever include
- Larger screen at least 4", preferably 4.3"
- LED Notification light on the front like Blackberry and newer Android phones
- Widgets allowed on the home screen
It has been proven that the iPhone 4S has better CPU performance, giving more horsepower (measured in millions of operations per second) to the OS and applications. The Android Dalvik Java VM really handicaps CPU performance.
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The US S3 has a slower GPU than last years internationally sold S2.
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I really was wondering if I was the only one who noticed this
It has been proven that the iPhone 4S has better CPU performance, giving more horsepower (measured in millions of operations per second) to the OS and applications. The Android Dalvik Java VM really handicaps CPU performance.
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The US S3 has a slower GPU than last years internationally sold S2.
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I really was wondering if I was the only one who noticed this
Not all applications ar ran through dalvik. You can compile native code as well. A lot of games are set up that way as is the browser and most of the built in apps.
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Don't talk logic with him, its useless. He hasn't a clue how Android works and he spews the same garbage in every thread.
http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
Based on Google's Dev documentation, running the code natively will only be beneficial in very specific situations. They recommend against it, as the performance improvement isn't there, and it introduces compatabilty issues.
So that proves my point about the dalvik VM not sapping as much performance as you say it does. The cpu of the galaxy nexus is faster than the iphone 4's cpu. Thats a fact.
Its sucks that you would leave Verizon's 4G LTE and go else where. The Galaxy Nexus is an awesome phone. Jelly Bean with Project Butter is a HUGE plus for Android. I say buy the Nexus now and sell it if you like what the next iPhone delivers. OR keep them both and have best of both worlds!
This is the right answer. People take note of the amount of nonsense you need to deal with to get android to not not suck.
Dubious ROM's, scouring the Internet for bootleg Kernals from who knows where...sad that google is incapable of just shipping a quality product.
Not always necessary, I think the craze about slapping on Dubious ROM's is overrated. I have owned about 5 Android phones in total to date and not once flashed a custom ROM. I always kept it stock because thats exactly what I like, Only thing I ever flashed was a Kernel to OC my SGS4G T959V and that too because I wanted to play around with it. (its much better than installing "FakeClockUp"....bc its pretty lame for those that actually do install it....I personally hate the UI put on my manufacturers on Android along with all that bloatware, the Galaxy Nexus is a truly solid device that will satisfy majority of a users needs with its Pure Android experience. Also note that Android offers a great deal of customization especially once rooted....but I feel users just don't know where to stop...
I am a iPhone user and have been since the 3GS, and one thing for sure to date is that I won't give up on my iPhone because it works the best for me and has every single app in amazing quality that I could possibly want/need. But If/When I wait for the next iPhone I switch to android for that short period and Having owned Samsung, HTC and Motorola, I can say the Nexus Series offers by far hands down the best experience and is far better than settling with a Windows Phone.
You mean the same way iPhone users have to jailbreak to get anything useful and be able to somewhat customize that awful, locked down and boring iOS? Sad Apple is incapable of shipping a quality product.
Its because jelly bean isn't final yet. Its the same thing as installing the developer preview on an ios device. This isn't a custom compiled build. Its google's build with a few added things like wifi tether, and superuser. If you wait two weeks the final build will roll out to anyone on the stock rom when official Jellybean is released.
This wasn't commentary just on the GNEX. This was about android in its totality.
But you have the choice. If you want the full Google Android experience like Apple gives you with the latest OS releases with no carrier input, you have the Nexus devices. If you want a specific feature from a specific vendor (like a big screen, LTE, SD card, removable battery, etc.) you can get that too. You are then limited by how quickly they update or you can root and get your own ROMs. I like choice.