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Phones iPhone 4S vs Galaxy S3
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How does Android deal with carrier or manufacturer specific apps, features, and settings?
Process is the same. No diff.
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It doesn't. The carrier provides these on all their phones. It's bloatware.
So, you would actually lose data by switching manufacturers? Assuming you used any of the apps/features/settings. Weird.
You don't lose any data from Google. The only diff is the carrier crapware would change if you switched from sprint to att.
And I doubt anyone likes having carrier bloatware. It's one reason I hate PC's from Dell, HP, etc... If I want McAfee damn it, I'll add it. Don't force me to use a memory hogging anti virus program like Norton. Bloatware sucks.
But you would lose any data you created within the "carrier crapware".
Obviously, a significant number of people decide to use it despite the craptasticness.
I guess? I don't know what the crapware entails and why people would use it? I know att has a navigation app they put on nearly every phone. Why someone would use their data plan in order to use att's nav app is beyond me though. I'd rather pay for the Garmin or tomtom app and have my maps stored on the phone and never pay for data.
What exactly is this data they'd be losing? Bloatware tends to not be anything that would require your data to be saved in it. I'm not understanding what a person would be losing. It sounds more like it's just a theory of yours. But hey, I could be wrong, please give me a specific example.
I don't know. That's why I asked the question!
We were talking about migration from an old phone to a new one. With an iPhone, everything is transferred. I asked how Android deals with carrier or manufacturer specific apps, features, and settings. The response I got is that they aren't transferred. If that isn't true, feel free to add more information!
iCloud is restricted to Macs.
Google Cloud is available on Macs and Windows and any other system.
I think thats a BIG advantage.
How in the world would the data from an ATT app transfer to another app from Verizon, for example? Your question didn't make ANY sense at all. Of course that info won't be available on a phone from another carrier since they are different carriers!
It makes no sense whatsoever...
Google Cloud is available on Macs and Windows and any other system.
I think thats a BIG advantage.
I don't know. That's why I asked the question!
We were talking about migration from an old phone to a new one. With an iPhone, everything is transferred. I asked how Android deals with carrier or manufacturer specific apps, features, and settings. The response I got is that they aren't transferred. If that isn't true, feel free to add more information!
How in the world would the data from an ATT app transfer to another app from Verizon, for example? Your question didn't make ANY sense at all. Of course that info won't be available on a phone from another carrier since they are different carriers!
It makes no sense whatsoever...
Yea, those who don't know any better. Which is basically the majority of the population.
No, it's not.
You are assuming some sort of nefarious intent in my question. I just asked a question. A simple one. As an iPhone user, when I upgrade, everything is transferred. I was just wondering how Android deals with the app/settings/feature differences between phones. I wasn't asking specifically about a carrier app that only works on one carrier.
If I'm going to lose all the data in my Samsung Whatever app when I transfer to an HTC phone, it would be a disincentive to use the Samsung Whatever app.
Well iCloud can be use on the web. Thats right. I forgot.
From what I can tell after using my SGS3 for 2 weeks is that you keep all your Google stuff synced. Settings change from phone to phone, so that can't be synced, except WIFI passwords and such.
In theory (I haven't tried it) app data (like games saves states) is also saved to the cloud, but I haven't tried that yet. On google settings it says it can be synced.
All my pictures, music and stuff is in the SD, so whenever I change phones its already there. No need to sync your media again.
I don't know. That's why I asked the question!
We were talking about migration from an old phone to a new one. With an iPhone, everything is transferred. I asked how Android deals with carrier or manufacturer specific apps, features, and settings. The response I got is that they aren't transferred. If that isn't true, feel free to add more information!
Honestly, I don't think that's an issue. I could be wrong, but I don't recall any bloatware that would require you to save data in it. They typically provide some sort of useless service, sometimes they even cost money. I say all that to say, I haven't seen any bloatware that you would actually need any data saved in it (if it saves any data at all). Because of the nature of the carrier bloatware apps, they don't tend to really require your data, and they tend to not be very useful.
Samsung Galaxy SIII is the best for battery life (according to this random article that could be full of ****).
http://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/which-smartphone-has-the-best-battery-life/
http://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/which-smartphone-has-the-best-battery-life/
..but yet they listed the Gleam? WTF?! lol To me, that kills their credibility. They don't have the Maxx listed, yet they list some phone called the Gleam?
