I want the iPhone to be good. I definitely do. But I love the Nexus 5 size. Bigger than the iPhone 6 and smaller than the "air"
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Will Android L keep you on Android?
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I want the iPhone to be good. I definitely do. But I love the Nexus 5 size. Bigger than the iPhone 6 and smaller than the "air"
If i get a Windows phone, then when the next Nexus comes out, i can give my N5 to my Wife and ill get the next Nexus. Too early to tell what ill do. Im not one to have multiple phones but i would like to have a Nokia w/ 8.1 on it.
Really disapointed that the 930 wont be here in the USA for a while. I just hate exclusive BS deals. Needless to say i probably wont be getting a Windows phone anytime soon. Who knows, maybe ill really like the iPhone 6 but i just doubt it with how i much prefer Android as my Phone system.
Will Android L keep you on Android?
I don't see anything about Android L that is substantial enough to make somebody change platforms, in either direction.
I don't see anything about Android L that is substantial enough to make somebody change platforms, in either direction.
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I would have stayed on Android even without the L-release.
But iOS8 does look promising. Maybe next year for the 6s and whatever iOS9 will bring to the table. As of now, I have a 5s and older 3G which are used for games, some browsing, pix, and music playing only. I feel iOS is better suited for leisure. Actual capability, flexibility, functionality, I still prefer Android. Much faster for me to get things done without iTunes slowing my Windows PC to a crawl.
But iOS8 does look promising. Maybe next year for the 6s and whatever iOS9 will bring to the table. As of now, I have a 5s and older 3G which are used for games, some browsing, pix, and music playing only. I feel iOS is better suited for leisure. Actual capability, flexibility, functionality, I still prefer Android. Much faster for me to get things done without iTunes slowing my Windows PC to a crawl.
I think people would be better served to learn what they're doing exactly instead of a one-click do-it-for-me script. Especially when things go wrong.
But that's just me.
I'm now not bothered about the iPhone itself. There are a couple of things I miss (syncing and camera) but otherwise it is twice the price for no good reason.
However, if the iWatch is awesome, that might make my decision.
I'm into fitness and love my FuelBand - I very much doubt Android Wear watched will compete, and if the iWatch can replicate/add to my FuelBand, I may have to switch back.
However, if the iWatch is awesome, that might make my decision.
I'm into fitness and love my FuelBand - I very much doubt Android Wear watched will compete, and if the iWatch can replicate/add to my FuelBand, I may have to switch back.
Done with Android and Touchwiz on Samsung phones. Yes,I know there are other companies and Android phones but I am just tired of the randomness with this operating system with battery life and intermittent lag.
The random things that occur with this operating system with Touchwiz has made my Note 3, an amazing device, frustrating as hell.
I should not have to root an operating system for it to meet my expectations when I buy a new device.
Actually looking into Windows Phone with their updates and possibly back to iOS after 3 years with an S3/Note 3.
The random things that occur with this operating system with Touchwiz has made my Note 3, an amazing device, frustrating as hell.
I should not have to root an operating system for it to meet my expectations when I buy a new device.
Actually looking into Windows Phone with their updates and possibly back to iOS after 3 years with an S3/Note 3.
I'm currently using Moto X and an iPhone 5C. The Moto X is for work and the 5C is my personal phone, but I find myself using my MX more and more for ease of use and for functionality. To the point where I'm considering just getting an Android device as my sole work phone and daily driver.
I'm not particularly interested in Samsung or HTC phones as I prefer stock or close to stock. I'm really hoping the Moto X2 will be the one to seal the deal. If it looks good, along with Android L, I think I'll definitely stay with/go full out Android.
Hopefully Motorola delivers a worthy successor to the MX.
I'm not particularly interested in Samsung or HTC phones as I prefer stock or close to stock. I'm really hoping the Moto X2 will be the one to seal the deal. If it looks good, along with Android L, I think I'll definitely stay with/go full out Android.
Hopefully Motorola delivers a worthy successor to the MX.
You can torrent on iOS without jailbreaking......
Plus, a jailbreak takes less than 10 minutes and is very easy.
how can you torrent on ios without jailbreaking? thats news to me
Edit: interesting i see there are some middleman services that use safari to download (but that's not really torrenting)
if only a jailbreak was always available as to your second point
Edit: interesting i see there are some middleman services that use safari to download (but that's not really torrenting
)if only a jailbreak was always available
as to your second point
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I've converted my Motorola MotoG to a GPE device in preparation of L.
The delays in updating the worldwide models were too much and it's nice to recieve OTA updates from Google again.
Still going to dual wield iOS8 and Android however as I couldn't completely give up both.
The delays in updating the worldwide models were too much and it's nice to recieve OTA updates from Google again.
Still going to dual wield iOS8 and Android however as I couldn't completely give up both.
how can you torrent on ios without jailbreaking? thats news to me
Edit: interesting i see there are some middleman services that use safari to download (but that's not really torrenting
if only a jailbreak was always available
Ya - there are ways to do it via safari....do people torrent a lot on their phones?
Essentially, if I HAVE to torrent something, I just log into my home computer via PocketCloud Pro, torrent, then throw it up on iCloud or some other app that syncs to my device (depending on the file - dropbox works).
If that's what you want to do on your smartphone, I'd say definitely go for Android. I think its a silly thing to bash iOS about....really its more of an Apple limitation as they don't allow the apps in the appstore.
Side note - do you think the deals with record labels and movie production companies that Apple has perhaps are a bit better because Apple limits the ability to "pirate" music and movies on their devices? I realize it might seem like a small thing because one could pirate content on a PC or Mac and transfer but.....just a thought.
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From my experience, there's either a setup involved or you have to have a specific type of device.
My rooting of my Nexus 5 was ANYTHING but "1-click".....I HAD to have a PC and it took me a little bit to get the proper drivers and such installed and working.
Once I did it the first time, after that wasn't an issue. But its FAR from 1-click...
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OP - to answer the question.....Android L is causing me to want to get at least a toe back into the Android ecosystem. Hoping the Nexus 5 goes on sale when the Nexus 6 is released (or before).
What do people torrent?
I'll admit.....the only times I torrent and to DL second rate airplane movies (aka movies I definitely won't spend money on, but that looked interesting enough to pass the time on a flight and that aren't on netflix).
I've been told there are a ton of legitimate reasons for torrenting. I'm sure there are.
I was just going off on a different tangent haha. If I were to buy a new expensive phone it would be the fire phone, just b.c it is different.
Mainly for me it is half the price because I go after those cheaper off contract phones.
Some keep mentioning Android is ugly and that's fine as everyone has their own taste, but iOS is still based on the rows of icons from it's very existence. They can only change icons and colors but so much. They should put apps in an actual app drawer(like every other mobile OS) and create something difference with the homescreen.
Yea, I don't get this comment at all. The phones aren't a beauty pageant to show off home screens to everyone else. Most folks look at it briefly while going into an app to perform a function. So you think having a fancy weather widget or clock on the screen freshens things up on android? Don't you have to set it to refresh on a interval or tap it to refresh? Isn't it a battery suck which is why they changed it to refresh on intervals to begin with? On iOS, I can just pull down the notification screen without unlocking and I get up to date info. No refresh required.
That was wasn't my point. My point was making home screens customizable and productive like every other mobile OS has done on some level.
Widgets can be much more robust than you make it out to be. For example: I almost never use the actually twitter app because Falcon Widget handles all the basic functions. I also have a small widget for my Touchdown app for my work email which is priceless. And YES, The multiple day weather widget is useful instead of opening an app or looking up a five day forecast in a browser or TV. Even love the full page calendar widget I use. One swipe to the left, and I see all the days of the month and appointments. I can go on and on. Battery life difference is barely noticeable. So NO, you can't get all that up to date info by just pulling down the notification screen. Especially on iOS.
Pulling down the notification shade is the refresh action
I use a Calender widget, a battery monitor widget, and a volume widget and dont have significant battery loss, they dont even show up on the chart. But anecdotal evidence is anecdotal.
I found rooting a Galaxy S3 to be a rather non-trivial process. There are a number of steps to follow. I managed to get through it all. It took me 15 minutes as I kept checking each step to make sure I'm not doing it wrong.
i wasnt saying rooting is hard ... theres even a one tap solution straight from the phone itself. what troubles me is doing it backwards and getting the latest OS update on it. i already looked up some tutorials to unroot or to upgrade using the factory image but all i saw reading it was "????" might as well have been written in chinese, no idea what half those words even meant (like those things you just mentioned in your post actually). if theres a one tap solution i dont know about go ahead and jokes on me in that case
I had great difficulty finding out how to unroot my phone. I ended up unrooting it by accident when I plugged my phone into my PC and had Kies running. Kies downloaded an official update and that unrooted my phone.
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Right now, I have no intention of leaving Android. It will probably be next year some time before I look to upgrade my phone. I'm actually looking forward to Ara. I've always preferred landscape slider keyboard phones. Any such phone that came out in the past 2 years were pretty much crappy phones. I'm hoping that Ara would be a viable option for me to get a phone that has a landscape slider keyboard and doesn't suck.