shinshoryuken
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Once the device has it's bootloader unlocked and installed a recovery, flashing is the same process on a nexus or non-nexus.
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Once the device has it's bootloader unlocked and installed a recovery, flashing is the same process on a nexus or non-nexus.
Doing it that way is way smarter and easier on yourself, heh.
I simply need to have whatevers the newest at all times... it's horrible
I meant custom roms on a Nexus phone are probably less buggy than ones on non-Nexus phones.
shinshoryuken
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Nope....just depends on the developers, that's why you need to read and not just flash any Rom.
Buggy Rom is a buggy Rom regardless if is a nexus or not.
It depends on the device's architecture as well as if devs can get their hands on source codes or not. CM10 was a buggy mess on the S2 for a loooong while, and some bugs are probably still unfixable because of lack of sources. Considering a Nexus device is pretty much completely open source there's a 99.9% chance it'll be bugless way faster than most other devices.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I disagree. Sort of. Yeah, a buggy rom will be buggy. But Nexus devices have hardware drivers easily accessible. It's not like a Samsung phone where the devs have to make it work. Lots of crappy roms are released because of that. Instead, a Nexus just works.
Unknown Soldier
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Except when it doesn't because Google's own stock Android OS and the stock drivers have bugs. Nexus phones are used as the beta test devices for the new versions of Android, did everyone already forget how great the N4's battery life was at launch until Google patched the OS and LG patched the drivers months later?
I bought the Gnex at NA launch and ICS was always janky as shit on it. It wasn't until JB that most of the performance issues were ironed out, mainly due to Project Butter.
At least the drivers are easily accessible to be improved upon by users. The whole point of custom ROMs and whatnot is to improve on what is already available, and if it isn't available (i.e Samsung) then it's hard to do anything with it.
shinshoryuken
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Truth! The gnex was buggy stock! There was a bunch of crappy roms for it too. There's a lot of so called developers who just takes someone elses rom and build around it's framework, and add color or some crap, then call it their own.
The Faceless Master
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obvious sarcasm.
Which doesn't disprove his point that a nexus device custom ROM will be more complete and stable than any device unless that manu fully open sources all their drivers.
The Real Napsta
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my girlfriend and I have the same phone and the same service provider and she got the new Google play a week before I did.
Yeah not sure what your point is Unknown Soldier. Every phone with a new OS has bugs at launch. iPhone 5 had bugs. Lumia 920 did too. Galaxy S4 does. *shrug* Apple released a new patch for the iPhone 5 last week.
Minimal UI is my favorite. Grab Nova Launcher, it's better and less bloated than GO.
Is there a way to change the Google Now setting for public transit to make it include subway only? I live in NYC but never take the bus, yet it only ever shows me bus times. I could have sworn there was an option for this previously.
Got an issue, I install CyanogenMod 10.1. However my keyboard doesn't work, keeps saying its stopped working. Of course that doesn't bother me as i prefer to use Swiftkey, but the problem is CyanogenMod doesn't have a basic file manager to install apk files offline. How am I supposed to install apk's on this thing. the problem is that the keyboard doesn't work so I cant even put in my details on Google play or log into my email to download a new keyboard app.
Uhm, official CM definitely has a file manager with it.
Battersea Power Station
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no SMS integration is lol
Pretty much sums up my reaction as well.
The Faceless Master
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good. SMS integration just leads to a bunch of issues. no need to rush that. take your time and do it right. no need to have another imessage debacle.
-Pyromaniac-
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no SMS integration....FUCKKKKK.
no one is saying they shouldn't take the time to do it right, but it has been a long time, the disappointment is that they should be able to do it right by now.
ah well, as expected with all google related rumours, they never live up to the hype. Happens every time lol.
XFON
yeah it's a fine phone, better than nexus s in every way
No word on Google Voice either? :-
Believe it or not, there are still people who either don't have a smartphone yet or a smartphone with a really poor data plan...
SirMossyBloke
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I'm more shocked that you use Facebook chat lol
There's no guarantee that my friends will see a Facebook message on their phone. I don't know who has smartphones, data plans, and so on. Hell, I'm definitely not Facebook friends with all of my phone contacts.
SMS integration takes away that headache. If they have iMessage, then it'll send that. If they don't, then it'll send the SMS. I don't need to manage separate apps or anything because of that.
-Pyromaniac-
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I know a ton of people who use facebook and literally none of them use facebook chat lol. And that's ignoring anyone that doesn't really like or care for facebook that I know.
Hangouts sounds better than nothing but it's a damn shame they weren't able to go all the way if that is true.
Almost everyone I know with smartphone uses fb chat...
That's one of my main uses of Facebook because I don't use iMessage
More like Gtalk + Google+ Messenger. Because with messenger you can send pictures via chat. Also, you currently can't see your messages from messenger on the Web. It's a cluster Fuck.
Not at all
SirMossyBloke
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Slow and blurry? Someone sold you a Galaxy S1 in an S4 box. Call the police!
zomgbbqftw
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Just checking. Wasn't it expecting so much choppiness when compared to my N4. The screen is especially blurry with a black background and white text.
Pretty disappointed so far seeing as it's supposed to be 1.9Ghz quad core. Guess it's the lack of ram.
Even when pressing the back button there's a delay. I think I might be done with Korean junk.
Koodo/Telus. Unlocked.
Pretty disappointed so far seeing as it's supposed to be 1.9Ghz quad core. Guess it's the lack of ram.
Even when pressing the back button there's a delay. I think I might be done with Korean junk.
Koodo/Telus. Unlocked.
Nicktendo86
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I would love to know where luquidus gets his phones from, 7 duff N4's and a dodgy S4? Must be the mist picky phone owner ever!
I got my 7 Nexus 4s from Google. My S4 from my carrier.
I am picky. I just want a phone with iPhone build quality and stock Android. No bloatware or giant logos all over my phone.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I figured out how Google can solve syncing SMS messages. If someone's phone gets an SMS, Google should recognize it and mirror that text. That way, the text can be displayed on the phone, tablet, computer. You should then be able to send a message from your computer, where you don't have SMS, and Google should then send the message as an SMS ala Google Voice.
That would be clutch and a perfect solution. You wouldn't ever deal with SMS personally. Google would send it through their servers, like they do Google Voice already.
The only catch is phone numbers. But assign every Hangout user a phone number that links up with their email address. Just use email addresses as contacts.
Or something. I'm not getting paid here. I came up with this brilliant halfway solution. Let the engineers figure out the rest.
That would be clutch and a perfect solution. You wouldn't ever deal with SMS personally. Google would send it through their servers, like they do Google Voice already.
The only catch is phone numbers. But assign every Hangout user a phone number that links up with their email address. Just use email addresses as contacts.
Or something. I'm not getting paid here. I came up with this brilliant halfway solution. Let the engineers figure out the rest.
SirMossyBloke
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2 GB of ram no? That's hardly a lack of, even with touchwiz on top.
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