YASS YASS, Touchwiz all ovah ma face!
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YASS YASS, Touchwiz all ovah ma face!
Good Job Bob
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Ladies love the Wiz.
If you value your sanity, you will either flash a custom rom (AOSP or whatever it's called) on a touchwiz device or don't buy a touchwiz device
I dont know if this is a 4.2 problem with the Galaxy Nexus, the Galaxy Nexus itself or a 4.2 bug, but apparently my phone 'turns on' every once in a while, maybe every half hour.
It's as if i pressed the power button. Just shows the lock screen then goes off.
The thing is that, and i'm not positive about this, is that if it's charging (connected to my computer) then my screensaver doesn't turn on correctly (it instantly shuts off after it starts, booting me immediately to the password entry screen). It makes no sense because just previewing the screensaver works fine.
So right now i'm about to leave the phone off the computer and watch it come on. It's really weird.
It's as if i pressed the power button. Just shows the lock screen then goes off.
The thing is that, and i'm not positive about this, is that if it's charging (connected to my computer) then my screensaver doesn't turn on correctly (it instantly shuts off after it starts, booting me immediately to the password entry screen). It makes no sense because just previewing the screensaver works fine.
So right now i'm about to leave the phone off the computer and watch it come on. It's really weird.
When some apps update can trigger that. For example I can set Beyondpod to trigger that. Doesn't really impact the battery.
How exactly is it less customizable? You can still change your launcher, still change your theme, and do anything else you want to change the look.
Notification toggles can't be changed, for one. I hate that every time I pull down the notification shade it scrolls the toggles. I don't need most of the toggles that are there.
Nicktendo86
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Just came in to post one thing, dolphin browser is so much better than chrome and the stock browser. Never given it a chance before but wow, it is so smooth
The Faceless Master
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so basically, they don't *not* want TouchWiz?
Unknown Soldier
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Pretty much. Just look at what Samsung has done to extend Android for full stylus support in the GNII. Technically some of the stuff added to Android with TouchWiz is amazing. It's just so much uglier than Holo stock 4.x now.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Samsung is the new Android dev team.
-Pyromaniac-
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No one can deny that some of these skins are bringing good ideas to the table. They're just plain ugly and they bog things down.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
LOL at the reviews
Nicktendo86
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They all say the apps crash. Ridiculous prices are well
No way those are official. Apple hasn't even put out iWork & i Life for Windows and recently discontinued Safari for that platform too.
One app that I'm surprised Apple hasn't made multiplatform yet is the Apple Store app. That app's sole purpose is for selling hardware where Apple makes all their money anyway. Even if the audience has an Android or Windows phone, the Apple Store app could be used to purchase a Mac or iPad.
Same prices as the iOS apps. Same crashes as well lol
Works for me. I've been looking for a music app so I got excited when I saw Garage Band and in a moment of stupidity, impulse bought it to test it out. Then I started thinking about whether or not these apps are legit after it force closed, immediately uninstalled and requested a refund and emailed Google about the developer.
I hate being suckered
-Pyromaniac-
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I'll post what I posted in the Nex4 thread, can't believe I just did this but I did and I DON'T GIVE A FUCK:
so I'm gonna stick with my 4S. I'll just get the S4 or something. Whatever the best phone is around that time. That easy to lose a customer.
so I'm gonna stick with my 4S. I'll just get the S4 or something. Whatever the best phone is around that time. That easy to lose a customer.
And it'll be the same problem demand at the S4 launch, meanwhile the Nexus4 will be in stock then, perhaps even with a price drop, and Apple will likely be selling the unlocked iPhone5 too. If your complaints are about slow shipping times then why not get one of the great phones in ready supply right now? best time to buy an S3 actually
I can deeeefinitely see the S4 having some stock issues assuming they move to 1080p screens with lower yields, and the mad rush of S2 owners that will then be wielding their 2 year upgrades ready for a new phone. Going to be madness.
-Pyromaniac-
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nahh it's much easier to deal with carriers when acquiring a phone in terms of demand. I'm not saying it'll be a simple walk in and buy. I'm just saying it'll be alot easier.
I'm not acting butthurt and taking my money home. I kept my Nexus 7 despite the bullshit at that launch. It just turned me off enough that I think I'm ok with walking away and picking up a flagship sometime in Q2 next year. The lack of LTE made that decision easier to swallow for sure. It's easy to sour on something when you weren't in love with it to begin with.
Disagree. The Verizon launch of the LTE Galaxy Nexus last year was handled worse than Google's missteps so far this year. Each year, the iPhone threads are filled with stories of carrier's websites crashing as people try to preorder, activation problems, month long backorders, etc. If a phone is popular then all the distribution systems seem to collapse under the demand.
Ah then don't settle until you find one you want.
AndresON777
shooting blanks
-Pyromaniac-
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I don't, I have a carrier store right accross the street from me. Never failed walking in and getting whatever I wanted. I did it for the 4/4S/previous nexus phone and I've seen it done with the S3.
Verizon just sucks I guess. I'm in canada btw. As long as I got in the morning all is well. As for carrier pre-orders, they went without a hitch for the iphone 5 for my mom and brother. And those phones are the hardest to get. I'm not so worried. The nexus brand is pretty much synonymous with horrible launches these days.
The Faceless Master
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aww, they're gone now
Unknown Soldier
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I've heard that TouchWiz doesn't really slow things down anymore on recent devices. Then again, it might be the quad-cores making up for the added code bloat. But apparently Sense on the Droid DNA manages to gum up the works even with Snapdragon S4 Pro and 2 GB of RAM.
fatigues_gasolini
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Where have you read this? I saw about 3 or 4 reviews say that even though the reviewer didnt like Sense, it still ran smoothly.
Engadget and the Verge mentioned that the Droid DNA stutters occasionally
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
will do it next time i encounter the problem...
just did a factory reset and its back to 7%.
Fake as all hell.
Unknown Soldier
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If the rumors that Samsung has a 5" 1080p Super AMOLED HD screen in development now, I'm guessing that will be the GSIV's screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=A9MSX10RZRE#t=602s
Damn. So much stuff you can do.
Damn. So much stuff you can do.
Unknown Soldier
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I would sure love for Verizon to send me mine. :|
The Abominable Snowman
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I have a Galaxy S3 - and I abhor proprietary programs for transferring files.
Its the MAIN reason I got rid of my iPhone. iTunes is horrible.
Its also one of the big reasons I gave up on WP7. I refuse to do registry hacks to get zune to work halfway decent.
With droid, I downloaded a free app called Samba Network Fileshare. All I gotta do in Windows is go to \\Android . As long as my droid is connected via WiFi, I can drag and drop, and retrieve, files at will to system memory and SD card.
I mapped it as my Z drive, so it shows right up under My Computer.
Of course USB is faster for large files, but I'm not complaining about 5MB/s
I may be late, but I just thought I'd share.
Its the MAIN reason I got rid of my iPhone. iTunes is horrible.
Its also one of the big reasons I gave up on WP7. I refuse to do registry hacks to get zune to work halfway decent.
With droid, I downloaded a free app called Samba Network Fileshare. All I gotta do in Windows is go to \\Android . As long as my droid is connected via WiFi, I can drag and drop, and retrieve, files at will to system memory and SD card.
I mapped it as my Z drive, so it shows right up under My Computer.
Of course USB is faster for large files, but I'm not complaining about 5MB/s
I may be late, but I just thought I'd share.
4.8" LMFAO
Lol, I knew it was fake because of the mulitasking button. Fuck you Samsung for still pushing the menu button on new handsets running 4.x
BootlegSnackz
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That sounds like something I would like to use!
Also...agree with pyro...these nexus launches are horrible and Google has no excuse for this shit. Never had any problem with a carrier launch either and Im in so cal
ToLateToLove
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Guys, best SMS app for Galaxy Note 2?
I've had Media Server drain battery while having it in stand-by. What it most likely was at that time was flash or something running in a web browser in the background. Because it disappeared when I really closed the browser.
part of its function is scanning your device for ringtone, notification, music, etc. no idea what phone you have, maybe pop out the SD card and have it scanned and fixed on your computer.
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