Confused! Coming from iphone 4 - Samsung Infuse 4G

I am changing from the iphone 4 - and have the infuse arriving from amazon tomorrow.
I used it in store and really liked it, but when i was there again today and really compared the HTC Inspire 4G vs Samsung Infuse 4G the screen on the HTC just looks so much crisper, more in line with the iphone 4. The samsung looks kind of pixelated?
Convince me I bought the right one, lol - i dont want to go through the process of returning and re-ordering!
Catherine

Its a great phone I love mine. Just make sure because your coming from a iPhone. You know how to end running tasks. I got 3 coworkers to switch from iPhone's to the Infuse and all 3 returned the phone because of its battery life. Well first off its not a 3.4 inch screen. Its 4.5 and second they never ended there processes so they would run in the background with out them even knowing. Then there battery would run down in a hour or so and they would complain to me why there phone is acting the way it does. Just remember keep a open mind when switching to Android from Apple. Its not as user friendly but over all its the better choice.

The Infuse is better due to the larger screen, weighs less, louder sound, better camera, much better battery life, and so on!

the screen is huge you dont need to hold it so close to your face like the tiny iphone screen
also you will see that the many features of android more than make up for the iphones screen res. you will learn to love the infuse screen when you see bright colors over a black background. the contrast and color depth is unbelievable.

I had the same concern when I first got my Infuse (coming from an Inspire 4G). Change the font and the LCD density, and the pixelation goes away.

Thanks guys! Makes me look forward to it again - I gifted my iPhone to my dad who desperately needed an update from his iPhone 2. I have a rooted nook color and wanted an android phone, I think (hope) I will love it
Catherine

SolusCado said:
Change the font and the LCD density, and the pixelation goes away.
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How do you do these two things?

ap3604 said:
How do you do these two things?
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I'm pretty sure you can just download fonts from the market and install them, no root required. To change the LCD Density, you will need to root it. LCD Density is the simplest way to change your LCD Density (it's like changing your desktop resolution in Windows), but Root Tools can do that and much more. You'll have to root to use either app though.
Oh, and don't get excited about the option to change your boot animation in Root Tools; Samsung uses a proprietary format, so it is much harder to change their boot animations. I've come across a couple options, but have never tried any of them, so I can't make any recommendations.

SolusCado said:
I'm pretty sure you can just download fonts from the market and install them, no root required. To change the LCD Density, you will need to root it. LCD Density is the simplest way to change your LCD Density (it's like changing your desktop resolution in Windows), but Root Tools can do that and much more. You'll have to root to use either app though.
Oh, and don't get excited about the option to change your boot animation in Root Tools; Samsung uses a proprietary format, so it is much harder to change their boot animations. I've come across a couple options, but have never tried any of them, so I can't make any recommendations.
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I thought the alternative kernels included with our custom ROMs supported standard bootanimations?

Entropy512 said:
I thought the alternative kernels included with our custom ROMs supported standard bootanimations?
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Most, if not all, do. I was referring to using the stock ROM, unlocked.

BTW - Welcome to the Android community! It's always nice to have someone reject the self-imposed shackles that is iOS.

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experience with the epic

just rooted my buddies epic, which was definitely not as smooth as the captivate, and got to play around with it for a bit. i have to say, not impressed. feels like a big bulky clunker. not as refined as the captivate and is really a pain in the ass to root. tinkering with the epic made me appreciate my captivate that much more.
anyways just my short story of the day..
Thanks for sharing.
Can you give an example of how the phone was not smooth plz. Everyone else says that its smoother stock than the captivate
Sent from my phone so excuse the spelling errors
the process to root the phone is what i was referring to as not as smooth as our phones. there is a "one click" root for the epic but it took multiple tries to get the
1 click program to even see the phone and then once it saw the phone it was another issue to get the root over to the phone. not an easy update.zip like our phones.
the speed of the phone felt the same as the captivate stock vs. stock. once the dev's get a good root package down for the epic it will be better.
one other thing i didn't like about the epic is that there is no way to change what shortcuts you have running in the touchwiz tray. its the little things i guess.
novajustin said:
one other thing i didn't like about the epic is that there is no way to change what shortcuts you have running in the touchwiz tray. its the little things i guess.
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Even after:
Applications -> [Menu] -> View Type -> Customizable Grid -> [Menu] -> Edit
You still can't move applications around? That's trippy. lol
nope, you dont even have that option. when you press menu in the app drawer you get the choice to list or grid. i am thinking it has something to do with the keyboard? i dont know.
How heavy is it? The moment was one heavy phone. I mean HEAVY.
gunnyman said:
How heavy is it? The moment was one heavy phone. I mean HEAVY.
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it is noticeably heavier than my captivate with the body glove case on it. also the battery cover that it uses is SO cheap. its one piece of very thin plastic that clips on to the back with some really weak clips. i pulled the cover off of his phone with my non existent fingernails with great ease.
EPIC is stuck with an older version of TouchWiz 2.5 and lacks quite a few features TW 3 has on Captivate. The reason is because of the required landscape support for home screen when keyboard slids out.
Why not bake in landscape support on 3.0? Is it that radically different?
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Why not bake in landscape support on 3.0? Is it that radically different?
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Well uh, I love my Captivate, but lets face it, Samsung hasn't exactly gone the extra mile on these phones.
That's how they get released with things like GPS issues or the lag troubles, etc. (Or the slower 2.2 upgrades.) Could Samsung have built in landscape on 3.0 and make it work with a not unreasonable amount of effort? Absolutely. Did they have to move units? Obviously not. So did they? Nope.
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Why not bake in landscape support on 3.0? Is it that radically different?
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EPIC is the first slider in Galaxy S line. Samsung could wait 6 more months (or even more) to add landscape support in TW 3.0 or release the phone now and sell millions. It's a no brainer.
HTC spent couple years try to make landscape mode work perfectly for TF3D/Sense home screen on WM.
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HTC spent couple years try to make landscape mode work perfectly for TF3D/Sense home screen on WM.
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While that may be true, it didn't take them years to release landscape mode in subsequent releases. If Samsung has figured out landscape in a previous version, I find it a little hard to believe it would have been more than a couple weeks to port it over.
Its not like Samsung's QC is super high. If they ported it and FUBAR'd yet another thing its not like many people would have been surprised.
Then again, im not a programmer, so maybe my POV is unrealistic and skewed.
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[Q] LOVE the phone, HATE the Sense contacts/dialer

The phone is fast, the screen is beautiful & I know it's capable of so much. So far I'm not thrilled with the Sense UI. My big issue is the contacts & dial screens. Problem is coming from a N1 where I had NO crapware, to this is a bit overwhelming. Really the phone dialer is horrible. I just want to use the stock 2.3.3 dialer I've grown so fond of, easy to use. This one is a nightmare. If I wanted to spell out people's names with a dialpad, I'd still have a flip phone! The contact import was a mess. Never had these issues with stock ROM. I don't want to give up & get the G2X, because I love the phone.
Until they can be rooted, what can I do? Am I the only one who's bothered by this? It's a "phone" & the phone aspect is the worst part of the UI!
Get an third party dialer/contacts app from the market.... search for dialer, you'll get a bunch...
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Get an third party dialer/contacts app from the market.... search for dialer, you'll get a bunch...
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Thanks. I did download 1 but haven't found any yet that I really like. Sometimes less is more.
Do you find much of the font to be too small? I couldn't find any global settings, each app (mail, SMS, etc. ) had to be changed.
Just the font in general on the device? I can see some people saying that considering the display is qHD and there are so many pixels.... but it looks great on my young eyes... if you asked my dad, im sure he' say its too small though, ha.
I used to use Dialer One for a while, I liked it... now im using GoDialer/Contacts, its probably the most popular one out there I believe, supports multiple skins, lots of features... couldnt be more happy.
As for fonts... you need to wait for root so you can either change the screen density or use spare parts.
caliber177 said:
Just the font in general on the device? I can see some people saying that considering the display is qHD and there are so many pixels.... but it looks great on my young eyes... if you asked my dad, im sure he' say its too small though, ha.
I used to use Dialer One for a while, I liked it... now im using GoDialer/Contacts, its probably the most popular one out there I believe, supports multiple skins, lots of features... couldnt be more happy.
As for fonts... you need to wait for root so you can either change the screen density or use spare parts.
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Thanks, good points. Yes the res is excellent. Go Dialer/Contacts is the one I downloaded, seemed the best. I guess I'm just so used to vanilla coming from an N1 w/ 2.3.4.
I love the Sense dialer above stock because of the smart dial feature, and the stock dialer looks so bland to me..
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The phone is fast, the screen is beautiful & I know it's capable of so much. So far I'm not thrilled with the Sense UI. My big issue is the contacts & dial screens. Problem is coming from a N1 where I had NO crapware, to this is a bit overwhelming. Really the phone dialer is horrible. I just want to use the stock 2.3.3 dialer I've grown so fond of, easy to use. This one is a nightmare. If I wanted to spell out people's names with a dialpad, I'd still have a flip phone! The contact import was a mess. Never had these issues with stock ROM. I don't want to give up & get the G2X, because I love the phone.
Until they can be rooted, what can I do? Am I the only one who's bothered by this? It's a "phone" & the phone aspect is the worst part of the UI!
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I feel your pain.... I started the same type of thread after searching
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114779
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114765
but it seems the only workarounds won't happen until root is established because all of the dialers on the market SUCK
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I feel your pain.... I started the same type of thread after searching
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114779
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114765
but it seems the only workarounds won't happen until root is established because all of the dialers on the market SUCK
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Glad to know I'm not alone. Guess we are the only two who hate this! I never felt the need to root my N1, but now I can't wait to root this phone! (I know they're will be excellent dev support & help for us who've never bothered to root before.
BTW, is there a HTC Sensation Group yet, I didn't find one?

Text size

Prior to, or even after root, is there any way to change the default text sizes to a larger one. As an example, Weather.com on the Sensation versus on the Vibrant is almost unreadable in anything but perfect lighting conditions. Same thing with any solitaire app I've tried. Also (I'll try this again...) is there any way to change the default font, pre-root, or does it by definition involve a framework change? TIA...
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Prior to, or even after root, is there any way to change the default text sizes to a larger one. As an example, Weather.com on the Sensation versus on the Vibrant is almost unreadable in anything but perfect lighting conditions. Same thing with any solitaire app I've tried. Also (I'll try this again...) is there any way to change the default font, pre-root, or does it by definition involve a framework change? TIA...
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Thanks for at least trying to look up the answer.
For changing the default font, sorry but no, root access only. And for changing the text sizes, honestly there isn't a app i know, even with root access, to change the font size. Maybe installing another font once we obtain root will fix the problem for you. Sorry i couldn't be more of more assistance.
EDIT: Use spare parts+ in the market. You can make the font larger there. Just tested for you. Doesn't really change the font size in the weather app though im afraid.
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Thanks for at least trying to look up the answer.
For changing the default font, sorry but no, root access only. And for changing the text sizes, honestly there isn't a app i know, even with root access, to change the font size. Maybe installing another font once we obtain root will fix the problem for you. Sorry i couldn't be more of more assistance.
EDIT: Use spare parts+ in the market. You can make the font larger there. Just tested for you. Doesn't really change the font size in the weather app though im afraid.
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And, thank you for trying to get me an answer. I'm gonna have to decide whether there are too many little nitzy issues around to make keeping it worth it. I think if there was absolute, 100% certainty that we will be able to root eventually, I would stay with it. I am in no way brand-loyal, and am still pissed about the RFS file system, the GPS debacle and the FroYo non-updates, but truth be told, my Vibrant with it's currently ROM actually performs better than my Sensation. For example, about 10 minutes after a reboot the RAM indicator on See PU turns yellow and stays there. The Vibrant's almost always shows a full green bar. 1.2 Ghz processor/768 megs of RAM/Gingerbread? Big whoop! Sorry, just venting cause I'm bored. Thanks again...
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And, thank you for trying to get me an answer. I'm gonna have to decide whether there are too many little nitzy issues around to make keeping it worth it. I think if there was absolute, 100% certainty that we will be able to root eventually, I would stay with it. I am in no way brand-loyal, and am still pissed about the RFS file system, the GPS debacle and the FroYo non-updates, but truth be told, my Vibrant with it's currently ROM actually performs better than my Sensation. For example, about 10 minutes after a reboot the RAM indicator on See PU turns yellow and stays there. The Vibrant's almost always shows a full green bar. 1.2 Ghz processor/768 megs of RAM/Gingerbread? Big whoop! Sorry, just venting cause I'm bored. Thanks again...
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Well of course its performing better, especially if its rooted. Your Samsung Vibrant isn't running Resource hog, unoptimized HTC sense 3.0. Just wait until we get root, your thoughts will change.
Shaquiel Harris said:
Well of course its performing better, especially if its rooted. Your Samsung Vibrant isn't running Resource hog, unoptimized HTC sense 3.0. Just wait until we get root, your thoughts will change.
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I know your finger is right on the pulse of the S-Off discussions. Would you "bet the rent money" that root is a certainty?

Can we change the pixel-density with temproot?

Ive tried but can't with root explorer. Am I doing something wrong or is it just not possible without an official reboot?
I have tried using the fastboot app after applying the changes, but nothing.
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Anyone wanna chime in?
I'm pretty sure that you have to reboot fully, our atleast a hot one to make changes like that. While we're on the topic, what advantages does changing the density have?
I don't think that sense will allow it. I tried it on my buddy's MT4G running sense 3.0. It wouldn't work no matter what the density was set at. Maybe after we get s-off and some sweet roms that don't run sense it should be possible.
Changing the density is like upping the resolution, kinda. It makes everything smaller so you can fit more on the screen. I did it on my HD2 and it was a serious transition back to normal when I got my sensation. You get used to the extra space and getting more information on the screen.
the easiest way is with LCD desnity from the market, but as others have said it required FULL root, cuz you need to reboot to apply changes :/
soon...
You can't get rid of them pixels. Pixels will aways be there.
LCD Density Changer relies on editing your build.prop and fully rebooting to apply the changes. I don't think we can do that without full root.
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it'll work on any ROOTED sense/non-sense ROM. we don't have root yet, so...it won't work.
I have S-Off and full root, but LCD Density changer and others don't work- screen goes black and capacitive buttons stay lit after applying changes. Any ideas for a work around would be great...
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I have S-Off and full root, but LCD Density changer and others don't work- screen goes black and capacitive buttons stay lit after applying changes. Any ideas for a work around would be great...
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This saddens me.
I changed the pixel density on my old G2 and the screen looked beautiful.
So maybe it isn't possible without a custom rom :/
mind you LCD density hasnt been updated in a while, just wait for the update for ease of density change, or do it manually...
either way, gotta wait for s-off :/
hopefully comes today with alpharevx/unrevoked

Multitasking: how bad is it?

Hi folks
I'm still on the edge between an iPhone and a HOX. Could someone please discuss the state of the multitasking issues on the AT&T HOX and summary of fixes?
Specifically my question is this: there are some services that always need to be running to get notifications, like free texting apps or skype. Some services upload photos in the background, like Dropbox. Is it true that these services get killed by the multitasking as well on stock?
I've heard that Dropbox does get killed. I've never heard anything about skype and similar apps that need to sit in the background listening, so I imagine they are working fine on stock Sense?
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I'm still on the edge between an iPhone and a HOX. Could someone please discuss the state of the multitasking issues on the AT&T HOX and summary of fixes?
Specifically my question is this: there are some services that always need to be running to get notifications, like free texting apps or skype. Some services upload photos in the background, like Dropbox. Is it true that these services get killed by the multitasking as well on stock?
I've heard that Dropbox does get killed. I've never heard anything about skype and similar apps that need to sit in the background listening, so I imagine they are working fine on stock Sense?
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When I was on Sense roms with stock multitasking, I never had issues with long-running background services being killed. It was only things like the browser being killed and having to reload and other apps that have their front end killed.
Can't really comment on the services you mentioned, but just some general observations about multi-task:
Some people have complained that during games, if you do something else, like say someone sends you an SMS and you respond, that when you go back to the game, your progress will not have been saved. I don't have time for games these days. So I can't personally comment on that.
Really, it depends on how you use your phone. For some people, the multi-tasking behavior is a deal breaker. For me, I'm fine with it. I mostly only notice it when leaving the browser. It will almost always have to reload the webpage you were looking at.
Have you actually compared the iPhone and the One X in person? There really is no comparison between the two. The huge gorgeous screen of the One X makes the iPhone look like a toy.
You're worried about multitasking but you're willing to go iPhone? Lol hox will be fine
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Well the iPhone is going to get a bigger screen. The PPI and brightness are almost the same between iPhone and HOX.
And iphone doesn't kill your game progress and clear your text entry fields when you switch apps. And it doesn't silently kill Dropbox while it's uploading (it does kill it, but gives Dropbox a chance to notify of that first).
The jailbreak tweaks for iPhone are for my purposes completely on par with android.
My only reasons for considering switching is that the iPhone is going to get harder and harder to jailbreak (I'm expecting a 6 month wait this time). plus lose google maps which is a huge debacle.
I'm open to HOX but would need a fix to the multitasking issues.
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Well the iPhone is going to get a bigger screen.
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That's just a rumor, and its been the same (incorrect) rumor for the last 1-2 iPhone versions, at least.
My bet is on the screen size of the iPhone is not changing any time soon. If they make the screen much larger, and keep the resolution the same, it will look like crap. If they change the screen resolution, they fragment the iOS that they have keep pretty much unified for 5 years. People keep talking about the "iPad Mini" (something around a 7" iPad), but my hunch is that is not going to happen either, for the same reasons of not fragmenting iOS. But those are just my personal gut feelings.
And seriously, if you haven't held a One X in person, do it. The screen size is gigantic compared to the iPhone. You have to see it to believe it. My previous phone was a Desire Z, which had a form factor not much different from the iPhone. When I go back to it (pulled some files off it), I can't believe I ever used a phone with a screen that small. Similar feelings when I pick up my wife's iPhone.
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I'm open to HOX but would need a fix to the multitasking issues.
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There has been some fixes to multi-tasking, both available as a stand-alone mod, and on custom ROMs. So check out Development, and read more on it if nobody chimes in about those here. As I mentioned, I've been fine with multitasking. So I haven't tried any of the mods.
Also, the Asia 2.23 firmware makes changes to both the multitasking (how aggressively idle processes are killed) and free memory at boot (how much memory Sense takes). A new AT&T firmware (2.20) is just now rolling out OTA as we speak, and likely has the same tweaks. So that in itself might fix what you want. But like I said, I don't game these days, so I can't say.
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Well the iPhone is going to get a bigger screen.
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I don't think it's going to be 4.7" big. That's quite a shoe to fill. PPI is less of an issue for both the phones. Unless you have amazing vision or whip out a magnifying glass, you can't even see individual pixels. A higher PPI is usually a better thing, but beyond a certain point, it becomes indistinguishable.
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And iphone doesn't kill your game progress and clear your text entry fields when you switch apps. And it doesn't silently kill Dropbox while it's uploading (it does kill it, but gives Dropbox a chance to notify of that first).
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At least with an HTC One X you can control how the multitasking behaves. However, I do want to address two issues: 1) the clearing of the text boxes has more to do with the apps you're using than the multitasking itself and 2) unlike the HTC One X, apps like Dropbox can't just linger in the background and upload new images as they're taken. I ran into that limitation quite a bit back when I still had my iPhone.
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The jailbreak tweaks for iPhone are for my purposes completely on par with android.
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I know this may sound like blasphemy in this community, but I wouldn't ever recommend buying a phone simply based on what you can do after you root/jailbreak. Usually you can reasonably expect a method for root/jailbreak to come alone, but you can never guarantee it. Always pick a device based on how it suits your needs and desires without any extensive modifications.
All of this being said, even with multitasking being as it is on the HTC One X, I'd still recommend it over an iPhone. As previous users have mentioned, the effect of the stock multitasking setting is only visible on things like web browsers and some games. If you go under the system settings and modify its behavior, you'll probably achieve the desired effect. If you don't feel like tweaking system settings, you can always install an app like SMS Popup which lets you quick-rely to messages without ever leaving your current task.
One thing I do pride Android on is the ability to have background tasks for applications. With my iPhone I would find that (aside from default apps like Mail and Messages) certain apps wouldn't provide notifications when they should have. For example: if I hadn't launched Words with Friends since a reboot, I'd never get notifications from it. Same thing with uploading images from Dropbox.
The other thing that persuaded me to switch to an Android device was the ability to customize and personalize out of the box. On an iPhone, the most you can do is change backgrounds/sounds/icon arrangement. On an Android device you have full control over your home screen. You can manipulate icons arbitrarily (putting gaps between them, skipping pages, remove icons without uninstalling the app, etc), you can install widgets to quickly access information/settings/apps at a glance, live wallpapers, and even make shortcuts (such as a one-click "Directions to get Home" and "Sound Settings"). Heck, you can even install custom keyboards.
All-in-all it took me about a week to get used to how Android does things, but whenever I play with my old iPhone (my girlfriend uses it now), things just don't feel quite right. The best way to describe it is that on my HTC One X, I get to make the rules. I get to decide how things look and feel and how the system responds to my actions. Playing with my iPhone I feel like I'm not making any of my own rules. Sure, I can change some settings, but compared to Android it feels like a thin veil over how Apple things I should use my device.
Get everything you want now, or wait for a possibility.
Btw multitasking never kills any of those things mentioned. Drop box never stops during uploads.
Android> iOS
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Thanks for the replies. I have spent about an hour playing with HOX in store and tons of time researching whether it can suit my needs.
Franklly it has been hard to track down android equivalents of everything I can do on jail broken iOS. For reading full emails without unlocking the device it looks like a combination of widget locker and a few widgets can do it, but it just feels a bit hacked together and not as polished as Lockinfo on iOS, which is a one-stop solution. And there doesn't quite appear to be any replacement for Activator, which is a unified gesture framework where you can do things like turn on the flashlight by pushing both volume buttons at the same time and bring up the previous app with a slide on the status bar. Now I know if I look hard enough something similar for android will turn up but will it be as well supported as these iOS tweaks with hundreds of thousands of users? not so sure.
In the I think the iPhone is under appreciated here in terms of how professional the jailbreak community is and how it can easily match android for power and tweak ability. The main issue is that apple is hiring the jailbreak developers and jail breaking itself will be incredibly hard as time progresses because it relies on patching binaries and finding vulnerabilities.
The multitasking seems to be improved in the 4.0.4 update.
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pausaniasx said:
Thanks for the replies. I have spent about an hour playing with HOX in store and tons of time researching whether it can suit my needs.
Franklly it has been hard to track down android equivalents of everything I can do on jail broken iOS. For reading full emails without unlocking the device it looks like a combination of widget locker and a few widgets can do it, but it just feels a bit hacked together and not as polished as Lockinfo on iOS, which is a one-stop solution. And there doesn't quite appear to be any replacement for Activator, which is a unified gesture framework where you can do things like turn on the flashlight by pushing both volume buttons at the same time and bring up the previous app with a slide on the status bar. Now I know if I look hard enough something similar for android will turn up but will it be as well supported as these iOS tweaks with hundreds of thousands of users? not so sure.
In the I think the iPhone is under appreciated here in terms of how professional the jailbreak community is and how it can easily match android for power and tweak ability. The main issue is that apple is hiring the jailbreak developers and jail breaking itself will be incredibly hard as time progresses because it relies on patching binaries and finding vulnerabilities.
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Android as a whole is much better than ios. I owned four, yes four iterations of the iPhone and jail broke them all. I have also owned 2 android devices. Take it from someone who has owned and rooted/jail broke both. Android is better.
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Hey, if the man wants to create an android vs iPhone thread, then state he wants the iPhone, who are we to correct him. He's not going to change his mind and never had any intention of doing so. Just let the sheep be.
I think you should just get the iPhone.
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Some of the people here may say its not that bad, but trust me dude compared to other android phones its pretty damn bad, bad enough for me to get rid of the phone. Ie, if you are listening to music and browsing. Go change the song and come back to be greeted by the web browser reloading the WHOLE PAGE over again.
Really go play with one in the store before you make your decision id say, as a poster before me mentioned one of the gleaming features of android is its ability to multitask amazingly, if thats absent then its terrible. Imo the multi tasking on the hox is below even that of the iphone. Just really play with it before you make a decision, with that said i wouldnt necessarily say the hox is a worser phone than the iphone even, it isnt. Its a great phone and is still imo better than the 4s today.
I REALLLLY do miss my hox sometimes though, the amazing build quality. and the display really owns anything else on the market right now.
unleashed12 said:
Some of the people here may say its not that bad, but trust me dude compared to other android phones its pretty damn bad, bad enough for me to get rid of the phone. Ie, if you are listening to music and browsing. Go change the song and come back to be greeted by the web browser reloading the WHOLE PAGE over again.
Really go play with one in the store before you make your decision id say, as a poster before me mentioned one of the gleaming features of android is its ability to multitask amazingly, if thats absent then its terrible. Imo the multi tasking on the hox is below even that of the iphone. Just really play with it before you make a decision, with that said i wouldnt necessarily say the hox is a worser phone than the iphone even, it isnt. Its a great phone and is still imo better than the 4s today.
I REALLLLY do miss my hox sometimes though, the amazing build quality. and the display really owns anything else on the market right now.
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Pretty sure that only happes with the stock browser... So that's a pretty damn bad example.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Pretty sure that only happes with the stock browser... So that's a pretty damn bad example.
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Nope, i used chrome actually. Also happens with tons of other apps, used to redraw my sms app all the time too.
Doesn't Android have some kind of popup that you can use to control your music without having to leave the app?
unleashed12 said:
Nope, i used chrome actually. Also happens with tons of other apps, used to redraw my sms app all the time too.
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Alright, just tried both the stock browser with Pandora and the stock browser with google music player.... The page will not reload if I switch apps and change a song. So either you're lying or aren't using HTC's latest code. This is on CleanROM 4.5.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Alright, just tried both the stock browser with Pandora and the stock browser with google music player.... The page will not reload if I switch apps and change a song. So either you're lying or aren't using HTC's latest code. This is on CleanROM 4.5.
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You're not honestly promoting the stock One X's multitasking ability, are you?
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Well, the new recent update made multitasking a LOT better. As in it doesn't suck.
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You're not honestly promoting the stock One X's multitasking ability, are you?
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redrubberpenguin said:
Well, the new recent update made multitasking a LOT better. As in it doesn't suck.
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Correctamundo... I was referring the very well documented multitasking woes on 1.73 and 1.85. But from all I've read, the new update goes a long way to fix multitasking. Looking forward to getting it! I really love this phone, even if I do stick to only the stock ROMs.

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