[Q] How to completely turn off parallax wallpapers - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

İ have just bought S6 been huge fun HTC last for years but this year chose S6.
One thing bugs me on S6 that paralax wallpaper how can i turn it off its so much copy from İOS and i do not like. is there a way to do it
Thanks

cihanleanne said:
İ have just bought S6 been huge fun HTC last for years but this year chose S6.
One thing bugs me on S6 that paralax wallpaper how can i turn it off its so much copy from İOS and i do not like. is there a way to do it
Thanks
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I'd like to dissable it too...

guax said:
I'd like to dissable it too...
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No one has repliedi assume maybe there is not way to do

cihanleanne said:
No one has repliedi assume maybe there is not way to do
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I'd didn't found it

cihanleanne said:
İ have just bought S6 been huge fun HTC last for years but this year chose S6.
One thing bugs me on S6 that paralax wallpaper how can i turn it off its so much copy from İOS and i do not like. is there a way to do it
Thanks
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Is this the thing where the wallpaper moves based on how you're holding the phone?

Just get another launcher like nova or something, the parallax effect only works with the touchwiz launcher

Just sold the phone too much iphone copy

Contacted Samsung Support about this. They will forward the request to the developers. If enough people complain and request an option to disable this effect, then it will probably come with the next OTA.

I returned my phone yesterday because of this and got charged $50 restocked fee I was livid! So I ended up buying the phone again today and installing Nova launcher to remove that parallaxitive effect.

[email protected] returning phones because of this

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[email protected] returning phones because of this
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Ur sopposed to get an android to be different from the iPhone and what do they do? sell me a phone that the home screen acts like an iphone...smhh I don't wanna have that piece of sh%= round hurrr, ya feels me dawgs!! That's loyalty towards android, round my hood that's how a brotha gain spect fo anotha, ain't no one gots time fo betrayal. This life full of rats and snakes...
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Whats the problem with installing another launcher if you want to be more android like?
Like nova or Google now launcher

I don't understand people sometimes, this has to the be one of the dumbest reasons ever to return a phone...

Lancerz said:
I don't understand people sometimes, this has to the be one of the dumbest reasons ever to return a phone...
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That's just loyalty. Some people are just sell outs and jump to the nearest ban wagon, not me and a couple of others...

Slicktune said:
Ur sopposed to get an android to be different from the iPhone and what do they do? sell me a phone that the home screen acts like an iphone...smhh I don't wanna have that piece of sh%= round hurrr, ya feels me dawgs!! That's loyalty towards android, round my hood that's how a brotha gain spect fo anotha, ain't no one gots time fo betrayal. This life full of rats and snakes...
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Typing like you talk in real life is so 1990 =p
But yeah, I see your point!! Look below, you can barely tell the difference! Which one is the iPhone?? No one knows..
And FYI parallax wallpaper was on android before iOS. 3D live wallpaper. They just rebranded it. And live wallpaper in general has been around since the Nexus One.

Some people are just dumb returning a phone because you dont like wallpaper? This is android. You install another launcher... make your phone your own. I bought the phone for its hardware... not its software... if your too lazy to make the phone your own... please go back to apple.. so you can be stuck in only one vision of a phone.

returning a phone because of the wallpaper? WOW, and i mean WOW, that's pure unrefined stupidity. It would be like returning a house because you didn't like the color of the paint in the living room.
Copy of the IOS?? since when did parallax become solely associated with the IOS? Parallax effects have been around since the 1990s on NES games, animated shows, flash animations and games, etc.; Did they not consider that the parallax effect is actually just a LIVE WALLPAPER? Which has been with android since android 2.1 before its implementation on the IOS? If at all, the Iphone is actually copying and slowly becoming an Android device.
As for the overall appearance of a lot of Android smartphones' default launchers, is Android really copying the IOS? or are they just being affected by the ever changing preference of the general consumer? How do you actually define the "Android look"??? Is it the "80s retro-futuristic" look or the cheesy customized-friendster-ish look of a lot of themes of the multitude of launchers in Android? Is it the low-res or the 3Dish looking icons that makes an Android smartphone look "Android"? Sheeesh, talk about old relics that don't like change and advancement in technology, i for one, like the sleek and clean-looking icons and the minimalist design on the menus on default phone launchers, but that's just my personal preference, if you don't like it then change the launcher, root it and install a custom ROM or something, but SELLING??? Remember, you don't have a feature phone on your hands with a fixed set of capabilities and appearance, IT'S A SMARTPHONE for crying out loud.
Oh, and loyalty? loyalty is about sticking by someone or something whatever that may happen. They sold their phones because they didn't like parallax wallpapers, doesn't that make them literally "sell-outs"? Also, isn't hating the iOS a bandwagon thing too? Because I rode that bandwagon for the fun of it, other bandwagons include iOS fanboyism, Android fanboyism, PC fanboyism, Console fanboyism(with sub-categories and in-fighting amongst PS4 and Xbox fanboys), hating on Nickelback is also a bandwagon(yes, i've researched for years the core-reason why a lot of internet people hate Nickelback....and i've come to the conclusion that it's really a bandwagon), and a lot more bandwagons, there's a bandwagon for almost every imaginable thing, except for Justin Bieber hate, that's a real thing.

Slicktune said:
I returned my phone yesterday because of this and got charged $50 restocked fee I was livid! So I ended up buying the phone again today and installing Nova launcher to remove that parallaxitive effect.
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No words to describe you sir .they should have charged you 200 .

cihanleanne said:
Just sold the phone too much iphone copy
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Sorry to respond to such an old post but this is the single most stupid thing I think I have ever read. Congrats, you should win an award or something. Like a gilded turd that has been sculpted to resemble an iPhone.

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I Might Bite the Apple Tomorrow

Why i might get an iPhone, it is a lot to read. But please do.
Ive had multiple phones within the past 2 years and the Captivate has treated me well. But I have grown old of the constant reflashing and updating. It all started with my first unlocked phone, the Xpressmusic 5800, then came the N97. I loved the N97 and its design but once again nokia failed and put a horrible processor in their flagship. Also symbian got too clunky for me and was unbearable. then came The Bold 9700 which was great for the first week but within 2 weeks i had moved back to the N97. A week later i got the Touch Pro 2 and fell in love with the keyboard but wasn't fond of the bulkiness. I flashed different roms and it was great but once again it was just way too thick. the Xperia X2 was next of my many phones. the physical keys, optical track pad, and perfect keyboard was one of the best i have ever used. After many months of waiting for a HSPL it never came. the Design was perfect but it was just too slow for my preference.
Then came the Captivate. Ive had this phone for nearly a year which is a feat for me. i got it for 450 the first week it was out and fell is love with the Amoled Screen. The first thing i plashed was bugless beast which got rid of bloatware and allowed me to install non market apps. went through different roms and though i love android its the same old trying to make it better with different roms. here i am using MIUI losing the theming which is fairly close to the iphone
Keep in mind i have a first gen touch and i use it daily in the car, my itouch has been the oldest peice of tech i have used and still works. i never got sick of the itouch and still use it.
My contract has been up a few months after i got the captivate and ive been waiting for something to replace the captivate. i always admired the iphone 4 design but was waiting for maybe the new iphone 5. Just a few days ago they released that the iphone 4 WHITE was going to be released soon, which leads me to believe that the iphone 5 isnt going to be released this year.
I have used every mobile OS and IOS is the only os that i havnt gotten sick of yet.
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If you're going to get an iphone, wait until the next one comes out. It has some ground-breaking additions, like being able to hold it without worrying about signal loss.
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What's the point of all these "I'm ditching the captivate, here's why" threads? Do you really need us to validate your personal decisions?
I give it a week before you jailbreak the device and run Cydia apps and Winterboard themes.
good luck.
ebay your cappy so someone else can enjoy the rom-flashing goodness.
betadan said:
I give it a week before you jailbreak the device and run Cydia apps and Winterboard themes.
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I give it a couple of minutes after turning it on.
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blah nevermind
have fun with your icrap. ill be here enjoying not loosing service if i hold my phone. and i dont have to worry about my location being tracked by the gestapo-i mean apple. OH and also, enjoy paying monthly for tethering and a.p. etc. good riddance. PEACE!
http://www.informationweek.com/news...900042?wc=4&cid=sem_edit_hardware_various_RON
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That's a shame man. The white iPhone is pretty (I'd personally wait for the iPhone 5) but with the way I use my cappy I don't think I could do it. Drag and drop music and videos is something the iPhone will never do, and I use my captivate the most for those two things. On the flipside, you can be more social with an iPhone and it's FaceTime and the fact everyone has one and that sorta thing. Personally, I'm sticking with the cappy, at least until iPhone 6 or Galaxy s3
I honestly would never trade my cappy for an iphone.
I can barely live with the same rom and launcher for more than a few weeks, imagine having an uncustomizable phone.
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I have a captivate, and well, love the way I can customize it to suit me. I tried using an iphone 4 for a couple days, but couldn't stick for more than a few hours. I don't say iphone 4 is bad, but its the feeling of "freedom" that I feel with captivate that I can't seem to let go of it. I came to Captivate after using 3GS for about an year.
Anyways, in the end, its all ur personal decision to go from a free land to alcazar prison. All I can say is all the best in ur move. But don't expect to get too far in the waters since all that can be done is jailbreak.
Since u waited this long, why not wait till June? Its just about a month from now, and if there is a new model then u'd be sitting holding ur head.
judging by his history, he doesnt research before he buys, just buys whats cool. He'll get it play with it for a month then come back to the captivate and unlock it for his new contract he'll pick up with the icrap....
when he could just unlock it now and become a monthly customer. no contract! with a phone without limitations... except ff camera.
oh friggin well.
peace the F out!
see you in a month...
TRusselo said:
judging by his history, he doesnt research before he buys, just buys whats cool. He'll get it play with it for a month then come back to the captivate and unlock it for his new contract he'll pick up with the icrap....
when he could just unlock it now and become a monthly customer. no contract! with a phone without limitations... except ff camera.
oh friggin well.
peace the F out!
see you in a month...
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Don't diss him just because he's gonna get an iphone. I had an iphone too and there are things I miss from it. Its his own choice wither he wants to buy an iphone or wait tilll june if there is a new model. Just let him be and let him do whatever he wants.
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jangeles323 said:
Don't diss him just because he's gonna get an iphone. I had an iphone too and there are things I miss from it. Its his own choice wither he wants to buy an iphone or wait tilll june if there is a new model. Just let him be and let him do whatever he wants.
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He asked for it by making this thread! We would be completely unaware of his decisions otherwise, but since he made the thread we are entitled to express the opinion the the Iphone is garbage.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news...900042?wc=4&cid=sem_edit_hardware_various_RON
make sure you read the comment at the bottom=pure gold
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im surprised to see this coming from you. also i cant reproduce what is claimed in that article. i have tried covering the bottom of the phone with both hands, squeezing it tightly, twisting the phone and my signal dosnt drop not even in about phone will i see any change in signal that is not consistant with normal fluctuations in my area.
alternatively why would he point out samsung rather than the notoriously ****ty design htc uses on the aria and incredible. who puts the antennas in the battery door? dumbasses! if a phone experiences death grip it is htc! never mind apple.
Dani897 said:
im surprised to see this coming from you. also i cant reproduce what is claimed in that article. i have tried covering the bottom of the phone with both hands, squeezing it tightly, twisting the phone and my signal dosnt drop not even in about phone will i see any change in signal that is not consistant with normal fluctuations in my area.
alternatively why would he point out samsung rather than the notoriously ****ty design htc uses on the aria and incredible. who puts the antennas in the battery door? dumbasses! if a phone experiences death grip it is htc! never mind apple.
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Haha did you read the comment at the bottom? That's what my point was. The article is propaganda and that comment calls him out on it. Hilariously!
studacris said:
Haha did you read the comment at the bottom? That's what my point was. The article is propaganda and that comment calls him out on it. Hilariously!
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ohh that comment! missed that somehow.lol
and i never said anything exactly bad about the iphone except that he would be back..

Docomo's to release SH-06D Nerv Evangelion phone

A friend just showed me this today
http://www.evageeks.org/2012/03/a-look-at-docomos-new-evangelion-sh-06d-nerv-smart-phone/
A new Nerv phone to celebrate the release of Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.0
Whether you're an Evangelion fan or not its hard to deny that the phone looks incredible. Since it's being released by Docomo though I have little hope it will release outside of Japan.
Any chance someone might pick this up and release the rom and somehow get it to work on another 2.3 compatible android phones? The interface looks epic!
What are your thoughts?
Quote from the blog:
The SH-06D is also made by Sharp, but unlike the previous model, is a touchpad smartphone that will run Android (2.3 Gingerbread). It also boasts a 4.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720 x 1280 pixels) resolution and 16 million colors. The phones will come pre-loaded with some Evangelion and a theme designed by Studio Khara.
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Wow, looks really cool! Definitely something different! ;-)
I hope that theme designed by Studio Khara will be shared...
Will it be powered by my mother's soul inside it?
oh wow, that really does look amazing.
darthmark said:
Will it be powered by my mother's soul inside it?
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No m8 like all the lamest kiddy Animes it will be powered by the massive amounts of teenaged angst the main protagonists radiate, with a backup power source fuelled by the obsessive sexual desires for female characters who exist only on celluloid (actually more on digital files these days) given of like a bad smell by the Otaku lacking in enough critical judgement to like Evangelion-esque anime .... sigh.
Come on guys it gets a lot better than Evangelion if you bother to look deep enough ............
Just for record am a pro animator and long standing Anime fan.
someone has access to this ROM?
looks awesome,hope this will be available as theme or os ported ^^
http://www.evageeks.org/2012/05/sh-06d-nerv-phone-promo-plus-review/
OP's article was followed up on May 16th. Preorders start June 16th, with release a bit later that month. Got videos and more info.
Only 30,000 units will be produced, do hope the ROM and theme make their way onto XDA or elsewhere. If I can't get the phone, I at least want to customize my Rezound with that theme.
Would be very cool if something like this came to the U.S. I'm sure someone will eventually port the UI, but I'm considering going to the local fab place and seeing what it would take to do this kind of case customization once I find my next device.
Looks pretty cool, hopefully we get the rom, I wouldn't mind playing around with it.
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Amazing indeed!!! I wonder how much would it cost. But with 30,000 units i doubt that the price would be afordable.
Apparently it will sell for around USD$850 at launch in Japan.
if anyone wants to get together a fund for this, ill order one and see about rooting and dumping the rom for evoryone to play with.
30,000台限定
DoComo online shop sale
ドコモオンライショップでの販売方法
販売開始日から3日間で、1日あたり1,000台ずつ販売いたします。(3日間合計で3,000台を販売)
for 3 days, evory 1 day 1000 will be able to be sold (3 days makes it 3000 units)
the sale date
販売開始予定日___________2012年6月29日(金曜)___________2012年6月30日(土曜)___________2012年7月1日(日曜)
販売台数________________1,000台_______________________1,000台_______________________1,000台
product site: www.evangelion.co.jp/nerv_keitai/
Got a working theme on my phone following this method:
http://octoba.net/archives/20120629-android-feature.html
Screenshot of my phone:
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Got a working theme on my phone following this method:
http://octoba.net/archives/20120629-android-feature.html
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Thanks m8 Great info. I am working on that and already looks awsomeeeeee
Anyone can re-host those files? Cuz the download link seems broken.
Thx in advance !
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Anyone can re-host those files? Cuz the download link seems broken.
Thx in advance !
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There you go
HTML:
http://www.2shared.com/file/Zb6PlvRs/eva-wido.htmll
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http://www.2shared.com/file/txdcGBX3/eva480.htmll
Sorry by advance for my questions... is it possible to only have a adwlauncher ex theme... which does everything.
I try to follow the video and the explanations but it was quiet hard and don't have really understood the reason to use glaeja (it seems to do the same thing that adwlauncher ex?).
Other question, can i use this theme on my GS3?
Thanks by advance!
s0ul4nge1 said:
Sorry by advance for my questions... is it possible to only have a adwlauncher ex theme... which does everything.
I try to follow the video and the explanations but it was quiet hard and don't have really understood the reason to use glaeja (it seems to do the same thing that adwlauncher ex?).
Other question, can i use this theme on my GS3?
Thanks by advance!
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No there is not a ADW theme. One dev could work on this and make some money though. Glajea is the app wich allows you to have all those widgets on the home screen.
Yes i used it with normal sense theme too. It is useable with quite every launcher and theme. The point was to do it look like Docomo. I don't understand Japanese either, but follow step by step everything from the video and you will get it

Reasons Not to buy an iPhone

So in what ways you think than Android is better than IOS
Heres what i got
iPhones have:
Smaller screens
Slower Data Speeds
Lower Durability
Slower prosseser
Very Boring UI
No Flash
No download support from Browser
No themes/Launcher (Unless its Jailbroken)
Anything to add here?
Camera can't compare to the Amaze
no video chat over mobile data
no third party music player or video player
no way to install apps other than through app store
TETHERED TO ITUNES FOR ALL MEDIA CONTENT -_____-
no expandable memory
cant replace/remove battery
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Camera can't compare to the Amaze
no video chat over mobile data
no third party music player or video player
no way to install apps other than through app store
TETHERED TO ITUNES FOR ALL MEDIA CONTENT -_____-
cant replace/remove battery
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Does Installous count
Lame ass apps, that are very unstable, eg. Infinity blade (from my own experience). Veeerryy low ram for standards that android phones have set these days. And a ui that hasn't changed for years
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It's Apple
Chuck Norris can but Walker Texas Ranger can't.
-the fact that Apple releases so called "improved" iphone every year with barely any changes
-no widgets
-sometimes a hassle to update the software
UI, and Screens are just your opinions. not really facts; not nececarilly a bad thing. the processor of the 4s isnt slow, but its pointless in the iphone. other than that im with you! i could never use a screen that small lol
1-boring UI
2-using iOS is like living in a cage
3-its a dream phone for kids,cheerleader,*****,chloe kardashian
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1-boring UI
2-using iOS is like living in a cage
3-its a dream phone for kids,cheerleader,*****,chloe kardashian, justin bieber
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fixed what you said
It's the epitome of complacency
Custom keyboards!
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Well atleast u get software updates on iphone ...
the only bad thing id have to say about IOS is the lack of custimizability, some poeple like the simplicity of iOS nto everyone wants to flash ... but the most important thing for me was Unlockability. Amaze > and the camera ofcourse which is one of the best out there. but i did like the weight and shape of iphone 4 and battery life was not bad either
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This is the main reason.
Honestly my main reason is "boring"
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I honestly think IOS is better and would get one for the wife if it was on T-Mobile. I can manage with Android since it allows me to do a little more than I would be able to if I had an IOS device. WHat I like about IOS is the apps are of much higher quality.
For someone like my wife the iphone would be better. She complains about the random reboots, apps crashing and some of the other annoyances that come with Android so I know she would love the iphone.
O just don't like ios too mainstream
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95% of Apple iPhone users I have met all have been complete and utter morons that would follow their precious phones if it was thrown off a cliff.
Being 110% cereal too! I even let people know that are decent that I am utter shock they own an iPhone, lol!
I am no follower. Hell I used BB for 6 years....
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iOS is smoother than Android and handles most things better. Android wasn't meant to have a touch interface since it was first made to compete with Blackberry and other systems that used a trackball/keyboard rather than a touchscreen slate. So as a result, they didn't bother starting from scratch and decided to just implement touchscreen onto their existing revisions... Not saying Android is bad by any means, but there are things that iOS does properly that Android does not. For example, the touch delay that exists in every Android device will most likely never be solved due to the architecture of the OS - to see this delay, go play Fruit Ninja or something and you'll notice that the sword trail is always lagging behind your finger and is never directly under your finger while you're moving.
However, I despise Apple with a passion. Their products are great, but they are also immensely overpriced and restrictive. They market their products in a dishonest way to trick the common consumer into thinking that it's the greatest thing on the planet. However, they do tend to take care of their customers in terms of updates, unlike Android because even the iPhone 3GS got their latest iOS 5 update while we're still waiting for an ICS update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557484
These 2 videos say it all eventhough it's slightly biased.
adslee said:
iOS is smoother than Android and handles most things better. Android wasn't meant to have a touch interface since it was first made to compete with Blackberry and other systems that used a trackball/keyboard rather than a touchscreen slate. So as a result, they didn't bother starting from scratch and decided to just implement touchscreen onto their existing revisions... Not saying Android is bad by any means, but there are things that iOS does properly that Android does not. For example, the touch delay that exists in every Android device will most likely never be solved due to the architecture of the OS - to see this delay, go play Fruit Ninja or something and you'll notice that the sword trail is always lagging behind your finger and is never directly under your finger while you're moving.
However, I despise Apple with a passion. Their products are great, but they are also immensely overpriced and restrictive. They market their products in a dishonest way to trick the common consumer into thinking that it's the greatest thing on the planet. However, they do tend to take care of their customers in terms of updates, unlike Android because even the iPhone 3GS got their latest iOS 5 update while we're still waiting for an ICS update.
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+1. Example of smoothness - open web browser in both iPhone and a high end android phone like amaze, open a webpage and trying scrolling - you will see iPhone is significantly smoother than amaze. Any improvements in hardware (you can have quad core processor and a 4 gb of ram) won't make up for a not-so-good architecture. OS update is another big issue with all android manufacturers. If I buy a phone on a 2 year contract, I should get updates for 2 years. Apple provides updates for older devices as long as old hardware can handle it and look at the android world - mytouch4g slide is more than capable of running ICS but HTC/TMO won't provide update and indirectly force customers to buy new device with little to no hardware improvement long before their contract is over. Having said that, I still like my amaze for a couple extra features and data service that tmo provides.
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Swapping back and forth between OSes.

First of all, I'm a die hard WP7 user through and through. Social interaction, stability, and quick gaming, as well as a good ecosystem of interconnected services are what I'm after in a phone, and so it's the ideal option for me. That said, I try to be as fair as possible in my judgment of other devices. I recently picked up a Nokia N9 and an Xperia play as alternate phones to my Lumia 800 (which has since been upgraded to the Lumia 900) for comparison purposes. The first thing I tested on these two devices, since it's the one thing I miss on WP7, is emulation. Honestly, despite the perfect controls on the xperia, I kept going back to the more "pure" Linux experience of meego for emulation. This was due primarily to the app emumaster which has all your basic emulators cooked into one app with great developer support and outstanding framework. The xperia's controls are awesome, but the low quality of the ps1 emulators I could find left a lot to be desired. The feature that Android really stole the show with, was the market. I left android October of 2010 for the most part aside from picking up random great deals on Craigslist. I most recently tried the Gnex, and it seemed to have a lot of the issues that put me on the prowl in the first place still, so I was not smitten. However, the progression of the app market is phenomenal, a far cry from the doldrum mess that I was forced to search through in my time with android. The new Google Play point is great and feels a lot less like a beta test than it did before. While I'll always prefer WP7's dynamic UI, I much preferred Meego's to android's. There are no "official" widgets yet, but even without, the three home screens have all the info you need and the lock screen is great. It offers a, "sleeping clock" feature where even when the phone is asleep, the clock is still displayed, as well as your notifications. After double tapping on that, you have more specific notifications over a background pic of your choosing, you can swipe on any of these to open the app direct, or just swipe the whole homescreen off which leads to the homescreens, one has all your apps complete with folders. The next, shows all the apps you have currently running. True multi-tasking an astonishing 19 apps and no real hiccups. Amazing. Then, there's your notifications tab, it keeps your notifications as well as a list of your social network mews feed on hand. Everything just feels easy and intuitive. Android, sadly, still felt pretty much the same, I guess if it's not broke, don't fix it, but there's better UI options. Overall, the xperia Play got the least play, not because it's a bad device, but it's just not what I need. The N9 is great, but suffers some of the same issues android does. It is, however, a good meeting point between android and WP7 and was abandoned far too early. Neither pulled me from WP7, but unfortunately, I now try to double-tap my 900 to unlock it.
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That should've stuck with Meego. That would've been a real 4th OS.
Nokia can't shine with Wp7.
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vetvito said:
That should've stuck with Meego. That would've been a real 4th OS.
Nokia can't shine with Wp7.
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The Lumia 900 seems to be doing quite well for itself, replacing the iPhone as ATT's hero device. I can't wait to see what the 610 does in India.
I read somewhere that at&t associates doin a disservice for customers. It seems iPhone is still the hero device, salespeople still pushing the iPhone and not giving the lumia900 a chance.
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They sell what they know, unfortunately most att reps know little about phones.
wendellc said:
I read somewhere that at&t associates doin a disservice for customers. It seems iPhone is still the hero device, salespeople still pushing the iPhone and not giving the lumia900 a chance.
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Yh my mum went to the store and I went with her as I know more about phones than the actual sales reps.she told them,I need a high end device,they told her don't look at anything else but an iPhone 4 s,I told them y? Answer: "because its an iPhone,hazzz market,better touch screen and its an.....iPhone etc u get the point." I just loled
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Yh my mum went to the store and I went with her as I know more about phones than the actual sales reps.she told them,I need a high end device,they told her don't look at anything else but an iPhone 4 s,I told them y? Answer: "because its an iPhone,hazzz market,better touch screen and its an.....iPhone etc u get the point." I just loled
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Wow for them just to say that I will say one thing well a couple.
1st smart phone - w as iPhone 3GS 16gb. Loved it..... When I had it.
2 nd smart phone - htc hd7. Was okay not many apps. Hated metro tiles.
3rd smart phone -galaxy s2 i9100- LOVE IT MORE THEN ANYTHING. Awesome phone. Went to go get a iPhone 4s . But I thought and my friend said u have to try andriod. Now he was right not goin to any other Os ever again.
For her to say iPhone as a high end device is funny.

Made an iphone user a believer today.

Have a friend i work with who has a Iphone 5. He hasn't had a Android phone since 2011, which happened to be an Xperia Play . This was basically the phone that gave him his lasting impression of Android. Up until today
We were on break and he saw me using the multi window in conjunction with pen window and goes " what the f*ck. can that do the eye scrolling thing too?" Im like yea. He says " it pauses the video when you look away at it too?" Im like yea. So for the next 10 minutes i showed him action memo, scrapbooker, 4k video, a little Asphalt 8, and S Note. The look on his face after seeing all of this was priceless enough. But then he says "f*ck this ****" and throws his phone (which was in an otterbox) on the ground jokingly. Im not kidding. I say to him "come on man your good with the Iphone 5. i know you want that 5s.) He says "na i need that sh*t in my life."
It has to be one of the most rewarding feelings ever to have that happen lol.
Haha yeah, this is my favorite thing to do. I feel rewarded when I convert people!
Seems like samsungs gimmicky features are almost made for demonstration purposes (whens the last time you used air gesture out of convenience)
The thing that gets iphone users from my experience is the photo sphere, and how you can view them using the gyro.
I remember that in my next demonstration. hehe
hehehe, That because your friend not F IFan.
-Ifan everytime they hold their f phone they all said the best they don't accept world is bigger than they thought.
-I'm an FanDroid, hahaha.
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LOL? No offense, but you guys are acting like you spread an ideology or religion.
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LOL? No offense, but you guys are acting like you spread an ideology or religion.
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Do you not also attend The Church of Android? Please, feel free to stop by this Sunday. We'll be preaching the good word of Andy Rubin and how he created Android in 7 days.
Cupcake 1:5-
Then Andy Rubin blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
The Church of Android
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Wooo, you fixed someone that was brainwashed by apple It's always a good thing!
They truly are brainwashed.
After my photosphere demo this guy was trying to convince me that his iph5s panorama feature was better and mine was lacking by not having it.
He was speechless when I showed him we have stock panorama as well as photosphere.
Someone needs to make a 'how to convert an iphone believer' article.
Lol. Thats rich
Try not to bring him here, too much useless negativity here will make him rethink :-/
I was able to successfully harvested many souls with my note 2. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with them now, but I guess it's always useful to have some spares......
cheesekeeper said:
I was able to successfully harvested many souls with my note 2. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with them now, but I guess it's always useful to have some spares......
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Start selling em to the devil. That dude pays top dollar.
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Start selling em to the devil. That dude pays top dollar.
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But he just got them away from Apple. Now you say to send them back?....
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Once he gets it, show him the video share option... it'll blow his mind,
Just think soon you can really show how big of idiots those Apple people are with your $60 Note 3 official cases.
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Just think soon you can really show how big of idiots those Apple people are with your $60 Note 3 official cases.
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But heres the thing, you can get a case off amazon for >$10.00 and 9/10 times its actually a good case.
Lol had a similar experience myself!
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I have got 4 people at my office to order the note 3 , 2 others to order the S4 and 2 to change over to tmobile, at this point tmobile and Samsung should start paying me a commission
I convinced the guy who sold me my note 3 to get one.
Its always fun to go into a store and spit out more knowledge about the phones in the store than they know about.
He sold his 5 to get a 5s but got the note 3 instead.
Had a similar experience today. Went to find a working Note 3 demo unit at a retail store today. After contently checking out the Note 3 was playing around with iDevices since I was curious how many apps and browser tabs it would take to exhaust the low DRAM they're equipped with and cause memory used by background apps to be cleared thereby forcing a reload upon switching back and losing whatever I was working on. The iPad Mini is particularly bad with only 512MB DRAM where all it took was one browser tab displaying a mobile device review with a lot of comments and Apple maps with 3D enabled where task switching back to the browser caused a reload so if I was in the middle of writing a comment it would've been lost. While testing the same on iPhone 5S another customer wanders over and asks me what I thought of the iPhone 5S (he mentioned he currently owns an iPhone 4 something). While refraining from being critical such as not mentioning the toyish looking iOS 7, copy of Android's drop-down quick-access menu but swipe up and pop-up from bottom instead, non-intuitiveness with double-tapping the home button to task switch when that action is associated with zooming in (Android's long press makes more sense), what I was testing with low DRAM, etc. I merely mentioned that the experience was ok but the screen was too small and that it would be better with a bigger screen. He acknowledged and mentioned he's also looking into the Galaxy S4, I responded by suggesting the kick ass Note 3 but he says he's concerned with getting something too big then I pointed to my front pocket and asked if it looked too big and pulled out the Note 2. Commented that once you go big it's tough to go back. Shortly later I see him with the sales associate in front of the Note 3. Felt I saved a soul. :angel:

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