Anyone else find themselves bored with the Note 5? My device is rooted, slick wrapped, whole shabang but I just like eh...what's next. Thinking of moving to S6 edge plus. ..any thoughts
Get a flip phone.....
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How do you get bored with a phone? You mean you get bored cuz you have nothing to do? How does a phone make your life less boring? I suggest you pick up an activity other than holding a phone. I suggest you use your a S-pen and draw something to pass time.
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Nope.
Give it done time until the experimental roms come out with all new features and a ton of instability. You become less bored and use tons of time
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Nope. It's not the phone. It's you.
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pcriz said:
Nope. It's not the phone. It's you.
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Yep I've been bored with my past phones too and after close self examination, wala, it's me! So.........It's you! :angel::cyclops:
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Yep I've been bored with my past phones too and after close self examination, wala, it's me! So.........It's you! :angel::cyclops:
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I know the itch trust me, but much like many of my failed relationships. Im gonna try and make this one work. Flashing tends to tide me over, the downside is we can't flash anything but TW based roms.. Flashing CM on my Note 4 gave me a little bit of that new phone feeling.
I know the problem. You're bored because your phone is fully functioning, great battery life, great screen etc etc. What you need is a phone that has compromises. Then you can spend hours and hours trying to fix issues with root and xposed and stuff like that
Well isn't this a wasted thread. Buy an Iphone.....done!
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Well isn't this a wasted thread. Buy an Iphone.....done!
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Its not really wasted when you can help another user find a new way to love their device.. This certainly isn't any more useless than the new threads that get created everytime there is an update, I mean we do have stickied posts that speak on that very topic.
To the OP I would ask what your expectation is with the Edge Plus, do you think the loss of the pen will be overshadowed by the edge features gained? Why not try that new LG?
Trust me I know the struggle. I can't wait for cm builds so other rom maintainers can cook some other roms up. Tw based roms suck. But better than stock.
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Trust me I know the struggle. I can't wait for cm builds so other rom maintainers can cook some other roms up. Tw based roms suck. But better than stock.
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I wouldn't say TouchWiz based Rom suck, they just aren't stock Android. I like both but TouchWiz can pretty much do the heavy lifting of android plus the added features Samsung gives it.
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I know how you feel, but you will never be satisfied in life with anything at this rate... Slow down, there is nothing worth upgrading to over the Note5 anytime in the near future. Just use and learn the features of the phone. I fell into a rut for several years of always tweaking, optimizing, flashing roms nonstop and sidegrading devices constantly and I finally realized I had spent 90% of the time on my phone, PC, laptops, etc.. just tweaking and configuring them for "ultimate" performance and only 10% of the time actually using the devices. Often times reliability was an issue because I constantly had to reconfigure my apps and programs and I just never had what I needed when I needed it because I had just installed some ROM the night before.. I've learned to cut back and just simply use the phone more to do real things. I'll still tweak a new device to my liking, but err on the side of stability instead of every untested tweak in the book, and once it is setup and working well, I just learn to not touch it until the next device limiting myself to once a year upgrades.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
I get bored quick too but, I just got the note 5 so, I'll hold it at least till January. And then jump on something new. Coming from iPhone 6 BTW
Not bored with mine.
S6 Edge Plus is similar to the Note 5 - the pen. I had a S6 Edge and liked it but had a Jump to use so got a iPhone 6S for something different since I had the Note 4 before the S6 Edge. I figured the regular 6S would be to small which it was. The plus was on back order so I got the Note 5. I would have got the Nexus 6p if Tmobile carried it. I've never owned a Nexus phone. I like the Note 5 though just not a lot different then s6. I try and switch manufacturers so I don't get bored as quick.
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Flash a rom, do some mods, download some apps...
Install xposed and experiment lol. That's what I do when I get bored
Install wanam and the limits are almost endless
This is just my opinion but here me out. I had all the flagship devices the last 3 years or so. Huge addiction, bought all the cool accesories, flashed the latest roms daily, always messing with my phone to "fix it". Had an iPhone 6+ most of last year and while it was alright cause for the most part it just worked, I missed android so when the Note5 came out I picked it up. Come to find out rooting breaks Samsung Pay forever, and here I am with a stock Note5 and content. It's fast, amazing display, quick charging wired and wirelessly, with a great camera. When I find myself bored I install a couple different launchers and tweak some icon packs to help curb the addiction. That's just me though. I'm quite content with a non-rooted Note5.
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I recently sold my Iphone 3gs ...got bored with it, and I am looking for another device, and I came across Iphone 4 vs nexus s. I have been researching quiet a bit, reading reviews and comparisons on both devices and I think I am gonna go with nexus s just because apple boring as hack, and I have galaxy tab and it is so much more fun playing with android device, so I want unbiased opinion of those who are actually using the phone right now cuz specs and features are solid and unquestionable.
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I recently sold my Iphone 3gs ...got bored with it, and I am looking for another device, and I came across Iphone 4 vs nexus s. I have been researching quiet a bit, reading reviews and comparisons on both devices and I think I am gonna go with nexus s just because apple boring as hack, and I have galaxy tab and it is so much more fun playing with android device, so I want unbiased opinion of those who are actually using the phone right now cuz specs and features are solid and unquestionable.
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First of all man, there are a lot of these threads and assuming you choose to come and join our community in the future, searching before posting would be a must.
That said, I've owned four Android phones: a HTC Magic (MyTouch 3G), a Samsung Epic 4g, a HTC Evo 4G, and the Google Nexus S. Each phone had its quirks and each phone had its niceties but by far my favorite of those phones is the Nexus S. Hands down, no question. I love having complete control over my phone and doing that with the Nexus S is as simple as executing a single ADB command: fastboot_oem_unlock. The phone was designed to be hacked and modded to the hearts content and if you find you are bored with the walled garden that is Apple Inc. then the Nexus S is quite a decent choice.
Their are, however, things to consider: The Nexus S does not support "4G", it does support HSPA which is faster than 3G and it does benefit from the increased speed of T-Mobile's "4G". Also, being on the bleeding edge of the Android community means that there are bugs. For example, there was the infamous SMS bug that has since been resolved. The nice side of being on said bleeding edge is that we are also the first to get important fixes. I find its a happy medium.
Another thing to consider is that there are dual-core phones coming out starting next month. Its important to note that until Honeycomb, no dual-core Android device will be optimized for multi-processor architecture nor are there any real reasons besides wanting to have a battery that lasts only a few hours yet.
There. That is all I have to say on the subject and I hope that I helped.
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I recently sold my Iphone 3gs ...got bored with it, and I am looking for another device, and I came across Iphone 4 vs nexus s. I have been researching quiet a bit, reading reviews and comparisons on both devices and I think I am gonna go with nexus s just because apple boring as hack, and I have galaxy tab and it is so much more fun playing with android device, so I want unbiased opinion of those who are actually using the phone right now cuz specs and features are solid and unquestionable.
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Yea there a few benefits to the phone. The best part of the nexus is it is supported by Google so you'll get the latest updates, especially honeycomb. One thing you may want to consider is no 720p video recording, well none yet but I think that'll come soon. The resolution is higher on iPhone they have gotten to point that you really don't notice much of a difference between the two. The market is pretty awesome on both already. Battery with nexus and gingerbread is pretty awesome. Another cool thing is the new maps with navigation, I love Google's navigation. Speeds with tmo, at least for me, are awesome. The best part of all is development. The guys here can make some awesome stuff and you can customize every tiny little thing on the phone. I would recommended the nexus, its sleek, fast, attracts attention (if you want that ) and the best part is not to many people have it so you'll have a very interesting, unique phone.
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I just want to chime in and say I've noticed the need to reboot my nexus daily at minimum. Just for the signal hang ups, dropped connections and other software issues. Love the phone but just getting tired of it.
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I just want to chime in and say I've noticed the need to reboot my nexus daily at minimum. Just for the signal hang ups, dropped connections and other software issues. Love the phone but just getting tired of it.
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The signal issue has been shown to be due to an issue with the way the phone deals with extended periods of searching for a signal. The app NoBars is free and prevents it entirely while also helping cut down on battery drain from searching for a signal. The other issues sound like something to do with a mod you're running and shouldn't be blamed on your phone. I've had maybe two forced reboots since finding a stable combination of rom and kernel.
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I just want to chime in and say I've noticed the need to reboot my nexus daily at minimum. Just for the signal hang ups, dropped connections and other software issues. Love the phone but just getting tired of it.
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not sure where in the world your using ur NS but...i havent rebooted my phone in like a week im about to for my frist time to load up the new cyan daily
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The signal issue has been shown to be due to an issue with the way the phone deals with extended periods of searching for a signal. The app NoBars is free and prevents it entirely while also helping cut down on battery drain from searching for a signal. The other issues sound like something to do with a mod you're running and shouldn't be blamed on your phone. I've had maybe two forced reboots since finding a stable combination of rom and kernel.
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Yea I forgot that problem but mine disconnects as well. I'm try the no bars app to see how that works. The problem is annoying but the great thing is Google fixes things pretty quickly so I'm sure they'll get something soon.
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Saw your thread get a little off topic. How is the Nexus S? Since you already have a Galaxy Tablet, then you pretty much know how Android works. The Nexus S performs exceptionally well with 2.3 Gingerbread and is solid, almost to where it takes the fun out of having the device. Everything looks great, and works great. I have yet to experience the problems that other users are having. The physical body is the most ergonomic design for any phone that I have used to date.The moot point is right now there is not much development going on for the Nexus S yet. However, it is easily the best device out there right now pre-dualcore.
My history is as follows respectively: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, G1, Blackberry Bold 2, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Nexus One, HTC HD2, Samsung Vibrant, Nexus S.
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I just want to chime in and say I've noticed the need to reboot my nexus daily at minimum. Just for the signal hang ups, dropped connections and other software issues. Love the phone but just getting tired of it.
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Weird. I've never had to reboot, nor have I had signal or dropped call issues on my NS and I'm in Australia
IMO, if you thought the Nexus One was good, this is 100x better. I just can't get over how black the screen is - looks like its just a continuous screen when you have a black wall paper or starfield live wallpaper!
Speed is also awesome. I've not had to unlock, root and use setcpu yet. Doesnt get better than this!
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The signal issue has been shown to be due to an issue with the way the phone deals with extended periods of searching for a signal. The app NoBars is free and prevents it entirely while also helping cut down on battery drain from searching for a signal. The other issues sound like something to do with a mod you're running and shouldn't be blamed on your phone. I've had maybe two forced reboots since finding a stable combination of rom and kernel.
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not sure where in the world your using ur NS but...i havent rebooted my phone in like a week im about to for my frist time to load up the new cyan daily
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Yea I forgot that problem but mine disconnects as well. I'm try the no bars app to see how that works. The problem is annoying but the great thing is Google fixes things pretty quickly so I'm sure they'll get something soon.
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Weird. I've never had to reboot, nor have I had signal or dropped call issues on my NS and I'm in Australia
IMO, if you thought the Nexus One was good, this is 100x better. I just can't get over how black the screen is - looks like its just a continuous screen when you have a black wall paper or starfield live wallpaper!
Speed is also awesome. I've not had to unlock, root and use setcpu yet. Doesnt get better than this!
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Just to say, my Nexus S is 100% stock, no mods, no launchers, no anything. Yesterday I had to reboot 1x because the browser froze completely (and wouldn't work after force closing it.... im thinking data was frozen) 1x because voice and messaging stopped working (it failed to send a txt and wouldn't make a call) and 1x because Gmail would open an random app other than itself. It opened tapatalk. After force closing both apps, clicking gmail would open messaging. to play my own devils advocate, I was at work yestrday where signal bumps from E to 3G in the one particular room im in alot.
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I recently sold my Iphone 3gs ...got bored with it, and I am looking for another device, and I came across Iphone 4 vs nexus s. I have been researching quiet a bit, reading reviews and comparisons on both devices and I think I am gonna go with nexus s just because apple boring as hack, and I have galaxy tab and it is so much more fun playing with android device, so I want unbiased opinion of those who are actually using the phone right now cuz specs and features are solid and unquestionable.
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I've just moved from iPhone 3GS to Nexus S and I love it! I'm totally new to Android so I'm just spending some time exploring the stock ROM before I start fiddling. The only known bug that I've experienced is the phantom long Home button press that randomly brings up the Recent Apps screen. That was just one evening, though, and it hasn't done it since. I find the keyboard a bit fiddly but that's probably just me - I was still rubbish at typing on the iPhone keyboard after 2 years...
It's difficult to compare battery life between the 3GS and the Nexus because I just can't put the Nexus down
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comcast employee?
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comcast employee?
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Pardon? I'm not sure what you're asking. That term in the context I stole from my friend who has an iPhone which she said during a debate about whether ios or android was superior. I have comcast internet and cable but I despise them and I've never worked for them. I have worked for best buy but I quit because the attitude towards employees was just horrible.
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Pardon? I'm not sure what you're asking. That term in the context I stole from my friend who has an iPhone which she said during a debate about whether ios or android was superior. I have comcast internet and cable but I despise them and I've never worked for them. I have worked for best buy but I quit because the attitude towards employees was just horrible.
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ahhh... i work for comcast... walledgarden is a term we use for an unactivated modem... ur not alone tho man, i hate em too... guess if u got any questions, i may have the answer... i do tech support over the phone for internet and phone... dont know much about the tv...
I've just spent several hours setting up my new Nexus S, and I'm very impressed with the Google experience. First thing that happened right out of the box was an ota...must admit that was nice. As others in the boards have mentioned, the stock launcher is buggy. I had a problem with icons not staying where I put them, or disappearing. But I already had a paid copy of Launcher Pro and it runs great. Battery life appears to be amazing compared to my old Vibrant.
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Im not gonna lie. The NxS is a wonderful android phone. Especially with CyanogenMod.
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Im not gonna lie. The NxS is a wonderful android phone. Especially with CyanogenMod.
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i remember u from the nexus one forums... nice upgrade... was gonna get one myself but i need 850/1900.... know if theres a us version in the works or not?
Well, the Infuse is now 2 years old. How long will people develop for it? Does anyone plan on keeping their infuse for a while?
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Well, the Infuse is now 2 years old. How long will people develop for it? Does anyone plan on keeping their infuse for a while?
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if you need to be on the tech cutting edge, it would be considered old.
Otherwise, it is still a fast single core device, 4.5" amoled screen and takes great pics and vids
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if you need to be on the tech cutting edge, it would be considered old.
Otherwise, it is still a fast single core device, 4.5" amoled screen and takes great pics and vids
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Which is why I sent mine back to Samsung for repairs! I love the camera!!!:cyclops:
I plan on getting a nexus 4 soon, but I will be keeping my infuse as a tag out phone. I imagine people will develop for it as long as there are new things to bring to the table. Here's hoping we can get some key lime when it finally drops
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I plan on getting a nexus 4 soon, but I will be keeping my infuse as a tag out phone. I imagine people will develop for it as long as there are new things to bring to the table. Here's hoping we can get some key lime when it finally drops
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Maybe the bugs in JB should be worked out first.
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Bought mine used for $50 and plan to keep it till it craps out or I trash it(if it wasn't for the ballistic case I already would have) if that happens i'll look for another one most likely.
Well, as more and more people move on from the infuse, I'm just wondering if it's worth the developers time and effort to keep coming out with new roms. I imagine that within a year or so, there won't be a lot of infuse users left. But hey, if it floats your boat, keep working on it for the next 10 years. I myself will be moving on next February when my contract is up. It's been a fun ride, but time to get a quad core behemoth like the Note 2. Or maybe even the new Samsung Mega (6.5" screen). If it's available in the US.
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Maybe the bugs in JB should be worked out first.
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That's true, but we should also be thankful we got JB on a device that didn't even officially get 2.3.7 lol
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That's true, but we should also be thankful we got JB on a device that didn't even officially get 2.3.7 lol
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No doubt we should be thankful. But it took GB a long time to be completely stable, (REVENANT rom is awesome) and that's why I'm only recently jumping on board the Gingerbread Express. Stability/100% usability are my only criteria. If JB had that, I'd be all over it like flies on excrement.
It seems like for a lot of people, installing new roms is like changing their underwear. Which is cool if you're into it. And actually, I know what it's like to install something new every other day being a linux user. I've tried every distro under the sun in the past. New features are cool, but at some point you have to ask yourself what do I do on my phone that a new rom will make better? In reality, it's probably not much. I need my phone to work, and work perfectly, that's all.
Computers are another thing. At least on my computer I can install Virtualbox and try things out before I go for the BIG INSTALL. But hey it's all good. If you can live with imperfections with new roms, go for it.
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No doubt we should be thankful. But it took GB a long time to be completely stable, (REVENANT rom is awesome) and that's why I'm only recently jumping on board the Gingerbread Express. Stability/100% usability are my only criteria. If JB had that, I'd be all over it like flies on excrement.
It seems like for a lot of people, installing new roms is like changing their underwear. Which is cool if you're into it. And actually, I know what it's like to install something new every other day being a linux user. I've tried every distro under the sun in the past. New features are cool, but at some point you have to ask yourself what do I do on my phone that a new rom will make better? In reality, it's probably not much. I need my phone to work, and work perfectly, that's all.
Computers are another thing. At least on my computer I can install Virtualbox and try things out before I go for the BIG INSTALL. But hey it's all good. If you can live with imperfections with new roms, go for it.
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That sums up the beauty of android. To each their own, everyone likes something different. As long as I don't have major bugs, I want to run the latest and greatest. Some are like you describe yourself, all about stability. Either way, its all right here to get. I hope the infuse stays alive for a long time, and I'm sure the talented devs we have can iron out most if not all the bugs
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Wasn't sure if this is more Q&A or not.
Right now I have the evo 3d. Support for it was really good, actually still 2 or 3 developers working with it, so I'm running kitkat on it right now, which has kept me from feeling the need to upgrade right away.
Anyway, like a lot of other people I'm deciding between the m8 and s5, I might wait a little longer just to see what LG drops. I'm not too familiar with how developer friendly the Galaxy line of phones are, specifically the Sprint models. I've read varying opinions from there's little development outside of some TW roms to development is strong.
Developer support is a big deciding factor for me since it can really allow you to prolong the life of your phone, hence why I'm still using my evo 3d, though it's falling apart now and showing its age so its time to finally bite the bullet and upgrade.
Not asking anyone to predict the future on how dev support will be for the s5 but just looking for input on how it's been for the previous Galaxy phones just so I have some idea. Talking TW roms as well as AOSP roms.
Thanks!
Once you get used to using Odin to flash you'll be fine. I find that Samsung Galaxy's (I've now owned Sprints epic 4g touch, S4 and now S5) have always had excellent support here. I generally only root stock to clean up the crap software but on numerous occasions I've used full roms from XDA to see what else is out there.
A few annoyances:
1) Knox is security software that trips when you modify parts of the system and supposedly Sprint can use a tripped Knox counter to refuse warranty work. This has never happened to me however and I've had to swap handsets many times.
2) Samsung is good at getting you hooked on touchwiz and their ecosystem of apps; I like the smart view covers and it's been tough getting it to work on some of the roms available. I also like the Samsung default camera which thankfully works well on most roms, but some functions within the camera weren't available.
3) Root, in my opinion, is required to make Sprint's handsets run optimally. Mostly because you need to remove the crap software, but so far Chainfire has been fantastic getting root out very quickly for most of the handsets/providers within days of release.
Hope this helps!
So why don't you just look in the respective Galaxy phone forums and see for yourself how development is coming along? It's a simple thing to pop in here and there and just see the different ROMs, etc.
The Galaxy line is by far the most popular Android brand right now and as such gets a lot of developer attention.
I just pray @sacs will get an s5. He had the best rom ever for the s4. Id be willing to drop some $ if it would guarantee he got this phone. Kind of worried about development right now haven't seen any devs talking about doing anything for is yet. I guess thats what you get when you get a phone at release.
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I just pray @sacs will get an s5. He had the best rom ever for the s4. Id be willing to drop some $ if it would guarantee he got this phone. Kind of worried about development right now haven't seen any devs talking about doing anything for is yet. I guess thats what you get when you get a phone at release.
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Unfotunately he won't be. He's devoted to the Note series at the moment, and has not expressed any need to get teh S5
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I just jumped from the S2 to the S5 - I was hooked on Dirty Unicorns and SlimBean, so I'm crossing my fingers they release those (or some variant them) for the S5 soon. I've already rooted mine, but just sitting here waiting with a boring stock ROM is killing me!
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I'm stewing on it. Cost is an obvious factor but I have an idea on how to pull it off.
If do it won't be likely until May at earliest.
Regardless whether I get or not I'll do what I can to help things move along.
Where is the almighty Myn these days....?
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I just jumped from the S2 to the S5 - I was hooked on Dirty Unicorns and SlimBean, so I'm crossing my fingers they release those (or some variant them) for the S5 soon. I've already rooted mine, but just sitting here waiting with a boring stock ROM is killing me!
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I know what you mean. Same here.
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I just jumped from the S2 to the S5 - I was hooked on Dirty Unicorns and SlimBean, so I'm crossing my fingers they release those (or some variant them) for the S5 soon. I've already rooted mine, but just sitting here waiting with a boring stock ROM is killing me!
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I know what you mean. Same here.
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Once we get our trees up Slim will be one of the first I build
The S2 was my first time playing around with custom ROMs, and by the time I got around to it there were already several available - how long does it usually take custom ROMs to hit the community when a new phone comes out? Are we talking months?
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Where is the almighty Myn these days....?
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Myn switched over to T-mobile years ago, but I don't think he does much develop like he used to
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I love Samsung...but looks like the majority of Devs went to the M8...reason why I switched over....both are amazing devices...but I love to have a phones with a lot of options....but im sure both phones with have good support....
I had always wanted to use a nexus device since I had finally retired my Galaxy Nexus some time ago. I was tickled pink when I learned that I'd be able to use the Nexus 6 on Big Red.
I am fairly happy with the phone but its size is cumbersome (I do not wish to debate this its too big for me) I struggle doing every day things like the gym etc.
I am scarred to jump ship over here with lack of ROMs but I saw that root was just obtained and I used the phone briefly at Verizon today and it seemed incredibly snappy with all the sh.it they still had on there.
Just want to start this thread to help me brainstorm
Thanks for all that reply.
I too have the nexus and it is one of my favorite devices I have ever owned. I checked this thread out once I seen this device was rooted 2 days ago to see there isnt much going on here yet but hopefully it picks up. I love the nexus but sometimes the size gets to me as well (gym, etc...)
The idea of getting this device is still floating around.
I'm in the same boat as you guys only I don't workout.....
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Well I found someone local that's willing to part with their s6 for 475 so I believe I'll pull the trigger and keep my nexus. I really liked the feel of the phone at the store.
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Well I found someone local that's willing to part with their s6 for 475 so I believe I'll pull the trigger and keep my nexus. I really liked the feel of the phone at the store.
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That's not a bad price. What I am thinking about doing myself is to make best buy price match the full retail cost of the s6 which in verizon is 599. i have best buy gift cards that i havent used which will bring the price to 299 for me. I will not part ways with my nexus either.
I had a nexus 6 for a little while and man was that a huge phone and I also workout at the gym and what a pain in the ass I got a email from verizon to early upgrade edge to the s6 and I pulled the trigger perfect size and performs well I love this phone way more then the nexus 6 I love the samsung music player as well and some features.
P.S The phone is rooted and flashfire works for a recovery and roms are being tested and built as I type this im thinking by the weekend we will see some rom action.
I've had this phone for a few hours and it feels a little bit lighter than I thought it would but I have to say that I'm impressed. It is obviously much easier for me to use one handed and with root and disabling/ freezing all of the boat on here it's really really snappy. It feels great in hand.
I will keep the Nexus as a backup but the S6 will most certainly become my daily driver .
I do hope some ROMs come soon!
thanks for the info. I have been reading reviews all day on this phone and seeing how much touchwiz i can take off besides switching to nova launcher. Question for you....were you able to adjust to a 5.1 screen?
I most likely pick up the phone tomorrow or by the weekend the latest.
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jparasita said:
I had a nexus 6 for a little while and man was that a huge phone and I also workout at the gym and what a pain in the ass I got a email from verizon to early upgrade edge to the s6 and I pulled the trigger perfect size and performs well I love this phone way more then the nexus 6 I love the samsung music player as well and some features.
P.S The phone is rooted and flashfire works for a recovery and roms are being tested and built as I type this im thinking by the weekend we will see some rom action.
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Thanks for the info. I was under the impression there wouldnt be roms without the bootloader unlocked. I am hoping there will be some aosp based roms. I prefer stock android.
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thanks for the info. I have been reading reviews all day on this phone and seeing how much touchwiz i can take off besides switching to nova launcher. Question for you....were you able to adjust to a 5.1 screen?
I most likely pick up the phone tomorrow or by the weekend the latest.
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Thanks for the info. I was under the impression there wouldnt be roms without the bootloader unlocked. I am hoping there will be some aosp based roms. I prefer stock android.
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While there could be Roms, they will ONLY be touchwiz Roms unless boot loader gets unlocked.
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drocny87 said:
thanks for the info. I have been reading reviews all day on this phone and seeing how much touchwiz i can take off besides switching to nova launcher. Question for you....were you able to adjust to a 5.1 screen?
I most likely pick up the phone tomorrow or by the weekend the latest.
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Thanks for the info. I was under the impression there wouldnt be roms without the bootloader unlocked. I am hoping there will be some aosp based roms. I prefer stock android.
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I prefer stock android as well but honestly the TouchWiz on here isn't too bad. I still don't prefer this over AOSP but it's much more tolerable than the TouchWiz of old.
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I prefer stock android as well but honestly the TouchWiz on here isn't too bad. I still don't prefer this over AOSP but it's much more tolerable than the TouchWiz of old.
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i read in the theme section that someone made an aosp theme for touchwiz and is waiting to hear approval for it to be in the play store. once that gets released the phone could pretty much look like stock along with nova launcher and a different icon pack.
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I prefer stock android as well but honestly the TouchWiz on here isn't too bad. I still don't prefer this over AOSP but it's much more tolerable than the TouchWiz of old.
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I was wondering how things are going with the s6. since you've had it for some time are you missing the nexus at all?
What is your set up like on the rooted s6?
Thanks
I too moved from the Nexus 6 to the S6. I moved for primarily one reason.. I loved the Nexus but it was just to big and cumbersome for me.. Obviously there is less Dev work for this phone, but once I found a good ROM with my nexus I rarely switched anyway. The camera on the S6 is faster and I would give it the edge, but not by much. Its the size of the S6 I love.. everyday use is SOO much easier for me, and that is what won out for me in the end.. I still miss the N6 sometimes and now with the M Dev preview out I miss being able to flash that and meas with the latest and greatest. I actually don't mind the colors of touchwiz besides, I use Nova Prime and the identical setup on all my devices. If I could have kept both that would have been great but that wasn't an option for me.
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I too moved from the Nexus 6 to the S6. I moved for primarily one reason.. I loved the Nexus but it was just to big and cumbersome for me.. Obviously there is less Dev work for this phone, but once I found a good ROM with my nexus I rarely switched anyway. The camera on the S6 is faster and I would give it the edge, but not by much. Its the size of the S6 I love.. everyday use is SOO much easier for me, and that is what won out for me in the end.. I still miss the N6 sometimes and now with the M Dev preview out I miss being able to flash that and meas with the latest and greatest. I actually don't mind the colors of touchwiz besides, I use Nova Prime and the identical setup on all my devices. If I could have kept both that would have been great but that wasn't an option for me.
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thanks for the info. i just had a birthday last week and received more gift cards to best buy that i am willing to use to get the s6. i still have the nexus and have yet to flash the m preview ( i just feel its a pain to always set the phone back up)
What rom are you running?
I am running clean ROM.. Its essentially stock with some debloat. Which is what did on my own but I like the idea of flashing it and starting without the bloat to begin with.
There is a rom that will support the vzw s6 over in the s6 thread called AxisM. Looks like there are many tweaks and mods. Ive heard great things about cleanrom as well.
so i just found this today on
xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/orig-development/cyanogenmod-13-galaxy-s6-t3269984
it's still possible we may actually have a alpha on our notes before EOY just figured I'd put this up for you all
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so i just found this today on
xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/orig-development/cyanogenmod-13-galaxy-s6-t3269984
it's still possible we may actually have a alpha on our notes before EOY just figured I'd put this up for you all
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Ive been following their progress as well, I'll say its a lot closer than the exynos Note 4 ever got.
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Threads like that make me cringe. Full of noobs who don't know how to read and just constantly ask for things.
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Very exciting, I hope one of our devs will try and port it to our device
The sooner I get off of touchwiz the better in my opinion
i was just about to say that. i miss the note 4 days.
i used to flash mad roms. never again ill buy an xynos device or whatever you call it
but arter said he's not working on one for the note 5
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i was just about to say that. i miss the note 4 days.
i used to flash mad roms. never again ill buy an xynos device or whatever you call it
but arter said he's not working on one for the note 5
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You'll most likely have to switch to a different brand. Remember, they make phones for the world, not just us modders. Their in house processor is literally the best processor that has ever been, ever. No other processor can offer the power and longevity. If CM can harness that as well, that would be great but I highly doubt it.
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@RaymanFX maintains the Note 4 (N910C Exynos), he has a successful build for CM12 and CM13 aswell
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i was just about to say that. i miss the note 4 days.
i used to flash mad roms. never again ill buy an xynos device or whatever you call it
but arter said he's not working on one for the note 5
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Just because Arter isnt making a build for the Note 5 doesn't mean there won't be a build for the Note 5.
Folks are getting all stressed out about this but frankly this is better news than most people should have been expecting, the writing has been on the wall for awhile now in regards to the ease of porting aosp based roms on to Exynos devices.
The rumblings started back in 2013. I just think it's bad business to buy a device that costs as much as this one with an expectation that your every need be tended to by the mod community.
It's also getting to the point that you end up losing functions of the phone's now by unlocking bootloaders. They are being crafty with how new features don't work rooted or unlocked etc, it's all to discourage the modding community, hell, last I checked android pay doesn't work on AOSP. I think they are tightening things little by little.
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It's also getting to the point that you end up losing functions of the phone's now by unlocking bootloaders. They are being crafty with how new features don't work rooted or unlocked etc, it's all to discourage the modding community, hell, last I checked android pay doesn't work on AOSP. I think they are tightening things little by little.
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Look at the root situation where it was handled at the kernel level. I can't really blame them to tell the truth, its sort of expected that cellular companies and manufacturers would not make it easy for the dev community. It's like a cat and mouse game, the cat will always be the cat and the same goes for the mouse.
Heck tactics like these have even bled over into computers. My Samsung laptop has secure boot firmware in the motherboard so I can no longer dual boot linux. Only way to run linux is to wipe windows off or run a live cd...
I'd definitely give it a whirl. Not sure if I'd stick with it though, I like the camera and the Spen features on this phone too much.
It's nice to see that we'll get the choice though.
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I'd definitely give it a whirl. Not sure if I'd stick with it though, I like the camera and the Spen features on this phone too much.
It's nice to see that we'll get the choice though.
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Now would be a perfect time since me spen has been sent off for warranty evaluation..
my spen slot is messed up so something different would be nice
Sure hope one of our devs chime in and let us know they are working on porting this for us! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::beer::beer::beer::beer:
From what I understand as soon as it works on the s6 it should really simple to port over. Because essentially the note 5 is a oversized s6 with a pen
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From what I understand as soon as it works on the s6 it should really simple to port over. Because essentially the note 5 is a oversized s6 with a pen
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Yes and no. It's working on the S6 but we can't use it on the Note 5. Not yet anyways. Still need a kernel for the Note 5 unfortunately.
I mean we are close none the less which makes me happy as there isn't much in the way of roms for my note
This does tell me it may at least boot up before Christmas I mean we still have 15 days till the year is over so it can still happen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-dualboot-cm13-tw-t3271545
IMO, if you're going to use CM, why did you buy a note? CM typically doesn't support the pen features at all. (please correct me if I am wrong)