I'm finally looking to upgrade my phone from the Verizon SGS4. I'd like to stick to Samsung, though I know they've really locked their devices down since I setup my SGS4. I'd appreciate any advice from you pros, or if you can point me to some in depth guides if they relate to my question.
My question is, what phones are best for rooting and customization now? I like to keep my device as stripped down as possible.
My priorities are:
No bloatware/malware
ability to only load the few apps I need
security
battery life
processing speed
Thanks for your time!
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Hello,
I am currently using an HTC One M7 on Verizon. I am writing to get your opinion on the "best" Android phone right now on Verizon.
My criteria is easy to root with the ability to have a stock Android experience, a good battery life, and ideally, some sort of finger print unlock functionality. Cost is not a main factor.
I appreciate your advice.
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Glass
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Anybody know if it's possible to fool iTunes and make Lollipop or Marshmallow look like an iOS backup? College is giving me one of those new iPads, and aside from Apple Music I have almost no experience with iOS. I'll likely need to root the thing first, but is it possible? I've spent far too much time making everything work perfectly on, not to mention pretty much my entire life is routed through, Android.
If it is possible, will I still be able to utilize the smooth button thingy? Or the camera?
If not, please explain. I'm not particularly great with software; I'm a mechanical person.
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I recently was given an Android watch as a present. My phone is a Casio Commando 4G. I know it is several years old, but I really like the phone. I heard it was possible to upgrade your phone with a custom rom. I need to upgrade it to Android 4.3, thought if were possible to run Marshmallow, I would like to consider it. I do not know if my phone can handle any of this, and I'm fairly new to this sort of thing, so I may sound quite adorable in a negative sense. I do plan on buying the Cat S60, so I am just trying to squeeze life out of my phone until then. Any advice on roms will help! Thank you.
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I am planning to give my phone to my little sister. The thing is, we want to keep track of her. In my own theory, there is an "Identification" of the GPS, or something? Am I wrong?
With that, can I have my phone be "tracked" using a certain app? That is, before I give it to her, I have to set this thing up so we could get track of her.
If SIM card is also a possible method, the phone has it.
This might be breaking her privacy, but we just care about her much. Please respond! Thanks!
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So I dropped and broke my iphone friday after using it in construction for the past 3 years. Pretty good run. So I picked up the Alcatel 4060a (IDEAL) from walmart in the interim since it was a fairly cheap replacement. I have go to say I like the idea of rooting and doing things with a phone that the carrier doesn't want me to. I'm new to this whole thing and basically my goal is to put an unbranded version of android on my phone. It sounds easy but It seems as though its more complicated than it sounds. My guess is the first course of action is to unlock the bootloader. I guess what I am asking is how does one do something catered to a particular phone?
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