note 5 root questions and general android questions

note 5 root questions and general android questions - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5

Attention android users! who has rooted a Samsung note before?. I got a tmobile note 5 and trying to figure out what is the best root method and the best rom available and i got a few general Droid questions. I want to ditch the tmobile junk bloat. I have straight talk on att towers so no need for any tmobile junk. Also what's some good must have android tweaks or root apps or good apps in general. I've been out the android game for 5 years. Had nothing but iphones with jailbreak for past 5 years. I like custom and lots of tweaks and lots of performance but still look sleek a modern. The last android I had cyogenmod custom rom on a dual core 1.2ghz android with a whopping 512mb ram lol. It was a joke of a phone. But I also play a lot of emulators and games. And I have kodi. Is there any good apps for app hacking or game hacking. I use to use flex on iPhone from Cydia to get free Pandora hacks, iapcrack for in app purchase hacks. And appcake for free pay apps. I'd like to find stuff like that.
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Can you do more stuff on a Android or iPhone?

I Jailbroke My Brother iPhone and there is so many more apps on there and seems like there's alot more stuff on a iPhone then on a Rooted Android. They have somthing called Dreamboard theres a theme called Endroid and makes it look just like android i wish Android had All these Apps.

Foopsz said:
I Jailbroke My Brother iPhone and there is so many more apps on there and seems like there's alot more stuff on a iPhone then on a Rooted Android. They have somthing called Dreamboard theres a theme called Endroid and makes it look just like android i wish Android had All these Apps.
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You can do more on Android. But they both have their negatives and positives. Don't listen to the guy under you. When you buy a phone its what the user wants. Android runs fine if you don't buy low budget devices. Battery life and performance is the is subjective on any device. By area you live and network your on. Nothing really works better than the each other. It's easier to make money for developers on ios than android. Because there are hardly any hardware differences on Apple so you will find more apps on Apple app store.
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If you like modify your phone buy something with Android but you must to be ready for this that your phone will not have an every update as in iPhone because on Android market there is a large fragmentation of different phones.

You just need to look..
I have a low budget Android Phone (LGE Optimus One) & my friend with his apple iPhone 4 feels like he wasted money on his apple..
You can customize Android to look like iOS, Windows7, MIUI and many other UI's like Lewa, HTC Sense etc. Even my 600Mhz processor runs ICS..
As for apps distribution, there are lol how can i count apps on Google Play store, and even apps that are incompatible for low end phones like mine get ARMv6 patched versions to download..
So if u spend the amount of money as for iPhone on Android, you can burn the apple..

Foopsz said:
I Jailbroke My Brother iPhone and there is so many more apps on there and seems like there's alot more stuff on a iPhone then on a Rooted Android. They have somthing called Dreamboard theres a theme called Endroid and makes it look just like android i wish Android had All these Apps.
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You said lots of apps exist for jb iphone but only mentioned a theming app. That's not lots of apps, so not sure what you find is missing as even on a standard unrooted android you can do more theming etc than jb iphone.
Is there a specific app you find missing?
Dave
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i used an iphone 3g for a few months, cause i gave my desire to my brother. then luckily i got a galaxy s. android is in so many ways better than ios. tons of apps, you can actually make it yours. and it is cheaper

Look that up on youtube Top 30 Best Jailbreak Tweaks 2011 - iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Cydia - YouTube

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Look that up on youtube Top 30 Best Jailbreak Tweaks 2011 - iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Cydia - YouTube
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I watched, and didn't see anything that isn't available on Android either by default or with an app. Different keyboards, themes, panoramic camera, etc. are all available on Android without jailbreaking and using an alternative market.
Personally, I switched to my Galaxy Nexus in December after four years of using an iPhone and never looked back. The only thing I miss is FaceTime, and there are alternatives for that anyway. If you have any desire at all to change things on your phone, Android is the way to go.

It depends
You asked if you can "do more" on one rather than the other. The answer is not simple, but it comes down to a matter of preference. My preference is Android - it gives me the freedom I want over my device.

Android equals pure freedom on your phone and total control over it
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Android has soooo many options it's rediculous. An iphone is the same as my androids app drawer. =P

What you want is a Nokia man. The most robust phones in the world today

android has so many roms and apps,you can choose the fastest rom for yourself.

i owned an iphone before and then went to android OS i have never looked back and all my latest phones run android there is so much more i can do with my android than on my old iphone

Android Its ....
Android, its open source.. so many developers can build many application tha fit my need.. because its open, the price relativelly cheaper than iphone...
Iphone, it seted up in my mind, that device hardlly exclusive, with all aplication exclusive only for iphone user.. not open.. and more expensive..
i prefer android device.. i paid cheaper for most app on google play.. custom rom, custom kernel.. even though i only consume it..

There's no correct answer to this question. It's like asking, "Which is better... a sports car or a speed boat?" They're both great, but are you on a road or a lake?
The real question is which one suits you best and no-one can answer that but yourself.

pfeeoq said:
Android equals pure freedom on your phone and total control over it
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This. Unless you absolutely must be a part of the i-life.

Can I do more stuff on Android or iPhone?
My phone, SGS2.
Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532368
Virtually everything new, weekly if not daily.
My g/f phone, iPhone 3GS.
2 years ago, it was iOS, 1 year ago, it was still iOS with same GUI, now, it is still iOS with again, same interface; a year from now, it will be still iOS with the same freaking interface.
Now, telling me, which one you can do MORE
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Oh, btw, if you want to have iPhone-alike GUI on Android, get MIUI ROM.
Keep using it and just change it whenever Apple release a rev-up iOS, still more amazing

I don't know what is wrong with both android and ios fanboys they all like to spread bull crap about each others devices and give out misinformation. My JB iphone does everything my rooted android phone does. There are tons tons of apps in the cydia store that helps customize your home screen and do all kinds of stuff. What it really comes down to is app qaulity, because you can only do customization so long. Android is badly beat when it comes to amount of apps and the quality of them and that's for both official and non official (cydia apps) apps. I tell you both android and ios fanboys disgust me with the garbage they sprew about each others platform. Its great being part of both worlds and knowing the truth.

apollooff320 said:
I don't know what is wrong with both android and ios fanboys they all like to spread bull crap about each others devices and give out misinformation. My JB iphone does everything my rooted android phone does. There are tons tons of apps in the cydia store that helps customize your home screen and do all kinds of stuff. What it really comes down to is app qaulity, because you can only do customization so long. Android is badly beat when it comes to amount of apps and the quality of them and that's for both official and non official (cydia apps) apps. I tell you both android and ios fanboys disgust me with the garbage they sprew about each others platform. Its great being part of both worlds and knowing the truth.
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If jb iphone can do everything rooted android can where is ios version of app like tasker?
There is none, check any iphone forum and ask if you think I'm mistaken. Its not possible even on a jb iphone because of how ios works.
Again what about capturing your phones activities on video like screencast? Not possible even on jb so no its not being a fanboy to say jb iphone can do all an android can because thanks to ios limitations it really can't.
Dave
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[Q] From IOS to Android 4.0

Hello
I am a current iphone 4 user (jailbroken ) and like many other i am very much tempted by the Galaxy S3.
I've read a couple of thread on this forum about moving from ios to iphone however none really answers my main concerns.
A quick question: I read somewhere ( On lifehacker, msg me if you want to full link , its my first post so im not allowed to paste URLs) that all in all JAILBROKEN iphone is better at customization than Android.
Probably not out of the box but mainly because :"... rooting is about as big of a headache as breaking into a bank vault with a safety pin. You have over 100 different Android phones out there, each with its own rooting method, caveats, and risks that you have to research. It's so annoying that we had to turn our rooting guide into a guide for only the top 10 phones, in addition to tacking on an exhaustive glossary of all the crap you have to know before starting the process. "
On iphone , i have cydia. meaning i can install / remove tweaks one at a time without the need to root the whole damn device for a single feature every time.
My question to the pros and/or those who already did the migration.... Do you really miss some tweaking capabilities ? is everything really easier on a jailbroken iphone ?
Thanks , my first post

You should go with the Samsung Galaxy S III, you'll like it over the iPhone. It will be easy to root or add a custom rom to. I will be getting it, but currently have the Samsung Galaxy S II on Sprint and it has been very easy to hack. Some things are even automatic! Android has a wider range of what you can do with it too.

Thank you for your info
If some of you are ex-ios users, could you please let me know what options from ios you miss the most ?

<b>Thank you for your info<br />
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If some of you are ex-ios users, could you please let me know what options from ios you miss the most ?</b>
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I wouldn't classify myself as an "ex-ios user", but I have used many iPhones/iPod touches. To be honest, I really don't miss any options from iOS (most of them - and many more - are included in android). The only thing (more like a variety instead of "option") is that iOS usually gets more games than android (or at least gets them first).

Since you already did a jailbreak, we'll assume you are technically competent.
Your first steps after root (AR) will be slow, so as not to screw anything up too badly. Keep xda handy, just in case. Look at Droid-life. They'll be all over the SGS3.
Eventually, you'll wonder why you didn't act sooner.
Enjoy!
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bebseh said:
Hello
I am a current iphone 4 user (jailbroken ) and like many other i am very much tempted by the Galaxy S3.
I've read a couple of thread on this forum about moving from ios to iphone however none really answers my main concerns.
A quick question: I read somewhere ( On lifehacker, msg me if you want to full link , its my first post so im not allowed to paste URLs) that all in all JAILBROKEN iphone is better at customization than Android.
Probably not out of the box but mainly because :"... rooting is about as big of a headache as breaking into a bank vault with a safety pin. You have over 100 different Android phones out there, each with its own rooting method, caveats, and risks that you have to research. It's so annoying that we had to turn our rooting guide into a guide for only the top 10 phones, in addition to tacking on an exhaustive glossary of all the crap you have to know before starting the process. "
On iphone , i have cydia. meaning i can install / remove tweaks one at a time without the need to root the whole damn device for a single feature every time.
My question to the pros and/or those who already did the migration.... Do you really miss some tweaking capabilities ? is everything really easier on a jailbroken iphone ?
Thanks , my first post
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bebseh said:
Thank you for your info
If some of you are ex-ios users, could you please let me know what options from ios you miss the most ?
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In my opinion iOS is almost perfect. And Android has yet to reach that point. This the reason that Apple fights jailbreaking its phones with so much commitment. Whereas, Google and manufacturers really encourage the development of android. iPhone is extremely smooth in operation and function whereas to achieve that on 95 percent of Android phones, you'd have to install a custom rom which might still be in testing stage and still not perfect. Even if you remove all the bloatware on android phones manually, it will still be not as fast as a custom rom. So in short, Apple has perfected their platform for the iPhone whereas Google has yet to do so. But thats where the fun lies, in experimenting with things you don't know. So the feature I miss the most would be an opportunity to experiment a great deal, which is there in Android but not in iOS. But if you look at hardware specs, SIII definitely takes the cake cos its quad core. Apple already has the smoothest performing device but imo, it will soon respond to that. Also, many apps are made first for iOS and then for Android. Lastly, Android devices confuse the customer because there is so much of pointless variation in devices whereas there is just one great iPhone. So you have to keep that in mind as well

Also I think it's much more practical to have all your tweaks and hacks available in one place ( cydia ) then having to go read countless forums in search for one....
is it true ?

bebseh said:
Also I think it's much more practical to have all your tweaks and hacks available in one place ( cydia ) then having to go read countless forums in search for one....
is it true ?
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Not possible. Different devices have different tweaks and hacks. Plus, the android tweaks are much different. It's not just some overlay to make your phone look different...some of them make deep deep changes to your entire system.
The type of customization you are talking about can be done through the play store. Just install a new launcher and each launcher has tons of themes available.

Sora3004 said:
In my opinion iOS is almost perfect. And Android has yet to reach that point. This the reason that Apple fights jailbreaking its phones with so much commitment. Whereas, Google and manufacturers really encourage the development of android. iPhone is extremely smooth in operation and function whereas to achieve that on 95 percent of Android phones, you'd have to install a custom rom which might still be in testing stage and still not perfect. Even if you remove all the bloatware on android phones manually, it will still be not as fast as a custom rom. So in short, Apple has perfected their platform for the iPhone whereas Google has yet to do so. But thats where the fun lies, in experimenting with things you don't know. So the feature I miss the most would be an opportunity to experiment a great deal, which is there in Android but not in iOS. But if you look at hardware specs, SIII definitely takes the cake cos its quad core. Apple already has the smoothest performing device but imo, it will soon respond to that. Also, many apps are made first for iOS and then for Android. Lastly, Android devices confuse the customer because there is so much of pointless variation in devices whereas there is just one great iPhone. So you have to keep that in mind as well
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I NEVER owned an Iphone and only use nothing but android phone up until I have my new Ipad. My current devices are, Sprint Evo 4G LTE (sprint version of one x), Motorola xoom, and the new ipad. My wife have the Og EVO 4g, daughter with the Epic 4G and my son now have the Ipod touch 4th generation.
As you can see in my household Android rule and I have quite a bit of experience with android rooting and customization. Can't speak for the IOS in the Iphone (I'm assuming there the same) but up unitl I purchase the new Ipad and was swore that Android devices is so much better in customization than IOS, I was wrong. After jailbreaking my new Ipad and still learning all the tweak you can do inside cydia, it is so enjoyable and effortless, not saying android isn't fun, it is indeed.
What I like about IOS over android is how opitmized each and every apps that is out for both platform. Every apps and games I played on IOS that are also on Android runs ten times better than android. Were talking about web browsing to 3d games everything is silky smooth. Heck even my son jailbreak Ipod is very smooth compare to my flagship android Evo 4G LTE. I will continue to use both platform as long as it suit my needs but my advice is don't give up one platform for another just because of what you've heard. Try it out first and then asked yourself which platform you've perferred the most. For me I like them both in there own ways, just my two cents.

Apple is a closed system ... This is why having an iPhone is a true custom galley ... iTunes update every week day with the jailbreak that jumps ... Short! The big ****!
Since I bought my first Android phone (Nexus S), I found my freedom, I can customize as much as I want my phone. The act of unlocking the phone is primarily for setting much further and for a fan of flash and custom system (custom rom, Cyanogen, MIUI,...).
After a lot cheaper and just as powerful and polyvalant, with a better overlay, Verily I advise you the HTC One X or One S.
The Galaxy S III looks good but I have trouble with the side too plastic and fingerprints at will ... The AMOLED screen is for me to lower quality than the SLCD.
GS3: AMOLED+
HTC ONE X: Super LCD
With my "HTC One X," I month, I am delighted, only a little autonomy default. Side and top design is integrated with the battery.

bebseh said:
Also I think it's much more practical to have all your tweaks and hacks available in one place ( cydia ) then having to go read countless forums in search for one....
is it true ?
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Xda has everything in one place. no?

Great
In android there are good and bad sides.
Bad is that there are still lag, bugs and shut down. But greater side there is many phones you can choose and Specs are better than iPhone 4. There are 1 major thing that annoys my gear that is: there is so many phones and so few updates, like in old phones there is no update to Android 4.0, but in iOS there is that iPhone 3g have iOS 5.0. Few games dont run in android to There are complicated parts and great parts about android

From what I understand, out of the box android is much more "customizable" , but apps and games look much better on IOS ( and is a much more stable system )

bebseh said:
From what I understand, out of the box android is much more "customizable" , but apps and games look much better on IOS ( and is a much more stable system )
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An original system in Ice Cream Sandwich as well as a running IOS, games and application included. There had gaps before, but now Google has caught up.

bebseh said:
Also I think it's much more practical to have all your tweaks and hacks available in one place ( cydia ) then having to go read countless forums in search for one....
is it true ?
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I don't see what your worried about. Just find the xda wiki for your device and everything is right there. Most devices have easy peasy hacking tools (one click everything is installed) and some of the stuff you have to hack your iPhone for (themes,a keyboard change) is stock android. You might even not want to bother with rooting your android phone for a while.
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Will rooting make my phone generally faster ?
because its IOS its the other way around. jailbreaking tends to slow down ur phone

Rooting will alloy you to modify anything and everything, basically. Otherthings to note that make most android devices better, ability to remove battery without voiding warranty/worrying about killing your phone, most have mSD slot for expandable/removable additional memory, LARGER screens, some have physical keyboards, no iTUNES BS!!!, can plug in and drag/drop anything everything you want, more custom roms than you know what to do with, etc. The list goes on and on. I have never/will never own an iFail device. Have used them, and I have to say even my pretty basic media/music players are WAY less compicated than iFail devices. If you want to "sync" to more than one computer, NO PROBLEM, You want to flash a new rom/radio, etc, NO PROBLEM.
Even if there is no physicaly qwerty keyboard, it is nice having more than one button to do all the work.
For me, being a PC person (mostly Linux, some Windoze) having to iTunes just to be able to "sync", modify, load, whatever on to a device is recockulous.
Besides the fact, that you can almost buy a NEW, no extended contract phone for the price of an iFail with a contract should tell you something as well.

bebseh said:
Will rooting make my phone generally faster ?
because its IOS its the other way around. jailbreaking tends to slow down ur phone
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Big yes,it's one of the major reasons people are willing to void their warranty. Lag fixes are a big part of custom roms, some even remove android features just to hit impossible benchmarks and fluidity. Of course, a good balance of features and speed is my recommendation,you'll love it.
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Why switch to Android from iPhone

In the current smartphone boom, Android has its major share in smartphone users. iPhone was the king, but Android has surely dethroned it. Pricing is definitely one of the major factor. Following are few more factors to switch to an Android device from iPhone. What are your take on this.
1. Android has robust notification system. Unlike the iPhone, Android has a single notification system that developers can tap into when developing applications.
2. The web browser, Android browser is very fast unlike safari on iPhone. My experience. Android browser also supports flash which is a bonus for game lovers.
3. Android is a Open source system. Much to the delight of developers.They more control over how they can customize the Android devices.
4. Recently Samsung Galaxy S3 is released by all 5 carriers in US which is awesome. iPhone is locked with At&T. No Multiple carriers for iPhone.
5. Android device is packed with loads of Google applications.If you are a Gmail user then it allows you to easily manage your contacts on either your phone or the desktop
Have you switched to android from iPhone? would you mind giving the reasons for that?
- Sara

Android as you say is open source and highly customisable. Custom ROMS, kernals, bootloaders... etc, People can work together to get the most out of an android device while the iPhone is kinda restricted and you can hardly do anything to change it. Unless you jailbreak an iPhone, I don't see it as anywhere near as good as android.
I actually switched just for the galaxy nexus as I wanted the reputable frequent updates to the phone which I know google can provide. Today I just updated to Jelly Bean and the only problem I had with Android vs iPhone was the animation lag. That has now been fixed and I can't think of a single reason to go back to the iPhone.

Well, the biggest argument for we was the bigger screen size of Android devices!

i think this argument is bigger than "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

SaraParker23 said:
4. Recently Samsung Galaxy S3 is released by all 5 carriers in US which is awesome. iPhone is locked with At&T. No Multiple carriers for iPhone.
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That not really the case anymore...
The iPhone is on AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and starting to push out to multiple regional carriers.
I have my SII and an iPhone for work. I will never get rid of Android. I hate my iPhone!
I also talked my most of my family and believe it or not one of the main reasons they switch widgets...

well, iphone it's simple to use, beautiful, and ready to use out of the box.
it's the perfect phone for the noobs, old parents, ecc.
android is high customizable, you can do with it what do you want, it's perfect for al those people who know how to use computer and tecnology.
if you have an iphone and you get bored, that means it's time to buy an android phone.

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This kind of topics always end bad

Why i switched back to Android from IOS.

Hello everybody, this is the story about why i switched back to Android from IOS. Hope you enjoy!
When i first got in to Smartphones i bought a HTC Tattoo, and it was a very good device to begin with. It had Android Version 1.6, and that was fine to me in some time, but then i found out that Google had released Android Version 2.1 and even 2.3 (Gingerbread) and i got a little bit disapointed with my phone, i waited for weeks for my device to get updated but it never did..... So i saved up for a new phone with a newer version of Android so i bought the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 (Yeah. i know it was a crappy device, but i didnt know much about phones back then...) and it had Android Version 2.1 (Froyo) and i was really happy a long time, but at some point I was getting bored, so i wanted a new version of android to try some new things but that never happend either.... besides that the Xperia X8 was really laggy all the time and had a 600mhz procceser inside and couldnt run the most basic games..... so i was getting really angry on Android and bought a IPhone 4S because i was tired of all the apps and games i couldnt run on my old phone and never gotten updates Android updates. so i used the IPhone about a year and i was really happy, and i could run all the apps i wanted to try, and i got 2 major updates, but one day i was on Youtube and i saw the way Android has evolved and has gotten Project butter so it was alot smoother and you could do anything you want with it when you rooted it, even ahole new rom. Then i looked at my IPhone 4S and I felt very limited with an IPhone.
so i sold my IPhone a bought a brand new LG Nexus 4, and i am REALLY happy i did it, because now Android is smooth and powerful enough to handle intensive apps and because it´s a Nexus device i get all the new updates straight from google.
and i will never buy a IPhone again because it gives me a limit so i can´t do the things i want to do.

It's somthing clear and known
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You made a great decision to get on Android again :good: Nowadays if you want to be happy from your Android you need to have a powerful high-end device otherwise some of the old ones sooner or later get really slow and crappy and get on your nerves like my Galaxy i9000 which I really want to change. :

As long as you have a mid to high end device android runs circles around ios

I agree. It took a while for Android devices and the OS to catch up but catch up they did and now Android is in the lead imo.
On average though, the quality of the average Android app is lower than that IOS apps but that's because the Google gatekeepers aren't as strict, which I believe is a good thing anyway.

More and more I'm thinking IOS is almost dead now. Unless they revolutionize it I would give it another year

Apple has too close an ecosystem, they need to open up a little bit. Otherwise they may stagnate.

japgolly said:
I agree. It took a while for Android devices and the OS to catch up but catch up they did and now Android is in the lead imo.
On average though, the quality of the average Android app is lower than that IOS apps but that's because the Google gatekeepers aren't as strict, which I believe is a good thing anyway.
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What? Android apps are just as good or better than iOS apps.
Quality over quantity and android has the former and enough of the latter.
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Note 5 the next generation of android and ios discussion

First off start by saying I love the note 5 and Android but the new generation of android phones with locked bootloaders are making me wonder in this world where your gonna be stuck with factory roms and ui is ios the answer or will the pixel and pixel xl be the answer to androids growing gap?? I've never been an apple fan they make grand promises and come out with devices with marginal reliability but from friends I have that made the switch they say it's 10x better then android better battery life and better performance?? Android phones have better screens but every I know seems to like the ios and ios ui better. Just wondering what fellow android enthusiasts have to say on this. Is this gonna be androids future locked down with minimal mods?? Is android gonna decline from this decision to lock down??

Don't confuse what samsung is doing with what other oems for android are doing . Theres more then enough android phones that come with unlocked bootloaders. What's messing up everything is all this android pay and samsung pay crap. They have no choice but too lock things down so crazy people don't go stealing people money. But android have more than enough devices that don't support any of these pay method and can be hacked til the wheels fall off. As android get older its getting more harder and harder to do things and people also getting alot older and have less time to dedicate time making roms,hacks and mods. This is a transition period where the old heads are leaving because of family ,work and reality of bills don't pay themselves and the new kids are coming in to take off where they left off. We should be ok for the next 3 years after that i might have to paste what your thinking now if people keep buying into the android and samsung pay crap. I hate it but it looks like the future for us all
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