As a long time Androyer myself, I'm happy to announce my wife has come over to this side of freedom from her idevice.
Having 2 Nexi together is very fun, NFCing, sharing ideas, flashing etc. I got my wife her Nexus one week after I got mine, she saw the beauty of the device, and was curious about it. Her first week was very difficult in trying to customize and get used to the system, especially after coming from simple-apple. But with a little guidance and help she saw what Android was capable of doing and customized her own screens.
I'm curious to know if your significant other also has the SGN and how has the transition been? Is his/her screens customized? Did they come from another OS?
Here is my wife's screens, I told her I was proud of her and that I would share it with you guys... she said criticism welcomed!!!! Thank guys, maybe this could be a thread for chicks to get together and share chick stuff? IDK...
Love you Cheekys!
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My advice would be to get rid of the evil apple icon and stop listening to Britney
nice colour scheme tho.
I think the screens are looking good. I, myself also focus on the wallpaper. That being said, on the 4th screen, that folder is kinda blocking the bug!
My wife went from a iPhone 3GS to a Droid X (rough) then to a Droid Incredible and I bought us both Galaxy Nexus on release date. The ONLY issue she's had is that MoonReader Pro suddenly took over for her Messaging Icon ... and even her SMS widget opened MoonReaderPro ... had to uninstall and reinstall MoonReader to get them both to work. HOW she did this .. I do not know. But for the most part she LOVES the phone and doesn't much care for iOS. And we both use MacbookPro's as our laptop of choice.
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I think the screens are looking good. I, myself also focus on the wallpaper. That being said, on the 4th screen, that folder is kinda blocking the bug!
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Great, you having said that she's off to fixing the bug!
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My wife went from a iPhone 3GS to a Droid X (rough) then to a Droid Incredible and I bought us both Galaxy Nexus on release date. The ONLY issue she's had is that MoonReader Pro suddenly took over for her Messaging Icon ... and even her SMS widget opened MoonReaderPro ... had to uninstall and reinstall MoonReader to get them both to work. HOW she did this .. I do not know. But for the most part she LOVES the phone and doesn't much care for iOS. And we both use MacbookPro's as our laptop of choice.
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They do the darnest things! We use our iPads in bed just for browsing the net and movies but on the go, its our Nexuseses. I know I know... the iPad IS the way to go for movies though... and tethering to our Nexuss for that sweet LTE...
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Great thread idea!
I have Galaxy Nexuses on order for us and they should arrive Wednesday. My wife's first and only foray into Android was with the Motorola Devour (I should have stopped her) and she is excited to see what a good phone can do.
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They do the darnest things! We use our iPads in bed just for browsing the net and movies but on the go, its our Nexuseses. I know I know... the iPad IS the way to go for movies though... and tethering to our Nexuss for that sweet LTE...
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Sell the iPads, buy a pair of HP Touchpads, slap ICS on them (nearing release), and spend the left over $s on a weekend vacation.
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I followed the nexus and got it shortly after release. It was frustrating coming from HTC sense so my wife got the rezound. Well about a week later and after flashing a few roms and mods I was in love and the wife hated the rezound. It was just too similar to the tbolt so she switched to the gnex and loves it. We are both running android revolution hd with nova launcher and love our phones. My wife might steal some ideas from yours
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My wife had the fascinate and then went to the IC2. She bought all the hype when Verizon got the Iphone and had to have it. She got and loved it but me being a die hard android fan, well lets just say we didn't talk for awhile. But after 2 or 3 months of putting up with Apples **** and Itunes she has come back to Android and loving it even more.
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I followed the nexus and got it shortly after release. It was frustrating coming from HTC sense so my wife got the rezound. Well about a week later and after flashing a few roms and mods I was in love and the wife hated the rezound. It was just too similar to the tbolt so she switched to the gnex and loves it. We are both running android revolution hd with nova launcher and love our phones. My wife might steal some ideas from yours
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+1 we're interested in what apps and/or setups your wife/girlfriend sets up. Post em up to share! So far, every app she's had in iOS she's found in Android. And to tell you the truth, they've updated some apps to greater standards up there with iOS... Especially Dropbox.
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My wife had the fascinate and then went to the IC2. She bought all the hype when Verizon got the Iphone and had to have it. She got and loved it but me being a die hard android fan, well lets just say we didn't talk for awhile. But after 2 or 3 months of putting up with Apples **** and Itunes she has come back to Android and loving it even more.
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Lol, lmao in bed with wifey !!!!!!!!
liked the bug wallpaper..
Got my wife to switch from a Palm to Android about 2 years ago. She uses the web and phone a lot for work. She wanted a keyboard, so the Droid2 was the option at that time. We also share a family calendar and use Google Talk a lot of communicate w/o calling.
Can't get her to take much of an interest in doing anything to her homescreens, though. Not even sure she has any widgets on the thing...
My wife actually had the g1 rooted and rom'd before I even had android lol.
I had blackberry and she actually had to show me android when I got my incredible.
She went from g1 to incredible and now has the rezound..
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I just got my wife the GN after her having a dumb phone for years. I can't pry it out of her hands long enough to grab a screen shot.
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My advice would be to get rid of the evil apple icon and stop listening to Britney
nice colour scheme tho.
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Ha ha ha I second the Britney bit!
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Got my wife to switch from a Palm to Android about 2 years ago. She uses the web and phone a lot for work. She wanted a keyboard, so the Droid2 was the option at that time. We also share a family calendar and use Google Talk a lot of communicate w/o calling.
Can't get her to take much of an interest in doing anything to her homescreens, though. Not even sure she has any widgets on the thing...
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We also share a couple of calendars. Have you used the video chat option in google talk? We sometimes miss each others call because we never get notified of a connection...
And don't let them know about what we are capable of doing with Tasker. Mwaha ha ha... Ha.
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We also share a couple of calendars. Have you used the video chat option in google talk? We sometimes miss each others call because we never get notified of a connection...
And don't let them know about what we are capable of doing with Tasker. Mwaha ha ha... Ha.
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Alas, no front-facing camera for her..m
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My wife had been using a mytouch 4g until I switched her over to a HTC Sensation. I upgraded to the galaxy nexus from the nexus s, and a few days later, my nexus s was missing. She swiped it and is not using it as her primary device.
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Hey guys.
So I read on these threads a lot. I notice sometimes that people get really anxious and testy (almost down right nasty). So I thought I would make a nice thread =)
Some of yall have helped me out tremendously. I started my obsession with customizing and flashing my old tmobile motorola cliq which now reminds me of a tiny MP3 player. Half of me was fascinated that I could customize my phone to my liking and the other half was fascinated with the super talented people who made it possible to update my phone even after official updates stopped forever. I was able to turn a crappy phone into something useful and it made me feel like I didn't have a wasted device. I still use it to play music through wifi and save my actual phone.
I am curious to read how some of you fell into this "addiction" and what your friends and family say. All I really wanted to do was change my boot animation at first LOL. My family can't believe that I do all this stuff to my phone and sit on these threads for about 30% of my day LOL. Thanks to yall teaching me how to do stuff, it looks like a gay fairy pooped a phone out for me with all the pinks, purples, and cyans I was able to add to it and it works better than my husbands which obviously gives me an evil grin.
So thanks to all of yall. We are all testers in my opinion. Without the developers and us who adore them, I bet these device companies would just be about half way to where they are now.
So how did yall fall into this?
It started after I purchased my first ever Android phone, the HTC EVO 4G, from Sprint.com the day after it came out. I didn't start to even explore rooting until after 2.2 update came out. I had always heard about rooting but wasn't really sure what it did for me or the phone. So I ventured onto XDA and got started! Rooting was a lot more manual than it is now. I remember watching 2 separate videos and it took over a half hour to complete. I guess I lucked out on my first Android phone being the EVO, one of the most developed phones ever on XDA.
The amount of knowledge I've learned from XDA about phones/carriers/android is tremendous. I thank you all
My mod addiction took off in 2007 thanks to Palm Treo 700wx.
The lack of Led blink nonfiction for missed calls , messages , repeating reminder etc drove me nuts so I wrote mods using mort script allowing led notification , reminders etc.
The green horn days lol
http://forums.webosnation.com/windows-mobile-software/139440-led-alert-reminder-alert-one.html
From there I built mod to disable treo keyboard backlight and became hooked on changing how device served me then went mod flash happy on every device Ive ever owned
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First phone I hacked was the moto razr, I changed the outside LCD picture when the phone was opened. I used to theme sidekicks and blackberrys after that, even flashed "barebones" firmware in my blackberries from pinstack. Since I was a kid I used to take things apart and make my own mods, ax my mama. She's still not happy what I did with my boom box in the 80's.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA
I have always been a techy girl. I grew up with my dad and I loved to take apart electronics. I remember one time, I thought I could recharge a AA battery if I took an old power cord, split the middle, stripped the ends, plug it in, and just touch the ends of the batteries with the wires. The light blinded me for 3 days and I was very lucky to have not gotten burned or worse.
Now I stick to my phone LOL. I don't know what it is. It is just so cool to make it do what I want. It is like I get to give the company the middle finger and say HA...now its the way I want it. ROFL
My story's too long and convoluted to express right now (pressed for time), but I just wanna say:
What a great question and thanks in advance for what's gonna be a great thread, I'm sure.
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My story's too long and convoluted to express right now (pressed for time), but I just wanna say:
What a great question and thanks in advance for what's gonna be a great thread, I'm sure.
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I hope so. I need somewhere to go when I get tired of reading important threads that get ugly lol.
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Cool thread. I first heard of rooting from the reviews i read for the evo4g before i bought the phone. My curious nature got me to look up rooting which then pointed me to xda. after reading over and over the instructions to root so i wouldn't f#ck up my phone I became fascinated with customizations and all the different options that lay before me. Never heard of roms, kernels, aosp, recoveries before this. Not gonna lie, this made me feel smarter Now I'm a flashaholic. The only annoying thing is now my friends and family always ask me to try to fix their phones when it messes up
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Mine started because I had an originial Epic 4G and wanted to get rid of CIQ when I 1st saw k0nane speaking of it in a thread on ACS's SyndicateROM Frozen. So I decided to root so I could install that ROM which had no CIQ. Never looked back after that.
Started out when I got my HTC Hero, it was really slow and laggy. Rooted it, Then installed CM7 when it came out. I barely got the Epic Touch 2 months ago, but I could've lived with the hero for a longer time lol.
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All my modding and hacking started way back in the late 80's with my first PC and Linux was born. Thus bringing us Android. Then the ps1 and dreamcast then ps2/Xbox. Now ps3 my laptop and naturally my phones. I have modded all my tech and always will.
definitely started with my Hero. loved it but it really slowed down after the 2.0 update. So I did some reading, watching some youtube, and lost my virginity to the fresh rom. been rooted ever since
rooted my OG epic day 1
rooted this phone day 1
ROOT THE PLANET!!!!
/\/\/\/\... do you think this is how iPhone users see us?
For me it all started back with my old Samsung Blackjack and installing an unofficial update from WinMo 5.0 to 6. Then I went to flashing new ROMs nearly every day on my HTC Touch Pro and TP2. Naturally when I went Android with the Evo this obsession continued.
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definitely started with my Hero. loved it but it really slowed down after the 2.0 update. So I did some reading, watching some youtube, and lost my virginity to the fresh rom. been rooted ever since
rooted my OG epic day 1
rooted this phone day 1
ROOT THE PLANET!!!!
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Totally.....my friends with iPhones constantly taunt me for messing with my phone and they get green with envy when I share with them my icons, custom colors, and so on and so forth. Not to mention that this phone is just BETTER in general. They call it the "VCR" in my purse LOL.
Is this thread dead already?
I started here http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=12&c=casio_cassiopeia_e-125 way before android ever existed. I had a compact flash card modem that hooked up to my telephone line and i was surfing the net through my dialup aol connection. I was sending faxes and receiving them form my ppc back in 2000.
It started for me with the HTC HD2 I was so excited when I got it cause of the huge screen then I turned it on and windows mobile sucks so I did a search in google and found XDA which has pretty much showed me everything
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For me... it all started with the original xbox. A friend offered to mod it for me and I agreed. When I saw what he did I started looking into more I could mod. My motorola razor... my PSP.... my wii... It started out with cosmetic modifications. Like a DVD window for my Xbox and Xbox 360. Or painting 'link' on the side of my wii. I slowly moved into phones... when I got my iphone 3g. When I dropped that I picked up the Samsung moment and started hacking away. Ive learned a ton... from how android works to how Linux works. Its my biggest hobby.
Started on the HTC HD2.....flashed wm roms and themes there, then got the dual boot thing going. Running wm and android simultaneously, pretty cool.
Then moved to the HTC mytouch 3g, then on to Samsung Galaxy I vibrant for a year, flash the **** out of that. Now here.
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So I've sort of become the go-to android guy in my place of work, it started when I helped a colleague flash ICS on his GS2. Then other people heard about it and started coming to me for apps, ROMs, advice, etc.. So far I've upgraded 2 GS2s to ICS, a Galaxy Note, rooted a few phones and configured most the exchange clients. It's not my job by any means (even though I work in IT) but I'm always happy to lend a hand and help grow the community I've even turned a few people away from the dark side *cough*Apple*cough* and convinced them to go with Android.
So are you the android guy in your office/school/uni?
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So I've sort of become the go-to android guy in my place of work, it started when I helped a colleague flash ICS on his GS2. Then other people heard about it and started coming to me for apps, ROMs, advice, etc.. So far I've upgraded 2 GS2s to ICS, a Galaxy Note, rooted a few phones and configured most the exchange clients. It's not my job by any means (even though I work in IT) but I'm always happy to lend a hand and help grow the community I've even turned a few people away from the dark side *cough*Apple*cough* and convinced them to go with Android.
So are you the android guy in your office/school/uni?
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haha same here.
upgraded list of phones i have rooted, unlokced , changed roms for friends.
4 galaxy nexus
3 Galaxy S
2 Galaxy S2
1 motorola droid 3
1 Samsung galaxy Ace
4 Xepria Neo
3 Xperia mini's
2 huawei ideos x6
and few more phones i have now lost track off lol.
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So I've sort of become the go-to android guy in my place of work, it started when I helped a colleague flash ICS on his GS2. Then other people heard about it and started coming to me for apps, ROMs, advice, etc.. So far I've upgraded 2 GS2s to ICS, a Galaxy Note, rooted a few phones and configured most the exchange clients. It's not my job by any means (even though I work in IT) but I'm always happy to lend a hand and help grow the community I've even turned a few people away from the dark side *cough*Apple*cough* and convinced them to go with Android.
So are you the android guy in your office/school/uni?
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I can very much relate to this.
Forgot to add being the android guy at home as well.. Flashed CM7.1 a while back on my gf's SGS, now upgraded to CM9. Upgraded my dad's SGS to stock 2.3.6 (don't want him harassing me with nightly bugs)
I don't usually do stuff on peoples phones because I've found that as soon as I do it I automatically become their tech support for the remainder of the time they have the phone and someone to blame if it starts acting up.
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I don't usually do stuff on peoples phones because I've found that as soon as I do it I automatically become their tech support for the remainder of the time they have the phone and someone to blame if it starts acting up.
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true, better to tell them where they can learn how to do it them selfes. thats why they got a android anyways
half my co workers run a custom rom and managed it them self, the others have an iphone:what:
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not at work, but at university i am
There are a lot of Android enthusiasts where I work. At least 4 co-workers have the Galaxy Nexus and many others have all kinds of devices.
Our admins all have company provided iPhone 4S's though... lol
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I've been the only Android guy at my office for a while. Lots of the "other" types around here. I can't get them to convert either. Maybe one day they will open up
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This. People praise you when they can use wireless tether and other fun things, but as soon as anything goes wrong you get the blame. And you're stuck on the hook for tech support since they never bothered to learn it in the first place.
I still help friends out on occasion, but always on their computer and they always do the work. I just sit there and hold their hand. That way they'll already have the tools (adb, fastboot, ODIN, etc) and at least will have been through the procedure once so they have a loose idea of what's going on. And I avoid "one-click" and "toolkit" methods at all costs. Sure, they usually work, but you don't learn anything from it.
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Same here, I'm choosy on who I root.
I go to highschool and Im known as the Android Nazi. Ill help people with phones and give then advice on which phones to buy or not buy.
When I root peoples phones and stuff Ill make them do it. I tell them exactly what to do so if something gets screwed up then I can be all like "You did it not me". Although its been smooth sailing.
They all know I hate apple with the burning passion of 1000 suns. Needless to say they all stay away from me.
lol.. yup.. the cio use to come to me for android assistance
Same here
i'm always help people with there phone in Highschool & twiter, people love me & i'm being famous in the School, They Call me mr.samsung "BTW i h8 samsung now lol" i switch to HTC because samsung never respect us in Middle East.
i like to help people & make their Phones better Such as Rooting, installing Roms & Theme...etc
Also i help them with their Bad iDevices Lol
When you help the people, they will love you & you will make them feel happy
the only office I use is my sh!tter
so yes
Same but at uni and with friends etc. They always ask me if they upgrade there phone and stuff. Fixed a few iphones as well.
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I'm not that deep into it. I am the go to guy just for how Android works, I'm not sexist, this is just my personal experience, but I work with 90% women and the women on my team always come to me, just to figure out how to use their phone, forget rooting them, they just can't figure out how to silence the damn thing.
hahaha ! nice post! so i'm the "tech support" in my office too
1 restored a mediacom tablet bricked!
2 used odin for a galaxy s with google server connection problem (new rom solve all)
3 sold my old galaxy S to a collegue and setup up the phone for him (cyanogen :-D )
4 jailbreak of 1 iphone, 1 ipad, 1 ipod
5 update 2 nokia E51 / E5 to new firmware
and more
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So I've sort of become the go-to android guy in my place of work, it started when I helped a colleague flash ICS on his GS2. Then other people heard about it and started coming to me for apps, ROMs, advice, etc.. So far I've upgraded 2 GS2s to ICS, a Galaxy Note, rooted a few phones and configured most the exchange clients. It's not my job by any means (even though I work in IT) but I'm always happy to lend a hand and help grow the community I've even turned a few people away from the dark side *cough*Apple*cough* and convinced them to go with Android.
So are you the android guy in your office/school/uni?
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Yep! and I constantly get into debates with Sheeple about the iPhones
Lol. It IS my job. So yeah.
Most of us have had that encounter, usually with someone holding an iPhone. They say their phone is better but of course we know it's not.
So how do you show off your phone? What is it that you do to wow people and make the hipsters cry?
My wife owned an iPhone at one point. It pretty much did the work for me by pissing her off and losing her music from her CD's she put on it after syncing with iTunes. I showed her Google Music, the cloud, the ways I could customize it, and how my maps and navigation worked flawlessly as a native app - unlike her iPhone.
I just use the iphone launcher whenever i see them using their iphone and say hey look i have an iphone too. Then i go to the yahoo and play a flash video. Then i tell them that my iphone is better then their.
After that i get their iphone and smash it on the ground
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I press the back button the home button the menu button and search button (i hate the one button on iphone)
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Majin: So true the 1 button sucks
You can do face unlock, Google Music, show them a sexy theme, video chat on mobile data, and with phones like the galaxy nexus use nfc and google wallet at the check out. James Bond bad assness with Google wallet.
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There's no impressing the iPhone hipsters.
I show them how rich my screen is compared to theirs, and then I start tethering to a wifi device.
I left android to get a 4S and then I saw the light last week and came back to android with one of the best phones made.
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I show them how rich my screen is compared to theirs, and then I start tethering to a wifi device.
I left android to get a 4S and then I saw the light last week and came back to android with one of the best phones made.
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Nothing. I just give them my device and tell them to have a look. Most people just like to look at the widgets.
I just pull it out my pocket, unlock the screen and let the live wallpapers + customizations do the talking. Once they all into my phone saying I wish my phone could do live wallpapers I start doing other things they can't with their iPhone. I used the dlna feature on a family members tv and she was showing it off to her man (both have iPhones) and then hooked it up by mhl to mirror the whole phone to really impress. Few days later her man came home with my phone the att variant n gave her his 4s. She really wanted this phone and went as far as saying I should've never showed him lol
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...get their iphone and smash it on the ground
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Damn, you beat me to it.
Also, if I want to impress someone, I don't mention Google Music; I haven't had good results with it.
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Most of us have had that encounter, usually with someone holding an iPhone. They say their phone is better but of course we know it's not.
So how do you show off your phone? What is it that you do to wow people and make the hipsters cry?
My wife owned an iPhone at one point. It pretty much did the work for me by pissing her off and losing her music from her CD's she put on it after syncing with iTunes. I showed her Google Music, the cloud, the ways I could customize it, and how my maps and navigation worked flawlessly as a native app - unlike her iPhone.
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If your on a custom rom that's is able to use theme Chooser like paranoid android then just switch themes endlessly with out a reboot and stuff. Use screencast to record your screen. If they smoke weed like me use roll a joint, that's an app iPhone will never see lol. Adjust your dpi using rom toolbox. All that iPhone users have that I want and continue to hate on is their library of games they got almost all the good ones, rage, CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES! Need I say more I hate them for the games! If we get those games also android will be the shiit lol
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Normally just the size, brightness and texture to the screen, a simple unlock to a live wallpaper and a text with swype does it.. Not to mention the arrangeable homescreen.
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I just converted 1 this weekend,she is with garbage AT&T but she still got there version of our phone.(side note she actually cried after realizing how bad her iphone 4s is,she felt stupid)
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I just converted 1 this weekend,she is with garbage AT&T but she still got there version of our phone.(side note she actually cried after realizing how bad her iphone 4s is,she felt stupid)
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1 down more stupid ppl to convert! Slowly but we are making progress lol
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yeah it was obvious to me,after i showed her nova launcher and the paranoid android video she slammed her crown and ginger ale,then we went to the store to grab it.rooted rommed and slammed in 25 minutes,she wants me to show her how to theme now,also she is now on xda...i feel my job is done.
It's just a phone, who cares. I didn't buy this phone to upstage iPhone fans, and I didn't buy it because I have a dislike of Apple products. I bought it because it is the best device for me. If someone asks me about it, I'll tell them what they want to know and why I like it better. 99% of my friends have some variation of the iPhone, and they are very happy with it. In fact, 2 of them still bought the iPhone after playing with my phone. And no amount of widgets or live wallpapers, or face unlock, or whatever else Android has that iOS doesn't will change their outlook. If you want to know why, the answer is simple: not a single android device manufacturer puts out a product that is as polished as the iPhone, and even android 4.0 is not as polished as iOS. That's why my phone is not winning any converts, despite the fact that's it can do much more. I'm no iPhone fan, but that's the truth.
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It's just a phone, who cares. I didn't buy this phone to upstage iPhone fans, and I didn't buy it because I have a dislike of Apple products. I bought it because it is the best device for me. If someone asks me about it, I'll tell them what they want to know and why I like it better. 99% of my friends have some variation of the iPhone, and they are very happy with it. In fact, 2 of them still bought the iPhone after playing with my phone. And no amount of widgets or live wallpapers, or face unlock, or whatever else Android has that iOS doesn't will change their outlook. If you want to know why, the answer is simple: not a single android device manufacturer puts out a product that is as polished as the iPhone, and even android 4.0 is not as polished as iOS. That's why my phone is not winning any converts, despite the fact that's it can do much more. I'm no iPhone fan, but that's the truth.
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Polished I think not!!! You got one because "99% of my friend has some variations of the iphone" ??? Wtf and you have been the 1% that has a better phone just drop the same amount of cash as you would for an iPhone and get a High-end android phone and get the real android experience when root that High-end Android phone! They are late to everything dual core, 4g(some) and real multitasking features not to mention a home button, menu, and ITS OWN BACK BUTTON!!! Need I say more lol:beer:
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Polished I think not!!! You got one because "99% of my friend has some variations of the iphone" ??? Wtf and you have been the 1% that has a better phone just drop the same amount of cash as you would for an iPhone and get a High-end android phone and get the real android experience when root that High-end Android phone! They are late to everything dual core, 4g(some) and real multitasking features not to mention a home button, menu, and ITS OWN BACK BUTTON!!! Need I say more lol:beer:
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Perhaps you should lay off the weed, because it is clearly clouding your judgement and reading comprehension skills. I have the E4GT and had the Evo 4G before that. Nowhere in my post did I state or imply that I have an iphone. I never had an iPhone and don't want an iPhone. Why do you think I'm in this forum? My post was making the point that the vast majority of people with iphones love their device, and 2 of my friends who played with my E4GT still went with the iphone. And my phone is rooted with a custom kernel, so it actually performs better than the E4GT out of the box. As to my belief regarding why, you can re-read my post. And yes, every time I use an iPhone or iPad, I am always impressed by the smoothness of the UI and the speed of the device, so it is in fact more polished. I also have the quad-core Asus Transformer Prime, which I wish I never bought as it is an underperforming, buggy piece of crap, and you can read all about it in it's section on this board. Want to know why people dump Android for iOS, go out and buy the Prime, try to use it, and you'll have your answer in 5 mins. And I don't blame Android, I blame lazy manufacturers who slap an unoptimized kernel and OS onto cutting edge hardware, fill it with bloat, and then release the product without apparently doing something as simple as trying to access the internet with it, just to do a basic quality control. If I sound angry, it's because I am. With Android, it always seems to be a crap shoot. You can get lucky and stumble on a good device such as the E4GT, or you can spend money on the most bleeding-edge device, and be left with a device that has trouble displaying a powerpoint presentation. Now put yourself in my position; do you really think that I would be more unhappy with the iPad than I am with the Prime? If the iPad at the very least works without the browser crashing randomly and often, then the iPad is already better. Yes, IMO the E4GT is better than an iPhone, but the iPad is much better than the Prime, and it has half the hardware. Don't be a fanboy.
Agreed. Brand loyalty only hinders progress. User experience is a subjective thing, there is no definitely better answer. I know plenty of people who've "converted" to and from both "sides".
Why Dell Streak 5 didn't make it and Samsung Note I & II did?
I would guess MARKETING?
I loved mine the two years I had the Streak5. It did everything I wanted and then some. I even held off of the Note I for a year because I loved the Streak. But no updates finally caught up with it.
I will never understand why the support was so poor from Dell? Had they been on the ball, with marketing, updates and supplies, it woulda/coulda/shoulda have been Dell, not Samsung with the big hit right now. You'd be surprised how many times I got asked about that Steak 5, even in the AT&T stores... ah well, that is history now. I bet Dell is smacking themselves in the head right now, just like Microsoft is about their late start with phones.
For now, it is the Note II for me.
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Why Dell Streak 5 didn't make it and Samsung Note I & II did?
I would guess MARKETING?
I loved mine the two years I had the Streak5. It did everything I wanted and then some. I even held off of the Note I for a year because I loved the Streak. But no updates finally caught up with it.
I will never understand why the support was so poor from Dell? Had they been on the ball, with marketing, updates and supplies, it woulda/coulda/shoulda have been Dell, not Samsung with the big hit right now. You'd be surprised how many times I got asked about that Steak 5, even in the AT&T stores... ah well, that is history now. I bet Dell is smacking themselves in the head right now, just like Microsoft is about their late start with phones.
For now, it is the Note II for me.
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+1 loved the design too!
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Why Dell Streak 5 didn't make it and Samsung Note I & II did?
I would guess MARKETING?
I loved mine the two years I had the Streak5. It did everything I wanted and then some. I even held off of the Note I for a year because I loved the Streak. But no updates finally caught up with it.
I will never understand why the support was so poor from Dell? Had they been on the ball, with marketing, updates and supplies, it woulda/coulda/shoulda have been Dell, not Samsung with the big hit right now. You'd be surprised how many times I got asked about that Steak 5, even in the AT&T stores... ah well, that is history now. I bet Dell is smacking themselves in the head right now, just like Microsoft is about their late start with phones.
For now, it is the Note II for me.
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I just sold my Dell Streak on ebay for about 180 bucks. I loved it also and got many questions from random people!
good stuff!!
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Why Dell Streak 5 didn't make it and Samsung Note I & II did?
I would guess MARKETING?
I loved mine the two years I had the Streak5. It did everything I wanted and then some. I even held off of the Note I for a year because I loved the Streak. But no updates finally caught up with it.
I will never understand why the support was so poor from Dell? Had they been on the ball, with marketing, updates and supplies, it woulda/coulda/shoulda have been Dell, not Samsung with the big hit right now. You'd be surprised how many times I got asked about that Steak 5, even in the AT&T stores... ah well, that is history now. I bet Dell is smacking themselves in the head right now, just like Microsoft is about their late start with phones.
For now, it is the Note II for me.
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Yeah I almost got one back then.
But just so you know they didn't go to waste or died out. There were set up & secured for use for the Government employees. Because of the size of the phone. Wish I knew were I read that article. So it's wasn't all that bad for Dell making into a government facility as a phone. How many others are being use. Defiantly not that Crapple phone.
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Just my 2¢
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I never knew this phone ever existed, but likely would have bought one.
The success of the Note 2 isn't just about size. It's also about what Samsung has done with Android, since really the SGS3. They've taken core Android services and made them gimmicky, like S Beam.
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I had one as well. what used to piss me off was the lack of available accessories within store reach. i.e Best Buy, etc...Also seemed like the battery wouldn't last a day either. I did enjoy it though and it was pretty durable.
I loved my dell streak. Only phones I held onto for over 2 years. Great phone Dell screwed the pooch on promoting this product.
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The dell streak was a pretty hefty device. It was pretty thick and the lack of after sales support (software upgrades) was pretty much non-existent. Battery life wasn't great either. I think people back then just weren't ready for a phone of that size yet. I think with the slow increase of screen sizes over time, people were eased into the idea of a larger screen device better.
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I had one as well. what used to piss me off was the lack of available accessories within store reach. i.e Best Buy, etc...Also seemed like the battery wouldn't last a day either. I did enjoy it though and it was pretty durable.
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I agree. I was frustrated I could get no accessories for it here in the states. I had to order my red faceplate from China and it took 6 weeks to get here. I really liked the looks of this streak... didn't seem too big at all.
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I kept the black battery cover as to set it off and to look different.
I could not transfer the long speaker screen as it was thin and glued in place, so speaker shows.
Cause it did nothing cool, it was just big and slow.
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Cause it did nothing cool, it was just big and slow.
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Obviously, you did not have one
Actually I did so that was experience talking.
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Actually I did so that was experience talking.
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You a lady then with small hands? That I can understand. I'm an average size male and it was perfect for me.
As far as I was concerned it blew away the iPhone 4 at the time as I took one back for the Streak.
No complaints at all, fantastic phone and served me well until I got the Note II.
Streak was a bad ass phone and the note stepped up the standards for a lot of phones. I think the note 2 will be a flagship phablet device for quite some time. I don't regret getting mine. I would love to scoop up a streak on the side to play with again tho
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You a lady then with small hands? That I can understand. I'm an average size male and it was perfect for me.
As far as I was concerned it blew away the iPhone 4 at the time as I took one back for the Streak.
No complaints at all, fantastic phone and served me well until I got the Note II.
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Size fit my big ass hands nicely but it was just a big phone. It was too early for its time, too expensive, too slow, not to mention good luck finding a charger anywhere!
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Size fit my big ass hands nicely but it was just a big phone. It was too early for its time, too expensive, too slow, not to mention good luck finding a charger anywhere!
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I guess your an iPhone kinda guy then...
If I liked little kiddie phones lol
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If I liked little kiddie phones lol
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You have a tiny kiddie phone....
Now you call a Note2 a kiddie phone?
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The wife needs a new phone and since we have an upgrade available I was thinking of giving her my Gnex and getting myself a new phone.
Naturally I first though GS4 but Im starting to wonder. Is that an upgrade, downgrade or lateral move? I realize its newer hardware, but the Gnex seems to have a good development base behind it....not sure about the GS4 (havent really checked).
Or should I just try to find a decent used Gnex for the wife too? I love mine, the fact its so stable on just about any ROM is what makes me feel comfortable enough to give it to her. I know she wont ever have any issues with it (her current Stratosphere is a total POS!)
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S4 is a gigantic upgrade. Do not even think for a second a GNex is going to match it in performance.
S4 development is just fine. Just take a look at the section... There are (what appear to be) very stable builds of both CM & PA (among others).
Thanks! Thats what i was thinking.
Our current contract is completely done in January. The wife says she can deal with her phone until then if she has to, but all thats going to do is make it harder to figure out what new phone since there will (presumably) be a lot more options.
Someone suggested going to Tmobile but Im not exactly thrilled with their network around here. I hate my VZW bill being so high, but I feel like "there is no other" since the service is usually excellent and even when its not excellent its at least still working.
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Thanks! Thats what i was thinking.
Our current contract is completely done in January. The wife says she can deal with her phone until then if she has to, but all thats going to do is make it harder to figure out what new phone since there will (presumably) be a lot more options.
Someone suggested going to Tmobile but Im not exactly thrilled with their network around here. I hate my VZW bill being so high, but I feel like "there is no other" since the service is usually excellent and even when its not excellent its at least still working.
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A new nexus will probably come out within the next 5 months, the S4 is a HUGE up.date from the GNEX.
I'd suggest the S4 if you need a new phone now or something but also the Motorola X might be out by the end of the year.
The GNEX is "OK", especially being released 1.5 years ago. Most newer phones are upgrades anyways. Decisions decisions huh...
I'm trying to hold out for the Note 3, myself. But the S4 is mighty tempting...
I am really eyeballing the HTC One ever since I found out you can flash it and convert it into an official Google Edition phone.
Edit, I just saw several ads about the Motorola X phone. Might get that instead.
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Never been a fan of Motorola.
The HTC one seems nice..... Friend of mine just dumped vzw and got the One on t-mo. I hate the internal only battery and am partial to anything Samsung just because of the open ness of their phones.
Tough decision. Worried waiting will make it even tougher
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I keep asking myself this very same question. What phone should I get next?
I'm utterly unimpressed with the nexus 4.. The white version was tempting, but its gone now from the play store.
Guess I'll stick with the gnex till it self destructs.
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Out of all the phones I have had, I must day I was most satisfied with Sony, and as of late they have been the most developer friendly phone there is...
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I am on the same boat-keep asking myself what should be my next phone....I think I will be waiting for Nexus 5 at this point and see what it has to offer. If it is in the same price range as the nexus 4 I am definitely going for it
Get the S2 I'm still rocking it.... Lol
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For Verizon, the S4 is your best option, but if you go to T-Mobile the nexus 4 is a great option and by then the next nexus should have come out
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Galaxy S4 is a very good phone, so is the htc one. If you're looking to spend a little less, then the note 2 is also an excellent device
was thinking of going note 2 when i move on from my gNex...
a part of me wants to hold off for the nexus 5 but its become so hard
I got a good deal for a S4 so that's where I went.
Overall, the S4 is a MAJOR upgrade compared to the galaxy nexus. The speed, Camera, LTE, battery life and the screen are all benefits of the S4.
Now that I have a card slot on my phone again I forgot how much I missed out on this feature with the Galaxy Nexus.
Regarding development, considering the S4 is not a nexus device, development is actually really good and will only get better as more people buy the S4. Sure, a nexus will have more development but the S4 has more than enough to satisfy you.
Consistently hitting 5 hours of screen on time and not worrying about chargers through out the day is awesome as well.
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hehe, theres always one!
I had another suggestion to go to T-mo, so for the heck of it I broke down what I would be paying.
Id need 2 lines, so a family package. Unlimited everything on both lines is 120/month. Plus the 20/month for each phone Id need to buy, looking at 160 per month before fees. Thats actually more than I pay on VZW, granted only one of my VZW lines has unlimited data (not sure if that will go away when/if I upgrade the phone).
I realize the 20/month for each phone goes away after 2 years on Tmo, but essentially its a 2 year contract. Im also not positive of the speeds I can get from them in my area....Open Signal shows it as a decent network but the average download is 4MB compared to almost 7 for VZW, so Im guessing its not 4G/LTE (yet)
EDIT: reading about the current state of unlimited data on Verizon, the line I have unlimited on is "month to month", can I swap a phone (not one I paid retail for) onto that line without losing unlimited?
There speed are decent near me. The only way id get an iPhone is if Google music was available on iOS.
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That moto x phone should be nice too.
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The S4 would be fine as long as you don't grab the i9500 "octa core" variant. Though, I hate touchwiz a lot.
I actually listen to music in phone speakers quite a bit, I would go for the HTC One instead of the S4. Moto X looks good if you are in the US. Hope they bring the new moto X outside of the US too.
The S4 Active looks awesome, but until it comes to Verizon I'll probably get the S4 or the next unlocked phone that's available on VZW.
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