***Official Android Thread Pt 3***

[Chunkithunder]

brb flashing a rom as we speak

[jTink]

Nexus 5 up in this. Why you so buttery smooth?

[JM18]

looking to get a new phone. either the iphone 5c or the nexus 5. what's better and why?

[Scrappy34]

S4 running AOKP rom, so perfect

[mackd]

looking to get a new phone. either the iphone 5c or the nexus 5. what's better and why?

Nexus 5.

If you're gonna spend the big bucks to get an iphone, may aswell go the 5s.
Nexus 5 is the best bang for buck phone you can get atm.

[lemeseethem]

Subbed. Just switched from iPhone to Android. Galaxy s4

[gixxer0.6g]

Anyone buy the Samsung Gear? I've got the Note 3 and way down deep, the nerd in me sort of wants one.



Also, got an OTA update from AT&T. Keyboard seems a little different but that's about it.

[xtraviolent]

Anyone buy the Samsung Gear? I've got the Note 3 and way down deep, the nerd in me sort of wants one.



Also, got an OTA update from AT&T. Keyboard seems a little different but that's about it.

I strongly urge you not to get the Gear...Samsung completely missed the mark on that one.

Horrible battery life (one day at most)
Screen stays off until you wake it up (wtf it's meant to be a watch...) thus you can't tell time till you interact with it

[SeventhSin]

I'm debating selling my S4 for Nexus 5.

cons: no removable battery, aaaand that's it. I'll be more tempted till they get to the point where shipping is 2-3 days.

[BennyJr169]

Note 2 checking in. Will be getting an n5 soon

[Chunkithunder]

I'm debating selling my S4 for Nexus 5.

cons: no removable battery, aaaand that's it. I'll be more tempted till they get to the point where shipping is 2-3 days.

No microsd, camera on the S4 is better (if you're running TW). But the Nexus 5 is freaking sweet

[NotSureIfCereal]

jelly as **** cuzzzzz
why you change from iphone5/htc one so soon brah?
enjoy your android how its mean to be.

htc one was getting terrible battery life, around 5 hours, and i actually prefer the n5 build quality over the it

growing tired of ios and the small screen

plus i plan on leaving sprint soon, so it's nice to have a phone i can take with me, testing t-mobile's $30 plan for a month

the n5 camera is slow as fuk though, one thing i miss from the other two phones

[chickenpz]

GS 3 checkin in.


Do any of you brahs own Samsung note 10.1 (2014) tablet? I'm thinking of getting that or the upcoming Google nexus 10 (2nd gen).

[ziaziazia]

Note 3 master race checking in

Note 3 checking in

Note 3 crew checking in bitches!

Note tre crew *******s

In! Note 3=best phone ever

Note 3 master race in dis

To my brahs who use Swiftkey, anyone notice any problems with since they last updated the app? 4.2 was so smooth, no problems whatsoever. Ever since they updated the keyboard to 4.3, the keyboard response is slower (I type pretty fast but sometimes it can't keep up), and it occasionally fails to load.

Might downgrade to 4.2 again

Note 2 jelly race checking in

lost my faking stylus fml

[live4laxx]

Nexus 5 master race checking in

Been in love with this thing since I got it, zero lag & the battery life isn't nearly as bad as it's made out to be. Also, Kit-Kat HNNNNNGGGGG

[EpicenterRex]

In. I was wondering why I wasn't getting notifications

Okay srs question is srs

If I just use my note 3 for the basic texting, basic Internet googling (and apps), calling, and just the gym for music, am I killing myself by not rooting/flashing any ROMs for it.

So far I just "froze" the apps I don't want to see or use, and it's still rather fast.

[noaviLOL]

In. I was wondering why I wasn't getting notifications

Okay srs question is srs

If I just use my note 3 for the basic texting, basic Internet googling (and apps), calling, and just the gym for music, am I killing myself by not rooting/flashing any ROMs for it.

So far I just "froze" the apps I don't want to see or use, and it's still rather fast.

Not at all if you're just using it like you described. If you're happy with the look, performance, and battery life of your phone, I'd recommend you stick with stock for now. If you want to get into the nitty gritty of customization (ex: flashing other ROMs like Android 4.4 releases, audio mods such as Viper4Android, or Wanam exposed) then you will have to root. To be honest, you're really not missing much unless you want to get a sneak preview of KitKat 4.4

IMO the Note 3 stock by far has been the best stock experience I've had on any Android device. Can't beat the stability and battery life on this thing (averaging 2.5 days use with 6+ hours of on screen time). I used to be a hater of TouchWiz, but it's grown on me especially the S-Pen functions which I thought I would never use.

This is all coming from a guy who's flashed hundreds of different ROMs, kernels, tweaks, mods, you name it over the course of the past 4 years on all sorts of different devices.

[Winnie1300]

Hey guys, just bought the Galaxy S4 Active yesterday. I LOVE it.

My old phone had a 480 or whatever screen resolution, so the 1080 looks amazing. Battery life is way better than my old phone as well.

[EpicenterRex]

Not at all if you're just using it like you described. If you're happy with the look, performance, and battery life of your phone, I'd recommend you stick with stock for now. If you want to get into the nitty gritty of customization (ex: flashing other ROMs like Android 4.4 releases, audio mods such as Viper4Android, or Wanam exposed) then you will have to root. To be honest, you're really not missing much unless you want to get a sneak preview of KitKat 4.4

IMO the Note 3 stock by far has been the best stock experience I've had on any Android device. Can't beat the stability and battery life on this thing (averaging 2.5 days use with 6+ hours of on screen time). I used to be a hater of TouchWiz, but it's grown on me especially the S-Pen functions which I thought I would never use.

This is all coming from a guy who's flashed hundreds of different ROMs, kernels, tweaks, mods, you name it over the course of the past 4 years on all sorts of different devices.

Thanks for the advice

Also I still haven't used the pen as much as I thought. When taking notes or whatever I can text it faster than I can write it. It's still an awesome feature though

[noaviLOL]

Thanks for the advice

Also I still haven't used the pen as much as I thought. When taking notes or whatever I can text it faster than I can write it. It's still an awesome feature though

No problem brah happy to help

The S-Pen definitely takes time to get used to. I mainly use it to jot down quick notes at work meetings, and there's some functions that let you link your handwriting instantly to your contact books, calendar, to do lists, etc. There's some pretty powerful software features for the business/organization oriented.

But there's also some fun apps out there if you're into drawing and art. Check out FlipAClip, it's a pretty fun app that lets you make your own animations like a flipbook.

[Misc_Lurker]

in on this, subbed and voted


iPhone 5S checking in

same. long time android user since 2.1 days.

switched to 5s just to try out ios.

I think I'm gonna switch back once 5.0 comes out.

[_BFMV_]

S4 running AOKP rom, so perfect

Original AOKP or something like tasks or dirty unicorns? Running cm11 kitkat here. win

[Misc_Lurker]

looking to get a new phone. either the iphone 5c or the nexus 5. what's better and why?

between the 5c and nexus 5. definitely the nexus 5.

if it swa sthe 5s and nexus 5, that'd be different.

[Dollabill7]

Note 2 jelly of Note 3 almost master race


Running kitkat dough u jelly? :3

[wampa]

Note 2 jelly of Note 3 almost master race


Running kitkat dough u jelly? :3

still waiting for kit kat for the HTC One M7

just read that supposedly the 2014 HTC One M8 will ship with KK pre-installed

[jinda628]

For those with Note 2, there is a 4.3 TW ROM (Sky Note 3) for ATT that also work for TMO here. It has all the feature of Note 3 maybe except for the IR function.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=46798344

I'm downloading now and will try.

[jinda628]

Update of the above ^

Installed the ROM on my TMO Note 2. Everything went fine. I still installed Nova because I dont think I can modify TW launcher as easy as Nova.
This is the leaked official 4.3 TW ROM for ATT Note 3. For TMO, you need to flash the devil kernel so Wifi will work.

I got all the features especially the airview working on my Note 2 now. So it has action memo, scrapbook, screen write, s-finder and pen window. Thread said this should work fine on S-gear too.

Keeping this until the official 4.3 update for sure. Got to test if MHL works works later.
Its a little confusing now after being on AOSP/CM/PA ROMs for a long time.

[NYY]

Hey guys, just bought the Galaxy S4 Active yesterday. I LOVE it.

My old phone had a 480 or whatever screen resolution, so the 1080 looks amazing. Battery life is way better than my old phone as well.

Friend has one and it's pretty cool. What phone did you have before?

[danielMSF]

Guys, I'm not sure what to get between the LG G2 and the Nexus 5. At first I thought it was just a choice of money but some reviews seem to prefer the plain KitKat distribution on Nexus 5 vs the Custom LG version on the G2.

Anyone have any input? Is there another phone I should be considering?

[TheMarshall]

TW 4.3 is just a huge upgrade. Got 5 hours of screen on time, while streaming music for about an hour, with 14 hours of run time. S4 running Golden Eye with my 3000 mAh battery from Zero Lemon. Fully recommend it. Barely any weight difference and no size difference.