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Hoopz:
:notworthy:
I can't OC mine and wouldn't want to worry about that hassle (being a work phone). But your's sounds like it's right up your alley.
chopperthedog:
Custom ROMs are fun and you have the perfect device to play with. Couple shots from my nexus running of one of my themes on AOKP with custom transparent status and navbar that can be hidden in the fly.
good day.
sandheaver:
--- Quote from: chopperthedog on May 07, 2013, 04:13:44 pm ---Custom ROMs are fun and you have the perfect device to play with. Couple shots from my nexus running of one of my themes on AOKP with custom transparent status and navbar that can be hidden in the fly.
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Except GPS doesn't work, or maybe WiFi, or the gyro... I'm only slightly being facetious here; every time i wanted to put CM on my phone there was some major component broken horribly and the developers never seemed to care that those things were broken. That probably isn't true anymore, but that snobby "we only support good phones" attitude drove me to Windows Phone just as much as anything else.
Good bye Android, hello Windows Phone.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: sandheaver on May 07, 2013, 07:07:39 pm ---Except GPS doesn't work, or maybe WiFi, or the gyro... I'm only slightly being facetious here; every time i wanted to put CM on my phone there was some major component broken horribly and the developers never seemed to care that those things were broken. That probably isn't true anymore, but that snobby "we only support good phones" attitude drove me to Windows Phone just as much as anything else.
Good bye Android, hello Windows Phone.
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And that's why I don't mess with them anymore. I want pure Android without the fluff but with everything working. Stock - crap = me being a happy user.
lilshawn:
it's usually the carriers that put all that "fluff" on there.
Bone stock OS comes from google and gets sent to the phone manufacturers (LG, Samsung, etc.) where they add a tiny bit of "fluff" (mainly to work with the phone features.
Then it gets sent from the phone manufacturers to the carriers. where they put their "fluff" in there. They call it "value added applications", I call it "mining for microtransactions".
Ideally you want a phone that is as close to the top of the shitpile as possible. My Google Galaxy Nexus (before I dropped and broke it) received updates directly (or as near directly as possible) from Google. Legit OTA update within a few weeks of OS release. (running 4.2.2 when I broke it) No fluff at all.
My replacement phone (which i'm currently running) is an LG Optimus G. Still runs 4.1.2 :'( The updates come from the carrier. So I have to wait until the updates trickle down from LG. It has fluff. I removed most of the pre-installed fluff, but it still has stuff I can't remove and I hate that. I don't use any of the fluff, so it doesn't really affect me i suppose. but there is no reason to tie up my memory space with it.
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