Mobile General Mobile Phone Thread

[M3J]

You can transfer texts? Interesting. But you do have to sign in to stuff, and in many cases download apps again.


No it did not. My pics can make you mad though.

 

[xi0]

You can transfer texts? Interesting. But you do have to sign in to stuff, and in many cases download apps again.


No it did not. My pics can make you mad though.

But all of that takes like two seconds...I just got a brand new phone with only built-in bloatware and got everything I thought I would need for now in seconds.

Lol right

 

[M3J]

What is everything? Instagram and SnapChat? Bloatwares suck. Are you gonna root your phone?

 

[xi0]

What is everything? Instagram and SnapChat? Bloatwares suck. Are you gonna root your phone?

Any social media I use, Spotify for music, other random stuff.


Why would I root it?

 

[M3J]

For more freedom. You can mod it, remove bloatwares, and do whatever you want with it.

 

[Pat]

You can mod it, remove bloatwares, and do whatever you want with it.

Or break it, voiding warranty in the process.

 

[xi0]

For more freedom. You can mod it, remove bloatwares, and do whatever you want with it.

I can just hide them if I want

 

[M3J]

Or break it, voiding warranty in the process.

If you do something stupid though.

I can just hide them if I want

Watchu mean?

 

[xi0]

Watchu mean?

You can hide apps in your App window so there's no clutter

 

[M3J]

Oh, how?

And what about the background activity?

 

[xi0]

Oh, how?

And what about the background activity?

The left soft button, hold it down when you're viewing the App tab. Not sure if that's a new feature or not.

By closing it in Task Manager?

 

[M3J]

Whoo, nifty.

Obviously. But they can restart on their own and continue taking up resources.

 

[thornofcarrion]

Why would I root it?

Some useful apps like ad blockers etc. requires root. Just for info, you can root your device and unroot it if you have to take it back for warranty or something.

 

[M3J]

You don't necessarily need to root for ad blockers, but rooting lets the ad blocker do its job without needing wifi.

 

[xi0]

Not sure I care. I'm used to having Adblock for sure, but we'll see how much they annoy me now.

 

[M3J]

You're used to having Adblock on your phone...?

And the app blocks ads on apps, FYI.

 

[xi0]

You're used to having Adblock on your phone...?

And the app blocks ads on apps, FYI.

No, when browsing the internet

 

[M3J]

... figured that's what you meant. NOt entirely sure, but I don't think the app blocks ads when you're perusing the internet. Likely there's an app for the browser to do that.

 

[Doraku]

So, I'm still unsure.. which one should I buy, HTC One or Galaxy S4? I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Android, and I'm thinking about changing my phone for sure this time after mine is broken right now. I read one review at Gizmodo, and it says that HTC One is better, but to be honest I'm kinda doubting HTC phones' quality in general.

 

[xi0]

So, I'm still unsure.. which one should I buy, HTC One or Galaxy S4? I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Android, and I'm thinking about changing my phone for sure this time after mine is broken right now. I read one review at Gizmodo, and it says that HTC One is better, but to be honest I'm kinda doubting HTC phones' quality in general.

They seem to be the top-tier Android phones at the moment. I didn't really have to choose, because my carrier only has the S4. They both seem like great phones, and I think the people putting the HTC One over the S4 are doing it because of the aesthetic. Using plastic like in the S4 must be a major faux pas these days