What kind of phone do you have? I hear all kinds of statistics etc but I’d like to know what people actually own on a forum like this for example.
I personally use a Samsung Note (love it), after I ruined my Samsung S2 (loved it) which replaced my BlackBerry Torch (also loved it). Before those, I had half a dozen other blackberry phones dating back to the early 2000s, where i had a line of Ericsson phones for a few years.
So, VOTE UP!
Android. Just picked up an HTC One X.
Had an HTC Desire HD before that. And before that I had an HTC Diamond running Windows Mobile 6.1 which I had setup to dual-boot with Android.
Yes I’m an HTC fan lol
Current
Iphone 4s - - love it
Previous
BB Storm 2 - eh, ok.
BB Storm - eh, eh, not a fan
BB’s various, Nextel ptt’s etc. old junk.
S2, had it replaced 3 times now though. Debating between an S3 and iPhone5, however apple’s retarded maps are a big turnoff at this point.
droid 4 (keyboard) and an iphone 4s, the iphone is infuriating to use
wait and get the new Samsung Note
don’t forget to vote in the poll (unless you already did vote for iphone)
if you have a work provided phone and a second phone that you chose, vote the phone that you chose.
HTC Incredible S which I’m quite happy with. Except I haven’t implemented the tricks you were showing me yet…eg how you sent me a unique sentence via text without typing, and how to text across the globe without charges… Important consumer information!
I actually bought a samasung note becuase of this site…after that discussion about phones in the other thread, i did some more research and decided it was a good idea. Went to the shops picked it up and was like this phone is huge this is such a silly idea, but bought it anyway. After 1 hour of playing with it and found the widgets for tapatalk I was sold on the phone and asked myself how did I live with such a small phone before.
I would never go back to apple.
I run Droid due to hackability. I also destroy a phone every few months.
My first smartphone was a Nokia E71, which I loved. Excellent keyboard, good messaging apps. Then I got an iPhone 3G. Which I hated. A lot. This on a background of owning an iPod and iBook since 2003. Then I switch to Android and never looked back.
Now on my 2nd Nexus S (ditched the first one as I changed networks). I like the vanilla Android and the staggering choice in ROMs for it.
I wish I understood the whole root and rom and clock thing better. I have no idea.
You know when Windows asks for your permission to change something? (Usually system related) OSX does it too. Sometimes you have to enter a password. Win7 also calls it UAC user access control or something like that.
Root is the same thing. Except you have to jump through some hoops in Android. Root gives you permission to do whatever the fuck you like. Jailbreak is the same thing in Apple world.
For the Nexus phones it’s usually very simple. For other phones, it usually involves exploiting some hole in the OS’ security.
I flip flop between Android and iOS hacking/jailbreaking either. Currently toting an iPhone4.
Current: iPhone 5
Previous:
iPhone 4
iPhone 3G
Blackberry Pearl
Blackberry Curve
iPhone (2g? the original one)
Had at one time but don’t remember the order: Blackberry 7250, Motorola Razr, some small samsung flip phone.
Current: iPhone 5
Previous:
Droid X - The first one
HTC Thunderbolt - dropped this the first day after I activated it when my gf got her iPhone 4S, so I went back to the Droid X
Droid - The original
BB Storm
LG VX6800
A whole bunch of other junk that nobody really cares about before those.
Interesting to see the Samsung phones equal with the iphones…and the Android phones 2:1 over iphone. If you listened to the media, you would expect the results of this poll would be:
iphone 21
android 4
blackberry 1
windows 0
Shows you need to do your own research and not let media form your opinion based on their current obsession.
I think also it has to do with the fact that a lot of the iPhone owners are a demograph which may not not participate in this specific forum. And we have a relatively small sample pool.
I have an iPhone. I had nokias years ago, but switched to the iphone because I needed an MP3 player, organizer/planner, phone, and GPS… and the iPhone had all of that in one.
I have many complaints about the iPhone, but at this point I just don’t feel like switching or learning a new system.
I have a coworker who has the full suite of apple products. He really loved android when I showed him my phone, but he mentioned the same thing… Doesn’t want to have to learn a new system.
Then you have the demographic like my fiance who has an iPhone 4 and is going gaga over the new iPhone 5. Why? I have no idea other than “it looks nice”.
Basically rooting gives you admin priveledges on your phone. You can be rooted still running your stock ROM. A ROM can be thought of as an operating system package. Think of different versions of windows bundled with software and various tweaks to improve speed/battery life etc.
To root and flash ROMs you need to install what’s called a recovery. You can kind of think of that like the installation screens that windows or other OSs load into when starting an installation. Except it’s permanent and lets you install whatever you want. You can get into it by holding a button, usually one of the volume keys, during boot up.
So basically the process is Unlock Bootloader -> Install a custom recovery -> flash Root, or flash rooted ROMs, or flash customizations
There are tools out there that will do all this in one click with the phone connected to your computer. Check the “Android Development” section of your phone’s forum on XDA developers.
Companies like HTC even give you instructions on how to unlock the bootloader straight from their website.
My inner nerd made me root my One X and put Jellybean on it as soon as I got it lol.