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What is your #1 ***** with the Epic 4G?

I think it would be interesting to see what everyone considers to be a ***** in the current product. Here is mine:
The flash drive in the Epic is a major PITA! The first day I had it my finger slipped off the chip and it popped out. It hit my windshield and immediately dropped into the heater vent. Talked the Sprint guys into giving me a new 16 Gb chip.
Last night while I was sitting outside having a cup of coffee I changed my battery. When I put it back in I turned on phone. Guess what? All the apps I just moved onto the SD card (Froyo) were lost because that little chip must have went "bing" into the great unknown.
The next chip was put in and a small piece of cellophane tape was added. Nurses are really good with using tape to fix anything.

What are you even talking about? The Microsd card clicks into place and unless you are intentionally trying to make it fly out of the phone by clicking it in and quickly removing your thumbnail from the card, it will click out like 1 mm.

The battery doesn't have physics defying longevity. I need my battery to last several weeks of full 3D gaming without a charge

the stupid power button on the side.. which has no tactical feel..ive to literally look at that to hit it to unlock the screen..also the slider keep sliding everytime i try to hit the power button... i need to find an alternative...

The only thing I hate about this phone as in hardware wise is the keyboard. I NEVER use it & I never will. The Epic is one of the best Galaxy S phones in the line up, it could just loose the keyboard & I'd be happy.

hardrock121 said:
the stupid power button on the side.. which has no tactical feel..ive to literally look at that to hit it to unlock the screen..also the slider keep sliding everytime i try to hit the power button... i need to find an alternative...
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I love having it on the side for some reason.

My #1 ***** is about people saying how annoying things are with it!!! I love my epic its treated me well since day one and im staying away from those leaked froyo roms. im waiting for official one so we have some stable froyo custom roms and so i dont lose my mobile ap on stock i love my epic i have not had any issues with hardware or software.
But my battery life could be better, but no biggie i have a charger at work,car and home so not a problem at all.

So far, all the problems posted in here are due to user incompetence.
Seriously? *****ing about losing a SDcard cos it "shot out" of the slot? Its spring loaded, and locks into place. If you cant manage to change a SD card, I'd be scared to see you function on a daily basis
from a epic Galaxy far, far away.

muyoso said:
What are you even talking about? The Microsd card clicks into place and unless you are intentionally trying to make it fly out of the phone by clicking it in and quickly removing your thumbnail from the card, it will click out like 1 mm.
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The first time was an accident because I was trying to reseat the card because the unit keep saying I was missing a SD card (on launch day) while driving down the road. Last night I just changed a battery in the dark and don't know what happened except that the SD card was gone and it was there before I changed the battery. My backup 8 Gb card is in there now and I just ordered another card from NewEgg. The cellophane tape will prevent this from happening again. Accidents do happen.
Edit: Most people just charge up their phone went it needs it and might never see this happen. I open that back 2-3 times a day to replace the battery.

schizopunk said:
The only thing I hate about this phone as in hardware wise is the keyboard. I NEVER use it & I never will. The Epic is one of the best Galaxy S phones in the line up, it could just loose the keyboard & I'd be happy.
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You just mentioned as a con the main reason why I chose Epic over Evo.

The only thing I can say sucks is not having the source for froyo so we can't overclock and other stuff
Sent from my Epic 4G

All in all I have had very minimal problems, nothing worth mentioning. I love the phone so far.the only thing I'll say about it is that updates needed to come out faster.
Sent from my shoe, I mean....Epic shoe... I mean Samsung Epic!

GPS
****y gps, and no froyo. Thnx sprint!!!!!!!!

maxhax2000 said:
****y gps, and no froyo. Thnx sprint!!!!!!!!
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If you want froyo so much there's froyo roms you can flash
Sent from my Epic 4G

Top Nurse said:
The first time was an accident because I was trying to reseat the card because the unit keep saying I was missing a SD card (on launch day) while driving down the road.
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While the insults sent your way are entirely inappropriate and uncalled for, I think it very fair to say that what you describe above is very unwise and quite dangerous.
Your blame on the phone, if the circumstances you describe above are accurate, is woefully misplaced. While driving, you should be driving. It's not at all surprising that things got out of hand, so to speak, while trying to drive a car and mess with the SD card in your Epic.

It doesn't wipe my butt after I poo.

heathmcabee said:
It doesn't wipe my butt after I poo.
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There's an app for that.

skywalkr2 said:
You just mentioned as a con the main reason why I chose Epic over Evo.
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I originally had an Evo, it was honestly the biggest piece of crap I've ever used. Ill never get an HTC Phone again.

My #1 ***** at the moment is why can't Samsung commit to Gingerbread. LG already has!!!!
http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-says-optimus-one-line-will-get-gingerbread-now-quit-asking

I have to say its the battery life then its the fact that it couldve been thinner.
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[Q] All my camera photos disappeared on my note 3.

I see that a lot of people had this issue on samsung phones.
I did absolutely nothing. The last thing I did with the camera was upload one photo to google drive. About an hour later I checked my phone to scroll through some pics and next thing you know theres no camera folder. I took another photo and it was the only photo in the camera folder. I checked es file explorer and there was nothing hidden, its completely deleted. This is a huge mistake on samsungs end. All 300 photos were not backed up I lost all the memories and photos. It was stored on internal memory too.
What do I do? This is a huge issue samsung should refund me.

I have never heard of this before. My pictures have been on my sdcard since december.

Cinz said:
I see that a lot of people had this issue on samsung phones.
I did absolutely nothing. The last thing I did with the camera was upload one photo to google drive. About an hour later I checked my phone to scroll through some pics and next thing you know theres no camera folder. I took another photo and it was the only photo in the camera folder. I checked es file explorer and there was nothing hidden, its completely deleted. This is a huge mistake on samsungs end. All 300 photos were not backed up I lost all the memories and photos. It was stored on internal memory too.
What do I do? This is a huge issue samsung should refund me.
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I like @celderic have never seen this issue before.. Well I've seen pics vanish but mainly due to user error.
Let's try and wittle down what the problem is,
Firstly, model? Rooted? Custom recovery? Made any changes to the device? Added a new gallery or camera .apk?
For the record, Samsung won't refund you. It isn't pleasant losing your photos but technology is so fickle these days anything can happen. Also, check your google drive it's possible you've upped them all
celderic said:
I have never heard of this before. My pictures have been on my sdcard since december.
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Hello my friend! Good to see you are still around helping people
Sent from my Spectrum ZX +2

radicalisto said:
Hello my friend! Good to see you are still around helping people
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Good to see you too! I miss the i9100 days.
Do you own a note 3 ?

celderic said:
Good to see you too! I miss the i9100 days.
Do you own a note 3 ?
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Nah no more Note 3 for me, been through a few devices since (M8, G3, OPO, 2xN5's haha) - Just waiting on the Nexus 6 atm, got a Note 4 but the g/f has it, Played with it briefly but couldn't find any love for it!

radicalisto said:
Nah no more Note 3 for me, been through a few devices since (M8, G3, OPO, 2xN5's haha) - Just waiting on the Nexus 6 atm, got a Note 4 but the g/f has it, Played with it briefly but couldn't find any love for it!
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Upgraded from my s2 in december, still enjoying my note 3! 2.7ghz overclocked beast haha. Will probably wait until next year before i think about upgrading, or even for the note 5 whenever that is.

Camera gotten worse past couple months

Not sure why my Note 3 is doing this, but it used to be a lot better at taking pictures! It is stock, not rooted or anything.
It used to be pretty quick to focus and take pictures, but now the majority of the time it takes forever to focus and usually ends up blurry. It says 'processing' forever now too when taking pics and if i move it takes a pic of whatever is in the way then. Not been dropped or abused. It running stock android 4.4.2 on it (newest available to me.)
I'm don't know what is wrong with it, but any ideas would be good, thanks

Sorry, if this can be moved to the regular Note 3 threads, I didn't notice I was in the Note 4 section...

Check your available storage. Might need to free up some room.

The card is mostly empty

Note 4 vs Nexus 6p

I was wondering if there are any Nexus 6P owners who came from a Note 4? I'm currently running CM12.1 since TW is just ugly bloatware. I just ordered a 6p with 128gb since I'm used to the SD slot on my note 4 and need plenty of storage. I'm now having doubts if I'm making a mistake after seeing one here at work today. The phone is great but the camera isn't as good as the one with the Note 4. I have shaky hands and IS really helps. I can get used to not having a stylus. What pushed me more than anything else is my issues with sprint. Since Project FI combines two networks I should have a better experience. This would also mean leaving the unlimited data package I'm grandfathered in but if in most places it's a struggle to have a good data connection then what's the point.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Rey

I came from a Note 4 with CM 12.1, same as you. I literally never used the stylus so that was a non issue. With cloud storage like google drive, I struggle to see the need for SD cards and it never really factored into the equation for me. Music gets uploaded to google play, large files go to google drive, and photos/videos sync with google photos so I can delete them on the phone over time. I pretty much only used the SD card on the Note 4 to have backup images and rom files so I could wipe and reflash without a computer. With the Nexus, custom roms are unnecessary for me so that's a non issue.
The camera had OIS which was a plus, but the only plus. The 6P's camera is superior in every other way, and I haven't taken many shots yet, but even in low light, the OIS seems unnecessary for this camera. It would benefit in video though...no doubt.
I grew tired of dealing with broken roms. Even CM 12.1 being as stable as it was wasn't without some minor issues. Having the absolute best to offer that Google can come up with as far as OS updates and timeliness was the draw for the 6P for me, and I couldn't be happier with that decision.
Like you, what prompted me to decide to make the switch was switching carriers. T-Mobile absolutely blew for coverage. Verizon's 18 gb plan for 100 was a pretty damn good deal and while I lost my unlimited data plan with T-mobile, I'm paying less on Verizon now and I no longer wonder why the hell I have 4 bars of LTE signal yet can't get the mobile network to send anything. As you said, what good is unlimited data if you can't get coverage, and when you do, can't get the mobile network to work right.

Thank you for replying. Being on sprint there are areas that are real good but others that are just terrible. Then there are areas where T-Mobile is great. I'm hoping being on project Fi, the combo of Sprint,T-Mobile and wifi access points will make a solid improvement. It's still not Verizon but must be better than having sprint alone. Also the positive with the Nexus 6p is that I think I could always go to someone else like verizon with this phone and connect it there. Right now it seems like Sprint doesn't plan to carry the 6p.
The rear camera even with less pixels and no IS seems better to you in your experience? Again thank you for the reply above. :highfive:

Came from the note 4 and completely disagree about the camera, the 6p destroys it as far as I am concerned. Battery life is far superior for me, I could barely make it half a day on my damn note 4. I unplugged my 6p yesterday at 5pm and with it only being my second day with it I am still very heavily using it to toy around with and such, anyways unplugged it at 5 with full battery, by 2am I was at 65 and now at 10am the next day I still have 44% without plugging it in at all yet. Combine all that with the fact that I could not root mine because it was from VZW and none dev edition leaves me with being very very happy with this switch.

I compared my wife's note 4 and mine 6p camera and I think the 6p looks better. We were taking the same exact pictures and uploading it to a computer for viewing.

Thanks guys for the replies! Appreciate the input. It's also great that I have 14 days to decide if I like the phone or not.

mentalcase87 said:
Came from the note 4 and completely disagree about the camera, the 6p destroys it as far as I am concerned. Battery life is far superior for me, I could barely make it half a day on my damn note 4. I unplugged my 6p yesterday at 5pm and with it only being my second day with it I am still very heavily using it to toy around with and such, anyways unplugged it at 5 with full battery, by 2am I was at 65 and now at 10am the next day I still have 44% without plugging it in at all yet. Combine all that with the fact that I could not root mine because it was from VZW and none dev edition leaves me with being very very happy with this switch.
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Same here. When I took this thing off of the charger at 100% & got to work & noticed it was still 100% or maybe 99%, I was amazed. My Note 4 would have been at like 90% or less already. When I leave the phone for the night at say 50% & wake up, it barely moves overnight. Can't say the same with the Note 4. I have yet to fully test the battery, but the first day of use was heavy, & by bed time it was 48%. I also had it unplugged from the wall the prior day since 3 or 4am.
The usb c is nice for the fact I just plug it in & I'm not trying to figure out how the cable goes in.
The non bloat is huge. When I booted the phone Sunday for the first time, I was like.. Where are all of the apps? Oh wait, this is pure Android. The Verizon Note 4 has so many extra apps & processes running, it's a joke. What I have loaded on this phone is what I want. Not what Verizon forced on me.
Fyi, I had a non Dev Note 4. While I did use the pen some, all of these bonuses outweigh the pen.
Plus I feel the phone is much snappier.
Not to mention I haven't even unlocked and rooted yet.
So with that said, I won't be going back. And thats just a few things. I haven't even tested the speakers, really used the camera, or set up the fingerprint scanner.
Sent from my Aluminum Nexus 6P

Just got my 128gb 6P yesterday and I'm also coming from a Sprint Note 4 (with 128gb microSD). I was also runnig CM12.1 on it which was definitely nice compared to Touchwiz. In any case, just from short usage of it its defintely a great improvement over the Note 4. I find that the camera wasnt that good on Note 4 with CM12.1, it was slow. Almost went back to Touchwiz because of it. Battery life wasnt that great either on Note 4 and I would always swap batteries when I got home from work. I'll miss the ability to swap batteries though. Camera is awesome, screen is awesome (better than Note 4). Always felt the Note 4 had a nice screen but after having them side by side, 6P is way nicerrr. Never cared for the fingerprint on the Note 4 but 6P is a joy to use. Bluetooth audio in the car sounds better too.

I moved from a note 3 to the 6p. So far I am happy with my choice. I honestly thought I was going to miss the wireless charging/SD card slot a lot more, but I actually don't.
The type c usb charger with doze make it so that I don't even bother to charge my phone at night anymore. I typically plug my phone in while I am using my computer at work even if it's just responding to e-mails. By the time I'm done responding I already have several more hours of use.
As for storage I haven't really run into an issue with it. The only potential is when I want to save movies on my phone so I don't have to stream them, but then again I still have over 80 gb to work with even after moving my photos and music library. To be honest I could just take the few seconds to delete a few movies once I get bored of them instead of letting them pile up. The transfer rates are quick so it's not a problem if I miss a movie and want to put it back on my phone again.

MoonChou said:
I moved from a note 3 to the 6p. So far I am happy with my choice. I honestly thought I was going to miss the wireless charging/SD card slot a lot more, but I actually don't.
The type c usb charger with doze make it so that I don't even bother to charge my phone at night anymore. I typically plug my phone in while I am using my computer at work even if it's just responding to e-mails. By the time I'm done responding I already have several more hours of use.
As for storage I haven't really run into an issue with it. The only potential is when I want to save movies on my phone so I don't have to stream them, but then again I still have over 80 gb to work with even after moving my photos and music library. To be honest I could just take the few seconds to delete a few movies once I get bored of them instead of letting them pile up. The transfer rates are quick so it's not a problem if I miss a movie and want to put it back on my phone again.
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Lol I am in the same boat from my note 4. I am so used to having to plug in every night no matter what. I actually make a point of not plugging it in and it's honestly amazing being able to do that. Being on call 24/7 I need to know I can depend on this phone to last and so far it is doing quite well. I don't think I will make a habit of not charging it at night because I shouldn't possibly put myself in a bad spot by having not charged and then not being able to for awhile. But for now it's giving me a ton of confidence in it. Hell my battery is now at 42 percent so I only lost 2 percent in an hour with notifications going off and checking the phone.

mentalcase87 said:
Lol I am in the same boat from my note 4. I am so used to having to plug in every night no matter what. I actually make a point of not plugging it in and it's honestly amazing being able to do that. Being on call 24/7 I need to know I can depend on this phone to last and so far it is doing quite well. I don't think I will make a habit of not charging it at night because I shouldn't possibly put myself in a bad spot by having not charged and then not being able to for awhile. But for now it's giving me a ton of confidence in it. Hell my battery is now at 42 percent so I only lost 2 percent in an hour with notifications going off and checking the phone.
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For your situation I would plug it in as you said, but it's been super nice not having to plug it in at night. Just set it down and off to dream land I go just like wireless charging, but without the pad (my night stand looks a lot cleaner now). All phones should have doze once every phone updates to project M right? And the note 4 also has quick charge? So from a battery beneficial stand point I guess the 6p doesn't have much over the note 4. (The battery is bigger, but the phone eats more).

The only thing I miss about the Note4 are the roms by @ZION959 ; truly an amazing developer! I almost kept the device just because of his rom support. :good:

Camera Image Capture speed : Note 4 vs 6P ?
rey_1178 said:
I was wondering if there are any Nexus 6P owners who came from a Note 4? I'm currently running CM12.1 since TW is just ugly bloatware. I just ordered a 6p with 128gb since I'm used to the SD slot on my note 4 and need plenty of storage. I'm now having doubts if I'm making a mistake after seeing one here at work today. The phone is great but the camera isn't as good as the one with the Note 4. I have shaky hands and IS really helps. I can get used to not having a stylus. What pushed me more than anything else is my issues with sprint. Since Project FI combines two networks I should have a better experience. This would also mean leaving the unlimited data package I'm grandfathered in but if in most places it's a struggle to have a good data connection then what's the point.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Rey
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ga9213 said:
I came from a Note 4 with CM 12.1, same as you. I literally never used the stylus so that was a non issue. With cloud storage like google drive, I struggle to see the need for SD cards and it never really factored into the equation for me. Music gets uploaded to google play, large files go to google drive, and photos/videos sync with google photos so I can delete them on the phone over time. I pretty much only used the SD card on the Note 4 to have backup images and rom files so I could wipe and reflash without a computer. With the Nexus, custom roms are unnecessary for me so that's a non issue.
The camera had OIS which was a plus, but the only plus. The 6P's camera is superior in every other way, and I haven't taken many shots yet, but even in low light, the OIS seems unnecessary for this camera. It would benefit in video though...no doubt.
I grew tired of dealing with broken roms. Even CM 12.1 being as stable as it was wasn't without some minor issues. Having the absolute best to offer that Google can come up with as far as OS updates and timeliness was the draw for the 6P for me, and I couldn't be happier with that decision.
Like you, what prompted me to decide to make the switch was switching carriers. T-Mobile absolutely blew for coverage. Verizon's 18 gb plan for 100 was a pretty damn good deal and while I lost my unlimited data plan with T-mobile, I'm paying less on Verizon now and I no longer wonder why the hell I have 4 bars of LTE signal yet can't get the mobile network to send anything. As you said, what good is unlimited data if you can't get coverage, and when you do, can't get the mobile network to work right.
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mentalcase87 said:
Came from the note 4 and completely disagree about the camera, the 6p destroys it as far as I am concerned. Battery life is far superior for me, I could barely make it half a day on my damn note 4. I unplugged my 6p yesterday at 5pm and with it only being my second day with it I am still very heavily using it to toy around with and such, anyways unplugged it at 5 with full battery, by 2am I was at 65 and now at 10am the next day I still have 44% without plugging it in at all yet. Combine all that with the fact that I could not root mine because it was from VZW and none dev edition leaves me with being very very happy with this switch.
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keplenk said:
I compared my wife's note 4 and mine 6p camera and I think the 6p looks better. We were taking the same exact pictures and uploading it to a computer for viewing.
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onebelo said:
Just got my 128gb 6P yesterday and I'm also coming from a Sprint Note 4 (with 128gb microSD). I was also runnig CM12.1 on it which was definitely nice compared to Touchwiz. In any case, just from short usage of it its defintely a great improvement over the Note 4. I find that the camera wasnt that good on Note 4 with CM12.1, it was slow. Almost went back to Touchwiz because of it. Battery life wasnt that great either on Note 4 and I would always swap batteries when I got home from work. I'll miss the ability to swap batteries though. Camera is awesome, screen is awesome (better than Note 4). Always felt the Note 4 had a nice screen but after having them side by side, 6P is way nicerrr. Never cared for the fingerprint on the Note 4 but 6P is a joy to use. Bluetooth audio in the car sounds better too.
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Hi Guys im sort of in the same situation. Had some issues with my Note 4 so was looking to pick up a 6p. Main concern right now is that on my OnePlus One capturing images is very slow. 4-5 second delay before picture is taken. Im wondering does the 6p have this same issue as well ? Basically is there delay when clicking the button and image is captured. For me the note 4 is almost instantaneous and i like that a lot especially for fast moving subject matter. would appreciate your input.

Using my friend's 6p I find it to be as fast as the Note 4 with the camera if not faster.

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The only thing I miss about the Note4 are the roms by @ZION959 ; truly an amazing developer! I almost kept the device just because of his rom support. :good:
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ZION did do a great job. Too bad CM12.1 has some bugs that annoy me like the LTE bug with texts. I don't know if my issues with LTE connectivity are also related to CM12.1 or if it's the Note 4 radio. I've also noticed development is seriously slowing down for the sprint's version of the Note 4. Nexus 6p is really picking up in this area.

I'm coming from a Note 4 running firekat and I got a 128GB Frost because I take a lot of pictures and my data is limited (for cloud storage use) cuz in Canada they kill us with the data charges.
When the Nexus 6p was released, I wondered if moving to a Nexus was kind of a lateral move, when looking at a spec sheet it's pretty similar.
But after having this phone for about a week, I have zero regrets. the 6P was an amazing successor to the note 4 which I loved and showed off
Here's what I was concerned with vs how it turned out:
S-pen features, I didn't use it too often but when I did I loved it, being able to share specific parts of the screen via the lasso tool was awesome, and being able to highlight easily words or numbers on chrome or apps.
How it turned out: I just take Screenshots (power button + lower volume button) and because the nexus is pretty fast I can just go into the photos app and crop what I want within a few seconds. and as far as highlighting specific words, the nexus does a really good job at recognizing and limiting the highlight to exactly one word at a time with those extension quotes that can be moved. It also shows a menu right away that lets you copy etc.
Camera Quality - Megapixels and OIS on the Note 4 vs lower Megapixels and no OIS
How it turned out: I compared side by side a few shots before I sold my note 4 and man there was a noticeable difference in how much better the 6P was. the colors were more accurate, the subject was more defined and lowlight pictures were so much nicer. even for the selfie camera, my wife used to complain that the camera made her look way lighter than she actually is to a point where she'd look vampireish but this camera both front and back she loves because it's pretty accurate on color. As far as OIS goes, for pictures, I don't need it. I snap at least 3 shots every time I take a picture and although 1 may end up being blurry, the other two are always clear. For video, I hardly take em anyway but that is a very noticable difference. the OIS was necessary to have especially when I compared it to my friend's iPhone 6Splus. My hands are pretty steady but the 6P still has pretty shaky video.
No Home button or menu/back buttons + On screen navigation
How it turned out: I really thought I would notice this change more because I was very used to having those buttons from having Samsung products for almost 4 years but I got used to not having a physical button surprisingly quick. I'd say in maybe 15 minutes I was already accustomed to using the on screen controls. I think it's because I was actively thinking about it from it being a concern of mine but either way, it's very easy to adjust. I was also concerned that the on screen navigation buttons take up a lot of screen space but it's mostly unnoticeable and goes away most of the time for full screen things unless you slide up from that side to make it show.
The reason I wanted to switch after having a Samsung Galaxy s2>s3>s4>s5>note3>note4 is because I wanted something fast, reliable, big battery, good camera (that can match up to what the Note 4 could do) and to be able to get updates right away and sexy. and the Nexus 6P hits all those marks perfectly. I don't miss the note 4.
Also the fingerprint reader.... I LOVE this thing, it's so convenient and fast!!! I had the fingerprint turned off on the Note 4 because it was inconvenient and I never thought I'd use a fingerprint reader because I wanted quick access to my screen right away at all times, but this positioning and speed for the 6P is amazing. There isn't even an option for changing your lockscreen image because you don't need it!
Edit: forgot to mention some drawbacks, with the Note 4 I didn't have to use a skin or case cuz that thing was pretty rugged but for my Nexus 6P I've spent nearly $50 on skins and cases cuz that mofo is slippery as fk. and feels too nice to put down without a case. Although the battery life is amazing right now I'm sure over time it won't be as good so as far as the USB type-c thing I can see it being a future headache, I can't borrow chargers from friends when I visit their homes, I need special cables that are compliant, and I'd need to find a special charger for my car. My wife still has a Samsung S5 so we can't share chargers anymore either.
Also lmao looks like I essayed this but I guess it's also for personal justification lol. and for anyone else in the same boat

Awesome post twistanesh! You guys have me feeling better and better about this move.

quickstang said:
Same here. When I took this thing off of the charger at 100% & got to work & noticed it was still 100% or maybe 99%, I was amazed. My Note 4 would have been at like 90% or less already. When I leave the phone for the night at say 50% & wake up, it barely moves overnight. Can't say the same with the Note 4. I have yet to fully test the battery, but the first day of use was heavy, & by bed time it was 48%. I also had it unplugged from the wall the prior day since 3 or 4am.
The usb c is nice for the fact I just plug it in & I'm not trying to figure out how the cable goes in.
The non bloat is huge. When I booted the phone Sunday for the first time, I was like.. Where are all of the apps? Oh wait, this is pure Android. The Verizon Note 4 has so many extra apps & processes running, it's a joke. What I have loaded on this phone is what I want. Not what Verizon forced on me.
Fyi, I had a non Dev Note 4. While I did use the pen some, all of these bonuses outweigh the pen.
Plus I feel the phone is much snappier.
Not to mention I haven't even unlocked and rooted yet.
So with that said, I won't be going back. And thats just a few things. I haven't even tested the speakers, really used the camera, or set up the fingerprint scanner.
Sent from my Aluminum Nexus 6P
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as i am reading your post, i am crying. my note 4, even after under clocking and so many things, the battery dies so fast, restarts and so many trouble. i don't use fingerprint, vibration etc to save battery. just thinking to move to 6p

came from note 4, bought 64gb White 6p for 285 from a friend ( wasn't used at all).
Never looked back (did this 2 months ago)

masri1987 said:
came from note 4, bought 64gb White 6p for 285 from a friend ( wasn't used at all).
Never looked back (did this 2 months ago)
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Just bought one, i am really curios as to how it will hold up. I had previously a note 4 so let's hope that performance are better
and that at least it will give me 1,5 year life (if it is good i will buy at that time the next nexus at a cheap price)

weird issues Sprint lgv20

So somewhat concerned right now (I mean not reallly if its a bad phone It gets returned) First off the ringtones weren't working never had this happen on any android Ive ever had. So I did I reset and this seemed to fix this, however now my 32gb microsd card isn't recognized. Frustrated

confirmed my 32gb card got someone damaged while in this phone. Granted I've had the card a while and maybe it just gave up the ghost but still. Got a 128gb black friday card for 24 bucks (actuallly two). So hopefully this was a one time deal

Hope your troubles are over. My Sprint V20 has been flawless and I'm in love with my phone again. Was a huge Samsung Note 3, 4 & 7 fan. The 4 gps died. Known issue with gps antenna contacts. The 3 went up in smoke and the 7 got returned because of recall.
I would give your v20 one more shot. Strike 3 and I would exchange it.

SD card now isn't recognized did you encrypt the SD storage?

Had issue with V20 and i bought off Ebay thinking it was factory. 2 memory cards were giving me problems. Take photos, save to SD card and if i rebooted, pics were corrupted. Formatted each card again, didn't matter. I finally did a factory reset of the phone. No issues since, kinda extreme measure but it worked. No further issues with SD cards.

I've had an SD card suddenly go corrupted and break unexpectedly. Once it happened while booting up my G4 for the first time. On using new phone always try to enable it in settings/storage first. If that doesn't help format it via Android or on PC. I had to wipe/format my SD card before this phone would detect it.

I've tried opening the SD card on other phones and my computer it is not recognized. I got a pop up while it was in the V20 saying sdcard not ejected properly or something. I"m guessing this is when it quit (thats what I get for not backing the pictures up right). I have a huawei watch and one of the settings between the phone and watch was causing my ringtone not to work (fixed). So far rapid recharge works great, finding usb c cords a little hard to come by and I just missed the [email protected] earbud promotion by like 3 days. I'd love to root this for wifi hotspot but other than that this phone is really nice.

I'm on Sprint. Got the V20. Worked well for a bit, then kept freezing on me requiring daily battery pulls. After exhausting all troubleshooting, I finally exchanged the phone for another one. So far this new one is smooth as butter.
When I re-installed apps, I did the painstaking effort of downloading directly from the Play store instead of transferring from the old phone.
My old phone was a lemon. Get a new one if you can. It is a good one when it works.

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Hope your troubles are over. My Sprint V20 has been flawless and I'm in love with my phone again. Was a huge Samsung Note 3, 4 & 7 fan. The 4 gps died. Known issue with gps antenna contacts. The 3 went up in smoke and the 7 got returned because of recall.
I would give your v20 one more shot. Strike 3 and I would exchange it.
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Same here, I was on the Samsung wagon for the past several years (Since the first Note), and I just got rid of my Note 5 to go with the Sprint LG V20 and it's amazing.. The only thing I have a gripe about, is that in my house I don't get LTE throughout my home and in my living room my phone goes into 3G mode.. :/ my Note never did that with AT&T but I guess that's a Sprint thing I'll have to deal with for now..