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MIUI phone

Anyone see the new miui phone? Sounds like a beast. 1.5 ghz snapdragon, 4 gigs of rom and best part in my opinion is they said you can flash any rom you want. One down side for me is from the front it looks like a crappy iPhone.

it's not an Iphone and that is what matters to me.

popper668 said:
it's not an Iphone and that is what matters to me.
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Very true.
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Don't know why ppl always bashing the iPhone...for what it is it does it well..solid construction, great battery life, very good camera, tons more apps and games than android, sharp screen, and the best support (connectivity and accessories). Only downside to me is the small screen. If the iPhone 5 comes to sprint and with at least a 4 inch screen, I would trade my evo in a heartbeat. For a multimedia phone, it practically does everything well.

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Don't know why ppl always bashing the iPhone...for what it is it does it well..solid construction, great battery life, very good camera, tons more apps and games than android, sharp screen, and the best support (connectivity and accessories). Only downside to me is the small screen. If the iPhone 5 comes to sprint and with at least a 4 inch screen, I would trade my evo in a heartbeat. For a multimedia phone, it practically does everything well.
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Sorry man but a phone that needs a rubber band around it or a special grip to get a signal doesn't fall under good construction to me. And I also hate how Jobs uses old technology and claims its revolutionary with each build. I think I hate Jobs and all his douch fallowers more than the iPhone itself. Just my 2 cents though. To each his own
Edit: and you can't really say multimedia without flash player.....

IPhone is great but you can't do much with it unless jailbroken n even then apple continues to close all exploits soon after the devs jailbreak them,
Android Is way more superiour especially with all the wonderful devs we have here!!
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I did see the MIUI phone and I gotta say, it looks real intriguing.

nan239 said:
IPhone is great but you can't do much with it unless jailbroken n even then apple continues to close all exploits soon after the devs jailbreak them,
Android Is way more superiour especially with all the wonderful devs we have here!!
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now this is what we call a fanboy....what are things you can't do when it's not jailbroken? it's no difference than saying you can't do much on android unless it's rooted. I have owned many different phones and brands through-out the 11 years I've owned a cell phone and am not biased towards any OS or manufacturer. I give props where props are due and even though I hate the people that use Apple products and worship the ground steve jobs walk on, I'd admit their iphone in many aspects are better than my evo. I already stated the positives earlier in this thread so I'm not going to repeat it again.

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now this is what we call a fanboy....what are things you can't do when it's not jailbroken? it's no difference than saying you can't do much on android unless it's rooted. I have owned many different phones and brands through-out the 11 years I've owned a cell phone and am not biased towards any OS or manufacturer. I give props where props are due and even though I hate the people that use Apple products and worship the ground steve jobs walk on, I'd admit their iphone in many aspects are better than my evo. I already stated the positives earlier in this thread so I'm not going to repeat it again.
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The problem with iPhone is iOS. Even after a JB the possibilites are far less than a stock unrooted Android. The reason most people root Android is not to enable certain things they were locked out of, but to run (and experiment with) custom roms.
Out of the box you can do tons with Android, like changing keyboards, launchers, photo galleries, handlers for sending files, widgets and tons more, that would never be possible on iOS.
iPhone + iOS is a synergistic combo that's very well designed, great usability, battery life and exceptional support from app developers and 3rd party accesories. But it is not a platform for people who like to customize their devices or need more control, and those limitations are not going away anytime soon.

Does every topic on these forums have to turn into flame fests about the iPhone or Sprints network or just general trolling?
Damn dude.

ECrispy said:
The problem with iPhone is iOS. Even after a JB the possibilites are far less than a stock unrooted Android. The reason most people root Android is not to enable certain things they were locked out of, but to run (and experiment with) custom roms.
Out of the box you can do tons with Android, like changing keyboards, launchers, photo galleries, handlers for sending files, widgets and tons more, that would never be possible on iOS.
iPhone + iOS is a synergistic combo that's very well designed, great usability, battery life and exceptional support from app developers and 3rd party accesories. But it is not a platform for people who like to customize their devices or need more control, and those limitations are not going away anytime soon.
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And another thing too is the companies that have Iphone, I was a former T Mobile customer, started with them with my first Android phone and as soon as they posted that AT&T was taking control I switched to Sprint.

mattykinsx said:
Does every topic on these forums have to turn into flame fests about the iPhone or Sprints network or just general trolling?
Damn dude.
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Innndeeeeed
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Crazy how I stopped to read this thread about the miui phone as stated in the title and only 3 posts are about it and the rest being about the iPhone lol
sent from my nike crushing Godmode Synergistic EVO!

Miui phone. Ftw!!!
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So where is the info? Is this going to be on Chinese carriers only? Links? Release date?

Xiaomi M1
here's the link from official page:
www . xiaomi . com / features . html
if you're using Chrome, you're able to translate to English (or your default language).
the phone will be on pre-sales end of August, with delivery in October.
the only thing I wonder, if its going to have a front camera?! if yes, M1 is definitely my next phone!

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here's the link from official page:
www . xiaomi . com / features . html
if you're using Chrome, you're able to translate to English (or your default language).
the phone will be on pre-sales end of August, with delivery in October.
the only thing I wonder, if its going to have a front camera?! if yes, M1 is definitely my next phone!
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ANd for people that just want to click on the link: http://www.xiaomi.com/features.html

were to buy
anybody know were/how to buy this phone?
anybody own one?

HTC announces ICS for desire HD, desire S and incredible S.

This only leaves samsung and motorola as not paying attention to their weaker phones.
HTC, LG and sony ericsson all giving most of their phones ICS.
And yet samsung wont give it to galaxy S? Well you say it's older than desire HD? Well the galaxy S plus and galaxy W are not and are actually more powerful than these HTC phones.
It's always arrogance that leads to the doom of the leader. Samsung really has to get their act straight if they want to remain android leader, there is simply no justification now for not giving ICS to their single core devices.

So, who cares?
Look around, there is plenty of ICS ROMs to install for SGS. And most of them are stable enough for daily use.
When you tasted some ROM, that is not Samsung-based, you're never going back. At least I'm not.
So, I really don't give a slightest f**k if ICS won't be official for SGS.
This is probably still the largest dev community for any of the android based phones, and although the phone is almost two years old, there is still a lot of development going on. I'm happy with my SGS, I'm quite happy with Samsung as the company itself too.

opica said:
So, who cares?
Look around, there is plenty of ICS ROMs to install for SGS. And most of them are stable enough for daily use.
When you tasted some ROM, that is not Samsung-based, you're never going back. At least I'm not.
So, I really don't give a slightest f**k if ICS won't be official for SGS.
This is probably still the largest dev community for any of the android based phones, and although the phone is almost two years old, there is still a lot of development going on. I'm happy with my SGS, I'm quite happy with Samsung as the company itself too.
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Lets not kid ourselves please. Once you get official OS you get even better ROMs.
Sure galaxy S is 2 years old but S plus isnt and doesnt even have that good ROMs so what about the S+ users?
Samsung is the most profitable android manufacturer, there is simply no excuse for this period.

Gambler_3 said:
Once you get official OS you get even better ROMs.
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Wh00t?
As I've written: once I've tasted aosp-based ROMs, I never went back to Samsungs' one. And I'm pretty sure a large number of users here would agree with me.
p.s.
maybe RIL sw is somehow better from the start in an official ROM if a new version of OS was released, but it gets polished anyways
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you should really have posted here

I don't care about Plus or W, at the time I bought my S the HTC choice was the Desire. It's not getting ICS either and even if it did I would still prefer SGS hardware and dev community.

haloimplant said:
I don't care about Plus or W, at the time I bought my S the HTC choice was the Desire. It's not getting ICS either and even if it did I would still prefer SGS hardware and dev community.
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The Desire never even got a working Gingerbread build...

CM9 is awesome,
no crappy Samsung's ROM anymore.

Russians drilled down to the arctic lake!!!!!!!!
And this is common in same way as the @OP's post...

But I care, i want to have a stock rom ICS than cook rom,
my next phone is not samsung.

See for you guys its okay, for people like me with the galaxy s 4g, we are screwed. We don't have enough developers to port ics. I still hope that we will get cm7 or miui but ics, lets not gonna kid ourselves on getting that for his phone.
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The choice when I bought the phone was HTC Desire or SGS. Boy am I glad I went for the SGS! Stop getting your knickers in a twist, there are plenty of ICS options. I've been running CM9 since the beginning of January with virtually no problems.
My next phone probably will be a Samsung, or whichever has the biggest development scene.

trislr said:
But I care, i want to have a stock rom ICS than cook rom,
my next phone is not samsung.
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I agree with you, some people here don't understand greatness of stock ROMs

This isn't even a small argument talking about GS. But indeed the Plus version should receive ICS. Can't say that LG is better then Samsung at updating their phones, I mean sure the 2x gets it, but it's only one year old. The DHD is the only older phone getting ICS here. Nice move from HTC. I just can't say Samsung is worse than HTC at updating their phones.
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Samsung galaxy s said:
This isn't even a small argument talking about GS. But indeed the Plus version should receive ICS. Can't say that LG is better then Samsung at updating their phones, I mean sure the 2x gets it, but it's only one year old. The DHD is the only older phone getting ICS here. Nice move from HTC. I just can't say Samsung is worse than HTC at updating their phones.
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Samsung is now officially worse than HTC at updating unless they update the galaxy S plus and galaxy W.
Even the $200 xperia mini is getting ICS which is from every aspect inferior to the samsung phones not getting ICS.
LG is also bringing ICS to optimus black which is the weakest phone officially supported for ICS. Ofcourse LG's ROMs actually suck but thats another story.

You guys are really too greedy. I have a SGS+ and I would love to have some custom development (CM, ICS).
We have just now a CM 7 port in work and it will take a long time to finish it, before even thinking of CM9, ICS (no graphic driver, how the hell should the ports work flawlessly)?
Our phone isn't even 1 year old, so it's just twice frustrating for us: no custom development, no official updates.
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Sold my Galaxy Note, upgraded to GNexus

Reasons:
S-Pen scratches screen.
Can't use with one hand.
Display issues, banding, lines and distortions.
Heavy
Battery drains too quickly
Flimsy battery cover
ICS upgrade taking too long
Price is tanking too fast
Phone feels slower than Gnexus when it has better hardware.
TouchWiz crap
No LED notification
I sold my used phone for 550$, which is now the average selling price for brand new one. I bought at 680$ a few months back. The reason I had bought it is to act has a dual purpose device and omit buying a tablet and new phone. For that purpose, it does its job well but Samsung really cheapened out on the materials and slacking on software updates.
Got myself a brand new Galaxy Nexus for only 350$ (price error) and I find 10x better than Galaxy Note. I will never buy any other android phone if it's not from the Nexus line. I love the Nexus modern design and feel and progressive updates directly from Google. I use to have a Nexus S which was the THE phone that lured me away from my BB.
Good luck with the rest of you, I hope it brings you happiness as it did for me for a few months. Now I migrate to Nexus sub-forums.

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ManicDVLN said:
Reasons:
S-Pen scratches screen.
Can't use with one hand.
Display issues, banding, lines and distortions.
Heavy
Battery drains too quickly
Flimsy battery cover
ICS upgrade taking too long
Price is tanking too fast
Phone feels slower than Gnexus when it has better hardware.
TouchWiz crap
I sold my used phone for 550$, which is now the average selling price for brand new one. I bought at 680$ a few months back. The reason I had bought it is to act has a dual purpose device and omit buying a tablet and new phone. For that purpose, it does its job well but Samsung really cheapened out on the materials and slacking on software updates.
Got myself a brand new Galaxy Nexus for only 350$ (price error) and I find 10x better than Galaxy Note. I will never buy any other android phone if it's not from the Nexus line. I love the Nexus modern design and feel and progressive updates directly from Google. I use to have a Nexus S which was the THE phone that lured me away from my BB.
Good luck with the rest of you, I hope it brings you happiness as it did for me for a few months. Now I migrate to Nexus sub-forums.
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Good Luck Mate!
I migrated from GNexus to GNote. I wouldn't give my reasons, as It would obviously start a disagreement here at the forums. I'm 10x Happier with the Note, except for the ICS part.
From My Nexus Experience,
= Use the GNexus Toolkit to Flash the ICS 4.0 Latest version (With Wallet, because the Other gave me errors). Before flashing, Make sure to get Root Access and Unlock Bootloader. If Flashing produces errors, or gives you bootloops, Erase the existing firmware using Manual Dos Commands in Fastboot mode. Relock the Bootloader after flashing, if you hate seeing the Padlock sign. For everything, Use the GNexus Toolkit, I think its a sticky in the development forum.
Have fun!

We obviously don't care about your opinion and are very happy to see go one less whiner is good for everyone else on this forum.

S-Pen scratches screen.- There's a thing called screen protectors. Use one.
Can't use with one hand.- Samsung included a one-hand operation keyboard if that's what you mean.
Display issues, banding, lines and distortions.- Supercurio is working on a fix and can be semi-fixed by setting screen mode to dynamic.
Heavy- Really? This phone is barely heavier than the iPhone 4S. You must be a weak man, work out!
Battery drains too quickly- Ahaha. yeah right
Flimsy battery cover- Flimsy or flexible? The Nexus uses the same one bro, just curved. And there are aluminum ones you can buy.
ICS upgrade taking too long- Have you tried custom roms, I mean this XDA where you get the latest and the greatest.
Price is tanking too fast- This one is the funniest one of all, the GNexus price is the one that is falling. A new GNexus on the Play Store is sold for $399 no contract, while a used N7000 will sell for $540.
Phone feels slower than Gnexus when it has better hardware.- I think you have a placebo effect going on.
TouchWiz crap- Custom roms? I wonder if you've ever used one?

Migrated from SGS2 to Note, and surely I feel this is better upgrade. The major deciding factor for me is the screen, if you need the biggest screen out there, you have to be here. Each to his own though....good luck

it'll be funny when he used Gnexus for a week and then think to himself, 'why the heck did I sell my Note? '
What's more funny is to see ppl using Xda forum yet not trying out new roms.
And I cannot see the Nexus have a better battery life than the Note. Stock wise.
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sold blue one, and now try to buy white one. best of both worlds tablet and phone.

Its like saying: I sold mu Audi Q7, I upgraded to a Ford S-max.

it was a DOWNgrade.

psun786 said:
We obviously don't care about your opinion and are very happy to see go one less whiner is good for everyone else on this forum.
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+1

The right sentence should be:
I have sold my awesome galaxy note ,and "downgraded " to nexus.
If u said u have upgraded to galaxy s3 we may forgive u ,when it come of course.
Anyway goodluck
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Rego Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗

Haha. You're just embarrassing yourself in front of everyone here. I can promise you there's nobody else thinking the Nexus is an "upgrade". All the reasons you gave just showed you're an imbecile.
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Cya *****.
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Galaxy note with icstunner is good in tablet mode... wont going back to GB until ICS from samsung release
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downgraded, not upgraded

Good luck
I gave my old SGS to my brother and bought a GNote, new each time my brother ask me to help him solving a problem in his SGS, it looks very small and I feel myself struggled, but when I hold my GNote I take a deep breath.
It's like we say "Who wants to kill his dog, accuses it of rabies"
Djoudi

Galaxy S II is still a better option.
And it is also handy
Compatible ROMS, Kernels and Open Development for S II would be a plus point too!

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Lol
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Doesn't the Nexus have the same banding problems? It's the same screen tech. Anyway, most of the OP's reasons are kinda stupid. And the s-pen scratching the screen??? The screen can't be scratched by plain steel, the s-pen's plastic nub isn't gonna do a thing.

[Discussion] How MANY of you will update? :P

Hi guys,
Every one knows that S4 is about to come, so far we have the following expectations according to external sources:
Features:
- Exynos 5450 Quad-Core CPU clocked at 2.0GHz
- Mali-T658 GPU
- 2GB of RAM
- 4.99” SuperAMOLED FULL HD resolution (1080×1920) Display
- 13 Megapixel Rear Facing Camera
- 2 Megapixel Front Facing Camera
- Android 4.2.1 (Out of the box)
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I won't because Samsung is not helping open source devs by releasing Exynos sources. Exynos is not open source friendly at the moment and the power of Android is the ability to customize your phone and install different types of roms, if i will have to wait Samsung to release an Android OS update after 6 months or live with stock based roms which are all the same apart some build.prop tweaks and deleted apps what's the point of having Android.

I'll personally send a big f**k to any new Sammie products and will wait until the next moto nexus or iPhone 6 whatever phone will be the best for me.

Spyr0s said:
I won't because Samsung is not helping open source devs by releasing Exynos sources. Exynos is not open source friendly at the moment and the power of Android is the ability to customize your phone and install different types of roms, if i will have to wait Samsung to release an Android OS update after 6 months or live with stock based roms which are all the same apart some build.prop tweaks and deleted apps what's the point of having Android.
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I asked you based on what you see presented mate I didn't include the bad parts of this whole thing
But that is a really good point of view! Although, I prefer to be using a S2 instead of an iPhone, due to Android.
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Kaiserbenn said:
I'll personally send a big f**k to any new Sammie products and will wait until the next moto nexus or iPhone 6 whatever phone will be the best for me.
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Why are you so mad?
Cheers

Well i won't i will go for a Nexus, lesson learned
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Kaiserbenn said:
I'll personally send a big f**k to any new Sammie products and will wait until the next moto nexus or iPhone 6 whatever phone will be the best for me.
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Well i won't i will go for a Nexus, lesson learned
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This is all about the non releasing of the source right?
Just confirming.

PATRiOT96 said:
I asked you based on what you see presented mate I didn't include the bad parts of this whole thing
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You mean the hardware part? Well that's gonna be outadated anyway after a few months and the market needs a disruption, cores don't mean much anymore, people want something really innovative.

PATRiOT96 said:
Why are you so mad?
Cheers
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No source available for devs. Plus it's a f*****g shame to wait so long for official update of a FLAGSHIP phone.
You know S2 is dead and 4.2.1 will be the last version provided by CM for our device? This phone is one year and a half old and it's already dead. I will go for a nexus next time, that's for sure. I want a decent product follow up which is not the case on Sammie product and especially with their closed BS exynos chips.

When will the next Nexus generation be out?

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When will the next Nexus generation be out?
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The bet is somewhere in 2013...

I'd like to go for it, but as these guys pointed out, I'm annoyed about the closed nature of Exynos. To be honest, my ideal phone would be a nexus device but with expandable memory. Unfortunately that's the deal breaker for me.
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I will stick to my galaxy s2 with my extended battery and custom rom running the latest android version possible. I dont feel the need for a new phone... yet...

If Galaxy S3 is released, I'll spend enough money to buy it, maybe the budget between 600 > 700$ :laugh: :laugh:
sorry for my English

Xperia Z, superb device!
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Until Samsung changes it's way of operating (not making their exynos projects open source) I won't be any Samsung phones. I rather go with Nexus devices. Keeping exynos closed source is a real setback for the majority of developers which in return limits the amount of innovation in roms.

S II is gonna get a lime pie update, remember that.
Now, about this s4 thing....is it 8.5 mm thick? it weights less than 116 gr? if not, sticking to S II.
I don't care for non-capacitive-buttons devices. How the hell would I know when to unlock my JB leak screen otherwise?

Actually my s2 is working pretty good for how I use it now, def need a new huge battery for the extra fun I could squeeze out of.
top comments do have a point but seriously with the active xda community, top rated forums r screaming Samsung all over.
Yea they're not so open , yea they're taking their sweet time with updates n such but seriously its a big thanks to all the devs who help n make what u have even better.
Back on track will I buy the next Sammie, depends on how much better it is... The s3 wasn't much of an improvement so I stuck with the s2 Currently running rootboxs version of jb and they're doing a great job , add to that dorimanxs kernel and u have a top of the line phone with the best options to tweak at hand for daily use/battery/performance/ no bloat what so ever.... The list goes on
Sorry for the long post I just had to get it out ^_^
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lixboi said:
If Galaxy S3 is released, I'll spend enough money to buy it, maybe the budget between 600 > 700$ :laugh: :laugh:
sorry for my English
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Yeah wait a little time, the galaxy s3 is coming out within these few months, it's worth waiting though
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I will go for it !! As soon as I win the lottery :crying:

Sammie behaviour is not a deal breaker for u? Personally I won't allow the same company to f**k me twice in the a*s.
When I buy a flagship phone I want a premium support which is not the case at all.
I do expect a lot from the moto nexus. Or Sony maybe which is friendly with devs. Otherwise I'll return on the apple side waiting for THE Nexus phone,
And I don't speak about the lack of respect to the devs community after having offered them some GS2 promising a good cooperation and making me believe a bright future and a long life for this phone, they just get BS communication and disappointment. This lack of respect to the guys without who will would have this bull**** version of android made in Samsung. They have spent a lot of times to offer for free a great android version and they deserve a big thanks for all of us running their work on our s2. And now most of them are gone, some to the nexus others to Sony side due to Samsung behavior. I can not understand how a CM user may think of buying a Sammie phoen again.

[Q] LG Nexus 4 experience on Samsung Galaxy S4

Dear all,
a big fan of XDA, and feel a bit weird asking this question in here, as I feel sure thousands of others must have asked it - but I can't find a direct answer anywhere. So here goes;
I love my LG Nexus 4, especially the pure Android feel. But it has problems, though, with switching off or stalling suddenly (often during heat/cold, I've noticed), after which I have to reboot - that's described elsewhere, I believe, and not my real question.
I have now put my hands on a Galaxy S4 (I9500UBUAMDK) and made my way through my first root and install of a custom ROM (Wanam Lite). It took a while, but now works.
The feel, though, is not pure Android, as I'm used to it from the LG Nexus 4. I assume that's because it hasn't been possible to fully recreate that ROM, either because it's not possible on Samsung or because the new announced Galaxy Nexus is not yet out and broken. Is that correct, or have I just not been able to find the right custom ROM ?
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Unfortunately, the Galaxy S4 is so new that there aren't a lot great options for the pure Google experience yet. Even the popular CyanogenMod, which is closer to stock than Samsung's TouchWiz software, is still a work in progress. The situation may change once the stock Android Galaxy S4 starts shipping.
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If I am right - is it then expected that the Galaxy Nexus will be broken/rooted, and any idea how long that will take ?
Once that happens, and given that the Galaxy Nexus will only ship to the US, is it expected that my I9500 will be able to use those ROMs ?
Lots of questions, but assume for the pros, they should be fairly straight-forward. I may in the end just have to stick with my beloved Nexus 4, but if I could get the snappier Galaxy processor, I wouldn't mind it.
Apologies if I have overlooked any obvious threads with answers to the above.
Regards - Simon

If you want better CPU why dont you wait until Nexus 5 or any phone with snapdragon 800 inside?
Ex. Galaxy S4 advance, Xperia Z-ultra...
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sundboell said:
Dear all,
a big fan of XDA, and feel a bit weird asking this question in here, as I feel sure thousands of others must have asked it - but I can't find a direct answer anywhere. So here goes;
I love my LG Nexus 4, especially the pure Android feel. But it has problems, though, with switching off or stalling suddenly (often during heat/cold, I've noticed), after which I have to reboot - that's described elsewhere, I believe, and not my real question.
I have now put my hands on a Galaxy S4 (I9500UBUAMDK) and made my way through my first root and install of a custom ROM (Wanam Lite). It took a while, but now works.
The feel, though, is not pure Android, as I'm used to it from the LG Nexus 4. I assume that's because it hasn't been possible to fully recreate that ROM, either because it's not possible on Samsung or because the new announced Galaxy Nexus is not yet out and broken. Is that correct, or have I just not been able to find the right custom ROM ?
quote Techhive.com article
Unfortunately, the Galaxy S4 is so new that there aren't a lot great options for the pure Google experience yet. Even the popular CyanogenMod, which is closer to stock than Samsung's TouchWiz software, is still a work in progress. The situation may change once the stock Android Galaxy S4 starts shipping.
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If I am right - is it then expected that the Galaxy Nexus will be broken/rooted, and any idea how long that will take ?
Once that happens, and given that the Galaxy Nexus will only ship to the US, is it expected that my I9500 will be able to use those ROMs ?
Lots of questions, but assume for the pros, they should be fairly straight-forward. I may in the end just have to stick with my beloved Nexus 4, but if I could get the snappier Galaxy processor, I wouldn't mind it.
Apologies if I have overlooked any obvious threads with answers to the above.
Regards - Simon
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Once the Galaxy S4 GE edition comes out it will help the snapdragon version fo the device alot. There will still be issues that cant be resolved with the Exynos devices but that always been and always will be the case due to samsung lieing to the developers about releasing the proper documentation for that chip. But even then you will lose all the extra sensors in the S4,

Hi overdose1986, zelendel,
thank you for that - I guess that answers my questions in the sense that it is NOT possible to port the full Nexus experience to GS4 right now, and likely won't be for a while, even when the GS4 Nexus comes out, right ?
I likely will wait for the Nexus 5, but that's only slated until late this year or even next year, isn't it ?
Regards - Simon

sundboell said:
Hi overdose1986, zelendel,
thank you for that - I guess that answers my questions in the sense that it is NOT possible to port the full Nexus experience to GS4 right now, and likely won't be for a while, even when the GS4 Nexus comes out, right ?
I likely will wait for the Nexus 5, but that's only slated until late this year or even next year, isn't it ?
Regards - Simon
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That's about right, if Samsung's past track record is anything to go by. As always, nothing is definitive. IMO, if you were able to get an I9505 over an I9500, it would have helped your cause a lot more. As for the next Nexus, if Google follows their yearly update pattern, it should be out by the year end.

It's not a Nexus.. It's simply a Google Experience device. A Nexus will not have hardware buttons or removable storage. Oh and the Galaxy Nexus was Google's reference device from end of 2011.
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I don't really see why this is on the nexus 4 forum but anyway the s4 like every non nexus phone will have to wait a while to get a completely smooth pure stock experience
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