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from an s4 to a moto x

I started at&t services five days ago and i procured an s4. when i buy a phone i like to think of what it can do now and not what it could do after rooting. in fact, i havent rooted any of my personal phones in almost a year or so.
immediately i felt just how cheap the s4 felt, and slippery. the screen was beautiful though. battery life was great too. i couldnt get over the software hiccups, all the at&t AND samsung bloat and the almost square pics that the 13mp camera provided (when in 13mp mode). if i were to open my app drawer and fling the pages around i was on occasion greeted with lag. i couldnt stick with a phone for two years that performed like this, my previous phone was an htc one on tmobile that didnt lag at all.
so i decided to exchange the phone, i didnt want another one, that phone was great but it just charged so slow, and to a heavy user/ ingress player; its a bane. so i grabbed a moto x. have had it for almost two or three days now. no regrets so far. the display is amazing, i can notice small jaggies when holding the x about 5 inches from my face. battery life is slightly better than the s4. gps is spot on, so is my compass ive noticed. build quality is great too. camera, out in a sunny day does amazing! low light situations has me usually retaking the pic every now and then. speakers are awesome too, not as loud as the ones, but good enough.
over all, i dont miss the s4 at all and i dont regret my purchase. the value adds really do make this device worth its price. while i was typing this i have "ok google now" a few times. its touchless features is a god send in the car too

How is the 4g signal compared to the S4?

I did the same thing except on Verizon and don't miss the s4 at all. I came from a gnex and the moto x feels perfect. Nearly stock optimized android plus you can actually hold the phone in one hand.

How is the 4g signal compared to the S4?

Gnfghtr said:
How is the 4g signal compared to the S4?
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Seems the same to me
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I too switched from an s4 to the moto x I am highly impressed with the moto x, I'm considering selling my s4 now
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txtech89 said:
I too switched from an s4 to the moto x I am highly impressed with the moto x, I'm considering selling my s4 now
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I sold my S4 to my father. This phone is just about perfect.
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I did the same thing. I got rid of my S4 and I'm loving this phone. The size is so much better and it fells much more solid. The switch back down to a 720p resolution didn't really make a difference. My only complaint is the camera and it seems that we have updates coming to improve the performance.

For the s4 to moto x guys would you say the text is just as readable or better because the moto x is 720 p?

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For the s4 to moto x guys would you say the text is just as readable or better because the moto x is 720 p?
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I think it's just as readable but the S4 is a bit nicer.
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I went from the ONE to the S4 to the z10 just to try it...
I love this phone its so much nicer than my s4 was.. Happy I made the switch
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I have also recently switched from the S4 to the Moto X. So far, absolutely no regrets. The activate notifications are so intuitive, and after about a week and a half I still feel like i'm performing a magic trick when I use touchless control. I believe this phone was specifically made to show that the latest and greatest specs aren't needed to have great performance on a phone.

You guys are fueling my decision to switch. I want to so bad.... you all are saying its worth it I hope so
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niezek said:
You guys are fueling my decision to switch. I want to so bad.... you all are saying its worth it I hope so
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Yeah, that's what we're saying - do it!
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geekabilly said:
Yeah, that's what we're saying - do it!
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Might do it today.
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rcklss1 said:
I went from the ONE to the S4 to the z10 just to try it...
I love this phone its so much nicer than my s4 was.. Happy I made the switch
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What's the best part of the phone for you? I've used all the above at one point or another and still have the One. The S4 was way to gimmicky for me and the Z10 just doesn't have the necessary apps for my everyday activities.
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niezek said:
You guys are fueling my decision to switch. I want to so bad.... you all are saying its worth it I hope so
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I will be going to Verizon after work to switch over, it seems that most of the people that are talking about it are very satisfied with the X.

Well I switched so far so good I just have to get used to the smaller screen.
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alhadee12 said:
What's the best part of the phone for you? I've used all the above at one point or another and still have the One. The S4 was way to gimmicky for me and the Z10 just doesn't have the necessary apps for my everyday activities.
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I will be going to Verizon after work to switch over, it seems that most of the people that are talking about it are very satisfied with the X.
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For me its the size and closer to stock than any other besides a nexus..I've owned a ton of android phones besides the ones mentioned lol including the nexus s and nexus 4 but they are too plain... The s4 had way too many gimmicks that frankly didn't work that well IMO.. And battery life absolutely sucked on that phone for me... Z10 I loved but my key banking apps ( even with sideloading (which was unreliable to to begin with) were still missing android libs and still didnt work) and the fact the maps app completely skipped over businesses close to me when I searched that was it for me... The one was an awesome phone but I went through two of them that the camera would just freeze and cause the camera to crash over and over again...
So here I am lol.... When I was on Verizon I loved the Motorola DROID line and have been looking for a good offering from them on AT&T and finally have it
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I any to Verizon and picked up the X and I'll spend the weekend trying to get use to it. Ironically, my wife picked up the G2 while I was at worked. This will be interesting.
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Cool I think you'll be happy with it..
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USA T-Mobile LG G4 owners thread! Vote if you have one! POLL

Just want to see how many people here on XDA have a USA T-Mobile LG G4 H811!
As soon as we get root and twrp, I'll make some cool stock+ roms to have fun with! :good:

Fantastic!! Looking forward to root and custom ROMage.

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audscott said:
Fantastic!! Looking forward to root and custom ROMage.
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Thanks! This is the first time I've bought a new android phone and not been able to hack it some some way! Using it all stock is not as bad as I thought it would be! But then again, we're dealing with this killer G4 that is just amazing, even bone stock.
Hopefully we won't have to wait to long, as we have some of the best dev's in the world working on it!

H811 here
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H811 here. Would love to run some awesome rom and get rid of tmobile bloatware

Got one. Won mine at the G4 Preview Tour truck.
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Sounding off
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+1

Here, here
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Well after using the Nexus 6 for 6 months, Its felt weird having T-Mobile bloatware on a phone. However its isn't slow at all, & The Display is miles better then the Nexus 6!

Another T-Mobile user eagerly awaiting root.
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MicroMod777 said:
Thanks! This is the first time I've bought a new android phone and not been able to hack it some some way! Using it all stock is not as bad as I thought it would be! But then again, we're dealing with this killer G4 that is just amazing, even bone stock.
Hopefully we won't have to wait to long, as we have some of the best dev's in the world working on it!
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My sentiments exactly!

Wrightperspective said:
Got one. Won mine at the G4 Preview Tour truck.
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Wow! Luckiest guy on earth!
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I need my bootloader unlocked. BAD! I think about it everyday. The first thing i think of when i wake up isn't my girlfriend, its my locked bootloader!

MicroMod777 said:
Just want to see how many people here on XDA have a USA T-Mobile LG G4 H811!
As soon as we get root and twrp, I'll make some cool stock+ roms to have fun with! :good:
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Don't you own a Gpad too? Thought I saw you over there as well. Got my TMo G4. Just waiting for my promos and to delete the battery killing my account app and block these ads. I love stock Lg personally and don't ever do custom roms, just a few mods or tweaks here and there.

H811
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Got one. Usually an HTC owner, but the M9 was so disappointing, especially the camera, I JUMP upgraded for the G4. So far it's slower than the M9 but the camera is so much better I can live with the minor stuttering.

H811... Coming from nexus 5... Man i miss root
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+1...H811

Any word on Best Buy offering preorders?

Would rather get mine from BB if they offer a 64GB model Not a super duper fan of mail ordering phones for support reasons. I like looking them in the eyes

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Would rather get mine from BB if they offer a 64GB model Not a super duper fan of mail ordering phones for support reasons. I like looking them in the eyes
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All documents and ads I have seen have said Sep 2nd "exclusively through moto maker". Probably wont be available at BB until later on. Not sure exactly when

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/moto-x-144201

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/moto-x-144201
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lol the specs they have posted is 5.5 inch screen

And also says it's not compatible with Verizon or other CDMA services.
Anyone know if they're going to offer cards so you can use Moto Maker to customize it?
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They are up for preorder now.
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rushless said:
Would rather get mine from BB if they offer a 64GB model Not a super duper fan of mail ordering phones for support reasons. I like looking them in the eyes
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...evicemanufacturer_facet=Device Brand~Motorola
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jmileti said:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...evicemanufacturer_facet=Device Brand~Motorola
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Case in point, no 64gb. Ordered 64gb from Moto yesterday.

Do you think they will be carrying the Pure edition of this phone in store?
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Called store. The mobile guy only said 'I don't think so'.

MM (Maybe)!!!!!!!

hey guys so i just got a sm-n910t yesterday and i just installed kies and i am getting an upgrade to OK2? i think it might be MM it is a 1,883mb download. What do you y'all think?

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hey guys so i just got a sm-n910t yesterday and i just installed kies and i am getting an upgrade to OK2? i think it might be MM it is a 1,883mb download. What do you y'all think?
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no, thats dok2 5.1.1 lollipop

Lmao

Darkryulightning said:
hey guys so i just got a sm-n910t yesterday and i just installed kies and i am getting an upgrade to OK2? i think it might be MM it is a 1,883mb download. What do you y'all think?
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Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids.
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It is funny, but we all gotta start somewhere at one point.
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Don't upgrade if you don't have to.once you go to dok2 you can't downgrade

On the MM topic, sprint's variant just got the may security patch, and a Wi-Fi bug fix
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stkpxl said:
Must be nice. We don't even get the damn security patches.
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GS5 just got MM officially. Maybe we are close? Probably not. Ugh.
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It's a trade off.... Sprints network or T-Mobile's slow update cycle.. I'll stick with TM on this one.

Galaxy s5 just got 6.0 and it's older then the note 4.. Again note 4 get's the back seat to a older model phone....

Can someone give a possible explanation, why S5 got update earlier than Note 4!!! I just can't think of any possible scenario!!! This is disrespect!!!

Because it's a lighter OS than ours.
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mtatohin said:
Can someone give a possible explanation, why S5 got update earlier than Note 4!!! I just can't think of any possible scenario!!! This is disrespect!!!
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S5 dropped in 1st half of year and note 4 dropped in 2nd half of that year.

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Because it's a lighter OS than ours.
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Also a much more popular phone. The S line is their true baby. The notes are an offshoot.
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nine5raptor said:
Also a much more popular phone. The S line is their true baby. The notes are an offshoot.
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True....but the note series changed the way every phone manufacturer approaches making phones. Note series ftw

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True....but the note series changed the way every phone manufacturer approaches making phones. Note series ftw
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But look at total sales, especially globally. The note is a footnote in the story of the s series. A fantastic device, yes, but not Sammys bread and butter.
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But look at total sales, especially globally. The note is a footnote in the story of the s series. A fantastic device, yes, but not Sammys bread and butter.
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I'm glad to see sales skyrocketing with the note 5 in the us (at least it seems like it - I know a lot more note owners than I did a year ago) but leaving Europe out and releasing a plus sized S line device means the Note is not a priority for them.
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rile1564 said:
Because it's a lighter OS than ours.
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OS are the same the only things that are not the same are the radios and the system structure.. other then that there the same... same lollipop 5.1 i own both note 4 and s5

The S pen is a lot heavier than you're giving credit for. They bake that into the OS. So it takes longer. Add into the fact that the Note line isn't their main flagship. Thus you wait longer.
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A lot of people brag up T-Mobile due to the bootloader, yet leave out the fact of no updates. I hope Google adds them to their shame list.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/25/google-may-shame-slow-android-vendors/
I am tempted to use a custom rom, but am afraid of losing all the camera features.
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Must be nice. We don't even get the damn security patches.
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GS5 just got MM officially. Maybe we are close? Probably not. Ugh.
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No updates? I think you mean later updates.
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All of you on a CM ROM, how much other Samsung stuff do you miss?

Did we lose all the steam we had?

Now that the Note 7 has launched, have all Devs given up working on the S7/S7E? Or is it just that we're at a standstill with no progress because its impossible?

The locked bootloader killed this phone. When I got it, I convinced myself that I no longer needed custom roms...I was wrong! My enthusiasm for this phone has died, something that didn't happen with the LG G3 it replaced right up to the moment I handed it to my son. The S7E is fine, but I regret its purchase every day. I probably should move on now, but I'm not sure which direction to take. I'm certainly done with Samsung and most likely Sprint. If I wanted boring, I could have joined the zombie herd and bought an iPhone.

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The locked bootloader killed this phone. When I got it, I convinced myself that I no longer needed custom roms...I was wrong! My enthusiasm for this phone has died, something that didn't happen with the LG G3 it replaced right up to the moment I handed it to my son. The S7E is fine, but I regret its purchase every day. I probably should move on now, but I'm not sure which direction to take. I'm certainly done with Samsung and most likely Sprint. If I wanted boring, I could have joined the zombie herd and bought an iPhone.
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Yeah such a good phone s7 edge is. Without roms. Its worthless. Wish i never bought it
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jph8tr said:
The locked bootloader killed this phone. When I got it, I convinced myself that I no longer needed custom roms...I was wrong! My enthusiasm for this phone has died, something that didn't happen with the LG G3 it replaced right up to the moment I handed it to my son. The S7E is fine, but I regret its purchase every day. I probably should move on now, but I'm not sure which direction to take. I'm certainly done with Samsung and most likely Sprint. If I wanted boring, I could have joined the zombie herd and bought an iPhone.
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Get the new Nexus when it cones out! This is why I have 2 phones - one Samsung flagship for the most cutting edge hardware and a Nexus for fast updates and tinkering.
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Yeah such a good phone s7 edge is. Without roms. Its worthless. Wish i never bought it
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optimummind said:
Get the new Nexus when it cones out! This is why I have 2 phones - one Samsung flagship for the most cutting edge hardware and a Nexus for fast updates and tinkering.
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Yea i feel u guys, I bought a nexus 6p and I love it. I still have my S7 edge but haven't touched it for about a month straight so I may as well sell it on Craigslist.

Are there no ROMS or development on the sprint gs7 edge?
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I was about to get this phone, but I want custom ROMS. Should I move on?
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motoelliot said:
Are there no ROMS or development on the sprint gs7 edge?
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I was about to get this phone, but I want custom ROMS. Should I move on?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...nt/echoe-rom-g935t-beta-t3440877/post68604248
First galaxy s7 edge sprint rom
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Son Rise said:
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First galaxy s7 edge sprint rom
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Good morning, sir. I'll be trying it when my replacement s7e comes. But have you tried it? What's your opinion on it if you have?

LeftyGR said:
Good morning, sir. I'll be trying it when my replacement s7e comes. But have you tried it? What's your opinion on it if you have?
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Haven't tried it yet. Its still in the testing process but I can't test it cuz I'm not rooted yet
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LeftyGR said:
Good morning, sir. I'll be trying it when my replacement s7e comes. But have you tried it? What's your opinion on it if you have?
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Won't work on Sprint. A couple guys got it to work by flashing tmobile firmware via Odin only to discover that they can't roll back to Sprint firmware nor downgrade tmobile
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Not only did Samsung shoot themselves in the foot with the explosive note 7's but the s7 edge is amazing hardware crippled by a locked bootloader and no dev support. Samsung phones are more and more tougher to crack. While I'll never in life use an iPhone again, I'm hoping the new Nexus at least supports sprints ****ty Network and or maybe sprint will carry it.
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Soooperstar said:
Won't work on Sprint. A couple guys got it to work by flashing tmobile firmware via Odin only to discover that they can't roll back to Sprint firmware nor downgrade tmobile
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Goin back to the s5! Fk this s7 and note 7 ****t. Bought a 600 dollar phone for no dam reason
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Son Rise said:
Goin back to the s5! Fk this s7 and note 7 ****t. Bought a 600 dollar phone for no dam reason
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You can still root and modify. I have my phone pretty much like I want it. The only thing that I'm really missing is 3minit battery. You have to be deodexed in order for it to work
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kennypow3rs said:
Not only did Samsung shoot themselves in the foot with the explosive note 7's but the s7 edge is amazing hardware crippled by a locked bootloader and no dev support. Samsung phones are more and more tougher to crack. While I'll never in life use an iPhone again, I'm hoping the new Nexus at least supports sprints ****ty Network and or maybe sprint will carry it.
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From what I've read, thay may be cancelling the Nexus phones this year for something completely different...

Guys, I almost have a deodexed zip for you guys to flash. I just have to get rid of 1 last fc. Fingers crossed.....

nyfl2004 said:
Guys, I almost have a deodexed zip for you guys to flash. I just have to get rid of 1 last fc. Fingers crossed.....
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My man! Make it happen
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