| Personally I think iOS is just mature. There's not much more they can add to it at this point. I really think it's just about perfect for light day to day use. |
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RichieTenenbaum 2,774 posts
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Yay you're back!
This was not meant to sound so insincere!
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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAny other S3 owners recognise the shitness? -
My Note slows to a crawl at the slightest thing, closing all apps does nothing. -
Armoured_Bear wrote:
Andrew Clark sounds like a right pikey.
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Tonka 31,979 posts
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Registered 18 years agoRichieTenenbaum wrote:
I agree with all of that.
Personally I think iOS is just mature. There's not much more they can add to it at this point. I really think it's just about perfect for light day to day use. -
CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
Yup ... until I used a Nexus 4.
Any other S3 owners recognise the shitness?
It is genuinely buttery smooth, even more so than iOS on my iPad or everyone's iPhone.
The problem you are having ecosse is that TouchWiz is truly awful and doesn't represent Android the way it should be ... and that is Samsung's undoing.
iOS 7 is going to have to be a small revelation of sorts for me to drift away from the Apple ecosystem, as good as it is. They will always be a hardware company first, software a distance second. The likes of Windows 8 and the whole Google chrome-book OS is a lot fresher and more pleasing to the eye ...
... and that's what Apple needs to kick themselves up their arse with. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoCharlieStCloud wrote:
I might have another go at rooting it and putting a stock 4.2.2 ROM on the piece of shit, it's such a pain in the arse.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
Yup ... until I used a Nexus 4.
Any other S3 owners recognise the shitness?
It is genuinely buttery smooth, even more so than iOS on my iPad or everyone's iPhone.
The problem you are having ecosse is that TouchWiz is truly awful and doesn't represent Android the way it should be ... and that is Samsung's undoing.
iOS 7 is going to have to be a small revelation of sorts for me to drift away from the Apple ecosystem, as good as it is. They will always be a hardware company first, software a distance second. The likes of Windows 8 and the whole Google chrome-book OS is a lot fresher and more pleasing to the eye ...
... and that's what Apple needs to kick themselves up their arse with. -
Yeah, that looks nothing like my Android experience. But that's probably Android's downfall in general - each manufacturer can put their own touch to it, and like pre-build PCs they can't resist throwing a load of shit software on it that only serves to slow it down. -
CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
Although I recall you saying you cannot wait to go back to owning/using an iPhone, why don't you sell 'the piece of shit' and try a Nexus 4? Forgive me for saying this, but you are not exactly hard up either, are you?
I might have another go at rooting it and putting a stock 4.2.2 ROM on the piece of shit, it's such a pain in the arse.
The Galaxy S III has to be the most overrated phone on Earth.
People are already flocking to queue up for the follow up when the likes of Xperia Z, HTC One and the five months old Nexus 4 are as good, if not better than the Galaxy S IV ... their marketing works, I'll give them that! -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
You can see why I'm so pissed off with it, the sluggishness is hardly the end of the world but makes it massively frustrating to use. Time to root.
Yeah, that looks nothing like my Android experience. But that's probably Android's downfall in general - each manufacturer can put their own touch to it, and like pre-build PCs they can't resist throwing a load of shit software on it that only serves to slow it down.
Can anyone recommend a solid, fast 4.2.2 ROM to download and install? -
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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoCharlieStCloud wrote:
I'm under contract till October and the Nexus 4 is of no interest as it only has a max of 16GB.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
Although I recall you saying you cannot wait to go back to owning/using an iPhone, why don't you sell 'the piece of shit' and try a Nexus 4? Forgive me for saying this, but you are not exactly hard up either, are you?
I might have another go at rooting it and putting a stock 4.2.2 ROM on the piece of shit, it's such a pain in the arse.
The Galaxy S III has to be the most overrated phone on Earth.
People are already flocking to queue up for the follow up when the likes of Xperia Z, HTC One and the five months old Nexus 4 are as good, if not better than the Galaxy S IV ... their marketing works, I'll give them that! -
CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
Fair dos.
I'm under contract till October and the Nexus 4 is of no interest as it only has a max of 16GB.
The whole cloud implementation does wonders for my brothers 16GB Nexus 4, but hey-ho, you cannot please everybody. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoCharlieStCloud wrote:
It looks like a nice phone, it isn't available in Switzerland anyway.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
Fair dos.
I'm under contract till October and the Nexus 4 is of no interest as it only has a max of 16GB.
The whole cloud implementation does wonders for my brothers 16GB Nexus 4, but hey-ho, you cannot please everybody. -
MrDigital 1,885 posts
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Registered 11 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
With the S3 you can root by simply installing and using an app
You can see why I'm so pissed off with it, the sluggishness is hardly the end of the world but makes it massively frustrating to use. Time to root.
Can anyone recommend a solid, fast 4.2.2 ROM to download and install?.gif)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
CyanogenMod 10 all the way. Do a bit of research and you'll see why it is the defacto replacement Android Rom. It doesn't do anything silly, it just installs as close to vanilla Android as you want, and gives you extra power over the phone. -
Is it possible to get just vanilla Android? Hate all this imitation Bullocks. -
MrDigital 1,885 posts
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Registered 11 years agomowgli wrote:
CM is basically vanilla, but I think you still need some sort of "distro". I think this is because of the fact that Android runs on thousands of devices, so it still needs to be compiled and prepared for that phone specifically, and in the process things will change to suit the phone
Is it possible to get just vanilla Android? Hate all this imitation Bullocks.
Could be wrong though. -
That runs like no version of Android I've had on my S3, even the shitty stock TouchWiz Samsung had on there. My guess is he has some crap installed. -
For the record I'm using SuperNexus which as close to stock Android as you're gonna get.
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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoBoab wrote:
Since I bought it it's like that, I just installed 2 different ROMs, all the same.
That runs like no version of Android I've had on my S3, even the shitty stock TouchWiz Samsung had on there. My guess is he has some crap installed.
That one is a Vodafone stock ROM. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoBoab wrote:
Cheers, might give that a go as an alternative. Build 5 is the latest, yeah?
For the record I'm using SuperNexus which as close to stock Android as you're gonna get.
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dominalien 10,703 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnd here I was, complaining my iPhone 4 was slow on iOS 6 compared to a friend's 4S.
To be fair, Apple have made their share of mistakes with new iOS versions, too. The one I remember most vividly was iOS 4 on my iPhone 3G. Now that made it almost unusable. OTOH, I sold it to a friend and she's happily using it to this day. Horses for courses. -
Tonka 31,979 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIt's sad that the biggest problem with Android isn't Android but Samsung. Or HTC or SONY.
Shame really since I quite like the look of the Experia Z and the new HTC One. -
Xerx3s 23,970 posts
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Registered 17 years agoArmoured_Bear wrote:
Maybe you have a faulty device? I've played with several stock/cymo S3's and they are nowhere near as crap as that. Still, not as slick as my N4 though.
Boab wrote:
Since I bought it it's like that, I just installed 2 different ROMs, all the same.
That runs like no version of Android I've had on my S3, even the shitty stock TouchWiz Samsung had on there. My guess is he has some crap installed.
That one is a Vodafone stock ROM. -
dominalien 10,703 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThe slowness may be down to several factors, like time since boot. A freshly started device may be much faster than one last rebooted many days ago and heavily used in the mean time. -
Tonka wrote:
But of course. This is the whole crux of the difference. With Apple, software and hardware will always be in harmony as they are designed around each other, but with that you lose flexibility.
It's sad that the biggest problem with Android isn't Android but Samsung. Or HTC or SONY.
The problems and benefits of either platform are intrinsically related. But it's good as it gives us choice. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoXerx3s wrote:
Well my plan was to get it back to stock and take it back but I have so far been unable to get a "Swisscom" ROM to put on it.
Armoured_Bear wrote:
Maybe you have a faulty device? I've played with several stock/cymo S3's and they are nowhere near as crap as that. Still, not as slick as my N4 though.
Boab wrote:
Since I bought it it's like that, I just installed 2 different ROMs, all the same.
That runs like no version of Android I've had on my S3, even the shitty stock TouchWiz Samsung had on there. My guess is he has some crap installed.
That one is a Vodafone stock ROM. -
kalel wrote:
This is the problem for me. 10 years ago I would have been all over Android like a rash.
Tonka wrote:
But of course. This is the whole crux of the difference. With Apple, software and hardware will always be in harmony as they are designed around each other, but with that you lose flexibility.
It's sad that the biggest problem with Android isn't Android but Samsung. Or HTC or SONY.
The problems and benefits of either platform are intrinsically related. But it's good as it gives us choice.
The old man in me, however, cba to piss about rooting, putting custom OS's on, installing programs to stop my battery getting shafted and everything else techy people love, which is why I think im having such a bad experience. I just cant be arsed to look into the fixes for the problems im having because I dont think I should have to.
As far as a phone is concerned, I like being told what to do. The walled garden works for me and ensures all I have to do is restart the phone every so often.
It was nice to see the other side of the fence, but im 100% going back to apple after this contract has run out.
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