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[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
However, I will give Apple where credit is due:

Outstanding app selection (no surprise since they started earlier and is easier to develop for 4-5 primary devices)

Nice looking/sleek hardware (although their screen size is disappointing)

Polished and optimized OS UI (kinda a mixed bag here though, everything is smooth but lacks customization)

Good battery life (never heard complaints about it)

Timely updates from Apple themselves (sucks when you can't jailbreak the newest version though :\ )

That's about all the positives though
[Vibrant General] atoz350:
The design that everybody rags on is the key to their success. Outstanding battery life. Take the plastic away from the battery cradle, and strip the casing from your standard removable battery and suddenly you have room for bigger/more cells while keeping the device relatively thin.
[Vibrant General] dardani89:
As to battery life, I've seen about the same. My friends charge their iPhones at least twice a day. Its a problem with all smartphones though. Only my rooted vibrant on froyo roms will outlast all my friends smartphones ( bb, ios or any other android)
[Vibrant General] dardani89:
As to the question of is apple better. Let me tell you my opinion and that you should bear in mind I was (unfortunately) a hard core apple fanboy for quite some time untill relatively recently. I own a MacBook and all the latest itouchs. I almost bought the first iPhone the day it came out at full price cause I was an idiot. My journey with android started in January of 2010 with the mytouch 3g then I got my vibrant in spetember cause I couldn't stand the mytouch. I can say that the improvements that android has made from then till now have been astonishing. Just mind blowing. Back then I thought android was retarded but rooted vibrant and the nexus s blew my conceptions away. Someone said this before but ill just repeat it here. The two operating systems are both equally good and people will have their opinions about which one is better, which is fine. But the one thing nobody can argue against is that momentum has shifted heavily towards android and that can be seen with the sheer dominance (and the highly rapid and unexpected rise) of the market by android over any other smartphone os. Markets don't lie, they're Democratic. Apple fanboys love to throw the argument that there are cheap android devices but you can get the iPhone 3gs for 60 bucks but I would not get the 3gs. I'd rather pay a little more to get the vibrant which easily ****s on the 3gs and on gingerbread can compete with the iPhone 4. Apple fans are also heavily propagandized even though its so cliche its really true. Lets take the example of the new osx lion that came out. Apple switched the scrolling gestures to a more ios experience which means scrolling up brings the page down plus a lot more features with multitouch. People were arguing if they liked it or not and the apple fan boys started calling tthe critics whiners because they couldnt ssee how revolutionary apple was by the fact that we can now scroll on our PC's how they scrolled with typewriters which seems a step backwards to me since. I've never used a typewriter in my life. But sadly only an apple fanboy would see it as revolutionary. The osx line can't even compete with the efficiency of windows 7 now. Windows vista sucked epic amounts of balls nobody can argue that. I have a 13 inch MacBook with is on 64 bit dual core processor with 4gigs of ddr2 ram on the latest osx. I have a desktop from 2004 that had 32 bit Pentium 4 with 2 gigs of sdram and a 32 MB video card. Which one do you think runs smoother. Hint hint its not the fruit.
[Vibrant General] suchavibrantthang:
Ios5 offering assistive touch gestures? hmm, my dolphin browser thought of that like a yr or two ago. Apple becomes epic cuz they refuse to add hardware buttons?
[Vibrant General] convotutor:
No,

I feel as though Apple's for people who are sheeps and follow trends.

Apple product owners can't think for themselves and only care about how others look/judge them. They just get apple stuff because everyone has it but maybe it is better for the non-techy types of people.
[Vibrant General] XDcdn:
It's easy to group all Apple users into one big pile and call them simpletons or sheep. But I know some very intelligent people, some with PH.D's, who have iPhones and macbooks. At the end of the day can't we all just respect that different people have different tastes?

I used to find the fandroid vs iZombie debates amusing, but it's getting old. I'm planning on buying a macbook and putting Windows 7 on it. That way I can develop iphone apps for myself but still have Windows which I prefer over os lion. And I dont have to choose a side in the Apple vs Google vs Microsoft vs whatever debate.
[Vibrant General] DrKaotica:
I made the switch from windows to max os in 2008, have to say I really like mac os x.. that being said, there are some things I wish I had a pc for(odin for one) ..

I agree with previous posts.. the appeal of apple products is that hardware and software work together seemlessly.. something that I don't really think can be said for android and/or PCs.. its marketing and the "culture" that apple portrays

That being said, I really prefer my epic to an iphone.. the level of customization just can't be matched.. and I honestly like the variety of hardware styles that android phones have, I got to have my slide out keyboard..

Iphones are for a market of people that don't know or don't care about the customizations we do here on xda.. they want a smartphone that just works, and there are a lot of people in that market.. they don't want to F with there phones all the time.. and honestly to each their own I can respect not wanting to flash the latest rom every week or two..

I personally enjoy customizing my android, but I can see the appeal of an iphone..
[Vibrant General] nickdog670:
Apple is not better in the customization department, but I think they really work on making the UI slick by making everything smooth without having a crazy processor. I think they make a good looking phone, too bad it doesn't hold up too well. But I keep good care of my phones, haven't had a case on my Vibrant since the day it came out and it looks brand new, so I think I wouldn't have many problems handling an iPhone 4.

I think it is really annoying that people who have iPhones hate people with Android or WP7 and vice versa. I mean in the end, all these phones are pretty much the same, it's just about apps and features. Seriously, why do you care if someone has an iPhone 4? Is it seriously bothering you enough to go post hateful comments and blog posts about how your phone is better? Your life must truly be pathetic if you are that concerned about how other people are spending their own money.

And people are commenting saying 'My phone with MIUI/Cyanogen Mod/Bionix is better than an iPhone 4' and while that may be true, but the average consumer is not going to be flashing ROMs on their phone. You guys says with Apple their is no customization, ever heard of jailbreaking? To do the coolest things on Android you have to root so I don't see the difference. Android does have live wallpapers, but they drain your battery and are tacky, I haven't and never will use a live wallpaper. Android does have Launcher replacements like Launcher Pro and ADW, but Apple doesn't need that because their Launcher and UI doesn't lag with the latest updates.

I also think Apple does better updates than Android? WHAAAA FANBOIS RQ????!!!!!1!!!11!!??? Yeah, because unlike Samsung/HTC/Motorala, they don't have to update fifty phones to the latest software, that is the problem with fragmentation. They make too many phones that they just don't support three weeks later. Apple only has one new model every year and only have to be concerned with making their older hardware work with the latest software. And while they did drop support for older models, the models they drop support for are not used by many. The iphone 3g came out three years ago so everybody who owned one could have upgraded to the iPhone 4 or an android phone. And apple rarely has problems with their devices at launch. And while yes, the iPhone 4 did have the signal issue at launch, Apple remedied the problem by giving away free bumpers and cases. What did Samsung do for our GPS at launch?

The average consumer just wants things to work. Who are you to tell them otherwise? Me? I still prefer Android. But you can't deny Apple makes a good device.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
Can you people list down which part of iphone is closed?
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
Dam near everything u can't even switch battery need i say more
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
clearly nobody read my article... scratching my head at the 1 star rating. I guess the title alone makes the fanboy come out.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
rawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
There ya go, gave it a 5 star for you so now you got 2 stars!

Apple for the loss. :eek:
[Vibrant General] convotutor:
I believe you are getting 1 star ratings because you are advertising your own website on xda. You are directing traffic to your own personal website. I believe it has nothing to do with bringing out the "fanboy".
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
It was suggested by prominent xda members that i create the blog.... AND there is no rule I am breaking by linking to it. But thanks...
[Vibrant General] convotutor:
I dont think I said that Apple owners are dumb. I said that they follow trend, can't think for themselves OR only care about what others think about themselves. I meant that as in people who are highly influenced by external factors. I'm sure there are lots of intelligent people who use macs/apple. I said maybe Macs are better for the non techy types of people. Non techy does not equal dumb people in my view. Non techy people just don't care about the technology. I'd guess that most people here like technology, it's more of a hobby/passion/interest that gravitates techy people to android.
[Vibrant General] convotutor:
I could care less about whether you are breaking a rule or not :p

That's great that people have suggested that you start a blog and good on you for doing that.

You questioned why you are getting a 1 star rating for your topic and all I said was maybe it's because of you directing traffic to your own personal site.

Maybe it's the fanboys coming out and hating on apple I dont know:confused:. But I just wrote a reply to your question. So it was in no way meant to offend.

where's my "i appreciate you" button?!?!
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Apple markets well, they convince the "7/11" crowd the giving you less should cost more. That, coupled with if you want an update you have to buy a newer phone along with a closed op system, only people who who are retail users and accept what is stock find this appealing. And that... is a lot of people

But the rest of us find the controlling attitude of Apple offensive and frankly unethical.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
I can't believe this.
[Vibrant General] helikido:
I know.... what a dush bag...
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
True words right there.
[Vibrant General] dcaples002:
Can't we all just get along? This community is supposed to be a suburb, not a ghetto where people always fight. God I can't wait until I get a new phone so I don't have to read nonsense like this on every thread. That's why people never read the threads and ask "stupid" questions because they are all cluttered with nonsense and trolls. Now. With that said, Android is better. Don't ask me why. IT JUST IS!
[Vibrant General] whatever5:
apple has better hardware quality but the screen is tiny for guys with big hands, but software wise apple's iOS is like a less customizable android os, android phones are built in a variety of shapes and ways which is a huge + and apple generally crafts everything they make the same such as their computers which have superior build quality in comparison to the majority of bought windows computers but are over priced over rated and very limited in programs/ apps which I know is not the case with the iphone's apps
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
This thread is making me really horny.

Edit: FYI
[Vibrant General] coconut2011:
what in my view interesting is, is the following: once apple targetted its products to be unique. People buying apple first where those who are those known as early adopters, and who wanted to be unique comparing others. However, at the moment apple products became mass-products, of which a lot of people buy and can afford interestingly.

I think the customers of apple changed, from early adopters, to late majority consumers, wanting the products since everybody has these..
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
I will give apple one thing... Marketing...

If Samsung kept the name GALAXY S on every device instead of saying ok....

I9000, I9000M, Vibrant, Fascinate, Captivate, Epic, and god I can't even think of how many others there are out there.

Even the new Droid Charge from verizon is Galaxy S with a bit more spiffy processor... nothing else... just to fill a production gap when no new products were coming out.

Apple played it smart...

Iphone, Iphone 2, Iphone 3 (then they started with the GS bull****), now Iphone4..

It's simple, it's not confusing...

Instead there are so many god foresaken droid phones out there... Google should have kept a little control on it... and it would have been awesome if they told Motorola to go blow themselves... The last good phone I saw motorola make was a pager.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
so its not just me...
[Vibrant General] RafayelG:
I make money with Iphone 4 I buy them for 250€ and sell for 500€ :p as long as those idiots buy I sell. Android ftw
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
Nope. Everytime I look at this thread i pop a woody and gotten find some pr0n.

This is not good for my health.
[Vibrant General] mrrobc97:
Good point on keeping it Galaxy S. People want something that stands out but at the same time something that its able to be recognized by the public.....like apple. The name Galaxy S is not recognized since its been diluted to different names and desing to other carriers so its problably only recognized just to another person with the same carrier. Its like being popular only in your high school but in apple's case its popular in every high school.

Sent from my Blutiful-Bionix-Powered Vibrant [2ndIINoNe]
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
I think i just blew a nut when i read that, well said with the high school thing. Maybe you should foward that to samsung? Nobody knows even wat a galaxy tablet is cuz nobody knows wat a galaxy s phone is unless you have one
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
Yea school thing is so true when I go 2 school people think iPhones are best but then they see my shizz all day hoes luv my phone lol
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Which website are you funding your porn on I got me some brazzers.
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
I'm into more of like animal pr0n... sorry
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
That's disgusting, even as ajoke.
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
I figured it was a good way to end and get back on topic. :p

Lighten up buttercup.
[Vibrant General] suchavibrantthang:
google gave people the freedom of CHOICE which i respect them for. people like me love options, who doesn't? as far as controling, sure they could've but that's like telling them you don't need to make more money. software support is not up to par with apple yet.

apple gives you 1 phone and NO CHOICES. when you sign that contract, they basically own you and that phone cuz can't do **** to that phone, especially after you contract is up. SUPPORT is the only thing that apple wins, so marketing is equal to me. :rolleyes:

motorola made a lot of good phones...startac vip, timeport, v60 were all good phones with excellent reception. ahh the good o' days when phones were just phones. :)
[Vibrant General] mrrobc97:
I member my first cell phone was a analog nokia in '96-'97. I had it for a year and I charged probably once a week.

Ahh the good 'ol days when u could go a week without charging.

Sent from my Blutiful-Bionix-Powered Vibrant [2ndIINoNe]
[Vibrant General] Vibrant03:
is apple better?

no!

honeycomb is really nice... :D

i now have a tablet and i must say that honeycomb is a good OS in my opinion

can't wait for ice cream sandwich. LOL
[Vibrant General] chuotcontodung:
their apps are really nice :)
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] alexis_01:
I have a htc surround only the tri-color screen and I tried to update with the same rom that are here in the forum but never passes 10%. restarted at 10% and returns to the tri-color ...

any idea.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faugnom1:
I only really come to the evo forums and have no idea where else I would ask this.

I'm just looking for opinions on the best android tablets. I want something with 3g 4g and hopefully USB and HDMI support.

Sorry again for posting here. But u guys are all I look at.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CDKJudoka:
I have played with a few tablets and the two best IMHO are the Asus EePad Transformer and the Motorola Xoom. The Xoom has phenomenal battery life and will be LTE compatible, even if you by the 3G one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alaman68:
Yeah, the Zoom is cool!!!!

I have an ipad, which is nice for netflix but that's about it, and just got a nook color which is really cool. Neither have what you are looking for though. Did you look into the HTC tablets that are coming out soon?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pandamaja:
The only tablet I can think of that has everything you're looking for is the xoom. I think motorola has kinda dropped the ball considering how its handled the upgrade/updating process though. I'm sure in the next few months we'll see more tablets coming out supporting everything you're looking for.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] travlincablguy:
The Toshiba Thrive has expandable SD memory, full USB and HDMI ports. I also just happen to love Toshiba, my last two laptops have survived lots of abuse (stayed in my work truck in the Texas heat) and have been in good enough shape to sell them when I needed to upgrade.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaulsX091:
Acer iconia a500 price dropped to 399. Awesome tablet! Picked it up last week mainly because of the usb port.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IceCreaMan:
i have the xoom which is nice but I will be taking it back and waiting on the xoom2 which will be quad core with android 4.0.... wool

There are some quirks to the xoom that you could overlook as the device itself is nice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdszoke:
Hrmmm Tab 10.1 is probably the sexiest tab out there. Plus functionality is very smooth. Too bad it resembles an Ipad. I personally have an Ipad2. But, when it comes to sheer ergonomics and sex appeal android-wise I would get the Tab 10.1.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well the Asus Eee Pad Transformer has a usb mini to HDMI [like the evo], but only has usb on the full dock, no data [3g]. You can get 3g on the xoom, but i don't think it has usb, only sd card, and it may still be broken. The only tablet to have full hdmi, usb, sd card, is the thrive tablet, but the current models don't have data, apparently they are in the works though.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] fargonaz:
Umm, delete please

Just saying...
[EVO Shift 4G General] briangtbc:
I have my Shift synced up with my work's Exchange server via the Mail app. For the most part everything works fine as I'm able to receive and send emails without much issue. However, when I try and access an email that has already been opened, I frequently find that a particular email is no longer showing up on my phone. My phone is set up to sync the past 14 days of emails and a fair amount of emails that were received well within that window sometimes won't show up. For instance, 13 of the 32 emails I received on July 5th (the last of the 14-day window) aren't on my phone but are accessible through my Outlook software of through OWA.

I tried searching online elsewhere and it seems this particular problem only affects HTC phones. Has anyone else experienced this or even better, has anyone found a solution?
[EVO Shift 4G General] Evo_Shift:
I was having an issue with the HTC mail app not deleting messages from hotmail so they would keep coming back as new notifications to my phone which is apparently a known issue in the gingerbread release. To fix it I installed the stock android email app and didn't have any issues after that. Unfortunately, if you use a mail widget it will not work with any other mail app.

I used the Email.apk from the original post on the link below here and disabled notifications for the sense email app so I wouldn't get two for each email(I also may have deleted the stock email after awhile I don't remember):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1082379

My phone is rooted and at the time I was running the mikshifted g executive rom. I have no idea if you can install this .apk on a non-rooted device if you aren't rooted but you could try. You just download it and install it like any non-market app.
[LG Optimus 3D] P_U_A_John:
TEST OK "UPDATE V10d"+ROOT+PERFORMANCE PACK

I tested the update today.

But there are several things have to be careful.

a) The update do this only by OTA "Settings" "About phone" "Software update" in the mobile.

b) The update is detected only if the wifi is on.

c) If your mobile has been root or if you have installed the performance pack or the clockwork recovery mod. The update might not work.

If you want a successful update in this configuration "C" , you must:

1) Boot Into Emergency Mode http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1168418

2) Restore latest original rom LGP920 (since 3b) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1156549

3) Install the update V10d only by OTA "Settings" "About phone" "Software update" with wifi on in the mobile.

4) Root again with 1.9.5 SuperOneClick

5) Install again Performance Pack from even 2x.

it worked for me.

Result:

-The biggest difference from the 10d upgrade the quality of the video in 1080P 2d.

-The pack-performance improves especially the write speed I \ O
[LG Optimus 3D] shollywood:
Is there a reason you can just backup the current ROM in Clockwork and up it for us?
[LG Optimus 3D] P_U_A_John:
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[LG Optimus 3D] shollywood:
Thanks much appreciated
[LG Optimus 3D] danbst:
So what breaks the update?

Is it root or CWM? If you uninstall CWM and unroot can you update that way? I guess it will be more or less back to stock by then.

Anybody know at all please?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] egeorgiou:
After installing the RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE on my asian HTC Flyer I keep getting "PVWmdrmService has stopped unexpectedly." and have to force the close of the service to use the device. This only happens when the device is booted for the first time.

Can anyone help me resolve this issue?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hightechlive:
can i flash Gingerbread 2.3.4 ★ Beta #4 using this method v2.5.1.8

as it is the only way i can get cwm recovery to work im unlocked and rooted and all just cwm recovery problems.

thanks

Download Tenfar’s CWM Recovery

Mount your device to USB

Put the .apk on your device

Unplug your device

Navigate to the file explorer, install “MOTOA4_Bootstrap”

When the installation completes, run the application

Click “Install Recovery”

Accept the Superuser request

Click “Install Recovery” again for good measure

After success, plug your Atrix 4G into the wall adapter

Verify that your phone is charging from the wall

Press “Recovery Boot”

Your device will now slowly reboot into Tenfar’s CWM Recovery

Click “install zip from sdcard” or “internal sdcard”

Choose zip from sdcard

Pick the GingerBlur or GreyBlur .zip

Install it!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudd_cat23:
Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1167373 And scroll down to the CWM section. It is best to install this via moto-fastboot. I dont all this last nigh started with the full 1.8.3 sbf and worked my way all the way through and everything installed correctly. You prob. cant instal the new one cause you have to delete a file with root explorer before installing the new one.