[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] az-dave:
I had the S4 for a total of 1 day - so wasnt able to know it had the locked BL, got the S5 because my company is forcing me off VZN and onto AT&T, and so I made the Naive dumb mistake of thinking that getting the latest & greatest phone would be awesome, since Im "still" on the old S3.

The cool thing about droids was the customization and rooting that was possible. Most of the TW and other changes Im seeing on the S5 make no sense...forcing me to click more times to turn features on and off is not an upgrade...

Mark my words...if this trend continues, people will go to a phone they CAN modify. Period.

And finally, this should go without saying...and it should be of concern to everyone: If they lock these phones sown too far...what impact will that have on XDA and other Developers? Why will they even be needed if the phones are basically unmod-able?? Bears some thinking about really.

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without root I cannot Change the Maps App to the old one on my S3, the PRE JB 4.3 "upgrade"...Its Maps version 6/14/4 - and it does exactly what I want.

I blasted the New Maps that was installed with JB 4.3 and re-installed the old one.

JB 4.3 also removed all my stock and message widgets off my lock screen (Thanks!!! Not) I was unable however to get those back.

Now the S5 further removes and limits things...they took a "smart phone" and restricted it down to "Dumb" why?

And None of the things I want to do can be done without root, because its the Apps that come with this KK that I dont like...Im stuck.

And I may just get a S3 for AT&T, root it, use it and sell this S5 "brick". Sad when it comes to this.

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Your right, I should just be a Lemming and accept all the new and great features...like Bland icons and changes to widgets without offering me the ability to install old ones that operated the way I like.

Your right...I should just ACCEPT what these mfgr's throw at me.

Just like MS did with Office 2013...more clicks clicks clicks - If you ran a biz that requires efficiency of your workers, youd not be very happy with MOST ALL of the newer programs coming out for PC's as well...but then again, maybe you just need to keep up with the new stuff because its NEW, not because it WORKS BETTER or FASTER...right? Same thing with Autocad and other programs...Every Change Ive seen in the last 5 years has been for the birds, reducing functionality and slowing simple processes down such as editing text quickly.

Its not a temper tantrun, its My expression of DISPLEASURE at what I see as INFERIOR design changes and then forcing the users to accept whats "New" rather than having the friggin choice to have their phone operate as the OWNER of the phone would like.

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Turning off Mag Does NOT allow you to infinitely scroll thru the screens...they stop at each end rather than continuing like they did on the S3 and S4...

Yeah, all my complaints are pathetic for sure...um...so my question is to you: What mods DONT impact simply pathetic changes? Huh? Exactly WHAT mod is it that you do that turns your phone into the space shuttle? None...virtually All of them make subtle simple changes.

Making a person do an extra click to change a setting...yep, thats a pathetic complaint for sure...I mean, why not have people click more?

And the old Maps App, for those of us who travel a lot and use it instead of GPS, works FAR superior to the new one which friggin Zooms in and Out making you loose your place when trying to find remote locations in places you didnt grow up in...but if you didnt know that you wouldnt care...you will just insult others who realize the new app doesnt work as well. Whateva

No sir, what is PATHETIC is that people keep looking at these types of changes as "Acceptable" rather than say "What the heck did they do that for?" Ive noticed it with everything from PC's to cars....its a trend, but it sure as heck doesnt mean I have to like the trend.

Its the difference between wanting something "new" and wanting something that works good even if its "old"...suit yourself. Meanwhile when it takes you more time to accomplish the same task at some one using the old stuff, dont complain when they get the first fish of the day.