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[Nexus 6  General] mjs2011:
Think I finally chose the Nexus over the Note mostly because of Lollipop. I can't root due to work so the extra features of the Note were appealing but I assume that shine would wear off after a few months. Lollipop just looks incredible! The camera, screen and battery look good enough too where I won't feel like I have to switch to something else until the next Nexus comes out.
[Nexus 6  General] Ballastatuz:
I don't like the note 4s hardware or look. I hate the button on the bottom, the huge rectangular look, the foa leather, and that texture. The screen is nice but the nexus 6 gives you a bigger screen in a similar package, duel firing speakers, a nice egg shell feeling plastic, curve to fit in your palm nicely, and an overall better look in my honest opinion. The nexus 6 has a great camera, i don't need sd card, i picked up the 64 white model, and stock over touchwiz any day.
[Nexus 6  General] digitaloutsider:
I'll buy a Samsung product when Samsung figures out how to build a device that isn't made out of gaudy, shiny, cheap plastic. And when they figure out the correct button layout for Android (here's a hint: buttons should be drawn on the screen). And when they finally admit that TouchWiz is a heavy handed, ugly, terrible skin. And when they stop with the ugly faux leather backs and trim.

My Galaxy Nexus was by far one of the worst phones I've ever owned. And that's including WM-era HTCs. And my BlackBerry Storm. I had three of them, two of which got screen burn in (and I'm not a heavy user), and all three of them had serious signal issues. The camera was abysmal and the battery life sucked.

Samsung makes a phone that is probably fine for average Joes who don't know any better. After owning a Moto X and DROID MAXX for some time, it's obvious that Motorola is one of the few Android OEMs that "get it". The Motorola additions to Android are truly useful and I really don't ever want another phone without Active Notifications. Now that it's built into Lollipop, I guess I really won't have to worry about that. The MAXX and Moto X both have fantastic build quality, and while they're still plastic and/or Kevlar, they don't feel cheap at any rate. Every Samsung I've ever picked up feels like it's one little drop away from disintegrating.

Samsung lives in their own little world where they actually think that people buy Samsung phones for their stupid "Samsung standard" button layout and for garbage like TouchWiz. Samsung is so delusional that they want nothing more than to be able to shove Tizen on these phones and stop paying Google licensing fees. There's a reason they keep these side-OSs still in development. It's like there's no culture in the company. There's no pride in the cookie-cutter, predictable cheap junk they churn out release after release. Motorola (at least under Google ownership) has been knocking it out of the park repeatedly, and I hope that continues with Lenovo.
[Nexus 6  General] kylez64:
This is not the case for me. I'm running lollipop on my N5 and am loving it. I want the N6 for the unlockable bootloader. As much as I find Samsung phones attractive I don't like how locked down they are.

Also never had a "phablet" before either so it could be fun. Especially in QHD.
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
I hate samsuck because of their poor quality code and shortcut hacks, and generally poor quality all around. I own a samsuck right now, and will never again.

As far as AOSP5 being the reason to buy it... that excuse is only valid for the impatient. I'm a few days away from a workable AOSP5 build for this crappy samsuck.
[Nexus 6  General] badboy47:
I am thinking to get the HTC m8 instead of Nexus 6. I been tired of waiting and the terrible launch by google. I also checked out some reviews and they say battery life is around 4-5 hours which is terrible. Battery was one of my main reason for Nexus 6. I am heading to T-Mobile tomorrow to check on the display; if its too big for my taste; so long Nexus for now. I might return for the next Nexus.
[Nexus 6  General] riz157:
I hate that home button too and the finger print is quite frustrating, requires lot of effort.

I agree the back of of nexus 6 looks better but the front and the side i prefer the note design, minus the home button. Nexus is probably going to be more comfortable to hold but i need the sd card.
[Nexus 6  General] riz157:
HTC M8 is fantastic phone and If you don't mind the smaller screen then it's a very very good choice.
[Nexus 6  General] Stigga:
Too bad google didn't use some of the touchwiz features to make good use of the screens real estate. Something in the middle would have been perfect.
[Nexus 6  General] riz157:
lol. I feel you dude, not literally of course.:eek:
[Nexus 6  General] sgloki77:
Samsung doesn't release some proprietary drivers and keep it closed source, so even if you are lucky enough to have the bootloader unlocked and there's enough development for you device to have a sort of functional AOSP rom, it still going to be crippled for example, no Google wallet tap and pay functionality and no MHL support

if Sammy were to follow Motorola's way(mostly stock android with some key software features added) they would blow the competition out of the water because their hardware is top notch, but no, gotta keep it bloated with gimmicks, slow and ugly, because... Samsung
[Nexus 6  General] Moostafa29:
The Note 4 really isn't laggy at all. I dislike TouchWiz as much as the next man, but some of the features like multiwindow and one touch use I've come to enjoy. I have AT&T, but bought a T-Mobile phone and running a custom ROM and Kernel now. I'm also running Nova, so the phone runs like a beast. I still have the Nexus 6 on preorder, but I may end up canceling it.
[Nexus 6  General] humanbean:
That is an interesting comment because I have yet to see an iPhone take a better picture than the equivalent LG or Samsung flagship. Even the Nexus equivalent beats the iPhone camera.
[Nexus 6  General] hotleadsingerguy:
Lol no. Just no. Not even remotely.

I've owned every Nexus, every iPhone, and many of the other manufacturers' high-end devices over the years. The iPhone has consistently been the king of photos, with the equivalent Galaxy coming in a close second.

I was a photographer for years... Not just a random schmuck making guesses. Pretty much every non-biased comparison or review agrees with that assessment, entirely.
[Nexus 6  General] humanbean:
You are reading some great reviews by Apple fanboys. Usually high quality reviews put Apple second or third. I have also used them all. Apple just does not use as a high quality components. You are welcome to prefer them, but I definitely prefer the better quality pictures from high end Android phones. The last iPhone to have a truly great camera was the 4S.
[Nexus 6  General] mejori:
i am getting nexus 6 for 2 reasons i guess.. every phone i have had captivate, infuse, note 1 and note 2 ..i skipped the 3 because i have always ended up rooting just so i could flash the latest roms (aosp) so why not just get a nexus and be done with it!

also i think this nexus is a pretty damn good phone with descent specs! my 2¢ :p
[Nexus 6  General] SupaSwag:
The iPhone has always been top dog in the camera department. Nexus devices weren't even in the same league. This year though the Note 4 is giving it great competition. From the photo and video comparisons I've seen, the Note is as good as the iPhone 6/6 Plus. Even iMore did an unbiased photo comparison called it a tie between the 6 Plus and Note 4.

Sent from my Note 4
[Nexus 6  General] riz157:
Note 4 camera is better then iphone 6 plus camera.
[Nexus 6  General] derfnoslen:
If the Note 4 ran stock Lollipop with the S-Pen features and Multitasking I'd get it. over the Nexus. Also I want the Nexus because I can use it on any carrier. If I buy a Note 4 on Sprint I'm stuck with them for all time. With the Nexus once it's paid off It can be used elsewhere.

I am a little worried about the size though, I am coming from a Nexus 4.
[Nexus 6  General] hotleadsingerguy:
Agreed, but he was talking about the history of devices, not the most-recent iterations.
[Nexus 6  General] digitheatre:
I'm going to get Nexus6 not because of Lollipop, but for the latest Android updates. I know most of manufacturers are going to update their flagships soon to Lollipop, I believe most of them update them fast just because this is a big update, big hype which will affect their phone sales. What happen when there's Android 5.0.1, 5.02 .. 5.1 and so on in future? I doubt they will keep updating the phone so fast. Nexus all the way for me..
[Nexus 6  General] kirdroid:
Exactly... All the tech press are like there is not that much advantage of nexus since others are getting updates at the same time. Well they forgot that nexus got lollipop preview ages ago and going forward every point updates will come to nexus, but not to every other device. Nothing can beat nexus ever if software updates are important. Only Motorola with moto x can come remotely close.
[Nexus 6  General] ajack2001my:
I am a Note 2 user and what I did was install "Google Now Launcher" and use that instead.
[Nexus 6  General] Joshnor713:
TW is still there though.
[Nexus 6  General] kobik77:
Touchwiz isn't just a launcher you know. It's the whole UI.

Personally, I'd take Samsung's recent hardware if it would have running stock android and was fully supported 2-3 years.
[Nexus 6  General] ECrispy:
There would be very little reason to get Nexus 6 if other phones had stock Android.
[Nexus 6  General] Skripka:
Fortunately none of the megacorps making phones see the sense in a product like that.
[Nexus 6  General] spinninbsod:
I'm not I'm running lollipop on my HTC one m8 and it works great
[Nexus 6  General] Barkleyfan:
Touchwiz does not bog the note 4 down. It is no worse than recent versions of blur. Note 4 is on par with Moto build quality. Apex launcher can eliminate the gaudy TW appearance, but like I said, you can't lag this thing out, so performance impact is a non-issue. The S-pen is nice, but it really came down to replaceable battery and expandable storage for me.
[Nexus 6  General] hello00:
the button doesnt bother me that much..id rather have that than on screen buttons..on screen buttons take up screen space
[Nexus 6  General] Ballastatuz:
Why have the button when you can take it out put a smaller speaker,but a bigger screen with on screen buttons that disappear when playing videos, playing games, and on some apps.
[XDA Assist] Cizzle4:
Hi everybody,

As title says i need help with my lg g pad v400, cause it can not connect with a free network near my home, its so strange cause if i do tethering with my phone, the lg g pad connects. Cant be a problem of too many device connect to the free network...Someone has any idea?....

please help me :fingers-crossed:
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

Chances are it's an issue with their network... And you may need to see if they can help at all. Otherwise you can try to find help here,

> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck!
[XDA Assist] Cizzle4:
The thing is that when I try to connect other devices (S 3, Nexus 5 and some PC) it works! And the LG G pad finds with any problems all the others protect network. It can't do it only with this one, wich is free!

Before I wrote vere I had searched anywhere an answer. Please help :confused:
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Asking in the link I gave you is your best option.

Xda Assist is here to help members navigate the site, not for support. ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eredor:
TLDR:

Refurbished Nexus 7(Grouper) is unnaturally sluggish no matter what I do, hope to find a solution that will speed it up just enough for reading and light internet usage.

-Overclocking helps just slightly.

-Would installing original(4.1 or 4.2) ROM make it work better or worse?

-Any ideas for a test that could find out what the problem is?(my guess is either RAM or maybe the CPU/GPU)

Full story:

I had screen discoloration on my Nexus 7 a loooong time ago, so I had it replaced by google under warranty. As soon as I got it I installed some custom ROM on it(because that's how I roll), which had sluggish performance. I figured it was due to an unstable ROM and was too lazy to do anything about it(because, that's also how I roll) for a couple of months. Since then I have tried various ROMs and they all have the same sluggishness.

I recently installed 5.0, which has such a terrible response time that it made it unusable. I was wondering if you guys can think of a way to find out the problem, or a method to speed the device up just enough to make it usable for light internet browsing and ebooks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheLastSidekick:
Mine was slow too. They did have problems with emmc. You could try running a fstrim manually and see if that helps..if not? Go back to 4.4.4, install a custom kernel like Metallice and slightly OC and make sure to run ART. Also root and greenify help a tonnnnn there as well. Good luck.

Sent from my Nexus 5 on Lollipop 5.0
[Asus Transformer TF701] dsnye:
I have a Nexus 7 2012 that I am going to pass that down to my youngest daughter for Xmas and I am thinking about a replacement.

Everything I've read seems to point to this as something that will handle my college school work (CS) and still be able to have some fun with it (games, media, traveling, etc).

The keyboard dock is what elevates this and the only close competitor seems to be the HP Slatebook X2 (as far as I can tell).

My question is, would you buy it NOW, or wait until spring 2015 to see if there is something new that competes with the Transformer TF701 ? Is there even talk of a replacement model??

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF701] toanau:
I am in the same boat. I have owned three prevoius Transformer model. FYI don't the HP tablet, owned it for a week and return it. The TF701 looks attractive with the pricing now
[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
I think it's a good tablet for a lower price yes.

I would not say do not buy it as it is good.

It may not be the best however with what may soon come out, but we'll likely be paying for that, whatever that is(nvidia, octacores, hybrids etc.)

For gaming is very good and as a development device I would say so. It needs more developers.

Although the tegra targeted games are limited and more directed toward the Shield. But it shouldnt matter. Games like Dead Trigger 2, need 4 speed MW show you that its quite capable. I would say if it meets your needs and your on a budget it might make it ideal. :good:
[Asus Transformer TF701] dsnye:
My thought about this device was that it would allow be to still have great screen resolution, still give a lot of flexibility with ports and expansion, and be much smaller/lighter than lugging my aging macbook pro 15" around to school.

What about the KitKat sd card writing issue? I've never unlocked any of my android devices and it sounds like if I get the TF701 that I'm going to have an issue being able to expand the memory. I am hoping to use this in class which means I may need to write to USB keys or sd cards.

It's either this device or a chromebook (and I don't think a chromebook will work for my school work).
[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
I dont see a problem with the microsd card myself.

I dont own a dock so I cant say how well those features are working. I wouldnt think theres too much of an issue.

I would not buy a chromebook myself. I never owned one and would not as it sounds like it is only limited to a web browser and as well having security and privacy issues. I could be wrong.

Could this be a total replacement for a mac or pc? Hard for me to say. Not likely.

There is no touch in the recovery yet. No linux yet afaik. But you can use linux deploy and vnc quite well to it. Not really an issue. I like the HDMI out. Get a proper game controller and its a gaming platform. We'll see what the future holds with Lollipop on the way.

Otherwise I think it has been pretty good. If you can return it and get it at a good price. Might be worth a try.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Reggie777:
For what it's worth...

This is the age old dilemma we tech fans face. Do we wait for that next big "shiny" just around the corner. The difficulty is that there will always be something bigger and better just around the corner. And the thing to remember also, as was pointed out by another poster, when it does arrive, it will be at a premium price.

So, for what it's worth, I'd say, if the tablet satisfies your needs now and a little in the future, go ahead and get it now. I had a 700, and migrated to a 701. And for all the little irritating "bumps" with Asus/KK, etc, I'm very happy with my tablet. When the new thing arrives, if you have the cash, and it appeals to you, get that one. In the mean time, you'll be having fun with the 701. If you simply wait, you'll be missing out on a lot of utility/fun.

I loves me my baby. :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF701] alvinma:
warning:

you unlock bootloader, you void your whole warranty(including hardware warranty).

So unless you don't want to root, go buy a nexus device.
[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
That is a good point.

I'm biased and I do like this tablet very much, but at this point in time I probably would think about it more.

They put a lot of power behind those Chromebooks. I'm not so sure why. Supposedly you can dual boot Linux on them. But they some have arm as well as Tegra k1 processors. Hard to say how linux would install and operate on them.
[Asus Transformer TF701] alvinma:
You can always buy one and return it.......so you can have a taste of the ddifference between a nexus tablet and this one.

personally I recommend you buy a nexus 9 or nexus 10, not only because the better user experience(yes it hardly feels like butter smoth on ASUS stock 4.3), but also because of the customer support and quality ensured by Google, Samsung &htc. I went to RMA my TF701t recently and their serve cenTer is full of the smell of bureaucracy, 4 PPL at front desk doing nothing.......leaves me imagining charges after void warranty goes into those ppl's pocket.......so not gonna buy any ASUS product in the future......
[Asus Transformer TF701] Danforth:
The OP mentions he may need to be able to read and write to USB keys and SD cards, for which the TF701 and dock would be much more convenient. None of the Nexus tablets has a card slot, and to read flash drives you'd need to install a third-party file browser and use a USB OTG adaptor.

I'm guessing the lack of news from Asus means that they're giving up on the high end of the tablet market, so there may be no true successor to the TF701.

I think the TF701 is still great feature-wise, but you should try to get a broad-coverage warranty if you buy it! There have been too many users with dock problems, and as others have mentioned you'll void Asus' warranty if you unlock the bootloader to install custom roms.
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
HI Guys

So my mate's phone won't boot up and I'd really appreciate some assistance. The last thing I did was unlock the phone via htcdev. But that's all I could do. Now I can't flash a recovery (I've tried a few) because I get an IMAGE UPDATE ERROR. I've also received a "SIGNATURE VERIFY FAIL" error.

Also, adb won't recognise my device but fastboot does.

What I'm trying to do is install a custom rom because my mate was complaining that his phone was slow and a bit laggy. I sold the phone to him in the first place so I've taken it upon myself to fix it.

Thanks guys, let me know if you need any further info.

CJ
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
First of all, we need some information about your phone.

I need : what kind(k2u, k2ul and so on)

Then what you have already done.

Then the other things (best of all you copy all information from your boot loader) :D

Edit: okay skript point 2 xD

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
Thanks for getting back to me.

Here's the information you've requested.

UNLOCKED

K2_ul PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.21.0000

Radio-1.18.40a.00.05

openDSP-v13.2.0268.0620

OS-3.12.980.10

eMMC-boot 1024MB

Jul 2014

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.21.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.18.40a.00.05

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 3.12.980.10

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: HT2BWTP01724

(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) product: k2_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8930

(bootloader) modelid: PL8015000

(bootloader) cidnum: OPTUS001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4330mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-2bb255c2

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.100s

Let me know if you need any further information.
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
With regards to what I have already done, I tried to flash TWRP recovery but I got an image update error.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
Mhh do you flash the right TWRP?

And use fastboot flash recovery *recovery name*?

Do you have any data's to loose?

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
yeah I flashed a few different TWRPs and none of them worked.. if there is a specific one and if you have a link, I could try again?

nope i don't need any data to lose. I have removed the sd card. Thanks again.
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
Anyone? Still having no luck with this phone.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
Please test (if you want) the cwm recovery. Link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37075457

If this doesn't work flash a ruu and try again:D

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
There is no RUU out which will work and also the cwm is outdated.

How did you flash recovery?

Use the one i recommended in my index thread. This should work on your hboot.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
An other option is to get s off and flash it via pl**img.zip isn't it?

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
You need a working OS for S-off. Not sure if that is working here.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
[MENTION=234500]Old[/MENTION]

You have s off, haven't you?

And I get s off with hboot 2.21

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
I don't have One SV anymore.

Rumrunner works on hboot 2.21.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
He says that he didn't have data's to loose

theoretically you can create an ........IMG.zip file with all files a ruu use, only the recovery is changed? Think I can make one but first want to read what you think(old)

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
As long as he is S-on you don't need to make anything.

Right now he can only flash signed firmware by HTC this way.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
Okay, thx I don't know:D

Actually no ruu for any kind of k2ul?

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
Only one. And you must be S-off or on ICS to use that.
[HTC One SV] kreumadragon:
[MENTION=4107002]CJ_[/MENTION]

Do you have test old.s method?

If this doesn't work, you probably need SOff.

Kreumadragon
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
Hi old.splatterhand, to answer your question, I flashed the latest TWRP recovery (2.8. something) but I got the following IMAGE UPDATE ERROR. Will try the ones in your index and report back.

Thanks for your help guys.
[HTC One SV] CJ_:
Will try it now... If that doesn't work, how do I get S-Off when I can't do anything with the phone?
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Hi, for about a month I've been trying to flash a new custom rom (i have tried many) in my phone (sgh T599N) and it keeps saying that the rom is codinalte and it only accepts codinamtr. Also if you don't mind i dont have a very good connection, so if you please write me at "d.estevez@lab.matcom.uh.cu" I would appreciate if you help me guys, i really want to learn about these stuff. Thank you
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

The best way to find help would be to register on XDA and ask for help in the rom thread.

?
[XDA Assist] elessaranarion1235:
how do i do that. i've already registered on xda how do i go to the rom thread?
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Where ever you downloaded the rom from, is the place to post for help. If it wasn't on XDA... Then no one here can help.