Essential Official Android Thread

[Rain]

What did you have before?

iPhone 4. Tired of that iOS. Threw that shyt in the bushes. If there is a heaven, this must be it.

How responsive this shyt is

Widgets

Not seeing rows of fukking icons

The customization. The options

This big ass beautiful screen

Should i root this shyt? People say stock android is always the best. But I'm feeling touchwiz. I do kinda want to get rid of these samsung apps though. I ain't tryna see 3 music apps

 

[Camammal]

iPhone 4. Tired of that iOS. Threw that shyt in the bushes. If there is a heaven, this must be it.

How responsive this shyt is

Widgets

Not seeing rows of fukking icons

The customization. The options

This big ass beautiful screen

Should i root this shyt? People say stock android is always the best. But I'm feeling touchwiz. I do kinda want to get rid of these samsung apps though. I ain't tryna see 3 music apps

Welcome to the team breh, I did the same thing you did a few months ago, went from a 4s to a s3 and now i have a nexus 4 ..there is no going back breh. Not really any need to root the s3 unless you want a stock rom (pure Google without any Samsung apps or overlays) or you want to tether. Stock Roms on the s3 is piff but if you want a 100% stock experience by Google and instant updates youll have to get a nexus. The cm10 (stock ROM) for s3 is still buggy

 

[verbalkint]

Can anybody tell my why I can't get my og tab 10.1 to connect to the pc via usb?

 

[the cool]

Welcome to the team breh, I did the same thing you did a few months ago, went from a 4s to a s3 and now i have a nexus 4 ..there is no going back breh. Not really any need to root the s3 unless you want a stock rom (pure Google without any Samsung apps or overlays) or you want to tether. Stock Roms on the s3 is piff but if you want a 100% stock experience by Google and instant updates youll have to get a nexus. The cm10 (stock ROM) for s3 is still buggy

breh im thinking about selling my s3 for the nexus 4 just because cm10 is so buggy. i love the cm10 rom but the homebutton lockscreen wouldn't always wake up the phone. gps navi wouldnt lock on etc etc

how is the nexus 4 compared to the s3?

 

[Rain]

Welcome to the team breh, I did the same thing you did a few months ago, went from a 4s to a s3 and now i have a nexus 4 ..there is no going back breh. Not really any need to root the s3 unless you want a stock rom (pure Google without any Samsung apps or overlays) or you want to tether. Stock Roms on the s3 is piff but if you want a 100% stock experience by Google and instant updates youll have to get a nexus. The cm10 (stock ROM) for s3 is still buggy

Yeah I found out disabling those apps hides them anyway so I'm good.

Hmmm. My home button is a little loose brehs. Should I be worried or is that common/normal

 

[Big Blue]

I might cop an Optimus L9 for $199 and go off contract. $60 per month unlimited everything is sounding good right now.

 

[Kartel13]

iPhone 4. Tired of that iOS. Threw that shyt in the bushes. If there is a heaven, this must be it.

How responsive this shyt is

Widgets

Not seeing rows of fukking icons

The customization. The options

This big ass beautiful screen

Should i root this shyt? People say stock android is always the best. But I'm feeling touchwiz. I do kinda want to get rid of these samsung apps though. I ain't tryna see 3 music apps

Get nova launcher. I got that on my note 2 to keep it as stock as I can.

 

[Camammal]

breh im thinking about selling my s3 for the nexus 4 just because cm10 is so buggy. i love the cm10 rom but the homebutton lockscreen wouldn't always wake up the phone. gps navi wouldnt lock on etc etc

how is the nexus 4 compared to the s3?

Its much faster, and smoother. And stock jelly bean 4.2 is ....best phone I ever had by far. $30 plan from T-Mobile is unbeatable right now so I'm good off this nexus 4.

Also getting any future updates the day it comes out is big, if you ever had any android phone other than a nexus then you'll know how bad it is. That's enough to buy a nexus alone

 

[Family Lives Matter]

I've just got a nexus 7 already had an iPad so wanted this as an alternative TYBG

 

[Liquid]

better tethering app than foxfi? I have been using that lately and while I like it I am still looking for something with more options.

 

[Spidey Man]

Got a nexus 7 for Christmas. Time to throw the kindle my job gave me last year in the bushes

 

[Rohiggidy]

Verizon accidentally leaked android 4.1.2 for the original droid razr

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/12/24/original-droid-razr-receiving-mysteriously-large-331mb-update-as-build-98-72-8/

Update 5: Here is a download link Dev-Host - Blur_Version.6.16.211.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service (via Shamo316) to the file for those that want to venture into the land of Jelly Bean. I should warn you that we do not know if this is a final build or not. It could be, but today’s update push also may have been a giant mistake. Proceed with caution. Drop on SD card (not internal storage), boot into recovery, select the file and update. Need to be on .211.

Manually install update:
◾Download file from above and drop on SD card (not internal storage)
◾Power phone off
◾Hold Power and both Volume Up and Down until boot screen appears
◾From boot screen, scroll down to “Recovery” with Volume Down
◾Press Volume Up to select it once it has been highlighted
◾When Android and exclamation show up, press both Volumes at the same time.
◾Then “install update from external storage” and find the file.

 

[JMurder]

Verizon accidentally leaked android 4.1.2 for the original droid razr

Original DROID RAZR Receiving Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Build 98.72.8 (Updated) – Droid Life

Update 5: Here is a download link Dev-Host - Blur_Version.6.16.211.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service (via Shamo316) to the file for those that want to venture into the land of Jelly Bean. I should warn you that we do not know if this is a final build or not. It could be, but today’s update push also may have been a giant mistake. Proceed with caution. Drop on SD card (not internal storage), boot into recovery, select the file and update. Need to be on .211.

Manually install update:
◾Download file from above and drop on SD card (not internal storage)
◾Power phone off
◾Hold Power and both Volume Up and Down until boot screen appears
◾From boot screen, scroll down to “Recovery” with Volume Down
◾Press Volume Up to select it once it has been highlighted
◾When Android and exclamation show up, press both Volumes at the same time.
◾Then “install update from external storage” and find the file.

Let me know when this is confirmed to work like a final build so I can hook my mom up with her xmas present

 

[Rohiggidy]

dudes on xda said Before installing just clear cache guys , this is CDMA ONLY ....

Droid RAZR OTA update - Page 2 - xda-developers

Only bugs I've found are with the initial setup. After you first boot into JB you need to do another reboot to finish updating app databases, and also you need to clear backup assistant's data

 

[Rohiggidy]

another good twitter app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwdesign.tweetings