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Where is the early July update for Bell's Galaxy S?

So where the hell is the early July update for Bell's Galaxy S?
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Hey man,
Great news, the update is out. In fact, it has been out since over a year.
Its called rooting your phone to install a polished, stable and overall superior rom.

2$ it'll be out tomorrow morning!
The SGS2 came out on july 14th and they probably didn't want to kill sales by upgrading the original SGS to GB first.
Now that it's available, I would expect the update anytime soon...

I live in Canada and bought my Galaxy s from bell also last year.
Whats wrong with you, root your phone.
Man, the experience is incomparable. Samsung takes an average 6month before dropping a new minor update that adds bugs of its own. Root your phone and you'll thank me later.
I mean i was planning to buy a sgs2 to resolve many of the major problems i had with sgs. At a point i thought it was hardware, since no matter how many times i exchange my phone at futureshop for free, or no matter how many application i installed, my battery would only last 3 hours. And when it reached 10% left, it would freeze, lag and become unresponsive. After installing a rom, my phone now last over a day from extensive use.
Non rooted users are dependent of samsung and their carrier. Rooted phone have unlimited possibilities and their request and want are usually answered rapidly by the community.

What rom do you use?
legendofjon said:
I live in Canada and bought my Galaxy s from bell also last year.
Whats wrong with you, root your phone.
Man, the experience is incomparable. Samsung takes an average 6month before dropping a new minor update that adds bugs of its own. Root your phone and you'll thank me later.
I mean i was planning to buy a sgs2 to resolve many of the major problems i had with sgs. At a point i thought it was hardware, since no matter how many times i exchange my phone at futureshop for free, or no matter how many application i installed, my battery would only last 3 hours. And when it reached 10% left, it would freeze, lag and become unresponsive. After installing a rom, my phone now last over a day from extensive use.
Non rooted users are dependent of samsung and their carrier. Rooted phone have unlimited possibilities and their request and want are usually answered rapidly by the community.
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HiKsFiles said:
2$ it'll be out tomorrow morning!
The SGS2 came out on july 14th and they probably didn't want to kill sales by upgrading the original SGS to GB first.
Now that it's available, I would expect the update anytime soon...
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I'll take that bet. Its been pushed back to the 21st.
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hansonator said:
I'll take that bet. Its been pushed back to the 21st.
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Link please?...

Jyst go to bell.ca and you'll see the lauch date is now the 21st and there's a few bilboards in Montreal
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Thank you for your interest. This contest is now closed.
Find out more about the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G superphone, coming July 21.
LAME

hansonator said:
I'll take that bet. Its been pushed back to the 21st.
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In that case, i'll bet you 2$ it'll be out on the 21st instead or a few days later...

Philgag said:
What rom do you use?
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Sadly, 80% of the rom available is faster and more stable that samsung firmware.
I used to use f1 galaxy s v6. Im testing many here and their before coming to a conclusion.
Anyways, this should be interesting for rooted users,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172898

legendofjon said:
Hey man,
Great news, the update is out. In fact, it has been out since over a year.
Its called rooting your phone to install a polished, stable and overall superior rom.
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You don't need to root your phone to install a different rom...
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GOTFrogqc said:
Jyst go to bell.ca and you'll see the lauch date is now the 21st and there's a few bilboards in Montreal
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I'll have to take your word about the billboards, because the only thing I see on the Website is info about the SGS2 on 7/21...

legendofjon said:
Sadly, 80% of the rom available is faster and more stable that samsung firmware.
I used to use f1 galaxy s v6. Im testing many here and their before coming to a conclusion.
Anyways, this should be interesting for rooted users,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172898
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I have no problem going the custom route, but since the official ROM may possibly be around the corner, might as well wait the extra day or two...
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ccrows said:
I have no problem going the custom route, but since the official ROM may possibly be around the corner, might as well wait the extra day or two...
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Milestone!?! :?
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BottleB said:
Milestone!?! :?
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I have both phones and still enjoy using them both.
If and only "if" Gingerbread doesn't kill my i9000m internal SD like Froyo did, then I might stick with the i9000m...
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I'm pretty sure those were hardware or manufacturing defects, that were blatantly exposed by Froyo.
Complaints nose-dived in January and all but disappeared after they finally started getting properly repaired/built units out.

haloimplant said:
I'm pretty sure those were hardware or manufacturing defects, that were blatantly exposed by Froyo.
Complaints nose-dived in January and all but disappeared after they finally started getting properly repaired/built units out.
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Actually it was a combo effect.
People that had the October and November Internal SD's, plus the original launch of Froyo were the main ones affected. Too many threads to post about this, but most are around here.
The Original Froyo FW was pulled for a reason.
All I know is that I had a "Perfect" and "Mint" November i9000m. Sadly the original Froyo upgrade didn't even 2 days with me. I had the *stutter vibrate* and then it was "Boot loop game over"...

i hope it out by friday. Knowing Bhell they will not release it till the end of the month or even later.

Hi, the sg2 will be available tomorrow with bell & virgin
So, for the room I agree, try a new rom. I had around 800 point in quadrant and now 1700 with a custom rom.
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I'm trying to trade my phone for a Samsung note

Posted an ad on craigslist I believe someone is interested. How do you guys personally feel about that phone I need something with a bigger screen.
I love my galaxy S 2 ics aokp But like I said I do need something with a bigger screen.
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Maybe ask in the Note section?

justin860 said:
Posted an ad on craigslist I believe someone is interested. How do you guys personally feel about that phone I need something with a bigger screen.
I love my galaxy S 2 ics aokp But like I said I do need something with a bigger screen.
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I looked into it as the LTE was very tempting, however, the processor was a deal breaker for me. I'll wait until AT&T has a Samsung phone with an Exynos processor and LTE. Good Luck and enjoy your note. Its still a good phone.

Nevermind...

I'm asking in this section because I love my galaxy S 2 trying to make sure that I am making the right decisions someone has offered me a Dell streak five but I know nothing about that phone either
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LiLChris06 said:
Nevermind...
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Go ahead Chris it's not a big deal I appreciate everyone's opinion as long as it's not ignorance
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justin860 said:
I'm asking in this section because I love my galaxy S 2 trying to make sure that I am making the right decisions someone has offered me a Dell streak five but I know nothing about that phone either
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Had the Streak 5, good phone but I sold it to buy SGS2. I would not trade my SGS2 for a Streak even though I miss the 5" screen.
Buddy of mine just got a note and although the screen is amazing, my SGS2 just feels more speedy. I would trade for a note, but they would need $50 extra to convince me.

justin860 said:
Go ahead Chris it's not a big deal I appreciate everyone's opinion as long as it's not ignorance
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Its just most of us are here cause we like our phones, if you go to the note they will tell you they love the phone.
If you go to another section its going to be the same thing for the most part.
Go to the store, play with it for a good amount of time and see if you like it.
Personally I thought it was too big for me.

You can always try it out and see if you like it. I still think its a little too big but that's me. Everyone's opinions will be subjective. If your going for the international version that will be a different story. The AT&T version might not have as much support.

sgood1971 said:
Had the Streak 5, good phone but I sold it to buy SGS2. I would not trade my SGS2 for a Streak even though I miss the 5" screen.
Buddy of mine just got a note and although the screen is amazing, my SGS2 just feels more speedy. I would trade for a note, but they would need $50 extra to convince me.
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Was it stock or was it rooted I'm sure if it had a custom rom on it would be a lot more responsive
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MattMJB0188 said:
You can always try it out and see if you like it. I still think its a little too big but that's me. Everyone's opinions will be subjective. If your going for the international version that will be a different story. The AT&T version might not have as much support.
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It's the att version. Yeah I think I need to go to a corporate store and try it out I have never seen one in person. Who knows maybe I will hate the phone :banghead:
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justin860 said:
It's the att version. Yeah I think I need to go to a corporate store and try it out I have never seen one in person. Who knows maybe I will hate the phone :banghead:
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Isn't their return policy 30 days with a $35 restocking fee? If your willing to eat that, than yes, I'd definitely at least try it out. Other than LTE and a huge display I don't really see what this phone offers over the OG Galaxy SII? The screen isn't Super AMOLED Plus, its got that pentile display which isn't as nice. But you never know until you try it. Hang onto your GSII just in case.

MattMJB0188 said:
Isn't their return policy 30 days with a $35 restocking fee? If your willing to eat that, than yes, I'd definitely at least try it out. Other than LTE and a huge display I don't really see what this phone offers over the OG Galaxy SII? The screen isn't Super AMOLED Plus, its got that pentile display which isn't as nice. But you never know until you try it. Hang onto your GSII just in case.
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it's not samoled? I don't care about the + That is only supposed to add clarity when outside
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It has a ****ty processor the gs2 is better
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justin860 said:
it's not samoled? I don't care about the + That is only supposed to add clarity when outside
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It is. Super AMOLED only I believe. But they changed it because it offers a higher resolution, like the Galaxy Nexus.

justin860 said:
Was it stock or was it rooted I'm sure if it had a custom rom on it would be a lot more responsive
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Buddies Note was stock, my SGS2 running Shishiri ICS at that moment in time. It's def a nice phone and like everyone else is saying, you have to get your hands on one for a bit to see if you like it.

ymcmbforever said:
It has a ****ty processor the gs2 is better
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Forgive my ignorance but what is that I have to do with anything? What's the negative side effect of it vs the sgs 2?
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justin860 said:
Forgive my ignorance but what is that I have to do with anything? What's the negative side effect of it vs the sgs 2?
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Playing with my buddy's skyrocket I noticed a lag throughout the home screens. It wasn't bad by any means but it kind of felt like it couldn't keep up. The OG SII had no problem. Games will also perform better on the exynos processor as well.
For some its not a deal breaker. You be the judge.

MattMJB0188 said:
Playing with my buddy's skyrocket I noticed a lag throughout the home screens. It wasn't bad by any means but it kind of felt like it couldn't keep up. The OG SII had no problem. Games will also perform better on the exynos processor as well.
For some its not a deal breaker. You be the judge.
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I don't really play games just angry birds once in a blue mostly xda Facebook mms and web surfing
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justin860 said:
I don't really play games just angry birds once in a blue mostly xda Facebook mms and web surfing
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Then you should be fine. Are you upgrading to the Note or buying it off contract? If so, I would't get it from AT&T, as you'll pay an arm and a leg.

Buying a barely used Note.

Hello everyone,
One of my friends is looking to sell his barely used Note which he bought last month for a very good price. I may get for as low as $270. I checked the phone and I loved the screen but not the plastic-y feeling.
My question is: do you guys think it's still worth buying a Note(am not willing to pay for a note 2)? My other question is that I am a Gnex user running jelly bean and I wanted to know if there are any good jb roms available for the note ?
I also heard that Samsung said it would update the note to the official 4.1.1!
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For that price, get it
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How's the battery life on the note? Is there any official extended battery or any extended that doesn't make the phone bulky?
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ya you should get it as note 1 will be getting JB update's soon

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Please post questions in the Q&A section.​

Okay thanks mod. How's the battery life? Screen time on the note? Is there multiple builds of the gsm note?
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check if codes intacts
see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851513
Just so you know imei and stuff. should dif then 0000etc or *49etc,
You can always bargain lower price, and update via pc odin should codes be gone. But with missing emei dont do it.
Also check download mode binary counter
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Its a bargain and great phone!
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If I had some different build, could I change it and flash the new 4.0.4 since the phone has 4.0.3?
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crazyalaa said:
If I had some different build, could I change it and flash the new 4.0.4 since the phone has 4.0.3?
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you can outrightly flash stock 4.0.4 to the Gnote. You can either go flashing it via PC KIES or PC Odin. If you want custom Rom's then there's plenty around this forum as well... Just do a search on the 'Android Development' thread and check out some custom Roms that might suit to your liking.

Off topic but why do people consider the Note cheap plastic feeling? I've always had HTC before this and this phone doesn't feel cheap at all to me

probably because of the compactness. When you take battery cover off you might think cheap. I don't, It's practical so thin. So far it works great, wasn't expecting that lol
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Still worth buying or aged?

Looking to buy a new phone soon, and just wanted your views on whether this phone has gone aged.
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If your price range allows I would invest in an s2 otherwise this is still a highly supported phone
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Latrop said:
If your price range allows I would invest in an s2 otherwise this is still a highly supported phone
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S2 here is a little out of budget. Nevermind, thanks for the answer.
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Lt. Win said:
S2 here is a little out of budget. Nevermind, thanks for the answer.
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I bought mine 7 months ago and I am still glass I got it
In my opinion it's worth buying
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You could also consider the i9001 (Galaxy S Plus), which looks exactly the same as the i9000 but has quite different hardware. At least on paper it's quite a bit better and not nearly as expensive as an SII. I've got one of those and am really happy with it

Yes but the i9001 only has slightly faster CPU and slower graphics you can easily set the i9000 to the same clock speed as the i9001
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There's also the option of buying the nexus devices, nexus s has gyro as well doesn't it?
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Hr Kristian said:
There's also the option of buying the nexus devices, nexus s has gyro as well doesn't it?
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I asked around on the nexus s forums and they told me not to buy. They say its showing its age.
I'm looking at Xperia S now. Probably gonna buy it.
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A rooted Galaxy S I9000 is still pretty good, but if you can afford it I recommend you the Xiaomi MI-2.

I personally think that the i9000 is a great phone. It was my first Galaxy class and is still with me
I rooted the phone and switched over to running JellyBean (SlimRom version) and think it is just great. I do prefer the S2 just because it is that much faster, but finding it hard to part with my trusty original
Good all round phone but a little slow on some of the major games (I believe - though cannot vouch for that)

Anyone else moving from the AT&T Note 3 to the Google Nexus 5?

Just as I was starting to get use to the size of the Note 3 and all the crazy bloatware on this device, I gave up ... and have started using the Nexus 5 as of Friday. Anyone else move to the Nexus 5 from the Note 3? Are you keeping it in hopes of CM 10.3 someday soon or selling it? Trying to decide if I'll hold on to mine in hopes of a good root and CM ROM soon, or will the Nexus 5 be my phone for the next few months.

I seen a review on youtube, and I will definitely not be getting that phone.
Bad camera
Bad speakers
Washed out screen
Bad battery
I will stick with my note 3
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ksujace said:
Just as I was starting to get use to the size of the Note 3 and all the crazy bloatware on this device, I gave up ... and have started using the Nexus 5 as of Friday. Anyone else move to the Nexus 5 from the Note 3? Are you keeping it in hopes of CM 10.3 someday soon or selling it? Trying to decide if I'll hold on to mine in hopes of a good root and CM ROM soon, or will the Nexus 5 be my phone for the next few months.
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I've been on the fence to do it since Nexus came out. But one of my colleagues has it and display is not good at all. it is 1080p but a mediocre one. It has pinkish hue in whites. I like its size and feel but Note is something else as far as battery and display. The only thing that sucks as for now is not knowing when 4.4 is coming.

I got my note a few days before the nexus came out. But I'm glad I got my note, I think it's superior to the nexus in all ways, except for the vanilla and getting updates immediatly aspect. I just wish att would give an option to unlock our bootloader. If they do then I definitely will not regret buying this phone at all.
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ksujace said:
Just as I was starting to get use to the size of the Note 3 and all the crazy bloatware on this device, I gave up ... and have started using the Nexus 5 as of Friday. Anyone else move to the Nexus 5 from the Note 3? Are you keeping it in hopes of CM 10.3 someday soon or selling it? Trying to decide if I'll hold on to mine in hopes of a good root and CM ROM soon, or will the Nexus 5 be my phone for the next few months.
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I tried the Nexus 5. For 3 hours. Sold it on eBay. Way to boring.

mehdi_s82 said:
I've been on the fence to do it since Nexus came out. But one of my colleagues has it and display is not good at all. it is 1080p but a mediocre one. It has pinkish hue in whites. I like its size and feel but Note is something else as far as battery and display. The only thing that sucks as for now is not knowing when 4.4 is coming.
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You are right, the display does look a bit washed out.
I do love the Note 3 display, I just had the TouchWiz ... and how I can't default things to Google Apps like Calendar , and get rid of the nasty top menu bar with that ridiculous N always up there. I'd love to see a Google Edition Note 3

Ryanscool said:
I got my note a few days before the nexus came out. But I'm glad I got my note, I think it's superior to the nexus in all ways, except for the vanilla and getting updates immediatly aspect. I just wish att would give an option to unlock our bootloader. If they do then I definitely will not regret buying this phone at all.
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I agree, can't wait to get some custom debloated ROMs on this baby. Also, I miss my Infuse 4g!

No way lol. Stock Android is boring and a complete joke to me. And the look of it with the big icons is just stupid.
Add to all of that terrible battery life, a mediocre camera, worse speaker than on this phone and it's a big nope for me.
And did I mention how much I hate stock Android and how boring it is? I love the features of the Note and will deal with some bloat to have all of those features.
The Nexus are popular because of lower price and immediate updates. Otherwise they suck imo.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
No way lol. Stock Android is boring and a complete joke to me. And the look of it with the big icons is just stupid.
Add to all of that terrible battery life, a mediocre camera, worse speaker than on this phone and it's a big nope for me.
And did I mention how much I hate stock Android and how boring it is? I love the features of the Note and will deal with some bloat to have all of those features.
The Nexus are popular because of lower price and immediate updates. Otherwise they suck imo.
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Did you root your N900A and remove the Bloatware?
I'm big fan of pure Google, the Samsung Apps like Calendar are just ****ty.

Keeping this beast, to much bells and whistles to give up... Also I need my SD card slot...
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ksujace said:
Did you root your N900A and remove the Bloatware?
I'm big fan of pure Google, the Samsung Apps like Calendar are just ****ty.
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Yep, I'm rooted with bloat removed, xposed framework with Wanam. I can't be happier. :thumbup:
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My wife just got LG G2. It's considered to have an excellent display. But I was reminded how much I love Oleds. And not for the saturated colors (I put it in movie mode) but for deep blacks. People should make a bigger deal regarding the contrast of these screens. It's truly a major feature and affects the whole experience.
So while I would consider a Nexus 5 a great phone the oled will bring me back to Samsung devices. I just wish Samsung got their act together software wise.
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Did you root your N900A and remove the Bloatware?
I'm big fan of pure Google, the Samsung Apps like Calendar are just ****ty.
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They do have a good email app you have to give them that.

WizeGuyDezignz said:
Yep, I'm rooted with bloat removed, xposed framework with Wanam. I can't be happier. :thumbup:
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Hey bro same here. What did you use to debloat since we don't have access to a recovery or roms without tripping knox. Otherwise I would have used the Rom Cleaner for debloating since it's an update.zip. Did you just uninstall with Titanium? Let me know, I appreciate it!

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I agree, can't wait to get some custom debloated ROMs on this baby. Also, I miss my Infuse 4g!
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I still have my good old infuse, if the sim card slot wasn't broken I wouldn't have this note 3 haha. Such an upgrade though. To me the nexus 5 seems like a step down also.
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opasha said:
Hey bro same here. What did you use to debloat since we don't have access to a recovery or roms without tripping knox. Otherwise I would have used the Rom Cleaner for debloating since it's an update.zip. Did you just uninstall with Titanium? Let me know, I appreciate it!
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Yeah I just used Titanium to uninstall things that I knew were safe to uninstall and then froze whatever I was iffy about.
Then I installed the xposed framework and Wanam to customize my status bar and other things. The phone is running great and is exactly how I how I want it right now.
Good luck!
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Yeah I just used Titanium to uninstall things that I knew were safe to uninstall and then froze whatever I was iffy about.
Then I installed the xposed framework and Wanam to customize my status bar and other things. The phone is running great and is exactly how I how I want it right now.
Good luck!
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Awesome, thanks. Debloating it now with titanium and this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470862

While I would love to have vanilla google over cartoony touchwiz, it's a step down to go to the N5. Pretty much every phone atm is a step down imo.
I'd consider giving it a try if I could find a used one somewhere, but I've had every version of the note, and it's the only android line that keeps me coming back to android.