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Hello everybody.
I ordered my Nexus One yesterday- It's shipping right now. Can't wait!
But, I'm curious if it's worth unlocking the bootloader and installing Cyanogen Mod when it arrives. I know that unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty, and installing CM might brick the phone if I do it wrong, but I've heard CM adds some pretty good features. (Apps on SDCard, extra Live Wallpaper features, etc.)
So, is it worth it? Would appreciate any advice.
The only thing that could brick your phone is the radio update not Cyanogen Mod. I wouldn't recommend doing it till 2 weeks - a month after having the phone and making sure it works well
Are apps on Sdcard worth it to you? Extra live wallpaper?
How would we know what you rate as very important?
Do you think I should wear blue socks tomorrow?
christiankk said:
Are apps on Sdcard worth it to you? Extra live wallpaper?
How would we know what you rate as very important?
Do you think I should wear blue socks tomorrow?
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I was just asking what general features and reasons to upgrade to it over the Stock ROM. But to answer your question, I don't have it yet, so I can't really say much, but I do browse the web, download stuff/apps, listen to music, play games, etc.
christiankk said:
Are apps on Sdcard worth it to you? Extra live wallpaper?
How would we know what you rate as very important?
Do you think I should wear blue socks tomorrow?
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What about tethering, himem and other fixes??
faraz1992 said:
What about tethering, himem and other fixes??
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Yeah - what about them?
If OP finds it important, go for the ROM - otherwise don't.
Pretty easy, eh?
MillyBays said:
I was just asking what general features and reasons to upgrade to it over the Stock ROM. But to answer your question, I don't have it yet, so I can't really say much, but I do browse the web, download stuff/apps, listen to music, play games, etc.
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It is good that you play games, however - if you don't state your needs how on earth can we help you?
I am hungry - should I eat McDonalds or KFC?
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What about tethering, himem and other fixes??
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I do find tethering important, and other fixes would be a good thing. But high memory...I never heard that part about the ROM, how does it give you more memory? (I know I sound like a noob)
MillyBays said:
I do find tethering important, and other fixes would be a good thing. But high memory...I never heard that part about the ROM, how does it give you more memory? (I know I sound like a noob)
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I gives more memory by utilizing memory the standard setup does not use.
This only really matters if you install a lot of apps and don't use apps2sd.
I suggest you search and read the forums more.
christiankk said:
I gives more memory by utilizing memory the standard setup does not use.
This only really matters if you install a lot of apps and don't use apps2sd.
I suggest you search and read the forums more.
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I do plan on installing quite a few apps...so that might be useful.
Anything else?
christiankk said:
I gives more memory by utilizing memory the standard setup does not use.
This only really matters if you install a lot of apps and don't use apps2sd.
I suggest you search and read the forums more.
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Actually that's not true.
The himem kernal frees up RAM while apps are stored on the ROM. The only correlation is if you have a lot of apps running more RAM will be helpful (speed) , but it doesn't apply to storing them
look its up to you guys but from my experiences i well never look back
the stock was laggy compared to CM
some of the apps you can get such as
auto memory
cm updater
droid wall (awsomest app eva)
metamorph
shootme (ok its not the best but pretty cool lol)
N1 Flash light
apps to sd
there heaps more but its also CM mod
like he has put a way to wake up the phone with the trackerball
best thing ever
change songs while asleep by holding the volume button
all the updates that will be coming to the nexus one (such as flash)
so dont worry bout that
The only downside is the whole voided-warranty thing. If you don't mind that (I don't - I unlocked my bootloader on day 1 with the N1), you LOSE nothing. There isn't even a risk of bricking your phone - CM doesn't touch the bootlaoder or the recovery, so you can always reflash CM or flash something else.
Unlocking the bootloader (regardless of ROM choice) lets you use a hacked recovery, which gives you backup and selective wipe options - a must for playing with your phone.
CM's ROM gives you faster performance, a faster update cycle, plus tons of cool features: root access included, trackball wake, himem, dalvik cache in /cache (frees up lots of app space if you don't use apps2sd). Plus, pretty much all of the kernel developers out there (IntersectRaven, Ivan, Pershoot, etc.) use CM's source for their overclocking and undervolting (improving performance while improving battery life) experimentation.
Yes its worth flashing for higher mem and other little goodies that come with the ROM. Had my phone for barely a hour and rooted it. Now i use cm updater whenever i want to use a newer ROM and im good to go. CM updater made the reinstall process super easy.
MillyBays said:
Hello everybody.
I ordered my Nexus One yesterday- It's shipping right now. Can't wait!
But, I'm curious if it's worth unlocking the bootloader and installing Cyanogen Mod when it arrives. I know that unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty, and installing CM might brick the phone if I do it wrong, but I've heard CM adds some pretty good features. (Apps on SDCard, extra Live Wallpaper features, etc.)
So, is it worth it? Would appreciate any advice.
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Yes.
It is.
I have yet to see a thread where someone says "OMFG I VOIDED MY WARRANTY FOR THIS CRAP? I WANT STOCK NEXUS BACK!"
of course, maybe I missed it....
I love the ability to play FLAC files on my Nexus with the CM
Hi folks,
I'm planning to pick this phone for a family member and I was wondering if this phone is still worth getting? I've been reading that there are perhaps some problems with the phone such as reboots, overheating, freezing, etc. Would you say that these are hardware problems or is it a software-level issue?
Also, can you put Launcher Pro on this thing and over-ride LG's UI?
If you think that I should hold off until LG gets their manufacturing lines in order and quality control in place, what other dual-core phone would you recommend that has HDMI?
-Cheers.
PoisonWolf said:
Hi folks,
I'm planning to pick this phone for a family member and I was wondering if this phone is still worth getting? I've been reading that there are perhaps some problems with the phone such as reboots, overheating, freezing, etc. Would you say that these are hardware problems or is it a software-level issue?
Also, can you put Launcher Pro on this thing and over-ride LG's UI?
If you think that I should hold off until LG gets their manufacturing lines in order and quality control in place, what other dual-core phone would you recommend that has HDMI?
-Cheers.
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Personally i only got one freeze in a week of use, but tbh i wouldn't recommend this smartphone to anyone.
LG has still too much to learn to be competitive with his android smartphones.
Actually this device has a great potential but it's used only in half of it's power imho
kite86 said:
Personally i only got one freeze in a week of use, but tbh i wouldn't recommend this smartphone to anyone.
LG has still too much to learn to be competitive with his android smartphones.
Actually this device has a great potential but it's used only in half of it's power imho
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Hi kite,
Thank you very much for your frank opinion on the matter, I appreciate it.
Are there any phones out there that you would recommend over the O2X?
Cheers.
PoisonWolf said:
Hi kite,
Thank you very much for your frank opinion on the matter, I appreciate it.
Are there any phones out there that you would recommend over the O2X?
Cheers.
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Actually there is SGS II, seems better to me, but of course it costs more
why would you NOT reccomend this phone to any1 kite ?
i mean sure, it can be some hassle if your unit has reboots and such, but as far as im concerned, this is the best price to quality(hardware) ratio right now. yea might have to return it if its defective or such, but i dont think its hardware.
personally i WOULD reccomend this phone, but probably not to the casual user, more like to some1 who knows what a ROM is and what does it mean to flash. if some1 likes a simple working phone just get an htc maybe.. heck, even an iphone
i can recommend it for sure, just flash a stable MCR Rom and you´re happy
i didn´t have any reboot or SOD with Modaco FR18b2 yet ...
HDMI out is a great feature
overall speed of this phone is very fine, no need to overclock for daily use, just for benchmarks ... ;-)
i think this phone has a great potential for moderate price
you can run any launcher you want, i also use launcher pro ...
xilw3r said:
personally i WOULD reccomend this phone, but probably not to the casual user, more like to some1 who knows what a ROM is and what does it mean to flash. if some1 likes a simple working phone just get an htc maybe.. heck, even an iphone
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That's the point.
O2x will be a great gift. Best bang for the buck dual core. Just avoid samsung phones. Been through a lot of them and the build quality and support sucks.
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If you love him/her don't bye anLG. If yiu hate him/her bye an LG
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personnaly i have no problems with this phone, i have 3 other friends in my town that have it and also they dont have any problems whatsoever..
if you bought me this phone, i'd totally love you
oh yeah, IF you buy this phone.,. just install LauncherPro/ADW Launcher..
that gives it just a little more stability/speed, the LG Launcher is really slow.
Thanks for the input guys. I'm likely to get this phone as a gift if and only if I see the GB-update out first.
Buy it ! Recommend it ! Your family wont disappointed
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I want to change my w8 with micromax ninja 4.0(A87).
Do you think, it really worth so???
Officially corp via w8
Go for x8....dont buy galaxy y.....why y?
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Micromax A87
I just bought Micromax A87 around 3-4 days ago. It's pretty good for its price. 1 GHZ processor for that price is pretty astonishing. But, if you have a better budget, I suggest you go for something better. But, if your budget is low, this is the best for its price range. It's got good looks, 1 GHZ processor, good touch and works smooth so far.
Although, 2 things I'm worrying about is, its internal memory and its RAM. Its internal memory is 200 MB out of which about 180 MB is available, which I think for the heavy apps now, is not enough. But, again with the help of useful apps we can transfer a lot from internal to the external memory. So, it's not a very big problem. It's quite manageable I'd say.
Now, for my main worry. It's RAM. According to their website, it's RAM is 256 MB. But as seen on my device, in the "running services" section, I have a total of 110 MB RAM as shown in the bottom. I'm not sure if I'm wrong about the fact that the results displayed there are the fact about the RAM's size, but I'm assuming it to be that as I've checked with more friend's too. Their RAM shown there are matching. Now, if I'm getting 110 MB of RAM, I think I can say that the RAM may be 128 MB. But it is pretty less for phones nowadays. On top of that, the bloatware present takes upto 100 MB of the RAM, after which I'm left out with only 10 MB of RAM. So, I can't run many applications, and especially simultaneously.
I am planning to root it to remove bloatware and see if I can make the performance a little better. So, if someone can guide me through the rooting process for this specific phone, it would be really helpful. I know the rooting process but I just want to cross check it with an experienced guy because I don't want to brick my phone. And, also I'm going to call up their customer care to clarify why I'm getting such low RAM space even though they've stated much more on their website. I will post here, when I'm aware of what the problem is.
But, I still say that for the cost, it is really good and worth it. Depends on your budget. If it's low, then this is the best. And, I'm sure it can perform better than W8, if you're planning to shift, with a less budget.
*" If someone can guide me through the rooting process for this specific phone, it would be really helpful "*
Thanks for details guide aashish
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I check that phone specifications, there is no proximity sensor and accelerometer. Is it matter a lot for daily use phone??
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Welcome leecorp.
Actually, as per my usage till now, I've experienced the application of both accelerometer and proximity sensor. According to my knowledge, proximity sensor is the sensor which activates usually when we are in a call. The screen goes to sleep, when we get the phone near our face, so that our cheek or ear doesn't cause any interruption during call. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I've noticed this to be working with no problem at all. So, according to my knowledge of what it is, I would conclude that the proximity sensor is working fine. Now, for the acclerometer, according to me it's the sensor which detects the motion of the mobile in our hand. Like tilting or shaking, etc. Again, please correct me if I'm wrong. This is used many times while playing games. I've used an option in the settings which says "horizontal calibration", which uses the accelerometer to set the horizontal calibration. And, I also tried it and it works well. Also, I remember going through an option like, shake to change the song feature on the phone. I don't use it though. But, I remember seeing it. I can't tell you if it works but I think it does work as everything seen on this phone till now works. If you want me to check the working, I can do so and let you know. So, I think both the features that you're worrying about, works well. :good:
Also, just to update, I called the Micromax customer relations office and asked them about my RAM and Internal Memory. The figures I mentioned in my previous comment and quite wrong. My assumptions of the actual numbers were wrong. They told me that the RAM is 256 MB and that the OS takes a lot of it, leaving me with only 161 MB left. In which a lot goes to the preloaded apps leaving behind 35-50 MB of RAM space. But, if I root my phone and remove all the unwanted preloaded apps, I'm sure to gain much more space. Also, I'm planning to get a custom ROM for this, which is of smaller size than my OS now. So, by doing both I can gain a lot of RAM space.
And for the internal memory, they said that it is actually of 512 MB. Why we get very less space is because of the preloaded apps. Again, my solution is to root. Will remove as many as I can. It will give me much more space.
So, I hope this helped you gain more clarity about the phone.
Please help me get the rooting process for Micromax A87 ASAP. Any kind of help will be useful.
Hey
I just wanted to ask how's ninja 4s battery backup
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Well, it's really nice. I only charge in the night. I use wi-fi, mobile internet whenever I'm out, and many apps running. It comes down to 45-50%.
It actually depends on you're usage. It might come down a little more depending on your usage. If it's heavy I think it'll go down a little more. My usage is moderate i'd say.
On the whole it's not complainable.
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Can you pls share some screenshots of a87.
Officially corp via w8
Yes leecorp.
Sorry for the late reply. I will shortly send them. Won't be able to do it immediately. Exam time so away from everything. Please give me a little time if that's alright.
Hope you understand.
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And just post here what you exactly wanna see. It'll help me solve your purpose better.
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When you speak of ram and it's usage you really should read up on how Linux manages ram..
You are speaking from a windows users point of view i believe. Windows has a completely different (and bad) way of managing ram from Linux.
Linux will grab most of the available ram and use it wisely (makes it look like you have little ram left).
Doesn't mean your system will run less efficiently - quite the opposite in fact..
Oh thanks a lot CtrlAltDelIrl !
I will look into it. I will hopefully find something now which can make me a little happy about my RAM.
But, I'm still quite keen on rooting it, just to make the performance a bit better. I hope someone helps me get a proper rooting process for my Micromax A87. Please update here if you do.
Thanks a lot. You gave me a new vision now. My bad that I forgot to differentiate between Linux and Windows. I forgot to let go my Windows habits and practices.
Like this. Taken from es task manager
And any pic to check it's screen resolution. And ppi
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AshishRao said:
Oh thanks a lot CtrlAltDelIrl !
I will look into it. I will hopefully find something now which can make me a little happy about my RAM.
But, I'm still quite keen on rooting it, just to make the performance a bit better. I hope someone helps me get a proper rooting process for my Micromax A87. Please update here if you do.
Thanks a lot. You gave me a new vision now. My bad that I forgot to differentiate between Linux and Windows. I forgot to let go my Windows habits and practices.
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i to brought the a87 yesterday
if ur flash with cfw then plz include me toooo
i will also try and after rooting did u remove any app? if yes then plz list it here
Custom roms for Micromax a87
Guys I got my sis this phone..and i wanted to install a custom rom preferably ics...any suggestions to where I can find it..thank you in advance
Guys I am realy very confused should I buy nija3.5 or 4 please help me or suggest me a good phone to buy in this range
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Dear All,
I have started this thread:
Link
Kindly contribute, share and explain.
We can help and built a community like I have done for Karbonn & Spice mobiles.
Without help from all members its not possible.
Thanks for reading.
http://m.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s5-rom-bit-monster-taking-nearly-8gb-storage
This is proof that you will need to custom ROM this phone if you want to regain all that internal space that was lost.
I think that Samsung software engineers need to slim things up on their Touchwiz.
Makes me wonder how large the Note 4 software is going to be.
qipengart said:
http://m.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s5-rom-bit-monster-taking-nearly-8gb-storage
This is proof that you will need to custom ROM this phone if you want to regain all that internal space that was lost.
I think that Samsung software engineers need to slim things up on their Touchwiz.
Makes me wonder how large the Note 4 software is going to be.
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Root it - install Titanium and remove all the bloatware. I'm having a hard time understand why they aren't going stock Android ? It's by far the best and least bloated android experience and it just......works.........!
Just don't buy it. Wait for it to be released as a gpe model.
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frankgreimes said:
Root it - install Titanium and remove all the bloatware. I'm having a hard time understand why they aren't going stock Android ? It's by far the best and least bloated android experience and it just......works.........!
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If you are on Verizon or AT&T you can't do squat with it. Perhaps the GS4 is the way to go or something else. I guess March 25th is worth waiting for.
With Knox pre-installed, it won't be possible to customize it...
This is the END of Samsung for me
qipengart said:
http://m.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s5-rom-bit-monster-taking-nearly-8gb-storage
This is proof that you will need to custom ROM this phone if you want to regain all that internal space that was lost.
I think that Samsung software engineers need to slim things up on their Touchwiz.
Makes me wonder how large the Note 4 software is going to be.
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Check again the screenshot, it only have 5.28GB occupied by the OS, the rest is files the users put in there.
So you'll have 10.72GB available space.
frankgreimes said:
Root it - install Titanium and remove all the bloatware. I'm having a hard time understand why they aren't going stock Android ? It's by far the best and least bloated android experience and it just......works.........!
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Couldn't care less about bloat if the batterylife is good. Already suffered badly with Nexus. Pathetic batterylife (putting it mildy). What's the use of less-bloat if the batterylife is so bad?
BTW, I consider G+ integration as the biggest bloat in Android.
This is no different from what's been done before by Samsung and other companies with their devices. Samsung at least gives external storage options still.
System uses 5.28GB.
So you'll have 10+ for the user.
As you can see from the screenshot it is loaded with trailers and demos.
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Couldn't care less about bloat if the batterylife is good. Already suffered badly with Nexus. Pathetic batterylife (putting it mildy). What's the use of less-bloat if the batterylife is so bad?
BTW, I consider G+ integration as the biggest bloat in Android.
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Im with you. I love my nexus 5 to death, it's so fast and fluid. I even put purity and franco for the best battery/performance you can get from it. But still, battery life is not that good. I can get max 5 sot without playing games. And thats not enough. I cant have a peace of mind using a device that doesnt have a removable battery. But with my s4 and its battery kit, it's a pleasure to use. I can have 50% of juice left and have the battery kit 100% stand by waiting to be put. With this infinity battery life, i can have a peace of mind using my phone, even for playing emulators.
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Just don't buy it. Wait for it to be released as a gpe model.
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Then night as well get the S4 Google play edition
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Skander1998 said:
System uses 5.28GB.
So you'll have 10+ for the user.
As you can see from the screenshot it is loaded with trailers and demos.
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im just wondering if Samsung is going to release a 32Gb model right away or will we have to wait for one like people had to for the s4
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If you are on Verizon or AT&T you can't do squat with it. Perhaps the GS4 is the way to go or something else. I guess March 25th is worth waiting for.
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Out of curiosity (since I'm new to the droid world) -- Why can't you do anything with the Verizon or ATT model?
karmuh said:
Out of curiosity (since I'm new to the droid world) -- Why can't you do anything with the Verizon or ATT model?
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Most likely carrier locked bootloader.
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Check again the screenshot, it only have 5.28GB occupied by the OS, the rest is files the users put in there.
So you'll have 10.72GB available space.
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Yeah until the carriers (well the ones here in the US at least) get their hands on it & add their useless bloatware on top of Touchwiz, which brings me to my 2nd rant - Samsung or any other OEM has no business even offering up 16gb models these days. The standard should be 32gb at least & especially since Google wants to kill SD card access.
One to the Max
piscesjoey said:
Yeah until the carriers (well the ones here in the US at least) get their hands on it & add their useless bloatware on top of Touchwiz, which brings me to my 2nd rant - Samsung or any other OEM has no business even offering up 16gb models these days. The standard should be 32gb at least & especially since Google wants to kill SD card access.
One to the Max
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I agree about the 16gb part, but at most carrier bloatware will add maybe 512mb-2014mb. Which the major carriers let you delete some of the crap you don't want no problem.
harlz said:
Just don't buy it. Wait for it to be released as a gpe model.
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OR, we can flash the GPE rom later
I have a questions for optimization android without root. I use an application Clean Master. Do you use this application ? Do you use from the its functions ? What you have settings its application ?
I find these apps to be pointless. In fact, i never clear the recent apps or cache. I let android manage it for me. And believe me, your phone will fly. There's hardly any impact on battery life
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How
Sadman Khan said:
I find these apps to be pointless. In fact, i never clear the recent apps or cache. I let android manage it for me. And believe me, your phone will fly. There's hardly any impact on battery life
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So how care to optimization smartphone for android ?
michalq000 said:
So how care to optimization smartphone for android ?
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I don't do anything. I don't use any app or whatever. I just use my phone as it is
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Let Android care about its own optimization. It does the job pretty darn well without any need for any apps that mostly do more harm than good.
Thanks
Thanks
So applications for optimization are unnecessary. So how myself take care of the job for android ?
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Thanks
So applications for optimization are unnecessary. So how myself take care of the job for android ?
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Go to Settings>Storage>Wait for it to Compute>Clear Cache.
Do this once a week. I do it on every saturday or when I feel my phone is laggy.
Off-topic advice:
Do not buy a phone like the Xperia Z3 Compact running on an outdated Snapdragon 801 which is not 64Bit. If possible, get a better phone running Snapdragon 805 or 808 or 810 or Samsung phones like the S6/S6 Edge.
Why? Is there a need for allocation for more than 4gigs of Ram?
troublecro said:
Why? Is there a need for allocation for more than 4gigs of Ram?
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I never mentioned about the "RAM". If you have no clue on what "64Bit" implies, we have nothing more to discuss.
https://www.androidpit.com/six-reasons-to-buy-a-64-bit-processor-phone-in-2015
http://m.indiatoday.in/technology/story/what-is-64-bit-processor-computer-processors/1/417150.html
A reason is:
6. You won’t really have a choice
And there is A LOT of SHOULD word in your texts. Should more that often doesn't mean could in real world.
What is this? Down syndrome type of discussion?
troublecro said:
A reason is:
6. You won’t really have a choice
And there is A LOT of SHOULD word in your texts. Should more that often doesn't mean could in real world.
What is this? Down syndrome type of discussion?
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What are you talking about now? Don't you know that, you must reply with a quote when talking to someone on a thread?
I'm done discussing here. Good luck with your 32Bit devices and computers.
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