Hey all,
Just in case anyone is interested here is my obviously late and rather exhaustive review of the Gear, after using it for about three months mostly with the null ROM.
http://www.notjusthitech.com/2014/02/do-you-have-right-gear.html
Your comments are welcome!
Looking forward to Gear 2!
Entertaining read
null_ does not allow any more compatibility with other devices than stock does
Did you know that the Gear is Samsung's third go at smart watch?
SPH-WP10 (1999)
S9110 (2009)
Best non biased review I read.
Brendo said:
Entertaining read
null_ does not allow any more compatibility with other devices than stock does
Did you know that the Gear is Samsung's third go at smart watch?
SPH-WP10 (1999)
S9110 (2009)
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Dude, with stock we cannot have BT tethering, am i wrong?
The two watches you mentioned are watchphones not smartphones, the way i see it.
Of course the first one i have only seen in photos and it was ugly as sin.
I was torn between the S9110 and the LG GD910 some years ago, but i found a great bargain for the GD910 and bought that one.
3G video calling from the wrist as well as BT stereo were the best things it offered. Decent battery life, as well. A good device.
Thanx for reading.
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Best non biased review I read.
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Thnk you very much sir. My blog actually intends to be as non biased as possible. It's a good thing if you feel the same.
gidi said:
Dude, with stock we cannot have BT tethering, am i wrong?
The two watches you mentioned are watchphones not smartphones, the way i see it.
Of course the first one i have only seen in photos and it was ugly as sin.
I was torn between the S9110 and the LG GD910 some years ago, but i found a great bargain for the GD910 and bought that one.
3G video calling from the wrist as well as BT stereo were the best things it offered. Decent battery life, as well. A good device.
Thanx for reading.
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Yes, you need custom for bt tethering, just sounded like you could connect the gear to any phone and it'll work - which isn't the case
Still a good review
We have news regarding the Gear 2 twins:
http://www.notjusthitech.com/2014/02/the-galaxy-gear-2-twins.html
Really good review! Worth reading.
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I don,t own a GG but after reading this fantastic review, I better make my mind and go for it.
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sohebq said:
I don,t own a GG but after reading this fantastic review, I better make my mind and go for it.
Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
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Dude, do not do it, unless you find a great bargain.
The 2nd gen was just announced and will be available in April.
See my thoughts here:
http://www.notjusthitech.com/2014/02/the-gear-twins-are-official.html
gidi said:
Hey all,
Just in case anyone is interested here is my obviously late and rather exhaustive review of the Gear, after using it for about three months mostly with the null ROM.
http://www.notjusthitech.com/2014/02/do-you-have-right-gear.html
Your comments are welcome!
Looking forward to Gear 2!
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Αμα πάρεις το gear2 κάνε ένα review!
Great review!
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Hello guys and girls,
I recently went from an htc desire to iphone 4, it was like going back in technology. sure, the screen is awesome and the design is good, but at the end of the day it's like an ipod itouch It's boring, now desire was fun to play with. I never got bored of it. So, if anyone thinking about going from desire to iphone 4 it's not worth it.
Well, Apple sucks, that's a given; but please give a list of the things you don't like about it.
It's nice to have some more fodder for later arguments about WHY Apple sucks...
There are many reasons that i dislike about the iPhone, these are that come to mind. First, the check board in safari is really annoying, like on android i never got any checker boards, while scrolling up faster even when the page was loading. Next, is the row of icons is just plain and too simple... Another is having no adobe flash and no click toggle. I read Manga and the manga readers in app store suck...
I do like the built quality, I hope more android devices are built without getting a plastic feeling.
No matter if it´s 2, 3, 3gs or 4 all are the same sh....t
It's good to hear that you value Flash. So many iPhags want to say that they don't need it...
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I do like the built quality, I hope more android devices are built without getting a plastic feeling.
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Well, it's not great build quality with all the broken glass iPhones all over. Have you touched the G2 yet? It's incredible. My TP2 was a great build, but the G2 is a thing of beauty. Only more greatness to come from HTC.
People have made weight such a big deal over the years. Like your phone is going to anchor you when you dive into water. Why is weight such a big deal? What difference does it really make? I would love to have a hardcore metal design rather than cheap light plastic.
android is an open source and that makes it so powerfull thus you can transform it anyway you want..
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android is an open source and that makes it so powerfull thus you can transform it anyway you want..
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I'd switch to Android no problem if they came out with an app that recorded every phone call.
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I'd switch to Android no problem if they came out with an app that recorded every phone call.
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It exists wrote this article a month ago
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It exists wrote this article a month ago
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I'll very nice. I'ma test this out sooner.
Just FYA, I just took many shots of real absenth...Cheers to you and good hedance...not sure what to say
Wow Absinth!!
It a great drink
my oh my this is some stuff here now stuff
cheers yah
Put android on your iPhone.
I am sure its been done.
(or just change back)
So i went out and bought an iphone 4s...
here is a quick comparison between this phone and my android galaxy s2
first of all, camera on the ip4s is lightyears beyond the sgs2... samsungs are simply cheap in my opinion. but thats just me.
phone has way more apps than android, and better quality too. that was a nice upgrade
The touch screen (although incredibly small) is way more responsive, and has way better color, and a lot sharper. This was noticeable. The difference was night and day. All android phones seems to has this problem though.. not good color. :/
And siri is amazing. I can’t believe how smart this application is…. Cutting edge. I wish my sgs2 had something similar built in.
The speaker quality on the ear piece and the loud speaker were also superior quality.
The radios also are better than any android phone I have ever used. No LOS!
My final verdict is android needs to step up their game. Sure the new ICS phone is coming out, but it will still lag! It irritates me that I have been missing out for so long on all the freedom and variety of apps available with iOS!!
anybody else have a similar experience?
don’t turn this into a flame thread either.
Cool story
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Cool story
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if you aren't going to be serious then don't reply
If you are looking for a similar experience how about you check out 1 of the other 50 threads on the topic. You obviously don't know much with your title (compare to my droid). Droid is a branding used by verizon. Android is an operating system. Great story though.
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What's the "experience"? That one phone is better than another for you?
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Did he just use the words freedom and iphone in the same sentence? lolol
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Lol + 1 made me laugh
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If you don't want to make this into a flame thread that is next to impossible. Firstly almost the entire populace here hates the iPhone, or just apple. Secondly, whilst i will belive some of your points and they are valid, the others are downright trollish. e.g. "Sure the new ICS phone is coming out, but it will still lag!", have you ever used a galaxy nexus? Have you ever used ICS? If not, then why the heck do you have such an idea of which you have no basis of experience from?
I doubt it will lag seeing as i own a sgs 2 and this thing can't lagg on me. So why should a galaxy nexus with "better" firmware and practically equivalent hardware lagg?
Point being, all i see this thread as is a way to start a flame war.
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anybody else have a similar experience?
don’t turn this into a flame thread either.
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Why would we? It looks like you're already trying so hard!
Lots of your points just don't make any sense. Especially things like saying the colours look better on an iPhone than on Super AMOLED Plus. Isn't that the main selling feature of the Amoled displays?
Anways, glad you're happy with your purchase. Not too glad that you cannot compare phones at all. But hey, you win some you lose some.
Agreed. I too have an SGS II and to say it's laggy is silly. The SGS II is the fastest phone to date. It was rated #1 device on Consumer Reports and Editor's Choice on a well known web site. This guy's post made me laugh so hard I spilled my coffee. Seeing the words freedom and IOS in the same sentence is histerical.
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I got confused at the part where he said it had more freedom than Android ? Lmao ,
Max. (From my Galaxy 2)
Gotta love the noobs.
Have YOU hugged a noob today? <3
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National hug a noob day! Lmao xD
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Gotta love the noobs.
Have YOU hugged a noob today? <3
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Max. (From my Galaxy 2)
well thats just my experience.
the music player on the iphone seemed to be a little better too. but again, just my observation. people get so defensive it's kinda funny seriously, haha.
does anybody know any good roms for the ip4s?
EDIT*** trollololol
i'm kidding you guys... i hate iphones. just wanted to mix up the pot a little. i have an evo, and will never own an iOS product. lawl
i think the troll post was a little too obvious... it was the part about the display color wasn't it? llooool
screw apple.
hottubtimemachine said:
well thats just my experience.
the music player on the iphone seemed to be a little better too. but again, just my observation. people get so defensive it's kinda funny seriously, haha.
does anybody know any good roms for the ip4s?
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FML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hottubtimemachine said:
i think the troll post was a little too obvious... it was the part about the display color wasn't it?
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No mate. It was this bit...
hottubtimemachine said:
So i went out and bought an iphone 4s...
here is a quick comparison between this phone and my android galaxy s2
first of all, camera on the ip4s is lightyears beyond the sgs2... samsungs are simply cheap in my opinion. but thats just me.
phone has way more apps than android, and better quality too. that was a nice upgrade
The touch screen (although incredibly small) is way more responsive, and has way better color, and a lot sharper. This was noticeable. The difference was night and day. All android phones seems to has this problem though.. not good color. :/
And siri is amazing. I can’t believe how smart this application is…. Cutting edge. I wish my sgs2 had something similar built in.
The speaker quality on the ear piece and the loud speaker were also superior quality.
The radios also are better than any android phone I have ever used. No LOS!
My final verdict is android needs to step up their game. Sure the new ICS phone is coming out, but it will still lag! It irritates me that I have been missing out for so long on all the freedom and variety of apps available with iOS!!
anybody else have a similar experience?
don’t turn this into a flame thread either.
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Lmao
No hug for you then
Max. (From my Galaxy 2)
What a fail at trolling lol
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Cool story bro, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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I have a Note 3. I am hoping I can get a watch that will let me browse the web (in the highest resolution possible) using my phone's Internet connection. And possibly record video and audio without being obvious (to record police brutality if I ever find myself in such a situation).
Does such a watch exist? Does the galaxy gear do this yet or is it still not possible to browse the web on it?
Both can be done with the GG with null ROM. Browsing and discrete camera with the addition if a couple of extra apps. The browsing experience is of course horrible, trying to read on such a small screen
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animatechnica said:
Both can be done with the GG with null ROM. Browsing and discrete camera with the addition if a couple of extra apps. The browsing experience is of course horrible, trying to read on such a small screen
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Well that is very good to know, thanks!
Are there different models of the Galaxy Gear? I thought I saw that they had a new model or something. Should I look for any particular model?
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Well that is very good to know, thanks!
Are there different models of the Galaxy Gear? I thought I saw that they had a new model or something. Should I look for any particular model?
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i would suggest you waiting 4-8 weeks when Gear 2 will came out. Let's see how Tizen android and XDA fit together. I guess we will be able to flash Android on the Gear2 too. Cause of those XDA geniousses...Then watch thos in depth review videos on youtube...i don't really know what to expect from gear 2 and tizen...
But i would bet my ass that with the Note 4 a new Galaxy Gear will arrive...i really don'T know...but it could be smart to not buy gear 2 and buy the Galaxy gear cause it became cheap...i do not want to miss my gear...
oh and for that police violence videos i just opened a thread. say that you want this feature there. So devs will see people are interested not only me.
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I have a Note 3. I am hoping I can get a watch that will let me browse the web (in the highest resolution possible) using my phone's Internet connection. And possibly record video and audio without being obvious (to record police brutality if I ever find myself in such a situation).
Does such a watch exist? Does the galaxy gear do this yet or is it still not possible to browse the web on it?
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I don't think anything lets you browse the net. Smart watch screens are tiny ....
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I don't think anything lets you browse the net. Smart watch screens are tiny ....
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They're tiny, yes. But are they really that much smaller than the phones we were using to browse the web a few years ago?
Other than the obvious, Gear/Gear 2 run Tizen. How are they different?
Can you make calls from the watch/accept/decline calls from the watch like you can on the Gear/Gear 2?
Also, how does it handle notifications? For example you receive a text or get Tweeted at, can you respond?
Thanks for any/all info!
Might go to Best Buy sometime this week and buy one, so would like all info possible!
It is quite different. Mind you, I'm also using custom null on gear 1
There is a mic, but no speaker
Vibrate seems very weak
All notifications get sent to watch. Haven't tested replying yet
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Kind of disappointing that you cannot take a phone call on the Gear Live as you can on the Galaxy Gear and Gear 2.
Surprised I am typing this, but it is a backwards progress vs the Gear 2 as of right now. I dont have any confidence in Samsung long term for developing a capable platform and have all confidence in Google so I will ditch my Neo for it but Android Wear has a way to go.
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Surprised I am typing this, but it is a backwards progress vs the Gear 2 as of right now. I don't have any confidence in Samsung long term for developing a capable platform and have all confidence in Google so I will ditch my Neo for it but Android Wear has a way to go.
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I know everyone have an opinion, but from where I am sitting, this a great leap forward, There are many things that can be improve and with time software will get a lot better, however on my eyes Lives have improved considerable over the Gears 2.
hey, i just jumped to the Note 4 from the iPhone 5s mainly for the S-pen. are there a couple sites you guys can point me towards to get a crash course in using it well?
or do you guys have any good tips for it? thanks!
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hey, i just jumped to the Note 4 from the iPhone 5s mainly for the S-pen. are there a couple sites you guys can point me towards to get a crash course in using it well?
or do you guys have any good tips for it? thanks!
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I found this to be a very good overview of using the Note 4. You can probably skip the unboxing part at the start and get right into the usage part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0N4Jd0Vm4E
Youtube is your best friend
kenny1244 said:
hey, i just jumped to the Note 4 from the iPhone 5s mainly for the S-pen. are there a couple sites you guys can point me towards to get a crash course in using it well?
or do you guys have any good tips for it? thanks!
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The ones that do the best reviews for a newcomer are the following Youtube people
Zedomax
Pocketnow
C4E
Ricky The Android Guy
Watch their review videos and get good a good basic idea but in the end nothing will beat good old experimenting. Welcome to the Note 4 - you have entered a new world. The Iphone and Note 4 couldn't be anymore different. It will take a while to get used to Android and all its new possibilities. You probably will get frustrated at some points but I encourage you to stick with it and find out what you can REALLY do with an Android driven Note 4. The possibilities are limitless. Remember the basic rule about Android - if you don't like something - just change it. My Note 4 doesn't even resemble a stock android anymore because I tweaked it so much but I spent countless hours tinkering around with it. When you have questions - just ask politely and you will find there are tons of people willing to lend a hand.
Good luck and as I said welcome to a new world.
Hi off the top of my head I would think everybody should enable the S pen reminder setting where if you set your pen down and walk away without it your phone would beep and vibrate reminding you the pen is not in/near the phone anymore
To enable
Settings >
Scroll down to the tab “Motions and Control/Control” >
Tap S Pen >
Tick S Pen Alerts
Its probably ticked by default but cant remember and its good to make sure its enabled cause I walk away a couple of times and forgot the pen haha
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