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[Q] Need help. Deciding between the note or HTC one x

Hi people.
I currently own a Samsung note international version. Installed a custom rom and did the whole nine yard.
Don't have any persistence issue or bug with it. Overall I'm happy with the device.
And now, someone wants to trade my note for an HTC one x. I'm tempted. Quad core processor, beats audio and the 720p screen.
Benchmark figure for the one x is amazing and the design isn't too bad either.
Anyone can please give me some advice on wether or not I should trade?
Right now in my head is bigger screen on the note vs raw power of the one x
Please advise
Thank you

Htc might be quadcore but the best trade for note would be s3...and the screen resolution and clarity of htc is nowhere near Note...so if your not a big fan of the screen size...its a good trade...

Thank you for the thought. I think I'll keep my note for now

Haruyukisan said:
Thank you for the thought. I think I'll keep my note for now
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A wise choice in my opinion...i had almost bought an s3...but decided to wait till Note2 coz we will regret buying a phone of smaller screen...

Rulinglionadi said:
A wise choice in my opinion...i had almost bought an s3...but decided to wait till Note2 coz we will regret buying a phone of smaller screen...
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So true. I look at other phones now and think damn !! How did I manage with that for so long
I will never downgrade screen size again
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What makes Note different?
Pen.
Screen size.
SD Card slot.
Lower specs.
What is more important for you?

Haruyukisan said:
Hi people.
I currently own a Samsung note international version. Installed a custom rom and did the whole nine yard.
Don't have any persistence issue or bug with it. Overall I'm happy with the device.
And now, someone wants to trade my note for an HTC one x. I'm tempted. Quad core processor, beats audio and the 720p screen.
Benchmark figure for the one x is amazing and the design isn't too bad either.
Anyone can please give me some advice on wether or not I should trade?
Right now in my head is bigger screen on the note vs raw power of the one x
Please advise
Thank you
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One X has plenty of reasons to avoid it:
1) Smaller screen
2) Locked bootloader (and even if you unlock it, major restrictions on developers)
3) Beats Audio is a pile of marketing bull****. If a vendor resorts to something like that, they're likely hiding audio deficiencies.
4) Nonremovable battery
5) Nonexpandable storage

Entropy512 said:
One X has plenty of reasons to avoid it:
1) Smaller screen
2) Locked bootloader (and even if you unlock it, major restrictions on developers)
3) Beats Audio is a pile of marketing bull****. If a vendor resorts to something like that, they're likely hiding audio deficiencies.
4) Nonremovable battery
5) Nonexpandable storage
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+1 All the same issues that I had on my One S.
Also there is no S-OFF so that makes things a lot harder, HTCDev is the only way to unlock bootloader - thus telling HTC you are modding your device !
Not to mention the lack of multi-tasking (unless you run init.d scripts)
And finally, Tegra 3 quad core !?!?! Huge battery drainer and **** performance, The One S had snapdragon S4 and blew the One X away in benchmarking !

The Note is still a pretty powerful device and has a way better screen. I wouldn't changemy Note for anything right now. Not even an S3.
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Hey,
I wouldn't trade the Note. What is the use of a quad core. It is still not widely supported and the screen and the pen of the Note *are* a real runner
c.

I have both, note doesn't get used anymore.. battery is about the same. Hox is smoother, better browser experience, easier to hold, fits in pocket, but not as moddable. For me, the screen experience is better too on the hox. The note's screen was giving me headaches whilst reading, either on kindle or aldiko apps. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have bought the hox. The s pen is good, but not perfect.
You also look like a **** answering the phone when the note rings... so I was told....
Each to his own though..
sent via potential brick...
Edit: beats audio is pretty ****..
Edit 2: the hox isn't that much faster than the note, not twice as fast anyway... just smoother... Some of the games are pretty good too.

Headache may come from too much brightness or maybe you need glasses (not kidding!!). I can read on the note but i have to adjust the brightness, i have a problem with bright lights so i for one can say that if you adjust it maybe it will be better. My brightness is on 20%, ok reading something in direct sunlight ia a pain, and at night it doesn't hurt my eyes. Try it out...... Try not to brick your phone.

becosemsaida said:
Headache may come from too much brightness or maybe you need glasses (not kidding!!). I can read on the note but i have to adjust the brightness, i have a problem with bright lights so i for one can say that if you adjust it maybe it will be better. My brightness is on 20%, ok reading something in direct sunlight ia a pain, and at night it doesn't hurt my eyes. Try it out...... Try not to brick your phone.
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Tried all this, and different reading apps, and screen filter. Had no issue with my galaxy s, read loads of books, so assumed I wasn't overly sensitive to the pentile screen... But maybe it was just too much...
No headaches with the hox yet, on my second book. All is well.
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I came to the Note from a One X. Main reasons I switched were terrible audio quality, terrible battery life and poor physical design. The Note is much better than the One X in all of those areas.
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Entropy512 said:
One X has plenty of reasons to avoid it:
1) Smaller screen
2) Locked bootloader (and even if you unlock it, major restrictions on developers)
3) Beats Audio is a pile of marketing bull****. If a vendor resorts to something like that, they're likely hiding audio deficiencies.
4) Nonremovable battery
5) Nonexpandable storage
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Also if your like me and take a lot of photos, the GNote camera quality is better at least according to GSM and Phonearena.

Entropy512 said:
One X has plenty of reasons to avoid it:
1) Smaller screen
2) Locked bootloader (and even if you unlock it, major restrictions on developers)
3) Beats Audio is a pile of marketing bull****. If a vendor resorts to something like that, they're likely hiding audio deficiencies.
4) Nonremovable battery
5) Nonexpandable storage
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yeah i seconded this comment... better u upgrade it to s3... :thumbup:
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Nothing smaller for me after using the note.. I have no intentions of using a microphone anytime soon..
Sent from my Galaxy Note running ParanoidAndroid v0.3 using XDA Premium. xD

Note end of
Not sent from an i phone....cos im not a fanny

HTC One or S4 for one handed use?

For those of you who have used both phones, I would like to know whether or not there is any difference in one handed usage between these phones?
This is how I define one handed usage: Use phone with one hand without shuffling or moving the phone in your hands and being able to reach all points on the display of the phone including the capacitive buttons below the display.
Thanks.

darkgoon3r96 said:
For those of you who have used both phones, I would like to know whether or not there is any difference in one handed usage between these phones?
This is how I define one handed usage: Use phone with one hand without shuffling or moving the phone in your hands and being able to reach all points on the display of the phone including the capacitive buttons below the display.
Thanks.
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I tried the HTC One today, it is easier to use with one hand than the S4...
This is just in case someone has the same question as I did.

darkgoon3r96 said:
For those of you who have used both phones, I would like to know whether or not there is any difference in one handed usage between these phones?
This is how I define one handed usage: Use phone with one hand without shuffling or moving the phone in your hands and being able to reach all points on the display of the phone including the capacitive buttons below the display.
Thanks.
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Go to a local carrier store and try the phones out for yourself. They usually have them out on display. I think that will help you find out which is better for one-hands use. First world problems...lol

Ktan188 said:
Go to a local carrier store and try the phones out for yourself. They usually have them out on display. I think that will help you find out which is better for one-hands use. First world problems...lol
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Exactly! Hah

htc one is easier to hold in the hand due to the 4.7in screen. however i still feel anything past 4.5in is a stretch for my hand anyway.

S3 and HTC One one handed use
I have used my brothers S3 and that has bigger dimensions then the S4. I can only assume the S4 is easier to use then the S3 then. I will assume they are the same for the sake of this post.
Reaching the task bar is probably the same;
http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/129790-image/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-vs-HTC-One-01.jpg
Consider where the phone will sit in your hand - the bottom part of the htc bezel is a bit bigger, so it is quite close. Launchers like apex launchers have gestures where a downward motion anywhere on the screen will bring down the taskbar.
The power button is right at the top of the HTC One.and to unlock it you need to flick your thumb from the bottom of the screen upwards. These 2 things are IMPOSSIBLE to do with one hand without shuffling.
ALSO, Sense does not let you get rid of the lock screen
Fix's - looking around here apparently some kernals allow you to use the volume key or Home key to wake the screen.
I'm going to try an app that 'wakes' your phone dependent on it's sensors.

[Q] HTC One Plus (M8) Is it going to be an epic win or an epic fail?!

So far everything we know about the new HTC ONE Successor, The codename M8 is all still speculation until the time it actually gets released. But so far there have been many questioning but understandable possibly true specs about the new device. These specs have included:
5 Inch Full 1080p display
2GB RAM
QuadCore 800 Snapdragon Processor
2.5 GHZ Clocking Speed
Dual 5 Ultrapixel Sensor Rear Camera
No Hardware Camera Button
2.1 MP Single Lens Front Camera
2900 MAH Battery
KitKat 4.2.2 w/ Sense 6
On Screen Virtual Home keys instead of Capacitive Buttons
So, from the leaks and specs we have all read about, does the One Successor seem like its going to become an epic win over the HTC One weve all come to love and admire, or does it seem like HTC has made yet another terrible phone that just wont cut it compared to all the competitors phone specs that are coming out?
What are your thoughts?
Do you think HTC shouldve went with 3GB Ram instead of 2?
You think the capacitive keys should have stayed as hardwired keys instead of virtual?
Do you think the virtual keys will eliminate the ability to create sweep2wake and sleep functions?
Do you think HTC will do away with MicroSD capability like the ONE?
I ask all this because I feel my answer to all of these is YES, and I feel HTC could have gone a totally better route with the One's Successor!
Leaked Images of what the Ones Successor could end up being like.
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my minds
They should use 3GB of RAM to be better for the future
a 805 Snapdragon would be awsome and safes more Power than the SD800
a 3200 battery would be awsome but not possible of that size ad weight
f**k yeah thanks for virtual buttons

jeanxx said:
What are your thoughts?
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My thoughts are:
Your not the first to start a thread like this, all previous have been locked
Like this one
No phone comparison thread allowed here
I don't know about the M8, but almost sure this thread will be an epic fail
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some questions about people have s4 active

I want to buy this phone and have some questions
1 - does it have multiwindow like 9500?
2 - does it have modes of camera like 9500 for exampls drama shot , slow and fast motion?
3 - does it have sensors for air view , smart pause and etc...
4 - does it have voice command?for answer call , capture image amd .....
5 - does it have 4.3 official rom?
6 - why developers are not very active for thia phone like 9500 and 9505?
7 - does it have "increase touch sensitivity?

I assume you're looking to get the i9295 (international) and not the i537 (AT&T), so I'll try to answer these:
muiacir said:
I want to buy this phone and have some questions
1 - does it have multiwindow like 9500?
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It does have multi-window, the firmware and interface is almost exactly like the i9500.
muiacir said:
2 - does it have modes of camera like 9500 for exampls drama shot , slow and fast motion?
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The camera has several modes including Aqua Mode where you can take a picture by pressing the volume button. However it does not have slow or fast motion. The camera on the i9295 is different than the one on the i9500. The S4 Active has an 8MP camera while the regular S4 has a 13MP camera. People have asked about porting the slow/fast motion to this phone, but so far nothing.
muiacir said:
3 - does it have sensors for air view , smart pause and etc...
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It has all of these features. Again the firmware is nearly identical to the i9500.
muiacir said:
4 - does it have voice command?for answer call , capture image amd .....
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Yes, see above.
muiacir said:
5 - does it have 4.3 official rom?
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The i537 has an official 4.3 ROM, but the i9295 does not yet. More on this is explained in the next question.
muiacir said:
6 - why developers are not very active for thia phone like 9500 and 9505?
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Part of the problem is the way Samsung released this phone. They released it about 6 months after they released the regular S4, so everybody who wanted a new phone got the S4 and when the S4 Active came out there were not enough changes and it wasn't marketed in a way that people were willing to buy a new phone so quickly. Therefore, the S4 Active didn't sell nearly the numbers that the S4 did. Secondly, they marketed it as a waterproof phone and if you look through the forums you'll see that it's not waterproof, but water-resistent. A lot of people ended up destroying their phones by doing exactly what Samsung did in the commercials. Samsung has offered a 1-time replacement due to water damage, but all of these claims caused them to stop marketing the phone. It seems that Samsung has really just "forgotten" about this phone since it has a small userbase. I think they're just hoping it will go away with all the problems they've had.
Another reason is the i537 (AT&T) has a locked bootloader so development has really been stalled, really on all AT&T and Verizon Samsung phones that have a locked bootloader. That said there are ways you can use ROMs developed for the regular S4 on the S4 Active. So although there's not much development in the S4 Active forums you can use ROMs meant for the regular S4 so there is actually a lot of choice.
muiacir said:
7 - does it have "increase touch sensitivity?
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Settings->My Device->Display->High Touch Sensitivity
I really like this phone, particularly the hard keys at the bottom. I too wish there was more development but unfortunately it just didn't sell that well. I haven't had any problems with it and I think the LCD screen looks much better than the Amoled on the regular S4, particularly in direct sunlight. Hopefully this helps.

Devo7v said:
I assume you're looking to get the i9295 (international) and not the i537 (AT&T), so I'll try to answer these:
It does have multi-window, the firmware and interface is almost exactly like the i9500.
The camera has several modes including Aqua Mode where you can take a picture by pressing the volume button. However it does not have slow or fast motion. The camera on the i9295 is different than the one on the i9500. The S4 Active has an 8MP camera while the regular S4 has a 13MP camera. People have asked about porting the slow/fast motion to this phone, but so far nothing.
It has all of these features. Again the firmware is nearly identical to the i9500.
Yes, see above.
The i537 has an official 4.3 ROM, but the i9295 does not yet. More on this is explained in the next question.
Part of the problem is the way Samsung released this phone. They released it about 6 months after they released the regular S4, so everybody who wanted a new phone got the S4 and when the S4 Active came out there were not enough changes and it wasn't marketed in a way that people were willing to buy a new phone so quickly. Therefore, the S4 Active didn't sell nearly the numbers that the S4 did. Secondly, they marketed it as a waterproof phone and if you look through the forums you'll see that it's not waterproof, but water-resistent. A lot of people ended up destroying their phones by doing exactly what Samsung did in the commercials. Samsung has offered a 1-time replacement due to water damage, but all of these claims caused them to stop marketing the phone. It seems that Samsung has really just "forgotten" about this phone since it has a small userbase. I think they're just hoping it will go away with all the problems they've had.
Another reason is the i537 (AT&T) has a locked bootloader so development has really been stalled, really on all AT&T and Verizon Samsung phones that have a locked bootloader. That said there are ways you can use ROMs developed for the regular S4 on the S4 Active. So although there's not much development in the S4 Active forums you can use ROMs meant for the regular S4 so there is actually a lot of choice.
Settings->My Device->Display->High Touch Sensitivity
I really like this phone, particularly the hard keys at the bottom. I too wish there was more development but unfortunately it just didn't sell that well. I haven't had any problems with it and I think the LCD screen looks much better than the Amoled on the regular S4, particularly in direct sunlight. Hopefully this helps.
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Well
really thanks my friend for your compelete answer
1 - the lcd is amoled but you said it is better that 9500?
2 - you said i can use roms of 9500 for this phone?
3 - this phone is not waterproof?i want to capture under rainy weather and in swiming pool undef water , you mean i can not?

muiacir said:
Well
really thanks my friend for your compelete answer
1 - the lcd is amoled but you said it is better that 9500?
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LCD and Amoled are fundamentally different. For an LCD screen the entire screen turns on in order to show colors and blacks. With Amoled, only colored pixels turn on, if a pixel is supposed to be black it does not turn on and therefore does not draw power. This is how the Moto X is able to show those active notifications without killing your battery. As far as which is better or worse, it really is a matter of personal preference. You can read up more on LCD vs Amoled, there are tons of articles about it, but what I've come to find is that it's really just preference.
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2 - you said i can use roms of 9500 for this phone?
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Yeah, you should be able to if you flash a i9295 kernel afterwards. There are a couple people you specifically want to ask about this since I have an i537 and cannot flash kernels. Ask @ohwarumbloss and @spegelius. They have been working on porting ROMs and would know exactly what ROMs work on the i9295 and which don't. I'm 99% sure you can use i9500, but you should make sure before you make your decision.
muiacir said:
3 - this phone is not waterproof?i want to capture under rainy weather and in swiming pool undef water , you mean i can not?
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So this is how the phone has been advertised, and I have personally used mine in the shower to listen to music without any problems. There are reports of people taking their phone in the pool and getting water damage. There are also people who have taken pictures in the pool and have not had any problems. For more on the water damage issue take a look at this thread, it'll give you both sides of the story.

A lot of the water issues are user error. Either the charging port cover was damaged or not seated properly or the phone back was not properly installed. My experience with the water-resistency has been incredible (you can read about it in one of the threads in General). I am disappointed that there isn't more development for the i537, but I'm rooted and the phone does all I want it to, so I'm happy...for now.

Considering S2 purchase (T813 9.7)

I'd like to ask you experts some questions regarding this tablet.
My current Nexus 9 is quite slow and has a cracked screen, so I'm looking to replace it with some decent hardware and a close to stock android experience.
I have real trouble finding something suitable, and I'm considering the tab S2 9.7 with the purpose of having a custom rom on it, maybe lineage.
I can't stand the hardware keys that Samsung uses (with the recents and back buttons the wrong way around and still using the bloody kitkat icons)
It would be alright if I could just ignore them and use softkeys navbar instead. Do any custom roms support an on-screen nav bar?

You should upgrade to S2 . Google phone and tablet suks and expensive. It is a very good tablet and reasonable price $250-300 for refurbished one, like new out of the box. As for hardware key, I never use it except home button for fs log in. I use GMD gesture (free) for navigation and it work quite well for back, home, recent apps, full screen. For me I like stock Rom, it is not that bad like people said. It is stable, smooth and good battery.

ASW1 said:
I'd like to ask you experts some questions regarding this tablet.
My current Nexus 9 is quite slow and has a cracked screen, so I'm looking to replace it with some decent hardware and a close to stock android experience.
I have real trouble finding something suitable, and I'm considering the tab S2 9.7 with the purpose of having a custom rom on it, maybe lineage.
I can't stand the hardware keys that Samsung uses (with the recents and back buttons the wrong way around and still using the bloody kitkat icons)
It would be alright if I could just ignore them and use softkeys navbar instead. Do any custom roms support an on-screen nav bar?
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I don't like them too. But if you will use it everyday it will subside. Now i even kind of like them. I use them with combination with 'home button' app. I customized it to up-downleft to back button so i don't have to press this squishi home button everytime. I don't think you need custom rom until 8.0. Stock 7.0 is looks good and almost bugless. In a half a year probably. I had and still have nexus 9 too.

I don't think I will subside, I haven't made my choice yet. But if there's no way of using a navigation bar instead of the hard keys that's probably going to be a deal-breaker for me.
I'm also considering the pixel C and although I don't like the weight and price of that, it's got a lot of good points.
The Lenovo tab 4 10 plus could be good too, but I don't see much support for that happening in the future. In that case I'd rather pay a 100 more and get the pixel.

ASW1 said:
I don't think I will subside, I haven't made my choice yet. But if there's no way of using a navigation bar instead of the hard keys that's probably going to be a deal-breaker for me.
I'm also considering the pixel C and although I don't like the weight and price of that, it's got a lot of good points.
The Lenovo tab 4 10 plus could be good too, but I don't see much support for that happening in the future. In that case I'd rather pay a 100 more and get the pixel.
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I was a previous user of the Nexus 9 as well and the T813 I got now is much better (except for the speakers). As for the buttons, using Omni you can use on screen nav buttons natively and disable the hardware buttons (I find the hardware buttons better but YMMV).

ffh2303 said:
I was a previous user of the Nexus 9 as well and the T813 I got now is much better (except for the speakers). As for the buttons, using Omni you can use on screen nav buttons natively and disable the hardware buttons (I find the hardware buttons better but YMMV).
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Thanks for your response, are you using Omni yourself?
I'm wondering how well the softkeys work. I presume for instance the on screen keyboard gets moved up a bit so that the space bar for instance is not partly underneath the navigation bar? (Don't know how else to explain this without giving an example)

ASW1 said:
Thanks for your response, are you using Omni yourself?
I'm wondering how well the softkeys work. I presume for instance the on screen keyboard gets moved up a bit so that the space bar for instance is not partly underneath the navigation bar? (Don't know how else to explain this without giving an example)
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Yes, I'm using Omni myself. Just switched from LineageOS yesterday in fact. So far it runs great with Magisk and my usual apps. As for the navigation bars, the experience is just like the Nexus 9 where the space bar is moved on top of the nav bar instead of under it. It's not an overlay afterall.

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Yes, I'm using Omni myself. Just switched from LineageOS yesterday in fact. So far it runs great with Magisk and my usual apps. As for the navigation bars, the experience is just like the Nexus 9 where the space bar is moved on top of the nav bar instead of under it. It's not an overlay afterall.
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And why did you decide to move away from lineageOS? I see that for each Omni install you have to do a full wipe. I was hoping that on my next tablet I would get away from flashing custom roms because it just eats up too much time. I'm not very enthusiastic about buying an S2 just for putting Omni rom on it and making myself dependent on that.
Maybe I'm just being too picky, love the screen and form factor of the S2 but I don't want to use this clicking home button all the time. I had that for a while on an iPhone that I used and I hated that button more every day.

ASW1 said:
And why did you decide to move away from lineageOS? I see that for each Omni install you have to do a full wipe. I was hoping that on my next tablet I would get away from flashing custom roms because it just eats up too much time. I'm not very enthusiastic about buying an S2 just for putting Omni rom on it and making myself dependent on that.
Maybe I'm just being too picky, love the screen and form factor of the S2 but I don't want to use this clicking home button all the time. I had that for a while on an iPhone that I used and I hated that button more every day.
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I'm was having some weird stutters with LineageOS + Magisk so I figured I'll try Omni. I share your sentiments as well about having a tablet that I don't need to mess about with but right now there's just not much of a choice available. The Pixel C has issues, the Tab S3 is outrageously expensive (in my country) and the Zenpad 3S has no root so I'm left with the Tab S2. I actually had an iPad Air 2 for a month before buying the Tab S2, but I sold it because it can't do what I need it to do and iOS gets on my nerves.

ffh2303 said:
I'm was having some weird stutters with LineageOS + Magisk so I figured I'll try Omni. I share your sentiments as well about having a tablet that I don't need to mess about with but right now there's just not much of a choice available. The Pixel C has issues, the Tab S3 is outrageously expensive (in my country) and the Zenpad 3S has no root so I'm left with the Tab S2. I actually had an iPad Air 2 for a month before buying the Tab S2, but I sold it because it can't do what I need it to do and iOS gets on my nerves.
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Out of curiosity, what couldn't you Air 2 do that you needed it to do? I have both an Air 2 and an 8" Tab S2 and I'm finding I use the S2 more because of the handy form factor and it does most things I want it to do quite well.
The S2 is the first Android tablet that I haven't rooted and put a custom ROM on - I'm sticking with Nougat and Nova Prime as a launcher.

What did you buy? I find now nav bar pesky on my phone and like capacitive buttons though like you don't like mechanical button (replaced with swipe up) , i hate it in iphone too, they could have ridden of that stupid home button years ago, completly useless but they persisteed. Now iphone x, swipe to home. I remember I was doing that with ipod touch 2 and 4, swipe to home with activator cydia app. After 7 years they've decided to do the same, what a progress

I went from the Nexus 9 to the 8" tab S2.
It isn't blazingly fast, but its very consistent. (which is the opposite of the Nexus 9.) I use an app that swaps the hardware buttons the other way around. The S2 can also keep a few things in memory unlike the N9. :victory: