Android is shit, most of the time

[SMOKEU]

I'm getting really fucked off with the bloated POS OEM Android distros out there. My last 3 phones, Galaxy S Plus, Galaxy S2 and HTC One X all had the most horrid OEM OS installed, even with the lastest official updates. All of those phones had a dreadful UI that is slow and cumbersome to use, with little way of changing it to make it better. For example;

1. The One X has MTP only mode, and no USB mass storage. Why should I have to use third party bloatware to transfer data to and from my devices, instead of using the (very reliable), tried and true method of copy and pasting data that works on almost every modern desktop OS?
2. No adjustment possible to the quick settings panel on the One X.
3. All have a horribly bloated UI that is a real pain to navigate.

I hate all the bloatware apps that these devices come with, and there's no easy way to remove them, at least not without root. On all of these devices, I found the stock UI to be basically unusable. I put up with the stock OS on the One X for 3 days, and after that period I was mentally drained. Even the most basic task like sending a txt makes me use all my mental strength to not throw the fucking thing out the window. On the Galaxy phones I didn't last any more than literally 5 minutes before I had to research on how to put Cyanogenmod on.

I shouldn't have to unlock the bootloader (if required), flash a custom recovery like CWM, root, then flash a Cyanogenmod port and Gapps just to get the new device into a usable condition, while voiding the warranty in the process.

I've got a 2012 Nexus 7 with the stock Google Android 4.4.2, and it's such a nice OS that I haven't felt any need to put on a custom ROM. It's smooth, fast, very easy to use and has little bloatware on it, just Gapps, most of which I don't use but it doesn't worry me since it's all quite unobtrusive. I think I'm going to stick with Nexus devices from now on. What's wrong with plain, simple Android?

[bogan]

There's an app for that....






What is difference between nexus and other devices though? I got a nexus 10 and it's pretty sweet.

[Gremlin]

Been happy enough with an S4, stock standard with no root. I was actually used to a green battery symbol until Kit Kat took it away. Only thing that annoys me is it starting Apps I've never used. Still, it's company provided and I need to keep it the same as users with them so I can walk them through any issues. Only been using Kit Kat for less than a week, so not sure yet if it's better on battery.

In general, Android is similar to Windows OS for desktop. Anyone can take it and modify it, giving different user experiences, fragmenting the OS and potentially having compatibility issues.

On the flipside (myself included) hate Apples complete control of the OS. You can't have it both ways.

[mashman]

WTF are you using it for? It's a phone. If you're too lazy to learn a couple of menu clicks or to RTFM, then use the voice function. Failing that, write your own OS and stun the world with an exceptionally user friendly UI that will WOW everyone into wondering how they ever got on without it.

Most of all though, it's a phone.

[tigertim20]

fuck me its a phone, does it text and make calls? whats the problem then!!

[Big Dog]

I wish I had a serviceable android. :'(
I feel bad not being grateful for company iPhone, but if I could afford to buy an android I'd give it back.

There are so many things I used to use android for that cannot be done on iPhone because Apple does not want to share toys.


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[awa355]

Yea, wot mashman said. I have a smartphone ( whatever that is ) I can make a phone call, I can send a text, even take a photo.

Does everything that I would expect a ph to do. Anything else, I have a laptop.

[AllanB]

Mines cool - nice clean 4.2.2 Acatel onetouch something with a zillion things I have not used yet. Makes phone calls too

[mashman]

Does everything that I would expect a ph to do. Anything else, I have a laptop.

Music, don't forget the music.

[skippa1]

I wish I had a serviceable android. :'(
I feel bad not being grateful for company iPhone, but if I could afford to buy an android I'd give it back.

There are so many things I used to use android for that cannot be done on iPhone because Apple does not want to share toys.


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Funny aye, I went from Samsung s4 to Apple and loved apple over android

[Big Dog]

Funny aye, I went from Samsung s4 to Apple and loved apple over android

Depends what you use it for eh? Biggest disappointment with iPhone is that tools like network analysers are really locked down. Which is a bit shit when your trying to fix a poorly documented wireless setup.


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[Big Dog]

Funny aye, I went from Samsung s4 to Apple and loved apple over android

Does that mean you have an unwanted s4?


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[skippa1]

Does that mean you have an unwanted s4?


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Company hardware

[SMOKEU]

I'm just pissed off at why the phone manufacturers have to come up with the most complicated solution to the simplest problem, and fuck with the properly functioning stock Android till they fuck it completely and make it almost unusable as a daily phone. They should just leave it with the plain Android straight from Google, or put Cyanogenmod on. It's just that everything on these phones is way more bloated than it needs to be, which also chews up the battery life and reduces performance.

[oneblackflag]

Exactly why I only get Nexus.