The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[Swisha]

iWant an S4

[Rooki3]

dafuq

[Jonathan_337]

hold dat Apple...

best ad ever.

Anyone willing to upload the latest Viber apk for me? Can't get it from the play store on my nexus 7. Keeps nagging me to update

[Swisha]

bmobile have S4 in stock?

[Jonathan_337]

bmobile have S4 in stock?

Supposed to be getting by next week I think

[Swisha]

hmmm ok.

btw S4 owners, how much useable internal storage did you have out of the box?

[ruffrider27]

hmmm ok.

btw S4 owners, how much useable internal storage did you have out of the box?

read an article the 16 gb has 6gb used up by programs on the phone out of the box but you can upgrade to a micro card up to 64 gb

[Swisha]

yeah but I also read that u can't install apps on the S4 to the sd card unless u root...

[Kronik]

hold dat Apple...

best ad ever.

Anyone willing to upload the latest Viber apk for me? Can't get it from the play store on my nexus 7. Keeps nagging me to update

download blackmarket alpha, that allows you to download the actual apk file without having to install as well

[dredman1]

^^^ i read something similar to what Swisha said as well. I believe it said that the OS and built in apps use about 7gb and leaves only about 9gb of space to store apps.
A memory card allows you to expand storage, but it cant be used to store apps since Google removed that functionality in ICS.

[Swisha]

what about storage space for apps? with the last Android phone i had which was the S2, even though there was 16GB onboard, it was partitioned so that only 2GB was available for app installs and the other partition was for any other files.

has this been fixed? if i buy an S4, can i install apps without having to worry about a measly 2GB limit?

[rocknrolla]

^^^ i read something similar to what Swisha said as well. I believe it said that the OS and built in apps use about 7gb and leaves only about 9gb of space to store apps.
A memory card allows you to expand storage, but it cant be used to store apps since Google removed that functionality in ICS.

if the bootloader is unlockable u could repartition or install ur own custom android as factory. i dont like how the factory partitions those at all. motorolas new devices will all come with unlockable bootloaders so developers can have a ball.

[BrandoHD]

^^^ i read something similar to what Swisha said as well. I believe it said that the OS and built in apps use about 7gb and leaves only about 9gb of space to store apps.
A memory card allows you to expand storage, but it cant be used to store apps since Google removed that functionality in ICS.

if the bootloader is unlockable u could repartition or install ur own custom android as factory. i dont like how the factory partitions those at all. motorolas new devices will all come with unlockable bootloaders so developers can have a ball.

If you try to repartition a Samsung device, be sure you know what you're doing, else you will brick.

Next thing is, repartition may not be feasible, no one has mentioned the actual size of the system partition, or how much room is left on it, so there may not be anything left to repartition

Thirdly, if you were to be successful, then you just made your phone incompatible with future updates

Lastly, I know Samsung usually has a hidden 500MB partition that they use to offload extra apps during an upgrade after a factory reset, that may still be there, but it's only 500MB, usually.

The best option would be to root, format your external SD in the correct file system and have it act as internal storage on the backend, so that applications don't know they are on external (Play Store shouldn’t know it's installing apps to external either) <<--- this has disadvantages, number one being you have to be careful when you remove the external card

A next option would be to push the smaller Play Store apps to the System partition, this however depends on my second point which is, how much space is available on system in the first place

Or people can forget about all this and buy at least a 32 Gig device




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[sentraman]

yeah but I also read that u can't install apps on the S4 to the sd card unless u root...

That was also the case on the s3. It was however possible on the s2 to move to the sd card.

[ismithx]

^^^ i read something similar to what Swisha said as well. I believe it said that the OS and built in apps use about 7gb and leaves only about 9gb of space to store apps.
A memory card allows you to expand storage, but it cant be used to store apps since Google removed that functionality in ICS.

that's actually a good idea.... because you cannot use an app on the sd card if you have it in usb storage mode... it's also faster and less complication to simply store apps on the internal storage

[rocknrolla]

^^^ i read something similar to what Swisha said as well. I believe it said that the OS and built in apps use about 7gb and leaves only about 9gb of space to store apps.
A memory card allows you to expand storage, but it cant be used to store apps since Google removed that functionality in ICS.

if the bootloader is unlockable u could repartition or install ur own custom android as factory. i dont like how the factory partitions those at all. motorolas new devices will all come with unlockable bootloaders so developers can have a ball.

If you try to repartition a Samsung device, be sure you know what you're doing, else you will brick.

Next thing is, repartition may not be feasible, no one has mentioned the actual size of the system partition, or how much room is left on it, so there may not be anything left to repartition

Thirdly, if you were to be successful, then you just made your phone incompatible with future updates

Lastly, I know Samsung usually has a hidden 500MB partition that they use to offload extra apps during an upgrade after a factory reset, that may still be there, but it's only 500MB, usually.

The best option would be to root, format your external SD in the correct file system and have it act as internal storage on the backend, so that applications don't know they are on external (Play Store shouldn’t know it's installing apps to external either) <<--- this has disadvantages, number one being you have to be careful when you remove the external card

A next option would be to push the smaller Play Store apps to the System partition, this however depends on my second point which is, how much space is available on system in the first place

Or people can forget about all this and buy at least a 32 Gig device




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yeah im speaking of personal preference. i just want to have a working android with my preferred apps. updates dont interest me that much. but whatever the system partition size is there i think it's too large. jellybean runs on my D4 with 1.3gb.

im looking forward to unlockable bootloaders for the custom rom aspect. u could even cook up ur own rom. id like to cook up a rom to my requirements and run it indefinitely. it would require some groundbreaking 'must have' app for me to be interested in an update. then i could create my own rom for that too. that's just me. the dev community would probably release alot of custom bloat free roms built to use less space and run more efficiently than stock. im not a warranty kinda person anyway i repair my own phones lol

[DFC]

guize beside poweramp. whats a good music player.

because poweramp keeps fuckingup for some strange reason.

[maj. tom]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.AnotherMusicPlayer

[DFC]

thanks babe.

[Trini Hookah]

Winamp

[rocknrolla]

i like musixmatch because it scrolls the lyrics while playing the song in time with the singer. if ur song doesnt have the lrc embedded into the mp3 then it downloads it. and if the lrc cant be found it allows u to create the lrc from regular lyrics.

jetaudio plus i like for all the eq settings and plugins. can play really loud and not as troublesome as poweramp to run the full version.

the lock screens which display the album art and control the player are pretty cool too.

[biggie]

Used Samsung nexus s and new PSP go for sale or trade with cash for a s3

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[kal el]

Anyone having problems connected to WPS security wifi? I bought a GS4 today, it connect when the wifi is open, but not when it is key protected. Any one can help ?

[Jonathan_337]

What you guys think about the Xperia Z vs the S4? Seriously considering getting the Xperia Z but I've never owned a Sony before.

[christopherwilliams2]

What you guys think about the Xperia Z vs the S4? Seriously considering getting the Xperia Z but I've never owned a Sony before.

yes it is different, yes you will have one of the less popular phones with one or two differences and features....but after a month with it you will wish you had gone for the s4...
s4 has the better camera and quicker android updates in addition to Samsung's massive support machinery behind it.

[Jonathan_337]

What you guys think about the Xperia Z vs the S4? Seriously considering getting the Xperia Z but I've never owned a Sony before.

yes it is different, yes you will have one of the less popular phones with one or two differences and features....but after a month with it you will wish you had gone for the s4...
s4 has the better camera and quicker android updates in addition to Samsung's massive support machinery behind it.

True. And from what I'm seeing here, devs have a lot more development going on for the SIV as well. Think I'll wait till the rush for the SIV dies out and then get one then.

[Trini Hookah]

When you buy a Sony phone you end up sacrificing updates vs that of a Samsung

[ADRENALINE KID]

htc one x unlock anybody?

[kal el]

Anyone having problems connected to WPS security wifi? I bought a GS4 today, it connect when the wifi is open, but not when it is key protected. Any one can help ?

Updated my router firmware and it worked.

[Pinkcorolla]

Peeps I have a problem with my Samsung galaxy note 2. The problem I have is that ever since the black out we had in March It isn't getting reception in certain areas across tt. Now when I put the SIM in another phone it works fine mind u in those same areas. Hoping someone specialised with Samsung phones can assist with troubleshooting this problem so I can have it repaired.


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