hi
after owning the note 5 it was a ok phone but do not like the idea of waiting moths and moths for your android upgrades so i return it and got a nexus 6 and i am march happyer no more waiting moths and moth for your android upgrade all so my AT&T nexus 6 verison did not come with any AT&T blot ware but i did have too upgrade to from android 5.0 too android 5.1.1 when i got it home i am march more happyer now with this phone then the note 5
and best of all the nexus 6 are the 1st ones too get the new android 6 too where the note 5 it would have took at lest a year
Snow755 said:
hi
after owning the note 5 it was a ok phone but do not like the idea of waiting moths and moths for your android upgrades so i return it and got a nexus 6 and i am march happyer no more waiting moths and moth for your android upgrade all so my AT&T nexus 6 verison did not come with any AT&T blot ware but i did have too upgrade to from android 5.0 too android 5.1.1 when i got it home i am march more happyer now with this phone then the note 5
and best of all the nexus 6 are the 1st ones too get the new android 6 too where the note 5 it would have took at lest a year
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Snow755 said:
hi
after owning the note 5 it was a ok phone but do not like the idea of waiting moths and moths for your android upgrades so i return it and got a nexus 6 and i am march happyer no more waiting moths and moth for your android upgrade all so my AT&T nexus 6 verison did not come with any AT&T blot ware but i did have too upgrade to from android 5.0 too android 5.1.1 when i got it home i am march more happyer now with this phone then the note 5
and best of all the nexus 6 are the 1st ones too get the new android 6 too where the note 5 it would have took at lest a year
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Welcome to the Nexus 6. You will love it!
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I just recently got rid of my Note 4 For the Nexus 6. Same reasons as the op. Much happier with the Nexus 6. Smoother, faster updates, and best of all, no touch wiz! Looks like the Note 5 is more of the same.
Switched a couple of months ago my Note 3 for a Nexus 6. Was waiting to see what Note 5 was going to offer, but since they didn't offer anything of interest, and suffering the Samsung policies about updates, or more about lack of updates, moved to Nexus again.
rwright64 said:
I just recently got rid of my Note 4 For the Nexus 6. Same reasons as the op. Much happier with the Nexus 6. Smoother, faster updates, and best of all, no touch wiz! Looks like the Note 5 is more of the same.
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I'd avoided the Nexus 6 and other recent Moto phones because I like having a removable back - I like microSD card slots and removable batteries. Since Samsung has made the conscious decision to remove one of their greatest advantages over other brands, I decided that if I was going to upgrade to a phone without a removable back, microSD and swappable battery, I'd go with the phone I really wanted and not just the slightly better version of the phone I already had... And since I just turned 49 a few weeks ago, the bigger screen helps my old eyes to not need glasses - yet.
I have a Nexus 6, I decided to buy the Note 5 to see what it offers, Got rid of the Note 5, didn't miss it at all.
I was very happy that I didn't sell the Nexus 6. Although it's a bit old, it is still very capable.
I live in Sweden and I am dying to buy the Note 5 and get rid of my nexus 6. Don't get me wrong this is still the snappiest fastest most stable and incredibly comfortable phone I've ever had. But nexus does not utilize the large screen as Samsung does. Multiwindow spen etc. Stock Google is very boring
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I live in Sweden and I am dying to buy the Note 5 and get rid of my nexus 6. Don't get me wrong this is still the snappiest fastest most stable and incredibly comfortable phone I've ever had. But nexus does not utilize the large screen as Samsung does. Multiwindow spen etc. Stock Google is very boring
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I agree with you about the utilisation, I guess it's personal preference, Because I never use Mulitwindow s pen etc.
Its nice that they are there, and they are getting better every year, but some users don't really care.
Those features are really useful sometimes Ill give you that.
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I live in Sweden and I am dying to buy the Note 5 and get rid of my nexus 6. Don't get me wrong this is still the snappiest fastest most stable and incredibly comfortable phone I've ever had. But nexus does not utilize the large screen as Samsung does. Multiwindow spen etc. Stock Google is very boring
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Multiwindow feature is available in Nexus 6 custom roms already, and its quiet good. Only thing you will miss is the S-pen
DigitalPrinceX said:
Multiwindow feature is available in Nexus 6 custom roms already, and its quiet good. Only thing you will miss is the S-pen
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Which rom
Looking to get rid of my note 4 for possibly a nexus 6. Just trying to at least find a 64 gig version. Having a hard time pulling the trigger though. Note 4 is such an awesome phone but TW and lollipop are just horrible on the note 4. So sick of not having the latest update. I just like the note 4 cause it offers evey feature you could want, but the experience is so average. Where I know the nexus 6, while its basic and just has the essentials, would offer a much better, richer experience. What's better, I don't know. Just tired of the hesitation that occurs with everything on the note 4.
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tu3218 said:
Looking to get rid of my note 4 for possibly a nexus 6. Just trying to at least find a 64 gig version. Having a hard time pulling the trigger though. Note 4 is such an awesome phone but TW and lollipop are just horrible on the note 4. So sick of not having the latest update. I just like the note 4 cause it offers evey feature you could want, but the experience is so average. Where I know the nexus 6, while its basic and just has the essentials, would offer a much better, richer experience. What's better, I don't know. Just tired of the hesitation that occurs with everything on the note 4.
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I ditched my Note 3 and 4 for a Nexus 6 and I don't miss them one bit. Get a Nexus 6. You won't regret it.
Only reason I am taking the Note 3 out of service and replacing with a non Samsung device is the insistence on locked bootloaders. That's inexcusable in this day and age. My signal strength is not particularly good, and while I've been itching to replace it because of that, Samsung can't be a contender for my money. They need to quit doing what carriers want and listen to customers instead. Google is doing just that.
i find the s6 edge plus a nice looking phone than the note 5..specially in white..if they ever come out with a 128gb option i will buy it in a hearbeat..as of now i have my eyes on the moto x pure
Damn I must really like this phone. I didn't even know the note 5 was out yet. When I had my note 3 I was constantly waiting on "the next big thing" but since the N6 I haven't even cared about new phones coming out.
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I ditched my Note 3 and 4 for a Nexus 6 and I don't miss them one bit. Get a Nexus 6. You won't regret it.
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Yeah I really want to. But then I've been eyeing up the moto x pure. And is it stupid at this point to trade for the nexus 6, or should I just wait for the moto x.
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But nexus does not utilize the large screen as Samsung does. Multiwindow spen etc. Stock Google is very boring
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I'm not a fan of multi window. It has its use, I guess, but I didn't buy a large screen phone to split it into two little screens. I rarely split up windows on my laptop. Maybe I just got spoiled by the wide screen monitors in my office.
Stock Android isn't boring. ☺ it's clean. Like in cooking and construction, it's easier to add than remove.
I've had every Samsung, HTC, and Lg phone made in the last 5 years and NOTHING compares to a Nexus 6..
Boring? You obviously havent looked at the Dev threads to see dozens of roms, kernels, and mods, and tweaks, and that doesnt even take into the account the Original Dev Section. or the several "M" roms that we have to choose from already!
If you need a Spen, or are a Samsung fanboy, then buy a note 5
Everyone else, jump on the Nexus 6, you wont be sorry
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Multiwindow feature is available in Nexus 6 custom roms already, and its quiet good. Only thing you will miss is the S-pen
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I had a Note 3 and went with the Nexus 6 and now I wish I had gone with the a Note 5. I bought my 14 yr old daughter a Note 5 and the wife a S6 Edge + last week. The Edge + seems to need some software updates to fix things but the Note 5 is awesome. I miss the SPen every day since months ago when I switched and using her Note 5 reminded me of how useful it was every day. Could give two f's less about multi window.
Also the screen and camera quality of the Note 5 and S6 Edge + are leaps beyond a Nexus 6 and I own all three.
I like being able to control software updates but not as much as I like us I like using the SPen. I would deal with no root and stock Touchjizz to be back in a Note again actually.
Hi guys,
Yesterday I hard bricked my GS4 trying to update it to marshmellow. The repair will cost $40 and this is after I spent $110 replacing the digitizer. I decided to give up on that device (It was getting a bit beat up anyway).
Walmart is currently selling the ATT version for $250. I bought it but now I am wondering if it is still worth the value now (late 2015). The S4 was starting to show its age especially with the bloatware which is why I was attempting to upgrade the OS. What better place to ask this than a forum full of tech geeks like me who have actually used the device!
So, what do you guys say? Is it worth it now to buy as a daily driver? What do you guys think of the cost? How is the custom rom community? I saw that Samsung EOLed it at 5.0 but what are the chances custom roms will keep going for a few more versions? I have just started to browse this section of xda. The S4 was a hassle especially if people accidentally upgraded it to Lollipop. I know I followed the directions to a T but I still go the hard brick so I am hesitant to attempt to mess around with a Samsung device again.
If anyone has experience with the S4, how is the experience compared to it?
Sorry if this stuff was recently asked, I just quickly browsed the front page of this section
I just got rid of s4 for note 3 also (got mine used £100) note is fantastic but I think you should read read and re read before jumping in. How did you hard brick s4 can you enter bootloader or recovery. As for note 3 I'm running phonesis 5.1.1 as primary and marshmallow test build as secondary rom.
Just get rooted and get a good backup (including efs) and you will be fine
I just really hated the bloatware on the s4 and I thought it really slowed the phone down. My S4 is completely unresponsive, When I plug it into my comp it reads it as an unknown qualcomm device. Do you feel like you could use the note 3 as a daily device for another year?
Yes most definitely nice speed boost from s4 2gb to 3gb makes everything that bit smoother. Stick note5 port on it
Well I don't know which version of S4 you had, but I had the Exynos version and believe me when I say this the software was diabolical, I don't rememeber what version of Android it was, probably KitKat 4.4.2, in any case there was no support for that phone, and had to sell it. Then that hatred of TouchWiz continued in me, and I moved to M7, then sold it in less than couple of months, then bought Moto X 2013, which I literally enjoyed for first two three months, until I realised how pathetic the display was, so sold it and then bought Note 3 last year November, and believe me when I say this, I absolutely love this phone. KitKat was excellent, and despite what people say about ofiicial Lollipop 5.0, I love it too, I don't find any bugs at all! Just wished Xposed was as good as it was on KK. Anyway, for me this phone is performing excellently on 5.0, and especially with Shinto kernel, super smooth.
So if you are not hell-bent with Marshmallow, can live with 5.0 TouchWiz LP, then yes, go on. I believe even with this iteration of Android this phone can run smooth for at least another 5-6 months. Then there are custom ROMs like you said. CM13 is already there, Android 6.0 and all that, I will never touch it, but you know if its your cup of tea, its there. There are Note 5 5.1.1 ports are there as well. Also there are two or three very good to great kernels out there. So I believe if you can live with a decent enough speced phone, then go on, but practically no, I don't think one should get a Note 3 at the end of 2015, especially when Note 4 is really cheap nowadays, and even Note 5 is becoming cheaper gradually, though I am not a fan of it.
I will probably keep using this phone until S7 is announced, then I will have glimpse whether Samsung will bring back user removable battery and IR blaster or not, and I will make my decision accordingly.
So I've had my note 3 for 2 years and have not had a single problem with it. Looks brand new, no scratches, and runs pretty good still. I've rooted it, and that's about as far as I have gotten with this phone. Life and child have kept me from being able to do the cool **** you guys do on here. So plain and simple, has anyone been able to get ubuntu os working with LTE because they are releasing the new mizeu mx pro5. If not I'll jsut order it when it is available. But I do love the feel of my note.
I was at a Christmas party over the weekend. The guy next to me pulled out a new S7. I asked him how he liked it. He said he's an Android guy...hates Apple. *fist bumps*.
"But I'm a Note Guy. I had the Note 1, 2, 3, 4...skipped the crappy 5. When I went to try to buy the 7 they told me I couldn't buy it. I really wanted that phone."
I smiled cooley. slowly pulled my N7 out of my pocket and laid it on the table. His eyes lit up "HOW?!?!"
I told him I pre-ordered it...described the fact that it's the best Android phone ever created...and still is by far.
We spent the next 30 minutes talking about how awesome the Note world is. It was fun.
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I was at a Christmas party over the weekend. The guy next to me pulled out a new S7. I asked him how he liked it. He said he's an Android guy...hates Apple. *fist bumps*.
"But I'm a Note Guy. I had the Note 1, 2, 3, 4...skipped the crappy 5. When I went to try to buy the 7 they told me I couldn't buy it. I really wanted that phone."
I smiled cooley. slowly pulled my N7 out of my pocket and laid it on the table. His eyes lit up "HOW?!?!"
I told him I pre-ordered it...described the fact that it's the best Android phone ever created...and still is by far.
We spent the next 30 minutes talking about how awesome the Note world is. It was fun.
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Jump ahead several months to a time when Android N is running on most new devices and apps are being updated to work with the updated OS. Now the N7 which is no longer being updated is having issues with updated apps not working properly. Even if the phone was a perfect device, it no longer will be without software updates.
Apps still work with Ice Cream...it'll be fine....as long as Verizon doesn't shut it down from the network