[FRIAM] Android phones

Tue Apr 16 12:27:08 EDT 2019

I never got the bloatware grumble. Then my first android was a Samsung
Galaxy.    My issue(S)  is that the when my phone is used any: battery life
goes to crap, runs pretty hot, then slows down, then crashes.
It's also pretty weird it's vidgety to get working with Tmobiles voice
system. Though that one is a Tmobile thing to some degree. Their voice mail
service crap
GPS is hit and mis. Still has Dougs famous or even infamous wtf bugS of:
Bluetooth will cause Google Maps to not work well. WiFi and bluetooth may
or may not play well when on at the same time

Android 9 cut and or changed features to rely way to much on buttons being
pushed just right. From what I've read need to swipe down (or up) just
right to get to settings android 8 has right their.
And someone decided I don't need to see when updates and downloads are
working (or not)

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:35 AM Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org> wrote:

> My phone for the past few years has been the Moto X4, which is a good
> Android One phone that's nearing end of life.
>
> My daughter complained at first about Motorola bloatware, but apparently
> that's cleared up.  I never notiiced it.
>
> It's listing for $149-199 this week according to google, works fine on
> Google Fi.
>
> Google will be announcing a new pair of Pixel phones at I/O next month
>
> -- rec --
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 4:10 PM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty satisfied with my OnePlus T3, unlocked and with dual SIMs.
>> Camera isn't so hot in this model, but T-mobile is now selling the OnePlus
>> 6, which has a much better camera, for $550.
>> T
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>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:39 AM Mark Suazo <msuazo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A Google Pixel (I have the 3 XL) will give you the most "untainted by
>>> bloatware" version of Android - plus regular updates. Can't speak to
>>> rooting it. I continue to be impressed by the camera - it's flat out
>>> amazing.
>>>
>>> But no removable memory (automagically uploads to your google account
>>> online) and there are times I wish it was better as an actual phone -
>>> mostly what I want to call someone.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:34 AM Gillian Densmore <
>>> gil.densmore at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My experience is mixed:
>>>> Nexus 4
>>>> Google being them dropped it with a buggy OS 7.x  that to this day is
>>>> known to sometimes work and sometimes not install right
>>>> LineageOS 15 has a huge bug
>>>> On the other hand  it does have a bunch of ROMs to pick from some neet
>>>> apps etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:18 AM Carl Tollander <carl at plektyx.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Still happy with my Pixel 1 and Google Fi .
>>>>>
>>>>> C
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 09:53 Gary Schiltz <gary at naturesvisualarts.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Looking for advice on escaping the gravitational well that is the
>>>>>> Apple iOS ecosystem before I reach the event horizon. Hope it isn't too
>>>>>> late already. The hard part seems to be choosing a device. With so many
>>>>>> years of having barely any choice (other than how much money to shovel into
>>>>>> the furnace), I'm now drowning in choices. HELP! :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The hacker/tinkerer part of me wants something that I can install a
>>>>>> custom OS on, i.e. LineageOS (formerly CyanogenMod). Any thoughts from that
>>>>>> crowd? The "just want something that works" part of me is looking for
>>>>>> something that us likely to keep working as apps are updated, and have
>>>>>> "officially supported" OS updates. I'd appreciate thoughts from anyone in
>>>>>> that camp as well.
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