HybridxReality Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 That's great news! I might be kind of lost though. So if it has a locked bootloader it's still possible to root? Or won't be able to have a custom recovery? I never fully understood this. I should go Google it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 You are correct, that's why stuff like Xposed Framework has kinda made ROM flashing a 'not so necessary' thing since you can trick out your device by having root access alone. Locked bootloader = not flashable. The way I explained it to my dad is that root access is like second base, unlocking a bootloader is like a home run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Ahhh, okay awesome. Then in that case, great that it's rootable. Good enough, haha. I'm kind of questioning the G5. I've been watching a lot of reviews and it looks like it scratches easily. I always have a phone case no matter what, but that kind of sucks. Also I've seen videos where you can kind of see the pressure points on the screen when you press down hard enough. I don't know if this is only noticeable once you press down really hard of if it's 'd something that's noticeable during normal use. I really need to go down to my local T-Mobile and test one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Fuckin' Sprint dude. I called to pull the trigger on this too-good-to-be-true offer I got yesterday, all of a sudden I'll have to pay 2 access fees, plus full installment payments on both devices. This means I'd get lower data for an extra $40 a month, but I'd get new pretty phones hahaha. I told the lady, "Does this stuff seriously work on people? I'm kind of insulted you're screwing me over and acting like you're giving me a super good deal." Looks like Verizon has a $120 for 12gb shared plan, that's exactly what I'm looking for. My wife and I have only been using about 8gb a month together. Definitely switching back, if I'm gonna pay out the ass for data then I might as well go with a carrier that doesn't lag out when I'm streaming music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hahaha, rekt. I've never had Sprint, but that doesn't sound good at all. Fuck having fancy phones. I want good coverage. Haven't given T-Mobile a shot? I don't know if they're good in your area or not, but I get excellent coverage and speeds where I live and I'm in a rural area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I hear mixed things about t-mobile here. Sprint slid into my DMs, trying to backtrack and shit now haha. Told them to straight up give me the deal they originally offered or I'm done with them as soon as my contract is up in June. Waiting for a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Oh really? It's worth to check the coverage map, because two lines with unlimited everything is $140. Isn't too bad at all, I'd say. Hell yeah. You take no shit from cell phone companies, haha. Well yeah, they should honor their offers. I hate when they have all of this hidden bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 I'm a heavy user, so I can't do the data plans. I need unlimited data, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Okay, so I'm back on 5.1. I've been having an issue for the longest time with Link2SD and it turns out to be either CM or just AOSP. For some reason my second partition just didn't want to mount and I couldn't properly use the app. So I randomly had the idea of going to stock Samsung and try again and it worked perfectly. So now I'm running an S6 ROM. Not bad, but it's not debloated, so I'm wondering if I can just manually remove every bullshit app? I don't want to uninstall something by accident, so I'm not sure what to do. I'll definitely uninstall Flipboard and all of those though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 You can freeze it with Titanium Backup, this way it'll be disabled and if you run into any issues you can defrost the frozen apps. Took some screens for ya: Open TiBu Tap Backup/Restore http://fs5.directupload.net/images/160413/boo6clq6.png Find the bloat you want to disable, tap it, then tap FREEZE! (Do the same to defrost to apps). http://fs5.directupload.net/images/160413/pt8earq2.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 So if I freeze it and something acts up, then obviously I should keep that app, right? If so, then that's genius. I'll go download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Exactly! Back in the day when I had a Droid X I removed "bloat" that needed to be on my device to take OTAs (back when rooting a device was done with an app and it wasn't hard to do). Feezing the app keeps it 'present' but it's completely disabled and won't even show up in your app drawer/menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 That's pretty awesome. Well, I might have to try a different ROM. For some reason I can't log onto Snapchat and it is charging very slow. I don't know why it's doing this, but I've had it connected for almost an hour and it's only gone up about 30%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 I really want an S6 ROM since I can't have CM, but I'm going to try another AOSP ROM and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Not worth. Went back to CM13. I bought Tweetings about a month ago and I don't really like it all that much. Retweets really bug me. Can barely tell who retweeted it. App works well, but a bit ugly. I'm usually care more about function but eh. Not to mention that it's not letting me log in right now, so I'm kind of over it. So I'm in the market for a new one, but I don't know which. I heard you had problems with Falcon, so I want to try Fenix, but $5 for a Twitter client kind of sucks. I'll just use it throughly and get a refund if I don't like it. Edit: Fenix is way better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I actually like how compact the retweet/quote options are. Are you not getting all your activity in your 'inbox'? (little bell icon in the upper right hand corner). Tweetings has extensive advanced settings. I ended up being a sellout and buying Talon again. Tweetings sucks when it comes to Lists and their multimedia integration loads like trash. You may like Talon (I couldn't stand Fenix). Falcon used to be great but I think the new version is janky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Talon was buggy for me and very slow. When I would scroll through the feed everything took a bit to load up. Media and text. Don't know why. I'll give Falcon a shot, but I do really like Fenix. It isn't as compact and there isn't a lot of customization, but I like it. Although if I give Talon another shot, I'll permanently buy the app. Didn't you name an app that lets you have purchased apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Okay, I like that Falcon has the columns and can give you info based off of a certain subject. I'm actually really liking that. I don't see an option like that for Fenix. Now I wonder if Talon has that. Edit: I think that's what you were referring to when you talked about lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Lists are basically groups you put together yourself. You add specific users to specific Lists and only their Tweets will be shown within that List opposed to the main feed where you see Tweets from everyone you follow. I follow a shit ton of people back out of courtesy so my man feed is a mess. You can add Lists to swipable column with Talon similar to TweetDeck (RIP) and I think you can access trending topics from the action menu. If you buy Talon again you'll own it, if you wanna dabble with it before making a decision you can get the apk from blackmart alpha but you'll need to patch the Play Store verification with Lucky Patcher (be warned, Lucky Patcher will interfere with in-app purchases throughout your system until it's uninstalled). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Yeah, you follow A LOT, haha, I can see how that would be helpful. For me it isn't as I barely follow anyone. I'm pretty new to all of these features. I've only just recently started to use Twitter more. I'll mess around with it a bit, but I'm really liking the look of Falcon. I'm curious to try it out, but I don't think there's a refund option for it, is there? The app itself is free but adding accounts isn't. I just hate that I'm purchasing all these clients and not deciding on one or the other, haha. They all have things that I like and dislike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I really liked the old version of Falcon, you should still be able to use it: http://lifehacker.com/bypass-falcon-pros-twitter-token-limit-with-this-chea-754679503 I think I ended up switching to another client because it was looping Tweets within lists or something weird like that. If you're gonna use it casually it's worth checking out. Give the old version a go and if you like it you'll probably like the new version. I have all kinds of paid Twitter clients, it's my favorite of the social medias so I don't really mind dropping a few bucks here and there to get the most out of it, albeit Twitter itself doesn't see a penny of it haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 I just ended up buying it. And right off the bat I had some issues. Couldn't create lists so I emailed the dev. Uninstalled and installed again and now I can make lists. I don't get it. Appears to be working just fine now. I've only been messing with it for a about twenty minutes so far and it isn't bad. I dig it. Haha, true that. Only $4 no big deal. I might eventually buy Talon, but for now I'm good. I was also trying to decide on a new browser. I normally use Chrome and I used to use Mozilla and Dolphin. Tried out one called Puffin and it is really fast but very laggy while scrolling. It's not smooth at all. But it is fast. Just decided to go back to Chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I use Chrome too, even though Google is collecting all my data I like the crossover with my desktop browser haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Yeah, that's why I like it, haha. Although I disable it collecting my data. Still collects my location but I'm not too worried about that. Unless it still collects my data somehow. I just disable it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridxReality Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 What ever happened with Sprint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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