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I just bought my first smartphone (Android), now what?

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TijmenDal
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I don't understand the first fucking thing about it.

Can anyone tell me what to do and make the smartphone-experience not suck? Apps, rooting (that's like getting all the bullshit off of it, right?), setting it up. I'm confused...
Mar 10 2013 8:36AM
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TijmenDal
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And don't tell me I shoulda bought an iPhone. Those things confuse the fuck outta me too
Mar 10 2013 8:38AM
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CheddarJack
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Not saying you should've gotten an iPhone, but iPhones are a lot simpler than androids.
Can't help you with setting it up tho since I've always had an iPhone
Mar 10 2013 8:39AM
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Benedetto.
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My twin just made the switch to the note 2. I'll hit him up!!
Mar 10 2013 8:41AM
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edai
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Mar 10 2013 8:45AM
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Benedetto.
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My brother tells me he googled it and found some great articles on where to start and helpful tips. Enjoy.
Mar 10 2013 9:08AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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everything you could ever need to know...



Mar 10 2013 10:38AM
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Chubbs.
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Get some nudies
Mar 10 2013 10:46AM
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t-roy
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go to the google play store and download a bunch of simple and pointless games, then download a ton of other apps that sound cool. you will never use most of them.

also don't forget to get all the social apps so you can follow everyone else's life and not pay attention to your own :P

also...i think you can make calls with it, but i'm not sure anymore.
Mar 10 2013 10:48AM
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SkiBum.
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Now you can facebook and twitter with all the other ass holes of the world anywhere you want.
Mar 10 2013 10:50AM
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2_fadez
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just download basic apps like above.

facebook
twitter
ski report
weather channel
flashlight
snapchat if your friends aren't douches
a couple free games that look interesting to you

Smartphones don't have to be complicated. I don't put music or sync my phone with anything. Too high tech and just don't need it. Its all personal preference, but it will take about a week for you to get the hang of it.
Most of the stuff on android are just there as options in case you want to get real fucking complicated.
Mar 10 2013 11:15AM
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whoa-dere
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Don't download Facebook and twitter. It makes your life so much better. All you need are some games and a weather app and any productivity apps that help with what you do
Mar 10 2013 1:14PM
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hokkanee
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Watch porn in public places
Mar 10 2013 1:21PM
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chicken
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nice, good call on getting android. not because android is good but because this

Mar 10 2013 1:23PM
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Phil-X-
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I was about to call out ubuntu for being lame as fuck and trying to get in to a market that they cant compete in, just like the OS industry. But then I watched that video and realized how much potential that has. With phones being crazy powerful for example my Galaxy Note 2 has 2gigs of ram and a quad core 1.6ghz processor. The next gen flagship phone (S4) is coming out soon and has 2gigs of ram and a Exynos 5 Octa which is a crazy fucking chipset (1.8 GHz quad-core and 1.2 GHz quad-core).

So now imagine we take all these phones we have and rather then using personal laptops/desktops and just have docking ports for our phones, and having this technology everywhere rather then going to the library and using a random computer you can just plug your phone in and you have a key board, mouse and screen. And laptops could just be screens and keyboards (plus maybe a battery to extend life on your phone) too, just with a built in dock for the phone so you can still have access to a full keyboard and screen. A big advantage of it would be you dont need to carry a $700 phone and a $900 laptop everywhere, just your phone and a $200 laptop shell thing.

fuck man and with all that you would have internet anywhere cause youre on a 4g network. Which gives room to store everything you need on a cloud.

this shits crazy as hell. Anyone wanna start a company?
Mar 10 2013 1:59PM
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LoathesRaisins
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You really don't need to root your phone. Its nice, but not necessary.
Download a nice backup program.
Mar 10 2013 2:02PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
What phone do you have op?
Mar 10 2013 2:07PM
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TotallyTrevor
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i got a Note 2 a few months ago and there were so many pages and apps and bullshit on the homepages that i couldn't figure out how to get rid of....so i gave up. still a sick phone, but i have the worst plan ever
Mar 10 2013 2:16PM
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theJones
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shoulda got a... blackberry
Mar 10 2013 2:22PM
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Phil-X-
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I have one too, its a sick phone. I hate how many pages are wasted on stupid apps. I wish they came with only like 5 basic apps and a mini market with samsung apps that normally come with phones
Mar 10 2013 2:31PM
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whoa-dere
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root it and de bloat. then you only have what you actually need and none of that carrier bullshit
Mar 10 2013 2:46PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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this, for real. That's one of the main reasons why I ever rooted my android phone to begin with. De-bloating and free wireless tether were pretty much the driving factors. Then I discovered flashing ROMs, kernels, etc. and became a flashaholic.
Mar 10 2013 2:51PM
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Phil-X-
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Im going to sell my note 2 now and go back to my s3 w/ cracked screen in order to buy the S4 when it releases. If I ditch all the crap/bloatware and root my s3 or s4 will it actually improve performance? I feel like when I jailbroke my ipod touch back in the day all the cracking shit kinda ruined its performance. I feel like theres a ton of power in these phones according to the stats that I dont fully use
Mar 10 2013 4:48PM
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Tinga
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use it to solve every argument you get in.
Mar 10 2013 5:01PM
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Wheaty214
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How do I root my S3? Just curious as to what the cons of doing so are also!
Mar 10 2013 5:07PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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rooting instructions aren't something that I'm willing to type up. fortunately, i don't need to. the link i posted in a previous post will tell you how to do absolutely anything and everything that you could ever imagine with an android phone.

as for the negatives, well, you could potentially brick your phone....although i've never personally known anyone who has managed to do this, but it is possible.

Mar 10 2013 5:14PM
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Jeebus.
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Trade that shit in for an iPhone bitch, bitches love iPhones.
Mar 10 2013 5:16PM
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chicken
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linux in general is pretty much leading the race in every catagory except for the desktop. Ubuntu is heading the same way that windows and apple are heading. If you have used ubuntu in the past couple of years you would know that it is not lame as fuck. The only reason that it has not gone mainstream is because it does not come preloaded on many computers. If Ubuntu came preinstalled on a smartphone it would blow up. There are already computer manufacturers who are toying with linux again, specifically ubuntu.

As a mac user for the last 10 years I like ubuntu and unity and only have a few minor problems with it. I would gladly pay for ubuntu if I had to choose between it and windows or osx. However I think that another distros (RHEL?) might find its way to the top of the "enterprise" desktop. Windows 7 wont last forever. I have no idea if ubuntu will make it big, that all depends on if they work out deals with phone manufacturers. All I know is that if there is an ubuntuphone when I buy my next phone, I will buy it. I don't mean ubuntu for andriod I mean the full on ubuntuphone.
Mar 10 2013 5:29PM
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Mr.Huck
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I have the Samsung Epic 4g touch, which I guess is now the 2s. It works great. I can just press on app icons and drag them to the trash to clean pages up. I'm surprised that it isn't that easy with other Androids. I would recommend Pandora. Next week we have a freestyle mogul event. I will just plug my phone into stereo and pull up pandora. Done. No need to make a mix or playlist.

The one thing that pisses me off about my Samsung is that about once a week, I will look at my phone and there will be a bunch of new icons for different Apps. The first time it happened, I though my phone got hack somehow. Stll haven't figured out how to have that not happen.
Mar 10 2013 6:51PM
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whoa-dere
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you can do the drag thing with any android
Mar 10 2013 6:56PM
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Mr.Huck
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So why are these guys having problems cleaning up pages on the Note, I wonder?
Mar 10 2013 6:59PM
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ryano
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honestly. i wouldnt go just downloading a shit ton of apps. the obvious ones, yes: facebook, instagram, twitter, i blog, so i use blogger. those are the main ones.

after that, its all based on what you use.

Here's what i have on my homescreen:

instagram, camera, gallery, and a work tools folder.

the folder has: flashlight, calculator, a level, clock, calendar, spl meter, rta, and decibel.

i then have music, spotify, pandora and notepad.

and bottom row is phone, gmail, messages, facebook.

its all personal based. i dont use much of the widgets (which are the ginormous annoying blocks of cluttery shit).

my other pages are stuff such as, wells fargo, paypall, credit card, square, linkedin, google voice.

as well as my airlines i fly, southwest and united. oh and yelp.

my only other page is a "random page", with photogrid, sound hound, youtube, craiglist, fb messenger, google maps, and the toggle switches to turn on my wireless internet antenna, and gps antenna.

i honestly am not amused by any games and have zero games on my phone.. my phone is a tool and mostly work related apps.
Mar 10 2013 7:15PM
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whoa-dere
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Cuz note 2 has smart pages or something like that
Mar 10 2013 7:20PM
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whoa-dere
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page buddy
Mar 10 2013 7:22PM
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Mr.Huck
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Thanks for that. My dad was going to buy a Note, but that would drive him out of his skull.
Mar 10 2013 7:25PM
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TheSteezyKoala
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If you like pokemon and mario and stuff get the app Gameboid. You have to search "gameboid apk" on google and download it. Then search google for "gameboid roms" and download whichever game you want. I've spent endless hours playing pokemon
Mar 10 2013 8:56PM
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Phil-X-
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There are apps you cannot uninstall cause they come with the phone
Mar 10 2013 9:25PM
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FERG0
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Samsung ftw
Mar 10 2013 10:33PM
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K-Dot.
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Yeah, that's why only bitches own iPhones
Mar 11 2013 1:58PM
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Stainr
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lol/ threads for silly kids.
Mar 11 2013 2:01PM
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