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Will you upgrade to the S5?
- Thread starter spetzie
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- samsung galaxy s4
I will probably wait. They may have it locked down even worse than ever. In which case I will wait a long time.
KryptoNyte
Android Enthusiast
No.
CrimsonPride
Android Expert
It wont come out in January, and I wont upgrade if it is as locked down as it seems it will be, and I have owned every one up to this point.
SamsungSoldier
Lurker
I will wait until the S6 is released as I only got my S4 two weeks ago.
Poweranimals
Android Enthusiast
I'm waiting for my next free upgrade so no.
dynomot
Android Expert
Nope, I have no idea when I'll upgrade again. I only got an upgrade from an S3 to a Note 3 due to Vodafone's promise to let you upgrade to a 4G phone and plan had you got an S3 or iPhone between certain dates (I can't remember off hand) I moaned and argued and finally got it free with an expensive 4G contract. I've hammered the data on it to make it worth while (6Gig in my first month) my SGS4 is only mine because I had my wife's upgrade, as was my long gone and much loved SGS2.
I can upgrade in July 2015 officially, probably be a locked down thing, no internal storage and all apps and media in "the cloud", rendering the device a phone, text messager, browser and large screen with access to "services". If the networks an ISPs get their way by then you'll pay them for the type of Internet access you want, just like cable TV.
My advice is enjoy the Internet and your device because these are the halcyon days, and they are starting to wane.
I can upgrade in July 2015 officially, probably be a locked down thing, no internal storage and all apps and media in "the cloud", rendering the device a phone, text messager, browser and large screen with access to "services". If the networks an ISPs get their way by then you'll pay them for the type of Internet access you want, just like cable TV.
My advice is enjoy the Internet and your device because these are the halcyon days, and they are starting to wane.
CrimsonPride
Android Expert
Rooting and installing custom recoveries and ROMs. Only the ATT and Verizon phones had their bootloaders locked, which with the most recent updates cannot be unlocked, but with the introduction of Knox there will probably not be a way to unlock them on future phones either, and they could all be locked down and not just the US carriers. Either way, I'm likely moving to Sony phones next
dynomot
Android Expert
And you think HTC, Sony, LG et al won't have their own version of enterprise/BYOD solutions within six months, say? I think Android in general, while still giving an ordinary user many, many ways of customisation and freedom will, security wise be tighter than a ducks backside. It is inevitable that Rooting and flashing stuff will get more and more difficult if not impossible because of security at the hardware level.
CrimsonPride
Android Expert
I know HTC will do the same, probably lg also. Android is moving away from the old standard rooting and stuff like that, but there will still be a modding community and Motorola or Sony will probably be the ones to cater to them. The modding community made the galaxy s phones popular with the simplicity to mod them. There will always be a way to mod android, some companies will remove it, but not all.
dynomot
Android Expert
I hope your right about only some companies locking down Android, unfortunately I can't see it myself where there is A) a bottom line. B) Money to be made in the BYOD world and C) Locking up Android would only affect <5% of users (probably vastly less than 5%)who actually root.
I can't agree that it was the modding community that made the original Galaxy S popular. It was popular with them, yes, but seeing how "we who mod" are a tiny proportion of users I feel that the phone was just great for it's time and therfore popular. The modding community while ultimately a tiny minority have given many, many new and often better functioning ROMs and mods than the original, and I belive we should be catered for. Sadly I just don't see it happening. I truly hope in two years time this post is quoted back at me to prove me wrong.
I can't agree that it was the modding community that made the original Galaxy S popular. It was popular with them, yes, but seeing how "we who mod" are a tiny proportion of users I feel that the phone was just great for it's time and therfore popular. The modding community while ultimately a tiny minority have given many, many new and often better functioning ROMs and mods than the original, and I belive we should be catered for. Sadly I just don't see it happening. I truly hope in two years time this post is quoted back at me to prove me wrong.
CrimsonPride
Android Expert
Locking down phones is mainly due to the bootloader, nexus devices will not have a locked bootloader for the foreseeable future. Cyanogen is making its own phone, a custom ROM is now a company and has its own hardware. Root is very likely going away, but I really think that there will always be a way of modding android. But i do not think we'll have to rely on a company like cyanogen to keep the modding community up
Hopefully by then their network will be better. That would be the one thing that might get me to upgrade before the S7.
zipred
Android Expert
Hopefully by then their network will be better. That would be the one thing that might get me to upgrade before the S7.
My recent experience with T-Mobiles network via my Note 3 has been just stellar, it's every bit as fast as my wife's Note 3 on AT&T! Not only that but I'm using their new Unlimited Text, Talk and Data plan for just $70.
Last month I used 6 gigs with absolutely no throttling. In addition I get an additional 2.5 GB of tethering free. I'm loving the new no contact money saving T-Mobile.
I'm not talking about speed, I'm talking about coverage area. I need a really wide coverage area hitting on remote locations.
