Google I/O 2013
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white improved n4.. 
loads of glass..
some android..
samsung nexus gs4 - lol, possible due to the fact that samsung worked with google before and made nexus devices and actually wants to get more market share due to a lot of hate for TW and plastic shell and a lot of love for HTC One.. boom.
loads of glass..
some android..
samsung nexus gs4 - lol, possible due to the fact that samsung worked with google before and made nexus devices and actually wants to get more market share due to a lot of hate for TW and plastic shell and a lot of love for HTC One.. boom.
Hard to say if that is true or not regarding the GS 4 as iirc didn't google do this with a Samsung tablet??
If true, a lot of current GS 4 owners will be ****ed!
It will be interesting to see the camera quality as google/stock android has always been crap in this area.
If true, a lot of current GS 4 owners will be ****ed!
It will be interesting to see the camera quality as google/stock android has always been crap in this area.
S4 users could just root and install AOSP then, bug free 
The S4 has been off my radar for some time so no idea about what the scandal is
The S4 has been off my radar for some time so no idea about what the scandal is
Sky go and Sky+ are the only reason I don't root atm and this is the reason I haven't already got an s4 as I'd have to root to store and use data/dl's
They're quoting Geek as their source, who themselves haven't mentioned anything about their source.
I just think it's a bit strange that we've heard nothing about this Google S4 until the opening day of I/O. So many blogs are pushing stories just to get some hits on their website.
There is virtually no "real" reason for me to root etc. these days:
- sure you can do some nice wee things i.e. modded youtube HD app, however, it isn't necessary especially when I can just use the browser or BS player to stream HD videos and then for most other things, there are other ways without having to root
- I don't like doing full backups as I always encountered some annoying niggle when I restored backups, rather start fresh and its not like I have loads of app anyway since sense works great for me, does everything with ease and without problems, also there is no need to root for titanium now as you can use helium backup app or by the looks of it it will be implemented within android soon...
- as tp02 pointed out, not all apps work with phones that are rooted and iirc some banking apps don't work either.
The only useful/main reason is for adaway since adblock has annoying niggles, however, I am sure that it will be updated to work better.
And plus I don't have touchwiz on my device so no need to root in order to freeze all that bloat Besides anything I don't use/like is disabled or hidden via nova
As for custom ROMs, again the only/main reason for me, is for custom themes, with android phones these days, there is very little need as battery life, performance, stability etc. are already pretty much perfect.
- sure you can do some nice wee things i.e. modded youtube HD app, however, it isn't necessary especially when I can just use the browser or BS player to stream HD videos and then for most other things, there are other ways without having to root
- I don't like doing full backups as I always encountered some annoying niggle when I restored backups, rather start fresh and its not like I have loads of app anyway since sense works great for me, does everything with ease and without problems, also there is no need to root for titanium now as you can use helium backup app or by the looks of it it will be implemented within android soon...
- as tp02 pointed out, not all apps work with phones that are rooted and iirc some banking apps don't work either.
The only useful/main reason is for adaway since adblock has annoying niggles, however, I am sure that it will be updated to work better.
And plus I don't have touchwiz on my device so no need to root in order to freeze all that bloat
Besides anything I don't use/like is disabled or hidden via nova As for custom ROMs, again the only/main reason for me, is for custom themes, with android phones these days, there is very little need as battery life, performance, stability etc. are already pretty much perfect.
There is virtually no "real" reason for me to root etc. these days:
- sure you can do some nice wee things i.e. modded youtube HD app, however, it isn't necessary especially when I can just use the browser or BS player to stream HD videos and then for most other things, there are other ways without having to root
- I don't like doing full backups as I always encountered some annoying niggle when I restored backups, rather start fresh and its not like I have loads of app anyway since sense works great for me, does everything with ease and without problems, also there is no need to root for titanium now as you can use helium backup app or by the looks of it it will be implemented within android soon...
- as tp02 pointed out, not all apps work with phones that are rooted and iirc some banking apps don't work either.
The only useful/main reason is for adaway since adblock has annoying niggles, however, I am sure that it will be updated to work better.
And plus I don't have touchwiz on my device so no need to root in order to freeze all that bloat
As for custom ROMs, again the only/main reason for me, is for custom themes, with android phones these days, there is very little need as battery life, performance, stability etc. are already pretty much perfect.
gotta agree, i have a nexus 4, 7 and 10, all on stock android, i have the N4 rooted but only using adblock as a rooted program, did not bother with the N10 or N7 (belongs to the wife)
infact having it rooted stops me with sky apps and barclaycard app which is annoying