Any phone to stay away from when upgrading?

[sherm1082]

Hi. Let me tell you all where I am currently and what I'm wanting to do. So currently, I have a galaxy S4 on Sprint. Sprint still offers 2 year upgrades on very select phone. I'm not a person who needs to have the latest and greatest and I refuse to pay $600 for a phone or $30 a month for 24 months. It ain't happening. I use AA daily and I love it. I had some freezing problems/lag when I was running a Sense ROM. My phone is rooted and I put on CM13 a few weeks ago. It took about 10 times for me to get AA to connect with my phone but it finally did and the experience is flawless.

I want to upgrade my phone but I am scared that my new phone will stop working at some point due to an upgrade. I am thinking about getting a used Nexus 6p because it's pretty much stock android and I can root it and put on a different ROM if the stock one doesn't work. I also am thinking about switching to Metro PCS and getting a ZTE Zmax Pro which currently can't be rooted and has little to no development. Any body have any advice on phones to get or phones to stay away from?

On a side note, all of this has really made me think about going to an iphone. I should not have to worry this much about my phone working right out of the box with AA or worry about a future update breaking it.

 

[Andrew DeFaria]

I hear the S7 Note's are pretty hot! ;-)

If you go with an iPhone it'll be expensive (I hear). Plus you will not have AA - you'll have CarPlay, with crappy Siri and Apple Maps. You will not be pleased.

 

[Victor Howard]

The 6P works. All the phones in the Nexus line work perfectly. I'm not sure why you'd say the 6P stock interface won't work.

 

[Cooler299]

Nexus 6P is an Awesome Device. You should have no problem at all. If you skip Samsung then Nexus 6P is the best out there.

 

[bjrosen]

I have the 6P and it works fine with AA which is to be expected, if a Nexus doesn't work nothing will.

 

[Andrew DeFaria]

Blackberry!....

 

[chezm]

I have the 6P and it works fine with AA which is to be expected, if a Nexus doesn't work nothing will.

My 6p works fine but AA will no longer read my text messages anymore since I updated to 7.0.

 

[Andrew DeFaria]

Out of curiosity, what text messaging app are you using?

 

[sherm1082]

My 6p works fine but AA will no longer read my text messages anymore since I updated to 7.0.

And that is the concern I had. Someone asked why would I be concerned about AA not working and this is why...... also why I was considering iPhone. I may not have been as happy with the experience as AA but I would likely have been happier with a fully working carplay then a non working/partially working AA.

As an update, I got a Moto X Pure and I love it. I picked up a refurbished one off of eBay for less then $200. AA works with no problems. It connects every time and is much more responsive then my galaxy s4 (to be expected). Thanks for the advice guys. I contemplated an 6p but the moto x was about $100 cheaper.

 

[peteve]

LG G4/G5 maps freezing issue