Will there be ANY non-skinned android devices anymore?

**kjhee43** · 12-16-2010, 12:24 PM

I was a user of the original droid and i really liked it. I upgraded to the X and i have to say i HATE motoblur. I hate how the two buttons to the left and right of the app launcher take you to the SAME PLACE!!(anyone else notice this). I wont go into detail about all the other things i don't like, but I'll just say I prefer stock android. I am also not a fan of sense or TouchWiz.

So my question is, the three big devices Motorola released since the original (X, 2,Pro) all have Blur, the incredible has sense and the fascinate has TouchWiz.

Will any devices running stock android be released?

**BlackPrince310** · 12-16-2010, 01:10 PM

Only Google will release non-skinned, fully stock versions of Android. Carriers and OEMs want to make money and differentiate their devices from everything else on the market so they will always make some sort of customizations. Even the G2 which runs on stock android has some custom T-Mobile apps in there.

**thebizz** · 12-16-2010, 01:46 PM

Customized apps is much less than skinned Android. But who knows if we will see a stock Android device. But the above poster is true oems love to differentiate their devices even if what they add has a negative effect

**red.drako** · 12-19-2010, 10:27 PM

CyanogenMod seems to be a great choice for stock/near stock android experience! If it's supported on your device, that is.

**Mike20PR** · 12-19-2010, 10:29 PM

out of the box ATM.... Nexus S, TMO G2, ans Sprint Samsung Intercept post Froyo update... ummm that is it i think

**igotsanevo4g** · 12-20-2010, 01:09 AM

G1, huwai ideos, LG optimus phones a basically stock too.

Its really up too the manufactures, they can choose not to put a skin on it and have it stock android. Or appear stock android at least. Google isnt the only one though.

Good thing theres cyanogen mod

**thebizz** · 12-20-2010, 02:10 AM

Yes it is so i can always experience android the way Google intended with extra features

**blacksapphire08** · 12-20-2010, 02:47 PM

What's wrong with HTC Sense? Out of all of the GUI's on Android phones, I like that one the best, even more than basic Android. The only thing I dont like is how much internal memory it eats.

**thebizz** · 12-20-2010, 03:05 PM

I also love sense its a great gui but it does eat up resources and internal memory. El but if I have to get a phone other than stock android it will be sense of im going the cm route

**TreyDaPrince** · 12-22-2010, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by thebizz

I also love sense its a great gui but it does eat up resources and internal memory. El but if I have to get a phone other than stock android it will be sense of im going the cm route

What he said.

**kjhee43** · 01-07-2011, 10:21 AM

Well CES news isn't looking good for my non-skinned android phone. I am really sick of my droid x and all its BLUR crap and problems. The put more **** on this thing with every update. The LG Revolution shows stock android in the pictures but it probably wont stay that way...

**56K** · 01-07-2011, 01:07 PM

From what i have heard LG is leaving it that way....

**Baconator** · 01-09-2011, 12:30 AM

Well the nexus series of phones are stock android. Also if you want a stock tablet the motorola xoom and lg g-slate are both stock. hopefully more stock phones will come out soon.

**BlackPrince310** · 01-09-2011, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Baconator

Well the nexus series of phones are stock android. Also if you want a stock tablet the motorola xoom and lg g-slate are both stock. hopefully more stock phones will come out soon.

There could be a few customizations. I watched an interview with a lead Google android engineer and he said Honeycomb is completely open source. Carriers and manufacturers can still put their applications and skins on if they want.

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**Baconator** · 01-09-2011, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Arcadia

There could be a few customizations. I watched an interview with a lead Google android engineer and he said Honeycomb is completely open source. Carriers and manufacturers can still put their applications and skins on if they want.

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Yes it is open but the com and g slate are pure google. It said so in the interview.

**ChuckG73** · 01-10-2011, 04:54 AM

I think Honeycomb might change that....at least that is what I am hoping.

**RUSH** · 01-10-2011, 05:54 AM

Carriers believe that without added customization to their phones... the sales won't be good. So, I don't think we will be seeing much in that line of devices.

**kjhee43** · 01-12-2011, 02:25 PM

I really am not a fan of apple products, but the one thing i do like is that they are not bloated with a bunch of carrier crap that you can't remove. Hell, Apple doesn't even let them put their logos on the iphone.

I am sorry, but as a DROID X user I am sick of it. The stock android gallery is better than this motoblur crap. Why would you remove the picasa sync feature? Also, the phone icon and the contact icon to the left and right of the app launcher take you to the SAME PLACE. Sorry for venting but half the time these "additions" make the experience worse. I want to be able to choose how i am going to customize my phone, not have it customized already with no way to remove it.

**spark032207#WN** · 01-19-2011, 03:56 AM

Completely agree with edged1g. Although I use custom launchers right now, I wish I didn't have to...

**DPtheKid** · 01-22-2011, 02:21 AM

I was thinking the same thing and that's why I went on and got the Nexus S. Dual-core can wait

**Brett** · 01-22-2011, 10:32 AM

This is what I don't understand. What is the highest selling android device? The original Droid. What tour of android ui was running on it? Stock vanilla. Is there something I'm missing?

At this point if a manufacturer put out a stock vanilla android device it would be differentiating itself from other device device manufacturers. This is a sad fact haha

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**Chris Kerrigan** · 01-22-2011, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Brett

This is what I don't understand. What is the highest selling android device? The original Droid. What tour of android ui was running on it? Stock vanilla. Is there something I'm missing?

At this point if a manufacturer put out a stock vanilla android device it would be differentiating itself from other device device manufacturers. This is a sad fact haha

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Very true Brett. A lot of people complain that Stock Android is "ugly" -- and that's fine if they have that opinion, but I largely disagree. I never had an issue with the looks of stock Android and LOVED my experience on the OG Droid.

**Brett** · 01-22-2011, 11:36 AM

I wish phones had enough memory so that it could dual boot 2 versions of android. Stock and whatever their skin is. Plus this way we could update the stock version to the newest builds (which should be easier for manufacturers) to hold off the end user until they push out their updated skinned version of android.

A man can dream haha

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**cadman** · 01-22-2011, 11:56 AM

I think Google is taking Sense and making their own version...

**Robbzilla** · 01-26-2011, 12:47 PM

I find it ironic that the very thing that irritates me the most about Android phones is the thing that makes the carriers' updates take so damn long.

Seriously folks, offer a vanilla phone and the option to install the extras in an easy to use package. Something like ID on Sprint. You could then have the best of both worlds: A phone that could be updated quickly, but could still offer the "total experience" to people who want that crap.

Or at least let me remove your bloatware without rooting my phone!