Recent content by inertianinja

I posted this question in a few places and requested the feature from a few developers. No luck.

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Are they overpriced or just to expensive? I mean Samsung phones off contract are also very expensive... But they're made of plastic and they include tons of software that everyone rushes to uninstall. Apple phones at least have high end hardware. Im typing this on my Note 3, which has a...

I feel strongly that nobody should be too committed to any one device or platform. I left the iPhone about 18 months ago because of the small display and overly fragile build. My Nexus 5 is wonderful...I like the plain plastic build...but the display isn't the best, and the 32GB limit sucks. My...

Yea, except that's not what's happening here. Its a phone with meh specs and a hardware button specifically dedicated to help you buy things, and yet it is priced and positioned (exclusivity) as though it were itself independently attractive.

sure, exclusivity isn't necessarily something that will kill a phone's sales. the iPhone, in 2007-2008, was such a big deal that I don't think you can compare it to any phone coming out today. The Fire isn't doing anything that will be shocking enough to create that kind of buzz.

I really wonder what carrier exclusives are like to regular people. Does anyone think "oh i want that phone, i'll go with X carrier?" maybe back when ATT had a multi-year exclusivity deal with the iPhone, but now? If anything, I would guess that this deal really comes down to ATT pushing it in...

it's probably decent hardware, though there's nothing about the specs that promise anything amazing. What I find offensive, to be clear, is that there's no secret that Amazon's devices are designed to drive sales to their main business. This should make the device cheaper, not lock me in deeper...

I don't mean to be a buzzkill, but I have to express this. The hardware itself, even with the 3D thing, is no great leap in technology. The software is, like everything Amazon, designed to bring you deeper into Amazon's ecosystem. To make it easier to buy things on Amazon and bring you deeper...

I have been searching, and can't find anything that will do this. I would like to create home screen shortcuts for a specific music album, with the album art as the icon. When tapped, it would play that album in my music player (PowerAmp, in this case). The best I can find are music player...

I meant manually flashing the new RUU, rather than just the update. It would be great, though, if I could download just an update (rather than the entire OS) and apply it to my existing install.

I think I understand. I didn't make a nandroid. So if i want OTAs, I'll have to flash a non-rooted ROM and leave it non-rooted OR leave it rooted and, next time there's an update, manually flash the new update and restore my apps using titanium backup? Which way would you recommend? I'm not...

I am rooted, which I used in order to get Titanium Backup working properly. Is there a way to easily switch back and forth between Rooted and Not Rooted?

I followed guides (this guide) to convert my HTC One Dev Edition --> Google Play Edition with OTAs. This is what I did: - The phone was already unlocked. - I got S-OFF. - I verified that my MID was correct and changed my CID to match the Google Play Edition phone. - I installed TWRP Recovery...

I have the Dev Edition. The updates should come from HTC, but they don't come as fast as you'd think. I got the phone at launch, and there is still no 4.2.2 update for the Dev Edition. Don't hold your breath for them. I just converted the phone from the Dev Edition --> Google Play Edition. I'm...