Customization...

[mustang7757]

Sheesh, dude ... No wonder you love it all!

My father inspired me , was all his until he retired.

From school to him teaching me , I owe all of it to him ...kinda my hero

 

[anon(10092459)]

My father inspired me , was all his until he retired.

From school to him teaching me , I owe all of it to him ...kinda my hero

Damn nice! Is that where you get you interest in tech too..? You're pretty versed with phones too, it seems ...

 

[mustang7757]

Damn nice! Is that where you get you interest in tech too..? You're pretty versed with phones too, it seems ...

Yeah that's where my interest in phone tech comes from . I love all technology

 

[Mike Dee]

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Can you build Johhny Five

 

[mustang7757]

Can you build Johhny Five

Lol
Good question , I probably could make his structure , would need a shametic how to wire him probably be a dumb robot after I put him together.
I never attempted that lol you gave me a new vision to try something like that in future.

 

[ptkelly]

I've wondered about this type of topic, as well. I'm happy that Android offers so much choice and differences with devices, but sometimes I think people don't match up well with devices. Like if you want something "feature heavy" (credit to J Dubbs), I don't know why you'd ever buy a Pixel and then want it to be that way.

Don't get me wrong, people can buy and do as they please and more power to them. I just don't understand why you buy a device and then expect it to be something else and do things it doesn't do.

I don't want "feature" heavy. I do want to control the size of the icons, whether or not they have labels, and the wallpaper, the animation on changing screens, and that sort of "customization". I've been running Pixels since Nexus so I'm not up-to-date but when I had a Samsung, they did the "customization" and I lived with it.

 

[Itsa_Me_Mario]

That's a word that comes up a lot. While I know that Android prides itself on it, I love the Pixel for being "the iPhone of the Android world.”

If you have a Pixel and wish the customize it to no end, why not opt for a device from a different Android OEM?

Asking to start a discussion and gain some insight.

Because almost none of the customization, outside of deep theming or custom ROMs allows you to change the menus, etc. Also because all of those other devices are less secure. Also because all of those other devices can't match the camera, etc. And they typically fail on updates, etc, etc.

But honestly, the best device for customization comes from OnePlus.

 

[anon(10092459)]

I don't want "feature" heavy. I do want to control the size of the icons, whether or not they have labels, and the wallpaper, the animation on changing screens, and that sort of "customization". I've been running Pixels since Nexus so I'm not up-to-date but when I had a Samsung, they did the "customization" and I lived with it.

I hear you. Since the Pixel's skin is very light, they'd need to make that more native to the OS I would imagine for this brand of device. A lot of settings and UI controls is what makes some of the other OEMs very attractive to users.

Personally, I feel that one of the greatest features of the Pixel is restraint. Not sure how to categorize it, but reduction of clutter is very valuable to users like myself.

 

[cbreze]

That's a word that comes up a lot. While I know that Android prides itself on it, I love the Pixel for being "the iPhone of the Android world.”

If you have a Pixel and wish the customize it to no end, why not opt for a device from a different Android OEM?

Asking to start a discussion and gain some insight.

My problem with android and my pixel is perhaps to many choices in the customization options. It seems I have a hard time settling for a particular launcher for more than a short while sometimes. I currently have 9 launchers set up and ready to go at my slightest whim. It can be to easy having tooo much, like a kid in a candy store. My current solution is to put down the pixel and swap to my Iphone7. It is set up like a pixel, (google heavy)at least as close as I can get it. But one launcher! So that's it, no stressing or at least much less stress. Just use it as a phone and go about my life. So when I've had enough of the crap load of choices I go back to basics. The Iphone is like a cleanse for my overloaded brain. Then back to android until the next needed brain cleaning. Lol. Perhaps ocd a bit also. Day 5 on the Iphone and my brain is thanking me.

 

[mumfoau]

My problem with android and my pixel is perhaps to many choices in the customization options. It seems I have a hard time settling for a particular launcher for more than a short while sometimes. I currently have 9 launchers set up and ready to go at my slightest whim. It can be to easy having tooo much, like a kid in a candy store. My current solution is to put down the pixel and swap to my Iphone7. It is set up like a pixel, (google heavy)at least as close as I can get it. But one launcher! So that's it, no stressing or at least much less stress. Just use it as a phone and go about my life. So when I've had enough of the crap load of choices I go back to basics. The Iphone is like a cleanse for my overloaded brain. Then back to android until the next needed brain cleaning. Lol. Perhaps ocd a bit also. Day 5 on the Iphone and my brain is thanking me.

But that overload is your own fault. Android doesn't force you to have 9 launchers. I treat Android devices like iPhones. I never switch from the stock launcher that the phone ships with. I might change an app but that's the extent of it. Lol

 

[cbreze]

But that overload is your own fault. Android doesn't force you to have 9 launchers. I treat Android devices like iPhones. I never switch from the stock launcher that the phone ships with. I might change an app but that's the extent of it. Lol

Oh, it's 100% me. But I'm not alone in the launcher swapping boat. When I first got the pixel I left it on the oem launcher for quite sometime but the need to change creeps in as the device gets used day after day. Eventually the need to customize gets to tempting and one launcher leads to another and another. It's one thing I've always liked about android is a launcher swap out is all that;s needed to give your device a whole new and different themed look. Anyway, just thought I'd give my 2 cents.

 

[anon(10092459)]

My problem with android and my pixel is perhaps to many choices in the customization options. It seems I have a hard time settling for a particular launcher for more than a short while sometimes. I currently have 9 launchers set up and ready to go at my slightest whim. It can be to easy having tooo much, like a kid in a candy store. My current solution is to put down the pixel and swap to my Iphone7. It is set up like a pixel, (google heavy)at least as close as I can get it. But one launcher! So that's it, no stressing or at least much less stress. Just use it as a phone and go about my life. So when I've had enough of the crap load of choices I go back to basics. The Iphone is like a cleanse for my overloaded brain. Then back to android until the next needed brain cleaning. Lol. Perhaps ocd a bit also. Day 5 on the Iphone and my brain is thanking me.

This is exactly my point and well said. One of the main pillars of both systems can be an absolute achilles heal from user to user. Android is great at options and choices, but then you gotta deal with options and choices and that means making decisions and developing understandings. That can be too much sometimes.

At the same time with iOS the freedom from the burdens of decision making can be liberating, while most users in Android can find it to be stifling and totaltarian. It's amazing to me how the same thing can be seen so differently at times.

Android is amazing for individual voice, but man you start looking at the differences in skins, then the launchers, then the individual services and systems ... A layman casual tech user might have a better chance navigating the Congo.

 

[cbreze]

This is exactly my point and well said. One of the main pillars of both systems can be an absolute achilles heal from user to user. Android is great at options and choices, but then you gotta deal with options and choices and that means making decisions and developing understandings. That can be too much sometimes.

At the same time with iOS the freedom from the burdens of decision making can be liberating, while most users in Android can find it to be stifling and totaltarian. It's amazing to me how the same thing can be seen so differently at times.

Android is amazing for individual voice, but man you start looking at the differences in skins, then the launchers, then the individual services and systems ... A layman casual tech user might have a better chance navigating the Congo.

I love your line " IOS, the freedom from the burdens of decision making". Perfectly sums it up becausethat is IOS absolutely. No customization pressures unless I want a diff wallpaper because that's it . LOL!
You know we all get addicted to our phones to some degree, but it's android that addicts me, not my pixel, not IOS. IOS is my methadone to my drug of choice android.

 

[bryantj3303]

I love your line " IOS, the freedom from the burdens of decision making". Perfectly sums it up becausethat is IOS absolutely. No customization pressures unless I want a diff wallpaper because that's it . LOL!
You know we all get addicted to our phones to some degree, but it's android that addicts me, not my pixel, not IOS. IOS is my methadone to my drug of choice android.

When I got my first android last year (Galaxy S8), I had no idea about the depths of customization you could do. iOS took care of all that for me. I continuously fell down the rabbit hole of changing settings and themes. It's been fun. While I do miss my iPhone sometimes, primarily because of iMessage, I don't foresee myself going back soon. My perception of the Galaxy is that it isn't for someone who like a stock feel and heavy customizing, hence why the phone is loaded with features. When I get my next phone, I'll definitely check out the latest Pixel. The only thing that holds me back is that my perception of stock android is that I'd have a basic phone and would have to spend a fair amount of time downloading third party aps to do things that are already features in a Galaxy.

 

[anon(10092459)]

I love your line " IOS, the freedom from the burdens of decision making". Perfectly sums it up becausethat is IOS absolutely. No customization pressures unless I want a diff wallpaper because that's it . LOL!
You know we all get addicted to our phones to some degree, but it's android that addicts me, not my pixel, not IOS. IOS is my methadone to my drug of choice android.

Decision fatigue is a real thing. Nobody should go grocery shopping after work and definitely don't be in front of a judge late in the afternoon.

Listen, Android is great and the choices abundant, but it can both a blessing and curse. Like going to the Cheesecake Factory here in the states.