Glitchy / Buggy?

[Maticuno]

I'm sick to death of Samsung products and their glitchy TouchWiz launcher and other annoying issues. I'm strongly considering dumping my S6 Active for a Priv, mainly for the physical keyboard which is something I've missed since my Captivate Glide croaked years ago. What I'm curious about is if anyone here has come from a Samsung Galaxy class product and enjoys the Priv more. Any jumpy/glitchy/annoying software issues? I would hope there is less since it appears much more vanilla than most other manufacturers.

 

[FF22]

I hope this is proper! Android Central has a sister site, Crackberry and a Priv forum where there's been discussion about just such issues. Adherents on the Priv and Samsung side of things as you might suspect. You might look around over there:

BlackBerry Priv - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

 

[Maticuno]

Thanks. I've looked around over there, but a lot of complaints seem to be BB10 users who can't make the adjustment to Android, and I've been using Android ever since my BB Curve 8330 died and I switched to the Captivate Glide.

I was hoping the frequenters of Android Central, those with experience with other Android devices, could chime in on how it compares.

 

[FF22]

Well, there are plenty of those complaints but filtering through the other threads where Samsung is mentioned is some intelligent conversation. I know that Touch Wiz is a "touchy" subject. Although from some comments it has been changed to be less intrusive, I gather. I do have a Samsung Tab S 10.5 but use it mainly on vacations where it has been a reasonable traveling companion. I have always tended to ignore the first HOME page which might be the Touch wiz stuff. I have appreciated its native file manager.

I was pretty spontaneous in ordering the Priv when Verizon offered me a $200 discount. Things I like and things that still befuddle me. And, yes, I think BB10 was a better OS and Google was less omnipresent but the app situation was getting worse and worse.

good luck with your decision.

 

[Maticuno]

I was pretty spontaneous in ordering the Priv when Verizon offered me a $200 discount. Things I like and things that still befuddle me. And, yes, I think BB10 was a better OS and Google was less omnipresent but the app situation was getting worse and worse.

You mention that you like BB10 more. Was the Priv your first Android based phone?

 

[Puzzlegal]

I came to the priv from the Android world. I had some buggy/glitchy issues, but a factory reset cured them. I've found it a smooth phone with a pleasant, low-key user interface.

 

[FF22]

You mention that you like BB10 more. Was the Priv your first Android based phone?

As I compose this reply the 3rd time!!!!!!!!!!!

The Priv is my first Android phone. I have the Samsung Tab S but mainly use it on vacations and some couch surfing. I am not found of Home buttons, back buttons or Recent buttons. The BB10 swiping gestures are smooth and fluid and feel natural. Active frames allow me to know what is multitasking/running. I can assuredly close apps by tapping a little X. I can easily page between apps.

The full Hub is dynamic and everything is neatly in one place.

There was wifi-sharing where the internal and sdcard were available to Win Explorer and I could drag/drop/copy/move/delete files without a usb cable and not have to rely on a funky web browser interface to explore files.

Also the entire phone OS is more secure, I guess. No array of 3rd party apps and developers demanding access to location, contacts, calendar, files, etc. Less of the pervasive Google world in association with those apps.

But obviously, the app situation if you wanted more was sorely lacking.

I get use to the Priv but still really do miss the Z30 experience.

 

[Stelios Gnd]

Man, get the priv it's just amazing!!

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[bitek]

Typing on priv keyboard is great !

 

[aecgda]

I've gone from BlackBerry Z30 to the Priv. It's an excellent phone and gets better with every update. Battery lasts forever.

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[Deleted member 2678566]

If you can get marshmallow the PRIV really feels like a leading flagship. battery performance is incredible.

Do not use adoptable storage though. Stick to a portable SD card. I beta tested it and it's really bad on the GPU and battery.

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[Deleted member 2678566]

I came to the priv from the Android world. I had some buggy/glitchy issues, but a factory reset cured them. I've found it a smooth phone with a pleasant, low-key user interface.

Love hearing stories like this. BlackBerry continue to impress me with their regular maintenance and that's saying something as they have never ben good with their word in the past

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