Longtime BB user just converted

[Tahoedan]

I was having some real problems with Sprint service after ~11 years and so switched to Verizon. I went with the new BB Q10 phone and my life was so much better instantly. Then i learned how to sideload and realized all i was missing from Android. So I raced back to Verizon after 15 days and they let me exchange my Q10 for a Galaxy S4.
I have been busy tweaking and customizing this thing all day and had a lot of questions so here I am.

 

[UJ95x]

Welcome to Android Central and Android OS What are the questions? XD

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Ask away, we're all here to help each other out.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I was having some real problems with Sprint service after ~11 years and so switched to Verizon. I went with the new BB Q10 phone and my life was so much better instantly. Then i learned how to sideload and realized all i was missing from Android. So I raced back to Verizon after 15 days and they let me exchange my Q10 for a Galaxy S4.
I have been busy tweaking and customizing this thing all day and had a lot of questions so here I am.

Welcome to the forums!
How are you liking the device so far?

 

[Tahoedan]

thanks!

I was going to try to pose some in the proper forums but i will throw these ?'s out now.

I have been trying to configure my email. I have 1 gmail and one on my bluehost server and would like to use just one client. I set them up on the native Galaxy email client and the only option for retrieval is 15 minutes or greater, no push option or 5 minute etc. This is with pop or imap. I like pop. I have been trying different clients all day and am not happy yet.

I hate all the permissions apps ask for and thus opt not to install many. So I have been trying to figure this out and am trying some apps to control permissions but it looks like the best way to do so is to Root the phone first. And this looks like the way to control all the bloatware which drives me nuts and leaches resources I am sure.
So I am looking at this guide: it looks like the right one for my phone?

Lastly, with blackberry i would typically install leaked versions of OS's. is that something Android users do as well? (i have not dipped into this research yet)

 

[clickclick#AC]

To install leaked versions you will probably want to be rooted

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[Golfdriver97]

thanks!

I was going to try to pose some in the proper forums but i will throw these ?'s out now.

I have been trying to configure my email. I have 1 gmail and one on my bluehost server and would like to use just one client. I set them up on the native Galaxy email client and the only option for retrieval is 15 minutes or greater, no push option or 5 minute etc. This is with pop or imap. I like pop. I have been trying different clients all day and am not happy yet.

I hate all the permissions apps ask for and thus opt not to install many. So I have been trying to figure this out and am trying some apps to control permissions but it looks like the best way to do so is to Root the phone first. And this looks like the way to control all the bloatware which drives me nuts and leaches resources I am sure.
So I am looking at this guide: it looks like the right one for my phone?

Lastly, with blackberry i would typically install leaked versions of OS's. is that something Android users do as well? (i have not dipped into this research yet)

Guide looks good. Skimmed it, but the steps seem in proper order.
You typically need to be rooted to flash custom ROMs.

As for apps...it depends on the permissions. Say reading phone calls doesn't mean they take data of callers, it means that the app understands that when a phone call comes in, the call trumps the app operation.

 

[Haalcyon]

Welcome to Android Central!

from my Note 3