dmmarck
Retired Moderator
True. Now where does it say all that get a g nex have to root, run custom roms? Couldn't an app developer, ROM maker have specific ppl test for them? Like the manufactures do?
My issue is with ppl that feel the sole purpose of a g nex is root and custom ROMs. Its a developer phone, but it isn't marketed that way.
The closest thing I can compare this to is over clocking CPUs, mobo, BIOS. If all 3 are shipped in a PC from Dell, do that mean everyone who gets one is supposed to over clock it? Or is it for the select that know how or want to know how?
I'm not sure if many people feel that's the explicit sole purpose, but I (among others) think it's a large factor. Why? Because if you believe in what Nexus used to stand for--it being a "reference" phone with the newest Android OS and how Google/Android expects the OS to be used/delivered to the end consumer--then testing out and trying the newest possible tweaks, features, etc. is both very exciting, very fun, and in many ways, improves the user experience exponentially (if done correctly).
By no means do I think it's a stone cold necessity, but when you have devs out there like Kondik with CyanogenMod (who was hired by I believe Samsung?) who produce a rom that is as professional--if not more so--than the "skins" or even bare Android, then rooting/flashing becomes a great alternative to utilize your device. The professionalism of some roms and devs is just through the roof, and the whole experience no longer comes off as being the hobby of some cheap, morbidly obese teenage nerd sitting in their mum's basement eating Fritos and flashing roms while trolling AIM chat groups.
It's become a very accepted practice with Android, hence the inclusion (or exclusion, depending on how you read your lawz) of the word "may" and not "will" regarding voiding the warranty of your phone.
In that regard, this is the best phone out there--bar none. Once unleashed, it becomes an absolute monster, with better signal, better processing, and all of this built in unrealized potential coming to the top. It's an absolute JOY to see what this thing does when truly tested, which 4.0.2 does not do. So while other phones are, to a certain extent, conditionally better than the GN at being a phone (like the RAZR MAXX, screen issues aside), for what this does, and for the folks who like to live in that Nexus spirit of development, experimentation, and pushing the limits, it absolutely performs up to task.
That and I've had 4.0.4 and the accompanying radios for almost a month now .