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Comment Re: Google just pissy (Score 1) 107

Cyanogen should have taken it. Other than old device support they are lacking... Google could cut them off when they feel free to... IMO Cyanogen has been going down since the whole tmobile deal. Stable updates come slower, I've had bat problems with recent builds and they don't support internal firmware of many devices. I can go on XDA and get a awesome rom anytime that includes firmware that works with device special features and get all my extra features.

Don't get me wrong I love the guys.... I think they are starting to get greedy and I myself since years ago have seen a decline in their product. They will get their evaluation one day and the name will die they want to sell out. They donate all the time but the fact they try to force you to pay for official apps just rubs me wrong.

Comment Re: It's sad (Score 0) 427

It's not abusing anything Google apps work better and use less resources than the competitors which is 1 reason why they are doing this.

One of the biggest problems with android is manufactures and providers are trying to replace Google core apps with crap that crashes, uses resources and costs more.

This doesn't mean all but most, download a rom without manufacture / carrier crap and only Google crap and your battery life about doubles.

Comment Re: I dunno about LEDs, but CFLs don't last (Score 1) 602

In Cali CFL' and LED's easily pay for themselves and if you buy a decent brand where you can register them they'll replace them for free.

If you buy the cheapest than expect them not to last.... Make sure all your fancy switches, dimmers and detectors are built for CFL or LED. Make sure the CFL / LED bulbs are built for its function. Examples would be outside bulbs, dimmable bulbs and they even have heavy on/off load bulbs. On top of all this if you house has horrible wiring you need to fix it or use the heavy duty ones that are built better. You can get the best deals online as hardware stores always ask a premium.

Comment Re: Alright smart guy (Score 1) 504

My friend has a 5 and with ios8 his bat dies faster, his apps run slower and we are thinking about factory restoring it to see if it fixes the issue.. No wonder they gave the new phones more bat life haha.
It took forever to upgrade and in the end it still looks the same lol

Comment Re: Jailbreak (Score 1) 336

The lock down means you must use apples program which means apple gets the transaction fees lol This is the main point behind it... nfc is not a complicated technology... and has other uses other than payments as devices including blackberry, windows and android has shown.

Comment Re: no wonder apple dropped 16GB machines (Score 1) 216

You can buy a 64gb micro for pretty cheap and they are making huge profit on it... Memory is cheap these days they even stated they make more profit the higher you go in memory...
Btw the reason apple doesnt support SD'so has nothing to do with issues it's all about the money. They have had working prototypes with sd slots before...

Comment Re: No good for older iPhones (Score 1) 216

Not true they just had an article on one of the Android sites how roms, are allowing old androids to run great pretty much till the hardware dies. This is also possible with apple if they allowed people in. They will have to one day whether is in a year or 10 I dunno. They allow things they would have never before like amazon music where they beat them price wise on about everything.

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