Liamo_210

I wanted to know what people would prefer.Would you like stock android on your phone for its fast updates or manufacturers skins for their added features but delayed updates.

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Liamo_210

Mate could you comment on what you mean by other

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breadnatty08

Well, if it wasn't for what developers put into their ROMs, I'd vote stock. But, some of the tweaks that AOKP et al have added to their ICS and JB based ROMs would have me vote other.

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Liamo_210

Yes i was thinking that myself thanks for the opinion mate

Liamo_210

evryone feel free to state why you chose the option

chanchan05

I think you should edit the "others" option into "custom ROMS". Personally here's my take:

1. Pure Android would give you the, well, "purest" experience of Android, with how it was meant to look and feel like. However, note that pure Android has less functionality/features (depends on how you look or define the words) out of the box compared to manufacturer skins.

2. Manufacturer skins will have you seeing the manufacturer's own vision for their devices. It will look the way they want it and work the way they think would be easy for you. In some ways its kinda like Apple doing the thinking for you, but you still get Android's open-ness in a way that's more than Apple but less than stock Android. But its also got more features out of the box than stock Android. Prime examples of these are the HTC Widgets and Samsung's S-Voice and my personal favorite feature: Smart Stay. Mostly, this is enough for some, and its also one of the more stable builds of Android that's not stock.

3. Custom ROMs. Sort of the between of Manufacturer skins and Pure Android. They mostly use a pure Android interface, except for some who actually makes ROMs for the looks that can't be achieved without such level of customization (an example is MIUI). Mostly the custom ROMs are built for performance. Stock Android generally is faster than manufacturer skins because of less background services running (although this also translates to less features running). Custom ROMs tend to generally just be running the absolutely required services, while trying to add features on top of stock ROM in some cases. The problem with this is that these guys are independent developers and as such their nightly releases aren't usually as stable as stock Android or Manufacturer versions.

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Liamo_210

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TJGoSurf

After using Jelly Bean on my Nexus 7 I have to go with stock. It does almost everything I want. *glare Adobe*

TrueGreen

Stock all the way

DMGrier

Is there a way to get the stock android on your phone or tablet? Plus what differences is there in the look anyway?

chanchan05

Yes, you root it and flash it with a clean ROM, like CyanogenMod10 (for Jellybean). Note that you will be voiding your warranty if you root.

Liamo_210

Stock is way out in the lead as i expected. The other option can be taken as custom roms

Shocky

I voted for stock, however I don't mind touchwiz.

It's not that different.

Liamo_210

But it means updates take twice as long with stock android you get any updates virtually straight away

Shocky

That may be the case but then I would lose all applications from Samsung as well.

I'd rather keep them and wait a month or two for updates.

Liamo_210

TBH if i wouldnt as i just dislike touchwiz in general but if i was getting a phone with a manufactured skin it would be one with htc sense

DMGrier

I use to like sense but my first smart phone was a HTC HD2 running Windows 6.5 which ruined it for me.

Shocky

I've never liked sense; HTC try to do too much and it looks cluttered and uses too much memory. I get their trying to make the phone stand out but it's for the wrong reasons.

Most users want to keep things simple and fast and that's just not what Sense is about.

Liamo_210

I started this thread to see how many people would actually prefer stock android on their device rather than the added manufacturers skins.

Would the phone manufacturers ever consider removing their skins and start using stock android on their devices???

From now on the next phone that I'll be getting will be a Nexus device mainly so I can get the latest OS updates as soon as they are released.

Metroid Prime

I'd go with manufacturer skins myself.

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Liamo_210

My i ask why ?

chanchan05

I forgot to vote. Yeah pretty much I'd go manufacturer skinned as well.

Liamo_210

who else wants to cast their vote

Liamo_210

I really thought that this thread would get loads of posts because i thought that it would be something that people would have a very strong opinion about.

Come on let's get this thread up to 100 posts. Proving that the vast majority of people would much rather stock android and not accompanied be the manufacturers skins.

Stuntman

I like HTC Sense on my Desire Z so much more than TouchWiz on my SGS3. My friend has stock on his Nexus S and I wasn't very impressed with it.

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gregs887

The original Evo 4G was my first smartphone. I chose that over the Nexus strictly because of the hardware at the time. After fooling around with Sense and stumbling on XDA I learned about different launchers that make the phone look more like Vanilla Android. Soon after that I rooted, went to Cyanogenmod, and didn't look back. I now have a Galaxy Nexus and can honestly say I will never again purchase a non-nexus Android device.

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Liamo_210

Just got a galaxy s3 still would prefer stock android but touch wiz is great too

KENNECTED

I'm torn. I like Stock on my Prime, but would love to have some of the HTC widgets that I have on my HTC EVO 4G LTE

Davdi

I like the Sony Xperia skin, but I changed the animated wallpaper for a photo I took of Elche in Spain.


HTC - I don't mind sense, but Now I've rooted the Wildfire S, would it be better to remove the Orange Apps together with Facebook & Twitter via titanium backup, or install a CM ROM, if CM rom which would be best, i.e. most functional.

Stuntman

I changed from an HTC phone running Sense to the SGS3 running TouchWiz. I much prefer Sense. I checked out my friend's Galaxy Nexus. I still prefer Sense over it. I find that HTC seems to have some added features that really add value to the phone.

Liamo_210

Stocks the best but liking touch wiz on my galaxy S3

zuben el genub

I much prefer a plain screen using a photo. I don't use much of any skin. However, I would like to see some decent icons instead of cutsie or theme colored. I got the Ubuntu theme for ADW and mostly just used the icons. Right now on CM9 Nexus S - I would like a better icon for apps. The all dot one is fine except it's too damn small. It seems to be half the size of the icon in CM7.

ngrygier

I prefer stock, however I do like HTC Sense.

nomarsgirl

I had an HTC Droid Eris as my first smart phone. It came with Sense and I didn't know anything different at first. Then I rooted it and ran Custom ROMS based on stock Android. It seemed to speed the phone up and made it much more customizable.

Now I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon version). I have not rooted it, so I'm running the stock ICS. I'm getting a little impatient for JB, so I may root it. Haven't decided yet.

Liamo_210

Interesting to see how it turned out can't wait to get my nexus 4 with stock android

fdbryant3

I decided to vote other. Mostly because I haven't had a stock Android device so I don't get what all the fuss is all about. On the other hand first thing I do to my phone is install GoLauncher so the manufacturer skin doesn't mean much to me either.

In the end I think if I had to choose between manufacturer or stock I'd go with manufacturer for more features long as I can turn them off. If an update is interesting enough that I just have to have - I'll just root and install a custom rom with it baked in. Best of both worlds.

mikedt

I voted for stock Android. Because some manufacturer's skins can be downright horrible, and also because stock 4.0 and 4.1 looks a heck of a lot better than older versions of Android IMO.

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