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Samsung pay? I dunno if that will ever pickup... I have never even used android pay. Plus if you root your phone, bye bye samsung pay. Don't drink the cool-aid, do you want a good overall experience of a buttload of 1/2 assed features and specs on a software crippled device?
No place requires chip. If you have a chip and pin card you have to use chip and pin if it's available but samsung pay and the supporting CC companies issue you a new CC number that is associated with Samsung pay that ties back to the account. So chip and pin doesn't matter.Does Samsung Pay still work for places that now require smart chips?
How about Galaxy S7 edge?? I have chosen to purchase this mobile. Let me the cons of this mobile???
I'm seriously considering moving my bank account from TD to Wells Fargo solely because TD doesn't support Samsung Pay.
Why you should rather get the Exynos version over the Snapdragon, and not just that the Exynos versions are dual-sim:
No root, no unlocked bootloader, means no buy for me. Especially us [H] crowd, I thought people posting here would be modders, and not accept a Joe Blow public phone with no alterations accepted ?
jcadduono from XDA said:turning dm-verity off requires an unlocked device. the G5 is a locked device.
dm-verity is enabled in the boot image via fstab. by changing the boot image, you trigger qualcomm secure boot.
your device will not be able to boot with a modified boot image, nor will it be able to boot with a modified system image.
we'll just have to keep waiting for a manufacturer that is reasonable.
it's a shame that the linux kernel can't save us here. linus torvalds and the maintainers of linux only care about software freedom and not hardware freedom.
the biggest difference between GPLv2 and GPLv3 is that GPLv3 provides hardware freedom.
the linux kernel will always be GPLv2.
No root, no unlocked bootloader, means no buy for me. Especially us [H] crowd, I thought people posting here would be modders, and not accept a Joe Blow public phone with no alterations accepted ?
They have to keep the phone locked down if they want to be taken seriously for security / payment concerns.
Well I officially no longer have an s7. Did a jump on it & switched to the LG K7.. Actually feels better in the hand, but overall performs like the 140 dollar phone that it is.
I just couldn't take the Samsung software. Even after changing the launcher to the google now launcher there was too much to annoy me with the phone in just about every menu. Will probably snag a G5 in a few weeks.
Well Samsung came through and released an update today that fixed the 820 issues. Games/apps that were running like crap now run smooth and the device seems generally more fluid. I now have no complaints w/ this device as someone who came from the iPhone.
You on Verizon? Cause I've yet to get an OTA. With my luck they'll take months to get it through.
Yep, but I do have a g5 on the way now. This k7 sucks, but it's surprisingly good for 140 bucks brand new. It will take the place of my n5 as the designated backup since it has band 12 supportWow, A K7. Had to look that shit up. Didn't realize they were still making phones with 480X854 resolution. I thought even the shit shows these days had at least a 720P panel. Wow, talk about a trip down memory lane.
Yep, but I do have a g5 on the way now. This k7 sucks, but it's surprisingly good for 140 bucks brand new. It will take the place of my n5 as the designated backup since it has band 12 support
Well I hope you like the G5 more, but if you returned your S7 for software reasons, you do realize that LG software-wise, is historically just as bad if not worse than Samsung? I had an G3 for a year and a half and although I personally didn't find the software too egregious, I know plenty of other people did. I did have that rooted though with tweekbox and a few other goodies.
LG isn't great on updates, but to say they are just as bad as Samsung is blasphemy... Hence the s5 is a dog on 5.1.1 and the g3 is getting 6.0.1..
Not to mention the locked boot loader on the s7.
Oh ok. Talking about the software in that aspect I find lg to be much less overbearing then anything other then pure Android as is the case on my nexus 5.When did I bring up updates? We're talking about two different things here. You mentioned that even after placing Google now on your phone, there "were things on every menu that annoyed you". Which leads me to believe that you're not a fan of how Samsung skins their software correct?
All I'm saying is that if you're looking for a beautifully skinned version of Android, LG is not known for that. If anything it's worse than Samsung. Which is bad obviously. They use all kinds of weird ass color palettes and odd shapes. That's not blasphemy. Just fair warning.
That said, I like LG phones and I hope you do like the G5. I might have been tempted to pick one up but LG making the battery smaller was a huge mistake in my book. I show my support with my wallet and that size battery is unacceptable for 2016.
I found the lg software to be way less intrusive then Samsung's. My last device before the s7 was a g4. And even with this k7 pos is much cleaner.When did I bring up updates? We're talking about two different things here. You mentioned that even after placing Google now on your phone, there "were things on every menu that annoyed you". Which leads me to believe that you're not a fan of how Samsung skins their software correct?
All I'm saying is that if you're looking for a beautifully skinned version of Android, LG is not known for that. If anything it's worse than Samsung. Which is bad obviously. They use all kinds of weird ass color palettes and odd shapes. That's not blasphemy. Just fair warning.
That said, I like LG phones and I hope you do like the G5. I might have been tempted to pick one up but LG making the battery smaller was a huge mistake in my book. I show my support with my wallet and that size battery is unacceptable for 2016.
I love the look and shape of the phone, but I've grown to truly hate Samsung's software. It just feels clunky and cheap.
You are still in the honeymoon of touchwiz. Give it 3-4 months when you fast phone turns into a laggy mess. I love Samsung hardware, but man they have a way of royally screwing up the software side of things.
I just hate all of their bundle bloatware that you can't get rid of. I generally hate the look and feel of TouchWiz's menu, too. My S5 never really ran into slowdowns much, but it always felt like a Ferrari with an interiour that a bunch of cats had pissed all over. It irks the hell out of me that the S7 software still looks just as clunky.
I love all the hate for the samsung software.. That is the main reason I am now using an LG G5. Its still not as clean as running a straight Nexus Device, but at least after installing the google now launcher it doesnt constantly remind you that its still touchwiz like the S7 does (ie the menu's are much more vanilla instead of everything being touchwiz modified).
Yep. It's far from perfect, but nothing glaring. I think it should be better for a 600 dollar phone, but it's not horrible either. I work for one of the big 4 and there is probably 20 people I know that all just got g5's and they are all about the same. Nothing that effects functionality, just seems rushed.Ive heard about build quality issues with the G5 (like the battery not going in all the way creating a weird gap). Have you had any with your G5?