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<p>[QUOTE="snowwy, post: 4271548, member: 30838"]i'm pretty happy with my sprint phone. haven't been able to test wyoming yet, but nevada has service all the way along 80 now. </p><p><br /></p><p>my verizon has been hit and miss lately. </p><p><br /></p><p>the restrictions i'm talking about are things like root. not a big deal with sprint, verizon does everything they can to keep it locked down. real PITA. </p><p> </p><p>developer options are right there on my sprint. verizon makes it a hidden secret. you have to tap a greyed out item 7 times. </p><p><br /></p><p>there's a lot of neat things one can do with their phone. things most users won't dream of doing. but for those of us that do. verizon dn't like that idea. </p><p><br /></p><p>there's a group of geeks called cyanogen. they make their own version software. for just about anything android. and they do a much better job. and even strip the original software of all the bloatware most of us don't use or like. and throw in a few goodies we do like. they even dress it up to look cooler and nicer. </p><p><br /></p><p>i haven't done anything with cyanogen since i came back out on the road. no time to keep up with everything and i got tired of the headaches trying to get my verizon phones to install. so i just deal with verizon crappy software. and lack of gps with all the models i've had. </p><p><br /></p><p>i reactivated my sprint phone and coverage is much better then years past. </p><p><br /></p><p>as for bing, it's not malware. it's a microsoft search engine that verizon installed on all their customer phones a few years back. people went to bed with their search engines installed, woke up and they were gone, bing was their new search engine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="snowwy, post: 4271548, member: 30838"]i'm pretty happy with my sprint phone. haven't been able to test wyoming yet, but nevada has service all the way along 80 now. my verizon has been hit and miss lately. the restrictions i'm talking about are things like root. not a big deal with sprint, verizon does everything they can to keep it locked down. real PITA. developer options are right there on my sprint. verizon makes it a hidden secret. you have to tap a greyed out item 7 times. there's a lot of neat things one can do with their phone. things most users won't dream of doing. but for those of us that do. verizon dn't like that idea. there's a group of geeks called cyanogen. they make their own version software. for just about anything android. and they do a much better job. and even strip the original software of all the bloatware most of us don't use or like. and throw in a few goodies we do like. they even dress it up to look cooler and nicer. i haven't done anything with cyanogen since i came back out on the road. no time to keep up with everything and i got tired of the headaches trying to get my verizon phones to install. so i just deal with verizon crappy software. and lack of gps with all the models i've had. i reactivated my sprint phone and coverage is much better then years past. as for bing, it's not malware. it's a microsoft search engine that verizon installed on all their customer phones a few years back. people went to bed with their search engines installed, woke up and they were gone, bing was their new search engine.[/QUOTE]
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