I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S5 running rooted OS 5 (Lollipop). I’ve had the phone 4 years and it does most of the things I want, all-be-it, a bit slow at times. I’m using it on a grandfathered Verizon unlimited data plan because I use between 25 and 40 GB of data per month. Now that football season has started, streaming games will use more data. Anyways…
I’ve run into a few problems that are going to eventually force me to upgrade to a new phone and I’d like to address them before I make a decision as to which phone to get.
1. Applications have started telling me that there is a new version and I need to upgrade to use them. When I try to upgrade, the store tells me that the latest version is not compatible with my phone. The NFL mobile App is the one I really want to be able to use that I can’t.
2. My phone is constantly complaining that it’s out of internal storage. I’ve tried removing apps to free up space, but then I begin the “install, use, remove” game. Ick.
3. Apps have started telling me that they are not compatible with rooted devices. Thanks Spectrum. I read into hiding the fact that the phone is rooted from apps, but that requires an app which is not a good solution as you can see in #2 above. Is rooting still necessary with newer devices as I keep the OS stock and root just to have the app access?
My thought is to get a new phone and maybe not root the thing. I’m only rooting at this point to be able to run AdAway, Titanium Backup and remove bloatware. Over the years, I’ve seen folks talk about how most of the things that folks originally needed root for are now achievable without root. With the exception of titanium backup, I might be able to live without root.
1. Somewhere I saw a thread about ad blockers and using an ad eliminating DNS as an alternative. I looked into it, but couldn’t figure out how to modify the settings for DNS on the S5. Is it possible on new phones running the latest OS?
2. I know that my phone came with 16GB internal storage and that the S9 has 64GB which should be more than plenty, but is it really and can I move apps to the card, blah blah blah? I’m asking because I’m not familiar with the newer versions of android and it seems that with the jump to version 6, the external card became less useful, hence one of the reasons I didn’t upgrade.
3. The real concern is that I will need to move apps and data to my new phone. I would normally use titanium backup to achieve this but if I decide not to root, I’m kind of at a loss for how to do this. It’s been so long since I messed with this type of stuff. What is the best non root way to achieve this?
Is the S9 the phone I should be looking at or is there something else? My main disappointment with the S5 was the camera in low light. Beyond that I’ve been very happy. What do folks think I should be looking at?
I’ve run into a few problems that are going to eventually force me to upgrade to a new phone and I’d like to address them before I make a decision as to which phone to get.
1. Applications have started telling me that there is a new version and I need to upgrade to use them. When I try to upgrade, the store tells me that the latest version is not compatible with my phone. The NFL mobile App is the one I really want to be able to use that I can’t.
2. My phone is constantly complaining that it’s out of internal storage. I’ve tried removing apps to free up space, but then I begin the “install, use, remove” game. Ick.
3. Apps have started telling me that they are not compatible with rooted devices. Thanks Spectrum. I read into hiding the fact that the phone is rooted from apps, but that requires an app which is not a good solution as you can see in #2 above. Is rooting still necessary with newer devices as I keep the OS stock and root just to have the app access?
My thought is to get a new phone and maybe not root the thing. I’m only rooting at this point to be able to run AdAway, Titanium Backup and remove bloatware. Over the years, I’ve seen folks talk about how most of the things that folks originally needed root for are now achievable without root. With the exception of titanium backup, I might be able to live without root.
1. Somewhere I saw a thread about ad blockers and using an ad eliminating DNS as an alternative. I looked into it, but couldn’t figure out how to modify the settings for DNS on the S5. Is it possible on new phones running the latest OS?
2. I know that my phone came with 16GB internal storage and that the S9 has 64GB which should be more than plenty, but is it really and can I move apps to the card, blah blah blah? I’m asking because I’m not familiar with the newer versions of android and it seems that with the jump to version 6, the external card became less useful, hence one of the reasons I didn’t upgrade.
3. The real concern is that I will need to move apps and data to my new phone. I would normally use titanium backup to achieve this but if I decide not to root, I’m kind of at a loss for how to do this. It’s been so long since I messed with this type of stuff. What is the best non root way to achieve this?
Is the S9 the phone I should be looking at or is there something else? My main disappointment with the S5 was the camera in low light. Beyond that I’ve been very happy. What do folks think I should be looking at?
