Verizon Galaxy S5 lollipop update is a joke

[Red Storm]

And to elaborate on an earlier response in the thread: Apple is one of the few smartphone makers that refuses to let carriers install bloatware. You get the same layout in every country. Frankly, I wish more Android OEMs would develop that kind of backbone. A lot of them are far too willing to submit to the networks' demands in hopes of getting marketing money that ultimately doesn't help them. You shouldn't have to buy a Nexus or pay for an unlocked model just to get the clean software you should have had all along.

Unfortunately Apple has a similar problem, in that they bundle in a lot apps on their iPhones. At least with a Nexus I could disable say Gmail and use another mail app. On the iPhone I'm stuck with all these apps (Stocks, Game Center, Health, Maps, Newsstand, Podcasts, Tips, etc.) that I have no choice to even disable, let alone change from default.

Two different philosophies/approaches, each with their own set of pros and cons.

 

[killster1]

Sprint galaxy s5 lollipop is going fine.. wanted to try one rooted and customized from xda forum but have not devoted the time to do that (prob will be 2 hours of tinkering since it said the first boot tiem would be 20 mins at least )