re: Nexus thread: 2015 N5 and N6 Edition Revealed; Waiting Room

Updated to lollipop. It's a little slow but it shall do. I have a nexus 7 2012.

I love android tablets. I have an iPhone 5s, which is get for cellular mobile use, but once office comes to lollipop (I had the preview on kitkat 4.4.4) I thjnk android tablets will reign supreme

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What level of modifications are we talking about?

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Well, an unlocked bootloader removes signature checks, so you are free to replace the entire OS. Some people like installing ROMs even on Nexus devices just for a few extra features, but it sounds like you would be fine just getting timely official updates without unlocking.

I would recommend rooting eventually, though. I think you can root without unlocking the bootloader, but most tools and step-by-step guides will probably unlock it anyway. Personally, I love having a custom recovery because you can do a full imaged backup of the phone straight to the device's storage, which you can then copy to another location. There are lots of "power user" apps on the play store that require root, as well, and it's nice being able to install them and use all their features.

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It sounds like I may not even care about rooting, or that I should at least take time to learn Android before I start fricking with it. The reason I've stuck with iPhone for so long is that my mobile requirements have always been simple, but I'm just in the mood to try something new.

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Yeah, at least take a couple weeks or months to see what it does for you. There will be a lot for you to explore before you even think about throwing rooting and ROMs into the mix.

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ILikeLSUToo

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Dude, are you kidding me? You're one of the smartest frickers around here. Hell yes rooting and roms are right up your alley. If you are gonna go android, then do it full bore. Get the 6, and root that bitch. Only then will you feel the full power of the android my friend. I'd be disappointed if you and your tech prowess shunned the holy grail of the android OS that is the root user.

I don't generally jump into things like that without knowing why I'd want to in the first place, as well as full knowledge on how to fix it if something were to go wrong. The problem is I'm 99% in the dark when it comes to everything Android. I've never used a phone with Android for more than a few minutes, and that was years ago. I guess I just need to look for a list of all the things you can do with a rooted nexus vs. non-rooted.

In the past, I jailbroke iphones for the following features:
1. App piracy, which I know can be done on Android without rooting.
2. Ad-free, unlimited-skip Pandora, which I am pretty sure doesn't require rooting.
3. Blocking numbers (before iOS 7), unsure of the Android option for this but I trust that it exists and works fine.
4. Unauthorized hidden tethering with PDAnet, which can be done on unrooted android by sideloading pdanet.
5. Free in-app purchases for apps that don't require server validation of purchases.(this might require rooting)

But I'm sure there's so much more that can be done, but my knowledge here is limited by apathy towards mobile devices and the constraints of the iPhone in general.

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I guess I just need to look for a list of all the things you can do with a rooted nexus vs. non-rooted.

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A few things I think you might be interested in doing with root:

Better, more detailed battery statistics
CPU tuning
Adblock
Greenify (basically lets you imprison other apps that may hog battery in the background)
Per-app network stats and logging
Titanium backup (per-app backups, including settings)
Tasker (deserves its own thread, works fine without root but some tasks do require root)

Knowing the little bit I have gathered about you from reading your posts on the interwebs, I get the feeling that once you get Android in your hands, learn it, and tinker with it, you're going to love it. Then it won't be long before you are rooting and modifying your OS or kernel.

Reddit is saying chat is telling them ships tomorrow. Ugh.

Could be or it's highly possible that she doesn't know shite either. I doubt I'll have any success, but I may check a couple of stores tomorrow afternoon, if it hasn't shipped.

haven't followed these much since they weren't available on verizon but did the price double from the 5 to 6? 350 to 650?

Marques Brownlee doesn't have good things to say about the battery life either