I'm not liking Android very much

[eek]

Oxygen takes a lot of getting use to, they developed it as they had a spat with Cyanogen so couldn't use their Rom anymore without legal recourse

Given the current state of Cyanogen that actually was a good time to leave....

[TheBA]

I moved from Windows Phone 8 to Android 6 when I got my OnePlus3. One of the key things I was expecting about Android was configurability and greater control over the device. But so far I'm finding it does less than my Lumia allowed.

For one thing the volume controls are very limited... alarms/calls/apps. If I want to watch a youtube video I have to turn the media volume up nearly to max but then when I play a game it's incredibly loud. I had rather expected the ability to make per-app adjustments or at least music/video playback to be separate from apps.

Grrr.

This app will give you per app volume control. There's a free version too https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...lumecontrolpro

Also, you should also be on android 7 if you're running the updates (oxygen 4.0.2)

[Fred Bloggs]

I'm puzzled why nobody seems to do a plain vanilla android any more? I really like my vanilla Nexus 5 but there does not seem to an equivalent phone offered these days?

[d000hg]

This app will give you per app volume control. There's a free version too https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...lumecontrolpro

Also, you should also be on android 7 if you're running the updates (oxygen 4.0.2)

Still on Oxygen 3.2.8, Android 6.0.1. I've had updates since I got the phone so I assume it just hasn't rolled out fully yet - no update is shown available.

I'm puzzled why nobody seems to do a plain vanilla android any more? I really like my vanilla Nexus 5 but there does not seem to an equivalent phone offered these days?

The Pixel?

[Fred Bloggs]

The Pixel would be an obvious candidate. However, its major problem, for me is the price. I tend to benchmark phones against an iPhone. The Nexus 5 was/is a great phone at less than 50% of the iPhone price. Sadly, the Pixel is a premium priced phone and that rules it out for me. I do not need a bells and whistles state of the art handset. A WileyFox or a 1+3 would be ideal if only they came with plain vanilla android installed.

Is this an unfilled niche in the market?

[d000hg]

I'm pretty sure the 1+ is designed to let you root it easily?

[TheBA]

Still on Oxygen 3.2.8, Android 6.0.1. I've had updates since I got the phone so I assume it just hasn't rolled out fully yet - no update is shown available.

That doesn't sound right, you're at least two updates behind. The first nougat update was December.
Grab a free vpn of Google play and set it to Germany. (I used turbo vpn).

[TheBA]

I'm pretty sure the 1+ is designed to let you root it easily?

Yes, it is. Have a look at the 1+ forum or xda. there's a very good community and guides.
I've rooted every android phone apart from my 1+3. Simply haven't felt the need.

[d000hg]

That doesn't sound right, you're at least two updates behind. The first nougat update was December.
Grab a free vpn of Google play and set it to Germany. (I used turbo vpn).

By coincidence, a few hours after posting that message I got an update.

Maybe my provider controls when updates come through, or maybe they stagger them. Or do it by specific handset model.

Now I'm on Oxygen 4.02, Android 7.0. I don't like it much. All the notification sounds changed and I have to pick between MessagING and MessengER for SMS (why?!)

[SueEllen]

By coincidence, a few hours after posting that message I got an update.

Maybe my provider controls when updates come through, or maybe they stagger them. Or do it by specific handset model.

Now I'm on Oxygen 4.02, Android 7.0. I don't like it much. All the notification sounds changed and I have to pick between MessagING and MessengER for SMS (why?!)

It's your provider/handset maker. When I had a Samsung, Samsung and the network operator would purposely delay the updates by about 6 months. Samsung also put on loads of bloatware you cannot remove. Most phone manufacturers do this and it's really fecking annoying.

Now I've have a Nexus 6 which I've had since end of 2014 and get the updates when Google pushes them out to that phone.