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mrochester

thegoodman wrote: »

No, unlike iOS the android is not same os on all android phones.
It's open source so the os is changed by the device maker. The android os on htc is not same as the one on Samsung. For example Amazon android tablet have nothing to do with Google at all.

Again many apps don't work on all android phones, some will only work with certain devices.

Look at the Android os like, many os versions made by many device makers with some part control by google which cannot be changed.

So if you want to avoid the hassle of setting up a new device, you need to stick with Android devices from one manufacturer?

custardy

mrochester wrote: »

So if you want to avoid the hassle of setting up a new device, you need to stick with Android devices from one manufacturer?

not really
there are apps and methods to cover things like that

mrochester

custardy wrote: »

not really
there are apps and methods to cover things like that

Oh right. What are they?

thegoodman

mrochester wrote: »

So if you want to avoid the hassle of setting up a new device, you need to stick with Android devices from one manufacturer?

I don't think you can even do that.
Most manufacturer change the os from one device to another.
Clear your mind of ios which is updated every few months and work with all current and some old iPhones. The android is just the name which is made up of many android versions. The each version is a seperate os. So your old phone was say version 2.0 and your new phone is version 4.0 you may not be able restore from version 2.0.
You can use google for telephone numbers etc and move them to ver 4.

Read the link below
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401823,00.asp

DUTR

thegoodman wrote: »

I don't think you can even do that.
Most manufacturer change the os from one device to another.
Clear your mind of ios which is updated every few months and work with all current and some old iPhones. The android is just the name which is made up of many android versions. The each version is a seperate os. So your old phone was say version 2.0 and your new phone is version 4.0 you may not be able restore from version 2.0.
You can use google for telephone numbers etc and move them to ver 4.

It is the data that is being stored, the OS is different :T

DUTR

thegoodman wrote: »

No, unlike iOS the android is not same os on all android phones.
It's open source so the os is changed by the device maker. The android os on htc is not same as the one on Samsung. For example Amazon android tablet have nothing to do with Google at all.

Again many apps don't work on all android phones, some will only work with certain devices.

Look at the Android os like, many os versions made by many device makers with some part control by google which cannot be changed.

Why not give some examples as what you type is based on supposition.

custardy

mrochester wrote: »

Oh right. What are they?

what,you want me to go digging through the Play Store?
sorry Im not spoon feeding you

mrochester

custardy wrote: »

what,you want me to go digging through the Play Store?
sorry Im not spoon feeding you

Huh? You said there were apps and methods to cover things like that so I'm wondering what they are?

thegoodman

mrochester wrote: »

Huh? You said there were apps and methods to cover things like that so I'm wondering what they are?

The member of Android Religion will say anything to support their belief.

mrochester

thegoodman wrote: »

The member of Android Religion will say anything to support their belief.

I just genuinely want an answer to the question because so far I haven't been able to find anything that makes setting up/restoring an Android phone as easy as the iPhone. If there's something that makes it as easy as that (without any hacking/rooting/whatever!), then I'm all ears to finding out what it is!

custardy, any further information as to what this backup/restore function is?