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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by gmac on Monday April 14, 2014 @11:29AM (#7586706)
(Equally, my biggest annoyance on Android is often the lack of an on-screen back button, and the small but annoying proportion of times when the hardware back button takes me somewhere other than I expected.)
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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by sizzle on Monday April 14, 2014 @11:47AM (#7586850)
You can get around the back button part by rooting and allowing double tap of back arrow to jump between last open application. This solved that pain point for me
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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by coin on Monday April 14, 2014 @07:26PM (#7589497)
People don't want to have to root a device to work around usability issues. That's why iOS devices are so popular, out of the box they just work (for the most part).
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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by sizzle on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @08:34PM (#7595239)
I was just suggesting this workaround personally after having been frustrated by the back button myself
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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by mikeash on Monday April 14, 2014 @09:46PM (#7589889)
On the other hand, when you do bump into a problem, you generally can root Android devices, while iOS is getting to be pretty rough there.
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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by bananas on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @04:00AM (#7590811)
I've used both extensively. When iOS screws up, which at least it does in my house regularly[1], you're SOL. We're moving to Android devices slowly (up two Moto Gs at the moment).

[1] we have three iOS devices and I'm the loveless tech support for them.

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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by StavrosK on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @05:37AM (#7591026)
Which app does that?
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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by sizzle on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @08:36PM (#7595250)
after you root, install Xposed framework and you can get the GravityBox module which will enable a ton of customization. Read the tutorials on XDA forums if you need help, enjoy!
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