When did you fall out of love with stock Android

[cab11150904]

I know it sounds like a weird post but I had a Nexus 5 and before that a Nexus 4 and I've had HTC Flagships and Samsung Flagships and I just really don't like stock Android that much.  I have an HTC One M7 now and Sense is definitely my favorite skin on Android.  Who else prefers skinned versions and why?  Please note I'm not talking about "Customized by you" stock Android where you throw a launcher on it.  I want to know what factory skins people prefer and why.

[Guest Kloaked]

I haven't been able to use any other version of Android except for my Moto X's and my friend's S5.

 

Me personally, I don't like a bunch of extra crap that I didn't want on the skin (I want to add my own crap ;O), which is why I think phone manufacturers should allow users to easily have root access to load their own version of Android without it voiding any kind of warranty.

[Nineshadow]

I've got my own stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0ZzZyfgIk

Filmed with a potato.

[H4X3R]

I like touchwiz.

[Tsuki]

i despise all the stock applications you cant uninstall and are always running in the background for no reason.

cyanogenmod ftw

[Aniallation]

I know it sounds like a weird post but I had a Nexus 5 and before that a Nexus 4 and I've had HTC Flagships and Samsung Flagships and I just really don't like stock Android that much.  I have an HTC One M7 now and Sense is definitely my favorite skin on Android.  Who else prefers skinned versions and why?  Please note I'm not talking about "Customized by you" stock Android where you throw a launcher on it.  I want to know what factory skins people prefer and why.

I still prefer stock Android because it's cross compatible with many devices. I switch devices a lot and if I get a new device I'll just load CM or AOSP ROMs on it, and the UI and user experience will be identical as the previous device, so there's no learning curve 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

My first Android was an HTC Desire (A8181).  Every phone I bought since has been using Sense.  Tried stock and Touchwiz on tablets, but that just didn't feel or look right. 

[Aniallation]

My first Android was an HTC Desire (A8181).  Every phone I bought since has been using Sense.  Tried stock and Touchwiz on tablets, but that just didn't feel or look right. 

I used a Desire as my daily driver up until about a week ago, I'd still be using it if ICS and higher ROMs didn't break so much stuff

[Norman_the_Owl]

The latest iteration of touchwiz is pretty good imo.

 

I don't use it as a daily, but it's not as bad as it used to be

[PhantomChevron]

I used the old stock(1.6), and hated that, then went to the S2 with the early touchwiz, which to me was freaking amazing, then it got a bit meh, after awhile stock became good again, rooted my phone with Cyanogen after seeing how shit Touchwiz 4.1.2 was lagging my phone, now I prefer LG's skin due to the functionality, but I still like stock

[Opcode]

How does one fall out of love with stock Android?  :huh:

[Pomfinator]

i despise all the stock applications you cant uninstall and are always running in the background for no reason.

cyanogenmod ftw

I think you misinterpret what OP means by stock

 

Anyway, I've never fallen out of love with stock Android.  The Nexus 5 is the only phone I've not rooted because it's stock Android and it does everything I want it to do, which my previous phones never really did.  If I were to ever buy an HTC One, I'd just put the GPE Rom on it.

[labrockstar]

Stock Android and Cyanogenmod FTW

[mooseducks86]

I got a moto g because in my android-unawareness i was told stock was best (and you'd expect google to make a decent phone) well... I've come pretty late to the game with android. I went from palm pilot iii to v to m505 (my fathers hand-me-downs), then iphone to iphone 3gs to iphone 4 (two of them actually) and I've had a moto g for just over a month. I have to say, I hate a lot about it, but unlike the iphone, apparently I can change a lot of it easily, I just haven't experimented much (but I did install cyanogen on a friends dying galaxy s2... i was trying to fix.... and couldnt uninstall it... he wasn't impressed so I'm weary of it because I don't understand it)

 

The biggest thing I hate about stock android on the moto g (which hopefully I can change) is the flip cover I have installed on it hangs down in games, because it is on the left side of the phone (opens like a book) but most games rotate to landscape 90 degrees clockwise and won't rotate counter clockwise... meaning this stupid cover is hanging down, or i have to hold it up behind the phone (which i do) and it stretches the binding and now when the cover is closed, it's floppy as flippity.

 

The cover was a bad idea in the first place, since its nearly impossible to take a decent picture with the rear camera while trying to hold the phone and prop the cover open with one hand and take the picture with the other. When it gets so floppy its unbearable, I'll just put the original cover back on. Oh, and the cover covers the speaker when its open. I'm beginning to think it was a poorly designed phone... but then again... it's the cheapest PDA/smart phone I've ever owned.

[Guest]

I fell out of love with Android in general a while back...

 

But I like stock better than any manufacturer skin.

[Techteen14]

I was never really in love, it seems too bland.

That said, it's miles better than iOS.