Originally Posted by
CR1970
One issue in particular is when Android users do have to restore after being hacked, or even after a major crash.
I have had my Nexus One for over a year and a half, and not once needed to restore for any reason. Major crash? My cheapo SD card got corrupted and I had to get a new one, which involved resyncing my music with iTunes.
Hacked? Hacked how? I suppose if you're silly and download some app that's malicious this could be a problem. But that's why you make sure you know what you're downloading. The same applies for a computer: Mac or PC.
My understanding, and I am not sure if this is true, is that the Android OS is a more fluid and flexible OS and varies from one phone to the next. So, if say my Droid crashes and I want to just restore everything, contacts, apps and all to my new Samsung Galaxy S, I may run into issues with field mapping, and I may even have to go back to the app store and download the apps again.
It's more that each manufacturer takes the stock Android from Google and customizes it to varying degrees. Not sure what fields you're talking about...Gmail, Facebook, etc all live in the cloud and app data sits on the SD card.
But, on the iPhone (I have never owned one, so I am not 100% sure of this), I am told you can plug the new phone in, restore from the last backup and you are up and running like the old phone, apps and all. That alone would be a H U G E factor for me, specially coming from BB where I had to reload all of my apps after major crashes. I really don't want to have to go back to the app store and re-download or re-load anything. I just want to restore and go, especially if I am in the field. I usually carry my laptop with me so restoring from a current backup even on the road would be pretty easy. Provided my phone would be back up just like it was before, that alone would almost make the iPhone worth its price to me.
Funny, my BF updated his iPhone to iOS 5 last night and had to re-download and reinstall all his apps because the update process cleared his phone and didn't back up the apps.
It almost seems as though the Android OS is more of an enthusiast's platform and the iPhone IOS is more of a user's platform.
I would beg to differ - I think they're both comparable platforms, but Apple's marketing genius would have people think otherwise.
Maybe like having a classic Mustang or Camaro where you can get under the hood and do some part swapping, and tweaking without having to deal with the on board computer monitoring system. I actually prefer Honda though.
Me too
