forget it. My phones battery is messed up and now the screen doesn't do stuff anymore. It lags and is flashing rapidly. forget the repairs, i'm not paying $150+ for screen and battery fixes.
Probably going to do AT&TNext and get a Galaxy S4. I'm going to use Samsung SmartSwitch to switch my iPhone stuff over.
Any advice for switching from iOS to Android?
congratulations on purchasing a real phone!
i got the S4 exactly as you will, through AT&T Next (which is nice because after 12 months you're free to pick up a new phone so long as you keep paying for the S4 for an additional 8 months which typically it should last through anyway).
the S4 is a beauty. the latest update AT&T rolled out is questionable, but obviously being android you have an open world of possibilities with rooting and installing custom versions of Android for your phone.
thoughts on the latest update (which your phone may or may not have, likely will have): it adds a neat new security feature that will notify you when an app tries to access sensitive system stuff and will block it automatically.
also, dial
*#*#4636#*#*, go into Device info, and scroll down to preferred network type and choose either
WCDMA Preferred or
GSM/CDMA auto. this will make your phone use non-LTE 4G signal because i've noticed LTE drains my battery much more easily and has much weaker signal (1-2 bars of LTE inside my house versus constant 4-5 of WCDMA), also it makes radio interference with my speakers.
i'm honestly not sure how to move stuff over. considering Android devices can simply plug into any computer with microUSB cables (which are extremely common, btw. no more thunderbolt whoever cables), and then just use your computer's native folder system, moving music and pictures shouldn't be a problem (but feel free to use the samsung app to switch whatever over).
your phone will also become linked with Google and Google Play. you will be able to go onto
the Play app store and install apps (as well as other content) straight to your device.
