# Tell me about Android

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948 "2014-01-28T14:09:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948/21 "2014-02-01T08:21:07Z")

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I’ve had my Nexus 5 for a couple months now and it is a very good phone. It has been rock solid and very quick. I think you will like it.

I use a program called Adfree and I have practically no ads on my device note. It does require you to root your phone, but for the Nexus 5 that is not hard.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948/22 "2014-02-03T16:05:30Z")

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> [@Dragwyr](#):
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> I use a program called Adfree and I have practically no ads on my device note. It does require you to root your phone, but for the Nexus 5 that is not hard.

Are you referring to the app from here?  
[http://adfree.bigtincan.com/](http://adfree.bigtincan.com/)

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948/23 "2014-02-04T02:48:27Z")

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I thought they preferred the term “Artificial Person”? 😉

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**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948/24 "2014-02-05T03:30:23Z")

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My phone arrived today and I set it up this evening. So far my only dislikes are that I don’t like how Google Voice uses the phones dialer which makes it feel confusing and that it is a bit if a pain switching between languages. I like the way the iPhone has a little button in the keyboard that makes it easy.

I prefer this phone’s method of opening web links in a browser rather than handling it in app. I like that it is easy to move within a line to edit. I love the way it handles email notifications.

How do you turn off sounds for emails?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948/25 "2014-02-05T03:43:55Z")

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> [@Caffeine.addict](#):
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> How do you turn off sounds for emails?

Go to Gmail, settings, and select your account. Then you’ll see notification settings.

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