[Sam]

Do any phones ship with stock android? I would love a phone that did not have the manufacturers additions. I don't see why phones don't use stock android when it's just a case of making sure the linux kernel runs on the device? Isn't it?

[darrensurrey]

I know what you mean. I have an S3 and it's idiotic how much crap they put on it.

[skysnap]

I think the Motorola and the Micromax phones have the stock android installation. I have Redmi 1S and it has the MIUI on top of stock android.

[MeowsePad]

I know what you mean. I have an S3 and it's idiotic how much crap they put on it.

I also have an S3, and I hate it. My girlfriend and I found an LG Tribute 2 in her room at her mom's house the other day, so I think I'm going to start using that soon. It seems a lot faster than my S3, and it has a newer version of Android, making it more compatible with apps.

[chikitta]

Pardon me if I may ask what do you mean by a stock android what does it do or how does it work. Enlighten me please thank you.

[DudeThatsErin]

The Nexus line does and so does the Pixel line.

I have owned the Nexus 6p and now Pixel XL and I love both of them. I wish I could have them mashed together to make a phone with stock android, front facing speakers, and the build quality of the Pixel XL. That would be my idea phone.

Pardon me if I may ask what do you mean by a stock android what does it do or how does it work. Enlighten me please thank you.

Google has it's version of how Android should look and work. So, for years now they have been making phones that ship with Google's version of Android. Pure Android or Stock Android. This is what manufacturer's like Hauwei, Samsung, OnePlus, LG, HTC, etc. build off of when making their software or ROMs. They use stock android and sometimes (*cough* Samsung *cough*) pack it full of features that it ends up lagging the phones that should be more than capable of running pure android.

[soxui123]

I only use the stock rom, maybe root and then unroot, because it is fast enough for me to experience with