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welcome back to Android authorities QA my name is Jason and this is where we try and answer your most pressing Android questions like how do I fix this charger that doesn't charge don't touch it don't breathe on it so let's talk about a real popular question the most recent comes from eight the eight nine and Abdul where they ask hey what is a 64-bit processor what does it mean and what does it mean for me and any future phone I might buy alright let's say that this device is like a great library and this library is commanded by a librarian but this librarian has 32 assistants now for example if someone comes in to this great library and says hey give me all your books on dinosaurs for example those 32 assistants are not tasked with retrieving each of those books now each assistant can only take one book therefore to retrieve all 64 books the assistants have to make two trips each but what if that librarian had 64 assistants those assistants could make that trip in in one cycle so and that would significantly increase the speed of your device or the library in this metaphor but it's not exactly that simple so I know that some of you computer science engineers out there are groaning because I've simplified this metaphor quite a bit but for the purposes of explaining in a couple minutes the librarian is the CPU those as thirty-two assistants are the bits a 32-bit processor but it has 64 bits it can almost double the amount of data that can retrieve and doubling the time kind of because there's other factors that play here there's two one is RAM now most of you who know a little bit about city four but processors aren't going to know that that needs more than 3.2 gigs of RAM to really utilize that 64 bit processor it's going to need at least four ideally six now the rumored Samsung Galaxy s5 against rumored is rumored to have at least four gigs with its a 4-bit processor so it could help yes but it's still a lot more processing power than the gigs and then the RAM can sustain right so there's a bit of a bottleneck there but I will tell you that the other major factor is the fact that there's almost no programs out there that support 64-bit processor now take some comfort in the fact that when this happened in Windows PCs I remember the last time I built my my latest pc rig there was just this push to change from 32-bit to 64-bit and there was only two games that I could play that were 64-bit supported but that changed within you know 18 months so bottom line is what does it mean for you well it doesn't mean much now it's overkill now but in 18 to - 18 months to shears that could mean you could could utilize some wicked programs that would support that 64-bit power for those of you who love this stuff there's two links below that goes into a deeper one from reddit and one from stack overflow enjoy now moving on to Mahna Mahna asks hey I want to convince my mother to change from iOS to Android which phone should she get well if you think she's really ready for the move ask yourself the question what do i OS users really like about iOS it's a simple quick user experience even though it may be a restricted user experience and what phone is doing that really well right now the Moto X with the voice commands the it's 4.7 big but not too big it's really doing fantastic and at 350 off-contract you really can't go wrong now if price is a concern you consider the Moto G although it's a little underpowered at 179 off contract you can't go wrong go mom all right guys how many of us had this problem where we've had to prop or tape up our charger just so we get the right charger properly I mean this is overkill for a fact but uh we've most of us have had this problem so I did find a fix for this right here on YouTube there's a gentleman who has a channel that has a couple videos where he gives you a step-by-step instruction guide on how to clean the charge port in there because it turns out that for the most part that's the source of the problem it's not an electronic malfunction per se but it's just a bunch of soot and grime in the charge part that be clean with common household tools that you can you know employ yourself so be warned though you can damage your device and even hurt yourself so follow the guide step by step be careful if there's any of you who use it and it works or doesn't work let me know in the comments below I'd love to hear about it so after reading all your comments I noticed that there is a number of Samsung Galaxy s3 and asked for users who are lusting after KitKat 4.4 and have yet to receive the update so if you're impatient you can't wait there is a video in the links below that gives you a step-by-step guide on how to route your Samsung Galaxy s3 s4 to get 4.4 KitKat now but I also saw someone who said don't believe anything jason says because I've routed multiple devices and never had a problem it's not dangerous okay don't be stupid use common sense there's two things that are undisputable fact one you do void your warranty two you can brick your phone it can happen most of the people it doesn't but it can happen so you know be forewarned know what you're getting into before you do it let me know how it works so guys before we go I just want to ask you a question about what you want to see here on Android authority we do you know a number of different things news reviews drop tests lots of geeky stuff what else do you want to see like someone suggested about doing a myths on Android series and reduce iOS you know moving migrating from iOS to Android guide are those kind of things that you'd like to see tell us what you'd like to see and like them when you guys put questions for the QA or in the Android weekly and a lot of people you know thumb them up I'm much more likely to take those on and address them in the next show what do you do the drunken sailor what do you do the drunken sailor what do you do a drunken sailor lion morning