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LastInLine posted:Cricket is AT&T so if you're looking on eBay for the 2013 Moto X, look for the XT1058 (AT&T) or XT1053 (T-Mobile/Developer Edition). You'll need it unlocked, of course, which most should be listed as refurbished and unlocked. drat.. $230 on Amazon... not bad!
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TraderStav posted:99% certain that a locked AT&T phone will work with cricket It will. I've used one before (back when it was aio).
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Ragingsheep posted:Initial review of the M9 from Anandtech: http://anandtech.com/show/9102/the-htc-one-m9-review-part-1 If it were an iPhone it would be a raving review for such an incremental upgrade 
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Prescription Combs posted:If it were an iPhone it would be a raving review for such an incremental upgrade
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Prescription Combs posted:If it were an iPhone it would be a raving review for such an incremental upgrade Except that the review pretty concludes that the M9's gone backwards in many areas?
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Mar 23, 2015 04:44
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Seems like embargo's are up because Engadget, The Verge, and a bunch of other places have reviews up. Looks to be a very incremental update if you had an M8. According to Verge, the camera is sometimes worse than the M8.
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Mar 23, 2015 04:48
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Just got the 5.1 update for the Moto X and my life is forever changed with the karate chop gesture to turn on the flashlight.
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Skeezy posted:Seems like embargo's are up because Engadget, The Verge, and a bunch of other places have reviews up. Did the Verge rate it 9/10 just because it's the M9, like they did with their Windows 8.1 review?
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Mar 23, 2015 06:59
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Ugh I am about to leave the country for 2 weeks and they're pushing out 5.1 for the X finally? I just love upgrading the OS on my devices a week before I will be relying on them to get me around a crowded city. Apparently to turn off OTA updates, you have to root the device?
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Hadlock posted:Ugh I am about to leave the country for 2 weeks and they're pushing out 5.1 for the X finally? I just love upgrading the OS on my devices a week before I will be relying on them to get me around a crowded city. Apparently to turn off OTA updates, you have to root the device? Did it force the update or can you hold off on it? I remember Apple updating the iPhone and iPad, a few years back, right as I was going on a trip a few thousand miles from home, both operated terribly the entire time I was gone.
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Yeah I am going to rack up 21,000 physical air miles in the first half of April in a whole different part of the world than I usually go. I think you get the upgrade nag screen, but that was a while ago, I've never had to upgrade my 2013 X since it came out and I know Motorola does things a bit differently. I'm tempted to root it now just to avoid the whole headache. 4.4.4 runs really fast and reliably, and upgrading to 5.0.1 from 4.4.4 just trashed my G so I am extra paranoid.
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So apparently with the M9 being not good/somewhat worse than the M8, what is the suggested go-to android phone available from t-mobile? I like my G3, but the cracks it's formed in it's bezels are becoming increasingly worrying, and both LG and T-Mobile won't acknowledge its a known issue despite it apparently being kind of widespread. 
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Variable_H posted:So apparently with the M9 being not good/somewhat worse than the M8, what is the suggested go-to android phone available from t-mobile? I like my G3, but the cracks it's formed in it's bezels are becoming increasingly worrying, and both LG and T-Mobile won't acknowledge its a known issue despite it apparently being kind of widespread. Dare I suggest wait for the Samsungs?
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Hadlock posted:Yeah I am going to rack up 21,000 physical air miles in the first half of April in a whole different part of the world than I usually go. I think you get the upgrade nag screen, but that was a while ago, I've never had to upgrade my 2013 X since it came out and I know Motorola does things a bit differently. I'm tempted to root it now just to avoid the whole headache. 4.4.4 runs really fast and reliably, and upgrading to 5.0.1 from 4.4.4 just trashed my G so I am extra paranoid. According to this page: quote:You can easily freeze the OTA update or the FOTA update for Motorola mobile phones by going to this location in the phone \etc\security and then renaming the otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak. Till now there are no apps for disabling the OTA notification in android mobile phones. You will need to do it manually in your Moto X.
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Variable_H posted:what is the suggested go-to android phone available from t-mobile? Nexus 6.
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Ragingsheep posted:Dare I suggest wait for the Samsungs? I've used two Samsung phones before, a Galaxy S4 and a Note 3, both started getting laggy and crashy on me, the Note did so during a time I absolutely needed the phone to work. I also loathe touchwiz, so they could make the greatest phone man has ever known and I wouldn't purchase one.
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Mar 23, 2015 07:32
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Variable_H posted:According to this page: in the phone \etc\security and then renaming the otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak Thanks, I will root tomorrow and give that a try. That did not come up in any of my search results. Before I root, where the heck are the photos stored on the X? File/Photo sync with Windows 8 doesn't seem to work for whatever reason. I wish I could just mount this thing like a normal USB drive like my old Nexus S. MTP seems to be trying to solve a problem that nobody was asking about.
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Hadlock posted:Thanks, I will root tomorrow and give that a try. That did not come up in any of my search results. Variable_H posted:I've used two Samsung phones before, a Galaxy S4 and a Note 3, both started getting laggy and crashy on me, the Note did so during a time I absolutely needed the phone to work. I also loathe touchwiz, so they could make the greatest phone man has ever known and I wouldn't purchase one. You won't regret Motorola, either the X or the N6.
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So after updating my Nexus 6 to 5.1 I've actually had an INCREASE of media apps being kicked out of memory while in use, both TuneIn as well as a local independent radio stations app. This did not happen before the update. Can't Google implement a simple "is this device using sound?" check before the OS kicks it out of memory? I'm no programmer but surely this would be an easy fix, but Google...
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Mar 23, 2015 09:12
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Variable_H posted:Did the Verge rate it 9/10 just because it's the M9, like they did with their Windows 8.1 review? They gave it a 8.3. I'll probably still get the M9 since I skipped the 8 and just don't care for the Galaxy. The M9 is going to do great I think but I'm sure HTC will change it up again for the M10. That is assuming HTC doesn't close for good because according to /r/Android the M9 is the worst phone in the world.
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Mar 23, 2015 12:11
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Hadlock posted:Ugh I am about to leave the country for 2 weeks and they're pushing out 5.1 for the X finally? I just love upgrading the OS on my devices a week before I will be relying on them to get me around a crowded city. Apparently to turn off OTA updates, you have to root the device? 5.1 is for the 2014 Moto X, not the 2013. 5.02 is due out for the 2013 soon though so I suppose your concerns are still valid.
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Reading that anandtech review, it seems like most of the M9 issues come down to the 810 not being a great phone SoC. Seems like unless you need a phone, sitting this out and waiting for Qualcomm's custom architected stuff next generation might be the right move.
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Variable_H posted:So apparently with the M9 being not good/somewhat worse than the M8, what is the suggested go-to android phone available from t-mobile? Sony Xperia Z3.
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FistEnergy posted:Sony Xperia Z3. Or Z3c, if you're into that sort of thing.
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So I'm about to leave Verizon for Sprint. Their "cut your bill in half" ploy has gripped me, and Verizon has legitimately lovely service at my house. What is the top-of-the-line Sprint Android device these days? LG G3? HTC One M8? Motorola something? I'm using a Galaxy S4 right now, and while I like it, I'm not enamored with Samsung. My first 2 Droids were HTC because they were the best at the time, but I'm not completely brand loyal.
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Get a Nexus 6 so you'll be able to use it on another carrier when you leave Sprint after 6 months for lovely service.
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bull3964 posted:Get a Nexus 6 so you'll be able to use it on another carrier when you leave Sprint after 6 months for lovely service. Yeah, this. If you think Verizon is bad and you want to run to the warm embrace of Sprint's billing gimmicks, you have got another thing coming.
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New Leaf posted:So I'm about to leave Verizon for Sprint. Their "cut your bill in half" ploy has gripped me, and Verizon has legitimately lovely service at my house. What is the top-of-the-line Sprint Android device these days? LG G3? HTC One M8? Motorola something? I'm using a Galaxy S4 right now, and while I like it, I'm not enamored with Samsung. My first 2 Droids were HTC because they were the best at the time, but I'm not completely brand loyal. Go to T-Mobile or something instead because Sprint is absolute garbage. I'm saying this as an ex-Sprint customer of like 10 years.
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New Leaf posted:So I'm about to leave Verizon for Sprint. Their "cut your bill in half" ploy has gripped me, and Verizon has legitimately lovely service at my house. What is the top-of-the-line Sprint Android device these days? LG G3? HTC One M8? Motorola something? I'm using a Galaxy S4 right now, and while I like it, I'm not enamored with Samsung. My first 2 Droids were HTC because they were the best at the time, but I'm not completely brand loyal. Leave it for T-Mobile instead
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New Leaf posted:So, same question for T-Mobile.. You could go ahead and just get a One M9 if you want to use that but depending on which review you read it's only slightly better than the M8 or all around worse than the M8. There's also the Galaxy S6 which I'm hearing is pretty good. But blah blah Samsung etc etc. I dunno.
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Skeezy posted:You could go ahead and just get a One M9 if you want to use that but depending on which review you read it's only slightly better than the M8 or all around worse than the M8. If both are better than the S4, will I really know the difference? I realize the Galaxy line is solid, but I'm kinda done with Samsung for now I think..
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New Leaf posted:If both are better than the S4, will I really know the difference? Then you have other options, M8/M9 could be nice. Sony Z3 or Z3C depending on if you want a smaller phone. I've heard the G3 is pretty nice also. e. Personally I'm going for the M9. I skipped out on the M8 since I had the Nexus 5 and I just all around prefer HTC. They have never been bad to me so it's what I like.
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Skeezy posted:Then you have other options, M8/M9 could be nice. Sony Z3 or Z3C depending on if you want a smaller phone. I've heard the G3 is pretty nice also. I've been leaning G3. I don't want smaller than my S4, I know that.
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Skeezy posted:Go to T-Mobile or something instead because Sprint is absolute garbage. I'm saying this as an ex-Sprint customer of like 10 years. Depending on where you live or use the phone that is not so true anymore. In the Chicago area, Sprint is outstanding. I wouldn't have been able to say that a year ago.
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New Leaf posted:So I'm about to leave Verizon for Sprint. Their "cut your bill in half" ploy Wasn't the definition of half discovered to really mean like 20%? Instant bad start to a terrible company. If that's not enough of a red flag then I don't know.
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tongboy posted:Depending on where you live or use the phone that is not so true anymore. Oh word? I've never heard someone say Sprint is outstanding anywhere but it's nice that they are slowly (s...l...o...w...l...y) getting better at stuff. I'm in Miami and Sprint is absolute trash. Got super tired of not being able to stream or even show someone a Youtube video without it buffering all the time.
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hotsauce posted:Wasn't the definition of half discovered to really mean like 20%? Instant bad start to a terrible company. If that's not enough of a red flag then I don't know. That's basically what the CFO said, because the "half your bill" was is simply your service charges -- not net of any charges related to buying a phone on a 24 month plan. http://recode.net/2014/12/03/sprints-crazy-cut-your-bill-in-half-promo-actually-saves-customers-20-percent/
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hotsauce posted:Wasn't the definition of half discovered to really mean like 20%? Instant bad start to a terrible company. If that's not enough of a red flag then I don't know. The online quote thing where you upload your bill said it would drop it a ton. We're phone junkies but not data power-users. We're on like 2 gigs of shared data on Verizon and we've never come close to going over. Even with the basic 2-line family plan we're spending like $150 a month. Sprint claims they can do something like $58 before taxes and fees, which is insane. I didn't read all the fine print though. Also, we're in NC, if it matters. Sprint coverage is pretty inclusive here.
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Mogomra posted:Is there any way to tell if a random USB cable will work with a Motorala Turbo Charger? The one that came with mine is just a little too short. I don't need it for data or anything, strictly charging. I'd be happy with anything from Monoprice, but I'm sitting on a few more days of an Amazon Prime trail, and some Amazon gift cards as well. Mooktastical posted:I use an Amazon Basics cable with my Z3c and it still charges at Quick Charge 2.0 speed. z06ck posted:No good way as far as I'm aware. The cable that came with mine went to poo poo fairly quick and stopped charging at turbo speeds. It was definitely the cable and not the charger. I switched it out with the one from my HTC one m7 and that one is good to go Gauge of cable doesn't seem to matter. I just want to follow up/close the discussion about stupid USB cables. I was looking at the Amazon Basics USB cable, but there were reviews that said recently purchased cables seemed to be thinner, and didn't support Turbo/Fast/whatever charging. I don't know if they're accurate reviews, but I decided to stay away from them. I did end up buying the cable that I linked, and tested it with Ampere. The cable that came with my charger seemed to be maxing out at 1880mA, where this cable hit a max of 1900mA. I didn't do any averages or anything, but they seem pretty darn equal to me. The only question left is whether or not the cable holds up, or fries itself in a few days. For now, I'm happy with it. tl;dr: As far as I can tell, that's a decent cable if you want to replace whatever came with your fast charger.
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