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New Leaf posted: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. You could go Cricket prepaid and be paying $35/Mo for unlimited talk/text and 2.5gb of data on AT&T's network. That's taxes and fees included. But that's getting into carrier talk, come to the prepaid thread if you wanna discuss. As far as phones, the N6 and iPhone 6 are the best for moving from carrier to carrier. SB35 fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Mar 23, 2015 |
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This is one of those "either they pay for us to get out of our contract or we suffer until Jan 2016" things unfortunately, and I doubt Cricket has that sort of promotion running. 
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Mar 23, 2015 21:03
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New Leaf posted:This is one of those "either they pay for us to get out of our contract or we suffer until Jan 2016" things unfortunately, and I doubt Cricket has that sort of promotion running. The monthly savings will payback any ETF at an alarming rate. Come to the prepaid thread, we are really nice and stuff
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TraderStav posted:The monthly savings will payback any ETF at an alarming rate. Come to the prepaid thread, we are really nice and stuff Wisdom. Moving from AT&T postpaid ($50/mo on a dumb plan and dumb phone) to the T-Mo nerd plan for $30/mo has saved me $240 a year, which is about the cost of a decent phone off contract every 2 years.
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New Leaf posted:This is one of those "either they pay for us to get out of our contract or we suffer until Jan 2016" things unfortunately, and I doubt Cricket has that sort of promotion running. T-Mobile will pay for any kind of termination fees or phone installment charges you have left if you switch to them. Basically, they will pay you to switch to them.
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Mar 23, 2015 21:46
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Variable_H posted:T-Mobile will pay for any kind of termination fees or phone installment charges you have left if you switch to them. Basically, they will pay you to switch to them. But not for a prepaid line.
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Mar 23, 2015 21:48
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Variable_H posted:T-Mobile will pay for any kind of termination fees or phone installment charges you have left if you switch to them. Basically, they will pay you to switch to them. You need to trade in a phone (any junker will do if it powers on) and you need to buy a phone from them, which is okay too for most phones. Also requires a simple choice plan, not prepaid but reasonable.
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Hey guys, is there any known issue about battery being awful on 5.1? I got the update sometime last week and my battery life tanked like crazy. It went from 100% to 15% in under 4 hours doing nothing, with google services using 43%. I did a factory reset on Friday when I started having this issue and the phone was great all weekend, then this morning it went back to terrible. Edit: Nexus 5 mars fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Mar 24, 2015 |
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Mar 23, 2015 22:50
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Say "OK Google" isn't disappearing from the search bar and its bugging me  
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Mar 23, 2015 22:52
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My new Moto G (2013) doesn't work at home with Trusted Locations, but my Nexus 4 does. They both think I'm at the same place in Maps, and the little house icon for "home" is close to where the "you are here" blue dot is. What gives?
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Try setting another trusted location as 'my current location' E: when you are at home that is..
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mars posted:Hey guys, is there any known issue about battery being awful on 5.1? Skarsnik posted:Say "OK Google" isn't disappearing from the search bar and its bugging me
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Mar 23, 2015 23:01
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Yeah, it's since the update that brought on body detection along
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Skarsnik posted:Try setting another trusted location as 'my current location' That worked, but ...why? Also, the "on body" is great. Grocery shopping is significantly less hassle now.
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hooah posted:That worked, but ...why? 'Home' isnt quite where you are, and maybe one phone is getting a higher accuracy lock would be my guess E: and seconding on body detection, it's working surprisingly well Skarsnik fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Mar 23, 2015 |
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Mogomra posted: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. Oh wow, this is fantastic, thanks.
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mars posted:Hey guys, is there any known issue about battery being awful on 5.1? Oh I thought I was the only one
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mars posted:Hey guys, is there any known issue about battery being awful on 5.1? What phone? My Nexus 6 is having no such issues on 5.1.
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Skarsnik posted:Yeah, it's since the update that brought on body detection along Mogomra posted:I did end up buying the cable that I linked, and tested it with Ampere.
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Oh I was talking about say OK Google not disappearing, I haven't noticed any battery issues myself
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CLAM DOWN posted:What phone? My Nexus 6 is having no such issues on 5.1. Nexus 5 Edit: I should say that this isn't some incrementally worse situation. The phone basically became unusable overnight with no changes made by. mars fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Mar 24, 2015 |
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Skarsnik posted:Oh I was talking about say OK Google not disappearing, I haven't noticed any battery issues myself It's odd that the two would have anything to do with each other though as one is a Play Services update and the Search update.
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LastInLine posted:Ah. I've noticed a slight difference this week to last. I chalked it up to having rebooted to apply some AdAway filters causing Play Services to run amok for a bit but the on-body detection makes a lot more sense. I use Nova so I haven't seen the "Say OK Google..." in my search bar. Pretty sure both got an update at the same time It also coincided with me sticking a spare qi charger on my desk at work, so I don't really notice battery problems any more
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For those having problems with 5.1 on Nexus 5, this is because there's yet another memory leak for 5.1 for the Nexus 5. It's been fixed already internally at Google but there's no telling when it'll be put into a public release.
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Does that memory leak manifest itself as google services using 50% of my battery? Because this seems like a problem with services rather than the OS.
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Skarsnik posted:Pretty sure both got an update at the same time mars posted:Does that memory leak manifest itself as google services using 50% of my battery?
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Variable_H posted:T-Mobile will pay for any kind of termination fees or phone installment charges you have left if you switch to them. Basically, they will pay you to switch to them. How does it work? Sprint's you have to pay the fees out of pocket, then sign up for Sprint and stay in good standing for 45 days, then they pay you back with Visa prepaid cards.
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New Leaf posted:How does it work? Sprint's you have to pay the fees out of pocket, then sign up for Sprint and stay in good standing for 45 days, then they pay you back with Visa prepaid cards. You trade in your current phone, port number in. When you get your bill with the ETFs and/or remaining balance of your device, take it to T-Mobile, and they cut you a check or issue prepaid cards for the amount your fees were up to like $650 per line. This is post paid Simple Choice plans though, prepaid need not apply for this stuff. E: you can trade in any phone you want, even some junker that's been sitting in a drawer for years.
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LastInLine posted:I think it's Play Services and not the memory leak. A memory leak would manifest itself as apps getting closed by the system when they shouldn't so you'd see things like home screen redraws or a backgrounded audio app being closed or Chrome tabs needing to be reloaded when you go back to them. Stuff like that. I don't know about you guys but I'm definitely seeing this happen with audio apps since 5.1 on my Nexus 6.
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I don't notice app memory issues or battery problems on my 6 with 5.1. Services usage % wise is higher than it should be on a normal day but isn't making a meaningful impact on my battery really. I've never had Google Music or Pocket Casts get thrown out memory in use on any device.
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I lost my Nexus 4 (dropped it into a Danish harbor!) while on vacation. I was just going to get the Nexus 5, though that appears to be only available from Amazon. There's a 32 GB version for sale with 4G ($500) and without 4G in the US ($380). Is it a big deal whether I have this or not? I don't use much data as it is.
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LastInLine posted:
drat, I just checked my SIM slot after reading this, cracked both to the front and back of my black N5.
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PinnacleOrBust posted:drat, I just checked my SIM slot after reading this, cracked both to the front and back of my black N5. Hadn't noticed that.
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I'll definitely look at both of my housemates N5s to see if they're cracked too. One black and one red, should be interesting.
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Another red cracked SIM slot checking in. Also, you might not want to check the headphone jack. Mine is cracked there as well.
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So moral of the story is LG uses low(er) quality plastic in their products.
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Yup, my housemate's red N5 is cracked in exactly the same way as mine, at the bottom of the SIM slot to the screen and at the top of the SIM slot to the back.
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PinnacleOrBust posted:Yup, my housemate's red N5 is cracked in exactly the same way as mine, at the bottom of the SIM slot to the screen and at the top of the SIM slot to the back.
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Tunga posted:Same here, hadn't ever noticed. Thanks LG. My red N5 is not. Go figure.
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