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Require More Fire posted:My buddy apparently just demolished his Droid Maxx screen. He doesn't have insurance through Verizon or whatever. He's not very technical/handy so I think him replacing the screen on it's own is out of the question. What are his options for getting the screen fixed? I don't think he's had the phone for a year yet, but probably more than 6 months.
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withoutclass posted:This just came out : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anrapps.pixelbatterysaver&referrer=utm_source%3D42matters.com%26utm_medium%3DWidgetWeb Ahahahaha yeah, let me get a few more hours of anime in by making my phone look like its on the other side of a screen door.
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Apr 6, 2015 22:40
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RZA Encryption posted:Ahahahaha yeah, let me get a few more hours of anime in by making my phone look like its on the other side of a screen door. Wouldn't this shorten the life of the lit parts of the screen, eventually ensuring that the screen door effect would be permanent?
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Apr 6, 2015 23:13
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-Blackadder- posted:So I've got my droid turbo and I'm trying to figure out how to increase the battery life. I downloaded the Battery Doctor App and it seems to be able to identify and turn off a bunch of things(70+ apps) that are running in the background, but apparently they don't stay off. Maybe they are on some kind of auto update mode or something, I dunno.
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Apr 6, 2015 23:31
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I've mentioned in other threads here that the display on my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 (rooted, custom recovery and Lollipop ROM installed) has died. Too much dropping damage, I suspect, but I went inside checking for loose cabling, reattaching the video cable, etc. and no dice. So I'm just gonna recycle the thing, but there's a problem: all my data is still there on the internal storage. I don't care about recovering it, but I do want to wipe it out. Is there any way I can do that with a broken display? Over PC or something? (I imagine just formatting the Internal Storage drive via Windows wouldn't work  )(ed) Just to be clear, the phone does still seem to work--at least when it's powered on, volume controls etc. respond as does vibrate. If I hadn't already upgraded to another phone it would probably ring, too. Just no display or touch screen response. Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Apr 7, 2015 00:07
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sleepwalkers posted:Wouldn't this shorten the life of the lit parts of the screen, eventually ensuring that the screen door effect would be permanent? I suspect that unless you have the screen on 24/7 or something similarly exaggerated over normal use, the rest of your phone will become obsolete before partial burn-out on your screen becomes a concern.
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I'm going to be upgrading soon from a Galaxy S3. I'm holding out for the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL, but in the off chance I just get tired of waiting or change my mind, I've a quick question: What's the general consensus on the S6? I'm kinda on the fence between the 5 and 6 if I stick with Android.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:03
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Shinjobi posted:I'm going to be upgrading soon from a Galaxy S3. I'm holding out for the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL, but in the off chance I just get tired of waiting or change my mind, I've a quick question: You're holding out for a Windows Phone? Why?
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Apr 7, 2015 01:05
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isndl posted:I suspect that unless you have the screen on 24/7 or something similarly exaggerated over normal use, the rest of your phone will become obsolete before partial burn-out on your screen becomes a concern. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8795/understanding-brightness-in-amoled-and-lcd-displays
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Shinjobi posted:I'm going to be upgrading soon from a Galaxy S3. I'm holding out for the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL, but in the off chance I just get tired of waiting or change my mind, I've a quick question: I've seen some pretty diehard Samsung haters raving about it, particularly the Edge. Some excellent reviews in this very forum, even.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:06
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butt dickus posted:AMOLED displays are typically power limited and when some pixels are dimmed or off, the display will use the saved power to brighten lit pixels. Seems like this would make the lit pixels burn out even faster unless the program changes the mesh regularly. That assumes that you're still feeding the same amount of power into the display, though. I would assume that if you're running an app to reduce the number of lit pixels in an attempt to conserve power, you're also cutting the amount of power being fed in.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:17
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Got my Moto X today, still doing some setup stuff. Either it or my old phone didn't want to do the "tap to transfer poo poo" thing, but the auto Android backup does a good enough job of getting back most of my stuff. Now, maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought the 2014 X was on 5.0.1? Is that not true? My drat One M7 has it, why can't a phone released 18 months later have it? Though to be honest, I don't know what was added in 5.0.1.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:41
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"d[-.- posted:b" post="443727355"] I've been suckered into being kinda interested to see how Windows 10 works between devices. App support isn't a major deal breaker, since I can't say I use a ton. That said, I'm not 100% sold on it. I just didn't see a majority opinion on how the Galaxy held up on the 5 and 6. Lots of divided opinions.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:52
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5.1 on my GPE Moto G seems to be doing pretty well. Things occasionally fall out of memory, but at least not when I'm using them (i.e. BeyondPod), but I can definitely tell the difference between 1 and 2 GB of RAM. The battery life is loads better than my N4, though, which is nice.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:53
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DrBouvenstein posted:My drat One M7 has it, why can't a phone released 18 months later have it? Because there were too many issues with the pre 5.1 releases that Motorola wants to skip to 5.1 instead.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:55
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Got my S6 in the mail this afternoon. Phone is slippery as poo poo but thankfully I had some grip tape lying around and it's perfect now  Seriously though, buy a case or something for this phone. e. Also I haven't had much time to play with it but I can see that I can't charge the phone on the Vu if it's sitting vertically. I have to turn the phone on its side and then it charges lol.
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Apr 7, 2015 02:14
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Skeezy posted:Got my S6 in the mail this afternoon. Phone is slippery as poo poo but thankfully I had some grip tape lying around and it's perfect now I don't find it slippery in 3 days of use, but to each their own. However, it is a bummer to hear about the vu not working 100% with it since I just ordered one 
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Apr 7, 2015 02:36
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ChiTownEddie posted:I don't find it slippery in 3 days of use, but to each their own. However, it is a bummer to hear about the vu not working 100% with it since I just ordered one It does work with it, it's just that I have to turn it to the side but it charges. As long as it charges I'm fine.
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Apr 7, 2015 02:39
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ChiTownEddie posted:I don't find it slippery in 3 days of use, but to each their own. However, it is a bummer to hear about the vu not working 100% with it since I just ordered one It makes me curious to see just where the hell Samsung put the Qi receiver, because the Vu has three separate coils to maximize compatibility.
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I forgot to mention that it might be the case I'm using but that would be weird because it's super thin***** Also I had to go into developer options and tone down the animations because compared to my Nexus 5 the S6 had a lag with the defaults. Edit: **** I took the phone out of the case and stood it up vertically. Charges just fine so it is the case. Oh well, no biggie. Bit surprised like I said since it's a pretty thin case (http://www.spigen.com/brands/samsung/galaxy/galaxy-s6/galaxy-s6-case-neo-hybrid.html). Whatever, as long as it works on its side I can live. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Apr 7, 2015 02:44
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Ah okay coolio. Supa excited for this phone 
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Apr 7, 2015 02:50
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I've had my S6 Edge just under a week. No complaints. The screen is gorgeous, it's super quick and the bloatware wasn't crazy agressive out of the box. Really happy with my purchase.
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Norns posted:I've had my S6 Edge just under a week. No complaints. The screen is gorgeous, it's super quick and the bloatware wasn't crazy agressive out of the box. How are the sides of the screen for normal usage?
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Ragingsheep posted:How are the sides of the screen for normal usage? Not bad. I don't grip my phones very hard though. They don't seem to dig in, and I feel like I have good grip with it.
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-Blackadder- posted:So I've got my droid turbo and I'm trying to figure out how to increase the battery life. I downloaded the Battery Doctor App and it seems to be able to identify and turn off a bunch of things(70+ apps) that are running in the background, but apparently they don't stay off. Maybe they are on some kind of auto update mode or something, I dunno. I use a combination of this firewall application and llama to limit automated network activity and to turn off the wi-fi/bluetooth when I leave my house (plus other things). Other than that I dunno, get a portable charger? Also, if anyone knows a better firewall-type app than the one I linked I'd like to hear about it.
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CHARLES posted:I use a combination of this firewall application and llama to limit automated network activity and to turn off the wi-fi/bluetooth when I leave my house (plus other things). Other than that I dunno, get a portable charger?
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LastInLine posted:Please tell me about how and why a firewall on a telephone is a good idea. Well, you see, my android telephone is really more like a computer in that
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Apr 7, 2015 06:33
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LastInLine posted:Please tell me about how and why a firewall on a telephone is a good idea. Well you see, my telephone isn't just a telephone. It's more like... a small country, see? I pay a few apps to move in, maybe get some to visit for free, and they'll put on shows or tell me the news from their homeland for my enjoyment. Some of those apps abuse my boundless generosity however, where they spend my resources to phone home and report on my activities. Highly disrespectful, but what can you do? Find an app that's willing to do a little dirty work. Watch their activities, and tell me what's going on. Turnabout is fair play, right? And when I've had enough of their disrespect, I'll just have those apps... quietly removed. And invite a few new apps to enjoy my boundless generosity, because my phone is rich with CPU cycles and battery power once those degenerate apps are gone. Android uber alles!
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Apr 7, 2015 06:48
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CHARLES posted:I use a combination of this firewall application and llama to limit automated network activity and to turn off the wi-fi/bluetooth when I leave my house (plus other things). Other than that I dunno, get a portable charger? You do realise cocking about with background network stuff and turning off WiFi could be making your battery worse right?
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Sorry if this is the wrong thread or was answered before, but I have a question. My Nexus 5 was an amazing phone with great battery time and very snappy feeling UI and all. Then after the update to Lollipop it basically completely went to poo poo. Bad battery life, constant redraws and stuff like that. I got a Xperia Z3 for a few weeks now and that is definitely my favourite phone so far and I am really happy with it, especially the battery life. Now it is adamant about reminding me it wants to update to Lollipop. Does one of you know if that update works fine or will I have the same issues? I also don't care about any 5.0. features, but the the phone reminds me daily that I should update. What to do?
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skit herre posted:Sorry if this is the wrong thread or was answered before, but I have a question.
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I've had Lollipop on my Z3C for about a week now, and I've not encountered any particular problems. Not sure what other people have experienced.
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Lollipop came to my LG G2 a few days ago and I hate it. It has dramatically reduced the performance of my phone (apps take much longer to open/close, it's seriously sluggish at all times, etc), apps freeze up for a while occasionally, etc. I never rooted it. Is there any way to get rid of this bullshit and go back to the nice phone I used to have?
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Skarsnik posted:You do realise cocking about with background network stuff and turning off WiFi could be making your battery worse right? I suppose I realize that that is a possibility. Is there a reason though that performance would decrease with wi-fi turned off and less network activity or were you just literally asking if I had considered it a possibility? Regardless, even if it did I would still use those two items because app permissions and wi-fi hotspots aren't very kind to privacy.
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CHARLES posted:I suppose I realize that that is a possibility. Is there a reason though that performance would decrease with wi-fi turned off and less network activity or were you just literally asking if I had considered it a possibility? Regardless, even if it did I would still use those two items because app permissions and wi-fi hotspots aren't very kind to privacy. Poorly coded apps will not recognize a lack of network access and continue to attempt communication. This leads to wake-locks, which in turn uses more battery than simply allowing network access. The only real fix to excessive app permissions is to simply not use the app.
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Plus lack of Wifi means any location request will go straight to the battery hungry GPS, when a coarse Wifi request would have been enough Your phone isn't going to just connect to any random hot spot unless you specifically tell it to, so the privacy argument is silly
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LastInLine posted:Either take the chance or not? What are you looking for here? Advice from people that have upgraded and can tell me if it is a good or a bad idea? Don't get what your problem is.
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Skarsnik posted:Your phone isn't going to just connect to any random hot spot unless you specifically tell it to, so the privacy argument is silly To be fair, a lot of apps request far more permissions than they actually need. You have the obvious bullshit where a flashlight app is requesting internet access and your full contacts list, but there's a lot of other apps that have semi-plausible reasons to use an odd permission. It doesn't help that Google now hides the full internet access permission by default, so you have to go the extra mile just to check for that in conjunction with all the other requests.
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Dont install lovely apps then?
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skit herre posted:Advice from people that have upgraded and can tell me if it is a good or a bad idea? Don't get what your problem is.
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