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Lowen SoDium posted:I look forward to this time next year when this is posted again but all the numbers are 1 higher. I dunno if the S6 will end up being crap, but the S5 was never as well received as the S6 has been.
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Mr. Funktastic posted:S6 owners, please tell me that the S6 isn't nearly this bad with TouchWiz and lovely bloatware. Think this is carrier dependent. On my Australian carrier S6, pretty much all the bloat can be uninstalled.
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It doesn't look like Samsung has done much with Touchwiz besides stop calling it Touchwiz, so the regular complaints about it will continue with the S6. I used to be in the "touchwiz ain't so bad guys!" camp but after several months with the N6 I find myself not even being able to consider an HTC or LG phone, let alone another Samsung. Always behind the goon trends. Or maybe ahead, I'm not sure anymore.
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b0nes posted:Anyone here happy with their Verizon S5? Cause mines a massive piece of poo poo. It lags a lot, my Nexus 5 never lagged a bit. Then theres all the lovely verizon apps you can't get rid of. Touchwiz is a mess. I thought I could get used to it but I can't. That dialer is crap, and all the replacements i've tried are crap. Then there is the issue with the dialer not sending out dtmf tones.I will dial my voicemail and the buttons won't work. Well the work the first 10 seconds but if you need to press buttons to transfer to an extension the won't work. I've tried a few dialers and they are acting the same. I'm guessing my battery only lasting 4 hours on T-Mobile is because the native chipset is optomised for Verizon towers? I haven't had any problems with mine, though I use the nexus launcher and stock Google apps. v  v
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So is it just me or does Android like to just go ahead and update apps without permission? Occasionally I'll get updates for apps that I don't like or don't want to bother wasting my time with so I ignore them. Then after a few days another app will need an update, and I'll notice that the ones I ignored are still there, so I update what I want to update and continue to ignore the others. But then after a while it seems the apps I ignored are showing as "up to date" even though I never actively updated them. What's the deal there, and why does Google bother to even ask me about these if they're just going to get updated anyhow? As for the reason why I don't update, they're usually stupid Verizon/other pre-loaded apps that I don't give two shits about but can't delete. Or they're apps that coast along gaining popularity and then sell out and pile on ads in an update.
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My N5 battery drain is infuriating. Whenever the phone is off WiFi it just tanks, I have to carry a battery pack around with me because it'll be dead after 5-6 hours. Doesn't matter how good the signal is and BetterBatteryStats doesn't give me any useful details. But sat on WiFi it 's perfect, I leave it overnight and it'll lose like 1% an hour. How can this be a thing? 
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Tunga posted:My N5 battery drain is infuriating. Whenever the phone is off WiFi it just tanks, I have to carry a battery pack around with me because it'll be dead after 5-6 hours. Doesn't matter how good the signal is and BetterBatteryStats doesn't give me any useful details. But sat on WiFi it 's perfect, I leave it overnight and it'll lose like 1% an hour. How can this be a thing?
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DaveSauce posted:So is it just me or does Android like to just go ahead and update apps without permission? Do you have auto update enabled?
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I don't know about you guys but I'm enjoying my Verizon Wireless Galaxy Note 4 on lolipop... so there's that.
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rotaryfun posted:I don't know about you guys but I'm enjoying my Verizon Wireless Galaxy Note 4 on lolipop... so there's that. Rule 34 in a nutshell.
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FAUXTON posted:Rule 34 in a nutshell. I'm sure there's porn somewhere on the internet involving a boy and his Galaxy Note 4 but that post isn't it!
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nimper posted:I'm sure there's porn somewhere on the internet involving a boy and his Galaxy Note 4 but that post isn't it! There's only one way to enjoy a VZW phone 
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So I've got two questions that might figure into which way I lean on a new phone. First, I installed Google Now Launcher on my HTC One M7 and it by outward appearances it replaced HTC's interface with something that looks and acts more like stock android. Does that work on every phone? If I got an S6 and installed that would it be a similar user experience to my current M7? What's the over/under on HTC updating the M8 for the next 24 months? Considering performance is basically equal to the M9 the only reason to not consider the M8 for free on contract vs $200 for the M9 is whether or not I'll actually be able to get updates past around mid 2016. Given the way Android has been going I wonder how much it'll matter if I don't. I cracked the screen on my M7 a while ago, otherwise I'd just keep using it and try to hold out for the M10 and S7, maybe I still can, but between the cracked display and lack of Sprint Spark support I would like to get something else.
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Is there a way to restore data for singular apps on a non-rooted phone?
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evilskillit posted:So I've got two questions that might figure into which way I lean on a new phone. For the first question yes for the most part. You'd have the stock launcher basically on the S6 but Touchwiz runs pretty deep on the S6. It's not terrible and better than before but you should fiddle with one in a store and see what you think.
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Ragingsheep posted:Is there a way to restore data for singular apps on a non-rooted phone?
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Whizbang posted:Now I understand what the grip tape was for. Most phones don't have flared bases.
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Reverse Centaur posted:It doesn't look like Samsung has done much with Touchwiz besides stop calling it Touchwiz, This is the exact opposite of what just about every professional and user review has said. I haven't touched one yet, so maybe you can explain why you disagree?
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As I understand it, there are different versions of handsets, or at the very least different versions of the OSes for different carriers. I bought my Note 3 (currently on 4.4.2) on ebay and it has a T-Mobile splash screen but mentions O2 in the device name. How do I know which carrier it was originally from? And does this matter when upgrading?
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Thermopyle posted:This is the exact opposite of what just about every professional and user review has said. I haven't touched one yet, so maybe you can explain why you disagree? He's full of poo poo. Source, the S6 Edge I'm posting from.
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Norns posted:He's full of poo poo. Nobody likes Reverse Centaur.
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Mooktastical posted:Nobody likes Reverse Centaur. I do, we're nexus 6 buddies 
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Mr. Funktastic posted:S6 owners, please tell me that the S6 isn't nearly this bad with TouchWiz and lovely bloatware.
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Can't find a more appropriate thread. I broke the last MicroUSB charger I have at work and need to buy 1 or more new ones. I've got a 2nd Gen Moto X and trying to get a straight answer out of Motorola about which chargers other than this official one are going to be viable has not worked well (just getting the maximum input amperage number has failed miserably). I assume I actually want ones with this Quick Charge 2.0 stuff in it. Can anyone recommend somewhere to get reliable applicable chargers that aren't $35/each.
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datajosh posted:It's not. My wife got her S6 on Wednesday and I'm impressed enough to where I almost want to sell my Nexus 6 and get one too. It really is impressive. Had At&t's system not been down when I was there 30 minutes ago I'd be the proud owner of 2 S6 Edges. Though the choice between the edge and the regular is difficult they're both equally nice looking whole the Edge is sleeker and looks almost smaller in size.
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Toshimo posted:Can't find a more appropriate thread. I broke the last MicroUSB charger I have at work and need to buy 1 or more new ones. I've got a 2nd Gen Moto X and trying to get a straight answer out of Motorola about which chargers other than this official one are going to be viable has not worked well (just getting the maximum input amperage number has failed miserably). I assume I actually want ones with this Quick Charge 2.0 stuff in it. Can anyone recommend somewhere to get reliable applicable chargers that aren't $35/each. This is probably your best bet.
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What is impressing you guys about the S6? This thread is making it sound amazing but never really says why other than liking how it looks and feels which are both subjective.
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Unlocked S6 (regular) is already on eBay's daily deals front page. $699/32gig. Too expensive...will be cheap soon. Curious what truck these fell off of. Carriers don't even have them yet (save for T-Mobile). Will Swappa a 64gig edge in a few weeks for like $499, lol.
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nerve posted:What is impressing you guys about the S6? This thread is making it sound amazing but never really says why other than liking how it looks and feels which are both subjective. Well, seems like it's a Galaxy S5 with nicer looks and materials (though glass back is pretty meh to me), toned down Touchwiz, fantastic camera, and decent battery. Also doesn't seem particularly revolutionary to me, but it is more appealing than the S5 or S4 were.
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nerve posted:What is impressing you guys about the S6? This thread is making it sound amazing but never really says why other than liking how it looks and feels which are both subjective. You make it sound like it being subjective somehow doesn't mean anything which is dumb and I feel like you're probably trolling here. I mean there's dozens of reviews out there explaining why it is a good phone. Anyway, putting aside its looks, and if what people are saying about it is accurate, the S6 is (or will be) a widely available phone that is fast, has a great camera, has minimally invasive UI additions, and is from a manufacturer who has been doing a decent job of getting updates out. Off the top of my head, I can't think of another Android phone that has ever done all of that. I mean, yes, Samsung's cargo-culting off of Apple is stupid, but I don't really care about that if they managed to put out a good device.
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hotsauce posted:Unlocked S6 (regular) is already on eBay's daily deals front page. I watched a few go for over $1000, crazy. If it's anything like the S5, they'll be under $400 in 6 months. You can find used S5s now for under $300, I sold my mint S5 for $440 3 months after release. nerve posted:What is impressing you guys about the S6? This thread is making it sound amazing but never really says why other than liking how it looks and feels which are both subjective. Basically, it's the phone to beat right now. Samsung really focused on making a good looking device that wasn't plastic and it looks to be catching a lot more attention than the past two iterations. The M9 is losing a lot of steam and the G4 isn't well known at this point. So as it sits, this phone is rightfully the one to get right now if you don't mind a (toned down) Touchwiz or a smaller screen. The Nexus 6 and Droid Turbo are still up there too if you want a larger screen, and then of course the Xperia phones are solid.
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Played with a S6 & Edge at Best Buy last night. Nice pieces of hardware, still a little too touchwizy for me. What I'm saying is there needs to be a GPE S6.
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Thermopyle posted:This is the exact opposite of what just about every professional and user review has said. I haven't touched one yet, so maybe you can explain why you disagree? Every year they say they've improved Touchwiz, and they really do a bit, but it's not significantly different than last gen. The upgrade to Lollipop from KitKat is a bigger improvement. It's a perfectly usable UI, just an unnecessary and universally negative change to a UI that looks and works better stock.
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Is the battery life on the S6 as middling as the reviews suggest? That's a dealbreaker for me as I'd buy a freakin' flip phone at this point if it'd last for 2 days straight on idle. To me it's still looking like the Z3 is the one to beat for battery life.
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CLAM DOWN posted:I do, we're nexus 6 buddies Every time I check out the N6 display at the store I feel dirty. It's so excessively large I would feel like everyone would be looking at me whenever I got it out. Assuming I managed to not break it in my pocket the first time I moved some furniture or something. I wish they'd made a new Nexus 5.
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evilskillit posted:Every time I check out the N6 display at the store I feel dirty. It's so excessively large I would feel like everyone would be looking at me whenever I got it out. Assuming I managed to not break it in my pocket the first time I moved some furniture or something. I wish they'd made a new Nexus 5. I've still got a Moto X 2014 (Which is probably the closest thing to a Nexus 5-2) $140 off code making a 16 Gig $360 or 32 Gig $410 I believe which is basically the N5 pricing. Also they are giving away a free Moto Hint with off contract purchase ($150 value) and I got upgraded to leather for free. You might be able to get a Moto X 2014 Pure Edition + Leather/Wood upgrade + Moto Hint for $360 that's a hell of a deal. Anyone who wants the code please PM me it's good till 4/16.
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flashy_mcflash posted:Is the battery life on the S6 as middling as the reviews suggest? That's a dealbreaker for me as I'd buy a freakin' flip phone at this point if it'd last for 2 days straight on idle. To me it's still looking like the Z3 is the one to beat for battery life. The new thing is to support quick/Turbo/wireless charging and let the road warriors get one of these or maybe something like this.
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Stick100 posted:I've still got a Moto X 2014 (Which is probably the closest thing to a Nexus 5-2) $140 off code making a 16 Gig $360 or 32 Gig $410 I believe which is basically the N5 pricing. Also they are giving away a free Moto Hint with off contract purchase ($150 value) and I got upgraded to leather for free. I was going to take advantage of this deal, but missed the window to sign up. I don't have PM's and I am not 100% on getting it yet, but if no one uses it in a few days, I might try and contact you. I lost my HTC One M8 about a month ago now. I have a Samsung Charge and it is killing me slowly. Trying to decide if I want the Moto X 2014 or the LG G3. This would be on Verizon. The G3 is $450, so they are basically the same price. I doubt I can go wrong with either one.
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