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Rastor posted:Sorry but nobody is going to do a smartphone with a 2 day battery anymore. Thin is in. It's like you think the Droid Turbo doesn't exist. 
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Gripen5 posted: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. You honestly can't go wrong with anything that has come out in the last 3 years coming from a Droid Charge lol.
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Apr 10, 2015 20:50
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Rastor posted:The new thing is to support quick/Turbo/wireless charging and let the road warriors get one of these I've been on the lookout for a battery pack like this that supported the quick charging feature. Thanks for the link.
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Apr 10, 2015 20:53
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isndl posted:It's like you think the Droid Turbo doesn't exist. People may not want to get suckered into being a Verizon customer? 
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Apr 10, 2015 20:55
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isndl posted:It's like you think the Droid Turbo doesn't exist. A 2-day smartphone isn't going to happen. Instead of hoping for one, get some turbo chargers and scatter them around your life. If you are a road warrior, get a mobile battery pack which supports turbo charging.
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My contract is up with AT&T and I'm going to renew, but I can't decide which phone to buy. Currently have an S3 running Cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4) but I've got battery, stability, and performance issues because the S3 is old. Currently eyeballing the S6 and I was going to buy it, but I really like AOSP and dislike Touchwiz. Exynos being closed-source means that an AOSP custom ROM is unlikely to come out for the S6, right? Or pretty much anything that makes significant headway against Touchwiz? That's pretty much my only complaint as the phone is super powerful, looks great display- and design-wise, and has great hardware otherwise that makes me want to jump its bones. That leaves me looking for other phones that can run AOSP custom ROMs or phones already running AOSP. Not stoked on the M9. Don't know much about the G4 until the 28th. New Nexus unlikely until fall. Also I'm on AT&T so unlikely that a new Nexus would be on contract anyway. Kinda stuck on what to do. Seems like my options are S6 and suck it up, wait and see if the G4 is worth it, or go phablet with the Nexus 6, but not sure if the less powerful hardware is worth it. Any advice on what seems logical? All considering that I can't really afford not to have something that doesn't go through AT&T.
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Apr 10, 2015 21:07
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Lblitzer posted:You honestly can't go wrong with anything that has come out in the last 3 years coming from a Droid Charge lol. I know. It is SO bad. I basically had to uninstall everything from it to get it to work for just the basics like texting and phone calls. It has 250 mb of ram and is usually operating around 210 mb in use with nothing basically only normal background stuff going on. I was almost tempted to root the phone to try and get a little more performance out of it, but decided I didn't want to accidentally brick the phone. I don't want to end up going backwards from the M8, now that I have a taste of what a modern phone can do, so I have been looking at the newer stuff. I was tempted to get a used M8 (retail is still $500+ despite the new model being out), but for $100-150 more I can get a brand new G3, so that is probably going to be it.
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Rastor posted:I know of the Droid Turbo, but though it does indeed have a thick battery, 2-day battery life isn't an iron-clad guarantee. Thanks for this! Just grabbed one of the Aukey units. I used to have a Satechi (sp?) battery pack but it was a bit too large and unwieldy to haul around.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:People may not want to get suckered into being a Verizon customer? That's why I 'imported' my Moto Maxx from Puerto Rico. Bit of a hefty price to pay up front though, I'll admit. Rastor posted:I know of the Droid Turbo, but though it does indeed have a thick battery, 2-day battery life isn't an iron-clad guarantee. GSM Arena tested it at what, 30 straight hours of talk time? There aren't many contexts where that's insufficient. And if it is, I'm impressed and you're fortunate that it also supports turbo charging.
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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 appreciate that and if I weren't on Sprint that's what I'd probably get but Sprint isn't getting the Moto X2 and I'm not switching from Sprint because I'm on the employee plan. 
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isndl posted:That's why I 'imported' my Moto Maxx from Puerto Rico. Bit of a hefty price to pay up front though, I'll admit. Looking at the 2015 and beyond flagship phones -- I'm saying, they're not going to be configured with 2-day batteries.
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Rastor posted:Some proud Droid Turbo / Moto Maxx owners around here. I meant no offense, it's a very nice 2014 phone. Part of the reason I bought that phone was because it has a battery that can go two days without charging. I think it's slightly disingenuous to outright declare that a 2-day phone "isn't going to happen" when they're already on the market and available for purchase right now. Hardware improvements are in the pipeline (Snapdragon 810 not withstanding), so there's no telling what could happen in the next six months until the new round of phones launch. I wouldn't expect all of them to have long battery lives, just as I wouldn't expect all current phones to have long battery lives, but I would be surprised if absolutely none of them could do two days.
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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 looked at the website regarding this before and the free Moto Hint deal says "promo cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts." So it looks like you have to choose between $140 off OR free Moto Hint, not both.
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Rastor posted:Some proud Droid Turbo / Moto Maxx owners around here. I meant no offense, it's a very nice 2014 phone. The Z4? All those Chinese phones?
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So after two weeks with the droid turbo, I'm still angry about losing the settings button. The long press option in the android settings doesn't appear to get the job done, what gives? Edit: the droid turbo just barely makes it 24 hours for me because I use it nonstop at work. Battery life just isn't good on any phone. mastershakeman fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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What the gently caress broken Gingerbread era app are you using that you need a settings button?
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Mnemosyne posted:I looked at the website regarding this before and the free Moto Hint deal says "promo cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts." So it looks like you have to choose between $140 off OR free Moto Hint, not both. That makes sense it seemed like a pretty absurd deal to get ~$650 worth of value for $360. Well since no one wants it I'll put it out for the internet. Moto Selfie Stick Email posted:Moto X
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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.
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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. Plenty of phones can last for 2 days straight on idle. My Nexus 6 can easily go beyond that, let alone something like a Turbo. Though really any phone that isn't straight up bugged should have acceptable idle life at this point.
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bull3964 posted:What the gently caress broken Gingerbread era app are you using that you need a settings button? An incredibly* broken one, from the sound of it. Most Gingerbread apps that need a menu and can't fit it in the header (example: Winamp) will put an extra as-needed menu button in the virtual button bar. *Literally, as in it strains credibility nearly to and possibly beyond the breaking point.
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Is there a good/reasonably safe method to force move an app to the SD card without rooting? My wife's Covet Fashion is swamping her phone's internal storage.  Most of what I see online is either years old or requires root, but maybe things have changed?
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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? The notification shade still looks appalling to me - I'm not sure if it has changed from earlier versions of Touchwiz but it definitely looks as bad as it does on my LG G3. The rest isn't real problem, but then I didn't think Touchwiz on the S5 was an issue either (ugly visuals aside)
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The reason for the Samsung's S6 weak standby by times is that all the reviewers models are T-Mobile units running Samsung's Shannon 333 GSM/LTE baseband modem. However the Verizon/Sprint variants run the Qualcomm MDM9235 20nm modem. Basically across the board the T-Mobile and ATT variants get WAY crappier standby and weak signal battery life then the Qualcomm variants. Shannon 333 has an especially hard time dealing with T-mobiles typically weak signal indoors because T-Mobile's AWS 2100mhz band is much weaker than ATT's and Verizon's 700mhz band or Sprint's 800mhz LTE bands. This is why the S5 on ATT/Tmobile gets much better battery life than the S6 on same networks because it has an older but still more efficient Qualcomm modem. The Verizon/Sprint variants match or some cases beats the S5 even with a smaller battery.
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isndl posted:It's like you think the Droid Turbo doesn't exist. Is this where we try to give people battery envy?  
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Eejit posted:My contract is up with AT&T and I'm going to renew, but I can't decide which phone to buy. Currently have an S3 running Cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4) but I've got battery, stability, and performance issues because the S3 is old. Currently eyeballing the S6 and I was going to buy it, but I really like AOSP and dislike Touchwiz. Exynos being closed-source means that an AOSP custom ROM is unlikely to come out for the S6, right? Or pretty much anything that makes significant headway against Touchwiz? That's pretty much my only complaint as the phone is super powerful, looks great display- and design-wise, and has great hardware otherwise that makes me want to jump its bones. If you're really set on going AOSP, the Nexus 6 is your best/only bet. Getting an S6 with the intent of putting a custom rom on it right away seems like a terrible idea.
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Don't buy a phone you dislike with the sole purpose of fixing it with a custom ROM.
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bull3964 posted:What the gently caress broken Gingerbread era app are you using that you need a settings button? Dolphin. I used to have the address and tab bar hidden, and would hit the settings button to pop those up to switch tabs. Now I have to have them permanently displayed
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mastershakeman posted:Dolphin. I used to have the address and tab bar hidden, and would hit the settings button to pop those up to switch tabs. Now I have to have them permanently displayed Try using a better browser
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I don't understand why people need 24+ hours of standby time. Plug your phone in at night, problem solved.
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I charge regularly at night, but it's really nice to have the extra power for the days where you're up early and staying out later than usual. You simply don't have to think or worry about it.
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Do you actually not understand how someone might have a different lifestyle than you that a phone that can last 2 days without dying is a big positive?
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nerve posted:Do you actually not understand how someone might have a different lifestyle than you that a phone that can last 2 days without dying is a big positive? I'm not trying to be a dick, and I apologize if it came off that way. However I would guess that someone would usually sleep at some point during a 48 hour period. Well, unless there are drugs involved, but I would assume there would be outlets nearby. Plus, with quickcharge, you get hours of charge in minutes.
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Rye Bread posted:I'm not trying to be a dick, and I apologize if it came off that way. However I would guess that someone would usually sleep at some point during a 48 hour period. Some people prefer the peace of mind of knowing that no matter how hard they thrash their phone, it'll last a full day no matter what.
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Rye Bread posted:I'm not trying to be a dick, and I apologize if it came off that way. However I would guess that someone would usually sleep at some point during a 48 hour period. You're not wrong, but quick charge isn't a perfect solution. I might not have ready access to an outlet, such as when traveling. A portable charger makes two devices I have to keep topped off. I have to either keep spare chargers all over the place or carry one around with me, which can be a pain in the rear end. I have to be proactive about topping off my phone when necessary, because I won't have time if I realize I'm low as I'm heading out the door. These aren't insurmountable problems by any means, but I greatly prefer the simplicity of having a bigger battery that allows me to concentrate on other things.
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Anyone know why the latest update for the Note 4 (on VZW) has the messaging app starting new days at 8am? For example, if you get a text up until 7:59am, it will be grouped with messages from the day before. Then, all texts after 8am are grouped together as the current day.
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I don't think it's so much that people want 24-48 hours of idle time, it's just that they know that if it can last 48 hours on idle, it can probably last through a full 8 hours of me watching videos or playing games when I've been called for jury duty. And still have enough power left that I can get home without it dying. (Living in Baltimore means that you WILL get called for jury duty every 18 months.)
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http://9to5google.com/2015/04/10/nexus-5-nexus-7-bricked-android-lollipop/ Looks like there's a huge thread on Google's product page about Lollipop bricking Nexus 7 2013 Wi-Fi and Nexus. https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/aHPjOTqCpXY
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So apparently Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 devices are being bricked by OTA updates... GOOGLE'D https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/324i2d/nexus_5_and_7_devices_being_bricked_by_ota_updates/ Really though this is ridiculous how bad of a launch Lollipop has been. Edit: beaten haha
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Lblitzer posted:So apparently Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 devices are being bricked by OTA updates... GOOGLE'D No, all those people are just loving with their phones somehow.
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