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RZA Encryption posted:Why would you get anything buy the Nexus 6? Official support from google. My Galaxy Nexus had official support from Google, and it was a piss-poor phone after the first six months.
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Captain Yossarian posted:Couple reviews out there for the Zenfone 2 as of today. Reviews are positive for the most part, some knocks on battery life but looking pretty solid for the price. Phone posting so I don't have links, but GSM Arena and I believe Android Authority have full reviews up now. This is the first one I've seen that's not just some goofy youtube user: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_vttBfgt04 Overall pretty good with some of the same issues that people who've imported have mentioned, namely that the power button is hard to reach and also to press and that the battery life is poor due to some software issues. Asus apparently has delayed sending out their review units to the 30 people that were chosen by Android Central. Next week at the earliest  Edit: Here's another one: http://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_2_ze551ml-review-1240.php BeastOfExmoor fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:I've been having a weird problem with Hangouts since switching to a Moto X. Just back out to the conversation list and then tap the conversation again; it'll take you to the bottom.
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RZA Encryption posted:Why would you get anything buy the Nexus 6? Official support from google. I would have bought a Nexus 6 but Google won't upgrade the software to match the Xperia Z3's battery life or camera or SD card support or waterproofing, no matter how many angry emails I send. Maybe XDA can fix these Nexus 6 shortcomings.
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I've been using the Nexus 6 that I bought for my husband to see if I could get used to such a big phone before I decide if I want one for myself. I'm short and have hands that are even smaller than average for a girl, so I thought the Nexus 6 would definitely be way too big for me. Surprisingly, it's been mostly manageable so far. I kinda laugh every time I get a new phone, because I always think back to how all my friends used to make fun of how HUGE my first phone (Palm Treo 650) was.
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Inspect Your Gadgets › The Android Thread - You Look Like You're Holding a Cookie Sheet Against Your Face
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Some of us don't want huge phones sticking out of our pants pockets, rubbing against our studded belts.
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Didn't see a better thread to ask this in. When I'm playing music, it will stop a minute or two after my screen locks. I googled the hell out of this, and the consensus seems to be excluding both the music player and the gallery app from your task killer. I did so, and it didn't help. In frustration, I excluded every app from the task killer, and it still didn't help. I'd just uninstall the task killer, but it's a system app and my phone isn't rooted (yet, waiting on bootloader unlock code). The only other advice out there is to turn off screen lock, but that kills my battery pretty quick so it's a no-go. This is really frustrating, it basically ruins half the reasons I bought this phone (make phone calls and listen to music at work). My phone is an AT&T Go Phone, a Huawei Y536A1. Does anyone have any advice? e. Music is located on my SD card. Maybe the phone is putting the SD card into some kind of standby mode on screen lock? If it is, is there a way to disable that? rndmnmbr fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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Zom Aur posted:Looks like it counts system storage as "misc". Your apps combined with "system memory" is about 12GB. Everything else should be able to be moved to the SD-card regardless. Cool, thanks, I'll try that.
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The width. The width of the Nexus 6 was the most awkward thing to me. The height was fine.
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rndmnmbr posted:Didn't see a better thread to ask this in.
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I have a Droid Turbo, and recently every time I make or receive a phone call, I'm getting an error of contacts has stopped. I can just hit OK and continue on just fine, but what the hell? Anyone else having that? I read that clearing the contact app cache and data fixes it, but it sure didn't. edit: and just tried making a call and it didn't happen. Maybe online on incoming calls? fake edit 2: nope. Apparently just happens at random. Android'd. OMGMYSPLEEN fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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nmfree posted:Inspect Your Gadgets › The Android Thread - You Look Like You're Holding a Cookie Sheet Against Your Face I release the copyright on my post for this usage.
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Just copped a stainless steel Moto 360 watch for $130 brand new at Best Buy using their promotion. Basically, bought a $30 Net10 prepaid phone with Android on it and they should knock $100 off the sale price of any 360 watch. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3712664
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Endless Mike posted:Can't you disable the task killer, at least? Nope. Multiple "app freezer" apps demand root to touch it. In app management, I can force stop, but it will wind up restarting itself. Disable is grayed out.
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rndmnmbr posted:Didn't see a better thread to ask this in. Android really likes to kick poo poo out of memory. The less memory you have, the worse it gets. Uninstalling everything else with a running process that eats ram would mitigate the problem, but still wouldn't completely eliminate it, and is a bit of a drastic solution. When you get root, try installing an xposed addition called App Settings, and click the box that says "keep resident" for your media player app. Down side to doing that is, if the system runs out of RAM, it'll just crash and reboot. So, your options suck. Get a new phone, or get the best dedicated media player you can afford. A Sansa Clip will run you about $40 on Ebay. You can also see what Swappa has in the way of super cheap phones.
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rndmnmbr posted:Didn't see a better thread to ask this in. What does a 2013 Moto G or Moto E cost you, and what did that phone cost? If it isn't much difference, you'll have fewer headaches with either Moto. Even a Lumia 520 would probably give you fewer headaches, and those are dirt cheap.
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I don't know that I would recommend the E. I gave up on a 2013 G because it kept kicking things out of memory. 1 gig may not be enough anymore.
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hooah posted:I don't know that I would recommend the E. I gave up on a 2013 G because it kept kicking things out of memory. Did it have a task killer you couldn't uninstall that would kick music out of memory when it was simply playing music with the screen off? Seems like even the E would be a much better option than that Huawei (1 GB ram, 1.6 GB internal storage available to user out of the box, 4.5" 854x480 display, not stock software, etc).
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RVProfootballer posted:Did it have a task killer you couldn't uninstall that would kick music out of memory when it was simply playing music with the screen off? Seems like even the E would be a much better option than that Huawei (1 GB ram, 1.6 GB internal storage available to user out of the box, 4.5" 854x480 display, not stock software, etc). I'm actually a fan Huawei and I agree 100% here. We don't get many of their good brands and if you aren't getting an Ascend Mate 2, I'd stick with Moto
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This maybe a question for the Verizon thread, but I've been seriously looking at the Droid Turbo and Z3V. I know some people like one over the other but what is the phone with the best battery life and best onboard speakers? Finally ditching Sprint next week so looking for something to best fit my needs. Camera isn't much of a issue and anything that can run on 5.1 (once they get it sorted out)
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ninmeister posted:I have a Droid Turbo, and recently every time I make or receive a phone call, I'm getting an error of contacts has stopped. I can just hit OK and continue on just fine, but what the hell? Anyone else having that? I read that clearing the contact app cache and data fixes it, but it sure didn't. I've gotten this multiple times before on my Turbo as well but it doesn't seem to really affect anything very much. I guess the process just restarts itself.
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GopherFlats posted:This maybe a question for the Verizon thread, but I've been seriously looking at the Droid Turbo and Z3V. I know some people like one over the other but what is the phone with the best battery life and best onboard speakers? Finally ditching Sprint next week so looking for something to best fit my needs. Camera isn't much of a issue and anything that can run on 5.1 (once they get it sorted out) Turbo for sure. The Z3v is actually a Z2 variant, not a Z3 variant like you'd expect.
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ninmeister posted:I have a Droid Turbo, and recently every time I make or receive a phone call, I'm getting an error of contacts has stopped. I can just hit OK and continue on just fine, but what the hell? Anyone else having that? I read that clearing the contact app cache and data fixes it, but it sure didn't. This was happening on my wife's galaxy s5 and a random Google result had some people saying to disable google+ app. Since disabling it, it hasn't happened to her again. This was about a month ago. Worth a try?
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rotaryfun posted:This was happening on my wife's galaxy s5 and a random Google result had some people saying to disable google+ app. Since disabling it, it hasn't happened to her again. This was about a month ago. Worth a try? Oooh could be, maybe it has to do with contact photos synced to it? I use Google + though, so if that's it I'll just deal with it. Thanks!
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Droid Turbo question #2: battery meter seems semi hosed. It beeped at me saying it was at 12%. At 8%, it just said said powering down like it was totally dead. When put on charge with it off, it was still at 8%. What the gently caress phone.
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ninmeister posted:Droid Turbo question #2: battery meter seems semi hosed. It beeped at me saying it was at 12%. At 8%, it just said said powering down like it was totally dead. When put on charge with it off, it was still at 8%. What the gently caress phone. Mine usually goes dead around 5-8% too
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RVProfootballer posted:What does a 2013 Moto G or Moto E cost you, and what did that phone cost? If it isn't much difference, you'll have fewer headaches with either Moto. Even a Lumia 520 would probably give you fewer headaches, and those are dirt cheap. It was, unfortunately, the right phone at the right time at the right price - my old-assed LG blackberry knockoff picked the exact wrong time to die, and there this phone was, promising to do everything I needed it to do for basically all the money I had to spare. I'm a perpetually broke gently caress, and it's way too late to return it, so I'm pretty much stuck for it. drat. I dug out my ancient 2gb MP3 player (PlaysForSure ahahaha holy poo poo this thing is old), and I guess I'll just make do. It's hardly the first time I got screwed on features because I needed a phone nownownow and my choices for retailers was whoever stood between me and my eventual destination.
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G3 finally got the 5.0.1 update on T-Mobile today, I like basically everything about the update except that the Google music app is now slow. Music plays at the right speed, but there is lag when scrolling around while music is playing. Anything I could do to reset that?
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For those who care, the 5.1 Nexus 4 image is up on the developers site.
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hooah posted:For those who care, the 5.1 Nexus 4 image is up on the developers site. So is the Nexus 7 2013 (even the LTE version!.) All the Nexi have their 5.1 updates, except the N9. The build for the 4 and the 7 is LMY47O, so it's possible the others could get updated to a newer 5.1 build sometime soon.
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this_is_hard posted:Mine usually goes dead around 5-8% too Do you use Qi charging at all? I've been reading that some people seem to see a problem with their battery meter while using it. I do occasionally.
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ninmeister posted:Do you use Qi charging at all? I've been reading that some people seem to see a problem with their battery meter while using it. I do occasionally. occasionally, I usually use turbo charging much more frequently though. i've heard from a bunch of people that their turbo dies at 5-10% though
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KS posted:CEO wants an android phone. I don't know what to recommend. It would be on either AT&T or Verizon. My last two phones have been the 2013 Moto X, which I loved, and the 2014 Moto X, which has been a buggy piece of poo poo on Lollipop. The voice activation activates randomly 1-2x/day and it reboots in my pocket at least once a week. Get him Note 4 with Montblanc cover and pen.
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MikusR posted:Get him Note 4 with Montblanc cover and pen. This would be my recommendation as well. It is the most "executive" Android phone.
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The USC Note 4 finally got the Lollipop update last night. It's... not that different. Aside from lockscreen notifications and the color-changing notification shade, I haven't found much of anything that changed. I guess ART is there now. It seems like Samsung's implementation of 4.4 already did most of what they added in AOSP lollipop. Any other Note 4 owners have cool tips on stuff I'm missing?
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:The USC Note 4 finally got the Lollipop update last night. It's... not that different. Aside from lockscreen notifications and the color-changing notification shade, I haven't found much of anything that changed. I guess ART is there now. It seems like Samsung's implementation of 4.4 already did most of what they added in AOSP lollipop. Check for Smart Lock. ART used to be pretty horrible on Touchwiz KitKat because it would recompile 30-40 apps every single time you boot up the phone.
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I've got an extra Moto X discount code if anyone wants it: SELFIE-EZUV-HKQU-SRUQ-3ZU4. My friend was gonna use it but he decided he wants an S6 instead.
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Any in here used a Huawei phone before? I'm wondering how bad their software customizations are. Been slowly searching for a replacement for my beat up N5 and the P8 they just announced looks really interesting. Love the size and the camera.
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ruby idiot railed posted:Check for Smart Lock. Smart lock is actually not useful to me because all my trusted wifi credentials are wiped automatically if the pin is disabled.
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