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E.T. NO HOMO: Jan 27, 2007; but you say he's
just a friend

Always a second class citizen

# ? Jun 30, 2015 02:51

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# ? May 22, 2024 10:11

alg: Mar 14, 2007; A wolf was no less a wolf because a whim of chance caused him to run with the watch-dogs.

Updatin too. This owns

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:04

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:10

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

we'll get Android M circa 2017 at this rate

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:13

Hace: Feb 13, 2012; <<Mobius 1, Engage.>>

Don Lapre posted:

Maybe someone should tell them that 5.1.1 is latest

Does it event specify 5.1.1 in the update page? It was just 5.1 on my N7.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:20

E.T. NO HOMO: Jan 27, 2007; but you say he's
just a friend

It's just 5.1

We'll get the other .1 in August 2019

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:30

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

Apparently the Turbo 5.1 update allows you to unlock the bootloader in dev options lol

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:30

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Not too terribly concerned about the additional .1 since a lot of those enhancements were related to kernel on the Nexus devices. There weren't any user facing enhancements with it.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:39

Merv Burger: Jan 3, 2008

this_is_hard posted:

Apparently the Turbo 5.1 update allows you to unlock the bootloader in dev options lol

That doesn't unlock the bootloader.

It needs to be checked before being able to run the fastboot oem unlock command. I imagine on a device like the Turbo, the bootloader is still quite locked.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 03:46

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

It's here!

# ? Jun 30, 2015 04:12

Digital Jesus: Sep 11, 2001

Thinking about returning from iOS to Android. Nexus 6 looks the business and I love AOSP. Anything else I should be strongly considering? TouchWiz is no. Also I'm in Australia so a few options probably aren't readily available.

How does it compare in general to the second gen Moto X?

# ? Jun 30, 2015 04:29

DemonMage: Oct 14, 2004; What happens in the course of duty is up to you...

If you're good with/prefer that size of phone, then no not really.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 04:30

Digital Jesus: Sep 11, 2001

Gigantophone is probably not my preference but I can live with it.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 04:31

datajosh: May 3, 2002; I had the realization these aren't my problem!

WattsvilleBlues posted:

What performance problems have you encountered?

It seems to have bad RAM management or it could just be bloated Samsung software. (Or possibly software that hasn't been properly optimized for a 64-bit chip yet.) It lags randomly and apps reload a lot when multitasking. I found some apps not even updating in the background like they should. It's a powerful phone with 3GB of RAM so it could very well be fixed with a software update in the future.

My wife seems to be pretty happy with hers but after The Nexus Experience�, I couldn't deal with it.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 05:32

hotsauce: Jan 14, 2007

Digital Jesus posted:

Gigantophone is probably not my preference but I can live with it.

If you are even slightly on the fence, I caution you.

I love the Nexus experience too, but drat if the N6 wasn't like carrying around a cookie sheet. It just got old and I sold it off. Back to the Note 4, which is big as well, but easier to deal with because it's narrower in width. Measurements be damned, the N6 is just too wide...and comically wide with a case on (you will want a slim case...or griptape :getin:

# ? Jun 30, 2015 05:33

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Using this just makes me even more irrationally angry at my Nexus 9. Even with 5.1.1 which resolve most of the glaring problems, it's still a DOG compared to this.

Can't even blame it on the resolution either since the turbo is just as high.

Here's hoping for a Snapdragon based Nexus tablet this year.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 06:18

Digital Jesus: Sep 11, 2001

hotsauce posted:

If you are even slightly on the fence, I caution you.

I love the Nexus experience too, but drat if the N6 wasn't like carrying around a cookie sheet. It just got old and I sold it off. Back to the Note 4, which is big as well, but easier to deal with because it's narrower in width. Measurements be damned, the N6 is just too wide...and comically wide with a case on (you will want a slim case...or griptape ).

You ain't kidding man. I just picked one up and it's a monster. I like it for now, but I'm worried once I add a case it'll be crazy.

E: How is the Naked Tough Case for the N6?

Digital Jesus fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Jun 30, 2015

# ? Jun 30, 2015 06:28

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

bull3964 posted:

Here's hoping for a Snapdragon based Nexus tablet this year.

Last I heard rumors say no new Nexus tablet this year.
Which really loving sucks as the last good Nexus tablet was the 2013 N7 and thats getting OOOLLLLDDDD.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 07:44

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

ilkhan posted:

Last I heard rumors say no new Nexus tablet this year.
Which really loving sucks as the last good Nexus tablet was the 2013 N7 and thats getting OOOLLLLDDDD.

I really hope that's not the case after such a wet fart of the Nexus 9.

Sigh, just give me a Nexus 7 with a 1440 screen, snapdragon 808, and 3gb of RAM and I'll be happy as a pig in poo poo.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 13:46

isndl: May 2, 2012; I WON A CONTEST IN TG AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CUSTOM TITLE

this_is_hard posted:

droid turbo

To be fair, the Droid Turbo isn't advertised as waterproof, just water resistant. Submersion is not recommended under any circumstance.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 14:42

marumaru: May 20, 2013

What icon packs do you guys use?

I'm trying Elun and Zolo, but neither is perfect.

Elun makes unrecognized apps tiny as gently caress and Zolo barely has any apps.

Any suggestions?
If anyone knows a round icon pack that fills the circle with stock icon instead of making it tiny, that would be cool

# ? Jun 30, 2015 14:50

Merv Burger: Jan 3, 2008

ilkhan posted:

Last I heard rumors say no new Nexus tablet this year.
Which really loving sucks as the last good Nexus tablet was the 2013 N7 and thats getting OOOLLLLDDDD.

Honestly, if they never made another tablet, I don't think I would even care. I think any direction Android had towards being a tablet-capable platform in Honeycomb/ICS was wiped out in Jellybean and Kit Kat, and is effectively dead on Lollipop.

I mean, I bought an Asus Transformer with Windows 8.1, and I think it works better as a tablet than my Nexus 7 ever did.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:02

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

Inacio posted:

What icon packs do you guys use?

I'm trying Elun and Zolo, but neither is perfect.

Elun makes unrecognized apps tiny as gently caress and Zolo barely has any apps.

Any suggestions?
If anyone knows a round icon pack that fills the circle with stock icon instead of making it tiny, that would be cool

I'm using a pack called "Stock UI"

Looks p rad

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:05

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

bull3964 posted:

Using this just makes me even more irrationally angry at my Nexus 9. Even with 5.1.1 which resolve most of the glaring problems, it's still a DOG compared to this.

Can't even blame it on the resolution either since the turbo is just as high.

Here's hoping for a Snapdragon based Nexus tablet this year.

I like this Lollipop build quite a bit, it seems pretty quick and responsive. Also, my phone finally works with my car stereo, reading me texts and alerts. Awesome.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:06

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

kensei posted:

I like this Lollipop build quite a bit, it seems pretty quick and responsive. Also, my phone finally works with my car stereo, reading me texts and alerts. Awesome.

Oh, great! I'm looking forward to the Moto Assist app talking over bluetooth.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:13

withoutclass: Nov 6, 2007; Resist the siren call of rhinocerosness; College Slice

Digital Jesus posted:

You ain't kidding man. I just picked one up and it's a monster. I like it for now, but I'm worried once I add a case it'll be crazy.

E: How is the Naked Tough Case for the N6?

I ended up with a DBRAND skin and a glass screen protecter after having a case for a couple months and it's much nicer.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:18

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

hooah posted:

Oh, great! I'm looking forward to the Moto Assist app talking over bluetooth.

I'll try that later today, and see if I ask my phone something if it will pop over the stereo.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:20

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Merv Burger posted:

Honestly, if they never made another tablet, I don't think I would even care. I think any direction Android had towards being a tablet-capable platform in Honeycomb/ICS was wiped out in Jellybean and Kit Kat, and is effectively dead on Lollipop.

I mean, I bought an Asus Transformer with Windows 8.1, and I think it works better as a tablet than my Nexus 7 ever did.

I'm looking at a surface pro but its the wrong size and shape to function well as a replacement reader/toilet-web-enabler to replace an N7.

Still need a 7-8 inch tablet to do that.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:20

isndl: May 2, 2012; I WON A CONTEST IN TG AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CUSTOM TITLE

ilkhan posted:

I'm looking at a surface pro but its the wrong size and shape to function well as a replacement reader/toilet-web-enabler to replace an N7.

Still need a 7-8 inch tablet to do that.

Have you seen the Surface 3 (non-Pro)? 10.8" screen size, so it's larger than your 7-8", but it might be worth considering.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:26

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

kensei posted:

I'll try that later today, and see if I ask my phone something if it will pop over the stereo.

I thought that's what you meant?

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:30

alg: Mar 14, 2007; A wolf was no less a wolf because a whim of chance caused him to run with the watch-dogs.

I'm not a phone person but my Turbo feels a lot snappier with Lollipop.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:42

XIII: Feb 11, 2009

alg posted:

I'm not a phone person but my Turbo feels a lot snappier with Lollipop.

Mine too.

Quick question: why doesn't Gmail show one of the new Heads Up style notification?

# ? Jun 30, 2015 15:45

kensei: Dec 27, 2007; He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!

hooah posted:

I thought that's what you meant?

I didn't start it, the text came in and my phone connected to my stereo and offered to read it to me. I didn't initiate a verbal command for Ok Google Now, that's what I will test.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 16:26

Wayne Knight: May 11, 2006

Any word on when the Droid Maxx will get 5.1?

# ? Jun 30, 2015 16:54

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

Ok. My beef is that the thing doesn't play the assist audio over BT. I don't use the voice actions enough for that to matter to me, but that would be good to know at least.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 16:58

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

I have a surface pro 3 and as much as I like it, it's not a good replacement for a single handed tablet for casual browsing like a good 7" tablet is.

I'm REALLY annoyed that Samsung and others seem to be jumping on the terrible 4:3 bandwagon as I probably would have just bought a newer Tab S this year to replace the Nexus 9 otherwise.

Sigh, maybe I should just go to a phablet with my next phone and forgo having an android tablet altogether.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 17:05

Beverly Cleavage: Jun 22, 2004; I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....

I hate to say it, but I vastly prefer an ipad to android tablets. My experience with my Tab Pro from last year is lukewarm at best.

What's in the pipeline that might be worth waiting on? My ATT S4 is working ok, but contract up and I'm bored with it. Generally sick of Samsung, and the nexus 6 is too big if my work 6+ is any indication. That basically leaves the 2014 x, or the sony z series - both of which aren't quite as easy to get my hands on. I don't feel like there's much worth waiting on, especially if the 810 isn't really looking that promising - and the overall trend of larger phones is a lukewarm proposition at best for me.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 17:30

scaterry: Sep 12, 2012

So I'm looking to pick up a new phone, preferably an Android one. My old phone, which I've used for like the last 4 years, was this iPhone 4S.

What's the current best in line Android phones in terms of battery life? I'm generally looking for something with battery life longer than the iPhone when used like a spare internet browser.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 17:34

big business man: Sep 30, 2012

scaterry posted:

So I'm looking to pick up a new phone, preferably an Android one. My old phone, which I've used for like the last 4 years, was this iPhone 4S.

What's the current best in line Android phones in terms of battery life? I'm generally looking for something with battery life longer than the iPhone when used like a spare internet browser.

Droid Turbo if you want a flagship

I'm not entirely certain but if you're looking for budget phones the Moto G/E have really good battery life

# ? Jun 30, 2015 17:35

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Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

So I picked up a Nexus 6 with my Fi invite. So far, for the most part, I like the phone but one of my biggest complaints is that the stock keyboard seems to lag when I've been texting a lot. I've googled around I can't seen to find anything recent about this with the N6. Has anyone else experienced it? It was worse using Hangouts than Messenger, but it still happens. Using the stock keyboard.

# ? Jun 30, 2015 18:02

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