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I just came from a Moto G, and I can't recommend it to anyone really even as a budget phone. I've vented about it in here before, but basically what it comes down to is that the phone has "only" 1GB of RAM. That wouldn't be a problem, except Motorola totally hosed up the memory management on the phone and it's literally impossible to do simple things like use Navigation while playing music at the same time. It'll constantly kick the music out of memory after a few minutes (if you're lucky and it doesn't do it instantaneously). I mean I've had other phones with 1GB of RAM that could do navigation+music fine, and the Moto G even did this when it had 4.4 so I know it's something on Moto's end. I ditched it for a Galaxy s4 again, couldn't be happier etc.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:03
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I've seen you say this multiple times, but both one of my friends and my mom has a Moto G and hasn't experienced any of those problems.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:13
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Hell, I have it with the 2014 Moto X, which has 2 GB of RAM! I'm hoping the 5.1 update that's applying now will fix this problem.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:16
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bull3964 posted:I've seen you say this multiple times, but both one of my friends and my mom has a Moto G and hasn't experienced any of those problems. Eh, it's all over the Motorola forums and such. It's a real thing.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:17
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So I just got the 5.1 update on my 2014 Moto X, and so far so good. There is one hilarious new "addition" though.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:21
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Require More Fire posted:So I just got the 5.1 update on my 2014 Moto X, and so far so good. There is one hilarious new "addition" though. http://www.androidcentral.com/how-hide-annoying-network-name-moto-x
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Jun 30, 2015 18:24
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Guess what's not available on the Verizon build. Also the carrier name has always been in the status bar since 5.0 rolled out, 5.1 adds a 2nd occurence of it at the bottom and it overlaps the animated unlock ring. It's really minor but it's one of those things where you wonder why any manpower was dedicated to this at all.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:28
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That's only if it's persistent. It only shows up on the lock screen. I question why anyone who has a moto device even sees the lock screen honestly.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:30
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Require More Fire posted:So I just got the 5.1 update on my 2014 Moto X, and so far so good. There is one hilarious new "addition" though. Is this actually annoying you? It shows up on my N6 on stock too and I couldn't care less.  e: oh, just saw that link posted, it's showing up everywhere (not just the lock screen) in the status bar? Yeah that's bad/not cool.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:31
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Jun 30, 2015 18:31
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2015 Moto G renders leak along with some supposed specs. Snapdragon 410 and 1GB of ram. I really wish the earlier leaks of Snapdragon 615 and 2GB of RAM were accurate. 1GB of RAM really limiting in 2015.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:32
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CLAM DOWN posted:
No, it doesn't show up everywhere. It's just the lock screen.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:33
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bull3964 posted:That's only if it's persistent. It only shows up on the lock screen. For a variety of reasons, including that I don't like Moto Camera and Moto won't let you link the twist-gesture to whatever you like, so I have to go to the lockscreen to get to the camera quick-launch. CLAM DOWN posted:e: oh, just saw that link posted, it's showing up everywhere (not just the lock screen) in the status bar? Yeah that's bad/not cool. It's always been in the status bar, that's not new (and it goes away once you unlock). What's new is them slapping a 2nd Verizon banner on the bottom of the phone almost over the lock icon. As I said it's a minor, it's just a "really, Verizon?" moment.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:45
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Personally, I think it's just a goof with a code merge since that's where it was in Kit Kat.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:50
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bull3964 posted:Personally, I think it's just a goof with a code merge since that's where it was in Kit Kat. Yeah exactly, it's not that big of a deal, will likely get fixed, and isn't the carrier's fault.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:55
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So I am "supposed" to use moto display if I can use this ambient display setting?
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Jun 30, 2015 19:06
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Moto's implementation is better, I think.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:08
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Moto's active display is still superior to the stock implementation as far as I'm concerned.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:09
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Moto can't seriously release a new midlevel phone in mid-2015 with 1gb ram, can they?
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Jun 30, 2015 19:13
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FistEnergy posted:Moto can't seriously release a new phone in mid-2015 with 1gb ram, can they? Android OEMs keep ripping off Apple.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:14
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kri kri posted:So I am "supposed" to use moto display if I can use this ambient display setting? moto display uses their low power cpu and wakes up via gesture
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Jun 30, 2015 19:15
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FistEnergy posted:Moto can't seriously release a new midlevel phone in mid-2015 with 1gb ram, can they? Why not? Google released a flagship tablet in 2014 with only 2 gb of RAM when every other flagship device moved on to 3.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:27
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Full rollout of Lollipop to the turbo will begin tomorrow. http://www.droid-life.com/2015/06/30/verizon-droid-turbo-lollipop-update-goes-live-tomorrow/
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Jun 30, 2015 20:32
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With such a short soak test it seems like all they could test was that it didn't brick people's phones upon install.
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Jun 30, 2015 20:35
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kri kri posted:So I am "supposed" to use moto display if I can use this ambient display setting? Ambient display doesn't use any of motos special hardware sooooo
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Jun 30, 2015 20:49
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kitten smoothie posted:With such a short soak test it seems like all they could test was that it didn't brick people's phones upon install. That's essentially all they are coupled with a means to capture feedback to put into future updates.
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Jun 30, 2015 20:56
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My wife has a Galaxy S6. When she first got it we setup voice/hangouts for voicemail and everything was fine. A couple days ago Sprint pushed an update that once again forced their lovely voicemail app as the default, but now I cannot find anywhere to switch the default vm provider back to Google voice. Did they really just lock our vm into their lovely service? I keep telling my wife an extra 20 month is worth getting away from Sprint fuckery but she just has to stay on this poo poo provider making GBS threads yellow NASCAR squirts all over her phone each update.
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Jun 30, 2015 21:01
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Turnquiet posted:My wife has a Galaxy S6. When she first got it we setup voice/hangouts for voicemail and everything was fine. A couple days ago Sprint pushed an update that once again forced their lovely voicemail app as the default, but now I cannot find anywhere to switch the default vm provider back to Google voice. Did they really just lock our vm into their lovely service? It's in the dialer settings if you have Nexus. Not sure on S6.
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Jun 30, 2015 21:15
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Is there a way to get Firefox to ignore the fact that I've got physical buttons and un-hide the menu icon?
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Jun 30, 2015 21:15
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Sigh, I knew the loss of "Silent" mode was coming but it sure didn't make it any less annoying when it happened.
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Jun 30, 2015 21:16
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Turnquiet posted:My wife has a Galaxy S6. When she first got it we setup voice/hangouts for voicemail and everything was fine. A couple days ago Sprint pushed an update that once again forced their lovely voicemail app as the default, but now I cannot find anywhere to switch the default vm provider back to Google voice. Did they really just lock our vm into their lovely service? You have to have the Google Voice app installed. Open the Phone app, tap Menu>Settings>Call>Voicemail>Setup
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Jun 30, 2015 21:17
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kitten smoothie posted:With such a short soak test it seems like all they could test was that it didn't brick people's phones upon install. Yeah, I'm calling bullshit. I don't know what's the deal with the Turbo that causes these Android News sites to make up stuff about it. We'll certainly see. 
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Jun 30, 2015 21:20
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bull3964 posted:Sigh, I knew the loss of "Silent" mode was coming but it sure didn't make it any less annoying when it happened. Exactly my thoughts after using it since last night. Hace posted:Ambient display doesn't use any of motos special hardware sooooo
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Jun 30, 2015 22:12
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Rexxed posted:I'd consider getting an mhl cable and hook it up to HDMI monitor if the digitizer is still working: Does anyone else experience a drastic framerate drop when plugging in a TV? My S4 (VZW, Cyanogen) and Note 10.1 2014 (Wifi, 'Wiz) halve the framerate when I hook up a TV. I've heard of people using phones as emulation devices once they're out of date, but at half the framerate there's really no point.
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Jun 30, 2015 22:19
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bull3964 posted:Sigh, I knew the loss of "Silent" mode was coming but it sure didn't make it any less annoying when it happened. What's your beef with it? I love priority mode because I can finally silence all sounds except the ringer at night. I had to use multiple tasker profiles to accomplish that pre-lollipop.
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Jul 1, 2015 00:15
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Vykk.Draygo posted:What's your beef with it? I love priority mode because I can finally silence all sounds except the ringer at night. I had to use multiple tasker profiles to accomplish that pre-lollipop. Unless I'm misreading, he would rather be able to silence everything in one go?
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Captain Yossarian posted:Unless I'm misreading, he would rather be able to silence everything in one go? You can still do that? Hit "none" instead of "priority" and everything is silenced.
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Jul 1, 2015 00:59
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I want my wrist to buzz with my Moto 360 while my phone does nothing. That's currently impossible.
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bull3964 posted:I want my wrist to buzz with my Moto 360 while my phone does nothing. That's currently impossible. You can mute phone notifications while connected to a wear watch in the settings in the android wear app.
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Skywalker OG posted:You can mute phone notifications while connected to a wear watch in the settings in the android wear app. That almost works, but I don't always wear the watch at home so I would either have to turn it off when I take it off or toggle that setting back and forth. I would much rather them have a toggle that lets your watch ignore the priority mode of the phone. That would give me desired behavior.
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