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All I really care about on a phone is the battery. Give me a lovely phone with an amazing battery any day. As long as it can Whatsapp and use the google I'm good.
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Mnemosyne posted:The turbo charger that came with my Nexus 6 is now emitting a high-pitched whine sometimes, and often won't charge. I bought the Nexus from the Google Store, so I called them for support. I just spent 45 minutes on the phone with them, and they eventually told me "this is taking too long, call back tomorrow." I bought a smartwatch from the Google Store when there was a $50 Play credit promotion going. I didn't get the promo credit, so I called them. It took them weeks to get the credit issued to me. They were exceedingly polite but I mean, why does it take so long for someone somewhere to hit a button to issue a Play store credit?
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Sep 27, 2015 12:02
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Google Store Support is where they put employees from projects Google gave up. You're getting refunds from a bunch of shellshocked Wave and Reader devs.
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Sep 27, 2015 12:35
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I've had nothing but great success with Motorola support. I really didn't like the color combination I did with my first Moto X, and they let me get a new one. Then, hilariously enough, my wife did the same thing a few months later. Then she broke the screen on hers and they replaced the phone free of charge. Then the SIM tray started sticking out a little on my phone and they replaced the phone again. No shipping problems, fast and easy to get hold of, and went above and beyond what I expected out of them.
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Moto X Pure update: Had the phone for a few weeks now, and I love it for the most part. The hands free stuff when driving is awesome, though I wish the phone wouldn't give me the 5 minute introduction after every text when I've already replied to a few with voice. I've had zero issues with slowdown, the battery lasts forever (compared to my Nexus 5, anyway), and I'm getting better reception where I work (a giant hospital). I was completely against a big phone, but it actually fits my hand better and is far more ergonomic to hold. The camera is still maddening because you have so little control over it. When the stars align it takes amazing pictures, but otherwise it's poo poo as a point and shoot because you have to wait for it to focus on its own (even with the focus point mode enabled). I'm hoping with Android 6 and camera2 getting more widespread implementation that Motorola takes off the reins a bit, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm still planning on buying a Nexus 5X when it's released, but considering it's almost exactly the same size as the Pure with a smaller screen, it's going to take an incredible camera to make me switch.
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Whizbang posted:Google Store Support is where they put employees from projects Google gave up. You're getting refunds from a bunch of shellshocked Wave and Reader devs. If that were actually the case the manpower would probably make up for it. 
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Sep 27, 2015 17:05
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I would love for the Nexus 5x to have a great camera. I'm on a 2013 Moto X, and its been disappointing in the long run with the crap camera, slow software updates, and its just getting old now with the battery. Also I'm pretty pisses about the "optimizing apps" thing every so often since the Lollipop when it restarts, despite clearing cache and factory reset.
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Sep 27, 2015 19:53
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Well, the only shop I could find that wanted to sell Moto G 2/16GB phones in Norway just delayed their projected fulfillment date by 30 days. If my Samsung G S3 didn't have a broken screen, I could do without a new smartphone for a month. Without a working screen, I really can't. Given that the G 2/16 is off the table, I am forced to look elsewhere. I'd rather avoid the 810 chipset, I'd rather prefer my screen to be 5 inches or smaller, I would like it to be waterproof (enough so I can confidently clean it under the tap), I'd like to stick with Android, I need at least 2 GB RAM, and of course it needs to be available to buy in Norway. So far the only phones I have been able to find that kind of sort of fulfill those requirements is the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (with only 8 GB storage) and the Samsung Galaxy S5 (which is kind of expensive). Are there any other phones I should look at?
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Sep 27, 2015 20:37
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pun pundit posted:Well, the only shop I could find that wanted to sell Moto G 2/16GB phones in Norway just delayed their projected fulfillment date by 30 days? Does Amazon.fr ship to Norway? The 16/2 GB Moto G is 230€ on there: http://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B012MR...nX1L&ref=plSrch
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I've got my eyes on a Moto X Pure after my Galaxy S4 recently died, but my hopes were crushed after finding out it's not available in Canada. Has anyone here tried ordering one via something like shipitto or borderlinx?
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Sep 27, 2015 22:17
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Moto X (2014 16Gb) or Sony Z3 Compact as a stop gap? Z3 is about $100 more. The Moto G 2015 is not available here. Today is the day I leave my GNex behind.
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Sep 27, 2015 22:30
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bronin posted:Does Amazon.fr ship to Norway? The 16/2 GB Moto G is 230€ on there: http://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B012MR...nX1L&ref=plSrch It will ship most stuff, not cell phones though. The same goes for most international dealers, the only exception I've found is store.orange.com, and that doesn't carry the Moto G 2/16. (And it has specific store pages for each country it serves)
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Sep 27, 2015 22:33
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Mnemosyne posted:Quoting for truth. Every new phone I get makes me go " I was tempted to try out a Pre 3, just for a laugh. They're expensive though, and I know deep down it wouldn't cut it. I think the gesture bar at the bottom of the screen was genius. Swipe up to change apps and side swiping to go back and forward was such a good user experience. The Priv (ugh) is tempting, but I'll wait for the reviews. WebOS + Google Store would be my ideal phone.
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Still not as good as the Pre."
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Am I the only one that doesn't like non Samsung AMOLED displays? The ones Moto has used in the past few years have been terrible quality, IMO and have some burn in issues. Samsung displays have been tremendous though.
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Sep 28, 2015 00:33
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Cozmosis posted:Am I the only one that doesn't like non Samsung AMOLED displays? The ones Moto has used in the past few years have been terrible quality, IMO and have some burn in issues. I was never a fan Cozmosis posted:Am I the only one that doesn't like non Samsung AMOLED displays? The ones Moto has used in the past few years have been terrible quality, IMO and have some burn in issues. I was never a fan of the Nexus 6, that was my biggest complaint about it.
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Sep 28, 2015 00:56
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The OLED panel in the Nexus 6 is a Samsung one. Too bad it's a few generations old and really not that great. Can't blame Samsung for selling Motorola lower quality panels and saving their best for their own phones, though.
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Hey guys. Hopefully I can get some help as my phone is basically not working. Here is a general overview of everything: I have a Moto X 1060 (Verizon 1st gen). I updated to 5.0 last weekend (9/19/15) and everything was working great. I dropped my phone (even though I have ton of times before) and the screen broke. I bought a new screen+digitizer/LCD and installed it Saturday (9/26/15) and everything seemed to be good. Saturday night my phone was acting weird and it rebooted and was optimizing apps and I noticed the system was then on 5.1 (OK even though I don't recall installing it). Come Sunday morning (today) and my phone is just freaking out completely. The screen was complete static and then shut down at about 9 am but I used the phone just fine from 6:30-9. It turned on about a hour later and optimized apps why I was boarding an airplane. I shot out 2 texts and flipped to airplane mode for the flight. Listened to music the whole time with no issues. landed and put it back on the verizon network. sent a couple texts and then the phone stops responding. Reboots and tries to optimize apps again. Crashes during that. It tries again to optimize apps. Crashes during that. It has tried to optimize the apps 2 more times today and turns off/crashes at 60ish out of 107 apps. I tried to hold the power button down for 10 seconds a few times now. It will vibrate and that is it. It is plugged into the wall and just vibrates every 45 seconds or so. It is doing this right now...just buzz...buzz...buzz.. Plugged into my computer to see if I can see the device and it just vibrates every 45 seconds and does nothing else. One time it recognized it for about 10 seconds but that is it. I am in Branson MO right now for work, no phone is not ideal. My thoughts are that it is either of the following: Bad connections on my screen replacement (did this myself but it really was not that hard). Android update issue I can't take the phone apart right now since I don't have any tools with me. So I can't check the first one. I can't get the phone to stay on so I can't back it up and reset it (I am guessing a factory reset would be ideal) Any other ideas? I am really at a loss. The verizon store here gave me some local guys card since they will not do anything. It looks like they do a lot of screen replacements so maybe I can take my phone apart if need be at that place. Or I will be back in Denver Thursday if I have to wait. Thanks for any thoughts.
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Sep 28, 2015 04:39
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If I may, I would like to sum up your post: "I dropped my phone a ton of times and now it's not working and I don't know why."
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Sep 28, 2015 05:13
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grack posted:If I may, I would like to sum up your post: I actually would disagree with you here but hey what do I know. I always had a rubber case on it and the 20 months I had it it was ok. when my screen broke I went a 4 days waiting for my new one and everything worked great just couldn't see very well. Honestly the big change was a 5.1 upgrade or I broke something when I put the new screen on (but it seemed fine for the entire day...). I don't thing dropping it honestly has anything to do with it. I plugged my phone in again and after holding the power button down a bunch of times for 10 seconds it turned on. This time it made it through the optimization and is on. I am working on backing it up before trying a factory reset as that is the best I have come up with so far.
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Sep 28, 2015 05:28
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grack posted:If I may, I would like to sum up your post: This, you just want to blame some other factor other than yourself. A system update (the original Moto X went directly from 4.4.4 to 5.1, just so you know,) is just coincidental timing, and convenient for biases.
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You dropped your phone too much and broke the memory chips. Source: Me too 
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Fair enough. It could be the case. If it keeps working this week I will probably pull it apart again when I get home and check it out. And yes I agree that it was supposed to go straight from 4.4 to 5.1 but I also look at my version update after it happened and it said 5.0. but who knows. I wasn't trying to blame something else for my phone I was just trying to troubleshoot knowing I had just taken the phone apart to fix a broken screen and it had run another update. If your guys opinion is that I messed something up when it dropped on Tuesday (despite working fine through Saturday) then it is what it is. I will keep looking around and try to find a solution if I can.
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Sep 28, 2015 05:52
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pun pundit posted:It will ship most stuff, not cell phones though. The same goes for most international dealers, the only exception I've found is store.orange.com, and that doesn't carry the Moto G 2/16. (And it has specific store pages for each country it serves) drat that sucks 
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Sep 28, 2015 06:09
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Another phone related tragedy that could've been avoided with the judicious use of grip tape. WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN
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Sep 28, 2015 07:08
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Any downside to encrypting your phone? I'm on a Z3c if that matters.
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Sep 28, 2015 07:37
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spwrozek posted:Hey guys. Hopefully I can get some help as my phone is basically not working. Sounds like what my Nexus 5 was doing. Some Googling on it said it was the power button and to work the button and hit the phone on the button area to free it from sticking. This worked for me off and on for a couple days but has been rock stable the past 3 days. Internet people say to replace the button or it will continue to happen till it can't be fixed by beating it.
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Sep 28, 2015 10:03
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Red_Fred posted:Any downside to encrypting your phone? I'm on a Z3c if that matters. Slower performance. Ever used PGP or some other full disk encryption on a PC?
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Sep 28, 2015 10:34
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My android phone is old and it sucks now. I used to have 200 apps and now none of them run and I don't know why.
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ThePriceIsRight posted:My android phone is old and it sucks now. I used to have 200 apps and now none of them run and I don't know why. Have you tried dropping it a bunch of times?
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Gom Jabbar posted:Sounds like what my Nexus 5 was doing. Some Googling on it said it was the power button and to work the button and hit the phone on the button area to free it from sticking. This worked for me off and on for a couple days but has been rock stable the past 3 days. Internet people say to replace the button or it will continue to happen till it can't be fixed by beating it. I found similar info on this and tried it and currently running for 8 hours all good. I feel good that I have a few options if issues keep popping up so hopefully my phone can last a long while still.
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Sep 28, 2015 12:43
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Just got on a LG G4 and have to say this phone is baller. Dear Lord the camera is good too.
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grack posted:Another phone related tragedy that could've been avoided with the judicious use of grip tape. WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN We thought hotsauce was insane, but he was truly ahead of his time
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spwrozek posted:Fair enough. It could be the case. If it keeps working this week I will probably pull it apart again when I get home and check it out. There's been plenty of complaints about 5.1 on the original Moto X causing reboot that then brings up the optimizing apps screen so you can blame that part on Motorola. However the fact that it freezes during that could be a sign of a more serious issue. In my experience, phones that undergo serious repairs like that are rarely ever the same again. If the factory reset doesn't fix it, I'd treat this as the perfect excuse for an upgrade if I were you.
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https://ausdroid.net/2015/09/28/following-little-brothers-footsteps-huawei-nexus-6p-just-passed-fcc-sd-card-tow/ 810 chipset and microSD card slot?! Sound off guys
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I desperately need to upgrade my now-lovely-thanks-to-Lollipop Moto X. I hope the new Nexus phones are available soon-ish. If they're not available for 8 weeks or are lovely for some reason (hello 810), I think I'm just going to get an iphone. Nothing in Android land is too interesting to me right now...
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Thermopyle posted:I desperately need to upgrade my now-lovely-thanks-to-Lollipop Moto X. I hope the new Nexus phones are available soon-ish. If they're not available for 8 weeks or are lovely for some reason (hello 810), I think I'm just going to get an iphone. Nothing in Android land is too interesting to me right now... Moto X Pure is pretty good and I have zero regrets about it, even having purchased it knowing the new nexus phones were coming. Your preferences may differ from mine and as such your proverbial mileage may vary.
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There's rumors of no qi on either new nexus, in which case I have no idea what I would do. Lumia 950xl, maybe. S6, maybe. Wait for an 820 based option, maybe. Our N5s are hitting 2 years. It's scary out there.
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I got myself a Nexus 5 last year because the 6 was too big and my 4 was too old. My wife had her 4 until recently when she started complaining it was acting weird. A friend had a 5 he wasn't using so I borrowed that. Then she dropped it within 3 days and shattered the screen, I put a glass screen protector on and she dropped it again (opposite corner) shattering that as well. I told her the new Nexus phones were coming in October and that's one of the few details on anything I've told her that she remembers, so she keeps bugging me every few days. "New phone yet? New phone yet?"
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But I thought glass screen protectors were unbreakable and could save every phone from everything!? Are you telling me people are lying???
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