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FISHMANPET posted:Obviously it's stupid early to ask, but any recommendations on cases for the 5X? I've been happy with Diztronic for my 4 and 5 so I'd be happy to go with them, if I knew they were going to make one and when it'd come out. Otherwise, for example, the Adopted case that Google is selling is a basic TPU case. And while $20 seems a bit steep, I wouldn't be worried that it won't fit. It's not released yet but there is a Diztronic Nexus 5x case on Amazon, I have it pre-ordered. Should ship on the 14th. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B015YRPX6E/
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DemonMage posted:The one exception to the Doze mode are "High-priority" messages from apps. Google Cloud Messaging has the ability to push a message to a phone even if it is in Doze mode. This is meant for things like an IM from someone, which you would want to get even if your phone is in a deep sleep. The only problem we see with this is that developers—not users—are the ones who decide what is and isn't "high-priority."
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Oct 5, 2015 22:56
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Yup, something the article mentions. Basically every time we get a way to control the new cool things developers are abusing (Peek), they add a cool new one that we can't control.
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Oct 5, 2015 22:58
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Syrinxx posted:Welp it was a good idea but this is completely hosed because every IAP bullshit game on the planet will make itself high priority
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Oct 5, 2015 23:00
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Red Warrior posted:It's not released yet but there is a Diztronic Nexus 5x case on Amazon, I have it pre-ordered. Should ship on the 14th. Lol good job google, searches for Diztronic Nexus 5x don't come anywhere near to that item.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:06
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Syrinxx posted:Welp it was a good idea but this is completely hosed because every IAP bullshit game on the planet will make itself high priority Turn off notifications to all games problem solved
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Oct 5, 2015 23:08
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BottleKnight posted:I don't think they're planning on massively compromising usability for the sake of battery life, no. I would hope so, but we've seen countless examples of Google doing seemingly random, dumb poo poo for the sake of...  And I saw the other part of the review but I was waiting for "of course, the phone, text messages and alarms will be high priority" Like I said I'm fairly sure that Google would set it up this way, but I haven't seen it for sure anywhere.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:15
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myron cope posted:And I saw the other part of the review but I was waiting for "of course, the phone, text messages and alarms will be high priority" Like I said I'm fairly sure that Google would set it up this way, but I haven't seen it for sure anywhere. Well, for one, the way that phone calls and standard text messages are received mean there isn't really a go-and-check-for-it process. You'd have to program the phone to actively ignore signals from the cellular network to wake the gently caress up. The doze system is more about shutting down background "hey do you have anything new for me" processes from apps you don't use much. And telling them if they're using GCM to use hi-priority for actual info, else they'll batch them up and wake the phone up less often to process "so and so is offline" kind of items.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:23
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myron cope has a good point here considering the last software version shipped with a silent mode that completely disabled alarms.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:30
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LastInLine posted:myron cope has a good point here considering the last software version shipped with a silent mode that completely disabled alarms. So did this one, as it should. Though it does have an Alarms only version for people who can't figure out priority mode.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:33
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Syrinxx posted:Welp it was a good idea but this is completely hosed because every IAP bullshit game on the planet will make itself high priority So, yeah, bad apps can drain your battery.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:39
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DemonMage posted:So did this one, as it should. Though it does have an Alarms only version for people who can't figure out priority mode. Even Lollipop's revised DND setup was trash. What kind of idiot can't imagine the use case for wanting to silence the device but allow alarms to operate? Even if you decided you would structure Priority mode to account for sleep (which you could do if you wanted to take the time) it would still mean losing Priority mode for any other purpose because now you will have configured it to be a functional silent mode. Marshmallow's makes a lot more sense from a UI perspective, with the volume keys only controlling the volume and DND/Priority moved to the QSP where it belongs--as an overlay to the existing volume scheme with the option to allow alarms.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:40
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DemonMage posted:Apparently 6.0 has unified releases for all carriers for the Nexus 6 too. No more T-Mobile or Fi specific ones, which is nice. Gonna try going without root for as long as I can I guess too given the Android Pay thing and SuperSU apparently being sold. I've really only used it for AdAway anyways. Have you tried Adguard / a NoRoot Firewall?
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I solved the battery problem long ago by buying phones with big batteries, not looking forward to seeing in which ways doze will break things. Then again, as we were discussing earlier it is the perfect justification for the Nexus program's existence.
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LastInLine posted:Even Lollipop's revised DND setup was trash. What kind of idiot can't imagine the use case for wanting to silence the device but allow alarms to operate? Even if you decided you would structure Priority mode to account for sleep (which you could do if you wanted to take the time) it would still mean losing Priority mode for any other purpose because now you will have configured it to be a functional silent mode. None of this is a reason to not have a full silence mode as well. Marshmallow has all four important modes and the UI is definitely better. tvgm2 posted:Have you tried Adguard / a NoRoot Firewall? No but I'll look into those, thanks.
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Oct 6, 2015 00:12
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I'm curious, what do you use a completely silent mode for? The alarm app itself shows a notification 2 hours prior to an alarm where you can shut it down quickly.
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Oct 6, 2015 00:22
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Zom Aur posted:I'm curious, what do you use a completely silent mode for? Uh...like a movie theatre for example?
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Oct 6, 2015 00:35
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"I don't want to be disturbed for any reason." There's any number of situations where this might come up, there are work arounds for it but there's no compelling reason not to offer a mode one might want to turn on for being out at dinner, or a movie, or a surprise meeting. Just like there isn't a compelling reason to not offer an Alarm Only mode, Priority mode could easily work for it but it's also super easy to fit into the UI nicely (as they did). Now they just need to add a white list mode to the dialer instead of having to use priority mode for that all the time too. Also did the text size on keyboards get smaller with 6 or was that a SwiftKey update at the same time? I don't mind, but it was super noticeable.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Uh...like a movie theatre for example?
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FunOne posted:Well, for one, the way that phone calls and standard text messages are received mean there isn't really a go-and-check-for-it process. You'd have to program the phone to actively ignore signals from the cellular network to wake the gently caress up. OK that's good then, mostly me being a dummo. I still think if there's some crazy thing Google can screw up they will, but at least if I'm on call for work the phone will (probably) still ring.
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Oct 6, 2015 01:17
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Zom Aur posted:I was thinking more of the whole idea behind the "no alarms" thing. If you go to a cinema you'll probably know if you have an alarm set. Wouldn't it be awkward if you forgot and had it go off in the middle of a movie or meeting or whatever? Why not just have a totally silent mode too?
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Oct 6, 2015 03:15
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wrong thread
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Oct 6, 2015 03:21
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MC Hawking posted:Maybe you colossal sperglords could just turn your loving devices off if you're in the theater or don't want to be contacted in a skeevy bondage club. I don't know maybe you're over thinking this poo poo yet again. Might be a better idea if Android phones didn't take so drat long to boot
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dissss posted:Might be a better idea if Android phones didn't take so drat long to boot This is true
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TenaciousTomato posted:This is true Look, they've gotta optimize those apps. I'm sure that every time it boots,it's optimizing them just a little bit more. Soon they'll be perfect.
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Don't know if its because I wiped it, but Marshmallow seems to be running way better than Lollipop did at this point.
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Being a big giant baby that needs a screen protector, is Spigen still good? I've had no problems with them on my 4 and 5. So is Spigen Crystal still good? http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0147JXMSG?keywords=spigen%20nexus%205x&psc=1&qid=1444103654&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1-spons On the other hand, how the hell do they have these precisely measured and produced and in stock already. Actually how the hell does anyone get the exact physical specs for these cases and protectors before the devices actually ship?
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LastInLine posted:I don't want this to get lost but I don't know Samsungs enough to give you solid advice. If this was a Nexus I'd tell you to reflash the factory image. I would imagine you could do a similar thing with Odin but hopefully someone here will lay out that process for you. Thanks. I'm 99% sure the battery's just hosed up so I'll need a replacement. I tried a factory reset before but that did nothing, but it doesn't turn on if there's no charger and it failed the Spin Test, so I'll muck around with program stuff if that doesn't work.
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FISHMANPET posted:Actually how the hell does anyone get the exact physical specs for these cases and protectors before the devices actually ship? They ask, it isn't like dimensions are some kind of trade secret or really any major giveaway with regard to design. I imagine the USPTO and/or the FCC post them publicly.
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MC Hawking posted:Maybe you colossal sperglords could just turn your loving devices off if you're in the theater or don't want to be contacted in a skeevy bondage club. I don't know maybe you're over thinking this poo poo yet again. I need my runpee notifications
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I'm now on Marshmallow on my Nexus 5, and I can confirm: A The "swipe up from home" shortcut gesture is completely absent, along with all associated configurability - Other apps could be set to default for that action, e.g. Firefox search, DuckDuckGo search. The long press alternative seems a massive step backwards, and I hate the Google search app as it doesn't focus the search box and bring up the keyboard when triggered. This may be a way of punishing people who don't use Google Now. B I was previously using M Preview 3, which I'd hoped meant that I could just * dirty flash* the update, leaving my apps snd settings intact. No such luck. I had to completely wipe, as none of my apps would open when I tried this. C Even coming from the M preview, the app backup / restore situation is no better than for lollipop, with basically none of my apps retaining settings. Now I have to root to restore them via Titanium backup, good job Google. I will re-flash stock once that's done, but really this update hasn't improved much for me so far.
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I guess it really depends on what apps you use, as I was pleasantly surprised at just how many of my apps and settings all restored perfectly The only thing annoying for me still remaining on a clean flash was having to fill out mail account details again
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Skarsnik posted:I guess it really depends on what apps you use, as I was pleasantly surprised at just how many of my apps and settings all restored perfectly So can you name some apps that restored with settings? I have found none.
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My n5 is dead, so not right now  It's been a while now so dont remember exactly which ones didSomething (the app something) definitely did though!
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wooger posted:So can you name some apps that restored with settings? I have found none. The Something-App interestingly enough restored with my username and settings already set up on my Nexus 7 and 9 yesterday (and if I had been patient enough to wait 3 hours I could have installed them via OTA-sideload instead of wiping...). But that might have been because I set them up via NFC bump from my Nexus 6. 7 years and we still don't have a consistently working backup/restore function.
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RVProfootballer posted:Wouldn't it be awkward if you forgot and had it go off in the middle of a movie or meeting or whatever? Why not just have a totally silent mode too? I guess meetings are one thing where you don't know how long you'll be, but on the other hand if it's something semi-important I don't think the other people mind if you just excuse yourself and shut it off when it occurs. If it wasn't important, why would you set an alarm in the first place?
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r0ck0 posted:How do I root my nexus 5 with marshmallow? There's a method that works for the M preview 3, but it involves flashing a modified kernel. Haven't tried on the release version yet, but I'd check XDA as I doubt the same kernel works right. I need to do this later today to run Titanium 
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