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nerve posted:Isn't 1 Password a pretty popular alternative? I like it, but really need to use some of the more advanced features one of these days.
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HolyDukeNukem posted:Motorola has made it kinda clear that they aren't interested in supporting carrier locked devices. So I'm not entirely surprised at the 2014 Moto X carrier locked devices not getting updates. I am surprised that they haven't announced whether the Moto E versions are. There might be hardware limitations, but I figured most of the internals were identical to the Moto G. Hopefully they mention they at least upgrade the Moto E's. It's early days, but I'm looking at it this way: we know of a few omissions from that list which are very deliberate, which does not bode well for the omission of the 2015 E and friends.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:04
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Keepass with BitTorrentSync is a pretty great combination as an alternative.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:10
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The battery in my galaxy s3 burns out in a hot minute these days but I'm too poor to upgrade. I'm looking on amazon for a replacement but all the OEM replacements from samsung have notably poorer reviews than a bunch of off-brand replacements, but that seems kind of shady to me. What's the common wisdom on replacement batteries?
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Cyberbird posted:The battery in my galaxy s3 burns out in a hot minute these days but I'm too poor to upgrade. I'm looking on amazon for a replacement but all the OEM replacements from samsung have notably poorer reviews than a bunch of off-brand replacements, but that seems kind of shady to me. What's the common wisdom on replacement batteries? Get one by Anker, they're all over Amazon with varying mAh. Pretty cheap and free shipping w/ prime
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Oct 9, 2015 17:26
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broken clock opsec posted:LogMeIn as far as I can tell/remember has 2 strikes against it: They also suddenly and abruptly killed off their free service after years with only a month's warning.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:45
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I can't comment on Anker's batteries, but their customer service is great. I got one of their 6-port charging stations earlier this year and one port burned out so I sent in a web request and they sent me a new one free of charge in a couple days and I don't even have to return the old one with 5/6 working ports.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:56
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:They also suddenly and abruptly killed off their free service after years with only a month's warning. Yep. I used it to help my elderly parents like 1-3 times per year (2k miles away). Now it's gone and I am not flying there to set up a new free program. Paying for it is not a value proposition I want to do so oh well. They don't use their computer any more. I'm a cheap crybaby I guess but some sort of an access plan like they had for years would be welcome. Like limited to 5 single logins in 12 months or something? Oh well. Anyway still going to use LastPass until they gently caress it up.
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Oct 9, 2015 18:08
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nerve posted:Isn't 1 Password a pretty popular alternative? I went from 1password to lastpass, the 1password android app was pretty bad. The iOSness of it was really off putting too (this may not be an issue for all). You also had to pair it with dropbox to make it useful, with no google drive option. I'd rather not have yet another app on my phone to allow another to work This was a year or two ago though, so all that may have changed
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hotsauce posted:Yep. I used it to help my elderly parents like 1-3 times per year (2k miles away). Now it's gone and I am not flying there to set up a new free program. Paying for it is not a value proposition I want to do so oh well. They don't use their computer any more. I worked for a company that sold Windows XP Embedded based broadcast appliances. They had around 5k units in the field. Each one used LogMeIn Free as their remote support tool. When I was running the helpdesk I made it a point to mention several times to my managers and directors that we were using a free program to provide paid support and eventually we'd lose it. They quit the free option about five days after I quit. I was extremely happy with that decision.
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Oct 9, 2015 18:58
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People on Reddit are suggesting 1password or Dashlane as possible replacements. Dashlane looks more promising, but from what I can gather, it lacks two killer features of Lastpass on Android: 1) It doesn't do auto-logins inside the Chrome browser, only its own in-app browser (it does do auto login within other apps though). 2) Even worse, it only supports fingerprint unlocking on Samsung devices, not on Nexus or any other Android that has a fingerprint scanner. For now, I'm sticking with Lastpass until they gently caress it up, but I did cancel my auto-renewal subscription.
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Oct 9, 2015 19:36
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Well, the nail in the coffin for my desire for a Priv. Blackberry will stop making handsets forever if the Priv doesn't sell 5 million handsets: http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/10/08/blackberry-will-stop-making-handsets-within-in-a-year-if-the-priv-fails/ It's funny because they probably released this statement to drum up interest for people on the fence to help "support" BB by purchasing one. Only it does the opposite for me because it's a gamble that if you buy one you'll ever get support for it again after it's released - probably including software/OS updates.
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Oct 9, 2015 21:43
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TollTheHounds posted:Well, the nail in the coffin for my desire for a Priv. If they wanted to gauge interest, just do
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Oct 9, 2015 21:57
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The Merkinman posted:If they wanted to gauge interest, just do Yeah exactly! I would have 100% backed a Priv if they'd gone that route, but since they haven't I'm now not buying one ( or pledging to buy one ) and have lost complete confidence in that dumb company. I honestly can't figure out why they would make a statement like that before the phone is even released except to intentionally torpedo it so they can say "Well we tried!!" 
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Oct 9, 2015 22:15
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Wax Dynasty posted:People on Reddit are suggesting 1password or Dashlane as possible replacements. Dashlane looks more promising, but from what I can gather, it lacks two killer features of Lastpass on Android: 1) It doesn't do auto-logins inside the Chrome browser, only its own in-app browser (it does do auto login within other apps though). 2) Even worse, it only supports fingerprint unlocking on Samsung devices, not on Nexus or any other Android that has a fingerprint scanner. Does dashlane even have a web extension client? Not sure how Lastpass can support fingerprint readers on Android phones other than Samsungs when there aren't any other significant ones: Nexus phones with them aren't out yet. One Plus 2 is a joke. HTC is a joke, with their fingerprint data stored in a globally readable file on the SD card. The 5x/6p will get support when released for sure. No way I'm ditching Lastpass till proven incompetent, but I'll be only manually updating the apps / extensions and checking for odd changes. It's been perfect for me for some years, and I don't want to move to a service with no support for Linux (1password), nor one with no autofill (Keepass). It'll just stop me using secure passwords.
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Oct 9, 2015 22:49
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http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/10/01/new-update-23-4-a-1-232-rolling-for-xperia-z2z3-series-with-full-stagefright-fix/ Stagefright fix from Sony.
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Oct 9, 2015 22:58
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TollTheHounds posted:Well, the nail in the coffin for my desire for a Priv. Apparently Sony's said pretty much the same thing. Which is also ironic considering they've been taking forever to make the Z5 series even available in markets like the US.
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Oct 9, 2015 23:00
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Oct 10, 2015 00:14
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wooger posted:Not sure how Lastpass can support fingerprint readers on Android phones other than Samsungs when there aren't any other significant ones: Bank of America did it.
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Oct 10, 2015 00:51
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Super Dude posted:Bank of America did it. For which phones?
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Oct 10, 2015 04:49
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If anyone is considering purchasing an HTC device then you might want to reconsider. I will be getting kicked out of my office in late November as North American support is being outsourced to Columbia and The Phillipines (they are both really bad). By the way, I work with HTC in a call center location. Also, if you ever need a device sent in for a repair or replacement chances are you'll get a broken device back. I've spoken with way too many customers claiming to have more issues or damage upon receipt of their device from the US repair center. The image below is just one of the many pictures I have received. HTC is sinking so fast. RIP.  
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Oct 10, 2015 14:19
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wooger posted:Not sure how Lastpass can support fingerprint readers on Android phones other than Samsungs when there aren't any other significant ones: By implenting the FingerPrintManager in Android, your app automatically supports fingerprint readers as long as the manufacturer didn't do some special snowflake thing with their reader.
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Oct 10, 2015 15:47
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Thermopyle posted:By implenting the FingerPrintManager in Android, your app automatically supports fingerprint readers as long as the manufacturer didn't do some special snowflake thing with their reader. API level 23, AKA Marshmallow. Which is on zero phones with a fingerprint reader so far.
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Napolean Bonerfarts posted:If anyone is considering purchasing an HTC device then you might want to reconsider. I will be getting kicked out of my office in late November as North American support is being outsourced to Columbia and The Phillipines (they are both really bad). By the way, I work with HTC in a call center location. Thanks for the heads-up. My M8 is a genuinely good device-- sucks to know that if I break it I might as well just get something else instead of repairing.
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Are the motomaker status emails reliable or just random? Ordered an X Pure last night, it was back ordered to Oct 30. 6 hours later I got a second email saying it's in assembly. I actually don't want this thing here for the next week since I'll be out of town and don't want to burn my 2 week period...
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Raised by Hamsters posted:Are the motomaker status emails reliable or just random?
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Ah, good to know, thanks.
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Napolean Bonerfarts posted:If anyone is considering purchasing an HTC device then you might want to reconsider. I will be getting kicked out of my office in late November as North American support is being outsourced to Columbia and The Phillipines (they are both really bad). By the way, I work with HTC in a call center location. My company outsourced most of its level 2 support to the Philippines and we've gotten nothing but complaints.
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Oct 10, 2015 16:32
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wooger posted:API level 23, AKA Marshmallow. Which is on zero phones with a fingerprint reader so far. I'm not sure what you're asking then. I was answering the question "how can LastPass support fingerprint readers on multiple devices?" The answer to that question is "by implementing the Android API for doing so". I assume the answer on how to do so prior to the implementation of that API is obvious, so I didn't answer that...by implementing whatever custom API the OEM came up with.
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Have any more detailed reviews of the Nexuses come out yet? I gotta place an order for something. My Moto X is still doing the optimizing apps thing even after a hard reset, and I'm experiencing wifi connectivity issues.LionYeti posted:My company outsourced most of its level 2 support to the Philippines and we've gotten nothing but complaints. They have an interesting culture in the Philippines about work life. At a company I used to work for, we had outsourced our AP processing there. They would fairly often leave quite a bit of work for our US leads to fix or just process things that should have been done over there. We sent a guy over to see what was up. It was typical for them to just decide to leave work for the day, or screw off for a few hours to go play basketball. A fairly admirable bohemian work ethic if you ask me.
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FogHelmut posted:Have any more detailed reviews of the Nexuses come out yet? I gotta place an order for something. My Moto X is still doing the optimizing apps thing even after a hard reset, and I'm experiencing wifi connectivity issues. No one has them yet as far as I can tell.
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Thermopyle posted:I'm not sure what you're asking then. He's saying there aren't any other Android devices with fingerprint readers to support yet because the new Nexuses aren't out yet and Marshmallow is a couple days old. I'm not trying to be rude but your reading comprehension has been pretty bad lately. Are you doing ok duder? Getting enough sleep?
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Whizbang posted:He's saying there aren't any other Android devices with fingerprint readers to support yet because the new Nexuses aren't out yet and Marshmallow is a couple days old. Yes, I comprehend this. I'm saying that that is irrelevant to the information I was providing. In other words, I agree with his point. I was merely pointing out as an aside that there is a nice generic way going forward to support fingerprint readers. His bringing up that it's only available in 6.0 is either an aside to my aside, or he didn't understand that I was providing an aside, or he thought I was attempting to contradict his point. Whizbang posted:I'm not trying to be rude but your reading comprehension has been pretty bad lately. Apparently so, because I have no idea what you're talking about with this statement.
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Raised by Hamsters posted:Are the motomaker status emails reliable or just random? Haha no. They weren't even close in my case and I had to file a dispute with my credit card to get them to refund me when I had to give up and buy an iPhone after they told me quoted shipping date was a system error and I might get my device in October (this was around September 20).
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Apparently Sony's said pretty much the same thing. Which is also ironic considering they've been taking forever to make the Z5 series even available in markets like the US.
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Sony really, really, really wants to be thought of the same way people think of Apple, but they don't do anything to earn it and assume that if they price things high, people will assume their goods are demonstrably better than lower-priced competition, despite peddling the exact same things as everyone they compete with directly.
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Endless Mike posted:Sony really, really, really wants to be thought of the same way people think of Apple, but they don't do anything to earn it and assume that if they price things high, people will assume their goods are demonstrably better than lower-priced competition, despite peddling the exact same things as everyone they compete with directly. This has basically been the case for just about every product that bears the Sony brand, not just phones.
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kitten smoothie posted:This has basically been the case for just about every product that bears the Sony brand, not just phones. Yeah, I wasn't really limiting it to phones, but I wasn't explicit about it.
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kitten smoothie posted:This has basically been the case for just about every product that bears the Sony brand, not just phones. The PS4 is priced reasonably and is arguably the best game console out.
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