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

The Moto G 2015 is starting to get Marshmallow in North America.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-60-marshmallow-starts-rolling-out-unlocked-moto-g-2015-north-america

So, let's let this sink in for a second. If you have a Nexus 6 on AT&T, you are stuck on Lollipop. If you have a MXP or a Moto G on AT&T, you are on Marshmallow.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:09

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bull3964 posted:

The Moto G 2015 is starting to get Marshmallow in North America.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-60-marshmallow-starts-rolling-out-unlocked-moto-g-2015-north-america

So, let's let this sink in for a second. If you have a Nexus 6 on AT&T, you are stuck on Lollipop. If you have a MXP or a Moto G on AT&T, you are on Marshmallow.

"Stuck"

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:15

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

this_is_hard posted:

"Stuck"

It's an apt descriptor since you can't simply sideload the OTA because there's no OTA that will upgrade from AT&T's current build. You have to flash the factory images which means a data wipe if you don't want to have goofy problems.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:18

Fat_Cow: Dec 12, 2009; Every time I yank a jawbone from a skull and ram it into an eyesocket, I know I'm building a better future.

So what is the better screen protector for an Android? Plastic or a tempered glass one?

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:19

Vykk.Draygo: Jan 17, 2004; I say salesmen and women of the world unite!

My Moto X '14 has been doing this really great thing since updating to 6.0 where sometimes I'll pair my phone with the bluetooth in my car and the audio won't play through the car until I reboot the phone, even if I forget the bluetooth connection and reconnect. It's totally not making me want to fastball my phone through the windshield.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:30

Rap Game Goku: Apr 2, 2008; Word to your moms, I came to drop spirit bombs

Fat_Cow posted:

So what is the better screen protector for an Android? Plastic or a tempered glass one?

Tempered glass is the superior choice no matter your phone's os.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:41

hotsauce: Jan 14, 2007

Athenry posted:

Tempered glass is the superior choice no matter your phone's os.

Agreed, but here come the goons that have used their phone without anything on the screen for 5 straight years. Not a micro scratch anywhere. It's fascinating.

Tempered glass 4 lyfe.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:43

Daily Forecast: Dec 25, 2008; by R. Guyovich

hotsauce posted:

Agreed, but here come the goons that have used their phone without anything on the screen for 5 straight years. Not a micro scratch anywhere. It's fascinating.

Tempered glass 4 lyfe.

Haha I'm sorry to be that guy but screen protectors are loving pointless in 2015(/6). You can gouge any phone worth a poo poo's screen with a kitchen knife, keys, whatever, and there won't be a mark on it.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:51

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

What if my phone's from 2014

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:54

repiv: Aug 13, 2009

Calaveron posted:

What if my phone's from 2014

Then it's even more scratch resistant, this years Gorilla Glass 4 traded off some scratch resistance for better shatter resistance.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 18:58

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

repiv posted:

Then it's even more scratch resistant, this years Gorilla Glass 4 traded off some scratch resistance for better shatter resistance.

I had my moto x with a screen protector but poo poo got so scratched and foggy and grimy I just took it off and it looks so much better now and nary a scratch on it.
It'll suck when the oleophobic coating rubs off, though.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:03

Rusty!: Aug 25, 2005; Play Up Pompey
Pompey Play Up

starry skies above posted:

Has google finished rolling out the OTA Marshmallow update for Nexus devices? Got my Nexus 6 , finished booting/updating and not getting prompt to download Android 6.0.

Given that you've just got it; gently caress waiting.

Unlock bootloader and flash the latest image.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:05

Mu Zeta: Oct 17, 2002; Me crush ass to dust

My 2014 Moto X got the Marshmallow update a few days ago and it's working great so far. Doze has increased battery life a lot overnight.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:18

Radbot: Aug 12, 2009; Can't post for 3 years!

Daily Forecast posted:

Haha I'm sorry to be that guy but screen protectors are loving pointless in 2015(/6). You can gouge any phone worth a poo poo's screen with a kitchen knife, keys, whatever, and there won't be a mark on it.

Bullshit, sand will scratch any of today's screens. I've already got a small scratch in my Nexus 6P's screen - got it the day before my screen protector arrived. Surely I'm just imagining it though.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:24

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

Use a screen protector or don't. Not really something worth arguing about. I know I personally would rather have a tiny scratch or two that's only visible under a bright light or extreme angle than deal with any of the screen protectors on the market. Until there's something out there that's orders of magnitude thinner than what's on the market, replicates the feel of the screen perfectly, and has no visible outlines or cutouts, I won't be on-board. I replace my phone every year anyways so none of them end up looking like they have much use.

It'll be interesting to see if the type of screen the Turbo 2 has catches on and if it can be improved to fix some of problems it has. It by design has a sacrificial top layer that can be end user replaced. No screen protector necessary because the top layer of the screen IS a screen protector.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:40

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007; nesaM killed Masen

Radbot posted:

Bullshit, sand will scratch any of today's screens. I've already got a small scratch in my Nexus 6P's screen - got it the day before my screen protector arrived. Surely I'm just imagining it though.

Do you live on Tatooine

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:44

nimper: Jun 19, 2003; livin' in a hopium den

The Android Thread - I don�t like sand. It�s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:46

Syrinxx: Mar 28, 2002; Death is whimsical today

CLAM DOWN posted:

Do you live on Tatooine

I live in New Mexico which is worse. Screen protectors 4 lyfe

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:46

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

nimper posted:

The Android Thread - I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:52

Daily Forecast: Dec 25, 2008; by R. Guyovich

nimper posted:

The Android Thread - I don�t like sand. It�s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

fphahahaha

bull3964 posted:

Use a screen protector or don't. Not really something worth arguing about. I know I personally would rather have a tiny scratch or two that's only visible under a bright light or extreme angle than deal with any of the screen protectors on the market.

Honestly, this. I've tried various screen protectors and I've ripped them off in a fury after maybe about ninety seconds of use due to how much they make using the phone feel like poo poo. I personally have been keeping my phone and keys in the same pocket for, well, my entire adult life but for smartphones in particular maybe about four years and I've been able to resell all of my devices in mint condition.

edit: To be fair, I live in Seattle, which is a place not known for its sand content

Daily Forecast fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Dec 24, 2015

# ? Dec 24, 2015 19:53

Fat_Cow: Dec 12, 2009; Every time I yank a jawbone from a skull and ram it into an eyesocket, I know I'm building a better future.

So my AT&T Nexus 6P seems to be stuck on H. Not upgrading to LTE. After Google searching some I came across this.

quote:

Now onto the issue at hand. Turns out my IMEI number was correctly set on my account, and LTE was set as my Preferred network type under Cellular network settings. The issue was with my APN. The below change applies to both ATT Nextgenphone and ATT Phone APNs. Only this single line was changed from my original APN settings:

APN Type
default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hipri

The original setting did not include admin, and was in a different order. I was told the order actually matters. After this I am now getting LTE on both APNs and not HSPA+. I am using ATT Nextgenphone as I understand that with Marshmallow 6.0.1 VoLTE works on this APN.

. I found the APN settings on my phone but I have no idea what they mean.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 21:08

Kraps: Sep 9, 2011; This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.

Gah, the Nexus 5X doesn't work with Cricket, whats the next best option?

# ? Dec 24, 2015 21:50

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

Huh? The Nexus 5x works on all US carriers.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:09

nimper: Jun 19, 2003; livin' in a hopium den

Kraps posted:

Gah, the Nexus 5X doesn't work with Cricket, whats the next best option?

Don't trust the Cricket website to tell you what phones work on its network.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:14

Kraps: Sep 9, 2011; This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.

bull3964 posted:

Huh? The Nexus 5x works on all US carriers.

nimper posted:

Don't trust the Cricket website to tell you what phones work on its network.

Haha well I'm embarrassed, thanks for the info guys!

edit it won't let me check out unless I have a device picked, what do I do?

Kraps fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Dec 24, 2015

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:20

Captain Yossarian: Feb 24, 2011; All new" Rings of Fire"

Kraps posted:

Haha well I'm embarrassed, thanks for the info guys!

edit it won't let me check out unless I have a device picked, what do I do?

I'm on the road right now, so I can't check for sure.. It's odd it won't let you select none, or just "bring your own android". It may be worth calling them i guess

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:27

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

Vykk.Draygo posted:

My Moto X '14 has been doing this really great thing since updating to 6.0 where sometimes I'll pair my phone with the bluetooth in my car and the audio won't play through the car until I reboot the phone, even if I forget the bluetooth connection and reconnect. It's totally not making me want to fastball my phone through the windshield.

My Moto X 2013 started doing exactly this after getting Lollipop.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:29

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

It took me 20 minutes to pair my Nexus 5x with my car. It kept refusing to recognize that the car was there and only by managing to snipe the car's system during the 1 second it showed up in the list was I able to pair it.

Bluetooth has been and continues to be utter and complete poo poo in android.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:42

TenaciousTomato: Jul 17, 2007; Interworld and the New Innocence

Kraps posted:

Haha well I'm embarrassed, thanks for the info guys!

edit it won't let me check out unless I have a device picked, what do I do?

Type in your IMEI number

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:42

Kraps: Sep 9, 2011; This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.

TenaciousTomato posted:

Type in your IMEI number

I did, and it's telling me the phone is incompatible, that's why I'm asking.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:47

Syrinxx: Mar 28, 2002; Death is whimsical today

bull3964 posted:

It took me 20 minutes to pair my Nexus 5x with my car. It kept refusing to recognize that the car was there and only by managing to snipe the car's system during the 1 second it showed up in the list was I able to pair it.

Bluetooth has been and continues to be utter and complete poo poo in android.

I had nothing but problems with android bt until I got the Moto X Pure. All the devices I previously had problems with (portable speaker, headphones, sound bar, my car) all work flawlessly in 6.x on the MXP

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:48

cage-free egghead: Mar 8, 2004

I've never had problems with Bluetooth in my car or any speakers or accessories I've used. Across like 40 devices too. Could just be a fluke.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:50

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

Syrinxx posted:

I had nothing but problems with android bt until I got the Moto X Pure. All the devices I previously had problems with (portable speaker, headphones, sound bar, my car) all work flawlessly in 6.x on the MXP

My MXP is fairly well behaved. Immediately after the upgrade to Marshmallow, I had a few issues with my BRZ with it disconnecting randomly (WRX was fine). I did a factory reset so I could start from scratch with app permissions and it's been fine since that.

The worst has always been my N7 and N10 after KitKat came out. I couldn't use a bluetooth speaker and stream video at the same time. The bluetooth connection would slaughter the wifi throughput, even if I forced it to 5ghz and I was standing right next to the router.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 22:53

dissss: Nov 10, 2007; I'm a terrible forums poster with terrible opinions.

Here's a cat fucking a squid.

Lblitzer posted:

I've never had problems with Bluetooth in my car or any speakers or accessories I've used. Across like 40 devices too. Could just be a fluke.

I've never had any issues either.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 23:04

dont be mean to me: May 2, 2007; I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars

Kraps posted:

Haha well I'm embarrassed, thanks for the info guys!

edit it won't let me check out unless I have a device picked, what do I do?

Have you considered 'a carrier other than Cricket'?

Keep in mind that Cricket is one of those providers that literally doesn't know how to provision tethering. Not 'refuses to'.

Also they're an MVNO of AT&T, so standard AT&T caveats apply.

# ? Dec 24, 2015 23:45

negativeneil: Jul 8, 2000; "Personally, I think he's done a great job of being down to earth so far."

I'm having issues with Group MMS to coming into my Nexus 6P (Project Fi SIM). I had an iPhone and switched back when the new Nexus came out. Before I sold my iPhone I disabled iMessage. I can receive texts just fine, but group messages sent by people via their iPhones don't reach me. Anyone had this issue? I can't believe Apple gets away with this poo poo. I'm locked into their ecosystem whether I like it or not?!

# ? Dec 24, 2015 23:50