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I just upgraded my Moto G3 to Marshmallow and tried doing the "use SD card as internal storage" thing. Every time I try to do it one of two things happens: the formatting process times out at 30% or it "successfully" formats, but the card becomes listed as corrupted and is unusable. Anyone have any success with this? This is the card I'm using. I had a lot of issues trying to set it up for external storage too, so maybe it's just a bum card. What a nuisance 
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AnonymousNarcotics posted:Does anyone else have charging port issues on basically any phone using microUSB? I had this same issue on my old phone, SGS3, and now I have it on my Nexus 6. Basically it just stops working out of nowhere. Idk what to do bc I'm out of warranty but if I wanna pay off my phone and get a new one it's like $250+ (plus whatever the cost of the new phone is). Right now I'm using a wireless charger but it's not the same. I miss my quick charge. Yes, I've had issues with every micro-USB phone I've ever owned. Sometimes it's just the cable going bad, sometimes as another user said it's because lint or whatever got in the port, but I managed to kill the USB ports on my past two phones after about 2 years. I really can't wait for USB-C to become standard so we can all put the micro-usb days behind us.
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Jan 16, 2016 23:07
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:Wow, that's disingenuous. I've worked delivery and gotten fine service with them, currently they have great wireless unless you're in a single cul-de-sac in Graham that's an inexplicable hole. I've seen Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T phones lose connection entirely there. I was more busting the balls of people who were like "it works great for me in *insert metro area here". I travel all over the country frequently enough where I could not use t mobile. Didn't mean to start a carrier derail
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Jan 16, 2016 23:12
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64bit_Dophins posted:Yes, I've had issues with every micro-USB phone I've ever owned. Sometimes it's just the cable going bad, sometimes as another user said it's because lint or whatever got in the port, but I managed to kill the USB ports on my past two phones after about 2 years. I've never broken a USB port but then I only plug something into it twice a year.
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Jan 16, 2016 23:23
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Mak0rz posted:I just upgraded my Moto G3 to Marshmallow and tried doing the "use SD card as internal storage" thing. Every time I try to do it one of two things happens: the formatting process times out at 30% or it "successfully" formats, but the card becomes listed as corrupted and is unusable. Anyone have any success with this? Note a bunch of the reviews saying it's a fake card. Always buy SD cards from a reputable source, not third party sellers.
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Jan 17, 2016 00:17
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Daily Forecast posted:Inspect Your Gadgets › The Android Thread - talking about phones not allowed There's multiple threads dedicated to discussing carriers. I mean, its fine for a post or two to digress into talking about a carrier with no relation to Android phones, but on and on about it doesn't make sense.
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Jan 17, 2016 01:26
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64bit_Dophins posted:Yes, I've had issues with every micro-USB phone I've ever owned. Sometimes it's just the cable going bad, sometimes as another user said it's because lint or whatever got in the port, but I managed to kill the USB ports on my past two phones after about 2 years. No poo poo, its been plugged in about 5 times in 2 years. Thermopyle posted:There's multiple threads dedicated to discussing carriers.
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Jan 17, 2016 01:54
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Start one if there isn't? Because I just tune out when american carrier chat starts in here.
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Jan 17, 2016 01:56
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CLAM DOWN posted:Start one if there isn't? Because I just tune out when american carrier chat starts in here. I think this would be a good idea. American Carrier Chat.
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Jan 17, 2016 03:05
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Red Warrior posted:Note a bunch of the reviews saying it's a fake card. Wonderful  . Oh well, I only spent $15 on it at least.
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Jan 17, 2016 03:52
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CLAM DOWN posted:Start one if there isn't? Because I just tune out when american carrier chat starts in here. Seconding that. American carrier madness is the worst.
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Jan 17, 2016 14:39
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Red Warrior posted:Note a bunch of the reviews saying it's a fake card. I bought the same card just recently and mine was totally fine, shipped and sold by Amazon. According to some of the reviews, it seems a tossup whether you get a real one or a Chinese one. I'd return yours and try again.
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Jan 17, 2016 15:52
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Daily Forecast posted:I bought the same card just recently and mine was totally fine, shipped and sold by Amazon. Not to go off-topic too much but how loving infuriating is it that you can order from Amazon and be sure you aren't getting non-functional counterfeit products? The days there is no such thing as a "too good to be true" price, the Tivoli Model 2 with CD player that I paid $40 at Target in my kitchen is living testament to this, you should be able to order an SD card off Amazon and not worry that it is a fraud.
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Jan 17, 2016 16:31
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LastInLine posted:I've never broken a USB port but then I only plug something into it twice a year. ilkhan posted:I sold my N5 to my mom, and she commented the port took a firm push to actually get it connect. None of the Android phones I've owned have supported wireless charging. I went from a Gnex to an S3 to an M8. I haven't had any trouble with the m8's port so far, but I have managed to kill 2 micro USB cables since I got it about a year and a half ago. Also I've given up all hope of the AT&T m8s ever receiving marshmallow
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Jan 17, 2016 16:34
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Three Olives posted:Not to go off-topic too much but how loving infuriating is it that you can order from Amazon and be sure you aren't getting non-functional counterfeit products? The days there is no such thing as a "too good to be true" price, the Tivoli Model 2 with CD player that I paid $40 at Target in my kitchen is living testament to this, you should be able to order an SD card off Amazon and not worry that it is a fraud. Judging by the link, he bought it from some random 3rd party vendor and not Amazon itself. So there you go. For things like this, always buy directly from Amazon.
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Jan 17, 2016 16:50
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If you do get knockoff garbage from a third party seller, Amazon will go out of their way to make it right. They are very serious about their sellers not loving around.
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Jan 17, 2016 17:45
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In Germany they did a test with replacement batteries for phones and laptops. They bought 12 batteries from 3rd party sellers via amazon. 12 out of 12 were fake 
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Jan 17, 2016 18:56
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CLAM DOWN posted:Is no fingerprint sensor actually a dealbreaker for some of you? I just have to go back to this for a second, yes, absolutely 100%, a good fingerprint sensor will be one of the primary factors in buying a phone from now on. It's one of those things that doesn't seem like a big deal but it becomes such a part of your daily, gently caress, hourly life that you never, ever want to go back to swiping or entering a PIN. I know some people are swearing by the Nexus implementation but I am in love with the Apple/Samsung one, press the button and your phone is on and unlocked, it's so quick and natural that it's like having an unlocked phone all the time but completely secure, I don't even use Smart Unlock in my own home.
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Jan 17, 2016 19:23
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People who have had trusted devices have had this setup for a long long time now.
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Jan 17, 2016 19:42
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Yeah, I don't mind not having a fingerprint sensor at all as a past Iphone 6 owner. Trusted places helps. It does help to have both thumbs and multiple takes in the profiles though including some "wet" ones for when your thumb is ganked up with boogers/cheeto crud.
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Jan 17, 2016 19:46
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bull3964 posted:People who have had trusted devices have had this setup for a long long time now. When I pair my phone to my trusty Bluetooth headset it's actually slower to unlock, as I hold my thumb on the sensor for a second before realizing I just need to swipe the screen.
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Jan 17, 2016 19:48
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Three Olives posted:I know some people are swearing by the Nexus implementation but I am in love with the Apple/Samsung one, press the button and your phone is on and unlocked, it's so quick and natural that it's like having an unlocked phone all the time but completely secure, I don't even use Smart Unlock in my own home. How do you think the Nexus implementation works?
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Jan 17, 2016 20:09
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dissss posted:How do you think the Nexus implementation works? I probably assumed wrongly that it wasn't listening for a fingerprint all the time and required an extra step for wake that didn't involve pressing the same button.
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Jan 17, 2016 20:29
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Daily Forecast posted:I'd return yours and try again. The card is a few months old now and I lost the packaging. Any chance of that working now? Vykk.Draygo posted:If you do get knockoff garbage from a third party seller, Amazon will go out of their way to make it right. They are very serious about their sellers not loving around. Thanks for the tip. I'll see if I can report them. For the record, people on that review page are complaining about incorrect capacity reports and whatnot. Mine didn't have any red flag issues aside from trouble getting it to format error-free (which I eventually managed after a while). I double checked the packaging, serial number, all that poo poo against the product page on Samsung and it seemed to check out. I guess counterfeit electronics aren't as easy to detect as they used to be 
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Jan 17, 2016 20:33
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Three Olives posted:I just have to go back to this for a second, yes, absolutely 100%, a good fingerprint sensor will be one of the primary factors in buying a phone from now on. Okay, thanks for your perspective. I guess because I use smart unlock tied to my Pebble, as long as my phone is in my hand or pocket I never have to type the password, it's pretty nice. I can understand your view though.
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Jan 17, 2016 20:35
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Mak0rz posted:The card is a few months old now and I lost the packaging. Any chance of that working now? Yeah, like you said, bitch about it on/to Amazon, it's not unlikely they'd send you another to make you go away.
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Three Olives posted:I just have to go back to this for a second, yes, absolutely 100%, a good fingerprint sensor will be one of the primary factors in buying a phone from now on.
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Three Olives posted:I probably assumed wrongly that it wasn't listening for a fingerprint all the time and required an extra step for wake that didn't involve pressing the same button.
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Is there anything special I have to do to get the Tap 10 offer to show up? I'm in the US and have used Android Pay before.
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hooah posted:Is there anything special I have to do to get the Tap 10 offer to show up? I'm in the US and have used Android Pay before. No loving clue. My only hope is that it's some kind of soft rollout which would explain the lack of an official announcement and most of the comments sections full of people that don't have it.
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Just got my first android phone, a 5x, and with little else to try I opened the youtube app. The whole home screen is an ad for the new toyota truck/ute. So I open chrome, go to youtube and it auto opens the youtube app. I thought I was free of this bullshit when I got rid of the iphone... Is there a way to block ads in google apps and/or a way to force chrome to use WWW youtube?
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Google Music/YouTube Red removes ads. Or you can root and use AdAway. I don't know why you thought switching to Android would get you less ads when it's a huge part of Google's business and in their best interest to not let you easily block them.
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Jan 18, 2016 10:09
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Ugh, when is YouTube Red coming to Canada, I pay for all access already and I hate YouTube ads
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Nill posted:No loving clue. My only hope is that it's some kind of soft rollout which would explain the lack of an official announcement and most of the comments sections full of people that don't have it. Yeah, that appears to be the case. Something I found out today (though haven't confirmed with an actual purchase on it), if you are willing to jump through hoops to use Android Pay but your bank does not yet support it, if you have one of those Google Wallet Debit Cards that they introduced a couple years ago, it's Android-Pay compatible, and you can shuffle money onto it.
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So just moved up to a Nexus 5x. Is there a micro usb (female) to usb C adaptor? I've tried searching some, but nothing has come up yet. Its all just usb a to usb c, or usb c to usb c. Also, anyone looking for a new in box droid turbo 2, pm at yo' boy.
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Daily Forecast posted:Not T-Mobile's fault you guys live in the wrong place. Here in Cleveland I get full bars all over the burbs and 30-40mb speeds so add me to the 'lol if ur not down with TMO' crew
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Qmass posted:Just got my first android phone, a 5x, and with little else to try I opened the youtube app. The whole home screen is an ad for the new toyota truck/ute. So I open chrome, go to youtube and it auto opens the youtube app. I thought I was free of this bullshit when I got rid of the iphone... Whatever made you think using an app for a service from an ad company on an OS designed by an ad company on a phone designed by an ad company would free you from seeing ads?
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deong posted:So just moved up to a Nexus 5x. Is there a micro usb (female) to usb C adaptor? I've tried searching some, but nothing has come up yet. Its all just usb a to usb c, or usb c to usb c. Usb-c male or female? It's specifically against usb-c cable and adapter spec to have female usb-c ports.
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deong posted:So just moved up to a Nexus 5x. Is there a micro usb (female) to usb C adaptor? I've tried searching some, but nothing has come up yet. Its all just usb a to usb c, or usb c to usb c. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018MQE2BQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=27SRC76JFFOVX&coliid=I5CAP0EH6DLBO&psc=1 These have been tested to be in compliance by Benson, the Google engineer who has been testing A to C cables.
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Have a relative that needs a simple LTE phone for Verizon. I'm looking at a used Galaxy S5 since I can swap the battery out for a non-trashed one. Anyone know if there are current issues with that phone on Lollipop? Last time I looked at that phone people on the s5 subreddit were complaining a bunch about laggy performance and crap battery life after the update
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