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CLAM DOWN posted:Is it just the Facebook app that causes the performance/battery issues? Or is it Messenger too For me it was the fb app itself (and the pages manager), but that doesn't appear to be the case for everyone The messenger app used to bring my 5x to a crawl, but recent updates seemed to have sorted it. Its not even in my battery usage list today and I've used it a fair bit
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Feb 12, 2016 19:22
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Cable posted:iOS is available in Catalan though. Google should keep their game up regarding language support. I have a Catalá option in languages on my N5, and a Catalan keyboard too Also guess how much ram I'm using right now  who cares
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A while ago I came in this thread and I bitched about my Nexus 5, since the battery was rapidly draining (even after replacing it), I couldn't connect to wifi (doing the trick with toggling airplane mode just made it bootloop), and taking pictures with my camera had an 80% chance of just turning the phone off and putting it in a state where it won't remember it actually has power until I plug it in briefly. The answer to the wifi problem was to flash the radio driver, the answer to the rest was 'get a new phone or do a deep factory reset'. I did the latter but didn't flash it, so my wifi still doesn't work and I'm just going to assume that's why, so I'm not going to bitch about something I didn't bother fixing. My camera is still hosed up and the battery still dies in 6 hours with minimal usage (checking awful app, occasionally looking at skype). I haven't installed any apps yet, either. Is there anything else I can do or should I be in the market for a new phone? e: I charged my phone to max at 1:20 PM today, unplugged it and let it sit idle. At 7 PM it was at 23%. Tsurupettan fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Feb 13, 2016 |
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Feb 13, 2016 01:07
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Feb 13, 2016 01:42
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Feb 13, 2016 02:22
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It wasn't till I removed both FB and Messenger that my phone started dozing over night. Never again.
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My wife's S6 is no longer charging when plugged into any sort of power source. Outlet, external battery, nothing. Tried restarting it, tried powering it off and plugging it in, nothing. The plug on the bottom doesn't appear to be damaged in any way, and all cables I tried work with my S4. Any ideas?
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C-Euro posted:My wife's S6 is no longer charging when plugged into any sort of power source. Outlet, external battery, nothing. Tried restarting it, tried powering it off and plugging it in, nothing. The plug on the bottom doesn't appear to be damaged in any way, and all cables I tried work with my S4. Any ideas? I'll take a stab at abuse/corrosion. Both my wife and I got our S6's at similar times. She has been (from what I have seen) more rough with the micro USB port. Her's doesn't look damaged at all, but doesn't like certain cords that fit "loose". Those cords still work in my phone but seem touchy. I'll take a second stab and say micro usb port on the s6 isn't the best, and is falling apart with use.
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C-Euro posted:My wife's S6 is no longer charging when plugged into any sort of power source. Outlet, external battery, nothing. Tried restarting it, tried powering it off and plugging it in, nothing. The plug on the bottom doesn't appear to be damaged in any way, and all cables I tried work with my S4. Any ideas? Cables you say? Can't say I have much experience with those. What about with The One True Way to charge, Qi?
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Is it lunchtime for you yet?C-Euro posted:My wife's S6 is no longer charging when plugged into any sort of power source. Outlet, external battery, nothing. Tried restarting it, tried powering it off and plugging it in, nothing. The plug on the bottom doesn't appear to be damaged in any way, and all cables I tried work with my S4. Any ideas? Oh yeah, you can't pull the battery on that one, can you. You may have to run the battery down to nothing first, and in a mode without auto-power-off (like recovery). If you buy into the whole 'draining the battery completely can kill the phone' thing, well, either this helps or phone's dead anyway once it runs out of power. EDIT: If you do have to replace the phone, I'm actually not going to say Never Don't Nexus like usual, since you appear capable of dealing with Samsung being Samsung and they're surprisingly on the ball with security updates lately. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Feb 13, 2016 |
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Is it lunchtime for you yet? Not quite, I usually wait until 0530. Anyway I was being snarky but that's the reason I bought Qi chargers: the Nexus 4's USB daughterboard was a piece of poo poo. Given how the excuse for why the transition from mini USB to micro USB was necessary was "now it's the cable that will wear out and not the port", it's remarkable how I've never seen a broken mini USB port but micro USB ports break all the time. Thankfully that's all behind us as we can now just rely on USB C cables that have the ability to literally destroy any equipment we plug into it which is way better than just setting something on a tray and not worrying about any of that poo poo at all.
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Feb 13, 2016 09:32
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Tsurupettan posted:A while ago I came in this thread and I bitched about my Nexus 5, since the battery was rapidly draining (even after replacing it), I couldn't connect to wifi (doing the trick with toggling airplane mode just made it bootloop), and taking pictures with my camera had an 80% chance of just turning the phone off and putting it in a state where it won't remember it actually has power until I plug it in briefly. Had this exact problem. Replaced the battery - problem no longer. It cost me 50bucks. Phone will idle for days now.
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lags posted:Had this exact problem. Replaced the battery - problem no longer. It cost me 50bucks. Phone will idle for days now. Where did you find a real battery? Everywhere I look is filled with reviews saying the battery is counterfeit.
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LastInLine posted:Where did you find a real battery? Everywhere I look is filled with reviews saying the battery is counterfeit. I just went to my local cellphone repair shop - the battery he put in looked identical to the old one (but wasn't bulged) - if it's counterfeit I surely don't care  E: LG Wanted 150 just to look at it and I would have had to send it away.
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Feb 13, 2016 16:22
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LastInLine posted:Cables you say? Can't say I have much experience with those. What about with The One True Way to charge, Qi? Actually, Google has deprecated Qi, and says wires are the way to go again. Sorry.
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Feb 13, 2016 17:34
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Let me charge up my battery in a way that produces a bunch of excess heat which is known to be super good for battery life.
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LastInLine posted:Not quite, I usually wait until 0530. Anyway I was being snarky but that's the reason I bought Qi chargers: the Nexus 4's USB daughterboard was a piece of poo poo. Given how the excuse for why the transition from mini USB to micro USB was necessary was "now it's the cable that will wear out and not the port", it's remarkable how I've never seen a broken mini USB port but micro USB ports break all the time. Presumably microUSB is more robust vs reasonable wear and tear (I've had one USB socket of any kind go bad on me in my life and it was a manufacturing defect). Not a lot will help with people whose mentality allows them to use thousand-dollar electronic devices as chewtoys. LastInLine posted:Thankfully that's all behind us as we can now just rely on USB C cables that have the ability to literally destroy any equipment we plug into it which is way better than just setting something on a tray and not worrying about any of that poo poo at all. Hey you won't catch me arguing with shuttering OnePlus. With extreme prejudice. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Feb 13, 2016 |
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Endless Mike posted:Actually, Google has deprecated Qi, and says wires are the way to go again. Sorry. Ugh, wireless charging is the greatest part of a mobile device and I refuse to buy a phone without it
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Has anyone gotten their hands on a Pixel C? It seemed to get grilled by review sites because Android for tablets can't really compete with iOS 9 but as someone who wants an Android version of an iPad Air 2 it seems like the specs of the Pixel C are far better for the hundred bucks more I'd pay than the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7. Just was curious if anecdotally it had some fatal flaw.
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withoutclass posted:Let me charge up my battery in a way that produces a bunch of excess heat which is known to be super good for battery life. Your sarcasm could be equally applied to wireless charging or turbo charging. 
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BottleKnight posted:Has anyone gotten their hands on a Pixel C? It seemed to get grilled by review sites because Android for tablets can't really compete with iOS 9 but as someone who wants an Android version of an iPad Air 2 it seems like the specs of the Pixel C are far better for the hundred bucks more I'd pay than the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7. Just was curious if anecdotally it had some fatal flaw. butt dickus has one in the Android tablet thread.
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Rastor posted:butt dickus has one in the Android tablet thread. I didn't even know there was such a thing! Thanks!
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BottleKnight posted:It seemed to get grilled by review sites because Android for tablets can't really compete with iOS 9 but as someone who wants an Android version of an iPad Air 2 it seems like the specs of the Pixel C are far better for the hundred bucks more I'd pay than the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7. Just was curious if anecdotally it had some fatal flaw. It's pretty clear that the Pixel C was intended, originally, to be a Chrome OS device, possibly to debut with a new Chrome OS tablet interface that never happened. In a change of priorities, the hardware was repurposed to run Android, but since Android doesn't have a split-screen mode, there's a mismatch between the OS and hardware that everyone gripes about. If you're OK with the lack of split screen, it's one of those devices that works fine today, but will get better as future version of Android accommodate the potential of the hardware.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:it's one of those devices that works fine today, but will get better as future version of Android accommodate the potential of the hardware. Assuming the Pixel C becomes a benchmark to design newer iterations of Android against. It's such a bastard device. They literally made the snap decision to toss android on it and ship in time for holidays just so the hardware design didn't go to waste. Since the hardware was originally designed to be a Chrome OS device, it's likely that not all of the decisions were optimal for a refocusing of android on tablets. If that does become a priority of Google in N, the Pixel C may not be the hardware target in which they focus those efforts since it is completely different than any other Android tablet on the market. Also, it uses a Nividia SoC. And, in case I didn't mention, it's using a Nvidia SoC. Finally, and I don't think I stressed this point yet, it's using a Nvidia SoC.
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isndl posted:Your sarcasm could be equally applied to wireless charging or turbo charging. Yep, unless there has been some advent of batteries that don't get rocked by excessive heat that I am not aware of.
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bull3964 posted:Also, it uses a Nividia SoC. Idk if this is an overtreaded topic but is that a bad thing? I don't really know why, but I was under the observation that Nvidia SoC's were pretty good?
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I've noticed for a little while now that often when I swipe up to Google Now and tap in the search bar and start typing right away, the first several characters I type don't get into the bar. I usually use SwiftKey and noticed that when this happens, I'd see some streaks like I was flowing, but I have flow turned off. I tried using the Google keyboard for a bit to see if maybe SwiftKey was the problem, but I saw the same input lag. Does anyone have any idea if this can be fixed? I've got a 2014 Moto X.
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BottleKnight posted:Idk if this is an overtreaded topic but is that a bad thing? I don't really know why, but I was under the observation that Nvidia SoC's were pretty good? Let's take a look at devices that Google used as flagship OS products that used Nvidia SoCs. Xoom (tegra 2) Nexus 7 2012 (Tegra 3) Nexus 9 (bastard Denver) Then there's non-google phones that used Tegras. Atrix Droid X2 (trigger warning) LG G2 The only decent products that have used a Nvidia SoC so far have been the Shield Tablet and Shield Android TV. If you notice, the only decent Nvidia SoC products are ones made by Nvidia. Just say no to Nvidia SoCs. I've owned 3 of the above listed devices. never again.
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Is it better for my Nexus 6P battery if I keep it plugged in while I'm at work or just charge it when it gets low?
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Busy Bee posted:Is it better for my Nexus 6P battery if I keep it plugged in while I'm at work or just charge it when it gets low?
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While I'm mostly on board with the making GBS threads on Nvidia SoC's, and their past performance/reliability is a good guide to what you should buy...if you have to buy in an information vacuum. If, on the other hand, you can look at a device (or reviews of a device), over time, and see how it performs, don't just write it off because of Nvidia. If it's a poo poo device, it's a poo poo device. If it's not, it's not. AFAIK, (and please don't take my word for it, do some research. I haven't really been following it), the complaints about the Pixel C don't have much to do with Nvidia, and more to do with Android on the form factor. If I'm right about that, and you're aware of Android's limitations on the form factor, I don't see anything wrong with getting it. If my tentative thoughts about the problems with the Pixel C being down to Android, not Nvidia, and I was in the market for a large tablet, the Pixel C would be on my short list.
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For some reason I completely trust Google to put all the multitasking and productivity tablet stuff in N, based on that AMA the Pixel team did months ago. But even if they didn't, and Android for tablets stayed exactly the same, I still think it's the device I'd get. If you're used to Android on a phone I don't think Android on tablets is really an issue. I never use the multitasking on my Note 5 and don't think I really would on a tablet either. If I need to check my twitter feed or email (which is pretty much the only use case these reviews ever come up with) I'll just... check my phone.
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hooah posted:I've noticed for a little while now that often when I swipe up to Google Now and tap in the search bar and start typing right away, the first several characters I type don't get into the bar. I usually use SwiftKey and noticed that when this happens, I'd see some streaks like I was flowing, but I have flow turned off. I tried using the Google keyboard for a bit to see if maybe SwiftKey was the problem, but I saw the same input lag. Does anyone have any idea if this can be fixed? I've got a 2014 Moto X.
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bull3964 posted:(trigger warning) LG G2 You forgot an X. LG G2 is good, LG G2x is awful garbage.
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bull3964 posted:Let's take a look at devices that Google used as flagship OS products that used Nvidia SoCs. I mean, I'm not giving up my 2013 Nexus 7, but the Pixel C is hardly an anomaly for its SoC choice.
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RVProfootballer posted:You forgot an X. LG G2 is good, LG G2x is awful garbage. Except for the software the G2 was a pretty good phone. Until my proximity sensor got loose and I couldn't turn it on with out squeezing the top left corner of it. Moved onto a 6p but I really miss tap to wake.
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Massasoit posted:142% is impressive. "Since last full charge" is doing all that work and you can't even give it the least bit of credit.
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