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dustbin posted:Thanks. I don't mix my chargers for my tablet and phone because they were made by different manufacturers and I read that was bad but I wasn't sure how cautious to be for different versions of the same phone I haven't had problems but none of my chargers (or phones) support quick charging.
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I don't really want to go back through 20 something pages possibly. The consensus on other sites I've seen is that the s7 is a decent phone. Basically my HTC One M8 is having charging issues, and I can upgrade to the S7 if I want to. I'm honestly thinking of doing it. I mainly use my phone for gaming, social media, web surfing, etc. The battery on the s7 would be slightly better than the m8, which is okay. The s7 edge would be even better but I don't know if I can hold out another month until the edge becomes available on Verizon. Also, I've never used a screen larger than 5.1 so I don't know if that's something that I'm really interested in.
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Mar 4, 2016 04:48
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I have another easy question. If I activate my new phone under a different Gmail account, I will retain the purchases and game profiles made from Google Play apps? Or should I switch everything to the new account now? I have a few things I've invested in.
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Mar 4, 2016 05:07
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Thermopyle posted:If you're not one to care about having a Nexus phone, then the S7 is probably perfect. What Nexus phone is amazing that I can have on Verizon?
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Zotix posted:What Nexus phone is amazing that I can have on Verizon? Both of the current ones that are being sold? Or, if you want, last year's.
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Mar 4, 2016 05:34
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Zotix posted:What Nexus phone is amazing that I can have on Verizon? The top of the line Nexus is currently the 6P, but (on paper at least) it's pretty hard to recommend it over the S7/Edge if you're looking for the absolute bleeding edge. The Nexus is less expensive though.
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dustbin posted:I have another easy question. If I activate my new phone under a different Gmail account, I will retain the purchases and game profiles made from Google Play apps? Or should I switch everything to the new account now? I have a few things I've invested in. You can't transfer purchases from one google account to another, but you can be logged into more than one account at a time. If you like, you can start making purchases with the new account now and keep the old one around only as long as the apps you purchased with it stay relevant.
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Yup, I've got the Google accounts on my phone: old original, new personal/professional, and work. Purchases work on all three.
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Samsung is giving away a free wireless charging pad if you install Samsung Pay and activate a qualifying bank card: http://www.samsung.com/us/samsung-pay/#promo
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WescottF1 posted:Samsung is giving away a free wireless charging pad if you install Samsung Pay and activate a qualifying bank card: This is an old promo, they hosed up somehow and actually sent me 3 chargers. I have wireless pads fuckin everywhere now. Probably reviving it for the S7 crowd
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vyst posted:This is an old promo, they hosed up somehow and actually sent me 3 chargers. I have wireless pads fuckin everywhere now. Probably reviving it for the S7 crowd Yeah, I just tried this and it said it's been out of supply since Feb 22nd...
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Mar 4, 2016 15:33
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Hahahaa i just got another one by doing this new promo. Thanks Samsung!
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It worked on my wife's phone last night. I couldn't do it on mine because I'd already activated and made a claim when the prize was a $50 Best Buy gift card back in December.
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Eej posted:I've been a Nexus user since the GNex and I think this time around I'm gonna go with an S7 because the only reason I have rooted my phone is so I can Titanium Backup my Nero Atsume between full data wipes for upgrades and also I'd like to take pictures with a phone with camera quality from the last 5 years. You can tell Google Now that you don't like a site. But all it does is check your browsing history for sites you like and feed them back to you.
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:You can tell Google Now that you don't like a site. But all it does is check your browsing history for sites you like and feed them back to you. This isn't true. I mean, it might do that, but it's not all it does. I can quite literally say I've never been to espn.com, but god drat goes Google Now want to tell me about sports.
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S7 chat: It's March 4, and that means if you ordered one you can now submit the form for your free Gear VR. Here's how to de-TouchWiz a Samsung phone (editing what I wrote before): Rastor posted:Make sure these are installed and up to date: Once you've done all that, you might check out Droid Life's Galaxy S7: First 10 Things You Should Do, and also Phandroid's 50+ Samsung Galaxy S7 Tips & Tricks.
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So I was in to my carrier store yesterday (US Cellular) to get a faulty sim card replaced. While I was there, they pitched me a deal that sounds decent. If you buy a new Galaxy Tab S2 9.7" and pay for it via monthly financing, it comes out to ~$27/month for 24 months. The "line" fee for 4G service is $5/month, bringing the monthly total to ~$32. If you also have a Galaxy s6 or have ordered an s7, you get a $20 discount on your monthly bill. I currently have an s6. The end result is that I'd pay a grand total of ~$300 ($12 x 24) for a Tab S2 with 4G service for 24 months. Assuming this is all actually true and they weren't full of poo poo (that's a big assumption), is there any reason I shouldn't jump on this deal? I don't see myself as a big tablet user, but my wife loved her old Samsung tablet and has been talking about wanting a newer one. $300 sounds pretty great for a high(er) end tablet with 4G service.
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Zotix posted:Is the gear S2 or the Gear VR the better route? Gear VR. It's harder to watch porn on your wrist while it is moving.
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Zotix posted:Is the gear S2 or the Gear VR the better route? Some Gear S2 discussion here, I think for 99% of people the Gear VR will be the better choice.
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How good is the Gear VR supposed to be for VR? It's not really going to be comparable to the Occulous or Vive is it?
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:You can tell Google Now that you don't like a site. But all it does is check your browsing history for sites you like and feed them back to you. You can tell it you don't like a story or subject, but not that you don't like a particular news source I'd love to rid my Now of the daily mail
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Zotix posted:How good is the Gear VR supposed to be for VR? It's not really going to be comparable to the Occulous or Vive is it? Its surprisingly good for a phone strapped to your face but its no match for a 600$ headset powered by a powerful computer. But it also doesn't cost as much as a 600$ headset and a powerful computer so its a neat entry level thing into VR.
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Shai-Hulud posted:Its surprisingly good for a phone strapped to your face but its no match for a 600$ headset powered by a powerful computer. But it also doesn't cost as much as a 600$ headset and a powerful computer so its a neat entry level thing into VR. I think I'll do the watch then. I'm planning on getting an oculus rift later on in the year before Star Citizen drops and I do a new computer build.
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Zotix posted:I think I'll do the watch then. I'm planning on getting an oculus rift later on in the year before Star Citizen drops and I do a new computer build. Sure, but all events from now until the heat death of the universe count as "before Star Citizen drops".
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Rastor posted:Sure, but all events from now until the heat death of the universe count as "before Star Citizen drops". This is true. It's just that my computer is good enough for now, and I'd rather wait another 9-12mo to upgrade as the next gen of Intel processors and Nvidia cards will be out and the 1000 series should have some serious performance increases. If the Samsung VR is just mediocre, then I'd rather get the watch and wait until later in the year for an Oculus or Vive.
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Skarsnik posted:You can tell it you don't like a story or subject, but not that you don't like a particular news source In theory you can go to https://news.google.com/ and personalize in the upper right and that also affects Google Now, but Google is mysterious and all knowing, and therefore may not listen to what you claim to want.
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:You can tell Google Now that you don't like a site. But all it does is check your browsing history for sites you like and feed them back to you. Yeah as mentioned above it's not that simple. There are links based on "your interest in Donald Trump" but if it's not directly related to something you've searched it just shows up as "Stories to Read". If you disable "Stories to Read" you just get no articles in your Google Now, ever. But yeah, it's stupid I can't specify exactly what type of stories show up in my Google Now unless I do all my browsing logged out of my Google account. I might click on a link about Ted Cruz eating a booger/tonsillolith or Rubio being stupid because it's hilarious but I don't actually want Politico/Foxnews/whatever constantly showing up on my Google Now, for example.
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Is there a significant usability difference between the S7 and 6P? I'm ready for a new phone and also thinking about switching to Fi (currently have a Galaxy S3 and Sprint SERO). I use between 1-2GB of data per month, so nothing crazy. I would consider myself a power user, I like to gently caress with things and install ROMs and poo poo but I'm at the point now where I just want a reliable phone that works but will still let me customize stuff (nova launcher, for example). I've really liked my S3 and like what Samsung is doing with the S7, but it's hard not to also consider the 6P. I know people bitch about how lovely Sprint is, and while I don't love the company or the service, it's proven to be good enough in my area and I don't feel switching is required. I'd save some money by switching to Fi, but paying the full cost of the phone makes the difference negligible to me. Any advice?
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Eej posted:Yeah as mentioned above it's not that simple. There are links based on "your interest in Donald Trump" but if it's not directly related to something you've searched it just shows up as "Stories to Read". If you disable "Stories to Read" you just get no articles in your Google Now, ever. But yeah, it's stupid I can't specify exactly what type of stories show up in my Google Now unless I do all my browsing logged out of my Google account. I might click on a link about Ted Cruz eating a booger/tonsillolith or Rubio being stupid because it's hilarious but I don't actually want Politico/Foxnews/whatever constantly showing up on my Google Now, for example. I rarely get Stories to Read anymore. The only thing that ever seems to trigger is updates to Mike Brown's Revolutions Podcast page; No other articles have seemed to pop up in my Google Now since about a year ago. No idea why. I wonder if it's because I do a lot of my reading in Newsstand now.
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two_beer_bishes posted:Is there a significant usability difference between the S7 and 6P? I'm ready for a new phone and also thinking about switching to Fi (currently have a Galaxy S3 and Sprint SERO). I use between 1-2GB of data per month, so nothing crazy. I would consider myself a power user, I like to gently caress with things and install ROMs and poo poo but I'm at the point now where I just want a reliable phone that works but will still let me customize stuff (nova launcher, for example). I've really liked my S3 and like what Samsung is doing with the S7, but it's hard not to also consider the 6P. It sounds like you don't have any strong opinions about Touchwiz, so it probably just comes down to which device you like the hardware on the most, the fact that the 6P is cheaper, and how much you value the greater potential of getting more OS updates for a longer period of time.
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Thermopyle posted:It sounds like you don't have any strong opinions about Touchwiz, so it probably just comes down to which device you like the hardware on the most, the fact that the 6P is cheaper, and how much you value the greater potential of getting more OS updates for a longer period of time. I'm not sure I've even used Touchwiz, I certainly don't remember forming an opinion of it. I've had CM or Slimkat on my S3 for as long as I can remember. Is Touchwiz more than just a launcher? I've been using nova launcher and would like to continue to use it. Do Sprint stores have the S7 on display yet?
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two_beer_bishes posted:Is there a significant usability difference between the S7 and 6P? I'm ready for a new phone and also thinking about switching to Fi (currently have a Galaxy S3 and Sprint SERO). I use between 1-2GB of data per month, so nothing crazy. I would consider myself a power user, I like to gently caress with things and install ROMs and poo poo but I'm at the point now where I just want a reliable phone that works but will still let me customize stuff (nova launcher, for example). I've really liked my S3 and like what Samsung is doing with the S7, but it's hard not to also consider the 6P. Well, if you want to switch to Fi then your only option is the 6P; AFAIK Project Fi currently only works on the 2014 and 2015 Nexus models (so the 6, 5x, and 6p).
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Require More Fire posted:Well, if you want to switch to Fi then your only option is the 6P; AFAIK Project Fi currently only works on the 2014 and 2015 Nexus models (so the 6, 5x, and 6p). Yeah, I understand that, I think I'm at the point where my decision on what phone I get will determine if I switch over or not. I'm really torn. I think I'd be happy with either phone and with either service and no particular benefit is jumping out at me!
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two_beer_bishes posted:Yeah, I understand that, I think I'm at the point where my decision on what phone I get will determine if I switch over or not. I'm really torn. I think I'd be happy with either phone and with either service and no particular benefit is jumping out at me! I mean, I'm a Nexus guy so I'll always lean in that direction but Samsung/Touchwiz isn't the utter dumpster fire some would make it out to be. I don't like it, but most of my friends use Galaxys and they look at me weird when I try to explain the difference between my Android phone and theirs. To answer your earlier question though. Touchwiz is more than a launcher; it's a full OS-wide reskinning and reworking. The notification bar/shade is different, the system menu is different, they put in their own SMS app (and used to put in their own web browser, not sure if they still do that), their own camera app, and so forth. You can still use Nova Launcher, as you can any launcher from the app store (including the official Google Launcher).
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You want to replace the Samsung app and get Messenger by Google. I tried, but S Lag is real.
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Well, i looked long and hard at the Nexus 6p and preordered the S7 Edge. Got myself the Gear S2 watch for free AND they cut the service bill on it to 5$ a month for me. They also let me keep my old tablet on the line and took off the 10$ monthly service fee for that. So, all in all, ill be paying 79 a month after taxes including the Next price on the phone. Now, i just have to hope i get my phone sooner rather than later so i can push for the free VR headset from samsung. They are limiting it to the first 300K only and T-mobile has been sending out the phones for almost a week.
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:You want to replace the Samsung app and get Messenger by Google. I tried, but S Lag is real. Textra > Messenger.
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