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Skarsnik posted:Ah, so you mean like when you use the volume buttons and select which sound from the drop down Yes, I would rather click one button than click two buttons and move a slider. I pretty much never go to the slider menu.
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The more I read about the S7 the less inclined I am to buy it. The specs, camera, and display are all incredible, but they have so many dumb loving design elements mixed in with them. I hope the next Nexus device is S7 sized with the same tier of specs.
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Skarsnik posted:I agree I don't! I only care about flashlight and wifi, but there's 5 spots that it insists on filling so those were the least worthless. Actually, bluetooth was less worthless since I have a few devices that I need to pick from so I moved that in and it bumped sync off the side. So that last spot has to get filled: * Private mode * Smart view * "S Finder" * Auto rotate * Wifi calling * Power saving * Airplane mode * NFC * Location * U. Power saving * Always on display None of them warrant a toggle, there's TWO separate "power saving" toggles, or I could turn the GPS on and off randomly. I'd love to get rid of ALL of them and require a double-drag to get to any toggles, but alas, touchjizz. Merv Burger posted:Google Now will notify you of severe weather alerts. It will also give you weather information! And it doesn't look awful in your notifications. Because now does basically nothing I want in a weather app? I use it to pull up forecasts and hour-by-hour rain chances. Google now doesn't even put weather in any of my cards. Yes, I checked, weather updates are enabled, but I've never seen one in it. It turns out that people who leave their basement care about the weather more than "is a storm going to knock out power later? I should heat up my poptarts now."
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Harik posted:Because now does basically nothing I want in a weather app? I use it to pull up forecasts and hour-by-hour rain chances. Google now doesn't even put weather in any of my cards. Yes, I checked, weather updates are enabled, but I've never seen one in it. You could just have that as an interactive element on your Wear device screen and forego the notification thing altogether? I use a Dashclock widget on my homescreen that pulls next-hour rain chance from Forecast.io, so that works too. It's also weird that you never see your Now weather card because mine is always visible, both in Now, in the notifications (in the portion below the active notifications), and on Wear.
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Hey, Samsungites, your  best screen ever has edge touch discrimination problems and your carrier is obstructing the fix.For the record, I know that US and Canadian S7s use Exynos processors instead of Snapdragons and this more than the carrier stuff is responsible for the delay. 1)  , 2) not knowing whether your phone will ever get fixed because it doesn't use parts equivalent to most other phones of its model is not a concern that a user should have to have, and yet you paid 700 bucks for the privilege, and 3) my assessment is still technically valid because of course Samsung would rather just have one phone everywhere and even if it's a legal matter it's still probably carriers' faults somehow.LastInLine posted:You could just have that as an interactive element on your Wear device screen and forego the notification thing altogether? Hell of an assumption here.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:For the record, I know that US and Canadian S7s use Exynos processors instead of Snapdragons Wrong, US S7s use Snapdragon, Canadian models use Exynos. The processor difference was apparently because of the need to have certain frequencies on US carriers or something that the Exynos couldn't do? I don't remember.
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On Terra Firma posted:The more I read about the S7 the less inclined I am to buy it. The specs, camera, and display are all incredible, but they have so many dumb loving design elements mixed in with them. I hope the next Nexus device is S7 sized with the same tier of specs. Well, let's put it this way: We're arguing over toggles and a notification. The poo poo that works just loving works - it's why the little bits that need polish are so irritating. It's an irritation if you use whatsapp or hangouts for messaging - the messages waiting function of the always-on display ignores everything that's not a SMS. Upside: It's better than ambient - it's always on instead of on when you pick it up. I've replaced my bedside clock with it. The camera is as fast to get to as an iPhone - something you don't realize you need until you miss a picture waiting on it to come up. LastInLine posted:You could just have that as an interactive element on your Wear device screen and forego the notification thing altogether? As soon as they make a fully mechanical Wear device, I'll pick one up. LastInLine posted:It's also weird that you never see your Now weather card because mine is always visible, both in Now, in the notifications (in the portion below the active notifications), and on Wear. *shrug* The whims of what Now picks to tell you have always been opaque to me. It's the main reason I don't use it much; if I could TELL it what I wanted and have it expand from there that'd be one thing. As is, I just have to hope my usage habits convince big data that I actually do want to have the weather in a fixed location to check.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Wrong, US S7s use Snapdragon, Canadian models use Exynos. The processor difference was apparently because of the need to have certain frequencies on US carriers or something that the Exynos couldn't do? I don't remember. Whatever. Point stands; there are too many too different things called the S7 so you don't actually know what you got for your money and whether it'll stay supported. "But Samsung pro~~~~mised" And that promise gets harder and harder to keep with every different thing you call the same, and we already know Samsung either can't or won't keep up with their previous degree of flagship market segmentation.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Whatever. Point stands; there are too many too different things called the S7 so you don't actually know what you got for your money and whether it'll stay supported. There's only 2 models, the S7 and S7 Edge. The different processors are region-dependent, like in Canada I can't get a Snapdragon phone, no matter what carrier/store I go to it's the Exynos version. So, I'm not sure why you're so upset about this to the point of misleading raging hyperbole?
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Hey, Samsungites, your You have that backwards, US models use the Snapdragon, for compatibility with American CDMA networks I believe. Desk Lamp fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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Desk Lamp posted:for compatibility with American CDMA networks I believe. man why can't CDMA just go away
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Daily Forecast posted:man why can't CDMA just go away They are working on it I think. I know Verizon is at least
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vyst posted:They are working on it I think. I know Verizon is at least Sprint is working on just going away altogether.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Sprint is working on just going away altogether. But then how will people constantly manage to pick the worst possible MVNOs for service?
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Harik posted:Because now does basically nothing I want in a weather app? I use it to pull up forecasts and hour-by-hour rain chances. Google now doesn't even put weather in any of my cards. Yes, I checked, weather updates are enabled, but I've never seen one in it. You mean forecasts like this?  Maybe if you look into enabling it some more, you'll be as productive as that stawman you made.
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LastInLine posted:You could just have that as an interactive element on your Wear device screen and forego the notification thing altogether? I use a Dashclock widget on my homescreen that pulls next-hour rain chance from Forecast.io, so that works too. Does everything I need. I don't *need* at-a-glance hour-by-hour weather reports. I can tap once for that. vyst posted:They are working on it I think. I know Verizon is at least ilkhan fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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Well if you believe Ars and gsmarena, the Exynos version of the S7 Edge gets like two more hours of battery so that's another reason to get mad about CDMA.
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 What's wrong with my clock? I tried different themes and different launchers but I have no idea why it's not aligned with the text. Anyone else ever have this issue? Ra-amun fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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Mar 21, 2016 04:36
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I've had weather in my cards from day one. The more you use it the better it becomes.
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Ra-amun posted:
No clue, don't have that problem on my Nexus hu hu hu hu
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Ra-amun posted:
Does your Settings -> Display -> Font look like this, or different? 
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My Nexus 6P has stopped charging from it's wall jack and cable, but still charges from it's USB-C-to-USB connector when connected to my PC. Anyone know what's causing this? Are the default cables the phone came with just bad? I got the phone shortly after it came out.
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Mar 21, 2016 15:32
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Obvious question, but have you tried a different charging brick to make sure it isn't that?
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Rastor posted:Does your Settings -> Display -> Font look like this, or different? Try selecting "Choco cooky" and see if that helps.
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So LG is adding an unlocked G5 that'll work on US CDMA networks too. Your move, Samsung.
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Rastor posted:Does your Settings -> Display -> Font look like this, or different? That was it, thanks! I just toggled the font sizes and restarted. The font sizes actually do something to the clock now. I guess it might've been acting up after upgrading to Marshmallow. RZA Encryption posted:Try selecting "Choco cooky" and see if that helps. First thing I tried!
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Internet Explorer posted:Obvious question, but have you tried a different charging brick to make sure it isn't that? Unfortunately I only have one USB-C charger (the one that came with the phone) and no USB-C to USB-Micro cable. So. Kinda outta luck 
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Anyone with an S6/S6 Edge/S6 Edge+ on US Cellular - Marshmallow is available for them today.
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kitten smoothie posted:So LG is adding an unlocked G5 that'll work on US CDMA networks too. I guess you can use it BYOD on Sprint. Samsung must be quaking in their booties.
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The internet has figured out how to activate freeform window mode (a.k.a. "Android as Desktop OS") in Android N Preview.
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Podcast Addict just up and deleted itself on my phone this morning, is this an issue anyone else has had?
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Eej posted:Well if you believe Ars and gsmarena, the Exynos version of the S7 Edge gets like two more hours of battery so that's another reason to get mad about CDMA. And they limited Quick Charge to 2.0 even though the 820 supports 3.0.
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Lowen SoDium posted:And they limited Quick Charge to 2.0 even though the 820 supports 3.0. There being no actual difference between the two except for marketing purposes So yeah paying Qualcomm more for branding the exynos as qc3.0 would be a great decision
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broken clock opsec posted:There being no actual difference between the two except for marketing purposes There actually are quite a few differences between QC 3.0 and QC 2.0. I don't know if the increase in charging time is something to worry about, but the QC 3.0 implementation is superior to QC 2.0.
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sbaldrick posted:Podcast Addict just up and deleted itself on my phone this morning, is this an issue anyone else has had? I'm not familiar with the app, but maybe Google saw malware in it and removed it?
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RZA Encryption posted:I'm not familiar with the app, but maybe Google saw malware in it and removed it? Seems to still be on the Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict
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The latest versions of Maps are incredible. I love how Google keeps making this app even more awesome. Just silly little additions like putting the street name in a bubble on the map makes a big difference.
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Merv Burger posted:You mean forecasts like this? Ahh yes. Big Data - apparently, over a year ago, I swiped away weather once. That meant I never ever wanted to see it again, and I had to find it buried 3 menus deep in "other cards", where everything was "yes, I want to see weather updates" but that was all overruled by "no, I didn't want to see it this one time." Very productive! Or, I could just drag a working weather widget to my homescreen and have google now bugger off with it's generally pointless information. Here's the problem with now: ok, I got weather working. Now whenever I launch it I can see exactly two things: what the weather is, and how far it is to work/home. Scrolling down it's nothing but clickbait headlines. "Google found one weird trick to get me to never bother using Now, you'll never believe what it is!!!". If I could point it at people I follow and get updates it would have value, but that's not what it's for. It's for selling my eyeballs, and I don't get a say in it. There's not even a way to seed it with content I want aside from repeatedly google searching for things on the desktop site and clicking through. It needs to be: "Ok google" "Add a feed from paul krugman" then expand from there. When they add that, I'll engage with it. Until then, stop trying to sell me on it. Harik fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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