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CLAM DOWN posted:Do you have any links about this? I definitely believe you, I'm just curious what tests and research have been done. Honestly, I don't, other than what's been repeated in this thread. Quick charging produces significantly higher temperatures which are not ideal for batteries. That said according to Qualcomm and the manufacturers it is perfectly safe so it's really up to you.
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grimcreaper posted:Meanwhile, Samsung trounces all over everyone. Just wait until Tizen becomes a fully fledged phone OS and easily strips the Android and iOS market of the majority of their users. Samsung would like this to happen, sure, that's why they've got Tizen in the first place, but it turns out Samsung is poo poo at software (and Android and iOS have the market sewn up between them). It's not gonna happen.
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Desk Lamp posted:Honestly, I don't, other than what's been repeated in this thread. Quick charging produces significantly higher temperatures which are not ideal for batteries. It's why I avoid wireless charging too. Heat is battery death.
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It still shouldn't be a setting, that would be trivial to adjust for automatically. But of course, Samsung added a setting. Like, I'm not as anti-Samsung as some of the people here, but Samsung loves their settings. I guarantee you that no one but the nerds in threads like this one are actually changing that setting.
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feedmegin posted:Samsung would like this to happen, sure, that's why they've got Tizen in the first place, but it turns out Samsung is poo poo at software (and Android and iOS have the market sewn up between them). It's not gonna happen. Also developing for Tizen is a total tire fire, from what I've heard from people who have dealt with it. It leans on stuff from Enlightenment. Remember Enlightenment? The late 90s X11 window manager that could make your Linux desktop look like a Lisa Frank coloring book or a Doom level? Yep, that same Enlightenment. Even if Samsung tried to pack in an Android runtime for Tizen it still wouldn't have Play Services, so stuff still wouldn't work without developer involvement. Give a mobile OS relies upon an app ecosystem to get traction in the market, and nobody wants to develop for your radioactive trainwreck of a platform, it's dead in the water.
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Any obvious reason trying to send a text with Google now voice commands has stopped working for me? Recognizes my contacts' names correctly, transcribes my message, just says "message could not be sent." The old-fashioned way works fine. Marshmallow with the April update on a 5X with Project Fi. Had worked in the past, not sure when it broke.
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TollTheHounds posted:Get your bingo cards ready, because I loving love this Blackberry Priv  I agree, a mid-level priced device would have sold much better. I hope you don't get short-changed on software updates. 
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lol People are responding seriously to an obvious troll about Tizen. No one wants Tizen.
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Endless Mike posted:lol People are responding seriously to an obvious troll about Tizen. No one wants Tizen. If this is a troll account, it's the best one. Literally a collection of the wrongest tech opinions ever (emphasis mine): grimcreaper posted:Both companies are excellent. Each has its pros on and cons, and some people cant handle that. I dream of a future when our Mobile OS of choice is actually a full Windows non-mobile install that runs full windows applications and games with no issues. Then Google and Apple can quietly feel the shame of creating mobile only platforms that are boring and made for Tap Titans only style games instead of good things. grimcreaper posted:Actually, not at all. I really think within the next 5 years or so we will see a full fledged windows OS running on a phone using intel cpus that can handle full app/game functionality to some, if relatively minor, degree. Look at how powerful phones are right now and just imagine the day WindowsBEST takes over as the primary mobile market. The day will be glorious. grimcreaper posted:i like the samsung apps. They bring versatility to a bare device. Unlike Nexus which requires you to search out those nasty 3rd party non-google apps on your own. I get to experience the joys of the Samsung App Ecosystem, finely tuned to bring me a great experience. The Google "pure" experience forces you to go outside of their hugbox and find those apps which dont mesh correctly with the True Pure(TM) Google Experience. grimcreaper posted:Well considering TouchWiz is the best overall flavor I can't say Google is doing anything wrong at this point. grimcreaper posted:I still want flash on my phone. grimcreaper posted:Serious answer: no I'm not.
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feedmegin posted:Samsung would like this to happen, sure, that's why they've got Tizen in the first place, but it turns out Samsung is poo poo at software (and Android and iOS have the market sewn up between them). It's not gonna happen. Honestly I am surprised Samsung didn't buy WebOS and turn it into its own. It will was still early enough in the game where their marketing power and devices could have made the difference.
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I think Tizen is simply one of Samsung's contingency plans in case Google ever challenges their dominance of Android. If that were ever to happen it's far more likely that they would fork Android, unless Tizen gets some serious traction which I really don't see happening.
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Desk Lamp posted:I think Tizen is simply one of Samsung's contingency plans in case Google ever challenges their dominance of Android. If that were ever to happen it's far more likely that they would fork Android, unless Tizen gets some serious traction which I really don't see happening. Pretty much accurate. The common story was always that the plan was for Samsung's services and apps to usurp the standard ones while acclimating users to using the Samsung app store, then they'd just all at once swap their phones to using Tizen. They'd look and behave essentially the same as they did before but obviously without Google services. Obviously it would be an all-or-nothing thing because of the way the Open Handset Alliance is set up but their "amazing" profits evaporated as Apple continued to take the high end and and the Chinese ate away all of the low end. Then Google sold Motorola (which was a point of contention for Samsung) and they publicly announced that they were best of friends now. The reality is that both needs the other far more than either one of them would like and that's just the way it is.
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My N7 2013 stopped auto-rotating after a reboot this morning. The problem persists through reboots no matter what the rotation setting is. I'm guessing the accelerometer just died, but is there a possible fixable software cause for this?
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I had that happen with my N10 once. It wasn't permanent, but it did need a factory reset to resolve.
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Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I don't see it in the OP or in the apps thread... Does anyone have suggestions for nice live wallpapers? I do quite like the animated background and something space themed would be great. There's just too much garbage to trawl through on most sites, so I don't think I've made much progress finding anything that's either not poo poo, not a battery hog or paid. I don't mind paying if it's really good, but most of the crap on offer is not worth the 99c asking price.
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I'm looking at getting a Galaxy S7 or the S7 Edge tomorrow. Is there any real difference in functionality or is the Edge just a bit bigger and has the curved screen?
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Stumpalitious posted:I'm looking at getting a Galaxy S7 or the S7 Edge tomorrow. Is there any real difference in functionality or is the Edge just a bit bigger and has the curved screen? Aside from the size and screen it has a bigger battery as well.
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Squish posted:Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I don't see it in the OP or in the apps thread... As far as space themed live wallpapers go, the Galaxy series by Maxelus.net is pretty nice and requires no permissions.
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Squish posted:Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I don't see it in the OP or in the apps thread...
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Not live but Tapet is great https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharpregion.tapet
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Endless Mike posted:lol People are responding seriously to an obvious troll about Tizen. No one wants Tizen. i seriously forgot i had trolled that post. On a serious note, i dont even want Tizen on my watch. If i could put AndroidWear on my S2 id be a lot happier. But, it is what it is. The S2 is a nice watch overall and has great features. LastInLine posted:If this is a troll account, it's the best one. Literally a collection of the wrongest tech opinions ever (emphasis mine): Sometimes I try, sadly i think the Tizen one was a bit too tryhard. But thanks for the post catch ups, i had a few good ones in there.
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Muzei is a good wallpaper app, I use the HD Landscapes addon.
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Skarsnik posted:Not live but Tapet is great I just found this the other day. It's pretty loving cool. You can just cycle through and save whatever you like and build up a nice collection to refer back to, or you can just have it automatically change on a regular basis.
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Skeezy posted:Aside from the size and screen it has a bigger battery as well. Does the normal S7 typically make it through the day without needing a charge? Because I think i would prefer that one as long as it does.
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Stumpalitious posted:Does the normal S7 typically make it through the day without needing a charge? Because I think i would prefer that one as long as it does. I get about 5 or 6 hours screen on time. The latest update has improved idle battery time too.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Muzei is a good wallpaper app, I use the HD Landscapes addon. Tapet works with it too 
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I use IF to set wallpapers from NASA's photo of the day. Really stunning.
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Skarsnik posted:Tapet works with it too Whoaaaaa that's rad
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What options do I need to change to get this stupid s7 to stop connecting automatically to unsecured wifi?
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Kytrarewn posted:What options do I need to change to get this stupid s7 to stop connecting automatically to unsecured wifi? Uh, tap/hold and forget the network? This doesn't happen to me...
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CLAM DOWN posted:Uh, tap/hold and forget the network? This doesn't happen to me... It's a brand new phone, it shouldn't have any saved networks. And if it does, they shouldn't be "CoxWiFi" in some random place as I drive past it.
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Kytrarewn posted:It's a brand new phone, it shouldn't have any saved networks. And if it does, they shouldn't be "CoxWiFi" in some random place as I drive past it. Sounds like a lovely bundled carrier app doing it
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Kytrarewn posted:What options do I need to change to get this stupid s7 to stop connecting automatically to unsecured wifi? The only options for auto-connecting to wifi on mine are Passpoint Certified and AT&T Hotspot Wifi access points. Both were disabled by default.
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Kytrarewn posted:It's a brand new phone, it shouldn't have any saved networks. And if it does, they shouldn't be "CoxWiFi" in some random place as I drive past it. Did you import from a previous device? My S7 imported all my saved wifi passwords from my old S4 when I switched over.
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Sorry I can't be more specific but look around in the config options for using wi-fi networks and data. I seem to remember an option somewhere (but not in wi-fi settings) that controlled whether it would just automatically start using any network.
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Airborne Viking posted:
Well I'm not exactly expecting N to hit this thing, but I'll be happy when Marshmallow does since it seems imminent, all the reviews I've read of beta testers ( you can apply to be a beta tester ) have been overwhelmingly positive in the same ways as everyone else going from Lollipop ( basically the same but more refined/better, better battery life etc ), so I don't expect much of a delay. In terms of security updates Blackberry releases them even before Google does to the Nexus lines ( by a day or 1 FWIW ) so I'm not concerned about that angle. The 2 mid-rangers they're going to offer are going to be around the $4-500 mark, 1 with dedicated keyboard and 1 just a slab ( ala Z30 ), both with a fingerprint reader. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/blackberry-plans-to-launch-two-mid-range-android-phones-this-year-says-ceo/ Hopefully not too little too late at this point, but honestly I was sure they were going to tank 2 years ago, so hopefully in 2017 I'll be able to buy a Priv 2. 
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Doctor Butts posted:Sorry I can't be more specific but look around in the config options for using wi-fi networks and data. I seem to remember an option somewhere (but not in wi-fi settings) that controlled whether it would just automatically start using any network. I just dug through my Verizon S7 and couldn't find that. I recall something in the past, but unsure. I had to use an iPhone for a few months, so it could have been an Apple thing.
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