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Is there a cheap VR case adaptor thing I can buy for around $50 that fits a 6s?
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May 19, 2016 19:58
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Boris Galerkin posted:Is there a cheap VR case adaptor thing I can buy for around $50 that fits a 6s? Google cardboard. There are tons of prebuilts on amazon for less than that or you can make your own for like 8 bucks and two hours work. That's all any of them are, anyway, just with differing materials and external form factors.
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May 19, 2016 20:45
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Or go to Target and get that really cool ViewMaster for like $20-25.
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May 19, 2016 20:47
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clockworx posted:A friend gave me an iPhone 5S from their junk drawer, and I was hoping someone here might have seen the issues I'm seeing and recommend a possible resolution. I'm hoping to use it as a backup, and also as a trial to see if I would like an SE after having a 6. Sounds like the whole display is third party, which would explain why the cable was ripped out of the home button and also explain the weird touch issues (a lot of replacement screens are terrible). You can try another at-home repair, which should fix the screen issues, but as far as I know there's no way to get Touch ID working again with third party parts.
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May 19, 2016 22:29
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kitten smoothie posted:Or go to Target and get that really cool ViewMaster for like $20-25. I have one and think it sucks. There is no headband or even a hole to plug in headphones. I like the freebie Star Wars one Google was giving out better (which also has no headband). VR on iPhone is pretty terrible. On a 6S the pixels are ridiculous. Youtube supports iOS as of like this week though, so at least there is some content. When I tried it a few months ago there was basically nothing.
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May 19, 2016 23:17
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I just upgraded my 5 to a 6s and would like to inform the thread that whomever placed the power button where it is either was bullied by a left handed person as a child or is envious of our greatness and used his engineering job at Apple to get revenge.
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May 19, 2016 23:47
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Top power buttons aren't ergonomically reasonable on phones beyond a certain size. As for music on iDevices, the Apple Music part of the music experience is the only good part so far - anything that involves having to interact with iTunes is hot garbage. If they want to make it even better though that's nice of them. They should probably be investing in making iTunes not poo poo though.
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May 20, 2016 02:53
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How comparable is the 6s battery to a Galaxy s6? Work is wanting me to go back to its for "reaons". I've been happy exploring Android after predominantly using iPhones the past 8 years, but looking forward to that sweet sweet visual voice mail and group I messaging. Anyways, I'm a pretty heavy user and typically get to 40% by lunch on my s6. Hasn't bothered me because I'm usually always near a charger and it has fast charging. I know I should probably go 6s plus or 5se, but I think know the former might be too big and don't know if I can go back to such a small screen.
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May 20, 2016 07:02
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I use an s6 quite often and it drives me up the wall.
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May 20, 2016 07:15
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Haskell9 posted:I just upgraded my 5 to a 6s and would like to inform the thread that whomever placed the power button where it is either was bullied by a left handed person as a child or is envious of our greatness and used his engineering job at Apple to get revenge. Leftie here. You'll get used to it. If the phone is in my right hand I operate it with my thumb, in my right, my index finger.
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May 20, 2016 14:03
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EL BROMANCE posted:I use an s6 quite often and it drives me up the wall. Because of poor battery life, or just android/touch whiz reasons?
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May 20, 2016 15:25
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Mainly the latter. Battery life never feels too bad I'll admit.
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May 20, 2016 15:40
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When I bought the new Moto G last fall and made a brief foray into the world of Android, one of the things I was most impressed with was that phone's phenomenal battery life. Well, most of the time--very occasionally it would pull the classic Android prank of getting extremely hot and slow and burning through the battery at a rate of like 2% a minute.
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May 20, 2016 15:48
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Sticking it in a lifeproof case increased its size to that of an uncased plus and my thumb no longer rests directly on the power button when holding it naturally, so hey fellow lefties with large man hands either get a plus if you hate cases or get a regular 6s and a case if you don't or a plus and a case if you don't mind your phone not easily fitting in a blue jeans front pocket.
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May 20, 2016 15:57
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Or, you know, have fingers that work better than a Lego hand.
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May 20, 2016 17:22
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So I've recently been gifted an i-phone 4, and now I'm in the process of setting it up. I already wiped it, set it up new with an id and all that crap, and now I'm trying to get my old music and pictures onto my new phone. Well, I kinda can't because apparently I'm not allowed to paste/drag any files from my PC directly into the storage of the i-phone that's connected to my pc. I guess I have to use some apple software to funnel it through because apple is garbage like that, but pls educate me if you can cause I never had to mess with any apple products before
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May 20, 2016 18:17
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Tin Tim posted:So I've recently been gifted an i-phone 4, and now I'm in the process of setting it up. I already wiped it, set it up new with an id and all that crap, and now I'm trying to get my old music and pictures onto my new phone. Well, I kinda can't because apparently I'm not allowed to paste/drag any files from my PC directly into the storage of the i-phone that's connected to my pc. I guess I have to use some apple software to funnel it through because apple is garbage like that, but pls educate me if you can cause I never had to mess with any apple products before Add your music files to your iTunes library. When you connect your phone to your computer, a little iPhone icon will appear in the top-left part of the iTunes window next to the media picker. Click this icon to open the phone management screen and click "Music" under "Settings" in the left column. This will let you pick which artists, albums, and playlists to sync; there is also an option to just sync everything. For pictures, if you're on OS X, add them to the Photos app and enable iCloud Photo Library on your Mac and phone. If you're on Windows, use iCloud for Windows and do the same.
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May 20, 2016 18:42
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Thx pal I'll look into that stuff
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May 20, 2016 18:59
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How much more difficult is the battery replacement on the 6 than the 5?
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May 20, 2016 19:44
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you're not gonna be doing it yourself
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May 20, 2016 22:29
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I have an iPhone 5 that literally took a bath. I left it to dry for a few days. When I try to turn it on, the logo comes up then about 10 lines of code. I'm pretty sure I know what the answer is but is there any point in trying to get it fixed? Not much of a loss if it's dead. Was just a backup phone for the kid to play Goat Simulator and watch youtube.
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May 21, 2016 18:00
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LODGE NORTH posted:There's dark mode at an OS level too.
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May 21, 2016 20:01
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iLikeMidgets posted:I have an iPhone 5 that literally took a bath. I left it to dry for a few days. When I try to turn it on, the logo comes up then about 10 lines of code. Probably not but you might be able to sell it off for scrap at least. I think there's a goon in SA Mart buying broken phones so it's worth a shot sending an email to him. Some of the non-electronic parts might be reusable but the 5 is a really old model so who knows how much they're wanted still.
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May 21, 2016 22:06
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Haskell9 posted:I just upgraded my 5 to a 6s and would like to inform the thread that whomever placed the power button where it is either was bullied by a left handed person as a child or is envious of our greatness and used his engineering job at Apple to get revenge.
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May 22, 2016 10:18
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Xabi posted:Agreed. It makes no sense and I haven't gotten used to it after six months of use. I'm sinister myself, but I don't have a problem with the button placement. What's the issue?
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May 22, 2016 16:04
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If I lock it with my pointer finger, I hit a volume button with my thumb so, so often, trying to provide pressure on the opposite side. Which ends up just changing the volume and not locking the phone, so then I have to try again.
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May 22, 2016 16:31
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The phone software's actually set up to ignore presses on the lock button within half a second or so of adjusting the volume, to avoid exactly this problem in reverse. So it may help to ensure you're more definitive with the press on the lock button rather than catching the volume accidentally. I just tried and since I found this out, I instinctively hold the phone to avoid the volume buttons in either hand.
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May 22, 2016 16:44
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scrath that, i gured it out
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May 22, 2016 16:52
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Froist posted:The phone software's actually set up to ignore presses on the lock button within half a second or so of adjusting the volume, to avoid exactly this problem in reverse. So it may help to ensure you're more definitive with the press on the lock button rather than catching the volume accidentally. I just tried and since I found this out, I instinctively hold the phone to avoid the volume buttons in either hand. There's just almost nowhere else to put your thumb! I mean, yeah, it's obvious what the problem is. The solutions are just more awkward than what's apparently a pretty natural way for a leftie to push that button.
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May 22, 2016 17:11
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Long term I'd like to see them put more touch sensors on the front of the phone, like if I double tap a corner to turn it off kind of like how a double tap on the home button moves the screen downwards. Basically a phone with no physical buttons would be rad if they could keep things usable. I guess it would need some kind of button to power on a completely shutdown phone, just put it back on the top where it belongs.
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May 22, 2016 17:26
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xzzy posted:Long term I'd like to see them put more touch sensors on the front of the phone, like if I double tap a corner to turn it off kind of like how a double tap on the home button moves the screen downwards. I don't want this at all. Same issue as a touchscreen remote. I don't want to fatfinger basic operations or accidentally push fifty soft buttons like whenever I pick up an android phone with useless wraparound screen, rear trackpad, haptic tazer, lateral facial recognition and Lego block compatibility patch.
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May 22, 2016 17:42
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xzzy posted:Long term I'd like to see them put more touch sensors on the front of the phone, like if I double tap a corner to turn it off kind of like how a double tap on the home button moves the screen downwards. You can take my physical silence switch from my cold dead gloved hands
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May 22, 2016 19:11
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Quantum of Phallus posted:you're not gonna be doing it yourself I just did it and it really wasn't bad other than all of the microscopic screws. Still have a bit of a dark spot on the screen but it is not nearly as pronounced as it was so hopefully that will dissipate.
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May 22, 2016 19:39
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fourwood posted:There's just almost nowhere else to put your thumb! I mean, yeah, it's obvious what the problem is. The solutions are just more awkward than what's apparently a pretty natural way for a leftie to push that button. I just rest my thumb on the silence switch. It may be my case, though - it creates a bit of a nook on the switch that fits my thumb nicely.
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May 22, 2016 19:46
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I never had trouble at all with the side power button? Do you people have crippling arthritis or something?
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May 23, 2016 03:53
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Endless Mike posted:I never had trouble at all with the side power button? Do you people have crippling arthritis or something? Certain cases make the button hard to press. The solution is not to buy those cases.
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May 23, 2016 04:03
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This is probably a consecutive post from me talking bad about the Apple leather case, but my buttons never got any easier to press in that thing. IMO Apple is doing it right with power button placement in 2016. Top-mounted works fine for a 4" phone, but not so well on the bigger models. My last Android phone was an HTC One M7, which shared dimensions with the iPhone 6 pretty well, and having the power button up top was one of my biggest gripes with it.
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May 23, 2016 04:07
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I've never owned an Android phone and have never had an issue with my power button.
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May 23, 2016 05:01
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If you are left handed, the placement sucks rear end. It might not be the same problem for right handed people, but the former placement was perfect so why change it? edit: Just realised that the former placement might not have been perfect for right handed twats.... Xabi fucked around with this message at 11:06 on May 23, 2016 |
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May 23, 2016 10:59
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Because it no longer would've been perfect. e: Amd left handed people are all weirdos anyway. Voting for Bernie Sanders and eating quinoa out of a yogurt tube.
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May 23, 2016 11:01
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