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Krinkle posted:I have a droid charge. It's garbage and I need a new phone. I don't need the newest thing. It probably has to work with verizon. Doing research on this almost physically hurts me. If verizon is going to be a dick about it and not activate a phone I buy used, then I guess I"ll go to AT&T. This is as far as I've gotten. Wow, that's a bad as hell phone
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RVProfootballer posted:Wow, that's a bad as hell phone Yes but it survived the washing machine.
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FunOne posted:I've never had an iPhone with iMessage and I still have this issue. I don't get messages from a couple friends with iPhones. We've tested it, and if I text him, he sees it, but when he responds, there's a 50/50 chance I never get it. I have a stock N5X on ATT, and he's Verizon iPhone 6. It seems to be that if he responds quickly, I get them, but if we wait a half hour or so then I don't. It's happened several times.
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Krinkle posted:I have a droid charge. It's garbage and I need a new phone. I don't need the newest thing. It probably has to work with verizon. Doing research on this almost physically hurts me. If verizon is going to be a dick about it and not activate a phone I buy used, then I guess I"ll go to AT&T. This is as far as I've gotten. The Android Thread - Get a Nexus
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alnilam posted:I am tempted to try a Nexus to try something new (the nexus 5 is 5.2" so not that much bigger than the 1st gen moto x), but has anyone used both the nexus 5 and the moto x, and if so, can you comment on photos between the two? I went from a 1st gen Moto X to a Nexus 5X. The 5X is noticeably bigger and more difficult to handle if you are used to the smaller size of the X, but other than that it is better in every way. The camera on the 5X is one of the best out there, really impressive low light performance and excellent in good light.
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ratbert90 posted:The Android Thread - Get a Nexus Okay now which one? I wouldn't mind getting a 5 or 6 but these amazon questions and answers make it seem like it's up in the air whether you receive a refurbished one with broken functionality or an international one without CDMA. I worry that my level of knowledge is so low I wouldn't find out right away if one that got shipped was wrong in some way and after going through the trouble of getting it activated and my phone number transferred over that it would be too late to return it.
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Krinkle posted:Okay now which one? I wouldn't mind getting a 5 or 6 but these amazon questions and answers make it seem like it's up in the air whether you receive a refurbished one with broken functionality or an international one without CDMA. I worry that my level of knowledge is so low I wouldn't find out right away if one that got shipped was wrong in some way and after going through the trouble of getting it activated and my phone number transferred over that it would be too late to return it. Get one from the Google store. As for you, either the 5x, 6, or 6p are good.
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Krinkle posted:Okay now which one? I wouldn't mind getting a 5 or 6 but these amazon questions and answers make it seem like it's up in the air whether you receive a refurbished one with broken functionality or an international one without CDMA. I worry that my level of knowledge is so low I wouldn't find out right away if one that got shipped was wrong in some way and after going through the trouble of getting it activated and my phone number transferred over that it would be too late to return it. If you're looking specifically for the North American versions of each phone, these are the model numbers you'll need to look for. On Amazon, each model, color, and storage capacity are sold under different ASINs, so you're not likely to receive the wrong one if you buy third party (unless the seller is a dumbass, then it's on them). Nexus 6: XT1103 Nexus 5X: H790 Nexus 6P: H1511 For anybody else who doesn't care about CDMA, you're not likely to have any issues with the international versions of each phone in the U.S. I had a Nexus 5X H791 briefly (that I had to return for screen and earpiece problems) that was fully functional with T-Mobile, including Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE. The only thing I'd recommend is getting a U.S. charger, because EU to US power plug adapters are generally pretty awful. Zorilla fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Jun 20, 2016 |
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Krinkle posted:Okay now which one? I wouldn't mind getting a 5 or 6 but these amazon questions and answers make it seem like it's up in the air whether you receive a refurbished one with broken functionality or an international one without CDMA. I worry that my level of knowledge is so low I wouldn't find out right away if one that got shipped was wrong in some way and after going through the trouble of getting it activated and my phone number transferred over that it would be too late to return it. There's literally no reason to buy an international one when you get a US model for $230-$280 (depending on storage capacity - probably pay for the upgrade).
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Why do people itt specify to get a Nexus from the Google store? Is something wrong with getting a new, unlocked, gsm 5x from, say, ebay? What's the Google Fi then cancel thing? Is it that easy to just cancel after 1 month and get the phone for the subsidized cost + $20? Also I hadn't heard of Google Fi until now and it seems kind of awesome; is it? Is there a better place to discuss it than here?
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alnilam posted:Why do people itt specify to get a Nexus from the Google store? Is something wrong with getting a new, unlocked, gsm 5x from, say, ebay? And what are the warranty and recourse like on Random eBay Special #291? An actual known retailer like Amazon works if you actually make sure it's the retailer itself selling it and not some 'marketplace' garbage, but 'straight from the company' is a pretty foolproof way of guaranteeing you get what you pay for. alnilam posted:Also I hadn't heard of Google Fi until now and it seems kind of awesome; is it? Is there a better place to discuss it than here? It only works on current Nexuses as yet, so it doesn't really make sense to have a separate carrier thread. EDIT: v v v Welp, shows me how often I look for new topics in the phones forum. Neat. alnilam posted:What's the Google Fi then cancel thing? Is it that easy to just cancel after 1 month and get the phone for the subsidized cost + $20? Seems that way. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Jun 20, 2016 |
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There's a separate carrier thread. I saw it. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3747918 This sounds pretty okay to me.
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alnilam posted:Why do people itt specify to get a Nexus from the Google store? Is something wrong with getting a new, unlocked, gsm 5x from, say, ebay? Yes, Google Fi sells the 5X for $150 off, and not technically a subsidy. That's just the price. So you can just get the phone and service for a month and cancel. You don't even have to port your number or anything if you're happy with your current service. Just swap the SIM card. You can talk about Google Fi in the Google Fi thread.
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alnilam posted:Why do people itt specify to get a Nexus from the Google store? Is something wrong with getting a new, unlocked, gsm 5x from, say, ebay? There's nothing wrong with getting a phone on eBay, etc as long as you go with a known seller. I've gotten tons of phones off eBay with no issues and also bought several on SA Mart including my current.
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Why would you sacrifice return-ability and known provenance to save $30?
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So I'm thinking about rooting my nexus 6p. I haven't really rooted anything in about 10 years. What are the big downsides to rooting an android phone these days?
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Knifegrab posted:So I'm thinking about rooting my nexus 6p. I haven't really rooted anything in about 10 years. What are the big downsides to rooting an android phone these days? Why do you want to root your 6P? Please provide a five-paragraph essay in APA format before the thread can consider replying.
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There's not really any need to and it makes everything way more annoying.
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Mostly just so my luminous app could be more like flux and actually gently caress with my screen's color temperature and not just by throwing a lovely overlay over everything.
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RZA Encryption posted:Why would you sacrifice return-ability and known provenance to save $30? This is assuming I don't do the Fi-and-cancel thing. Okay so maybe not eBay, maybe B&H. That's $100 of savings, not $30, and AFAIK they're a pretty reputable seller.
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Endless Mike posted:There's not really any need to and it makes everything way more annoying. ad blocking and no it really doesn't unless you use android pay
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Knifegrab posted:Mostly just so my luminous app could be more like flux and actually gently caress with my screen's color temperature and not just by throwing a lovely overlay over everything. The biggest downside is updating is a pain, and with monthly updates its a bigger issue than before Chainfires FlashFire app makes it easier to apply ota's but its still kinda beta and occasionally just doesn't work Also no banking apps, stuff like sky go won't work either N has an actual built in night mode, so if you can wait till oct/nov then just do that
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Skarsnik posted:N has an actual built in night mode, so if you can wait till oct/nov then just do that Cite your sources
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Night Mode was dropped from N because the implementation was rubbish: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/19/night-mode-and-dark-theme-are-very-unlikely-to-ship-in-android-n/ However, apps can support Night Mode switching themselves via recent versions of the support libraries if developers want to use it.
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Oh did they take it out again? I went back to stock before the latest preview Sounds like something lux or cf.lumen could use then
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Not yet as far as I know And I doubt either will bother putting it in until N is finalised Both their current non root solutions arent too bad, maybe try em out?
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alnilam posted:I bonked my 1st gen Moto X and now there's a dead zone in the touchscreen right where the home/switch/back button row is Get an iPhone SE. Nexus 5's are really old by now and will have horrible battery life. There is nothing small going right now in the Android world. Second suggestion get an Galaxy S6 or S7, they are larger but due to being so thin are pretty easy to hold with one hand. You can work the whole screen but it's about the best you can get with one hand use and good battery life/camera/experience right now. FYI touchwiz is now fine yes it sucked on the S1, S2, S4 and S5. (Wasn't bad on the S3). Stick100 fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jun 20, 2016 |
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I knew not to get my hopes up about Night Mode again. However, it looks like our long national quick toggle nightmare is over (in the next preview build): http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/06/20/google-already-fixed-weird-quick-settings-behavior-last-android-n-dev-preview/
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Here's another Galaxy S7 newbie question: Last night my phone took an update for the first time since buying it Saturday, and it got hot. Like, hotter than it does when fast charging. Almost alarmingly so. The update going in said it would take 23 minutes, so maybe it was just due to working hard for half an hour, but is this normal? Like, it didn't burn my hand, but I've never had an iPhone get that hot before. Also, holy crap is Twitter a data hog. Somehow it's chugged through .15 gigs just browsing during my downtime at work today. Guess I'm waiting until I'm on WiFi to use that very much. But it is nice getting a data breakdown in the Settings menu.
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Soul Glo posted:Here's another Galaxy S7 newbie question: I think Twitter is configured to autoplay videos by default, so check your settings cause it might be that?
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Yeah you have to set it not to autoplay videos or automatically load images, otherwise it'll eat up all your data.
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Just today I went from a One M8 on one carrier to a Nexus 6p on another carrier. Everything about that is amazing, except for the fact that I can send texts to iPhone users, but I can no longer receive texts from them. I mean, a break from the billion texts from my wife has been nice, but ultimately I should stay in touch with her... It's not just her, my testing suggests that it's all iPhone users. I had this problem when I switched from iPhone to Android like 4 years ago, but it was long since resolved on my M8 (and my M7 before that). Just to be sure, I did the "gently caress off, iMessage" thing from Apple and it confirms that I don't have iMessage association. I have 2 active SIMs on the same number for now, until my old carrier deactivates the SIM in my M8. I do still receive texts from iPhone users on the M8. Please tell me that everything will work fine on my 6p when the SIM in the M8 gets deactivated, because nothing else I have found is working.
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Is it common for the charging port on the HTC one m8 to break? I'm going to get it repaired since it isn't going to cost much and i can have the headphone port fixed at the same time but its annoying to be without a phone for a few days
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Dza posted:Please tell me that everything will work fine on my 6p when the SIM in the M8 gets deactivated, because nothing else I have found is working. I'm assuming you're porting your number? If so, then it seems only logical that SMS can only be routed to the SIM that's active. I'm actually surprised you can send messages out on a SIM that isn't ported yet. That said, porting shouldn't take more than a couple hours in my experience.
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So instead of having my phone fixed I'm thinking about just picking up the OnePlus 3 due to the price since my phone is pretty hosed anyway. I don't really know much about it other than it looks good for the cost since I don't fancy spending nearly £200 more for the nexus 6p. Any recommendations?
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Jose posted:Is it common for the charging port on the HTC one m8 to break? I'm going to get it repaired since it isn't going to cost much and i can have the headphone port fixed at the same time but its annoying to be without a phone for a few days That's the first version heard of it in this thread, at least lately. Hope your phone comes back in decent condition; HTC doesn't have a great record of sending back phones undamaged from service centers. They work, just all dinged & pried up.
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RVProfootballer posted:Wow, that's a bad as hell phone Holy poo poo. Not only that, it was a pretty mediocre phone when it was released...in 2011.  No 5 year old phone is going to have up-to-date versions of Android, even a Nexus.
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Dza posted:I have 2 active SIMs on the same number for now, until my old carrier deactivates the SIM in my M8. I do still receive texts from iPhone users on the M8. I don't know how you managed to do this since registration of the new SIM should render the old SIM inert immediately, but I guarantee this is the problem. The next time you power cycle your devices it should kick the old phone off your number and stop intercepting incoming SMS, if not you'll need to call your carrier so they can manually refresh the new SIM's registration to the network. Edit: Just saw this was a port. Sounds like right now your number is receiving "mixed service", sort of a limbo between the two carriers that's supposed to be resolved during the porting process. If power cycling your devices doesn't work definitely give your carrier a call. Jacobus Spades fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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feedmegin posted:Holy poo poo. Not only that, it was a pretty mediocre phone when it was released...in 2011. I had it, hah! Positives: not as completely awful as the HTC Thunderbolt, had an AMOLED+ 800x480 screen. Negatives: slow as hell (single core + early Touchwiz), half a gig of ram, stuck on Gingerbread The Verizon Galaxy Nexus was everything the Charge should've been!
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