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Ihmemies posted:So today I got to uninstall whatsapp because I couldn't accept the new user agreement. They want to sell my number and send me ads? No thx, it's just a messaging app. FYI you can sign up for Facebook Messenger with only your phone number. No Facebook account required. It's a pretty good IM client in my opinion.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 14:31 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 03:56 |
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Like chance would have it, Google's about to introduce Allo. And with Google, you can be fairly certain that the app won't get riddled with apps (any time soon, anyway), since their MO seems to be gathering data to show you apps on third party websites instead. Of course there's this speculation that it'll be tied to a very recent Android version due to certain features and will not even gain any attention.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 14:35 |
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RVProfootballer posted:lol Samsung giving you some great iris scanner options, almost as good as the font choices. Clearly they're targeting the Snapchat demographic of grown-rear end adults who turn themselves into bees.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 14:43 |
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nimper posted:Clearly they're targeting the Snapchat demographic of grown-rear end adults who turn themselves into bees. Despite having it explained to me nearly a dozen times, I still don't understand the appeal of snapchat to adults. That said, I just left my Note 7's iris scanner image thing as to the two opaque circles at the top of that list, I don't even know where to go to change it after initial set up of the device.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 15:18 |
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chippy posted:My battery life seems worse on N than it was on M. I'm not seeing the crazy battery drain that people are complaining about on reddit (from Android services or something?) but it';s definitely worse. Last couple of evenings the phone needed putting on charge about 10pm, 11p, whereas normally it makes it through the day without one. Any suggestions? The battery issues I've had with N (including one or two instances of crazy runaway drain) have generally gone away with a reboot.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 15:21 |
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LastInLine posted:I'm wondering if anyone has ever used one of these USB-C Qi charge labels (or something similar) with a Nexus? I'm sure I'll be getting one regardless but I would like to hear some firsthand experiences, particularly with a Tylt Vu. Did you end up getting this? Curious to hear some feedback on it. The Amazon reviews seem to range from "works great" to "might burn my house down".
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 16:13 |
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Luchadork posted:Did you end up getting this? Curious to hear some feedback on it. The Amazon reviews seem to range from "works great" to "might burn my house down". I don't have a USB-C device. I'm waiting for the next Nexuses. Why don't you be the guinea pig? (I'll be buying one anyway.)
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 16:17 |
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One of the guys I used to work with used the micro USB version on his 2012 Nexus 7 as well as on a Kindle. Worked fine but the charging rate is slower than something with Qi built in.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 16:54 |
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butt dickus posted:One of the guys I used to work with used the micro USB version on his 2012 Nexus 7 as well as on a Kindle. Worked fine but the charging rate is slower than something with Qi built in. I had one as well and can confirm, 500mah was what I had and it was extremely slow but it worked well
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 16:57 |
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So does Android N finally fix the Bluetooth wakelock issues on the 5x? Or am I going to have to continue manually turning it on and off like a pleb? Also can't sell this thing because Diztronic stained my white phone blue.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:12 |
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Ihmemies posted:So today I got to uninstall whatsapp because I couldn't accept the new user agreement. They want to sell my number and send me ads? No thx, it's just a messaging app. They already have your number. And they're going to link it to Facebook to better recommend friends and show you ads ON FACEBOOK. There are no current plans to add advertising to WhatsApp. Nor can they read your messages to target ads at you. They're also going to start using FB's app infrastructure for usage reporting and whatnot. The plan is to monetize by building a platforms for businesses to interact with people via WhatsApp and charge them for the privilege. The nerdery is going crazy over something that isn't really a change at all. I loathe Facebook as much as the next guy, but this isn't worth going back to SMS over. Allo also won't have banner ads. They're going to monetize by selling you poo poo via the Google Assistant/Search integration.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:23 |
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Got Nougat on my 5X; didn't fix the bug where I can't send a text message with Google Now voice commands, which is the one thing I was hoping for.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:33 |
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There's a rumor going around that next year's iPhone is going to get rid of the physical home button. If true, I wonder if that will push Samsung to get rid of theirs too.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:38 |
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Got Nougat on my 5X; didn't fix the bug where I can't send a text message with Google Now voice commands, which is the one thing I was hoping for. Works pretty well on my 5x on M and N. Hth
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:46 |
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Got Nougat on my 5X; didn't fix the bug where I can't send a text message with Google Now voice commands, which is the one thing I was hoping for. Just tested this driving back from the chippy, works fine here, what's wrong on your end?
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:46 |
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Started about a week or two after I got the phone. I say "OK Google, send a text to {name}", it asks me for the message, I say whatever, it asks me if I want to send, I say yes, it says OK and then just fails with "Message not sent". It recognizes the commands and names and transcribes the message correctly. Regular keyboard texting works fine. I've tried switching SMS to Hangouts and back and clearing the caches of the Google app and the SMS apps. Doesn't fail every last time but definitely a majority, enough to make me just not try anymore. Project Fi support directed me to the Google help forums, which look like 1998 Geocities pages and have about the same quality of content. I see plenty of people there reporting the problem, some saying it just went away, but no explanation of a cause and nothing that seems to be a definite fix.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 17:59 |
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FunOne posted:They already have your number. And they're going to link it to Facebook to better recommend friends and show you ads ON FACEBOOK. There are no current plans to add advertising to WhatsApp. Nor can they read your messages to target ads at you. They're also going to start using FB's app infrastructure for usage reporting and whatnot. I have a fb profile only for tinder. I don't really trust anything fb says so it's better to simply stay away from it. I understand most people don't give a crap as long as everything is "free".
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 18:17 |
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lelandjs posted:I actually hopped into the display settings to check and there was a larger/smaller setting, but it was already set to small.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 19:42 |
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There's some informed speculation that the reason why Snapdragon 800 family is excluded from 7.0 is the lack of OpenGL ES 3.1 support. Apparently, it's required now for CTS (it or Vulkan). So, since it can't pass compatibility, it can't target the 7.0 level of API which means it isn't allowed to have the Play Store when running that version. http://m.androidcentral.com/Android-7-snapdragon-800
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 22:53 |
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When Google starts trying to cram sugary Nougat into my 5X, will it be mature enough to use and have okay app support? Or will it be like all the other releases where there are pretty terrible bugs that are ironed out within a couple of months?
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 22:55 |
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People have been running the beta full time for months, now. It'll be fine.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 22:56 |
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RVProfootballer posted:lol Samsung giving you some great iris scanner options, almost as good as the font choices. I work for the company and even I shake my head when I see grown people (including men) using Cool Jazz
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 23:02 |
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azurite posted:When Google starts trying to cram sugary Nougat into my 5X, will it be mature enough to use and have okay app support? Or will it be like all the other releases where there are pretty terrible bugs that are ironed out within a couple of months? A few days ago, I adb sideloaded the OTA update that Android Police linked to since I didn't feel like waiting, and I haven't had anything but minor gripes about UX that affect all devices (such as: why is the long-press duration for moving notification controls around in edit mode way longer than anywhere else in the OS? Or why am I being required to long-press at all when relocating icons is the only thing I can do in edit mode?) Chrome might be feeling a little slower (some stuttering when switching tabs), but that could also just be my expectations for performance creeping upwards since I got rid of my iPhone 5S a couple months ago. It's possible that Chrome under Marshmallow could have been performing the same way, and that I wasn't paying as close attention to it. Zorilla fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Aug 26, 2016 |
# ? Aug 26, 2016 23:08 |
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That's good. Bluetooth works fine as well?
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 00:03 |
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Bluetooth has been working A-OK on my 6p through months of N beta usage. Honestly my only complaint so far is that the Amazon Underground appstore has decided that I have never owned any of its apps and no I can't open any I downloaded through it prior to the upgrade and no I can't redownload any of them once I've uninstalled them thank you very much. Which is I guess more of a cautionary tale about using nonstandard appstores than anything. I'm only losing out on TuneIn Pro and a couple little games, but I guess some guy online lost hundreds of dollars worth of navigational apps the week before a trip.
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 02:35 |
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spincube posted:Seems useful until you want to input text into the top window, and your keyboard covers the bottom window. (disclaimer: not part of N rollout yet). Minuum keyboard "for crazies" for the win, it's collapsible to like 48 pixels
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 02:52 |
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:Bluetooth has been working A-OK on my 6p through months of N beta usage. As someone that just updated to nougat with the release, Bluetooth has been working much better on my 6p than it ever did in Marshmallow.
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 16:39 |
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Does anyone know if the Note 7 on samsung.ca front home page is the international version or is is the snapdragon version?
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 17:24 |
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kiwid posted:Does anyone know if the Note 7 on samsung.ca front home page is the international version or is is the snapdragon version? Canada is getting the Snapdragon version, just like the US, according to nearly every tech blog based in Canada I've read that did a story about it.
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 17:30 |
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https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote7/comments/4zuwnk/my_blue_coral_note_7_ultimate_grip_and_ultimate/ Was bound to happen. I'm filing a lawsuit for patent infringement.
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 17:42 |
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kiwid posted:Does anyone know if the Note 7 on samsung.ca front home page is the international version or is is the snapdragon version? Canada got the Snapdragon version this time, confirmed, no Exynos here
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 18:53 |
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:Bluetooth has been working A-OK on my 6p through months of N beta usage. Log out/sign out of the amazon app, then login again. Same thing happened to me and that's how I fixed it. I'm looking at getting the note 7, but don't like the crap Verizon did to their version. Googling around and it seems like I'll have to install a stock firmware, but the sites with the firmware state its not for US phones. Anybody try this?
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 19:18 |
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Can anyone recommend a Single DIN car stereo that works well to control their android over USB (just looking for basic controls for spotify etc. play/pause, volume, track skip and display track title) I haven't used USB for a car stereo in a long time but it used to be sort of a pain and sacrificed audio quality. It it's improved in some substantial way in the last 8 years or so then I'd check it out as well. My old Alpine head unit apparently isn't compatible with my Galaxy S7 sadly otherwise it's still going strong. It seems like there are so many stereos out there that are made specifically for iPhone. MMD3 fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Aug 27, 2016 |
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MMD3 posted:Can anyone recommend a Single DIN car stereo that works well to control their android over USB (just looking for basic controls for spotify etc. play/pause, volume, track skip and display track title) they don't sell the one I have anymore but I use something similar to this, assuming you have a USB port and aux port it works fine. a lot cheaper than a new head unit https://www.amazon.com/CyberTech-Br...ZMX78B581KCX6PR
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 20:32 |
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MMD3 posted:Can anyone recommend a Single DIN car stereo that works well to control their android over USB (just looking for basic controls for spotify etc. play/pause, volume, track skip and display track title) Whats wrong with Bluetooth?
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 21:08 |
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If I join the beta on my Nexus 6, it offers me a preview build. When it goes to the final release, can I then leave the beta and stay on Nougat? Or will it wipe my device still
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 21:23 |
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Long shot probably, but anyone using a 2016 Mazda CX-5 (probably a 2014 and later Mazda 3 is close enough too) care to say if the Bluetooth is flaky or not? I've had too many weirdass device incompatibilities with Bluetooth over the year to just assume its all hunky-dory.
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 21:32 |
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myron cope posted:If I join the beta on my Nexus 6, it offers me a preview build. When it goes to the final release, can I then leave the beta and stay on Nougat? Or will it wipe my device still You should get an OTA to the release build and it won't wipe anything
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# ? Aug 27, 2016 21:47 |
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Thermopyle posted:Long shot probably, but anyone using a 2016 Mazda CX-5 (probably a 2014 and later Mazda 3 is close enough too) care to say if the Bluetooth is flaky or not? Works fine on a 2016 Mazda 6, it will read your messages to you and allow you to play/pause music and Youtube from the controls. It does have some quirks occasionally, mostly when getting back in the car after another phone has been paired with it. No Android Auto thus far but you probably know that already.
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hotsauce posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote7/comments/4zuwnk/my_blue_coral_note_7_ultimate_grip_and_ultimate/ Linking to your own reddit post trying to gain karma. Shameful.
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