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Today I learned that you can't restore a phone backup in the Android first-run wizard without restoring the corrupt system settings that caused you to have to wipe in the first place, and if you set up as a new device you lose your entire Google Drive backup for the device. Unless I'm blind or something, there needs to be a way to just restore app data, not the phone configuration. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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I seem to be having problems with VLC not playing any videos. Nexus 5X recently updated to this month's security update and running nougat. I tried reinstalling and that didn't help. Videos play fine if I use my various photo apps. Anyone else having problems?
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Sep 30, 2016 05:41
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Today I learned that you can't restore a phone backup in the Android first-run wizard without restoring the corrupt system settings that caused you to have to wipe in the first place, and if you set up as a new device you lose your entire Google Drive backup for the device. It's cute that you think restoring a device will ever work properly. 
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Sep 30, 2016 06:11
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By far the worst part of every Android device forever, is when I get a new one or wipe one, and have to "restore" anything. It's never worked to any acceptable degree.
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Sep 30, 2016 06:19
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Last time I used the Moto Migrate app to switch from a Moto G to a Moto G3. Worked like a charm, copying over all apps, settings, and even text messages. So of course Motorola discontinued the app shortly afterwards 
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Sep 30, 2016 06:31
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LastInLine posted:It's cute that you think restoring a device will ever work properly. Eh. I think things should work as advertised, and I'm a hopeless optimist when I'm not shitposting.
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Sep 30, 2016 06:44
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Moto Migrate was too good for this world 
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Sep 30, 2016 17:06
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Syrinxx posted:Moto Migrate was too good for this world For a brief, shining moment, Moto was doing some really good work. RIP good Moto.
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Sep 30, 2016 17:13
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Does anyone use these saving/stock trading apps like Acorn or Stash Invest or Robin Hood? Are any of them actually worthwhile or do they have a catch?
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Sep 30, 2016 17:41
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The catch is that their fees are high compared to going to a traditional broker and buying some index funds, but that's about it, really.
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Sep 30, 2016 17:58
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Stan Taylor posted:Does anyone use these saving/stock trading apps like Acorn or Stash Invest or Robin Hood? Are any of them actually worthwhile or do they have a catch? Acorn has low rates and iirc they don't match. If you want to do something like that find a bank that does the same thing, mine does and matches my contributions up to $250/year.
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Sep 30, 2016 18:04
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Endless Mike posted:The catch is that their fees are high compared to going to a traditional broker and buying some index funds, but that's about it, really. Robinhood has no fees. They just use the money you have sitting in your account uninvested to make their own investments like a bank does with your savings or checking.
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Sep 30, 2016 18:17
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Acorn takes small amounts from approved cards/accounts every time you make a transaction. This is helpful for me, as I don't currently have much spare money. They also allow you to set your investment profile in terms of how risky you want it, and it automatically chooses stocks accordingly. So for me, I chose the most conservative route and look at it as forced savings, with a tiny return.
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Sep 30, 2016 18:53
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Acorns doesn't have the absolute best fees ever or whatever but is fine as long as you're not using it for your retirement saving or whatever. It's a nice way to save a few extra bucks without thinking about it.
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Sep 30, 2016 20:37
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I've been using acorns for a little while for shits and giggles. I've accumulated a decent chunk of change without thinking about it which is nice. I would be interested to hear if people think its a ripoff or not.
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Oct 1, 2016 17:09
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dont be mean to me posted:Eh. I'm hoping that google will get it right with their pixel phones. Like apple kind of backup right. But who am I kidding it's Google we're talking about.
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Oct 1, 2016 19:25
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Acorns is dumb because it's extremely simple to setup an automatic monthly transfer to a brokerage with lower fees once you figure out how much it's investing for you on average. It's target customers should almost all be investing in a Roth IRA rather than a taxable account which they don't support. The fees Acorns charges are in addition to the standard expense fees of the funds they invest you in, and finally the $1/month fee is actually a lot if you don't have much invested already and are only contributing using the spare change feature. Nothing they do is so bad that I would consider it a scam, but there are better options available that are just as simple. Acorns really isn't providing anything than doing a good job convincing people to start investing.
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Oct 1, 2016 19:38
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I set up Acorns like a year ago. Forgot about it. Checked it a few weeks ago and had like $1,350 in there. Cool.
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Oct 1, 2016 20:57
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Yet another service not available in Canada :|
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Oct 1, 2016 20:59
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THF13 posted:Acorns is dumb because it's extremely simple to setup an automatic monthly transfer to a brokerage with lower fees once you figure out how much it's investing for you on average. It's target customers should almost all be investing in a Roth IRA rather than a taxable account which they don't support. The fees Acorns charges are in addition to the standard expense fees of the funds they invest you in, and finally the $1/month fee is actually a lot if you don't have much invested already and are only contributing using the spare change feature. It's like people can use Acorns to save up a bit of cash, or they can do the other realistic alternative for them, which is nothing. Acorns is valuable for saving up a a grand for buying a phone or whatever.
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Oct 1, 2016 23:15
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THF13 posted:Acorns is dumb because it's extremely simple to setup an automatic monthly transfer to a brokerage with lower fees I guess? It took me like 10 minutes to sign up for Acorns. I wouldn't even know where to look as far as a brokerage. I'm obviously not much of an investor.
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Oct 2, 2016 01:26
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What if you've maxed out your Roth IRA contribution limits for the year
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Oct 2, 2016 03:28
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nocal posted:I guess? It took me like 10 minutes to sign up for Acorns. I wouldn't even know where to look as far as a brokerage. I'm obviously not much of an investor. I don't want to go off on an investment derail, but we have a Long Term investment/Retirement thread as well as a newbie personal finance thread that are worth a look.
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Oct 2, 2016 04:16
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THF13 posted:I don't want to go off on an investment derail, but we have a Long Term investment/Retirement thread as well as a newbie personal finance thread that are worth a look. Thanks, I will probably look at those later on.
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Oct 2, 2016 19:50
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Looking for an app that may not exist. There are about a dozen of us that live in one town and commute to another one and want to setup up a carpool. Ideally we'd have two groups an early and late for both the morning and evening commute and people could change between them as needed based on schedule. Drivers would be assigned based on demand and it'd need to be cross platform. Any ideas?
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Oct 3, 2016 19:28
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Ever since the last Google launcher update, none of my devices refresh by default when i swipe right on the home screen. This is on Moto X, 5x, N7, and Pixel C. It's just blank until I manually refresh.
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Oct 4, 2016 11:47
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Yep same here
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Oct 4, 2016 13:04
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I've recently lost all the news cards in Now, but I use Nova Launcher. I just checked and the proper toggle is on in the settings.
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Oct 4, 2016 13:46
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Yes, Now has been hosed for a while for me. I always have to pull to refresh to get any cards to show.
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Oct 4, 2016 15:41
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I can't even get the news cards at all, only weather and travel time (which, to be fair, are the most important to me).
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Oct 4, 2016 18:37
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Is there a way to trigger IFTTT actions directly from google now? For example I just want to say "ok google, open my gate" and have it trigger my maker recipe which just send a simple https post request and opens my gate. I know there's kludgey ways to do it like sending a text or email to myself but I'd rather not do that.
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Oct 4, 2016 18:44
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Has anyone ever gotten package delivery cards with tracking numbers consistently? I think I've only gotten that card once for one of my online orders. I've had plenty of other online orders since and never get that card.
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Oct 4, 2016 18:56
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teagone posted:Has anyone ever gotten package delivery cards with tracking numbers consistently? I think I've only gotten that card once for one of my online orders. I've had plenty of other online orders since and never get that card. While we're bitching about
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Oct 4, 2016 19:09
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deong posted:While we're bitching about I get one like every day but it gets confused by trains so it usually thinks I parked at whatever station I stop at.
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Oct 4, 2016 19:15
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n.. posted:Is there a way to trigger IFTTT actions directly from google now? For example I just want to say "ok google, open my gate" and have it trigger my maker recipe which just send a simple https post request and opens my gate. I know there's kludgey ways to do it like sending a text or email to myself but I'd rather not do that.
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Oct 4, 2016 19:15
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deong posted:While we're bitching about I think there's an option in Now to set your usual mode of transport - maybe try (re-)setting it to Car and seeing if that works?
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Oct 4, 2016 19:17
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Oct 4, 2016 19:18
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CrashCat posted:Any app can have hooks into Google Now, right? No idea. There's an Amazon Alexa channel for IFTTT but no Google Now. It looks like Tasker has a companion called Autovoice which is supposed to do what I'm wanting, but it just doesn't work (plus tasker and its related apps all have a nightmare of an interface and seem like hacky pieces of poo poo, i'd rather not use them at all). There's got to be something simpler.
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Oct 4, 2016 19:29
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deong posted:While we're bitching about Mine would only occasionally show me my parking location. Sometimes it would save it in a place that I drove past to get where I'm going. Sometimes it would continue saying that I'm parked at a place I used to be at, but left hours earlier. Sometimes it'd be correct!
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n.. posted:No idea. There's an Amazon Alexa channel for IFTTT but no Google Now. It looks like Tasker has a companion called Autovoice which is supposed to do what I'm wanting, but it just doesn't work (plus tasker and its related apps all have a nightmare of an interface and seem like hacky pieces of poo poo, i'd rather not use them at all). There's got to be something simpler.
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