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I love my Pixel XL. However I have no opinion on my new Daydream as the Daydream app its told me I need to launch first crashes every time I try to log in on it. I haven't seen this problem talked about so I'm going to assume its something I've installed in the last couple of weeks I've had my Pixel. Has anyone got any ideas before I do a factory reset?
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Nov 17, 2016 16:19
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SoulChicken posted:I love my Pixel XL. However I have no opinion on my new Daydream as the Daydream app its told me I need to launch first crashes every time I try to log in on it. I haven't seen this problem talked about so I'm going to assume its something I've installed in the last couple of weeks I've had my Pixel. Has anyone got any ideas before I do a factory reset? I was reading up on the Daydream the day it came out, apparently it's a thing that's affecting some (a bunch of?) Pixel phones... Not sure if there's been a solution, could be worth checking Reddit or XDA.
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Nov 17, 2016 16:37
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Clearing data is always worth a try
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Nov 17, 2016 16:42
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Call me a dick, but I love it when stuff like this happens: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/17/google-suspends-customer-accounts-for-reselling-pixel-phones
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Nov 17, 2016 18:52
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Skarsnik posted:Call me a dick, but I love it when stuff like this happens: Can't have the proletariat exploiting the same loopholes as the bourgeoisie!
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Nov 17, 2016 18:55
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Skarsnik posted:Call me a dick, but I love it when stuff like this happens: Holy gently caress that's a massive punishment. Seems unnecessary. Also my pixel arrived and it's slick as heck compared to the Nexus 5. Also a charge gets me through a whole day of work! The black version seems more like a dark gray though. More black next time please.
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Nov 17, 2016 18:57
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my nexus 5x bricked itself last night. Estimated shipping date for pixels on the google store is weeks away so gently caress that. If I walk into a random verizon store, do you think they'll have pixels in stock? Are pixels sold in verizon stores unlocked? edit: best buy seems to have verizon pixel xls in stock. Has anyone bought a verizon pixel and used it on another carrier? Anything annoying about it? Illusive Fuck Man fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Nov 17, 2016 |
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Nov 17, 2016 19:01
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Illusive gently caress Man posted:my nexus 5x bricked itself last night. Estimated shipping date for pixels on the google store is weeks away so gently caress that. If I walk into a random verizon store, do you think they'll have pixels in stock? Are pixels sold in verizon stores unlocked? My pixel shipped 2 weeks ahead of the estimated date if that matters.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:04
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Skarsnik posted:Call me a dick, but I love it when stuff like this happens: OK, you're a dick. You think it's OK for Google, who many people depend on for their day to day lives, to ban people from their services for reselling a phone that they said can't be resold? They have no right to ban resales in the first place, but our corporatocracy has been wiping their rear end with the first-sale doctrine for a while now. That would be like selling your city parking pass to a friend, and when the city finds out they just shut off your electricity and water in retaliation.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:05
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^^^^ yeah it owns, Google owns, those people are idiots intentionally circumventing the ToSIllusive gently caress Man posted:my nexus 5x bricked itself last night. Estimated shipping date for pixels on the google store is weeks away so gently caress that. If I walk into a random verizon store, do you think they'll have pixels in stock? Are pixels sold in verizon stores unlocked? They estimated mid December for Pixel XLs in Canada and I got mine 2 weeks ago. I'd ignore their estimates and just keep trying if that's what you want.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:05
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Even if they had them in stock, a Verizon store isn't going to sell you a phone without an account. Pick up a $130 Moto G4 Play to tide you over until you can get a Pixel.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:06
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Illusive gently caress Man posted:my nexus 5x bricked itself last night. Estimated shipping date for pixels on the google store is weeks away so gently caress that. If I walk into a random verizon store, do you think they'll have pixels in stock? Are pixels sold in verizon stores unlocked? What carrier are you with? When I had a phone emergency I was able to stop by a T-Mobile store and get a replacement rental deal while I waited for my real phone to get repaired. I think they charged a fee that they then refunded when I returned it.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:18
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Zero VGS posted:OK, you're a dick. You think it's OK for Google, who many people depend on for their day to day lives, to ban people from their services for reselling a phone that they said can't be resold? They have no right to ban resales in the first place, but our corporatocracy has been wiping their rear end with the first-sale doctrine for a while now. I have 0 problems with scalpers having their online lives crushed.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:19
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In somewhat tangential news, Qualcomm announced the 835. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.engadget.com/amp/2016/11/17/qualcomm-snapdragon-835-fast-charging/ Based on Samsung's 10nm finfet process. They're claiming a 27% increase in performance with a 40% reduction in battery use. They are also claiming QC 4.0 is fully compliant with USB-C spec (and is 20% faster than QC 3.0).
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Nov 17, 2016 19:21
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First they came for the first-sellers
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Nov 17, 2016 19:25
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Khisanth Magus posted:I have 0 problems with scalpers having their online lives crushed. Scalpers are the god drat worst people, for real.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:27
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CLAM DOWN posted:Scalpers are the god drat worst people, for real. They weren't scalping, they were trying to avoid state sales tax. Which may be the reason why Google cracked down on them.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:35
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Khisanth Magus posted:I have 0 problems with scalpers having their online lives crushed. And not just scalpers, but tax dodging scalpers gently caress em ^^ the fact there was a profit to split would suggest it was a bit of both Skarsnik fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Nov 17, 2016 |
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Nov 17, 2016 19:38
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It also involved Google Fi service according to the article.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:47
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bull3964 posted:It also involved Google Fi service according to the article. So block them from Google Fi specifically. This is unusually heavy-handed for Google.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:50
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Notice how everyone says to order and activate on Fi then cancel to avoid this sort of thing?
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Nov 17, 2016 19:53
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dont be mean to me posted:So block them from Google Fi specifically. Since it involves tax fraud on top of Google Fi, they might be required to freeze the accounts pending a wire fraud investigation.
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Nov 17, 2016 19:55
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I totally knew I was doing something wrong but didn't expect to get in trouble Wonderful schadenfreude
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Nov 17, 2016 19:56
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Has anybody gotten a wireless controller to work on a Pixel? Nothing seems to work over bluetooth, and every solution I've found online requires root access.
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tap my mountain posted:Has anybody gotten a wireless controller to work on a Pixel? Nothing seems to work over bluetooth, and every solution I've found online requires root access. Yeah, I have a Steelseries Stratus XL and it works fine. What controller(s) are you trying to use? Don't think a DualShock or MFi controller will work.
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Nov 17, 2016 20:11
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I was both breaking the law and being a complete shitheel. Why am I being punished. 
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Nov 17, 2016 20:15
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Khisanth Magus posted:I was both breaking the law and being a complete shitheel. Why am I being punished. It's like the complaint from every hacker getting banned on Overwatch. 
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Nov 17, 2016 20:18
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EdEddnEddy posted:It's like the complaint from every hacker getting banned on Overwatch. Not ... really? Scalping sucks, and would be bad in the absence of legal systems because it's a disapplication of resources, but I'm not sure there's anything analogous to scalping a phone you can do with a Blizzard account and Blizzard can't ban you from literally the Internet for breaking their licensing (whereas an ancap maximalist interpretation of Google's terms of service actually might be able to, given how much of the Internet's infrastructure depends on Google equipment).
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sleepwalkers posted:Yeah, I have a Steelseries Stratus XL and it works fine. What controller(s) are you trying to use? Don't think a DualShock or MFi controller will work. Xbox one and DS4 I'd have ordered a regular bluetooth controller to try but I didn't want to waste money on something that might not work tap my mountain fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Nov 17, 2016 |
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EdEddnEddy posted:It's like the complaint from every hacker getting banned on Overwatch. LOL. Was it worth it?
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ilkhan posted:Or the pokemon bans. Same as any crime/TOS violation, it's only worth it if you believe they won't catch you. Do people ever consider the drat consequences anymore? Oh it says personal use only, no reselling *resells via a third party in a state without sales tax, gets banned to hell and back, trots off to change.org to crowd-whine about how mean ol' Google enforced their terms*
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Nov 17, 2016 21:18
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Skarsnik posted:Call me a dick, but I love it when stuff like this happens: I would say this is heavy-handed and unnecessary but a lot of things Google does are "heavy-handed and unnecessary".
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That article needs to go into more detail, are the people being punished using the phones, or are they being bought specifically to sell to the dealer for inventory? If it's the former then it's not really Google's place to go after its users. If it's the latter, then I could see their ability to shop through Google being banned, but destroying somebody's digital life over it seems a little heavy handed. In any case it's a cautionary tale against putting all your eggs in any one company's digital basket so to speak.
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dont be mean to me posted:First they came for the first-sellers Seriously, if Google gets away with this, why can't they put something in their ToS that says "If you ever sell your phone to anyone else, we can brick it and ban your Google account". No more pesky second-hand sales eating into their profits! You laugh, but Microsoft pushed for this really hard with Xbox One and nearly got away with it. Khisanth Magus posted:I have 0 problems with scalpers having their online lives crushed. Scalping isn't against the law, and in fact there's nothing wrong with it as long as you're not ethically retarded. No one is forcing you to pay a scalper. If you don't like it, wake up early to get in line (like they did), or wait until things are restocked. They might be evading sales tax, and guess what, that's not Google's job to police, it's the IRS. Google doesn't get to cut off access to services because of the way you bought goods. But hey, Google has always been fine with forking all their data over to PRISM. I don't see why everyone is so eager to cheerlead Google's erosion of consumer rights. Edit: It's 2020, and you got fired from your job because your Google Self-Driving Car wouldn't take you to work, because you called someone a bad word on Google+, clearly violating their ToS.
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Zero VGS posted:Seriously, if Google gets away with this, why can't they put something in their ToS that says "If you ever sell your phone to anyone else, we can brick it and ban your Google account". No more pesky second-hand sales eating into their profits! You laugh, but Microsoft pushed for this really hard with Xbox One and nearly got away with it. Source your quotes.
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Desk Lamp posted:That article needs to go into more detail, are the people being punished using the phones, or are they being bought specifically to sell to the dealer for inventory? If it's the former then it's not really Google's place to go after its users. If it's the latter, then I could see their ability to shop through Google being banned, but destroying somebody's digital life over it seems a little heavy handed. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2016/11/17/google-pixel-ban/%3Fsource%3Ddam People bought phones with Fi, shipping them to that guy, he resells them and shares the profits. I'm curious about the legal implications of this. They keep calling it a loophole, but it's still tax avoidance no matter what and a crime. The Fi wrinkle is interesting. Maybe the profits they are making on these phones are now too high or because they were subsidized by service Google can't turn a blind eye anymore. I'm still betting there's a legal reason for the account suspension rather than just out of spite. These people may end up having a whole lot more to worry about soon than accessing email. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Nov 17, 2016 |
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Nov 17, 2016 22:47
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My Pixel's charger slot isn't working . Any ideas how long Google will take to replace it?
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Charge port repairs are one of the things that ubreakifix will take care of while you wait, bit I don't know if Google is using them for warranty work or not.
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bull3964 posted:https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2016/11/17/google-pixel-ban/%3Fsource%3Ddam Tax avoidance is not against the law, by very definition. I'm not saying what they're doing isn't against the law, but tax avoidance is not against the law. I'm still happy with my earlier comment. It's really to funny to see uproar about something that companies do every.single.day.
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