Finally found a Pixel XL case that I'm happy with. Spigen Slim Armor (black). Thought the kick stand might look tacky but it's really nice in person and very handy for my job.  Contrast between the two black parts is not quite so severe IRL
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I'm not as impressed with the battery life as I thought I would be. I'm a pretty heavy user so I was looking forward to having something better than I did. It's better than a 2 year old nexus 6 but not as amazing as advertised
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Nov 24, 2016 01:16
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Insane Totoro posted:I'm thinking about getting a replacement for my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. Yo Totoro, you guys still playing destiny? Also I believe Sony started dropping the ball on their recent small phones.
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Nov 24, 2016 01:29
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Finally Rogers gave me a replacement for my work Note7, an S7 Edge, and it's incredible how much slower and worse it is than the Pixel XL, despite scoring higher in benchmarks and tests. Google knocked it out of the park with this ugly rear end phone. That looks better than I thought it would.
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Nov 24, 2016 01:35
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I got about 6 months out of my kickstand Spigen case. Do not overly fidget with the kickstand. The side pegs that hold it in are really short and do not handle stress very well.
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Nov 24, 2016 02:34
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CLAM DOWN posted:
Me too, I tried Spigen cases a long time ago and was never happy with them. Their build/material quality has gone way up. Looks way better in person too.
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Nov 24, 2016 02:38
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I got about 6 months out of my kickstand Spigen case. Do not overly fidget with the kickstand. The side pegs that hold it in are really short and do not handle stress very well.  Do they (or someone else) sell replacements?
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Nov 24, 2016 05:12
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I don't have a phone to put inside it yet, but I went with this for when my PXL finally does come: https://www.incipio.com/collections/esquire-series/pixel-xl-cases/carnaby-google-pixel-xl-case.html
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Nov 24, 2016 05:58
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AnonymousNarcotics posted:I'm not as impressed with the battery life as I thought I would be. I'm a pretty heavy user so I was looking forward to having something better than I did. It's better than a 2 year old nexus 6 but not as amazing as advertised In my experience the P XL battery has been outstanding, if I forget to charge overnight I can go another day with light usage without even hitting battery saving at all What kind of screen on time are you getting?
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Nov 24, 2016 06:47
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withoutclass posted:Side to side? Mine do have a bit of wobble left to right, I'd say hardly enough to matter though. It's big enough to make a rattling sound against the metal around it. I think it's RMA time. Everything else is still amazing though. Not a single hitch in sight and the camera is unbelievable.
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Nov 24, 2016 07:40
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AlexF posted:It's big enough to make a rattling sound against the metal around it. I think it's RMA time. My first Pixel had perfect buttons but a camera issue. The second Pixel now has a slightly wobbling volume rocker and the volume up click is not as satisfying and a bit louder than the volume down click. Camera works like a charm though. What I'm saying is RMA is always some kind of lottery at least in my experience. I just can't be bothered to RMA again. Don't know if they would even send me a new one for my "the click doesn't feel as nice" issue.
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Nov 24, 2016 09:18
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Seem to recall SA was very anti-Oneplus back in the day I was looking at the OP2 (rightly as the OP2 was crap). Still the case now? The 3T is looking very tempting. I have a 6P but having the fingerprint reader on the back drives me up the wall (I'm a phone-on-desk person), the extra RAM would be nice and ironically OnePlus supports their phone with things like VoLTE on EE better than Google does.
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Nov 24, 2016 09:25
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bronin posted:My first Pixel had perfect buttons but a camera issue. The second Pixel now has a slightly wobbling volume rocker and the volume up click is not as satisfying and a bit louder than the volume down click. Camera works like a charm though. I think I'll try my luck once. If the second one wobbles as well I'll just keep it. (And now I'm afraid of this camera issue  )
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Nov 24, 2016 09:31
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If anyone is interested in the pixel, bestbuy has it on the device payment plan for 240 without requiring bill credits. Which means you can pay it off and cancel the plan immediately. details here https://slickdeals.net/f/9417827-best-buy-google-pixel-4g-lte-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-9-99-mo-for-24-months?v=1 product link here http://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-pixel-4g-lte-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-quite-black-verizon/5656023.p?skuId=5656023
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Nov 24, 2016 09:32
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I enrolled my Nexus 6p in the beta program more than 24 hours ago, but have not received an update yet. I have not rooted it or installed any updates manually, just OTA. 7.0, patch level 5th august, build number NRD90M. Known issue, weird, other?
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Nov 24, 2016 10:54
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PerrineClostermann posted:Yo Totoro, you guys still playing destiny? Uh yeah we are and our Trials team did go 8-1 once. But about my phone.... :p
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Nov 24, 2016 11:37
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Phosphine posted:I enrolled my Nexus 6p in the beta program more than 24 hours ago, but have not received an update yet. I have not rooted it or installed any updates manually, just OTA. 7.0, patch level 5th august, build number NRD90M. Known issue, weird, other? Did you enroll in the beta a few months ago to get to 7.0? If so, that ended up not being the final 7.0 rollout, and the people that did that had to manually flash a newer version to get OTA updates.
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Nov 24, 2016 14:22
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AlexF posted:I think I'll try my luck once. If the second one wobbles as well I'll just keep it. It's a weird one for sure. Still not 100% sure if it's software or hardware or both. https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/phone-by-google/9W8AiqBIg3c/XJ0lXd3MBwAJ
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Nov 24, 2016 15:30
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That one I heard of. Had it on my Nexus 6 as well which made me switch to a Robin (lol).
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Nov 24, 2016 15:34
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bronin posted:It's a weird one for sure. Still not 100% sure if it's software or hardware or both. Weird that it only affects international users. I'm assuming you are one? e: Another interesting facet of it is that it only presents on EDGE which also might limit exposure to international markets. Most of America's EDGE networks have been refarmed to LTE leaving 3G as the lowest network type almost everywhere. Given that two of our networks are CDMA and T-Mobile I know has almost no EDGE left, that would only leave AT&T that could exhibit this (and I doubt they have that much EDGE left either). It doesn't really narrow the scope any as I'm sure there is a different hardware variant for the rest of the world versus the US and there are certainly different software radios, but it's an interesting bug nonetheless. I could certainly see how it would escape detection. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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Nov 24, 2016 15:57
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Did you enroll in the beta a few months ago to get to 7.0? If so, that ended up not being the final 7.0 rollout, and the people that did that had to manually flash a newer version to get OTA updates. I was in the android N beta, but after it got released for real and I got the OTA to non-preview I unenrolled. Has this left me in a non-supported update state somehow? Edit: actually I should've noticed that, i'm on the august patch level, so clearly my phone is not on the right version. NRD90M is not in the list of 6p OTAs over at https://developers.google.com/android/ota. I should probably flash one of those instead then? Phosphine fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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Nov 24, 2016 16:32
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Phosphine posted:I was in the android N beta, but after it got released for real and I got the OTA to non-preview I unenrolled. Has this left me in a non-supported update state somehow? I would try sideloading NRD90U and see if that fixes it. That's the 7.0 version that non-beta people got.
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Nov 24, 2016 16:40
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I sideloaded NRD90U, booted up nicely, promptly got an OTA to update further. Most excellent, thank you!
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Nov 24, 2016 17:08
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The Duggler posted:In my experience the P XL battery has been outstanding, if I forget to charge overnight I can go another day with light usage without even hitting battery saving at all Well for example, since being at full charge this morning I have 13 minutes screen on time and it went down 3%. Is that normal?
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Nov 24, 2016 17:23
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AnonymousNarcotics posted:Well for example, since being at full charge this morning I have 13 minutes screen on time and it went down 3%. Is that normal?  I'm 110% happy with my PXL battery life.
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Nov 24, 2016 17:31
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Ok. I just didn't expect to have to charge my phone when I got home from work when I can't use it heavily there. When I'm not at work I'm almost always on my phone. I use it instead of a computer pretty much. Although to be fair I had to charge my old phone twice during the work day before.
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Nov 24, 2016 17:34
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LastInLine posted:Weird that it only affects international users. I'm assuming you are one? Yeah I have the international version and also mostly experienced the issue in areas with edge. New one hasn't crashed yet. I hope it stays that way. Maybe there are some Pixels with different mobile radios and/or defects that when transmitting at full power somehow influence the camera module.
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Nov 24, 2016 18:07
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AnonymousNarcotics posted:Ok. I just didn't expect to have to charge my phone when I got home from work when I can't use it heavily there. When I'm not at work I'm almost always on my phone. I use it instead of a computer pretty much. Do you get decent signal at your work?
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Nov 24, 2016 18:12
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Remember how the Google search bar got a little transparent widget under it a few months ago that surfaced Now-esque information like weather and stuff? Was never really sure how "beta" the feature was, because Google, but all I know is it's gone now. The option disappeared from the Google app settings. Is this just another hastily abandoned feature?
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Nov 24, 2016 19:04
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I want to set something up so that after work I can tap something to easily turn off all email notifications from the gmail app EXCEPT for one folder / label (basically the "emergency!" label). If an email goes to that folder I want my phone to beep and vibrate and flash until I wake up. I know people used to use tasker for stuff like this. Is that still a thing? Or is there something simpler? Is changing notification settings for individual labels too fiddly a thing for something like tasker?
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Nov 24, 2016 19:11
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hooah posted:Do you get decent signal at your work? Yep!
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Nov 24, 2016 19:19
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I got a pixel and expected a subtle performance difference compared to 5/5x. It's not subtle. poo poo is smooth as butter
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Nov 24, 2016 19:46
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I just got back from a week long trip to Disney Land where I wanted to chuck my 6p at a wall. Got my Pixel XL setup last night and so far I'm in that new Google device honeymoon period
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Nov 24, 2016 22:16
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LG is apparently not longer replacing 5x's affected by the bootloop issue, they are refunding money. http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-offering-full-refunds-to-Nexus-5X-owners-affected-by-a-particular-hardware-malfunction_id88231 They apparently can't repair and refurbish the ones that broke due to part availability, do with stock running low they are just going to issue refunds.
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Nov 24, 2016 23:21
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WhyteRyce posted:I just got back from a week long trip to Disney Land where I wanted to chuck my 6p at a wall. Got my Pixel XL setup last night and so far I'm in that new Google device honeymoon period Did It stay Wall Free enough to be resellable? I am still enjoying my 6P and hoping it tides me over till next years Pixel. I have mine all pixelized with everything but the home button animation thing. Have the wallpapers, home, phone, camera and assistant working on my 6P.
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Nov 25, 2016 00:01
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EdEddnEddy posted:Did It stay Wall Free enough to be resellable? I am still enjoying my 6P and hoping it tides me over till next years Pixel. This is me. I'm tempted when everyone talks about the greatness of the Pixel, and the few minutes I've spent with the Pixel were pretty good...but the 6P is also pretty nice and I don't have to spend any money to continue using it!
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Nov 25, 2016 01:42
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EdEddnEddy posted:Did It stay Wall Free enough to be resellable? I am still enjoying my 6P and hoping it tides me over till next years Pixel. As mad as I can get at things, I pride myself on keeping my gadgets in good shape. I'm one of those filthy goons that always uses a case Actually I'm sure I'd be fine with my 6p once it gets 7.1 but the T-Mobile free $325 back is hard to say no to WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Nov 25, 2016 |
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Nov 25, 2016 01:56
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fuf posted:I want to set something up so that after work I can tap something to easily turn off all email notifications from the gmail app EXCEPT for one folder / label (basically the "emergency!" label). If an email goes to that folder I want my phone to beep and vibrate and flash until I wake up. LightFlow can certainly do that.
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Nov 25, 2016 03:09
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Does anyone have an HTC 10? I'm wondering what complaints people have for that phone. Here's the decision in trying to make: I can either get the Pixel and Google-fi which would probably save me money over my Sprint plan, or get the cheaper HTC 10, which I like based on looks and the reviews saying it has great audio quality, but keep the more expensive plan. I know the answer is probably get a Pixel, but I don't use my phone for that much other than listening to music, so the headphone amp on the HTC appeals to me, and the price of the Pixel doesn't.
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I currently have an S6 and it is starting to get rather frustrated with its increasing non-performance. Looking at the Google Pixel, but not sure if I should just wait until the next flagships come out early next year. I am on Verizon and have no plans to change anytime soon, so I would be eligible for the promotion. Is the Pixel really as good as they say it is, or is it just being hyped? From what I am reading it performs better than the S7, so I am assuming I will see a big upgrade from an S6 (which is crap in my opinion).
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