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eddiewalker posted:There's a new replacement program for 6S phones doing that thing where they shutdown while the battery still shows 40+% Yay, this issue has been bugging me since a few months into owning my 6s. Just support chatted with Apple and my phone is eligible. Made an appointment for the 30th and hopefully that's the end of it 
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Glazier posted:I have had personally, and supported professionally, every iPhone since the first one and I have never found a way to activate the phone without a SIM in it. I believe you can via jailbreaking, although that obviously doesn't help the OP.
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Nov 24, 2016 06:42
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Dali Parton posted:Is it really that bad though? Yeah, it's real bad. It's kind of exactly like windows laptops around 2010, tons of lovely bloatware that you can't really get rid of, terrible battery life, inexplicably bad performance for the hardware, constant threats of malware and viruses, and a bizarre lack of quality apps for basic phone poo poo compared to iOS (like, play an audiobook lol why'd you want to do that?). Backing up and restoring is also a total nightmare. Edit: And I want it to be good so bad, I'm totally platform agnostic otherwise but Android is shockingly bad even when I try acclaimed phones like the one pluses and nexuses. I haven't seen a pixel in the wild yet, though. Most people are using some Samsung piece of poo poo or a brand I've never heard of like Blu. tuyop fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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Nov 24, 2016 06:48
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Does anyone have an opinion on the new Google Play Music vs Spotify? I currently pay for 6 people to use Spotify because why not, but Google Play Music lets you do the same thing AND it has Youtube Red for everyone on the plan, which is amazing. I really like Youtube Red because supporting content creators is good. I've been using it for a couple of days now and it seems really cool. One thing I haven't figured out yet is how to set the audio quality (if you can at all). Does Google Play Music have the same general catalog as Spotify?
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Nov 24, 2016 06:49
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Has anyone had their phone repaired through the battery replacement program? Do you really have to erase your phone? That seems like such a pain. I'm mostly worried about migrating my google Authenticator codes.
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Nov 24, 2016 06:58
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Ethereal posted:Has anyone had their phone repaired through the battery replacement program? They say you should have a backup. Just backup to iTunes, that's a complete image of your phone. Your codes will stay. Erase, do whatev the gently caress you want, restore from backup. Also maybe you should put those codes in a password manager like 1Password so you don't have to worry about losing them.
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Nov 24, 2016 07:32
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Tiny Lowtax posted:Eligible iPhone 6s serial numbers will have these characters in the 4th and 5th position: Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 QC QD QF QG QH I've got a q9 but it's a 6s plus. I don't really notice a battery issue. Does it not affect the plus?
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Nov 24, 2016 08:20
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I suppose the weird as gently caress feel of my iPhone, when it is charging, is due to the aluminium shell?
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Nov 24, 2016 13:01
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tuyop posted:Yeah, it's real bad. It's kind of exactly like windows laptops around 2010, tons of lovely bloatware that you can't really get rid of, terrible battery life, inexplicably bad performance for the hardware, constant threats of malware and viruses, and a bizarre lack of quality apps for basic phone poo poo compared to iOS (like, play an audiobook lol why'd you want to do that?). Backing up and restoring is also a total nightmare. Yeah I'm trying to do this before I give the phone back in case I ever need it again but I haven't found a proper way to just .... back up the whole phone. Basically android bad iOS not as bad
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Nov 24, 2016 13:03
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Yeah I'm trying to do this before I give the phone back in case I ever need it again but I haven't found a proper way to just .... back up the whole phone. There is literally no actual way to back up an android phone or even do a 100% transfer, it's all hopes and dreams on penny whistles and gumdrops.
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Nov 24, 2016 13:06
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The dudes in the repair shop said I should have my phone back late this week or early next and it is insane how awful it is not having a proper phone. Even just for taking pictures and listening to music.
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Nov 24, 2016 13:13
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Helith posted:As for the ringtone not sure what's going on there, maybe double check in the settings app that it is definitely set as the ringtone for phone calls and not for texts or something else. Yup, it's definitely set as the standard ringtone.
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Went to the Apple Store for the 3rd time now about my "unexpected shut downs" for my 6S. The first two times they told me it was a software issue and told me to gently caress off but since it magically became a hardware issue last weekend, I figured this time there would be no problem getting a new battery. Welp, they were OUT OF BATTERIES at the store. Do they offer me a replacement to make me happy and get me out of there, especially considering I've brought my phone in multiple times for this issue? Of course not. Supposedly they're going to call me when new batteries come in and I get to come back for the fourth time. Thanks Apple.
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Nov 24, 2016 16:24
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They probably would have replaced it for you as a courtesy if you were nice enough.
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Nov 24, 2016 16:32
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Biodome posted:They probably would have replaced it for you as a courtesy if you were nice enough. Worked for me before the issue became official, guess I'm just a good person.
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Nov 24, 2016 16:42
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hooah posted:Yup, it's definitely set as the standard ringtone. Never mind, apparently she and my wife messed around with it yesterday and now the ringtone is working correctly. I dunno.
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Nov 24, 2016 17:04
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Taima posted:Does anyone have an opinion on the new Google Play Music vs Spotify? The only setting I can find for quality is for when you're using mobile data. Not sure about library comparisons, but in my fairly limited use Google seems to really, really like to only offer non-explicit versions of songs, and I haven't found an option to change that.
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Nov 24, 2016 20:30
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dutchbstrd posted:Went to the Apple Store for the 3rd time now about my "unexpected shut downs" for my 6S. The first two times they told me it was a software issue and told me to gently caress off but since it magically became a hardware issue last weekend, I figured this time there would be no problem getting a new battery. Welp, they were OUT OF BATTERIES at the store. Do they offer me a replacement to make me happy and get me out of there, especially considering I've brought my phone in multiple times for this issue? Of course not. Supposedly they're going to call me when new batteries come in and I get to come back for the fourth time. Should have asked to talk to a manager, the Genius only has so much discretion in situations like this and can't tell you to ask for a manager. Especially if they look up your previous appointments and confirm you've been in that many times for the same issue. Managers can over ride drat near anything if you're a squeaky enough wheel without being belligerent. Source: former genius
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Nov 24, 2016 21:37
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So I have paid zero attention to the Apple Watch since its announcement. I thought about getting my gf one this holiday since she likes watches and gadgets, but she doesn't have an iPhone. Will it be a complete waste without a nearby iPhone? She has a MacBook and an iPad but they aren't always with her, if that matters.
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Nov 25, 2016 00:26
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spongeworthy posted:So I have paid zero attention to the Apple Watch since its announcement. I thought about getting my gf one this holiday since she likes watches and gadgets, but she doesn't have an iPhone. Will it be a complete waste without a nearby iPhone? It is an iPhone extension and useless without one.
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Nov 25, 2016 00:27
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:It is an iPhone extension and useless without one. Thanks, figured as much.
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Nov 25, 2016 00:32
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Is there an iMessage app that lets me search JUST for still images? All the ones I've store so far have just linked to gifs. Nobody's hacked together a google image search add on I take It?
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Nov 25, 2016 01:12
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tuyop posted:Yeah, it's real bad. It's kind of exactly like windows laptops around 2010, tons of lovely bloatware that you can't really get rid of, terrible battery life, inexplicably bad performance for the hardware, constant threats of malware and viruses, and a bizarre lack of quality apps for basic phone poo poo compared to iOS (like, play an audiobook lol why'd you want to do that?). The security situation on Android, as recently as 6.0.1, is also so completely laughable IMHO that I wound up not trusting *ANY* credit info I put on my old S4 and S5. Never got any softs anywhere else but the Google Play store and *still* wound up with my cards being charged for first class tickets from Luxembourg to Tokyo. When I created a disposable CC as some cards will allow you, and only used it on the Android, they inevitably got hacked within 6 months. Switched to an iPhone 6S (was stolen) and 7 recently, have several cards in Apple Pay/Wallet, not one bad charge ever since, even on a card on the stolen 6S. Of course someone will likely break into some 3rd party vendor database somewhere and make me look stupid again, but knock wood. quote:Backing up and restoring is also a total nightmare. Kinda ridiculous that there's no encrypted system level total image, simple loving one-click backup like you get in iTunes, all I could ever find were shady fly-by-night backup utilities that all look the same from software companies I'd never heard of, or Google's built-in backup that I never could figure out totally. Apple was genius enough to create an Android app called "Move to iOS" that did a better job of moving all my data to an iPhone than any Android native backup app I could find.
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I would just like to post about trials of the spare android phone I'm using until my iPhone returns so you guys get a laugh. It's an LG G4 running android 5.0.1. It has a "feature" where the phone will alert you that the battery is full and it tells you to plug it out to save energy. This comes in the form of a very loud notification noise if the phone is on a normal setting or an EXTREMELY loud vibration if it's set to vibrate. What happens if you set it to Silent, androids version of do not disturb? Absolutely nothing! This has resulted in the phone waking me up at 2am to tell me to plug it out. There is no way of turning this off without either rooting the phone or Installing an app called tasker and running a bizarre sort of workaround. So I decided I'd leave it plugged out so it wouldn't wake me up! I woke up the next morning to find the phone was dead and I'd nearly missed an important alarm. Android also has a system where you can hide the "sensitive" content of a notification on the lock screen. It asks you this in a pop up. Should you accidentally click yes and want to turn lock screen notification information back on, where would you look for this? Display? Notifications? No, it's found in a submenu of the Sounds settings of course!  This week on android has convinced me to never ever use it again. No matter how bad some of the stuff on iOS is, it is infinitely better than the alternative. Please pray to Stebe that my iPhone is returned soon
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Prayin 4 u 
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Stay safe android ghost
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Is "plug it out" a new way to say unplug something that the hip kids are saying these days or something?
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Nov 25, 2016 03:50
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Plug. it. out.
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Nov 25, 2016 04:01
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Are there any downsides to using my email to connect to iMessage instead of just my phone number? I still use my iPhone 4 to listen to music or stream video while my 6+ is charging, but sometimes I miss messages because I forget that it's charging and ignore it. It'd be nice to get messages back on my 4.
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Nov 26, 2016 02:17
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None at all, if the accounts are linked you should get them on all devices.
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Nov 26, 2016 02:20
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If you use your email, you can get them anywhere you can get iMessages and you can even push normal texts to it too.
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Nov 26, 2016 02:21
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Alright, I'll go ahead and do that then. Thanks guys! No more missing texts while I poop.
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What ended up being the *proper* solution to getting those spam calendar invites removed? I got a bunch more today.
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Nov 26, 2016 04:33
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Feenix posted:What ended up being the *proper* solution to getting those spam calendar invites removed? I got a bunch more today. Go to icloud.com on a desktop browser, go to Calendar, click the cogwheel in the bottom left, go to Advanced, and change calendar invites to email. To remove existing ones, just toggle Calendar on and off in Settings > iCloud.
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enojy posted:Go to icloud.com on a desktop browser, go to Calendar, click the cogwheel in the bottom left, go to Advanced, and change calendar invites to email. To remove existing ones, just toggle Calendar on and off in Settings > iCloud. Thanks for this. Got *two* calendar spams today.
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Is there a way you can disable the carrier on the status bar at the top of the phone?
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Why would you want to do that? Aside from autism.
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It is a silly thing to fret about, but on the other hand it's completely useless information to put up there. I guess roamers might care?
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Nov 27, 2016 19:06
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It's not possible to change without at least a jailbreak because of ~*~branding~*~.
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I wish there was a way, Public Mobile takes up like 20% of the space on a 5S and causes all sorts of weird padding issues with loading spinners and stuff.
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