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ColdPie posted:Even in 2017, 5.7 inches is not "smaller". Here are two phones with a 5.7 inch display 
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Well poo poo. Just downloaded the wireless update for my Blu Life One X2, and now that it's rebooted, it won't accept my PIN. I am 100% positive I am using the correct PIN, and other people are having this problem. Is there any way around this? https://www.reddit.com/r/IntoBlu/comments/7g76ku/after_recent_update_to_blu_life_one_x2_it_wont/
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Now that I've had my Pixel 2 XL for a month, the chance of correctly registering any of my fingers on the fingerprint reader seems to be right around 33%. It's just low enough that I lock myself out of the phone half the time. It has the same chance of loving up on any enrolled fingers, and if I'm coming in from the cold, just washed my hands, or try to grab the phone from the shower, the odds go to 0% Anyone else being driven insane by the fingerprint reader or just me? nimper posted:Here are two phones with a 5.7 inch display I've asked this before and no one had an answer... how do phone manufacturers calculate screen sizes with poo poo like that Essential where the corners are rounded and there's a cutout for the camera, etc. Do they just "pretend" the corners are squared off and measure diagonal or do they use some other method? Zero VGS fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Nov 28, 2017 |
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Nov 28, 2017 22:50
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Zero VGS posted:Now that I've had my Pixel 2 XL for a month, the chance of correctly registering any of my fingers on the fingerprint reader seems to be right around 33%. It's just low enough that I lock myself out of the phone half the time. It has the same chance of loving up on any enrolled fingers, and if I'm coming in from the cold, just washed my hands, or try to grab the phone from the shower, the odds go to 0% The fingerprint read works flawlessly, what the gently caress is wrong with your hands
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Nov 28, 2017 22:53
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CLAM DOWN posted:The fingerprint read works flawlessly, what the gently caress is wrong with your hands He might have tiny girl hands
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Nov 28, 2017 22:57
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I had a problem with the fingerprint reader on my Nexus 6P when I was skateboarding a lot. The griptape would gently caress up my fingers enough to make it not work. Do you work with your hands a lot? Making multiple profiles of the same finger seems to be the best method to make it more consistent.
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Nov 28, 2017 23:00
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CRAYON posted:The griptape lol
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Nov 28, 2017 23:00
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I must be outside of the loop. Typically you grip a skateboard so you can do sick tricks.
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CRAYON posted:I must be outside of the loop. Typically you grip a skateboard so you can do sick tricks. Dont bring urmom into this
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Nov 28, 2017 23:03
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Zero VGS posted:
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Zero VGS posted:Now that I've had my Pixel 2 XL for a month, the chance of correctly registering any of my fingers on the fingerprint reader seems to be right around 33%. It's just low enough that I lock myself out of the phone half the time. It has the same chance of loving up on any enrolled fingers, and if I'm coming in from the cold, just washed my hands, or try to grab the phone from the shower, the odds go to 0% I mean, you know this already i'm sure but "screen size" that everyone refers to is just the diagonal measurement. Nobody reports screen surface area, which is what you're talking about.
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Nov 28, 2017 23:17
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Yeah, whenever or not the edges of the display are rounded doesn't really factor into diagonal measurement. The bisecting the corner is the same either way.
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Nov 28, 2017 23:20
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Lester Shy posted:Well poo poo. Just downloaded the wireless update for my Blu Life One X2, and now that it's rebooted, it won't accept my PIN. I am 100% positive I am using the correct PIN, and other people are having this problem. Is there any way around this? Some years back Google gave away a special I/O edition galaxy tab 10.1. At one point Samsung released an update for it that screwed up the encrypted partition, and that manifested itself in the exact same way. The only solution was a factory reset. =[
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Nov 28, 2017 23:26
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bull3964 posted:Yeah, whenever or not the edges of the display are rounded doesn't really factor into diagonal measurement. The bisecting the corner is the same either way. e: nm
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Nov 28, 2017 23:29
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CLAM DOWN posted:The fingerprint read works flawlessly, what the gently caress is wrong with your hands Some people actually work with their hands (typing does not count) and therefore do not have the pristine feminine hands likely shared by the majority of the posters here. My fingerprint reader works with maybe 1/10 of the time due to the various cuts and scrapes on my fingers at any given moment.
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Nov 28, 2017 23:35
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Rickets posted:Some people actually work with their hands (typing does not count) and therefore do not have the pristine feminine hands likely shared by the majority of the posters here. My fingerprint reader works with maybe 1/10 of the time due to the various cuts and scrapes on my fingers at any given moment. Lol wear gloves and maybe you can enjoy smooth baby skin like me
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Nov 28, 2017 23:39
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CLAM DOWN posted:Lol wear gloves and maybe you can enjoy smooth baby skin like me Sorry, I wore off my prints from palming too many basketballs. My hands are soft from counting money all the time, I have no idea why the scanner is loving up so much
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Nov 28, 2017 23:43
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Congrats thread, you've unearthed new minutia to quibble about.
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Nov 28, 2017 23:44
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Zero VGS just register the same finger as three separate fingerprints Mix up the angles a lot on the second time, start with your finger slightly damp on the third
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Nov 28, 2017 23:46
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Rastor posted:Zero VGS just register the same finger as three separate fingerprints Oh that's a good idea, I'll try that.
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RZA Encryption posted:Some years back Google gave away a special I/O edition galaxy tab 10.1. At one point Samsung released an update for it that screwed up the encrypted partition, and that manifested itself in the exact same way. The only solution was a factory reset. =[ Yep, that seems like what they're suggesting to the people that make it through the "150 other callers are ahead of you" support phone line. So, fair warning to other Life One X2 users, do not install today's Wireless Update unless you feel like resetting your phone. Also fair warning to everybody else, don't make my mistake and buy a Blu phone just because they're cheap.
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Nov 29, 2017 00:06
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Alright, so I think I skimmed the thread was raging about this originally, so now it's my turn. Every since the changes to Google Now / Google Feed or whatever the gently caress they're calling it this hour, it does not show things like appointments or other relevant "Now" type info at the top. You have to actually press an icon to pull up some other version of Google Now. That's dumb. Is there any way of setting it back so that "my" stuff shows above the news feed? Because if not, that's super dumb.
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Nov 29, 2017 00:31
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Internet Explorer posted:Alright, so I think I skimmed the thread was raging about this originally, so now it's my turn. Every since the changes to Google Now / Google Feed or whatever the gently caress they're calling it this hour, it does not show things like appointments or other relevant "Now" type info at the top. You have to actually press an icon to pull up some other version of Google Now. That's dumb. Is there any way of setting it back so that "my" stuff shows above the news feed? Because if not, that's super dumb. That's how it works now, new Google Now sucks goddamn rear end, I hate it and have stopped using it.
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Nov 29, 2017 00:43
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I can only assume they are planning on piecing it all back together because the "My Stuff" button and all the settings and stuff are all over the loving place from a UI standpoint. It feels like Microsoft and their Settings catastrophe going on since Windows 8.
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Nov 29, 2017 00:45
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Rastor posted:Zero VGS just register the same finger as three separate fingerprints This is exactly what I did with my Pixel 2. Works flawlessly.
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CLAM DOWN posted:That's how it works now, new Google Now sucks goddamn rear end, I hate it and have stopped using it. I remember when they were first a/b testing it and they had the two separate panels and people complained and did not like it, so they added a useless third panel as well
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CLAM DOWN posted:Lol wear gloves and maybe you can enjoy smooth baby skin like me I do miss having baby smooth hands, I admit
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Someone on Reddit tested the latest 8.1 preview with the 2XL and it looks good:quote:Audio Quality is fixed when recording video e: some turbonerd made a video showing changes too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAs1NH_GNhY CLAM DOWN fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Nov 29, 2017 |
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Nov 29, 2017 02:51
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CLAM DOWN posted:Someone on Reddit tested the latest 8.1 preview with the 2XL and it looks good: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-81-update-pixel-visual-core,news-26185.html According to this, they saw a noticeable improvement in HDR+ performance with the visual core active. There are some convincing comparisons there.
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Nov 29, 2017 02:57
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Is there any reason why the assistant and Now only recognizes my main calendar and not others I'm subscribed to in the app? Makes the feature extremely useless if only a fraction of my appointments show up.
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Nov 29, 2017 03:02
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Guess we're not the only ones frustrated with Google Now / Feed. https://www.droid-life.com/2017/11/28/else-misses-google-now/
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Nov 29, 2017 05:03
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I have 1 fingerprint registered in all 5 fingerprint slots at slightly different angles and the only time it doesn't work is if my hands are wet
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Nov 29, 2017 05:15
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I've had my 2 XL fingerprint reader fail me a few times, not a big issue but it's happened often enough that I wouldn't call it perfect.
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Nov 29, 2017 09:33
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Eezee posted:Is there any reason why the assistant and Now only recognizes my main calendar and not others I'm subscribed to in the app? Makes the feature extremely useless if only a fraction of my appointments show up. Google Assistant will work with other calendars but only on the Home, not on the phone.
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Nov 29, 2017 12:58
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That really doesn't make any sense to me. Am I the only person to use multiple calendars or why would they omit such an essential feature? At least I'll get to use it when I get my free mini I guess. Thanks for the info.
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Eezee posted:That really doesn't make any sense to me. Am I the only person to use multiple calendars or why would they omit such an essential feature? You're not the only person who uses multiple calendars and if I had to hazard a guess, it's getting all the permissions on shared calendars to work properly but that's just pulled out my rear end. The real reason is Google half-asses poo poo all the time and the hard stuff comes last or not at all.
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Nov 29, 2017 13:29
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I created a calendar just for now/feeds and toggle that on when I know I want it to appear in my feed. It's dumb to need to have a workaround but you can work around it if you try.
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LastInLine posted:The real reason is Google half-asses poo poo all the time and the hard stuff comes last or not at all. The Management posted:here’s my understanding of how things work at google.
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Khablam posted:I created a calendar just for now/feeds and toggle that on when I know I want it to appear in my feed. Yeah, it looks like it isn't taking my Exchange work calendar, even though I've got it in my "Other Calendars" in GOogle Calendar. Assuming I get into the habit of using "Tell Me ABout My Day," I may wind up kludging some scripts together to copy my Work Calendar Events to a more normal Google calendar every day or so.
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Essential was fun while it lasted, I guess: https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/29/16714264/andy-rubin-leaves-essential-google-inappropriate-conduct quote:Essential founder and CEO Andy Rubin has taken a leave of absence from his new company for “personal reasons” following a report on the circumstances of his 2014 departure from Google. According to The Information, Rubin left Google shortly after an investigation found that he had maintained an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman who worked under him and filed a complaint to HR. It's actually not as bad as it sounds, potentially; it appears to be the traditional corporate definition of "inappropriate relationship" and not like, sexual assault or pedophilia. Which is a win, I think?
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