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My phone bricked itself while I was on an airplane a week or so back. It just turned off at 70ish% battery and when I tried to turn it on it got stuck in a bootloop. I tried resetting to stock in recovery, but that brought it into a hardbrick where nothing would show on the screen at all. I bought a brand new battery and this is where I'm at:  It's a Verizon VS990 with H/W Rev 1.0. I've never rooted it. I tried following this guide to fix it, but QFIL doesn't see the phone.  After some googling, it looks like the QDLoader should say Qualcomm, not Quectel. Do I have some lovely knockoff or something? Any ideas on where to start? I've tried several version of the Qualcomm drivers, tried with and without the battery in. Googling "Quectel QDLoader 9008" doesn't give many results compared to "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008." Are these the same thing?
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so like is the s9+ probably going to be the best for viewing comics and videos on a phone this year? 6.2 seems about as big as it gets before you just have a tablet. On the other hand, since I would be coming from an original moto g, is it possible the g6+ will be sufficient for my purposes?
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Feb 26, 2018 20:43
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Guillermus posted:Spanish android website (andro4all.com), they're from Barcelona and they are usually spot on when it comes to pricing at least in Spain. Nokia still has a lot of following in here and their PR gives out a lot of details. Last year they nailed pricing for the 3, 5 and 6. I hope you're right, the prices you're talking about obviously sound a lot more competitive than the ones I was seeing.
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Feb 26, 2018 20:47
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If the subsidized Amazon stuff somehow interferes with whatever "Android One" is on the Nokia 6 then I would skip it and just pay full price.
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Feb 26, 2018 20:51
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thechosenone posted:so like is the s9+ probably going to be the best for viewing comics and videos on a phone this year? 6.2 seems about as big as it gets before you just have a tablet. Finally. The perfect device to hold and watch all my animes while I text my waifu!
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Feb 26, 2018 21:10
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For anyone else with this issue - I had some weird driver that was misreporting the hardware. Uninstalling the driver from device manager fixed it.
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Feb 26, 2018 21:19
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vyst posted:Finally. The perfect device to hold and watch all my animes while I text my waifu! So is that a yes? I now realize it would probably be more appropriate to ask in the stickyed thread which is expressly for recommending phones, so I will ask there. But yes that is kinda what I was getting at (minus the waifu part). thechosenone fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Feb 26, 2018 |
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Feb 26, 2018 21:58
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thechosenone posted:so like is the s9+ probably going to be the best for viewing comics and videos on a phone this year? 6.2 seems about as big as it gets before you just have a tablet. This year? That'll probably be the Note 9, but coming from an OG Moto G the S9+ will probably blow your mind.
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Feb 26, 2018 22:23
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The first (to my knowledge) Android Go phone for the US market has been announced. The $80 ZTE Tempo Go. https://www.droid-life.com/2018/02/26/zte-tempo-go/ quote:For specs, the Tempo GO offers a 5″ FWVGA display (480×854), Qualcomm-made Snapdragon 210 quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 2200mAh battery. Low spec to be sure, but it's crazy that smartphones are approaching burner phone territory and Android Go means it will actually be updated.
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bull3964 posted:The first (to my knowledge) Android Go phone for the US market has been announced. The $80 ZTE Tempo Go. That sounds like a pile of poo poo compared to the Moto E4 you can get for $20 more. Edit: The E4 is actually $40 more now, so I guess this ZTE has a place! Twerk from Home fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Feb 26, 2018 |
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Feb 26, 2018 22:42
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Keep in mind that the E4 has likely seen its last update (security or otherwise) and isn't running a low resource build of Android. All things being equal, the E4 is a better phone that can do more. But these Android Go phones are a nice simple option for messaging, email, and a little internet browsing and they should stay up to date longer. I do think we're just seeing the beginning though. Target price for a Go device is supposed to be sub $50.
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Feb 26, 2018 23:04
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It's annoying that the only deals I see anymore for phones are for the monthly payment plan. A discount on the retail price never seems to happen anymore.
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Feb 26, 2018 23:07
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vyst posted:Finally. The perfect device to hold and watch all my animes while I text my waifu! It's current year, we stream anime from our personal plex servers 
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Feb 26, 2018 23:36
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KillHour posted:My phone bricked itself while I was on an airplane a week or so back. It just turned off at 70ish% battery and when I tried to turn it on it got stuck in a bootloop. I tried resetting to stock in recovery, but that brought it into a hardbrick where nothing would show on the screen at all. I bought a brand new battery and this is where I'm at: I can find a single website on the entire internet that references Quectel and LG V10 on the same page. Where did you buy the phone?
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Feb 27, 2018 00:27
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Incessant Excess posted:The A1 is an Android One device. Yes, but in no surprise to anyone Xiaomi aren't being great at providing updates for it.
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Feb 27, 2018 00:29
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Why hasn't moto announced the g6/+/play yet arugh
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Feb 27, 2018 00:50
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mastershakeman posted:Why hasn't moto announced the g6/+/play yet arugh I don't know if they've announced tip there's definitely stories about Moto G6 already and I think that they did announce it but I'm not a hundred percent on it
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Feb 27, 2018 01:17
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 Finally got the January security update pushed to my Moto G5+. Maybe someday it'll get Oreo. 
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Feb 27, 2018 01:26
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Best android smart watch? My dad wants a smart watch for his birthday. I jokingly said he’d have to get an iPhone and an Apple Watch and he said Apple was for “liberal fairies” (his words not mine) so sock it to me!
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Feb 27, 2018 02:33
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Best android smart watch? My dad wants a smart watch for his birthday. I jokingly said he’d have to get an iPhone and an Apple Watch and he said Apple was for “liberal fairies” (his words not mine) so sock it to me! Probably the Misfit Vapor.
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Feb 27, 2018 02:35
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Best android smart watch? My dad wants a smart watch for his birthday. I jokingly said he’d have to get an iPhone and an Apple Watch and he said Apple was for “liberal fairies” (his words not mine) so sock it to me! Fossil gen 3
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Feb 27, 2018 02:59
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VelociBacon posted:I really want to get out of iOS, currently using an iphone SE which is... fine but I want a better display in addition to wanting to be on android. what's wrong with 1080p? Are you inspecting your pixels with a microscope or something?
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Feb 27, 2018 03:38
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ratbert90 posted:what's wrong with 1080p? Are you inspecting your pixels with a microscope or something? Bigger numbers = better than
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Feb 27, 2018 04:29
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Yeah, if the concern is photography, I feel like color reproduction should be the bigger deciding factor (both Samsung and Google have great displays re: color reproduction).
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Feb 27, 2018 04:50
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Yeah the blacks on the Samsung amoled make me hard. And yes the resolution is important in addition to the already fantastic display properties.
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Feb 27, 2018 07:25
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VelociBacon posted:Yeah the blacks on the Samsung amoled make me hard. And yes the resolution is important in addition to the already fantastic display properties. If you can see the difference between 1080p and 1440p on a 5 inch screen you have some previously unheard of super-human vision and should volunteer to be studied. That, or you should stop balancing your phone on your nose while you look at photos on it.
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Theris posted:If you can see the difference between 1080p and 1440p on a 5 inch screen you have some previously unheard of super-human vision and should volunteer to be studied. The human eye doesn't see in pixels.
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Feb 27, 2018 07:33
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But we do see them! Pixels, not Pixel phones.
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Feb 27, 2018 07:47
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The point is that the eye doesn't have a maximum resolution. The average eye can pick up different patterns with different sensitivity, and most certainly can notice the difference in sharpness and clarity of 1080p, 1440p, and even 4k resolutions at standard phone distances. The individual pixels might not be separable and there are diminishing returns, but the difference is noticeable. If you can't tell the difference, and I truly mean this in the best way possible, you probably have some sort of eye condition or reduced vision. If you aren't aware of an issue, you may want to ask your optometrist about your eyes next visit.
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Feb 27, 2018 08:18
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Jesus christ
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Feb 27, 2018 08:34
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This is so stupid. What you're talking about isn't even resolution, it's ppi, which is like 450 vs 540 for the Pixel 2 non XL vs XL. You cannot tell the difference between that in normal use, and it doesn't mean you have a loving medical problem.
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Feb 27, 2018 08:53
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My 100" projector screen is 1080p and looks great. Your comparatively tiny phone screen will be fine, plus it will perform faster since it's not pushing some crazy high 4k resolution for no reason! Which possibly even means better battery life. But even if those two latter things aren't true, it's still a small screen with the same resolution used on bigass TVs.
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CLAM DOWN posted:This is so stupid. What you're talking about isn't even resolution, it's ppi, which is like 450 vs 540 for the Pixel 2 non XL vs XL. You cannot tell the difference between that in normal use, and it doesn't mean you have a loving medical problem. The eye can only see 60fps, too.
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PerrineClostermann posted:The eye can only see 60fps, too. Maybe you should upgrade to 144hz or 240hz eyes, friend.
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Does Location Sharing cause your location to be checked/updated more recently, or does it just allow your friends to see the location information which your phone is already automatically sharing with Google? Asking because I'm wondering about battery life. If it's the latter, one would think it wouldn't impact it at all.
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Feb 27, 2018 11:41
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I think it's the latter because I'm sharing locations frequently with my girlfriend and parents before meeting up and they are often surprised when I'm already arriving despite being like a mile or two away on their phone. The "share trip" option is way better for this but it eats your battery because you have to be in navigation mode for it to work and you can also just share with one person.
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Feb 27, 2018 12:03
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https://www.cnet.com/news/nokia-phones-ceo-president-florian-seiche-interview-mwc-2018/ According to the HMD CEO, none of the Nokia phones are coming to the US.
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Rexxed posted:Maybe you should upgrade to 144hz or 240hz eyes, friend. Dang, I didn't think modular eyes would be worth it, so I didn't spend the money for the option.
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Feb 27, 2018 12:42
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My eyes have tearing issues with 60 fps, I start crying whenever I see frame rate discussions.
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chippy posted:Does Location Sharing cause your location to be checked/updated more recently, or does it just allow your friends to see the location information which your phone is already automatically sharing with Google? It's the latter unless they start checking, then it's the former. It doesn't impact battery life at all in normal use, as you would expect but if someone you're sharing with checks where you are, it gets better information and updates that. If they're continuing to check by leaving Maps open, they get more frequent updates on your location.
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