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hotsauce posted:Wtf. Go to Swappa if you want to save money. Less risk there, IMO. I had some small cracks on something marked that it was brand new and they watched the whole interaction but didn't really help as the sell berated me saying no refunds. I'd rather have done it via eBay.
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WiFi calling is stupidly tied to carrier handsets most of the time. If you get an Unlocked device off carrier there is a 95% chance that it won't allow Wifi calling using the carriers native support for it.
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Mar 14, 2018 21:30
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sourdough posted:Wifi calling works fine on a Pixel 2 on T-Mobile in the U.S., but not SMS (unless I'm missing some setting or plan feature somewhere). I'm sure some/many prepaid lines or other carrier plans don't have wifi calling, though. I got texts on my last flight connected to in flight WiFi with my Pixel 1 last year, so I think it does work. Didn't do anything special to set it up.
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Mar 14, 2018 21:33
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chippy posted:Is WiFi calling not a thing in the USA? I'm on EE in the UK and my phone (Pixel 2 XL) routes voice and SMS over WiFi if there's bad/no cell signal. It's natively supported by the network and handset, no apps or anything needed. Its entirely dependent on the carrier. I can speak for Verizon Wireless in the US.. Most phones sold by them in the past 2-3 years support it, but it needs to be specifically enabled. As part of the enablement process, you have to enter a physical address for emergency purposes (aka E911). And I dunno if this still holds true or not.. but it used to be with Verizon WIFI calling, calls could only roam one direction; cellular to WiFi. Any attempt to go back the other way would drop the call.
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Mar 14, 2018 22:08
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Thermopyle posted:This is one of the things I like about using Google Voice.
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Mar 14, 2018 22:20
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T-Mobile has had wifi calling for at least 7 years. It was on my first smartphone.
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Mar 14, 2018 22:48
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Taffer posted:T-Mobile has had wifi calling for at least 7 years. It was on my first smartphone. And it sucks rear end.
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Mar 14, 2018 22:53
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Taffer posted:T-Mobile has had wifi calling for at least 7 years. It was on my first smartphone. I remember using wifi calling on my Blackberry Curve 8530 on Tmobile in 2009 
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Mar 15, 2018 01:03
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EdEddnEddy posted:WiFi calling is stupidly tied to carrier handsets most of the time. If you get an Unlocked device off carrier there is a 95% chance that it won't allow Wifi calling using the carriers native support for it. Interesting, I presumed it was just SIM dependent. That sucks.
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Mar 15, 2018 01:12
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stevewm posted:Its entirely dependent on the carrier. Verizon also configures their Android devices so that they prefer a Verizon signal over wifi, unless you're roaming. Unless you're in an absolutely "no-service" scenario, it won't cut over to using wifi calling. Until they stood up a cell down the street from me I had crap service, but unless I was in my basement it was still not crap enough to flip to wifi calling. If you put a Verizon SIM into a Pixel, it sets wifi calling to "cellular preferred" and hides the menu option to change it. There's an adb command to override this, but it's stupid that you have to do this. When it's actually enabled though, it seems to work just fine. I was in Europe a few months ago and it was nice to be able to make calls and use SMS over wifi, and so I only needed to pay for the $10 roaming day pass maybe 1/3 of my week-long trip.
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Mar 15, 2018 01:14
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Just piling on that my Nexus 6P got the March patch a couple days ago, and even after a restart the battery life seems to have gotten worse. I'll give it a couple more days before I decide to do a factory reset, though.
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Mar 15, 2018 01:16
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For all you battery people, did you know that Better Battery Stats now works without root? So I have a question that doesn't really fit anywhere else. You know how in Google Drive, there's that option to show your Google Photos in there? Well I turned that on initially when it came into being but then turned it off because I'd really rather not have all that sync to my computer. I'd rather just pull the photos as needed from Google Photos. Unfortunately that doesn't get rid of the folder itself. If you look at the support documentation it says (emphasis mine): quote:What happens when you change or delete a photo My question is: Has anyone actually tried this? Not that I don't trust Google, but I don't want to delete that folder then have everything just disappear. I understand I could always undo the deletion but I'm not confident that wouldn't mess up the metadata.
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Mar 15, 2018 01:42
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I'd probably try it on a dummy Google account first.
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Just in case anyone else in here is a Canadian preorder purchaser of the S9 or S9+: So I contacted samsung today because it's the 2nd day that they should have been shipping the s9+ and I still didn't have any notification and on my samsung account the order looks the same as it did a week ago. Via the live chat thing on their website I was told that they'd be trying to get them out by the 16th. Seems kinda lovely to me - if you have weeks leading up to a release date I think you really should try to ship them out actually on the release date.
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Mar 15, 2018 01:53
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Yeah I've gotta say, I have no idea if I'm just disappearing way too far down the hipster "social media is ruining our lives" rabbit hole or what, but I've actually pondered the idea of something like Light Phone. A phone that feels more like a futuristic Swiss Army knife and less like a small computer. Plus I freaking love the idea of e-ink. But then I think about camera functionality and the whole thing kind of falls apart. And THEN... $400, yeah right.
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Alright, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I could find anything in the last few pages or the OP. What is the thread recommended screen protector for the regular Pixel 2? My dad finally broke down and upgrade from an S3 and would like something to protect the screen, and it's not something I bothered to research for my phone since all the XL ones seemed lovely. Thanks! edit: does anyone have the amFilm one? I am very pleased with the amFilm protector on my Switch. ROJO fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Mar 15, 2018 |
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LastInLine posted:My question is: Has anyone actually tried this? Not that I don't trust Google, but I don't want to delete that folder then have everything just disappear. I have and didn't suffer any negative effects. That said, don't blame me if your cherished memories disappear
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Mar 15, 2018 02:31
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ROJO posted:Alright, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I could find anything in the last few pages or the OP. What is the thread recommended screen protector for the regular Pixel 2? My dad finally broke down and upgrade from an S3 and would like something to protect the screen, and it's not something I bothered to research for my phone since all the XL ones seemed lovely. Thanks! Skinomi one is fine
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Mar 15, 2018 03:35
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Don Lapre posted:Skinomi one is fine My Skinomi on 2XL looks awful. Hundreds of time indents that I can see and feel over the surface of my phone. Did I gently caress up installation?
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Mar 15, 2018 04:05
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chippy posted:Is WiFi calling not a thing in the USA? I'm on EE in the UK and my phone (Pixel 2 XL) routes voice and SMS over WiFi if there's bad/no cell signal. It's natively supported by the network and handset, no apps or anything needed. It is, but I don't think it was full working during the storm. I kept trying to make calls on WiFi and they weren't going through, but now that the towers in the area are back up I seem to be able to make WiFi calls normally again. I have no idea how the system works or if that makes sense, I just know from trying to make calls during/after the storm because I usually use WiFi calling if I'm at home anyway.
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Jigoku posted:My Skinomi on 2XL looks awful. Hundreds of time indents that I can see and feel over the surface of my phone. Did I gently caress up installation? My Pixel 2 skinomi is super smooth and any blemishes it gets cure themselves. I cant feel anything other than your typical soft screen protector just cause it has a bit more grip than glass.
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Mar 15, 2018 04:16
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FunOne posted:That and it is far more common for Americans to have several cards.
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Mar 15, 2018 09:31
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Tunga posted:You can just set all the PINs to the same thing if this is really somehow a problem. Well that's not very secure, is it?
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LastInLine posted:Well that's not very secure, is it? Android and payment related: since it got rebranded to Google Pay the app keeps putting payments through on a particular card even though I have a different one is set to default. This used to happen if the app was in the background viewing another card but now it's doing it even when I'm on the main screen of the app. I have to specifically open the card that I want to use every time. This is extremely annoying! I've also changed the default and changed it back to try to reset the behaviour but it didn't help. Anyone else had this?
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LastInLine posted:Well that's not very secure, is it? As with anything, the question is not whether it's secure, it's whether the balance of security and convenience is acceptable and better than alternatives. Yes, having different PINs is better. It's also less convenient. Having the same PIN is still more secure than a signature which is never actually checked, and only slightly less convenient unless you have serious memory problems.
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Given that any more you don't have to sign and don't have to remember a number, I won't lie, I kind of prefer it this way. That said, I've read that before about how the banking industry figured there's no way they'd ever be able to teach Americans to both use a chip and remember a number but that never made sense to me as Americans all have to remember their PIN for their debit card anyway so they were already used to the idea of using cards and PINs. Given how poorly the rollout for chip readers has been I feel like Occam's Razor would tell us that the reason we didn't get chip and PIN was because they knew they'd gently caress up deployment. Tunga posted:Android and payment related: since it got rebranded to Google Pay the app keeps putting payments through on a particular card even though I have a different one is set to default. This used to happen if the app was in the background viewing another card but now it's doing it even when I'm on the main screen of the app. I have to specifically open the card that I want to use every time. This is extremely annoying! I've also changed the default and changed it back to try to reset the behaviour but it didn't help. Anyone else had this? What happens if you remove the card it's going to incorrectly?
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LastInLine posted:Given that any more you don't have to sign and don't have to remember a number, I won't lie, I kind of prefer it this way. That said, I've read that before about how the banking industry figured there's no way they'd ever be able to teach Americans to both use a chip and remember a number but that never made sense to me as Americans all have to remember their PIN for their debit card anyway so they were already used to the idea of using cards and PINs. Because they want credit cards to be more convenient so that people continue to use them.
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So I’m looking to migrate back to the android eco system...just without the Google stuff. What are my best bets for a current or last gen device that’s rootable and has an active development community going for something like one of the privacy oriented ROMs? And what’s the best way to migrate my stuff from my iPhone without the use of anything cloud oriented?
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Trauts posted:So I’m looking to migrate back to the android eco system...just without the Google stuff. What are my best bets for a current or last gen device that’s rootable and has an active development community going for something like one of the privacy oriented ROMs? Ah.... Good luck.
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Trauts posted:the android eco system...just without the Google stuff. Why?!
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Trauts posted:So I’m looking to migrate back to the android eco system...just without the Google stuff. What are my best bets for a current or last gen device that’s rootable and has an active development community going for something like one of the privacy oriented ROMs? Out of interest, what are you coming from and how come you don't want any Google stuff? Could you just ignore the Google stuff?
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Being on Android without Google stuff is like being on iOS without Apple stuff. You can't, and if you actively try to avoid it you will just make everything way harder.
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I'd guess a Pixel and a long, hard look at XDA forums. There's a few privacy oriented OSes out there, but I'm hesitant recommending anything. Maybe somebody like the EFF would have a guide? I don't know. Isn't there a rooting thread around here? That'd be a better place to ask.
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Taffer posted:Being on Android without Google stuff is like being on iOS without Apple stuff. You can't, and if you actively try to avoid it you will just make everything way harder. I could probably replace 80% of the Google apps on my phone without root in an hour. Depends on how deep the OP wants to go.
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You can replace some Google apps but you can't replace the Google frameworks and those frameworks are designed with the primary intention to funnel your information to Google. Unless you want a phone with no GPS, no wifi, no cellular connectivity, and no push notification capabilities, you can't get away from Google on Android.
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The Gemini PDA raised $2 million on indiegogo and has now actually shipped. https://twitter.com/harrymccracken/status/974381216253161472
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Uthor posted:I could probably replace 80% of the Google apps on my phone without root in an hour. Depends on how deep the OP wants to go. Google apps are just the tip of the iceberg. Google play services is the backbone of the Android ecosystem and 99% of apps heavily rely on Google libraries and frameworks. Views, data handling, lifecycle, notifications, crash handling, ad services, and a myriad of other things.
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Android without the Google stuff? Maybe someone has a Fire Phone in a drawer somewhere.
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It looks like you can put Replicant on a Galaxy S3 or Galaxy Nexus, so uh, I guess those are technically options.
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