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tuyop posted:My dad is convinced that expandable memory and removable batteries are killer features in smartphones. What’s the best Android phone that has that nonsense? I think he’s probably going to buy an LG G4, is that two year old device as good as it gets? Any modern phone has like twice the real-world battery life of the phones he was swapping batteries in. The worst phone in this test clocks in at 4h15mins of benchmarking and gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WohCuSb3dsM&t=447s e: I can't see how a G5 would disappoint anyone on battery life, and is cheap with an SD slot. Nokia 7+ lasts forever too. Khablam fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Sep 3, 2018 |
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I think the idea is that once the battery goes to poo poo after two years, you buy a new battery instead of a new phone. This obviously isn't a great idea for a multitude of reasons but I believe that is the general sentiment behind people wanting removable batteries instead of just getting a phone plus a powerbank for example.
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Sep 3, 2018 19:00
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Changing the battery on a moto takes like, 10 minutes though. It's not something you can do daily but if you want to after a couple of years and you've ever build a meccano before you'll be fine. It's only mostly iPhones that glue the poo poo out of it.
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Sep 3, 2018 20:18
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If my Moto G5 doesn't get Oreo by the end of 2018 I will never buy another Lenovo product again. gently caress these guys.
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Sep 3, 2018 20:47
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Yeah, I mean I don't really care that much about updates as long as the thing works* and I certainly knew what I was in for, but being two major OS versions behind for no goddamn reason is not behavior I'm really gonna reward with my next phone purchase. ___ *I take an alternative approach to online security that I call "being poor and boring"
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Sep 3, 2018 20:52
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Mu Zeta posted:If my Moto G5 doesn't get Oreo by the end of 2018 I will never buy another Lenovo product again. gently caress these guys. Seconding this. Getting more and more interested in a Nokia
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syscall girl posted:Seconding this. Getting more and more interested in a Nokia Lenovo seems to ruin every brand it absorbs. It's a real bummer 
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Sep 3, 2018 21:23
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Is the Mi AI 2 worthwhile because it’s got Android One rather then the specialized roms. As it’s like 80 dollars cheaper then the Nokia 6.1 in Canada.
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Sep 3, 2018 21:30
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sbaldrick posted:Is the Mi AI 2 worthwhile because it’s got Android One rather then the specialized roms. Both of those are part of the Android One program, the Mi A2 is the better of the two.
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Sep 3, 2018 21:42
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Left home to drive back into the city, bout 2.5 hours. Phone actually finished charging in the car, unplugged it then. Reduced to 50% just from Google Play music in that length of time. Gf is down to 77% and she was playing games and listening to music. That's insane. I need a new player. Could it be devouring the battery as I have like 1300 local tracks, many of which are flacs?
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Sep 3, 2018 22:46
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64bit_Dophins posted:Lenovo seems to ruin every brand it absorbs. It's a real bummer In all fairness Motorola was horrible at supporting their phones long before Lenovo bought them.
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tuyop posted:My dad is convinced that expandable memory and removable batteries are killer features in smartphones. What’s the best Android phone that has that nonsense? I think he’s probably going to buy an LG G4, is that two year old device as good as it gets? Do not get a G4. Aside from being out of date the thing is a ticking time bomb due to a manufacturing flaw with its Snapdragon 808 processor.
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Sep 4, 2018 01:43
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codo27 posted:Left home to drive back into the city, bout 2.5 hours. Phone actually finished charging in the car, unplugged it then. Reduced to 50% just from Google Play music in that length of time. Gf is down to 77% and she was playing games and listening to music. That's insane. I need a new player. Could it be devouring the battery as I have like 1300 local tracks, many of which are flacs?
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Sep 4, 2018 01:55
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 Like I said, it's insane.
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codo27 posted:
if you are still having this issue, I recently switched to phonograph music player (after using shuttle+ and Google Play music) and it doesn't seem to have this issue. I feel like it may have something to do with the fact that phonograph has gapless playback disabled by default, with the disclaimer turning it on might affect playback on some devices but I haven't tested this. I haven't really used it enough to say definitively that it works perfectly, but it's been doing the whole 30 minute commute home with no track name issues. it also doesn't have the laggy track skip problem that GPM seems to have
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Sep 4, 2018 03:26
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The gesture bit with that back button is really a mess. There was nothing wrong with the navigation scheme but fixing something that isn't broken and not fully committing to the new feature is very Google.
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Hrmm, so it's been 2 weeks now and I still have no "OEM Unlock" option within developer options on this Canadian s9. (A bunch of research showed it being a 7 day wait after activation). Anyone have any suggestions ? Some Reddit posts mentioned that some s9's never get the update to unlock the bootloader.
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Sep 4, 2018 03:58
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Looks like an Android SoC that matches the performance of Apple's 2017 chip is less than a year away: https://www.gsmarena.com/qualcomm_snapdragon_855_possibly_benchmarked_matches_apples_a11_bionic-news-33078.php
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tuyop posted:My dad is convinced that expandable memory and removable batteries are killer features in smartphones. What’s the best Android phone that has that nonsense? I think he’s probably going to buy an LG G4, is that two year old device as good as it gets? You should not buy two year old phones because they aren't getting security updates.
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Incessant Excess posted:Looks like an Android SoC that matches the performance of Apple's 2017 chip is less than a year away: We only care about specs when it makes what we're buying look good.
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strap on revenge posted:if you are still having this issue, I recently switched to phonograph music player (after using shuttle+ and Google Play music) and it doesn't seem to have this issue. How do I get my Play store purchased music over into that? Or is there no way to do that, completely verifying the fact that the entire digital music marketplace is garbonzo?
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jonathan posted:Hrmm, so it's been 2 weeks now and I still have no "OEM Unlock" option within developer options on this Canadian s9. (A bunch of research showed it being a 7 day wait after activation). If the very idea of running all your personal data through an OS of it's ilk isn't fundamentally scary to you then I don't know what to say? Return the phone?
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LastInLine posted:We only care about specs when it makes what we're buying look good. Honestly I've been thinking about buying an iPhone 7+ from my employer because it'll be really cheap but if I do that I can't complain in this thread so I'll prolly just stick with my Oneplus lmao.
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codo27 posted:How do I get my Play store purchased music over into that? Or is there no way to do that, completely verifying the fact that the entire digital music marketplace is garbonzo? As far as I know, only Google Play Music can play songs downloaded by the app. Or in the cloud. You can download the songs (individual or entire library) to a computer and then manually sync the mp3s. You are limited to 2 or 3 downloads of individual files, but I think unlimited downloads of the library, so make backups.
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Just got my Mi A2. First impression is that it's much snappier than my G5+.
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Sep 4, 2018 17:20
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Khablam posted:It's the universe telling you not to replace a secure OS environment with an insecure one made by amateur hackers. phone gay so what The phone is over a year behind on software, and 2 months behind on security patches.
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jonathan posted:phone gay so what The second part is wholly untrue because an up-to-date phone that's rooted is INFINITE times more vulnerable than a non-rooted phone. If you read patch notes most of what they fix assumes root, making your endeavour a pointless run around after your own tail that leaves you in a hole of your own making. Don't root phones in 2018! It's like the only way you can open them to malware anymore.
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Oneplus 6T retail box leak confirms tiny notch and under display fingerprint sensor:
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Khablam posted:The first part isn't that relevant since (near) everything pie offers is hard-copied from the Samsung Experience™. I don't root phones. I don't think I've rooted a phone since 2008. I just want an up to date kernel.
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Gobbeldygook posted:LG G5 and Moto G5 both had removable batteries and SD card slots. Oh I know. I've had terrible luck on that front, which is funny because my dad is the type to write "please check ID" on the back of his credit cards to magically prevent identity theft, but then refuses to pay for any apps so ends up with a shitload of weird ads and malware all over his cell phone. I think the Moto G5 sounds like a really good fit for him, sent him a link. Thanks!
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jonathan posted:I don't root phones. I don't think I've rooted a phone since 2008. I just want an up to date kernel. I, too, am deeply concerned about the kernel version on my telephone.
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jonathan posted:I don't root phones. I don't think I've rooted a phone since 2008. I just want an up to date kernel. What actual benefits are unlocked with a newer version of Linux on an Android device? I'm an amateur app developer and I have never heard anything about this.
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I'm confused by notification sounds on Android 9. I've got a Pixel XL and since upgrading, don't see how to customize notification sounds per app. Basically, I want text messages to make a DING DONG noise along with the notification. And all other apps where I allow notifications (ie email), I want to be silent. I feel like in the past, this was an option under notifications, but now it seems like it's kind of all or nothing – either you get no notifications for an app at all, or you get notifications that make a sound. Am I missing something? 
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Phonograph fixed my car Bluetooth problems, for now .. Except now when I shut off the car I get a notification on my pebble with the last track info for some reason. Which I think is the reason I stopped using a third party player in the first place a while back. Simple stuff like music must be a chore when all Google cares about is taking my info to sell codo27 fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Sep 4, 2018 |
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Incessant Excess posted:Oneplus 6T retail box leak confirms tiny notch and under display fingerprint sensor: I really don’t understand the appeal of the under the display fingerprint reader.
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OhFunny posted:I really don’t understand the appeal of the under the display fingerprint reader. It'll do more to sell phones than 3 years of guaranteed OS updates.
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iluvpr0n posted:I'm confused by notification sounds on Android 9. I've got a Pixel XL and since upgrading, don't see how to customize notification sounds per app. This isn't behavior that's really changed in 9. With Android, you never been able to assign per app notification sounds from the system wide app settings. Custom notification sounds have to be set within the app itself in their own notification settings. If the app doesn't give the ability to do a custom notification sound, you are stuck with the system default.
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Khablam posted:The first part isn't that relevant since (near) everything pie offers is hard-copied from the Samsung Experience™. You do realise 'running a custom ROM' and 'has root enabled' are not the same thing, right?
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Lutha Mahtin posted:What actual benefits are unlocked with a newer version of Linux on an Android device? I'm an amateur app developer and I have never heard anything about this. I like having the latest OS. I should've gotten something that runs vanilla android but the pixel line I wasn't ok with and I did a bunch of searching and the s9 seemed like I could make it work. But I can't. Oh well I might just sell it because it's annoying. Although it's a lot better without Bixby or the Samsung apps.
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OhFunny posted:I really don’t understand the appeal of the under the display fingerprint reader.
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