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Xabi posted:The old man wants a leather case for his 11. What are the best alternatives? Just get him what he wants? Either the Apple one or saddleback leather IMO.
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Jun 16, 2020 09:38
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Can’t go wrong with the Apple one. It’s gone on sale a few times.
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Jun 16, 2020 09:42
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endlessmonotony posted:Yeah mostly I'm just going "STOP PRESERVING TRASH WITH ONE WEIRD TRICK THAT MAKES PEOPLE HAVE WEIRD IDEAS ABOUT HOW poo poo WORKS". I can't speak for the cold, but your phone shuts itself off pretty quickly when it gets too hot, and it triggers the heat shut off much quickly if you're trying to charge it. The phones are better at protecting themselves from getting there through normal use than some of the olden days, where I had to put my phone in a freezer bag if I was charging it while driving in the desert for extended periods, or just needed to put it in a beverage koozie just to use it in general some days. Now if I just use a plastic case (or go caseless) in summer it's usually enough for the phone to make it through.
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Jun 16, 2020 10:12
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MarcusSA posted:Just get him what he wants? SeANMcBAY posted:Can’t go wrong with the Apple one. It’s gone on sale a few times.
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Jun 16, 2020 10:21
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Nomad makes quality stuff. https://nomadgoods.com/products/rugged-case-rustic-brown-iphone-11 But if you're looking for "cheapest and 'leather'" all of the fake-brand-name ones on Amazon are more than likely the same exact case.
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Jun 16, 2020 10:28
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Xabi posted:For some strange reason they don’t make leather cases for the 11, which is why I need some help. Oh! That’s right! Sorry it’s weird that they don’t. I completely forgot about that. The nomad ones seem ok though from what I’ve read.
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Jun 16, 2020 11:11
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I have a leather Mous one for my 11 Pro that's decent. It has plastic around the sides and camera cutout. Pretty spendy I think, though.
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Jun 16, 2020 12:38
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Here's my battery tip: go to a local phone place and have them replace your battery. It doesn't cost very much and it makes the phone immeasurably better. Don't be one of those people who posts about how much you're suffering with your antiquated SE, 7 or 8 because of it's poor battery. I just assume my phone will need a new battery at least once in my ownership.
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Jun 17, 2020 12:00
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I've got a second job and I'd like to corral its emails into a separate app. Already using Outlook for my main job and Mail for personal. Any other recs for an email that's using an organization-specific Exchange account? Not much I'd really need in the features department. A discrete notification noise would be neat I guess.
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Jun 17, 2020 15:51
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Xabi posted:The old man wants a leather case for his 11. What are the best alternatives? I bought the Mujjo case which smells and feels like real leather and felt good in the hand, but the buttons are part of the same leather case, not metal cutouts like on the Apple case, and they were just too mushy for my liking. They're supposed to feel better over time but I just didn't like it. I ended up just getting a cheap ESR leather case which doesn't feel quite as nice but it's sturdy, uses plastic cutout buttons that feel much better. Pretty sure it's fake leather stuff but I've had it for 6 months and still looks brand new, no scratches or anything. I've heard the Nomad is the closest to an Apple replacement but didn't want to spend the $50.
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Jun 17, 2020 16:52
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Thank you! I’ll probably get the Nomad even though the price is lol.
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Jun 17, 2020 19:13
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Is there a way to force offload local photos to iCloud? My sister turned on iCloud recently, but her storage is still full with photos. (I get that she should eventually do a proper hard photo backup)
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Jun 17, 2020 23:54
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Google photos as it's been mentioned last few posts
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Jun 18, 2020 01:12
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a) that doesn't preserve full resolution for free, afaiaa b) why depend on a third party solution? I don't understand why this shouldn't work with iCloud. I mean, you can have basically all your photos on iCloud, with local previews, I just don't know if you can control how much is local.
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Jun 18, 2020 01:24
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B. Cause that's not how iCloud photos works. You delete off the device it deletes from the cloud.
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Jun 18, 2020 01:44
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But if you go to Settings -> hit your ID at the top -> iCloud -> Photos -> Optimize iPhone Storage, that may help.
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Jun 18, 2020 01:45
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Turn on optimize phone storage Motherfucker
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Jun 18, 2020 01:45
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I wrote a big response about how I set all that up for her, including optimizing storage space, despite which the phone remained full even after a few days. But I decided to ask her again before hitting post, and all those local copies are gone (good). I don't know if it was an issue with wifi (I don't think so), or something else acting finicky, but this is how I expected it to work. Photos are now a sliver on the disk usage bar. Thanks for replies anyway.
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Jun 18, 2020 02:03
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Horace posted:Here's my battery tip: go to a local phone place and have them replace your battery. It doesn't cost very much and it makes the phone immeasurably better. Don't be one of those people who posts about how much you're suffering with your antiquated SE, 7 or 8 because of it's poor battery. Those cheap replacement batteries are often no better than the worn out original in my experience. The phone really needs to go off to Apple for a replacement to be worthwhile.
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Jun 18, 2020 02:21
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I think photos hangs onto the local copies until you run low on disk space, then it starts purging.
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Jun 18, 2020 05:27
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I bought this 11 Pro rather than replace my Pixel 2 battery because it's out of support in October anyway. Now I have a $1800 CAD phone that can't even fade in alarms. What's the best app to replace the default's morning jump scare?
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Jun 18, 2020 11:05
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Shumagorath posted:I bought this 11 Pro rather than replace my Pixel 2 battery because it's out of support in October anyway. Now I have a $1800 CAD phone that can't even fade in alarms. What's the best app to replace the default's morning jump scare? the bedtime alarm function is pretty chill.
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Jun 18, 2020 12:07
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Laserface posted:the bedtime alarm function is pretty chill. Game changer when it came to not waking the wife up with my alarm.
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Jun 18, 2020 12:14
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dissss posted:Those cheap replacement batteries are often no better than the worn out original in my experience. The phone really needs to go off to Apple for a replacement to be worthwhile. I've never noticed a difference. I'm sure there are some garbage tier batteries out there, but the aftermarket ones I've used have been as long lasting as the Apple one but for less than half the price. Go to a well reviewed shop with a warranty in any case.
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Jun 18, 2020 13:50
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Laserface posted:the bedtime alarm function is pretty chill.
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Jun 18, 2020 14:22
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Shumagorath posted:I bought this 11 Pro rather than replace my Pixel 2 battery because it's out of support in October anyway. Now I have a $1800 CAD phone that can't even fade in alarms. What's the best app to replace the default's morning jump scare? Sleep Cycle does exactly that and more. It's an excellent alarm for people that want to wake up over a period of time instead of immediately.
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Jun 18, 2020 16:06
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Get a smart watch to wear to sleep and wake up gently with its vibration alarm.
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Jun 18, 2020 16:31
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Combat Pretzel posted:Get a smart watch to wear to sleep and wake up gently with its vibration alarm. I tried that for one night and it sucked. The vibration didn't wake me up, having a brick strapped to my arm made sleep uncomfortable, and having to charge my watch in the morning annoyed me. Sleep Cycle on the nightstand is about perfect (except when I'm rolled the wrong way and gotta flip over to be able to tap to snooze).
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Jun 18, 2020 16:36
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xzzy posted:I tried that for one night and it sucked. The vibration didn't wake me up, having a brick strapped to my arm made sleep uncomfortable, and having to charge my watch in the morning annoyed me. Try an Apple Watch. The vibration wakes me up every morning. It's not a brick. It charges fast enough where I just throw it on the charger while I shower and get ready for work and it's juiced up plenty.
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Jun 18, 2020 16:52
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An Apple watch is what I used. 
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Jun 18, 2020 17:09
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xzzy posted:An Apple watch is what I used. I'm with you xzzy. I fall asleep easier when I take bullshit off my wrist, I know the feeling.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Try an Apple Watch. The vibration wakes me up every morning. It's not a brick. It charges fast enough where I just throw it on the charger while I shower and get ready for work and it's juiced up plenty. It’s so funny when the problems with a £900 phone are solved by buying a £400 watch
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Jun 18, 2020 17:52
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Shumagorath posted:I can't seem to set that to a custom sound? nope.
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Jun 18, 2020 18:30
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This is probably a really dumb question but I'm having a hard time formulating a google search that will get me the answer: I got an iPhone SE 2020 (or whatever it is called), and have it paired with my car radio via bluetooth. When I use google maps, the first second or so of each direction gets cut off, almost like the connection goes to sleep or something during silence, and only wakes back up after some brief pause. If I have music playing constantly, it keeps going. ...is there some way to make this not happen? Its pretty annoying.
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Jun 18, 2020 20:36
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Unfortunately that seems to be a thing that some bluetooth devices do. Is there a way to get Google maps to put a half second blank audio at the beginning? I dunno. Otherwise, what kind of stereo? Maybe it has a firmware update.
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Jun 18, 2020 20:46
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I imagine you could probably like, find a blank audio clip and keep it on loop? I don't know if there's some easy way to make Google Maps play more nicely over Bluetooth though.
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Jun 18, 2020 20:50
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It also has to do with your specific year and car model and how that system works. It's all very specific and annoying, which ties into why BT is a frustrating standard. But it's unlikely to change in the next few years. A good way to fix it is to make sure you have a new car they're tested pretty well these days to work with the flagship phones. A few years ago, not so much.I have a car that's a few years old and gave up trying to make BT navi directions work properly so I go without now and just rely on the visual, but I realize that's difficult for other folks and also probably less safe. Inner Light fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jun 18, 2020 |
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Jun 18, 2020 20:51
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Well my car is a nearly 20 year-old beater with an also very old & cheap after market radio... so there's probably not a lot of hope for me here. I looked through the radio manual and settings and couldn't find an option for "add annoying dead space to beginning of audio when using iPhone" - I'll probably just try plugging it in directly next, since I will the have phone plugged into something anyway when I'm driving to keep it from draining the battery. This radio did work fine on an older android with bluetooth and google maps exactly like I am trying to do now, so I'm a little surprised it doesn't with the iPhone, but I guess maybe I shouldn't be.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:14
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See if there’s a firmware update for the stereo.
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if its an old head unit there is a)unlikely anything you can do to fix it besides maybe having music streaming at the same time and b)lol firmware updates for head units good luck. BT has only really become 'good' in the past 5 years. probably less. its still incredibly bad.
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