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If you get a used phone through Swappa they are at least required to take pictures of all the scratches and disclose if the screen or any of the innards have been replaced with third-party parts
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Clark Nova posted:disclose if the screen or any of the innards have been replaced with third-party parts  if you expect this will be done unless any innards that are changed literally do not allow full functionality (whether you agree with the DRM or not) and alert you when you use the phone.
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School of How posted:I just recently bought a iphone 13 mini "renewed" off Amazon. When I got the phone, everything seemed to be fine with it except I couldn't get Face ID set up. It would just say "hold your iphone lower" or something like that, and would not progress. I did some research and discovered that this is a common problem, and the fix is to whack the camera area with your finger to "wake up" the sensor. I tried it and that got it Face ID set up. For the rest of the day Face ID seemed to work in opening the phone, but now it's the next day and it just won't work at all. I have to type in my passcode to open the phone. Even though I'm whacking the front camera area over and over, it just won't work. I've literally never heard of this, I don't think this is a "common" problem at all.
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Jun 3, 2023 22:21
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I have the Ultimate Phone aka 13 mini and have never ever once had to whack the camera.
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It’s been almost a year and my phone is still processing my library for photo shuffle.
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i hate when my phone gets lazy and i keep having to shake, prod, and poke the fucker to get it to do anything 
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POCKET CHOMP posted:i hate when my phone gets lazy and i keep having to shake, prod, and poke the fucker to get it to do anything "and one more thing, we're introducing iPhone Bop-It Edition, we think you're gonna love it"
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You could market it as a training tool for prospective parents.
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POCKET CHOMP posted:i hate when my phone gets lazy and i keep having to shake, prod, and poke the fucker to get it to do anything With the always on screen it is actually a bit annoying when you try to wake it up "too fast" and it doesn't respond to touch.
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Jun 4, 2023 07:05
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The WWDC event is tomorrow. Is there a thread for it or should I make one?
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So the phone doesn’t come with a charge brick and then I order a MagSafe charger and that doesn’t come with one either lol. Cool.
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Jun 4, 2023 22:25
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veni veni veni posted:So the phone doesn’t come with a charge brick and then I order a MagSafe charger and that doesn’t come with one either lol. Cool. How do you not have 50 usb bricks laying around?
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Rageaholic posted:The WWDC event is tomorrow. Is there a thread for it or should I make one? Don’t think the threads been made yet.
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Rageaholic posted:The WWDC event is tomorrow. Is there a thread for it or should I make one? Sure. This year should be an interesting one since this supposed to be the year they show off the AR/VR headset. Who the gently caress really knows though.
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Thread's up for WWDC: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4033584 It starts at 10AM PDT tomorrow 6.5.23.
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FlapYoJacks posted:How do you not have 50 usb bricks laying around? You need a USB-C PD brick for the MagSafe charger, though.
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veni veni veni posted:So the phone doesn’t come with a charge brick and then I order a MagSafe charger and that doesn’t come with one either lol. Cool. veni veni veni posted:The dude at the AT&T store told me that using any of my previous wireless chargers or iphone bricks would blow up my new 14 and I needed to buy all new ones. Obviously this is complete bullshit, but is there actually anything to know about charging a 14? seems to be working fine with all my other chargers. Reasons why Apple has been so slow to move away from Lightning. USB a caps out at 12w, for MagSafe they want you using a 15w usb c as the charging speed floor. Realistically, an iPhone can charge at 24w with a usb c cable.... Thankfully I've had some high powered USB C devices (Nintendo Switch, Macbook, work laptop) since 2018 or so, so I'm lucky to have lots of usb c chargers. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Jun 5, 2023 |
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Yeah I’ve got a bunch of old ones with usb-a lying around, so pretty much useless. It’s just insane to me that they would sell a phone without a charger, then you buy the official charger for it and it still doesn’t have a drat charger. Maybe Apple should list it as something else since it doesn’t actually charge anything without buying yet another item.
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Corb3t posted:Reasons why Apple has been so slow to move away from Lightning. USB a caps out at 12w, for MagSafe they want you using a 15w usb c as the charging speed floor. Realistically, an iPhone can charge at 24w with a usb c cable.... can someone clarify - is charging at high wattage worse for the battery longevity?
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mawarannahr posted:can someone clarify - is charging at high wattage worse for the battery longevity? I'm just pointing out the complicated nature of usb c charging nowadays. Apple optimizes their charging so it doesn't degrade the battery as much. MagSafe isn't the most efficient way to charge your phone, either, but it's convenient and still faster than any usb a cable. Newer iPhones have these larger batteries that can handle faster charging via usb c, and unfortunately Apple isn't throwing one of those more expensive faster chargers in the box. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jun 5, 2023 |
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Corb3t posted:I'm just pointing out the complicated nature of usb c charging nowadays. Apple optimizes their charging so it doesn't degrade the battery as much. MagSafe isn't the most efficient way to charge your phone, either, but it's convenient and still faster than any usb a cable. yeah I don't doubt you. i can speak well of the Anker 18w and ravpower 20w for usb c iPhone charging. my nighttime charger is 16w cause it's what I have there, it works ok on that timeframe. wondered if there was a difference.
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Most of my charging these days is done via a lightning cable that stays permanently plugged into the front of my Mac Studio. Between the phone, my AirPods Max and the Magic Keyboard/trackpad there is always something that needs charging and it’s crazy fast. I’ve got a wireless charging stand next to my bed as well so the only time I use a conventional charger is when I’m travelling.
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it's really annoying that AirPods are lightning whilst Beats Studio buds are usb c, and the iPad Air i have is also usb c. makes things confusing to manage.
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mawarannahr posted:it's really annoying that AirPods are lightning whilst Beats Studio buds are usb c, and the iPad Air i have is also usb c. makes things confusing to manage. AirPods Pro I’m not too annoyed by. They charge wirelessly. Anywhere I’d bring the AirPods that would need charging would also have the requirement of bringing my Apple Watch charger, so two birds one stone.
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mawarannahr posted:it's really annoying that AirPods are lightning whilst Beats Studio buds are usb c, and the iPad Air i have is also usb c. makes things confusing to manage. I don’t find it annoying now since I’m 100% Apple based and so everything I have is lightning. It will be annoying when I replace my iPhone or iPad and the new ones are usb C.
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why aren't the iPads and beats lightning??
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mawarannahr posted:why aren't the iPads and beats lightning?? Beats aren’t lightning because unlike AirPods Apple needs to be able to sell them to the heathens. iPads aren’t lightning because they’re increasingly positioned as real computers and usb c gives them a ton of options for peripherals.
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah I’ve got a bunch of old ones with usb-a lying around, so pretty much useless. It’s just insane to me that they would sell a phone without a charger, then you buy the official charger for it and it still doesn’t have a drat charger. Maybe Apple should list it as something else since it doesn’t actually charge anything without buying yet another item.  Not quite what you asked for, but I got one of these on sale and super useful (looks like it’s currently $30 off). https://www.anker.com/products/a9137
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Yes, I’m the sucker who buys super overpriced Apple silicone cases for my phone because I like the colors. This most recent one though lasted all of 30 days before getting messed up, and didn’t even protect the phone! Whatever I dropped it on cut right through the silicone on the bottom right of the face and dinged the phone edge enough to see shiny metal. It’s almost impressively useless.
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mawarannahr posted:can someone clarify - is charging at high wattage worse for the battery longevity? mawarannahr posted:yeah I don't doubt you. i can speak well of the Anker 18w and ravpower 20w for usb c iPhone charging. my nighttime charger is 16w cause it's what I have there, it works ok on that timeframe. wondered if there was a difference.
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The Lord Bude posted:Beats aren’t lightning because unlike AirPods Apple needs to be able to sell them to the heathens. iPads aren’t lightning because they’re increasingly positioned as real computers and usb c gives them a ton of options for peripherals. My Powerbeats Pro are Lightning.
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I just realized my VPN app is constantly disconnecting and reconnecting, yanking my battery. Anyone found an app that doesn’t do that? Currently using Mullvad but open to switching if someone has found a provider that offers protocol options that don’t do this
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Ubiquitus posted:I just realized my VPN app is constantly disconnecting and reconnecting, yanking my battery. Anyone found an app that doesn’t do that? Currently using Mullvad but open to switching if someone has found a provider that offers protocol options that don’t do this I've never had any issues with winscribe 
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Seems like the iOS 16.x VPN stuff is a bit whack. I'm using Wireguard to stay connected to my home network. It ran fine for ages on iOS 15.x. However with iOS 16.x, I have to reboot the phone every few days, because it gets into a funny state attempting to reconnect and fails, eventually locking up the whole network stack, and more often than not eventually lock up the OS. Seems to be roaming related, because it happens more often when I cross the border.
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some welcome news. It was the only thing we missed from Signal when i made my partner get an iPhone iOS 17 Messages adds emoji tapbacks, stickers, audio message transcription, more 9to5mac.com posted:Apple announced a bunch of new features for iMessage in iOS 17. This includes emoji tapbacks and a new emoji stickers interface. The little-used iMessage apps have also been hidden away behind a sub-menu, for a cleaner and simpler overall design.
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Continuing to be jealous of people who get to use all the cool iMessage stuff while literally none of my friends have iPhones so we all use Messenger, WhatsApp or Discord. 
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Question Mark Mound posted:Continuing to be jealous of people who get to use all the cool iMessage stuff while literally none of my friends have iPhones so we all use Messenger, WhatsApp or Discord. I only know 2 people who have Android devices, and our friend group was pretty ecstatic when one of them jumped over to iPhone this year after being a Samsung diehard for almost a decade.
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I’m selling one of my buddies my XR on the cheap at the end of this year so she can finally be a blue bubbler
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Dev profiles are up. Will report back later today.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Dev profiles are up. Will report back later today. Installing them now, I'm on my freak poo poo.
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