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It's weird to me that it's literally the first time this was ever an issue for me. Coworkers said it's been a constant struggle in the smartphone era.
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teethgrinder posted:It's weird to me that it's literally the first time this was ever an issue for me. Coworkers said it's been a constant struggle in the smartphone era. I honestly noticed it more with 3.5mm jacks, where I'd go to use headphones and have to try to twist the plug to a position where it made full contact because of how much lint got in there. Then I got used to the USB port being occupied by the end of a wireless charging adapter, so when I got a phone that actually was built to do wireless charging the USB port just felt naked.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Motorola was always hit or miss with the software updates. I had a Droid X2 back in the day that received a bad update and got constant bootloops. It was known issue and I eventually convinced Verizon to exchange the phone for a Droid 3 over. Android 5.0 killed a lot of phones back in the days. I had to resort to CFW on my Galaxy S4 because samsung was awful at software these days. Even a lot of Nexus 5 ran awfully with 5.0 fortunately janitoring a phone these days was worth it. Funnily enough I still have my Moto G 2013 with Android 5.0.1 and works well, slow as hell compared to anything new but hey.
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e: Sorry problem fixed itself(?)
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I'm having kind of a weird issue. I went to change my phone's wallpaper for the first time in literally years - it's always just transfered over with the Samsung transfer tool. However, the image is noticeably more dim/dull when set as the wallpaper compared to when I'm in the wallpaper settings picking which to use. It does come across in screenshots:   Any ideas what might be causing this?
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Is dark mode on? Search settings for dim wallpaper when dark mode is on and turn it off and see if that helps
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Resdfru posted:Is dark mode on? Search settings for dim wallpaper when dark mode is on and turn it off and see if that helps Looks like that was it! A setting that I had no idea existed, and actually wasn't under Dark Mode Settings, but rather under Wallpaper settings. 
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Is Galaxy Unpacked just about the s24 or is anything else likely to be announced? How about CES, anything useful other than see through matrix screens and lovely star wars football robots?
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There's been rumors floating around about a Smart Ring as well, but I don't know if it's going to make it or not.
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Never heard of Smart Rings. We truly live in the future!
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For too long, people have been crying out 'No ring!' 'You forgot the ring!' Well, not any more. With Spreadr,
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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JamesieAB posted:Never heard of Smart Rings. We truly live in the future! You haven't heard of the Oura Ring before? That one has been out for quite a while. Smart Rings were apparently this year's big thing at CES. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/12/24034978/smart-ring-oura-ring-evie-ring-zepp-helio-ces-2024 Samsung is going to feel dumb if they delayed their product and aren't launching it with unpacked given the market rush that's happening.
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Can my Smart Ring auto turn off my phone notifications when I am masturbating
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smoobles posted:Can my Smart Ring auto turn off my phone notifications when I am masturbating Or at least start aggressively vibrating
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smoobles posted:Can my Smart Ring auto turn off my phone notifications when I am masturbating You'll need the optional Smart Ring Plug for that. JamesieAB fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Jan 12, 2024 |
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am I just dumb as poo poo because I can't find where the settings are in this new play store
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That doesn't look right to me, there should be a notification bell and then your user profile picture to the right of the search bar. Touching the user profile will give you the option to go to settings. Are you maybe not signed into your Google account?
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Are there any decent hardware review sites/yt channels out there? Most seem to be top 'n' fluff. I am currently looking for a fast durable 512gb/1tb usb c stick to use with my android tablet and phone for backups and transfers. JamesieAB fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Jan 12, 2024 |
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Jan 12, 2024 22:07
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I'm really happy with an actual ssd in a third party enclosure. They can be fairly compact these days with the stick form factor. You don't know what kind of flash memory is in a regular USB stick, even if you dodge the fakes.
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Flipperwaldt posted:I'm really happy with an actual ssd in a third party enclosure. Yeah, after Sandisk's debacle, this is the direction I'm going from now on.
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For that I use a Samsung 2 TB portable ssd I got for 100 bucks, and it's been rock solid in the year I've used it.
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JamesieAB posted:Are there any decent hardware review sites/yt channels out there? Most seem to be top 'n' fluff. I have a 2TB Samsung T7 Shield. It's pretty portable, but not really a stick. It's USB C and wicked fast, though. Probably NVMe inside.
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AlexDeGruven posted:I have a 2TB Samsung T7 Shield. It's pretty portable, but not really a stick. Thanks, Is it this model? https://www.samsung.com/uk/memory-storage/portable-ssd/t7-shield-1tb-blue-external-storage-nvme-1050-mbs-mu-pe1t0r-eu/#benefits The reason I wanted a usb stick was the small form factor would easily fit in my wallet pocket (3x3 inches), but it looks the shield would fit in there with the cable detatched. Can anyone recommend a small usb-c enclosure (possibly stick form factor)/nvme combo that is high performance and is cheaper than the samsung shield? JamesieAB fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Jan 13, 2024 |
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I've got this Orico enclosure. No complaints, but also didn't benchmark or anything. I don't particularly know about drives. There's an ssd thread in sh/sc that can tell you if a drive you find in your particular locale at an interesting price is worth entertaining. You're probably not going to save yourself more than 10-15-ish pounds if any at all though.
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JamesieAB posted:Thanks, Is it this model? Pretty much. Mine is 2TB and beige, but yeah.
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bull3964 posted:Yeah, after Sandisk's debacle, this is the direction I'm going from now on. What was the Sandisk debacle? I missed this. Are there any reliable usb c stick makers?
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JamesieAB posted:What was the Sandisk debacle? I missed this. Pretty much all of their portable SSDs are flawed and stand a risk of losing all data. They tried to claim it was only a small number of serials and was fixed in a firmware update, but it was pretty much lies. I had a 2tb model that they said was “fine” die like the others.
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Was it just ssd's? I have "Sandisk Extreme PRO 32gb SD cards" for my camera and a "SanDisk Extreme PRO SD UHS-II USB-C Card Reader" to transfer files to my tablet/phone. I have only had one read error in the year since I got them and that doesn't seem too bad to me
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Another couple of questions. I've just noticed that Samsung 512gb sd cards are only around £31 each. Would it be a terrible idea to use my sd card reader to make backups of my tablet and phone to these? What is the difference between the evo plus and evo select? They seem to have the same specs. Are there better/cheaper choices I should look at over Samsung?
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RestingB1tchFace posted:Does anyone know if there's a way to setup a phone with a drive letter when connected to a computer? I have an S23 Ultra, and I can transfer files back and forth easy enough......but I want to be able to use a backup program so I can easily update my music library. Problem is that Backup4All doesn't recognize the phone when the computer simply recognizes it as a media device. For anyone interested.....AndroidDrive works like a charm. I didn't even need to do any setup beyond installing the programs and turning on USB debugging which took all of like five minutes total. Plugged in my phone and it showed up as my D: drive. https://github.com/GustavLindberg99/AndroidDrive?tab=readme-ov-file
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welp I got a zenfone 10 and so far I think I hate it. Physically it is much thicker than this pixel 5 and the textured back feels cheap. The whole thing feels kind of cheap even though it certainly wasn't (lol?). The width of the bezel makes it seem like a much older model device. From the pixel 5 I am used to tapping menu buttons at the very bottom edge of tbe device/screen but when my muscle memory does this on the zenfone there is no response because I'm tapping the bezel, not the screen. lol The software I guess is okay? It feels like an older android with a few gimmicky extras that I am still trying to disable. I guess I just want it to work like a pixel which I know is not fair. I just wanted something small like the pixel 5 (that still gets updates!) with a pixel-like experience. The pixel 8 is the obvious choice but it isn't so small and I really don't like the camera bar bump. But if the alternative is this fat rear end zenfone then maybe the camera bar is good enough.
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other people posted:welp I got a zenfone 10 and so far I think I hate it. Size-wise they are pretty close: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Google-Pixel-5,Google-Pixel-8/phones/11394,12143 I've said it before, but I actually like the camera bump - I vastly prefer to having the back of the phone be asymmetrical due to having an offset island for the camera stuff. Also, throwing even a thin case on one of the newer pixels makes the back feel much more flat, and improves grip on the phone. I got my partner a clear hybrid Spigen case for her Pixel 8 Pro, and she really took to it. I have a Spigen Liquid Air on my Pixel 6, and it kind of disappears and makes the phone dimensions feel much more uniform.
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It is a travesty that there's no good phones in the Pixel 5 form factor, it was perfect.
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I dunno. I originally used the same site to glance at the size comparison between the pixel 5 and zenfone 10 and I guess without zooming in I didn't appreciate the fatness of the zenfone compared to the pixel 5. Now throwing the pixel 8 in there and it's main body depth is inbetween the others but the lol camera bump makes it basically 50% thicker than the pixel 5 which is a joke imho. My beautiful wife has a pixel 6 and it is a giant with or without the bump. Definitely the 8 is better sized but still too big  Now I am looking the xperia 5 V and IV. I used to have an xperia and it is still my favorite style but man they are so expensive... I'll probably just end up with the pixel 8.
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smoobles posted:It is a travesty that there's no good phones in the Pixel 5 form factor, it was perfect. The pixel 8 is just a touch taller and has the camera bar, but the most important feeling part of the width is like identical
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