|
bull3964 posted:Apparently some have reported that a security update has been going out to the MXP as well. Edit: nevermind, rebooting the phone brought it back. Android! 
Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Jul 21, 2016 |
#
?
Jul 21, 2016 22:45
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 05:44 |
|
|
Zorilla posted:Your own link says it has 1 GB of RAM. Did the article get corrected since you posted it? Not my link, I just quoted the post and allowed the nested quote to drop. I'm sure they fixed it.
|
|
#
?
Jul 21, 2016 23:35
|
|
|
LastInLine posted:Not my link, I just quoted the post and allowed the nested quote to drop. I'm sure they fixed it. Oh durr, you quoted somebody else. My bad.
|
|
#
?
Jul 21, 2016 23:39
|
|
|
My dad has a Galaxy S6 and Maps only does the starting announcement, and doesn't say anything after that. Any ideas what's going on?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 02:17
|
|
|
hooah posted:My dad has a Galaxy S6 and Maps only does the starting announcement, and doesn't say anything after that. Any ideas what's going on? Are you connected to a car? I've noticed some cars have an issue swapping between music streaming and phone streaming modes, which some phones do improperly with the map directions.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 04:19
|
|
|
hooah posted:My dad has a Galaxy S6 and Maps only does the starting announcement, and doesn't say anything after that. Any ideas what's going on? Is Maps set to alerts only instead of turn by turn? Speaker with an exclamation point means only alerts.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 05:49
|
|
|
Curious, has anyone heard any really concrete information on whether or not the Galaxy Note Edge is going to get Marshmallow, especially in Australia? I'm thinking about upgrading from my S4 and wanted to get the most recent Galaxy with both microSD and a swappable battery, plus the S7/S7 edge are too pricey for me. This is the particular version I wanted to get, and it has a qualifier about being an unlocked, international model if that means anything. I've just heard a lot about how great Marshmallow supposedly is and I don't want to buy a Lollipop phone that'll never be upgraded.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 08:46
|
|
|
BreakAtmo posted:Curious, has anyone heard any really concrete information on whether or not the Galaxy Note Edge is going to get Marshmallow, especially in Australia? I'm thinking about upgrading from my S4 and wanted to get the most recent Galaxy with both microSD and a swappable battery, plus the S7/S7 edge are too pricey for me. Hasn't Samsung been pretty good about updating things recently? I mean, it's not like they'll ever be actually good, but relatively good where you'll get whatever the current version is 3-4 months late and it's supported for a couple years? Not Nexus-level support but better than the dumpster fire they were (and that Motorola/Lenovo is now)?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 09:26
|
|
|
LastInLine posted:Hasn't Samsung been pretty good about updating things recently? I mean, it's not like they'll ever be actually good, but relatively good where you'll get whatever the current version is 3-4 months late and it's supported for a couple years? Well, they have updated a bunch of stuff, but I can't ever get a straight answer from them in terms of what will see upgrades. Not to mention that sometimes it seems a phone will get an upgrade in Korea or Taiwan, or even the US, but for some reason never get it in other countries like Australia.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 09:46
|
|
|
BreakAtmo posted:Curious, has anyone heard any really concrete information on whether or not the Galaxy Note Edge is going to get Marshmallow, especially in Australia? I'm thinking about upgrading from my S4 and wanted to get the most recent Galaxy with both microSD and a swappable battery, plus the S7/S7 edge are too pricey for me. As fantastic as the Note 4 still is, it is just a couple of months away from the two year mark. The Note 7 is 2 weeks away, spending the extra money on that would be the wiser choice. Once the Note 7 is out the S7/Edge could see a price drop as well, either of those would also be a better choice.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 09:52
|
|
|
So Ars has their Moto Z review up and it seems to be a nice phone with useless Motomods addons but this part kinda stuck out:quote:The new Motorola has a terrible policy when it comes to software updates. Motorola has stated the Moto Z will not be receiving Android's monthly security updates. Since the shipping version only contains the May security patch, Motorola will be shipping an insecure phone right off the bat. There's a whole list of known vulnerabilities for June and July, most of which the Moto Z will be susceptible to. This is completely unacceptable for devices costing $600 and $700. Yeah go guck yourself Lenovo.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:05
|
|
|
Desk Lamp posted:As fantastic as the Note 4 still is, it is just a couple of months away from the two year mark. The Note 7 is 2 weeks away, spending the extra money on that would be the wiser choice. Once the Note 7 is out the S7/Edge could see a price drop as well, either of those would also be a better choice. The thing is that the price difference is still pretty massive. AU$599 for the Note Edge, compared to the current prices of AU1149 for the S7 and AU$1249 for the S7edge. God knows what the new Note will cost here. I'm too used to 24-month contracts - even spending six hundred outright on a phone is a shock to me. I just wish the S6 series hadn't dropped microSD and swappable batteries. There was a sale at JB Hi-Fi on Wednesday where they had the 32GB S6edge for AU$598 - if it wasn't for those missing features I would have 100% bought it. That said, maybe the release of the new Note (wouldn't it actually be the Note 6 and S7edge+, not Note 7?) will make that Note Edge drop even more, so yeah. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:12
|
|
|
BreakAtmo posted:The thing is that the price difference is still pretty massive. AU$599 for the Note Edge, compared to the current prices of AU1149 for the S7 and AU$1249 for the S7edge. God knows what the new Note will cost here. I'm too used to 24-month contracts - even spending six hundred outright on a phone is a shock to me. I just wish the S6 series hadn't dropped microSD and swappable batteries. There was a sale at JB Hi-Fi on Wednesday where they had the 32GB S6edge for AU$598 - if it wasn't for those missing features I would have 100% bought it. They decided that it's better to have the entire Galaxy line on the same number so they skipped 6, if you count the Edge the Note 7 is technically the 7th Note though anyways I suppose.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:19
|
|
|
Shai-Hulud posted:So Ars has their Moto Z review up and it seems to be a nice phone with useless Motomods addons but this part kinda stuck out: At no point did Ron seem to say it was a nice phone.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:25
|
|
|
Desk Lamp posted:They decided that it's better to have the entire Galaxy line on the same number so they skipped 6, if you count the Edge the Note 7 is technically the 7th Note though anyways I suppose. That is the most extreme pedantry and semantics I've seen in a while. I like it. And yeah, I looked this up after I posted before, I guess it sort of makes sense. Apparently there won't be an S7edge+ either, just a single curved-edge Note7. The curves do look cool, but I wonder how long we have to wait before my avatar is a real thing.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:25
|
|
|
Shai-Hulud posted:So Ars has their Moto Z review up and it seems to be a nice phone with useless Motomods addons but this part kinda stuck out: Haha, drat. Guess that's that then, the pure/style will pretty much be abandoned from now on.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:26
|
|
|
LastInLine posted:At no point did Ron seem to say it was a nice phone. Fair enough. Its more my opinion than the one from the review. But I really like thin phones so I'm biased.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 10:47
|
|
|
I have a nexus 5x and I'm currently updating to the N beta. Anything I should know?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 11:36
|
|
|
Egorger Le Chef posted:I have a nexus 5x and I'm currently updating to the N beta. Anything I should know? Nah, it works great. Developer preview 5 is solid.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 13:01
|
|
|
Proof will be in action and all, but it really seems like something got miscommunicated to ars for that review. http://m.androidcentral.com/confirmed-moto-z-will-receive-security-patches quote:Moto Z and Moto Z Force will be supported with patches from Android Security Bulletins. They will receive an update shortly after launch with additional patches.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 13:53
|
|
|
bull3964 posted:Proof will be in action and all, but it really seems like something got miscommunicated to ars for that review. And then what?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 14:16
|
|
|
Sir Unimaginative posted:And then what? Well, like I said, proof will be in action. Granted, I don't have much faith that Lenovo is going to stay on top of updates, but they also aren't saying "no updates at all."
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 14:49
|
|
|
bull3964 posted:but they also aren't saying "no updates at all." Yeah no poo poo
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 14:51
|
|
|
Egorger Le Chef posted:I have a nexus 5x and I'm currently updating to the N beta. Anything I should know? You can catch kittys I have 4 e: 5 Skarsnik fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Jul 22, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 15:26
|
|
|
BreakAtmo posted:That is the most extreme pedantry and semantics I've seen in a while. I like it. The decision was most likely driven by marketing, like when Microsoft's research determined the Xbox 2 would be viewed unfavorably against the Playstation 3 so they named it the Xbox 360. I'm sure something like this also played some part in Apple's decision to skip the 7S next year and pit the iPhone 8 vs the Galaxy S8/Note 8.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 17:43
|
|
|
So like Windows going 98 -> 2000, then MS deciding "number wars" were stupid and started doing words (XP/Vista), then going back to numbers (7/8), then skipping ahead to 10 to match Mac OSX. Are "number wars" the newest incarnation of the spec wars?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 18:07
|
|
|
Desk Lamp posted:Apple's decision to skip the 7S next year and pit the iPhone 8 vs the Galaxy S8/Note 8. If that were the case (skipping 7S), it's likely because the 7 looks to be more of a minor update anyway, at least aesthetically. If they're saving a big redesign for the following year then it doesn't make sense to call the 2017 phone a 7S. Uthor posted:skipping ahead to 10 to match Mac OSX. There were also legitimate legacy software issues where poorly designed programs would key off of the OS name and "Windows 9" was used as a prefix search to execute Windows 9x codepaths. When you've built your entire OS business on the idea of backwards compatibility, making a new OS name that could jeopardize that is a bad idea. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Jul 22, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 18:19
|
|
|
I've run into kind of an odd problem trying to move the google authenticator app to my new phone. I try to do it on my desktop but none of the options on the 2 factor authentication website work, like I can't edit any of my phone numbers or even turn off 2 factor altogether. Has anyone ever experienced this issue?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 18:43
|
|
|
Trent Razor1911 posted:I've run into kind of an odd problem trying to move the google authenticator app to my new phone. I try to do it on my desktop but none of the options on the 2 factor authentication website work, like I can't edit any of my phone numbers or even turn off 2 factor altogether. Has anyone ever experienced this issue? First off, you should consider Authenticator Plus so moving 2FA tokens isn't such a hassle but no, I've never had issues turning it off and then back on. Granted I only have five tokens but resetting them, while time consuming, has always just worked.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 18:52
|
|
|
bull3964 posted:Proof will be in action and all, but it really seems like something got miscommunicated to ars for that review. I thought Google had a policy requiring any device sold with Google Play Services out of the box to receive at least 2 years worth of updates Has that changed? It seems Samsung hasn't provided any updates at all for many devices
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 19:13
|
|
|
Are there any good screen protectors for the S6 Edge? The glass ones are crap and all the reviews for the ones on Amazon are fake.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 19:20
|
|
|
EugeneJ posted:I thought Google had a policy requiring any device sold with Google Play Services out of the box to receive at least 2 years worth of updates Never was a thing. At most, it was a pledge to try to do it.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 19:36
|
|
|
EugeneJ posted:I thought Google had a policy requiring any device sold with Google Play Services out of the box to receive at least 2 years worth of updates Google isn't even promising this for their own devices.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 20:42
|
|
|
Star War Sex Parrot posted:[citation needed] I thought my post made it pretty clear I was only speculating, like I said though, it probably was a factor in the decision, I never stated it was the primary reason. Desk Lamp fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Jul 22, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 21:13
|
|
|
LastInLine posted:First off, you should consider Authenticator Plus so moving 2FA tokens isn't such a hassle but no, I've never had issues turning it off and then back on. Granted I only have five tokens but resetting them, while time consuming, has always just worked. Why is authenticator plus better than Authy?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2016 21:44
|
|
|
FunOne posted:Is Maps set to alerts only instead of turn by turn? Speaker with an exclamation point means only alerts. Yes, that was the first thing I checked. And to Arsten, he does use it mostly in his car, which is a Buick.
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2016 00:26
|
|
|
So my fully stock N5x just rebooted and now is stuck in a boot loop. I flashed the latest image, it errored while flashing system.img, I did some googling and then flashed each part separately, and it still boot loops. Great. Now what. I'm downloading and flashing the N preview image to see what happens now.
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2016 00:40
|
|
|
Wacky Delly posted:Why is authenticator plus better than Authy? Your auth stuff isn't stored in some other, presumably not Google, cloud. E: dang autocorrect!!! Mogomra fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Jul 23, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2016 00:49
|
|
|
Jerk McJerkface posted:So my fully stock N5x just rebooted and now is stuck in a boot loop. I flashed the latest image, it errored while flashing system.img, I did some googling and then flashed each part separately, and it still boot loops. Great. Now what. Flashed N, and now it doesn't reboot after a few seconds of spinning pictures, not it just sits for ever and does nothing.
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2016 01:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 05:44 |
|
|
Your phone is broken. Take it to the Nexus Store.
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2016 01:42
|
|