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Okay, I was told that they can't give any sort of reimbursement or anything, but that I should return the Nexus 6 I already have, then re-buy it on the site with the discount. I told them that it's out of stock on the site and they said to buy it next week when it (direct quote) "might be back in stock". So that's a bummer. If the stupid Moto X had Qi charging I'd buy that in an instant.
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Bought a Z3 last week and love it. I can't stop getting it wet any chance I get and taking it out in the rain. 
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Dec 18, 2014 04:38
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Surprise! The $2 magnetic charging cables I bought on ebay for my Z3 Compact charge the phone at a blistering 10% per hour. Has anyone found a magnetic cable or adapter that they like for this phone? This one reportedly has the strongest magnet, but some people swear it's terrible. I thought about getting a Sony dock as well, but I have a case on mine and have no idea how it'll all fit together.
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So my first full day with the N6, and I am quite happy with the battery. 15 hours uptime, 3 hours of screen time, and 9+ of the hours were at my work where I get atrocious cell signal and no WiFi (would be at <10% battery on my N5 just at the end of my work day).
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Dec 18, 2014 06:21
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I got my Nexus 6 today too, it's loving huge but I really like it so far. Screen is really nice, speakers are awesome, easily the loudest phone I've ever owned. Battery seems fine, Nexus 5 is a bad comparison though.
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Dec 18, 2014 06:49
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Knuc U Kinte posted:I need a cheapish smartphone. Last year's moto x or this year's moto g? Moto X by a mile
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Dec 18, 2014 06:57
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SMERSH Mouth posted:I get the impression that conventional wisdom still holds up the iPhone's as the best overall mobile device camera (excluding windows phones), and it's color reproduction, panorama function, and speed are really top-notch. But while I know that megapixels don't count for as much as some phone manufacturers would have you believe, it seems that with all the 13+ MP android phones out now there would be one or two that have managed to match or exceed the iPhone camera's strengths while also having the baked-in benefit of greater image resolution, which a larger sensor affords. I had both an iPhone 5s and an Xperia Z3 compact for a while. Right now I'm on an iPhone 6. The superior auto mode on the Sony took great pictures most of the time, but it also over exposed pictures quite frequently. Colors also looked washed out quite often. While I'm sure you can take great pictures if you tinker around with ISO settings and what not in manual mode I just need a reliable auto mode like the one on the iPhone. I actually liked the camera on the Nexus 5 more than the one on the Xperia. If you use the hdr+ mode it takes a second to take a picture but the exposure and colors look great. Haven't owned a Samsung phone in years so I can't say anything about that. Edit: I'll post some pics I took with the Z3 when I get home from work. bronin fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Dec 18, 2014 |
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The Z3C camera is exactly as bronin describes. Generally I'm happy with the results, but it isn't always great. The main advantage it has is the dedicated shutter button, though - I love it and I probably take far more (and better) pictures due to its convenience. I'd be very hesitant to get a phone without one now.
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Dec 18, 2014 12:12
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Has anyone else experienced a lot of lag on the 1st gen Moto X? Mine started to lag a lot lately, taking several seconds to unlock or to register button presses... Quite jarring for me, especially since my last phone was a Windows Phone and buttery smooth. Tried rebooting and freeing up storage space, but that didn't seem to do the trick.
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Dec 18, 2014 12:31
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Chikimiki posted:Has anyone else experienced a lot of lag on the 1st gen Moto X? Mine started to lag a lot lately, taking several seconds to unlock or to register button presses... Quite jarring for me, especially since my last phone was a Windows Phone and buttery smooth. Tried rebooting and freeing up storage space, but that didn't seem to do the trick. I just replaced my 1st gen Moto X, a lot of the reason being because it was doing this very thing as well. I wouldn't say it was several seconds tho, but there were still noticeable delays. I just passed it off as the hardware having trouble keeping up with all of the software updates or something. I have no idea.
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Dec 18, 2014 14:02
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I only noticed my Moto X being slow when I used Google Maps. With my 2014 model Maps is way faster.
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Dec 18, 2014 14:09
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Holy poo poo taking a shower selfie right now
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bronin posted:I had both an iPhone 5s and an Xperia Z3 compact for a while. Right now I'm on an iPhone 6. The superior auto mode on the Sony took great pictures most of the time, but it also over exposed pictures quite frequently. Colors also looked washed out quite often. While I'm sure you can take great pictures if you tinker around with ISO settings and what not in manual mode I just need a reliable auto mode like the one on the iPhone. That's sort of what I figured, but I take enough photos using manual settings that it might be worth it for me anyway. I'd be interested in seeing whatever photos you post. And gsmarena's photo comparison tool has the z3 now. I just looked and its photo quality is miles ahead of the z2, comparable to the iPhone in color range, and a good deal sharper even at 8MP. (Based on the images in that tool, the z2 has some of the worst image quality of any phone camera I've ever seen; its 20MP images look like they were taken with my old lumia 635's 5MP sensor, or shot with a used KFC napkin stuck over the lens. I guess it's all down to the processing.)
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Dec 18, 2014 15:00
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So the Titanium Backup wifi profiles whatever thing seems to have worked! Wifi was still connected this morning. Reddit can be useful after all, it seems.
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Dec 18, 2014 15:09
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hooah posted:So the Titanium Backup wifi profiles whatever thing seems to have worked! Wifi was still connected this morning. Reddit can be useful after all, it seems. Also, if you haven't you should contact Titanium and tell them about the issue. They might not be aware.
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Dec 18, 2014 15:22
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SMERSH Mouth posted:That's sort of what I figured, but I take enough photos using manual settings that it might be worth it for me anyway. I'd be interested in seeing whatever photos you post. A ∆C00 saturation error of 3.18 and an overall saturation of 113%  The Z3 camera is pretty boss, but isn't exactly for everyone. It has some interesting modules you can add in as camera modes like livestream to youtube, 4k video, a really creepy augmented reality thingo, etc.
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hooah posted:So the Titanium Backup wifi profiles whatever thing seems to have worked! Wifi was still connected this morning. Reddit can be useful after all, it seems.
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Dec 18, 2014 15:36
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Tunga posted:I haven't been entirely following this conversation but as we saying that the WiFi problems that lots of people are apparently seeing are actually being caused by Titanium Backup? It would seem so. There are two Wifi Profile apps (with TiBu icons) that you need to exclude from the backup. I think when those get backed up, the wifi has to shut off temporarily or something? I'm not really clear on the details.
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Dec 18, 2014 15:53
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Tunga posted:I haven't been entirely following this conversation but as we saying that the WiFi problems that lots of people are apparently seeing are actually being caused by Titanium Backup?
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Dec 18, 2014 15:54
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Dec 18, 2014 15:57
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SMERSH Mouth posted:TLDR: is there a camera on an android device out right now that completely blows the iPhone 6's out of the water? Besides the Note 4 & Galaxy S5? Unfortunately, just the S5 and Note 4. The Z3 camera is supposed to be good, but nothing out there is better than the Note 4's camera atm.
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Chikimiki posted:Has anyone else experienced a lot of lag on the 1st gen Moto X? Mine started to lag a lot lately, taking several seconds to unlock or to register button presses... Quite jarring for me, especially since my last phone was a Windows Phone and buttery smooth. Tried rebooting and freeing up storage space, but that didn't seem to do the trick. What's going on in the background. My 2013 X will occasionally stutter when downloading/updating apps. I ended up getting rid of a couple apps that were huge and updated often (PvZ 2 for example). I swear the phone only updates when I'm using it though. Mine was blazing fast smooth with no animations when I got it (everything was near instant) over time it's gotten slower and I put animations back on and now it feels just as fast even though I know most things have slowed down by a second or two.
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LastInLine posted:Yes. Looks like backing up of the wifi profiles cause all remembered APs to show "Authentication problem" the next time they're seen. Going into the wifi settings and tapping Connect will make that AP work until the next time the backup is made. You know I'm still a root-my-phone guy but the XDA generation really are dreadful.
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anyone know how to get rid of the searching for location or location found notification that is constantly present? I'm on a turbo if that helps
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I'm sure google is thrilled to have all the reports about WiFi not working coming from rooted people.
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What's the word on Lollipop notifications and silent mode? Is the internet making enough noise that they're promising some changes down the line? I'm really having trouble making friends with this, it's great in the things it does right, but the amount of faff to do basic stuff is infuriating. I especially love hangouts notifications constantly popping up all over a fullscreen video I'm trying to watch. Can't wait til other apps get on that API!
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Thermopyle posted:I'm sure google is thrilled to have all the reports about WiFi not working coming from rooted people. Well, I at least gave the TiBu guys a heads-up about it. Of course, I wouldn't have been able to find the solution without the Google bug forum.
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baka kaba posted:What's the word on Lollipop notifications and silent mode? Is the internet making enough noise that they're promising some changes down the line? I'm really having trouble making friends with this, it's great in the things it does right, but the amount of faff to do basic stuff is infuriating. I especially love hangouts notifications constantly popping up all over a fullscreen video I'm trying to watch. Can't wait til other apps get on that API! Yeah, I think those kind of on screen notification pop ups are the only thing I don't like about Lollipop. Hopefully those can be disabled in the future.
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RVProfootballer posted:Yeah, I think those kind of on screen notification pop ups are the only thing I don't like about Lollipop. Hopefully those can be disabled in the future. I like them when I'm doing general stuff, so personally I don't want to disable them entirely - but having them all over a video is obnoxious. I was showing someone the screen casting ability and then I get all these hangouts messages popping up all over the TV for the world to see, constantly swiping them away only to have another one pop up. loving hell The lack of easy access to silent mode is almost as bad, seeing as you have to interrupt what you're doing to go mess around with volume and notification settings on some other screen instead of pressing the power button. It's a pointless step backwards, and it's a shame because the rest of Lollipop is pretty drat slick. I'm just hoping there's enough noise that they'll fix it
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Chikimiki posted:Has anyone else experienced a lot of lag on the 1st gen Moto X? Mine started to lag a lot lately, taking several seconds to unlock or to register button presses... Quite jarring for me, especially since my last phone was a Windows Phone and buttery smooth. Tried rebooting and freeing up storage space, but that didn't seem to do the trick. I said come in! posted:I just replaced my 1st gen Moto X, a lot of the reason being because it was doing this very thing as well. I wouldn't say it was several seconds tho, but there were still noticeable delays. I just passed it off as the hardware having trouble keeping up with all of the software updates or something. I have no idea. If the phone previously was fast and suddenly started being slow the chances are that it is a software problem rather than a hardware one. I had this issue with my Moto G for the last few months where battery life sucked and everything was super laggy. I finally uninstalled a few apps I never use and a couple widgets that I did and things improved immediately and dramatically. In my case I got rid of UCCW (Ultimate Custom Widgets), which I highly suspect was my issue. I also don't get launcher redraws constantly, but that may be related to updating Nova Launcher.
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Ok, here are the promised pictures I took with an Xperia Z3 Compact: http://imgur.com/a/Qw8vE
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I managed to get my hands on a demo N6, luckily my nearby store was pretty large. I'm really not that impressed, it felt kinda plasticky and the screen didn't look as nice as the Note 4. But it's larger (which is fine) and it's ~~*stock*~~ which is nice because I get updates. Basically, it's loving difficult to choose between the two. At this point when I finally make a decision a N6-2 and the Note 5 will be out. gently caress.
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I got a software update for my Vodafone UK Sony Xperia Z3 Compact today - 23.0.1.A.5.79. It's fixed the disappearing alarm bug, if anyone is interested.
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bronin posted:Ok, here are the promised pictures I took with an Xperia Z3 Compact: http://imgur.com/a/Qw8vE Welp. 
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And to think I almost upgraded to the z3c from my n5 solely for the (what i thought was supposed to be badass) camera. How pissed I would have been...
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Phone camera photos from a phone camera what a surprise. My friend's iPhone 6 is just as capable of taking a bad photo in not-perfect lighting conditions as whatever else. At this point I'm really not sure what people are expecting. DSLR quality post-processed images?
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ijyt posted:Phone camera photos from a phone camera what a surprise. My friend's iPhone 6 is just as capable of taking a bad photo in not-perfect lighting conditions as whatever else. At this point I'm really not sure what people are expecting. DSLR quality post-processed images?
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