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Aaah, I see. I read you Q as a rhetorical device, like "what is is with plane food amirite?". I didn't realise you were actually asking about plane food. Answer: dunno, but they're cheap enough to not have to go through the difficulty. Did it work/fit/etc. alright the 5 min you used it?
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I still really like my Icon, but the fact that the Maps app doesn't get real time updates from the MTA about lines being out and stuff is causing me a lot of trouble. Is there a decent third party app that I can use or has all app support died off by now? I know my USAA app stopped working recently and that sucked.
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So my 950XL has a cracked screen...I have Microsoft Complete that expires in a few months. If I bring it in to the Microsoft Store...what will they do? Give me an S9 or something after the deductible?
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May 25, 2018 18:54
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Let me call Microsoft for you and ask.
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May 25, 2018 21:48
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Give you store credit for what you paid minus the deductible.
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May 25, 2018 23:27
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Charles posted:Give you store credit for what you paid minus the deductible. Thanks
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Finally decided it was time to let the Icon go and got myself a Pixel. What can i do to ease the transition? Or at least move my contacts and stuff?
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Jun 19, 2018 22:55
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Anonononomous posted:Finally decided it was time to let the Icon go and got myself a Pixel. What can i do to ease the transition? Or at least move my contacts and stuff? Just find a way to sync it all with gmail. once its on gmail it will automatically show up on the pixel
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Jun 19, 2018 23:01
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Don Lapre posted:Just find a way to sync it all with gmail. once its on gmail it will automatically show up on the pixel It seems the Icon decided to have some of my contacts and Gmail ones and some not, so a lot of stuff showed up, but not my older contacts. Any idea how to get stuff like texts or is that a lost cause? The Verizon store wasn't too keen on it.
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Jun 20, 2018 04:45
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You don't need to transfer everything to Google wholesale, everything I had on my Microsoft account I've been able to keep there and use on my phone. Download the Microsoft app from the Play Store and you'll find that most things you used before are right there. Not sure about texts though, sorry. I've had to send my Xperia for repair, so I dug out my 950, and it's still so responsive and good. I'm still depressed about how it all didn't work out. 
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Jun 20, 2018 08:48
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I finally jumped ship to a Google Pixel 2 XL a couple days ago. I was also considering the Galaxy S9+ and iPhone X but the Pixel ended up being the cheapest and, in my opinion, has the best screen and camera out of the three. It's so nice actually having apps (including all the ones I had on Windows Phone) regular updates, a fingerprint scanner...even the call quality is clearer. Only thing I miss is the Live Tiles. A lot of wasted potential, but it was an interesting experiment while it lasted.
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Charles Martel posted:I finally jumped ship to a Google Pixel 2 XL a couple days ago. I was also considering the Galaxy S9+ and iPhone X but the Pixel ended up being the cheapest and, in my opinion, has the best screen and camera out of the three. It's so nice actually having apps (including all the ones I had on Windows Phone) regular updates, a fingerprint scanner...even the call quality is clearer. Only thing I miss is the Live Tiles. Widgets are much more functional than live tiles were. For example, the BBC News app has a great List widget that allows you to scroll through dozens of headlines without having to go into the app. Any particular live tiles you miss?
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Launcher 10 is your friend if you want the Windows Phone UI back. It isn't just the live tiles, it's the beautifully compact design as well that I really needed to get back.
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Jul 4, 2018 08:43
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Widgets are much more functional than live tiles were. For example, the BBC News app has a great List widget that allows you to scroll through dozens of headlines without having to go into the app. None in particular, just the asthetic of it... Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Launcher 10 is your friend if you want the Windows Phone UI back. It isn't just the live tiles, it's the beautifully compact design as well that I really needed to get back. ...which is why this is nice to have. Just downloaded it and it looks nice enough to make me feel nostalgic. I miss my iPhone 4 I had before Windows Phone, mostly how it "just worked" and the quality of apps on iOS, but as this is my first proper Android phone, I'm really liking it so far. Edit: If anyone else is looking to upgrade and is with Verizon, this is the deal that helped me choose the Pixel XL. Even though this is Best Buy, Verizon stores should be running the same promotion: https://m.gsmarena.com/deal_pixel_2_xl_for_verizon_is_300_the_pixel_2_is_150_off-news-32040.php Charles Martel fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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I've been clinging to Microsoft Band 2 for this long and Android 9 finally broke the phone app. Oh well, still got my desktop! Does anyone else still use one and does the app work on iOS?
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Shumagorath posted:I've been clinging to Microsoft Band 2 for this long and Android 9 finally broke the phone app. Oh well, still got my desktop! I love the way Band works with Windows Phone, but it was lacking for me on Android, so I didn't bother to find a new one when mine broke. If you don't have an ios device, it's probably not worth getting for just the band. And maybe MS will update the app for Android 9? Probably not though.
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Groove is totally hosed on my phone now. Does anyone know of an android app that plays music off onedrive? Kinda like Harmony music on WP.
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No, in the end I downloaded the Google music manager on my PC, linked my music collection there and waited for it to upload everything, and just use the regular Play Music app for playback. Works just fine, once all of your music has uploaded.
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Bye bye 950, hello Note 9. Couldn't resist the $500 trade in for an old Samsung (S7 bought off Swappa for $140, savvy shopper that I am, cha-ching) and free noise-cancelling AKGs. Didn't like it at first but I'm warming to Android thanks to Launcher 10. It's too heavy and too big and I still hate Android, but battery life is almost 2 days and having apps available is nice. I miss my 920, I just want a modern 920. Perfect plasticky and rugged and sexy. Edit: number one thing I want is media controls when I hit volume button, not have to go into the lock screen or specific app or specific widget to do this poo poo.
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Mr Funkface posted:Bye bye 950, hello Note 9. Any decent app playing media (YouTube, Play Music, Netflix, etc) will have controls in a persistent notification while stuff is playing. So pull down that notification shade and control from there.
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sourdough posted:Any decent app playing media (YouTube, Play Music, Netflix, etc) will have controls in a persistent notification while stuff is playing. So pull down that notification shade and control from there. Spotify and Google Podcast don't, and youtube doesn't run in the background =(
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Mr Funkface posted:Spotify and Google Podcast don't, and youtube doesn't run in the background =( Here is what they should give you:   Virtually every app should do that, now even a Chrome tab playing something will give you that. If your Note isn't, maybe something weird in your settings? Make sure you give permissions to the apps when they ask, any legit app you should let do what it says it needs to do, as the Android permissions sound kinda sweeping but are just poorly named/described. Otherwise, can always ask in the Android thread. And I forgot about YouTube, I think I get background play because I use Google Music.
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I'll dig deeper, maybe it's a Samsung thing? My notifications don't look like that. I'll shift this over to Android forum, as you were. L8rx WP.
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Mr Funkface posted:I miss my 920, I just want a modern 920. Perfect plasticky and rugged and sexy.
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sourdough posted:And I forgot about YouTube, I think I get background play because I use Google Music. You background Youtube is only available to people who pay.
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Stick100 posted:You background Youtube is only available to people who pay.
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Flipperwaldt posted:You can force youtube links to open in Firefox for Android, which gives you ad blocking through uBlock Origin and background playback. But fullscreen video playback is a bit wonky, so it's not great. Thanks, didn't know that.
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Probably very few people left from the old guard using Windows 10 Mobile, but Microsoft has confirmed the end of life support schedule for it: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/18/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-support-ending/ There are different end dates for different versions and different functions, but this is really the final nail in the coffin. Hard to believe the modern Windows Phone/Mobile thing is nearly 9 years old. Out of interest, which platform has everyone jumped to, Android or iOS, and why? I went to Android in mid-2014 after a 2.5 year stint on Windows Phone.
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I'm on Android, and after a few performance blips with Oreo they have pretty much nailed it with Pie. It reminds me of how well my Lumia 950 used to run.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I'm on Android, and after a few performance blips with Oreo they have pretty much nailed it with Pie. It reminds me of how well my Lumia 950 used to run. Which handset are you using? I've had few UX hiccups since 7.0 on my Pixel devices.
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I figured this thread had hit the archives, or I would have searched my bookmarks to post this, haha.
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I went over to Android with a Galaxy S8 Active last April. I had bought a iPhone SE along with a second SIM card via T-Mobile DIGITS for smartwatches the summer before to try it out. However, I was not a big fan of stock iOS and Pokemon GO breaking while the phone was jailbroken basically turned me off. Plus, I had a bunch of USB-C hardware through my Lumia 950 XL so I wasn't too cool on the prospect of having to switch over to Lightning. As for my Android experience with
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Bought a pixel 3 this past Black Friday to replace my Lumia 640. While I immediately changed to Launcher 10, everything else is standard and I'm good with most of it. Night Sight and Portrait modes are almost worth the price of the phone to me. Launching apps with out timing out is still a thrill. The only problem I have is notifications really suck compared to what Microsoft did. I find it way too easy to miss them with my phone on a stand next to my work laptop. Researching the problem, it sounds like pre-Pie there were some options, but that's now locked down. Any ideas?
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Which handset are you using? I've had few UX hiccups since 7.0 on my Pixel devices. Nokia 7.1. It is built solid and upgrading to Pie was like an immediate performance upgrade for me. It's nice that Nokia are back, and still good apparently.
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Yeah, saw that story on Reddit and thought about posting it here. It's been a long time coming, even though using the Lumia Icon for a few years was a fun experiment...until I couldn't make calls half the time and apps would randomly stop working or my alarms wouldn't go off half the time. Had an iPhone 4 before that and it was rock solid, but I decided to give Android an honest shot with my Pixel I got last summer and I love it so far. No complaints whatsoever. I have Launcher 10 if I get nostalgic.
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Charles Martel posted:Yeah, saw that story on Reddit and thought about posting it here. It's been a long time coming, even though using the Lumia Icon for a few years was a fun experiment...until I couldn't make calls half the time and apps would randomly stop working or my alarms wouldn't go off half the time. I suppose the downside to a launcher of similar appearance to Window Phone is that Live Tiles are absent. Nova Launcher looks nothing like WP but on the Android side it's hard to beat in terms of performance and customisations.
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I am not amused that I will have to migrate to a non-windows device, having been using windows [mobile,phone] for ~15 years.
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I went from my Nokia 1520 to an iPhone 6s Plus when my Nokia started to go screwy. I loved the beauty and simplicity of the Windows Phone OS and anytime I touched an Android I had no idea what the gently caress was going on or how to get anywhere to get anything done. I have a great deal of disdain for the mobile ecosystem and I really don't want to devote any attention to configuring a dozen things to get it to an acceptable state or worrying about whether device XYZ would continue to receive updates, I want my phone to just work without me having to constantly gently caress with it. I get that out of my system already with my computers. I miss the larger screen and the pretty background I found of Neptune with the transparent tiles I was able to resize and arrange to my every whim, but that's about it. The iPhone is nifty but the multiple pages of apps thing pisses me off so much that I OCD'd until I got every single thing moved onto the first page arranged in a dozen different folders. SO UGLY.
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Abandoned my Lumia 1520 for a Pixel 2 XL when it was released. I was with Windows Phone since 2010 at first for the UI then for the camera. When I finally accepted the death of Windows Phone I had to go with the best camera so here I am. The 1520 still exists as a small tablet in my household. I remember buying the 1520 unlocked thinking I wouldn't pay that much for a phone again then I ended up paying double for the Pixel thinking the same. I really do hope to ride this one until it is dead.
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