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Luchadork posted:1) Buy the Diztronic case, the official cases are nice but not worth $35. Yeah, I know I'm going to wave my hand over the 6P a whole buncha times before it clicks that that doesn't work anymore.
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XIII posted:Yeah, I know I'm going to wave my hand over the 6P a whole buncha times before it clicks that that doesn't work anymore. This is going to be me when I get a Nexus. Although that's probably going to be after the next model comes out, so maybe there will be infrared sensors to recognize the hand-wavey stuff (probably not).
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Jun 8, 2016 19:56
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Just install gravity screen and have it use the proximity sensor, it'll turn on when you wave or when you take out of your pocket
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Jun 8, 2016 21:14
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XIII posted:Just bought a 6P to replace my aging (but still pleasantly capable) Droid Turbo. How does the Ambient Display feature stack up against Moto's Active Display? Also, is the official Google case worth the $35? It looks really nice, but I don't tend to use a case 99% of the time. I've always bought a $10 Diztronic case to have on hand for certain activities, so I'm not sure if I want to drop over 3x the cost on one. Ambient Display was effectively broken on both the Nexus 6 and 5X when I tried it on each. When I reached for the phone in the middle of the night to check the time, it would only illuminate 1/3rd of the time. In contrast, it would turn itself on every few seconds if I had the phone in my hand. I would much prefer a double-tap screen to wake gesture. It takes less effort in most cases and is much less likely to trigger false positives. I also don't know why Google decided not to provide separate options to activate Ambient Display based on notifications versus sensor activity. M I N I M A L I S M, I guess. If you don't want to pay $35 and are really patient (and/or have another case in the mean time), you could slow-boat the official case from China for $10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/262473547523 Blue Train posted:Just install gravity screen and have it use the proximity sensor, it'll turn on when you wave or when you take out of your pocket Ok, definitely trying this when my replacement 5X arrives.
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Jun 8, 2016 21:59
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XIII posted:Yeah, I know I'm going to wave my hand over the 6P a whole buncha times before it clicks that that doesn't work anymore. Day 1 going from Moto to a 6P here, and yes it is a hard habit to break. My coworkers probably think I'm a very weird guy, waving politely at my phone, trying to get it to notice me.
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Argyle posted:Day 1 going from Moto to a 6P here, and yes it is a hard habit to break. Haha, I sometimes wonder what people think when I wave my hand over my phone in a bar/restaurant to check the time or whatever. Yeah, I'm doing it for a reason, but they don't know that. (no one cares, but it still feels silly sometimes)
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Jun 8, 2016 22:39
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These aren't the Droids you're looking for.
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Zorilla posted:I've been using a new Nexus 5X for the past couple of days, and I've noticed a couple issues already: I'm on my second Nexus 5X that has earpiece buzzing issues. The first one I got had a really orange-colored screen, and the earpiece was super buzzy. I don't remember if it was buzzy right out of the box, but within like 3 days I realized it was really bad, buzzing in calls even on the lowest volume setting. The replacement phone I received seemed to be new in the box, but now after a week or two the earpiece started buzzing just like the first one. I'm also still not sure if the screen on the second phone has the color temperature it's supposed to. When I did the warranty swap, I did a side-by-side comparison of both the 5X phones, as well as my old Nexus 4. All three of the phones were rather different, so I had no idea what to think. But now I guess I get to try a third phone anyway!
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Jun 9, 2016 00:35
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WattsvilleBlues posted:These aren't the Droids you're looking for. Too clever for your own good.
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Jun 9, 2016 03:12
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Reading all youse guys' voice recognition chat and that article about how people are embarrassed to Ok Google their phone in public I'm going to just go around saying and searching for super awkward things. Like be on the train and go "OK Google, remind me to get extra strength hemorrhoid cream at Shopper's Drug Mart" and "OK Google Schedule appointment with Canadians for Trump at 8pm". Maybe throw in an "OK Google schedule follow-up appointment at Venereal Disease Clinic next week" in the food court or something.
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Jun 9, 2016 03:13
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I'm having a very frustrating problem involving music and my android. I have a lovely combination of music from my time on apple products and Amazon Music. I probably have 1/3 of my stuff from Amazon in MP3 format, and the other 2/3 in a lovely WMA format. One day, my computer decided that it wanted to change everything I got from iTunes into WMA. As a result, all of these files will transfer from my computer to my phone, but none of them are displayed in either Google Play or in the default media player. My question is simple: how can I get my Samsung Galaxy Core to convert the unplayable WMAs into playable MP3s, or, what is an easy way to convert all of my music from a mishmash of WMA and MP3 into all MP3?
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Jun 9, 2016 04:15
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Protons posted:I'm having a very frustrating problem involving music and my android. Did you try searching Google for "convert wma to mp3"? loving RealPlayer can handle that.
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Jun 9, 2016 05:04
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Won't Google music convert it when you upload it?
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Jun 9, 2016 05:59
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Don't Amazon do redownloads?
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Jun 9, 2016 07:25
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:Did you try searching Google for "convert wma to mp3"? loving RealPlayer can handle that. It can, but it's also a piece of bloaty poo poo that requires a log-in account just to launch.
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Jun 9, 2016 11:38
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Protons posted:It can, but it's also a piece of bloaty poo poo that requires a log-in account just to launch. I don't think he was saying that was the best option, I think he was saying that file conversion is a solved problem.
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Jun 9, 2016 11:59
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Yea it worked fine it seems. Well done.
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Jun 9, 2016 12:47
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BonoMan posted:Too clever for your own good. Sorry, I was tired and thought I was being sharp. I'll show myself out.
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Jun 9, 2016 13:22
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Got a Pixel C. This thing owns bones.
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Jun 9, 2016 13:32
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My phone installed an update that makes all chrome tabs stacked in one window and I can't seem to find the setting to put it back to having separate windows for separate tabs. Any way to fix this? Also a keyboard was updated and swype sucks now and has tons of errors
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Jun 9, 2016 13:54
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Massasoit posted:Any way to fix this? No. The feature was removed in the latest Chrome.
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Jun 9, 2016 13:59
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Massasoit posted:My phone installed an update that makes all chrome tabs stacked in one window and I can't seem to find the setting to put it back to having separate windows for separate tabs. Any way to fix this? The Merge tabs and apps setting has been removed in Chrome version 51. https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/08/chrome-51-on-android-brings-tabs-back/ Try clearing Swype's cache and see if that helps its accuracy.
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Jun 9, 2016 14:02
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Welp I guess I'm the only person that liked that. Thanks.
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Massasoit posted:Welp I guess I'm the only person that liked that. Thanks. Tunga fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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Jun 9, 2016 14:40
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Massasoit posted:Welp I guess I'm the only person that liked that. Thanks. I did, too.  
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Jun 9, 2016 15:03
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It was a neat idea; the ability for each app to have more than one card in the activity list makes sense theoretically. But I feel like the app/activity/Intent/back-stack/actionbar mechanics on Android are already confusing enough without another weird thing that functions in new and even-more-inconsistent ways. I've been using Android since 2.2 and I still don't understand exactly how the OS and/or actionbar are "supposed" to work in all situations.
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Jun 9, 2016 15:28
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Now if they would just remove individual searches in the overview. If I want to search a thing again I can just type/say it, really don't like revisiting every old search I've done for no good reason.
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Jun 9, 2016 15:46
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So I'm feeling the need for a conspicuous consumption purchase coming up, and I'd love some opinions. My Nexus 6 is about a year old and the battery isn't what it used to be. while I don't have a tablet, my laptop is one of those flippable hybrid things. It's got a weird battery issue though, so it doesn't travel well and is also too heavy to lug around along with my work laptop. Do I: Upgrade to a 6p now and desync myself from the Nexus release cycle, Expand into tablet land with a pixel c and split my laptop's use case as a game/media center? Move to a cheaper city and buy both? Also, on an aside, is there any reason the pixel c doesn't have a SIM card slot? I thought the point of a tablet was to be like a phone but bigger.
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I desynced myself from the nexus release cycle just a week or so ago by buying a 6P. Doesn't bother me for two reasons: One, I can just sell the 6P if I wanted to get the next Nexus. Two, buying devices when they first come out is for suckers!
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Thermopyle posted:Two, buying devices when they first come out is for suckers! Yeah. Never Early Adopt is kind of an article of faith for me in the same way that Only Buy Nexus is an article of faith for some in this thread. The few times I've gone against it, I've regretted it.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Sorry, I was tired and thought I was being sharp. I'll show myself out. No I thought it was actually clever. It was a compliment.
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Jun 9, 2016 19:01
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Motorola just announced the Moto Z Droid and the Moto Z Force They also announced Moto Mods. As much as I want off this Moto ship, it looks intriguing.
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Jun 9, 2016 20:18
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The first Project Tango device is official...the Lenovo PHAB2 Pro which will be $499 in September.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Motorola just announced the Moto Z Droid and the Moto Z Force Wireless charging... but only if you get the snap on battery pack that has it.
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It looks like the Force is going to Verizon only. Kind of a bummer as it's the better of the two, but the Z looks pretty good regardless. Any word on price?
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Lblitzer posted:It looks like the Force is going to Verizon only. Kind of a bummer as it's the better of the two, but the Z looks pretty good regardless. Any word on price? I would expect the Droid to be the Verizon exclusive.
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Lutha Mahtin posted:I've been using Android since 2.2 and I still don't understand exactly how the OS and/or actionbar are "supposed" to work in all situations. However the developer likes, basically. The general idea is that the back button makes you step back the way you came, and the up arrow (in the actionbar) moves you back through the app's internal hierarchy, but a lot of apps mix and match - especially if you entered the app from another app (like opening a link that pops you into the app at a certain spot) Add the fact that apps can specify they only want one copy open at a time and yeah, it can get a bit of a mess, especially if you start task switching in the middle of it
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baka kaba posted:However the developer likes, basically. The general idea is that the back button makes you step back the way you came, and the up arrow (in the actionbar) moves you back through the app's internal hierarchy, but a lot of apps mix and match - especially if you entered the app from another app (like opening a link that pops you into the app at a certain spot) Yuup. And gently caress you YouTube for screwing this up. Every time I accidentally click on a Youtube link, the "BACK" button doesn't go back to the app I was in, but instead back to the YouTube main page. gently caress that, I DIDNT WANT TO WATCH A VIDEO.
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FunOne posted:Yuup. And gently caress you YouTube for screwing this up. Every time I accidentally click on a Youtube link, the "BACK" button doesn't go back to the app I was in, but instead back to the YouTube main page. gently caress that, I DIDNT WANT TO WATCH A VIDEO. I hate when YouTube does this following an external link, but love when it does this when I'm just dicking around in YouTube watching lots of videos. It's a blessing and a curse. It's even worse when you have YouTube Red and if you hit back enough times to exit the app, the video keeps playing in the background! Though I get royally pissed off when I'm watching a video and accidentally tap on another one while scrolling around the app. There is no good way to get back to the video you were watching other than finding your way to the "history" section and playing it from there.
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I've had a glass screen protector installed twice on my new S7, and both have the Halo Effect (wherein the edges don't stick). Both times the dude said that's because the S7's screen is slightly curved (just not as much as the S7E) so that's bound to happen with the brand of protector (Zagg). Were the guys bullshitting me? Cuz I can't see any curve..
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