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Desk Lamp posted:Christ dude, it's just giving people another harmless option to customize their phones, you know, one of Android's strengths over its competitors. I probably wouldn't even change from the default but there's no need to be so overzealous. I'd add that from a UI/UX perspective it sounds like it would be a nightmare to have a system-level mechanism for managing the colors of every app on the device. What you'd have would either be a way to select a predefined theme that you then have to enforce every app be somehow compatible with or you'd have a list of installed apps that you could select the changeable attributes for each one. Neither is the kind of thing any normal user should be confronted with out of the box as the former option won't be flexible enough to make the people interested in customization happy and the latter would just be a terrible experience. Given the amount of effort and money that goes into branding nobody is going to give users the ability to just strip that out.
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Reverse Centaur posted:I hope you don't have a Tylt Vu.
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GWBBQ posted:I have a Nexus 7 2013 WiFi (probably the Google Play one if it matters, I'm not positive because I won it from a Kit Kat wrapper) and about two weeks ago I got a notification that a system update to 5.0 was available. I put it off because I wanted to double check that I have everything backed up and wipe it when I updated, but now it says it's up to date but I'm still on 4.4.4. Was the update pulled for some reason?
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Dec 23, 2014 05:07
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joepinetree posted:There is something weird going on with the Moto x 2014 I got a couple of weeks ago. Whenever I go on a road trip google search consumes massive amounts of data in the background. I am talking about 1.3 gb in 2 ~300 mile trips. Now, I know that google now usage is part of google search, but I never had a problem like this with my previous android (which wasn't using lollipop) and google now turned on. Has anyone had a similar issue? I don't want to turn off all background data for google search, but it would be a waste to have to upgrade my data plan just for google now.
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Dec 23, 2014 06:15
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amenenema posted:First time I opened Chrome after 5.0.0 installed it asked me if the separate tabs was behavior I wanted to keep, and instructions to change it back... I'm just saying I was right, and it's an awful idea executed poorly.
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Dec 23, 2014 22:46
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sirbeefalot posted:My first thought was "this worked ok on the Pre" but that's because you never had more than a half dozen cards open anyway. With literally every app on the phone in the "recents" stack, not so much. Maybe if recents would group the Chrome tabs in a sensible way but no, they're just shat all over a rolodex of like fifty things.
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Dec 23, 2014 23:59
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Skywalker OG posted:I always thought it would be a horrible idea. joepinetree posted:Just wanted to reply to this because i found the culprit. Commute sharing was on on google now, and since i went on the road trips straight after work google now kept broadcasting as if I was on my commute home. That was what ate up so much data. Ashex posted:Does the Wifi usage stay on with Lollipop for anyone else? I turn off Wifi and it still shows as being used, I have it turned off for Location too so it's not being randomly turned on by that. It's in continuous usage.
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Ashex posted:I guess I'll just leave it on, I've been having battery issues since upgrading to Lollipop (did a clean wipe) so I'm checking everything I can. Battery stats are useless so I'm going to root and use BetterBatteryStats instead. When did the problems start? Did it coincide with the move to Germany or is this more recent? Are there good days and bad days or is it consistently bad? When you set up it post-wipe did you make any changes in way you had the device set up? You must've done very little restoration since you're not rooted so at least we can run through a few scenarios. If you're thinking it's the battery you could always try returning to KitKat and seeing if the problems go away. I know it would be a pain without another device to use but you could try a fresh 5.0.1 image without any apps to see if the problem remains. I can't help but think though that we're looking for an app (perhaps one that doesn't like something about Lollipop?) instead of a hardware or system issue.
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johnny sack posted:I have a question about Lollipop. One way might be to find an app that sticks a persistent notification to an app of your choice. Another might be to use the swipe up from the home button to launch into Google Now and invoke the listening that way. Nothing will work as well as the old lockscreen widgets for your purpose unfortunately.
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Variable_H posted:Motorola is selling them direct now?
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Thermopyle posted:Whose beauty you now cannot see.
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Mak0rz posted:Does anyone use Google Voice Recognition for anything other than English? I'm learning a new language via Duolingo, but it doesn't have any speaking exercises so I want to use speech-to-text instead.
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Kytrarewn posted:Day old Droid Turbo: 50826
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Pork Pie Hat posted:So the thread consensus is basically, if it comes down to a straight choice between the oneplus one and the nexus 5, I'd be a tit to choose anything other than the nexus, right?
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Kytrarewn posted:On the other hand, I'd love to know how to get that NFC notification to disappear. You can then go into the app to see if there's a way to disable the notification or, from the app page, there is a way to disable all notifications from that app.
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baka kaba posted:Yeah I got that a while back when they first started giving away Gravity, just in case it was blocking the offer. Even when I said I didn't want it it kept coming back, so I figured I needed to bite the bullet on this one hooah posted:I'm at my in-laws', and tried to set their place as a trusted location on my N4, but the pin is always ~500 feet off. I opened Maps up, and same thing (submitted feedback there). I tried setting the location where the pin thinks I am, but that didn't work. Any ideas? The location being so far off on the N4 is incidentally why my wife retired it early and used a Moto G while she waited for the N6 to be available. It never did get an accurate GPS lock. What I'd tell you to do is use a GPS app like this to ensure you have an accurate GPS lock at your position and make sure you're connected to your in-laws' wifi network. You do have wifi scanning enabled and fine location data turned on, correct? --------------- I just figured out that you won't get heads-up notifications in Hangouts if you have vibration unchecked. What the gently caress is that about? ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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hooah posted:I've been able to get a pretty good lock just fine previously, and I do have those settings enabled. That GPS app says I'm at [some degrees 1], 54.084 minutes N, [some degrees 2], 54.351 minutes W, which convert to [some degrees 1].901533 and [some degrees 2].905633. When I go to Google Maps and drop a pin at the correct location, it gives [some degrees 1].901197 and [some degrees 2].906427 as the coordinates. It looks like it's about 500 feet off, as I suspected. That's annoying. Like I said, I had to actually put in an address that matched where I was physically to set up a trusted location. I imagine if the location Google thinks you are doesn't match the location you say you are and doesn't match the location they think the wifi network is it just won't let you set it as trusted because it's obviously incorrect.
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LastInLine posted:I just figured out that you won't get heads-up notifications in Hangouts if you have vibration unchecked. What the gently caress is that about? Reverse Centaur posted:Trusted location/smart lock is the only thing that didn't work great out of the box on my N6. I still have to do a pattern daily despite having two trusted bluetooth devices (G Watch R and Keylink) and my home location as trusted. And the GPS shows my location perfectly, down to the correct unit of the condo.
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Dec 29, 2014 02:27
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hooah posted:Sorry, I wasn't quite clear. I looked at Google Maps on my computer. The GPS app showed something like 5 or 7 satellites locked on. Google probably doesn't know where this wifi network is since my in-laws moved here very recently. Is there a way to tell Google about it?
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RZA Encryption posted:I've been thinking about getting a Nexus 6 though AT&T, can you just flash the image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and be rid of the AT&T stuff?
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r0ck0 posted:Or just use the phone as the manufacturer/oem intended and stop being a sperg. You do understand that what they're talking about is removing the fully optional carrier modifications to the device, correct? They're literally discussing returning it to the correct manufacturer-specified behavior. Knifegrab posted:When I tried to use this I got a message saying "Your carrier has blocked wifi in the latest phone update". Any suggestions?
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Knifegrab posted:Thanks for the tip Verizon Customer Service! Network bandwidth is in fact a limited resource and I would argue that Verizon should do their part to make it available to all of their subscribers and not just those who choose to abuse it at the expense of everyone else. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't know why AT&T and Verizon don't just force everyone out of contract onto a modern plan. As far as I'm aware there's nothing preventing them from doing so except fear of churn and, let's face it, they can afford the churn. Just tell everyone on an unlimited plan that no, you can't do that anymore, and you can sign a new contract on a new plan or GTFO. Edit: In case it's unclear to you, that open-access rule on the C-block only applies to capped data plans. It also only applies to the C-block and Verizon is increasingly using AWS to supplement their C-block holdings. Effectively that means that while they still can't block tethering on the C-block they have some weasel room if it comes down to a confrontation with the FCC (something they've shown they don't fear, yay captive regulation!). In any case all carriers (to my knowledge) now include tethering just as a part of their service agreements, all you have to do is update to a modern plan and hey, you no longer have to play cat and mouse with their detection software. It really only becomes an issue when you try to have your cake and eat it too. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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bull3964 posted:Because it's not worth it, that's why. In real terms, those users are not costing them any additional resources and even a fraction of a percent of churn could cause their shareholders to go into panic mode. First off, there's just nowhere for a lot of customers to go. A lot of people are on Verizon because they need to be. Sprint and T-Mobile don't offer the coverage of Verizon in a lot of areas (read: anywhere rural, so 50% of America) making AT&T the only other option. Secondly, any move they make in this area is likely to be mirrored by AT&T. It's not collusion, it's coincidence! They've done that many, many times over the years to avoid real competition and they'd do it again. Third, while I'm sure many would say they'd leave if Verizon did that, I doubt many would. Particularly if the modern plans end up being cheaper on a monthly basis. You'd know better than me if that's the case but with every other provider their modern plans are cheaper than their older ones, is that not the case with Verizon? Lastly, they only need to do it to the people abusing it. They know how many people are using vast quantities of data per month. Just find out the line of where those people are costing you more than you're making and cut them off. I'd have to imagine if it's like most ISP figures that there's a very obvious low percentage of abusers relative to the rest of the users.
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bull3964 posted:The point is that even the abusers are literally costing them next to nothing. Spectrum congestion is due to population density and has little to do with how much data an individual uses and bandwidth is dirt loving cheap once you are off the tower. They do things to make unlimited unattractive, but they are still better off having an unlimited customer than not so they aren't going to rock the boat too much. I'm also skeptical that their math includes the customer service and billing savings that killing legacy plans gives you. I can't find it now but T-Mobile said when they forced people off legacies that they were dealing with hundreds of plans. I should note that their postpaid numbers went up (a lot) after forcing people to modern plans mainly because their modern plans aren't designed to gently caress people over. Verizon could do the same but they'd have to resist the urge to gently caress their customers as hard as possible which I'm not sure they could do.
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bull3964 posted:Unlimited plans are the least of Verizon's billing woes. Their entire system is a gigantic clusterfuck and I honestly wonder if keeping the unlimited plans is simply because no one can figure out how to remove them. When I first ordered Quantum TV to replace my regular DVR, I got shipped 3 routers instead of one router and two STBs. It's that bad.  Knifegrab posted:I don't have an unlimited plan, I have a single line plan with 2 Gb of data usage.
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Magog posted:So I figured out the price gap between the nexus 5 and the nexus 6, the nexus 6' included Sim card slot key is metal not plastic
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Michaellaneous posted:A note beforehand: I was stupid and posted this in the haus of tech support where it didn't belong so I am just going to paste this here. Some people said this is probably a hardware issue but I wanna ask the pros.
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For all you N4 users with the battery issues, it's been two years, it's time to upgrade. You can open it up and change the battery if you want (might as well replace the USB daughterboard while you're at it) but really, why would you? It's old, lacks LTE, and is on the far end of support. Maybe it's time to move on. Michaellaneous posted:Just out of technical interest, is it possible to check the integrity of the NAND flash with ADB? Even then you still have the problem where if the NAND controller can't sort out the bad spots in it, how is it supposed to report them to the tool? It's fairly obvious from the behavior that the storage is causing either data corruption or errors in reading it, diagnosing it further won't make it work properly. There's nothing to do but replace the entire thing. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Michaellaneous posted:Yes, I realize that diagnosing the error will not fix it, but I would still like to be certain. Hace posted:Wait, battery degradation is still that severe? If you're on T-Mobile you've probably also got issues with changing network topography affecting your reception. They're moving a lot of stuff around and it certainly can affect battery life as HSPA signals move to lower power and harder to receive bands. In short, you can keep hunting down these problems but it's a game that's been going on for two years and they're obviously no closer to making the battery driver or the radio work properly. I doubt they're going to resolve them prior to the device's end of life.
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Eremys posted:Question for those who have purchased phones through Google in the past. How do they usually handle warranty repairs? So they most often just do a replacement/swap or do they make you send it in first and be without a phone while they repair it and send it back? Also, do they have an out-of-warranty repair option like apple does; for example, if you bust the screen and want to get it repaired? I have a N6 for reference.
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Hace posted:Maybe it's just me, but a phone with a life expectancy of only 2 years seems pretty short! How do you think LG looks at it?
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baka kaba posted:I don't know about specifically checking the NAND, but that's how I worked out my GNex was officially toast
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Variable_H posted:Your Cell Phone is a Piece of poo poo Remember when Samsung used bad NAND in some Galaxy S models (I think it was the Canadian one) and they had like a 70% failure rate but they'd replace it once and after that gently caress you? This is of course the same model that had disconnected GPS antennas in the T-Mobile and AT&T models and lovely GPS in all the others including the Google Nexus S. Remember how this was good enough to make Samsung the only profitable Android OEM?
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CLAM DOWN posted:and I love the placement of the headphone jack! Bottom headphone jack for life. nerve posted:I have hands that are probably average to below average in size and after a week of using the N6 I was completely used to it, use it one handed frequently, and am very happy I decided to go with my enormous whalephone dissss posted:Everything else works fine and depending on where you are LTE may not be a big deal at all.
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ijyt posted:Try out AirDroid.
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Thermopyle posted:... or he was suggesting what he thought was the closest thing in Android land. To actually address the concerns of the person asking, it might be helpful to point out that Google's reliance on web services mean that everything is always in sync between devices all the time anyway (assuming you use Google services--it falls apart quickly when you don't use GMail or Drive). As for SMS there are a few solutions, most far more convenient than AirDroid, but all requiring some adjustment from the Mac side of things to make it work. A one line throw out of "use AirDroid" is neither informative nor particularly helpful given the question.
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Ochowie posted:I guess I should have actually asked a question. Have people experienced this or do I have a bad device? I've never seen it happen though.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Also Currents no longer works (replaced by Google News and Weather (updated freaking finally and also not the same thing as Google Play Newsstand)) and neither does Email (it just redirects to Gmail's support for POP3/IMAP/Exchange* now, if it's updated, and maybe if it's not if the system image is new enough). vvv In fact when Currents updates to disappear it explicitly says that it's been replaced with Play Newsstand. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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BoyBlunder posted:Serious question.
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RZA Encryption posted:Ugh. I just got this Nexus 6 and made the mistake of CJing it. I unlocked, removed the oem ringtones, boot screen, all that jazz. ilkhan posted:Or you should have lived with the dumbass startup screen which you MIGHT see once a month.
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