The Faceless Master
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If you are thinking of going to AT&T, look into AIO Wireless. I just did a little reading on them yesterday and it sounds like their plans are pretty good deals.
I guess the screen becomes narrower so it's easier for one handed operation. But other than that, it's curved just so they can say it's a curved screen.
I used them for a few months. They have good plans, but they don't have premium sms. Premium sms are those short code numbers for voting on American Idol, getting security texts from your bank, dual authentication with Gmail/Facebook, etc. This was a deal killer for me.
FlyingSaucer
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Greetings, Android Gaf 
I beg your pardon for being cavalier but I've just lost my phone, the new Huawei Ascend P6 looks awesome and I wanted to know if it was a safe bet ?
Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
I beg your pardon for being cavalier but I've just lost my phone, the new Huawei Ascend P6 looks awesome and I wanted to know if it was a safe bet ?Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
The Faceless Master
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Greetings, Android Gaf
Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
there aren't going to be too many people here with experience with that device, but it had good reviews!
Greetings, Android Gaf
Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
I've read up on it and it seems to be a good device, actually. If you can, get some hands on time with it before you make the jump.
Jazzy Network
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Greetings, Android Gaf
Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
It looks like an iPhone. Hell even the software acts like iOS.
Wow. This is exactly what I was looking for. As long as they can port my # from Verizon, I'm sold. Thanks!
GOOGLE GIVE ME A RELEASE DATE. I"M SET.
FlyingSaucer
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Indeed - with, it seems, maybe just a propensity to heat during use. It's the reason why I was a little worried... :/
Yep, very good point (I'm not used to regularly change my phone); not sure I can find it in brick&mortar shops in my country, though.
Thanks !
Greetings, Android Gaf
Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
Most experience I've had with one was in a store the other day. It felt pretty sturdy, but it's light as a feather, and that was with the huge security attachment that was on it. It was slightly too light for my tastes, because it felt like it was about to fly out of my hand at any second. As for software experience, in the short time I tried it it felt pretty snappy. But do note it was pretty short.
Either way, reviews seem to be good, so at least try it out first. Do note you'll get a heavily skinned version of Android. So who knows how performance will be down the line.
Jazzy Network
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Woot my One is on 4.3 now. Loving the new subtle differences.
every time I see a galaxy phone it always looks so gingerbread
MuddyDonut
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That's the reason I used Chrome over other browsers. That was back in beta though, so I've long switched over.
I agree. I'm not a fan of the new tab switching at all. Not to mention it is easier to reach anywhere on the side compared to just the top.
It's infuriating. I understand the status bar swiping for people who can't quite get to the edge of their screen because of cases etc but why go out of their way to remove something?
FlyingSaucer
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Okay, looks very, very good then. Thanks a lot for your impressions !
Throw me in that boat. Side swiping sucked ass. Far to many false positives or accidental swiped or whatever. To hell with that. I haven't seen the new implementation though so it may be worse. I doubt it though.
Firefox. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/k...+to+enable+Reader+Mode+in+Firefox+for+Android
Reviews seem pretty good, I would personally never touch any Huawei product though.Greetings, Android Gaf
Moving up from ios to android. Light side, here I come.
I have a Galaxy Nexus with franco.kernel nightly with Pacman and my colors are fine.
Eanan
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Seems to be because CM is not compatible with custom kernels anymore, going by posts like these:
https://plus.google.com/105578419942032698335/posts/34s1bk1MxK6
seems to have happened today
Might give PA a try tomorrow.
Nicktendo86
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New kit kat downloads screen
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ver-the-downloads-ui-will-get-in-android-4-4/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ver-the-downloads-ui-will-get-in-android-4-4/
Seems to be because CM is not compatible with custom kernels anymore, going by posts like these:
https://plus.google.com/105578419942032698335/posts/34s1bk1MxK6
seems to have happened today
Might give PA a try tomorrow.
That sucks. I'm actually thinking about going back to AOKP personally.
Nice. Change the Settings screen to white and we are good to go with Holo Light.
FlyingSaucer
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Why that ?
Plenty of good alternatives at the end of this one, which was exactly what I was looking for; thanks !
My fundamental problem with them is potential backdoor (although I'm not safe from the NSA either but I'd rather not have someone else have it as well) and skepticism about customer support. Its pretty easy to get a Galaxy S/Note, iPhone, and the One, or something like an Nexus 7 replaced but I'm not sure about Huawei. If I wanted a Chinese phone, I'll get a Xiaomi.
Also, their skin is total shit.
Junior Mint
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Am I the only one using Play Games wrong? What's the point of this app? I added a bunch of friends who I know play games and have it enabled for say Clash of Clans but I don't see any activity anywhere. I don't see them listed under active players. I can't see what games they play nor their progress. Is there any use to this thing? It seems even more useless than GameCenter.
sweetvar26
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Here is the update of the battery life on my LG G2. Keep in mind, I haven't used the phone as much as I used to the last few days. Hasn't been turned off at all but just using Wifi most of the time rather than the LTE. I did make few calls, used it for browsing and a lot of texting over Viber/WhatsApp.
I don't know why it is better than the Note 3 because I haven't looked into the Note just for the reason because it has a AMOLED screen which I am not a fan of.
The LG G2 however is a stunning phone. Great piece of hardware and I am very much used to the rear buttons and they are quite comfy to be honest. The double tap feature to wake up or lock the screen is very convenient.
Coming from an iPhone 5, the battery life is stunning. Never has a smartphone lasted me all day and this one surprisingly does.
The only gripe I have is how long it would take to update the Android software, never owned an LG phone and I heard they are slow.
However I bought this 32GB phone for $399+Tax in Canada, thanks to a pricing error by Bell. I didn't hesitate to pull the trigger and I am not regretting my decision at all. Very happy customer.
Nope, not yet. Almost definitely some time in October though.
The Faceless Master
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Here is the update of the battery life on my LG G2. Keep in mind, I haven't used the phone as much as I used to the last few days. Hasn't been turned off at all but just using Wifi most of the time rather than the LTE. I did make few calls, used it for browsing and a lot of texting over Viber/WhatsApp.
I don't know why it is better than the Note 3 because I haven't looked into the Note just for the reason because it has a AMOLED screen which I am not a fan of.
The LG G2 however is a stunning phone. Great piece of hardware and I am very much used to the rear buttons and they are quite comfy to be honest. The double tap feature to wake up or lock the screen is very convenient.
Coming from an iPhone 5, the battery life is stunning. Never has a smartphone lasted me all day and this one surprisingly does.
The only gripe I have is how long it would take to update the Android software, never owned an LG phone and I heard they are slow.
However I bought this 32GB phone for $399+Tax in Canada, thanks to a pricing error by Bell. I didn't hesitate to pull the trigger and I am not regretting my decision at all. Very happy customer.
hahaha and some people are worried about "only" having 3/4 of that battery capacity?!?!?
yeah... lol
Think the Nexus 5 is going to use GRAM or whatever too?
Jazzy Network
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Speaker? It won't have Boomsound that's for sure. It'll probably be average like everything else.
Vyse The Legend
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Oh, you.
The LG + Verizon logos everywhere and the LG skin are pretty annoying though.
Jazzy Network
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Fixed.
That's true, but I would imagine the Verizon G2 will end up having more dev support for custom ROMs due to them probably not getting the Nexus 5. So if you're fine with flashing, you're probably good to go.
I just hope they don't have the same headphone volume issue that the 4 has (my one major complaint).
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