Tell him to reduce his phone's screen brightness to zero, and to place it in airplane mode when not in use.
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It won't, and it might clear any issues that can happen with android updates.
His battery is probably busted. Tell him to buy a new one.
Absolute best advice would be for him to just get a Moto G 4g.
Second best: If he doesn't know what he's doing, he probably shouldn't be messing with ROMs. It might make things worse.
I'd say backup anything important and do a factory reset. Then buy a new battery, disable any bloatware that will run in the background, and be conservative with his app installs.
I thought so too but everyone in the GAF hangout thinks it's a Nexus 4.
Oh okay never mind.
The screen looks bigger than on the Nexus 4.
Look close to the top and bottom of the screen. See the large black gap? It looks like they stretched the Nexus 4 so that they can fit the demo inside the device screen.
Yep, you're right. Did an intern do this or something? Pretty terrible.
Whoever is in charge of large screens on Android design.
The Faceless Master
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charging it thru a laptop and using it and it dying is normal. you are basically trickle charging and depending on usage, it can be consuming more power than it receives from a laptop USB port. also, if he's had it for ~2 years now, the battery could also just be worn out.
The Faceless Master
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no, but you can get a year of OneDrive for free from Bing...
Worst sneakernet ever.
peppermints
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Anyone here use Cricket wireless? Would my coverage be the same as if I were still on ATT? Or worse?
Guess I'm confused on how these prepaid services work. They utilize the bigger carriers existing networks right!
Guess I'm confused on how these prepaid services work. They utilize the bigger carriers existing networks right!
is your phone gsm or cdma?
Cricket is essentially AT&T since they're owned by AT&T. They used to be called AIO, AT&T just bought Cricket and changed AIO to Cricket.
You should be able to get service anywhere that AT&T has service. The old Cricket network is being shut down and anyone using it will have to upgrade their phone.
Another option with AT&T is GoPhone (that's what I use with my Nexus 5). GoPhone is in the AT&T stores (both corporate and privately owned) where Cricket isn't, so it's easier to get service. With GoPhone, you're treated as if you have a contract with AT&T.
The Android game thread isn't that active, so I love how I can check what they are talking about in the iOS game thread and more often than not the game would also be available on the Play Store. Shows how Android has grown as a platform even though there are obviously still games and apps coming later or not at all.
RoadHazard
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And the N5 is only gonna get faster once it gets L, if nothing else because ART will be the default (and only) runtime. Dalvik's JIT compilation inevitably causes some lag when an app is started fresh (and also makes actions within an app take slightly longer), an issue ART doesn't have since it instead pre-compiles apps at install. So I'm pretty confident that if you were to repeat this test after L has been released, the N5 would win in every or almost every case.
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1) LoL@Evleaks dude can't quit
2) It's the M8 we wanted 6 months ago... Not sure if we want it now...
Jigolo
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M9 is gonna be good.
peppermints
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What do you mean it's easier to get service? Just in terms of the initial sign up and activation process?
So last I heard this was only slated for China and other Asia territories. This coming state side or to Europe?
1) LoL@Evleaks dude can't quit
2) It's the M8 we wanted 6 months ago... Not sure if we want it now...
Vanillalite
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Next Wed is the HTC press event. Hopefully that clears up the HTC rumors.
The event is in NYC so it'll be about western devices.
obin_gam
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My green Xperia Z3 Compact has arrived in my hands!
Behold the beauty: http://instagram.com/p/tnRb2gn926/
Behold the beauty: http://instagram.com/p/tnRb2gn926/
Baroquemantic
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Nice! That mint green looks so good.
obin_gam
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The plastic was on when I filmed, gone now. The color is even prettier irl ^_^
Aesius
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So I was dead-set on getting a Moto X today, but then I started reading about the Droid Turbo.
Do you guys think that's coming to Verizon, and if so, is it worth the wait?
I've been waiting three years to upgrade, so another month or two is nothing to me if it's for the right phone.
Do you guys think that's coming to Verizon, and if so, is it worth the wait?
I've been waiting three years to upgrade, so another month or two is nothing to me if it's for the right phone.
Yes. "Droid" is a Verizon branding.
Question: do you guys own any kind of micro usb L shaped adapters for your phones?
I feel as if my Nexus 4 charging cable is going to have issues where the female microUSB connector joins the rest of the cable because of the angle created when the phone is held landscape. I figure spending a buck or so on an L shaped adapter will alleviate that problem :lol.
Or I could just get a replacement cable when it breaks I guess...
I feel as if my Nexus 4 charging cable is going to have issues where the female microUSB connector joins the rest of the cable because of the angle created when the phone is held landscape. I figure spending a buck or so on an L shaped adapter will alleviate that problem :lol.
Or I could just get a replacement cable when it breaks I guess...
The Turbo is probably at the top of my want list at the moment, assuming it has the same software that the Moto X has and will get updates as quickly.
Where did you get that? Looks so good.
Kill Your Masters
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Only if its not the shitty E8 camera.
But removable battery..
Aesius
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Same here. I just hope it's not phablet-sized.
If it's like a super powerful version of the Moto X, I will buy it in a heartbeat.
obin_gam
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In the store Elgiganten. It was actually a day late hehe, the bigger cities in Sweden got them yesterday.
I've found a problem though - I need to order a nano sim card. Supposedly the newer models cant take the "bigger" micro sim cards. So I cant use it as a phone until a couple of days...
osiris3355
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The main difference is you will get the droid branding. Ringers wallpapers and possibly widgets, more bloat. You will also get updates after the moto x has received them first.
The moto x os is stock + moto apps
The droid os is stock + moto apps + droid apps
Edit: Also if physical appearance and hold is important to you there will probably be a large difference there as well.
If you don't have a cricket store near you, you have to do everything online.
With gophone, you can just go down to your local AT&T store.
That's why I went with gophone over cricket.
No matter what to go with, the coverage will be the same since its the same network
PFFT everyone loves NFL Mobile and Verizon Ringtones and Verizon Droid Red Eye Wallpapers and Verizon Widgets and MyVerizon and Verizon PDF Reader and Verizon Navigator and Verizon Video/Music Store and Verizon Visual Voicemail and Verizon Root Kit and Verizon Bootloader Unlocker and trials to great best selling games like Bejeweled 2 and Peggle.
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