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Android |OT4| I/O Silver
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Will still lag cause of android.
Shows up for me, 2nd behind screen most of the time
RoadHazard
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Isn't the Droid line entirely a Verizon thing? In other words, I don't think an unlocked version exists.
osiris3355
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Ha good point. These are reasons for my sister who does not care. He's not asking for my opinion.
Jazzy Network
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Every Verizon phone is unlocked.
Nexus 5
WhiskerFrisker
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How did you manage to place another one???
810 processors may end up coming out in the later half of next year which will be quite the wait. Of course, they'll be set with 4gb of ram, probably be 64-bit, and, have great QHD displays. If I could I'd wait too but my phone has to be retired by this year so I can't wait.
Too close? 6-8 months. You can start talking about preordering the nexus 2015 though!
Ruthless_Barbarian
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There is an unlocked model renamed Moto Maxx, supposedly launched in Brazil recently and expected in other countries soon.
Can the Verizon one be unlocked to use in other countries?
So it can be used with any network/carrier, even outside the US?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
So I've noticed one odd thing about Qi charging on the nexus 6, once it gets to 100% it will stop completely, then when it hits 99% it will start again. This starts a really annoying cycle with my cheap Qi charger that beeps every time something starts charging on it, so it wakes me up throughout the night. My nexus 5 never did this, not earth shattering, just a minor annoyance. Otherwise its a great phone, no complaints about the screen or battery here.
The Faceless Master
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put a T-Mobile SIM in and see if it works.
a lesser man would just claim they sent a brick instead of a phone for their fuckery.
SolidSnakeUS
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Is it weird that my Nexus 7 2012 hasn't updated to L yet? It's always connected to Wi-Fi and it still says it's up to date at 4.4.4.
The Faceless Master
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nope. could take weeks.
Does the turbo even have the bands you need?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 13)
I'm in Australia and we use 850/900 for 3G and 1800/2100 for 4G, so i'll be okay,
That's what you get for upsetting the Nexus overlords.
You know it's just a MDP right? They're usually just a reference device for testing and such.
I thought GPlay devices were dead? They didn't do it with the GS5 or Z3, why would you expect them to start again?
Did you disable encryption?
thanks! yeap - i'm thinking of dropping EvolveSMS (it's been great thus far) but getting the itch to try different things again
still waiting for Twitter for Android to support Dark Theme, multi-user (I'm on Talon)
MightGoThere
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Got Lollipop a few day ago, loving it so far, but did a factory reset yesterday to clear up the phone. Now Youtube links open up in the browser instead of the app, anyway to fix this? Clearing defaults doesn't work.
Got the same. It asked me the first time, but even selecting the YouTube app makes it open in the browser.
Also, damn that wifi drain. I get almost 20 hours with it off.
WhiskerFrisker
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Giving the base model a QHD display while giving the Ultra a lower resolution display is peculiar. The larger screen would benefit from a 2k display. Maybe they're going for insane battery life?
Isn't the lower resolution part of the article talking specifically about the camera? That's how I read it.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Well that does match the shitty as hell rumors that Qualcomm and TSMC are epically failing at production of 20 nm chips.
What's really gonna blow balls is if all of this years initial flagships have to use the 805. It's gonna be megafail of the highest caliber.
+ while plastic, it has a great feel in hand. Repels fingerprints like a boss.
+ snappy and responsive
+ camera focuses fast and takes great pictures
+ rear speaker is loud and clear
+/- LG's ui is decent and has many features by never feels overbearing. Ugly as sin though, but this is subjective.
+/- updates are an unknown, but LG Korea confirmed Lollipop for release at the end of this week over there.
+/- battery life is middling. 32gb owners are reporting better statistics, but it's neither good nor bad.
- the screen has an ugly sharpening filter applied to it, even though it's a 1440p display. Personally this was unacceptable. Some might not care though.
Yup, will be the least interesting year for phones. Apples usual S refresh and Android flagships being the same chip, but trying to tell you the phone is now infinitely better.
On the other side, if the original rumour about Sony abandoning the 6 monthly refreshes are true, but the chips are ready for the S5/HTC M9, the regular Z4 will look terribly shitty by comparison.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
This is exactly what I needed yo read. Thank you for this!
RoadHazard
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Nope! I'm almost starting to think they are holding it back for whatever reason. Some bug, perhaps. Which makes me not want to sideload it.
No problem. If I think of something else I'll report back.
Oh and I got the Play Services update pushed to me two days ago. Maybe you guys are way back in the list.
People are excited for the 810 because it will be 64-bit. That's it.
Dude that's twice as many bits! Think of all the massive improvements. Gotta be at least squared times as good I think.
That's what I figured. Sure, it'll be faster, but I feel like we're past the point of that mattering to me at least.
32bit memory space tops out at 4GB. Over 4GB would require 64bit.
Hey guys, I'm having a slight annoyance. I recently got my first Android phone, Xperia Z3v. I was using Hangouts for texting, but I hit a snag where messages would take forever to send, so I switched back to Messaging.
My new problem is, I use NILs for lock screen notifications. It's fantastic! Except when I swipe to open messages, I get this.
It happens nearly every single time. Anyone know what the issue is?
My new problem is, I use NILs for lock screen notifications. It's fantastic! Except when I swipe to open messages, I get this.
It happens nearly every single time. Anyone know what the issue is?
Is there a bit of a bug with Android with regards to data connectivity?
With my girlfriends old phone, every now and then data would just 'switch off'. Signal for calls/txts would be fine, but no data whatsoever. A reboot of the phone would resolve the issue. This was with Orange.
Her new phone (T-Mobile) does not have this problem, but my new Z3 on 3 has exactly the same symptoms. It typically happens when moving, i.e. on train/car journeys. Turning on/off airplane mode has no impact, and typically occurs when I left an area which had no signal into a new area that does.
This never happened on my Lumia 920/635.
Any suggestions? Very annoying having to reboot my phone all the time when moving around...
With my girlfriends old phone, every now and then data would just 'switch off'. Signal for calls/txts would be fine, but no data whatsoever. A reboot of the phone would resolve the issue. This was with Orange.
Her new phone (T-Mobile) does not have this problem, but my new Z3 on 3 has exactly the same symptoms. It typically happens when moving, i.e. on train/car journeys. Turning on/off airplane mode has no impact, and typically occurs when I left an area which had no signal into a new area that does.
This never happened on my Lumia 920/635.
Any suggestions? Very annoying having to reboot my phone all the time when moving around...
Yes, but there's other little bits of memory like cache dotted about. Running 4GB on a 32 bit CPU never gave a full 4GB. Doesn't matter though, I read something about the 805 over at anandtech:
So combined with the changes at the OS level to allow this, the CPU is fine too.
-Pyromaniac-
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Samsung failing so bad makes me all tingly inside. Wallstreet Journal has a paywall so I'll quote mobile syrup reporting on it:
Lets see if they learned anything for next year. I feel like it's mostly shitty software that turn people off, too many problems. Second is obviously shitty design. And third because competition has gotten better (namely bigger iphones).
Lets see if they learned anything for next year. I feel like it's mostly shitty software that turn people off, too many problems. Second is obviously shitty design. And third because competition has gotten better (namely bigger iphones).
I was using Boat browser over the weekend and the battery drain was substantially less than Chrome.
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