Let me know when you return it and get an M8. I'll welcome you to the club then.
Ha ha. How's your camera looking lately? :lol
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Ha ha. How's your camera looking lately? :lol
I'm not really concerned about the UI, I need a phone. The LTE band support is more important than that.
And the G2 and the Nexus 5 are essentially the same phone, as the G2 was the phone the Nexus 5 was based on.
The most laughable thing in this thread in a while, and that's saying something.
Look up the specs on the two phones, they're very, very similar
Nexus 5 vs G2
Sure, the G2 has the better battery and camera (and is the overall better phone), but the amount of RAM and the CPU are the same.
I just embraced the community side of the Nexus 6, even if I hated for a day after the first time I started flashing custom roms and kernels - like "this is going to be a pain in the ass everytime an update comes." Look at me now... it takes no longer than ten minutes to download and update everything, and all the improvements really make it standout. I can't go back. Pure Shamu and Franco.Kernel running here and coudn't be happier with my phone.
The most laughable thing in this thread is you
brotkasten
Member
The radio feature in Spotify is pretty bad, too.
Are you going to actually help with my question, or just continue to be an ass?
I've had a really, really bad week, came to ask a question only to deal with people like you.
I'm stuck in Korea without a cell phone and my only means of communication is on my tablet via WiFi.
I'm trying to figure out which phone will work best both here and in the states.
Mate don't listen to him. He's been shitting up the thread for weeks now.
Anyway, I'm not from America so I can't be 100 on this, but a quick Google search tells me that the AT&T version will probably be best. This is what I found on their forums:
Ah damn I read those as 1900. Yeah neither AT&T nor T-Mobile seem to support 850 and 1800. Maybe you'll have to make do with HSPA+?
Correction, I meant to say both 850 and 1800 at the same time. Both AT&T and T-Mobile support 850 though. You'd probably be fine but you might experience a bit unstabler connections.
Both Tmo and ATT have 2100. Band 4. ATT is the only one with 850, though.
When did they start supporting 850? This is news to me. Then again, I don't pay nearly enough attention to US providers.
* whoop, never mind. I googled. I see.
RockAction
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Hey guys, so my Nexus 5 had something of a shit-attack and i had to send it in for repairs (sent it through o2 repair in UK as LG didnt respond)
Problem is it came back with 4.4.2 on it, so 4.4.4 came through and i updated to that but i'm not getting a prompt for 5.0.2 etc - how long should it take for this to come about?
Problem is it came back with 4.4.2 on it, so 4.4.4 came through and i updated to that but i'm not getting a prompt for 5.0.2 etc - how long should it take for this to come about?
Do yourself a favour and just flash it. Some people have only just gotten 5 on Nexus devices. It'll show up when it wants to even though it's available. Ridiculous.
-Pyromaniac-
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this is google. They haven't figured out updates yet for nexus. You'll get it when you get it lol. My brother is still waiting for lollipop on his nexus tablet. I think some people here mentioned the same.
inB4 flash it
Too late. c;
Jazzy Network
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The 5.0 rollout has been a joke on Nexus devices.
You don't want 5.0 anyways, so count your blessings. Better to not get it, than to get it and have to live with the memory bug.
brotkasten
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Not everyone is affected by it.
manfestival
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I have a moto g and honestly I really enjoy 5.0. It is quite nice
Jazzy Network
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It's nice, but my Moto X stutters alot. I get alot of lag especially transitioning from one app to another or to the home page. Not the smooth experience I expected.
osiris3355
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Google really needs to get a maintenance release out asap for 5.0.
Its getting pretty ridiculous. I've never seen them botch an android release this bad.
Its getting pretty ridiculous. I've never seen them botch an android release this bad.
-Pyromaniac-
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The rollout for nexus devices has definitely been abysmal but I'm going to assume they pulled it after all the reported issues? That has to be the reason some are still waiting. Apple wants update...apple pushes update. Everyone gets it.
Google pls. That's partly why we get NEXI. Is that the plural?
Google pls. That's partly why we get NEXI. Is that the plural?
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
The way I see it, if you care enough to have the latest OS right away, flash it. The roll out takes a bit but we don't know whether it takes awhile is so they can and do catch bugs. Maybe they found something and are now holding it back. Totally possible.
I wish Android had a real cloud backup method. That would be awesome. The way it is, personal data isn't backed up.
I wish Android had a real cloud backup method. That would be awesome. The way it is, personal data isn't backed up.
Junior Mint
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So did Android go from laggy jank to smoother with Project Butter and now back to laggy jank?
In 5.0, what's it missing besides SMS?
brotkasten
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Google Glass moves to Nest.
Glass is moving from the Google X research lab to be a stand-alone unit led by Ivy Ross. Ms. Ross and her team will report to Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who heads Nest Labs, the smart-home device company Google acquired for $3.2 billion in February 2014. Mr. Fadell will still run Nest, but he also will oversee Glass and provide strategic guidance to Ms. Ross.
Google will stop selling the initial version of Glass to individuals through its Explorer program after Jan. 19. Google will still sell Glass to companies and developers for work applications.
Google plans to release a new version of Glass in 2015, but it hasn't been more specific about timing.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-makes-changes-to-its-glass-project-1421343901
Maybe they can make it useful.
Glass is moving from the Google X research lab to be a stand-alone unit led by Ivy Ross. Ms. Ross and her team will report to Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who heads Nest Labs, the smart-home device company Google acquired for $3.2 billion in February 2014. Mr. Fadell will still run Nest, but he also will oversee Glass and provide strategic guidance to Ms. Ross.
Google will stop selling the initial version of Glass to individuals through its Explorer program after Jan. 19. Google will still sell Glass to companies and developers for work applications.
Google plans to release a new version of Glass in 2015, but it hasn't been more specific about timing.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-makes-changes-to-its-glass-project-1421343901
Maybe they can make it useful.
Kill Your Masters
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We will probably geg repackaged butter.
Until they can somehow fit all the electronics in the frames, and the display is actually built into the actual glass, it will not catch on.
I commend them for their continue efforts, but the tech might not be available to make the above happen yet.
manfestival
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I mean I expected it from 5.0 on the moto g considering it is just 1 gig of ram but 5.02 really smoothed things out. I am back to enjoying the phone the way I did from when I first opened the box
That resolution lmao. Never change, LG.
Jazzy Network
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Wut? It's the camera resolution not the display.
Reading comprehension is hard.
Oops. That's what I get for paying attention.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Told you fools it would be advantageous for Sammy to side step the 810 as much as possible and use their own chip set!
Is there truth in this "90% of the S6 run will use Exynos"?
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Now, I only have a lowly Moto G and 2012 N7. I'm seriously interested in getting an N9 in a few months though. Anyways, I think this new "Fast Charging" stuff that all the major hardware is coming out with is pretty damned impressive! Getting to 60% in like an hour or whatever is pretty great.
Hell, it takes my Nexus 7 like 10-12 hours to go from dead to 100%.
It's pretty awesome but I've only needed to use it once
I think wireless charging was bigger, I rarely even plug my phone in anymore at night because I just let it sit on my charging pad next to me while I write code during the day.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Boy am I glad I went for my N6. The 810 is jacked up!
Data for the apps. I know, there's supposedly an API for devs to upload app data for a restore. But whatever it is, and as for as many apps as I've tried, I haven't seen that even ONCE. I hate going to a new phone or ROMing a phone and having to set all my settings for my apps all over again. Or redo games. This stuff should be automatic.
Data for the apps. I know, there's supposedly an API for devs to upload app data for a restore. But whatever it is, and as for as many apps as I've tried, I haven't seen that even ONCE. I hate going to a new phone or ROMing a phone and having to set all my settings for my apps all over again. Or redo games. This stuff should be automatic.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Not as if they haven't released that Exynos model in EU before. Literally the only major hurdle for them is NA and really even then the only major hurdle would be Verizon specifically because they are stuck on CDMA.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
I haven't pulled the trigger on that yet, but I'm definitely going to when I do buy an N9! I don't believe that the moto G supports wireless charging, though there may be some third party back that makes it possible or something. I should look into that. Charging cables are jerks :-[It's pretty awesome but I've only needed to use it once
I think wireless charging was bigger, I rarely even plug my phone in anymore at night because I just let it sit on my charging pad next to me while I write code during the day.
So is having anything useful to say, apparently.
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