bean breath
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Anyone else having issues with the Google messenger app? I'm able to receive texts but get an "sms disabled" error message when I try to send.
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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
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You Are Viewtiful
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Oooo, thanks for the tip! I've turned off Google Now and it seems to have solved the problem for now, but I'll uninstall some recent apps to catch the real culprit.
Is this a problem with the recent update that let apps make their own cards? If so, Google should've seen this backdoor trickery coming >_>
Ever since my Moto X upgraded to Lollipop I've been having issues with mms messages using Google's Messenger app. I've switched to Textra.
soundahfekz
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Just get Textra
Here is the truth about Samsung Galaxy S6 bloatware - MobileSyrup.com
I don't think that Samsung will go back to using a Qualcomm chip in the Galaxy Note 5.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
The Edge is awesome. Don't be ungrateful.
Unknown Soldier
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There is no reason why Samsung would use a putative future 20 nm Snapdragon instead of their in house 14 nm Exynos which is already on the market. Samsung already being at 14 nm FinFET is going to put them in control of mobile SoC performance for at least 2 years.
Unknown Soldier
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They are the hero we deserve
its just new location api's that allow apps to grab location easily through play services. If it *IS* location issues, you can see which apps are using your location and how much they hog the battery. Settings->Location should now show you what apps you have that use your location and battery use (all it says is low/medium/high etc, no percentages)
You Are Viewtiful
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Tasker automatically put my phone on airplane mode for the night, so I'm not sure if it was GPS or connectivity issues. >_> would location services still drain battery if it were off?
I don't think it's sad at all. The S5 was a bit of a let down but they've generally put out great phones and with the Note 4 and S6 they've really knocked it out of the park for the most part.
-Pyromaniac-
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Also saying samsung released the best android phone of 2015 when only 2 phones have been announced is pushing it. Only including worldwide flagships of course.
edit: also here is an updated thermal image of the M9 vs others. Looks like they solved it with whatever they did:
edit: also here is an updated thermal image of the M9 vs others. Looks like they solved it with whatever they did:
Also saying samsung released the best android phone of 2015 when only 2 phones have been announced is pushing it. Only including worldwide flagships of course.
edit: also here is an updated thermal image of the M9 vs others. Looks like they solved it with whatever they did:
They also posted the updated benchmark numbers in the same article: http://tweakers.net/reviews/3921/5/...e-verbeteringen-prestaties-en-benchmarks.html
The updated M9 took a hit in some benchmarks, but performed on par with the non-throttled M9 in others.
not sure for all android manufacturers, but base android, airplane mode doesn't stop GPS.
i wonder if HTC will be dead before we even get this
This would have been an awesome design, HTC fucked up this year. I'm very excited about the S6, it seems like the ultimate phone for my tastes.
-Pyromaniac-
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meh that's like what I mentioned before. Regardless of what they tweaked, real world performance different will not be noticeable.
That's why I'm not so concerned about phones using the 810 this year. BUT with that said, would be cool if the 815 made it into all phones going forward for the year.
zomgbbqftw
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I think the Z5(?) and G4 will have it for sure, but they are H2 phones and the Z5 may not come out until March of next and that will release with the S820.
You Are Viewtiful
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Oh wow, you are right, it doesn't turn it off. I've set Tasker to do that now but the problem seems to have abated after I uninstalled a few recently installed wallpaper apps. I hope it doesn't act up again.
Real world performance versus phones that use 805 and 801 processors won't be noticeable either.
-Pyromaniac-
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Hey if the G4/OP2/X 2015/nexus/etc...coming out in the back half of the year have the 815 that would be grrrreat. But I guess I'm not fussed either way. But it does seem like the 815 is what the 810 should have been.
well I'm assuming there are other benefits to the 810 like more efficiencies for battery. I could be wrong. When I say no noticeable difference I just meant in terms of things you can see like apps opening and closing and whatnot.
Unknown Soldier
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Lead time in phone design will likely result in all this year's flagships having the 810 except the S6.
Time to market is a bitch and HTC basically rushed the M9 out with a bunch of half baked components just so they could be slaughtered by Samsung. Everyone else are avoiding April every year because of the "Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" But I guess HTC didn't get the memo.
If you watch the video, he went into a bit more detail. The "preinstalled" apps are actually just stubs that take up a few kilobytes of space(they only get installed when you update through the Play Store), disabling them is pretty much like uninstalling.
It does let you disable a lot of apps outside the core apps (like the dailer), with the customization of Android I don't see what's the big deal. Disable a bunch of the apps that you don't want, install a 3rd party launcher like Google Now or Apex and customize it to your liking. Only areas you need to see touchwiz is with the drop down notification shade and settings really.
Unknown Soldier
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So the same as it's been since Android 4.1
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm surprised people with older samsung phones aren't more pissed about the new touchwiz being so much better than the old one and not being able to get it.
That's a bitch move on samsung's part. At least hook up the year before with the new software.
That's a bitch move on samsung's part. At least hook up the year before with the new software.
Well if they've got an S4 still, I doubt it's still fully working.
-Pyromaniac-
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But what about Note 4 owners? They JUST got their phone not that long ago and then a few months later a much better version of their own touchwiz os doesn't come to them? lollllll
Unknown Soldier
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¯_(ツ_/¯
still the front running 2015 android phone
I was stating it's just how Android works. I wasn't commenting on Samsung at all.
¯\_(ツ
still the front running 2015 android phone
Yup, this is the first Android phone that I'm super excited to own. I've been an iPhone owner for many years and recently gave Android a try with the OPO, but the S6 looks like the ideal phone. Like the Android's iPhone (and better in many ways), I'm counting down the days until this beast comes out.
Unknown Soldier
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Samsung is putting Lollipop on their flagships going back to the S3/Note II. The appearance of the UI isn't changing for consistency reasons but all the under the hood improvements, revised built in apps, and new features which don't depend on specific hardware have been pushed to flagship owners going back to 2012. Nobody else can say that about their flagships.
No doubt S6 Edge is looking great............................ but it's March. C'mon.
anyone have any good reviews on extended batteries for the g3?
Like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OPOCY38/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OPOCY38/?tag=neogaf0e-20
You Are Viewtiful
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My Galaxy Nexus used to die after lunch. Thankfully I had 3 batteries. Once they took replaceable batteries out, I was done with Nexus ✋ thankfully Nexus 6 life is decent. I'm not looking forward to another LG 5-inch Nexus phone lol
It's really disappointing that Google fucked up on the camera and battery on the N4/5 and with the 6 it's just way too big for a lot of people. At least there's OPO making high end phones at decent prices, hopefully they come out a compelling 5" phone this year. That would be great for a lot of people that don't want 5.5"+ phones. If the OPO was 5" with small bezels it would be hard for me to justify going for the S6 this year, even with all the great features you wouldn't find on cheaper phones.
I wouldn't call the OnePlus One high end. It may have had good specs like the SD801, 3GB of RAM and a 1080p display but the camera was pish, screen was poor outdoors and it had a lot of QA issues.
Yeah there are issues with the phone, the camera is serviceable (I consider it to be above average), and yeah it's hard to see outdoors even on max brightness. Mine hasn't had any issues hardware wise thankfully. Still it's better than any Nexus phone I've used (Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4).
Not really fair to compare a phone from last year to a phone from 3-4 years ago though.
Baroquemantic
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Ha, I knew it. So it's just disabling apps, exactly like it's been for years.
Those phones weren't so great even when they came out IMO, the galaxy nexus had a bad screen and the Nexus 4 had a poor camera and bad battery life. Nexus 5 had those same issues.
if they are just pointers instead of apps, then there isn't a difference. No big deal
In 2011 when the Galaxy Nexus came out, your choices for best Android smartphone for that year was basically the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, or that silly HTC Evo 3D thing.
At the time, it wasn't like it was horrible and every other phone was good.
If the apps aren't running and using up power/Ram, and they aren't constantly updating themselves, then is there any practical difference?
The last AMOLED screen I've tried was with the Galaxy Nexus, that experience was so bad I stuck with IPS since then. I'm not sure if my eyes are ready for massive improvements in AMOLED tech with the S6.
osiris3355
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The main issues with the gnex was its awful battery and some of the android bugs. The only people that cared about the screen were a select few geeks. The general public does not notice these things.