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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yeah as far as I know none of the carrier branded non Nexus AT&T devices have received Lolli yet. LTTP as always AT&T is.
Just checked again and yeah, I get background and offline videos when I'm using my Google+ name, but not my YouTube name. On the same Google account.
Baffling.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Legit though part of me says despite all of the bullshit that people should just try and get the One Plus One instead.
BoboBrazil
Member
Really people should buy the OPO instead. It's better than Nexus 5 in pretty much every way.
According GSMArena via @upleaks, HTC allegedly cancelled the HTC Hima Ace (HTC One M9 Plus),and plans to make the phone enter the Desire family instead as the HTC Desire A55.
HTC Hima Ace (HTC One M9 Plus) pictured on the right.
HTC Hima Ace (HTC One M9 Plus) pictured on the right.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
interesting. Smart choice though. The fragmentation isn't worth it. It would be one if they were the same but for one of them to have a fingerprint sensor and the other to not have it. Messy.
According GSMArena via @upleaks, HTC allegedly cancelled the HTC Hima Ace (HTC One M9 Plus),and plans to make the phone enter the Desire family instead as the HTC Desire A55.
HTC Hima Ace (HTC One M9 Plus) pictured on the right.
Should have cancelled the other M9.
Well that rules out HTC then...
-Pyromaniac-
Member
take your niche big phone and stuffffffffffff it
5 inches 4lyfe that'swhatshesaid but seriously. 5 for flagship is best.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I care more about overall phone size than I do in terms of just talking screen size.
Nah, not when you have manly hands like me. Been waiting for bigger phones all this time and now they swipe away.
Now I've just gotta hope that Sony don't have the rumoured delay and bring the Z4 Ultra to the UK and my carrier, or it's time to grab a Z3 and save for a Nexus 6 after I've saved for my house deposit.
It doesn't have all the LTE bands for an optimal LTE experience on either AT&T or T-Mobile. It will work, and does have their primary LTE bands however. (band 17 for AT&T and band 4 for T-Mobile)
It's missing band 2 LTE (1900mhz), which AT&T uses a lot of to add capacity in many markets to augment their band 17. T-Mobile is also using this band to convert their rural towers on EDGE to LTE. I'm in Houston and my AT&T phone is on band 17 (which the One Plus does have) half the time and the other half it's on band 2. Without band 2 I might still be on LTE with band 17 but it might be a weaker signal.
It also doesn't have band 5 LTE, which AT&T uses in other markets for capacity instead of band 2 LTE. T-Mobile also recently bought a bunch of 700mhz spectrum, band 12, for rural expansion and building penetration but the One Plus won't be able to take advantage of.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
that's another reason the regular version is better it doesn't have the htc black bar which means smaller phone size than the m8.
not in size!
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
While it's more recent in my possession quite frankly I can wait on my phone being upgraded. 801 seems finally hit that performance sweet spot for me where for general tasks + background tasks I just don't feel a need for something faster.
I will be ready to upgrade my Nexus 7 way before my G3 not just because one's older, but stuff before the snap 800 def hadn't hit that performance line (for me) yet.
I will be ready to upgrade my Nexus 7 way before my G3 not just because one's older, but stuff before the snap 800 def hadn't hit that performance line (for me) yet.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Don't encourage this behavior. It'll only spur AJ to make the next thread as boring as this one.
That M9 is looking sweet. I look forward to the full review.
I am really suspecting this thing is not going to have a removable back.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
It's overrated anyway.
outunderthestars
Banned
I don't need thinner phones, I need longer battery life and better cameras. 
I don't need thinner phones, I need longer battery life and better cameras.
I'm with you in 2015. Keep your fucking sub 2800 MaH battery in the stone age where it belongs. Anything less than 3000 Mah* is some peasant shit in 2015. Note the asterisk only counts for Android because Apple finds a way to compete on battery with less than 2000 Mah in their smartphones. Yeah, I can live with 3000+ Mah phone that's thick, has an sd card slot, removable battery, and lasts for two days with at least seven hours screen on time.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
My G3 is pretty thin, and I still have a 3000 battery.
I don't need thinner phones, I need longer battery life and better cameras.
Knowing Samsung they looked at how Apple is destroying them in the high-end in marketshare and assume it must be because of how thin the 6/6+ are and going super thin is the key to their comeback. I don't know a single person who bought a 6 or 6+ who viewed thin as being important. Everyone puts these things into bulky plastic cases!
The Faceless Master
Member
holy shit! this is EXACTLY what i thought when i saw that image!!!
Spiritreaver
Member
Yeah they still need to fine tune this.
I went ahead and switched from Spotify to All Access. I don't have anything really tied to Spotify other than social networking features. So eh. I like being able listen to the entirety of Youtube as a music player though.
I really wish the player had media functions though. AFAIK it was just back/forward/pause|replay. Back and forward don't even let you skip through a video, that would be really nice. Sometimes I like to start a song over half way through.
I'm talking notification pane btw.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
It always baffles me to see people put hours of free labor into an OT. I'll use my time to fund my euro trip instead of someone else's, thanks. But hey, if you want to put something together, PM me.
shinshoryuken
Member
I like this new thread..good job AJ!
outunderthestars
Banned
Junior Mint
Member
I concur. I don't even remember what was in the OP in the last thread (no offence to whoever created it).
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Salty about the thread title, not the actual op
Perhaps you don't remember because there was only a picture. But he won't mind since he are no longer with us.
I feel like my genius is going unnoticed
Made the switch from my old iPhone 4 to a brand new Xperia Z3 Compact yesterday. Loving it so far, the ohone feels great and holy shit it's fast.
There's only one thing that's bugging me a bit right now, and that are the stock Android emojis. From what I've read, there is no way to change them without root access right? And the root for the z3c can fuck with the camera? So basically, I have to get used to these squished smileys outside of Whatsapp?
There's only one thing that's bugging me a bit right now, and that are the stock Android emojis. From what I've read, there is no way to change them without root access right? And the root for the z3c can fuck with the camera? So basically, I have to get used to these squished smileys outside of Whatsapp?
I don't think so. Swiftkey has a different set I think.
EDIT: Turns out that was CM12 that changed them. Mah bad.
If you want to change them on a system level then yeah you're going to have to root. Otherwise you just have to live with them or use a chat app that has its own smileys and stickers.
There is an android app thread but a lot of times people ask/post for apps in this thread since it's more active.
Thanks for this. I ended up contacting Motorola again yesterday and without having to plead my case, they set me up with a return. I send the phone in, then they send me a code to buy a new Moto X at no cost. Might skip the wood back this time.
Yeah all the other Android threads are kind of dead.
I tried wearing the LG G Watch R on my wrist yesterday, and to my surprise, it really fit on my arm and it looked really good.
I wonder what I can do with it besides swapping the watch faces, as that was the only thing I could do on the store's model. Oh, and silence it easily which was nice.
Would like to know if I can reply to sms messages and if at least Flappy Bird can be installed without rooting the watch.
I tried wearing the LG G Watch R on my wrist yesterday, and to my surprise, it really fit on my arm and it looked really good.
I wonder what I can do with it besides swapping the watch faces, as that was the only thing I could do on the store's model. Oh, and silence it easily which was nice.
Would like to know if I can reply to sms messages and if at least Flappy Bird can be installed without rooting the watch.
why.bmp
Yep, you can reply with sms via voice or preset short messages via coffee sms app. There's also a flappy bird game on wear without root. There are tons more stuff wear can do, love my Moto 360.
Because Flappy Bird is one of the most accessible games. Of course I can just play it on my phone which I would probably end up doing.
You gotta inform me of those "tons more stuff", I'm curious. I know I can see the weather as well and I saw it can notify from my calender as well.
By the way, whenever my LG G3 goes to 5% battery, it turns down my brightness to 0%. How can I turn this off?
Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place or if there is another thread for this.
But I just got a Galaxy Note 4 with a custom Dynamic Kat on it.
I'm trying to set the lockacreen default camera to Google Camera. I can't so far.
I have freeze the default camera app. But whenever I'm at my lock screen. Swiping at the Camera button does nothing.
But I just got a Galaxy Note 4 with a custom Dynamic Kat on it.
I'm trying to set the lockacreen default camera to Google Camera. I can't so far.
I have freeze the default camera app. But whenever I'm at my lock screen. Swiping at the Camera button does nothing.
32GB AT&T HTC One M7 4.7" 1080p No-Contract Smartphone (various colors) $150
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...t=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&keys=keys
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...t=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&keys=keys
Can you unlock them? I see an unlock option at the end but that's $400+
apparently you can buy a unblock code in ebay for around $5.
Wait, the S6 has already been announced? When was this? Are those pics real?
They figured out how to root without affecting the drm keys recently. You should check out xda.