soundahfekz
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And you know the person using it is thinking its so damn cool. Good riddance.
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And you know the person using it is thinking its so damn cool. Good riddance.
Milpool
Member
The frequent xda threads about the issue seem to agree on it being a software issue, I didn't know it was so easy replicable. Closing hangouts and changing the notification tone, it has a missing start every single time for me too. Maybe it's some sort of super aggressive power saving feature?
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Will continue rocking the Whistle. Fuck the haters.
I'm more concerned about the savagery that is having your notification sounds on in public places at all.
I'm more concerned about the savagery that is having your notification sounds on in public places at all.
Baroquemantic
Member
Almost all the OEM ringtones, notification, and other random sounds are shit. Especially those from LG and Samsung. Glad to see Sammy is now getting it together in that regard.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Happens for you too then? yeah you can replicate it on the dialer too for every ringtone. I put the issue on the bug tracker guess that's all I can do on the matter. the messaging app doesn't do the issue for every sound like the dialer does it seems to be just the Hangouts message tone.
bean breath
Member
Has anyone been experiencing volume issues with Chromecast? I've never had to toggle the volume on my phone with apps like YouTube and Google Music before but when I started streaming today, with my tv volume set to its normal level, there was no sound at all. I had to crank up the volume on my phone to max, it brought up a chromecast specific volume bar that I've never seen/used before. Was this just always set to max by default without me noticing?
Milpool
Member
Yeah, some people say toggling a setting in- Settings>Developer Options> Use NuPlayer (experimental), has fixed the issue for them but I had no luck with it.
I wonder if it's anything to do with the ascending ringtone being forced/baked into the OS, who thought this was a good Idea? I don't even know my phone is ringing until 3 rings in.
What's annoying is that if you google 'moto sound fade' you get forum posts from people with this exact issue on moto phones from 3+ years ago. Also while on the homescreen if I put the volume on max and slowly press volume down twice then volume up twice repeatedly the loudness of the beeps is very inconsistent. Sometimes the second loudest setting is way louder than the loudest setting, which makes me think some kind of terrible normalisation is going on.
It's been there forever.
bean breath
Member
I've been messing around with the sound settings on my phone lately. I used to permanently keep it on silent but I finally found where to disable the 'Wi-Fi hotspot available' notification and set my phones volume to max volume. Did I just somehow lower the volume on Chromecast? Does it use whatever volume setting I have music, media, etc. currently set to? Because I've tweaked that level constantly on my phone but it never affected my Chromecast's volume.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Two of the most important things I ever did with my Note II was replace the water drop BLOOP BLOOP with the default Android touch click and my notification sound with the now iconic Xbox Achievement Unlocked boop-boop.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Well looks like this week is done.
Maybe next week for 5.1 for my N7. Sigh....
Maybe next week for 5.1 for my N7. Sigh....
Weird. Thats not happened to me before.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
my nexus 9 aint got no love as well
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yeah cause you know that Nexus 7 2012 was top priority. :/
-Pyromaniac-
Member
WhiskerFrisker
Member
I knew it. Really stupid on Sammy's part.
campfireweekend
Member
So I posted about possibly getting a note 4 or nexus 6 like a week ago and I ended up walking out with the note 4.
Coming from windows phone, what are some great apps for android/note 4 specifically?
Coming from windows phone, what are some great apps for android/note 4 specifically?
Baroquemantic
Member
Welp, I figured the battery would be worse than the S5. No amount of processor, display, whatever efficiency can overcome a small battery powering a phone running Android.
Of course, that's assuming GSMarena's battery testing is legit, and other outlets report similar findings.
Of course, that's assuming GSMarena's battery testing is legit, and other outlets report similar findings.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
what kind of apps are you looking for? Good podcast app? Pocket Casts. Useful cool app? AirDroid. Launcher? Nova or Google Now launcher. File system type app? Cabinet. Definitely replace the stock messaging app with Google Messenger or Hangouts. Replace the stock email app with Gmail.
we're not supposed to be going backwards though
Perhaps 5.1 would improve the battery life like 5.0 improved the battery life on the Galaxy Note 4.That quote on its own is pretty misleading, the S6 still has good battery life:
WhiskerFrisker
Member
campfireweekend
Member
Airdroid looks really cool! Are there any good apps for reading manga or viewing reddit?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I personally always found GSMarena to skew positive toward android phones. I have a feeling other places won't be as kind. Guess we'll see.
Jazzy Network
Member
I'm leaning towards the One M9 now because Sense Lollipop is so smooth and there is no jank at all, battery life, and it's not Samsung no matter how uninspired it is design wise compared to last year.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Manga Rock, Comicrack, or ones like Viz Manga if that's what you're looking for.
Reddit apps are plentiful. Flow is one. Reddit News is another.
Okay, but know this The G Flex 2 has a 3,000 mAH battery and GSMArena gave it a worse battery score than the Galaxy S6, so what battery score do you think they will give the One M9 that has a 2,800 mAH?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
naww man join the pack, wait for Moto X 2015/nexus 2015. Maybe LG will surprise.
campfireweekend
Member
Thanks for all the suggestions. Are there any good lock screen apps? I don't really like the Samsung one
Jazzy Network
Member
Nah Moto will dissapoint with battery and I don't want a Nexus 7 phone version. LG's UI and software will be jank like the G Flex 2.
Sync for Reddit is the best of the bunch. I always try out others when they update, but then I find my self back on Sync. With small cards and night mode of course
Also someone just posted a thread asking about the best Android apps, so you might find good in there.
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Wait is this sarcasm or did this happen?
edit re: Android apps. Buy Tasker! It has a learning curve but omg, this is some of the best Android has to offer.
Don't bother. A 3rd party lock screen is never a good idea.
Let's wager. They're not that dumb.
Are they?
The batteries in the Droid Turbo and N6 have been awesome, so that's probably an indication.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
moto x battery will be beast. Moto Maxx and Droid turbo combined beleeeeedat
But yeah battery was the one concern in just about every single review. I'll be surprised if they skimp again.
I don't know about manga apps but in my opinion Reddit News is the best functioning and best looking Reddit read app.
No it's not sarcasm and 5.0 did improve the Galaxy Note 4's battery life.
Jazzy Network
Member
I'd rather not wait 6 months for it as I have an upgrade around April. At this point it's do or die with the M9 or S6 and I think I've pretty much made up my mind. Lollipop on Sense is so good. It's even smoother than stock on Moto X.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Manga Rock is good but they don't have every manga. Obscure ones may not be there.
Still using my aging Note 2. I had to help out at work and deliver stuff to drivers, so used my phone and gps'd my way to the first driver. Dropped off stuff, went to input 2nd address, and my phone turns off while inputting the address. Hmm, i pull battery, phone booting up and turns off again. The battery died. Not like low charge died, it died died. But guess what i did? I got back to work, switched out to a spare battery i got from ebay, and it fired right up. If that happened to me with a S6, id have to replace my entire phone AND lose access to all my pictures on the internal storage since there is no microsd.
Just shows that Note 4 is the only phone to get at this point, #teamnote4in2015.
Just shows that Note 4 is the only phone to get at this point, #teamnote4in2015.
If the battery dies on the Galaxy S6 you don't have to replace the phone just pop of the back and replace the defective battery.
give me a break.
Take it to a professional.
weekend_warrior
Banned
If the battery dies while it's under warranty you could take it in for repair and they would install a new battery. Duh.
campfireweekend
Member
Hmm. Are there any that do then? I noticed that nisekoi doesn't come up.