Try Tapet. Proceedurally generated wallpapers that automatically change at whatever specified interval you want. Plus, you can save the generated photo if you like it and adjust its parameters to get the types of content you want.
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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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Try Tapet. Proceedurally generated wallpapers that automatically change at whatever specified interval you want. Plus, you can save the generated photo if you like it and adjust its parameters to get the types of content you want.
Huawei, sony and samsung phones have an easy mode.
You could try a Windows phone launcher too.
crazy monkey
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Lg has that too.
Unknown Soldier
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If you mean the Tegra K1 with Denver, it used way more power and ran way hotter than possible for a mobile SoC. Even in the Nexus 9, it still had overheating issues and it was also horribly buggy. Nvidia wasn't ever able to get their power envelope under control and still have decent performance which is why they are now chasing car computing instead of mobile.
LostMyNarbles
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Anyone have a Nexus 5X? Currently thinking about getting one and selling this iPhone...
xplicitone
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Yea, it's tough. It's tempting to even get the phone right now since the deal is already live and they most likely won't have a better one on actual BF (The deal is supposedly a BF deal)
Haha nice! Mine has 32 GB and I'm having a tough time maintaining it. It's always full. I move everything to an SD as much as possible but it's still pretty bad.
A new phone + 64 GB system memory sounds awesome right about now.
I tried both a 5X and Z5 today, out of curiosity.
I don't really like the 5X build quality. The build being the same as the original 5 is a lie. It's more plasticky and doesn't have that rubbery feel to the back; the buttons are just plastic and not ceramic. What I really liked was the screen on this - Seemed color accurate and with good enough colors. Couldn't try how it performs, though, as some guy decided to put a random lock pin on it at the store I went.
The Z5 is beautiful. Loved the materials, and the phone seemed more light than my 6S. The feel of the frosted glass is really nice in hand. Screen is cool on this, too. Was disappointed to see a micro stutter on such a price-y phone, though, when I opened the Settings app and scrolled down right away. But that probably was just a thing of the moment and doesn't happen much.
Hope to try the 6P one of these days.
Ah forgot that I tried the X Play too and the first thing I noticed was how high the software dpi were. Don't know what's the deal of Moto with having the dpi so higher than the displays. Same thing with the Nexus 6, but probably only Google fault. The E, G and 2014 X are fine.
I don't really like the 5X build quality. The build being the same as the original 5 is a lie. It's more plasticky and doesn't have that rubbery feel to the back; the buttons are just plastic and not ceramic. What I really liked was the screen on this - Seemed color accurate and with good enough colors. Couldn't try how it performs, though, as some guy decided to put a random lock pin on it at the store I went.
The Z5 is beautiful. Loved the materials, and the phone seemed more light than my 6S. The feel of the frosted glass is really nice in hand. Screen is cool on this, too. Was disappointed to see a micro stutter on such a price-y phone, though, when I opened the Settings app and scrolled down right away. But that probably was just a thing of the moment and doesn't happen much.
Hope to try the 6P one of these days.
Ah forgot that I tried the X Play too and the first thing I noticed was how high the software dpi were. Don't know what's the deal of Moto with having the dpi so higher than the displays. Same thing with the Nexus 6, but probably only Google fault. The E, G and 2014 X are fine.
Unknown Soldier
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You missed out on Best Buy's Flash Sale on Saturday, they had S6 for $1 with 2 year contract. Oh well.
Frustrated_me
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When can we expect to start hearing about what the next Android features will be?
Jazzy Network
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When was the last time Nvidia made any strides in its mobile SOCs?
EDIT: WTF? Just realized stock Android recent apps card layout does not have a close all tasks button? Unless it's hidden somewhere?
EDIT: WTF? Just realized stock Android recent apps card layout does not have a close all tasks button? Unless it's hidden somewhere?
-Pyromaniac-
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nvidia is fucking garbage when it comes to mobile
there isn't one because google
Jazzy Network
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Such a fail. How the fuck do you get rid of a ton of apps quick then? Download one of those shitty RAM cleaning apps?
Unknown Soldier
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That's a feature added by Touchwiz lol
Switch to Samsung Galaxy
Frustrated_me
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I thought we weren't supposed to do that (end all apps)?
Jazzy Network
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Haha already got my Note 5. Was just watching a Note 5 vs 6P comparison and saw them running through recent apps and I was like WTF???!!!!
Unknown Soldier
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You're a man with good taste.
And yes, there's a lot of stuff that people who have Samsung take for granted which isn't in stock Android. Such as Multi-Window.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
People love their Shield and the Shield Console. *Shrugs*
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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So the Pixel C probably isn't coming out this year anymore right?
We probably would have heard about a release date by now no?
We probably would have heard about a release date by now no?
It needs to I'm holding money for it I could spend on other shit I don't need
I read about that too.
From what I understood, modern OS already take in consideration that people open many apps and leave them open, and it actually makes it less efficient to close them all and reopen again, both for performance and battery.
And it makes lots of sense.
Jazzy Network
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Except Android still has a ton of rogue apps that sometimes kill your battery in the background and you have no idea what it is. That's when it's useful. I'm not running in killing all my apps every 5 minutes.
Yeah you may be right
I think the article I read just considered iOS. It's a shame Google doesn't make an effort on that though.
The Faceless Master
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Multiwindow probably isn't ready. It makes no sense to release that tablet without it.
The Faceless Master
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Note 5 is < $1 at a few places on Black Friday
Seriously. Any way to flash this or is it all server side?
The Faceless Master
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i dunno how that shit ain't ready yet when Samsung had it working 4 years ago.
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
And does it work really awesome! Love it on the Note 5.
One thing though, is that they should make it compatible with every app. When I had rooted my S3 back in the day, every app would be compatible with it.
The Faceless Master
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yeah, the only app that had issues back in the day was Netflix and even that got fixed a while ago.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Should be an apk somewhere.
xplicitone
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Where?!
Oh I see one at Target now. Anywhere else? I won't be able to make Target's 5pm opening -_-
brotkasten
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Until it blows up in their face.
you won't kill those apps that way, at least that is my experience. Some keep running in the background.
Even some of them will never appear in the recents app menu.
Isn't Doze supposed to do that?
Some OEM's have their own solutions too, like protected apps from Huawei and Stamina Mode from sony
brotkasten
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Yeah. When Facebook Messenger had the battery draining bug, I had to go to the app menu in system settings and force close it from there. Same for Chrome or any of the other stupid apps.
No it's server side. I'm running the latest playstore apk and still on the old design.
I've never had to reboot a phone as often due to sluggishness as I have with this 5X. I hardly ever rebooted my Z3 Compact or G4, but after a couple of days on the 5X the whole phone slows to a crawl.
Trying to browse, the phone will hang and think I've done a long press when I've swiped. A reboot sorts it bit it's crazy that a Nexus is performing worse.
Trying to browse, the phone will hang and think I've done a long press when I've swiped. A reboot sorts it bit it's crazy that a Nexus is performing worse.
Damn I was about to go Sony Z5C because of the 6P overpricing and very late coming in Europe but those reports of stuttering really discouraged me
An update was pushed very recently to the Z5 & Z5C which users on xda say made the device much smother.
Maybe he the unit he tried hasn't installed or got that update yet.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Huh. It's on my tablet and N6 but not N6P.
that's why i got rid of mine, has to be the 2gb of ram causing it, every other 808 phone I've used had 3gb and was never as sluggish as my 5x was.
The Faceless Master
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phone activations start at 9pm.
Does anyone here had the "mobile radio active" bug on Lollipop and got it fixed with Marshmallow?
25% of my battery is spent with Twitter app (official one or a third party, result is the same) because of this bug. I remember reading that it was marked as fixed on Android issue tracker but never seen anyone that had this problem saying it was fixed after the update.
25% of my battery is spent with Twitter app (official one or a third party, result is the same) because of this bug. I remember reading that it was marked as fixed on Android issue tracker but never seen anyone that had this problem saying it was fixed after the update.
Bots are better than you
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Had it sometimes with Lollipop, has yet to happen with Marshmallow *knocks on wood*.
But i had the WiFi-drain-bug/thing with Marshmallow, but disabling the WiFi search for location services solved that problem.
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