soundahfekz
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Just got my 6p in. Should I update to 6.01 or nah?
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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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Why wouldn't you?
No one would reply in it.
Who is doing that?
I'll be the first. You just have to prepare for the deluge of T-Mobile defenders. Somehow they have fanboys that put iPhone vs Android fanboys to shame (not talking just on Gaf but all over the internet).
Jazzy Network
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Not a big fan of the fingerprint sensor in the back. Could be that I'm not used to it. Just doesn't feel natural since I don't hold my phone that way.
I miss the fingerprint sensor from the back of the 5X, it felt a lot more natural to me than the home button on the S6.
voodoojohn
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I have no idea where this talk of 5X lag is coming from. I've done side by side testing of my 5X against my wife's 6P and performance has been about identical except for the camera app.
LostMyNarbles
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I didn't think I'd like a rear-facing fingerprint scanner but the position grew on me using the Nexus 5X. You can just pull the phone out of your pocket and with the way the scanner is positioned my finger would land on it so the phone is unlocked as soon as it is out of my pocket. That's more natural than having to position my thumb to unlock the phone on a front scanner and you also don't have to sacrifice bezel to make it happen.
Saiyan-Rox
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Had the horrible touch screen issue on my Pixel C that has been doing the rounds
Swiping would just cause touches to happen and the whole tablet because of this was unuseable. Did reboots and a factory reset to no avail and then suddenly it just started being fine again.
Only thing I can think of is there's a dodgy hardware part inside that is temperamental, a software issue even though I factory reset or when I got home and this is the first time i've4 had this issue the whole tablet was fricken freezing and I mean seriously cold so maybe that screwed the screen up?
Swiping would just cause touches to happen and the whole tablet because of this was unuseable. Did reboots and a factory reset to no avail and then suddenly it just started being fine again.
Only thing I can think of is there's a dodgy hardware part inside that is temperamental, a software issue even though I factory reset or when I got home and this is the first time i've4 had this issue the whole tablet was fricken freezing and I mean seriously cold so maybe that screwed the screen up?
It's coming from the camera app like you just said. Snapchat is horrible on the 5x. It will work ok on a fresh boot, but if I didn't reboot my phone every couple of days it becomes unusable. We're talking like 3-5 second delay response times when trying to press the back button when I'm in Snapchat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsizmmWmUAI
In Pocketnow's video review they mention lag around the 9 minute mark of the review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeCr8geSnDQ
In this review starting around the 6:20 mark they go over some of the lag as well.
soundahfekz
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wifi bugs, wakelocks etc that have plagued prior "updates". I looked into it though and it didnt see much
If you're on T-Mobile it enables band 12 so it's a pretty important update.
I need some help.
My G4 keeps changing accuracy to high accuracy mode by itself. It all started happening when I accepted a Google based prompt asking to anonymously store location data to load apps like maps faster.
Is there anyway I can get it to stop changing back to high accuracy mode?
My G4 keeps changing accuracy to high accuracy mode by itself. It all started happening when I accepted a Google based prompt asking to anonymously store location data to load apps like maps faster.
Is there anyway I can get it to stop changing back to high accuracy mode?
HazySaiyan
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Sorry to ask, but what are the issues the S6 has? I didn't keep up with Android news until very recently since I went back to iPhone last year.
The Faceless Master
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Spiritreaver
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Haven't got my phone yet, but I think I'll love it. My favorite part about the LG G3's design are the power and volume buttons on the back.
HazySaiyan
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Wait is that it? I mean it's not like you don't know what you're getting with a Samsung device.
-Pyromaniac-
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Samsung cutting smartphone shipments in 2016, focusing on cheap phones:
http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/samsung-focus-buget-phones-2016-51271/
http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/samsung-focus-buget-phones-2016-51271/
Baroquemantic
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There's really no negatives with the S6 outside of aggressive RAM management, but I'm not sure if that's been fixed in an update or not. Of course, there's still the fact that updates are slow, but I'd wager that's a minor thing for most people. Everything else like TouchWiz vs stock, size of phone, etc. is completely subjective.
Edit: Not actually in issue, but if you're someone that's into custom ROMs and whatnot, an Exynos-powered device is not your friend.
Unknown Soldier
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Fuck that, ICQ4LYF
-Pyromaniac-
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the battery life is garbage
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Lol at this reactive race to the bottom. This marks the beginning of the end for Samsung. Well, yet another mark. They've been done for awhile. Typical, reactive Korean company more obsessed with bullet points than usable features.
Baroquemantic
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Well, that comes down to individual usage, doesn't it? I'm sure battery life is great for many people.
No, the battery life is objectively garbage.
If there are people who do not use their phone enough for it to be a huge issue for them then they could buy the likes of a Z3C and have *astonishing* battery life, so the S6 would still be crap in comparison in that regard.
(Lovely camera though.)
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm not even sure I use my phone THAT much. On my iphone the subway ride to work would take my battery from 100 to 100 or 99 at worst doing nothing but listening to music for 45-55 mins. On my S6 it goes down to 90-94%. Just from music. Anything that uses location will drain your battery literally by the minute. The display eats that juice like there's no tomorrow as well.
I can't say I do anything other than text, emails, music, and browse the web. I could drop to 50% effortlessly. With any medium to heavy usage it will only last to the halfway point.
Jigolo
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Just saw the G4 leak on reddit. The device sounds great on paper
5.2" vs 5.1" screens
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/LG-G2,HTC-One-A9,Samsung-Galaxy-S6/phones/7969,9733,8997
LG G2 vs Nexus phones
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Google-Nexus-5X,LG-G2,Google-Nexus-5/phones/9593,7969,8148
If they get the dimensions right, I might just buy me a G5. LG G2 remains the GOAT
5.2" vs 5.1" screens
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/LG-G2,HTC-One-A9,Samsung-Galaxy-S6/phones/7969,9733,8997
LG G2 vs Nexus phones
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Google-Nexus-5X,LG-G2,Google-Nexus-5/phones/9593,7969,8148
If they get the dimensions right, I might just buy me a G5. LG G2 remains the GOAT
WhiskerFrisker
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Funny, my finger always lands on the finger print scanner without me realizing it. It could be muscle memory from handling your S6.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm impressed that LG is going down in screensize. Good choice.
I need links.
Also, everytime I've heard of downsize rumor, it ends up being for a shitty mid range phone. Please be real.
EDIT: nevermind I found it. 5.3 inches is till too big, sorry.
Jigolo
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Is the screen size too big or would you say the size of the phone is too big. Because those are not mutually exclusive.
Here is the iPhone 6S compared to the G2
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Apple-iPhone-6s,LG-G2,Samsung-Galaxy-S6/phones/9501,7969,8997
Almost the same size and the G2 has a bigger screen
The caf snapdragon browser by jswarts linked a few pages back is amazingly snappy, at least on the gaf mobile site. Switching between gaming and offtopic is pretty much instant with this browser. Have noticed a few bugs though. Hope they get ironed out because this is such a better browsing experience (with a snapdragon soc) vs default Chrome.
Jigolo
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What phone are you using?
Nexus 5.
doesn't matter. LG isn't going to hit the dimensions I'm looking for. Whatever they did with the 5.3 inches will be impressive for it's overall size, but it's going to be a bigger body than I want.
Rodney McKay
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By the time I'm ready to upgrade my Note 4 (probably in a year or two) I'm afraid there won't be any high-end android phones that still have a removable battery.
The G5 rumor mentions the body being all metal and probably not having a removable battery, and Samsung has already taken it away with the Note 5 and S6.
Im sure it's a rarely used feature and that's probably why it's getting taken out in favor of making everything a millimeter or two thinner, but it's still a feature that I prefer to have.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yep. But I wish LastPass would work on it.
Agreed. Blows other browsers away. Pages load as soon as I click the link.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Not anymore.
Prototype Viktor
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check her's and your ram usage
Unknown Soldier
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I still root my phone for the sole reason of installing an ad-blocker on it. There really isn't anything else I need root for, and unfortunately because of how Android works, doing ad-blocking without root access can be very cumbersome.
I can't really think of anything else I use root for these days, even disabling bloatware is built into Android now though you would need root to actually delete it. Deleting it doesn't accomplish anything though since the system partition isn't used to store user data or apps anyways.
Currently on 5.1.1 and the memory management is still aggressive. I'll be on Jefit while at that gym, listen to music, then browse neogaf during rest breaks and my music will cut out. Even with just those three apps, seems it needs to cut something and it chooses Google Music because it was the last one I "interacted" directly with, even though I'm actually listening to it still.
Supposedly Marshmallow fixes this.
That's my thought too. But I'm reading that it may be still good to unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery (do nanodroid backup and EFS backup too).
I guess you use TWRP?
oh we can now disable bloatware? is there a specific toggle or is it built into the App Manager?
hmm. I need ad-blocker mainly for websites but with CAF, there isn't much of a need right?
are you guys using Xposed as well (or is it not ready for Marshmallow)?
Looking at this guide - I'm not sure if I want to constantly restore the root each time there's a OTA update (unless I use Flashfire?)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
I'm so used to using Odin and Mobile Odin that all this is a little confusing.
Jigolo
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No the Antutu update is what inflated the number.... + every other devices number.
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