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[Bboy AJ]

Just sold my Nexus 6. Definitely going to go down in history as the black sheep of the Nexus line. I liked it, though. Overpriced, not a true Nexus, subpar screen, and an impossibly difficult to use camera. Still cool, though. Its size and heft were a lot of fun.

 

[kami_sama]

Just sold my Nexus 6. Definitely going to go down in history as the black sheep of the Nexus line. I liked it, though. Overpriced, not a true Nexus, subpar screen, and an impossibly difficult to use camera. Still cool, though. Its size and heft were a lot of fun.

Well, it wasn't conceived as a nexus phone. It was going to be a Moto X Pro. But because Android Silver was cancelled, google needed a nexus phone to release.

 

[shingi70]

Depends

Do you want the fastest? Small and light? Bigger? Bells and whistles?

Something cheap to smash out papers with for the time being.

 

[Mindwipe]

how is the chromecast compared to screen mirroring?

i'm using screen mirroring with my s6 to my samsung hdtv and espn app looks sometimes choppy on my tv, but smooth on my phone screen. all apps are closed except for espn.

im using a nighthawk router so i can't imagine it being my connection.

If the app has native Chromecast support far better because the device isnt required to re-encode in real time (indeed, after starting the stream the device doesn't touch the video stream at all, its delivered directly to the Chromecast.

If the app doesn't have native support then the Chromecast is effectively operating as a miracast receiver anyway, with a few additional proprietary extensions (some of which are based on WebRTC) and will be re-encoding in exactly the same way with subsequent pq and framerate loss.

 

[Laekon]

Is there a way to move txt messages in hangouts to a new phone? Nexus 5 to 5X. Everything I can find about it is out of date.

Already having issues with my 5X. Like why are txt messages in the message app and not hangouts? I should't have to invite someone to hangouts to use it to send txt. I didn't set it up this way and I didn't even know there was a separate message app outside of hangouts. WTF would Google have 2 apps for the same thing?

 

[kami_sama]

Is there a way to move txt messages in hangouts to a new phone? Nexus 5 to 5X. Everything I can find about it is out of date.

Already having issues with my 5X. Like why are txt messages in the message app and not hangouts? I should't have to invite someone to hangouts to use it to send txt. I didn't set it up this way and I didn't even know there was a separate message app outside of hangouts. WTF would Google have 2 apps for the same thing?

You can change the default sms app in the settings. In the More tab, there a way to change the default app.

 

[jwick]

Is there a way to move txt messages in hangouts to a new phone? Nexus 5 to 5X. Everything I can find about it is out of date.

Already having issues with my 5X. Like why are txt messages in the message app and not hangouts? I should't have to invite someone to hangouts to use it to send txt. I didn't set it up this way and I didn't even know there was a separate message app outside of hangouts. WTF would Google have 2 apps for the same thing?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en

 

[Bad_Boy]

If the app has native Chromecast support far better because the device isnt required to re-encode in real time (indeed, after starting the stream the device doesn't touch the video stream at all, its delivered directly to the Chromecast.

If the app doesn't have native support then the Chromecast is effectively operating as a miracast receiver anyway, with a few additional proprietary extensions (some of which are based on WebRTC) and will be re-encoding in exactly the same way with subsequent pq and framerate loss.

Thank you for the explanation. That makes sense. EPSN watch doesn't seem to have a native casting app.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Thank you for the explanation. That makes sense. EPSN watch doesn't seem to have a native casting app.

The WatchESPN app has native Chromecast support. It shows up in the Cast section of the Play Store.

 

[wilflare]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en

is there one that backs up and restores call logs too?

 

[Prototype Viktor]

I have a question, the lock screen widget for Pocket Casts looks like this:

So I can only pause and skip forward 30 seconds but if I want to rewind 10 seconds, I expand the widget by pulling down slightly and:

The lock screen pattern prompt comes up over the widget and I can't tap on the rewind button. Is there something I'm overlooking or is the only way to rewind from the lock screen to not have a lock pattern or pin on the phone? This is 5.1 Lollipop, by the way.

Antenna Pod does the same thing in Marshmallow. I think it's just a api thing that needs changing there thing use for thier apps.

 

[Vermillion]

Hey guys! I'm looking to buy a Chromebook, but I have no idea what's the best these days. I want it to be relatively small, inexpensive, and I might install Ubuntu on it. No clue yet.

I hear that the ASUS Flip is really good, but I've had a shitty experience with my current ASUS tablet (I sent it in for repair four times... also it's slow now)... I don't really trust ASUS devices as a result. Do you guys know what might be best?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[jvm]

Alright, who got some cool Android stuff

I got one of those Dragon Touch Windows 8/Android combination tablets. Just now getting to the Android side, which runs 4.4.4. Not bad, but what a feeling going back a few versions of the OS... 🙄

Going to do some more hunting on whether anyone has successfully gone to 5.0 yet while retaining all the other functionality. The hard part appears to be the custom app on each side which handles the OS booting.

 

[ponpo]

Does anyone know why deleted photos from the Downloads folder still show up ass missing files in some applications?

E.g. I have 5 photos in the downloads folder, I delete 3, but then if I open Line or Facebook Messenger and choose to send a photo from the download folder, the 2 remaining photos appear, along with 3 "error" files representing the deleted images.

Caches have been cleared and also Downloads says it's using 0kb of data despite housing a few pictures, so not sure how to get rid of those deleted files.

e: Was fixed by rebooting device, still kind of annoying.

 

[Vanillalite]

Yo we got tooo much micro usb shit in my house.

If I were to but a 3rd party micro usb charger what should I buy? Doesn't need to be fancy.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Yo we got tooo much micro usb shit in my house.

If I were to but a 3rd party micro usb charger what should I buy? Doesn't need to be fancy.

Buy Undertale.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Well, finally sold my iPhone 6S Plus. I just let it sit for months unopened. It's kind of depressing letting it go. It's a pretty awesome piece of hardware.

I probably should have used it for a bit. Oh well. 6P carry me home.

 

[kami_sama]

This thread has an alarming density of people with everchanging phones.
I'm happy with my phone right now, and I don't I'll change it until Christmas next year, most probably.

 

[Vol5]

Thought I might post this in here instead of making a new thread.

My wife has a wierd problem with all her mobile phones. She's been through 4 so far. Apple 4s, 2 newer samsungs and she's now using an LG G3.

Basically her battery discharges at an alarming rate. It's rediculous. It's fully charged by morning then by around 12 or 1 its drained. The Samsungs used to shut off randomly. I have no idea what's causing it. I asked she get a new sim but that hasn't helped.

Is it likely that this has something to do with her tariff and signal? The telecomms provider aren't helping and insist its the battery but clearly something else is causing it. Any ideas GAF?

Fyi she's not a heavy user. Bit of a browse here and there but mostly sending and receiving a few texts. By comparison my G4 last all day and I'm a heavy user.

 

[kami_sama]

Thought I might post this in here instead of making a new thread.

My wife has a wierd problem with all her mobile phones. She's been through 4 so far. Apple 4s, 2 newer samsungs and she's now using an LG G3.

Basically her battery discharges at an alarming rate. It's rediculous. It's fully charged by morning then by around 12 or 1 its drained. The Samsungs used to shut off randomly. I have no idea what's causing it. I asked she get a new sim but that hasn't helped.

Is it likely that this has something to do with her tariff and signal? The telecomms provider aren't helping and insist its the battery but clearly something else is causing it. Any ideas GAF?

Fyi she's not a heavy user. Bit of a browse here and there but mostly sending and receiving a few texts. By comparison my G4 last all day and I'm a heavy user.

IS she using Facebook? If so, that's probably the culprit. You can try to use gsam battery stats to see exactly what's causing the drain.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Minecraft Story Mode is on sale for 10c, is it just for the first episode or the season pass?


Nvm,found my answer in the reviews. Only first episode.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

This thread has an alarming density of people with everchanging phones.
I'm happy with my phone right now, and I don't I'll change it until Christmas next year, most probably.

I haven't had too many. I think I've switched between maybe 4 phones in the last year.

Thought I might post this in here instead of making a new thread.

My wife has a wierd problem with all her mobile phones. She's been through 4 so far. Apple 4s, 2 newer samsungs and she's now using an LG G3.

Basically her battery discharges at an alarming rate. It's rediculous. It's fully charged by morning then by around 12 or 1 its drained. The Samsungs used to shut off randomly. I have no idea what's causing it. I asked she get a new sim but that hasn't helped.

Is it likely that this has something to do with her tariff and signal? The telecomms provider aren't helping and insist its the battery but clearly something else is causing it. Any ideas GAF?

Fyi she's not a heavy user. Bit of a browse here and there but mostly sending and receiving a few texts. By comparison my G4 last all day and I'm a heavy user.

it's 100% an app she's using. No other explanation that would cause it to happen over multiple devices. Probably facebook/instagram/combination of social media apps constantly running in the background eating all her battery up. There are battery usage stats on iOS and Android. What did they say?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Thought I might post this in here instead of making a new thread.

My wife has a wierd problem with all her mobile phones. She's been through 4 so far. Apple 4s, 2 newer samsungs and she's now using an LG G3.

Basically her battery discharges at an alarming rate. It's rediculous. It's fully charged by morning then by around 12 or 1 its drained. The Samsungs used to shut off randomly. I have no idea what's causing it. I asked she get a new sim but that hasn't helped.

Is it likely that this has something to do with her tariff and signal? The telecomms provider aren't helping and insist its the battery but clearly something else is causing it. Any ideas GAF?

Fyi she's not a heavy user. Bit of a browse here and there but mostly sending and receiving a few texts. By comparison my G4 last all day and I'm a heavy user.

Facebook.or absolutely awful signal reception.

 

[Laekon]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en

Thanks for the link.

Anyone have a news aggregate app recommendation? I've been using Pulse but it looks like LinkedIn is shutting it down. I liked that I could news stories in order by source instead of all jumbled together like in Flipboard.

 

[pronk420]

So I'm considering picking up a bigger phone (iPhone 5 at the moment), and was considering android. Basically I'm thinking either nexus 6p or note 5, possibly s6 edge plus.

I've read bad things about lag on the Samsung ones, I used an S2 for a long time so I know it can be bad, but then people are saying both they lag and its iOS smooth about the Samsung phones this year....

I also tried a demo nexus 6p and it had really bad lag, struggled to scroll webpages smoothly (I compared the same page on my iPhone 5 and it was perfectly smooth), and there was a really irritating delay of almost a second after pressing an app before it launched. Compared to what I have read about the phone it made me think perhaps the demo software or unit just had issues? Is the long pause with no feedback before apps launch a standard thing on android? I forget what it is like.

Is there another good phone I'm missing? In the Uk so I can't try out the note 5.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

This thread has an alarming density of people with everchanging phones.
I'm happy with my phone right now, and I don't I'll change it until Christmas next year, most probably.

I change my phone only every 2-3 years. Well this year might be an exception of the Note 6 is amazing and has a microSD slot.

 

[Drifters]

Just ordered my wife the 5x. 6P getting ordered end of this week. Nice to have a 5x, 6P and 7 in the family.

 

[TheAbsolution]

As soon as my carrier (hopefully) gets a nexus 6P, I'll upgrade to that. Can't afford it outright.

 

[Bboy AJ]

So I'm considering picking up a bigger phone (iPhone 5 at the moment), and was considering android. Basically I'm thinking either nexus 6p or note 5, possibly s6 edge plus.

I've read bad things about lag on the Samsung ones, I used an S2 for a long time so I know it can be bad, but then people are saying both they lag and its iOS smooth about the Samsung phones this year....

I also tried a demo nexus 6p and it had really bad lag, struggled to scroll webpages smoothly (I compared the same page on my iPhone 5 and it was perfectly smooth), and there was a really irritating delay of almost a second after pressing an app before it launched. Compared to what I have read about the phone it made me think perhaps the demo software or unit just had issues? Is the long pause with no feedback before apps launch a standard thing on android? I forget what it is like.

Is there another good phone I'm missing? In the Uk so I can't try out the note 5.

Get the 6P.

 

[kharma45]

So I'm considering picking up a bigger phone (iPhone 5 at the moment), and was considering android. Basically I'm thinking either nexus 6p or note 5, possibly s6 edge plus.

I've read bad things about lag on the Samsung ones, I used an S2 for a long time so I know it can be bad, but then people are saying both they lag and its iOS smooth about the Samsung phones this year....

I also tried a demo nexus 6p and it had really bad lag, struggled to scroll webpages smoothly (I compared the same page on my iPhone 5 and it was perfectly smooth), and there was a really irritating delay of almost a second after pressing an app before it launched. Compared to what I have read about the phone it made me think perhaps the demo software or unit just had issues? Is the long pause with no feedback before apps launch a standard thing on android? I forget what it is like.

Is there another good phone I'm missing? In the Uk so I can't try out the note 5.

I wouldn't bother with the Note 5 unless you really need the one. S6 Edge Plus is mucho sexier and is available here.

 

[Bboy AJ]

I wouldn't bother with the Note 5 unless you really need the one. S6 Edge Plus is mucho sexier and is available here.

He can do that but he better not come back here later whining about how shitty Android is because he's using an S6.

 

[Noema]

Get the 6P.

.

 

[Lashley]

Will my Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 get Marshmallow update?

 

[The Faceless Master]

So I'm considering picking up a bigger phone (iPhone 5 at the moment), and was considering android. Basically I'm thinking either nexus 6p or note 5, possibly s6 edge plus.

I've read bad things about lag on the Samsung ones, I used an S2 for a long time so I know it can be bad, but then people are saying both they lag and its iOS smooth about the Samsung phones this year....

I also tried a demo nexus 6p and it had really bad lag, struggled to scroll webpages smoothly (I compared the same page on my iPhone 5 and it was perfectly smooth), and there was a really irritating delay of almost a second after pressing an app before it launched. Compared to what I have read about the phone it made me think perhaps the demo software or unit just had issues? Is the long pause with no feedback before apps launch a standard thing on android? I forget what it is like.

Is there another good phone I'm missing? In the Uk so I can't try out the note 5.

get the 6S+

 

[Noema]

Will my Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 get Marshmallow update?

Probably not.

 

[pronk420]

thanks for the advices, is the lag I was seeing on the 6P normal or was there just something up with the demo unit?

S6+ seems to be a reasonable price now compared to when it launched, so that makes it more attractive.

 

[Lashley]

Probably not.

Shame but not surprising

 

[kharma45]

thanks for the advices, is the lag I was seeing on the 6P normal or was there just something up with the demo unit?

S6+ seems to be a reasonable price now compared to when it launched, so that makes it more attractive.

sounds like a demo issue. The one I tried with O2 seemed snappy.

 

[Zapages]

Hi guys are there any good deals on Android smart phones with a stylus?

I am looking for my Father. He would like to have a stylus and a micro sd slot.

Any good recommendations that are reasonably priced?

 

[Noema]

Bought Xcom: Enemy within today since it was on sale. I love having pretty much a full version of one of my favorite games of last gen on my phone. But damn if it doesn't drain battery like there's no tomorrow. Went from fully charged to 93% after just the tutorial mission. 😅

Hi guys are there any good deals on Android smart phones with a stylus?

I am looking for my Father. He would like to have a stylus and a micro sd slot.

Any good recommendations that are reasonably priced?

Maybe get him a Galaxy Note 4? They can be had for less than $400 these days.

What does he need the stylus for?

 

[Zapages]

Bought Xcom: Enemy within today since it was on sale. I love having pretty much a full version of one of my favorite games of last gen on my phone. But damn if it doesn't drain battery like there's no tomorrow. Went from fully charged to 93% after just the tutorial mission. 😅



Maybe get him a Galaxy Note 4? They can be had for less than $400 these days.

What does he need the stylus for?

My Father would like to write things while he is at work. Also he has seen how useful that the stylus is on my note 4.

Are they brand new for 400 dollars or are they refurbrished /used?

 

[BoboBrazil]

So we should be getting some more s7 leaks soon if the January release rumor was true.

 

[Jigolo]

So we should be getting some more s7 leaks soon if the January release rumor was true.

That was always a dumb rumor, also the "it will be cheaper" rumor. Snapdragon 820 exclusivity doesn't sound unbelievable

 

[Drifters]

So we should be getting some more s7 leaks soon if the January release rumor was true.

People still care about Samsung?

 

[NomarTyme]

People still care about Samsung?

Going to move on to LG if their rumors are true about the G5

 

[Unknown Soldier]

People still care about Samsung?

Nope, nobody cares about the biggest seller of cell phones in the world

 

[data]

Is Marshmellow for the Moto X Play still coming? It's been ages

 

[BoboBrazil]

People still care about Samsung?

Yeah, they still make the best smartphones in the world. I'm gonna need them to come out with a larger version though. 5.2 is too small.

 

[Vanillalite]

Bluetooth really is the fucking shit.

After getting a new car with BT and now having some cheap BT earbuds along with a portable speaker idk how I could go back to wired.

 

[NomarTyme]

Bluetooth really is the fucking shit.

After getting a new car with BT and now having some cheap BT earbuds along with a portable speaker idk how I could go back to wired.

Amen. I went with bluetooth option for work because one time I snagged my phone and dropped the phone.