I have rebooted a few times. I actually turned off the auto time/date just to see what would happen, rebooted and it still has the old broken time.
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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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I have rebooted a few times. I actually turned off the auto time/date just to see what would happen, rebooted and it still has the old broken time.
peppermints
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Losing love for my Nexus 6. It still performs like a beast, but the camera is just soooo slow which is hard to deal with having an almost 2 year old running around. I'm talking 5+ seconds to boot up, another few seconds to focus.
Would moving to a 5X alleviate those issues?
Would moving to a 5X alleviate those issues?
WhiskerFrisker
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Besides being vomit inducing, at least they're continuing to put in quality DACs within their phones.
6P will
Junior Mint
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5X will be even slower.
peppermints
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I'm having a hard time believing that's the case. How is that possible?
Shh. You're making too much sense.
To be fair, it does look like ass, but because of the plastic covering. Given how gorgeous the Note 5/Edge+ and S6/Edge were I'd give them the benefit of the doubt here.
LostMyNarbles
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Crap camera software combined with the fact that the Nexus 5X has performance issues because (Presumably) Android can't handle encryption with only 2GB's of RAM.
I noticed the plastic film right away. It was even more evident on the front of the phone. It's already confirmed to be a glass back, not plastic.
It can, just not on a 64 bit OS afaik. Not well anyway.
peppermints
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Well crap. Guess I'll stick with the 6 for now. As is I could get a 5X with minimal cost from selling my 6.. not the case with the 6P.
Crypto operations are done by a secure enclave on the processor, not in RAM.
But Google has fucked the driver up for this two Nexus devices in a row. It's actually amazing.
Actually yes but for different reasons.
SolidSnakeUS
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Am I the only one that can't get excited for Galaxy S phones anymore? I know that have outstanding hardware and the fact they are going back to waterproofing and microSD is very nice. But the design is just so... ugh. It's just bland on bland.
peppermints
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Issues like that make it more and more tempting to go with Samsung or LG despite the fact that after a camera I value stock Android more than any other feature.
Fair enough.
edit: I would like Samsung to be more open like Sony, it's too bad they don't feel the need to. If I feel confident in the Z6's support, I may jump ship after my S6.
That sucks, which is why I hope to find some kind of firmware to fix all of this, hopefully someone here knows.
Not sure, I'll have to check, as my phone is an unlocked phone without a provider. But do you know if there is a stable official firmware to upgrade to that keeps my battery life? Or do I have to either root my phone, factory reset it, or wait for Marshmellow, which I don't even know if I can get without a certain provider?
crashnburn
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Anyone with good guides/advice for root/ROMs for a LG G4 on ATT? I'm a complete noobie but it's a spare phone I have I'm curious to try experimenting with.
Didn't know where to start on XDA...
Didn't know where to start on XDA...
I can only tell you how my own 5X operates, but it takes about a second for the camera to open and another second to focus.
Seriously though, just took delivery of an Android TV Bravia just over an hour ago and still not up and running yet. The true Android experience. I'm lucky I like mucking around with this stuff.
It's almost as if you can still tell how insipid and boring the S7 design is through the transparent plastic film.
That looks like a camera grip, with scrolling wheel and buttons.
assuming the app even opens.
That's pretty much what people are saying it is. If we want camera control buttons and scrolling wheels this is about as good as it will get considering phones are so thin nowadays.
Seriously though, just took delivery of an Android TV Bravia just over an hour ago and still not up and running yet. The true Android experience. I'm lucky I like mucking around with this stuff.
Won't be the true experience till you void the warranty and install a ROM! And widgets!
That's pretty cool though. Didn't even know when they made those things.
I'm confused with all the hate that the S7 (how it looks) is getting. It looks just like the S6 with only a hint of the terribleness that is the S3. The S6/Edge were one of the few Android phones that I thought looked great. Besides it's not like Samsung is going to completely change how their phone looks till Apple reveals the iPhone 7.
Yeah, the app selection is technically more limited, but I can still sideload any .apk I want, so if it's not in the store, I can just shove it on there which is neat. Full DS4 compatability too.
Obviously, touch only apps would shit the bed a little.
Junior Mint
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Making anything that looks closer to the S3 as opposed to further from that hideous thing is a mistake in itself. I say that as a former S3 owner too. Looking back, that thing was probably the ugliest phone I've ever owned. Don't know what I was thinking when I bought it.
"Anything will be better than my S2!"
SolarMystic
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Which is a shame since it's the best one on the horizon barring arguably the frosted glass Sony is rocking.
LG G5 should give the S7 a run for its money if not be superior. I'm down to those two even though Samsung has been pretty meh for a while now.
osiris3355
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Whats it missing that you are looking for?
Google restores everything but text messages these days. Apps can be backed up to Google drive but the dev has to use it.
Jazzy Network
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Even call logs?
osiris3355
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I guess I didn't notice if it does or doesn't since the dialer was broke into a playstore app.
I care about my home screen arrangement more than I care about call logs.
And most people care more about their texts than their homescreen arrangement.
newdayrocks
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My N6 is the exact same way.
peppermints
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Real pain isn't it? The amount of light available definitely makes it faster. Still pics that I'm able to focus on and take time to get a good shot I'm completely satisfied.. but anything in motion is a no go.
I love the size of the thing, though. Shame there likely won't be another Nexus that size.
newdayrocks
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Isn't the 6p pretty much the same size?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Android 6.0 on the G4 does absolutely nothing to improve battery life. Pretty pathetic.
I think you're still screwed with Marshmallow. That calculator app has an old style prompt for permissions on install, so I think it can mine your data and send it when it installs, before you can turn the permissions off.
SolidSnakeUS
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It's not that. It's just that it's bland in the sense that it basically looks like the same phone every single year. Maybe a little less bezel here or maybe a curve here or maybe the shape around the camera is different, but as with like iPhones, they all look almost the same. To me, it's just boring and bland.
LostMyNarbles
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There's no reason to make change for the sake of change if you already have a good design down. I don't get the whole "Boring and bland" thing because no smartphone really screws in the design department to me, I don't look at X phone and say "Wow that looks really incredible". Look at HTC, they moved from the great design black-bar aside that the HTC One series offered and made this horrible mock iPhone with the A9.
I mean looking at a lot of the top Android OEM's (LG, HTC, Sony, Motorola) they've all nearly recycled the same design of their last generation device except with small improvements. That isn't limited to Android either since it sounds like Apple's going to be using the same design of the iPhone 6 series except without the headphone jack and maybe smaller bezels.
I mean looking at a lot of the top Android OEM's (LG, HTC, Sony, Motorola) they've all nearly recycled the same design of their last generation device except with small improvements. That isn't limited to Android either since it sounds like Apple's going to be using the same design of the iPhone 6 series except without the headphone jack and maybe smaller bezels.
Doze works. Great battery if you don't use the damn thing.
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