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Android |OT6| Huawei or the iWay [Nobody Reads Edition]
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more like an ugly baby of the HTC M7 and Galaxy
Yep! Krogans are my spirit animals.
Baroquemantic
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Awesome. I'm close to finishing the first game and I saw the name mentioned somewhere while looking up info on a mission.
Saiyan-Rox
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That front facing camera.....man HTCs design has hit the floor....I hope if they are doing the next Nexus Google changes that.
Damn that sucks
i'd rent it if possible instead of buying it.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I got my March update on the 6P. Wow, this thing feels so much nicer. It wasn't a fresh wipe so the new firmware feel might not be the reason. This update is awesome. It's my reason to hold off on the N update for now.
Saiyan-Rox
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Yeah Nvidia will eventually bring out a new one but not sure about the size of it. If you want a big tablet you'd be best going for the Pixel.
I always forget how light the Pixel C is without the keyboard.
Baroquemantic
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Well, it's just my opinion. You may actually enjoy it. It's a stupid, sorta fun action-adventure movie. If you have a play music or YouTube red sub, you can watch it on Rooster Teeth's channel.That front facing camera.....man HTCs design has hit the floor....I hope if they are doing the next Nexus Google changes that.
Damn that sucks
Edit: And on the YouTube red originals channel.
And I believe you can rent it on the play store.
Saiyan-Rox
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Youtube red isn't available here
so we can only buy individual shows from it. I saw it's Rotten Tomato's score was pretty bad also.
Saiyan-Rox
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So just tried to use multiwindow with YouTube on my Pixel
Got YouTube on one side and chrome on the other and YouTube plays fine....until you move on chrome then it stops playing
Happens on the 6P swell...damn I hope that's just a bug it's mainly what I want multiwindow for.
Got YouTube on one side and chrome on the other and YouTube plays fine....until you move on chrome then it stops playing
Happens on the 6P swell...damn I hope that's just a bug it's mainly what I want multiwindow for.
So just tried to use multiwindow with YouTube on my Pixel
Got YouTube on one side and chrome on the other and YouTube plays fine....until you move on chrome then it stops playing
Happens on the 6P swell...damn I hope that's just a bug it's mainly what I want multiwindow for.
I highly suspect that may be on purpose because of YouTube Red. They also disabled picture-in-picture for Youtube on iOS because it would be a way around that IIRC.
The Faceless Master
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Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Ordered a 5X for $199.
Buddy said he'd give me his good condition regular Nexus 6 (non-P) for $125. Should I do that instead? Any reason to keep the 5X?
This will be PURELY a secondary, back-up phone, used primarily for Project Fi when I travel overseas. I already have an AT&T 6s Plus, but they're international pricing is fucking ridiculous.
Buddy said he'd give me his good condition regular Nexus 6 (non-P) for $125. Should I do that instead? Any reason to keep the 5X?
This will be PURELY a secondary, back-up phone, used primarily for Project Fi when I travel overseas. I already have an AT&T 6s Plus, but they're international pricing is fucking ridiculous.
The Faceless Master
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more proof that Google said to disable it.
Samsung couldn't even be bothered to strip it out!
Is it the 32 or 64gb, and in what condition is it in? $125 for a Nexus 6 is a great price, either way. It's still a great phone. I got a 64gb one back in Sept and I still love it.
The Faceless Master
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Battersea Power Station
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Does the N beta on Nexus 6P have a problem with rapid charging? My indicator just says "Charging" and it seems to be taking longer.
Unless you find the 6 to be too big, I'd go for that over the 5x.
Ask him of you can borrow it for a weekend and see how you feel.
-Pyromaniac-
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Lol one of the appsz crashed when I was split screening on N and the entire tablet restarted.
I noticed the indicator as well, but didn't notice a difference in charging time. I'll see if I notice a difference next time I charge my phone.
LostMyNarbles
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In case anybody is interested B&H has the Nexus 6P on sale for $450/$500 with an included $50 GC.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Nexus+6P&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Nexus+6P&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
The Faceless Master
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sounds like a good deal if you want to give money to this great business: NYC camera megastore run by Hasidic Jews forced Hispanics to use separate bathroom
Coming back to android after many years of being a iphone owner. There's a lot I feel I need to learn about android. For starters I got a question about launchers, everyone seems to hate touchWiz on samsung phones. Is touchWiz a launcher, if I install something like the Nova Launcher does that entirely replace touchWiz?
(sorry for the stupid question) but is a luancher just something that replaces how the home screen looks?
edit: getting the S7 Edge tomorrow, should Nova launcher be one of the first things I should install?
(sorry for the stupid question) but is a luancher just something that replaces how the home screen looks?
edit: getting the S7 Edge tomorrow, should Nova launcher be one of the first things I should install?
I'm doing pros/cons and shit now in order to figure out whether I want to keep my Tab S2 or go for the 32 GB Pixel C... lmao I'm a mess..
Tab S2:
+ SD storage (haven't made much use of it yet, way more useful for my phones)
+ Slimmest tablet in the world and most comfortable I've ever used
+ Finger print scanner
+ Great screen & performance
- Average battery life
- Lousy developer support
Pixel
+ Graphical beast
+ Great screen and performance
+ Likely to receive Android N a year before it even touches the Tab S2
+ Godlike battery life
+ Bigger screen size
+ Remix OS rom coming soon
+/- Good keyboard, but tired of the $150+ accessories
- Potential WiFi connection issues
- No fingerprint scanner
- Heavier
- No SD card slot
Other options
* Wait for Surface 4
* Wait for Cube i9 (runs on Core M3) reviews and price drop
Tab S2:
+ SD storage (haven't made much use of it yet, way more useful for my phones)
+ Slimmest tablet in the world and most comfortable I've ever used
+ Finger print scanner
+ Great screen & performance
- Average battery life
- Lousy developer support
Pixel
+ Graphical beast
+ Great screen and performance
+ Likely to receive Android N a year before it even touches the Tab S2
+ Godlike battery life
+ Bigger screen size
+ Remix OS rom coming soon
+/- Good keyboard, but tired of the $150+ accessories
- Potential WiFi connection issues
- No fingerprint scanner
- Heavier
- No SD card slot
Other options
* Wait for Surface 4
* Wait for Cube i9 (runs on Core M3) reviews and price drop
The Faceless Master
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strange because it's worked fine since 2012 on Samsung.
Prototype Viktor
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When's a good time to do the N preview update? When the OEM's get it in the summer?
brotkasten
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Oh Samsung...
ViziLeaks ‏@vizileaks 11 minutes ago
Software update for S7 and S7 edge in Europe will remove Samsung Pay app as Samsung pay delayed, again. #wasntready
ViziLeaks ‏@vizileaks 11 minutes ago
Software update for S7 and S7 edge in Europe will remove Samsung Pay app as Samsung pay delayed, again. #wasntready
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I'm thinking about it, too. But I really like my Zenpad form factor. It's super light and easily handled. I also prefer a smaller screen. I just hate how it won't ever get an update. Multi window is a big deal.
Yeah exactly. Installing Nova Launcher on S7 Edge would push back Touch wiz to the background so to say. A change of launcher changes the look of the home screen, the app drawer and adds some features like being able to use icon packs and gestures. There are still some things that work, no matter what launcher you have like for an example split screen which is ROM specific but the look of the phone will be different and Nova will bring it's own features as well.
Since you're new, I would just recommend you to use touchwiz for a couple of days and get a feel for that and then install nova to see the difference.
Why would you do that?
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I have an old, cheap Android phone that's used as our kitchen radio. We like to keep the radio on all the time, i.e. 24/7. However, both the music apps I've tried, Amazon Prime Music and I Heart Radio don't play infinitely without them shutting off at some point.
Does anyone have any recommendations for an old Android phone that has an FM radio and that I can buy on eBay or Swappa for $50 or ideally less? Or, better yet, a better app for streaming music?
Does anyone have any recommendations for an old Android phone that has an FM radio and that I can buy on eBay or Swappa for $50 or ideally less? Or, better yet, a better app for streaming music?
Saiyan-Rox
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I seriously hope not :/ it's not like in trying to play it in the background or play offline
damnit the main thing I wanted multi window for :/ Google doesnt even give us Red here :/I seriously hope not :/ it's not like in trying to play it in the background or play offline
If it is intentional, you can still enable background playing with Google Music.
Saiyan-Rox
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in all honesty the screen isn't actually that great...it's got some of the worst motion blur i've seen in a screen. every swipe you can see the letters being left behind and animations you can see frames of movement behind it when moving (if that makes sense to you) everything else is peachy though.
The keyboard is a nice thing to have, it takes a while getting used too but is not worth the insane price.
Oh yeah I actually forgot about Google Music....it's what £7.99 a month? I think i'd rather have red though as music is something I don't pay attention too.
Nikodemos
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The more I read about the Z5 Compact, the more I'm convinced it's gonna be my next phone.
Small? Check. Powerful? Check (low-res screen means more resources dedicated to actually crunching numbers, rather than vomiting a bunch of pixels). Supports Vulkan? Check (Adreno 430). Supports Marshmallow and unified storage? Check.
Small? Check. Powerful? Check (low-res screen means more resources dedicated to actually crunching numbers, rather than vomiting a bunch of pixels). Supports Vulkan? Check (Adreno 430). Supports Marshmallow and unified storage? Check.
*As long as you're in the US
That's weird. This doesn't happen on my S6.So just tried to use multiwindow with YouTube on my Pixel
Got YouTube on one side and chrome on the other and YouTube plays fine....until you move on chrome then it stops playing
Happens on the 6P swell...damn I hope that's just a bug it's mainly what I want multiwindow for.
Uuuuugh, ordered the Pixel C, immediately realized it never switched from my bank account to the credit card I added, and cancelled it easily. Now my code is dead. I requested a new one with a different email, hopefully I get it and don't need to deal with their customer service.
I requested a new one with a different email, hopefully I get it and don't need to deal with their customer service.Newegg matched the B&H 6P deal, so I don't have to buy from them and get a useless B&H gift card. $50 off, plus no tax, plus $50 gift card for a store I actually like, was just too good to pass up. I've been dying for another 6P sale for a while, I like my 5X a lot, but it definitely has shortcomings, where the 6P seems to be just about the most well-rounded Android device ever. Looking forward to the screen size and resolution upgrade, extra gig of ram, processor upgrade, stereo speakers, and premium build.
Oh, another benefit of buying on Newegg; the order instantly qualifies you for a free year of Shoprunner, if you're a new member. Now I'm bummed that Dominoes stopped using them, lol. Also, Newegg says the gift card will be emailed within 4 days of invoice, so if anyone wants to buy my $50 GC for $35 to apply to this deal up front, let me know. Then sell your GC and it'll be like you got a $65 GC.
Oh, another benefit of buying on Newegg; the order instantly qualifies you for a free year of Shoprunner, if you're a new member. Now I'm bummed that Dominoes stopped using them, lol. Also, Newegg says the gift card will be emailed within 4 days of invoice, so if anyone wants to buy my $50 GC for $35 to apply to this deal up front, let me know. Then sell your GC and it'll be like you got a $65 GC.
It's not, they can permit this.
Picture-in-picture on iOS wasn't explicitly enabled, rather than being explicitly disabled. I suspect the average Android user would have gone mad if iOS got it before Android.
It doesn't work with all video streams currently, because the app gets soft suspended in this implementation to save battery life. Developers can mark the sections that shouldn't be suspended, like the video feed, but no apps have been updated with support yet.
Not too worried about this one.
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