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Android |OT7| Now With a Whole New Messaging System
- Thread starter Hasney
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I have a Nexus 6P that hasn't giving me any issues (battery life isn't as good as it was) that is a year old. But right now, I have a 32gb Pixel XL in my Best Buy cart ready for pick up. I don't need it, but I love having the newest tech and I am so close to pulling the trigger. I figured I could sell my 6P for about $300 on Swappa and just put towards it. Apparently buying from Best Buy, they still work on AT&T like if I bought from Google. I am so torn, which maybe means I shouldn't do it? I dunno too much!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeLKqjvmFvQ
mi mix drop test.
Maybe ceramic everything wasn't the best design choice, but at least they have the excuse of it being a concept phone!
mi mix drop test.
Maybe ceramic everything wasn't the best design choice, but at least they have the excuse of it being a concept phone!
Jazzy Network
Member
Well the N7 does have 500 more mah of battery. I'm sure there were tweaks Samsung did in the year that lead to more battery efficiency.
Junior Mint
Member
Any issues with the LG G5? Does it bootloop as well? It's cheap as hell in Canada right now... like $300 USD off contract.
juliushandle
Member
Too early to tell. It happens after 12 months.
Crimson_Gold
Member
The ones from best buy don't have a locked bootloader?
Prototype Viktor
Member
Maps is getting scary. It will sometimes tell me to turn right on red at the correct time to turn when there is a gap in the cars going by
Completely useless but it was a neat gimmick if you could afford burning money on such a phone.
Eanan
Member
Google seems to do what they want, I wonder will anyone take them to court over this
Lots of Pixel resellers have had their Google accounts suspended
Lots of Pixel resellers have had their Google accounts suspended
Scalpers got scalped.
Where is this?
Unknown Soldier
Member
Serves them right. No one likes scalpers. Literally no one.
Pixel xl, yep.
osiris3355
Banned
Lame. Which app?
That 821 doing work. Right guys?
brotkasten
Member
Go to the settings and application manager and disable all the garbage and bloat you don't need. Stuff like S Healt, S Voice, all the Google and Microsoft garbage, if you don't use their services.
Always on Display isn't enabled by default. You can find it under Display.
Get a cheap wireless charging pad on ebay and see if you like it.
TTOOLL
Member
Already did these, I don't think it came with a lot of bloat, only Microsoft stuff and Facebook (?!) which I don't use. I'm trying to find a good way to check my calendar without using s-planner widget. I downloaded any.do and I quite like it, but their widget will show only taks, I have to open the app to check my calendar. I don't like using google now because the battery hit. Any suggestions?
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Build it while people pay to beta test it. Typical.
Youtube
Saiyan-Rox
Member
I returned mine today never even managed to use it long enough for any type of intense heat I just didn't like it at all.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
FlammableD
Banned
I mean, sure? The studios are the ones who set the prices for digital.
Jazzy Network
Member
4K on a 5.5" 2K screen!
brotkasten
Member
Is Google not getting a 30% cut?
FlammableD
Banned
Yeah, but that doesn't influence the price. The pricings are pretty standard for digital video across stores.
isn't supported in any US LTE so no real reason to get it.
Also will probably shatter from UPS dropping it at your door step.
edit: I see $900ish? The phone is ~$500, doesn't seem too reasonable.
Junior Mint
Member
EMUI 5 on Honor 8 (warning: not in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghJpUdKHavg
It actually looks better to me than what Samsung's doing with their take on Nougat, to be honest.
It actually looks better to me than what Samsung's doing with their take on Nougat, to be honest.
brotkasten
Member
Both are way too iOS, but yeah, Samsung shitting the bed with their skin again is annoying. Thankfully they support themes.
Junior Mint
Member
I just like the font density and compactness of the notification panel on EMUI 5.
The strange thing is Samsung's S7 Marshmallow color scheme and look was pretty nice. Then for whatever reason they made everything gigantic with ugly ass rectangles everywhere in Nougat:
FlammableD
Banned
other than the colors and icons, is that much different from stock nougat?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hecorat.packagedisabler&hl=en
it's only a $1.49. You can sign up for Google rewards and take surveys to earn Google Play credit if this really matters to you though.
I would use this app and carefully go thrrough and disable the bloat. google any processes that you don't know and you'll find info on whether you should disable it or not. Most of this was obvious. Probably none of the Google apps you would want to disable.
The Faceless Master
Member
looks like the long nightmare has finally begun.
she's getting a Blue Coral Galaxy S7 Edge and i've already switched to a Black Sapphire Galaxy Note 5.
she's getting a Blue Coral Galaxy S7 Edge and i've already switched to a Black Sapphire Galaxy Note 5.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Weird, that's the app that heats up my phone the least, although I'm using cardboard, not daydream, but isn't it the same for YouTube 360?
tfur
Member
I got the flashing Google menu on the 6p.
Is there a way around this if I have a locked boot loader? All flashing gives me complaints about locked oem?
fastboot flashing unlock = remote: oem unlock is not allowed
It sucks since this is a Google Fi phone, I do not have a lot of options to while waiting for a replacement.
Is there a way around this if I have a locked boot loader? All flashing gives me complaints about locked oem?
fastboot flashing unlock = remote: oem unlock is not allowed
It sucks since this is a Google Fi phone, I do not have a lot of options to while waiting for a replacement.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Until we get some crazy new tech I don't see the snap 8XX whatever ever getting around the heat problem for VR.
VR basicly cranks your shit to the max. That's fine for shorter experience type stuff. Something 5-10 mins. Long form stuff always gonna have this issue.
hmmm i feel like ive heard my coworker saying they watched a whole movie in gear VR. Does that headset have any kind of cooling system?
Vyse The Legend
Member
A VR movie does not tax the GPU. A VR app/game, however, requires the GPU to render the same scene twice, one for each eye. That's far more intensive and much more prone to overheating.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
This. Of the current content movie watching is probably the least taxing on the hardware.