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BonoMan posted:Is the Moto G LTE still the best budget Android phone? My wife is tiring of not having the same apps as her friends on her Windows Phone so I'm looking to switch her over. This is probably a better question for the Android thread.
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monster on a stick posted:This is probably a better question for the Android thread. True, but really I posted here because I was seeking like minded opinions without trying to get too deep into.
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BonoMan posted:True, but really I posted here because I was seeking like minded opinions without trying to get too deep into. Oh. Well in that case I bought a 2013 Moto X on recommendations of the Android thread and am pretty happy, it has a bunch of the creature comforts she will be used to from WP but not too much bloat. The 2gb of RAM also helps (I think the G only has 1GB.) You won't have an SD card slot, but if the use case for lots of storage is music, Google Play takes care of that. You can also spring for the developer edition of the phone which has 32GB of onboard space. Biggest downside is a meh camera. Note that this is purely a personal opinion, not one of my employer or the company execs or anyone else. monster on a stick fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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Jan 8, 2015 15:57
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New Moto G does not have LTE. Last year's does. No one knows why they took it out.
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Jan 8, 2015 16:04
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monster on a stick posted:Oh. Well in that case I bought a 2013 Moto X on recommendations of the Android thread and am pretty happy, it has a bunch of the creature comforts she will be used to from WP but not too much bloat. The 2gb of RAM also helps (I think the G only has 1GB.) You won't have an SD card slot, but if the use case for lots of storage is music, Google Play takes care of that. You can also spring for the developer edition of the phone which has 32GB of onboard space. Biggest downside is a meh camera. Ah thanks! 16 gigs should be enough storage for her. She takes a ton of baby pics, but that should be enough. Uthor posted:New Moto G does not have LTE. Last year's does. No one knows why they took it out. Maybe it was.. toooo good. 
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Jan 8, 2015 16:11
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If you're on AT&T, their Moto G has LTE and a MicroSD. I was surprised myself.
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Jan 8, 2015 16:30
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OldPueblo posted:If you're on AT&T, their Moto G has LTE and a MicroSD. I was surprised myself. Cricket. Their $150 G has LTE so I'm guessing it's the older version.
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Jan 8, 2015 16:31
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Uthor posted:New Moto G does not have LTE. Last year's does. No one knows why they took it out. It probably cost some amount of circuitry to add to the phone, and if their telemetry said "almost nobody is using LTE for reasons" then why not take it out. They still offer the 2013 model last I checked. Windows Phone - Which Android phone should I buy
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Jan 8, 2015 16:33
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RVProfootballer posted:Used Nexus 5, new Moto X 2013 (frequently on sale in the U.S. on ebay for ~$200), otherwise yeah, Moto G. AT&T version $199 off contract at Best Buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...ourceId=1420111 But I did get an open box 930 from Amazon's Warehousedeals yesterday, so got that going for me. No LTE is no big deal for me.
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Jan 8, 2015 18:10
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I ended up buying a used 1520 from swappa, but I accidentally shipped it to my parents house, so it'll be a few more days until I can actually use it again. I'll probably just use it for development and general screwing around, but since it has a Nano Sim I can switch it easier than with the 1020. So who knows, maybe I'll actually use it more. EDIT: And I just pulled it again, because my phone hard locked with it on! It worked just fine as PSN Messenger, but when I changed the store reference and ran the public version, it hosed up again. Screw this, I'm not going to invest more time in that app if I keep hitting stupid issues like this. EDIT2: Acutally it's probably is not related to my app. After hard resetting the phone and installing every app except that one, it happened again. Oh gently caress this platform. 
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Jan 8, 2015 18:26
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hotsauce posted:AT&T version $199 off contract at Best Buy: Would that Moto X work on T-Mobile?
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Jan 8, 2015 20:11
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Good news everybody (in select countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa and China)! http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/8/7513637/microsoft-lumia-830-930-nokia-gold-edition
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Jan 8, 2015 20:54
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Uthor posted:Good news everybody (in select countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa and China)! What the gently caress is Microsoft's problem? When you are playing a very distant third, the last thing you need to be doing is region limiting poo poo like this. You need to be spraying your product all over the planet like a cheap whore.
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Jan 8, 2015 21:16
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Those look surprisingly good.
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Jan 8, 2015 21:35
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I really like the white and gold. If they sold them in America I'd get the 830 as a gift.
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Jan 8, 2015 21:39
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Mecca-Benghazi posted:I really like the white and gold. Me too. Kinda glad they haven't come to the States because I would be jealous. Not that Verizon would carry them anyway. 
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Jan 9, 2015 00:46
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Got my Amazon Warehouse Deals (used) 930 today. $364. Black Asia variant, literally brand new. My guess is some idiot bought then realized it didn't get LTE then returned it. No Denim out of the box, but fixed in 1 hour. Googled a bit, used some Sony software to convert it to a Finnish ROM. Immediately OTA'd to Denim. drat son this phone is so nice. Shame it doesn't get LTE but at this point, I don't care. Hardware is perfect. RIP Nokia.
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Jan 10, 2015 06:07
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hotsauce posted:Got my Amazon Warehouse Deals (used) 930 today. $364. Black Asia variant, literally brand new. My guess is some idiot bought then realized it didn't get LTE then returned it. You have a link to the deal? Si what does it mean to not have LTE? I thought we all needed LTE. As an update, my 1520 is back to life! I'd almost given up on it so its been sitting unsheathed in my overheated and dry apartment. A buddy, ex Apple Genius, said they used to jump seemingly dead iPhones with FireWire as it had a higher current which usually sorts a shorted/drained battery. I realised I'd been trying to charge it with the 920 A/C adapter which is usually enough if a little slow. I tried the 1520 wart (1.5A, dear reader), the phone did some flashing sequences after a minute or so, came back to life with a dead batter/charge signal, 5 min later the bastard restarted. All systems seem to be fine and dandy. God bless! Coming back to 1520 from 920, the big boy is indeed loving big. I never got used to the size. Conversely th 920 has too small a screen. tl;dr use the supplied a/c for big phones dummy, there is no sweet spot for the size of a phone.
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Mr Funkface posted:You have a link to the deal? Si what does it mean to not have LTE? I thought we all needed LTE. There is no standing deal. It was just an open box return on Amazon.com. Just search for Lumia 930, wade through the junk and look for the "new and used" link below pricing. I don't believe Amazon sells the unlocked 930 themselves (it's a bunch of resellers) but somehow there was one sold by their Warehouse Deals account (their returns center). The international 930 doesn't have the proper LTE bands for the US, so it just gets HSPA+ or "faux 4g." Fast enough even for video streaming on AT&T. The camera startup and speed on Denim is fantastic. I'm not a photographer by any means, but quickly snapped this today. Looks good to me. http://imgur.com/xH5mXVm hotsauce fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Jan 11, 2015 |
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Jan 11, 2015 02:55
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So it turns out the 930 back cover is supposedly quite easy to remove, it comes off just like the 830 but they don't give you a notch to stick your fingernail in. If you pop an opening via the SIM card slot though (or use a suction cup) you can then buy some of the other colors to swap out if you're feeling fancy. I haven't done this yet but I've ordered a new cover + parts to do it. This thread has the information but I've pulled out some handy links: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-icon/292848-orange-green-backs.html You want to pop out the corner shown first, and end at the bottom. Then put the bottom part back in first, putting it back on in reverse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbT6lIjO6X4&t=69s http://www.smartphonefrance.info/Technique/NokiaLumia930/disassembly/disassembly.html http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/tapa-bateria-nokia-lumia-930-naranja?filter_name=nokia orange cover http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/tapa-bateria-nokia-lumia-930-blanca?filter_name=nokia white cover http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/tapa-bateria-nokia-lumia-930-negra?filter_name=nokia black cover http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/tapa-bateria-nokia-lumia-930-verde?filter_name=nokia green cover http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/antena-nfc-nokia-lumia-930?filter_name=nokia NFC module http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/modulo-carga-inalambrica-nokia-lumia-930-wlc-module?filter_name=nokia QI pad http://www.originalpartsmobile.com/modulo-flash-nokia-lumia-1520-nokia-lumia-930?filter_name=nokia flash module  Basically you can either re-use the QI pad, NFC pad, and flash module from your existing cover (heat up adhesive/pry them up) or just buy the parts a second time to build a new cover with your color of choice. This allows you some previously impossible color combos like green/orange/white with black trim (if you got a black 930/Icon) or black with silver trim, etc.  This is the same company but just an all together package via Ebay, etc. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battery-C...343114177&rt=nc Alternatively, troll your friends with a Verizon cover on your non-Verizon 930 phone, so zany! http://www.amazon.com/RBC-Battery-Housing-Replacement-Verizon/dp/B00LQFMVZK (white/no flash module) http://www.amazon.com/RBC-Battery-Housing-Replacement-Verizon/dp/B00LQFMU7O (black/no flash module) Now get out there and accessorize your #3 phone ecosystem! OldPueblo fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Jan 11, 2015 |
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Jan 11, 2015 03:41
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Okay so I was wrong about glance and am enjoying it. What apps, other than weather, are people using with glance?
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cougar cub posted:Okay so I was wrong about glance and am enjoying it. What apps, other than weather, are people using with glance? I wish there was a way to disable the slide-up Lock screen if Glance is set to Always On (could sorta do this in Symbian). They basically present the exact same information in the exact same screen locations.
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I still haven't figured out how to get more than just the time on my Glance screen.
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Captain Capacitor posted:I still haven't figured out how to get more than just the time on my Glance screen. The only way I know is with Tetra Lock screen. It's like the old windows power tools - in house MS developed but not part of the OS for some reason. Check the store. You may need preview for dev installed, not sure.
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I just set up Tetra Lockscreen -- without the activity sensor and with no weather widget its usefulness is kind of limited to me, but it's still a cool piece of technology -- and I can't figure out how to get it to do anything with Glance 
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Glance can be a little tricky. If I recall you need to open the MSN weather app and complete it's initial setup, then set it as your lock screen, then go to the glance settings and turn it on, then reopen weather once or something. Some of these posts might be helpful: http://www.windowscentral.com/tag/glance-screen
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Jan 11, 2015 20:02
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I've been making more updates to Awful Forums Reader today. Not sure why, was just in that kind of mood I guess. I've been working on adding profile support back in.  I also added a background wallpaper function. Why? No idea, I just wanted it.   I also added pull to refresh to everything, including the thread view. Now you should be able to refresh a thread just by pulling down from the top of the page. These are also in the Windows 8 version.
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Jan 12, 2015 00:44
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The Verge talks about an app to get early Windows 10 updates, Beta at the end of the month. http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/12/7531471/windows-phone-10-preview
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Jan 12, 2015 20:54
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Phone Insider installed, hoping for good things.
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App link here: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/phone-insider/ed2b1421-6414-4544-bd8d-06d58ee402a5
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Before people are confused: Phone Insider does nothing yet unless you are a Microsoft employee, and as far as I can see it is not officially stated that it will even do anything. But the possibility of a soonish look at some WP10 stuff appears to be there, so I jumped to installing it for the moment.
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Uthor posted:The Verge talks about an app to get early Windows 10 updates, Beta at the end of the month. As much as I've been knocking the platform I am still excited and optimistic about this. Don't gently caress it, MS!
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Somehow the 920 I moved to from my previous 920 is now also stuck in headphone mode. Any ideas?
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Jan 13, 2015 06:28
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A Yolo Wizard posted:Somehow the 920 I moved to from my previous 920 is now also stuck in headphone mode. Any ideas? Quit jamming things that aren't headphones in there.
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Jan 13, 2015 06:59
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The only thing that goes in there is an aux cable to listen to podcasts in my car.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:Somehow the 920 I moved to from my previous 920 is now also stuck in headphone mode. Any ideas?
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Is there a way to verify apps like you can do in Steam and the like? For the last few days, every time I try to play Wordament, it does the login process and then dumps me back to the home screen. Do I just need to try reinstalling? I already tried rebooting.
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Jan 14, 2015 01:20
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Anonononomous posted:Is there a way to verify apps like you can do in Steam and the like? For the last few days, every time I try to play Wordament, it does the login process and then dumps me back to the home screen. I saw this on their facebook page earlier today: quote:
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Jan 14, 2015 01:33
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Huh. I already had an avatar, but after going through that process, a picture of it shows up in the game and it works again. Thanks,
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New Lumias. http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/01/14/new-microsoft-launches-lumia-435-lumia-532-smartphones/
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