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Stoat posted:Haha! The default setting on Lollipop is to be reminded of all your all-day calendar events at 8am via vibration, even in airplane mode! This woke me up this morning! It was very funny, I am in no way mad!!! Why would airplane mode stop your calendar reminders?? You want your calendar to become worthless if you're somewhere without service?
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Jan 21, 2015 01:29
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THF13 posted:I would honestly rather have the 2013 Maxx than the 2014 Moto X, but I really prioritize battery life. Both phones will get updated to lollipop at some point. Turbocharger offsets that to a certain extent. If you manage to be around an outlet for 15 minutes towards the end of the battery, you can easily stretch it to be similar battery of a MAXX.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:32
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seravid posted:The G3 has a removable back cover so I know exactly where the coil is. Even so, I tried every position imaginable but the result was always the same: charging starts, phone complains, charging drops, repeat after 2 seconds. Mine's this cheap one off an Australian site: https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/qi-wireless-slim-inductive-charging-mat/ It's unbranded with a QI logo in the middle at the front, micro USB on one end and LED at the other. I'm powering it through the charger that came with my Galaxy S3 as it came with a micro USB cord but no AC adapter.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:36
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VodeAndreas posted:Mine's this cheap one off an Australian site: Thanks. Pretty sure it's the cable then. Just purchased a new pad similar to mine but with a standard micro-usb port, we'll see how it goes; got a friend I can give it to if it doesn't work for me.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:46
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Thanks for the suggestions, I ended going with the Moto X like everyone here recommended. So far it looks like a pretty awesome phone. Still setting it up and getting everything running but looks like it'll be perfect for work. Is there any way to get rid of what I imagine are unesseary Verizon Apps? Not seeing anything they do that Google doesn't cover natively in Android.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:49
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You can't get rid of them (and couldn't benefit if you could), but you can disable them by finding them in settings -> apps and choosing "disable" or something like that. May have to uninstall updates first.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:53
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:So my company finally has someone who understands the concept of "upgrading your phone" handling our company account and I'm looking at the available options with Verizon. I can upgrade to whatever phone I want but I'd need to pay for anything above free so I'm sticking to the free options. These seem to be: The MAXX is a nice phone, best on this list by a hair over the Moto X IMO. However, if you can spend the money to get the Turbo, they are on another level for battery and screen. Really, really nice phones.
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Jan 21, 2015 01:56
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Allaniis posted:M7 is $200 at Best Buy right now. Meh battery, but OIS. If you convert it to GPE it's a good price. In other news, Lollipop is so broken even old people media are picking up on it: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2871662/broken-lollipop-android-50.html
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Jan 21, 2015 02:02
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RVProfootballer posted:Why would airplane mode stop your calendar reminders?? You want your calendar to become worthless if you're somewhere without service? No but I didn't touch the default calendar notification settings because I assumed it wasn't 8am in the morning for all day events. nerve posted:lol dude did you have to go back to bed then. loving bummer! Yeah but it was quite annoying!!!
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Jan 21, 2015 02:09
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Stoat posted:No but I didn't touch the default calendar notification settings because I assumed it wasn't 8am in the morning for all day events. Should you be notified of an all day event at... noon? 12:01am? Or perhaps a time that is not inconveniently/disruptively early but likely before something scheduled to start in the morning?
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Jan 21, 2015 02:27
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Stoat posted:Haha! The default setting on Lollipop is to be reminded of all your all-day calendar events at 8am via vibration, even in airplane mode! This woke me up this morning! It was very funny, I am in no way mad!!!
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Jan 21, 2015 02:31
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Yeah I set it to remind me at midday. I was just surprised the default setting is 8am. Maybe that's just the lazy slob in me talking though.
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Jan 21, 2015 02:32
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You're a goddamn adult, get out of bed by 8.
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Jan 21, 2015 02:43
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Allaniis posted:M7 is $200 at Best Buy right now. On or off contract?
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Jan 21, 2015 02:49
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Whizbang posted:You're a goddamn adult, get out of bed by 8. Not everyone works the same shift as you
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Jan 21, 2015 02:52
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nerve posted:Not everyone works the same shift as you I say this as someone who has never worked a day shift in my life. In fact, as someone who has never worked day shift it has become second nature to avoid exactly this sort of disruption since it's pretty common that computers and applications assume you're an adult with a M-F, 9-5 schedule.
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Jan 21, 2015 02:59
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If an event is taking up your whole day, do you really need to be reminded of it?
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Jan 21, 2015 03:21
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LastInLine posted:But everyone in the world agrees that people who matter work 9am to 5pm. Aren't you and ~*your wife*~ like 60? How have you managed to go your entire life without working a day shift? What line of work are you in? I'm genuinely curious.
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Jan 21, 2015 03:27
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Aren't you and ~*your wife*~ like 60? How have you managed to go your entire life without working a day shift? What line of work are you in? I'm genuinely curious. Night watchman? VVVV - the best movie monster on a stick fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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Jan 21, 2015 03:46
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Aren't you and ~*your wife*~ like 60? How have you managed to go your entire life without working a day shift? What line of work are you in? I'm genuinely curious. I recall an old legend in which two lovers are cursed such that by day, the woman is a hawk while by night, the man is a wolf. Might be a similar situation.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:02
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God dammit, why does the downtime turn itself off?? Happened twice in 10 minutes last night, and it just happened tonight while I was showering.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:05
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hooah posted:God dammit, why does the downtime turn itself off?? Happened twice in 10 minutes last night, and it just happened tonight while I was showering. Didn't you replace the battery recently? Seems pretty plausible you messed something up or got a bad replacement battery or something.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:19
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RVProfootballer posted:Didn't you replace the battery recently? Seems pretty plausible you messed something up or got a bad replacement battery or something. I did, but this has been happening since I upgraded to Lollipop.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:25
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b0nes posted:On or off contract? Off contract. It'd be crazy to buy one on a contract. It's currently on sale at Best Buy. 32GB/Blue
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Jan 21, 2015 04:58
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Allaniis posted:Off contract. It'd be crazy to buy one on a contract. Seems okay. Just note its getting near 2 years old now.
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Jan 21, 2015 05:37
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Aren't you and ~*your wife*~ like 60? How have you managed to go your entire life without working a day shift? What line of work are you in? I'm genuinely curious. My point was that us oddballs have to adjust to the world, not the other way around. I mean it sucks when the shop calls to tell me my car is ready to be picked up at 1400 in the afternoon or whatever but I can't go around expecting them to contact me at 0300 in the morning because that's convenient for me.
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Jan 21, 2015 07:30
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seravid posted:Anyone using cheapo QI chargers with current gen phones? My charger (typical generic pad, 2A in / 1A out) worked fine with the Nexus 7 but it can't maintain a connection with my new G3. The phone also complains (every couple of seconds when it detects the pad) that it's charging slowly and I should be using proper LG stuff, so I assume 1A wouldn't cut it even if it did charge; couldn't find 2A out pads on ebay, though. Cheap pad. My incipo ghost is 1A I think, or less I dunno. And is fine with my G3
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Jan 21, 2015 10:00
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I can't be arsed to reinstall kitkat on my lollipop n4. does anyone have a OPO invite? I missed their invite free event yesterday. send me one so I can suffer and hate myself. there was another guy who offered but never got around to to it
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Jan 21, 2015 12:14
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AF posted:I can't be arsed to reinstall kitkat on my lollipop n4. does anyone have a OPO invite? I missed their invite free event yesterday. send me one so I can suffer and hate myself at ant.b.fong at the google mail. there was another guy who offered but never got around to to it
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Jan 21, 2015 12:54
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LastInLine posted:How long does flashing a factory image take? Maybe five minutes counting the download time? Longer than it does to type in a credit card number. LastInLine posted:My wife works days like a normal person. I'm a Customs broker and freight moves (and clears) overnight. I've been doing this for about 20 years now. It's easy to avoid day shift work if you're naturally so useless between the hours of 0700-1200 that no one will keep you around. And this is the loving truth. I've been doing night shift since as long as I can remember, by choice, and literally anything involving the "regular working world" is a hassle and a half. Content: My G3 is still working great. This is the kind of android device I was looking for in 2013 when I bought a Note 3.
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Jan 21, 2015 14:00
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Just had my first crash due to the Lollipop memory leak on the Nexus 6 after about two weeks of uptime. Also, friends are getting 5.0.2 for the 2012 Nexus 7 so I guess it's rolling out now.
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Jan 21, 2015 15:46
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Variable_H posted:Longer than it does to type in a credit card number. Although I guess if you have a working phone it's not a big deal.
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Jan 21, 2015 16:23
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The solution to "the prematurely released software on my phone doesn't work as smoothly as I would like" is definitely to buy a OPO.
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Jan 21, 2015 16:32
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Does the OPO still suck rear end? Can a normal non-tech savvy consumer buy one without endless RMAs?
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Jan 21, 2015 16:34
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Insane Totoro posted:Does the OPO still suck rear end?
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Jan 21, 2015 16:35
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On my Nexus 6 on AT&T when I'm on a phone call the data drops to non-LTE, ie: the H icon. Is that typical?
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Jan 21, 2015 19:19
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Boner Wad posted:On my Nexus 6 on AT&T when I'm on a phone call the data drops to non-LTE, ie: the H icon. Is that typical?
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Jan 21, 2015 19:26
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Thanks for the suggestions, I ended going with the Moto X like everyone here recommended. So far it looks like a pretty awesome phone. Still setting it up and getting everything running but looks like it'll be perfect for work. As hooah said, you can disable them; go into Settings, Apps, All, and then go into each app you want to disable and choose 'disable'. I've got a Verizon 2014 X as well and you should be able to disable literally every Verizon app on the phone. The only two things you can't disable that you may want to are the stock Messaging app (in the event you decide to use another SMS app) and the stock Voicemail app (which is actually very good and I abandoned Google Voice for it). The X is a great phone, just a little weak on the battery side of things. It does charge pretty fast with even with just the included charger though, and faster still if you shell out for a Turbo charger.
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So, dilemma time for me. My work has offered the employees a mobile phone for private (semi) private use. What we can chose between is a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or a iPhone 6 Plus. My wife already got a Note 3, and I do like the size of it - as far as I can see, boththe phones offered from work are roughly the same size. So, what should I chose?
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