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Variable_H posted:Anyone have opinions on the HTC One M9 yet? I miss the metal body of the iPhone, but I'm still too miffed at Apple to go back.
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Variable_H posted:Anyone have opinions on the HTC One M9 yet? I miss the metal body of the iPhone, but I'm still too miffed at Apple to go back. Have you considered the Xperia Z3?
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Mar 11, 2015 06:43
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Not really. I was kinda worried that since its Sony they would have it set to not play nice with my Xbox One. I do like the design of it though.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:46
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Variable_H posted:Not really. I was kinda worried that since its Sony they would have it set to not play nice with my Xbox One. I do like the design of it though. Not play nice? What wouldn't work with it?
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Mar 11, 2015 06:47
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I dunno. I thought they might do something to prevent SmartGlass from working or something. I've been predominantly an Apple user for a good while, so I guess I just kind of expect fuckery to make things not be interoperable with other platforms.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:50
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Variable_H posted:I dunno. I thought they might do something to prevent SmartGlass from working or something. I've been predominantly an Apple user for a good while, so I guess I just kind of expect fuckery to make things not be interoperable with other platforms.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:56
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Was hoping to fastboot install 5.1 tonight, and then I realized that I had never unlocked the RMA replacement I got a few months ago. Now I gotta wait for the OTA 
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Mar 11, 2015 08:40
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I hope this is the correct thread for my question. I have a note 3 running 4.4.2, but it keeps forgetting my wireless networks. I join the networks and they work fine, they're remembered for re-joining for a couple of weeks, then seemingly out of the blue they stop connecting automatically and appear to have been forgotten, requiring me to enter the key again. After doing this they are fine again for a couple of weeks. It appears as though all networks are forgotten at once, too, rather being forgotten on a per-network basis. Has anyone come across this before?
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Mar 11, 2015 14:18
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Anjow posted:I hope this is the correct thread for my question. I have a note 3 running 4.4.2, but it keeps forgetting my wireless networks. I join the networks and they work fine, they're remembered for re-joining for a couple of weeks, then seemingly out of the blue they stop connecting automatically and appear to have been forgotten, requiring me to enter the key again. After doing this they are fine again for a couple of weeks. It appears as though all networks are forgotten at once, too, rather being forgotten on a per-network basis.
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Mar 11, 2015 14:26
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How come the N6 doors not get first dibs for the update?
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bryn987 posted:How come the N6 doors not get first dibs for the update? It's not like the OTA is actually out in the wild for any of them as far as I know, only the factory images have been posted.
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My company wants me to give up my company issued blackberry and run something called GOOD Technology on my personal phone as a way to save the company money to the tune of $60 a month + not having to pay to replace the blackberry when it inevitably breaks. I'm required to carry this device with me at all times as a condition of my job. This sounds dumb for a number of reasons, shortened list here 1. this puts the financial burden on me with no compensation 2. i buy my devices outright, it's not carrier subsidized or insured 3. running someone else's software on my personal phone doing who knows what 4. who pays for my phone when it invariably breaks? 5. my blackberry has about 5 days of standby time, my android device has about 1 if I'm lucky, it usually needs to suckle from the wall teat after 18 hours, and I go camping, etc away from power sources at least 2x a month Does this sound reasonable to you? How do you handle this? Side note, this is a Large Company with deep pockets, recently acquired by a Larger Company with Very Deep Pockets; not a mom and pop shop. Hadlock fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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It seems unusual to me that a company would require you to have/use a phone while offering zero compensation / reimbursement for it.
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Mar 11, 2015 15:59
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Hadlock posted:My company wants me to give up my company issued blackberry and run something called GOOD Technology on my personal phone as a way to save the company money to the tune of $60 a month + not having to pay to replace the blackberry when it inevitably breaks. I'm required to carry this device with me at all times as a condition of my job. Capitalism sucks huh
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Mar 11, 2015 16:00
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Hadlock posted:My company wants me to give up my company issued blackberry and run something called GOOD Technology on my personal phone as a way to save the company money to the tune of $60 a month + not having to pay to replace the blackberry when it inevitably breaks. I'm required to carry this device with me at all times as a condition of my job. Most concerning to me would be that they'll (rightly) want admin rights so they can wipe your device in the case of a lost device or job. Obviously you can get around that with things like Nine that properly sequester company data away from personal data (and they should be expected to pay for that too, it's $20). I'm sure others here will offer you more and better advice but there would be no way I'd let my company eat my data, own and control my device, and give up a solution that's working fine for me as-is while simultaneously asking me to pay all costs involved.
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Rastor posted:It seems unusual to me that a company would require you to have/use a phone while offering zero compensation / reimbursement for it. This. I use/pay for my personal device but they pay for the service and give me a subsidized deal . I work for a company of 1100 people, so mediumish. Being a condition of the job to have a phone seems like they should be the ones to pay for it. What would they do if you just had a personal flip phone?
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Mar 11, 2015 16:05
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My current passive aggressive plan is to root my existing phone, as the software apparently doesn't support running on rooted phones, to force the issue. Besides, I really like my blackberry, it will survive being dropped from 6' on to hard concrete all day long. It's a properly bullet proof little device, and I don't have to worry about keeping it charged over the weekend. Thanks for the insight, glad I'm not alone in thinking this is a crazy deal. My coworkers apparently hate carrying around their blackberries and think this is the bee's knees. They're also all on carrier subsidized iphones through a subsidized AT&T deal. I'm on tmobile which offers free international data & text among other plan perks like unlimited tether which I take full advantage of pretty regularly that I'm not keen on giving up.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:17
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Rastor posted:It seems unusual to me that a company would require you to have/use a phone while offering zero compensation / reimbursement for it. What would they do if you had no phone? I agree with the others, this seems odd as a requirement. I could see them offering this as an option for people who didn't want to carry two devices. What do you do if that app goes off the rails and uses a couple 1000 gb of data (and doesn't report it to the OS) and you get a bill from Verizon/AT&T for $20,000? The bill/payment responsibility is completely in your name, I think this is pushing it a bit too far.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:17
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Hadlock posted:Does this sound reasonable to you? How do you handle this? It's unreasonable, lovely, and stupid. Maybe roll the dice in telling them to give you a raise to cover the cost of the equipment or get hosed?
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LastInLine posted:
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Hadlock posted:My company wants me to give up my company issued blackberry and run something called GOOD Technology on my personal phone as a way to save the company money to the tune of $60 a month + not having to pay to replace the blackberry when it inevitably breaks. I'm required to carry this device with me at all times as a condition of my job. That's dumb as hell. I would just tell them straight faced that I didn't own a cell phone.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:36
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WugLyfe posted:It's unreasonable, lovely, and stupid. Maybe roll the dice in telling them to give you a raise to cover the cost of the equipment or get hosed? That was kind of my plan, however literally last week they just gave me a 20% raise/promotion on top of an already fair salary, this squabble represents a little more than 1% of my gross income if I did my math right.
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Hadlock posted:That was kind of my plan, however literally last week they just gave me a 20% raise/promotion on top of an already fair salary, this squabble represents a little more than 1% of my gross income if I did my math right. You should quit the job, its the principle. Whos going to stand up to these fat cats? Stalin must be rollin in his grave.
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If that's the case, maybe go HAM on it and get a dedicated phone for it. If you're in the US, it's a tax write-off if it clears 2% of your adjusted gross income, so you might come out in an okay place that way.
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Don't go in alone. Group with your coworkers when dismissing this change; I'm sure none of them are happy about it either.
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Yeah actually after the cost of a new $650 phone it would clear 2% of my income. I don't think the tax write-off would refund me that 2% though, it would just put me more in the middle of my existing tax bracket, the net effect would be less than $100 I think.r0ck0 posted:You should quit the job, its the principle. Whos going to stand up to these fat cats? Stalin must be rollin in his grave. Yeah gently caress this, I'll quit and start my OWN company!  MasterSlowPoke posted:Don't go in alone. Group with your coworkers when dismissing this change; I'm sure none of them are happy about it either. All of my coworkers have iphones and hate their blackberries, I am the black sheep on this one. I have a cardboard cutout to make sure my blackberry fits in my jorts along with my existing android phone 
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Well, you could stack things like app costs, and any “ordinary and necessary" accessories, but yeah, not a huge net. I just didn't know if you had other deductions that might make you change your filing from standard deduction to itemized, or if it nudged you into another lower bracket. Oh well! The only logical course of action is to unionize and strike.
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It's not about the money.Hadlock posted:I'm required to carry this device with me at all times as a condition of my job. Your profile says you're in Dallas, so it sounds like it'd be legal for them to force you to spend your own money.1 It's still lovely and probably indicative of a lovely work environment. Press the issue and see how flexible they can be. 1: "Employers do not have to reimburse an employee's out-of-pocket business-related expenses; however, the employee must be allowed to deduct unreimbursed business expenses as itemized deductions", http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/expense_reimbursements.html worst case: WugLyfe posted:get a dedicated phone for it. keep that poo poo away from your personal life.
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Actually it's a completely rockin' work environment, this is literally the only complaint I have. Lots of challenges, great benefits, great pay, set my own hours, tons of authority. Except for this phone thing. My boss said they could probably make an exception for me on the phone situation, it sounds like. If forced yeah I would probably get a second phone. However it's hard to find a durable smartphone with 5 days of battery life for less than a million bucks these days, the blackberry curve is an impressive little device for what it does.
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Just get a cheapo Moto G or something like that, they're like 250 bucks IIRC. Only plug it in at work for spite.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:Just get a cheapo Moto G or something like that, they're like 250 bucks IIRC. Only plug it in at work for spite.
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I probably type two pages a week in email on my blackberry. Physical keyboard is greatly desired.
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Hadlock posted:I probably type two pages a week in email on my blackberry. Physical keyboard is greatly desired. You'll need to get over this real quick.
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LastInLine posted:Most concerning to me would be that they'll (rightly) want admin rights so they can wipe your device in the case of a lost device or job. Obviously you can get around that with things like Nine that properly sequester company data away from personal data (and they should be expected to pay for that too, it's $20). The Good app he's talking about is actually containerized so a wipe will only remove the corporate data from the app. It still doesn't excuse the other issues with it, like additional talk/data usage that they should at least reimburse for.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:You'll need to get over this real quick. Touchscreen keyboards are a cancer.
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LastInLine posted:gently caress that, go Moto E. It's literally just for work. Yeah, this, what is your carrier? If you had a modern ATT or VZW plan you can just add the like for $15-25/month. Then just get a MotoE, if you only use their email app and set it to sync every fifteen minutes or whatever, and don't have anything else on it, I could see the battery lasting a couple days. Also, in your scenario of camping, you must be bringing a bag of some sort. Just keep a few spare batteries. Palm slap a battery in, and you'll be golden.
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My Nexus 5 is I guess dying or something? I'm lucky to get two hours of use on a charge. I'm not sure if it's a hardware or software issue I'm going to try a factory reset, but is there a reliable place I can get a legit replacement battery or should I just cut my losses and buy a new phone like a goddamn idiot. Got it in December 2013 so I'm pretty sure the warranty is expired.
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Stan Taylor posted:My Nexus 5 is I guess dying or something? I'm lucky to get two hours of use on a charge. I'm not sure if it's a hardware or software issue Hope is on the way.
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Stan Taylor posted:My Nexus 5 is I guess dying or something? I'm lucky to get two hours of use on a charge. I'm not sure if it's a hardware or software issue What version of Android you runnin'?
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WugLyfe posted:What version of Android you runnin'? 5.0.1 That's the problem isn't it? I got this phone because "aw yeah I'll always have the latest software this will own!" 
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