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Uthor posted:If one uploads photos to Google Photos using the free high quality size (versus the original size), are they high enough quality for printing, say, 4x6 or 5x7 prints? You'd be hard -pressed to tell the difference between high and original quality. I certainly have no problem with the prints I get from high-quality.
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FunOne posted:If she is really concerned, tell her to find the $2 a month in the couch cushions to move up to 100 gigs. She's got stupid money problems and free would be better. I told her to use Flickr, but she doesn't want to change her ways. At least she's doing something as a backup for her important files.
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Can anyone recommend an app that can play videos stored on an SMB share? I use Solid Explorer for file management and it shows pictures okay, but the videos don't work.
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Oct 27, 2016 09:34
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Anjow posted:Can anyone recommend an app that can play videos stored on an SMB share? I use Solid Explorer for file management and it shows pictures okay, but the videos don't work. FX manager seems to be able to pass network videos to VLC and MX player. Network access isn't free but I think there's a 7 day trial.
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Oct 27, 2016 11:39
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Give MiXplorer a try. It's on XDA.
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Oct 27, 2016 12:05
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Horn posted:FX manager seems to be able to pass network videos to VLC and MX player. Network access isn't free but I think there's a 7 day trial. Why you need something to pass to VLC? It handles network shares natively. I use VLC to play videos off my NAS with my SHIELD with no issues.
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Oct 27, 2016 13:07
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bull3964 posted:Why you need something to pass to VLC? It handles network shares natively. I use VLC to play videos off my NAS with my SHIELD with no issues. I didn't know that vlc could browse shares. Thanks for the tip.
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Oct 27, 2016 14:26
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Here's a weird one: is there an app that will let me pull down the notification drawer and activate Home, Back, and Apps from the middle of the screen? The way I hold the phone one-handed, I can't reach the top or bottom of the screen without repositioning the phone in my hand, or getting my other hand involved ( ).
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Oct 27, 2016 15:12
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yes if you have root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo
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Oct 27, 2016 15:47
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or something like this if you don't https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boatmob.floating.touch
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Oct 27, 2016 15:49
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IAmKale posted:Here's a weird one: is there an app that will let me pull down the notification drawer and activate Home, Back, and Apps from the middle of the screen? The way I hold the phone one-handed, I can't reach the top or bottom of the screen without repositioning the phone in my hand, or getting my other hand involved ( This may or may not be what you're looking for, but Nova supports all kinds of gestures like these and you can do.... almost whatever you want with them. The downside is that they will only work while you're on your home screen, but they're nice. For example: 
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Oct 27, 2016 15:52
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What's the best app for listening to youtube on background/with screen off? Youtube Red or whatever isn't available where I am.
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Oct 27, 2016 16:29
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FunOne posted:SPERG: If she thinks the quality of the photos taken from a phone are good enough for 4x6 and 5x7 prints as is, then the google compression isn't going to be noticeable to her. Yeah initially I sperged out over the decision of whether to upgrade and/or micromanage my Google Photos storage. Then I remembered that they're ultimately still just phone camera pictures, and they pretty much never capture a high enough level of detail for that to matter. (And if you somehow ever got THAT great a picture, you could always just copy it to your computer or wherever else you want for safekeeping.)
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Oct 27, 2016 16:41
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jyrka posted:What's the best app for listening to youtube on background/with screen off? Youtube Red or whatever isn't available where I am. Firefox with ublock origin.
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Oct 27, 2016 16:43
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jyrka posted:What's the best app for listening to youtube on background/with screen off? Youtube Red or whatever isn't available where I am. If you're happy using weird XDA stuff, there's an app called "Y Music" that's a YouTube audio-only app.
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Oct 27, 2016 18:22
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Is there something that does good slow-mo video? The built in slow-mo setting on my p9 doesn't seem to allow any control beyond making the middle few seconds of a clip slow down, and I'm not having much luck trawling the play store.
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Oct 27, 2016 22:17
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The Google stock camera does slow mo, but I don't see any options for additional control beyond start/stop recording.
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Oct 27, 2016 22:21
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Shannow posted:Is there something that does good slow-mo video? The built in slow-mo setting on my p9 doesn't seem to allow any control beyond making the middle few seconds of a clip slow down, and I'm not having much luck trawling the play store. Uthor posted:The Google stock camera does slow mo, but I don't see any options for additional control beyond start/stop recording. You can choose where you want the slow motion to stop/start after the fact. (with stock google camera app)
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Oct 27, 2016 22:27
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Uthor posted:The Google stock camera does slow mo, but I don't see any options for additional control beyond start/stop recording. Google stock camera slowmo was so bad on the 6P that it basically didn't work. I'd have to reboot my phone before using it just so it wouldn't skip/jump/lag all over the place. I have high hopes for the Pixel.
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Oct 27, 2016 22:37
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I have the stock app installed just for photosphere, I can't see anything at all for any video control beyond resolution?
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CLAM DOWN posted:Google stock camera slowmo was so bad on the 6P that it basically didn't work. I'd have to reboot my phone before using it just so it wouldn't skip/jump/lag all over the place. I have high hopes for the Pixel. Yes, but you had all sorts of weird stuff with your 6P. Slomo works great on mine.
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Oct 27, 2016 23:24
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Slo-mo on my 5x works great as well. I've got more dumb videos of my brother's dumb dog jumping into the air to catch things then I know what to do with.
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Oct 28, 2016 01:22
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The current Humble Mobile Bundle is RiffTrax. RiffTrax for mobile? Yeah. You have to download the free RiffTrax app, and it works like Shazam: It listens to the movie you're watching, and plays the quips. For $1, you get RiffTrax for: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring Batman: Tunnel of Terror (Episode 2) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Beat the average (currently $8.67) for: Twilight Halloween RiffTrax Live: Night Of The Living Dead Cloverfield Shake Hands With Danger Game of Thrones: Season 1 Episode 1 Pay $10+ and also get: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Jurassic Park (Guest starring "Weird Al") The Wizard
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Oct 28, 2016 17:35
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Kerbtree posted:If you're happy using weird XDA stuff, there's an app called "Y Music" that's a YouTube audio-only app. Perfect, thank you!
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Oct 28, 2016 19:07
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Kheldarn posted:For $1, you get RiffTrax for: Off topic but I can't imagine this can even come close to the genius of Wizard People, Dear Reader. Also that sounds like a weird way to play audio over a movie. You're supposed to hook the phone audio to the home theater system?
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Stan Taylor posted:Off topic but I can't imagine this can even come close to the genius of Wizard People, Dear Reader. Syncing it with the movie is the hardest part of rifftrax so having an app do it for you is pretty cool.
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Stan Taylor posted:Off topic but I can't imagine this can even come close to the genius of Wizard People, Dear Reader. I had never heard of this. But after 10 minutes of it I have come to the conclusion of... Pure genius.
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Stan Taylor posted:Off topic but I can't imagine this can even come close to the genius of Wizard People, Dear Reader. Or you just have it next to you on the couch, like your sarcastic friends would be! Sounds great and I would actually try rifftrax this way
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Oct 29, 2016 06:43
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Are there any apps or app launchers that'd be good for seniors who want to use their smart phones? My mom can get really confused during times of stress and anxiety so it's really important that they're intuitive.
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Oct 29, 2016 11:06
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RandomPauI posted:Are there any apps or app launchers that'd be good for seniors who want to use their smart phones? My mom can get really confused during times of stress and anxiety so it's really important that they're intuitive. I've looked into this in the past and the answer I came away with was "no". I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has had better luck than I have.
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Oct 29, 2016 11:52
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I think I just had my weirdest google rewards questionnaire yet. It showed me a muted video ad for the google home assistent thing. The video had subtitles however and every question began with "hey Siri". It then asked me whether I'd trust Siri enough to put such a thing in my home.
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LastInLine posted:I've looked into this in the past and the answer I came away with was "no". I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has had better luck than I have. I mean if you wanted to put in the effort you could probably come up with something customzied with Nova Launcher- then export the settings so you have them in case they do something bad.
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RandomPauI posted:Are there any apps or app launchers that'd be good for seniors who want to use their smart phones? My mom can get really confused during times of stress and anxiety so it's really important that they're intuitive. maybe these? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbeasy.largelauncher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.kunes.android.launcher.activity
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Oct 29, 2016 15:05
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My galaxy s4 had an easy mode on it or something.
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vyst posted:I mean if you wanted to put in the effort you could probably come up with something customzied with Nova Launcher- then export the settings so you have them in case they do something bad. You could lock it down enough that they can't easily change the home screen without drilling down into tons of menus, at least. Get rid of the quick settings, too. Judging from my mom using a Windows Phone, they'll turn on airplane mode, not notice for days, then complain that their phone isn't working. 
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RandomPauI posted:Are there any apps or app launchers that'd be good for seniors who want to use their smart phones? My mom can get really confused during times of stress and anxiety so it's really important that they're intuitive. Jitterbug is very easy to use and they've got free phone support you can call at anytime.
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I started messing around with ad blockers. I don't root my phone. Adguard worked fine, and it has a paid feature that claims to remove ads in apps. Block this! is open source, but the design and the broken English gave me malware vibes, though in fact I'm sure it's fine. DNS66 is what I've settled on. Supposedly it will use less battery because it blocks at the DNS level (I don't know enough about these things to know if this is true). It has several known adblock/malware blacklists, it's open source, and has a simple design.
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RandomPauI posted:Are there any apps or app launchers that'd be good for seniors who want to use their smart phones? My mom can get really confused during times of stress and anxiety so it's really important that they're intuitive. The most important thing is to just get them a large phone, so the icons and text are large and easy to read/understand without putting on reading glasses or something. And it also helps because it gives them wider touch targets to hit. As far as launchers go though, Nova Launcher's backup/restore of launcher icon locations is rather easy to use, which can help a great deal if someone gets easily confused when icons move about.
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My mom has a Nexus 6 and does really well with the default Google Now launcher actually. It's a big bright screen with icons big enough for her to read and touch easily. She went from an iPhone 4 before that, and absolutely loves and actually has started asking me what big phone she should get next. So I recommend that!
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I think I'll go the Jitterbug Smart route. At $100 the price is right, it's got a 5.5 inch screen, and the labels next to the icons will really help her out. Thanks!
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