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Good Sphere posted:Out of Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint, which has the best iPhone trade in deal? I’m with Verizon now. I have an iPhone 6s Plus. If I was to go with T-Mobile it seems that I would be leasing the iPhone 11 and paying $200 spread over 24 months. With Sprint, you pay nothing for 18 months and then pay the remaining $175 for 6 months. So sprint seems like the better deal, unless I didn’t get all of that right. Also, this weekend T-Mobile is doing $200 off iPhone SE with that trade in (or $400 off trading in an iPhone 7), if you want to go cheap/small.
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Thank you. I went with T-mobile. Verizon had no trade in deals for iPhone 11.
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May 24, 2020 00:07
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What happens to trade ins? Mostly stripped for parts or resold on the second hand market?
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May 24, 2020 01:52
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Rinkles posted:What happens to trade ins? Mostly stripped for parts or resold on the second hand market? Refurbished and used to re sell in some fashion, or parts of it can’t be re sold. I don’t know enough to go more in depth, but I’m sure all the carriers (and repair shops in general) have a pretty decent science as to what to do with used phones.
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May 24, 2020 02:20
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Is there a brand of tempered glass that will actually stick fully to the screen of my new SE? The curved screen has left a ring around the edges where the flat protector won’t adhere and it’s very distracting not to mention I’m sure it will be stuffed full of lint and dust after a month of pocket time.
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May 24, 2020 05:45
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fat bossy gerbil posted:Is there a brand of tempered glass that will actually stick fully to the screen of my new SE? The curved screen has left a ring around the edges where the flat protector won’t adhere and it’s very distracting not to mention I’m sure it will be stuffed full of lint and dust after a month of pocket time. You don't need a tempered screen protector. 
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May 24, 2020 06:38
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fat bossy gerbil posted:Is there a brand of tempered glass that will actually stick fully to the screen of my new SE? The curved screen has left a ring around the edges where the flat protector won’t adhere and it’s very distracting not to mention I’m sure it will be stuffed full of lint and dust after a month of pocket time. Most brands should be fine, but I’ve setup Zagg for years so I’ll always recommend them. It adheres 100% fine to the iPhone 8, so the SE should be fine. Plus lifetime warranty. Screen protectors are def a preference. I use it, but I’m also a bit biased and get discounts. Personally, it helps at the least keep the phone from getting scuffed, so you have the possibility to have better re sale value.
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May 24, 2020 15:56
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Duckman2008 posted:Most brands should be fine, but I’ve setup Zagg for years so I’ll always recommend them. It adheres 100% fine to the iPhone 8, so the SE should be fine. Plus lifetime warranty. The Zagg tempered glass screen protector for the iPhone 8 does NOT sit around the edges on the new SE. I got one from work when my wife got her SE, and it has that issue. The curvature on the SE glass seems to be a bit more than the 7/8 - it's definitely a different part since it has no force touch. Just wait for someone to have an SE-specific screen protector. Preferably a real company, and not somebody that sells on Amazon and relabeled an old protector. Zagg might have one by now, but make sure it says SE on the package since the old version doesn't work.
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May 24, 2020 21:47
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I recently upgraded my 7 to the 11, wow, this phone is fast. I’m posting the 7 up for sale in the SA Mart if anyone is interested. Anywho, I have a question about Apple Music Family plan. My wife, her sister and myself all have iPhones and we all live together. My sister lives back home in Colorado and has an Android. If I signed up for for the Apple Music family plan, can I include my sister on the plan no problem? The only thing I’m worried about is Spotify apparently asks you to verify your address in order to be on their family plan. Also I have a couple Google Home speakers in our home, I see voice commands won’t work but I’d be able to stream Apple Music from my phone, right?
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May 24, 2020 22:24
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TVs Ian posted:The Zagg tempered glass screen protector for the iPhone 8 does NOT sit around the edges on the new SE. I got one from work when my wife got her SE, and it has that issue. The curvature on the SE glass seems to be a bit more than the 7/8 - it's definitely a different part since it has no force touch. Oh wow, that’s good to know. Appreciate the heads up.
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May 24, 2020 22:59
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I'm on a Gen 1 SE and just refreshed my apps to see if there were any updates, and it shows all (?) of my apps need to be updated The hell?
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May 24, 2020 23:22
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MorrisBae posted:I'm on a Gen 1 SE and just refreshed my apps to see if there were any updates, and it shows all (?) of my apps need to be updated 13.5 just dropped so that's not surprising.
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May 24, 2020 23:23
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it’s showing me a bunch of days-old updates that i already installed so something is up
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May 25, 2020 01:55
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Same, I went from zero updates to 20 from as far back as 5/14.
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May 25, 2020 03:43
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Has anyone done an AT&T unlock? Did you have to provide the IMEI or did they magically look up what phone you're using? I'm asking because I want to know about unlocking the phone I'm replacing.
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May 25, 2020 05:05
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Small White Dragon posted:Has anyone done an AT&T unlock? Did you have to provide the IMEI or did they magically look up what phone you're using? ATT will ask for the IMEI for sure.
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May 25, 2020 05:11
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Small White Dragon posted:Has anyone done an AT&T unlock? Did you have to provide the IMEI or did they magically look up what phone you're using? https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/
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May 25, 2020 05:27
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Wild, all my apps just updated as well, even ones that already updated after 13.5 was released. e: ah, they re-issued updates due to a bug https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/25/apple-reissuing-ios-app-updates/ Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 07:16 on May 25, 2020 |
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May 25, 2020 07:07
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Is there a way to sync my iCloud calendar with the Outlook app/Outlook.com? It seems completely impossible to get apple to stop intercepting event invitations so this would be the next best option.
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May 25, 2020 20:16
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Anyone who messes with shortcuts know if there’s a way of getting a notification if my zip code hasn’t had any rain in say 3 days? It’s been storming for like 10 days so I’ve turned my irrigation system off for now, but it’d be neat to run it as needed and save some $.
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May 26, 2020 03:38
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Yes, with the Automation feature it should be possible to get it to do a thing when it doesn't rain. But I did a quick google and didn't see any handy resource to query for recent rainfall. It must be out there but most everyone's concerned with the forecast so it's a lot of digging through crap. If you're in the US weather.gov lets you query past weather but the format is going to be pain to parse. Have fun! https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=lot
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May 26, 2020 03:53
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Will give me something to look into and mess about with, thanks.
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May 26, 2020 04:08
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EL BROMANCE posted:Will give me something to look into and mess about with, thanks. I wanted to do something similar for my sprinklers but ended up getting a Rachio controller when it was on sale. It works great and does exactly what you want.
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May 26, 2020 11:49
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I’ll have to keep an eye on prices, for some reason even though my house is small I have a controller for the front and one for the back. Not sure why as there’s only a few zones. I would’ve looked at getting the rain sensor add on but the one that exists if it’s even available these days sounds like it only does a live check rather than knowing how much rainfall over a time period. It’s been years but I’ve written html scrapers before and wunderground looks like it would be easy enough. URL has a static page for the weather station and the date is in the URL too. So in theory I could cron a script to run in the morning, scrape the page to see if there was precipitation level above a threshold, and query an internal database as to whether I need to be alerted to water the garden. Not sure if that could be incorporated into shortcuts, otherwise I’d just use an email alert. https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/KFLL/date/2020-5-25
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May 26, 2020 18:06
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Is there a way to get a pop up notification when my AirPod case is low on battery? I tend to put them on when my phone is in my pocket so never see that overall battery pop up and just neglect to check for myself every couple of days to see if it’s low.
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May 26, 2020 18:14
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TheWevel posted:I wanted to do something similar for my sprinklers but ended up getting a Rachio controller when it was on sale. It works great and does exactly what you want. Arrrggghh, I just moved this past weekend and already have enough poo poo to fix/upgrade.
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May 26, 2020 19:55
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I have a Rachio, it's pretty sweet. Also my local water utility gave me a $200 check even when I bought it for $100 on clearance so I made money on the deal.
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May 26, 2020 20:32
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I got a replacement phone from Apple today, and I need to ship this buggy one back to them-- should I wipe it beforehand? The Ikea-style instructions just say to back it up, turn off Find My for it, to charge it, turn it off and then stick it back in the box and send it on. The phone I'm sending back functions though, and I feel like I should wipe it for my protection before shipping it, just not sure if Apple's gonna get pissed about that.
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May 27, 2020 00:14
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Soul Glo posted:I got a replacement phone from Apple today, and I need to ship this buggy one back to them-- should I wipe it beforehand? The Ikea-style instructions just say to back it up, turn off Find My for it, to charge it, turn it off and then stick it back in the box and send it on. The phone I'm sending back functions though, and I feel like I should wipe it for my protection before shipping it, just not sure if Apple's gonna get pissed about that. yeah you can wipe it. turn off find my first though
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Turning off Find My iPhone is the main thing because if you don't do that then the phone is useless to anyone else (including Apple), but you should wipe it too. They probably don't say that in the instructions because they plan to do it anyway, but you shouldn't trust them.
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Cool, thanks dudes.
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Soul Glo posted:I got a replacement phone from Apple today, and I need to ship this buggy one back to them-- should I wipe it beforehand? The Ikea-style instructions just say to back it up, turn off Find My for it, to charge it, turn it off and then stick it back in the box and send it on. The phone I'm sending back functions though, and I feel like I should wipe it for my protection before shipping it, just not sure if Apple's gonna get pissed about that. Probably sign out of icloud too just to be safe since even if you wipe it the device will ask for the icloud account password before you can set it up. this is more to stop you getting charged for returning a 'non working' device or some weird bullshit if ts a warranty replacement thing. maybe turning off find my iphone will also sign out of icloud I forget.
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withak posted:Turning off Find My iPhone is the main thing because if you don't do that then the phone is useless to anyone else (including Apple), but you should wipe it too. They probably don't say that in the instructions because they plan to do it anyway, but you shouldn't trust them. They definitely say to wipe it in the instructions. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201557 You can't even get an express replacement started without turning off Find My
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I definitely thought everyone was talking about COVID for a while there.
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DangerZoneDelux posted:They definitely say to wipe it in the instructions. Yeah my advisor had me do that to start the process. The little booklet they send in the box does not say whether or not to wipe it, though.
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May 27, 2020 01:41
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withak posted:if you don't do that then the phone is useless to anyone else (including Apple) Not including Apple. Apple can remove the lock.
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If I don't have the PC with which I originally synched my iPhone (via iTunes), can I still do a full transfer to an new phone? Mostly asking about music, everything else that matters should be handled via iCloud. I don't have Apple music or any other music sub.
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Sri.Theo posted:Is there a way to sync my iCloud calendar with the Outlook app/Outlook.com? On Outlook.com you can subscribe to an iCal calendar link but that means you'd need to make the iCloud calendar public so in theory if someone found the url they could edit it. Not sure if that works for you. EL BROMANCE posted:Anyone who messes with shortcuts know if there’s a way of getting a notification if my zip code hasn’t had any rain in say 3 days? It’s been storming for like 10 days so I’ve turned my irrigation system off for now, but it’d be neat to run it as needed and save some $. It's not possible to have Shortcuts run in the background to check if it's rained and send a notification if so, that's not how it works. It is possible to make a shortcut check if it's rained and send a notification with a button tap, but I'm guessing that's not what you want. IFTTT can do a simple "if it has rained, then send a notification" but I don't think it can do "but if and only if it has rained in the past 3 days." To do that you'll need some other solution like Zapier, Integromat, or Microsoft Flow. Those are general purpose automation servers that can do stuff like that but you'd need to build it yourself essentially. e: The easiest thing, if you want to check the last 3 days, is probably a shortcut that you schedule to appear every morning that checks the weather for you on tap (this is key—it won't happen automatically). So say at 10 AM you get the notification, you tap it and it tells you if it's rained. Should be pretty simple too once you have an API/app that provides the weather data you need. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 11:09 on May 29, 2020 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:On Outlook.com you can subscribe to an iCal calendar link but that means you'd need to make the iCloud calendar public so in theory if someone found the url they could edit it. Not sure if that works for you. Thanks. Probably not something I want to risk though- it’s annoying this isn’t a solved problem at this point.
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Boris Galerkin posted:
Isn't that exactly what automations are for? I have no use for them so have never actually used one, but when I was tinkering with them after the feature was added the very first page asked what time every day I wanted it to run.
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