Thanks man! Music is going through now. Here's a dumb question for y'all. I just registered my phone on their website for the manufacturer's warranty. Let's say one of my buttons stops working on my phone (like my iphone 4 power button), will they cover it for the next 24 months?
assuming it is a 24 month warranty. Having verizon and samsung replace a faulty phone are two different things. verizon will want you to have insurance and possibly even pay a deductable (even for manufacturers defaults/defects) but will get you a replacement faster samsung might replace for free, but you could be without the phone for a couple weeks while it is in transit/getting reviewed/getting repaired.
Going to have to go visit big red soon to replace my droid 2 Suggestions on phones? Also which phones have or are getting Jellybean?
Have you guys read the latest 2 pages of the iPhone thread? It's like a bunch of meth heads trying to score before the first batch runs out. Sheeps indeed
I've been on android since the Droid Inc release. Had Droid Inc, then Droid X (bleh), and now the Gnex. I have iPhones through work
what carrier are you on. Rooting isn't hard at all with either carrier I would guess, however I'm not sure how hard it is to unlock the bootloader on Verizon if that's the carrier you're on.
The process is actually really easy. Disclaimer, I have not done this so I'd read up about it before going through. Article link: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/1...-for-the-verizon-galaxy-s3-in-the-play-store/ RootzWiki link: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-ez-unlock-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
Interesting RootzWiki piece on why Apple's tame upgrades to the iPhone 5 are a bad thing for cell phone development as a whole. Can't say I disagree considering the market share Apple has. http://rootzwiki.com/news/_/article...-how-does-the-new-iphone-affect-android-r1125 Spoiler Friday's Big Question: How Does the "New" iPhone Affect Android? Articles Marty Eich | Sep 14 2012 11:50 AM Who Gives a #@%& about the iPhone? Put down your riot gear. This is still an Android site, and this week's FBQ is still about Android. However, when your biggest competitor releases their "revolutionary" device while using words like "thinnest," "fastest," and "best," educated consumers like us need to pause and collect our thoughts for a moment. Clear Expectations Like Dennis Green once said about the Chicago Bears in 2007, "They are who we thought they were," the iPhone 5 turned out to be exactly what we thought it was... a taller, slightly updated iPhone with 4G. As Android fans, our initial responses were most like along one common theme: Apple chose to play it safe. They have sold millions upon millions of phones using a certain formula and don't feel like changing it. At all. Even when others are catching up. While this would initially seem like the proper response: cheering while your competitor treads water, I for one was disappointed with what Apple announced this week. Why? As Android fans we want Apple to be innovative. It is in our best interests. If the iPhone would have had NFC, maybe more than 2% of US retailers would adopt the payment option. Had Apple added wireless charging to the iPhone, Android OEMs like HTC, Googlerola, and Samsung would be pressed to include the technology more readily in their devices to compete. And so on. Flawed Logic? Is this the wrong way to think about the evolutionary arms race that is technological competition? Is a boring iPhone announcement actually good for Android? Are Apple users going to revolt slowly to the OS that we feel allows more openness and ability to customize? Personally, I think we should be a little angry at Apple for not raising the bar. Android sales (especially by Samsung) have proven that Android as an operating system is not just a viable alternative to iOS, but it many ways a superior one. By rehashing old ideas with new catchphrases, Apple is slowing technological growth by making the act of competing a less arduous task. What do you think? Is this logic misinformed? What are your reactions to the iPhone 5? Should we even care? Hit us up in the comments.
Interesting post. I think if android were to surpass iOS, now is the time. The only thing I really want is the next Nexus
Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners, your Google Wallet stopped working today. Follow the links in this article (or if they go down ask me) and install a new Google Wallet .apk. http://www.droid-life.com/2012/09/14/google-wallet-no-longer-working-at-all-on-verizon-galaxy-nexus/
Does anyone here use iTunes with a Mac? I'm thinking about making the switch to a Droid phone and I'm just curious how the music syncs up.
Anyone flashed CM9 on the Galaxy skyrocket for AT&T and how hard is it? Total newb here but just saw there is a stable build for it. http://get.cm/?device=skyrocket
I personally use Google Play Music for mine. Here is how I have it setup: I put my songs in iTunes (for iTunes Match, iPods etc) I have Google Play Music Manager (works for windows and mac) and it is set to auto upload anything put into iTunes Then I stream my music to my phone via Play Music It works really well. Every time I add an album to iTunes within 5 minutes it's on my phone. No wires, no hassle. EDIT: This also works well as a free alternative to iTunes Match Just add songs to iTunes, then go to music.google.com on any device and listen to your entire library.
Doesn't that use a lot of data? Or can you set it up so it's just done when you're on Wi-Fi? When you play a podcast on your phone does that register in iTunes?
It will sync podcasts if you check it I download albums that I listen to a lot to my phone. But I have a cap set (set at 500MB per month) for the Play Music app and I've never hit it. That is streaming 320kbps MP3s over LTE.
But does it register when you listen to it? I go back and forth between listening to them on my computer and on my phone.
Hmmmm... This is where Apple's proprietary shit gets annoying. I just want a clean sync between iTunes and an Android device, but nnoooOOOooo can't do that.
I know HTC has software that let's their phones sync directly with iTunes. I'm not sure if Samsung and Motorola do or not
Not much really. We have been toting around totally customizable, 4G/LTE phones that blow the 4S out of the water for over half a year now and transferring data as well as making purchases with NFC technology that is not even on the iPhone 5. If you were to read this article, you would see that we hoped Apple would come out with a better product to help promote phone development. But alas, Apple was lazy and decided to feed its sheep a marginal upgrade over the current phone given the time between releases.
Didn't the source of that info say that seeing as these are prerelease results they maybe fake. I'll just wait for after release testing to be done if that's alright with you. But carry on doing what you are doing.
and so it begins Spoiler http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1032776 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1032744
So I'm getting a new phone through work in December and I can finally get rid of the iphone. (using gnex on personal line, 4S on work line) Here is my dilemma. S3 or Note 2? The more I read up on the Note 2 the more awesome it looks. Wonder if anything new will be announced by December
I'm thinking about getting a note 2 for my wife. Although I might keep it for myself and give my wife the s3. Not sure yet because right now I have s3 and nexus 7 so that would eliminate lugging both around. All rumors are pointing to a October release for it, which would make sense since Sammy seems to be trying to get closer and closer to unified releases for their devices.
I'm likely going to sell my Galaxy Nexus and buy the Note 2 a little bit after it comes out. I'm going to wait and make sure it does well in the wild first.
hopefully that 3100mah battery keeps it up for a while My friends with the S3 have nothing but good to say when it comes to battery life. My gnex...while it is fine on wifi, drinks the battery on LTE
HTC’s Verizon Bound 1080p Phone Rumored to Have Quad-core Snapdragon S4, 1.5GB RAM, and 480ppi Display by: Kellex | posted 09.15.12 | News, Rumors The HTC “dlx” or better known to most as the upcoming 1080p 5″ device, may sport a quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, a non-removable battery, and a pixel density of 480ppi, according to HTCSource. This rumor also suggests that the phone may end up being DROID-branded on Verizon, since the source of this information claims that the phone has a “red techno” background and the now-famous “DROID” notification sound. The phone we have seen in pictures (above) is also said to be the device we have all been waiting for. There is a chance that we could see this phone next week at HTC’s NYC event. Does this sound like your dream device? Via: HTCSource
The two things I don't like are the non-removable battery and the permanent soft buttons. I really enjoy customizing the nav bar on my GNexus.
I love my xoom for lack of soft/capacitive keys. it rotates any direction which is ideal when plugging in.
Agreed. I don't customize but I love the clean look of a screen with no buttons when the phone is off. For that reason alone I will probably wait for the new Nexus.
That'd be great, after looking at a review on YouTube I think I'm going to hold out for this bad boy...5" + screen
lol at this Engadget review of the iPhone 5. They compare it to....a 4S. No mention of the S3 or any other new phone. They on Apple's payroll now or something? http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/
Engadget, BGR, and Gizmodo are all infatuated with Apple. They consider it the apex of mobile development. All of their "reviews" of other devices are jaded and biased. Usually in all articles related to other devices or software, Apple is somehow dropped in the mix. They go out of their way to tie in Apple or to turn the article around to show how Apple is superior in every...fucking...way. It's not objective journalism at all. I've heard good things about The Verge as being balanced. Also check out gdgt.com