|OT| The Android Thread - The ultimate haven for headphone jacks

NarohDethan · Jun 3, 2019

Rocking a Moto Z2 Play here. I had an iPhone once but fuck they're expensive.

Gevin · Jun 3, 2019

LineageOS user here

Le Pertti · Jun 3, 2019

Been on 1+ since a few years, liking it but now on 6t and not having a headphone jack fucking sucks! Really the worst trend to happen in phones.

lashman · Jun 7, 2019

JMTHEFOX said:
Leaked Galaxy Note 10 renders comfirms no headphone jacks

well that fucking sucks

lashman · Jun 7, 2019

JMTHEFOX said:
Yeah. You think with the praise for Samsung keeping the headphone jacks for the S10, they could just keep them for the Galaxy Note 10.

yeah

Stevey · Jun 7, 2019

Neat thread, I have a Galaxy S9+- got this LED case which is great

Alexandros · Jun 8, 2019

I want to buy a new Android tablet. Huawei is out after recent events, any recommendations?

Alexandros · Jun 8, 2019

JMTHEFOX said:
I heard that ASUS Zenpad 8 is a decent tablet, though I haven't owned an ASUS tablet in my life.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is also good, but the price can be expensive if buying the Samsung keyboard case for it.

These are my main options in my country:

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 (2018) at around 200 euros
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 (2017) at around 320 euros
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (2019) at around 360 euros.

...and an iPad (2018) at around 280 euros.

I'm going to be using it as mainly a media & internet device with a bit of typing here and there. No gaming. The first Tab A is the cheap option, it's decent but the other two have far better screens. The S3 has a 4:3 aspect ratio which seems like it would be terrible for Youtube and movie watching.

Alexandros · Jun 8, 2019

JMTHEFOX said:
Hm.... Sounds like you should get the S5e for power or Tab A for budget.

Yeah, probably.

gabbo · Jun 8, 2019

I'll be rocking my LG G7ThinQ until it drops dead or I do. I just need to find a better case and a new screen protector, as my screen protector is, well garbage, having split in several spots.

Don't want to go with an Otter because while it'll work, it will double the size of the phone. Looked into AUG, but they dropped their G7 ThinQ line of cases

Alexandros · Jun 9, 2019

Removing the headphone jack sucks balls.

Kuro · Jun 12, 2019

I get weird stops with Discord on my S9, when switching between emoji picker-keyboard fast sometimes the App just hangs for 2-5 seconds. Tried clearing cache to no help.
Anyone else?

Nirvash · Jun 16, 2019

Kuro said:
I get weird stops with Discord on my S9, when switching between emoji picker-keyboard fast sometimes the App just hangs for 2-5 seconds. Tried clearing cache to no help.
Anyone else?

S9+ user here, can't replicate this. Performance on Discord has always been top notch for me.

Kuro · Jun 16, 2019

Nirvash said:
S9+ user here, can't replicate this. Performance on Discord has always been top notch for me.

Will try reinstalling, thanks.

Guilty of Being · Jun 16, 2019

I think the wife and I are going to move from iOS to Android next purchase/update. We don’t really use or have an Apple ecosystem at home or work, so we just want a change.

bbq of doom · Jun 18, 2019

I've had an iPhone since 2014ish (whenever the 6/6 Plus came out) and am kinda itching to return, although that would run absolutely roughshod over my social life.

That being said, the newest Pixel leaks are interesting? As a devoted Nexus fanboy in a past life, I don't think I could stomach TouchWiz (unless it's gotten significantly better, which I hope it has) or any of the other skins/forks/etc.

Englebert3rd · Jun 25, 2019

Got a Huawei Mate 20 Pro now and the difference from the LG G5 is massive!
The camera is fantastic. Look at this shot I took yesterday:

Englebert3rd · Jun 25, 2019

JMTHEFOX said:
Yo, that shot looks sick!

Thank you!
Here's another one because I feel generous

Pogi · Jun 27, 2019

With price being equal, Pixel 3A or Samsung Galaxy S10e (SD)? Both brand new.

NarohDethan · Aug 8, 2019

That Note 10+ is sexy af, but it way, way too expensive. I would rather buy a 2080Ti if I'm spending that kind of cash.

Le Pertti · Dec 14, 2019

Whoa just woke up and 60% if my battery had drained during the night and it seems it's Google Play Services that caused it. Tried to google it and seems it a common problem but none of the old tips seem to work. Anyone here have any experience with the problem?

Alextended · Mar 11, 2024

So, my Xiaomi Mi A2 was acting up today getting in an endless loop where it froze after boot & unlock with no time to do anything like factory reset or whatever else I attempted. I thought some app update borked since that's the last thing I had left it doing only to find it turned off for no reason. I don't really use anything but boomer social media and email and bank apps and what not and a few legit store apps like food delivery and local price comparison site and stuff. Safe mode boot did the same too but I eventually managed to factory reset without going in normal boot, just the android bios type thing you can go to.

The process went smoothly but I'm thinking I somehow got a virus rather than a different sort of bork because this photo is the last one in my google photos now I've restored everything to how it was but google searching for it doesn't help (it's a joker) and tineye also can't find any instance of it at all. This is it:

Virus scanned it first of course. Anybody seen it? I never had anything like this happen before, I just occasionally use antivirus on my PC (just to be sure nothing got through, switching between AVG and other free stuff depending on the era, nowadays it's Malwarebytes I employ) but haven't gotten any issues since like the 00s, I know my way around stuff, what to do, what not to do, etc., granted I'm not that into phones and only ever change device after serious hw issues etc., plus I don't yet use adblock on my phone even though I did switch from Chrome to Firefox recently to match what I use on PC.

Oh I haven't yet restored it all, maybe it's just something sent on viber or something and it auto backed up, I have that set for the group with my brother and his wife and they send my niece photos etc., so maybe false alarm, I'm doing app updates now and will be getting the rest apps later so I'll see then. It was suss

And yah it's carnival/halloween type days here now so probably something like that. Never mind for now! Edit: maybe not, can't find it in any convo now...

Alextended · Nov 11, 2024

My Xiaomi Mi A2 borked. I tried everything, it's stuck in boot loop and when it does boot the touch screen won't work. It worked once, then after the screen locked it wasn't working again. But mainly it's stuck in boot loop. The screen did have a big crack a long while now (the day my so called rugged case just disintegrated by itself I dropped my phone, just my luck) but Idk if that's what finally did it in. It did it before but a reboot from recovery fixed it, this time nothing worked until it stopped booting altogether. I got a Redmi 12 4/128 from my brother in law, his "old" phone. It's in pretty good condition, surprisingly.

Edit: ok so apparently he did mess it up as usual but replaced the screen, that's why it looked new to me, lol!

During the first setup process after a factory reset (how does it keep and ask a previously used old code from the same device Idk, I had to ask him for his code, I guess it does't wipe everything as it should, but anyway moving on) I did not select to sync with old phone (I tried but every choice seemed to need a cable or stupid shit like the other phone to be on rather than a simple google account sync).

I also selected to make backups when I added my google account. Now, is all my old google data from Xiaomi Mi A2 lost and if not how do I get it?

I tried to do the setup process again and this time choose to select a phone to use data from but it seems to only give me the option of this phone, on the setup I did earlier, as that's the last used. I'm doing the steps again with another factory reset. Please halp.

Please tell me there's a way to choose older date google account data to download/sync with, or select from specific older device, or anything else.

Edit: Ok, I think I finally did it... God damn scary... It did somehow let me choose to restore from my Xiaomi Mi A2. I lost a few days of stuff, depending on the app (I had viber set to weekly backups) but not much, thankfully. At one point I got scared it locked me out of my google account, asking me to allow the connection from the defunct Xiaomi Mi A2 with the phone number confirmation option greyed out due to "higher level security settings" (which is bs, I always use SMS 2 step). Thankfully the option saying to ask for help and that it could take 3-5 business days had a not-greyed-out option to verify by SMS. Wtf...

Also I hate the differences to whatever android/launcher this has, lol, almost everything you try to do has some kind of marketplace to sell you crap, like changing the ringtone or wallpaper or whatever else. I got the A2 back then exactly because it was Android One so largely stock. The phone is alright though.

Edit again: Floating windows suck and you can't disable them altogether, nice. Notifications are also weird, I don't understand what I'm doing and say, Messenger messages don't stay in the middle of the top screen to drag down at any time but I just get a small icon on the top left? Weird new stuff for me.

Anyway since this phone isn't in as good condition as it seemed I'll probably try to find something during this Black Friday or whenever. This one's chipset isn't much better than my Xiaomi Mi A2's, it has a G88 or whatever. I don't think my budget will allow way better (150-200) but we'll see. At least I have this.

EdwardTivrusky · Nov 14, 2024

I've had my Pixel 2 since launch and it's immaculate but the battery has been dying for a long time and it's now at the point where the phone is shutting down kinda randomly so...

I have a Pixel 8 Pro in Mint* coming because they're £400 off at the moment which is wild! First new phone in what, 7 years? So although i'm happy enough with the Pixel 2 i'm really looking forward to the new phone and just have my fingers crossed the transfer goes well with my provider.

Buying a couple of cases and screen protectors too.

*( Colour totally not chosen because of a Vtuber at all - it's just a happy coincidence, i like my phones to be non-black or grey so i can spot where they are easily but Mint, yay! )

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