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I am looking for a youtube channel I saw on Sup Forums a few months ago in /spg/
It was just this autist with a monotone voice taking apart new phones/tablets and then trying to put them back together afterwards but usually he would just take them completely apart while talking about the components.
Yes thanks man. I have been searching for this guy for months to show a buddy.
Aaron Cox
Okay boys, need help. Canadian here.
I'm on Rogers. Don't do much special with my phone. Take pictures, watch videos, listen to music, browse the internet, social media, email, etc.
I can get a G6 for $180, an S8 for $250, an S8+ for $320 or a Google Pixel XL 128GB for $480.
These are just the regular prices, and I intend on waiting for a sale on whichever one I choose, but they'll still be discounted the same, so the differences in the base prices are really the most important.
What do you guys think I should do? I'm weary of bootloops on the G6, weary of hardware failure, TouchWiz and Bixby autism on the S8/S8+, and I'm not sure the Pixel is the best value compared to the others.
The Pixel's hardware and software don't worry me in the slightest, it's just that it's pretty expensive compared to the others. If I wait for a sale I'll be able to afford it for sure, but then the sale prices for the others will be even cheaper...
Ideas?
Levi Howard
>I can get a G6 for $180, an S8 for $250, an S8+ for $320 or a Google Pixel XL 128GB for $480.
where the everloving fuck are you getting those phones that cheap?
Lincoln Ward
If I want to get the moto g4 from amazon, is any warranty provided?
Ayden Scott
S8
He's probably on a plan.
Evan Butler
Most likely not paying the full price outright
Carson Gomez
Reposting from last thread for those who are curious about the S8/S8+ This is coming from an iPhone btw Pros: >That fucking screen >camera is just right >speedy, no stutters (yet) >great for multimedia >very fast wifi/cellular >Face/Iris works well even if there's some sun directly on it >RAM usage is good >great battery
Minor gripes: >fingerprint sensor, but it's actually pretty decent if you're a big guy >no dual cameras, but those are kinda of a meme >edge screen can sometimes take a couple of attempts to bring up >samsung software (not lag, but minor regionalized things)
Cons: >gyroscope for potrait/landscape is a bit oversensitive >a bit taller than I would like >No, i don't want bixby, I want to change the volume
Blake Wood
I got a HTC One M9 with 2 year contract through sprint for $1.00
no Im not leasing the phone, it was one of the last 2 year contract phones available before this leasing bullshit all providers use. I got pretty lucky.
Grayson Peterson
This.
My dad has a corporate deal/offer from his job, so we get a discount on a sharing plan (it's a Rogers Share Everything plan, to be specific). Because of this, we not only get a good plan on a reliable, big carrier's network for relatively cheap, but we also get a shitload off of the phones for being on what is otherwise an astronomical plan (regular by Canadian standards). We also pay get a larger discount with each person that joins, so when I switch onto the plan we should get an even larger discount.
Basically, I'm lucky as fuck.
Dominic Davis
I recently found an iPhone 7. I have an S8 so didn't think much of it and besides checking with my building's security haven't taken too many steps to return it. I tried to do a factory reset so I can have it as a spare and now I am stuck on the iCloud activation lock screen. Is there any bypass to this?
Dominic Perez
Kill yourself, thief.
Aiden Roberts
Pixel XL is best phone pass it on
No you fucking nigger, try to find the owner.
Nolan Taylor
I honestly didn't even realise this was an anti-theft protection. I definetly didn't steal it and the police in my country won't take the phone all they'll do is report the IMEI and your contact information. I have had my phone stolen before so wouldn't be passing on negative ju-ju if I could help it
Xavier Powell
Just give it back to security. Unless my knowledge is outdated, iCloud activation is nearly impossible to get around without switching out the motherboard. Even so, if iCloud doesn't fuck you over, a IMEI carrier blacklist (which will mark the phone as stolen and prevent it from connecting to just any carrier) can and will.
Brayden Phillips
Is there any apps/content that takes advantage of the HDR and/or neat resolution the S8 has?
Chase King
Yeah might just give to security to hang onto. I found it on a park bench that makes kind of a courtyard with four other blocks so not certain it is someone in my buildings
Adrian Fisher
Pirate some wide screen [>2:1 aspect ratio] movies.
HDR content is pretty slim pickings afaik. I mean, you could find some 10bit movies/shows online (10bit is most commonly found in anime).
In terms of actual, proper 10bit content, you're stuck with 4K/UHD BD rips, if you can find and fit one on your phone.
1440p media isn't really a thing, so you'll have to hope 4K will playback on there.
tl;dr Wait for Netflix/Amazon to update their apps to support HDR, it'll be difficult to find any real HDR content on torrents.
Anthony Murphy
Wow, same here basically.
Evan Hill
Yeah, the only method I know of is so expensive and difficult that you might as well just buy a new back up phone if you're that bothered about having one.
Phones aren't really hard to find tho, at least not to bother having a back up for. If you ever need a quick, cheap replacement, you can never go wrong with a Moto G.
Liam Stewart
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is it possible to get the Zuk Z2 lockscreen on LineageOS? I like how it looks, but prefer not to use a chink rom.
Colton Jackson
My deal is through No Wires Direct. Yours?
I'm about to switch over from """"unlimited"""" $35 on Wind/Freedom. I would stay if they had better coverage. I live out in the sticks, about 20 minutes outside of a fairly large town. Wind told us they bought a plot and were expanding the network up to us nearly 5 years ago-- still nothing. I doubt they'll ever expand on their old network now they have their newer one, and only a small handful of phones work on it anyways, so I'm probably gonna give up my grandfathered """unlimited""" for Rogers.
Do you think I should keep the Wind plan? I get by just fine with it, it's just that it's kind of shitty value to pay $35 for what's essentially unlimited talk/text with 5GB data (they slow it after 5GB, plus I never use that much anyways) on a shitty network that doesn't even cover my house/neighborhood when I could pay about $60 for unlimited talk/text with maybe 3/4GB of data on the much better Rogers network that actually covers my house.
Jacob Ramirez
Not him but I live in the GTA and there are literally dead spots near my block with Freedom. Unlimited data is nice but holy fuck it's so bad, not to mention >no LTE No wonder they're so fucking cheap, but then again >CTRC >doing shit to the monopoly
Daniel Myers
>USA >T-Mobile >budget around $300 currently have a samsung galaxy s4 and its p much what i want feature-wise (nfc, sd storage, compass and whatever) but its wonky and the battery dies too fast for me. would just be nice to upgrade, never bought my own phone before, all my stuff have been hand-me-downs (luckily?), so this is all new to me
Juan Young
Nokia 5 and 6 will drop price after a while they get released right?
Mason Gutierrez
Can anyone tell me if the honor 6x has a superior camera to the huawei p8?
I can get the huawei for 240 and the honor 6x for 260 buckazoids (adjusted for my country).
Isaac Baker
(In regards to aicp on the zuk z2) Awesome. This is all working *nearly* perfect. After messing around for an hour or so, my only complaints are the utouch button does not work with gestures anymore(liked sliding right/left to change the active app. The option is in the settings, but it does not work) and the phone can't mount as removable storage, only as a media device. Dunno why android does this, but it annoys me since you can't play files off the phones memory on the PC(it instead loads it into a temp folder on the PC first) and file transfers take like 4x longer.
Elijah Powell
Moto G4 (2gb RAM, 16gb) with 165€ or Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (3gb RAM, 32gb) with 230€? Is the extra 65€ worth it?
Both are offered nearby with no waiting time and local 2-year warranty (don't have to send them to china), so these are my options. Would appreciate any input regarding value for money.
Jacob Jackson
You guys reckon this is a worthy replacement for the Nexus 6?
Jace Perry
there a good ad block for the S8? I'm new to android
Leo Torres
>Canada >Freedom/Wind >around 200-350 CAD >Prefer a phone that can run normie shit, >5 inch screen, micro sd slot or above 32 GB storage
>Currently have LG G3 I've had it for about 1.5 years, and now it's started having issues with rebooting when it gets overwhelmed, shitty battery life, can't connect to Wi-fi anymore, and screen flickering. I've heard it's an issue with the soldering on the mobo so i'm going to try to apply thermal paste on the CPU, and Wi-fi chip to squeeze more time out of it
I was looking at ordering the Moto G5+ internationally, but it doesn't have a notification light (which I like), and it looks like it was made in 2010
Evan Rivera
Moto z play vs a7 2017, which one has the better camera?
Alexander Lewis
This is embarrassing, but I forgot how to enable landscape home screen with Nova Launcher. Can you guys help me out? This is especially important with my new S8.
Jack Hill
Oh, and has a decent battery (at least better than the G3)
Daniel Morris
Did you steal that S8 too, you fucking nigger
John Rogers
I want a pure android phone in which I do not have to configure root, remove all bloatware.
Price does not matter to me. I live in the USA. Going to go to T-Mobile.
Google Pixel XL 128GB with Device Protection from the Google store or something else? I don't plan on upgrading for awhile so I thought that this device would be good.
Has Samsung improved from their touchwiz garbage?
Adam Ramirez
Look for ZUI Locker on the play store
Tyler Miller
>tfw miss my comfy z1c I shouldn't have bought a phablet, why is this the fucking trend now to make phones bigger?
Oliver Bell
>battery dies too fast for me Did you try replacing the battery to make sure that wasn't the issue?
Isaiah King
the person who had it before me did. twice, maybe? it still seems weak
Grayson James
Well, you could always grab a used GS7.
Cooper Cruz
i thought about that, guess i should stick with what's familiar
Lucas Cook
under $200 budget coming from /csg/ people keep shilling for either zuk z2 and redmi note 4 is there any other I should keep an eye on? or should I pick one of those two?
Tyler Cooper
Pixel or the 3T/upcoming OP5.
Adrian Kelly
You could also grab a moto g5+ which is supposed to be one of the best new phones under $300, or you could get one of the chinkphones always shilled around here.
Christopher Murphy
What are you looking for? Camera? Audio? Updates?
Alexander Torres
Here again.
Anyone else know how to root the z2 in aicp? I tried installing the SuperSU IMG with TWRP, but it never actually gives me root. When I open the app, it says it needs to update. Neither the TWRP or the other installation option work.
Jayden Phillips
>the phone can't mount as removable storage, only as a media device. Dunno why android does this Because google decided to switch to MTP for fuck knows what reason.
Jaxson Scott
RN3Pro, CroNigga
Zachary Moore
Dont know about your shitty phones, but mine has no issues being a removable storage device
Andrew Morales
That's MTP. You can browse the files on your phone but it's slow. Transfers are slow too. They're talking about mounting the phone as external storage, essentially turning your phone into an SD card reader. This is how Android used to work, but Google changed it so you didn't have to unmount the SD card from the phone before accessing it from a PC.
Nicholas Rogers
**Pssst** (You're an idiot and you don't know what you're talking about)
Joseph Morales
Yeah, that's shitty MTP instead of mass media like they used to have it, exactly what I said.
Grayson Harris
Fucking aussie shitposters.
Jeremiah Flores
My Galaxy S5 has a cracked screen and is starting to go senile. Considering getting an S6 when I upgrade, but what's a Sup Forums approved smartphone?
Jonathan Rodriguez
America, carrier is AT&T
Henry Bailey
I mean, you might as well get an S7 if you're gonna do a Galaxy again. It's basically just the S6 but better
Isaiah Barnes
AICP has magisk root built-in in settings.
I've set left swipe for google assistant and right swipe for switch to last app, works fine. Switching to next/previous app with swipes is ZUI-only feature. And pretty sure you can't mount as external storage in ZUI as well.
Asher Hughes
Im interested with Redmi Note 4, which SoC has more power efficiency ? Snapdragon 625 or Helio x20 ?
Ayden Sanchez
SD625 is supposed to be fantastic, looks like the battery life should be better on the SD model according to GSMarena's rating 119hr vs 83hr.
Evan Lopez
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, I LOVE THIS INCREASED SCREEN REAL ESTATE!
Wyatt Garcia
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Logan Jackson
Anyone got hands on experience with the Lenovo P2? I'm looking to buy it but everywhere close to me is out of stock. I was thinking it would be a good upgrade from my Galaxy S5 which is beginning to show its age.
Just wanting to know opinions from people who have used the P2?
Hudson Carter
GUYS I GOT 2-3 WEEKS LEFT
IS THE WAWEI P8 OR THE HONOR 6X THE SUPERIOR CAMERA??
Found this to be a very interesting, critical review of the S8.
Easton Thompson
ADD THE LG G4 INTO THE MIX!
Jackson Rivera
Oh, but I forgot to mention, they're wrong about the battery life. It's better than the S7's by a good bit.
Owen Rivera
smartphones are for dumb people.
Liam Baker
How do I find out what the fuck is draining my battery? I have "Android OS" at 35%. I even sperged out completely and removed logd so it wouldn't drain my battery by writing unnecessary logs but it didn't help at all. Is there any app that shows battery usage per PROCESS?
Levi Sanchez
Where is my Nokia phone?!??!??!
Xavier Myers
>old shit with no updates >cheap shit with no updates >bootloops: the phone
Just get a OnePlus 3T, or the Moto G5+ if you need camera that badly.
Colton Gonzalez
my dad's samsung galaxy S3 doesn't work anymore what should I buy him maybe a S5? I just need a no brainer, cheap if possible, that will "just werk"
Logan Ward
Mi5S plus vs Zuk Z2 Pro
Best cost-benefit of the two?
Should i buy one of them or should i buy 2 phones (RN4X and Doogee Y6) for the same price?
Jaxson Reed
>budgetshit from a company notorious from having 0 quality.
id sooner get a windows phone than a moto
Josiah Bennett
Moto g.
Austin Williams
Cheapest smartphone with a decent android version and 1GB ram? broke nigger here
Michael Myers
It's a Galaxy On5, what the fuck do you expect? It's a phone made for dirt poorfags and third worlders, there's a reason why it's free. Android isn't like apple, there are tiers from dirt poor to flagship I love all the chink shills immediately pouncing to shill their zuk, xiaomi garbage
As a reminder, for that price you get >5.2" 1080p display with Gorilla Glass 4 >Android 7.0 Nougat >Snapdragon 808 >3GB RAM, 32GB storage and 100GB free cloud storage >Dual front facing speakers >USB C, NFC, fingerprint reader >Full support for AT&T and T-Mobile network bands >Official LineageOS build
Joseph Robinson
Look at reviews, the s8 OS is crispy and smooth but don't take my word for it and go look at reviews
Elijah Hernandez
Out of those two, ZUK Z2 Pro. The dual camera setup on the Mi5s plus isn't that good, the regular Mi5s takes better photos.
Why would you need 2 phones?
Dominic Parker
Are Sony phones good?
Wyatt Carter
So, ZUK Z2 Pro or Mi5s?
>Why would you need 2 phones?
I don't.
Jayden Sanders
Bad deal for people outside US?
I would pay 137 dollars + 60 dollar of tax.
Anthony Powell
That seller only ships to US but it's 179€ on Amazon.de and about the same price on Amazon.co.uk which is still a pretty good price.
Lucas Perry
Decent but not amazing. It has good specs except the Snapdragon 808 runs really hot.
Robert Williams
Oh shit. I didn't know wtf that msgisk thing was, so I disabled it. Is there a way to use SuperSU instead. And did I fuck it up by installing SuperSU through TWRP?(right now nothing is asking me for root permission, as if I don't have root at all.)
Gavin Diaz
It's also the least well built phone ever made. Jerryrig said if folds up effortlessly. There's no metal in the phone at all, other then the solder and copper on the main board. Pay a bit more for the zuk z2, and get something 40% better.
Gavin Gonzalez
>S8 plus: 88 hours of battery life >A7 (2017): 115 hours >A3 (2017): 93 hours why samsung didn't just put 5k battery on the phone, instead of making inferior product?
Nathan Morales
Has Anyone tried Motorola Moto G5? what did you think of it, can you recommend it?
