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Check out Nova gestures. For example, I set mine up where a double tap on home screen brings up Spotify. A swipe down bring up Google Maps.

 
my s4 mini is about shot.

looking for something under 300bucks so I can still afford to retire August 31 2037 at noon.

removable battery a must.  what do you guys think about the lg g5 or lg v20?

 
Attention Nexus 6P owners. Today I contacted customer support and complained about the two Ps we have having battery and restart issues. Our phones are out of warranty but since we bought them from the Google Store they are shipping us two Pixel XL's for free.

 
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Attention Nexus 6P owners. Today I contacted customer support and complained about the two Ps we have having battery and restart issues. Our phones are out of warranty but since we bought them from the Google Store they are shipping us two Pixel XL's for free.
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Oh and you can't keep your 6P. From my confirmation Email

"Your replacement order is confirmed

Your order will ship soon.

Remember that if we don’t receive your old device 21 days after your replacement ships, you will be charged $921.14, which is the full value of your replacement device."

 
A) Nova rules (pay for the Prime version, the dev is the best)

B) By default, the swipe  to google now page is gone

C) the white notification drawer is F.O.X.Y.

 
cap'n grunge said:
My best friend. That doesn't allow you to change menu or notification colors though, unless that option is on a screen I'm not aware of. I'm used to the white now I guess.
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Material Dark theme. Download free from Theme settings. Not sure if it'll work with Oreo though

 
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Attention Nexus 6P owners. Today I contacted customer support and complained about the two Ps we have having battery and restart issues. Our phones are out of warranty but since we bought them from the Google Store they are shipping us two Pixel XL's for free.
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Holy crap that's awesome

 
belljr said:
Long press on your home screen.

Settings

Change icon shape
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I'll have to try this. I got Nova launcher loaded right now. If I go back to Google launcher will I have reconfigure all my settings?

 
cap'n grunge said:
Where do you find theme settings? I can't find that in Nova.
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Not in Nova...in Nougat it's in phone settings > wallpapers and themes > themes 

Then go to 3dot menu in top right > search > "material dark"

In the list that pops up, tap "Material Dark (Android 7+)" and download/apply. Then change the wallpaper to whatever you want. 

It might change your icons though.

 
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Wingnut said:
Not in Nova...in Nougat it's in phone settings > wallpapers and themes > themes 

Then go to 3dot menu in top right > search > "material dark"

In the list that pops up, tap "Material Dark (Android 7+)" and download/apply. Then change the wallpaper to whatever you want. 

It might change your icons though.
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Are you on Samsung phone?

Themes I think is part of the Samsung build.  I don't have themes

 
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EYLive said:
I'll have to try this. I got Nova launcher loaded right now. If I go back to Google launcher will I have reconfigure all my settings?
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If you don't delete you pixel launcher you should be ok - I think.  You can swap between them.  But I'm not 100% sure tbh

I downloaded the Nova launcher and have both for now - I didn't feel like starting over from scratch since it was way different.... :)

 
I like Oreo, it made the pixel boot time much faster, and the picture in picture for YouTube is nice.  Samsung had this on my note 4, but this is more seamless.

 
In The Zone said:
Man, we are on the same page. My wife and I did the same thing yesterday. We first went to Costco as they are offering a $150 Costco Card and a Power Pack kit but ultimately decided to go with BB because of the $150 off instantly x2 That's $15 a  month off the bill right there. 

Who is your carrier? For Verizon they are offering  a trade in promotion as well. They are going to give my wife $480 as a trade in value for her N5. They told me they would give me up to $240 for my N3. I don't know if I believe them on that one. We'll see. 

Also, which gift from Samsung are you going to choose? My wife is going to get the Wireless Charger and the 128gb micro SD card and I think I will get the 360 Degree Camera.That might come in handy later this year in Vegas.
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Just a heads up in case your local BB does it like this, too...

Got my email this morning that the phone was ready to be picked up.  I actually got the email while running some errands and I had already been thinking about stopping in anyway and checking the status since I was right nearby.  I'm not one of those in a huge rush to get the phone, but figured why not?  When I got there, they said they had them in (I could actually see my box on the counter) but couldn't give them out and activate them until tomorrow (something about their "system" not being ready yet), but that they had just started putting together an appointment schedule for tomorrow.  At least I got a good time for me since they just started.

Again, it was no big deal for me, but I could see some people getting pissed when they get the email that it's ready, make the time to stop in, and then are told they can't get it until the next day.

Anyway, even if you get the email before tomorrow, call in first and see if you have to make an appointment.  And make sure you talk to the actual mobile people at your local BB, since I was just looking online and saw some people complaining that they called first and were told they could come pick it up only to find out call center people were giving out the wrong info.

I guess some people are told at the time of pre-order that this is what to expect, but I was only told to come in and pick it up when I got the email by the 15th.

 
jhib said:
Just a heads up in case your local BB does it like this, too...

Got my email this morning that the phone was ready to be picked up.  I actually got the email while running some errands and I had already been thinking about stopping in anyway and checking the status since I was right nearby.  I'm not one of those in a huge rush to get the phone, but figured why not?  When I got there, they said they had them in (I could actually see my box on the counter) but couldn't give them out and activate them until tomorrow (something about their "system" not being ready yet), but that they had just started putting together an appointment schedule for tomorrow.  At least I got a good time for me since they just started.

Again, it was no big deal for me, but I could see some people getting pissed when they get the email that it's ready, make the time to stop in, and then are told they can't get it until the next day.

Anyway, even if you get the email before tomorrow, call in first and see if you have to make an appointment.  And make sure you talk to the actual mobile people at your local BB, since I was just looking online and saw some people complaining that they called first and were told they could come pick it up only to find out call center people were giving out the wrong info.

I guess some people are told at the time of pre-order that this is what to expect, but I was only told to come in and pick it up when I got the email by the 15th.
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Thanks for the info. I haven't received an e-mail yet but was sitting here thinking about calling the store. I think I will and go ahead and try to set up an appointment. My cases, screen protectors, and car mounts arrive today. 

 
So I brought my new S7 (Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930U) to Verizon to get a nano sim and they are saying the phone isn't compatible to Verizon even though I've seen plenty of people say in reviews that it is.

Is that true? I use prepaid and would have no problem switching to AT&T or T-Mobile if that's the case.

 
In The Zone said:
Thanks for the info. I haven't received an e-mail yet but was sitting here thinking about calling the store. I think I will and go ahead and try to set up an appointment. My cases, screen protectors, and car mounts arrive today. 
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Well I did indeed call BB yesterday and was told that I could come pick it up tomorrow( which is now today ). No problem. Also, they did not open early today and I didn't need an appointment. So I get up this morning and head to BB and guess what. My 2 phones aren't in. I ordered 2 grey phones and only the black came in.  :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

Never again Best Buy. Never again.

 
jamny said:
So I brought my new S7 (Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930U) to Verizon to get a nano sim and they are saying the phone isn't compatible to Verizon even though I've seen plenty of people say in reviews that it is.

Is that true? I use prepaid and would have no problem switching to AT&T or T-Mobile if that's the case.
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Check here to be sure  http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_(usa)-7960.php

Try your luck with a live chat https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/contact-us/

 
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belljr said:
If you don't delete you pixel launcher you should be ok - I think.  You can swap between them.  But I'm not 100% sure tbh

I downloaded the Nova launcher and have both for now - I didn't feel like starting over from scratch since it was way different.... :)
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I can confirm that we can switch between Nova launcher and Google Now Launcher without losing any settings/preferences from either one.  :thumbup:

 
In The Zone said:
Well I did indeed call BB yesterday and was told that I could come pick it up tomorrow( which is now today ). No problem. Also, they did not open early today and I didn't need an appointment. So I get up this morning and head to BB and guess what. My 2 phones aren't in. I ordered 2 grey phones and only the black came in.  :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

Never again Best Buy. Never again.
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Ugh. 

I had my appointment for 8 am, since they opened early and that was the first one. I figured then I wouldn't be stuck behind any backlog. It actually went pretty smoothly, but I still ended up being a bit annoyed. I asked how yesterday went and if there were any really annoyed customers who got emails saying they could pick their phone up even though they couldn't get them until today. They said it was okay, everybody was cool, and actually they got the call from higher ups at around 2:30 that everything was set and they could start giving out phones to people who showed up. So I could have gotten mine if I had just showed up a few hours later than I did. Gee, thanks. 

Anyway, just a minor annoyance. At least I got to fool around with the phone most of the day. It's pretty sweet. 

 
jhib said:
Ugh. 

I had my appointment for 8 am, since they opened early and that was the first one. I figured then I wouldn't be stuck behind any backlog. It actually went pretty smoothly, but I still ended up being a bit annoyed. I asked how yesterday went and if there were any really annoyed customers who got emails saying they could pick their phone up even though they couldn't get them until today. They said it was okay, everybody was cool, and actually they got the call from higher ups at around 2:30 that everything was set and they could start giving out phones to people who showed up. So I could have gotten mine if I had just showed up a few hours later than I did. Gee, thanks. 

Anyway, just a minor annoyance. At least I got to fool around with the phone most of the day. It's pretty sweet. 
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Well I went to work at 3pm and got a call @ 4:45pm saying that my phones are ready.  I'll be there around opening time tomorrow and hopefully that will be the last time I step foot in there.

 
jamny said:
Jaysus said:
Check here to be sure  http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_(usa)-7960.php

Try your luck with a live chat https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/contact-us/
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Thanks brother!

I went onto chat, they confirmed the phone is compatible, and pointed me to a different corporate office and said they will leave a note in my file for them.

:thumbup:
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So even though the Verizon rep on chat said it was compatible, when I went to a different Corporate store, they couldn't get it to work. The guy tried getting help on the phone (Level 2 or something) and it wouldn't work. So, I wound up going with AT&T and I'm up and running. Great phone!

 
Little help... I am looking for an app in which I can just type in an event and it will record the event and the exact time the event happened in some sort of list or timeline.  Anybody got anything?

 
In The Zone said:
Thanks for the info. I haven't received an e-mail yet but was sitting here thinking about calling the store. I think I will and go ahead and try to set up an appointment. My cases, screen protectors, and car mounts arrive today. 
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They still have best buys?  amazing.

 
Speaking of apps, for a parent, the Life 360 app is great.  Put it on everyone's phone, can see where everyone is at all times.  Very handy and doesn't seem to kill batteries.

I especially like it since I have a daughter away at college in another state (Look at me!).

It's not just an Android app either, and does include a resident text function.

 
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Attention Nexus 6P owners. Today I contacted customer support and complained about the two Ps we have having battery and restart issues. Our phones are out of warranty but since we bought them from the Google Store they are shipping us two Pixel XL's for free.
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My wife's Nexus 5x went blank last night, and today I learned a new word - "bootloop."  We bought 2 5x's from the Google Store on black Friday almost two years ago and they've worked great until last night.

Which customer support did you contact?  Google Fi told my wife she has to go through LG, nothing they will do. We're out of warranty, no protection plan.

tia

 
CletiusMaximus said:
My wife's Nexus 5x went blank last night, and today I learned a new word - "bootloop."  We bought 2 5x's from the Google Store on black Friday almost two years ago and they've worked great until last night.

Which customer support did you contact?  Google Fi told my wife she has to go through LG, nothing they will do. We're out of warranty, no protection plan.

tia
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My 5x died 2 weeks ago. I bought it last July, and the LG warranty is only 1 year. I did a bunch of research and the general consensus across the internet is that it's just time to buy a new phone. You can open the phone and try to restore it (temporarily, as it usually dies again within 30 min.) if you have important files to retrieve.

 
EYLive said:
Do we have any Moto G5 Plus owners in here? Any feed back would be appreciated. TIA
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I have the low storage, amazon ad-supported version for my daughter; it is a perfectly fine phone.  The camera is a weakness, and the fingerprint scanner just gave up the ghost  so it is looking line a warranty replacement is needed.

 
Jaysus said:
I have the low storage, amazon ad-supported version for my daughter; it is a perfectly fine phone.  The camera is a weakness, and the fingerprint scanner just gave up the ghost  so it is looking line a warranty replacement is needed.
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Hmmm... it came out this April, right? It's already on the fritz?

 
CletiusMaximus said:
My wife's Nexus 5x went blank last night, and today I learned a new word - "bootloop."  We bought 2 5x's from the Google Store on black Friday almost two years ago and they've worked great until last night.

Which customer support did you contact?  Google Fi told my wife she has to go through LG, nothing they will do. We're out of warranty, no protection plan.

tia
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I contacted Fi and they moved me over to Google. Got the Pixel XL in a few days and have been loving it. 

I should have noted that I have read that they are now out of Pixels for warranty replacements. 

 
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Just picked up a Asus Zenpad Z8s (verizon only)   -  haven't set it up fully yet.

Haven't had a tablet in 5 years.   Pretty slick so far :thumbup:

 
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belljr said:
Just picked up a Asus Zenpad Z8s (verizon only)   -  haven't set it up fully yet.

Haven't had a tablet in 5 years.   Pretty slick so far :thumbup:
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Let us know how you like it after a few weeks. I considered putting the Z10 on my Christmas wish list based on the price and reviews, but I'm not 100% it's what I want due to it being a 2 year old model running Lollipop. 

 
EYLive said:
Let us know how you like it after a few weeks. I considered putting the Z10 on my Christmas wish list based on the price and reviews, but I'm not 100% it's what I want due to it being a 2 year old model running Lollipop. 
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Will do.   This one I think just came out in August.   It's the newest one.  

https://www.asus.com/us/Tablets/ASUS-ZenPad-Z8s-ZT582KL-Verizon-exclusive/Features/

So I don't know how it differs to be honest.  I had the original Asus Nexus 7 and that was ok.    

The price was right...imo.    I added it to my account for now but will probably remove it in the next couple months.  I don't think I'll need the 4G capability.

I will try to remember to report back :)

 
I have a tab s 8.4 inch that's a couple years old. I'm tempted to get a new larger tablet like the 9.7 inch tab s3 but not sure I want the 4:3 aspect ratio. I'd like a larger screen to read comics on and I'd imagine web browsing would be better. Videos on the squarer tablets don't seem like they would be that great though. Not sure if comics would even render better in that aspect ratio.

 
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belljr said:
Will do.   This one I think just came out in August.   It's the newest one.  

https://www.asus.com/us/Tablets/ASUS-ZenPad-Z8s-ZT582KL-Verizon-exclusive/Features/

So I don't know how it differs to be honest.  I had the original Asus Nexus 7 and that was ok.    

The price was right...imo.    I added it to my account for now but will probably remove it in the next couple months.  I don't think I'll need the 4G capability.

I will try to remember to report back :)
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Oh yeah, that looks way more updated than the Z10 I was eyeing on Amazon. I thought the z8 and z10 were just different sizes of the same thing. :bag:

 
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