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Post by Rob on Nov 27, 2017 10:45:51 GMT
Some firmware update that is then
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 11:24:00 GMT
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Post by Humph on Nov 27, 2017 13:31:41 GMT
I am strangely pleased to say that I haven’t got the slightest clue what you’re all talking about. ( as I type on my iPhone which as far as I can tell, is the only sensible choice for gentlemen) 😎
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 13:43:25 GMT
Between iPhone and Android I don't think there are many that like one who also have much time for the other. Whichever way around.
But aside from anything else, iPhones are an absolutely shocking price.
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Post by Humph on Nov 27, 2017 14:12:35 GMT
Indeed they are, but you know the old thing about quality being remembered long after price is forgotten.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 14:25:21 GMT
You may well be right, but its more than I'd pay.
Its not like they last any longer than an Android, or that they do anything extra. I've not even held a newer iPhone, but I shouldn't think they feel or look significantly different to a new Android.
Its a lot of extra money to pay because you prefer one interface over another. Clearly though, most of those with iPhones do love them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 15:05:24 GMT
The problem I found with iProducts is just doing the simple stuff like moving files around takes much longer and is much more involved than it needs to be. That and the two iPhones I had weren't particularly good at being phones. The phone could always connect to the network and tether to my laptop to provide data access but no one could ever get hold of me by phone - which was a bonus for me but very frustrating for my company when I was on a 5 hour train journey.
Maybe that's why Humph likes them being out of reach or maybe that bug has been fixed.
£1000 does seem a bit steamy for a phone whatever the badge.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 21:42:14 GMT
Having iPhones, iPads, Sony & Samsung phones in our house I can testify that phones of any make last as long as each other. As much as anything else, the memory demands on phones have increased rapidly in recent years so they run out of memory before they expire through damage. For those of us who understand the Windows OS and the file system fairly well, I think Android is more intuitive - you can get behind it and see what is going on a little better.
I also find that reaching my wife (iPhone) is much harder than reaching my daughter (Samsung), but of course there may be other reasons for that....
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Post by Alanović on Nov 28, 2017 10:43:47 GMT
The problem I found with iProducts is just doing the simple stuff like moving files around takes much longer and is much more involved than it needs to be. That and the two iPhones I had weren't particularly good at being phones. The phone could always connect to the network and tether to my laptop to provide data access but no one could ever get hold of me by phone - which was a bonus for me but very frustrating for my company when I was on a 5 hour train journey. Maybe that's why Humph likes them being out of reach or maybe that bug has been fixed. £1000 does seem a bit steamy for a phone whatever the badge. The price tag seems to make people want the things even more.
Fools and money etc.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 20:52:14 GMT
I've already ordered...an LG Nexus 5X because it is the easiest porting of the lot. Unlock the boot loader, backup the old phone, copy the files over re-image the new phone, done. Ahahahahahahahahaha...how naïve can you be ? I mean two versions of the same phone (LG Nexus 5X) 18 months apart, how hard can it be ? Old phone running Android 8.0.0. The new phone, fresh out of the box, with Android 7.1.1 (original was Android 6), unlocked, migrated to Android 8.0.0 using the same software as the old phone. Both phones running exactly the same copy of TWRP to backup and install the data image. Both phones running the same copy of SuperSU. What could possibly go wrong ? Well, after two days...lots. It now works but if you want the full story Alphabet need to pay me a lot of money because their own tech folks have not got a Scooby. With the newer phone, migrating from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2 or later versions of Android disables the fingerprint reader, Android 8.0.0 is a real hit and miss to begin with for the fingerprint reader but I think I've got to the bottom of it. It's working for now but I'll be watching it for the next week or so. Google are not very good at verifying their own software, I cannot imagine who tested the copy function from phone to phone. I have two versions of the same phone and it does not work. One LG Nexus 5X does not talk to another LG Nexus 5X using the same Android 8 image. TWRP does not help, twrp-3.0.2-2-bullhead is glass eye effective at backing up the data, it does not copy all the data from the data image. Who signed all this s**t off ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2017 21:55:41 GMT
Upgraded the new phone to 8.1.0 (December 2017 release): Battery life is the mutts danglies doodaars. Still have the fingerprint reader with us too. You just know any day now it'll go breasts skywards, but for now, a happy bunny.
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