Recent content by Ravynmagi

I forgot about that one. I did setup Samsung Pay, now I do see pop-up ads in certain retail apps telling me I could save x% using Samsung pay. Ugh. Guess I'm almost becoming numb to the ads I see everyday.

According to Verizon, the July Security update and the ever present "performance improvements". Got mine yesterday. System Update 4 The details: Release date: 07/13/2020 Android™ Security Patch Level: July 2020 Software Version: QP1A.190711.020.G986USQU1ATFG What's changing: The current...

I don't recall seeing any ads on my Samsung phones until I used the Samsung Members app, then shortly later I'd get a notification for some other Samsung promotion or service. This in my notification feels like a red line for me. Fortunately the occurrence has been very rare. So I've been able...

She keeps dropping it with two hands. She can't let go of both hands at the exact same time, so the phone keeps landing on one of it's edges. Not surprising the camera had no damage. I think she should have dropped it with just one hand to have a better chance of it landing flat.

Tested this on my Pixel XL and Nexus 6. They both don't vibrate or popup a notification either. Strange.

Having same problem on my Pixel 2 XL. Can't recall how long it's been going on. Just been realizing I've been missing a lot of messages from Hangouts. I only see a notification if the app is open. Tried rebooting phone, no help. Don't have Amazon app store installed. Just did a factory reset a...

My phone just started doing this this morning. Ugh. Thinking about my next step now (RMA or return). UPDATE: Seems to have stopped for now. Not sure why. Was doing it for about an hour earlier. Also phone was working fine when I woke up. Hadn't installed anything new. Then when I was getting...

Just got my Pixel 2 XL yesterday. And I've been having a hard time downloading my Google Play Music playlists offline. I start the download. And it seems the moment the display goes to sleep, the downloads stop. Argh. I had the same problem from the Play Store too downloading apps. Had to set my...

After a couple users with the Note 3 and Note 4, I've decided to sell the Note 4 and get a Nexus 6 for the pretty typical reasons. I'm disappointed with how laggy Touchwiz makes the Note 4 feel and waiting forever for updates. I've had 3 Nexus phones before the 2 Note and feel pretty excited to...

Galaxy Tab 8.4 Pro gets the same little over 7 hours that the LG G Pad 8.3 gets. Nexus 7 2013 is in this same ballpark as well.

It's hard to say. I think it'll be a matter of screen size preference. The Nexus 7 is definitely a better tablet, better display, speakers, build quality, operating system. But some people, myself included, find 7 inch tablets a little to small and 8 inches to be a better size. And the G Pad...

I ordered the Verizon LG G Pad 8.3 last week for $99 on contract. At $10 a month for 2 years, this LTE model still ends up costing me less than Google Play Edition or wifi MSRP (though I see the wifi model is on sale sometimes for about $250). After buying the Dell Venue 8 Pro, I've been itching...

I rate the LG G Pad 8.3 a bit on the low end of the quality scale when compared to the top tablets like the Nexus 7 2013 and iPad Mini with Retina. I haven't see the Galaxy 8.4 Pro, but I hear nothing but great things about it's display. The G Pad 8.3's problem for me is it's black levels. The...

Waiting for my Nexus 5!

Yeah, this is so weird. I have the same problem with the YouTube app on Android too. I believe it used to work by pulling down to refresh. But Google removed that because it's an Apple patented feature apparently. But it seems Google never added in alternative way to refresh the "My...