Recent content by ChristianStella

This was my first Android phone. Had it for about 4 months and love a lot of things about the OS, but I sadly expect I'll be jumping back to Apple next upgrade. I just can't get past the fact that I had to wait 4 months to get any update with the hopes of fixing the few bugs I had. Now I have a...

I am in Central Florida. Battery life seems better than before... A surprising thing to say about an update. The notification LED had not really been working for me before. Just now it started working overtime and it is flashing with no notifications. Ugh. It's flashing even when I turned it...

4.4 is downloading on my AT&T M8 OTA right now. It's ABOUT time. I bought my phone days after 4.3 was pulled so I've been waiting months for a silly file manager. Getting ready to guinea pig. Posted via the Android Central App

Not compatible with AT&T 4.4.2 which is the most up to date I can get since they pulled 4.3 before I bought my phone. So I'm still 2 versions behind with no word from AT&T. Very frustrating as the 4.3 update was announced before I bought the phone and knowing that a file manager was on the way...

Anybody else have kind of a nightmare with internet videos on the m8? Sometimes I simply can't get the on screen buttons to go away. Also, sometimes a website's mobile theme covers up the top of a video, even when I am playing it full screen. On screen buttons are a non-issue for me when they...

Well that sucks. Anyone with AT&T 4.4.2 not seeing it? Like I said happens on both in my house and also happened on one I exchanged for an unrelated issue. This gives me hope that 4.4.4 will ditch it... Or that I could root GPE onto it or something to get around it, cause it is pretty...

I'm using chrome, but also countless video apps. They all do it. I've made a better example that is easier to see.... Here is a video that alternates between pure black and pure white. You should be able to see the white slightly fade up as it comes on screen. If not, it's likely my carrier and...

Wow... Seriously? My wife and I have two m8's on AT&T 4.4.2. Both do it unless I switch to the laggy software decoding in MX Player. Both have adaptive brightness and all power saving turned off. It happens in all videos across all types of programs/video playing websites. Doesn't happen on any...

No, I turned that off real quick. That setting changes based on ambient light (and sucks on all phones) but this changes based on the content of the video and only happens during videos. And I agree about AMOLED, though I've heard the Note4 is pretty accurate and not as saturated. I'm a...

MX player does do it as well, at least with default settings. It only stops when you turn on software decoding, but that brings the frame rate to its knees for the short 1080p video I tested with. Now I'm pretty sure it is something in the hardware decoder. Most TVs do this now too, it's...

My issue is that it also does it for all web videos that aren't opened in the YouTube app. It also does it in many video player apps. Seems to be something at the system level. I'll check MX Player for my personal use though. VLC let's you do the same manual brightness adjustment, but it's...

Does anyone know if there's a way to keep the m8 from adaptively changing brightness in video content? The phone seems to go into a movie mode no matter where and how I play a video. Then, during that video the brightness changes according to the shot. Very annoying for movie trailers with...

Taking way longer for me on AT&T. Sarcasm. Posted via the Android Central App

Ridiculous for AT&T considering they pulled 4.4.3 and went radio silence. Crazy how many variations of one phone can exist in the wild. Something I definitely need to get used to coming from the Apple world. Posted via the Android Central App

The s-pen was what had me switch from the iPhone. I desperately want a stylus. It was sad to have to return the Note 3. Phones are portable audio players as well, especially for podcasts, etc. I very much considered trading it in for a Note2 actually, as I loved every other aspect of the device...