Recent content by snovguy

Ok, I have no idea if this is anything or not but I did notice it today. I saw two different Note 4s as they are turned on and configured for the first time. One was from Sprint and one from t-mobile. Both phones first started up with a message something to the effect of "starting up for the...

Make sure wherever you buy from has a good exchange/return policy. Could be coincidence , but it took 3 units before we got a solid unit. #1 had heat issues and would thermal shut down after about an hour of misc. use #2 had a bad screen with noticeable bright spots in 3 of the 4 corners. #3...

We have both here side by side. It come down to what's most valuable to you. 1. If you want (by a noticeable margin) the best screen, the best performance (really noticeable only in benchmarks vs, real world use though) and the best overall build quality, get the prime 2. If you want the GPS...

Ok you get the prize :) I was trying to do it locked (which worked with every android phone I have had until now) Thanks......

nope, the three icons on the bottom blink but you only get options for restart

I have figured out how to sleep it... quick power button push and restart it (hold it 10 seconds) but how do you actually shut it down?

I have one as well and am hoping for a fix. I simply cannot get a stable wifi connection at either home or work. The only thing that does work is a kludge is an old 802.11b airport express daisy chained off my router

Doesn't help. Nor does forcing b,g or n only networks or restricting it to 2.4 ghz or 5ghz bands. Watching the stream it looks to me now to be something with the security. I'm using WPA2 and the modem is logging tons of errors authenticating. I might try turning off encryption this evening...

So I went to ATT this morning to swap my phone after posting yesterday about what I guess we are calling the "looping problem" There was a woman there at the same time that was having the same issues also swapping out her phone. I got my new phone and it's better but still not working well...

What about resetting the network setting on the phone and trying again? Tried that as well multiple times as well including "forget network". Even went as far as to flash the router AND reset the entire phone. Again no joy. What's still consistent and odd is that it has no issues connecting...

no Joy.... Found an odd an kludgy workaround though. I connected an older Apple airport express to one of the ethernet ports on the router and had the airport setup another network just for the phone. That appears to work. So I'm guessing some odd chipset compatibility issue with my specific...

so I picked one up this morning and problems galore Hi all, I succumbed and bought one of these this morning to replace an iPhone 3G. I can't' connect to my home wifi AT ALL. It's a QWEST q1000. On the phone, it tells me the signal quality is poor and it keeps giving messages about...

Not exactly true. The verizon version has the IR port where the GSM version doesn't. Cases made specifically for the GSM version might cover the port. That being said, I like minimalist cases and the Samsung case (available from verizon online) is pretty nice. Very thin and minimalist which...

My larger point was that so many get caught up in fanboyism (the apple nuts irrationally dump on Android as well) instead looking objectively at what device has the best set of features for what they need the phone to do. If the epic touch display is comparable to what is on the droid charge...

I always laugh when this crowd tried to justify their choice by bashing Apple Apple hasn't been "bested" in battery life and their retina display is still the gold standard in quality Not to mention Apple's macbook pro notebooks are still in the very top tier of performance. But hey if it...