[plug] Odd pins on Android devices

[Kai]

Ah, that's the other thing about my SGS II which sux balls...battery life, or lack of.

It's been bad since the day I got it but didn't think I should have to root the phone and void the warranty to get useful battery out of it, of course Samsung Customer Care's end response was "factory reset", shouldn't have to do that with a new phone either. Since my phone's out of warranty I may as well do it...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Wright" <techman83 at gmail.com>
To: plug at plug.org.au
Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2013 10:21:01 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi
Subject: Re: [plug] Odd pins on Android devices




Nexus 4! 

https://plus.google.com/photos/106636702849949888554/albums/5846851435538005697 



It's a rather pretty phone. Pretty happy with the battery life so far. 


-- 
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.' 

# cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats 
Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!! 


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Kai < vk6ksj at westnet.com.au > wrote: 


I've wanted a Galaxy Note II 4G for a while, have other priorities to pay first so I'm wathing how the price goes. 
MobiCity's initial price was $899, it's come down and is now hovering around $700. It can go to $650 but then goes back around $700, like it is now: 
http://www.mobicity.com.au/samsung-galaxy-note-2-4g-lte-n7105.html 

I have an SGS II, it's ok, I initially got it so I don't have to take a laptop with me when I go storm chasing, I use the phone's browser instead. 
I have the latest firmware but it still has sporadic issues like the calendar or image view will crash, and the screen isn't quite large enough for how I use it, that's what I'm looking at the Note II 4G. 
Problem with Note II 4G: no built in radio 

Has anyone used the SII or SIII and changed to Nexus, and can give me some feedback if it was a bit difficult go from Samsung to Nexus? 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Nicholls" < jason at mindsocket.com.au > 
To: plug at plug.org.au 
Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2013 8:47:11 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi 
Subject: Re: [plug] Odd pins on Android devices 

My Nexus 4 arrived yesterday! I hacked up my mini-SIM to make it a micro-SIM and I'm up and running with Android 4.2.2. So far I'm really impressed, it's just so much faster/smoother than my old HTC Desire and of course the screen is great. 

I read a lot of reviews and was tossing up the Nexus 4, Galaxy SIII, and the Note 2. In the end the Nexus 4 is the cheapest and will get the best support for future upgrades from Google so that's what made the decision for me. 

I did get the 16GB version as one of the drawbacks of the Nexus 4 is the storage isn't expandable, nor can you replace the battery. 

Jason 

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Tim White < weirdit at gmail.com > wrote: 

On 17/02/13 22:25, Leon Wright wrote: 

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Tim White < weirdit at gmail.com > wrote: 

I'm a bit torn about that. I'd like more Galaxy Nexus's as they are decent enough for me, and I don't really like the look and feel of the Nexus 4. I know a company here that was planning a decent roll out of Galaxy Nexus's as their "lowend phone" and now can't as they can't get stock at a decent price. :( 

$350 for a Nexus 4 is pretty hard to pass up though. I'll take some photos when mine arrives and let you know how it feels as a device. I have Access to a Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X as well. 

Looking forward to that. Might get my Wife one and see how she likes it. Maybe playing with one in Person would change my mind. 

Tim 
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