The Official Android Thread [OP Updated 1-24-12]

Switched to Messenger not that long ago and never looked back.

 

mine works

 

Why do you need it to be sms so badly? Works perfectly with iPhones through mms

 

Thoughts on the LG G4? Thinking of getting one until the new nexus in Oct.

 

What's being rich like? Gotta be pretty cool, huh

 

I'm not Shock rich but I do ok.

I always keep my phones in good condition, then eBay them and buy something else off Swappa.

 

I don't know mine is allowing me to send group sms

 

I personally wouldn't recommend anymore LG phones just because I cringe every time I look at their skin. Finally got paranoid android on my G3...never going back!

 

I'm pondering giving up my unlimited data on Verizon. I've averages 25-30 gigs of data per month for the last couple years. That was due to me traveling and using Maps and XM all day every day plus using MLB.tv at night. I've recently changed jobs and I'm back in an office now so my data should come waaaay down. Going to wait a month or two to see how far it comes down before making the change. Would kinda suck having to worry about it at all. Turning wifi on at home is one thing but having to worry about dl'ing attachments and shit like that would blow.

 

fwiw I use the default messages app and my group text still works fine. I have a "group conversation" button that lets me choose to reply to all as a group of individually.

 

When I click the plus sign for a new message, I'll type in a name and their name and number will show up with a little SMS to the right of their number. Then Hangouts asks me if I want to add anyone else, so I click in the area again and do the same thing and SMS will come up for that person too. I don't know if it actually works as I haven't sent a group text as a test, but it seems that it is at least allowing me to do it. I don't know though

 

How much money would it save you?

 

We have a family plan so about $100 total a month.

 

Don't do it.

 

Ugh part of me says this. Sucks bc our family plan is stuck on the "nationwide" plan. All of the new pricing is on the "more everything" plan. They have a 20gb plan for $140 plus line access (we have 4 lines). Wife uses 3-4gb, mom uses 1gb, and brother uses 0gb. I'd have 15gb to use. I should be able to keep it way under that. Just sucks all around bc we're paying almost $325 a month and I can't upgrade my line. I used my wife's upgrade a while back but now she wants a new phone and doesn't have an upgrade. Just a pain. Saving $100+ a month and being able to upgrade or use the Edge plan is really tempting.

 

pretty sure you can sell your unlimited account online and make a pretty penny - at least people used to do that.

 

pretty sure MMS is the standard protocol to conduct group messaging unless you have everyone within the imessage ecosystem.

MMS (both group messages and media) transmits over cellular data, rather than through the voice channel, which is how sms are transferred.

my understanding is that sms is actually transferred through metadata level functions of the voice channel, hence not needing to be on 3g/4g/wifi to receive.

 

How would one go about that? Is it possible if it's part of a family plan?

 

not sure the logistics, other than the fact that it happens online in some capacity.

May not be much, but i remember hearing that and was kinda suprised. they may have cracked down on it who knows. I would just do some googling or ebaying and see what comes up.

 

heres a forum post from 2012 with some (likely out of date info)

http://androidforums.com/threads/looking-to-take-over-someones-verizon-unlimited-data-plan.655480/

 

RE the Google Inbox discussion a few pages ago... Does anyone who makes sure EVERY DAY they are at 0 unread prefer it to the regular app? I feel like the "push" is slower, etc. I don't use Gmail for my work email, just wondering what the particular advantages are. I do hate that the swipe doesn't advance to next (or previous) message.

 

Setting up the G4; the tap and go feature is awesome.

 

Question about WiFi connection on the S6...is it possible for me to set a specific WiFi to not auto connect? I don't want to connect to my work WiFi, except for large downloads, but my only solutions so far are to either turn WiFi off or forget that network after my download is complete.

Thoughts?

 

G4 battery life...woof.

 

Really unfortunate that lollipop 5.0 has completely ruined my G3

 

What kernels are everyone running? My battery life has been sucking balls on CM12 on my N6. I switched to ElementalX kernel today and bought the EX manager. Seems to be doing well.

 

Franco on my N6

 

Just got OTA 5.1.1 Verizon Nexus 6

 

Yeah, if Samsung does this to the Note then I'll likely look to another brand for the first time in 5 years. Removable back for extra batteries + SD card slot was THE main reason for me to abandon iPhone. I haven't regretted it one bit as pretty much everything about android if superior but this move would definitely be infuriating.

 

Still don't understand why non-Apple phones are going to no removable battery and no SD card. Those are both massive advantages to the iPhone. Getting rid of them is retarded.

 

Did not unfortunately.

 

there is a n6 thread (Called Update Desk or OTA desk or something) which they capture the OTA urls and poste them there asap. I've always used those threads to directly download the otas asap

 

not to my knowledge. just turn wifi on and off, shouldn't be that big of a deal.

only manufacturer that's ever really focused on it is HTC. M9 is probably your best sounding phone(although I hear the M8 is better) and even then DNA had surprisingly good speakers.

still, as was said, it's all about the same. I certainly wouldn't make it even a secondary purchase point in looking for a phone.