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Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge |OT|
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Harry Stewart
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Any word if the G5 saw any improvements in image processing for this to happen? As far as I know it has the same camera as the G4 and V10, and while good, I don't remember them winning any face-offs.
No idea here is the link. You can check details here . Whats strange is that even night time photos are not that better on s7
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Mad Season
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On my samsung edge 7 at the top of the screen are various icons. I have 5 facebook icons, which I believe means they are open and running in the background? Well, I tried an app called "shut app" which supposedly closes every single open app but the icons persist up top for facebook. what do the multiple icons represent and how do I rid of them?
Mad Season
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why'd you return?
VyechnayaSlava
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Are they notifications? Just swipe them to have them go away.
Then turn off the garbage Facebook app and use m.facebook.com, and give Samsung Internet or Chrome permission to relay notifications. You'll thank me later.
VyechnayaSlava
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Not there. 😠
VyechnayaSlava
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Hmmmm, it should be set to the same address. My Google Play account uses a different one, but that shouldn't make a difference. Talked to T-Mobile, Samsung and Prize Logic, no-one is taking responsibility
Haloid1177
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Got my Neo Hybrid case in. Love the feel of it more than the Tech21 case. Bought the gunmetal for my titanium but I'm thinking maybe I should have got the satin silver. Dunno.
TrAcEr_x90
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I dont believe so. The point of impact was at the bottom left right below the amoled screen, but it spidered out to the home button and stopped there. What cases are there that arent bulky but protect the curved edge?
forknknife
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I am coming from an s4 and the difference is huge. TouchWiz is also way way better now. But, above all, the building quality of the s7 makes the s4 look frankly terrible. I'm super happy with this phone and I feel like I could settle with it for quite a few years tbh.
Tax refund here I come
DeathGlobe
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I just got galaxy 7 edge and the Gear vr and the wifi won't work at all
Jazzy Network
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Yea I picked up one for my G5. Love the deals.
Haloid1177
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Couldn't seem to find any codes that were still usable for the Neo Hybrid cases.
VivaciousSoul
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According to promotion website my Gear S2 was supposed to be shipping on Friday (4/8). But it actually arrived today. There was a random box just outside my door as I was going to work and I thought to myself this must be that final Fantasy distant worlds cd I ordered, or the mastery book I ordered. Even after I saw that the box said contains battery I was still thinking that maybe the shipper just reused a box or something. What a pleasant surprise.
mavericktopgun
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Decided to take the plunge and get an S7 edge (also ordered a spigen neo hybrid case). Had Nokia (Lumia) phones for the past 5 years and I'm finally sick of the lack of apps and the quality/features of the handsets has also fallen behind.
This will be my first Android phone so I'm excited to see what I've been missing out on. Can anyone recommend any essential apps I might need?
This will be my first Android phone so I'm excited to see what I've been missing out on. Can anyone recommend any essential apps I might need?
mavericktopgun
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Nova Launcher, Greenify, Google Messenger (sms app), Fenix (best twitter app), Moko Icon pack
Transistor
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Nova Launcher, Greenify, Google Messenger (sms app), Fenix (best twitter app), Moko Icon pack
I'm not sure I'd suggest greenify on Marshmallow devices. The native Doze settings for apps work pretty damn well and the battery life is amazing as it is for this device.
Nova Launcher, Greenify, Google Messenger (sms app), Fenix (best twitter app), Moko Icon pack
Fenix is totally worth the sticker shock price. I hope he adds Wear support at some point, but hey, that'd just be a bonus to an amazing app.
Google Rewards is super mandatory. Get paid to answer their surveys!
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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My Spigen case blocks me from using my Sennheiser headphones because the audio cord doesn't reach all the way into the headphone jack. Ugh.
Been thinking of switching from iOS back to android, and the S7 Edge seems like the phone at present.
Is there some way I'm not thinking of to get the most money from selling my phone or am I going to have to suck it up and go the Amazon marketplace route and wait three weeks with a temp phone to get the money for my iPhone?
Is there some way I'm not thinking of to get the most money from selling my phone or am I going to have to suck it up and go the Amazon marketplace route and wait three weeks with a temp phone to get the money for my iPhone?
You're a life saver. Cheers!
Nova Launcher, Greenify, Google Messenger (sms app), Fenix (best twitter app), Moko Icon pack
Thanks for the suggestions. It should be here tomorrow, woot!
Try mobilephonesdirect if you HAVE to have a contract, they do new and upgraded contracts on EE.
forknknife
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In Europe you can contact Samsung even by whatsapp, super convenient.
I is in the US of A! I just got to the stupid webpage that does not really say anything except one ships 4/1 and one is 4/18. I used the contact button there which let me write an email.
mavericktopgun
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And try Sync for reddit, Mx Player (for videos), Quickpic (the OLD Version). snapseed (pic editor), Solid Explorer (file Explorer), Shuttle Music Player or Phonograph (most beautiful music players).
Kinda getting sick of my battery life now, only unplugged at 11am, now 7pm, used the phone for a half hour bus ride and my one hour break and a few minutes beyond that... 30% left now. 2hr screen on time only.
And nope I'm not deleting the FB app which my phone tells me only used up 2%. My Xperia Z2 would likely be over 60% left by now, 50% at least and I had FB on that and used it just the same.
Grr.
EDIT: This feels like iPhone level battery life, what the fuck is going wrong? Can't be right. Not micro managing apps. Done enough to ensure it should last me a full day so something weird is up considering how everyone praises the batt life. And nope not played any games or Gear VR, this is just a very ordinary day of usage yet it will likely be on it's deathbed by the time my shift is over in a couple of hours.
And nope I'm not deleting the FB app which my phone tells me only used up 2%. My Xperia Z2 would likely be over 60% left by now, 50% at least and I had FB on that and used it just the same.
Grr.
EDIT: This feels like iPhone level battery life, what the fuck is going wrong? Can't be right. Not micro managing apps. Done enough to ensure it should last me a full day so something weird is up considering how everyone praises the batt life. And nope not played any games or Gear VR, this is just a very ordinary day of usage yet it will likely be on it's deathbed by the time my shift is over in a couple of hours.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Get Chrome Beta, it's far more battery efficient. Also, why so much for your screen? Do you have the brightness way up or something?
Nope 50% or less apart from 5 minutes I used it outside (on auto). I've got chrome Beta, I'll start using it but it must be more than that. I've disabled Google contacts sync and some other stuff I know isn't good for batt life but that should be enough.
Battery life is so relative since it depends on so many factors. That's why some people get 7h SoT and other barely get 4. For example in my case (I have a nexus 6) if I mostly stay at home I easily get 6.5 or in some cases 7 hours SoT, but at work I sometimes barely go over 4. I feel the biggest variables are wifi and mobile data. At home I'm connected to a single router with good signal. At work (at a university) I constantly switch between dozens of different routers and mobile data (4g and 3g) and the phone is in my pocket where it doesn't go into full Doze. So my idle drain goes from 0.3% per hour to about 1.5% per hour.
That's why I feel the SoT metric for battery life is a bit meaningless. I feel that screen on and idle drain percentages per hour are much more useful.
That also why it bothers me when people just simplify the issue with "Facebook app" or "Greenify everything!", or disable everything. In fact in my experience Greenifing certain apps actually makes things worse since they'll keep restarting on their own adte It's not that simple and I also don't like removing functionality from my phone.
You seem to be getting some pretty bad idle drain, along with Chrome. From your stats it's easy to see when your screen is off, and those slopes seem to indicate about 3-5% idle drain per hour, which is pretty bad. Are you out and about a lot? Do you use wifi at work? How's your signal strength? Do you use your phone on your commute? Those factors can have a dramatic impact on battery life.
Do you use the Exynos or Snapdragon variant? If you use SD, there's a few chromium based browsers that can sync Yo your Google account yet offer much lower battery drain.
Do you have smart manager enabled? Ironically, it seems to consume more battery throughout the day, plus it prevents notifications for some apps so that's disabled for me. I also have "Keep screen turned off" enabled (prevents the screen from coming on if it's in your pocket for example), and Smart stay turned off (I think I remembered reading that disabling this improves battery life). At 6.5hrs on battery I'm sitting at 85% and I also have all the social apps running. I even have Always on enabled. The latest patch also improved battery life a lot (at this point in the day I'd probably be at sub-70).
I just expected it to be similar to my Xperia Z2 which had solid battery life, the S7 has similar capacity and should generally be more efficient. Doze standby is very good usually, I can leave it overnight and lose a few percent. I just don't get why it's running down like this. I'm doing a 9hr or so shift in work and fortunately there's a charger here. My Z2 could get through a 13hour shift and just make it home with a decent amount of use.
On the same network, same number transferred over to nano sim, exact same conditions as I used my Z2 before. It's baffling. 20% now, dropped 10% since my first post..
Sony does include some aggressive tweaks to improve battery with their stamina mode. Are you on wifi at work? LTE? HSPA? If you are on wifi, try setting it so that wifi stays on during sleep only when plugged in and see if that makes a difference.
No WiFi in work but I just checked the WiFi settings and set that to only keep WiFi on when charging... Wonder if that helps.
My phone strains to maintain a 4G signal so I've had it limited to use 2G/3G/H+ as I used to do with my Z2 as well. Thanks for the suggestions btw!
That's your culprit. Mine strains to get 4G at work, constantly going in and out and it destroys the battery. On weekends or after work my battery goes all day and I use it a ton, since the signal is usually strong. My office is old and filed with copper, it's just a big Faraday cage.
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