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Yup. I'm on 4.4.4. We'll see how long this will last. I wont change anything till I get less than 3.5 hrs.
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There's already some battery test out there it's said to be pretty good. Not as good in the test as the turbo and n4 but I think it topped other phones like the 6+
Mail it to me please. I bought mine from T-Mobile i'm screwed1st charge with refurb N5. ReInstalled most of my apps. All stock. No root. Just changed brightness & location to battery saving.
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Cool. I want to see the what the users in this thread have to say, once it's out in the wild.
yea if I decide to get the N6 then I'm only buying it from Google. Gonna wait till carriers get them so I can see it in-hand. Pretty sure I'm not gonna like the size though and just stick with the N5 for another year...Mail it to me please. I bought mine from T-Mobile i'm screwed1st charge with refurb N5. ReInstalled most of my apps. All stock. No root. Just changed brightness
Edit: See they still have a future update for group messaging though, lol
[h1]Google Voice can now send native MMS to all carriers[/h1]
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Nov 10th 2014 by Joe Fedewa
Google Voice users, this is the day you have been waiting for. Google Voice can now send native MMS to all major carriers in the US and Canada. No workarounds, no emails, no short URLs. Photos appear inline like you would expect from any carrier number. Support for group messaging via MMS will be enabled in a future update.
For a long time there was no way to send or receive MMS with a Google Voice number, but that changed last month. In early October it became possible to send photos to non-GV users, but they would get a link to the photo instead of seeing it in the message, and it didn’t work at all for Verizon users. Now everything is working as you would expect. All major carriers in the US and Canada can receive inline MMS from Google Voice users. Rejoice!
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[h1]Lollipop on the LG G3: Leaked build offers a sneak peek at what's coming[/h1]
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By Alex Dobie | Nov 09 2014 | 5:09 pm | 150 Comments
LG surprised Android enthusiasts today by announcing that it intends to begin updating the its flagship G3 to Android 5.0 Lollipop starting next week. The update will be available in Poland first, before rolling out to other territories. And hot on the heels of the announcement, a couple of leaked builds have begun doing the rounds online, giving us an early look at what to expect from Lollipop when it arrives — imminently — on the G3.
A few notes before we begin:
Upon starting up the G3 Lollipop firmware, you're presented with the new Android 5.0 setup assistant, which works the same as it does on stock Android devices. You can add Wifi networks and Google accounts, and use the Tap & Go feature to bring settings over from another Android phone if you want. After that, you're prompted to set up G3-specific stuff like KnockOn. (And we can probably expect more additions here once the U.S. carriers get their claws into Lollipop.)
- Our screenshots come from software version 19H, the latest of the two leaked builds to surface. It's based on Android 5.0 build LRX21M, same build number as the current Nexus 9firmware.
- This is leaked pre-release firmware, so there's no guarantee what you see here will reflect the final G3 Lollipop update. In fact, it probably won't. Expect changes.
- This build is available as a KDZ file over on XDA, thanks to poster rainbowsixpro1
The LG UI hasn't undergone any massive visual changes in this pre-release build. The KitKat-style on-screen buttons remain (though there's no telling whether that'll be true of the final shipping build.) And LG's launcher works just as it always has done, with widgets contained in a separate tap in the app drawer. The redesigned Recents menu and app drawer are present and correct, however, and with the exception of the "clear all" and "dual window" buttons, the latter appears identical to stock Android.
The notification shade is a merger of vanilla Lollipop with a few LG tweaks. The quick settings are contained above your notifications, and user-switching and Settings can be launched using the icons in the top right corner. The animation for pulling down the notification shade is a bit less elaborate than what we've seen on Nexus devices, and lock screen notifications are also somewhat more basic. Again, it's unclear whether this will change when LG's Lollipop update is pushed out over the air.
Lollipop's priority notification system is also present, though with a slightly different skin, allowing you to see only important notifications, or none at all. For the most part, though, the Settings app is more or less the same as it was in KitKat, with the exception of some new animated flourishes for button taps and over-scrolling. Similarly, LG's own apps including the Dialer, Messages and Calendar, are largely unchanged in this version. On the whole, there's more LG influence to be seen here than Material Design, however we don't know how things will change between this build and the final one.
LG may be ready to start pushing out Lollipop to some G3 handsets very soon, and it's probably premature to draw any firm conclusions from leaked firmware in the meantime. In any case, the Korean manufacturer may well be first to deliver all the features of Android 5.0 to its flagship phone, while sticking with the flattened, geometric visual style it's been developing over the past year.
Check out more screenshots in the gallery below, and share your thoughts down in the comments.
LG G3 Lollipop
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Just canceled my Note 4 order after T-Mobile finally told me the phone is on a 2-6 week backorder. I'm was on the hunt again and hit up a T-Mobile by my job and unbelievably John Legere the T-Mobile CEO was just in there chilling nobody even knew who he was. I was the only dude who recognized him **** was surreal
Crazy. I cant wait until Hangouts has the quick option to switch from Google Voice to your Regular number instead of having to go to settings all the time. It really helps especially when selling stuff on CL. Otherwise I have no other use for it haha sms and mms are pratically free now.
I have the $30 T-mobile plan, looking to get a contract with them for the N6, but man their data sucks for individual plans. $50 for 1GB and $60 for 3GB blows
So they keep putting your phone on backorder, they have your phone money, your upset over this because they told again another 2-6 weeks, you see the CEO of tmobile in the store but you didnt bring this to his attention? UnbeliveableJust canceled my Note 4 order after T-Mobile finally told me the phone is on a 2-6 week backorder. I'm was on the hunt again and hit up a T-Mobile by my job and unbelievably John Legere the T-Mobile CEO was just in there chilling nobody even knew who he was. I was the only dude who recognized him **** was surreal