Ingram85 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Aren't the top and bottom bars now translucent with grey/white icons rather than black and light blue? So it makes the screen look bigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) Not sure this is the right topic but I require some help. Just changed from apple to android and switched my number over. Anyone I know with an iPhone now can't message me as it still sends it as an imessage. I still have my iPhone and an ipad so I've turned imessage off both of them, now when people text it won't even send anything. Is this an apple issue or an issue with my new android phone? Edited November 20, 2013 by Big_John_10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 20, 2013 Administrator Share Posted November 20, 2013 It's a fault in the imessage software. This is one of the many reasons that sensible people turn imessage off. I guess Apple own your device and as you'd never want to leave them they assume that what you are describing is impossible. I'm sure it'll expire after a while. It's the kind of trick that Apple pull to make it hard to leave, horror stories like this keep people being good little isheep . I've done some searching and your messages will still be going to one of your Apple devices, possibly one you've sold (hopefully you did a full factory reset). You need to turn off iMessage on all your devices, even if the devices have been turned off for months. Especially if you have an ipad. It's a new feature in iOS7 (presumably called "screw them some more").. And you are right, this should be in one of the Apple threads, but probably not the fanboi only one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Mine has literally started doing the same thing tonight. Wont recognise a charger....thinks they're all USB connections. Even one that is only a charger. Galaxy S3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 To be fair, the fanboi thread was created purely to stop Connor posing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2013 To be fair, the fanboi thread was created purely to stop Connor posing in it. Yep. It isn't a fanboi thread, rather a non anti-apple fanboi thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I used to be a fanboi in that thread! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Wow that's bad by apple, doesn't surprise me though. Glad I switched after the first iPhone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2013 Strongly considering selling my S3 on Mazuma or a similar site (I can still get 170-180 for it I think) and stumping up the extra to get a Nexus 5 My S3 is starting to annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Strongly considering selling my S3 on Mazuma or a similar site (I can still get 170-180 for it I think) and stumping up the extra to get a Nexus 5 My S3 is starting to annoy me. When I looked last week it was around £135. I sold mine on eBay for £170. The nexus 5 is easily worth the extra £130 on top of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2013 Yeah I think Mazuma was £135. But there's a site that tells you which site gives you the best deal and one of them was £170-180. I'd never heard of it though so there may have been some sort of catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hope it's ok to post in here, it's an Android app issue so figured this was the best place to put it. Anyone used the Google Play Movies App? I rented a movie from there a couple of weeks back. I rented it to play on my computer and it wouldn't work (for reasons I've now solved). So I decided I'd watch it on my phone. But the app would play the movie for 10 minutes and then shut it down. It didn't shut down the whole app, just the movie playback. And it wouldn't have saved my place in the movie. so I had to watch it in 10 minute bursts, finding my place each time. I emailed google and couldn't get an answer for my problem. But they did give me a refund and told me I could use the Youtube app to watch my movie if it happened again. So I believed them, and "rented" another movie last week (this time specifically to watch on my phone). Same thing happened with the app, and YouTube didn't work either! (gave me a connection error every time, even though any other YouTube video worked) Anyone got any experience? Is the app shit or am I just unlucky? (yeah, I've googled all this, couldn't get an answer from anywhere, which makes me think it's not a popular problem) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Mine has literally started doing the same thing tonight. Wont recognise a charger....thinks they're all USB connections. Even one that is only a charger. Galaxy S3. Ok....so its working again. Used the last iota of charge to factory reset and then managed to open some weird screen via the power button (bootloader?!) After that its happy again. Just a ball ache setting the whole thing up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Is the Motorola Moto G a decent phone? It has no micro SD card slot no removable battery and isn't 4g compatible but i'm not really bothered about that Apparently you can get one for 100 quid from phones 4 u if you have an orange payg simcard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Moto G "10/10 the only cheap phone you should buy". Moto G 5/5 "at no point did we feel we compromised on style, quality or experience." Moto G 4.5/5 "an absurdly good bargain" It's getting rave reviews everywhere. Unless you fancy spending £300 on a Nexus 5 then I think the Moto G is an absolute no brainer at the moment. It's probably the best bang for your buck phone out there. I've bought my mum one for Xmas (16gb version, if you are worried about the lack of SD card support pay the extra £15 to double your storage) but I'm still awaiting delivery. I buy it with complete confidence though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Anyone got a decent Nexus 5 case yet? Considering waiting for the official one but some nifty ones on Amazon for a tenner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Also, do people use any phone tracking software for Android. Can you recommend a decent one, had a scare this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) I use the Ringke Fusion on my Nexus 4, I like it. I bought my wife a Ringke Fusion for her Nexus 5 and it seems equally as good. (Amazon) Phone tracking is included in Android. www.google.com/android/devicemanager Edited November 22, 2013 by The_Rev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I use the Ringke Fusion on my Nexus 4, I like it. I bought my wife a Ringke Fusion for her Nexus 5 and it seems equally as good. (Amazon) Phone tracking is included in Android. www.google.com/android/devicemanager OMG!! Mrs E can track me whereever I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 https://maps.google.co.uk/locationhistory She can see where you've been too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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