Android phones, apps and tablets

Updated my s5 to marshmallow, seems pretty much the same as it's Samsung spun and I already use a different launcher/keyboard/whatever. The Google now on tap is cool though, just took an address someone sent me on messenger and made a link for maps without having to copy/paste it.

Makes Screenshot sharing even easier too.

Noice.

Print them out too. And take photos of the prints.

Triple redundancy.

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I hardly ever bin photos now. G-Photos has amazing search capabilities.

Try searching for "playground" or "ice cream" or "creepy bicycle man hiding in the tree with binoculars".

I'm after a bit of advice, my wife is looking for a new phone. I've got the Nexus 5 with Three and it's pretty much the best phone I've owned. Based on this I've recommended my wife get a Nexus 5x. Three don't carry them so we've been looking at buying the handset and a sim only. Are there any alternatives worth looking at and any networks to avoid? Main requirement is stock android.

Are the oneplus phones worth looking at?

Main requirement is stock android.

The 5x is pretty easy to flash with whatever ROM you fancy. AOSP and Pure Nexus are as close to stock as you might want.

Might just ask you to look at them and tell me which ones to keep.

Cool cheers, I've probably misunderstood the meaning of stock. I'm just after something that doesn't have a load of guff bundled on it. N5 is perfect. I won't be flashing my wife's brand new phone! :)

Marshmallow users with internal SD card.

Do you still see internal and SD card storage when you look in "USB and storage"?

I formatted my card and I see my internal storage which is 4 GB, my android OS is 3.5, and then my SD card.

Shouldn't I be able to install apps on the SD card? I dont seem to be able to.

I see all 3 on my moto G and you should be able to install apps on it according to the Moto Help funcation..
Tap on Portable Strage/SD card, then the three dots top right, then Settings and there should be a a Format as Internal command then reformats the SD card and makes it "internal" so that you can put apps on it.

Ah. OK. You can see three. That's fine. There's some apps I can and some apps I can't move. That's fine too.

The main apps you can't move are the stock ones.

The big ballache is apps like Google Music which currently doesn't let you move to the sd card so you can't download the music to the sd card.

Yes you can. Google Play Music asked me if I want to use the SD card for downloads. The app remains on internal but the downloads are on SD.

wanders off to check this

Yep.

In settings, "storage location".

Same goes for Play movies and TV app

I'm guessing things that need GPS, like city mapper, need to be internal? I can't seem to move them over.

Anyone got any ideas about why my moto g3 doesn't like my virgin broadband? Works fine with every other wifi i've tried but at home it only seems to work in short waves, 10-15 seconds at a time then it dies for a few seconds and come back.

Any thoughts?

Are you connecting to the 2G or 5G wifi networks available (assuming you've got a relatively new router)? 5G will be faster but shorter distance/less signal will pass through walls etc.

Have you tried any other Virgin media wifi connections? If so, are they all like that?

Might be some kind of network switching between bands or even 4g if that annoying option is available.

Oh, could also be the wifi channel your router is using.

Download 'wifi analyzer' onto your phone and let it check what signals are out there. Might be everything is on the same channel as yours which could cause problems.

Check this article out for more info: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/179344-how-to-boost-your-wifi-speed-by-choosing-the-right-channel

Mine does that. 2g.

Wrote a long reply then my internet lost it.

The phone works fine with my friends Internet but I just remembered my friends have a booster upstairs, could that be the problem?

The moto g doesn't even pick up 5G signals I don't think, probably where they skimped to keep the phone cheap. I'll try the analyser, thanks!

What OS are you using?

I had this option in Lollipop but it's disappeared in Marshmallow so far as I can see.

Hey folks, looking for a recommendation.

Looking for a phone to do some Google Cardboard-esque game testing on.

Android or iOS are both fine, Android preferred.

1080p screen minimum. Max phone size 154mm x 82mm (which I guess equates to a 6 inch screen).

Bluetooth required (I'm out of the loop with modern phones but assume that that's standard).

Basically the main priority is graphics performance, battery life is not really important.

Currently on a rolling monthly contract so can go for either pay monthly or handset only options.

Currently looking at the Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo at £20/month. Any other recommendations that pop to mind?

Any help is much appreciated!