Android phones, apps and tablets

Maybe, how much and what is it?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-14-cb3-431-chromebook-silver-10144349-pdt.html

Bought it end of Nov, beginning of Dec after some fuckers broke into my flat and took everything. Still have box and receipt for warranty with PC World. £130?

I can post some pics but it's pretty pointless as it's very good condition due to its age...

Let me know, or I'll stick it on Classified.

Go for classifieds, I'm pretty skint and thought it might be an older knackered one I could mess around with.

No worries. :-) Anyone else wants a cheapo chromebook?

@hoefla has a Samsung tablet that is used for work IRC

@hoefla has a Samsung tablet that is used for work IIRC

@ExTra it's a Galaxy Note 10.1. I'd never had a tablet before (or considered buying one) so it's taken a while for me to get used to, but now I use it quite a lot in teaching - I can load folders of images on there or find things online etc. I don't really use it to its full capacity, for example it's a really nice screen for drawing, but other than opening the app and doing a couple of doodles, I've not done so. I don't think I'd manage note-taking on it, and if I know I'm going to be doing much typing I bring an external keyboard, but then I'm more of a notebook and pencil kind of person. If I were to buy one, I'd consider mobile internet capability, it's a bit limiting being restricted to wifi.

I bought my Mum a Tab A 9.7' for Christmas last year. It's very good and covers all the basic stuff well. The Samsung UI isn't as nice as stock Android IMO but that's a very minor quibble. I'd buy again for myself if I was in the market.

So I am about to order the galaxy tab A, everywhere seems to be doing it for £230, except some grey import websites... etc I have 2 choices:

Either to get it from John Lewis for their 2 years warranty or get it from Samsung directly and get a free 128GB micro sd card as there is a promo on at the min...

What would you do?

Otherwise the price is the same? Tbh I would go with JL for (hopefully) pain free warranty stuff. 128gb mSD card is only ~£30 and if you drop to 64gb you can get one for ~£10

that's what I was thinking. Yes price is the same, well, JL is a whole £0.95 more expensive... not even worth me asking for a price match, which they will do.

I was just going through my drawers and I have half a dozen of 32GB micro SD cards, so JL it is!

How did you fix it? What breaks when it drops?

Sorry. I replaced the screen. But the headphone jack was fucked and the call quality shit the bed.

Replaced it with a pixel. Much nicer.

Still happy with your chinesium phone? Do you have a link for the one you got?

Yup. Still happy. I don't have the link to hand (on the phone, on a train), but it was on banggood.

I'll maybe wait until I'm off the work VPN before I google that....

Ha, safe bet. The specific model is the Redmi Xiaomi Note 4.

There may be newer ones out as well.

Anyone know how to reflow a motherboard on a HTC Desire, as per comment in this thread:

http://androidforums.com/threads/wont-boot-up-only-7-vibrations.492062/

My son has an old iPhone 5S atm with a cracked screen and a dodgy battery. New screen and battery comes to around £80-90, so was thinking about getting him something new. Only needs to be able to text, call and play Pokémon Go (something my current Moto G xt1068 can't handle, which ruins my plan of handing it down and buying something nice for myself).
So I guess I'm looking at something around the £100 mark with 2gb of RAM. P8 Lite seems to tick those boxes - anything else I should consider?

I've got a P8 lite dual sim lying around. Only been used for a short while.

Happy to post, pm me if interested.

@TRA
@Mr_Sworld

Thanks for the replies,
and,
please accept my apologies for the tardy reply.

The 'problem' showed up on some very misty days, and on a day when some raindrops hit the touchscreen.

I originally thought that maybe some combination of the Circle Case and damp screen was in some way being registered by the touchscreen as an input.

I have now found it is indeed a safety feature,
and,
can be solved by using the physical buttons on the rear of the LG G4 to reduce the volume back down to levels that the device deems safe for earphone use.

My LG G4 'lives' in a belt case, so I guess is potentially prone to the physical buttons being activated during use, increasing the requested volume beyond the safe level.

So finally got my Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.6. I am glad I waited for another couple of weeks so the price has dropped to £200 and it is surprisingly good. Screen is good enough resolution and the keyboard is very responsive. Happy with it. It certainly doesn't have the premium feel iPads and some more expensive expensive Samsung tablets have, but it is £200and it does the job!

Using a reflow oven

I'm guessing that's not the same as the one found in my kitchen?

I froze the phone and so far it has been working. Who'd have thunk it?

You can use a kitchen oven as that thread suggests but it might brick your phone.

See https://youtu.be/U7soJAFbKwY

WHY AM I NOT GETTING PUSH ALERTS ?
I'm answering my own question here, as no one else could help.
The Battery Optimization setting effectively stops ALL push-type alerts after the phone has been dormant for a while. Hence you pick up the phone to find a stack of emails etc, notifications as soon as you wake it up.

Solution: go to the battery optimization function and either turn it off, or de-optimize all the apps that need to get notifications in real-time.

Simples once you know ... but hard to find the answer.