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I've got Lindy Bnx60 wireless noise cancelling headphones. They were 80 quid and are ace.

Settings | Users and Accounts | Google | Account Sync and uncheck Contacts

What the fuck have you done

Surely turning off the syncing will only stop further changes coming through, you'd need to actually delete the existing contacts that came from Google to get to the state you want no?

What the fuck have you done

Android people... what is a good app for downloading and listening to podcasts?

What's the current state of making payments via wearables with Android? Considering to give thought to switching over to Android, but one of the things that I use my Apple Watch for most is paying for things, and it seems like the payment systems for Android aren't anywhere near as ubiquitous or as tightly integrated with the watches etc.

Yesterday I took delivery of a Galaxy S8. The transfer of info is still far clunkier than Apple's solution so it will take a while to get it to where I need it to be from a UI & apps point of view.

Isn't that dead awkward, physically. Don't you have to crane your wrist into weird angles in order to make it work?

My Gear S3 only supports Samsung Pay, which my bank doesn't support. The Android Wear watches support Android Pay but not all of them.

What's the current state of making payments via wearables with Android?

Isn't that dead awkward, physically. Don't you have to crane your wrist into weird angles in order to make it work?

You know I have the S8 right? I came to the same conclusion as you - the Plus was too big and expensive.

No way Bluetooth headphones could have solved it?

Even though no phone in five years time will have headphones jacks.

There's rumblings of Google replacing out-of-warranty 6Ps with Pixel 1s. Mine will be going back soon so I'll let you know.

Lonewolves wrote:

Even though no phone in five years time will have headphones jacks.

Right now, is it five years from now? That seems to me to be the most incredibly stupid question that anyone would ever have to ask, and yet...

You too can be like Grim... and flail your phone at tube gates ineffectually while travellers queue behind you and sigh!

Author:	Bamba [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 15:14 ]
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There's a Users & Accounts control panel which should show all accounts your phone is syncing data with; is there anything in there that might be adding the extra instances on top of Outlook and Google?

Author:	GazChap [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 15:33 ]
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BikNorton wrote: I've got Lindy Bnx60 wireless noise cancelling headphones. They were 80 quid and are ace.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 16:25 ]
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Settings \| Users and Accounts \| Google \| Account Sync and uncheck Contacts

Author:	TheVision [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 16:31 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Settings \| Users and Accounts \| Google \| Account Sync and uncheck Contacts Thanks Doc... I've tried that but the duplicates are still on there. Even when the contacts are refreshed. It does give me a message at the top saying that the Google contacts aren't syncing and do I want to turn it on though so I know I've gone into the right setting.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 16:32 ]
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What the fuck have you done

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Author:	Bamba [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 16:46 ]
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Surely turning off the syncing will only stop further changes coming through, you'd need to actually delete the existing contacts that came from Google to get to the state you want no?

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 16:46 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: What the fuck have you done

Author:	myp [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 17:15 ]
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Even I managed not to do this.

Author:	Kern [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 17:19 ]
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He is TheVision: destroyer of corporations; the champion of the underdog; the friend to small animals.

Author:	myp [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:16 ]
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Call him what he is, a technology hipster.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:18 ]
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Bamba wrote: Surely turning off the syncing will only stop further changes coming through, you'd need to actually delete the existing contacts that came from Google to get to the state you want no? Uhh I'm not sure, but I'd expect it to remove them immediately. in this day and age the source of truth is the cloud, not the device.

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:23 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: What the fuck have you done Thanks for your help on this. I'll try that next trick tonight. If push comes to shove, I could just delete all my contacts from Outlook and use Google as my main and only source. That may fix it. To be honest, I'm not convinced it will but we can live in hope.

Author:	Cras [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:28 ]
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Alternatively, it's android. Install a different contacts app that does support contact merging.

Author:	TheVision [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:51 ]
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Android people... what is a good app for downloading and listening to podcasts?

Author:	Trousers [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:42 ]
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Yesterday I took delivery of a Galaxy S8. The transfer of info is still far clunkier than Apple's solution so it will take a while to get it to where I need it to be from a UI & apps point of view. The face unlock has been pretty effective, but the fingerprint scanner is a ballache based on just wanting to unlock it sometimes when it is sat on the desk. The voice recognition is pretty spot on despite my "Err Nerr" Hull accent, so much so that I can compose text messages with it with very little editing required, I rather like the edge facility to quickly bring up frequent contacts and apps and the lack of a physical Home button hasn't been an issue at all. Because I also pay for my daughter's phone and that's on an alternate two year cycle with mine I could potentially upgrade every year and hand her down last year's model. Finally a use for my offpring.

Author:	myp [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 19:07 ]
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Really impressed with my Gear S3. I'd already had two days from a single charge before today. It was down to 15% when I woke up today and because I didn't have my charger with me due to UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, I put it in low-power mode. And this low-power mode is infinitely more useful than Apple Watch's "press the button for the time like it's a 1970s digital watch" mode. You can still see the time and date when you press a button, but also it delivers all your notifications (albeit in black and white) and phone calls still come through. It's still on 8% now!

Author:	Bamba [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 20:08 ]
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The headphone socket on my N6P went last week and, with the OnePlus 5 going out of stock globally, I'd intended to wait for their next offering and grab one of those. Not having music is fucking killing me though bollocks to it, I've ordered a Galaxy S8. This hadn't occurred to me as an option because (a) I assumed I'd need the Plus model and (b) I'm not spending north of £800 on a phone. Having looked into it properly though I realised that the Plus model is actually fucking massive and that, surprisingly, the standard S8 will do me fine. Also: the top result for the S8 on Amazon is an incredibly highly rated indie shop who're only charging £520 for it which is a perfectly fair price. Sorted!

Author:	DavPaz [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:53 ]
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TheVision wrote: Android people... what is a good app for downloading and listening to podcasts? I use Pocket Casts. I like it.

Author:	Findus Fop [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:12 ]
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I used Podcast Addict for a while but ditched because it has a pretty confusing UI. On CastBox now, which seems nice and clean.

Author:	myp [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:01 ]
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Yeah it's good. Some niggles but I'm pleased with it.

Author:	GazChap [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:59 ]
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What's the current state of making payments via wearables with Android? Considering to give thought to switching over to Android, but one of the things that I use my Apple Watch for most is paying for things, and it seems like the payment systems for Android aren't anywhere near as ubiquitous or as tightly integrated with the watches etc.

Author:	Findus Fop [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:19 ]
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GazChap wrote: What's the current state of making payments via wearables with Android? Considering to give thought to switching over to Android, but one of the things that I use my Apple Watch for most is paying for things, and it seems like the payment systems for Android aren't anywhere near as ubiquitous or as tightly integrated with the watches etc. Isn't that dead awkward, physically. Don't you have to crane your wrist into weird angles in order to make it work?

Author:	Bamba [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:21 ]
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Trousers wrote: Yesterday I took delivery of a Galaxy S8. The transfer of info is still far clunkier than Apple's solution so it will take a while to get it to where I need it to be from a UI & apps point of view. The experience varies depending on the launcher you use. I've got the Google Now launcher (or whatever the vanilla Android one's called) on all my devices so the reset process is incredibly smooth and impressive; it'll not only reinstall all my apps but it'll place all the icons and widgets in the right place on the right home screen as well.

Author:	GazChap [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:24 ]
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Findus Fop wrote: Isn't that dead awkward, physically. Don't you have to crane your wrist into weird angles in order to make it work? You soon get used to it, and most places have their card readers up relatively high anyway so less of a problem.

Author:	Bamba [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:27 ]
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GazChap wrote: What's the current state of making payments via wearables with Android? Considering to give thought to switching over to Android, but one of the things that I use my Apple Watch for most is paying for things, and it seems like the payment systems for Android aren't anywhere near as ubiquitous or as tightly integrated with the watches etc. It's certainly possible to do in the same as the iWatch but the device needs to be running the new version of Android Wear and have NFC built in, which apparently not a lot of them do at the moment. This article talks about all that and has a list of devices that was current at least as of March: https://www.androidcentral.com/these-ar ... ndroid-pay

Author:	myp [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:59 ]
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My Gear S3 only supports Samsung Pay, which my bank doesn't support. The Android Wear watches support Android Pay but not all of them.

Author:	Bamba [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 14:29 ]
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Lonewolves wrote: My Gear S3 only supports Samsung Pay, which my bank doesn't support. The Android Wear watches support Android Pay but not all of them. Huh. It never occurred to me that with your switch to Android your watch would also be rendered near useless.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Oct 13, 2017 15:34 ]
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GazChap wrote: What's the current state of making payments via wearables with Android? Not great. The only Android Wear devices that have NFC for payments, to my knowledge, are the ones that have LTE. So they are all massive and tend to be a bit expensive.

Author:	myp [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 20:16 ]
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You know I have the S8 right? I came to the same conclusion as you - the Plus was too big and expensive.

Author:	Bamba [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 20:38 ]
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Lonewolves wrote: You know I have the S8 right? I came to the same conclusion as you - the Plus was too big and expensive. I do know you have one, yeah; indeed quite a few friends of mine have one. Most people I know don't ever want as big a phone as I'd prefer though so it never occurred to me to think about it. Also, in the past, whenever anyone--including Samsung--did two sizes of something, the smaller size was always too small so I assumed that was still true. And, to be fair, if I had all the money in the world I'd definitely take the Plus (or, for preference the new Note) but I don't and this isn't the compromise I'd initially assumed it would be so that's all good.

Author:	Bamba [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 20:40 ]
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What I'm still really hoping though is that Google will allow the install of the Google Now launcher because fuck the default Samsung nonsense right in the ass.

Author:	LewieP [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 20:46 ]
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I'm surprised there isn't an S8 mini tbh.

Author:	myp [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 20:51 ]
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If money had been no object I'd have the 256GB iPhone X, but I see your point.

Author:	Grim... [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 21:37 ]
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No way Bluetooth headphones could have solved it?

Author:	myp [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 21:40 ]
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Grim... wrote: No way Bluetooth headphones could have solved it? That's not solving it apparently. Even though no phone in five years time will have headphones jacks.

Author:	Grim... [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 21:44 ]
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Just friends how you feel about wireless headphones, I guess.

Author:	Bamba [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 21:52 ]
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Grim... wrote: No way Bluetooth headphones could have solved it? Well, yeah, that would of course be a 'solution'. But really it's a workaround; I want a working physical headphone port and currently I don't have one. In the long term, I'll claim that on my phone insurance and get a fix/replacement so my sister gets an 'upgrade'. But right now I don't have a phone that meets my basic needs so, it is what it is.