I tried Hello and couldn't get used to the tabs. I use 8sms and it works great. I still have random problems getting MMS messages for various people. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason. Anyone that has an N5 that is willing, posting your MMS settings por favor. I want to compare mine.

6/5/2014 3:23:37 PM

you just looking for APN settings? I have ATT via Straight Talk on my N5

MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
MMS Proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port: 80

6/5/2014 3:34:01 PM

Quote :

"^ If you like tower defense games, it's great. While I'm thinking about it, I keep getting these "Gems Removed" notices where they take away gems and replace them with gold. Pretty lame to do that without checking with us, and especially without saying how many gems they took. This time I only got 3k coins. How many gems were taken? Who knows [Edited on June 5, 2014 at 2:27 PM. Reason : looks like it might be 3000 coins per gem. lame.] "

I was a little thrown off by this as well. It looks like you can only keep up to 10 gems then every one after that gets converted to coins.

I run Bombardier, Rocketeer, Assault. It is a pretty stupid broken combination, just level up the Assault ability that boosts everyone elses attack speed. The first weapon I purchased was the max level Rocketeer one, with the Assault ability you can clear the flying shark in about 20 seconds, from that point on you can easily save up enough money to max the others. I am considering swapping out the Assault for either Saboteur or Recon, however the 15 seconds of just endless rockets/grenades is so ridiculously nice.

6/5/2014 4:17:43 PM

http://www.cnet.com/news/android-4-4-3-rolls-out-to-google-and-motorola-devices/
http://www.zdnet.com/android-4-4-3-update-rolling-out-to-nexus-motorola-and-play-devices-now-7000030212/

Quote :

"This latest software update brings an improved dialler with a new interface and new colours to enhance consistency and usability, as well as several stability, framework, security fixes, and enhancements to the power profile capabilities," said Steve Horowitz, Motorola Mobile's SVP of software engineering."

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!! I hate the stock Android dialer.


Anyone gotten 4.4.3 for the N5?

[Edited on June 5, 2014 at 4:26 PM. Reason : /]

6/5/2014 4:26:21 PM

Yeah my go-to team is Rocketeer and Bombardier, each attacking over 3.1k, and I switch between Recon (1700) and Engineer(2000)...trying to work Assault (2000) in more. Also trying to develop Scientist (528 ) to where he earns more XP for the other guys. Haven't really used Saboteur much, though I might for the Ruin ability. Would be particularly helpful on the boss levels.


[Edited on June 5, 2014 at 4:32 PM. Reason : pretty much just waiting on an update now ]

6/5/2014 4:30:00 PM

Quote :

"Anyone gotten 4.4.3 for the N5?"

I got it pushed to mine yesterday morning. I didn't really notice anything other than the new dialer/people. Obviously it was more of a bug fix update than anything else it seems like.

[Edited on June 5, 2014 at 4:33 PM. Reason : ]

6/5/2014 4:32:54 PM

^^ Why aren't the Nexus devices getting 4.3.3 first??? I thought that was the whole idea?

6/5/2014 4:32:59 PM

Quote :

"I didn't really notice anything other than the new dialer/people. "

That is all I care about

6/5/2014 4:44:40 PM

Not sure what yall mean about gems being turned into coins

6/5/2014 10:36:58 PM

^Wut, thats bizarre. Mine caps at 10. I'm glad it does because I would rather have the gold.

6/5/2014 11:15:44 PM

I'm only running version 1.0.5

That's probably it

6/5/2014 11:29:34 PM

Quote :

"I still have random problems getting MMS messages for various people. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason."

i was having that trouble (N4 on ST with AT&T SIM) for more than a month...it never resolved as far as i know, since i haven't gotten or sent any MMS messages recently

i talked to ST chat and they said i had to call customer service or whatever...i never did

6/6/2014 8:08:06 AM

are these various people using imessage?

6/6/2014 8:44:05 AM

Quote :

"Not sure what yall mean about gems being turned into coins "

Me neither. I've got a huge stockpile of gems. I wish I could convert them into money!

I am still running Rocketeer, Assault, and Saboteur, and they are just an insane kill team. Seriously, if you have been overlooking Saboteur, you should put points into Blackhat, Backstab, and both mines. The beauty of the mines is that they instantly deploy anywhere on the map, and they have a fairly quick cooldown. With maxed out mines, it's pretty much a click-instant-death for anything but the biggest bosses (and this includes huge mobs as well - Blackhat expands the explosive area by double).

6/6/2014 8:56:25 AM

Quote :

"are these various people using imessage?"

Not that I know of. There seems to be a random blend of android and iphone users that MMS pics don't load from.

I switched my AP to these settings yesterday and will see if that makes any difference:

•Name: ATT PTA
•APN: pta
•MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
•MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
•MMS port: 80
•MCC: 310
•MNC: 410
•Auth: none
•APN type: default,mms,supl,hipri

I got a 25% increase in downstream speed when I switched to this.

6/6/2014 10:51:30 AM

I got 4.4.3 on my Moto X before my Nexus 7.

6/7/2014 7:36:18 AM

I now really, really wish that I hadn't installed the latest OTA update from Verizon on my Droid MAXX. I am increasingly seeing that my data is dropping back down to 3G (I even saw 1X today for the first time), and my network traffic connectivity both up and down is extremely inconsistent. Even my GPS signal has been lost a few times. Whatever they think they fixed or were trying to fix, I think they screwed up the radio even worse.

6/8/2014 1:44:49 AM

^I also wish I hadn't installed the update although the data drops haven't been as bad or frequent as yours apparently

Hopefully we'll get 4.4.3 relatively soon

6/8/2014 1:47:17 AM

I'm using blackberry, which is AWESOME, especially since I can run all my android apps natively. The problem is, the blackberry software doesn't backup any of the android VM content. Any recommendations on a free app to backup the content? I used titanium backup in the past.

6/9/2014 1:20:57 PM

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/what-to-expect-with-android-4-4-3/

Quote :

"The short list of major changes looks something like this: A tweaked Dialer app with a colored Action bar (this is the UI change) Contact app (sometimes called People) uses placeholder images, similar to those used by Gmail Fixed hissing sound while recording videos (Nexus 5) is fixed Fix for LTE connection dropping bug Wi-Fi improvements Microphone and earphone related changes"

[Edited on June 10, 2014 at 10:18 AM. Reason : I still haven't gotten this OTA yet]

6/10/2014 10:18:26 AM

Swiftkey is free in the Play Store

6/11/2014 5:51:09 AM

^ i wonder if that's a permanent thing...their website says "All the great features that defined SwiftKey Keyboard as Android's #1 best-selling paid app, now for free!", so perhaps it is

6/11/2014 8:10:25 AM

Att HTC one m7 got 4.4.3 in the past few days, manually ran the update check and got it last night. A few nice improvements but everything on the home screen seems shifted a bit with an extra gap at the bottom now.

6/11/2014 9:04:39 AM

^^Not sure. I previously had it installed through the Amazon store and got some email yesterday about the new Swiftkey store where you can buy new keyboard themes, of which I had 10 for free for being a long-time user. So maybe they're going to keep it free and try to monetize the add-on themes instead of the app itself. I like some of the new themes that don't really show the outline of keys, but I can't bring myself to use one since they don't show the Shift/long-press characters for each key like most of the other themes do.

6/11/2014 1:38:54 PM

Quote :

"i wonder if that's a permanent thing..."

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/11/swiftkey-android-keyboard-free/

Quote :

"SwiftKey's premium Android keyboard is now permanently free of charge. "

In other news. I finally got the update. The Dialer still sucks and I can't tell what they did to contacts.

4.4.3 changelog
https://funkyandroid.com/aosp-KOT49H-KTU84L.html



[Edited on June 11, 2014 at 2:28 PM. Reason : .]

6/11/2014 2:25:53 PM

I use the dialer pretty infrequently so I'm completely oblivious to why it sucks. What major issues do you have?

6/11/2014 2:38:32 PM

I just don't like the layout. I don't like having to hit the call history button every time I need to see a missed call. I feel like that should be the default screen, not favorite contacts. I miss my S4. I never thought I would like Touchwiz better than stock Android but I guess I am just too used to it. WiFi and LTE still sucks asscrack on the N5. I am not really thrilled with this phone in general.

6/11/2014 2:49:25 PM

Booyah! Droid MAXX 4.4 rooted! Took me over 6 hours of trying to decipher instructions in about 6 different threads on XDADevelopers, but I got it done. This was a hell of a lot more work than rooting any of my previous phones. But now I can once again give Verizon both middle fingers and wifi tether with my unlimited data. (And those godawful ads in the WRAL app are long gone.)

6/12/2014 11:14:21 PM

Link?

6/13/2014 6:32:08 AM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2613548&page=32

6/13/2014 7:12:10 PM

dirty flashed from 4.4.2 to latest 4.4.3 CyanogenMod nightly yesterday with zero issues thus far after hearing others have the same success

[Edited on June 14, 2014 at 10:40 AM. Reason : Nexus 5]

6/14/2014 10:40:25 AM

^ what's the benefit of rom'ing when you're already running vanilla Android? I'm sure there is some, I'm just not much of a rom-er.

6/14/2014 11:31:47 AM

4.4.3 bricked one of our phones. Thanks assholes

6/14/2014 6:47:07 PM

^^ Cyanogenmod is waay better than vanilla Android. I absolutely love CM11

6/14/2014 9:57:50 PM

Why's it better?

6/14/2014 10:55:08 PM

I use it for blacklisting, privacy guard, and whisperpush - mostly the security features

^^^ which phone? Not only have I still not experienced a single problem yet, but it's obviously better than before. Sorry to hear your experience didn't go well.

[Edited on June 15, 2014 at 4:51 PM. Reason : f]

6/15/2014 4:50:25 PM

I've never messed with Cyanogen before, but I hear great things about it. Come to think of it, I've never seen it running on anyone's phone before so I don't have a basis for comparison.

Oh, hey, is there a way to disable OTA updates, or make them manual only? I want to prevent my phone from trying to get 4.4.3 before I am certain that it's not going to screw up my root.

[Edited on June 15, 2014 at 7:08 PM. Reason : OTA]

6/15/2014 7:07:47 PM

if you freeze a specific process or two with titanium backup, you can prevent it. don't remember what they are offhand though

6/15/2014 7:26:34 PM

Quote :

"Cyanogenmod is waay better than vanilla Android. I absolutely love CM11"

What phone are you using?

Anyone using CM11?



[Edited on June 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2014 1:15:05 PM

So this just went on sale today,

http://oppostyle.com/find-7/85-find-7-white-us-version.html

Spec wise, it's basically the best Android phone available today. Would like to read a review from a reputable site, but it looks like the best choice for buying an unsubsidized top-end phone.

6/18/2014 11:55:38 AM

A buddy of mine has a monster boner for his Oppo Find 5. Says they're still releasing fixes/updates for it and Oppo is a good company etc. I guess they have forums where company reps regularly participate.

6/18/2014 11:58:40 AM

Doesn't appear to be water proof.

6/18/2014 12:15:13 PM

Yeah I'm not sure it's clearly the "best" Android phone out. Build quality-wise, probably.

6/18/2014 12:48:44 PM

any opinions on the best s5 case for a public transportation commuter. don't want to go full otter, but it needs durability

6/19/2014 6:11:02 PM

the medium strength Otterbox might work well. More flexible than the Defender but good protection.

6/19/2014 6:31:03 PM

is that the commuter series? would make sense

6/19/2014 7:04:38 PM

I think so. I'd just go into a Verizon store and start opening boxes and feel what feels right.

[Edited on June 19, 2014 at 7:25 PM. Reason : even if you're not a Verizon customer ]

6/19/2014 7:24:46 PM

I got an OBD 2 reader of amazon that supposedly works with Android. About to try it out.

6/19/2014 7:30:13 PM

Thoughts on Amazon's new Fire Phone? Some of the 3d recognition stuff sounds cool, but it doesn't come with Google Play Store (doesn't support Google Play Store, just Amazon App Store?) and seems like it is integrated into Amazon as much as iOS devices are with iTunes. Same cost as other high end Android phones. I doubt it will be as successful as they hope except maybe with people who care about seamless integration with their Kindle.

6/19/2014 8:58:46 PM

3d effect is neat I guess.

What would be much cooler, more related to Amazon's services, and probably not too much more expensive, would be a phone that has more of a dedicated reading bend.

So since the back of the phone is gorilla glass anyway, instead of just having it be plain black with a logo, it could be an e-ink screen. That could be used both to allow easy customization of your phone's appearance, but would also be fantastic for low power reading.

I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

6/19/2014 9:28:48 PM