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[camaroz1985]

SE has much better battery life than my wife's 7, and I am using mine much more than she does. She consistently hits 10% around 8 or 9 PM. I can go to bed at 11 with over 30, and I use mine to listen to podcasts or music over bluetooth about 10 hours a day. SE is on par with the 7 plus, maybe even slightly better.

 

[RumoredNow]

Anyone here or browsing through used Ubuntu Touch yet?

Back in the day... After webOS I was drifting around on Android and I had a Nexus 4. I sampled 3 different OS's on it.
Ubuntu Touch
Sailfish
Firefox OS

Of the three I liked Sailfish best and Firefox least. Ubuntu was alright. Aren't they withdrawn now?

 

[nate0]

Back in the day... After webOS I was drifting around on Android and I had a Nexus 4. I sampled 3 different OS's on it.
Ubuntu Touch
Sailfish
Firefox OS

Of the three I liked Sailfish best and Firefox least. Ubuntu was alright. Aren't they withdrawn now?

Not completely it seems. But not alive and kicking either...

 

[RumoredNow]

Not completely it seems. But not alive and kicking either...

Ask away, we'll see what I remember... You might also check XDA forums for some chatter. Last I looked it was pretty stale.

 

[nate0]

The devices that are supported, list 3 active mobile phone ports supported by Ubports (one plus one, Nexus 5, and Fair Phone 2) and there are 3 official phones supported by ubuntu. I was looking and saw the 3 ports are running version 15 LTS with support through version 16.

I will keep looking. I have a feeling it could end up being a dead end, but still wanted to try it for myself. I found a cheap oneplus and should get it this week.

Edited my original post.

 

[nate0]

Ask away, we'll see what I remember... You might also check XDA forums for some chatter. Last I looked it was pretty stale.

What did you dislike about it?

 

[RumoredNow]

@Nate W it seems that they started out great with a heavily gesture oriented UI, then they moved more toward Android style home pages and they decided that users needed a page for music and a page for video. It looked like a play to push streaming partnerships and that turned me off.

Mostly what I disliked was how interminable the wait was for them to mature a product and get out of beta. They certainly missed the high tide mark of anticipation and dithered around while interest in a product faded from the minds of tech press and enthusiasts alike.

 

[HeyCori]

LG V20 is an incredibly nice device and, dare I say, underrated. However, that settings UI is absolutely tragic. :evil:

 

[fatclue_98]

LG V20 is an incredibly nice device and, dare I say, underrated. However, that settings UI is absolutely tragic. :evil:

Not having a Hotspot toggle on the pull-down shade is unforgivable for me. But the wife loves it so no biggie.

 

[HeyCori]

Not having a Hotspot toggle on the pull-down shade is unforgivable for me. But the wife loves it so no biggie.

The panel should be adjustable. There's an edit button on there. I set mine to wifi, vibrate, data, bluetooth, hi-fi but it looks like I could drag the hotspot button up there if I wanted to.

 

[tgp]

The panel should be adjustable. There's an edit button on there. I set mine to wifi, vibrate, data, bluetooth, hi-fi but it looks like I could drag the hotspot button up there if I wanted to.

Yes I've never seen one that isn't adjustable, at least not in the last several Android versions. I haven't seen the LG V20 though, so I cannot say there.

 

[fatclue_98]

The icon isn't available to drag. My G6 was the same way. I cannot say for sure but it could be a T-Mobile thing since they have a hotspot stand alone app.

 

[HeyCori]

Like maybe the icon doesn't show up because T-Mobile doesn't support it?

 

[fatclue_98]

Like maybe the icon doesn't show up because T-Mobile doesn't support it?

The T-Mobile version comes with the hotspot app preloaded. Their website lists hotspot as a feature. Maybe it's LG, I don't know. I bought it because it was the only phone with Band 66 at the time. As I mentioned earlier, the G6 has this quirk too.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Here's my V20. Hotspot is there and there are other apps I can add. Mine is the US996 unlocked model.

 

[fatclue_98]

Was at the home of the Magenta Morons earlier and saw the V30. No hotspot on the pull-down either.

 

[tgp]

Was at the home of the Magenta Morons earlier and saw the V30. No hotspot on the pull-down either.

Did you swipe left? It seems there are more shortcuts available.

 

[fatclue_98]

Did you swipe left? It seems there are more shortcuts available.

Yes, of course. There are two more settings for unrelated stuff. I'm telling y'all, LG phones from T-Mobile don't have the hotspot icon in the pull-down.

 

[tgp]

Yes, of course. There are two more settings for unrelated stuff. I'm telling y'all, LG phones from T-Mobile don't have the hotspot icon in the pull-down.

I was pretty sure you knew better, but wanted to double check. :smile: I've had a couple T-Mobile phones in the past. They take the cake for hamstringing devices.

 

[mark233]

Yeah ... app only.