Android Moronic Monday (Dec 23 2019) - Your weekly questions thread! |
- Moronic Monday (Dec 23 2019) - Your weekly questions thread!
- Why Microsoft Is the Most Exciting Hardware Company to Watch Out For in 2020
- My S7 edge just exploded on me
- As a consumer, why should I care about the "Too grossing" section in the play store?
- Google Play Store now lets you turn off autoplay video
- Replaced S8 battery and ended up losing water resistance.
- Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis has dropped connections for older Android devices
- [DEV] Slick Inbox new feature - now you can one-click unsubscribe newsletters
- Samsung Galaxy a20e refresh rate is terrible and sluggish.
| Moronic Monday (Dec 23 2019) - Your weekly questions thread! Posted: 23 Dec 2019 03:15 AM PST Note 1. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom! Note 2. Join our IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions. [link] [comments] | ||
| Why Microsoft Is the Most Exciting Hardware Company to Watch Out For in 2020 Posted: 22 Dec 2019 08:06 AM PST
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| My S7 edge just exploded on me Posted: 22 Dec 2019 07:43 PM PST While there is no damage physically done to me, I am more concerned about me no longer having a phone. I am a college student with little to no money to pay for a new phone. I have had this phone for years, so, naturally, the manufacture warranty is gone on it. I just had someone from Samsung tell me to "take it to a repair center". Yeah, Ill just take my exploded phone to a repair shop, I'm sure they'll have it fixed right up. And there will be a nice $500 bill with having to replace the back, the mother board, the battery. I'm gonna take it in tomorrow but they are gonna look at me and laugh. I am just curious, has anybody else experienced this (with an S7 edge)? I thought I was in the safe after the Note 7 crisis but I guess not. What are the chances that I get Samsung to give me some kind of assistance in buying a new phone? I'm not expecting them to replace my entire phone but something would be nice, granted that it was manufacturer error. I can't shell out $600 or $700 right now. Now that I think about it, there is no proof besides the Note 7 that this was manufacturer error. I have treated this phone with a lot of care. It didn't have any cracks in it and barely any scratches. [link] [comments] | ||
| As a consumer, why should I care about the "Too grossing" section in the play store? Posted: 22 Dec 2019 10:06 AM PST The top grossing section shows apps based on their revenue. What benefit is that to the customer? Why would I purposefully seek out apps that will drain more of my money? Most of the games in that section are IAP-ladden F2P games the higher they are on that list, the more money hungry they are. For material/RL products it might make sense to buy the top selling stuff. But for apps, revenue does not correlate to how popular it is or how useful it is. Most of the apps I might install fall under two categories: 1. It's popular and I want to try it. 2. I have some need for a certain app feature. Revenue does not play a factor. Of course there is the transparency factor as well. But I doubt the average person will check out the top grossing section for that reason. It's far more likely that they'll randomly check it because it's next to the other categories. Anyways, not sure if this is off topic or not. Just a thought I wanted to share. Honestly, it does not seem that the app store is designed to cater to the customer at all. [link] [comments] | ||
| Google Play Store now lets you turn off autoplay video Posted: 23 Dec 2019 01:44 AM PST
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| Replaced S8 battery and ended up losing water resistance. Posted: 22 Dec 2019 05:36 AM PST My 2.5 yr old S8's battery was aging and it showed as the battery level consistently dropped from ~20% to 0% in seconds. So I decided to get it replaced at an official samsung service center. Before handing over the phone, I was told that they'd have to do a water resistance test after replacing the battery which could result in the phone being factory reset. I was ok with it. Fast forward the the next day and they tell me that the battery was replaced but the device was failing the water resistance test because of an led screen issue. He showed me the spots where my screen had been burnt in and said that replacing the front panel and running the test again would make the phone pass the test and make it water resistant again. I still don't know how water resistance and screen burn in is co-related but I skeptically took his word for it. I didn't however replace the panel as it would cost INR 15K ($200) and it's simply not worth it. What irks me is they should have inspected the device first and told me if I already had an issue which had "broken" the water resistance. They say they can't do that because any unopened device is guaranteed to fail the test as 3rd party apps interfere during the test. He knows this as he has tried the same on his device. (Still unsure if I should trust these guys. I feel they messed up while sealing the device which has caused the issue. Maybe I'm wrong) Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know that something like this can happen so check with the technicians about water resistance before going in for any service for your phone. [link] [comments] | ||
| Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis has dropped connections for older Android devices Posted: 21 Dec 2019 03:13 AM PST If you visit Wikipedia on a pre-Kitkat (4.4) device you will get a security warning and on January 1st 2020 you will no longer be able to connect at all. There is a page explaining what is happening to older devices and it is because older Android versions don't support TLS 1.2. This issue is not limited to Wikipedia, a lot of websites will stop working when TLS 1.1 and 1.0 are dropped. This also affects other older mobile operating systems which unlike desktop operating systems they have no easy way to be patched. This means that this is the true end of life for these versions as Wikipedia is a core feature of looking up information. [link] [comments] | ||
| [DEV] Slick Inbox new feature - now you can one-click unsubscribe newsletters Posted: 21 Dec 2019 01:29 AM PST If you just read this and don't know what Slick is, feel free to scroll down a little to read more about what Slick does. Slick is a newsletter reading app designed specifically for reading newsletters. I am still looking for beta-tester so do give it a go! I also created a new Twitter account, do follow for updates! Follow here ChangelogFor this new build, I just shipped a new "One-Click Unsubscribe" feature. I hope you love all of the newsletters that you read, but sometimes things just don't work out. Fret not, for now you can unsubscribe a newsletter in a single click. So explore and subscribe away! This release also has the usual bug fixes (and huge refactoring under the hood). P.S This is probably going to be the last update of the year as I go on holidays, so happy holidays! What is Slick?Hey Reddit! I am looking for beta testers for my new app, Slick. Slick is a very simple app, it has one goal only - to curate all your newsletters in one place so it's easier to read them. TestFlight with Apple App Store: As it is a beta release, I'm expecting it to be buggy, and the experience could probably be improved, but that's exactly why I'm launching it with you guys here. I am really hoping for actionable/constructive feedback/criticism, and I think the crowd here is best suited for that. Anyway, let's jump into some description of Slick and the rationale behind building this! How does Slick work?Sign up on Slick, and then you'll be issued a unique email that looks something like this: Use that email to sign up for newsletters you come across, and then they'll start showing up in Slick, where the only goal is to make the newsletter reading experience good and focused. It looks something like this: Why did I build Slick?I love consuming contents! I find it very intriguing to learn about what people are thinking, doing, or what is currently happening, so I love all forms of medium (articles, books, podcasts). I have so far managed to find a few nice ways to manage my stuff: Books go into GoodRead, articles go into Pocket, my podcasts go into Pocket Casts, but I realised I don't really have a dedicated place to read my newsletters. Traditionally, newsletters have always gone into your email inbox (well the electronic ones anyway!), and it worked really well because email is a great medium, but recently I'm finding more and more noise in my email inbox. For example, I usually dedicate around two times a week to read my newsletters, and before Slick, I usually have to surf through the sea of 50% promotions from various marketing emails before I can reach the newsletters I care about. I do like myself some good deals every now and then, but not when I am trying to consume quality contents. I probably could've taken the time to organize my newsletters into email folders and I suppose that'll really help, but I also could just build an app to take care of this. Guess which option I chose? :) Why newsletters?I love newsletters! I find that with the rise of connectivity in today's world we are drowned in waaay too much noise, I find myself often scrolling endlessly through Twitter or Facebook only to snap out an hour later reflecting on what I've learned (spoiler: nothing). But newsletters, however, they bring a different sense of clarity for me. I find that by subscribing to newsletters that I really care about, my quality of consumption has improved because the things that I subscribed to are relevant to me. Unlike Twitter where anyone can tweet in less than a minute, newsletter takes an awful lot amount of time to curate and share, and I deeply appreciate the effort that goes behind making those. Perhaps it's also because newsletters makers don't have to compete for clicks, but I find that there are less clickbaity/sensationalist titles.. Some of my favourite newsletters:
In this newsletter he shares 3 ideas from him, 2 quotes from others, and 1 question that he leaves for the reader. The question is often very self-reflecting and I absolutely love how it constantly makes me reflect on my self.
I am a developer, so I also really enjoy newsletters from the programming community, things like ElixirWeekly, RubyWeekly, StatusCode etc. In fact, those are what started my journey into newsletters :) Some future features that I'm planning:Here are some of the features that I'm planning, but ultimately I think this is going to be largely based on the feedback I get from beta testing.
I built this thing entirely from scratch and by myself, so I really don't think I have all the answers to what the app should be. But I've built something that's currently working for me, and to further improve it now I need the community's help to chime in on the direction of the app, so I kindly ask you to provide as much as actionable feedback/constructive criticism as possible! On a final note, thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and I can't tell you how excited I am to share this with you guys! [link] [comments] | ||
| Samsung Galaxy a20e refresh rate is terrible and sluggish. Posted: 22 Dec 2019 06:55 AM PST
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