Android Thread

[JRSC00LUDE]

You don't know the half of it!

[mr2mike]

Throw it in a bag of rice and go ask a repair shop to get the info off it for you.
They might even buy it off you after for parts?

[Nufy]

My wife and I both have Samsung S8 phones. (I know old...)

I think I have checked all the settings but for some reason she cant send / receive emails unless its connected to our home network vs the carrier (Shaw)

I can send at any time.

Thoughts ?

[JRSC00LUDE]

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Throw it in a bag of rice and go ask a repair shop to get the info off it for you.
They might even buy it off you after for parts?

It didn't get wet it just needs a new screen. i want to buy a phone today!

[mr2mike]

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My wife and I both have Samsung S8 phones. (I know old...)

I think I have checked all the settings but for some reason she cant send / receive emails unless its connected to our home network vs the carrier (Shaw)

I can send at any time.

Thoughts ?

I'd almost delete your email account or Gmail account off the phone and delete the Gmail app and re download that app. Then add the google account.

That fails, talk to your provider. Might be a Sim card update or they can possibly force a carrier update to the phone that didn't properly install?!
Those are my ideas.

[ianmcc]

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My wife and I both have Samsung S8 phones. (I know old...)

I think I have checked all the settings but for some reason she cant send / receive emails unless its connected to our home network vs the carrier (Shaw)

I can send at any time.

Thoughts ?

I was having a similar issue (LG Velvet) and found the fix to be select the desktop site (the three dots in the top right).

[Nufy]

Its not Gmail...

Its two ISP (shaw) based emails in the Samsung mail app.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

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Its not Gmail...

Its two ISP (shaw) based emails in the Samsung mail app.

Sounds like it's probably the server she's pointing at can only resolve when it's on Wifi, instead of the carrier. I'd make sure you're both pointing at the same server, and that she doesn't have weird custom DNS settings enabled on her phone.

[Buster]

I was going to pick up a new pixel, but it sounds like the S23 is going to be announced soon. I dont really want an s-pen, so I might end up with the Pixel anyway.

[ExtraSlow]

For phones, I have a strong preference for the Pixel over Samsung for software and UI reasons.

[Buster]

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For phones, I have a strong preference for the Pixel over Samsung for software and UI reasons.

me too, but the Samsung hardware is better and feels better.

[gmc72]

I had the Pixel 6 and i switched to a Flip Z4 about 2 months ago. Samsung is a much better phone. My wife is on her second Pixel 6 in a year, it bricked itself about 6 months in. I don't think I'll ever go back to a Pixel. There were too many issues with it (screen flicker, freezing, apps randomly closing, alarm not working randomly, etc).

[Buster]

the current gen one has a manufacturing flaw which leads to the camera glass breaking randomly.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Who makes Pixel? Aren't they one of those "brands" that one year LG makes them and then next series, Motorola makes them, etc?

[Buster]

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Who makes Pixel? Aren't they one of those "brands" that one year LG makes them and then next series, Motorola makes them, etc?

I think that's the way it used to be...but now google considers themselves the manufacturer.

[Xtrema]

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Who makes Pixel? Aren't they one of those "brands" that one year LG makes them and then next series, Motorola makes them, etc?

Foxconn. Same deal as Apple. Except everything is made in Vietnam, like most Samsung phones.

[cidley69]

Anyone have pixel watch? How you like it? Recommend as the best wearable option over Fitbit, Garmin, etc?

[Buster]

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Anyone have pixel watch? How you like it? Recommend as the best wearable option over Fitbit, Garmin, etc?

Apple watches and Android watches are more about smart features and being an extension of your phone. Garmin and Fitbit are better suited to health monitoring and they are better for that application.

[lamp_shade_2000]

My wife recently switched from apple to pixel phones and watch. The pixel watch has Fitbit software built in so you get the same fitness reporting as you would buying an actual Fitbit. In terms of being a smart watch, she says it's basically the same as her old Apple watch and she doesn't notice much difference but likes the circle face better on the pixel watch

[ThePenIsMightier]

I never do updates immediately. Maybe I wait a month or so and when I did a recent one, all my hockey scores on my "rest screen" (or whatever it's called) now fail to update. These games all finished last night.
Lame!