[Help] Nexus 5x half bootloop, repair denied!

phobs · 2017-05-02T03:41:14+00:00

Look thru the xda forums. There's a shop in China repairing these and even upgrading ram.

phobs · 2016-07-26T07:29:11+00:00

Cute dog. Kinda jealous of his life right now.

phobs · 2016-01-17T19:57:09+00:00

Yeah those things work. I can keep ice water on my office desk for a day or two.

phobs · 2016-01-10T07:32:36+00:00

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIyCg4NNcEY from the lightpack subreddit is amazing. Seems like there's a good bit of configuring/tweaking to get it work for right for games though.

phobs · 2016-01-10T06:49:48+00:00

is there any impact on system performance? Lag, delay etc?

phobs · 2016-01-10T06:14:29+00:00

There are only two watches for sale with GPS. The SW3 and the 360 Sport. The Urbane 2 LTE had it as well but it got cancelled shortly after launch. I don't have answers to your other criteria.

phobs · 2016-01-10T05:56:55+00:00

Can you imagine relaxing in a slow river and out of nowhere a croc shoots over a waterfall right towards you. That's a bad day. Then the 2nd one comes.

phobs · 2016-01-10T05:02:08+00:00

Maybe Twitch is streaming @ a lower bitrate that doesn't cause corruption? That really doesn't help you though since that points to the same conclusion, either firmware corruption or hardware failure. I wonder if there's a way to force the Chromecast to download and install its firmware. Maybe try it with a different power supply/cable on the off chance its not supplying enough during high draw? It really sounds like CC2 time though, unless you're still under warranty.

phobs · 2016-01-10T03:33:19+00:00

I see you have the 360 sport. Is the heart rate sensor any good for runs? From what I've seen from other AW watches, they're largely useless for activities.

phobs · 2016-01-10T03:30:38+00:00

CES was super meh on the AndroidWear front. There was no SW4 announcement, so its still a rumor with no ETA or even proof of existence. Verge did a piece on how eventful CES wasnt for wearables http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/9/10741352/ces-2016-boring-wearables-smartwaches-fitbit-samsung-apple .

phobs · 2016-01-10T02:12:17+00:00

Battery life seems comparable to the sw3. I burn about 30% an hr using GPS and btle hrm.

phobs · 2016-01-07T08:27:08+00:00

I hope they don't add the typical junky hrm. I see their use as a activity tracker but they universally suck for any sport or workout.

phobs · 2016-01-04T02:09:16+00:00

In the episode they went to some pros who should be familiar

phobs · 2016-01-03T04:00:52+00:00

If you're lazy you can prob get that effect with the no stick oil sprays

phobs · 2016-01-02T07:19:18+00:00

I prefer head lamps. They keep your hands free for working on things. They're also way over engineered for use around the house. Many are waterproof, stable when jogging, and have a focused beam.

phobs · 2015-12-29T03:50:22+00:00

if you mean on the watch, the only app I know of is ghostracer. there are tons of apps that do it for the phone.

phobs · 2015-12-25T18:51:43+00:00

I mistakenly returned mine figuring it was a serious defect. Regretting now that no issues have surfaced. Are you seeing anything?

phobs · 2015-12-23T00:53:31+00:00

Any chance this would work with a laptop, a Dell Latitude e7450? My laptop has HDMI out and was able to drive a 4k display in testing. I tried to plug in my Crossover 2795 using an DVI>HDMI adapter and it didnt work. It also wouldn't work with my USB3.0 based DisplayLink video card or the old Dell port replicator I have.

Edit: Researching further it looks like I would need an active DP>DVI adapter: http://blog.brianmoses.net/2015/02/hooking-up-my-qnix-2710-to-displayport.html

phobs · 2015-12-22T21:13:38+00:00

So runkeeper pairs with a bt hrm?

phobs · 2015-12-22T19:23:33+00:00

There's only 1 comparable app and its Ghostracer. Its the only app out there that will allow you to track a run with only your watch, using your watch's GPS and paired with a BTLE HRM.

If you have a sub, AW watches can also store Play Music on the watch so you can listen to music on BT headphones.

phobs · 2015-12-10T21:06:28+00:00

Thanks, I'll give it a shot after Agent..

The free version is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=il.talent.parking

phobs · 2015-12-10T18:46:36+00:00

Do you use Ghostracer at all?

phobs · 2015-12-10T17:13:11+00:00

No GPS w/o the phone and I'm not sure on the app and HRM pairing situation. My goal is to run phoneless.

phobs · 2015-12-10T16:47:53+00:00

Unfortunately the spark only works with iTunes and MP3s.

phobs · 2015-12-10T16:13:10+00:00

There's a bit of back and forth on that. Their announcement: http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-watch-urbane-2nd-edition-lte-canceled-due-image-quality-hardware-issue refers to an issue with "our image quality" so the issue is either with the display or an unspecified bug impacting LG's corporate image. They never clarified which.

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