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[Nexus 6 Accessories] TheCelt:
2 questions for you guys. I have always used the Ringke SLIM on my phones (Gnex, Galaxy S4)... I know they offer very minimal protection, but I like that they do not add bulk to the phone.

1 - Does the Ringke SLIM still have the matte finish (rubbery feel that helps with grip)? I have read a number of reviews on Amazon stating that the SLIM for the N6 feels cheap and not like the SLIMS of old.

2 - For those using the Ringke MAX, does that lanyard bit on the corner bother you? Looks like it sticks out a bit and I'm thinking that would drive me nuts.

Thanks in advance for your advice!
[Nexus 6 Accessories] funcrusher:
I've had the Ultra Hybrid for months and like it, except for the buttons (although you get used to them).

Just got the Ringke Fusion and it's okay I guess. I prefer the look of the Ultra Hybrid - it's more modern. I don't think I'll be able to get over the beveled back on the Fusion. Ugly.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] n3wDaddy77:
I've been using the Ringke Fusion for around a week and a half. I didn't think I'd like the elongated indentation on the back, but it really grew on me!

I love the pronounced buttons on the Fusion, you don't have to guess as to what buttons you're pressing.

I ordered the Fusion and the Spigen Ultra Hybrid (Gunmetal) at the same time and the Fusion arrived first. I just rec'd the Ultra Hybrid the other day. I like it, but the sides seem more slippery than the Fusion IMO. The buttons are more flush than the Fusion, but they're not as bad as the Slim Armor.

I'm still debating as to whether I'll keep the Ultra Hybrid, or return it.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] mashuto:
To answer your first question. I had the ringke slim for the note 2 and picked it up for the nexus 6... the back does not have that soft touch feel like the older on had. The edges are a bit harder than my old one, and yes it does feel cheaper.

I also picked up the spigen slim armor, which added a bit of bulk (not too much) but the buttons are terrible, there is no way to differentiate by touch alone.

Finally ended up with the supcase unicorn beetle series case, and while its definitely bulkier than the ringke slim, its a bit less so (at least it feels that way) than the spigen slim armor, feels great to hold, and has buttons, that while a bit stiff, can easily be used by touch alone. Plus I do like the frosted clear look of the back.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] p3dr0maz:
Love my slim. I had gunmetal was nice. I wanted to show off the phone branding so got clear. Love it. Just to stop scratched in case it falls. Works well. Agree button slots are nice.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] hildey:
While not my favorite case, if you are looking for one with a clear back and consistent coloring with the blue N6 then I would recommend the Spigen Ultra Hybrid in metal slate. The colors of the sides match the backing of the N6 really well and look quite nice. I haven't tried the Ringke but I've found that the Supcase has some sharp edges that make it uncomfortable to hold.

The buttons are difficult to differentiate but I don't have problems with accidentally pressing them while holding the phone like I do with other cases like the Neo Hybrid and Slim Armor. The added size is pretty minimal too.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] spiff637:
I would have quoted you all but I'm still a new user and lmited to replying to my own posts... Anyways...

So I ended up getting 3 of them! I figured 40ish bucks to protect my investment was a no brainier. I got the Spiegen Ultra slim, but again the buttons thing really did kill it for me.. and right now I'm using the Ringke Max case... I also got the sup case, but i am not a fan of the clear case.. So far I see zero reason to use anything but the Ringke Max.. it's great and the extra size doesn't bother my meat hooks at all. The ONE thing that I do NOT like about it is the stupid lanyard thing... I know some people use it, but I've also seen people contribute it being there to broken screens from direct hits.

Thanks for everyone's input, and i really have to say I LOVE this phone!
[Nexus 6 Accessories] horn34:
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[Nexus 6 Accessories] crzycrkr:
I cut the lanyard thing off as soon as I got it. Perfect case otherwise
[Galaxy Note II General] emanuele28dl:
If you want in one+one invite send mw a mex ... if you want to offer a beer ! :3
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayoo456:
I thought screencast was suppose to work out the gate on the Moto X now with android 5.0. Worked great on my nexus 5. I have 2 chromecast in the house that i can send video to no problem. But mirroring doesnt work at all. I'm not rooted and on a pure edition.

Any help would be appreciated.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcustom11:
There's no support yet. It's not a permitted device. Only some of the nexus devices are allowed. My nexus 5 works but my nexus 7 2012 doesn't work. There was a work around for 4.4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54062732 but the developer hasn't finished getting it to work with L. I'd keep an eye on that forum though.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterchif92:
Hi, I have this phone since February and yesterday I decided to come back stock after 6 months of custom rom to sell the g2. Like always everything goes well, it booted fine and I have installed the last firmware 20h. Now the phone works very well but when I try the combination to enter download mode and factory reset them doesn't work. I will repeat the phone boot fine and all works well but I can't enter in download mode.

Someone can help me? I think that if one person want to mode it he can't for this problem. Maybe if I am stock I can't access to download mode? (I don't think so but maybe with the last update they make it true)

Sorry for my bad English and wish someone can help me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewmk20:
indeed . i have the same latest ota firmware and no download mode like it used to have ...fu ...i can't even root this phone !
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoVR:
Did anyone ever find a solution to this? - ive accidently just applied the 20h OTA and now cannot get into recovery or download mode.
[General Questions and Answers] korban9:
Hi,

after official update my device start works ~5 times slowly.

Is there any solution to speedup it?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Mr.WoW:
Flash cyanogenmod rom

Stock roms sucks ><
[General Questions and Answers] gossymer:
OTA updates usually seem to slow my phones down so I tend to default to custom ROMs now - if you pick a relatively stable one, you should get all the performance benefits of the latest updates without the lag. - do you have the 2012 Nexus 7 or 2013?
[General Questions and Answers] rockhstrongo:
Switch file system to F2FS

I was hoping that the 5.0 update would solve the performance problems, but the Nexus 7's slow flash memory is what drags it down. Switching to a ROM that uses the F2FS file system has made my Nexus 7 usable again.

I'm running the ROM and kernel mentioned in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56813573&postcount=491

It made a WORLD of difference for me.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Olipro:
Hi, yet another project of mine I intend to get underway;

I'm planning on creating a program you can plop in your ExtROM that when you hard reset will configure your GPRS/MMS settings for you by enabling you to select a country and Operator.

Right now I'm in the stage of coding something that actually works, so I'm farting around with registry settings etc, but before I bother to do this, is there anyone who would get any use out of it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] walshieau:
I am also looking at developing an app to do this.. im using Studio 2005 with .NET Compact 2.0... i was thinking amoung the lines of xml files with the appropriate operator & mms settings...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jasjamming:
sounds good,

Let's hope someone with the 3 Australia network + MMS settings can contribute. I havent come around to configure the above....

Cheers,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Olipro:
skip that, stick with 1.0, 2 is just going to cause massive headaches to be honest, especially as people are going to want to use this in their ExtROM on a fresh-boot.

and to be frank, there's not much that 2.0 can do that you can't get done with 1.0 in this instance :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mousey_:
This Would Deffinatley Be Usefull. Especially If You Like To Update Your Device With The Latest ROMs.

Glad To See Your On Orange UK Olipro It Means I'll See The Benefit Right At The Start. Have You Got All The Orange Settings?

Cheers
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] walshieau:
haha ok.. will revert... its just xml calls and reg calls... but im looking at trying to figure out how the 'Network Wizard' app on the Dopod ROMS read's the operator from the SIM card... could be a Win32 call, still looking... ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Olipro:
could you attach the file? I could have at it with a disassembler :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] lpsi2000:
yes, I could use such program.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] walshieau:
done... i extracted it from the Dopod Australia 1.30 ROM
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jasjamming:
I tried to run the above on my jasjam to see if it could configure 3 australia settings for me. No luck, it doesnt execute on the jasjam.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] walshieau:
yeah it only runs on the Dopod Asia ROM, just trying to dissamble the exe to see if i can get around it...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jasjamming:
sweet, the last time i programmed in C++ was when borland c for msdos was the best thing since sliced bread.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riper3-3:
Hello everybody! ! I am having a bit of a problem with real racing 3 graphics. Initially I though it was because it was set to low , so I did all the things with the plist files, renaming them and copying the xtrahigh.plist several times to get the game to pick it blah blah blah

. But that doesn't seem to improve anything, or at least not what I want to improve. I think that the real problem is aliasing....because all the edges are jagged, that graphics isn't bad, the reflections are good, so I think it is set to xtrahigh...it's just the aliasing that's terrible!!

Does anybody have a (preferably non root, but also root is welcome) solution? Any way to activate antialiasing in real racing? ( I did turn on 4x MSAA from Dev options )

Thank you all!!
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtboyz01:
Has anyone used the Limelight app? I've got my PC which is wired into a Airport Extreme and then of course the Nexus Player is connected over N my router doesn't do AC. If I do the Nvidia Utility to optimize games and then run at 720p everything runs perfect but if I up it to 1080p it lags not really bad but bad enough that it annoys you. I know it is not the PC because it can run with everything maxed out no problem. I'm assuming it is a bandwidth issue getting to the nexus player. Would it be best to maybe get a USB ethernet adapter or a AC router. I have no problem running the ethernet cable actually already have one ran for my Roku 3.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrammer:
mine operates 1080p fine

the only problem I have is sometimes when I load a game directly it is black screen, so I just load it through the steam dashboard.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimdae:
Streaming from the nvidia tools, the picture is not great but I believe it's due to compression and not resolution. Also there's a bit of input lag, which appears to be due to streaming and not input communication (near instant response on the broadcasting PC).
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoundMage:
Gave it my first shot tonight.

I'm using the Nexus Player over LAN via USB OTG and a StarTech (see: cheap-ass) USB 2.0 HUB. I set connection to 1080p 60FPS, and 100MB connection. I'm using a Netgear R6250 AC router. I was able to play Steam Big Picture without any noticeable input lag. I tested several different games: BioShock Infinite (the final checkpoint to the ending), Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (much higher than 60FPS), Final Fantasy XIII (about 1 hour of gameplay), and Brutal Legend (played about 20 minutes of gameplay, hated it). The main point is: I was taken back. I didn't expect this to work so well, and I don't regret my Nexus Player purchase anymore, even if Google were to abandon the project as it stands now (lets be real, this project needs a lot of work).

If there's anything else you'd like to know, I'd be happy to provide the information. Oh, while I'm mentioning what I played, I'm running a fairly decent rig, an i5 4670k, with 8GB Corsiar RAM, and an EVGA GeForce 660Ti. Nothing is currently overclocked.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinayakn73:
khoooool
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kramnets:
What controller did you use? And was there any issue with button mapping?
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtboyz01:
Hmm sounds like it must be a bandwidth issue for me since the Nexus Player is using wireless N and the host is wired. Time to buy a adapter and get a wired connection. Just for curiosity can you try using your AC wireless and see the performance please.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoundMage:
I would think in the case of streaming, it would always be better to try to go LAN. I know it's certainly possible to not use WiFi, as I also own an Nvidia Shield Tablet and I play remotely every day (Wifi N,) but certainly preferable to be hard-wired in whenever possible. The Nexus Player automatically switches to LAN when it's connected and settings become available once plugged in. A shame so many things are needed to make that happen though.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Konstigt:
I would like to play Grim Fandango Remastered on NP, is it possible via Limelight?

http://grimremastered.com/
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darker_slayer:
Already run an Asus AC68u router (before owning the NP) so I've been playing limelight over ac WiFi. I also have a gtx660ti in my gaming computer. Extremely impressed by nvidia and the folks at limelight who REd the game stream protocol. Truly great experience for me, but I'm not an fps multiplayer fanatic. I just like playing campaign, adventure, hack n slash games on the big screen. My input lag and decode lag was 9ms. I honestly don't know if that's good or bad but it's the numbers I remember from playing Arkham Origins last night. I don't notice any performance hit with that lag. Everything feels real time to me, but I'm probably not very sensitive to that like some real avid gamers may be. Never tried Lan

Everything in my stream library has worked so far. I use the dual shock controller with the sixaxis apk (sideloaded). That screws up the remote but I use my tv remote through HDMI cec anyway, along with the ds3 controller I don't miss the standard controller. The sixaxis apk has a nifty trick that has helped me a few times. In preferences you can toggle "mouse" support with any button. I choose the PS-power button on the ds3. I can't recall which but one of my stream games just sits there asking me to press start, and I can toggle the mouse mode to press it. Most games that ask that (even without game pad support) usually go straight to the game as if limelight is helping you along by providing the start click or something
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jameyc:
No problems with Limelght stremaing on mine.. 1080p/60fps, over ac wifi using an AC68u router. I've tested it with about a dozen games at this point, most only briefly.

Latency reported varied from 6 to 10ms, with the median probably falling about 9ms. Feel wise, it was barely perceptible, and didn't have any effect on gameplay in any games tested. I did not test with any shooters, other than Defiance, which is toward the slow end anyway as shooters go. I probably ran about 1hr of Guild Wars 2 through it without any problems - no disconnecting, crashing ,or other wonkyness. Once or twice I'd notice compression artifacts but they would clear up in under about 1/4th of a second.

On the gamepad side of things, I played Assassin's Creed: Black Flag a bit, using a 360 wireless gamepad and the MS usb receiver for it. Here's an interesting tidbit - the game popped into gamepad mode, even though there wasn't a gamepad hooked up to the PC itself.

The gamepad mappings were correct/all buttons worked the same within the game as they do when the gamepad is hooked directly to the PC. I'm not 100% sure that's an out of the box thing though, because I have been messing with the keymap file for the 360 controller to get it's d-pad working in general. I'll have to do a little more testing in that respect when I get a chance.

Overall the experience was great though, and really opens up some interesting possibilities.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkShadowSwE:
I wish my Limelight would work but i think its a problem with my PC and Nvidia Experience sins i cant even get the program to open on my PC, just errors every time i try top open Nvidia Experience, and i tried to connect to my PC from the app and i got prompted with a box to enter the pin and managed to start a game from steam but it didnt work so good, the game started but suddenly i lost the ability to stear and the app kicked me and it takes 10 tried to get it to start just to play 1 minute...

So i tried Splashtop THD and Splashtop 2 but those where unuseable sins the screen was all green and flickery so i have to settle with Kainy HD that works fairly good...
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darker_slayer:
Which nvidia GPU are you running?

I remember hearing about something similar called kino console but I've never tried it
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkShadowSwE:
well damn, that worked a lot better, might even pay the ~10$ sins it worked way better than my ~20$+ Splashtop THD.

i got a 970 GTX so should be no problem, but my Nvidia Experience wont even start and seems just buggy as hell, so Kino was a good alternative, low latency and smooth gameplay with the default remote.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darker_slayer:
Too bad. My 660 does great with limelight. Did you enable gamestream and tell it where to scan your game libraries?

It can also work well just staying inside steam, but on your steam-server you need to go to big picture mode and enable hardware accelerated encoding. HW decoding was enabled by default I believe, but encoding was not. Without it steam IHS will suck through steam and consequently through limelight
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkShadowSwE:
ah, yes, the streaming was enabled and last time i used it i managed to laung borderlands but it soon stoped working and i allways have connection issues and gets disconnected soon after i connect.

the hardware encoding was not tho..., gonna give it one more go with it enabled when my kid goes to bed tonight, cheers again, :)
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IceCreamTaco:
I never knew this was an option . i shall be testing this too thanks

might explain why sometimes i a SLOW ENCODE message on the bottom left , im not using limelight however i have another pc i was just curious about limelight so took a gander in here , glad i did!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericdmiller:
Brought my new Nexus 6 from Moto Store to VZW today and the rep said it could not be activated. Said the phone doesn't show up in their system.

So I resorted to cutting down my Note 3's Micro Sim. I have barely any plastic left on the sim now but it doesn't fit in the tray. What am I doing wrong?

Please help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbajwill55:
I'd ask them to activate a Nano SIM for your Note 3, then swap it into the Nexus 6. It shows up in their system as a "Non VZW Device." If they refuse, try calling other stores until you find one that'll do it for you.

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/11/1...ivate-your-new-nexus-6-here-are-your-options/
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericdmiller:
Thanks. I did see that link.

But how would Verizon give me a Nano Sim for my Note 3 when it takes Micro Sim?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbajwill55:
It's my understanding that they can activate the Nano SIM through their computers without actually having to place it in the phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostnuke:
Tell them to give you a nano Sim and an adapter so it will work in your note3.

Tell them you are wanting yo future proof your Sim card. Should be no charge.

Then do the swap as suggested above.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epphllps:
From what I've been told, verizon won't activate a nano sim for a phone that doesn't take a nano sim. I would keep trying stores or ask if they can activate it on an in store device and then swap it to your phone. They did for me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
I called customer service, gave them the part number posted elsewhere in these threads & they sent my nano sim free of charge. Once in hand, I put it into a micro adapter and put it into my vzw galaxy S4, called customer service and they activated the Sim in my s4. Then I transferred the sim to my Nexus 6. Everything works fine once I reset network from global to LTE.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atrain1976:
verizon

I wanted to share my experience activating a nano sim for a LG G2 on Verizon in anticipation of my Nexus 6 arrival (which I bought from Motorola's website). I went to the Verizon store and requested a nano sim but they refused unless I had a device that took one. I tried various stories and stores trying to get a sim with no success. I called customer service and requested a nano sim the rep said, "sure no problem," and three days later I got a micro sim in the mail. I called back and this rep said the problem was their system automatically issues the sim appropriate to the device on the account. She transferred me to technical support and the guy somehow got a nano sim order for my current device (LG G2). I bought a nano to micro adapter and today the nano sim arrived. I put it in the phone went online and activated it. No problems! I now have a nano sim ready for when my Nexus 6 arrives. I can't believe it worked, I thought I was going to have to cut my micro sim. Any way, good luck to other Verizon customers that don't have a nano sim already. I guess you can ask for tech support and hope they are cool like they were for me. ﻿
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
Closely parallels my experience.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericdmiller:
Went back to the store to try this. He wasn't able to activate a nano sim for my note 3 because system said incompatible device. While he's standing there scratching his head I ask him for a pair of scissors. I look at the nano he was about to give me and I cut my micro to the same size. Throw it in the Nexus and it worked.

All set.