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It is really sketchy and not good quality at all, my GS2 has better video playback quality
YouTube looks crap, ESPN goals does too (you can hardly see the football) and so does any videos loaded through the browser
What are your thoughts?
Cheers
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It is really sketchy and not good quality at all, my GS2 has better video playback quality
YouTube looks crap, ESPN goals does too (you can hardly see the football) and so does any videos loaded through the browser
What are your thoughts?
Cheers
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Are you on WiFi or 3G? Are you using HQ option? Have you tried watching HD film trailers? Like one of these: (that was the first trailer I saw, introduced by one of the XDA members)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh29_SERH0Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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It is really sketchy and not good quality at all, my GS2 has better video playback quality
YouTube looks crap, ESPN goals does too (you can hardly see the football) and so does any videos loaded through the browser
What are your thoughts?
Cheers
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Is that the same GS2 you tried to scratch the screen off before you got rid of it? (But still have it.)
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The one I got rid of had dead pixels so it was being exchanged by the network and that is the one I did the scratch test on because I didn't care what the network thought due to the way they pissed me around. The replacement which I am contracted to, I still have.
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Are you on WiFi or 3G? Are you using HQ option? Have you tried watching HD film trailers? Like one of these: (that was the first trailer I saw, introduced by one of the XDA members)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh29_SERH0Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Yeah I've tried it mate, thanks... if I can I will try and get a video to show it.
Can it be due to the GPU?
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Watch the name calling and argumentative behavior. Consider this your warning. There is no need for that on these forums.....
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Watch the name calling and argumentative behavior. Consider this your warning. There is no need for that on these forums.....
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Its him trolling, I am just voicing my concerns for the phone in hope that someone can advise of a fix or solution rather than just pretending everything is honky dory like the majority on here
I appreciate what you're saying tho so I apologise to you
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Its him trolling, I am just voicing my concerns for the phone in hope that someone can advise of a fix or solution rather than just pretending everything is honky dory like the majority on here
I appreciate what you're saying tho so I apologise to you
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I get what you are saying, and I see what is going on, believe me. I am watching closely.
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I get what you are saying, and I see what is going on, believe me. I am watching closely.
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Well as long as you know I'm not trolling, I love this site, this nexus and the S2
But I am just trying to patch some of the things on the nexus I don't like by getting other people's opinions on how to fix it, eg how to improve the video playback quality
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How about an actual video file you copy to the device?
Does it look bad then?
I think netflix looks like **** on this phone.. though I attribute that to the fact that it isn't in HD..
Download a nice .mkv 720p HD trailer from the web, and view. It looks stunning.
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Download a nice .mkv 720p HD trailer from the web, and view. It looks stunning.
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Anything you'd recommend mate?
And do you think the videos I have mentioned look bad due to them not being optimized?
What I can't understand is why the i4 videos are so stunning clear yet these aren't when there isn't much PPI difference
that's the problem of the super HD devices
regular videos optimized for the web are too low quality for the phone
you will need at least videos optimized for 480 if not 720 for it to look good
so in youtube you need to select 480 if 720 is not available
that means you will also eat a lot more DATA if you are on 3G / 4G
this is one of the many reason why GN wasn't so appetizing to me
specially when 3G & 4G networks are not as fast as they advertise them to be
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that's the problem of the super HD devices
regular videos optimized for the web are too low quality for the phone
you will need at least videos optimized for 480 if not 720 for it to look good
so in youtube you need to select 480 if 720 is not available
that means you will also eat a lot more DATA if you are on 3G / 4G
this is one of the many reason why GN wasn't so appetizing to me
specially when 3G & 4G networks are not as fast as they advertise them to be
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Data isn't a problem for me with 3's "All you can eat data" but the video optimization is, I am a bit gutted about the quality
Thanks for explaining tho mate
download jetvd, a google search will do. then view it in 720p or you can download it to your phone in 720p
As for YouTube are you watching from the browser or the app itself?
I compared an HD video in the youtube app between the Galaxy Nexus and the SGS2 and the Nexus wins hands down... the detail is far superior because of the newer youtube app on the nexus. When the SGS2 gets ICS and/or the same youtube app as the nexus then maybe it'll be closer.
For large MKV files the SGS2 will win because samsung supplies codecs to view almost any video you throw at it, where as the nexus is constrained by the codecs that AOSP supports, which isn't nearly as expansive.
I have no clue what the **** the OP is talking about.
Check out the 2012 trailer in HD (should be the first in YouTube when searching for "HD 2012 trailer"). And make sure it actually has the "HD" icon in the vid list when you get your search results.
There is a little frame stutter... but hell, my $2000 i5 + ATI 6990 triple monitor gaming system also has frame stutter with YouTube (nature of FLV). The clarity on the other hand actually surprised me. It's just as good if not completely equal to 1080p MP4 videos (like Kanye's 'Lights') which also play awesome.
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I have no clue what the **** the OP is talking about.
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took the words out of my mouth. i see an eye doctor in op's future. or use hdmi over mhl to see what the nexus is capable of on an even bigger screen!
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It is really sketchy and not good quality at all, my GS2 has better video playback quality
YouTube looks crap, ESPN goals does too (you can hardly see the football) and so does any videos loaded through the browser
What are your thoughts?
Cheers
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Download this video file to your phone and play it. If this doesn't blow you away then I don't know what could.
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video credits goto TSO Photography and I am just using it for demo purposes. No intention to violate any copyrights to the owner. Mods, please remove the link if you see this is in violation to rules. I apologize in advance.
What do you guys use to play MKVs?
The SGS2 has its own codecs, when I used other ROMs I would use Moboplayer.
But Moboplayer won't download any codecs on the Galaxy Nexus so it's basically useless. Next I tried Rock Player, with hardware decoding I get good video but no sound and in software decoding I get good audio but suttering video.
So what to do? Re-encoding is a pain...
I am thinkingabout buying a Windowsphone 7 device from at&t in December when I can upgrade. My inspire 4g may not be able to run jellybean this year and I am tired of androidbeing sluggish and fragmented. I love the simplicity I can see in videos of windows phone and with the titan 2 starting up the ne let featurein windows phones I think it would be a good idea for some change. !*BUT*! I am worried about when Apollo comes out my phone MIGHT not be upgraded and I would be stuck with an old outdated phone for a year. I was also wondering what kind of hacking community there is and what kind of hacks there are. If somebody could post all of the pros and cons of windowsphone compared to android and the hacking comunity
To restate my questions I want to.know:
1)what are the pros and cons of windows phone compare to android
2) what kind of hacking community is there for windows phone and what hacks and mods are there
3) will it be upgraded to Apollo(I know that no one can say for sure but there are some sources I'm sure that have an idea)
Thanks in advance for any replies
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Well the hacking community on android is much larger than the one for windows phone, and plus there are not quite as many things that you can change in windows phone as you can in android. Another problem is that if you get a second gen windows phone you will not be able to unlock it unless you get a Microsoft developer account, I think it is called an "app hub" account. Even then there will not be many things that you could side load onto your phone. The only gen 2 windows phones that can be unlocked are the Samsung ones, from this one opening called "windows break". The pros with windows phones are simplicity, no lag over time(my android experience, fast in the beginning slow over time) but the cons are the customization of the phone and things like that. Well there is a large chance that all windows phone will get upgraded to Apollo, but they wont have all of the features that the Apollo devices will have.
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Well the hacking community on android is much larger than the one for windows phone, and plus there are not quite as many things that you can change in windows phone as you can in android. Another problem is that if you get a second gen windows phone you will not be able to unlock it unless you get a Microsoft developer account, I think it is called an "app hub" account. Even then there will not be many things that you could side load onto your phone. The only gen 2 windows phones that can be unlocked are the Samsung ones, from this one opening called "windows break". The pros with windows phones are simplicity, no lag over time(my android experience, fast in the beginning slow over time) but the cons are the customization of the phone and things like that. Well there is a large chance that all windows phone will get upgraded to Apollo, but they wont have all of the features that the Apollo devices will have.
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I know the development community is small but would you mind giving an example or two of the changesyou can make...it seems good enough jump right? Would you recommend switc? And thanks a bu.ch for the help!
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I think it's too early for you to post if it's 1 year from now on.
You really mean December?
As far as I understand, latest gen WPs will have the highest possiblity up upgrade, Lumia 800-900, Titan II
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1)what are the pros and cons of windows phone compare to android
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I hated android up to 4.0 and it still sucks for me, too much lag, fragmentation, piracy concerns over Google, etc. Yes, not a fan of Android in general so hard to not be biased.
I think WP is the new king of innovation, it was Apple with the original iPhone first but not they just sue and copy.
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-flattered-with-apples-ios-5-windows-phone-features/
TL;DR WP is simply beautiful, snappy and intuitive
If it's hacking and modding you're looking for, Windows Phone isn't your ideal OS--you want Android. You're not going to get custom ROMs and a wide selection of homebrew root-user apps on Windows Phone. That stuff doesn't exist.
If, however, you're looking for a cohesive, refined, "authentically digital" user experience and interface, Windows Phone is the place to be. It's beautiful and fluid in ways that Android will never be.
And if you're looking to develop, Windows Phone is a great place to start. It doesn't have the horrendous up-front cost of developing for iPhone, and it doesn't have the fragmentation/emulator problems of developing for Android. The emulator works great, and if you want to publish to the market or sideload onto your phone, it's only $100--free if you're a student!
well the cons for windows phone are simply that it isn't as customizable as android is and also currently does not support USB mass storage ,this has been a problem for some and may be a problem for you but I haven't really missed it because of SkyDrive and how it's integrated into the phone. Mass storage will be even more unnecessary with win8.
The pros are that it has more integrated services than Android does out the box and that it doesn't need 4 cores to run smooth and stable. It also provides a top notch, innovative and beautiful experience. All phones especially the ones that shipped with mango will be updated to Apollo. But since you won't be upgrading till December I'm sure there will be phones around that time with Apollo pre installed.
Why is this the new chant "4 cores to run smooth"? It is not even true.
trh1341, would you be able to run through what exactly you use your phone for now? What apps do you use? Features? Are you looking to buy out of contract or on a plan?
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Why is this the new chant "4 cores to run smooth"? It is not even true.
trh1341, would you be able to run through what exactly you use your phone for now? What apps do you use? Features? Are you looking to buy out of contract or on a plan?
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Well I don't do to much...I have a couple games but other than that I really only listen to music and look aroundon the internet I sometimes stream music...I really just. Need a phone that runs smooth and can get me throughthe day when listeningto music with SOME web browsing...can windows pho.e do that well you think?
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trh1341 said:
Well I don't do to much...I have a couple games but other than that I really only listen to music and look aroundon the internet I sometimes stream music...I really just. Need a phone that runs smooth and can get me throughthe day when listeningto music with SOME web browsing...can windows pho.e do that well you think?
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For that? Yes, WP is perfect for that. Internet browsing is fluid and quick- there's no lag in scrolling or zooming, the download speeds for pages are pretty equivalent, and IE is actually a stunningly good mobile browser.
For music streaming, you can stream from Google Music with an app, from Skydrive, or - if you want a real premium service, Zune's streaming is the best out of all the mobile ecosystems.
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For that? Yes, WP is perfect for that. Internet browsing is fluid and quick- there's no lag in scrolling or zooming, the download speeds for pages are pretty equivalent, and IE is actually a stunningly good mobile browser.
For music streaming, you can stream from Google Music with an app, from Skydrive, or - if you want a real premium service, Zune's streaming is the best out of all the mobile ecosystems.
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How much is skydive and zine? Sorry for all these dumb questions
I am hopingthe titan 2 will be out by December
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SkyDrive gives you 25GB for free with 50 (or maybe 100MB) file size limitations. I believe this is free and you will be able to access your content and stream this way.
Zune's Music pass is $9.99 subscription based service for streaming music. I have never used it but I hear good things from users.
The Titan 2 seems like quite a large phone for that purpose. And I am not sure what kind of battery life that phone will achieve.
I have a titan 1 and get about 17 hours life out of it. That is using the internet, texting, exchange mail, hotmail (both pushed), Comcast, and 2 other email accounts checking every hour.
For streaming. There is also a pandora client although not official, tune in radio is simply awesome as it will find all your local radio stations for any city, it includes an fm radio in every windows phone, don't have to subscribe to zune, you can also just purchase music which also syncs to your pc, slacker radio, iheartradio. Lots of music choices.
For fun, - I lol'd, that's what she said, the chive, and urban dictionary rock + all have live tiles.
For weather - i am now using a paid app called amazing weather which has animations. Weather channel is really good for free and so is accuweather. all have live tiles to show you current weather on home screen without opening app.
Games - where to start. Yeti sports is fun. Splinter cell. Need for speed undercover and hot pursuit. For free - titan rocks. I still haven't completed it.
Windows phone has trials for most games so check them out.
Messenger . Video chat - facebook is built in along with windows live, twitter and link'nd in
IM+ is pretty good as a multimessenger. Skype although it's beta and contacts must be loaded from the pc version. Tango works pretty well also.
Facebook also has a seperate client.
Forward contact is cool. It changes your business card into a QR code that any phone can scan in using a qr reader.
Barcode reading is built in although there was a few it couldnt find. Shop savy makes up for it and is free.
Keyring - scan all your grocerie cards in so you don't have to carry them
HTC flashlight - Since windows phone voice opens apps, this rocks. press the windows button and say start flashlight and it will come on. Great for finding your keys when you forget to turn porch light on.
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I have a titan 1 and get about 17 hours life out of it. That is using the internet, texting, exchange mail, hotmail (both pushed), Comcast, and 2 other email accounts checking every hour.
For streaming. There is also a pandora client although not official, tune in radio is simply awesome as it will find all your local radio stations for any city, it includes an fm radio in every windows phone, don't have to subscribe to zune, you can also just purchase music which also syncs to your pc, slacker radio, iheartradio. Lots of music choices.
For fun, - I lol'd, that's what she said, the chive, and urban dictionary rock + all have live tiles.
For weather - i am now using a paid app called amazing weather which has animations. Weather channel is really good for free and so is accuweather. all have live tiles to show you current weather on home screen without opening app.
Games - where to start. Yeti sports is fun. Splinter cell. Need for speed undercover and hot pursuit. For free - titan rocks. I still haven't completed it.
Windows phone has trials for most games so check them out.
Messenger . Video chat - facebook is built in along with windows live, twitter and link'nd in
IM+ is pretty good as a multimessenger. Skype although it's beta and contacts must be loaded from the pc version. Tango works pretty well also.
Facebook also has a seperate client.
Forward contact is cool. It changes your business card into a QR code that any phone can scan in using a qr reader.
Barcode reading is built in although there was a few it couldnt find. Shop savy makes up for it and is free.
Keyring - scan all your grocerie cards in so you don't have to carry them
HTC flashlight - Since windows phone voice opens apps, this rocks. press the windows button and say start flashlight and it will come on. Great for finding your keys when you forget to turn porch light on.
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This is probablyone of the most complete answers I have ever seen! Thanks very much! I want the titan 2 becauseof the lte
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Perhaps I've missed something but: if you're waiting until December, then Apollo should be out by then.
In which case you'll know whether or not the current phones are being upgraded and you'll know what newly released phones with Apollo pre-installed are available.
Casey
trh1341 said:
This is probablyone of the most complete answers I have ever seen! Thanks very much! I want the titan 2 becauseof the lte
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The titan is my 2nd windows phone. I have been using windows phone since pre nodo when it was released. My original phone was a surround which i still have. My wife sold her iphone because she was trying to cut our bill down and since i got my titan for a penny, she has been using my surround to play games and check facebook - She doesn't like technology though so she still won't stick her sim card in it and use it as a phone (without a data plan) but windows phone is slowly winning her over with the ease of use and games that are the style she likes (she plays the simple ones)
If you are waiting on the titan 2 though ... i would suggest getting the nokia 900 instead. Screen is a little smaller... but Nokia is top notch in quality. I love my titan, but if i could get a Nokia 900 with front facing camera and clear black technology (look up what that does and you will see why) I'd trade my titan in, in a heartbeat.
i agree with the guy above me, nokia is the way to go and their phones are just beautiful, plus on a biased note i cannot stand tablet sized screens.
i was in the same boat as you back in october, but i knew it was time to switch because i just didnt have time to hack and mod to have android run smoother. android is such a hassle, i regret ever wasting time with it. wp7 is so convenient and smooth. zune pass is great if you want to find great music haha, i find like 2 new artists a day.
so based on your daily uses i would definitely suggest wp u wont regret it. and go for a nokia device not htc, they have started to make crappy phones over the past 2 years.
I actually get great battery life out of my Titan too. At the end of business day, I have about 70+% battery life remaining. Thats heavy texting, mid to heavy calls, mild games and mid to heavy use of music.
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This is probablyone of the most complete answers I have ever seen! Thanks very much! I want the titan 2 becauseof the lte
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The titan is my 2nd windows phone. I have been using windows phone since pre nodo when it was released. My original phone was a surround which i still have. My wife sold her iphone because she was trying to cut our bill down and since i got my titan for a penny, she has been using my surround to play games and check facebook - She doesn't like technology though so she still won't stick her sim card in it and use it as a phone (without a data plan) but windows phone is slowly winning her over with the ease of use and games that are the style she likes (she plays the simple ones)
If you are waiting on the titan 2 though ... i would suggest getting the nokia 900 instead. Screen is a little smaller... but Nokia is top notch in quality. I love my titan, but if i could get a Nokia 900 with front facing camera and clear black technology (look up what that does and you will see why) I'd trade my titan in, in a heartbeat.
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The Titan really has no front facing camera?? Thanks again all of you! I will probably go for the Nokia....same size screen ad my inspire
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The Titan really has no front facing camera?? Thanks again all of you! I will probably go for the Nokia....same size screen ad my inspire
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I think you got him wrong. The Titan sports a 1.3mp front facing camera.
Get a HTC trophy.
First, I'm not very well informed on the current state of the market for video glasses. It could very well be in the state it was a few years ago... Not very good. I was just curious as to the compatibility and availability of a decent set of video glasses for night time viewing. My lcd TV is downstairs and am interested in the possibility of video glasses for movies in bed. I use plex quite a lot and would hope that support for apps like plex and viewing would be fairly good. I do know I'd want an immersive experience. Does anything currently exist like this? If so, is there a product remotely affordable? We're talking no more than $250-$300. Just curious if anybody has any knowledge on this.
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So I picked up a G4 and iPhone 6 Plus today. My plan is to use the iPhone as more of an entertainment device music, movies and games since apple has better games in their store unfortunately. Anyway I was wondering if it was possible to download movies from the G4 and pass them over to the iPhone somehow? I know you can download the torrent files on the G4 but passing them is what I'm drawing a blank. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it a lot thank you in advance!
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Very weird question..
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I've never tried that. But maybe go G4 -> computer, then via iTunes, copy the video to the iPhone?
The G4 would be the much better media device since all you need to do is drag-and-drop and watch as you please. Not mention the expandable storage. With iOS, you're pretty much stuck with iTunes sync and then the hassle of file conversions and so on.
As for games, iOS runs it better. My 5S blows the G4 out of the water. Doesn't matter having a high resolution if games need to run at lower settings and still doesn't feel as smooth.
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Hey guys! I'm on a Verizon UDP rooted and tethering enabled. I have always tethered to give my tablet connectivity for Netflix. Previous phones (I.e. Nexus 6, 6p) my normal data usage was 40-50 GB per month. If I didn't watch a lot of videos it would obviously drop.
Anyway, I just wrapped up my first month on the Pixel XL. To my complete surprise, my data usage was 200+ GB. I checked the usage and it's all from tethering/portable hotspot. Yesterday alone, the usage was 8 GB. I was comfortable using 50 GB. I don't wanna be the guy eating up 200+ GB in a month though.
Anyone else ran into anything like this? I don't know what could be different between the Pixel and the Nexus 6p that would cause Netflix to gobble up so much more data. My usage has not changed. I haven't tinkered with any data saving settings on Netflix or on either phone. I'm honestly not sure if it's an issue with the Pixel XL or something that happened in a Netflix update since Christmas. Since the tablet is wifi only, it doesn't have the Netflix cellular data settings in the app setting. I'm baffled...
Is it possible Netflix is just streaming at a higher resolution? Maybe you get better download rates with the pixel. Maybe they added a tower coincidentally at the same time you got the pixel. If you still have the nexus you could stream a movie and check your data usage then stream the same movie with the pixel to compare.
Could be Netflix running at a higher quality, however I have no way to change the quality...So that would be a Netflix update issue. It's definitely not a new tower boosting the network speed in the last month. I'm in a different city everyday, so they surely haven't added that much to the network. Maybe I can try the streaming from both phones this weekend. That would at least confirm if it's something with the Pixel, or some greater unknown problem.
I called Verizon asking about my plan the other day and asked if there planning to take my ud away anytime soon. She told me that they are sending out letters to people using over 100_150 a month. Taking them off ud or cancel them completely. Wonder if there's any truth to that
I read that somewhere as well. Yet another reason I want to figure what's changed and get my usage back down to a reasonable amount. Obviously I could just stop watching videos. I'd much rather find the cause of a 1 hour episode quadrupling in data usage from December (Nexus 6p) and January (Pixel XL).
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Anyway, I just wrapped up my first month on the Pixel XL. To my complete surprise, my data usage was 200+ GB. I checked the usage and it's all from tethering/portable hotspot. Yesterday alone, the usage was 8 GB. I was comfortable using 50 GB. I don't wanna be the guy eating up 200+ GB in a month though.
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Is your hotspot password protected or open? Could someone be connecting into your hotspot?
Have you looked in settings to see what cause your data to flare up?
Great thought, but yeah the hotspot is password protected. Setting shows basically all of the data usage is from tethering.
Apparently Netflix lists that HD shows over wifi use up to 3 GB per hour. This actually sounds in line with what I'm getting on my high usage month. I wonder if something changed in the Netflix app on my tablet (an update) where it's now streaming full throttle...Maybe before, it acted as though it was using cellular data and set to run a lower resolution. Now it thinks it's on home wifi and it's streaming full HD to my same old tablet.
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Great thought, but yeah the hotspot is password protected. Setting shows basically all of the data usage is from tethering.
Apparently Netflix lists that HD shows over wifi use up to 3 GB per hour. This actually sounds in line with what I'm getting on my high usage month. I wonder if something changed in the Netflix app on my tablet (an update) where it's now streaming full throttle...Maybe before, it acted as though it was using cellular data and set to run a lower resolution. Now it thinks it's on home wifi and it's streaming full HD to my same old tablet.
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That's pretty much what I was saying. Netflix will stream at the highest quality possible so it's likely that something changed, maybe related to your phone, around the same time you got the phone and Netflix noticed that it CAN stream at a higher vibrate so it did.
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That's pretty much what I was saying. Netflix will stream at the highest quality possible so it's likely that something changed, maybe related to your phone, around the same time you got the phone and Netflix noticed that it CAN stream at a higher vibrate so it did.
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Can you lower the stream resolution? I've never gone above 20....and since December I've been pushing @40. Only a few for tethering. I'm finding the NBC sports app is racking it up for me
On a wifi only tablet, the Netflix app does not have the option to adjust data usage by changing the video quality. There is an entire Netflix profile option to change the resolution. The downside is that this lowers the resolution for every device you steam to....So using low quality will suck when you go home and fire up Netflix on the 65" 4k TV.
Today I used 9gb of data while watching maybe 3 hours of Netflix video on my tablet. I phoned Netflix this past weekend to express my concern. The lady kept me on the phone for about an hour, and the final word was they hadn't made any changes on their end. I'm really convinced that going from the Nexus 6p to the Pixel XL would not cause the hotspot to use quadruple the data on Netflix.
I'm just completely bummed over this and at a complete loss.
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On a wifi only tablet, the Netflix app does not have the option to adjust data usage by changing the video quality. There is an entire Netflix profile option to change the resolution. The downside is that this lowers the resolution for every device you steam to....So using low quality will suck when you go home and fire up Netflix on the 65" 4k TV.
Today I used 9gb of data while watching maybe 3 hours of Netflix video on my tablet. I phoned Netflix this past weekend to express my concern. The lady kept me on the phone for about an hour, and the final word was they hadn't made any changes on their end. I'm really convinced that going from the Nexus 6p to the Pixel XL would not cause the hotspot to use quadruple the data on Netflix.
I'm just completely bummed over this and at a complete loss.
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Netflix should be using lower bandwith when connected through data. On Wifi it will whatever your settings are on the website account settings. I think you are going to have to change it up and down via the site when you are on the tablet or at home. You may also look for hotspot software that can restrict data rate to other devices.
Good Luck.
That's what I'm thinking as well. The unfortunate hassle of changing the account settings. It's just strange how it wasn't like this a month ago. Then something happens and the data use goes through the roof.
ctrl+alt+shift+s while streaming a video on netflix will bring up a menu which will let you change your video settings including video bandwidth and audio bitrate
At least they warned you, I remember when they used to sneak a fair use policy into the contract. Take the quality down a notch and you'll be fine.
Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same problem with my Pixel XL. I use tethering when traveling for business and notice too that just by doing my business activity I'm using more than double the data than on my Nexus phone. It is Andriod OS that is using about the same data then the tethering option. I called Google support and was told that this is a known issue and that Google is working on a fix