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What smartphone feature do you never use?

Hadron said:
Do Aeroflot still train pilots to perform instrument landings by pulling blinds down in the cockpit on fully loaded passenger flights?

Just curious ;)
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Nope, and Aeroflot doesn't let the pilots' children fly the aircraft these days...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593
Moscow to Hong Kong on Aeroflot, I've done that route as well.

My objective is an easy, cost effective, quick and safe way to get from China to UK and back again.


Yeh....derailed threads.. LOL
 
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I don't use my phone as a sat-nav and i've never used the book reader. One of the silliest things is that i hardly ever use my phone to actually talk to people. I do answer my phone if someone rings me, but in the two years that i've had this phone i bet you could count on one hand how many times ive actually rang someone up.
 
I have to agree with you there, and I have something like over 1oo free minutes a month and I still don't call anyone!! I do think it's a good idea to answer when THEY call though, as you pointed out, lol.

12noon said:
I don't use my phone as a sat-nav and i've never used the book reader. One of the silliest things is that i hardly ever use my phone to actually talk to people. I do answer my phone if someone rings me, but in the two years that i've had this phone i bet you could count on one hand how many times ive actually rang someone up.
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12noon said:
I don't use my phone as a sat-nav and i've never used the book reader. One of the silliest things is that i hardly ever use my phone to actually talk to people. I do answer my phone if someone rings me, but in the two years that i've had this phone i bet you could count on one hand how many times ive actually rang someone up.
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Call someone? You can do that?
 
Miracast / other screen mirroring feature. There's nothing that I do on my smartphone that would be better served by blowing it up to a larger screen while keeping the same resolution.

Casting content via Chromecast, on the other hand, is a feature I use almost daily.
 
codesplice said:
Miracast / other screen mirroring feature. There's nothing that I do on my smartphone that would be better served by blowing it up to a larger screen while keeping the same resolution.

Casting content via Chromecast, on the other hand, is a feature I use almost daily.
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Ditto and ditto
 
oh .. and the mulit screen / multi tasking.

I really want to use it.. I need to use it... but it is too hard.
it does not reconfigure in a way for me to use... cuts off what I need to access or see.
 
I'm a big fan of NFC - particularly with the new and improved Android Pay that just launched. I've also used it a lot in the past for quickly "beaming" apps and other information from one device to another without requiring any sort of pairing, and also for triggering various profiles and automation with Tasker. In fact, I'd say NFC is one of my favorite hardware features - I'm way more interested in that than I am in expandable storage.

Just to name a few practical uses of NFC.... ;)
 
codesplice said:
I'm a big fan of NFC - particularly with the new and improved Android Pay that just launched. I've also used it a lot in the past for quickly "beaming" apps and other information from one device to another without requiring any sort of pairing, and also for triggering various profiles and automation with Tasker. In fact, I'd say NFC is one of my favorite hardware features - I'm way more interested in that than I am in expandable storage.

Just to name a few practical uses of NFC.... ;)
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Guess I just haven't needed that instant transfer yet. All my stuff gets synced to all the devices in my home via Dropbox /Dropsync. When I save something it's on the other devices in seconds.
 
lunatic59 said:
What smartphone feature do you never use?

I was putting my phone in my car dock this morning, like I do every morning and I noticed a hole on the top of it. For a second I thought "I don't remember that being there" and then I realized it was the headphone jack. It occurred to me that I NEVER use headphones with my phone. I have a separate device (okay, it's an iPod -- 3rd generation nano -- the square one) that I use for tunes with a head set.
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WiFi Direct = No but headphones & Hotspot = yes (to connect Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 when there's no WiFi)
 
Bluetooth. Absolutely no use to me. Tried it once years back but after that never really bother with it. Dont use developers options except to turn on usb debugging.
 
I've previously stated NFC was low on my go-to/gotta have features,but,if Android Pay/Samsung Pay gain traction in the places/areas I frequent,I may change my tune.
A BTW/PSA:
If anyone was curious as to if rooting breaks either Android Pay or Samsung Pay,ATM it appears so.
Android Pay no workee on my rooted Note 5 or LG G Stylo.
However,as soon as I removed root from the Stylo,it loaded up.
On both when rooted,I got this Nasty-Gram:
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KOLIO said:
I've previously stated NFC was low on my go-to/gotta have features,but,if Android Pay/Samsung Pay gain traction in the places/areas I frequent,I may change my tune.
A BTW/PSA:
If anyone was curious as to if rooting breaks either Android Pay or Samsung Pay,ATM it appears so.
Android Pay no workee on my rooted Note 5 or LG G Stylo.
However,as soon as I removed root from the Stylo,it loaded up.
On both when rooted,I got this Nasty-Gram:
u9uY8Kel.png
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Sorry to stray off-topic a bit,but,this is promising:

I unrooted my LG G STYLO (still had TWRP installed) & successfully installed ANDROID PAY,ready to go.
Then,I re-rooted & Android Pay is still ready to go.
Gonna ODIN my NOTE5 back to stock & try this out
Although the root process is a bit different,I'm hoping for the best...................
 
Tringle said:
The FM radio. Because Samsung in its infinite wisdom unilaterally and incorrectly decided that this was a feature I did not need.
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I would actually welcome this w/a real functioning antenna as many of the phones in other markets have.
I do not use wired earbuds (which act as the antenna),so,I kinda feel your pain.
 
Don't use NFC or the fingerprint scanner.
I use the headphone jack, but I plug a Square card reader into it. It's been decades since I used headphones of any sort for music (thank you bluetooth).
I use the IR blaster semi-regularly, but never at home. I use it to turn off/down too loud TVs at restaurants. I know, I'm a bad person, but not once has anyone ever said "Hey, why is the TV volume so low?"
 
[QUOTE="KOLIO, post: 7082518, memb how theer: 383516"
I do not use wired earbuds (which act as the antenna),so,I kinda feel your pain.[/QUOTE]
Yes you can see how the economics work though. Nothing in it for the carriers if Joe user listens to FM radio. But Internet radio is using up some of the data allowance. Samsung bowing to pressure or making decisions on features which maximise their products' attractiveness?
 
It has been a long time since I had a phone with a FM radio.

I did not use ear buds. As memory serves me I had an ear bud cable with the buds chopped off and this when inserted in the headphone jack provided the antenna. The two severed leads were NOT connected. Sound came form the speaker.

... Thom
 
The camera. Once in a blue moon I might take a picture of something.
Almost seems like a waste having such a nice camera and never using it.
I also don't use the fingerprint scanner.
 
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