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My Nexus 6p worked pretty well except had to do a battery replacement once after which the battery life remained excellent. After nearly 3 years of usage, dropp

My Nexus 6p worked pretty well except had to do a battery replacement once after which the battery life remained excellent. After nearly 3 years of usage, dropped it and shattered the glass. Tried several places for a replacement screen but the feedback everywhere was "parts no longer available". The phone works perfectly otherwise and I had no intention of getting a new one soon. Finally gave up and bought a Oneplus 6. This kind of forced phasing out of devices is really unfortunate.

freedomben 8y ago
This is eerily similar to my experience. I absolutely love my OnePlus 6. 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage is phenomenal, and double the resources of the pixel 3
- mehrdadn 8y ago
  Random question about OnePlus since I'm seeing it in a Linux conversation... do you happen to use Termux? If so do you happen to know how to run a daemon (e.g. SSH) without getting choked by BgDetect every few minutes?
  - freedomben 8y ago
    Yeah I do run termux, but I don't run an SSH daemon anymore (mostly because of issues like that). I just plug in the USB cable and run `adb shell` whenever I need a shell on the phone. Performance for file transfers is also way faster and more reliable using `adb pull /sdcard/DCIM ./` than with `scp -r phone:/sdcard/DCIM/ ./` I use termux mostly just run my own ruby scripts or SSH to cloud servers and stuff. Mind if I ask where the conversation is? (if it's public). That sounds like something I'd enjoy :-)
    - mehrdadn 8y ago
      Oh, I was just referring to this post, which is about putting Linux on devices meant for other OSes. :-) Ah I see. Yeah I use USB when I need to, but I neither always have enough data to warrant the speed (often just a handful of pics...), nor is it true that I only want SSH for file transfer. =P
    - noisy_boy 8y ago
      Your question was not directed towards me but would like to add that for synhing media between phone and computer, Syncthing[0] has been great for me. Once setup, no manual steps are required anymore - everything syncs automatically. [0]: https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/
- noisy_boy 8y ago
  The only good deal I got on Amazon was for 8GB/128GB storage - still have about 70GB left after having copied all my media over from the Nexus 6p. I think I'll be ready for a replacement by the time I get near filling that 70GB up.
Aissen 8y ago
You can still find parts on ebay for the 6p. And there are youtube videos on how to do the replacement, but it's not something I'd do myself.

freedomben 8y ago

This is eerily similar to my experience. I absolutely love my OnePlus 6. 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage is phenomenal, and double the resources of the pixel 3

mehrdadn 8y ago
Random question about OnePlus since I'm seeing it in a Linux conversation... do you happen to use Termux? If so do you happen to know how to run a daemon (e.g. SSH) without getting choked by BgDetect every few minutes?
- freedomben 8y ago
  Yeah I do run termux, but I don't run an SSH daemon anymore (mostly because of issues like that). I just plug in the USB cable and run `adb shell` whenever I need a shell on the phone. Performance for file transfers is also way faster and more reliable using `adb pull /sdcard/DCIM ./` than with `scp -r phone:/sdcard/DCIM/ ./` I use termux mostly just run my own ruby scripts or SSH to cloud servers and stuff. Mind if I ask where the conversation is? (if it's public). That sounds like something I'd enjoy :-)
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Oh, I was just referring to this post, which is about putting Linux on devices meant for other OSes. :-) Ah I see. Yeah I use USB when I need to, but I neither always have enough data to warrant the speed (often just a handful of pics...), nor is it true that I only want SSH for file transfer. =P
  - noisy_boy 8y ago
    Your question was not directed towards me but would like to add that for synhing media between phone and computer, Syncthing[0] has been great for me. Once setup, no manual steps are required anymore - everything syncs automatically. [0]: https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/
noisy_boy 8y ago
The only good deal I got on Amazon was for 8GB/128GB storage - still have about 70GB left after having copied all my media over from the Nexus 6p. I think I'll be ready for a replacement by the time I get near filling that 70GB up.

Aissen 8y ago

You can still find parts on ebay for the 6p. And there are youtube videos on how to do the replacement, but it's not something I'd do myself.