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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on December 09, 2016, 02:02 PM »

I will eventually buy from geekbuying.

However, can you tell me please which of these is better?

http://www.geekbuyin...--Silver-371398.html
http://www.geekbuyin...e---Gray-373063.html
http://www.geekbuyin...artphone-371104.html

do you know the phones better and can comment?
thanks!

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Living Room / Re: grab urls

« Last post by kalos on December 02, 2016, 05:48 PM »

I gave Downthemall a try, but is there a way to make the downloads delay every x seconds so that I won't abuse the server???

Or any other solution, as easy as Downthemall that integrates seamlessly with my Firefox? (I can use other browsers/software)

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Living Room / Re: This time of year I'm reminded how thankful I am for you folks

« Last post by kalos on December 01, 2016, 06:06 PM »

thank you!

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Living Room / Re: grab urls

« Last post by kalos on November 29, 2016, 07:47 PM »

Well I saw the screen shots! I couldn't figure out

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Living Room / Re: grab urls

« Last post by kalos on November 29, 2016, 07:34 PM »

probably doesnt handle the login, but downthemall?

-Target (November 29, 2016, 07:01 PM)

Can I load a text file with the urls to that and it will use the cookie to authenticate and download?

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Living Room / grab urls

« Last post by kalos on November 29, 2016, 05:33 PM »

Hello!

I have a list of URLs that I want to download from a website that has a form login.

How can I do that automatically in batch?

Is there a downloader and can the downloader use the cookie from my Firefox to authenticate?

thanks!

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Living Room / Re: How to know which vehicle I am driving?

« Last post by kalos on November 26, 2016, 08:14 AM »

thanks but I dont want to have to touch the phone on the surface, is there a touchless way?

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Living Room / How to know which vehicle I am driving?

« Last post by kalos on November 19, 2016, 11:06 AM »

Hello!

I manage a fleet and drivers have pda's to communicate with me. The problem is that they often get to different vehicles than they should to and they never notify me, so that I cannot track them with my tracking software.

Is there a way to get notified when a driver with a pda that has logged in with specific account to automatically notify me what vehicle they are into?

Is there an app that  I can use?

I was thinking to somehow pair the pda with the car, how can that be done?

thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 28, 2016, 11:25 AM »

4wd, I now find on ebay Xiaomi Redmi 3S, is this what we are talking about?

-kalos (October 27, 2016, 06:58 PM)

No.

also do you know any european ebayer? thanks!

I don't use ebay for buying phones.

-4wd (October 27, 2016, 08:32 PM)

oh ok, any other merchant that is decent in europe?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 27, 2016, 06:58 PM »

4wd, I now find on ebay Xiaomi Redmi 3S, is this what we are talking about?
also do you know any european ebayer? thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 26, 2016, 11:44 AM »

Guys, my experience with Vickmail was horrible.

They contacted me after more than 1 week telling me they cannot fulfill my order. They got a phone which they opened it (wtf?? I pay for a sealed phone, not some return or demo!) and although I paid for tax free shipping, they said they cannot promise that.

Horrible!!! It validated again all the past horrible experiences I had with chinese retailers. It will take ages for chinese traders to get civilized and honest.

I will now buy from european company on ebay and report them to paypal.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 19, 2016, 01:35 PM »

I bought Redmi pro 3 international with $200 incl shipping and customs!!!
good price? 
now, should I flash it when it arrives? or could I transfer my data/apps etc from my current samsung note 2 effortlessly? or I will have to install and configure one by one setting, account and app?

thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 17, 2016, 05:07 PM »

guys is there a chinese store price comparison search engine or something?
I need to know which chinese offers the best deal, but it is reliable as well (preferably via paypal)

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Living Room / Is there a reliable printer?

« Last post by kalos on October 09, 2016, 07:13 PM »

hello!

All the printers I have owned, around 10, all failed at some point prematurely. I don't do harsh treatment, but they all had problems, either with the printing quality or the paper handling, or the communication, etc etc.

Is there a reliable printer that will be robust? I need it to be wireless and duplex and color ofcourse.

Most importantly, it must not break! even if it is not used regularly, or for whatever reason.

thanks! 

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 08, 2016, 07:01 PM »

also anyone knows the differences of the various variants?
RedMi Note 3 Pro
RedMi Note 4
RedMi Note 4 Pro
RedMi Pro
etc???

is there a table or something?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 08, 2016, 06:58 PM »

if I buy from geekbuying the International Version that is not ES (I assume Spain) stock, will I pay customs to have it shipped to UK?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 04, 2016, 04:46 PM »

OK I figured out that the kate version is just more 4G compatible and I don't think I need that.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 04, 2016, 03:45 PM »

You accuse me for not supplying information, but the truth is that I don't have any other information to supply apart from my first post in this thread. I just need a phone that will work in UK, I am not tech expert to have special requirements like to be able to connect to 4G+ network in Kuala Lumpur or whatever.

Also, you accuse me that I did no research, while the truth is I did but the information is scarcely available, not offficial and in various forums here and there. I did research, I did find the trustedreviews review, which is a mainstream reliable source.

And I don't ask for something exotic, just the differences of the models in few words, which if someone knows can mention in few seconds.
And to be honest, I don't find any big price differences between the models so I would go for the most feature rich anyway.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 03, 2016, 04:40 PM »

oh don't be so harsh
I am not talking about personal preferences here, I am talking about objective advantages and disadvantages!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2016, 06:25 PM »

RN3SE (International) (Kate) isn't available on eBay atm, they have enough orders to fill via the Chinese retail sites.  Currently it's also a Chinese national holiday which slows things down.  Any that are on eBay are likely to be a Chinese supplier anyway and it's probably cheaper to go direct since there's no eBay overhead and you can still use PayPal or AliPay.

Geekbuying shipped from Spain warehouse:
2GB Gold <- In stock @ 20160930
2GB Gray
3GB Gold <- In stock @ 20160930
3GB Gray <- In stock @ 20161001

Not recommending Geekbuying one way or the other, (I have bought from them), just pointing out there is a place in the EU you can get them, (when they're in stock - a very popular phone at the moment).

-4wd (September 28, 2016, 03:50 PM)

thanks 4wd!

I am about to buy this;
3GB Gray <- In stock @ 20161001

is it the best option? I don't have time now to research in depth so I need your expertise!
also, after it arrives, what's next? do I flash it with another/better firmware or something?
advise please!
thanks! 

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2016, 04:51 PM »

by the way, what are the differences of the SE? is it really worth the hassle?

Since you're not going to help yourself, I suggest you walk into a store and buy a phone.

-4wd (September 27, 2016, 04:42 PM)

I have no clue! there is nothing in their official website and I can't locate a thread in the huge xda-developers or something!
Will you tell me what is the worth about exactly?
Also, there is no ebay option to buy it?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2016, 02:52 PM »

I don't trust alibaba to buy from there, I used in the past a similar chinese bullsht called ioffer or something and I lost my money! absolutely no protection or customer support!

-kalos (September 27, 2016, 01:40 PM)

I haven't had any problems.  Did you look at the seller reviews?  And you can initiate a dispute- they have a process.  And I used it in one case, and it worked.

-wraith808 (September 27, 2016, 02:30 PM)

it's too risky
the item is in turkey, they have no idea if it works in uk

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2016, 01:40 PM »

also, I read the screen is bad, any opinions?

-kalos (September 27, 2016, 01:07 PM)

Link?
there's lots of video reviews, especially out of India, on youtube -- I havent heard anything particularly negative about the screen, but maybe it depends on what you're comparing it with?

-tomos (September 27, 2016, 01:35 PM)

http://www.trustedre...-redmi-note-3-review

I don't trust alibaba to buy from there, I used in the past a similar chinese bullsht called ioffer or something and I lost my money! absolutely no protection or customer support!

by the way, what are the differences of the SE? is it really worth the hassle?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2016, 01:07 PM »

I know you must have done that a while back, but out of curiosity, what did you replace it with?

-tomos (September 27, 2016, 05:25 AM)

Tried a few but settled on Less is More 6.4.
Marshmallow build done by a 3rd party is on the way, if I didn't want a working compass then I'd give the Alpha a try.

XIAOMI have said Android 6 was coming to the RN2 but who knows when that will be, the MIUI developers are slowly working through the models.  If they didn't spend so much time trying to irreversibly intertwine their apps into the OS it would have been here sooner ... then again MTK aren't known for speedy releases of kernal source code which is why a phone with a Qualcomm CPU is better.
Still, an official release of Android 6 based MIUI would allow an alternative to be created that much easier since they can just grab the hardware drivers to incorporate rather than source from other similar specced phones where manufacturers have been a little more pro-active.

If you want to see what it takes to remove the "XIAOMI Ecosphere" from an RN2 and tweak battery life, etc, see here.  I did it but didn't like the result, (a couple of annoyingly obvious bugs), so I switched ROM.

Think I'll save my pennies for the RN3 SE (kate), since I travel overseas it'd be pretty close to the perfect phone at a good price point, (if only it had NFC also).

-4wd (September 27, 2016, 08:40 AM)

can I buy the RN3SE from ebay? or a reputable place? on ebay I find 'china version' or 'singapore version' or whatever, I want it to be in english and work in the uk!

also, I read the screen is bad, any opinions?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2016, 06:21 AM »

The EU XIAOMI forum releases a new version every Friday, it removes a lot of the unnecessary Chinese stuff, incorporates better multi-language support, etc, etc.

https://xiaomi.eu/co...hreads/6-9-22.34371/

You can see there that while the Redmi Note 3 is based on Android 5, the Redmi Note 3 PRO is Android 6.  And it's reasonably simple to flash them once TWRP is installed and getting that on is pretty easy too.

It's safer to refer to the board name that way you know exactly what model you're talking about, eg. hennesy = Redmi Note 3, kenzo = Redmi Note 3 PRO, kate = Redmi Note 3 Special Edition, etc

For me, MIUI just plain sucks - it's why I flashed my RN2 with something else. Plus the amount of screwing around to remove all the tracking, so being able to remove MIUI comes pretty close to item number 1 on the list w.r.t. a XIAOMI phone, (ie. hardware is good, the OS sucks ).

Some links:
XIAOMI Official ROMs
EU XIAOMI Weekly ROMs - Usually based on the developer build from XIAOMI.
sMiUI ROM Kitchen - Roll your own MIUI based ROM, remove MIUI stuff, add some things, etc.
NeedROMs (XIAOMI) - See what's available.
XDA Forums
OzBargain - Geared towards finding the best deal


@kalos: You need to determine the specs you want, not someone else. eg. Processor, RAM, colour, 4G bands, etc, etc and then YOU go search the internet until you have what you consider enough information to make an informed decision.

eg. The Redmi Note 3 Special Edition has 4G Band 28 (700MHz) because it's made for Taiwan but B28 is also used in Australia. This extra coverage makes this version more expensive but it would be worth it for me, doesn't mean it's worth it to you.

-4wd (September 26, 2016, 07:07 PM)

So which version is for uk? Is there an overview of the versions? Anyway I don't believe all of them are available on ebay, I consider Lenovo K920 even though it has an overheating issue