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Huawei P30/P30 Pro

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    #392
    Darren 83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭Darren 83


    Looking to get a nano card for my phone but can't find any only on ebay but they look dodgy.


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    #393
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    There's ones on Amazon.co.uk that are Huawei branded and sold directly by Amazon so I'd say they're safe enough.


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    #394
    Darren 83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭Darren 83


    Sorry should have said looking for the 256gb card but can't find them


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    #395
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,226 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Sonos one is a nice piece of kit, but like j_mo said, no google assistant for a while in Ireland. Alexa is fine, but for some reason it cuts out after about a minute of talking to it for me. But for playing spotify and stuff through, it's great. You can pair up 2 for stereo speakers which would be a nice little setup.
    Darren 83 wrote: »
    Looking to get a nano card for my phone but can't find any only on ebay but they look dodgy.

    I definitely wouldn't buy a 256 one on ebay. Might be worth asking on reddit.


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    #396
    binnox
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭binnox


    I got approved and message sent to fulfillment on 20th April and no sign of it yet. Is anyone else is still waiting this long.


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    #397
    MoodeRator
    Registered Users Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭MoodeRator


    My claim was finally validated 24/04, and still waiting


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    #398
    j_mo
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭j_mo


    binnox wrote:
    I got approved and message sent to fulfillment on 20th April and no sign of it yet. Is anyone else is still waiting this long.


    My claim was validated on the 18th of April and only arrived Friday morning.


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    #399
    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Keith186


    MoodeRator wrote: »
    My claim was finally validated 24/04, and still waiting

    Same here, hopefully arriving this week.

    Got an update there for dual camera and a security patch.


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    #400
    enryb12
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭enryb12


    Gonna pull the trigger on this the weekend! Finally got to hold it properly today in my local CPW and it felt great!

    Will still see what the OP7 is like later when announced but that pop up selfie camera on the pro is a massive no no for me!


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    #401
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,226 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    j_mo wrote: »
    My claim was validated on the 18th of April and only arrived Friday morning.
    Mine was validated on 18th and arrived last Friday too.
    enryb12 wrote: »
    Gonna pull the trigger on this the weekend! Finally got to hold it properly today in my local CPW and it felt great!

    Will still see what the OP7 is like later when announced but that pop up selfie camera on the pro is a massive no no for me!
    Pop up camera sounds annoying. Although, if apple did it, we'd all have them within a couple of years. Think I'd prefer an notch


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    #402
    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Keith186


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Mine was validated on 18th and arrived last Friday too.


    Pop up camera sounds annoying. Although, if apple did it, we'd all have them within a couple of years. Think I'd prefer an notch

    Call me paranoid but one good thing about a pop up camera is you can be sure it's not spying on you 24/7! I barely use the front camera.

    Have the P30 pro since release date and I'm still amazed by how good the battery is. Got used to the size of it pretty quick too as only had 5" screen before.

    Anyone disliking their one so far?


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    #403
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    Keith186 wrote: »
    Call me paranoid but one good thing about a pop up camera is you can be sure it's not spying on you 24/7! I barely use the front camera.

    Have the P30 pro since release date and I'm still amazed by how good the battery is. Got used to the size of it pretty quick too as only had 5" screen before.

    Anyone disliking their one so far?
    No love it. The battery gets recharged every 36-48hours with moderate use


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    #404
    Darren 83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭Darren 83


    Keith186 wrote: »
    Call me paranoid but one good thing about a pop up camera is you can be sure it's not spying on you 24/7! I barely use the front camera.

    Have the P30 pro since release date and I'm still amazed by how good the battery is. Got used to the size of it pretty quick too as only had 5" screen before.

    Anyone disliking their one so far?

    I'd never have gone with Huawei phones, had an upgrade due but no iPhone or Samsung available so seen the P20 pro for €100 so took the chance. Never regretted it so when the P30 pro was out bought it sim free.

    I was on holiday and thought I'd miss my slr but was really impressed with the shots I got and the battery l life is unreal love how it's charged in an hour and lasts for 2 days amazing!!


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    #405
    Griffinx
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭Griffinx


    P30 unlocked here and I just got the 9.1.0.153 update


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    #406
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,226 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Keith186 wrote: »

    Anyone disliking their one so far?
    The only thing I can think of that I dislike is the NFC icon always on in the status bar. And that's such a small problem it's non existent really.

    Everything else about it is great, the camera and battery are the 2 obvious ones. Being able to use a normal microSD card would be better, but at 128gb it's the first phone I'm not going to bother with expandable memory.

    Edit: update the sonos app, Google assistant is available in Ireland


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    #407
    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Keith186


    Cienciano wrote: »
    The only thing I can think of that I dislike is the NFC icon always on in the status bar. And that's such a small problem it's non existent really.

    Everything else about it is great, the camera and battery are the 2 obvious ones. Being able to use a normal microSD card would be better, but at 128gb it's the first phone I'm not going to bother with expandable memory.

    Edit: update the sonos app, Google assistant is available in Ireland

    Yeah the NFC symbol and the Optimiser notifications are two minor gripes I have but it's a great phone overall.

    Deadly about the Google Assistant going live. Is it easy to switch between that and Alexa?
    Still waiting for my Sonos delivery.


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    #408
    Griffinx
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭Griffinx


    When I select some text in an app, I get this screen

    shot2.jpg?dl=1


    If I tap the 3 dots, I get this screen


    shot1.jpg?dl=1


    When I then tap search, it uses Bing to do the web search.

    Some app has changed this on my phone (I think Onedrive). Does anyone know how to change it back to Google?

    Thanks


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    #409
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,226 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Keith186 wrote: »
    Deadly about the Google Assistant going live. Is it easy to switch between that and Alexa?
    Still waiting for my Sonos delivery.
    Looks easy. Sonos settings/voice services gives you this

    z8Ks11Z.jpg


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    #410
    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Keith186


    Griffinx wrote: »
    When I select some text in an app, I get this screen


    When I then tap search, it uses Bing to do the web search.

    Some app has changed this on my phone (I think Onedrive). Does anyone know how to change it back to Google?

    Thanks

    In the browser apps there is an option in the settings of that app to switch between various ones. Check in there see if that works. I haven't seen an option to change it on a system wide level.


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    #411
    Griffinx
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭Griffinx


    Keith186 wrote: »
    In the browser apps there is an option in the settings of that app to switch between various ones. Check in there see if that works. I haven't seen an option to change it on a system wide level.

    That didnt work...Browser search settings are all set to Google...there must to be a separate setting for this search option


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    #412
    enryb12
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭enryb12


    Griffinx wrote: »
    That didnt work...Browser search settings are all set to Google...there must to be a separate setting for this search option

    Go to settings on the browser and make sure the search engine is set to Google, i know defaults on the phone are Google but the browser might not be?


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    #413
    Griffinx
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭Griffinx


    enryb12 wrote: »
    Go to settings on the browser and make sure the search engine is set to Google, i know defaults on the phone are Google but the browser might not be?

    Checked all that...set to Google


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    #414
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,226 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    I tried to change to Google assistant but it's actually not available in Ireland. You get that message in the screen after my screenshot above


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    #415
    j_mo
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭j_mo


    Cienciano wrote:
    I tried to change to Google assistant but it's actually not available in Ireland. You get that message in the screen after my screenshot above


    There's a big discussion about this on the sonos sub in reddit. They say that if you change the settings to us, Google assistant should work then.


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    #416
    dan786
    Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭dan786


    “Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will immediately lose access to updates to the Android operating system, and the next version of its smartphones outside of China will also lose access to popular applications and services including the Google Play Store and Gmail app,” Reuters noted.

    This effectively means no further Android security updates for devices new and old, including the recent P30 and P30 Pro, Mate 20 Pro, and many more.

    Not great news.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-loses-access-to-google-android-987873/


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    #417
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    dan786 wrote: »
    “Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will immediately lose access to updates to the Android operating system, and the next version of its smartphones outside of China will also lose access to popular applications and services including the Google Play Store and Gmail app,” Reuters noted.

    This effectively means no further Android security updates for devices new and old, including the recent P30 and P30 Pro, Mate 20 Pro, and many more.

    Not great news.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-loses-access-to-google-android-987873/

    ah there will always be ways of getting them, but google can just update them in europe and america cant do **** surely


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    #418
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    raze_them_all_ wrote: »
    ah there will always be ways of getting them, but google can just update them in europe and america cant do **** surely

    I thought this thing stopped US companies dealing with them, so if that's the case then it won't matter if the phone is European or American. It'll definitely hurt them in a big way if this goes ahead, you're talking about a minuscule percentage of users who know how to do the faffy stuff with phones.
    I had this phone marked for my next network upgrade but not a hope in hell I'm getting it now.


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    #419
    zep
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭zep


    raze_them_all_ wrote: »
    ah there will always be ways of getting them, but google can just update them in europe and america cant do **** surely

    No, Google are bound but US law and that affect their whole business. No dealing with Huawei anywhere full stop. No further updates for Huawei phones, only open source licences.
    Only a small minority of people would be up to installing via other sources etc, and as the phones are quite locked down even rooting at the moment it's not straight forward. Most people want the convenience of Google play store etc.


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    #420
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,408 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Came on here to ask bout these phones before upgrading to one. Glad I did now. :(


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    #421
    zep
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭zep


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Came on here to ask bout these phones before upgrading to one. Glad I did now. :(

    I have the P30 Pro, while it's a cracking phone I deffo say stay away with this news. I'm going to have an interesting debate with Three over this.


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