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[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] subhani:
Carphone warehouse are tight douchebags. I would never buy anything from them. As soon as payment goes through to them, they disown you. Buy from Google straight. Or from Amazon direct.

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This is the kinda battery life that I get on all my smartphones.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Danmike:
Hi,

I got my pixel xl through cpw as a contract as had my old g5 stolen from when I was a work. (Thankfully I've left that place now) £50pm 30gb data .. I pay 5 more than I did on my old contract so I'm more than happy with triple data for 5er more. Brilliant phone I must admit
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] daleski75:
OP3 was replaced with pixel due to Community Beta 7 making it toasty hot and frying the camera. (tried to resurrect it but to no avail)

Man it takes an age to charge!!

Display is very good

Still getting used to the smaller form factor

The camera is superb!

Miss the alert slider :(

Miss the capacitve Buttons

Don't miss OOS (getting more and more bloated)

Don't miss the random reboots

Don't miss the camera locking up
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Danmike:
Takes ages to charge?? What charger you using buddy ?? I've noticed this don't take that long then again I've got quick charger from my old lg that I use for when I'm not in the bedroom..I like to leave phone on charge over night so ... Only because it's very rare I don't get a day to day and half out of battery
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] daleski75:
I am so used to dash charge it's still quick but feels slow compared to what I am used to.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Danmike:
Ahhh ok buddy lol forgot the op has Dash charge lol
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] blackrome0:
I still can't whether to get this or the one plus 3T. Main factors are display, battery life and performance
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] daleski75:
You can't go wrong with either i reckon just bare in mind that oxygenos is becoming more and more bloated.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] blackrome0:
But if you had to choose?
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] daleski75:
I would choose the pixel purely because of the direction oneplus are going in with their OS.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] kkh786:
Hello all.. so.. received my Pixel yesterday.. spent most of the evening setting up.. I am happy thus far! Happy to join the Pixel club! :)

First hardware impressions were iPhone like.. the build quality is great (the weight was perfect).

Software was familiar as I had used a Nexus 5X with 7.1.1. but the extra Pixel Launcher touches are very much evident (in a positive way)!

I am glad I went for the very silver now as I like the white bezel match with the "whitish" android OS.. makes the screen pop more IMO.

Coming to the screen.. it is lovely.. I was a bit hesitant as we have a pentile 1080p unit but those worries are gone after my play with it.. the screen is nice and bright!

The speaker although bottom firing is pretty loud and doesn't sound bad in depth at all.. I am happy enough.. next best thing after stereo speakers I guess.

Finger print sensor is functional and accurate but not fast as Touch ID 2 but I am loving the scrolling function!

Performance wise it has been nippy apart from a few frame drops during app installations and after a reboot.. but much better than any Android handset I have used previously.. I will give it the benefit of doubt for now.. let the OS settle down a bit before making a judgment.

Battery life so far has been better than the iPhone 7.. point in case Google Maps.. I used Google Maps for a 45 min journey this morning.. I lost around 10% battery.. while on the iPhone 7 it would be normally around the 15-20% mark.. that is a big deal for me! Also the overnight standby was comparable to iOS so thumbs up again!

Not had a decent look at the cameras yet.. and the other little things.. will try to test those over the weekend.

Anyway apologies for another waffle.. but in summary the Pixel has made a positive impression that has given me confidence that I may stick with it until the next iPhone (or Pixel 2 perhaps)!

KKH
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] JasjarMan:
Now that HTC decided to have the tilt open sideways in a different direction I now have problems when browsing or watching MobiTv. I like using my right hand as I browse the web. I use my index finger to scroll down web pages using the tilts side scrooller. Sometimes I also use my thumb to hit on the up and down arrows to move pages up and down while the tilt is landscape.

So now for the quick question.

When YOU guys use the tilt to browse the web does your tilt change from 3G to Edge because your right hand is covering the GPS logo and camera while holding it in landscape?

Every tie I use it this way I loose 3G and the tilt goes to edge. I have to either use my left hand (which I hate) or use the tilt in portrait position to keep the 3G connection. This to ME is very frustrating almost to the point im thinking of switching to another phone. Any comments are greatly appriciated.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lidberg:
In short, no. Mine never does that. Sounds like you're on the edge (no pun intended) of a 3G network and when you put it in landscape mode, it's losing that last bar of 3G connection.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Boinng:
Nudge nudge, say no more!

Sorry.. :o
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Caskalot:
As per the title. I am trying to beam a video to a S6 to no avail. Both phones have NFC enabled.

Can anyone recommend an app that I can use to transfer large files from one device to another please?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] badzi0r:
Btsync over Wi-Fi

via tapatalk@htc10
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jhadsfi:
Use any of the WiFi direct apps. Share it, super beam or send anywhere etc. I tried android beam too and it didn't work. WiFi direct is probably faster anyway. I got around 7MBps IIRC.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] alexjzim:
Preorders are now live! After first ordering the 128gb, I decided to switch for the 32gb + device protect, for the same price. If image quality is full in the cloud, theres no reason to keep photos on the device taking up space. I don't keep video's on my device. Now the only thing competing with apps for me is music:

I have a 35gb library in the cloud, and would like to keep a bunch of it offline. I would really much like to use one of those wireless sandisk SD cards to connect to my offline library when I need it, and just use streaming otherwise. Is there any way something like this can be integrated in the play music app, where you can select the wireless storage as the offline location? I dont want to get crazy with OTG, and this would be a great solution is it is possible.

Looking forward to meeting all the new pixel owners :)
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] doitright:
Not everybody is so comfortable allowing google to have access to ALL of their personal data. I sure am not, but at the same time, I don't fault them for offering it. Forget device protection -- I get that kind of insurance provided by my credit card on all purchases. Bought the wife a 128 GB, since she's something of a shutterbug. If the thing had an sdcard slot, I'd have gone for the 32.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] alexjzim:
I actually canceled again and went for the 128gb + protection plan -.-

Great tip though, going to check my banks now :)
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] lucky_strike33:
Just tried to order the black xl 128gb and saw it would ship out 6 to 8 weeks. NOt sure if I can wait that long and with verizon bootloader unlockable effin sucks!!!
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] killerfurbel:
How much space is actually free? Since there are actually 2 system partitions (one active and one for shadow update) I have the feeling that there is even less available for use...
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] donutman:
i have nexus 5x 32gb and I did just fine. i don't even use the cloud for pics/videos. and now with unlimited cloud storage for photos and video, and seeing how I upgrade yearly, i'm not even worried about storage space.

i went with the really blue 32gb. super excited!
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] whmaurer:
i am definitely torn between 32gb and 128gb.

i have a 32gb 5x as well, but i kinda came close to filling up my internal storage for the first time (mostly photos/videos of the kids, but also some downloaded music and podcasts). before this phone, i'd assumed that 32gb was as big as i'd ever need, but now i'm not so sure.

that said, i don't need MUCH more than 32gb (almost certainly not 96gb more for an additional $100), and the cloud photo storage thing might actually solve my issue... so i'm leaning 32gb right now. but given that i'm paying a premium price for a premium device, is it silly to cheap out on storage?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] thesebastian:
I have the same doubt...

Lets say that feature consumes 1GB...I would change that feature for the GB that presumably requires without thinking ( I don't care to reboot my phone once every month after the security patch).

Now if it uses less space, 500MB, a 32GB device should be a problem.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] hevangel:
If you have a 5G data plan, you don't need lots of storage space.

I am happily using a 8G Moto E2 since I dropped and cracked the screen of my old Nexus 6., while waiting for the Pixel.

Apps does not take up that many space. A few big games takes up 1-2G each, but I only install 1 or 2 of those big games at a time. (I can't play games on Moto E2 :( )

Spotify, audio-book, podcast, downloaded contents takes up another 1-2G. I deleted the audio after I consume them. (Moto E2 has external SD, but I only used around 1G)

Google Map offline data takes 500MB, but you rarely need more than 1-2 map at a time.

Video and photos takes up most of the space, but since Google offers unlimited full resolution backup, you don't have to store them on the photo.

The only limitation is save up movies or TV show for offline viewing in flight, but I have to carry an external SD reader.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Ritual82:
I've had 32gb Nexus 5x for the last year, did not come close to filling it up. I will be fine.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] UK_Wildcats_Fans:
I usually have various ROMs, backups, movies, etc. on my phone. I have found that I often push beyond the 32G. On my N6 with 64G, I have about 20G free and I just cleared out some movies and backups. As just a reference, TWRP backups on my N6 are about 10G each.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] daewond3r:
I've had no storage issues with my 32GB 6P so I'm sure I'll be fine.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Ritual82:
Annnnnd I cancelled and ordered the 128 gb.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] chazall1:
I had the HTC 10 which was the first phone that had expandable storage. Having a Nexus phone for such a long time, this seamed strange to have an sd card. I have got into a habit of transferring my largest files to cloud or a usb drive. TWRP back-ups are a big issue. I keep only one back-up, having a Nexus 5 for the past 3 years.

Its all manageable LOL
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] EeyoreSyndrome:
Like.. unless your hording mp3s I don't see a storage issue with 32gigs.

Then again i stream all my music and backup photos to the cloud. But that's the future/now of doing things.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] alexjzim:
Is it actually confirmed verizon locks the bootloader with their own encryption or whatever?

Google's bootloaders come locked, but its as easy as a fastboot oem unlock command (now two step with dev settings)

:) me too

64 would have been ideal. If it was a $50 upgrade to 64gb, I would have gotten that one. 32gb is just too little without a SD

Also coming from the HTC 10 (+200gb SD card), which is being returned. HTC 10 was $600, has expandable store, front facing speaker(s) (kinda), and free damage warranty (vs Pixel's $99 + $79 damage). So the Pixel a $650 + $100 for expandable, + $100 for the warranty is a lot more for arguably less.

I'm going for the Pixel for 2 main reasons: the HTC 10 is just too big at 5.2" + capacitive buttons. 5" + virtual buttons on my M9 was perfect. They also really f***ked me over. I had a cracked M9 beyind use, and needed a phone fast, so I decided to trade in my UH OH and get the HTC 10 for a $100 credit. Now apparently for the entire month of August, they did not let any customers apply UH OH credits on the HTC 10, despite letting me redeem the code and *delete* my warranty. I have this in writing from them from a BBB dispute. They refused to even return my warranty to the M9, to use as a spare, after I bought the HTC 10 WITHOUT using the code. I wont ever buy a HTC phone again (dont remind me -_-), and if anyone wants to file a class action please message me ;)

thats all I do. I stream as well, but I like to keep 10-20gb of my favorite albums on me at all times. Streaming doesn't always offer a seamless transition between songs, and I often angrily take out my phone and fidget the play/pause button confused as to why it stopped.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Harlequin 80:
I'm on the fence currently. My wife wants a new phone and I had convinced her to wait to see what this looked like. But it's really expensive at 128gb and she fills a 32gb storage card every month. It is going to come down to how good that camera is and whether it beats the S7 enough to warrant the money and the lack of SD.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] hungyip84:
I think 64GB is an ideal size for me. My current Nexus 5X is a 32GB phone and it always prompt that I am running out of space.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] rukawa2k:
i really hoped they have a 64gb available...
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] jerflash:
Hey guys/gals FYI the max available storage according to Android Central is 23GB. I should be fine but the details are here http://www.androidcentral.com/google-pixel-heres-how-much-space-you-really-get-32gb-models
[Samsung Gear S2] Helbelinc:
Hey folks,

is there any app, setting or S-Voice command that my phone automatically enables the speaker when I make/answer a call with my Gear S2?

I especially need this function while driving, so it'd be very beneficial if I didn't have to look for the speaker button ...
[Samsung Gear S2] bmimam:
Did you check Tasker

I sure think Tasker can handle this, don't know if anyone tried.
[Samsung Gear S2] Helbelinc:
Thanks for the hint.

I've just bought tasker but am completely confused. Any tip on how to set that up?
[General Questions and Answers] Mehdi Mekouar:
Hi everybody,

I recently bought a new Samsung Galaxy J7 6 (2016 version of j7) -wich has android 6 marshmallow by the way- and since i configured my google account and started syncing contacts, i was surprised that contacts with the same name were automatically linked/joined together.

I tried many suggestions like removing all other accounts except the google account, clear cache data, removing google account and reconfigure it one more time, even deleting cache partition and doing a factory reset and the problem remains.

I started unlinking contacts manually one by one -wich is a crazy work of more than a thousand contacts- and even though i find some of them linked automatically one more time after a while -especially when i enter a new contact that has the same name-

Please note that in my previous Samsung Galaxy A5 -wich has android 5 lollipop- i never had this issue and also when checking my google contacts on the web at contacts.google.com they're all good and no contact is linked with one another.

Please kindly help me find a way to prevent the system from linking contacts automatically
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pooksahib:
Hi. Rooting is new to me so please be gentle. I have the Moto e 2nd Gen LTE 4G. I was following this video:

http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-root-the-moto-e-2015-and-unlock-the-bootloader-xda-tv/

and thought I was doing well but came unstuck after completing the 'unlock'.

I then followed this page:

http://www.howtogeek.com/115297/how-to-root-your-android-why-you-might-want-to/

Flashing the SuperSU zip went OK. "Wipe cache/Dalvik" went OK. However, "Reboot System" has left me on the 'WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED" screen. It's now been 25 minutes. Surely that's too long? If so, can you tell me the cause and cure?

My thanks for any help offered.
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pooksahib:
Update: The only usable screen I can get is TWRP. I've transferred 3 zip files onto the phones' storage – logo, squid-kernel and SuperSU. TWRP gave me 'success' messages for flashing the latter two but 'logo' failed. A pity, as that's the one that's supposed to remove the 'warning bootloader unlocked' screen.

I just can't find a way to get the phone to a screen where I can check the installed apps etc etc. Any help offered would be really appreciated...
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
closing thread as per op's request
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samco0088:
I purchased a Factory second ZE551ML Asus ZenFone2 yesterday. Though phone looks give overall, 6 months brand warranty is associated. Still,I doubt if it is refurbished, I.e, repaired to look as good as new. I tried ##786# , this code doesn't work on this phone. Recovery mode showed few log files (screenshot enclosed). Also, on first starting phone it showed folder creation date of 1999. Can somebody help, so that I can relax.:rolleyes::eek::crying::(
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenbo111:
If the phone works, what's the problem?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CZ Eddie:
Wow.

Just so disappointing.

Larger than two different 5.7" phones.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CZ Eddie:
LMAO, the 5.5" Pixel XL vs. the 6 INCH Huewaiauaia (sp?).

free upload image
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dondavis007:
It works for Apple so a presume Google though... What a heck ☺️

Skickat från min VIE-L09 via Tapatalk
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys:
The bezels are ridiculously big! :eek:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] NardVa:
Why is there a space at the bottom. There are no buttons or speaker. And what's up with the all white front with a color back. This must be Google's attempt to copy the Iphone design. These Pixel phones are ugly.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] riz157:
really daft to copy iphone in every aspect including pricing!!!!

What does this phone offer over iphone 7 plus!

should be priced around £650 for 128gb version at most.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] stevew84:
Because it's using a (very slightly tweaked) HTC A9 body...minus the button.

[IMG="a9"]http://cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/htc/htc-one-a9-new1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="pixel"]http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/10/Google-Pixel-CW-796x398.jpg[/IMG]
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] NardVa:
Ok..so HTC did make the Pixel phones..now it makes a lot more sense....
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] stevew84:
I just think it's funny because the A9 was a huge flop.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] edda123:
Lmao. Me and my friends call the company Hawaii ^^

It's pretty ridiculous that the bezels are this huge with a mono down facing speaker. Even the headphone jack is on the top, there's nothing that can explain the size of the bottom bezel...
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AstroDigital:
The space at the bottom is annoying put something there or shorten the phone.

It is a minor annoyance
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] InNOut:
It's smaller than an iPhone 6/S/7 Plus, at least. It's shorter and less wide than the Plus, but it's taller and wider than the Note 7. Much closer to the Note 7 than the Plus, though. Thicker than both, but it's honestly such a non-issue with phones these days being absurdly thin already.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Slash8915:
The huge chin just looks so out of place. They could have used capacitive buttons or something. Atleast THEN there would be a reason for such a huge chin, and also save us some screen real estate.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] hello00:
for that price, id rather get the iphone 7 plus
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] penfold:
the design, the splintering of software features between pixel devices and non-pixel devices, the price ....it's enough to make me consider switching to iPhone if they stay in this direction
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tmuka:
Even closer to the htc a9s...
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] stevew84:
Yea, they're very similar.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Hoodeddeathman:
They are big bezels but they're not exactly hollow. It does allow a bit more space for the battery by moving components forwards and if you don't like that, it's a place to rest your thumb whilst you're reading :D
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xak:
According to multiple sources its everything we wanted in a google phone so of course people don't like it.

IMO its awesome IMO who really cares about bezels probably how they got a bigger battery in a nexus / google phone if oyu got the XL at least. With google its all about the software in the phones and the internals. Plus IMO people just mad b/c it looks like a dump iphone who gives a ****. IMO specs beat the iPhone 7 plus so does the price.

People just like complaining because its what they want finally just probably can't get it b/c of price. Well you need a job to get things you want. =)

Also HTC makes awesome phones like the htc m8 and we know how awesome their aluminum is on phones. So we should be glad its not a plastic POS like some other phones. And IMO glass makes it more durable but it is for the antennas thats why upper half on back is glass.

Sorry for vulgarness, just had to put this put there. Btw who cares if it looks like an iphone most people like iphones look.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Boswell20:
Well said
[XDA Assist] BillyGrls:
Hey guys i have an a5 2016 and tried to downgrade it to lollipop....I flashed the firmware( from sammobile) and odin said failed at hidden.img....I did all these things like renaming the hidden.img to md5 and flashing it manually but my phone keeps rebooting..By saying that i mean that it shows the galaxy a5 6 screen, then black screen and then the galaxy a5 6 screen again..This keeps happening until i flash the marshmallow firmware again otherwise it won't boot and keep doing this......I want to know if there is any way to solve this problem without flashing again the marshmallow firmware but the one i tried but failed...

Cheers
[XDA Assist] thereassaad:
Try to flash ur fw without hidden.img but this irs under ur risk ok mate

Thank you for Using XDA Assist ,,
[XDA Assist] BillyGrls:
Ok thanks for helping
[XDA Assist] BillyGrls:
Well actually odin for some reason doesn't even start flashing without hidden.img.....It crashes
[XDA Assist] thereassaad:
Ok mate ,

Now try to find a pit file for ur device then flash the firmware with pit file through odins , then it should success mate ,,

Good luck

Thank you for Using XDA Assist ,,
[XDA Assist] BillyGrls:
Ok i will try it and let u know what happens...Thanks man very much
[XDA Assist] BillyGrls:
Nothing happened but its ok though.....I will stay with marshmallow. Thx very much!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] QBerto:
So, I use a lot the Waze app and today's morning I noticed a "donut" shaped "ghost" on my screen, I tried to think what could be the reason for that and when I opened waze I noticed there's a orange round button on the lower right side of the screen, exactly the same spot the ghost is......

So, my screen is screwed now? There's a way to get rid of it?

Right now is just visible on white backgrounds on medium brightness, I'll try to post a photo later
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Steve Lazarus:
Just ordered mine, Quiet Black 128 GB

Expected delivery date 21-24 October with expidited shipping

Let the waiting begin..