yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xlr8shun:
he has taken a few photos and a couple videos of his google home mini and pixel 2 XL (Taken with iphone 7) and is now answering questions.. i'll try to update with some of the more notable information but currently at work.. so might get sidetracked ;)

he another user (mod of the subreddit) has confirmed that there is an LED notification, hasnt confirmed whether or not its RGB yet and that it is RGB.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do7gdma/

he has confirmed that there are 2 adapters in the box, we know one is the headphone to usb C adapter, assumption is the other is a usb A to usb C adapter

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do7bhn2/

he states the o/s takes up about 11 gig on his 128gig pixel 2 XL

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do807ip/

you can slide the notification drawer down with fingerprint sensor on back

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do9cz7x/

pixel 2 xl is running 8.0.0

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do80gqv/

side bezel comparisons and sizes: pixel 2 xl is evidently only 4.3mm

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do983fx/

androbench results: Results: Sequential Read - 765.39 mb/s Sequential Write - 199.82 mb/s Random Read - 168.56 mb/s Random Write - 17.74 mb/s SQLite Insert - 571.07 QPS, 3.58 seconds SQLite Update - 780.25 QPS, 2.61 seconds SQLite Delete - 889.06 QPS, 2.30 seconds

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do9lcu8/

he says his phone @ 3% brightness has "fluent" lighting and not uneven like the v30

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do9kt79/

when asked how the software experience compares to his iphone 7 he says, "It's definitely faster, but its not significantly faster. It does seem to respond to alot lighter of touches though which I like"

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do9m1nz/
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] LimitsX:
So basically, for 64GB model, you get 54GB usable and then OS takes up 11 GB, you're left with 43GB of usable storage?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xlr8shun:
That's what I'm thinking. I don't see why the o/s size would differ on the 64gig vs the 128gig.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bradputt:
How come he could get the phone so fast? I thought Google is shipping in Nov?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xlr8shun:
he evidently has family working at google and was sent the phone as a gift.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/75lens/just_got_my_pixel_2_xl/do7veuz/
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] FMXP:
Those storage speeds seem to correspond to true UFS 2.1. So I guess this isn't a Samsung S8 lottery for storage.
[General Topics] _Alex_:
It seems like the search database was recreated recently, as many MANY threads which previously showed up in search before are now missing.

Has anyone else experienced this? Would it be possible to re-index all threads or restore the database?

edit2: For instance, searching for "MobiTV" used to bring up tens of results. Now it only brings up a Titan ROM thread. Searching for "MusicID" comes up with no results and finally, XM Radio comes up with the thread I was looking for.

I'm sure I could find and document others, but I think it'd be more worthwhile if others searched for things they've recently (in the past week) have searched for and confirmed this issue...
[General Topics] ericc191:
yes I have noticed this as well. the other day i was in search of an answer about Opera. all i typed in my search to the Entire site was Opera. results? 24 results. i also tried searching for an issue with my Hermes that repeatedly came up with 0 search results. whats up with the search function?
[General Topics] _Alex_:
mods, please delete thread. This is already being discussed here
[General Topics] jackryan57:
Sheesh Alex.....did you read THIS thread?? The search isn't working, how were we supposed to find THAT thread....
[General Topics] da.bell:
Now that is just too funny. :D :D :D
[Xposed Framework Modules] Stogie87:
Hi there,

i love the LineageOS music visualisation feature for the lockscreen and i am looking for a way to combine it with lyrics. I think, it would be great, to get musixmatch floating lyrics activated on lockscreen. I know, that musixmatch has a feature for a musixmatch lockscreen with lyrics, but i don't like that.

So if there is anybody out there, who could create a xposed module for musixmatch floating lyrics on lockscreen, i would be really appreciated about that.

Greetings

Stogie
[Xposed Framework Modules] thahim:
LOS?
[Xposed Framework Modules] Stogie87:
Sorry, i was talking about LineageOS and corrected it in the first post.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alidursun0:
I have a problem like this video on my phone. Being frequent. Sometimes the problem is solved, but it happens again. What should I do? (Sorry bad English)

youtu. be/W_9AUyz6QUk?t=1m39s
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Milchbeck:
Hey Guys can the new Pixel Dual Audio?

Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Raistline:
There is no iteration of Bluetooth yet that has the capability of dual audio, you will still get audio loss/pauses when notifications come through.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] abogrhen:
Bluetooth 5 don't support Dual Audio by default

other phones that have Dual Audio for bluetooth

either have 2 bluetooth chips or

some a new chip that supports this (and software support )
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] onesolo:
Why at this time, when there are a lot of reviews out there, there isn't still no system dump of Pixel 2 ?!?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] lucky_strike33:
Its probably in the wrong hands at this time....they dont know
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] abogrhen:
that is called

Embargo

if any reviews out there buts anything before xxxx day that they agreed one

they will lose the trust of the company

and they will not get any devices next year

so they can't risk that

that why there is nothing before the Embargo get lifted
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jerryhou85:
Maybe people just want to wait for factory images from Google...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] imnuts:
Outside of a few apks, what would you gain that isn't in AOSP?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] dragos281993:
The bootanimation. lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] argraur:
1. AmbientSense (/system/priv-app/AmbientSensePrebuilt, /system/lib/libsense.so, /system/lib64/libsense.so, /system/etc/ambient/matcher.leveldb, /system/etc/firmware/dnd.descriptor, /system/etc/firmware/dnd.sound_model, /system/etc/firmware/music_detector.descriptor,/system/etc/firmware/music_detector.sound_model)

2. SystemUIGoogle

3. SettingsGoogle

4. SetupWizard

5. NexusWallpapersStubPrebuilt2017

6. WallpapersBReel2017 (/system/lib64/libwallpapers-breel-jni.so)

7. New bootanimation
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] imnuts:
And that would help you out how without the device? I doubt #1 would do anything without a phone with the same soc. Apks may work, depending on other dependencies within the system image.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Indashio:
? System still no dump? Who has root ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
I was inside the Samsung tool My Files, then option Get more space.

It informs me that I have approx 4gb of duplicate files that I can clean up.

I am presented with a list of duplicates and their folder location. I don't understand how a same file name can be duplicated within the same folder. I have attached screenshot with highlights next to them. Thought I'd ask before deleting.

I'm assuming I'd check one of each duplicate and the system will then delete them. But like I said how can there be a same file name within the same folder ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pete4k:
I would read the SD card on my computer and do clean up manually, after checking card for errors. IMO whole Android file system is messed up, it doesn't show whole folders I know I have on my card. It was showing duplicate folder on mine as well, one was original folder I copy manually from older phone, another folder was actually linking to my google backup of the same folder from my older phone, with some files actually downloaded and some in the cloud. To make things worse once I deleted some files from cloud, it synced and deleted those files from the device as well. I got so confused, I had to shut down auto cloud backup and sort files manually, but I had 3 devices linked to the same google account. I suspect something similar is happening on your device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
That's concerning, glad I checked here first before selecting all and pressing delete. I remember once doing this and a S6 edge or S7 in respect to temp files or unused files, and it deleted all my pics on my SD card LOL.

So in essence, it's best to the file house keeping on a PC.

Is there a utility that once I connect my SD card to the PC , it can scan for duplicate files. I'm sure over time my backups and manual copying and pasting has generated a few duplicates of pics and videos and mp3 files.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pete4k:
It's a personal choice: I like to have full control of everything myself and often automated things often don't work the way I want them or expect them to work. I had to delete some pics from Google cloud, because I was running out of allocated space and since at some point I had 3 or maybe even 4 devices linked to the same account, some stuff was duplicated. Didn't expect deleting one set would delete second as well. I'm sure there are simple rules you need to follow and it should work fine. But I don't want to bother. I think you copy folder manually to SD card and after activating, google linked backed up folder from cloud as well, but I'm guessing here. That's why I would check on the computer and see what folders are actually there, I've seen folders or even whole cards showing as duplicate, when they weren't.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
I was hoping their was something that could scan my SD card when used in the PC to show me of duplicate files and thus allowing me to delete duplicates.

I've got duplicates for sure on that SD card, but they are scattered in various folders and sub folders.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] pete4k:
In the past I used portable application called CloneSpy (portable applications don't have to be installed, you can run it from memory stick, or just copy folder to hard drive, click on .exe file to run, just delete folder after you done, since there is no installer, you won't have your google search changed to something else etc.), but I'm sure there are many more, probably more capable programs. You can choose to search for duplicate name, exactly same size or both etc. Just make sure you scan it with antivirus (I never had a problem, but you never know) and should be self explanatory, there is also help file and probably test run it on some less important data first.

Also, you could simply back up your SD to computer and just let the Android clean it up, just like it shows on the screen, but either cancel sync with Google, or at least go airplane mode, since I'm not sure how would deleting double files affect google back up and vice versa, but at least you would have back up on your computer.

http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?q=clonespy&m=
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Cheers, yes those folders with photos and music etc are not synched with Google. The only folders I generally have synching when WiFi is on are the pictures and download folders via Google photos only. So essence the photo folder is soley used for when I take an image with the device.

I'll take a look into duplicate file scanning apps.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
I get a few duplicates also. Except mine is not showing like yours. My duplicates are in hidden folders within the folders of the original pics in folders called .hidenCustom. I just ignored it but I did wonder why it was only for a few of my pics & not many more.

I just checked again right now & I do have just one pic that is a duplicate showing in the same folder with the same file name.

I'm curious now. The next time I backup my SD card on the computer I'm going to try deleting to duplicates through the phone to see what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Recommend any apps that can scan folders and subfolders for duplicate files ? Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shouren04:
No not really. I used use a sync program when I would make backups from my computer to an external HDD. It somewhat did that.

A Windows program like that would be handy though. I know they exist, just don't know which ones are good.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] danny.brock345:
I tried and I recommend you for this issue DuplicateFilesDelete, Please try.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Is this Android app or windows?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Nick216ohio:
There's a bunch of apps like this on play store.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sailsell:
Which app is better SuperSu or magisk for little heavy Android users
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical Detox:
It depends on what exactly you're trying to achieve.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sailsell:
Which one drains battery more , and super Su have no updates nowadays but magisk is . So Is magisk heavy then SuperSu ? Does magisk drains battery because it' has more features ? plus the recent update of super Su have bad review but it is lighter then magisk .

Which one is good for little bit heavy users?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I have started an open source project to support Chromium + custom patches for adblocking:

https://www.bromite.org/

What is Bromite?

Bromite is Chromium plus ad blocking and privacy enhancements; it started as a port of NoChromo and nowadays adds more privacy-focused patches and is maintained against the latest stable Chromium.

Development & donations

Please join the development on Github for improvements.

Donations are welcome and help supporting development and build server costs!

Download & availability

Bromite is available for download from the Bromite Official website, which points to the Github Releases for all the downloads, and via the official third-party F-Droid repository.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Does Bromite support Google Sync, Translate or Data saver?

No. This is not a limitation of Bromite but of all Chromium-based projects in general, as general public is not allowed to use Google's APIs for free unless when using Chrome.

Q. Does Bromite require root?

No.

Q. What is the SystemWebView?

It is the core component of Android for all web page visualizations. For example when you access a new wifi network and need to activate it, that is using the SystemWebView. If you do not know what it is then you do not need to install it.

How to enable DNS-over-HTTPS?

See this wiki page.

Q. Can you add dark mode/some cool themes?

No.

Bromite is about adblocking and privacy.

For other F.A.Q.s see https://github.com/bromite/bromite/blob/master/FAQ.md

Resources

Bromite GitHub project

Bromite GitHub discussions

CHANGELOG

Bromite SystemWebView

Chromium

Bromite fingerprinting mitigations test page

Releases atom feed

Bromite @ DNS Privacy

https://chromium.woolyss.com/#chromium-forks

Social/discussion platforms

Announce on Reddit's r/androidapps

some tweets from DNSPrivacy:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1008735795052793857

and

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1008736050150297604

In the news

Bromite is another Google Chrome Port with Built-in Ad Blocking

Bromite: Android-Browser mit hehren Zielen (in German)

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NOTE: the author (@csagan5) is not posting frequently on these forums, for official information about Bromite refer to the official website and GitHub project.
[Android Apps and Games] aviranx:
143MB?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Are you referring to the ARM64 MonochromePublic build? It is described here: https://chromium.googlesource.com/c...d_instructions.md#Multiple-Chrome-APK-Targets

Edit: these are the same size Google Play store would return you, as described there
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
[MENTION=6610671]pato2015[/MENTION] let me reply here to stay on topic: yes, I also noticed this problem yesterday...it's due to a build setting in Chromium. I am rebuilding it with the fixed flag and will take some hours now to complete.

Tomorrow I'll post again when it's ready.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
[MENTION=7509563]Sangean[/MENTION] replying here.

I assumed that all tagged versions are stable releases; can you point me to the official explanation about this? Like, how do I know which tags are stable or not.

This might be due to missing codecs; I suggest checking again after I release a more recent tag, then reporting a bug on Bromite's github issue tracker otherwise.

This is also fixed, but build is still in progress and it takes time. Probably in one or two days will be published.

See question above.
[Android Apps and Games] jho55:
video codecs also missing. Cannot play videos. I always get a message that I should install flash or h.264.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Can you open an issue on github? I need to know android version, architecture (ARM or ARM64) and the sample video that fails.

I also suspect that some codecs are missing; I have found some information about how to enable them and will try; if anybody else has more information about how to enable all codecs on Android, please post here or on the GH issue

Edit: I am now building with codecs, it's going to take a long while..so keep tuned and I will post when builds are done. This means I restarted the build for the red blink too.
[Android Apps and Games] c-sanchez:
Great view Chrome+Ad blocking is back for Android :D

But please make builds for x86.

I have Android 4.4.4 tablet with x86.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
coming up soon :victory: meanwhile, no donations received so far! :(
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
This is fixed in latest release 63.0.3239.6

Cc [MENTION=7509563]Sangean[/MENTION]
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
63.0.3239.6 is released; see CHANGELOG here.

OP is also updated.
[Android Apps and Games] Sangean:
- What is OP?

- I just installed it from bromite.org and it is actually v64.3242.0 not v63 as stated above. How come?

- Change log says: "added x86 target CPU" so is it already included? If yes, the bromite.org site still only have radio button for ARM and ARM64 for download... no x86

- I guess the Bookmark sync will not work in this either as Google disabled it for third party builds, right?

- I guess donation will start coming once people start using your builds and are pleased with it :)
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OP#Internet I meant original post

Don't know. The source code tag is exactly what I posted, the Google Chromium developers have probably changed the internal version string but not the tag.

If you build from the tag 63.0.3239.6 you will get the same version you found, not something I am responsible for.

It will be there as soon as it's ready.

The Google API keys are not embedded (would be pointless, I cannot pay for the quotas needed for a project of this size and the free quota would be exhausted in a blink); but you can always make your own and specify them via environment (not sure how that works on Android).

The only thing disabled are embedded API keys; everything else is enabled (except NaCl, still buggy compilation even after my patches).

Yeah, but I meant: requests that add more work for me would be better come from donors :) I have limited time and the server I am using for builds for sure is limited. Will not accept wide range expectations without any help :) I am not really Google (so I also don't profit from your personal browsing data :p ), just an open source developer
[Android Apps and Games] c-sanchez:
Thanks!

I will tried send some donation later :) although I'm not really gaining too much for now :p
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
X86 finished building and it's now available. Updated OP with information about future plans to build the stable Chrome release.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
No worries, I do this because I want an adblocking browser for myself (without root), and thought I'd share the build for others too. If I match the server costs I am happy already.

Thanks for your donation!
[Android Apps and Games] James_Ward01:
Just donated. Good luck with this project, happy to see NoChromo live on and hopefully become something even better.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Thanks!!!
[Android Apps and Games] James_Ward01:
In future builds can you remove the Google sync feature since it doesn't work?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Does it create any malfunction if left there?

I am actually planning to play a bit around with this to see if it can be enabled with API keys
[Android Apps and Games] kvevand63:
Tried to down load, getting file not found msg.
[Android Apps and Games] OSheden:
A SystemWebView build? I guess there's no difference if we already have Google Webview...
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
New version won't load any websites. Anyone have this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] ogisha:
X86 version cannot be downloaded again.
[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
Same issue.

arm64 - OnePlus 3T - Android 7.1.2
[Android Apps and Games] Amd4life:
Same issue. Latest edition does not load any sites. Previous version (backup) works fine.
[Android Apps and Games] khnoizer:
Same issue too, [MENTION=8627832]csagan5[/MENTION], here's a log file.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Yes the new automatic release didn't release ARM and X86, will fix it for next version.

Yes I am building them but not sure how to use them on non-rooted phones.

I was running .129 without any issues during my tests but did not test again after updating adblock filters; that caused this issue. Thanks for the reports and log file.

For now I am rolling back to version .122 as default version and will investigate which new filters cause the problem. It should be fixed for the next build.
[Android Apps and Games] kingbenzima:
Bromite crashes constantly. Log
[Android Apps and Games] brath23:
I have a rooted phone with Magisk. How can you use Bromite as system WebView?

I made some searches but I couldn't find it
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
You can search how to replace system WebView with Chromium's SystemWebview, since Bromite is basically Chromium + some patches. You can find the webview .apk on Bromite's github releases.

When/if you find out, please let me know as we can add the information on the wiki here: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki

I have not experimented with this myself for lack of time.

In other news: I have found out what that the issue of all websites blocked was indeed due to the updated adblock filters, so I will release a more recent build with correct adblock filters in the next days.
[Android Apps and Games] umeshxda:
Push in XDA labs or include update checker in app
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Not possible because XDA Labs does not support large .apk uploads and does not support one .apk per target android OS.

Android apps cannot self-update and have to go through Play Store or other mechanism.
[Android Apps and Games] problemathic:
Thank you for this.
[Android Apps and Games] Diegc5:
Videos doesn't work on full screen, it is freeze.

Thanks!!!