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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zinger17:
Thanks guys, appreciate the great feedback. Fortunately, I have a friend with a OP5T ...and I went out and bought a pixel 2 xl today. Typing with the OnePlus as we speak. Impressions so far:

- OP5T is very snappy. I'm truly impressed. VERY fluid.

- The screen is fantastic. Destroys the P2XL screen.

- P2XL screen is bloody cold. Definitely a weak point.

- The vibrate on tap is way to strong in the OP5T

- The P2XL camera is considerably better than the OP5T.

- Despite this , OP5T camera is still solid. Not garbage at all.

- They both feel good in the hand.

- Fingerprint sensor is better on OP5T

- Speaker location of OP5T sucks. When watching a video ,I have the habit of rest the phone in my palm. This covers the speaker.

- Casting drops continuously on OP5T.

- OP5T's camera app has these black lines that squiggle before clearing of a snapping a pick. Very odd and amateur behaviour for a phone.

- Still confused. If OP5T is an 8.5 , Pixel 2 XL is a 8.51. IMO.

Oddly enough ,the pixel will end up costing 15% less than the OP5T due to pricing in Canada cuteently (P2XL purchased through carrier).

Going on play around with both and decide by the end of the day.

If you were wondering why a Canadian is posting in the Indian thread, it's because I am an Indo-Canadian aka ABCD who is well aware that Indians are the most knowledgeable Android community in the world .

There. Lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Well just watched a 3 minute HDR10 video... Man did it look awesome... Bumped it to 1080p HDR...

It seems though that for HDR videos the brightness is set to maximum... And the colors too are boosted a bit... Again not sure.. but it seemed that way.. still pretty awesome
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] goti(0):
yes hdr looks awesome watching hdr gives impression that screen have no.problems at all
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alekhkhanna:
Hi ! HDR10 vids downloaded from the net or does the likes of Netflix natively support HDR on P2XL ?

Thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
I guess I read somewhere that Netflix latest version of the app supports HDR natively.... I just had a random HDR video played on youtube
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xebeck:
.

Hi...

So how's your experience with it so far?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alekhkhanna:
Anybody received the Jan 2018 OTA ? Images are out.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
No, not yet. As usual its a slow rollout and check for update button still not fixed.

PS: there have been reports of people facing slowdowns and lags after sideloading the update. Normal ota doesn't have any issues.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alekhkhanna:
Yeah, read about it on r/GooglePixel
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Flashed the update and it has been 4 hrs since then no issues ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alekhkhanna:
OTA or SL ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
**** Flipkart... They are now giving 7700rs for Nexus 6p.... Have my beautiful Nexus 5 for this.... F U FK
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
They were giving 4400 during the sale if I'm not wrong

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Manually flashed
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
3700
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Yea i just checked again its 3700 right now
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] saravoxy:
Phone works well, no major issues. Is it worth 57K? I don't think it is after the initial honeymoon period wears off, but that's been true for almost every other phone that I have owned (Except Nexus 5 maybe :P). The screen still bothers me from time to time, but it's not a dealbreaker. It's just not the best panel. The overall software experience is pretty close to perfect (except one major annoyance) and makes up for the deficiencies in the phone though and there are a lot of intangibles which make using the phone a joy.

Couple of things still bother me though - since updating to 8.1, the fingerprint scanner is so slow even my Nexus 6p is significantly faster. My mom's Redmi Note 4 is more than twice as fast!!! This is a known issue and Google needs to fix that ASAP.

Lately, the major annoyance that I mentioned is that there has been a weird error when I make a call. When I click on the call button, it says Calling and displays the contact name and number below but the call doesn't go through. It takes around 5-15 seconds for the icons for Mute, dialpad, speaker phone etc to appear and only then does the call go through. It is very infuriating and even a restart doesn't seem to fix it. Tried wiping cache etc, but still no go. :|
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dvsk69:
I received the OTA update this morning. The entire update process took less than 5 minutes!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
its fine over here no issues i am on airtel
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] matt-xt720:
I am too facing this weird call connecting issues. It takes around 15-30 seconds to connect a call from past 2-3 days. I am on Airtel-delhi. I tried connecting to Jio, Idea and other Airtel numbers but its happening with all connections. Not sure what happened in last few days as the update was some time back. This is is affecting daily routine as it takes too long to connect a call and even after that not sure if call will connect. If anyone else has faced and knows a workaround it will of great help.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
I'm also on Airtel delhi but haven't faced any network issues as of now. Have you tried resetting network settings and maybe takeout and clean the sim. If already done you can always try a factory reset.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
Most Probably a network issue. Were you on LTE while making the call? Most likely the switch from LTE to 3G for call is causing the delay. Set the prefered network to 3G and test.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Don't have those network issues.... I reside in north Delhi... Near Hansraj college... Using Airtel for the longest time
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Was clearing storage in site settings in chrome.. guess what Flipkart was taking 1.9gb of storage... F U FK
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Where do i find that option
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
Settings, apps, Flipkart, storage and then cache.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rishabh56:
Deleted
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
Looks like November ota has added saturated colour option and navbar button fading to delay burn in. I personally prefer sRGB colours but good to have saturated colour option.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] virani_joush:
Good to see the update. Boost mode looks promising. Let's hope everything works out better.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] anushtup:
I heard only the pixel 2 got for now. Has it come to the 2 XL too?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sunny1689gupta:
Wow. Google has made it. The device looks Awesome in reviews in youtube now. More refined updates in December
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] virani_joush:
Yupp Pixel xl 2 got it. And it improved a lot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nishant786:
View attachment 4326367

Note 8 Saturated (adaptive mode) vs. Google Pixel 2 XL Saturated mode. Equal brightness.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] virani_joush:
Looks good to me. Hows the boosted mode?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Looks fake ass to me.... I would still default to natural mode... Can't stand these over saturated colors...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] blueren:
Trippy. I was wondering why I was looking at two sony displays lol

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I'd have to agree. I set my current XL to sRGB last week. It took some time to get my eyes trained to seeing the faded out colours. Now when I attempt to go back to non sRGB, I cringe at the amount of saturation it has. I think I'll stick to boosted / natural on the new xl.. whenever it arrives.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
+1

just black 128gb from flipkart

i liked the panda option but decided against it cuzi've had a bad experience with white colored devices. they turn muddy or brownish over time. very difficult to maintain.

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i was not aware of that part. was that mentioned somewhere on flipkart site?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vivektyagi20:
Attaching the t&c from Flipkart's page for reference.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nitin.chobhe:
When would you get your phone from Chroma? 15 Nov?

Which part you were not aware of?

Nitin
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
thanks a ton.

my bad i must have skipped the t&c about the headset. i was under the impression that it'll be delivered along with the pixel.

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this -> With Flipkart, you get to buy the headphones and that too in a window starting 1st of December.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vivektyagi20:
I am just back from Reliance and Croma (they are on the same floor in Noida Logix Mall) and by my sheer luck, I found the Pixel 2 XL in all its glory. I tried to tilt, make it lie flat and all but couldn't find the blue tint. So much so that the store guys started to ask if everything was alright with me. Maybe I did something wrong or maybe, just maybe, that blue tint (even if it is there) doesn't matter to me. Took a couple of portrait pictures, used a bit and finalized that this is the phone for me. You can try at your nearest store as well. The Google guy promised 14th November as the delivery date so I am keeping my fingers crossed!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nishant786:
https://www.androidheadlines.com/20...as-exclusive-after-sales-pixel-2-partner.html

This seems..... promising?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] virani_joush:
May be.. lets hope Indian units comes with perfect hardware that we don't require any kind of service.. ;):good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
good news.

google is doing everything to instill confidence in customers. first they extended the warranty to 2yrs and now they're offering doorstep service. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sharp-Razr:
Exchanged the Nexus 6 for the P2XL Just Black 128 GB @ FKT. This new phone or my 2016 Pixel XL will be used by the wifey depending on which model she prefers.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
same here...nexus 6 to pixel 2 xl...except my nexus 6 just doesn't power on. tried everything but no luck. moto service center guys said motherboard issue and asked for 15k lol. i would rather use it as a paperweight.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sharp-Razr:
15K for a new Nexus 6 mobo is a crazy quote given the resale value of the phone. Best to buy a new one.

BTW, how did you manage to palm off a dead handset in exchange? FKT & others need a working unit with a proper functional and undamaged display.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
open chrome... then goto settings.. then site settings... then storage...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Haha not that one
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
Ya. I misread the comment lol.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mayankcse10:
I also started facing this since yesterday on JIO-Pune. Can't seem to fix it and it's getting on my nerve. Anyone have any ideas for fix. I do not have WiFi on nor do I have any Bluetooth device connected.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Hey someone here bought the google fabric case... How is it holding up... I am.thinking of the concrete one with blue button but doubtful on it's durability
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vd1900:
I bought the concrete for my panda and it just arrived yesterday earlier was using the dark charcoal and it's doing good ...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
From where are you ordering or ordered?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
It's back in stock on Flipkart.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vd1900:
Flipkart ! When I ordered it was showing only 1 pc left
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] yashreddy:
OTA update not available yet.

wish we get to know the roll-out schedule
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mayankcse10:
I finally found the solution to the problem yesterday, well atleast for me and its very strange. So I tried to open the My Jio app yesterday to check and it failed to load after multiple tries. So I cleared the cached data for the app and the calling issue is fixed too along with the app. :confused:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Freaking weird... Would have expected a clear cache on the phone app... But jio app....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mayankcse10:
Yes I did try the phone and dialer app couple of times prior to that and it didn't work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] saravoxy:
Dude, thank you so much!! Seems to have fixed the issue for now!! :good::good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nickporwal:
Anybody got the OTA for January? Its very weird. I think they release OTAs late in India. Apple is really better in these kind of things. I generally manually flash the OTA, but because of the slowdown bug, i am waiting for the OTA.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mayankcse10:
Glad it solves the issue for us Jio users, but I am interested to know about the Airtel users facing this issue.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
I too ended up flashing the ota manually. I felt the phone slowed down a bit but after a couple of reboots, it's back to normal. And yes apple handles rollouts much better compared to Google. Updates are rolled out to every one at the same time irrespective of their location. I don't understand the need for phased rollout with Google, they are neither a small company nor they have many units to push the update for.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dvsk69:
It's been at least 3 days since I got the OTA. Strange that you haven't got it yet.

Just try doing a forced refresh on the update page.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nickporwal:
Did that many times but i am not getting it. Not sure why it is like that. Does it matter if last time OTA was manually flashed?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
No that doesn't matter. Ota are rolled out in phases and very few people receive it at the beginning. OnePlus uses location to push otas so you can use vpn to download them. But Google pushes them randomly so some people in India have already received it while others may receive it after a week or two.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
So stupid of Google irrespective of the best of hardware they might have. By the time people receive the Jan OTA, it would be time for the Feb OTA. No only OTA’s, Google also plays bad in playstore updates. Yesterday i got the update notification to update a Google app that was last published on 23rd Dec.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
Ya tell me about it, I received the update for dialer v15 yesterday only and it was released in Dec. Google really needs to improve this. They don't even have any excuse of being a small or financially weak company. They can obviously handle all the updates pushes at once.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
What's this slowdown bug? I've manually flashed all updates for P2XL and haven't had any issues.

But I flashed full factory images instead of ota images, if that matters.

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Its strange some people are still waiting for Jan OTA update. I got an update alert on 4th/5th if I remember correctly. I was rooted so chose to flash it manually.

I can understand OTA updates being location specific but this here is pretty random.

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I didn't know this. I thought when an app gets updated, its made available to everyone (in a particular location/country) for download exactly at the same time.

I never check the release dates when app updates are shown/downloaded. That's probably the reason I never realized this.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nitin.chobhe:
The phased out roll-out is not due to size of the company or number of units- it's a precautionary measure. They start the roll-out in phased manner to avoid situation if something goes wrong with the update. It seems that they don't trust their testing department ??

Of course this is no good and it should be there only for a week or so and if there are no complaints, they should release the update to everyone

Nitin
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
But don't you think there should be enough testing before pushing out the update? They don't have a lot of phones to test it on.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] soodgautam:
Guys - any update when are we expected to get that 8,000 cash back from HDFC ?

Has anyone of you got the cashback till now ?

(Sorry for asking again - if has already been answered in the earlier posts)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
It said after 90 days so in February I guess.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nitin.chobhe:
Yes, of course it should be there. But you know the difference between in lab tests and field tests, right? Google can not simulate all the real life environments in the test lab. That's why the phased roll outs exist :)

Nitin
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
Really happy with the performance & battery life of P2XL. :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] matt-xt720:
I have the Jio app on my phone which i connect with the Jiofi but im using airtel sim on phone. Surprisingly this worked and its back to normal now, dont know for how long though :( .
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alekhkhanna:
Thanks for the update guys. Got the concrete and charcoal. Sadly Midnight isn't available, else that would have gone fab on Panda 2 XL.

Nothing here. Still waiting for the OTA due to the slow down issue.

Google's own apps get the slowest updates. I had to manually search for and update ARCore and camera apps to get the AR stickers.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
Ok so this is the slow down issue that people are referring to : https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/9to5...-2-users-lag-sideload-jan-sec-update-fix/amp/

I flashed the full factory image and fortunately haven't faced any issues.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] noking:
Hi Friends... Brought a Pixel 2 xl yesterday today found a very strange problem in camera mode everytime it starts i see flicker lines on screen and it also records the video with flickers... Tweeted to google guys who asked to clear cache and reboot the device.. Did so but same problem... Later they asked me to operate phone in safe mode for a day... Found it very strange anyone else has a similar problem or is it just me.. Shifted from ios to android only because of Made by google.. Terribly disappointed also did a factory reset the same problem continues.

Is it only me or anyone else too... Did a google search and also on google official forum where there is a post with over 200 posts with similar problem being faced by others too.

Pl see the video for better understanding of the problem.The problem is much more intense and sever with naked eye on screen.. Same problem with photos but only a few times but 8 out of 10 times in video. Pl help.

This problem is much more intense/sever on naked eye.

Pl suggest what i have do.. I brought this phone in a reputed big electronics showroom in Hyderabad.

#teampixel

Regards ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] virani_joush:
Are u trying to record video under led lighting?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] noking:
Taking photos and recording video indoor in my home.... My other phones Perform perfecetly in same conditions (iPhone x, iPhone 7 plus, xiaomi mi max 2, and one plus 3) i have used all the phones at same time to compare and funnly found problem only with pixel 2 xl... Supposed to be The BEST CAMERA PHONE IN WORLD
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] srinivas2901:
This is a known issue but Google is not accepting this issue. I returned my phone after the 10 day period but I got back the phone saying that this issue is on all pixel 2 xl devices. So you have to just wait for Google to acknowledge this issue
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dvsk69:
Disagree. I do not have any such issues. Camera and videos are perfect and click great pictures every single time.

[MENTION=384464]noking[/MENTION] you may want to return and replace.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] virani_joush:
I also dont have any such issue. I see perfect photos and videos.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Just checked... All the rooms in my house got LED lights thanks to my dad.... And no issues here.... Force them for a RMA.... Show the guy who visits the issue....

I am assuming this happens mostly after the sun goes down.... Make a video... Show them.... Till time they can't see the issue there is no fixing...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] numerouknow:
I've clicked a lot of pix and recorded videos under similar conditions (LED lights) but never had any issues.

You should get your device replaced.

P2 definitely has the best camera.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] anmolbedi:
So, pixel 2xl gets another 5k discount until 15- Jan at offline stores. 3k price drop and 2k additional cashback.

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/ne...pixel-2-xl-61999-1798311?amp=1&akamai-rum=off
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Not going to buy pixel 4 xl straight away will wait till Christmas or new year that's it

But won't buy any other device other than pixel lol

Cheers ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] goti(0):
I have opted for replacement due to speaker distortion issue and guy who came to pick said all the phones have this issue. In my case I was able to detect this distortion in even notification tone how are your devices behaving in speaker department also their is a big thred on google forum but none of the mods has given any solution.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nitin.chobhe:
I also feel the distortion but not sure how severe it is

Nitin
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] goti(0):
it feels really annoying to use when distortion occurs I was initially hesitant to replace as screen was good for me but since no response came from Google I opted for replacement
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
P2xl 64gb available for 59k:crying:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rohit25:
Mat dekho bhai.... The heart pains....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
57100 INR on Amazon w/o any offers.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
There is no point in looking at those offers atleast if you're happy with the phone. We just have to make sure in future not to pre order Google stuff.