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[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] pvtjoker42:
my rhinoshield should show up today, we'll see if it becomes my new full time case (had the rhinoshield on my 6p and loved it)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] psnijjar:
Using rhinoshield for a week now. Good case no complaints. Protects well.

Slight issues 1. It collects dust at the edges but it's okay for a bumper case

2 it's bit too tight n hard to remove , n again not required to take off frequently.

Rest all good. Perfect cutout for charging port and buttons click fine.

Edge sense works flawlessly and edge sense plus app unleashes it's true potential.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] elijahblake:
I've seen several reviews of the Rhinoshield bumper where people say it's pretty slippery. It looks like hard plastic, so it looks like it would be less grippy than the stock phone with it's matte finish.

I think I'll wait for the dbrand grip to come out and see some reviews for it. For now, I'm really happy with my spigen minimilist case.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Accessories] psnijjar:
It's not slippery at all. Although it's matte finish. It has middle part made of hard plastic and lips are semi solid rubber . So I would call it as semi solid not hard plastic. It minimal bumper case that don't add much weight and girth to the phone. I was too waiting for dbrand grip but at present it was impossible to order so I went for rhinoshield and I don't regret my decision at all.

Edit: use code CASESFOR2 to get 20% off on rhinoshield. Just received their mail hope someone benefit from this .
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Mr.Norminator:
Hello mates.

Here is the deal:

I always used android phones. I am now using an iphone 7 for 12 months now and I am pretty happy with cam, performance and haptic.

But as I wrote, I really miss android, especially now with all the new oreo functions.

I dont want to spent another 1000 EUR just to buy another phone, and I dont want to sell my iphone.

I can buy the pixel xl (new 128 gb) for 450 EUR ( thats a good price here in germany )

But I have 2 concerns, and the problem is, I can get a hand on a pixel :

Is it that thick ? MY IPhone is 1mm thinner and I really felt in love with this slim phone. Do you guys mind the thickness ? Is it still ok or does it filly a little chunky ?

The bezel on the bottom: Is it that big ? I mean, I dont need a fancy screen to body ratio, I actually like bezels because I am watching a lot of netflix on stuff woth my phones.

Could you give me just your opinion : Should the bezel and the thickness stop me from buying this awesome phone ?

thx
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cswee1932:
To be honest, I don't mind the bezels or the thickness of the phone, and I came from the Nexus 6p, which was a little over 1mm thinner. The bezels that people complain about being too big, I actually like because I can hold it between my thumb and finger without having to worry about a touch registering on the screen.

When Google replaced my 6p with a pixel XL, I had my fiance try it for a weekend, and she hasn't picked up her S8 in over 2 months since. She was hesitant because of the huge bezels as well, and because of the lack of the Samsung apps she became comfortable with (she's not into specs and all that). After a few weeks, she came home from work and said she really likes how smooth Android operates on the phone, along with the consistent battery life and lack of bloat (her S7 and S8 could be great at times, or barely breathing after a long day; each day with the same usage pattern).

I would say go for it, overall we both love it.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Mr.Norminator:
thank you very much for the reply

I really think, there is a reason for me to have some kind of bezels, and to be honest, i dont like the shape of the bigger screens like xl2 and s8, but this is just a personal preference

I am just afraid by the thickness, I dont want a phone, that feels like from 2010 :) thats all

I also planned to wait until next week for the opo 5t --- but i dont know. something os always wrong with oneplus .. camera, display .. and i guess .. there is no software or hardware problem with the pixel ..

wtf .. I am ordering now ... :)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Pain-N-Panic:
Idk man, I hear great things about the op5. The one OP5t should shape up to be a great device.

I love my pixel to death, but If I were you, I'd probably wait until the 5t drops and read some reviews on it before making your decision.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] RashidD:
Thickness and bezels are not an issue for me at all and I'm using the XL. Sure, it's a big phone and a waste of space but I actually didn't mind the design once I started using the phone.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Ismokel:
And even stock oreo is probably the best thing to come from Google. Pixel xl runs it flawlessly.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] mlin:
Thickness and bezels don't bother me either. Considering you're happy with the 7plus, if be surprised if the bezels bothered your as they're nearly the same proportions. The camera is fantastic and the performance and fluidity are on par with iOS.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] chaco81:
I have owned every Nexus device... went to the Pixel XL from the 6P....

Thinness is just good, i think theres such a thing as too thin. This phone i think its perfect balance.

As far as bezels.... Its not a big deal really. My fingers rest there when i play horizontally anyways. Its not as beautiful as minimal bezel phones nowadays, but by NO means its ugly. Its fine.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] HikingMoose:
I don't mind the bezels personally either. It makes it easier to use one handed. If the screen went closer to the bottom of the screen, there'd be no way for me to reach the navbar with my thumb (it's tough now as is, but maybe my thumbs are longer than average lol).

Thickness I never pay any attention to, because my cases are all varying thicknesses anyhow.

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I'm considering selling mine actually, for the sole reason of the speakers. I can't stand watching videos on it, after my last 2 phone booth had dual front facing.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Fouad Aslam:
I dont think the bezels are any bigger than the Iphone 7. I think the black version looks better as it does a good job of blending the bezels especially side bezels with the screen when the display is off. White version makes the bezels stand out more prominently. The new thinner, longer phones look super cool but as has been pointed out the XL is not ugly at all. 450 euros for 128GB its a fantastic price. I would suggest that you make sure it is under Google warranty as there can be some hardware fault down the road and Google will have your back covered.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Elixir_:
Hi,

I have an iPhone 7 Plus and a Pixel XL and I can tell you that it's really hard to choose between them.

The iPhone 7 Plus is definitely thinner and you can clearly feel the difference. However the Pixel is not that thick especially from the bottom side (the top of the phone is thicker).

Concerning the bezels, its the opposite. The iPhone 7 Plus bezels are much bigger and noticeable compared to the Pixel XL.

So I actually prefer the thinness of the iPhone 7 Plus and the bezels of the Pixel XL and that's why I said it's hard to choose between them. Also, you need to know that the iPhone 7 build quality is much better than the Pixel's.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpt.macp:
Hello guys, I'm posting this for first time.

My girlfriend is having a Samsung S5 from AT&T and I want to root it as she told me system apps from AT&T are taking too much space on her phone and so I was thinking can I flash any custom rom on it?

As I see the AT&T thread separate, I want to ask some things

Does Network provider has to do something with it ?

I can flash custom rom on her phone or not?

And same odin thing works ? Like unlocking bootloader and fishing custom recovery

I have never rooted any Samsung phone ever

I'm having a oneplus and HTC.

If anyone can tell me what all do I need to do, I would appreciate it a lot .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinheaD420:
Att version has locked bootloader .... Root is possible and there a few roms but they are all based off the stock rom just tweaked a bit ...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
You should consider two things:

1. ATT phone may be sim-locked (locked to their network), but it has nothing to do with custom firmware. This problem may be solved more or less easily.

2. ATT phone (SM-G900A) does have a locked bootloader. This is a real problem.

That's why you're limited to touchwiz-based ROMs and stock kernels.

This means, in it's turn, that you cannot have root on 6.0 and above, you cannot have custom recovery, LOS, etc.

If it was my device and I was going to use it as a smartphone (to communicate with others) on a GSM network, I'd install this ROM in unrooted variant and the latest firmware (boot, modem, kernel).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpt.macp:
It's been over 2 years for her phone, unlocking bootloader won't be an issue ( we can unlock it right?) . And she will be using AT&T only because she is using family plan.

If you dare saying the real problem is locked bootloader then we can just unlock it , or I understood it wrong
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I believe that the following thread may help you out with this. It's S5 AT&T device specific.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3516196

Good Luck!

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I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SunnyGrewal11:
earlier i read a post where samsung said that from 16gb total storage half is taken by main software ... now that i have a new rom on my fone ... m still getting only 8gb storage and from that 4 gb is taken by new rom ... m confused hee .. where is the rest of 8gb gone now ???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
You have a total of 16GB internal memory.

From that memory, about 7GB is reserved for system, cache and other stuff.

You should have about 8-9GB free internal storage with nothing but the ROM installed. A ROM is installed on the reserved system partition, it shouldn't use your internal storage.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SunnyGrewal11:
yes thats what i thought but i installed new rom n its using half of the remaining 8gb and m left with only 4gb usable space ..

did i do something wrong .. like installed rom normally as we do but now this prob :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
You obviously have left over app data or something. As I said, ROMs aren't installed on the user data partition.
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] mtnAVman:
I have upgraded the ROM to 2.17 from HTC but I want to change the Radio to 1.40. I have downloaded “titan_1.40_radio” but have had no success in completing the install. I keep getting error 262 after it begins the update. It never moves past 0% complete. I then have to remove the battery and restart the device. What am I doing wrong?
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] piaa_nissan:
If your phone is locked for 2.17 you have to unlock it for the 1.40 radio. I ran that combo and it was a PITA but worth the less problematic radio that came with 2.17. You can always relock the bootloader after you load the new radio.
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] mtnAVman:
I have had some problems not receiving calls. I have been in places were someone tried calling me five times in a row before my phone rang and did not go strait to voicemail. My phone was sitting on the table beside be and had been used for a call 15 minuets earlier. I’m just looking to solve this issue. I had heard that 1.40 might solve this problem. Has anyone else experience this problem?
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] Such_A_Victor:
UM4 is the first Brand Ugoos device running under Android Nougat 7.1.2. Nougat brings new feelings in TV Box usage. New settings menu – combination of TV settings and standard phone settings looks fresh and more user-friendly for both Remote Controllers and mouse pointers. New animation looks up-to-date, smooth and have good reaction on RC actions.

[IMG="Ugoos UM4 Release"]http://ugoos.net/image/data/0UM4_release/UM4%20banner.jpg[/IMG]

Combination of 4K resolution, H.265, H.264 and VP9 codecs and HDR function make device a reliable all-format media center at home or small office.

As before, all Ugoos devices have a row of special functions on board, and UM4 is not exclusion:

Root feature from the box

File server (Samba)

Hardware performance Monitor

Wireless Assistant (Fireasy)

Gamepad Settings

Debug Settings

Screen rotation options

Autoframerate switcher

More details and and other release information you can find in Ugoos Blog
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] BigBrainAFK:
So I wanted to make a PRF to make sure I don't loose my data when updating. Only problem is that the PRFCreator wants a system.sin in the ftf file and not a system_X.sin.

I guess this will be the same for any sin file.

Is there any way to fix this?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] karrouma:
Same/ rename it in the ,zip folder

I flashed a flashable system and works without renaming
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] StefanoGY:
Hi, I'm italian, so sorry for my english. I have Android 8.1.0 and I installed the pixel 2 launcher from apk mirror, October 26th version. When I go to the feed or use the search bar at the bottom, shortly after I have a refresh and it is very annoying. Solutions? Thank you.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Jazznax:
+1 super annoying
[General Questions and Answers] GuyInDogSuit:
I'm trying to transfer app data from my rooted Nexus 6 to my stock Galaxy S8+. The Nexus 6 is on Oreo, and the Galaxy is on Nougat. As far as I know, Helium is the only method for backing up application data without root access.

Unfortunately, out of the 24 apps that I'm trying to back up, only 11 apparently worked. And yet they would ONLY backup to internal storage. I repeatedly get an unspecified, generic error when trying to back them up to the cloud. So I was forced to use internal storage. I then transferred the carbon folder to my PC, and then copied it to my new phone, but the backups aren't recognized.

I tried rooting the Galaxy, which worked fine, but after a few hours, somehow it randomly rebooted and got stuck booting to upload mode every time no matter what I did. So I had to load download mode and restore it to stock. I was pissed, to say the least, as I had spent well over an hour restoring and setting it up. If I could, I'd just copy over my TB folder from the Nexus again, and go from there, but that's not a viable option. I'm leery of rooting it again.

And before anyone asks, yes, I checked the permissions, and they were already all enabled, storage access included. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that the app hasn't been updated since October 2016. Though one reviewer mentions that it works on Oreo just fine. Any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] GuyInDogSuit:
Anyone?
[General Questions and Answers] ypsilonn:
I have tried to transfer apps and data just like what you did with Helium. I found some phone changed backup files when they were been copied from internal storage to PC. The solution was to compress them to a RAR file, then extracted it after copying to PC or new phone, so it could be recognized and restored.

The problem is some apps are "disallowed" to be backup, only part of them can be.
[General Questions and Answers] GuyInDogSuit:
So you compressed them on the phone, copied them to the new one, and extracted them again? Then ran Helium?
[General Questions and Answers] ypsilonn:
Yes. Of course you can extract it on PC and then copy to the new phone, too.

And here are other key points:

1.The USB mode must be PTP, not MTP.

2.Helium can only restore data of apps, not including apps themselves, even though it says it can. To solve this problem, you can use another backup app to restore the apps to the new phone, then restore the backup files made by Helium.
[General Questions and Answers] GuyInDogSuit:
OK, cool. I will try that out next time I have to wipe/restore my phone.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEVAN3D:
Hello everyone,

I was just wondering why are there no ports of official ROMs used in newer models? Like 3T, or 5?

Some devs on other devices tend to do that, for example they make ports of Galaxy S8 system for S7, S6 users, etc.

Why not OnePlus? Can't we have official OP5 system ported for OPO?

Thanks.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4almond:
Cant
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahraKaL:
Because the oneplus one uses 32-bit snapdragon 800. Starting from oneplus two everything uses 64-bit processors. So "can't". But there is ports of oxygen os of the oneplus x which is also 32 bit.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmmmaaahh!:
Heya!

In short:

We don't need any.

A little less short:

There are over a dozen ROMs still in development for Bacon, that question is almost insulting (it isn't, I'm just being dramatic, hah). Some devices get ports because there's little or no original development for them. All the major release groups also release(d) for Bacon, that beats ports by far.

Resurrection Remix, for instance, has very similar releases for OPO, OP3, OP5 and a whole list of other devices.

If you're talking about application ports, that's a different story. For example: I'm using the OnePlus 5 camera port and it works great on our OPO. The cool thing is that it works on any ROM, which provides full freedom.

Sizzled with Bacon ?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEVAN3D:
No, I really didn't mean it as an insult. And I've been pretty much satisfied with RR overall (waiting for O though). I was just wondering why not. And now I know the answer.

P.S. I really didn't know about the camera port. I will give it a try. Thanks.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmmmaaahh!:
O is already here, both AOSP & LOS. For now LOS is the most stable.

Sizzled with Bacon ?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEVAN3D:
Yeah, I know that, currently I have LOS right now, but I meant the RR based on Android O.

I've been using RR on 7 and so I'm waiting for it on 8 as well.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmmmaaahh!:
According to this G+ announcement that might be our Xmas present (^o^)

Sizzled with Bacon ?
[HD7 General] Doomer D. Great:
Hello!

I was an owner of a perfect 950XL. Was. Fell and blown half of the screen. I have the HD7 eating dust. But the issue is, there is no more store for apps. There are no more apps. No option to add email accounts. No way tonight with Microsoft account. I know there is a way to upgrade to WP7.8 but I don't know if there is a benefit.

Anyone knows something that I don't? Maybe there is hope for this phone. I need to use it for a while. Too many good memories with this one ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] XDA451:
The old dun APN doesn't work because google now allows carriers to block it, i ran settings put global tether_dun_required 0 as superuser, and got no result...

net.tethering.noprovisioning=true give DNS probe No Internet on the connected device
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] tgrgrd00:
Yep, same thing on Sprint. I tried all the old tricks and nada. No data would pass. Then after days of trying everything I found this.

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2/how-to/how-to-disable-carrier-tether-check-t3701836

It works on Sprint so. It's a long process but it worked. Since I a am already rooted I only did the bind Carrier Entitlement section.

Hope it works for every carrier that needs it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] XDA451:
Nope, Didn't work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] RiffyDivine:
Just a question here but why do you need it? Tmob gives unlimited tethering in the plans now.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] xlr8shun:
yeah, if you have the tmobile ONE plan.. just turn on hotspot, set up a password and have another device connect..

no root needed.. no special edits or anything, it just works now..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] dadoc04:
have you tried the magisk module "tethering enabler" ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] XDA451:
Still throttled to half megabit.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] XDA451:
I'm talking about unlimited on the ONE plus plan, you get 10GB's before throttled to 3G speed. I'm throttled now and I want to bypass it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Skimpy007:
Worked for me.

But I am dealing with some throttling issues? Like If I speed test getting like 80^ 25v. But go to stream a movie. Slowww... and then went to torrent on laptop getting like 60kbs download. I saw something about changing the APN might help the torrenting but doesn't allow apn changes on Pixel 2 XL.

and on a small note I do have ONE Plus plan. and about 300 mb in so far.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] dubt17:
T-Mobile user here.

1. Buy a VPN

2. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ardadem.vpntethering&hl=en

3. Enable hotspot, run VPN Tether, and you're good!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] smartymcfly:
T-mobile caps tethering speed at 500kbps.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] ryanbin:
Change the T-Mobile APN protocol to "IPV4" (not IPV6 or IPV4/IPV6) after editing build.prop and setting tether_dun_required 0. That should do it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] hschreibz7:
Still working with February patch?

Can anyone else confirm if this method works currently with February security update? I haven't tried yet but going to very soon as I also have TMobile and would love to bypass tether checking.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] KevTheGuy:
It seems to be working

Right now using the default T-Mobile APN (no dun) on Android 7.0 and getting LTE speeds. Personally I use NordVPN and I love it.

I would test on Oreo but LOS on the Exynos S7 has som RIL issues at the moment it seems.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] j2gifted:
So I was using the Tether mod zip and notice as of the past few weeks ive only been getting half a megabit...

This suggestion did work well, but is there any other way to do this without the extra apps? Something built n2 a rom?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] KevTheGuy:
I only know of VPN Tether app, which requires root, and PDANet+ also works. I don't think there's a ROM with a feature to bypass Tethering throttling, sorry man.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] j2gifted:
I miss the good ol days when tethering was easy lol. Is there a thread on PDAnet?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] KevTheGuy:
I didn't find an official one but anyway here is the playstore link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdanet&hl=en_US

I think the free version limits you to 5GB every time you connect, or something like that. I bought the paid key which is like $8, but no limits, so that's pretty cool, but kinda expensive lol.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] j2gifted:
I tried it this morning omw to work, and I didn't see much of a difference in speed. May have been the area I was in.

In still on the Galaxy S6 Edge and was considering getting a new phone to get around this... But based on what I'm reading, the limitation is the same with all phones? I may as well just throw an Oreo rom GS6e since it's still solid.. right?

Did you try the other workaround with the VPN tether app? That worked pretty well for me.