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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] naiku:
Honestly, as much as I love the Pixel 2 XL, the camera is great and stock Android is exactly what I had hoped (no junk apps, nothing I can't remove if I don't want it etc.) the Bluetooth issues are seriously frustrating. What is doubly annoying is that on Monday for example, it disconnected from my Gear S3 at least half a dozen times, but yesterday did not disconnect a single time. If you take a look though, BT connectivity issues definitely plague the 2XL, take a look at this thread for example, started in October last year: https://productforums.google.com/fo...!msg/phone-by-google/-lpPfDGvkNw/hzLdYStbAgAJ As you can see, it is still ongoing and covers all sorts of devices.

I am kind of stuck really, part of me wants to return the phone because I use the Gear S3 far more than I ever expected, taking calls on it is handy if I am in the garage for example and don't have my phone on me, my work calendar syncs to it which is great for quickly checking in the morning on my meetings etc. But, on the flip side the phone is so fast and smooth, that I really enjoy using it.

Overall how do you like the Note 8? I loved my Note 3, one of my favorite phones to date.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BigMosley:
Thank you for your honesty. I did further research and I found many saying my $300 Fitbit Ionic watch isn't compatible with the Pixel 2 XL, so I'm glad I didn't trade my device yet. The only device I wouldn't mind trading for is the S9+ because I know there won't be any issues with compatibility.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] smiley45:
Buy an iphone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] naiku:
No problem, I wish I had known about the Bluetooth issue before getting my 2XL. I had heard there were some issues but was not expecting it to be quite so extensive. Annoyingly, I may be stuck with the phone as I am a few days outside the 15-day return window, which will leave me just hoping for a fix.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BigMosley:
You sellin?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LuckyPotatoe:
I have an Infinix Note 2 (X600)that have some charging issues

when i charge the phone i usually need to jiggle the cable a little bit to get the power flowing, but lately it gets much worse. when charging my phone need a lot of time to charge. The charger is not the original phone charger, it's a spare samsung charger i found lying around in the house. its usually works fine up until now. I checked the charging power in ampere app and i found that the charger lose charging power slowly over time. for example the initial charge rate is 900ma , the charge rate slowly decaying -10ma /5-10 second to a point where the charge rate hit 0ma. i could leave the phone overnight but instead of charging the phone it reduce the phone battery instead.

My initial thought that it's because the faulty charging port because i game while charging and janked it fairly often. and ideas of what causes my problem or a fix ?

second question: is charging ports of micro usb android is all the same ? or it's different per phone model, cus im thinking to get the port replaced
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 8425317:
Long story short. Use the manufacturer recommend,if not the original.

Yes they will mostly work, but when you take the cost of the device into account....

There should be information on this within the website for the smartphone etc.

Ironically enough, my battery died while I was typing this and I was running a GSAM bat test using always the original charger.

In logics term's, you can always start a car with a much cheaper battery, but when you're taking into account of longevity over quality and anything else you can throw at it, all roads have intersections...

Please email the manufacturer, things not the 90s so you will get better support [emoji12]

In no way am I to be taken seriously at ehm 4am.. and there's the bottom of the barrel answer from my beloved XDA
[Mi 3 General] Thekendrickman:
i have managed to obtain the chines variant of the beloved Mi3 pisces. it's the one running with a tegra 4 processor.

the phone a few months ago has received has a miui 9 update, then it suddenly started to overwhelmingly heat up even under idle, the phone gets stupidly hot that i actually couldn't hold my phone properly cuz it felt really hot, as in the type that burn your thumb if put it there long enough.

my phone has be rooted and unlocked and is currently running TWRP.

i thought that maybe using a custom rom would fix the problem as i thought that maybe an unstable version of miui 9 was causing the extreme overheating, turns out even that didn't fix the problem. i thought maybe this was kernel problem? or some kind of driver problem.. idk..

if any of you know an answer to this, a little help would be much appreciated or atleast make me know if i'm the only one experiencing this

THANKS HUMANS! :cowboy:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] paulo_andre:
I currently have over 200 contacts and I notice the smartdial search is getting slow and I have to wait 1-2sec before pressing another key (as soon as no contacts are found its quite fast).

Is there a way to force a delay so that:

wait 200milisec. if no other key was pressed, search the contacts as usual. if other key is pressed, print it and reset the timer.

This would allow me to write the number or initials fast and then wait a few seconds for the search instead of waiting a few seconds for each button I press.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Myrddin Wyllt:
With that many contacts, I'd recommend voice dialing them. Use your phone's built-in recorder. It's not magical or anything, but it's adequate, and much faster than typing half the phone number in by hand, and you're one button click from activating it. Just be sure to use a consistent method for recording, such as "first name, last name" for all your dials, and as long as you know the name, you've got it licked.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] paulo_andre:
the problem is with these many contacts I don't remember the name, I have to start typing what I remember and then choose from the list. And usually what I remember is similar to 5-6 contacts so I can't use voice dialing
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Myrddin Wyllt:
What about a scrolling directory, like PocketCM?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] paulo_andre:
again, that would be fine if I remembered the first name, but sometimes I remember the first, other times the middle, even others the last... I really need a full search like the native smardial but that search should only be made after I stop typing and not after every key
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Myrddin Wyllt:
Good luck, then. Sorry.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mr_deimos:
Actually, pocketCM DOES allow you to search by first name, last name (probably middle name too), or phone number. Try it and see if it's any faster. It might be, since it caches all contacts, and doesn't have to connect to outlook's database. Caching also has a downside - it will take some time when you start the program before you see any contacts. But when you keep the program running in the background and don't close it, only minimize, it's not a big problem.

To start searching, bring up the pocketCM's dialpad (phone button in default skin), and start typing.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] paulo_andre:
I tried it and it's actually slower than the native smartdial. This because I have to write the name in the keyboard instead of just using the phone buttons to enter text.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Myrddin Wyllt:
If you're in PocketCM, you can click the phone icon to call up a dial pad. Start entering the desired number, and the directory will start narrowing the list of numbers that match until you have the one you want.

You really should give this program a chance, instead of dismissing it without actually using it as it was intended (which is to have many ways to get to the desired phone number as quickly as possible). Your patience will be rewarded.
[General Questions and Answers] rlund:
Hi.

I'm trying to find out if my phone might be dying on me or if it just had a bad one-time crash.

I have a Galaxy S7 (not rooted) that has had no issues for about one and a half years.

Yesterday, after I closed a piano app and a bit later went back to my phone, the screen wouldn't turn on, and the phone was frozen. None of the buttons did anything to make the phone usable again, and no display or light features did anything. I held the power key without success. I plugged the phone into a charger, and no light came on although the charger seemed to recognize that something was plugged in.

Someone else was able to find the shortcut to force reboot the phone (hold Power and Volume Down for 10-20 seconds), and that finally did it.

However, it seemed to me that the reboot took considerably longer than usual - the desktop icons would not show up for about 10 seconds, and many apps would open but not display any of their data for again 10-20 seconds. After a while, everything seemed to work again, but I'm worried.

So far today, the phone seems to be working normally. I just used Helium to create a backup of my app data, and it made my phone really warm - although that could be normal for Helium.

I typically don't restart the phone often, maybe once or twice a month. I leave it on and charging overnight.

In your experience and estimation, is it possible that my phone may be close to dying, or is it likely an app just crashed catastrophically and froze the phone?

Any thoughts on what could have happened, and should I prepare for getting a new phone, or is there something else I can try to check if the phone is still alright?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] rlund:
Just did, thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] thecaptain0220:
The USB port on my Pixel 2 XL has completely failed. It started with just the audio dongles and progressively got worse until it will not longer charge with my wall adapter. When I connect it to a PC it does actually charge, but the windows does not recognize it (Device Descriptor Request Failed). I tried on a Linux machine and it did not see it either.

I contacted support and they are sending a replacement device. If I am correct, with the devices purchased directly from Google, bootloader unlock does not void the warranty. Either way I was planning on doing a factory reset and relocking the device, just to be thorough. The issues is that I dont think I can do that. Without access to fastboot I dont know that it is possible. Is there anything I am missing? Any ideas on if it is possible somehow?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] uicnren:
Not possible without a PC.

Google does not care if it is locked or not.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] sudoaptgetsum:
You are correct, they do not care at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] jah2110:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/root-s9-sm-g9600-9650-snapdragon-t3796687
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blagginspaziyonokip:
I was wondering why I had no 1080p60 option on the YouTube app so I tested the 720p60 option first, then I found out that trying to play 60fps videos on YouTube makes it stutter VERY badly.

Is it possible to get smooth 60fps YouTube playback or can the S4's hardware just not handle it? Hopefully it's a software limitation.

EDIT- Problem seems to be fixed after I set battery mode to performance, but I am unsure if that is what solved the problem. After setting the battery mode to balanced, the smooth playback was still retained. Now my problem is that I get no 1080p60 option :/ I can play 1080p videos fine, but no 1080p60 option is shown when I am watching a video that's 60fps. I'm pretty sure the S4 can handle 1080p60. Hell, my J2 Prime can handle 1080p60 just fine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lRaziel1:
That.

I have an Xperia Arc S (LT18a) with a custom 4.0 ROM (Ultimate Xperia HD) and i just cant make Link2SD to recognize my 2nd partition. The classic mount: no such file or directory stuff. Which bugs me since i bought the Link2SD Pro version.

I have the normal fat32 and a ext4 partition, i've done a lot of things, created a new scrip in the .ind folder, made Link2SD a system app, rebooted, erased SD and re did partitions multiple times, it just doesnt want to work.

So i can recall couple of years ago i actually got my Moto E to work with linked folders and i never created or modified the partitions as far as i remember, so, question.

Can i link folders to install apps on sd without having to create a new partition? Because is a pain in the ass, is a slow trial and error process and im quite done after trying so much and so many different things.

Thanks

Edit. Solved. Dunno how to mark as solve it or closed so just ignore it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lRaziel1:
Solved, turned that every software **** was worthless, all i had to do was use the CWR partition tool at the recovery menu obviously and now i had correctly partitioned a ext4 partition and a fat32 one.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] i3arty:
Hi all,

I have questions is the locking of the pictures safe ?

If i lose phone or it gets stolen, and if someone take out the sd card of my phone to access/hack ? locked pictures on some other device is that even possible ?

The phone has encryption and all finger print lock but i have my data on SDCard like locked pictures and videos would it be possible to access such from laptop or other device or reset phone and somehow access those pictures ?

Thanks !
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] TotallyAnxious:
There's sysfs things for zram0 and zram1. Doesn't that imply stock has two zram images or whatever? I've only seen devices with zram0.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Blaalad12:
This is a strange one as iam not having any issue with 4G as such but have noticed some strange behaviour!

For the most part i seem to only get 1 bar of signal (although everything works fine / fast enough) If i put my sim card in my iphone however then i consistently have full bars / signal strength! I understand each device measures signal strength differently but iam doubting that Full signal strength on he iphone is the equivalent to 1 bar on Samsung?

Another strange feat is that as soon as i make a call, Like literally within 2 seconds of pressing the call button, the signal jumps to full and stays there until the call has ended and then drops again! The opposite happens when connected to wifi. If iam lucky enough to have more then 2 bars and i connect to wifi, it immediately drops to 1 bar!

Ironically web pages etc are all loading fine and everything seems ok but it def seems strange also! Anyone else having any issues?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] lucianus_luciferus:
When you make a phone call the phone switches from 4g to 3g or even 2g whichever is available because 4g is only used for data afaik and that's why the signal jumps to full bars. That is normal.

If everything else is OK I would leave it alone
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Blaalad12:
Ah ok yeah everything is working fine! It just bugs me seen only 1 bar or 2 most but seemingly its because iam using 4g plus which is faster then 4g! Some guy i spoke to told me that 2 bars of 4g plus is better then 5 bars of standard 4g

I was just concerned and worrying as ive read lots about the s9 having issues with 4g
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jasonstackhouse:
I was running the Developer Preview Beta 2 and noticed that my device would no longer communicate correctly with my OTG usb jump drive, I tried all the normal trouble shooting techniques and nothing worked. I than tried connecting my phone to my computer and my computer would no longer connect to my device either. I didn’t think this was a big deal so I was going to just flash back to the May factory image from my computer.

This did not work, so I did a factory reset in TWRP hoping that this would clear out the issue that was stopping the phone from usb communication. It did not fix the issue. So normally in TWRP I can always plug a flash drive into the phone through the otg and explore the files, however for some reason this was still not possible, something has happened to the device where it no longer allows incoming or outgoing usb communication. The device still charges however it is no longer recognized at all by my computer nor does the device recognize usb drives. I have all the latest USB drivers and updates needed. I uninstalled and reinstalled my drivers on my computer as well. The main issue I feel like I am having here, is that the device no longer wants to communicate with usb asides from charging, this is why it is not seeing the otg storage when I plug it in while I am in TWRP.

I am at a loss, I can boot into twrp and explore the device, this is useless as i deleted all the files on the device, TWRP will not allow a usb to be found so i cannot flash anything to the device. My computer does not see the phone so i cannot fastboot anything to the device. I have tried everything, DUECS script, skipsoft, none of them have identified a device. This is further verified by running cmd and typing in adb devices, to which the response is a blank line.

How can a device be bricked, but somehow have TWRP recovery working, along with the ability to boot the device into fastboot/the bootloader (and yes the bootloader is unlocked still)? If anyone has any ideas of how I can get this thing to be recognized by my computer please let me know.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jlokos:
I would try a different cable as this device is very finicky; that solved my issue of the computer not recognizing the phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Az Biker:
Is it possible that your device's USB port data transfer function is damaged, but the charging portion is functional, making it a weird hardware failure?

You know, like the old days when the charge port would break or wiggle loose, and sometimes it would charge and sometimes it wouldn't, depending on the angle of the cable in the mini usb port?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jasonstackhouse:
That would be nice if that were the problem, but unfortunalty I do not think it is. For example, when the issues first began, before I did the factory reset on the device, windows would pop up a message that said unknown device, and failure to connect. After the factory reset in TWRP the computer gave up all together in recognizing the phone. Another sign it was likely not a hardware failure was when the device was on and i was attempting to connect the otg usb to the phone it would give me some weird options. With android P the options were, allow this device to control the usb, or allow the USB to control the USB. that made no sense to me since why would i want the the USB to have any control, it couldnt do anything its not a computer its only a storage device. However, even though I had file transfer selected in developer options, it would not allow this connection. The options were all greyed out and it would not allow the pixel to have control over the usb device.

As for USB cords I have used without fail the google issued USB cord that came with the Pixel 1 xl, It has never faile me or had any issues. It is still fully functional as I was able to use it to connect my girls note 8 to my computer for file transfers and all other things my phone is not doing anymore.

I reached out to google and explained the situation to them, after i told them I was on Dev preview beta and they verified this to be true they told me this is likely a hardware failure and offered to replace the device. I am now waiting on the new device to be sent to me, however still cant accept that i cant recover the current device with an unlocked bootloader, TWRP installed, and access to fastboot/bootloader screen. I have seriously bricked phones before as in they would not even turn on and I was able to get them back up and running, this would be my first ever device I could not recover and what makes it worse is that it actually has TWRP installed and powers on and off just fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] draymond1987:
Sorry for the obvious question: Do you have the latest drivers? I don't have the drivers set to the whole system (Windows), so if I don't CD into my fastboot folder, I can't do anything because the system wide drivers aren't current. Don't know if that could be your issue?

I'm too lazy to fix the PATH of my drivers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] murphyjasonc:
I had an issue similar to this. I was trying to hook up a USB c to Ethernet adapter. It worked fine on April's patch but after I flashed Mays the phone wouldn't recognize it. After I plugged it in my phone rebooted and I no longer had access to developer options and it wouldn't read any usb device. Luckily I had a TWRP backup on my device. Once I flashed the backup which was only about a week old everything worked again. I haven't tried using the adapter again. I think something in the data partition got corrupted. I tried just restoring the boot and system partition and that didn't fix it. Try doing an advance wipe and formatting the data partition. That might get you back up and going.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] twiz0r:
have we even seen a bricked device yet?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jasonstackhouse:
I didn't think it was possible, I still dont understand how this is happening. For the other responses above, I have all the drivers up to date, and I already formatted data, wiped everything. At this point I would like to see if there is anyway to delete TWRP recovery from the device, anything, I have no OS on the device, but for some reason still have TWRP on both A and B.

I almost dont want to give the phone back to Google because I want to figure out what happened and how to fix it, its definitely not broken/bricked like you see when someone flashes the wrong files to a device, it just has no USB connection capabilities which in-turn have rendered the device useless.

When I had Samsung phones if you bricked a device to the point it doesn't even turn on correctly you could always save it still using ODIN. Its weird that the google flagship device and software doesn't have its own proprietary flash software like Samsung, LG and HTC, we just have adb/fastboot, I feel like if we did, i may be able to get this thing started again.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Pyr0x64:
have you tried using something like quickboot from the playstore to be able to get to fastboot?

I had a similar thing happen a few weeks ago on oreo. PC wouldn't 'see' the phone, but it would charge very slowly.

I installed quickboot, booted to fastboot and was able to flash the factory image
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] jasonstackhouse:
I can't access the play store on the device in it's state. I do have access to fastboot. I can boot the phone to fastboot, and into TWRP, only problem is the phone doesn't communicate with the computer in either state. If the pixel had a SD card slot I would just load up a recovery but unfortunately we don't have that luxury
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Triscuit:
What cable are you using to connect to the PC? Is it USB c to USB c?