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[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] longjohnsteve:
Hey Im coming from the OG pixel xl as well. I currently have the 6t but don't actually find it much of an upgrade from my pixel. Ive got 15 days to return it so Im looking to buy the 3xl instead. Would you say that the upgrade from the OG xl to the 3xl is worth it?? Thanks!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Demolition49:
I had the Original Pixel XL, 2XL and now 3XL Nd in between that I got the OnePlus 6 because it intrigued me.

I can honestly say one plus have done a brilliant job with Thier phones, but there were a few things that started to bug me and made me realise why I want to start using my pixel again.

Camera both photos & video:

The pixel just blows the OnePlus out the water here... You might be able to get a decent shot on the OnePlus but it's way less easier on the pixel point and shoot and you know you have a great shot, can't beat it.

Video stability, there was no OIS on the OnePlus for video, the really showed up in videos, awful.

Updates: Now OnePlus were on the ball and even in the beta program, but when android 9 came out, they were a couple months behind my pixel and I found myself wanting to pick up my pixel with its consistent updates again.

Screen: I just loved having a 2k screen, I missed being able to select 1440p on YouTube, even though the quality was amazing for a 1080p screen.

Speakers: the speakers on the Pixel when compared to other flagships out there have been said to be one of the top 3 in all flagships, the OnePlus speakers are rubbish.

Honestly I can say, the pixel is superior if you can afford it. It does have it's own issues but it knocks things out the ballpark where it matters. If you are on a tighter budget I'd say my second option would be the oneplus, so really it comes down to budget if you ask me, both are great phones.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
ruthless pixel launcher

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-ruthless-pixel-launcher-based-t3755903

fixes all these issues with the nav :)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Lepa79:
you know you can do just one long swipe for the app drawer too, right? Don't have to use double swipe if you don't like it.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Horseshoez:
Haven't even gotten mine yet...

Hey gang, I've enjoyed reading the comments here; if nothing else they validate my decision to buy the Pixel 3 XL over a OnePlus 6T.

Funny thing though, a week ago I had no intention of buying a new phone, I am not a power user and was quite happy with my old Motorola Z Play, especially the two to four day battery life (depending on usage), however, I'm now needing to support some AI interfaces I'm helping my company build, and said interfaces often include sensitive information, and when I checked, I discovered the Z Play was only up to date for security patching through August of 2018. Yikes! During my shopping I discovered the Android One initiative which, at least here in the U.S. means low and middle-tier phones and monthly updates for three years, and by late last week I'd narrowed the list down to a nice Android One phone (Nokia 7.1), a very nice high middle tier phone (but with no guarantee of support for three years), or the Pixel 3 XL. This last Sunday I was just about to compromise and pull the trigger on a 6T when I heard about Google's $200 deal for the Pixel 3 phones, and immediately ordered a 3 XL; cannot wait to get the phone.

Final thought, during all of my research, it seems most folks could care less whether their phones are secure or not, that and there was very little love for the Android One initiative here in the States. What's up with that?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] skooter32:
its a samsung screen but heyho
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] divvykev:
Well, am back in the Pixel / Nexus fold after a few years out following the Nexus 5x bootloop (which was fixed out of warranty for free) and the increased prices of the pixel phones.

The journey has taken me to LG, Wileyfox, Nokia and lastly OnePlus. Got the 3XL in the sale and wow am I pleased.

From the box it feels better. Everything seems smoother and just works. The OnePlus 7 was faster but there was something missing. The nokia 7plus was an ok phone but the updates were laughable.

Going to try and skip a new phone in 2020 and see what comes.

Good to be back. Now all we need is a Cataclysm Rom and I may go rom flashing again (blast from the past :) )
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] LedgendaryEpics:
F*A*C*T

Google Pixel 2 has the best design out of all the pixels.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] semperlux:
Honestly... I got a Pixel because I've never owned a pure Android phone. I've rooted phones for years starting from the days of the EVO 4G and I imaged AOSP as soon as I could and loved its utilitirian feel. However, after years of not rooting phones and coming back to it by way of a pixel, I find that out feels like my wife's iPhone. So, it took Google 10 years to develop a... iPhone. I like my pixel a lot, don't get me wrong. But the utilitirian feel is gone.
[General Topics] Zeusus:
So I am trying to find a good source for text message and ringtone alerts. In particular looking for text message alerts - to lazy to be bothered to make my own. Does anyone know of a good source for wav files?
[General Topics] Rudegar:
google is good

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[General Topics] mchapman007:
Google is very good

http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&...G=Search&cx=000825531964825142534:cqr2sjirilw

Can I be a Junior Mod and do this all day? :)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Google Pixel 3 XL keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Google Pixel 3 XL. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] noidea24:
3/5 but only because half of the pixel XL 3 user base is stuck with a locked bootloader.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] brand0nYates:
Judging by past thread activity on previous Android phones, development for those phones was way beyond what we're seeing with the Pixel 3/3XL. The phones been out for almost a year and there's been what, a couple ROMs/mods? Hell, even the accessory threads are dead. It's really unfortunate.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] usablefawn:
I'm surprised at the low activity honestly, this phone has been out for almost a year. Came over from OnePlus 6 and wow what a difference in support. I thought I'd see more development for it but so far it's looking like that's about it for this device.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] brand0nYates:
That's what I'm saying. There was so much hype for this device, but it died so quickly. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that barren wasteland that is the Pixel 3 forums.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] divvykev:
I've recently back to Google after oneplus, lg, etc and thought I would be back to rom flashing in no time.

What I have found on xda recently which could be driving developers away is that lack of control on the threads. All issues seem to be about problems with root and updating with root etc.

I found the oneplus xda (6 and 7) to be bad at this. You would see the same post on several threads about the same thing usually around root or magisk not working.

Could be way off the mark but I agree there is a big drop in development going on.

On my nexus 5x I would be on a different rom each week, carbon, purity, tesla, slim etc etc. (Have to mention cataclysm on my Nexus 4!!!!!)

But then again stock has got so good that I find rooting not required anymore.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] masri1987:
Big drop of development. There was more action going on in the OP6 but i suspect development will pick up when it becomes more affordable for others in the next few months , as does always occur.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] djcrystals:
[MENTION=6864870]slothdabski[/MENTION] Just significantly increased the amount of development for Crosshatch, which is fantastic. We are in better shape than we were 1 week ago. We will all miss AOSIP, that's for sure. What I can say is that I have recently gained a serious amount of appreciation for the amount of time developers spend building for our devices. I started testing for AquariOS about 6 months ago and I've been exposed to the underworkings of development through the private Telegram channel. It's insane how much time these guys have to spend tinkering for the benefit of the masses. Truly.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Google Pixel 3 XL is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Google Pixel 3 XL exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] anniclo:
Yes! Compared to the Samsung S9, the Google Pixel 3 XL gives the impression that it is faster. I think this is because the native Android system used by Google Pixel 3 XL! At the same time, I played my friend's iPhone x before, but I feel that iphone x is faster. Recently I was thinking about whether I should buy an iPhone xs max.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
pixel 3 xl isnt out yet...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] sr8olguin:
Nvmd
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] malek777:
Same here. Thought about the max but the limitations of iPhones are brutal. Eitherway , handsdown apple destroys Google in optimizations.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] kingoftf:
Fast enough in real life?

Of course, it´s a 845 Chip, blazing fast though
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] malek777:
So I'm already noticing choppy animations sometimes when opening apps. This is really not good and unacceptable.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
since /data uses F2FS

im curious to know if anyone has formatted it to EXT4 and observed a difference?

i remember using F2FS on the oneplus phones caused slowdowns and latency issues.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
These are the way kennel deals with EAS

We need to wait for custom kernels
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] lparee:
I reduced animation speed to 0,5
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] malek777:
The animations were getting choppy, everytime I unlock the phone. I sent it back to Google for a replacement. If this issue presists, I'm just gonna return the phone.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] bobbyphoenix:
Been using mine since day one, and it's kind of funny to me. I thought lately it was slowing down, but it's only because I'm used to it now. I played around with my Moto E4 Plus that I came from, and wow, that thing was a snail. I thought that phone was fast when I got it, and thought it was on par with much more expensive phones all the way up until I got the 3XL, but once I tried it after using the 3XL, it was night and day. I then went back to the 3XL, and boom, it was like the first day I turned it on. Blazing fast, and not one stutter or jank. It's amazing how using it 12 hours a day make you get used to the speed and smoothness. Try your old phone, and then come back. You won't take it for granted anymore like I did.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] OkayGK:
Delete.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the Google Pixel 3 XL. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Google Pixel 3 XL performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Google Pixel 3 XL keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] markwebb:
Does a poor job of memory management. Apps to be reloaded. I am quite surprised this is occurring.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] smoothjeff:
Chrome pages rarely stay in memory even when jumping to one or two other apps for a short bit. Even the messaging app dumps out frequently. These are Google's own apps too, what's their excuse?

Slightly off topic but I love how safari on iOS devices keeps the last page stored so hitting the back button to the last webpage is instant vs chrome having to reload a page
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] micks_address:
Seems quite good to me. I loaded Spotify, messages, Viber, what's app, chrome and nest and no reloading. Seem to normally have about 750mb free
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] bobbyphoenix:
I haven't seen much reloading. I do mostly use apps that start each time I open them (like games like Clash Royale, etc), so I'm sure that has something to do with it, but for my most used normal apps I can open Gmail, Chrome, Instagram, YouTube, G+, and some others, and rarely will an app need to pause to reload. They mostly open right where I left off. Maybe if I cycle eight or so apps is when I see a pause/reload.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Rhymey:
Seems great to me. I can swap between Discord/Camera/Snapseed/Twitter/YouTube music with no reloading. Taking pictures or videos doesn't pause or completely stop YouTube music like I've seen some YouTubers/reviews comment. I even bumped it up to about as stressful as I could - HDR on, highest mp, take raw, nothing I could do would get the music in the BG to close

I will experience redrawing when I open a game such as FGO or Dragalia Lost, but that shouldn't be shocking, in my opinion
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Zenoran:
I've tried both streaming apps and local playback of a downloaded podcast and have gotten process kills for every situation. How is it some people have no issue and others don't if it's just a software issue?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] blcklab:
Only thing I've noticed is aggressively closing Pandora is I've been out of my car a few minutes. It's a little annoying but doesn't really bother me. Spotify and slacker stay open.

Other than that I haven't had the other issues reported like the camera closing Spotify etcetera
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
could this be related to the SWAP thats being used aggresively? if someone has root maybe they can test disabling swap, and changing the swappiness value should make things perform better.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Rhymey:
I've found it to be due to Adaptive battery. Turn the adaptive battery setting for the app off.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] rohmbd:
How is SWAP adjusted with root?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] wtharp2:
Battery management seems to be the culprit. I have turned it off as it makes my phone almost unusable; it allows me to use two apps, MOST of the time, but it constantly closes everything else, even when I have told it NOT to optimize specific programs. This is a terrible user experience. TERRIBLE. I hope they make the program less aggressive with a future software update.

As an aside, this was not how things were with Oreo on the Pixel 2 XL, and things weren't this way with the first release of Pie on the XL 2, either. However, I started seeing this after an update to Pie on the XL 2, and it has been constant on the XL 3.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
there should be a magisk module

'torpedo' something i think its called

you can also change swappiness to 0 (i think its in /proc/sys/vm )

if you have root you can try swapoff -a in terminal with su

report back on your finding please :)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] yanowman:
RAM management is worse than phones from 2016

So I just got my pixel last week and one of the biggest issues is the RAM.

Sometimes I'll only have THREE things open, Chrome, Podcast Addict, and YouTube for isntance. And the pixel will kill off the podcast (while I'm listening to it still).

The same thing happens when I'm browsing the web, and want to take a picture, boom, kills the music I'm listening too.

It's a BIG issue, happens daily for me.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Roll3r:
I did that last night - swap is off and, while I'm still getting reloads of Chrome tabs (really the only negative thing I noticed before), the phone *is* a bit more responsive. I've switched back and forth between swap and no swap, and there's definitely a non-placebo difference. I'd give it a shot if you're rooted (I used the Torpedo module in Magisk).
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
thats great news!

how many chrome tabs are you using? is it only in chrome tabs that the reloading happens? how about recent apps?

im sure there are a few settings in /proc/sys/vm that can be adjusted to get better ram management
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Roll3r:
I haven't kept track of *any* of that. The phone just feels a bit (hate this adjective) snappier. And from what I understand (don't have the links in front of me) adjusting the LMK settings is going to be difficult.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] parmend:
I keep getting low memory warnings while playing wgt golf. Sucks
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] dying4004:
is this issue too bad on pixel 3?

i use a pixel 1 xl now and wants to buy a new phone.

getting really concerned and thinking if i should just buy a note 9 or not.

what do you guys suggest?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] LaNsLyDe:
You turned off the adaptive battery feature?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] wtharp2:
Yes. I haven't noticed a huge difference in battery life, but I have noticed a huge difference in app reloads. It's WAY more usable now.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] bturkel:
I am having memory issues as well - dropping apps - running Nova Launcher - going to see if adaptive battery does anything, if not -they need to fix or going back to Pixel 2 XL
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Segnale007:
I have been using this pixel 3 xl for about a day now and the memory management is a real issue. Haven't you seen it yet? Seat tight because you will soon.

While disabling swap might actually help a bit, the situation is still far from ideal. I wonder if Google has done some kind of bad tweaking in the kernel management stack.

A grand of a phone and it behaves this poorly to the point that my one plus 3 felt actually... better. And I don't even play games or use any real memory hungry app, aside from chrome.. What a disgrace.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] croat.hvar:
I got two pixel 3 XL phones and both have the same issue with background processes being killed for no reason. Typically if I have Spotify running in the background opening any other app occasionally kills Spotify. This is a very annoying issue that happens all the time. Battery management toggle doesn't fix the issue
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] malek777:
Memory management is really bad on this thing. Software update needed asap
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
coming from an OP6

this is atrocious, disgusting move by google.

my op6 could have 20+ apps opening without any reloads, with my 3XL im getting reloads with just 2 or 3 apps open

disabled swap, disabled adaptive battery, dont optimize apps, etc etc all with the same issue.

Google can learn something from oneplus.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] blcklab:
RAM management so aggressive Pandora got closed just making a phone call. Never happened on pixel 2 xl
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] danw_oz:
November release on 2xl drops pandora on me
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] blcklab:
Interesting
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] old_fart:
This kernel developer is working on a solution to improve / extend "Multitasking / Ram" . . .

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-3-xl/development/kernel-kirisakura-1-0-0-pixel-3-xl-aka-t3864563

.

People are reporting positive things !
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] nds850:
I hope Google will fix this in the December patch. It's really annoying. Starting the camera stops Tidal for me.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] 93ae8074:
I can confirm all my problems are gone with this kernel installed.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
just played with my siblings Pixel 2 and the pixel 2 seems so much faster than our Pixel 3... whats going on?

---------- Post added at 10:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 AM ----------

i was playing with my siblings pixel 2 and it seems so much faster and more responsive than our pixel 3 xl or am i imagining things? ...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] stmm:
Definitely true. I think Google still has some work to do (software updating) before I can start recommending this phone. Right now at the state of the phone, I'd recommend the pixel 2 over the 3 if it was pure performance you were looking for in a phone!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
I was shocked at the difference!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] y2grae:
I think this very weighted discussion. The only people to really make comments here are ones with issues.

I've compared my pixel 3 xl to a pixel 2 xl and I believe my 3 is performing better.

whilst I don't doubt there are issues some people are having, I want to stick up for my 3 here
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] rohmbd:
I replaced a 2 XL with my 3 XL....my 2 XL was no slouch but the 3 XL is definitely snappier.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
curious, can you enter the bootloader. what UFS is it using? Micron or Hynix?

i guess i expected better performance coming from a Oneplus device.

the pixel 2 i was comparing was rooted, a tweaked to oblivion.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] rohmbd:
Micron
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] eswarvf:
Its better after update still having issues though
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] JamesDon:
Yes the ram management is a bit weak in this Pixel 3 XL.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Paz9:
even after a custom kernel, after all the updates

still does a poor job compared to my galaxy s9 does NOT even come close to my oneplus 6

pretty disappoint. but the camera kind of makes up for it.

hopefully they let oneplus design their next pixel 4.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] wtharp2:
I guess I need to flatten mine and start over, to see if that does any good. Because I am still experiencing aggressive memory management. Not as aggressive as it originally was, but it is still closing my programs on me, and I am seriously sick of it. This is the worst smartphone experience I have ever had, and I started with the original Pocket PC. I will never be an early adopter of Pixel phones again, and I may not buy another one. I like the speedy updates, but memory management just wrecks the experience for me. At this point, a phone that just works that never gets an update looks good to me.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Combonary:
Really abysmal. I've had this for a couple weeks and instantly noticed how aggressive the system is in reclaiming resources. This just reminds me of my iPhone XS Max.

Yesterday this thing killed the music player... Like are you kidding me right now haha. Either implement better resources management or add more RAM to your pixel devices. Hopefully the 4 XL has at least 6GB because this experience with having apps close on me isn't a good one at all
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] lssong99:
If you are rooted, try this command after boot with adb shell

sysctl vm.min_free_kbytes=307600

It will reduce Linux Kernel's aggressive and useless disk cache in favor of reserve more free RAM for app launch.

YMMV, let me know how it works for you.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Real Life Review] Combonary:
Unfortunately I'm not. I don't even bother with all that haha