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[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel 3a XL's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] r00t_user:
It's really loud actually, surprisingly enough for speakers on the bottom. Definitely a high rating.
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] doubledragon5:
Great. not only on the bottom, but sound while watching a video, comes from the ear speaker as well...
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] caballon:
The audio jack sounds great on my system
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] shaun0207:
Sounds kinda muffled to me.
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] champ784:
Clarity tends to be pretty good, loudness for the price is a B+ in my experience. I keep forgetting this is a "budget" device, so I keep wanting to compare it to flagships. It definitely holds it's own. O guess I just got used to the speaker on the LG G7 ThinQ, so it's hard to come back from that. But honestly, one of the better ones in its class!
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] antennaman1969:
Pretty happy with it......A lot of background noise can overwhelm it more than my LG phones-but my LG phones have many other problems, but loud (not stereo) audio!
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] dollarpapa:
Mine too. I wonder if mine is a defective unit, because everybody seems to be all over it and praising it.

I got issues hearing notifications and it just doesn't vibrate strong enough either.

I mean, I can see the quality control might be a lot looser on these devices, given the price.
[Google Pixel 3a XL Real Life Review] Tootat:
Mine stopped working a month in... Got muffled during a call and then stopped altogether. Bottom speaker is messed up.. alarms don't work either
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terramir:
Hi,

I bought a Note 4 to replace my smashed note3 ( thanks!!!! ex gf :- ( ), well ran 6.0.1 but speaker was fried IR only worked 1 inch from tv ir sensor , kept randomly rebooting at less than 20% battery life. bluetooth was sketchy on multiple connections to say the least. SO complained got replacement, well replacement sent is note4 just like the last one brand new open box old stock I mean fully clean phone! But this one is the N910T the 1st one shipped was N910T3 (with a bunch of problems).

I choose the "T" because my old one was a note3 was a N900U that really did not work well on the internet side of things i.e. no 4g I am on metro by t-mobile so A T-Mobile phone would be the way to go to get fast internet.

Baseband N910Tuvu1cog2

build # lmy47x.N910tuvu2dok2 snapdragon 805 2.65ghz according to cpu-z

I need some advice, I would like to upgrade my phone to something cool, i.e. But something that will keep most features intact.

While I could live without fingerprint, I really would like to keep IR and the pen stuff intact (i.e. would like to keep scribbling notes) but most importantly I would like to keep the 4glte intact.

Also I need some hints on how to make this fail safe, I don't know much about phone flashing, the last things I flashed were a nook and a psp phat.

Anybody got a good tutorial for a noob possibly on how to back the current firmware up incase it bricks .

Also what do I need to know about the firmwares out there, which ones could you recommend that will be t-mobile/metroPCS compatible. how do I root this thing at least to do the upgrades. and how can I disable root (and should I?) once flashed so root does not leave a back door open for any tom, **** and harry to hack my phone ;- ).

Would be nice to really come into the year 2018 with this phone i.e. Pie , I mean this old flagship phone still puts some of the mid priced phones to shame :- ). But I would need a rom that would work with my phone which t-mobile doesn't even have a MM version out :- (

ANy help would be appriciated, especially where I can read up with some concise info on the upgrade and rescue processes.

Because there is simply too much info out there to really sift through :(

terramir
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terramir:
I can't even play words with friends, there is not even a version in the play store for 5.11 anymore

terramir
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] amanu247:
I want to use the kernel from Luis's ROM to a different ROM but whenever I flash his kernel's boot image on another ROMs it always boots to the fastboot mode

I don't know but I get the best charging speed with his ROM

I just want that with other ROMs too

Can anyone help me with that?
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] amandeep0007:
Its means that rom doesn't supports that kernel.

So no

You cant use that kernel.

---------- Post added at 09:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 AM ----------

Use dark phoenix or rockstar kernel for good charging speed.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] amanu247:
Installing Rockstar on Evolution X takes me to the safe mode everytime I reboot

So yeah that doesn't help

I don't know why is that happening but whenever I flash rockstar or twister and reboot then it always takes me to the safe mode
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] taka shiru:
i have stable Oreo, no root.

should i upgrade to android 9? What are some advantages and disadvantages?

thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Questions & Answers] gran_lexu:
Hi guys,

I have been experience some kind of lags when the screen its below 50% brightness level, black colors have an effect like a "curtain" when I do scroll. See the video attached.

https://streamable.com/umfn6

Any help? I can still return it.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Questions & Answers] bonbibonkers:
I think that's Amoled did.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Questions & Answers] RClaw021:
mine too, i think the reason is because the amoled screen that occurs in some applications using dark mode
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Accu:
Hi guys,

I spent hours meanwhile trying to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab3 5210. Unfortunately w/o any success :(

Reason for rooting:

I run the latest OS on the Tab3 4.4.2 and can't get any higher. The problem I have that latest apps from Sonos do not support this OS any longer. Hence I want to upgrade the Samsung Android to a higher version.

What I did:

I downloaded JODIN (a Mac version of ODIN I believe) I have the .MD5 file which I place in JODIN under the button PDA.

The device is connected successfully to JODIN. However, when I try to start the process I get prompted for the PIT file.

I let JODIN derive the PIT file but it failed. I tried to download a PIT file from the internet but JODIN says it is corrupted.

Any further suggestions how to root the device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haag777:
So lately while installing new apps on my OnePlus 6 I do not get any notifications from those apps. I have checked all settings but cannot find anything. Some apps give notifications, but apps that are newly installed dont.

It is quite annoying since I want to install a habit tracker that reminds me of habbits. The notifications I am setting up are not coming to the phone. So setting a notification at 8am. when its 8.01 am I still dont see anything pop up.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be?

Thanks!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
My Pebble Time has been on it's last legs for a while but I held out last year hoping that they'd release a Pixel Watch but they never did. Then I heard about the Snapdragon 3100 chip and that a ton of watches would follow once that was released but that never did (I think Fossil Sport was the only watch that came out). However, my Pebble Time has now completely given up the ghost and I'm watchless. I was hoping to string it out until later this year as there are again more rumours that the Pixel Watch will come out this year. If I was to get a watch today then I think the best watch is Huawei Watch 2 Sport but this is over 2 years old now and I'm worried that it won't be supported much longer so it would be a terrible time to buy. How strong is the thinking that the Pixel Watch will come out this year? Where are all the watches that were supposed to come with the 3100 chip? I have a non-smart watch that I can use to tie me over for a few months but only if I can get something in 2019.

Thoughts?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xartle:
The Montblanc Summit 2 has a 3100. But it's also $1100... I'd gladly wear one but I don't think I'd buy it. :) I did the same searching a while back. I think the Falster 2 might be a 3100 too and looked pretty reasonable. I ended up buying a small cheap MTK watch to play with for the moment. Which kind of works but isn't in the same league...
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dersie:
I have almost all Wear Watch (and also pebble) but I think the last is the better : Ticwatch Pro. Better battery life for all Wear Watch even better than my Huawei 2. About 2% by hour when all others have at least 3.5-4.5% by hour. So real 2 days battery life and can charge the 3rd days. Big, big point is also the real LCD screen (FSTN) for always ON mode. So it is always ON like the pebble and no light emmitted by the watch.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basturkemin:
Actually i'm a Fossil Smartwatch Gen. 4 user and it's awesome from all the way. I don't why any topic exists in here. It has heart rate function, built-in GPS and a premium design with a good price :)

For 3100 i think it's very expensive now, my next watch will be a 3100 one, also i'm thinking to buy again a Fossil. There was rumors that Google will work with Fossil on next smartwatches and that made me glad about it.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txx3:
none ...wear os is garbage
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir80:
I also had the Pebble Time Steel which was killed after I entered a salt water pool with it.

After a few month of walking with a "normal" watch I bought a Fossil Q Explorist Gen 4. which is based on the 2100 cpu.

I thought about getting the Fossil Sport which has the 3100 cpu for the same price, but the Q looks much better.

I get over a day of battery with always on display, wifi and bluetooth on, and with the periodic heart rate monitoring.

I use it mostly for showing the time and for notifications. Despite all the reviews trashing Wear OS, I must say I disagree and I like this watch.

I got it for $200 which is much cheaper than Apple and Samsung (the Pebble was $350!) and i wouldn't think twice for buying it
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] togardergrosse:
I second this.

Currently using TicWatch Pro for weeks, and very happy with it.

If you can splurge some budget, I can also recommend Casio ProTrek WSD-F30 which, like TicWatch Pro, also has dual layer display.

Tough it has twice the price, the added protection and features really worth your money.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IDK1985:
AW

Sorry to tell you,

Android Wear is dead.

And so is it's pathetic tiles update.

Buy a Samsung watch.

I finally came to this realization when I caught myself trying to fix the shortcomings of my Ticwatch s using Tasker, IFttt and and another app.

When you wear a Galaxy watch, after wearing a Wear watch for some time, you instantly feel the difference. It's like driving a Mustang while all you did in your life was walking ...
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangocats:
Watches with SIM cards

I have never seen much purpose in a phone-dependent watch, much like the Bluetooth earpiece I quit carrying after less than a year (back in 2006), why do we want ANOTHER thing to schlep around, charge, etc.?

However, a number of smart watch phones have come out which handle 4G SIM cards making them phone-independent, and I _can_ see a use case for leaving the bulky phablet phone home and wearing a (bulky) watch instead.

Sort of at random, I got a Kingwear KC05 4G 8MP Camera IP67 Waterproof WIFI GPS Smart Watch Phone, and it's a nice quality piece, particularly for the price, but as mentioned above, even though it runs full Android 7.1.1 and doesn't need to pair to a tablet phone for anything, it's pretty hard to navigate the super high DPI round touchscreen, though I am surprised how easy the on-screen keyboard is to use accurately.

Any other smart-watch-phone experiences out there to share?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangocats:
The common conception is that Ford introduced the Mustang in 1964 to incredible success, and the folks at arch-rival Chevrolet simply copied the concept to unveil the Camaro in 1966 for the 1967 model year. Fact is, though, the story is not quite as simple as that. americanrodeo dot com/story/12690615/the-origin-of-the-chevrolet-camaro
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdaviesweb:
For what I do,a connected watch is a must. Live being able to see messages, control music devices and other things like that when I can't have my phone in my hand. It's fantatsic.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undrwater:
Are you using your Galaxy Watch with a non-Sammy device? My incomplete understanding is that the Samsung framework is required in a phone for full functionality of their watches.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ha7msterx:
I just bought the ticwatch pro, it’s bothering me the lag in ui response. I can only hope that it’s sorting itself out being new, and will improve with time.

Maybe I should return while I still can, that falster 2 isn’t much more expensive...
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batfink33:
There's lag? I just picked up a 2nd hand Huawei Watch 2 for £70 and it's quite laggy. I was going to go for the Pro but it's £220,im glad I didn't now!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kat3k:
This makes me smile.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angus454:
I just grabbed the Fossil Explorer... This is my first non-Samsung smartwatch and so it's a bit different. WearOS is cool, but I've noticed it's slow to completely boot ( 2 minutes or so ) and not as buttery smooth as the Tizen OS. The OOB experience was great right up to the point of updates... sweet Jesus that was a horrific experience as the watch slowed down, had incredibly long response times and was generally frustrating until they all got done.... that was done being waded through, things got much much better... the integration of Google things is spot on and really nice to have and works really well. The gesture system is good, if somewhat quirky ( I think most of this is because I'm used to the Samsung gestures and just need to get used to the WearOS way ) . the screen is great, it charges quickly and looks terrific. I'd say consider this model if you're in the market. If you can survive the initial updating, you'll like it a lot.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AstroDigital:
Fossil Generation 5 is the best in 2019

Do not listen to trolls that visit an Wear OS board just to say the Galaxy Watch is better or Wear OS is dead.

Galaxy Watch requires you to add Samsung bloat to non Samsung devices, and it is expensive.

Me personally I would not buy a watch without Google Pay.

The Snapdragon 3100 is fast.

It has more internal memory than pass devices

and excellent battery life,
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meek2100:
After 4.5 years running Wear OS on my Moto 360 (gen 2) the battery finally died, so I decided it was time to upgrade. I just bought the Fossil Carlyle HR (gen 5). Only had the watch for 2 days, but I love this watch! Great design, runs quick, charges quick, battery lasts a couple days or more depending on your settings, and the addition of having Google Pay in my watch is a game changer.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twcobra:
I concur. My new Gen 5 is a beast. I do admit the Samsung Gear Sport I had was a real smooth watch. The issue with the Samsung is that it died after 4 months. Samsung does not put the serial number on the watch. Since I had thrown the box away, Samsung told me I was SOL. What that means for me. No matter how good a Samsung product seams to be. I still will not buy it because there business practice and customer service down right sucks.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric.jr:
One demoralizing word: Bixby!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simika:
good morning to everyone

I still own sony smartwatch 3 and i consider it a very good product ... but it is getting old and battery is slowly losing its length of work !!

I didn't keep myself update in smartwatch.... in 2019 which product is the most reliable? not sure which OS is better but a good performing smartwatch for notifications/ smartphone integration

( i don't need a SPORT WATCH ... for that i already have just sport watch ;)

thank you all for any recommendation
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
Another year where the Pixel watch was a no show despite all the rumours. I feel Google has given up with Wear OS (despite the last update adding Tiles). Just a matter of time before Google pulls the plug I think.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawwd_have_merci:
tbh i have a fossil gen4 with the older snapdragon, and its not that bad. not at all. i get a day worth of battery, even with always on display. 2 major battery drains are wifi and accelerometer gestures, but after tuening them off, its quite nice. also turn off location access for 3rd party apps like watch face's weather provider ( eg puije black etc), and just use google. ive turned my nfc off as well but i dunno how kuch of a difference that makes.

not all 3100 watches have a bigger ram, which is the cause of lag, so if u can get one with huge ram, you'll find wear os to be quite nice.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oerkmen:
Fossil Gen 5 would be good choice.

Processor::Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 processor

Operating System::Wear OS

Display::AMOLED

Memory::8 GB + 1 GB

Battery::36 hr/1 week clock mode **Based on usage**

Sensors::Accelerometer, Altimeter, Ambient Light, Gyroscope, Heart Rate
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scienceguylabs:
I just bought the new Diesel Axial. It's a gen 5 Fossil group watch.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] str8spir:
I also was a bit skeptical at first of the Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle. I still have my old Huawei W1(I also changed its battery recently) so I knew what the Wear OS "experience" was(or used to be :)). I also tried the Galaxy Watch 2 44mm for a few days but retuned it because I have a Huawei P20 Pro(so the sheer multitude of Apps that I had to install on the phone just for basic watch functionality was unnerving).

Android Wear was decent in 1.5 but became worse in 2.0 and up for the Huawei W1. It was laggy, the watch froze from time to time when performing simple actions(like going into the menu etc) and notifications arrived later than the phone. Even the phone call notification arrived late: the watch would start to vibrate but would show who is calling after the 3rd or 4th ring :)

BUT

Now with this Fossil everything is cranked to 200%. Notifications are on point, the phone call app is proprietary so it starts ringing as soon as the phone starts. Watch is snappy AF. Even the light sensor&sun boost works quickly. The recent software update fixed the sound issues. Call quality is great(better than the HW1). Google Assistant is almost realtime. Google pay etc...

I honestly wanted to hate the Fossil Gen 5 but it proved me wrong.

I could only find one subjective fault: The black bezel around the screen(while smaller than other watches) it is still a thing to get used to after getting used to the slightly bigger screen of the HW1.

Oh and the battery could have been a bit bigger...but still...it got me through 36hours with regular usage(AOD on, gestures off, wifi off, nfc off-only when using gpay I turn it on, touch to wake off-I prefer to press the crown in order to wake it up so as to avoid accidental touches, location on, activity tracker on, etc)

Other than the above, the watch is honestly great.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scienceguylabs:
I agree. The Fossil group has really upped their game with this generation of watches. I regularly end the day with close to 60% battery life left. World of improvement over the first few generations of Wear OS watches. Having said that, I have not used it as an exercise tracker when I ride my bike. They have a long way to go before they can match my Polar watches. Different breeds of watches, I know, but it would be nice to have an updated all-in-one, like my Polar M600.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GSLEON3:
Fossil Gen 5...

I tried an OG 360, it was okay, a few others after & I gave up completely. Company gave me an iPhone & it just worked. When I switched jobs I needed a new phone, a deal at the time netted me a Pixel 3a for $199.00 USD. I was so impressed by this $200 phone, especially the camera, which killed my iP 8 & iP X cameras. At any rate, I ride a motorcycle 90% of the time, my sweet cholo'd Deluxe, Lola. At any rate, with good leather gauntlets for the winter, it is a ***** when you get a call during navigating to a new area or when a ****ty song comes on, so I thought a Pixel 4 XL with the Soli may be a good solution. It was & it has an even better camera. I take pics now in very dark environments & where friends phones, including iPhones, are all dark & terrible pics, mine look great, almost lit or something you'd get on a cloudy winter day. Great pics.

At any rate, I had the chance then to pick up a Fossil Carlyle HR Gen 5 in stainless smoke for $199 USD & was given a coupon for another free band if I went into the store for help. I picked up a $40 USD leather band for free, so was a really good deal.

There are a few things I will say, it is day & night in terms of performance from a Gen 4. HOWEVER, you will get really ****ty battery life, like a couple hours, the first use. Then the second day you may get 4 hours. About 5-days or a week in it will start lasting all day. Don't let the battery complaints fool you. I almost returned mine until I stumbled upon a random Reddit post sent to me based on recent searches that said almost exactly what I am telling you. Give it a week to level out & battery life slowly increases to all day.

Now that battery life is more acceptable, I will tell you that once it updates, the phone calls work good, surprisingly so, considering a life of motorcycles & guns has left me half deaf. Assistant works well, though it is a little limited atm. It is super snappy, very fast between screens & the even just the stock faces, many can be customized to various styles and colors. Just be careful of a lot of the garbage watch & watch face maker apps. a lot of them leave crap behind on the watch, like dots where interaction bubbles used to be. It has both bluetooth 4.2LE & WiFi, NFC, Google Pay works, the HR sensor works & is accurate, sleep tracking works pretty well if you get a good tracking app. In all, I am pretty satisfied. I don't know if I would pay $300 + tax for it, but I think I made out like a bandit at $199 for the watch with stainless link band + a fee leather band.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] srj321:
Hi,

Just got a MDA Vario III and paired it with my built in bluetooth car kit in a Citroen. Pairs with no problems. My problem is when I receive/make phone calls. As soon as I answer, the built in car bluetooth system says "Silence". I can only hear the call once I click on the phone "turn hands free off" then click "turn hands free on". So for whatever reason it doesn't appear to pick up the hands free as a default. I have tried other bluetooth phones in the car with no problems. Rang t-mobile, then HTC, neither could help. HTC told me they only recommend certain bluetooth car kits which wasn't helpful.

Anybody else experienced similar probs. If so how did you fix it. Or is there a way to make one of the buttons on the phone toggle hands free on/off as this would be easier than trying to tap the touchscreen whilst driving.

For your info have hard reset the phone, also tried some hotfix found on the web for bluetooth probs on this model. No joy either time.

Thanks for any help.

srj321