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[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] ZeroKool76:
No clue what you're talking about, dude. What "nonsense"? My cloud is device side encrypted. Google isn't mining sheit from me

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Well, I work, so it's not like I would be sitting in an emo lounge or something, staring at my phone. And I plan on getting the wireless dock for next to my bed. So it will sit on that at home. If I can get 4-5 hrs in-between that, I'm good. I'm more of an idle kind of person, not so concerned about screen on time, as a charger usually isn't far away if needed. But, I agree with what you're saying about the tech. I've been having the same concern, myself. Also, the facial ID will probably hit the battery a bit as well.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] jimv1983:
I actually mostly agree with you. I'm in the same position as you about 80-90% of the time. At work I don't have time to constantly be on my phone even if I wanted to and I have a charger at my desk. Battery life isn't a problem in that case.

It's the other 10-20% of the time that's the problem. In that other 10-20% of the time I could be using my phone heavily taking pictures/video, playing music over Bluetooth, using LTE all day, having to make the screen brighter when outside, using location, watching video, long phone calls, etc. Pretty much any phone can handle the 80% easily. I want a phone with battery life that can hold up to that other 10-20% of usage. And be able to still do it well after a year of owning the phone. Very few phones (if any) can really handle that 10-20% of my usage.

Also, I don't know if you've ever had a phone with wireless charging before but my advice is to avoid it. It's terrible for the battery. Just my advice based on my own research and personal experience.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] krabman:
You can manually force to 60 hz if the leaks prove correct and I'd be surprised if Soli couldn't be disabled but haven't seen anything on it yet. I think it's a little early to worry about battery being worse than the previous Pixels because of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] Semantics:
Has anyone found a way to turn off the fingerprint location while the AoD is on? I don't want it sitting there, I know where it is and one more burn in thing to worry about as I am not sure it moves at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] millab:
I don't think you can while keeping the AOD, but yes I can confirm it does move around a little to prevent burn-in
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] Charkatak:
I left AOD as it was on my S10e. If I tap the screen AOD shows for 10 sec and I did enable EDGE lighting too
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] PGHammer:
Folks (not just here on XDA) but even generally are asking the normally-understandable question - how relevant is the (long in the tooth) original Pixel that is three years old?

As someone that owns a Pixel 3a himself, and saw his mom purchase a refurbished original Pixel, I am in a position to actually answer that.

1. Unlike three-year-old devices from anybody else (except Apple), you can still get current firmware for them. (Heck, that's gotten to be untrue of even three-year-old Apple iPhones - how many iPhones got booted to the curb with the current version of iPhoneOS?) Mom's Pixel has Pie installed (and could have gone to Q - following my own 3a) - the difference is strictly personal preference.

2. The price is still sane. (Mom's refurbed Pixel was $109USD - on Amazon - and from a quality refurbisher - BuySpry of Gaithersburg, MD.)

3. Given the two points above, you can take them to any carrier - anywhere in North America. (Naturally, thesame is just as true of new Pixel 3a and 3a XL phones; I took mine to Tracfone, after all.)

Can't afford a new phone - get a quality refurbed Pixel instead.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] matusala:
Well, the phone itself could be good but google screwed up!!!

1 Software support 3 years is good? You kidding? Apple has 5 year support. Even Iphone 6s has got latest firmware that's released a year before our OG pixel. And will receive another update whereas pixel last firmware is Android 10.

2 Pixels just have too much problems!!! They die out of nowhere for example latest pixel death https://xdaforums.com/pixel/help/boot-past-google-logo-white-screen-t3959968 Everyone knows that 128 GB pixels with toshiba chips are prone to die. Audio chips die on pixels, heck even the best thing on this phone camera has problems, on some pixels pictures come out blurry on edges because of rear glass (In later pixel 2 and 3 camera lens is isolated from rear glass). Verison models have disabled bootloader unlocking, you still can unlock bootloader on first gen verizon, but not on 2 & 3. If you do not have unlocked it on pixel 1 and OS corrupts itself you are screwed. Also if you unlock it and relock without being 100% stock you have a brick. Many people here have done this :( Their pixels turned into bricks.

If you have pixel released before 2017 january you get at minimum 20$ from google and if your pixels has audio problems you get upto 500$ from google. They knew about this issue, just did not care.

I hate apple and iphones, but their phones seem to be much better in build quality and longevity then google pixels. Nexus line was much better at this!
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] PGHammer:
1. How many 3 year old or longer iPhones are capable of running the current (non-beta) iPhoneOS?

2. And iPhones (of the same age) don't have problems? I'm not saying that Pixels (or any age) are problem-free; I know better than that. (The same is true of any device - even iPhones and iPads.)

3. Your point is "seems" - how much of that is that the userbase is more willing to give Apple a pass than they are willing to give ANY other ODM - even (if not especially) Google. I support iPhones and iPads as well - not just Android hardware.

Then there is the cost of buying in to the Apple ecosystem - the hardware cost especially, in terms of used hardware - that is the BIGGEST problem with the Apple ecosystem vs. Pixels (I'm talking hardware of the same age). I don't "hate" Apple - in terms of either hardware OR software - if I did, I wouldn't support either one. However, it is flunking the "value" test - and especially at the three year old end (where the original Pixel and Pixel XL are). Further, I made plain that I don't recommend hardware from any OTHER Android ODM at that age - and for the very reason I made plain in my post; the support is not there!

(Yes; Samsung falls down here as well - and I don't hate Samsung, either; I came to the 3a from an S7 (of the Snapdragon sort) - now in honorable retirement. In addition, there is a LOT of non-Android Samsung hardware here - all of the household TVs (except one) and one of our two refrigerators; and considering I'm in the United States (not Europe OR Asia), the dominance of Samsung is earned.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] matusala:
1 I did not write it out of nowhere. My sister has iPhone 6s and it works well on latest iphone firmware :)

2 Again i am not saying that, but Pixels have much more problems. Everyone knows this here. 128 GB models, speaker, cameras and so on. Iphones are more reliable. Pixel 2 is better but first gen google really screwd up!

3 I am not defending apple i do not like that company, but software is on higher level there. At least you do not get this ****ing ads EVERYWHERE and viruses DIRECTLY from play store. Their software is wayy ahead of android in that. But android is open source and that is why i am able to use latest version of android on my Nexus 4 & 5 which are from 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Now i am never going to have ANY apple products but you should give them a credit where it's due.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] GuestK00387:
iPhones aside the pixel is still relative as a daily driver as in messaging, socials, calls, texts, email and browsing.

I have pie on a nexus 4 but I wouldn't use it out of choice as a daily driver, it's purely a back up device, it's dated.

I paid £150 for my pixel back in january, I'll get another year or so out of it on a custom ROM and then it will either get left in a drawer or binned depending on the battery.

It's a personal preference, I had the nexus 5x and 6p and both went blod but I bought another 5x as it was a cheap, sensible usable phone which is how I see the pixel now.

Just my opinion.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] gingerboy92:
I had $100 to spend on a phone. Been looking all around to get a phone with good camera. So i bought a google pixel for $85. The BEST camera you can get for under $100!
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] PGHammer:
As Good As the Camera Is...

I'm not saying that the Pixel camera (any Pixel) is bad - I know better. (The Pixel 3a's camera is - easily - THE best camera I have ever owned OR used.) However, that isn't why I bought - or recommend - the Pixel 3a in particular (or Pixels as phones in general).

Here are my "Pixel points"; they apply to Pixels in general with the sole exception of the Pixel 4 (due to its price expectations).

1. Pixel pricing is sane.

2. Unless you purchase a carrier-specific model (and there is exactly zero reason to do that), you can take it to any carrier.

3. You can go to Android 10 - fresh from Google - from the jump. (Yes - even on the original Pixel.)

4. In addition to the camera, it has one of the best AMOLED displays of any device. (Shocking but true fact - when watching videos, given a choice between my PC - connected to 32" of TV display - or my Pixel 3a - the 3a wins most of the time. It's not JUST the AMOLED display, it is said display's HDR support - not exactly commonplace at the sane end of the price curve.)

As to how LITTLE the camera mattered, in my initial responses to Pixel reviews, I used the "#whatcamera?" hashtag - the camera mattered THAT little. Length and strength of support mattered - enough to boot the S10e out of the purchase matrix - and I actually had hands-on time with it (but not with the 3a) before hitting the "Buy" button.

Lastly, the usual reasons for needing to root don't exactly apply to Android 10, either. I am choosing NOT to root my 10 install. I can - but why? I ran without root starting with beta 3, and realized that there has to be a reason TO root - and with 10, there mostly isn't.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] waingro808:
Not sure why you replied like that. He was supporting your argument. FYI, Verizon versions of Pixels can be taken to any carrier. There is no difference except for locked bootloader, and Verizon Pixel 1 has a workaround.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] fahmi182:
Lets try compare:

1. Talking bout upgrade, the iphone never ever get latest new feature, for example night sight from pixel 3, og pixel still get it.

2. That is hardware problem, conditional. Verizon? Are you kidding me? Thats diff product, just buy full unlockable.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] PGHammer:
NightSight turns out to be a software update - merely go to Camera 7.1 on any Pixel.

The same has turned out to be the case with most of the software related leaks - if not all of them.

The single-carrier issue is not just Verizon - it is in any country the restriction exists, such as the UK.

That is why I recommend the full unlockable. There is no longer a penalty fir doing so.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] MrxSiN:
This is my taking on OP post.

1. We are on XDA. Software update was never a problem. Lineage are always there. Even my S3 i9300 still alive.

2. Price here rn on my country is crazy cheap. I myself got OG pixel before pixel 3 launch below 200 usd. It's really hard to see someone with a phone that are not Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi or iPhone. Even OnePlus is really not popular here.

3. 90% phone sell here are not bound by carrier. Unlocked.

4. Yes, pixel do have it's own problem. Just about 3 month ago, my vibrator motor just died.

I own a 5" OG Pixel 32GB.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] mike.s:
I missed the pissing match. I take it no one one, as usual?
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] eksasol:
I have a Pixel and Pixel XL 128gb, and after the recent Google camera port that allow SuperResZoom, I'm going back to the Pixels as my daily driver. The photo quality from the Pixel is so good, I can't justify shelling out a thousand dollar for the latest devices.

The main problem with these phones is the battery life. You can replace the battery yourself, but it can be difficult and easy to break the screen if you're not used to it. And make sure the microphone is working because that was one of the design flaw. The call quality isn't great with this phone. Other than that every else run great. I love the finger print scanner as opposed to face unlock of the newer devices.

I might consider the 3a if it goes on sale nearer to $200 this Black Friday.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] funtikar:
You are right

I just bought an OG Pixel 128gb today for rm460 in a local shop(online can get much cheaper I know).

I thought to myself I needed an affordable phone, ofcourse Xiaomis was on my mind but low end Xiaomi had unusable camera. This is the first time I've used a Pixel and coming from iPhone XR I'm really impressed with GCAM especially NightSight. Pixel > Xiaomi Redmis anyday unless you prefer your Mobile Legends and won't mind a terrible low light camera.

Oh yeah I'm really impressed with everything but very disappointed with the battery life...any tips of custom ROM to extend the battery life?
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] PGHammer:
What I Had Been Saying bout Pixels in General (exception - Pixel 4)

The exception I pointed to was the Pixel 4 - the two reasons were the price AND the Soli/facial-recognition. (Why those two? Soli drives the facial recognition - which has a flaw - which is not present in fingerprint recognition - which is in every other Pixel.) Worse - what ODM is a big investor in the facial-recognition space? Apple. Basically, the Pixel 4 is an Android iPhone - with a price to match. No frigging thank you!

Other Pixels - and especially the 3a? Sensibly priced. Take them to any provider - anywhere on the planet. The Camera app is growing on me; in fact, I've found a NEW use for it - documenting purchases. That deadly Google Camera app is ideal for taking pictures of receipts (remember, those snaps show up in Google Photos, which is also accessible away from the phone).
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] CAExempt911:
Ok, so recently jumped ship from iOS to a Pixel 3a. It's been a couple months and now the past 2 days all downloads, including updates refuse to download or update with the message "Download Pending"

I've cleared the cache from both the Play Store and download manager, rebooted and also force rebooted.

I REALLY do not want to have to factory restore this phone to fix this issue.

What are my options to fix this issue? I trust people on XDA are a lot more reliable and smarter than a random forum to post in. :D

The Pixel is rooted, Magisk has Play Store hidden. No changes in the OS to guess why this issue has popped up.

Help needed, thank you in advance
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] kc6wke:
Try clearing storage as well as cache in playstore app
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] CAExempt911:
Same issue after that
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] sic0048:
I don't think it would effect this issue, but you don't need to hide the Google Play store in Magisk.

Have you changed locations or at least networks? It very well may be a network issue and not a phone issue.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] googlephoneFKLenAsh:
Just wait one or two days and it will back to normal.

It happened on my device and I tried everything and couldn't fix it. I just let the "download pending" there and the next day it just worked.

It's not a network issue as I had another pixel 3a working at the same time.

It's more like google is updating or checking for update for play services silently and that process is somehow stucked. As a result, the system think there is something downloading/updating and put all other download into pending.

Another temporary fix you can try is to restart the phone while it's showing"download pending" (don't cancel the download) and re-open play store. You may see the previous pending download will start downloading but any new download will still be pending.
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] CAExempt911:
Ok i cleared the cache & data from Play store, download manager and download (sys app) and it worked for about 10 minutes and we're back to download pending.

Doing the same thing does not now work.

RIP my patience
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] CAExempt911:
It's been 4 days now :eek: I'll give the "Another temporary fix you can try is to restart the phone while it's showing"download pending" " a go and let you know if that helps
[Google Pixel 3a Questions & Answers] CAExempt911:
Nope, still with the same network provider and on the same wireless network & ISP at home.

Nothing has changed, one day just decided it doesn't wish to work
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Romans8vs1:
At the present time, my S8+ will not boot into recovery, download mode, or into the operating system. When I attempt to get into download mode, I get the normal message and a press volume up to continue. The next screen says "Software Update Failed". I plug the phone in but my PC no longer recognizes it and neither does ODIN. If I select to not boot into download mode by pressing volume down, the phone goes to the boot screen but just sits there.

Any ideas on what I can do? Or is the phone now toast??

Thanks in advance for any guidance!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iLLNiSS:
Is there anyway to block the notification for the 8.0 update? It pops up randomly when I turn it on and I'd rather not have to deal with downgrading because someone in the house accidentally selected upgrade.

I have updates disabled in the developer options but I'm still prompted to start the update.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laney88:
There is if u have root
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iLLNiSS:
I do indeed. What are my options?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beefheart:
I froze the update service using Titanium Backup but any application that allows you to disable or freeze a service will do it. You could also use something like AfWall+ to stop the service having online visibility so it wouldn't know there is an update.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laney88:
Also see this post for disable update command:

Its in qa section

Downgrade from stock 8.0 to stock 7.2.3 + disable/block shield upgrade + notification

shield-tv/help/downgrade-stock-8-0-to-dev-7-2-3-t3953763/
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iLLNiSS:
Thanks. Followed this post https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80005381&postcount=10 and it worked.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] treetolber:
So this is my first experience with dual SIM. For the most part of it I'm good. What is kinda annoying is when opening a text message there is a toast type notification that displays both numbers above the text entry field that blocks the most recent received text and won't go away until you tap the somewhere in the messages field. But as soon as you tap the text input field the notification comes back. I was wondering if there was a way to disable these.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] aldabubo:
Wich sms app? Try Chompsms or Textra.

Odesláno z mého OP7PRO pomocí Tapatalk
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] treetolber:
I use Google Messenger. I prefer that.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] chromedome00:
I think i saw this before picking a default SMS SIM under the sim card settings. I have not seen this since i got the phone and i use google messenger.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] treetolber:
It turns out this issue doesn't occur in the native OOS messages app but does in the Google messages app. Must be an app thing not a system thing.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] znayver:
hello friend.i need a help to choose between GALAXY M20 and GALAXY A20 as a second device.who is the best?and is there any major probleme with m20 or a20.some people talking about a probleme of signal and Thermal resistance probleme and the phone not charge.probleme in screen not responding.moisture probleme..probleme with sound..any one confirm this probleme?or its just occuree for some people?so what are you advising me? .and tnx in advance
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] TheSnizz:
With the m20 you get bigger battery and higher resolution screen, but with the A20 you get an amoled screen

I prefer the amoled screen
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] znayver:
tnx a lot mr..me too i like amoled screen bcz i dont have a good experience with ips lcd screen.i buy A20 now after thinking..i test it and its a good phone big and great screen despite of the appearance of pixels but its not a big probleme..the sound is not 100% good.performence is good no lag..

The phone is worth its price Compared with other phones...but i have a question for you mr if you can help me..i test this trick ..i reduces brightness at 3 % or 2% and go to a dark place in my home then choose airplan mode and go to call application and i make a call with any number.then the phone popup a message ask if you like disable airplan mode the screen is more dark now and if i see at length in the screen i see like a small flickring in the screen just in this case i dont see any flickring in normal just when i make a call in airplan mode and watching this flickring is a little difficult ?can you test this for me mr please please??
[HTC Excalibur] slater87:
Internet Explorer Wont Connect On My Phone, Google, One Of The Simpelest Websites. I Type It In The Address Bar And It Says Its Connecting, But Half An Hour Later It Says Its Still Conncecting... And I Have Full Service. Dont Think It Has Anything To Do With V23 Of Rickys Rom, Cause It Worked After I Flashed His Rom To My Phone........ Plz Help
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
Have you tried configuring the GPRS settings? If not, go to the "T-Mobile Wireless Configurations" link in my signature. Follow the directions to setup the MMS and Internet. This is the solution 99.79% of the time.
[HTC Excalibur] slater87:
Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You.... I Love This Forum So Much... Wish I Could Contribute... Maybe When I Get My Next Paycheck Ill Donate, Or Just Posting Freeware Stuff... But Again, I Thank You
[HTC Excalibur] RussianSolja:
In the Setup Area... there is a VPN option whats that setup for? please explain.:confused:
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
If I'm not mistaken, that's for the exchange servers over a corporate network--like the server for your job.
[HTC Excalibur] RussianSolja:
ok here is an another question... when i go to Start>Settings>Connections>GPRS> i just setup the T-Mobile WEB option.. now in there i also have the T-Mobile Data Option that was there already can you tell me the differece between the T-Mobile WEB and the T-Mobile Data Things? And When I Should Have Either Or Selected? thanks.:confused:
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
I think those are the same settings (T-Mobile Data; T-Mobile WEB). I remember a while back that mine used to be called T-Mobile Data as well (due to someone's suggestion for that particular setting).

Long story short--they should be one in the same.
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
Here you go lol
[HTC Excalibur] RussianSolja:
but how can they be the same if they both run on two different voice servers? the web runs on (Internet2.voicestream.com) and the data runs on (Wap.voicestream.com) two different servers cant be for the same thing can they?:confused: