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[Google Pixel 6] foobar66:
Well, there has been some ranting here on this forum about the P6P.

I received my P6P on November 2.

I had never owned a Pixel, was looking forward to it (totally hyped up by Google's clever marketing ... yes I admit it).

I used rooted devices for the past 5 years or so, but initially decided not to root my P6P.

I thought I could get used to no-root ...

The first 2 weeks I was quite disappointed ...

a) FPS unreliable

b) Android 12's weird 'internet' quick tile

c) Non-root adblocking with Adaway ... yes ... sorta works but sometimes VPN turned off (never figured out why)

d) Bit of 'bloatware' ... some stuff which I don't use ... could disable it (yes, even non-rooted) through 'App Freezer'

e) No dark mode for non Google apps ... well, sorta ... you can turn it on in developer settings but reverts after reboot

f) Weird screen 'flashes' when using Nova (returning from an app into Nova desktop)

g) Missed screen touches (again when returning form an app into Nova desktop, then quickly tapping an icon -> touch was 'lost')

h) No VoLTE

i) Missing APN (well, you can modify them via settings of course)

I came from a OnePlus 8 pro (nice phone BTW) ... had promised it to my wife ... so could not really go back ;-( ...

There was a moment when I wanted to return my P6P ...

Someone here on one of the threads said: "You will learn to love your Pixel"

Hmm ... hmm ... was sceptical ...

Then things started changing:

I decided to root ... couldn't stand it ... ;-)

Slightly frustrating because after rooting my upgrade to .37 did not retain data (I probably ****ed up somewhere).

a) FPS got a lot better (I guess some changes in .37), especially when fingerprints were re-registered

b) Found a solution to go back to the old 'wifi' and 'cell' tiles

c) Rooted ad-blocking through hosts file

d) 'bloatware' completely hidden (my own magisk module)

e) Enable dark mode at boot time (my own magisk module) [only Strava app is still 'white' ... well ... OK]

f+g) Combination of: navbar buttons + FNG gestures + hide navbar (fabricateoverlay) => got rid of weird screen flashes and missed screen touches (lo and behold)

h) Achieved VoLTE through my own magisk module (patching props + adding some stuff to /data/user_de/0/com.android.phone/files/carrierconfit-XYZ.xml)

i) Edited /product/etc/CarrierSettings/others.pb to add proper APN settings (mounting through my own magisk module)

So ... now we are 1.5 months down the line ... and I actually 'love' my P6P now ;-)

Next challenge ... upgrade next week to December upgrade ... keeping root and /data ...

But most importantly: wife is very happy with her OnePlus 8 pro !

Happy wife ... happy life ...
[Google Pixel 6] RaymondScrott:
Interesting post But would probably attract more attention on the dedicated Pixel 6 Pro forum.
[Google Pixel 6] foobar66:
Whoops ... indeed ... forum mistaken ... ;-)

thanks for pointing that out ...
[Google Pixel 6] jfive74:
And sharing some of these modules would be nice too. 😜
[Google Pixel 6] foobar66:
Sorry, I posted this in the P6 forum instead of the P6P.

Search for my posts in P6P ... (b)(c)(d)(e) (h)(i) are all there.
[Introductions] UdarNasiv:
My name is Radu, I own a Xiaomi 11 lite 5g after 2 Moto G and a Mi 9T. I am the guy who fixes the phones in the family and the XDA forum is a great source of knowledge. Been visiting for years, hope to be here for many more. Wish you all the best!
[Introductions] orb3000:
Hi Radu and welcome aboard!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shlomki:
Hi

I installed a new dialer on my diamond and now i wanna go back to my original(hebrew supporting) dialer, anyone know how?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Well, there has been some ranting here on this forum about the P6P.

I received my P6P on November 2.

I had never owned a Pixel, was looking forward to it (totally hyped up by Google's clever marketing ... yes I admit it).

I used rooted devices for the past 5 years or so, but initially decided not to root my P6P.

I thought I could get used to no-root ...

The first 2 weeks I was quite disappointed ...

a) FPS unreliable

b) Android 12's weird 'internet' quick tile

c) Non-root adblocking with Adaway ... yes ... sorta works but sometimes VPN turned off (never figured out why)

d) Bit of 'bloatware' ... some stuff which I don't use ... could disable it (yes, even non-rooted) through 'App Freezer'

e) No dark mode for non Google apps ... well, sorta ... you can turn it on in developer settings but reverts after reboot

f) Weird screen 'flashes' when using Nova (returning from an app into Nova desktop)

g) Missed screen touches (again when returning form an app into Nova desktop, then quickly tapping an icon -> touch was 'lost')

h) No VoLTE

i) Missing APN (well, you can modify them via settings of course)

I came from a OnePlus 8 pro (nice phone BTW) ... had promised it to my wife ... so could not really go back ;-( ...

There was a moment when I wanted to return my P6P ...

Someone here on one of the threads said: "You will learn to love your Pixel"

Hmm ... hmm ... was sceptical ...

Then things started changing:

I decided to root ... couldn't stand it ... ;-)

Slightly frustrating because after rooting my upgrade to .37 did not retain data (I probably ****ed up somewhere).

a) FPS got a lot better (I guess some changes in .37), especially when fingerprints were re-registered

b) Found a solution to go back to the old 'wifi' and 'cell' tiles

c) Rooted ad-blocking through hosts file

d) 'bloatware' completely hidden (my own magisk module)

e) Enable dark mode at boot time (my own magisk module) [only Strava app is still 'white' ... well ... OK]

f+g) Combination of: navbar buttons + FNG gestures + hide navbar (fabricateoverlay) => got rid of weird screen flashes and missed screen touches (lo and behold)

h) Achieved VoLTE through my own magisk module (patching props + adding some stuff to /data/user_de/0/com.android.phone/files/carrierconfit-XYZ.xml to get proper 4G and 4G+ icons in statusbar)

i) Edited /product/etc/CarrierSettings/others.pb to add proper APN settings (mounting through my own magisk module)

So ... now we are 1.5 months down the line ... and I actually 'love' my P6P now ;-)

Next challenge ... upgrade next week to December update ... keeping root and /data ...

But most importantly: wife is very happy with her OnePlus 8 pro !

Happy wife ... happy life ...
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
I actually found their advertising to be extremely offputting. It very nearly convinced me to just stick with Nexus 6 indefinitely. Your choice in phone is not relevant to social consciousness, it is a tool to do a job.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Well ... it was not all marketing hype to be honest ;-)

After years of several OnePlus devices, it was becoming clear that OnePlus was going to loose a lot of their original appeal. OxygenOS was always better than stock android with a clean look and a bunch of really useful addons and customizations. Easy rooting and a big development community always made me go back to OnePlus. And the Pixels 1-5 generations always had things that made me not buy them (slightly enforced by the fact that Google does not sell in my country).

But the latest OxygenOS builds especially since Android 11 started to look more and more like Sammy. But after Galaxy S2/S4/S6/S8, I had more than enough of Sammy.

The OnePlus consolidation with Oppo and them moving into ColorOS made me decide to go away from OnePlus. Really sad as they had a unique position for many years: very good hardware, stock android with the addons/customizations that actually make sense and a huge dev community.

The P6P was marketed to be the first flagship Pixel so this time I decided to give it a go. I don't regret it (as I said in OP) but especially the first 2 weeks caused quite a lot of doubt.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
Pixel's were *always* marketed as "top end", except the "-A" versions and the "5".
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] wulfgarfang:
I love this! I assume the previous phone you owned goes to the wife. You always get the upgrade? This is exactly how it goes with me as well. Wife has the pixel 3xl I got the p6 pro. Wife loves her upgrade from the s7edge.(was once mine as well). Oh and I also have a daughter with whom I've also given phones so I can upgrade....great thing I've got going actually.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Yes, wife got the OnePlus8 pro ... she is happy but cares a lot less about phones than I do ... lol ... ;-)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] galaxys:
I traded in my OnePlus8Pro and kept my OnePlus 9 Pro for now. But it does seem 1+ is headed down the wrong path lately. 1+ 12 stable is as buggy as a rainforest!😳
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] dilruk:
@foobar66 Where can we find these mods you have made?

Also do you use banking apps?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Search is your friend.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] dilruk:
Not as much as I need
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] galaxys:
Patience is definitely a virtue with this badboy device....
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] bradhoschar:
Just got my 6Pro yesterday, but my OP8Pro is right by my side. I do miss the physical button for Sound>Vibrate>Silent, and I miss being able to swap back and recent nav buttons, and the double-tap back button for notifications. If I can find solutions for these 3 things, I think I'll keep the 6Pro. If not, a loyal OnePlus user I'll be!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] ram4ufriends:
For your 3rd one

Settings -> System -> Gestures -> Quick Tap. Turn it on and select Show notifications.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
Forgot to mention 1 point in |OP|:

I use Substratum 'Swift Dark' to have overlays for Whatsapp/Instagram/Twitter giving them same color scheme as the Google apps in 'dark mode'.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] andreipaval:
Hi, you mentioned missing APN and then adding it in others.pb, what exactly was not working correctly when APN was missing ?

And about others.pb, I read on another thread about how you edited this, do you think it's possible to add the missing VoLTE settings for my carrier into others.pb, overwriting it with magisk and then VoLTE being automatically activated, without the need to edit "/data/user_de/0/com.android.phone/carrierconfig-com.google.android.carrier-xyz.xml" ?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] banshee28:
So also rooted and use De-Bloat from F-Droid. Any other opinions on using this one vs Magisk modules and such? So far this seems to work nicely.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] neorf:
i've receive an HTC DIAMOND from Expansys, but they doesnt want change it.

so, how can i replace screen? it's just external screen, glass only, broken...

some guides?

thanks

neorf
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] topspeclt:
Expansys are very naughty boys indeed - I won't be buying frm them again.

If it is a defect out of the box then call HTC and see if they deal with it.

I don't think parts for HTC are floating about just yet in abundance. Furthermore, the opeining and closing of the Diamond is -very- tricky.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] lsainsbury:
If it's DOA / faulty on arrival they should be changing it under consumer law.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] neorf:
they doesnt want to change it, because product arrive to me in date 18 sep, but i opened it only 19 evening, because i was away for job.

but so 20 morning was saturday, so i sent email but they didnt read it.

then at the beginning the cut on screen was almost invisible, but only after i was using it, the cut was more visible. this because the cut is at the corner top-right, on black background, just where you find X to close program...

what can i do? :S

thanks

neorf

PS DONT BUY FROM EXPANSYS
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] djind:
Consumer rights on online stores are not the same in every country.. Find out about yours first and then mail them again. If you know your rights and their obligations, they will have to take action.. Goodluck
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] topspeclt:
My experience with Espansys was the same. I called them a day after I received it and wrote them emails but they waited at around 10 days before responding with a RMA number. This is their plan:

+ To exhaust the time to tie you into the contract which you have 14 days to consider.

+ To leave no time for another exchange - they might send you a device WORSE than the one you got towards the end of your grace period and you can't send it back because of the time limit.

Expansys are a bunch of UK English CS.

I appreciate dealing with India Dell so much more....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] lsainsbury:
I have to say that I've had problem with Expansys before and now I avoid buying from them. In fact I've not used them since I had a problem with them.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] foobar66:
JFYI, I just received the Play-systemupdate of Dec 1, 2021.

See screenshot.

This is what got updated (for me): packages + version (after update):

com.google.android.modulemetadata | 2021-12-01S+
com.google.android.networkstack | aml_net_3112130
com.google.android.networkstack.tethering | 12-7798439
com.google.android.odad | S.8.playstore.p
com.google.android.permissioncontroller | aml_per_3112110
com.google.android.providers.media.module | 12-7964833
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] cd993:
Nice!

Nothing here for me yet, in the UK, even after manually checking.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] hanschke:
nothing here too in germany.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Paz9:
Nothing in Australia
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Nothing for me in the United States. I just tried manually and it says no update, and I'm on the November 1, 2021 Play system update.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] StrangerWeather:
Just received mine, UK, 46MB.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] gpvecchi:
Nothing in Italy
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Wynnded:
Nothing....yet. (US)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] DVD-XDA:
Already updated, 46MB, Germany
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] yyz71:
Nothing in Canada yet 🤔
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Texan1:
Strange, checked for update and it appeared, 46mb, downloaded and restarted phone but Play Update version still shows as 1 November which is what I was already on.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] fonix232:
Weird, I'm in the UK, and nothing yet 🤔
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] galaxys:
Nothing yet usa, but soon I'm sure...
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] kevinireland11:
Ireland nothing yet
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
Got it. In Canada
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Wynnded:
Have it now...597kb. Says November 1... 🤔
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] hanschke:
got it today. now waiting for 12L ;)
[Introductions] Melbro:
I've passed through as a viewer over the years so decided to get more involved. Most of what I read is gobbledegook to me but so much is useful, everyone should explore this site and its avenues.

I windows insider compute, I android phone and watch. I have two 4G Ticwatches having recently gained a Pro 3. My current searches have been on eSIM but I want an easy life @ 70, not to be adding one function to **** (insert your own favourite) something else. I've successfully used NFC payments since the pandemic started and that is paramount. Reading that sorting eSIM can knock out Pay is to be avoided.

Keeping up with tech follows 60 years of amateur radio, through hifi, through engineering work, through auto interest, homelife into retirement. I read tech, expect much of 6G and wearable, and hope for synthetic fuel to renew ICE - I don't want to drive vacuum cleaner tech!

Looking forward, it'll be great.
[Introductions] orb3000:
Hello, nice ro have you here, welcome!
[OnePlus 9 Pro] funkyirishman:
ok not sure if earphone issue or phone which is not rooted

Volume very low when playing songs on Spotify and was ok when I was using OP7 pro. On android 11 and in developer settings and disabled absolute volume

is there anything else that I can check or do to increase the volume or is it headphone/spotify issue

Thanks
[OnePlus 9 Pro] funkyirishman:
Okay think it's a Spotify issue think it's okay now
[OnePlus 9 Pro] sanverkapur:
Check in Bluetooth advance options.

Sync media volume option

Also check in Spotify there is a volume normalize option in settings. Turn that to loud

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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] pasch:
Hi

im not sure if this is the right location to place this thread.

ive a major problem with my touch diamond. i installed quickmenu_en_2.7 on my device (german wm6.1) and noticed that Einstellungen was lost. so i tried to help myself and did

start > quickmenu > option > command > settings > create shortcut

and then selected \windows\startmenü\einstellungen

it worked quite fine. i was able to select the einstellungen (persönlich, system, verbindungen) directly from the startmenu. but therefore i had to select

start > settings > quickmenu-settings (or sth like that)

so i went to \windows\startmenü\einstellungen, changed the name of "quickmenu-settings" to "Einstellungen" and moved it to \windows\startmenü

all good so far. then i decided to delete quickmenu and to test smallmenu.

Start > Einstellungen is now not working anymore. nothing happens if i click it. i also cant find it in \windows\startmenü anymore.

HELP, anybody!?

is there a settings.exe in the windows folder anywher which i could select/ redirect instead.

i dont want to do the hardreset...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Neo XL:
I had also compatibility problems with quick menu on the diamond. The program wasn´t updated a longer time before the diamond released. I think,. there are some driver problems with the newer rom. Also wisbar has little problems...maybe this rom version has problems with this form of opening the start menu.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] pasch:
i also think that im not the only one with that kind of problem.

sth similar here (in german):

http://www.pocketpc.ch/htc-touch-diamond/43653-start-einstellungen-problem.html

does anybody know if there is a way to start the settings/einstellungen directly from the explorer and not from the startmenu. is there any kind of *.exe anywhere in the windows folder? i guess then i could redirect it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Obsidian72:
According to this site the name is control.exe
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] pasch:
Thx Obsidian!

now i got sth to work with. i downloaded utils.zip from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=349162

there's a control.exe in it. you can start the settings menu with it.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] deathps:
Hello all forum users. I have a problem with the battery when charging it just becomes 75 percent charging and nothing else happens and continues to charge.

Best of all, the phone is able to charge up to 100%, but only with the phone turned off completely.

Sorry for my English 😁
[OnePlus 9 Pro] pubmastervnt:
Are you rooted?

If you have magisk acc charging module enabled, that's what causing that
[General Questions and Answers] Aj420:
Hi,

I own a gionee elife e7 and was not using it for a long time now. I recently started using it and have some pictures in the encrypted folder but do not remember the password for it. I remember it has some very important memories stored in it belonging to a friend who is no more with us. Would appreciate a lot if I can get any advice from you on how to get those pictures.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Mocky:
Does anybody have any experience with this cradle? Would you please share it with us. I'm especially interested in FM transmitter quality and charger efficiency.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AT-T-Tilt-HTC-8925-PDA-phone-car-charger-holder-mount_W0QQitemZ160290610206QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160290610206&_trkparms=72%3A1416|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] SilentlyScreaming:
I'd also be interested if anyone else has first hand experience?

Additional to the OP's requests, does anyone know the make and model for this device, does anyone know if the microphone socket is 2.5mm or 3.5mm, and how securely can it hold a TyTn II in a vertical or horizontal position? (The photos of the mount in use in a car are for a different model, and only show horizontal).

(I'm hoping posting those pics doesn't break any forum rules, I've added them here in case people have an aversion to visiting e-bay :) In case it isn't obvious, I'm not in any way connected the seller - I'm actually a little suspicious about the device - it seems too good to be true if it works well, and apart from not having a microphone built in meets my needs.)

[edit]

Mic is included, I didn't read the description properly, so unless the supplied one is low quality, that 2.5vs3.5mm query isn't so important, for me at least.

OK, going from the photobucket url, I searched for pocketpcman (not much help, too many results). Can't seem to find a non-ebay shop of his or hers.

His photobucket album is private - I was hoping there would other pics of the model, or the box it came in etc. to aid in identification.

I've sent a question re. the make and model to the seller, will post back if I hear anything
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] SilentlyScreaming:
Just got this reply to my e-bay query

So no make or model :(

Also, the pics he refers to (on the e-bay page), appear to be of a different cradle, one with a speaker grill at the bottom, not an FM frequency selection area. I'm in two minds whether to risk it or not, any able to help out?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Mocky:
In his e-bay store he has to different cradles. One with the speaker is for HTC Touch, other one with FM transmitter is for Kaiser/Tilt.

Did anybody take his chances and bought this thing yet?

By the way, will this cradle hold HTC Tocuh Pro aka Raphael aka AT&T Fuse?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] SilentlyScreaming:
Gave up waiting for a reply from an e-bayer who had the same model for sale.

Took a risk and purchased it, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=270291556041

Will let people here know how well it works, but I won't be in the country until week commencing 17th Nov.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] kimtyson:
Way to jump in with both feet! Hope it works out. If it does maybe the seller will give you a little bonus. Let us know. And thanks for being the guinea pig.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] SilentlyScreaming:
Have to admit, I sort of tip toed up to the jump line - had to clear it with my wife first (whilst over here in Kazakhstan, she earns 99% of the money, so wasn't mine to gamble with. That said, I may have accidentally forgotten to mention just how untested this model is amongst online communities I frequent :) )

Like I said, I'll report back with as much info as possible, but looking at around 4 weeks minimum before I get my hands on it (postal service over here is not worth the risk).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] SilentlyScreaming:
OK, received an e-mail from the guy that runs the company. He passed his mobile number, and so I skyped him (Kazakh mobile to UK mobile cost/minute is scary) with my questions.

Obviously I am only relaying his answers, I'll not be seeing this thing for a while yet.

In stock? Yes, a good 30 or so left in stock

Make/Model? OEM, though it was reviewed recently in the PDA Essentials magazine, scored 8/10?

Vertical only? How does it hold it in? Horizontal as well, snug fit - custom made

Microphone socket - 2.5 or 3.5mm? not sure

Charger fused? yes

I had a look through the PDA Essentials forum, and as I'm not in the UK, searched for a torrent with recent editions of the magazine scanned in, but no joy.

Anyway, though I'd pass the info on.

If any readers of PDA Essentials could take a moment to scan through recent editions for a review on this TyTn II FM Car Mount, I'd really appreciate. I've obviously already ordered it, just interested if the reviewers had anything interesting to say.