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bull3964 posted:It's not really quantifiable in the terms that you are seeking. The device is just a flat out joy to use. I've pretty much stopped using my tablets (including Pixel C) because the experience doesn't click as well. This. It's hard to describe. You just do things and they just happen. I didn't think my Note 7 was slow by any means, but the Pixel XL is still better in use, somehow. Everything's faster, smoother, and it's just enough to be noticeable everywhere. It feels like how a smartphone should, and everything else feels like it's pretending. This sort of thing must be why people use iPhones, if the experience is similar at all.
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My Pixel XL was quite hot during/after the initial setup and data migration (65GB approx) but hasn't been so much as warm since.
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Nov 16, 2016 09:30
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Google shipped my Daydream last Thursday without any kind of tracking. When asked, support told me it's because I chose "saver shipping". I pointed out that there are no shipping options for the UK but that I'm glad to hear they cheaped out on shipping for my £70 device! I have to wait another two days, apparently, because that's the delivery estimate according to Google. What mysterious mail service are they using that takes a week to turn up? Muppets.
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Nov 16, 2016 11:31
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Femur posted:What's the budget phone of choice nowadays? the Moto g4? I am currently back on my Moto X(2013) and it's noticeably slower than the nexus 6 I was using. I've been researching today, and it seem kinda deciding on a g4 play, or maybe a good deal on a used Nexus 6p. I'm not sure about the G4 Play since it's a lower specced phone but I have the regular G4 and really like it. Big screen, good battery, and hasn't slowed down on me at all doing the usual phone things.
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Nov 16, 2016 14:23
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Okay my phone cooled off after a while last night and has been behaving pretty well tonight. I just came over from iOS after a year. Had the Nexus 6 and Xperia Z3C up until a iPhone SE and 6S+. Some initial Pixel impressions: - Android still feels all over the place in terms of UI. The back and menu buttons range from burger or settings buttons in the top right to slide out menus on the left side. - The keyboard feels miles away from how responsive the iOS keyboard is. I am adjusting to a smaller screen but I feel like it's not registering a lot of my touches or I'm mistyping. Being able to swipe to type is great though, I've definitely missed that. - The phone gets warm at some weird times. This morning I was just watching a youtube video and felt it get warm. I've got small hands so it's not like I'm hugging the thing. - Left my phone unplugged overnight and it lost 0% which is incredible. Hoping standby time stays as impressive as that. I will mention that usage time I was able to watch the battery % dwindle on its own, but I'll reserve the verdict of that for later once my usage goes to more normal day to day stuff. - The camera is beautiful and video is great as well. I don't think I'll do too much 4K stuff but even the 1080p video I shot looked great, EIS works super well too but at times looks kind of weird with how it compensates. I'm excited to use this phone more. It's super good looking and having Quick Charge is great, picked up an extra charger and bunch of Anker cables to keep as backups.
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Is there any way to prevent Android from wiping all of my notifications when my phone reboots? I keep all the Google Keep notifications in my notification area and I don't get rid of them until they are complete. However, if my battery dies or my phone needs to be rebooted or something, all my notifications are gone. Is there any way to prevent that (aside from not letting my battery die or rebooting)? This is kind of a difficult thing to search the internet for, so I I can't find other people online having a resolution. Thanks!
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cage-free egghead posted:Okay my phone cooled off after a while last night and has been behaving pretty well tonight. I just came over from iOS after a year. Had the Nexus 6 and Xperia Z3C up until a iPhone SE and 6S+. Some initial Pixel impressions: For keyboard, I have been a fan of Flesky for ages now as even though it doesn't do conventional swipe, it does use swipe motions to do backspace, space, and punctuation/word corrections. Once you get the hang of it it is really fast and hard to go back to a normal keyboard once using it. Also all the Android Heating up talk post Android N when not gaming can partially be the way the device no longer does the whole compiling of all the installed apps at first boot or app install anymore, now it does it when it is sleeping while plugged in or when the app is first run which might make the phone heat up upon first use (compiling all the main apps that make up android) and when sleeping for some people. YouTube shouldn't be getting warm so thats an oddity.
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EdEddnEddy posted:For keyboard, I have been a fan of Flesky for ages now as even though it doesn't do conventional swipe, it does use swipe motions to do backspace, space, and punctuation/word corrections. Once you get the hang of it it is really fast and hard to go back to a normal keyboard once using it. Is Fleksy the one that has the invisible keyboard?
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Nov 16, 2016 18:38
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EdEddnEddy posted:For keyboard, I have been a fan of Flesky for ages now as even though it doesn't do conventional swipe, it does use swipe motions to do backspace, space, and punctuation/word corrections. Once you get the hang of it it is really fast and hard to go back to a normal keyboard once using it. As far as keyboards go when transitioning from iOS, I ended up disabling haptics and opting instead for sound. The haptic feedback never seemed in sync with what my fingers were actually doing (which, either it's imperceptible to most or it's psychosomatic, one more likely than the other), but I don't have the same issue with the audio response. But also yes, iOS still has the best feeling keyboard and also the worst autocorrect in human history.
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Nov 16, 2016 18:44
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sleepwalkers posted:But also yes, iOS still has the best feeling keyboard Disagree, I had to use an iOS device for a month at work and I found it was so inferior to the Google Keyboard on Android it wasn't even close. It all comes down to preference, there's no "best".
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Nov 16, 2016 18:58
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Funny, the default keyboard for the Google Pixel is one of the reasons I heavily considered switching to it from iOS  Different strokes, I guess.Speaking of which, the Pixel I ordered a week ago suddenly change to shipped. Should be here by monday  I'll have to check out that Flesky keyboard though, looking at the store page it looks really nifty. The concept of being able to customize even your keyboard is super weird and new to me as an iOS user.
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Nov 16, 2016 19:10
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Just a warning on Fleksy, everything points to it having being abandoned I still use it myself and love it, but it might just stop working one day after a major OS update
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Nov 16, 2016 19:18
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PerrineClostermann posted:Is Fleksy the one that has the invisible keyboard? It has the option, yes. Also Abandoned? It hasn't been updated since April so I wonder what the heck happened. It still works fine on 7.0 on my Nexus, but haven't tested it on 7.1 yet. It still works fine for me currently. Their site is practically dead so I wonder what happened.  Going back to normal keyboards is like learning how to type all over again.
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Nov 16, 2016 19:43
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sleepwalkers posted:As far as keyboards go when transitioning from iOS, I ended up disabling haptics and opting instead for sound. The haptic feedback never seemed in sync with what my fingers were actually doing (which, either it's imperceptible to most or it's psychosomatic, one more likely than the other), but I don't have the same issue with the audio response. This is pretty much my opinion as well, and has been for a few years now. There is just something off with Android's responsiveness when it comes to typing that iOS just nails.
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Nov 16, 2016 19:59
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Google Keyboard fails to recognise 'you're', 'we're' and other contractions as autocorrect suggestions; however 'ain't' is A-OK. Yes I could put them in the user dictionary, but what the hell.
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Nov 16, 2016 20:06
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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spincube posted:Google Keyboard fails to recognise 'you're', 'we're' and other contractions as autocorrect suggestions; however 'ain't' is A-OK. Yes I could put them in the user dictionary, but what the hell. Check your localization settings. Is it set to "en-US-southern"?
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Nov 16, 2016 20:07
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spincube posted:Google Keyboard fails to recognise 'you're', 'we're' and other contractions as autocorrect suggestions; however 'ain't' is A-OK. Yes I could put them in the user dictionary, but what the hell. It definitely does for me. As for the Google Keyboard vs iOS I think it depends on which one you've used more. I do find that switching on key borders helps for some reason (although it doesn't actually change the touch targets I feel like it's easier to hit the right key)
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Nov 16, 2016 20:09
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Today I learned there are actually people who don't use Swiftkey
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Nov 16, 2016 20:11
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spincube posted:Google Keyboard fails to recognise 'you're', 'we're' and other contractions as autocorrect suggestions; however 'ain't' is A-OK. Yes I could put them in the user dictionary, but what the hell. Uhhh mine definitely does. I can post a screenshot if you don't believe me!!
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Syrinxx posted:Today I learned there are actually people who don't use Swiftkey It seems like basically the same thing as Google's keyboard
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Nov 16, 2016 20:17
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spincube posted:Google Keyboard fails to recognise 'you're', 'we're' and other contractions as autocorrect suggestions; however 'ain't' is A-OK. Yes I could put them in the user dictionary, but what the hell. SwiftKey chooses the wrong we're vs were constantly. Like every time I type it out, it chooses whether to add the apostrophe incorrectly.
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Syrinxx posted:Today I learned there are actually people who don't use Swiftkey I think people who use Swiftkey are a holdover from when the stock keyboard was trash? I've never felt a need to try out a different keyboard.
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Nov 16, 2016 20:34
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They both feel good to type on but I find SwiftKeys predictions/autocorrect to be better. I don't expect that to stay that way given how good Google is at machine learning.
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Nov 16, 2016 20:42
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Yeah, I used to use Swype/Swiftkey, but why bother now when the stock keyboard, after some getting used to is as good, or close to it. One fewer thing to janitor.
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spincube posted:Google Keyboard fails to recognise 'you're', 'we're' and other contractions as autocorrect suggestions; however 'ain't' is A-OK. Yes I could put them in the user dictionary, but what the hell. Syrinxx posted:Today I learned there are actually people who don't use Swiftkey I used fleksy briefly, but only for a few days before it annoyed me enough to go back to swiftkey.
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Nov 16, 2016 20:43
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RZA Encryption posted:Check your localization settings. Is it set to "en-US-southern"? ...currently set to en-GB/'use system settings' everywhere I can see. Screenshot: (excuse the Twilight filter, counting down 'til Night Mode)  Hitting [space] leaves it as 'Youre', instead of correcting to 'You're'. [e] comedy Ain't example, for comparison:  Google make my brain stupid 
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Nov 16, 2016 20:53
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Syrinxx posted:Today I learned there are actually people who don't use Swiftkey Yeah if anyone hasn't tried Swiftkey recently give it a shot again. They added neural network text prediction a few months back and it's incredible.
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Nov 16, 2016 21:14
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Today I had the auto-rotate feature break on my Nexus 6p. Followed the threads advice and hit it against my desk. Voila, auto-rotate works again. Thanks thread!
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Hughmoris posted:Today I had the auto-rotate feature break on my Nexus 6p. Followed the threads advice and hit it against my desk. Voila, auto-rotate works again. Thanks thread! I am surprised you didn't suck it or blow it first.
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Nov 16, 2016 21:39
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I wanted to share a pretty picture from my s7 edge.  
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Nov 16, 2016 21:55
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Stan Taylor posted:I think people who use Swiftkey are a holdover from when the stock keyboard was trash? I've never felt a need to try out a different keyboard. Definitely. Grumpwagon posted:Yeah, I used to use Swype/Swiftkey, but why bother now when the stock keyboard, after some getting used to is as good, or close to it. One fewer thing to janitor. At this point, little things like the punctuation being in different spots (and being able to long press on any letter to use 26 symbols without going to a second screen) and being able to resize the keyboard to be smaller add up to me not wanting to switch.
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Nov 16, 2016 23:36
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Kii keyboard is back in the playstore. Swiftkey and Swype always seemed funky compared to Kii's speed and customizations.
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EdEddnEddy posted:Also Abandoned? It hasn't been updated since April so I wonder what the heck happened. It still works fine on 7.0 on my Nexus, but haven't tested it on 7.1 yet. It still works fine for me currently.
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a shameful boehner posted:I wanted to share a pretty picture from my s7 edge. Very nice, here is a night photo from my Pixel XL 
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Nov 16, 2016 23:48
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Anyone use 8Pen? I was obsessed with it before I got a smartphone, and when I finally got one, I was too old for that poo poo.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Very nice, here is a night photo from my Pixel XL  Is that auto or manual? That's insanely sharp and clear for a night shot.
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Nov 17, 2016 00:43
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a shameful boehner posted:
Auto, HDR+ set to on. The only editing I did was cropping the sides, the buildings off to each side of the legislature aren't very attractive in this framing. This is the British Columbia Parliament building in Victoria Canada btw
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Nov 17, 2016 00:57
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 The Pixel XL camera really is something, when you consider that it's retaining that much image definition despite the horrifying tire cover being lit up by my headlights and should by all means be washed out beyond all recognition.
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