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ratbert90 posted:Yes, metal phones running a far more efficient architecture comparatively to x86 have had no thermal engineering taken into account by the makers of the phone nor the makers of the CPU. They certainly don't take into account thermal testing during development, and the CPU manufacture doesn't have a TRM nor any information about minimum or maximum temperature ratings of their product. Nice zinger! The point is that running a phone's CPU and GPU at max for an extended period is gonna generate a ton of heat the most phones weren't designed to handle. As the weird-rear end recommendations like putting an ice pack on your phone point out very clearly.
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Taffer posted:Nice zinger! The point is that running a phone's CPU and GPU at max for an extended period is gonna generate a ton of heat the most phones weren't designed to handle. As the weird-rear end recommendations like putting an ice pack on your phone point out very clearly. No, enclosing it in a tiny box fucks with everything the phone manufacture designed the phone for. It has nothing to do with running the phone at max gpu/cpu and more to do with the phone wasn't designed to be shoved into a tiny box with no surrounding air.
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ratbert90 posted:No, enclosing it in a tiny box fucks with everything the phone manufacture designed the phone for. It has nothing to do with running the phone at max gpu/cpu and more to do with the phone wasn't designed to be shoved into a tiny box with no surrounding air. The pixel was, though. It's a major selling point.
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Does anyone else's Pixel have crappy sync speeds on 5ghz wifi? I didn't notice it before the recent updates so I'm not sure if it's a recent issue or its always been there. I'm getting about 65Mbps vs 230Mbps on my old Galaxy S6. 2.4ghz wifi speeds appear to be consistent with the S6.
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Ragingsheep posted:Does anyone else's Pixel have crappy sync speeds on 5ghz wifi? I didn't notice it before the recent updates so I'm not sure if it's a recent issue or its always been there. Seems fine to me. 
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Ragingsheep posted:Does anyone else's Pixel have crappy sync speeds on 5ghz wifi? I didn't notice it before the recent updates so I'm not sure if it's a recent issue or its always been there. Nope.
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I'm actually pretty impressed with Daydream on my regular sized pixel. It does get really hot after like 40 minutes of use, but it's really neat to bop stuff with the remote and navigate between apps easily. Huge step over Cardboard for sure. There is still that weird screen door effect, but I imagine the XL looks a lot better. Still need to check out some of the paid for games though.
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Stan Taylor posted:I'm actually pretty impressed with Daydream on my regular sized pixel. It does get really hot after like 40 minutes of use, but it's really neat to bop stuff with the remote and navigate between apps easily. Huge step over Cardboard for sure. There is still that weird screen door effect, but I imagine the XL looks a lot better. Still need to check out some of the paid for games though. I got my Daydream over the weekend and played with it some with my Pixel XL. Comparing it to the Gear VR, I think the Gear VR had a slightly better FoV, and was better about blocking out outside light. But the Daydream is quicker and easier to setup and use (you probably don't even have to remove your case) and the included remote is a MUCH better user experience that trying to navigate using controls on the side of the viewer. It's lighter and more comfortable than the Gear VR, too. I am going to try to start on an Unreal Engine project this week for the Daydream.
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Lowen SoDium posted:But the Daydream is quicker and easier to setup and use (you probably don't even have to remove your case) Text is blurry anywhere but the very center of the screen unless I physically push the whole thing hard into my face with my hands. The strap literally cannot create enough tension to do this and this hurts my face anyway. In theory it's a pretty nice product but there are so many issues with the current software and the hardware cannot cope with running the thing. All in all it's pretty meh.
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Tunga posted:I have a thin TPU case on my XL and I have to remove it otherwise the NFC doesn't detect (NFC payments and other tags work just fine through it). Even then it frequently refuses to start up properly, fails to recognise the remote, boots into a black screen, crashes sometimes when returning to the menu, overheats and all the graphics go glitchy, and generally just causes a lot of frustrations. Strange. The only problem you listed that I have had is the remote doesn't want to pair right away and sometimes takes 2 or 3 tries to sync up. My phone does get fairly hot running the Lego game but it hasn't gotten glitchy or crashed or stopped or anything. Maybe I am lucky? I will try later tonight with my wife's Pixel XL. She has a Thin TPU case on hers.
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PerrineClostermann posted:I hope someone sets up a moonlight client for Daydream. I can't imagine streaming real-time 3d to a wireless client right now. I'd imagine that'd be puke city.
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One thing I wonder about the Daydream and Heat discussion, is Samsung pretty much ran into the same Heat issue, and went from using the cover for the GearVR, to recommending you leave that off due to heat. Having the phone open to the air is better than nothing, and yet the Daydream pretty much goes a step further by not only holding the phone in against a plastic back, but also that yogapants fabric as well. While it makes the headset look a lot nicer, it seems like combined with the "rushed" development of the Pixel, they just went with simple and easy but not long term usable. In other news, making a Nexus 6P into a software matching Pixel XL is surprisingly easy, even down to the unlimited Google Photos Full Res backup.
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EdEddnEddy posted:In other news, making a Nexus 6P into a software matching Pixel XL is surprisingly easy, even down to the unlimited Google Photos Full Res backup. Is this a legit thing that Google knows about and allows? That seems like the kind of thing they would crack down on if it's getting people extra photo storage for free, especially after they tried to shut down accounts associated with those pixel scalpers.
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I think it falls along with the same trick as getting Assistant to work. Just changing your phone model in the build.prop file from angler to Pixel XL unlocks all the apps that were Pixel Specific. I'm sure they will lock it down with future app versions which shouldn't be hard.
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Nexus 6P decided today was a good day to die and gave up. Boots to the google logo and loops. Recovery mode / factory reset don't change the behavior.  Fi says they'll give me a new one (for free?) even though I canceled Fi service like 9 months ago. I'm tempted to pay for a month of Fi service on every phone I buy just so I have an account I can generate a support code to call in on. Fi phone support is awesome and has basically no hold times.
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It looks like AirDroid poo poo itself. What's going on? What's a good alternative for sending files from your laptop to phone? Cheers.
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Kind of hard to trust an app / company that was notified of a security flaw in May and then just kept on trucking making version 4.0 without ever addressing they had a hard coded encryption key. If no one had reported on it who knows how long they would have left it hosed up?
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CLAM DOWN posted:If any of you don't want your Daydream headset I'm interested.... Same. My Pixel deserves a daydream too Google. 
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ICHIBAHN posted:It looks like AirDroid poo poo itself. What's going on? What's a good alternative for sending files from your laptop to phone? Cheers. Join by joao apps, Pushbullet, or samba and a file manager
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ICHIBAHN posted:It looks like AirDroid poo poo itself. What's going on? What's a good alternative for sending files from your laptop to phone? Cheers. ES File Manager? Bloat or not, it does a lot of good stuff. uPen posted:Nexus 6P decided today was a good day to die and gave up. Boots to the google logo and loops. Recovery mode / factory reset don't change the behavior. I assume you didn't unlock the bootloader, or at least toggle the unlock allowed switch in the Developer Options screen before this occurred I would do that on the next one you get to give you the option to flash a factory image and such down the line. You don't have to unlock the bootloader right away, but allowing the option to do it later might save you from this sort of a issue.
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Someone in here was asking when they'd have Pixel XLs in stock. As of four hours ago, they do--including the Really Blue one. I didn't look to see if any 128GBs were in stock. They seem to be shipping after the new year though.
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Anybody experiencing a lot of crashes today on their pixel? Had a bunch of apps update and now things are crashing all over the place. A restart seemed to have fixed it, but really out of the ordinary
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The Duggler posted:Anybody experiencing a lot of crashes today on their pixel? Had a bunch of apps update and now things are crashing all over the place. Not I
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The only issue with my Pixel is youtube videos sometimes freezing on a frame, while the player and audio continue on their merry way. Still don't know what causes it, and it's been here since day one.
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The Duggler posted:Anybody experiencing a lot of crashes today on their pixel? Had a bunch of apps update and now things are crashing all over the place. I haven't had any problems since I got mine, and I don't think I've even restarted it since I got it.
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PerrineClostermann posted:The only issue with my Pixel is youtube videos sometimes freezing on a frame, while the player and audio continue on their merry way. Have this exact issue, doesn't help that the scrub bar is so loving difficult to grab.
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My 128GB PXL finally shipped, three days earlier than expected. 
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jokes posted:I haven't had any problems since I got mine, and I don't think I've even restarted it since I got it. Same except for the weird crashes I was having today. I looked at my battery usage and apparently Dawn of Titans was running and not being suspended properly so maybe it's RAM usage was messing up the works
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Got to try out Daydream VR, as it finally came in today. It's pretty great, except for a few things. Phone gets really loving hot, which probably causes throttling. Some applications, especially after the phone gets hot, become much less responsive. The play store, play movies, and to a lesser extent, Netflix all have this issue. With Play Movies in particular, I'm also getting occasional flashes of white pixels here and there, almost like graphical hardware glitches on PCs. Youtube is really good, but 360 videos take for loving ever to buffer, pausing every 20 seconds or so. I really want to try out more games, because they seem a lot better, but they cost money over five bucks and I am averse to dropping that on random software. There's a tower defense game for it, which seems like it might be pretty cool. In short, it's really promising, but it's the least polished part of the Pixel. Whereas the main android environment of the Pixel feels absurdly smooth, fast, and polished, the VR segment feels more like a typical android phone. Functional, a little glitchy here and there, and occasionally a tad bit slow/unresponsive.
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My Spigen Neo Hybrid case finally arrived after months of waiting. Now my OnePlus 3 is even larger, plasticky and looks a lot cheaper than before. The fit is like 90%, the outer plastic bumper bends outwards near the alarm slider and bottom port openings. Buttons are very clicky and tactile though. It's winter in here and god drat it is uncomfortable to use metal phones in subzero temperatures. The phone was also too thin and slippery and I had dropped it a few times already. I wish phone makers used better materials and designed their phones thicker and less sharp... I don't like the case too much, but I like the phone even less without one.
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Hey guys, just keeping you posted on the volume buttons that you all love so much. The third Pixel I received has the same problem so I contacted Google support one more time. Not only did the nice lady acknowledge the problem she also told me that ALL DEVICES have it. They know about it and won't do anything to fix it. So I'm out for this iteration. Fingers are crossed for the Pixel 2. Yeah, yeah, I know. Headcase, nutjob, some weed, nice meltdown, etc...
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AlexF posted:Hey guys, just keeping you posted on the volume buttons that you all love so much. The third Pixel I received has the same problem so I contacted Google support one more time. Not only did the nice lady acknowledge the problem she also told me that ALL DEVICES have it. They know about it and won't do anything to fix it. So I'm out for this iteration. Fingers are crossed for the Pixel 2.  I can definitively say she's wrong but best of luck to you in your quest.
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AlexF posted:Hey guys, just keeping you posted on the volume buttons that you all love so much. The third Pixel I received has the same problem so I contacted Google support one more time. Not only did the nice lady acknowledge the problem she also told me that ALL DEVICES have it. They know about it and won't do anything to fix it. So I'm out for this iteration. Fingers are crossed for the Pixel 2. Yowzers.
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AlexF posted:some weed... It was an honest suggestion.
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AlexF posted:Hey guys, just keeping you posted on the volume buttons that you all love so much. The third Pixel I received has the same problem so I contacted Google support one more time. Not only did the nice lady acknowledge the problem she also told me that ALL DEVICES have it. They know about it and won't do anything to fix it. So I'm out for this iteration. Fingers are crossed for the Pixel 2. She told you that to get rid of you, fyi
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