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I guess these are a thing now on Pixel phones. Update your AR core and something else and they show up in the Google camera app. Edit, different attempt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rAiDUS1lm8 It's kind of poo poo, but fun. Lots of other stuff in the app but I've had all of 2 minutes to mess with this at work. Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Dec 11, 2017 |
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Just got 8.1 OTA on my OG Pixel. About 10 minutes ago the notification just popped up.
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Ghostpilot posted:I suspect that the answer will be to get a 2XL, but I'm currently on a Note 5 that still performs well but I was actually considering off-loading it on swappa and getting an XL as it gets timely updates, has a smoother experience, and would be supported longer. I finally gave up on my Note 5. The battery would never last a whole day. Other than that it still ran great, but I upgraded to the Pixel 2 XL and it's an incredible device.
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EdEddnEddy posted:I would still pick up a Pixel 2/XL over the U11, and if you at least want HTC build quality still, the Pixel 2 is HTC while the 2XL is LG fwiw. Glad about the speakers too, I wish HTC hadn't dropped their boomsound platform! El Grillo fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Dec 11, 2017 |
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Red Warrior posted:Just got 8.1 OTA on my OG Pixel. About 10 minutes ago the notification just popped up. Still waiting for it on my 2 XL 
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Dec 11, 2017 22:11
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My NExus 5X wont turn on anymore. Is there a way I can boot my phone data with an emulator or soemthing so I can get at my data?
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KoB posted:My NExus 5X wont turn on anymore. Is there a way I can boot my phone data with an emulator or soemthing so I can get at my data? Hit it against the desk. Or put it in your freezer. Or open your freezer and throw the phone into the freezer as hard as you can. Whatever else people have been trying resurrect busted rear end Nexus 5x's. I don't really know how to get data off a phone that won't even turn on, all your important stuff should be backed up in the Google cloud, right?
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Who in the year 2017 is not living their life with everything 100% backed up into the cloud at all times
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Rastor posted:Who in the year 2017 is not living their life with everything 100% backed up into the cloud at all times My Uncle, who thinks letting the "Cloud" know or have anything of his is bad. Considering that if anyone spent any amount of time Spying on him her would either die of utter and complete boredom, or have the most fascinating specimen for regimented behavioral addiction or something along that line. Either way his V10 died the same way the 5X's do and it was up to me to save his rear end. Ugh
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For scientific purposes (curiosity) I compared the Google camera app with Enhanced HDR+ (P2XL, Pixel visual core ON) in low light with a third party camera app with manual controls. EHDR+ (1/60, ISO 434)  Manual Camera. 1/5 sec exposure, ISO 50  The results are quite similar, with the manual camera photo maybe having a slight edge in noise and detail retention if you're pixel peeping. The Google cam had a much higher ISO and faster shutter which makes its output all the more impressive. My older Mate 9 probably would have boosted the ISO to 800 or more in auto mode and resulted in a much noisier photo (it also used smaller sensors and an f2.2 aperture). I still wish Google would add a dedicated long exposure mode to take advantage of its sensor and HDR algorithms. There was that Google engineer that made these wonderful long exposure shots with a Nexus 6p and 1st gen Pixel, why can't we have that?  (Taken with Nexus 6p)
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EdEddnEddy posted:My Uncle, who thinks letting the "Cloud" know or have anything of his is bad. All I know is I set up my mother and my mother in law with Google cloud and Android phones and Chromebooks and we have all been much happier ever since. Every time a device dies they log into the new one and everything is back.
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Chrome even actually lets you encrypt its data with your own passphrase it's nice
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Any thoughts on the Pixel buds? I have a $100 google store credit coming from the recent pixel 2 promo and wouldn’t mind a pair of Bluetooth earbuds. Ideally would use them with my iPad too. Reviews say for full price they’re not worth it, but for $100 off I was thinking they might be?
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Just got 8.1 on my Pixel 1XL and the Bluetooth seems hosed up. Every system audio boop makes the audio disconnect (even though the audio is still playing on pocketcasts). Edit: I restarted about 3 times, no apps updated, all of a sudden all fixed SB35 fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Dec 12, 2017 |
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I bought my 2XL last Monday, elated that the screen on the unit I received did not have any major blue tint or whatever. Come Sunday, I drop furniture on it and gently caress up the screen, having to get it replaced. Today I got the screen replaced (OLED is laminated into the glass), and it has a much more noticeable blue tint on it... My guess is that the OEM replacement parts were sent out with the initial batch of phones. A more optimistic thought is that the blue tint goes away with some continued use, and that was the QA/QC failure in the initial release. Does OLED need to be burned in upon manufacture? I have noticed as the day has gone on that it looks a *little* better, but that might just be anecdotal bias.
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My P2XL also has pretty noticeable blue shift. Honestly, the 1080p screens on my Mate 9, Moto G4+, and Moto X Pure embarrass this phone when it comes to viewing angles. Actually, I'd go as far to say my Nexus 6 had a better screen (I miss that beast dearly). I only really notice it when the thing is sitting on my desk at work, and at this point, it just doesn't bug me enough to warrant trying to replace it since 95% of my phone usage is with it right in front of my face where it looks just fine. I think it's safe to say at this point that LG and/or Google dropped the ball on display quality. It's certainly not befitting a 900 dollar phone. That Pixel 3 is going to be awesome though, hopefully. Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Dec 12, 2017 |
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There's going to be no change for the Pixel 3 display unless LG makes some pretty dramatic leaps in the next 9 months. What's needed is a 5.2" version of the screen in the OnePlus 5T to put in the non XL Pixel 3. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Dec 12, 2017 |
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bull3964 posted:There's going to be no change for the Pixel 3 display unless LG makes some pretty dramatic leaps in the next 9 months. Or they could just shell out the money for a good panel. Every review of the Mate 10 Pro has said that even though it's only 1080p+, it's a good panel with better viewing angles than the P2XL and probably more energy efficient. If you're paying near a thousand bucks for a phone, you should get a thousand dollar display. The Pixel 2 XL doesn't provide that. I mean, I like this phone, but it is totally let down by this screen.
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Mental Hospitality posted:Or they could just shell out the money for a good panel. Every review of the Mate 10 Pro has said that even though it's only 1080p+, it's a good panel with better viewing angles than the P2XL and probably more energy efficient. If you're paying near a thousand bucks for a phone, you should get a thousand dollar display. The Pixel 2 XL doesn't provide that. I mean, I like this phone, but it is totally let down by this screen. Again, they likely can't. The only other manufacturer that meets the specs for the panel are Samsung and they are too constrained in manufacturing their QHD panels. If Google sticks a 2160x1080 panel in the XL, everyone would likely pan the $1000 flagship that doesn't even have a QHD screen.
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The OnePlus5T is a Samsung AMOLED. If Google had been able to, I'm sure they would've used Samsung; it's not a matter of cost so much as the iPhone X launch took up so much of Samsung's capacity nobody else could get in, and right now only Samsung has the capability to manufacture AMOLED to that level of quality.
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The OnePlus 5T is another one with the 2160x1080 display. That's the only 18:9 display that Samsung is currently selling to 3rd parties.
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Well, they do say they Never Settle.
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bull3964 posted:If Google sticks a 2160x1080 panel in the XL, everyone would likely pan the $1000 flagship that doesn't even have a QHD screen. I believe they need QHD for daydream but I don't believe for a second that, if the 2 XL had that Samsung 2160x1080 screen, there would've been an outcry of a similar level.
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Incessant Excess posted:I believe they need QHD for daydream but I don't believe for a second that, if the 2 XL had that Samsung 2160x1080 screen, there would've been an outcry of a similar level. People panned the non-xl quite often last year for only offering a 1080p display, saying it wasn't a 'flagship' device. They would have been damned either way.
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What’s the current best not-flagship price android phone? Thinking of doing google fi with the Moro x4 they have on there but I’m not sold on it quite yet.
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Classical Muzak posted:What’s the current best not-flagship price android phone? Thinking of doing google fi with the Moro x4 they have on there but I’m not sold on it quite yet. Moto G5S Plus
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MikeJF posted:Moto G5S Plus Does Motorola commit to doing updates on their cheaper phones?
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bull3964 posted:People panned the non-xl quite often last year for only offering a 1080p display, saying it wasn't a 'flagship' device. The only people who care about this poo poo are spec-sheet buyers.
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Classical Muzak posted:Does Motorola commit to doing updates on their cheaper phones?
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Endless Mike posted:The only people who care about this poo poo are spec-sheet buyers.
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I think you'll find the spec sheet buyers and those who sent back their 5th Pixel 2XL trying to get a better screen have a large intersection area.
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Classical Muzak posted:Does Motorola commit to doing updates on their cheaper phones? They've committed to one OS update so the G5S Plus and the G5 Plus will get Oreo at some point. No other guarantees beyond that. My G5 Plus is still on 7.0 with an August security patch.
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Helter Skelter posted:The G5+ is still on the August security patch if that says anything. For non-US goons the MiA1 would be the budget choice, I've had it for a month now without any problems and I got the December security patch yesterday and should get Oreo before the year is out (as per the Xiaomi and Google's commitment).
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Blue Train posted:omg 120hz screen!!!!!!!!111111 I unironically kind of want this. High refresh is nice.
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Mental Hospitality posted:My P2XL also has pretty noticeable blue shift. Honestly, the 1080p screens on my Mate 9, Moto G4+, and Moto X Pure embarrass this phone when it comes to viewing angles. Actually, I'd go as far to say my Nexus 6 had a better screen (I miss that beast dearly). I only really notice it when the thing is sitting on my desk at work, and at this point, it just doesn't bug me enough to warrant trying to replace it since 95% of my phone usage is with it right in front of my face where it looks just fine. The first 2XL screen I had (bought it last week) was hardly noticeable. There is definitely a difference in the units. I think they changed their manufacturing, QA process or whatever after all the hellfire around the initial release.
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zocio posted:For non-US goons the MiA1 would be the budget choice, I've had it for a month now without any problems and I got the December security patch yesterday and should get Oreo before the year is out (as per the Xiaomi and Google's commitment). Mine arrived on Friday. Coming from a Moto G3, my main issue is the 5.5" screen which is a bit larger than I'm used to. Other than that I like it, especially the very loud speaker.
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Cheesemaster200 posted:The first 2XL screen I had (bought it last week) was hardly noticeable. There is definitely a difference in the units. I think they changed their manufacturing, QA process or whatever after all the hellfire around the initial release. After the first few days of using the phone I pretty much forgot about it.
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