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sleepwalkers posted:i can't remember a single tv, computer, phone, or tablet that hasn't scaled lower resolutions up to fill the whole display, no matter the dpi. afaik that would at least need some conscious effort if not different hardware to work the way you're hoping it does. There used to be a way with Android 10 to alter the "padding". The code used to be something like this: code:Unfortunately it doesn't work in Android 11 any longer and my coworker literally sobbed yesterday over it 
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There's nothing to do before selling a phone other than a factory reset, right? Don't think there is but just want to make sure.
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Incessant Excess posted:There's nothing to do before selling a phone other than a factory reset, right? Don't think there is but just want to make sure. Log out of your Google account before doing a reset, otherwise it'll prevent the new user from setting up the phone without your credentials.
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Nov 4, 2021 17:16
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:Log out of your Google account before doing a reset, otherwise it'll prevent the new user from setting up the phone without your credentials. You only have to do that if you do a factory reset from recovery rather than within the OS. If you do it from within Android, it removes device protection automatically. I mean, I often times still go through the setup afterwards without signing into an account just to be sure, but you shouldn't have to manually sign out.
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Thank you, I did it with signing out first just in case.
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Nov 4, 2021 18:07
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bull3964 posted:You only have to do that if you do a factory reset from recovery rather than within the OS. If you do it from within Android, it removes device protection automatically. I was gonna say, if you do a factory reset from the OS (that asks for your PIN/etc) you do not need to log out first.
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I managed to break the account lock on a couple of phones at work that people left without signing out of. But not something you want to have to rely on
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How are you Pixel 6 Pro folks liking the curved display so far? That's probably my biggest concern over the base model. My work is paying for it so price isn't an issue, but still kinda swayed towards the regular model right now.
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It's my first time using a curved display like this, and it seems fine. At least it's not bothering me. Almost gives it a bit of a "zero bezel" look, but I'm not sure it's anything super fantastic or annoying.
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Nov 4, 2021 22:44
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I would prefer flat, but most of my phones lately have been curved, so I just roll with it.
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butt dickus posted:the two-layer clock sucks, and what sucks even more is that you get a different clock if you happen to have a notification. that doesn't make any sense. it's not progress, it's change for the sake of it and it's nonsensical, especially since when you have a notification they display a perfectly acceptable clock. give me that clock all the time FWIW I agree, but we've been through it before back in like the Jelly Bean days, and we lived through it. butt dickus posted:i use google pay every morning to bring up my gym barcode that i hold up to an optical scanner, not NFC Lockscreen shortcut it is, I guess. Honestly we should just count our blessings that they didn't get rid of loyalty cards when they went to the Indian app and blew up everything GPay was before. I'll agree the power button menu was the best thing about 11 though even if I never used the home controls simply because you didn't need to care about the context in order to access it. butt dickus posted:i use the flashlight, DND, auto-rotate, device control. i moved bluetooth, airplane mode and wifi toggles from the beginning but it still would be nice to have one more for the aforementioned google pay issue I feel like it's so much easier to get a full grid of controls of eight that it trumps the six we had previously but muscle memory is a bitch. butt dickus posted:it's disingenuous to say that i'm pining for gingerbread. i've been using android since 2.1 and this is the first os upgrade i can remember where there have only been downsides. i can get over (and probably get used to) the ui changes, but utility and ease of use have decreased for what i thought was fairly regular usage It's Google, this is what they do. I was just saying that if you give users the ability to keep things the same as they were then they will do so as long as they are allowed. If you're going to undergo projects like this it's better to do what they do and just let people complain because they're going to complain anyway. I can't help but feel that for Google, a company with ADHD and who always half-asses everything that it feels far more cohesive than I'd thought possible out of them. Plenty of minor tweaks could be made, sure, but in almost every case I think it's better than what it replaced which to me felt like it was laden in cruft and half-finished ideas. It's not perfect, but it's better than I thought they could do and honestly that's about all I hope to get out of them.
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UncleGuito posted:How are you Pixel 6 Pro folks liking the curved display so far? That's probably my biggest concern over the base model. My work is paying for it so price isn't an issue, but still kinda swayed towards the regular model right now. Touch wise it's a non issue. Not a huge fan of it distorting the edges for videos etc.
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Nov 4, 2021 23:14
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XIII posted:So, I'm one of the weird ones who actually like the new lockscreen clock, but, for some frustrating reason, the Always On Display doesn't wanna stay on. The settings all seem to be correct, but the screen still goes completely dark after a little while. Anyone else seeing this? (I'm on a P4XL fwiw) https://www.androidpolice.com/messing-with-pixel-6-animations-can-cause-always-on-display-issues-heres-how-to-fix/ So, it seems like my lockscreen woes were being caused by having my animations set to 0.5x. Switched the Animator Duration scale back to 1x (left the other two alone at 0.5x) and it seems to have sorted out the issue.
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Nov 4, 2021 23:21
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UncleGuito posted:How are you Pixel 6 Pro folks liking the curved display so far? That's probably my biggest concern over the base model. My work is paying for it so price isn't an issue, but still kinda swayed towards the regular model right now. It's totally fine, the curved edge doesn't bother me at all and it's a very pretty phone.
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Nov 4, 2021 23:22
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Remember the Pixel 2 and 3 display days? Screen lottery in effect.
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UncleGuito posted:How are you Pixel 6 Pro folks liking the curved display so far? That's probably my biggest concern over the base model. My work is paying for it so price isn't an issue, but still kinda swayed towards the regular model right now. UnfortunateSexFart posted:Touch wise it's a non issue. Not a huge fan of it distorting the edges for videos etc. Same. I mostly don't even notice it, honestly. But it also doesn't add any value for me, so I wished they'd have skipped it.
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XIII posted:So, I'm one of the weird ones who actually like the new lockscreen clock, but, for some frustrating reason, the Always On Display doesn't wanna stay on. The settings all seem to be correct, but the screen still goes completely dark after a little while. Anyone else seeing this? (I'm on a P4XL fwiw) I had this issue when I had the beta version of digital wellbeing installed - uninstalling it sorted it
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The P6Pro is my first phone with curved edges. Seems ultimately unobtrusive. I think it's giving me better success at the back gesture.
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Interesting, I just experienced something on my P6P that I haven't seen before with either the Z Flip 3 or my OP9P. I don't know if this is a Pixel 6 thing or an Android 12 thing. So, I'm using the AAWireless dongle in my cars to give me wireless android auto with the wired head units. With my past phones, I noticed that the Wifi icon was lit up on Android Auto at all times and I assumed it was because it was being weird about not understanding about the inbetween thing doing the wireless android auto. But I did notice early on that I didn't see the wifi icon with the Pixel 6, so that was the first thing. Well tonight after I came home I pulled out my phone while still in the car to unlock my door and I noticed it flip from 5G to wifi connected, while Android Auto was still fully connected. At that point, I saw the wifi icon on the head unit status area. I verified and yes, it was connected to my home wifi network. So, it seems that the P6P is capable of connecting to wireless android auto over wifi while at the same time maintaining a connection to normal wifi. I've never seen anything like that before on any phone.
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Did they push out a change to the quick settings already? Mine is now 4 small icons instead of the 4 bug buttons by default. Much more notification room..
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FunOne posted:Did they push out a change to the quick settings already? Mine is now 4 small icons instead of the 4 bug buttons by default. Much more notification room.. Picture? I see no change on my Pixel 4 XL. It's still four smaller QSTs with a notification pane below and when the QSP is open eight expanded QSTs.
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I got a Play Store update and I'm seeing this as the first pull down now instead of the larger 4 buttons. A second pull gives you the same 8 as before.
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FunOne posted:I got a Play Store update and I'm seeing this as the first pull down now instead of the larger 4 buttons. A second pull gives you the same 8 as before.
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Logan 5 posted:This sucks I can't believe Biden did this, and all because he hates Christmas 
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FunOne posted:I got a Play Store update and I'm seeing this as the first pull down now instead of the larger 4 buttons. A second pull gives you the same 8 as before. It's been like a week and I still can't believe just how ugly 12 is. Swiping up on the lock screen to input my PIN seems easier, I used to often not swipe up enough, but that's about the only good thing I can say so far
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Turn display size down to the smallest and turn up the font to compensate. The buttons look a lot better this way imo.
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withoutclass posted:Turn display size down to the smallest and turn up the font to compensate. The buttons look a lot better this way imo.
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FunOne posted:I got a Play Store update and I'm seeing this as the first pull down now instead of the larger 4 buttons. A second pull gives you the same 8 as before. every post about this makes me never want to upgrade from my pixel 2. i still miss the splitscreen functionality from Android 10, it takes twice as many steps in 11. instead of holding down home for two seconds and immediately being able to pick which app to split with like in 10, i have to swipe up for the app switcher, hold down the tiny app logo and hope it gives me the option to splitscreen (and if not i have to go to the homescreen and start over). anything change for that in 12?
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withoutclass posted:Turn display size down to the smallest and turn up the font to compensate. The buttons look a lot better this way imo. This is a pro tip, makes it much more tolerable.
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cage-free egghead posted:This is a pro tip, makes it much more tolerable. Agreed. I just switched to this and it makes everything so much better.
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withoutclass posted:Turn display size down to the smallest and turn up the font to compensate. The buttons look a lot better this way imo. This is great save the part where I had to turn up the font another tick because I am old and it reminded me of the frailty of mortality.
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Deathlove posted:This is great save the part where I had to turn up the font another tick because I am old and it reminded me of the frailty of mortality. Memento Mori.
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If I want to adjust my alarm, I can't just tap on the time anymore? I have to find the clock app and do it from there? Everything is both big and useless
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There's an Alarm button you can add to the shade, but I agree, pressing the clock was nice.
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I hate how when something UI or UX related in Android works well you know it's just a matter of time until it gets hosed with. I was close to pulling the trigger on a Pixel 6, but Android 12 has me looking at iPhones instead. Who the gently caress thought this was good.
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I mean, if that's the direction you want to go and are sure of what you are getting into, go for it. It seems like accepting iOS's notification system over some UI changes is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I've had a iPhone that my company bought me lying around for a year now and I have the new iPad mini for 2 months and I still do not fundamentally understand how notifications are grouped and why dismissing them doesn't always really dismiss them.
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butt dickus posted:lmfao. same amount of buttons but less context. the worst of both worlds And now... It's gone and back to what it was before. What the gently caress Google?
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