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Apparently Google is holding the update for US carriers until March 11th. Looks like they are starting to adopt the Apple playbook where they won't make the update available to any carrier until it's ready for all carriers. Sideloading it works well enough. I don't have any qualms about doing that because my US purchased Pixel 8 pulled down the update because it's never had a SIM in it.
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bull3964 posted:It's not. It's a lot clearer from a UI perspective. Hmmm... I've been burned a lot by the old "optimized" and want some apps to never be touched by the battery optimizer. I guess the new way to make sure it never gets affected is to allow background use and use the optimized selection? I just never want it to sleep some apps.
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Mar 5, 2024 18:28
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The functionality is exactly the same as the prior UI. Just make sure background usage is allowed and have the radio button set to unrestricted. It's just a UI change.
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Mar 5, 2024 19:43
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How do I stop Google sending me news headlines about Indian politics? I keep hitting "fewer like this" but I'm guessing that reading UK politics news is giving it mixed messages and it's just seeing keywords like "MPs" and "Parliament" and saying "hey, this guy's a big fan of parliamentary democracy, I bet he'd enjoy this!"
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Mar 6, 2024 17:48
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Any chance you're also Canadian? I've been getting a lot of that as well
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Mar 6, 2024 20:36
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For awhile last year, I was getting a bunch of Indian news. I'm on the east coast of the US. It's also annoying that it can't distinguish ice hockey and field hockey. So occasionally I get that news.
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Mar 6, 2024 20:53
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Decent Bluetooth notification shade UI improvement in the latest Pixel update.
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Mar 6, 2024 21:58
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Party Boat posted:How do I stop Google sending me news headlines about Indian politics? I keep hitting "fewer like this" but I'm guessing that reading UK politics news is giving it mixed messages and it's just seeing keywords like "MPs" and "Parliament" and saying "hey, this guy's a big fan of parliamentary democracy, I bet he'd enjoy this!" I think google fundamentally broke something in their algorithm because youtube has become equally awful at recommending things or even showing relevant search results. If I am searching a camera and lens, why the gently caress are you showing me body horror thumbnails of zip popping maggot bullshit.
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Mar 6, 2024 22:28
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Okay, I've been troubleshooting this for two weeks and still need help: PiP suddenly no longer works with Youtube on my G-S9. I have: - Made sure PiP is enabled through both phone permissions and the YT app - Allowed all YT notifications - Gave YT access to my location - Updated both my phone and YT to the latest version - Uninstalled/reinstalled YT - Cleared YT's cache - Rebooted my phone - Rebooted my phone in safe mode and toggled PiP permissions I'm in the US and not using a VPN, so this feature should still be available with my free account, correct? Can anyone think of anything else I can try? Also Bottom Liner posted:I think google fundamentally broke something in their algorithm because youtube has become equally awful at recommending things or even showing relevant search results. If I am searching a camera and lens, why the gently caress are you showing me body horror thumbnails of zip popping maggot bullshit. Yeah, suddenly all my ads are in Spanish. I'm a little over an hour from the Canadian border.
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Mar 6, 2024 23:23
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Voice search in YT Music was completely hosed the other day, too. Completely irrelevant results, like not even a similar category or matching keyword. It was bizarre. "Play Drum and Drummer by The Blue Devils" "Ok, playing Beautiful Things by Benson Boone"
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Mar 7, 2024 00:09
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I only use voice to set timers, but one time it went: "Set timer for 5 minutes." "Okay, sending message to Jeremiah. What is the message?"
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Mar 7, 2024 01:04
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Bottom Liner posted:I think google fundamentally broke something in their algorithm because youtube has become equally awful at recommending things or even showing relevant search results. If I am searching a camera and lens, why the gently caress are you showing me body horror thumbnails of zip popping maggot bullshit. Links please. Das Boo posted:Okay, I've been troubleshooting this for two weeks and still need help: PiP suddenly no longer works with Youtube on my G-S9. I have: I'm not sure why it suddenly stopped working but YouTube doesn't allow playing in the background/picture-in-picture unless you pay for YouTube Premium. You can get around this if you're using a third party browser but the YouTube app itself needs a subscription.
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Mar 7, 2024 03:06
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You are thinking of background playback only (in the US anyways.)quote:You can use picture-in-picture (PiP) to watch content across YouTube, with a YouTube Premium membership. If you don’t have YouTube Premium and are in the United States, you can still use PiP, but you can’t watch certain content, like music videos. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7552722?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
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Mar 7, 2024 03:35
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bull3964 posted:You are thinking of background playback only (in the US anyways.) Interesting, regional differences in the simplest things continue to confuse me.
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Mar 7, 2024 04:15
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Mr. Mercury posted:Any chance you're also Canadian? I've been getting a lot of that as well Nope, UK. But I guess that adds weight to my "can't distinguish one Parliament from another" theory
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Mar 7, 2024 07:05
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I'm having an odd bug with my ASUS ZenFone 9, I keep losing my APN settings while on my roaming SIM. The only thing I can find in the ruins of Google is some others with an identical issue from multiple places and makes of phone / carrier. The APN settings page, if there is none saved, says "APN Settings are not available for this user" I think that's it, I can't see it again until it deletes it again. However I still have access to the plus button and I can create and save a new APN. This was the case with my previous UK EE SIM but luckily they don't need the APN manually set so it wasn't a service issue. It seems to happen a few times a day, often after a restart or charge session. This leads me to think it's a permissions bug, is there any way to dig down a little and see if there is a repair or fix? I'm a programmer and nix admin so it's not entirely out of my wheelhouse, I'm just not up to date on androids structure these days.
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Mar 7, 2024 09:23
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It looks like security update support for pixel 5a is ending in August. It's looking like Fi has decent deals for the 7a and the 8 - is the 8 worth the $150 more over the 7a? I do also like that the software updates on the 8 will run though 2030 vs 2028 for the 7a.
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Mar 8, 2024 00:32
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The Slack Lagoon posted:It looks like security update support for pixel 5a is ending in August. It's looking like Fi has decent deals for the 7a and the 8 - is the 8 worth the $150 more over the 7a? I do also like that the software updates on the 8 will run though 2030 vs 2028 for the 7a. If you're going to keep your phone until it explodes or withers and dies, I'd recommend getting the Pixel 8 over the 7A. The 8 is a much nicer device than the regular 7 I had for a year, battery life is longer, screen is hugely better (brighter with higher refresh rate), and the size is just about perfect for most people who don't want a screen nearing 7 inches.
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Mar 8, 2024 16:43
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I can't speak directly to the 7a but in my usage the 8 pro is an improvement across the board from the 7 pro - better thermals, better battery, snappier performance, better fingerprint reading, etc. It's more on the side of a noticeable step forward rather than a leap, so you'll likely find a lot of arguments over whether it's really better if you can't get 30 hours of youtube out of the battery or what have you.
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I have had a pixel 3, 4a, 5, 6 pro, and now I have the 8 pro, and while I have loved all of those phones except the 4a (there was a weird issue where the bottom corners of the screen would become unresponsive intermittently, and I got it replaced only to get the problem on another unit too) the 8 pro is def a big step up as far as the hardware is concerned. It just feels better and is a better user experience by a pretty big margin.
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I have a Pixel 6 and my partner got the 8 Pro at my suggestion and after doing her own research, and she's really happy with it. I'm keeping an eye out for a sale and am sorely tempted to get an 8 Pro myself and move my 6 down to being my secondary phone.
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 what the hell is this? i am on call and want to hear text notifications, why do i need to have my ringer volume on?
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I have a Pixel 6 and my partner got the 8 Pro at my suggestion and after doing her own research, and she's really happy with it. I'm keeping an eye out for a sale and am sorely tempted to get an 8 Pro myself and move my 6 down to being my secondary phone. Wouldn't, at this time (March 2024), be better to just wait till October and get 9 pro? Presumably they'll release one. I suspect the odds are 99% on that. Then again, there won't be sales on 9 pro for a while.
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Volguus posted:Wouldn't, at this time (March 2024), be better to just wait till October and get 9 pro? Presumably they'll release one. I suspect the odds are 99% on that. Then again, there won't be sales on 9 pro for a while. Lol there will be sales on it less than a month after it comes out, for Black Friday
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CLAM DOWN posted:Lol there will be sales on it less than a month after it comes out, for Black Friday Oh right. That. See...
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I could wait, but that would almost certainly mean spending more. Aside from the lack of a telescopic lens the 6 has been great for me, and a cheaper 8 Pro sooner is a little more appealing to me than a more expensive 9 Pro later. Still, I'm not likely to decide anything soon.
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How much you wanna bet battery swelling is causing this effect on my wife's S22 I cant seem to feel the back lifting off yet but I dunno what else it would be.
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codo27 posted:How much you wanna bet battery swelling is causing this effect on my wife's S22 
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codo27 posted:How much you wanna bet battery swelling is causing this effect on my wife's S22 Get that out of your house asap
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kirbysuperstar posted:Get that out of your house asap I was just about to post exactly this. What the gently caress do Samsung do to their batteries?
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Mar 9, 2024 23:59
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codo27 posted:How much you wanna bet battery swelling is causing this effect on my wife's S22 It's probably the adhesive failing rather than the battery, but why would you want to risk finding out?
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Oh man, look at it edge on to confirm, but yeah, that's way too new to have battery issues already lol
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when my partner's pixel 4 battery started swelling the first sign was the NFC stopped working. it took us a minute to notice the battery physically swelling because of the case it was in though
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Worst part is she's only about 2/3 through her tab and still owes over $400. I contacted Samsung but I'm sure the repair cost is gonna be half that maybe just to wind up with the same lovely battery life. I almost got the same phone myself only I was talked out of it here due to said issue. My S23 is a lot better but starting to go down the drain lately but that might be able to be remedied by a factory reset.
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is it lovely battery life by design or by circumstance? Exploding batteries happen because of a lot of reasons, but the main one seems to be manufacturing choices. If the next battery/device is just going to be the same awful poo poo then run, but if she just got a bad battery from the start (lovely battery life, how lovely really? could be her battery's fault) then replacing it makes sense, in a way.
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It's anecdotal, but there are a lot more reports about Samsung devices having welling batteries than other brands. MKBHD even made a statement in a video that of all the hundreds of phones they keep in storage for videos and stuff, Samsungs are the only ones that end up swelling like this while being unused. I think he mentioned it in his "every galaxy s phone" video from a week or two ago. Again though, it's anecdotal and I'm sure there are just as many, if not more, people who have never had a battery problem out of a Samsung device.
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For those of you with a Pixel 8, how happy are you? My Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 has developed a bit of damage on the screen like it's had pressure on it. Camera has been damaged for about a year. It feels like it's time to replace it. The main feature I'd miss is the IR as its fun being able to turn off TVs or operate projectors at school when the remote isn't working.
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Sad Panda posted:For those of you with a Pixel 8, how happy are you? Works well for me
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Sad Panda posted:For those of you with a Pixel 8, how happy are you? Hardware is good. Normal google bullshit is the same as ever.
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Sad Panda posted:For those of you with a Pixel 8, how happy are you? I'm happy with it. I really like the size of it.
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