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    December 08, 2019

    Android Sunday Rant/Rage (Dec 08 2019) - Your weekly complaint thread!

    Sunday Rant/Rage (Dec 08 2019) - Your weekly complaint thread!

    Posted: 08 Dec 2019 03:11 AM PST

    Note 1. Join our IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

    This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever complaint you might have about:

    • Your device.

    • Your carrier.

    • Your device's manufacturer.

    • An app

    • Any other company

    Rules

    1) Please do not target any individuals or try to name/shame any individual. If you hate Google/Samsung/HTC etc. for one thing that is fine, but do not be rude to an individual app developer.

    2) If you have a suggestion to solve another user's issue, please leave a comment but be sure it's constructive! We do not want any flame-wars.

    3) Be respectful of other's opinions. Even if you feel that somebody is "wrong" you don't have to go out of your way to prove them wrong. Disagree politely, and move on.

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    How Apple removing the charging port scares me as an Android user

    Posted: 08 Dec 2019 12:21 AM PST

    Let's say the speculation ends up being true and the 2021 iPhone will have no ports. Now, I couldn't care less about what features the iPhone has or doesn't have. I use an Android phone. What I do care about, is that Android phone manufacturers have a bit of a reputation for blindly copying Apple in hopes that making the same mistakes as Apple will make them successful. But I digress.

    When you think about it, this situation seems eerily similar to the headphone jack going extinct: Apple realized, that they could make a lot more money by selling expensive Bluetooth earbuds, rather than cheap wired ones, so they removed the headphone jack. And soon, nearly every other manufacturer followed suit.

    What I'm afraid of, is that the same thing will happen all over again; Apple removes the charging port, creates an expensive, proprietary wireless charger, and others follow along a couple years later.

    Now, you could argue that removing the charging port is just so utterly ridiculous, that no other manufacturer would be insane enough to remove it. But, isn't that exactly what we said about the headphone jack?

    My point is, that if Apple does end up removing the charging port, we have to make it damn clear to our favorite phone manufacturers, that we won't let them get away with it. Otherwise, there is a high chance history will repeat itself.

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    I've done the math on all phones released in the Netherlands since 2014. It turns out phone batteries have almost doubled in capacity in 6 years and the average now is near 4000mAh

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 03:41 AM PST

    Google doesn't allow you to disable Chrome anymore (kinda)

    Posted: 08 Dec 2019 12:29 AM PST

    I review phones and switch them every 2 weeks. I stopped using Chrome a while ago and on every new phone I disable automatic updates for it, and disable the app afterwards. Lately I've noticed that it automatically enables and updates itself, sometimes even while I'm on mobile data. This happened on OneUI, MIUI and Android One. Did anyone else notice this? How to stop Google from enabling Chrome and updating it?

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    Sony Xperia 5 review: 2019's best sleeper smartphone?

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 06:53 PM PST

    [Root] Dark mode in whatsapp is finally here.

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 11:28 PM PST

    Screenshot : https://ibb.co/vYQ99V1

    1) With a text editor go to

    /data/data/com.whatsapp/shared_prefs and open com.whatsapp_preferences.xml

    2) Add the following line

    <boolean name="dark_mode" value="true" />

    Save and exit.

    Force stop whatsapp and then go to whatsapp settings and select dark theme.

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    A comprehensive detailed review to help anyone, everyone interested in Realme X2 pro

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 10:34 PM PST

    I'm posting a review of Realme X2 pro for people who are undecided weather to purchase it of not and for people who own it can share their opinions on what they feel about my usage experience. This is my first high-end "flagship" phone since a while, previously I used an original MOTO X but then I switched to Motor X play and then Honor 7x last year and now the Realme X2 pro. I had ordered the phone on 26th November,2019 and received the phone and the earbuds on 30th November, 2019. So shipping and delivery were in time. Now coming to the review, I'll split it into pros and cons, and additionally I'll split the cons into a deal deal breaker segment.

    Pros:

    Build, display, performance: These are top-notch on the device. I'm clubbing these together because the phone performs like you would expect a flagship to perform, no performance hiccups no stuttering, the 90 fps display is so very addicting and you'll notice the slower 60fps Refresh rate once you stop using the X2 rpro and switch to something else. But you'll enjoy the experience.

    Camera(Photo): Camera is really good, the main sensor and impeccable dynamic range, I have also installed G cam, now the thing with G cam is, it produces amazing 4mp selfies the dynamic range, detail, color reproduction is great on G cam also they are amazingly sharp and detailed. However, if you compare gcam 12mp shots with the rear pixel binned 16mp shots, the difference isn't that great, the 16mp camera is very good with amazing colors and dynamic range. The stock camera is more versatile than the gcam as no other camera sensors are available in gcam except the main shooter. Also, the shadow detail in stock camera is better than g cam. Also, the color parity among the three cameras are really good, you'll be hardly able to tell whether the 2x is a crop or a different sensor. The ultrawide sensor produces a lower quality image compared to the main sensor but most phones including the iPhone pro and S10s have this issue. So, no complains.

    Camera (Video): The major reason I chose this phone was because I wanted to start shooting short films as a hobbyist and the phone doesn't disappoint, the video dynamic range is as good as the photo mode. There are plenty of shooting modes including 4k 60fps, however the best mode according to me is 1080p ultra steady mode, it gives you good frame rate , resolution and unlike most phones which uses the ultrawide for this mode the Realme X2 pro uses 2 main sensor hence the image quality is as 22.

    Intangibles: There are a few things which can't be explained unless you try the phone in hand but they all effect the user experience like the linear vibration motor. Traditional phones can produce vibration in only one frequency but a linear actuator like the one found in this and Apple's taptic engine can phone a wide range of vibrations, so if you're changing the alarm dial, the exposure or shutter speed dials you can feel the dials rotating and the effect feels nice, you'll appreciate it very much. The 90hz display is great and the speakers are awesome, the sound quality is very good with good low, mid end. The volume is awesome, I generally keep it around 60% loudness. Also, the phone is very evenly balanced; Galaxy note 8 users know this.

    Cons:

    Color OS

    You may like the aesthetics or you may not it's personal preference but I wish to talk about the experience of using color OS. The amount of bloat it comes with is unimaginable in this day and age, and all of them are poorly designed and buggy so why include them at all? Even apple includes pre installed apps like garage band and imovie with iPad and iPhones but they are useful and have functionality.

    We all know about Nova Launcher, I have been using Nova launcher since 2013 and have easily recommended it to Mi and Samsung users. But it crashes very often in Color OS. So I'm forced to use lawnchair, and I don't have any complaints about lawnchair.

    And my God the amount of stupid notifications this phone can put out is astonishing, I have developer options on to reduce the various animations to 0.5x but I'll get a notification every now and then that developer options is turned on. And you can't disable this notification because it's system notification. There are also a number of power usage notifications which I could disable so I got a work around, but still the unusable bloat amount is just crazy.

    Power Management is another thing, I have disabled most of the preinstalled applications and notifications, while in office I hardly use my phone only for a few calls(5-6 at Max) lasting 1-2 mins yet I can see that at the end of 8 hrs the battery has dropped by almost 15-20% which is around 600-800 mah. However on my previous phone, Honor 7x that drain would be just around 5-7% with similar usage and it had a 3300mah battery. So, yes the standby drain is higher. At night for every 6 hrs the drop is around 4-5% and on my previous phone Honor 7x it was barely 2%. So, yes either Color OS or Snapdragon is to blame but in the end it's not a deal breaker because the phone can push 5-6 hrs SOT comfortably. Watching downloaded videos surprisingly takes up very less juice which is nice. Also, you won't hardly care about battery in the end because of the stupid (in a good way) fast charge.

    Hardware buttons

    The button placement is weird, the power button is exactly opposite to volume down, so I have taken a lot of screenshots and say your phone is upside down and you're trying to turning the lockscreen on if you press the volume up and lock button (by accident) your phone will go into silent non vibration mode. Nit picking but yes.

    Deal breakers:

    For anyone switching from stock Android with expectations that this phone will give a similar experience then One plus 7t will be a better option even if it costs more. But apart from that I don't see much to skip this phone, I really hope that things improve with Realme OS and being their first flagship it should also be well supported as it sets the pace for future phones.

    Overall opinion:

    I got the phone with wireless earbuds for 30k, on the same day one 7t was available for 35k but I wasn't willing to pay extra 5k just for that. So, for me it was Realme X2 pro and if I had to recommend this phone to anyone who has been using a good close to stock phone I would recommend it mentioning the Color OS annoyances but if although annoyances, they can be fixed with updates so I have hope for this phone.

    But, most importantly, the value that this phone provides for the amount of money that they are charging is impeccable, their profit margin on the device isn't more that 5-10%. So, you're getting a really good product for the price.

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    (Review) Realme X2 Pro: The new benchmark for affordable flagships

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 11:32 PM PST

    Huawei is now shipping smartphones with zero US components

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 04:53 AM PST

    Google Confirms Critical Android 8, 9 And 10 ‘Permanent’ Denial Of Service Threat

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 11:58 AM PST

    Google Photos "chat" share got enabled for me, fixes a couple of things, but misses basic stuff too

    Posted: 07 Dec 2019 04:39 AM PST

    I got the new chat-like sharing option enabled on my Pixel 4XL. It seems to me it was vastly overhyped. True that the most annoying thing about sharing a few photos via a link or directly (which created a new album) is gone, but that's about it. Functionally, it's about the same, I think it's a bit much to call it a "chat" feature.

    AFAICT you could do the same things with a shared album, and I don't see that you can do anything new. Comments and shared photos can be displayed in a timeline already in shared albums (tapping on the comment icon), the likes show within the timeline, just like before. The new feature seems to be what's been removed, namely the universal link that was viewable by anyone, and the unnecessary album creation. The only thing that distinguishes this that resembles a "chat" is that now instead of an album, you'll see the names of the people in the "chat" within the Share tab. The other albums are still there, mixed in.

    And it also misses basic chat features. For instance, you still cannot remove anyone from the "chat", and anyone can add anyone else (by name/Google account). Just like before, you can only leave the "chat" or block someone. This is something that was not only asked for by many people since Google Photos has existed, but acknowledged only in May this year by Google. Hopefully they add it soon, but it's a feature that should have been there since the beginning with album sharing in the first place.

    Oh, and you cannot share the same picture within the "chat". Imagine a years-old family chat, and you want to share an old pic. You share it, it even lets you compose the accompanying comment, and when you hit Send, it tells you the pic is already in "this conversation". And that's it. It doesn't tell you where, nor there is a way to bump it to the bottom or reference it. The comment you wrote is not posted either and it's gone.

    This feature will probably continue to evolve, but really, I don't get the point of an official announcement that deserved a blog post and many articles when in reality the only functionally different thing is that there is no album/random link generated anymore.

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