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    September 25, 2020

    Android What should I buy Thursday (Sep 24 2020) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    What should I buy Thursday (Sep 24 2020) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 04:11 AM PDT

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    Google Messages 6.7 prepares to let you automatically delete OTPs after 24 hours

    Posted: 25 Sep 2020 02:06 AM PDT

    Pixel 5 will 100% cost $699 according to Jon Prosser

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 04:18 PM PDT

    LG Wing Teardown! - HOW DOES IT WORK?!

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 06:27 AM PDT

    Android versions: A living history from 1.0 to 11 | ComputerWorld

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 05:09 PM PDT

    Google Duo lets you add more people to a group chat mid-call (APK download)

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 10:18 AM PDT

    First image of the green Pixel 5

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 05:36 AM PDT

    Digital Wellbeing prepares to shame you for using your phone too much with a Mindful wallpaper feature

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 01:06 PM PDT

    [DEV] Dopamine Patch - app to ease yourself off social networks

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 05:21 PM PDT

    I made this (somewhat satirical) app this weekend after trying and failing to quit Instagram, and balancing a desire for privacy with a desire for constant social validation. And yes - after watching The Social Dilemma.

    The idea is to emulate the dopamine response of getting sporadic notifications from social networks, without actually being on social networks. It uses your contacts and gallery images as fake sources of content.

    I don't think it's actually useful, but thought it was a pretty interesting thought experiment into whether they have the same effect. Would love to hear if there's any merit in the idea (and if it even works 😬)

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adgad.dopamine

    https://github.com/adgad/dopamine-patch

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    Evleaks is saying Pixel 5 128GB is 799 CAD which converts to 599 USD

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 10:15 AM PDT

    As title says, Evleaks is saying Pixel 5 128GB is 799 CAD which converts to 599 USD

    Link to tweet

    Text for those that can't view the tweet:

    In Canada, Pixel 5 128GB = 799.99CAD

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    TicWatch Pro 3 Review - The Smartwatch Upgrade That Wear OS Needs

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 07:15 AM PDT

    Zoom for Android now supports virtual backgrounds and a bunch of new features

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 07:57 AM PDT

    Samsung Galaxy Buds Live Review: Tasty design with room for improvement

    Posted: 25 Sep 2020 04:47 AM PDT

    What's new on VLC Android 3.3

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 09:13 AM PDT

    Getting some extra privacy in WhatsApp (and possibly other apps) from your Google Contacts

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 11:47 AM PDT

    Not sure this is the right place to post this but here goes.

    If you are a WhatsApp user then you know that over time you'd accumulate a lot of phone numbers and eventually all those people will be able to view your WhatsApp profile. I mean sure there isn't much on it in the first place but paranoid as I am I'd still prefer a bit more privacy.

    See WhatsApp uses your Contact list to populate it's own contact list for the app. So all your Google Contacts synced and stored on the phone are available in the app. However WhatsApp's privacy options are rubbish - you can choose to share your photo, last seen and about you with Nobody, Contacts or Everyone and that's it. Your status alone gets extended options to share with or exclude selected contacts.

    That means, if you have a contact stored on your phone then you either hide your profile from everyone or you show it to everyone. There is no option to include/exclude certain contacts.

    I do not enjoy handing my number out to people who I have casual dealings with, let's say a restaurant or store, and them being able to then access my WhatsApp profile.

    So what do you do? If you give your number out to someone, save it for future contact with them then they have access to your WhatsApp profile. The alternative is you don't save their number to your contacts and risk losing it in the call log or store it by writing it down somewhere. Or have two numbers and only give your non-WhatsApp number to people. Or you outright block them on WhatsApp which may not always be possible if your communication is over WhatsApp.

    There is no in-between unless WhatsApp decides to improve on their privacy options.

    After searching for an answer for a few days and trying contacts sync between multiple Google accounts (spoiler: disabling sync only disables background sync, at some point you may accidentally manually sync and delete your contacts saved in the cloud), I was ready to give up when I saw that the web based Google Contacts app allows you to hide contacts:

    https://contacts.google.com/

    ​

    So apart from finally taking a few hours to organize my contacts, I hid all the ones that I no longer need or want accessing my WhatsApp profile: https://i.imgur.com/OrP0Nam.png

    You can also hide multiple contacts: https://i.imgur.com/jFoq9OA.png

    ​

    The hidden contacts end up in the "Other Contacts" section:

    https://contacts.google.com/other

    ​

    They can be added back to your contacts list by using the "Add to contacts" option if desired.

    After hiding all unnecessary contacts, I synced with my phone and voila! The only contacts on my phone now are the ones that are important. The rest are hidden, and thus cannot view my WhatsApp profile.

    But doesn't that mean the contacts are no longer on your phone as well? Yes it does but they are still accessible albeit with a catch. Opening the Contacts app (not the Dialer) and searching will show you the contact provided you are connected to the internet. It will show up as "Other Contacts" under your gmail account.

    https://i.imgur.com/4W3C6yt.jpg

    From there you can call them or send an SMS. Further, if you get a call from a hidden contact and are connected to the internet, the caller's saved name will show up after the small bit of time it takes for the dialer to fetch it from your "Other Contacts".

    Of course this only works if you have internet access in the first place but if you are using WhatsApp you likely would.

    And rest assured you will have a way of contacting them in the future but also get some much needed extra privacy in today's world.

    This should likely work for other apps that read your contacts to populate their "find a friend" lists like Snapchat, Telegram and whatever else the cool kids are using these days.

    I hope someone finds this useful.

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    OnePlus CEO Reveals 65W Charging Details

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 07:41 AM PDT

    WhatsApp beta for Android 2.20.201.6: what's new?

    Posted: 25 Sep 2020 05:09 AM PDT

    Do you prefer ALWAYS ON or PEEK display on an AMOLED screen?

    Posted: 25 Sep 2020 02:11 AM PDT

    The reason behind only AMOLED because LCD it's not an option due to the high battery consumption of an always-on display. I prefer always on because I often keep my phone on a stand as a clock. Also, peek display uses the motion sensors, proximity sensors to determine that one reached/wawed to there phone in order to wake the display. This on its own uses battery so I don't think you are saving more battery than just displaying the time and date plus notifications without any sensor running in the background.

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    Galaxy Note 20 series quickly losing sales momentum in the U.S.

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 10:06 AM PDT

    Sending text/links between Andriod , Windows,macOS linux and chromeOS via chrome.(Clipboard syncing)

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 07:54 AM PDT

    Go to chrome://flags and search clipboard

    On Chrome desktop

    Enables the remote copy feature to recieve messages

    Enable shared clipboard feature signals to be handled

    On Chrome app

    Enable shared clipboard feature signals to be handled

    After the relaunch of app. Test out..

    Copy anything and try to share.Select send text to ur devices(having chrome symbol) on share sheet. The devices running chrome with ur email id will pop up.

    Your phone name appears if sending from ur browser.[It's limited to browser on any desktop OS but on Andriod it's system wide] Although For chromeOS theres nearby share available.

    This even syncs the copied text to windows clipboard manager. And vice versa to Andriod clipboard manager.(I use Gboard)

    Haven't tested on any other OS.Do share if the same thing happens.

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    Samsung will destroy OnePlus's market position with the Galaxy S20 FE - SamMobile

    Posted: 24 Sep 2020 03:29 AM PDT
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