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    Android What should I buy Thursday (May 27 2021) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    What should I buy Thursday (May 27 2021) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    Posted: 27 May 2021 05:00 AM PDT

    Credits to the team at /r/PickAnAndroidForMe for compiling this information:

    Note 1. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

    Note 2. Join our IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions.

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    Xiaomi has officially announced that all restrictions imposed by the US government on them have been cancelled. [Mi Blog]

    Posted: 27 May 2021 07:24 AM PDT

    Google has decided to block 3rd party share replacement apps in Android 12

    Posted: 27 May 2021 05:22 PM PDT

    Since you can't customize the share menu, I find this really disheartening. I discovered this from the Sharedr developer's FAQ page.

    It's come to my attention that Google has decided to block 3rd party share replacement apps in Android 12 from responding to the share event and, consequentially, Sharedr will no longer be an option to use as the default share menu. I have filed a ticket (#181887406, merged into #183035750) on the AOSP bug tracker and received the following respone:

    We had never actually intended to allow apps to replace the share dialog, that Intent is for apps to launch the share dialog. Being able to replace the share dialog is also becoming increasingly impossible -- you couldn't implement the direct share part of the UI, nor the personal vs. work profile tabs in R, etc. This is just not something that is feasible to allow apps to replace. In other words:

    Works as intended / Won't fix This means that, on Android 12, when you share something, you will no longer be able to use Sharedr instead of the system share menu. Sharedr will remain an option in the system share menu. You could pin it to the top and hop from the system share menu to Sharedr if you really hate the system share menu enough to go through an extra tap every time you share.

    I work on Sharedr in my free time and this news has made me decide to wind down support for Sharedr. I will do my best to keep the app working for as long as possible and fix bugs, but that's about as far as I'm willing to go at this point.

    Sorry folks, not much I can do about this.

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    "Free phone is free phone" - Here are some pictures of the OnePlus 9 Pro that I won from the r/Android Giveaway

    Posted: 27 May 2021 05:08 AM PDT

    https://ibb.co/D5gpJgQ

    https://ibb.co/qNz53vv

    ​

    A link to the original giveaway post

    First Impressions:

    • I have 12GB of RAM - more RAM than braincells.
    • Big phone is big
    • I'm gonna miss the dedicated notification shade button that I had on my Huawei's 4-key navigation
    • I'm 99% positive that I can't tell the difference between 120hz and 60hz (even when side by side)
    • Pine Green is a surprisingly nice color - For whatever reason OnePlus only sell the 12GB/256GB version in Pine Green in the UK. I was expecting to hate it but it's actually pretty inconspicuous.
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    Sony will start bringing ‘some iconic PlayStation IP’ to mobile this financial year

    Posted: 27 May 2021 07:04 AM PDT

    Self-Post: Google ruined Chrome on Android

    Posted: 27 May 2021 08:53 AM PDT

    Greetings, r/android

    Lately I've become quite frustrated with the changes that Google has made to Chrome on Android. I feel as if they're removed what made Chrome great, which was the simplicity.

    Google removed the horizontal tab layout and replaced it with a grid layout, which isn't ideal when using a large device. Afterwards, they introduced the "tab groups" feature which has been quite controversial. There's also the changes to the Discover feed, the removal of the Chrome Duet, etc.

    The changes that Google has made are also starting to trickle down to other Chromium based browsers, like Bromite for instance.

    In the latest version of Bromite (91), the "horizontal tab" flag is no longer available, likely because Google has pushed that change to the master branch of Chromium.

    I've since switched from Bromite to Brave and I'm enjoying it, but I wanted to know what everyone else thinks.

    So, do you think Google ruined Chrome on Android?

    Personally, I can't say I'm overly fond of the constant changes and beta like state of the browser.

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    The last Galaxy S10e Android update blocks "Uninstall updates" from Samsung Apps

    Posted: 27 May 2021 12:14 PM PDT

    I use Action Launcher as my default home screen and after some updates of the ONE UI 3 Homescreen app the gestures control became buggy on third party launcher. So I disabled auto update on Galaxy Store for the Samsung One Ui Homescreen app and removed all the updates thru the default option on Config app and it fixed everything.

    Nevertheless, after the last update of Android 11 (1st march) Samsung have installed compulsorily the last update of every Samsung app and removed from the Configurations app the option to undo the updates only of his own apps, and now every third party launcher I've tested doesn't work properly with gestures controls and there isn't any fix for it.

    This kind of thing sucks and show, at least for me, how Samsung is planning his next steps with software, depriving some freedom of its users in exchange of monopolizing software usage under its ecosystem.

    If someone knows another way to uninstall apps updates, at least, the problem with third party launchers is solved, but the decision Samsung made keeps showing some pressure under its users

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    /r/Android community feedback poll results and potential future steps.

    Posted: 27 May 2021 07:10 AM PDT

    We had posted a feedback poll a couple of months back. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the poll. The turnout was much lower than anticipated so we may conduct another poll based on the findings of this one. However, we have also listed potential changes and actions that could be taken at the end of this post.

    This poll has been divided into sections. An overview can be found here. A more detailed response is available via a Google Sheets document

    Rule 1

    1) Most people seem to want articles on Android competitors only if there's an in-depth comparison, it beat the others options (80.81% to 19.79% (allowing all articles), 71.51% to 28.49% (only as a megathread) and 84.3% to 15.7% (not allowing these articles at all)). However, we have seen people report the iOS to Android/Android to iOS posts immediately after approval which seems particularly interesting since the community has also voted on allowing opinion posts (more on that later)

    2) The majority seems to want articles about TWS earbuds but only from Android OEMs as opposed to thinking it's irrelevant (61.63% to 38.37%) or posts from everyone (59.88% to 40.12%)

    3) The majority seem to want posts about accessories but only about things that may relate to Android as opposed to posts only from Android OEMs (67.44% to 32.56%) or thinking this is irrelevant (74.42% to 25.58%). We assume this includes accessories from third parties like Android Auto units and multi device chargers.

    4) 55.88% of the people do not think Google Home posts are relevant but 44.12% think they are important. We do not approve posts about Google Home products unless there is a clear integration with Android devices

    5) People seem to want news about Google Stadia and its competitors as compared to posts only about stadia or thinking this entire section is irrelevant. (76.16% to 23.84% and 60.47% compared to 39.53%).

    6) 79.29% of poll respondents want updates on apps and services that provide better connectivity with the desktop as compared to 20.71% who don't.

    7) A whopping 87.21% wants us to allow posts on apps and services that have been banned in certain countries (for example TikTok in the US, PUBG in India). We generally allow this but we are unsure of approving posts about a government suing a company or vice versa if it does not affect the service.

    8) The majority would like posts about business/finances of the smartphone division but they aren't so interested in other divisions which may have a connection (60.47% to 39.53%). Similarly, the vast majority would prefer articles about the news and finances of OEMS to no news at all (87.79 to 12.21%).

    9) Question 9 probably shows the biggest differences in opinion. There seems to be a near 50-50 split for all three options. We could allow posts on RCS if the implementation is cross-compatible with Google's but posts about 5G and network expansions are off-topic in our opinion since it isn't of broad interest to the community. All three options were pretty evenly split so we do not think we should make changes based on a small sample size.

    10) The majority seems to want posts about major app updates but does not care so much about every post (61.63% to 38.37%). They also prefer posts about major app updates to nothing (71.51% to 28.49%)

    Rule 4

    11 and 12) 54.07% do not think we should change developer self-promotion rules. 45.93% think we should to allow people to post even if they have no history on /r/android. However, the majority thinks self-promotion should only be open to accounts that are at least 90 days old opposed to 60 (84.3% to 15.7%) or 30 days (89.53% to 10.47%)

    Rule 5

    13) A vast majority think updated articles should only be reposted if they're updated with more information but only if the article is the original source and was reposted as a self-post. It received 77.33% of the votes as opposed to 22.67% who always wanted such articles to be approved and 83.72% of the votes as opposed to 16.28% who voted for the option of not allowing reposts

    14) A majority thinks articles should be allowed even if they're only adding context as opposed to always allowing it (86.7% of the votes as compared to 13.2%) for always allowing it. A slim majority (55.8%) also voted for this option over only allowing the original source. With how low the turnout was we do not think we can make significant changes here but are open to loosening this rule while keeping it in some form.

    15) The vast majority also thinks additional articles should only be posted if they add significant information. This is something we already do. It beat only if it adds context (68.02% to 31.98%) and do not allow (83.72% to 12.28%)

    Twitter and rumours.

    16) The majority want links from twitter to be approved but think follow up tweets should be in the comments section. This option beat always allowing it (72.7% to 27.3) and only allowing tweets as self-posts (68% to 32%)

    Please note there were typos in the next two questions so the results in Google forms do not exactly match the answers in the spreadsheet. The data has been carefully checked manually to ensure accuracy. However we are open to including these questions in a follow up poll if there are any concerns.

    17) This is probably the most surprising result as people seem to want a weekly megathread for rumours and think all rumour posts should go in there. This is confusing since rumour posts are often the ones with the most engagement. This option beat allowing these posts (58.14% to 41.86%) and one month before a phone's release (61.63% to 38.37%)

    18) The community wants renders from reliable leakers such as Evleaks, OnLeaks, WinFuture. It beat the other two options (allowing fan made renders and not allowing them) by a large margin (91.28% to 8.72% and 69.19% to 30.81% respectively).

    19) A whopping 88.95% want us to ban leakers with a track record of false rumours.

    20) The community thinks we should only ban leaks from websites/accounts who constantly post false leaks. It beat banning them on the first attempt (88.95% to 10.5%), banning them after three or more false leaks (60.47% to 39.53%) and not banning them (94.19% to 5.81%)

    Product launches, reviews and major Android OS updates.

    21) 90.7% of respondents want megathreads for product launches device reviews.

    22) 85.96% want megathreads for major Android releases.

    Sticky and weekly threads

    23) 68.02% want a single megathread for tech support/recommendations/general questions

    24) 65.66% do not want to provide a recommendation for the Saturday Appreciation thread.

    Submissions & comments quality

    25) 58.14% do not think we should remove opinion posts. However, opinion posts seem to be the most frequently reported so we'd like additional feedback from the community here.

    26) This may possibly be contradictory to Question 23 but seems like 82.56% want us to approve general questions since a stickied megathread for general questions has also received support but people may have voted for that option to consolidate tech support questions in one place.

    27) 59.3% think we should approve posts requesting the addition of features to AOSP/Android.

    28) The majority would like us to approve constructive rants as opposed to not allowing it (77.91% to 22.09%) and always approving rants (91.86% to 8.14%). Rule 2 does allow for discussion promoting rants so maybe we could update the wording there

    29) The community seems split about region specific deals. 51.16% do not think they're discussion promoting while 48.84% think we should allow it for phones. Both these options beat the other one by fairly significant margins (60.47% to 39.53% and 69.19% to 30.81%)

    30) The majority want us to flair/leave a comment if a rule breaking post is allowed if it's not caught early. It beat removing the post and linking it from a new post that doesn't violate the rules (75.58% to 24.42%) or removing it completely (77.33% to 22.67%). This generally happens with either Rule 5 (no reposts/rehosted content) or Rule 6 (no editorialization) and we generally update the post with a flair or leave a mod comment inside.

    31) The majority thinks self-posts should have 100 characters at least. It beat not having a character limit (59.88% to 40.12%), a 500-character limit (64.53% to 35.47%) and a 1000-character limit (80.23% to 19.77%)

    32) The majority do not want a character limit for comments. It beat a 10-character limit (64.53% to 35.47%), a 20-character limit (70.35% to 29.65%) and a 100-character limit (79.07% to 20.93%)

    33) The community is ok with political comments but thinks they must be related to the topic of discussion. It beat always allowing political comments minus the R9 violations (80.23% to 19.77%) and removing them in all cases (77.33% to 22.67%)

    34) 62.21% think we should continue removing low effort comments.

    Moving forward and potential future steps

    • We will improve the wording of our rules to try and make them more consistent with the feedback from this poll. We may conduct another poll consisting entirely on yes/no options for some of the more contested opinions in this poll. We'd also appreciate some feedback on other sections that may not have been covered in this poll.

    • We are looking for volunteers who are willing to create megathreads for device launches/major OS updates. We'd also be grateful to anyone who'd want to update the wiki to keep it up to date as we do not have much time to maintain it.

    • We will experiment with a weekly support thread for tech support/phone recommendations while allowing the Saturday thread to remain or we could merge all three into a weekly questions thread.

    Edit- Some of you have bought up flairs. Most of us use old reddit but we are aware a lot of you use new reddit and have added a customizable regional flair and non-customizable flairs for types of posts.

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    ZTE Axon 30 Ultra 5G review

    Posted: 27 May 2021 07:55 AM PDT
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