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    Android Help What should I buy Thursday (Mar 29 2018) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    March 29, 2018

    Android Help What should I buy Thursday (Mar 29 2018) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    What should I buy Thursday (Mar 29 2018) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:10 AM PDT

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    Demand good vibrations from your next Android phone

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:35 AM PDT

    LPT: Your life will be better if you just always assume your phone's battery is going to suck

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:57 AM PDT

    I see a lot of people here talking about wakelocks, screen-on time, maximizing standby, etc. People are going through extreme lengths to try to make it through a day without touching a charger.

    I've found though that my life is much better if I just assume that my battery life is going to be awful.

    In the car and 90% battery? Plug it in. At the office? Start charging. Out for a long day or evening? Better bring a battery pack.

    This helps you always make sure your phone is charged and that you're prepared in case you need to emergency charge it when you're out.

    And yes, I know that there are arguments that constantly keeping your phone charging will degrade your battery, and that you should charge it to 80% and take it off.

    Well, I charge my phone constantly and after a year and a half of owning my OG Pixel my battery health is only down to 88% (per Accubattery), so it's still better than the 80% I "should" max it out at.

    My view is that you should go out, enjoy your life, and assume your battery life is completely awful. Because let's be real, with Android there's a good chance that it IS awful. So be prepared and top your phone off.

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    You'll soon be able to link Duo to your Google account

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:23 PM PDT

    Feature Request: Google, can we bring back wireless charging on the Pixel 3?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:05 AM PDT

    Hey Google, what happened to the Pixel’s ‘image obstruction removal’ feature?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 07:25 AM PDT

    Razer Phone making jump to Android 8.1, coming mid-late April. Developer Preview available now

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:05 AM PDT

    PSA: microG offers prebuilt ROMs for every device that Lineage OS supports. Perfect for people who want Android without Google.

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:03 PM PDT

    New Play Store scam uses Google's own pop-ups to steal money

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 07:03 AM PDT

    Google is testing a revamped Pixel Launcher search bar for the Google Pixel 3

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:56 AM PDT

    Android P feature spotlight: Here’s how to bring back System UI Tuner

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 12:29 PM PDT

    SCRCPY - Fast, Seamless, Screen mirror service! - video by XDA

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:45 AM PDT

    Google Voice v5.9 prepares to allow voicemail greetings to be recorded in-app [APK Teardown]

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 05:08 PM PDT

    Huawei’s P20 Pro is a hugely promising phone that will upset Americans

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 05:54 AM PDT

    Gboard v7.1 beta adds auto-spacing after punctuation, about 20 new languages and dialects, and more [APK Teardown]

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 06:34 AM PDT

    OnePlus CEO confirms that their next device will come with a Notch!

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 07:59 AM PDT

    Guardian App Harvests Your and Your Friends' Facebook Data

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 02:58 AM PDT

    Discussion on E-ink display

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 03:40 PM PDT

    I may be in the vast minority here, but I'm curious if other consumers would support the idea of a modern smart phone using an E-ink display.

    I'm a heavy user in terms of screen on time and have noticed that I use a significant amount of my day looking at some sort of display between my phone, work, and home life. I've seen an increase in people caring more about battery and was curious if E-ink was an idea the community would be willing to get behind.

    I know E-ink displays have slower refresh rates and less usable colors, but part of my can't help but think this is due to a lack of funding and demand to further the technology.

    Not only could this help satisfy a demand for more screen on time for people who spend a lot of time with text on their phones (like myself), but it could also vastly reduce the strain we put on our eyes everyday.

    When I say I'm a heavy user, I mean that I spend a large amount of time on my phone, not that I'm technically doing anything that requires heavy processing. I spend probably 70% of my screen on time reading (text, Reddit, browser, etc.) And the small remainder making calls, taking pictures, and occasionally watching YouTube videos. I really don't care that much what ppi or resolution my screen is (anything at 720 I'm more than ok with). I think there are probably a large number of adults like me that don't care about many of the gimmicky features phones add to attempt to distinguish themselves, but an e-ink screen would be wonderfully appreciated.

    I want to know what you all think about the idea of a modern smartphone implementing this technology. What are some pros and cons, who would be supportive, etc. I understand a few phones have made attempts in the past to introduce this to our market, but none of them were largely recognized brands with the money to do it really well.

    TLDR: E-Ink display on modern phones, I want to discuss and know the ups and downs, limits and possibilities if a major manufacturer were to implement them.

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    ZTE's Tempo Go, the first Android Go phone for the US, is now on sale - $79.99

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 05:12 PM PDT

    U.S. pre-order for the Xperia XZ2 ($799) and XZ2 Compact ($649) available at B&H

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:53 AM PDT

    Google Pixel 2 Preferred Care extended from 24 months to 30 months (USA)

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:08 AM PDT

    Since image posts aren't allowed...

    https://i.imgur.com/oI0r0s6.png

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    New ways to read more with audiobooks from Google Play

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT

    Huawei patents collapsible smartphone with flexible display [English version in comments]

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:31 AM PDT

    Introducing Encrypted Contacts for Android and iOS, now available through ProtonMail’s mobile app

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 07:13 PM PDT

    LPT: Do you have adoptable storage and root? You can force move any App to the SD with Titanium Backup.

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:23 AM PDT

    I recently learned this. I have a 8GB Moto G, rooted with LineageOS and my SD card formatted as adoptable storage. There are a lot of nice apps I never really kept for long that were big and only ever installed on the internal storage. But with Titanium Backup, in Advanced options, there is an option to ignore what the developer dictated and just move it. This just triggers Android's native way to move the app - in fact Android doesn't really lock the ability to move the App to adoptable storage, but it either hides or shows the option to do that per developer request.

    It works well and apparently persists through updates! I've tried Google maps (downloaded maps are heavy), Google drive, OneNote Office Lens, Forest, Citymapper, YouTube (it caches like it's on a 64GB phone), Noisli and others.

    NOTE WELL: if you're a developer reading this post you hate me right now. So I feel like I should make it clear. Apps may break if you do this. If the developer didn't allow moving an App to the SD it's not always because they forgot - sometimes that's because they couldn't get the App to run well on it or didn't have the hardware to test the whole thing. The external storage is a whole lot slower than the internal storage, so you may have performance problems using these Apps if they require heavy read/write. That said, you can move it back to the internal storage any time in Android's settings. Test it out, if it works well - great! More space to you! But please don't bug the developers if something is broken in an App you moved to the SD before moving it back first.

    EDIT: thanks to /u/ad2vcx for reporting. If you have Android Nougat or more recent you can enforce this in developer options. But if you're in the majority who still has Marshmallow, this is still pretty cool!

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