Android Help Weekly Superthread (Jul 19 2021) - Your weekly thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions! |
- Weekly Superthread (Jul 19 2021) - Your weekly thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!
- All 2021 foldables using panels from Samsung Display will be 120Hz and LTPO. This of course covers the 6.70" Z Flip 3, 7.55" Z Fold 3 as well as the 7.57" foldable from Google, 7.11" from Oppo, 8.2" from Vivo and 8.1" from Xiaomi. - Ross Young
- Pixel 6 and 6 Pro differences, resolution, selfie flash, and more hinted by Google Camera app
- What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones? | Surveillance
- Avoid Android devices with virtual proximity sensors
- Sony Xperia 1 III will get two major OS updates
- New features from Google Play for Wear OS
- Digital Wellbeing's "Heads Up" feature rolls out to more Android phones
- Why regularly restarting your android phone is important and why manufacturers don't care?
- The Huawei P50 series will launch on July 29
- Would you "flipout" if you had to use this smartphone today? – Odd Phone Mondays
- Did dbrand just confirm the design of Z fold 3 by accident?
- Android 12 Wireless Controller DPAD/Stick [Fix]
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| Pixel 6 and 6 Pro differences, resolution, selfie flash, and more hinted by Google Camera app Posted: 19 Jul 2021 06:26 PM PDT
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| What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones? | Surveillance Posted: 19 Jul 2021 03:44 PM PDT
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| Avoid Android devices with virtual proximity sensors Posted: 18 Jul 2021 10:03 PM PDT Many of the newer phones are coming with virtual proximity sensors, meaning they don't have a hardware proximity sensor, but they utilize the gyroscope and the accelerometer to sense when the phone is raised to the ear. I am finding these phones that are listed to have a virtual proximity sensing, but I am sure there are more, especially newer phones with "full screen" design. https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sFreeText=virtual%20proximity I recently used one model with virtual sensor, and came to hate it, it was pain to use for calling. There were hundreds complaints on the internet for the proximity sensor, but nobody knew that the phone in question didn't even have a hardware proximity sensor, but some software that guessed when the phone is raised to the ear. Judging by the models, it will be hard to buy a midrange or lower range device without this technology, but I will never buy a phone without standard proximity sensor again. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Sony Xperia 1 III will get two major OS updates Posted: 19 Jul 2021 08:59 AM PDT
https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_iii_will_only_get_one_major_android_update-news-50094.php [link] [comments]  | ||
| New features from Google Play for Wear OS Posted: 19 Jul 2021 09:40 AM PDT
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| Digital Wellbeing's "Heads Up" feature rolls out to more Android phones Posted: 19 Jul 2021 07:16 AM PDT
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| Why regularly restarting your android phone is important and why manufacturers don't care? Posted: 18 Jul 2021 11:24 PM PDT This is half of the question and half of the answer. I see a lot of people (especially that less tech-savvy) complaining about how their phone UI is already slow and how they need to buy a new one. But it is a very overlooked fact, that if you restart your phone regularly (like every 3 days or so) you can get much more smooth experience from weaker and older phones. Lot of people are instead wasting resources and money on over powerful phones whose power they never much use (unless they are playing demanding games, rendering something etc...), even if they would be able to fully comfortly use weaker or older setup with regularly restarting. Of course, this feels and probably is something mobile manufacturers want. Users to buy a new powerful phone every 2 years or so. I know it maybe sounds like I'm exaggerating, but this is a fact not only for Android, but also other operating systems where regularly restarting has a great impact on performance. The only manufacturer I personally saw doing something about this was Sony. They have built function into their Android skin, that automatically regularly restarts your phone. They are maybe enforcing it too much, but good job. (I am not Sony user by the way). [link] [comments]  | ||
| The Huawei P50 series will launch on July 29 Posted: 19 Jul 2021 09:16 AM PDT 4G variants are rumoured to be powered by the SD 888 Expected products at the launch event
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| Would you "flipout" if you had to use this smartphone today? – Odd Phone Mondays Posted: 19 Jul 2021 04:00 PM PDT
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| Did dbrand just confirm the design of Z fold 3 by accident? Posted: 19 Jul 2021 03:14 PM PDT | ||
| Android 12 Wireless Controller DPAD/Stick [Fix] Posted: 19 Jul 2021 04:16 AM PDT Hey, just wanted to share this fix that worked for me. I had issues with my Pixel 4a (Android 12 Beta 3) and both an Xbox Series S Controller and 8BitDo Pro 2 (Xbox and Android modes). Both controllers were working fine on my TV (Android 9). I had AnyDesk AD1 addon installed on my phone and the addon was enabled under Accessibility. I suggest anyone with this problem go to their Accessibility settings and turn off the accessibility service for all downloaded apps, then turn them back on one at a time until you find the problem app. I think the problem with the AnyDesk addon is that it simulates input and the games may have been binding to that instead of the controller. So I would assume other screen scraping, remote control, virtual input apps would all cause the same issues. Edit: I would like to add that if you open RetroArch and go to Input settings, the device choice should only be the name of your device. There should not be a choice called "virtual". Once I removed this, everything started to work correctly. There may be other software on the Android device creating this "virtual" input device that is not under accessibility, perhaps a keyboard app or something similar. [link] [comments]  |
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