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Holy crapola my phone updated to Android 12 and it's super ugly. This green theme has got to go. The clock on the lock screen is awful. And I'm such a non-fan of current uber rounded corners look on buttons.

Did HTC from a decade ago design this? Absolute garbage.

Edit: *sigh* What's a good launcher these days?

garion333 wrote:

The clock on the lock screen is awful.

100% agree - it was the first thing I noticed when my wife's Pixel got the update.

garion333 wrote:

Edit: *sigh* What's a good launcher these days?

I've been using Nova for years. I haven't had any issues and haven't found anything it can't do.

The color is derived from your wallpaper - if you long press on the homescreen and go to wallpaper settings, there are a few choices of derived color schemes, and all the non-derived ones

Oh wtf? I just noticed they seem to have changed slide buttons to not have an on/off color. So who knows which is which without testing?
Ug, do UI designers do this on purpose?

lunchbox12682 wrote:

Oh wtf? I just noticed they seem to have changed slide buttons to not have an on/off color. So who knows which is which without testing?
Ug, do UI designers do this on purpose?

Which slide buttons/which ones are the slide buttons?

dewalist wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Edit: *sigh* What's a good launcher these days?

I've been using Nova for years. I haven't had any issues and haven't found anything it can't do.

Another vote for Nova. I switched to Nova from Apex years ago and it's well worth the price (although it does go on sale now and then anyway).

I've gotten really used to having my homescreen and app drawer spaced out exactly how I want, with specific apps hidden from the drawer exactly how I want, the dock exactly how I want, my gestures customized exactly how I want, with... well, you get the idea.

So for my last few phones/Android versions I've literally just exported my Nova settings then imported them into the new phone and it's been fairly painless.

I've been using Nova for as long as I can remember. Highly recommended.

Another vote for Nova. Been using it for years now, on maybe every Android phone I've had.

I happily used the free version of Nova until the last time the full version went on sale (it seems to be discounted once a year, I think around Black Friday). +1 to the recommendations

10-4

I don't really care how customizable something is, just that it isn't ugly as sin.

Was playing around with Google Lens with the camera today. Pretty fun for helping to identify stuff. Kinda blew my mind. Could kinda identify my wasabi plants outside. Had a few plants pop up that it might be, and wasabi was one.

Does anyone know where Google Discover favorites are saved?

When I tap the heart icon it turns red, but I see no link to where these favorited articles are saved. Under collections is a "favorite pages" folder, but they're not appearing there.

EDIT: Of course I find the answer right after posting. Completely non-intuitively, they are saved here: https://www.google.com/search/contri...

Really happy with the Pixel 6 Pro after a couple weeks. No complaints. The OLED screen is just so pretty. Surprised at the improvement on the glass compared to the Pixel 2. Weird magic makes it less prone to oil and fingerprints.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Really happy with the Pixel 6 Pro after a couple weeks. No complaints. The OLED screen is just so pretty. Surprised at the improvement on the glass compared to the Pixel 2. Weird magic makes it less prone to oil and fingerprints.

How do you like the curved screen edges?

So I've had my Titan Pocket for two months now and am absolutely loving the thing. It didn't take long to adapt to the small screen, and besides some niggles with Maps now and again, every other app runs as it would on any other phone I've owned.

I love, LOVE having a physical thumbprint reader, using the keyboard to quickly switch between apps, thanks to shortcuts, is AMAZING, and I'm still getting used to the physical keyboard, but I type faster on it every day. It's also really a perfect size and weight for my hands, so it's easy to do everything one-handed if need be. The battery life is also god damned amazing. I've got two days out of it with regular use before the low-battery alert pops on.

Overall I am super, super happy with this thing and I hope I get a long life out of it. Even if I don't for whatever reason, it's totally been worth the $200 I spent for it.

lunchbox12682 wrote:
tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Really happy with the Pixel 6 Pro after a couple weeks. No complaints. The OLED screen is just so pretty. Surprised at the improvement on the glass compared to the Pixel 2. Weird magic makes it less prone to oil and fingerprints.

How do you like the curved screen edges?

I quite like them! Makes the swiping to go back feel pretty good given the clear Spigen case I'm using. The distortion doesn't bother me at all. There's never useful text on the edges, and I like the look stylistically when viewing photos.

Ok, before I snap my phone in half, I thought I'd check to see if anyone could point me to some help on a current issue.
My Pixel 3XL often but randomly will stop playing music, podcasts, streams (D+, Peloton), etc. Sometimes the app closes but often it just pauses. Sometimes I notice that it more fades to a pause than hard stops.
I have searched around and found some people saying to try to make sure battery optimizations for the apps are turned off, but that hasn't seemed to help.
So anyone else deal with this and fix it?

Welp I moved back to my Samsung Note10. The Titan Pocket was a fun experiment but in the end I just fell out of love with it. It was really sudden too. Like one moment I was fine with it, the next I was like, “Why am I doing this to myself?” It’s a shame really. It’s a very solid device, it just asks me to make too many concessions.

lunchbox12682 wrote:

Ok, before I snap my phone in half, I thought I'd check to see if anyone could point me to some help on a current issue.
My Pixel 3XL often but randomly will stop playing music, podcasts, streams (D+, Peloton), etc. Sometimes the app closes but often it just pauses. Sometimes I notice that it more fades to a pause than hard stops.
I have searched around and found some people saying to try to make sure battery optimizations for the apps are turned off, but that hasn't seemed to help.
So anyone else deal with this and fix it?

I haven't had that particular issue, but my Pixel 3 XL is definitely at the end of its life and is running worse and sometimes weird. Perhaps it's just old?

So I just ordered an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G. I had a new phone on the brain anyway and I kept reading it's one of the best ever. I do love this Note 10+ but it'll be nice to go a little smaller.

Got a Pixel 6 Pro. The beveled edge doesn't bother me and the camera is fantastic. But holy hell is this thing slippery. It is like it is covered in lube. This thing really needs a case.

I have a Pixel 6 Pro with the Google case. It is good.
FedEx tried to deliver my free Pixel buds yesterday and the driver dropped off an obviously open and empty shipping pouch. Annoyed.

Just seen a picture of fedex driver's dumping site. He had dumped the packaging for over 600 items.

My pixel 3 finally stopped charging via cable so I took the plunge on a pixel 6.

So far it feels exactly like I just straight modernized my 3. Oh my phone keeps a charge, the camera is better, the screen is better, I have space again, it feels faster.

Haven't really got into any of the unique stuff. Some of the UI + gesture stuff I'm still getting used to. The finger print delay is real but whatever.

I think maybe the best part is actually the switch was pretty seamless + it didn't really cost me much at all.

I actually downgraded my plan to something that matches my usage from $50 to $40 CAD. Phone is costing me $30 a month over 2 years. Really can't complain as I purposely stretched out my 3 for an extra 12 months where I was just paying for a plan that was pretty cheap.

I probably wouldn't go run out and get a 6 unless you are at your wits end with your current phone for obvious reasons when you really stretch the life out on your device.

I also technically have my 3 as a backup. Just can only be wirelessly charged + can't let it reboot or it enters reset mode.

Yeah, my 3 XL was being a PITA so I'm on 6 Pro now. Runs hotter than I like, but otherwise the camera upgrade is real.

The fingerprint scanner is awful. I am not a fan. Feels like an alpha product if you ask me.

garion333 wrote:

The fingerprint scanner is awful. I am not a fan. Feels like an alpha product if you ask me.

The only thing I don't like about the 6 Pro. It's INSANELY frustrating to not be able to just have my phone turn on when I want it to, and it feels like a big step backwards. Everything else about this phone feels perfect, but it's just so damn annoying to not have it instantly turn on like I want it to.

Huge bugfix/feature patch coming next week for 6/6 Pro; it should be out now for earlier Pixels

One reason I'm upgrading from this Note 10+ to an S21 Ultra is the sh*tty fingerprint reader.

Most fingerprint scanners are a joke anyway, security-wise. Most can be fooled with good images, and if your print gets stolen, what are you going to do? Get a new one? /rant

So friends I'm running into the oddest thing, and I thought getting a new phone might fix it but no dice.

For some reason, every Twitter app I try doesn't sync in the background. None of them. I've tried four so far and even though they have access to data and notifications, they still don't sync in the background at all and I just cannot for the life of me figure out why. This is over WiFi and cellular.

Anyone ever run into anything like this and know how to fix it? Google searches are incredibly unhelpful. Thank you!

Try turning off battery optimizing for twitter.