Sunday Rant/Rage (Jan 12 2020) - Your weekly complaint thread!

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This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever complaint you might have about:

* Your device.

* Your carrier.

* Your device's manufacturer.

* An app

* Any other company

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**Rules**

1) Please do not target any individuals or try to name/shame any individual. If you hate G...

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Download: Xiaomi Mi A2 receives official Android 10 update
https://www.xda-developers.com/download-xiaomi-mi-a2-official-android-10-update/

https://redd.it/enm9fb
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Samsung's new fold-able phone to be called Galaxy Z Flip
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1216301154297991168

https://redd.it/enmpw0
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Replicant, a free software mobile operating system (Android distro), at FOSDEM (Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting) 2020
https://blog.replicant.us/2020/01/replicant-at-fosdem-2020/

https://redd.it/enler8
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Snapchat runs in the background on restricted mode
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/enjdd6/how_are_apps_still_running_in_the_background_on/

https://redd.it/enjdya
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Samsung’s removable-battery smartphone is coming to the US for $499
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/12/21060854/samsung-galaxy-xcover-pro-removable-battery-smartphone-us-499-price

https://redd.it/enp49v
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#ThemesForAustralia - let's do our part in helping Australia!

Hello all!

I'll try to keep it short.

#AUSTRALIA IS ON FIRE

Let's do something about it. u/GrabsterTV, u/emplexx132, u/i_have_an_account, and myself decided to start #ThemesForAustralia.

We're offering exclusive KLWP themes and other goodies in exchange for your donations. u/GrabsterTV has set up a website that points you to three important organizations Australian Red Cross, World Wildlife Fund, and Country Fire Authority.

We do not make any profit, we're not handling your money. We're d...

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Gboard Theming Tips and Tricks

After upgrading to Android 10 on my Pixel 3a XL and having nearly all my apps follow the System Light or Dark Theme automatically (with the exception of Facebook Messenger and Gboard), I started wondering why Google's own keyboard didn't do it.

I came across this article: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/09/gboard-automatically-adjusts-its-looks-based-on-your-android-color-accents-and-dark-mode-settings/ on themes and colors, but had never been able to make it work.

I ended up finding a p...

https://redd.it/enq3wz
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Exclusive: Here is the Samsung Galaxy S20+ in Live Images
https://www.xda-developers.com/exclusive-samsung-galaxy-s20-5g-live-images

https://redd.it/enrfpi
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Franco Kernel Manager adds support for downloading any custom kernel
https://www.xda-developers.com/fk-kernel-manager-becomes-franco-kernel-manager-downloading-any-custom-kernel/

https://redd.it/enr6d6
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Omitted feature in recent phones- LED notification. Why nobody cares about it anymore?

LEt's start a discussion. As an owner of Samsung S7 Edge I am slowly thinking about an upgrade, but there was no interesting phone in the whole 2019 for me. I care about everything to fill my needs in a smartphone, but I can turn a blind eye on some drawbacks. This strategy worked until 2019 came.
Right now we have terribly pricy phones, software upgrade situation is not getting better, battery life can be meh or just okay and other problems. Of course some things are better than before: almost ...

https://redd.it/enok1u
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Android Smartphones Expected to Follow iPhone With Ultra Wideband Technology Starting Later This Year
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/01/10/android-phones-ultra-wideband-2020/

https://redd.it/ennt2b
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What is made out to be a big deal, but really is not?

What do you think on a sub with majority enthusiasts is a big deal but to the 80% of customers they literally aren't even aware?...

https://redd.it/enouno
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Android 11 Features

I know it seems like Android 10 is just being installed on some devices, but i was curious what features you guys are looking for in Android 11? For me, I would love a Android equivalent to AirDrop and more customization for gestures, specifically a way to undo a back gesture (which I'm finding myself needing sometimes). Would love to hear your opinions :)....

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The Android Developers Must Constantly Live With the Sword of Damocles of a Banishment by Google
https://medium.com/swlh/the-android-developers-must-constantly-live-with-the-sword-of-damocles-of-a-banishment-by-google-3dea8bc4f797

https://redd.it/enp0tk
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I wish smartwatches for Android devices could have in future the life-saving HR ECG features that Apple watches have

I just read about how an Apple watch owner got saved by the heart alerts his watch gave him and I wonder how many people could have been saved thanks to this, that's why I think smartwatches for Android should step up their heart rate sensors, adding ECG as standard or something...

https://redd.it/enfl0j
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Does megapixel really matter?

I noticed that mostly of China made smartphones has this absurd amount of megapixels (42, and up megapixels).

Though afaik mega pixel/resoultion only matters if:

If you crop your images a lot/crop large portions.

Print the images


But if you look at it. Do people actually crop that much or even prints the images captured by their phones? Plus higher mp counts means higher storage consumption per image since it has to save a lot of information from the image.

Some people keeps saying that h...

https://redd.it/enoiji
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The LG G8x can now do what everyone said they wanted it to do - DS emulation on both screens!

[Pic. ](https://i.imgur.com/oXow9MN.jpg)

I was able to get it to work by downloading an app that can force any app into Wide Mode. The Drastic DS emulator doesn't allow you to run top and bottom screens in landscape like this set up would need so I got another app that could force landscape. Then I resized the screens and placed the buttons appropriately in Drastic's settings.

It sounds like a lot but now it's all set up, I can boot it in a couple seconds this way....

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As a lover of big screen phones, I am afraid the phones are getting too big.

I have always owned the biggest version of the Samsung galaxy phones. My recent phone is S10+. I bought it the day it came out and I had loved it until just couple of months ago.

I have big hands but I was beginning to get tired of using this phone with one hand. And I feel like there is less privacy while on the phone out in public. I've only had these thoughts in the last few months. Then I started looking at smaller phones like the S10e and s10. I went to bestbuy to actually hold these phone...

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I really enjoy pop-up cameras

I recently bought a Mi 9t pro to replace my pixel 2xl. I did check out other phones with a hole-punch screen but to me it seems like a step backwards (until we get under-screen cameras that are as good as current ones anyway). Here's why:

Privacy. Android has often told me so and so app recently used my camera. Even when that app isnt currently open and hasnt been open in the background. Sure they could still use the rear camera, but to me that's less of a privacy issue.

Also, the general des...

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OnePlus unveils Quad HD+ OLED 120Hz HDR display with MEMC for its upcoming flagship phones
https://www.fonearena.com/blog/302309/oneplus-quad-hd-oled-120hz-display-2020.html#more-302309

https://redd.it/eo1rr6
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