AMA Announcement: Mishaal Rahman (20th of November, 5 pm UK/12 pm EST/9 am PST/6 pm CEST)

We are delighted to announce that Mishaal Rahman will be joining us for an AMA on the 20th of November. Mishaal is the [editor-in-chief of XDA-Developers](https://www.xda-developers.com/author/mishaalrahman/). He has done a couple of [AMAs which have focussed on specific devices](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/search?q=AMA+author%3Amishaalrahman&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all) in the past and is an active contributor to this subreddit. The AMA will begin around 5 pm UK/12 pm EST/9 am PST/...

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Do you micromanage your phone's battery?

There are various conflicting opinions on what are the best practices for maintaining your battery's health over time. This became a concern when smartphones quickly moved away from removable batteries.

There are people who advise draconian measures, such as keeping the battery charge level between 40% - 80%, as well as only using a slow 5W charger.

On the other side, there are those who don't want to pay attention to any of that, letting their phone go close to empty, then charging it to full...

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Unpopular opinion: High refresh rate screens are pointless for phones

I've had a razer phone 2 for just over 2 yrs now. I love the screen: 1440p 16x9-great for watching videos.You can choose the screen to run at 60, 90, or 120hz. I use it as a normal phone-i rarely game on it (have pc for that). When it came out, there was literally a handful of mobile games that support high refresh rate, and now nearly every major phone supports 90/120hz- and there's only a few at a full 1440 res IIRC- so razer was way ahead of the game in that aspect. It's buttery smooth and l...

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We Don't Think Users are Completely in Tune With What Stock Android is Anymore: OnePlus
https://www.mysmartprice.com/gear/oneplus-oxygen-os-11-most-preferred/

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Apple is holding back messaging progress across the entire world with iMessage
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/11/19/apple-is-holding-back-messaging-progress-across-the-entire-world-with-imessage/

https://redd.it/jx8hv0
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Google has ended the support for pixel 2/2xl phones.

Just saw the under system update. Says no more update [image](https://imgur.com/a/2FGW4f6)...

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Up to 500$ trade in at Google Fi & 4A 5G is just 300$
https://fi.google.com/about/promo-terms/?p=2020-11-10-samsung-iphone-trade-in

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Exclusive: Specs and features of Samsung's Galaxy S21 smartphones
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/11/14/exclusive-specs-and-features-of-samsungs-galaxy-s21-smartphones/?_gl=1*9vwpg2*_ga*YW1wLWc2cUxVbGZwaXlHNlZEdi0wQVBRWkE.

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Does it bother you all the level of deep tacking Google implements on Android?

Just wondering what people's opinions are on the deep level of tracking that Google does to your device.

I'll be honest, I was recently shocked after watching some tech videos on YouTube and how deeply you are tracked. Even with flight mode on, the device gathers as much data as when it's off. When looking into my Google account, it's mad what they are recording. Literally almost every single interaction.

What do you think?...

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OnePlus Nord N10 5G review
https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_nord_n10_5g-review-2199.php

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Messaging app Go SMS Pro exposed millions of users’ private photos and files
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/go-sms-pro-vulnerable-to-media-file-theft/

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Was thinking about buying an old 3D capable phone but apparently some companies are still making them!

So I was randomly thinking about 3D photography and how it never took off when phones like the HTC EVO 3D were around. Then I thought to myself "hey those phones are probably cheap enough to justify buying it for the 3D camera alone" and in my search I discovered that there were *still* companies making 3D smartphones up until at least last year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D-enabled_mobile_phones

For instance, this [Rokit 3D phone](https://rokitphones.com/us/phones/iopro3d/) is $14...

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Google icon changes so far.

[Imgur link](https://imgur.com/NuMYmss)

Google recently changes its whole app icon to an uniform design, so far every app except google play games got an update.


Google doc and sheet got updates, but didn't change to the blue yellow green icon. Every other icon (including Google Pay recently) changed. Sometime its harder to find, but after using it for 2 weeks or more, these are warming up to me....

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Lenovo User Experience killed my tablet: an analysis of Lenovo’s shady doings

Main story:

“Hey there, I’m Bare, and today I wanted to talk about Lenovo again”.
This was going to be how my second video about Lenovo was going to start. But something went really wrong.

You might remember this link from back in the day:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/b78wuj/the_bundled_nonremovable_virus_that_is_called/.
It is about a program called Lenovo User Experience that has some really weird abilities, especially for an event logger, such as asking for root.
That’s no...

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From Microsoft store: S7+ from $550, 11" S7 from $350!

never will i preorder ever again ;(

at 350$, the s7 is a no brainer.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/samsung-galaxy-tab-s7-essentials-bundle/90xd3zht8zmr?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab&atc=true

OOS now; check to see if they restock...

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Google Messages encryption in beta, launching soon
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-encryption-1179261/

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Samsung Note 20 Ultra Top-selling 5G Smartphone Globally in Sept 2020
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/top-selling-5g-smartphone-sept-2020/

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I'm Mishaal Rahman - I write about Android and mobile devices for XDA as its Editor-in-Chief. AMA!

Hi /r/Android,

Long time poster on this sub - you may have seen in around in previous AMAs centered around particular devices, or in threads answering questions about particular topics.

I've been [with XDA since late 2015](https://www.xda-developers.com/author/mishaalrahman/) and became the lead Managing Editor in early 2019, so I've been in charge of the news and editorial content on the site for nearly 2 years now.

If you have any questions about Android, mobile devices, the smartphone ind...

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Paying for gas using the new Google Pay app is actually awesome

I hate swiping my credit card at gas stations due to the constant issue with potential card skimmers. I've been trying to limit the stations I use to the ones that have tap-to-pay using Google Pay, but those are few and far between in my area.

So yesterday I decided to try out the new gas paying method in the redone Google Pay app. It actually is a great experience and worked really well. It seems to work with ExxonMobile and Shell stations in my area, but I'm sure there are other brands.

The...

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I analyzed 4000 "hardcore" mobile games for Android, and made a list of the most commonly recurring words in the Game Titles.

# The Leader Board (Top 100)

1. \_ of \_ - **523**
1. \_ of the \_ - **123**
2. heroes - **334**
3. adventure - **295**
4. war - **200**
5. battle - **146**
6. legend - **139**
7. dragon - **138**
8. monster - **88**
9. kingdom - **86**
10. 3D - **79**
11. rpg - **75**
12. mobile - **74**
13. fantasy - **73**
14. knights - **71**
15. dungeon - **67**
16. soul - **64**
17. zombie - **63**
18. quest - **62**
19. clash - **61**
20. game - **59**
21. hunter, warriors - **58**
22. world - **57**
...

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Google Pixel 5 speakerphone issues

I updated the phone app earlier this week on a Pixel 5 and the speakerphone quality went to shit. Everyone I talked to via speakerphone said I sounded underwater. I uninstalled the update and cleared the app storage as mentioned in this [post](https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/78480980?hl=en). The speakerphone works great again!

I was able to duplicate and fix the issue again so the problem seems to come from the phone app update....

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