Rakuten is behind some of the new Google Pay's surprisingly good rewards
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/12/08/rakuten-is-behind-some-of-the-new-google-pays-surprisingly-good-rewards/

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What are your top 5 phones of 2020, and why?

The reason I am making it a top 5 is because there have been so many great phones in 2020. Both flagships and budgets too. It seems like every phone is offering top notch experience nowadays.

For me, they are are the following:

* Google Pixel 4a - Probably the perfect budget phone - Has everything one would need. It has a minimalistic, practical, and utilitarian design and build. Great size. It's a tool. Great camera, 128GB storage (64GB is what killed 3a for me), fast enough SoC, it really co...

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No, OnePlus hasn't switched from a bi-monthly to a quarterly update schedule
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-not-switched-bi-monthly-quarterly-update-schedule/

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Google’s Pixel 2 Has Gotten its Final Update
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/8/22164027/google-pixel-2-final-update-security-patch-november-2020

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Samsung's new UD fingerprint scanner will be bigger than last gen and faster
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1336600561135718400?s=20

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FCC listing confirms Galaxy S21 to come w/ Snapdragon 888 - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2020/12/09/fcc-listing-confirms-galaxy-s21-to-come-with-snapdragon-888/

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Introducing Google Health Studies: Start contributing to health research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeGRvJgUkY

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The pandemic had Android users spending 25% more time on their phones than last year
https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/12/09/the-pandemic-had-android-users-spending-25-more-time-on-their-phones-than-last-year/

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League of Legends:Wild Rift open beta available in Europe
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riotgames.league.wildrift

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PSA FOR ALL LG OWNERS: If you haven't been able to send/receive SMS for the past couple days, uninstall Google Carrier Services from the Play Store. (More info inside)

I know there's /r/androidquestions for support, but this appears to be a widespread issue right now and it's a pretty big deal for something like this to be going on for several days now.

I just spoke with Verizon support and they informed me that this is currently an issue with all LG models. I've seen several posts about this today from other users and it doesn't seem to be isolated to just Verizon.

[Here's a screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/aQonLkO_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=m...

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One UI 3.0 update schedule is released in Egypt - Samsung Members
https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-A/One-UI-3-0-update-schedule-is-released-in-Egypt/td-p/6253598

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CA Notify - Official California COVID-19 contact tracing app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.ca.covid19.exposurenotifications

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What should I buy Thursday (Dec 10 2020) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

**Credits to the team at /r/PickAnAndroidForMe for compiling this information:**

* Home - https://www.reddit.com/r/PickAnAndroidForMe/wiki/index

* Smartphones 101 - https://www.reddit.com/r/PickAnAndroidForMe/wiki/smartphones101

* Top Phones - https://www.reddit.com/r/PickAnAndroidForMe/wiki/phones


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LG Electronics CEO vows to improve mobile biz next year
http://yna.kr/AEN20201210008100320

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Benefits, Importance, and Features of Call Analytics Platforms
https://martechlive.com/call-analytics-platforms/

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Google breaks SMS on many Android phones, is rolling back changes now
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/google-breaks-sms-on-many-android-phones-is-rolling-back-changes-now/

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Why I can not sign in to wifi?
https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/8jnomtWh3Qbb

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YouTube TV Subscribers, Claim Your Free Chromecast With Google TV (US only and must have activated the account before 1 June, 2018)
https://www.droid-life.com/2020/12/10/youtube-tv-subscribers-receiving-free-chromecast-with-google-tv-50-value/

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Performing the same test project, the S20U equipped with Exynos990 consumes 55% of the battery, while the S21U equipped with Exynos2100 only consumes 22%
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1337208212722864128?s=09

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What were your favourites and innovations of 2020? And what features and innovations do you want in 2021?

For me it was several things. I like that 120Hz screens became pretty much mainstream for flagships and even midrange phones.

I really like Sony's execution with Xperia 1 II and Xperia 5 II. Sony's battery management and battery care software is very impressive. I don't think any other phone has the power pass through function, where you can have the phone connected to a power source for long periods of time without using battery power and thus degrading it at all. Great feature I wish every ph...

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How to disable immersive mode on an android apk ( Show navigation buttons always)

I have an android 4.4 tablet which has no physical buttons. Im using an app that hides my navigations buttons and i dont want that. So here is how i solved my problem

1- Decompile the apk

Download apktool.jar and apktool.bat from [here](https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/install/) and put it in the same folder with your apk. Then use this command "*apktool d -f -r sample.apk*"

2- Find the code

Using notepad++ find this line of code "[**setSystemUiVisibility()**](https://developer.androi...

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