Sunday Rant/Rage (Jan 24 2021) - 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



Rules

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

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Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888 vs Kirin 9000 3DMark Wild Life GPU Stress Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnWpFNOpVAU&feature=youtu.be

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[GUIDE] Enable Pixel only features e.g. Background blur, Portrait light, Black and white portrait in all phones using Magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-enable-pixel-only-features-e-g-background-blur-portrait-light-black-and-white-portrait-in-all-phones-using-magisk.4223103/

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FHD v QHD Pentile Displays

With the recent release of the Galaxy S21 series, a new debate of FHD v QHD has risen. Like many previous debates about the eye (24FPS vs 60+FPS, for example), a lot of generalities get thrown around that are mixed with people's personal experiences.

One of the leading items that's.lead to people concluding that FHD isn't noticeable on small phone screens seems to stem from Samsung's decision to push people to use FHD & 120Hz on all their phones last year, despite the panels being QHD. I have n...

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Galaxy S21+ vs OnePlus 8T / iPhone 12 Pro Max / Xiaomi Mi 11 / S20 Plus - BATTERY DRAIN TEST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hln-6ruyZU

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This is the New Xperia Compact! The iPhone 12 Mini rival Android fans need
https://www.voice.com/post/@onleaks/this-is-the-new-xperia-compact-the-iphone-12-mini-rival-android-fans-need-1611507056-509494028

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Real-World Test (Camera Comparison, Battery Test)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBjROVIelR8

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OxygenOS 11 brings the infamous iPhone Call Waiting Screen to Android
https://androidmore.com/oneplus-oxygenos-11-call-waiting/

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Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888 PUBG mobile Gaming Test! A comeback for the Exynos S21 Ultra?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN3zlCZFF4Y

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LPT: You can turn off Adaptive Icons in Nova Launcher through it's Lab feature.

Before: https://i.imgur.com/vxW8Uek.jpg
After: https://i.imgur.com/nrZgCyU.jpg

Nova Launcher support has sent this over to me in an email a couple years ago. I don't like Adaptive Icons and they told me how to turn it off.
Go to Nova Settings and hold the volume down button to enable the Labs feature.
Then go to Nova Settings -> Look & Feel -> Adaptive Icon Style -> Prefer Legacy Icons

Do that and the white shape around the icons should be gone.

IMO it always looked better th...

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Why were physical slider locks made obsolete ?

I remember these being a regular feature on most phones back on the day. Just a little slider with a lockpad or something on it. And if it was slid to show orange/red/closed, whatever . It would prevent you from accidentally being able to click your phone. Why does no phone seem to have this anymore? Was it really that bad of an idea? I loved that thing. Would be great to keep me from missclicking on youtube....

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Galaxy S21 Ultra vs iPhone 12 Pro Max: Detailed Camera Comparison (Korean)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSOqb0dMCS4

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Ice universe on Twitter: We will see Samsung release Samsung × AMD GPUs in the second or third quarter of 2021, which will be used in the next Exynos 2xxx and next Exynos 1xxx processors, Samsung may change the release time of the new processors.
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1353279839550099456

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Galaxy Tab S7+ starts receiving One UI 3.1 update
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-tab-s7-receiving-one-ui-3-1-update-android-11/

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This might be old news but there's a built-in unit converter on (some?) galaxy phones

It's the little ruler icon in the calculator app!
I have an s9 for reference. Don't know how new this feature is....

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus 5G vs Xiaomi Mi 11 | SpeedTest and Camera comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=v9u0SwljgS0

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Samsung's Galaxy S21 doesn't support seamless updates
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/01/24/samsungs-galaxy-s21-doesnt-support-seamless-updates/

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Netflix now delivers "studio-quality audio" on Android devices
https://www.xda-developers.com/netflix-delivers-studio-quality-audio-android/

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Netflix now delivers “studio-quality audio” on Android devices
https://netflixtechblog.com/optimizing-the-aural-experience-on-android-devices-with-xhe-aac-c27714292a33

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Exclusive: China's Huawei in talks to sell premium smartphone brands P and Mate - sources
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-smartphone-sale-exclusive-idUSKBN29U0OU

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Moronic Monday (Jan 25 2021) - Your weekly questions thread!

Note 1. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

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