Moronic Monday (Apr 19 2021) - Your weekly questions thread!

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Samsung Android 11 update: These devices have One UI 3.0 - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2021/04/19/samsung-android-11-rollout/

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Google's new Android Auto app replacement is rolling out to more countries — here's the list
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/19/google-assistant-driving-mode-is-going-internationals-the/

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Galaxy Watch 4 to use batteries from ATL and Samsung SDI
http://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=2659

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Xperia 1 III – Camera developed by Alpha Engineers
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YKZk7qUg-CQ&feature=share

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
https://bestt4you.com/samsung-galaxy-s21-ultra/

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Why are Android downgrades and roots so complicated?

My oneplus 7 pro got updated to android 11 and it became slower so I decided to downgrade. Prior this, it's been the exact same case with my Samsung phones and LG phones when it comes to difficulty.

Instead of simply downloading and flashing a file, I had to:

* Install fastboo drivers on my PC
* Guess what, in order to do that, I had to reboot my PC and disable signature verification for drivers (turns out the OnePlus driver has a signature problem)
* Unlock the bootloader of the phone to a...

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Google Pixel’s Now Playing feature has been ported to other Android devices
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-now-playing-feature-ported/

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Android 12 will automatically hibernate unused apps to free up space
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-hibernate-unused-apps/

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Samsung's blue light filter "Eye Comfort Shield" is HORRIBLE on non-AMOLED devices.

(Weirdly, this post was not approved on /r/samsung, so posting here)

So I just received a Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and was very disappointed to find out how horrible Samsung's own blue light filter works on it. I use it on my AMOLED phone (s10e) and it works like a charm, but on the tablet it destroys the entire image quality.

This is a huge problem, as it is something that cannot be solved by other apps, since the functionality to do this properly and system wide requires root access.

The Eye Comf...

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Firefox for Android 88.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/88.0/releasenotes/

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The second half of the year is when the Under Display Camera officially debuts, including at least Samsung (folding), Xiaomi (MIX4), OPPO (folding), vivo and ZTE (greatly improved version)
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1384002765622448130

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TIL NASA's Ingenuity drone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
https://twitter.com/davey_burke/status/1384215257653026817

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Personal Review: Redmit Note 10 Pro - Xiaomis Pocket Knife for small money

Hi Community,

coming from a Redmi 4 Pro (yes it worked for 4,5 years). I bought the Note 10 Pro some days ago and wanted to share my experience:

**What I like**

* Fast for all daily needs and stable software, didnt have any problems
* 120 Hz display is no must have but really nice to have. Bascially it improves the browsing experience giving you a more fluid feeling when scrolling up and down, so its not only for gamers The super bright AMOLED looks great in sun light and overall.
* ...

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Pixel 4/5 series not supported by Adobe Premiere Rush for no particular reason
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-rush/user-guide.html/premiere-rush/system-requirements.ug.html

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Moto G60 and Moto G40 Fusion launched in India with 120Hz displays
https://www.techradar.com/in/news/moto-g60-g40-fusion-price-in-india-specs-availability

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Sony’s Xperia 1 and 5 Mark III introduce variable optical zoom (but that's not what we're excited about)
https://www.dpreview.com/news/1686332610/sony-s-xperia-1-and-5-mark-iii-introduce-variable-optical-zoom

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Android GPU Compute Going Forward
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/04/android-gpu-compute-going-forward.html

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Moto G60 Review: A Good Phone with Too Many Buts
https://www.mysmartprice.com/gear/moto-g60-review/

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The RedMagic 6 Series was announced for the US, but who is this really for?

I saw on AndroidPolice (as a sponsored post, which says a lot about who they allow to be their sponsors) that the RedMagic 6 Series was announced as something of a "flagship killer". Intrigued, I took a look at RedMagic's website. Now I'll admit, up until now I had never heard of RedMagic, so my first thought when I saw this was "Oh great, another neat looking Android phone that won't be available in the US." Until I saw their website listing it for the US market. Okay, cool. The specs on that s...

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Xperia 1 III – Camera developed by Alpha Engineers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZk7qUg-CQ

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