Sunday Rant/Rage (Aug 08 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 Google/...

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Android Audiophile Bliss (portable DAC) as per Juan Bagnell's recommendation. THX Onyx powers my K3003i earbuds and brings them to life much more than a standard 3.5mm jack. A great solution that's basically a small extention to your current headphone cable :)

I've been using the headphone jack on the Xperia 1 iii since I got it. Coming from an LG V50, I realized that the internal DAC in my new phone wasn't nearly as good as the one in my old phone.

The portable DAC and amplifier in this thing is beyond amazing. If you're trying to drive decent wired earphones or headphones, give it a look.

Here's Juan's original review...
https://youtu.be/4GB4p067HAE...

https://redd.it/p085sk
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MelonDs Android Edition it has been officially released on the Google Play store, give the developer some support and feedback.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.magnum.melonds&hl=es

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Did we reach the "final" phone shape design?

If you are born in the 90s or earlier, you definitely remember the rich variety of phone designs before Android and iPhone. Nokia, Motorola, Sony-Ericson, Samsung, Siemens etc etc, which phone model in the mid 2000s even within the same brand was pretty much unique - standard phone, flip phone, slide phone, ovulation phone (not even kidding), you name it. But since the rise of the modern Smartphones in the past 10+ years, the shape hasn't really changed. They've became longer, wider, thinner, bu...

https://redd.it/p0stym
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Samsung Galaxy camera met variabele Field of View (FoV)
https://nl.letsgodigital.org/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-camera/

https://redd.it/p0x7df
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Samsung Malaysia accidentally published Galaxy Z Fold3 Ads before immediately taking them down.

There's a YouTube link where someone re-uploaded it. I also uploaded a copy in /r/GalaxyFold if this gets taken down.

Note the fine print in the shot with the pen. It says:

> S Pen Pro and S Pen Fold Edition sold separately. Only use the Samsung S Pen Pro or S Pen Fold Edition designed exclusively for Galaxy Z Fold3. All other S Pens or stylus pens not designed for Galaxy Z Fold3 (including those by other manufacturers...

https://redd.it/p0wg7n
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Weekly Superthread (Aug 09 2021) - Your weekly thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

Note 1. Check MoronicMondayAndroid, which serves as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

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Please post your questions here. Feel free to use this thread for general questions/discus...

https://redd.it/p101cj
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FlyTrap Android Malware Compromises Thousands of Facebook Accounts
https://blog.zimperium.com/flytrap-android-malware-compromises-thousands-of-facebook-accounts/

https://redd.it/p12rix
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Google rolling out larger material time picker across Android apps. .
https://9to5google.com/2021/08/09/new-android-material-time-picker/

https://redd.it/p1b3fv
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Galaxy Z fold 3 leaks show off under display camera
https://9to5google.com/2021/08/09/galaxy-z-fold-3-under-display-camera-cases-leak/

https://redd.it/p1bdv5
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"One thing I found out after working both at Google and Apple: many engineers working on Android know nothing about iPhones, and many engineers working on iOS know nothing about Android. And by nothing I don't mean the technical aspects, I mean like general features and stuff."
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1424831451732733968?s=19

https://redd.it/p1acof
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What Android apps are you excited to try in Windows 11?

I can't wait to try Mi Share, Twitter (For the full picture experience. Going to save a lot of clicks), Boost for Reddit, Google Photos (If someone manages to port microg) abd Google keep

What are you guys excited to try?...

https://redd.it/p18guo
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Samsung Introduces the Industry’s First 5nm Processor Powering the Next Generation of Wearables
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/exynos/newsroom/pressrelease/samsung-introduces-the-industrys-first-5nm-processor-powering-the-next-generation-of-wearables/

https://redd.it/p1fyp2
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Public Report – VPN by Google One: Technical Security & Privacy Assessment
https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/04/08/public-report-vpn-by-google-one-technical-security-privacy-assessment/

https://redd.it/p1kv7k
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Android 12 starts showing ‘Ongoing call’ chip for Google Phone app in the status bar
https://9to5google.com/2021/08/09/android-12-google-phone-ongoing-call-chip/

https://redd.it/p1o50m
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Xiaomi announces Mix 4 with under-display camera
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22617979/xiaomi-mi-mix-4-announced-under-display-camera-cup-specs-price

https://redd.it/p1oxb1
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Firefox for Android 91.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/91.0/releasenotes/

https://redd.it/p1pebx
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Xiaomi Announces Mi Pad 5 and 5 Pro tablets starting at $310 with snapdragon 860
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/xiaomi-mi-pad-5-news

https://redd.it/p1qesh
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Google Now is back! Kind of at least.

https://i.imgur.com/XmQg3ap.jpg

This change in Google assistant I just noticed allows you to select lens which scans your screen for related information, copy text etc, rather than opening the camera app to use Lens. I am not sure how I feel about this since some info is harder to find compared to the "what's on my screen" option, but I am definitely glad to have back an easy way to copy text from the screen.

Screenshot in action: https://i.imgur.com/ZaaFfNk.jpg...

https://redd.it/p1mzqx
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8.11 10am ET - OnePlus Twitter (potential foldable teaser)
https://twitter.com/OnePlus_USA/status/1425124239477284871

https://redd.it/p1tm2k
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Google has given up on the compact Android flagship
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-gives-up-compact-flagships/

https://redd.it/p1u4gd
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