One year later; I might move back to Android | Follow up to my post from last year noscriptd "Almost 10 years Android user, finally switched over to an iPhone 11 Pro."

Original Post, almost a year ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/iz3h8f/almost\_10\_years\_android\_user\_finally\_switched/

3 Month follow up 7 months ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/ktxdqx/follow\_up\_after\_3\_months\_of\_ios\_use\_op\_almost\_10/

And now a follow up, al...

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WhatsApp Ireland hit with record fine of €225m by DPC
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0902/1244293-whatsapp-gdpr-ruling/

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[Twitter thread] Nova (Launcher) 7 is now officially rolling out to the stable channel.
https://twitter.com/Nova_Launcher/status/1433404950424526850

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[Verge Dieter] Z Flip 3: actually it's fashion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NfL0vEhzYk

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Gmail is rolling out a Material You redesign for some users on Android 12
https://www.xda-developers.com/gmail-material-you-android-12/

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Common misconception/mistakes I am seeing everywhere on smartphone reviews

Snapdragon 888 is a disgrace and the snapdragon 870 is a better chip. (Exynos 990 vibes)

The snapdragon 888 consumes more power , overheats easily and after some time it performs worse than the 865+/870. On day to day usage no one will notice the performance difference and the new ISP on the SD888 goes mostly unused. They will , however , notice the better battery life , less heat and the cheaper price.

Not all 5nm (and other nodes) are made equally .

Samsung's 5nm(SD888, Exynos 210...

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Samsung builds the world’s highest-resolution phone camera sensor: 200 MP
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/samsung-builds-the-worlds-highest-resolution-phone-camera-sensor-200-mp/

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Vivo's custom Imaging Chip V1 debuts after 24 months of development
https://www.gsmarena.com/vivos_custom_imaging_chip_v1_debuts_after_24_months_of_development-news-50781.php

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Wishlist for Android and Core Google Apps

(Google apps because they are commonly built in with the OS and shipped on phones).

* Google Photos - Spot Healing Tool. Surprised this isn't a thing yet! Remove acne, background people, etc. (Like Photoshop)

* Pixel Launcher Notification Badges numbers or some sort of update here

* Share Menu revamp - Terribly slow and janky. iOS is way more useful and fast when loading. And there are like 8 different varieties. UGHH

* Dedicated Weather App

* Google Photos Vault to be cloud based with pass...

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Xiaomi Has A New Desktop Mode Like DEX! Tested On The Mi Pad Pro 5 [ETA PRIME]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-5noLb93II&feature=youtu.be

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[Android Authority] Did your Google Clock app alarm not go off? You are not alone.
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-clock-app-bug-2746394/

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The OVERHEATING Google Pixel 5a Problem: The Missing Piece People Are Missing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqym6Y6W3k

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How Android 12 lets you control your phone with facial gestures - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/22649045/android-12-facial-gestures-accessibility-how-to

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Samsung (instead of Google) fixed Google Assistant reminders not getting transmitted to Wear OS smartwatches for the first time in years, ironically on the watch that doesn't have Google Assistant yet.

Back in the dayz setting reminders via Google Assistant on a Android Wear watch was not only an advertised functionality on the watch (listed in the things that you could do with GA on smartwatches) but also actually worked by displaying the reminder on said watch. I used to use that all the time on my original Moto 360.

Suddenly though, reminders only showed on the phone but not on the watch. You could still set them via Google Assistant on the watch, they just wouldn't alert you or at all ge...

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Android have to allow to create isolated contact lists for specific apps. GetContact which accumulates contacts of users, for "Call Identification & Spam Protection", is under pressure to give access to the Russian FSB.

# What happened

The Russian Roskomnadzor is forcing GetContact to give direct access to Russian security agencies to their data. News in russian

GetContact allow users to see possible name of incoming call with obligation that the user share with GetContact own contact list!

The app is extremely popular in Russia and other countries. S...

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I noticed something... on Play Store

Is Google getting rid some of application reviews on Play Store? I always visit on the app store, and checking my apps if there are some updates.

Recently, I saw some of my installed apps' reviews like DuckDuckGo. It went from million reviews to just thousands. You might check it and see for yourself.

Chrome used to have over 20M reviews....

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Battery's at 100% for long times is bad I fixed that S21 (Bixby routines)

So we all know that battery's wear out over time, that lifetime can be decreased if battery's stay on the charger at 100% so I figured out a way to fix that, those images are what I did with Bixby routines on my s21 (idk if it works on other phones) so you can't for some reason tell the phone to turn of fast charging if it gets to a certain % but you can use the percent to for ex. Turn off or on dark mode with a certain % battery then do another one that turns off fast charging when dark mode is...

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Chrome tab Grouping. "We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback on this crbug. We wanted to let you know that we've heard you, and we are experimenting with changes to this feature's behavior based on your feedback."
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1214806#c81

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Do you know that you can re apply your tempered glass over and over again?

I tried to apply a tempered glass for my new phone. But there was bubbles. So i removed the tempered glass and cleaned the phone and the tempered glass. The face of the tempered glass is so smooth and slippery. But the back of the tempered glass is very rough and sticky. Little bit of google search and i learned that tempered glass screen protectors don't have glue on them. They have silicon like material that makes it stick to the phone. So you can reapply it as many times as you want.

By the...

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Inconsistent UI design, or am I just crazy?

So I went into System settings on my Pixel 5 to make sure my phone (Android 11) was still being backed up properly. Down in the "Backup details" section, there's a list of things like "Apps", "Photos & videos", "SMS messages", and so on.

https://imgur.com/a/9H2sq5D

The styling on each of these elements is the same: the label (e.g. "Apps") is large and black; below it is a gray line giving a little more detail (e.g. "222 MB • 93 apps"), and to the left there's an ...

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Android competing against Apple design

Hi.
I am a guilty apple owner, that really appreciate their sleekness and smooth design. I really hate pretty much everything else. Everything from pricing and hype to their tech.

I have a theory that apples design are addicting. After I tried apple I always felt that androids design and interface (Samsung, Huawei and Motorola) were a little slow and cheap. This is especially in software.

There is no doubt in my mind that androids are superior in every way except design. Their tech and perfor...

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