Sunday Rant/Rage (Dec 12 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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20% off Galaxy Z Flip 3, the price is $799 today
http://newtechnomania.com

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Story explaining in detail the scary Teams bug that blocked a 911 call
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/10/22828234/microsoft-teams-android-bug-blocked-911-call-go-read-this

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Install the Microsoft Teams update for Android now to fix 911 calling bug
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/12/22830599/microsoft-teams-911-calling-bug-update

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Nokia T20 review - GSMArena.com news
https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_t20_review-news-52243.php

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Daily Superthread (Dec 13 2021) - Your daily 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...

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Honest review of the fairphone 4 after a week of usage.

I got the green version of the fp4. My main concern about the color was how accurate the color was displayed in the pictures of the website. To my relief it turns out to be very accurate.

# First impressions

The phone feels very solid. It's quite a bit heavier and thicker than most modern phones, but I like that about it because it doesn't feel as flimsy.

The button placement is pretty much perfect in my opinion. I had my reservations about a side mounted fingerprint scanner, but it's actuall...

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OnePlus Nord 2 CE specifications, launch time revealed
https://www.91mobiles.com/hub/oneplus-ivan-nord-2-ce-specifications-india-launch-timeline-price-exclusive/

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Realme GT2 Pro launching on December 20
https://twitter.com/skyli_realme/status/1470347767734095873

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Got the DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection beta for Android today - it sets up like a local VPN connection. Screenshots in comment.

Some screenshots of the setup - https://imgur.com/a/yAfXBF5
Very surprising what it blocked after only 15 minutes with 2 apps....

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Samsung Galaxy S22 series leaked wallpapers
https://itmaterial.co.kr/news/498

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Nova Launcher on Twitter: "Today is Nova's 10th birthday! We want to say THANK YOU to all of you, our awesome community, for making Nova what it is and for helping stick around for an incredible 10 years! We look forward to being your launcher of choice for at least another 10 years!"
https://twitter.com/Nova_Launcher/status/1470418434085294082

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Apple launches AirTags and Find My detector app for Android, in effort to boost privacy
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-launches-airtags-and-find-my-detector-app-for-android-in-effort-to-boost-privacy/

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[David Imel] How the Italian Renaissance can save the smartphone camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlqqWjq26zA

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Discussion about overcloking and Qualcomm's TrustZone.

In the past i always overclocked my phones and it was a good experience for me. I had a fluid experience while gaming.

But some months ago i decided to buy a poco x3 pro, which comes with a powerful snapdragon 860 chipset.

but now i feel like i was tricked by Qualcomm's practices.

It's not recently news that Qualcomm locked cpu frequencies in ther devices. But now they are starting to lock gpu frequencies as well. And they are also using TrustZone to hide these frequencies from us. They are u...

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How to get the old Wi-Fi and mobile data QS tiles back in Android 12 updated method

For those of you who dislike the new Internet panel in Android 12, I have some good news. If you'll recall, I shared a method back in late October to re-add the old Wi-Fi and mobile data tiles using a simple ADB shell command. However, it was discovered that this command didn't work on the Pixel 6 series, and it also doesn't work on other Pixel phones following the latest December update/Pixel Feature Drop/QPR1 rebase.

Thankfully...

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Motorola's MYUI 3.0 based on Android 12 comes with Material You

Source (YouTube)

Source (Weibo)

Good or bad news depending on the person...

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The concept of getting "x years" of updates is flawed and benefits a company's marketing more than users. Instead we should ask for number of complete versions regardless of time.

The Pixels get "x years" and Google is praised when they add one year to it. The phones come out right after a new Android version, then they get stuck with an early build of the new OS version. And Android 12 is pretty buggy, just look at the bug-fixing in the Dec patch, which the Pixel 3 didn't get. Admittedly it will probably get one in January, but that's gonna be it, and P3 users will have had to wait 2 months for it. A similar thing happened to previous Pixels.

Would it have been better t...

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Freebox Remote offers an alternative to the Google TV app's remote control feature

Freebox Remote, an unofficial remote control app for Android TV set-top boxes from French ISP Free, can act as a universal Android TV remote if you set the model to Freebox Pop while scanning. The app was recently updated to support the new Android TV Remote protocol v2, which is what the Google TV app's remote uses. Unfortunately, the developer told me he hasn't gotten keyboard input to work yet with the new protocol. Keyboard input does work if your TV hasn't received the latest Android TV Rem...

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Trick to turn on Google assistant beep

After some update for Google they turned off the beep when the microphone was open after saying hey google. that was super useful to me as a person with ADHD that is constantly misplacing their phone and using this feature to locate it.

After hours online searching with frustration, 3 attempted Google support requests, ive figured it out on my own!

I had seen many recommended to turn on switch access, which I found in settings - accessiblity on my new pixel 5a 5g running android 12. However, ...

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Galaxy S22, S22+ and S22 Ultra dummy leaks
https://twitter.com/OnLeaks/status/1470530973712498692?t=0XOJGqemtPDuzyrcrDnCuQ&s=19

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