Saturday APPreciation thread (Apr 22 2023) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

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Unpopular Opinion: If you don't buy a device, you CANNOT provide an unbiased review

Tech YouTubers are basically high production budget ads at this point.

They receive all the top end devices for free and what they do is:
0) Clickbait noscript
1) Highlight how AMAZING 😍😱😍 it is, all its cool features and hypes it up.
2) Provide one or two "criticisms" - stuff like oh it's not dynamic refresh rate, it's constant 120hz or the back is gorilla glass 4 not gorilla glass 5.
3) Say how despite the one or two "criticisms" it's still a really good buy despite the $$$$$$ high price

And y...

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Recommendations on Chargers & Cables for your Android Phones

Here are some things I have learned over the years, especially since fast and super fast charging have made an appearance. I'd like to share in hopes I can help some of you out there.

- there is a significant difference in charging speeds during super fast charging vs fast charging, although I only truly see that significant difference when the phone's battery is between 0-50% (in other words, it's most useful if you consistently see your battery on the low end of charge, and you need to get it...

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Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro review - Light 5G smartphone with 108 MP and 120-Hz Flow AMOLED (Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition) - NotebookCheck.net Reviews
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-Poco-X5-Pro-review-Light-5G-smartphone-with-108-MP-and-120-Hz-Flow-AMOLED-Redmi-Note-12-Pro-Speed-Edition.709276.0.html

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Xiaomi doesn’t care about GPL licenses!

Xiaomi is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer. It sells affordable smartphones compared to its competitors. For this reason, many users prefer Xiaomi smartphones. However, we need to point out that the brand has some shortcomings. The most important of these is that it doesn’t care about GPL licenses. The kernel source of many Xiaomi smartphones has not yet been released.

I don’t know why no one has made content about it. This is quite important, kernel resources are required for developers to p...

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Just a Reminder for People on Android 12+ - Check Your Third-Party Apps' Supported Links!

Ever since Android 12, all apps have their Supported Links disabled by default in favour of first-party App Links. That means an app can't open a link from a web browser by default unless the site it wants to open from approves it.

As an example, apps like your favourite Reddit client, or LibreTube and NewPipe, (maybe ReVanced? I don't know), will be affected.

To enable them, open your apps' App Info page, and check the "Open by default" opti...

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Piktures App updated with subnoscription model

Free version exists with ads. $1.99 no adds. $1/month for cloud storage or $8.49 up front fee....

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Sunday Rant/Rage (Apr 23 2023) - 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 com...

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Samsung Galaxy S24 to use stacked battery tech borrowed from EVs
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s24_to_use_stacked_battery_tech_borrowed_from_evs-news-58329.php

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Tip: Dual Android and iOS users, use Google RCS on iOS.

Howdy y'all, today while using an iPhone, I wanted to send a text message to my wife (Android) but was too lazy to do so from my Android phone.

This gave me the idea to use Android Messages on the web from my iphone. I realized that setting it up requires me using my Android device thus negating the premise of being lazy and requiring me to get my Android device anyway but that's only for the first setup. Afterwards I should be able to send messages from the iphone and appear as my Android ...

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[Review] Honor Magic 5 Pro I purchased

I recently purchased (out of pocket) and received the Honor Magic 5 Pro, as a quick overview here is my configuration:

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* 16GB ram
* 512GB storage
* Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
* Green edition with glass back (really more grey under many lighting conditions)
* China edition (since china edition has 5450 mAh battery, global has 5100 mAh)
* Up to 120Hz display; native 10bit
* ToF 3D face unlock + 12MP front camera
* IP68 water/dust proof
* Triple 50MP back camera (wide, zoom, ultra wide)

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Juice jackers planting malware on your phone at airports and hotels
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2023/04/20/juice-jacking-malware-phone-airports-hotels/

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Daily Superthread (Apr 24 2023) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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

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Google Online Security Blog: Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization
https://security.googleblog.com/2023/04/google-authenticator-now-supports.html?m=1

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BMW Digital Key Plus Now Available on Compatible Android Devices.
https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0414019EN_US

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Possible Black Screen Of Death Fix

There are a number of causes for the so-called "black screen of death" which run the gambit from a bad digitizer to a faulty auto screen brightness sensor. Speaking of which while hiking the other day I pulled my device out of my pocket to check something and found the display was black but all other aspects of the phone were obviously working. For some time I tapped at the screen and tried to push my finger across the part of the screen where the brightness slider should have been located but n...

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Android Developers Blog: Photo Picker Everywhere
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/04/photo-picker-everywhere.html?m=1

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BMW adds Digital Key Plus support for select Android devices
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697212/bmw-digital-key-plus-support-google-pixel-samsung-galaxy-devices

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Daily Superthread (Apr 25 2023) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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

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OnePlus Ace 2 x GENSHIN IMPACT XIANGLING Edition Phone Unboxing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3qBFTHwFg&feature=youtu.be

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Smartphones With Popular Qualcomm Chip Secretly Share Private Information With US Chip-Maker
https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2023/smartphones-popular-qualcomm-chip-secretly-share-private-information-us-chip-maker

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