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    S9+ light leakage from edges

    Seriously? It's called refraction ...
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    Doesn't charge the battery over 80%, is that true?

    Battery experts tend to dumb down information for the lowest common denominator. What matters, is the depth of charge per cycle. All this talk about what percentages to charge to is just nonsense ... Well maybe not nonsense, but it's just phrased in a way to make the layman have simple...
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    HTC has had my phone in repair for almost a month now; escalation manager is avoiding me!

    Yup, this is definitely my last HTC phone. I don't care about Uh-Oh protection or warranty if it means I go months using my backup phone. I'll just get a Samsung/Pixel phone like everyone else. I've never had a phone need repairing before in the first place.
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    HTC has had my phone in repair for almost a month now; escalation manager is avoiding me!

    Just an update, I emailed the President of HTC America about my issue and gave him my ticket number. He forwarded my message to the Customer Service Manager and I now have my phone again. I never resort to things like this, but for a whole two weeks I was told that my escalation manager for my...
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    HTC has had my phone in repair for almost a month now; escalation manager is avoiding me!

    What are my options here? My camera stopped working and HTC told me to ship it to them and that the repair and return will take 7 to 10 business days. They received my phone on October 10th, it's now November 6th, and when I use the online repair status tool, all it tells me is that the phone...
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    4 Really interested.

    So is editing a hosts file possible on this? What are the options for system wide network controls etc?
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    Why is the pixel 2 sensor so slow?

    I've never heard the phrase 'slow sensor' used to describe supported frame rates.
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    Biggest downside of P2 and P2XL

    Honestly, I doubt most people can fill up basic Google Drive storage with 12MP photos. This is why any promise of free photo storage is essentially a gimmick to me.
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    Regret getting this phone

    My battery life has been pretty good, but then again I disable everything I don't use. Blinkfeed included.
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    HTC 10 and AT&T

    Yup it works on any GSM network in the USA.
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    Why are there occassional blinkfeed ads on my lock screen? How do I turn this off?

    It's coming from News Republic; that's a default app on the HTC 10.
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    Why are there occassional blinkfeed ads on my lock screen? How do I turn this off?

    Once in a while when I am at work I get ads on my lockscreen. I know the ads are from blinkfeed because when I swipe right onto the blinkfeed screen, the ad is usually right there. How do I disable this behavior without changing my launcher? This is the sort of shenanigans that make limping...
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    Nougat

    I don't know what the hell they did but wtf at this new battery life? Is this a new doze or is it because I left the boost app to do its thing? Standby battery life is just as good as my iPhone now (dare I say better?).
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    Nougat

    Hmm the alarms shortcut from notification shade (i.e. tap clock to go straight to the alarms) is no more in nougat.
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    OK Google does nothing

    Have you accepted the privacy clauses and turned on web and voice activity? These are prerequisites to use OK Google on any screen I believe.