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I'm finding that the phone is noticeably snappier with Android 9.0. The new display font is easy on the eyes as well. No issues that I can tell in one day's use.

December 1 patch is now available as of Jan 2019.

The Z2 force magnetometer measures magnetic field in three planes which is sufficient, in combination with the accelerometer to establish orientation. You can view the real time magnetometer measurements using an appropriate app, e.g. Sensor Kinetics. the Z2 force is perfectly capable of...

cpu-z shows the presence of an ak09915 magnetometer in the z2 force.

I think the charge rate is limited by the induction technology. it won't be as fast as the usb-c connection.

I'm finding that despite the smaller battery, usable battery life is about the same with the z2 force as it was with the monstrous battery in the z force. Unfortunately the battery in my Z force completely died in one year. The Z2 is still doing great.

meh. Swype was fine but the Google kb caught up over time.

battery life is even better after the Oreo update.

z2 force

I replaced my z force with a z2 play. Battery life seems similar despite smaller battery. I think the CUP is more efficient. Ironically the battery completely died in my Z force after 1 year.

Just installed OTA update today. So far so good.

I agree that battery life was poor compared to the similar Droid turbo. My Droid force died after a little more than a year due to a battery or battery circuitry failure. Very disappointing. I now have a Z2 and the battery life is excellent despite having 2/3 the mAh. We'll see. The battery and...

Could be an impending battery failure. Mine started running hot and battery life deteriorated until the battery or it's control circuitry failed. Until the last few weeks it was superb. Disappointing that the battery lasted only a year and change. My Moto Droid Turbo is still going strong.

So the Nougat August update didn't happen because the Oreo update has been rolled out. Got mine today. Oreo runs pretty quickly, and doesn't look too different from Nougat. Hopefully the Oreo update addressed the "won't recognize pattern/PIN" issue that has periodically plagued some users. I got...

On my business Google calendar I have an option "set business hours" that may change the default times that you see, but this option is not available on my personal gmail account.