Recent content by dejanh

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    Any idea how to get the new Google Assistant working in Canada?

    Figured it out! It is not at all about the device language or the keyboards one uses. The issue is what language the Assistant is using when one's talking to it. The Assistant > Languages must be set to English (US) and the new Assistant will work.
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    Google is afraid of Samsung, which is why the Pixel 4 is lackluster.

    Yeah, no, there is no chance of this happening. BlackBerry had a killer OS, years ahead of both Android and iOS at the time when they launched their BlackBerry 10 devices yet they don't exist any more. The chief reason are apps. They could not get developers to write apps for the OS despite...
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    Any idea how to get the new Google Assistant working in Canada?

    Correct, I do not have a G-Suite account on my device. I know that it doesn't work with it on the device. Correct, I know this as well. It only works with the gesture navigation. Fundamentally, the way I understand the issue is that the only way to make the new Assistant work is to be US...
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    Yikes!

    I saw the exact same issue with the demo units that I found at Bell Mobility and Best Buy. I am thinking that they may be running a different software build. I actually bought a Pixel 4 XL and it does not have any of the issues the demo units I tried did. It is very strange for sure because I...
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    Android police Artem strikes again !!!

    To be fair, there is occasional lag. I have seen it when opening settings, and with a few apps. It's rare, but it happens. If you want to see some major lag that happens consistently go and open the list of apps optimized for battery usage. Now that's brutal lag and dropped frames. Mind...
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    Any idea how to get the new Google Assistant working in Canada?

    Hi fellow Canadians and non-Canadians that may be willing to help! As an owner of the new Google Pixel 4 XL I would like to use the new Google Assistant instead but being in Canada that seems to be impossible at the moment. Changing my default language to US English does not appear to be...
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    Battery life

    Posted about this over on XDA but so far the Pixel 4 XL is nothing to write home about. My Galaxy S10+ and iPhone 11 Pro are both noticeably better, especially the latter. While in most cases the Pixel 4 XL will get me through the day, it will do so with very, very little battery left at the end...
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    Biometrics update rolling out

    Same here. Got the notification again and it failed again. I'm on Bell.
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    Biometrics update rolling out

    Pfft, I have you both beat.
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    Biometrics update rolling out

    Ya think? It's been like this for days. I managed to get the notification back now using the adb trick from XDA, but it fails to install just the same. It's incredibly frustrating. For what it's worth, I'm in Canada, using an S10+ bought full price directly from Samsung.
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    Biometrics update rolling out

    It just keeps on spitting out "couldn't update" tap here to try again.
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    Biometrics update rolling out

    This update is simply not working out for me. I have been getting it for a few days now, and it kept on failing with the message "can't install", over and over like that. Finally, I installed the March update last night, then tried again and the same error was occurring. Next, I took the...
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    Vivid display mode turning warm during night even when blue light filter is off

    Figured out what's going on. For whatever bizarre reason (ah, who am I kidding - it's Samsung after all), the developers of One UI forgot to disable Android native Night Mode. To resolve, download Quick Shortcut Maker, search for Night Mode, open the reference it finds to the Night Mode (you...
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    Vivid display mode turning warm during night even when blue light filter is off

    I have the same problem! This is terrible for a $1600 phone. Using the S10+, Canadian version. Any clue how to solve this? This is a deal breaker for me.
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    hello? hello? can you hear me?

    True. Didn't test things since the April update as I'm now using my iPhone X again but will test whether the problem still persists. Modem updates were included in the April update.