Recent content by jnak00

I'm wondering if that's the case, but I have no real way to verify. I believe the Android on the Walkman is Android 4, so it's pretty old. Did the audio output over USB function change in between? Can the Pixel 2 XL be connected with an external DAC at all?

I use a PIxel 2XL. Recently, I acquired a Sony UDA-1 amplifier. There is a USB-A port on the front which allows for connection of smartphones to play music through the amp. I've tested this with a Sony NWZ-ZX1 Walkman, which runs an old version of Android, and it works. It's simply plug and...

The vendor being Rogers, or Sony?

Thanks. I have tried setting it to Battery Saving but Android Auto doesn't like this. The map application in Auto won't run unless it's set to high accuracy. I haven't tried turning the scanning options off, so I'll give that a shot. You'd think this would be easier. Why does my phone...

My Xperia X Performance got Nougat a few weeks ago. Since then, I've noticed the location services icon is constantly on, which naturally toasts my battery. I believe it to be Google Maps, because if I force stop Maps, the icon disappears. I tried clearing the cache and memory used for Maps...

Turns out Sony is working an update to fix this problem: Sony says Xperia X Performance accelerometer issue will be fixed soon - GSMArena.com news

How would one go about checking that? Seems doubtful since I only install apps from Google Play and the phone is about six weeks old, but I guess anything's possible. As an aside, I use BlackBerry Hub+ for my email, so I wonder if that has something to do with losing all my email accounts in...

Wow, safe mode toasted my phone. All my email accounts disappeared after safe mode. I have to re-add them all. The screen rotate did seem to work while in safe mode, but I couldn't leave it that way for long. as I need full functionality on my phone. Any other way to check what might be...

I'll give that a shot. It's a little annoying because sometimes it can be fine for a day before it starts doing it. Safe mode is pretty crippled for me.