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    Pairing 2 earbuds?

    Yeah, that's definitely not the manual. That's an entirely different model of ear bud. Like I said, it's in broken English and a lot longer than that. If they would pair to each other, I'd be all set. But thanks.
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    Pairing 2 earbuds?

    Maybe I'm doing something wrong. The manual is in broken English. Even though they've been previously paired to the phone, they'll come on and say Pairing and never pair. I have to go into Bluetooth and select each one to connect. Now, that may be them trying to pair to each other, but even...
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    Pairing 2 earbuds?

    They are a packaged pair... in a pill box. Cheapy no-names from Amazon I'm sure...they were a gift. But no matter how I enable or pair them, which isn't a problem, only one will have audio. Im going to just play it off as crappy design. I'm sure a better quality buds would work. It's just...
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    Pairing 2 earbuds?

    Then I'm wondering what is the point of manufacturers selling earbuds in pairs if only one can be active at a time?? I'm sure there are devices that can recognize wireless Bluetooth earbuds and let sound come out of both... a Pixel just isn't one of them. Sucks Doesn't matter now anyway... I...
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    Pairing 2 earbuds?

    Bummer. I sort of figured I couldn't. That sucks. Thanks darkSSide
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    Pairing 2 earbuds?

    Hi all, I have these Bluetooth earbuds, unwired. An A and a B. I can only hear audio from one earbud at a time. They'll both pair together just fine, but only one will be active and play audio at a time. I can switch back and forth thru the bluetooth menu on my phone. Is there nothing I can...
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    Kitty pictures keep filling photos??

    Well... They're baaaaaack! And they're definitely from Messenger. After I deleted them all, everything was good. There is absolutely no way to mass-delete them. I can select them.all, but there's no option to mass-delete anywhere. Then someone Messenger'd me thru FB tonight. Hundreds showed...
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    Kitty pictures keep filling photos??

    Stickers! I knew they looked familiar but I couldn't remember from where. Unfortunately I do use Messenger a few times a year but have never used emojies or stickers in it. And yes, they are 'files'...not graphics. When they show up, a folder named 'Files' shows up in my photos as well, but...
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    Kitty pictures keep filling photos??

    Hi all, Why am I getting hundreds of Kitty emojis in my photos folder(s)? When I used to use QuickPik I'd get them as well. Now I'm just using Photos and it's still happening. I'll delete them all one freakin picture at a time, and then randomly they'll all come back. I tried to attach one...
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    How to keep audio alive after screen sleeps?

    Actually it's any time a video is playing from any source...not just YouTube. It sounds like this is normal operation...not a setting I can enable\disable? Oh well, I'll deal with it. Thanks
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    How to keep audio alive after screen sleeps?

    Hi all, thanks for the help so far. Great forum. I listen to a radio station at work on Bluetooth ear buds, and the audio remains live when the screen goes to sleep. If I have a video playing, the audio stops (the video pauses) when the screen sleeps. Is there a way to keep the video playing...
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    Yep, another battery-life issue Post PIE

    UPDATE: All seems well now. I didn't do anything...didn't uninstall anything, didn't factory-reset, didn't turn on battery saver. Although I tried battery saver for a day, it screwed with some operations that I wasn't willing to live with. Battery life seems to be back to or very close to...
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    Yep, another battery-life issue Post PIE

    Hi, I've only installed one new app in the past month and it's Force Stopped. I always clear the cache and Force Stop any app I don't use. As far as rebooting, it's been rebooted (as well as powered off restart) several times since the PIE update the other day. I kept getting notifications...
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    Yep, another battery-life issue Post PIE

    Thanks folks. I'm gonna sit on it for a while and see what happens. I can give Battery Saver a try as well before wiping it. I let it die last night (which wasn't hard) and will try to kill it again tonight. The battery lasts so long I rarely got a chance to let it hit Zero% before charging.
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    Yep, another battery-life issue Post PIE

    Hi all, Yes I read a bunch of threads already. I waited until this week to run the 9 PIE update on my 2XL. I love this phone, that's why I waited. I kept reading about the issues and the battery life problems. So far I haven't noticed any glaring issues besides the very reduced battery life...