Recent content by mzman

I've had this happen, but haven't noticed it since I've been on 8.1 Oreo. Are you running that?

That's because starting with newer Android versions, only the basic OS boots unencrypted. The user data and most functionality is hidden in an encrypted partition. I can't remember the exact name of the feature. You'll notice you basically can't do anything before entering the PIN. Notifications...

I honestly don't understand this. I get plenty of good pictures in low light. It's not class-leading, but not horrible. I did some tests against my former phone, an HTC 10. The Essential phone had pictures with similar quality (slightly worse when zooming). The HTC 10 had one of the best cameras...

I love my phone, but have seen many people complain of lags and freezes in the camera both here and elsewhere on the Web. I've noticed a problem if I try to do a lot, such as take 3 or 4 pictures in quick succession while the last-image preview thumbnail in the lower-right of the screen is...

It doesn't work. It worked for years before last Fall. Try it - it won't play local music as it used to.

After Android Auto was updated with the new Google Assistant, it inherited a problem from Google Assistant: it's impossible to play locally stored music on your phone. Trying to do that simply gives you "you need a subscription....". How do we get Google to fix this? It's a crazy problem, given...

I have the issue on one phone, but perhaps not on my other. I'm therefore also interested.

Ok everyone, let's be a little more measured. I'm a photographer and am picky. If you're on top of the OS and camera updates, which have made enormous improvements to the camera, it's not trash. In low light, with a steady hand, the pictures are comparable to last year's HTC 10. Sometimes a bit...

Essential got the Krack WPA2 fix prior to Google's own release to Pixel phones!

I thought I had a defect, until I realized that the phone speaker is extremely sensitive to positioning. It must have some sort of directional amplification to deal with it's tiny size. If you move your head around and get used to the best position, you'll find it's quite loud. ... unless of...

I don't reboot daily, but I've rebooted at least a dozen times, and about 5 times today alone. I generally disable Smart Lock before rebooting, just as you do. I've never had an abnormal reboot. I'm on the latest release firmware.

Mine definitely doesn't have that. I wonder why it isn't working in that case!

Is it in the phone app's notification? Is it in the carrier network tile (with signal strength)? I don't need a screenshot if you can point out where it is roughly after double swiping down. This is just to ensure I'm not missing it, as I'm pretty sure I don't have it. I'm on AT&T. Is there...

Where would it be? I don't see that anywhere. I have VoLTE confirmed working, but wonder if Wifi Calling isn't. I'm routing via Google Voice, but that should work, shouldn't it?

Thanks for the replies. I know that the camera is not to notch, but can someone compare to HTC 10? Similar? Is HTC much better in low light? How about M9? That camera was panned as horrible at the time, 2 years ago. Is essential worse than that?