Recent content by PGrey

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    Google had me reset my esim and now Google Assistant can't recognize my voice when I ask it to find my phone

    Did you try re-training your Voice Model (ex-tech-PM with a bit over a year of experience architecting, testing, etc. voice models)? Go to Settings -> Search on ("Voice Match") -> Hey Google & Voice Match -> Click on Other Devices -> Teach your Assistant your Voice Again. Often, if something has...
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    March Update for Pixel 9 Pro XL fallout

    Yeah, that's bad, certainly looks like there's a lot more corruption (or possibly h/w failure) than just the notification issues.
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    Satellite (Starlink) Beta

    Yeah, I used this a couple of weekends ago too, we travel back/forth to a ski area that's somewhat isolated and I got the notification (signed up early as well) and tested it a bit. Nice to have for anything backcountry (I think, traveled a lot with pack and/or skis w/o for so many years it's...
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    March Update for Pixel 9 Pro XL fallout

    Hmm, something is weird, maybe you have a DND mode that's persistent? Try flushing the Play Store Cache and reboot and double/triple-checking the modes? The dialer seems to be default-silent now (I actually prefer this, but turning off/on worked fine for me when I checked), I get text audio...
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    I can't access the App Menu.

    I tested under both resolutions as well. The split-screen solution is interesting, I suppose - if I touch around the button enough times (a lot of times, mentioned above) I can still hit it, but it's far from ideal. Hopefully Google will fix the boundary issues here, the app shouldn't be able...
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    I can't access the App Menu.

    The Wemo (IoT Control devices, mostly) app does this, if I go to edit a schedule the "Save" button in the far upper-right. If I tap around enough on the obscured area, it will register the Save, but it takes a lot of taps, maybe 20-30 on average, super-annoying stuff. Honestly, I'd love to...
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    Is new pixel device meant to turn on automatically upon charge?

    I think it's that's if it's factory-reset/new (low-level firmware setting), otherwise it just displays the % charge, when you plug/unplug most recent Android devices (phones, tablets, etc.)?
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    Pixel Charging Limit To 80%

    Yeah, 95% is a value I can get behind the science vs. sanity balance on this one (I'm a person that VERY rarely chooses the latter, or so I've been told... :rolleyes: 😁), 95%probably gains you 80% of the lifetime increase, I bet (probably resifting the data would show this, if they publish all...
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    Pixel Charging Limit To 80%

    This is the part (the set your own % part, not the 130...) that I'm waiting for, 80% is kinda' low for a whole days' use, or gets VERY close (also not great for the battery) to empty, if you're not careful.
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    Pixel 9 Pro Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness

    Just to clarify, you want to adjust the transmit output of the radios (2.4/5/6 independently) such that IT (transmit power, not an artificial cut-off value) produces the -70 dBm values about halfway between two APs, the cut-off point. This takes quite a bit of walking around, checking to see...
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    Paint nicked around the camera bump of the Pixel 9 Pro XL

    I was just looking around and there are a lot more camera lens protectors than when I bought mine, several, such as the Orzero, have full coverage now, and would cover up that scratch completely (pretty sure anyway)...
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    Pixel 9 Pro Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness

    I should've noted that you'll need to tune the 2.4/5/6GHz radios independently, perhaps an obvious point, but one I didn't note. The 6E radios will (likely) need to be set near their highest (given your example layout) and whereas the 2.4/5 radios will need to be set to their own -70 dBm...
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    Pixel 9 Pro Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness

    So if you have your signal strength meter running, when you get to the -70 dBm threshold on the outgoing (downstairs in your example), what does it show for the incoming AP signal? You'll want to use a signal strength tool that shows multiple APs, so you can view the transition (or lack...
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    Paint nicked around the camera bump of the Pixel 9 Pro XL

    Same. As long as you get one with halfway decent glass and no weird layers, it causes very little distortion, ever, IME (same as if you put a good clear filter on a SLR lens, or similar)
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    Pixel 9 Pro Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness

    Download a signal strength meter, one that give you a dBm value. From there, survey around the area between them, and note where the signal drops to >-70 dBm or so. If this isn't the midpoint between the APs, turn one or both down a notch, in terms of transmission level (ideally also a dBm...