Recent content by theragtopman

I created a couple Bixby Routines to turn on Do Not Disturb at different times on weekdays and weekends. Surprised Samsung didn't include the ability to do so in the Do Not Disturb settings like Pixel phones.

Hello! We just upgraded from a Samsung Gear Fit 2 and Galaxy S9 to a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy S10 phone. With our Gear Fit 2, the alarms would simply vibrate on the watch with no alarms of any kind on the Galaxy S9. With the Galaxy Watch Active, the watch will vibrate and the S10...

Recently, my Gear Fit 2 stopped vibrating and displaying new incoming text messages. I'm connecting it to a Google Pixel 2 XL. I checked the Gear Fit app to verify that the notifications were enabled for Google Messages. I then reset the Gear Fit, which didn't work. I then uninstalled the Gear...

I was starting to get a little nervous reading so many articles about the "problems" with the Pixel 2 XL while waiting for mine to arrive. Now after having used it for over 10 days, I can honestly say it's one of the most impressive and trouble free phones I've owned. I personally haven't...

Agreed! I actually started to get used to the original/boosted setting and I'm almost finding the new saturated setting to be too much/too Samsung like, LOL. Too bad they couldn't make a slider to more smoothly transition between the various saturation levels. I shouldn't complain, tho, as...

I just posted my thoughts in the "Pixel 2 XL vs Samsung S8.. HELP!!" thread. Basically, I don't think there is a perfect smartphone out right now as they each have their strengths and weaknesses, but we should each be able to find one that fits our individual needs. All I know is I'm really...

As you can see, there are as many good opinions here as there are good smartphones on the market right now! Over the past year I have owned an original Pixel XL, a Galaxy S8, a Moto G5 Plus (don't ask), a V30, and now a Pixel 2 XL. In my humble opinion, the Pixel 2 XL is the best of the bunch...

I had the same problem with my 2 day old Pixel 2 XL. The default weeknight and weekend rules did not work, even though I configured them to right out of the box. I noticed the problem yesterday midday when do not disturb was still on. Then last night, I just assumed Do not disturb would toggle...

I just wanted to follow up to my original post here. After having owned both phones now, I can say the Pixel 2 XL does not exhibit this stuttering/lagginess effect when scrolling long articles or timelines. To clarify, the V30 is blazingly quick when opening apps or switching between apps, but...

I just read a great tip over on Reddit r/GooglePixel from user u/scgf01 about an app called Navigation Bar Hider that I would recommend here. I just installed it and it works great! It's much more like LG and Samsung's system setting to hide the navigation bar as it allows you to specify which...

BTW, I forgot to mention price in my little novella above. At Verizon, the Pixel 2 XL is $850 with no incentives, while the V30 is $840, with a $200 VISA card and a free Google Daydream headset. I put $200 down on my V30 and will use the VISA card to pay that back, effectively making the V30...

Ugh, I'm still struggling with this decision and I've had my V30 for 10 days now! Previously, I had the Pixel XL since it came out last year and it is simply the best phone I've ever owned. It has buttery smooth performance and an amazing camera, with the big drawback being it's boring brick...

I just tried reinstalling Shortcutter tonight from my iMac at home and it worked! Immersive mode is easy to toggle on and off with a simple new tile added to the Quick Settings. I even tried it on my original Pixel XL and it makes its screen seem much bigger now too! Thanks again!

Thanks for the suggestions! I've tried both now and neither are working for me. The GMD Immersive app only hides the bottom bar in some apps, like Chrome and Maps, and it works great! In most other apps, it only removes the buttons, but leaves the black bar behind, which obviously doesn't help...

Hello, Has anyone found a way to hide the navigation bar buttons or toggle immersive mode? By having the home key buttons slide out of the way when not in use, it makes the bezels appear much smaller and really takes advantage of more screen space. Both LG and Samsung have this feature built...