Recent content by tpero

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    Metal plate for car and wireless charging

    Does it still rapid charge? I tried this with a spigen plate - I have a circular magnet at the very bottom of my phone. Still works great on my magnet mount, but on my pixel stand, while it will say "charging rapidly" when I first place my P3 on the stand, it will soon change to "charging...
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    Contacts

    I had an issue recently where despite knowing my gmail contacts had no duplicates, I was getting duplicates of several contacts when composing new emails or texts. Turns out it was because I had multiple apps set to sync contacts between the phone and cloud - whatsapp, duo, facebook messenger...
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    Ok - What is you reality when it comes to this mass of Pixel 3 issues and glitches?

    I have a one year old, my first, so I take a LOT of pictures everyday, and I think I have experienced the picture-not-saving bug exactly one time. If I have suffered from the memory issues, I haven't noticed - I've certainly never accidentally killed my music app. I hear it's a problem with...
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    Pixel Stand with metal plate for magnetic mount

    Has anyone tried the wireless charging stand with a case that has a metal plate for a magnetic mount? My new thin fit Spigen case has a warning that the metal plate is incompatible with wireless charging, but I'm hopefule that if you place the plate high enough up on the phone, it will still...
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    What are YOUR impressions of the Pixel 3/3 XL?

    [deleted] starting new thread for my question
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    Pixel 3 / 3 XL - Shipping Discussion

    Re: Fed Ex; or UPS?? Signature required? IIRC I didn't have to sign for the first two pixels. FedEx I believe.
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    What ? material design 2

    For calendar apps, I've been using Digical for a long time. Has a nice dark theme. I'm confused - what use is a browser theme on mobile? The second you scroll down the page, the nav bar disappears anyway, so you're only looking at the design of whatever site you're viewing.
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    Adaptive Brightness

    I'm in agreement here. Immediately after the Pie update, it seemed like it always wanted to make it way brighter than I wanted. But I had read about the AI learning in the Pie update and figured I needed to "train" the auto-brightness. So for about two days, I was constantly adjusting the...
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    Annoying volume controls on Android Pie...

    Download the Audio Profiles app. You can define volume levels for all parameters, and automatically schedule changes in profile, like the time you get to work, go to sleep, etc. There are also quick settings menu buttons. I have had for years, and it's amazing. I rarely even touch my volume rocker.
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    Project Fi

    I'm jealous of all of these low bills. My wife and I both commute by train to work so we end up using a lot of data listening to spotfiy, podcasts, youtube, etc. But even when we hit the 10GB/month ceiling on Fi, our bill is still $20 lower than it was on AT&T previously. Love it so far after a...
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    Project Fi WiFi Calling Bad

    Are you using an ISP-provided modem/router or your own? I used to have a Comcast/Xfinity modem/router in bridge mode going to my Google WiFi mesh network, and the internet connection would drop intermittently all the time. I finally ordered my own modem and returned the Comcast one, and it's...
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    Email app...

    Another Blackberry Hub user here for personal gmail + Office 365 work account. I used to use Cloud Magic back before it became Newton and they started charging $50 per year. That was the best email app I have ever used (still is), and although I'm more than happy to pay a reasonable fee for...
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    PSA for AT&T Pixel 2 Owners

    Well that's disheartening. Exact opposite of what my rep said. Go figure. I'll give it the full two weeks he said it might take to see if I get it. If not, might have to double-down on the threat. I have the extension of the rep I spoke with so he will be getting a call if this doesn't work and...
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    PSA for AT&T Pixel 2 Owners

    The way it was explained to me was that the system override would basically tell the network that my phone can use those features. I believe the 15 day timeline refers to the time it will take the network to recognize that override, hence why it doesn't look like they have appeared yet. Will...
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    PSA for AT&T Pixel 2 Owners

    I just received confirmation that HD Voice and Wifi Calling have been added to my line. I reached out to the AT&T social media team on twitter via DM and asked them why they were blocking these features for Pixel users, and that I was thinking of switching me and my wife to Verizon to take...