I recently bought a Pixel 2 (not XL). I had been previously using my Fiio Q1 DAC via USB audio with a Moto X Pure on Marshmallow, Nexus 5X on Android 8.1, and Nexus 6P on Android 8.1 without any issues.
I use an Anker microUSB to type C cable to connect my phones to the DAC.
This morning, I used my Q1 with my Pixel 2 and noticed a strange quirk. If I connect my Q1 to my Pixel 2 with the Q1 powered off and turn the Q1 on, it is not recognized by the Pixel 2. The only way to seem to get the Pixel 2 to immediately recognize the Q1 is to have the Q1 powered on before initially plugging it into the Pixel 2. If I initially connect the Q1 this way, I can leave it plugged in and turn the Q1 on and off and have the Pixel 2 recognize it quickly.
This is strange, and I never experienced this issue with my other phones.
I repeatedly tested it this morning and continued to reproduce this strange behavior. Doesn't appear to be a cable issue. Maybe it's a software bug?
Anyone else experiencing this quirk with their Pixel 2 and Q1 or other DAC?
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Will the method of connecting a cable directly between my Nexus 4 and my Pixel 2 to transfer data, using the Pixel setup process, work if my Nexus 4 is running Lineage OS (latest Nougat nightly)?
Well, I tried it and it said, other phone is not supported. So I guess the answer is no.
Worked fine for me, coming from a Nexus 5 running LineageOS 14.1-20171017.
rnot444 said:
Worked fine for me, coming from a Nexus 5 running LineageOS 14.1-20171017.
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Huh. And you used the data transfer tool in the setup process on the Pixel 2 and just connected the two phones with a usb cable?
Yup, just followed the setup instructions. I did have USB debugging turned on on the Nexus 5, not sure if that matters.
I tried it again and this time instead of saying my device was not supported, it said the cable I was using wouldn't work and to try another cable. I was using the cable that came with my old phone, as instructed. So instead I tried the only other micro USB cable I have, which came with my Nokia N86 eight years ago and then the data transfer tool was happy, go figure. I guess it just shows that the quality of the old Nokia N series smartphones still can't be beat.
Like the Pixel 2, my Pixel 3 doesn't connect to my pc using any usb a-c cable using any usb 3.0 or 3.1 ports, it only charges. This is a known issued introduced in Android 8.0 in a P2 update (https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/70816510) and has been lodged for the P3, too, at https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/120747438.
Does anyone have a solution to this yet?
I had the same issue with my Pixel 2 and my work laptop. Never figured out how to get it to connect, so I gave up and just used my personal computers. I know that doesn't help you, but just didn't want you to feel like you are the only one with the problem.
Any chance that the desktop mode on android q be supported by pixel 3? Knowing that there is no HDMI out for pixel 3, would Google be able to enable HDMI out via a software update? Alternatively, can we use casting to enable the desktop mode on a secondary display with a Chromecast?
Now that Android 10 is available on Pixel 3 and 3 XL, can someone try a USB-C to HDMI adapter with Android 10 update to see if Google has activated HDMI over USB-C for Desktop Mode ? Thank you in advance guys ?
Disappointing, doesn’t do anything here. Never heard anything again about Desktop mode, except of the beginning of beta1.
@trinec it does work on OnePlus 7, 7 Pro and Essential Phone since Android 10 update, you just have to enable 'Force desktop mode' in Developer Settings, restart the phone and plug a USB-C to HDMI adapter
https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/09/04/essential-phone-oneplus-7-pro-desktop-modes-android-10
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@trinec it does work on OnePlus 7, 7 Pro and Essential Phone since Android 10 update, you just have to enable 'Force desktop mode' in Developer Settings, restart the phone and plug a USB-C to HDMI adapter
https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/09/04/essential-phone-oneplus-7-pro-desktop-modes-android-10
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Enabled it, pluged it into a usb-c hdmi adapter: didn't do anything.
On the Oneplus 7 it seems to be pretty bad compared to Samsung Dex. So we are only missing out on google style alpha version of a desktop mode.
Thank you @madphone ! All Pixel smartphones (1, 1XL, 2, 2XL, 3, 3XL) have USB 3 except 3a and 3a XL which have USB 2 so Google could activate USB-C to HDMI support with a simple OTA update like LG did with Android 9 update on LG G7, V35 and V40 but they don't, for sure they want you to buy a chromecast but it has a way too high input lag in comparison to USB-C to HDMI adapters. Maybe it could be enabled with an alternative ROM but more and more Android smartphones are becoming compatible with HDMI adapters, soon all Android flagships will support HDMI except Pixels. High end smartphone (price) with low end capabilities, I think that's an enough reason for not buying it.
If you want an improved Desktop Mode on OnePlus 7 more similar to Samsung Dex you can install Sentio Desktop https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sentio.desktop
Hi everyone i'm facing this problem since july now, the issue is that the pixel 3 usb-c port works only with charge and nothing else, that means it doesn't work with pixel buds, doesn't work with other headphones with jack adapter, no OTG devices work, and finally PC connection wont work either.
I've tried everything possible from cleaning the port to factory resetting the phone, with no results.
Online there are few google forum threads about the problem but without any fix, so i've tried to RMA from google but even if i have still warranty, i should have paid 106€ cause my back glass cover is broken. Since i didn't want to pay that much to fix the back i bought the usb-c port replacement and i fixed it myself, i thought it would have fix it but surprisingly it didn't and i have still the same issue so working charge but no any other usb-c connection.
At this far i'm thinking it's a software problem but even Android 11 with last october patch didn't solved it , still the same: usb preferences greyed out when connecting to a PC ( tried different PC: Windows 10, Windows 7 and even Linux) same result.
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I have more evidences which lead to this point, a few days ago i tried to connect my Pixel C to the laptop to transfer some files and it is suddenly showing the same problem of the Pixel 3, i have to state that the Pixel C was running an Android 9 ROM so it fits perfectly in all the reported issues about it precisely that the problem pops out since Android 9 and there seems not to be any fix for this even in the last Android 11 patch.
I also started getting the same issue. Maybe I didn't notice for a long time because I was using a Bluetooth headset for a long time. And today when I checked, it was not working for me. Charging works and pc connection is also okay for the moment. Surprised to see no one has responded to this.
This happened to me every now and then. I was able to clear it by turning USB debugging on (under developer options) then connecting it to my laptop. Unplugged it and turned USB debugging back off.
I have the latest update on the phone and thought the issue was already resolved since last month. I'm using a schiit stack and from time to time I get the screeching noise.
I couldn't get the apple USB dongle to work.
I ended up buying the official Google one and that works for me.
USB out to my car stereo (Kenwood) doesn't work for me. It's an older unit.
Pixel 6a works flawlessly with my DAC (Loxjie D30).
Btw. I think it's really nice of Google to provide a USB-C to USB-A female adapter with the phone.
pixel 6a works nicely with the ugreen dac adapter from amazon, and I havent done any kind of update yet since I opened it.
My Pixel 6a works fin with a Meridian Exolorer2 USB DAC via a C to A adapter, and also works fine with my HiFiMan Deva Pro via USB C to the Blue Mini R2R DAC.