Anyone else having a problem with screen touch after upgrading to 11?
I'm finding dead spots on the screen that won't respond to touch. Sometimes if I rotate the phone 90 degrees and then back, it'll work again. Sometimes not.
I'm on a carrier unlocked, locked bootloader, unrooted, stock 3xl
Curiously, have you looked for signs of battery swelling?
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Battery swelling was my first suspicion, but there is no evidence of of that
Could it be Nova launcher? Seems Pixel launcher is less of an issue. Anyone having Nova issues in 11 (sorry if this isn't the place for this question, just troubleshooting my 3xl)
I've tried installing Nova on my Pixel 3XL. Usually I use the pixel launcher. Playing around with Nova, I didn't notice any dead spots on my phone. Any specific tasks you are doing when you notice it?
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I haven't noticed any issues at all on my Pixel 3xl after upgrading.
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No specific tasks, but definitely seems worse on nova. Examples are the shutter button in the camera, X buttons in the corners to close a window or app, sporadically latent spots when navigating some apps.
In pixel launcher, it seems to be much better.
Maybe I'll contact the Nova developers.
Thanks for the input...
There were some news reports of Pixel 4s with touchscreen sensitivity after the update. I'm not sure if your issue might be related, but the reports indicated that some screen protectors might make it more likely.
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I know this is a Pixel 3 XL forum, but I have the exact same problem on my brand new Pixel 5, and I couldn't find anything about this anywhere else. In my case, using any third party launcher + gesture navigation causes this issue. Whenever an ad starts playing fullscreen and the phone is in landscape mode, it then becomes pretty much impossible to close it. As OP said, the only way is to turn the phone on the opposite side. The only launcher unaffected by this problem is the stock Pixel Launcher but it's so barebones compared to the others that I'd rather go back to three button navigation
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Hi,
I'm seriously considering to order the mate9 at the USA tomorrow, have some pre-buying questions:
1. Does the battery lastsat least 12 hours? I really seek a phone that won't be able to drain a bettery in a single day
2. Can you unlock/wake the phone using the fingerprint only (no pressing on the power button)?
3. Any technique to achieve something similar to s7 always on display (see notifications without opening the phone)?
Thanks!
cheers,
Yoni
1 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Don't know
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On 3...
You can set Mate 9 to wake screen on notification but it seems to not support, at least in full, the regular implementation of interactive lock screen notifications. That said, I do recall a setting somewhere to allow text input on notifications (I think specifically for lock screen). But in daily use, some app notifications work on lock screen as expected and some don't.
See thread below for more detailed discussion:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/notifications-bug-t3505886/page7
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# 1 - the battery life is better than any phone that I have ever used - and I've used just about everything. The most I have got the battery down to in one long day of heavy use is 44%.
#2 - the fingerprint reader takes a bit of patience to get it properly registered, but then it works brilliantly. The reader is placed so that it falls nicely just under the index finger, and wakes up the phone or answers a call with just a touch.
I see what was happening with lock screen notifications and it is due to funky (stupid) way the phone manages things. When an app installs the phone restricts permissions as it this is is appropriate (think you can turn this off but I did after installing most apps). Anyways, certain (most apps) had the diary content on lock screen off so I set it on and expect more normal lock screen notification behavior now.
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Buy a smartwatch you can get a moto 360 cheap on eBay right now. I personally wouldn't use any 'always on' apps on a device with an LCD as it might cause a lot of battery drain. I haven't tried though. -something to note, huawei fixed the notification icons in the last update.
Great answers, much appreciated.
In overall would you recommend the phone? my other option is s7 edge which seems to tick all boxes only I adore bigger screens.
p.s. side question - any idea whether I can scroll using the fingerprint?
yonatan99 said:
Great answers, much appreciated.
In overall would you recommend the phone? my other option is s7 edge which seems to tick all boxes only I adore bigger screens.
p.s. side question - any idea whether I can scroll using the fingerprint?
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scroll using fingerprint sensor brings down the notifications.
I had note 7 and minus the s pen this is a very good device to keep me going until the next note is launched....waiting impatiently.
I tried the oneplus 3 but prefer this much more.
Absolutely recommend. Had S7 Edge and was so tired of the Samsung BS, tacky TW software and design and screen too small. Mate 9 is far better device.
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For enabling the fingerprint scanner features from Pixel on all phones...
https://goo.gl/AoJ1sB
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yonatan99 said:
Hi,
I'm seriously considering to order the mate9 at the USA tomorrow, have some pre-buying questions:
1. Does the battery lastsat least 12 hours? I really seek a phone that won't be able to drain a bettery in a single day
2. Can you unlock/wake the phone using the fingerprint only (no pressing on the power button)?
3. Any technique to achieve something similar to s7 always on display (see notifications without opening the phone)?
Thanks!
cheers,
Yoni
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Note: I don't have this phone, yet. Considering it pretty hard. I'm in U.S., so will probably be at least January.
3 - Regarding notifications, that is important to me as well. I posted a question about the LED, and sounds like that is a possibility, for use with something like Lightflow. For example, I have the led Green for email, Blue for task notifications, Red for missed call, Flashing red for messages, etc.
If the LED doesn't work out, another possibility is something lke the NoLed app. It will work similar as I discussed above, but simulates an led on the screen.
Hi Everyone. As the title states are the failure rates on google devices crazy high? I originally got a google pixel XL 1 for free after the battery issues the original Nexus 6P was having. I've had to deal with constant device replacement every since. I've had to replace it 3 times in a very short period for internal speaker thats used for phone calls failed (i could hear people's voice but they couldn't hear mine). Now last night i go unlock my phone and i see the following error message on the lock screen
"fingerprint hardware not available"
so i reboot the phone and the fingerprint settings even disappears from the settings menu. I call google support and they come to the conclusion its hardware failure.
I don't abuse my devices at all and if you look at my current pixel there isn't a scratch on it. This fall it looks like i will need a new device (i'm using an old device i had laying around the house for now). I much prefer android but if i can't get a google experience device then i will got back to IOS (i want updates). Samsung have beautiful hardware but i want updates. So i would like to get maybe a pixel 2 xl (if i get great price on one) or a pixel 3 xl this fall but of course i don't want to deal with these hardware failures anymore. Any advice would be appreciated.
We have no idea if the Pixel 3 will have any major issues. No point in worrying about that before the phone has even been released.
The hardware failure issues with your Nexus 6P and Pixel XL are unrelated. It doesn't mean Google phones have a high failure rate. The 6P was known to have battery issues but going through several RMAs fir the Pixel XL could just be bad luck.
From what I've seen the most common issues with the Pixel 2/XL have been less severe than with the Nexus 5x and 6P. The Pixel 2 XL seems to have had more issues than the Pixel 2 but even those are pretty minor compared to the 5x bootloop and 6P bootloop and battery problems.
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Yes, Google devices have had a long history of issues:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/time-nexus-pixel-device-didnt-major-bug-t3578515
That being said, the Pixel 2 and 2 XL appear to finally breaking that trend.
The latest Pixels are headed in the right direction...
Hey, All,
I've noticed that some of my recorded videos will have a few seconds of stuttering/frame dropping at certain points. I'm in airplane 5 mode when shooting, and I have plenty of storage available. It's absolutely unacceptable not being able to predict when this may happen and what may cause it.
Here's a clip of it acting up: https://youtu.be/b15FaXWr8MM
Has anyone else had this? I seem to remember this being an issue on my Pixel 2XL as well...
If a third party party app would prevent this, I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks,
Matt!
If you follow my thread I post a few days ago I had same problem. And Google had me go back to the original version of the camera app that came with the phone
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Have the same problem. We bought 2 x Pixel 3 XLs and they both have this problem.
Also had this problem on my previous phone, the Pixel XL
Any solutions?
KillerQ said:
Hey, All,
I've noticed that some of my recorded videos will have a few seconds of stuttering/frame dropping at certain points. I'm in airplane 5 mode when shooting, and I have plenty of storage available. It's absolutely unacceptable not being able to predict when this may happen and what may cause it.
Here's a clip of it acting up: https://youtu.be/b15FaXWr8MM
Has anyone else had this? I seem to remember this being an issue on my Pixel 2XL as well...
If a third party party app would prevent this, I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks,
Matt!
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Pixel 3 warms up quickly, and when it does it will throttle CPUs heavily causing all sorts of video drops if Android starts doing something in the background as the phone can't keep up. Maybe it's something Google can improve in software but I doubt it. Just feels phone is thermally compromised somehow.
Anyone here returning their pixel 3?
after a couple weeks with the phone i actually might...
issues ive encountered.
app redraws are rediculous
if you have apps in the background suddenly i find myself waiting for applications to open again, and i mean longer than i would normally if i first launch the app (ive formatted /data, and even ran the flash-all script incase something was wrong, this is actually my second pixel 3 xl)
notifications not appearing or taking forever even with all battery saving features off.
4GB ram is really showing itself here.
previously having the oneplus 6-8GB ram - coming to the pixel 3 performance is horrible
im considering returning the pixel 3xl and getting a oneplus 6T
virtyx said:
Anyone here returning their pixel 3?
after a couple weeks with the phone i actually might...
issues ive encountered.
app redraws are rediculous
if you have apps in the background suddenly i find myself waiting for applications to open again, and i mean longer than i would normally if i first launch the app (ive formatted /data, and even ran the flash-all script incase something was wrong, this is actually my second pixel 3 xl)
notifications not appearing or taking forever even with all battery saving features off.
4GB ram is really showing itself here.
previously having the oneplus 6-8GB ram - coming to the pixel 3 performance is horrible
im considering returning the pixel 3xl and getting a oneplus 6T
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Thanks for your observations. I have both P3XL and OP6T. I have been alternating between the two for awhile now. I do not want to provide a full comparison here, but I have found myself using the P3XL much more than the OP6T. Main reason is that P3XL does everything perfectly. From touch to apps to camera.
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virtyx said:
Anyone here returning their pixel 3?
after a couple weeks with the phone i actually might...
issues ive encountered.
app redraws are rediculous
if you have apps in the background suddenly i find myself waiting for applications to open again, and i mean longer than i would normally if i first launch the app (ive formatted /data, and even ran the flash-all script incase something was wrong, this is actually my second pixel 3 xl)
notifications not appearing or taking forever even with all battery saving features off.
4GB ram is really showing itself here.
previously having the oneplus 6-8GB ram - coming to the pixel 3 performance is horrible
im considering returning the pixel 3xl and getting a oneplus 6T
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The app redraw issue is a memory problem that is going to be fixed in an update, it has nothing to do with the available RAM. 4gb of RAM is fine, I'm only averaging 2.5gb on a daily basis and after rooting then installing a different kernel apps stay open in the background.
I am returning for the following reasons.
Pixel stand charges and phone over heats and will kill the device eventually.
Also camera bug on normal back camera. Zoom in all the way and photo starts to jump around like you are shaking the lens. Which is untrue as it was sitting against a stand and still did this. They have not issued a bug report because device is in for rma.
We will see what happens when new device comes in. Yes I have video of the camera bug. But I don't think xda would allow what's in the video. (not porn) lol
pacman photog said:
I am returning for the following reasons.
Pixel stand charges and phone over heats and will kill the device eventually.
Also camera bug on normal back camera. Zoom in all the way and photo starts to jump around like you are shaking the lens. Which is untrue as it was sitting against a stand and still did this. They have not issued a bug report because device is in for rma.
We will see what happens when new device comes in. Yes I have video of the camera bug. But I don't think xda would allow what's in the video. (not porn) lol
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i see the camera thing on my phone too... i would think google would say this is a feature that lets the image move so additional pixels get taken... which they said is how they get the extra pixels for the zoom. the way i tested it was zooming all the way in on a door knob from 4-5 feet away. the image will sway in a circular motion.. i wouldn't call it a shake, its very gentle.
are we allowed to return after 14 days?
dipstik said:
i see the camera thing on my phone too... i would think google would say this is a feature that lets the image move so additional pixels get taken... which they said is how they get the extra pixels for the zoom. the way i tested it was zooming all the way in on a door knob from 4-5 feet away. the image will sway in a circular motion.. i wouldn't call it a shake, its very gentle.
are we allowed to return after 14 days?
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The return window is only 14 days.
pacman photog said:
I am returning for the following reasons.
Pixel stand charges and phone over heats and will kill the device eventually.
Also camera bug on normal back camera. Zoom in all the way and photo starts to jump around like you are shaking the lens. Which is untrue as it was sitting against a stand and still did this. They have not issued a bug report because device is in for rma.
We will see what happens when new device comes in. Yes I have video of the camera bug. But I don't think xda would allow what's in the video. (not porn) lol
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According to this article the image movement when zoomed is by design. It's emulating hand movement to allow the AI to get better resolution than the lens can optically support.
https://9to5google.com/2018/10/11/pixel-3-camera-tidbits/
airmaxx23 said:
The app redraw issue is a memory problem that is going to be fixed in an update, it has nothing to do with the available RAM. 4gb of RAM is fine, I'm only averaging 2.5gb on a daily basis and after rooting then installing a different kernel apps stay open in the background.
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is there a PR about the issue?
because 4G + ZRAM should be plenty in theory but its not the case here.
virtyx said:
is there a PR about the issue?
because 4G + ZRAM should be plenty in theory but its not the case here.
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It's an issue with adaptive battery. Turn adaptive battery off whether entirely or for your apps you want to keep open in the bg and you won't see redraws anymore
Rhymey said:
It's an issue with adaptive battery. Turn adaptive battery off whether entirely or for your apps you want to keep open in the bg and you won't see redraws anymore
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have a look at my OP
i have it disabled by default.
virtyx said:
is there a PR about the issue?
because 4G + ZRAM should be plenty in theory but its not the case here.
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Here
virtyx said:
is there a PR about the issue?
because 4G + ZRAM should be plenty in theory but its not the case here.
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Google has issued a statement that a fix for RAM management issues will be released soon. You can Google it.
samnada said:
Google has issued a statement that a fix for RAM management issues will be released soon. You can Google it.
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thanks
might keep it then - fingers crossed they can learn a thing or two from OnePlus
Hello,
I have the Samsung (unlocked) version of the note 10 plus and I've had it since release. But this morning the phone seems to flicker slightly it's not crazy but seems like the dark background was getting washed out. Not an intense flicker. Never had this before. I use Nova launcher it's always been reliable. However, I am using Android 10 (beta). I just don't want my screen to go bad since I plan on keeping this phone for awhile or at least getting repairs under warranty. Anyone else have this issue?