I'm reusing my Pixel 7 with Graphene OS using a secondary SIM.
It's truly excellent work; it works wonderfully, and the phone is noticeably more responsive compared to Google's Android.
I suggest everyone with a compatible Pixel device to give it a try; I don't think you'll go back.
Okay, because my wife has a Pixel 5 and it's getting its last guaranteed OS update today (the last gen without Google Tensor silicon!), I'm seriously considering trading it in for a Pixel 8, and having her upgrade to my perfectly-functional Pixel 7.
$300 trade-in is not bad for a three-year-old device that I think we got for around $500 in the first place.
Then we're set for four more years of OS updates for the 7, which is nice.
I was already about to complain that my Google Pixel phone won't let me convert these stupid m4a audio recording files to something more common... When I realized that the audio recorder app can create a video file from audio!
Waiting for a size comparison of the Pixel 8 with the Pixel 7 and 6. The latest is smaller than the P7 which was smaller than the P6. Just go old school and stack one on top of the other!
And imagine how much smaller the Pixel 8a could be?
If you answered, yes, to both questions, I have the solution for you if you have not yet received the update over the air or Wi-Fi.
This work best if you are using Linux. You will also want to back up your data, because for best results, you will be wiping your phone and, no, you do not need OEM to be unlocked (mine is not, and it works).
I used to think AI avatars are cool and look so real. Then, as a perfectionist and the advocate for openness I started to think: It's not real - so it's not good. Why should we vote for fakeness? I don't like the direction we are heading with generative AI. I understand the things that helps us do our jobs faster, like erasers, fine tuners. But faces? Nope.
Daten weg: Android 14-Bug verhindert Zugriff auf internen Speicher
Manche Nutzer des neuen Android 14 können offenbar nicht mehr auf ihren internen Gerätespeicher zugreifen. Grund dafür sei keine Ransomware, sondern ein Bug.
24 hours in with the Pixel 8 Pro. I've finally installed all my apps both for work and personal. I've transferred all my Authy accounts and did the ones that don't manually. I've added Microsoft Authenticator and all the other accounts required that don't get sync. Logged into every service. That was a lot of work. I reconfigured my Linux sessions, added putty, and loaded my terminals. Sheeesssss... That was long. #Pixel#GooglePixel#MadebyGoogle#Smartphone#Sysadmin
💩 Google ne donne aucun plan d'action, aucune annonce, au sujet du bug de la mise à jour Android 14 qui bloque totalement leur propre ligne de smartphone (ça touche au moins Pixel 6 et Pixel 7 selon les retours, Pixel 8 peut-être ?).
Si même le développeur d'Android fait de la merde avec ses propres modèles, ça me donne encore moins confiance dans l'OS.
On n'est pas gâtés avec ce Pixel 6. Déjà que le GPS était bien pourri, inutilisable et dangereux pour de la conduite… Quelle déception. :grr:
Has anyone got a #GooglePixel phone with the latest Android and Google Photos app, and if so, have they noticed that processing is applied to every photo before it displays it on the phone screen? Sometimes, the character of the photos is completely changed by the unwanted "boost" that Google decides the picture needs, and you can't really tell what you've taken unless you either view it in something else (Google's own Gallery app, for example) or you share the photo to some other app.
It's really annoying, and you can't seem to turn it off.
Anyone got a #PixelPhone and have tips for making the camera give a more accurate color space? Shots look good, very bright, but colors aren't quite right.
My lights are "soft white", slightly orange, but shots look like I've got 100% 0xFFFFFF white lights. Soot looks more orange than black, which is wrong, and Parker looks blonde instead of a redder orange.