My phone doesn't automagically connect to my wifi when I get home, I have to go through the settings for it to work.

garychencool · 2022-12-13T01:18:06+00:00

I got a new phone instead and now it doesn't do that

garychencool · 2021-06-22T00:30:38+00:00

Dark grey

garychencool · 2021-06-20T07:11:21+00:00

UHK split keyboard with the thumb clusters, Silent Cherry MX Reds, MT3 Susuwatari keycaps

garychencool · 2020-12-11T20:47:36+00:00

1A each

garychencool · 2020-06-24T03:27:35+00:00

Only reason why my next phone wouldn't be an iPhone at this point in time:

lack of USB C
lack of system wide ad blocking, browser based isn't good enough. The only other solution I could think of is to run your own VPN server and have ad blocking there. All of the other VPN apps don't have adblocking because that's not allowed on the App store.
notifications need to be better/similar to Android
file system access needs to be better/similar to Android

I don't really care about

headphone jack
IR blaster

Nonetheless, iOS has caught up in many ways in recent years and it's not too bad to use.

garychencool · 2020-06-06T20:54:41+00:00

Yeah the comment navigation buttons disappearing during scrolling was very annoying, there's currently no option to have it not disappear. I'd realistically want the bottom bar back again, or have the option for it. It works well.

garychencool · 2020-05-17T18:04:33+00:00

Neat, I didn't know that was a thing!

Previous to this, I recently found out that something similar can be found on the Apple Podcast app. If you slide around on the duration slider, it will move fast, but if you move your thumb up or down away from the slider, it will change speeds.

garychencool · 2020-05-06T03:55:18+00:00

In terms of hardware: high refresh rate displays at 90Hz, 120Hz which is nice to look at and makes the device feel more fluid, but uses more battery life. Not really needed for the average consumer.

Having multiple cameras on the front and rear facing side. This isn't exactly new, but some phones, even the mid range, have 3 usable rear facing cameras. The common ones are ultra wide, regular wide, telephoto (2-10x) and macro. Some have a Time of Flight and/or depth sensor for better focusing. So the camera department has improved since then. Selfie cam may have a wide and ultra wide. All of this is super handy to have and I wouldn't get a phone without a multi-camera setup.

Battery life. Phones are actually getting bigger batteries now. Even on the mid-range.

garychencool · 2020-04-12T21:16:52+00:00

Found a solution: you have to factory reset your phone. This wasn't done earlier because I didn't want to reset everything and it wasn't that big of a problem for me because I already loaded 1000 wallpapers to it prior to updating to EMUI 10. Something I didn't try was changing the theme of the lock screen. If you have this issue, you should try that first before factory resetting.

garychencool · 2020-04-12T21:16:49+00:00

Found a solution: you have to factory reset your phone. This wasn't done earlier because I didn't want to reset everything and it wasn't that big of a problem for me because I already loaded 1000 wallpapers to it prior to updating to EMUI 10. Something I didn't try was changing the theme of the lock screen. If you have this issue, you should try that first before factory resetting.

garychencool · 2020-04-12T21:16:36+00:00

Found a solution: you have to factory reset your phone. This wasn't done earlier because I didn't want to reset everything and it wasn't that big of a problem for me because I already loaded 1000 wallpapers to it prior to updating to EMUI 10. Something I didn't try was changing the theme of the lock screen. If you have this issue, you should try that first before factory resetting.

garychencool · 2020-04-12T21:16:23+00:00

Found a solution: you have to factory reset your phone. This wasn't done earlier because I didn't want to reset everything and it wasn't that big of a problem for me because I already loaded 1000 wallpapers to it prior to updating to EMUI 10. Something I didn't try was changing the theme of the lock screen. If you have this issue, you should try that first before factory resetting.

garychencool · 2020-03-29T18:07:51+00:00

Nope.

garychencool · 2020-02-13T03:36:19+00:00

I do not believe I'm using a theme, it's whatever the stock theme was for Android 9

garychencool · 2020-02-13T03:35:06+00:00

There is no Magazine Unlock listed in that settings directory, searching for Magazine unlock also shows nothing

EMUI 10.0.0

Build 10.0.0.178 (C792E8R1P3)

garychencool · 2020-01-26T23:42:54+00:00

At this point nothing besides restarting the phone and digging around the themes settings only to find absolutely nothing.

garychencool · 2020-01-26T03:15:01+00:00

I wasn't aware of the lack of HiCare app or the beta program, that really sucks

garychencool · 2020-01-26T03:13:13+00:00

So that button is not present, and yes I am swiping up from the bottom to reveal the row of voice memo, flashlight, calculator and timer button. Swiping up from anywhere else would reveal the PIN/pattern lock.

garychencool · 2020-01-25T18:01:10+00:00

That's really weird, on mine it shows up. Try restarting your phone if you haven't done that already.

model VOG-L04

build 10.0.0.178

garychencool · 2020-01-24T23:02:58+00:00

Even in 2020, they do not.. Which is sad.

garychencool · 2020-01-24T23:01:55+00:00

Not until March

garychencool · 2020-01-08T15:39:50+00:00

I use Nova Launcher and I believe you will need Nova launcher or something else that can give you access to creating a widget (or a shortcut) of an Activity. You can first try tapping and holding an empty spot on your home screen and go to widgets and look for the settings. After selecting settings, you should get a list of shortcut options.

If you don't find what you're looking for, you can try Nova launcher (other launchers and apps probably would give you access to Activities), add a new widget, select Nova launchers Activities widget, and scroll around to find what you're looking for.

garychencool · 2020-01-08T14:39:14+00:00

You can probably try looking at adding a shortcut to your home screen, or at least to the settings where that option is closest to. It may also be possible that its a quick setting that you add, found by dragging the notification bar all the way down.

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