imrichyouknow

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Gaza hospital bombed: Health Ministry says death toll in Gaza City hospital blast caused by Israel strike rises to at least 500 in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 1 points 10 months ago

This is fake news.

Play Service green dot location indicator and the SOLUTION in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is very likely Samsung has whitelisted Play Service from showing the green dot, my Pixel certainly does not, although it probably should and a bug might have the made the whitelist invalid.

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Play Service green dot location indicator and the SOLUTION (self.askandroid)
 

The first part is where I posted it on numerous places asking for help with no luck.

I have not found anyone talking about this which makes me wonder if I'm the only one facing this issue.Essentially Play service uses the location permission every single time I wake up my phone. 23.35.14 still uses location every single time I unlock the phone even in safe mode, the green dot privacy indicator pops up all the time. As early as the version I have tested, 23.26.17 doesn't have this issue.I have this issue with all recent updates on Android 13. For now, I have to uninstall the Play service update so it won't get updated.Should I back up my data and do a flash with full wipes? Are you facing this issue?Edit: I'm on stock Android 13.To be honest, I am slightly disappointed as this is the 7(?)th Android system Google has made for its Pixel phones. Google has full control over the system and the Play service, unlike other vendors and I'm still facing this kind of weird issue that I just don't remember ever happening on iOS aside from the poor performance on iOS 11.

This is the part where I finally tackled the issue after a full month of research(started having this issue in early August as I can remember).

Edit 2: I have finally figured out what it is, It's the "Unknown tracker alerts" under "safety and emergency" within the Play Service settings. This seems like a new feature and I doubt Google has actually tested it before shipping it, I'm still not sure if I'm enrolled in some kind of A/B testing since no one's really talking about this. And yes, turning it off does stop the green dot from popping up when I wake up the phone.

The official page of "safety and emergency" which doesn't include "Unknown tracker alerts" yet. https://support.google.com/android/answer/12464968?hl=en

The page talks about "Unknown tracker alerts" which does say the feature is under "safety and emergency". https://support.google.com/android/answer/13658562?hl=en

Conclusion: This is the most frustrating issue I have ever had with any smartphone ever and there is absolutely no way an average user(non-technical) would find the solution. Google really needs to up its game and make its phones and software reliable for normal people in order to compete with giants like Samsung and Apple.

Play service causing location green dot to pop up in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have that function disabled on my phone. It's not about not doing that during sleep though but rather the green dot will pop every single time when I wake up the device, say I lock the screen just 1 second ago 1 second later when I wake up the phone the dot will pop, this can be reproduced repeatedly. I honestly think this must be a bug on my phone specifically but downgrade the Play service does fix this and the updated version is still behaving like this in safe mode. I'm seriously thinking about switching to Lineages OS at this point...

Access Locked Folder in Google Photos across your devices with cloud backup in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 7 points 11 months ago

Unless it's end to end encrypted it's useless, false sense of security is worse than insecurety.

Source: Google Pixel 8 will get more Android OS updates - 9to5google in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow -2 points 11 months ago

It's good but I personally don't care, phone manufactures will eventually stop updating their old phones, since Pixel phones are so open I can rely on third party ROMs comfortably, that's also why I got the Pixel 6 Pro at the first place. Although I would admit for the mass majority an Apple like updating experience is essential.

I would really like to see Google improve their hardwares, I have no complaints with my 6 Pro whatsoever, but it's obviously inferior to the Samsung's S Series Ultra or the Apple's iPhone Pro, both in terms of specs and designs. I have no issues with specs since I don't play games but I believe most people still do, designs however is much more important especially in the premium phones frontend.

@SmartLauncher: "Smart Launcher 6.3 will make Material You Themed Icons compatible with ANY version of Android" in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The notification icons are definitely better than the colored ones. I probably exaggerated a bit about the “guideline”. What I really meant is that on iOS all icons have to be exactly the same size and shape, and they all look crisp, on Android it’s not guaranteed.

@SmartLauncher: "Smart Launcher 6.3 will make Material You Themed Icons compatible with ANY version of Android" in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I enjoy Material You design overall, the themed icons though are not my flavor, I would much prefer icons following a strict guideline like on IOS and still remain very differentiated.

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The Lemmy app with the best performance (self.summit)
 

There are many UI layouts I don't like about this app, I prefer the layouts of Jebora but it's laggy on a 120hz display and scrolling physics feels weird. This app on the other hand is very smooth and feels right, I'm enjoying it so far.

Trying out new method in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, I'm still fighting!

[Alexandrite (a desktop-first Lemmy web app)] New features! Side-by-side feed layout, themes, community blocking, better markdown formatting, all client-side API usage in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best Lemmy web app so far, a light theme will be much appreciated, also the voted vote counts color does not reflect the hue setting.

Do e-cigarettes actually work? in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 38 points 1 year ago (13 children)

E-cigarettes is designed to replace cigarettes nowadays, not to help you quit smoking.

The FTC wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions just as streamer cancellations are peaking — read how Disney, Netflix, and more are pushing back in c/[email protected]
[–] imrichyouknow 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is simply a positive thing. Corporations have the right to conduct their businesses, the consumers should also have the right to abndon those businesses they no longer wanted, as easy as adopting them.

[Discussion] Let's create a banner for sh.itjust.works! in c/imageai
[–] imrichyouknow 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can be a happy sealion playing at the beach

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[Lemmy-UI bug]"Back button" results in turning to the previous page (self.lemmy)
 

Supposedly you are on the 1st page of the timeline. Click the next page button twice so that you are now on the 3rd page. Enter any post by left-clicking it, now click the "back button" of the browser of your choice You are now on the 2nd page.

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Trying out new method (self.quittingsmoking)
 

I will probably make a full post of my history dealing with quitting smoking in the future. For now I will line out a new method since the last attempt failed.

My last attempt involved around the so called "ride the wave" as when the craving happens I will try to calm my mind and go into a meditation state, this however has been proven to be ineffective when the craving becomes so overwhelming.

This time, I decide to fight proactively, with this new technique "talk back", when the craving happens I will ask myself "Why do you want to smoke, my Brain?". Knowledge is weapon, I have so many answers to combat any nonsense my brain will come up with, at least this is the theory.

I will keep this updated, see you soon.

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First time in four years can I choose to not smoke Day2 (self.quittingsmoking)
 

Things are going well, patience is the key to not mess up.

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Some rough thoughts Day1 (self.quittingsmoking)
 

I must admit I’m a drug addict, only then can I be prepared for the cravings and taking it seriously.

When I identify myself having a craving period, telling myself I have to delay and wait, given enough time, the craving will die down.

I can not for any reason inhale any nicotine, just one puff is deadly and all efforts will be wasted.

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I really hope oneday Memmy will come to Android (self.memmy)
 

I’ve played with Memmy this whole day since it’s now available on App Store, I have to say it’s much better than the existing android Lemmy apps.

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The book on the whyquit website is amazing (self.quittingsmoking)
 

I'm hopeful this time, with no fear, no anxiety, to reclaim who I originally am.

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Maybe all the Top sortings should be put into one place under second menu... (self.liftoff)
 

The sorting menu has become so crowded

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Can you see my post? (self.BestOf)
 

Federation between this magazine and Lemmy seems to be broken.

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Oftentimes the Feed switcher will do nothing (self.thunder_app)
 

By Feed switcher I mean when you switch from say subscribed to all. Can’t say what input exactly is causing this, it’s probably the most annoying bug so far.

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Loading is slow (self.thunder_app)
 

First of all, love the design and overall user experience. Are the user requests proxied through the Thunder server though? Everything loads so much slower compared to other apps.

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