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I always enable USB debugging and authorize computers I use to it. If the phone screen is ever inoperable then you can use scrcpy to control the device. There are some pretty cool apps that work without root using Shizuku.
The preference setting you are seeking to locate was located in previous versions of Gboard.
The preference setting you are seeking to locate was located in previous versions of Gboard.
It was titled "Keyboard height" and it looked like this.
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Placing that setting in Preferences is intuitive, correct?
And being able to change your keyboard height with a simple click is also intuitive, correct?
However, on Oct 2, 2023 Gboard was updated to version 13.4.07.559388404.
In this latest version of Gboard you will no longer find that setting located in Preferences.
Now you have to click on an odd looking icon that looks like this, and select a newly named setting titled "Resize"
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But wait, we are not done yet. After you click on "Resize" you then have to fiddle with a resizing rectangle that looks like the following.
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Have fun..
Nice! My battery life anxiety has calmed the more I've used it. Seems to be holding up pretty well. Of course, will that be the case 9-12 months from now? My 7 Pro started out with good battery life, but the February software update did something that severely degraded the battery.
I'm very pleased with the screen. That alone is worth the upgrade to me. However, Android 14 seems a bit quirky. A few of my apps, like YouTube and BN-Link (smart outlets), crash fairly often. Never happened on previous versions of Android. It's nothing that makes me want to return my phone, but it gets a little annoying.
I upgraded from the Pixel 7 to the Pixel 8 and it feels like a bigger upgrade than when i went from pixel 6 to pixel 7 last year. I'd recommend it and if you can get the pre-order deals where you get either the watch or pixel buds pro. The pixel buds pro are really nice as well. I find them to be similar in sound and fit to my Sony Linkbuds S earbuds. Transparency mode feature where when you start talking and it stops your music and turns on the microphones so you can hear the person you are talking to works very well. The Pixel 8 also does not get as warm as my pixel 7. I can also feel the difference of the screen refresh rate 90hz vs 120hz.
I would jump on the 400$ no strings attached deal with Google Fi. already have a pair of pixel bud pros and galaxy watch 5 pro (mainly for battery life) or 300$ for the regular 8.
I've been running full rez since Friday but haven't noticed any serious battery drain... at least not yet. Probably need to give it about a week to see if Adaptive Battery adjusts/optimizes draw before I can say with any certainty.
I bought the green one, it arrived today, makes the phone stop feeling like it's gonna break with I pick it up...
Yeah, Android 14 has had some more app crashes than I saw before the update on my P5 at least. Usually in Chrome browser lately. Youtube has had a reoccurring bug for several months though where when I open it, the UI is glitched out and a glitched UI segment is only visible at the top left of the display, which I can see more easily when I open the app switcher to force close it so I can open a fresh instance again. I've seen this on my wife's P6Pro as well, so I know it's not my phone and it's funny the same bug hasn't been patched already in almost a year I'd say at this point.
I run a Garmin (Forerunner 965 now) for my watch since I run and cycle a lot, and have the Linkbuds S buds as well, and would be surprised if the Pixel Buds are nearly as small and lightweight as the Linkbuds. I got them because of how small they are to cut down on wind noise while I'm cycling, since the more the buds are exposed, the more wind hits them and causes noise. But lately they've been acting up and the left bud has to constantly be readjusted for it to register touch input for some reason, and the other day my case just died temporarily and wouldn't charge or charge my buds either (no LED activity whatsoever on the case). But after a few hours it decided to work again, so it seems to be on the fritz and I opened a warranty claim on them to Sony. Sometimes I wish I could disable touch input completely too like when I'm in the rain and they freak out, or need to adjust the buds with gloves on and keep accidentally inputting commands. I had a set before this too that blasted prolly 100+ Db squealing into my right ear randomly, but that was within the store return window and I exchanged them a the store for another set. So all this to say I may be interested in replacing them with something else if the Buds Pro are actually a suitable replacement for my use case.
Do IT!!
TBH it doesn't feel all that different than my 6 Pro in daily general usage... Maybe a bit faster, smoother, I suppose. The 6 Pro that went to my wife is a huge upgrade from her Moto G Power, though. Dramatically so.
