@cantences
Ich habe eine #pixel9 und hatte anfangs #grapheneos , weil #lineageos noch nicht verfügbar war.
In dieser kurzen Zeit hatte ich Probleme mit adb (-> #scrcpy ).
Vorher hatte ich jahrelang lineagos auf meine #xiaomi
Fairerweise muß ich zugeben, daß ich unter lineageos nun auch wieder Probleme mit adb habe. Allerdings gab es auch ein paar kleine Features, die ich vermisst habe: Netzwerk-Verkehr in der Taskleiste und Akku-Füllstand für Bluetooth-Kopfhörer in der Taskleiste als Symbol

Dear Graphene OS team - first things first: I LOVE Graphene OS on my Pixel 9! It's great to see Graphene getting better and better every time!

But there is one thing I miss: the possibility of using a privacy-friendly smartwatch that records basics such as steps, heart rate, maybe simple sleep tracking, basic sports such as walking, running, Nordic walking or cycling and, above all, displays messages such as calls, SMS, signal or mail on the watch when you don't have your smartphone at hand or can't use it (meeting, driving, etc.).

So my question to you: the Pixel Watch has connectors that can supposedly be used not only to charge the watch but also to transfer data - wouldn't it be possible to create a de-googled Wear OS for the Pixel Watch, a perfect combination for a Graphene OS Pixel with a matching privacy-friendly smartwatch? Many thanks for an answer and best regards from Vienna!

I solved the Android Auto issues so...I did it!

I've just ordered a Pixel 9 Pro XL. I won't even try the stock Android, I'll immediately install #GrapheneOS on it since day 1 (that will be tomorrow).

With the Android 15 Private Space feature (and the GrapheneOS team made it possible to install Google Services inside it, disabling them when the space is locked), I can enable and disable that space (and Google Services) when needed and without having to change profile. This is impressive and, for me, a game changer.

I'll try everything for some time. The battery life of my Pixel 7 without the Google services has been impressive. Today, I had a great experience with it as a main phone.

While I used it all the day, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra was idle (5 minutes of screen time). The Pixel consumes 22% of battery, the Samsung 20% - just being idle. No calls, no videos, just a bunch of notifications.

If the Pixel will have a comparable battery life to the Samsung, I'll keep it and eventually sell the Samsung.

A huge thank you to all the people the helped me to debug all the issues (I'm not tagging them as I'm sure I'll forget some) and to the GrapheneOS team for the great, impressive work they're doing.

Nie no spoko, ciemno jak nie wiem, a jutro o tej porze będzie jeszcze ciemniej...

I po co to komu...
#pixel9

Pixel's Proactive Approach to Security: Addressing Vulnerabilities in Cellular Modems

https://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/pixel-proactive-security-cellular-modems.html

pixel 9 acquired
@GrapheneOS installed
(bootloader actually locked this time)

now taking suggestions for cases!

someone on matrix suggested dbrand grip ($140 cad and arrives next week)... i could get an otterbox tomorrow at best buy tho for like $100

am i missing something worth looking at

I know you'll think I'm completely crazy, but... I bought the Pixel 9 again... I just like the new design too much, the fingerprint sensor is much faster than the old one, the battery life of the small Pixel 9 is noticeably longer than the larger Pixel 8 Pro... and I love the “Wintergeen” color...

The classic Google “duplicate all the things until you kill off the older, more loved thing” strategy is in full force with Pixel 9.

There are somehow three weather apps depending on how you get to it. There are two assistants and I never know which is going to pop up (sometimes they pop up over top of one another!). I have a Pixel Screenshots app which is somehow different from the Screenshots shortcut from the Photos app, where my screenshots are synced to my account.

I got my hands on a Pixel 9 Pro today, and… it is *substantially* bigger and heavier than Pixel 8. :( I thought it might be negligible but I think Pixel 8 is _already_ too big, so every little bit bigger and heavier makes a huge difference.

I appreciate that the “smaller” phone got the same guts and camera as the bigger pro phone, but sheesh. It’s still too damn big. :(

@Photowalks writes: "Google's new Pixel 9 'Reimagine' feature brings Photoshop-like AI editing tools to the masses, and lets anyone dramatically alter a photo with additions and subtractions that create 'fake' photos. Is this different from Photoshop and other editing tools? Should Google label the photos as phonies? Should you shrug your shoulders and say, 'That's progress'? There are many diverging opinions here."

Here's a collection to help you sort through those views:

https://flipboard.com/@photowalks/will-ai-ruin-photography-c6ue9ms7pdihnap2

8:58-23:22 did not leave home, screen usage 5h25m, went from 100% to 40% #pixel9

Finally caught up with that article in The Verge about the new Pixel 9 offering fake photos as a feature.

You might say the final sentence is a touch dramatic. You'd be wrong.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24225972/ai-photo-era-what-is-reality-google-pixel-9

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