limerod

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Motorola beats Samsung, Google to silicon-carbon batteries in the US in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Charge slow (disable fast-charging)

That's a myth. It does not make any difference. Modern chinese fast charging solutions can charge your phones faster with less heat vs slow charging which generates more heat. This has been proven in by a HTX studios which did a 2yrs long battery test.

Tensor G6 reportedly bringing latest ARM CPU cores but outdated GPU to Pixel 11 in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

As far as the GPU goes, Tensor G6 isn’t looking all that much better than Tensor G5, with an Imagination/PowerVR C-Series CXTP-48-1536 GPU. This appeared in some previous leaks, and it’s still an outdated GPU that dates back to 2021. It’s unclear if Google is perhaps using a newer variant, but it’s an outdated setup nonetheless, and one that’s sure to rub enthusiasts the wrong way.

5 Yrs old GPU. How cheap can you be?

Google's working on a great Android feature to save you from 'storage full' struggles in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because like Iphones most android phones do not support sdcard expansion. You need to get a budget android or an Expensive sony phone to have this feature.

Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit in c/hardware@lemmy.world
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If it was EPUB. It would've actually continued to function fine. For a device which is an E-reader it should stop working when it breaks, not when it does not connect.

Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit in c/hardware@lemmy.world
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does Amazon even need to have a sunset date (or perhaps how is it they can even define one?).

They do because why not. Its their hardware and software. You chose to be bound when you purchased and agreed to their Terms & conditions.

Or do these 2010-2025 era Kindle device still get updates for tings like DRM?

It's literally written in the article. You can read existing books as long as you do not factory reset the device or de-register your account. New books cannot be added or purchased.

The Amazon store stops working, you can still move either EPUB or the AZW files via USB, can you not?

Unless, amazon provides a DRM free Epub at that time. The answer is no. You bought the license to read not own the ebook. Maybe, look into tools to download and decrypt the books if you have some.

I would recommend getting your Ebooks DRM free from other places. Do not be restricted by corporations who exploit for profit.

Google embraces the future, mandates 64-bit apps for Wear OS in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That same page says those systems can use 64-bit signed integer to store date time even on 32bit systems.

Construction Management Application in c/askandroid@lemdro.id
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 0 points 4 weeks ago

Install https://f-droid.org/packages/dnsfilter.android that should limit tracking to a good extent. Also limit battery usage for this app so it does not run in the background without reason.

If your OS has a data usage option for apps. You can limit that from settings.

Any more privacy would entail advanced settings like installation this app in a secondary profile of your android, etc.

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Broken spoiler tags (reddthat.com)
 

It seems Summit cannot render spoiler tags if there is no space between the colons and spoiler word. Voyager does not have this issue against whom I verified.

Saved Commands/Scripts in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I simply have my most used commands in history. I just need to remember the command start and its done. Yay fish!

But, I should start saving the commands in a file backup in case the command ever gets lost.

Congratulations in c/wholesome@reddthat.com
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

Congrats, should buy a folder to preserve for a long time to come.

The 49MB Web Page in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Stupid stuff like this is the reason I use Ublock-Origin. Before that I used to use Umatrix when it was maintained. I blocked just about everything and had countless rules for my most visited websites so idiotic stuff wouldn't load.

Nowaways, I block 3rd party frames and call it a day. If my connection is slow I can block pictures, javascript and 3rd party bloat to reduce bandwidth and browse basic sites.

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axios Compromised on npm - Malicious Versions Drop Remote Access Trojan - StepSecurity (www.stepsecurity.io)
 

Hijacked maintainer account used to publish poisoned axios releases including 1.14.1 and 0.30.4. The attacker injected a hidden dependency that drops a cross platform RAT. We are actively investigating and will update this post with a full technical analysis.

Honor Magic8 Pro Air review: A dream come true for many smartphone fans in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

The real phone worthy of the Air moniker.

Oppo Reno15 Pro (mini) review in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pros

  • Top-notch design and build.

  • Bright OLED, HDR10+, 120Hz.

  • Incredible battery life, fast to charge.

  • Flagship-grade photos and videos from all four cameras, AF on the ultrawide too.

  • Superb video stabilization.

  • Infrared blaster, eSIM support.

Cons

  • Throttles heavily under heavy load.
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Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps (chaos.social)
 
  • enable developer options
  • confirm that you are not tricked
  • restart phone and re-authenticate
  • wait one day
  • confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
  • decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
  • confirm that you accept the risks
  • enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
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This link takes a long time and does not load in Summit (reddthat.com)
 

I was trying to load this post https://lemmy.world/post/43549159 which I browsed through this comment: https://lemdro.id/comment/22976512

Unfortunately, summit cannot load it for some reason. I can load it fine in Voyager and the browser.

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F-Droid Basic 2.0 alpha released | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository (f-droid.org)
 

Highlights of this release include:

  • UI rewritten from scratch with Kotlin compose

  • improved search, also searching in descriptions and translations

  • easier to discover new apps, also highlighting the most downloaded ones

  • installation approval before downloading

  • multiple updates/downloads at the same time

  • notifying user of issues with apps (e.g. signing key changed)

  • optional Material You color theme

  • improved filtering of lists

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Why AOSP Builds Take Forever (And What You Can Actually Do About It) (pratikmahalle.medium.com)
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Dismiss Link preview dialog when clicking the open or copy link button in overlay (reddthat.com)
 

I like the link preview option. Unfortunately, after opening or copying the link. I need to manually click the X mark to close the link preview. Auto dismiss would make it that much usable.

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User level vote tracking (reddthat.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by limerod@reddthat.com to c/summit@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

Voyager has this feature where it can track the number of times you have upvoted a user's post/comment. A similar feature in summit would be neat.

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Samsung explains why your Galaxy phone sits on outdated Google Play System Updates (www.androidauthority.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/57786807

TL;DR

  • Samsung has acknowledged its less-than-frequent Google Play system updates on Galaxy devices.

  • It has said that it only delivers software after testing, refuting Google’s plan to split updates into crucial and optional updates.

  • However, it has said that it will resume updates in January 2026.

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Samsung explains why your Galaxy phone sits on outdated Google Play System Updates (www.androidauthority.com)
 

TL;DR

  • Samsung has acknowledged its less-than-frequent Google Play system updates on Galaxy devices.

  • It has said that it only delivers software after testing, refuting Google’s plan to split updates into crucial and optional updates.

  • However, it has said that it will resume updates in January 2026.

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Honor Win Hands-On: 10,000 mAh Battery and 185Hz OLED! (youtu.be)
 

Summary:

Basically, this is a hand-on view of the phone which has a 10k battery, 185hz display. A cooling fan in the camera casing. Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite gen 5 in a body size similar to the Iphone 17 pro Max but with double the battery.

Honor claims it can do 5hrs of continuous gaming without any frame drops – the reviewer refused to verify this claim since apparently he has a life XD.

Anyway, the display has a PWM frequency of 5920hz which is super high. So eye sensitive folks may be good. Alongside 3000nits of high brightness.

The speakers are rated 2nd best according to ben, behind Poco F8 Ultra.

This is a china only launch so software is china centric with lots of bloat and launches with android 15 out of the box.

It has 3 cameras 50mp main shooter, 50mp telephoto, 12mp ultrawide.

The telephoto is good but not flagship territory. Ultrawide is ok.. It also has a 50mp selfie camera being a gaming phone and all for some reason..

Battery can be charged at 80w and supports bypass charging when gaming.

It's named Honor Win for some reason. Maybe, windows game emulation?

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Pixel 10 finally gets its long-promised GPU driver upgrade, but the real test starts now (www.androidauthority.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/56379851

TL;DR

  • Google has started rolling out a new GPU driver for the Pixel 10 series with Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.
  • The update aligns with Imagination’s August driver release and brings Android 16 and Vulkan 1.4 support.
  • While real-world performance gains remain unconfirmed, the update should reach stable builds in a future Pixel Drop
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