Testing the missing things...
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@mrt10001 Instead I replaced the phone! With the Google Pixel 2 XL. Now I have both models to test and play with, though I can't test battery life with the Pixel 2 as its so bad. So far the 2 XL (used) is already looking good.
I'll feedback when I have a definitive answer and hopefully more answers regarding stability, I'll be using it at my work phone so I'll have to keep it charged and ready to go daily.
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@majesticfudgie said in Testing the missing things...:
Regarding battery life:
This phone is just over 4 years old now so its battery is really on its last legs, I'm trying to decide whether to muster the courage to replace the battery or not.On Android 11 I'm able to manage about a work day on it, so about 8 hours of occasional use.
On UB I'm seeing about half of that, though I've been using it a bit more lately than I'd have used Android, though I do have a lot of apps in the background when using Android.
I'm estimating that with UB I'm probably getting just over half the amount of battery, though I don't know if this is the battery degrading fast or not.
Time to do some battery shopping on some Chinese Webshops then!
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Heating the glue with a heatgun helps remove the battery without breaking the screen. Just don't heat the screen itself. It is likely it will break anyway. Google really doesn't mean for you to replace the battery.
Oneplus is just the opposite. Very easy to replace the screen.
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@rocket2nfinity Removing the battery is the easy bit, having to remove the screen to get to the battery is the difficult bit. The screen has no supporting lip so all it, is is thin glass on the edges. One wrong move and the screen cracks. You are right, they don't want you to replace the battery. Oneplus, Xiaomi, iPhones are a lot easier. I just wish they were all as easy as the Nexus 4 and 5.
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Hi
I'm running rc on the Pixel2XL. Battery is allright with moderate use en wifi on it lasts me a hole day. Just lying around even longer and in flightmode longer still. I havent tested how long though.
Shutting down works since beginning of January. And stability is fine.
Buetooth is not reliably there but I still can conect to remembered hardware even if the bluetooth button doesn't work. Usualy when I do a restart bluetooth is OK.
One feature I miss i the eSIM and maybe sound over USB-C -
@tobsend eSIM unfortunately will not land anytime soon. Its a proprietary implementation detail of every vendor, so its hard to write a middleware for it that does the same thing in UT. Same with VoLTE - if only things would be open and documented.
audio over USB is not that hard to do maybe, but a) needs proper kernel modules/drivers (if you can find out which one your device loads we can check this as a start. b) our pulseaudio is probably not set up to interface with a USB device at all. That needs more research how this could be done.
BR Florian
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Oh and please test call volume control during a call on earpiece as well as on hands-free, thanks!
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@flohack said in Testing the missing things...:
kernel modules/drivers (if you can find out which one your device loads we can check this as a start.
Where do find those?
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@tobsend Probably best is to see if its working e.g. on your desktop, whats loaded before/after and whats the device thats being recognized on USB (use dmesg to see) when you plug the cable.
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I now have another Pixel 2 (camera app crash issue). I have installed Android 9 (PQ3A.190801.002) on it and it is a clean install, nothing added.
I have charged both pixel 2's (the other running UT OTA-21 Stable) to 100% and put them on the side running on standby.
Both devices are well used so I assume battery life won't be great.So far the UT Pixel 2 has dropped from 100% to 37% in 4 hours,
The Android 9 pixel 2 is on 84% after 4 hours.I will continue testing.........
