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[BootloopedMillennials]

Pixel 3 from Project Fi is arriving this week. Have a few questions.

1. Is setting up eSIM straight forward from a nano SIM (original Pixel on Project Fi)? Is any assistance needed from Project Fi's side?

2. I've heard the screen quality is a lottery. Any suggested way to test for so called yellow tint and black crush and smearing?

3. Any other issues I look out for?

 

[PuffDaddy_d]

Correct. Put SIM in, turn phone on, setup, done. Verizon is not involved in any way.

This is exactly why I am worried about esim becoming the new standard. It could put control of your phone back into the hands of your carrier.

 

[Che Kirila]

Pixel 3 from Project Fi is arriving this week. Have a few questions.

1. Is setting up eSIM straight forward from a nano SIM (original Pixel on Project Fi)? Is any assistance needed from Project Fi's side?

2. I've heard the screen quality is a lottery. Any suggested way to test for so called yellow tint and black crush and smearing?

3. Any other issues I look out for?

1. eSIM is completely flawless, just follow instruction at screen (as I remember, it was the only - to choose between SIM and eSIM). Maybe the only tricky question about number transfer at both - old and new phones - I just ignored at old one.

2. Didn't catch any problems with screen.

3. Charge both phones before switching - look like the new recognizes the old as a battery or charger and suck it dry pretty fast - had to charge after the old one died during the transfer process (I mean transferring everything through cable between phones). A little strange behavior for wireless charging - sometimes claims it charges, but it doesn't. Maybe because I use some generic charger (Vivitar VM20028), waiting for better one from Aliexpress. Not sure if it will work properly, since Google implemented their own handshake sequence for initiating rapid charge, otherwise the mode will be standard. As I know, only their own stand has it and Belkin bought Google license for that technology (both cost crazy high - $79 and $59).

 

[fury683]

1. eSIM is completely flawless, just follow instruction at screen (as I remember, it was the only - to choose between SIM and eSIM). Maybe the only tricky question about number transfer at both - old and new phones - I just ignored at old one.

2. Didn't catch any problems with screen.

3. Charge both phones before switching - look like the new recognizes the old as a battery or charger and suck it dry pretty fast - had to charge after the old one died during the transfer process (I mean transferring everything through cable between phones). A little strange behavior for wireless charging - sometimes claims it charges, but it doesn't. Maybe because I use some generic charger (Vivitar VM20028), waiting for better one from Aliexpress. Not sure if it will work properly, since Google implemented their own handshake sequence for initiating rapid charge, otherwise the mode will be standard. As I know, only their own stand has it and Belkin bought Google license for that technology (both cost crazy high - $79 and $59).

Yes any charger that is not a Pixel Stand will be 5w standard Qi charging. Even the "fast" ones that claim to do 7.5 or 10w charging won't go over 5w. Google is starting a certification program and products that become certified will have "made for Google" on the box. The first known so far is a Belkin charging pad that will be flat and circular and can use the full 10w charging speed same as the Pixel Stand, but it will still be like $50-60, close to the same price as the Pixel Stand ($80).

I use two Choetech chargers, one at home and one at work. Both are fine for me because there is plenty of time to charge at the slower rate. Actually did snag a Pixel Stand on a BF deal from Best Buy on Thursday for $43 with tax. I prefer the flat style chargers so may still look into the Belkin one eventually, or another certified flat charger if anything cheaper comes along.

 

[Che Kirila]

Yes any charger that is not a Pixel Stand will be 5w standard Qi charging. Even the "fast" ones that claim to do 7.5 or 10w charging won't go over 5w. Google is starting a certification program and products that become certified will have "made for Google" on the box. The first known so far is a Belkin charging pad that will be flat and circular and can use the full 10w charging speed same as the Pixel Stand, but it will still be like $50-60, close to the same price as the Pixel Stand ($80).

I use two Choetech chargers, one at home and one at work. Both are fine for me because there is plenty of time to charge at the slower rate. Actually did snag a Pixel Stand on a BF deal from Best Buy on Thursday for $43 with tax. I prefer the flat style chargers so may still look into the Belkin one eventually, or another certified flat charger if anything cheaper comes along.

Verizon still has Pixel Stand on sale - for $49.99 before tax:

https://www.verizonwireless.com/products/google-pixel-stand/

I checked Best Buy for BF, their site didn't show in search results for wireless chargers Pixel Stand or any Google-related items at all, so I missed their sale. Same price Verizon had, now $10 more that also not bad.

I am OK with slow charge as well - night time is enough for full charge, but daytime at work can be useful with all Pixel Stand's functions. Was unable to resist - guilty as charged...

 

[BootloopedMillennials]

Verizon still has Pixel Stand on sale - for $49.99 before tax:

https://www.verizonwireless.com/products/google-pixel-stand/

I checked Best Buy for BF, their site didn't show in search results for wireless chargers Pixel Stand or any Google-related items at all, so I missed their sale. Same price Verizon had, now $10 more that also not bad.

I am OK with slow charge as well - night time is enough for full charge, but daytime at work can be useful with all Pixel Stand's functions. Was unable to resist - guilty as charged...

Best Buy still has it for 40 dollars. Appears they are out of stock but still taking orders. Shows expected to ship Dec 12th.

 

[SCYTHERBLAKE]

hi everbody,
I got a question about Fluid Navigation Gestures. I got 2 option to hide the navigation bar.

1. Root
2. ADB

So I don't want root, I want that the pixel 3 is normally as anyone. If I make it over ADB:
*Is my warranty away?
**Could google make problems cause of that?
***Is this like root*
****Can G PAY still works

thanks in advance for help and do I need anything else before.
regards

First of all for any ways you have to unlock bootloader and for doing so you won't be able to use gpay unless you install magisk 17.3 (via patched boot img or zip) after that you can do anything your phone is rooted and your warranty is still safe and google wont say anything

 

[Aanze]

Hmm I'm afraid there's more questions than answers on this thread, and generally speaking it seems that the pixel 3 community is kinda small compared to my previous device. But heck I'll take my chances.

So I'm a OP5T user and like another person on this very thread asked before, I'd like to know if there's a real downside to this phone only having 4GB of RAM when most of flagship pack 6GB or even 8GB.
From the tests I've read and watched on YouTube, the feelings varies from a reviewer to the other, but I figured on xda I might encounter some people who actually used the device for more than a week, are pretty exigeant in terms of performance and could give their objective feedback about how memory management is actually impacting daily use of the device ?

 

[TonikJDK]

Hmm I'm afraid there's more questions than answers on this thread, and generally speaking it seems that the pixel 3 community is kinda small compared to my previous device. But heck I'll take my chances.

So I'm a OP5T user and like another person on this very thread asked before, I'd like to know if there's a real downside to this phone only having 4GB of RAM when most of flagship pack 6GB or even 8GB.
From the tests I've read and watched on YouTube, the feelings varies from a reviewer to the other, but I figured on xda I might encounter some people who actually used the device for more than a week, are pretty exigeant in terms of performance and could give their objective feedback about how memory management is actually impacting daily use of the device ?

It's not impacting it at all. People are being silly about it. It's the same OS I ran on my last phone with 4gb.

 

[Aanze]

It's not impacting it at all. People are being silly about it. It's the same OS I ran on my last phone with 4gb.

Thank you so much for your feedback, I'm actually very attracted to this phone, but couldn't figure out if people were just silly as you say or if this issue was real

 

[mhrussell1]

Loading Build of AOSP into Inactive Partition

So, I am currently compiling the version of AOSP that matches the .A1 Google build in hopes of providing it to the community. I have read the article about how A/B partition devices normally load builds but I was wondering if anyone knows a safe way to load this ROM on the inactive partition and then test it without corrupting the existing build? I have only loaded a new build on this device with the flash-all.bat file. I have not tried to flash the individual images like I used to do on the Nexus 5x. I am running Magisk 17.3 but I think I know how to back that out before updating.

Thanks in advance,
Mark

 

[33HdA]

Hmm I'm afraid there's more questions than answers on this thread, and generally speaking it seems that the pixel 3 community is kinda small compared to my previous device. But heck I'll take my chances.

So I'm a OP5T user and like another person on this very thread asked before, I'd like to know if there's a real downside to this phone only having 4GB of RAM when most of flagship pack 6GB or even 8GB.
From the tests I've read and watched on YouTube, the feelings varies from a reviewer to the other, but I figured on xda I might encounter some people who actually used the device for more than a week, are pretty exigeant in terms of performance and could give their objective feedback about how memory management is actually impacting daily use of the device ?

How about a straight answer? No, it doesn't effect, or at least I have not come across a single problem because of it. I'm using pixel 3 from over a month now. Got it delivered on Nov 1. I'm a big fan of PUBG MOBILE, I have a total of 134 apps installed on my phone and almost 70% of those apps have background threads running. I also use Streamlabs OBS to stream the game play directly to youtube and twitch at the same time.
Nothing bothered me yet.

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Is it only me or someone else also have noticed that the front set of cameras so not have motion tracking, neither images nor videos.
Is there a setting I'm missing.?

 

[Aanze]

How about a straight answer? No, it doesn't effect, or at least I have not come across a single problem because of it. I'm using pixel 3 from over a month now. Got it delivered on Nov 1. I'm a big fan of PUBG MOBILE, I have a total of 134 apps installed on my phone and almost 70% of those apps have background threads running. I also use Streamlabs OBS to stream the game play directly to youtube and twitch at the same time.
Nothing bothered me yet.

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Is it only me or someone else also have noticed that the front set of cameras so not have motion tracking, neither images nor videos.
Is there a setting I'm missing.?

Thanks for the feedback bro, as a matter of fact I couldn't wait anymore and bought my pixel last friday. I'm more than happy with the device now. Of course I have this "apps that redraw" when multitasking but I don't feel like it's a blocking issue so far. Experience is smooth and device is so pleasing to hold. Plus portrait photos are just outstanding.

 

[jntdroid]

Is there no way to start the data/text migration AFTER the phone has been setup? Surely you don't have to reset the entire phone to do that?

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Is there no way to start the data/text migration AFTER the phone has been setup? Surely you don't have to reset the entire phone to do that?

To add to this, I see the Data Transfer Tool in apps, but it's not an actual app I can open...

Really hoping there's a way to initiate that without having to reset the phone again.

 

[MameTozhio]

Is there no way to start the data/text migration AFTER the phone has been setup? Surely you don't have to reset the entire phone to do that?

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To add to this, I see the Data Transfer Tool in apps, but it's not an actual app I can open...

Really hoping there's a way to initiate that without having to reset the phone again.

You could TRY opening an activity with Nova Launcher's activity launcher widget but I'm 99.9% sure that there is no way to initiate data transfer again after first set up.

 

[jntdroid]

You could TRY opening an activity with Nova Launcher's activity launcher widget but I'm 99.9% sure that there is no way to initiate data transfer again after first set up.

I'll be darned, that worked. I picked the first in the list of activities under "Data Transfer Tool". I tested a couple others as well. Each one opens the "app" and initiates the process.

I haven't done the actual transfer yet as I don't have my other phone with me. But as soon as I have a chance I'll test it and reply back.

This could be worth spreading - I see this question posted in quite a few forums, going back to the Pixel 2.

 

[jntdroid]

You could TRY opening an activity with Nova Launcher's activity launcher widget but I'm 99.9% sure that there is no way to initiate data transfer again after first set up.

I can confirm fully now that this works. I just initiated it with the Nova activity widget and transferred my data from my iPhone to my Pixel 3.

Thank you again for this idea. This might be worth its own post...

 

[BootloopedMillennials]

How much battery is always on display using for you guys? On my Pixel 3 over a 24hr period, its using 22% battery. Normal?

 

[fury683]

How much battery is always on display using for you guys? On my Pixel 3 over a 24hr period, its using 22% battery. Normal?

Sounds about right. Most people see about 1% per hour from AOD.

 

[MameTozhio]

I can confirm fully now that this works. I just initiated it with the Nova activity widget and transferred my data from my iPhone to my Pixel 3.

Thank you again for this idea. This might be worth its own post...

Oh wow, good to know that it did actually work.