Hey all.
I preordered the Pixel 7 Pro, rooted it right out of the box and have been using it for months now. Overall it's been a great phone but I'm **STRUGGLING** with some basic things that bug the crap out of me and I'm reaching out for some input.
First of all, the x64-only architecture. I know there's nothing you or I can do about it, but it's BS that Google introduced it without any warnings at all.
I fully realize that app developers need to update their software to be compliant with the future, that's a given, but there are several that still haven't updated their app to be compliant that I used multiple times per day. Things like where their app incorrectly identifies my Pixel 7 Pro as a tablet with a weird resolution and it automatically adjusts to a split screen while in portrait mode, making everything illegible. That one sucks because it's my invoicing program that I've got years of invoices in. Another app FC every time I try to full-screen the app - unbearable when it's the app for your security cameras. BOTH devs have been notified months ago and still no progress on a fix even though they've updated their apps a half dozen times since then.
Second, the screen mirror function is completely missing from my Pixel 7 Pro. I'm unclear if it's something I've done or if Google made it so this is the new "normal".
On my previous phone, a OnePlus 7 Pro, running Derpfest A12, I could pull down the shade, tap "Screen Cast" and it would find my 2 Chromecasts AND my Samsung TV and would connect to the TV with one more tap.
On the Pixel 7 Pro, it only sees the 2 Chromecasts, no TV is found at all. Yet I can cast Youtube directly to the TV without any extra button presses, no issues at all - just cannot mirror my screen like on the OP7P.
In my screenshots, note that my Chromecast devices are named "trojan.B and trojan.D", that's to help deter the neighbors from even trying to connect LOL.
OnePlus 7 Pro Cast settings: (notice the "Enable wireless display" option at the upper right that's 'hidden' under the 3 dots)
And my Pixel 7 Pro Cast settings: (note there is no 3 dots where I can enable wireless display and that the TV doesn't show up at all)
Have I done something to disable casting to my TV? This is driving me nuts. Everything I've read online and watched in youtube vids shows that this *should* be possible.
I've gone into Google Home and set up everything that's available in there, but the TV still doesn't show up.
Third thing that's KILLING me about this phone is that Viper4Android doesn't work because there is no x64 driver (yet). Of course this is subjective. I prefer V4A over everything else, have been an avid user of V4A for years and have custom built profiles for each of my devices. I'm currently just skating by with Wavelet, but I've tried JamesDSP and I can get kind of close, but it's not like V4A for me.
I know that there are some people working on it and that they're making progress with a new x64 driver and the app overall, but man, this one really hurt.
If I had known that my new $1100 phone was going to be this much trouble for me, I would've just stuck with the OP7P or went in a different direction. I'm currently feeling like I spent $1100 to be partially disabled and unhappy with what's supposed to be the best phone on the market.
Ideas and thoughts that are helpful are much welcomed.
I preordered the Pixel 7 Pro, rooted it right out of the box and have been using it for months now. Overall it's been a great phone but I'm **STRUGGLING** with some basic things that bug the crap out of me and I'm reaching out for some input.
First of all, the x64-only architecture. I know there's nothing you or I can do about it, but it's BS that Google introduced it without any warnings at all.
I fully realize that app developers need to update their software to be compliant with the future, that's a given, but there are several that still haven't updated their app to be compliant that I used multiple times per day. Things like where their app incorrectly identifies my Pixel 7 Pro as a tablet with a weird resolution and it automatically adjusts to a split screen while in portrait mode, making everything illegible. That one sucks because it's my invoicing program that I've got years of invoices in. Another app FC every time I try to full-screen the app - unbearable when it's the app for your security cameras. BOTH devs have been notified months ago and still no progress on a fix even though they've updated their apps a half dozen times since then.
Second, the screen mirror function is completely missing from my Pixel 7 Pro. I'm unclear if it's something I've done or if Google made it so this is the new "normal".
On my previous phone, a OnePlus 7 Pro, running Derpfest A12, I could pull down the shade, tap "Screen Cast" and it would find my 2 Chromecasts AND my Samsung TV and would connect to the TV with one more tap.
On the Pixel 7 Pro, it only sees the 2 Chromecasts, no TV is found at all. Yet I can cast Youtube directly to the TV without any extra button presses, no issues at all - just cannot mirror my screen like on the OP7P.
In my screenshots, note that my Chromecast devices are named "trojan.B and trojan.D", that's to help deter the neighbors from even trying to connect LOL.
OnePlus 7 Pro Cast settings: (notice the "Enable wireless display" option at the upper right that's 'hidden' under the 3 dots)
And my Pixel 7 Pro Cast settings: (note there is no 3 dots where I can enable wireless display and that the TV doesn't show up at all)
Have I done something to disable casting to my TV? This is driving me nuts. Everything I've read online and watched in youtube vids shows that this *should* be possible.
I've gone into Google Home and set up everything that's available in there, but the TV still doesn't show up.
Third thing that's KILLING me about this phone is that Viper4Android doesn't work because there is no x64 driver (yet). Of course this is subjective. I prefer V4A over everything else, have been an avid user of V4A for years and have custom built profiles for each of my devices. I'm currently just skating by with Wavelet, but I've tried JamesDSP and I can get kind of close, but it's not like V4A for me.
I know that there are some people working on it and that they're making progress with a new x64 driver and the app overall, but man, this one really hurt.
If I had known that my new $1100 phone was going to be this much trouble for me, I would've just stuck with the OP7P or went in a different direction. I'm currently feeling like I spent $1100 to be partially disabled and unhappy with what's supposed to be the best phone on the market.
Ideas and thoughts that are helpful are much welcomed.
