Pixel 2 Stuff

[sze5003]

From what I saw during my time with the XL it is the latter. It is more subdued than most may be accustomed to.

Yup would agree with this statement fully. The coldness in color is definitely noticeable compared to other screens.

 

[Red Storm]

My ship date got moved up 3 days, from the 26th to the 23rd. I am struggling with this old Note 4.

 

[sze5003]

Those that got screen protectors which did you get and how does it sit? I threw mine out, the one with the black bezels included on it. It was not sticking properly to the phone.

 

[Deeko]

Got mine yesterday as well. Screen is actually a bit more muted than the original Pixel it seems ( got the Pixel 2 not the XL). I like the new finish, easier to hold on to.

What I DON'T like is the headphone jack. Ok, I knew I'd be irritated by the lack of the headphone jack, but I figured the situation would be inconvenient, not broken. Apparently, not the case. Either my dongle is broken or the software is broken but either way, I had a silent two hour train ride to work today thanks to that dongle refusing to play any audio into my headphones.

Maybe a replacement dongle would fix the problem, but F that, if these things are this fragile that the thing I feared most was broken out of the box, I think this thing is going back where it came from.

 

[VashHT]

I'd try to replace it first and see if it breaks quickly, if it was broken when you got it then it's hard to say if that's due to low durability or if it never worked in the first place. I'd think you could get Google to replace the dongle for you, they've been pretty good about support in the past for me. If there are big problems with the dongle then that would sink it for me too, I already have really nice wired headphones and I'm not going to replace them anytime soon .

 

[sze5003]

My dongle seems to work fine. Not sure if it's the same quality. These are crappy headphones anyway. I'd need to get some decent Bluetooth ones for the office.

 

[OWR88]

Yeah I used my Etymotic earbuds with the dongle. It sounds "okay" nothing to complain about. Roughly the same as original Pixel. It is just annoyingly inconvenient having to carry a dongle around. My Etymotic has a little carrying pouch but the dongle is too long. I am afraid to fold the dongle cause it is literally gold at the moment for me. I can't survive without my Etymotics during air travel.

 

[Red Storm]

Yeah I used my Etymotic earbuds with the dongle. It sounds "okay" nothing to complain about. Roughly the same as original Pixel. It is just annoyingly inconvenient having to carry a dongle around. My Etymotic has a little carrying pouch but the dongle is too long. I am afraid to fold the dongle cause it is literally gold at the moment for me. I can't survive without my Etymotics during air travel.

I dunno man, I think I'd rather have gold than an adapter that can be bought for a lot less than gold is worth.

I would just leave the adapter plugged into your wired headphones.

 

[sze5003]

The dongle is analog it seems. I can't change songs by double tapping the mic button on my headphones. I can access Google with it and pause music. But on my 6p I used to be able to change songs by double clicking. Quality is a bit flat compared to straight headphone jack. I will need Bluetooth headphones for work it seems.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Seems like there are 2 different display issues people are complaining about. One being the graininess, which imo is a real problem if present. The other which I don't understand is the "dull" accurate colors. People are too accustomed to oversaturated blown out color. My S6 came default in that adaptive mode that is fatiguing on the eyes and frankly looks terrible. Even the preview image you can just look at the red pepper and see how it's blown out neon red. Switch the display mode to Basic and you can actually see a proper range of detail and the image looks correct. So, why on earth on a phone that has the best camera to date would you want a display that blows out all the detail that was just captured on that amazing camera? Someone should take a picture with their XL and look at the image on the screen of the XL next to an S8 and see which actually looks better.

 

[sze5003]

How do you replicate the grain issue? I am actually getting used to the color on my unit. Man does this camera rock! Takes amazing pics and selfies with portrait mode. I've never had a smartphone with a camera as good, probably because I never wanted a Samsung due to their bloat.

 

[Red Storm]

Seems like there are 2 different display issues people are complaining about. One being the graininess, which imo is a real problem if present. The other which I don't understand is the "dull" accurate colors. People are too accustomed to oversaturated blown out color. My S6 came default in that adaptive mode that is fatiguing on the eyes and frankly looks terrible. Even the preview image you can just look at the red pepper and see how it's blown out neon red. Switch the display mode to Basic and you can actually see a proper range of detail and the image looks correct. So, why on earth on a phone that has the best camera to date would you want a display that blows out all the detail that was just captured on that amazing camera? Someone should take a picture with their XL and look at the image on the screen of the XL next to an S8 and see which actually looks better.

I'll be comparing the Pixel 2 XL with the S8+ (on basic mode) as soon as mine comes in. Also looking forward to testing how both fair while I'm wearing sunglasses.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

I'll be comparing the Pixel 2 XL with the S8+ (on basic mode) as soon as mine comes in. Also looking forward to testing how both fair while I'm wearing sunglasses.

I'm assuming on an S8 basic mode is still "actually correct color" mode?

 

[Red Storm]

I'm assuming on an S8 basic mode is still "actually correct color" mode?

Yes, basic mode is sRGB mode.

 

[Anubis]

The dongle is analog it seems. I can't change songs by double tapping the mic button on my headphones. I can access Google with it and pause music. But on my 6p I used to be able to change songs by double clicking. Quality is a bit flat compared to straight headphone jack. I will need Bluetooth headphones for work it seems.

i can dbl tap to skip on the headphones i use (samsung ones ) dbl tapping the pause button skips tracks

 

[GoodRevrnd]

https://www.xda-developers.com/remap-active-edge-squeeze-google-pixel-2/

Probably remap mine to camera.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74192128&postcount=127

Interesting. Could not mean much if that's a top 5% XL and a bottom 5% V30. Still, if that's what your XL looks like that's quite good uniformity.


https://www.androidcentral.com/relax-about-pixel-2-xl-display

 

[sze5003]

i can dbl tap to skip on the headphones i use (samsung ones ) dbl tapping the pause button skips tracks

It's odd they were working fine on the 6p just like you describe. For some reason now they don't work with the dongle for this feature. Maybe my dongle is bad?

Funny story here. I was never able to get work email on my phone. Because I always rooted my devices and used Roms. For the first time I'm completely stock 100%.

I tried to use blackberry work app that my company uses. It used to be run by good Enterprise. Get my key and install it, the app tells me my Android device is jailbroken! First time I'm 100% stock and can't get my work email.

Jailbroken? That's not even a term for Android and the support people just say they can't do anything.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Got my XL. Notice the blue tint if I angle the phone but I don't think I'd purposely angle the phone in real life to notice the blue tint. And if I turn brightness down to 0% it's difficult to view anything, let alone graininess, so I don't see any. Turn it up to 10%, still don't see any. Will check it out more later but setup and install of all of my apps took about 30 minutes. Rounded edges of screen, not sure I like.

 

[sze5003]

Got my XL. Notice the blue tint if I angle the phone but I don't think I'd purposely angle the phone in real life to notice the blue tint. And if I turn brightness down to 0% it's difficult to view anything, let alone graininess, so I don't see any. Turn it up to 10%, still don't see any. Will check it out more later but setup and install of all of my apps took about 30 minutes. Rounded edges of screen, not sure I like.

I didn't think I would like the rounded edges but when you are in apps I don't notice them. Sure the side bezels could have been smaller. But then I don't want a display like the note 8 or those edge devices. Tried using one and always accidently hit stuff on the sides, scrolled to the next screen, etc.

Same with the blue tint here, barely noticeable how I use the phone. Didn't see any grain either and I run my phone at 20% brightness with adaptive brightness off.

 

[WelshBloke]

Google needs to get Samsung to make the next pixel.

 

[Oyeve]

Google needs to get Samsung to make the next pixel.

That would be sweet but Samsung is a step ahead and would cut into their profits.

 

[WelshBloke]

That would be sweet but Samsung is a step ahead and would cut into their profits.

Well I doubt that they would be giving them to Google for free!

 

[ChronoReverse]

Google needs to get Samsung to make the next pixel.

They just need to buy a Samsung panel like they did with the 6P (same panel as the Note from that year, just tuned differently). LG seems to have gotten over the bootloop issue but it doesn't look like their OLED's are uniformly decent.

 

[sze5003]

Actually my phone rebooted a few times today in my pocket. Could tell by the large gap in my battery graph. Probably that work email app which I installed that didn't end up working. But that's different than a bootloop issue.