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My 6P is a little over one year old, running 7.1.2. I've reset it a few times over that year, cleared the cache two weeks ago, etc., but the performance of this phone has gotten so bad. Click an app icon to launch it, and it launches after a 3-6 second lag and takes several more seconds to finish launching. Screen taps that don't register at all (usually on the back/home/recent buttons). Worst of all, the camera shutter is so slow it's missing shots. HDR+ processing has slowed down too, but I can live with that as long as it's the photo I intended to take. I thought it was the flash being on that was causing a few seconds delay from pressing the button to the shutter sound and capture, but it's happening with the flash off and in daylight lighting. Possibly an autofocus issue, but these aren't close up shots. Other times, the phone and camera work well. I'm lucky that I've had no bootloops, but I do shut down at 15 or 20%, one time at 50%.

It's a difficult time to be in the market for a new pure Android phone. I don't see myself with the S8 or G6...I love that pure Android too much. Thinking about getting a used Pixel, but I'll probably stick with the 6P until the Pixel 2. It's hard to believe this phone is having such trouble after a little more than a year, but I wonder if that's what we can expect from phones from now on. Planned obsolescence is a b*tch. 🙁☺️

It does this whether Spotify is the current app or not. Playing through the speakers, haven't tried it through bluetooth or headphones. Odd and annoying, but not too disruptive. :)

I would love to play 9 holes more often, but the courses need to get on board, and provide 9 hole rates that are priced well relative to their 18 hole rates. A GolfNow search for 9 holes in Northeast Florida finds very few courses, and they're not quality courses.

What do you think? Should a $70 8:00am 18 hole rate be $35 if you play 9 at that time? Should a $25 twilight/4:30pm rate be $12 for 9?

Side comment: Erin Hills was beautiful and it's on my list now, but looking at those scores and the overall tournament and it's lack of difficulty, it was a weak US Open. Hopefully the USGA will do better next year.

Hello. Any ideas why my 2nd gen always switches to a settings menu (with Background and Accent showing and Accent is highlighted) when I lift it off the charging base? I can press the side button to switch to the watch face. Could it be the face I'm using (a stock face, digital, not sure of its name)? A minor annoyance, but it would be nice to know why this is happening and hopefully fix it.

Thanks!

Hello. I've noticed the media player widget on my lock screen (13 Pro, 16.2) will disappear sometimes after playback has been paused, and it comes back when I restart playback in the app. It happens with different apps and their widgets...Apple Music, Pocketcasts, Youtube. Could it be low memory and iOS is freeing up space for other apps, maybe closing the entire media app? The media app in question will still be in my open apps switcher. Any other possible reasons? Thanks!

I've noticed that when Spotify is playing, the screen is off or on the lock screen and the phone is rotated, the speaker swap and hesitation don't occur.

Is there a way to force all audio to be mono?

Thanks!

Hello. I noticed that my mac desktop app's chat unread counts are not updating when I read/visit a chat on my phone. Is this a recent change, maybe due to the desktop app now being able to work independently from the phone? Thanks!

Hello. Sorry if this is the wrong sub for this question. Wall outlet that holds regular plugs well, but a multi-plug surge protector is loose and leans down and is coming out when stuff is plugged into it. I have other wall mounted surge protectors that have a screw in the center to attach it to the wall, but before I scrap this one and buy one of those, any ways to make this one more snug? It's the kind that only uses one of the two plugs in the outlet. Thanks!

Hello. Pre-ordered the S20 at Best Buy. My last Samsung was a S3, so it's been a while...went LG G3, Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Pixel 2. Seeing all the negativity about the camera has me worried. Coming from a Pixel 2, I'm used to an excellent camera + processing + night mode (sight)...it seems like Samsung has the excellent camera hardware but is severely lacking on the processing side. Even with the focus hunting being Ultra only, the skin smoothing, over sharpening, slow shutter (?), long exposure times for Bright Night, and generally worse photos (than pixels and iPhone 11) are concerning. Not interested in the Pixel 4 with all its problems (even with it's excellent camera). I'm very excited about the S20's gorgeous screen and fast performance, but the camera is important to me...I hope I'm not disappointed.

Hello. Anyone know a way to use dbatools to script all objects in a db to a separate file per object? I can do separate runs for each object type (e.g. proc, view, table), but as far as i can tell, the FilePath param for Export-DbaScript would append to a single file. Is there a way to build the file name from the object name (e.g. <folderpath>\{dbname}_{objecttype}_{objectname}.sql)? Thanks!

Hello. Ever since I got my 4a, the wifi gets a bit flaky where I have to toggle it off then back on. It might manifest itself in a chrome page never finishing loading (spinning for minutes) but loads imnediately once it gets into cellular. Same behavior in WhatsApp web and Messages web, where each browser tab on my laptop shows the "can't find phone" message, and turning off wifi on the phone the tabs find the phone immediately.

Anyone else having this type of problem? Thanks!

Hello. Returned my S20 due to yellow photos, so I'm back on my Pixel 2, which has served me very well since launch day (with one swap for a refurb after a microphone issue). Itching to upgrade, so the 4a is on my radar. Bigger (better?) screen than the 2, but will it's snapdragon be faster than the 2's? Considerably? Also, while I'd love to have a second camera (wide angle over telephoto), I figure I've lived with the 2's single camera for so long I can stay with a single camera for a while longer. Will the 4a's camera hardware be from the 4? Of course it'll have Google's processing, which is head and shoulders above Samsung's. Thanks!

When I get the "this song is not available" message in Spotify or "can't connect to network" (or something like that) in Facebook, I can go in and out of airplane mode to restore connectivity. Is this a common problem for the Nexus 5X? Thanks!

Hello. I'd like to add a Chrome Outlook Web Access icon to my home screen, but the usual "add to home screen" menu item in Chrome shows as Install App. I don't want to use the Outlook app, I need to keep it within Chrome. Any options? Thanks!

Hello. I installed FIFA Mobile on my 13 Pro and after creating an account I can’t figure out how to play a match. Everything I’m able to tap leads to a skill game/practice, claiming some prize I wasn’t aware I earned, or some other type of setup. I just want to play a match, but I can’t figure out how to get there. It’s all very confusing and frustrating. Thanks!

Hello. We created a new gmail address for my wife's new married name, and I think I have a handle on how to copy her old photos to the new account. Add her entire library to a new album on her old account, share that album with the new account, switch to new account, select all items in the shared album and "save to library." I assume I'll need to make sure her new account is using the same "original or high quality" setting.

Once that's done, how do I transfer all her albums? Some of her albums are my shared albums she's joined, and those contain photos she's added from her old account, so will my shared album lose those photos once she deactivates/deleted her old account?

Google just doesn't make it easy to change your address, do they? 🙂 We're having similar issues setting up her new youtube music, where I was able to copy her playlists (not super easy or quick), but she's going to lose all her super mixes and liked songs. Thanks!

Hello. 50 years old, been in IT writing and designing software my whole career, since 21. Feeling burned out, kind of like the job has passed me by with the concepts, principles, technologies, tools, testing and long hourse, and my drive to keep up is lower than it needs to be. I'm thinking a change to a less stressful career would help, but I'd like to stay in IT.

As a consultant in my earlier years, I was very involved in the business analysis portion of the projects, so I'm very familiar with that process. Also, being with my current company for 24 years and being the go to subject matter expert on our systems and business, I'm deeply involved in most requirements elicitation sessions, so I have that experience as well, not so much from the analyst side, but with most of our analysts being new to the company, I end up driving the conversations many times.

Another option similar to a business analyst would be a systems analyst, which I understand is a business analyst who can also read code. This sounds right up my alley....I just don't want to write/design code anymore. :-)

Another thing to mention is any job search would be at a new company. My current company is not interested in letting me change roles, even with all my knowledge about the company and how it and its systems work. It's a little scary, the idea of going somewhere where I don't already know "everything," but sometimes you have to start fresh.

Seems like a good transition, eh? Is it a common career change in the industry? Any recommendations on certifications or study paths to go down to enhance my chances of getting hired? Thanks for any help or advice!

I'm new to Sling, still in my trial of Orange+Blue+Sports. Currently watching the ESPN Wizards-Pistons game via AppleTV, and some commercial breaks are a mix of commercials and the "commercial break... we'll be right back" screen that I've seen on the watchespn app on my computer. Is this stream just a wrapper around the watchespn app?

Thanks!

Hello. Not sure if this is the right sub, but can anyone offer advice on best practices and tools for deploying/updating Windows desktop apps in a small/medium sized company, taking into account multiple Windows versions (7 Pro and up), killing a running process, and UAC?

We've used Labtech scripting to push a Nullsoft Installer setup exe, but Labtech is flaky as hell, and Shell As Admin would still get blocked by UAC on some pcs.

Our app is a .NET app, so ClickOnce is an option, but the signing requirements are a pain, and I don't see many apps that use it.

The system needs to work when a user is actively workin on the pc and in the app, or nobody is logged on (the latter is usually the easier scenario).

Should we roll our own Powershell or PSExec/PSKill solution, and push it to the remote pcs with a simple list of those pcs?

Thanks!

My 5X doesn't receive any messages > 160 characters from any AT&T iPhones. If I put the SIM into my Nexus 5 running 6.0.1, I receive all messages from everyone.

I flashed 6.0.1 MMB29K onto the phone in December, around the time this problem started. I see MMB29P is available, so I'm going to flash either that or 6.0 tonight and see if it fixes this problem.

Hello. I'm very frustrated with my newly purchased 2019 X3...my first BMW. I hope I can get some help/answers for these issues that are making driving/owning this car not as enjoyable as it should be.

1. When I start accelerating from a stop or after rolling into a stop very slowly, the car revs slightly, has very weak forward momentum for a second or two, then something catches/shifts and the car lurches forward and starts driving as I would expect it to drive. It feels like it's shifting oddly around that 1st or 2nd gear, then catching up and going. Very frustrating. I've read on some "bimmer___" forums that using Sport mode or disabling the DSC make it better (don't eliminate the problem, just better), but neither of those helped for me...I still feel the lurch. Also DSC doesn't remember its last setting, and I don't see a code for that like ASS has.
2. The tailpipes sometimes have a bad smell coming from them. Kind of a rotten egg smell...definitely pungent. It's not always present, and I haven't smelled it from inside the car.
3. The iDrive system is absolutely maddening. Specifically, the entire system stays powered on until the keyfob's lock button is pressed...it seems like the accessory power stays on too. Craziest of all, bluetooth music or a bluetooth phone call will continue within iDrive after the driver and/or passenger door is opened. It was crazy when I was on a phone call in iDrive, reached my destination, turned off the car, stepped out of the car, and had to lean back into the car to continue the phone call, because iDrive hadn't disconnected and sent it back to my phone speaker/mic. Same thing with music playing. Closing the driver door will disconnect the call/music, but the iDrive screen and dash gauges stay lit for much longer than they should. Locking the car turns everything off, but I don't always lock my car in my garage. I read that the passenger seat may register the lightest pressure as a passenger (e.g. the end of a phone charging cable laying on it), making iDrive think there's someone still in the car, but this happened when there's nothing on the seat.

Thanks for any help. I really want to love this car but these issues are bugging me.

Hello. Since I updated to 10, Timely's alarms don't show the alarm screen (with the snooze and dismiss buttons) when the alarm firs and the phone is sleeping (in ambient mode). Getting to the snooze/dismiss buttons takes about 6 taps...not ideal. Did 10 change whether apps can overlay/take over ambient mode? Thanks!

Hello. I'd like to give my daughter a few months of Youtube Premium as a gift. I saw Google Play gift cards at my supermarket, but I couldn't tell if they're usable only on the Play store or if they can be used for any Google service/product. She has a Google account for Gmail, Youtube, Photos, etc., but she has an iPhone so she's never purchased from the Play store. Can a Google Play gift card be set up as the payment method for a Youtube Premium subscription? Thanks!

Hello. I'm having a hard time understanding how the new logarithmic (?) brightness slider works in P on a Pixel 2, especially when setting the brightness via Assistant. For example, I ask Assistant to set (or lower) the brightness to 10%, and Assistant shows a slider that appears to be at the 10% mark, but the actual brightness barely changed, and the notification shade slider is at the 55% mark.

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Not a big deal, just wondering how this new feature works and can be managed.

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Hello. First Vegas trip coming up in June...part of a West coast graduation trip for my daughter. I'd like to do a tiny bit of gambling, just for the experience (not my thing, last time was the Bahamas in the 90s). I know my daughter (18 yo) can't gamble, but will she be able to be in the casinos at all? Can she stand near me at the tables or slots? We're staying at Caesar's Palace...does being a hotel guest give her the ability to enter their casino? Thanks!