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Cake day: Jul 03, 2023

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I have had the chance to use it on a few different devices and ROMs. Been with it since before name change.

Performance, especially bugginess is highly variable. I don’t know if it’s the phone, the ROM, other apps, settings or what. Sometimes it is smooth and you forget its there. other times it is crashing every 5 mins, sometimes without being fully recoverable. Like on a certain set up my widgets would disappear when it crashed and widgets aren’t in the backup so you have to redo them from scratch.

If it doesn’t work on you current device just don’t give up on it and whenever you get a new one give it a spin again.


Neolauncher FTW

https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher

Do an image search for screenshots, the repo doesnt really do it justice.

On f droid.


custom rom is the reason I spent so much time trying to get a pixel.

but I am giving up on this one. next device is going to run lineage so I can have a wider variety to try to find one that works. maybe I’ll try a motorola.



I got this Pixel 6 Pro from ebay. The seller said there were screen issues and it was about CA$200. But the issues are more than I was anticipating. Is there any hope? Or should I return? - `a`: bright white line/lines horizontally across the screen - `c` and `b`: cracks in the screen with black splotches behind the breaks so nothing is visible - screen intermittently (but often) flickers. wasn't able to photograph. - It feels like the connection is loose inside. sometimes squeezing it seems to fix it temporarily. but I can't just be squeezing the device all the time, especially with an already cracked screen. - it also flickers in horizontal sections. the part from the white line to the top is the most flickering and the rest of it is divided in about 4 rough sections that display in consistently Do you think a repair could fix it? especially the loose connection issue. I could live with everything except for the flickering which is really obnoxious. but is it possible to make a repair like this without fully replacing the display? On [iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Google+Pixel+6+Pro+Screen+Replacement/148767) the display is listed for CA$300... I would probably not do this myself so add another $50-100 for labor. It works properly otherwise; there are no dead zones for touch. Sorry for the crappy photo, the only way I could find to take it was to use the low quality front facing camera on my laptop.
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pixel 5a screen is loose; possible to tighten a bit?
I am wondering if someone know some trick about how to "tighten" the broken android screen? I have a pixel 5a. I dropped the phone and the screen broke. I could see the bottom half of the screen if I squeezed/twisted it. Touch is not consistent but sort of works for whole screen. Now I can't see any of the screen. It seems that the screen is partly just loose connection since previously it was able to be fixed by squeezing. Still provides haptic feedback. Seems to be turned on. Is there like a special way to apply pressure to get it to connect back again? even half the screen was functional enough. I have found guides online of how to replace the screen. I already had the screen replaced once; it seems the screens for this device sucks. I ordered a different phone. I'd like to be able to use this without the screen if I can because otherwise it is still functional. I haven't ever opened a phone before and I don't have the special tools. If it is totally hopeless I don't know if I want to do it. Any ideas? [Google Pixel 5a Screen Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Google+Pixel+5a+Screen+Replacement/148892)
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