Getting some features you've been missing back - Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers

So probably like most users I had the Note7 coming to this phone I have noticed a few things missing that I really need. One of those was notifications the lack of an LED indicator has kinda bothered me. So I went looking for the Samsung always on screen with the clock... I figured without the LED light it would have that so I found in the app store Always on AMOLED. This app help fix my issue of never knowing if I had missed a e mail or text or phone call.
2nd was the lack of the phone vibrating hard enough to feel in my pocket.. I went looking in the settings for the vibrate pattern normally found in 6.0 couldn't find it so i searched around and found an app Light flow I have used this app before to change the color of my LED notification so I can tell if it was an e mail text or phone call I installed the app to help with the first mentioned issue also when I realized it didn;t have an LED notification it surprised me .
I am still trying to figure out other features I am missing has anyone else found things that they are missing with this phone. The calander is another lacking issue for me I like the month view with cut of writing on the days I had something if anyone knows a alternative would greatly be appreciated.
I miss the wireless charging feature I knew it didn;t have it when I ordered it but I still miss it.

canthus90 said:
So probably like most users I had the Note7 coming to this phone I have noticed a few things missing that I really need. One of those was notifications the lack of an LED indicator has kinda bothered me. So I went looking for the Samsung always on screen with the clock... I figured without the LED light it would have that so I found in the app store Always on AMOLED. This app help fix my issue of never knowing if I had missed a e mail or text or phone call.
2nd was the lack of the phone vibrating hard enough to feel in my pocket.. I went looking in the settings for the vibrate pattern normally found in 6.0 couldn't find it so i searched around and found an app Light flow I have used this app before to change the color of my LED notification so I can tell if it was an e mail text or phone call I installed the app to help with the first mentioned issue also when I realized it didn;t have an LED notification it surprised me .
I am still trying to figure out other features I am missing has anyone else found things that they are missing with this phone. The calander is another lacking issue for me I like the month view with cut of writing on the days I had something if anyone knows a alternative would greatly be appreciated.
I miss the wireless charging feature I knew it didn;t have it when I ordered it but I still miss it.
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The pixel has a LED notification light that can be turned on in the settings by going to notifications, clicking the gear at top right and switching pulse notification light on.

We had multiple notes in the house and got free wireless chargers with them, and they all are in a box. It's slow, it's awkward, and it's just not as good as a regular old plug it in charge....
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Samsung fast wireless charging is awesome and every phone should have it. Just like every phone should be water resistant.
I love the way this phone moves. Which is something even the note 7 didn't have consistently. It's the first phone I can say has made my use more fluid and purposeful.
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Eic 4g Touch Bugs Thread

I'm seeing many users notice different little bugs with the phone (me included) and instead of having multiple threads about it, maybe we can all post it in one place where later the devs can see it and work on them once the phone is rooted etc.. Good idea/bad idea? I come from an Evo 4g with Sense rom so I wonder how many of these might not really be "bugs" but just a different user experience.
I'll start..
Accu weather app not updating location automatically
apk files downloaded from the computer and then transferred to phone are not showing up (unknown sources, usb debugging checked)
No function when touching the clock widget. It does not launch me to alarm, world clock, time etc menu. Maybe this is just a touchwiz thing as I mentioned above, I come from a sense rom.
So far those are the ones on top of my head. As I use the phone more, I'm sure I'll spot more (hope not!).
Anyone else?
Phone dialer issues
I have to reboot my phone from time to time to make a call.
It just says call ended when i try to call out.
When i reboot it works fine for a few hours.
Mentioned above plus the following so far (except reboot for calling issue):
No landscape mode using TW (auto-rotate enabled)
Red LED only available notification color (REALLY?!)
Skype video calling is upside down when using in portrait mode.
Also, phone call is automatically in Speaker mode when calling after making a Skype video call.
*Occasional phone FREEZES. As in, one minute it is okay, and the next minute, you have to do a battery pull. Happened twice since I got it on launch day.
*Browser closing for no reason. Happened 4 times since launch day.
*When plugged in with Samsung charger, phone's screen will act real glitchy
*SWYPE does not work properly, no matter the settings. Have to type normally.
That's all the software bugs I've experienced. Hardware-wise, there are reports of problems with data, 3G, 4G, and WIFI....I haven't seen any word on Bluetooth yet.
Journeyjeans said:
*Occasional phone FREEZES. As in, one minute it is okay, and the next minute, you have to do a battery pull. Happened twice since I got it on launch day.
*Browser closing for no reason. Happened 4 times since launch day.
*When plugged in with Samsung charger, phone's screen will act real glitchy
*SWYPE does not work properly, no matter the settings. Have to type normally.
That's all the software bugs I've experienced. Hardware-wise, there are reports of problems with data, 3G, 4G, and WIFI....I haven't seen any word on Bluetooth yet.
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Go exchange your phone -- sounds like a lemon. No other real complaints about freezing or auto-closing apps.
Erislover said:
Go exchange your phone -- sounds like a lemon. No other real complaints about freezing or auto-closing apps.
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Actually, other's have experienced auto-closing apps and freezing. It's in a thread around here or at sprintusers.com, I forget which.
For the first three days I couldn't get data while roaming though the proper settings were checked. Sprint customer care reset my phone and after an hour of waiting it works.
All else its great (except for the above oddities with Touch Wiz) though I haven't checked GPS after encrypting the device.
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humdrum2009 said:
I have to reboot my phone from time to time to make a call.
It just says call ended when i try to call out.
When i reboot it works fine for a few hours.
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Can you elaborate on this issue?
Also, anyone else having similar issues, please chime in.
Are you seeing a circle with a slash through it (no service) when this happens?
Can you receive calls when this happens?
Do you lose 4G or WiFi? Or is it just Voice/3G?
Does it seem to happen sometime after making a call/text (~30min), or any other pattern you've noticed?
Are you rooted?
If yes, what kernel (zedomax or tanimn/shabbypenguin - trying to narrow down an issue with one of the current root kernels)?
Exchange Appt. Notification Bug
I have had multiple reminders pop up for from my Exchange calendar and i can't seem to dismiss or snooze them from the notification bar. The snooze and dismiss buttons are available but are non responsive. The only way I can get rid of the notification is with the "Clear" button which is for all notifications. Has anyone else noticed this?
Journeyjeans said:
*SWYPE does not work properly, no matter the settings. Have to type normally.
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I know this may sound silly, and you may have already checked this, but check your language settings. I've read about some owners that were having problems with Swype discovered that their language was set to Spanish.
Also, on the LED notifications only being Red, I've been playing with an App called Light Flow. I've at least been able to change the notification colors to Blue using this App. Also, the App lets you use "White" as a color, which still shows a Red light, but blinks very fast if some of you prefer a faster blinking light.
I have had the roaming data issue as well. It does eventually work for me though, but on once occasion it took 10 minutes before data turned on after the roaming started. I will try calling Sprint as well.
Wifi signal is bad.. but speedtest says otherwise. I think the issue is with the amount of bars displayed and not the actual signal. I was standing 5 fee fromt he router and still didn't have full bars.
Ive been having problems today with dropping data connection. Toggling 4G off and on seems to restore it even in no 4G areas. I guess it resets the radio or something?
MadFlava said:
Ive been having problems today with dropping data connection. Toggling 4G off and on seems to restore it even in no 4G areas. I guess it resets the radio or something?
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Try profile and prl update...
My data did cut in and out till i did the normal sprint updates
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Just got this phone friday. So far the only bugs I am experiencing are roaming in places my evo got coverage and the security draw pattern having a mind of its own making it very hard to unlock the screen. Also the wifi reception is noticeably weaker than my evo
nate420 said:
Try profile and prl update...
My data did cut in and out till i did the normal sprint updates
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Ive done that already and it didnt help. Thanks, tho.
Luckily, no freezes or crashes here (knock on wood).
what i HAVE noticed is the rotate bug, for instance
when rotating the phone for texting or browsing, you have to kind of
bring it up to your chest @ about a 90 degree angle in order for it to rotate.
calibrated it all correctly & i still have to do that.
this is my first phone from the Epic/Galaxy company so im not sure if that was a problem in the original Epic 4g (non-touch) but it sure is kind of annoying :/
hopefully the dev's can tweak the gyro or SOMETHING.
Poor Wifi/3g Signal
Noticed lower bars on both wifi and 3g...when in same spot on my Evo 4g I had more...might be just how many bars its displaying and not the actual signal...but not for sure...actually went into roaming a few times when with my Evo 4g I never did (even with roaming was set to automatic...now I have it set to sprint only)
Hello. Has anyone tried updating through Kies? I tried and it says that this version of software cannot be updated. I just got my phone today. I did have problems installing the drivers. After I let it install say one or two drivers, one would error out. Once I unplugged it a few times and then plugged it back it, all of the drivers installed.
I hope this doesn't mean that Samsung is not going to upgrade to ICS or else I am taking this back. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" and it won't allow updating with rooting. Thanks for any input and have a great day/night!
analyst28 said:
I have had multiple reminders pop up for from my Exchange calendar and i can't seem to dismiss or snooze them from the notification bar. The snooze and dismiss buttons are available but are non responsive. The only way I can get rid of the notification is with the "Clear" button which is for all notifications. Has anyone else noticed this?
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I noticed this too.
you have to check the check boxes next to the calender item. This is deceptive because the boxes have checks in them. But they should be green and not grey.
hope that helps

Stopping the Red Dot of Doom

Hi,
Just got a G4 and I missed a call today. I cleared it in the drop down menu but the little red dot on the icon was still there. So I went looking for badgeprovider app in all apps to disable it like I did on my S3 and it's not there.
I have been all over the internet trying to find a solution (is it just me or is google pants now). This is really a deal breaker for me and I shouldn't have to clear a notification twice.
I want one of these two solutions:
1. Turn them off entirely. Ideal solution.
2. Is there a dialer app where you can turn them off like I have done with Textra my texting app.
No I'm not rooted and no I don't want a launcher.
Any help much appreciated as ever. Thanks :good:
Called LG they said nope.

Does the "Blinker" or Notification LED work on your device?

Greetings to fellow Pixelers!
It seems that the LED Notification/Blinker does not work on Pixel 2 phones properly
and from what I can gather, Google knows about this problem.
I have personally tried every solution out there to no avail.
So this is a simple POLL to see how wide spread this problem is?
Thank you for your participation and any possible solution/fix!
You could ask here where the discussion is ongoing. Yes I understand you want to know if the actual light is working, but other than toggling it on in settings have you tried Light Flow or other apps?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/xl-2-notification-led-t3683788
Mine works fine, but notification light wasn't always turned on by default for a lot of apps. Instead of faffing around with notification settings, I just use Lightflow.
Mine works and using the settings in my mail (Aquamail) and Text (Textra) clients , I have different colored lights for each mail account (x3) and a totally different color for texts. That covers most of my needs, so I haven't even looked into LightFlow .. but I might.
Mine was turned off by default -- I've turned it on, and had to go through apps to select which ones I wanted to trigger the LED. Seems to work fine. But frankly, with notifications appearing on the lock screen, it's far less necessary than it might have been with an earlier phone. I also tried installing Lightflow (I've had a premium license for years -- since my Galaxy Nexus I believe). Lots of options, but within an hour, the OS was warning me of heavy battery usage from Lightflow. I honestly didn't see a whole lot of value in it beyond the default functionality, so I uninstalled it for now...
LED blinker app works fine,I'm using it on my Panda
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ledblinker.pro

Delayed Notifications In Android P

First off, I disabled adaptive battery in Android P. Ever since the upgrade from 8 to 9, I noticed that notifications are right around 5 minutes late. I have a couple time-sensitive apps that I need notifications right away. Gmail and another app for my home automation. In Android 8, the were flawless. However, ever since going to 9, not so much.
I also noticed that when I delete messages in the gmail app for gmail and an IMAP email server I have it does nothing with the messages on the server. I login to webmail from a computer and the messages are still in the Inbox.
Anyone have any ideas? I am going to try a wipe again to see if it resolves the issues, but I am out of ideas. I had the above issues in Android 9 beta as well. I would downgrade and it fixed them.
I have the same thing and it turns out it is a common issue with Pie. I have not found a solution yet. I have read all kinds of things people have tried and nothing seems to help. Sorry that I can't be more positive. Hopefully Google will figure something out and fix in an update.
Here is a two page post I started about the issue but there are also many others online describing the same thing:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/android-pie/904647-notifications-delayed-stopped.html
My thought is that the delayed notifications are due to Android Pies implementation of adaptive battery. Maybe try excluding the apps you want to receive notifications from in a timely manner?
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You don't happen to have data saver in the quick tiles turned on by accident do you? That does prevent notifications from getting pushed. Both my parents had this on and a bunch of notifications came through after turning it off. I made sure to remove it from even being an available option.
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been fighting with this issue as well, but it only seems to be gmail, and a couple other apps, my sms notifications seem to come through fine, at least as far as I can tell. I've turned off adaptive battery etc, nothing seems to make a difference. sometimes i can turn my screen on and all the notifications will come flooding in, other times they come through 10ish min later.
yes i have also these issue
and i opened thread on these https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/gmail-sync-problems-pie-t3839357
also i tried many apps, but instead of gmail but yet i didn't find any solution
Triscuit said:
My thought is that the delayed notifications are due to Android Pies implementation of adaptive battery. Maybe try excluding the apps you want to receive notifications from in a timely manner?
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Thanks for the suggestion but that is one of the first things I tried. No difference.
EeZeEpEe said:
You don't happen to have data saver in the quick tiles turned on by accident do you? That does prevent notifications from getting pushed.
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Made sure it was off early on. No change.
The best way to describe my issue is that once the screen times out and has been off for at least about 5 minutes, notification sounds are delayed. It is sort of like the phone goes into a deeper sleep or something and then the problem arises. As soon as I use my fingerprint to wake the phone, all notifications blast through.
The delay can vary. Sometimes it is only 15 minutes or so, but often it is much longer. It is almost like once in a while an app wants to call home or something and to do so wakes up the phone just enough to allow some notifications through.
There also seem to be some issues with individual apps and notifications that may be fixed when a developer updates their app for Pie. For example, most apps notify immediately when the screen is on or within that first 5 minutes or so after the screen goes off. But since installing Pie, Kuna always has a delay of 5 to 10 minutes before notifying. Kuna does this 100% of the time. In fact if I have the phone awake, looking at the screen when walking out the front door, when the motion sensor is triggered, immediately there is a notification icon. But the sound notification is always delayed. This seems like an issue with Kuna and they are well know for being very slow with updates and fixes but eventually they do fix things. But the notification sound delays described in this thread do indeed seem like a system issue with Pie. Hopefully enough people will have the issue that Google will figure it out and fix.
I am having same issues after updating to Android P. At first, notifications came late about 5 min, but then they started to vary some coming in 15-30 minutes later. Can't figure out what is causing the time difference but either way I can't find a fix. I spoke with Google support and they had no fix as well.
sammys8 said:
I spoke with Google support and they had no fix as well.
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Did Google give you any indication they were aware of the issue and trying to fix?
Will_T said:
Did Google give you any indication they were aware of the issue and trying to fix?
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Nope, they didn't mention anything about existing issues or being aware of the issue.
Any one found any solutions or fixes? I feel like my notifications are becoming even more delayed now and have also realized I'm not getting a lot of various notifications at all (through many different apps).
I am guessing you all are aware of this, and have tried, however I just found this recently and thought I would share for anyone that doesn't know.... Settings > Apps and Notifications > Advanced > Special App Access ..... Lots of options here with one of them being battery optimization for individual apps. After I upgraded to P, hardly any of my frequently used apps were given full battery use. Haven't played with all the other options there, however just granting apps full battery seemed to help me out.
3yoders said:
I am guessing you all are aware of this, and have tried, however I just found this recently and thought I would share for anyone that doesn't know.... Settings > Apps and Notifications > Advanced > Special App Access ..... Lots of options here with one of them being battery optimization for individual apps. After I upgraded to P, hardly any of my frequently used apps were given full battery use. Haven't played with all the other options there, however just granting apps full battery seemed to help me out.
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Just updated some settings, now we wait and see if these buried settings fix my delays.. here's to hoping! :good:
3yoders said:
I am guessing you all are aware of this, and have tried, however I just found this recently and thought I would share for anyone that doesn't know.... Settings > Apps and Notifications > Advanced > Special App Access ..... Lots of options here with one of them being battery optimization for individual apps. After I upgraded to P, hardly any of my frequently used apps were given full battery use. Haven't played with all the other options there, however just granting apps full battery seemed to help me out.
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One of the first things I tried was giving full useage, (no battery optimization) for all apps that I want notifications from. Did not help. Many other apps are still being optimized. I thought I had previously found a way to turn off all battery optimization but because I do have many apps in that list that are being optimized, I obviously did not. Right now I can't find a global setting to turn off battery optimization even though I thought I did before?
So I noticed this morning, that the main app/notification that's super delayed (5-10min after the event should have triggered) it doesn't happen when my phone is plugged in or i have the screen on in my hand. Even after going through all the battery save features and making sure this app is exempt from them, it still happens if the screen is off, or my phone is off the charger. super annoying. wish there was a fix for this already!
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So I noticed this morning, that the main app/notification that's super delayed (5-10min after the event should have triggered) it doesn't happen when my phone is plugged in or i have the screen on in my hand. Even after going through all the battery save features and making sure this app is exempt from them, it still happens if the screen is off, or my phone is off the charger. super annoying. wish there was a fix for this already!
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Verizon sent me a replacement because of this problem. I was apprehensive, but got a very nice re-furb. Still have the same problem, but I got a phone that is indicated as Verizon on the LG site. In developer mode, the bootloader unlock button works. I guess everything isn't bad. I sure hope Google straightens this out soon.
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So I noticed this morning, that the main app/notification that's super delayed (5-10min after the event should have triggered) it doesn't happen when my phone is plugged in or i have the screen on in my hand.
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This happens only with Gmail on my phone - WhatsApp and Messages send instant notifications. Messages isn't optimized, the other apps are.
I can live with that, no big deal. Perhaps disabling battery optimization for Gmail would fix this, though.
Interesting note: I was talking to YouMail support today about something else but I asked about an issue where I get an email and transcript of a new voicemail but when I go to the YouMail app that voicemail is not shown until I drag down from the top of the screen to refresh the list. Support told me they are aware of this but can not do anything because it is a problem with the "latest Android version causing delay". So it is becoming a more widely known issue and hopefully Google will fix soon.
Thanks for all the feedback. Speaking of delay, I think I have tried just about every fix here and then some and still no luck. Wiping the phone did nothing as well. At this point, I would almost like to revert back to v8 to get this fixed.
I tried this supposed fix, (reply #51). https://forums.androidcentral.com/a...ifications-delayed-stopped-3.html#post6355714
No idea if it worked for me as when you restart the phone you need to do it again and less than 30 minutes after I went through the steps, my Pixel2 got the October update for Pie and required a restart!

LED notification/random flash on charge?

So I haven't seen this brought up anywhere and I really find no rhyme or reason to it and figured I would post here and see what responses I get.
Been with my Note10+ almost 2 weeks now and overall i like it, but the lack of LED notification is one of the major downfalls to it; for me anyway. (Yes I know you can add them with apps etc.)
Now let's get to my question part. When my phone is plugged in and charging it give you the default readout with the time to full and percentage on the bottom as well as the 4 red LEDs in animation across the top camera. Every so often I will get a large circular LED flash just to the right of the camera. Sometimes it has flashed blue, and other times its flashed red. Sometimes it will flash and I will have various things in my notification bar such as an app update, and sometimes it will flash just cause it feels like it.
So has anyone else seen this or have any kind of definitive answer as to what that LED flash denotes?
And surely with there being and LED set under there, theres got to be a way to take control of that for notifications I'd think? Look forward to hearing your responses.
Sounds to me like you're using some other notification app. I've tried one which added the charging lights across the top, I don't remember which it was.. Arc lighting maybe . These are not standard. I'd imagine the flashing you're experiencing is related to whatever app you're using which is adding the charging lights.
Also there is no LED under the screen... the screen is actually made up of millions of Tiny LED's.
mattitude said:
So I haven't seen this brought up anywhere and I really find no rhyme or reason to it and figured I would post here and see what responses I get.
Been with my Note10+ almost 2 weeks now and overall i like it, but the lack of LED notification is one of the major downfalls to it; for me anyway. (Yes I know you can add them with apps etc.)
Now let's get to my question part. When my phone is plugged in and charging it give you the default readout with the time to full and percentage on the bottom as well as the 4 red LEDs in animation across the top camera. Every so often I will get a large circular LED flash just to the right of the camera. Sometimes it has flashed blue, and other times its flashed red. Sometimes it will flash and I will have various things in my notification bar such as an app update, and sometimes it will flash just cause it feels like it.
So has anyone else seen this or have any kind of definitive answer as to what that LED flash denotes?
And surely with there being and LED set under there, theres got to be a way to take control of that for notifications I'd think? Look forward to hearing your responses.
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