Thread 106367003

I got myself a pixel 9a and put grapheneos on it. It's the first ever smartphone I'm happy with, every other phone has been a miserable experience.

i also recently did the same combo after my s10e finally shit itself

i am also pretty happy with it

>>106367003 (OP)
I bought myself a motorola and installed lineageOS. good enough hopefully should last me 6 more years.

>>106367003 (OP)
I bought a pair of used Homepods. They actually sound really good in stereo. I put them on little wall-mounted shelves, they're a really good out of the way audio setup.

Asus NUC 14 essential with the n97 and a MacBook Air 13

>>106367117
based. fuck grapmeme trannies.

>>106367003 (OP)
>Thick chink-vibe bezels
>Niggerlicious round "corners"
Fucking KEK do pixeljeets really??

>>106367003 (OP)
topton n100 fanless opensense router

>>106367439
Is this as fast as a regular router?

I picked this up cheap locally and put it out in my garage. I've been pretty happy with it, decent sound quality for 40 bucks.

>>106367003 (OP)

just opened soft envelope

>>106367003 (OP)
I also got a 9a recently — it's a great device. I decided against installing GrapheneOS because the man behind it is obviously insane.

>>106367003 (OP)
I'm still using Pixel 6a. More than enough for me.

Is the Pixel 8a good?

When is Google expected to reduce prices on these now that the 10 is out?

>>106367003 (OP)
i usually cannot declare myself satisfied until well after it is a recent purchase
so about a year ago i bought picrel
and it has been rock stable for that time

>>106367003 (OP)
i have a 9a for about 3 months now and so far so good
i really like the small camera bump
even if it's still not ideal (no bump) it's way better than my last phone in that regard

>>106367003 (OP)
is pixel 9a now on proper grapheneos, or is it still some weird ancient branch?

>>106370442
Yes you'd probably be satisfied with it
I'd expect sales to happen either black Friday (shit), back to school in the spring (better), and Memorial Day (best). It follows Samsung's release schedule, and Google drops prices to try undercutting those sales.
>t. Pixel 7 now, happy, still eyeing Pixel 10

>>106370530
Yeah man I think the camera bumps, boxes, and fucking shelves are ugly as hell. Not to mention asymmetrical ones the make it impossible to lay the phone flat. And cases can sometimes mitigate, yet there's still a giant stupid bump. I hate iPhone for starting this trend.

Replaced my Fairphone 4 with a Pixel 8 last Black Friday. Hoping to get at least 6 more years out of it. GrapheneOS is based af.

I bought picrel IR transmitter/receivers and flashed ESPHome on them. Also 3d printed cases and soldered usb-c pigtails to power them.
I spent an hour recording codes from remotes and now I can control my AC and tower fan with home assistant. Very comfy.
My next project is turning my window fan into a controllable unit. There's no IR so I have to use a relay board/octocoupler to bypass the physical buttons. I want the physical buttons to work too so its ballooning into a bigger project than I thought. Probably cheaper to just buy an IR controlled box fan.

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>>106367003 (OP)
so fucking ugly, such a step back from my 6a

>>106367003 (OP)
>I got myself a pixel 9a and put grapheneos on it
I hope you didn't pay full price for it, since that would have been a pretty bad blunder.
The regular 9 can be had for almost the same price as this because it's almost always on discount, and google actually lowers the prices of their phones over time.

>>106370962
What's so based about it

Switch 2

Bought a made in Germany nakiri knife and it's one of the best investments ever. At least if you regularly cook.

>>106367003 (OP)
>>106367020
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>>106370530
I also got the 9a recently and I had no idea that it's so popular. Seems like a decent device if I couldn't care less about gaming speed or whatever I could gain by getting the more expensive model. It's plenty fast for everything I do with it. The camera is good too. What I look for in a phone is good water resistance, a big battery and wireless charging. A long software support is nice to have as well. After that I don't really know what else to ask for so the more expensive model sounds unnecessary.

>>106371529
My 6a's screen broke twice so I decided to get a 9a recently.
The 6a felt higher quality, with the metal frame around the camera bump. The hard clear plastic on the back felt much more solid than the flimsy sheet of matte plastic on the 9a.

Absolutely love the 9a's overall design though. Very reminiscent of the iPhone 4. I just wish Google would stop placing the volume rockers dead center where a lot of phone grips will press them.
Headphone hack and SD card support would also be nice.
Perfect phone otherwise though

>>106372411
I have used the large pointy one from pic related for pretty much all cooking for the last 10 years.
5 dollar Thai knife I originally found in Bangkok, but later found a local asian grocery that also carries them. Great shape for cutting small areas precisely with the tip, while also offering a large blade for efficient chopping.
I've given many away because I love the shape so much.
As long as this company stays in business I see no need to ever own an expensive knife t b h

>>106374190
Kiwi Brand if anyone wants to get one. Realized you can't read it in the image. Probably avail worldwide

>>106367003 (OP)
Did Google ever stop using shit hardware in Pixel phones?
Everyone have had was slow as fuck due to cheaping out on the network chip thing.

>>106374698
9a in particular has a last gen modem
9 has ok modem. 10 allegedly good enough but only time will tell.

>>106370442
Its an okay phone. In may it started getting updates that modify the boot-loader preventing OS downgrades under the claim of security patches. I found the update to android 16 slowed the phone down a lot, and changed how notifications are handled (forces more grouping that I do not like). Sold it as a result.

>>106374698
>Did Google ever stop using shit hardware in Pixel phones?
no, both the 9a and 10 are affected by the battery shit and will be artificially limited in maximum charge % starting from 200 cycles
how people are ok with buying a 1000$ phone with an explosive battery that will go to shit in less than a year of use is beyond me

>>106377180
[citation needed]

>>106374698
currently using the pixel 9 to replace my s10e. I cannot remember this phone ever being slow or sluggish. screen is good enough, camera is good enough (maybe the pictures are over processed), battery is okay. My verdict is that the phone is good enough if you're not playing video games on it.

>>106377990
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-10-battery-health-assistance-3585863/
retard

>>106379008
This has nothing to do with the 9a moron

>>106370442
Get a pro and dont worry about the android 16 slowdown, i bought used one and it runs great

I'm still on pixel 3a with andoid 12 and last security update was May 2022.

Is it really risky to use this phone? What if I avoid random apks from internet and ONLY download from the Google Play store?

I ask because pixel 9a is on sale in Canada rn. PSA to those with pixel 6a, you can get an additional $150 USD of Google credit if your 6a qualifies for the batter reimbursement

Best 50 dollars I ever spent. Coffee grinding technology has really come a long way. Grind just as many beans as you need to make fresh coffee. The flavor is stronger and the beans do not lose potency as they sit in a can like pregrounded coffee does. I considered buying a combo grinder/maker but if your grinder or maker ever dies, you lost both.

This surprised me. And so far its only been used for the entire bathroom, the couch, and some window vents.
I am genuinely looking forward to cooperative weather, so I can do the textile interior of the car, and the textile seats.

It do make me wonder how much of a upgrade one that can do the entire floors and walls of the house is, just a little bit faster.

>>106380160
>$50
Is it any good? I've heard good ones aren't cheap.

>>106374099
>Headphone hack and SD card support would also be nice.
you don't have the right to complain, you voted with your wallet, enjoy what you paid for

>>106367003 (OP)
>buy android with binary blobs from google
>install grapheneos which leverages those binary blobs
>act like your a super secure OS

>smaller than a steam deck
>more powerful than a steam deck
happy with my investment desu

>>106382154
esl pls

>>106370621
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>>106368781
how do y'all deal with the inability to fix the exif orientation?

I vibe coded my own app, based on kuroba ex's code, but it doesn't support multi-image yet

>By default, EXIF metadata is stripped for captured images and only includes the orientation. Stripping metadata for videos is planned but not supported yet. Orientation metadata isn't stripped since it's fully visible from how the image is displayed so it doesn't count as hidden metadata and is needed for proper display. You can toggle off stripping EXIF metadata in the More Settings menu opened from the settings dialog. Disabling metadata stripping will leave the timestamp, phone model, exposure configuration and other metadata. Location tagging is disabled by default and won't be stripped if you enable it.

>>106380816
Who knows. You could pay more but mostly what you are getting is more consistently ground beans. Do you really care that your flakes are all within +-1 nanometer of each other? They are probably also better built but I don't know of any long term reviews that show me a 300 dollar grinder is going to give me 300 dollars of lifetime value.
The most important thing in coffee making is the freshness of the grounded beans. You want to make your coffee soon as they are grounded, so having a grinder that will grind what you want easily and encourage you to make coffee with those fresh grounds are 95% of what you want.

>>106382154
I'm just happy every app Google written or otherwise, can have storage scopes assigned to them. It was pure paranoia without them.

>>106383118
>The most important thing in coffee making is the freshness of the grounded beans.
I just use a good manual grinder (some shit like picrel). It's cheap and enough for my espresso maker and Turkish coffee.

>>106383099
I don't use my smartphone for posting. All smartphone-fags should die.

>>106383157
yeah i am totally sure their comms hardware are not ZOGged at all bro, just flaah it and privacy concerns are totally over bro. i denied mic permissions to all apps, i have no idea why i get ads about things i speak about IRL bro, the permissions make it impossible bro

>>106371503
stop shilling 4chan ads you wannabe janny cuck

>>106367003 (OP)
didn't buy recently but like a week ago decided to finally upgrade to newest lineageos so i can get apatch with trickystore and playintegrity for (((banking))) apps cause mine recently started to block custom roms. it just works for now

>>106383519
yikes

>>106367003 (OP)
s24 ultra

>>106367439
Kinda want to buy but I doubt those things are solid enough.

>>106379906
>Google introduced a Battery Health Assistance feature on the Pixel 9a earlier this year.
you could've read the first line of the article at least, jesus fucking christ are you completely brain dead or something.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15738128?hl=en
the official support page already describes this for the 9a, the 10 isn't listed yet (which btw I guess could classify as fraud as you have no way of knowing this will be happening at the moment) but will be soon