Android Gadgets
Android Auto Lag Spikes When Tethering Over Dual-SIM Roaming
A Pixel 8 Pro running Android 15 QPR2, tethered to a head unit via USB, drops frames hard every 90 seconds or so while roaming on a dual-SIM.
Pixel Watch 3 Sleep Tracking Broke After WearOS 5.1 Update
In this article What exactly broke in Pixel Watch 3 sleep tracking after WearOS 5.1? What causes the WearOS 5.1 sleep tracking bug specifically?
Fairphone 6 FP6.TP1B: GCam 9.2 HDR+ Enhanced Greys Out After Camera2 HAL Drops to LIMITED
TL;DR: On Fairphone 6 build FP6.TP1B, the GCam 9.2 port shows HDR+ Enhanced greyed out because the rear camera reports INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL =.
Fixing Pixel 10 Pro Random Reboots After April 2026 Security Patch
The April 2026 Pixel security update (build BP2A.260405.003 ) shipped with a kernel change that’s sending a non-trivial number of Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro.
Pixel 10 Pro Thermal Throttling Under Gemini Nano Workloads
Run a sustained Gemini Nano summarization loop on a Pixel 10 Pro and the skin temperature climbs past 43°C within about four minutes, at which point.
Graphene OS on Pixel 10 Pro Broke My Banking Apps
The Pixel 10 Pro flashed fine. Chase didn’t The install itself is the easy part. GrapheneOS’s web installer detects the Pixel 10 Pro (codename frankel ).
Google’s Security Lockdowns Are Changing Android Gadgets
Actually, I should clarify – I spent three hours last Tuesday trying to push a custom hardware diagnostic APK to my Pixel 9 Pro running Android 16 beta 2.
Flashing Android 17 Beta: A Messy First Look
So there I was at 1:30 AM last Tuesday, staring at my Pixel 9 Pro XL stuck in a bootloop. I knew I shouldn’t have flashed the first Android 17 beta on the.
Android 17 Beta: I Bricked My Pixel So You Don’t Have To
I knew better. I really did. Rule number one of tech journalism: never, ever flash a Developer Preview on your daily driver.
My Shield Pro Is Dying And There Is No Heir Apparent
It happened again last Tuesday. I was twenty minutes into Dune: Part Two on Plex—the bitrate was climbing past 80 Mbps—when the screen just froze.