NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

What's different about it?

Originally Posted by finch1750

No. Always wait

My curiosity got the best of me, so I went ahead and updated my old Pixel (kept my DD Pixel 2 "as-is" for now tho).



As far as I can tell, the biggest update is the OS navigation buttons (ie "back"/triangle, "home"/circle and "multitask"/square). It's now been replaced by a tiny back button and a little "tab" that you can do gestures with: press for "home", swipe left/right to cycle through open apps, swipe up for search bar and most used apps, etc. Seems to make navigation with one hand a little smoother and not as "tappy" lol I haven't figured out how to do multi-window though... hope that feature isn't gone.



Reading more about it, there's a bunch of "under the hood" updates too ie better battery life, etc. I'll keep playing with it to see if I like it.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Interesting. Wonder if the S9+ will receive that update...

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Interesting. Wonder if the S9+ will receive that update...

How often do Samsung's get updates usually? Pixels are always first but that also means they get the most bugs lol

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

My curiosity got the best of me, so I went ahead and updated my old Pixel (kept my DD Pixel 2 "as-is" for now tho).



As far as I can tell, the biggest update is the OS navigation buttons (ie "back"/triangle, "home"/circle and "multitask"/square). It's now been replaced by a tiny back button and a little "tab" that you can do gestures with: press for "home", swipe left/right to cycle through open apps, swipe up for search bar and most used apps, etc. Seems to make navigation with one hand a little smoother and not as "tappy" lol I haven't figured out how to do multi-window though... hope that feature isn't gone.



Reading more about it, there's a bunch of "under the hood" updates too ie better battery life, etc. I'll keep playing with it to see if I like it.

Interesting. Keep us updated. I'm trying to find a couple other guinea pigs before I install it lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by finch1750

How often do Samsung's get updates usually? Pixels are always first but that also means they get the most bugs lol



Interesting. Keep us updated. I'm trying to find a couple other guinea pigs before I install it lol

Not sure. This is my first Samsung phone. It's updated once or twice since I got it, but I'm not sure what those android updates were.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by finch1750

How often do Samsung's get updates usually? Pixels are always first but that also means they get the most bugs lol

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Not sure. This is my first Samsung phone. It's updated once or twice since I got it, but I'm not sure what those android updates were.

My wife had an S8+ for a while and Samsung wasn't really that fast with updating it (well, compared to Nexus phones and Pixels, any brand would). Not sure if that has changed recently tho.

Originally Posted by finch1750

Interesting. Keep us updated. I'm trying to find a couple other guinea pigs before I install it lol

Actually, so far so good. Haven't ran any into bugs so far. I actually kinda like this set-up, feels smoother and easier to operate with one hand (ie a lot less "reaching" across the screen with my thumb, etc.). Also, if you turn on dev mode and switch off all the animations, it can be pretty snappy.


I also figured out how to do the multi-task (view 2 apps at a time) mode and its actually a lot less cumbersome to use.


Still lots of features I haven't been able to "use". We'll see if we can break this thing lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I'm fine with the way my S9+ is right now. I'm charging every 2 to 3 days, or 6 to 8 hours of SOT. But if that update can extend those out even more...lol

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Interesting. Keep us updated. I'm trying to find a couple other guinea pigs before I install it lol

Lend me your phone. I'll test it for you.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Lend me your phone. I'll test it for you.

Sure. I'll PM you my address and you can swing by and pick it up

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Sure. I'll PM you my address and you can swing by and pick it up

830 tonight ok?

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

830 tonight ok?

Damn, just saw this. Im home now though so come through

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Damn, just saw this. Im home now though so come through

Kinda late. Daily Show's on.

[BigFatFlip]

For all the peasants who can't afford a 911 RGT rally car, I guess a Cayman GT4 RGT will just have to do...


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atidLxhMlVs[/ame]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Do tell!

I forgot about this. Mrs. Ultra and I met when we moved into apartments above one another at the same time. Lots of stuff in her garage was cooler than mine and we became fast friends.

Cut to my Eclipse suddenly puking oil out the back main seal. We had already helped fix each other's shit enough times that I knew she'd be right there helping me with the project. She was a Godsend. A wrench buddy like no other.

Weeks later, while shooting the shit between songs at band practice, my brother asked me "What's the deal between you guys? Are you, like, together?"

I told him how cool she was and that we were good friends.

Then he asks "Didn't you just do something major to your car? Did she help you with that?"

"Oh yeah!" I say. "She was right there pulling parts and holding up brackets when we pulled my transmission."

Then he says "Dude. She helped you drop your transmission. She's your girlfriend."

Suddenly, all in a flash it ran through my head and I realized "Hell, yeah. She's my girlfriend!"

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

For all the peasants who can't afford a 911 RGT rally car, I guess a Cayman GT4 RGT will just have to do...

Meh, I guess. I'd drive it if the frs was in the shop or something.