Arm wants up to $65 per Qualcomm chip with custom cores, trial figures suggest
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Arm-s-v10-royalty-demand-equals-up-to-30-of-a-220-Snapdragon-chip-s-price-trial-figures-suggest.1429935.0.html

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TechTablets - Oppo Find X10 Pro Max Vs Xiaomi 18 Pro Max Vs Vivo X500 Pro Max Camera Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPNgUaR3fG4

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Samsung to Equip Galaxy S28 With 2nm 5G Modems to Boost Battery Life
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/10/samsung-2nm-5g-modem-galaxy-s28.html

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Get hands-free personalized help on the road with Gemini - Google blog
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-auto-cars-with-google-built-in-gemini-personal-intelligence/

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YouTube removing 'Subscriptions' bottom bar tab on Android, iOS
https://9to5google.com/2026/10/22/youtube-subscriptions-android-ios/

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what is that one android feature you literally cannot live without and what is your runner up

we all know android has a million little customization tricks and smart features that ios users can only dream about. whether it is universal back gestures, split screen multitasking, proper file system access, or just changing your default launcher entirely.

if you had to pick the single android feature you use every single day that would make you miserable if you switched away, what is it? and what is your runner-up feature that comes right behind it?

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LineageOS 24 review: Easier than ever to recommend [Video]
https://9to5google.com/2026/10/22/lineageos-24-review/

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Honor's new gaming phone & tablet have 10,000+ mAh batteries, fans, up to 240Hz OLED display
https://9to5google.com/2026/10/21/honors-new-gaming-phone-tablet-have-10000-mah-batteries-fans-up-to-240hz-oled-display/

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Oppo Find X10 Pro Max, gsmarena

The 'want it' factor is awakened :O)

"The Find X10 Pro Max isn't merely a well-rounded flagship; it genuinely raises the bar in several important areas, particularly camera performance and battery endurance."

https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo\_find\_x10\_pro\_max-review-3008.php

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Built a minimalist launcher with zero analytics SDKs compiled into the APK

A lot of "digital detox" apps on Google Play come loaded with tracking libraries like Firebase, Crashlytics, and third-party ad SDKs.

Other apps claim to help you put your phone down while quietly tracking your screen time and session lengths in the background.

When I was planning dialed, I wanted a clean break from that. There are zero analytics SDKs in the build. No telemetry, no user tracking, and no account setup.

The app is completely open about what touches the internet. The weather widget pulls forecast data from Open-Meteo using approximate location if you turn it on. The optional daily briefing is put together on the phone without sending data to a server. Everything else stays in local Android DataStore on your device.

It runs on Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Plain text home screen, custom app labels, hidden apps drawer, double-tap to lock, handy widgets, add friction to addicting apps...

No subscription, no ads.

If you want to check the APK traffic yourself, it is live on Google Play as "minimalist dumb phone - dialed"

The downside of having no analytics means I purely rely on user feedback, and some really kind people who gave me improvements ideas. I'm glad for my community i have found and I can't recommend enough to other app developers to do the same.

Ta

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My app turns your rooted phone into a Bluetooth speaker.

I created an app that turns your phone into a Bluetooth speaker by enabling the ad2p sink profile. Must have read access should work on most devices if you tried and it doesn't work let me know which phone you're using and I'll see if I can get it going for you. This link is the GitHub repo for this app you can download it under releases. https://github.com/JeremyDoege89/BtReceiver

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Why did Google remove native per-app internet blocking from stock Android?

One of the most frustrating regressions in modern Android is the loss of basic system-level control over app internet access.

In older Android builds and on certain OEM skins (like MIUI on my Redmi Note 10), blocking an app from accessing the network was effortless: open app settings, toggle off Wi-Fi and Mobile Data, and you're done. It was ideal for privacy, stopping invasive ads in offline games, and preventing background bandwidth hogging.

Now, on modern stock Android and newer Android tablets (like my POCO Tab), that native toggle is gone or stripped down to just limiting "background data." If you connect to Wi-Fi, every single app on your device gets internet access unless you run a third-party local VPN firewall that often doesn't even work, which in itself is a clunky workaround for a feature that used to be built-in.

Why would Google strip away basic user control over network permissions? Has anyone found a clean way around this without running a persistent VPN service?

TLDR: Older Android builds and custom skins (like MIUI) let you block any app from accessing Wi-Fi or Mobile Data with a simple toggle. Modern Android stripped native Wi-Fi blocking, forcing reliance on clunky third-party firewalls. Why remove basic user network control, and are there any clean workarounds?

Edit: Sp

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Here’s Your First Look at the Galaxy S27 Ultra and S27 Pro Batteries
https://sammyguru.com/galaxy-s27-ultra-pro-batteries-first-look/

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Samsung Boosts Exynos M2700 Modem Efficiency for Galaxy S27
https://hi-tech.ua/en/samsung-boosts-exynos-modem-efficiency-for-galaxy-s27/

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Free your TV from data collection and unwanted apps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_PeDw5GiCc

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Galaxy S27 phones with Exynos modems said to be more power efficient
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s27-plus-exynos-m2700-modem-more-power-efficient/

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Samsung Exynos 2700 reportedly beats flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 by up to 20% in new tests
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Exynos-2700-reportedly-beats-flagship-Snapdragon-by-up-to-20-in-new-tests.1433421.0.html

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CRT Screen-Off Animation v1.2.1 - Classic mode & Fixes.
https://github.com/Typongtv/CRT-Screen-Off-Animation/releases/tag/v1.2.1

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I built a pedometer that draws today's steps as one straight line on a map

Most step apps give you a number, and most walking apps record a GPS track of where you actually went. I wanted something in between. Stepline takes the steps you already walk in a normal day and draws them as a single straight line from your front door, along a heading you pick in the morning. 8,000 steps at your stride length is just a distance, and the app shows the town that distance would reach as the crow flies.

It uses the phone's step counter, not a constant GPS fix, so it barely touches the battery and it doesn't record where you actually walked. You set a home point once. After that the only moving part is the line. If you don't pick a heading, an evening notification tells you how far north, east, south and west would have got you, and you can open a compass and look at the other directions yourself.

The part I ended up caring about is keeping the line going. You can point it at a city and let it run for weeks, or follow a real long route: Route 66, the Camino Francés, the Tokaido, Land's End to John o' Groats, and a few more. The route is the actual road, with the towns in order, and your daily steps move you along it. There's also a plain logbook of past days and a lifetime total measured against the circumference of the earth, which is mostly there because I wanted to see how far a year of ordinary walking really is.

Health Connect is optional. If you use it, steps from a watch come in too, and the phone sensor fills the gaps while the watch app is behind on syncing. No account. Step data stays on the phone. Android only.

The daily line is free. Longer journeys, the full logbook and a couple of map styles are a one-time purchase, no subscription.

Happy to answer questions about the step counting, Health Connect, or why the line is straight.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.stepline

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What security vulnerabilities do full Android security updates fix that Google Play system updates and Google Play services cannot?

I want to discuss a practical problem with Android's security update policy, particularly for people who buy budget and mid-range phones.

Smartphones have become increasingly expensive, and not everyone can afford to replace a perfectly functional phone every few years. For many people, a mid-range phone is already a substantial purchase, and keeping it for four, five, or even more years is a matter of affordability rather than preference, especially in today's climate where phone prices are skyrocketing. For example I purchased a Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G in August of 2024 for around ₹23,000 which rounds off to about $274 at the time. This year the latest model in the same line of phones i.e the Redmi Note 17 Pro 5G costs ₹40,000 ($421) for identical RAM and storage configurations. The prices have basically doubled in a matter of 2 years.

However, manufacturers often provide security updates for a limited period. Once that support ends, users are effectively left with a choice between continuing to use a functional device with an increasingly outdated security patch level or spending money on a replacement they might not otherwise need.

As I understand it, Google can independently update certain Android components through Google Play system updates (Project Mainline), while Google Play services can also receive updates without requiring a full OTA update from the phone manufacturer.

This raises a few questions for me:

1. What exactly does a full Android security update patch that Google Play system updates and Google Play services updates cannot?

2. If Google can independently patch many Android components, why are regular manufacturer-provided security updates still necessary? Is the main difference the Linux kernel, hardware drivers, vendor-specific code, bootloader, and firmware?

3. If a phone has the latest Google Play services and Google Play system update but an outdated Android security patch level, how much protection does it actually have against newer vulnerabilities?

4. Can Google Play updates mitigate or completely fix certain vulnerabilities on an otherwise outdated Android device, or do they only cover a relatively limited subset of Android's security issues?

5. How secure is a phone if the user is mindful about how they use it? i.e Regularly updating all their apps via the Play Store, making sure they aren't downloading any APKs from shady websites or connecting to public Wi-Fi etc.

I'm not suggesting that Google Play updates can replace full security updates. I'm trying to understand precisely where their capabilities overlap and where the limitations are.

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