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So I've been using Samsung devices since Android 4, primarily because of the their popularity making finding custom ROMs far more ubiquitous. But since the Galaxy S7 I have been looking to divorce myself from the Samsung ecosystem/environment, and maybe because I have been a pro-android user for a while now. The partial move to GOS/P6 for the 'most part' has been painless, but there are some teething pains to this process.
Issues:
3button navigation buttons -
- no option to swap back/recent? Its present in LineageOS 20 via the Setting>System>Buttons setting.
- apparently there is a 3rd party app for doing this?, I found Android Navigation bar, but it is a band-aid at best.
Dailer -
- no option to open to keypad - I find this especially irksome
- In lieu of not opting to keypad, there seems to be no option to move the keypad icon/button to the left (I'm left handed when it comes to using my phone)
- prefer separate pages for contacts, recent calls etc.
Calender -
- I have never lights the stock AOSP calender, So simple calender is a close aproximation of the Samsung calender.
Recents page -
- no option to lock apps from being closed, is this an AOSP thing or a GOS thing?
- no option to always display 'clear all' button.
- no option to change layout to more compact.
Quick tiles -
- not having serpate icons for Wifi/Data is extremely irksome. On my S20fe I can turn this off/on with a swipe and a press (or 2 is going from wifi to data). With GOS is a swipe and 3 presses, or 4 if I have to switch from wifi to data.
Pros:
- location lock on GPS only is stupid fast, 2-3x faster than my S20FE. And with GOS assist its even faster again.
- Having built in network permission (that dosen't require root) is the holy grail, just wish there was more info about which system apps were safe to block (the consensus is not to block any, but have able to block most systemfiles on my S20fe via the rooted firewall with no ill effects)
- Sandboxing, next best thing to Xprivacy, but as I understand it, only applies to google apps & services. Would be nice to have this as a default option for user apps that I could toggle as I saw fit.
Pixel 6:
Sound -
- stereo sound inst balanced, more pronounced out of bottom speaker, P6 or GOS issue..?
- sound is slightly muffled compared to the S20fe
- ring tones only play from bottom speaker, P6 or GOS issue..?
Videos -
- are slightly less sharp in Newpipe (for example) on the P6, compared to the S20FE. Is this a DPI thing? in GOS the DPI setting is 411 and on the S20Fe is 407, so the Pixel should be sharper..?
@Admins - if this is the wrong location for this post, please move as you guys see fit.