I've had it for almost three weeks now. I'm just a casual user, I don't really feel any downsides. Before this, I had a Pixel 8, and it's like night and day. Also on a pleasant note, I can add that I have a M3 MacBook Air and it integrates with this phone just perfectly.
I had nothing better to do, so I simultaneously ran Speedtest on the Pixel 7a and iPhone 16e to measure LTE speeds. Both are for the US market (I don't live in the US btw). These phones have the same carrier, the same data plan, and both have eSIM cards, not physical ones. I knew there was a nearly two-year gap between these phones (though, to be fair, the iPhone launched at just $100 more than the Pixel), and without expecting a miracle, I knew the 7a would lose. But why the hell did it lose by such a huge margin, as if they were separated by not two but five or seven years? Are Samsung modems really that bad?
My Pixel 8 battery was almost dead, and while I was out in the sun at 35-37 degrees Celsius, I started charging it from a power bank and continued using it. No complicated apps, just a messenger and banking app.
At first, it complained about overheating and started throttling, but I kept using it, and then it shut down completely. I let it cool down, and when I turned it on, it gave me this message.
I used Firefox until about 2014 and then switched to Chrome. Now I'm back to Firefox. Everything seems to be working fine, but I read all sorts of news about this browser, and it's really depressing, to be honest. Will everything be okay?
I've been using a Verizon Pixel 8 with an unlocked bootloader for about a year and a half without any issues. I even reset it to factory settings a couple of times without any issues. I'm not the original owner of this device so I don't know its backstory, and it was given to me in that condition with an unlocked bootloader.
If I relock the bootloader, what's the likelihood that some clever carrier lock bypass was installed on the phone, and after relocking the phone will only accept Verizon SIM cards again?
Hello.
My whole life I've always been very thin and slender, about 75 kg for 186 cm. I always loved to eat a lot and drink soda, and yet I never gained any weight—my metabolism burned it off just fine.
Then at 25 I started taking antipsychotics almost continuously for five years. And I slowly gained some weight. I weighed 91 kg now. I've been off antipsychotics for over 15-16 months for now. I'm trying a very strict diet, and my work requires a lot of exercise and walking. And my weight hasn't budged even a little. It's as if these drugs have rewritten something in my brain. And the worst part is that I've gained weight in my chest and belly, which is very unsightly.
What should I do? How can I lose weight after taking antipsychotics? Who should I turn to for help?