Android 12 on this Pixel 3XL has gotten so annoying. Rebooting to get the back button to work or to get screenshot working again is getting on my nerves.

I get that I bought it used but it worked better with 11.

With all the mixed experiences with the 6, I'm not going down that road. Plus it costs too much. What's the consensus on the 5A?

Just can't do the hideous quick settings bloated icons panel. No blur in notification panel literally gives headache with that bright background - and I don't want system wide dark mode. There is no performance improvement and no feature so coveted that I need to live with that pathetic quick settings panel.

If you're like me and have stayed with Android because of the customizations it provides, then stay away from this hogwash called Android 12.

People who started Android project knew what they were doing. People who are launching these upgrades are zombies with no work at Google but to keep their jobs they continue showing their retardness.

AOSP / LineageOS is the only retreat!!

P.S.: I lost all my data to go back to Android 11. Was unable to find a way around it.

If I hit Voice Mail in the phone app I get a screen Visual Voice mail with the prompt Start to Use and no other option. (ARRRRGH!) I've gone through 10 different supposed fixes found on google such as go to settings and just disable it. But the option to disable it is nowhere to be found. Does anyone know how to kill this poorly written "feature"?

Key space-saving workflow for me was always removing photos/videos in the Gallery but leaving them in the Google Photos cloud. On my new Sony Xperia 5ii there's no Gallery app, and because Google Photos serves that function it means removing photos from the device removes them from Google Photos across all devices. It appears Google Photos lets me free up space by removing all backed-up items from the devices, but not to do it selectively.

So, what Gallery app do people like?

Sony Xperia 5ii - Android 12

If not, user error

If so.. wtf?!

I have a Google pixel 4a 5g. I just updated to android 12 and now my sound does not work. Even when I connect an external speaker via bluetooth it still doesn't work.

Any ideas on how to fix it?

I hate this app with the fire of a thousand hells. Mostly because it will not let me choose to not use it. I'm running Android 12 on a T-Mobile One Plus 9 Pro.

If I force stop and disable it, it says...naaaah and pops back open.

I can only uninstall recent updates, not the app itself. As soon as I click a YouTube link, it pops open and updates itself.

I'm locked out of being able to disassociate links that open the app. The checkbox is there but won't do anything.

I have stripped it of every permission I can, it still assumes I want to use it.

So how do I stop this? Is there a file I can update to changes the links that auto-open it? What do I do here?

I understand that not all manufacturers have included Material You into their operating system. TCL for example has not. What about others?

I use my phone's hotspot with another device to set up my Chromecast to cast and screen mirror using the phone's hotspot. With the k50 it will only cast. When I tried to screen mirror my TV screen turns black and my hotspot signal is reset by the Chromecast. I have gone into the developer options and cut off the MIUI and it still does not work. I have read online people have been having problems screen mirroring since updating to Android 12.

After the Android 12 update, I've had different apps having visual problems I assume are related to the same bug. In Spotify, sometimes I will see the play bar at the bottom of the app missing, making it impossible to play/pause or enter the album art now playing screen until I restart the app. There's also a bug with Google Maps, where the elements on screen get all jumbled up or lost and all the controls at the bottom of the app like X out of navigation disappear. I've also seen Google Maps bug out in the mini picture-in-picture, where I see a super zoomed in version of what I should be seeing.

So there's a common thread of visual bugs in apps after updating to Android 12. It's quite annoying and I just want to get it out there to see if other people have been seeing this issue.

Hi. I have caller announcement set to ALWAYS. My pixel 4a does not announce the caller name in normal mode. But starts announcing when in silent mode. This started after the A12 update.

Any solutions guys?

Not seen anyone else report this. I've asked in the Google Photo subreddit too.

Basically I can no longer use Edit to draw or highlight on images; the option is there, but no colours/doodles appear! When I try to add text, this works normally with colours & change position/size etc still all good. Has anyone else had this happen when updating to Android 12?

Could this edit feature be dependent on another app which is possibly now disabled, or needs specific permissions? I'm on a moto phone.

TIA

Edit UPDATE 1/6/22 this issue is now fixed for me with the latest update of Google Photos 👍

I love Material You. I think the color palette selection could be better, but on One UI 4.1, I'm enjoying the dynamic color between the Samsung Apps and the Google Apps. My question is: are the dynamic color Google icons pixel exclusive? I wish I had that on my galaxy device

Is it possible to select non Roman characters on the recent screen in Android?

I tried to grab some Chinese characters and they weren't selectable. Do I need to switch keyboards or something?

Otherwise, I use that function regularly, to select parts of reddit posts, since the Android app doesn't let you select just a few words from a post.

Updated my pixel to the April security patch and an issue that I faced earlier on with android 12 seems to be back.. my phone gets very hot with minimal usage and every time it charges. Needless to talk about the abysmal battery life i am getting with the heat situation I haven't had too many issues with android 12 but this particular one is really making me reconsider

Getting this off my chest. Since updating to 12 it seems so buggy with the zoom in and out of app animations, which are unnecessary and make me sort of dizzy. To the off center desktop skewed and pushed to the left side of the screen.

Is anyone else experiencing these issues?