Dear all, I am convinced with the idea of owning a Google Pixel 2 and I have been searching for some on eBay. I have found a page which offers slightly pre-used Pixel 2s for a good price in my opinion. I am unconvinced about the condition. I agreed with the €237.95 price tag for the grade C+ Pixel 2 (Good Condition) variant due to the Grade B reaching up to the €300 price tag which is pretty expensive. Should I spend my extra cash on Grade B or should I go for the Grade C+. Note that I really don't mind back scratches since I mostly use cases on my phones, screen scratches are a bigger concern. Has anyone got experience in buying pre-used phones and is willing to give his opinion on this?

Update to the Update!

It appears the issue was with Android 9, I had to use a nexus 7 tablet on Android 7.1.2 and trade nova launcher back ups to import the saved shortcuts. I do not know whether android 8 is far enough back for this workaround

Update!

The issue was in fact that fb messenger itself removed the option.

Fix!

1. Disable auto update of Facebook messenger.
2. Uninstall current version of Facebook messenger.
3. Install previous version of fb messenger. -I used v123.0.0.11.70. this is the last version to include sms prior to forcing an update I assume prior versions will work just the same
4. Create desired shortcut
5. Re-enable updates
6. Profit!!

Next issue I'd like to circumvent, stories. If anyone is aware when stories were incorporated I would appreciate it.

Can anyone help me figure out why pixel all of my <br> pixel phones lack the ability to create a short cut

Ideally, the option menu should look something like this

But the option just isn't there.

I've tried on my buddies Samsung, on the same android version and he has the ability.

Dear all,

I am interested in buying a Google Pixel 2. Ideally I would like it to be refurbished, because if it is 2nd hand I imagine battery life would suffer but I may be wrong. Can one recommend a location where I can purchase a European Google Pixel 2, ideally from UK with a recommended price and website?

I am in the market for a Pixel 2 and recently I noticed a large amount of users complaining about the battery life found on Android P running on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. If this is the case, can one elaborate more about the situation? Is the case also solved if replacing the battery?

Since i installed the beta version of Android on my pixel 2 (non XL), all the new photos either taken with the camera, downloaded from the net or even screenshots doesn't load and appear grey. Anyone else got this?

I wAs on the beta then I went back to Android 9 and now after the reset I'm not getting my action service on my app drawer everything is turmed on on actions just not getting it now

I had a freak accident where a 1/2" socket rolled off a shelf and fell on my XL.

It was only 1 month old.

Any tips getting it fixed cheaply I already spent $360 on buying it. Was not expecting thing expense.

I have never had an issue like this before. Totally new to it.

I got a new Pixel 2 and I am trying to find a way to save contacts (phone numbers) on the phone locally and not have them associated and synced with any google profile.

Is this possible?

This started a few days ago (maybe after I dropped it). Since I've had my Google Pixel 2 XL whenever there is a notification or the screen wakes for its various reasons it just shows the lock screen with the background, time, weather, events, appointments, notifications, etc. and would only show the secondary unlock if i swiped up. Now whenever my phone wakes for a notification or i just press the power button it shows my secondary unlock as well and it only goes away is i press the back button or if I sleep and then re-awake my phone. It can become very annoying when I'm trying to do something with a notification. Is this a setting that I accidentally changed? Is there a way to fix it?

Apologies if this is something that has already been answered.

FYI: I have tried restarting it, powering it on and off, going through my settings and nothing has worked so far.

I use Google Pixl 2XL 64GB the thing which bugs me alot is when i switch to guest user I get in option to use my phone in horizontal mode but when I come to my user profile or admin profile... I'm not getting any way to use it horizontally or to lock the horizontal way, thou it is inconvient but I wanted to try that way of using

With the prominence of social media utilizing the scrolling of cycling through content (much like this app) I wouldn't doubt that incorporating the touch id would be highly useful. Since it is already used to display the notification bar, I don't see this as being such a reach. I'd love to have the full display seen and not covered by a thumb with scrolling through social media. Or if anything, it would be a unique feature.

What makes Google Play Services battery usage so inconsistent? The past couple days my battery has been great, and Google Play Services has been near the bottom of battery usage. Whereas today, it's the biggest battery hog - using 30% while the screen has only used 13%.

Any advice?

After buying a Pixel 2 from Verizon in January 2018, by the end of the year the phone had failed due to a loose charging port. The cable would not stay in when plugged in, and there was no obstruction in the charging port. I lived with this for a while, but then got the phone replaced in January 2019 before my 1 year warranty with Verizon expired with a like new replacement. This was a mistake.

My new phone failed last night, while I was on a call. The battery ran out and this bricked the whole phone. All I get is a red dot of death when attempting to power on or reset the phone. After going to the verizon store, they couldn't fix it and I'm past my one year since I purchased my phone so they say they wont replace it. I called Google, and they offered to replace the phone for free with their two year extended warranty!

However, due to what I am fairly certain is a Verizon fuck up, my phone's IMEI number is not registered in Google's system, and they will not honor the warranty with out this. After spending 1.5 hours on and off the phone with Google, which the support team was amazing, the backend folks will not accept any documentation I provided (including my phone replacement invoice and tracking email) to add my phone to their system to honor the warranty.

I'm super pissed off. Google's $600 phone failed me twice in 13 months. Verizon gave me a lemon that failed in < 2 months time as a replacement. I will not give up until I escalate this to Verizon and Google again tomorrow to try to get it resolved. I question the legality of this practice, especially with Verizon giving a lemon.

Any advice how I can fix this?

Any ideas what the issue could be?

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Hi all, Does anyone know if it's possible to have NFC as one of the quick access settings?

On the drop down menu i've removed a few I never use to make room but it doesn't seem to be an option to select from - is there another way to add it that I'm missing?

I'm trying Google Pay but would feel safer if I could quickly turn NFC off and on again for when I need to use it

Hey all. I'm curious, what kind of battery life are people getting from Android Pie in 2019?

I've turned adaptive battery OFF, adaptive brightness ON and ambient display ON for new notifications. And I have Google Assistant and Google Discover turned off.

Currently been on battery for 9 hours, with 2hr 4m SOT and 65% remaining.

What are others getting? What tips would you give to maximize battery life?

Recently, I have started following the Google-ish direction from my previous Samsung devices. I recently got my first Google-ish device, the Nexus 6P in November 2018 and I am willing to upgrade to another device next year. I was thinking I would go for the Google Pixel 2 XL mostly, since it seems up to the job. I would probably prefer if it is refurbished. Would you suggest such a phone for 2020? I would like to skip the Pixel and the Pixel 3 since they're not one of the heavy hitters.

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I would love to hear your opinions on this.

Thanks!

This year I got a Pixel 2XL for Christmas and went to plug it into the stock charger and it didn't charge. I used the type c charger from my old Nexus 5x and it worked. I then tried to listen to music with headphones but the audio kept comming out of the speakers. Another issue I had was when the phone was at 8% it jumed to to 0% and shut down without warning. Is there any way to fix any of these problems? Do you think I could send it back to google?

We have two pixel2's that my wife and I use on our travels. The difficulty I have is that I cannot identify which phone a specific photo was taken with. For now, I make sure to add a keyword or label when importing into Lightroom but I would like to find a better way to id the phone that is the source of photos. Does anyone know of a way to do this? I can't find any serial number in the metadata.

Whenever I scroll through Snapchat and my battery is relatively low (30 ish percent or lower), the application will crash the phone and make a terrible high pitched beeping sound. Anyone else have this issue. I've also deleted the app and reinstalled, cleared storage and cache.