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Archives for July 2024

Motorola’s 2024 Razr Plus is a damn fun flip phone with the same old flaws

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Verge Score

The bigger, better cover screen is a delight to use — but familiar problems persist.

Allison Johnson
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
The Pixel 6 factory reset bug that bricks devices is real — here’s how to avoid it.

Google seems to have identified the “issue” locking up Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6A phones that were factory reset recently.

Now, there are two recommended ways shared by Google in the Pixel Phone Help forum to avoid the problem:

Leaving your device powered on and idle for 15 minutes after it has rebooted following a system update

Factory reset your device before taking the latest (June) system update.

Allison Johnson
Allison Johnson
You can never go home again, but at least you can go back now.

Google’s July Pixel update is here with a “fix for back gesture navigation not working in certain conditions.” Sounds annoying! It doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem — I found a thread on the XDA forums complaining about broken navigation, and that’s about it. But if this bug was bothering you, rest assured that the fix has arrived.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Android tablets and foldables get a new Google Keep trick.

Google Keep is one of a long list of note-taking apps we like, and if you’re using it on a “large screen Android device,” it has a new feature for you.

Expanding on the ability to open two instances of the app at once, now the platform will let you sign into separate accounts at the same time — no hacks required.

Animated image showing two Google Keep windows being used on a single Android device.
Image: Google