Make the Most out of Your Limited Ports with this AUKEY Elite Connection Bundle

If you are looking for a complete-solution bundle for your laptop ports, AUKEY has a really great bundle for you. With their USB-C hub and charger products, you can eliminate the need for having multiple chargers and adapters. These high-quality products are available on Amazon at very competitive prices. Take a look at the AUKEY 12-in-1 USB-C Hub (CB-C78) and the AUKEY 3.3ft e-Marker USB-C to USB-C Cable (CB-CD23).

AUKEY 12-in-1 USB-C Hub (CB-C78)

Get it for $69.99 on Amazon

This USB-C hub from AUKEY is designed to have all the ports you could possibly need, saving you from having to buy more hubs in the future. This hub is perfect for anyone with a laptop that is dealing with limited USB-C ports. This hub includes:

• 1 Gigabit Ethernet port
• 2 HDMI ports: 4K 30Hz
• 1 VGA port: 1080P@60Hz
• 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB 3.0) ports
• 2 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 USB-C data port
• 1 USB Power Delivery charging port
• SD & microSD card slots
  

With this huge selection of ports, you’ll be able to plug in all of your accessories comfortably. Even when you’re using your extra ports, you’ll still be able to charge your phone or other electronics using the 100W Power Delivery pass-through. For speed transfers, you can use the USB 3.1 and USB-C ports to get up to 5GBPS speeds.

Need to utilize an additional monitor? The VGA port included with this hub supports 1080p at 60Hz, while the HDMI port supports 4K at 30Hz. These options make it very easy to use your extra monitors with your laptop. Using these additional ports on your hub, you can connect up to three extra displays for your Windows workstation.

This hub does not need any additional power, which means you don’t have to worry about finding another outlet to power it. All you need is one open USB-C port on your computer. It’s compatible with both Windows and macOS devices. The hub has a unibody aluminum alloy ionized finish, which makes it super durable and helps to disperse heat. It’s a very good durable and portable design with enough ports to be the only hub you’ll need.

AUKEY 3.3ft e-Marker USB-C to USB-C Cable (CB-CD23)

Get it for $12.99 on Amazon

In the same theme of consolidating your cables, getting a charging cable that can charge all of your devices is a great way to avoid having to bring several chargers with you. One cable to charge your laptop, phone, tablet, Nintendo Switch, and most other electronic devices. The AUKEY 3.3ft e-Marker USB-C to USB-C cable is the best solution for all of your charging needs. This impressive cable can charge a MacBook Pro 13″ in around 100 minutes.

The built-in e-Maker chip allows for 20V/5A (100W) charging speed. USB 3.1 gen 2 allows for up to 10 GBPS of data transfer speed and outputs resolutions up to 4K@60Hz from a USB-C laptop to a connected USB-C display. If you have large power-consuming devices, you need a cable like the AUKEY CB-CD23 to charge that at full speed. It’s a great way to ditch your collection of chargers and switch to one reliable solution.

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OnePlus is adding floating window support to Gaming Mode on OxygenOS

OnePlus is one of the few Android OEMs that take community feedback seriously and the company regularly adds new features to its custom Android skin, OxygenOS, based on improvements suggested by users. The company even hosts events like the IDEAS program to directly engage with its users and have them suggest new features for OxygenOS. Furthermore, OnePlus also posts monthly OxygenOS FAQs on its community forums where it answers some of the most frequently asked questions regarding OxygenOS and, at times, talks about some of the upcoming features. In this month’s Monthly FAQ post, the company has revealed that it will be adding floating windows support to the Gaming Mode on OxygenOS.

Answering a question about floating window support in Gaming Mode, the company wrote, “This function will be available on OnePlus 6 and later models. The floating window will be accessed through the gaming tools box. In gaming tools box, you can not only get WhatsApp & Instagram floating windows, but also switch on mis-touch prevention, screen recorder, notification and Fnatic Mode.” The company further added that OnePlus 7/7 Pro/7T/7T Pro users will be able to try the new floating window feature in the next OxygenOS beta update.

Along with information about the upcoming floating windows support in Gaming Mode, OnePlus’ latest FAQ post addresses an issue with the Ambient display feature on the OnePlus 8//8 Pro, an issue with extended screenshots on the OnePlus 7/7 Pro/7T/7T Pro, and a bug fix for the stock File Manager app on the OnePlus 7/7T. The company also reveals that it has narrowed the activation area for the “swipe inward from the edge to go back” gesture to prevent accidental touches. You can check out the full FAQ post by following the source link below.

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Source: OnePlus Community forums

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Moto G9 with Snapdragon 662, 5000mAh battery launched in India for ₹11,499

Motorola launched the Moto G8 back in March 2020 in Brazil, and then went on to rebrand it as the Moto G Fast for the US market in May 2020. While the phone did not reach the Indian markets, Moto is now launching the Moto G9 in India, bringing along a sidegrade in SoC and other changes.

Motorola Moto G9: Specifications

Specification	Motorola Moto G9
Dimensions & Weight	165.2 x 75.7 x 9.2 mm 200 g
Display	6.5″ HD+ LCD TFT display 20:9 aspect ratio
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC 4x performance Kryo 260 CPU cores (Up to 2.0GHz) 4x efficiency Kryo 260 CPU cores Adreno 610
RAM & Storage	4GB LPDDR4 + 64GB Expandable via microSD
Battery & Charging	5000 mAh battery 20W fast charging
Fingerprint sensor	Rear fingerprint sensor
Rear Camera	Primary: 48MP, f/1.7 Secondary: 2MP, depth, f/2.4 Tertiary: 2MP, macro, f/2.4
Front Camera	8MP, f/2.2
Other Features	Wi-Fi 802.11ac Bluetooth v5.0 NFC 3.5mm headphone jack
Android Version	Android 10

The Moto G9 cannot be called a real upgrade over the Moto G8, and is more of a sidegrade. The Moto G8 features the Snapdragon 665 SoC, while the Moto G9 features the Snapdragon 662 SoC — while the model numbering on the SoC might indicate a direct downgrade, the SoCs actually share the same CPU and GPU specs. The ISP on the 662 is newer than on the 665, but the modem has been downgraded. The Snapdragon 662 also supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1, but the phone actually does not incorporate the same. The implementation on the Moto G9 is just so slightly inferior to that on the Moto G8, which is disappointing.

 

The camera setup is another area of sidegrade. While the primary camera gets a bump up to 48MP, megapixel counts are poor indicators of the full experience. What we do lose out is the 8MP wide-angle camera from the Moto G8, as the Moto G9 replaces it with a 2MP depth sensor. The third shooter remains a 2MP macro camera, while the front camera also remains an 8MP shooter.

The real improvements come in battery and charging, as you now get a bigger 5000 mAh battery and 20W fast charging support. There is no information on whether a fast charger is bundled in the box.

Pricing and Availability

The Moto G9 will be available in India for ₹11,499 for the single 4GB + 64 GB variant. The phone will go on sale from August 31 on Flipkart in Forest Green and Sapphire Blue colors.

Buy the Moto G9 from Flipkart

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Samsung’s Find My Mobile app can now locate Galaxy devices even when they’re offline

Samsung’s Find My Mobile app is designed to help you remotely locate your device, back up data to Samsung Cloud, delete local data, and block access to Samsung Pay in case of loss or theft. However, the app requires a working network connection to perform all of the aforementioned functions. This means that if your device loses network coverage, there’s no way for you to locate it using the app. Thankfully, Samsung is now rolling out an update for the Find My Mobile app which addresses this issue.

The latest update for the Find My Mobile app (version 7.1.08.0) adds a new ‘Offline finding’ feature that will let you find your phone using someone else’s Galaxy device, even when your device isn’t connected to a network. The feature will also let other users use your phone to scan for lost Galaxy devices that may be nearby. Additionally, the feature will let you find Galaxy Watches and earbuds if they were connected to your device.

Looks like Samsung just added offline finding to Samsung’s Find My Mobile.

Let’s you track your phone even if it doesn’t have WiFi or cellular by using other Galaxy users. pic.twitter.com/psLl1rcb4X

— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) August 22, 2020

The feature was recently spotted by Max Weinbach from our team, who shared the attached screenshots. As you can see in the screenshots, your phone will display a notification for the new feature as soon as you receive the latest Find My Mobile update on your Samsung Galaxy device. Tapping on the notification will instantly open up the respective settings page, where you’ll be able to enable the feature by tapping on the toggle in the top right corner. You’ll also be able to encrypt your offline location from the same settings page. Once the feature is turned on, you’ll be able to find your phone even if it’s not connected to a network.

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OxygenOS 10.5.5 for the OnePlus Nord brings macro camera quality improvements

It’s been slightly over a month since OnePlus unveiled the highly-anticipated OnePlus Nord and the company has already pushed two software updates for the device. The first update, which started rolling out just a day after the launch, introduced OnePlus Buds support to the device, Android security patches for July 2020, and minor improvements for the camera system. The second update followed earlier this month, and brought improvements for the low-light selfie performance and macro camera on the OnePlus Nord. Now, the company is rolling out OxygenOS 10.5.5 for the device, which further enhances the performance of the macro camera, fixes some system issues, and more.

OnePlus Nord Review: Great Performance at a Great Price

OnePlus Nord XDA Forums

Here’s the complete changelog for OxygenOS 10.5.5 for the OnePlus Nord:

• System
  • Improved volume adjustment interface
  • Fixed system reboot issue when free-form is enabled
  • Fixed issue of OnePlus Notes always running in background
• Camera
  • Improved image clarity of front camera in low light
  • Improved image clarity of macro camera
  • Improved vibrancy and color accuracy of macro camera
• Power
  • Improved general power consumption
  • Improved charging experience

As with all OxygenOS updates, the latest OTA for the OnePlus Nord is being rolled out in an incremental fashion. The update is expected to reach a small number of users today and it should be rolled out to all users in the coming days, after the company ensures that there aren’t any major issues in the release. In case you haven’t received the OTA update yet and you don’t want to wait for it, you can download the update package from the links below and manually flash the update on your device.

Download the latest OxygenOS update for the OnePlus Nord

• Europe
  • Full OTA
  • Incremental OTA from OxygenOS 10.5.4
• Global
  • Full OTA
  • Incremental OTA from OxygenOS 10.5.4
• India
  • Full OTA
  • Incremental OTA from OxygenOS 10.5.4

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Thanks to XDA Senior Member Some_Random_Username for the download links!

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[Update: Patched] The OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera is still accessible with an ADB command

Update 1 (08/24/2020 @ 02:25 AM ET): OnePlus has silently patched the ability to truly access the color filter camera through ADB. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on July 17, 2020, is preserved below.

The OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera has been mired in a bubble of controversy ever since the phone launched. First, this auxiliary color filter camera was written off by many for largely being of no real use. Then, news emerged that the color filter camera with the Photochrom mode was capable of seeing through thin plastic objects and very thin clothing too! Consequently, the Photochrom mode was disabled in the next updates — first in China and then even on global variants (albeit accidentally for the latter). The device even went on sale in India with the Photochrom mode disabled out of the box! OnePlus then finally fixed the color filter’s see-through issues with the OxygenOS 10.5.10 update by layering information from the sensor onto an image from the main sensor. But as it turns out, if you still really wish to use the auxiliary camera as it was originally set up, you actually can as the color filter camera is still accessible through a hidden app.

OnePlus 8 XDA Forums ||| OnePlus 8 Pro XDA Forums

XDA Member piskel found out that the color filter camera still remains accessible through the Factory Mode app on the latest update on the OnePlus 8 Pro. However, this app needs to be launched through ADB. Once the app is launched, you can keep it locked into the phone’s memory to access it without ADB. The best part about this discovery is that you do not need to be rooted or even have your bootloader unlocked.

To use the Color Filter camera on the OnePlus 8 Pro, connect your phone to ADB and run the following the commands:

adb shell
am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest

This will start the Factory Mode app. Once in the app, use the camera switcher icon in the bottom right corner to cycle through the different cameras. The color filter camera is positioned at number 4 within the app.

The question still remains of the camera’s overall utility. The x-ray/see-through effect can be reproduced only on very thin plastics. The overall utility of the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera mode is very narrow in scope, and you are much more likely to appreciate its novelty just a few times and then forget about it altogether.

[GUIDE] Access color-filter through command shell – XDA Thread

The images above are from Max Weinbach. I tried out the same on my OnePlus 8 Pro, and I could not locate any objects around me with a thin enough plastic shell to actually see-through. As far as clothing is concerned, the same results were observed. So the possibility of using this for nefarious purposes remains very, very limited, if at all.

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Update: OnePlus has silently patched the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera to no longer be accessible through ADB commands

Somewhere along the way, through intervening updates, OnePlus has silently patched the ability to access the OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera through ADB commands. You can no longer run the commands to access the color filter camera. The command no longer launches the factory app anymore and returns “Activity not started because the current activity is being kept for the user” instead. You now need to rely solely on OnePlus’ implementation to get some use out of this hardware.

Source: /r/OnePlus

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Google Camera 7.5 changes the file naming scheme and stops saving portrait photos in separate folders

Google Camera 7.5, the latest version of the camera app for Google Pixel smartphones, had earlier been spotted throwing around hints for the Pixel 4a 5G (bramble) and Pixel 5 (redfin), alongside hints for features such as audio zoom, expanded social share, and more camera modes. The same version of the app also brings around some more changes, notably a change in the file naming scheme for photos and finally stopping the behavior for saving portrait photos in a separate folder.

According to reports by AndroidPolice, Google Camera version 7.5 will switch over to a different file naming scheme. Instead of starting the file name with the prefix “IMG” as most smartphones do for their camera photos, this version will prefix “PXL”, followed by the date and time as per convention. This change will apply to all photos and videos, so Motion Photos, Night Sight clicks, and portraits will start with the same prefix and have different suffixes. A perhaps unintended side effect for the same would be that motion photos would now appear right alongside the rest of the images.

The new naming scheme in Google Camera 7.5

Further, in Google Camera 7.5, portrait photos will no longer be saved into their own folders, which is a move that is likely to be appreciated by everyone. On older versions, any portrait pics that you clicked would be saved inside individual folders within the DCIM/Camera directory, which was frankly a terrible implementation. Using most gallery solutions would mean that you had to venture into each individual folder to check out the images, plus your photos would not show up chronologically, and deleting the pictures would still leave you with empty folders. The entire situation was a mess, exacerbated further if you had multiple devices, and used a central solution for online backups.

Portrait photos now get saved in the main folder, as they should have in the first place

Thankfully, the portrait photos issues should now be fixed under the new naming scheme, as the photos are saved directly under the DCIM/Camera folder. The issue could have been fixed without the naming scheme changes too, but this is the combination of changes that you get for now. The new Google Camera 7.5 is sideloadable on Android 11 betas, so try it out if you are running the latest builds.

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Source: AndroidPolice (1), (2)

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