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Android Day One: How do I go home?
The phone arrives, and I unbox and turn it on.
stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/24/android1.html
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JamminJerry @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me
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@fastfinge in reading this entry, yes you can turn off things like raise to wake, and touch to wake. I have mine set that way as I absolutely hate my phone waking up that easy. as far as the notifications. that is the one thing I personally think apple got right. there are a couple other things that are the same on android, like answering a call, you can use the two finger double tap to answer, and ending the call as well. the two finger double tap can also pause your music too in most apps if I am not mistaken. if you have questions. you can ask, and as long as I know the answers, I will help you as much as I can.
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@JamminJerry My biggest struggle right now is that explore by touch just completely stops working every 30 minutes or so. I have to lock the phone and unlock it again to make it start working. It’s infuriating. I can’t even type when it happens because only flick works. That and talk back is just! So! Slow! 1.5 seconds to scroll a list. Lag when typing. Etc. I thought Google tts was the issue, so I switched to espeak. No change. Voiceover is faster on my iPhone 8. What can I do to make talk back actually responsive? Because this is killing me.
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JamminJerry @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me
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@fastfinge I do get what you mean that voiceover is more responsive. I use the alix voice, and even that 900 meg voice is still more responsive than anything on android. yes eloquence, ESpeak, vocalizer, and things like that are more responsive than the google tts any day, but eloquence you can't even get or put on more modorn phones sadly. but I mean, I could record a demo for you to show you that my stuff isn't even that slow when I do things. that is just crazy!
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@JamminJerry I wonder if it’s the sounds? iOS speaks at the same time as the sounds. Android seems like it doesn’t.
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JamminJerry @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me
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@fastfinge give this a listen to, and let me know what you think. I was just trying to show you that what you are experiancing shouldn't be happening at all, as far as the screen freezing like that.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/oqen8lnr431nvuqmp21k3/recording-20250524-200630.mp3?rlkey=k69ixo2v6508o0qyogl3iepjz&dl=1
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@JamminJerry Significantly more responsive than it is for me.
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JamminJerry @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me
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@fastfinge here is the thing. even though mine is the pro xl, there shouldn't be that much difference. not like what you are explaining. hell! I could even get out my pixel 8, and do the same shit if you wanted, just so you can hear it.
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@JamminJerry Maybe i should factory reset the phone?
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D.Hamlin.Music @dhamlinmusic@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @JamminJerry You can reset talkback without doing that, go to the accessibility suite in the store and uninstall it, that'll reset to the factory image
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@dhamlinmusic @JamminJerry While I'm complaining about stuff: is there a trick to reliably find the fingerprint reader? I can't feel it at aall. My ancient six year old android phone had it on the back of the phone. But now it's on the screen and I never ever get it right the first time.
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D.Hamlin.Music @dhamlinmusic@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @JamminJerry It should tell you things like move up/down etc when you're touching, should just be a default thing and should not need setting up.
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Martin @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca
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@dhamlinmusic @fastfinge @JamminJerry Yeah, shouldn't be that slow, unless you got a really old phone. When you have the chance, try Prudence screen reader.
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@mcourcel @dhamlinmusic @JamminJerry It's a pixel 9A. So new!
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