Pixel8 Pro - Tricks

I Got a new phone recently.

It promises years of updates.

Will it be better value for money than the Xiami PocoPhone F1 I got in 2019 for ~325$?

Pixel 8 Pro - How to

Connecting Pixel 8 Pro to HDMI

1. Activate developer mode by:

Go to Settings->About phone, scroll all the way down and tap the Build number 7 times. After entering your screen lock, developer options will be enabled.

You can access them from Settings->System->Developer options.

2. Then, activate the settings as per: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ausMrkrik

you will need to restart and HDMI cable to enjoy :)

Connecting a external drive

• How To Transfer Photos & Videos From Flash Drive To Google Pixel 8 / 8 Pro

Pixel 8 Pro Conclusions

For photos it is a beast.

. And I had a Huawei P30 Pro before.

It can make 8160x4590 photos, which you can apply zoom with easy and not loosing much quality.

For videos, its up to 3840x2160 (4k UHD) at 60 fps and 63.6 Mbit/s bitrate.

Get ready for some serious backup setup

FAQ

• See information about your Android Phone with CPU-Info or with DevCheck

• CPU: Tensor G3 (4x Cortex A510 + 4xCortex A715 + 1x Cortex X3) - ARMv8a 64bits

• GPU: Mali-G715

Android Apps I love!

• Obtanium - Android Apps from its Source, in FDroid

• F-Droid

  • CAPod - It works for Airpods Pro and for Sony WF-1000XM3
  • Weather
  • OrganicMaps
  • Sound Recorder
  • Ultrasonic
  • Aegis 2fa
  • Mullvad
  • TailScale
  • Syncthing
  • Element
  • RSS - Wallabag
  • RSS ReadDrops

• 2FAS

• Bitwarden

Running Windows on Android

• https://github.com/brunodev85/winlator

Other Android Stuff

You can also emulate Linux inside Android, like I did with Termux, here.