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OnePlus ends the OxygenOS Open Beta program for the OnePlus 6 and 6T

OnePlus has ended the immensely popular OxygenOS Open Beta program for the OnePlus 6 and 6T. The decision has come shortly after the official launch of the OnePlus 8 series and was confirmed over on the OnePlus Forums. For those currently running the OxygenOS Open Beta, it is wise to roll back to the latest stable OxygenOS 10.3.2 build for your OnePlus 6 or OnePlus 6T — as you won’t be able…
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Android 11 DP3: Google Pay now works as normal

While using a pre-release version of Android sounds like an exciting experience, we usually don’t recommend the average joe to install Developer Preview builds, as they come with flaws. One of the usual flaws, the inability to use Google Pay, is actually no longer the case as of Android 11 Developer Preview 3. Generally speaking, in order to use Google Pay’s contactless payment capabilities…
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PSA: A viral text string with an Italian flag and Sindhi characters will crash your iPhone [U]

Every so often, a bug in iOS emerges where a certain string of text will cause your iPhone or iPad to crash. This week, another such string of text is going viral, and a fix from Apple is not yet publicly available. The string of text, which we aren’t going to share here, includes the Italian flag emoji and characters in the Sindhi language. When an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch receives a…
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Android 11 DP3: Status bar padding bug cuts off time, battery level on Pixel 4

The latest Android 11 Developer Preview is now available for those with a compatible device but for those with the Pixel 4, a bug is causing the time and battery within the status bar to be cut off. For those that are happy to install essentially pre-beta software, bugs are par for the course. However, a padding issue may see your local time and battery percentage disappear ever so slightly when…
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