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On Pixel devices the only apps that I've noticed this happening on are banking/finance related; I assume that's for security reasons and part of the app design.
by throitallaway 4y ago
On Pixel devices the only apps that I've noticed this happening on are banking/finance related; I assume that's for security reasons and part of the app design.
- kelnos 4y agoHow old is your Pixel, though? If you try to use a phone that's old enough, you'll experience this every now and then, especially when switching between newer, RAM-hungry apps. Go for a non-flagship, less-expensive phone with less RAM, and I expect it happens even more often. (To be fair, my experience has been similar: on my Pixel 4 I don't have issues like this. But I've seen it happen on older phones in the past.)
- throitallaway 4y agoI used my Pixel 2 well into the days of Pixel 5 (then I got a 4 for cheap.) I'm on a 7 now, but my comments apply to the older Pixels that I've had. I usually keep my phones for up to 3-4 years and get previous gen unless I can get a great deal.
- jbverschoor 4y agoThey’re all officially EOL agree the years. Except the 7, which gets an additional 2 years of security updates. Also, any other Android office will not get this. I have a Samsung lying around which basically was useless 2 years after
- fomine3 4y agoPixel 3 was a terrible device as a high end because of only 4GB of RAM. I wanted to get it but it was deal breaker.
- fluidcruft 4y agoI had a Pixel 3 and I absolutely loved it. I only traded it in for a Pixel 7 last year because Google's trade in values were so aggressive and it was approaching a year beyond EOL. Frankly, still like the Pixel 3 far more than the Pixel 7. Pixel 3 remains my all time favorite phone. It was basically perfect except for battery life that didn't quite last all day.
- ddeck 4y agoI had a Pixel 3 and loved it. Not sure it's fair to say that it's a terrible device if you never owned it. I only updated to a Pixel 5 last year because the battery was deteriorating after several years and I was given a Pixel 5 for free. I have never experienced any app resets with the 3 or 5 (aside from banking, which is by design), and I switch between maps, browsers, camera etc. very often.
- fomine3 4y agoI had used an Android phone with 4GB of ram before Pixel 3 was revealed. I felt it's not enough RAM even at the time. Pixel has less bloatware so RAM usage would be a bit less, but still I didn't want to spend for brand new less RAM device. I heard complainant about background music app is killed.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoYou should have, it was easily the best device Google ever made. Shame about the comically short update period or I’d still be using it.
- boring_twenties 4y agoI have a Moto G7 Play, a budget phone released in early 2019 with 3GB of RAM. This happens pretty much any combination of apps, most of the time. My favorite is when I am trying to authenticate to a stupid website that stupidly uses SMS-based 2FA. I will log into the website and it will show me the 2FA input page. I then switch to my SMS app to read/copy the authentication code. When I switch back to the web browser, the state is gone. It tries to reload the same URL but of course that's invalid and the operation fails.
- srcreigh 4y agoYeah, webview doesn't seem to have support for saving the JS VM and DOM to disk. Maybe a custom implementation could do this, but it may also quite slow. If I were you, I'd try a few different browser apps which don't use WebView until you find one that has proper save/restore of the open web pages to disk.
- boring_twenties 4y agoI use Fennec, a Firefox fork. It doesn't save shit lol
- justsomehnguy 4y agoThat's strange, to say at least. Moto g8 for a couple of years, now g30. Just works. Can't say I have a lot of apps, though I definitely doesn't have an app for every burger joint down the street. DDG and FF as browsers.