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Help Cookies only pretend to provide options

Hello there! I have used a smartphone for six years or more and, for most of that time, when I use the Internet and chose any website, a window has appeared that gave me various options with regard to cookies. (I could reject all, or allow a selection.) Over the last few months, I have noticed that this "options" window does not stay visible for more than a second. Then, it disappears, giving no time whatsoever to allow all cookies or to make a selection.

I understood that it was mandatory on website owners (companies) to give the user the opportunity to choose what cookies should be stored on his or her phone. Is this instant showing-and-disappearance of the cookie windows a slick trick, allowing the company to claim that the law is being complied with, while at the same time allowing all cookies by default, by some crafty means? Unless one has a lot of technical knowledge, one can never know, because the window stays for only a second, these days. Can anything be done to combat the depositing of unwanted cookies in this way? If I am mistaken about the reason for this new phenomenon, why do the cookie windows not stay, until used and dismiassed by the user of the phone?

With thanks in anticipation of a helpful reply or replies,
S.

4th Of July Holiday 2025

It doesn't seem possible that the big Independence Day celebration is upon us once again. How time flies when one is having fun. So far we haven't made any plans for the 4th. My son and his family are spending the holiday at the lake. My daughter in California will use the time to move into the new home they just had built. My daughter that lives local is our only hope of doing something family oriented. The wife and I will be available for whatever. I'm sure I'll be smoking out something so we will have some good eats. It's likely that I will have some old friends in town to share a bit of time with.

Do you have anything planned for the holiday? I hope that whatever you do, you have a great time. If you travel, be safe.

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Why has my Galaxy A13 USB-C socket suddenly become mushy?

One day it was a crisp firm fit, and the next day it was difficult to push the plug in all the way, loose and sloppy and it comes up with 'check your charger connection' 9 times out of 10 (It still charges, but slowly) regardless of which cord I use. The data connection to PC only works sometimes too.

I did a thorough clean of the socket, some fluff came out but that made no difference. Why the sudden change?

Got a question about my hearing aids when connected to Bluetooth..

So I am not aware that my heavy metal goes through my widex, with other people listen, until one day when I was in vacation and sat up in the kitchen table and wrote, my sister noticed it, but it was an acoustic cottage though, about like same sound as almost a small hallway, without too many doors but with paper thin ones, and the doors are wood. So my question is how to turn it only of where I can hear it and with the rest cannot?

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Phone ok or not

I have been asked to fix a phone. The problem is I don't know what to do about it. It's stuck on a bluish green screen. Could this be malware? I will try to post a few photos.

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Cats behaving badly

Two cats were maybe playing, or not. One was standing over the other with the other's neck in mouth. The victim(?) is a smaller female, the "bad guy" a larger male. They have the same mother although they are from different litters. Both are allegedly fixed, and seem to get along most of the time. I reprimanded him and he stopped, but soon did it again. Is there cause for concern?

Happy 1st Birthday vivo Fold3 Pro Global

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Even I cannot believe it has been a whole year since the vivo X Fold3 Pro global edition was released. Without a doubt, this has been the best fold phone I have ever owned. Any doubts I may have had when I purchased this device have long gone.

The crease when unfolded, remains barely discernible and like the day I received it. The innovative carbon fibre hinge is as good as new. Most impressively, the 5,700 mAh Si/C Li-Ion battery that sees me, on average, through 56hours of combined use and charges 0%-100% in just 31 minutes still shows as Healthy.

The 8.03" , inner, (unfolded), screen and 6.53" cover screen at 4,500 nits peak brightness have to be seen to be believed and perform well even in bright sunlight.

Perhaps one of the things I find most useful are the under screen ultrasonic fingerprint readers on both the inner and outer displays which have worked both quickly and flawlessly. The same goes for the built-in infra red, IR, blaster.

Last but not least, the cameras on this make even a photography dummy like myself, look good. Way better than other phone cameras that I have used in the past.

When this model first launched, I said at the time that vivo had thrown everything including the kitchen sink at it and that still holds true with features and capabilities that other manufacturers are only just starting to catch up with. In fact, for the first time ever, I am not tempted by any other fold phone, either on the market or rumoured, not even the forthcoming vivo Fold5 which is virtually identical to the Fold3 Pro but with no under screen fingerprint readers and slightly slower charging. See, here.

I can only but hope that vivo brings out a Pro version later in the year.

How to prevent phone from accidentally muting notifications?

For some reason my phone (moto g pure, Android 12) keeps accidentally muting the notification volume, so that if I am called it does not ring. I want it to ring when I am called.

To be crystal clear about which sound setting is changing, it's this one:

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The setting circled in orange, which should be a bell icon as shown in the picture, keeps getting changed to a crossed-out bell. I don't want that to happen.

I don't know exactly how this keeps happening; maybe it's because of bouncing around in my shirt pocket.

I would like some way to make it more difficult for that setting to change accidentally, such as by disabling all the volume controls on the lock screen. Is there anything I can do?

Google [Solved] adb sideload ota failure

Greetings, following the "Updating instructions" at Full OTA Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers , adb sideload has met with failure. The downloaded OTA for the Pixel 6 meets the published sha256sum.

(Laptop)
$ adb devices
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
List of devices attached
21101FDF60063S device
$ adb reboot recovery
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
21101FDF60063S recovery
(Pixel 6)
Apply Update from ADB is selected
(Laptop)
$ adb sideload oriole-ota-bp2a.250605.031.a2-e6a8072b.zip
Total xfer: 1.00x
(Pixel 6, in RED)
Warning: Previous installation has failed. Your device may fail to boot if you reboot or power off now.

Without rebooting the device, I have repeated the steps after re-downloading and check summing the OTA, with the same results.

Will someone help me fix this problem, please?

[GAME][FREE] Number 99: Find Hidden Objects

Hi everyone!
Super excited to share a game I’ve been working on in my spare time for almost a year — and it’s now up for pre-registration!

Description: numbers are scattered across the board, and your goal is to find them in the correct order. There's no time limit. Complete a level to unlock the next one.
Looking for a challenge? Finish levels faster to earn 3 stars, complete quests.
The game works offline — a must-have on your phone for long trips, places with bad signal, or if you just want to save battery.

Pre-register now and be one of the first to play!

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