Phone is Motorola Moto E5 Play XT1920 4G 5.3" 1gb RAM 16GB MEM
used space 15.24 gb
Go to free up space.
Click Infrequencty used apps.
Touch FREE UP 479 MB
479 MB will be removed from your device
CANCEL or REMOVE
CLICK REMOVE
Goes back to storage window
Nothing happens.

It's defective and then some. I just avoid it, but it won't return the favor. That vertical slider appears out of nowhere. It"s very hard to get rid of, and almost impossible to change the setting, because it goes right back to where it was. How do I fix it?

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A month after the initial Android 15 release for the Vivo X Fold3 Pro Global model there is a further update for FuntouchOS...

Version # = PD2337F_EX_A-15.1.8.21.W30

Download = 511MB

Android Security patch = October 2024

Build date = 17 October 2024

Changelog


See, also...

Vivo Fold3 Pro-Wipe Cache Partition​

The Vivo X Fold3 Pro is not available globally and I thought that 3rd party cases might have been hard to come by.

How wrong I was.

Whilst the phone comes with a case in the box, it is a back cover only and has a camera island cut-out. Not too bad but it offers no front screen protection or has a kick-stand, something I find very useful.

Companies such as Amazon, Temu and AliExpress offer a selection of cases and I eventually settled on a leather covered case that protected both the front and rear as well as the hinge. More importantly, it provides a kickstand built-in to the camera cover. The camera cover has cut-outs for the various cameras and flash which means that the camera can operate normally even with the cover/kickstand closed. The case also has the usual cut-outs for the power and volume buttons as well as the Sound On/Off slider switch. It also has a dip on the righthand side of the front case to enable the back gesture.

Have been using the case for a number of weeks and it is, in my humble opinion, the best fold case that I have used. Even better was the cost... £10.39p, about six to eight times cheaper than other cases I have purchased in the past.

Available via AliExpress... https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005...st_main.5.21ef194dWHRiMf&gatewayAdapt=glo2esp

Seems like these are popping up everywhere.
What are y'all's thoughts on these cameras being installed in your areas?



Personally I haven't thought much about these cameras being able to track my movement were I go. Of course my phone dioes enough of tracking on its own.

I have a new Motorola Moto g Play (2024). It upgraded itself to Android 14.

I've been using it for 2 weeks now. One thing I've just recently noticed, when the screen goes dark, the phone will not alert me to emails, at least not in a timely manner. I've got my new phone (Android 14) right next to my old phone (Android 9), and my older phone makes the notification sound almost immediately. New phone maybe several minutes later, or not at all.
It seems to notify me of texts quickly, but it seems to snooze other notifications until I unlock the screen, then I get a flood of email notifications.

I have turned off Adaptive battery (which can cause a delay in notifications), I've turned off Notification Snoozing (under Notifications).

I know Android 14 has a "doze mode", but I don't know how long the phone has to sit idle before that initiates. I seem to be having trouble with timely notifications right after the screen goes dark.

I've read on Reddit that Android 14 seemed to be causing some people to get delayed notifications, so not sure if it's an Android 14 think or not.

As I'm rebuilding our homepage, there's ONE big thing that will make or break the community: having an up-to-date list of the most highly anticipated upcoming tech products.

Please share anything and everything you find below (with source links). Even better if you're personally excited for the product(s).

Hardware & Software launches welcome!

Educational game for kids, toddlers, children.

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Your child can learn 15+ activities in this kids game. It helps to develop memory power and educational skills, logical skills, visual conception.

Our game helps to sharpen minds and boosts kids memory. This matching kids game helps to learn and improves the children's learning ability.

Alphabet Learning: Capital letters matching with the small letters and capital letters matching with the capital letters.

Phonics: alphabet matching with the object

Learn Numbers: Learn numbers by matching with number spelling and match the number with object by counting objects.

Learn shapes: Match the shapes with shapes objects.

Learn Colors: Learn colors by matching with the same color objects.

Animals Names: Match the Animals with the animal name

Classroom objects: Match the classroom objects with object name.


Puzzles: Match the puzzle like Animals, Dresses, Flowers, Food, Fruits, Planet, Shapes, Toys, Vegetables, Vehicles.

Drawings: Match the color drawing with the outlines.

Fruits & Vegetables: Identify the fruits with fruits names.

Opposites: Find the opposite word and opposite object.

Professions: Match Professions with the persons or object images and persons names

Directions: Directions is the most helpful puzzle for kids. Find the correct and same direction object and match with them.

Shadow match: Match the shadows with the color objects.

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Different categories for kids learning.

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Free puzzle game for kids.

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For about 10 days so far I have been trying to figure out why the phone has suddenly started to drain the battery faster than below.

the final thing I did is that I rooted and reset the phone.

The battery used to last for 2-3 weeks and now it lasts for less than a week even after reset or power save on. I did not add any apps after the reset to see and yet still has the issue.

I hope that it is not the battery getting weaker.

If the average battery can survive up to 500 cycles then I am still at less than 300.

I noticed that the phone is always warm while idle and the CPU never drops below 64%. The CPU clock speed is showing in CPU-Z 962-1500. I used this app to find out what is going on.

After that I flashed the stock ROM and still has the same issue.

I want a way to change the CPU min frequency. I will try some kernel apps for that.

I need tips and ideas on how to resolve this or know more about it.

Less than 3 months after the roll-out of the Galaxy Fold6, Samsung have announced the release of their Fold Special Edition with a larger display and improved cameras as well as a slimmer profile. See...

Samsung officially reveals the 'Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition' with a slimmer design and a 200MP camera​

No news on stylus support on this model and the battery stays the same as the Fold6's with its slow, 25W, charging. The 16GB of RAM is an improvement and matches the Google Pixel9 Fold2 which was increased to handle the upcoming AI features.

A comparison of the Fold Special Edition vs the Fold6 are shown, here...


Initially, the Special Edition will only be available in South Korea and China and available on the grey market. Speculation is that this model is to test the water and hopefully boost the flagging sales of the lacklustre Fold6 which has lost out to Chinese models such as the Vivo X Fold3 Pro Global and the Honor Magis V3.

So, what do you think? Is this the model that Samsung should have launched 3 months ago? Are you tempted by its features?

There are two things that are driving me nuts on my android tablet.

1. I disabled weather information on the home screen. But now I have a permanent "Tap here to restore weather data"
I don't want the weather data. How can I make this stupid message go away?

2. In apps I sometimes get a "Tap here to restart this app for a better view". I don't want the app to restart after I've finally got it running. But I can't make this one go away either. Everything I've read says change the screen resolution under Settings>Display. But there is no screen resolution option under Display on my tablet.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

At first I thought it was just that one title. Now others are doing it. They start going back to the first page on their own. I can fight this by shutting ReadEra off and putting it on again, but I want a better solution.

Is there some kind of push pin or similar that sticks out of the wall a longer distance? I want to hang some items that are too big/deep for the regular kind. I don't want to use even the removable hooks, just something quick and easy, and maybe even cheap.

Okay, I'll start one...

With roughly three months to go before release of Samsung's Next Big Thing, many of us are looking for information about the upcoming S25 series.

Here's some information to get started:


From the leaks and rumors I've seen, this seems to be an incremental upgrade over the S24: slightly better cameras, slightly better processor, and slightly slimmer bezels for a slightly bigger screen in a slightly smaller frame.

If that's the case, I'm not interested in paying significant money for slightly better.

At this point, there's only ONE feature I want badly enough to part with my cash: satellite messaging. If we can use satellite connectivity to get emergency help whenever we are, I'll buy two for the Darling Bride and me. Never again do I want her to be in a collision, in a place with no cell coverage.

What about you? Are you excited for the S25 series?

I've been spending a lot of time revamping the EBC homepage/website, trying to make adjustments and improvements that can jive with a new path forward.

The main header navigation items are now:

• Products
• Launches
• Forum

And on the homepage you'll see two important widgets:

• Just Launched (most recent Products)
• Coming Soon (upcoming Launches)

AF was built on the excitement of new technologies and the communities and friendships that were built exploring them. This new format attempts to organize content by that driving factor of curiosity in up and coming technology.

In the perfect world, the "Launches" page will act as a Tech Release Date Calendar of sorts, allowing people to follow along to the biggest up and coming releases. Each of the products on this list will have a button for a dedicated forum/link front and center, hopefully fueling people to participate and grow communities around specific products. We'll also have a "Get Early Access" or "Get Notified" button that I hope to connect with a semi-automated email newsletter so that we can keep people up to date with new product developments, bringing them back into the community.

As products launch and become available for sale, they'll "graduate" to the Products list, giving people a place to quickly find newly released tech products. Again, we'll have buttons to join the discussion and check the price or buy the product for new releases.

There is a TON of work to still be done. It's going to take a lot of ongoing updates and maintenance. And to be successful, I think it'll take a lot of new, unique, original, and compelling content to attract people back to the site and into the community.

The most basic starting point is to craft and maintain our list of upcoming products and I'd love to have some help for anyone that wants to participate! I'm also happy to hear any feedback, both positive and negative. There will likely be differences of opinion and that's fine- if I don't respond or make changes directly addressing criticism, it doesn't mean I'm not taking your feedback to heart. I am.

Hi there, AF buddies. (Give me time...I'll get used to its new name eventually.) I've been thinking about AF a lot lately, and how much I loved it because of its members, so I thought I'd pop in and say hi. I hope you're all doing well and life's been treating you nicely. I don't know who's still here, but I want any old-timers reading this to know how much you meant to me, especially at some very tough times. Some of you really felt like actual, real life friends, and I've missed you.

I am trying to set up this Roku device. I got it set up physically but ran into a problem with authentication or whatever it's called. I tried to get them to send it by email. That didn't work and I switched to qr code. Oddly enough that worked by the same email address but the screen, which was supposed to have updated, didn't. When I try to leave the qr screen, it says that if I do that it will start over, which I don't want. Who can help?

OK, so I just picked up a new Motorola Moto g Play (2024). It upgraded itself to Android 14.

I'm new to this adaptive brightness thing, and seems like a good idea to help with battery life, so I thought I'd use it.

However, it is supposed to "learn" your preferences, and I don't want the display to EVER go to 0%. If I'm in a totally dark room, and I pull out my phone, I would like the brightness to be at about 20% (lowest possible setting), but every time I manually increase the brightness to about 20%, it eventually will find it's way back to 0% (or 4% or something too low for my liking).

I do not have Extra Dim setting on (located in Accessibility setting)

I've tried resetting adaptive brightness back to factory setting (which for the life of me I can't find again.........it is NOT located at Apps > show system apps > Device Health Services). I've tried clearing user data and cash from Device Health Services.

Not a huge deal, just unnecessarily frustrating to have to repeatedly adjust the brightness when I'm in a dark-ish room in front of computer. I'm guessing I will have to shut off the feature, because every time I go grab my phone now, I have to adjust brightness.

I accidently found one and accidently downloaded it, I might flash tomorrow, since I will be mostly at home..

Just a custom rom with switches, and everything.. Looking for a decent one, anyone know of any?

I am drowning in political texts. I've blocked numbers and used "stop" to unsubscribe. I've deleted. There are always more messages - and it's getting worse. Is there a good texting app that will block numbers not in my address book? I read about one putting them all in a separate folder. I could breeze through those and then delete all at once, perhaps. I'm willing to hear about any other suggestions. I'd hate to have to change my phone number, but I'm about ready to. Thanks for your help.

I woke up this AM to find the attached screen.
I don't think I did anything to cause this.
However, yesterday I got some message about new Android features.
I looked at the message and it was about some AI stuff. Four items in all.
I have no interest in any of them.

Is that what caused this problem?
If so, how do I remove them.
I have my phone (Sony Xperia C....2018 model) set to not automatically update.

I don't know if I posted in the right forum.

I have a Pixel 7 running Android 14 and I am suddenly getting a TON of Spam phone calls that are distracting me a lot. I have "See caller and SPAM ID" as turned on and I have Call Screen as Maximum Protection.

All of these calls are the same area code as my phone, which is about 1000 miles away from me. While call screening is catching them, it's also causing my phone to vibrate for each missed call, none of which I care about. I am reporting each one as Junk to Google, but it requires me to put some explanatory message in each time. I'm getting so many, it's too hard.

I have had this phone 2 years and only started to have this problem in the last week. What changed? Any help would be appreciated on making sure these SPAM calls, all from the same area code of my own phone (to which I don't usually receive calls), don't notify me. I'd also like to turn dow my call screening from maximum to medium, as I just almost missed a very important call, but I answered it since it looked like a local area code and I'm glad I did.