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Moto G Stylus still not showing on crimebook

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody, and I kinda hate to wreck it with another silly question, but here goes...I finally got the crimebook to do something moderately useful. I found out how to open crosh and get a command shell. When I typed adb devices it did not show the Stylus plugged into it. I went to that Nathan Chance article and followed the curl -s instructions. Apparently it did what it was supposed to do, although I noticed that it did not mention local, just bin. Maybe that's the problem? Then I typed source -/.bashrc as recommended, only to get invalid option. How do I make this thing recognize the Stylus and get it out of fastboot?

I thought RCS was supposed to enable me to receive high-quality videos via text?

So I'm really sick and tired of iPhone users sending me high-resolution videos via text message and not understanding those are going to come through looking like pixelated dog waste on my Android phone.

People keep claiming if I enable RCS, I will be able to receive full-resolution videos via text.

OK, first challenge: I can't enable that in Samsung Messenger, because my carrier, T-Mobile, only supports RCS for Google Messenger.

So I switched my default texting app to Google Messenger and then opened the settings. Lo and behold, RCS is already enabled by default.

But I just had two different friends with iPhones text me some videos, and they still look like pixelated dog waste!

Am I doing something wrong? Is there some other setting I need to deal with?

Or is it simply a false claim that RCS allows Android phones to receive full-resolution videos?

This is on a Samsung Galaxy S23 FE, model SM-S711U1, running Android 14.

Thank you, as always, for your help!

[App] Babbly Chit Chat

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Are the conversations boring again? Babbly Chit Chat will help you out. It contains more than 500 questions and dillemas to trigger your creativity or thoughts. It doesn't matter if you're on a date, or just chatting with friends on a couch. Give it a try, it's free.

Features:
- Babbly has more than 550 questions for a good chit chat
- Choose between four categories: personal, dilemma, love or all
- Amazing questions to share with friends, family or your partner
- Extremely fast and easy to use
- Questions can be shared on social media

Download:
Link to Playstore
Link to Six dots software page

Screenshots:
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Who's Watching You? (Pretty much everybody)

This article is a great summary of the entities keeping track of everything we do on our phones & computers; and the best way to minimize our (free) contributions to their (not free) consumer profiles. If you don't subscribe to Cynthia Mackley's Tech Tips newsletter, I highly recommend that you do. I've been reading her for a decade.

Thanksgiving 2O24

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Just curious what everyone's plans are? If you're traveling by air I wish you good luck, after watching the Today Show, it sounds like a complete dumpster fire.

I'll be heading to pickup my tax deduction ( as @The_Chief would say ) from college on Monday and return her on Sunday.

On Thanksgiving we'll have my dad over with the sister and her crew coming from Nash-Vegas.

Looking forward to having the daughter home. She hasn't been home since July 23rd as she plays college soccer and can't come home in the fall semester because of the commit it involves.

Hungry National Lampoons Christmas Vacation GIF by Max

Android Auto in Mazda CX5 2019

Trying to install Android auto in my Mazda CX 5 (2019) was only a partial succes. Starting the procedure I did not see any Android Auto sign (blue arrow) on the screen of the car. By touching the text Android Auto on the car screen the App Launcher appeared on the car screen. The app launcher was visible but touching the diffent apps shown there did not result in any action. On my phone I see two messages: one that says “Android Auto is connected with Mazda” and “Android Auto should be updated”

Specs of my phone: Android 14, Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Version Android Auto: 13.1.644253

Anybody an idea what I missed here or a solution?
Thanks, Peter

Need sms notifications

Greetings, I'm using Android15 on a Pixel 6 smartphone with Google Messages app. How do I enable sms text messaging notifications for Google Messages app, please?

The Settings->Notifications has "Google Play Services" and "Messages" enabled, but the lack of notifications is causing me some trouble.

Thank you.

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Camera preview does not open gallery

Specs: Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G (model: 2312DRAABG) OS: HyperOS 1.0.12.0.UNQMIXM
I replaced the default gallery with 'Fossify Gallery app' (current version 1.2.1)
I set the default gallery to 'Fossify Gallery' (Settings/Apps/Manage apps/(3 dots)/Other settings/Default apps/)
When I take a photo with the camera app and click on the thumbnail, I would expect it to open the photo in the gallery that is set as the default, but it does not! It tries to open the 'native' gallery app - the one that came with the phone pre-installed?! (It can not open it as I stripped the native app of all it's permissions)
I tried other Gallery apps and the result is the same, so the issue is not with 'Fossify Gallery'
Strangely I can open the Camera app from within the 'Fossify Gallery'??! but not the other way around!?
I haven't tried to install other 'Camera apps' as the native one takes decent photos and I'm not sure that other camera apps would be able to utilize all the 'Hardware'
Looks like the native gallery is 'hard coded' in the camera app? Any suggestions

NCAA Men's Basketball 2024

College basketball is upon us. I'll be rooting for my local U Wichita State University that competes in the American Atlantic Conference and Kansas University that plays in the Big 12. Both conferences have added and lost teams with the now popular conference hopping that's prevalent. New blood and lost rivals makes it difficult to guess how teams will do. Not that I was every any good at predicting the sport. :)
Do you have a favorite team that you root for?

Win 11

I recently upgraded to Windows 11 Home and have a notice from security that 2 old drivers are interfering with implementing full memory virtual security.

In the past (windows 7) I had a Brother psc machine. When I moved up to Win 10 it was not compatible so I got a Cannon.

I have removed the software from the Brother but these are still hiding somewhere :

BrUsbSib.sys
Brother

BrUsbSib.sys
Brother Industries Ltd.

A search of the machine does not turn them up.


Any suggestions ?

Veterans Day

Tomorrow, the 11th day of the 11th month, is Veterans Day. Originally celebrated for the day WWI officially ended and evolved into a yearly celebration to honor those that served or are serving to insure the freedoms of this great nation. Please take the time to extend a thank you to all that you know that have served. I thank all here that have or are serving.

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