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Samsung Secure Folder alternative

Hope this is easy. I'm currently using Secure Folder to store app. I suspect all know the apps aren't really secure. I can swipe up on my phone to see apps, type "simplisafe" or "MyQ' in the search bar, and access the app. Yes, the person holding my phone has to know I'm using Simplisafe, but my point is, Secure Folder isn't actually secure.
Is there a n alternative to Secure Folder that actually secures my apps?

Browsers Open App Instead of URL

Hi,

Samsung Galaxy 9+
Android 10
Model SM-G965U1

In Firefox, Chrome, Brave I try to go to fastmail.fm but it always goes to (I use the code open couldn't find a text option...so you can see the text of the URL)
PHP:
https://app.fastmail.com/?domain=fastmail.fm
.

Redirects to the app every time. I had the fastmail app on my phone and uninstalled it, no change, all browsers still take me to what appears to be the app.

Not that it's a bad app...it's OK. But sometimes I want to use the website through a browser interface. Is there a way to not use the app? To not have this redirect or whatever it is? Thanks.

S23 FE 3X telephoto lens output quality?

This phone uses 8 MP, 1/4.4", 1.0µm, telephoto lens which is the weakest point in its camera system. 8MP means that both 12MP photos & 4k videos at are upscaled in daytime.
At night 3X zoomed videos are simply a crop from the main sensor.

What do you think of the output quality of 3x videos from this phone (day and night)? Does it capture enough details for you liking? Is the dynamic range good enough etc?

Searching for places in the Phone App

Up until recently (perhaps when I got the new SIM card), I could be in the Phone App, search for a restaurant, and it would find it, without it being a contact. However, I notice that isn't working anymore. I type in the name of the restaurant, and nothing. Is there a setting somewhere I need to turn on so searching for places in my Phone App actually looks for their phone numbers? Instead of having to search in Google or Maps and hitting call?

How can I disable sound notifications for apps only, but keep my ringtone sound enabled, for when someone calls

I want to be notified in the event I get a facebook messenger post, but silently (with a number at the top of the icon). Right now, I get a sound notification too, which I don't want.

I went into the Settings/Notifications/Notification sound menu, and saw the option for Sound, Vibrate, and Mute. Selecting Mute will not only turn off sound for my app notifications, but for my cell phone ringtone as well.

Is there a way to turn off the sound notification for apps, but keep the number appearing on the icon for the app? Or will I have to turn off all notifications for the Messenger app?

I don't see my signature below here; in my profile it is there:


Samsung Galaxy S22+

Baseball 2024

Spring training starts next week. I see there is a game between the Dodgers and the Padres the 22nd. I'm ready for some baseball. I love MLB and look forward to it every year. I'll be rooting for the Royals again this year... that's a given. They open training with a game against the Rangers the 23rd. I pick the Dodgers to be in the World Series. It's a long season and money doesn't always buy the best team production but it is damn difficult to keep out of the series. It will be interesting to see who they will face this year.

Cute Animals Watch Face

My new watch face is now available:
Cute Animals Watch Face

With free & premium features : more than 30 cute animals, displayed on 20 backgrounds, custom colors, more than 10 datas & infinite data with external app complications
Secondary timezone, a lot of possibilities for ambient mode, and many other features to discover!

I hope that you will like it!
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Steelers Predicted to Land Justin Fields in Trade

We had Fields for 3 years and sat in the cellar of the NFC North for 3 years. I never saw Fields show any enthusiasm when he was playing for the Bears.

It's nothing personal against Fields. I have no doubt if the Bears hang on to Fields we'll end up in the NFC North cellar again for a 4th year.

I don't know a lot about the Steelers, but I saw how unhappy Trubisky was the last time he played. I can't see Pickett and Fields getting along.

https://www.si.com/nfl/steelers/news/pittsburgh-steelers-predicted-land-justin-fields-trade

Samsung Fold4 - FEBRUARY update

Samsung have started to roll out the February update for the international Fold4 devices, F936B.

Build = F936BXXS5EXAB

Build date = 01 February 2024

Download = 431.98 MB

Camera version = 14.0.00.50

Security patch = 01 February 2024

It is a FOTA, (Firmware Over The Air), update and you can check... Settings > Software update... to see if it is available for you. Alternatively, you can connect to the Samsung PC suite, Smart Switch and check via that.

Software update

FOLD4 EXAB 2 Screenshot_20240214_112232_Settings.jpg

Device Protection

I recently had an interesting experience. I was selling an ASUS tablet running version 7 on ebay. I noted that I had "factory reset" the device. A potential buyer asked me if I had removed my Google Account before resetting the tablet. They claimed that Google accounts had a "device protection" feature that would prevent anyone else from using this tablet. Does ANY of this make any sense to anyone out there? Can an installed Google account survive a factory reset? I don't see how this would be possible.

Samsung Fold5 - FEBRUARY update

Samsung has started to roll out their latest update for the Fold5 international devices, F946B. bringing with it the February Security patch.

Build number = F946BXXS1BXBE

Build date = 31 January 2024

Android Security patch = 01 February 2024

Download size = 404.88MB
(TBA)

Camera version = 14.0.00.46


It is a FOTA, (Firmware Over The Air), update and you can check... Settings > Software update... to see if it is available for you. Alternatively, you can connect to the Samsung PC suite, Smart Switch and check via that.

System information

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Android Permissions Manager

Android OS, since Android 11, removes permissions and notifications from apps that have not been used recently. It then offers a link to shed light on that removal, which brings me to a page of all my apps arranged alphabetically.
Is there a way to determine which apps just had their settings changed, perhaps with some choices in how they are sorted; when last opened, when permissions were last changed, etc?
It's frustrating to get these automatic changes to my system without specific explanation.
Thanks.

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Motorola .BAK File replaced my own file on Android 12

Hello, tech wizards. On my Android phone, I created a file of easily-forgotten data (in DOCX format). I used SoftMaker Textmaker app to do this. The file was not confidential, so I did not apply a password to it, and my intention was to store this file in a folder on my SD card, which I did.

Then, I created another DOCX file with the same app. This time, the information in the file WAS confidential (passwords etc.), so I applied a password to it. Later, I noticed that the non-secret file had disappeared, and in its place was a .BAK file of the same name, which, when I clicked on it, opened. I noticed that all my information showed, so I was not particularly bothered at that time. However, I noticed also that, although the other file (the one with the password) remained in this folder, next to it was an additional file of the same name, but in the .BAK format. I can open the original, protected file by clicking on it, and it can open in SoftMaker as it should). The corresponding (secret) .BAK file opens when clicked on, but (because it is password protected) nothing shows except gobbledegook. That's fine, in a way.

However, I feel quite disturbed about two things, The first is that duplicate .BAK files should have appeared at all, and without my asking for them (taking up valuable space). The second is that, though I can read all of the non-protected information that I stored in a file of my own making, that original file has totally disappeared. I should greatly have preferred to keep my two original, SoftMaker files, and not have these unwanted .BAK files show their face at all. Why should a self-created file disappear in favour of an unrequested file?

Can anyone suggest why one of my original files has disappeared, and why the .BAK files have appeared, when I never asked for them? Also, what to do to prevent this happening again, with other files I may make?

Finally, may I ask a question: if I were to delete the .BAK file that is a twin of the "secret" file, might it not cause the original file to disappear, as the other original file did? I should not like to lose all that information!

I should be very grateful if someone could enlighten me about these matters. By the way, I am aware that .BAK files are back-up files, but why should they sit there, taking up space, when I am quite confident of keeping the original files safe? It is not as if they are like short-cuts, using up only a few bytes — they are the same size as the original files!

With thanks in advance,
S.

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