Note: This isn't a poll who you voted for. This is who you think will win. Winners get a free trip to Hawaii for a week! (kidding)

Hi All!
I have a problem logging into a g-mail account. I can't find an answer how to fix this. Is it OK if I ask here, even though this isn't a Google user group?

The Problem:
The g-mail accounts on my Mac Mail stopped working. When entering the password, the message "Unable to verify" pops up. So, I check e-mail on a browser. When logging into one of my mail addresses, Google used to send a pop-up to my Android phone (Android 11). I'd click "Yes, it's me" and the browser on the computer would log me into the g-mail account.

Now, it won't send the pop-up. At the top of the choices page for verification, the message says "unanble to connect" even before I try to use the verification. The phone is on, with signal and with WiFi internet.
They give me another choice- codes. I can enter either of the codes they send to the phone, but the code is always rejected.

My only option is to have them send a SMS code. It works, but I pay per text so I'd like to avoid that.

Do you all know how to fix this? Preferably the "Yes it's me". Ideally, the "Yes it's me" would work for all g-mail accounts, but I think we are only allowed to link one address per phone.

Thanks For Helping>
Paul

It's weird that I can't locate some of the stuff I posted in maybe the last year or two. Some older things than that are available, thank goodness. I wanted in particular to get to the discussion(s) about that plasma tv. It suddenly stopped working and I don't know why. I have unplugged and replugged, changed the remote's batteries (4 AAA), EVEN PRESSED THE ON/OFF BUTTON ON THE SET. Is there a television expert among us?

32gb ram with 1TB internal storage.

I found out about a potentially great app called Canta. It's a little similar to having a rooted device but without all the hassle. It works with something called Shizuku, which I have. Recently I tried to "uninstall" some apps. Everything seemed to be working but when I tapped the trash can icon it said "uninstall canceled". I certainly didn't do that. What went wrong?

Anyone celebrating Halloween tonight?
I'll be watching the Charlie Brown Halloween...

I just wanted to give out one of my own strange suggestions/practices..bare with me:

The better our Androids have became the powerful they get that means they've have bigger power/data source..so now we are in the 5G era..whether we want or not that has an impact on us because of the radiations(even seems like noone has the last word)..and this is where I'm aiming with my suggestion/advise to yall..

I've been appling a couple of aluminum foil tape layers in the back of my phone..and that works wonders and it does shield the radiations & waves..I've tested it..then again it's at each one of yall discretion whether yall want to put it in practice or not but it has worked out for me..we all love our Androids but i love my health & sanity first..

For those interested to know how i tested the efficacy of the foil aluminum tape:
I did the same with a pair of Beats headphones i have..then I've noticed right off at first after i cover the areas with the tape and tried to listen to some music & watch a movie they were having a hard time to communicate with my phone and it took about a whole day for that wireless connection to become stable..

So there it is..thats my finding.

My wife has a Samsung A53 with Android 14. She did a reset of her phone but before that she backed up and synced to the Google and Samsung servers. It says when she taps restore data on either option that there no backups or no data. I watched it backup. What gives? She needs her txt messages back and contacts.

I haven't been here in awhile because I haven't run into any problem with my phone since the last I was here which was months ago. My wife however has run into a problem with her Samsung A53 with ANDROID 14.

Up to yesterday everything was fine with it. In fact she was using it for most of the day with the home wifi. She started to play a game at around 5 or 6pm then all of a sudden she noticed that her wifi shut off, the connection disappeared. The wifi was still turned on, on the phone but it was thou the router was turned off but it was turned off because I was using the home wifi on my phone fine.

We decided to turn the router off and then on again. Again I could connect but when we turned the wifi off then on again on her phone the available networks didn't show the router or network name available. She rebooted her phone still nothing. I'm baffled as to why this happened. Any ideas or suggestions.

My friend lost his phone today. He bought a new one but prefers the other. How can we get it back?

hi i have a vodafone smart phone e8 i have no 4g my phone says it is available

settings/mobile network preferred network mode 4g/3g/2g auto

its a oldish phone it was ok on 3g maybe vodafone doesnt support it for 4g

cheers

Ideally this will happen. It's one of those fabric characters with joints that are brads. The coffin is a tray that had corn ears. I want the mummy to sit up, maybe by having a thread attached and pulled. At least the mummy could look that way without moving. Maybe I can put a picture on here.

Especially on tablet. It's half the size of the old one, and it's fiddly and resistant to swiping down to dismiss.

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?

Hockey!
Go Leafs!

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!

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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!