While we have a video vault, there are so many great shorter clips I thought it might be good to have a separate thread for them. If I’m wrong, my apologies.

Here’s a great one to start:

I have an S23 and I'm thinking of getting the MetaQuest 3 VR headset. The only two storage options for the Quest 3 are 128 gb and 512 gb. I probably would get the 128 version.
I have one question:
Do the games, videos, etc have to be stored on the headset or would I be able to access any of them from my phone? I'm wondering because if I'm getting close to the 128 limit, would I have to delete files from the headset or can I also use them from my phone storage?

Thanks

Hi all,
I'm loathe to admit it, but I have very little idea as regards to how Bluetooth might be useful to me,
especially wrt my cell phone (Rebel 4, with no phone plan), which I mainly use for photos and light surfing.
If anyone would be kind enough to provide me with a basic primer, I would appreciate it; and if I were to
get one of these devices what would I be looking for?
Thanks,
.... john

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

Build number = F946BXXS1BWKI

Build date = 30 November 2023

Android Security patch = 01 December 2023

Download size = 365.05MB

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.

The majority of the time no issue, but at other times hours or days pass without receiving/sending texts. Then all the texts sent to me over those hours or days all appear at once. Rebooting sometimes results in them all appearing at once.

Measures tried:

• Remove/replace SIM while phone off
• Network Reset
• Change Access Point
• Delete Google Messages Cache and Storage
• Replacement SIM

This isn't related to that I have poor cellular reception at home, since periods can't receive/send texts include times I have excellent cellular reception elsewhere, and at other times am at home having no problem receiving/sending texts over WiFi.

The phone manufacturer now suggests a Hard Factory Reset. Here seeking advice please given how much work that will be (particularly given that I have carpal tunnel).

Before it becomes a brick..

Nine times so far duration of the last four years..

I noticed that epubs go the right way, left to right, at least usually, but pdfs are vertical. At first I thought maybe it was the phone and I checked it out with the Blu instead of the Pure. It's still the same problem. Maybe it's because of ReadEra? I don't want to have to get a bunch of apps to read the right way. Is there somehow a possibility of getting pdfs to go left to right? I can't find it in ReadEra settings.

Army Navy Game 12/9/2023 2pm CST on CBS

Hi all,
I bought this at a used items store. I thought that restoring to the factory settings would allow me to use it, but apparently not;
it appears that it's locked to the owner via the iCloud. I' Also, we have a couple of iPads here, and I'm wondering if we could somehow use these accounts to get the thing working?
Any help is appreciated.
.... john

I don't really want to use that. What's a better keyboard? I want a small one that's free but still has all the stuff.

Did Rockstar Games put Tyreek Hill in GTA 6? It certainly seems that way based on the "CH33TAH" vanity plates.

See full article...

Have two intend launches. Google testers require I adjust their text and background for better contrast. Here is an image of the error. It is followed by the accessibility classes. I don't have control to what class the share does. How can I resolve this.

This phone is still not charging. I have tried many different combinations of chargers, cords, a different outlet, and nothing works. Please help.

On Play Console, it asks for accessibility on parts of DatePicker. The variables they provided were date_picker_header_year & month_view. The style does not have those variables in style [<style name="DatePickerTheme" parent="ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.Dialog.Alert">]. Neither did I find these in docs. The code was used.
With OpenAI, was able to resolve the date_picker_header_year, but not for month_view.

The date_picker_header_year code:

The month_view code:

This TextView caused a cast error for android.widget.SimpleMonthView. Tried to import it and would not resolve
Tried to capture ViewGroup and walk thru looking for month_view. No go.


Can you tell me how to have reference

The Pure suddenly started doing a boot loop. I don"t know why. I was using a website and there was that thing about shutting it off or rebooting. I got rid of that or maybe not. Now it just keeos doing that same short loop. How do I get it to stop? I tried holding that button in as hard as I could. I also unplugged it because if it runs out of energy it will probably stop. Please don't say to use a computer because that most likely won't happen. Is it true that Motos have a big problem with that?

I dunno, Samsung is staying very, very quiet about this prospective competitor to the Oura Ring... but apparently an app icon has been spotted so it's possible that this smart ring will be announced along with the S24 series on January 17th.

I don't wear any jewelry during the night, so it would be a trick to get used to it tracking my sleep. As long as it will send data to Google Fit instead of Samsung Health, though, I think there's a huge market for a device like that.

What are your thoughts on the rumored Galaxy Ring?

Is there a way to disable the phone display waking up when I touch the fingerprint sensor. I mean I don't even have a fingerprint set up and I don't want to use it. The phone is Redmi note 9 running on Miui 13.

I have a Pixel 7 Pro phone running Android 13. I rooted the phone and when I run Root Checker it indicates 'Root access is properly installed..."

Despite this work, the phone still tries to update itself, despite my having turned off every setting related to updating. When I posted a question about this here, someone replied “Navigate to /system in System Files and a) Look for a file or directory related to the update service – which might be named something like Updater, OTA, etc, and b) rename these files.

When I used X-Plore to look for such files in the directory indicated, I found:

/bin/update_engine
/bin/update_verifier
/etc/init/update_engine.rc
/etc/init/update_verifier.rc
/lib64/libupdate_engine_stable-V1-cpp.so

Click to expand...

and a *ota* search under /system found ten files, of which

/bin/otapreopt

Click to expand...

may be relevant.

Would it be safe to rename these files? When I selected one of the aforementioned files, the X-Plore Rename button remained inactive; and when I looked at the file’s permissions, only Owner has Write privileges, i.e., the mode is 755. If renaming the files is the proper thing to do, how on earth can I do that?

I have asked multiple times to find some way to have me stop getting notifications like ''you have reached level 31'' but apparently nobody cares. i only want to get notified about replies, likes, mentioned in comments, etc. I swear it infuriates me to see the little notification bell light up only to find it's another useless notification. I have no setting to turn that crap off and it's making me angry to the point I am about to destroy the laptop. NO OTHER FORUM DOES THIS. I don't even know why that notification exists.

I need some help on which car to buy I used the driving assistance options a lot previously. It is definitely understood that you need to have a GPS built into the car, properly connected to the device in order to operate the driving assistance. The models that I am researching are the Honda Accord, Honda CRX, and Mazda 3. The year built on these models would be from the 2018 to 2020. Thanks for everyone's input.

iOS does not display vertical-only apps correctly, when using the iPad as a laptop (iPad standing horizontally, keyboard attached). This makes it impractical to use the keyboard with many apps, as it's only practical to use the keyboard when the iPad is positioned horizontally.

Specifically: Vertical-only apps appear sideways using the iPad as a laptop. Expected behavior is for vertical-only apps to appear right-side-up, but with black bars on the side of the screen, so that the apps are still vertical while the iPad is standing horizontally (like black bars on a square-screen TV when watching a widescreen movie).



This severely limits the iPad's usefulness as a laptop, but it gets worse: I asked Apple support how to have my iPad use black bars, so that I could use my iPad as a laptop with vertical-only apps. They said that that's not possible, and that I should complain to the app developers. That the operating system can't control how apps are displayed.

That's absurd. Ture, it'd be nice for all apps to have both horizontal and vertical orientation support. But the lack of black bars is an iOS problem, not an app problem, and blaming app developers for that is not appropriate behavior! It disrespects me by insulting my intelligence. It disrespects the app developers. And lastly, it disrespects the programmers of iOS by implying that they're not competent enough to fix this problem.

I have two ASUS tablets both running Android 7 with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 CPU.
Google Play Store installed the program on one but on the other responded "This app won't work for your device"
Anyone out there have an explanation? The Instagram help center doesn't cover installation issues. Nothing about
minimum requirements.

Galaxy s23, Windows 10

This is my first time here since the new "format". I have a few issues to discuss. Before I start, I also just wanted to mention that when I added the new bookmark, it's still titled "Android Forum".

Let me illustrate my second issue. I tried to use the Google assistant to call a business from my contacts. I got a message the business doesn't accept blocked phone numbers, so I added *82 in front of the number in my contacts. I retried the call, and it still came up as the number without the prefix. I again went back to edit the contact, but only the number with the prefix was there, The number in the "Title" showed no prefix.