These days Linux and Nvidia are the bad relationship. If your GPU has Nvidia on it forget Linux entirely.

Odd how the turn tables...

I only use Linux on two machines. The one mentioned gaming rig that outright refused to accept my favorite OS which is Windows 7, plus gaming support no longer working on 7, and one Toshiba laptop that won't boot USB nor CD versions of Windows anymore. It boots Linux fine but not Windows. It came with Windows 8 so something's amiss there. It hardly ever gets use though due to wonky graphics issues as well as wonky wifi. It only works for a half hour then freezes. Just started doing that after a decade.

In the future, Linux might be used if only to maintain ability to browse the modern web and use YouTube, once Windows 7 no longer has third party hacks to maintain such support (Pale Moon and Legacy Update and other apps keep the few of us who love Windows 7 and Vista going for now). I just refuse to throw away tech just because it's old, especially when it often has more features than the new stuff.

And the game is finally released for the public.
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I have a Samsung A73. And it's very annoying that when my DND goes on my audio books mute. So only way I can find to fix it is turn of DND. Any one know an answer?

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Android 12 broke call recording apps. Apparently Google thinks they will be legally liable if an Android user illegally records a call. With that rationale, auto manufacturers should immediately stop selling cars because someone may drive drunk!

I always use the built in Android email client instead of the dedicated app. I hate the UI of Outlook and its stupid mobile focus. Heck, these days I'd just use the browser entirely vs. an app.

That's a wild requirement but thanks for the clarification!

I mainly use my Wi-Fi I got last month so hopefully I won't need any more data than the $30 plan has. Yes I have Verizon postpaid now I'm tired of the almost $100 a month with only 450 minutes. Verizon has great coverage at my home tower within half a mile.

nebonay said:

si i will go for the same watch?

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is this a question or a statement?

i am currently considering getting the watch5.

thats one of a few games i have yet to play. i forgot about this game. i might have to take a look and see. or maybe wait and see what this new game will be.

Rob said:

The hype about its evil personality and secretly wanting to escape is so dumb: a bunch of clickbait journalists manufacturing the story rather than reporting it. The technology isn't perfect... after all, it is based on millions of pieces of human written content, which obviously has errors. ChatGPT simply uses that database of content as the example, and based on what you tell it, tries to predict what might come next of the text already existed.

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I think the fear over that had a lot to do with the infamous Microsoft chat bot Tay a few years ago:

I tried looking up the Roblox icon for notifications and it has no face, just a weird interpretation of the letter 'R'. Lego has no app that produces notitifcations I could find.

Am I just getting old though or is it just odd that OP and others here care about what notifications are on their partner's smartphone? I ain't that paranoid about the myriad of icon clutter that shows up on my girlfriend's phone whenever she sends screenshots...I don't even know half of 'em but it don't bother me...

I am sorta surprised your area has analogue anything. I would think you'd have gone like the UK and gotten rid of AM completely...

I suppose I'm glad I don't live in China. Does this mean you don't have RDS either? (Radio Data Service) that's been a thing here since like 2004.

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ocnbrze said:

Why not just look in your play store purchases? The play store keeps track of all the apps you bought and downloaded. There are so many games out there that unless it's something popular, I doubt somebody will know of the game you speak of.

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I was in middle school and I didn't have a cellphone. I played it on a friends phone. Said friend no longer keeps in touch.

i don't have the phone, but i have yet to come across any android setting that can change what speakers to use for notification sounds. have you gone into your phone's settings and did a search for speaker settings? or speaker notification settings?

if you can't find it, maybe take it in to your local cell provider and see if there is a technician that can take a look at the phone.

svim said:

With different results in different Odin logs there is a common aspect:
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
Given all the variables you're tried (Odin versions, Samsung driver update, working via ADB instead) that reoccurring error message indicates that phone's internal storage chip might be failing. If so, that's a hardware matter that typically involves replacing the entire logic board.

And as a side note, it's not a good idea to just randomly try flashing different ROMs (you initially indicate using SM-G930F firmware and later using SM-G930FD firmware) ROMs are typically model specific and not interchangeable.

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but when i flashed CF-auto root file via odin it worked perfectly fine however it took 3 tries.

I did reinstall it,because well several things were wrong with Action, and with Nova Prime,it does not do the cut outs anymore, so I labled it pretty sweet now, I do not have to do another launcher when I do get my new cell down the line.

I agree with @ocnbrze Take your phone to a trusted, nearby phone repair shop and have them look into this for you.

From your description, instead of just focusing on your phone's Camera app you've created a more complicated fix/repair/restore than necessary. Rough analogy being you're using to sledgehammer as opposed to just a basic hammer -- a minor software issue with the camera app doesn't require flashing the firmware.
It's just not a good practice to unknowing experiment with things like Fastboot nor flashing possibly questionable ROMs. Maybe with a secondary phone you don't need and just want to teach yourself about Android fundamentals, but not on daily usage phone.

justamel said:

Sorry for delay in replying to the suggestions. I had be trying to do the update using my mobile data connection. On looking carefully at the screen info. with the update instructions I saw that using Wifi connection was suggested as better option. I went to my public library, logged on to their wifi service and the update functioned correctly with no mention of "turning off data saver" function (which as mentioned before I never had ON at any point).
Update process took about 1 hr. and at the end system was updated and seems to be just fine. No need to try Reset. As said before I am NOT totally "tech savvy" and maybe using Wifi is normally the way it is done.

SO, problem solved and thankyou again for suggestions/help.

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There may be a setting that restricts system updates to download over wi-fi only. If you can find it you can toggle it on/off as needed.

nickdalzell said:

I'm well aware that OEMs are also using letters/numbers. Still confusing. Car manufacturers do the same. Maybe I'm just gettin' too old for this ****

Thankfully my two vehicles have names. Saturn Ion, Honda Ridgeline.

Even my computers have names. Dell Vostro. Dell Latitude. I was brought up to believe that if it's not important enough to give it a name, it's not going to be of very good quality. That rang true as every foreign car in the USA in the 80s was utter garbage, be it a Subaru XT6 or a Honda CVCC to a Bricklin SV1. All junk.

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I believe Dell calls a majority of their laptops "Latitude", and has done so since 1994, with "Vostro" for their desktop PCs.
And it's arbitrary numbers that identifies the particular models. Same same with Lenovo(formerly IBM) calls their laptops "Thinkpad", Samsung with "Galaxy" for phones etc.

I've never seen or heard of a Honda Ridgeline or Saturn Ion, but I suspect they've got some other marques outside of the US, in other parts of the world. That's what carmakers do, especially the likes of VW, GM, and Toyota.

lsj09 said:

Thanks! I tried the default settings and it didn't work. I found out they weren't working when my husband kept asking why I was sending blank texts...haha

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So I was having the same issue not being able to send emojis how I resolved my issue was by going directly in messaging app selecting the three dots on the right hand side. From there I selected settings. Select on advanced sms/mms settings and I scrolled to the bottom where the simple characters only was turned on I turned it off and it fixed my issue

patrick85 said:

My S5 has developed an internet connectivity and phone signal issue. I managed to fix the internet connection issue (knock on wood) by installing a "booster" app. However, my phone signal still fades in and out. One minute I'll have sufficient signal to make a call or send a text, and then a few minutes later I will have no signal at all (zero bars.) It does not matter where I am at. Whether I'm at home, or work, or driving, my phone signal is always intermittent.

Does anyone have suggestions on how I might be able to fix this?

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If you upgrade yourself (not Samsung) to a newer Android version you can try making your phone calls via the wifi calling option. Today I use T-Mobile and use it on my Moto G stylus smartphone for the spotty cell signal areas of my house. 5 yrs ago AT&T gave us a cell booster box to attach to our router to help with the dead cell signals within our home.

Sometimes using ADB can remove a system app without root.

Instead of trying to use a file manager app, try using terminal app to change the Permissions feature of that system folder.
Possibly chmod 644 /system/media/audio/ringtones
Read up and be judicious about which r/w/x permissions you use.

If you don't already have a preferred terminal emulator installed, suggest you try the Termux app, it's a very versatile terminal