Or use it for parts (screen, battery, etc) for another, secondhand J3...

But carrying on...OP? have you tried a factory data reset? You said it boots to either recovery (where the Factory Reset option is) or download mode, the latter of which is how you put the original firmware (assuming you know the version of Android/etc that was there before since ODIN won't flash older versions on top of newer ones) via a PC suite called ODIN.

I would try the Factory Data Reset or even 'Clear Cache' options first and retry. Often it gets buggered (like from a partially installed update, or crash) and just bootloops or freezes at the Samsung logo.

Worse case scenario, if you like the J3, I'm certain plenty of used examples exist cheap on eBay or Amazon, and then you got parts, like an extra battery (the J3 had a removable battery) or screen, or other bits.

Clementine_3 said:

The app is for 8 and above but it's web based so can be used on anything that has a browser, microphone, speaker and WiFi. Dang handy little thing is Voice.

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Does this mean you can use Samsung Internet on said Note II to enable Voice to work on it? I swear it worked fine last year. I am of the view if it worked fine last year it should work fine this year because nothing changed (except Google's attitude towards people who prefer their older phones, that is)

Doesn't matter anyway, because I found alternatives, plus, I don't trust any Google app because they all have longevity issues. Play Music was the straw which broke the camel's back for me. Like any corporation, they don't give any rat's hat if anyone complains or sends feedback, they'll do whatever they do anyway. If any company did that in the '60s they'd be bankrupt from the bad reputation in no time.

My Note II's (got two of 'em) still go a day on charge fine. What did you do to your Note 4 @ocnbrze ? Leave it plugged in for months? I made a couple of 'spicy pillows' out of my S5 batteries that way (when I used it for my internet via hotspot mode for 6 months when I moved into my home) but only because many online resources said that leaving a phone plugged in won't hurt it, because they are smart enough to regulate their own charge and not over charge the battery. They lied.

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ocnbrze said:

What phone do you have?

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Galaxy A71

Coloured said:

It's not very effective, you're better off leaving it out in the open for a few days. The rice is starchy and get's into the ports easily.

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it has worked for me a few times, never had any issues with the ports. i guess if you used long-grain rice as they are not as starchy. rice is a good desiccant and will actually pull moisture from the atmosphere. i actually use the silica packs that some items ship with. silica is a much better desiccant than rice.

Fox Mulder said:

Many years ago the trend was to make phones smaller, but now it seems the mfrs think our hands get bigger every year and our eyes smaller.

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They're probably assuming everyone is pumped up with Insulin Growth Factor 1, or IGF-1 and has massive hands!

Whenever your Samsung phone gets an OTA update, it will nag you endlessly each time you unlock the device, and if it's set to auto download on Wifi (the default) it only gives you three postpones before installing it anyway whether you want it to or not. changing the setting to not auto download will just have it pop-up reminding you of an update being available (and in settings, it shows it at the top of the screen as well) over and over again.

I say the Note no longer differentiates. It looks almost identical to the S series now, with the S-pen being the only differing factor. Back in 2011, we had many phones of various designs and I truly miss it. A lot became e-waste because of unnecessary carrier shutdowns (which again, nobody asked them to do, no market demand or view given, nor were we asked first. We don't even need 5G.)

I honestly want a phone that stands out. The Nokia N95. Totally unique and since all I do with a phone today is text and play music it'd be up to the task. Unfortunately, the aforementioned carrier shutdowns have reduced them all to e-waste, or paperweights.

Glad to hear you sorted it out

nickdalzell said:

I stopped using Samsung Health when they started mandatory forced updates. It looks like it gives you a choice, and if you say 'later' it closes the app out. I liked the version before it, since it had cute little animations such as a lady that walked across the pedometer progress bar and held a little medal when you completed it, and a more 'LCD digit' style font for weight tracking, but those got replaced with blander UI elements with no life in them. They also downgraded the UI of Together, so I laid it to rest. I was already miffed at the removal of the neat graphic splash screen showing people running with their dog, replaced with a standard blank white screen just saying 'Samsung Health' and its icon instead. I was no longer confident the app was my own or that I could expect it to remain familiar the next time I opened it.

Now any pedometer use is on my Nintendo 3DS, which replaces my smartphone when I'm out. All my music is on that as well. Much more charming UI.

So long as I'm beautiful in the eyes of animals, I'll be ok. Never been a people person anyway.

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You are beautiful in animals eyes.

olbriar said:

I had a similar problem years ago. I went onto Google and found that contacts that seemed the same had subtle differences. I had to take the time to make each contact identically the same as all instances of the contact to remedy the problem. I hope that is the case with your contacts and that's a fix for you.

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Thank you, olbriar. I have previously gone onto my Google contacts online and when using the merge and fix option it doesn't find any.
When I do a search for a friend called Donna I get at least 15 Donna's with the same name. My guess is that the only reason why they are showing up multiple times is because its going through "phone contacts".

If I don't do a search there are not duplicates. Once I start a search I see boxes below the search window that include "phone contacts" "Google Contacts" "Company"

osmanjames said:

Yes, it is possible to get all audio ports from an USB attached device. You can use Android's AudioManager class to access each port and configure the routing of the audio accordingly. You can also use audio APIs such as OpenSL ES to access the audio ports. From there, you can use the Audio Routes API to route the audio to multiple destinations. Additionally, you should take a look at some 3rd party libraries that provide more options for audio routing, such as the Audio Jack library.

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Thank you for your response.

I used getDevice() method from AudioManager when my controller was connected to my Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 and it has 3 devices: first is Type 2(AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BUILTIN_SPEAKER), second is Type 11(AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_USB_DEVICE) and the third Type 18(AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_TELEPHONY). After connection, the selected device is Type 11 and the music is heard in the master port(automatically default selected by Android).

When I plugg in headphones in the headphones port, nothing changed in the AudioManager and I have the same 3 output devices.

I mention that I have tested the controller with a DJ software on PC and the headphones port worked fine.


I will try to use OpenSL ES API to get a solution., maybe it will work.

Hi, Iam facing an issue with Android Studio, Iam using Android studio with Electric eel version, in this iam unable to preview the layouts, infact its getting as Render Problem in the logs, can somebosy please help me on this.

Ain't it funny that. No hosts for the tool. Also, XDA has a good rom/recovery which are abandoned, apparently.

I usually 'TikTokDer' to downloading TikTik video. No problem, I will also try your new snaptik app.

I haven't received one yet. I do get a few bank account and paypal breech notifications daily if that makes you feel any better.

The March 2023 update is out. It's 459MB on my Pixel 7

For anyone that runs across this thread, the solution is this:

1. Install SMS Backup & Restore app
2. Backup all your SMS messages (and call logs if you want)
3. Use a program where you can select all messages in one tap like Chomp SMS and delete them all. Note that you will lost any messages you received after the backup completed and before you delete all your messages. (None in my case.)
4. Use the SMS Restore function, Advanced options, and select the date you don't want any messages restored that are earlier than that date.

The only probably I ran into is my Might Text app went crazy delivery notifications to my Windows PC for every incoming message restored so I uninstalled the Mighty Text app on the phone temporarily so it would stop treating them as new messages.

Not familiar with that app, but I'm guessing that is more of an app support question, unless someone here is familiar with this app?

milo23 said:

What tv box do you recommend? MXQ? or maybe mecool? or maybe something else?

I'm still thinking about:
Chromecast
Xiaomi
Realme
or just the cheapest like this: https://allegro.pl/oferta/smart-box-tv-4k-android-10-wifi-bt-przystawka-tv-13005935715
or something similar.

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A new TV box may well be the way to go. For one thing: It's unlikely that your Android 4 box is still getting security updates. But jf you do keep using your current one, you should probably use the Puffin Cloud Browser on it. It's the only browser I know of that still gets security updates on Android 4. You don't want a browser without security updates, on top of an operating system without security updates!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Dell PC's powerchord is always so short too!!!
Set your comp up right where you have a few inches near by your power outlet, use a serge protector over all, I use a G.E. one and can never be happier!!!!!!

It's the same thing, nothing changes, it's like WhatsApp doesn't recognize the contacts

Does her phone have an actual SIM or is it esim? If a card then take it out, restart the phone and put it back in. If an esim then go into settings and reset carrier settings (not the esim but carrier). It'll just re-hook up to the towers, you may have to re-add the WiFi password etc. (this can be done even if you leave the SIM card in).