Before you bother buying a new phone: When's the last time you reinstalled the oparating system, that is, reset the device?

It's not the only device: my s21 got another update based on the May 1st security patch today.

olbriar said:

I probably will not watch Saving Private Ryan, I've seen it many times. That doesn't diminish my respect, admiration, and appreciation for those that stormed the Beaches of Normandy.

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Here's a good one: DDay plus 20: Walter Cronkite interviewed Eisenhower. Amazing stuff! CBS Reports (1964): "D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower ...YouTube · CBS News1 hour, 22 minutes, 16 secondsJun 5, 2019

I want a watch to look like a watch.
The Apple watches don't.

MikeHunt555 said:

Having read more, it seems to me that manufacturers are going down this route, for whatever reason i don't know.

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MikeHunt555 said:

Most consumer products are driven by the features that the actual consumer wants. The exceptions to that are cars, which are driven by government regulations and the cellphone industry which seems to be driven by the manufacturers. It's them that determine what features are there. Gone are the days of replaceable batteries, expandable memory and wired headphones.

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mikedt said:

Apparently there's going to be Wookies in it.

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yep.....and he is a Jedi. it will be the first Wookie in a film to be a Jedi. there were other Wookies who were Jedis, but they only appeared in the animation shows. mostly in the Clone Wars animated series and maybe in Rebels as well.

sachertorte said:

Today, on my Samsung Z Fold 5, I can't get email links to open up with Opera, even though when I go go settings (phone settings/apps), all browsers say that Opera is the default browser. This seems to have happened after I added some accounts to Aqua Mail. For now, I got links to stop opening with Chrome by disabling Chrome, but I do not think this is the proper or desired way. Chrome was not disabled on my Z Fold 4 and links opened there Correctly. Possibly dome changes got made in Aqua Mail or in my Google account during the email account additions. Any ideas here??

Danny

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Just as a subtle tip, I'd focus on just the actual problem, getting the Opera browser app to open web links you encounter in other apps. Adding in other suppositions just adds confusion and misdirection.

-- Have you tried to just restart your phone? If the rproblem is due to a one-off glitch that just popped up, a simple rebott might be all that's required. If the web link problem is still a problem after a reboot at least you can rule that out.

-- I have doubts the AquaMail app is actually part of the problem. It's just an email client, and it's s a different app that is only relevant to email services. It does not have any web browser capability nor can it manage other apps and/or over-ride the settings and configurations of other apps. When there is an web link in an email message, there's only a very indirect 'link' between the AquaMail app and whichever web browser app. Simply your problem started to occur approximately after you added some email accounts to the AquaMail app does not necessarily mean that's the actual cause of the web link problem itself, a classic corrleation vs causation example::

-- Getting back to the web link problem, part of the problem might be a common Google oversight matter. Just purely anecdotally, on my OnePlus phone running 12 my default web broser is the Firefox Forcus app, and I also need to keep the Chrome app disabled otherwise some, but not all, web links in other apps might trigger Chome instead. And yes, in the Default Apps menu in my phone's Settings menu Firefox Focus is set as the default. The issue being some apps, notably Google services apps, are 'hard-coded' to use the Chrome app, no matter what the Default Apps option is set to use. By Disabling the Chrome app that forces all web links to use my prefered choice.YMMV.
Again, that might part of the problem, there's apparently other factors involved. Try resetting the Opera app and then go through the processs of using a different app to open a web link so you can choose Opera as the default to siee if it sticks this time. -- be sure the Chrome app is Disabled, be sure to backup any saved bookmarks in Opera, then go into the Apps menu and use the Clear data option in the Opera apps linsting. Using Clezr data will remove all of that apps settings/config data, along with its cache essentially returning it back to its original firtt time used state. You;'ll need to do a restore of your email account infor and such so it's definitely an involved task.

It should be fully compatible with SGW4, 5 and 6

Yep same here, Google photos from day 1

Have you rebooted your phone?

Is the screen pointed towards your body or away from your body when it's in your pocket? Pointing the screen away from your body when it's in your pocket seems to cause fewer problems.

Your phone is about 6 years old, A factory reset may help

Just got a Pixel 8 Pro. Traded in an S9 and got the P8P free. Fantastic phone. 7 years of updates is insane but I'll take it.

The_Chief said:

I didn't even know it was in P&CA... peanut butter gallery out...

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Heck, I don't know where *I* am, let alone this thread.

I couldn't get into Game Of Thrones, so will be giving this a miss.

Criminal charges have been dropped against Scottie Scheffler That was a crazy arrest

Scheffler sees charges dropped over PGA arrest

ocnbrze said:

according to this:

Use Google Assistant to type with your voice - Gboard Help

Important: The text you speak stays on your device and isn’t sent to Google servers except when you use the “Fix it” feature. You can dictate text through your voice with Assistant voice typing on Gbo

support.google.com

punctuation is not automatic. if you pause after a sentence, google will put the appropriate punctuation.

check to see if your phone is up to date.

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There has been no changes in awhile to the system that I could see. However, the punctuation started working again on its own, a couple of days ago. Now the question is why does this seem to happen so often periodically (ha! pun).

Yeah, bloody thing doesn't even let you turn off notifications, never mind disable it (at least on my Samsung). I have turned-off what I can, and got to the point where I don't get notifications from it, but that's all. I don't think you can even force stop it: the button is there, but it doesn't grey out after use so I suspect it does nothing (it might just respawn immediately when you stop it, but being cynical I suspect that it doesn't even stop in the first place).

You could root and stop it, or switch to a ROM without it (if you have ROMs for your phone), but I don't think it's worth doing that just for this app.

countryblue said:

I'm looking for another app that is comparable to the features and behavior of Google Assistant, but he key factor is that it will use Firefox as it's vehicle. For instance, when you ask the Google Assistant to look for alternatives for Google Assistant, it will uses the Google/Chrome browser to perform perform it's search and render the results.

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Assistant can do more than just search. This is what I was trying to clarify: is it just search you want, or some of its other features as well?

Firefox has a voice search option, but you have to open the browser and tap the icon on the input bar. If you set Google as your search engine I imagine that would trigger a Google search, but I you are looking for constant listening & keyword triggers I don't know how to do that. It should be possible to set a shortcut to open the app itself (I could set a double tap on the power key to do this on my s21), but you'd still have to touch the icon - I don't know a way of opening the app directly and activating voice search in a single shortcut.

ocnbrze said:

guess what i had today for dinner????

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Easter said:

Hi I'm not very good on my phone and I need to back up some files, including 8000 or so recorded calls, which I must not lose. It's a Huawei 20x 5G. It is absolutely stuffed full of really important stuff including the phone calls which I cannot lose, but if I try to back up to Google Drive it will only let me back up 40 or so at a time and it takes hours upon hours. I have in the past managed to put things onto a USB pendrive but the USB port is dodgy and it doesn't always transfer over. If the port breaks then I can't do anything at all obviously as I can't charge it. what is going to be the easiest quickest way for me to get copies of all this stuff? I'm terrified of doing something wrong trying to sort it ! Sorry to sound so totally daft.

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Your phone model supports Nano Memory cards, yes? Do you have one?
Transferring your audio library to a NM card should be quicker than uploading to an online storage service. Then remove the card and copy your audio files to a PC (assuming it has a card slot or you have a USB card adapter).
Otherwise, while 8000 audio files are a pretty significant number of files, a big factor you're leaving out is the file size amount. If these are relatively low-res recordings than each file is going to reflect that in its file size, if these are higher res audio than of course conversely they'll each be a lot larger in file size. Also are they mono or stereo? That among other factors are relevant. The point being the total amount of those 8000 files is dependent on a mystery -- i.e. when it takes hours to upload a batch of 40 files that could mean those are high-res audio files, or it could mean you have a relatively slow broadband or cellular connection. Are you using WiFi (broadband, ISP-based) or mobile data (cellular, carrier-based)?

Congrats! Yes, I am late but just saw this post.

I went through the same weight loss. I have ESRD so it was too late to avoid dialysis but lost weight and am on 2 kidney transplant lists. My pants are too big as well as my underwear lol. I also am no longer on diabetes meds. As a matter of fact, I have to carry glucose pills or hard candy since my sugar drops! I lost 80 lbs and it made a difference with my diabetes. I have regular sugar levels. now.

As far as fast foods, I can actually eat a burger but it has to be with no cheese. Lettuce, small amount of tomato and onion. I haven't eaten a fast food burger since about 3 years. I cook my own food as any processed food is really bad for those with kidney disease.

join google rewards. Answer a few questions and before you know it, you'll have enough for Nova Prime. I answer so many questions that I rarely have to pay for an app. (yeah, I'm cheap but I will pay with real money if I need the app lol)

i keep my z fold 4 in my pocket and never had any issues with volume. safe mode is the only thing that can determine if this is from an app or not. if you do not want to go that route than you might want to consider doing a factory reset.

abdulbadii said:

How in definitive way to get Android 9, and below, saved wifi password corresponded by its data values eg. SSID name, etc ?

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What you're attempting to do is not possible, You cannot find out what a password might be by being able to detect a SSID.
The SSID is just an identifier of a WiFi network, and it's a given that a password is a requirement for anyone to receive valid authentication to access that WiFi network. That password is not intrinsically tied a SSID, nor vice-versa -- when anyone sets up a WiFi network, they can name a SSID to their liking and they can use any passord to their liking
(.... well, within established restirctions. i.e. some characters not allowed, or number of character limits.) If you are trying to hack into a WiFi network, your efforts to get its password won't be in its SSID. The authentication routine is done within the source router.

amarie82 said:

I have a pixel 8 pro and have more space then the pic for my messaging. I also use RCS. Apple is supposed to add rcs to their devices this fall.

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Can you take a picture and post it like I did above? I also have a Pixel 8 pro