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Anyone else getting scam calls from "AT&T Support" on their home phone?

That's what makes it funny. Granny Edna is my favorite Kit character. Even though the same voice is used for Dawn DeWitt, Paula and many others. Same personality, same obsession with the mailman, etc.

When he goes full cosplay with the dress and wig, he looks a lot like Thelma Harper (Carol Burnett Show "The Family" and subsequent spin-off Mama's Family)

Help I bricked my phone

Hi!:)
Boot the phone into Fastboot mode and connect the phone to your computer and run the following command: fastboot erase cache. Then, run the command: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (replace "twrp.img" with the name of your TWRP recovery image file). Then run the command fastboot reboot to restart your phone. Try booting into TWRP recovery mode again and use the "Wipe" option to wipe the cache and data partitions. And finally, try installing the Magisk ZIP file again using TWRP.
You are welcome;)

Accessories Download QR Scanner & Barcode Scanner app, check professional QR code and Barcode information for ph

Thanks for sharing about this QR & Barcode Scanner app. It sounds like it has a lot of great features and is easy to use. However, it seems like you're promoting this specific app as the ""only"" one that's needed, and that can come across as a little pushy.
Yeah, devs tend to want to promote their own apps, some more enthusiastically than others. It's all good. :)

This site won't load connected to new Wi-Fi service

I had to put a root CA onto all my machines since my router is from 2010 and pulling a lot of legit sites (including this one) would pull a 'This connection is untrusted' error and since I despise anyone trying to protect me from myself, I stopped that from coming up via a root cert hack.

BTW if you're using AT&T's awful DSL another error sometimes comes up for seemingly no reason. At work we still have outdated Uverse, and sometimes just pulling up Amazon pulls up the AT&T router page called 'dnserr.html' which tries to claim incorrectly that the internet is down. I had to put a manual DNS to 8.8.8.8 to bypass it. Apparently AT&T does their DNS requests via the router firmware and if something goes awry, the error page comes up.

porting old number to straight talk?

Sadly I've had my number so long just about everyone knows it and getting a new one would make life more frustrating than the 4 hours lost to port over my existing one. So long as I don't ever leave Verizon (and LTE never shuts down) I'll be fine. My cell is only used for MMS/SMS and music these days. Phone calls are made/received on my landline. Nothing is that important enough to call me when I'm out and about. It can wait until I'm at home.

No screen lock

Exactly: the purpose of the screen lock is to keep unwelcome people out of the phone. Though it might also help reduce unwanted "pocket dialing", rearranging of desktops, etc should your screen get woken with the phone in the pocket (it's easy for a notification to wake the screen) - though a flip case will prevent that more effectively.

But then how can you be sure you won't ever lose your phone, or have it stolen, or have a "friend" mess with it if you leave it on the table and go to another room?
I live alone and I always have my phone on my side in a case I pretty much work and home I don't go to friends home's enough to worry about it.

16:9 frame over a 4:3 screen in a smartphone to make 16:9 photos?

Yes, it in any case is a pity (in my layman's imagination at least), why not with the 16:9 setting in the phone just crop the top and bottom information of the (4:3) image so may be 20, 25 MP would be cropped and one had the 16:9 format wit perhaps 44 MP instead of 12 MP with that 16:9 setting in the phone.

If only I had always taken pictures with my phone in 4:3 format (if I wanted 16:9).

Yes, the digital zoom / tele really is not good, I guess. and yes, that is why I want a real camera (one for the pocket, without having to carry it with me separately) since some years. But I then ALWAYS would have to care about a furhter device, take it with me all the time (and the charger with cable if necessary).

[Free Racing Game] Wild Island Racing

[Free Racing Game] Wild Island Explore - Speed Racing
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Let me introduce my Open world Racing game - Wild Island Racing, I make this game in last year, I uploaded it into google play store, you can download it at google play, or direct apk download from here

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[Game Introduce]

Wild Island Racing is officially coming! Are all the racing games you have played like this - galloping between different tracks but have no time to appreciate the scenery on the side of the road, Why you cann't freely explore the seemingly grand map beside the track. It's time to stop sticking to the old rules, who stipulated that the game can only go along a fixed and narrow track, isn't it good to freely plan an ingenious route? Who is using the scenery on the roadside as a background board in the track, which can only be seen from a distance and not played, if you can explore freely
Isn't it fragrant?
Come to the Wild Island Racing, freely plan the route, freely explore the entire game world, and truly be the master in the racing game. Of course, the essence of the game is racing, you must work hard to improve your driving skills, familiarize yourself with maps and tracks, and win the championship with speed and passion!

Experience a brand new open world racing game. Race with up to 9 cars, fearless collisions, acceleration, smart turns, sensitive braking, and show your perfect driving and drifting skills!
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★Decorate your vehicle★
A car is more than a lifeless piece of steel. Each of the different models has a rich and brilliant paint color to choose from.

★Realistic Graphics, better optimization★
You can adjust the graphic quality in the settings to run smooth on your phone or tablet. If your high-end phone, anti-aliasing and realistic graphic can provide more realistic game details. But even if it is an ordinary mobile phone configuration, you can get a smooth gaming experience by lowering the graphic quality.

★Brand new open world game experience★
You can freely plan the best route in each racing, seeing is believing, so all the places you can see can be used as part of your track, and you don't have to envy those grand scenes that you can't reach. You can also directly enter the free mode, driving a sports car to explore the game world to your heart's content.

★Rich and realistic game world★
Regular track elements such as flat roads, curves, and ramps are naturally present. There are also strange settings such as cliffs, suspended tracks, cable-stayed bridges, mountain tunnels, viaducts, seaside ports, etc. waiting for you to challenge.

Switching Phone and Sim Invalid MMI Code

The issue with the invalid MMI code on your Samsung Galaxy 8+ after switching the SIM card from an iPhone 7 may be related to the settings on your phone or the configuration of your carrier's network. Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue:

  1. Update the APN settings: Access the APN settings on your phone and verify that the correct settings are configured for your carrier. You may need to contact your carrier for the correct APN settings.

  2. Verify the SIM card: Make sure the SIM card is properly installed and not damaged. If necessary, try using a different SIM card to see if that resolves the issue.

  3. Restart the phone: Sometimes restarting the phone can resolve issues with MMI codes. Simply turn off your Samsung Galaxy 8+ and turn it back on.

  4. Check for software updates: Make sure your phone's software is up to date by going to Settings > Software update. If an update is available, install it and check if that resolves the issue.

  5. Contact carrier support: If the issue persists, contact your carrier's support team for further assistance. They may need to make changes to your account or network configuration to resolve the issue.
If these steps don't resolve the issue, you may need to contact Samsung support for further assistance.

Large button or icon for google microphone?

Yeah, HarryC.
Unfortunately that cannot be made larger.
As mentioned previously, you can put a icon or widget on your home screen that will open Google search...

For sure, but there don't seem to be any good simple ones. In any case as I mentioned earlier, the home button seems to be the solution as it also allows me to access voice search when not on the home screen too.

What is this file for?

But are those suppose to be some kind of account number for the ones that have numbers?
No those are not account numbers. Those are just system data related to the app's listed. Again i would not worry about them. It's all part of the os..... they are probably just cache files. You can probably delete it and it should pop up again......I would not though..... just saying.

Help External Keyboard will only type English

Hello Lurker, did you find any ultimate solution to the problem? As in how to solve this problem for universal devices?
Lol the members name is @Preacher Al. The "lurker" is a title given to AF members who does not have a lot of posts here in the forums.

This thread was his only activity here, unfortunately. So I doubt he will comment on your post.

Can you post what is exactly going on for you? Is it about an external keyboard and using a different language? If so what phone do you have? What external keyboard do you have?

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thank god commercials are not this long any more.

Although this may be true, it holds only for the individual commercial.

As far as broadcast tv goes ('regular old television'), the commercials themselves may be shorter, but there are more of them.
That makes the actual commercial breaks longer than they were years ago.

I actually saw this and then went back and timed it.

My research was done with an old VHS tape of a famous daytime tv show, The Oprah Winfrey Show from the 1980's.

The commercials seemed long, but the breaks seemed short.
So I timed the breaks, and they came in at 2½ minutes each.
Then I timed a daytime show (don't remember which one) that was in the same time slot, and the breaks were 4-5 minutes long.

Basically nowadays, you get about 40 minutes of watchable show per hour.

Contrast that with something like Tubi, where the coming breaks are not apparent in the show (none of that old "And when we come back from the next commercial break we blah, and blah blah blah, so stay tuned!" that takes up valuable show time, not to mention that the first minutes back from break are usually spent rehashing what went on before the break), and there are 3-4 or less 15 second commercials.
That really is so much nicer.

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