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Activity!! Please help.

ocnbrze
rose2 said:
Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me. With google activity is the information provided correct? Anything to do with android is it correct times, dates and info? Can you tell what a person is doing on their phone while looking at the activity? Parent situation and I really need some help. Thanks.
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why not just get a parental control app. these two are what my friends use for their kids:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.findmykids.app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.kids.familylink&hl=en_US&gl=US

the find my kids have parental control over apps and you can use this to see their activities and the apps being used on their device.

and i am not sure i understand your question.why would google activities not have the correct information about the phone? those activities can't be altered. so yes time date and info should be correct.

as far as google activity.....
When you use Google sites, apps, and services, some of your activity is saved in your Google Account. You can find and delete this activity in My Activity, and you can stop saving most activity at any time.
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https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7028918?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Android
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How many still have their S9+ ?

J
Well folks, I had a s9+ and it broke. The face and back came loose. I went to Samsung and ordered a S22 with the S9 as a trade. What a mistake. I got next to nothing for the trade and paid a fortune for the S22 which didn't have the features of the S9+. I ended up purchasing a used S9+ on eBay for way less than the S22 and sold the S22 for about 1/2 of what I paid for it. I'm now happy back with my S9+ and getting some of the money back for the S22.

FYI the S22 was about $600 with the trade in and I sold it for $282 so I got about 1/2 of the cost back. The used S9+ was $170 including tax and shipping.

Samsung is going to have to do a lot better with any new releases (S23?) to get me to move aways from the S9+.
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Help Stop auto-update from Android v12 to v13? or Will a factory reset take me back?

ocnbrze
20GT said:
It was an uninformed decision of panic.

i thought it would delay rooting (long story, which i will not go into here)
Thanks for all the replys

This (Post) to me is now irrelevant. Hope others will get some use from it.
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well i always say that you should never update if you plan on rooting a phone. most of the security patches that comes with the update can close loopholes that are used in rooting.
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Phone shutting down

svim said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi&hl=en_US&gl=US
Looking at its Play Store page, the FoxFi app has not been updated since Dec. 2017, apparently it's been abandoned so it's not surprising it is becoming gradually less and less able to function. The cellular networks our carriers are based on do progress at a snail's pace, but continuously.

Which carrier do you use? A lot of carriers now include hotspotting as a free service (with prerequisites). Any chance you switching carriers is doable?
Just as examples:
T-Mobile
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/mobile-internet-plans-for-hotspots
AT&T
https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1009376/
Verizon
https://www.verizon.com/support/mobile-hotspot-faqs/
Also, your Galaxy S6 is eight years old, archaic as far as smartphones. It's old and out-of-date.
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-6849.php
That could also be a factor when it involves online interactivity.
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svim said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi&hl=en_US&gl=US
Looking at its Play Store page, the FoxFi app has not been updated since Dec. 2017, apparently it's been abandoned so it's not surprising it is becoming gradually less and less able to function. The cellular networks our carriers are based on do progress at a snail's pace, but continuously.

Which carrier do you use? A lot of carriers now include hotspotting as a free service (with prerequisites). Any chance you switching carriers is doable?
Just as examples:
T-Mobile
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/mobile-internet-plans-for-hotspots
AT&T
https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1009376/
Verizon
https://www.verizon.com/support/mobile-hotspot-faqs/
Also, your Galaxy S6 is eight years old, archaic as far as smartphones. It's old and out-of-date.
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-6849.php
That could also be a factor when it involves online interactivity.
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I have Verizon I replaced the battery Sunday morning done a factory data reset afterwards foxfi stopped working right after it was working just fine before. So I'm guessing Verizon finally figured out a way to shut the app down after all these years I've used it almost 10 years without much issues. So I'm going to have to finally get home internet/wifi and probably go with straight talk instead I'm paying almost $100 a month with Verizon just for my phone service.
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Help Cannot disable notification sound when charging Sony Xperia 5 IV

mrsmagnuson
Sorry for double posting, I created a second account because I couldn't remember my password, or my email address (hehe) but now I'm back. Anyway, here is an update to my first post above: I realized that the annoying charging notification was not due to the charging itself, but due to the "Optimized battery charging" -setting. Apparently, that notification has its own rules, and I cannot find a way to silence it. Does anybody know?
In the meantime, I have disabled optimized battery charging. I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on the charging status.
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Contacts on Poco F3 has Odd Layout

L
Dannydet said:
So most likely the contacts app was updated and now shows those boxes you are seeing.
You can always install a different contacts app that doesn't show that, but I doubt you can change the contacts app you already have
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I think you are correct. I used delete all updates for the Contacts app and the unwanted boxes have gone.
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Help Need help on disabling the ability to receive SMS messages.

M
rookiegunner said:
As the title states, i am in search of a method to disable receiving SMS messages. I want to be able to turn it back on when the need arises too.

Basically, i want calls and such to work, and all the functions of the phone to work, i just want to disable the ability to receive SMS messages temporarily.
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Check if you are able to disable the Message app from Settings.
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Samsung S8 update to Android 10

Jelyob
svim said:
Since you're not willing to just buy your own phone, trying to force a work-supplied phone to be both a work and a personal phone requires a good amount of effort on your end as far as endearing yourself more to the administration and the IT staff.
Most universities have understaffed IT departments that need to maintain a lot of oversight over a large number of devices. This involves a lot of restrictions and limitations to keep private matters private, along with staff and user data isolated and secured.
Some users gripe and complain that they can't use those devices for personal usage with expectations that they're entitled to do what they want them, without taking any responsibility when they might inadvertently introduce some random exploit or compromise into the University's internal network. If people where to be made personally responsible financially for their own actions, that would reduce some of that entitlement attitude.-- there's a distinction between allowing some ransomware disaster into a network because of some clever social engineering hack or someone browsing through their personal Instagram account or whatever. The former is work-related matter, the latter is not.
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I am willing to buy a phone. I guess you missed my post where I said I'd offered to pay for an Android work phone and was rejected. I just don't want to carry two phones, did that for a year and it's a hassle. And I don't like iphones but I guess I'll learn to live with it.
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