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Missing photos on Ultra 21

ocnbrze
Dav1d said:
Thanks ocnbrze,
yes I've checked Google and other back up "clouds"...no where to be seen. I must have inadvertently deleted them, but to be honest, I don't know how, as they were important...ah well, thanks anyway.
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if you have been letting google backup your photos and they are not there, then somehow you have deleted them.

just to double check, i would log online to your google photos,https://photos.google.com/, and double check there. sometimes you can just delete photos off of the device without entirely deleting the photo from the cloud.
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Need SMS/MMS app recommendation with Group options

J
Hello,
I'm looking for an SMS/MMS app that would allow me to somehow group about 20 contacts and then assign every single one of those contacts the same notification sound without having to change each contacts notification sound every single time I'm on-call.

Scenario: We have about 15 servers at work (and I have 5 coworkers on my team) that will send a message to [phone number]@[carrier].com when something breaks. At the end of my on-call period, I want to be able to either silence or change the notification sound on all of those contacts (or possibly the group....if that's possible to assign to a group) in one fell swoop without having to go into every single contact record and making 20 different changes.

I'm not referring to a group message....our pages/texts don't work like that. Each server is configured to send a text/page to our company Outlook group which sends it to 7 addresses everyone in our group all the time. When I'm not on call, I'd like to silence the pages from those 20 servers (or at least change the notification sound to something that isn't loud and annoying). I'm referring to assigning each contact to a group so that I can change the notification once. When I get a page from one server, it comes from [server name]@[organization domain]. I might not have a server page me for a full year whereas another server might page/text me a few times a week.

Are there any SMS/MMS apps out there that allows me to change a notification on a group of contacts all at once? I use a Galaxy S22+ and the standard Messages app doesn't allow me to set it up this way as far as I can tell. I'm even willing to pay a few bucks for an app that will allow me to put contacts into a group and manage notifications on the group all at once.

Thanks,
John
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Google assistant

svim
Check in your Settings >> Notifications menu that the Assistant app is Enabled and then check the Battery menu so Assistant is allowed to keep running in the background.
(.....it can be a handy feature but don't be surprised when your battery's idle power usage takes a little hit. Don't forget the more things you set up to do automatically and continuously that are otherwise kept in a low-power, sleep status, it's your battery that's affected.)
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Android Security Question

Hadron
beetecaste said:
Thank you for the replies. I must have misunderstood what I read yesterday, because I just read on Wikipedia that the S9 was released in 2018. So, that would indicate that there are at least a couple more months until it is officially five years old.
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It would, but Samsung never promised 5 years' updates back when the S9 series was released: they have increased the support period for the Galaxy s series since then. I believe that back when the s9 was released it was 4 years, which is admittedly still better than many manufacturers do.
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New Android Game (Free) - Bubble Tap

fast tap
GamerGirl87 said:
I am looking forward to play this! Seems like so much fun with friend.
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Thank you for the feedback.
You can send your friend an invitation link to become in-game friends and play Team mode together.
All you need to start a match is for both of you to be online.
For more information about any screen/mode you can open info icon (top right).
We are looking forward to your impressions.
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Help Reminder to move?

The_Chief
I have a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro and it won't leave me alone about it! I think it's the watch and not Wear OS, though, but it will tell me to get up and walk... if I'm driving, it will tell me "great job!" Apparently it thinks I can walk 45 MPH going down the road LOL but you think it will track my indoor rower exercise? Heck no... because it's not moving, I guess... who knows
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GPS location not available for photos off camera: Galaxy A03s Model SM-A037U

svim
Al Fresco said:
The GPS must be in the EXIF data or it would not appear in Google Photos. Correct?
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Yes, that's correct but only conditionally. Photo files will have varying amounts of EXIF data embedded in them, with some having very extensive amounts of info (camera type, date, location coordinates, resolution, etc.) and some with only minimal info (date and file size). So no if some aspect like GPS coordinates don't already exist in a photo file's metadata, an app like Google Photos cannot magically add those missing GPS numbers after the fact.
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WiFi Calling Not Working Suddenly

svim
OK, bummer. Would have been nice if it was just a router restart to fix things. So try a different WiFi network. If it's still a problem elsewhere, that might be an indicator the issue is with your phone. Since it was working fine previously, can you think of anything that might have changed approximately around the same time as when you started to have this problem?

You might want to try looking in your phone's Settings menu for a Network Settings Reset option. This reset all network related services back to their default settings so it is a bit of a drastic measure. (It's not just WiFi settings but cellular and Bluetooth so saved WiFi networks will be wiped as will saved Bluetooth pairings. You'll need to redo them accordingly as you try to interact with each again.) See pg.143 of your Verizon S10e User Manual:
https://ss7.vzw.com/is/content/Veri...sung-galaxy-s10-s10e-s10plus-en-ug-022019.pdf
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Behavior based antimalware....?

R
Cylance mobile protect uses AI. The thing to remember however is that much malware is encrypted. So it may not stop all malware or custom malware attacks. Cylance is working with Gigamon & RSA Netwitness investigator pro to dectect custom malware attacks. Gigamon decrypts SSL traffic on the fly and is anlyzed with Netwitness.

https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/products/cylance-endpoint-security/cylance-protect-mobile



svim said:
Perhaps you're thinking about 'heuristic' functionality when you refer to behavior? Anti-malware utilities have relied upon heuristics for decades now, long before Android even existed. A lot of Android apps do implement heuristics already.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic
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Help RCS Messaging intermittent

M
You should follow these tips:

  • First check the internet connection is working fine.
  • Update your Google Message app.
  • Check the RCS status from Settings.
  • Switch from cellular data to Wi-Fi.
  • Disable Chat feature on your previous phone. For this, open the Messages app and then hit on three dots. Next, tap on Settings > Chat feature. Lastly, toggle off “Enable chat features”.
  • Reset the network settings of your device.
All these solutions has been taken from RCS (Google Messages) not working on Android. So, if the above methods didn’t help then you can follow other tips from this article.
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Having an issue

Hadron
So what happens when you try to boot it? Is it by any chance asking you to provide a Google username+password? If it is then you need to provide the login credentials of the last Google account used with that phone.

This is an anti-theft measure known as "factory reset protection". Prior to its introduction it was possible to steal a phone, go into recovery mode (without needing to unlock the screen) and reset it, then use it or sell it. The idea is to reduce the attractiveness to a thief by making that impossible, but of course it will also catch people who forget the password or who get a phone legitimately from someone who doesn't know about this (if you want to sell a phone you should remove your account from it before resetting in order to avoid this).

The catch is that it only works as an anti-theft measure if there is no way of getting into the phone without the login details. So if this is the problem you are facing we can't help you: my advice in this case is to speak to the person who you got the phone from and ask them to unlock it (or provide the information you need to do so yourself).

If the problem is something else, could you describe exactly what happens when you try to boot it up and log in?
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Quick Persistent Icon \ Auto Fill Question...

EvoVAlpha said:
Hi everyone, long time but love that you all are still going strong and focused! (Sorry if that was corny, long week and overtired:)

Two quick questions about two issues... I have a Motorola G Power w\ Android 11 on it, and after recently resetting the phone, noticed that along with the voicemail updates there is now a stopwatch \ clock icon at the top of the screen and on the lock screen. It's not associated w\ any other app, and will go away when I clear the storage and cache, but comes back as soon as I get a text, along with a 'welcome to voicemail' popup... The latter I'm able to get rid of with a quick swipe, but don't seemingly have an option within the voicemail app itself or any other setting to stop the clock icon.

And this is less of a thing but still a thing; some old email addresses I had on the phone before the reset keep popping up with the autofill... I went to the Google app itself as well as the keyboard settings, and couldn't find where I could remove the emails \ words in general from the autofill \ auto complete.

Thank you in advance for the time and please ask anything that might help!
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You can just simply erase it by going into google settings and in email, take it off from the gmail app.
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My Contact, but says Suspected Spam

nickdalzell
svim said:
Another interpretation is a converse one, it's something that unfortunately penalizes one student while being a benefit to the rest of the class.
No question your Mom's situation isn't fair but her usage is unlike most consumers. In this case she's paying a price she shouldn't have to because her carrier apparently isn't able to rescind putting her number in the spam listing. You would think there should be some kind of administrative over-ride for mistakes and false positives.
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To be fair, dealing with AT&T's customer 'support' is akin to debating a Christian about science. You'd have better luck banging your head against the wall.
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Help Disable notification pop up

nickdalzell
I don't think it's possible without turning on Do Not Disturb forever and adding in any 'exception' as an app within those settings. It's frustrating especially when all modern phones make sound for even the most insignificant notification. I mean, I only need sound and pop-ups for calls, texts and email. That's it. Nothing more. But today, modern phones make sound for something as innocuous as a tweet, or a news article, or even something as stupid as the 'Google Assistant is listening' or 'Bixby Voice is turned on' or 'Configuration update is downloading in the background.'

Even worse, is that turning each of the hundreds of notifications off to get a sense of what life was like in 2010 is like pulling weeds. Just when you think you got 'em all, another pops up! It can take days to get rid of all the useless notifications and unfortunately many cannot be turned off (such as the one asking you to add a Samsung Account!). This and many other reasons are why I use a bare bones Android-based flip phone that ONLY makes sound for texts and calls as that's all it does.

TL;DR: using Do Not Disturb 24/7, adding apps you want notifications from as 'exemptions' is the easiest way to get rid of this problem. Not optimal, but thank Google for making life far more complicated than it needs to be.
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