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Notifications read on PC don't clear notifications on the phone.

Yes , if I swipe the notification it dissapears. But messenger i.e. acts strangely, as each time I receive a message, I get a notification on a badge, then I open MSG read it inside the app so the font of that message is no longer bold (meaning I've read it), I go back to main screen but the notification on the badge stays in its place as it was before. Only pulling down the notification bar and swiping it right clears the badge.
I made a separate thread on Motorola's forum too, I'm waiting for reply.

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I believe this solves the problem:

From:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Del...matic-scrolling-to-bottom-of-page/td-p/589554

I had to jump through way too many hoops to figure out how to fix this myself, so I'm leaving my solution in this chain for David6162 & anyone else that comes looking for answers in the future.

I'm like 80% sure this issue is caused by the Grammarly implementation into the Samsung keyboard. Grammarly is responsible for the green underlines under text it wants you to check & for some reason it's extremely insistent on you confirming the most recent underline (typically near or at the bottom of the page), so it snaps you to it very frequently to get your attention.

First thing I tried was to just disable Grammarly outright in keyboard settings but that didn't seem to work for me, so I dug a little deeper and found you can manually select which apps you want to disable Grammarly spellchecking for.

Goto: Settings > General Management > Samsung Keyboard Settings > Suggest text corrections > Manage apps ; once there you can disable which apps Grammarly will try to check for you (in this case you should look for Dropbox). Bear in mind you will still have access to standard Samsung autocorrect after disabling this so spellchecking shouldn't be an issue after disabling this.

App prevent usage while driving

The only 'tablets' I've seen drivers use are the huge bricks that still run Windows Mobile (brands like Zebra) that are carried around by the FedEx and UPS drivers.

Oddly enough I came across a Zebra scanner at a thrift store, selling for $40. I passed since 1) I think reselling them is illegal, and 2)I doubt I could have hacked the skinned variant of Windows Mobile for anything useful.

Can't get Pocket Casts to use SD card?

My issue, on my Samsung Chromebook 2 360 is that Pocket Casts doesn't even see my SD card. I'm wondered if it was an Android issue, but the Android Files app sees the SD card.

I have enabled SD access in Chrome, and allowed it for the app.

Does anyone know how to get it to see the SD card?

Thanks!

Pocket Casts 7.26 (9049)
Chrome OS Version 107.0.5304.110 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Android 11 R107-15117.112.0 release-keys "dedede"

How to disable GPS?

Is your objective to disable only the location data obtained from the GPS satellites? Or are you wanting to disable all location services on your phone?

On modern Android versions, there's not really a way to disable just the GPS data source. The system uses a fused location service which combines location data from all available sources and provides that data to apps when they ask for it.

On a Pixel phone, you can go to Settings > Location and disable the Use Location toggle. That will prevent any apps from obtaining information about your location (based on GPS, nearby Wi-Fi networks, cellular triangulation, and any other potential sources of location data).

Navigating to Settings > Location > App location permissions allows you to review which apps have access to your location data, and drilling down into each app will let you toggle the Use precise location option on/off. With it disabled, the system itself will still have access to precise location data courtesy of GPS, but the app will only be provided with coarse/approximate location data (like what could be expected from cellular triangulation).

Of course, different phones from different manufacturers may have different options.


And I hope it goes without saying that none of these steps would prevent a cellular service provider from triangulating your device's location based on the towers it's connected to and the relative signal strength of each. There's nothing you can do to prevent that from happening.

Is there an app that would "trick" my phone into thinking that a photo is input from the camera?

Lol. I was literally just going to do the same post, not really knowing how to word it .

One option is to take a picture of another phone or laptop screen as someone mentioned above, yes. But I'm not sure I would get away with it in my situation.

Is anyone aware of any apps that can achieve this? As I need to do it to upload a picture of my driving license to apply for a couple accounts. It comes up with the camera app and that rectangle card shaped reticle that you must fit the card within.

I have lost my license and only have a picture so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I can code but would prefer to use somebody else's hard work to do this

Does "adb shell settings put secure location_mode 0" reliably turn off/disable GPS?

The phone doesn't ping to GPS satellites, just receives.

What are you trying to achieve? As Danny says you cannot stop your network provider knowing your approximate location (unless you remove your SIM). For Google getting your location turning all location services off from the settings should suffice, though as a precaution you may want to turn off the app and Web activity logging in your Google settings (that records locations where apps were used, if they have that information) as well as location history. If you are worried about the security services hacking your phone and bypassing this then (a) you are almost certainly below their notice and (b) it will take more than an adb command to make that impossible.

Fast Notepad File Location?

Hi. I'd like to add to my post (and not edit it in case someone comes by this again after reading it and not notice the edit) that dan le:s suggestion doesn't work for me either because my Chromebook doesn't work the way described there - I only have three dots on the top right, and I can't switch between storage locations like that, there's no such option. The suggestion sounds more like it's meant for a phone, not a Chromebook.

What is the possible problem of my desktop PC?

Could be RIFA-madness, aka a failed, venting RIFA capacitor. Those are usually used for filters and aren't vital to the system functioning properly. However, I'd be looking for the bad one and unsoldering it from the board to avoid not only the smell but a potential fire hazard.

This YouTuber had a RIFA go poof on a monitor on video, yet the monitor kept going.
Compaq DeskPro 386s first (and last ?) look - YouTube

Help

Usually a phone only gets locked for a few reasons (assuming this is like a PUK or PIN2 lock)

1. Inserting the wrong SIM for the phone (wrong carrier, aka, a Verizon SIM into an AT&T phone)

2. Attempting to bring a prepaid handset to post-paid (most in-box prepaid phones sell super cheap but depend on being activated for a month or so on the prepaid plan to pay off the subsidized cost before they'll accept a post-paid SIM)

3. Using a feature phone from who knows when, locked to Tracfone (which runs proprietary software such as their 'airtime balance display') on a non-Tracfone carrier such as AT&T.

4. Entering the SIM PIN incorrectly 3-5 times. (usually this happens because user goes to security, sees 'SIM LOCK' and hopes it's more secure than the factory screen lock, and doesn't know the original SIM PIN which it will ask for)

5. Attempting to use a 'found' phone on your own SIM, which forces remote lockout (but that usually only happens at the Google account side, and it's called 'factory reset protection' and obviously doesn't involve such a hardware lock)

Christmas Lights Watch Face

Hi,

Christmas is coming, and you might want to wear something new: Christmas Lights Watch Face
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.thema.wear.watch.christmaslights

This is an animated watch face, and as always, it's free to try, to see if you love the design.
You can customize the color for free, and a few other essential settings (date, format, etc...)
If you want more, you can become a premium user, and use all its features: custom data & complications, custom shortcuts, animations, secondary timezone, and a lot more!

I hope that you will like it!

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