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Just how OLD should a BRAND NEW Phone be (Bought in a Big Retail Store - in the Box) ???

If a phone has a Mediatek CPU in it, you're lucky if you get one Android version update or even a security patch. This is still an issue for the budget A-series line of phones. The Galaxy A01 (2020) just last month got Android 12!

As for old stock remaining in stores far longer than they should, I was still spotting Motorola RAZR VIII's as 'GoPhones' (AT&T) as late as 2011! I never had one so I bought one then to try out--turns out it was only good for phone calls as GPRS, which those used for data usage, had been EOL since 3G became a thing. So I didn't have that phone long. Wasn't so much fun without at least the ability to send MMSs.

In 2017, there were still Samsung Galaxy SIIIs sold on a Sprint MVNO here in town. I think for $49. There's also an LG Rebel 3 collecting dust at a nearby Dollar General store (I don't think it even supports VoLTE)

In 2019, Dollar General was still selling the Samsung Galaxy Centura on Net10 (Tracfone, for $10 each). The Centura was a 3G only GSM smartphone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

None of that holds a candle to the time capsule that K-Mart (The Saving's Place!) was in 2016. You could walk in and still find new, in-box (as well as mostly broken demo displays) of the NEW Nintendo 64! Oh but it gets better! You could also still buy the AT&T Trimline landline telephone! But still, more! VCRs, anyone?

I miss K-Mart....

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Help Orange Rush 3 New game feedback

those photos are great. games looks good, but we need some context on what we are looking at. what is your game about? how do you play it? and just a couple of photos is all you really need. you posted way too many in my opinion. look at the example i linked you to in my other post. the games developer only posted a couple of photos with a brief description and a linked to the app.

Chromecast 1 - stopped working on one TV, works on other.

Sorry for ressurecting the thread but apparently this can still happen so it is worth it to have a solution out there!
For the past two weeks I had almost exactly the same problem - tiny old TV which worked like a charm with Chromecast 3 and then a bigger "better" Panasonic Viera. Wouldn't budge. And finally, after miles and miles of reading crap like "Check your Wifi" or "Try different HDMI port" i finally stumbled upon an article on How To Geek about the HDCP mechanism and how it mostly makes normal users' lives difficult, instead of preventing piracy. And how to circumvent it in case it's the root cause - and it was, and the fix is tragi-comic - you need a cheap, active HDMI splitter that works with HDCP-enabled devices, yet, essentially circumvents it, because that what's causing a perfectly fine Chromecast to not talk to a perfectly fine TV set. I bought mine online for under 9 bucks. It's a square, metal, black box. No bigger than a box of cigarettes, with one HDMI in and two outs, and an external power brick. Works right out of the box, no configuration needed. As an added bonus, let's your single Chromecast be attached to two different devices at the same time if you ever needed such a thing.
God, that was frustrating!

[App] ParkAlot - find your car or bicycle back

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Have you ever wondered where your car was in a large parking area?
Or did you try to find your bicycle back at the station? ParkAlot will help you out.
ParkAlot is a tool to find your car, bicycle or other important items back.

Features
- Always find your car or bicycle back
- Simple user interface
- Premium look and feel
- Uses GPS / Geotagging to store your location
- Usable for many scenarios like bicycle storage, car parking locations and etc
- Crash resistant

Download
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixdots.parkalot
https://six-dots.app/parkalot

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Samsung photo gallery tags / keywords on images

Hi,

I take a a lot of photos for business and need to tag them to find. Samsung gallery has a great keyword tagging feature. Unfortunate it must store those keywords in a non-standard place because no other Android/windows app can see those tags. I need a way to tag photos that will be searchable on PC and with other apps. Sonnerie samsung
Does anybody know where those tags are stored and if there are other apps that search & tag in the same place?
Or does anyone else have this need and found an app that works for them?
sonnerie gratuite
Thanks,

Copying From Galaxy S7 to S7

Since they are both Samsung phones, you can use their official tool Samsung Smart Switch. About the details, you can search online. And you can also use Google account to sync your data to your Google account. When you log in to this account from any device, all of this data can be directly accessed and transferred. Please remeber that data include calendar events, contacts, passwords of Wi-Fi and other networks, wallpapers, Gmail settings, phone settings, and app data is supported. If you want to transfer media data like photos, videos, music, etc, you can try mobile transfer tool.

Help Someone hacked my Google calendar!!

This just happened to me can someone help please.
In order to determine if your Calendar problem is with the Calendar app on your phone or if it's happening with the calendar service that's integral to your online Google account. Two different things that will likely involve different solutions.
-- Please post more details about just what kind of problem are you having with your Calendar.
-- Do you have syncing enabled between your phone's Google Calendar app with your online Google account, or not (your calendar data only resides in your phone)?
-- If you log into your Google account calendar, is it showing the same problem as on your phone?
https://calendar.google.com

[APP] Riddle Tower - A riddle app inspired by GodTower and NotPron

Hello everyone
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Hopefully this post is not against the rules of the community. If something is off please let me know so i can remove it/fix it.

Riddle tower is a game i always wanted to make but having close to no free time it was really hard to start learning unity. The last 3 months i got some free time and now i published it at Google play store.

I understand this game is not for everyone but i am sure that everyone who played these kind of riddle games in the past will get a nostalgic feeling.

I am more than happy to listen to your feedback and also i can keep this thread as a small walkthrough to the game to help anyone who is stacked with some hints.

Have great day everyone.

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You can find the game by searching "Riddle Tower" on google play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riddletower

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Root [SOLVED] How do I root my phone?

Hello! Sorry to bother you so long after this post was made, but I don't plan to use root to hack games. I want it for things such as TowelRoot, internal audio recording, and unlocking my phone's full potential. I don't really hack games any more because it's no fun.

Anyway my point is, if you actually DO know a way to do this, could you tell me? I researched and researched and it doesn't look possible to me.
Towelroot only works on Kitkat with a kernel exploit. CF Auto Root or install Twrp then flash SuperSu on Lollipop and Marshmallow.

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