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Help Slow Wireless Charging

This is what I use with minimal (alcohol induced user related placement) issues.

Anker Wireless Charger with Power Adapter, PowerWave II Pad, Qi-Certified 15W Max Fast Wireless Charging Pad for iPhone 12, 12 Mini, 12 Pro Max, 11, 11 Pro, Galaxy S10 S9 S8, Note 10 Note 9 & More https://a.co/d/gfx3miE

I have rarely had any issues with Anker products. Eventually cables wear out, but that is to be expected. Other than that their products just work.

There's always the outlier, no matter how good the company/product is. I bought an Anker wireless charger pad and charger from Target about a week after the Z Fold 4 came out. A few days ago, I found my Note 8 which was on the charger, dead. The setup failed. When you plug the setup in, the light on the pad lights up for 2-5 seconds, then it shuts off. I have not been able to isolate it to the charger or pad yet. I have also had great luck with Anker.

Danny

Google Play - Apps Update Date Long Ago

I tend to go in there once a day and check because of this.

I don't get notifications from Google Play, I turn them off as well as many others. As a result I check them daily also. I don't auto update any apps because there are 3 that are problematic afterwards. Sometimes, when í open another app it will inform me that there's a new update that doesn't show up in Google Play.

Doesn't matter which cellphone carrier or phone I use.. please help

Lotsa anti goobernment rambling, this one stands out to me :




Do not trust my goobernment !!!

The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation.Initially developed for the military and intelligence community, the StingRay and similar Harris devices are in widespread use by local and state law enforcement agencies across Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker

Stingray is the generic name for an electronic surveillance tool that simulates a cell phone tower in order to force mobile phones and other devices to connect to it instead of to a legitimate cell tower

https://theintercept.com/2020/07/31/protests-surveillance-stingrays-dirtboxes-phone-tracking/

As much as I distrust what's happening inside the alphabet agencies in the last few years , I'm too old to relocate up to Pennsylvania. Winter's are too long and cold for my metal replacement parts, some of which are over 20 years old.

Carry on the fight.

Help qrtime code scan & Generator

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Galaxy Tab S4 in bootloop - I need to delete something from the storage through ABD

With ADB indicating a 'storage booting' problem; and Odin showing different Failed error messages in the screen caps you posted <ID:0/008> FAIL! (DeviceInfo and the log file posting <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1); in aggregate three separate and different error messages indicate a problem with your Tab S4 being a more serious hardware issue rather than a software issue.

Low Latency H.264 Decoder

Dear Forum Folks:

I am building an H.264 media player that can decode elementary streams. I have it working ok, but the decoder always buffers up quite a few frames before displaying the first image. This is an IB (no P frames) only elementary stream I am decoding. I have noticed that if there are I frames every 5 frames, the Android player will start to display on the 7th frame. If there are 10 frames between I frames, it will display on the 12th frame and if there is 24 frames between I frames, it will display on the 18th frame. Is there any way around this?

I have read a lot of stuff using Google and there are suggestions, but no real answer. Just seems to be a hanging issue. However the drone guys figured out how to get around this since their player has very low latency so there must be a way to get the Android player to not buffer up so many frames and display on the 1st available I frame. Can you advise how to do this?

Thanks,
Tim

Rubbish battery life

Wipe your data and return this phone if possible. They sold you phone that's over three years old. If it was 'new' and in its original packaging, that means the phone has been left in a storage closet untouched that entire time. Smartphone batteries need to be stored with at least some charge so a phone that's been sitting around completely idle for three years will have a battery that's already lost a lot of its usage life.
Or if you opt to keep it, don't be surprised that the battery isn't able to hold a charge very well. It's already dated and used or not, smartphone batteries age. You can buy an external battery and even though it is inconvenient you'll have mobility again. Or if you're willing to tear down your S10e and have the necessary tools, the iFixit site has a nice, step-by-step guide on replacing the battery for your model:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S10e+Battery+Replacement/121285
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Apply+Custom-cut+Battery+Adhesive/123541

Map Pixel phone to PC w/drive letter

Thank you both for your quick and concerned responses.

As I noted, I’ve been attempting to create some simple “one click” solution for my technologically challenged sister to automatically download all pictures from her phone to her laptop (particularly new ones not previously copied). What process that seems simple and second nature to and I (i.e., clicking here, and holding this key, and opening this program, and viewing photos, and selecting photos, and moving photos, and. . .) may be a bit too daunting for her.

I was hoping to have some simple routine with a desktop icon that when clicked would proceed with the backup. I was assuming if there was a way to map the phone with a drive letter where I could see all subfolders like a standard file structure, this would be quite easy.

If I understand this correctly, this may have been possible in the past using USB Mass Storage Device protocol. However, apparently for security purposes, USB MSC is no longer supported. Oh well, I tired. Maybe I’ll tackle this again in the future but for now I guess I will let it pass.

Again, thanks for your input – much appreciated,
Steve

Unable to Add Call

I have several other Android phones not purchased from T-Mobile and they all have worked fine. Only difference is that the S22 has Android 12.

But are those other Android phones US or international variants/models, i.e. imports?
I'm thinking this "Add Call" or "Merge Call" functions is proprietary to T-Mobile and is US only, which international variant phones may not support.

It's something I've never seen from carriers either in UK, Ireland, or China. And the nearest thing I know is conference call..
https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-conference-call-on-android?r=US&IR=T

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