"Appeal to the majority"

---especially whenever the majority are the consumerist Generation Z's who need a new phone every year and always assume newest is best. That's the kind of market it seems everyone's catering to. I've gotten the 'go back to your 8-tracks luddite' rhetoric often from those kiddies.

I remember quite well when quality would sell a product, today it's just whatever's new. Doesn't matter if it's a pile of crap, people will line up for it.

I've gotten tons of flack just because up until this September I was still using an HTC Thunderbolt. Now I'm on an AOSP-running flip phone, so the joke's on them. They wanted me to upgrade and I found an 'upgrade' that is more retro than an old smartphone. Plus, hey! I got USB Mass storage back! Sure makes it faster and easier to transfer more MP3s to it. I also don't have to bother with an impractically large screen anymore. I know the flip phone (ZTE Cymbal) is from 2017 and runs Android (very basic AOSP--truly vanilla here) but it feels like 2010's back. I sometimes have to look again on the outer part to know it's got a ZTE emblem instead of a Motorola 'M' because the design reminds me of an old V-series flip.

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Is there an app to search notifications? What is the use of a notification if the user has to delve to find the source, or cannot find the source at all? These loud chimes are nothing but a nuisance. If my phone were not rented I would say why not smash it?

Yes, it really is. I also suffered for a long time until I realized how it works

Also there's a whitelist (a stupid one too) for AT&T and their MVNOs that blacklists a ton of VoLTE handsets. There were myriad complaints on Reddit about even Pixel 3's that won't work because they're not whitelisted, as well as many OnePlus variants that were unlocked that also weren't whitelisted. If the particular phone you want to use isn't on their whitelist, it's not gonna work. VoLTE or not.

KaiOS is just the new moniker for Firefox OS. It has NOTHING to do with Android aside from sharing a sort of Material-design aesthetic. More recent versions offer a few Google apps (Assistant, Maps, and YouTube) but I don't think it's possible to run Play Store or standard APKs.

I had a KaiOS flip (the Go Flip) for a couple of months before the experience made me pull my hair out. The OS is very unstable, full of ads, and randomly freaks out. I had to restart my Flip a few times a day because the keypad just stopped working (like the driver that it used crashed). It was slow, T9 was useless, and sometimes SMS messages got weird timestamps making newer messages show behind old messages and forget group texts if that's your thing. The phone was so cheap as to seem to be a crippled on purpose device meant to make folks run to a smartphone so the OEM could use that to say 'see? SEE? flip phones are sooo 2005!'.

Now, today, I use a much better flip phone, running a pretty bare bones Android 5.1.1 build (AOSP). It is a total breath of fresh air. No background data usage, no Google, and full on privacy, and even a week of battery life. This phone feels far more premium than any KaiOS device. It's another example of 'you get what you pay for'

BYS2 said:

Got an Android head unit with no physical buttons (has 1 tiny reset hole only). I was playing around with developer settings and enabled Simulate Secondary Displays with 4K option. Unfortunately this lead to the simulated display overlay taking over the entire screen with no way to get rid of it as the touchscreen is not unresponsive over the overlay. As a note, USB debugging mode was not enabled on the headunit prior to this happening.

I've hooked up a USB keyboard and have managed to get to the app drawer but can't seem to find a way to scroll through and select the "settings" app. Pressing 'TAB' or the arrow keys don't seem to be able to cycle through the app drawer.

If anyone could help with any of the 3 solutions, I would be grateful:

1. How to navigate through app drawer to get to "settings" app on android via USB keyboard?
2. How to bring up the android search bar with the keyboard only (that way I can search for "settings")
3. How to boot up android headunit in safe mode (tried it on my mobile phone and was able to disable simulated display once in safe mode). However my headunit has no physical buttons.

Thanks

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If you got it to recognise a USB keyboard, suggest you try using a USB mouse instead, as that should allow you to scroll though and navigate the settings. app drawer, etc.

svim said:

I'd set your expectations a lot lower when using Bluetooth for things like sizable file transfers. It's foundation is based on low power so its bandwidth speed is limited accordingly. Last time I read Bluetooth v5.x would provide up to 3 megabit per second bandwidth, substantially less than even a low speed WiFi connection at 54 megabytes per second (don't forget, it takes 8 bits to equal 1 byte so it's almost no comparison between the two,)
Bluetooth in smartphones is intended to be mostly for communicating between devices, not file transferring. Instead, wouldn't something like WiFi Direct be a more suitable option? An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer WiFi connection will be better for exchanging files than Bluetooth, and most modern phones support it already.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/what-is-wi-fi-direct/

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This isn't file transferring but reading data from two load cells that measure weight. Apparently there is a lag up to 1 second when I press the load cell before the data is read by the app.

in google photos, top right corner should be your avatar and your google account info. if you press it you should get a popup. under your google account should mention backup about either to backup or that a backup has been performed. if you select that and then select the 3 dots on the top right corner then select backup settings. make sure that "back up and sync" are toggled on. this will make backups automatic as soon as the phone is connected to wifi. this way you do not have to worry about your photos or videos. it is done automatic.

you can then delete whatever, just make sure that a back up has been performed first.

Andreamoro81 said:

Hello to all!
I have a big question and the right replies will help me a lot (more thant you should thinks...)
I live in Italy and Ive a 5g Zte 72A smartphone.
This morning I was on a train and my signal wasn't perfect and I think It's normale during a train trip...
What's happened? That my gf wrote a message, I've replied normale but she goes crazy because, she says, I've modified my status to offline in privacy settings.
I'm an old guy and for me WhatsApp It's like a SMS service upgrade with photos and videos and files uploader and I think It's Always online because you write me and I receive your message. I never changed this setting because first before today I didnt know that and second I didnt modify NOTHING.
How It's possibile that She saw me offline but I was online because Ive never changed my settings? Glitches, bugs, WhatsApp down of two days ago??
Thanks a lot for all replies.

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most likely you were moving in and out of coverage on the train and the whatsapp server could not detect you and thus the offline status. does this happen when you are not traveling? if the answer is no, then just tell her it was a one off situation. if it keeps happening then check your cell signal, and see what kind of coverage your are getting. if you are on wifi, then check your router. it may need to be rebooted.

Botdroid said:

Everytime my phone get an update notification, there's always two options: first option is download the update, the next one is delay which will make the notification vanish and reappear few days later. That would mean my auto update is disabled right? One more thing is before the problem occur, my phone last update was from May 2022. When the device got in Safe mode trouble, I ran an update check and update my phone to latest version (September 2022).

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Unless you specifically told the phone to 'not auto download on wifi' (uncheck 'auto download updates on wifi' in settings-->Software update) what happens is as follows:

You get a prompt that a new software update is ready to install. The options will be 'install now' or 'install later'

If you tap 'install later,' it will nag you three more times, and after the third, the update will be required.

This is the default setting out of the box. If you have unchecked that option (because like me, you hate updates changing what shouldn't be changed, for example) then you will just be continually nagged from time to time to download the update. Either way, if you chose to install it, things can break sometimes, and forces safe mode reboot.

I've ONLY had Android go into safe mode if there's a problem. I have never figured any way to manually force safe mode as a boot option. Usually if the phone isn't boot looping, it just boots into safe mode if something is wrong.

I'm going out on a limb here, but what I believe happened, is the phone was in the OP's pocket, and decided to install an update by itself (perhaps the OP had hit the 3 postpone limit and let it be) and somewhere in that time something went wrong, and the phone rebooted into safe mode. I doubt jostling did anything.

Also, if the phone woke up to remind OP about the update, or something from movement unlocked the phone (I've had pocket launching of apps and pocket unlocking tons if I just had 'swipe to unlock' as the only unlock option) and probably tapped the update button and whatver happened next is anyone's guess.

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Yeah finally dropped my phone zte quest 5 for the first time and it cracked will now be looking for the rubber 1/8" cases or rubber covers as well as front hard plastic front screen protectors. The Tempered glass or cases that include a layeover clear screen protector still allow the phone to be fully functional touch screen correct?

,i guess i do not understand it being a windows problem because all the other phones will show their phone photos when i plug them into the pc and open then using the folder icon in the taskbar, so i right clicked on the nokia name and i got a few options but none of then would show the photos as viewable photos. thanks

OK, we have the issue half-fixed. What we did: deleted each other's contacts, rebooted our phones, and re-added each other as contacts. She can now call and text me. However, if I call her, the call goes immediately to her voice mail. And if I text her, it doesn't seem to go through at all. I don't see how that is possible, given that we added e.o. as contacts only a minute prior. Frustrating.

BTW, we did what Clementine_3 suggested. Or at least, I did on my phone. However, we don't know the iphone equivalent to the three dots at the top right on an android phone screen.

ngotseva said:

Yes, I need to enter my current one. And second question is when I change the pass, I should log in again everywhere on my phone or what?

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That depends on the app in question. With most but not all Google apps, than once you change the password of your primary Google account you will then need to re-enter the new password -- apps like the Google Play Store app and the Gmail app rely upon that primary Google account. But this also applies to other apps, it's all conditional. The Google Phone app will use your phone number as its identifier instead, but the Google Voice app is going to be tied to a Google account. And third-party apps are not going to be dependent on your primary Google account so they won't be affected, apps such as the MS Outlook app tie into a Microsoft account, the Instagram app will require your Instagram I.D./password, etc. Depending on which app, the situation will vary.

Thanks very much. I figured there would be some missing concept that I need to find.

Rgarner said:

A couple years ago Target had a Venus flytrap costume, no really. It's got a mask, a pot to wear around the middle, and gloves. I've looked it up online and found sorta close, but definitely no cigar. I would've posted this sooner but little fires everywhere...

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Did you try eBay? Since costumes change yearly, as @olbriar noted, it's pretty unlikely you're going to find that exact costume at a retailer now. I believe eBay would be your very best bet for finding it, or something at least similar. It sounds cute, by the way!

ETA: A quick search yielded quite a few pre-made costumes, but there are two problems I see with them [for you]: 1) they're expensive and, 2) they're out of stock--as expected a few days before Halloween. However, there are tons of DIY articles on making your own, and I think it would be very easy to do.

Keep in mind, this is an old post thread from 2019

When I get a new phone, I usually perform a fresh install of all applications. This, I believe, may help to reduce bugs and any other unforeseen issues. However, I'm weary of going through all the tedious steps to do it that way, and Smart Transfer seems to be the best option for sharing apps. I can migrate all of my applications in a few easy clicks without having to go through a lengthy process.

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Maintenance Mode!

https://www.sammobile.com/news/sams...nce-mode-for-galaxy-devices-how-to-enable-it/

Hi, did you solve this? My friend have this problem too

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Milo Williamson said:

Grammarly does that trick for you Even it has thesaurus build within the program

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