I found this to be typical with updates of Google apps.

An app like Google Play Services, which is connected to most everything in one way or another, is a constant drain on resources and a privacy nightmare.

That particular app started me on the de-Google quest for my devices.

It is excellent that you know how to get rid of the updates, because most people never even get that far.

Personally, I get rid of it before I ever use the device.

If this is not on your path, then I would suggest doing what you have already done and use it that way until the next update hopefully fixes the issue.

Depending upon what apps you use, some won't care but others may nag you to update the crAPP.

Another solution is to go to an alternative appstore, such as Uptodown (my recommendation for this) and find the newest update for Google Play Services that works correctly on your device.

Whelp, I think this thread has run its course.

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The first week of the NCAA men's tournament is in the books. Round one saw a number of upsets and round two had it's share as well. There are sixteen teams left and after this week's play there will be four teams left. Out of the 26.6 million brackets filled out at ESPN, nobody has picked all the games correctly again this year. That's how difficult they are to predict. I have picked 38 of the first 48 games right which puts me one game up in my family group and I'm in 1,506,910th place at ESPN 🤣 It's all fun stuff.

PitCarver said:

OB, I was forced to retire in 99. Well, didn't actually retire until 2000 because I had a butt load of sick leave. I came home to raising my 2 girls. What I had trouble getting used to was the absence of adults to talk to.
Now, the girls are gone with kids of their own and it's just me and the Boss Lady.

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Through the years, I made close friends in the construction business. We had a lot of laughs together, shared a few meals together, labored hard together to bring a project in under a deadline and to make the builder we were working for look good to his clients. Within a short span of time, we all retired and communication lines were severed. I miss the interactions with those guys. A couple of the group have passed away... maybe more. Unless you happen upon their obit, there isn't any knowing. It's a shame for they were a great bunch of guys. I worked around some of them for forty to fifty years.

I well understand the void left without that communication you speak of. Though they aren't necessarily friends, the people that I mow for and I have more than a tradesman / customer relationship. I will visit with them thirty or so times a year and I've mowed for most of them decades. I will miss those porch visits when I can no longer physically mow.

Random thought of the day: In my spare time I have mowed an average of thirty lawns a week, for an average of thirty weeks a year, for over thirty years. I've done a lot of grass through the years. 🤣

Bruce_205 said:

Instead of a factory reset, what if I put all my apps into Deep Sleep and reintroduce them one at a time or a small group by taking them out of sleep? My understanding is that deep sleep will cause them to not use any battery? I did go thru all my apps and made sure that only the system apps that need it have unlimited battery and all the rest are optimized. I found a couple that were set to unlimited but those were set that way before.

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Any means to discover what might be draining your battery will work.
The idea is to make certain it's not a user installed problem before filing a warranty claim.

rootabaga said:

My wife's mother lives in a senior condo development in Massachusetts; when we visited her a couple years ago my wife was rinsing dishes after dinner and when she went to put them in the dishwasher, it was all full of dry goods. It still worked just fine, her mom had simply quit using the dishwasher other than for storage.

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Our dishwasher was the second unit that I remodeled this fifties vintage kitchen to accommodate. It was getting old and not doing a great job. The kids moved out and it was just the wife and I. It wasn't a chore to simply do the few dishes we used vs letting a few days accumulate before running a load. I have not missed the appliance and truly love cabinet that took it's place.

i love tea, but hardly ever get to have any

i will go through a box of 100 bags in no time

i even like the instant stuff when i can find it

but green tea tastes like dirt and i will just drink water

PitCarver said:

Salami; cotto salami, Swiss cheese with mustard on rye bread. My favorite sandwich treat. ( Behind a cheeseburger but that's another thread.)
Sardines; never saw boneless, skinless, headless and tailless sardines before.
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Twinkies; hate them. Always have.

Y'all need to try chicken Gizzards.

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ive had gizzards and livers
dont like the gizzards, that texture is just gross

ive had livers two different ways, really good and really bad

not worth the 50/50 chance for me

and sardines are just incredible
i dont know why Ocean Prince quit making the ones i liked so much

and i have tried many different kinds and almost never had any come to what i had for the time they made those

imagine sardines that didnt taste fishy

PitCarver said:

Puppykickr, if you're not sure that your Motorola is OTG compatible, download one of the OTG checker apps, from the play store.

I used one on one of my old ones once and it confirmed mine. There's a lot there and I can't remember which one I used. Try one or three to confirm and then delete.

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i just use CPU Info from F-droid.
it tells you whatever you need to know about an individual device.

A month later and I've nearly consumed the last 40oz of smoked cashews. I just spiced and started a new batch on the smoker. I deviate on the spices and the amount each cook. Today the cashews are spiced with garlic salt, smoke paprika, chipotle, and some slap ya mama. I had a container of a spicy Cajun seasoning that I had planned to use but chickened out.

Woolworth's LIVES!
The company rebranded to Venator Group in 1998 and then to Foot Locker, Inc. in 2001, which operates today.

Actually, Woolworth's still lives in Mexico, as such.

Milo Willamson said:

there is no current back up unless you Factory Reset the device.. then the messages will appear.

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i do have a backup because messages reapear on old versions so like i said it's a bug again

I've now discovered something that's left me even more baffled. I've found that if I reply to my daughter's email in Thunderbird or in K9 the link in the copy it places in the sent folder is converted to clickable. It also works if I forward the email to myself - the forwarded message has a clickable link (see before and after screenshots below). Not only that but the email addresses in the To and From fields (that I've blanked in the screenshots) are converted to mailto: links.

Contrary to what I've said earlier it now appears that this behaviour is not restricted to K9 - both it and Thunderbird seem to be behaving in exactly the same way.

Make what you can of that . Once again any insights gratefully received.

the app still lingers .i might fdr it. it is annoying me.

I was strolling the street of a town I was visiting and stopped for a quick bite at a sidewalk cafe. There I saw a curious activity going on.

A man, with an orange safety vest, would dig a hole between the sidewalk and the street. The hole was as wide as it was deep. He would then walk about 100 feet down the road and dig another one.

About two holes behind him, another man in an orange safety vest would shovel the dirt back in and fill up the hole.

This went on and on, block after block. I sat there in stunned amazement, curious about what they were doing.

Once they were about two blocks away, I walked in their direction and caught up with the man filling the holes. I told him I'd been observing their hard work, but didn't understand what they were doing or why. He was happy to explain:

"Well, we usually work as a 3-man team," he said casually, "but the guy who plants the trees is out sick today."

I've dry consumed my pills since my youth

I liked them both.. we were blessed with great staff... until they let me in. 🤣

vBulletin or XenForo?

I always loved this...

puppykickr said:

have you logged into google with the google app?

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yeah after a quick fdr after that..seems pretty great. i have logged in my google accounts too
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A dried tea stain removal suggestion from the net: For dried tea stains, create a mixture of equal parts white vinegar and cold water. Apply this solution to the stain, gently blotting with a clean cloth. Repeat the process until the stain disappears, then rinse with cold water and allow to dry completely.

Yep, RF burns heal very slowly and they hurt the whole time they're doing it. Lesson learned: don't touch the business end during transmission!