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Can anyone identify these icons

Martha Moser
KarmaHunter said:
I was referring about your icon and Tinder's icon being almost identical.
The one I upload is the exact same one.

But enough drama... it is for a calories burning calculator app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caloriedex.android&hl=en&gl=US
and that icon means calories burned goal reached.

You are welcome :)
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And how fortunate we are to have another app nobody knows anything about. I bet it's got 40 other bull s**t apps piggy backed to it.
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Help Folder possible ?

svim
alexT919 said:
I know its android, but is it possible to create a folder on the home screen where i can place my apps ?
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You should be able to just drag-and-drop one app icon on top of another, and that will create a folder icon on that screen that contains both app icons. You can add or delete app icons by just long-pressing on the app icon itself. This has been an integral feature that's already existing with Android going several versions so there shouldn't be a need to install a third-party launcher app.
https://www.techadvisory.org/2019/05/how-to-create-folders-for-your-android-apps/
That said, third-party launchers typically are a lot more comprehensive, add a lot more functionality, and provide a lot more customization options than a default launcher. But apparently the Lenovo Tab M10 has a 2GB of RAM version and a 4GB of RAM version. If you have the 2GB version you'll likely be better off just relying upon the existing, stock launcher for this, adding something as invasive as a third-party launcher will tax the tablet's already limited system resources. (It's not something like an app that only runs when you're using it and then goes idle, a launcher has to be continuously active in the background.)
https://www.lifewire.com/lenovo-tab-m10-hd-2020-review-5195481
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Any way to know what App is associated with UID consuming lot of Data

nickdalzell
mikedt said:
I just checked my last months data usage, which was 57GB of mobile data. That was because of two weeks in Jinan Central Hospital, their WiFi sucked, and I like to watch my YouTube and TikTok in HD. :thumbsupdroid:
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My Note 10.1 does YouTube and I can barely break 16GB a month doing that. I never got into TikTok and associated that with bored millennials who need dopamine hits all day.
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How To Download

J
I don't regret having and using this Commando for the short time from now until the end of the year that it will at least basically work as a phone until then. It helps me decide what I want in my next phone that will be a smartphone. The problem is now that at least one feature is not available. An easily replaceable battery which I can probably live with. Another is charging. I like the idea of a charging dock or wireless. I looked countless times at the Verizon upgrade phones and the only one I may consider is the Palm one. It seems like the reviews are ok. I prefer buying a phone outright vs monthly payments. Even a used one. I like the smaller size phones without all the bells and whistles. Any suggestions?
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broken screen. Need suggestions?

R
juliusjadey said:
just broke the display screen of my s20 ultra and fixed it. wondering if I should go with screen protectors or tempered glass.
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If the crack is on your S20 display, the only way to fix it is, unfortunately, to broken screen. Regardless of how large of a crack your screen has or where the crack occurred, the entire display will need to be bootzine replaced by an experienced repair technician or Samsung Support.
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Apps Wear OS battery optimization

L
Hello,


I'm developping a tracking application that runs on Wear OS watches. I have some troubles when the watch goes to sleep. As soon as the watch goes to Deep Idle mode, all sensors acquisition stops. For that I'll need to whitelist the app using:

Code: 
                                Intent intent = new Intent();
                                intent.setAction(Settings.ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS);
                                intent.setData(Uri.parse("package:" + packageName));
                                context.startActivity(intent);

This piece of code works well on mobile version but nothing happen on Wear OS version. I realized that Wear OS as no UI to set the battery optimization mode which should be the cause of the fact that nothing happens when trying to change the optimization.

I also used a wake lock to keep the CPU partially awake with:


Code: 
                PowerManager powerManager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);

               wakeLock = powerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "MY-WAKELOCK");

But even with that the watch goes to deep sleep after about 15min ?

The last solution I see is to force the screen on or at least dimmed but it will drain the battery very fast.

Is there another solution to keep sensors working ? How can I whitelist my app on a Wear OS device as no UI seems available ? As anyone already encountered this issue?
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Spooky sounds

Hadron
The only way to know for sure which sound is playing is to try selecting a tone and then try all of the options until you recognise it (they'll play as you select them). I was hoping you'd be able to say something like "it's my default notification sound/ringtone", or else "it's a tone of some sort but not one any other app uses".

The question "is there a sound baked in to the messaging software" is a bit too generic: any such thing would be baked into the specific app, not all messaging apps. I don't use Google's Messages app (has no advantages for me, since I don't use RCS "Chat", and very poor customisation), but I've never heard of it having some unchangeable notification sound (my wife uses it and uses her own choice of notification).

However, to get notifications only from your contacts you probably will have to use Do Not Disturb settings (unless MacroDroid can do this). Notifications from contacts only is an option in Do Not Disturb, but there's nothing like that in Messages' settings.
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Help Google search results appearance

Hadron said:
I guess the other browser is the one from the Google search bar? That's probably Chrome as well: Chrome can act as the system webview, and Google try to make that the default (though the Android System Webview component should still be available as an alternative if you hunt through your settings, which might be worth checking).

It definitely depends on the browser. I just tried Google searches on a few browsers on my phone, with the following results:

* Firefox Focus looked the same as ever: no icons, no extra titles.
* Edge did show icons, but no extra title, just the URL, a page title and preview, though the page title was in a larger font than on Focus (not as bad as yours, but all of your fonts seem larger relative to the screen width than mine).
* Naked Browser Pro (an ancient, minimalist browser) produced the same as Edge.
* Lightning and Brave both showed exactly what you see above: icon, extra site title.

I didn't test it in my main browser (Firefox), since I don't use Google with that. And I don't have any search bars, so didn't test the system webview. I also didn't test it in Chrome since I disable that app.

Since I wasn't signed in to Google in any of those tests the differences are presumably due to the browsers' settings or processing rather than my account settings. Whether there is a setting in Chrome that changes this I don't know - it's unlikely to be labelled clearly as "appearance of Google search results" though. Changing font sizes might help, but only if that can be done without causing readability problems elsewhere.

One ironic thing: these more space-consuming features only appear in the mobile version of the Google search site! Switch to desktop site and the icons and extra titles disappear (though you may then find the page unusable on a phone for other reasons!).
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Op read this, firefox is the most wonderful of the browers for Android.
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Can you flash samsung firmware from 2 different phones ?

svim
https://www.phonemore.com/compare/p...6u-vs-samsung-galaxy-a22-sm-a225mdsn/19045057
Simply because you have two phones that look similar if you read through the above link the issue you can't ignore is the two phones have very different, internal hardware configurations. Smartphone ROMs are very specific so they're not interchangeable, and they're not based on appearance of the phone. It's all about the need for a an exact match between the software and the hardware.
ROMs are created for each model of phone individually where there's a common Android kernel but all added the drivers, firmware, and system utilities need to correspond with each model's hardware components. If you're assuming smartphone ROMs are similar to Install disc/media for a desktop PC, they are not. ROMs contain only the necessary software to match the hardware. They do not have any kind of hardware detection functionality nor a collection of possible software packages to install, like with a typical Windows Install disc for example. So the ROM for your A22 will correspond with your A22 phone, it will for example include the firmware to work with its Mediatek G80 processor but not necessarily with your A13's Mediatek 700 processor (one mismatch among several others, i.e. different GPUs, different partition tables for the different internal storage, etc.
Go ahead and experiment flashing different ROMs but don't be surprised when you brick your phone. Odds are it's just a soft-brick and you just need to re-flash with the correct ROM to restore your phone working condition again. If you end up hard-bricking it, that's a more serious matter.
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Bedtime mode

KarmaHunter
stuarta said:
Hi all,

I've just started noticing an issue with Bedtime Mode and receiving messages from Starred Contacts.

I've got the settings configured for 'Based on schedule' and 'Do Not Disturb for Bedtime Mode' turned on. However when bedtime mode kicks in, I don't get messages or calls from my starred contacts.

I've had to disable it at the moment and using the 'Sleeping' schedule under Do Not Disturb which works, but I'd prefer to use Bedtime Mode.

Has anyone else seen this behaviour?
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As I recently find out (with my new Redmi Note), seems that Sleep and DND operate differently depending on the phone's brand.

With my Samsung, I use the sleep mode and works great. I have it set up for every day, between 11pm and 6:30am, calls and messages from favorites and repeated callers, all alarms and media (sometimes I game after 11 and like to hear the sounds :) ) DND is disabled but set up for 1 hour (for meetings or when I don't want to be bothered for 1 hour). When I turn on DND it only stays on for 1 hour and then off again.

On my Redmi, there's no Sleep mode (or I haven't found it yet) but DND does not have a timer and will stay on until I disable it manually (which if I forget I will miss calls and texts from my customers) and under Schedule turn on time, it will turn on DND but will not turn it off at specified time. So I have it disabled it all together. Any advice is welcome on this matter for this Redmi phone :)

On the other hand, Bedtime mode (part of Digital Wellbeing) disables all notifications regardless.
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