AugieTN said:

That's really odd. Just for comparison I use my Linux Mint Laptop and bluetooth to my Pixel Pro 8 and have no problem sending text via Chrome. I never turned RCS off.

Could it be ad blocking software on your browser? Have you tried connecting your phone with a USB cable?

About all I can think of at the moment.

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Thanks a mill for reply. Yeah it's RCS (sorry if forgot the abbreviation before) Don't think I have ad block software for this requirement (will test). Will also test USB-cable.

Oh. pls accept poor English language.

They just had their into the cold, series when I was away without a dvr tape aww.....

I don't have the nerve to make any predictions. Wildcard weekends often have the most exciting games of the playoffs so I'm excited. We should be in for close games... at least I hope.

Samsung have begun rolling out the January 2024 security update for the S21 series international devices, G9**B.

System information

Basically the phone can tell the difference between swiping with the tip of your finger and the edge of your hand (much bigger area). And it can tell the difference between swiping from an icon and swiping from the edge of the phone. So between these differences it should be extremely easy for the phone to distinguish these gestures.

To be honest, I find the "palm swipe for screenshot" gesture difficult to make work at all (perhaps because my phone case has a slightly raised lip), and hard to do reliably. Actually I also find it awkward to hold the phone and do this at all. I've tried to see whether I can trigger it accidentally, e.g. using multiple fingers, or laying a finger along the screen, and have not managed it so far. So I'm not sure how you triggered it accidentally during a call, since I find it hard enough to trigger deliberately.

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I'm trying to build LineageOS 17.1 for the Xperia XZ2 Compact. I have gotten it to successfully build stock, but now I'm onto optimizing it (mostly just applying patches from a XZ1 Compact repo). These patches are for the XZ1 Compact, which uses the Snapdragon 835, or the MSM8998. The XZ2 Compact uses a Snapdragon 845, or the SDM845. A few of these patches I run into errors when compiling. I'm mostly focusing on Clang since I know that would help with performance and battery. I'm not really sure what the other patches do.

Patch 1:
android_device_sony_lilac/patches/update-clang.patch at lineage-17.1 · Flamefire/android_device_sony_lilac

The error:

Extra context:
displays_str is not in the MSM8998 source. I'm not really sure what it does, but if I remove it, it continues to compile but runs into a different error later on. I also don't want to disable some core functionality related to the display, so I'd rather not remove it. There is updated and different code for the function in LineageOS 18.1 source, but replacing the old code with the new code only results in a different error relating to displays_str.

Error 2:

Extra context:
I have no idea what this means or how to fix it. It would probably be helpful if I captured a bit more in this screenshot, but I didn't. I would prefer to get more info once I get displays_str fixed instead of bypassing it again.

For these patches I will get into less detail, as I don't think it's needed, but if you need it, I can recompile with the patch to get a full error.

Patch 2:
android_device_sony_lilac/patches/fix-llvm-unwind-warning-and-findUnwindSections.patch at lineage-17.1 · Flamefire/android_device_sony_lilac

The compiling error was command not found and suggested replacing -Wno-bitwise-conditional-parentheses (On line 11 in the patch) with -Wno-bitwise-op-parentheses and it just worked. Not sure what it changes or even if that just invalidates the entire patch, but it worked.


Patch 3:
android_device_sony_lilac/patches/suppress-bool-operation-warning.patch at lineage-17.1 · Flamefire/android_device_sony_lilac

The compiling error was again command not found, but had no suggestion for replacing -Wno-bool-operation (On line 12 in the patch). Not sure what this does either. No fix for it (aside from not including) for now.


Patch 4:
android_device_sony_lilac/patches/update-abi-dumps.patch at lineage-17.1 · Flamefire/android_device_sony_lilac

This causes a bunch of errors but the compiler helped me and I was able to fix it with the four commands below.
$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/development/vndk/tools/header-checker/utils/create_reference_dumps.py -l libhidlbase
$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/development/vndk/tools/header-checker/utils/create_reference_dumps.py -l libhwbinder_noltopgo
$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/development/vndk/tools/header-checker/utils/create_reference_dumps.py -l libstagefright_foundation
$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/development/vndk/tools/header-checker/utils/create_reference_dumps.py -l libprotobuf-cpp-full
Again not sure if this just invalidates the patch, but it worked.

I would really appreciate some help with this. I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to coding.

Dannydet said:

I have a Motorola and the installed calendar app is the Google calendar.
So no need to fret about losing anything as long as it is setup with your Gmail account.
But you need to verify exactly which calendar app you are using....

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A belated thank you, Dannydet, for this helpful reply (the last few days have been hectic, and I could not use my computer). I am unable to find out which calendar is on the phone. I have tried in various ways, but all I see is "Calendar". However, in Settings, I did find Backup, which includes Calendar and other files, and it has now been backed up (to my Google account, it seems). I shall look at my gmail account and see how that figures in all this. However, I keep no online diaries or calendars, so there will be no need to transfer events etc. from my computer.

If there are any further hurdles to jump, I shall enquire again of this marvellous forum. One final question, Dannydev: do I presume rightly that, in the event of setting up a new Android phone, all that would be required would be for me to connect to my Google (not gmail) account, and the Calendar tasks would be automatically transferred?
With thanks again,
S.

Greatest college coach of all time. Don't @ me...lol.

if your phone had an IR blaster, you might be able to switch inputs. however, most phones did away with that many years ago. i do not know how the chromecast remote can switch inputs, it might be something similar, but i am not completely sure. but if you could change the inputs via the app, you would think they would make it completely obvious that you could. so i doubt, since you can't find it in the app anywhere, that you can.

Maybe it's just my ears, but I don't hear anything different between the same songs on Amazon Music Unlimited and YouTube Music - in fact, YTM has a little more "punch" and AMU seems weaker. I would have expected that had I experienced a wider soundstage... but I don't.

I'll try tweaking the earbuds and my over-ear headset, but I'm pretty sure I'll kill off AMU during the free trial.

Hi,

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The free version has a lot of settings to customize your watch face: colors, date, format, etc...

The premium unlocks the custom data, complications, custom shortcuts, secondary timezone, and a lot more!

I hope that you will like it!

Also rolling out to the U.S.A. locked devices, F946U, for T-Mobile (USA).

The stock messaging app. If it's a group chat, it shows the sender with each message. But if it's a thread with just one other person, you have to go all the way to the top to see the sender.

Clearing cache is different than clearing data.
When the app cache is cleared, all the mentioned data is cleared. The application stores more vital information like user settings, databases, and login information as data. When you clear the data, both the cache and data are removed.

The NewPipe app, known for being an alternative client for YouTube on the Android system, has released its version 0.26.1. The update introduces support for a variety of new content, including YouTube live streams, Shorts, and dedicated pages for channels. Additionally, the new version brings improvements for other streaming platforms supported by NewPipe, such as PeerTube, Bandcamp, and SoundCloud.

• Source: NewPipe 0.26.1: Youtube Client for android receives a major update

Does this help:

The 6 Best Apps for Making Internet Calls 2023

I don't see any software update app listed and the limited instructions don't help. I did go to special access and shut down a lot of stuff but once again I did not see any update apps. They go to a lot of trouble to hide their junk. Why aren't there laws about this?

iPad Air 2nd generation is horrible. I haven't had a major update in months. It seems to be useless.

@The_Chief Understand that in most states, you can't simply just go back to original medicare. You are subject to underwriting. If you have any Pre-existing condition, the supplement companies (in most states, not all) have the right to reject you or jack up your rates astronomically. That's how seniors feel trapped. That's why the medicare decisions are very important and will have consequences on your medicare for the rest of your life.

I had to put in a request with Xfinity for them to whitelist the site with their "Advanced Security ". It looks like it processed as I couldn't access the site on my home network for a few days.

ocnbrze said:

here try this:

How To Use Any Android Tablet As An Android Auto Car Head Unit - SlashGear

Android Auto is a popular feature found in many modern cars. If your vehicle lacks support for it, there is a way to add it using an Android tablet.

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and do not use crack.....just say no to drugs

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I can't get the app to work. I get the following message on my phone "Incompatible Software Version!"

timbr said:

Hi all,

kind of a weird question due to some special circumstances:

I have an older (ca. 2019) Amazon 10" Fire tablet running something like FireOS 7.xx which AFAIK was still based on Android 5.x. I also have a Galaxy J-something smartphone (running Android 7.x IIRC) somewhere which I can't find atm, unfortunately (I've been using non-Android phones for years). So this is about said Amazon tablet primarily.

I have the Google Play store installed on the tablet (as per several instructions on the net), and it generally works fine. Since I installed the Google Play app, I only ever got apps from there.

Now I'd like to buy the Caustic 3 synthesizer Android app, which is still widely regarded as the best app of this kind for Android. It may (or may not) be abandoned, but you seemingly can still buy it at Google Play. Last version was (and probably will alway be) 3.2 from 2013.

This app comes as a freely downloadable base app and a separate for-purchase "Unlock Key" (no IAP). If I look it up in the Play Store from my desktop PC, it looks like both are still in the store and most importantly, you can still purchase the unlock key.

However, if I try to find it in the Play Store bolted-on to the Amazon tablet, both are nowhere to be found. That's a bit weird since the app should run fine on Anroid 5.x. Amazon's own (kinda joke of an) app store has the (v3.1!) program itself, but not the unlock key.

There have been some reports of people running the Amazon-downloaded app with a Google Play-acquired unlock key, but I can't see how that could work.
In my case, this would require me to purchase the unlock key in some way off the tablet (maybe inside the desktop browser?), and then to somehow get it onto the tablet and hopefully, the unlock magic would still work then.

I never read anything about downloading the APK files of your own purchases directly from Google Play to anything other than the final target device and, even if such an APK download was feasable, I have no idea whether or not the licensing-DRM-whatever magic can be made to work after an APK transfer.

Please note that I'm only ever talking here about making a legitmately purchased app work and not about 'hacks' or such of any kind.

Could someone tell me if and how this could work?

I apologize in case this has been discussed before in another thread but my search turned up nothing that hit the spot (downloading your "own" APKs and "messing with it").

TIA

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Android hmmmmm... I mean Andrite is completely AOSP. LOOGLE is myself/yourself as far as no cost. Only Playstore requires payment for extra features. I mean I get you want youre purchase to follow you on youre devices and that should be by original google account/email you used when you purchased the full features of the APK. under that Gmail account. **** playstore root and use Lucky Patcher as we ALL know its safe to mention LP now the once double edged sword by non other than the great Chelpus. I mean Helpus. Dont pay for shit anymore Android is Open Source Not Open wallet. Shut the door on an open situation. FREEEEEEDOM!

nickdalzell said:

You're dealing with the first-time setup of a device. It won't let you pass without all that jazz.

Welcome to the modern era. Now you know why I try to steer clear of it and relive the past. Think it's scary now, just wait till Neuralink becomes a thing.

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Naw, no terms or conditions apply with LOOGLE. EVVVERY! option is youre own and NO apks come on the devices i will be kickin out to you all from the Andritian WirlWind PC. PC now stands for Prowessing Creator/Ply-able CO owner/$ Build youre own fully optimable optional operations. Youre device youre options. Though now we wont be wondering if our operating systems/device makeup is built by a policing corp. and not a vauge term such as GOOGLE/GOV. operative conglomerate masked as a soft/hardware company wich is refered by itself as such. YOURE TERMS MY CONDITION. LOOGLE IS ALMOST HERE!