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The long nightmare is over. I'll bet I reflashed this phone back from a near brick condition at least 25 times in the last 4-5 days.

Problem turned out to be the newest version of Magisk. Switched to SuperSU and BANG done in one flash.

I had previously used Magisk version 7 but that version is no longer available. In 2017, Magisk 7 worked just fine on this phone.

As you probably read earlier, the phone always boot looped after flashing Magisk (currrent version).

So when I flashed SuperSU it stated that the phone would take quite to boot first normally, after the SuperSU flash.

Now the "kicker"........ It also said that the PHONE MAY BOOT LOOP SEVERAL TIMES, but just wait a bit and it would soon

come out of the boot loop all by itself. Which it did!!!! I should be happy, but I'm really pissed that I frittered away MANY HOURS

On this "project".
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Wifi Hotspot

mikedt
I believe this business having to pay extra for a mobile hotspot is a thing with the US carriers, and maybe Three in the UK as well(AF did have some posts about that)

At the moment I have a 40GB a month data plan, and the carrier doesn't care if I use it just on the phone, or via the phone's hotspot to a laptop or other device. Every Android phone I've had in 11 years, I just turn on the hotspot if I want to tether another device.
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Camera App With Audio Notes for Android 6.0.1

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mikedt said:
That camera app is part of the EMUI firmware that Huawei uses. I believe the camera voice memo feature was only on some of their devices. I have a Huawei Mate10, which was updated to Harmony OS from EMUI, and the camera on this doesn't have the camera voice memo feature. .

I suspect the voice memos weren't actually attached or embedded in the picture JPGs, and were stored as separate MP3s. And there's a database maintained by the EMUI camera and gallery apps, that handles the voice memo function. Which your PC and/or other devices that aren't Huawei won't be able to use.

You could try Huawei's HiSuite on the PC, and see if that can transfer and show the pics with the associated voice memos from the Honor phone.
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hisuite/
I don't know if this will work or not. it's something I've never done.

As for a third-party camera app that does the same sort of feature on a Samsung device, I don't know of any.

The only time I've had a phone that did voice memos within the camera pictures was an Oppo phone, but I never used that feature.
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Thanks for clarification that Camera is not a separate app. I used to use a HiSite but it stopped working with my Honor 5x telling that camera's software is too old- but there in no update available. One of the reason I'm moving to Samsung Galaxy S5 is removable battery, excellent display and in general, very good phone. I wish someone would come up with an app capable of voice memo recording. Thanks again.
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Another Tomorrow - Point and click game releasing 12th Feb ( pre-register open )

Glitch Games
Zi Anna said:
Looks very spooky and atmospheric! Reminds me of another game, Tiny Room Mysteries
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Thank you! We tried something a little different, for us at least, art style wise with this one so hopefully people like it when they play it!

ocnbrze said:
just registered as well.......is this a free game?
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Thanks for registering! It's a paid game for £4.99
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Shut off button changed colors

Hadron
It's grey (so lighter than the background, though sometimes the background is white) and has a white symbol on it, so visibility isn't a problem.

I'm tempted to say "so what?". There's no common standard, manufacturers change these things occasionally, and it seems a very trivial thing to get freaked out about. There's also nothing you can do about it, so best to just get used to it.

I can tell you that it's the same on my s21, so it is normal for Samsung running android 12.
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Help Please help me understand what's going on in this Preloadinstaller.txt log file?

Brian706
What does com.sec.Android.preloadinstaller mean?

The “preloadInstaller” part verifies that the Samsung additions on top of the base Android system, like the User Interface, for example, are actually installed on the device.

It runs each time you reboot, in case some files have been damaged, to ensure that the basic files needed to run the Android phone are actually there, and if they aren’t, to reinstall them.
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Please talk to someone.
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Constantly repeat code

GameTheory
HairlessGorilla said:
I'm trying to add a clock into my app and I need some code to be constantly running to get the current time. is there a simple way of making code constantly run?
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I've done something similar in the past using a Thread that refreshes every second.
Here's a sample to give you an idea.
Java: 
Thread thread = new Thread() {
    public void run() {
        try {
            while (!isInterrupted()) {
                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        // Run your clock code here in a TextView
                        // Example:
                        tv.setText(""+((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime)/1000));
                    }
                });
                Thread.sleep(1000); // This refreshes the thread once every second. Adjust as needed.
            }
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
};
thread.start();
Just do a search for threading in android to find tutorials.
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Buying Samsung Unlocked Phone from ebay.

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MY CONCLUSION.
1. Galaxy S5 is GSM (AT&T and T-Mobile) phone. User phone number Text and Data Plan are programmed into SIM card. If you buy another phone or change carrier, you are not required to call another company to activate a phone. Simply slip a SIM card to any phone you like. No need for a long-term contract.
2. CDMA phones (Verizon & Sprint) store important phone data within the phone's memory, which cannot be replaced. In the US, CDMA carriers use network-based white lists to verify their subscribers. That means you can only switch phones with your carrier's permission, and a carrier doesn't have to accept any particular phone onto its network. It could, but typically, US carriers choose not to.
3. Locked phone can be fully unlocked only by the carrier which locked the phone. Locked status remains in carriers data base and can't be removed by the third party. Therefore, all unlock services, including unlocked phones from eBay, allow to use phone with other carriers except with one originally locked the phone.
4. My Galaxy S5 900A was sold as AT&T unlocked phone. Yes, I can use this phone with any GSM carrier (T-Mobile) except the AT&T because it is listed as LOCKED in AT&T data base. If I want to use this "AT&T unlocked" phone with AT&T- I must provide an account number, phone number and IMEI to match the data AT&T already has for the given IMEI number. Of course, my eBay seller does not have it!
3. To buy 100% unlocked phone to use with any carrier you should be looking for a FACTORY UNLOCKED PHONE. OR ask eBay seller to unlock phone by himself and give you account and phone number he used to unlock phone, so you can check unlock status by yourself at https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ Thank you all for help and advice.
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Help with Android Studio

James_Watson
Didn't you generate the apks through the menu item of 'Build - Generate Signed Bundle / APK' in Android Studio? Here you need to specify your key or create a key to sign the apks.

In general, to release a new version, you should increase the versionCode(an integer value). The Android system uses the versionCode value to compare versions of the same app (with the same package id).
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Help Finally upgraded from an S7 to an S10, text notification issues

Hadron
My guess is that you have either set the default notification sound to silent or else set the notification sound for your message app to silent. So check the system default as above, and also check your message app's settings for its notification sound.

I can't be more specific as I don't use the stock SMS app so am not familiar with its settings, even assuming they are the same (my s21 is on Android 12, so the stock app may be different). Another solution is of course to use a different SMS app and set that app's notification sound to whatever you want, but I'd hope the stock app isn't so bad that you need to do that just to get a notification.
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Very annoying popup notices

GameTheory
OcaVid said:
I updated my phone to android 12, now every time i do something on my phone a popup notice comes out, usually it stays on the screen for several seconds and covers on what you are doing!, please see pictures. How can I disable this?

thank you,
oca
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In your first screenshot, on android 11 that's called the "clipboard access alert" which you can disable or change. Don't know on android 12.

Open your settings and type "clipboard" in the search bar. If its the same as android 11, it'll be clear what to do from there.
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