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About 3 years ago I added "Wyatt" to my Google Android dictionary, and 3 phone later

puppykickr
That is a very good question.
Are you still using G-Board (yuck)?

This is just more proof of Google keeping track of every keystroke.

Maybe using a firewall to block internet access of the keyboard (once again, it seems that this should not be necessary- but, you know- Google) clearing the data of the keyboard, and seeing if that works?

Or just start using a different keyboard that does not send your keystrokes to anywhere else.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard/

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod/

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/rkr.tinykeyboard.inputmethod

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vlath.keyboard/
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How to turn off play protect?

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mikedt said:
I prefer not to take those risks. Having frequently seen what can happen pirated Windows myself, as I've already mentioned.
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Depends which version you use. KMSAuto is fine. Had it on 7 PCs for years.

mikedt said:
Yes you can.
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Sorry, I have proper cameras, worth up to 3 grand. Things with little 1mm plastic lenses do not take proper photos. There simply isn't enough light entering that small a space to take a decent image. You can't change the laws of physics.

mikedt said:
Of course I've heard of micro SDs, I've been using them in my phone for more than ten years now. It sounds like your lifestyle is different to mine. Like I have to be mobile, and is NOT tied to a desktop computer in a room, and so my smart-phone has to be my PC and everything else especially when travelling, and be my camera. and my media player, and my entertainment system.

BTW I have several USB-drives with 1000 thousands of feature length films and TV shows on them, and they don't need a PC to view them.
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Since you know about SD cards, then you'll realise it really doesn't matter that the internal storage of my phone is small. I simply add as many TB as I want.
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Bluetooth Extender Antenna ?

mikedt
Trade Intuition said:
need to find something to extend my bluetooth reach from my phone
my phone is connecting to other devices and i want to reach more devices ( IOT )
I have been looking for 3days now ... and need help
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So it sounds like you need to connect an external 2.4GHz antenna to the phone's internal Bluetooth, which extend the range. Given that phones and tablets don't have such things as standard. How competent are you with electronics hacking and modifications?

Bluetoth itself is supposed to be 10 metres range, and maybe 100 metres if using BT 5.0 devices.
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Help LG 125DL

M
Hoping for more...

Seeking new guidance. Used to be able to connect the LG125 via USB and add apps et al. Seeking guidance on how one can do such things these days... Considering bluetooth but would still prefer a USB cable... Guidance sought

Hoping for a reply...
MPhil said:
Believe this is an Android OS. Attempting to configure email. After entering email address cannot move down to the password window. This is an existing gmail address and is read daily on Gmail.

Seeking guidance
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Load app into decommissioned cell phone?

puppykickr
Yes, just connect to wi-fi and download whatever apps you choose.

I have devices that I use solely in this way.

Modern cellphones can be had at Wal-Mart for $40-$50 to be used in this way.

(Some modern apps won't run on older devices.)

Basically it can be like a miniature computer, you are just not using the cellular portion.

Place the device into airplane mode to be rid of any SIM or service notifications.

Then turn wi-fi on and connect.

Here are some excellent appstores to check out, F-Droid being 1st choice.

https://f-droid.org/
https://en.uptodown.com/
https://www.apkmirror.com/
https://m.apkpure.com/
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Hacker in my phone?

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Hadron said:
Maybe you had previously deleted apps that hadn't used enough data to appear in the statistics, and so didn't see this (this would also apply if you only used them with WiFi, since that is counted separately from mobile data).

Anyway what I'm saying is based on more than a decade of using Android. This is how the usage stats display data used by apps that have since been removed, and it is by definition only historical usage because an app that has been removed cannot use more data. Wait a couple of weeks and it will disappear from your statistics unless you remove more apps that also used mobile data in the meanwhile (in which case any data used by those apps will appear as a new "removed apps" entry).

What do you actually think this is? That's what I don't understand.

The icon for the app you have ringed is the default icon for apps which don't have an icon, which are usually background system apps but not always. Different manufactures add different things in different models, so not having seen a particular app on other devices means nothing (to me the name "Saffron" would make me think of a theme, but that may be completely wrong). More surprising is that your settings are showing an app that appears to have no data usage.
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honestly I was thinking it was a spy app or something and the name would be some kind of camouflage, because the battery is having a higher consumption and the cell data left 10% to 20%, but in the last month it was lacking.

I hope I'm wrong about how easy it is for someone to have some monitoring on my cell phone without ever having physical access to it, I also hope that monitoring via the internet or any other way is not so simple. I don't know if this would help, but I bought vpn and use orbit because I believe I have more privacy.

Now, if what you say is true, I'm calmer and I hope I'm totally wrong in my intuition.

Anyway thanks a lot for the help.
Thank you all.
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Samsung Expert RAW camera app

ironass
A couple of months ago Samsung released their new camera app, Expert RAW, on the South Korean Google Play Store for the S21 Ultra 5G. This video shows its capabilities...


If you would like to try it you can download the latest .apk file, Samsung Expert RAW Camera App 1.0.00.21.apk (46M), and install it on your Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G by downloading the file from here...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O1FERNo1ja7v9nvw3GwNRSupCANBWdij/view

Simply click on the downloaded .apk file to install the app.

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I have not had a chance to test it out fully on my international S21 Ultra device yet but it looks promising.

Source and further information from SamMobile... https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-expert-raw-camera-app-new-version-online/
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Happy 1st Birthday Galaxy S21 series!

ironass
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It has been a year since the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series of phones.

In that time there has been around 26 stable updates and 3 beta releases for the international model, depending on location and CSC code.

Personally, I am loving my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, SM-G998B, model on the latest BVA9 update. The phone has come a long way in the last year and it is very fast and smooth with no lags or stutters and a great battery life and a camera that now more than suits my needs.

Lets see what the next year brings with the roll-out of One UI 4.1.
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Happy 1st Birthday Galaxy S21 series!

ironass
VLjhRRQm.jpg


It has been a year since the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series of phones.

In that time there has been around 26 stable updates and 3 beta releases for the international model, depending on location and CSC code.

Personally, I am loving my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, SM-G998B, model on the latest BVA9 update. The phone has come a long way in the last year and it is very fast and smooth with no lags or stutters and a great battery life and a camera that now more than suits my needs.

Lets see what the next year brings with the roll-out of One UI 4.1.
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Happy 1st Birthday Galaxy S21 series!

ironass
VLjhRRQm.jpg


It has been a year since the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series of phones.

In that time there has been around 26 stable updates and 3 beta releases for the international model, depending on location and CSC code.

Personally, I am loving my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, SM-G998B, model on the latest BVA9 update. The phone has come a long way in the last year and it is very fast and smooth with no lags or stutters and a great battery life and a camera that now more than suits my needs.

Lets see what the next year brings with the roll-out of One UI 4.1.
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sign up to heytap?

mikedt
Before it updated, were you signed into an Oppo account with your phone? Because they moved Oppo ColorOS cloud accounts over to Heytap, which is a third-party cloud services provider that Oppo(BBK) now uses.

More information here:
https://support.oppo.com/en/answer/?aid=neu7839
"HeyTap Cloud/OPPO Cloud are terms that can be used interchangeably.

OPPO Cloud is now migrated to HeyTap Cloud Service to provide users a secure and reliable cloud storage space. Everything you store—photos, videos, music, contacts, messages, notes, browser bookmarks, calendars, and other personal information—can be conveniently accessed and managed in HeyTap Cloud."

I believe it's similar for Realme, Vivo, and OnePlus phones as well, as they're all from the same manufacturer. BBK.
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Samsung Galaxy A32 5G - carrier choice?

iBowToAndroid
Partly_Dave said:
I just got a Galaxy A32 5G from TracFone and was told by TracFone tech support that it's on Verizon's network. I would prefer to be on the AT&T network as they have better coverage in my part of rural Minnesota.

Am I correct in assuming that this phone will work on the AT&T network if Tracfone sends me the correct SIM card?

Thanks
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The phone definitely has both CDMA and GSM capability. Whether it works with an AT&T SIM would depend on whether it will accept an AT&T SIM by default, or if it only accepts Verizon SIMs by default and would need to be SIM unlocked in order to accept a different SIM.
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Android Studio error: "CocoaPods not installed or not in valid state."

T
Where does Android Studio expect to find CocoaPods? Could this be a path problem?

I have Bumblebee 2021.1.1.

I'm trying to test my app on my iPhone from Android Studio. The error I get is

Warning: CocoaPods not installed. Skipping pod install.
CocoaPods is used to retrieve the iOS and macOS platform side's plugin code that responds to your plugin usage on the Dart side.
Without CocoaPods, plugins will not work on iOS or macOS.
For more info, see https://flutter.dev/platform-plugins
To install see https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#installation for instructions.

Exception: CocoaPods not installed or not in valid state.

I ran gem list and the list of installed pods include:

cocoapods (1.11.2)
cocoapods-core (1.11.2)
cocoapods-deintegrate (1.0.5)
cocoapods-downloader (1.5.1)
cocoapods-plugins (1.0.0)
cocoapods-search (1.0.1)
cocoapods-trunk (1.6.0)
cocoapods-try (1.2.0)

I ran

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods && sudo gem install cocoapods

I ran

flutter clean

I restarted Android Studio.

I ran File > Invalidate Caches… > Invalidate and Restart.

I ran

brew install cocoapods
brew link --overwrite cocoapods

I ran

cd ios
pod install

This threw this error:

[!] CocoaPods did not set the base configuration of your project because your project already has a custom config set. In order for CocoaPods integration to work at all, please either set the base configurations of the target `Runner` to `Target Support Files/Pods-Runner/Pods-Runner.profile.xcconfig` or include the `Target Support Files/Pods-Runner/Pods-Runner.profile.xcconfig` in your build configuration (`Flutter/Release.xcconfig`).

I tried to open my Android Studio project in Xcode and got this error:

Could not open file.

What should I do?
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Help 10" NuVision Android tablet not booting

D
I was given a 10" NuVision Android tablet (TM101A620MPPM) that I'm hoping to rehabilitate and possibly install a custom ROM on. I've done 3rd-party ROMs before, mostly LineageOS, but I haven't been able either to get this tablet to boot or enter state where a computer (or ADB) will recognize it.

It makes no difference whether I simply power it on, or power it on holding the volume button either up or down, it turns on, displays the NuVision splash screen ... and hangs. I've left it sitting for a day or longer in that state and it's only ever got beyond the splash screen and to the juggling balls once. On that one occasion it took a couple of hours to get to the juggling balls but then hung there for another day without proceeding further.

I've also been trying to establish communication with ADB, ... without success. I've used multiple computers, Linux and Windoze, and multiple USB cables connecting to the various USB ports. In no case has any of the computers recognized that there was a USB device attached, nor has "adb devices" shown it was connected.

Is there anything else I might try to revive this thing, some secret incantation, sacrifice a yellow rooster under a gum tree during a new moon, etc?
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How to integrate photoshop presets in app

omi
zaogord said:
Hey, so i'm looking for ways to use a photoshop action that i made and make my own app for those actions so that users can convert their images using my photoshop actions.

How can I do this? Where do I start and what should I look out for.
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Hey, Hope you are doing good in 2022. I'm doing the same project that you have mentioned in 2019. I'm creating an android app for filters and I have created some filters in photoshop. Now I am finding ways to use these action files in android studio. So if you solved this problem 3 years ago I hope you can help me in this regard.

Reading the other replies seems like no one wants to help on androidforum.
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