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Help After Hard Reset LG-D520 stucks

Can the battery come out?
If so, take it out, and then hold the power button and volume down button together for a slow count of 60 (approximately 60 seconds).

This makes sure that all of the capacitors are drained of energy.

Then reinsert the battery, plug it into a charger, and hold the power button until it begins to start up.

Hope this helps.

If not, most likely a device of that age is toast.

Need some help with File.listFiles() not returning files with text file extensions.

Hi, I have had similar issue (couldn't read json files from external storage). It turns out the reason is that in Android 11 they changed entirely the way how application can access media files.

In order to use the same File API to get ALL files in Android 11, you need to do following:

1. Add <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> to manifest
2. Check if you have all files access by using: Environment.isExternalStorageManager()
3. If you don't, you can request the permission this way:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("package:" + BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID);
Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APP_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION, uri);
context.startActivity(intent);

This will redirect you to the Settings when use can gran your application All files access. When granted, you can use all the same method to access ALL files on Android 11.

Help Cross-platform alternatives to Family Link?

This does sound like there's some kind of glitch that's causing the authentication step of just lock up on itself. Could be some some kind of compatibility issue due to something like a system upgrade but that's a situation where you have an existing Family Link set up and implemented and then an operating system upgrade gets installed. Since this is a new phone, unless it was a matter where you had Family Link set up on it and then applied an OS version upgrade, a more likely occurrence is some config file became corrupted and it's a matter of getting past that.
Try going into the Settings >> Apps menu on her phone, find and open the Family Link app entry, tap on Force stop, then find and tap on Clear data. Using Clear data will wipe the app's settings and config files, and the app's cache. This essentially returns the app back to its original first time used state so when you start the app up you need to go through the entire set up and configuration process again.

Question about screen dimming on LG Thinq

Yes, it might revert to the screen timeout that you have set.

There are some apps that can keep your screen on, but remember that this will drain your battery.

Probably the best method is to open Developers Options and use the Stay Awake feature.

This will let the screen dim after the set timeout, but it will not go completely off.

It will only be active while the phone is charging, so it will not drain the battery.

This is especially useful in the car, both during calls and for playing music.

Samsung Galaxy S5 - email stopped working

I finally fixed it; I had to go into Settings -> Accounts -> selected "Email". Then, I used the "Manual" setup option to get it working. I used:
IMAP-MAIL Outlook.com
Security SSL
Port 993
For whatever reason, doing this manually made it work and I'm back in business. I have no idea why whatever the other process does didn't want to work.

Help Samsung Galaxy A10s - video calls no longer working

Hey gang, been a long time since I've needed help. I've got an issue since the last Android update around a month ago.

I'd been having video calls on a weekly basis, then the OS updated, and then the video calls no longer worked. We tried a couple of different video platforms, they all appeared as though they should be working (permissions, green lights, check marks, etc), but the video screen just wouldn't pop up.

Although we've been using my iPad ever since as a substitute, I'd really like to fix the issue with my phone. Thanks in advance.

Is there an instrument tuner app that resembles the Ableton Live tuner?

Ableton Live only runs on Windows and MacOS. But what I want is a tuner app for Android that has a similar interface, which is why I posted the screenshot. The simulation of a jiggling needle in Gstrings won't work for what I want to do. The Ableton Live tuner tells you how far out of tune you are by the colour of the dot. It is green if you are within a few cents of the note; yellow, orange or red if you are further off.

Did you check any of the apps that I listed?

Help Contacts not syncing and cannot be edited

So it started syncing again. All I did was go through my address book and remove any entries with characters like / or *

I'm not sure if that is really what did it but it started working after that. Hope that helps

Anytime there are characters that an app considers ''invalid', there will be some sort of issue.

Unfortunately, the apps I have seen do not let you know which characters are 'invalid'.

Help Can I add Volume Control Option to Control Centre in Redmi Note 10 Pro ?

Looks like you are another one to join the group of the earlier person who replied me, who did not read my comments. And to answer your question, Yes I did a google search and found the information that there is an apk file available on the Chinese website and I came here thinking someone would have an equivalent solution here.

Soooo, did you try the Chinese website?

I put window tint on my crystal ball, and can no longer see into it.

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