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Help Android lock-screen/notifications question

Personally, I would use Telegram for that.

It is a great, ad-free messenger app and more.

PlayStore has it, but I highly recommend using either the version directly from Telegram or the FOSS (Free Open Source Software) version from F-Droid.

Many options are available, including pictures, videos, audio, texting, and calling.
Live video is available as well, but I have never tried it.

Also, unlimited online storage and sharing of files 2GB or less.

My ol'lady and I use the F-Droid version everyday to communicate.

Willys Jeep

Aw, that's really sad. I guess his kids weren't interested in keeping it in the family? Glad you snapped some pics while it was still there.
I honestly don't know where the Jeep was headed. Perhaps to one of the two children or a buyer.
I did not recognize the truck attached to the trailer but that means nothing. I'd like to think the son ended up with it. I'm sentimental that way.

Help Moto E7ipower on Android 10

Switching from an iPhone to an Android phone can be a challenge but a lot of people do it, both ways really, so yeah, setting up something like Notifications can be confusing at first. Once your brain is all comfortable with how to do things the Apple way, now you need to teach yourself to get familiar with Android. A big, big part of switching between different platforms is you do need to reset all your expectations on being able to do things the same way as before. Just generally most smartphones no matter what operating system, tend to have the same overall appearance and we interact with them in a similar way -- there's a flat rectangular slab with a touchscreen that's backlit and we use our fingers to tap on icons and swipe things. So in that aspect there's not a lot of difference between your iPhone and your Moto. The operating systems that run on each phone, on the other hand, are significantly different from each other, and their respective user interfaces are as well. So using one or the other as a day-to-day phone won't be that different, at least until your get your Moto set up properly. That's the major issue you need to address, just getting comfortable with setting up your new phone. Once you do get to the point where its configured the way you want, than you just do what you've always done, just taps on icons and such.

Anyway, a plus point to your Moto E7 Power is Motorola tends to rely upon a more or less clean, unaltered version of Android on its phones. Some manufacturers opt to go a different route and heavily brand their phones with a lot of their own apps added in and their own launchers with changes to the UI itself. Moto phones only have some minor Motorola additions but the Settings menu is basically Android as is, and it's the Settings menu you should need to focus on getting comfortable with to set up your phone the way you want. I'd suggest you don't install a lot of third-party apps and things right now, get familiar with your phone as it is, get it configured to suit your needs, and then you'll want to add stuff you think you'll need. At this point you need to get comfortable with your phone, not your phone and a bunch of apps and utilities too. (note there are countless apps and things to add to your phone in Google's Play Store once you're ready)
So sit down and start digging through the Settings menu. The options and settings in the Settings menu on your phone has been customized to directly relate to your phone's specific hardware specifications and capabilities. Open each one up to get a handle on what your Moto can do and take note of the options that you can manage to suit your preferences. Note that there are often a lot of sub-menus (accessible with a gear icon, or hamburger icon, or three-dot icon) and/or contextual menus (typically accessible by long-pressing). Try to not alter too many things at once, or at least document things you alter or disable -- it could be an instance where you find you've turned off something you do want to use later so you want to just go back to the Settings menu and enable things too. Don't rush things and once you do get comfortable with your phone's Settings menu, that will give you a better sense of your Moto's overall functionality.

Below is a link to the user manual for your model on Motorola's site:
https://help.motorola.com/hc/1776/10/pdf/help-moto-e7-power-10-global-en-us.pdf
And this page is just the hardware specs list you might find worth bookmarking as a reference:
https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_e7_power-10738.php
Your Moto E7 Power is running Android 10 isn't it? If so, this is a long, very detailed review on 10:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/09/android-10-the-ars-technica-review/

This is just a suggestion but you'll probably find it necessary to have good file manager app to copy/move/edit files and folders on your phone, and micro SD card if you've installed one in your phone. Try this Moto File Manager app, it's developed and maintained by Motorola, and it has an intuitive, user-friendly interface:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lenovo.FileBrowser2&hl=en
It's a capable file manager app that's easy to just use and will be suitable for most people. There are plenty of other file managers too though, with bigger feature sets and more functionality (i.e. inherent networking capability, text editing, etc.)

AiMP pays automatically

Google Play was discontinued so had to find alternative.
Looked at Blackplayer on PlayStore ...... loads of reviews about bugs, I may still try if I can't get AIMP fixed.

Forget Google Play.
I posted a perfectly good link.

In fact, you can probably find your original music player on UpToDown and go back to using that.

And remember that reviews are like... well, I think you know the saying.
Diapers, derriers, and such.

The link I provided is for the last free version of BlackPlayer without ads.

Help iPhone to Pixel: missing contacts

Another option is to take that exported VCF file from your iPhone, import that into your Google account, and then go to
https://contacts.google.com and checking your contacts list to see if it's intact. Should be easier to check/edit/clean up your contacts using the larger screen on a computer/laptop with a physical keyboard and mouse if necessary. Then set up syncing with the Contacts app on your Pixel so it merges properly with your online Google account.

Help Cant stop Bluetooth pairing prompts

Seems like I'm always having to Bluetooth re-pair my phone with my desktop. I did so yesterday, but even tho the pairing is complete, I'm still regularly getting these notifications to pair my phone

If you click on the first image, it takes you to the Win 10 Bluetooth setting where it asks you if the 6 number code showing is the same as the one on your phone.. When you answer yes, it says "connection failed".

In the second image, you see what appears after you select the three dot drop down menu on the right upper portion of the first image, but nothing happen when you click on it to stop notifications.

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Apps Bluetooth Client vs Server

What model TV do you have? Some Smart TVs do include Bluetooth support but not all.

Also, is your TV remote using Bluetooth or infrared to connect to your TV? If it's IR that might making a Bluetooth app that can control your TV a problem.

I have a Roku smart TV. I actually am not sure if it connects via IR but I will check into it. I am like 85% sure it is bluetooth.

After various attempts I think it may have something to do with the socket. Going from the developer guide the examples use RFCOMM (SPP) socket. I see in the reference library there is also L2CAP and SCO. Hopefully after I read into it more I will figure out a solution. I will post my findings back on this thread.

Any other thoughts or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

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