It would depend on the eSIM I guess. The data-only ones I use don't include a phone number, so any texting would have to be via a data connection of some sort. I'm sure you can get some with regular telephony too, but that didn't interest me: I'd have to tell people a different number to use for a week, if they sent me a text they'd pay international text prices, just didn't seem worth the effort.

However I very rarely use SMS these days anyway: with MMS being both inadequate and (on many UK tariffs) expensive, while SMS is quite limited, like a lot of people I've moves most of my messaging to third party internet-based services (WhatsApp, Signal etc). So to be honest I never even bothered checking how/whether I could make that work.

Abhista800 said:

Please how can I change sdk version on rooted phone without bricking your device?

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never use apps that claim that it can root your phone.
here try this guide:

but first you will need to unlock your bootloader:

tommo47 said:

Hi, welcome to Android Forums.

As I understand it, the IPhone uses Imessaging to send audio, video and picture files. Imessaging is sent using your mobile data or wifi connection and is the equivalent of MMS (multimedia messaging service).

Text messaging (SMS) uses a small amount of bandwidth within the communication channel between your cellphone and the network and is restricted to 160 text characters per message. This why even the most basic cellphone can send text messages.

To send audio, video or picture files you need to create an MMS message.

Hope this helps.

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I have always had an Android and over the last month. I have been unable to send voice recordings through text. I don't know what's going on but this is a new development

ocnbrze said:

it can't save multiple copies of things, so i do not see a need to see what is in my clipboard.

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Replying a little late here... If you turn the Gboard clipboard on it will save multiple copies at the same time. You can copy 3 different words/sentences and it will remember all 3 for you to paste.

rohansaadat2 – Thanks for the reply.

I tried installing both KingoRoot and SuperSU on my phone, since they are known to be able to proviide apps with root permission, but neither was able to run.

I do have X-Plore installed on my phone, and a *update* search under /system found:
/bin/update_engine /bin/update_verifier /etc/init/update_engine.rc /etc/init/update_verifier.rc /lib64/libupdate_engine_stable-V1-cpp.so

and a *ota* search under /system found ten files, of which
/bin/otapreopt
may be relevant.

Should I modify any of these files? If so, should I do that before or after rebooting my phone (as it has asked to be done)?

Jameswili said:

Struggling with slow Verizon S21+ hotspot speeds. Considering connecting laptop to hotspot, then Xbox via Ethernet. Any thoughts?

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So you're close enough to a hotspot to connect from your house? or the hotspot is being generated by your phone?

Why go through your laptop? Can't the Xbox connect to the WiFi of the hotspot?

Also tried searching but didn't find a match.

There are thousands and thousands of icons, easiest way to find out is to ask the person who sent it to you.

WhatHappenedNow said:

I really don’t want to be that guy but those this log line mean

that worked! At least on the s23. Thanks so much.

was looking into the logs from the from the bootloader screen and it just looks like there was an MDM and some other scripting that ensured a reset would always fail. At least I think so— pretty much a layman

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Also! I remember once hearing from a “pro” that my kernel was not an official one.

Hi thank you, tried it and sadly it didn't work... I'm not sure if that's because of textra or the other apps I'm using, but I did try sharing with multiple apps and no luck.

Thanks, I have OpenCamera. I believe the problem is in the phone's firmware and/or camera drivers because it occurs no matter which camera app I use.

Have you tried the Ronco easy and fast lyric editor?
It slices! It dices! It's a lyric ninja!

hm21 said:

I want to login to a game with wechat, can you help me for that ?

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did you not read his post????

mikedt said:

To err on the safe side, I'm now only doing WeChat account verification QR scans for users I've seen and know in person. As I don't wish to assist anyone who may have got banned from WeChat for spamming, or illegal activities, etc, as that might put my own WeChat usage at risk. That's how it is.

I am aware there's a black market for paid WeChat verification QR scanning...Good Luck!

If anyone just needs a general purpose messaging and calling app, I recommend Telegram or Signal, but those are not available in China(unless using a VPN).

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joshkrupinsky said:

if my phone had this option, I wouldn't have started this thread

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i am just suggesting that maybe your phone does not have the ability by design. what phone do you have?

nickdalzell said:

"I'm gonna use the perfect amount of thermal paste" proceeds to edit part of video out or move camera
--Tronicsfix

"oops, gonna need to put thermal paste on that [moves camera where the user can't see the process]"
--Adrian's Digital Basement.

The term "the perfect amount of thermal paste" line is also used across the board, always hiding/censoring or making a joke about people seeing the process each time. Is there a joke/meme I'm missing or what? I don't understand. What if I am interested in building a PC and would like to see the process? I hate being out of the loop here.

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Because the internet loves to argue, and every redditor and their dog would flood the comments about how you're using the wrong amount. Even on Reddit, such images always generate floods of comments about how someone used too much, too little, didn't apply it right, and it happens with stunning and sobering regularity. Even when other channels have shown that barring something especially conductive being used and bridging vulnerable points on a given device, one can go ham and it would run fine. Ultimately, it's about having enough to fill in the micro-gaps between the component generating heat (cpu/gpu/etc) and the contact of the cooler.

nandlabhai said:

If the problem is not solved still, you can try this. Disable Media Playback Controls on Google Maps for Android version 13 on your phone.

1. Open Google Maps.
2. Tap your profile picture in the top right.
3. Go to "Settings."
4. Navigate to "Navigation settings."
5. Look for "Media Playback Controls" or a similar option.

If the setting isn't there, it's possible that the feature is not available on your specific Android version or device model. You may want to check for app updates or contact Google Support for device-specific assistance.

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Right, the problem is it's not there. But the feature is enabled, because I have the media controls. The problem is I can't turn it off!

Dannydet said:

Did you not follow my steps from previous?

If you aren't doing this correctly then I can't help you

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As I mentioned in my recent post, there is no option in the share option to send a link to the article directly to my email account, although based on a weird algorithm, some of my contacts' email accounts which I recently sent email are showing up there. My email account is not there, however.

Please post here a picture with your Google news share option with your blurred email.

Those are all browser redirects, no malware or octo whatever. Start using a good ad blocker that will stop these from popping up and you'll be fine.
Personally I use Adguard, which is not in the play store but is 100 percent safe and I've been using it for years without ever an issue. Get it here :
Can be installed on all OS, Android, IOS and computers

Alex Ethridge said:

I have an ad on my phone's opening screen that says "Facebook. Find friends and see what's new". To be clear, this is the screen that appears when I turn on the device and before I enter the PIN to access the phone.

I used my desktop computer to make a facebook account several years ago to find a friend from my remote past. Couldn't find that person so closed the account and haven't accessed the account in several years and have never accessed it on any phone I have ever owned.

• Why am I getting this ad?
• How do remove it and prevent it in the future?

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I think you're referring to this notification, which I also got on some of my phones:

Basically, it is an "ad" sent from the Facebook app itself that's installed on your phone (often as pre-loaded, or "bloatware" since that's what people loves to call those as) when there are no accounts being signed into. Holding on that notification shows this:

The easy way to stop that ad from coming is to turn that notification category off, or disable the app (I assume that it came pre-loaded on your phone and can't be uninstalled) if you don't plan to use it.

(I also apologize for replying to this old post here, but seeing how incredibly stupid that yadic guy was, I just had to do it.)

Dannydet said:

Malware, trojans, etc. but never a virus.

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I think you misunderstand the "virus" part of "anti-virus". It's true that, strictly speaking, trojan horses (for example) are not viruses. But the "virus" in "anti-virus" does not use the strict meaning of the term! "Virus", in-context, simply means "malicious software". Malicious software are trojan horses, classic viruses, etc.

That, or I'm missing something here.

olbriar said:

Download a player of your choice from the play store. I go from player to player like a bee to flowers. My current player for local media is Musicolet.

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Thank you, that worked!

This was happening with Android 12 on the S20 FE I had two years ago too. It's a One UI thing across the board.

But if it were possible to root and put Android 2.3 on this thing, I would have by now. I hate modern Android and went out of my way to skin it to look like Android 2.3 and Sense 3.x, with TouchWiz notifications/ringtones.

rbjhb said:

Thanks. I'll think about it. I don't live in the US so unfortuantely can't make use of the phenomenal deals you guys get on tech. The latest Chromecast is around $55 here. I see a lot of "3rd Gen" ones listed that are much more affordable - could I go fr one of these?

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i still have my 3rd gen running on one of my tvs with no issues.

I found a free apk that's supposed to change orientation of PDFs, and do other things with them. Should I do that? Would it mess up a pdf? Why is it the wrong way when epub is always the right way?

I've checked that I've got the latest version of Proton Mail. I've also tried the new beta version (recommended by support team), but the issue persists. BTW I'm on Android 11 (that's max for my Redmi 10).

EDIT: Support team asked me to check the latest beta version. Turned out that this issue will be SOLVED in the upcoming version. I was worried this is something bigger, because I'm having issues with using local files in apps as well as saving files from apps to local storage. Looks like many apps have similar bugs.