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FlorisBoard (a new FOSS keyboard)

As some here will know, I have a great many issues when using/choosing a keyboard to use on Android.

So, when a keyboard comes around that seems to have promise and satifies most of my needs, I try it out.

This one is still in the testing stages, and it may be of some help to others when it is complete.

As it is not yet available via normal means on F-Droid yet (you must use the IzzySoft repository) I am putting a link to the GitHub page for it.

Perhaps some of my friends on this forum can help the dev(s) work out any issues and/or bring other items to attention.

https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard

How can i update software?

That's a low-end phone released in 2014, so you are almost certainly not going to get any more updates for it. It looks like the most recent firmware for this device (any of the several models) is Android 4.4.4.

You can't just download and install a more recent version from somewhere. Android (like any mobile OS) has to be built for the particular model of device. So unless the manufacturer makes an update (in which case "check for updates" in the system settings will tell you) your options are to live with it or to root the device and (a) find a "custom ROM" that someone else has built for this particular model or (b) build one yourself (which will require a lot of learning). For most people "live with it" is the answer, I'm afraid.

If you want to try the custom ROM route, do your research first: make sure you understand what you have to do step by step, make sure that a suitable custom ROM actually exists for your model of device, and make sure you know how you will undo it or get your phone working again if something goes wrong. And I'm very serious about "your model of device": I don't just mean "Galaxy" or "Galaxy Mega" or even "Galaxy Mega 2", I mean the particular model of Mega 2 you have (e.g. SM-G750F or SM-G7508Q) - trying to install a ROM for a different model will not work.

Help Android Camera Change?

If it's been like that a long time that will make it harder to trace the problem. And I don't know what settings the Samsung S10 camera app has (there is no standard "android" camera app has, but a Samsung will very definitely have a Samsung app), so I don't know whether it's possible to set exposure compensation, saturation, contrast in it (thinking of things which, if mis-set, could mess up images this way).

It's also quite hard to judge from a single image (comparing a few images for common features can help identify some problems). I wouldn't currently like to guess even whether this is hardware or software.

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