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In such a situation, I would advise you to log out of all accounts on your device that use the old email address and completely wipe the phone. I didn't quite understand if you created a new email address using the new phone number, so if you're still using the old number, I suggest you change it. If you don't want to buy a new one, you can use temp number online and then link the created email to all accounts. In general, it always helped me to log out of the Google Service account and then all the information was erased, but since you have another reason, I advise you to try my method.

Unable to Save Attachments from Android Messages

If you are unable to save Attachments on your phone then I have a solution for you, that might solve your problem of saving Attachments to your phone. You can use professional software that can easily download your attachments from your email. You can use Softaken IMAP Attachment Extractor Tool. This tool can help you quickly and safely export attachments from various IMAP servers, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Office 365, AOL, G Suite, and others. You only need to provide the host address, username, and password of your IMAP account, and the tool will do the rest. You can choose to extract attachments from all or selected mail folders and save them to any location on your system.

This method only works in Windows Operating System. After downloading attachments from the above software, then you can simply transfer the whole attachments folder to your Phone. That's it.

No Voicemail Visual Notification appears Redmi 7a

Hi, I switched phone companies, Ive put in a new 'Sim' everything works fine, but im NOT getting a Visual 'Icon' at top of 'Home' screen , to tell me there is a Voicemail waiting for me .. I used to get a small, '2 circles, with a line through' type icon, .. but i now do NOT get ANY Notification for Voicemail ..I can only check messages, by randomly, dialling my 'Voicemail' number and checking if anyone has left me a Message !! How can i get this 'Voicemail' Notification (Visual ) Icon back , when someone has left me a 'Voicemail' ? Thanks in Advance !
Xiaomi Redmi, 7a , Android 10 ....

Renaming a file?

My Pixel 7 Pro is rooted, however, it still grabs updates, etc., and I want to stop it from doing that. I did some searching and I found that to do this, I could simply rename a few files.

However, I have been unable to rename the files. This is what I have done:
  • Installed ConnectBot
  • typed 'su'
  • cd'ed to the directory that has a file to rename
  • typed 'mv oldFileName newFileName'
This resulted in the error mv: bad 'oldFileName': Read-only file system

Question: can someone point me to instructions that would allow me to make the file system not read-only or some other approach for addressing this issue? Thanks.

Recover ebooks from aldiko ebook reader

Aldiko is one of my favorite apps and one of the older versions I keep today (from Android 2.3 no less). Any downloaded book is kept in the Ebooks folder under a subfolder with the titles. So copy and paste all those subfolders to the Ebooks folder in your new device and re-open the Aldiko app and they should populate the bookshelf. You can also read PDF files there too, as using Aldiko to open a PDF (such as a service manual in my case) makes them also appear on the bookshelf.

I don't use paid content or an account with them though, I just use it for free content. So I am not sure what paid content does or where it's stored, but if you use an Aldiko account it should just work like above once you're logged in.

Smaller phone

When i used straight talk, using any phone that's compatible with the tower your phone currently connects with would work. Case in point, I was able to use my locked Galaxy S5 (verizon) with a straight talk Byop 'verizon compatible' SIM card. So if you find your smaller dream phone, make sure you get the proper model or SIM for it. You are NOT stuck with whatever garbage ST offers.

nokia t10 error

Both Homescapes and Gardenscapes contain adds and in app purchases. That rules out your tablet blocking such apps. I'm with ocnbrze that contacting the developer is likely your best recourse. They might not address the problem but I'm sure they would like to know that their app won't run on your tablet.

Infinix Hot 11S Not starting

if you can get to recovery, you can try a hard reset(factory reset). if not then you will need to find a firmware update for the phone.

here is one i found, but double check this is the correct model of phone first before trying it. firmwares are device and model specific. flashing the wrong firmware can be bad for the phone.

Issues when wifi/bluetooth is enabled on device

If a Factory Reset won't solve this WiFi and Bluetooth issue, you don't have a lot of options left.
This is budget-class tablet running a Go version of Android -- two significant drawbacks. Being an off-brand tablet the odds are there will never be any long-term support by the manufacturer nor by third-party ROM developers, and on top of that Android Go versions are Google's half-hearted attempt to provide a working operating system for below-spec mobile devices.

Your efforts to find a magic fix for this tablet is likely to fail, it's a tablet that by design is not intended to have very much if any long-term customer support. I'd suggest you drop it off at a local recycling facility and instead focus on buying something that you don't have to struggle with just to use.
Or how recently did you purchase this tablet? If it's still covered by a warranty return it. The expectation is it should be fully functional as is, unless the seller did expressly state there's a problem with it.
If budget is a factor in finding a replacement, try looking at an Amazon Fire tablet. FIreOS is Amazon's user interface that runs on top of basic Android kernel.. There's a lot of Amazon branding but that also results in lower costs for very usable tablets. An equivalent to your Yumkem tablet would be something like this Amazon Fire 10". It's a refurbished by its manufacturer tablet (warranty same as new) on sale for $110:

How can excel/word file open up faster?

.....When you start a Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel text editor, you see the message: "Checking for viruses". This means that when you open a file, your antivirus checks it for viruses, etc. and the antivirus add-on is enabled in Office. To me, this feature is for paranoid people and completely useless. Therefore, disabling this software speeded up the work and there were no more freezes.
Puzzling advice depending on just what operating system the OP is running on their PC. If Windows, suggesting someone should just disable AV/malware scanning functionality is a creepy recommendation, it just increases the risk level of their PC to being compromised in some way. Embedded macros in a lot of Word and Excel files are a common occurrence, as are infected macros.

So that's being paranoid? I consider this advice to be covert gaslighting. Yeah, perhaps this will result in solving the OP's lag issue, but at what cost? Both MS Windows and MS Office have been massively popular targets for black hat hackers, and for decades. I'd suggest the OP to keep searching for alternatives, a Core i5 PC with 8GB of RAM and a SSD should be pretty responsive for things like opening MS Office content. The problem only being with specific file types, there has to be a more practical solution.

Phone won't carrier unlock. Boost Mobile claims it is already unlocked!

..... When system I updated it got to a point and it said contact Sprint. Sprint people don't know what to do. How can this vicious circle be halted. I have a complaint into FCC. In meantime we're not able to use a phone I rightfully own.....
Stop buying carrier-locked phones, since you're not restricting yourself to always use the same carrier year after year this isn't some kind of FCC matter, it's your responsibility. When you continue buying carrier-locked phones, that can create problems switching carriers. A carrier-locked phone will be running firmware that's branded and customized to meet the needs of a specific carrier's cellular network. The issue being each carrier has its own cellular network that rarely is compatible with other carriers.
Buy carrier-unlocked models instead. You'll likely pay more for a carrier unlocked phone but that also results in you having a lot more options to use different carriers without having to buy a new phone.
(... and that is a debatable issue in that you might pay more for a carrier-unlocked phone up front but in the long term that cost difference isn't a factor. Carrier branded phones may be free or at a nominal price but that's not some kind of charitable PR, you do pay for that phone but its cost is spread throughout the entire contract time period you are 'locked' into paying each month.)

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