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Help Help loading apk on Android Phone

In modern Android versions (the last several years) this option allows you to give one or more apps the permission to install apps (in older versions it was just a single switch, and once set any app with that capability could do the install). My personal feeling is that you should never allow a browser to do this: I've seen examples of ads or scripts on websites that tell the browser to download an apk, so giving the browser the ability to actually install it as well always seems like a way of making your phone as vulnerable as possible. So I personally give one of my file managers the ability to trigger installs and no other app (apart from F-droid, which is an app store itself). And if you want to increase security, do it in stages: download the apk, then give your file manager (or other app of choice) the ability to install, use that to install the apk, then remove that permission from the app you just used to perform the installation (equivalent in the old way of enabling install from unknown sources, doing the install, then disabling it).

Mi 11T issue with Android Auto

Hey guys

Hope someone can help me. I just got a new Navpro multimedia for my car, and it uses tlink5 to connect with android auto. I was able to use it properly cabled and wireless with other mobiles, but had no luck with my MI 11t. It keeps trying to connect on my mobile, and it stays like this. I already reset Android auto, reinstalled all updates, tried to remove and add Bluetooth connection several times with no luck. I'm on MIUI 14.
Sometimes it shows in my mobile that it's connected, but I still got nothing on the multimedia screen, only "connecting"...

I'm having the same problem with the wired connection =/

Do you have any idea what is happening, and what should I do?
Thanks so much for the help =)

Samsung Galaxy GT i5510M

AOSP is the base of Android, the open source bit. It will exist as long as Android does.

Of course individual apps within it get very little development, but that doesn't matter since you can always find a better app for any function. But just give me the base OS without the crud and clutter that manufacturers add (to varying degrees) and I'll do the rest.

New SixDots game- ArmaRunner

Hi there, it has been a while ago. I’ve received a lot of feedback for this game and therefore updated a lot of aspects:
  • Score indicator added
  • Physics of animal interactions have been refined, so you’ll never get stuck again
  • You can now head-bump animals into the air
  • More enemies added: gatling cow and stingy hedgehogs
  • Better build-up in difficulty to support a wider range of gamers
  • Death animation added
  • GUI has been restructured
Todo:
The game and engine is now also prepared to support multiple storylines and levels, but that is a feature for the upcoming update… Game development just takes a lot of time. 😆

Remi 7 Rooting Android 10 Miui11

here is the guide you want:

please read it before attempting to root. if you have any questions, you can post them here. i would also if you have the time to read each post in that thread. it might show if there are any problems and also solutions to any rooting issues. main thing is to read first before going in head first........good luck.

Older model Android phone to root

What about a Pixel 6 or 6a?? I am in the USA if that makes a difference.
Assuming your Galaxy S18 reference is just a typo, if you're actually thinking of something like a Galaxy S8 that is a better option than your daily usage Z Fold. I'd suggest you avoid one of those one-button rooting apps like Kingo and instead opt for a process like TWRP/Magisk:
It's only a bit more involved but results in a cleaner, less obtrusive quasi-root. Since you're apparently willing to educate yourself on the rooting process, getting comfortable using the Odin utility will give you better sense about your phone's internal functionality.

You might also want to be sure you download and save the appropriate Samsung stock ROM for that particular model of S8 (or for whichever phone you intend to buy for this project). Just in case a problem occurs while rooting the phone or later after you do root it, having a stock ROM on hand allows you to flash the stock ROM to restore the phone into fully functional condition again. (.... and then root it again to start over).

New Look

'new folder/new folder (2)/pictures' on her laptop.


LOL, I was cleaning up a machine for an ole boy one day and I emptied the trash can. He started freakin out and when I asked him what was wrong he says, "I had several things in there I was keeping !"

Another good one, I went to work at a place that had a employee machine and one of the ole boys there was looking up plane tickets for a vacation he was gonna take. At the bottom of the screen were all the open windows he had going on, 21 of them most of them the same site and information. I could not get him to under stand that he could close one after looking at it, and only needed one of each open to compare prices ....


laughinghard

Where to save contacts: Phone, SIM, or Google Contacts?

It may depend on what phone you have (which manufacturer and what software version), but I'd start by opening my contacts app and looking for "manage contacts" in your settings. If you are lucky you may find something obvious like "move contacts" in there (my Samsung, running Android 13, has that).

(Back when this thread started it was often simplest to export the contacts to a vcard file and then re-import them to a different location, but things have come on a bit since then!)
Hadron, Thank you -- that was quick.

Yes I have a Samsung S21 and have 965 contacts in Phone and much less in the 4 google accounts (11, 23,12, 434 respectively). I am not counting Aol (yes hard to believe), Outlook, and 3 work/volunteer email accounts. I am trying to make things much simpler and also so that I can start synching everything.

I see the Move Contacts. Now I just have to figure out where I want the contacts though it looks like I have sync on for most of accounts - though not sure that I understand Sync contacts as they all do not have the same entries.

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