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Files App Has Mystery Documents

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The files you see are likely from Garmin Connect, a fitness app. They might be old backups from December 1979. You can delete them safely. To do this, open Files app, go to "Documents & Other," find the folder, and tap the trash can icon.

To prevent future backups, open Garmin Connect, tap three lines, choose "Settings," "Device Settings," "Backup & Restore," and turn off "Automatic Backup."
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Firestick storage

I really don't trust online videos to be 100% correct.
I've used a firestick for years but I never bothered with this type of setup because I have my PC setup as a media server, where I store my entire movie and music library that play on my TVs and mobile devices. You should look into that as an alternative. 4TB storage and I can always add more as needed.
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Unlocked Phone only works on Vodafone

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Thank you for your detailed response Hadron. I did try a SIM from O2, and has the same problem. I also tried a SIM from Lebara, which uses the EE network, but their SIM could not even register on the network.

All the phone repair shops that I visited were completely baffled by this problem. The fact that my GiffGaff SIM worked in another phone leads me to believe that my S8 is slowly "dying". I went ahead and purchased a Pixel 6a, primarily because it had good reviews and I wanted a small screen size.
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Uris from the filepicker

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Hi all, Newbie here. I am working on an app that involves picking a mp3 file , saving its Uri to a database, and then later selecting the file from the database and playing it with the mediaPlayer. This is all similar to creating a playlist from the music stored on the device. In this regard I have several questions.

I can only get the mediaPlayer to play the mp3 if the Uri is an audio based Uri. The filePicker seems to want to return a document based Uri. So, Is there a way to get the mediaPlayer to play the file based on the content/document based Uri?

Is there a simple way to convert the document Uri into an audio based Uri?

Is there a way to get the filePicker to return an audio based Uri?

Would all this be easier if I used the exoPlayer instead of the builtin mediaPlayer?

Thanks for any advice and/or code samples.
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Help Two Android phones got slower at the same time

nickdalzell
I went with a Z Flip 4. I have been spoiled by Samsung since the SIII, and the Flip is more my speed with its unique design that can still fit a pocket properly yet still turn into a huge 6.7" smartphone if needed, and if not, the cover screen allows it to function like a dumbphone if you want, and there's a satisfaction one gets by hanging up on a telemarketer by slapping it shut.
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"Content is not allowed in prolog error" despite valid XML

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albertomorris said:
Did you solve?
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Yes, yesterday. It turns out that Android hates having empty directories, and since I had deleted all the navigation components that use Fragments and XML and switched to Compose navigation, I had an empty "menu" directory and an empty "navigation" directory. I hadn't deleted them in case I wanted to backtrack! But as soon as I deleted the empty directories, the error went. It was nothing to do with a prolog in my XML at all. Total red herring of an error message.
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Phone is hacked

ozonetrooper
Search for: What is Google 400 the server Cannot process the request because it is malformed?


What does it mean if a server is malformed?

What Does It Mean?
This violation indicates that a request that was not created by a browser, and does not comply with HTTP standards, has been sent to the server.

This may be the result of of an HTTP request being manually crafted or of a client tunneling other protocols over HTTP.
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Goodbye, Wi-Fi

Hadron
The higher frequency of visible light vs radio is source of both the advantage (bandwidth) and the disadvantage (signal blocking) here, but the latter is just a feature of the particular frequency range: increase the frequency further and it starts to penetrate clothing and thin walls again, and in principle you can also get higher bandwidth. So maybe we should skip over "LiFi" and move direct to "XiFi": X-ray based wireless communications? Solve both of those problems and as a bonus the people who are paranoid about radiation from wireless networks would finally have the satisfaction of being justified? ;)
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Play Store scam?

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nickdalzell said:
The only thing that I've had happen with prepaid cards (especially those infamous 'vanilla' cards you get at dollar stores) is a straight up decline--many don't work online just in stores. I think many online stores require a name tied to the card or a billing address, even on a prepaid or bank debit card, so it limits such options. But I've never had an account suspension over it. It just never completes the transaction either claiming it's declined, unsuccessful, or not supported.
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That was my previous experience. This time the card may not have been "registered" for on-line use in the latest format. It used to require only a zip code to be accepted for on-line purchases, and before that nothing at all, but now registration requires a name and some address beyond a zip code. Refusing the transaction I can understand but demanding bank statements, as the play store and the e-mail in the gmail account attached to the play store ID did, seems more than a little over the top.
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Do Knock-Off Phones Deserve their Unsavory Reputation?

nickdalzell
There are actual fake Samsung phones that to the untrained, look pretty close enough to fool anyone. They can even cop One UI and apps and then they go deeper and fake specs by editing files such as build.prop and others to make the phone's 'about phone' section lie about the RAM, storage, and CPU cores. Some even have fake cameras posing as a multi-camera system with the only real camera being very low quality like 5 MP or less. Some even fake the Android version and easter egg. There are a ton out there that look like they're running Android 12 or 13 but they're just heavily-themed versions of Android 6 or 8. Some aren't even LTE capable, relying on outdated 3G and 2G. Some go farther and use stolen IMEI numbers.

Check out Smoorez on YouTube for more info.
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