I dunno, I just seem to have better luck with the very devices and apps everyone else hates. I love Bixby (prefer it over Assistant as it can do far more), hate USB-C, had no issues with Micro USB at all, and thought the HTC Thunderbolt was the best Android ever made.

I really don't understand. Maybe I would have been perfectly happy with a Chevrolet Vega as well? Lord knows it couldn't have been any worse than my Subaru XT6.

What kind of app even shows usage history anyway? That sounds like the kind of thing a parent would place on a child's phone, just in case they were playing Angry Birds during the time they should be studying...

Coolpad health app notification.

Welcome to AF. There are countless notification icons in use these days. Unless someone here is familiar with that particular one, I'm afraid we won't be of much help. I assume you are posting a screen shot from another phone. If this is on your phone, simply pull down the notification shade for additional information. I'm sorry that I'm of so little assistance.

Brave browser perhaps? Nightly indicates a buggier beta copy. I think that's just an APK you can sideload as it won't be on Play Store.

Is the error something like 'error parsing the package' or 'app not installed?' If so, that's the phone's way of saying it's not compatible.

IS this a Verizon variant? That sounds a lot like the 'Verizon App Manager' that 'recommends' bloatware apps they think you'll like and you have no way to tell it to frell off.

However, there's a one-time paid app called Buzzkill that can get rid of its persistent notification. Or any persistant notifications you can't swipe away (I hate Android's cluttered status bar and use this app to make it clean)

Search for Buzzkill in the Play Store, and once installed, it is as simple as tapping which app you hate (in this case perhaps Verizon App Manager) and then tapping where it shows clickable text 'do nothing' and then selecting 'dismiss' as the action and then tap save. Then you'll never hear or see it again.

To initially get past the full-screen annoyance, just uncheck each app it selects or tap 'skip' and go about your day.

TammComp said:

I have a client's Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite 8.7, Model SM-T220 that I had to do a factory reset on because they do not remember the password and cannot do a reset because they do not have access to the recovery email or phone. After the reset, it still requires an unlock pattern on login to the account to finish the reset. Is there any way around this?

Thank you for any help you can provide.

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Hi Tamm, the only right way possible is to enter the correct Gmail ID and Password of the synced Google account.

I just used an old browser to avoid the issue since I was plenty aware it was Chrome dicking with me. Does it on other sites as well because SSL aint' enough for it.

It's a bit of an old thread (last post more than a decade ago). Things have moved on since then, and these days the simple way of doing what the OP wanted (restore a recovery backup) would be to copy it to a USB drive and connect that to the phone. Thanks to USB-OTG your custom recovery can install a nandroid backup from USB storage, so no need to worry about trying to flash images using fastboot unless you actually want to revert to stock.

I've not used microSD in my devices for a few years now. Had one 32GB Sandisk that I used with my original 2010 HTC Desire that's still working in my old tablet which I gave to my daughter a while back. Had another 32GB Samsung that failed irreparably (master boot record) after 3 months.

I've occasionally used USB flash drives with Android phones, either to transfer files or as external storage for nandroid backups, that's always worked fine. Never used anything that would need an external power supply with one.

I often prefer to use the speakerphone feature when making calls on my Galaxy A13, with the dialpad screen on to select choices etc. I've tried 'screen stay on' apps which do work for the phone in general, but none seem to work for the phone call screen. It always dims after ten seconds and goes off after 30 seconds. Am I missing something?

sipec said:

I was just talking to my da about getting a new dart board, he told me to soak it in water, I said to him what the hell are you smoking!! Has anybody heard of this before, if so please tell me what hell he is on about. He said it will last longer and i could just not agree.

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You NEVER soak a dart board. I've played steel tipped darts for 30 years.

ocnbrze said:

Bump what?

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Well at some point there are no viable software-related fixes to try. It's not a common occurrence but hardware failure issues do happen so in this matter if the Bluetooth radio chip has failed, there is no software solution, it's hardware. Since you're only providing details and things you've already tried on a limited basis I'm out of ideas (or at least time to post what are just multiple, repetitive suggestions).
Typically with a hardware related failure, that involves a full to partial tear-down of the phone. And it's not something a novice should try as an experiment. I'm not familiar with a Nokia G21 and since it's very manufacturer and model specific, this could be a big issue if you're your paying out-of-pocket. If you're lucky, the Bluetooth chip is on an easier to replace, separate daughter-board or something like a network related, accessible module (WiFi, cellular, and Bluetooth radios in their own board). Otherwise it might involve a complete replacement of the entire logic board. But this is if the matter is actually hardware related, with remains to be determined. Hopefully others will suggest a fix that does work. But if you don't have the time to drop off your phone to have it looked into, your options are to keep trying to solve this matter using software-related solutions, or accept the fact that Bluetooth audio isn't fully functional on this particular phone.

Which web browser are you using? Safari? Firefox? Chrome or similarly Chromium-based (i.e. Opera, Edge, Brave, etc.)?
Try disabling HTTPS-only mode (well if Safari, apparently there is no user option to enable or disable HTTPS-only mode, by default is should switch itself accordingly):

andfo said:

My android phone will open the camera app if I double press the power button quickly twice. I want to remove this shortcut and also, instead, I want to make it such that, if I long-press the power button, then a file (usually audio or video file, but can be anything) that I chose last time will automatically play. If it's an audio or video file, then it should automatically start playing. Is this possible without making a new file? Is there an app that makes it possible to create this already?

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here is what @Dannydet was talking about:

why do you have a word count? that's weird.

also do you have a link to your app in the play store?
also some pictures or videos of your game would be nice.
and lastly is this an android game? or pc game?

I would assume there's some sort of autonomous feature to enable flying without the effort (and tons of $$$) needed to obtain a private pilot license. Probably with tons of limits, too.

re:SMS

I still use it as it does exactly what I ask it to do. It basically becomes AIM for mobile. two-way chat. All I need it to do, no data needed (and since I hike a lot and work where I only get bars and no data not needing it works better plus no forced app updates like you get with WhatsApp, plus no giving your info to Zuck)

Overseas folks laugh at the US using SMS but it does the job I ask of it. If it ain't broke..


But in the olden days of 1998 when it became standard, they charged BY THE LETTER (especially Cingular, it was 1 cent per letter) so I think that was the origin of 'text speak' with hard-to-decipher messages such as 'whr r u?'

deathflower said:

it was, but isn't anymore

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how did you unroot it?

I have tried about 30 or more code snippets to launch the media player and play a mp3 file selected by the content uri. None have worked. They keep getting me tangled up in permissions or other errors. Some don’t even error, just nothing happens. Does anyone have some code to do this that actually works? I would really appreciate some help on this.
Thanks

PS I have the permissions to open the filepicker and select a file, then save its data including the stringUri to a database. I then retrieve the stringUri and convert it back to a contentUri, but I can’t get it to play.

I have a Fragment that overlaps (entirely) a button control that resides on the underlying Activity in which the Fragment resides.

I know, that's weird, but that's how I want it to be.

The Fragment is initially Invisible when the app starts up. When a certain button is clicked on the underlying Activity that Fragment is made to be visible, using the show() function of the fragmentManager, e.g. :

fragmentManager.beginTransaction().show(theFragment).commit

That works just fine and theFragment does indeed become visible, totally obscuring another of the buttons on the underlying Activity.

So far that's exactly what I want it to do. [ Again, I know that's weird ]

I EXPECT that the underlying, now obscured, button will then be inaccessible to the user. He can't see it, the Fragment covers it up.

HOWEVER, if I actually do a click motion on the place where the button actually resides (hidden, underneath the Fragment), the button actually does get clicked, it's OnClickListener function does indeed get called.

That is NOT what I expected to happen. I figured that if a Fragment obscures some underlying control then that Fragment's UI takes precedence over anything that's beneath it.

Is there a way to indicate that the Fragment does indeed prohibit any underlying controls from being accessed since, after all, the user can't see them?

Yes, I could explicitly disable any and all underlying controls and re-enable them when the overlaying Fragment is again made invisible (hidden). But I'd really like it if there were a way to simply tell the Fragment to take precedence over any underlying controls.

I'm glad to hear that! Maybe when it comes time to replace my iPhone, I'll replace it with a FairPhone.

I have notices that some of the mobile numbers in my phone book are showing a +44 (then number) and then I have a duplciate with the standard 01473 prefix.

I know that the +44 is the UK interntinal number.

Is there a way to tell Samsug S21 to always store the local number and not the + 44 format.

I never go aborad so can't see that I ever will need to dial it in the internsaitonal format

Hi ABAP Experts,
I'm facing an issue with displaying data in an ALV grid using SAP ABAP. I have written the necessary code to retrieve the data from the database table, but I'm having trouble displaying it in the ALV grid format. I would appreciate any assistance or guidance on how to resolve this problem.
Here's the code snippet I've been working on:
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REPORT z_test_alv_grid.

DATA: it_data TYPE TABLE OF z_custom_table,
wa_data TYPE z_custom_table.

SELECT * FROM z_custom_table INTO TABLE it_data.

CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY'
EXPORTING
i_callback_program = sy-rapid
i_callback_top_of_page = 'TOP-OF-PAGE'
it_fieldcat = lt_fieldcat[]
TABLES
t_outtab = it_data[].

IF sy-subarc <> 0.
MESSAGE 'Error displaying ALV grid.' TYPE 'E'.
ENDIF.
I have already defined the necessary field catalog in the lt_fieldcat internal table.
The issue I'm facing is that the data is not being displayed correctly in the ALV grid. It either shows blank cells or does not display any data at all. I have double-checked the field catalog and the internal table, and they seem to be populated correctly.
Any suggestions on what might be causing this issue or any alternative approaches to displaying the data in an ALV grid would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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