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New Note 10 just deleted ALL my saved texts!

Hadron
First thing: have you tried rebooting the phone? There's no reason a service interruption (which is what this sounds like, as phone calls also stopped working) should do this, but if it's a glitch it might be that the SMS app is not displaying the messages rather than their being gone, in which case a reboot may fix it.

You could also try just installing another SMS app (e.g. Textra) and see whether it can see them (all SMS apps use the same database, so if one has lost sync with it maybe another would be able to see it).

If they really are gone and phone is new, can you re-transfer them from your previous phone or restore them from your backup (i.e. redo whatever you did to copy them in the first place)?

If they are actually gone and you have no backup, they are gone. There are many SMS backup tools available, so if this is important to you I'd recommend using one, but it won't help with this, only in future.
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Galaxy S4 Keeps Shutting Off With Full Battery

svim
The S4 model was released in early 2013, if you haven't replaced the battery since then and it's the original one it isn't surprising to have quirky problems with it at this point. There's good and bad to replacing the battery though. The good part is the S4 has a user replaceable battery so it will be really easy to swap batteries -- just remove the back cover and the battery is right there, you might be able to just use a fingernail to do the whole process. The bad part is any after-market battery you buy for a S4 will be pretty dated too. No manufacturer continues to make new batteries for really old phone models, there's no financial benefit to do so, even on a small scale. So any S4 battery you buy now will have sat in storage completely idle and not maintained for years. A smartphone battery will age quicker when in active use but they also age, at a much lessor degree, when they're not charged at least periodically (after several months or annually). Just be sure that wherever you buy your replacement battery that there's a dependable replacement/restocking policy in the event you need to go through more than battery to find an adequate one.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/premature_voltage_cut_off
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Help Android Pie update is coming to the HTC U11 in late May

MysticalRide
3.37.617.1 (1.28GB) ... update just came up on my U11
...but I am waiting to see (success or issues info) before installing.
Many past issues in the overseas markets - plus read the comments at the bottom of this article:

https://piunikaweb.com/2019/09/04/us-unlocked-htc-u11-android-pie-9-0-update-finally-rolling-out/

Please share if things go well or you find issues or read about issues elsewhere :)
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Samsung Galaxy Fold released September 6th

kate
mikedt said:
I even tried searching Samsung for "fold", nothing about the Galaxy Fold at all. Maybe they're just trying to forget about it, except for their "news" department
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September 6th was only the release date for South Korea.

This Samsung press release suggests the US will get it sometime in September, or early October:
https://news.samsung.com/us/galaxy-fold-launch-new-premier-service-us-consumers/

"The Galaxy Fold will arrive for U.S. consumers in the coming weeks, and will be available in Cosmos Black and Space Silver."

ocnbrze said:
do we know pricing yet? i'm too lazy to google it.....lol
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Haven't seen US pricing, but I'd guess around the same $1,980 it was originally supposed to sell for.
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Help How do I play music from Google drive?

mikedt
hurtstotalktoyou said:
Well I'm down for a different service if that's what's necessary. But Google music is demanding my credit card info and I can't do that. Thanks though.
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I've never had that happen, Google Music wanting $$$, although I've never stored music on Google. I've only used Drive for documents and the occasional ROM I've shared.
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App Selection

chrzjim
Hadron said:
To be honest I don't know precisely where under the hood this is: I'd have to dig out one of my older (rooted) devices and poke around in /system and see whether I could spot anything. Knowing Android it will be in an sql database somewhere in there.

But I am quite sure that without rooting the phone you will not be able to see it. You'll need administrator access to do something like this.

What file explorer are you using? The one of mine that offers the standard system dialogue for apks is Solid Explorer, and I just checked by setting 'use always' for the system package installer and it has definitely remembered that, even after restarting the device. Now if it's using the system dialogue, rather than handling the intent itself, it shouldn't matter what app you use, but given that my other 2(*) file explorers handle apks differently maybe it is worth trying with a different one just to see.

(*) I also have Google's 'Files' app, which came with the phone, but this is such a mess that I don't count it as a file explorer. It's honestly like they want a file explorer that hides the filesystem from you! Maybe it makes sense to former iPhone users...
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Thanks for your help and advice..
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