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I'd also suggest you continue using Smart Switch, the point being there are actually hundreds of thousands of Samsung owners who use it without a glitch. An overwhelming number greater than the isolated incidents with those who do have a problems using it. So just keep a balanced perspective.
But regarding your problems, it does sound a lot more like some kind of networking and/or connectivity issue you need to address first, not so much a problem with the Smart Switch utility. I would strongly suggest you do this project at home in a more secure and reliable setting. Hotel WiFi networks are public services and should always be used with a lot of forethought. They're not very secure and there's a likely to be a lot of content filtering/restrictions in place. Using a hotel WiFi network to do something like file transferring large amounts of data between devices might be blocked by firewalling. But really, even it was working out, you would be transferring the user account from one phone to another and all over a WiFi network that's not secure and not private, exposing all your data as they copy over from one phone to the other.

Or as others have suggested, just use a direct, phone-to-phone ad hoc connection instead of that hazardous hotel WiFi.

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I moved this to the dev area for better exposure.

yeah your phone came out in 2018. things like this will happen over time with your current phone.

but if you are willing flashing a firmware update might fix it. there is a guide that comes with the firmware at sammobile. it will explain how to flash the file.

I think the OP's phone has a boot process error and that's just some generic Linux-level error. It's failing during boot with that error:

E: Cannot log to file /dev/fscklogs/log

This is in regards to FSCK, aka File System Check. Possible internal storage/nand failure. Possible write error somewhere. This is a generic, kernel-level Linux/UNIX style error message.

Hello guys
I'm sorry for my bad english, i'm french.
I'm coding on Android Studio, with an emulator that is on Android 11. Since i'm building my app (3-4 months), i never had problems with it. But recently, when i start my emulator, it works but Android Studio can't connect the device with my code, and it send me an error message :

INFO | Android emulator version 32.1.12.0 (build_id 9751036) (CL:N/A) INFO | Found systemPath C:\Users\jocez\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\system-images\android-30\google_apis_playstore\x86\ WARNING | Please update the emulator to one that supports the feature(s): Vulkan ERROR | Running multiple emulators with the same AVD ERROR | is an experimental feature. ERROR | Please use -read-only flag to enable this feature. INFO | Storing crashdata in: C:\Users\jocez\AppData\Local\Temp\\AndroidEmulator\emu-crash.db, detection is enabled INFO | Duplicate loglines will be removed, if you wish to see each indiviudal line launch with the -log-nofilter flag. INFO | IPv4 server found: 192.168.0.254

I've tried a lot of things : update Android Studio, change android version of my emulator, add additional commands on the run configurations, create another emulator.. but nothing works.
I'm neary to cry on my pc ;-; i'm on it since 3 hours
I rly hope that someone could help me, and if you're needing more informations don't hesitate to ask, i will be happy to do something else that crying

This is exactly why you don't make a password super complicated to where you need a very unsecure method to remember it (such as a post-it note taped to the monitor like with our work PC)

There's secure passwords and then there's crazy passwords.

I would make sure to get a security suite that checks for any of your identity being on the dark web. I was getting tons of these scammer calls and after checking with one of those suites I had TONS of my data where it wasn't supposed to be, such as my phone number being on tons of lists, sold to tons of businesses many of whom probably deal with scammers.

Today, I never give my real phone number to a business. I'll give a fake one, or one that I no longer use, or even a made-up one like 555-2659 because if a company really wants to contact you, it will be via email, text, or their app. they NEVER call. Many sell the numbers to data collectors who sell it to the lowest common denominator. After removing my data from those lists, changing passwords, and changing the phone number that I had on sites such as Google Play, Microsoft and Amazon to a fake number, those calls are few and far between.

Back in the 1990s, there used to be a little gadget you could put on your landline called TeleZAP that would listen for specific codes that scammer call centers used (sounds, clicks, delays, etc) and if it detected a scammer, they'd hear a very high pitched ear rape sound. I don't know how successful it was, but I loved to imagine the image of them whipping their headset off in sheer discomfort over it. I often wanted to use an air horn against a few back in the day as well.

There are exceptions though, many times your phone number is a reused number that someone else had. I had a home phone once that apparently must have belonged to a grandparent, since it got tons of automated calls from medical groups, insurance companies, and one from a school system that basically is recorded propaganda known as OneCall. Sadly, any attempts to stop those failed since calling them back (these were local comanies as well) was met with a recording of "this number does not accept incoming calls' so I was forced to change the phone number. In these cases, the calls were specifically coming in at a specific hour, day of week. There was no way to get rid of them, since answering them only had recordings, not real people, nor a method to tell the automated system to go frell itself.

Fair enough - I don't mind being the exception. The Z Fold 5 is expected to be a small improvement over the 4, but rumors are already trickling that the Z Fold 6 will be a major change.

I would definitely miss this main display when writing on the go, as I can use Word and see the entire page. Still undecided and I'm sure I'd have some regret right after selling this one. I hope, for all of you, that the foldable phone doesn't end up like VR or even 3D TVs. We were in deep with both technologies and the plug got pulled on us.

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olbriar said:

I know nothing about an Android box. Does it have any aspect ration settings that you might adjust to force full screen?

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I haven't found any specific setting.
Researching about this issue, I found some apps supposed to force the execution of all apps in full screen/landscape, but it hasn't worked for me.

Today, I wanted to download some songs to re-create the 'nature rock' playlist that I use for my Saturday hikes in the woods. I had just gotten a Samsung A03s to replace a dying Samsung Galaxy S5, and so far love the new phone (first for me) but it had one major issue that caught me off guard.

First, Amazon Music downloaded the songs I wanted, but Samsung Music (preferred music player) couldn't see anything but the Over The Horizon song it comes with. I tried rebooting the phone, rescanning, and attempting to browse via My files to no avail. I also tried many other file manager apps (even my old standby, a spare APK of ES File Explorer 3.x from Android 2.3) but no dice. Apparently, Amazon changed the location of downloaded files, even including purchased MP3s. It took me a long time (try two hours) of messing around and then viewing random Reddit posts but they did something to Android 13 to really screw with my sanity.

Apparently, Amazon Music no longer saves under the 'com.amazonmp3' folder like it did since, like, 2011? It has changed to the 'Android/Data/com.amazon.mp3/purchased' folder, but as of Android 13, that folder is no longer viewable (Why Google?!). So the only 'official method' is to use Amazon Music to play the downloaded songs. Their app would work for that I figured, so since that 'Nature Rock' playlist is indeed backed up to Amazon cloud, it shows up in the app. I had downloaded it ahead of time planning on playing it today. Unfortunately, while when I downloaded it, it had 50 songs, today, when I chose to play it, it only had 7. Literally more than 3/4 my songs are gone. Trying to look at all the purchased songs, a good 50% now show up only accessible via 'Amazon Music Unlimited'.

Oh, hell no! No way. I cleared data from the app (we're on hour 3 now, I planned my hike at 10, now it's 1) and re-logged in. Now all my songs show up, even all the 50 in that playlist, only now I no longer trust the app to work when I expect it to, like say, next week, will it go back to 7 again? I need to find out how to get them to show up under Samsung Music. I own the damned songs, they're MP3s, they obviously downloaded since they take up space, but only Amazon can see them (until it 'forgets again')

I don't know what Android 13 borked, but I was able to use an app called 'FV File Explorer' that can see and copy from /Android/Data/* so I was able to use it to copy the music to the Music folder on my SD Card, and rebooting, now Samsung Music sees all of it. I recreated the playlist in Samsung Music, and after 5 literal hours of hair-pulling frustration, it's back to where it was on my S5. But this is exactly why I despise modern tech, modern software. It can make the simple act of playing offline, purchased MP3s a royal, headache inducing pain in the empennage. I don't know why they keep trying to fix what ain't broken. So far this is the only major issue with my new phone, and hopefully the last. It otherwise works fine despite it being low-end. I still have to plug in the Type-C cable in twice before it recognizes the charger, but that's a Type-C bug that will likely never get fixed (much like how loose it feels, not like the far more secure 'click' I got from Micro USB)

I'm on an A03S with the same version, but mine is now an empty speech bubble. I'd post it but USB Type-C won't play with Windows 7 (thinks my phone is a camera instead of a media device). The icon for the app is the same, but the notification is different.

It looks like I need to extend this class:
TrustAgentService.java

There is a comment in the code which says:

Trust agents may only be provided by the platform.

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Does that mean I can't write my own?

tenletters said:

I know what you're saying. I'm on a Samsung Note 20 Ultra. The pop up itself isn't a picture in the options I could even choose. The lockscreen is the "Dynamic Wallpapers" where it changes to a new picture every time I go to unlock the device. The homescreen is a static image (one from my gallery). I could trial and error a static image on the lockscreen moving forward?! Thanks for the response.

Brian706 said:

Is it possibly one of the included wallpapers on the device? Not sure which device you are on but on my phone if I long press the homescreen, I have an option to view pre installed wallpapers. Anyway, when I select a wallpaper, photo, solid color, etc. to set as wallpaper there is an option for homescreen, lock screen or both. Maybe you can do something similar and set your usual wallpaper as both or select something different for your lock screen?

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This worked, or solved the inquiry at least. I disabled "Dynamic lockscreen wallpapers" and this image is the default image if I don't select ANY other wallpaper. I think it was flashing briefly when all the images selected to show in dynamic mode had been seen and it was starting the set over again...which happens to be about 30 different pictures. Finally, solved. Truly appreciate you taking the time to chime in and locate the issue!

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fangirlfants said:

Hi, did you fix it by any chance? i lost my phone and when i reinstalled whatsapp no backup was found in my google drive even though i'm sure i had one

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do you see the file in drive? if it is not there than you can't restore a backup if there is not one there.

which redmi note 9 do you have? the 4G version? what is your model number?

i do not have your phone and i see that there is a Redmi Note 9 and a Redmi Note 9 4G. just the note 9 can be upgraded to android 11 while the note 9 4G can be upgraded to android 12.

and as @Dannydet suggested updates will depend on your carrier and manufacturer. if you know your exact model of the phone, you can do a search and see if there is a firmware update available for your phone. keep in mind that firmware updates are very device specific and installing the wrong firmware can have seriously bad consequences.

AugieTN said:

Buddy of mine with a Verizon Pixel 6 said he got the April 2023 update last night

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I got mine last night too, finally!

Welcome to AF @Shirazi . I moved your thread here for better exposure and assistance.

Do this via Google Chrome for Android. Open a new tab. The search bar will appear. Search for the thing you're interested in. When the search returns click the three dots to the right of the search bar. Click add to home screen. Rename, drag and drop.
Enjoy!

Dannydet said:

Long press on the icon on your home screen and choose delete or move it to the top for removal. Then swipe up to bring up your app drawer, scroll to your messages app icon, long press on it and drag to your home screen.

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Yep, that is exactly what I did to fix it, prompted by the first response.

Data recovery is possible, and there are PC downloads that can do it. Hopefully OP will use the free Google Photos backup going forward (although I also backup to our NAS).

ocnbrze said:

you can use Tasker - Apps on Google Play and set times when the app can run.

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Omg! That sounds easy. Thank you...ch checking it now.