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Logitech Keyboard

My phone doesn't recognise the dongle when I insert it. Apparently, I should download and install software but I cannot find the relevant software.
Unless Logitech provides an app to enable your Android phone to interact with this keyboard, it's not going to happen. You're possibly equating Android with Windows -- with Android you won't be able to just manually install the necessary external device driver(s), that's done by a manufacturer-supplied app. With this particular keyboard, when you plug that USB dongle into a USB port on a PC, the Windows OS will be using the stock USB drivers to detect and interact with the keyboard. That dongle is the wireless interface between the two. With Android that requires an app and in this instance there isn't one.
Quit trying to force it do something it's not designed to do and just buy a Bluetooth keyboard that will just work as is.

Remote Control from PC

I don't know about a mouse (I hate those things), but you can use a wireless keyboard (~$20 USD) via bluetooth with tablets and phones.

I use one for my phones, but also do not think that a virtual keyboard has to be a pain.

There are many keyboard apps that can give options that make using them very easy.
In fact, as I am typing this, I am using the virtual keyboard on my screen- using only the index fingers on both hands.
I actually can make reasonable time doing this after just a little bit of practice, and finding the keyboard that cooperates the best for that situation.

Also, the keyboards that I use are small and secure.
The small size allows for me to have multiple options available on a single device.
Things like GBoard and others are not so small, keep growing, and are not secure at all- and generally are not very user friendly.

Here are links to the ones that I have on my devices.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vlath.keyboard/
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard/
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod/
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/rkr.tinykeyboard.inputmethod
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.keyboard/

Personally, I find that Florisboard is the best overall, although for some things I still prefer Simple Keyboard.
Florisboard offers the most options, even allowing custom spacing between keys (which also controls the size of the keys), and there are more features in the works from the developer.
Awesome man ! thanks for sharing. Florisboard worked like a charm.

Still confused about Permissions

If you've never opened it it can't do anything: an app needs to be opened at least once after installation before it can run.

Once you've granted the permission the app can use it whenever it runs, except in some cases where you have the option to grant the permission "this time only".

Some apps can run in the background (some have to do so to do their job). Others only run when you run them. Some permissions also have the option to only be available when the app is run, which I understand to be "when you are running it in the foreground".

Apps like browsers should not be doing anything in the background, and in general the sort of thing you describe should not be happening when you aren't using the app. But yes, in principle if an app is malicious and you grant it access to some data it could abuse that in the background. Of course if the app is malicious it could also abuse the permission when you are running it, e.g. if you download a flashlight app that wants access to your contacts it doesn't make a huge difference whether it uploads them somewhere else when you are sleeping or does it when you turn the flashlight on. And if you think "surely nobody would grant a flashlight access to their contacts!" that's actually why the system asks you to grant the permission: in the old days an app got all permissions it requested automatically, and many people were too uninformed, lazy or dumb to check what permissions it wanted before installing or running it (and yes, you really did get flashlight apps that wanted access to all of your sensitive data...).

By the way, the browser asks for those permissions because there are some websites for which they are needed (I never grant any of those actually: I don't want shortcuts to websites on my homescreen and have no interest in letting a website access my camera or mic). I take the attitude of "do I need this particular app to have access to these particular things?", and if the answer is "no" then I don't grant them (e.g. some people might want a weather app to show the weather in their current location, but if I don't care about that then I don't give it that access). However it's sometimes not immediately obvious why a permission is necessary, e.g. to go back to my example of the flashlight app, that probably will ask for camera access not to snoop on you but because it needs it to control the flash.

Current versions of Android now remove permissions from apps you don't use for a couple of months (so if you run them again they'll ask you to grant them again).

Apps Worker thread will update an EditText in the UI thread

When I get stuck in this stuff is I like to spend some time writing a question, like above, and I leave it until the next day before posting. Last night I was tired and just hit the post button. And as usual, trying unsuccessfully to get to sleep, it occurred to me what was the problem/solution.
"this cannot be done" is correct in this circumstance...
I am running 3 loops. 2 of which access the internet and require a background thread which returns a result. The solution, at least in this case, is to take out the loops, put a couple of buttons on the UI, and let the user activate the process directly. The result can then be simply deposited into a TextBox or a global variable using runOnUiThread. I know this works because it did in the test case, simple subset program of my larger App code.
Happily, life goes on :)

Life's difficult questions

What is the price of marrying someone when, my mother said about losing my Father's pension, as well as insurance? Even though I have invested in bounds and stocks, with enough of the "imagination" money that is untouchable, as well as even the "Certificate of deposts" too, I know it is around Marvel comic movie underneath my feet, as well as my comic book collection, and having still writing out so many books, adding in that money, as well as my SSID? Seriously, she is not even seeing that money, that is worth to fight for..

Call Of Duty MW free until 10/29... but

When I look at the instructions it says press F to fire and shows a bunch of other controls via keyboard. What was the mane and size of the file you downloaded? I got a file called callofdutymodernwarfareforcerecon_de_en_es_fr_it_pt_Samsung_GT-I9000GalaxyS.APK size 2,375 KB.

Maybe I just need instructions on how to use it. I downloaded it to my PC using the link provided below the option to sent a text msg with a link to the phone and then sideloded it to my Captivate. I also tried downloading it using the Phone via the mms message, but I got a error telling me that my service provider does not allow downloads from Getjar.... this happened even as I tried to download it using WiFi. The Getjar site must be identifying the phone model and not the service provider when it issues that error message. Is there a way of bypassing this error msg from Getbar and download the file directly to the phone? My phone is rooted, sideload enabled and I also changed it to emulate T-mobile using the Market Access app. also check out this Not Responding - Tech Guides From Experts
if I buy cod mw II on xbox, log in to my activision account, will I also be able to access the campaign and multiplayer on my PC on steam if I log in to the same Activision account?

Random, unstoppable beeping

Problem solved, and boy am I ever embarrassed! <insert BIG embarrassed emoji>
It turns out this wasn't my phone at all. The offending device was an electronic weather station that sits on my night table near where I charge my phone. The beep didn't, naturally, cause a vibration in my phone but that just added to the mystery. In my defense, I am hard of hearing and wear hearing aids, which were out for the night. One ear is very bad, so I find echolocation of sounds difficult. The alarm button on the weather device is right next to the brightness control and apparently I'd inadvertently hit that at some point and activated an alarm for 12AM. When the alarm went off again last night, my wife immediately figured out where the sound was coming from. She hit the ALARM button which stopped the sound, and as a precaution unplugged the unit. Well, that only put it into snooze mode and the alarm went off again in 8 minutes, apparently on battery backup. This time, I got up and fiddled around with the unit until I figured out how to turn the alarm off.
Anyway, thanks for your excellent suggestions. I'm only giving this long explanation because, hey, if you can't laugh at yourself, that's not a good thing!

Help Date/time keeps changing

The date/time in any device is not a 'file' that you can edit, it's continuously changing variable that gets actively updated by a device's base firmware.
There's a clock chip on the logic board, or just as likely just an added feature in a primary SoC (System on a Chip) processor, that retains the date/time for the device, and as long as the device itself has an online connection the date/time will be constantly updated.

On a tablet that's running 4.2.2 (jelly Bean), that goes back almost a decade ago. Odds are the battery in it is failing so the current date/time can't be retained. Either replace the battery if possible (most tablets it's not), or leave it always plugged into its charger. But that is a very dated tablet. it's past due to upgrade to a new or newer one. JP5 devices are intended to be used only within very, very controlled, monitored settings anyway (...that's part of the installed firmware, not matter if rooted or not), Get one that's from a typical, consumer retailer. It will be much more usable without the need to 'hack' it basic functionality.

Help Phone drains 3 times faster in foreign country

It is a bit puzzling that you could see the 4G indicator but no LTE, both your OnePlus 5T and CSL support LTE and VoLTE:
Hardware stats for your 5T (click on Expand in the Network section to see the complete listing)
https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_5t-8912.php
Band/frequency support with HCL (in Network section)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSL_Mobile
There's limited 4G compatibility between the two, but at least there's that:
https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/HK/oneplus-5t

There is a chance that aspect is part of the increased battery drainage, just two bands. causing your phone to be working harder in the background as its cellular radio chip to find better connectivity. But that's just supposition. The next time you return Hong Kong, check the APN settings in your 5T. It should match up with HCL's recommended APN:
https://www.hkcsl.com/en/mobile-data-setup-guide/
Typically the APN gets automatically configured in the background when you add a new SIM card but every so often the process fails from some glitch or whatever. In that case it's just matter of manually creating a new APN entry yourself, using those exact, recommended settings.

Jumping over to the other thing you mentioned, the Google Play app using 7%. On your phone, is that consistently and significantly higher when your back in the U.S.? That does seem a bit much but given how much system resources Google's stable of bloatware require that may or may not be the actual source of that battery drainage. But if it is significantly higher only when in Hong Kong, try going into your Settings >> Apps menu, find and open the Google Play Services and Google Play Store apps entries, and use Clear data. Using Clear data will wipe the app's settings and config data and its cache. in these two particular instances, it won't affect your Google account data, that's always retained and maintained in your online Google account, but it does pertain to the personal data-mining data Google collects on your phone.
That is something of a long-shot though. Keep in mind the Battery option in your Settings menu is only going to display the typical installed apps and only some system-related services. That's perfectly adequate for most of us. But there's always a lot more processes and services actually running in the background all the time. So Google Play Store app might not be the actual issue when you're in Hong Kong, a more revealing option is to check Running services. It's in your Settings menu but not showing by default. You need to enable Developer options first to access Running services:
https://www.howto-connect.com/how-to-view-and-control-running-services-on-android/
This might reveal more to help you determine what is or isn't causing that battery drainage. The Running services option also has a Cached services menu so look at that too. (..... don't get too over-zealous force stopping apps and services with Running services as some of them are a necessary part of Android's basic functionality. Use it as reference and not so much an app manager.)

[New Game] Neologic - Puzzle Game (No ads/IAP)

Hello everyone, Neologic is a combination of path finding and math puzzle game. In this game you start with initial amount of energy. Your every moves costs you energy which is the number written on the cell. Goal of the game is to reach end point before your energy goes below zero.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myComp.neologic


Features:
• Neon graphics.
• 50 levels.
• Easy 3 by 3 grids to complex 10 by 10 grids.
• Train your brain.

Cases Case selections, my thoughts

This is what is on mine now, in Black:

Libeagle Compatible with Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 Case with [Detachable Full Hinge Protection][Built in Screen Protector][Support Wireless Charging][Lightweight & Slim] Thin Phone Cover 5G 2022-Black https://a.co/d/7ehYdYu

I bought this, and more prefer it, especially the color (Red), but I was having some issues with getting some keyboard characters to respond on the front screen which is used in a folded position.l:

MAKAVO for Samsung Galaxy Z Fold... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8X39SG2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Danny

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