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Hadron
So what happens when you try to boot it? Is it by any chance asking you to provide a Google username+password? If it is then you need to provide the login credentials of the last Google account used with that phone.

This is an anti-theft measure known as "factory reset protection". Prior to its introduction it was possible to steal a phone, go into recovery mode (without needing to unlock the screen) and reset it, then use it or sell it. The idea is to reduce the attractiveness to a thief by making that impossible, but of course it will also catch people who forget the password or who get a phone legitimately from someone who doesn't know about this (if you want to sell a phone you should remove your account from it before resetting in order to avoid this).

The catch is that it only works as an anti-theft measure if there is no way of getting into the phone without the login details. So if this is the problem you are facing we can't help you: my advice in this case is to speak to the person who you got the phone from and ask them to unlock it (or provide the information you need to do so yourself).

If the problem is something else, could you describe exactly what happens when you try to boot it up and log in?
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Quick Persistent Icon \ Auto Fill Question...

Milo Williamson
EvoVAlpha said:
Hi everyone, long time but love that you all are still going strong and focused! (Sorry if that was corny, long week and overtired:)

Two quick questions about two issues... I have a Motorola G Power w\ Android 11 on it, and after recently resetting the phone, noticed that along with the voicemail updates there is now a stopwatch \ clock icon at the top of the screen and on the lock screen. It's not associated w\ any other app, and will go away when I clear the storage and cache, but comes back as soon as I get a text, along with a 'welcome to voicemail' popup... The latter I'm able to get rid of with a quick swipe, but don't seemingly have an option within the voicemail app itself or any other setting to stop the clock icon.

And this is less of a thing but still a thing; some old email addresses I had on the phone before the reset keep popping up with the autofill... I went to the Google app itself as well as the keyboard settings, and couldn't find where I could remove the emails \ words in general from the autofill \ auto complete.

Thank you in advance for the time and please ask anything that might help!
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You can just simply erase it by going into google settings and in email, take it off from the gmail app.
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My Contact, but says Suspected Spam

nickdalzell
svim said:
Another interpretation is a converse one, it's something that unfortunately penalizes one student while being a benefit to the rest of the class.
No question your Mom's situation isn't fair but her usage is unlike most consumers. In this case she's paying a price she shouldn't have to because her carrier apparently isn't able to rescind putting her number in the spam listing. You would think there should be some kind of administrative over-ride for mistakes and false positives.
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To be fair, dealing with AT&T's customer 'support' is akin to debating a Christian about science. You'd have better luck banging your head against the wall.
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Help Disable notification pop up

nickdalzell
I don't think it's possible without turning on Do Not Disturb forever and adding in any 'exception' as an app within those settings. It's frustrating especially when all modern phones make sound for even the most insignificant notification. I mean, I only need sound and pop-ups for calls, texts and email. That's it. Nothing more. But today, modern phones make sound for something as innocuous as a tweet, or a news article, or even something as stupid as the 'Google Assistant is listening' or 'Bixby Voice is turned on' or 'Configuration update is downloading in the background.'

Even worse, is that turning each of the hundreds of notifications off to get a sense of what life was like in 2010 is like pulling weeds. Just when you think you got 'em all, another pops up! It can take days to get rid of all the useless notifications and unfortunately many cannot be turned off (such as the one asking you to add a Samsung Account!). This and many other reasons are why I use a bare bones Android-based flip phone that ONLY makes sound for texts and calls as that's all it does.

TL;DR: using Do Not Disturb 24/7, adding apps you want notifications from as 'exemptions' is the easiest way to get rid of this problem. Not optimal, but thank Google for making life far more complicated than it needs to be.
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Help Calling cards for LG125DL?

nickdalzell
This doesn't work for any cellular phone. I used to try that trick with unactivated Nokia 5100-series phones in hopes of making them work in a sort of half arsed prepaid fashion before prepaid became standardized. The calling cards are only for getting cheap long-distance rates, not for making use of an old cellular phone without an active plan. They also only work for landline phones. I haven't seen them even sold since 2012.

Back in the early 1990s, setting the NAM parameters a certain way on an unactivated Nokia and dialing any random number would get you to an automated system called the "American Roaming Network" which would ask you to provide a credit card # and a phone number to dial, which only worked for outgoing not incoming, and I think that went out with AMPS mobile service. It wasn't cheap, either, and cost $4 per minute. Was kinda cool to show off an old bag phone attached in your car to someone though.

The LG125DL is also called the 'LG Classic Flip', a tracfone flip phone that runs either KaiOS or a very stripped down AOSP Android base. The cards they accept are Tracfone prepaid cards, the cheapest being the $10 30 minutes plan. You should be able to find those in any Walmart, Dollar General or Family Dollar among other stores.

Ocnbrz, if you think using calling cards is odd today, heck, I still use a rotary telephone at home.
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"Confirm: A read report will be sent" on MMSs from one contact

nickdalzell
Happy to help, but my issue remains unresolved.

EDIT: I just tried to revive my Galaxy S4 Mini, and it works, but the pop-up still happens when she sends me a MMS photo. I found out it's definitely how my phone is handling RCS messages since on hers she can see them show 'delivered' 'sent' and 'seen' when she sends me messages, and hers shows a typing indicator if I'm typing one out. When she sends MMS, the phone interprets the message in two ways: both as an 'urgent' (shows a ! next to envelope symbol in notification area) and confirms the 'read/seen' status on her phone via a read receipt. Annoying as all get out but something I suppose I have to live with.

TIL: the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (Verizon Variant) is VoLTE compatible. Who knew?
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How do I transfer my blocked numbers list?

Dannydet
I use the Google phone app, so no matter what device I am logged into using the Google phone app, will also have my blocked phone numbers on it automatically. No list needed.
I also use Calls Blacklist Pro, which can generate a blocked caller list in text format.
Again, if I use this app on a different device, my blocked numbers are automatically transferred, no list needed.
So, OP... What app are you using?
Hmmmm?
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Help Trouble Accessing Old Tablet

Hadron
The dead android and red triangle is recovery mode. On some devices you have to press some buttons or button combination from there to get the actual recovery menu (don't ask me why - it's not as if you are going to get into recovery mode by mistake). So try pressing power, volume keys or both together (or of course a web search for the trick to get the recovery menu in that model).

One positive about it being so old is that it won't have factory reset protection, so you won't need to remember the Google login credentials you used with it after a reset, it will just be like a never used before device. As svim says above, you may even be able to recover data deleted from it.

If you used to use ADB (USB debugging) with it and left that enabled you might be able to connect and back up data that way. You wouldn't with a modern tablet: you'd have to have authorised the particular computer you were using beforehands, but old ones were less secure. Of course you won't be able to enable it now if it's not done already, and there is some risk that the software will be so old that adb backup won't work, but if you have used adb with it before it might be worth a try.
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Help Why would a group text message get sent to each person individually rather than as part of the group

M
JohnJSal said:
Hi all. There is a group chat going between my mom, my sister, and me. My mom responded with a text, but somehow it went to me and my sister separately, i.e. it went to the text message thread of just my mom and me on my phone, and the thread for my sister and my mom on my sister's phone. My mom's phone shows that it went to the group chat though! Other texts seem to be going to the group chat normally so far.

Any reason something like this might happen?
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Are you using the default messaging app?
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Help Escape Room - Mystery Riddles

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this engaging game and have hours of fun!

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fantasy, mystery, and detective thriller to fiction. Increase your brain IQ and challenge your brain
by solving these tricky logic puzzles..

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PDF Extract return garbage

mikedt
tanvirmughal said:
Hi James - I opened pdf in MS office that also returns garbage then I copy the text from original inpage file then use a site to convert into Unicode, paste in word and further save as pdf. This time I am able to read it but while reading it breaks one word into 1, 2 or 3 letters so still unreadable. Attached is the pic
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It could be the problem is with this "Inpage". I don't know this software, but it could be it's having issues with Urdu and Arabic, i.e. non-Latin characters.

You could try using MS Office? As that can export documents to PDF, and definitely supports non-Latin characters, like Arabic, Chinese, Mongolian, etc.
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[FREE GAME] Candies Nightmare

KarmaHunter
Nice game to kill some time. Good graphics and no permissions to play it. No ADs showed while playing the game (not enforced yet?).

You start in a dark room with limited, around the character, circular field of view. Walk around the house and check cabinets and items on the walls for hidden clues and candies.

PRO
Good graphics
Fast performance (on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S)
Touch responsive (you can walk or you can run and footsteps adapt (loud or quiet)
Easy to understand the game and easy to control the physics of it
Once the bear "gets you", there is no carnage nor gore images

CON
Bear is too fast and you can't escape nor hide once he spot you
Field of view (the circle around the character) is too narrow for my taste (you don't see the bear until it is right next to you)
I couldn't hear the bear's footsteps to give me a hint that it was close to me

SUGGESTIONS
Increasing the "field of view" of the character so you can spot the bear before is too late or add footsteps for the bear once he is close
Once you use your 3 lives, you are done and have to start from new . A "Continue" (even if it is watching a 10-30 sec. AD) would be nice.

Good luck and good game. Reminds me of the Granny game but in a dark environment and without the ugly Granny :)

My max finding was 2 candies.
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