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I thought that was it, thanks.
I wonder why such an obvious fail-safe is not available. Pins are stored securely on the phone and I believe this kind of arrangement was available on earlier phones and tablets.
No, it's always been one or the other, at least on any device I've owned (using android for 12 years, devices from HTC, Samsung and Google).

I guess "obvious" is subjective. The reason for the fallback with the fingerprint is that it's inherently less reliable (fingers may be dirty, wet, might no longer have prints because you got cyanoacrylate glue on them, etc) and less secure. The latter is the main reason, so when you use the fingerprint it will every now and then ask for your PIN/pattern/password in order to confirm your identity (you also need this to change security settings - fingerprint isn't accepted for that). Neither of those applies to the other methods (both require the same touchscreen, so if one doesn't work the other isn't likely to), so there's no great advantage to allowing both.

LG Volt LS-740P ROM

this phone came out in 2014! i really doubt you will find any firmware for this phone at this point. i think it is time to get a new phone. or at least one that is much newer than this one.
That's not the point, The LG Volt isn't my main phone, far from it. I use an LG Velvet. It's just that I wanted to get this phone in somewhat a functional state again without it having be botched by the wrong firmware.

Help Samsung A32 and A13 cons?

Why Samsung? there are some nice Moto phones in the same price range as the A13/A32, running relatively stock android.
Unfortunately, neither solve the 'huge smartphone' problem. In fact some are even larger. All have the same boring 'modern' UI I'd have to spend days trying to make it look like Android 2.3. again.

I'm just done at this point. Using an AOSP flip phone and my 2012 Galaxy Tabs/Note tablets.

How Do I Stop Receiving Test Alerts

"Presidential" "head of state" alerts (other countries call it something different) are the most severe type. It often involves something like nuclear war. I think sometime ago Hawaii got a huge glitch in their alert system and infamously warned all their people an incoming ICBM was heading their way.

Yet another reason I'm not a fan of emergency alerts. I've been woken up at 2AM for a lost child three states away too often, and in January 2000, we never got warned for an EF3 tornado until a few minutes after the storm had ended. It was the black sky at 3PM and power failure that alerted us.

I never rely on any government for any kind of safety. My state, Kentucky, insists that every half inch of rain is a flood (they never saw Katrina aftermath to know what a real flood even is) and incessantly warn for river flood warnings. Yes, even with talking sirens usually meant for tornados. There's so many false positives and negatives to not put any trust into our EMS alert system. It's horridly out of date.

Help Andoids Seeing Hidden SSIDs

Don't know if they're supposed to be hidden or not, but my Android phones shows some SSIDs that Macs and PCs don't show.

Specifically the "CU..." SSIDs, as shown in my screen-shot. Their passwords are unknown, so I don't think anyone will be trying to connect to them. This is on our school campus, that has a mesh WiFi network.The open "JNWGYXX.." ones are what we usually connect to here, and the SSIDs are the name of the school. So there shouldn't be be any confusion here.
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Blu J5L G5 C5L2020 A5L Studio x5

Heres what they told me about there zte blade A31lite. I think the standard A31 and A31 PLUS 6" phone has t-mobile compatible on the ebay link pics but is as big as my g power 2021. Read the ebay message i received from them about the A31 lite international model. May have been on amazon reviews. I was looking for a smaller zte phone similar to my quest 5. The A31Lite was the next option zte told me unfortunately they didnt sell them outright and i think said that the phone may be compatible.

Tho this seller lists as tmobile compatible 1gb 32gb zte blade a31 lite international model.
ZTE Blade A31 Lite 32GB 4G LTE GSM Factory Unlocked Android Smartphone New | eBay
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Ransomware

Oh I run Windows 11 too on two systems (another runs Vista, and one runs XP) but I prefer the UI of Vista and XP over anything 'modern' but I credit Windows 11 for at least attempting to reboot skeuomorphic UI. Still about as half done as Windows 10 though. Stops at icons.

I longingly await the death of flat UI design.

I'd steer clear of MalwareBytes though. That Crapp has caused the PC at work to run like an i486. It chews through RAM, makes it freeze every 8 hours, and has somehow redirected Google searches to some foreign clone (results are quite hilarious though).

I'm convinced it's either malware or owned by Cheetah Mobile with how it affected the system. If it's not doing the above it's slowing the system down popping up endless things about updates. I hate it. I turned it off three times but stupid boss keeps re-enabling it. I never heard of it until I saw it in action, but I'd rather stick with tried and true Norton or McAfee.

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