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Help Transfer problem

My old phone is unable to stay on for a long time. so I quickly copy and paste all the
files in the phones to my pc. Just a simple connect usb cable to phone, copy
the files that are inside phone internal storage and then paste into my windows pc.

Now my old phone is faulty and unable to switch on, no longer able to use it.

1. Can I restore my new phone to have everything that was in the old phone by using smart switch or any other methods by connecting usb cable from pc to new phone? (note that the files inside pc is not made by smart switch, the files are just a simple copy (from the old phone) and paste (into pc)

2. How to restore the old phone sms messages history and contacts (from old phone files in pc) to my new phone?
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1 -- No you cannot at this point. You needed to use the Smart Switch utility to make a full backup of your old phone to your computer, and it's the data in that backup that will be used to transfer your user account from your old phone to the new phone. But there is an important caveat in that Samsung's Smart Switch service is primarily for Samsung devices. And it that covers most but not all Samsung models, and only a limited number of other manufacturers. Check 'Compatibility' for a listing:
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smart-switch
So there's some conditional factors involved and it would help clarify if you stated what is your old phone and your new phone, and which versions of Android they're running. But again, at this point, with your old phone now non-functional you can't use Smart Switch. At best you have to rely upon the backup you made and manually just restore what you can to your new phone. Keep in mind you're at a big disadvantage now and need to accept a lot of data loss now that your old phone is dead. Just drag-and-dropping files and things only pertained to the data visible and accessible via a file manager. There a a lot of things that are however stored within protected and restricted system-level directories, i.e. your text message database, phone call log history, etc. These are the kind of things a backup utility would have copied over, stuff you don't have direct access to.

2 -- As you've already stated, yes Smart Switch will include text messaging when you do a full backup. It's not quite as comprehensive and seamless as Apple's backup/restore service but Smart Switch is pretty good for the phone models it's compatible with. But now that your old phone is dead, it's very unlikely you'll be able to restore any of your text messaging history to your new phone. There is a very remote chance a recent history listing might be restorable if you log into your online carrier account but don't get your hopes up. Text messaging is not like email messaging where emails will be stored in online email servers hosted by your email provider, text messages are much more ephemeral and typically online retained by each carrier only as long as it takes to transfer them.

Help Prevent notification bar appearing

not much you can do about that. there is no setting or app that i know that will hide it. for me i need that pull down so i can access the flashlight as i use that a lot for my job. it is very convenient for me to not have to unlock the phone to get to the flashlight......sorry but you are just going to have to get used to it.

if you do find something that will hide it, please post it here. but i doubt there is something like that out there.
not much you can do about that. there is no setting or app that i know that will hide it. for me i need that pull down so i can access the flashlight as i use that a lot for my job. it is very convenient for me to not have to unlock the phone to get to the flashlight......sorry but you are just going to have to get used to it.

if you do find something that will hide it, please post it here. but i doubt there is something like that out there.
During my research I see there are other phones models that are able to change settings to disable drop down panel during lock screen.
I guess just have to search for an app to do it. Any idea what keywords to search playstore for this problem?

Gallery / Google photos

Just download them from your google drive to your PC or Mac. And then plug your phone in and transfer them back over. And like others have said I'd keep copies local and back them up separately as well as on Google drive. Depending on how much you value these photos. It'd be worth the effort to make sure they're safe in few places. Cloud, Local, and on device.

Phone stolen. How do I know ERASE DEVICE worked?

Did you have a lock screen set up?
If you did, that should be a good deterrent to keep most people from even being able to access your files or use any apps. A more tech savvy thief 'might' be able to defeat the lock screen but it's still something that takes time to actually do. But for most people, the lock screen prevents them from getting to your files, making phone calls, using apps, etc.
If you didn't, than that's more of a problem, as anyone can just pick up the phone and use it. How much time occurred in between the time your phone was stolen and when you eventually used Erase device? If it was a significant amount of time you really do need to sit down and reset all the passwords for your various online accounts.
Also, report the phone as stolen to your carrier and have them freeze your cellular account on that phone. This also puts the phone on a national blacklist that all the carriers follow so the thief can only use their own WiFi for online connectivity. (But again, hopefully you had a lock screen enabled so they can even access anything.) If you leave Location enabled on your phone, you can use that Find My Device service to get a pretty good approximation of just where that phone might be.

Why does Phone by Google update itself?

I disable both. Keep in mind, sometimes Play Store respawns itself (goes from disabled to enabled all on its own) and starts the process over again.

I also couple disabling both Play Store and Download Manager by also side-loading an app called Netguard No-Root Firewall. That app can be found on APKPURE, and after you enable 'unknown sources' in security settings, you should be able to download that file on any browser (preferably one with its own download manager like Samsung Internet which works on any phone, or Firefox) and then use your file explorer app to select the file, and tap it. You should get an install prompt, and then tap done when you see 'app installed'

Then open NetGuard, and go to settings, advanced, and enable 'system apps' then go back and find Play Store, Download Manager and make sure both the wifi and data symbol has a slash through them. Also, since this is a phone app we're talking about here, you can also disable the wifi/data for Phone by Google as well, and then it should not only never update again, but just work as a regular old phone dialer.

Tasker Calendar Won't Delete

I use Google Calendar, and I can find Tasker in the settings, but there aren't any options to remove or hide it. See screenshots.
have you tried wiping cache for the calendar? you can wipe data as well. but then you just need to make sure that your events or alarms have been backed up to google or whatever account you want the calendar to be in....cuz wiping data will erase all data from your calendar.

Rearrange order of watch faces

Is this in the wearable app on your phone or the watch itself?

In the app there is an option for either most recent first or a custom order. I am not sure how it affects the order on the watch and can't check it at the moment.
The order I was concerned about is on the watch itself. And I found the dropdown in the wearable app - recent first or custom. I changed it to Custom and now the newest are at the end! Many thanks!! I don't remember making this change previously but obviously I did.

Help How can I change notification sound to all apps at once

what apps are you trying o change the notification sound? and you said after going o the sound settings, it does nothing. so there is no sound preview? or do you mean that you changed the sound, but when you get a notification, there is no sound......correct?

I'm trying to change notification sound to all apps but the only way I found is to go to change every sound in every app individually.
"and you said after going o the sound settings, it does nothing. so there is no sound preview?" There is a sound preview and I can hear the sound I want it to be but when I get a notification I get the standard "Crystal" sound instead of the one I wanted it to be. When I check the apps it says "Default notification sound" but it's not the one I set

DEATH PARTY : 7 CHALLENGES - Game like Squid Game

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