I don't trust open tabs in a browser, since sites that you visit can scan your bookmarks (if your bookmarks have an icon denoting the site, then yes) and possibly even see browsing history and more.

The browsers I use all have a setting that allows the closing of all tabs and then the browser with a single long press of the back button on the navigation button.

Cookies, history, and web storage can all be set to be deleted at this time as well.

Daniel Bolduc said:

I would have never guessed this in a lifetime!
None of the options in "Default assistant app" were selected, so I selected one called "Nothing", and the balloon is gone!
Thanks for the great advice puppykickr!

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Glad to help.
Your issue was my issue as well a few years back.

I actually discovered this setting by using the Greenify app, otherwise I might not ever have figured it out.

Thanks for the advice.
I think it must be dying, and at less than £100.00 4 years ago Im not complaining, so will probably replace with something similar.
I dont need super performance, as I mostly use my I Mac desk top.

Thank you.

Hello All,

Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G running Android version 12 with Samsung One UI Version: 4.1; Tasker version 5.15.14

Can someone explain why I am now getting the following errors and how to resolve them. I have already given Tasker permission and still getting the error messages. Even when I check the option "Continue after error" the errors still occur.

tube517 said:

I recommnend Good Lock and Theme Park. You can make your own themes

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Thanks

Smartphones don't have a C:

I created a new game and would love feedback.


Get it here: https://bit.ly/3a94wdR


Short video of the game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J9RYv575buc

Have you tried contacting the developer of the app?

olbriar said:

Welcome to Android Forums and thanks for sharing your game. Here is a link to a method to create a channel for your game here at AF. Please note that the second method mentioned is not working at present.

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Oh, thank you!)

I think that's the safest thing. Should only add a short delay to the process.

Here is a quick solution i came up with to remove duplicates

ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
null,
null,
null,
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC ");

contactArray = new ArrayList<>();
String tempId = "";

if(cursor != null && cursor.getCount() > 0){
while(cursor.moveToNext())
{
String contact_id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTACT_ID));

if(!tempId.equals(contact_id)){
String contact_name = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME));
String contact_number = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));
String result = contact_id+"\n"+contact_name+"\n"+contact_number;
contactArray.add(result);
}

tempId = contact_id;

}
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, contactArray);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
cursor.close();

mikedt said:

Seems like a competent well specced device. Never had a ZTE phone myself, but have seen plenty of them and have also seen the ZTE factory in Shenzhen where they're made.

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I became a fan because my first smartphone was a ZTE 812 Maven running Android 5.1.

It died after about 10 months, but was under warranty and replaced.
That one is still alive even after I replaced the 'non-replaceable' battery.

My Ol'lady had a ZTE that was running KitKat while the rest of us were using Android 7.

Her ZTE 557VL running Android 7 is just now having battery failure.
If her screen wasn't busted, I would just get a replacement battery for it.

The Nova launcher didn't work.

Hadron said:

.... Have you tried pressing and holding on an empty bit of home page, or maybe pinching in, and seeing whether any settings options appear?

My experience of Samsung's launchers on my ancient Note 10.1 and my s21 mean I would not put it past them doing something restrictive and inefficient for their own reasons.

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Yes, I tried. That doesn't work.

It makes no sense why they would take away valuable "screen real estate". I suppose they hired some idiots away from Apple.

Thank you, while exploring the options you suggested, I disabled "Themed icons (beta)" in Settings -> Wallpaper & style, and colors were restored to the icons, as per attached screenshot.

For anyone curious it's called trading view.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6366587699522345808

CalyxOS being its own Android offshoot, you might get more pertinent suggestions posting your query in one of the CalyxOS help forums (apparently there are active chat, IRC, Twitter feeds).
https://calyxos.org/community/

Offhand, you should already have a 'Seedvault' utility that does secure backups:
https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/faq/
How can I back up and restore the software and data on my phone?
We developed a privacy focused backup and restore application called SeedVault which is built into CalyxOS. SeedVault
uses encryption to protect your data before it ever leaves the phone. Currently there are two options for backing up:
USB storage and cloud storage using NextCloud. SeedVault can be accessed from Settings -> System -> Backup. The first
time you run it, SeedVault will generate an encryption passphrase made up of 12 words. You must keep these words in a
safe place in order to be able to restore your backups.

ok i think i understand that but i have no clue on how to find one. i do see this term on eaby no and then in the description boxes ebay puts up. not the sellers. anyway all i'm interested in is getting a 64 or 128gb storage as teh a21 will not let me adopt the sd card. there is lots of talk about how a21 owners are mad because they got the phone and they are now selling them for that reason. so to save the headache i will just get larger storage.

what i asked was this in the original post that got waylaid

i have a free line thru the wife's account and also the a21 tracfone that i unlocked now so i could put a sim in it from metro but i hate that phone. so i'm looking at some phone on the metro site but they say free with a new line. i see some nord n10 and n20 phones but when i click on the item it tells me to visit a store for the nord n10 and click to buy for the n20 but then i click to buy and it said go to the store.

but can anyone tell me if the wife can go to the metro website and order that phone and have my free sim setup to it or maybe get a free line installed and then turn off the free line i have now? or if we go to the store can i get a larger storage phone and get that free line sim from the a21 phone installed and stay free? of will i just have to take a trip and see for myself?

thanks

thank you

Any system app will be using internal storage only it's on the /system/apps partition (or system/priv-app on modern Android). If you update those apps regularly that storage will be more and more used up which counts against your 'total' storage.

Any data stored via a system app also eats into the internal storage total. Texts, MMSs, photos taken with the camera, downloads on YouTube, etc.

When I was using my S20 FE, it didn't take long to eat over 3/4 of 256GBs doing nothing that I ain't doing today with my SII. Apps today are sadly bloated messes. Especially ones that sport colorful letters starting with 'G'

Downloaded but not yet installed system OTA updates also count against it. If one is still downloaded or in the queue where you're not yet notified this will usually show a high number of GBs in 'other' category under storage. Apple is even worse with this. Apps there can use internal storage as 'swap space' as of iOS 14+.

A lot of times the Play Store updates what it considers 'critical' system apps even with the setting turned off (never auto-update apps). Also some apps get 'server side' updates where the UI can be redesigned to fit with say, the Android 12 "Material You" look, even without actually updating the app--Google apps are commonly updated server-side. I never updated Maps on one of my tablets that runs 4.3 Jelly Bean but it has the design of Android 9.x even though the app never got updated and has the older, Holo UI icon.

Annoys me to no end. I hate redesigns especially when they're downgrades visually, and when they move things around where I have to rediscover them it breaks my flow. That's why nothing I use today has the Play Store, or Play Services and no Google Account. I don't trust them to not change something even on 2.3 Gingerbread so I err on the side of caution and ditch any chance even to the point of disabling the download manager (most apps such as Amazon Music, Dolphin Browser, Samsung Internet, Kindle, etc don't need the system download manager since they have their own managers) so noting can download without permission including system updates. I no longer believe in updates after being burned too often by them.

For example, even without a Google account, my Galaxy S4 updated everything due to Play Services doing its malware-magic (look at its permissions and tell me it ain't malware) and the only way to permanently undo it was to uninstall all updates and disable both Play Services and the download manager.

Many people on forums think I'm stupid and tell me how I'm gonna get hacked running such 'outdated software' but for some reason, the 'outdated software' feels far more futuristic and works for me best. Why they care what I do with MY PHONE is a mystery. They feel outright threatened by the fact someone out there uses their Galaxy SII as a daily driver in 2022.

WOW, what a weird problem!

Just a few days ago, my phone started hijacking every Bluetooth call and sending it to the earpiece. That completely stopped all hands-free calls, in and out. The vehicle's infotainment screen showed the "Privacy" icon lit up, meaning that the call was being routed to the earpiece in Private Mode.

TL/DR: unpair your vehicle in the phone's settings; delete the phone in the vehicle's settings; restart your phone and vehicle; and pair it all back up again

A quick call to the dealership revealed that, in virtually every instance, Private Mode is a function of the phone, not the vehicle. Since I couldn't find a Private Mode setting on the unlocked Z Fold 3, I spent upwards of 45 minutes on the phone with a (clueless) Samsung tech support gal. She wanted me to install an app so she could get into my phone and see what I was seeing, and I refused... it shouldn't be necessary. Just tell me how to turn this off! Since there is no Private Mode setting on the Z Fold 3, she exhausted her troubleshooting screens, and apologized.

I decided to continue troubleshooting on my own and got in the Darling Bride's car. Had trouble connecting: in disgust I just unpaired the phone and forgot the vehicle, rebooted and started over. Paired & connected, placed a call to her phone and it worked fine on Bluetooth.

I then got in my car and made a test call - Private Mode kicked in within seconds! I unpaired my phone, forgot the vehicle, rebooted and started over with my SUV. Paired & connected, placed a call to her phone... and it worked fine on Bluetooth!

Bizarre problem but if you run into it, try this method as a solution.

i have teh a21 and everytime i connect it to the pc so that i can get photos from the phone to the pc without the phone making me allow it? there must be a setting on the phone that i'm missing that will allow usb connections without making me allow them all the time. i have tried file and phots and even midi and i still have to allow the connection.

or is this a windows issue that i have to go intot he pc and change a setting? thanks

Dungeon is RPG game based on D&D rules.

- Explore dungeon
- Battle enemies
- Collect treasure
- Defend against traps
- Defeat Boss

Google play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...n_15663095

Website:
https://dungeon-website.herokuapp.com

the answer is no. you can choose which search engine you would want to use, but you can't search in a browser. you can copy whatever you are searching for as @Dannydet suggested and paste into the chrome browser.