I think there is a way of flashing a Samsung without erasing data, but I don't know the details. But you will need to be able to get it to boot into the appropriate state (download mode I believe) before you can flash it: if it won't power up at all there is nothing you can do apart from see whether someone can repair it (without erasing it or replacing the motherboard, since either of those will lose your data).

It's very hard to say what the cause here might be. If the reason you replaced this phone was the battery not holding charge then the battery failing is one possibility. Perhaps try leaving it on charge for a while and see whether it comes to life? Phones only run from the battery, and the charger connection only charges the battery, it doesn't power the phone, so if the battery isn't capable of charging you won't be able to boot it.

As an aside, if it's possible that the battery may be that bad keep an eye on it while charging. I replaced a Pixel 2 in December because the battery had become unreliable, but there was something on it I wanted to access today. I put it on charge last night and after a couple of minutes there was a "pop" and the display partially separated from the phone! What had happened was that the battery has swollen and pushed the display out (there had been no hint it was that bad before this happened). It's dangerous to try to charge a battery in that state (fire risk), which is why I say that if it's possible that the battery has failed completely then it's worth a go charging it for a few hours but don't leave it unattended, just in case.

Of course there can be other reasons why the phone won't power up. One other thing to check is whether it actually will boot up but the screen is dead: can you get it to make a sound, or can you see it connect to your WiFi network? That may be a long shot, but if that were the case there may be other things you can try.

Hello

I have an Khadas Vim3 single board computer with Android 9 installed on it. I wanted to add to it modem for mobile connection. I got myself Simcom SIM7600 connected through M.2 and extension board (that contains SIM card slot). I have follow the instruction, added following lines to init.rc
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
service ril-daemon /system/bin/rild - l /system/lib/libreference-ril.so
class main
socket rild stream 660 root radio
socket rild - debug stream 660 radio system
#---- gps supported ??? --------------------
socket rild - gps stream 660 radio system
user root
group radio cache inet misc audio sdcard_rw
#-------------------------------------------------------------------

I have also copied /system/lib/libreference-ril.so and /system/lib/libril.so from the driver package for the modem.

Problem is, it seems like device is still behaving like there's no functional modem plugged in.

Please help

This is an age-old Android question without a good solution.

It would be awesome if Google provided a repository of notification icons. Maybe that's a privacy issue. Regardless, unless you're in possession of the phone, it's usually a shot in the dark. And if you don't have the phone, things often become shady and unfun.

We've tried a "master thread" but it's an unwieldy challenge, and inevitably, people are focused on asking their one specific question.

I think most people probably search Google (describing the icon) before using AF as their last resort. Following that line of thinking, the best we can do is offer people helpful, detailed solutions. Having mods rename the thread title to include a description of the icon provided by the user might help, hoping we pop up in the search results when they're initially looking.

Not sure what other thoughts to offer here... it's a conundrum for sure!

In that case I think the feature is likely working as intended. Without being able to update the current conditions or even location while in Airplane Mode, it would be way too easy for At A Glance to display outdated information - or information for a different location altogether. I suspect the developers decided that displaying no information was better than displaying information which was likely incorrect.

You can use Settings > About phone > Send feedback about this device to share your thoughts on how this is handled with the development team.

Hello,

I am working on developing an application that requires reading a file from the SD card. I am trying to read from either the downloads or the documents directory. I am getting an error back when attempting to read the file saying "Cannot open file. Permission denied." I have checked the permissions in the settings and it says the application has permissions to media on the SD card. I have a permissions check in the code as well. Anyone else have this issue? I have ran the same code on a different tablet (may be a different version of android I cant remember) without this issue.




I have also tried some code I found on stack overflow. And chosen the directory my file is located. This also did not work.

Where is the firmware at anyway?

I did that before but it didn't worked.

Last night before I saw your post, I was backing up my for a factory reset. Then I saw your post, tried it again still didn't work. I left it (nano sim on and esim off) for probably an hour as I was browsing through my phone to check if I have missed stuff to back up. Then, suddenly I got an SMS from the nano-sim . It was working altrady, then I tried to turn esim on, both are now working! What a relief!

Thanks for your responses.

They're both familiar, but I can't name either. The green one has a download/update available look to it.

I'm pretty certain that neither is a dating app, which is what most of these "I need to know what app this is on someone else's phone" questions are about - apologies if that wasn't your motivation.

Did you find what you were looking for?

Milo Williamson said:

I do not know though.. Hmmm...I know some of android 12, what phone do you have?

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Pixel

I reboot my tablet after three day, just idle from time to time, yeah it is pretty impressive what our own tablets and cells can do, within that ideaa of having either like on Hadron's case or mine.

One thing about this phone... it ain't easy finding a car mount for it! Especially one that clips to the AC vent so I'm not trusting some adhesive dashboard pad. Well, this thing offers BOTH mounting options: and it has pretty much everything you could want!

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The setting is called "accidental touch protection". As of writing, it's in settings > display > accidental touch protection. I know that this is 3 years late, but hopefully it can help people in the future. I'm also disappointed that no one was able to give the name of the setting, especially samsung's own support line. I can understand people on the internet not knowing since this was probably a new setting at the time, but samsung themselves? That's sad.

Smartphone batteries typically are not interchangeable between models, they're pretty much specific to each model. Basically, you're lucky that battery you hacked up didn't result in something like a minor explosion. Keep in mind that a lithium-ion battery contains a lot of chemicals and stores a relatively large amount of power so intentionally cutting into one involves some risk. There are established limitations and restrictions on shipping phone batteries because they're a potential danger, a lot of retailers just rely upon on ground shipping because of the stricter regulations shipping by air.
https://www.iata.org/en/publication...-to-know-about-how-to-ship-lithium-batteries/
Save yourself a lot of hassle and just buy a battery that's made for your particular phone model.

reboot, yes I tried it, also I checked if everything was on, I mean all those "show notifications on the lock screen" things etc. I didn't do anything, no updates, nothing. I believe it was always like that. I installed the rom a long time ago, and I just didn't use the phone.

just did a phone finder at https://www.gsmarena.com/

here are the results:
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nPriceMax=300&s5Gs=0&sBluetooths=8

you can refine the search if you need to.

i am a sammy guy so the A52 looks pretty good. but there are some moto's in the list that you can check out.

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The game is up to date. I can't be sure it is deleting the temporary files but am just assuming that's what is happening. I've played this game on and off for several years and it's only since I've had this phone I've been experiencing these issues. I can't be downloading 2000mb of data everytime I want to play the game.

How much is this phone going to cost? To me your spending good money on a glorified paper weight, pretty certain you could go on Amazon and find something more current and probably at the same or better price

connorhawke said:

It appears to be an OS issue starting with Android 12 that numerous Pixel users have encountered; e.g.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...2022/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Meanwhile, here's my most up-to-date version of the workaround: When in an app, if swipe up (to bring up the opened-app selector) is not working (besides haptic feedback), swipe down to show the notification center, down again to show the full control center menu, then swipe back up twice to close the notification center. At this point the app selector should show up. However, swipe up may still not work correctly, in which case tap on an opened app via the selector to bring the app back to focus. Now, swipe controls should have reverted to normal. If all else fails, turning off the screen then unlocking usually works, although it may take more time as there's typically a delay after unlocking when this happens.

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Multiple up-swipes (from the bottom) in quick succession also generally works and is a quicker workaround.

Disabling/Enabling the Chrome app just changes it from being 'off' and then back 'on' again, it doesn't actually alter the app's functionality. Since things were working OK previously and just became problem, it seems to be more of some kind of one-off glitchy behavior that requires something more than just toggling the app off and on.
Try what @ocnbrze suggested -- a phone restart is often all that's needed to clear up a simple software glitch, and clearing the app's cache is often the first thing to try.
But if neither of those things solves your problem, try using Clear data next. This is a bit more drastic as it wipes the Chrome app's config data and any changes you made to the app's Settings menu so you'll have to re-do them and possibly re-enter your user name/password if you had things like syncing with your desktop Chrome set up.

codesplice said:

You shouldn't have to tap in any specific location, anywhere near the middle of the back should do.

Do you have a case on your phone? Some cases might have a gap between the case and the phone body, and that could make it harder for the taps to be detected. You might also want to make sure that the Require stronger taps on the bottom of the Quick Tap settings page is disabled if you're having trouble.

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I am such an idiot. Of course a case would interfere. Thanks for correcting me.

Just an alternative suggestion for a holster, if that's why you want a replacement for and not necessarily the phone case part, you might want to consider getting a pouch instead. Most of them have belt clips and/or loops, with easy access flaps, and protect your phone better no matter if you leave your phone in a case or not.

OK but not everyone lives in the same kind of setting as you apparently do. In the OP's posting, the assumption being they're out in a very sparsely populated area where cellular companies are very unlikely to provide any kind of service, if you don't test 911 accessibility (or whichever emergency number used in whatever country), it can be a matter of life or death. If there is a 911 call, that's not an emergency but with merit, it would be kind of scary to think that the dispatcher is so bad at their job that they're not able to figure out this needs to be done in certain locales. Having the ability to apply basic logic and make adult decisions is something of job requirement, that's part of the job as far as determining just what problem is and which first-responder service to have deployed. Or in this instance, the OP is doing a test that's pretty much a requirement.
https://www.howtogeek.com/319304/how-to-properly-test-911-services-on-your-cell-phone/