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Replacement for LG US996

Well, another change...... The Pixel 4 XL has not worked for me, so I sent it back for a refund.

Then I managed to find a brand NEW V20 H910.

This phone is pretty much identical to the US996, which my OLD v20 was; and it's on it's way to me for $135; and it's brand new.

SO..... This idea hit me..... I still have the mother board for the old V20, and thinking of replacing the the mother board from the new H910 with the one from the old US996. Crazy idea??? Anybody???

And yes I know the V20 is ancient, but my needs are not near as great as many "average" users.

Thanks all......

Samsung S4 Mini - problems with whatsapp.

At the moment WhatsApp says it supports Android 4.1 upwards, though I expect that just means "is compatible with the SDK versions used in Android 4.1+" rather than actually tested on devices that still run those OS versions.

It's possible that the s4 Mini simply doesn't have the resources to run the app well. It's impossible to give a definite answer just from a few words of description, but what you describe could be caused by poor connection (e.g. the phone having weaker reception than your handset) or by the phone just not having the processor or RAM resources needed to keep up with the demands of running the app. Maybe voice calls would work better than video (less bandwidth and less processing needed)?

Help Less available free storage after flashing phone

The device's own summary is pretty odd: it seems to be using as large a bar for the 600 MB free as for the 5GB system! And it's not clear what it does with the data that don't fit into its few categories.

The Disk Analyzer display seems straightforward: it's showing a 10GB /data partition, which can also be addressed as /sdcard0, and a 2GB /system partition (which is where the Android OS and pre-installed apps live). There will be other partitions where other parts of the system firmware live (/boot, /recovery, the partitions where stuff like the radio firmware live, and possibly a system /cache partition, depending on what Android version this device runs). Chances are that these are lumped together into the 5GB system usage that the system settings show.

In reality a device with 16GB storage having 10GB available to the user is nothing unusual. And if the rest is system partitions there is nothing you can do about that: you'd need root to remove anything from those, and that wouldn't create any more space in the user partitions anyway so would not solve your problem.

So given that your partitions look plausible, the real question is whether there is anything in the user partition which wasn't cleared by your reset? Apart from the hassle of reloading everything I'd be tempted to try a factory reset (and make sure that it does clear the user storage rather than just apps) to see whether that fixes it.

Magisk and its contents

I remember that from a few years ago. My understanding is that it could be used to root almost any device, with no special requirements. Is it still available? Would it work on a Samsung or a Stylus?
your sammy most likely has a locked bootloader. what is your exact model number of your phone? have you looked over at xda? that is the place you want to go for info on how to root any device.

Help Remove "hidden" account without factory reset

Maybe the company did that as part of their setup?

I always put a "If found please contact xxxx@yyyy" message on my lockscreen as a precaution (where the email address is not the Google account used with the phone).

Entirely possible.

I've now changed it :) to my personal email (again no suggestion of the Google account used).

Roll back googoo

I'm trying to put this new Samsung A20s(?) on a diet. I'm looking for things I can remove, shut down, etc. When I checked out that googoo stuff I wasn't surprised that it's not removable, but at least it can be rolled back to an earlier, presumably less bloaty, version. I hesitate only because it means data removal, although it's probably nothing important. Also, I've noticed a lot of things such as Outlook, which I believe are Microsoft. Do I need any of these or should I delete or otherwise incapacitate them?

Yeh, Microsoft has a partnership $$$ with Samsung. If you're not using their apps, suggest you remove them.

I have a Samsung phone myself, so I kept Onedrive and Outlook. as I use those apps and services.

No file transfer

As I said, I have the same problem with my Tab 5e. I also have an S10e. Anyway, I have found a solution.

Use Samsung's DeX mode.
1. Install the DeX software on your PC (from www.samsungdex.com).
2. Run Dex on both the PC and phone (choose DeX from the quick settings screen).
3. Your phone will be a new window on your PC.
4. I was then able to transfer files between my PC and phone. I used TotalCommander, but other ways should work.

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