No need to cross the straps, there's plenty of options on all the sales sites for straps...
For one.
You only need a waist belt when you're carrying heavier loads and you need to more evenly distribute the weight lower on your body.

No, you haven't missed anything: the Google widget imposes a minimum width to display the microphone, so in 1x1 or 2x1 resolution it disappears, and there's no setting to keep it there. The simplest solution is to add a direct shortcut to voice search or use Google Assistant, which gives you one-touch access to the microphone without having to use the widget.

I had a chance late this afternoon and early evening to ride my bike. The aroma lofting off the different grills and smokers as I rode though town smelled great! It was a great day to be outside and families were taking advantage.

maybe noroot is blocking shizuku.

i had issues with noroot, and i wanted the other features of invizible at the same time

normaly you cant run a vpn and a firewall at the same time because the vpn system can only run one thing at a time

luckily invizible does this all in one

Yes, in most cases you can delete data from Files by Google without major risk, especially if you already use another file management application.

Rgarner said:

Since I put No Root Firewall on his phone for him, I wondered if it could be a little too restrictive. I shut it down and lo and behold, porn. I would rather err the other way and keep the thing from being invaded by a bunch of crap apps, mostly overweight games that are probably just spyware, but it's not mine...

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it sounds like he blocked it himself by mistake.

you can block certain IPs from connections, and it is global, meaning it blocks for the whole device not just one app.

i used to use it for sites that persistantly sent redirect after redirect.

it worked usually after a while, but the app grows larger with each one.

i now use the firewall included inside Invizible from F-droid.

puppykickr said:

I use WaveUp from F-droid.

it uses the proximity sensor to allow the screen to wake by waving my hand over the top of the screen and/or by taking the phone out of its case.

WaveUp | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Turn on the display by waving

f-droid.org

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if you have problems with it stopping, you can put a quick setting icon in your quick settings and that seems to keep it active.

Google it.

And my guess is that, as usual, hackers and other digital turds across the netscape have zero issues doing and getting whatever they want online- this crap only aggrevates those that play by the rules.

if I watch a video on Facebook and then tap to go foward or behind by 10 seconds if it has this option it automatically plays by itself then I have to tap again to pause the video. I don't want this to happen if i tap on the video it plays automatically and then pauses again when I tap it again anyway to turn these features off

do you understand what I mean

Hi,
I have S24 and would like the lock screen to NOT turn off (stay dark) for notifications for texts, emails. My travels through the settings haven't helped. I need help from someone much more able than me. Please clue me in.

Thanks, Jake2H

Definitely interesting...and oddly curious.

vivo have begun rolling out the March 2026 security patch to their global models of the X Fold3 Pro. Along with the patch are a few other optimisations, as detailed in the screenshot, below.

I had trouble with my earbuds while mowing today. They disconnected from my phone two or three times while I was mowing my first lawn. It finally dawned on me that I had forgotten to turn off my truck. When I got near the truck my phone connected to my running truck which broke the connection to my buds. Obviously, I don't wear my hearing aids while mowing. I have to remember to turn the truck off because I can't hear if it's running without my aids.

HarryC said:

But I don't want to have to type it in. I want to ask it a question, which I do in a very quiet voice up to the microphone even in public and it reads that just fine. I don't then want it to start reading/squawking out the response in the loud intrusive way it does, making me have to poke at buttons to shut it up. I just can't find a simple option to stop it speaking at all.

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turn down the volume.

Our new go to snack is celery sticks filled with home made pimento cheese. It was one of those "that looks good" Costco buys that was a hit. We bought a large tub of Palmetto brand Home Style Pimento Cheese with Jalapeno. In no time, we emptied the tub and needed more. Not having a desire to make another Costco run so soon, we resulted in making our own. Sharp cheddar, whipped cream cheese, finely diced jalapenos, a bit of mayo and a bit of garlic salt. I'm not claiming that it's better than the Palmetto brand sold by Costco but it isn't bad, easy to make, and handy. It's great filling for a stick of celery or a spread on crackers.

olbriar said:

I just received the update. Any information of changes or patch we installed?

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Nothing, other than the Samsung changelist in post#7.

Since I rely on the S Pen, I need a stylus phone alternative to the Galaxy S Ultra series. Samsung gives us fewer and fewer reasons to upgrade each year while charging more and more. The Moto G Stylus (2025) is highly-rated and regarded: the 2026 version is expected in April or May. It has plenty of stylus features, a headphone jack, a microSD slot and 68W charging. The stylus isn't Bluetooth capable, but the S24 Ultra was the last Galaxy device with that feature so that's a non-issue.

on 2248 currently..i am at level 40.

"and not killing yourself, Earnest..." -The Chief

you can also edit your quick settings to add the dark mode icon

then you can toggle it on and off with the quick settings like you did with the color inversion

Hadron said:

Have you had any system updates in the last year? Do you expect any in future?

If the answers to both of those is "no" then just ignore this: it's intended to prompt people whose phones are still receiving updates to install them, but if your phone is no longer supported then it's irrelevant.

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nope. i think it is still stuck in android 14.

Hadron said:

But this is Samsung: there is no deselect toggle for their keyboard (it would have been deselected on day 1 if that had been an option).

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show me a screenshot of what you get

I found this to be typical with updates of Google apps.

An app like Google Play Services, which is connected to most everything in one way or another, is a constant drain on resources and a privacy nightmare.

That particular app started me on the de-Google quest for my devices.

It is excellent that you know how to get rid of the updates, because most people never even get that far.

Personally, I get rid of it before I ever use the device.

If this is not on your path, then I would suggest doing what you have already done and use it that way until the next update hopefully fixes the issue.

Depending upon what apps you use, some won't care but others may nag you to update the crAPP.

Another solution is to go to an alternative appstore, such as Uptodown (my recommendation for this) and find the newest update for Google Play Services that works correctly on your device.

Whelp, I think this thread has run its course.

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