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Help Scammers/Spammers

Don't feel bad.
I get annoying e-mails for my father, from the political party that he claims to be a part of.

He is 75.
He does not use e-mail, or the internet.
He cannot remember his e-mail address, let alone mine.
He donates no money.
We are at odds politically.

How did this political party (better said as scammers looking for donations supposedly for this political party) get my e-mail, and why are they asking for my father by name on my e-mail account?!?
Oh, I can relate! To some of it, anyway. :)

I get mail addressed to my mother, offering everything from life insurance to credit cards, hearing tests to funeral plots. Mom died in 2013.

I get mail addressed to my brother. As above, plus information on planning for Medicare. He died in 2014. He'll never see 65--he killed himself at 56.

My mom, I was really proud of her, and I've written about her before, I'm sure. She used computers from their early days--BUT they always ran the dreaded micro$oft so-called operating systems. She did everything, from e-mail to playing games. When she was 80, I wiped window$ off her computer and replaced it with my favorite Linux distro, Kubuntu. She asked what I was doing and I said I was upgrading her computer. :)

Afterward, with no instruction, I let her have at it. I had configured it to only have one desktop--since that's all window$ users could have, and I didn't want her getting confused by accidentally switching to another desktop--and I made its UI familiar to her, with a taskbar on the bottom, a cascading menu, etc. I installed things she was already using, like SeaMonkey (or whatever it was called back then) browser and e-mail client, games that I thought she'd like, an office suite, etc. She had ZERO problems. Her one ongoing complaint? "It's too fast!!" :eek: She couldn't believe that her slow, cumbersome computer had magically turned into a fast, blazing, easy to use version. Loved it! :D

Transfer just One Picture to pc from cell

because i already imported all the other photo's and when i try to import just one, they all import again, i dont want all those duplicated photos on my pc. just the latest one
never had google duplicate my photos. it will only sync with anything new. if they are duplicating then something is wrong.

i found this for troubleshooting:
https://sites.google.com/site/picas...-to/how-to-remove-duplicates-in-google-photos

Removing Clipboard button when tapping for writing

Hello everyone, as the title is trying to explain, on my new Samsung s20 Fe (Android 11) there's this very annoying function, where once I'm about to write something appears the buttons "paste/Clipboard" or just "Clipboard" covering a good size of the space where usually messages are displayed. On my previous Android 9 this wasn't happening. Does anyone know how to disable this function at all? Thanks for the eventual help
does it do this on every place where you need to type? or only on certain apps? have you tried rebooting the phone? also try wiping cache and data for the keyboard as well as any app where this is happening.

App to find my car that uses bluetooth to remember location?

Yes, the car has to be on for bluetooth to connect to my car. I'm saying that when my car turns off and my phone disconnects because the car is off, my phone should automatically obtain my gps coordinates so I can find my car later.

I don't think there's any specific app that does that, but maybe it could be implemented with Tasker or Macrodroid? And something like this will very likely not be useful in an underground or multi-story car oark.

Do you often forget where you left your car?

Help Can't find Smart Stay feature on Galaxy s20 FE

Thanks for your response. It's not quite the feature I was looking for. The "keep screen on while viewing" feature only works if it's detecting your face. If you look away the screen sleeps again. Maybe that's what Smart Stay does anyway, but I was hoping for a solution that would allow for the screen to stay on during an ongoing call until I ended the call. BTW, I use Bluetooth earbuds and want to be able to keep the numeric pad visible during a call. Appreciate your feedback. Thanks again.
Jack

Help Wifi Calling Support - Honor Play COR-L29 and ATT prepaid.

Do you know if the Honor Play is actually supposed to support WiFi calling with US carriers, like AT&T? Because AFAIK this phone was mainly distributed in Asia, like India, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Where carriers don't provide WiFi calling services, and so for this these countries, phones don't have carrier WiFi calling included. Same with phones intended for mainland China, they don't support carrier WiFi calling. And "29" in Huawei's variant codes means it's an international model, rather than specifically for the US. e.g. variant code "00" is China.


I don't know...well I do sorta.

I know my phone has settings for wireless calling but not accessible through standard means, I cannot drill down through settings to find them, instead I have to ask google to "take me to my wireless calling settings"...or use a third party app to access it. It seems to be a hidden menu inside the network area where it should reside. AND according to the manufacturer's recent 2020 update log they added functionality for all wireless calling...which was previously only available on certain carriers in certain places. SO, supposedly yes, it supports it and while it may be a International model(which I did not know, it was totally sold to me on Amazon 2 years ago as a US phone for US carriers including 100% support for AT&T). I have literally never had this phone not be able to do a thing I wanted to do until now...and really the only reason I want wireless calling is because my bank is being lame and not allowing Authentication for phones via anything other than text...and I live in the boonies with no signal for MILES...and it would be nice to use text/talk features on my phones that supports all my blue tooth headsets.

Anyway I digress. Thanks for the hint though. I will be visiting the AT& T store and trying a new sim out, to see if it is the 4 year old sim card I am using or not...it is from my old phone and it is BYOP(bring your own phone...sim). We shall see.
Thanks again.

GPS Auto-off - Auto-on on Maps open/close

Simply having the GPS radio enabled doesn't really use any power unless an app is actively polling for a precise location fix. It's not like Bluetooth which constantly scans for devices in range. GPS is completely idle until it's being used by an app.

Tasker may be able to automate it but I'm not sure it's really worth the effort. In fact, Tasker checking for conditions may wind up using more power than the idling GPS would.
that's a good point about tasker.....and i agree with about gps......i just wonder if it affects the s7 more being it is pretty old by now and does not have a removable battery.

Clipboard function missing

Yeah same problem here haven't found any solution. Clipboard existed on all my previous samsung J1, J3, J5 I think. I have an M21 now and it's not there. When using the share function on a youtube video or something it says "Copy Link" where it would previously always say. "Copy to Clipboard." I really hate not having a clipboard so I hope someone has the answer.

InterstitialAd's broken Android Studio 4.1.1

New-ish android dev, 15 year experience C, C++, Java, script language dev.

Working with Android Studio 4.1.1 and trying to work out a basic scenario. I've built my main activity with just a button that feeds to a second activity that's a google admob interstitial ad.

The admob activity is just out of the box. I've not modified it from the template other than to give it a name.

Out the door it's using what I understand to be the old library:

import com.google.android.gms.ads.InterstitialAd

Which no longer exists. It should be...

import com.google.android.gms.ads.interstitial.InterstitialAd

Once I compile I get 8 errors. I'm assuming updates to the admob framework make this old template obsolete. I'm not sure what needs to be done to correct this. Is there an updated template I can snag, something that's communal knowledge, or does someone know what's missing from the outdated OOTB template that will get me working?

Here's the code, but I shouldn't need it as we're talking OOTB stuff.

Code:
package com.example.testapp

import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdListener
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest
import com.google.android.gms.ads.interstitial.InterstitialAd
import android.widget.Button
import android.widget.TextView

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.view.Menu
import android.view.MenuItem
import android.widget.Toast

// Remove the line below after defining your own ad unit ID.
private const val TOAST_TEXT = "Test ads are being shown. " +
        "To show live ads, replace the ad unit ID in res/values/strings.xml " +
        "with your own ad unit ID."
private const val START_LEVEL = 1

class ad1PostButtonPush : AppCompatActivity() {

    private var currentLevel: Int = 0
    private var interstitialAd: InterstitialAd? = null
    private lateinit var nextLevelButton: Button
    private lateinit var levelTextView: TextView

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_ad1_post_button_push)

        // Create the next level button, which tries to show an interstitial when clicked.
        nextLevelButton = findViewById(R.id.next_level_button)
        nextLevelButton.isEnabled = false
        nextLevelButton.setOnClickListener { showInterstitial() }

        levelTextView = findViewById(R.id.level)
        // Create the text view to show the level number.
        currentLevel = START_LEVEL

        // Create the InterstitialAd and set the adUnitId (defined in values/strings.xml).
        interstitialAd = newInterstitialAd()
        loadInterstitial()

        // Toasts the test ad message on the screen. Remove this after defining your own ad unit ID.
        Toast.makeText(this, TOAST_TEXT, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
    }

    override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_ad1_post_button_push, menu)
        return true
    }

    override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem) =
            when (item.itemId) {
                R.id.action_settings -> true
                else -> super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
            }

    private fun newInterstitialAd(): InterstitialAd {
        return InterstitialAd().apply {
            adUnitId = getString(R.string.interstitial_ad_unit_id)
            adListener = object : AdListener() {
                override fun onAdLoaded() {
                    nextLevelButton.isEnabled = true
                }

                override fun onAdFailedToLoad(errorCode: Int) {
                    nextLevelButton.isEnabled = true
                }

                override fun onAdClosed() {
                    // Proceed to the next level.
                    goToNextLevel()
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private fun showInterstitial() {
        // Show the ad if it"s ready. Otherwise toast and reload the ad.
        if (interstitialAd?.isLoaded == true) {
            interstitialAd?.show()
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Ad did not load", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
            goToNextLevel()
        }
    }

    private fun loadInterstitial() {
        // Disable the next level button and load the ad.
        nextLevelButton.isEnabled = false
        val adRequest = AdRequest.Builder()
                .setRequestAgent("android_studio:ad_template")
                .build()
        interstitialAd?.loadAd(adRequest)
    }

    private fun goToNextLevel() {
        // Show the next level and reload the ad to prepare for the level after.
        levelTextView.text = "Level " + (++currentLevel)
        interstitialAd = newInterstitialAd()
        loadInterstitial()
    }
}

Here are the errors

...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (62, 16): Cannot create an instance of an abstract class
...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (63, 13): Val cannot be reassigned
...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (64, 13): Unresolved reference: adListener
...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (69, 17): 'onAdFailedToLoad' overrides nothing
...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (83, 29): Unresolved reference: isLoaded
...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (84, 34): No value passed for parameter 'p0'
...testapp\ad1PostButtonPush.kt: (97, 25): Unresolved reference: loadAd

Reviews A10e is a winner!

I have owned the Galaxy A10e for three months. My carrier is Tracfone which piggy-backs Verizon in my neck of the woods. I just say that IMHO the A10e is an amazing little smartphone. I have owned a J3 and a J7 Skypro. I like their screen dimensions. However there was a good deal at $70.00 for a new A10e and I decided to drive to the store and buy it. I really like it!

Yesterday the OS was updated to Android 10. Didn't know that was going to happen. All things work great with the phone and my carrier. My cost is about $120.00 a year to use data, calls and texts.

The phone is just the right size for me and I carry it in a belt-holster, which is just the right size for the 5.8" screen of the A10e.

I think in terms of budget phones combined with Tracfone this is a winner!

Even at 4G it's going to be around IMHO for years to come. I don't want phones with over 6" screens. I will probably buy another one of these just as a backup. Small smartphone are going the way of the dinosaurs. However, the smartphone flips are interesting but the pouch I have is rugged and fits all my business cards behind the phone.

I hope this helps anyone sitting on the fence. It's a darn good phone for under $100.00.

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