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Weird emojis came with new s9

No I haven't reset. But how could it have come this way, new in the box. What exactly is done to it when it was "factory unlocked" I wonder.


AFAICT those aren't stock Samsung emoji. Maybe it is some third-party emoji theme? Something that was installed from Samsung Apps? Suggest you do a factory reset, especially with a phone from Ebay, like is it really "new".

Texts fail on first try

This is a slight fix, though I think the default text app should work.

Wasn't meant as a fix, just to see whether or not the stock app has a problem (config, whatever) or whether you need to look elsewhere, i.e., a system setting somewhere. Also, have you played around with Tasker or some other system behavior app in the past that may have caused this problem? Those types of apps can, on occasion, not clean up properly after themselves. Also, check battery optimization, put it to "no optimization" for your stock messaging app.

Take photo in background - ARCore + Unity3D

Have you found a solution for this? I am trying to make an app that visualizes the trackable points in the scene, but takes a photo every time the phone stops moving. Tried some plugins in Unity, but did not work with my phone. Then I tried building it in Android Studio. I have it set up so that it can either take a photo when the camera stops OR visualize the trackable points, but not both. For the AR points, I am using an ArFragment. In order for the camera to work, I need to comment out this fragment and all references to it. Any ideas?

No, I never did. I read something about "shared camera access", but AFAIK, it's basically pausing the camera, letting another process use it, then retaking control. Also, in Android 11 we will be able to access both the front and back cameras at the same time (probably doesn't help you, though!).

Lost SOME Google phone contacts

Log into your Google account from a browser and select "contacts" from the list of apps (little grid of grey squares). See whether they are still there. If they are then you just need to re-download them. If you can't see them, scroll down to the bottom of the sidebar on the left and look for "trash". Deleted contacts should stay in there for 30 days, so if they were deleted in the last month you can rescue them.

If they've been deleted for more than 30 days then they are gone. I've never seen any reliable evidence that any of the apps out there that claim to be able to recover deleted contacts can do so (claims published by the app providers or by shills who are paid to promote recovery apps in online forums are not reliable evidence).

Storage of (camera timer) app photos

There may be a setting in the app itself, have you checked?

If not, then use your file manager to find the photos that you do NOT want.

Take note of the folder that they are in.
Before you continue, be sure that only these pictures are stored in this folder.

Delete the FOLDER.
Now add a FILE with the exact same name as the folder that you deleted, in the same place.

Android will not allow two items, files or folders, to have the same name if they are in the same location.

Your new file will prevent the app from recreating this folder.

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