I probably can live without everything. It's people I can't live without.

Samsung Galaxy S8....I really goofed. I was trying to restore messages blocked from a certain number. I followed all directions, starting with settings. I found the name and the blocked messages, which were represented by little white boxes which needed to be opened. I realized I must have missed a step, so I went back a page. Well, when I returned, the blocked conversation had disappeared. I have no idea where to find it. I tried from a different angle, with directions which showed the blocked numbers, including the one I was looking for. But the final step was to click on something with SMS on it. There was no option with these letters on it, so my search came to a screeching halt. Is there any way to retrieve the missing conversation of blocked messages?
Your help would be appreciated....Thanks.

olbriar said:

It could be a firmware glitch that a soft reset would likely fix. The sad fact is, phones are not designed to last forever and the problem could be age related.

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A soft reset worked. Thanks!

Hadron said:

Well in general you can't, but there are occasional exceptions, e.g. there are a small number of Sony devices you can install Jolla's Sailfish OS on (which is a descendant of MeeGo rather than Android), or Ubuntu Touch which has a longer list of supported phones, but mostly older devices.

You can have a go at building such things yourself, e.g. Jolla make resources available if you want to try to build a version for another device. But there will be a learning curve before you can try this.

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Excellent answer! Informative and thx for not making assumptions about my intelligence.

According to their help page you can deposit money you have in the app to your linked bank account.

To cash out in-app:

1. Tap the Money tab on your Cash App home screen
2. Press Cash Out
3. Choose an amount and press Cash Out
4. Select a deposit speed
5. Confirm with your PIN or Touch ID

Hi everyone!!

I am new with you and with android 13. I have an Oppo Find X3 Pro and I find it quite a reliable phone. What it bothers me very much is my data privacy.

I've read that privacy dashboard from privacy settings came recently with Android 12 and is for our "privacy", but I think it was better before without it, they should give us an option, to enable it or disable it. For me it's abusive to have an inside system app that's accessing my microphone, camera, location, in short my personal data all the time.

I have removed Digital Wellbeing with ADB for the same reason, but I can't figure out a way to remove Privacy dashboard or somehow to stop it from accessing my personal data.

I hope to find a solution with you guys!

All the best !
Cristian

Hadron, thanks for the info!

AugieTN said:

Open Photos
Upper right hand corner go to Settings
Then go to Backup
Then select Backup Device Folder
Then turn Screenshots off (I have screenshots backed up turned on - see photo below)

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On Pixel 6 with latest software it does not have this option. The only thing under Backup is to turn it on or off, no folder selection sliders available.

In regards to the information shown in this tweet

Developers need to update all their apps to target API level 31 or above to remain available to users on devices running Android OS higher than your app's target API level.

but what happens if you dont update your apps to meet this?

Thanks for the info! I appreciate it!

I think I need to clarify what I mean by Visual Voicemail. In Google's Phone app, (when it was working correctly) when I would get a voicemail, the voicemail would appear visually on the Visual Voicemail screen as a little timeline, along with the name of the person who left the VM. And then you click on the timeline, and the voicemail plays audibly (that is what the Google Phone app calls visual voicemail). I realize that there are other apps called Visual Voicemail that actually present a visual text version of the voicemail, but that is not what I am referring to and that is not what I want.

Jimis12 said:

I am using whatsapp business account and i want to find a way to stop the app from showing notification when i am off work. I was looking for some kind of app the will stop an app for few hours or at set times and then turn it back.

I found some apps that restrict me to open the app but they still show the app notification when someone send a message.

At the moment manually close the up and start it again when needed but i would like to find another way and will appreciate if someone can help.

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solution for WhatsApp Business notifications during off-hours? Currently, manually toggling the app is a workaround. Explore apps that temporarily block notifications or consider Android's "Do Not Disturb" mode with scheduled settings. This can aid in uninterrupted work-rest balance, ensuring notifications align with your work hours

No, using WhatsApp Web on your computer does not directly drain your phone's battery. WhatsApp Web works as an extension of your phone, and the battery consumption is primarily on your computer while using the web interface. However, keeping your phone connected to the internet and active might use some battery, but it's generally minimal.

I smell a bot.

joe71 said:

In my opinion OnePlus is a sinking ship. The biggest reason is being a T-Mobile exclusive device (s) they eliminated a lot of potential clients.

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Maybe in the USA, but in the rest of the world, it has long been illegal for a phone manufacturer to lock their phones to a specific MNO.

OnePlus phones are more than equal to any of the bloatware offerings from the unreliable Samsung.

Through the general menu, I set the alarm volume down to 0, left the alarm's default audio track (ie. didn't mute), and…Google played it.

So, on my phone at least, it seems it does require silencing the audio track within the alarm.

Thanks. I'm not sure the bank allows other payment providers than Google Pay, but I'll check it out.

Thank you so much for that help, its given me some good places to start lol. Unfortunately hiring a dev was out of my (non-existent) budget lol
Is there a page anywhere that explains opening another app from inside an app?

mikedt said:

FWIW my Galaxy Note20 has an automatic stop charging at 85% option in the settings. Other Samsungs may have the same or similar.

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OH shoot it does too! I didn't expect that on my cheap and cheerful A13 so I didn't even check - I've never even been that far into the battery settings.

If anyone's wondering it's in settings/battery and device care/battery (where it also shows the level and time remaining)/more battery settings.

Thanks mikedt, you rock.

ocnbrze said:

Yep velcro. I dig it. It's perfect for work for me.

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Cool! I bet it is handy. I wore a watch band years ago that not only velco attached around the wrist but it had a velcro attached flap that covered the watch face. My work was so abusive to watch faces that within just a few months the crystal was so cracked and scratched there was no seeing the time. It was perfect protection though it made checking the time a two handed adventure.

I have a gifted bracelet that looks quite similar to your watch band. The braided material is made of paracord and the latch is a ferro rod and striker. A survival tool that I never wear. It looks cool though.

I never benefit from this popup and want to disable it. How?

My app is responding, but I get this every 10 seconds on the Brave browser app when on rotton tomatoes. This popup is ironically the only issue.

I had this happen and finally found a YouTube video about it. I had to re-seat my SIM card and the circle with the diagonal slash through it in the notification bar went away and I could receive calls.

^ What Ocnbrze saids, I really do not look at the stock anyway, it is really small, I found one though by typing "System uptime" and I found this nifty little app that shows me the uptime for my device. There is a widget of it as well..https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dieterthiess.uptimewidget&hl=en_US&gl=US

Hi all, i developed an android native app, and i want to build it to playstore from appcenter through github workflow pipelines, but while running the workflow iam getting this issue like below, can anybody please help me on this issue.

Iam providing the workflow syntax for better understanding.

startac4 said:

Every time I get a voicemail Samsung notification makes it available directly only as video voicemail. I don't want to download that Samsung app with whatever terms/conditions it has.. To listen to it as audio I have to go to the Contacts, search for Samsung voicemail phone number, and then call it. How can I set so that the notification will take me directly to audio voicemail? That's how it works on my other LG phone.

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I've never seen that on a Samsung phone. Is it a carrier version phone you've got there?

The heart with a circle thing looks like the "digital wellbeing" icon - a tool to track stuff like how much time you spend looking at the screen. What you might do to attach that to all of these icons I don't know (but I don't use One Ui Home, the stock Samsung launcher, so it may be something that that launcher does when you have some digital wellbeing option turned on).

I guess the other heart (pink in top corner) is some theme you've applied?