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What Are Mod Apk Games, Are they Legal to Use?

Hadron
Mods that bypass payments (whether providing paid apps without payment to the developer or bypassing in-app purchases) are app piracy, and as such we don't discuss them here. The forum rules make clear that providing links to such apps can lead to being banned from the forum, so it's obviously not in the spirit of the rules to provide any support for them.

Strictly speaking, any mod, even to a free app, is going to involve infringement of copyright. Even redistributing an unmodified free app without the developer's permission does that: the fact that the developer does not charge for the app does not in itself give anyone the right to do anything other than use the app without charge (of course they may be perfectly happy for people to redistribute or even modify, but you need to check before doing so). So legally we're on shaky grounds in providing any assistance with these things unless the developer has given permission for modifications to be made (and of course we don't want to cause trouble for the forum owner).

But safety? That depends entirely on who has modified the app. Generally speaking I'd advise extreme caution: unless you are sufficiently technically competent you have no way of knowing whether the modifications include a malware downloader, a keylogger, adware, etc. It comes down to trust, and in many cases you'll be asking whether you trust someone who has already shown willingness to break laws to rip off the developer not to be ripping you off as well. Yes, some people will hack apps just to stop them tracking you or things like that, but as the person who downloads and installs it you have to decide for yourself how confident you are that there is nothing malicious in there.
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one person not receiving texts from Textra

Hadron
SMS is SMS, and it really shouldn't matter what app you use to send an SMS because it's the same system service that does the actual sending no matter which app you use. Which makes it very odd if they receive messages from one app and not another. Have you checked the settings of the apps, e.g. is one sending MMS and another SMS? Since only 2 apps (Google's and Samsung's "Messages" apps) can send RCS (which iPhones can't receive) SMS vs MMS is the only difference I can really think of.

Of course both are standard things, so if anyone can receive them it seems most likely that the problem is actually with the person or people who cannot. But that could be their app, their handset, their provider or the interconnection between their provider and yours.
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Here's a trip down memory lane...

nickdalzell
i wish phones like that with that lovely UI could still be made today. Imagine what a modern UI in that vain would be like given our major resolution upgrades...if only...The days of innovation sadly gone since 2015. (2013 if you're Apple)

I wanted a secondhand Nokia N95 so bad and sadly the carriers said 'duck you 3g' so that's no longer possible. I hate that. Nobody makes interesting phones anymore, and despite how neat the Z Flip is, you kinda get over the whole folding screen thing a few days later and want more. At least I approximated both early Sense and TouchWiz enough and replaced a ton of system apps with Android 2.3 counterparts to get that aesthetic again.
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Help Restore Google Assistant Beep/chime WITHOUT Voice Access or Switch Access

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mikesmith557 said:
Greetings,

It is comprehensible that you yearn for the singular resonance that "Ok Google" once emanated from your S10. On select devices, the sonorous chime may be intricately entwined with specific configurations, rendering customization a somewhat intricate endeavor. However, permit me to proffer a couple of discerning recommendations that may prove efficacious in your quest:

Examine Google Assistant Configurations:

Launch the Google application on your S23 Ultra.
Tap upon your profile icon, adorning the zenithal right-hand corner.
Navigate to the "Assistant" section.
Descend the digital scroll to "Assistant devices" and discern your mobile device.
Scrutinize settings pertaining to "Speech output" or "Voice response." Within, you may discern an option to activate or deactivate the sonorous resonance accompanying the "Ok Google" utterance.
Scrutinize Sound Configurations:

Transgress into your mobile's system settings.
Voyage into the realm of "Sound & vibration" or its cognate terminology.
Seek out "Google Assistant" or "Voice Assistant" configurations.
Therein, ascertain whether a choice exists to activate or tailor the chime that accompanies vocal directives.
Exploration of Third-Party Applications:

It is prudent to explore third-party applications accessible within the confines of the Google Play Store. These applications oftentimes provide a panoply of choices to personalize the "Ok Google" vocal trigger, potentially enabling you to incorporate a bespoke chime or auditory embellishment when engaging Google Assistant.

A Discourse with Samsung/Google:

In instances where direct settings are conspicuously elusive, contemplation of submitting feedback to both Samsung and Google is not unwarranted. Should they be inundated with a plethora of entreaties from users desiring this feature, they may contemplate its inclusion in forthcoming software updates.

Contemplate Alternative Wakening Verbiage:

Should you exhibit an amenable disposition toward embracing an alternative wakening phrase, do consider alternative options such as "Hey Google" or "Okay Google." These alternate utterances may engender distinct auditory phenomena when summoning Google Assistant.

It bears reminding that the landscape of software and configurations can fluctuate markedly across disparate phone models and iterations of the Android operating system. As such, the precise steps or configurational possibilities may exhibit variance. Endeavor to experiment with these suggestions judiciously, and assess whether any prove efficacious in restoring the chime to your predilection, thereby obviating the recourse to less preferable alternatives alluded to in your original discourse.
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My dearest comrade,

I bid you my humblest gratitudes for such fine recommendations, and for such an eloquently bespoken response to my inquisitive premise.

I shall take your suggestions in no less than the highest regards and thus act promptly and accordingly.

I wish you the greatest of days
-SK
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Help with linking phone to my TV

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Many thanks again for the help and the various options The USB c to HDMI cable would be the best way for me but having tried that once and finding the cable I purchased incompatible, my final question is : does anyone know of a specific brand of cable(s) that would actually work for my particular phones ( Moto G Power XT 2165 DL and a Stratus_C7)
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Your device is corrupt

Hadron
gillsman said:
if I do a factory reset I assume it will go back to 11 again and at some time it will update to 12 but perhaps this time I won't receive 13
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Glad it worked for you. But just in case it helps to understand what a reset does, the name "factory reset" can be misleading. All it does is delete files in the /data partition (settings, user-installed apps, all app data). It doesn't do anything to the /system partition, where the ROM lives. So it won't actually undo updates and return you to the Android version the device was originally loaded with. It's a "factory reset" in the sense that it "resets the device to the state it would be in if it had left the factory with the system software it currently has installed". Some people try to say "factory data reset" to make this clearer.

So I'm not surprised that it's now on 13. I guess the problem was some data file that was incompatible with the A13 update and was removed by the reset.
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