Lol. Thanx

Finally, I managed to track down another cable and, shiver me timbers, it works. It needed to install HiSuite on my phone (I thought I already had it).

Anyway, that seems to have done the trick. And I have AirDroid as a backup method.

Many thanks for your help and patience, guys.

Being connected to Wi-Fi and having internet are not the same thing, although a Wi-Fi network makes internet access much easier. However, as @Hadron points out: if the router you're connected with isn't connected to internet OR it isn't giving your device access to it, then it's like connecting a garden hose to a faucet and turning the handle - but unless that faucet is connected to the water supply, you ain't gettin' water. Try a different Wi-Fi network somewhere and see if that helps.

Somehow it seems like you may be tapping something too slowly, or in the wrong place, when switching apps... and the phone thinks you're trying to select an app for multi-window (which would put one app in top or bottom half of the screen, allowing a second app in the other half).

Try going to Settings -- Notifications -- Overflow Menu (three dots upper right) and select Show system apps -- System UI and making sure that if notifications are turned on, Multi window is turned OFF. Back out and try it again. Let us know if that stops the pesky notifications.

It must be a national thing: I've never owned a device where you can't turn it off, but I have heard of it from others.

puppykickr said:

Upon further looking, I found this...

https://sillytechie.com/turn-off-retail-mode-samsung-s7/

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But all I'm seeing from that site is this.

Enter your email, of course there's absolutely no way I'm doing that.

If you got other problems, contact the manufacturer of your phone or tablet.

Could someone else using your google account(s) have done remote wipes using something like Google's "find device" app? I have never heard of any device doing this on its own, never mind two!

SeaofBlue said:

On my Verizon phone, this is How to turn off Amber Alerts on the Galaxy S7 Edge: 1. Swipe up or down to display the gear icon to access SETTINGS 2.Navigate SETTINGS > CONNECTIONS> MORE CONNECTIONS SETTINGS (way at the bottom) 3.Tap EMERGENCY ALERTS 4.Tap the 3 dots in the upper right, then tap Settings 5.Tap ALERT TYPES 6. Select any of the alert types and turn off.

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Yeh, my S7(bought in the UK) doesn't have that. So it must be something that's only in carrier version S7s in the US?

mikedt said:

AFAIK it is the same feature, although the actual methods used might be different, Android uses Linux kernel, and Windows 10...not a clue.

I'm sure all comparatively recent OSs have it, Android, Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, etc. As for Android 4.1, could be something the device manufacturer implemented on their own?

From the previously posted URL:
MAC randomization prevents listeners from using MAC addresses to build a history of device activity, thus increasing user privacy.

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Hi I think this is implemented my device manufacturer. My wifi mac changes every time when I power on my device in stock os. Despite that, my bluetooth hardware address remains constant.

parknich081 said:

do you think this would work? it says its for the samsung galaxy S3, https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390034591667978517

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no idea....you have to be careful with files like these. there are quite a few variants of your phone. using the wrong file can have consequences.

Hi folks, it's me again,
So I got fed up with that tablet, took it back and got another MUCH better Android, but version 9, same as my phone and after all that figured out how to transfer data through my Bluetooth....the other didn't have it I think, but.....now another issue...
I have 32GB storage on tablet and 32 SD card, so, plenty of room. The issue I'm having, I've Googled til I'm blue in the face and eyes foggy....I noticed that after I had installed all my usual apps, then put the shortcuts on the home screens, some were just disappearing...so after going through putting them back, stopped using the APKPure, and using Launcher3 (still not too sure why either is needed), it still happened. Then I realized it's ONLY apps that are stored on the SD card (I have it as default to save internal space).
I am beyond irritated now 🤔but read to try re-mounting the SD card then re-adding the apps, then rebooting the tablet.....all I can say now is :
#$&(%*$# (insert expletives!)
Can you help? I'm hoping this is some simple setting, because having to re-add the apps to the home screen every time I reboot it, is ridiculously stupid, and a pain in the a$$!!
Thanks, Diana

***Not to mention, my mind is pretty much out there right now, because I just lost my 14 1/2 year old furbaby, in a totally freak accident, who my son rescued at 6 months old, who was also my heart, my best friend and my world ....

never tried this app but check it out:
Autosync for Google drive

Oh Thankfully it works for me. I tried alot of methods from different forums but they just cant help. Thanks to you! @tube517

Hi everyone,

Violence 2 is now released to production.
Many thanks to those who tested!



Any feedback still very welcome. And of course downloads and promotion

Thanks!
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On a Verizon phone, this is How to turn off Amber Alerts on the Galaxy S7 Edge: 1. Swipe up or down to display the gear icon to access SETTINGS 2.Navigate SETTINGS > CONNECTIONS> MORE CONNECTIONS SETTINGS (way at the bottom) 3.Tap EMERGENCY ALERTS 4.Tap the 3 dots in the upper right, then tap Settings 5.Tap ALERT TYPES 6. Select any of the alert types and turn off.

I got woken up at 3am the other morning by an ear-piercing amber alert after I spent days having insomnia and finally was sleeping. I was beyond enraged. I tried looking all over my phone to find the setting on my Galaxy S7 Edge to turn it off, but NOOOOOOOO, couldn't find it anywhere. I then googled how to do it and read countless articles that kept saying go to this setting or that setting, which did not exist in any of the menus on my Galaxy S7 Edge phone. I then decided to call my carrier, Verizon, and ask them. For anyone going through the same hell, this is How to turn off Amber Alerts on the Galaxy S7 Edge: 1. Swipe up or down to display the gear icon to access SETTINGS 2.Navigate SETTINGS > CONNECTIONS> MORE CONNECTIONS SETTINGS (way at the bottom) 3.Tap EMERGENCY ALERTS 4.Tap the 3 dots in the upper right, then tap Settings 5.Tap ALERT TYPES 6. Select any of the alert types and turn off.

OP is looking for an editing pc app apparently, that's not web based and is inexpensive. I'm not familiar with any.

@erwansarrazin are you looking for a Windows or Mac app/program?

#457 : Settings - Accounts - Google

You're using your phone, which is great... but I'm using the desktop. There is an extension to force bright sites to dark mode, but I found it to be a disaster and disabled it.

I'll go to a Maps review to see the interior photos of a cafe or other place. Google staff are half - assed about investigating a contribution to correct a relevant error (location /road access/times, closed down /moved). I removed all my reviews a couple of years ago (I was young and innocent) and ignore requests for reviews.

It seems a new thing is you take a photo of half your thumb and half a wall and later plops the photo on your screen saying "Add this to Google Maps for others to enjoy? " or similar

How would an app be able to wipe the OS? You'd need a custom recovery to do that, root access at the minimum. If you don't have those you have misunderstood what the app does.

Of course if the phone is encrypted a simple factory reset would suffice to render data irrecoverable.

Here is a screen recording of the process on my device.

This is the reason I never rely on cloud backups: "the cloud" means "someone else's server", which means that it's only available as long as it suits that organisation to keep it going (or until they mess up, or decide to charge more, etc).

They can be convenient, but never make them your only backup of anything important.

(In the case of CM they will have trawled the backup for any data they could monetize, because that's how that company operates. Avoid them completely).