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Video Saving With Filter

Looking at that posted photos, I wouldn't describe that a 'grey filter' but more of a lack of contrast. The dark parts aren't quite dark enough and the light parts not quite light enough. Keep in mind that's not necessarily a resolution issue, it's tied to color balance. Using lower resolution will result in a lack of sharpness (edges with a subtle blur) but the color and brightness are different aspects.

If you're using the default auto-detection in your Camera app, and if there's any option(s) in the Camera app Settings menu to set your own preferences and save that as your default, you might want to do some test shots while playing around with color balance/contrast settings until you find what you like. Don't rush this process as it's not that simple. Don't forget to view your adjusted photos in different places -- computers, other devices, etc. -- since your phone's display has its own color balance that will be different from other displays.

If you're using the default Camera app that came preinstalled with your phone and it doesn't have a lot of options for the user to manually adjust its settings you might want to try using a third-party camera app. I really like the Open Camera app, it's an Open Source project with good developmental support, no ads, and pertaining to this situation, has a very extensive settings menu that allows you to optimize the camera app to your particular needs.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera&hl=en_US

App to set system date and time and then call an app?

Is there any such thing available?

Long story short: I have a backgammon app that I am sure is cheating - the developer has hidden the dice rolling routine behind ProGuard so I can't be sure.

He claims the app uses the system date and time to set the random number generator seed and then everything runs from there.

So I'd like to reset the system date and time and then call the backgammon program.......that way, I can see if the dice rolls are the same each time (they won't be I'm sure).

Any advice appreciated!

Update ruined phone (playlists especially)

Hi. My phone a Nokia 2.2 decided to update a couple of weeks ago. After the reboot I can't use lots of features. My main bug is the playlists. I use a number of apps for music. Phonograph, playlist creator, Playlist backup etc... but none of them will work now. The problem that's happening is that I can no longer add to my playlists. I can delete items from the existing ones but not add to them. I'm a musician and work on several pieces every day and then tend to live with them for a couple of days on my phone before deciding how to finalise the mixes. Since this update this is impossible. Since the initial update I've updated again but still have the same problem. I tend to add to the playist in playlist creator then back up to text via playlist backup then copy the text file to my laptop for editing before returning it.. None of the programs will run now. I've tried several media players and encountered the same problem on all of them.
Other programs have also been affected as Outlook no longer gives me notifications although, after doing a full phone reset to try and solve this issue Outlook now occasionally sends me a notification but it used to notify me every time I received an email and now it's only once in a while.
If there is no solution to this then does anyone know how I can roll back the updates as , if I can't use the phone like I want to , then what's the point?

Help Open specific file with Specific application

Please help i have a file that i need to open with a specific application
but i cant get to to open


public String get_mime_type(String url) {
String ext = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url);
String mime = null;
if (ext != null) {
mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);
}
return mime;
}
private void openovpn(){

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); Uri uri = Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/Downloads/");
intent.setDataAndType(uri,"*/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_DEFAULT);


startActivityForResult(intent, RQS_OPEN);

Toast.makeText(VpnConfig.this,
"Single-selection: Tap on any file.\n" +
"Multi-selection: Tap & Hold on the first file, " +
"tap for more, tap on OPEN to finish.",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();


}

Live feed as American astronauts launch from the US

Ground level from the UK (only a limited number of people are allowed on the CERN site at the moment, and I'm not one of them).

It's quite visible with the naked eye if you know when to look. Though it's only visible for a couple of hours after dusk and before dawn (you need the sky to be dark but the station to be in sunlight), and it doesn't always pass over during that window. On a good pass it can be the brightest thing in the sky apart fromo the moon. In fact I watched it again tonight. There are Android apps that will tell you when it will be visible from your current location, what direction, how bright, and I do have one on my phone.

I'm not sure whether I saw the SpaceX capsule as well: I know it was due around the same time as the ISS, but didn't have accurate information exactly where and when, soo while I did see something else around that time there are other satellites out there as well so I can't be certain that was it (while I've seen ISS often enough that I'm familiar with how it moves, so could probably ID it if I saw it even without knowing the schedule).

That's very interesting and helpful. Thank you.

I would love to see it once so I'll look for those apps when I'm in a good location and weather.

I don't know the future for the ISS (will search tomorrow,: not at 1am) but I hope it will be orbiting for a little while yet.

Please help with mirror casting to Roku TV

Are you trying to use Android's integral casting service to connect with your Roku TV or is your problem with using the actual Roku app itself?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roku.remote&hl=en_US
If the former, try using the Roku app instead. If the latter, try accessing your router's menu page and confirm that both your phone and your Roku TV are connected.Also, you initially commented on resetting your phone and TV but you should restart your router too. That's the gateway of your home network, providing the connectivity between your TV and Roku.

Help getting US Samsung Pay on international model of S10 Lite

no firmware are very device specific. flashing the wrong firmware will make your phone useless. then you will need to flash the correct firmware for your device to work properly again. firmware not only includes the android os, but software that runs your cellular and internet radios. so you can't just flash any firmware you like.

sorry, but if you want samsung pay, you will need to get another phone.

Thanks for your input ny friend... I suppose I have an excuse to wait for the Galaxy Note 20 now haha

Help How to remove assosciation of Google account and phone

OK, so it sounds like you did change the Google account over (from Account1 to Account2) successfully. The problem could be while that applies to your phone (Play Store, device tracking, etc. should now be tied to Account2) that doesn't necessarily mean all your installed apps have been changed over too.

Apps/services directly tied to the user account (in this case, your Account2) will be automatically changed over but a lot of apps are based on the user login/password that you initially set up for them to use. An example being an email app will be using your email address/password as authentication -- it could be your primary Gmail account, a secondary Gmail account, or a completely different email service (i.e. Outlook, Yahoo Mail, etc.) as you can set up any email service as your default.
So just to repeat what @Hadron asked, what was the source of that message that popped up? It could be just a matter of going into the Settings menu of that app to change it accordingly.

Accessories Does it come with a glass screen protector?

That depends on your carrier rather than the handset.

Personally I just buy a new phone and stick my SIM in it, and that's the end of it. My account and my handset are entirely separate. If you have to buy through a carrier then if it's the same one surely it's just an upgrade and hence the number would stay the same. If you are changing carriers then being British I don't know how well the US system works for that.
Ahha! That is what I did for trading in my sims card a spell ago :) I will of taken out my sims card and put into the same phone, thanks man :)

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Is the other call WhatsApp, a similar app (FB Messenger, etc) or an actual cellular voice call? If it's another WhatsApp call then I'll be very surprised, but if it's a different system then sloppy software could share the mic input with both apps. Whether that's a WhatsApp bug, an android problem or a Samsung failure is harder to say.

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