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Help Texting app

Hello,
I have a question about my Galaxy Tab S6 and Galaxy S20. Is there a way that I can see my text on both devices?
I use Verizon texting app on both deivces don't get the messages on both devices. I only get the text on my phone. Even if I start a text on my tablet, I still don't get any gifs, text, response nothing. I am signed into both of them with the same user name and phone number.
Or is there an app that I can download and use across both devices, that will sync across both of them, so if I don't have phone near me, I can still get the text on tablet and vice versa..

Thank you in advance
turkkirk

Import Project Android Studio

I have an assignment to do for Coursera (Java for Android) and I'm getting some errors when I import an unzipped file (week 1 programming assignment) into the SDK. I extracted the zipped file into a folder named "Geometry Calculations." When the SDK prompts me for a file name, I select that folder for import. Seems like it would pretty simple. I get the following errors:

Project Import Warning
project file should not contain whitespace, as this can cause problems with the NDK tools.

Geometry Caclulations: failed at 4/23/2020 6:33 PM with 1 error
java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to find target with hash string 'android-22' in: C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
ERROR: failed to find targert with hash string 'android-22' in: C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

This is from the the assignment specs:

Resources:

Please download the supplied zip file available with this specification. Extract the files onto your computer. The extracted files contain an Android Studio project. Start Android Studio and import the project as demonstrated in an earlier module. All your work for this assignment will be in the file Logic.java. Open this file in the IDE and look for the comment:

// TODO -- add your code here

As you do your work, be sure to place all your code in the Logic class.

The demonstration of the import procedure was not detailed enough for me. I would appreciate some clarification. Thanks!

Why can't I find these 2 popular apps?

Also, do not always trust the Play Store to be honest about apps they claim are 'incompatable'.

I discovered that an app I am fond of was deemed incompatible for my new device by Google.

After mutiple fruitless encounters with both Google and the developers of the app, I went to a different app store, UpToDown, where I easily downloaded and installed the app.

I also discovered ApkPure, where the app I wanted also can be downloaded and used perfectly on my 'incompatible' device.

Also, there are many, many exellent apps that are not on Google.

Sure, an upgrade in device may be nice, but so is broadening your horizons.
As is increasing your options.

Debating the switch to Android

Android has, unfortunately, been "late to the party" with a lot of vehicle implementations. For example, the Toyota RAV4, the single best selling vehicle in the U.S. didn't adopt Android Auto until the 2020 model year. :( I would guess you are struggling with outdated technology in your vehicles.

As far as the permission thing goes, it sounds like you are connecting the device as storage and not a media player every time you plug it in. That's why it asks for permission and has to refresh the media lists. What app are you using to playback media?

MP3's/WMA's with artwork in file folder -artwork doesn't show on my phone

How are you transferring your music files to your S20 Plus? Things like embedded artwork and text are directly tied to each file's metadata (file format type isn't the issue to focus on). Every time you're transferring files between your phone and your computer, you may only see the sanitized GUI actions but in the background there's an involved compatibility issue as different operating systems rely upon different file systems to store their files/folders -- your phone uses ext4 as its file system, a microSD card will default to either Microsoft's FAT32 or exFAT, and you WinPC will most likely be using NTFS. All three store metadata differently (with FAT32/exFAT being the most deficient) so depending on just how you did the file transfers and just which media player apps you're using, along with if your audio files are being stored on the internal storage or microSD card, all those variables will be a factor in how the metadata is or isn't retained.

Nokia 3.1 Plus unlocking

ok just to be clear, this is a prepaid phone, correct? not sure how you can carrier unlock the phone that is prepaid. that is something that usually is done by your carrier. there are plenty of services online, but you will have to pay for it.

well thank you for your support. It is a cricket prepaid. I'll see who else can help me out on this one. Cause if your right I just wasted almost about 200$

Mobile Phone locked Microsd with Write Protection

I'm afraid that some parts of your post are not clear to me. However if you had formatted it as internal storage no other device would be able to read it at all (other than via the phone, i.e. connect the phone to the computer via USB and view files that way). So I'm pretty sure you didn't do that. For the same reason I don't think it's encrypted, because again if you had done that the computer wouldn't have been able to read it (formatting as internal both formats as ext4 and encrypts the card, but you can also encrypt without formatting as internal, so I'm treating these as separate things even though the practical effects are the same: in neither case would your PC have been able to read it).

microSD cards are finnicky little things, and you sometimes do have problems where a card works fine in the device that formatted it but not properly in another. I suspect it's something along those lines you are dealing with here rather than any feature of the phone. It might also be an indication of a poor quality card, but frankly I've had cards from top brands (such as Samsung) fail after a short period so I'm not so sure that's a useful distinction. I would never have huge faith in any microSD card, to be honest.

I would forget your points (D) and (E): if you had encrypted it this would not have violated any laws, and if you had formatted it as internal you could always format it as portable again, so neither applies.

(I might add that replacing smartphones every 1-3 years, as many people do, is a far greater ecological offence than having to replace a microSD card on a similar timescale would be. Our disposable consumer society, based on the "externalisation" of costs (i.e. dumping the costs of your activities on someone else, including the environment) has a lot to answer for, but even if your theory about the microSD card were true, which it isn't, you would be focussing on the mote and missing a lot of planks).

Water damage

From the first post it's unlikely that residual water is the problem. So nothing to lose by trying, but I think it's a long shot.

BTW rice is recommended as a drying agent as it's something Western homes are likely to have. Couscous is apparently better, and of course silica gel if you have it would be better yet.

The problem is, what if there is corrosion damage somewhere where you can't see it, e.g. inside the display panel rather than on the connector, inside some other component, or in some small contact on a chip on the mainboard (which may be under the chip)? A washing machine will be a pretty hostile environment (hot, very impure water for an extended period), so I'd not rule anything out. What I'm saying is that even if it's a long shot you might want to try the drying anyway, because at least that's cheap. The risk with buying a new display is that if there's a problem on the mainboard it will have been a waste of money.

The problem is how to test whether it is just the display? Maybe try booting the phone and then calling it or something, to see whether it will respond at all (i.e. whether the display is the only problem)? Unfortunately the S6 series had no MHL or USB to HDMI support, so there's no simple way to mirror the display to a TV, which would be an easy way of confirming whether the rest was working (Chromecasts are useless for this because you need to set it up, which you can't do with a blank screen - wired mirroring is just much, much more useful for diagnostics or data rescue with a dead screen, but not something Samsung regarded as a priority).

Thank you so much. This is kind of comment I was looking for. Super detailed for me and gave me better idea of what else I can do. Like I mentioned I just start out with phones, so far have only done 3 projects such as lumia 640 and lumia 640 xl + samsung galaxy tab a 10.1'
For me it's just better than panicking during these uncertain times so I thought might as well aquire a new skill of some sort.
I will try to do my best and continue with this phone no matter what it takes and how long. Just super curious about whether it is fixable or not

Help factory reset - restoring phone # & MIN #

anybody know what the code is for is for restoring the phone # and min # in the dialer?

I'd get that info from the boost mobile community private mail, but they turned it off due to the stupid virus. so I can't retrieve it.

ZTE had me do a factory reset of the phone before I FED EX the phone for repair.

the phone #, I recorded, but I forgot to record the MIN #. not sure what to do about that one.

well, duh!!! turns out I did record the MIN #. so I have all the data need to put it back in service.

does anyone know the code need to enter the MDN & MIN #s. and please don't tell me to reseat the sim card. it does not support one.

Help Gallery options..

What of the recent reviews complaining that it takes an extremely long time for the gallery to load and display properly? And others saying that it magically deleted thousands of photos? I'd love to find a better gallery app than the stock version... even though my photos are backed up (in both Photos AND OneDrive), I'd rather not lose them unless I specifically delete them...

I literally have thousands of pictures and hundreds of videos on three devices- all using this app.

Missing media?
0
Lost files?
0

I think it is safe to assume that such complaints are due to user error.

Not to mention that none of my devices are exceptional.

So, if it works just fine for a $40 2GB device, what would be the problem on a better phone?

On my crappiest device, a Poblano VLE5 1GB device, there is an issue when I move files from the device to the SD card- they appear, but show 0b of memory, cannot be shared, or done anything with.

The solution is to restart the phone.
Because this is such a low caliber device, a restart only takes 1 minute.

Suddenly, all photos and videos appear with full memory and capabilities.

So this is obviously a device issue, not an issue with the app.
This does not happen with the other two devices.

Why not just try it?

It's not like a gallery app will just magically delete all your media.

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