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Md Khaled Shuvo · Mar 22, 2020

A Brief Android Version History
We thought it fitting to give a brief rundown of each Android version on the accompanying code name and release date. You know, for completeness.

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Android 1.5, Cupcake: April 27, 2009
Android 1.6, Donut: September 15, 2009
Android 2.0-2.1, Eclair: October 26, 2009 (initial release)
Android 2.2-2.2.3, Froyo: May 20, 2010 (initial release)
Android 2.3-2.3.7, Gingerbread: December 6, 2010 (initial release)
Android 3.0-3.2.6, Honeycomb: February 22, 2011 (initial release)
Android 4.0-4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich: October 18, 2011 (initial release)
Android 4.1-4.3.1, Jelly Bean: July 9, 2012 (initial release)
Android 4.4-4.4.4, KitKat: October 31, 2013 (initial release)
Android 5.0-5.1.1, Lollipop: November 12, 2014 (initial release)
Android 6.0-6.0.1, Marshmallow: October 5, 2015 (initial release)
Android 7.0-7.1.2, Nougat: August 22, 2016 (initial release)
Android 8.0-8.1, Oreo: August 21, 2017 (initial release)
Android 9.0, Pie: August 6, 2018
Android 10.0: September 3, 2019

As you can see, the update system was without any sort of regularity early on, but the Ice Cream Sandwich era started the yearly OS version update schedule.

A few other fun notes:

Honeycomb was the only tablet-specific version of Android, and it ran alongside the Gingerbread build for phones. The separate phone and tablet OSes were then combined starting with Ice Cream Sandwich.
Ice Cream Sandwich was arguably the most dramatic update to Android to date. It not only combined the tablet and phone versions of the OS, but completely overhauled the look and feel of the system.
Google initially released developer-focused Nexus devices to highlight each Android version’s power. This eventually evolved into the consumer-focused Pixel device line we have today.
Android KitKat marked the first time Google teamed up with a commercial manufacturer for an Android release. They did it again for Android Oreo.

The Latest Version of Android is 10.0

The initial version of Android 10.0 was released on September 3, 2019, on Google’s Pixel devices.

Unlike previous versions of Android, this version doesn’t have a cute dessert name—or any other type of name beyond the version number. It’s just “Android 10.” Google still plans to use dessert names internally for development builds.

Android 10 features a number of updates and new features over its predecessor, including revamped gesture navigation, a system-level dark mode, better permission controls, more system security updates delivered through Google Play.

Hadron · Mar 22, 2020

It's unlikely that you can save your files. If it won't boot into Android and you don't have a custom recovery then there is no way of accessing them (the official recovery module doesn't provide any way of doing this).

You could try booting into safe mode (will involve pressing some button combination while restarting the phone), but that's a very long shot: since what safe mode does is disable user-installed apps and this started with a system update I don't think it at all likely to work.

Otherwise I'm afraid I can't even promise that a factory reset will fix it. All that does is erase user data and settings, so if the problem is an incompatibility between the updated software and some of your data then that will fix it. But if the problem is that something went wrong with the installation of the update a reset won't help: if that's the case then you'll need to download a new set of software (e.g. from sammobile.com) and reflash the phone.

Hadron · Mar 22, 2020

Cloning would be irrelevant to this anyway. What you ask simply isn't possible. Wireless tethering, which you are already using, is all you can do.

oldun · Mar 22, 2020

I seem to overcome the problem.

I have searched the net extensively and tried many "solutions" always unsuccessfully until last night.

I put the phone into aeroplane mode, turned it off, left it for about 5 minutes, turned it back on and then turned off aeroplane mode and it worked.

So9 many thanks to you all for your help and support and best wishes to you all .

cdrosos · Mar 22, 2020

PitCarver said:
View attachment 148815

Hello

did you try it?

ocnbrze · Mar 22, 2020

Herjeff said:
Has anyone experienced widget failure after the most recent updates. Widgets won't add to any page and the page has no X to draw to remove. Completely undesirable...probably the last Samsung android we will buy. Updates are great as long as they don't assume you want any changes to your home screens.

have you tried to reboot the phone? do you have a custom launcher like nova or adw?

last resort would be to factory reset? before you do, i would backup everything with smartswitch. it could have been a bad download or a bad install. a reset should fix it.

ocnbrze · Mar 22, 2020

this also sounds like a development question. are you developing an app?

like @MoodyBlues is suggesting, the more details you can give us the better we can help.

ocnbrze · Mar 22, 2020

was it updated recently? i doubt it since it is an s8. samsung usually gets 2 or 3 major updates and that is it as the move on to their next flagship phone. but it is still possible that some phones could get an update.

does anything show up in your notifications when it beeps like that?

Jo Strait · Mar 21, 2020

MoodyBlues said:
Per your screenshot, it's actually creating...something...named IMG_PURCHASE. Where it is, and what it is, are not clear to me, although you're calling it an album.

When you say that it's in your 'gallery,' what exactly do you mean? Are you seeing it only when using a specific gallery app? If so, what app is it?

Have you used a file manager to actually locate where IMG_PURCHgalxey s7ould ve

MoodyBlues · Mar 21, 2020

Welcome to Android Forums, Laming19961!

I obviously installed some dogey app and now I keep getting spam notifications and when I go on the site setting to disable it its blacked out and wont let me disable it

Just to be clear, you installed it, but now in your System Settings, its only option is 'disable' [not 'uninstall'], but it's grayed out so you can't disable it? Uh-oh!

Please post a screenshot of the app in System Settings. Also, the name of the app and its Play Store link would be helpful. I'm assuming you installed it from Play; if that's incorrect, please tell us where you got it--again, a link to it would be helpful.

You might try starting the device in safe mode and see if you can uninstall it then.

Worst case scenario, you might need to do a factory reset.

MoodyBlues · Mar 21, 2020

Just curious, @PitCarver, but what didn't you like about ADW?

MoodyBlues · Mar 21, 2020

Casey Overland said:
Just at random this afternoon I noticed my phone wouldn't play a video on snapchat so I checked my gallery and no videos will play. I tried music too and found that it rapidly skips through titles but no songs play.
...
The voice typing options in Google and on my keyboard will not function either.

Before I say that it sounds like a catastrophic failure of your hardware, let me ask you this: have you tried multiple apps? For example, multiple media players, such as VLC, to verify that the video/music problems are not limited to certain apps? Does your microphone still work? Use a voice recording app, such as Easy Voice Recorder, to test talking.

Let us know your results!

MoodyBlues · Mar 21, 2020

Caleb W said:
I'm trying to get my app to self update, but the app is not on the play store, you get it from an apk file. I was thinking to use FileProvider to open the file but then I saw this Package Installer. However the documentation does not really provide any good examples on how to use this. Can someone help me out?

Your post is a little vague, but I think your best bet for getting help is by asking on our Android Development board. Please be as specific as possible! That will help other app developers guide you.

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TimoW96 · Mar 21, 2020

Hey,

I am using android studio and i want to make a app with multiple counters on one screen.
But i can't find a way to make multiple mCounters does someone know how to do this?

Hadron · Mar 21, 2020

You are right that it's only in the US where preferring Android to iOS might put you in a minority. Worldwide Android phones massively outsell iOS, and even in other Western countries iPhones are a minority.

Samsung are the most popular (and most profitable) Android brand in a very large part because more than a decade ago they made a strategic decision that they would spend whatever it took to do that (having been late and frankly undistinguished entrants into the mobile phone business). And backed by a corporation whose turnover accounts for 1/4 of S. Korea's GDP they could afford to spend more on marketing alone (which includes incentives to stores to push their phones) than many of their competitors' entire incomes. So really with the resources they threw at it they'd have had to do something very badly wrong if they couldn't make their devices popular (don't get me wrong, they make some nice devices, but I'm always aware of just how much they've spent on promoting them).

Mar 21, 2020

Hi All ,

I'm developing an app where I would listen / read the incoming SMS and display notification. When the app is in foreground , I'm able to do that. But I would have to monitor the incoming SMS when the app is not running.

I tried the Service , Intent service etc. all works fine when the app is in foreground but not when app is not running. Also before Android O , it was possible to run the services even when the app is killed or exit. But in Android O due limitations we are not allowed to keep services running .

Is there any way to do this ?

Please suggest how to do that.

Milo Willamson · Mar 21, 2020

Bagged malk said:
I have a load of about 350 peso, and the game I'm trying to buy using load costs 340 pesos. It isn't vat because i i tried loading again with 20 pesos and it still didn't work. What should i do? (btw if you saw my last post i have a cellphone now)

Again would you mind rewriting on your cellphone modelator and what brand is it?

Herjeff · Mar 21, 2020

illenicK said:
Nothing on mine I never get security updates...

I got it and Widgets no longer work and the Google search page (not a bar) is so complex it is a waste of time to go through. Also added a page with mail and two other blue icons I can not remove. Hate the assumption I want Samsung homepage changes. Set your phone up and they change it. They've lost me for any future upgrades.

michalbukacek · Mar 21, 2020

Hello,
try our new app Rename Photos. It is an app that quickly and easily rename photo and video titles in the DCIM directory, where the Camera App stores it to the selected format.
There are two renaming formats to choose from: Standard and Expert

Standard:
• photos: img_DATE_TIME.jpg, dsc_SERIAL_NO.jpg
(e.g. IMG_20190615_124530.jpg, DSC_1234.jpg)
• videos: vid_DATE_TIME.mp4, mov_1234.mp4
(e.g. IMG_20190615_124530.mp4, MOV_1234.mp4)

Expert:
• photos: DATE_TIME.jpg, SERIAL_NO.jpg
(e.g. 2019-06-15_12-45-30.jpg, 001234.jpg)
• videos: DATE_TIME.mp4, SERIAL_NO.mp4
(e.g. 2019-06-15_12-45-30.mp4, 001234.mp4)
• this expert format allows better sorting, because videos will also be placed between
photos alphabetically, not separately at the end of the directory.

Download link on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.renamephotos

NightAngel79 · Mar 21, 2020

dontpanicbobby said:
That did not look blue. WTF?
I thought it was textured black.

It's just the lighting. Def blue

Babar Rafique said:
What do you mean by combo? You can use them both at the same time?

What is a combo?

Mackey69 · Mar 21, 2020

I just got a pair of TaoTronics SoundLiberty 53 earbuds for my Pixel 3a and so far so good. Haven't used them yet for communication but they sound great and sync up well so far.

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Babar Rafique · Mar 21, 2020

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