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SD Cards, and other Disks/Storage Devices

I've not used microSD in my devices for a few years now. Had one 32GB Sandisk that I used with my original 2010 HTC Desire that's still working in my old tablet which I gave to my daughter a while back. Had another 32GB Samsung that failed irreparably (master boot record) after 3 months.

I've occasionally used USB flash drives with Android phones, either to transfer files or as external storage for nandroid backups, that's always worked fine. Never used anything that would need an external power supply with one.

Dart board decision (really, about a dart board)

I was just talking to my da about getting a new dart board, he told me to soak it in water, I said to him what the hell are you smoking!!:eek: Has anybody heard of this before, if so please tell me what hell he is on about. He said it will last longer and i could just not agree.

You NEVER soak a dart board. I've played steel tipped darts for 30 years.

bluetooth headphones not working on specific device

Well at some point there are no viable software-related fixes to try. It's not a common occurrence but hardware failure issues do happen so in this matter if the Bluetooth radio chip has failed, there is no software solution, it's hardware. Since you're only providing details and things you've already tried on a limited basis I'm out of ideas (or at least time to post what are just multiple, repetitive suggestions).
Typically with a hardware related failure, that involves a full to partial tear-down of the phone. And it's not something a novice should try as an experiment. I'm not familiar with a Nokia G21 and since it's very manufacturer and model specific, this could be a big issue if you're your paying out-of-pocket. If you're lucky, the Bluetooth chip is on an easier to replace, separate daughter-board or something like a network related, accessible module (WiFi, cellular, and Bluetooth radios in their own board). Otherwise it might involve a complete replacement of the entire logic board. But this is if the matter is actually hardware related, with remains to be determined. Hopefully others will suggest a fix that does work. But if you don't have the time to drop off your phone to have it looked into, your options are to keep trying to solve this matter using software-related solutions, or accept the fact that Bluetooth audio isn't fully functional on this particular phone.

Website

Which web browser are you using? Safari? Firefox? Chrome or similarly Chromium-based (i.e. Opera, Edge, Brave, etc.)?
Try disabling HTTPS-only mode (well if Safari, apparently there is no user option to enable or disable HTTPS-only mode, by default is should switch itself accordingly):

Help Making a shortcut to playing a specific audio/video file

My android phone will open the camera app if I double press the power button quickly twice. I want to remove this shortcut and also, instead, I want to make it such that, if I long-press the power button, then a file (usually audio or video file, but can be anything) that I chose last time will automatically play. If it's an audio or video file, then it should automatically start playing. Is this possible without making a new file? Is there an app that makes it possible to create this already?
here is what @Dannydet was talking about:

Evaluating Galaxy S3 without battery +

re:SMS

I still use it as it does exactly what I ask it to do. It basically becomes AIM for mobile. two-way chat. All I need it to do, no data needed (and since I hike a lot and work where I only get bars and no data not needing it works better plus no forced app updates like you get with WhatsApp, plus no giving your info to Zuck)

Overseas folks laugh at the US using SMS but it does the job I ask of it. If it ain't broke..


But in the olden days of 1998 when it became standard, they charged BY THE LETTER (especially Cingular, it was 1 cent per letter) so I think that was the origin of 'text speak' with hard-to-decipher messages such as 'whr r u?'

Launching the MediaPlayer

I have tried about 30 or more code snippets to launch the media player and play a mp3 file selected by the content uri. None have worked. They keep getting me tangled up in permissions or other errors. Some don’t even error, just nothing happens. Does anyone have some code to do this that actually works? I would really appreciate some help on this.
Thanks

PS I have the permissions to open the filepicker and select a file, then save its data including the stringUri to a database. I then retrieve the stringUri and convert it back to a contentUri, but I can’t get it to play.

A Fragment that overlaps a control (e.g. button) on the underlying Activity

I have a Fragment that overlaps (entirely) a button control that resides on the underlying Activity in which the Fragment resides.

I know, that's weird, but that's how I want it to be.

The Fragment is initially Invisible when the app starts up. When a certain button is clicked on the underlying Activity that Fragment is made to be visible, using the show() function of the fragmentManager, e.g. :

fragmentManager.beginTransaction().show(theFragment).commit

That works just fine and theFragment does indeed become visible, totally obscuring another of the buttons on the underlying Activity.

So far that's exactly what I want it to do. [ Again, I know that's weird ]

I EXPECT that the underlying, now obscured, button will then be inaccessible to the user. He can't see it, the Fragment covers it up.

HOWEVER, if I actually do a click motion on the place where the button actually resides (hidden, underneath the Fragment), the button actually does get clicked, it's OnClickListener function does indeed get called.

That is NOT what I expected to happen. I figured that if a Fragment obscures some underlying control then that Fragment's UI takes precedence over anything that's beneath it.

Is there a way to indicate that the Fragment does indeed prohibit any underlying controls from being accessed since, after all, the user can't see them?

Yes, I could explicitly disable any and all underlying controls and re-enable them when the overlaying Fragment is again made invisible (hidden). But I'd really like it if there were a way to simply tell the Fragment to take precedence over any underlying controls.

PHone number format

I have notices that some of the mobile numbers in my phone book are showing a +44 (then number) and then I have a duplciate with the standard 01473 prefix.

I know that the +44 is the UK interntinal number.

Is there a way to tell Samsug S21 to always store the local number and not the + 44 format.

I never go aborad so can't see that I ever will need to dial it in the internsaitonal format

SAP ABAP

Hi ABAP Experts,
I'm facing an issue with displaying data in an ALV grid using SAP ABAP. I have written the necessary code to retrieve the data from the database table, but I'm having trouble displaying it in the ALV grid format. I would appreciate any assistance or guidance on how to resolve this problem.
Here's the code snippet I've been working on:
abapCopy code
REPORT z_test_alv_grid.

DATA: it_data TYPE TABLE OF z_custom_table,
wa_data TYPE z_custom_table.

SELECT * FROM z_custom_table INTO TABLE it_data.

CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY'
EXPORTING
i_callback_program = sy-rapid
i_callback_top_of_page = 'TOP-OF-PAGE'
it_fieldcat = lt_fieldcat[]
TABLES
t_outtab = it_data[].

IF sy-subarc <> 0.
MESSAGE 'Error displaying ALV grid.' TYPE 'E'.
ENDIF.
I have already defined the necessary field catalog in the lt_fieldcat internal table.
The issue I'm facing is that the data is not being displayed correctly in the ALV grid. It either shows blank cells or does not display any data at all. I have double-checked the field catalog and the internal table, and they seem to be populated correctly.
Any suggestions on what might be causing this issue or any alternative approaches to displaying the data in an ALV grid would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Best regards, please consult for more details

What is your favorite game on Android? Developers, please read the first post before posting

I love tower type games and have found none better than the Defense Zone series with Defense Zone 3 being the most recent. I also love simulation games and BitLife has been the best of those.

My top 10 as far as time spent playing them is:

#1 Defense Zone 3 (Tower game)
#2 BitLife (Life sim)
#3 Leather (Boxing sim)
#4 Lemmings
#5 UFootballGM (American Football sim)
#6 Trivia Crack
#7 Sudoku
#8 Crash Dive (WW2 Submarine sim)
#9 Last Day On Earth (Apocalypse sim)
#10 Air Control 2 (Airplane landing sim)

Help Lost Microphone

Thank you for your reply. The other message I got was Mic can't work in "incognito" mode. Looked and cannot find what that refers to.


Quick Edit: (Speaker Phone works!) but still cannot dictate to notes program(s) or g-board. Checked all settings and programs; none have changed as far as I can tell. Please help:(

Hacked need guidance please

there is nothing as far what phone has better security than the other. so get whatever you can afford and suits your needs for a phone with the exception of getting a phone that has a finger print reader.

as far what else you can do, i would change all of your passwords that you have an account with. i would also recommend that you set up two step verification where possible.

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