In mid October I posted my own post about Google Text-to-Speech settings having gone sideways around that time and they have stayed broken. I'm on Android 8 on an Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom and use T-T-S heavily to listen to documents on my phone. Now, I have to forcefully choose my pwn voice of choice (and its speed of delivery) buried deep down under "install voice data" for every single use of the function and sometimes even have to re-choose partway through playing if I have paused my playing for too long. They have really messed up this customization function, somehow, so what used to work beautifully no longer does. There are never any replies to in-app feedback back to Google.
(PS they've also done some other weird little things recently, such as T-T-S reading every occurence of "sat" (no period) as the word Saturday, rather than the word sat, but I guess some apparatchik decided for their calendar app they just wanted it that way. The choice had also existed for a long time to read the word "Dr." always as "Drive" and never as "Doctor" and I've adjusted to that. I haven't adjusted to hearing my DRM free books, which seem to be full of people sitting, with sentences like. "The children Saturday glum and silent throughout this speech."

I periodically have problems trying to download files from Google Drive onto my Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom running Android 8. Most of the time I'm okay but then have a spell where the files just point blank won't download. I request download repeatedly with nothing happening and then upon restarting the phone it downloads the same file as many times as I attempted download. I do NOT have the setting switched on for only downloading via WiFi.

The orange attachment to the icons could mean that its locked and can only be opened with a security password or biometrics. As to what type of app it is is impossible to know as icons can be changed with themes. Samsung has built in app lock, MIui also has one.

Does anyone know of a quality email app that has the ability to assign different notification sounds to specific email authors? I now use Maildroid Pro but it hasn't been updated in over a year and it is no longer supported. I'm looking for a new app that's similar. It has to have the the ability to filter incoming mail and assign different notifications to specific email authors.
Thanks in advance,

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanx for posting your solution. glad it worked out for you.

Fox Mulder said:

Yep "unlocked" just means it's not locked to any carrier, that's it. If the manufacturer locked the bootloader there's not much you can do about that.
Also IIRC Blu has been caught putting spyware on their phones.

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Fox Mulder said:

Yep "unlocked" just means it's not locked to any carrier, that's it. If the manufacturer locked the bootloader there's not much you can do about that.
Also IIRC Blu has been caught putting spyware on their phones.

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Fox Mulder said:

Yep "unlocked" just means it's not locked to any carrier, that's it. If the manufacturer locked the bootloader there's not much you can do about that.
Also IIRC Blu has been caught putting spyware on their phones.

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If you can't get root then check out VMOS Virtual Root, Android on Android Double System.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmos.glb&hl=en_US

GAME ON!!!!!!!

so does the phone work? if you can't go to your homescreen, what is on your screen? and just to be sure when you say "hotbar" you mean the google search widget?

also instead of a factory reset, what about a hard reset?

oliviamia039 said:

I have that problem , the notification bar flickers a lot and when on video calls, it shows a black flickering rectangle at the bottom of the screen

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The OP's phone is unusable. Not quite the same issue!

If you had twrp all you would have needed to do was wait for a developer to come up with a rooted version of the update.

When you say unlock, are you talking about carrier unlock?

Just updated my Google Pixel XL to Android 10. With the OS Android 9, I can do "adb pull" just fine with "USB debugging option" enabled. But now, while I can still "adb shell" but every time I tried to do "adb pull" it always caused disconnect (then reconnect), and the file did not arrive. Can someone give me a pointer or help to resolve this issue? I often depend on "adb pull" to do scripted backup of certain files from this phone.

I don't know why everyone want to enable sidetone option, but this option it's absolutelly pisses me off

When I call someone with my bluetooth headphones I hear my own voice. It would not be such a big deal if there wasn't a delay because of bluetooth

So I want to disable sidetone option

I am trying to do exactly this- delete a PHONE NUMBER from a contact. My contact moved and has new information. I hit the Minus button and the number disappeared from the Edit screen but NOT the contact. The numbers I want to delete are STILL THERE. When I go back to Edit now they don't show up- so I have no idea how to even edit them to 'delete the numbers' before hitting the minus key. How do I do this?

and I AGREE- Android really needs some better user testing before releasing this stuff. It should not be this hard to delete a phone number from a contact!

The only thing I can think of is to delete the contact and reenter my contact with the correct info- but seriously, Android, that is stupid.
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profesorcurt said:

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I have gotten the same issue with my earphones on my HTC One A9 so I read through your messages though when I went to my settings, I tapped sound and notifications, then volumes and in there I found that I have put my music volume to zero volume and the rest(calls, notifications) were up. {I think this happen ed as I pressed the volume button with the that for power trying to take a snap shot} so I just raised volume and my music is back. Uuuuuyeh I have been saved. Thanks people.

I use Keeper

That's great to know; many thanks.
On the S7, there was no way to save the Pro mode, but you could set it and then create a desktop shortcut which came up with that mode (plus whatever other config you set up).

Piranha97 said:

Hi everyone I recently bought a huawei honor 10 from someone on the street without making sure I could get passed the factory setup process. The phone is linked to a huawei ID in which I obviously don't know the info to which is making the phone activation impossible! I was trying to bypass this roadblock via backdoors in which I was really close by using *#*#1357946#*#* on the emergency dialer and just exploring all possible options. Unfortunately I decided to let my boyfriend try for a little while then he came back saying "baby you're gonna hate me but I ****ed up and updated the phone" now I have NO access to anything at all without 'unlocking device' does anyone know of any new ways to bypass the huawei ID phone activation after this recent update? Or maybe even how to downgrade without usb debugging enabled? Any advice or help is greatly appreciated!

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This is Huawei's own implementation of FRP(Factory Reset Protection). Which is locked to the original phone number the phone was first registered with, rather than a Google Account, because there's no Google in China.

The only way to reset and clear it, is to have the original SIM and phone number in the phone. And it's done by SMS verification. No bypass possible with current updates AFAIK. Huawei Service can probably reset and clear it, but you'd need to prove legal ownership.

Performance



The 7T rocks a Unisoc SC9832E processor, which has a quad core CPU (4 Cortex-A53) running at 1.4Hz and Mali-T820MP1 GPU, and uses the 28nm HPC+ process. There’s also 2GB RAM on board to take care of multi-tasking and 16GB internal storage for apps and files. Meizu also uses the same internals for their C9 smartphone, a model that gained a lot of popularity in the Indian market.



As expected, the slate is no benchmark king, as it only scored 63857 in Antutu V7.



The eMMc storage isn’t very fast, either. In the Androbench test, the sequential read and write speeds are respectively 93.51MB/s and 32.84MB/S.



In the real-life use, the tablet is smooth if you don’t stress it too much. We didn’t experience frequent hiccups or delays when watching videos in the YouTube app, liking posts on Facebook and Instagram. But loading too many webpages in Chrome at the same time, or having too many big apps running in the background will result in stutters, delays and slower responses.



The device is also capable of running less demanding 3D games installed from Play Store at acceptable frame rates, but it is clearly not designed for intense gaming, as the less sensitive touchscreen and relatively weak GPU won’t really guarantee you a smooth and enjoyable experience.


Connectivity

The 7T supports 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz WiFi, so it won’t pick up 5GHz Wi-Fi hotspots. Wireless connection is generally stable, though. The device also supports 4G mobile networks and full phone functionalities, you can even hold it to your face to make phone calls, thanks to the built-in earpiece. There are also Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS on board whenever you need them.


Cameras



Both cameras on the 7T are sub-par in specs when compared to the lens found on modern budget smartphones. And it’s highly unlikely the slate will ever be someone’s primary camera. The main 2MP camera is capable of scanning QR codes, but the pictures it takes won’t be used as Instagram material, unless you don’t really care about what people think about your page. The front VGA camera can be useful for video-chatting when there’s no phone or laptop within your reach, but you won’t ever want to use it for selfies.


Battery Life

The slate only packs a 2800mAh cell, but still manages to give me around 5 hours of screen time on a full charge, thanks to the lower-resolution display and the less powerful CPU. Foraverage users like myself, it is a two-day tablet. But for intense media consumers, charging the slate on a daily basis is inevitable.


Verdict

There’s not a lot to like about the Alldocube iPlay 7T, it is an entry-level tablet with the most basic specs. But there’s not much to dislike about it, either. At $69.99, this slate offers as much as it could within the budget. It is a nice substitute for media consumption when we want to give our smartphones a rest, the 4G and full phone functionalities will also come in handy in the time of need. However, in a world where almost all phones pack 6-inch plus displays and fast charging, there’s not much room left for a 7-inch tablet, even one with full phone functionalities to fit in.

There is no such folder @GST GridTech.

Did it stop working after a FB app update?

Snoot burgler said:

Thanks, that was a great idea. The shield was an app called anonymous web browser and the lock was from some Verizon security app.

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You're welcome! I'm really glad it helped, and you're figuring out what some of the perfectly innocent apps were.

If you're seeing an error message when you try to upload an image here, it's a known bug. The workaround is to resize the image down, making it smaller. Any image-editing software should have a 'scale' or 'resize' feature; use that and try 75% first to see if it'll take that, then smaller if not.

For samsung https://www.samsung.com/in/support/mobile-devices/galaxy-tab-s4-how-to-move-apps-to-microsd-card/
Always go to your manufacturer's site for information first.

That's a reassuring revelation that Youtube is working. But something to keep in mind while you diagnose your problem is if you're watching Youtube content using the Youtube app on the TV it's connecting from your TV through your LAN to Youtube's online servers. Your phone isn't involved. Have you tried using the Youtube app on your phone instead? Then it is a matter of your phone as an in-between controller. If that also works than at least the issue of some kind of networking issue between your phone and your TV isn't likely to be the problem.
How long has it been a problem using Google Photos to cast photos to this TV? Did it work before and then it stopped, or has this been a long-standing matter?
It still might be prudent to at least restart both your router and your phone to eliminate one-off glitches. If the problem still occurs after a reboot at least you know it actually is something to look into.

Thanks for the input. We were able to finally guess the password, so the initial crisis is over. We are taking it back to have the power button repaired, though.