I've installed the sdk on a Mac, though I've never found time to use it. I don't see why the platform would matter - unlike Apple, Google have no vested interest in forcing people to buy a particular computer in order to develop for Android.

I'm leaving Catalina for another month or 2 though - wait at least until Christmas, when I'll have time to deal with any problems.

I have an LG G4, model LGUS991, running Android 5.1.

Smart Lock used to work when I was at home or close to either my smart watch or car infotainment system. Now it's stopped, and I can't restart it.

Lock Screen/Screen Security/Smart lock says "Keep phone unlocked with trusted device or place." It show on-bodyy detection as on, my home as the trusted place, and my trusted devices as my smartwatch and both cars' Bluetooth systems. None of these work, however.

Security/Advanced Settings/Trust Agents shows only "Smart Lock (Google)" which is toggled On.

PitCarver said:

Support or not, it is still the only one that syncs up with my RoadRunner email.

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I'm still using it too, but I keep getting new issues as time progresses. And I can't find a replacement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ferocity said:

I also have Tutu App, Lucky Patcher, and a pro version of KineMaster I got online. I don't know if these are the problem.

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I think either one of those could be the problem, as they do both come from China. I suspect they're probably using Alibaba's data mining and ad services for their monetization. Suggest you unnstall them.

As for Lucky Patcher, that's for doing theft, which is very much frowned upon here on AF. But I do suggest you uninstall it, as it might be the cause of the ads as well.

Then my friend I think the phone is SOL.... sorry

kokiangel said:

I would have been perfectly happy with my Note 8 for another year, possibly longer but the battery was swelling on one side and pulling the phone apart. I don't know why as I am very careful with my phone. Samsung didn't penalize me though as far as trade in goes so I got the Note 10 Plus as replacement. The only thing I don't like is that the fingerprint scanner simply does not see my fingerprints at all. I have very dry skin and apparently have to apply lotion first...every time! That is just not practical. At least the scanner in my Note 8 worked..not great but better than this.

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i peeled my protector and willing to have a perfect FPS experience.

omairangel said:

Hi everyone, I have a question, I would like to pick your brains about something: I have the Note 8 and I am thinking about upgrading to the Note 10+, mainly for the screen real estate. I don't make a lot of calls, I don't really use the stylus a lot, I take pictures and videos, but not a lot. I do watch a lot, A LOT of movies and videos. I want to upgrade to the Note 10+ 512 GB. I want to get anybody's opinion. Is it worth getting the Note 10+, 512 GB? Will it perform better that the Note 8? If I trade it in, I will only get about $100 or $300 for it. I have T-Mobile. I believe they are having a promotion now. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you.

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ANY NOTE IS BETTER THAN NONE.

Dannydet said:

Install a different launcher from the play store such as Nova launcher that has grid settings

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Thank you! I had no idea that "launcher" apps existed. This solved my problem, and I'm liking your suggestion of Nova launcher, too.

Hadron said:

(I put "antivirus" in quotes because there are no Android viruses. There is malware, but "virus" is a specific category of malware, and I hate it when developers misuse terms for marketing purposes.)

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Me too. Of course, they're marketing straight to window$ users--those folks who believe that viruses are a nasty, but ubiquitous, part of using computers.

Linux users, like us, know better.

There is Blacklist Blocker, available on F-Droid.

Unfortunately, it is no longer maintained, but still works on my 8.1.1

Also, most new Androids have built in settibgs that allow the user to restrict calls to the contents of the contact list.

ApkPure has this app.
And they also have another app called Xapk Installer.

Xapk Installer does all the uncompressing and installing for you.

If you backed your contacts up with Google you could just restore them.

This place seems to impact my choice in trying new things too.

Darwinized said:

No worries. I tried all that (except upgrading to Android 9), and none worked. I ended up doing a factory reset on the phone and it works OK now.

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Sorry for the reset. I always hate having to do that, but glad it worked.

So this is protection against unauthorised SIM changes (which might be just a simple radio switch you ticked once and forgot about)? I'd expect that if you have a SIM PIN active it would ask for that every time you restart the phone (and I'd not expect a new SIM to have a PIN set).

Have you tried your usual lockscreen PIN or your Google password?

That member (who had posted between Danny and Mike, since deleted) was simply copying the last line of my earlier post. Which is what all but one of their posts does (the exception may be copying from a different thread). Some of their posts have links inserted, though not this one.

Draw your own conclusions. I've already invited the mods to draw theirs.

Please post the exception.

As a user of the first-generation Pebble, yeah, there's not really anything else on the market that comes close - which is kind of amazing considering how long ago that watch was released. My focus lately has been on Wear OS watches... but I do hate how bulky they are and how they've gotta be charged pretty much every night.

I think a Fitbit is probably going to be the closest to the Pebble even without font size adjustments.

David Tan said:

Don't think there's any alternative other than BlueStacks. You could install the Android OS onto your system though.

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Yes, you could run Android x86 but apps and games on playstore are compiled for Arm not x86. You could however use libhoudini but I'm not sure of its performance as it is similar to emulating Arm.

If it's Verizon, think you'd better check with their BYOD site.
https://www.verizonwireless.com/prospect/bring-your-own-device
That should tell you what you can use, and about activations.

Somebody else who's actually in the US, may be able to give more details.

could be a software issue where a factory reset might fix it. it could also be hardware where a battery replacement might work.

i expected some issues at launch.....it will get worked out. i ordered my bundle and it should be here tomorrow.

Ok this is kinda off topic but I encrypted my sd card on my phone its a moto from cricket just a cheap phone and Ive reset it multiple times its not the best phone but its good enough for me and ive never encrypted it and of course the one time I do my phone crashes I had to take it up to cricket because my 128gb sd card wasn't working on anything and they couldn't fix it without some out of this world fee so I kept it in my drawer and I came across this and was like ok maybe this would work and I loaded it up and tried this sd card formatter I didn't think it would work but it was worth trying intead of buying another $70 sd card at bottom dollar and it worked it didn't work on quick format but the overwrite format it did thank you all I don't think I would have fixed it on my own.

You are exactly right thank you, I am hitting the mute button inadvertently. I tried a couple of different dialers after you mentioned it but after dialing it switches to the phone screen which is where my problem is.

MoodyBlues said:

Just a wild guess here, Kurt Pattinson, but I'll bet the people who wrote the posts in this thread--almost 10 years ago!--have long since hit on solutions.

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ohh my fault, i didn't notice about the time, i just search out questions and suddenly bump into this ))