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Help Please Help Me With My LG G8 ThinkQ!!!

ocnbrze
OokamiSeiza said:
I chose this phone over Samsung this time because of the the incredible memory that it comes with, but it has features that are really frustrating me and I just can't figure them out or change things. Here is a run-down:


Date and Time:

I can't keep the time on the 24 hour clock. Every time I turn my phone off, it reverts the settings back to the 12 hour clock.

I can't find a way to have the date read DD/MM/YY(YY)


Keyboard Functions:

The predictive text is a joke compared to Samsung's. They give you only 3 words and most of the time the words suggested are a joke and you're pretty much forced to type in each individual word, along with adding a space after each word. The predictive text also doesn't complete words for you if you type a partial word and hit the space bar. Not to mention that a lot of the predictive text doesn't make any sense when typing words. You try typing one word and it gives you a completely different set of word suggestions completely irrelevant to what I'm needing.

Also, each key doesn't provide you with symbols and foreign language letter, it's simply symbols. While it's nice to have the symbols, it's frustrating that the foreign language letters are not provided.

Emojis. What gives? The Emojis on the Galaxy, at least my old Galaxy A5, that FB translates to their own are so much better than what the LG G8 ThinQ has. On the same token, the Emojis for general for the G8 ThinQ for chatting online and within texting are equally as bad.

Is there any way to change all the above to make it feel, look, and function like my beloved features that
my Samsung Galaxy A5 provided?


General Functionality:

I don't understand what the notch at the top is for, but when I try to change it so that it doesn't exist anymore, it keeps reverting to showing the notch again each time I turn my phone off or restart it. How can I get it to function like my Galaxy?


Camera and Gallery:

The gallery is so difficult to use and it keeps sending me to my photo editing apps to do the quick touch-ups that I'd normally do in my Samsung Galaxy gallery such as filters and resizing. How can I make this like the Galaxy?


I'm sure that there will be more that crops up, but this is all for now.

Thank you!!!!
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date/time:
-clear cache for clock
-not sure how to get the date in that format. maybe look for another clock widget

keyboard:
maybe try another keyboard app

emoji's:
there are plenty emoji's apps on the play store that may work for you

general functionality:
do not know, i do not have your phone.

camera and gallery:
for me i use google photos for everything. i love it cuz it backs my photos to the cloud so that i do not have to worry about backing it up or worrying about losing my photos.
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WiFi Messaging

mikedt
kate said:
Consumer Cellular says they support WiFi calling on some phones, which means they might also support SMS over WiFi, but I couldn't find a definite answer.

If your phone doesn't support WiFi calling with them I'd guess WiFi SMS also wouldn't work.
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I believe it's actually called Generic Access Network(GAN). Which means if your carrier and phone supports WiFi Calling, then you should have SMS/MMS over WiFi service as well.

It's not something I've had experience with myself, as GAN isn't provided in this country(China) AFAiK.
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Root Rooting

Hadron
Given that it's the US carriers who are the reason US Notes are locked down hard, I think it's unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.

I just hope that when the last CDMA networks are turned off and Samsung start using Exynos in the US(*) they don't use that as a reason to lock everyone else's bootloaders equally hard.

(*) The reason you get Snapdragon SoCs is because it's cheaper for Samsung to use Qualcomm's chips than to license their CDMA IP. Most of the world doesn't use CDMA, so we get Samsung's own chips, which is more profitable for Samsung. So once the North American CDMA networks are turned-off it's pretty obvious that Samsung will switch to Exynos there as well.

I'm always amazed when I read comments on the internet like "man, that new Exynos is falling behind yet again. When are Samsung going to stop this and give us Snapdragon as well?". As if Samsung (or any corporation) care about delivering what a few knowledgeable enthusiasts want rather than what makes most money from the masses?
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Bigpond on gmail in windows 10

lunatic59
Depending on how Telstra has authentication setup, sometimes for a mail client like the gmail app you need only your user name and password, but for webmail (chrome on Windows 10) you need to type your full email address as your user name, or vice versa.

Also some accounts may need to enable webmail access in they user account settings. I would assume you'd have access to that, but maybe not. Have you contacted bigpond about it?
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RCS messaging available now!

ironass
Courtesy of the guys over on Android Central, a method of enabling the Google Messages RCS feature on your phone... now!

Users like myself, in the U.K. and France, have been using this RCS, (Rich Communication Services), for the last 4 months and Google have been slowly running it out to other countries since then. However, since Google Messages RCS does not rely on your carrier, thankfully, you can enable it yourself.

Just follow the instructions in the following link...

Want RCS chat on your phone right now? Here's how to enable it

Here's a, "How to", video...


Confirmed to be working in U.S.A., Canada and most countries, worldwide.
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Multiple tone manager

MoodyBlues
Your message is a little confusing! :) By "notification time" I'm assuming you meant tone.

You can set different sounds for different apps via System Settings. Look for Notifications, then find your e-mail app in the list; select it, and you should see its sound setting. Select that and you'll be able to choose whatever tone you want. Repeat for your messages app.

If you're having problems with this, let us know!
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one plus 3 stuck on recovery mode

MoodyBlues
Welcome to Android Forums, zedfr!
my one plus 3 stuck on recovery mode after i changed the screen
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Changed the screen? What screen? How did you change it?
and i tried to wipe cache
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How? And is your phone rooted?
and erase everything too
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Again, how? Did you uninstall apps, either via System Settings or the Play Store, or did you manually delete files? If the latter, what did you delete?
but still stuck on recovery mode any help pls guys
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Hang in there! We'll try to help. :)

One last thing: which Android version are you using?
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Can I use Samsung fast charger?

MrJavi
codesplice said:
I'd avoid any sort of proprietary fast charging setups. I don't know what technology is used in Samsung's chargers, but Qualcomm's Quick Charge technology is not compatible with Pixel phones.

Make sure to only use chargers which are USB PD (Power Delivery) compliant. If they say PD on them somewhere then they're probably fine but otherwise I'd pass.
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WoW, I ever knew about that. thanks for the info
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The best smart wallet for smart home

RASelkirk
ocnbrze said:
never say never.....LOL

the Volterman looks pretty damn cool. sorry but i do not like the Barrady. I'm a feature guy who loves tech. the more you can pack tech in the more i'm sold. the Volterman is expensive, but it seems worth it. my only gripe is that it looks huge!!!!!!

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Your prolly right. :oops: Ten years ago, I swore I'd never text and now it's second nature. I do, however, whole-heartedly believe that technology will end mankind one way or another. :mad::mad::mad:

Russ
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WiFi Messaging

M
Is text messaging over WiFi possible with Motorola G7 Power phones?

My text attempts using WiFi result in either ....

1. message not sent
or
2. Message sent, but it actually isn't. (the recipient says he never got the message)

Text messaging over my network works OK.

What gives here ????
Post by: Motoman43, 5 minutes ago in forum: Android Devices

Sorry if this is a duplicate. The other forum I posted this in didn't appear active.
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FB Messenger Error: (#100) The parameter family_device_id is required.

D
Akar muhialdeen said:
Hi the most android user gets an error while creating messenger account with their phone number the lastest messenger has an error while signing up for an account with phone number
And error called #100 the parameter family_device_id is required

Tye solution is downgrade messenger to previous version and it works fine

Best regards
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The issue is still there (I guess fb team is wishing more facebook accounts). Which version of the messenger should I download?
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Zoom cloud meetings

Hadron
I use Zoom several times a week, mostly from my laptop but occasionally from my phone. You shouldn't worry about that one.

As for malware, remember that even if a scammer has slipped 100 infected apps past the checks that's a miniscule fraction of the almost 3 million apps in the Play Store. And it's not that legitimate apps are being infected, it's trojans (mostly adware) being hidden in apps that have been written for the sole purpose of carrying the malware (usually things that I'd personally have regarded as "junk" anyway). So you don't have to worry that an app from a legit company such as Zoom will turn out to be infected.

(For the record it seems in the last couple of days they've been finding malware in the iOS App Store too. So no matter what platform you are on it's sensible to think about the legitimacy of an app before installing it).
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