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Samsung Eco System

Windroid
I would avoid the Samsung ecosystem if I were you, unless the Samsung ecosystem will work fine on non-Samsung Androids. I'd suggest another Android ecosystem, such as Amazon or Google. As things stand now: You're all Samsung in terms of Android. But locking yourself into one manufacturer is something to be avoided! It's good to have the option to use some other Android, without losing your ecosystem.
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Who's got the otg?

R
Ha ha, guess which kind I can (barely) afford, sometimes. In fact, 3 of those 4 are hand me downs, but not the A02s. That set me back about $53 and thank goodness for that walmart gift card. It has a card (sd) but for a while it wasn't registering and the last I checked it was "corrupted". That's another thing I want to do with a real computer, if I can ever get it: find out its situation and, I hope, copy or transfer the contents. Meanwhile, is there just a single type of powered otg cables, or are they different for every brand/model (please no)? Proprietary may be great for the manufacturers, but it's a nightmare for the rest of us. If I can get such (a) cable(s), how would I copy or transfer data to the hard drive, and how would I be able to use the data after that?
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Portable Washing Machine

ocnbrze
joe71 said:
I would love to have something like that on the truck, getting laundry done can be a logistical nightmare
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here is a Prime Day deal:
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Default gallery albums settings for latest build

svim
james111 said:
Can someone please post a screenshot or mention the default gallery albums settings? I messed around with the settings and want to have them back to their defaults.

My OS is the latest version.

Thank you
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Open the Apps menu in your phone's Settings, find and open the Gallery app in the resulting list, and use Clear data to return the app back to its original default settings. Clear data will delete the app's cache and it settings and options menu data, basically returning the app back to its first time usage.
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Help NoRoot Firewall

puppykickr
svim said:
You're assuming the NoRoot Firewall app can actually restrict system-level processes but that's not realistic.
This app can only be used to filter other, also non-root apps (all the apps you install from the Play Store). The NoRoot Firewall app cannot magically make itself able to restrict system-level apps and processes, it's always just an app that's installed as a user-level utility that can only work with other user-level apps and services.
Also note that the NoRoot Firewall app is apparently abandoned, it no longer receives further development and updates, for several years now. There a better alternatives, like the NetGuard none-root Firewall app, that are actively supported. But any Android non-root firewall app is going to be installed as a user-level utility so you can't use it to block system-level apps/services.

Look into other alternatives to block something like pre-installed, system-level services like Google Service Framework. You might be able to block some of them but you'll need to root your device to get the ability to restrict all of them. But a non-root firewall app is not your solution.
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Actually, it seems that these type apps can block internet for system apps so long as certain changes are made in the devices VPN settings- such as "block all connections without VPN" or the like.
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Video editor apps

puppykickr
sipec said:
Hello. I'm new to video editing, I just want to know which ones are the best apps for video editing. Free? I want to upload my videos to Youtube, but nothing too pro, I'll need the option to cut video at the beginning/end... Thanks in advance
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Personally I love YouCut.
The free version has plenty of options, the UI is friendly, and it has no watermark on the finished product.

There is a bit of a learning curve that I would be glad to help with.

In addition, the only ads with the app come just before you give the go ahead to save the finished product.

If this is an issue, simply turn off the internet to the device before you open it, or use a firewall to block internet access for the app (my choice is this).
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Make camera save photos to a project-specific place?

Hadron
Some camera apps let you specify the folder you save to in their settings. If your stock camera doesn't allow that then the Open Camera app certainly has that option (I just checked).

Albums in gallery apps are typically based on tags rather than locations, so for that you'd presumably need both to be able to set a custom tag in the camera app and for the gallery app to use that to select images and make an album. As it happens, Open Camera does have settings for 2 custom tags, "Artist" and "Copyright", so if your gallery app of choice can make albums based on either of those tags you could also do it using one of those tags (neither of my gallery apps seems to take note of either, but I may have missed a setting or there may be others that do).
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iOS: Install Apps you Want before Apple Bans them for Political Reasons

mikedt
Windroid said:
Apple still has intellectual property, which can be seized if need be. There's been talk of nationalizing Apple within Russia. So, if Apple is indeed semi-bricking iPhones in Russia: I think the Russian division of Apple can be compelled to un-brick them, even without the corporation of Apple at large.
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AFAICT Apple is NOT doing anything like that. They've ceased sales of new Apple devices in Russia, i.e. they closed all the Apple Stores there. For existing Russian users of iPhones, iPads, Macs, etc. should go on working just fine. There's plenty of countries in the world where Apple has no official presence, but people have been able to obtain and use Apple devices, e.g. Mongolia.

Also there's US sanctions that prohibit the supplying of American technology and other business to Russia, which no doubt Apple is compying with:
www.reuters.com

US urges companies to comply with Russia-related sanctions

The U.S. government on Thursday called on companies to ensure they comply with Russia-related sanctions imposed after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, warning that a failure to do so could lead to potential prosecution or enforcement actions.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Is there a way to find an App by its notification icon?

ocnbrze
Nicksta3 said:
What Ion is this? M with a dot or square above it in directly above the M on rightside. Ill upload a pic.
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can you post a pic? no idea based on your description. also if you read this thread you will see that most of our posts only provide guess. why not just ask the person?

even if you did provide us with a picture, most of these questions go unanswered. mainly because there are millions of apps having their own notification icon. so unless it is something like facebook or youtube, the only answer you will get from us will be guesses.
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Any news on the Q?

QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ???????????????????????? What, did you mis heard something about the all powerful "Q"!?!? buwahahaa..


: smoke screens :
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What Software To Use To Remove Cookies

nickdalzell
Those Cookie consent pop-ups are another stupid EU directive that somehow gets enforced in the U.S. (I want the EU to go back to whatever hole it crawled out of) but cookies are harmless. A cookie has been part of the internet since dial-up. It's what stores any login info for any website. Going nuts and trying to delete them is a waste of time. You might as well be deleting rundll32.exe from Windows since it always runs in the background for seemingly no reason.

As for CCleaner, Cheetah Mobile, an infamous developer known for questionable data tracking for China, had bought them out like they did ES File Explorer, QuickPic Gallery, and many, many other apps. They're actually banned from the Play Store (and Galaxy Store--which is telling! Samsung hardly polices that store). Only Windows still has it available. I think Cheetah's site actually lists their crApps as APKs for any schmuck to download.
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Trying to make a copy of an Android Studio Project

R
I'm trying to make a copy of an Android Studio Project. I did this once before in this project and it worked just fine. Basically I'm making a certain amount of successful progress on the project and then want to make a new copy of the project and work on that copy. And in case something goes seriously wrong with the subsequent work I'll have the prior version to go back to.

The problem is that I'm getting an error when trying to make a copy of my current version of the project.

As I had previously done, I right-click on the project, select Refactor, and then Copy Classes.

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That brings up a dialog where I slightly change the name (make 03 instead of 02) and I hit OK.

That starts the copy process and it goes through a whole slew of directories and folders but then an error message pops up:

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And the copying stops. The copying FAILS.

I check that directory and, indeed there's no such file. But why is it even looking for that file if no such file exists?

I had previously succeeded with doing this kind of project copy. Why is it failing now?

Is there a different way to make a copy of a project?
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