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Help How to post anonymous app reviews?

I just wanted to post an update, in case a search brings someone here thinking they've found a solution to the anonymity issue. Not exactly.

While I'd changed my name to "A Google user," I posted a review of a business on Google Maps. Yay!, I thought, this is great. But then, logged out of Google so I could see what others see, I clicked my name or picture--and it linked to everything I'd ever posted on Google-related sites. They all showed the fake name.

After changing back to my real name, I again checked my reviews--they all showed my real name, including the one I'd posted with the fake name. Ugh.

So if you're looking for a way to anonymously post one review--and I can see many reasons one might want to do that--and then change back to your real name, this isn't it. :(

PS I wonder what happened to/with @Tmadd59. :thinking: I was enjoying interacting with him, and having another old geezer around here, and then he's just...gone... :o

Unlocking/S-Off 2019?

I'm still using a Dinc4G because nobody makes phones this small and inexpensive anymore. I recently bought a second phone of the same model for backup purposes in case I lose my primary phone, and I'm trying to unlock it's bootloader.

I went through the process of unlocking/flashing/rooting years ago, but the methods I went through no longer seem to work. My ROM is 2.19.605.2, and apparently you can't downgrade the phone to 2.17.605.2 for the original unlock/CID method.

The custom package on rumrunner.us is supposed to be able to unlock and S-off the phone right out of the box, but every time I run it, I get an error that says, "FATAL: download updated package on rumrunner.us". I've tried this on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 (and have used the fastboot registry fix on Windows 10). I've tried various driver versions, Google drivers, disabling firewalls, and nothing seems to work.

I know my chances of getting any help with such an old phone are slim, but I'd be super grateful.

What are the notification icons that are circled in red for (what app)

Not really. If it's your phone you can just pull the notifications dow to see. I could attempt guesses at the general type of app in some cases, but not identify the specific app.

On the plus side, 99.9% of these queries we get are someone who has seen something vaguely heart-shaped on their SO's phone. So it was a pleasant change to get one of these that doesn't appear to be driven by insecurity or lack of trust in a relationship ;).

My friends bf phone I have a samsung so she figured I knew

Body Scanner - Cloth Remover Prank

Hi everyone, Recently i have published a Prank app. Named Body Scanner Prank. As this app is prank. But i am sure that you'll love it if you try it. All the assets, images etc belong to me. I have self created the app and upload it to Palystore. I hope you'll enjoy the small hard work.

If anyone want to check & download it free. Visit the Link:

Link = https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lothes.real_bodyscanner_with_xray_and_clothes

Your's suggestions are highly appreciated.

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Icon size of bottom navigation view in tablet version

I have a bottom navigation view:

<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
android:id="@+id/bottomNavView_Bar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
app:itemIconSize="@dimen/design_navigation"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/colorBackground"
app:itemTextAppearanceInactive="@Style/BottomNav"
app:itemTextAppearanceActive="@Style/BottomNav.Active"
app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled"
app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation" />

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So, i created a tablet variation of the layout of the menu:
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the text area over the icons, and i can't move the text further down.

I created a dimension file to tablet

46dp but doesn't works

Google certificate does not match private key in Play console

Hi everyone,

I was about to publish my first app on Play Store and everything ran smooth until I had to upload my Android Studio Bundle encrypted key (.pepk file).
The Play console displays the following error message :
"The private key does not match the certificate we have for this application". (english translation of a french message).
I do not know what to do. I downloaded and ran the pepk java tool but the result is the same.
What is the certificate the console is talking about ?
Is it possible to reset it and how ?
When I tried to upload a "regular" apk file, the console blocked and forced me to build my app as a Android App Bundle, thus requiring a .pepk file for the encrypted private key.

I have never changed my email for perhaps 20 years. I only bought a new laptop tow months ago.

Thank you so much for your help.

Jean-michel, Nemours, France

Uploading edited images

My old phone kept the copy in the same place. This phone foes too, it's only when uploading to Facebook, it recorders them.
Then it's a facebook problem, right? I don't do fb so I can't try it myself, but if you're only experiencing this with fb, it sounds like a fb issue to me.

As for apps, I use F-Stop Pro. When I edit a photo it saves its copy with ~(1) at the end of its name, and displays it right there with the original. So finding and renaming it is effortless.

Help one

Thank you.
I may not be able to be all that active, due to knowing so little about mobile phones that I don't even know what I don't know.
I shall simply embrace the designation and enjoy learning from those who do.
feel free to ask away here, AF is the best android forum on the net. and we more than welcome you here. so any questions you have we will do our best to help you.

Help note 8 screen shadows

If it is screen burn. you have two options basically.
1. Replace the screen, maybe $200-$300.
2. Live with it.
Or, 3) if it's still under warranty, get a replacement.

That's what I did with my Moto Z² Force. I don't know how old the Note 8 is, but if its manufacturer warranty has expired, perhaps the OP purchased an extended warranty and it's still good.

Wildfire s sync

Mmmm, there were for possible files (IIRC) to export but all were null value.

I really did *try* every possibility as I have come unstuck with the dumbness of all sorts of software in the past. My background is very dated now but it used to be in digging data out of databases using Perl / MySQL.

As I mentioned, using the old backup, I did a fair percentage of what I wanted to do, by way of moving the contacts and have done the last bit manually. It just wasn't worth spending the time to fight what I think is probably problematic software in an old and now, (justifiably, by HTC) unsupported phone ...

I really appreciate your help though. Chapeau!

Notification bar

I ended up having to do a factory reset. My son keeps downloading games and something went wrong. I tried deleting the game but that didn't work. At the I had to do it because a pop up wouldn't allow me to do anything.
Thanks for letting us know that you solved it, and how.

Now you might want to set Parental Controls so you're the only one who can install apps from the Play Store. 'Sorry, son, but these are the new rules!' :D

Nursegonecrazie

First thing to try: change your location mode to "device only", i.e. turn off all of the wireless network-based location and just use GPS. Do you get the correct location then?

If so the problem is that Google's database of what wireless devices are where is out of date. Maybe your cellular network has changed something, maybe someone has moved a WiFi network from one location to another, maybe Google have just screwed-up their database, but it's some wireless source being in a different location to where they expect that is confusing your location. These things usually get fixed after some interval.

Conversely if the problem persists when only using GPS, try switching to "low power" mode (if you still have it: it was deprecated in Android 9). That uses only wireless location. If that then behaves correctly it would suggest a fault in your GPS system.

If neither makes a difference, I don't know. Maybe back up and try a factory reset, see whether it clears some corrupted data (I usually prefer to be more surgical, but don't know precisely what to clear or whether you'd be able to anyway). You could try clearing the system cache first, just in case that's enough (saves the hassle of setting everything up again if you are lucky).

It's also conceivable that there's a fault with your phone that you cannot fix yourself. But let's hope not. The first suggestion is the most common cause of these things.

Can't turn off youtube captions

Ok I can, when I'm watching a video and there are captions I hit ol' 3 dots and select 'turn off captions'. Done.

But one or two videos later, there they are again. Somehow turning themselves back on. Please help!
I don't see captions, but it could be because I have it disabled on my account. On a PC I went to the youtube website and in "Settings > Playback and Performance" I disabled captions.

The youtube app on your phone has the same setting under "Settings > Captions". I don't know if disabling it in one place over the other is better.

In both of the above you have to click your avatar in the top right corner to get to the settings.

TCP client send only first char to server

Hello ,
I have a strange problem
I'm trying to send string using TCP client .
I can see the string that I want to send is in the right length (about 15 chars) , but on the server side I only get the first char....
I thought the prboem is in the server code (which is not) so I have also check with WireShark - agian I only get the first char

what is the problem?

private void initViews() {
txtBarcodeValue = findViewById(R.id.txtBarcodeValue);
surfaceView = findViewById(R.id.surfaceView);
btnAction = findViewById(R.id.btnAction);



btnAction.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@override
public void onClick(View v) {

if (intentData.length() > 0) {

Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {

@override
public void run() {
try {

String server_ip = "My.Server.IP";
int server_port = 8888;

String messageStr = intentData + "!" + Number+"!"+ name+"!";

Socket clientSocket = new Socket(server_ip, server_port);
clientSocket.setSoTimeout(2000);// I thought maye this is the problem - didn't help
DataOutputStream outToServer = new DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
BufferedReader inFromServer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
outToServer.writeBytes(messageStr + 'n');
ServerReply = inFromServer.readLine();

///need to write a function that check the response

clientSocket.close();


} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

finally {


}
}
});

thread.start();



}
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),ServerReply,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// finish();

}


});
}


anyone?

Thanks ,

Moving apps to sd card.

Thanks all for replying,
@Hadron:
2) I've configured my SD as default memory, one of the apps I installed was huge (~1GB, Here we go map, and I use it offline, that's why it's huge), after installing 4 apps, the phone said out of memory when tried to install next one.
3) Thanks for the tips, it's good to know to not format SD as internal memory.

Android G7 slim Q

Welcome to Android Forums. I don't know what app you are using to rename your files. If you haven't experienced the problem before while using whatever file manager you are using, the culprit might be a lack of storage space.
I truly do not have an answer. I hope someone can assist you.

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