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Hotspot / roku problem

ocnbrze
Unhappy amper said:
I confirmed my email now what do I do?
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you confirmed email on your roku? thru your phone?

so let me get this straight. you have a tracfone Hotspot device, correct? and you have a tv with a roku device hooked up, correct? on your tv you were able to get where you enter your account info for the roku, and that is where you entered your email, yes? does your roku see the hotpost network name?
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Android devices blocking some (Adult?) websites

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jayboy711 said:
Could you recap your steps for resolution? My Moto phone suddenly started having the same problem with adult sites.
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It turns out that the problem I had was not restricted to adult sites. It just happened that a particular adult site I visit from time to time suddenly became blocked. I was not aware of any other sites being blocked. However, quite unexpectedly I noted that Sky News which I use regularly had something blocked of near the bottom of some pages. It turned out that the items being blocked were actually some advertisements. This then totally changed the perspective as it appeared some Ad Blocker was causing the problem, rather than an Adult Site Blocker.
I then had to check for Ad Blockers on my device and found 1 particular Ad Blocker was causing the problem. So I deactivated it and it cleared the unwanted blocking.
I cannot comment on your particular problem, but, given my experience, you might investigate if you have an Ad Blocker on your device which is causing the problem?
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TCL in Android

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ocnbrze said:
just a simple google search resulted with some suggestions:
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Thanks, I have androwish installed, it will run graphical tcl scripts on my phone, I was looking more along the lines of a package that'll recognize screen area, know about rotating portrait / landscape, stuff like that. I can start in at a low level, but I didn't want to invent a wheel only to find that someone else already has a set of Goodyears.
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Tor trouble

mikedt
Rgarner said:
I'm sorry to read that. I didn't know AF was banned in China.
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Google is banned in China. I've made many posts over the years on AF, about how to install and use Google on Chinese phones and tablets. So I'm guessing the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MIIS) in Beijing took a look at the posts and threads on Android Forums, and they didn't like what they saw. The MIIS is an organ of the CCP that censors the internet in China.

Rgarner said:
What is CloudFlare? Why do they care about these things? Is there any way around it?
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Really the only way around it is to appear from an IP address that's assigned to a real end-user ISP or carrier. VPN servers and most TOR nodes reside on servers in data centres. Unfortunaretly CloudFlare assumes IP addresses originating in data centres, are doing bad things on the internet, like DDoS attacks, spammers, and bots. And so CloudFlare websites, might show CAPTCHAS or just ban those IP addresses from viewing their contents.

This is CloudFlare's own description of what they do:-
Cloudflare is a global network designed to make everything you connect to the Internet secure, private, fast, and reliable.
Secure your websites, APIs, and Internet applications.
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Deleted files

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The limited recovery capability of apps for photos from 2022 and 2023 is not due to Android updates encrypting deleted files. It is primarily because as time passes and new data is written to the device, the chances of successful recovery decrease. To increase your chances of recovering deleted photos:
  1. Act quickly after deletion.
  2. Use reputable data recovery software.
  3. Consider rooting your device for better recovery results (but be aware of the risks).
  4. Check if your deleted photos are available in cloud backups or other backup solutions.
Remember to regularly back up your important data to avoid permanent loss.
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Battery Manager in Android

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Java: 
IntentFilter ifilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
        final Intent batteryStatus = registerReceiver(null, ifilter);

        // Are we charging / charged?
        int status = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_STATUS, -1);
        boolean isCharging = status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING ||
                status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;

        // How are we charging?
        int chargePlug = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);
        boolean usbCharge = (chargePlug == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_USB);
        boolean acCharge = (chargePlug == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_AC);


When the device is connected to USB, it still shows usbCharge = false, while at that time acCharge is shown as true.
Moreover, while assigning the value of chargePlug here, it is either assigning 0 or 1, no other value. Why is it so?
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Help Warranty Exchange within 30 days

ocnbrze
Dixie28 said:
I understand that it may be a loss for the store, but it is also for the customer. I bought a brand new phone and had issues with it right off the bat. I had it replaced through the warranty and was sent a refurbished phone. How is that my problem that the phone was defective? Why shouldn't I receive a brand new phone when that is what I paid for. Sounds a bit one sided to me.
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what phone do you have? where did you buy the phone? i usually buy my phones from Best Buy. if it was just purchased, they would have just replaced it with a new one. if you use Geek Squad protection than you might get a refurbished phone.
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