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Turning Windows into Android?

As many of you know: I have both Android and Windows 11 installed on my computer (a tablet-laptop hybrid). That is: I have two operating systems on the same computer. What about another approach? Can Windows be turned into Android?

Windows 11 can run Android apps (once you install the Android subsystem), but the ability to run Android apps on Windows isn't that same as having the Android experience. For example, Windows doesn't have the standard Android navigation buttons (back, desktop, switch apps) at the bottom of the screen. Windows also has a traditional desktop-computer desktop, and not a scrollable list of icons like you'd find on Android and iOS.

It is possible to get the Android experience with Windows 11?

Text message from iPhone comes in wrong time stamp

Ok so my wife has an iPhone 13 pro and I have a Samsung galaxy s23 ultra (This was happening with my s21 ultra as well a few weeks ago).
When we text each other one of her text messages will come in with a later time stamp...for instance if we are going back and forth texting at 8:00am all of a sudden one of her texts will come in and it will have a time stamp of 8:07am so every text before that 8:07am text will fall behind that one leaving it as the latest text. This will happen throughout the conversation making it very confusing... any ideas?

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Worried mom

I could use a lil help. I have a 13 year old daughter that I am worried may have found a way to communicate in ways beyond me being able to verify so I am coming here with my questions hoping someone can explain this. So on my daughter's Google activity it's will randomly nit daily shoe used com. Samsung . Android.mtp then immediately after list used com.samsung.android.messaging or used Google or used com.samsung.android.gallery. but no messages show up on our bill at these times. Not sure what MTP can do. But does this mean that she has found a way to communicate with someone but somehow able to hide it from the Verizon statement? I know we can't control everything but the young man she was secretly talking to is very bad news, he already has criminal charges by another family whom he stole from. And we will go to any length to protect our daughter. Thank you for any help you could give me

Jetpack Compose for Android TV app

Hi,

According to this post:


"For now, Jetpack Compose for Android TV is only in alpha testing, not ready for final app releases."


Is Jectpack Compose is ready for Android TV Release?
Do you recommend using it?



thanks!

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Setting up new phone

I just got the galaxy s23ultra, and the guy at the store said "all you have to do is scan with old phone and android will do the rest", yeah right. I barely got started when my new phone says old phone needs an updated version of smart switch. We'll how am I suppose to do that when it is now deactivated?

New computer now what

A friend indeed gave me this rig. It's a desktop with a Dell cpu, squarish, and HP monitor. I guess they play well together but I can't be sure because there is only one SHORT power cord. I can barely plug it in but they both have a place for it. It has three prongs. Should I get another one only (obviously) longer? The keyboard is wireless, I guess, with rechargeable batteries. I hope I can get a charger for them or replace them with regular batteries. If I can I will post photos of this. Will someone PLEASE fix that photo upload problem.

Upgrade Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2-830F

I have the above listed Lenovo tablet and have looked for update/upgrade files on Lenovo sites, but it seems there are none.
I would like to know if there are other sources for the appropriate software.??? The details of this tablet are as follows:

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2-830F (purchased in 2016)
Intel Z3745 Quad-Core Processor
Originally: Android 4.4 - did update to Ver. 5.0.1
Software Ver. 2-830F_ 210617

This is the system info. displayed on the tablet.

Any suggestions??

Here we go with another vacuum cleaner question

I have a bagless vac. It's pretty average, I guess. The last time I tried to use it I realized it wasn't picking up much. I tried to make sure the canister, that seethrough part in front, was on tight, but it might be loose. Does that have anything to do with it? If it does, how do I fix it? If that isn't it, how do I find out what else and fix that? Also, how do I get a replacement clean water tank for a Bissell readyclean powerbrush? The old one broke when it was finally pried loose and went flying. Is there a way to make it fit looser but still tight enough?

Clock not displaying

I've been using the beautiful widgets app ever since it came out and it has always worked wonderful. I just now upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. Everything with the app still works except the clock will not display on my home screen. It's there you just can't see it. I've tried emailing the developer via the Play store and never gotten a response.

Help [Solved] HTC One M8 stuck on HTC/HTC One logo.

I bough an HTC One M8 (Model: 0P6B100) for cheap in really good condition but someone before me tried to install a newer android version or something else. Whatever they did bricked the phone really good. It's stuck on the HTC logo most of the time and sometimes gets to the HTC One logo. When the phone is off it appears to be charging normally. I can get to the bootloader and I have photos of the bootloader and other stuff I think might be important. First thing I tried to do is factory reset which seemed like it was gonna work but after the phone managed to "almost" get to the OS it kept saying some apps (maybe they were processes? I really don't know) stopped working again and again not letting me get any further than that (I couldn't continue with logging in my google account and activating the phone). I couldn't replicate it again also there was only the back arrow and home button. A restart got me stuck at the HTC logo again. After that I tried wiping the data and cache and it didn't work. The screen was also flickering, but now it isn't. The phone also takes way too long to go to the recovery menu, I don't think it should be that slow. On one of the pictures it's saying it can't mount an SD card but there is no SD card in the phone. I don't really know what to do, I hope someone here can help me. I have zero experience with rooting phones, installing newer android versions etc.

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