My Samsung A53 5G just updated to Android 13. So thanks to Samsung for keeping the phone current.

However, I can't find any useful changes in A13. Mainly, it's made all the icons the same color, so apps are harder to tell apart.

Apparently, it also offers more options for getting things the exact color you want. THIS is what people care about?

Has anything found something useful in this revision? Does anyone else wish Google would stop fussing with cosmetics and do something useful? Like, maybe, a way to get newer Android versions onto older phones without rooting them?

Anybody get their Galaxy S23 Ultra yet?
Reason I'm asking is I pre-ordered mine on Feb 16th for the special deals they had, ($1000 off the $1,400 price) and the sales person said I'd get it in 2-5 business days.
Well he lied... 5 business days later and it hasn't even been shipped yet. This is what I get when I checked tracking a few minutes ago.

Pre-Shipment
Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS, USPS Awaiting Item
February 16, 2023

I went online to T-Mobile and got the runaround. I'm going on vacation on March 6th and sure hope it gets here by then.
I'm wondering if the local stores have them in yet or if they have shipping problems too.

Simple question... who is into eating this healthy snack. Most of my life I was a chip and salsa sort of snack guy. Though I was a big consumer it didn't show up on my waist line. Now that I'm retired and far less active I've discovered that my beloved go-to snack has to be consumed in moderation. I've always loved nuts and though my favorite nut has changed with age, I never ate them seriously. I loved pecans as a youth and a five pound sack was always a Christmas present from my parents. I didn't exactly lose my love for pecans but I moved to cashews in my early adulthood. Later I turned to pistachios for my fix and found a love for a salt / pepper pistachios I stumbled upon a couple of years back.
Last year I did a quick search as to the merit of eating nuts. I was blown away by the amount of essential oils and nutrients of nuts. The good fats vs bad fats of most chips really turned me on. I've turned in my bags of chips for bags of nuts. The crunch I love is there with nuts, the flavor is there, but far more healthy.
Any nut lovers here? Do you have a favorite nut or are you a mix nut sort of person. Do you eat them out of love for nuts or their benefits?

Listing of all MNVOs in the United States

List of United States mobile virtual network operators - Wikipedia

I like watching Battlebots and the Drone Racing League, anybody else watch any of these ?

Hello. I have an LG Stylo 6 from Cricket Wireless. Love the phone and service but in the last week I have had to constantly reset network settings otherwise cannot connect to internet. This happens whether I am outside or home - I never use home wifi to connect - always cellular network.
It is not due to software update - my software is up to date everytime.
So everytime I cannot connect I would have to reset all network settings then instantly I can connect. But in less than an hour I cannot connect again. So I have to do this frequently - which is not normal!
I even did what Cricket phone support suggested - took out and then re-inserted the SIM card - issue persists.
This is my 4th LG phone with Cricket since 2015 and the 1st time this is happening.
Has anyone had this issue before?
Any suggestions for further troubleshooting or solution?
Thanks so much in advance!

I have a Samsung S22 and my calls have been going in and out
Verizon support says bad connection to cell towers but I have seen a lot of articles that it was the Samsung android ringtone free update from June or July 6 I just got another update today July 29

Anyone on this forum having this issue

Also sometimes clicking hang up it takes a while to hang up
best samsung notification

Since I can't find how to post (again) with this crappy new mess, I guess I'll just ask it here. How the heck do I uninstall updates on the Z3? I did that on that Moto G Play and saved more than a gig of space. All I had to do was look for the 3 dots at the upper right and there it was. I notice that the option's gone now. Is it a limited time offer?

Hello guys, I did post that theme in stackoverflow, but no information from there, so I found that forum.
What is my problem ?
I want to turn on monitor mode on Sony Xperia z5.

• The exact model: E6653
• PCI ID: 14e4:43ec
• Chipset: BCM4356
• Device is rooted.

I don't really know if this model with those specifications support monitoring mode, and there is really confusing information in google, add inexperience into that and its a boom ...

So I did read that devices with that pci id are fullmac and like 90% of those are hardware controlled for functionalities like monitoring mode, while softmac pci devices are controlled by softwares and 90 % of them do support monitor mode. Also did read that my pci is fullmac so the chance to not support monitoring mode is low, but there was forums that said it is supporting it, and the confusion became bigger.

So the questions are:

• Does my device with those specs support monitor mode ?
• If yes, which driver should i download
• If no, could you please give me alternatives for devices that do support it and are cheaper.

I am really gratefull for any help ! Thanks !!!

ZTE N9518, My Phone Is Locked Out And It's Was Set To Charge Only When I Plugged It In My Computer But The Google Find My Device Way Did Not Work But In 2014 You Could But Nothing Really Happened, I Don't Want To Lose All My Data! Help!!! Please Don't Say I Have To Reset It ;-(

Since I can't find the Android Auto forum and presume it to be gone, I'm starting this to discuss the app.

Turns out that the Android Auto CoolWalk interface (with multiple apps on the screen at the same time) is now available on my Ford Explorer - but only if I use Google Maps as my navigation app. As soon as I select Waze, CoolWalk disappears. I think that's poor form for Google, which owns both apps...

Hello,
Can you please help me identify what is the appname which is using that notification icon ?
Is it a fitness/health tracker or maybe it is a dating app ?
Attached is a screenshot.
I hope you can help me.

Best Regards

Hello

Is there a way that I can put a folder on my home screen that contains my next of kin's contact details? If this can be done, how can the information be obtained if the phone is locked?

Here are some useful links regarding Mint Mobile, and it's former parent company, Ultra Mobile:

Mint official website

Ultra official website

Ultra PayGo plan (good for phones that aren't used much)

Mint Reidt

Mint Wikipedia article

Ultra Wikipedia article

Before Android phones, we had Java phones. Like Android phones, Java phones could run apps and browse the Internet. Some of us still have old Java phones laying aroiund. Wnat would be a good use for those old Java phones?

SOLVED: The component was an EditText rather than TextView lul

Hi there, some questions about preventing a component from detecting touch from users (like the title). I'm developing an app that has a background rendered with OpenGL that also has a few TextView components layered on top of them:



The desired functionality is so that each horizontal half of the "triangles" can be pressed, with the left side (if oriented towards oneself) decreasing the number and the right incrementing it.

My current struggle is removing the ability for the TextView components to be interacted with, as they greatly reduce the "clickable" areas within the triangles:



As you can see, when you press directly on the TextView the component highlights itself and prevents the touch from being detected by the OpenGL layer.

Solutions I've tried:

• Adding
  XML:

  android:focusable="false"

  and
  XML:

  android:clickable="false"

  to the component in my activity's XML. Does not work. The second screenshot has both of those attributes currently set to false.
• Translating the TextView so that its Z value is less than the OpenGL layer: this hides the text (obviously).
• Creating a third layer to overlay on top of both TextView and OpenGL layers; essentially changing the current OpenGL layer to a background and moving the touch detection code to an invisible or translucent layer at the top of the stack.
  • I haven't worked with OpenGL in a long time and would need to spend a lot of research figuring out how to create invisible or translucent shapes, so I was going to attempt this only if necessary.

Is there anything that I'm missing or overlooking? Anyone know any solutions for a problem like this?

Recently I was trying to use AF but it was down for "maintenance". It's down all right. I finally got on just now and was barely able to find how to post. I know I usually complain about something else but this time it's AF itself. What is up with this? It's really ugly and hard to use. PLEASE go back to the real Android Forums!

Been thinking about the Samsung Galaxy A23 5G or the A53, wondering if these phones will outperform the S9, (I assume they will since the S9 is older tech but could be wrong). Anything out there good for 500 or under. I'm not really into cell phone games that use heavy graphics, but I do want a smooth UI, didn't want the overall feel to be laggy. Ideally 300 and under would be nice, but I can push to 500. Anyone know of good options?

Having the OP listed as Thread Starter was helpful, especially when a thread has many replies.

Should I port my number or get a new one? I thought about keeping my postpaid plan at least another month to make sure I'll like and have the same coverage I have now with total by Verizon. I got my a53 so wanted to ask others opinions I'm thinking about just porting my number since they use same towers as my postpaid Verizon account I have now.

I just got a Pixel 6 running Android 13. What app can I use to have the lock screen clock include seconds. I do not want AOD or a different wall paper.

Phone; Samsung Galaxy A52, updated recently
App; Librivox audiobooks
Car; 2022 Mazda 3

I listen to a lot of audiobooks on the Librivox app. I stream them via Bluetooth to my hearing aids, and to my car's audio system.
Recently, as soon as I start the car, the audiobook I'm listening to automatically starts playing, whether I want it to or not. I have to turn off the
car's audio to get it to stop.
On the phone's pull-down notification screen, there's a little Librivox widget (or whatever it's called) with a control to start or pause the stream.
That screen has CLEAR button to get rid of notifications I don't want, but it is greyed out for the Librivox widget.
I'm not sure, but this might have started with my latest Android update.
Any ideas?
I don't see any settings on the Librivox app or on my phone settings that help this issue. Thanks.

Recently I bought new android phone. Now I would like to add different wallpaper in my phone.. Let me know the best free screensaver and wallpaper for my android phone.

This thread was inspired by a post from nickdalzell:

Oh believe me all the modern offerings are too close to Apple for me. Boring, bland, lacking features, feature removals, flat UI design.

***yawn***

Let's get the rapid pace going again, start packing features in, make each phone unique, and offer choices for everyone, from small screens to large, buttons or no buttons, keyboard sliders, hey, perhaps a modern Nokia N95? Let's make phones fun again!

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There are some modern offerings that aren't boring. Let's talk about the exciting Android devices in this thread, starting with Planet Cosmo's "Astro Slide 5G": A smartphone that's also a very small laptop. It can run both Android and Linux.