** UPDATE: ANSWER FOUND. Android 11 purposely disabled the feature to access your existing images when a live camera capture request is activated via a link or app. **

Original question:
Im trying to find out if this is specific to Samsung phones. I have an S22. When you click "Take Photo" links, it brings up a version of the camera app that does NOT give access to your gallery or existing photos.

Normally the camera app has a camera roll/gallery icon at the bottom.

Hi all. I'm considering getting the S23 (regular), and I'd like to know if there are any benefits and/or drawbacks to buying an unlocked phone from Amazon vs. buying directly from T-Mobile.

Will it work the same? Are the ones from T-Mobile optimized to run on T-Mobile, or is that not a thing anymore?

Do I just need to put the SIM card from my S7 into the S23 to activate it? (Assuming it's even the same type. If it's not, what do I do?)

How else would T-Mobile know I got a new phone if I don't do it through them?

Thanks!

Am I wrong or when you factory reset an s6 gives you option of touching phones to transfer everything? I thought that was or am I wrong and or did they remove that option/feature? Wondering because be way faster if I can do that with new phone I'm planning on getting.

Ok guys,
Maybe an impossible thing, but I’m going to ask anyway.

Since a few weeks, my mother has a hearing problem. She already had a hearing aid for one ear and now the other ear is having problems as well. because her good ear doesn’t work for telephone calls, she uses Bluetooth functionality on her hearing aid to use it with telephone calls. The only problem is: if the hearing aid is constantly on this setting it creates problems of noise and other unwanted side effects.

Now my question is: she uses an app to set the hearing aid on different settings for different situations. (Bluetooth, induction loops, busy places, that kind of presets).

Is there any way with android to be able to access this setting quickly from the Home Screen via Some sort of widget, or maybe assign a button or something, so she can turn on and off the Bluetooth setting of the app?
We looked at turning off Bluetooth altogether, but this isn’t really the solution because she also uses other Bluetooth devices (watches, speakers).

It would be great if there is a solution for this, hope you can brainstorm with me?

Samsung Galaxy A53 5G.... I'm looking for a reasonably good ad blocker for YouTube. I've tried a couple of free ones from the Google 'Play Store', but they don't do anything to curtail the blizzard of ads while trying to watch YouTube. Of course, this makes perfect sense, as Google owns YouTube.....

I have no problem paying a one-time fee for the ad blocker, but I don't want to get sucked into paying an ongoing monthly fee.

Can someone kindly recommend an ad blocker, or a strategy, to block most (or all) ads from YouTube?

Many thanks, Dave F.

com.tct.gcs.wfcmanager
I found this in my activity & I've google it & hidden app sites pop up but none of them say anything about this.

Hi all! I would like to present you my new application Test for love. I must say right away that this application was created for entertainment purposes and does not scan fingerprints) This application is very good for having fun with your soulmate.
The principle of operation is simple. You and your partner put your fingers on the screen, the application "scans" and gives you a percentage match result. Everything is simple)
To play a trick, you can choose the result you need in advance in the settings, or random. I really hope you support. Thank you!
Google Play

I work in a company where we use a lot of samsung tablets and phones.
Lately some people have been having problems with PDF's.
As you can see in the picture there is a grey bar on top of the screen, this only appears when reading PDF's.
We have tried installing a different pdf reader but the result is the same.
Resetting to factory settings also doesn't work.

Anyone got any ideas for a fix ?
Can't seem to really find anything on the internet.

Starting on March 8, 2023:

https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic

We have a townhouse with a galley kitchen, so there is not a lot of room or storage space in the kitchen. The wife needs more storage space so here is what I'm doing:

Removing the stove and the microwave above the stove

Just went to Menards and purchased a Four Burner Cooktop, a Three Drawer Cabinet for the Cooktop, and a combination Microwave/Convection Oven to mount above the Cooktop.

Total price $1,781/74 LOL! a lot of money for three drawers. Should be here in about 10 days

Happy Wife, Happy Life!

Hi I have a question and I think I know the answer but its hard to believe. I just got this phone 2 weeks ago and love it but I can not find an option for a separate ring tone for text messages.Does the newer version of Android not have this? Does anyone know a work around?

Thanks

I can use (read/write) a flashdrive on my samsung tablet T590 (TAB A 2018 android 10), also on my smartphone samsung A21 with android 13, but NOT on my smartphone samsung A52 with android 13. Is this normal behaviour? Some setting to be changed?. I already tried changing the 'standard USB-configuration' without success.
Thanks for your answer.

I used the Android Studio profiler to check how the values of CPU, memory and energy change during the execution of an app I'm developing. I wonder if there is any way I could display these values, for instance, the energy consumed and CPU load on my APP?

This is some of the documentation I checked and it doesn't say anything about it.

If there is any other way to display performance values on the app without using the profiler, I could also use that!

Anyone have any luck with transferring files from one SD card to another? During syncing with USB, my device is no longer being recognized. I haven't had much luck trying to transfer wirelessly. I was debating on giving this method a shot.

Hey all,

About 6 months ago my Samsung A32 Android phone did an OS update. Ever since, any website that uses midi - such as https://www.musicca.com/piano - yields NO sound in Google Chrome. I've reset my phone, re-installed Chrome, cleared all the cache, enable site sounds, etc... I have noticed that SITE SETTINGS for individual websites in the desktop version of Chrome has an option to enable / disable midi devices. But the mobile version is completely missing this option. Not sure if that's the problem but just an observation. Does anyone know how to fix this in the mobile version Chrome?

Hello,

I have a project and I'm heading towards you to know which way I should go according to your experiences.

I want to make a gamepad type application communicating in bluetooth.
A type of joystick that I like is the classic one that we can see in mobile games, a point in a defined area and buttons depending on my needs.
When I will have a functional application, I would like to improve it so that my application is also compatible with gamepad devices.
I want to focus on Android only, I don't have a Mac or an iPhone so anyway...

My experience in Android development is limited to a simple application with React Native so I would like to have your opinion on what is the best way to achieve my goals?
Are Flutter or React Native viable solutions or should I focus on Android Studio directly?

Thanks for your opinions!

I was playing Apex mobile, but I am looking something different options.

I hope I'm posting in the right place but will an unlocked tmobile phone work with Verizon? I found the phone I'm thinking about getting for a good deal but it was a tmobile phone seller said it's unlocked. But looking online doesn't look like a unlocked tmobile phone will work with Verizon I want to make sure.

I am looking for multiplayer kind of game, whether its with someone, or vs someone, or teams/clans.
It can be for example village building.

That thing from the government, Sense or whatever, has been acting weird, mainly not charging right. Yesterday morning it did the black screen of near death experience, fastboot. I didn't really have time to mess with it then, or now. Is there a way to fix it fast, and not boot it out the window?

I've thought about rooting my phone in the past and had a member here say I should. But my concerns are safety related worried about the security of my personal information and or phone. Worried about the software needed to do the root then the custom roms downloaded to my laptop and phone. Or am I just worrying for nothing?

I was trying to find information as to whether recent, S21 and S 22 Ultra stylus will fit the S23 Ultra. This is purely a vanity project as I have ordered the red S23 Ultra and I was going to link it up with the red (bodied) stylus (I think from the S21 Ultra period)? Can anyone confrim if I woud be taking a retro step (technically) by installing the 'old' red stylus?

Hi,
My father in law has droven over his blackview (with his tractor) and the screen is not responding anymore, but the Phone is working (charging, if i plug a mouse I can feel vibration on some clicks, Ive even succeded to turn on the lamp).
He has important information on the Phone, and i couldnt find à way to get back the data.
Developer mode is not activated on his device, and if i plug the Phone on a computer, file transfer is not enabled by default. Besides, he doesnt have any google account.
Ive tried also to plug à hub with hdmi port to see Phone on a screen monitor but it failed.
Do you have some other idea, or if hdmi can work with a special Hub reference ?
Thanks a lot