Can I replace Google with Google Go on my Huawei P8 Lite? I am using Android 8.0.0
In Google my memory is nearly full and I have to uninstall / reinstall apps
to enable a Google update.
I can install Go and run it alongside Google

We have a bunch of threads about various updates... how about we consolidate everything and just post the latest news right here, in one thread?

The BVKB update is rolling out now, with the December 1 security patch!

Currently, I am working on Surface View in android. I am building a custom view that can render an incoming stream of data points on the canvas in a background thread. Hence, Surface View seems to be a good option to handle this specific use case.

I have implemented the custom view and it works perfectly fine. But, specifically on OnePlus devices, the screen is overdrawn with data points. I have uploaded a file in this thread to show how the behaviour looks. Though I would like to point out that, this is specific to all OnePlus models and this type of behaviour is not seen in any other device.

Hello everyone

Hopefully this post is not against the rules of the community. If something is off please let me know so i can remove it/fix it.

Riddle tower is a game i always wanted to make but having close to no free time it was really hard to start learning unity. The last 3 months i got some free time and now i published it at Google play store.

I understand this game is not for everyone but i am sure that everyone who played these kind of riddle games in the past will get a nostalgic feeling.

I am more than happy to listen to your feedback and also i can keep this thread as a small walkthrough to the game to help anyone who is stacked with some hints.

Have great day everyone.



You can find the game by searching "Riddle Tower" on google play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riddletower

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Motorcycle racing game is a bumper to bumper speed game where bike riders can achieve their goal of being riding on superbikes. Super bike racing offers one way for traffic where bike riders can comfortably enjoying the racing tracks. Different race tracks like snow, desert and jungle are almost added in motorcycle racing game for bike riders. User can manually choose superbikes and stages to enjoy bike race.

Motorbike riders can unlock the heavy superbikes for bike race by winning initial racing competitions. Riders can easily make coins to unlock more superbikes in Motorcycle Racing: Bike Games and latest race tracks. Bike race is simple and easily manage with speed meter which is installed on superbikes.



<b>Features in Motorcycle Racing: Bike Games </b>

✅<b>Endless two way: </b> Motorbike riders must use separate ways for driving race which is located in motorcycle racing.
✅<b>Desert, Snow & Jungle View: </b> Racing tracks are made in desert, snow and in jungle for bike riders to enjoy it perfectly.
✅<b>Speed Control: </b> Superbikes are made with latest features and can control easily in bike race.

✅<b>Speed Meter: </b> Motorcycle riders can maintain their racing speed by checking speed meter which is made in superbikes as well.

✅<b>Pause Game: </b> Bike race game can pause and user can restart it from where he left the race.

I don't have extract or extract here option on Xiaomi Redmi 9! How do i fix it?

Galaxy A53 5G Andriod 13

Settings > sounds& vibrations > notification sound

How do I add my custom sound to the list of available sounds?

Hi,

Hope someone will be able to help me,

I am trying to install an APK from one phone to a different phone but keep getting errors.
When I try on the phone it says app cant install app, but when I try in the command line with ADB it comes back with error about "Package has no signatures that match those in shared user android.uid.system; ignoring!"
Is there a way to bypass this error?

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanking you in advanced.

Developing Android App in .net Maui. Having issues with NFCAdapter, specifically passing a specific sector key with AuthenticateSectorWithKeyA.
We print and encode our own Mifare 1K cards. Print software allows us to change the sector key A. I have tried multiple, and all ok, but need a specific key to work which is failing authentication.

No problem passing the following Keys and authenticating the sector with AuthenticateSectorWithKeyA.

byte[] keybytes = new byte[] { (byte)0xff, (byte)0xff, (byte)0xff, (byte)0xff, (byte)0xff, (byte)0xff };
OR
byte[] keybytes = new byte[] { (byte)0xAB, (byte)0xCD, (byte)0xEF, (byte)0x12, (byte)0x34, (byte)0x56 };

var auth = tag.AuthenticateSectorWithKeyA(0, keybytes);

All ok, var auth = true

But when I try the following Key it fails to authenticate. var auth = false.

byte[] keybytes = new byte[] { (byte)0x19, (byte)0x23, (byte)0x86, (byte)0x18, (byte)0x05, (byte)0x00 };

HEXString is 192386180500

Only thing I can see if the last two bytes have a zero prefix

SO
Tried:

byte[] keybytes = new byte[] { (byte)0xAB, (byte)0xCD, (byte)0xEF, (byte)0x12, (byte)0x34, (byte)0x56 };
Result: OK - var auth = True

Tried:

byte[] keybytes = new byte[] { (byte)0x19, (byte)0x23, (byte)0x86, (byte)0x18, (byte)0x05, (byte)0x00 };

Result: Fail - var auth = false

Use this key with non android RFID readers and all is ok. Need to use this key as we have produced thousands of RFID cards with this key A for sector 0.

Bit new to Hex and byte arrays, any help welcome.

I have developed an Android development efficiency tool app, which is now in the beta testing stage. Welcome to participate in the test The link address of google play is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luqinx.devkits.codecrafts

Let me introduce you to our new app

I’m Safe is an easy-to-use and cryptographically secure women’s safety app built to ensure women’s safety at all times. The app is user-friendly, reliable, secure, and easy on the battery.
I’m Safe is equipped with several features that can be used every day and especially during life-threatening situations. it supports both android and apple devices
app Links: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imsafe.app
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/id6443935988
The features are listed below:

Trusted Contacts
You can add up to 5 Trusted Contacts on the app with whom you can share your whereabouts and alert them immediately when you are in danger. You can choose to share your whereabouts constantly or between selected intervals. You can switch between the options as you like.
Track Me
Track Me shares your live location with your trusted contacts. You can also share updates in the form of text and images.

SOS
SOS alerts your trusted contacts with your location details, warning them that you are in danger. During an SOS, the app captures images and audio recordings. SOS is designed to seek help to rescue you during a dangerous situation.

Selective info-sharing
While starting a Track Me session, you can choose which members among the trusted contacts you wish to share your activity with. Selective info-sharing lets you withhold specific information from certain contacts without removing them from your trusted contacts list.

Battery friendly
I’m Safe is optimized to provide the best safety features while consuming minimal battery.
Organization Features for Institutions and organizations:
The app has cab tracking, incident marketing, anonymous reporting, and organizational features for institutions and organizations.

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The app also comes with an optional 18-month battery life safety device for you and your loved ones

When I open up the file manager app i can't see my video thumbs I can see my pic thumbs but not them can you please help me to let them be shown thanks they are in mp4 by the way and I have a Redmi Note 9s Pro

tried to clear cache and and data but that didn't work

is there any other file mangers where it shows like in file manager programme already on phone

My Redmi note 9Thas been randomly going into fastboot mode. The various internet fixes dont work and quite often I have to leave it sometime 10 mins sometime 10 hours and then it randomly comes back to life. It may then go several days before it happens again but sometimes it will be 5 mins
It is frustrating and I would like to know why it is doing it. If I can work that out I may be able to get a fix. Any ideas please?

(Is it possible that it could act like this if it gets cold?)

Many apps keep crashing after the major update of December 3. I am guilty of using some of my apps during that update. Now I get errors like "Google stopped working". What to do?

Is anyone else having mic issues? My mic works on my phones native camera app, but apps like tiktok, facebook, and snapchat can't pickup my voice at all. I don't know how to fix it and I really don't want to reset my phone.

want to unlock my bootloader for various stuff , but can't due to oem unlocking being greyed out , have tried factory resetting ( a normal reset and even tried a reset with no google account and no internet ie no updates ) still the problem persists
Phone: Nokia 5.1 plus \ Nokia X5 \ PDA_sprout

the system is on android 10 [5 oct 2021 sec patch]

I am thinking of retiring my Galaxy S8. My wife and I travel, and on our last trip, her S22's camera produced pictures with much better lighting than the ones we got from my phone. Her skin is dark, and the S8 tends to make her disappear.

Maybe there is a way to fix this on the old phone. I don't know. The S22 seems to compensate automatically.

My big problem with newer phones is that some don't take SD cards. I can slap a 256GB card into my S8, fill it with photos and video on a trip, pop it out, and shoot everything into my PC for editing and storage. My wife's phone will have to be purged eventually, and transferring files is not as fast.

Is there another phone I should look at? I want something no bigger than an S22, and I'm not interested in the latest gadgetry or bloatware. I just want a good camera and an SD card.

I am using Nokia G10 with android 12.

I save the number in contacts.
Send SMS to that number, but phone number does not change to
a name that I saved to contacts. Still, only the number is shown in
Phone and Messages. Even the number is saved in Contacts as
some name. I would expect the name to be visible in Phone and
messages also.
What can be the issue?
I also call the number from SMS, so it is definitely the same number.
This is the issue only with some numbers, they do not get
recognized, not all.

I put my phone in airplane mode..then lost it. It is still in my house, I did not go outside. But I am unable to locate it via visual searching.

How Can I find this phone when it's in airplane mode?

I have a Samsung Galaxy A12 phone with the Android software version 12. Every Sunday I want my phone ringer to be shut off at a certain time for an hour. I've tried to do this with the "Do not disturb" feature. It appears to work fine, but I don't want to get a notification saying my Do not disturb mode is on every time I use my phone. I know it's on and it's a permanent setting for my needs.

I can't seem to get it to stop popping up in my notifications. I've tried to use the System UI Tuner App, but it says i's not supported. So is there a way to fix this? Or is there another App that does give you control over the notifications?

Cant find the A53 5G in the devices list; maybe too new?

However probably the ame as earlier for my problem

Just got the A53 with Andriod 13 update. Also used Smart Switch to copy across data from old A7.

Problem is that when I press Gallery I get a whole load of Album Art covers showing as Albums. I cannot find the path to where these albums are created. As they are Gallery albums it is no good selecting them to get "Details" I want to delete them as I suspect they are duplicates in internal storage as my music files are stored on an SD card.

Any advise please?

Hello

So I've just bought 3x pretty expensive Samsung Phones - for myself and my family, it'll be one week today.
I'm planning on taking them back though as I called the Samsung - and they told me how to check the actual Manufacture Date.

It turns out these 'brand new' phones were actually made way back at the start of April?

PLEASE don't post any 'snarky/joke' comments/posts - it just dilutes and reduces the number of actually useful replies you receive.

I'm genuinely trying to solve a problem here - not just talking about something meaningless.

For those who think this is a joke - the only reason we stopped using the last 3x phones I had bought the family - was because the software updates ran out.

All of a sudden all the apps started saying - 'you're X is too old - see you later'.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with the phones in general - and just because of the lack of updates - we lost probably at least another 1-3 or more years we could have gotten out of the phones because we took extra care with them.

And it was likely really only due to the phone companies wanting you to buy new phones - it wasn't a security/functionality thing. We only used basic apps and regular internet browsing. Everything worked just fine.

These were Samsung Galaxy S5's.

Now you might say - 'dude, that's ancient'... and if you're a fanboy or materialist who needs the latest phone every 6 months - then yeah it is!

However, when I looked into it - I had seen articles solely about how Samsung had shot themselves in the foot because they'd made such a useful/robust affordable phone with 'too much' longevity for a company who relies on making you buy more stuff every year or two.

That's the only reason it was killed off.

I don't have a monthly phone cap, I don't buy a new phone every few years - not everyone has cash to burn.

So these New phones - they've been sitting in a warehouse somewhere with their batteries slowly draining bit by bit.

Also, it might not be stored properly, might be too hot or too humid etc… who knows.

It might have an older Hardware and/or Sofware version than one that was manufactured Today?
I'm concerned about that as you want the newest phone you can get.

More to the point, I've heard Samsung have said something to the effect of - they guarantee 4 (?) major updates in the life of the product.

Now if you buy a phone that was made today - you'll get 4 updates… but if I buy a phone that was made 7-8 months ago - that might require 1-2 major updates just to catch up to the phone that was made today.

So does that mean I'll only have 2 major updates left for the life of my phone (compared to you with 4 left?)
Some of you might think that's not how it works - but no one really knows do they?

Even if the software thing wasn't a concern - it still seems super dodgy/fraudulent to give you such an old 'new' phone'!

Anyone got any advice on my rights here?

If they only have old phones - I might just want a full refund - then try to find somewhere else that has much newer ones….

But can I say that I have that right legally as it was kind of sold under false pretences (not exactly as advertised)?

I don't think the average person would expect a brand new phone to be 7-8 months old already!

Because I bought it at well known retail store, I feel like I have to swap them over on the spot with them as they might try to make it impossible to get a refund.

They might make it impossible to swap them over on the spot too… but those are the only two options i'll accept.

There is no way I am sending in a brand new phone less than a week old - could take 1-2 months if you're unlucky.

Now when I go back to the store where I bought it - is there any way that the retail store I got it from, or Samsung chat support or someone at a Samsung Store (asked over the phone while I'm at the retail store) can do to tell me the manufacture date of a new phone still in the box at the store?

That way I can at least see what I'm getting?

Maybe they can do it from the serial/imei and other numbers printed on the box, or via info from the Store Computer system, or maybe they can contact Samsung or someone else?

The only other thing I can think of - is maybe they can check the Store computer and tell give me the newest stock they received and tell me that date?

If I get someone helpful - maybe they could do that, but if I get someone unhelpful they'll probably just lie and say they can't tell?

My dad suggested that maybe it's old unsold stock from overseas…. he could be right?

BTW - is this a common issue with many other tech, computer, home appliances type items?
And how do you check other things/brands in advance or while at point of purchase to avoid this kind of ripoff?



Thank you for your help

In my Google account under "signing in with Google", what exactly is "Forum Logins" and what would removing access do for me? With that said, what does having it enabled do for me?

I am getting some Google login prompts on some websites even though "Google sign-in prompts" is disabled in my account. I am wondering if this is related to the above.

Thanks,

Danny