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Help Using OTG for SD Card backup

Hello All,

Question:

I wish to (image) backup Samsung S10e internal 128G SD card onto a fresh same size SD Card in OTG adapter. I might have exported some apps to the SD card. Is there an app to do this task from the phone?

Otherwise :
Is it clean to unmount and remove the SD card stick into adapter into PC and copy using PC file browser then from PC to new SD card then install new SD card into phone?
My concern is that PC file browser copy might fail on Android OS files and later copy back to new SD card might then fail in the phone.

I tried copying the SD card in PC and got error an message.
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Any recommendation are welcome.

Cheers,
Gert

Transfer PC Player Content to Android App Player Version

Hello, all. I have an AIMP player on my Windows 10 PC and an AIMP player version on my Samsung android phone. Therefore, can I transfer or sync my AIM PC Player content to my newly installed AIM android app? I have a playlist on my AIM PC player and I would like to know if there's a way that I can just transfer or sync the information from the PC app to my android phone app. Also, I've posted a version of this thread at the AIMP forum, however, I'm waiting for who responds to my question first.

A real mess...

My WhatsApp backup on Google drive appears to have problems. I had reinstalled WhatsApp and had gone through the initial install process, when I received a "no backup found" message (see screenshot #1) when needing to restore from the backup. I have created an exact copy of my (media, database, and backup files on my Samsung S10e in the following location: /storage/9C33-6BBD/Whatsapp/ (see screenshot #2).

  1. Currently logged in to my Gmail account associated with WhatsApp
  2. I tried following the suggestions of clicking "Never" on backing up to google drive, then re-installing WhatsApp, but it only looks for the backup on Goggle Drive.

So, am I doing something wrong? Is there some sort of hidden option that can tell WhatsApp to look in the local folders on my S10e?

Any help is much appreciated!

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Unable to play music until sleep button pressed

I have a Samsung Galaxy S10e running Android 12. When using Android Auto to play music with VLC (And a couple of other music apps), the display in the car just spins until I press the sleep button on the phone. Note the phone is not locked at this point. I have "Smart Lock" trusted devices enabled for my car, and also a Motorola MA1. The phone is not locked, as I said all I have to do is press the sleep button and I can then browse and play music in Android Auto.

Can anyone recommend how I can avoid having to press the sleep button in order to play music?

Cant move apps to SD card on Galaxy Tab A7 Lite

I have a Galaxy tab A7 lite that I just use for my 5 yr old. It's literally just for little kids games. I have an SD card plugged into the tablet but I cant figure out why it wont let me move apps to the SD card. I go into tha apps settings, then storage, then change storage to SD card and it starts to move the app but then says theres not enough on the SD card to move it.

I remember like 4-5 years ago there was an app that let me mount the SD card as the internal storage and that's how I moved apps around. Do i need to do something like that here??

Windows Word doc reversal?

I went to Copy an updated Word doc from my pc to my usb flash drive where there was an older version with less pages.

I stupidly clicked on the file name in the window with the flash drive and dragged it to the desktop window and clicked Replace.

I suppose there's no way to recover my longer Desktop doc with several more pages, now it's been "overwritten ' by the older copy on the flash drive.

Stupid question I guess; but I happen to catch a few You Tube Shorts / Tik Tok with some tricks unknown to me.

This only happened 5 minutes ago.

Thanks to any sorcerers out there.

Bye bye, Bixby

How do I get rid of this thing? I guess it keeps trying to connect, which I don't want. I don't even know what it is. In fact, what I really want is to pin the screen, just the camera, for now. Eventually I would probably want to unpin it. How do I do that? I have looked through settings with no luck. It's Android 12.

Call me crazy..

About a few hours ago, I was not able to change my LWP settings to a screen shot, so I did that a screen shot, it seems odd to have it crashed a few times with wallpapers and settings though, I just put it on safe mode on my moto edge plus.. Still I am also frustrated that nova launcher does not apply icons over that original icon settings, I wish for a launcher that has both the applied icon and able to change the name of each app, just for the top in the spell, I kind of wonder if there is a launcher that does both..

I think the trouble is presetting ADW on my mobile data, it seems really sucky for a second bit though, I am still somewhat frustrated this problem did even occur throughout when changing wallpapers to a point of where, I just went back with my OG launcher and was able to change the wallpaper that way. So I onwder if there is a launcher that handles both Nova settings and ADW...

Blocky - Stacking game

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Settings for screenshots?

When I take a screenshot, its thumbnail and a little editing menu next to it stay on-screen for a LONG time. I've looked, unsuccessfully, for a settings option to adjust this behavior. I want to take a screenshot and then have its thumbnail IMMEDIATELY go away! As it is now, I can swipe it away, or I can wait an eternity for it to disappear on its own, but I don't like either. Is there such a setting?

Help Caller ID Question

Does anyone recognize the circle with the arrow pointing to it? I've been getting that for years whenever I'm on a call and change screens.
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When I tap on it, it opens with choices to return to call, pause call & end call. Lately, for no apparent reason, I get the circle when I first start my phone, but after a minute or so, when I make or answer a call I only get a green oval with a call timer.
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I can't remember where that caller button on the top screenshot comes from.
It might come from a phone widget called Mad Cap 4, but there are no settings that correspond to the circle.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank!

Calendar help

Not sure if a Google issue or IOS. My partner adds an event to her iPhone calendar and shares it with me which I see on my iPad. That event will then sync with my Google calendar that is installed on my iPad. However, the event does not show up on my Google calendar on my Pixel 7. For it to show up on my Pixel, I have open the event in Google calendar on the iPad and press 'Copy To' my Google calendar. It seems like unnecessary steps. I wonder why my Google calender on the iPad is not syncing with Android?

Very annoying problem with Realme 8

I have a very annoying problem with my device that appears about once a month and usually lasts about two days. It's hard to describe but it's like without my touching anything it goes to the top of the page in all the apps or automatically updates the feed or goes to another section of the app. I hope there is a solution because it is too annoying.
Btw i have put realme 7i as realme 8 is not listed in phone list.

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How many rooting methods are there for android(Samsung) ?

I cant find an answer to this question no matter how much i search. From what I found online, the only rooting methods that exist are Magisk, SuperSU and rooting apps(correct me if im wrong). The info that I read said that SuperSU and rooting apps don't work anymore and Magisk is the only rooting method that is used and that works today. Is that true? I know that the rooting apps are dead and there is no way they would work. Does the same apply for SuperSU? Would trying to root modern android versions like 11,12 and 13 with SuperSU work?
SO Is Magisk the only rooting method today for android 11, android 12 and android 13? or are there other methods? Can you root a modern android phone, specifically Samsung with another method other than magisk? Basically my main question are there more rooting methods other than Magisk, SuperSU and rooting apps? If there are, what are they and do they work on modern android versions?

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