I bought this as nearly new on Ebay some weeks ago, and the condition is perfect. The battery life is really poor, yesterday it went flat on me mid afternoon without heavy use.
I have an app called accuBattery which doesn't show any anomalies
I have set it so the screen goes dark after just 15 secs of not being used
I'm about to give up. Any ideas please

Is there a way to assign a drive letter to an android phone?

I recently purchased a Pixel 4A. I’ve been attempting to connect the phone to my laptop PC via a mapped drive letter. I have been able to do so using WebDAV. I ran the code “net use X: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx” entering WebDAV’s assigned IP which may have done what’s expected. However, when I open File Explorer, I do not see “X” drive as an assigned network drive. I can locate the drive from a command prompt so apparently the drive assignment worked. However, when I enter a DIR command to see what’s located in X:\, nothing is listed. What I’m looking for is the DCIM folder.

What my ultimate goal is to write some simple batch file or powershell code to copy all photos from the phone to a specific laptop folder. I want to do this with little/no additional input from the user (i.e., a simple one click operation).

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks,
Steve K.

Bizarre, Gboard trys to predict what i am going to say when posting or replying to a post on Facebook mobile.(the only app that has this issue).
all instances of predictive text are off except "show suggestion strip" which i HAVE to have one on order to access the microphone for voice to text. IF i turn off "show suggestion strip" FB does not try to prediction what i am trying to type. Latest android on Samsung A525G.

any thoughts?
thank you

Can not install any other version higher Than -
apk - VLC for Android 3.5.0 Beta 3 (arm-v7a) (Android 4.2+).
1- ( what I tried) deleted Android 3.5.0 Beta 3 - tried to install 3.5.1( message -app did not install) - tried to install 3.5.2 -get message -app did not install.
- tried re-installing - 3.5.0 Beta 3 - app installed successfully . Does this mean that my android TV is - android version - 4.2 & that all vlc version past 3.5.0 are made for more recent android version ??

install any other version higher - app did not install
- https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/video...ownload/?redirected=thank_you_invalid_referer - This is not on https://get.videolan.org/vlc-android/3.5.0/

Take a look at this. 60 home runs in 60 seconds. Hats off to this kid!

https://www.mlb.com/yankees/video/judge-s-60-homers-in-60-seconds

I have noticed that the Z Fold 4 as as well as the 3 I had briefly charge wirelessly very slowly. They never finish charging anywhere near the estimate given in the always on display.

This is kind of a problem for me.

Danny

I actually have a 5a, but there wasn't a category. I'm running Android 13 and have installed the one update to it as well.

I've noticed that a widget on the home screen of the phone was still present, but had turned red. It was semitransparent so I could still sort of see the widget. I then removed the widget thinking that was the problem and that area of the screen remains red. I didn't knowingly change any settings, nor can I find anything to change the color of this area.

Anyone have any ideas on what is going on?

TIA

I am new to Android & have encountered an issue - I need to store more than 1 user name / password for a single website. Specifically, gmx.com where I have several email accounts each with a different password.

I am using the built-in feature within Android, not an app. Using a Moto Stylus phone.

From what I have found so far, Android appears to catagorize username/passwords in alphabetically order & only allows 1 username/password per letter - thus I seem to be only able to store 1 username/password for gmx.com.

As I say, I am new so maybe the above info has errors, but if so, proves I need some guidance which will be much appreciated. TIA, Joe

After turning on my travel Samsung Galaxy J2 phone to update software (as needed), there was a symbol in the Status Bar I had not seen before. It was a circle with a line through it. That symbol is not shown on the Status Bar page in the manual.

I re-started the phone and the symbol was no longer there. Anyone know what that symbol was/is?

This morning, when I turned my Samsung A-21 on and prepared to send a text with an emoji, I was shocked to see that the skin tone of all the "People" emojis had been changed to dark grey. I'm running Kaspersky Anti-Malware, but it didn't report any infections.

Anyway, how can I change the skin tones of all of them back? All the "help" instructions I've found (and there were very few of them) advise us to choose the Google DBoard, then long press any arbitrary People emoji and perhaps move your finger left or right, but I've tried 50 times and nothing even hinted that something might be happening!

Other "help" suggestions state blankly that I have to root my phone to change the skin tones, which is clearly gibberish since how would that explain how the colors got changed on my non-rooted phone in the first place!

May I ask some knowledgeable person to guide us, please?

I have an extremely specific use-case. I work for a rideshare company, and I have Buick Intellilink for on-dash nav capability (which is awesome). I just have to plug the phone in. BT automatically pairs when the phone is directly connected. The problem is that because the car is turned off & on so frequently, every ~5th connection to intellilink essentially freezes the BT audio, meaning when a call comes in, the car recognizes it, but can't initialize the audio. The 'rebooting' process is time consuming since the car has to be turned off long enough to sever the connection completely, and the phone needs to be rebooted - meaning I lose the ability to take a call, costing me a fare.

I purchased a BT speaker with 2-way communication, and it works wonderfully......... but only when the phone isn't plugged in to Intellilink, which overrides the external connection.

What I would like to do is permanently block BT to Intellilink so that it *can't even try* to connect, thereby leaving my external speaker as the only valid BT connection. It doesn't appear this is an option in any version of android, but is there an app or other option that would allow me to system-level block a BT connection to a certain address?

Does anyone know what this icon notification is on Samsung? The cloud looking one to the left of the Instagram notifications …thanks!

When on my computer i hook my note 9......
I get the charge symbol but it doesnt charge.

Why would this be???

Hello...

I've discovered an issue with my phone and I'm not sure whether it's a glitch or something I have done by mistake.

Every time I try to add a contact, whether via my Contacts list or WhatsApp, I keep getting the same message - "Can't add contacts to read-only accounts". This has been ever since the latest Android update.

Please can you tell me what I can do to fix this problem? I've tried looking for permissions etc via Settings, but to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Fingle

I have used a Samsung Fold2 and now recently a version 4, during using the Fold2 I noticed that my media files would go missing after a few weeks of moving them from the cloud to the phone. Not all the files, but all the oldest ones that where before the most recent ones I copied. So its like a batch thing.

I recently bought a Fold4, and less than a week of using the phone it has done the exact same thing. First batch of mp3 have just gone, vanished, not even in recycle bin. Only latest 5 have remained.

Previously, I had an S8, no issues there at all.

So, I was hoping it was a faulty phone, but it doesnt look like that when its now happened on 2 phones. Something on the phone is probably doing this, either a weird setting, a reset of some kind, or an app - but I hope its not an app.

Anyone else seen this issue ?

How can I enable logs to see what is happening ?

How can I trace whats happened to those files ?

This is probably a niche use, but I'm sure there are other users who can think of plenty of circumstances where in they might want to use the front panel to do things and not just rely on the main display.

I make videos - some are video reviews and others are for our VFW Post. So I don't have to memorize everything I'm going to say, I smooth my script in Word and import it into an app called Nano Teleprompter. This overlays the camera app with my script on a transparent background - I can adjust the scrolling speed, among many other features.

The problem I'm experiencing with the Fold devices is that I'm stuck using the main display's camera, which can't compare with the rear cameras. I could shoot the video with the front camera, and that's an improvement... but I'd rather use the teleprompter app on the front display and record video with the rear cameras. That means forcing the phone to use the front panel with the phone open.

Is there a way to do this? Does anyone here know of some obscure setting in developer options that would allow this?

Hi
I have a samsung galaxy s6 edge phone which is stuck on Samsung Logo
after Samsung sent updates after 5 years no clue why ,
Is there any way to get my data out of the phone , Sadly I did not have it backed up

Please help , Thanks

It has been said in many places that the Pixel 6 phone's, once updated to Android 13 cannot be downgraded back to 12. I read today on XDA Developers that they can help you do it. Read the article at:
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-downgrade-android-13-to-12-google-pixel-6-series/amp/
Good luck! (◉‿◠)

I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and a 2022 Peugeot 2008.

Is it possible to show OBD2 data (such as revs) in Android Auto?

Just recently I've had issues where my phone doesn't charge. I was traveling last week and in the hotel I plugged in my phone to the provided charger/cable. The same setup I use daily. However, it didn't charge. Switched around cables, outlets, etc. Here's what I'm experiencing now - I plug the phone in to the cable, and brick into the outlet. Nothing. I take the cable out of the phone and rotate it 180 degrees. I get "Cable Charging" (not fast charging). I then can take the cable out of the brick and rotate it 180 degrees and no charge. I repeat the process by switching which end is plugged into the phone and brick. Again, one side I get a charge, rotating it removes the charge.

What is happening here? Is it the cable? The brick? Both? Something else?

Hello.
The tablet - Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 itself turned off and got into a bootloop - it doesn't boot into the system because there is not enough memory. Before that it worked fine.
All on the tablet is stock and official, there is no root.

Wipe cache partition tried many times already.

The problem is that there is not enough memory on the tablet - so I need to find a way to delete something, for example, the Tik Tok or YouTube Vanced application.
How to do it using computer and ADB? Here's what I tried: https://postimg.cc/QBb20twx .
ADB sees my tablet only when I enable ADB SIDELOAD mode in recovery: when I select "Apply update from ADB" in recovery. ( https://postimg.cc/PpfjjZYw )

Is there any way to free up some space?

It will be better to find a way without installing root or custom recovery - so that the Knox counter doesn't count.

Error in recovery ( https://postimg.cc/XBFrycqF/c9784539 ):
! ! Caution! !
Not enough storage resource.
Perform "lacking storage booting".

The recovery says that I can try to boot my tablet using a boot with insufficient storage - "lacking storage booting", but there is no such item in my recovery ( https://postimg.cc/XBFrycqF/c9784539 ).
Maybe I should try to install another version of official Samsung firmware or another version of official Samsung recovery that will have "lacking storage booting" feature?

I can't delete all data from the tablet - I'm looking for different way.

Is it possible through ADB to delete something from the tablet in my case?

Many thanks to everyone who will try to help me.

Hi,
I bought an old first generation MotoG, which works quite well.
It has version 4.4.4 on it and I understand that it can be upgraded to 5.1.1
1. Are there any advantages to doing this?
2. If I do, should I use One Click or something else?
3. How do I change the ownership?
Thanks,
.... john

I have been extremely careful to make sure my contacts in groups have mobile numbers yet Textra insist on including some contacts home & work numbers in addition to their mobile numbers. So some individuals are listed 3 time in my groups!

Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix ?

Hello. I’m new to this forum. I've been coding professionally for 20 years & want to share what I've learned with the community.

I'm also working on an educational YT channel. I wanted to make it more fun, so I'm teaching AI techniques by building a bot to play video games. I'm planning to start by covering a broad range of programming topics at a surface level & then go in-depth on each one. I'm starting with TFT (TeamFight Tactics), but if you have a strategy game suggestion, let me know.

YT link removed.

Recently, after using this app for years with no problem, it stopped being able to locate devices or make them "scream"
Then when trying to upgrade to premium hoping that would help, it would not let me do so. saying "your email and password do not match" which is usually a sign-IN as opposed to a sign-UP prompt, when lets you select the password.
Nor would it let me delete the account
So I tried signing back in with old account, and then got a "sorry we're having trouble connecting with our servers" error message.
So, lookout mobile security won't work, can't upgrade, won't allow me to sign up for a new account and can't delete the account.
It makes me think that maybe their company is having problems, or maybe has been the victim of a DOS attack.
Note: This behavior is consistent with all my devices, two google Pixel 6 Pro's two Amazon HD fire tablets, and am iPhone 10.
If anyone has any ideas on how to approach this dilemma I'd be grateful, for advice.
Thanks!

Just made it to the signup page in their website went through the process only to be told "we can't accept payments now"
WTH?