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Seeing CPU usage in Android 9 without rooting?

Both CPU-Z and Simple System Monitor will not show CPU usage on Android 9 and claim it has to be rooted. But I have managed to grant some access to Simple System Monitor as instructed to do so by using the commands:

.\adb shell pm grant com.dp.sysmonitor.app android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
.\adb shell pm grant com.dp.sysmonitor.app android.permission.DUMP

Can't I do something similar for CPU usage? I really can't be bothered rooting my Samsung Galaxy A10 just for this, since it seems a hellishly complicated procedure. Surely just to see how busy the CPU is shouldn't need root? I just want something like Windows Task Manager, to show the overall CPU usage.

Wifi on Motorola Zmax 10

I have a Motorola Zmax 10 Model Z6250CC Andriod 10 and was hoping someone could help me figure out if it is Wifi 802.11ac compatible. I have looked on the phone, looked in the on-line manual, chatted with customer service, and googled it with no luck finding the answer. I would appreciate any guidance that someone could give me. Have a good day.

moto G power blurry pics

Camera takes blurry pics. Especially when enlarged. Contrast is also lacking. My old ZTE Z719DL took much better pics. I thought with time Id adapt and get better taking pics with the moto G, but it's not happening. I have decades of camera experience with 35mm cameras. Why are the pics blurry. Also the contrast is less.

Maybe there is something that Im doing wrong. I did notice if I make a concerted effort to hold it extra steady with two hands and brace my arms against a solid object, the pics are less blurry, but they are still a little blurry and once enlarged even 3 or 4x they are awful. Blurry with flash too.

There are other issues too, so maybe entire phones needs a reset...but I just bought it two months ago.

ideas?

thanks,
paul

[FREE] [RPG] [PvP] [Idle] Arena Heores Tactics

Hire, teach and equip warriors, customize and manage your own unique squad to explore Catacombs and fantasy Dungeons!
Build the strongest team, create more combinations and make your personal strategy and fight against other players online on PvP Arena battles like traditional MOBA.
Play Tournaments, take rewards and win epic chests in Championships! Challenge top players in online leaderboards! Or simple collect rewards from Dungeons, complete special Events and raid the Bosses - just chill out.

KEY FEATURES
- Hire, equip and level up warriors
- Build teams with different tactics
- Explore Dungeons to get more gold, loot and experience
- Play Arena, Tournament and Championship
- Fight against your friend in PvP
- Trade with other players on online Auction
- Buy or win rare lootboxes
- Compete against friends
- Interactive treasure hunting battles
- Fast-paced. Each battle takes about 1 minute
- AFK Ranked battle
- Idle gameplay: auto Dungeon battles
- High-quality content, animations and visual effects
- Free-to-play with no way to pay for win, power or playtime
- A lot of balanced weapons and armors that reveal individual player skill
- No two matches squad in the combat arena are ever the same
- Lightweight graphics and scripts, nice for old smartphones

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Full "system" partition LineageOS for microG

Hello everybody. I installed LineageOS 19.1 for microG on my Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite and so far everything is ok. The problems began to appear when I attempted to install Android Auto using the NikGapps package (which I compiled by entering only Android Auto as mentioned in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/microg-android-auto-fully-working.4319159): the package installation fails as it detects the "system" partition is full and after some checks I found that there are only a few MBs free (while for the installation of Android Auto I would need something like 40 MBs). In the aforementioned post this problem is mentioned but the only solution proposed is to manually compile the ROM from source in order to reserve less space for the installation of microG, but I haven't found any guide to do such a thing. The last thing I tried to do was to replicate the instructions in this other article (https://androidhiro.com/source/ques...-system-partition-and-decrease-data-partition) where they discuss about resizing the "system" partition, but as I have seen the partitioning scheme is definetely different from the Nexus 5's (the device mentioned in this other thread). Any tips or workarounds at this point would be really appreciated :)

The Accessories Thread

Because the charger changed, none of the 3rd party 3-in-1 charging stations are compatible with the Watch 5 Pro. One manufacturer is working on a compatible model, but it won't be available until probably October or November. In the meantime, charging my watch is proving quite awkward (especially with that "oh so generous" 30-inch cable). I ordered this to at least give the watch a place to rest while charging:

elago GWT2 Stand Compatible with Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Charger Stand (40, 44mm) / Galaxy Watch 5 Pro Charger Stand (45mm) 2022 - [Black] [Charging Cable Not Included] https://a.co/d/54OlRdV

LG Phoenix(call services memos)

Since ATT shut down 4G and reneged on sending out the new MicroCells, have to use wireless calling..

(I have a letter stating they will provide the new ones for free after signing up on a web site. The link did not work, even after calling ATT and their agent couldn't get it to work. They then claim they ran out, but I could still buy one for 200+)

During the day, the phones keeps beeping with notifications for "call services".

How do I stop these annoying notifications?

Help Bluetooth keyboard doesn't always connect

Since I have had the Tab2, periodically the bluetooth keyboard just doesn't seem to connect, forcing me to use the onscreen keyboard, which I hate. There are two keys at the top right that have the bluetooth symbol on them. If I hold one of them down for a few seconds, the keyboard light will come on, but it flashes blue/green/red over and over, so there's no connection. At some point, it just magically connects properly and goes blithely on. I'm not sure which is more frustrating: when it doesn't work, or when it starts working and I have no idea what made it do so.

Any and all advice on how to "wake up" the keyboard and make it work when I want it to will be gratefully received! Thanks!!

Android 13 -- Media Player

So, updated my Pixel 6 to Android 13 last night. At the dl screen, it highlights some of the new features. One of the new features is an "updated media player with album artwork and a fun playback bar." What media player are they talking about? The only one that I see that is native is Google Play Music, which has been shelved, right?

Thanks in advance.

Phone lockdown software

Good day guys,

I was wondering if anyone will able to assist.

I am looking for a app that is cross platform compatible, meaning Andriod, huwawei and apple compatible to lock down phone apps. Also lock down what sites can be accessed. Also be able to still use mirror cast or some cast app.

I know google family works on Andriod and apple but not on huwawei. The other apps I have tried like Hexnode and MDM the casting is only supported for 30 min and then breaks and you have to reboot the phone to get it working again, that wont work as the phones will be sitting in a shop very far away.

Any assistance in the matter will be a great help.

Paste/Paste as Plain Text

I turned off Autofill in Samsung Pass on the new Z Fold 4. It was irritating. Every other time I touched a text box, I would get a little text bubble that would mention something about Autofill. Once I did turn it off, the "Autofill" annoyance was gone. After doing that, instead of the Autofill bubble, I instead started to get a similar text bubble for "Paste/Paste as Plain Text", every other time I would touch a text box. My Note 8 never did that. Is this a new feature of Android, or is the setting/source found in one of the accounts such as Samsung Pass?

Thanks for any help,

Danny

Help Several Android issues

Hi All,

I had some issues with the battery and storage before, that I did not pay much attention to. Today, my phone reached 3% of charging and just restarted. After the restart, I have the following issues:

  1. The lock screen do not work, although the password option is set, and it was working before.
  2. The home and App overview buttons are not working (software ones). Only the back button is working.
  3. I can not download anything from the Google play store (always pending).
  4. If I set a wallpaper, this setting disappears after restarting.
I have restarted the phone several times, with no luck. Afterwards, I have deleted many files, apps, and apps data (including that of Google play and Google play services), and I got about 1.5 GB free storage. However, all the above issues are still there, although the phone just became slightly faster than before.

Please kindly help to solve those issues.

Thanks in advance.



#LG_Stylo_2, #Home_Button, #Lock_Screen, #Google_Play_store

How Do We Get More Privacy With Google Assistant Turned On?

I have a new Pixel phone and decided to try out Google Assistant. I enabled the "Hey Google" voice prompt, which when I authorized it I thought meant that everything other than "Hey Google" that I say around the phone is not being passed to Google's servers for processing. Apparently, I was wrong. I was listening to a song, and without warning, I got a notification from the phone with the name of the song I was listening to. That implies the phone is listening in to every sound around it and - in this case - when it was able to pattern match the sound to a song it let me know what the song's name was.

That's definitely more intrusion on privacy than I am comfortable with. Is there a way to turn that off? Ideally, I want the phone to listen for "Hey Google" and if that expression is not heard, I want the phone to keep any sounds it hears local and throw them away. I don't want to have to set 20 privacy options in 20 applications, but would prefer some global policy so that I can rest assured that the phone is not spying on me.

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