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Cheap Smartlock for Android Device?

Android has a nice feature named "Smartlock" that does not lock your phone when you are near a specific Bluetooth device. When you are at home, you can tie it to some device in your home that never goes off. When you are traveling, is there some cheap Bluetooth device that you could put on your keychain that might last a month on batteries that would just flag the phone that you are nearby? I realize you can use a Bluetooth headset for this purpose, but sometimes you want to turn the headset off. And you need to check a notification on the phone and do not want to hassle with a PIN or other authentication. I guess some people use a Bluetooth watch for this purpose, but there is another device I would have to charge constantly. I want simplicity.

Recover lost file on Galaxy S8

This phone does not have a removable card or I would already know what to do.

I copied about eight files from my phone to my computer and then deleted the files on my phone but when I tried to access the files on the computer, only seven were there, one missing.

Are there any free or low-cost programs for doing this? Everything I have found so far are in the $80 and up range.

EDIT: The phone is running Android version 9 if that matters.

[Free] [App] PocketGiftCard - Earn Gift Card and Real Cash Rewards

Presenting the PocketGiftCard app. Here you can explore lots of quick and easy tasks and win exciting rewards and gift cards for free. PocketGiftCard is a completely free to use app and you can play it anytime you want. The more you'll play, the more rewards you can collect. PocketGiftCard is full of fun.

Just register once and then start playing. You can play the Tic Tac Toe game, scratch cards, watch videos to win, etc. All of the tasks super interesting. Also share this PocketGiftCard app with your friends and win huge rewards daily!

Enjoy Rewarding!!!

Download PocketGiftCard on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pocketgift.card

Help Hiding (not uninstalling) apps.

I want to remove the icons (but not uninstall the apps) from the screen that you see when you swipe up from the home screen.

I don't want to use the "Hide apps" feature in the Settings...Display...Home Screen menu as that doesn't do what I want - it hides the apps from everywhere.

It seems every other handset has a feature where a long press shows a "remove icon" option. But not this one.

Android auto doesn't show up on the car's screen

I have a OnePlus Nord 2 (android 11) and have been using Android Auto with USB cable to Opel Astra without problems until recently, but now when connecting it shows on the screen and asks to change to android auto, but when I accept it doesn't show anything. In the same car, my wife's Samsung Galaxy 9+ works Android auto without problems.
At the same time my oneplus refuses to connect via Bluetooth to Saphe One, which also used to work and works fine with Samsung.
I suppose a software update has created the problem

Help! a 20yo girl know if she should stay or go

Hi! I recently broke up with my bf of 9-10 months and moved out due to the relationship being incredibly toxic and abusive. He came to me and said he’s getting into therapy and changing himself. Long story short he sent me a screenshot, trying to prove himself, that he wasn’t doing wrong but I saw an unfamiliar and weird notification, I attached a picture of it.

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Screen rotation in Android 9 based smart tv

Hello

I've been trying to rotate the screen in my Android 9 based smart tv but it is not working.
buttonLandscape.setOnClickListener {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED)
requestedOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE
Toast.makeText(baseContext, "Landscape Orientation", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
buttonPortrait.setOnClickListener {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED)
requestedOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT
Toast.makeText(baseContext, "Portrait Orientation", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}

Can anyone help on this ?

August update

The last small update was just an interim one. The full August update is still a few weeks away as per Google.
Google did share today that the “August 2022 update for all supported Pixel devices will begin rollout in the coming weeks.” According to 9to5Google, Google says it will fix a GPS problem that some owners have. The article can be found at:
https://9to5google.com/2022/08/04/pixel-6-update/
Enjoy (◉‿◠)

There's a fix for the fingerprint sensor

There have been many articles about problems with the fingerprint sensor. Now there are articles about a fix. Here is one such article from Phone Arena:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/android-13-beta-4.1-improves-pixel-6-fingerprint-scanner_id141698
All the articles say the same thing; that the 4.1 beta version of Android 13 fixes the issues. This is great news even if you're not into experimenting with beta versions. That's because we know that in a few months, when Android 13 is released to our phone, the problematic sensor will be fixed.

[GAME][FREE] Maze Runner : Mummy's Treasure

Google Play Store : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CokDokStudio.MazeRunnerMummysTreasure

Hello everyone ;)
Game for those who like puzzle games, escape from mazes
There are 2 types of mazes that MIN and MAX with each level are different mazes. Players will enter the maze, using the camera and observation skills to choose the right path
In the maze are mummies guarding the treasure ready to kill anyone who trespasses, the player must get Bomb to destroy them. Kill them :D
Get the treasure, the player who goes out will exchange money :rob:

Help Change the answering screen on Xiaomi 11T 5G

Hi everyone,


I own a Samsung Note 10 and a Xiaomi 11T 5G. On my Samsung I have the option, when I have open apps and the phone is ringing, instead of giving me a pop-up screen or a floating window answering the phone to have it in full screen. Now, because Xiaomi’s pop-up screen for answering the phone is way too small, I’d like to have the option switching to full screen instead of pop-up or floating. Is there a way doing that?


Thank you all in advance

S22 DUAL SIM (US VERSION)

Hi everyone,

I have an S22 (US Variant) that is NOT DUAL SIM from factory, but I noticed that the SIM Slot has contacts on both sides of it.

So I bought a Dual SIM tray to test if I could use 2 SIMs at the same time.

Turns out that if I insert only 1 SIM in the upper side of the tray or in the down side of the tray, the phone works perfectly fine, what means that there is woking eletronic contacts in both sides. But when I insert 2 SIM cards at the same time, only the SIM in the upper side works.

Inside the settings, there is no option to turn on a second physical SIM card, only eSIM (but my carrier does not work with eSIM for Samsung yet).

Does anyone know if there is a way to activate the second SIM card?

Thanks!

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