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Help Google search results appearance

Hi, the appearance of search results in Google search just changed on my Android. I find it really annoying as every result takes much more space on the screen.

I would like to change the appearance to more condensed one (like it was before) with just the website URL, name of the site and preview. Now there is also favicon added and name of the main site (see the red boxes in the attached picture). I have searched everywhere but could not find the solution.

The problem appears in both browsers I use on my Android: Chrome and the one from the Google.

I would really appreciate any help.
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[FREE] Idle Fortress: First Ascent

Protect your base! Incredibly addictive tower defense game.

A game in which you have to defend the base, repel waves of monsters, defeat the boss every stage.

You have to wisely distribute the resources received. Strengthen the base, or pump weapons. The course of the battle depends on your choice. With each stage, monsters become stronger and new types appear.

There are 3 types of weapons with different levels available in the game:
- A powerful machine gun that pierces monsters on the spot.
- Rapid-fire blaster (laser) with fast aiming.
- Combat rocket launcher with huge damage.

The style of your game depends on each type of weapon. Also, the player has access to additional improvements that will help during the game.

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Download: Idle Fortress: First Ascent

Can you flash samsung firmware from 2 different phones ?

This is a side by side comparison of my samsung a136u 5g on the left and the a22 5g on the right as you can see they are almost identical
Do yall think it's possible to flash this firmware to my samsung a13 5g
And would everything work correctly
It's from another country
But I'm on bit 2 android 12 and it's on bit 2 android 12
Any feed back would be greatly appreciated !


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https://drive.google.com/file/d/10gu8Vb8hMVmMJaPzF5PkeEkNOewKlWNv/view?usp=drivesdk

Instant Panic

I mow lawns daily and stream xm tunes to Bose buds while doing so. Today I get to my last lawn and open my S21 Ultra to start the streaming service to find I have zero screen. I hop back into the truck and mess with the phone a bit and then gave up. I mowed my last lawn and came home and put the phone on the charger. I'm thinking either the phone got too hot or did not charge over night and is out of power. On the charger it's status is displayed as 86% charged and 22 minutes until fully charged. I'm instantly put at ease knowing the phone is functional. I let if fully charge and then removed it from the charger. It asked for my login and I was into the phone. The screen was barely lit. I go into setting and see that the brightness slider is all the way down. It's no wonder I couldn't see the screen in the daylight. I brightened the screen and then found a number of settings changed. I was in light mode instead of dark, I had a nav bar at the bottom of the screen and I always use swipe, and there weren't any app badge numbers on my notifications. That's the settings that I have so far discovered were changed. I'm hoping that my phone just jumped around in my pocket just right (OR WRONG) and changed those settings. If it was another culprit.. I'm in for some kind of fun finding it.

Samsung software proximity sensor is driving me nuts

My new-ish Samsung a32's software proximity sensor never lights up the display when it should. If I'm on a call and need the keypad, the screen's off. If I finish a call and want to disconnect, the screen's off. I can't imagine why Samsung thought this was good enough to actually release on a handset. Is there a solution for improving the "proximity sensor's" performance?

Galaxy A32 5G
SM-A326U
Android 12

App Inventor Java + JNI disassembly

I come from a Visual Studio background. I've built a few Android apps now, and I'm incorporating JNI into this most recent one. I've done this before on Windows and have been able to debug my JNI code with Visual Studio.

I am able to enter in to and step through my C/C++ code in the debugger that comes with Android Studio, but I am not able to view disassembly. And if my program has a bug and it crashes, it doesn't show anything in the Disassembly window except a blank screen (all white where the editor / text would normally be), and there is a current statement highlighted which is also on a blank line.

Is there some special trick to getting in to view disassembly from my C/C++ source code lines when I'm single-stepping through them? Is lldb not able to show the 64-bit ARM disassembly? Do I have to have my phone rooted for it to work? Or ... something else? I just don't know enough about this developer environment to know what I'm doing wrong. All of the searches I've done have not revealed any hints.

Thank you in advance for any help.

I have one game published on Google Apps: "Retro Tetro". And the app I'm working on now is a scientific calculator called EasyCalc. It is not released, but a beta apk is available for download on my website. If anyone's interested please ask and I'll post the link. It's still buggy, but it mostly works.

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Facebook ads push Android adware with 7 million installs on Google Play

Facebook ads push Android adware with 7 million installs on Google Play
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Several adware apps promoted aggressively on Facebook as system cleaners and optimizers for Android devices are counting millions of installations on Google Play store.
The apps lack all of the promised functionality and push advertisements while trying to last as long as possible on the device.
To evade deletion, the apps hide on the victim's device by constantly changing icons and names, masquerading as Settings or the Play Store itself.
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Installed app changing icon and name (McAfee)
The adware apps abuse the Contact Provider Android component, which enables them to transfer data between the device and online services.
The subsystem is called every time a new app is installed, so the adware might be using it to initiate the ad-serving process. To the user it may look like the ads are pushed by the legitimate app they installed.


Researchers at McAfee discovered the adware apps. They note that users don't have to launch them after installation to see the ads because the adware initiates itself automatically without any interaction.
The first action from these annoying apps is to create a permanent service for displaying the advertisements. If the process is "killed" (terminated), it re-launches immediately.
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Malicious service re-launched almost immediately (McAfee)
The following video shows how the name and icon of the adware changes automatically and how the ad-serving occurs without any interaction from the user.



Millions of downloads on Google Play



As McAfee comments in the report, users are convinced to trust the adware apps because they see a Play Store link on Facebook, leaving little margin for doubt.
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Facebook promotion for a cleaner app (McAfee)
This has resulted in unusually high download numbers for the particular type of applications, as shown in the list below:


  1. Junk Cleaner, cn.junk.clean.plp, 1M+ downloads
  2. EasyCleaner, com.easy.clean.ipz, 100K+ downloads
  3. Power Doctor, com.power.doctor.mnb, 500K+ downloads
  4. Super Clean, com.super.clean.zaz, 500K+ downloads
  5. Full Clean -Clean Cache, org.stemp.fll.clean, 1M+ downloads
  6. Fingertip Cleaner, com.fingertip.clean.cvb, 500K+ downloads
  7. Quick Cleaner, org.qck.cle.oyo, 1M+ downloads
  8. Keep Clean, org.clean.sys.lunch, 1M+ downloads
  9. Windy Clean, in.phone.clean.www, 500K+ downloads
  10. Carpet Clean, og.crp.cln.zda, 100K+ downloads
  11. Cool Clean, syn.clean.cool.zbc, 500K+ downloads
  12. Strong Clean, in.memory.sys.clean, 500K+ downloads
  13. Meteor Clean, org.ssl.wind.clean, 100K+ downloads
Most affected users are based in South Korea, Japan, and Brazil, but the adware has unfortunately reached users worldwide.
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Heatmap of infected Android users (McAfee)
The adware apps are no longer available on the Play Store. However, users that installed them have to remove them manually from the device.


System cleaners and optimizers are popular software categories despite the low benefits they provide. Cybercriminals know that a large number of users would try such solutions to prolong the life of their devices and often guise malicious apps as such.

Help Amazon music will not save to my SD card

I don't know if this is an Amazon problem or a problem with my phone. I have a Samsung A20 and recently I have not been able to save Amazon music playlists to my sd card. I have to save to my internal storage. Up until a few months ago, I was able to save to my sd card without any problems. I don't know if this is a probelm with a recent android update or amazon update. I have tried amazon forums for answers and I have gotten nowhere. I hoping someone here will have some answers. To try to fix the problem I have done the following:
rebooted phone
unintalled and reinstalled program
cleared cahe
tried different sd cards
checked for app updates

Thanks for any suggestions.

Do you know about Telegram?

My friend who works as a full-time programmer said everything you saved or you sent in Telegram are deleted very cleanly without any trace left or any archive saved on anywhere that general users don't know. He highly recommends this as a real secure way of communication. What do you think? Do you agree? I am looking for second opinion.

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what software is used to carrier unlock ineligible phones?

Hello, I'm looking to start a smartphone resale business, and I was wondering if you could suggest Windows-based professional paid tools for carrier unlocking Samsung phones and also for reliable frp removals. I intend to sell Samsungs starting from the s8 up to 20 as well as the majority of the A series, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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[GAME] [FREE] Zombie Escape : Run Or Die

Hi guys
I make a game on the topic of Zombie, hope everyone will support and help give good reviews for my game
Everyone plays the game and gives me suggestions to improve the game better and better.
Thank you very much

The game is not a zombie slashing action genre
The game is a kind of waiting and capturing the exact moment to move the character safely. Along with using support items along the way to kill zombies

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

Reviews Revisit screen protectors

I just read an article on 9 to 5 Google about approved screen protectors for our Pixel 6 Pro. Here's the article:
https://9to5google.com/2022/07/29/pixel-6-screen-protector-fingerprint/
It mentions the fingerprint sensor. If you use a protector that isn't approved, you shouldn't expect the sensor to work. I have proof that it ain't necessarily so!
I've been using a bonded Whitestone Screen Protector since buying my phone. If you install it correctly and reset the sensor once it's installed, you won't have a problem. The only issue I have found is that I need to use the pad of my thumb to open my phone and once opened, I use the tip of my thumb for everything else. Why, I don't know. It may have to do with how I set up the sensor. For whatever reason, it works. The sensor is quick and accurate 99% of the time. Occasionally, I do have issues with the sensor not working and I have to use a password. However, that occurred on my previous phone too, where the sensor was on the back of the phone.
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Help Moving My Data From Old Android Phone To New Android Phone?

Hi all,

I just want to move my data from an old Android phone to a new Android phone.

I want to move over my Contacts List/Notes/SMS Messages/Photos and so on.

I've got an 8GB microSD Card in the old phone.

What are my options?

This is my current 2013 Huawei phone that's running Android 4.1:
http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_g510-5250.php

This is the new phone I've bought and want to move my data over to. It's running Android R Go:
https://www.optus.com.au/prepaid/phones/optus/x-start-3


Thanks for any help!!!

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