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Samsung Note 20 flash, imei etc

Well hope yall can take me at my word.

Admin if you have to delete do it.

I've red changing imei is not illegal in usa on Wikipedia links?

Okay so I had a psycho ex that was kind enough to buy me a note 20 ultra a few years back.

Long story short my cell service went out one day only to find out the imei is blacklisted :/ idk why she just didn't reach out to me and have the bill switched to my name but WHATEVER.

Anyway, I've tried to unlock but can't. This device is to solid to not try to unlock and get on simple mobile. Right now I can only really use it for fortnite and some video chatting on the side. I suppose I could run a voip app for calling but idk I've had different experiences with those as well. Finally, I don't like running hotpot on my s22 ultra just so I can use my note 20 ultra because it burns thru the battery like a nut job and I don't wanna kill my ultra battery for good.

So. Is there an actually procedure to unlock this thing and change the imei so I can get a cheap carrier on it? Or is it better to just run it on wifi.

At the very least if it's better just to stick it on wifi I'd like to kill all the att firmware and bloatware crap. Thank you

[New Game][FREE-Casual] SmashRun Game

Hello everyone,

Check out my new game titled SmashRun. It is a casual game with interesting environments.

Any feedback is well appreciated.



Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbkyUPhkrOM5HqyfUnOYc1Q

Tiktok page
https://www.tiktok.com/@smashappgame

This is the game link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DefaultCompany.BallRunning

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Voicemail issue

My Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus comes with a voicemail app; not sure if it's a Verizon or Samsung program. Anyway, I don't get notifications of any kind when people leave voice mails. On previous Galaxy S8 I got email reminders and if memory service also push notifications. Now I get NOTHING, I only find voice messages by accident if I happen to go to phone app and check recent calls, or open up the Voice Mail app itself. I have confirmed notifications for this app ARE on. I'm stumpted. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks.

Best backup app?

I have used Titanium Backup for years and it has been useful. However, for the past few months, the backup to Dropbox feature is no longer working. As such, I really need to consider another app.

I use the backup primarily for safety - have only ever restored once or twice. I really want an app that can backup to the cloud - either a device on my LAN or Dropbox. What app would you recommend and why? Thanks.

Set specific color of ImageView drawable to transparent?

Hi all,

I'm very new to Android development, a total beginner.

I've done a bunch of Googling but haven't found an answer to this question:

(Maybe this has been asked before, I couldn't find it)

Is it possible to specify a specific color in an ImageView drawable and not have that color drawn? Or have that color drawn as transparent?

I know you can just set it to the transparent color in the original file, but is there a way to tell Android, in code, or with a specific XML line or setting, to replace one color with another, or draw a specific color as transparent, within an ImageView drawable?

I know you can set background images to be tinted, or faded/transparent, but I mean, make it so a specified color in an ImageView is either not drawn at all, drawn as transparent, or replaced with a different color.

Really appreciate your assistance..!

[FREE GAME] Idle Dungeon Manager

Hey!

We recently tried experimenting with mixing different genres of mobile games together, and we came up with this!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coldfiregames.dungeon.manager.tycoon.idle.game

It's a mix of incremental games and RPGs in which you need to summon Heroes, level them up in order to conquer dangerous dungeons with powerful enemies!

Here are some features our game has to offer!:

- Collect unique Heroes with multiple Tiers!
- Make your Heroes stronger by equipping them with powerful gear!
- Conquer Dungeons and fight powerful Monsters!
- Daily and Weekly Challenges
- PvP Arena Mode

We would love to hear your feedback on our game as it is still in development and we want to add more content in the future.

Thanks!

Google Messages failed to send

In the past month, or so, I acquired a Galaxy Watch 4 Classic and in order to utilize texts on the watch I switched my texting app from Textra to Google Messages. I never had an issue with Textra in the years I've used it. However, with Messages I get a "failed to send" on a text at least once a day. I have no idea why it's happening or what to do to correct it.

On att with S22 Ultra.

Mode développeur probleme

لقد جربت كل شيء ولم أتمكن من تنشيط خيارات المطور على جهاز Sasmung Galaxy S7 Edge مع Android 8.0. كلما نقرت على رقم البنية بشكل متكرر ، تقول أن وضع المطور قد تم تمكينه بالفعل. لكن يمكنني أن أؤكد أن الأمر ليس كذلك:

  1. لا تظهر قائمة "خيارات المطور" في إعداداتي
  2. حتى عند استخدام البحث ، لا تظهر هذه الإعدادات
  3. استخدم بعض المستخدمين تطبيقات تابعة لجهات خارجية مثل "ActivityLauncher" للبحث يدويًا في نشاط com.settings.Settings. $ DeveloperOptions. لقد جربت هذه الطريقة عدة مرات مع تطبيقات مختلفة ، فهي لا تعمل. محاولة فتح نشاط يتطلب وضع المطور يعطيني خطأ أيضًا.
  4. حاول إعادة تشغيل الهاتف عدة مرات ، وإغلاق جميع علامات التبويب ، ومسح "الإعدادات" - ذاكرة التخزين المؤقت للتطبيق والبيانات. لا شيء يعمل.
أنا في حيرة الآن ... أريد حقًا تجنب إعادة التعيين إلى وضع المصنع لأن هاتفي به الكثير من البيانات المخزنة عليه. أي أفكار حول كيف يمكنني حل هذا؟

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how to free up storage

I've found a few sites that provide instructions on how to do this but I either don't have one of the selections listed or I don't have the "free up storage" feature that is listed.

This is my phone:

LGL164VL Rev 1.0

Android ver 7.0

Software ver L164V10a

How do I free up some of my storage? I'm getting a message that I need to do it or I may have trouble with the functioning of my phone.

thanks,
mike

[APP][FREE] ScrollWatch - Movies & TV Shows Streaming Guide

Explore Movies & TV Shows, see where to watch them, view trailers, cast and more
Browse through millions of movies & tv shows, explore new, trending, popular and top rated titles.

Features:
- View lists of popular, trending, top rated, airing today movies and tv shows.
- Use filters for genres, release year, average rating and age rating.
- Add movies and tv shows to your watch list.
- Search for movies and tv shows in any language.
- See movie and tv show details translated in your language (title, description, genres and other)
- View recommendations based on other movies and tv shows.
- Share movies and tv shows with other people.

Download from Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.decosoft.scrollwatch

Gun violence again...

Every day there's a new act of gun violence across the country.
I'm sickened by it all.
Let's face it... ANYONE can get a gun these days, regardless of age, mental health, ethnic backgrounds, etc...
Being in the wrong place at the wrong time seems to be whether you're here today or not.
I see absolutely no end to this problem and I think it's just going to get worse.

That's my rant.....

Wear OS 3.0

Get ready for the biggest update in Wear OS... ever!

Wear OS 2.5 was a massive upgrade from the old Android Wear platform, but still limited in capability. Google knew that, unless they did something dramatic, the platform would wither away. They partnered with Samsung to bring the best of Tizen, and the best of Wear OS, to a new unified platform: Wear OS 3.0.

Here is a quick rundown of all the new features expected:

https://www.wareable.com/android-wear/google-samsung-join-forces-for-massive-wear-os-update-8426

Questions on Android Sqlite

Hello,

As a background, I've gone through free tutorials many years back but they taught me very basic / elementary items on how to use and navigate through the Android development tool. To worsen the situation, no one in stackoverflow can answer as that seems for high level professionals, not a beginner like me. The android development team won't help as they are handling the android tool itself. They stated they do not handle java. So I've no choice but to come here, hoping someone knows something.

I recently found useful and up-to-date tutorials about how to create Sqlite on Android but still, the tutorial teaches the whats, not the hows. That means if can only follow that specific example but can't write my own. The link clearly shows that a DBAdapter is not required. This surprises me as the android documentation clearly mentions the adapter, saying it is required. So does anyone know about this? Could you advice on every step as I'm not an expert?

All Document Viewer PDF Reader

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All document viewer supports multiple document formats; word, excel, PPT etc to read.
Document reader and viewer show your phone storage occupied by the documents and free storage.
Documents app serves as all-in-one file viewer; PDF viewer, excel viewer, docs reader, text viewer, and PPT viewer with fast document performance.
Doc reader & PPT viewer has simple user interface, quite easy to view document and read word documents on all document viewer pdf reader.
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All document viewer manages all office file to view and read word documents. Document reader manage documents by renaming the file name, that makes it easy to search word excel and PDF word files to read word doc.
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Whatsapp backing up every day

Device: Galaxy S7. I've used Whatsapp for years and always had (and still have) Back up to Google drive set to only when I click 'back up'. Just over a week ago, I enabled end-to-end encrypted backup, it seemed fine. But since then, every morning my phone shows for some time (10-20 mins) Backup in progress as notification. Also below the 'back up' button it reads Your backup is being end-to-end encrypted for the first time. This process can take a while. Which seems strange as I thought this had completed over a week ago.

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