Could someone access a phone through means of first sending a spam email, text, phone call and cause one of those methods to gain access and moving forward to make an account you can't access bc you don't know it and them use remote access to do things on the phone such as listen to microphone and or use camera. is this possible I know it would be a lot of steps. For some reason there is a chrome extension I can't access but it's in my data, (wants me to use my pc, I don't have or ever used.) Is this possible. My phone will make weird noises sometimes when talking on it like there's a third party involved and my camera and microphone want to activate everytime I open an apps.

Hi,
When I use my voice to text the phone adds the word is constantly to start and duplicates words. It doesn't matter weather it is text, fb or email. Is there a fix for this? Ty.

Bad taste

[GALLERY=media, 1656]Extended storage options? by radzey posted May 31, 2022 at 11:45 PM[/GALLERY]

Where to find the menu in this screenshot? I looked everywhere the settings for it, but it is nowhere to be found. I am using Android 11. Was it perhaps removed at some point?

I have Android 9, and have never used more than 7 before. Is there some mechanism whereby it gets the name of a caller? (I'm in the UK) A company I phoned, it labelled them precisely (including the department) in the history, instead of just the number I'd typed in.

I'm interested in how this works - does it look up a database, or is there something in the calling data?

And is it only companies - will it produce the name of a person calling from their mobile?

On my old phone my calendar events are saved in the factory app called 'Calendar'. After downloading the Google Calendar app the events sync and I can see them in Google Calendar, but I want to see the events in Google Calendar on my new phone, but syncing Google Calendar doesn't work as the events weren't originally set up in Google Calendar. Any ideas how I get the events from the android Calendar app to Google Calendar on a different phone?

Thanks

I am looking at two software products for backing up Contacts to the computer, as an alternative to buying a large SD card and seeing if it can be backed up there and then having to remove the card and keeping it safely away from the phone..

1) Syncios iOS & Android Manager
https://www.syncios.com/features.html

2) Coolmuster Android Assistant
https://www.coolmuster.com/android-assistant.html

They are both one-time purchases. Does anyone have experience with either one?

I have a Cat S31, and I was thinking about upgrading. I looked that the Samsung Xcover Pro and it is 6.3" tall. I decided against it. My next choice was the Cat S41, but it's a four-year-old phone.

All the other tough phones are too big, so I will keep my S31.

Is anyone else annoyed by the growing sizes of newer phones?

i got 2 of these cameras the ash21-b cameras and it turns out someone attached to the amcrest app and the other one i managed to get connected but then it failed. and i can't delete them from the app ro amcrest site.

my question is this, does or has anyone here managed to re the firmware on ip cameras s they can be used on computers? as it turns out these are for the app and the cloud service but i'm betting someone has figured out how to root them so the can be re-programmed for some other app fo the computers. these will not run on the amcrest search tool. the search tool see them but will not fully connect to them for computer viewing.

my tiny cam app see them but will not connect enough to the either.

i figure i might as well give ti a try and if they get bricked i'm not out any more than i am now. amcrest will not reset them for me nor will they delete them from there app.

thanks

Are text messages automatically backed up by Google on my Android phone or do I need to manually do something in my settings first? I've read contradicting posts about this and would just like to know the right answer!

(I'm not using messages app but one I downloaded called Pulse - not sure if that makes any difference).

Thanks for your help!

Okay once again I need to get another device. So I have five devices I am looking at.
The Moto 5 G stylus 5G (2022)
The Motorola edge +(2022)
Samsung Z fold 3
Samsung S 21 ultra
Pixel 6 pro.
I know I want something with a stylus or stylus compatible. I know some of you will ask what about the S 22 ultra
Can't get it
Well technically I could but I would run a foul of the wife the note has always been her thing. When she went to upgrade from her note 8 to the S 22 ultra (T mobile Carrier) she was told she would have to deposit $500 and then make the monthly payment's. We had the $500 and probably could have bought the device out right.
However my wife wasn't willing to drop $1,200 or $500 so she went with the S 21 (I think they had a deal on it ).
So back to the list.
The Moto 5 G stylus. Has the stylus, headphone jack, nice size screen and I like the price . Those are the pros
Cons. It will get one more system update and then bi monthly security patches for two years (??)
Moto edge +
Last year when I was looking at a replacement for the pixel 3 it came down to the pixel 5 or the Moto edge+
I went with the pixel 5 because of the support. Other than that I thought the pixel 5 was a joke (it was)
Personally I thought the 2020 Motorola edge + had the best screen display. It beat out the iphone, the note 20, S 20.
The edge is guaranteed two system updates and I think two or three years of bi monthly security patches.
The Z fold 3 . I have checked out this device several times. The pros it's going to be supported for 3-4 years. You have a phone that turns into a tablet. It's stylus compatible,
I like the displays.
Cons. The price, weight, daughter, work, cases. First the price $50 per month , I have watched several review videos on it and everyone mentioned the weight and how most car phone holders can't handle the phone weight.
Truck stops sell phone/tablet mounts that could hold it.
My biggest concern is drops. I have drop my phone several times when getting out of the truck, I think my seat sits 5 or 6 feet above the ground.
I intend to use heavy duty cases because of this. So far I haven't found a case I like. The cases offer seem like they would come off on first impact.
At first the Z fold was my first choice but then I started thinking about drops, the price, weight, leaving the phone some where .
The S 21 ultra. Pros stylus compatible, support for 3-4 years. I really haven't seen or read a bad review on the phone
Cons it's last year's model.
I think I would like something that came out in the last two to six months.
Finally the pixel 6 pro. Okay it seems after the mid range jokes of the pixel 3 and 5 that Google is trying to get back into the flagship game.
However after owning two pixel devices that barely lasted a year
The pixel 6 pro is barely a consideration.

Good morning everyone.
I received a WhatsApp video call and I wanted to know if it is possible somehow, to recover the video call image file and save it as a video in the phone.
Thanks a lot to anyone who will answer,
Leonidas

I'm currently abroad and my carrier (three.co.uk) only provides data connectivity via a single foreign carrier (Proximum in Belgium to mention one). However by default android always connect to the strongest signal carrier (e.g. Base) and this leaves me disconnected. I need to periodically go into the settings, disable automatic network operator selection and select Proximum manually.

Is there any way to specify Proximum as the preferred network operator or even blacklist the other operators so that they can't be automatically picked up?

P.S. I'm also surprised to find out that going back into the settings I find the network operator again set to "auto" after I select Proximum as the preferred carrier.

Any help?

Thanks

can you solve my little puzzle game?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koje.marblesort

best regards, koje

I keep getting a warning about "some apps or processes are overloading the system (CPU) and need to be closed".

No they don't. I want them to run, I put them there. How do I stop my phone moaning that I'm making full use of the CPU? Please leave me alone! I don't want treated like a child! Please somebody tell me how to turn this warning off!

Other apps that create a notification that disturbs me, I can click notification settings and disable it, but I can't stop the bloody OS from complaining!

My Galaxy Tab S7 currently has Android 10 and I would like to upgrade it to Android 12. When I check Software update (through my device settings), it offers Android 11 for download; but I'm expecting Android 12 update instead because Android 12 update is out there for about 5 months for my device model and region.

Will Software update offer Android 12 update to be downloaded and installed straight on my existing Android 10 (I'm asking because they are not consecutive versions)? Or I need to update to Android 11 before I can get 12?

I don't know how Software update goes through the update from 10 to 12. Should I still wait for Software update to eventually offer 12 on my existing Android 10 or I should update to 11 and then hopefully (if it offers) to 12. If I update my device to Android 11 but then Software update doesn't offer me Android 12, I will be really disappointed because I would like to keep Android 10 if cannot get Android 12. I hope you've realized my concern.

Please guide me in this regard.

I'm running Yoyo at home. https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/
It works on Android 4 and 7, but not 9.
The Yoyo folk say Google made Android 8.1+ prevent an app downloading another app.
How can I allow it to do this?
https://www.rechenkraft.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=17380

Hi guys

Is there a SMS app that can auto fill the recipients number as I start to type it for people that I have previously sent messages to in the passed ?


I sometimes need to send a mass SMS but I don't want all the numbers in my contacts so this would really speed things up.

Hi,

i recenetly upgraded from my trusted s8 a slightly more modern s20.

i have one issue, that im hoping someone can help me with.

if im listening to something on youtube, if i then go to listen to something on another media app, be it spotify, soundcloud etc........

when i press play on the second app, they then both keep playing, so the app that was opened first doesnt close down when i start playing something else.

is there a way to just make the next app automatically take over from the previous one?

i really hope ive made that clear.

Bonjour,

J'utilise depuis un an un Samsung Galaxy A21s. Depuis quelques jours, mon smartphone m'indique "Espace de stockage bientôt saturé" car j'ai utilisé 124 sur 128 GO du stockage interne. Or, il y a une semaine, j'avais utilisé seulement 32 GO... et je n'ai rien ajouté entre temps !

Je crois en avoir trouvé la cause : le mauvais déplacement des applications. Je me sert des options développeur pour pouvoir activer le mode "Déplacer n'importe quelle app.". Après une visite du système de mon téléphone sur Android File Transfer, je me suis rendu compte que les dossiers de données d'applications normalement déplacées sur la carte SD pèsent 0 KO et que je retrouve les même dossiers, avec leur poids normal, dans la mémoire interne de mon téléphone; Autrement dit, les données déplacées sont revenues à leurs places de départ.
J'ai essayé de les re-déplacer, mais rien à faire...

Est-il possible de réparer ce bogue ?
Pour information : je suis sous Android 11 + One UI 3.5.

Merci par avance...

I have a samsung s20 which still works fine/plays notifications but the screen has completely blanked. The problem with taking the phone to the store to be fixed is that everything I have is unlocked. All my apps, emails, banks etc but I have no way to do a factory reset as I can't see the screen and have no clue how to do it via a laptop.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Good morning,

I would appreciate some help with an issue that I have with a code in Java with Android Studio. This work perfectly in Eclipse, but not with android.

This apk consists of saving data from a form to a txt file.

I can't see any error while debugging, but no folder or file is created by this apk.

These are the permissions given to the apk
```
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
```
In the main activity, I put the requests to those permissions

```
int permissionCheck = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission( this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);

if (permissionCheck != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

Log.i("Message", "Don't have permission to write in SD card.");

ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[ {

Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 225);

} else {

Log.i("Message", "You have access!"); }
```


This is the OnCreate method which works fine:

``` private String nombreArchivo = "control.txt";
private String nombreCarpeta = "OfflineGestion";

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_control);

File tarjeta_sd = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
f_carpeta = new File(tarjeta_sd.getAbsolutePath(),nombreCarpeta);
//f = new File()
if (!f_carpeta.exists()) {
f_carpeta.mkdirs();
}

String pathArchivo = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + nombreCarpeta + File.separator + nombreArchivo;
//Si el archivo no existe, crear archivo con contenido básico


f_archivo = new File(pathArchivo);
if (!f_archivo.exists()) {
crearArchivo(f_archivo);
}

sptitulo = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.sptitulo);
//Creating the ArrayAdapter instance having the list
ArrayAdapter aa = new ArrayAdapter(this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,tituloSpinner);
aa.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
//Setting the ArrayAdapter data on the Spinner
sptitulo.setAdapter(aa);


edEntidad = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.entidad);
edCantidad = findViewById(R.id.cantidad);
initDatePicker();
dateButton = findViewById(R.id.fecha);
dateButton.setText(getTodayDate());
edDescripcion = findViewById(R.id.edDescripcion);

rbGasto = findViewById(R.id.rbGasto);
rbIngreso = findViewById(R.id.rbIngreso);
chExtra = findViewById(R.id.chExtra);
chExtraEspecial = findViewById(R.id.chExtraEspecial);


}```

This is the method to create a file. When debugging and the pointer arrives to this sentence fr = new FileWriter(fileSt);
it moves to IOException
```
Toast.makeText(this,"No se pudo guardar",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
e.printStackTrace();

```

```
private void crearArchivo(File f) {

FileWriter fr = null;
PrintWriter pw = null;
String fileSt = f.toString();
try {

fr = new FileWriter(fileSt);
pw = new PrintWriter(fr);

pw.println("insert into movimientos ('titulo','entidad','cantidad','fecha','operacion','descripcion') values");


//fr.flush();

Toast.makeText(this,"Guardado correctamente",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (IOException e) {
Toast.makeText(this,"No se pudo guardar",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
if (null != fr) {
fr.close();
}
} catch (Exception e2) {
e2.printStackTrace();
}

}
}


```
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask

Basically this did happen after system update from Android 11, to android 12:


Let me start from the beginning to make myself crystal clear:
Since last week, my cell's screen has a few cuts on every corner, cresents on all of them, so now I did an fdr, I did check to see if was a third party app, I cleared off both of the recent two of the camera apps,
That did not clear up the problem one bit. I noticed how I Auto Rotate it, that is where the problem consist.

I can do virtually everything I can do on my moto edge plus:

Specs:

Build : model XT2051-1

Serial number: ZYZ27k8QDD

hardwear:
pvt2

-

I am not sure if anyone on this forum still remembers me but I'm an older member returning after a long time absent. I have been known in the past to rant about things I struggled with in early Android days, coming from Apple once iOS 7 came out. I have had many phones/tablets of all types since. Samsung, Google, Nexus, Apple, you name it. I've also been kinda old fashioned and my have the forums changed (I can't navigate them at all now haha)

Either way, I'm back to Android and loving every minute of it. It might be hard to be believe but my new favorite phone is....an HTC Thunderbolt! Yes, you heard that right! I seem to love what everyone else hated or hates. But I never got to experience classic HTC Sense and I'm really fascinated by it. The phone I got used on Amazon for $50. It still works, in 2022, despite not being VoLTE compliant I managed to get it to work anyway (don't ask it's a long process). I still have all my songs on local storage (don't do the cloud) and I still cling to SMS and don't need things like typing indicators or other stuff to complicate it. It's really the best Android phone I've ever owned, perfect size for my hands, and built like a brick. The battery lasts an entire day as well (why were there so many complaints about battery life? The Galaxy S3 couldn't last as long as this beast does)

I wish I had really experienced Sense back in its heyday (I did have a One M8 for a few months but they really ruined it with flat UI and BlinkFeed) but hey, better late than never, right?