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Phone now has crap on it I don't want

Hello everyone. A day or so ago I was playing around with my cell phone and saw this thing about making my keyboard larger. As I have vision issues I figured this might help me. I selected to install it. Now my phone has a total new home screen look, tons of aps I never saw before. I used to get little dots on the corner of me email and other aps when I had email, messages etc., now I don't have any. I liked the old way and want to get rid of the present settings. Can someone tell me how to go about doing this. Hopefully, I won't have to reset to factory settings and reinstall all my phone numbers, contacts and such.
Any help is appreciated.

Read data from Google Sheets

Hello everyone,
I have been trying since days to read data from Google Sheets into a list view. I was referring to tutorials from Crazy Coders Club. The write operation works well, however, the read operation either shows nothing or makes the app crash. I am adding below my codes, and I will be grateful if someone could help me figure out the problem.

Here are my spreadsheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bccu6dyOIV5lF-be_95LDYkdFEdqtBYKhNDE97nv_Ss/edit?usp=sharing

and Google Scripts link: https://script.google.com/d/1HdmpUP...1uOzcZclQNm0mlxDK1QeKlz-9KFo/edit?usp=sharing

XML:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">


    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_items"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

XML (leaderboard_item):
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">


    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="350dp"
        android:layout_height="90dp"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.1">

        <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="80dp"
            android:background="#EAE8E8">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/username"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginStart="50dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/league_spartan_bold"
                android:text="TextView"
                android:textColor="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
                android:textSize="20sp"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/score"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginEnd="20dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/sanchez"
                android:text="TextView"
                android:textColor="@color/colorTextDark"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/rank"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/sanchez"
                android:text="1"
                android:textColor="@color/colorTextDark"
                android:textSize="20sp"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

        </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Java Code:
Code:
package com.example.aquatricity;

import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SimpleAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.android.volley.DefaultRetryPolicy;
import com.android.volley.Request;
import com.android.volley.RequestQueue;
import com.android.volley.Response;
import com.android.volley.RetryPolicy;
import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

public class Leaderboard extends AppCompatActivity {

    ProgressDialog loading;
    ListView listview;
    ListAdapter adapter;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_leaderboard);

        listview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_items);

        getUsers();

    }


    private void getUsers() {

        loading =  ProgressDialog.show(this,"Loading","please wait",false,true);

        StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.GET, "https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbzvfbIcBrm6UXpK3xphHor2azlk1dZxar28_6z8PFI7xDyNq4xnQ-m4Gs80A3Y8ZspT_Q/exec?action=getUsers",
                new Response.Listener<String>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(String response) {
                        parseItems(response);
                    }
                },

                new Response.ErrorListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {

                    }
                }
        );

        int socketTimeOut = 50000;
        RetryPolicy policy = new DefaultRetryPolicy(socketTimeOut, 0, DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MULT);

        stringRequest.setRetryPolicy(policy);

        RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this);
        queue.add(stringRequest);

    }


    private void parseItems(String jsonResposnce) {

        ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> list = new ArrayList<>();

        try {
            JSONObject jobj = new JSONObject(jsonResposnce);
            JSONArray jarray = jobj.getJSONArray("Users");
            HashMap<String, String> user = new HashMap<>();

            for (int i = 0; i < jarray.length(); i++) {

                JSONObject jo = jarray.getJSONObject(i);

                String displayName = jo.getString("displayName");
                String email = jo.getString("emailAddress");
                String pass = jo.getString("password");
                String phoneNumber = jo.getString("phoneNumber");
                String score = jo.getString("score");
                String rank = jo.getString("rank");
                String house = jo.getString("household");



                user.put("displayName", displayName);
                user.put("rank", rank);
                user.put("score",score);

                list.add(user);

            }
            
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        adapter = new SimpleAdapter(this,list,R.layout.leaderboard_item,
                new String[]{"displayName","rank","score"},new int[]{R.id.username,R.id.rank,R.id.score});


        loading.dismiss();
    }
}

Help Hard resetting/Powerwashing an android device

How do I go about powerwashing a Samsung phone (galaxy a01 to be specific) while skipping the Downloading... Please do not turn off the target screen? I have tried hard resetting it the normal way (holding down all 3 buttons while its booting) but I've always been interrupted by that blue downloading screen and it takes forever (i've been waiting more than 3 hours).

Edit:
I should probably include the fact that I forgot the password and can't unlock the phone

Round air vent smartphone holders??

I'm trying to find an air vent holder for my wife's 2017 Toyota Yaris but have had no luck so far. I've purchased 2 on Amazon and neither fit her vents. Do any of you have a Yaris or another model with round air vents and have a mount that fit them? Just to clear, it's not that the shape of the air vent that's the issue. It's the fact that the fins are round/curved as well.

Mark in San Diego

Chrome, Nest, Google home, Administrator, Android

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.

Automatically naming callers?

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?

Calendar Sync

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

Looking At Contacts Backup Products

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?



amcrest ash21-b camera question

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

File transferred from phone to PC won't open

Hi,
I have a major problem, and hoping you folks can give me some suggestions.
I have been recording phone conversations/text messages for a court case. I transferred a large file (22 gigs) from my phone to google drive. Have no idea what happened, but the file got renamed, and there was no extension at the end of it. Anyone know how I can open it? I've tried just about everything I know of, but hopefully someone much smarter than I can help, please?

Auto Text Backup?

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!

Decisions, Decisions

Okay once again I need to get another device:mad:. 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:thinking:
Can't get ito_O:oops:
Well technically I could but I would run a foul of the wife;):oops: 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:D 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 :oops:, 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.

How to force a specific network operator?

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

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