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apps and other settings not restoring onto new device

picked up an s22 ultra to replace my s10.

this is the first time in a long time that i can remember either getting a new phone, or doing a factory reset on my phone that the apps and other data havent synced as soon as i sign into my google account. afaik, as i was going through setup, i selected anything that would indicate i would like to do so. installing my new apps are one thing, but having to ask everywhere and everyone i go what their wifi password is... thats dreadful.

is there anything i can do to force it to restore? in settings>accounts and backup, i can backup and restore from samsung cloud... but under google drive there is only backup available. on my s10, its showing my latest google one backup was 8 hours ago.

Pixel 6 random reboot and freezing

I purchased a Pixel 6 late last year, and with the exception of poor fingerprint scanning, it was working fine. However, since then the fingerprint scanning has deteriorated significantly, and in addition the phone now randomly reboots or freezes. Initially the random rebooting happened only in the Camera app, but now it happens during Google maps and drive apps, CNN app, Duolingo app, etc. The random reboots have increased to five each day. I tried all the troubleshooting tips and it did not make any difference.
I contacted Google Support and they said that a factory reset has to be done to resolve this issue. I am very hesitant to do a factory reset because it is a very time consuming process to re-customize the phone after the reset, and there is no certainty that it will resolve the issue. My first purchase was a Pixel 6 pro, and it had many glitches, and even after factory reset the glitches remained, so I returned it and bought the lower-priced Pixel 6. So the factory reset itself is a shot in the dark.

Can someone please help me with trouble shooting that does NOT involve a factory reset? It is very time consuming for me to re-customize the phone after reset, and I can't do it every time the Pixel 6 develops glitches with each software update. If I have to do a reset for each glitch, I will never truly be able to enjoy using the phone.
Thank you very much.

Android Studio Screen Shape Change

Are there other methods to change screen shape in android different from 4 points that defined in android system. I saw usage of that keys to change coordinates of 4 corners of screen for keystone correction in projectors but I need correction for cylindrical surfaces. In order to do this work, I need at least 6 points and curved geometry. Is there any way to do this realtime in android applications.

Email app?

Got a Galaxy Watch 4 Classic and looking for an email app. It installed Outlook because it's on my phone (I'm guessing), but I have this on my phone for work. And I don't want to mix the two. I'm looking for an app I can use for personal email on the watch. Suggestions?

Upgrade to 4a from 2 XL?

I've had my Pixel 2 XL for 4 years and it's the best phone I ever had, except not having a headphone jack or Miracast. My work phone is a Samsung, so I make up for it. It may be time for an upgrade though. I've thought of 4a because the Google Photos is still unlimited, and it has a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Or should I go for something newer? What does everyone think?

Apps About 5G NSA

Hi,

I want to retrieve the ARFCN (Channel Frequency Number) while the device is connected to a 5G network, which can be of 2 certain types (SA and NSA). The type (NSA) I have problems with (and it is the type which most of the actual 5G networks fall into) uses a 4G LTE network cell as a primary cell.

I use the method PhoneStateListener.onCellInfoChanged(List<CellInfo> cellInfo) to retrieve all the cells available (connected or not) to my device, and although my phone displays clearly the 5G indicator (and I get the 5G signal my device is receiving through PhoneStateListener.onSignalStrengthsChanged(SignalStrength signalStrength)) none of them is an instance of CellInfoNr, thus resulting impossible for me to get the ARFCN which is only available through a get method in the CellInfo class.

Thank you in advance

Help Bixby Voice prolonged CPU usage in idle

Hi,

During idle my phone suddenly got very hot, even more than regular gaming. It has happened twice, but this time I have the chance to check the app usage.

It turned out Bixby Voice got ahold of the phone radio and WIFI for over 2 hours, with the process called dexopt.

The phone lost 35% of battery in about 30 minutes or so. The first time it happened, I restarted the phone several times but it would just resume the mysterious activity. Eventually, I turned off the phone for an hour and it's gone. This time I did the same thing, turned off the phone at 65% battery power and recharge it back. After power up, the drain was no more.

The question: what is dexopt and what was it doing?

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removing the new voicemail notice

ok everytime i think i got this sorry phone figured out i get a new issue. so now for some reason i have a notice that says alert notifications new voicemail dial *65 . so i went to the voicemail set up and it tells me the service provider is voice mail and the voicemail number is *65 and it was *86 but to see if i could remove that notice i changed it to *65. and in the notifications box it has vibrate off.

so how do i turn off that notice outside of resetting the phone. i did not set up any voice mail and when i go to the keypad and tap *65 and then the phone icon that keypad and nothing else

if i tap that notice it goes to the keypad then fast to a voice mail page with the phone the message and camera icons and then goes away,

so is there a you tube that shows how to get rid of this? i deleted the cashe the data and it is still there. i do not remember setting up a voicemail so i have no clue why it says the carrier is voice mail. or do I have to set voice mail up. if how do i do that on metro pcs?

thanks

Lightning and more suddenly not working

I recently updated Android system webview to fix a problem I had with a particular website. Well, it fixed it all right. I might never be able to use it again. Somehow it messed up the browser I was using, Lightning, or something did. I tried getting an old copy of Lightning to replace it, but I couldn't install it. I ended up saving all my bookmarks to Telegram and getting rid of Lightning, then reinstalling it from Fdroid. It still didn't work. I have installed two other browsers which "keep stopping" or really never opening. I can't fix webview either. Additionally, I have shut off wifi and No Root Firewall and restarted them, still with no luck. I even rebooted the phone. When I try to use the bookmarks I saved to Telegram, I can't use them because I would have to go through one of those three defective browsers. I am typing this from the Samsung I guess I'm lucky to have as I cannot reach you via the

[APP] Voice Recorder - NEW app for Wear OS watches

There is new app for Wear OS smartwatches called Voice Recorder.

The project consists of 2 apps. One for watch and 2nd companion app for Android phone.
VR Companion app allows to receive files via Wear OS sync engine (Bluetooth) and extra engine to
handle files via WIFI network. The 2nd file transfer engine is much faster and additionally can
receive files direct on computer with extra tool for desktop (free). Win/Linux/MacOS supported.
It is good solution to transfer hundred of megabytes files in very short time.

Download from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.mobimax.voicerecorder

Check the app and put your comments. It is free in basic version.

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metro pcs phones what works yet

i have been lookng to get another phone because the a21 that tracfone gave me just doesn't have the storage that i need. on my lg k20 i was able to move apps to the sd card but for some reason on the a21 when i tried to move the apps to the sd card only half dozen would move and work.

anyway i was looking on ebay to get a lg g7 or g8 and some of them are now saying they will not work on at&t but doesn't metro and at&t use the same networks gms? and if so it seems to me if the lg g7 is not usable on the at&t networks that it will not now work on the metro pcs networks also.
does anyone have some insight on this? also now i hear the lg is not a good phone? but the lg k20 i had worked really well, i had it on tracfone and i did not make many calls but it got wifi all over the place and it was fast enough for the games i played. but for some reason, tracfone said it was going away, and sent me the a21.

if i could figure out how to get the apps to work on the sd card the a21 might just work. i had to install an app the other day and had to delete 5 apps just to have room for it. so getting a 64 or 128gb storage is the best workaround. plus the photos.

thanks

How to do this, focus just to some apps : Always directly opening Recents Apps/Overview

On my android phone, i only using 5 apps, that always opening (one app at a time)
Another apps is not used & just distraction

After lock screen opened, i need directly opening Recents Apps/Overview like example screenshot below

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So only need 2 steps to it:
Click Power Button > Open Lock Screen

Instead ordinary way, 3 steps :
Click Power Button > Open Lock Screen > Click Recents Apps/Overview button






If using an app, what app that might can do it? I already search but cant found one yet

If using launcher, which one that might can do it?

Or another way


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