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What can I do to "refresh" my device?

I have an Android phone that has logged in my account of a certain website (through their apps), my experience is that they will BAN one of the accounts almost instantly if I log in another account with the same device (I forget if the earlier or later account will be banned but one of them must be banned). The problem is here, I'd like to sell this phone to another because it is still worth some money and I don't need the phone, the site is quite popular here locally so many people have their accounts. What can I do to refresh my device so that my account is safe in case he logs in the same service? If it's just impossible I'll just break the phone because the account is more valuable

Are There Non-apparent Advantges To Newer Technology?

I am looking at two phones. Samsung S22 5G and S20 FE 5G.
The specs are pretty much the same for the things I do (I'm not big on cameras, streaming, etc.).
One place where they differ is the Battery. 3700mAH for the S22 verses 4500 for the S20. That means a lot to me.
The S20 is 17 months older. Is the new technology of the S33 superior so that this difference doesn't matter?
The S22 costs about $800 while the S20 is less then $600.

Is there something else I'm missing?

Setting up Kodi

Hi I'm new to the forums. Also I'm a bit outdated when it comes to PCs and mobiles in general.

I'm looking to put Kodi on my firestick using a PC.

I'm also looking for a good ready made build to put on it.

By good I mean I want all the free stuff I can possibly get on it. Free movies. Free TV/Sky channels. Free pay per view sports events (football/boxing/UFC). Free porn. Etc etc.

If anyone could either help me with a guide to doing this. Or take me through it I'd be very greatful.

I know people that do it for like £50 but I'm sure it would be possible to do myself.

I have access to a PC, a firestick, and several mobile phones.

Thanks in advance.

Help I Lost the Ability to Place and Receive Callss

Well yesterday I lost the ability to place calls and receive calls. I am guessing that I got hit by the 3G shutdown.
But the service I have, H2O, notified me a few weeks ago that this could happen and a woman took me through a process and said once I restart my phone, I will be fine.

H2O uses (used) AT&T.
It is a Sony Model G8441.
The specs say it is 4G LTE.
Thinking H2O screwed up I called Consumer Cellular. When I gave her the IMEI she said it was not VOLTE so she couldn't provide service. She said all phones will have to support VOLTE going forward.

Is this true?

(1) I have found that I can use google voice and my google number to place and receive calls using this phone.
(2) Calls to my real number go to voicemail and voicemail sends my phone a notification.
(3) I can use my google voice app to call voicemail and get the message.
(4) I seem to get and can send text messages.

Does anybody know if these abilities will continue going forward?
Do any of the above require WIFI to operate?

I really like this small phone. It fits in my shirt pocket. I would hate to have to go to a big one.

Help Problems syncing music to SD card On S20+

Recently after ripping a CD to Windows Media Player I tried to sync the music to my SD card. The problem is my phone, following a connection via USB is not being recognized. I've done this endless times in the past with my S9. The S20+ never worked quite as smooth but it would work. Now it will not work period.

I tried doing all the usual steps, restarting phone, restarting the CPU changing USB cords, updating and nothing worked. I even tried to to see if the S9 would still allow a sync through this method and it instantly worked. I called Samsung Tech support to resolve the issue and the tech was unable to figure it out through mobile control of both devices. I tried to add the music by open the source MP3 album file and dragging over and it just causes it to basically freeze. The phone will not allow you to change the USB settings to be controlled by the connected device either.

Any help with this matter would be greatly appreciated!

Help Jumped the gun and activated WhatsApp on iPhone

Been using WhatsApp on my Android, and I just got a new iPhone and have registered WhatsApp on it with the same number, however, I didn't realize I would lose access to all my old messages on the Android. Can I put in a SIM card using the same number, and re-activate my old WhatsApp on the android and see all my messages again? I just did this today and I realized I need to copy some important text messages. Basically, I'd like to save those messages before I start completely using my new iPhone. I've saved the DB files just in case. I plan on de-regestering Whatsapp on the iPhone first. I want to make sure I am doing things correctly so that I don't accidentally overwrite my old messages (if that is even possible).

thank you for the help.

March Madness 22

I highly suspect that your bracket is already trashed. Mine certainly is! My bracket on Yahoo has 17 points with 177 points still possible. My bracket on ESPN is in 1.2 millionth place lol. I'm in this thing. :)

How are your brackets doing? How many sweet sixteen teams will you have when the dust settles tonight? Who do you have in the finals and who cuts down the nets?

New updates changes key features for the worse

To the point:

1. Suggested apps are now ALWAYS Settings, calculator, calendar, and clock instead of apps that I typically/recency used.

2. I have to wake up my phone to use the fingerprint scanner, when before I could use it without having to wake it up.

3. When on a phone call using speaker phone, if the phone screen goes dark it turns off speakerphone

Anyone know how to revert these changes?!

Galaxy S22+ on Verizon

Thanks in advance!

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