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Samsung Galaxy XCover 5
OneUI 5.1
Android 13

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If I want to share any media or text with the function "share with", then the corresponding menu opens with the apps to which I can forward the content to share. However, some app icons are still missing in this listing. Even with the option "edit apps", I can't add the missing icons.

Is there any possible solution to this?

Hi Folks:

Is there an icon that tells me if I'm connected to a WIFI or the cell provider's network?

Is there a way to see which WIFI I'm using?

Thanks
Larry

I'm having issues with my keyboard freezing when I make comments on YouTube. I've done all the obvious like uninstall YouTube, reset default keyboard, I've also looked for settings on the YT app but the issue is only on my phone not my other devices. I have premium so I'm always signed in. I also have a timer on the write side in the comment box that has a box with 0:12+ inside I tried to post a picture here but I don't know how. As soon as I try to type nothing happens and then my keyboard locks and doesn't go away until I turn off my phone. Anyone know what to do?

Fly a tiny ship

For the past 2 days, the Facebook notifications I receive have turned to light blue background with white letters. It's so hard to see! The other incoming is fine. Black on white. My other phone an LG Rebel4 LTE has not done this.

Hi, everybody! I am an indie developer and I created cool letters puzzle game - Letters Match. I would appreciate feedback and ideas for improvement. Thanx!

Letters Match combines the best of the games you love. It’s a mix of pairs matching, word searching and field clearing games. We take that all and flavoured it with entertaining gameplay. If you love of brain pop with puzzle-games, Letters Match is just right for you!

The goal of Letters Match puzzle-game is to clear the field of letters. To do this, find pairs of identical letters or letters that make up special magic words. Letters can be chosen vertically, horizontally and diagonally. And you can always look up the 4 magic words in the magic vocabulary.

Special features​

- Easy but deep: Letters Match is easy to play at first, but to pass the sequence of levels and score maximum points you will need to develop your skills to the maximum and become a master of the game! Especially, you need to note every word from “magic” vocabulary.
- Infinite levels: by completely clearing all cells of the field you move on to the next level. As long as your tactics and strategy help you choose the right moves, then you can play forever!
- Train your brain: find pairs of letters and words, use the right tactics to clear the playing field.
- Hints available: if you get stuck, take a hint!
- Time for yourself: give yourself time to relax, get into the flow and enjoy a chilling and entertaining game. It's the best activity for commuting to work on the bus or subway!
- Free to play: the game is completely free to play, but you can buy adverts disabling.
- Any age: the best puzzle game for adults and impulse brain training for kids.
- Familiar gameplay: you won't spend a lot of time to start playing. If you love puzzle-games, your skills will allow you to start getting fun quickly and easily.

Clear each line filled with letters and words. Match the letters in the furthest corners of the playing field. Elevate brain training with mix of puzzle and word game. Play, get fun and solve every new level of Letters Match!

How to play​

- Select 2 letters in the correct combination. The correct combination includes not only pairs of identical letters, but also magic words. These are special 2-letter words that can meet on the game board. The list of words is limited to 4: "GO", "HI", "MA", "OK". Correct pairs of letters for these words can be chosen in any order. For example, you can choose the word "OG" or "AM" and your match will be successful.
- Clear every cell of the field. Line by line, like you do in blocks clearing games. And you'll take it to the next level.
- Earn score points and beat your own record.

Link to Store​

I can't understand why there's a 4 hour limit on face unlock. I come back to my phone after not using it for 4 hours (yeah people sometimes stop using their phone for 4 hours), and I can't unlock it with my face. This is ridiculous. Any app or other tweak to bypass this stupidity?

Hi,

I have a number of messages related to a legal matter that we inadvertently DELETED 9 days ago. I can use an app like DroidKit to see the messages, restore them to PC - but I can NOT restore them back to the device!

Since the phone is part of an ongoing investigation and I don't want it to appear as tampering I want to RESTORE those messages back to the original thread. They have not been overwritten and I just want to UNDELETE them.

To be clear, I am NOT trying to restore from backup, but rather the private data store where they are marked deleted but have not yet been overwritten. I only need to RESTORE them to the Message data store on the same phone. If there is a backup, I can't do a full reload - I need the option to ONLY restore text messages. I may have some Google backups but that's it.

Does anyone know how to do that? The phone is a Samsung S23 Ultra. I only use Textra as my messaging app.

Please help. Any assistance is greatly appreciated !!

manufacturer - Samsung
model - Galaxy A14 5G
Software version - 6U
not rooted

I've noticed weird problems on my cell lately. first my Facebook notifications on Facebook dating it seems and feed were missing new posts when compared to using Facebook on the computer. i tried several times to change my password and other security settings but nothing works it seems. i notice tabs to web sites i didn't visit open on my browsers sometimes. sometimes my Microsoft Authenticator passwords for Facebook don't work. i cant find exactly to disable install from unknown sources because i believe its on. those are the problems I've noticed lately. should i factory reset? I've tried it before on a previous cellphone and had a backup from google but doing that doesn't that bring back these sort of problems? will i have to buy my purchased apps again? also i downloaded a android software update today and after on lock screen it showed this symbol



i googled it and i never played around with debugging mode before or developer options.

can someone please assist?

P.S. sorry i couldn't think of a better header to better describe this post.

Hi all,

I've been trying to identify what app this chat icon (outlined in red) is from. It's a screenshot from a Samsung phone in the USA. This is from a screenshot I received so I can't go into the phone and see what the notification is from. It's not the native Samsung or Google messages app. It's definitely not WhatsApp, FB Messenger or Signal. It has a right facing arrow inside of a speech bubble. I've tried googling but only come up with stock images for app developers. Can't find anything similar in the Play Store. Anyone ever seen this?

Barmageddon is fun bar game show at Blake Shelton's bar in Nashville I watched the 1st season and like it. The 2nd season starts November 13, 2023 on the USA channel.

Barmageddon - USANetwork.com

I got an email for mid-season NFL Sunday Ticket for $174.00 That's still too high priced, plus it doesn't include Thursday games on Prime. What a rip. There is no doubt in my mind that the NFL will price themselves out of the market.

Hi I am Rupesh from India and I have brought oppo Nord ce 3 and it frequently hangs up and performance is very slow.

My phone has 8 gb ram and Qualcomm Snapdragon 788g processor but still the performance is slow. It came with Android 13.

I brought oppo Nord ce 3 10 days back and after that I have installed os update through ota. The update was security update I mean it is not an update to Android 14. At present my phone is running Oxygen os Android 13.

Actually my phone has an 512 gb external memory card Samsung and it is loaded with MP3 and other files. I usually listen to music and copy from internal memory to external memory card and vice versa.

So I have installed es explorer file manager and solid explorer file manager.

Whenever I try to launch es explorer file manager and open the directory containing music files it shows message as loading and even after two minutes it still shows message as loading and finally opens.

When I switch to another app like folder player and play music and come back to es explorer the last opened folder is last and it starts from the beginning and when I try to open the same previous directory it still shows message as loading upto two minutes.

The same thing is happening with solid explorer also.

Along with one plus Nord ce 3 I have brought oppo pad air which has Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor and 6 gb ram and it's performance is ten times better than one plus Nord ce 3.

One plus Nord ce 3 has better hardware than oppo pad air but still the performance is ten times lower.

Regarding one plus Nord ce 3 everything is working fine except that file system is slow and I think it has ufs 2.1 and not ufs 3.1.

Suppose I open any text editor and enter some text and keep it away for five minutes and after that try to open the same text editor the previously entered text is lost.

When I open es explorer file manager and keep away for five minutes and after that try to open the same es explorer file manager the previous opened directory is last and it starts from the beginning.

When I am examining files in es explorer file manager the folder player music player stops playing I mean it is hang.

With in 20 minutes the music player stops or hangs upto three times.

I have selected option allow background activity and even selected option don't optimise for the following apps

1) es explorer file manager
2) folder player music player
3) solid explorer

There is no use and finally I have selected option high performance mode under battery section and even no use I mean es explorer starts from the beginning.

Finally what I want to say is it's not keeping background activity.

As my phone has 8 gb ram only 4 gb ram is being used and remaining 4 gb ram is free. I have noticed ram usage under running services of developer options.

Kindly try to suggest what is the reason behind app hangs and how to improve my phone performance.

Regards,
Rupesh.

Samsung Galaxy S21
Whatsapp is installed and working.
On Whatsapp on other devices when you get an incoming chat .... you get a number of the bottom right hand corner of the icon.
Great if you missed the notification sound, away from your phone etc.

Currently if I get an incoming WhatsApp chat message it does not get a number or increase the number to match messages.

How can I get this back working - tried de-install and reinstall - no change.

Contacted WhatsApp they asked me to check that notifications & badges were enabled - which they were., at that point they said its a phone issue.

Samsung are rolling out their second beta test firmware to enrolled members for One UI 6.0. Firmware ZWJJ comes with the November security patch.

Build = F936BXXU4ZWJJ

Download = 1150.27 MB

Camera version = 14.0.00.37

Security patch = 01 November 2023

It is a FOTA, (Firmware Over The Air), update and you can check... Settings > Software update... to see if it is available for you. Alternatively, you can connect to the Samsung PC suite, Smart Switch and check via that.

Software update

Back in March 2023 I used the aforementioned app from Google Play specifically for the "Ongoing Notification Hider" capability. I needed to disable the Media Output Notification tied to my music player (Tidal). This was the only method that I found to work for my phone (after hours of trying).

Now I'd like to manage this setting to troubleshoot an issue I'm having with MacroDroid, however - I find that the app was unpublished from Google Play. Does anyone know of another app that has this specific capability that I can download from Google Play? I'd rather avoid downloading an apk unless it's directly from the original creators of the app (which I was unable to find).

Thanks.

Hello Folks:

TL;DR Is there a site, or other service, that can tell me if a phone is locked if I provide the phone's IMEI?

History

I'm done paying AT&T $90.00 a month for two phones, no network and no unlimited talk.

I purchased two unlocked Galaxy A14 5G phones from Back Market for $111.00 and 112.00.

When FedEx delivered the phones I ordered two $15.00 per month unlimited introduction plans from Mint. Mint SIMs were shipped.

I backed up my two $62.00 Galaxy J2 Dash phones to my computer and moved the SIM and SD cards to the two A14 phones.

Both phones worked with my current AT&T service. I was going to switch to Mint after the SIMs arrived.

I love these Galaxy A14 phones. I'm learning to appreciate why people might want to spend more than $62.00 for a phone.

First phone, reported lost or stolen and locked

After several hours one of the phones stopped working. The message I received suggested that phone was no longer connected to a valid AT&T account.

When I chatted with AT&T support I learned that one of the phones I just purchased was tagged as lost or stolen. When I mentioned that I was leaving AT&T I was also informed that the phone was locked.

The phone has been returned and Back Market emailed me that a refund is on the way.

Second phone, locked

The SIMS arrived so I attempted to activate the Mint sim in the remaining A14.

After I gave the Mint support person the phone's IMEI number he chatted back:

Thanks for patiently waiting. I already double check your device
here in my system and here's the system shows :

DEVICE NAME : Galaxy A14 5G
MODEL : SM-A146U
MANUFACTURER : SAMSUNG
Phone Status : LOCKED

Back Market support asked for a screenshot of the error message. They also told me that they checked, and the phone is on, which it is, I'm using it with my AT&T account. I really like this phone.

I don't have a screenshot of the message, but pasted Mint support's comment into the chat.

Back Market wants a screenshot, but has expressed a willingness to refund my money.

Suggestions?

I'm relying on AT&T and Mint support to tell me my phone's status.

Is there a site where I can enter the IMEI number and see for myself if a particular phone is locked? If this happens again I'd rather understand the situation immediately instead of relying on support. This would also give me the ability of taking a screen shot of the phone's status for Back Market support.

What are other people's experience when dealing with Back Market?

Two out of two locked phones sold as unlocked doesn't sound good.

The truth is that this is a small sample size. Am I just unlucky?

Bucks are tight right now. I really need phones that are in the $100.00 to $150.00 range. After the Galaxy J2 Dash I'm spoiled for the Galaxy A14 experience. I've looked at reviews and I don't think I'll find a satisfactory new phones in that price range.

Is there another market for refurbished cell phones? Do any of you have something nice gathering dust in a box you'd like to part with for a good price? I'm looking for an unlocked phone with a headphone jack, a battery that a technician can replace and a nice camera. 5G is not a requirement.

The good news is that Mint gives me three months to activate the SIMs and Back Market seems willing to refund my money. I'd just like to cut ties to AT&T before the billing cycle starts again in two weeks.

Thanks
Larry

After my tirade last night about the inconsistency of officiating I went to bed thinking about possible improvements to what is now in place. I'm creating this tread in the NFL but it pertains to all sports and their questionable officiating. There needs to be major changes that don't slow the games down. The games are already slowed by challenges and reviews to the point that they distract from the games. As I was dozing off I considered AI. Why not? It would be lightening fast and be indisputable and non biased. It would remove those judgement calls that are so often blown. It just crossed my mind again so I did a quick Google search. I'm not the first to consider AI as a tool for officiating. Here is a link to my first search hit:

There is likely good and bad with any change. I'm not happy with sorry calls and no calls. Would AI change the flavor of the games for better or worse entertainment?

Does anybody know what app uses this icon in the middle with heart and a phone? For a context, it might be a samsung app, possibly an old one, but I'm not sure since as far as i know Samsung's health app doesn't use that icon

I have noticed some apps that I don't use often change to disabled in the okay store and don't auto update
You have to go into play store click in the app and choose enable and then click update

How do I have it update even apps that are not enabled as you could click in an unused app that was not updated and be missing updates

Samsung Galaxy s21 ultra

I had no idea there was a Women's National Football League

https://www.wnfcfootball.com/

What app is this icon for??

I have Samsung A32 5G running Android 13 and Google Messages with RCS turned on. I text with about 20 people, but in Google Messages only about 3 of them in the main screen show RCS. Some of the people I text with use Android and some use iPhone, Why do not more of them show RCS? Do they also have to have RCS turned on in their messaging app?

Can you help?

I have rooted this phone z fold 3 F926B/DS exynos on THREE UK while ago and I am now looking to return this phone to stock firmware. I have relocked the bootloader and I am trying to flash stock firmware, via ODIN. However, each time it fails on Re partition error. Can anyone help me solve this?

Hey all, I seem to have somehow managed to misplace my phone, and after using the Google online 'Find My Phone' website, cannot find it, even though it is showing that it's in my house somewhere....
It is slowly running out of charge, and playing a sound, nor calling the phone is allowing me to find it, so I am trying to find out if there is any way that I can remotely use my laptop to get the phone to Shut down?? Keep in mind that I do not have physical access to the phone, so cannot install any apps on the device, but since I can use the Google website to cause the phone to ring, without an app installed on it I am thinking there could be a way to cause it to shut down from a website. At least I am hopeful, that I may stop the battery from completely losing charge before I can find it.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, and Thanks in advance!!