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Help No text and email notification sounds

Recently notification sounds for new email and text messages have stopped. I notice only a short vibration for text and nothing for email. Sound works fine elsewhere. For instance the ring tone works and can be changed without a problem. Facebook notifications also have sound. I use Messages+ for text and I've gone into the settings to confirm that there's a sound associated with receipt of new messages. I've also changed the sound, but it doesn't work. The phone has Android v10 and is up to date on the Verizon network. All apps are up to date in Google Play. Any help with this will be appreciated

Help Want to Disable Last Number Redial

I use an over the ear blue tooth headset while going outdoors. many times, while enabling or disabling the blue tooth icon in the phone settings and the headset itself, I end up redialing someone.
is there a way to disable this function altogether? I rarely use the phone for real phone calls as most of my phone calls are on WhatsApp. It is extremely annoying to have to explain to someone that I dialed in error and continue to talk to them in any case!

I really dislike this redial function in Android and wish to at least be able to disable it.

Help Bluetooth speaker won't play media on my phone! Help?

Hello, all fans of the android alike!

I have a problem that's been bugging me for a long time, and each shot I give at solving the issue, I just end up wasting hours on end with no avail.

Here's the thing - my BlueBerry BoomCat 3 bluetooth speakerphone refuses to play media on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. It works just fine with calls, the commands work (play/pause, next/previous song) - but the volume increase/decrease commands, and actually playing media, such as YouTube, Gallery videos, Instagram and Facebook clips, media on Spotify - nada.

Here's what I tried and ruled out:
1. Unpairing and re-pairing didn't solve the problem.
2. All the perms are on; it's not a problem of 'Use for media audio' being turned off. I tried resetting these perms over and over again to no use.
3. Also, since it's a dual SIM phone, I reset network settings on both sim cards. Nope.
4. I read on some forum that a guy had a similar issue solved by turning on battery saver. Tried that, both battery and ultra battery saver modes - didn't work.
5. I know it's not a compatability issue, the version of BT of both devices is in check.
6. I know it's not a speaker issue, because it works on my dad's, and my girlfriend's phone with no problems.
7. I know it's not a Xiaomi issue, since my dad has the Note 8 and the speaker works just fine on his phone.
8. I know it's not my phone's problem, since I also have the Sony XB-01 speaker and that works all fine and dandy. My friend's JBL speaker also connects to my phone and works properly.
9. Tried safe mode, didn't help.

Any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks much in advance, best regards!!

P.S A factory reset isn't an option at all, sadly.

Android 12 Beta for Pixel 3 won't show up

Hi, I recently enrolled into the Android 12 beta program, and from various websites like TheVerge, and Tom's Hardware it says all I have to do is wait a few minutes after enrollment and check Settings > System > Advance > System Update; however, when I try to check for update it says I'm already running the latest Android 11 version.

I have double check to make sure my Google account that I signed up for the beta program is correct, and it is
And, I made sure that my Pixel 3 can have the Android 12 delivered to it, and it's listed under eligible devices, so I'm not sure why I can't receive the Android 12 beta update.

Please if anyone else has had similar issue please send HELP and SOS.

The only thing I can think of is that I have a non-rooted/not unlocked Verizon Pixel 3 that is SIM unlocked but not rooted unlocked, but I don't see how that would be the issue here.
Thank you kindly,

csfinch

Sonata of Sky Notre Dame [Review with inner senses]

Human on a bridge. He doesn't have a way back. Below him is an abyss. In front of him is a building. Building has a central entrance and left and right entrances related to the central entrance. In the up direction of the building it is also possible to determine three levels. That building is a cathedral. The Cathedral in the Middle Age is an embodiment of a beautiful and unshakable spiritual base that is expressed in architecture. Human for touch with some spiritual principle and being in it, found a cathedral as the most suitable than all other of an external phenomena. Ages were changed to Renaissance or New Age and a printing press appeared with mass producing of books. Books contain their own beauty and express different ideas, high and spiritual too. From that time on, books are some alternatives for finding and being in a high spiritual condition for humans. As a result books replace a cathedral and human rarely go to cathedrals and touch with spiritual principles through books. That's why the second character in a game is a book's daemon.

In the first stage of a game book's daemon creates tasks for collecting beans of Aleateya. The first task is to collect beans of Logic on a board like a chess board in the central part of the inner space of a cathedral. The levels with boards are the most difficult parts in a game and you need to get some skills for creating ways on boards and collecting beans of Aleateya on them. Other levels on a first stage destroy webs in the left part of the cathedral and collect beans of Struggle there. That level is named Dark Deepnesses In Heart. Right part of the inner space of a cathedral contains crystal walls beyond that possible to find the beans of Intuition or some of the walls don't melt and there are places of book's daemon. Levels with collect beans of Intuition are named Light and Shade In Mind. This way we have that the inner space of a cathedral divided on the central part is a part of logic, left part is a part of heart and a right part is a part of mind.







After these levels, the book's daemon suggested going out from the cathedral to right outer space and getting a Great Bean of Aleateya after climbing on the stairway to the sky... First stage finishes on a level that combines mind and heart parts and is named Reunion In Art. On this level the main character Metamozzo needs to look for the book's daemon phenomenon and try to catch a book's daemon. But on this level the book's daemon wasn't caught...

Once a morning the book's daemon looks at clouds and Sun on the external part of a cathedral. Metamozzo went to the book's daemon and jumped on him. This way the book's daemon was caught and the second stage starts here. Metamozzo rides the daemon and destroys gates on the way. At the end of the stage the book's daemon climbed on the wall and hid. But Metamozzo understood that ride was a dream, because daemons don't live in daylight.



Metamozzo woke up at the center of a cathedral. New character Raelmirra appeared there at the same time. Raelmirra told Metamozzo about an angel. After that they go to an external part of a cathedral with a green grass and location that has symbols of childhood. It's the simplest level where you need to collect beans of Summer only, but collect them on time. When all beans of Summer were collected Metamozzo and Raelmirra came back into the inner space of the cathedral on high level. On a Higher walking process Raelmirra told Metamozzo some story of the cathedral and all other phrases about process and memories. After the first part of higher walking Raelmirra stayed on the edge of the higher part and next part of their way is Air ways through bubble paths that were created by Raelmirra. On bubble paths they can find beans of Lucky and collect them. The way in the internal space of the cathedral on high levels is not short and combines Higher walking and Air ways parts. What's next? What is higher than high levels?





The fourth stage is a walking on the roof of a cathedral. Metamozzo, Raelmirra and Angel need to keep balance on a roof for a walkthrough that way and collect beans of Balance. Sometimes it's a dangerous adventure, but Angel takes the hand of Raelmirra and Raelmirra can help Metamozzo not to fall from the roof when they do not keep balance.

When all parts are completed there is a time for a high and romantic finish of this story...






Sonata of Sky Notre Dame page on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sigeryft.sonataofskynotredame

Sonata of Sky Notre Dame Page on Huawei AppGallery: https://appgallery.huawei.com/#/app/C104392987

Help Notifications on phone remain, even if I view the content on another device

Phone: S21 Ultra
Carrier: Verizon, 5G

I recently upgraded from the S9+, which was also on Verizon. It was a 4G LTE phone at the time. And it had a neat feature where if I had a push notification for email or facebook messenger, it would clear that notification if I opened my email or facebook messenger on my PC, without me having to unlock my phone. As soon as I open gmail/messenger, the notification disappears on my phone. This was really convenient because it prevented me from seeing notifications for things I already knew about.

However, ever since I upgraded to my S21 Ultra (which is a 5G phone), it doesn't do that anymore. If I get a notification for an email and I open that email on my PC, the notification icon stays on my phone. Its really annoying, because I'll look at my phone and see icons, so I stop what I'm doing and look. But then see they're old notifications.

I've also noticed that notifications take like a full 20 second before they hit my phone, behind getting the notification when at a PC. So, imagine I have my phone next to me at the PC. My messenger tab in chrome dings with a notification, but I don't click it. 20 ish seconds later, that same notification hits my phone. It used to be a few seconds with my S9+.

I am confident that it is not an app problem; the only thing I changed was the phone. I didn't modify settings on any of my apps. That being said, I still reinstalled messenger, and it didn't fix the problem.

Maybe its because 5G is a different beast? I'm not paying for the plan where my traffic is prioritized, could that be it? I have no idea what the correct thing to search on google would be, I've been blindly shooting in the dark for months.

Ip through usb

Hey ,
I have rooted s10+,
Im trying to get two ip address from two different routers One with Ethernet cable and one with usb.
Both connected to switch that connect to the type c exit on the s10.
I only getting the ip from the router with the Ethernet connection.
how im getting the ip from the usb connection to ?

Apps Communicate with exterior device physically connected to android phone

Hello,

I have a project where it is required of me to replicate a Desktop application into an easy to use mobile application.

The application I want to create needs to communicate with an external device that monitors data like temperature and humidity. This monitored data will also be plotted on a graph in the android application (basically a two-way real time data sharing via wire). There's also configuration files that need to be uploaded into that device from the android application.

I would like to know if doing such a thing is possible. The communication has to be via wire. Wireless connections are not an option.

If someone could direct me via an API that handles such tasks or a small tutorial it would be amazing!

Thank you.

AUG4 Global, Exynos, JULY Android Security patch + camera update

This latest update is the 14th for the Global, Exynos, S21 series and is currently being rolled out by Samsung and is a later, July, build than the current U.S. Snapdragon update AUFD which has a June build date.

This update is for camera, general bugfixes and July security patch.

Initially, as always, this is rolling out to the non-carrier branded, stock Samsung CSC codes first.

The Galaxy S21 Global, Exynos, devices that will receive this update are...
  • S21 5G model SM-G991B
  • S21+ 5G model SM-G996B
  • S21 Ultra 5G model SM-G998B
This latest release replaces the previous G99*BXXU3AUF6 build.

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.

Changelog

    • Performance of camera has been improved
    • The security of your device has been improved

The update = G99*BXXU3AUG4

Download = 315.32MB

Build date = 06 July 2021

Release date = 12 July 2021

Camera version = 11.0.03.16

One UI version = 3.1

Android Security patch = 01 July 2021

This is the 14th stable update in 168 days. Average = 1 update every 12 days.

(N.B. This post will be updated as more information becomes available)

AUG4 System information

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Camera version

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AUG4 Global, Exynos, JULY Android Security patch + camera update

This latest update is the 14th for the Global, Exynos, S21 series and is currently being rolled out by Samsung and is a later, July, build than the current U.S. Snapdragon update AUFD which has a June build date.

This update is for camera, general bugfixes and July security patch.

Initially, as always, this is rolling out to the non-carrier branded, stock Samsung CSC codes first.

The Galaxy S21 Global, Exynos, devices that will receive this update are...
  • S21 5G model SM-G991B
  • S21+ 5G model SM-G996B
  • S21 Ultra 5G model SM-G998B
This latest release replaces the previous G99*BXXU3AUF6 build.

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.

Changelog

    • Performance of camera has been improved
    • The security of your device has been improved

The update = G99*BXXU3AUG4

Download = 315.32MB

Build date = 06 July 2021

Release date = 12 July 2021

Camera version = 11.0.03.16

One UI version = 3.1

Android Security patch = 01 July 2021

This is the 14th stable update in 168 days. Average = 1 update every 12 days.

(N.B. This post will be updated as more information becomes available)

AUG4 System information

Qj1Oiwtl.jpg


Camera version

QGaJQZ9l.png

AUG4 Global, Exynos, JULY Android Security patch + camera update

This latest update is the 14th for the Global, Exynos, S21 series and is currently being rolled out by Samsung and is a later, July, build than the current U.S. Snapdragon update AUFD which has a June build date.

This update is for camera, general bugfixes and July security patch.

Initially, as always, this is rolling out to the non-carrier branded, stock Samsung CSC codes first.

The Galaxy S21 Global, Exynos, devices that will receive this update are...
  • S21 5G model SM-G991B
  • S21+ 5G model SM-G996B
  • S21 Ultra 5G model SM-G998B
This latest release replaces the previous G99*BXXU3AUF6 build.

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.

Changelog



    • Performance of camera has been improved
    • The security of your device has been improved
The update = G99*BXXU3AUG4

Download = 315.32MB

Build date = 06 July 2021

Release date = 12 July 2021

Camera version = 11.0.03.16

One UI version = 3.1

Android Security patch = 01 July 2021

This is the 14th stable update in 168 days. Average = 1 update every 12 days.

(N.B. This post will be updated as more information becomes available)

AUG4 System information

Qj1Oiwtl.jpg


Camera version

QGaJQZ9l.png

Not associating contacts cause a missing digit.

Hey guys! I'm having a little problem and couldnt find the answer anywhere.

My phone doesn't associate incomming calls because of one missing number in the country code.

To make it clear, I live in Argentina.
I have my contacts listed in the following format:
+54 9 11 0615199
"54" is argentina country code, "9" is for cel phone, and "11" is the cities area code.

For some reason my Samsung is picking it up without the "9" therefore all numbers come is as not listed.

Is there anyway to change this format or association in the settings or something?

Help Nova Launcher v7 beta

I recently started using the new Nova Launcher v7 beta which works very well. The only issue I have is the "normalize icon size" feature is enabled and greyed-out. I would like to be able to turn off the feature, but I can't figure out how to make it accessible. A few people have brought it up in the Nova forum on Discord, but so far there's no solution. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

  • Poll Poll
[Free] Tanky - 2D tank destroyer

What kind of content would you like to see?

  • More levels

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • More power-ups

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Better graphics

    Votes: 1 50.0%

WTF is Tanky?
Tanky is a 2D retro tank game, tailor made for Android smartphones.

What can you expect?
  • 2D retro tank game
  • Fast paced action
  • Touch support, of course
  • Based on GoDot engine
  • Pick-ups and power-ups
  • 5 levels to complete
  • Bosses to conquer
The more reviews and downloads, the more free content will be added.

Download link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixdots.tanky

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