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Flashlight icon greyed out, camera problems on Pocophone F1

Hi, my Pocophone F1 has a weird problem. The flashlight icon in the app drawer is greyed out like this:
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I cannot access flashlight from camera app too, when I try to take photo with flash, the screen immediately changed to white color, then cream color with sun icon. When I take photo using the back camera, the result is normal, but after i got to gallery, the photo become mirrored. You can see here, the "LG" preview in bottom left looks normal.
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But after opening it, it looks like this:

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Sometimes opening portrait mode also result in "Camera error, Can't connect to camera".

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I also attached a video here when i try to take photo with the flashlight. Thank you!

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Help Third party screen lock app

I want to install a third party screen lock app in my smartphone. I want when I press the power button and when the screen turns on then it asks for pattern or pin. I know this feature is already available by default but it's not that much good so I want a third party app. Please give me the link and it doesn't matter whether it's a free app or paid.

Issue with Photo Tagging Feature on Windows and Android Compatibility

I've been accustomed to tagging my photos in Windows using the property details feature. This allows me to organize my gallery efficiently. However, I've encountered a recent issue. After transferring the tagged photo to my Samsung Galaxy A6+, the trick no longer seems to work. I'm puzzled as to why this has happened. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem or have any insights into what might be causing this issue?

samsung a51 usb issue

i have the a51 and it stopped connecting to the pc thru the usb connector. i tried 4 cables and 4 pc and it will not connect. so i got a new usb board for the sm-s515dl phone. anyway it is still doing this so it must be the motherboard. i did the samsung drivers 3 times and no change i did win10 updated and drivers and no change, so the phone is all but dead. it charges so for not it is usable and the photos i can get from google but not he way i prefer to get them. anyway what may be a good or better phone i can ebay? i do not want to break the bank but at least have 128gb storage and similar ratings as the a51 or maybe even better. i can do a vs to check them out. thanks

  • Poll Poll
The AI-Pin...a look into the future of wearable (integrated?) tech

Would you jump on board with this nexgen personal tech?

  • Yes, it's a great idea

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Maybe, but I'll wait until it's more proven

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • Probably not, at least so long as smartphones are so useful

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • I can't imagine ever wanting something like this

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Imagine being in a roomful of folks wearing these things and all using them at the same time...

    Votes: 0 0.0%

I'm not an early-adopter type and I'm not the target audience for what may be the "next generation" of personal technology...but it does make me wonder about where this is all going.

And yes, I realize it's not Android...yet. ;)

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Screen freeze coolpad3705 issues HELP!

Please help. I own a cpCoolpad3705as Android phone for 4 years now through Boost mobile. Recently my phone has for a better way turned into a zombie phone. Problems include screen freeze, random calls to contacts (unsolicited), extreme typing issues, notification screen drop down while typing, and probably a dozen more. Did factory reset. Phone worked fine for 1 hour, then worse than before. Have tried asking Coolpad US for help, they don't answer phone or emails. Boost mobile just wants to sell me another new phone. Please help if you can. I'm an mature older man who doesn't have the tech
savvy to figure this out. Thank

Selling my laptop

I have a HP Pavilion g6 Notebook laptop 6.00 GB Ram 64 bit OP System, which I want to sell. It is a few years old, but

hardly used, and is in prestine condition. If I remove everything, I believe it will automatically install the Windows that it

came with when I purchased it new. It is running Windows 10, but I cannot remember if I upgraded from an earlier version.

There is nothing of any importance on the laptop. Is it possible to remove files, and be sure that Windows 10 remains.

My 6 year old 55" Samsung LED died. Replacement?

This old 55" TV (HU8550?) now shows an instant green screen. Must replace the set. I prefer Samsung, and it must be 55". Prefer to buy from Costco, and this set looks good: https://www.costco.com/samsung-55"-...rs-of-total-coverage*.product.4000154397.html

However, Tom's Guide: Samsung OLED vs. Neo QLED TV — here's the one I would buy right now

Thoughts? Size must be 55".

Thanks.

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Please help security concern!!!

Hi,

Had intruder issues a whileback now n since then ive had issues with my wifi n my phone.

Firstly ive got s second hand phone bought fot me by a friend as ive had enough of tne suspected remote access to my device i experianced it seems to be the case with every phone ive had even after a factry reset are there any other changes to anything i nred to do to ensure for eg nothings been done to the phone (current or new) can anyone use anything or have added something remotley to download files n othet info ask as ive ecperisnced imtruder attacls my wifi provider r lookimg into my wifi not achieving gusrabteed 46.8 mbs its as low as 7.8 mbs and also noticed a new wifi name EE Wifi with no password!
my other friend said to add developer options n enable the sensors toggle n otd show in my drop down menu.


Noticed an option called oem unocking on the list of my current phone which is disabled (toggles showing grey not green).
Am i right by saying it needs to be on green to stop remote or any othet access to ny files/allowing them to be nodified is this correct?

What steps can i take to npt have to worry about another phone or do i just ignore tbe above n factory reset the new phone is it as simple as that?

Thank you masdively in advance,

Roxanne :)

Texas 5.2 Earthquake

The 5.2 magnitude earthquake is tied for the fourth strongest in Texas history. It occurred in an area where oilfield companies have long been injecting wastewater from fracking underground.....

Another large earthquake shows seismic activity continues to increase in West Texas, experts say

I'm not an anti-fracking protester but, fracking seems to cause a lot of earthquakes. Oklahoma had 567 earthquakes (3.0 and above) in 2014 when there was a lot of fracking. They need to come up with a different method to extract extra natural gas and oil.

Samsung Fold5-One UI 6.0 Beta 5

Samsung have just released their 5th Beta update ZWK5 for those enrolled on their beta programme.

Build = F946BXXU1ZWK5

Download = 663.20 MB

Build date = 06 November 2023

Camera version = 14.0.00.43

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 information

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Greyed out app icon no option to uninstall app

Hi all,

I have a Samsung A10.
Reset the home screen back to default setting. Now there is a greyed out app on the home screen that appears to be waiting to install, but it never does. I tried long press of app icon to delete it but there is no such option.
Help please. Thank you

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"Do not disturb" mode don't hide notification icons

Good day to everyone.


I had moving from old smartphone with Android 8.1( Oreo ) to the new device with Android 12( Snow cone ). In the version 8.1 if i'm turning on the "Do Not Disturb" mode, then it not only muting the notification, but hiding all notification icons at top left corner of the phone screen till i'm gonna to turn off that mode. BUT within 12-th version of Android on my new device icons don't disapear( as you can see below on the screenshot with example of Facebook messenger notification icon ), but only sound is off when new notifications came.

I don't want to disable the push notifications for any app over Android settings because i care that suddenly something important will be sent to my phone. Nevermind whether notification is ad, message from messenger or something else. But from other side it's annoying to see these push notification icons cause they distract my attention when my break is out and i must go back to working place again.

I need just hide the notification icons somehow when i'm turning on the "Do Not Disturb" mode and when i turn off this mode, icons are appearing again like it was in the prevous versions of Android like 8 and older.

Whether is a way to do that ? How to do that ? Maybe here are special firmwares on Android or something else ?

Please, help me.

My old device
: Android 8.1, Asus Zenphone Max Pro M2 ( ASUS_X01BDA )
My new device: Android 12, Redmi 9 ( firmware MIUI Global 13.0.1 Stable )

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Help TECNO Camon 15 Air bricked/dead completely

I replaced new battery and unlocked bootloader and flashed vbmeta.img and custom recovery.img and I noticed that I dont have Magisk zip on my sdcard and just hit the reboot button and now the device boot into fastboot mode directly and now put the magisk zip on my sdcard and flashed both the images above and unplugged the device. when I try to boot into Recovery, I cant b/c device dead. I used Miracle box 2.82 thunder from here to flash the device.

When I try to flash the whole device ROM, It showing me CPU dead or....

Tried with NCK Pro Box Loader here it just stuck after detecting device and show error after a couple of minutes and Transssion Tool with factory signed firmware and its showing BROM BINDED error.

Remember that I used custom DA File on Miracle and NCK Pro Box Loader!

Unplugged the device battery and tried to flash then..... Miracle kills itself when it reach flashing super partition! Auto exit.

I asked my friend and he said it may be emmc corruption and I should use emmc fixer or replace it but I cant do both b/c I cant find emmc for the device and tool to repair emmc.

Look the screenshots below to see the errors o different flashtools I tried with.

Any help plz.....
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