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ChatGPT now suggesting replies [SCREENSHOT]

This is pretty neat: ChatGPT is now suggesting replies to keep the conversation going.

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In many ways, this seems modeled after Google's "People Also Ask" sections in Google Search results.

In a way, it's passive onboarding- you're learning about ChatGPT's capabilities each time you read them (even when you don't click). Seems like a helpful addition, although some may feel it clutters the conversation. What do you think?

Group texts

The last time I had an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S5) the group texts were always strange. When I got a group text, anyone on an Android phone would be grouped together. If they were on an iPhone, their texts would show up in my phone separately. I could tell from their (iPhone user) conversation that they we included in the group text but my reply to them would also be separate on their end. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Is this still an issue? I’ve heard the Google Messages app will resolve issue. Is this true?

Thanks!

Factory Reset Protection on Samsung Galaxy S23

I’m considering buying a Samsung Galaxy S23. This may sound like a weird question but is it possible to set up the Factory Reset Protection so that the user is not able to change the settings and bypass FRP? It seems like FRP is mainly an anti theft feature not so much a parental control or accountability feature.

To give some clarity/background to my question…I tend to spend way too much time online when I should IE go to bed. I’ve been known to reset my iPhone to factory settings to bypass the screen time controls set up by a friend to help keep me focused. The S23 seems like a good option and I also miss my S5 I had a while back. Yes I am aware of flips phones, therapy…etc. I’m looking into those and other options as well.

Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.

What's the best file explorer to replace es file explorer

I see es file explorer was removed from Google play unclear why or if it will return

I download cx file explorer which seems like a good replacement

What's the best non buggy file explorer currently in people's options currently

Does Samsung have a built in one I see something in my phone I think pre installed called my files but it doesn't seem to show all folders like es file explorer or cx file explorer

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Help Samsung browser miscellaneities (GUI and troubleshooting)

I am running the non-updated version of Samsung Browser that comes with Android 11. Its dark mode tabs are black text on grey, and I find this uncomfortable to look at.
Where can I find a version with white text on black tabs in dark mode, and how do I install it (without rooting, if at all possible)

Secondly, one of my tabs is constantly on Google Images. It works as normal, for the most part. I click on an image from the main page and travel through the associated images, and this repeats onward through more sets of images. If I find one I like I use 'view image'. Sometimes this kicks me all the way back out to the base Images page.
How do I troubleshoot this?

Thanks,
Alex

Any Way to Save Google Authenticator Information to Local Device?

Like everyone else I have been forced to upgrade Google Authenticator to the new version that Google has connected to cloud accounts. I do not want to put two factor information in the cloud. Is there any way to export the two-factor information on my phone to an SDcard or to a file on my local phone file system? I only find a function to "transfer accounts" which requires you to go through the cloud.

I want to confirm, this application is not secretly making copies to the cloud until I have explicitly enabled cloud backup?

Help GALAXY A53 5G AND WHATSAPP INCOMING CALL PROBLEM (DO YOU HAVE THE SAME ISSUE ?)

Hi everyone,
Recently I replaced my A53 5g phone with the new one due to WhatsApp incoming call problem. The problem is as when the phone is connected to any internet (Wi-Fi or cellular network) and when the phone screen is locked and in dark/Sleep mode. If someone calls, the phone doesn't ring or vibrate. On the other hand it shows my phone status as "Calling" instead of "Ringing" to the caller. My each incoming call is missed. I tried each and every option, also SAMSUNG authorized experts checked the phone with Remote Access and they declared ALL OK and there is no problem inside the phone. This happens for the last few months. WhatsApp HELP CENTRE is not responding and is a waste of time. I am really very tired of this problem.
PLZ HELP ME ON THE ISSUE.

Game bug

A while back, 20 May 2023 to be exact, I posted saying that Classic Words (a Scrabble game) was playing words that are not in the dictionary. I received several replies which basically said to use a Scrabble dictionary since the one I had used, Merriam Webster, does not show all playable words. Okay

However, when I played yesterday, the game (again) used a group of letters that did not seem like a word. This time, I looked it up in the Scrabble dictionary and guess what - not there. The game is cheating! How can I get the game to play fairly?

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Moto E6 / Android 9 (Pie) and 5G network

I just got an email re: Republic Wireless being bought out by Boost Infinite. It says they will send me a new SIM card and everything else will be fine.

My question is this: My phone is a Moto E6 with Android 9 (Pie). Under "preferred network type" it says "LTE (recommended)". When I tap on that, it says it can also work with 3G and 2G. Boost Infinite is a 5G network. But when I called their support, I was told that they also use "4G LTE" and that that would most likely work with my phone because of LTE.

Is that true? Any info and would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Help (Help)How to transfer entire Groups of Albums to PC(SamsungNote 10+/Android)

Hi, I'm new here so I don't know if I'm doing something incorrectly, so if I do pardon me.

So I have a Samsung Note 10 Plus, and my Gallery is a literal archive of information. Basically I have thousands of Albums in there, containing Pictures & Videos about different topics, and to organize the whole thing better and make it easier to navigate, I started creating Album GROUPS with the name of the Topic, and then putting all the related Albums inside, so now I have a bunch of Album GROUPS, with inside more Album GROUPS because you can create Album Groups inside Album Groups, which then consequently inside have many Albums! Basically it's like Folders inside a Folder, expect for, the phone doesn't recognize the GROUPS as folders, they only exist in the Gallery, only the Albums are seen as Folders! Let me explain better, if you go in the File Manager > DCIM, you can only find all the Albums, sorted by Letter or Size, without any Groups, the Groups do not exist as files, they only exist in the gallery! So all the Organization system that I created does not exist in the File Manager of my Phone and is only visible in the Gallery, in the File Manager all the Albums are in one big List! The problem of this for me is that now I need to move everything on my PC/Mac/SSD because my Phone storage is full(250gb), and I am forced to recreate the whole Archive and Organization System again on my PC because I'm able to transfer only Album by Album, I am unable to transfer whole Groups of Albums like they are in the Gallery, and having 3000+ Groups, with inside many Albums, you can guess that this process will take FOREVER, I'm working on it hours a day since months now, and it's taking TOO LONG! So I started researching ways to do this in a faster way, which is, transfer the Whole Groups of Albums on the PC with one click, that would make it a work of hours!

I asked ChatGPT for ways to do this but with no success, he only knows of ways to move files that all don't recognize my Album Groups and do the same job as I would do by transferring it by Cable!

I also tried SmartSwitch and it also didn't allow me to transfer entire Groups of Albums, however it does allow to do this from Phone to phone, but sadly not from Phone to PC/MAC!

Is there any App, Software, or way to do this? I think I'll have to contact Samsung too, I just cannot find a way to do this..maybe by connecting an SSD directly to my Phone? Don't know..please if somebody knows a way I would be very grateful!

I'll also post pictures & a screen record of what I mean with Albums inside Album Groups!

Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 10+(not rooted)

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getting photos from the phone

i have the galaxy a51 and for some reason when i take photos and plug into the pc and click on the phone then internal dcim and camera i get explore to come up but it will not keep the settings i select for showing the photos.

i pick large icons and then descending as i want the last photos to be the first i see. i have tried everything and just can't get that to stay. some on the a51 forum and the win 10 forums are telling me it is the updated OS in android that is doing this. on my last phone the lg aristo i did come up this way in large icons and last photos taken.

this a51 now has 13 for the OS if that makes any difference. but the wifes tcl20xe does the same thing with 11 for that OS.

so if the phone will not allow me to see large icons and last photo taken as the first to show maybe another camera app will but i have no idea when one will work.

also i have the nokia 100 and that one when i take photo's and connect to the pc i get internal then dcim and camera and then it shows icons that are blank. i have to copy then into another folder the get them to show as photos. so i have 2 phones that are about worthless for taking photos and then viewing them without jumping thru hoops to see them.

so by any chance is there a fix for either of these phone. thanks

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