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Motherboard Upgrade to Run Modern Android?

As most of you know: When an Android computer (and smartphones are handheld computers) is too old, it won't get Android updates anymore.
To run the latest Android, you usually need to get a new computer. But why's that? Why not just replace the motherboard? Why aren't there new motherboards sold for old computers, new motherboards which allow the computer to run a modern version of Android?

  • Poll Poll
I am happy to show some gameplay of my upcoming game

How much you think a game like this should be priced?

  • $1.99

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • $2.99

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • $4.99

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • $6.99

    Votes: 0 0.0%

Hi all,
I am happy to show some gameplay from my upcoming game for android devices. Let me know your thoughts! I am also starting a poll to see how much you will be willing to pay for an android game like this that has no micro transactions or ads.

Help tcl tab pro 5g FRP authentication loop

We purchased this device as a trial for our device deployment. We installed an MDM, MaaS360, and did a full wipe. We initialized via QR code and set up the policies. Then we did a 2nd wipe of the device via MaaS360 to test it with a fresh install. I got to the google verification screen to bypass the FRP. We authenticate, the device populates in our Google account then asks for verification over and over again. After each verification attempt, we got a message along the lines of "please use your the device owners account" or something like that. I don't remember the text. However as I noted, the device populated in our google account. It sent out the verification via MFA to us. We tried it via email, text, and notification on other device.

I performed a factory reset multiple times via button input. No change. We called MaaS360, Verizon (our carrier/salesman) & TCL tech support. MaaS360 was able to confirm that the wipe went through successfully, but couldn't offer device support (understandable). Verizon said call the manufacturer. The manufacturer offered to fix it, but it would take a month (shipping time and queue). We politely declined and returned the device.

So my questions revolve more around what could have caused this and preventative measures.

1. What are some things that can cause this? It seemed to recognize the verification since it populated in the google account. I know MaaS360 could potentially cause this issue, but we have used the above process hundreds of times on other devices. This has never happened before.

2. Is this a known issue on android itself? Are there work arounds to reduce the likelihood of this. (Explained better below, but MaaS360 deletes the associated work profile prior to wiping the device. In addition, the profile cannot be removed on the device while under MDM control)

3. Is this possibly a flaw inherent in this model, or is it more likely just a flaw in this individual device.

4. What is the likelihood that this is just a weird fluke?

Some Context.
1. I work for an organization. We don't want to use a lot of 3rd party software to fix issues that shouldn't be issues. So, I'm not looking for hacks or software solutions. We have to service too many devices. If it doesn't work as advertised, we're not overly interested.

2. One of the apps we use has a list of like 10 devices that it supports. The TCL tab pro 5 is one of them. The others cost much more than we are wanting to pay for. So I am hoping, this is a one off incident. Also, there is no easy way to replace the app. It ties into a much larger system that we have invested too much money into to replace. At least not for a tablet issue. It'd be more cost efficient to purchase the higher dollar devices, even over the long term.

3. MaaS360 creates a work profile account on the device, but ties it to our master google account. The device itself does not see the master account from my understanding. When MaaS360 wipes the device, it deletes the work profile and then wipes the device.

4.I am by no means an expert in Android nor MaaS360, so some of my assumptions could be wrong.

Help Factory reset Galaxy Tab A7 Lite 8.7 help!

I have a client's Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite 8.7, Model SM-T220 that I had to do a factory reset on because they do not remember the password and cannot do a reset because they do not have access to the recovery email or phone. After the reset, it still requires an unlock pattern on login to the account to finish the reset. Is there any way around this?

Thank you for any help you can provide.

pre alarm tone plays before chosen alarm song starts

I'm using the clock app that came with my android. all my alarms and timers play a loud tone when the alarm goes off, immediately before my chosen song plays. it's like a "bong bong bong bong" sound, then the chosen song starts. I have my alarms set to get gradually louder but it's useless when the loud bonging sound goes off first. I can't figure out how to get rid of it.

Do Knock-Off Phones Deserve their Unsavory Reputation?

There are cheap Android phones available that are meant to look like more popular brands (most notably iPhones). My understanding is: Those knock-off phones are looked down upon. But is that unsavory reputation really deserved? If you make a phone with the same dimensions and all as an iPhone (for example), then iPhone cases and many other iPhone accessories will work with it.

To be clear: I'm talking about knock-offs, not counterfeits! When an Android phone has an Apple logo on the back, when it reports in the settings that it runs iOS, etc.: That's unacceptable.

Parental control app that automatically locks child's phone in certain locations

Greetings to all Android enthusiasts.

Can you please advise on the following*
*or point me in the right direction if the question has already been answered - I've searched but couldn't find a ready answer*.

I'd like to be able to prevent my son from using his mobile phone at home and on school campus. This is to:
- Help him comply with the school's policy on mobile phone use
- Encourage him, while at home, to use devices with larger screens, such as a tablet.

I can of course remote-lock his phone manually or put in time-based locks. But it would be way better if the phone locked itself automatically in defined locations. Similar to the geofence feature but more active I suppose: as soon as he enteres the defined perimeter, the phone locks until he leaves the perimeter with his phone again.

Are there any apps that have this feature?

Many thanks for your advice.

Andrei

iOS: Install Apps you Want before Apple Bans them for Political Reasons

Apple has banned the news app RT, and the social media app Gab, for political reasons. There's no guarantee that Apple's going to stop there. Sideloading isn't practical on iOS, so if the app's banned from the Apple app store: It can't be installed. However, you can install the app before Apple bans it: It will remain on your system until you reinstall iOS (that is, reset the iPhone/iPad/iPod). Apps which may be next on Apple's chopping block are:

#1: News apps which are not part of the mainstream American media, especially right-leaning ones.

#2: Apps from countries which are geopolitical enemies of the United States, especially Russia.

Be warned that, if the app is banned and you get a new iPhone, the banned app will not transfer to your new iPhone along with your other apps.

BuzzKill app not sounding the alarm

I recently installed BuzzKill, and I want it to do something specific regarding the Jiobit app.

Jiobit is a GPS tracker my cat wears on her collar, and it the associated app on my phone gives me an alert if my cat runs away from home.

The problem is that Jiobit's notifications trigger the exact same sound file as an incoming text message, or any other notification. Since it's a pretty big deal if my cat gets out, I want to hear a special alarm in the unlikely event that my cat does leave home.

Therefore, I created a rule in BuzzKill that says any time Jiobit sends me a notification containing the word "left", an alarm should sound. This is because the relevant Jiobit notification would always say, "Mona has left home."

I have tested this by removing the cat's collar and taking it with me when I leave home.
Unfortunately, this triggers Jiobit's normal notification (with the text message sound), but does not cause BuzzKill to sound the alarm I wanted.

The thing is, BuzzKill *does* recognize these notifications as matching my criteria, because when I click on the rule I created, those recent Jiobit notifications show up in BuzzKill's list of notifications that match the criteria.

So BuzzKill can clearly see the notifications, but it's not sounding the alarm.

I should mention I did try just having BuzzKill sound an alarm for any and all notifications Jiobit sent me. That works, and the alarm does sound. But I don't want to go that route, because Jiobit does send me notifications unrelated to my cat's whereabouts. For example, it will send me a notification when I've been charging the battery on the GPS tracker and it's full. I don't want an alarm to sound when the battery's full.

Thank you in advance for whatever ideas you might have for how to fix this.

PS: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S9, model number SM-G965U, running Android version 10. It is not rooted.

Screenshot_20230627-183853_BuzzKill.jpg

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Help Restore Google Assistant Beep/chime WITHOUT Voice Access or Switch Access

Hi there,

I just upgraded to a S23 Ultra from an S10 and noticed that "Ok Google" doesnt make its distinctive chime anymore, which i really liked because it gave me confirmation that it was listening without me having to look at the screen.

Thru scouring the interwebs i figured out that both the Voice Access and Switch Access toggles can bring back the beep, but they have other undesirable backdraws (namely they make the youtube app vibrate whenever info cards are shown, and there doesnt seem to be a way to remove the permision to make the phone vibrate).

So im looking for a way to restore "Ok Google" making a beep when called that doesnt involve Switch Access or Voice Access. All help is appreciated :) thanks

Secure folder files recovery

Hello all, I have a samsung S22(non rooted) with secure folder installed. I moved some files there, but I've acciendetally deleted them(also from the recycle bin), I don't have a backup in the cloud. I've also searched methods through the internet but everyone gives you a different tool to use. I actually tried a few with no luck(they only recover the files from the "normal" gallery, and not from the secure folder gallery).
So could it be posible to recover these files somehow??(maybe rooting the samsung, maybe jailbreaking it or it just that when you delete files from the recylce bin they get permenantly deleted and there's no way of recovering them)

Android Studio Constraint Layout Error

I am getting such an error while compiling the application.
When I make a LinearLayout, the error disappears, but when I use a ConstraitLayout, the error appears.

Screenshot_20230627-093206_Chrome.jpg


Java Class


public Uri getLocalBitmapUri() {
LinearLayout linearLayout = findViewById(R.id.parent); /*Your root view to be part of screenshot*/
linearLayout.buildDrawingCache();
Bitmap bmp = linearLayout.getDrawingCache();
// Store image to default external storage directory
Uri bmpUri = null;
File file;
try {
File dir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES).getPath() + "/" + getString(R.string.app_name) + "/");
dir.mkdirs();
String fileName = "/" + System.currentTimeMillis() + "share_image.png";

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
file = new File(dir, fileName);
} else {
file = new File(getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "share_image_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".png");
}

FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, out);
out.close();
bmpUri = Uri.fromFile(file);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return bmpUri;
}




Xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/background"
android:layoutDirection="ltr"
android:eek:rientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity">

<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/relativeLayout7"
android:layout_width="1280dp"
android:layout_height="55dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:layoutDirection="rtl"
android:eek:rientation="horizontal"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

<TextView
android:id="@+id/level_number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:textColor="@color/white"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
tools:ignore="RtlCompat" />

<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/progressBar"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"

android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/level_number"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_toStartOf="@+id/score"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/score"
android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/questionNumber"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/questionNumber"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:max="10"
android:progress="10"
android:progressDrawable="@drawable/circular_progress_bar2" />

<TextView
android:id="@+id/questionNumber"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:layout_marginStart="1dp"
android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
android:background="@drawable/item_background"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingRight="20dp"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:text="0 / 0"
android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
android:textSize="20sp"
tools:ignore="RtlCompat" />


<TextView
android:id="@+id/score"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:layout_marginLeft="1dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="1dp"
android:background="@drawable/item_background"
android:drawableEnd="@drawable/score"
android:drawablePadding="15dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingRight="30dp"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:text="0"
android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
android:textSize="20sp"
tools:ignore="RtlCompat" />

</RelativeLayout>

<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linearLayout3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:eek:rientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/relativeLayout7"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="29dp">


<TextView
android:id="@+id/questionText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:textColor="@color/textColor2"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linearLayout4"
android:layout_width="631dp"
android:layout_height="345dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"

android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:eek:rientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/done"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/linearLayout3"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.104">

<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/answerGridview"
android:layout_width="406dp"
android:layout_height="123dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:columnWidth="40dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:horizontalSpacing="4dp"
android:padding="4dp"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:verticalSpacing="4dp" />



<Button
android:id="@+id/reveal"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="@drawable/border_background"
android:drawableLeft="@drawable/reveal"
android:drawablePadding="-5dp"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="@String/show_answer"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textColor="@color/colorAccent" />

<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/reset"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:background="@drawable/reset_skip_background"
android:padding="10dp"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="@drawable/reset" />

<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/skip"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:background="@drawable/reset_skip_background"
android:padding="10dp"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="@drawable/skip" />


<Button
android:id="@+id/ask"
android:layout_width="139dp"
android:layout_height="615dp"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="@drawable/border_background"
android:drawableRight="@drawable/friends"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="@String/askfriends"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textColor="@color/colorAccent" />



<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"

android:eek:rientation="vertical">

<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/choicesGridview"
android:layout_width="405dp"
android:layout_height="127dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:columnWidth="40dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="4dp"
android:scrollbars="none"

/>

</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="@+id/adView"
android:layout_width="1268dp"
android:layout_height="91dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
app:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
app:adUnitId="@String/admob_banner_unit_id"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

<Button
android:id="@+id/done"
android:layout_width="1276dp"
android:layout_height="76dp"
android:background="@drawable/pressed_no_corners"
android:text="@String/done"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textColor="@color/white"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/adView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/voiceImage"
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="66dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"

android:alpha="0.6"
android:background="@drawable/border_background"

android:padding="10dp"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="@drawable/ic_speaker"
android:visibility="gone"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/questionImage"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/linearLayout4"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/linearLayout3" />

<com.google.android.material.imageview.ShapeableImageView
android:id="@+id/questionImage"
android:layout_width="500dp"
android:layout_height="250dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="45dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="139dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="277dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:maxHeight="250dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/done"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/linearLayout4"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/linearLayout3"
app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@Style/ShapeAppearanceOverlay.App.CornerSize50Percent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>



I get this error when I try to convert LinearLayout ConstraintLayout.
I changed the Java Class to ConstraintLayout, still getting the same error

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Help IDK

I have no idea what this is doing on all my devices or what it is...the files I wanted to add are too big. Thia caused my Moto Stylus 5G to brick and my Samsung A20 is barely functional with the 200+ files daily and frequent restarts...please help me figure out what it is and how to remove it.






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VM Version: 2.1.0
Java Home: /system
Class Path: .
Boot Class Path: /apex/com.android.runtime/javalib/core-oj.jar:/apex/com.android.runtime/javalib/core-libart.jar:/apex/com.android.runtime/javalib/okhttp.jar:/apex/com.android.runtime/javalib/bouncycastle.jar:/apex/com.android.runtime/javalib/apache-xml.jar:/system/framework/framework.jar:/system/framework/ext.jar:/system/framework/telephony-common.jar:/system/framework/voip-common.jar:/system/framework/ims-common.jar:/system/framework/knoxsdk.jar:/system/framework/knoxanalyticssdk.jar:/system/framework/smartbondingservice.jar:/system/framework/securetimersdk.jar:/system/framework/fipstimakeystore.jar:/system/framework/timakeystore.jar:/system/framework/sec_sdp_sdk.jar:/system/framework/sec_sdp_hidden_sdk.jar:/system/framework/drutils.jar:/system/framework/android.test.base.jar:/system/framework/ucmopensslenginehelper.jar:/system/framework/esecomm.jar:/apex/com.android.conscrypt/javalib/conscrypt.jar:/apex/com.android.media/javalib/updatable-media.jar

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