That's exactly what it is. A sound very similar to a Star Trek Red Alert from the original series. this phone randomly makes this 'whoop whoop' alert sound once, and nothing is on the screen. last time it was when it was charging, today it just did it in my pocket. Nothing is listed in recent notifications and there is no such sound in the list of 'notification sounds'. I can't think of any app that makes this particular sound and I'm quite involved in what I allow to make noise on a smartphone (only calls, texts and emails, everything else is set to either block notifications (I hate status bar clutter) or silent/minimized.)) There should only be three items that make sound and with sounds I select (thanks to whomever told me a month or so back to move any downloaded sounds into the 'notifications' folder). None involve any red alert sound. I got emergency SOS and Wireless Emergency Alerts all turned off. It's not a disconnected from watch sound as my watch remained connected.

Is anyone familiar with this particular anomaly with Samsung's modern phones? Also, it's not a low battery sound as the phone is still 90% charged.

I tried to activate shizuku without pc using a website and bugjaeger and it gave a notification "permission denied". Can anyone help me regarding this.

Android phone using "clock" app. How do I sort alarms I have set by date and then time within date?

Hi folks,

New here so forgive me if this isn't in the right area of the forum. I'm all Samssung in terms of Android and recently was gifted a Tab s8+ - great device, but I'm told I can get more out of it? I hear about this Eco system and have watched some videos on YouTube but it still baffles me so coming to the experts here!

Can I use my Note 20 Ultra as a second device/screen i.e. drag files across like I would when I use the tab as a secondary extended or just secondary screen with my laptop?
I tried Samsung Flow and both devices are on the same WiFi but the smart view option allowing me to use my phone on my tab only work when I switch the WiFi from on my tablet to the phones hotspot. Why is this? is this normal?
Samsung's Dex - what is the benefit of using the tab in this mode as opposed to how it is in regular mode?
I have some Galaxy buds Live, should they be able to connect via blue tooth to both phone and tablet?
I'm also looking at potentially purchasing a smart watch (samsung model) and I hear there is a new model. Has anyone tried it? is it worth the money? I don't want to overspend for the sake of it.

Any other tips and tricks you can share are much appreciated

I thought it might be fun to have a separate thread to capture and share all of the great memes and pics that get the OCD juices flowing (and which otherwise get scattered and lost in other threads).

Here’s a prime example…

So I downloaded an apk(1.09gb )and installed the game(7.35gb), when I go to view the files I am only able to view the base apk files (the files under 1.09gb) and I can't see the rest of the game files, is there any way to view the other 6.26gb worth of game files?

While trying to root my samsung galaxy j7 ,I flashed other devices twrp file using odin3 then when I pressed volup+home+power its not going forward and not showing twrp logo.Then I tried to flash correct twrp file using odin ,it is failing to do so.What shoul I do now .

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Sometimes when I try to send a simple text, I get this pop up (see below). If I click the "send text as SMS/MMS" it will work. Does anyone else get this message? Is there a way to make my phone default to the send as SMS? I'm not sure why it does this sometimes but not all the time. I don't want to leave my mobile data on all the time but would love to stop getting this message. Thanks

Specifically, I am working on integrating StockFish with Android. The significant part of SF is its syzygy - directory where its tablebase is stored.These files are huge (about 1GB) and I do not want to include them in the program body. I want to allow the user to download them and specify their directory so that SF can use them. SF loads one of the files within this directory, one at a time, as needed.
StockFish is a shared library written in C++.
How can this be done with the current APIs?

Hi all, I have this Samsung A23 and my google photos wasn't backing up my photos for almost a year due to lack of space in the cloud. Recently I signed up google one and the backup of my photos started working again... But the photos are not being backed up automatically as it was before. I mean, when I open the Photos app, it starts backing up. But if I close the app, the backup just stops. As far as I know, I never had to open the Photos app to backup. My photos used to backup almost instantly. But this is not happening anymore. Any clues? Maybe some configuration out of the Photos app?

Thanks for the help!

I accidentally removed "Samsung_default" in user credentials under Biometric and security > Other security settings > User Certificates. Is this necessary? What does it do? How do I get it back?

OK, I'm not technical AT ALL so please excuse me.

Is it possible for a device to be infected remotely with spyware via a photo/video sent via a chat site like Snapchat/Kik?

I have a few anti-virus apps - Norton paid for, AVG and Malwarebytes. These should catch anything nasty right?

Is there a default location where music files are normally stored in the android file structure? If yes, where is the library?
Thanks

I have an app that is built using capacitorjs. Now I have updated the capacitor js version to be 5 along with android studio updated with flamingo. Since the update, I get below error:

Dependency 'androidx.core:core:1.12.0-alpha05' requires libraries and applications that
depend on it to compile against version 34 or later of the
Android APIs.

:app is currently compiled against android-33.

Also, the maximum recommended compile SDK version for Android Gradle
plugin 8.0.0 is 33.

Recommended action: Update this project's version of the Android Gradle
plugin to one that supports 34, then update this project to use
compileSdk of at least 34.

Note that updating a library or application's compileSdk (which
allows newer APIs to be used) can be done separately from updating
targetSdk (which opts the app in to new runtime behavior) and
minSdk (which determines which devices the app can be installed
on).

I now updated compileSdkVersion to 34 in :app build.gradle file. and it works fine.

Since 34 is still in dev, will it cause problems for my app? Should I be doing this? Any suggestions?

Noobie here.
I am working on my first app using a Recyclerview. I have an Adapter (SongsAdapter) to make it work. This is my code for the Adapter>

package com.example.musiclyrics;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;

import com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar;

public class SongsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<SongsAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private Context context;
private Cursor cursor;

public SongsAdapter(Context context) {
this.context = context;
}
public void setCursor(Cursor cursor) {
this.cursor = cursor;

notifyDataSetChanged();
cursor.moveToFirst(); // Move cursor to the first row
ViewHolder holder = onCreateViewHolder(null, 0);

onBindViewHolder(holder, 0);
}

@override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.songs_layout, parent, false);
return new ViewHolder(view);
}

@override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {

if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToPosition(position)) {

int songNameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("SONG_NAME");
int artistIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("ARTIST");
int durationIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("DURATION");
int songIdIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex("KEY_ID");

String songName = cursor.getString(songNameIndex);
String artist = cursor.getString(artistIndex);
String duration = cursor.getString(durationIndex);
final int songId = cursor.getInt(songIdIndex);

holder.songNameTextView.setText(songName);
holder.artistTextView.setText(artist);
holder.durationTextView.setText(duration);

holder.itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@override
public void onClick(View v) {
// MainActivity.varCurrentSong = songId;
// Handle the click event
}
});
}
cursor.moveToNext()

}

@override
public int getItemCount() {
return (cursor != null) ? cursor.getCount() : 0;
}

public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
TextView songNameTextView;
TextView artistTextView;
TextView durationTextView;

public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
songNameTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.txt_songName);
artistTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.txt_Artist);
durationTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.txt_Duration);
}
}
}

At runtime this appears to work OK but the screen only shows the first record. I have tried about 50 different ideas and suggestions on how to make this work to no avail. Can someone help me out please?
Thanks

I have a Nokia c100 that has a pattern lock. I need to be able to get in to the phone or hard reset. data preservation not necessary. I tried using the boot loader (holding down power/volume up or/and down, all combinations), nothing. All I got was a small white “fast boot mode” on bottom left of screen. Is this phone trash unless you know the code? I’ve seen a few videos saying it’s impossible, but wanted to see what other people think.
Thanks for all the help!
-Sam

I am wondering if you guys have any suggestions as to what I can do to prevent them from opening any other aps. I don't want them to download or visit anything on that tablet. I want them to have direct communication with me. Luckily the mom doesn't have a problem with this.

I use Nova Launcher, have used it for years, but its always the same settings for my business. I know I can lock the screen from moving apps etc...
Do you guys know if there is a place, dedicated to child safety features?

Basically I just want to have 1 button on the main screen for them to call or video call (i guess 2 buttons) and that's it. I can do that part. but not child proofing

I know most people probably want to do the opposite.

I must tap and swipe on that single round button alarm notification to get it to stop, I suppose my protective case makes it harder to register.



Is there another method to do it? I would prefer to have it present itself this way by default





or a way to make the round button it more sensitive?

My Phone Does Not Support Root, I'm Not Going To Buy A New Phone Because I Just Want To Get Android 9.0 So I Can Use Phone Link And Better Emojis And Other Crazy Stuff Like That, But I Can't Do That Because My Phone Has No Root And I Can't Do It via Update!

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How to Make Your Phone Charge Faster​

To accelerate phone charging, use a high-wattage charger, activate airplane mode to disable unnecessary connections, close background apps, and refrain from using the device during charging.

I was in a thread and wanted to add a photo to the post. Easy, right? Except I got the warning "the uploaded file is too large for the server to process."

I reduced the photo size to VGA, HVGA, all the way down to crap QVGA and the file size was still too large! What gives?

Hi,
I'm currently building an app, and one way to login/create an account is to use your existing Google account. Google does provide quite a few documents on how to do it, but once you get to the API part with the OAuth consent screen, it starts to get a bit confusing.

They require us to choose between an internal (Only available to users within your organization) and external (Available to any test user with a Google Account.) user type. External is the only option that can be selected for me, and that starts to make things difficult.
They require us to provide an app name, a logo, and a bunch of information that I don't have yet. All I want to do is test the Google sign-in method and see how I can integrate it in the future in a more serious project.

Is there any way to do this? Or do I have to provide them with all of this extra information?

Thanks