On my laptop I use Linux Mint. I find it easy to backup my Android data weekly to my laptop using the Mint file explorer.
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I had a Samsung J7 Pro for six-and-a-half years. Used a data lead micro-USB>type A USB. The phone died a couple of months ago.

Now I have a Samsung A25. Came with a lead, but no charger - grrr!
I also have a data lead USB type C>type A. I can successfully use this to connect laptop and A25 to backup.

I bought a one-piece adapter (not a lead) USB type C>type A. I used it to try and connect my A25 to my laptop, using the A25 supplied type C>type C lead: Charges OK, but no data transfer.

I thought perhaps the Samsung-supplied lead was only charging, not data.
My wife has a Samsung A71. I found can access her phone data using the adapter and A25 lead.

Can someone tell me why it works with an A71, but not with an A25?

I have a Nokia c110 and a OTG cable. I have a 64gb flash drive that I plugged into it. It come up in my file manager ready to us. I put about 56gb of info on it that it displays. That was a out 2 weeks ago. I plugged the drive into the OTG cable again recently and the phone now doesn't recognize it. I put the flash drive in my laptop and it works fine. I also have have a 32gb flash with info on it and it works in the phone and laptop. What gives.

Hello. I have an Amazon Fire HD 10, Generation 9 tablet on which I enabled developer options. I have since toggled it off, but I’d really like to disable it (make it disappear) again, since the tablet is used by a child. Developer Options were enabled by tapping the serial number seven times in “device options” of “settings", so I’m thinking there is a way to reverse that. Does anyone on this forum know how to disable developer options? Thank you

Wanted to find out if anyone out here runs a Lenovo Tab M9, as I just picked one up during Amazon Prime Days. I bought it after my 5 year old Amazon Fire HD8 has gotten long in the tooth, with Amazon not doing any OS updates at all in these years. Apps were getting slower as they updated while OS remained static. So I looked a long time for another small format tablet since I prefer a 7 or 8 inch tablet when I travel on airplanes, easier to read books and watch videos without fearing the dread seat recline knocking over an iPad or laptop.

Samsung has effectively ended their 8 inch line and I didn't find the myriad no name Android devices worthwhile, but the M9 seemed reasonable, especially with a competitive sale price during Amazon Prime Days. At any rate, after a few weeks I'm satisfied the apps I transferred from my HD8 are snappier in responsiveness due to a fairly up to date Android 13 version. It's not certainly not a Samsung tablet nor an iPad, but that isn't what I wanted, just a cost effective reader and occasional video player for light usage.

Anyone have experience with this tablet, would you share your perspective.

I have a Nokia c110 with Android 12. I purchased a USB C to HDMI adapter to connect my phone to a TV. When connected I received no system notification on my phone that the TV recognized the phone or vice versa.

The ports work because I can connect my laptop via a HDMI to the TV and it works.

I returned the cord because I thought it was defective. What could have been some reasons why it didn't work. Do I have to find a specific type to work with the chips on the phones board?

Assume my Smartphone with the name" hello" is currently connected in local WLAN (wifi).
Same as my Windows desktop computer.

How can I setup a Wifi (=not by USB cable) connection to this smartphone via adb ONLY BY NAME ?

Yes, I know the smartphone has an assigned IP like 192.168.x.y

How can I find out the values for x and y after successful adb connection?

How can I find out via adb connection on which port the adb android part (server) n the smartphone is currently listening for incoming adb connection requests?

Similarly: How can I find out from inside (=no adb connection required) Android (13 or 14) what the current Wifi IP and the listening adb port is?

Hi,

When I scroll down to the last message in Telegram, the screen will jump and it will show "No more unread topics" text, screenshot
How to disable the screen jumping (similar effect like browser drag to refresh) and the "No more unread topics" text, I want it like Whatsapp if I scroll to the bottom message it will auto stop there and I know it is the newest message already.

Thanks

I'm running out of internal storage on phone. Went into CAMERA folder, selected pictures and videos and selected "delete". It said it was moving the pictures/videos to "TRSH". But it did not delete them. My phone is still almost out of internal storage. How do I find "TRSH" and then force them to be deleted? I can't find a "TRSH" folder on the phone. I connected the phone to my computer and it doesn't show "TRSH" folder on the phone either. How do I find and clear out this TRSH folder?

Just checked - "My Files" does NOT show a "TRSH' folder

There's a big recall of Boar Head Deli Meat. 71 different meat items have been recalled. There has actually been a couple of deaths from it
Boar's Head Provisions Co. Expands Recall for Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination | Food Safety and Inspection Service

I have an Albertson grocery store called Jewel-Osco by me in Illinois that sells Boar Head Deli Meat. I bought their Olive Loaf a couple of weeks ago and got an email from the grocery store today. I have eaten all of the Olive Loaf, but I learned a long time ago to always heat Deli Meat up to prevent any problems, All the Olive Loaf I ate was heated up

I think Ford is trying to self-destruct Itself. I can't think of anything Ford could do that would be more stupid

https://fox59.com/automotive/future-fords-might-detect-speeding-and-report-you-to-the-cops/

On my moto edge plus, no matter what I do, still lingers on it forever and ever..
Should I factory reset it again, or is there a much simpler way on how to make it just disapear?

Has anyone ever used one of the Spigen Glas TR EZ FIT screen protectors? I have never used a screen protector. Normally, I have been buying cases with a built in screen protector, but I am wanting to try a seperate screen protector because it might work better, and for the Google Pixel Fold, most of the cases sold seem to have no built in screen protector.

Danny

wow!!!!

i do not get it. this should not be Fahrenheit 451. why are librarians under attack? As a kid, i loved going to the library. i love reading books. i do not get it.

I recently installed a software update (UI 6.1 Android Version 14), I can no longer find the microphone to input text messages etc. The toolbar is different and it's not on there. I've reset the keyboard to defaults and that didn't help. I can't find any settings that help either.

Linux Mint 22 is now available
Download Linux Mint 22 - Linux Mint

Instructions to upgrade from Linux Mint 21.3 to Linux Mint 22 (I used these instructions, It takes a while but you can watch the upgrade in the shell)
How to upgrade to Linux Mint 22 – The Linux Mint Blog

Green Bay Packers sign QB Jordan Love to a 4 year $220 million contract

Question, does anyone have a Moto edge 2024?
What is their take on it?

1. In telegram the messages and photos I received and read, sometimes the sender will delete them, how to recover telegram delete messages and photos?

2. During I am not using the phone, sometimes the sender has sent messages and photos to me and deleted them before I open to read them, how to see the messages and photos that are deleted by the sender before I open to read them?

Using Samsung Galaxy A32 5G

Thanks

I just bought a new phone. My last phone had a terrible microphone so I decided to test the microphone on this one before I was going to keep it. The microphone was good enough. In order to test it I went through the set up wizard, which asked for a PIN number. I entered one. In order to download some software to try out the microphone, I created a new gmail account so that I could use Google Play. Once I was happy with the microphone, I turned it off with the intention of performing a factory reset and then setting the phone up properly with my usual gmail account when I had enough time. It lay in a drawer for a couple of weeks. I have now done a factory reset, but when I attempted to complete the set up wizard, it wanted to know the PIN that I had used when I was testing it. Unfortunately, I can't remember it. What can I say? I'm an old man who is losing his memory. The other option is to input the gmail account credentials, but I can't remember the password for that account. When I try to click on "Forgot password?" it responds by saying "You didn't provide enough info for Google to be sure that this account is really yours. Google asks for this info to keep your account secure." So that was no help.

I don't remember these things and didn't bother writing them down because I had intended to do a factory reset. I had no idea about "Factory Reset Protection", as I have now discovered it is called.

Is there any way that Google can unlock this for me. It is a brand new phone and I simply do not have the money to replace it. Had I known about this FRP function then I would not have fallen foul of this.

When I was asked for a PIN, can anyone tell me how many digits the setup wizard would have asked for? Is it the same for all phones with android installed? If I knew how long the PIN was I would have a better chance of guessing it.

Any ideas anyone?
Thank you in advance.

Hi,

How to display date at the status bar? (status bar meaning the top bar that shows the time, battery percent etc)

The clock settings in Samsung galaxy A32 5G phone does not have the feature to show date at the status bar.

I tried these apps but they do not work, unable to show date at status bar
DateBar DateBar - date in status bar - Apps on Google Play
Date in Status Bar HD Date in Status Bar HD - Apps on Google Play

Thanks
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22 Aug 2024 update, my solution:

Good Lock Quickstar works but the date cannot be adjusted in older phones so some part of the date is blocked by the front camera for some settings. Only newer phones with newer samsung UI can adjust the date format to shorten the date so nothing will be blocked by the front camera, follow this video to customise date format (0:43min )

This app Always Visible Time and Memo works very well as an alternative to Good Lock Quickstar because I can select date format, make it small, position it above the time, so nothing is blocked by the front camera, Always Visible Time and Memo Always Visible Time and Memo - Apps on Google Play

Apps listed below works but if there is new notification the date may move to the right or disappear for some time because of new notification appearing on status bar
Calendar Status Bar Calendar Status Bar - Apps on Google Play
Date in Status Bar Date in Status Bar - Apps on Google Play
DateBar - date in status bar DateBar - date in status bar - Apps on Google Play

About 10 years ago I signed up for Spirit Airlines perks program. It was $69 a year. The only way to sign up was with auto-renew. I forget to cancel the auto-renew and got a $69 charge today, my fault for not cancelling auto-renew.

When I go to cancel the auto-renew I noted the credit number was one I used 10 years ago and have had several new cards with new numbers issued over the past 10 years. So I started Googling the issue and discovered banks will accept your old credit card number if the business had you sign up for auto-renew. They said, so it wasn't an inconvenience to the customer.

Not all businesses with auto renew will do this, but Spirit Airlines does. I think it's extremely dangerous for a bank to do this

Hello, my phone just began exhibiting a strange behavior:

Along the bottom of my screen, I always have visible the back button, the home button, and the one that switches between running apps. I don't know what that button is called, but on my phone it's on the bottom left of the screen, and it looks like three vertical lines.

It has just stopped working. How do I troubleshoot this?

I assume there's an app associated with on-screen navigation, and maybe I could force quit that app and then delete its cache, but I don't know what that app is called, or even if that is how you fix this.

My phone is an S23 FE running Android 14.

Thank you, as always, for your help!

Biden has dropped out of the race and has endorsed Kamala

I ask because my plan gives me unlimited high speed data, yet they place a limit on how much data I can use through my phone if it's acting as a WiFi hot spot.

We tend to have home ISP outages around here from time to time, so I do have to use my phone as a hot spot a few times per year, and usually only for one evening at a time.

I already have a VPN that I pay for and am happy with. If I put their app on my phone, will that prevent my wireless provider from being able to see the packets being transmitted, and thus prevent them from capping or throttling my hot spot usage?

I'm not trying to abuse this, mind you. Not trying to torrent the contents of an international film archive or anything. I just want to have uninterrupted Internet on my desktop computer even when we have ISP outages.

what a crazy thing to happen that affected so many people all over the world. how did this happen? does this show how vulnerable our tech is? this was no hack or virus. this was all done by CrowdStrike themselves.


i was at a gas station and a couple of people could not use credit cards to get gas. they were only accepting cash or a Shell credit card( i was at a Shell gas station). luckily i had a Shell gas card and was able to get gas.

has anybody else been affected by this?