Hello! Sorry for the rambling ahead of time ...

First and foremost; yes this phone is a bit old due to the ever quick and changing technologies.

Now with that aside and addressed, my wife phone (and mine previously) lost the ability to make "voice" calls during our current travels. My solution from USC was to turn on "enhanced calling", which I was not aware was finally working since I was told a few years back to turn off, so it wouldn't drop calls anymore. Since I did that with my Moto G Stylus, it has been working but not her LG V30

Technical support -/) basically told me that it is a paper weight until we enter back in to USC towers and cannot be used during roaming. Not sure if this is SOP with customers with older phones but hoping someone here has the fix to make my wife happy.. Her texting and mobile data was working previously but now, nothing...

Enhanced calling is disabled in the settings on her phone.

•mobile data "on"
•data saver "off"
•date roaming "on"
•LTE/GSM/UMTS "ON"
•LTE/LEGACY 3GPP MULTI "SELECTED"
•attempted automatic registration in network operators (switches to roaming but drops calls as network unavailable
•enhanced calling inactive (ia told this is due to roaming but why is it working on my phone?
•apn- usccinternet
• Network or SIM card error when entering other settings in additional settings
•tried airplane mode, restart, shutdown 3 mins and turn on
• latest update installed (09/2019)-Android 9

Any other additional information needed?

Thank you so much in advance!!

Hello, I'm doing a simple app that uses WiFi Aware and its publish/subscribe mechanisms. However, while I was trying to test it on Android Studio, I would always get the boolean false with this line of code:
boolean hasWiFiAware = getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE);

This would mean that the device (the emulator in my case) doesn't support the feature of WiFi Aware. I tried a lot of different APIs in the Emulator and couldn't seem to get it to work (return true and allow me to use the feature).

Did anyone already work with WiFi Aware? And specially developed an app in Android Studio? If so, have you used Android Studio Emulator to test the App or a physical device? Does it even exist the possibility to use such feature in the emulator?

The mystery: I cannot establish a USB connection between my Pixel 7 Pro (Android 13) and PC (Windows 11). When I try, the PC makes that characteristic "connected device" sound, but Windows Explorer doesn't discover the Pixel, nothing shows up anywhere in the Windows Device Manager, and the ADB command
.\fastboot device
returns nothing. The Pixel is similarly not discoverable as a bluetooth device to the PC, although it IS to other devices (like my earbuds).

This is the first task I have attempted since I performed a factory reset (and walked through the automated Pixel setup process) last night. I have spent the last three and a half hours reading Android forums, testing USB port-cable permutations, and installing and uninstalling drivers. There is no obvious solution to this problem within the first ten pages of Google search results. I would be beyond grateful for any possible insight, but please, take a moment to review what I have attempted already before you expend any effort helping me troubleshoot.

The Pixel CAN connect to an older laptop running Windows 10, appearing both in the Windows Device Manager (which says my drivers are up to date) and in File Explorer (where I can access the internal memory). But ADB similarly returns nothing on the ADB
.\fastboot devices
command. Also, my old phone (a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G running Android 13) connects fine--both by USB and by bluetooth--to all three devices.

So the PC (Windows 11) connects to the Galaxy and the laptop (Windows 10) connects to the Pixel (kinda), which fairly well eliminates the possibility of an issue related to my hardware or USB cables. But the PC (Windows 11) won't connect to the Pixel--not anymore. Everything worked just fine when I unlocked the Pixel's bootloader a few weeks ago.

What I need now is to recover the functionality of the USB and bluetooth connectivities between the Pixel and the PC running Windows 11, especially for file transfers. For several reasons, WiFi reliant solutions are untenable for my situation. I also need to re-lock the bootloader by any method (not necessarily with the PC). As mentioned above, ADB has not succeeded in finding the device on either platform.

Finally, in case it's relevant: when I open the Pixel's USB Preferences menu, I cannot switch from "USB controlled by...This device" to "USB controlled by...Connected device"--in both cases, the Pixel returns a "couldn't switch" dialogue. And yes, I have of course enabled USB debugging.

If you took the time to comb through all those particulars, Thank you. I'm getting desperate for some thoughtful expertise, and while I'm open to retrying anything for the fifth or sixth time, (maybe I somehow missed the magic driver package), it is a special kind of tribulation to review the same tired list of perfunctory solutions to a different problem. I promise, the solution I need isn't one of the usual suspects.

I spent $800 on this device. That's a lot of money for me. It feels absurd and unfair that such a basic functionality--one that far more affordable devices have been delivering reliability for decades--should be missing from the Pixel 7 Pro. Please please please help me!

I have a Samsung S10e/Android 12. The status bar used to show at the top of the home screen all the time. Since the most recent update, you now have to pull down to see the status bar. Any way to restore its showing all the time?

Use case :
Pre-cond : Connect USB headset to Android 12 based device
1.) Initiate what's up audio call **Result **: 2way audio is fine
2.) Initiate/Receive audio call **Result **: 1way audio is present (Output : Audio via USB MIC , Input : NONE )
Log snippets (after disconnecting 1st whats up audio call) :
04-11 06:01:25.761 307 2667 E modules.usbaudio.audio_hal: start_output_stream failed to open device(card: 0 device: 0)
04-11 06:01:25.769 307 2667 E modules.usbaudio.audio_hal: start_output_stream failed to open device(card: 0 device: 0)
04-11 06:01:25.776 307 2667 E modules.usbaudio.audio_hal: start_output_stream failed to open device(card: 0 device: 0)
2way audio should be established in USB headset during audio call.

Since the draft is getting close I figured it was time to get a 2023 NFL thread started. Also, this was just posted for those interested :

Launched on the 11th of April, 2014, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is now 9 years old today!



It speaks well of the Galaxy S5 that it is still in use by some people to this day.

Sadly, with only 2GB of RAM, the old girl will struggle these days.

Been attempting to root Android 8GO and 11. Tried using KingRoot via comp. KR wouldn't recognize either (?) Tried Magisk but it seemed like there was too many "addons" to apply before rooting(?) So, I want to root these 2 O.S's but guess I need some advice/guidance. Anyone wishing to help? BTW....why so many "warnings" about rooting?
[BLU C5L w/ 8GO edition] [Vortex v22 w/ And. 11]

👍Rick

The Pixel April 2023 update is out. It's 55.58MB on my Pixel 7

Hi all I'm trying to root my phone which was previously rooted and I'm having trouble with the payload dumper, this is the site I'm using to extract the boot.img

It keeps showing me an error code when I'm doing exactly as the site says and I don't know what else to do I can't continue with rooting it if I can't get the boot img. My phone is OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5g if that's of any help.
Any tips or help would be appreciated thank you

My friend has always been a BIG fan of Pebble (discontinued in 2016) and was devastated when it got discontinued. If it matters, he owns a self-rooted Android phone bcos he likes to customise the tech he needs. He’s a software developer and has always been interested in tech (building stuff and breaking things to see how they work)

He’s not a fan of most smart watches because they are fitness-centric, and he does not want to see those apps at all (no surprise since he values customising). It’s important that the smartwatch has NFC for contactless payments.

I am a smartwatch-novice so any suggestions (with details) are much appreciated, thank you!

Hello all, I have a strange issue here, and need some instructions....
I need to take a video of some problems I am having with my motorcycle and send them to the manufacturer for warranty reasons, but the only way I have to record a video of the mechanical failures is using my phone. I know how to record a video on the phone, and I know it is stored in Photos, but am unclear how I can transfer this to my laptop in order to send it to them.
You know what, nevermind I will just see if I can get them to send me a link through text to send it to them on the phone!!

Trying to figure out what the app notification is that has a heart inside of a circle that has two different spaces on it.

Samsung's 7th Android 13 update has started to roll out for the Fold4 international devices, F936B. bringing with it the April Security patch, bug fixes and improvements.

This is a newer build to the one already received on U.S. devices, CWC9 vs CWCC as expected.

Build number = F936BXXU2CWCC

Build date = 24 March 2023

Android Security patch = 01 April 2023

Download size = 1714.09MB

Camera version = 13.1.00.32

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.

System information



See, also... Wipe Cache Partition, Repair apps & Galaxy App Booster

Hi, having just bought a S22 running Android 13 I can't seem to find any way to change the notification sounds of some of the apps. I've tried all manner of ways to search through notification settings but sounds aren't listed. I downloaded the Samsung User Guide and also the Manual for the S22 family onto my PC but neither have been any help.

As per header, I used Smart Switch to transfer files from my 7-year-old old S5 phone to my new S22. Contacts, audio, photos, video and SMS messages transferred okay and the WhatsApp app (among others) was transferred but not my old conversations.
I have a Smart Switch backup of the old phone on my desktop PC, although I did the actual transfer via wi-fi between the two phones. Is there any way to recover the old conversations?

Hi All

I am looking for a free recommended Android App for Bus timetable & live times, any particular recommendations, as a few on the play store.

Thanks

I have a number of Android devices at home accessing Internet via Wifi. I have been using them for years and in general it's all been working fine. However, from time to time one of my devices is unable to access a particular website saying:
This site can't be reached
However all my other devices happily continue to access the site, so it's definitely not a problem with my Wifi/internet access. Nor is it a problem with a particular browser as it occurs regardless of which browser I use. The websites that are failing on this one device seem to fit into the "Adult" category. So, for example, I've just tried accessing some of those kind of websites (eg Pornhub) and it fails for just one of my devices (a Samsung Tablet) but all my other devices load the site without any problem. However my Samsung tablet would previously happily display all similar websites. Yesterday this tablet informed me of a formal system update which I carried out and it completed the update without any apparent problems. However I started to notice that suddenly this apparent "Adult website block" seems to have come into play. I am an adult and, as far as I'm aware, I don't have any apps or set up any settings that place any restrictions on viewing any websites.
I don't use any apps that, as far as I'm aware, are designed to place restrictions of what websites I can view. My question is:
Does Android have any settings anywhere which place a restriction on viewing "Adult related" (or similar) websites which I can reset to remove restrictions so that I can view all websites available on the Internet?

Hello. Can't find community discussing the usage of Facebook, privacy and how to navigate its ever changing waters. Who knows of such community?

Is there any way to migrate native app which have Room database to Flutter App with own database without loss the existing data?
I have large number of user so i can't export the database and import into app directory.

I have a Samsung s10e using Android 12. My home screen is actually five panels wide. When I hit home it goes to the middle panel. I want it to go to the leftmost panel. How do I change which panel is assigned home? There are five dots at the bottom of the screen indicating there are five panels.

This happened about a few days ago, I was watching some videos and had to get up to get something, so locked the screen before going as is my habit, when I came back I had a notification which is why my screen was turned on the lock screen, but my attention went to a duplicate padlock icon on the left of the og lock icon which had a sort of protruding thingy next to it, like a landscape or something, something that would resemble a gallery icon in android, I clicked on it, nothing happened, clicked on it again and it disappeared. I turned on my phone to the home screen and saw that whatsapp was on besides the other apps, my whatsapp is locked with my fingerprint which also can be seen from the apps in memory, so I thought it must be a new UI thing from the whatsapp team, so I tried to emulate it but it did not happen again. Funnily, I never saw that lock icon again after that first incident. Nothing seems out of whack with my phone so I do not think it was malicious, but I am kind of concerned what could that anomaly of a duplicate lock icon be? , a bug perhaps?. I tried searching on google and samsung forums but found next to nothing. I am sorry I have given next to nothing, but this is about the only information I have. Hope somebody can shed a light on this mystery, as I am not going to lie its kind of bugging me since it happened.

Edit : Attaching the screenshot.

On my Galaxy S22 phone (running Android 13), when I tap the Recents button on the navigation bar, it shows "# active in background" at the top of the screen if I have # apps active in the background (assuming # > 0). If I then click on "# active in background", a window will pop up labeled "Check background activity", and I am able to force stop any of my apps that are running in the background from that screen. I use an "app blocker" app called AppLock Fingerprint (from the Google Play store, developer SpSoft), and I can easily force stop AppLock Fingerprint by doing this, which defeats the purpose of having it. Is there any way to disable the "# active in background" button, the "Check background activity" window, or the Recents button on the navigation bar itself?

Why do some pics coming through text open as a black page.

I suggest that we discuss here retro games from our childhood.
Are there many people here who had the legendary Sega, Nes, Snes, PS1 and many others. I had Sega Genesis and PlayStation 1 as well as Nes when I was a kid. Who had what consoles as a kid?
My favorite games on these wonderful platforms:
Battletoads (Nes).
Jim Worm 1, 2 (Sega)
Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimates (Sega)
On PS1, played a lot with a friend in Varant Story
Of course these are not all the games I've played. These are my favorites.
Does anyone play these consoles now?