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.

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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?

My moto pure g government phone, suddenly started displaying 4 large white numbers on the lock screen after I power phone on, these 4 numbers are placed 2 on top and 2 numbers on bottom creating a large square almost the size of the entire lock screen and the 4 numbers are different each time I power on,

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EZ Lynk 2.0 it is an tuner for my truck. it uses Wi-Fi to connect to AutoAgent on the phone

Phone is an Samsung S23 Ultra

When I connect to the EZ Lynk I don't have data/internet

Would you happen to know a setting that would fix this? And this in as Have a Wi-Fi device connected but phone uses Cell data to get to internet.

Spotify dies because of the lack of internet.

I love my Spotify but I cant run that and AutoAgent.
Because I connect to EZ Lynk through Wi-Fi.

The Phone I am assuming is trying to get to the internet through the Wi-Fi.

Just hoping you have come across this and have a fix.

Thanks

Hi,

The New York Times recently started using AdChoice ads on their app. I am a paying subscriber. Originally they said the ads would be temporary but they're now decided to keep using them. Most of them, ast least in the beginning were about Amazon.

I have a Note 8 which I do not use as a phone. I use it as a "back up" computer.

I do not have a lot of apps and I also have Norton. I have no malware or other problems with this device.

I have written back and forth with customer service at the Times, to no avail.

Is there a way that I can block, get rid of these ads on my Note 8? I have gone into that opt out data base which goes through all the various advertisers but I've never found that to work in the long run. I have "do not track" turned on, it was turned off before the ads started running.

These adchoice ads are now showing up more, I think on other sites as well. I think it's more. Could the Times be cross "contaminating" my phone?

Thank you in advance.

Hello there! ;-)
I've got a problem with Android car radio (no-name Chinese product with Android 10... Chinese, but from sort of middle price range. Generally a decent piece of electronics... just saying ;-)) and its Bluetooth Loudspeaker system. The Smartphone (relatively modern POCO X3 NFC with Android 12) is only paired with Android Car Radio via Bluetooth (I'm not using Android Auto... That's a long story!) The point is, loudspeaker system works, but sounds quality is simply awful.
1. I've downloaded sounds recording app to test the mic... I recorded my voice and played it aloud - the sound quality was VERY good. So, I assume my case is not about damaged mic.
2. I wanted to explore advanced Bluetooth options in smartphone's Android Developer Mode. However, there was quite a lot of them, I decided to keep with default values.
3. When I talk via smartphone I don't have any reception issues... So that's not the point here!
4. Finally (perhaps that matters?) I don't have sim card inserted into Android Car Radio. I always use my smartphone as a wi-fi hot spot while I'm driving, usually I don't complain about this solution (another long story ;-)).

Can anyone suggest what my be the reason of terrible sound quality? At this point I don't have idea how to solve it. I could send it back to the seller, but I really think it's not a hardware issue. So, if the seller would send me a new radio, I might experience the same trouble. What would You recommend? If I missed something, I will clarify ;-)

Hello

I am facing issues while integrating PhonePe payment gateway in my android application. I used PhonePe PG SDK but the SDK not doesn't have the two classes named , "PaymentInstrument" & "DeviceContext".

Next I want to know how to get AppId and Salt key, when I logged in into PhonePe Business App, I didn't get them. And I have already registered to PhonePe PaymentGateway, but then also I didn't get.

And there is no proper documentation for SDKLess PhonePe Integration using intents.

I want to build a superapp for Officers (HRM, CRM, Drive, Time&Work management,....). Should I choose webview or native app?
I intend to add Chat features to this App. Anyone here have suggestion? I will be appriciated with your great idea. Thanks. bro!

Here'ss my app. Dogoo Office app
User: admin.ctvv4
Pass: Jamesinz@33
(This account is for testing only)
Features:
Dogoo Office helps you Manage your business easily on any device:
+ doWork - Manage work, projects, project revenue and expenditure
+ doDrive - Manage documents, edit online without installation. Security authorization
+ doCalendar - Manage personal schedule, company calendar. Book meetings, online media. Save meeting information.
Other features: Human resource management, asset management, time attendance, salary calculation, CRM, ... are developing and integrated in the near future.

Hi. I need help...
I have an old LG G Vista (2014) with Android 5.1.1. It stuck in fastboot mode without a reason.

BEFORE HARD RESET:
- It loaded normally from time to time (after I take off the battery and put it in back again).
- It also loaded in Safe Mode.
- It was possible to charge the battery.

AFTER HARD RESET:
- It stuck in fastboot mode.
- It won't go to Download mode.
- It goes to Recovery mode (but it's useless).
- It won't load in Normal or Safe mode.
- It's impossible to charge the battery.

INSTALLED DRIVERS:
- adb drivers.
- LG drivers.
- Koush driver.
- PdaNet driver.

INSTALLED PROGRAMS:
- LG Flashtool 2014.
- Can't install LG Mobile Support Tool (process freezes at 5% of progress)

ADB / FASTBOOT:
- "adb devices" list is empty.
- "fastboot devices" detects the phone!
- "fastboot reboot" doesn't reboot the phone.
- commands like "fastboot erase laf" / "fastboot boot laf.img" / "fastboot flash laf laf.img" gives: FAILED remote unknown command.
- in Windows 8.1 devices manager phone can be shown as "Android Phone / Android ADB Interface" or "TP-Link Android Phone / Android Bootloader Interface" (depending of what driver is chosen in "update driver" section).

*When I'm typing any of fastboot commands I see these commands on my phone screen. For example after typing "fastboot reboot" in cmd I see "fastboot: reboot" on my phone screen but phone doesn't reboot in reality.

**As I read on some forums some people said that it seems like 5.1.1 Android for my phone has locked bootloader but I'm not sure about it. However I'm ready to downgrade to Android 4 just to unbrick the phone somehow...

About 3 weeks ago I wanted to try a new messenger app. I downloaded and installed an app called "Messenger Home". When I installed it, it erased my desktop - with all of the folders so carefully placed and apps organized within. It continually interfered with FB messenger and other apps, so I uninstalled...at least I thought so. Then I had to update my app....it came back again and again erased my desktop. How can I get rid of it?

Hi.
I am a newbie to Android having been ipad for years and this is my first Question.
I have a new Fusion F202 tablet running Android 12, how can I record internal screen sounds onto the tablet ie bird sounds /whale singing ect.
regards

Hello. I have an Amazon Fire 10 Generation 9 tablet with OS 7.3.2.7 with the Parental Control features turned on. It's a long story, but I would rather not also use the Child Profile(Amazon Kids) function of the tablet. However, I'd like to limit the violence, obscenity, and mature content that can be accessed by children on the web, in games, etc.. Can anyone recommend an app that can handle this? Thank you.

Since upgrading to android studio electric eel my xml preview is blank it is not rendering. I've try clean/rebuild/sync with Gradle files. Nothing seems to work. This was working with bumblebee android studio. What can I do to get preview working again?

Any idea how expensive roaming charges in central europe are for using a phone gps for biking for 10 days?

If Google backups are in a md it backs up sms
Is there a way to restore SMS from Google backup without wiping and retiring phone and then it asks if you want to restore backup?

Also I noticed mms messages for mms pictures is an option if you choose a level deeper than just sms backups. But if you have never cleared your SMS conversations it can save a lot of data of old picture that can chew up Google drive space from many years of conversations

Anyone know how to purge messages older then say a year so backups and space on phone are not wasted

My carrier, having updated its network, says my phone will not work much longer. I tried to buy an appropriate phone from them but they are out of what I want and have no idea when it might be available again.

I can buy it elsewhere, from several sources. They say, the same phone from other sellers may not be compatible. They can only tell by checking the IMEI, which of course I can’t know until I buy the phone.

Is this marketing propaganda or real? Why would the phone manufacturers be making/selling phones “unlocked for all US carriers” that will only work for some? How likely is it that by buying a major brand, common model, phone I will end up with something unuseable?

I want to have a box drawn around a work or paragraph. I use an s22 ultra

I got a new phone a week ago. It's a Samsung s23+.
I can't make any purchases through Google. It just keeps telling me I need to secure my account. I have gone through their instructions probably 50 times, and when I go to check, it says there's nothing wrong.
I even called a phone number in California, spent over an hour on hold just to talk to some guy who didn't know anything.
I would appreciate any help or suggestions.

How can I add extra phone numbers to my account without adding a line?

I don't need a secondary phone with an extra number. I just need additional phone numbers (that preferably forward calls and texts to my primary number).

To be fully transparent: I'm signing up for Twitter Blue but my personal account is attached to my personal phone number. Twitter will not let me sign up for Twitter Blue with that phone number, saying it's already in use. It also will not allow me to use a Google Voice number or other "temporary" numbers saying they're not valid phone numbers.

This question is specific to Verizon, but I assume people with AT&T, T-Mobile, etc... will have a similar question. If there's way to accomplish this WITHOUT getting and paying for an extra number, I'd love to hear your suggestions!

EDIT: At one point VZW had an app for that:

But it's since been discontinued:

Not to mention $15/month for a number + $84/year for Twitter Blue = $WayMoreThanIWouldSpend.

I have an old android phone that I would like to use for things other then a phone.
No SIM card, just Wi-Fi.
The phone is alive, old installed apps work.
When I try to access Play Store it wants a "Google sign-in". It has prefilled my gmail address as the Username and asks for a password. I give it the password but it won't authenticate it.
I can use the same username and password to log in to Google Play on my desktop or tablet.
What can I do?

Note, this is an old Verizon phone.
LG Vortex.
When I try to add it to my Google Play devices I am told to use Google Maps on the phone. Google Maps is not installed on the phone so that won't work.