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Need phone recommendations

I have TMobile I currently have the one plus 7 pro.
Beautiful phone decent camera and charges fast. But I have some issues.
1. Voice to text is so delayed and never gets words right I had the same issue with the 6t.
2. Battery life is average.....at best.
3. Possibly the most annoying issue is the screen doesn't go dark when your on the phone it does but then it'll come back on and your face is pressing button's. It is a major issues. It doesn't have the sensor to see your face up by the screen it relies on being held in an exact position which appears to be atleast in my case a very flawed design. I feel like one plus is trying so hard to be cutting edge and cool that they losing functionality.
4. Curved screen screen protectors do not work well.

This being said I'm on the jump on demand program and I'm considering turning it in for something else. What would you guys recommend.
I like to have a good 📷 nice screen and good battery life. The phone needs to be highly functional and consistent. If I cant do day to day tasks like voice to text or a phone call with ease I have no use for it. I look forward to all the recommendations.

Root Samsung Galaxy Centura Root (2019)

As some may know, Poot is now unusable to root the device. After lots of time searching and looking, I have found out that baidu root works as a tool to root the device!
Pros:
Rooted Device!
Able to uninstall Google+ app! (Due to it being dead to consumers)
Able to install custom Kernel!
Able to install CWM! (which for some reason, does not work to flash zips due to /sdcard mount error)
Cons:
The whole thing is in chinese
SU Manager is also in chinese (Click the left option on su required apps to accept)

Steps:
1.Download APK here http://baiduroot.net/ (click download for mobile)
2.Launch the app and after it loads, click the banner under the device name
3.wait for it to root
4.Done! If you need to check if its rooted, click the banner again, if a app selection box offers you to share it via SMS and/or other services, you did it!

Extra Stuff:
Custom Kernel:https://androidforums.com/threads/allow-me-to-introduce-myself-developer-new-kernel-rom.986266/
CWM Recovery:https://androidforums.com/threads/working-clockworkmod-v6-0-3-6-for-galaxy-centura.876056/

Google backup now button is grayed out

I have the screen lock set and the google backup now button is grayed out. I can remove the screen lock and the backup now button will be blue and backup will work. If I set screen lock up again, then the backup now button is grayed out.
I have cleared the cache, data, remove my google account and re-added it. Nothing will fix this. Google backup worked fine with the screen lock until about 2 or three weeks ago. How can I fix this?

Help Antisocial phone on wifi: talks only to my router, not other devices?

The main devices on my local network are:

* Computer (192.168.1.68)
* Laptop (192.168.1.66)
* Smartphone (Xperia XZ2 Premium / Android 9) (192.168.1.72)

They connect through:

* Router (192.168.1.254)

Everything can ping the router
The router can ping everything
Everything can have net access through the router
The computer and laptop can ping each other (through the router)
.... but for some reason, the computer and laptop can't ping the phone, and vice versa.

I've been boggling over this and have run out of ideas. Nothing is running a firewall (router, computer, laptop, smartphone). Routing tables on both the computer and laptop are nothing special.

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default dsldevice.lan 0.0.0.0 UG 600 0 0 wlp0s29u
1u8u1
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 600 0 0 wlp0s29u
1u8u1
192.168.124.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 virbr0

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default dsldevice.lan 0.0.0.0 UG 600 0 0 wlp3s0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 600 0 0 wlp3s0
192.168.122.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 virbr0

The smartphone, as mentioned, shows up fine in the router's interface, and it's built-in ping utility can ping it (and vice versa). There's no special routing parameters that can be configured in the router interface, and it looks no different than any other device on my network.

Any ideas as to what I can do to try to "socialize" my smartphone with my other devices? :)

LG V30 Long press to move app no longer working after system update

Hi all,

I have an LG v30 after system update I am having few issue.

-Long press no longer work, I can not move the app to home screen. It doesn't have any option when i long press. I have tried rebooting and still no luck. home screen it has the ADD button to add apps to home screen but it does not have any option to arrange it.

-Also swiping in apps how do I do continues swipe? I could only swipe till end of page, it doesn't let me continue to swipe to the first page of the apps.

-I no longer have the google search bar. I remembered I can long press on the home screen and This will give the option to add a new or existing widget.

NONE OF THIS EXIST ANYMORE! DAMN YOU SYSTEM UPDATE!:mad:

Apps [RESOLVED] ZXing Barcode scanner - Pixelated view using Java (on some devices)

***FOR THE SOLUTION SEE MY LAST RESPONSE TO THIS THREAD***

I'm in the process of trying to replicate an app I made using Kotlin, but moving it over to Java. I have pasted the code for the creation of both ZXing scanner views on both apps. The pro

In Kotlin the code works perfect and you get a nice crisp camera view (same quality as the camera) however on Java it is incredibly low resolution, and I can't figure out why.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Both versions are using ZXing 1.9.8.

I have put the screenshots/code in spoilers as to not make this post huge.

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Java:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ZXingScannerView.ResultHandler {

    private static final int REQUEST_CAMERA =1;
    private ZXingScannerView scannerView;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        scannerView = new ZXingScannerView(this);
        setContentView(scannerView);
        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M){
            if(checkPermission()){
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Permission is granted", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

            }else{
                requestPermission();
            }
        }

    }

Code:
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(),ResultHandler{
    private var REQUES_CAMERA = 1
    private var scannerView : ZXingScannerView?=null

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
        scannerView= findViewById(R.id.scanner)
      
        //Checking permissions
        if(!checkPermission()){
            requestPermissions()
        }
  
        setupScanner()

    }

    private fun setupScanner() {
            scannerView?.startCamera()
            scannerView?.visibility = View.VISIBLE
            (scannerView?.layoutParams as LinearLayout.LayoutParams).weight = 1f;
            try {
                // val num = parseDouble(txtInput?.text?.toString().substring(2,2))
            } catch (e: NumberFormatException) {
                //numeric = false
            }
    }

    private fun checkPermission() : Boolean{
        return         ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this@MainActivity, android.Manifest.permission.CAMERA) ==PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
        }

Post-Announcement Thoughts? Who's getting one?

So now that the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have been officially unveiled and the official full specs posted, what do you think?

I was really impressed by the camera-related stuff. That super-magic-zoom that they demonstrated was straight nuts - I really want to couple that up with a spotting scope and see what happens. The astrophotography bit also looks crazy cool. That's something I've always wanted to get into but didn't have the equipment. How nuts would it be to carry the equipment in my pocket??

I'm not sold on Face Unlock though. I'm sure it works a lot better than the old "Trusted Faces" thing but I can't help but think that it won't be as quick and reliable as the trusty "Pixel Imprint" fingerprint sensor - no matter how optimized it gets to be.

What are your thoughts?

[App][4.1+][Ad-Free]Lullabies for babies Promo codes

Hi all!

Today I present you my lullabies application.
I'm looking for your feedbacks, improvement suggestions and bug reports to continue making my apps better and better.
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Advantages?
- Ad-free application
- Customisable timer
- High quality
- Beautiful graphics
- Works without internet connection
- Help your baby to sleep and calm his crying
- Lullabies for babies
- Music to put babies to sleep​

Google play : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.binsp.sleep.lullabies

Please First Download App to obtain promo code.
If you want a promo code please send me PM.

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Unroot/Flash stock firmware Galaxy S8

Hey guys! I was given someones old Galaxy S8 that has been rooted with SuperSU ROM with Orion. I would like to flash the firmware to anything with stock Android 7 for hobby app development. This phone is carrier unlocked and I cannot find a firmware ROM online to flash to it. I should note I have almost 0 knowledge of how to choose the correct ROM to avoid soft brick.

Android Version- version 7
Baseband version- G950USQU6DSG1
Security Patch- December 1, 2017
Model Number- SM-G950U
Carrier: Unlocked
Root: SuperSU

any help appreciated

Stop shutting down

Hi my son's phone keeps shutting down when trying to do anything. When loading up boxes pop up saying app is shutting down and it is just the standard apps. I have deleted every game he has and tried to clear the cache but while doing all this it will shut down or sometime freeze I have to take battery out then. What else is there to do and how to clean the virus out? It is a Samsung galaxy s5 I believe. Help please really do not want to buy another phone at moment!

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