My friend's phone messed up today. He was in a meeting when he got a call and he shut if off entirely. Later he tried to make a call but got stuck with some googoo crap about signing in with his email address or phone number. At least that's what it was showing when he brought it to me. Some alleged computer expert couldn't fix it. When I saw it I just typed in his email address though I hated to do it, and that apparently fixed it. I noticed, however, that instead of having an app drawer, his N200 brings up a keyboard and asks him to type the name of the app (!?). I have never seen such nonsense (of that particular type). Before somebody mentions Nova, allow me to mention that although I might very well choose that for myself, he has almost no idea of how to operate these things. Then again, if I did, I probably wouldn't keep asking all these crazy questions. Another thing: there is an app that he absolutely loves and which I could have sworn I downloaded for him, but it wasn't listed, even in settings. I did get the apk, but now it wants his password. Of course he has no notion of what it is and neither do I, which is why I asked for a reset. I keep checking email and it still isn't there, spam either. I've noticed that he does not seem to have a googoo account associated with the device (thank goodness) and that the googoo apps are correspondingly bare (mere m or even k rather than gb). Does this have something to do with it? I've been checking his email account on my phone, and the other stuff he regularly gets that way is there. I don't want to risk opening the floodgates over that single app.

Like on my old Samsung Galaxy three, it had an option for the home as well as lock screen, of where you can press anywhere and it will act like a riffle on the screen, and you get to play with it for the longest time, how can I get it back for my edge plus?

I know about launchers and icon packs, but there never seems to be a way to completely get the look right. For example, there's no way I know of to get the Lock screen from Gingerbread (Android 2.3) on a modern device, and there's no way to get the icons for Walmart, Dollar General, or YouTube Music apps (three which didn't exist then) to look correct, and replacing certain apps (Gallery, Music, Browser, Camera) with Gingerbread APKs results in a clash of whatever remains of the system apps and the replacements, which looks a lot worse.

What I'm asking is if there's some method that doesn't requrie root that can bring more of Android 2.3's UX back to a modern phone (in this case a Samsung A-series) because apparently everyone still does flat UI design more than a decade later, and just from seeing the UI of various phones on Mr. Mobile's "when phones were fun" series makes me wish to have the depth back in UI. I can't go back to old phones today due to VoLTE mandates.

I'd love to at least get the Android 2.3 AOSP launcher and lock screen, those two elude me as the launcher is on Play Store, installs, but I think Samsung blocks it by saying 'Android 2.3 Home keeps stopping' (I don't think it's crashing it's just not allowing it) and I don't know how to get the lock screen.

FYI Android 2.3 was my favorite Android version, and IMO the last that felt like 'true' Android.

I've searched high and low and I cannot seem to find what application this icon belongs to.

I've got two google accounts on my phone, I want to remove one of them. I've tried the advice given in Google help but it doesn't fit my phone, which is Oneplus Nord 2.

"Android DIAS fail at security screen "
What does this mean? What is the DIAS?

This is about a strange difficulty with Amazon Prime. Amazon support says they are absolutely not responsible, that Amazon never does this to customers.

My computer internet access is via a mobil hotspot from an Android phone. The phone contract allows only 5Mbps download speed for the hotspot, even though, on the phone itself, download speed may be 50Mbps. Why? That is just what the carrier does.

My Windows 10 professional system (19045.2846) is up to date. Amazon Prime software has recently been reinstalled.

The cell phone carrier started carrying a 4G/5G network a while back. They wanted everyone to switch to the new network but many phones are not compatible with the new network. After being told the old network may be discontinued soon, and being offering a rebate on a new phone, I started on the new network with a new 5G phone three weeks ago. There is no 5G service in my area, so my service is still 4G. The contract for mobil hotspot is the same as on the old network and internet speed tests on the computer still run at the contract speed.

Except for Amazon Prime video downloads:
I’ve used Amazon Prime for the past year by downloading videos on my computer, wuing mobil hotspot of the phone, to watch later because the 5Mbps bandwidth doesn’t always give decent streaming. Downloads were at 5Mbps, according to Windows Task Manager. Now, however, on the new network, new phone, Amazon videos download at a steady 2Mbps, 60% slower than on the old network, and of course it takes considerably more time to download a video. A internet speed test run in the browser, even while a video is downloading at 2Mbps, stills shows the contract 5Mbps download speed (actually about 5.7Mbps).

I’ve gone over this with the carrier a couple of times, I spoke to Amazon Prime support. I tried all their suggestions. I’ve been told by a couple of other Amazon Prime users who agreed to run tests that their download speeds are very fast (they are not using cellphone hotspots). I have run out of ideas to find the source of this problem. It is quite annoying and inconvenient. Any insights or suggestions?

I want to use my old phone (I have 3) for work and new phone while off work, using the same number is that possible? Just swap sim card maybe?

Several reasons why. One, I'm 70 and fell last week and hit my head, fortunately, I was able to get up and keep working, but what if I can't get to the car to call for help? Also from time to time, I get locked out of my truck, so I would need to call towing to come get me back into my truck. In my work, the truck has to be kept running when I stop, which is over 100 times a night sometimes. I keep my new phone in the car. If it was my old phone, I'd have it in my yellow safety vest.

About the youtube music app, when I swipe to the left to dispose on it, about the upper menu it turns off, but when I swipe down from the (wifi, blue tooth, flash light) tab menus it is still lingers on it... huh, on my moto edge plus..

I have a 2022 Moto G Power. Advertised as a 3 day battery, but typically I get no more than 2 days from one battery charge (down to about 18% by the end of the second day).

I'm currently in a cycle where the battery is lasting an honest 4 days between charges. This happened last fall with this same phone, 4 day battery cycle for about 2 weeks or so, then reverted back to 2 days! It's not that I've changed location, where there is a cell tower any closer (Lower phone TX power), this is happening around my home.

As far as I can tell, my usage of the phone has NOT changed, for sure not that drastically, where it would double the battery life.

I'm not complaining mind you, just trying to figure out why it changes so much. When I look at the battery usage (4 days) Google Play services tops the list with 92%. I'm guessing that in another few battery cycles that it will again revert back to a 2 day battery charge...

Anyone else seen a jump in battery life like this???

Sir Michael

ArmaRunner is one special type of infinite runner game.
Are you familiar with animals in a pub? Well, you'll soon be... As soon as you'll press the start button, a volcano erupts violently and spoils the fun of many animals. You are looking on a safe distance how animals try to evacuate the city. The game drops you in an adventure as an armadillo with a midlife crysis, who's trying to run down the mad mountain. It is technically an endless runner game, but I would lie if there isn't an end in it. Technically it isn't an infinite runner. Survive for the full 4 minutes and reach the highest score as possible, and you'll win the game.

Download
Android app store
Six dots Software website

The default screen always has a Google search
Here if you type something, but sure Web results AND gives you search results of apps on the phone

If you delete and and again as a widget, you ONLY get the Web results - how do I get the app search results?

I've had this problem on all of my android phones

I must be missing something?

Thanks

Hello All,
When buying a phone from EBay, I'm wondering how to assure I can unlock the bootloader. I used to "Play" with these devices but 10yrs ago. When I see "Unlocked" I assume that means carrier unlocked but nothing about the devices bootloader and ability to root?
My daily is a Pixel 7, locked till paid off. I travel to the EU 30%+ of my time and want something for that. Currently, I use a 100$ ZTE Blade. Problem, there is zero community for it and couldn't root.
Honestly, just looking for a cheap toy. I just don't wanna buy and have the bootloader be secured. I was thinking about an original Pixel or maybe the "2".
Sorry for the novel, all I'm really asking is any advice for buying with these needs in mind.
Thanks Everyone...

For the third straight month, Verizon is late with the monthly update. Google released the update on May 1 for the covered Pixel line. It is still unavailable as an OTA update. What is also very strange is the Verizon update list for the Pixel 6 Pro. You can see it here:
It lists the March update as #18, then skips the April update completely & finally list the May update as #19. 🤔

Motorola Edge+ (2023) - Full phone specifications I have been looking at this cell as well too.... So... I am ultimately looking for a much decent price without blowing up the bank.

Hi,
On my Z Flip 4 phone under settings/Connections/Mobile Networks I have no option for VOLTE.
I have all latest updates.
I'm with Amaysim 4g

Is there a way of fixing this?

Any help is appreciated.
Nick.

I have been trying to do that with the Samsung Z fold 3. It will not allow it, I guess. When I press and hold an icon, it does show the remove option, but I cannot drag it there, and I cannot force it to open, even with both hands. The most I can do is move it around on the screen. Ideally I would trash most of those apps, too, but at least no icons at "home" would, I hope, mean that I wouldn't get those annoying messages when I'm trying to do something else. Not being able to connect to Bixby is the worst. I mean the message. I don't care about Bixby. I don't want it. There are maybe 3 separate Bixby apps lying that they"need" all those permissions. I wish I could shut that down entirely. I am trying my best to use this thing as a camera only (and gallery, of course). I recently went through and disabled just about everything I could except those. Is there any more I can do about it without rooting?

Hello.

I have an old tablet (Kitkat?) that I thought I would try re-purposing as a clock. I found a clock app in the Play Store, and I like it, but I noticed it was off. I realized that the time on the tablet itself was off, so I adjusted it manually. After doing that, the clock app was accurate as well.

Now, the reason I wanted to try this is because I'd like to have a clock that sets automatically, and is always accurate. I tried a few atomic clocks, but they just weren't working out, and I'm getting a little paranoid that if I keep sending orders back to Amazon, I may get flagged!

So, the story is just to let you know what I'm up to. The question I have is: Does Android 4.4.2 clock sync with the Internet, or am I just wasting my time? I'm wondering if the reason that the time was off was because this is the first time I have powered up this old tablet in many months.

Thank you for any replies!

most of the apk files are crashing on my phone what is the reason behind this?

Hello All,
I recently had my phone break while in Portugal and needed a quick/cheap replacement.
I got the ZTE Blade A31 Plus. It's running Android 11 with Firmware Build#: GEN_EU_EEA_A31Plus_V1.7
I hit a dead end in every attempt to either check bootloader status, unlock(?), root, etc. None of the OneClick methods were effective. I haven't been able to try Magisk as I can't find the boot.img file. Also, I can't find TWRP or CWM recovery that I'm sure is compatible.
Basically, I'm lost at every turn. I'm guessing it's unlocked but checking via ADB fails.

I would REALLY appreciate some help to get moving with this. I'm anxious to get it rooted and hopefully improved performance. Even a push in the right direction would be helpful.

THANKS MUCH

I'm looking for suggestions of Android calendars that allow you to remove/add specific holidays. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Just wondering if anyone knows which app this notification logo is for. It is from a pixel locked screen. I think the one on the left is messenger and the one on the right is LinkedIn, but what is this one in the middle? I need to know, thank you.

It's seven years since I bought a Samsung Galaxy s7 smartphone for my wife. After reluctantly giving up her old Nokia, she grew to love it. However, after all this time, I'm wondering whether the Galaxy s7 ought to be let go of. It's not that it doesn't work satisfactorily for her — she is perfectly happy with it. The reason is that I am concerned about whether old phones are a fire hazard. I have looked on the Web and read about swollen batteries, but there is no reason to think that the battery of her phone is swollen. However, because of a lack of knowledge, I do have a concern that a phone battery may be a fire hazard simply because it is old. I have raised the question of us buying her a new phone in the past, but my wife tends to cling on to things she has used for a long time, and it would take an earthquake for her to say, Oh yes, we'll replace it! I would not want to mention my concern about it being a possible fire hazard unless I was certain of this and could give her a powerful reason for changing it. Also, being old, we are not well-off, so the cost of a new phone would be another reason for keeping it.

I'm sure that many people reading this will have the opinion that one ought to keep up with the latest as a matter of course, but, if we can manage with what we have, we are satisfied. Can anyone comment on this? Is it dangerous to hang on to a seemingly good-enough old phone?
With thanks for any helpful and informed comment,
S.

Does anyone know what this icon is for?

It's currently on 1% I have it off. Long story short I missed up my charging port by constantly yucking it out . It still could charging but the charging wouldn't go all the way it just would go halve way enough for it to charge but I couldn't hold the tablet or the charging would drop out. I had to use tape and do it in away it ould stay and charge. I stupidly took a scissors and out it into the charging port moved up and down and now the charger goes all the way in but doesn't charge. Can this be fixed ? All my info and stuff are on it. Also my phone heat up on the camera and does quickly on 80-90 percent and even if I have the charging in it still drops quick. Is it the battery or something else. Also the charging light on my tablet is blinking red on and off any clue what that means. Please reply, please.