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Questions - iPhone to android

hi all,

Been on iPhone for quite a while last time I used android was around Samsung s2 or s3 days. Even my work is pretty much IPhone.

So family and I have been really looking at going back to android. Most of us are pretty heavy users... wife’s takes massive photos and hits her phone storage limits all the time
Even with iCloud photos storage.

Couple of questions for the hive mind;

I currently have an iphone8 looking at Samsung s10e or maybe a pixel 3 leaning on s10e thoughts on performance? Battery? My phone usually will last me the day.

How well does photo storage to cloud work?

Been digging on security, I actually have a decent background in this. But just asking for the hive opinion. Seems android have better os level security, and Selinux policy’s better sandboxes and containers but user level stuff and App Store stuff is messy, with iOS is the opposite decent hygiene around apps but some of the hygiene in the os is lacking.
Thoughts?


What about ai? Both my wife and daughter have issues and use speech as an input iPhone works ok in this how, well does android? And in what apps can you use speech as input? And does it learn?

Thanks in advance
Ghostinshell

Help Battery Usage statistics missing

I am having a problem on my Umidigi Power running Android 9
When I go in to battery > battery usage statistics then either App usage information or Device usage information i get this screen (see image) - how do i fix this? it is incredibly annoying. When i first got my phone i got a solid 2+ days of battery out of it. Now i get just over 24 hrs.

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Root Tesla Smartphone

Hello, my father accidentally deleted the data from the phone ... and all the softwares that can restore the data request that the phone be routed, there is a problem. I tried routing over pc but they failed, I think the problem is in the bootloader. The bootloader probably needs to be unlocked, but I can't find information how. It probably can't be unlocked, but I still hope someone can help me. (I apologize for bad English) :(

ADB

Hi
I'm a java developer and I've been using Android Studio. The weirdest thing happened though. I have two installations of different versions of adb. I tried to remove Android Studio through Settings. ADB still is lingering. There is no ADB or Android Studio or anything of the sort in add/remove programs. But the service is still running. If I go to CMD and type adb services it shows the device. BTW I am running an emulator, not a physical device. I just want to get all instances of adb off of my computer and install bridge 41 installed.

Thanks

Twraven

Need Help with third-party android box

I recently purchased this box named "TUREWELL T95 Max Android 9.0 TV Box" from amazon. Link:https://www.amazon.com/TUREWELL-T95...oid+box&qid=1568140326&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr2

After attaching it to an external touch display, I have found 1. no navigation bar/panel 2. the touch on the display works if and only if I use the mouse cursor that is pre-loaded on the android. There is no way to operate an external touch display without having to control (touch/drag/move) mouse cursor. There also arent any Developer Options mode so I am unable to hide cursor or anything like that. I just want to run my android apps on my touch screen monitor without having to 1. physically always move the mouse cursor 2. not have to use the remote. Any and all suggestions would be hugely appreciated! Thank you!

Samsung Galaxy tablet A Screen rotation

I just purchased this Samsung galaxy tablet A from Costco and I like it but this problem is driving me crazy.


I like to have my tablet locked on landscape mode (the long way, left and right). Now, there are apps, like Instagram, that works best in portrait mode (the long way, up and down). I'm OK with this, I have no problem with that.


My problem is, when I go back to the home screen, instead of the screen orientation going back to landscape mode, it stays in portrait mode. Not only that, it locks the screen in portrait mode. So, I have to unlock the orientation, let it auto-rotate, then lock it again. This is super frustrating because my 5-year old Galaxy Tab S knows to reset the screen orientation to whatever I had before. So, I'm not sure why this Galaxy Tab A automatically sets the orientation lock to the last used app.


I tried searching the settings but didn't find anything that would address this. I'm hoping Samsung could address this in an update. But, in the meantime, are there any screen rotation apps I could use that would resolve my issues?

I hate the new spen!

Well though their is alot of people enjoying the spen I'm not really liking it, I do like it to an extent but the problem is the new air gestures mechanics

It's simply terrible, when ever you want to scroll down a webpage while listening to music, the note 10+ thinks you want to switch to the next song and I don't I'm not even performing that gestures, its pretty nice but when I don't need it to do that it is very fustrating!

Photo Viewer Which Allows Embedding Folders

Is there a photo viewer which allows folders to be embedded under other folders such that you can organize your photos by topic and not see ever folder on your device? In other words if I create a top level folders such as landscape, places, models, or race cars. Then when I open the viewer that is all I see are the top level folders. Then if I touch a top level folder it will display the folders underneath?

The ones that I've been able to find display all folders with photos in them. When you have a lot of folders, it becomes a challenge to locate the folder you want. This way I could put all of the models I've shot under "Models" and not have them show up as a top level list. Similar to the way you can set up folders on a Windows PC.

Photo Viewer Which Allows Embedding Folders

I have a new Galaxy Tab S6 Tablet which I want to use with my digital photography. What I'd like is a photo viewer that allows me to organize my folders and put folders inside of a topic folder rather than a bewildering list of folders. I have pictures in different folders for landscape, models, photoshoots, etc.

What I want is to initially just see a top level list of folders such as landscape, models, photoshoots. Then when I click on one of the topic folders be able to see folders underneath (inside) the upper level folder. All of the apps I can find just displays all of the folders the search finds so I have to search through a long list of folders (albums) to find the one I want rather than just being able to drill down like on a Windows PC.

Is there a photo app for Android that supports this?

[Game][Free] Number Blocks Online

Number Blocks Online is an online game where you place shapes onto a board to score points. There are two game modes, Score Attack and Survival.

In Score Attack mode, the first player to reach 150 points is the winner. In Survival mode, you place shapes onto the board until one is unable to do so.

Completely filling a row or column removes it. In Score Attack mode, this will earn you points, and removing multiple rows or columns in one go will earn bonus points. Removing multiple rows or columns in Survival mode will penalise your opponent by adding blocks to their board that are impossible to remove.

You can either play casually, which does not require an account to be created, or ranked mode, which does require an account to be created.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parallelrealities.summation2online&hl=en

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Creation and Setting of background images in android application

Hello,

I am new to android application development and i am currently working on an existing android application. I have couple of questions regarding the creation & setting of background images in the application

1) In the existing project I found that the images are set based on different dpi levels. But I found that there are different devices with different screen resolutions for same dpi value. For e.g., in latest Android Studio (v.3.5) in the AVD manager I found following screen resolutions for the same dpi “~420 dpi”.

a. Which resolution should I chose to set the background image?
b. Do I need to set image for highest screen resolution among them and
it will be automatically scaled to other resolutions under same dpi?
c. If it is needed to set different images for different resolutions
under same dpi, how to differentiate them?
7.3” Foldable – 1536x2152
8” Foldable – 2200x2480
Nexus 5X – 1080x1920​

2) As per this Android link , I have only found the following list for different dpi values. Under which category does 420 dpi fall?

ldpi – 120dpi
mdpi – 160dpi
hdpi – 240dpi
xhdpi – 320dpi
xxhdpi – 480dpi
xxxhdpi – 640dpi​

Thanks and Regards,
Kamal

AdGuard Experience

First of all, I would like to say thank you AdGuard help me block ad in the phone. This is my first time to use AdGuard and I would like to share my experience.
When I have my new phone, I didn't want to root the phone because it will lose the warranty, I'm trying to search some apps can block the ad and control the privacy, somehow I found the AdGuard on Google. Honestly, at that time I was worried about using AdGuard because need connect to VPN, and I had made lot of research and reviews the app. Finally, why not give a shot try to use the app, I downloaded from the AdGuard website after installed in my phone, actually it wasn't difficult to set up, but just need to be patient. After follow the instructions, I'm waiting for the miracle result, I went to browse the website, using the app, social apps, and I found out all the ads disappeared, I went back to AdGuard app, it shows me how many ads have been blocked when I am use the social app and browsing some websites , also I can check the filtering log that's incredible.

The next thing, I want to know about the internet speed because it connects to VPN. I had tested the internet speed, honestly, I don't give too much hope about the speed!!! Well, I was wronged, the app didn't reduce the internet speed also it helps me save data, also I can see on the screen how many data saved from my internet. On the other hand because the app blocked the ad which means the ad will not appear in the phone and reduced the data it helps a lot of people who don't have unlimited plan from the provider.

I guess lot of people consider the battery usage. I can tell the app didn't use battery too much, i had tested the app in one hour and my phone battery remaining same percentage, so the users don't have worry about the battery usage. However, AdGuard app have a lot of features in the settings which are General, Content Blocking, DNS Filtering, Stealth Mode, Browsing Security, Extensions, Network and Advance, if you were an expert I guess you will know how to use the features, if you were first time to use this app don't have to worry how to setup, just follow the instructions and you done. The cooler thing is support dark mode who those people who like dark mode, in my opinion dark mode also reduce battery use and increase beautiful UI.

To summarize, I will recommend people or my friends install AdGuard or for those users who didn't want root the phone. Beautiful UI, easy to setup also the app including premium subscription and the price is not expensive. In addition, AdGuard support windows, Mac, ios and browser extension, for more information and pricing visit www.adguard.com. I would like to say the AdGuard products will not disappointed you.

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Moto e5 Cruise

Just got this phone, switching from an IPhone 6s. Feel like I'm in another world and can live with the learning curve. One of the immediate frustrating things is with videos I try to attach to a text or email. Even a 15 second video won't go and I get the "can't resize" error. What's up with that? Is there a way to reduce the size of these videos. Only had this problem with the IPhone when a video was maybe a minute or more.

Very frustrating. Thanks in advance.

Patrick

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