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POPUP WARNING

I have a Samsung Galaxy S7, version 8.0.0, Oreo. Have the latest update. I keep getting a popup warning ever so often that I've never had happen before, (see image). I've cleared temp files, restarted phone several times, and more, etc. I haven't installed any new apps. Does anyone know what this process does, why I'm getting the warning, and how I can remedy the problem.
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Cool things to do with ADW Launcher 2

Since switching from ADW Launcher 1 EX to ADW Launcher 2 (both are paid versions) recently, I've spent a lot of time exploring, and experimenting with, its features. There are many!

I'll post some; please feel free to add your own.

For my first example, this shows how you can organize/categorize your app drawer, using a menu to pick from:

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Next is an example of hidden bits of programs (for lack of a better way to explain it). You find these by using Activities:

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My normal wallpaper, which I've set for both home and lock screens, looks like this:

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but I changed it to blue for clarity in the above examples. However, this one, which shows my font settings for icons' text, is readable:

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There's much more! I'd love to see what you're doing with it.

new Note 10/10+ features....at least to me

so this thread is for posting any new and cool features that you like on the note 10+. some might not necessarily be new to some, but new to you.

i'll start.....i just discovered how to do screen recordings. it is pretty cool. especially if you like a particular game or in my case a really cool live wallpaper i found on the zedge app

check out this live wallpaper:

Help Instable 3G connection

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with the 3G connection on my phone. I don't know if it's a software or an hardware problem.

So, I mainly use my 3G connection with wifi tethering (my laptop is connected to my phone hotspot). Regularly, I lose connection on my laptop. On firefox, the message in the status bar stays on "Looking for www.google.com" or "Connecting to www.google.com", for example. When that happens, the 3G connection on my phone appears to be still active, with the arrows indicating upload and download in the android status bar, but if I try to use the android browser, I have the same problem (the website is unreachable). I have to disable the data connection on my phone and then re-enable it so I can use it again.

I have another problem which is not my priority but may be linked to my main problem : sometimes (I don't know what determines that), if my phones battery is not charging, I lose wifi connection to my phone (when it's tethering).

My phone is quite old, but the battery still works fine, and my android is also an old one : 4.0.4. It's not rooted and it's not a custom rom.

If someone has an idea of where the problem could come from, It'd be great...

Turned off phone in middle of factory reset...

I turned off my phone in the middle of an accidental factory reset and now it only goes to the title "Samsung Galaxy S5" screen when I turn it back on, and it stays on this screen until it runs out of battery. I've tried holding the power button down for 30+ seconds and I've tried holding the volume down button for 45+ seconds. It can still go to safe mode which gives options of rebooting or factory resetting, but rebooting it only takes it to the same title screen. Under no circumstances do I want to factory set because I don't want to lose my data. I would like to know how to turn my phone back on without factory resetting, but if there is no way for me to get my phone back on without losing data, then does anyone here know how to retrieve automatically backed up data either via Samsung or Google? I never deliberately backed up my data but I've heard that it backs up on its own.

APX to App Bundle?

So, I am not a developer....

I wrote a basic calorie conversion tool in Visual Basic ages ago and today for some reason decided I would like this on my Samsung. So...I fired up MIT App Inventor (very cool) and successfully built a "mobile version" of my VB app.

I've exported the app as an APX and want to upload it to the Play Store. Gone through a number of steps and all good but when I upload my APX file and go to Review, it complains it is not optimised. I now have to use the Android App Bundle. So I download Android Studio....

So OK this is not for noobs. It likes my APX but I have not idea how to now "convert" this file into something Google Store will accept. If I import the APX it treats it as a "module" under Build menu. If I create a new project I have no idea how to import my APX into that project....

Can anyone give me some pointers please on what I need to do here? I just want to see my shitty app in the app store :)

Thanks!

Help with settings

There are two settings I would like to change.

For some mysterious reason when I ask "OK Google" for the current temperature it is now giving it to me in Fahrenheit. Up until today, it was always Celcius. Looking online it says I should select "Profile Editor" I either do not have one or it is hidden somewhere.

When I get an SMS Text it plays a sound. However, if the messaging app is open it remains silent. Can I have the sound activating whether the app is open or not?

Thanks
Robert...

Help update changes buttons to gesture, won't revert!

The latest update gave me the option to try Androids new gesture controls, changing the home screen back, home, and tab buttons, so i said yes to try it, not realising now i can't go back, theirs nothing in gestures settings, tried googling about it, but seems as if other phones can revert back in gesture settings, but no mine? but also that i read, google wants to force this on us? is that true, i keep making mistakes on my phone due to gestures i want the damn buttons back.

Battery

Today my phone started acting up, vibrating and showing battery charging then vibrating again saying battery not charging...done this a few times but phone wasnt even plugged in at all...plugged in now and not doing anymore but battery hasnt went above 65%...and ideas?

Is it possible to avoid legacy version of app being detected by developer?

As I am running Android 4.4.4 in order to get Todoist working on my phone I have downloaded and installed an old version of the app from APK Mirror.

It works great, the only problem is I get regular reminders from Todoist telling me they have noted I am using an old version and it will cease to work in five days. I contacted them regarding finding a resolution, the response being to use the web app.

Is there any way around this?

I need advice

Hello everyone. I am 29. I have moved from Ukraine to USA 3 years ago. I learn Java and I want to become an Android developer. I decided not to go to college, I am going to use a mentor. Also I need to improve my eanglish, I do not have much time and chose to spend time for studing programming. Could you please give me advice if it is good idea do not get an education in college and use a mentor? It is very important for me to know if I am on right way

I cant figure out why my T95Z Android TV Streaming box is offering me Apps designed for phones

I have another brand box that set up perfectly with the same apps, however with the T95Z Plus that I received yesterday the apps in the Google Play store all seem to be those designed for phones. Is there a setting that I may have chosen that makes it think this, or could it be that this box has the mobile OS instead of TV OS. Is there a way to check? All I can tell is it is running version 7.1.2 Thanks.

Android pie bricked it

I desperately need help reverting back to Android Oreo on my Moto z2 force. Bluetooth will not connect to anything, the phone will not accept calls (though I receive the voicemails afterward, just no calls), apps are updating on their own despite me having that feature disabled and the list goes on. It is now essentially a dumbed down version of it's former self. I just cannot understand how the most basic functionality has been removed. It's a phone that can't get phone calls! What the heck? All of the other changes I have found seem largely unnecessary. Right down to putting the clock on the left side. True Android users know that's where notifications go...
If you're on another network other than verizon consider yourself lucky to not be receiving this downgrade. It's the sorriest downgrade disguised as an upgrade I've ever seen. I've been loyal to Android since my very first smartphone and I've never had so many big issues after a system update! Why would I want a dumbed down version of an Android that looks and performs like an iPhone simpleton? If I wanted an iPhone is buy one. So I guess I might if I can't get back to Oreo.
Unless anyone else with the Moto z2 force had the same issues and knows how to fix them?
I guess the long story short is this: I need help! How can I return my phone to its previous wonderful Android Oreo self and regain my much needed functionality???

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