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Malware search bar at bottom of screen?

S
Hi. I have a Google Pixel 3 which I bought fairly recently. I have started to notice that a search bar named "search for Chevy truck" pops up at the bottom of my screen intermittently. Sometimes, it happens while I'm typing on my keyboard and end up accidentally pressing it, as it usually pops up over my spacebar button. I'm quite sure this is some kind of a malware that was wondering if you guys can help me find a way to remove this.
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What keyboard are you using for everyday text input?

C
I've tried both the Samsung stock keyboard and Google's Gboard.

Of the 2, I prefer Google's.

I can press a button to switch between writing and typing. However, it doesnt automatically start handwriting mode when the S-Pen is pulled out. Samsung's Keyboard does.

The pen strokes in Google seem heavier than in Samsung's, in this respect, I prefer samsung, and in Samsung's it's a 2 button press to switch keyboards, here Google wins. Also in Google's fawow is that it doesn't convert the text as quick as Samsung The text also shifts left in Google and up in Samsung.

Either I have yet to find it, or neither have a ruled page theme to write over.

Do any of you use a keyboard other then Samsung's or Google's?

I've made a small video showing how to turn on handwriting, if you are not sure how to:

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Help Is there a way to permanently block an app from asking for draw over permission?

P
I have a touchpal keyboard which I like more than other keyboards, but as I'm sure you've all heard, it's practically like malware. The latest round of "fun" they added is that it wants to take over your screen when a phone call is ringing, so every phone call I get, I first have the settings window pop up asking to allow apps draw over access.

I'd like to know if there's a way to permanently ban an app from asking for permission.. but I know this one is a bit trickier because the draw over permission is separate from the others.

I'm on Android 8.0.0, Kernel 4.4.78

Thanks
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Deleting camera roll also deleted downloads?

G
Android n00blet here. I'm helping a friend backup her images/videos so she can delete them from her phone to make room. We went into the photo app and it showed the Camera Roll (with 2,000 items) and Downloads (with 250 items). She didn't want to backup the downloads but also didn't want to delete them. This was the stuff she said she received from text messages. Anyway, I did the backup by copying everything from the DCIM folder to a PC and confirmed the 2000 items. We then went back into the photo app, tapped into the Camera Roll (not the downloads), hit "Select All" and then Delete.

Afterward, when she goes into the photo app, it doesn't show any camera roll, as expected, but it also doesn't show any downloads. Where did the 250 downloads go?

Thanks,
Gabe
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Help Security issue on open wifi

JAy3001
Just back from our holidays and have been using the resorts wifi connection along side my VPN. (SurfEasy)

The resort wifi was a little inconsistent dropping as you walked around, most of the time the VPN will drop off awaiting the connection again. Then it would spring back into life, sadly it did not do this all of the time and once I noticed this I would kill the wifi connection when not in use to eliminate the issue.

Having come back I noticed that in my calendar app (samsungs calender) that an event had been added from the date it was added right thru to the end of the year. It was full in detail telling me my iPhone x was ready for pickup and provided a dodgy shortened amazon link. I removed these entries straight away.

So, how did this happen? Any ideas if my device may have been compromised because of the lack of VPN cover? I've seen nothing else dodgy such as apps or processes.

I have installed SkyView free at a wedding the day after we landed to entertain the kids. Thou I have not seen any bad reviews for this app and was recommended by google..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.t11.skyviewfree
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Menu not inflating

S
In my fragment I have the following, however my menu never gets inflated. I have a Toolbar in my layout of the fragment.
In my Logcat I get the following output (filtering on TAG which is "Fragment1"). There is no "Woohoo" output, showing that onCreateOptionsMenu never gets called.
Could someone assist me please? I use a ViewPager on my MainActivity to hold all the fragments in.

08-28 11:20:56.822 9118-9118/? I/Fragment1: 1
08-28 11:20:56.823 9118-9118/? I/Fragment1: 2
08-28 11:20:56.845 9118-9118/? I/Fragment1: 3

Code: 
@Nullable
@Override
public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Log.i(TAG, "1");
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    Log.i(TAG, "2");
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main_layout, container, false);
    btnNavFragInnovations = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.button1);
    btnNavFragTraining = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.button2);
    btnNavFragForms = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.button3);

    Log.i(TAG, "3");
    btnNavFragInnovations.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            ((MainActivity)getActivity()).setmViewPager(1);
        }
    });

    btnNavFragTraining.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            ((MainActivity)getActivity()).setmViewPager(2);
        }
    });

    btnNavFragForms.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            ((MainActivity)getActivity()).setmViewPager(3);
        }
    });

    return view;
}

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater menuInflater) {
    Log.i(TAG, "woohoo");
    menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.top_menu, menu);
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, menuInflater);
}
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change power button sound

E4Mafia
I have a Galaxy S9 and want to change the native screen lock sound to the iphone x lock sound. I have installed a few different remapping apps and then uninstalled them because they didn't work well.

The problem I have is that it takes about 2 seconds after I press the power button hard key before I hear the iphone x sound. But when I unlock my phone the sound is instantaneous. I just want to find where that native screen lock sound is in my file explorer and replace it with the new one.
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Ransomware?

MoodyBlues
On 60 Minutes they had a segment on ransomware. It said that 22 cities, counties, and police departments in Texas had just been hit, and also rattled off numerous other targets nationwide, including hospitals, whose computer systems were hijacked, encrypted, and held for ransom.

Of course, the first thing that came to *my* mind was, are these places really running mission-critical systems on window$? :o Followed by, have they never heard of off-site backups?! :thinking:

I sat there in disbelief as they named place after place whose files were held hostage, their backups were also hit, and they paid the ransom so they could get back to work.

WTF?! I'm completely baffled. What's the matter with these people? Why are their systems so insecure, and why don't they use off-site backups--like I was 30 years ago? Is it safe to assume they're using M$ crap, or is this happening to *nix systems, too? The show didn't go into any of that. *scratching my head*
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SM-A305G PROBLEM WITH FLASH

M
Hello friends, I am from Latin America, I have the SM-305G device, the phone is bought from a telephone company, I had problems with FRP, I used ODIN, downloading the combination software, but the error is always the same: please get the approval to use factory binaries (pit), I have downloaded the pit file from a server, it has not worked, also extracted through MIRACLE BOX, but the problem persists always, I also used the Z3x tool, but I did not get results, now I come here to that can give me a hand and thus be able to solve this.

Photo link with a problem: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HWtBkdf-mdjz9trDL_cDYgixDRYXLUyy?usp=sharing
1HWtBkdf-mdjz9trDL_cDYgixDRYXLUyy
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Help How do I play music from Google drive?

H
Google Drive can play music via the built-in audio player, but only one song at a time! In other words, there appears to be no way to automatically play an entire album from start to finish. Instead you have to manually switch to each song one by one.

I've tried searching the web for free third-party solutions, but no luck. For example CloudPlayer only works for a 30-day trial. Most other players (like VLC for instance) simply can't access Google Drive. I'd expect that Google's own Play Music app could access Google Drive but I can't find any option to do so.

Surely somebody knows how to do this. But if not, any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Note 10 battery Life

ocnbrze
edit:Ok since i'm the OP for this thread i'm gonna change things up


If you are wondering what the battery life is on the Note 10+ with its 4300 mAh beast of a battery?
......well it's been great. Battery life is incredible. Been power using tweaking things here, tweaking things there a lot.....i mean.....A LOT!!!!!!

i mean playing with the settings, checking out some cool new apps that come included (there is one that use's the camera's depth perception feature.....i'll post a comment on it later). i have even watched movies and youtube on it. not to mention reading and writing emails and answering phone calls and text messages.......all of this at the end of my day i'm still at 20% or so.

It's runs fast and smooth.... much faster then the note 8. Haven't really played around with the camera just yet. I did take some photos when I took my dog to the dog beach. I'll post those later.

Want to check out the ar features as well.

Can't complain so far.
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After thoughts of Softwear updated PCX29. 159-21

Milo Willamson
Phone is again Moto z2 force.
Pros: easy to read buttons and able to see cleary on green circles over black, the clock is tiny,
also the date ontop is really small yay, it has been annoying me since I can pretty much know what day is it.
Because of the lock screen has it in the dead center, I do not want to see it popping up consantily with the day of week it is.

It feels light weight with even heavy app of ADW launcher, able to control the apps more frequently. Easy to see directory of system settings, able to get a phone call in without the screen getting black from accidental touching the number pad.

The photos come out clearly more then, the regular blur issue I was having. Etc.

Cons:
I only found one so far.. General issue is how sort of hard not seeing the card stack on the app drawer, have to push in the square and slide all the way to the right to stop the background apps from overclocking my phone.
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Any way to show who message sent to other than conversation mode?

M
I do not like conversation mode. I find I miss seeing emails. Ridiculous to have to search using to: what if not remember correct spelling or last name? Or to have to open each email in Sent folder to find if sent an email to someone. Is google trying to force people to use Conversation mode? This is KEY and MOST basic need in email - to see who you sent messages to. Years and years of people maki g this same request. Does Gmail staff have a market research team that gathers complaints? Perhaps hire someone over 50 that knows how to run focus groups, one-on-ones, surveys for complaints -- people who can work with your analytics team to build algorithm in predictive analytics that recommends making this option available. If does not pick up this problem need new algorithm. I use different app to receive my small bus emails and it shows in Sent folder on first line who each email sent to not who sent from which is obviously me. Most useful way of showing was old Blackberry Bold -- had column that said sent or inbox and who sent to or received from - each day could quickly scan and see if responded to each mail received. Very easy very efficient. Would seem easy as others apps do to at least just let us see recipient in Sent folder. And Google is a search company. Wants to force me to mwmorize all the strings for searching. Why not at least as Samsung native email when tap hourglass seach to from or subject and ability to sort by name
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Phone calls w/Bluetooth earbuds: unable to reduce volume

PeteCress
When I am listening to music thru Bluetooth earbuds and a phone call comes in, the volume is deafening - no matter how low the music volume is.

Pressing VolumeDown throws the volume control dialog and the indicator tries to move downward - but it keeps spontaneously popping back to max volume.

It does not seem to be earbud-specific, as the same thing happens on LGs, Ultimate Ears, BlueAnt Pumps, and on my hearing aids.

Anybody been here?

Android 9, Note 8.
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how many apps are too many?

Z
Throughout the time I've been an Android smartphone user a common theme that's come up in conversations whenever I've had any kind of issue with my phone is the number of apps I have at any given time. It's almost always friends or significant others who say this but whenever Ive brought it up to a phone service rep I've never gotten any of them to say definitively if I have too many or not or even what is too many so I thought I'd post it to you all here who I'm sure many are more tech-savvy about this kind of thing than I am.

If just saying yes or no is not easy because there's other criteria to consider then what is that criteria and how would I determine what too many is for my particular smartphone?

I look forward to hearing your feedback on this!

Mark
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