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At the Dreaded Garage

LGee3
Hmmmm, that would be a good name for a bar. Anyway, my chariot has been making awful grinding noises from the front ends wheel areas while turning and I know it isn't the brakes. Could be the wheel bearing/hubs worn away. Going to get it looked at and po$$ibly repaired too while I wait. 220,000+ miles on it so the old ones went the distance. How are you all today ?
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Nullifying an action in ADB

Pauls2
Hello people, I'm a new user. I'm a beginner/apprentice in developing Android apps. Preliminarily, I have a little trouble.

if I gave the command

Code: 
adb shell settings put global enable_freeform_support 1

how can I now reactivate the previous state (in the recent app, at the top bars, there persist the icons for resizing forms)? Maybe putting the 0 value instead of 1 in the above command line may solve the problem? Thanks
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Wallpaper Change, Failed to Load Bitmap

K
Hi guys, I just downloaded Tasker like 10 mins ago and trying to set up my wallpaper change.
I want a certain wallpaper changed when I arrived at the office (as soon as its connected to the office wifi), and a different wallpaper when at home.

However, I chose a local image I had in my phone, but somehow it said failed to load bitmap...
Please help me... Here's the log...

I am sorry, I am really new, so simple words or screenshots are appreciated...Thanks in advance

17.53.20/E checkSDPath: /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Twitter/IMG_20190813_001557.jpg useRoot: false there: true file: true dir: false
17.53.20/FileUtil Set Wallpaper/checkSDPath: wudf: no write needed
17.53.20/E Set Wallpaper: checkSDPath: /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Twitter/IMG_20190813_001557.jpg useDocFile: false
17.53.20/E Set Wallpaper: checkSDPath: /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Twitter/IMG_20190813_001557.jpg ok true
17.53.20/E Set Wallpaper: failed to load bitmap.
17.53.20/E result: stop task (error)
17.53.20/E Error: 1
17.53.20/MacroEdit action finished exeID 1 action no 0 code 109 status: Err next 0
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How old is too old when looking at older models of smartphones to buy??

Z
My best friend, who is at the other end of the spectrum from me in terms of his philosophy regarding his smartphones, is considering moving from iPhone to android. He has no desire to have the latest, most advanced models and is unwilling to pay anymore than he has to when looking at moving to a different model as he is now. He told me yesterday that's he's been looking on Craigslist for phones and is willing to pay no more than $150-$200 total for one but is hoping to pay around $75. Both of those comments made me cringe. Keep in mind that he apparently can't get a phone through a cell phone provider because of his bad credit so he has to pay completely out of pocket for any new phones. He has also asked me to help him pick an android model as he hasn't used one before which has lead me to post this question here. I've always been someone who has never had a model of android that is more than 2 generations back from the most current model but he has been asking me about models such as the LG Optimus L9 which came out in 2012! Yikes, that's ancient in tech years! imho at least.

What do you consider too old?



Secondary question for any of you who have used both android & iPhone smartphones,

Do you think I'm off-base in thinking someone, like my buddy, who is not very tech savvy is better off with an iPhone considering that they seem to be easier to use for non-tech savvy people? I'm a die-hard android guy but most of the things I love about them over iPhones are things I think would mostly cause him frustration over time.

I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this and offer your opinion.

Thank you!

Mark in San Diego
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Need Suggestions on Music Player App Please

Bert0
I'm looking for a music player app (paid or free), but must have these two features...

-Music player widget that includes the current playlist (like Stock samsung music app widget)

-Dark mode for app and widget (changing themes with the tracks is okay)

I would assume this is easy to find. But I have tried many (free)apps now, with no luck. I did find one, but the widget crashes when you close the app or reboot the phone. :thumbsdowndroid:

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
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Virgin mobile to straight talk number port please help

S
So recently my phone completely broke and I can't use it so I decided to buy a straight talk phone and when I went to activate it it asked if I had an old phone number if I wanted to port so I typed in my old phone number then i went through more steps and it said it will take a few hours to 2 days to port it and it's been a day and a half and nothing happened. I'm worried I have to do something on the phone I can't access and I'd like to keep my old number please can someone explain on what happened or if I just need to wait longer and it will automatically work? I hope. Thank you!
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Mobile Hotspot Authentication Error

J
I am having an issue with my mobile hotspot with Verizon. Getting an authentication error when trying to connect. It has worked before on my S8. Now not working on my new S9. I contacted Verizon they put me through some test and also replaced my phone with a new one and I am having the same issue. A support ticket has been issued and they say this is an ongoing issue with Samsung devices within the past 2 weeks. Is anyone else having the same issue?
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What in the world is WindsongAOB

B
We are testing an application using MS App Center. The application is built in Xamarin.

We noticed in our analytics that there were a large number of devices downloading the app whose device is "WindsongAOB". See screen shot below.

Our offshore team says that this a device model that only goes up to Android 6 - users cannot upgrade to 7 or beyond. They say that this chart shows us that many people are downloading our app but are not able to use it because our support only goes back to 7.

We have not completed the coding such that the app will not even be able to be downloaded unless the device is running Android 7 or above.

But in googling around I cannot find what this "Windsong" is? Is there really devices out there with that name or OS version?
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(resolved) Fine volume control

A
I've got a Moto One Power running latest version of Android P. How can I get fine volume control? Currently the volume level is either too high or too low. Hitting my volume button just once makes it go from too soft to too loud. I've looked at fine volume control apps but they're all very old and haven't been updated in years. How can I get fine volume control on my Android? Let me know if this post needs to go somewhere else. Thanks,
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RAM consumption with empty application

M
Good afternoon.
Moto G5S, Android 8.1, 3GB RAM
An application has been created that displays " Hello, World "in the center of the screen.
Java: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

package com.example.debugtest1;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
}
At startup, the Profiler shows 32.8 MB of RAM:
Others: 1.5
Code: 5
Stack: 0.3
Graphics: 14.7
Native: 7.4
Java: 3.9
Allocated: N/A

Given that this app is actually empty, is this normal?
Is it possible to reduce memory consumption?
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Display Erratically functioning

S
Dear Forum,
I am having two android phones and two laptops out of which , one Acer Aspire laptop does not have wifi and hence using the laptop with my Sony xperia phone in USB hot spot mode for internet connection..

By the time when I tried to open the other laptop ( Dell Vostro 1510, having wifi facility) with my Samsung J110 smart phone, the phone functions erratically like, display gets jumping,; changed to other pages automatically,
changes the day and date inspite of having automatic setting, making call to a number available in contact list. During that time, no keys will be working to stop it etc.So finally, I have remove the battery .

When I switch of the other laptop, this phone gets alright and I can use it for either in wifi mode or USB hotspot mode.
Tried with debugging not enabled also, had not helped.
Request through the forum whether somebody will help me to set it alright.
Thanks
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Introduction

S
Hello, Android Forum Members,

Feel Happy to join with Android forums.
I am K.Solaimalai, 64, male, from India and retired recently from my mechanical industrial profession.

I am having very basic knowledge in technology and started learning day by day about latest technology, Computer smart phone functions and Very often, I am in trouble with my Laptop and android phones and getting sorted some of the issues through Youtube or with browsing.

Now that , I think,I can enjoy the support of many forum members in resolving many of my issues.
Regards
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Help Earphone controls issue

J
Good day to all,

This is a minor issue, but an issue that I've had for a few years and I thought I would ask here if anyone knows any solutions. Basically, certain earphones/headsets use (volume) controls that work separately from the internal controls of the Android system, and the following problems arise:

1. Usually, according to the manuals of a lot of these headsets, you have to press one of the buttons mutliple times to change the song. This does not work.
2. According to Android, you have to hold the volume button to change the song. This of course also does not work if the headsets use their own controls.
3. More recently, when I restart Spotify or the phone, the volume of the headphones will jump back to 100%, deafening me when I try to play something. I think there were also a few other issues, I can't recall right now.

I am thinking that the easiest solution would be to just force the headphones to use Android's controls, but I don't know if that is possible. Is it?

I could give you the model names but I have had this happen with different phones, different earphones and different Android versions so I know it's a general issue. A law just got instituted where I live that forbids holding a phone while riding a bike and I bike to work, so I can no longer use the phone's buttons, so I would really like to figure this out :)
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