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2 phones volume refused to hold setting

Last night, both of my phones kept changing the volume by themselves. Yes they both had good charge. The first sign was the Media volume for listening to the radio in bed. Looking at the settings for Sound, I could pull the slider louder but it would bounce back to near zero. Inside my radio app the same thing happened but took longer to bounce to zero, like 2 minutes instead of 2 secs.This was also true of the Ringer volume. So I shut down that phone and went to my second phone. Same exact symptoms! Shut down for night too. The fact that this never happened before argues against it being some setting for silence between say 12am and 6am.

This morning after startup the volumes are holding steady on both phones. For now. Is this unHeard of? Is there a system tweak? Losing the radio is bad but tolerable, losing the ringer is intolerable. Except when desired. :goofydroid:

If you owned a business

What theme would it be and what would you call it ? Mine would be First Responder themed and have police/ems/fire and Power Plant feel. I would call it The 3rd Watch and it would be opened from 7am - 2pm for overnight workers to wet their whistle after work. Always good to have a bar where cops frequent. No Riff-Raff...

At the Dreaded Garage

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 ?

Nullifying an action in ADB

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

Wallpaper Change, Failed to Load Bitmap

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

How old is too old when looking at older models of smartphones to buy??

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

Need Suggestions on Music Player App Please

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.

Virgin mobile to straight talk number port please help

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!

Mobile Hotspot Authentication Error

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?

What in the world is WindsongAOB

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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