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Help emails disappear

I have an LG Aristo 2 . My problem is when I pull up my emails it only show and keeps 2 days worth. The rest just disappear after 2 days on the screen? I have no idea how to keep e mails for more than 2 days. They automatically just go to trash???
How do I keep my emails on my INBOX screen unless I choose to delete them..THXS

Smart Switch

So, on my note 8 I am having an issue where I am dropping bluetooth in the middle of calls, regardless of what BT device I'm using. They suggested I backup with Smart Switch, kinda like in old rooting/rom days when you could backup a rom, i guess .. ish.

So, If the problem remains, they send me an extended warranty replacement, but at least i have the backup. I hate having to redo EVERYthing. Here goes nothing.

Downloaded PDF files

Good afternoon or evening,



I would like to know if it is possible to move PDF documents or files that you have downloaded onto your phone. These items are currently under the following section of my S10+. My Files >> Documents / Downloads.

Is it possible to move these files from this section into a folder on the home screen. I just hate the fact i need to go to the above location each time i want to get to one of my pdf documents or to search my phone for them.

Again any help much appreciated.

Kind Regards
Sohail187

AUX Cable?

I'm trying to use my Honor 5X to play music through my car's speakers. I bought a micro-sd card and put it in my Honor 5X, thanks to GamerCore's very helpful instructions found on this forum. I was even able to upload music to the micro-sd card by following a thread elsewhere on this forum.

Unfortunately, there's no music coming out of my car's speakers no matter what cable (AUX or USB) I use to connect my Honor 5X to the car. I'm thinking that the problem lies with the Honor 5X automatically thinking that anything plugged into the AUX hole is a headset. Am I on the right track, and if so, is there anything I can do to stop this from happening?

=>Donna

Advice on Learning Programming Android Apps

I would appreciate if someone can someone can give me advice on the best way to learn Programming Android Apps.

I started learning Android Studio and know my way around to do simple apps but I would like to learn more complex apps including linking to a msql database.

Should I rather learn Java Programming first (as my knowledge is very basic) before continuing with Android Studio or should I just learn as I go along.

Also is it better to learn Kotlin or Java as I have no experience in either.

Thank you

Gradle DSL method not found: 'testImplementation()' when creating a separate test module

I do according to this instruction:https://developer.android.com/studio/test#use_separate_test_modules_for_instrumented_tests
After I replaced apply plugin: 'com.android.library' with apply plugin: 'com.android.test' I got this error:
Code:
ERROR: Gradle DSL method not found: 'testImplementation()'
Possible causes:
The project 'app5' may be using a version of the Android Gradle plug-in that does not contain the method (e.g. 'testCompile' was added in 1.1.0).
Upgrade plugin to version 3.4.2 and sync project

The project 'app5' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method.
Open Gradle wrapper file

The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin.
Apply Gradle plugin
No actions that the studio offers naturally work. What to do?

Help How to stop update notifications

Hello everybody. I have a Lenovo k8 plus. It is almost a perfect phone except for one thing: it constantly keeps on showing me update notifications about 50-60 times a day full screen. It draws over other apps and many times interrupts and causes problems with other apps that were running...

It is very annoying and I have no idea how to disable these full screen notifications. Any help?

Rooting

OK guys I know it must be possible to root a Samsung Tab A (2019), but can find no useful info but searching, most that I find relates to earlier models running earlier versions of Android - my tab is on 9.0. Any advice on where to find a decent guide would be most appreciated.....

Apps What is a problem in your life that a mobile app would solve?

Hey there!

I'm a university student at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). My degree is in Information Technology (Computer Science), and one of the firsts assignments I'll be doing is developing the front-end of a mobile application with my group.

Part of the assignment is to find problem spaces for our mobile application by asking members of the public, so here I am!

If anyone is interested, I'll happily share the progress of the mobile app that my team and I work on once we decide on a problem space to tackle, and I'd also open the testing of the front-end to anyone willing to follow the required conditions of the testing!

I look forward to reading your responses.

Move to SD Card Greyed Out

Hello Android Community,

Manufacturer: Alcatel
Model: A571VL
Software: 5.1.1
Not rooted

I recently purchased a new Alcatel phone, which is the exact same model as my old one. On my old one I could move any app to SD card except ones that were bundled with the phone. With this new phone I cannot move ANY third-party apps because every single app shows "move to SD card" greyed out.

What I've tried: removing SD card and then restarting phone, then inserting SD card again. I still get "move to SD card" greyed out. I tried going into developer territory and that was a mistake: tap build number 5-10 times and get force allow apps on external storage. Didn't find it. Anyway, I know nothing about rooting my phone and that seems too deep for my technical skills, but it has been suggested during my research.

Can the community offer some guidance? It's not about some app developers not wanting you to fiddle with their widgets. This is about every single third-party app I've downloaded not able to be moved to the SD card. One final thought: I'm using the SD card from my old phone. Could it be that I need to get a new SD card for this phone?

Thanks for all thoughts and prayers as this non-nerdy Alcatel user struggles to overcome this challenge. A few Novenas would be even better (that's for all you Catholics out there, who may attend morning mass and offer up a prayer for my sanity to be kept intact) ; )

Freeform on Android

Currently I'm impressed by this feature. I'd like to know:

1) Had Samsung's high-end devices adopted this feature before Google supported it in the Developer Options?

2) Is Samsung the only manufacturer who's implementing this?

2) If I wished to test Launcher3-freeform apk, could I do it via Android Studio's emulator - i.e. letting the app run on this environment?

(Incidentally, I'm approaching right now the Android development world, hence items like Android Studio and so on)

Best regards.

Help Steps to transfer all data from old phone to new phone without losing any data?

I am a bit paranoid transferring from old android phone (samsung galaxy S4) to new android phone (samsung note 8) that I will lose data/history/messages after I have removed the sim card from the old phone and put it into the new phone.

I want everything in my old phone to appear in my new phone. I am a noob, the last time I did a transfer process was 5 years ago (samsung galaxy S4).

Is there anything I should be aware of? (I do not want any data to be accidentally disappear/deleted.)

What are the apps that once you login in the new phone, the old messages/history will automatically appear?

I think contact list will automatically appear once I login to google account. I think I would need to backup sms messages, whatsapp messages and restore them in the new phone.

If you have any bad experiences, data loss, while transferring from old phone to a new phone, do share your experience.

Thanks.

switching to Verizon, is that a mistake?

hey guys,
so i'm starting to think that i made a mistake switching to Verizon. maybe not a mistake......i don't know maybe it is just buyer's remorse or something like that.

so i have been on Sprint pretty much from day 1 with android. the main reason i'm having doubts is this potential merger with T-mobile. the prices are about the same which is the reason why i switched. would the merger cause the price plans to go up or down? how much better would their coverage be? these are all unknowns to me.

i'm not sure i like the fact the Verizon throttles their data and streaming services. i do not how customer support is with Verizon. nor do i know much about their coverage. one of the guys at Best Buy said that sometimes at public places like a stadium and such data speeds can be slowed down due to the large number of people who use their cellphone. he said it can slowed down to 3g speeds. this makes me nervous.

did i make a mistake?

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