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Family Link and iPhone

Hi, ima new to this group, and I need your help. My daughter just got iPhone 13, and I have Samsung A53. Before she had also Samsung A31. Now I have a problem installing the Family link App on her iPhone. It does not work. I also tried Family Safety App, but I can only see her location. Is any option, I can control the amount of time she spends on her iPhone as I could before with Family link? I know there is a screen time app on her iPhone, but I can not use it since I don't have AppleiD. Did I miss anything here? Thank you for your help.

Sharing Google Play apps/games on Amazon tablet child profile

Hello. I recently installed Google Play on an Amazon Fire 10 Generation 9 tablet with OS 7.3.2.7. There is a child profile established on the tablet, as well as an adult profile and parental control. I would like to know if there is a way that Google Play or any of the apps/games downloaded from Google Play can be shared with the child profile on this Amazon tablet. Thank you. John

Public shame, er, storage

Yesterday my friend went to pay the bill there. He went to two separate locations and each of them was closed during regular business hours. Today he went back to both of them and another two, all of which were, again, closed. Three of them lied "we're open" while the fourth had plywood instead of a door. In desperation, he called their number and after hanging up and reconnecting, he was finally able to find a place that actually was open. He had less than two hours to get there, and it was far out of his way. When he got there, the door was locked and there was a note saying to call another number. He did and contacted the manager (?) on her own cellphone. By then she was back and had the door unlocked. At last he was able to pay his bill, but he missed two days at work and was additionally hamstrung by having to take public transportation AND walk probably five miles. It turns out he wasn't the only victim. Many others had to go there to take care of their bills instead of where they would normally pay. What's going on here? Public storage should know better than to let their reputation take such a huge hit. Has anyone else on here has a bad experience with them? Let's tell them to get with it or risk losing customers. We can also warn people about them.

led?

I've tried to get the led edge lighting to work on this phone, but can't. Followed the directions, but all the phone does is open the lock screen when a call, email, or text come in. If i'm not looking at the phone, i'll miss the email or text. Maybe there's a step that i'm missing? Also i'd like to have different sound for email and text msgs. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Need step by step instructions how to automatically add files to the APK in Android Studio

I am trying to do this very trivial task, but I cannot find any complete instructions on how to do it.

So far, I gathered that

  1. APK is just an archive that files can be added to using aapt add MyApp.apk file1 file2 ...
  2. Or the files must be added to the assets folder
  3. The APK must be less than 100mb to be allowed on the APP store
  4. The files must be signed
The problem is that I am finding these one-line answers in Stack Overflow questions, and not in any official instructions from Android Studio developers, and they leave a lot of necessary steps out. Which I have to guess, like where to put the files, where are they getting stored on the device. If adding files to the assets folder, I need to know Which assets folder? app/build/intermediate? Do I need to add something to Gradle scripts? Are there any other steps?

This is a very basic thing that probably every android app needs to do, and I am baffled that there is not an option or support in the IDE to import and sign the files being used by the application.

So far I had to resort to manually uploading these files (YOLO ONNX models, label text files, test images, etc) to my phone and the emulator for testing.

I am looking for some clear and concise step by step instructions to how someone can add something like a text or image file to their APK, sign it, and make it deploy to the phone or emulator automatically when building, running, or debugging the app.

Can someone please help point me to such a resource?

Thank you,

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Is my phone new or refurbished?

I recently bought a 'new' Android phone (Pixel 6a). I needed to check the phone's details for a different issue so clicked Settings/About and noticed that the phone number showing was not my number (my wife's does match her's). Does this mean I have been sold a refurbished phone rather than a new one, as described by the Amazon seller?

Exception dispatching input event :(

Hi,
I am trying startActivity function on a set of simple images which are placed to a GridView, but I am getting a suspicious error - see below.
Can someone help me where is problem ?

Here is source code (AndroidStudio 2022.1.1 Patch 1, Java):


Jerry

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E/InputEventReceiver: Exception dispatching input event.
E/MessageQueue-JNI: Exception in MessageQueue callback: handleReceiveCallback
E/MessageQueue-JNI: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {com.example.apk/com.example.apk.SingleViewActivity}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?
***********************************************

I need help getting two no-longer-available Android games, each one with OBB files, to work via Android emulation

Having recently enjoyed the DC Snyderverse (Man Of Steel, BVS Dawn Of Justice, and ZS's Justice League) enough to declare it my Favorite Incarnation of DC in general, and being the gamer for life that I am, I wanted to obtain and play video games based on the trilogy. Unfortunately only one game exists for each movie, but at least they're all playable on Android. I'll have to use an Android emulator to play them though since they were designed for older version of the OS.

Right now I'm using Nox, because that's the only emulator that installed on my computer with no issues. The BVS Dawn Of Justice game was the easiest to install and play, so one of the games is already out of the way. It's Man Of Steel and Justice League VR that I need help with. I obtained both games' APKs and OBB files, successfully installed the APKs, and copied the OBB files to what I've been told is the correct place to put them (./Android/obb/). Neither game started up, even after starting the apps numerous times.

I really wanna be able to play these games, so can anyone here help me with getting them to run correctly? Did I just put something in the wrong place? Or do I need a different emulator? It'd be greatly appreciated...

Calculator

I know it's simple but I am probably over complicating this :D
I want to make a calculator with 3 fields required to get the result.
Example:
Field 1: (2)
Field 2: (4)
Field 3: (2)
Result: 4

Explanation:
Calculator takes what ever is entered in Field 1 AND multiplies it with Field 2, Example: (2*4=8)
Than the calculator takes the RESULT of Field 1 and Field 2 AND divides it with what ever is inserted in Field 3, Example: (8/2=4)
In short: 2*4=8/2=4.
Your help would be much appreciated.
So far I have this and I only have the first 2 fields working:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private EditText etn1;
private EditText etn2;
private TextView appview;

@override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
etn1 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etn1);
etn2 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etn2);
appview = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.appview);

}

public void btnshoot(View view) {
int n1 = Integer.parseInt(etn1.getText().toString());
int n2 = Integer.parseInt(etn2.getText().toString());
int sum = n1 * n2;
appview.setText(String.valueOf(sum));

Moving notification and ringtones

My wife got a new Android phone and want to use some of the ringtones and notification sounds from her old Samsung S8 on it.

But I can't find the ones she wants, I've gone into the ringtones and notification folders but there are only the ones that I've downloaded over the years, but going into a app to choose a notification sound I can see a whole lot of them, but can't find them when I search the phone, is there somewhere else they are hidden??

These are the sounds that came with the S7.

Thank you

A-Team returns to AF with ROM's

A-Team Digital Solutions Presents :
ROMS ROOT MODS DISCUSSION TECH SUPPORT



Hello all my fellow android modders !
My buddy's and I have been away for awhile , I had a bit of life to deal with.
But we've been busy in the background.
Some of you may be familiar with A-Team from xda but my associates have finally gotten fed up with xda and so all our content will be found here!

We have many roms and mods for many devices. Too much to list here .
Our support group has links to everything and until I have a better file host solution that's where u can find it.

We are actively erasing our digital footprint at xda
So we will be dumping loads of content here at AF in the next few weeks.

Feel free to say hi
And come Enjoy your android the way you want it

A-Team Digital Solutions
LgPWNd

Galaxy A03 Draw overlay not allowed

I have a Galaxy A03 core. I want to use Macrodroid to to launch an app when power is connected and kill the app when power is disconnected and also turn the screen on or off. Unfortunately, Macodroid requires draw overlay to do this and the A03 core does not allow it - it says it's not allowed because it will slow down the phone. Slowing down the phone would not be an issue for me as the phone is only going to ever run this one app ( Realdash ). I was wondering if there was a custom ROM that would allow me to turn on draw overlay so that I can use this phone for my project. The phone is currently rooted running a rooted Samsung stock android 11. Any advice would be appreciated.

Apps An irreplacable offer

Read this if you have been always looking for a personal android application to organize your life , a business apolication to better run your work or any idea you need to turn it into an application but as many people your buget isn't enough to hire an android developer..

I am an android developer with more than five years experience, more than five projects done most of them are published on play store,
I use whatever technology required for almost all the types of mobile applications, I am comfortable with Java,Kotlin Firebase , Tensorflow , Node.js , i also learnt PHP , SQL , SQLlite Python, and in my way to start building cross platform applications with flutter
But i and as many developers face the problem of getting my first freelancing job because of the low ratings and popularity, so i seek to increase my professional ecperience and get more rates for this i offer you to build a simple application for free or a bigger one for nearly no cost, i even can help your team if you have one
Contact me if interested
(email removed)

Root HOW TO ROOT SAMSUNG GALAXY S23 ULTRA WITH MAGISK

samsung_galaxy_s23_ultra_rooted_by_lebigmac_www.systemrw.com.jpg


BRAND NEW DIY TUTORIAL BY LEBIGMAC ! How to ROOT your boot.img with Magisk (for Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra & more)
NOTE: For Android 13. Your bootloader needs to be unlocked for this procedure to work!

1) Download your device's firmware from the internet (check your firmware version in 'About phone' > 'Software version')
Extract and unlz4 boot.img and init_boot.img files from your official stock firmware
unlz4 boot.img.lz4 boot.img
repeat this step for the other file as well
I have attached my original S23 Ultra boot files for your convenience ;)

2) Install the latest official Magisk on your phone. The one I included for your convenience is deprecated already and doesn't work properly! To make it kind of work you can go into Magisk settings and set toasts to 'none' and the prompt to 'grant'
Code:
adb install Magisk-v25.2.apk

3) Patch both boot.img and init_boot.img inside Magisk app (click 'install' > 'select and patch file')

4) Rename both files to boot.img and init_boot.img respectively (the larger file should be your boot.img)
Code:
adb shell "cd /sdcard/Download/; mv magisk_patched_*.img boot.img"
adb shell "cd /sdcard/Download/; mv magisk_patched_*.img init_boot.img"

5) Tar both files with this command:
Code:
adb shell "cd /sdcard/Download/; tar cvf boot_patched.tar boot.img init_boot.img"

6) Pull the patched tar file from your device to your computer
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/Download/boot_patched.tar

7) Reboot phone into Download mode:
Code:
adb reboot download

8) Execute Odin as administrator in Windows and select your new boot_patched.tar in the AP slot

9) Flash it

10) Enjoy your rooted device :D

If you like my hard work please consider donating at the link below

Thank you very much for your support!

Forever yours,
lebigmac

DOWNLOAD ATTACHMENT HERE

Can't format 128GB SD card as Internal Storage on 128GB Galaxy Note 9

Inserted a new unformatted micro SD card into the 128GB Galaxy Note 9. Went to storage-SD card, and was only given the option to format the card which made it removable or Portable Storage. Looked on Internet and see instructions saying go up to top right 3 dots to select the format. No such option in my Note 9. Removed SD card and inserted into Windows PC and was able to format and access the SD card. It is not bad. (Class 10 v30 I U3). Replaced it in the Note 9 and got same results as before. It is recognized as Portable Storage.

How do I make it Internal Storage?

Custom Multiline vs scrolling text on lock screen

Android 11 on Moto G power (2021)

I want to list custom info on my lock screen, like 'if found call (my wifes number) plus 5 lines of allergies.

I know how to go to display->advanced->lock screen->add text on lock screen, and I have entered the info.

It works, but shows as a single scrolling line rather then a multi line.

The scrolling line is so slow, the screen dims out and goes away before the entire line is displayed.

While I would be OK with the machine doing an automatic word wrap, I'd rather like to add my own line breaks. Put each allergy on a separate line.

Thanks, Mark

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