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Help Hiding Apps

paddynski
Hi

I have both a Huawei P20 Lite (model ANE-LX1) and a Huawei tablet (Model BAH2-W19) and I wish to hide some built-in apps on both. I know about the pinch-out gesture on the Home screen to bring up the hide app menu but this doesn't work on either device. Is there another way to bribg up this menu? The apps I want to hide cannot be disabled.

All the best

Patrick
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Telephones

R
Don't you miss when a phone was a phone when it rang you were excited to see who's calling you but now days it's nothing but car warranty is up, school loans, your Google listing is out of date.....yadda yadda yadda today's phone are an endless search of information that will make your head spin around like on the movie the Exorcist! Don't get me wrong I love the information I'm able to understand but everything is so linked to just a click I can't tell what is real or fake anymore and its causing a lot of problems for me I'm sorry I usually don't say anything on anywhere for the fear of being hacked into not even quite sure what that means and I have nothing cyberly to steal besides my sanity! But I just had to tell someone or something this shit is driving me nutts!!!! I have to many questions and not enough mind space to begin to ask! Sorry so long and thanks for letting me rant! Even if nobody cares at least I wrote it here wherever here is??
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Maps API and billing

23tony
I was looking over the maps (directions) API billing information here https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/usage-and-billing

If I'm reading this correctly, you would have to estimate the average user's usage of the API and price your app accordingly based on that. And if you underestimate, you could lose money. Am I understanding correctly?

It seems like it's practically impossible to offer a free/nearly-free map app with directions, given this.
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Help Create Recovery SD Card

P
I know that devices are needed to create or install new custom / stock ROMs to update any android device.

How can it be done if you don't have access to the devices - bricked, or blocked by FRP etc etc

I have a downloaded ROM update, but i dont have the first idea on how to transfer it correctly on to the device with a new SD Card

Can any experts please please please please help me, and point me in the right direction !!!!!!!!
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Help Connection problems with fishfinder sonar

L
Hello, i have bought fishfinder that uses its own wifi network to transfer data to smartphone (lowrance fishhunter 3d if it matters). When i connect to it, it keeps going on and off from the network. After some digging from internet i guess my phone keeps trying to relog into the wifi because it sees network has no internet and keeps attempting to restart connection. But i havent found any settings to disable that feature.

Is android phone nowdays unable to connect into wifi network that has not internet?

Oh and im using oneplus 5, with latest update auto-updater offers
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Skeletal Changes From Screen Use

rootabaga
Young People are Growing Horns


Excerpt:

New research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls — bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to the muscles at the back of the head, causing bone growth in the connecting tendons and ligaments. The weight transfer that causes the buildup can be compared to the way the skin thickens into a callus as a response to pressure or abrasion.

I considered this might be fodder for discussion...
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Remote control android (samsung s8)

P
hi guys, it's my first time here, i'm searching for a good android developers forum. i'd like if some genius of you will help me. I explain my problem trying to be really clear: i have to remote control my samsung s8 that will be connected via usb-c to a webcam. the problem is that i cannot start and AUTHORIZE the remote control from the phone, i will be really far and i'll be on my computer. i tried team viewer host that allows this, but unfortunatelly it's a fully bugged app. when the cellphone go on standby sometimes work sometimes not, and this changes from cellphone to cellphone. i need something that allows to control the phone without any problems WITH NO HANDS ON THE PHONE cuz devices will be in 2 different cities. i tried to optimize teamviewerhost background settings but it's the same, after the first connection it's really difficult to reach the phone the 2nd time. please help me
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Help - unknown app on daughter's samsung

K
My daughter is using an old Samsung SM-G925V (no phone number, just wifi) and I have google family link installed so I can monitor her usage and app installs. (I don't have the phone in hand or I would include more info, ie kernel, OS version, etc... sorry!)

I was on my (parent) end of the Family Link app and scrolled through her apps. At the very bottom, I saw this:

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First of all, WTF is that? No name, just a symbol... I clicked on "View on Google Play" and it said the app cannot be found. I can't attempt to uninstall it until I have the phone in my hand, but I was able to block it..

I'd like to know what it is and how she got it... And what else to look for... I figured I would ask the place where I would find people with a vast amount of knowledge of these things.

Any info on this app would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!
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Removing charging overlay lock screen

Ev63
Hi all,
Over the past 2 weeks I has an unwanted overlay appearing on my screen each time I plug my phone for charging (or unplug it after charging). I attach a screenshot.
It's quite bothersome, especially when someone calls you when your phone is charging, you unplug the phone and this overlay lock screen appears, preventing you from picking up the call.

I had a look all around the Settings menu (apps / notifications / battery / etc) but couldn't find where / how to disable this feature. Had a look around the web also on various forums and websites, but still no luck.

Would anyone have a solution or recommendation please?
Ev
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My tablet is constantly turning the brightness up by itself and the battery drains too fast.

T
I don't know if I was hacked or it's an app but when charging, the brightness will go up to about 50% all on it's own. When it does this, the battery goes down one percent each time. I'll turn the brightness back down but within a minute, it goes up again. I unplug it but then the battery goes down too fast (I think maybe it's normal) I try putting it in power save more but it doesn't really help if it does anything, it probably drains it faster. I just use Wi-Fi and one or two apps.
I at least want to fix the brightness. I have a tablet so everything I've seen doesn't work. There are no adaptive brightness settings or anything like that.
Thanks for reading
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Video Game Only Works On Pixel 3 Device

Brian Berry
I built a video game and it works perfectly on my pixel 3 phone but if I put it on any other phone such as my SamSung Galaxy S7 it crashes. I compile it at min sdk 14 and target sdk 29. I suspect its a hardware issue but I've never seen anything like it here is my gradle configuration. Can anybody spot the issue or help me make it compatible more than just my pixel 3 phone?


Code: 
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "29.0.0"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.calmchesscomputers.game1"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation"org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.0.2'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    }
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