In the screenshots, please note the appearance of the area under the dock, and the status bar, too.

New phone:


Old phone:


I like the old one better.

These are identical phones, Moto Z² Force Edition running 8.0.0.

Both are using ADW Launcher 1 EX--and their settings are identical.

I've looked through System Settings for anything even remotely related to display; everything's identical on both phones.

Any ideas on what else to check/adjust to get the look I want?

My new phone arrived yesterday. I spent all day setting it up. Now I need to factory reset the old one before sending it back to Motorola. (They're identical: Moto Z² Force Edition, Oreo 8.0.0)

For the first time EVER, I used a setup/transfer utility to copy things over; I figured I'd just reset it and start fresh if I didn't like the results. But it was good! Almost all of my apps got transferred. One that didn't--and is currently missing from Play--I installed via an APK I'd created by backing it up.

My DCIM directory did not get transferred, so I did that manually; I'm sure I have all my photos and videos.

Please give me any last minute advice on things to check before wiping the old phone. I *think* I've gotten everything off of it that I wanted to keep, and I used backups to restore various apps' contents (e.g., WhatsApp, ColorNotes).

I went through its directories, looking for anything else...but just have a nagging feeling I'm overlooking something.

I love Handcent, been using it for years. However, I'm sick of losing my messages whenever I get a new phone. Is there a good app that allows you to save messenges without paying for the feature?

Here's another awesome product from Aukey. Once again, I'm not being paid for any reviews. I'm given a product and asked to give my honest review.

This touch lamp is GREAT for finding your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 at night, or for lighting up the room so that you can find your Note 8 charger (Now it's officially SGN8 related)

The light is very light (19.8 Oz), but sturdy. It's netural decor will make it an enhancement to any room. The touch activator is located on top (reflective silver) so there is not small spot to locate for activation. It is powered by AC 100-240V 50/60 Hz. It consumes 6w and has 20 LED's. You can control the brightness by turning on the lamp by touch, then touching and holding it as the light decreases and increases once at the lowest setting. Once you find the desired setting, the touch activation remembers that setting until you change it again or unpluge it from its power souce.

The sensor is reflective, and that tends to gather fingerprints. A soft cloth and a few swipes later will take care of that. The cable is about 6' long and it is sturdy.

Overall, this will make a nice addition to the bedside or where ever else you put it when you need to locate your SGN8 with minimum lighting. I would definitely recommend this to all of my friends!

https://www.aukey.com/
https://www.aukey.com/products/touch-sensitive-table-lamp

Anybody here upgraded from a Note 8 to Note 9 and can comment on how much better the battery life is?

The note 8 battery life for me has been dissappointing. I just sent mine in for repair and it is coming back tomorrow looking prestine. I started thinking of selling it in its refurb condition on ebay for around maybe 350 and take a hit and get a Note 9 with the hopes of getting a better battery as a result.

Is this worth it? The improved camera and speakers is also a plus.
But my main concern is battery life. The Note 9s are going on Swappa for 500 bucks on average

My device is slow to load and change websites, even though a speed check shows it should be almost as fast as my PC. Checking online, It was suggested that I look at something like the Google launcher instead of the standard Samsung one.

I downloaded it and clicked on the icon. A message came up indicating that the default launcher is Touchwhiz Home and that I should go to settings, tap clear defaults, then hit Home.

The problem with that is that the app page for the Touchwhiz has the clear defaults tab greyed out and there's a note saying no defaults selected. If I go back to the Google app, I get into the same routine. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Ian

Hey!

So I need some opinions lol I currently use the Note 8 as my daily driver and I'm starting to have some issues with it (screen burn in, battery life etc.) so I'm thinking about upgrading. Being a tech guy is great because you know so much about phones, but, being a tech guy is bad because you know so much about phones lol So this leads me to my issues: I don't know what to get.

I love the S10e, it's small, blue, and reminds me of my old Lumia 635. Plus my Note has been an outstanding phone and I think since Samsung abandoned TouchWiz they are really fast and reliable phones. So I like Samsung products, and this makes me feel getting the S10e is a safe choice.

But I also like the Pixel 3 XL. I had the original Pixel XL, and while I didn't care for that phone too much (battery was atrocious, extremely buggy, and my screen stopped working one day while in my pocket) something about Google phones just attract me. I like their designs, the stock android, and the camera's. Plus I for one actually like the notch on the Pixel 3 XL, I think it makes the phone stand out.

Finally, there is the OnePlus 7 Pro and wow it's nice. The design, the colors, the pop-up camera, warp charge, it's all so nice. Plus I've wanted a One Plus phone since the 3T (I was still on Windows then hahaha)

My biggest concerns are these:
S10e: As much as I like the size, I'm concerned it would be too small. And I already have the Note 8 so I feel like I would be a getting the same experience, just on a smaller phone.
Pixel 3 XL: Google so far has not be known for making...shall I say... trustworthy phones. I'm worried about the display getting burn in, bugs, and some of those other weird issues it's had.
One Plus 7 Pro: The battery life seems to be lacking, the price really isn't as "budget" as it once was, and it's MASSIVE.

Let me know your guys opinions, thanks!

Hey android admirer here
I made stock Rom with super r's kitchen and deodexed it , disabled secure boot , and encryption
On boot.img
Kept all original files in Rom
( except odexx files of course)
Boot the Rom it boots gets to the set up wizard and says the com.android phone has stopped working
I am not connected to internet and have to start over set up and it brings me to the welcome page automatically
All while still giving the com.android phone has stop working error
Any ideas?

Hey everyone, I've been messing around with game dev for a little while and wanted to finally release something on the Google Play Store to get my foot in the door, it's a really simple archery game but hey it's a start, feel free to give constructive feedback, rate/review. (Game is 100% free and has no ads)

Here's the link to download : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cautiouscactus.bullseye

Not much Cricket discussion lately, have you all still been using Cricket wireless those that have, and has their been any new news to report. Post here and let's get some feedback and discussion again on a carrier that has not had much action as of late.

Could I use the strings.xml resources to have it stored some Firebase Database keys so I can retrieve data directly into these keys instead of retrieving them on database?

Let me explain: my app focus on three main topics, within these topics i have different sub-topics (for example pages, articles, musics, and so on), so there are few topics, i was thinking if i could save the keys from these topics on my strings.xml so everytime i would need to get an item from a sub-topic, i would already have the topics key, but idk if this is a good implementation, is it?

Hello.

Im wondering is it possible to retrieve data from PC (like errors) via USB interface into an app?

Hi guys can anyone please tell me how to add random text on the splash image in the splash screen.the text on the image should change every time the app opens.How to do that guys,i got till adding text to splash image.but how to add random text which will change every time the app opens.

i accidentally turned on dual screen on my kospet optimus pro smartwatch through the developer options, does anyone know how to factory reset or fix this as i set it to 4k simulated second screen and the whole screen became unresponsive. how do i factory reset without the settings menu?

Hi,

I need to open my application from contact details page like WhatsApp, Duo, Airtel etc

I need sample code for this

Can anyone explain what this is used for and why it keeps showing up in my inactivity

Hey android admirer here
I made stock Rom with super r's kitchen and deodexed it , disabled secure boot , and encryption
On boot.img
Kept all original files in Rom
( except odexx files of course)
Boot the Rom it boots gets to the set up wizard and says the com.android phone has stopped working
I am not connected to internet and have to start over set up and it brings me to the welcome page automatically
All while still giving the com.android phone has stop working error
Any ideas?

I'm trying to use the "app pinning" method on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A (T280). This is for a tablet to be deployed as device controller, so it has to be locked down to a single app, but I don't want screen locking, so the user can at all times unlock the screen and access that one app. They have to be locked into the app.

With the app pinning I'm running into two issues.
1) I have to set up at least some security to prevent the user leaving the app. A screen pattern is good enough for this. But when I set this up for the app unpinning, it does the same for the screen unlock.
The screen unlock I know can be avoided by setting the development mode to not lock while on power supply; the tablet will be connected to a power supply at all times when deployed.

2) and this is a major one: when unpinning the app (pressing the back and recent buttons), the app is unpinned first, then the security pattern is asked. This is wrong (and outright a stupid way of doing things - can't believe Google did this). As it is the app gets unpinned (which is wrong, as the security pattern was not entered yet) and the user gets locked into having to enter the pattern, with no option to repin the app and get back to it (also wrong behaviour, of course).

The proper order is of course to first ask for the unlock pattern, when entered correctly unpin the app, or return to the still pinned app.

Any suggestions on making this pinning work in a useful manner?

Or do I really have to look for a "kiosk mode" app? If so - suggestions?

The main issue is that I (and a few other admins) will know the unlock code, but we will not be anywhere near the thing when it's used. The whole purpose is to lock it down, preventing the end user from accidentally getting into the main Android. I don't care much of them being able to find a workaround, if they do and things go wrong it's their own fault - it's their device, so high levels of security are not needed here.

Need to get into deleted messages how do I do that

By Using Toyvpn it is asking for secret key (user name ,password)

Can anyone guide me how to create a profile and connect through app.

I would like to open a file on my android tablet and, by that action, open other, pre-programmed files on other networked (or Bluetoothed) android devices. I would like to use this capability to simultaneously open similar or related pdf files on 3 or more android devices. For example: Using it in a musical context, I would open the "Conductor" file on my device and that would open the "Trumpet" file in one android tablet, the "clarinet" file on another, the "flute" on another, etc.

I toyed with the idea of mirroring my "pointer device" (my finger) motion across all tablets. Making sure that all files are spatially arranged in the same order and physical location on the tablet. Unfortunately, that method seems rather archaic and prone to error.

Screen sharing (casting), which is used in educational settings comes close without the ability to deliver the correct files to the designated devices and multiboxing seems like a possible solution, but I don't know if it can be applied to multiple devices.

Thank you.

Thoughts anyone?

Was browsing the web (duckduckgo) and noticed my Galaxy 8 device randomly doenloading SWF files. I did not click any downloadable media and when i tried to avvess the file it told me i didnt have the proper app. Downloaded a free SWF file player and tried to open the file but nothing came up. See screenshot for details.

Anyone know what this is and why my device would just download it without asking me first? Anyone else have this happen?

Today I received my new phone and can't remember, or find, where I did this on the identical, old one: automatically dim the screen at a specific time.

The screen doesn't just dim, but takes on a slightly reddish tint; it's specifically an eyestrain-related setting.

It must be buried...somewhere...but I'm not seeing it.

Help?!

Using Galaxy Note 9 I'm having trouble with how to arrange for calendar
event reminders that show up on whatever screen I happen to be
on.

I've tested with the standard calendar and with google calendar.
Following this formula:

After creating an event to occur in 20 minutes and with a reminder/notification set for 5 minutes before
event. Then go on to other screens but I see nothing happen when 5 min before event rolls around.

Can anyone explain how this is done?

Phone is Samsung Galaxy S9 and carrier is ATT.
My 19 yr old son has been on some trouble. I pay for his phone so he can pay down some other debt. With that privilege, he has given me permission to place a spy app on his phone to monitor his activity. I do not obsessively check it, but do monitor a few times a week to make sure he is where he is and isnt engaging in the same shady behavior that got him in this mess. A few times I have come across a strange image that looks inlaid behind home screen app icons and folders, it also appears the screen is larger and the system and status bar overlay the app buttons. Unfortunately, I dont know know how to add a screen shot here for you to easily view. The design is symmetrical and almost looks like a reflective image, but it's not. I only see this screen occasionally, but gut instinct or mothers intuition has me wondering??? Hummm. Is anyone familiar with an app that would perform this way? Or can you advise how to post an image on this thread so I can share? Looking for peace of mind or an answer that will help justify a conversation and consequences. Thanks all!