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Email Client for Android TV?

I can not find one single email clent for my standard Android TV (Philips 65OLED706/12).
I search using Google Play Store.

What I want to do do, is email attachments and links to an email address dedicated to my TV.
I don't care if the account is a Microsoft 365, GMail, Hotmail or whatever type of account.

Is there really no existing email client for Android TVs?

Steam Deck anybody?

So i finally bit the bullet and bought the 512gb version Steam Deck. i love my ps5, but i wanted to game pretty much where ever i want. would be cool to just to chill on my back porch and play some games. it is something i really do not need. but my b-day is coming up, so i decided to splurge. now not all steam games will play on it, i know. but most of the top games that are available on steam can be played on the steam deck. plus what is cool is that it is a linux based os. and with a little programing skills, you can do pretty cool things like emulations. now i have not researched what you can fully do with the machine other than play steam games.......yet.

it should take 1-2 weeks for it to arrive. this gives me time to look for accessories. the cool thing is that the deck already comes with a carrying case.

anybody have one?

Anything useful in Android 13? (short rant)

My Samsung A53 5G just updated to Android 13. So thanks to Samsung for keeping the phone current.

However, I can't find any useful changes in A13. Mainly, it's made all the icons the same color, so apps are harder to tell apart.

Apparently, it also offers more options for getting things the exact color you want. THIS is what people care about?

Has anything found something useful in this revision? Does anyone else wish Google would stop fussing with cosmetics and do something useful? Like, maybe, a way to get newer Android versions onto older phones without rooting them?

Anybody get their Galaxy S23 Ultra yet?

Anybody get their Galaxy S23 Ultra yet?
Reason I'm asking is I pre-ordered mine on Feb 16th for the special deals they had, ($1000 off the $1,400 price) and the sales person said I'd get it in 2-5 business days.
Well he lied... 5 business days later and it hasn't even been shipped yet. This is what I get when I checked tracking a few minutes ago.

Pre-Shipment
Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS, USPS Awaiting Item
February 16, 2023


I went online to T-Mobile and got the runaround. I'm going on vacation on March 6th and sure hope it gets here by then.
I'm wondering if the local stores have them in yet or if they have shipping problems too.

Who is into eating nuts as a snack

Simple question... who is into eating this healthy snack. Most of my life I was a chip and salsa sort of snack guy. Though I was a big consumer it didn't show up on my waist line. Now that I'm retired and far less active I've discovered that my beloved go-to snack has to be consumed in moderation. I've always loved nuts and though my favorite nut has changed with age, I never ate them seriously. I loved pecans as a youth and a five pound sack was always a Christmas present from my parents. I didn't exactly lose my love for pecans but I moved to cashews in my early adulthood. Later I turned to pistachios for my fix and found a love for a salt / pepper pistachios I stumbled upon a couple of years back.
Last year I did a quick search as to the merit of eating nuts. I was blown away by the amount of essential oils and nutrients of nuts. The good fats vs bad fats of most chips really turned me on. I've turned in my bags of chips for bags of nuts. The crunch I love is there with nuts, the flavor is there, but far more healthy.
Any nut lovers here? Do you have a favorite nut or are you a mix nut sort of person. Do you eat them out of love for nuts or their benefits?

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Constantly resetting network settings

Hello. I have an LG Stylo 6 from Cricket Wireless. Love the phone and service but in the last week I have had to constantly reset network settings otherwise cannot connect to internet. This happens whether I am outside or home - I never use home wifi to connect - always cellular network.
It is not due to software update - my software is up to date everytime.
So everytime I cannot connect I would have to reset all network settings then instantly I can connect. But in less than an hour I cannot connect again. So I have to do this frequently - which is not normal!
I even did what Cricket phone support suggested - took out and then re-inserted the SIM card - issue persists.
This is my 4th LG phone with Cricket since 2015 and the 1st time this is happening.
Has anyone had this issue before?
Any suggestions for further troubleshooting or solution?
Thanks so much in advance!

Cell phone calls dropping in and out sound

I have a Samsung S22 and my calls have been going in and out
Verizon support says bad connection to cell towers but I have seen a lot of articles that it was the Samsung android ringtone free update from June or July 6 I just got another update today July 29

Anyone on this forum having this issue

Also sometimes clicking hang up it takes a while to hang up
best samsung notification

How to uninstall updates

Since I can't find how to post (again) with this crappy new mess, I guess I'll just ask it here. How the heck do I uninstall updates on the Z3? I did that on that Moto G Play and saved more than a gig of space. All I had to do was look for the 3 dots at the upper right and there it was. I notice that the option's gone now. Is it a limited time offer?

Does Sony Xperia Z5 (E6653) support monitoring mode?

Hello guys, I did post that theme in stackoverflow, but no information from there, so I found that forum.
What is my problem ?
I want to turn on monitor mode on Sony Xperia z5.

  • The exact model: E6653
  • PCI ID: 14e4:43ec
  • Chipset: BCM4356
  • Device is rooted.
I don't really know if this model with those specifications support monitoring mode, and there is really confusing information in google, add inexperience into that and its a boom ...

So I did read that devices with that pci id are fullmac and like 90% of those are hardware controlled for functionalities like monitoring mode, while softmac pci devices are controlled by softwares and 90 % of them do support monitor mode. Also did read that my pci is fullmac so the chance to not support monitoring mode is low, but there was forums that said it is supporting it, and the confusion became bigger.

So the questions are:

  • Does my device with those specs support monitor mode ?
  • If yes, which driver should i download
  • If no, could you please give me alternatives for devices that do support it and are cheaper.
I am really gratefull for any help ! Thanks !!!

The Android Auto Thread

Since I can't find the Android Auto forum and presume it to be gone, I'm starting this to discuss the app.

Turns out that the Android Auto CoolWalk interface (with multiple apps on the screen at the same time) is now available on my Ford Explorer - but only if I use Google Maps as my navigation app. As soon as I select Waze, CoolWalk disappears. I think that's poor form for Google, which owns both apps...

[Solved] Prevent TextView component from detecting touch

SOLVED: The component was an EditText rather than TextView lul

Hi there, some questions about preventing a component from detecting touch from users (like the title). I'm developing an app that has a background rendered with OpenGL that also has a few TextView components layered on top of them:

demo.png


The desired functionality is so that each horizontal half of the "triangles" can be pressed, with the left side (if oriented towards oneself) decreasing the number and the right incrementing it.

My current struggle is removing the ability for the TextView components to be interacted with, as they greatly reduce the "clickable" areas within the triangles:

demo2.png


As you can see, when you press directly on the TextView the component highlights itself and prevents the touch from being detected by the OpenGL layer.

Solutions I've tried:
  • Adding
    XML:
    android:focusable="false"
    and
    XML:
    android:clickable="false"
    to the component in my activity's XML. Does not work. The second screenshot has both of those attributes currently set to false.
  • Translating the TextView so that its Z value is less than the OpenGL layer: this hides the text (obviously).
  • Creating a third layer to overlay on top of both TextView and OpenGL layers; essentially changing the current OpenGL layer to a background and moving the touch detection code to an invisible or translucent layer at the top of the stack.
    • I haven't worked with OpenGL in a long time and would need to spend a lot of research figuring out how to create invisible or translucent shapes, so I was going to attempt this only if necessary.
Is there anything that I'm missing or overlooking? Anyone know any solutions for a problem like this?

Upgrading from an S9, looking to spend 500

Been thinking about the Samsung Galaxy A23 5G or the A53, wondering if these phones will outperform the S9, (I assume they will since the S9 is older tech but could be wrong). Anything out there good for 500 or under. I'm not really into cell phone games that use heavy graphics, but I do want a smooth UI, didn't want the overall feel to be laggy. Ideally 300 and under would be nice, but I can push to 500. Anyone know of good options?

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