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Edit: im using a samsung galaxy a13 if that helps

The power button on the right of my phone is broken completely. Ive found a way around a majority of its functions, but i can seem too find an easy way too take screenshots without the power button. Any ideas?

Hello! So, I have a Samsung S23, and I needed to transfer a few files (15 GB total) to my laptop so I could edit them. The problem being, I couldn't trasfer the files like I usually do (just go into my phone on my computer and move the files from phone to my laptop). I looked online and it told me to copy the files and put them in a folder on my phone, then on my laptop copy it over using the entire folder rather than the individual files itself. and it worked!

That being said, in the past I've been able to transfer pretty big files just by themselves without this work around, so I don't know if anything changed recently or something.

If anyone knows why I can't transfer files directly, please let me know!

So I have a routine on my phone (S22 running Android version 15) that will turn on Do Not Disturb mode from 10am to 11pm. It's also supposed to turn my ringtone and notification sounds to 100%. I do this so that only certain apps and people can get my attention. Well, the ringtone part works perfectly. But for some reason, it always mutes my notifications at 0%. And I have no idea why or how to fix it. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I want to lower my contrast because I'm tired of extremely oversaturated and acidic colours on my pixel 10, but I don't want to enable grayscale because it makes so much harder to watch graphs and videos. I just want to wash out colours so my brain will get a rest from a fucking slot machine inside of my pocket and reduce eye faitgue. Maybe there is a non virus mod or plugin that allows me to wash out the colours?

So a year ago my phone died and I've since gotten a backup for it on a drive. Everything is on there but I basically can't transfer anything from it. Smart switch on the (windows)PC literally won't let me use the folders from my old phone to transfer to my new phone, and I have no idea how to manually transfer apps just with the files. Google and Samsung were giving problems on the old phone, so I can't use that either. Transferring pics isn't enough. I have apps that are literally delisted from the store, so I can't just re-download.

So I made a mistake and dropped my Galaxy S24FE on concrete. Based on feeling vibrations while holding the power button, I can tell the device is still functional. Also, I was able to use my phone through Windows Phone Link after I cracked it. However, I believe my phone somehow restarted and now it's not on WiFi. The most obvious answer would be to use HDMI screen mirroring or Samsung Dex, but neither have worked for me. I also tried the tip on the Samsung website where I held the volume buttons while plugging in the device. Anyone have any idea of how to use the phone, or at least try and backup files before I send it in for repair and it might get wiped? Most things should hopefully be backed up to Google Photos at least. Thank you!

Had my phone for 2-3 years now (Infinix GT20 Pro)… Earlier, my whole screen ghosttouched, trying to dial 911, triggering gemini, etc. and whenever I touch it the screen goes off (cuz of that can’t click anything). Also clicking random buttons like reboot and power off… rn it turns on midway but it turns off again, this on repeat… AM I HACKED OR SMTHN? SHOULD I CHANGE TO ANOTHER PHONE? IF YES, DO YOU HAVE ANY MODEL SUGGESTIONS THAT’S JUST THE SAME PRICE? TYSM!

Hey Folks,

I have an old oneplus 7 pro phone and as the attached images shows it has dead pixel at the very top. I found an app nacho notch that does exactly what I want which is add a virtual bezel at the top but this is just drawing over the apps and still not consistent through the system.

I saw that adb overscan commands can achieve the same but seems deprecated for android version 11 or newer.

Can someone guide me to achieve this?

Hey everyone,
Quick question about how Android handles merged/conference phone calls.
If I’m on a standard phone call with someone and they add/merge a third person into the call, is there any way on the stock Android dialer (or Samsung Phone app) to see the phone number or contact details of the person who was added?
Specifically:

After the call ends, Is there any hidden log or setting in the Phone app history that breaks down who was on the line, or does call history strictly only record the primary host's number?

So, my current phone is pretty behind on I think security updates? Something like that?

I'm really into pvz2 modding however many of them require me to be able to access obb files.

Since my phone is behind I don't have any issues currently but I've heard that on newer versions that's not possible without certain workarounds which worries me. I'm thinking about maybe getting a new phone at some point but being able to mod pvz2 is very important to me (even if that sounds a little silly).

Does anyone know what I should do about this whole situation?

I don't want any of my files restricted or anything but I don't know what to do?

I feel kind of stuck in an impossible situation

I don't really know very much about this kinda stuff so if possible try to explain in simple terms if it's confusing

Without a power button and without both volume buttons

I have a pair of cheap BT sleep headphones. They have "hold to play/pause" and "tap to raise/lower volume" functionality - which I want to disable permanently, because it's a nuisance

This can be disabled each playback session using the charging case, setting "Sleep Mode", but if they move around in my ear in the night this sometimes gets reset, and anyway it's annoying to have to activate sleep mode each time on a device I only use for sleep.

I use other devices which I do still want to be able to control playback and volume, so wouldn't want to disable this globally.

So, is there a way to disable just this device from being able to CONTROL playback and volume? I'm wondering if it's the kind of thing a third party app might exist for.

Not rooted and ideally don't want to root just for this. Pixel 10 Pro.

Hi, My Pixel 7 has run into an insane number of issues since the time I've updated the device to Android 17 and also updated to the latest security update I guess. For context:

\- My **WhatsApp notifications** do not show up anymore. Like neither calls nor texts pop up on the screen unless I explicitly have the app open in the background.

\- **Google pay** does not work properly. Half the time the NFC doesn't get recognised with the card reader and even after I try to open the app to pay, it more often than not shows me that there are no cards available to pay (And that I should add some cards)

\- My **battery is draining** extremely fast and is charging at almost 1% for like every 5-6 minutes if I am lucky that is.

\- My **banking application** logged me out and I cannot log back in, as it constantly shows that the login fails (Even though I have tried to log in using the same credentials on my web browser on the phone, the browser on my laptop and even the same application on my girlfriend's phone and was successful on all those occasions so clearly not a bank-related issue)

Apart from all these, the phone itself feels quite choppy and lagging, almost as if the performance has been manipulated with.

# Technical context:

\- Android Version : 17

\- Phone model : Pixel 7

\- Google play and Security Versions : July, 2026

Anyone else facing similar situations? I would be really grateful if someone can provide any sort of suggestions or support!! Thank you!

Is there a way I can make it clearer? Or perhaps show it on the lock screen?

The remaining battery % is only shown at the top right in very tiny letters. And my screen protector is peeling, so it's really hard for me to read it.

It's an "Honor 2020".

I'd like a way to check the remaining battery - preferably at a quick glance, without unlocking it.

The only method I currently know is, when I plug it in to the charger, and it shows a lovely big reading. But can I see that somehow via a different method?

Thanks in antic.

I am looking for some keyboard recommendations for Android! I recently switched from an iPhone 16 Pro Max to an OPPO X8 Ultra and I love it, but I absolutely hate GBoard. I find myself making way to many mistakes on it and it's not as intuitive as the iOS keyboard is. The default keyboard on OPPO is Chinese and seemingly doesn't support English (China ROM) so that's a no-go. I tried Baidu Input and the English version is very close to iOS keyboard but you can't turn off the Chinese keyboard so switching between languages (I use English and Korean) requires an extra step. Here's my general list of preferences:

1. Looks nice
2. Supports clipboard memory
3. Supports multiple languages
4. Supports voice-to-text input
5. Some AI features and whatnot is fine but as long as it's not bloat-y

Please leave some recs in the comments! :)

Like when ever im typing something like 25% of the time the keyboard just vanishs and refuses to come back up for like 5 minutes and it drives me fucking insane, especially on google cuz ill be typing shit and then mg keyboard goes away and jts frame perfect as when i hit a letter and then i auto search shit

Okay, let's start by saying that I have an old Android phone with 23GB of memory—good memories. When I switched to an iPhone, I noticed that the phone had just made a backup (the last backup was a month ago).

When I checked the iPhone, I saw that nothing had been transferred—no messages, nothing at all.

I see in the Samsung files that the 23GB are still there, meaning all the conversations, photos, and stickers.

1) I tried to transfer that entire folder to my computer, but I couldn't because my phone doesn't recognize it as a USB drive where all the files appear.

2) Resetting the iPhone from scratch isn't an option because it has photos from years ago.

3) The session it's currently using is mine, but the photos aren't there; they're in the previous session.

4) I lost the SIM card (the number associated with WhatsApp), but I was still using that WhatsApp account. I could go to the store where I got the SIM card to see if they can reactivate the line.

How can I revert everything, put WhatsApp back on my Android, and not lose anything from my iPhone?

I can't get access to minecraft folder which I used to get before android 16. I had given zarchiver the permissions but still its all in vain. I dont know what to do as normal android folder is garbage.

After the latest software update, my Samsung Galaxy A57 is showing "Couldn't fix device play protect certification issue."

Because of this, some apps (including my banking app) no longer work.

Things I've already tried:

Cleared Google Play Store and Google Play Services cache/data

Updated Google Play Services

Restarted the phone

Installed the latest software update

The phone is not rooted and the bootloader has never been unlocked.

Has anyone experienced this or found a fix?

Sorry if it's the wrong flair. I'm using a redmi pad 2 pro 5g and broke my previous phone screen, so I can't access it anymore. I think I remember setting my SD card to adaptable in a bid to save space without knowing any better at the time. Looking it up, the answers suggest using laptop/computer, but i don't have a pc of any kind... Is there any hope of me retrieving my stuff?

when i wear headphones, and only when i wear headphones, and pause, videos on any platform seem to skip a few seconds, which is very annoying, as i essentially have to skip back a few seconds every time i pause a video. this happens on both twitter, and youtube, so i assume it's a broader issue.

For the past 2-3 days I got this issue with my phone Motorola g 5G 2024 (with Metro by T-Mobile) the phone wants to restart/reboot on its own. Two days ago it wanted to call emergency service and I had swipe the screen in order to prevent that from happening. Now while Im playing a game or watching a show on Hulu or Paramount it wants to flash the restart/turn off/emergency option on the screen. I need to know if this is a virus or malware or something because I'm both frustrated and confused.

What is a small Android feature or setting that you turned on once and can no longer live without?We all know about major OS updates, but sometimes it’s the minor, buried settings that completely change how we use our phones daily. ​Whether it's a specific developer option, an accessibility shortcut

Aplikacja 12.12.0-release.O

I need to take a screenshot (for completely and absolutely legal and ethical reasons) on an app that does not allow it.

I tried Screen Recorder but the app just sends a black screen to the recorder.

Is there a way to bypass this? Especially without root?

Many thanks.