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    My phone was temporarily stolen. Everything looks fine, but are there any forms of security breach I should look for? Android Help

    My phone was temporarily stolen. Everything looks fine, but are there any forms of security breach I should look for? Android Help


    My phone was temporarily stolen. Everything looks fine, but are there any forms of security breach I should look for?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 08:14 PM PDT

    My phone was stolen, it was returned by a good samaritan. I am an idiot who doesn't like to enter a password every time I want to look my phone, so it was unlocked.

    I hope the person just saw it was a 5 year old phone (lgg2) and tossed it. Is there any chance of a "security breach"? Should I just restart the phone?

    I checked a couple apps such as the phone and messenger to see if they used it. it doesn't look like they did.

    I checked the task manager and the only ones open were the ones I was looking at. I don't do banking or payment from the phone.

    I am just a bit paranoid that there is some threat I don't know about. Any help or or words to put me at ease would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.

    submitted by /u/Rooster_Supreme
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    Switching from iPhone to Android, back again and back again

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 05:32 PM PDT

    So I am switching from iPhone to Android (Galaxy S8) and I may be switching back to iPhone and back to Android again.

    Right now, I am still setting up the S8.

    Most of my stuff is in the cloud (I use Google Photos, OneDrive and iCloud Photos, so that is on lock), so the main drawback right now is having to log back into almost 100 apps.

    How do I make this process easier when I switch back?

    I am actually inclined to not erase the iPhone b/c this is nuts. I don't remember 90% of my passwords so I've just been here resetting everything.

    submitted by /u/OptionalCookie
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    Really would like a screen recorder app for my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. Could I get a short list of apps?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 05:29 PM PDT

    I have tried some known ones and the performance is horrible for me :/

    submitted by /u/ShelobTheGreat
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    Is there a flag to remove visited links on the New Tab page?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 06:58 PM PDT

    https://i.imgur.com/TEXO3pp.png

    Can I remove the links in the red rectangle? They are just visited sites, not bookmarks.

    Basically, I'm trying to remove everything from the New Tab page except for the "Bookmarks" and "Downloads" links (enabled by the flag #ntp-shortcuts)

    I already disabled a bunch of flags, but these links in the picture just don't go away.

    submitted by /u/krfslb
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    Oneplus 3T volume buttons stopped working

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 10:30 PM PDT

    A few days ago my volume buttons on my Oneplus 3T stopped working. I was wondering if this is a common problem.

    Also if anyone knows of a good website that I could get a replacement cable for my volume buttons that would be much appreciated

    submitted by /u/Memestarjuice
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    Sometimes when I text my boyfriend, he receives the start of my message but the end of it gets cut off and done random text gets added.

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 02:41 AM PDT

    This doesn't happen all the time but it's been more frequent lately. I currently have a OnePlus 6 and had a OnePlus 3t before it which also did this, and my boyfriend has a OnePlus 5t. Occasionally, maybe once or twice a month I will send a text to my boyfriend and he will receive something different from what I sent. The start will be the same but the end will be cut off and replaced with some random text, I think it's really old stuff that I sent to him before. It never happens when he texts me, and I have no one else to text so I couldn't say if my phone does it to other phones, its just odd how I've had two phones that both do it, I'm not sure if it's my phones or my boyfriend's phone doing it. Here is an example. The first picture is what he received and the second picture is of what I actually sent him. Here is another one. Again, the first pic is what he received, and the second is what I sent.

    Another thing, I'm not sure if it's related but when he tries to call me, sometimes it won't come through on my phone and he will say he tried calling me 4 or 5 times before it came through, and I know its nothing to do with signal as it happens sometimes while I'm on my phone and can see I have signal.

    submitted by /u/FistfulOfMetal
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    Cheapest device w/ an unlocked bootloader & custom Nougat Rom?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 09:42 PM PDT

    I'm looking for the most inexpensive device (phone or tablet) with the ability to unlock the bootloader, custom Nougat+ ROM/kernel & TWRP support. (It can be an older model and the ROM/kernel should have minimal bugs.) Thank you!

    submitted by /u/Bill_Dollar
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    My phone and headset won't work together

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 09:37 PM PDT

    I have an Oppo F5. My Philips headset won't work when I plugged it into my phone. thought the problem was with the headset, but it works fine on my laptop and other phone. But when I assumed the problem was my phone, it worked fine with other headset.

    So my headset is fine, my phone is cool, I guess they just won't work together. Can anyone please help me with this problem?

    If this might help, the last thing I did that might screwed things up (not sure tho), is I delete the Google wireless headset something notification .

    submitted by /u/nextmmead
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    Pixel 2 - How do you start and stop a photo burst?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 09:01 PM PDT

    So I did this by accident, I inadvertently triggered a photo burst and before I could stop it, it had taken 192 photos. I don't know what I hit to start it and I ended it by exiting the camera. No big deal I deleted them.

    However I'd like to know how to do it properly.

    submitted by /u/fordag
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    Google backup not working - stuck on "waiting for backup"

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 08:55 PM PDT

    I'm switching to a Galaxy S9 soon from a OnePlus 5 and my phone is just refusing to backup. Google backup really is the best way for me since other backup or transferring services don't backup app data, settings, and wifi passwords. Already tried Smart Switch and Helium doesn't do everything. I have backup to google drive and automatic restore on, but there is no activity from my phone on the drive log, no backups in the drive, and under "active backups" it all just says "waiting to backup." I've left the phone on wifi and on charge for several hours now, idle. Google really needs to provide an option to manually force a backup because I have switched android devices 3 times and every time is a huge pain and an entire day of frustration. This is really one of the biggest problems with Android when compared to iOS. iOS trumps Android (and probably always will because it is closed source) when it comes to this. Is there any way to force the phone to backup to google drive manually? I found this old nexus help article but the "backup now" option does not exist on either phone. All I have found are this and this. Any help greatly appreciated!!

    Update: I am trying to follow the ADB solution above and it seems to be working. Here's what I've done so far for anyone that has no idea what ADB was (like me):

    1. Went to the Android Studio site, scrolled all the way to the bottom to "Command line tools only" and downloaded the SDK tools package for Windows.

    2. Unzipped it to my Downloads folder. The folder was named just "Tools."

    3. Opened the "Tools" folder. Did Shift + Right Click anywhere on the folder and clicked "Open PowerShell window here." PowerShell, for those of you that don't know (like me) is basically a command prompt.

    4. I already had USB debugging enabled, but for anyone that doesn't make sure you follow these instructions and enable USB debugging on your Android:

      To use ADB with your Android device, you must enable a feature called USB debugging. Open your phone's app drawer, tap the Settings icon, and select "About Phone". Scroll all the way down and tap the "Build Number" item seven times. You should get a message saying you are now a developer. Head back to the main Settings page, and you should see a new option near the bottom called "Developer Options". Open that, and enable "USB Debugging". Later on, when you connect your phone to your computer, you'll see a popup entitled "Allow USB Debugging?" on your phone. Check the "Always allow from this computer" box and tap OK. (From HowToGeek)

    5. Make sure your Android is plugged in. In the PowerShell, I typed in the command adb devices. It should give you a string of numbers and the word "device" after if your phone is connected. Make sure your phone's drivers are installed.

    6. Then typed in the command adb shell. It should give you another line with the name of your device and a dollar sign.

    7. Typed bmgr run and hit enter.

    8. Typed bmgr backupnow --all and hit enter.

    9. It will probably say "Backup finished with result: Backup Cancelled" for you. I typed bmgr backupnow appdata and hit enter. Then typed bmgr backupnow --all again and hit enter.

    10. It is now running and showing me a bunch of packages from apps that it is backing up. It hasn't finished for me yet, but if you go to your device's settings > Backup (or Backup & Reset) > Google Account, it should say the last backup was today. Before it just said "waiting to backup."

    Update 2: It has finished and seems to have worked. The backup appears in my google drive under "backups" as "OnePlus A5000 Backup" with the time. I will now use the backup on my Samsung Galaxy S9 and update once that's complete.

    submitted by /u/raiskream
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    LG android keyboard being dumb

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 08:42 PM PDT

    Every time I search it up on google I just get the same results of "restart keyboard app" or "restart phone." every time I do this one of two things happens. 1) every other second I get the "LG Keyboard not working" pop up or 2) I am able to go through my phone, with no pop-ups, but when I go any search bar/my messenger the keyboard pops up only to have blank keys! So far Google nor Bing have given me actual results to fix the blank key problem. in the past, after doing numerous restarts it would finally work, but now it's not working. I don't want to get a new phone just because the keyboard is being dumb. Also, it types you just can't see the letters, numbers, or symbols.

    submitted by /u/SoniXLvR
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    Installing Rom from SD Card - Installation aborted.

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 04:13 PM PDT

    I have a Android 5.1 Allview A5 Ready phone and the bootloader is broken and there is no Android installed, i've tried using SP Flash in order to flash the rom to the phone but i couldn't because it isn't detected by the OS, i've tried using ADB to flash the rom and nothing worked. I have multiple Roms on a SD card for the device but it keeps saying "Installation aborted." when i try installing the rom, i've been keeping the phone charging the whole entire night so i know that its over 50% so Android isn't stopping the installation because of low battery percentage. The phone died on my atempt on installing the Xposed Framework.

    The full console text says:

    " -- Install /sdcard/A5_Ready/A5_ReadyZip zip . . ."

    "Opening update package . . ."

    "Installation aborted."

    Thanks for reading.

    submitted by /u/XroKill
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    Can I remote music player on PC?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 07:41 PM PDT

    I store music in my Andriod phone, is there a way I can I remote music player on PC?(I'm using black player but other players are fine)

    submitted by /u/kk6420420
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    Bloatware

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 07:32 PM PDT

    I was uninstalling apps through my computer to get rid of bloatware, now my playstore won't work. What do I have to install again to make it work again?

    submitted by /u/Ch0k1
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    Why do some apps stay open when you clear from recents, and others close?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 01:07 PM PDT

    If I'm playing music through tidal, swiping it away kills it. But if I'm playing through Google Play Music, it stays open. Is there a way to make Tidal behave the same (stay open even when swiped away)?

    When you're listening to something and kill it accidentally it's a bit annoying.

    submitted by /u/abedfilms
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    How to improve gaming performance on my Note 8?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 06:14 PM PDT

    I have some troubles with FPS lag sometimes in some games on my Note8 Exynos, specifically, PUBG Mobile and Shadow Fight 3 (which I believe is a bug in the game with a specific attack) I tried out Game Launcher but idk if it actually works so I'm curious. Game Tuner works for me by downscaling the resolution to 75% (while playing at HD+), I also wanna try keeping the FPS at 50 for stability after this post...But anyway, Game Tuner works...Game Tools? I have no idea if this helps, can somebody help? I have a feeling that it makes the performance worse and I don't know why, maybe it's because I think it eats more RAM? If it does nothing then I'm fine with it I guess, if I disable it in a package disabler app, Game Mode disappears so I can't have that "extra performance" in Game Mode Also some extra questions: Does Game Mode improve gaming performance? Does High Performance Mode improve gaming performance? I feel lile High Performance does not because it makes my phone hot and the game stutters but I want to hear from other people. Also, why are idiots keep telling people to turn on 4x MSAA in Dev Options? I'm sure it makes it worse. Now that's a lot of questions from me...Please help me out 😆 Thanks in advance!

    submitted by /u/Technicqlly
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    Booting into Moto e4 without battery?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 05:04 PM PDT

    Title says it all. How can it be done?

    submitted by /u/schevenin
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    how to take screenshot in telegram secret cat without notificatoin

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 04:57 PM PDT

    I want to take screenshots of some of my secret chats in Telegram (only use secret chats, since I prefer them security. But is there a way to take screenshot so that my partner doesn't see the screenshot notification that it gives (I"m using a pixel 2 and would ideally not root it)

    submitted by /u/Zekkepaws
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    Android messages smart reply

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 04:33 PM PDT

    When i got the most recent update for Android messages, I lost the smart reply option. It is no longer in the options or anything. Did I do something wrong or being blind?

    submitted by /u/tashrader
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    Is it possible to use Textra on phone and Android Messages for Web on computer?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 12:36 PM PDT

    If it matters, I have a Pixel 2 XL (unrooted - and I'd like to keep it that way). Has anyone figured this out yet?

    submitted by /u/bkkid93
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    Galaxy S9 reboots immediately after unlock

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 04:04 PM PDT

    Hey everyone, I have a Galaxy S9 Plus which has been running fine until today.

    I pulled it from my pocket and was surprised to see it was switched off. I turned it back on, entered my password, then my homescreen loaded but a second later the phone locked up and restarted. Repeat about twenty times. It seems like a software issue because the phone boots in to the 'unlock' screen and runs perfectly smoothly while I enter my password. It's only at the homescreen loading that things go awry, every time.

    I've tried a soft reset, I've tried entering safe mode, I've tried clearing the cache partition. I've stopped short of a factory reset because I don't want to lose the data on my phone.

    Do you have any other ideas of things to try fixing it?

    Or is it possible to at least copy the encrypted storage drive so that if I perform a factory reset, I have a copy to load back on to the phone and decrypt?

    The only reason I can think for this happening now is that I had just installed Cerberus anti-theft from the Play Store shortly before the issue appeared. I would have imagine safe mode overcoming that if that was the culprit, though.

    Any help or ideas much appreciated, thanks!

    submitted by /u/Ampres
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    Can you disable the "Message Delivered" notifications?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 03:38 PM PDT

    Whenever I send a message, a second or 2 after, I get a notification that says that it was delivered. Is there any way to turn that off?

    submitted by /u/Joblacksmith
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    HTC Hero - Old device, can I get this to be functional for my daughter to use?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 03:07 PM PDT

    I'm not very familiar with Android and was wondering if there's a version of Android that I can put on this old device to make it somewhat usable?(YouTube, music etc...)

    submitted by /u/talltad
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    How to auto update Google Play Store apps on my Android Tablet?

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 03:04 PM PDT

    I enabled it in settings, but I can't update apps unless I open Google Play Store and leave it running for it to update. How do I get it to update at any time, without having to open Play Store or keep it running?

    submitted by /u/noluckwiththegirls
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    Google Assistant shows up in recent apps

    Posted: 27 Jun 2018 02:46 PM PDT

    So I've been trying to replace google assistant with autovoice but I gave up and tried to get everything back to normal.

    The problem is that when I use google assistant it shows up in the recent apps :( this didn't use to happen but now it does and it's annoying

    I have a Huawei P20 with EMUI 8.1.0 and Android 8.1.0 if that helps

    submitted by /u/Kypeh
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