Android Help Daily Superthread (Oct 30 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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• Daily Superthread (Oct 30 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!
• Saturday APPreciation (Oct 30 2021) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!
• WhatsApp seems to be adding Reactions to chat messages
• Swift Backup 3.7 adds Android 12 support and uses Shizuku to perform batch backups without root
• Google Translate's Material You redesign is rolling out to more Pixels
• Phonebuff battery test (WiFi only) - Pixel 6 Pro vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max vs, Galaxy S21 Ultra
• Samsung Z Flip 3 TEARDOWN! - Lets try something new... | JerryRigEverything
• An alternative to Magic Eraser

Daily Superthread (Oct 30 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions! Posted: 30 Oct 2021 05:15 AM PDT Note 1. Check MoronicMondayAndroid, which serves as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom! Note 2. Join our IRC and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions. Please post your questions here. Feel free to use this thread for general questions/discussion as well. The /r/Android wiki now has a list of recommended phones and covers most areas, the links have been added below. Any suggestions or changes are welcome. Please contact us if you would like to help maintain this section. Entry level (most affordable devices costing under $250 (US)/ $325 (Canada)/ €200 (Europe)/ £200/ ₹12,500 (India) Midrange section, covering the $250-500(US)/$300-700(Canada)/€200-500/£200-450/₹12,500-30,000 segment Flagship section, containing the most expensive devices with the highest end specifications submitted by /u/curated_android [link] [comments]

Saturday APPreciation (Oct 30 2021) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! Posted: 30 Oct 2021 05:00 AM PDT Note 1. Check out our apps wiki for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community! Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki! Note 2. Check MoronicMondayAndroid, which serves as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom! Note 3. Join our IRC and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions. This weekly Saturday thread is for: * App promotion, * App praise/sharing Rules: 1) If you are a developer, you may promote your own app ONLY under the bolded, distinguished moderator comment. Users: if you think someone is trying to bypass this rule by promoting their app in the general thread, click the report button so we can take a look! submitted by /u/curated_android [link] [comments]

WhatsApp seems to be adding Reactions to chat messages Posted: 30 Oct 2021 07:17 AM PDT Just seen this when I was trying to copy a message. But as of now, the emoji clicked doesn't appear in the message. Maybe they are testing it. Proof submitted by /u/FuriousFrodo [link] [comments]

Swift Backup 3.7 adds Android 12 support and uses Shizuku to perform batch backups without root Posted: 30 Oct 2021 01:29 PM PDT Pretty significant update to Swift Backup - a comprehensive app and data backup solution on Android (and alternative to Titanium Backup) - just got released. Version 3.7 not only adds Android 12 support but also uses Shizuku to perform many batch actions without needing root. While you still can't do a full backup of app data without root (understandable), this should help speed up making and managing manual backups of your installed apps. I personally can't wait for the day when Android has a complete app data backup solution. I know the security reasons why Google lets developers opt out of backups, but it's such a PITA setting up a new phone (at least when switching OEMs.) It's taken me hours to set up my Pixel 6 Pro. Anyways, here's the full changelog of v3.7.0 (taken from Swift Backup Telegram channel): 📢 Important notice. If you use an SD Card with Swift Backup, you will need to set it again so the app can request permission via the system 'Files' app. 'App + Split APKs' is now shortened to 'APKs' and just 'APK' is shown for apps with a single APK. Android 12 support Android 12 is now fully supported. In a future release, you will also see Material You theme support. Swift Backup now targets Android 12 (SDK 31) and requires the new 'All files access' permission. Shizuku support On non-rooted devices, Swift Backup now supports Shizuku and can perform many batch actions with ADB access provided by Shizuku. ✅ Below app related features work in Shizuku mode as these features only require ADB access: Batch Backup of supported* app parts (*See below) Batch Restore of supported* app parts without user interaction (*See below) Batch Enable/Disable apps Batch Uninstall apps Backup/Restore of app permissions Toggling battery optimization state of an app ❌ Below features don't work in Shizuku mode and ABSOLUTELY require root access: App 'Data' backup/restore i.e. the 'real' internal data that stores app login details, settings, databases, etc. On Android 11 (R), app External Data and Expansion backup/restore. Works on other Android versions with Shizuku. WiFi passwords backup Other changes Apps: Added support for app 'Media' directory backup (Eg. Android/media/com.example.packagename/) Apps: Faster loading of apps list, slightly faster file operations Apps: Improved and more precise progress indication during app backup and restore Apps: You can now clear app data parts (Data, Ext. Data, etc) individually in the detail screen for an app Apps: Added ability to batch delete only 'Archived' backups Apps: Labels are now synced in realtime on other devices a user may have Apps: New filter 'Labelled apps' Apps: New built-in labels available in Schedules and Configs as per user requests Messages: Fixed an MMS restore issue on MIUI ROMs WiFi: Backup/Restore open WiFi networks Schedule: Added support for Wallpapers and WiFi schedules Schedule: More customizable minimum battery percent requirement (10%, 20%...etc) Cloud: You can now 'Save' and 'Load' your cloud setup parameters for SMB, SFTP, FTP and WebDAV servers using a location picked from your system file picker. These options are in the 3 dot menu of the setup screen. You can also save the settings from the 'Cloud sync' tab. Cloud: Some bug fixes related to OneDrive, Box, WebDAV, SMB, FTP Fixed a root access issue on some older Samsung devices with stock ROMs Long pressing the Google sign-in button at app startup now starts browser based sign-in. This is helpful for people having sign-in issues when using a custom webview like Bromite. Other small fixes and improvements submitted by /u/MishaalRahman [link] [comments]

Google Translate's Material You redesign is rolling out to more Pixels Posted: 30 Oct 2021 01:20 PM PDT Google Translate has a neat Material You redesign that went live on the Pixel 6 series a few days ago, but with version 6.25 rolling out via Google Play, that redesign has reached other Pixel phones, including the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5. Here's an album showing the new design. submitted by /u/MishaalRahman [link] [comments]

Phonebuff battery test (WiFi only) - Pixel 6 Pro vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max vs, Galaxy S21 Ultra Posted: 29 Oct 2021 11:04 PM PDT submitted by /u/titooo7 [link] [comments]

Samsung Z Flip 3 TEARDOWN! - Lets try something new... | JerryRigEverything Posted: 30 Oct 2021 03:39 PM PDT submitted by /u/NXGZ [link] [comments]

An alternative to Magic Eraser Posted: 29 Oct 2021 08:33 AM PDT All of you know that Google recently updated it's Photos app by adding a new feature "Magic Eraser" which i personally like very interesting. Though it is limited to pixel phones only, u can still have that feature [not comparable to what Magic Eraser does but almost same] in the app name "PicsArt". You can access that feature in Tools->Remove section of the app and its available to Premium users only. But the Android users know how they could access it ¯_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯. NOTE: I know some of you may about this feature but i thought why not share this info which will help others to access it easily. submitted by /u/milind_jain [link] [comments]

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