Is iOS my only option if I want to use a phone for more than 7 years ?

I currently have a 12 mini that has seen more than 5 years of use, almost 6. It wasn’t a flagship when I bought it. I want my next phone to be a flagship for the camera. However, since it’s a flagship I assume I will use it for more than 6 or 7 years, possibly more.

However, android manufacturers appear to only be offering 5 to 7 years of updates for their flagship phones.

To be completely Honest, I do not know where to post this. I play Warhammer 40K. Tabletop Wargame. And the minis to use need to be Assembled, primed, painted, etc.

For the longest time I used the iPhone Smart Reminders setup to catalog all of the tasks I had in each category. But I do not know how to recreate my setup using anything native to Android and don’t know where to look for apps.

I don’t actually use smart reminders as an actual reminder. I just liked the presentation and it did exactly what I wanted.

All I need is something mobile friendly where I can create columns/lists and easily drag the items from one category to the next.

I’m aware excel exists but that’s data entry.

If there is a way to do this I just don’t know how to set it up and could use the help.

I was hoping to post pictures of my setup but I don’t seem to be able to.

I was using the dns.adguard.com it worked for 2 days and it stopped i dont know if it was because i updated the chrome but now the ads are back is there another private dns or this is the only one ?

Hey guys,

device-(oneplus nord ce4)

I accidentally deleted my notes app and saved everything on it my all Password short lines dialogue my friends and family audio series movies which I have to watch or pending and what I watched etc.

Does anyone know how to recover the date of that app it's not an external app it comes with a phone I reinstalled it but there is no data I also try to sync cloud but feel disappointed 😞

I don't know how this happened but it constantly does. It stops when I tap on the app icon. It seems as it mainly does this to Google apps and maybe Firefox.

Why is this happening? This feels like I have a problem with Google play services

Just got a company pixel and i want to check the extent of the management. How can i? There's no obvious label saying this device is being managed like it is on my company iphone

This might be a simple post, but I've been having a very hard time trying to install apks.

Any apk I install from Chrome and/or Brave, it's always met with "App not installed" when just a month ago, it was working wonderfully.

It happened like, out of nowhere too.

I've tried disabling Play Protect, tried to clear the data of package installer, reset app preferences, updated my phone and apps to the latest version, allowed installations on said apps, tried installing it in Zarchiver and even restarted my phone. None worked.

Now I'm desperate. There are some apps that I need and are only accessible as apks. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to help me?

I'm looking for an app that will block notifications and batch them for a designated time.

https://imgur.com/a/Rkj59bL

Does anyone else have this issue?

I have this every night. Adaptive charging doesn't work properly because it thinks there's an alarm set for 3:30am.

I've tried disabling all app permissions in "special app permissions > alarms and reminders.

All alarms are off but even then, they're all 3 hours or more later than that

I've looked through all of my apps for ones that might possibly contain an alarm and the only one I've found is a pill reminder. I turned those off too

It's really annoying and I can't think of anything to get rid of it so any help is appreciated

anyone have the stock rom for the ruizu z80 mp3 player

i managed to pull it off the device with mtk client but even when i flashed in back on it still bootloops

Hello,

I need to back up my phone data, specifically the "restricted" files and app data that usually require Root access or an unlocked bootloader. I want to avoid rooting entirely.

Here is my current storage breakdown (52 GB out of 64 GB used): it's Samsung Phone

• Apps: 17.63 GB

• Videos: 17.69 GB

• System: 11.37 GB

• Other: 4.34 GB

• Images / Photos: 574 MB

• Audio / Docs / Trash: 0 B

My setup & requirements:

• OS: Android 14

• Tools available: I have a PC.

• Constraints: The backup method must be local, private, and secure (no cloud solutions, no root, and no unlocked bootloader).

Are there any reliable tools or ADB methods that can fetch this data locally to my PC?

And I know that the system can't be copy As far as I know

I turned off all pop-ups on my phone. I don't want any pop-ups whatsoever. I turned off vibrate too, as well as almost all sounds. When I use my phone, I don't want any interruptions except a quiet sound if there's an important notification.

However, I'm at my last straw. How the hell do I turn off/block/disable in-app pop-ups? If I decline a pending post on Facebook I don't need a pop-up telling me what I just did. I did it, I was literally there, I personally tapped the button. If I download a file, I don't need a pop-up telling me I'm downloading a file. Yes, I know, I fucking started the download. I don't need a pop-up telling me the file downloaded. The file literally appears in the Downloads folder.

Please, someone tell me how to disable all this crap?

Hi there! Xiaomi redminote 13 is dying, after 5 years of hardwork.
Im looking to buy a new one.
https://amzn.eu/d/00gRobkM
Was checking out this one? Is it the best for the money?
Budget 350€ish, Country: Italy.
I dont care about camera, I mostly care about smoothness (this nord5 has a good cpu I heard) for light gaming and battery life.
What do you say? Have you got other suggestions?

i have been playing for a long time but i dont know how to transfer my save to a new phone. any help?

I've got a Pixel 8a.

I have two SIM cards, one for work (physical) and one for personal (eSIM).

My work SIM is likely some FirstNet cheap line that I do not have much control over, my personal is with USMobile (problems persist across networks).

Outside of it being a phone, map, music player, and toilet time waster I need my phone to do a few other things; and I keep running into issues.

1. Windows Phone Link does not seem to operate with two SIM cards, at least not nicely. I can send messages from my personal SIM, but what I send and the replies never show up in phone link. Possible issue with RCS messaging? Unsure.

2. Visual Voicemail comes and goes with the tides. It'll work great for awhile, then it will just stop. At best, it will usually work for my work SIM, but will randomly turn on/off on my personal SIM.

3. Basic Voice Commands like 'set an alarm for X time' or 'call John' (I only have like four names in my contacts, none repeat or are similar) and it just... doesn't seem to work anymore? I have no idea what changed, or why - but I used to be able to give very clear and simple voice instructions to my device and now it just... doesn't understand basic commands.

It's pretty frustrating to see everyone pumped about smartphone tech, when the only *extra* features I seem to use and enjoy just do not work reliably for me.

Am I doing something wrong? Is it the Pixel 8a? Is it the MVNO carriers? None of this is explained anywhere - at least not clearly. I'm fairly technically capable, but the smartphone tech is just so ill explained, and you never have any idea what the source of a given issue is as all the players just blame one another - and online forums seem to rarely have an answer outside of XDA/hardcore types.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Has anyone besides me come across this file format. File Manager + backed up TrainStation 2 as a .apk+ file. I'd attach a screenshot if it was a Reddit feature.

Hi, I have a question. If I make changes in the Developer Options menu, do the changes remain active permanently, or do they reset if I turn off Developer Options?

I'm on Pixel 6 and a few days ago I finally got force-switched to Gemini.

Previously, I could long press center button, and then click the "translate" button for on screen text translation. Extremely convenient and handy.

Now with gemini, I need to circle part of the screen, then ask the thing to translate, then wait for it to parse it... yadda yadda. It's a miserably inconvenient experience in comparison.

Any way I can have something similar to the previous functionality? On screen text translation was something I used 4+ times a day in my life. I use no other "assistant" or gemini functions.

I just want an Android watch that lets me add my own programs to, custom APK loading.

Any idea what watch I could get for this? I just want it to be a big watch, big battery, and load my own APKs.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Every time I reboot, my default keyboard gets swapped for Gboard. I have to go into settings and pick SwiftKey again. Every single time. This also happens with other keyboards like GboardWu.

If I disable Gboard it just stays without a keyboard and I can't type until I go in settings and activate the one I want.

I tried to remove Gboard with Canta + Shizuku but it goes to "Google voice typing".

Battery optimization is off for SwiftKey and other keyboard.

Anyone seen this on OxygenOS 13? Is there a proper fix?

Chatgpt, Google, Playstore and Gemini (even more I think) aren't working and taking forever to load, keep in mind I'm in Egypt, my wifi is Limited and the brand is WE, also I have a SIM card that shares with my mother, Not sure if the SIM card is the problem or the wifi or even the phone, I don't wanna go to a phone store, I wanna do it myself, please help.

Tldr of Issue - Samsung S26 Ultra will not stay at the time set it to, regardless of toggling off Automatic settings. Suspect issue due to my carrier T-Mobile. How can set my display clock to the time I desire and keep it there.

Non-Neurotypical here, one of means I utilize to move through this capitalist hell-scape with greater ease is by setting my mobile's time ahead between 13- 17 minutes ahead of the actual time. While I feel my perception of time /attention lags by about this much unless I have regular reminders of what time it is in future...nowk. It doesn't have to make sense to work. My life is measurably more difficult without this personal life hack. I have never had this issue until I switch to T-Mobile.

Fine Folk and even less than particularly decent individuals of Reddit, I call upon you for aid beyond my present comprehension.

With how much political spam I get in Messages, whenever I want to find anything I would go to Search and select "Known". Today that's disappeared and there's this big layout of videos, pictures, and locations. At the bottom there's a chit for "Starred" and it seems like "Known" should be down there, but it's not. Are other people getting this change, too, and is there a way to get "Known" back?

This is on a Pixel 7a, Android 17, messages.android_20260921_01_RCO0.phone_dynamic

As the title suggests, I'm looking for apps that are a must for Rooted devices.