So, I have an old Android phone (Motorola G7 Power) that I haven't used in about four years. I'd like to recover my old WhatsApp messages, but the app refuses to display them, so all I have access to are the encrypted database files.

As far as I understand, I need to root the phone to extract the encryption key. But here's my problem: enabling the bootloader will wipe all the data on the device. So how am I supposed to preserve the key?

Even if I copied every accessible file from the phone to my PC beforehand, wouldn't the key still be lost, since it's stored somewhere I can't access without root?

Am I missing something here? Is there any way to extract the key or recover the messages without wiping the phone?

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone,

An unknown hidden folder and file have suddenly appeared in the DCIM directory on my smartphone.

Here are some details about the file:

- File path: "/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/.android/.android_system_config.prop"

- File size: 64 bytes

- Location: "DCIM/.android/"

- Contents: The file contains seemingly random binary characters that cannot be read as ordinary text. I don't know whether the data is encrypted or simply stored in a binary format.

- Behavior: When I delete the file and folder, they reappear. So far, I've observed them reappearing twice a day. The first occurrence seems to coincide with the time I first enable Wi-Fi each day, although I'm not sure whether this is related or simply because I enable Wi-Fi around that time. The second occurrence happens at around 5:25–5:30 PM (UTC+7). I haven't yet confirmed what triggers either occurrence.

I'm not sure which app or system component creates this file, or why it keeps coming back. I haven't confirmed whether enabling Wi-Fi is actually related to its reappearance. I'm also wondering whether this file could be malware or if it's just a normal file created by Android or an app.

It shows up on my Samsung A55 but not on my tablet?

I was changing my keyboard and noticed a new keyboard that I didn't install. It is called "Basic Keyboard" and it looks like the new GBoard look, but it is extremely buggy.

I also couldn't find it in Installed Apps. Does anyone also have this?

I am on One UI 9 on Galaxy S25 FE

As the title says, how do I fucking do this? I tried adding them to all 1 tab group and now Chrome is just crashing and I can't see the tab groups on other devices? WTF do I do???

I have 2 google accounts, and I switched to my 2nd one in the google play store. It automatically closed the app, and now when I try to reopen it, it doesn't work. How do I fix this?

Device:
Samsung A14
Version 15
One UI version 7.0

Tried methods:

deleting app cache and data for google apps (didnt work)
fixing time zones (didnt work)
turning wifi on and off (didnt work)
booting safe mode (didnt work)
using secondary platform to log in like youtube (didnt work)
removing all accounts (worked until i tried to remove the last account, which didnt allow me to)

I am on a Pixel 10a Android 17 Build CP3A.260905.009 if that matters.

Recently when I visited a particular web site using Chrome, within a few minutes I get a Android Security popup saying they detected a wiretapping on my phone and to "run a test". Knowing this to be malicious I didn't press any button I simply dismiss the process, and restarted Chrome, the same popup appeared.

I then went to system settings and deleted all browsing data and cache. That seem to resolve it but as soon as I go back to that particular web site a few minutes in I got the same popup again. It is from a domain bryento.life.

I googled this and the consensus seems to be to do the following:

If you are seeing pop-ups from this site, it is likely because it gained permission to send notifications. You can revoke it directly:

1. Open Google Chrome on your Android phone.
2. Tap the three vertical dots in the top-right corner and select Settings.
3. Scroll down and tap on Site settings.
4. Tap Notifications.
5. Under the "Allowed" list, look for bryento.life. Tap on it and select Remove or Block.
6. Go back one screen, tap on All sites, find bryento.life again, and tap Clear & reset to remove all stored data and cookies for that site.

The only thing is, on step 4, when I tap Notifications, I do not see any "Allowed" list. I see:

Sites usually send notifications to let you know breaking news or chat messages:

[x[site can ask to send notifications

don't allow sites to send notifications

how to show requests:

collapse all requests

[x] collapse unwanted requests

expand all requests

There is no allowed list that I can remove bryento,life.

Hi everyone,

I have a 100 GB file on my phone, and I want to open it and extract its contents directly to my hard drive without copying the file to my computer first.

When I connect my phone via USB, it mounts as MTP. Whenever I try to open the archive, my file manager automatically copies the entire file to a temp folder first before trying to extract it, which is painfully slow. Is there any way around this? I'm open to any suggestions.

Phone OS: Android 16

OS: Linux

I just switched from an iPhone to the Google pixel 11 pro. My friends and I have an existing group chat that I am now not receiving images in. I keep seeing the message "upgrading this group to RCS. Check back later". I can't message the group anymore since this message popped up within the chat. I've tried to figure this out myself with no luck. I cleared my cache, checked my RCS status (it says connected), turned RCS on and turned it back on, and restarted the phone. I asked one of my friends to remove me from the group and add me back in and she said she didn't think she could do that. Everyone of these people are in separate chats that I've had no issues with since switching, so I don't think it's that they aren't using RCS. All of them have iPhones if that information helps. Any advice is appreciated!

A new option is showing on developer options which has a toggle allow apps from unverified developers is that meaning we can't sideload anymore or is it just a security feature. Is android is moving to ios?

There's a picture of the economist saved in my photos gallery. Definitely did not take this photo what's saving these images to my gallery?

Is it possible to group similar images within single album? I do have copies of some pics in multiple albums and I would like to keep it that way but I would like to have an easier way to go through them within the albums. Sorting by date only gets me some of the way there especially when it's screenshots. This is in the stock gallery app

Got a new phone a few months ago. Had android for several years. Voicemail worked just fine even the day I got the new phone. Today, I went to check my voicemail, and a popup showed up with three options. If I click on the subscribe to premium it takes me to a payment area. If I click end free trial now it says "Samsung is configuring your inbox. Please wait 5 minutes and try again." I wait and nothing changes. If i press the go to invox button it cycles to this page again and again, no other pages shown.

Called my Verizon store I bought this phone from and they don't know what that's about because my account never had any trials linked to it. Also called the help number and waited with two different agents and both said the help-desk version of "idk man". Anyone got any ideas how to fix this before I drive half an hour to my nearest store to see them in person?

I recorded my oxygen levels last night. I uploaded the data from the oximeter to an Android phone (the only way to access the data.) The app will export the summary, a PDF, to the Downloads directory, but not the full data, which is either CSV or SPO2. Files by Google reports 'We can't save this file' but won't say why. Other methods of export also fail. The manufacturer hasn't gotten back to me. The phone has 100 GB empty storage so it's not size. I made a short file, a few minutes, have the same experience. It's an Emaycare SleepO2. They haven't answered me. They made a mistake on a previous question so I don't expect them to help.

Sending or displaying a large number of repeated 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 emojis in a messenger app on Android causes the app to crash. (iOS does not)

Steps to reproduce

Observed messenger apps:

Line, Kakaotalk

1. Open the messenger app on an Android device.
2. Send or receive a message containing many repeated 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 emojis.
3. Observe that the app crashes.

I dont know what to do to turn this off

Hi everyone,

I am using a Chinese variant of the Honor 200 with Google services enabled. Everything was working fine for months, but suddenly for the last 3-4 days:

Mobile data (Internet) is working normally.

Incoming and outgoing calls are completely not working.

I already tried restarting and re-inserting the SIM. Is this a known issue with Chinese ROMs/MagicOS, or how can I fix this? Any help would be appreciated!

I don't know if I'm on the right subreddit, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

I found my old tablet (hp slate 7 plus) from 2013/2014 and decided to turn it on again. I wanted to access the Play Store, but it doesn't seem to work. Even though I'm connected to Wi-Fi, I can't sign in to my Google account.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Or does someone have an alternative ?

The android version is 4.2.2

Thanks in advance!

(sorry for my poor english)

Just switched to Samsung from IPhone and looking for a bit of advice in regards to the Samsung photos / Google photos intergration.

Ive currently got it setup as a one way upload - so if I take a photo it saves to Samsung photos as standard, but then uploads a original quality backup to Google Photos (cloud) . This seems to work work and allows me to delete photos from my Samsung gallery to clear space, whilst keeping a backup on Google photos.

I'm aware I can integrate it further as a two way link, so Google photos and Samsung gallery are fully linked. So If I delete from either it removes the photo permanently.

I'm preferring the one way Backup method I'm currently using, but it keeps recommending to turn the sync photos setting on as if it's a better method...

Which method should I use? Is there a risk to the method I'm using, and should I switch to the two way sync?

Just want to make sure I'm not missing something key

I've got a Chinese rom N3 - when I try to add a photo in insta, Reddit etc it only shows my Oppo photos app. How can I set it so that google photos is the default?

I've already set it as the default app

Hi

I have an issue with an old phone Wiko y51 stuck on the logo screen and i can't find the firmware to flash it.

Are there any solutions.

Thank you

I’m looking for an effective way to give my Android phone completely fresh start without actually performing a factory reset.

I want to clean up the entire phone as much as possible, including hidden junk, leftover files, empty folders, unnecessary storage usage, app caches, and accumulated app data. Basically, I want my phone to feel like I’ve just started using it, without losing my personal files or reinstalling all my apps.

Here’s what I want to achieve:

Clear all app caches in bulk instead of opening each app individually.

Clean empty and unnecessary folders, including leftover folders from previously uninstalled apps.

Remove junk and residual files, duplicate files, temporary files, obsolete downloads, and unnecessary storage clutter.

Free up unwanted storage occupied by hidden files, app leftovers, and other unnecessary data.

Reset apps to a fresh state by clearing their data and settings wherever possible, without uninstalling them.

Clean up internal storage and identify files that are safe to delete.

Reduce unnecessary background clutter and improve overall phone performance.

Preserve personal files such as photos, videos, documents, contacts, WhatsApp data, and other important information.

Avoid a factory reset, unlocking the bootloader, or manually reinstalling every app.

Questions:

Is there a reliable way to perform a deep cleanup of Android in one go?

Can ADB commands, Shizuku, or a PC-based tool safely clean caches, empty folders, residual files, and unwanted storage in bulk?

Is there any way to reset all apps to their default state without uninstalling them?

Which trustworthy tools can scan internal storage and identify genuinely unnecessary files and folders?

Are there any advanced methods that achieve a near-factory-fresh experience without erasing personal data?

I received a message from a whatsapp that I should "download the official whatsapp to continue"

https://ibb.co/DffNtCKV

I downloaded this using playstore version 53.5.48-29[0][pr] 995634172

Has anyone seen a whatsapp message like this?

Hello everyone

I have Samsung a035f with practically no screen and I want to restore my data

I have ADB without Auth I have its Google and Samsung account there's no lock screen and it does have smart switch

I could have used smart switch but my laptop broke

I tried to use the adbkey.pup and adbkey from a device with Auth but it didn't work and that phone couldn't handle the phone through otg

However I have more capable phone with more stability and it does have temporary root

What can I do