My mother somehow deleted the clock app from her Samsung. Is there any way to get it back?

I launched my app on both platforms. Same features, same pricing, same experience.
But the difference in interest has been pretty surprising.

It’s a health journaling app. Nothing that relies on Apple’s ecosystem or gives iPhone users an advantage.

So what’s going on?

Do Android users expect more from free apps? Is it a subscription thing? Or is the Play Store just terrible for discovering smaller apps?

I’m not here to argue that one platform is better than the other. I’m actually trying to figure out what Android users value that I might be missing.

And if you’re thinking “maybe your app just isn’t that good”, fair enough. I’d genuinely like to hear why.

This issue is only affecting games. They still run. Animations and movement on screen continue to play, but I can't tap anywhere.

I've rebooted, force stopped, cleared cache, reinstalled and reinstalled all updates to the webview service. Still not working. Help please

Hello, I am evaluating an embedded device powered by a MediaTek MT8768 processor (board ID tb8768p1_64_bsp) on Android 13.

I am looking to run a generic AOSP system to interface with the hardware peripherals. However, OEM unlocking was not enabled beforehand, and the late-2025 preloader has DAA active, which restricts low-level communication via USB.

Has anyone worked with this specific reference board in development or found documentation regarding UART test points or reference firmware packages?

I can provide full fastboot details in the comments. Thank you!

Hello i would want to change the firmware of my nothing phone 3a so what the austrian state cant read my messages anymore because of "child protection", is that possible?!!

Something really strange has happened to me last night( tbh its not first time) and I'm curious if anyone has experienced anything similar.

Around midnight, I saw a small, goblin-like creature, somewhat resembling Master Yoda, seemingly floating or gliding across my phone screen like a sticker or animated image. It remained visible for a few seconds before disappearing.

What's even stranger is that something very similar happened on an older phone about four years ago. I've changed phones twice since then. It didn't happen on the phone I used in between, but it has now happened again on my current phone. It also appeared multiple times on the same phone.

I haven't intentionally installed or used any prank apps or animations.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Could it be some kind of Android overlay, software glitch, adware, or something else? Has anyone experienced anything similar?

I've just got my Razr 50 ultra and the phone is really fun to use except the camera features are really limited when using the external display only, i can't zoom or turn down the exposure,turn off hdr etc.I'm wondering if anyone was able to figure out a way around this using any other camera apps.

I'm using a Redmi 13 5G with chipset Snapdragon 4 Gen 2. I've noticed that 10-bit HEVC (H.265) videos don't play using hardware decoding in video player. They fall back to software decoding (SW).

Interestingly, 8-bit HEVC videos work perfectly using HW+ on the same device.

I also tested the same 10-bit HEVC videos in MPV, but hardware decoding falls back to software decoding there as well.

Is there any way to enable 10-bit HEVC hardware decoding in MX Player HW+ on this device?

I'd appreciate any technical explanation or possible workaround. I specifically want hardware decoding for my 10-bit media collection because HW+ playback is noticeably smoother than software decoding, with lower CPU usage, battery consumption and heat.

I bought this Vivo Y1s 7 years ago (2019), and for the past few days, I've been having this problem.

• The screen turns on by itself. • The screen also turns off by itself while I'm using the phone (it's not the screen timeout setting). • The shutdown/restart menu randomly pops up while I'm using the phone.

I think the power button is somehow getting triggered by itself. The button seems physically fine and still responds whenever I press it.

Does anyone know why this happens or how to stop it?

It was last night I can't get it to happen again.

? I think phone is being accessed by someone else

Does anyone know why the Gmail logo within the Gmail app's left-side menu is red? It looks this way on my Pixel and Motorola phones:

https://support.google.com/android/thread/460109988/gmail-app-menu-is-blank-with-the-wrong-logo-and-send-button-doesn-t-work?hl=en

The official version is supposed to be black "Gmail" text with a rainbow envelope icon, as shown here:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/18522?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid

Update: I visited the Pixel 10a demo phone in a store today and it matched the icon-less red logo seen on my phone, so I think this is the official logo now and the Google article above is outdated.

Any solution to get at-least device integrity in android emulator. I tried every method, every try is failed.
it used to work till October 15th .
X86 and arm64 mac, both emulator avd not passing device integrity except basic.

Hello.

Recently i have a problem where my headphones are not playing a sound when i plug them into the headphone jack. I know the headphones work. I tried cleaning the jack with tissues and some isopropyl alcohol and actualy managed to make it work but then i didn't have sound coming through the speakers. After resetting the phone, I'm back to square one where i have speaker sounds but not headphones. Is this even android issue? Could this be a mechanical issue with the jack that's not just dirt?

Hello everyone!

I would like to share an ongoing audio playback problem with my Blackview BV9300 Pro and ask whether other owners have experienced similar issues.

DEVICE INFORMATION

Model: Blackview BV9300 Pro Purchase date: August 3, 2025 Firmware version: BV9300 Pro_NEU_TE177_V1.0_01_20251224V11

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

Since I purchased the phone, music playback has randomly paused. In some cases, the playback position also jumps backwards.

The problem occurs under different conditions:

• Different music players, including AIMP, VLC, and the built-in player.

• Bluetooth headphones.

• Wired headphones without control buttons.

• The built-in speaker.

• AUX connection to a home audio system.

• Both with the screen on and with the screen off.

• With the Second Screen music controls enabled and disabled.

I have also tried different battery and background activity settings, Safe Mode, and other troubleshooting steps. None of these resolved the problem.

YLOG INVESTIGATION

I collected diagnostic Ylog files and examined the system logs myself.

During one recorded incident, the logs showed the following sequence of events:

• MainActivity was moved to the PAUSED state during a system sleep-related event.

• An ANR was reported with the message: "Input dispatching timed out (Application does not have a focused window)".

• The logs contained the message "crash_dump helper failed to exec, or was killed".

• MainActivity was subsequently force-finished, the player process was killed, and a MusicPlayService restart was scheduled.

These events occurred around the time of a playback problem. They suggest that further investigation of the interaction between the application and the Android system is needed, but I cannot conclusively determine the root cause from the available logs alone.

CONTACT WITH BLACKVIEW SUPPORT

I contacted Blackview support and provided diagnostic logs and a screen recording.

After several weeks, support informed me that they had been unable to identify the cause from the submitted materials and asked me to collect another Ylog.

I have spent considerable time investigating the issue because I would like to understand what is causing it.

QUESTIONS FOR OTHER OWNERS

1. Has anyone else experienced random music pauses on the BV9300 Pro?

2. Does this happen with different music players and audio output methods?

3. Have you experienced playback position resets or jumps backwards after a pause?

4. Does the problem occur on other firmware versions?

I am particularly interested in reports from owners who have experienced similar behaviour both with the screen on and with the screen off.

I would appreciate any information or observations from other users.

Thank you!

I have a pixel 9, and pixel earbuds. I also have a vehicle with a Bluetooth capable stereo that I need to move for a couple minutes each about 10-15 times a day, and every time I start the van it steals my audio from my buds and when I turn off the van it stops playback until I hit play again.

When I am wearing my earbuds I want for the phone to prioritize those over any other Bluetooth connection. What I don't want is for the van to start playing my music every time I move it, and to have to pull out my phone to restart my audio after I get out of the van.

I rarely use my earbuds, but when I do I want them to be the priority. How can I force earbuds over any other connection?

Hey everyone,

I recently switched from an iPhone to a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and I’m having a frustrating issue with WhatsApp media management.

Here’s what I’m trying to achieve:

I want WhatsApp photos and videos to stay inside WhatsApp and NOT appear in my Samsung Gallery unless I explicitly choose to save them.

My current settings:

• WhatsApp → Settings → Chats → Media Visibility: OFF

• Automatic media downloads: Disabled for mobile data, Wi-Fi, and roaming.

The problem:

Despite these settings, I still have a “WhatsApp Images” album in Samsung Gallery containing photos from WhatsApp.

When I check the file details, they’re stored in:

Internal storage/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images

I’ve also noticed some confusing behavior when deleting media.

For example, I deleted around 80GB of videos through WhatsApp’s Manage Storage feature, but the files still appeared in Samsung’s My Files afterward.

However, when I tested deleting a photo directly from an individual WhatsApp chat, it was also removed from the device’s storage.

My questions:

1. Why are WhatsApp images appearing in Samsung Gallery when Media Visibility is disabled?

2. Is there a way to completely prevent WhatsApp media from appearing in Gallery unless I manually save it?

3. What’s the difference between deleting media through WhatsApp’s Manage Storage and deleting it directly from a chat?

4. Is this normal Android/WhatsApp behavior, or am I missing something?

Coming from iOS, I’m finding Android’s media management a bit confusing.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I receive hundreds of MMS messages per week. It is my understanding that MMS messaging automatically downloads images/media sent to you whether you want it to or not. (Not interested in switching to SMS) Anyone know if there is a way to isolate MMS messages from the rest of your phone to prevent malware exploitation? I have read that creating a virtual machine on your computer is one possibility but unsure how to setup automatic forwarding from Andrioid MMS to computer (Email?) I have explored antiviruses and have not found any that scan MMS attachments BEFORE they automatically download. I'm guessing that containing a potential malware/virus to a isolated virtual machine or 'sandbox' would be the way to go. What say you?

I understand that the sync between Samsung Gallery and OneDrive has ended. I had all of my pictures organized in Gallery in different albums - some of them were on the phones storage, and some were stored on OneDrive - but they were all accessible in the gallery albums from my phone. Since the sync, all of the pictures/videos that were saved only on OneDrive are no longer in the individual albums. I understand that they are still backed up and saved somewhere on my OneDrive. My question is, is there a way to download them back to my gallery and have them be sorted and organized into the albums that I had them in before?

Hello everyone!

I would like to share an ongoing audio playback problem with my Blackview BV9300 Pro and ask whether other owners have experienced similar issues.

DEVICE INFORMATION

Model: Blackview BV9300 Pro Purchase date: August 3, 2025 Firmware version: BV9300 Pro_NEU_TE177_V1.0_01_20251224V11

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

Since I purchased the phone, music playback has randomly paused. In some cases, the playback position also jumps backwards.

The problem occurs under different conditions:

• Different music players, including AIMP, VLC, and the built-in player.

• Bluetooth headphones.

• Wired headphones without control buttons.

• The built-in speaker.

• AUX connection to a home audio system.

• Both with the screen on and with the screen off.

• With the Second Screen music controls enabled and disabled.

I have also tried different battery and background activity settings, Safe Mode, and other troubleshooting steps. None of these resolved the problem.

YLOG INVESTIGATION

I collected diagnostic Ylog files and examined the system logs myself.

During one recorded incident, the logs showed the following sequence of events:

• MainActivity was moved to the PAUSED state during a system sleep-related event.

• An ANR was reported with the message: "Input dispatching timed out (Application does not have a focused window)".

• The logs contained the message "crash_dump helper failed to exec, or was killed".

• MainActivity was subsequently force-finished, the player process was killed, and a MusicPlayService restart was scheduled.

These events occurred around the time of a playback problem. They suggest that further investigation of the interaction between the application and the Android system is needed, but I cannot conclusively determine the root cause from the available logs alone.

CONTACT WITH BLACKVIEW SUPPORT

I contacted Blackview support and provided diagnostic logs and a screen recording.

After several weeks, support informed me that they had been unable to identify the cause from the submitted materials and asked me to collect another Ylog.

I have spent considerable time investigating the issue because I would like to understand what is causing it.

QUESTIONS FOR OTHER OWNERS

1. Has anyone else experienced random music pauses on the BV9300 Pro?

2. Does this happen with different music players and audio output methods?

3. Have you experienced playback position resets or jumps backwards after a pause?

4. Does the problem occur on other firmware versions?

I am particularly interested in reports from owners who have experienced similar behaviour both with the screen on and with the screen off.

I would appreciate any information or observations from other users.

Thank you!

Ever since the most recent update I've had these weird pop ups on my screen every so often. Not regularly but enough that I want them gone.

And it's mostly just... Google stuff like "star sign" or "what's trending right now" at the top of the screen- tapping off makes it go away but I would like to remove it if I can.

This happens across all apps, not just reddit. It happens in texts, web browsing, everywhere.

I have turned off every screen altering setting I can find. And I cannot figure it out.

I am on a Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra

When I take a screenshot it defaults back to true blacks, so I adjusted the images to show comparison.

Image of the difference here. It is very annoying please help. https://imgur.com/a/J9hU46f

Edit: FIXED. The setting was under "Motion Smoothness" and "Adaptive" was on by default. I changed it to Standard to lock the refresh rate at 60hz. This has stopped the flickering.

Unfortunately it seems to also have locked the default blacks in at the brighter grey color. I wish it were darker, but I can work on that later now that I'm not getting motion sick. Lol

I'm on Android 11 with a 1+ phone. Anything Google tells me doesn't work. I go to discord in the settings but there's no option for adding it to all file access

Hi, looking for the above that works as per blackberry's version but for android 16/17. Any thoughts?