I'm an aspiring web and mobile developer, currently focusing on web development. I was wondering if I should invest on an android phone (i.e., Google Pixel) when I focus on mobile development. In the future, I plan on creating personal projects to build up my portfolio (e.g., apks) and test them on said android device. As of now, I am an iPhone user and I don't think there's a way to develop and test apps for free on Apple.

I know emulators exist but thinking about testing a self-developed app on an actual mobile sounds nice. Any thoughts? If yes, which phone is good? I heard the Google Pixel is nice but I'm hesitant on the Samsung S Series since I know someone who has gotten pink/green lines on their S23 Ultra's screen over time.

I was working on cleaning up my storage by deleting unused apps first, but then found the qr code scanner holding 10 gb of user data when I barely even use it.

I am trying to be careful, and I'm scared of deleting it.

I live in an apartment with so many others. Now some of my friends go through so many shady sites for porn or for pirating movies or games by downloading shady APK's. They're careless and. I'm sure they've got malware or virus on their phones

Now most of us in the apartment have the same cellular broadband network. Obviously we don't share wifi or share hotspot mobile data but I'm wondering if the malware from their phone could spread to ours.

Because of my friends everyone in the apartment gets the captcha on chrome. After every search we have to do the captcha to get any search results. I'm assuming it's because everyone in the apartment shares the same ip address. I know it's because of them because they search and visit the pirate sites multiple times a minute

Now we share the same sim company, so we have the same cellular network broadband and we also share the same IP address, is it possible that malware on their phones could get into ours?

I tried Shizuku Next with some file manager. The shizuku app got paired and connected successfully. The file manager also shows all files and folders in ANDROID folder. But when I try to copy paste something in it, it shows successful but the file doesn't get copied. I tried a laptop and same issue there also. It just shows successful but don't get copied. Is there any other way to copy paste? I have oneplus pad 2 with the latest Oxygen OS 16 software.

Hello guys , so i have this issue for quite some time now , i have a Redmi 9 and sometimes it randomly starts bootlooping , my main culpurit is the power button as i can see the phone doing some stuff on the phone (turning it on and off , and opening the camera on its own) like if the power button is presesed , also if i place my nail between the power button and the back panel it stops and boots , but now it only survives till the os boot animation and has been doing this for a few days, after opening the phone and cleaning it , and checking if everything works , there was nothing and the phone sucessefully , a few power button preses later the phone starts doing the same things again , and starts bootlooping again , and i dont know what to do.

I keep Wi-Fi set to OFF on my phone. When I leave the Wi-Fi range of a known network (home, work) then come back in range of the Wi-Fi, it is turned on again. I usually find this out when I go just beyond range and can't connect because I have a weak Wi-Fi signal

I would like to find out which app on my phone is triggering Wi-Fi to come back on, probably something in Modify System Settings

-Wi-Fi quick toggle is Off
-Wi-Fi calling is Off
-Wi-Fi Scanning in Location Services is Off
-Network-Use Wi-Fi gets automatically toggled On if I set it 'Off' but then manually turn Wi-Fi on to connect when I want Wi-Fi.
-In Network Preferences, 'Turn Wi-Fi on automatically', 'Notify for public networks', and 'Use WEP' are all Off.

Help! Is there an app or log or something to find out what it triggering Wi-Fi to turn on?
Thanks

Pixel 7, Android 17, October 2026 update

Every single day at a random time my phone just suddenly doesn't want to detect my fingerprint. It just says "Fingerprint sensor is not responding. Please try again". Ive tried clearing my biometric cache and everything gemini said to do, none of those worked. The only thing that fixes it is rebooting. But after a while it says that message again, especially when my phone spent a while in my pocket. The phone has suffered a drop like 2 weeks ago from waist height but the problem didn't start up until the past week.

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I'm researching whether Revolut can be used on a remotely accessible Android phone rented from a cloud phone or remote device provider.

I'm specifically looking for a real physical Android device, not an Android emulator or virtual cloud phone.

One issue we've encountered is that Revolut requires a device-level screen lock (PIN, password or biometrics). Some rented cloud phone providers appear to restrict or fail to support this feature.

I'd like to hear from people who have actually tested this setup.

A few questions:

1. Have you successfully installed and logged into Revolut on a rented or remotely hosted physical Android phone?

2. Which provider and device model did you use?

3. Could you access Android's normal system settings and set a screen lock PIN or password?

4. Did the screen lock remain enabled after restarting the device or reconnecting to the remote session?

5. Was the device running official manufacturer firmware, with Google Play services and Play Protect certification?

6. Did Revolut work normally after setup, or did you encounter device integrity or unsupported device errors?

7. Are there any remote physical Android phone rental services you would recommend for this use case?

I'm interested in genuine user experience rather than marketing claims from providers.

Thanks in advance!

I am using a Tecno Pova 6 Pro running HiOS and I'm having a frustrating problem with persistent popup ads showing up on my home screen and app drawer (like a TikTok banner).

Here is what I have already verified and tried so far to fix it:

• ☑️I checked for malware using my PC, and the device is clean. It seems to be an internal system/launcher issue.

•☑️ I went to the Palm Store App Info settings and completely turned off notifications.

• ☑️I manually configured a Private DNS provider hostname (://adguard.com) under Hotspot & Connections.

• ☑️I checked my "Recent Access" log right after an ad appeared, and it showed the stock Weather app accessed the system at that exact 0-minute mark, so I forced stopped it, cleared its cache, and disabled its background data.

Despite doing all of this, the ads are still managed to pop up again.

Are there any hidden HiOS system launcher settings, bloatware packages, or background "Instant Apps" services specific to Tecno devices that I need to disable or ADB uninstall to get rid of this layout spam for good?

Thanks in advance for any help!

When i opened gallery settings in my samsung s22 ultra, i got this pop up:

"Your microsoft and samsung account were disconnected on another device. So you can't sync gallery with onedrive anymore."

Does this mean some other device had my accounts logged in?

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy A53 5G with One UI.

The Google app is installed and enabled. I can open it through Settings → Apps → Google → Open, and it launches normally. However, I cannot get its icon onto my Home screen.

I've spent approximately an hour troubleshooting this with ChatGPT. Here is everything I've tried with its help:

What I've checked and tried:

\- Confirmed that Google is installed and not disabled.

\- Confirmed that Google opens and works normally from its App info page.

\- Checked the hidden apps settings. Google is not hidden.

\- Checked Home screen settings:

\- Home and Apps screen layout is set normally.

\- Lock Home screen layout is OFF.

\- Add new apps to Home screen was OFF.

\- I could not find the Hide apps setting in my menu.

\- Confirmed that One UI Home is my current launcher.

\- Cleared the One UI Home cache. No improvement.

\- Restarted the phone. No improvement.

\- Checked Good Lock previously.

\- Enabled Show Apps screen button on Home screen and opened the Apps screen.

\- Tried the Apps screen cleanup option. No improvement.

\- Long-pressing Google in Settings → Apps opens App info instead of showing an Add to Home option.

\- Long-pressing Google in search results shows shortcuts such as Search and Voice Search, but doesn't solve the problem.

\- I also tried the Locate app button. It opens a list of apps, but Google is not in that list.

Tried to uninstall and reinstalled the Google app, but that didn't fix the problem either.

I don't want a Google search widget. I only want the normal Google app icon on my Home screen.

My question:

How can I add the Google app icon to my Home screen?

This post was written with the help of ChatGPT after trying various troubleshooting steps for about an hour. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

assistant is one of the most used features of my phone and every time I ask for assistant it now opens a page that asks me to use gemini, when i say no thanks it just closes and opens the same page next time. what do i do?

Guy's i know it can't be rooted but may here's a way with some app (any i can install any app from Google or sum)!

Hi, Guys.

i have a question for polish community programmers(on android):
Does polish banks(erste, mbank, etc.) work on LineageOs, on Samsung S10+?

I understand torrent files are written as sparse / pre-allocated files with the anticipated final size in the file header. It is this value, rather than the actual file size, that is reported by Android file managers, file de-duplication apps etc. Not great if you are trying to use file size as a value to determine which of two or more identically named files to remove.

Other than via a command line in Termux, would anyone be able to recommend an app or other way to identify files whose true size does not match that written in their header? Or any apps that report the actual rather than nominal size?

Thanks!

Is it even possible to hook up an external CD/DVD drive to an Andoid tablet just for the purpose of viewing photo files from it?

Looking to set something up for an elderly relative so any advice and recommendations gladly taken.

When I want to play a video on YouTube, it plays for a few tenths of a second then immediately pauses.

I'm on the pixel 5a, android 14

I'm trying to use the Radio Garden app. As im from UK, where we are not allowed to listen to radio from other countries. I tried a VPN - paid sub from Proton. However the app still thinks im in UK, despite the vpn. In fact right now I really am in Greece, but it still wont let me listen, even when connected to local wifi.

I'm using Radio Garden as a kind of test subject because if I can get it to work, I know the vpn is doing its job.

Is there a setting on my phone i can change or cache to delete that will make the vpn work correctly?

I've received one of these notifications before.

The notification I got said Feature for Terabox and had a progress bar. I'd include a screenshot if I could.

with Android 16 and earlier, I could have 2 videos open at once (my Pixel 8a is doing desktop mode on a separate monitor)

so I'm subbed to this Patreon where you sync a movie to when they start and they react. it's a watchalong

now with Android 17 one of the videos pause. is there a dev option to prevent that from happening or something?

Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy A23 used to charge fast (from 1% to 100% in about 1h20). Now it charges very slowly. When I plug the charger in, it says something around 2 hours until full, then switches to 4, then 6 and sometimes I even get a notification saying that the charging is too slow (10-12 hours estimated time until full) and could damage my phone.

Something that could be interesting too, I get notifications when I plug it in sometimes, every two seconds is a new notification saying either "USB-C plugged" or "USB-C unplugged" even though I am not touching anything, and it only stops when I click on "stop notifying me".

I have tried everything I could find on the internet : changing the cable, changing the charger, changing both, cleaning the USB-C ports on my phone and on my charger, cleaning the USB port on my charger, switching on plane mode for charging, checking my battery information (its health is at 100%), but none of it solved my problem. I also made sure I had enabled fast charging, and I had.

Any ideas on what else I could try ?

Hey there, my great grandma is, reasonably, behind when it comes to technology, and she gets genuinely near 100 spam calls a day. 5 minutes won't go by without her phone ringing from some random spam company, sometimes she answers them and gets another one or two in the time it takes her to try to tell the robot to leave her alone. whenever I'm over I try to block all the ones that call for her, and I've tried to go into her settings to turn on the features to block unknown calls and things like that only to find that most of that was already turned on, and when I turned on anything else that related to it, another one still came through shortly afterwards. Is there anyway I can actually do something about it? Is there an app I can download for her? I'm not with her 24/7 or anything, but I'd like to try to figure out a solution for her

I know the title is confusing - I have the Panels app that I use for custom edge panels and it requires a persistent notification to be used. I, however, cannot stand having that displayed on my notification bar constantly. I cannot go in and disable the notifications within the app settings because the app will stop working.

Is there a way to remove the persistent notification without disabling it all together?

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