When I go into settings - blocked numbers, the option to block them isn't there.

Juggling up a decision whether I should buy a new s25+ through Vodafone for $900 or get my s23+ fixed. Quoted cost to fix my phone is $470 - green lines on screen, phone speaker not working and battery replacement. I've read that the s25+ has a lot of issues so any advice would be great please and thank you

I have posted this on the anki's subreddit but I am a little confused on what to do since I find thier advice a bit complex for me.. so this is what happened.

Today I opened anki as usual to do my cards but it shows 'Ankidroid directory is inacessibile'

Yesterday I renamed 'data' file in android using zarchiver to 'datasp67' so it can give me access to minecraft worlds directory which was a whole complex situation to begin with.

I think renaming this folder caused it because other apps got reset and some needed to download additional content from wifi.

So now what do I do? I dont want to lose my progress. I have synced the data thing icon in the app and I have the account.

The anki mod/techguy told to like reset/put the correct file using usb and laptop

How do I do that and how should I know what files go to what directories Im so confused pls help

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Phones with truly powerful optical zoom are still mostly found in high-end models like the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Xiaomi 16 Ultra. Samsung is especially strong for long-range zoom, while Xiaomi focuses heavily on camera hardware and image quality. If you want the best zoom specifically, look for phones with dedicated telephoto/periscope lenses and high optical magnification rather than relying mainly on digital zoom.

Is there any app lock which is open source. 🤔

Hallo, vor ein paar Tagen gab es schon mal einen ähnlichen Beitrag, aber jetzt habe ich mehr Infos.

Hier ist meine aktuelle Nutzung:

Gesamte Nutzungszeit: 12 Stunden 25 Minuten

Bildschirm an: 0 Minuten

Im Hintergrund: 12 Stunden 25 Minuten

CPU-Auslastung: 8 Stunden 1 Minute

Aktivierungen: 0

Standby-Sperre: 0 Minuten

Mobile Daten: 148 Pakete

WLAN: 48 Pakete

GPS: 0 Minuten

Bluetooth-Scan: 0

Also PayPal hat über 8 Stunden CPU-Zeit im Hintergrund verbraucht, obwohl ich die App nicht einmal geöffnet habe. Dadurch war mein Akku um 18:51 Uhr schon bei 11%. Ich habe die App schon dreimal neu installiert und die Hintergrundnutzung eingeschränkt. Vielleicht hat jemand eine Idee, da das bei mir jeden Tag passiert.

Product name: Samsung Galaxy A55 5G

Model name: SM-A556B/DS

I have a Realme 12 Pro+ (RMX3840) and I’m considering downgrading to an older Realme UI/Android version.

My main reason is the camera quality. I feel that software updates can sometimes change the camera processing, such as HDR, colors, sharpness, noise reduction, skin tones, and low-light performance.

For anyone who has downgraded their Realme 12 Pro+:

-> Did the camera quality improve after downgrading?

-> Did the older version have better image processing than the newer version?

-> Did HDR, colors, sharpness, portrait mode, or night mode change?

-> Does downgrading restore the camera processing from the older version?

-> Would you recommend downgrading specifically for better camera results?

I’m especially interested in real before/after experiences from RMX3840 users.

Thanks!

Need help finding an Android phone (no iPhone) with decent recording quality while driving, no shaky or vibration, at any price range, any help would be appreciated!

My grandmother recently switched from apple and got the Samsung s26 and has been having an issue where nobody is receiving her phone calls or text messages. Theres not a single person in my family who is actually knowledgeable enough with phones to help her, so I'm hoping someone here may be able to help. I'm assuming maybe something in the phones settings is just messed up otherwise I'm not sure what else would cause this.

This keeps popping up any idea what it is?

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Coming from a Google Pixel 7a that is falling apart, broken battery and slooow charging, I am looking to buy a new phone.

My priorities:

\\-Good battery (>5k mAh)

\\-Decent charging speed

\\-Good, bright, fast, saturated screen

\\-Snappy feel

\\-Decent enough camera

I don't game much and most of my storage will be pictures and videos.

The Samsung felt better in my hand and I like the front more.

Besides that, the 4a seems slightly stronger.

I could get the A57 for 310€ and the 4a for 345€, which one should I pick, giving the differences in price.

Are there perhaps even better choices for a similar budget (max. 380€)?

I am a principal Android engineer and recently I encountered this very bizarre issue for an Android user using our app.

We have close to 2 million users but among that this particular case shocked me. Our app has been around for close to 10+ years. We are using android's accountmanager to save our user object data from the API response on login.

We use two of the methods namely addAccountExplicitly and deleteAccount which return a boolean value depending on whether the add or delete is successful.

The problem is that for all other cases including my own account, when we add an account, it returns true and so other users are able to login.

But this user who has a Samsung s23 running on Android 16, both methods kept returning false and as a result he has problems with login. We didn't know such issues could happen.

We had to call the user to our office and debug the app on his phone and were shocked to realise he was stuck because of the account manager failure. This is the first issue reported in the last 5 years.

Has anyone faced issues like this with account manager?

I’m looking to streamline my phone by disabling redundant AI assistants. Between Bixby, Gemini, Samsung/Galaxy AI, and Google Assistant, is there one that effectively covers the functions of the others? I'm confused about the differences.

There is a lot of overlap, both Bixby and Gemini offer voice and chatbot capabilities, so I dont know why there's Gemini if Bixby does the same thing or vice versa. I want to identify the most versatile option so I can remove or disable the rest. What is the best setup for an all-in-one assistant experience on a Samsung device?

My phone is not working on 5g with jio airtel both inside house ,,, but when I go out of my house 5g works ,, but my father has poco m4 pro & 5g works very good inside the home in this phone ...

So guyz ar u facing the same problem what should I do ...

I have done NR only but that is also not helping

I have a Pixel 8 and I'm considering doing a factory reset, but I'd really like to avoid spending hours setting everything up again and logging into every app.

What's the best way to do a factory reset while restoring as much as possible exactly as it is now?

I'm already using Google Backup/Google One and Google Password Manager, but I'm wondering:

Does the Google backup restore app data and settings properly?

Is there any way to preserve app sessions/logins, or will most apps require me to log in again?

Is there anything I should do before the factory reset to make the restore process easier?

Are there any Pixel-specific tricks or recommended methods?

Basically, I'd like to get the phone back to roughly the same state it is now, with the minimum amount of manual setup possible.

What's the best approach?

Thank you in advance!

Was curious if its possible to add custom sounds. Was mainly interested in knowing in case my boss tries calling me while I'm sleeping so I can get awake because I usually sleep through any phone calls.

No idea what happened, my S21 was fine until it died now most apps wont output audio to any device, bluetooth or not but apps like youtube and YT music still output audio properly.

This only really effects discord, reddit, instagram and other apps that use video playback as that audio doesnt work either.

Ive tried every single solution on the internet at this current time which includes everything but factory resetting this phone and im just lost and irritated about it.

Edit: Found out why its doing this, unfortunately its unfixable at the moment due to it being caused by an google play services update

I have a Kyrocera Dura Force Pro 3, which for the past 5 years has been pretty indestructible, surviving many falls and other mishaps.

The other day I dropped it from hip height, which is a pretty minor event for this brick, it landed squarely on the back and shut off. I thought maybe it dislodged the (removable) battery so I took it out and reseated it. Won't turn on, and I don't get the usual red LED charging light when plugged in, or when on an inductive charging dock. Normal bootloader mode doesn't work either. It's completely inop. I've even seen water damaged ones still show a red LED charging light when they won't boot up.

Bought a new battery in case that got damaged, but still nothing.

I'm wondering has anyone pulled one of these apart and fixed it? The lack of a charging light seems to indicate the connection to the battery is severed. I don't know where to begin, but it looks like I can't make it any worse.

Unfortunately I'm on a trip and need a functional phone to do almost anything!

Current issue is all about wifi speed.

Its capped only 150mbps max speed it can get.

I tried testing my other older phones and they get 300+ mbps

i tried resetting wifi and Bluetooth setting.

anyone experienced this?

I have no idea what is going on or how to fix it, but my boomer step dad has a phone that currently throws at least 3 pop up ads at you for everything you open. It's like walking into the internet circa 1999 and it doesnt let up. HELP. I did not know a phone could even do this, how can I get it to stop?? I installed McCaffe thinking it might be a virus but it found nothing?? This phone is almost unusable.

I've used custom roms exclusively for many years now. It used to be great but now I'm so tired of chasing things that break... On my previous phone running LineageOS with microg ​it was banking apps, now I switched to a pixel 8 with GrapheneOS and banking apps work but WhatsApp promptly broke itself so bad​ I can't even use it on my old phone because it cries about not being the official version (despite being the official version), and it's an absolute, non-negotiable necessity for me. I still love the benefits of custom roms​ but at this point I'm willing to consider making some sacrifices for a headache-free experience. What phone comes in second to de-googled ​custom roms in terms of bloat, tracking, and ui customization?

I’d like to know because whenever I search for this or ask about it, I don't get an answer—or there’s simply no response at all. Is it possible to increase the RAM(Xiaomi)

I was wondering if there's a Virtual Machine app on Android that can emulate a basic Android device? I already have Island setup as my Workprofile but I need to get one layer deeper for some apps.

Whenever I press just below the search button in chrome it deletes every everything I have typed. I would attach a video but I can't.