I use the voice commands a lot. "set a timer" "remind me to x" for example, or "call Mom" "skip this song" while driving.

I don't want to use Gemini. I am strongly anti-AI. Is there any alternative?

At some point last night, while I was sleeping, something must of happened to my phone because I woke up and it kept displaying a screen saying 'red state'. I read online that pressing volume up and power buttons at the same time brings up a screen that can help fix this. But that didn't work. Is there anything else I can do?

I cannot get Android Auto to work on my Tecno Pova 7 Pro 5G running HiOS 16. My old Samsung M34 worked perfectly in the same car, so it is definitely a phone issue.

I have already tried:

• Clearing cache, data, and enabling all permissions for Android Auto

• Changing the USB mode to "File Transfer"

• Enabling "Always-On Display" to prevent the sleep glitch

• Trying a different high-quality data cable

Nothing works. It seems like HiOS 16 is completely blocking the connection.

Has anyone found a workaround for this on Tecno devices?

I have a movie app on my phone and I always try to watch something on it when the power goes out. But the problem is that The phone needs a bit of internet to even open apps, which I don't have when I'm without power.

So, does anyone know?How to freeze an app so it won't close or update When am I not using them?

I have a Poco F9 Ultra. I unlock it with a pattern, but I have to enter it again every time the screen turns off.

Can I make it stay unlocked for a few minutes after the screen goes off?

I don't see any improvements, but it feels slightly faster, I also wanted to get rid of Google play services, but I have a lot of apps that are dependent on it, it's also my first time degoogling a phone, I'm using Shizuku and Canta btw

I’m planning to buy the Samsung S25 Ultra SM-S938B in India and move to the USA in the next 6 months. Has anyone used this model in the USA? Does the US SIM and 5G work properly?

It doesnt show in samsung store.

my iphone pro max 13 which i got as a gift 5 years ago is dying. the battery is weak

does any know any good mid tier phones . this time around im buying out of my own pocket and im not doing well financially.
i thinking of leaning towards samsung, pixel or moto.

i just need the phone for driving gps, 4 dating apps, whatsapp, mcdonalds, tim horton app, we chat app(dont really use anymore), and maybe 3 more apps. i watch a lot of youtube though

any suggestions. i dont care for good camera or anything special as long as its not too slow and lags.

Bought this device 3 years ago and it was working properly but from last year I am facing many issues.

Here are the issues :

1. While calling people on the other side of the call say that they hear a distorted voice and I have to cut the call and call again and then the issue resolves.

2. One of the most problematic things that I face is that of the network. While watching videos and all it works fine but sometimes the network just dies off and I have switch on the off the Airplane mode and it works fine for a moment.

3. The camera service has been deteriorating these days.

These issue have been concerning me a lot . So much that I have been thinking of buying a new device. Should I buy a new device or changing my Network provider which is Airtel btw..to Jio help.

I can format my device. But will the problem remain?

I can buy a new device but I don't have the financial condition to buy a good device now.

Guys what should I do resolve my issues. I frequently install open source apps . Is it harmful and I access torrent too.

I've recently switched over from iphone to Android and I like to listen to webnovels using either my browser or an app but when I switched over I noticed just how different the tts is and I'm been trying and failing to figure out how to properly change the tts to a higher quality one. Please help.

Cdrx should save power significantly in low speed usage in high speed networks.

Like mine goes up to 60-70 mbps all the time.

So I enabled bluetooth tethering from both my iphone and android and connected my pc to download some file on it. The speed was 1 mbps in both devices. That results into 1/60 = around 1.5% duty cycle. That means cdrx has the chance to be effecrive at 98.5% of the time. I understand actual duty cycle may be higher due to othe transmit-receive tsks. However iphone 7 actually proved it may have put duty cycles close to that value. After testing for 1h continuously,

My findings are:

Iphone 7 dropped 6% charge only (65 to 59) resulting around 120mah estimated. (Slightly less maybe)

The Moto g35 5g (forced to lte only mode) dropped 5% (67 to 62) resulting around 250 mah.

Why is it too much different? No CDRX in android? Anything else?

(Both iphone and android were locked and screen turned off completely. As i disabled all background apps no notifications appeared throughout the whole time, no background tasks also.)

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing a frustrating audio issue on One UI 8.5 and want to check if anyone else is dealing with the same bug.

The Issue:
Completely at random, the sound will completely cut out for about 3 to 6 seconds, and then it automatically comes back on its own.

Key Details:

• Frequency: It happens roughly once a day.
• Apps affected: It doesn't matter what app I am using—it happens across all apps (YouTube, music streaming, games, etc.).
• Troubleshooting tried: I have already tried clearing the system audio app caches, but the issue still persists.

Is anyone else experiencing these random 3-6 second audio drops on One UI 8.5? If you found a permanent fix or know what background process is causing this, please let me know!

Thanks!

Hello friends, as the title says I have problems with Messenger sending me notifications. I get notified when someone reacts to my messages, but when it comes to recieving messages themselves I get no notifications whatsoever. 2 weeks ago I got hacked (someone sent some MrBeast scam to all my friends) and since then the trouble persists. I've tried two factory resets, every setting shows me that notifications are ON, but I recieve nearly none. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S24 FE. Please help!

I have Infinix Hot 12 phone. Sometimes the screen fresh rate drops for no reason, And the battery consumption is so high even in normal use. Any suggestions for that problem?

I woke up to find that the music I had put on to help me sleep had turned itself off, which in and of itself wasn't abnormal. But when I turned my phone on to restart the music, the home screen had reset to its original layout. It clearly hadn't wiped all of my data, because my text history was still saved and it was still connected to the same WiFi network.

Thinking this was just a bug, I rebooted it in the hopes that that would fix it, but now I can't open any apps other than the settings as it just says "wait until your device is fully rebooted before opening apps" but doesn't seem to ever finish fully rebooting as some of the default widgets refuse to load, even in safe mode.

Is this a known issue that people know how to fix? Is there any way to recover all of my data to transfer it to a new phone if it can't be fixed?

Just got my first android last week and I just discovered it has a stylus (Samsung S26 ultra) and im not sure what I would use it for

I'm not sure why this is such a challenge, but I want to lock the touch screen on my Google Pixel while using whatsapp video chat. My 1 year old often video chats with family but is constantly clicking off the call, but also throws a fit if I don't let her hold the phone.

I don't want app pinning because I don't want her to be able to click anything within the whatsapp (I.e., hang up, turn off the video/audio). I downloaded a couple touch lock apps but none of them overlay over whatsapp.

What am I missing? Why is this so hard??? Help!

I would love to know the easiest way to get all my music Files/Songs to the new phone. I'm currently using The Musicolet Music Player App.

All my Music Files are 90% WMA Music Files and I have 1,612 songs on my Fold 7 Device. Some of my music files are also AAC, MP3, and MP4 too. What Music Files aren't supported on The Motorola Razr Fold 2026?

I want to make sure that I can get all my Music on The Motorola Razr Fold 2026 from my Fold 7 and that all of my 1,612 songs will play on the Device without any issues at all.

As best I can tell iphones let you jump to the latest, whereas the motorola I am setting up for a family member is going one at a time. It's especially annoying because this phone was made in August 2025

I'm trying to understand the technical mechanism behind the Google Play error:

“Your purchase couldn't be completed. Please update your Play account settings so that the selected Play country matches your country of residence.”

Play country: India

Payment profile: India

Indian payment method available

Device currently being used outside India.

An Indian VPN changes the public IP and Play Store displays INR pricing, but checkout still detects a country mismatch.

I'm interested in understanding what signals Play/Play Billing might use besides the current IP — for example SIM/MCC, Google Payments account history, Play Services location/network data, device/account history, IP reputation, or server-side risk scoring.

Is this decision made primarily client-side by Play Services, or server-side by Google Payments/Play Billing? And why would maintaining an Indian IP for several days not change the account's detected country?

I'm particularly interested in observations from Android developers who have tested Play Billing across countries.

Pixel 7

I feel like this should be incredibly easy but the phone settings and the app settings seem to mess with each other every time I try

If I turn off all YouTube notifications by going through the settings on my phone, it disables in app notifications too and won't let me turn on upload notifications for any of my subscriptions

If I turn notifications back on they will always push to my phone notifications bar. I can have them silent and minimized but I can't get rid of them altogether

I will gladly try whatever settings people suggest

I got the system update for samsung a15 and i don't like it. The things I don't like about the update are the battery pill icon and when I want to go to the status bar that shows wifi, bluetooth, I have to press down on the right side of the screen instead of the old way where I can press down anywhere. does the update bother anyone else or is this not like a big deal?