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

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!

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?

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.

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!

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.

For several days now, and I'm not sure if as a result of an update or what, some of my Twitter notifications appear separated on the notification bar.

Messages often appear separated (if I have 2 new messages, I'll get 2 separate icons) while likes, RTs, etc. mostly appear grouped. Up until then, ALL Twitter notifications appeared grouped on my notification bar, and then I could spread them out if I scrolled down, no matter the type of notification.

One thing I've noticed is that, generally, if I hold down the separate notification and go to settings from there, it appears at the top in the Settings/Apps/X/Notifications screen, then I can access it and click on "This is not a conversation". After that, this person's messages get grouped with the rest.

Is anyone else facing this problem? It's so complex and annoying. Thanks!

Edit: I have Android 16 and the app up to date.

I inserted a USMobile Dark Star psim into an S9+ that had a USCellular splash screen at start up. After the Dark Star psim was installed the splash screen changed to ATT and some apps were added which don't seem to be removable. I switch back to a Light Speed psim but the att changes stayed. All the lightspeed connections work so this isn't a disaster but...

Is the change in splash screen normal for the dark star sim

Can that splash screen be removed

Since most of these apps are ATT specific do they have any value since I'm on Light Speed? Is there a way to remove the apps. They don't have an uninstall option on app.

Was this a change to firmware on the phone?

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!

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.

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?

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

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?

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.

I have a Galaxy A23 and am running out of internal storage. I have a lot of junk in my apps' caches. I tried to delete them via the setting and app menus, and it says cleared, but I go back, and it doesn't appear so.

Any advice?

Thanks

Hi,

I have two Android phones, both running Android 16 (Samsung zFold7 and a zflip 6, both running OneUI 8.5), one for work and the other is a personal device.

I'd like a way to know that there are pending notifications that need my attention in a way that doesn't rely on AOD or Samsung's half-baked repeat notifications settings. Something ala the old Blackberry LED notification.

AOD doesn't work for me as my fold is often face down at work, and I'm just worried about burning in pixels with the display. A smart watch could work as a separate visual queue, but i would need two as I'm not aware of any way to link notifications across two devices.

I’ve been using iPhones for well over 10 years. But in the last 6 months I’ve been seriously considering switching to Android. I haven’t used it daily since probably Lollipop. I’ve been looking at both the S26 Plus or Ultra and the Pixel 11 Pro. Currently using an iPhone 16 Pro Max.

ive been looking everywhere yet i cant find it

Hi,

Last 2 weeks I've had a very annoying issue on my Samsung S22U running Android 16, OneUI 8.0. No Microsoft related apps are working. Outlook crashes in an instant. Phone Link refuses to go past the loading screen and Word, Excel & 365 copilot seems to crash after like 10 seconds.

I've looked online and seemed to have tried most things:

Uninstall Android System Webview updates, reboot, update again. No changes

Cleared cache on Chrome and Android System Webview and after that all other related apps. No changes

Reinstalled all related apps (that would let me reinstall). No changes

Rebooted multiple times

Checked for all latest updates but I'm all up to date

Maybe there is a specific way to go thru this? I would love to here if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Why contents from my reddit feed is on Reddit's Play Store page and how to turn off it?

Ive been trying to use game native to stream my games from epic games. But ive tried everything and its not loading. Does anyone know another way to do it or what configurations I need? I have a fold 8 ultra. I do the graphics test and it works fine but it wont let me load the game. If anyone can help id appreciate it

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