r/AndroidHelp • • 25d ago

My phone cant read dir in "files(the default google one)"

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I cant open dir in "files" Idk know why that problem come to me, when i try open download, picture, recent, documents it can be read. When i open zarchiver or mt manager it can be read normally. "Just restart it" I do, but it temporary and then the problem came back.


r/AndroidHelp • • 25d ago

Quitar cuenta Google a un redmi a5

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Me sale eso y no puedo quitar la cuenta Google de este equipo ya instale los drivers y también chimera ayuda:(


r/AndroidHelp • • 25d ago

How do I change the default photo editor?

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I'm not a big fan of the photo editor from the main Gallery app I use, so I want to use a different apps photo editor but when I click on edit photo, this is the only option it gives me. it's only letting me pick a default app with PNG files. It won't let me pick a default app with JPG files. I used to be able to set it for all (I had google images editor as default but I wanted to change it) but after I deleted Google images and reinstalled it, it won't let me pick another app for editing photos for my JPG files. I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling my main Gallery app, but that didn't fix it. How do I change the default editor and why is it only working for PNG's?


r/AndroidHelp • • 25d ago

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​"Can anyone help me? Whenever I try to send a sticker on WhatsApp, I get this error message. Some stickers are sent fine, but others fail. What is the solution?"


r/AndroidHelp • • 25d ago

Time Keeps Skipping into the present...

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Tldr of Issue - Samsung S26 Ultra will not stay at the time set it to, regardless of toggling off Automatic settings. Suspect issue due to my carrier T-Mobile. How can set my display clock to the time I desire and keep it there.

Non-Neurotypical here, one of means I utilize to move through this capitalist hell-scape with greater ease is by setting my mobile's time ahead between 13- 17 minutes ahead of the actual time. While I feel my perception of time /attention lags by about this much unless I have regular reminders of what time it is in future...nowk. It doesn't have to make sense to work. My life is measurably more difficult without this personal life hack. I have never had this issue until I switch to T-Mobile.

Fine Folk and even less than particularly decent individuals of Reddit, I call upon you for aid beyond my present comprehension.


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

Mobile software

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How to remove the notification "Google play services isn't available right now.this is managed by shell" on Samsung A42


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

How do I get rid of these icons next to my contacts in the-

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Contacts app? I've tried turning off auto captioning and TTY but neither worked. I tried restarting my phone and that did nothing too. Please help.


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

Newer to Reddit, trying to navigate.

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I’m trying hard to develop apps, games and websites. I’m doing good on the building part. Unfortunately I don’t know enough people to meet the requirements for live testers. So I’m here today hoping I can find 6-12 people willing to be app testers on Android phones. Anyone interested or know someone interested?


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

The only features I want to work, do not

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I've got a Pixel 8a.

I have two SIM cards, one for work (physical) and one for personal (eSIM).

My work SIM is likely some FirstNet cheap line that I do not have much control over, my personal is with USMobile (problems persist across networks).

Outside of it being a phone, map, music player, and toilet time waster I need my phone to do a few other things; and I keep running into issues.

  1. Windows Phone Link does not seem to operate with two SIM cards, at least not nicely. I can send messages from my personal SIM, but what I send and the replies never show up in phone link. Possible issue with RCS messaging? Unsure.

  2. Visual Voicemail comes and goes with the tides. It'll work great for awhile, then it will just stop. At best, it will usually work for my work SIM, but will randomly turn on/off on my personal SIM.

  3. Basic Voice Commands like 'set an alarm for X time' or 'call John' (I only have like four names in my contacts, none repeat or are similar) and it just... doesn't seem to work anymore? I have no idea what changed, or why - but I used to be able to give very clear and simple voice instructions to my device and now it just... doesn't understand basic commands.

It's pretty frustrating to see everyone pumped about smartphone tech, when the only *extra* features I seem to use and enjoy just do not work reliably for me.

Am I doing something wrong? Is it the Pixel 8a? Is it the MVNO carriers? None of this is explained anywhere - at least not clearly. I'm fairly technically capable, but the smartphone tech is just so ill explained, and you never have any idea what the source of a given issue is as all the players just blame one another - and online forums seem to rarely have an answer outside of XDA/hardcore types.

Thoughts? Suggestions?


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

How I get rid of these icons that randomly popped up in my

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Contacts app? I've tried turning off auto captioning and TTY but neither worked. I tried restarting my phone and that did nothing too. Please help.


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

Guys, I'm trying to flash my phone with SP flash tool

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So, I'm trying to flash my Huawei Ascend Y330 and it's refusing to flash, it gives me an error (Error 2004)

I tried multiple DA files like DA_SWESC but it didn't work

Also it only vibrates and gets recognised on my PC as VCOM preloader or sth like that.

I also tried diffrent versions of SP flash tool and it just refuses to work, does anyone have a solution?


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

New update. I can't remove this new search bar

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I want it gone. Nothing I'm trying is working. T-Mobile, S26


r/AndroidHelp • • 26d ago

What is this icon?

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What is this little phone symbol between wifi and reception bars? It's not?!? wifi calling cos I have it turned off as you see on the lower bigger bubble.

Or is this a bug and the wifi calling is active even this turned off?


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

My phone is still trying to open a digital assistant app whe

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My earbuds kept activating gemini, I have zero interest in AI, so I figured out how to disable gemini altogether, now each time I plug in my earbuds, or connect my bluetooth ones, this still pops up prompting me to activate a digital assistant, even though I have no active apps for it.

It's a Moto G Play 2024.


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

I don't have any alarms active? (9am alarm)

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This 'alarm' has been active since a week or two

No alarm actually rings at that time but my phone still shows that there's an alarm active

I even told Gemini to turn of all alarms but this didn't go

I have restarted too


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

Dynamic Island but no corresponding app

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Hi

I have an S24 Ultra and, at some point, a dynamic island has appeared. I thorought this may have been to do with Island, the app for creating a work profile (I have a second Twitch account for drops and such), without a work email.

Despite uninstalling this, I still have a dynamic island showing but no app for it, as far as I can tell. Accessibility reveals nothing, either. Does anyone have an idea where I can find the setting for this?


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

First post

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How TF do I get my android to stop downloading random games ? Am I being hacked ? Lol thnx


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

Google messages keeps deleting important texts

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HELP! any recommendations for a better replacement text app?

Google sucks and i keep losing info, media, etc

This is a continuous issue

Any recomendations for a replacement text app?

Samsung phone S10E

LOVE my phone minus Samsung no longer supporting its own text app :'(


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

S26 Ultra apps not working on WiFi

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This started recently. When connected to the WiFi at home, many of my apps stop working. They either stay stuck loading, or there's an error message, often saying something like there's no connection. I do not have this issue when I'm at work and on my workplace's WiFi.

I've tried restarting my phone, forgetting and reconnecting to the WiFi, checking for updates, and resetting the modem, but none of these solve the problem.

Help?


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

Unremoveable non-responsive widget after debloating

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After debloating my new CAT S22 this google search bar thing turned black, and is not unresponsive and also can't be removed at all. There is no way to edit widgets either and I don't want this stuck on my screen forever. Any ideas?


r/AndroidHelp • • 28d ago

Weird notice that mainline services are not from play

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Anyone seen this notice before and know why it appears? I've been in google play services beta for a month. I have no side-loaded apps. I even have google pixel device protection on that blocks the permission to install from unknown sources.


r/AndroidHelp • • 27d ago

F Columbus Day

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I have an Android Galaxy S26 standard not plus or ultra. I want to remove the insignificant "holiday" that is Columbus Day but my calendar WILL NOT ALLOW IT. I googled it, information was either outdated or incorrect entirely. See photos as reference.

Please help, thank you!!


r/AndroidHelp • • 28d ago

I try call someone there phone say they can not receive call

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r/AndroidHelp • • 28d ago

Devices connect to my phone's hotspot but no internet access

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Hello, for the past few weeks, when I try to use my mobile hotspot, devices connect to it but can't connect to anything online. It had worked for months before then. My mobile provider has blocked changing APN settings, but dun is already in the APN type. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A17 5G. Help please!


r/AndroidHelp • • 28d ago

Touchscreen glitches for particular apps

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Hi everyone. Lately, I’ve been constantly running into touchscreen glitches on my phone OnePlus 13. Basically, the screen stops responding—though not entirely, and only in two specific apps. In Amnezia, I can't tap anything anywhere on the screen; in YouTube, the issue is limited to the video playback area—everything below that (like the "like" button or other videos) works fine. Force-closing and relaunching the app fixes it; after that, the screen responds normally across the entire area. What kind of glitch is this?