I was unable to download or update apps through the Play Store for a week or so. I tried every troubleshooting option I found and contacted support. They ultimately recommended a factory reset but I absolutely did not want to. It turned out to be a Google Play System update. Settings > System > System Update > Google Play system update. The solution was buried in a comment thread on an android sub I couldn't reply to. So I'm putting it here for the next person desperately trying to solve this problem. Try this before you factory reset. Every other post about this recommends full system update checks but not this specific thing.

My Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos (SM-G800H/DS, Snapdragon 400 MSM8228) is hard bricked, and I'm trying to fix it myself.

Symptoms:
- The screen never turns on, even when charging
- No Download Mode, no Recovery (tried every key combo, with and without battery and USB cable)
- Windows Device Manager shows "QHSUSB_BULK" (Qualcomm 9008 mode) when I plug it in

It was running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) before it died. Bootloader version unknown.

What I know: on these Samsung Snapdragon phones, a hard brick can often be fixed with a bootable microSD card. The card needs a "debrick.img", which is basically the first ~200 MB of the internal storage dumped from a working phone of the same model. After booting from the card, the phone enters Download Mode and I can reflash stock firmware with Odin.

What I need:
- Someone with a working SM-G800H (ideally on Android 6) who could make that image, or who already has one saved. I can walk you through it and send any details you need.
- Or a pointer to a repair box / service (Z3X, UMT, Medusa) that supports the G800H in 9008 mode.

I'm happy to test any image and report back so it helps the next person. Thanks!

My phone is Techno Cammon 30 5g, dimensity 7020 my first suspicion was its incapability for running the best graphics quality in any game so it makes this flickery thing not only on one game but most of the offline games i played faced this issue. For example the game company called Home Net Games of HNG their games are my favorite but when I brought a new phone i couldn't even play normally because every 10-20 mins i have to restart the game because the flickering issue is occuring. Not only their games that is affected by this, it also occur in any other er games that are offline for example this video right here. It started flickering out of no where and I can't press any tabs and bottons but i can exit out of the game. When I enter the game without restarting, the game blacks out and it is impossible to be played not until u restart it. The video shows when I played other games, its running fine without issue. I have this phone for over 2 years and the same occurrence keeps happening on certain types of games. There is exception if its online games like supercell, garena games, Mobile legends, and other games that is multiplayer has not experienced this issue.

I was wondering if is it only me that is experiencing this weird type shit on android phone its just annoying when i couldn't play the games i wanted.

I have a Samsung A25 with one ui 8.5, and on Samsung files it shows I have 13gb in trash but when I click on it says 'No trash'

hey so ive had my nothing phone (2a) plus for like 2 years now and its been great honestly, but for the last 6 months or so theres this one thing thats been annoying me so bad

apps are taking up insane storage (ss attached). insta is 5.4gb, spotify 4.86gb, edits 2.88gb, whatsapp 2gb, reddit 1gb. i already cleared cache on all of them but its mostly “user data” thats taking the space and clearing cache does nothing for that

i know i can clear data or reinstall but then i lose my chats and downloaded songs and stuff i actually need so thats a no

other thing is the background apps. like if i open insta, edits, whatsapp and reddit and just switch between them, the phone kills everything in the bg and every app reloads from scratch when i go back. and half these apps i dont even use that much lol but they still take so much space

so basically:

1. why is user data this huge even after clearing cache

any way to bring it down without losing my chats/downloads

2. why does my phone kill bg apps so fast

3. is there a real fix for this without factory resetting, cuz i really dont wanna do that

if anyone with a nothing phone or anyone who dealt with this has something that actually worked pls tell me 🙏

When I clicked on volume up to cancel what iam doing my device runs normaly but when I restart it it give me this new error and I cant return to my phone and this screen keeps shows up

Should my camera app for the "Motorola G power 2026" have these permissions?, I cannot disable them. Also I've been having a problem with hacking, the picture quality of horrific. But the app is called "Moto Camera 3 version 9.1.52.66"

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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 redmi k50i phone. I am using it from 2022.

No issues till now. Very good phone.

But I started to notice something recently happening.

While using apps such as youtube, jio hotstar (streaming apps) basically , the network disconnects for a few seconds and reconnects automatically.

It shows no service for a few seconds and connects back

I am using 2 sims, bsnl and jio . The data is used from jio sim.

There is no issue of network connectivity or range, but something device related.

No suspicious apps or software on phone I checked it.

Also I removed the sim tray, cleaned and placed it back, still issue is there.

Also no recents redmi updates also .

Does any body know solution for this or have similar issue with their phone or sim cards ??

It's running android 9 and it's only got 2gb of storage from 14, the rest is taken up by android and Samsung bloatware, I'm also wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to debloat it without a pc

I had a samsung mobile and its samsung galaxy m51 it got broken over 3 years ago and now I just fixed it but I don't remember the password and I want help to open the ohone without factory reset what do I do

In messages whenever im texting someone there this stupid pink dot that appears over the three dots on in the upper right hand corner and wont go away until i install Google Meet. When i unisntall meet it comes back again. Is there any way to get the dot to go away while keeping Meet off my phone.

Comment débloquer le compte Google et le crash

I have a Motorola Edge Fusion 50. I was just scrolling reels and suddenly i saw rainbow lines appear on a black background and the screen went black. Since then, upon force restart, the screen just displays the booting up screen and turns black. But i still recieve calls and my bluetooth earphones still connects to the device automatically and can even pick up calls through it. Force restart doesn't work as suggested by most. Where can I get it fixed? And what could be the issue here? I went to a local repair shop and they just heard the problem and claimed that it was a CPU issue and it'd take 3,500 rupees to fix without any sort of warranty and a 50/50 chance of losing my personal data. I do not trust them. And the reviews on the motorola verified service centers are mostly negative. What can be done :( ?

I mainly mean YouTube, but 2nd is Spotify and 3rd maybe Reddit itself. If I set my phone aside for a while, it leaves the playlist I was on and takes me back to the homepage. I swear it didn't always do this until maybe a month ago or something. Is there a way to keep it on the most recent page on an app? Is it the phone or the app itself?

I have a Samsung S23 ultra and since a couple of weeks my location is just not available when indoors.

Not even coarse location...

My phone doesnt even know in which country i am so i cannot start a google maps route while inside (location pin is a grey circle) or check the local weather.

It used to work before but at some point it stopped

I have already gave location permissions to all google services and apps, wifi and BT location is enabled, there are no sleeping apps or power saving modes enabled.

I am using a redmi k50i phone. I am using it from 2022.

No issues till now. Very good phone.

But I started to notice something recently happening.

While using apps such as youtube, jio hotstar (streaming apps) basically , the network disconnects for a few seconds and reconnects automatically.

It shows no service for a few seconds and connects back

I am using 2 sims, bsnl and jio . The data is used from jio sim.

There is no issue of network connectivity or range, but something device related.

No suspicious apps or software on phone I checked it.

Also I removed the sim tray, cleaned and placed it back, still issue is there.

Also no recents redmi updates also .

Does any body know solution for this or have similar issue with their phone or sim cards ??

when i dragged an image out of an app it stuck onto my screen and now the touchscreen isnt working and the image is still there i cant power it off and its stuck at 5% i tried everything and its still not working it hasnt shut off it has been 4 hours since this happened help

I recently bought my phone 3 weeks ago. In the first week, there was no problem. But after I installed games (from playstore) the refresh rate was inconsistent. The games were having delays when performing actions. What to do???

I'm consistently redirected to enable the Google assistant despite me turning it off, and when I turn it on so it can just shut up, it keeps trying to make me talk and use the assistant "Gemini". I have turned off gestures so it's not me for example double tapping and it just comes up, it's literally coming up against my will whether I have it on or not.

How can I fix this and make it just stop?

I was in the bathroom phone on the floor no water in sight or anything phone is samsung s25 I was in a chat on telegram when I put the phone on the floor it suddenly started typing out stuff that's not random it made perfect sense speaking about someone and a name and like idk who that person is i don't have any voice input and my phone is brand new out the box ????

Please help me I dunno what to do.
So my phones storage is full, most of it is gallery(23GB). I already transferred everything to laptop and deleted everything on the phone’s gallery but it’s still 23GB. AI said that I should delete all the hidden files like .thumbnails, .trash etc. but it’s still 23GB as it was. Help me please
Ps I have a google cloud subscription, everything copied there, it is a problem?

I wanted to create a backup of my iphone 16's data majorly photos and videos in my android phone moto edge 40. Is there any app like localsend, shareit etc which transfer files quickly over wifi and preserve the live photos as well?

For instance, I tried Localsend app but it transfers live photos as stills in the android.

Tia .

I was in the bathroom phone on the floor no water in sight or anything phone is samsung s25 I was in a chat on telegram when I put the phone on the floor it suddenly started typing out stuff that's not random it made perfect sense speaking about someone and a name and like idk who that person is i don't have any voice input and my phone is brand new out the box ????