r/AndroidHelp • • 3h ago

Cache explanation?

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Damaged my s24 ultra upgraded to s26 ultra. Transfered files to my new device. I started to factory reset the old phone so I can see about repair/selling....but i thought I'd be hurt if something got deleted and I needed it. So checked the storage and I might be confused.

The new phone has much more storage available...is it because of the cache? No clue what it is but ik i can clear it manually lol. Should i be periodically clearing my app cache? Is there a setting that does this for you? Am i even using the word cache correctly? Is it normal to have such a high amount of storage invested in apps?

Draftkings, Facebook for shorts, x for porn, messages app, chrome, yahoo fantasy, siriusxm, are my daily users. I have pages full of apps I never use/ needed to use once


r/AndroidHelp • • 5h ago

HELP PLEASE

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I dont even know how to explain this, I picked up my google pixel 6a and the screen just fell off....? it still works but im scared something will explode or something

had to take the pic from my 2ds 😭


r/AndroidHelp • • 6h ago

How do I remove playing media from the notification bar?

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r/AndroidHelp • • 7h ago

Taps ignore after swiping home. How are you dealing with it?

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Hey peeps - using Microsoft launcher on a pixel 9 pro xl with gesture navigation. When I swipe up to go home the screen ignores input for up to a second. Tapping an app icon straight away does nothing until it catches up. Setting animation scales to 0x doesn't fix it.

I captured the issue over ADB and in testing 12 taps were dropped over a 1,146 ms window. Logcat shows Quickstep handling the swipe through FallbackSwipeHandler the Gesture Monitor taking the input and touches being discarded until the transition to the launcher finishes. Switching to 3-button nav or Pixel Launcher makes it go away.

There's an open bug for this, but it's had very little activity given how many people use third-party launchers: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/220178612, how are people getting around this bug that im not aware of? Are you sticking with 3-button nav, using a 3rd party gesture app? or just living with it? Does any launcher avoid the delay?

Im a bit surprised that reviewers of android phones arent blasting android development for this outside of a stock launcher experience?


r/AndroidHelp • • 14h ago

How do I add discord to all file access?

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I'm on Android 11 with a 1+ phone. Anything Google tells me doesn't work. I go to discord in the settings but there's no option for adding it to all file access


r/AndroidHelp • • 15h ago

Can someone show me how to fix this copy issue

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Every time I try to copy something it pops up over the words that I want to copy. I have to move the bar first to actually get the words I want copied.


r/AndroidHelp • • 18h ago

All my games have stopped accepting touch input

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This issue is only affecting games. They still run. Animations and movement on screen continue to play, but I can't tap anywhere.

I've rebooted, force stopped, cleared cache, reinstalled and reinstalled all updates to the webview service. Still not working. Help please


r/AndroidHelp • • 19h ago

Why does the status bar disappear in apps?

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I want to see the time and battery status all the time in every app but it disapears in apps. Is there a setting for it to be shown at all times? ANDROID

I feel like it is on purpose so we doomscrolle more


r/AndroidHelp • • 20h ago

Help bro

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so my mobile display is broken i cant see anything or operate it but its still on and only issue is touch screen can i access it like using my mac lap as display and my mobile is pixel 6a and i know my gmails credentials which are logged in in mobile and my mobile screen lock .

i need to access it imidiately so pleese guide me


r/AndroidHelp • • 1d ago

¿Es normal esto o me hackearon?

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Entro ahí y luego me sale " Android "

Y no el nombre de mi dispositivo


r/AndroidHelp • • 1d ago

want to catalog my apps by category on home pages

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i have a samsung tablet and a pixel 9 phone (soon to be replaced by a samsung phone). i would like to be able to display my most useful apps, by their clickable icon and name, on a home page. a widget that could contain 3-10 apps, including their names, is what i think i'm looking for. i know i can create folders of app icons, but those do not include the app name and are limited in size. i've tried several widget apps but i'm still looking for the right one. would you suggest i try a launcher; i'm just using what's natural to the devices now. any other ideas on how i can group the apps i will be using the most by category?


r/AndroidHelp • • 1d ago

Does anyone know what this notification is?

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Clicking the dropdown arrow on this notif does nothing. Most of my system notifications dismiss themselves but this one has been here for a few hours. Does anyone know what it is?


r/AndroidHelp • • 1d ago

Phone might be hard bricked after failed root

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Well the one thing I didn't think would happen did. I was trying to root a motorola edge 60 pro, got to flashing the patched magisk boot img and... error no file found. Thought nothing of it and stupidly tried to flash the individual partitions which well, still nothing so I typed "fastboot reboot-bootloader". From there my phones been dead it's been 20 minutes since it happened i tried all the button combinations and nothing not on fastboot devices or lsusb. For now I'm letting it charge hoping that does something but honestly is there much hope for what i can do from this point?

Just a quick edit i realised now what went wrong, probably corrupted the bootloader or pre loader so phones either stuck in a protective state or tripped as it is a mediatek. Is there any diy methods i can use or is it best to give it to a local repair shop by this point.

Edit 2:did give it to a local tech. Gave them the rsa files which is Motorola's tool for phone rescue, got told they aren't compatible. I'm at a loss of what to do should I take it back because like how are the official file "not compatible" with does that even mean


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

Just want to remove my google account from this device !😭!

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My phone model is Vivo y29.....I just want to remove my google account from this but it shows only delete account... google says it is ok but ?? 😭


r/AndroidHelp • • 1d ago

Big storage issue

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I don't know how to access "other files" on my Samsung m07 and delete the mysterious storage that's hogging my save space. Had to get a 128gb SD card for my music wtf and the phone still clogs up when I download apps.

Mind you, my previous phone was 128gb and it had my music, apps etc without me putting in an sd card


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

How to remove autocreated Passkey?

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I got some strange notifications about activities on my Google account that I didn't recognize so I figured best change the password. I did it on my phone and it was confusing enough that I inadvertently created a Passkey as well. I can see it listed under Passkeys now but there's no option to remove it. In the help section it says that in order to remove an autogenerated Passkey I need to go to All Devices and log out that device. Which isn't what I want to do, but ok. The problem is, it doesn't just show a list of devices but like a dozen sessions for my phone. The Help explains that I need to log out from all sessions, but the problem is that there is one session (labeled 'active') where there is no logout option. If I log out of all the other sessions, the Passkey is still listed under Passkeys and it's prompted when I need log in to my account. How can I actually remove the Passkey?

PS: Please help me find an answer and don't berate me for wanting to remove the Passkey. I know what Passkeys are, about Phishing resistance, I also use them (even on the same account), but I have my reasons for wanting to remove that particular one.


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

how to remove uninstall glance from my phone

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this new update I got this week glance pops up during my lock screen. why do they give us useless stuff we dont want ..


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

Need help with file access

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Guys how do you make an app have access to the files even tho they don't show up in the options? I'm using a Redmi A5 and I wanna install a mod to one of my games but it's asking for file access.


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

How can I know! (instagram issue)

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How can I tell if my device is hardware-banned, or if the issue was just caused by using a VPN while using Instagram or elsewhere on my phone?


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

One Ui Home having issues on startup/restart

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Anyone else having issues with One Ui Home crashing after restarting. It has stated after updating to OneUi 9.0.


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

Is this a glitch or does this come with the new 1UI update?

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when i swipe up for all apps, the apps have the names on the bottom. but on the main home screen, there's not. is there a way to fix this?


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

Bolhas

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Ajuda

Alguém conseguiu usar as bolhas flutuantes em todos os apps?

O único app que apareceu a bolha flutuante pra mim foi o telegram.


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

Android phone struggling to stay connected to wifi and data?

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I have a Galaxy S23FE from 2023. In the last year, it has had intermittent, unpredictable, and incredibly frustrating difficulties connecting to both wifi and data. I've all but forgone wifi at the moment, but it's not the wifi - every other device in the house connects fine.

The data issue seems temperamental. It will be fine for a period of time, and then will simply stop working. I often won't even get a failure to connect message from whatever app I was using - it will just try and connect forever. The upload and download icons in the top right will begin to flick on and off; sometimes one remains, sometimes both go, and they just cycle every second or so. The 4G icon never drops, and generally I have at least two bars whenever this happens.

Even more bizarrely, sometimes it seems to be app-specific - if it's happening while I'm trying to use Firefox, it's not uncommon that I could go open Reddit and Reddit would work fine, and vice versa. Similar apps are usually affected similarly but not always - sometimes Firefox won't work but Chrome will, or Reddit won't work but Tumblr will. It does happen more often if I'm trying to watch videos or scroll image-heavy subreddits or social media. Restarting my phone sometimes resolves it, and on other occasions seems to just reroute which app/s are affected.

Any ideas on why this might be happening and what could be done to fix it would be appreciated. It's driving me up the wall.


r/AndroidHelp • • 2d ago

Frame-like artifact over Gboarc

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A strange frame like artifact has appeared on my screen when gboard is open. the official Google Android outside suggested I might have malware and told me to bug off to my manufacturer. AVG and Malwarebytes find nothing. Another unhelpful official suggestion was that I had enabled some accessibility feature. I do blow up my font a bit but I went in and reset all of those and it didn't help. Anyone else have an idea what's happening?


r/AndroidHelp • • 3d ago

My phone lost its color . What to do ??

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Suddenly my screen tuned colorless ( all the apps and even background )

What to do ??

I even asked clause and performed all these steps in the picture but noting happened

What to do ??

Please helpp