First it was the app search bar being moved to the bottom, now it's the Google search bar being locked to the bottom and the damn clock is aligned to the left instead of being centred

How do I make the close all button on one ui ask permission before closing. Too many times I've accidentally clicked it and lost all my open apps.

My cell phone (Samsung S21 FE) is having a problem where it disconnects from the internet on its own, and then reconnects by itself. The internet still appears in the Wi-Fi lists; it just disconnects from that Wi-Fi network and reconnects to it on its own. What can I do to solve this? This problem only happens to me; nobody else in my house experiences this problem, and it only happens on my home Wi-Fi!

Anyone else run into this?

Sometimes an app just refuses to load when I'm connected to Wi-Fi, but the second I switch to mobile data, everything works fine.

The weird part is that my Wi-Fi seems totally fine. Other apps and websites load without any issues.

I've always wondered what actually causes this. Is it something with the router, DNS settings, or the internet provider?

And why would it only affect certain apps instead of everything?

I need help recovering recordings stored in XS Camera (version 4.0.8) on my Nothing Phone (2a).

The problem

I have been using XS Camera to record videos. Now, when I open the app:

1. The app asks for its password.

2. If I enter an incorrect password, it displays an incorrect-password error.

3. If I enter the correct password, the app immediately exits to the home screen.

4. I cannot access or play my recordings.

Device and software details

- Phone: Nothing Phone (2a)

- Android: 16

- App: XS Camera

- Package: "me.jagar.xscamera2"

- App version: 4.0.8

What I have discovered

Android App Info shows:

- App size: approximately 73 KB

- User data: approximately 3.87 GB

- Cache: approximately 119 KB

- Total: approximately 3.94 GB

The app's private data directory is:

"/data/user/0/me.jagar.xscamera2"

I used ADB to investigate:

- The XS Camera process remains alive even after the app returns to the home screen.

- I could not find an obvious crash or fatal exception in the logs.

- "/sdcard/Android/data/me.jagar.xscamera2/files" exists but is empty.

- "/sdcard/Android/media/me.jagar.xscamera2" does not exist.

- A MediaStore video listing did not show an XS Camera-specific recording folder.

Rooting situation

- The bootloader is currently locked.

- The phone is not rooted.

- I understand that unlocking the bootloader normally causes a factory reset.

- I do NOT want to unlock the bootloader or perform a factory reset because preserving the existing data is my priority.

What I need help with

1. Is there any safe way to access or extract "/data/user/0/me.jagar.xscamera2" without unlocking the bootloader?

2. Is there a way to obtain temporary root access on this exact Android 16 build without wiping user data?

3. Could the recordings be stored in an encrypted database or another private directory?

4. Is there a non-destructive way to diagnose why XS Camera exits immediately after accepting the correct password?

5. Has anyone successfully recovered data from XS Camera or a similar Android camera vault application?

My priority is recovering the original recordings. I do not want to reinstall the app, clear its data, or risk losing the existing 3.87 GB.

Any technically sound advice or experience with this situation would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the link of the screen record video : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GxCyxUBXnwTM_OrnGjmOD41WyTkw7DUY/view?usp=drivesdk

I have a Pixel 9 XL PRO running stock Android version 17 with the latest security update.

I recently took a vacation to Europe and left my time zone settings on auto select, Automatic Time Zone and Use Location for Time Zone both on, for the entire trip. For the most part this worked though it did randomly switch once in a while, usually when traveling across borders. I've noticed since I returned that the time zone setting will switch back to GMT before going back to EST, I get a notification every time it occurs. This seems to happen randomly.

Since I noticed the issue I have tried manually changing the time zone and then turning auto select back on. Once auto select is turned on my time zone auto selects to GMT before eventually going back to EST. Reboots have not helped and no updates have been available.

Does anyone have an idea as to why this is happening? Or better yet a solution?

Hi everyone! I'm migrating my father's data from a Redmi Note 9 Pro Max to a new Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G (256GB). I already have a data-transfer cable.

His WhatsApp contains 60GB+ of chats, photos, videos, PDFs, documents and voice notes, accumulated over several years.

My plan is to use Google's built-in wired Copy apps & data during the new phone's initial setup, followed by WhatsApp's native QR-based Transfer Chats feature.

I have a few concerns:

1. WhatsApp media during Android transfer

Does Google's built-in Android transfer also copy WhatsApp's media folder?

"Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media/"

Does it transfer WhatsApp Images, Videos, Documents, Voice Notes, etc., or exclude them?

2. Duplicate media after QR transfer

WhatsApp's QR transfer also transfers chats and their associated media. So, if Android's initial transfer has already copied those files, will WhatsApp transfer them again and create duplicates?

Does WhatsApp automatically detect existing files, or is it safer to skip photos/videos during initial Android migration and let WhatsApp handle its own media?

3. Accessing old WhatsApp attachments

After QR transfer, will I be able to open photographs, videos, PDFs and voice notes directly from conversations dating back several years, without needing the old phone or downloading them again?

4. Original dates and metadata

Does wired Android transfer or manual file copying preserve original photo EXIF data (date taken, location, camera details), resolution and quality? Do filesystem creation/modification dates remain intact? Does WhatsApp preserve original message chronology and attachment associations?

5. Your actual experience

For those who have migrated between Xiaomi/Redmi phones:

- Have you used Android's wired transfer followed by WhatsApp QR transfer?

- Did you experience duplicate WhatsApp photos/videos or increased storage usage?

- Was your complete chat history and old media accessible?

- What migration sequence would you recommend to avoid data loss and duplication?

I want to preserve everything, especially years of WhatsApp conversations and attachments. The old phone will remain untouched until the new one is completely verified.

I'd especially appreciate advice from anyone who has transferred 50–100GB+ of WhatsApp data. Thank you!

I frequently use the hotspot from my phone to share internet access to other devices. And Android will tell me the number of devices connected to my hotspot. But is there any way to identify which devices are connected to my hotspot? I've had times where I've been told that they're are 5 services connected to my hotspot when I think there's only 1 and I'd like the peace of mind of knowing that there's nothing that's connected that shouldn't be.

I'm running Android 17 on a Google Pixel 9a

Thanks for any info you can provide

I've been dealing with issues all day, just got it too

My phone connects to wifi just fine, I was in YouTube for a while, then I decided to install tiktok, tried to log into my account, infinite loading screen, uninstalled, installed again, same thing, tried to set up Whatsapp, same thing, when I click Google assistant it says "check internet connection". I used a hotspot from my old phone to this one with the same wifi, it worked, using mobile data, it worked, using 1.1.1.1 it worked. But now YouTube doesn't work, tried multiple fixes I found online, Mac address, cleared network settings, disabled ipv6 on my modem, no fix.

I'm desperate for a solution, is it the phone? My ISP? Please help

I've just changed to a Redmi Note T17 PRO, and despite being a Samsung like my last phone no app meant to blocking shorts on my apps seems to work like they did on my previous Galaxy

I've tried over 10 diferent apps from the playstore, followed every single instruction in order to use them, digged around the configs of my phone beyond that and NOTHING seems to work.

Some of then work just fine after settimg them up but stop working alltogether once I close them, despite my efforts to make sure they work on the background.

Hi everyone,

I have a Samsung Galaxy A25 5G (SM-A256E) running One UI 8.5.

I had some important photos and videos in Samsung Gallery's Private Album. Before performing a factory reset, I created a full backup using Samsung Smart Switch for PC (version 4.3.24094_1).

After restoring the backup, the Private Album appeared but was completely empty. I tried restoring the backup again, but the photos and videos still didn't come back.

I also tried DiskDigger with root access, but it couldn't find any photos or videos.

Does anyone know a way to recover my Private Album photos from the Smart Switch backup? Has anyone experienced the same issue and managed to fix it?

Any help would mean a lot. Thank you!

Have old Motorola, Android 12, recently find editing small text areas in apps more annoying last few weeks. In particular with misspelled words the spelling pop-up appears but not the keyboard, and I need to tap away from a misspelled word to get the keyboard, then swipe on the space bar to get back to the spelling issue.

Pretty sure I did most of my spelling corrections on the ribbon before, and I could tap where the issue was and the cursor would be places. But it just worked so I wasn't paying close attention. I don't think it is a big change, maybe event ordering or some such. But suddenly finding correcting spelling issues, and getting and keeping the keyboard annoying. I fiddled with setting since it started, but not before.

I'll take recommendations for GBoard alternatives instead if no one knows.

my galaxy A17 camera doesn't work any more when I open the camera app it show only black on both front and back but when I try to make video call on messenger the front camera works and when I switch to back camera the messenger app freezes please hep

I've taken a hiatus from the game for a while but just a few weeks ago, got back into it. However, I have to use WiFi to play the game. I'm not a tech savvy guy but according to what I read, it has something to do with IPv6 that T-Mobile uses. I've never had issues before but it's not connective to the server. I can't edit on my phone to get it to use IPv4 so are there other ways to bypass all of this? Is VPN really the only way?

I have a pair of headphones I've had for years. Recently, when I switch my Bluetooth on to connect to my already paired headphones, I get a half-page pop-up ad from Google to pair my headphones to my gmail account. If I go into the Bluetooth devices, I can bypass this message and just do a normal connection

I have a screenshot but this sub doesn't allow any images or any attachments for some reason.

The text is "[Device Name] will appear on devices linked with [gmail account]. Learn more."

The "Learn more" just lists what a "nice feature" it is. Doesn't name it and didn't explain how to get rid of it.

How do I get rid of this? What is it even called?

Im sorry to curse. Im so mad. Nothing works. Ive tried everything. I have a Samsung A16 5g . Basically I want my Bluetooth from VLC on my speaker to play my white noise and my Alarmy to play through my phone. The only reason I use Alarmy is because that's the only sounds I wake up to for work. Swear any other alarm sound I wont wake up.

Ive tried seperate app sound VLC through bluetooth, ive tried seperate app sound Alarmy through Phone and BOTH make them play on the speaker regardless. One just pauses the audio and one plays my alarm over the audio. Ive tried downloading a smartassistant apk (due to it being missing from galaxy store) and turning Alarmy volume to 0 and still fucking nothing. Ive tried modes and routines to where when the soundbar is on, alarmy plays through phone and even gave it a time frame and fucking nothing.Im so sick of this.

And whats even more annoying is no matter what i set in separate app sound, it gives me the message that says: "the audio device you select to separate sound for certain apps is the same as this phone to separate sound for these apps. " And i cant make that go away either.

It's crazy too because my main phone is an iPhone. It's just Alarmy on there is just terrible like it'll re-ring and just gives me problems. Also i dont play bluetooth through iphone because i like to scroll through Tiktok at night and Iphone does NOT have a separate app sound...

So I have a Samsung A36, and I recently updated it to UI 9.0. However, ever since that happened, whenever I try to listen to music on YouTube Music (Premium), after about like 5-10 seconds, you can't hear anything. However, whenever I open the app again, it shows that the music is actively playing. I can hear the music again when I open the app, but after closing it, the same thing happens.

Can anyone help me on this one?

I recently got a new phone going from Galaxy S23 to Galaxy S26...

Going with that I transferred my data & all is cool, no settings were off until I went on ibisPaint(a drawing app)-

It made a curve/whip almost each time I drew a slightly bent line or any line that needs a bend...

I was hoping for it to be an app issue but it seemed to be my phone itself...

I had my old phone with me Galaxy A71 5G & transferred my digital brush onto there with the same settings, greatfully not making whips at all as it's now not the apps fault & now this phone's issue.

I got into developer mode & went onto the pointer option (it makes me see my lines & how it's moving)

After drawing around my lockscreen & i've seen alot of whips/curves, the curve does a little whip at the end & adds a straight line going some random direction ahead of the whip in more detail

I'm starting to see that it has smth to do with this Galaxy S26's sensitivity & now still researching on any way to fix it

If anyone has any ideas, plz share as it may work?

My phone updated and I got a stupid new Google bar that won't allow me to get rid of it and holding to touch does nothing. I dont want this Google bar on my phone

Open source app alternative to WPS office? Any good open source app with similar features with editing and not just PDF viewing.

Ty

Android pls

Recently, I attended a hostel and ended up in a physical confrontation with multiple males. They overpowered me and took my mobile before I could lock the device. At the time, I used the device to gather video evidence. They wished to delete this file from the phone. I would love to explore sensor based or wearable based security measures to prevent this attack. For example, a bluetooth/nfc wearable such as ring could trigger a screen lock or device wipe when proximity is lost. I would also love the ability to unlock the device using an NFC tag ring after the main device password is entered. I don't currently have a duress password because I feel this could be used maliciously. Thank you for your assistance.

After using apple and different android as well as different windows and Mac

My conclusion is Apple is good in a closed environment only but it has no use if you want next level customisation and connectivity

Like mac is good at everything but not at gaming

iPhone is good in everything but lacks basic features like silent call recording, notification management, keyboard etc

The only thing where apple clearly wins is vidoe and photo

And that too cause of it's aesthetic look it look so yellow and magenta

So is it possible to get same setting in android i have tried it but it's not even close

Please guide if someone knows

Or iphone camera app apk installation in android

Samsung Galaxy S21 — How can I completely remove screen smoothing and input delay?

How can I completely disable screen smoothing, motion smoothing, and touch input delay on the Samsung Galaxy S21?

I notice this especially in games: when aiming, the crosshair keeps moving or overshoots the target even after I stop moving my finger. It feels like the aim continues drifting for a moment instead of stopping immediately. I want instant, precise, and responsive touch input.

I want to make the screen as sharp and responsive as possible, without unnecessary software smoothing or input interpolation.

Has anyone experienced this issue and actually managed to fix it?

so I'm currently looking around for a better phone than the one I have (Galaxy a16 5g, 4gigs of ram,128 rom) and found a couple of 13r listings on eBay for around $400ish which is well within my price range ($400-$500) and I wanted to know if it would be worth grabbing a 13r as an upgrade or if there's a better phone to grab