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    Android Questions: My dad's phone is on some accessibility setting and he doesn't know how to turn it off

    January 27, 2021

    Android Questions: My dad's phone is on some accessibility setting and he doesn't know how to turn it off

    My dad's phone is on some accessibility setting and he doesn't know how to turn it off

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 05:41 AM PST

    Hey, yeah, as the title says, my dads got some accessibility thing on his phone and can't disable it. Sorry if this is not allowed, I just don't know how to fix it and I am out of town; away from him. Any ideas? He says it won't let him scroll down in settings.

    Heres a video my sister took of it: https://youtu.be/wF318UPrcDc

    submitted by /u/misterlongershlonger
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    Chrome says I have 13 gb of cached data from a single website. Should I try clearing it?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:04 PM PST

    Using Pixel 4, Android 11

    My problem is with Chrome. It takes up about 3 gb in my phone and just keeps increasing no matter what I do. I don't even have many bookmarks, tabs, etc.

    I decided to look at the data stored in Chrome and it says that one website is taking up 13 gb. Another is 7.3 gb, and there are about six more websites that hit around 1 gb each.

    I understand this number might be inflated somehow but I have no idea how this is even possible, where that data is located on my phone, or what will happen if I try to clear it. (I don't usually go deep into my phone's settings)

    My question is whether it's ok to use the "clear & reset" button, or if that might make the problem even worse in the future.

    Hope somebody smarter can help me. Thanks in advance

    submitted by /u/yyyyyuijia
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    How to keep the Navigation bar visible in fullscreen apps?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:29 AM PST

    Hi,

    I'm looking for an app or a way to keep the Android navigation bar visible all the time, even when using fullscreen apps like Youtube (where it auto hides the nav bar and you have to swipe to get it to pop up). I'm on a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 with Android 10.

    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/Spir4
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    LGK51 does not connect to 2010 Ford Explorer BT

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:25 AM PST

    Hi everyone prior to this I had an LG G5 and it connected to my vehicle through Bluetooth without a problem.

    Now that I have upgraded, the phone does not see the vehicle and the vehicle does not see the phone.

    I have tried Android auto app. It will connect but it's not fully functional will not read media files or Audible or let me use the phone only Maps works.

    Any suggestions? Many thanks in advance.

    submitted by /u/audible_narrator
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    Is there any way to move the volume slider back to the top of the screen?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:56 AM PST

    My AT&T Galaxy S10+ updated itself to Android 11 and the volume slider is on the left side of the screen. Is there any way to move it back to the top? I have already tried sound assistant from good lock and had no luck.

    submitted by /u/uuhhidontevenknow
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    every time I unlock my phone the brightness is at maximum

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:52 AM PST

    I have a huawei y6p with android 10 and every time I unlock it the brightness is set at 100% even if i had it at a lower brightness, I tried to uninstall some apps that might have caused the problem but it keeps changing automatically, I have automatic brightness disabled and it is somewhat annoying to turn on the phone in dark places. (Sorry for my bad english)

    submitted by /u/Jarekfkwkdks
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    Samsung Galaxy S7 - "Backup Password" reset?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:39 AM PST

    Can someone help me to reset my mom's "backup password" ?

    She doesn't have a lock screen because any time she goes into "Lock Screen and Security" it asks to "Enter backup password" with "Your password has at least 6 characters, including at least 1 letter and 1 digit".

    She doesn't recall ever entering a backup password. She can still use her phone, but can't lock it because can't ever enter that backup password.

    Is there a way to reset that password? I tried looking at a way from her Google account with no luck there either...

    Thanks for any assistance.

    submitted by /u/WingyPilot
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    People who prefer a thick bezel to a pin-hole or notch, why?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:23 AM PST

    Accidentally Turned Off Developer Mode.

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:01 AM PST

    I accidentally cleared the data and cache of the settings app on my Galaxy J7 Prime. Now the developer option, which was already enabled, has disappeared. How to get it back? Tapping on Build Number says I'm already a developer. (com.anroid.settings.Settings$DeveloperMode is not showing up on the activity launcher app, so external apps dont work)

    submitted by /u/TeamK7Official
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    Disabling network access?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:00 AM PST

    I could swear that in older versions of Android you could disable network access for an app just by going into the permissions and flicking a switch. In Android 11 (on a Pixel 5) there doesn't seem to be any way to do this. It's possible I'm misremembering and this was never something you could do (without rooting/weird apps/whatever), but I could swear you could.

    If not, why not? Some apps simply do not need network access and I don't see any reason why Android wouldn't support the ability for the user to prohibit an app from using the Internet. This isn't about me being concerned about mobile data usage; I'm on WiFi 99% of the time. I literally just want to be able to say, "App X doesn't need network access. Android, please prevent this app from using the Internet."

    submitted by /u/dirtside
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    Factory reset OPPO Reno 2 with lost password

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 10:46 AM PST

    My wife has forgotten password for her device. What we tried: 1. Boot in fast menu and wipe all data - requires password 2. using google device finder doesnt work since phone is also locked in child mode and google doesnt see it.

    is there any way to do full phone reset or somehow remove password?

    any advice will be helpful, thanks.

    submitted by /u/DaveAstator2020
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    Screen Pinning Multiple Apps

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 09:49 AM PST

    Is there a way to screen pin multiple apps? Basically, I want my android tablet to act like my Windows Desktop where a different app is on each desktop then I can swipe from one app to the next.

    For example: I want to have Netflix open, then I can swipe with 3 fingers to switch to Stitcher, then I swipe again to switch to Spotify.

    Thanks for any ideas!

    submitted by /u/dix-hill
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    best launcher for elderly( already tried APEX)

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 09:30 AM PST

    Need a a launcher with which i can basically lock down the phone for my 91 FIL( who lives with us) so he can make and receive calls and play his solitaire and card games.

    Already been using APEX for a couple years but wondering if there is a better alternative at this point any suggestions?

    submitted by /u/DunKco
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    Connected to my android device using ADB but not able to use ls command, it says permission denied

    Posted: 26 Jan 2021 10:28 PM PST

    I connected to my android device (stock android, 10) using ADB on ubuntu, now when I go to /data/ and do ls, it says permission denied.

    Why? How to solve this problem?

    submitted by /u/NoSilver9
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    How can I find the play store categories of android apps installed on my phone?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:07 AM PST

    SIMPLE VERSION: I have 500 apps installed on my phone and I want to find which category they belong to according to the play store? For example, Nova Launcher falls in the Personalization category.

    (OPTIONAL) DETAILED EXPLANATION: I have nova launcher installed on my phone which has the option of making folders in the app drawer. I want to create folders according to play store categories and place the apps there accordingly. Now, I know I can go to the play store and look at various categories and check the listings to see which ones of them I have and do this but that would take a lot of time since I have ~500 applications. As in, I could go to the play store category Personalization and scroll to see which apps I have from that particular category and so on. How do I go about this in a manageable way?

    submitted by /u/sincere-redditor
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    Moto G6 w/ SD card formatted as internal storage has 100GB free but says it's out of space

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 06:09 AM PST

    I have a Moto G6 w/ 32GB internal storage and a 128GB SD card that's formatted as internal storage and running Android 9. In settings it says storages is 27% used w/ 31.43GB internal and 11.11GB on the SD card.

    I get intermittent, but frequent, warnings about being low on space and sometimes it gets slow and I'll get warnings about things Not Responding, with Close/Wait options.

    I'm happy enough with the phone except for it's not properly using the space available to it.

    I used to have the SD card as external storage which let me put things like podcast downloads and such on the SD card but it would still give me warnings periodically. The difference now is that can't tell the podcatcher to put it's files on the SD card because in it's dialog it all shows up as internal.

    Is there anything I can do to fix it?

    Thanks

    submitted by /u/Awfki
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    I would like to use Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on my LG v20, android 8 - can someone suggest a tutorial which is reliable? I found some online but since I don't have any experience with ADB it is very hard to evaluate how reliable they are :) TY

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 05:24 AM PST

    I'd like to enable ADB in order to remove bloatware from my LG v20.

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    Per-device location history

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:38 AM PST

    I have a phone and a tablet, and often I will leave my tablet at home where my wife can use it. But if we both use the devices logged in to my google account, my timeline gets all messed up.

    Is there a way to disable the location history per device? Going in to turn it off takes me to my google account settings

    submitted by /u/Pantsman0
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    how can i encrypt/lock documents in Android ?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:27 AM PST

    i'm going to be sending my bank info to my employer and would like to lock the text document i'm going to be sending. Any recommendations/FOSS apps ?

    submitted by /u/Slovantes
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    How can I make a spreadsheet/table with all my contacts?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:02 AM PST

    How can I make a spreadsheet/table of all my contacts?

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    Sysid.dat is it spyware or a part of Android?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 03:56 AM PST

    I was cleaning up my files in Android this morning and I came across a pair of files in seperate parts of the Android folder. The first located in the /data folder and the other in the /obj folder. Both were called "sysid.dat" and inside a folder called ".um". Google searches didn't lead anywhere useful which was a red flag to me, a lot of the sites referencing sysid.dat seemed like garbage pages and suspicious. There was only a single reddit post, and a stackexchange post asking questions about it, but no one seems to be certain in them as to what it is. Does anyone here have any idea?

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    File Locations: "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/.um/sysid.dat" "/storage/emulated/0/Android/obj/.um/sysid.dat"

    submitted by /u/Le-Dook
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    Help resetting S9

    Posted: 26 Jan 2021 09:48 PM PST

    Hello, iPhone user here so I am not familiar with android devices. I have an old work phone (Galaxy S9 on android 8.0.) I was told to keep it after the company shut down. The phone has an old work contact I am not in touch with listed as a Samsung account under 'accounts'. My Gmail account is also added here but I believe the Samsung account might be the main one? If I factory reset this device will the FRP kick in and will I need the Samsung account password? Will I be able to log back in with my gmail account? Is there a way to remove the Samsung account without the password?

    Thanks in advance!

    submitted by /u/kyotonow1988
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    How can I control which of my contacts I give permission for an app to access?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 03:38 AM PST

    Many apps ask for permission to access my contacts. I have a lot of contacts, and I am ok with giving permission to access just a few contacts of my choosing. How can I control which of my contacts I give permission for an app to access?

    submitted by /u/moshe4sale
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    DNS CLI change

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 03:37 AM PST

    Hi folks.

    I was trying to decouple my DNS from Google and my local ISP. Instead I wanted to useuse MIT and Cloudflare.

    I changed the DNS Server on my router to those respective DNS and rightly so I do seem to have quicker results and I no longer see the ISP search page for invalid domains.

    However, when I open Termux and do a dig to random domain I see it queries Google's joint still.

    What gives? I've changed on the router itself and I've even made a static IP for WiFi AP location in Android (and entered the same preferred DNS resolvers). Yet, the Termux test still gives resolves thru 8.8.8.8

    Is there another section I'm missing

    $ dig orange.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.14.4 <<>> orange.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55856 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

    ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;orange.com. IN A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION: orange.com. 212 IN A 90.84.180.167

    ;; Query time: 34 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Wed Jan 27 06:28:08 EST 2021 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55

    $ cat /etc/resolv.conf The program 'cat' is not installed. Install it by executing: pkg install busybox or pkg install coreutils $ less $_ The program 'less' is not installed. Install it by executing: pkg install busybox or pkg install less $ more $_ The program 'more' is not installed. Install it by executing: pkg install busybox

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    Phone buzzing more annoyingly than stewie calling for mommy

    Posted: 27 Jan 2021 03:09 AM PST

    I have a recurring issue with my phone in that it vibrates like i get a notification at random. Sometimes several in a second, most often never with more than a minute of two in between... Its incredibly annoying, and takes me out of apps, disengages searches in browsers and so on. Its a oneplus 7 pro, about a year and a half old, and i have had the problem for maybe 2 months. It persists even with all notifications turned off for all apps in settings, and no app running in the background.

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