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    Android Questions: Made a gmail account for a school project, it somehow took over my google account's old hotmail.com address as the primary address on the google account and can't be changed. Now I can't login to youtube vanced on my phone or access any of my locked photos and files. What do I do?

    Android Questions: Made a gmail account for a school project, it somehow took over my google account's old hotmail.com address as the primary address on the google account and can't be changed. Now I can't login to youtube vanced on my phone or access any of my locked photos and files. What do I do?


    Made a gmail account for a school project, it somehow took over my google account's old hotmail.com address as the primary address on the google account and can't be changed. Now I can't login to youtube vanced on my phone or access any of my locked photos and files. What do I do?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:30 AM PST

    I'll try to go to my account settings for the gallery's content lock or youtube vanced's login, and it says that my older hotmail address is already present on this device, but it can't display my files because technically a different google account is what locked those files. Reinstalling vanced won't even let me login at all now (it says there's a problem communicating with Google's servers when I try to add my account?), although the default Youtube app (filled with ads) still works at the moment and has me logged into it - that's not really a fix though.

    Because google is stupid this is basically leaving me with two options:

    1: Somehow find a way to delete/disable the newer gmail account and hope it doesn't disable my entire google account and just reverts back to having my hotmail account as the primary address, which I assume will put things back to normal and let me access my files and login to youtube vanced. Looking around in google's account settings, it doesn't really look like there's a way to do this from what I can tell.

    2: Remove my locked files from my phone onto my computer and find a way to unencrypt/recover them. Is there even a process or app I can use to accomplish this? If Option 1 doesn't work, are my files going to be lost forever?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. I work in IT and I can't even figure this out, this is ridiculous. Thanks google.

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    why do people call mid range socs like sd 662 or any other as weak? when it could run almost anything you throw at?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 09:26 AM PST

    i see people commenting oh no sd 662 is for playing games like flappy bird. i mean are they insane? sure irs not the most powerful but it can handle most 3d games and what games arent there without graphics settings. for mid range products its decent enough. and some people are like oh no this mid range soc wont last a year. while bragging about how powerful their top soc is and will last few years. i mean i should mind my own business but thesse people are really annoying and probably influence tech illiterate people to buy much expensive things.

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    Copying big files from windows 10 to Android tab s5e not working.

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 12:37 PM PST

    I recently tried to copy a big 4k movie(30gb) to my android tablet(Samsung tab s5e)(internal storage). Every time I try to do this I get an error sound and it does nothing, not even an error message. I tried different files of this size and I have te same problem. I know that fat32 storage can't go higher than 4gb but internal storage should allow bigger files. I also tried it with my Samsung s10 phone an had the same problem again.

    Just to be clear, it's only with really big files. Files of around 2/3gb work fine.

    So how do I fix this so I can watch my movie.

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    Android TV - Camera Problems?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 12:31 PM PST

    So I have this android media box for tv. Seems to work find except the camera.
    https://androidpctv.com/review-x96-air-opinion/

    I have added a basic logitech c270 which works on other machines (not android)

    https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/webcams/c270-hd-webcam.960-000694.html

    I have used the camera app but it just errors and closes upon trying to open it.

    I downloaded Open camera and that opens but claims the camera is in use.
    I have rebooted, uninstalled updates and disabled\reenabled camera app, and also attempted to reset to factory.

    No change.
    As far as I have seen from similar setups it should have the basic drivers n

    I am fairly technical and should be able to get logs / version numbers if needed. Just not sure where to go from here.

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    Is there an app or a built in feature on Android for QuickMemo+?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:53 AM PST

    Hello,

    I've recently upgraded from the LG G6 to the Google Pixel 4a 5G.

    I don't know if this is a G6 specific thing, or is an Android thing. The G6 has this feature called the QuickMemo+. This grabs a screenshot of your screen. You are able to draw on it, as well as write text on the bottom.

    It's there a Pixel version of it, or even an app that enables the user to do this?

    If it makes a difference, the G6 I have has the Android 9 OS, and the 4a 5G has Android 11.

    I thank everyone in advance!

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    How to send all SMS to Gmail?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:21 AM PST

    I used to use SMS Backup+, but that doesn't seem to work anymore.

    It was so nice to be able to use Gmail search to also search text messages.

    How can I get all my SMS text messages into Gmail emails?

    Edit: Nevermind - SMS Backup+ still works after configuring IMAP correctly

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    Is it possible to set a password on TWRP (for older devices that don't support encryption)?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:19 AM PST

    I want to update my Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8013 to a version above 4.1.2, but I don't know how to use/install a custom ROM and such, please help.

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:12 AM PST

    So I factory reset my Galaxy Note 10.1, and when I try to go to the app store it asks for a google account. I put my current one knowing it likely wouldn't work and it didn't as expected. I tried making a new one, but whenever I do so it says that the username isn't able to be found/ made. I can't access the internet on the tablet because it's saying the web address for google youtube etc is not valid. I want to actually be able to use my tablet and not have it as an expensive paperweight. I don't know how to use custom ROMs and I am very concerned that it could brick the tablet. Could someone please help me / instruct me how to get to a version of android that will allow me to access youtube, chrome, and the app store.

    Sorry if this is slightly unclear just ask questions if you need clarification.

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    I'd like to use an app on my Oreo phone that for some reason only works on Jelly Bean (crashes upon start on all other Android versions). Is there any simple tweak to fix this?

    Posted: 16 Feb 2021 05:30 PM PST

    I'm interested in using this app (Sony Walkman, a particular version of it, v. 6). However, it will not run on anything newer than Jelly Bean, pretty sure I tried it on everything from KitKat to 10, on phones from Sony, LG, Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, Samsung... The app instantly crashes with a message that Unfortunately, Walkman has stopped. Now what is especially strange is that version 5, as well as versions 7, 8 (and all their variants) and newer work perfectly on all versions of Android on any device. I'm guessing there is something in versions 6 that specifically requires Jelly Bean, but what can it be? Is there anything that I can do without root that could make the app work on my Oreo phones? Thanks in advance :)

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    Where did my in-app search go?!

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 06:48 AM PST

    Until about 3 days ago, I could pull down from the home screen and search in my apps. Hidden apps would show here, I could search my email this way - it was very useful.

    All of a sudden, a few days ago, the same motion started triggering regular Google search through the assistant. It does not suggest my apps and cannot search my email. Just internet results.

    WTF? What happened?!

    EDIT: LGV40 running Android 10

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    Why do my phono notifications stop the player on my PC?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 10:28 AM PST

    So I wear a bluetooth earpiece that is connected to my phone and my PC. If I have a player playing a video or music and my phone sends a notification the player stops on my PC. Its very annoying. I have tried to change settings to not send the notifications to my headset, but I cannot find any such setting. I have a samsung note 10+ and I installed the sound assistant as well, but still no luck.

    Anyone know how to stop this from happening for good?

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    Double tap is launching camera. how to turn off?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 10:14 AM PST

    I have double tap in Nova Launcher set to turn my screen off. Randomly it seems that double tapping will instead open my camera, and it seemed to have triggered more often with Tasker installed, but it still is happening on a fresh install with no Tasker. No other gestures in Nova are to open camera. I am on a Xaiomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, and it occurs on multiple different roms including Cesium and Sakura (android 11) and Ressurection Remix (android 10).

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    Photos and thumbnails randomly don't match

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 06:09 AM PST

    All of the sudden about a week or so ago I've discovered a problem with the pictures on my phone. Everything is hunky dory in the Google Photos app, but when I open my secondary photo gallery app (used for seeing downloaded/imported pictures stored locally, as well as those uploaded to Google Photos) - Piktures - the thumbnails for some of my pictures don't match. When I press on a "wrong" picture, it enlarges to show the "correct" one. It seems so random as the thumbnails are old pictures. And it doesn't affect every old picture. Further, going forward from a certain recent date all of my pictures are correctly represented and continue to be so.

    And when making a post on Instagram, if I select a "wrong" thumbnail, it will post that "wrong" picture. Unlike in Piktures, it doesn't enlarge to the "correct" one.

    This whole situation is really baffling. I don't know if the error happened with the February Android security update or what. I cleared the caches in Google Photos, Piktures, and Instagram, to no avail. If anyone knows how to get this straightened out, I'd greatly appreciate it.

    BTW if it matters, I'm running stock, up to date Android 11 on a Pixel 4a. No launchers, not rooted, no bells and whistles that mess with the OS.

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    App for remote assistance

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 09:11 AM PST

    I need an app for me to help in troubleshooting problems faced by my parents remotely. However, I don't the level of access that apps like Teamviewer provide. I just need to share the screen so that I can point out what to click without gaining access of the device. I remember I saw an app just like this in a youtube video, but I forgot which one it was. Any suggestions?? I want free apps.

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    Samsung S10+ - Notification badges

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 09:02 AM PST

    I know a few years ago Samsung introduced the 'feature' where if you swipe away a notification, the unread 'badge' that would show on the app icon disappears too. They're obviously not changing this anytime soon and it's really bugging me.

    Any ideas of how to make these work again? I've tried Nova launcher but that also removes the badges once you swipe away.

    Really hope there's a solution as it drives me mad.

    Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions 👍

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    Is there any way to permanently disable Android Auto wireless features?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:56 AM PST

    I just got a brand new car and my pixel 3 now insists on using bluetooth/wifi to connect to the car even when plugged in. Is there any way to make it only use the cable? The wireless service is absolute trash and even basic features like Pandora/maps disconnect/skip literally a dozen times a minute.

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    Play Store / YouTube not working over Cellular

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:46 AM PST

    Downloads from Play Store either say: "Waiting for Download" or Pending. YouTube does not load anything.

    I know this question has been asked 1.3 million times, and a quick Google search comes back with even more guides on how to fix this, but none of them work.

    Brand new Samsung S21+ (T-Mobile).
    Updated to the latest software (RP1A.200720.012.G996USQU1AUAG)
    Using Gmail address and/or gApps account
    Cell data works on all other apps and web browsers. Can make phone calls, send texts and MMS

    Settings in Play Store are set to allow downloads over all networks.

    Cleared Play Store cache and data
    Cleared Play Store services cache and data
    Cleared Download Manager cache and data
    Factory reset device from settings menu
    Factory reset device from recovery screen
    Cleared both cache(s) from recovery screen
    Flashed factory firmware from ODIN (then did factory resets/cleared cache(s))
    Replaced the SIM card
    T-Mobile even REPLACED THE PHONE (and then did all the steps above again)

    Tried different active SIM cards (from other Android phones that work)
    Tried different Gmail accounts (that work on other Android/Samsung phones)

    The last person I spoke to at T-Mobile said this was an issue plaguing the S21 series of phones, and they are waiting for Samsung to provide a fix; but I cannot find any information online about his claim.

    Anyone have any other suggestions outside of what I've already tried?

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    Samsung Note 8 : Force start

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:22 AM PST

    Hey, the power button on my Note 8 stopped functioning and I let the phone run out of battery :( .

    Now it wont turn on, but it charges, bixby button and volume still responsive.

    I tried some common android button combinations to maybe trigger dev mode to no success (probably was not activated)

    Is there a way to trigger a start, maybe through software and usb connection to PC ?

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    Music files 'Hidden'? on device, but viewable if looking at storage via PC. (Samsung S20, Android 11)

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:00 AM PST

    I have an issue where there are some music files that do not appear in the storage (using My Files, pre-installed with Samsung phones)

    I use a music app called "BlackPlayer" which can detect the songs but no other app has been able to view these files (Samsung Music, Automatag). I like to use Automatag to edit the Tags of the files but the app cannot find ~170 of the 2700 song library, all installed in the same location in the internal storage.

    If I connect my device via USB to a laptop and go to where the songs are stored, I can then view these songs which were previously 'missing' from the storage according to my device's storage app. What is going on here?

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    Pinning only requires holding recents button to un-pin instead of two buttons. Is this a setting somehow? Samsung S7 Edge, Rogers/Canada, I use Nova launcher

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 07:58 AM PST

    As the title says; to un-pin apps now I only have to hold recents, which is super simple and easy to accidentally do like if I'm watching Netflix or any app really. I tried uninstalling Nova thinking it had something to do with that, but it didn't change anything. Any ideas?

    Software information for Android https://imgur.com/gallery/sm7nMAA

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    Windows input audio to Android!

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 07:38 AM PST

    Can android receive a wireless audio input via bt or wifi? ( I don't mean a bt headset or mic) -I want my pc audio goes to android as an input audio so i can record it or send voice notes and such things -I used the (your phone) app that's in win 10 but the only thing it could do with my case is just phone calls. - i also tried to connect my phone to win via bt and was able to send android sound to pc but when it comes to recording audio my phone uses the built in mic. I've searched that on google and found nothing but just making phone calls Hope to find an answer here 😊 Sorry for my bad English.

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    How do i flash stock firmware?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 07:26 AM PST

    I have the file (in a .zip) and i need to flah it becuse the device is stuck in a boot loop

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    Anyone else having issues with emojis ?

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 05:48 AM PST

    When I send a SMS through Messages app (it's not every time buts frequent enough) with emojis, it's will send another SMS with the same text body but instead of emojis them replaces it with "??". This has caused some, uncomfortable akwardness when using emojis with people like my ex lol. Any tips or solutions?

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    I am torn between buying the Galaxy M51 and the Galaxy F62. Could you guys please chime in?

    Posted: 16 Feb 2021 09:39 PM PST

    So I was about to go ahead and buy the F62, but everyone on Reddit keeps saying how trash the Exynos 9825 in it is.

    Now, I have googled and googled and googled, and the only differences between the M51 and F62 are:

    1. Snapdragon 730G in M51 vs Exynos 9825 in F62.
    2. One UI Core in M51 vs Full One UI in F62.
    3. Android 10 out of the box in M51 vs Android 11 in F62.
    4. UFS 2.1 in M51 vs [UFS 3.0]? in F62.

    Everything else appears to be exactly the same, be it the cameras, battery, display, RAM, etc.

    So my main question is: Is the Exynos 9825 so bad that I should ignore these advantages and go with the M51?

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    Ps4 wireless controller connected but not responding

    Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:31 AM PST

    I have this issue about my controller where it is connected via bluetooth in my device but when i open steam link or amd link it wont detect my controller even though i am on blue tooth

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