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    Android Questions: Trying to fix reboot loop; Where does one [legally & safely] get an update file for adb sideloading?

    Android Questions: Trying to fix reboot loop; Where does one [legally & safely] get an update file for adb sideloading?


    Trying to fix reboot loop; Where does one [legally & safely] get an update file for adb sideloading?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 12:05 PM PDT

    I have a Galaxy S6 that's in a reboot loop, and I'd prefer not to factory reset it due to the length of time since the last backup. I don't think it's a hardware issue because it will stay "up" for as long as I want in the recovery boot screen, but it shuts down/reboots a few seconds after loading the Android home screen.

    My thought was to reapply the latest system update via adb in case there was an update that failed on the device/if it turned off at an inopportune time (at this point I'm grasping at straws). However, I don't know where one gets official files that would match OTA updates. (e.g. sideloading guides like this one tend to start with "assuming you have a copy" or some such language) Could someone provide any guidance on this?

    Other possibly relevant information, including what I've tried for fixing the reboot loop, in case anyone wants to offer advice on that:

    • Carrier: Verizon
    • Phone is not rooted/has the default bootloader.
    • I've tried clearing the cache partition, but reboots continued.
    • Booting in safe mode still results in reboot loop.
    • Reboot loop persists even when connected to external power. Buttons are not blocked/perpetually depressed, since I have used the volume buttons, the power button, and the "home" button for selecting items in the recovery screen.
    • Turning on airplane mode in the few seconds while the home screen was up seems to have lengthened the time between startup and reboot by a couple seconds, but it's still in a reboot loop
    • I've taken the back off the phone and disconnected/reconnected the battery (bc this is what I'd do with a laptop), but this resulted in no change.
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    Screen off sound notifications on vibrate mode?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 11:54 AM PDT

    I have a Galaxy Note 9 running Android 10. I usually keep my phone in vibrate mode only. Recently, when my phone screen is off, whenever I get a notification it makes my notification sound in addition to vibrating. I have tried to toggle my notification sound to Silent both system-wide and within the individual apps that I'm often getting notifications from (Whatsapp, Textra, Gmail, ect) but have had no luck so far.

    Anyone know of a similar issue and a fix?

    submitted by /u/goosey27
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    Audio files automatically downloaded to phone

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 10:49 AM PDT

    I was going to play some music from my phone, so I went to my music playing app when I noticed there were some weird audio files appearing along with my music. They're supposed to be notification sounds I think, but I never downloaded them.

    I went to files to see where they came from, and they were added to my phone 17 hours ago (as of typing this) and are located in a file called com.google.android.gm, which apparently is Gmail. So, why were these downloaded to my phone and is it ok to delete them?

    submitted by /u/_Error__404_
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    My microphone is not working

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 10:02 AM PDT

    I have a huawei mate 10 pro running on android 10 (not rooted) and my microphone is not working when I use the speaker on a phone call (voice or video calls) . However it works on normal calls, videos and voice recordings . Is it possible to use the microphone that works instead of the one that doesn't?

    submitted by /u/shifoc
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    Can the case of samsung s7 fe fit in samsung s7 plus?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 07:36 AM PDT

    My friend is buying a case online but not sure if it'll fit

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    If I take my finger off the screen for more than 3 seconds and touch my phone screen it treats the next time I touch the screen as a click, even before I take my finger off the screen.

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:49 AM PDT

    I'm using a note 20 ultra and have been experiencing this for maybe 3 weeks, or at least that's when I started to notice it. It's very annoying when browsing reddit or any website. I haven't tried anything other than turning it off

    Edit: was able to fix it by going to setting, going to apps, clicking in the 3 dots in the top corner and reseting app preferences

    submitted by /u/KPIH
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    Question About LG

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 12:51 PM PDT

    So with LG shutdown down phone production. Will I need to get a new phone?

    submitted by /u/crazyGenZ2001
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    accidently deleted all files please help

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 12:49 PM PDT

    i dont know if this is the right subreddit to post but im panicking right now.

    My dad wanted has a samsung galaxy 9. He asked me to edit a video of his so I went on edit video and it said i wouldn't do this feature because storage was full. I was clicking random options in folders and deleting them not thinking much of it because I just saw names like alarm etc.

    I went back to gallery and realised I've deleted EVERY ONE OF HIS PICTURES WHICH GO BACK TO LIKE 2018...

    I even tried downloading picture recovery apps and nothing. Please help me my dad's seriously gonna kill me.

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    Reseal and redirects?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 08:22 AM PDT

    Hi I have recently bought a Samsung s20 fe 5G and it has raised some concerns. Firstly, the seal says it was a European model that was bought by 'Reseal ltd' to be opened and the changes were adding a uk 3 pin plug changing the firmware to English and adding a English help manual. I guess it makes sense but I would've thought Samsung has their own separate uk models of this phone and done it themselves. I also tried to search the company reseal ltd up but not much came up. Is revealing of a brand new phone allowed to be done third parties and is the company legitimate? Also the chrome app when opened the first tab is always redirected to 'blue news' link name is bluewin.ch which is extremely suspicious and I am worried it is adware or something put in by reseal ltd as they were the people who opened it and changed the firmware. Does anyone else's chrome get redirected to that site? If you think this is suspicious any suggestions on what I should do?

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    What is global native rom?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 09:43 AM PDT

    I'm looking to buy a new phone and on the site in buying from it says the phone is from Hong Kong and has "Global NATIVE version" of the phone's ROM. Could anyone tell me what it means as I don't want a phone without Google services and apps

    submitted by /u/H4MZ4_M
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    My phone no longer detects my headphones

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 09:31 AM PDT

    Hi there.

    I have a pair of totally new headphones so they are not the issue, i've tried them with my laptop as well and they work fine. My phone was able to detect them before but all of a sudden not at all. When I plug my headphones in and play music the sound plays out the speakers instead. It doesn't matter if I play from my music app or Youtube. I also went into audio settings and even when my headphones are plugged in the headphone-section of settings cannot be accessed because it says I need to plug in a pair of headphones first, but they are plugged in... So my phone cannot feel that I plugged headphones in. Still if I unplug the headphones the music pauses on my phone and same if I plug them in again so obviously my phone can detect something.

    Restarting does not work. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy J3 and my headphones are Sony.

    submitted by /u/justgirlellipsis
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    Phone automatically downloaded audio under com.google.android.gm

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 05:44 AM PDT

    Today I looked under recently downloaded in files and noticed 12 notifications sounds were downloaded yesterday. I did not purposely download these audios or download any app that would do this. I looked in the details of it and it was under the path :

    android>media>com.google.android.gm>notification

    What exactly is com.google.android.gm and is it normal behaviour for it to download audio itself?

    submitted by /u/Eggtarts27
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    Help recovering an important voicemail

    Posted: 30 Jul 2021 09:25 PM PDT

    Hi there! I have this tradition of listenig to a voicemail I saved from my grandparents every year on my birthday since they passed. My birthday is mid-July, and like the previous years, I opened my Google Music app to listen to my grandparents sing me happy birthday. I panicked this year because I opened the app (the first time since my previous birthday in 2020 because I really only use spotify now) to find that Google music was bought by YouTube. So, I tried checking my internal storage to find it and I can't seem to locate any voicemail past 2020 (I did get an upgraded phone in Jan 2020). At this point, I'm slightly panicking and very very sad. I'm reaching out wondering if there is any way in this magnificent universe that this voicemail is somehwere out there in the void and is retrievable? Thank you for any help you can provide.

    submitted by /u/SugarPlumpFairy37
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    App not installed

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 08:29 AM PDT

    Lately I've been having this problem with installing large files on my phone. The one I'm trying to install is 1.39 gigs. I have over 4 gigs of free space left but every time I try to install any file larger than 1gb, it says "App not installed." And I've never had trouble with this. I've installed a few apps larger than this one before. I've reset all app preferences like other sites told me to but nothing's working

    submitted by /u/TragedyInChains
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    Is there a way to make the status bar icons go dark if there is a light wallpaper?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 07:55 AM PDT

    Samsung A41 extremely slow / unresponsive (Can’t go beyond setup screen)

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 07:22 AM PDT

    So I have a Samsung A41 in good shape (nothing broken etc) But it's extremely extremely slow. I'm at the setup screen where you can choose language etc.. but it takes like 6 seconds EVERY time I choose a language and I can't go beyond the setup screen, because of how slow it is. I already tried recovery boot hard resetting / clearing cache yet nothing works. Anybody a solution please??? Thank you!

    submitted by /u/Buddy551
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    Active Photos keep turning off, greyed out, on a Moto Stylus 2021.

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 07:00 AM PDT

    Updated Android 10 last night. Using Mint mobile. Sometimes, I can change the HDR to off manually, and the option lights up, but like right now, its greyed out and nothing seems to affect it

    submitted by /u/BADgerGrin
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    Hotspot forbide me to use internet on the internet-sharing phone

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 03:04 AM PDT

    Hi all,

    I recently switched from a galaxy S6 on Android 7.0 to a Huawei nova lite 2 on Android 8.0.

    Now, everytime I use the hotspot to share internet, I can't use internet on my phone anymore (the one sharing the wifi), while I could on my previous phone.

    Any ideas on how to change that?

    submitted by /u/leGarulfo
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    Motorola One 5g Ace notification bar appearing randomly

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 06:48 AM PDT

    It happens no matter what app I'm using, there's no specific app notification, just shows the wifi, DND, gps, Bluetooth icons, etc. So it's not app specific, just the plain notification bar randomly sliding down when I'm in the middle of doing something and I have to slide it back up out of my way.

    I've also noticed that sometimes my screen will randomly flash, not in any certain app either and I can't find answers to any of this on Google.

    Anyone else have this happen and we you able to fix it? Thanks!

    submitted by /u/kmodek99
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    Camera dark spots

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 06:30 AM PDT

    This happen after some fall of phone. However I noticed weirdly those dark spots come and leave. Could I possibly fix it? Redmi note 8 Cam . dark spots

    submitted by /u/lopodyths
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    Samsung S21+ Outbound Phone Issue

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 06:15 AM PDT

    I have a Samsung S21+ that I have been using on Bell (Canada) for about 3 months +/-. Starting 2 days ago on outbound phone calls I have been having very weird behaviour and can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. Inbound calls are unaffected.

    On outbound calls at approx. 10 seconds after I initiate the call I get "Number Invalid" and the call terminates with beeping. This happens on about 75% of outbound phone calls. In many cases, the other end answers, I hear them, sometimes (about 50%) they hear me, then the call terminates. Attached in comments is a screen shot of what the message shows.

    Steps I have taken
    1) Unrolled any recent updates to apps, uninstalled apps installed in the last 2 days
    2) Network reset
    3) Factory reset of phone and restore settings
    4) Factory reset of phone and set up fresh

    The issue still persists and curious if anyone can shed some insight.

    submitted by /u/Fr3bbshot
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    Aurora Store: why is it being so ineffective now?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 06:14 AM PDT

    Hi everyone. I used to have AS as my main app-store. Almost all of the apps in other places could I find there. For updatings it was very easy and effective as well. Since a few months although it's all being so poor. 8 of 10 searches give no results and of dozens of apps I installed only 5 updatings are presented. I can't even find the Aurora app itself to see after any updates. Did I miss something, though?

    submitted by /u/betraktaren
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    Ä° cant download some apps on galaxystore cuz it is not avaliable on my region how can i fix it

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 12:12 AM PDT

    is there a way to run an android application in an isolated enironment ?

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 06:06 AM PDT

    so i want to install wechat on my phone BUT im really skeptical about the security of wechat.. further, i have read alot of things about wechat like consuming too much space or like the data can be accessed by chinese government and such..

    so to make sure that my phone is safe, i want to install wechat on a isolated environtment just like vmware/virtualbox in windows ?

    thanks!

    submitted by /u/darkalimdor18
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    stuck on fastboot screen

    Posted: 31 Jul 2021 06:06 AM PDT

    i was scrolling trough instagram and then my volume was turning off on its own. I tried to reboot to see if it fixes the problem and now my phone is stuck on Fastboot screen. Any ideas how to fix it? (i'm using Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 global)

    submitted by /u/Itz_Krash
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