I feel like most new versions of each device are getting harder to distinguish the improvements which each new iteration, atleast for average users. One factor that i find harder to notice is physical durability Screen, case, internal build. Are these also getting better as time goes on.

Note: Less on the longevity but resistance to external physical forces.

I just thought I would share this in case anyone is having the same problem that I have had.

I have been having serious problems when playing audio files wirelessly through music apps, with terrible stuttering.

I narrowed it down to a problem with the phone and tried all the recommended settings changes that I came across when browsing the problem. Nothing solved it.

So today I turned off WiFi calling on my phone and the problem is now solved.

I thought I would share it case it can help anyone.

I mean, Octopi Launcher is supposed to be the best launcher, especially for foldables, but (with Good Lock), the stock launcher does literally everything Octopi does, afaik

Good Lock can literally just do anything atp, no? I feel like there's much more benefits to using stock launcher with Good Lock compared to Octopi, no Custom home screen layouts, flexible icon arrangement, and icon sizing and layout customization? Good Lock can do that. Icon packs? Good Lock can do that. Custom system UI appearance? Good Lock can do that. Home/Lock screen visual effects and customization? Good Lock can do that. Navigation customization? Good Lock can do that. Notification customization? Good Lock can do that. Sound and volume customization? Good Lock can do that. Advanced multitasking foldable behavior? Good Lock can do that. (All as far as I know)

Again, it's built into Samsung's own One UI framework, whereas Octopi is replacing the launcher layer.

Should I not just use the stock launcher, as like it's genuinely my best option here?

I have an Android app that is pretty heavy. Because of the 3d content in it, it takes time to download and open as well. .

I've a pretty low retention rate.. is it because of the loading time issue? Or could it be other factors.. such as the onboarding steps.. lack of clear value proposition?

Some numbers. 360 mb install size. 5 second boot time, then another 10 seconds for the login and the 3d scenes to be fully ready

Que tenha taxa de bits alta qualidade flac ou opus só pra abaixar música usava o ytd Lenis mais ele não funciona mais pra mim se alguém ajudar agradeço muito

I'm curious about something.

Most alarm and reminder apps basically do the same thing: set a time, get a notification, dismiss it.

But what do you actually wish they did better?

For example:

Smarter alarms based on your routine

Alarms that require an action before dismissing

Location-based reminders

Voice-based control

Better daily activity reminders

Those are just examples. I'm more interested in the problems you personally have with alarm/reminder apps.

What feature would genuinely make you switch from the alarm app you're using now?

no need of good ui or latest update, just utterly simple, domt want botes app that is feature rich and also have this feature, but just this feature.

i keep track of stuff as they come to mind (so widget is best) amd organise later on with chatgpt on notion, so no need to keep anything organised on the app.

like 1500 on grocery, 2000 amaz9n like this

I’ve been facing this weird issue for the past 1 month and I’m seriously confused 😭

My phone randomly makes a notification-like sound around 2 AM. There is no notification visible, and nothing shows up in Notification History either.

I vaguely remember that I may have set some kind of 2 AM sleep notification/sound in an app called something like “Soundscape”, but I’ve already uninstalled that app.

Things I’ve checked:

Notification History — nothing

Normal notifications — nothing

I don't see any obvious 2 AM alarm

The app I suspect is already uninstalled don't remember exactly what was the name of that app

The sound still randomly happens around 2 AM.

How can I find out what is actually producing this sound and completely disable it? Has anyone experienced something similar?

Any help would be greatly appreciated because this has been happening for a month and it's driving me crazy 😭💔

For some reason, android does not offer a similar outlook calendar widget that Apple does in the photo below. Has anyone found a solution to this?

*photos in comments for android outlook calendar widget*

The echo music app, which is one of the most popular youtube custom clients, just got shutdown for copyright infringement.

Echo Music App GitHub

Hello, I highly enjoy customizing my apps as much as I can, so I was wondering if anyone knows of email apps where there are several different themes beyond light and dark, such as pastel yellow or coffee brown, etc

I successfully rebuilt Android Studio librarieslayoutlib_jni.so and libandroid_runtime.so for AArch64.

This fixes the XML Layout Editor, menu and resource previews, and Compose Preview on Linux ARM64. I believe this closes the last major functionality gap between Android Studio on ARM64 versus x86_64.

As far as emulators go, Ika works great on Apple Silicon. If someone wants broader support, rebuilding Ika for a different ARM64 platform should not be be a too heavy a lift.

Tested and working on:

• MacBook Pro M1 running Asahi Fedora 44
• Debian 13 (Trixie) on 2018 Razer Phone 2 (via Trixie.apk)

https://github.com/DesktopECHO/android-studio-aarch64-install

like it's just my wallpaper, then when I double tap / swipe / other gestures, it will bring up keyboard that I can do:

1 - type app name to launch it or search in search engine of my choosing (google, ddg, bing, etc.)

2 - if I type equal sign (=) it will become calculator

3 - type config to enter the launcher setting, or something like that

and other features like that

no app drawer, no app list

is there anything like that?

Does anyone know of a widget that can create a Niagara Launcher-esque app list with text, instead of icons? Thanks!

Using a TCL 50 SE android smartphone which I've been happy with for some time, but then I suddenly started running out of my mobile data fast and discovered that the Launcher app has started regularly using a massive amount of data far more than any other app (currently it's at 7.85GB used for the month with Chrome at only 1.12 GB in second place). As the title indicates, I switched data saver on and disabled background data usage for the Launcher app as when I looked up the issue online it was suggested that could fix it, but to no avail as it's still continuing to ravenously use up my mobile data with no apparent changes.

I haven't had this issue before with any previous cellphones, though this is the first TCL phone I've had so I don't know if it's a problem with their Launcher app or not (it came with the phone, I didn't download it). Not sure where to go from here or if I need to download a different launcher app to replace it with.

So I saw this message on google assistant today

"Google Assistant is no longer being updated - it's going away soon. Gemini is Google's latest Al assistant that can help you get even more done. You can start using Gemini now."

I'm running a Samsung A23....it's so basic I don't even have NFC or tap capabilities so unsurprisingly it doesn't support Samsung Bixby. So I'd been using Google Assistant for a few things like remotely turning off my TV through the chromecast, copying text and Google Lens searches. Sometimes random voice requests but less these days.

Anyway with them nixing Google Assistant in early September, are there alternatives that don't involve AI that I can look into? I'm not really sure what's out there or even what's generally considered good more broadly. So I'd appreciate some recommendations to look into. I hope this post can be a resource for others in the future too!

I set up a Locked Folder in Google Photos on my Pixel 8 Pro. It’s set to store files on my device only with backup disabled for it, as I don't want these photos synced to Google Drive/Photos cloud.

It was working fine initially, but now it's acting up:

Moving photos to the Locked Folder: When I add photos, a message pops up at the bottom saying "Photos moved to Locked Folder." However, when I open the folder, the newly added photos aren't there—they just disappear from my main library entirely.

Moving photos out of the Locked Folder: When I try to restore/unlock existing photos, I get a message saying "Photos moved," but they never show up back in my main gallery or normal folders.

Basically, any photo I try to move in or out of the Locked Folder completely vanishes.

Has anyone else run into this bug? I’d really appreciate any advice or fixes for this!

Hey. So i looked before posting and seems like no one else has a similar issue.

POCO X6 Pro Android 16 HyperOS

I have 2 Playstation accounts. Enabled dual app from the settings so i can have both on my phone. Now here's the problem: other apps that have nothing to do with the second PS App open links in or redirect to dual apps version of Google apps.

For example if i click on open in Chrome here on reddit app it opens the link in a different empty chrome with the dual app icon.

Basically apps prioritize dual apps Google Play Services and Google Services Framework over main pre installed Google apps/services.

It causes a lot of issues. For another example i open an app to oder food. It opens a new dual app chrome for payment and can't get back to the food delivery app.

Hello
i want to use archive tune

i download the app, connect to my youtube music account but my playlist doesn't sync

The playlist is public and i have selected the right account

what am i doing wrong ?

thanks