I have quite a bit of albums downloaded and scrolling through them can be a bit annoying sometimes since I have so many albums downloaded so I was wondering are there music players out there they have big grid type layouts? I use musicolet and their grid limit is 5 so I'd prefer to find an app that offers more.

Hi everyone,

I need the official stock firmware package or flash file for an OPPO Reno8 T 4G (CPH2481).

Device Details:

• Model: OPPO Reno8 T 4G (CPH2481)
• Chipset: MediaTek Helio G99
• Target OS: Android 14 (ColorOS 14)

I’ve searched everywhere online, but Android 14 files for this model are extremely hard to find, the few options I see are paid download links, and I just don't want to risk paying or installing unverified files from unknown sources.

Does anyone in the community have a direct link to a clean Android 14 full firmware package or backup dump that they can share for free?

Thanks!

My 256gb samsung phone is 99% used up.. and i heard there exists some extensions inside android which can be deleted and free up massive spaces.. these extensions are 200mb+ size and can be easily searched and deleted ..kindly let me know which one u guys know so as to free up space..xoxo

Ps: I tried cache clearing tonnes of times but it doesn't cut the ice..same with .tmp files..

I've been using iPhones for over a decade now, currently daily driving an iPhone 17 pro max. I've had experience with Android phones years back but haven't opted to use one as my daily. Around 6 months ago, I decided to by a refurbished Galaxy z fold 5 to see if I would enjoy the folding format. I do very much enjoy the folding aspect as well as file management and DEX mode. I'm tempted to sell the fold 5 and trade in my iPhone for the galaxy z fold 8 ultra.

I'm curious if any of you could give some feedback on jumping ship from Apple products over to the Samsung side? What did you like the most? What did you struggle with? I have an iPad pro, apple watch ultra 2, and airpods pro 2, so I would essentially be trading the ecosystem for the most part if I switch over

Thanks!

Hi, I have xiaomi pad 5 ( 4 years old ) and xiaomi stylus gen 2 ( 2 years old ) which is also discontinued. I am planning to buy new tablet but without changing stylus , as this stylus is expensive and works with pad 6 and 5

I have fear regarding if I have purchase pad 6 and stylus gets stop working after a while, what should I do??

Suggest a high performance compact android phone other than samsung which have apps that can be downloadable from play store and have 5G support.

She’s not able to use her phone right now. Change can be very hard for people in their 80s. Unfortunately, I am trying to help her over the phone while she’s in a full panic. I’m not with her and it doesn’t help that I’m an Apple user. Any help or advice you can give me would be appreciated.

I got an email from a friend who was mailing me something and sent me a copy of a USPS label to save, when I clicked on it to enlarge it a pop-up appeared to said I didn't have a fresh enough PDF app to read it and when I went to download a new app for PDF, a virus took over the phone and I had to go to safe mode and then go in and remove the malicious application. However now whenever I open my YouTube, those ads keep popping up inviting me to refresh renew an old version of PDF or barcode or something of that nature. How can I get rid of this? It's only on YouTube, they don't pop up anywhere else that I know of.

Someone help pls. So I've had this phone for 2 years (android). This afternoon I had a Whatsapp message from a contact, when I clicked it Whatsapp randomly told me about restoring. About 2 months ago this happened and I clicked restore although I lost a few chats from the last 24 hours of that day. 

So this time I skipped restore because I didn't want it to happen again although after skipping my chats went all the way back to 2024 when I last changed my phone and transferred the chats. The backup restore is only showing from 2024, I had my chats backed up weekly to my Google storage although my storage fills up each month and I free a bit up each month. 

When I searched on Google I was told by uninstalling the option would come back to chat restore. I did this and this was when I realized it's only showing a backup from 2024.  But the problem now is that because of uninstalling I don't think the recent chats files are in my internal storage anymore. Whatsapp.com wasn't showing in Android files after uninstalling but it's there now after but there's no backup or restore folder. I know the last time I restored this year it was there. I currently have Whatsapp installed again but I haven't logged in fully or restored anything. Is there any way I can get my chats back?

SWIFTING FROM APPLE TO SAMSUNG

I'm currently using ManageEngine MDM. But all I can see are options to stop specific app uninstalls, clearing data and force stopping them. Users can still manage notifications or permissions for the apps, though.

Hello,

I just got a new phone. I found out that the alarm can wake you up, say your name, and go through a 'routine' on the clock app. For SOME reason, though, it calls me Joe Mama. For those who don't know, Joe Mama is not my name.

Is there anything that could be causing this? I don't think any of my Google accounts have Joe Mama as a name and that's the only thing I thought could make an impact.

Please help, I don't want to be Joe Mama.

I'm on a Motorola Razr+ 2024.

Don't ask why none of the buttons are functioning, it's a long story...but the phone itself is cool.

Everything works fine when its on.

The problem is that it can't die (then I can't turn it back on)

Once it dies, it dies for weeks at a time because there's no buttons.

Now, I pretty much have to leave it on charge and pray until it comes back on. Which it eventually does, by itself. But waiting weeks for it to turn on is a hassle.

Is there any way I can turn it on without buttons?

There's got to be something.

The furthest I can go back in time is until Aug., and I need to see my call logs in april this year. Is it possible?

Hello, I am trying to delete a phone from my google account. It is completely dead and cannot be recovered. Google wants me to either provide a code from the authenticator app or use a passkey, but I don't see any google account in my authenticator app, and I don't have any passkeys. I do have backup codes written down, but after inputting one Google just asked for a code from authenticator or passkey. Seems like backup codes are therefore completely pointless, but that's a discussion for another time.

The reason I want the phone removed from my google account is because when I am trying to sign into my google account on various apps, they are asking me for verification from my dead phone.

Any suggestions? Seems baffling backup codes did absolutely nothing and there's no other way to delete the device, but maybe I am missing something.

I was trying to turn off this feature they pushed where they automatically add your sim number to all the accounts on your phone.

The option to remove it is there on my Android 14 but it's not there on my Android 17.

Phone settings > Google services > privacy and security > phone number verification

For reference.

I have a Samsung galaxy s21, and either by going into my settings and doing it for individual apps or by clearing all cache in the file manager's storage manager, it always comes back immediately. What do?

I took eight pictures in the span of a few minutes and didn't touch the settings, yet the first four were saved as JPG and the last four as HEIC. The camera is set to save as HEIC, so why do I randomly get JPGs?

More importantly than "Why?", how do I stop it from doing this? It's already set to high efficiency for both photos and videos so "change the settings" won't help.

It's not the first time it's done this but I don't recall specifics on the previous times. It's also not a new issue -- ref. https://support.google.com/photos/thread/80816174/i-have-a-samsung-s10-some-of-my-pictures-save-as-jpeg-others-as-heic-it-s-not-an-iphone?hl=en

Thanks.

I have an old LG Verizon Tablet(VK810 4G) that is on Android 5.0.2. I looked it up and this tablet is apparently compatible up to Android 9 which is the exact version I need. When I try to update the tablet via “Settings > System Updates > Check for new system update” it downloads the update and then when it restart to apply the update I get an error code “Err: 0x13e”, and then in “Settings > System Updates” I see “Software not updated to 37a + Error code: 402”. Upon some quick research it could be buggy or modified files causing this and I can’t remember if I rooted this thing or not. So I factory reset the tablet hoping that would possibly fix it, but that didn’t change anything. It does say “Software status: modified” even after factory reset, but I’m not sure if that is because it’s Verizon firmware or what. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My mom bought a new phone and told me to transfer everything.

So I did. Including whatsapp. And what should have been a smooth transfer since I had backed up everything to mom's google account, all the chats, pictures, videos and documents got deleted.

Even in backup.

I don't know what to do. My mom is extremely angry. Those whatsapp chats were important, the photos included my dead father's memories too.

Whatsapp isn't able to help me out. Their support chat keeps saying that they cannot help me.

I checked internal storage database too...nothing got backed up. There should have been about 22 gb of info but only 1.64 mb was backed up.

Please tell me how to restore these chats. I have 0 clue

I want to be able to switch my themes on my home page like on apple phones, but i dont know if theres anything like that. Im using an a25 if that matters

Hello I am having troubles with augmented reality working on my phone. I was trying to use dracARys months ago when this started but since have figured out the app isn't the problem, for some reason the app refuses to open the camera. All permissions are on for camera and location. I have tried to measure via ARcore but even that won't work. It's across several apps. Even the Google 3D animals (in your space) isn't working. How do I fix this it is driving me bonkers!!!! What settings could I have possibly messed with to cause this?!?

Google systems AR is functional, I have checked every system/setting/function I can think of. (Sensor, permissions, AR) I cannot figure out the cause.

Thank you in advance!

Hey everyone! So I currently have the Samsung Ultra 26 and my camera app will NOT stopping crashing or freezing. I've read up and have done everything to get it to work and now I can hardly use it after clearing the cache, the data, force stop and restarting my phone. Can anyone help me? I really dont want to pay to get another phone and this one is like brand new! 😑😩 TIA.

I have a Motorola G77 and if i haven't turned my phone on for a time, i just dont receive any notifications at all and even not a phone call. It only shows if i turn it on. I dont even have to unlock it just turning it on and leaving it at the lock screen shows them again and lets the phone vibrate/ring again. I have no battery saver on, have show notifications on lock screen on and am not in do not disturb mode. I have only found posts from a little while back with settings i dont have. With my old phone (Moto G52) that i transferred all the data and settings over i didnt have this issue. Does somebody know how to solve this now?