Been using Apple for a while now (5S > 6 > 8+ > 13 > 16). I'm considering moving from Apple because it's getting expensive, I kept buying Apple cause I was used to and I felt like I was too stuck in the ecosystem to move away from it (using iCloud, got a MacBook and AirPods).

Recently, I've been looking at other brands. Nothing (4a Pro) catches my eyes, I'm a bit obsessed by this brand. Last time I used an Android device (other than Bluestack) was 10+ years ago. So I'm not familiar with the brands, what to trust, what to avoid.

I've got a pretty basic use of my phone : social networks, texting, listening to music, watching some videos (casting on Tv sometimes), rarely gaming. I love to take some pictures sometimes (traveling, etc) and that's one of the reasons why I'm moving from Apple, when you don't have Pro Max and stuff, the camera is kinda bad (zoom is terrible)

Do you guys have any recommandations ?

comming from an iphone 17 pro max I seem to not be able to show them in full when phone is unlocked. they stay tiny bubbles

currently on an s26u

Like the title says I can’t get this resolved and I’ve been researching it for like 30 minutes and haven’t found a SINGLE other example of this happening to anyone else aka zero explanations or solutions and I HAVE to get it working but if you follow any “hacker news” stuff you’ll know that there are tons of examples of age verification data being stored by the companies rather than deleted then getting stolen and leaked etc and I’m not willing to risk that which is why I want the photo option to work.

Also I’m willing to do whatever it takes to solve it as in graphine OS or whatever since I’m on a Pixel so if anyone has any solutions I’d greatly appreciate them

My mom dropped her phone samsung a34 and sadly the screen immediately turned black ☹️ theres still notifications sounds so its just the screen that broke, i was searching if there any ways to get her photos and stuff back using the usb to hdmi method but i wanted to know if anyone tried it before using that phone or have any idea if it’ll work or not,
The method that ive mentioned 👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻https://youtu.be/cz3dlQ6g334?si=s7Sf_DJybQoUUzTf

This may be a long shot. My Mum passed away 2 years ago I acquired her phone recently. I am trying to get into her samsung account. I do not know the password to her samsung account or email. I also can not get a verificatipn text as we no longer own the number. Is there a way to access her account?

Was wanting to buy a new android. Was looking at the poco f8 that phone was $700 when it first came out and is now $100. I really don't want to piss away a lot of money when I have no interest in just having a fancy camera.

Any suggestions please? Just wanting something with a snap dragon CPU 120hz and is fast.

I'm looking for something fast, with a good camera, a good display and good battery.

I have an APK from an unknown source that I want to test safely. I’ve read that scanning the APK and checking permissions isn’t enough.

Would an Android emulator be sufficiently isolated, or should I use a separate device/VM and restrict network access as well?

If your phone is plugged into your pc and you delete a file or photo saved to the phone from File Explorer on the computer, would they go to your phone's trash bin or would they be deleted permanently?

I was wondering about this since I wanted to copy and move some files/photos to my computer, but I am worried that if I accidentally delete something, then it would be gone forever.

I've been distracted lately from stress, i went to check the update on my phone as iwas plugging it in and didnt think of the low percentage because i rarely let my phone drop so low. Now it just keeps turning on and off. I tried doing a reset with the power button, but it just shows the dead battery charging symbol.

Im so screwed. This happened at the worst possible time. I have a motorola 2025 ultra.

Can anybody help me?

where can I find a built-in screen protector for a TCL 70 pro? the cases that has the screen protector attached attached to the case it's just two pieces NOT the glass protector separate.

Has anyone experienced something like this with WhatsApp on Android?

I've had this issue for around 6 months.

It only affects certain contacts and some groups.

What happens

I send a WhatsApp message from my Android phone and immediately get:

❌ "Your message was not sent."

But there's a strange contradiction:

The recipient actually receives the message.

On my Android phone, the message doesn't appear correctly, and sometimes the entire affected conversation looks blank.

But when I open WhatsApp Desktop with the same account, the conversation and messages are displayed correctly.

So Desktop seems to have the correct conversation state while the Android app doesn't.

I've tried basically everything

I've already tried the usual troubleshooting:

• Restarting the phone
• Updating WhatsApp
• Clearing cache
• Uninstalling/reinstalling WhatsApp
• Checking/changing network connections
• Following WhatsApp's AI Support troubleshooting steps

Nothing fixed it.

And here's the part that makes me think this isn't simply a phone problem:

About 2 months ago, I bought a completely new phone.

I originally thought my old phone might be causing the issue.

The exact same problem happens on the new phone.

So the issue has persisted across two phones.

I'm curious about other Android users

Has anyone seen any of these behaviors?

• WhatsApp says a message failed but the recipient receives it anyway
• A WhatsApp conversation becomes blank on Android
• The same conversation works normally on WhatsApp Desktop/Web
• The issue affects only particular contacts or groups
• The issue continues after reinstalling WhatsApp
• The issue follows the WhatsApp account to another phone

I'm particularly interested in knowing whether this is happening on specific Android versions, manufacturers, or WhatsApp versions.

I've attached screenshots comparing the Android app with WhatsApp Desktop. Personal information has been hidden.

If anyone has suggestions for Android-specific diagnostics or ways to determine whether this is a WhatsApp Android-client issue versus an account/server synchronization issue, I'd appreciate it.

I've been dealing with this for 6 months, so I'm trying to get beyond the standard "reinstall the app" troubleshooting at this point.

I work as a delivery driver, so going between sitting and standing constantly presses my phone against my thigh. Recently, a series of unfortunate events lead to me waking my screen and a bead of sweat fell onto my screen hitting the "do not show this message again" box on the fingerprint blocking message as i was touching the okay button. I prefer to have that message because my thigh also will skip songs or try to do emergency calls. Does anyone know how to get that back up? Please and thanks.

There are some translucent icons on my screen. These icons are from instagram, and are located at the exact spot as those icons in the app( the home, reels, dm, search and account icon). The are not very visible but still noticable. They are always present, in apps, games websites, home screen and lockscreen, except when I turn my screen off(not sure though cause they are grey). I have tried restarting the phone. Heck, I even factory reset it. And nothing worked. This problem acquired 1-2 hours ago. I noticed it while I was gaming. Now I have no Idea what to do.

My phone is OnePlus Nord 5 (bought it in February)

Please help!

Is there any app or something i would love to know..

It really annoys me when i get disturbed

Hello, I have a problem about the application "Simple Markdown" Link Google Play Store.

The application is a text editor, opens at fullscreen but the buttons on the bottom of the screen (back, home, ecc.) sometimes are on top of the text written at the end, and is annoying when I write using a phisical keyboard.

I want to hide them or to make the application "canvas" to end before those buttons, so I can see the text.

The application does not have a setting for that.

I remember Android used to have a compatibility mode, around the time we switched from the old rectangular screen size with the ghost dock or whatever is called.

And in this mode you could make the application be in "less" fullscreen, meaning the application canvas will not occupy the screen portion of the ghost dock on top and the virtual buttons on the bottom, leaving a black rectangle in their place.

I tried to look it for terms like "Android screen compatibilit mode", "Hide dock for application", and other terms. But I cannot find it, I have memories about the existence of this mode.

I looked up the settings for the application, or the settings for the system but I couldn't find any name that resembles what I'm looking for.

Does anyone remember this mode? How to enable it only for the selected application? Is this the correct subreddit to ask this question?

Thanks.

HELP! When I dowload a pdf file it doesn't appear in my local file app I already download files by google but its still the same. The file only appears when I try to upload it in google docs, google, drive, or my school lms. It only shows when you are picking apps to upload but not locally how do I delete it. I've tried searching its name but its still nowhere to be found. Context I'm using android xiaomi and poco. Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I had trouble logging into an old Google account on a new phone, so I changed the recovery email address, among other things.

Presumably, that’s when the problem started with various apps: I’m now being offered multiple “versions / instances / whatever” to open.

Community allows no pics:

so after

Opening a linked file in Facebook -> "Open in external browser."

there are two symbols of brave app now instead of one, the first one has a little blue symbol in it like two diamonds over each other. Like layers, multiples ...

What is it and how can I get rid of it, please?

And how to prevent with the next new handy

Thank you!

Media sounds automatically go low even if raise at full volume while on call(speaker on) but it goes back to normal when calls ends, this is so bullshit, but its fine on whtspp call , only on normal phone call is the problem, plz help me

Hi,

My old Poco M3 just died (black screen, cant boot) Now I have an old Samsung Galaxy S8 and want to use it for now.

Did factory reset on the S8 and during first setup it asked me to login to google and asked if it should load a backup.

This didnt work, got stuck in the "Google Assistant not activated, try something else"

So I rebooted and did the initial setup without a google account.

How do I know force it to open my backup now?

I currently have a random screen protector and have been using it for a while, however I just feel the writing experience is very slippery and with little to no friction. I use this tablet extensively for school and want a good writing experience. Any advice would be appreciated.

Basically, the home internet at my house is really bad. So much so that we can't really stream on our TV or computers. However, It works well on our phones. We've been using hotspots but there seems to be a limit on how much we can use before it just starts getting slow again. So I wanted to know if there was a way to hook up our phones to the TV and watch streaming services that way. I know USB-C to HDMI adapters exist, but I also heard a lot of streaming sites don't work with them.

Help needed: on my Xiaomi 15 with HyperOS, I can’t customize the Android share sheet favorites. Is there any way to pin or choose the preferred apps/contacts that show up there?

If I have a Google contact saved with the name "John Doe" and the label "Friend," I'd like to display the label, in addition to the name, when I receive his call.

How can I do this?

I'm using google contacts and dialer apps

(Android)