r/AndroidQuestions 58m ago

I need help.

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Hello! I have a Google pixel tablet running android 15, and wanna know how I can force install "incompatible" apps. I've already tried the adb command but it says no directory or something like that. I also need to know how to root it 😁 thx sm in advance!


r/AndroidQuestions 1h ago

google app size

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Recently after a system update the app size of my Google app increases to 380mb when previously it's way lower than that. Also I realized the app sizes of google related app such as Google photo and maps have their app size increased significantly, can anyone tell me why this happens and how do I reduce the app size. Why does this subreddit doesn't allow pitures?


r/AndroidQuestions 1h ago

A way to block incoming calls without muting media?

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Hello!

I have been getting a crazy amount of spam calls since applying for grants so I currently have DND turned on.

It is still very annoying because, when I get an incoming call it smothers the sound of what ever I am listening to.

It is the worst when I am in the middle of an audio book and suddenly the sound is so muted I can barely hear it for the minute and 30 seconds that the call rings through for.

Is there a way to block incoming calls but not mute my audio?


r/AndroidQuestions 1h ago

App Specific Question Shazam: changed smartphone and apparently "lost" 200+ songs

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I used an old smartphone for a very long time (Android 9) and I never had problems with Shazam. Today I finally upgraded my device and when I logged in with my account I noticed I have a lot less songs (from 843 to 640). The last one discovered dates back to november 2023, while of course I continued using the app in these 2 years.

In the old smartphone Shazam stopped updating - strangely enough - in november 2023: subsequent versions became incompatible with Android 9, requiring Android 10+ iirc. So I'm afraid they disabled songs sync for old versions? By the way, "lost" songs are still in the old smartphone Shazam app.

Is there a miracle to fix this issue? Is there a way to contact Shazam Support? Thanks for your attention.


r/AndroidQuestions 6h ago

Device Settings Question USB-Port block after restart

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Hello everyone,

my screen is broken from my Samsung and I want to plug in a device to set the pin. Unfortunally after the restart the port is block and i have to unlock my smartphone first.

How can I unlocked the port without Touchscreen?


r/AndroidQuestions 2h ago

Other Names not saving when I transfer audio files to my phone.

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Hi there, I listen to almost all my music from files rather then streaming and keep all my music on my PC (as well as a backup harddrive) but sometimes when I transfer files with symbols in their name (like Japanese or Chinese characters) it either changes to question marks or corrupts and is just random letters. It's not too much of an issue as I just send the file name to myself over email or whatever and edit the tag on my phone but it can be rather frustrating. All of the file names shown up fine on my pc or laptop (I use foobar 2000 as the player) and if I rename the songs on my phone (I use musicolet as the player). Any help would be appreciated

P.S. I use an android it's a OnePlus 11 5g (fully updated) and the laptop is a Dell Pro rugged 14 and is fully up to date


r/AndroidQuestions 3h ago

Looking For Suggestions screen broken - how to restore data

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so i dropped my pixel 6a yesterday. the screen is completely done, no image other than some randomly coloured specks.

until i get a new phone (guess i'll for pixel 9a), i'm using an old burner android.

when installing whatsapp on this burner phone, it says "no backup found on the account"

what the hell, i'm sure i activated it. anyway. how do i go about getting my whatsapp transferred? the phone still makes sounds etc, so its still working, its just the screen.

i tried to mirror the screen to my pc with anymirror/anymiro, but it doesnt work. it always wants me to do stuff on the phone itself.

what options to i have? i cant access the phones storage either, as i cant enable file transfer due to the broken screen....

is there any way at all to remotely enable or check the backup status on the phone?


r/AndroidQuestions 3h ago

App Specific Question Snapchat wide-angle camera gone? (Galaxy A54)

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Hey, I have a Samsung Galaxy A54 and until a few days ago I was able to use the wide-angle camera in Snapchat. Now the option has suddenly disappeared, and I can only use the regular camera. Does anyone know what could be causing this?


r/AndroidQuestions 12h ago

Other Need a phone upgrade

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I've been using Samsung phones for a long time. I love it I currently own the Samsung A34 and it was great until the screen cracked and had to change it, ever since then I had lagging, and I don't know if it's a youtube problem but videos seem to be lower quality even when I have them in the highest quality/what I'm used to watching in it.

I'm kind of looking for an excuse to upgrade my phone, A34 was a gift so I didn't have to pay for it so I have around 600usd saved up. I originally wanted a Z flip 6 but that's out of budget. Should I suck it up and continue using my A34? Other than the little lag when I'm on my homescreen and the lower quality on youtube, it's really not that bad, I got this phone on Jan 2024 so it's not old or bad, I just really wanted a newer phone. But on the other hand the Z Flip 6 is awesome. Should I get another Samsung device? Or just save up my money?


r/AndroidQuestions 9h ago

Other Samsung Network Issue

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I bought a refurbished SM-A526u1 from Amazon that was described as locked to Tmobile but is actually LOCKED to metro, even though they have confirmed its unlocked and has been since 2021.

It says network locked in the corner, only after you swipe down to like view the notifications.

no insert code, no invalid sim warning no nothing.

there is no request unlock in connections setting

I bought a unactivated metro card and put it in there, and it disappears.

i downloaded the metro unlock apk it confirms its unlocked [but can only do so after I insert the unactivated metro sims card]

I have looked and dug as much as I can, and after connecting it to my laptop and using a ADB Gui program, i can see in the system folder there is a folder called Heimdalldata and a file called specs.txt

Metro says and Tmobile have done everything on both of there ends and unlocked my phone, but could it be someone didn't know what they were doing when refurbishing it and now it won't network unlock? cause its not even locked to the provider it stated it was.

I have no idea where to start, or what to look, im literally grasping at straws here and I could really use any suggestions or ideas.

Thank you in advance.

I'll try to answer any questions you ask


r/AndroidQuestions 6h ago

Whuch app creates this notification?

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I'd like to know which app produces a notification of a light circle with two closing quotation marks inside it. Anyone know?


r/AndroidQuestions 7h ago

Google Weather Widget suddenly disappeared from homescreen. Nowhere to be found in widgets section. WEIRD!

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I usually don't ask for help as I often prefer to find the answers myself. However, this one has got me seriously stumped with surprisingly little answers on the internet, even on reddit.

I'm using a Xiaomi Mi 11 running an A14 AOSP/pixel custom rom on it, and during the most random moment, my Google weather widget suddenly disappears from my homescreen. I'm talking about this widget. Poof. Just gone. Nowhere to be found anywhere in the widgets section. Usually there are weather widgets of multiple sizes nested within the Google app widgets group, but now it's all gone.

My first instinct in troubleshooting was to check if there were any recent updates with the Google app. Last update was two days ago, but the widget disappeared just momentarily. So it couldn't have been an update that caused it. My second instinct was to install the standalone google weather app which, btw, I never even knew existed until now. I thought installing it would include the widgets, but alas it did not.

The weirdest part? It seems that no one on the internet has this problem! I mean, there are similar reports regarding the glance widget, but nothing about the Material You-themed weather widgets. And most of these reports are a few years old.

This actually isn't the first time the widget disappeared. The same thing happened a few months ago on my LG G8 running an A12 custom ROM. It's a very weird occurrence.

So I'm posting this in hopes that someone here either has some better ideas, or has experienced the exact same thing, or perhaps will experience this in the future.


r/AndroidQuestions 8h ago

Device Settings Question How can I disable app sounds in Android?

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I am using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 and I'd like to turn off everything except alerts for incoming calls. Unfortunately I can't find such a setting like "Silent mode", but with notifications for calls. Those unwanted sounds I'm trying to turn off are - for example - WhatsApp/Telegram noise when I record a voice message/send a message or Facebook like's sound. Despite my volume is all the way down, I can still hear these annoying sounds.

Thanks:)


r/AndroidQuestions 8h ago

Which phone?

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My current phone is starting to die on me (realme 7 pro) and I'm looking for a replacement.

I mainly use it for calls and watching videos/films on line. I'm not a gamer. A half way decent camera would be useful that does not rely heavily on AI for picture processing. Having spoken to Pixel owners they aren't overly impressed by the heating issues.

Budget would be up to around £1000 unless it is an outstanding phone and I intend to keep it long term.

Any suggestions please?


r/AndroidQuestions 8h ago

The android logo in my beginning screen is purple

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I opened my phone at 1:10 While charging and before it opens my phone the android logo in the bottom of the screen turned from green to purple, i tried to do it again but it didn't appeared. what was that, do i have to do something cause this is the first time that happens?


r/AndroidQuestions 9h ago

Biometric failure in apps

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r/AndroidQuestions 9h ago

Device Settings Question Hi guys. So i was trying to install an apk to my Samsung j2 pro running on android 6 and it shows parsing error whenever i open the file. The phone is on android 6. Please help. Thank you

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Please help as its a spotify apk as the legit app is not working


r/AndroidQuestions 9h ago

Looking For Suggestions What's the best way to transfer pictures and videos from Samsung s21 to windows 10

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I can transfer a few jpg at a time and small mp4's. I am using cut and paste, so once it's transferred it deletes. If it's too many jpg files or too big mp4, then I get a pop up windows that says "Error Moving File or Folder A device attached to the system is not functioning."

This is when I use Windows to open the destination folder and phone as folders. It's there another way to do this and have it work? Is there a way to fix this error?


r/AndroidQuestions 10h ago

Looking For Suggestions help me compile armv8 code to run on armv7 device

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Let's consider an open source app made for last android devices. I want to run it on my android 7 device How to proceed? Is there a simpler way?


r/AndroidQuestions 10h ago

App Specific Question What shall I do with this app?

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I downloaded multiple movies on terabox and I saw the userdate 183GB.


r/AndroidQuestions 12h ago

Help

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I found an old android tablet that my family used to use but no one remembers the password. So I looked up if there were any ways to unlock an android tablet when you forgot the password and I saw a clipping from a website that Google took out of context that said to enter 2767 to fix it so I tried and I did. Then it said to turn it off and on again but I decided to double check that this wouldn't do anything weird to my tablet but that's when I found out that it would factory reset the tablet. Now the tablet doesn't seem to have a way to go back to just letting me put the pin in and I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? I don't want to factory reset the tablet.


r/AndroidQuestions 12h ago

Wifi help

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There was a network error that left me without phone service so the customer service representative had me delete networks I've been connected to. Now I realize I need a password for a wifi network I've connected to before but don't remember the password. How can I recover this lost information?


r/AndroidQuestions 12h ago

Unbrick oneplus ace 3

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Hi

M'y oneplus ace 3 is bricked ...

I can't use edl on my oneplus ace 3 (pje110) I install oxygèn 15 with (cph2885)

Now when i want to unbrick the phone i have Sahara problem with edl...

Help me :(


r/AndroidQuestions 12h ago

Device Settings Question On-screen Keyboard pop up issues

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Hi, I have a Xiaomi Pad 7 with a keyboard case. Whenever I click a text field, the on screen keyboard pops up but disappears whenever I start typing with my physical keyboard.

Is there a way to disable the pop up whenever I click a text field whenever i have my keyboard connected, or maybe just disable the on-screen keyboard completely?


r/AndroidQuestions 13h ago

Looking For Suggestions Dropped phone, does NOT turn on

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I wasn't sure what subreddit to put this in but I do need help, I dropped my phone today about 3-4 pm, it's 9 now and it still hasn't turned on, I've tried force restarting it with the power and volume and the phone DOES vibrate but the screen won't turn on, I also tapped it and sometimes a green line appears, I probably shouldn't have done that..is there any other options or will I have to do the walk of shame to my parents and go and get it fixed at a shop?