Top new questions this week:
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I just switched from an iPhone to a Pixel. Whenever I try to open a PDF document, the browser automatically downloads it and ask me to open it elsewhere. I don’t want that; I want an in-browser PDF …
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Problem The data on my phone is encrypted and I do not know how to flash something without decrypting it by using Disable Force Encryption. When the data partition is decrypted I can just copy a file …
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I want to list all files in my phones /data volume using QDirStat, or something simular. On my phone, I’ve used DiskUsage (com.google.android.diskusage) before, but I find the visualization lacking. I …
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How can I suppress notifications, such as Amber alerts, on Android 11? I am getting numerous alerts for which I can do nothing, but my peace is being interrupted by these irrelevant alerts.
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Summary: I want to take pictures with the screen locked, as in the former Android. (Useful for using a phone as a security camera or a timelapse cam. Urgent need.) I want to disable safe mode (…
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My phone is a OnePlus 7T with a root and unlocked bootloader. I was adding face unlocking and I’ve also set up a new PIN code. Everything was working great until the periodic prompt with the need to …
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Android 13 Google Assistant using English and Spanish languages. Opened the Google app, tap my profile, Settings, Google Assistant, English (United States) was already listed and español (Estados …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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This is a common question asked by those who want to root their phones. How exactly do I root my Android device? Are there risks involved?
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The Galaxy S I9000 messaging app automatically converts long SMS messages to MMS. How can I disable this?
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Where in the file system are SMS messages stored? I’m using ES File Explorer to browse around but can’t seem to find this – is it on the phone or the SD, and where? I have an HTC Wildfire but I …
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How can I restrict other WhatsApp users from messaging me, who are not in my mobile contacts. Me and my friend have given a try by simply deleting my fiend contact number from my mobile, and he’s …
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My question is specific to YouTube app’s new offline functionality. I have saved some video from YouTube app on my Android phone. I restored my phone OS due to some problem. But I have files that …
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I have Samsung Galaxy S4 and I cannot hear callers unless the speakerphone is on. The caller can hear me well but there is only a very faint which is inaudible sound back. I have gone to all the …
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I have a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 and need to find out my 20 digit SIM number somehow. I have been told that I should go to Settings > General > About to find it. However, it isn’t! Does …
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Can you answer these questions?
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When I try taking a video, my camera does not focus on the subject. Although it is perfectly fine when taking pictures. Why is this and is it able to be fixed?
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The Background I want to annotate PDFs on my tablet, which I tried several apps for. All of them had the same problem: my fingers are too big to write smallish characters on the screen. Telling this …
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How to launch activity in splitscreen mode with the am command in Android terminal or Termux? Say I want to launch the “Material Files” explorer, I run: am start -n me.zhanghai.android.files/…
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