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Can't view SD card used as internal storage

OK, I probably screwed myself here but here's hoping: I was using an SD card as portable storage until I got fed up of my internal storage constantly filling up thanks to a game getting updates every ...

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user avatar asked by Omina Score of 2
user avatar answered by Rohit Gupta Score of 1

How can I force my USB-C phone to send audio to a 3mm jack through a converter?

I have a phone with no 3mm output. I got a USB-C to USB-C/3mm splitter cable online, and hooked it up to a 3mm cassette converter so it could be used in an old car. However, when I plug it all in ...

usb audio  
user avatar asked by order Score of 2
user avatar answered by lnz43 Score of 2

Magisk stable to canary and vice-versa

Switching from Magisk stable (27.x) to canary (and vice-versa if I don't like canary) should be an easy thing but I don't see updated instructions. I had done this way back, IIRC, by choosing custom ...

magisk root-cloak  
user avatar asked by beeshyams Score of 2
user avatar answered by beeshyams Score of 2

Override sender address in GMail app for non-Google mailbox

There's a popular 3rd-party mail provider and for some time they don't provide OAuth2 auth scheme and resort to regular password. This mail provider was known to authors of Gmail when OAuth2 was still ...

gmail accounts  
user avatar asked by basin Score of 1

"Knox Deployment" : what does this screen want me to do, exactly?

I recently purchased a Samsung A23 and today I "factory reset" it. The first screen that appears during first boot (after "factory reset") says the following: Knox Deployment ...

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user avatar asked by jaimet Score of 1

Force Android to use mobile data even if other network sources are available?

I have an Android device that's used for mobile testing. This device has cell connectivity and is separately connected to an ethernet cable (used for ADB). How can I configure the Android device so ...

adb wi-fi networking mobile-data developer-options  
user avatar asked by David Chouinard Score of 1

Android file/document picker not working properly

I have a device on Android 13. The file picker seems inconsistent when picking/selecting files from Android storage. From the 1st screenshot, the file picker has the option to browse for files from ...

file-system android-13  
user avatar asked by xavier_fakerat Score of 1
user avatar answered by lnz43 Score of 0

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

How do I toggle headset/headphone mode manually?

It seems that the hardware erroneously regard the headset as attached at all times (to the 3.5" jack). This makes me unable to make calls without headset or speaker mode.

headphones headphone-jack samsung-galaxy-spica  
user avatar asked by Leonth Score of 21

How do I retrieve my contacts from my google account to my phone!

So I saved all my contacts by selecting the google account instead of saving on the phone. But I removed the accounts from the phone, and when i added back the accounts to the phone, i could not find ...

google-account google google-contacts  
user avatar asked by Paul Yarrau Score of 3
user avatar answered by Kibber Score of 4

I've rooted my phone. Now what? What do I gain from rooting?

This is a common question by those who have just rooted their phones. What apps, ROMs, benefits, etc. do I get from rooting? What should I be doing now?

rooting root-access  
user avatar asked by Bryan Denny Score of 315
user avatar answered by Bryan Denny Score of 269

How do I root my Android device?

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?

rooting  
user avatar asked by Bryan Denny Score of 509
user avatar answered by Bryan Denny Score of 450

Google Play Services Has stopped message continually popping up on my Samsung phone

The following message keeps appearing on my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone screen about every three seconds "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped". Is it actually a virus or it is a problem ...

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user avatar asked by LingLing6985 Score of 48
user avatar answered by Ashrith Athreya Score of 25

How to force-cancel a running download?

I have started a download using Icon Downloader for NT that doesn't look like it will ever finish. In my notification area, it has survived two reboots and the uninstallation of the app. How can I get ...

downloading  
user avatar asked by Nova Score of 16

How to move contacts from SIM to phone?

I have all my contacts saved on my SIM-card but I want to move them to the phone which is Galaxy note so that when I change the SIM-card my contacts are still saved and I don't need to save them all ...

contacts sim-card samsung-galaxy-note  
user avatar asked by Gigili Score of 14
user avatar answered by Jolin Webb Score of 17

Can you answer these questions?

Rotate app to horizontal but keep the system vertical (to help make Pen-tab usable)

I have bought an Android-compatible pen tab (XP-Pen Deco Mini7) (7 x 4) for my Samsung A7 Lite (8.37 x 4.91). And the weird thing about all such pen tabs is that they only support vertical orientation....

samsung screen orientation stylus samsung-notes  
user avatar asked by Nek M Score of 1

Is there any way to unlock my Private Safe on my Oneplus device via the use of adb?

I'm using Private Safe on my Oneplus device. I need to unlock my private safe as I have forgotten both the password and the privacy question that I had previously set. I have already tried out adb ...

adb oneplus  
user avatar asked by Raunak Seth Score of 1
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