Please tell me for the love of all that's holy there's a way to get a voice that doesn't include fake breathing noises and "sounds human". I just want a classic text to speak voice. I'm already mad enough they took away assistant and gave us a subpar product but I'm so close to getting rid of the whole thing if I cant. Does anyone else get genuine uncanny valley or goosebumps or shivers when they hear it , or is it just me?!
I had my Huawei P10 for approximately 7 years now, it's served me well but in the last week or so has started acting up and I've made the decision it's time to let it retire.
In the last 7 years I've not really concerned myself with what's going on in the phone world, but as I'm researching I'm finding that it's proving difficult to find the right phone for me.
I don't need a super powerful phone that can run games. I need a solid day-to-day one that has a good UI, and a battery that'll last at least the day. Preferably with a good camera to go with it.
I've looked at the Google Pixel 10 Pro, but heard about about networking issues it has? As well as the battery life being terrible (7 hours constant use doesn't sound terrible to me though?).
Samsung S25/S25 Ultra has come up a lot, but I've honestly never been a fan of Samsung phones. However that is me going back 10+ years when all iPhone users used to ridicule "Samsung" users. So I have perhaps wrote it off prematurely.
Then there's the phones such as the Oppo Find X9, Oneplus 15 and Honor Magic Pro 7. I'm not overly familiar with any of these brands, and have heard different selling points about each. Some the camera isn't the best, some the battery life is great, some the UI leaves a bit to be desired.
And that's just me looking at phones released last year.
I'm based in the UK and my budget is £800 but I'm happy to spend a bit more if it's going to get me another phone that'll keep my occupied for a few years.
Any help would be much appreciated 🙏
Hello, I have an old phone (Redmi 4A) from around 2014 I guess (I am the second owner). I managed to unlock the OEM and bootloader and installed on it LineageOS 20-2024-01-04. It doesn't have a lot of internal storage, so I use relative big SD cards for my music, videos, and offline maps, from OsmAnd.
During the use that I given him, three SD cards have been made useless after a while. I want to know if the culprit may be the hardware, the OS, or OsmAnd or maybe another application. I have a slight suspicion about OsmAnd because that's the one that first begins to not being able to read its maps, and then the problem extends to music files and other things.
If it is the hardware, it would be best, as other things are falling and I'll probably change machine soon, but if it is the OS or OsmAnd or any other app, then I'll have to know to take right measures.
Thanks in Advance!
I am using Samsung M12 running on Android 11 and One UI 3.1. I want the incoming calls and messages from all callers who are not in my contact list or Blocked Numbers list and also not blacklisted by the service provider as spam callers to be rejected right away. Only calls from my saved contacts that I haven't put in the Blocked Numbers list would get through. Is there any safe and reliable app that achieves this efficiently?
Hi, first time android user, newly switched after a lifetime on iPhone.
I'm a big fan of open source software and apps, and am heavily into self hosting my own media and replacing big tech apps with open source alternatives.
I'm looking for advice on the best ways to replace a few apps I presently use, as android seems to have a much more open ecosystem.
Things I'm looking for replacements for, largely to block adds, ha. Reddit, YouTube, and any of the social media apps. I'm moving off the social media apps, but still have them for family connections.
In line with my self hosting, I'd love an app to link into the *arr suite of apps.
I've heard about f-droid as an OSS app store, wondering about that too.
Any help for a newbie would be appreciated
If it's relevant, I'm in a pixel 11 pro.
I tried with usb but is not working it just starts charging the phone. Is there any way to do it?
So, I'm finally resetting my old phone for resale. I've backed up all my photos, Authenticator, etc.. have everything running on a new phone. Could someone walk me through the next steps in terms of the safest, most private way to make sure no one can access old data?
Am I supposed to be removing my Google account before factory resetting? Do I have to manually encrypt anything? And, of course, do I need to save a bunch of non-sensitive info like movies to take up the storage, then delete it again, or is that overkill?
Thanks!
my iphone pro max 13 which i got as a gift 5 years ago is dying. the battery is weak
does any know any good mid tier phones . this time around im buying out of my own pocket and im not doing well financially.
i thinking of leaning towards samsung, pixel or moto.
i just need the phone for driving gps, 4 dating apps, whatsapp, mcdonalds, tim horton app, we chat app(dont really use anymore), and maybe 3 more apps. i watch a lot of youtube though
any suggestions. i dont care for good camera or anything special as long as its not too slow and lags.