r/AndroidQuestions

I'm tired of getting ads related to what I was talking about just hours ago. Of course it says that there is NO WAY that the ad was personalized. No.. Not even a little bit.... Access to my microphone has been denied to all applications but of course this doesn't mean anything from what I see. Can I do anything about this or should I just use an axe to stop my phone from spying on me?

i tried to do something with the digital wellbeing thing because i wanted to limit my time usage of some apps and i somehow managed to use my other email account to do like a parental control to my other email/account. Like I have about 4 different google accounts on my phone. And i used my main one to put some "child control" thing to another. Like 5 minutes after i did it i found out a way to just put daily limitations without any of that parental advisory thing, and then i deleted / took it off. After that, my phone didn't allow me to sign in to any google account other than the one that was the "child's account" (my account that was the one i tried to put daily app usage limits to by creating some family system before i found out a way to just simply put daily limits to apps, without having to create anything extra). So, the problem is that i'm not able to use or log in to the main one. I tried to delete all accounts but it allowed me to delete all except the "child account". And now the phone won't allow me to add any new ones, or like it won't allow me to add the ones i deleted, back. If i go to 'settings' and 'account' and i try to add a new one, it's like "Getting things ready.. Please wait.." and then it just shuts off or it pushes me back. I tried to reset all settings to factory mode but it didn't help. Soo what could i do? Also, the only account it allows me to be in, "the child account", is not the one i originally used in the phone as a google account and the e-mail adress is not the one i've used when i set up the phone originally. My guess is that some kind of parental advisory setting is still on and it won't let me "be the adult" or go to the adult account even though i tried to delete all settings and turn off the thing. Sorry for the long and messy question.

I had issues with my Xiaomi, the software (HyperOS 3.0) killed my Xiaomi 13T Pro and after discussing with other android users, I hear, that Samsung and Google had issues with software and hardware too, so is android the problem?

I never used iOS and could use a 13 Pro Max for the first time.

I can't use it in my phone vivo v5 plus

Do dev options stay after disabling? And do apps that have root access still work after relocking the bootloader?

Ive been using Samsung messenges but as of July 6th its been discontinued. I switched over to having Google massages as my defult but now everytime i open it, it just opens a blank white screen. Sometimes it will open to my messages but then I click on who I want to text and then its just a blank white screen. Anyone know how to fix this or do I have to wait for an update.

Side note: I didnt know facebook messenger doesnt allow sms messages anymore so I cant use that either.

The one way I could find to keep texting was to roll back the date on my phone, but I don't want to do that forever since I think that'll mess up my scheduling and alarms. Anyone else in the same ship?

Like pretty much everyone right now, I'm looking for ways to protect my privacy and security, with Google and I'd verification becoming more common I'm looking for ways to continue using my devices on Android.

I already use alternative app stores and turn off cloud everything and don't want to go the pixel/graphene route.

Any advice, general information or options for users is appreciated. Thank you.

I have a Motorola phone the model is XT2211DL which is a Moto G Stylus and where I get my minutes from is Straight Talk. Yes the phone model is made by the Android company I look it up.

I have this problem since yesterday the single boards have an excitement mark over it and I have an notification about a service running.

I try resetting my Network, turning off my phone and restarting it as well, but nothing is fixing my mobile network so any other ideas?

I like to sometimes read PDFs on my phone while lying down or at somewhat weird angles, but that makes the phone go landscape so I have to disable autorotate. But then I'm driving and I turn on my GPS and put my phone in its stand and it stays portrait while I'm trying to follow the directions. It is quite annoying.

Is there a way to make it so my PDF reader app have autorotate disabled without disabling it for everything?

I saw some older answers, but I'm hoping that Android has evolved since then and has a native solution, but I'm not opposed to getting an app to do it.

I'm using a Moto G 5G stylus from 2023.

So the UK is about to implement a new law that will force all mobile devices to scan apps like the camera and messaging for nudity and the only way to opt out of it is to verify your age. I'm not sure yet if using a vpn is a valid way around it yet because it's not being implemented until September. Under no circumstances do I want this technology on my devices. I have a Galaxy S23 phone and a Galaxy Tab A9+. For now, I've disabled automatic downloads in my developer options but I know that's far from a foolproof fix.

I'm open to rooting the tablet because I don't really use my banking apps on it, I do frequently use them and tap to pay on my phone though, is it true that rooting stops these apps from working? For the alternate method of executing commands on a PC using ADB, I've seen quite a few people say that even that didn't stop them from getting updates.

I've seen people mentioning firewall apps that block certain apps from connecting to the internet, but I think I would prefer a solution that doesn't rely on these apps remaining available. If any of those were to be discontinued, I would have to find a new solution anyway.

Losing access to my mobile banking isn't the end of the world for me, I'm happy to just check my balance online whenever I need to and go back to carrying my physical debit card around. I know there are security risks, but I'm already very careful about what apps I download and what websites I visit. I haven't had a virus on my phone or my PC in over 10 years.

What's the best course of action here?

Hell, even when I try to delete 1 screenshot my phone just freezes.

On my old phone you could delete thousands at once. Now I can't even delete 1 and yet I have 100,000+ to delete (please don't question me. It's an OCD AuDHD thing)

I recently bought a new Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G, and I mostly use it for gaming. When I'm not using it, I usually power it off completely and leave it that way for a day or two.

The weird thing is that I often find it already powered on when I take it out of my bag. At first, I assumed the power button was being pressed accidentally by something else in the bag. But it's also happened when the phone was sitting untouched in a cabinet, so that doesn't seem to be the cause.

I've already gone through the settings to see if there's some kind of scheduled power-on or auto-boot feature enabled, but I couldn't find anything.

Other than this issue, the phone runs perfectly smoothly. I haven't noticed any crashes, freezes, random restarts, or other problems.

Has anyone else run into this issue with a Redmi phone? Is there a setting I might have missed, or could this be a software or hardware problem?

Thanks in advance!

I got a new phone a few months ago (Redmi 15) and I've been having this issue ever since I got it and it's driving me crazy. No, it's not auto period or anything because the period always appears whenever it wants (even mid sentence) and I don't know what's triggering it. I even removed. the period button from the main keyboard on my phone and it STILL appears, the periods I'm using are from the symbols page. A random period probably appeared in this paragraph but I'll leave it as proof 😭😭

Hi!

I'm trying to identify an Android app based on an icon I briefly saw on a Samsung phone.

The only thing I remember is that it looked like three red dots (...) resembling a chat or typing indicator.

I'm not even sure it was a messaging app—it could have been something else entirely.

Does this description remind you of any Android app or Samsung feature?

Even wild guesses are welcome. Thanks!

Seriously, WHY is this cancer on pretty much every Android phone? Even the Galaxy S Ultras have this, which is an absolute clownery considering how much they cost.

Since you can’t actually remove them (they are system apps after all), what is the purpose of this trio? What are they for? By disabling them, how much are you actually crippling their functionality?

if you want to know the details, please look at my previous post in the hacker questions sub, my profile is open.

What I'm here for is to know if there's ANY. POSSIBLE. WAY to do it.

Basically im not allowed on my phone past 11 or 12 depending on what ky parents feel like. Is there a way for me to hack into my phone and delete those screentime logs?

I have a Redmi Note 13 4G NFC. Unlocked bootloader. Whenever I try to do anything that claims it can make strong integrity work (Infinity-X, Tricky Store bla bla) it just makes it worse! I had to unroot my phone because basic integrity failed and I couldn't use anything. Strange thing is these options work for everyone! What should I do? I don't wanna lock the bootloader and risk a brick