I hope I'm posting in the right community, and that someone can help me out. For the past couple days, my Samsung Galaxy S22 phone has started playing the default [Verizon notification sound](https://youtu.be/h3QlWGGxQvo) about once per day. I haven't nailed down the exact time, but it seems to happen in the morning. The weird part(s)? My phone is on vibrate, and no notification seems to correspond to it. My phone is sitting on the desk, and I hear the sound, so I check my notifications, but nothing new shows up. I check my [Notification Log app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hcilab.projects.nlog), and it doesn't show any new notifications. I check Settings > Notifications > Advanced Settings > Notification History, and it doesn't show anything either. Today, I've changed my default notification ringtone to see if the new sound is triggered the next time. I'll update if/when that happens. I'm a little concerned that the unexpected behavior could be malware or something, but I'm hoping something is just bugged. Additional info that could be relevant: a couple months ago, I had to install the Libre Free app, and it was constantly making notification sounds, despite my phone being on vibrate. The unattributed notification sounds didn't start until after I stopped using the Libre app. I haven't uninstalled it yet, but I'm definitely considering it as part of my troubleshooting. Ideally, I'd like to get to the bottom of this without a major reset of my phone. Does anyone have any tips/ideas?

Using samsungs android (oneUI). I can configure a sleep mode where the phone is in 'do not disturb '. I can make an exclusion for specific apps, such that notifications from those apps are still shown. But the notification from that all is still silent (visible). I want a sound such that it can wake me in the night. Usecase: :my pet-camera sends me a notification is my pet is awake and moving about. I want that notification to wake me up, from my sleep. Samsung had something called routines (mini tasker I guess). Maybe i can build something, but it's seems too complicated for my usecase? Hippie somebody knows

I built this little website to make it easier to see the new releases for a handful of popular turnip driver repositories. Please do share and let me know how this can be improved!

Is anyone familiar with the specifics of how Circle to Search (linked) works? I was looking for a FOSS alternative to the google circle to search tool and came across it. It seems to describe its implementation in a clear way on the GitHub page, but I have not validated that it does actually operate using that architecture, or that it keeps to its promises about not caching info that is pulled from its third party OCR tools. On android it asks for "advanced permissions" which I presume are needed to take screenshots and share these with the third party OCR service. Since I havent validated how it works though, I wanted to check if anyone else has before I provide it those permissions.

I have been steady researching this and I have stumbbled upon what lloks like an unfinshed doc for the [Developer Verification Progra](https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/limited-distribution)m Key notes - still no rollout schedule - Fee can be found in FAQ. Says it will be $25 - That you will have to provide a state-issued ID even for the now free "Limited Distribution" that has a 20 device maximum - In the FAQ it shows that this is covering all devices Android 7.0 and up and admits that the Advanced Flow in Google Play Services. - still does not address how they are justifying this at all They have stolen a free product and are now activity locking out the people who built it. [ASOP does not belong to them it belongs to us](https://disintermedia.net.nz/android-time-to-stop-hunting-the-replicants-decker/). Time to get it back I think.

Starting in August, installing APKs from unverified developers will require a new procedure called Advanced Flow. It involves enabling developer mode, rebooting the device, and waiting 24 hours with biometric verification. After that, you choose: allow the APK installation for 7 days or indefinitely. The procedure is a one-time process and applies to all versions of Android. Will the 24-hour wait stop you from installing APKs outside the store?

Over the years I've tested out pretty much all the Android keyboards, but swipe typing always kept me on GBoard, even though GBoard did not support voice typing for anything except Google, so I had to switch keyboards for that. Recently I learned that HeliBoard has support for gesture typing with the Google library. But I couldn't find any instructions on where to get the necessary files or how to do it. Well, someone posted a link to the file elsewhere so I'll [share it here](https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/blob/46fdf2b550035ca69299ce312fa158e7ade36967/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libjni_latinimegoogle.so). And it works! Extremely well. I can also pin a button for voice typing and then select Transcribro for that (which uses OpenAI Whisper locally and works super well. Another gripe I had with GBoard was the cursor moves way too fast when swiping on the space bar. Not so with Heliboard. You can also swipe backwards from the backspace key and it will highlight text and then delete it when you let go.

The last time I tried to make video chat work with people, we dived between jitsi, facebook messenger, zoom... until something worked well enough. what are people using here now? Jitsi? Google Meet? Whatsapp? Facebook Messenger? Zoom? Skype? Facetime, somehow? The builtin thing in matrix that used to be jitsi but I think they updated it? Microsoft Teams? What?

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40448411 > Hi, I have a primary school girl who wants her share of gaming on the family android tablet. > > While finding open source or commercial games with no ads that boys like is doable, I haven't been able to find the kind of games a girl wants: > - with cute graphics > - where you care for dolls or pet > - no ads or subscriptions, no endless DLC. > > Do you have any recommendations for android games that fit the bill? > > The image is a screenshot of cry babies, a game that she'd like to play very much but constantly nags you to buy new content.

After Samsung's One UI, now it's OnePlus' turn to show off its UI that will be based on Android 14. As the title of the article suggests, the slides are full of obscure and memeable buzzwords: [](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2718468d-c8f6-4bc5-97bf-2fb3dcbcfa4d.png) [](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d640c582-a2ab-4cc8-ab4d-501cf0ab9cb1.png) [](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/aa4a8bc0-fea8-4726-9628-28bdec127ed2.png) [](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6174207a-ac95-4551-9494-dd1340abcdc0.png) [](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/df99ae29-1739-4f93-9a39-ce8e3a4c2494.png)

**Pros** - IP54-rated dual-glass design, beautiful colors. - Outstanding display of high-resolution, brightness, refresh rate, HDR10 support. - Excellent battery life, plenty fast charging. - Loud and balanced Dolby Atmos speakers. - Flagship-grade performance. - Reliable photo and video quality from all cameras but macro. - Fluid OxygenOS. **Cons** - No EIS in 4K resolution. - The selfie camera is basic, macro shots are poor. - No high frame rate gaming, GPU could be prone to throttling.

It seems kind of insane how hard it's been to find a good TTS app. I have TTS Util and that's worked sporadically but if I get it to start it will stop in the middle of reading. I can't even seem to find a basic app to let me paste in text and have it read. Any recommendations? I'm mostly trying to have web articles read aloud and I don't care about robotic voices that much.

See title. I've heard that the S23 and S24 have region locking for international SIM/eSIMs, is this true? (ie: SIM refuses to work because of software lock)

Edit: Replaced "Restrictions" in place of the word "Ban"

I'm ready to debloat (with universal-android-debloater), but before I do that Id like to backup the OS in the device to my computer. If I want to backup with the stock ROM, Im redirected to a commercial service Im not going to use. If I want to backup with twrp, it won't let me backup via usb cable to the computer. There must be a way to backup from the computer to the computer via usb, correct? ETA: Can I backup with universal-android-debloater?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19576153 > I don’t need it to be with zero effort, but most of the instructions I find these days on XDA forums are extremely ambiguous and assume the reader is someone who does this every day and therefore knows most of the steps and what the terminology means. > > Years ago when I used to do stuff like this more, directions were written meticulously and without abridgment of any elements. Seems today it’s not common for someone to go to the effort. > > I’m extremely proficient, that’s not the issue. It’s just most instructions say stuff like “Step 1: root the phone. Step 2…” I’m like “whoa excuse me… how do I root this phone?” > > Anyway, so all I’m asking is are there just comprehensive directions for any of these.

My phone is losing regularly GSM network during calls and people are saying that they cannot hear me. Is there any fix of this? I have already tried to disable WiFi Calling, 5G, restart the phone, etc. but those problems persist. I wasn't able to find reliable information on the internet that could help. If someone is experiencing similar issues and found a fix, let me know. Alternatively, I can also install some other ROM, but I want to keep this as a last option. In this case feel free to recommend any good and stable ROMs.

> YouTube Music has updated its mobile app’s Now Playing screen, moving the buttons around in the process. Here’s what the new UI looks like.

It is at a slightly cheaper value than *YouTube Premium* in my country and offers multiple games and few apps. Though the quality of the games are sometimes poor (I think Apple Arcade has some exclusive games for itself something which Play Pass lacks) and apart from apps like *Tasker* or *KWGT*, one would be hard pressed to find a good dev offering for apps in general.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32136527 > Need Android Launcher Recommendation > > Is there a Android Launcher that supports > - organize app icons in bulk > - automatically add newly installed app icon to homescreen > - an option to add all already installed app that aren't on home screen to home screen > - easy to organize app icon on home screen into folders > - easy to organize app icon on app drawer into folders (may not be necessary) > > appreciate any helP >

I have about 5 different apps installed right now, and while I plan to test them all out, curious what people's conclusions are thus far.

I use LOS with microg on my OnePlus 8T. I have been running rooted with Kitsune (magisk fork), and I always follow the process to maintain root when upgrading LOS. Today I updated but somehow lost root. So I went through the process of rooting again: downloaded the boot.IMG, patched it on device, moved it to PC, booted into fastboot, flashed patched.IMG to current slot. Kitsune still says N/A. Anyone else having similar trouble? Or maybe just care to point out something obvious I'm missing?

This stuff drives me so mad. I recently have noticed higher than usual over-night drain on my phone and decided to investigate a bit. So I connected my phone to my machine, closed out all the apps waited a few seconds and ran adb shell top with a few parameters to see what is actually running. And would you look at that, despite the phone telling me that nothing is running at all, the microsoft copilot, ebay kleinanzeigen (a german craigslist), google photos and google search either have not been closed or somehow started themselves. Also I have not received any notifications for these Apps in the last few seconds. First of all, how are these Apps even doing it? With the two Google Apps I kinda get it, since they are System Apps, but in the case of ebay Kleinanzeigen and microsoft copilot it makes 0 sense since they are regular 3rd party Apps. How can they bypass seemingly all optimizations and start themselves (I haven't used the Microsoft copilot app in months). Also is there any way to prevent this from happening or at the very least get some kind of summary how often these Apps ran in the background. Sadly the Android battery information page is totally useless. With many of these Apps I don't care about notifications or anything and I never want them to run after I close them in the task manager.

I've been scratching my head with this one for close to a year now. About a year ago my OnePlus Nord CE3 (Android 14, now Android 15) suddenly stopped recognizing the mic on any Bluetooth devices -- even when a device is connected, it stubbornly uses the mic on the phone itself, never the one on the device. I've tried this with two pairs of TWS earphones and a Bluetooth speaker, all running either Bluetooth v5.2 or v5.3. All three of these devices work perfectly when connected to my Windows laptop. Help? This used to work, I can't for the life of me figure why it stopped.

> Just over a year after its launch, Gemini is set to replace Google Assistant on Android phones later in 2025

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7133278 > For the 8 it should have a strap on the back like the 4a 5g's case, don't care about it for 8 pro > I'm fine with say, white lines on the case if it's magsafe, but no extravagant patterns

My old Oneplus 3T is still working fine, but the /e/os it's running is no longer being maintained for this phone. Are there similar alternatives that I can use? I'd prefer not to have the whole Google ecosystem again, within reason, because Android of course, but I also want to safely and privately use the phone for as long as I can.

> Following the announcement in December, Google is widely rolling out QR code sharing in Quick Share on Android...

I have migrated my browser over to IronFox, but I have noticed that my banking apps dont like it for signing in. I'm wondering if there is an app that can change the default browser when certain apps are open, and then revert back when they are closed.

So I've got a pretty old smartphone and have replaced the battery once already. I've kept track of wear with the help of accubattery, since the phone didn't have that built in. However, enshittification is encroaching, and I'm now looking for alternatives. What are some decent options?

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Seen on: https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/26/Linux_is_Replacing_Apple.shtml

Yesterday everything was fine, today every site looks like I have activated some kind of grandpa mode. All sites look like they are zoomed in but it doesn't let me zoom out more. I have tried to change font size in options but it doesn't help. Desktop mode also does literally nothing. Does anyone else have this issue too? edit: it looks like desktop is actually not working at all. If I activate it on lemmy, site reloads but if I open options again the desktop mode slider is off. edit2: this is about firefox mobile on a lenovo tablet

> A bug in the YouTube app is causing Shorts to immediately open and start playing, making for a slightly frustrating experience.

> Google is working on a change that may let users install updates for sideloaded apps right from the Play Store.