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!

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.

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.

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?

If you haven't seen this yet, Google is planning to require mandatory developer identity verification for all Android apps, including apps distributed outside the Play Store, taking effect September 2026. This affects every independent and open source Android developer directly. This is not just about the Play Store. After September 2026, on any certified Android device, applications from unverified developers will be blocked by default. The only proposed bypass, the "advanced flow", exists only as a blog post and has not appeared in any beta, dev preview, or canary release. No one outside Google has seen it. The community has been fighting back at keepandroidopen.org: - Read the full breakdown of what this means - Sign the open letter (organisations only) - Contact your national regulators — contacts listed by country on the site - Add the countdown banner to your project September 2026 is closer than it looks. The time to push back is now.

I just updated my 2025 Moto G Stylus 5G to Android 16 only to discover the only feature I updated for doesn't work on my device thanks to Qualcomm.

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.

Hi everyone! I'm happy to share my app, Octopi Launcher, which I've worked on for quite a while now. Octopi Launcher is a launcher for Android, built with the latest trends in mind, which includes visual and haptic effects, and support for foldables. **Features:** - App drawer, dock and homescreen - Different homescreen for different screen layout/ orientation/ size/ foldable position - Widgets and (autoscrolling) widget stacks - Home screen folders - Fine/ free positioning of home screen apps and widgets - Big home screen icons - Swipe actions for icons - Display drawer items as icons or tiles (or single list); sort by installed date or updated date - App search + instant launch - Icon pack support - Wallpaper blur when opening app drawer (on supported devices) - Work profile support - Fun animations, reflections and haptic effects **Screenshot album:** https://photos.app.goo.gl/8xiXqSABV7Rhad139 Firstly, join the Google Group to gain access: https://groups.google.com/g/octopi-launcher-alpha-testers Then, use this link to download the closed beta: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.otp.octopilauncher I'd love to hear your feedback below, and have a nice day!

I'm looking for an upgrade on my CDMA carrier in the US and it really seems like my only options are Samsung, Pixle, Motorola, or IOS. Am I missing something or do companies just not support this technology? I got excited about the zenphone 10, but it looks like it is GSM only.

I've been wanting to Curb my Doom Scrolling Habits as of Recent as I've been wasting waaaay to much time opening the Same Apps 5 Times in 10 Minutes. One Method thats been Said to Work wonders in that Regard is to have Apps only be accessible after typing in a Password. After doing a bit of Light research it seems I'll need an App for this as I don't wanna deal with Samsungs "Safe Folder" needing a Samsung Account stuff. Do any of you have Suggestions for Trust Worthy Apps for this?

[@mikestevens](https://aus.social/@mikestevens) nice profile pic change for c/android! for anyone else curious, checkout the android community over on Lemmy (accessible via KBin too!) [https://lemmy.world/c/android](https://lemmy.world/c/android) [@android](https://lemmy.world/c/android) for anyone that wants to try and view it on Mastodon (although it's not formatted great) [\#android](https://aus.social/tags/android) [#lemmy](https://aus.social/tags/lemmy) [#RedditAlternative](https://aus.social/tags/RedditAlternative) [#KBin](https://aus.social/tags/KBin)

What IRC client do you all recommend for Android? I'm looking for a non-paid option that will allow me to connect to a passworded host. Any suggestions?

The image is from *GSM Arena*. The phone *Infinix* has only 45W charge capability yet it does slightly faster than two other phones with much faster charging rates(and same battery capacity). I know some phones throttle charging speeds but that is usually post 80% threshold. Why the discrepancy then?

I just connected to my home Wi-Fi and got the notification, "Google play has switched off your Wi-Fi." It hasn't done this before, but after a while it connected again with no complaints. First question: Why? Second question: How to prevent it from doing that again? I don't like it that "Snoople" can choose that my home Wi-Fi should not be used. They have no right to making that decision. **Network details.** I have pi-hole running as a DNS with a lot of block-lists active (haven't added a new one since 2021) All are up to date. Wi-Fi uses WPA3, and up to date.

if I buy a pixel 7a within the next 5 days they'll add on top of the 20% off they already offered, a free pair of pixel a-series buds (retail price $100), so I'd get a 33% discount on both items. online reviews say it's compatible with every android device, but Im going to buy this model to delete the software and install either graphene or lineage, so, will these buds work with either OS?

I have a Razr flip phone that I often use folded halfway (laptop style) and watch videos on the top half while I do other things. Certain video apps center the content across both halves of the screen and I have to activate split screen and put a random app on the bottom half of the screen. Long story short, is there a way to split screen only 1 app to only the top half of the screen? I've tried to search for something but I'm coming up empty.

There are lots of apps that can export messages to HTML and other formats, but after doing some searching I didn’t find any for markdown. I know SMS are mostly text but markdown is a plain text file format which support text formats like bullets, headings, and media (usually by referencing image, video, or audio files in the same folder or in a sub-folder). That would be nice for reading and searching through in apps like Obsidian.

I just started To use neo launcher today.After some tweaking Somehow it looks really good actually.I tried launchair 14 before, but it was randomly crashing. Do you use Neo? I would like to see your home screen setup.

A long time ago, I owned a Motorola Droid 4 and Photon Q. Feeling so nostalgic now 🙂 The keyboard on this one is much better - it's full-sized, and the slider mechanism feels quite robust.   

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/60496784 > It all goes well until brunch, when I get tons of errors about missing manifest xml's. I can browse to the folder where the xml file should be (the folder exists) but the folder is empty. Where am I supposed to get them?? > > EDIT: to be clear, this device has been dropped from LOS support. I have an installation zip and got the proprietary blobs tho...

People still insist on DMing me through Instagram and I absolutely cannot stand the DM interface, even of a modded app. I'm also told that the Matrix bridge broke when Bibliogram did. Does anyone know of any good alternatives?

> Google is preparing to add support for notification summaries in Android 16, as evidenced by strings in the latest beta.

It's not just chrome, but calendar, calculator, my status bar and everything turned to that ugly yellow color and just yesterday they were normal white. I don't have any night mode/color interesting/blue filter settings on so I don't know what changed. I work in construction and my phone constantly opens things in my pocket when I sweat while at work.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19650358 > Through an updated Google API, Android app developers can now effectively block sideloading and force downloads from the Play Store.

I like carrying around one USBC to C cable for my devices, but I don't want to carry around a USBC to A cable for other ports. Is there a dongle that takes a USBC cable and converts one end into USBA? I need it to support at least 15W.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22047474 > Google might let you hide your actual email address from Android apps with a new “Shielded Email.” When creating a new...

> Android 16 Beta 3 has officially launched, and the new OS brings a couple of small changes that might normally...

Come along, after thought. I've had this feature on an AmazeFit with Notify firmware for years.

I have no idea if there is something like that, but I know there are a lot of different tools to create an android app (Android studio with Jetpack compose, React Native or Flutter).

I wonder if there is something subpar about whoever Google is getting the batteries from for the A series phones.

Is there any way to disable cast volume control on Android 13? Or at least prioritize the device volume when casting? While I understand why controlling the volume of what you are casting is a useful feature, I would prefer to control the volume of whatever is sounding in my phone/headphones when I'm casting Youtube to my TV, instead of getting my eardrums blown out while I open the additional sound controls when I have a key that's specifically meant for this.

I've got LineageOS 20 on my Fairphone 4 and my compass is constantly broken. After a calibration by doing the figure 8 motion, N/S works pretty okay but it's very jittery; a few degrees which is quite a lot. This might still be acceptable since it'd be smoothed out. When I point the needle north and rotate the device 90 degrees however, I'm almost 30 degrees off which is borderline unusable. Google maps claims the compass has low accuracy, no matter how long I do the figure 8 motion. What gives? How could I debug this?

When I open an HDR video in Google Photos, HDR/SDR ratio goes up to 7.99. Photos it goes up to 4.99 or so Aves doesn't go that any ideas?

I have an ancient Pixel 3 that still works. I'd like to install a new, third-party OS. Which would you recommend? I can see that there are many: Lineage, Calyx, /e/, Graphene, .... How do I make the decision? Can all of them work on a phone as old as my Pixel 3? Edit: holy shit, I just installed Lineage OS on my lunch break! I've installed "alternative" OSes before on computers but never on a phone. I just followed the instructions (which were a little confusing as there were nested steps) and it's up and running!

I'm a web developer, mostly with Python and have close to zero Java or Kotlin experience, but I want to build a bunch of tools for my phone where I can `Share` a URL (for example) to an app that simply takes that URL string and sends an HTTP POST request to a pre-arranged URL with some pre-arranged headers or POST data. So basically I'm looking for an app that: * Lets you define a series of endpoints * Accepts share intents from other apps to then bring up a selector asking *"Which endpoint do you want to send this to?"*, sends it, and exits. It seems a little nuts that I should have to develop a separate app for each endpoint, when the app experience isn't really something I'm interested in. Can someone here point me to an app that already does something like this? I'd prefer a FOSS option if possible, but at this point I don't even know what to search for. Example use-cases: * Send a YouTube URL to a service that downloads said video and stores it on a share on my VPN * Send a text snippet to a service that stores that snippet as a Markdown file for use as ideas for future blog posts * Send an article URL to a service that strips the ads and images out and saves a Markdown file for future reading.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18779914 > Since launch, Google Messages has not allowed RCS on more than one phone number, but the app looks to be readying support for dual/multi SIMs.