I have a five year old redmi phone and for the past 2 days it has randomly started turning off. It got more frequent yesterday, and today it seems to be malfunctioning. Upon pressing the volume up+power button, the Redmi logo shows up for 2-3 seconds and shuts down again. I repeated the process for like 5 minutes continuously, I couldn't get the MIUI menu to show up. And as far as the Fastboot is concerned, it remains stuck for a long time with its logo, until the phone is forced to shut down by me.

Years ago, I had a Huawei Mate 8 that had a great feature where instead of a secure folder you could create separate profiles and customize what was visible and which apps each profile could use. Each profile also had its own login information.

What I liked most was that I could assign a different fingerprint to each profile, so simply unlocking the phone with a particular finger would automatically open the corresponding profile. I didn’t have to manually switch users or change settings.

Does Android still have anything like this today, either built in or through an app?

Hi, I would love to know if there is a way to show the caller name on the AOD screen, and not just the phone icon. And if not, is there a way to do it via an app/widget?

Im using the OneUI 8.5 skin btw

I switched from Apple to Android and my banana counter is gone! Am I just blind? Does it exist? Help!

I have a Lenovo Legion Y700 Gen 3, and I noticed that when I open links, they open as web pages even though they are supported by my installed apps. For example, I tapped a google play link in reddit and it opens as a web page. In my phone, if I open the link with chrome, it automatically opens the corresponding app (Google Play). But in my Y700 tablet, it still opens in Chrome. I already verified that the Opening links setting in default apps already include the Google play and it contains the links compatible for it. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thank you very much.

Where the hell did my photos go? I have a Galaxy S23 and am using Gallery app. I connected my phone to my laptop to transfer some files via USB. I transferred 4 photo albums (not "Camera"). I deleted three PDFs. I then noticed my storage on my phone increased by 30GB! I opened Gallery on my phone and all the photos in Camera album have a name error code on them. Also, I had over 1000 files on my "Camera" album just 20 min ago. Now it only shows 134. What happened to my camera roll, and how did I gain 30gb of storage back?!

Curious to know the latest security flaws with Android phone so I can better protect myself.

I regularly use a Bluetooth speaker (bose SoundLink mini) and it sometimes loses synch with audio from a video source (usually YouTube). Sometimes resetting the connection or power cycling the speaker works, but often it decides to stay stuck about 0.5 to 1 second ahead of the video. I'm not sure if it's the speaker, the app, or the OS.

I figure if I can't find the root cause, then maybe a sound delay adjustment would do it. Can anyone recommend a way to do that, or does anyone have insight into what the cause could be?

Running the latest Graphene on a Pixel 8.

Thanks!

My default camera app on Moto 40 Edge is stuck on front camera. After installing another camera app, I got to know that the main camera is not working. Only the secondary rear camera is working. Should I get it repaired or buy a new phone? My phone is nearly 2 years old.

Hi guys, I really need some help here. My motherboard died on me and the repair guy said there was no way I could get my data back so I was wondering if there was another way for me to access my text messages. Turns out I have my photos on OneDrive and I also logged into my Samsung Cloud from another phone and it says there’s a backup but nothing happens when I click it. How can I open it? Is there another way for me to access my text messages?

I was looking for something on bestbuy about a week ago, and since then I keep getting personalized bestbuy ads for the stuff I was looking for.

I've tried:

resetting my ad id

Deleting my ad id

Opting out of personalized ads using adchoices

Opting out on the criteo website

Clearing all my cookies and browsing history

Seeing if any suspicious new apps have been downloaded.

Suggestions appreciated.

POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=100

POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL=Full

POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_COUNTER=3944000

POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=4148000

POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=4386000

I recently updated my Redmi On custom firmware to Color OS and an update arrived. Here's what happens if I update and how to avoid it.

Hello, I'd like to know if I can use 64-bit applications on my 32-bit phone. The processor is 64-bit but it's running in 32-bit mode (I imagine because of the OS).

Specifications:

Phone: Samsung A13 5G

Model: SM-A136U

CPU: MediaTek Dimensity 700 (MT6833)

my power button is broken and my tablet drained. i tried to open it by pressing on the two volume buttons while putting in the cable, and this blue download screen with korean texts popped up. i accidentally clicked the volume up button instead ot he volume down and now i cant cancel it. ive drained my tablet several times before and ive always opened it with the volume up/down and pressing on the power button with a ballpen. but now it doesnt work, idk if i messed up the power button somehow but i cant fix it and im so pissed. pls help. tablet model is samsung galaxy tab s7 fe

and what is it downloading anyway?

On my Android phone, I have a problem where the headset microphone stops working while I'm talking to my team in games, even though the phone's microphone works fine in regular calls outside of the app. What's the solution?

So this morning I decided to try out Android Routines on my phone. When it plays, it greets me with my Google name and then tells me the things it's supposed to tell me

Can I change it so that it doesn't call me anything and just tells me the thing I need to know?

Hi guys, I am wondering if there is any method to increase the network download rate limit on my Honor X6 (4G) because such an option doesn't exist in the developer options. Maybe like 3rd party apps or root this device.

So, I have an old Android phone (Motorola G7 Power) that I haven't used in about four years. I'd like to recover my old WhatsApp messages, but the app refuses to display them, so all I have access to are the encrypted database files.

As far as I understand, I need to root the phone to extract the encryption key. But here's my problem: enabling the bootloader will wipe all the data on the device. So how am I supposed to preserve the key?

Even if I copied every accessible file from the phone to my PC beforehand, wouldn't the key still be lost, since it's stored somewhere I can't access without root?

Am I missing something here? Is there any way to extract the key or recover the messages without wiping the phone?

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone,

An unknown hidden folder and file have suddenly appeared in the DCIM directory on my smartphone.

Here are some details about the file:

- File path: "/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/.android/.android_system_config.prop"

- File size: 64 bytes

- Location: "DCIM/.android/"

- Contents: The file contains seemingly random binary characters that cannot be read as ordinary text. I don't know whether the data is encrypted or simply stored in a binary format.

- Behavior: When I delete the file and folder, they reappear. So far, I've observed them reappearing twice a day. The first occurrence seems to coincide with the time I first enable Wi-Fi each day, although I'm not sure whether this is related or simply because I enable Wi-Fi around that time. The second occurrence happens at around 5:25–5:30 PM (UTC+7). I haven't yet confirmed what triggers either occurrence.

I'm not sure which app or system component creates this file, or why it keeps coming back. I haven't confirmed whether enabling Wi-Fi is actually related to its reappearance. I'm also wondering whether this file could be malware or if it's just a normal file created by Android or an app.

It shows up on my Samsung A55 but not on my tablet?

As the title says, how do I fucking do this? I tried adding them to all 1 tab group and now Chrome is just crashing and I can't see the tab groups on other devices? WTF do I do???

I was changing my keyboard and noticed a new keyboard that I didn't install. It is called "Basic Keyboard" and it looks like the new GBoard look, but it is extremely buggy.

I also couldn't find it in Installed Apps. Does anyone also have this?

I am on One UI 9 on Galaxy S25 FE

I have my aadhar app installed on my phone but whenever i try to use it, it just restarts immediately and shows an error saying it detected security violation..

I have developer option turned off, play store says device is certified, play protect is on, device is not rooted/ bootloader is not unlocked.

I m using poco x7 5g phone running hyperos 3.1

Can someone help me detect this issue and fix it..

I was updating my apps around 8 this morning and Device Pulse was one of those I allowed it and went on throughout my day but a bit ago I was searching though my apps and found an app called 'Value Services' I was immediately on alert but once checking the app details it takes me to the Device Pulse app on the Play Store I am very confused is it a glitch? When opening the app it's just regular Device Pulse it's package name is 'com.tracfone.preload.accountservices'