r/AndroidQuestions • • 7h ago

Device Settings Question Can i still use my old tablet in 2026 ?

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I don't know if I'm on the right subreddit, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

I found my old tablet (hp slate 7 plus) from 2013/2014 and decided to turn it on again. I wanted to access the Play Store, but it doesn't seem to work. Even though I'm connected to Wi-Fi, I can't sign in to my Google account.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Or does someone have an alternative ?

The android version is 4.2.2

Thanks in advance!

(sorry for my poor english)


r/AndroidQuestions • • 4h ago

What is saving pictures to my gallery?

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There's a picture of the economist saved in my photos gallery. Definitely did not take this photo what's saving these images to my gallery?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 18h ago

Other Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ 5G (SM-X828U) locked to AT&T after factory reset. Can third-party unlock services bypass an unpaid installment balance?

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Hey everyone,

I recently bought a Galaxy Tab S10+ 5G (SM-X828U). It worked fine on the previous owner's T-Mobile SIM before being factory reset and shipped to me, but now it's asking for a network unlock code.

Checking the IMEI on AT&T's portal shows it's blocked due to an active installment plan balance.

The tablet works normally on Wi-Fi, but I can't use my T-Mobile SIM because of the AT&T lock.

The IMEI is clean (not reported lost or stolen).

Question: Since AT&T's official portal blocks the unlock due to the unpaid balance, can a paid third-party IMEI network unlock service successfully provide a permanent unlock code for this device, or will the unpaid balance block third-party codes as well?

Thanks for any help!


r/AndroidQuestions • • 14h ago

Whatsapp app message stating it is false app

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I received a message from a whatsapp that I should "download the official whatsapp to continue"

https://ibb.co/DffNtCKV

I downloaded this using playstore version 53.5.48-29[0][pr] 995634172

Has anyone seen a whatsapp message like this?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 2h ago

Device Settings Question How to turn off when you press the screen when a notification pops up it takes you to the notification tab.

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I dont know what to do to turn this off


r/AndroidQuestions • • 12h ago

Device Settings Question Google Photos Setup

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Just switched to Samsung from IPhone and looking for a bit of advice in regards to the Samsung photos / Google photos intergration.

Ive currently got it setup as a one way upload - so if I take a photo it saves to Samsung photos as standard, but then uploads a original quality backup to Google Photos (cloud) . This seems to work work and allows me to delete photos from my Samsung gallery to clear space, whilst keeping a backup on Google photos.

I'm aware I can integrate it further as a two way link, so Google photos and Samsung gallery are fully linked. So If I delete from either it removes the photo permanently.

I'm preferring the one way Backup method I'm currently using, but it keeps recommending to turn the sync photos setting on as if it's a better method...

Which method should I use? Is there a risk to the method I'm using, and should I switch to the two way sync?

Just want to make sure I'm not missing something key


r/AndroidQuestions • • 13h ago

Firmware issues

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Hi

I have an issue with an old phone Wiko y51 stuck on the logo screen and i can't find the firmware to flash it.

Are there any solutions.

Thank you


r/AndroidQuestions • • 5h ago

Looking For Suggestions Trying to extract 100gb+ file but MTP file system is painful.

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Hi everyone,

I have a 100 GB file on my phone, and I want to open it and extract its contents directly to my hard drive without copying the file to my computer first.

When I connect my phone via USB, it mounts as MTP. Whenever I try to open the archive, my file manager automatically copies the entire file to a temp folder first before trying to extract it, which is painfully slow. Is there any way around this? I'm open to any suggestions.

Phone OS: Android 16

OS: Linux


r/AndroidQuestions • • 4h ago

Device Settings Question Honor 200 (Chinese Variant): Mobile data works, but calls stopped suddenly

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Hi everyone,

I am using a Chinese variant of the Honor 200 with Google services enabled. Everything was working fine for months, but suddenly for the last 3-4 days:

Mobile data (Internet) is working normally.

Incoming and outgoing calls are completely not working.

I already tried restarting and re-inserting the SIM. Is this a known issue with Chinese ROMs/MagicOS, or how can I fix this? Any help would be appreciated!