I just got a pop-up as soon as I opened my phone and my jaw fucking dropped, the gist of it is that they're asking to access my personal information (cookies), and here's the kicker, I only had the options to either "accept or accept".

I wanted to know if anyone else has ever gotten this because I find this to be extremely scummy, in case it's somehow important, I had an old android that never got this, this happened in a newer realme model I got a month ago. ​

(I have a picture but I cannot post it here)

There was a time when I could pull down the quick settings for media where I could select between Bluetooth and Phone media or I would make the change with buttons on the volume changer. Now, I cannot do that in recent months since that setting area has been removed. Is there a way to bring this media setting back?

This is a serious question. Due to a brain injury, I need a tablet with a RLCD display and it seems I'm left with two choices. Both have the same display, but the internals are quite different. Would you pick the Mediatek G85 with 8gb or the G99 with 4gb when both have emmc storage? Both run on Android 14. I'd also love to know why, would it make a huge difference in day to day usage for some browsing, youtube, social media and a bit of reading?

I've looked at e-ink devices, but those don't do so well with youtube, so that's why I'm left with tablets with RLCD dispays that don't emit light / aren't backlit.

I recently acquired a refurbished Pixel 7a (model GWKK3) with the intention of putting two AT&T Build-A-Plan (BAP) lines on it (using separate AT&T IDs). I am aware that BAP is a new platform and that customer support for it is difficult. But, it appears to be the only currently available service that meets my requirements at a reasonable price point.

The BAP platform will only deliver a new eSIM by pushing it to the device over WiFi. I believe the theory behind this is that the phone is meant to register its EID with the GSMA database (on boot ?) so that the carrier can trigger a pull via the LPA system to download an eSIM.

It seems that this does not work on my new-to-me phone. The phone arrived with Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.002.A1) on it. I understand that this is the latest officially released version.

When the AT&T system attempts to send me my eSIM, I do not see the expected notification. And, attempting to trigger the download by going through the settings menu SIMs -> Add SIM -> Set up an eSIM only takes me to a QR scanner, with an alternative of entering an activation code manually.

I was eventually able to speak with a BAP specialist who told me that they cannot give me a QR or an activation code. They have escalated the problem internally, but said it would take 48 hours to get back to me.

I can also add that I had no difficulty adding a simple prepaid line to the device using a QR code - and I have been satisfied that the phone works as expected for WiFi, 5G data, SMS, RCS and voice calls. The phone is unlocked (it was sourced in Canada, where all phones are unlocked by federal regulation).

The BAP specialist seemed to think that it was a problem that the phone was not purchased from AT&T. This is bizarre, as the BAP platform is only available to people with no previous relationship with AT&T and who bring their own device.

Is it possible that a Canadian sourced phone will lack some software component that is necessary for the eSIM push process to work ? Is this a compatibility problem with Android 17 and AT&T ? Is there some setting that I have wrong on the phone that is preventing the phone from registering to receive the trigger ? Or, is there some other factor that I haven't considered ?

Between the initial purchase and subsequent attempts by the BAP support person, I think I've received 5 emails telling me my service has been activated. Each of those mails includes a "still not received your eSIM ?" section, which provides a link to device-specific activation instructions. (Which must be keyed off the EID as the ones I received are specific to the Pixel 7.) Those instructions only explain how to scan a QR code ! They are clearly re-using articles from their knowledge base without regard for their applicability on the BAP platform.

Unfortunately, I don't currently have the ability to monitor packet flow on my network to see whether there is any communication happening between my device and the GSMA / SM-DP+ / LPA system.

I am not currently close to an AT&T tower, but that cannot matter, as without the eSIM the phone has no idea that it wants to connect to that network. Once the eSIMs are installed, I will drive to a place where I have cellular coverage to complete the activation and set up WiFi calling.

I'm hoping that AT&T will eventually come back with a QR code. But perhaps somebody here has an idea.

Hi peeps! im looking for the sollution of my problem, so ​i used to playing some music from samsung music app. when i close the app from recent apps, the music kepps playing in the background. but the time i play music from appld music and close the app from recent apps, the music just stop the playback immediately

​is there any settings to keep my music playing continuously in the background even i closing it from the recents app? thanks!

(my device running on android 16)

For the past few days now my phone (Asus ROG Phone 5 S) has been making a very grating scratching sound with any vibration. The way I can describe it is that it sounds like TV static whenever it happens, and the vibration itself is very weak, suggesting it's more noise than vibration.

I was ready to write this off as the motor going out and ready to find a repair shop or contact Asus, but the bizarre thing is that restarting my phone causes the vibration to return to completely normal function- for about 6 hours, then I need to restart it again because the scratchy stuff returns.

This seems to suggest to me that there is something going on on the software level that causes the vibration motor to malfunction. But I have no idea what it is... Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I can't exactly afford a brand new phone given the current market.

I made a new email on my phone yesterday to use as a throwaway account for something. Ever since I made it, I started getting this notif constantly. What I think is really weird is the page that shows up when I click it explaining what I'm giving permission to. For most of it, there's red text against a grey background that's barely visible. I was able to mess around with some settings on the screenshot to make it visible, but it really doesn't give me much to work with.

I don't have a Google TV. I don't know how to get it to stop asking me after denying it every time. Below are screenshots of the notif and what shows up when clicked. Help!

https://imgur.com/a/7Hs7gxY

https://imgur.com/a/owVO3kl

https://imgur.com/a/8LgDAX7

title...live notification takes up the entire status bar and I can't see other notifications... but i still want the controls of the media player in the notification panel... this feature is pure shit

So I’m switching from iOS to android. iPhone 13 Pro to oppo find x10 pro max and I was wondering if you can still get certain apps without ads. I used to use YouTube revanced and free Spotify premium. Is it still possible and is it still as easy as it used to be or have companies started to crack down on it?

I have a Motorola moto G22 and it doesn't have much storage space so I bought a sandisk 128GB SD card for my phone specifically so I can play genshin impact on my phone but it won't let me move any apps to the SD card at all.

Formatting it doesn't make a difference, I tried switching on developer settings and switched on force allow apps on external but it didn't change anything, I tried installing the apps on my PC with bluestacks and putting them on the SD card that way but my phone can't open the files.

On previous phones that I've had it wasn't a problem, I could just go into settings and change the app to be stored in the SD card, but the option isn't coming up on my current phone at all on any of my apps.

tldr: How do I force Genshin impact to download onto my SD card instead of the internal storage on my phone?

I'm asking because I don't know what happened. I updated the app after I got more space on my phone finally and nothing is happening with that. Do I need to put on a setting again? What should I do? I'm using a samsung phone.

I've suddenly started getting notifications on my Android under the heading "This phone." These seem to be promotionds/ads and nothing I want. I know how to shut off notifications, but don't know where this is originating from and can't find it under my notification app list.

I have downloaded a file from the 'Group me' app 5 times using acrobat and Kindle and I can't find it in either my downloads or my drive folder. Any other guesses?

I have a (FREE, mind you) app installed through Aurora because I don't want random crap tied to a Google tracker account. Sometimes though, random apps will put up this popup not letting me use the app until I reinstall from Google Play. It's pissing me off. How do I make it go away?

I bought the phone Motorola G05 brand new back in May from El Corte Inglés. I used it briefly for a few months, but then stopped using it due to various weird issues.

One of them was an Opera account that has suddenly appeared on the device out of nowhere. I tried removing it, but kept getting hit with this error message:

"This change isn't allowed by your admin" (screenshot provided).

The thing is: This is my personal phone. I do not have a work profile, school account, or device policy controller installed. I have never logged in with a work or school email address on this device.

I did have an app called PAKS in Device admin apps list since the day I bought the phone which was disabled (though logs show broadcast intents of Device admin being enabled/disabled on startup). Strangely, right around the day I filed a report, PAKS completely disappeared from the Device Admin list and the regular Settings > Apps list. It is still visible only via 3rd-party app managers.

Does anyone know what is happening here? How/why did this account showed up? How it got tied to an "admin" lock on a mainstream retail phone, and what is up with broadcast intents of Device admin being enabled (followed by bunch of other configs) and then disabled on startup? As well as PAKS dissapearing all of a sudden. Any educated advice would be hugely appreciated.

Screenshots: https://postimg.cc/gallery/V8Dd88T

It is a problem I struggle with from time to time. I dont understand why it is so fiddly.

In a remote cabin, my phone is my hot-spot (when it works). I want to share what is on my phone screen with my laptop screen without needing a wifi connection or having to sign in to anything. Wired connection.

Years ago miracast worked but it was binned. Now I have to fiddle about with command line prompts with scrcpy from github that I dont understand how to do.

Link to Windows or Dex gives a massive black border.

Is there a technical or commercial reason why it is so hard to do?

What is the simplest solution?

I have a Galaxy S23, no google account, and aggressively de-googled my device shortly after purchasing it. This has not been an issue previously, but now I hesitate to update apps because I worry they’ll start throwing errors due to me not having the play store installed/active.

Has anyone found a way to make those annoying little popups not happen yet? I tried to search this sub but may have just been using the wrong keywords

I'm currently using the S26 12/256GB Exynos model right now, and I just got a deal to trade it in for the Realme GT 8 Pro 16/512GB plus an extra $100. Honestly, I’m really into a phone with a solid camera and decent gaming performance, so I’m thinking the Snapdragon, Ricoh GR camera, and 16GB RAM will be a nice upgrade from my current setup. Do you think this is a good deal? How is the realme for long term use? Or should I just hold out for the S27 Ultra when it drops?

I’m getting notifications that my Gmail storage is full and that I will stop receiving emails if I don’t buy more storage. How do I get rid of it because I’m on iCloud now?

MOBILE : Redmi note 11

Problem : the notification bar does not swipe down and Open, when a application is actively running on the screen not in the background .

I.E. opening YouTube and not being able to open the notification bar until YouTube is minimized and I'm on the home screen

Some other details : this phone screen is pretty broken like held on by tape and has a couple of white vertical lines running across the screen many caused by dropping the phone on the ground and has stayed like this ever since , the pocket mode was also disabled due to inconvenience maby it got something to do with it 🤷🏻 , haven't found any fix or related problem online either

If you can plz say if the problem can be fixed or needs to be sent to a repair shop

Hi everyone, about 6 months ago i bought a SmartTag2 for my house/car keys and it worked perfectly fine (except sometimes it didn't seem to pair to my phone at the first try when i tried to make my phone ring through the tag).
However, a week ago i lost my keys and the last known position is at my girlfriend's house around the time we got home that night. Since then nothing.
It pisses me off that when i open the SmartThings app to see the device options, it says "connect device to the smartphone to modify this option" and i can ONLY see the map, not even make the tag ring.

I'm so angry that it stopped working just after i lost the keys, because it's weird that in one week no one with a samsung went near it

I am looking for a new Android phone, and camera quality is my top priority. I don’t play games, so performance is less important to me.

I am considering the Pixel 11 Pro XL (with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage) for around $1,200, but I’m debating whether it’s worth waiting for the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max or the Galaxy S27 ultra. I am also open to other suggestions.

My budget is around $1,400.

Which phone would you recommend for the best overall photo quality? should I wait?

I was uninstalling Minecraft (apk) i accidentally clicked the keep data thing, now when I tried to download an updated version of the apk it wouldn't let me because it is conflicting with a similar file in my phone. I figured it was the keep data thing so I went ahead and tried to delete the file, it didn't work so i tried in other file managers but it also didn't work.

I tried reinstalling the same version the file was from but I couldn't it says"not compatible with my device"

Which is kinda confusing since my phone version is up to date.

Since these cant bypass the restriction the Android folder has. I tried deleting it using my laptop via usb—also didn't work. I tried to debug it using adb and it didn't work.

Im currently out of options. If you've run onto the same problem and manage to find a solution or you know how to solve this problem pls help.

After the update the clock widget got very little custamizable. It now always shows the second counter if the clock is not crazy small and I cant change the date position.

Does anyone know how to change it?

I checked out other clock widget apps, but they have adds and need concent to personalize add, witch is absolutely crazy for a clock app...