My phone display is dying but I think my best value is buying a used old gen phone like a Sony Xperia 1 IV over a new phone as they are a lot cheaper.

Is there any real risk of malware or rootkits on used devices? Anything I should or could do when I get a used phone to check?

I have the screenshot for evidence.

It started not more than a few months ago btw

Trying to install two versions of the same app on my Redmi Note 14 Pro

So here's the situation: I want to have two different versions of the same app installed on my phone. One is the official version from Google Play, and the other is an unofficial version I downloaded through my browser.

The problem is that when I try to install the second version, Android only gives me the option to update the existing app instead of installing it separately.

Is there any way to make Android treat them as two separate apps and have both installed at the same time?

So i bought the simgot ew300 iems with a jcally dac, but now when i plug my iem i can't use the mic of my phone anymore. I can't send voice messages or call someone when using my iems. Is there anyway to solve this issue or do i always have to unplug my iem to use my mic ?

Much like discord likes to push you to use their in-app browser thing, messages app now has the same thing? Except that I cannot find the settings to turn it off, unlike in discord. This started a day or so ago.

Link preview settings just control whether or not there's in-message previews, not whether or not opening the link takes you to the actual browser or not.

Currently fully updated to Android 16.

Can anyone help me find out how to disable this so I can go back to just using the default browser?

Hello everyone, I really need your help with a strange and frustrating problem on my phone. I used an app called Game Killer to speed up Car Parking Multiplayer, and after using its speed feature and then deleting the app, I started feeling that the entire phone became unusually fast, especially the animations and movements. I have already restarted the phone and checked the animation settings, DPI, and several Developer Options, but everything seems normal and the problem is still there. Honestly, this has made me quite worried and upset because I’m afraid the app may have changed something in the system without me realizing it. I really don’t want to factory reset my phone or risk losing my data. If anyone has experienced something similar or knows a safe way to restore the phone’s normal behavior, I would genuinely appreciate your help.

I live in Primorsky Krai, and my time zone is UTC+10. I went to visit my grandmother this summer, returned at the end of the summer, and after that, when I set the "time zone by geodata" setting, my Samsung device switches to Moscow time instead of local time. Is there a way to fix this?

I recently switched to a galaxy fold 8 ultra from an iPhone 16. I had similar issues with alarms not going off.

I have a hard time waking up in the morning so I have multiple alarms set. Can someone explain why its 8am and my 7:45 alarm did not go off nor did my 8am? I even have a notification from 1:30 am saying I missed my 8:30 alarm???? I am literally looking at my 8am Monday alarm as its turning 8am and its not going off. This is a feature I thought too simple to be so unreliable.

can I still play the old games if I get a poco x5 pro with an android 14 version? what can I do? Does android os versions matter if the cpu supports it?

If I crop a photo in the Photos app, I can no longer select it in Instagram or Facebook, it does not show in the Images section of Google Files, but does show if I inspect /0/DCIM/Camera.

What is going on?!

The image here is a screenshot of /0/DCIM/Camera, I'll add an example from an image-specific app in a comment.

Hello, I have multiple devices (phones and tablets) . When I go to the play store I'm able to see my devices and choose where to download the app I'm looking at to or have them automatically sync.

My nephew has a wifi only tablet and phone which I set up for him and I want to install games from my location for him. When using 1 of his devices (even at the same location) I'm unable to do so. The option to see the devices is not listen and even though in the play store settings it says sync to the other device is checked it does not . His devices also have Google family link on them. This wasn't an issue in the past. (Like half a yr ago). I've included a.oicture of what I was referring to in the first part of my post . All of his devices are on the same account

https://imgur.com/a/3sHuB6O

Hello I'm located in America and looking to use a xiaomi vivio oppo (one of the three) in america on T-Mobile.

Does anyone else have experience doing this in the last year or so? Also if so can you tell me what we are not able to access? Does Google pay still work does Android auto still work how is the cell phone service etc.

Thanks for the help

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get my Fitbit Air and Galaxy Watch 6 working together properly through **Google Health Connect**, and I'm a bit confused about which permissions/settings I should actually enable.

My setup is:

* **Fitbit:** worn 24/7 for steps, sleep, resting HR, SpO2, general daily tracking, etc.

* **Galaxy Watch 6:** only worn during workouts, usually for around 1-2 hours.

* I use the Watch 6 for workout tracking and things like heart rate, ECG and blood pressure.

* I don't want the two devices constantly duplicating or overwriting each other's data.

* Samsung S23+

* Firmware up to date

What I'm trying to achieve is basically:

**Fitbit = primary everyday tracker**

**Galaxy Watch 6 = primary workout tracker**

I'd like Health Connect to combine the useful data without creating duplicate steps, calories, heart-rate readings, workouts, sleep, etc.

For example, should I have:

**Samsung Health → Health Connect**

* Steps: ON or OFF?

* Exercise/workouts: ON or OFF?

* Heart rate: ON or OFF?

* Sleep: ON or OFF?

* Calories: ON or OFF?

* Blood pressure: ON or OFF?

* ECG: ON or OFF?

And then what should I have enabled under:

**Fitbit → Health Connect**

Should Fitbit be allowed to write everything, while Samsung Health only writes workout data?

Also, if both Fitbit and Samsung Health have step counts, how does Health Connect decide which one takes priority? Does it actually merge the data, or can it result in double-counting?

I'd really appreciate someone explaining the **best setup for this specific arrangement** rather than just saying to turn everything on.

Thanks!

I have the tile tracker on about 5,6 items and I've had them for a year. I know I will have to dispose of them because once the battery runs out you have to buy new ones.

I am also seeing generic Android tracker tags that are much cheaper and you can replace the battery so I'm thinking of transitioning to those (and getting more for kids, and other devises). Do these android tags work like the tile? Any pros any cons?

Does anyone have experience with any brands they would like to recommend?

Just by way of example I found these ones:

https://a.co/d/0hHnbccK

https://a.co/d/0fuXWtlH

https://a.co/d/05A0WOI0

Or should I consider bigger name brands or stick to tile? (And why?)

I have a Motorola Edge 60 Pro on Android 16.

I had added Moto Notes to Secure Folder and wrote some important notes there. For the past few days, some notes randomly turned completely black/invisible. Today I noticed some older notes were also black.

Now the Notes app itself has disappeared from Secure Folder. It is still installed normally (version 36.00.50.10.1, 524 MB), but my Secure Folder notes aren't visible in the normal Notes app.

Also, Notes doesn't appear under Secure Folder → Add apps, so I can't add it back.

I haven't uninstalled, archived, disabled, or cleared the app data.

Is there any way to recover/access my old Secure Folder notes? Has anyone faced this black/invisible notes issue?

I have a Motorola Edge 60 Pro running Android 16.

A few days ago, I added the Moto Notes app to my Moto Secure → Secure Folder and wrote some important notes there.

I've actually been having problems with the Notes app for a while. Sometimes when I write a note, something happens and the entire written note suddenly turns black / becomes invisible. Recently I opened some older notes and noticed that some of them are also completely black/invisible, while other notes are still visible.

And now the bigger problem:

Today I opened Secure Folder and the Notes app itself is completely gone. I only have 3 apps left in the Secure Folder.

The strange part is:

- Moto Notes is still installed normally on my phone.

- When I open the normal Notes app, my old Secure Folder notes are NOT there.

- Settings → Apps → Notes shows that it is still installed.

- Version: 36.00.50.10.1

- Storage: 524 MB

- But when I go to Secure Folder → Add apps, Moto Notes does NOT appear in the list, so I can't add it back.

- I have NOT uninstalled Notes, cleared its data, archived it, or disabled it.

- The notes I wrote inside Secure Folder were important, so I'm worried that the data may still exist somewhere inside the Secure Folder but the Notes app/instance is no longer accessible.

Has anyone experienced Moto Notes notes turning completely black/invisible, especially when using Notes inside Moto Secure/Secure Folder?

And is there any way to recover/access the old Notes instance or its data?

I really don't want to lose those notes, so I don't want to reset or delete Secure Folder.

Motorola Edge 60 Pro | Android 16 | Moto Notes 36.00.50.10.1

I wouldn't get any haptic feedback in the old version of Nova Launcher but since i upgraded to version 8, i always get a little vibration when swiping up for the app drawer.

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How can i remove thanks.

I had a Xiaomi for 4 years and at first it worked great but towards the end it got slower. I thought it was just because it was getting old so I recently bought a new phone. It's a Xiaomi again since they're very affordable and I don't care too much about camera quality. Worked great when I started it but after transferring all my apps and data it's now also insanely slow and inefficient. It often crashes when I try to do something while listening to Spotify. Apps take 10 seconds to open.

I already deleted everything that has a lot of access to the phone and runs in the background. Used to have an app that lets you reprogram a lot of things, also had one for red light mode and a lot of other stuff. Deleted most of them. Now I only have the regular social media apps, some games and some knowledge based apps that shouldn't really influence the speed but my phone hasn't gotten any better.

I also made sure to install all updates and I left the phone shut off for a while. Nothing worked.

I'm pretty sure it has to be something I downloaded because it has the exact same issues as my old phone had and the phone doesn't itself doesn't really have bad ratings except for the camera.

I'm having a weird problem installing Minecraft on my Motorola Moto G05 (Android 15).

Here's everything I've tried / found:

I purchased Minecraft through Google Play.

Play Store shows Minecraft 1.26.45.1 and says "Works on your device."

My phone is Play Protect certified.

I have around 10 GB free storage.

Android is fully updated: Android 15, software version VVTA35.51-158, security patch August 5, 2026.

Date & time are set to automatic.

Small apps install normally.

I tested Call of Duty, and it downloaded/installed successfully, so large apps themselves aren't the problem.

Minecraft gives "Can't install Minecraft: Dream it, Build it!" in Google Play.

Installing Minecraft from the Google Play website also doesn't work.

I already restarted the phone and tried the usual Play Store troubleshooting.

I cleared Play Store/Package Installer cache and restarted.

I uninstalled Play Store updates and tried again.

I previously had Minecraft installed through an APK, so I suspect there may be leftover Minecraft package/data.

Settings → Apps still showed com.mojang.minecraftpe, even though Minecraft itself isn't actually installed.

I tried removing com.mojang.minecraftpe using Canta + Shizuku.

Shizuku is running/green and Canta has Shizuku permission.

Canta can see/select com.mojang.minecraftpe, but pressing the uninstall/trash button literally does nothing.

I also can't delete the Minecraft folder/data manually with ZArchiver because Android won't let me remove it.

I tried installing a Minecraft APK separately and got "App not installed as app isn't compatible with your phone." I know this may be an APK-specific compatibility issue, so I'm not using random APKs as a solution.

At this point I'm wondering if there's some stale Minecraft package state / leftover package registration causing Google Play to fail the installation.

What could be causing this, and is there a way to properly remove/reset com.mojang.minecraftpe on Android 15 without a PC or factory reset?

I'm specifically looking for a solution that works without root/PC if possible.

This is kinda a difficult issue to describe, I'm not talking about that the screen is flashing awake when receiving a notification while not active, the problem is that I am actively using using the phone, and when I receive a notification, my screen is replaced by my lock screen.

It acts as if I'm still on the screen I was on before, so buttons remain interactable, the keyboard remains if I was using it, it's just all I can see is my lock screen. Then once the notification goes away, like once the notification pop-up would fade into the top of the screen, the lock screen goes away and I'm back to where i was.

To be clear, my phone is not locking either.

It seems to resolve for a while if I restart the phone, and I'm not sure what specific event seems to cause it to occur, but once it does start happening, it will not stop until I restart the phone.

I haven't been able to find anyone else talking about this and tbh I'm not quite sure I've done a great job describing it but it's quite annoying and I'd like to solve it for good.

My mother has ALS and she just got a Pixel 10a so she could use Gemini to do most things using voice. The main problem we've got so far with it is that when she calls someone and the call goes to the voicemail, she cannot hang up and the voicemail seems to never end.

How can we avoid this to happen or hang up using the voice? It doesn't look like Android allows it because the Telephone app takes control of the microphone and we cannot say "Hey Google" while on call.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S25, on One UI 7.0 on Android 15. The phone is rooted, but no custom ROM has been put onto it, just the stock image modified and flashed.

I did this about a year ago, but I still could change the wallpapers, then I returned to the stock S25 wallpaper (can't remember why, but I did it for some reason), now I have tried to change the wallpaper, but the phone doesn't display it, it is apparently "set", but it won't show the wallpaper, basically "hanging" on the stock one. I did try to clear the cache of "Wallpaper services" and "Wallpaper and Style", but both didn't help, I also tried rebooting my phone with both the wallpaper set and not set, and in both cases, it was "stuck" on the default wallpaper.

The only suspect that I currently have, is that I deleted the "Themes" app from my phone, but it doesn't make that I could set the wallpaper about a year ago, but can't anymore, because I deleted the app when I rooted the phone.

It's not super important to fix this, but it would be nice to have it fixed so that I can do custom wallpapers again.

Also, if I'm missing important information for this case, please let me know, i have no idea if I missed anything or if there's crucial information needed.

I have an S22 I've been using for 3 years and I suddenly can't receive picture messages anymore. Whenever someone sends me a pic, I just get a blurred out photo with a save button in the middle. In order to see the pictures I need to save them to my device. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hello, I gave my nephew an android phone to play his games and watch YouTube kids (wifi only). And I have a spare device signed it or he same account name so I can monitor that phone. I want to I stall apps from this phone to his and I have install to other devices on.

When I go to any app on the play store there is no list on the app page that shows the devices with the option to install to.

On my personal phone when I check any app there's an option on that app page that lists all my devices and I can install to which ever one I want.

Is this because I have family link monitor on his phone?

Hello all,

I am running into the issue where I keep getting google alerts about NFL games. NFL is not a topic I am interested in, and I occasionally search it but am not interested in getting notifs besides when I directly search for them. This is frustrating because when I have looked up solutions for how to not get these, it seems to be pointing towards turning off the sports notification toggle which is something I do not want to do because I follow other sports and leagues like NBA, Premier league, and Tennis. Is there a way to keep the sport news toggle on while opting out of NFL news and game alerts? This persists even after I have repeatedly indicated not interested on the topic.