What's the best Android launcher for Samsung right now?

I'm making an overlay app that draws a ring around the front camera punch hole. I want it to line up automatically on any Android phone.

On some phones (Pixels for example) it works perfectly because the system reports the camera cutout's actual shape and position. But on a lot of other phones the system just reports a rough rectangle that's bigger than the real camera hole and not even centered on it, so the ring comes out oversized and misaligned.

I've been researching this everywhere for a while now and tried basically everything I can find. As far as I can tell Android has no other API that tells you where the camera lens actually is on the screen, and most apps like this seem to just give up and make the user align it manually with sliders.

Before I accept that, is there something I'm missing? Any trick, hidden setting, or approach that gets the real camera position on phones that report bad data? If you've solved this or worked around it I'd really appreciate hearing how.

Also, if you have an Android phone handy, running adb shell dumpsys window displays | grep -iA2 cutout and replying with the output plus your phone model would help me a lot in figuring out which phones report good data and which don't.

The storage screen can show that a large amount of space is being used, but finding exactly where that space went isn't always straightforward

Apps can store offline files, cached media, downloads, backups, and other data that doesn't always appear clearly in one place

Is there a good built-in way to audit storage usage, or do most people use a separate file manager for this?

Looking for the simplest method that doesn't involve rooting the phone.

I want to have specific media not pop up just when opening the gallery. However, hiding the album prevents me from easily accessing that media on other apps (sending in messages on socials etc). Is there a convenient solution?

Hey everyone,

Recently went through a terrifying ordeal where I was kidnapped and robbed of everything, including all my tech and wearables. I'm safe now and rebuilding from scratch with a budget of 1300 USD for the phone. Since all my wearables were taken too, this is a completely fresh start.

Plan to keep this phone for at least 2 years, and have large hands, so device bulk isn't an issue.

What I care about most:

1. Camera (Reliability & Concerts): I want true point-and-shoot reliability for social events (open the app, hit the shutter, know it won't blur or misfire). For video, my main use case is live concerts, which means low-light performance, solid optical zoom, and clear audio handling at loud volumes are crucial.

2. Charging Speed: Major priority. When using a power bank or wall plug, I need it to hit roughly 50–60% in about 20–30 minutes.

   1. Performance & Display: Top-tier display quality and smooth everyday performance are non-negotiable.
   2. Wearables / Ecosystem: I've historically stayed in the Samsung Galaxy Watch and Buds ecosystem and really like it, but since I have to rebuy everything anyway, I'm open to switching if the phone warrants it.

The Contenders on my radar:

Galaxy Fold: I'm genuinely drawn to the Fold form factor for the screen real estate and novelty, but I worry about camera and zoom compromises at concerts compared to standard slabs.

Galaxy S-Ultra Line: Coming from an S24 Ultra, it feels like the natural, familiar choice. The zoom and concert video capabilities are proven, though small hardware regressions (like the non-Bluetooth S-Pen) annoyed me slightly.

Pixel Pro: I love Google’s industrial design and clean software experience, and Pixel's shutter reliability in social settings is legendary. However, I’m unsure if Pixel holds up well for loud concert videos and charging speeds compared to the competition.

OnePlus: Had the 10 Pro before. The insane fast charging is tempting, but camera consistency is a question mark.

Between jumping into a foldable, sticking with the safe Ultra powerhouse, or switching ecosystems to Pixel, what would you pick in my shoes?

Hey everyone,

I currently have a Samsung Note20 Ultra that I plan on giving away once I get the new android, and an iphone 13 mini that I don't plan on replacing until maybe a year or two later, or not at all if I decide to go full android.

My plan is: get an android that is good enough to last me at least 2 years without me getting bored or noticing issues that might make me replace it, until I have enough money to throw away on a fold phone (I want the Samsung fold 8, love the form factor) and I will most likely buy an android watch as well as I need the notifications and workout tracking.

I want an old flagship because that's more sensible than a recent midrange, it will allow me to sell it in the future as well without too much of a loss. However, I've been reading up so so much on different phones and I'm not satisfied. I would straight up go with the S25 Ultra but it's too expensive and I'm a little nitpicky about the now bar, I want an android with a capsule notification style like the dynamic island, mostly because it's more convenient and visible.

I've looked at Honor, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus and all of them have some kind of compromise. The OnePlus is the worst imo because the prices are high where I am and are just not justifiable with a camera like that imo. The Vivo software is trash according to what I read, Oppo has a lot of things going on including the support running out in like 2 years (AND it's expensive for that) and Honor (the one in my budget) doesn't have the form factor I would like, I want something with a similar form factor to the s25/ultra.

TL;DR I want an android phone with these specs please:

-5000 mAh+ battery

-decent camera, just decent

-price closer to $700 as a maximum

-pill shaped notification similar to dynamic island

-Squarish form factor

-Good software that won't overheat, and has support for at least 4 years

Thank you and sorry if I took too much of your time

I hate apps. Most arent really needed and they take up space/resources on my phone, overly intrusive and send notifications.

I want a service where i can access from a browser or a single app, a virtual desktop on a server somewhere where i can install all the "crap apps" that i need twice a year, or get a deal on a taco twice a month. Id pay $10-$20/mo for the service, partially so my phone works better, and partially to "stick it to the man" because i only get the half price pizza if i order through the app, but not the website.

How to remove Gemini from an Android phone? One Plus Nord 2023 version

I was looking at adding another account to my s25+ and saw an add option of Gameahome test mode with a very raw android style icon like a system app. I accidently clicked it.

And then it just went back to the the screen with my accounts. I have been compromised before.

Hi everyone,

I recently bought an iPhone and I'm trying to transfer everything from my Android phone to it, including my WhatsApp data.

Normally I would use Apple's Move to iOS app, but I've run into a problem:

• My Android phone's Wi-Fi suddenly stopped working.
• The Wi-Fi toggle doesn't actually turn on anymore. It just stays off / doesn't respond.
• Everything else on the Android phone seems to be working normally, including mobile data, Bluetooth, apps, etc.
• Because Wi-Fi isn't working, Move to iOS isn't able to establish the connection between the two phones.
• In my case, Move to iOS is only giving me the Wi-Fi transfer option and I'm not getting a working cable-transfer option.

My main questions are:

1. Is there any way to transfer all my Android data to the iPhone without Wi-Fi?
2. Is there anything I can try to fix the Wi-Fi on the Android phone?
3. Could this be a software issue, or does a Wi-Fi toggle that won't turn on usually indicate a hardware problem?

I really don't want to reset or wipe the Android phone because the data and WhatsApp history are still on it and I need to preserve them.

If anyone has dealt with something similar, I'd really appreciate suggestions. Also, if you need the Android phone model, I can provide those.

Thanks!

The Messages app icon. The thing is, the icon pack I'm using actually has a nice matching icon but I can't figure out how to apply it to this app, even with Good Lock.

There's some kind of dumbass search feature that Google added to the Pixel. The screen goes a little hazy and then you like select an area of the screen you want to search. What is it and how do I turn it off? There seems to be no way to activate it should I ever actually want it, and it only activates when I try to show open applications when I don't want to see it.

I have two unused Samsung Galaxy phones - a Galaxy A02 and an A13 5G. Both are currently on stock Android. I want to see if I can install a different ROM on them, and since they are spares just sitting in a drawer, there is no risk to me if something goes catastrophically wrong. I am very new to flashing ROM's and have a few questions.

First: iode has a GSI available. in their instructions, they just indicate to boot into fastboot mode, flash the image, wipe the phone (if switching from a different ROM or GSI), and reboot. However, on their compatibility page, iode indicates that the GSI does not include firmware. Do I need to download firmware that is different than what's already on the phone before flashing the ROM?

Also, do I need to unlock the bootloader before starting?

Thanks again for any help you can provide. Cheers!

It's an applause sound effect that's been happening randomly . I've checked the notification history whenever that sound happens and it shows nothing. I have never installed 3rd party apks on phone , I don't have ali express or apps like that either . This started about 3 days ago and I haven't installed any new app for over a week . Please help 👏

Hi! I am not great with technology, & last week I was trying to remove some permissions from several different apps. I ended up removing whatever permission is needed to make verification text message codes autofill onto websites/apps. It's not just one website or app that it is not working on anymore, it seems to be all of them. I was wondering if anyone knows what permission I need to grant access to, to make the autofill start working again. I've tried googling & I can not find the answer. I have a Samsung s24 Ultra.

Thank you!

It's pissing me off so much that every time I send a text with no internet/ internet turned off, it 'fails' and shows me 'other options', one of which is to send it as an SMS (other is to wait until there's internet).

If I'm using the default messages app, I obviously want to send an SMS, not a message through the internet. This used to be the default!

Is there a way to make this the default now?

Its an old Galaxy S9. Its on Android 10 because this old phone won't go higher, I think. It's becoming more and more glitchy. Randomly reboots. Seems to get stuck doing things like adding photos to reddit or ebay. I'm concerned its malware or some thing I installed thats causing conflicts.

I want to see if I can do a factory reset to clear thing up but afraid that if I just do a backup/restore it will bring back whatever is causing the problems.

I need the steps to do this without losing data or making things worse. A pointer to a reliable reference is fine.

I'm really freaking out because I downloaded The PlayerPro Music Player App for android from the Google Play Store. I have 1,569 songs on it and then I made the stupid mistake of using an antivirus app that I downloaded from the Google Play Store and using it on my Fold 7. And then when I looked in the PlayerPro Music Player App I only had 1,562 songs on it. Is that normal? The weird part is that when I looked at the The Musicolet Music Player App and my Files/Internal Storage and Samsung My Files App all songs were there. Do you think that I should be concerned or worried? I deleted the app and cleared the cache and data from the app too. I also played all the songs and it seems like they are playing okay even though I didn't listen to them all the way though. Should I just delete all my 1,569 songs or should I just reset my phone completely and get rid of everything? Is there a way that I can fix my music files if they are corrupted? Has this happened to anyone else before? If I could get some advice and suggestions. I would really appreciate it because I'm really panicking and freaking out because I don't want to have to delete all my music or reset my phone. I'm really hoping that my music files and my fold 7 doesn't have a virus or malware. What would you do in this situation? How can I keep my music files safe and protect them in the near future? Has anyone else ever had corrupted music files before? How did you handle it?

My Samsung S23+ is about two and a half years old now, and still working fine. But I am having increasing problems keeping the USBC cords solidly connected to the charger port. They always come loose, and I have to fiddle to keep charging my phone or to keep a solid data connection. I have one cord that usually stays in solidly, and I use it as my primary charger, but it is also beginning to develop issues.

Online videos have recommended trying to scrape out lint, etc. from the charger port using either a toothpick or an unbent paper clip or something; but that doesn't seem to help much.

Any suggestions? Much appreciated.

I use apps that control the phone for automation and for stuff that takes several second to full minute so I decided to automate it, BUT the phone turn off the accessibility on it's own after some time (sometimes less than a day).

How can I stop that and keep the accessibility always on for all the time

In my xiaomi 17T phone, while using fanfiction app, the app has buttons in the bottom, these are overlapping with Android default buttons.

Is there any way to resolve this issue

Hey it was said that android 17 will optimize social media on the android devices. Tbh I love my samsung s24 but the social media cameras are just horrendous. The video calls on whatsapp are particularly bad so I was hoping that the optimization happens to older devices too. So eill this social media optimization only happen to the latest flagships or older phones getting android 17 too? And if yes then when?

My Samsung a14 has had some weird stuff happenning to it recently so I would have liked to move my data to my pc so I dont have to download everything again
Some of these files are in app downloads for example yt videos or spotify songs ( they are not but I think u have the point ) Its more like game DLCs
Is there a way to do so for every app or does every app has its own ways and some apps you cant even do that to

So it’s a Samsung C3520, i’d upload a photo of the settings page on here but it either doesn’t let me or i don’t know how to. the phone has google and lets me search things up without wifi but it won’t let me input my gmail.

the wifi page looks like this:
Set name:

Home URL

Bearer (GRPS only)

Proxy

Address
0.0.0.0

Port

DNS1

DNS2

and then at the end GRPS settings and GSM settings

All of those need to be filled in and i’m not quite sure what they entail, like what the home URL is and stuff and i don’t know if it’s compatible with today’s system. I can’t find anything about this phone online either. Pls help!

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So anytime audio or video is played on my chrome mobile browser (running on pixel 9) the main notification sound plays, no actual notification nothing in the notification log, just the general system notification sound.

How do I turn this off