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So yesterday I tested WiFi Direct against Quick Share and to my surprise (kinda) WiFi Direct was much faster than the latter...

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/15242858...

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22497207...

is there any way to clear current defaults on samsung? going into app info for an app doesn’t give the clear default option....

I sent in two phones for an offered $1600 total promotional bill credits....

Curious to see how much the majority of people here spend, especially with flagships prices getting out of hand in the last few years.

On a pixel 7a running (rooted) lineageOS, i use gcam (without network access) because it just produces the best photos....

Be it on GrapheneOS, where the default apps look ugly as hell, or on other Android distros....

When w11 announced that they were adding native support for rar, 7z, etc, it occurred to me that android also doesn’t support these and I found it really weird

The Firefox for Android GitHub releases aren’t being updated anymore, and is versions behind the Play Store now....

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I accidentally removed a MicroSD card from an Android device running Android 12 while it was being ejected. This happened because it took longer than usual (less than a few seconds), and I pulled it out without looking at the notification. Now, when I insert the MicroSD card into any Android device, it tells me to format it to...

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I keep having my phone completely drained of battery over night, and im not sure why… Each night the phone will easy chew through 30-40% battery. Only thing that helps is putting it in battery saving mode. But feels like a temporary solution....

The dedicated sub was quite popular, and it is probably a question that might interest a few people

Howdy, Android nerds!...

Currently I’m using Google Play books and there are few things I’m used to and can’t live without:...

Title essentially. I used to flash way back in the day, my HTC thunderbolt older phones were flashed so many times. However now, it seems even more difficult....

Note for Americans: here WhatsApp is the de facto communication standard. Literally nobody uses SMS/iMessage/Facebook messenger/signal. And carriers still charge 2 euro for a MMS which completely kills iMessage/RCS (if accidentally send MMS, it’s expensive)...

I’d like it to open an app that shows a list at once instead of the current, horribly inefficient way that makes apps mostly take up almost the whole screen, one at a time… Thanks for any ideas!

I recently discovered SmartTube Next for Android TV to get an ad free experience and integrated Sponsorblock on my Nvidia Shield TV....

Day 1: AI AI AI (Android is day 2) AI AI AI - google...

So I just bought a OnePlus 12 recently, I was used to controlling volume using the onehand operations goodlock module in my Samsung galaxy S23. I basically never had to press the volume buttons to control the volume unless absolutely necessary....

I find the only app in F-droid very lacking, and the couple I tested from the PlayStore lacked many of the technically available controls you can see on IRDB, Global Cache, JP1, etc....

(Posting this here rather than !askandroid as it’s a quite general question)...