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I have about 5 different apps installed right now, and while I plan to test them all out, curious what people’s conclusions are thus far.

I hope it’s okay to ask for support here. I have a 2022 Motorola 5G phone, and it keeps turning down the volume on its own by exactly four notches. Is it possible this is some kind of setting somewhere? Maybe I have accidentally turned this on, and it’s trying to protect my hearing or something?

On Windows, the go-to emulators are Bluestacks and NoxPlayer (both closed source), especially when gaming is concerned. Unfortunately they are not available on Linux, and the Nox devs’ dismissive attitude towards Linux also makes it unlikely they’ll ever make a Linux port:...

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Subsequent 15 sec videos trying to convince iPhone users by focusing on:...

I’m looking for a simple note taking app for Android, which can sync with a Nextcloud server (or similar decentralyzed software). Thanks in advance!

Wanted to see how everyone in the community felt about the using the android navigation bar buttons vs using gesture control....

Hey guys, Im looking for solution to change default save path from /DCIM/Camera to another folder (that syncs with selfhosted cloud). I tried 2 versions of gcam, opencamera and few apps from play store, but cant find a way how to change save path. I also want to use non google galery, enjoying simple galery pro atm....

The Unknown tracker alerts detection system went live for one of our tipsters on a Pixel phone running Android 14 beta with Play services 23.26.55. With Google saying the rollout commenced at the end of July, unknown tracker alerts should go live for more users in the next few days and weeks....

Looking for an app for note-taking with the following features:...

I know that most customizability features that were once exclusive to custom roms are available for use right out of the box these days....

Every time my phone gets connected to bluetooth speaker, messaging apps automatically come out of forced stop state and start running in the background....

A couple of times I’ve been presented with notifications from commercial apps downloaded from the Play store that are very clearly promotional material. Thankfully, Android allows me to block particular notification channels if I swipe the notification lightly and hit the gear icon. I can disable the particular “Promotion”...

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I hate how every phone uses biometrics as a bypass to a pin/password instead of being used in conjunction with a pin/password. With biometric + pin, someone needs both your pin and fingerprint. And there can be a prompt for a longer “fallback” password if there is X number of incorrect attempts or at restart. Is there such a...

I’m tried of how terrible Gmail is. Id like an email client with folders or categories. If it can sort them automatically (like how Googles now defunct inbox app used to) that would be even better....

I’m obviously late for the banner contest but I still think this awesome community also deserves an awesome banner 😁...

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Well, we’ve sure had a doozy of a week here on the newly reopened !android....

I am looking for a way to encrypt flash drives so that my computer and phone can both use it. The only thing I have found so far that works is Veracrypt/EDS but the app is buggy and slow. Are there any good apps that can encrypt drives such that my computer can also open them?