android

cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/975661...

After rolling out at the end of last month, Google Messages now lets you turn off the Gemini button on Android…

Back in July 2022, when mobile app metrics firm Branch acquired the popular and well-regarded Nova Launcher for Android, the app’s site put up one of those self-directed FAQ posts about it. Under the question heading “What does Branch want with Nova?,” Nova founder and creator Kevin Barry started his response with, “Not...

I used to take screenshots of the picture I wanted to use as wallpaper, but then Android stopped that from working, and now I have to manually add a giant border to make the screenshots fit the arbitrary fiant wallpaper size on the Android screen....

This is probably a wildly niche situation, but I learned about OSU!droid and was interested in trying it with my galaxy tab s6 lite, figuring the s pen would be a pretty perfect way to play....

Looking for some assistance on the title. All I’ve been trying to do is save a docx file as PDF from my phone. I’ve looked for articles and all but I do not have a print option from my file managers (regular Samsung and Material files)....

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18477295...

So, anybody know a good launcher to use once Nova goes offline?

This was seen on two phones, one running near Stock Android 13(Nokia G20) and another on an usual OEM customized variant of Android 14. When I sideloaded two different apps on each phone and attempted to give them Read notification access in the settings, a message came that it was restricted for my security and no way to bypass...

Android Authority has learned of test builds of Wear OS 5.1 for the Pixel Watch 2, and they’re apparently based on Android 15.

Following the last update over a year ago, Google Authenticator 7.0 is rolling out with a Material You redesign and other new features.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18404498...

Ok, this is what i call a “gourdian knot” of a problem, admittedly of my own doing. first of, my tablet is an onn 10.1" surf tablet. nothing special. and it was many many months ago i thought “yeah, i’d root it” and it worked, but braindead me thought i did it wrong and tried again and mis-clicked and deleted something...

Edit: Many thanks to @MrGerrit for suggesting that I hold all three buttons down. That appears to have worked! 🙏...

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Android 14, an update released on 22 June under no more description than ‘security update’ has stopped syncthing being able to write to folders, even the few it allowed me to previously specifically grant access to. I can’t add a folder to sync, as it says ‘your android version hasn’t granted syncthing write access,...

Want to learn/try one of the two alternative Keyboards for Android. Which do you prefer, have had the best experience with?

I use Magisk but I have also heard about APatch or KernelSU. What do you use and what are the benefits of it?

My car’s android unit has some quad core processor , and it instantly boots up and reaches the home screen where as my phone takes almost 30 seconds or a minute to reach the home screen despite having much better hardware.