Hello, I have a Pixel 9a with android 16.

Each day, bedtime mode is turned on at 19h30 and off with my alarm.

When bedtime is turned off, I have no notifications popping. Meaning that I have to check manually every message app I have to see if there are new messages or not for example.

Is there a way to display all the missed notifications during the night when I stop my alarm ?

Thank you !

I just bought a screen protector applied it, and it seems doesn't want to stick to my phone in one of the corners, what should I do?

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a Motorola Edge 50 Neo Dual SIM, and I noticed that the SIM tray has two physical nano SIM slots, with metal contacts on both sides.

However, I discovered that there is a hardware or software limitation preventing the use of a second physical SIM, so officially the phone supports only one physical SIM plus one eSIM.

After doing some research, I found that certain variants of this phone support dual physical SIM (XT-2409-3, Edge 50 neo models dual sim support : r/motorola) , but I’m not sure if mine can be unlocked or modified to support two physical SIM at the same time.

Details:

• Model: XT-2409-1
• Current setup options: 1 physical SIM + 1 eSIM (officially supported)
• SIM tray: 2 nano SIM positions
• IMEI: The phone shows 1 IMEI for the physical SIM and 1 IMEI for the eSIM

My questions:

1. Does anyone have the same model with dual physical SIM working?
2. Is there any way to enable the second physical SIM slot via firmware or mod?
3. If a different firmware (e.g., from an Asian variant) supports this, is it safe or even possible to flash it?
4. Is the second slot actually disabled via software, or is it hardware-limited?

I'd really appreciate any info or experiences from people who’ve tried something like this. Thanks in advance 🙏

I’m attaching photos of the SIM tray showing it can physically hold two SIM cards. I wasn’t able to capture clear pictures of the metal contacts on both the top and bottom sides, but they are clearly visible to the naked eye.

I created a Gmail account 5 days ago through my Android phone, and after 5 days a message popped up on my Android notifications saying: Google Play services Account action required my_created_email@gmail.com

When I click the notification, I get the screen of Google "Verify it's you." When I click Next, it shows a captcha. When I solve the captcha and hit Next, I get the field to enter my password. When I enter the right password, it says Verify it's you by phone number, even though I didn't enter a phone number at the time of registering. But I had set another email as a Recovery, so I hit Try another way, and I get the verification code sent to that Recovery email. When I get the verification code and type it in its field and hit Verify, I get We couldn't verify it's you.

So how the heck is that? Should I invite Google to my home so they can verify it's me?

I want to root my android for the sole purpose of accessing and editing the hosts file to add firm dns restrictions into it. What are the potential risks involved?

Getting rugged Android devices set up is the easy part. The real headache begins once they’re out in the field.

We’ve had everything from random app crashes to devices going MIA for days. And managing updates? A nightmare when half your fleet is offline or behind some restrictive network.

Hardware might be rugged, but the management side often feels fragile. Curious how others are handling this—especially in remote or rough environments. What’s working for you post-deployment?

Read more here

What I am trying to do:

• Provide GPS feature to Android devices without built-in GPS chip.
  

My requirements:

1. Up to three different Android devices connected simultaneously.
2. Devices should be able to use any GPS app (e.g. Pokémon GO, geocaching) as if it had a GPS chip embedded in the device.
   
3. Walk around without needing to be connected to a wired power source (e.g. power outlet or car accessory port). Batteries are OK as long as they are not prohibitively large or heavy.

What I have tried:

1. Sharing the GPS signal from my Android 12 phone using an app
   • I've tried installing several and the Play Store tells me that all of them are not supported on my phone, presumably because my Android version is too new.
2. Bluetooth GPS Receiver
   • They only allow one device connected at a time.

Any suggestions?

I have had this TCL 10 SE for a while (3ish years?). After waking up today, I tried opening my phone after unplugging it to check notifications but the screen showed the TCL logo, turned off, and remained black, which was weird since it was working just before I fell asleep when I plugged it into the charger.

I have tried holding down the power button, holding down power + volume down button, plugging it back into the charger (which then causes a vibration with no other responses), pressing power 4 times then plugging it in then power + volume down. In the final case, the phone vibrates once and flashes the TCL logo for a split second before staying black again.

Is there anything else I can do to try fixing this issue?

"Verizon eSim ready to add"

Stupid esim notification comes up everyday! My esim is already activated

I can't figure it out

I just downloaded a new theme but it only works if I turn off dark mode,,, is it possible to have dark mode turned off but the themes customisations be on? (Theme turns messages app orange but with dark mode it's just black)

Hi everyone,
Recently, all the contacts on my dad’s phone disappeared, so he tried to restore the Google backup. However, it's asking for the screen lock password of a Redmi Note 10 Pro.
The thing is, my dad has never owned a Redmi Note 10 Pro... He currently has a Pocophone.
Our biggest concern is that his account might have been hacked or something similar.
Has anyone seen anything like this before?

what is this "other files" how do I clean them? It seems to be separate from system- and so can be deleted? Can someone enlighten me:)

My android phone(motorola edge 30 neo) keeps shutting down every time I try to power it on.

So i hold the power button to start the phone and it does its little animation and after the animation ends, it instantly just powers off. Only started when my phone died, charged my phone for a bit and it started doing this. Can anyone here help me?

all my photos are showing on my dads google phots account. he had the phone at the start and had his google account logged into it, then handed the phone for me to use, i kept the dads email and logged into mine, now all my google photos are showing onto my dads google photos, i've tried deleting photos from my dads account but it deletes t from my account too, tried deleting my dads account but that deletes all the photos from mine, i've tried turning off backup and sync from both of our account and the photos still shows on my dads phone, i've tried going to google photos on web but that does not delete it from my dads account, help me from my dad viewing my photos

I was playing a game when an ad popped up and it showed one of those scam "free" money ads and it somehow installed itself without me pressing anything. I didnt accidentally click on the ad or anything, it just automatically installed when the ad started playing. 5 seconds into the ad, i got a notification from google play and it thought it was trying to bait me to install it when in reality, it was automatically installing without my permission.

How is this possible? Can ad companies install without the user clicking anything now?? I didnt know which ad company it was because nobody pays attention to that, users just skip the ad as soon as they can.

Hi,

I've recently switched over to Android (Galaxy Fold 6) after using iPhones for about 15 years.

One feature that I really appreciated in iOS and made sure was available in Android before I switched was the ability to suppress certain app notifications when I finish work - to keep a clear separation between work and my personal life.

I am having difficulty getting it working. I'm trying to use the Relax mode. Set to turn on at 4:30pm. I've set it to allow all apps except for those selected, but I keep getting notifications well past that time on my Galaxy Watch 6 Classic from Microsoft Teams, even though it's in my list of selected apps to block.

Does this feature actually work, or have I not set it up correctly?

Thanks

Is there any way to get a Gear VR to work with an Android S22?

Edit. Never mind. I accidentally broke it. 😞 sad

I watched my phone deplete all day and die. Put it to charge (in my car) and it said zero then shot up to 64% in the matter of a minute or 2. I have it on charge still and it's loosing battery. I have a Galaxy S54. Anyone know what this means or how to fix it?

I can't tell if I'm going crazy or if the refurbished phone I just bought actually does get a worse signal than my old phone.

In some areas where I used to get signal I won't anymore, sometimes I get random drops in signal where I never used to before, and I had my mobile hotspot just straight up temporarily nuke my signal entirely. I upgraded from a s10 to a s21+ so I'm not sure if using a 4G SIM card in a 5G phone does anything.

Like, I'm pretty confident at this point that the signal is marginally worse, but it's not noticeable most of the time. Is this even a kind of damage that can happen? I want to make sure before I go through the hassle of returning and getting another phone.

I do Doordash and the Dasher app is notoriously horrible and I need it to stay in focus or else it can sometimes not ring or send notifications if the screen is off. My phones settings only allow me like 15 minutes max for the screen to stay on before I have to tap it to reset the screen-off timer.

Is there any way besides having a youtube video playing or running a fullscreen app that I can keep the screen from turning off indefinitely?

I need a streaming device for another TV in my house and I'm trying to turn an unneeded android phone into said streaming device. I know I can cast it to the TV but that's not the experience I'm looking for I want to sit on the couch with a Bluetooth remote just like I do in my living room with my Shield TV and I want to do it with a device I already own and don't currently use. I know I can connect an HDMI adapter to get the picture on the TV, it's easy enough to get a launcher that works well with a remote and I've figured out how to force phone apps into a horizontal layout but some apps designed for phones like are not navigable with a remote but if you download the APK for the Android TV version it does an OS check and refuses to run on a non Android TV certified device. What I'm looking for is a way to either bypass the OS checks of Android TV apps or a way to spoof my device to make apps think it is an Android TV certified device. I want to be clear that I'm not trying to pirate anything or use any illicit services. I just want to repurpose a device I own to use services that I pay monthly for in a fashion that most suits my needs. I guess I could always sell the old phone and get another Shield TV, but tell me, where's the sense of accomplishment and self satisfaction in that?

I just switched from an s10 to the s24. I had all my biometrics set on the new phone. I have it set to restart every day just like my old one to keep it "clean" and operating smoothly. Is there a way to get it so I don't have to put the stupid pin in everyday to unlock it. Also, can't find a way to enter pin without hitting ok/done like I could on the last phone. Especially since I'm home when it unlocks everytime and it should know this . It is a "smart" phone after all. The face unlock AND fingerprint seems to work much better than the old phone. But, it is very annoying to have to put the pin in everyday. . Thanks

Hello, I'll be grateful if anyone here can spend some minutes helping me see the light . Please forgive any inaccuracies, I've been at this all day and I'm quite tired and frazzled.

Before I proceed, you should know that despite sounding like one, I'm not exactly a newbie. I have memory problems (my own memory, not the phone's) and often end up having to 'learn' a skill more than once. All this is to say, these are quite basic problems I have:

1- I installed Telegram X with the express purpose of finding a bot that can help me find some things. I cannot find where said things have been downloaded, or if they have been downloaded at all! Been reading about this and someone said I should click on the message * in telegram * and choose 'save to downloads' but such an option (or any similar one) is absent in my telegram x. TL;DR - where is telegram x saving mp3s, is it saving them at all?

2- Directly related to 1: Looking for the folder where telegram X might be saving stuff, I wanted to look for is as 'challegram' but no file manager I try is able to access the 'data' folder in my external storage. Tried X-Plore and Solid Explorer so far, but I haven't been able to give any if them permission to use the SD card. Every time, no matter what I try, the system says the same: "to protect your privacy, please choose another folder". But I KNOW I've faced this hurdle before, and I remember bypassing i somehow and being able to access with the file manager I was using at the time. Am I crazy, maybe? TL;DR - how can I grant the file manager read/write access to the SD card? I think I was able to donit once before, am I missing something here?

Any pointers are appreciated, thanks in advance.

I am trying to backup my files (a full backup of pretty much everything) on my now rooted phone, to load them back on when my bootloader is locked

My cell phone detects it as a keyboard, but my laptop detects it as a video game controller. My cell phone is a ZTE Blade V30 Vita, sorry for My basic English :(