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Automatic updates broke your phone; the fix is a highly technical manual process.
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What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 121) | Blog | Chrome for Developers
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https://kbin.social/m/androiddev is more appropriate for this type of post.
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The 2020 lawsuit said Google was deceiving people into thinking that they could control the information they're willing to share.
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Victory Royale.
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Candy Crush would have been the gateway drug.
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Question: Android version 12 - Call sound audible in vibration and silence mode
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Swap screen down from the top of the screen - like when you want to see a notification: different devices acts differently, in some you have to swap from upper-right to see the tiles. You can also edit the tiles to add, remove and re-arrange, in order to have the ones you use more often in the first page.
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Question: Android version 12 - Call sound audible in vibration and silence mode
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"Do not disturb" option should be available as a quick setting tile, which is more complicated to activate from a button combination, but not too hidden in the device settings.
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Question: Android version 12 - Call sound audible in vibration and silence mode
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For "Do not disturb" (if this is what you ask) you can configure it in device settings: Sound > Do Not Disturb > section "What can interrupt do not disturb".
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Google's "solution" can't do anything for bootlooping devices.
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Web Integrity pivots to Android, could permanently kill YouTube Vanced-style apps.
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One of the bigger changes to Android 14 is that Google is completely banning old app installs
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You have the obligation to use it since the manufactures doesn't gives updates to various versions of the OS, for example, if the device has version 13 and there is an update for 14 if you choose to not get the newer version you'll not get security updates for version 13. Also, newest devices will get only version 14 (or newer) and with the boot loader locked you can't install a different version of the OS.
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One of the bigger changes to Android 14 is that Google is completely banning old app installs
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For me, the question is whether I have the right to use a device I bought as I want or not. There is, rightly, a lot of talk about "right to repair," but now the issue is becoming "right to use".
Can I install an old application that I still find useful or should be the operating system to decide if i can use it, without there being an incompatibility issue?
Can I decide what permissions I want to give an application or should the Play store (and protect) decide without appeal what I can do?
But it is for security reasons - it is always about security reasons when old devices and now even old apps have to be thrown away.
arstechnica.com
Android 14 offers a lightly customizable lock screen and not much else. (*Does anybody care about Android 14?* Currently, those who will end up with a bricked Pixel phone.)
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Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data. (It wouldn't shock me if they found out that this bug is related to all the changes Google has been making the last few years to prevent users and apps from being able to access their files in a normal way because it's trying to make Android a bad copy of iOS.)
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How’s the update working out for you?
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Pixel 8's 7 years of software updates is revolutionary... maybe
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Google picks who gets features.
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We are 3000 members!
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Both are allowed.
The number of members is enough to create a healthy community without attracting spammers. What's missing now is more participation and post creation. Don't be shy, if you find an article that is about Android-or Google, since the two sometimes coincide-share it with the rest of us.
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All the displays, cameras, batteries, and back plate are now for sale.
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Stadia's death spiral, according to the Google employee in charge of mopping up after its murder
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- Kotlin: "are you talking to me?"
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Automatic Chromebook expiration dates still "fundamentally flawed," critics say.
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No facilities, no parts, not covered by warranty.
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Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
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Attorneys general and consumers from 37 states alleged that Google held an unfair monopoly on Android devices..
I [developed](https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/app-phone-dialer-widget.3967938/) this app/widget a long time ago but it might still be useful to someone. It's free with no ads or other things. The purpose of this widget is to make it easier for elderly people to make phone calls and read SMS. There are various applications like this, but none were as simple and essential as I needed it, so I decided to create one. I share it in case it's useful to others. Unlike other solutions this is a widget and not a launcher. The widget shows a dial panel, icons to show contacts and SMS and you can have buttons for a quick dial contact and device flashlight. You can configure the widget from the application. It is recommended to use a launcher that allows you to remove any other item from the home page and that allows you to lock the home page so as to prevent the person using the phone from removing the widget. The [Neo-Launcher](https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher/releases) home page lock is great and is what I currently recommend. It needs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or newer. Uses the following permissions: * android.permission.CALL\_PHONE: to initiate a phone call. If you don't give this permission the application will open the default dialer app with the selected telephone number. * android.permission.READ\_CONTACTS: to read the contacts to be displayed. * android.permission.READ\_SMS: to read the SMS to be displayed. * android.permission.CAMERA: to use the flashlight. For devices using Android M and newer, the buttons and icons you see in the widget depend on the permissions given to the app. For Lollipop and older devices there are switches to decide what you see in the widget. You can download it from [https://easyjoin.net/index.html#otherapps](https://easyjoin.net/index.html#otherapps). Here is the direct link for the apk: [https://easyjoin.net/download/DialerWidget%201.3-6-release.apk](https://easyjoin.net/download/DialerWidget%201.3-6-release.apk) [https://easyjoin.net/img/dialer\_widget.png](url)
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Fun fact: the phone has leaked 500 times this week.
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Alternative title: Users will be able to hide ads in an app with just two clicks (I am an Android application developer and I really like this)
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You won’t use Pixel Pass to upgrade to a Pixel 8 in October.
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The Fairphone 5 will keep on trucking until at least 2031.
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The WebDetetive breach compromised more than 76,000 devices, or more than 1.5 gigabytes of data freed from the server, according to the hackers.
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The last 25 years of Google’s history can be boiled down to a battle against the Google bomb. Is the search engine finally losing to its hijackers?
For the complete Q&A read this: [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA\_20\_2348](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_20_2348) **New rights for users**: At the same time, citizens will be able to notify illegal content, including products, that they encounter and contest the decisions made by online platforms when their content is removed: platforms are obliged to notify them of any decision taken, of the reason to take that decision and to provide for a mechanism to contest the decision. **More transparency on advertising**: Users will also receive more information about ads they are seeing on online platforms – for example, if and why an ad targets them specifically. Platforms will no longer present behaviourally targeted ads for minors and will no longer present ads to their users based on profiling that rests on special categories of personal data, such as their ethnicity, political views or sexual orientation. **Clearer consequences**: Users will be able to seek compensation from providers of intermediary services for any damage or loss suffered due to an infringement of the DSA by such provider. **How will you keep a fair balance with fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression?** The DSA puts protection of freedom of expression at its very core. This includes protection from government interference in people's freedom of expression and information. The horizontal rules against illegal content are carefully calibrated and accompanied by robust safeguards for freedom of expression and an effective right of redress – to avoid both under-removal and over-removal of content on grounds of illegality. The DSA gives users the possibility to contest the decisions taken by the online platforms to remove their content, including when these decisions are based on platforms' terms and conditions. Users can complain directly to the platform, choose an out-of-court dispute settlement body or seek redress before Courts. The Digital Services Act proposes rules on transparency of content moderation decisions. For very large platforms, users and consumers will be able to have a better understanding of the ways these platforms impact our societies and will be obliged to mitigate those risks, including as regards freedom of expression. They will be held accountable through independent auditing reports and specialised and public scrutiny. All the obligations in the DSA, including the crisis response mechanism, are carefully calibrated to promote the respect of fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression. **How does the Digital Services Act address dark patterns?** Under new rules, dark patterns are prohibited. Providers of online platforms will be required not to design, organise or operate their online interfaces in a way that deceives, manipulates or otherwise materially distorts or impairs the ability of users of their services to make free and informed decisions. The ban complements, but does not overwrite the prohibitions already established under consumer protection and data protection rules, where a large numbers of dark patterns that mislead consumers are already banned in the EU.
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[DEV] shell4kbin - v.1.3-16
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This could be useful. I will add it in the to-do list.
For new readers of the magazine, shell4kbin is an Android app that creates a dedicated browser for the kbin.social site. I am developing the app so as to improve the use of the site based on my experience of using it and also your feedback. Since the [first version](https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/159039/) of the app, the following have been added: css and js injection, a menu where there are various settings and direct links on various pages of the site. In the [latest version](https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin/releases/tag/1.3-16), I have added a new setting to display links in the menu for subreddits so that I can follow some specific subs - which in my experience are not yet replicable in terms of content here - without having to "leave" the site. [https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin/releases/tag/1.3-16](https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin/releases/tag/1.3-16) [\#android](https://kbin.social/tag/android) [#androidapp](https://kbin.social/tag/androidapp) [#androidapps](https://kbin.social/tag/androidapps)
[Android app] shell4kbin - a dedicated browser for kbin.social Update: [https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin/releases/tag/1.2-15](https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin/releases/tag/1.2-15) [\#android](https://kbin.social/tag/android) [#androidapp](https://kbin.social/tag/androidapp) [#androidapps](https://kbin.social/tag/androidapps) [#kbin](https://kbin.social/tag/kbin)
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Android 14 'Upside Down Cake': Everything you need to know about Google's big update for 2023
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Time is relative :)
This is an updated article, but since it contains a lot of information grouped together I thought it might be useful.
Android 14 will come to a Google Pixel smartphone near you in early 2023.
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How come there is very little Kbin SEO for individual posts? Also, what are tags/badges?
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"Tags" are similar to twitter hashtags, you can use them to categorize a post. For example, if you create a post about Android you can add the tag "android" (without "#"). When you manage a magazine you can add one or more tags (always without "#") to see posts of the fediverse with that tag.
I have no idea about "badges" :)
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Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.
I created this simple Android app so that I could view the kbin.social in a dedicated browser. It's not a dedicated app like, for example, is RIF for Reddit, it's simply a dedicated browser for kbin.social: once you open the app you will see the kbin.social site as you would see it in any browser. I created this app for myself, because I wanted to interact with the kbin.social site in a browser other than the default browser on my phone, and I am sharing it in case it might be useful to others. You can get the code and the apk from github: [https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin](https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin)
[https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23778407/reddit-cannot-survive-without-its-moderators-it-cannot](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23778407/reddit-cannot-survive-without-its-moderators-it-cannot)
The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen.
"[The Aol Chat Room Monitor Revolt](https://priceonomics.com/the-aol-chat-room-monitor-revolt/)" ([https://priceonomics.com/the-aol-chat-room-monitor-revolt/](https://priceonomics.com/the-aol-chat-room-monitor-revolt/)) I found this article in a comment (from user britinsb) made on an [article](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/20/23767848/reddit-blackout-api-protest-moderators-suspended-nsfw) in "The Verge". It is interesting how history repeats itself and how Reddit administrators could get into further trouble by forcing moderators to moderate subs in their own way.
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A tablet for tablet things, plus a smart display
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Persistent copy buffer on Android 13?
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Open the device settings and search for "Clipboard," theoretically, there should be an option to set the clipboard auto-delete option.
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Google’s Pixel 8 series will again put the best cameras on the biggest phone
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Large screens are a problem if you want to use the phone with one hand. There are some apps that would allow you to use the phone with one hand but since I haven't used any I just put a search link where you might find something useful: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=android+app+to+use+phone+with+one+hand
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Sorry to all you small phone fans out there.