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So basically what I’m asking is, can the encryption keys be recovered when you reset your phone? Also, is there any difference between using the settings menu to wipe, using remote wipe, and using the bootloader wipe?...

Going to travel in Taiwan in a few months, just wondering if there are any great value products I can snag while on vacation.

I’m currently an iPhone user and want to dip my toes back into the Android world. I used to run CyanogenMod before switching to iPhone, and I would intend to run LineageOS now. I’d also by interested in trying other Android distributions such as GrapheneOS. While not strictly Android, I’d also like to have a device to...

What are the pros and cons? Will streaming and banking apps work?

Sharing this as I thought some of the comments are interesting...

I’m looking for some cheap (but not shit) tablet, mostly for taking notes, scrolling and reading through paper etc. It has to have stylus

When you put apps in deep sleep on a Samsung device, they’re disabled unless you interact with them. This also removes them from the Play Store updates page, so they don’t get updated....

Hey all! I’m finally looking at upgrading from my LG V30. I love the phone but it’s really starting to show its age....

Many modern phones have enough processing power to perform most of the tasks that average notebook user does....

I’m currently using HUR on my Joying head unit, and connecting my phone via USB. The connection seems to work randomly rather than consistently. Can anyone tell me whether there is an alternative Android Auto emulator, other than HUR?

We have several phones in our family, and all connect just fine, but not the 8T. Two of the working phones are OnePlus 6T on the same LineageOS version. Are there known problems specifically with the 8T?...

Looking to download an android app. Kind of like a digital replacement for those 2023-4 planners that one sees in Target....

Whenever I try to share an image to Google Chat, chat gives me a list to select the person or Space to share with. However, there’s at least 10 people on here that have never been in my contacts and are not currently in my contacts anywhere. I don’t know how to clear out this list and it’s frustrating! Help!

For some reason I can’t see any lemdro.id posts using my lemmy.world account. Can anyone see this?

I am subscribed to !android using my main lemmy.world account, but when I try to view the community I see no posts except for one (created by another lemmy.world user)....

So I thought it would finally be smart to find a replacement for Bromite. I picked up Mulch, and after an initial shock (I didn’t think Bromite has that many enhancements for the basic things), I’m still having two main problems:...

I was using Infinity for Reddit (I’m sorry, I know…), and noticed the transparent Navigation Bar… Is this something that is an app-side thing or system-side thing?

What are the best system wide adblockers in Android?

I’m looking for a more customizable alternative to the At A Glance widget so that I can see upcoming calendar events, but toggle off the current weather display since I use a weather app besides Google Weather. I tried using Another Widget, but the calendar integration didn’t work. Any ideas?

samsung tab s2 on android 10 (lineage) C: just looking for a nice launcher that doesn’t feel like a poorly scaled up phone home screen

What custom ROMs would you recommend?...

I installed this app and I was shocked to notice that a uninstall+reinstall didn’t erase any custom data. It didn’t ask me to login to my Google account or storage permission, how could it keep the app data after uninstall+reinstall?

Would anyone be able to help me out? My Pixel 7 Pro broke. Unfortunately, I live in the USA and bought this on a contract lease for 3 years. I’m wanting something similar to it, and the used phone market has plenty of options....

I’ve noticed sometimes screen fails to auto-lock after timeout has passed for various reasons (video playback, bugs, etc.)....