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I'm looking for some game recommendations. I feel like a ton of these games exist but they're riddled with IAP. I don't mind paying a little to buy the game. I have the play pass but so many of these games are active involvement and landscape orientation. I like to have an extra hand free and landscape requires both hands on. But really want passive engagement. Like as soon as I stop playing the game is waiting for me. Example games:

Polytopia

Magnet Balls

Free Cell

Threes

Card Thief

Knights of Pen and Paper

Games like Slay the Spire (but portrait). Although I've never really found a Slay the Spire-like that didn't feel like a watered down version of STS

I've had a humble A10s for several years that has worked well for me but I want to replace it with something a little better and I don't want to go broke either, and besides, I want to emulate some simple Switch games like Hollow Knight, so I've been researching different devices in the $150 to $300 price range and although there are many interesting used devices in that price range (Like the P30 Pro) the one that catches my eye the most is the A71 because it has a Snapdragon 730, an AMOLED screen and between 6 and 8GB of RAM with a 64MP camera and a 1080x2400 display and can be upgraded to Android 13.

Maybe I'm a bit outdated because I don't know much about the phone market, but from what little I know it seems to me that it's a very good device and definitely an upgrade to my current device.

So my question: Why in general is this device so cheap? Is there something wrong with it? I mean, even on Ebay it has pretty acceptable prices when used phones with worse hardware cost more.

And, does anyone know if I can really emulate Switch on it? Either with Strato (Skyline fork) or with Yuzu. From what I've read in some forums and seen in some Youtube videos, it is in theory supposedly able to run Warzone and Fortnite, and even emulate some Switch titles like Smash Bros and having a Snapdragon (which I've read is the best option to emulate) does not have problems of emulation incompatibilities as other processors.

so, i bought a new samsung m04 last week but after some uses, i noticed phone battery drains 1% in every 6/7 minutes. it happens only when i use it, but if i leave it untouched it doesn’t drain. i’m confused and don’t know what to do, i searched for some solutions on google and turned off auto sync, put chrome app (uses lots of battery) into deep sleep, lowered screen brightness but nothing seems to work. I don’t know if it’s normal for newly bought phones coz my mom’s phone battery (realme, using it since last year) is so good no matter how long she watches youtube videos, scrolls thru shopping apps, leave apps unclosed & keep phone data on (mom always forgets to turn it off). i’m thinking about turning off adaptive battery option but i’ll wait and see for some more days. what do you think guys?

Hi! So I currently have the iPhone 12 Pro Max, and at the moment with the s23 ultra education discount the phone is $150 off regular price, and they're offering me $500 for my iPhone to trade-in.

I think I'm pretty set on waiting for the s24 Ultra BUT would it be better for me to wait until then and hope that the trade-in value for my iPhone remains the same or are we convinced it'll decrease?

OR

Right now for s22 ultra they're offering 800, so maybe it'd be better for me to just buy the s23 ultra now and once the s24 ultra comes out just trade-in the s23 ? Worst case if the s24 ultra won't be much of an upgrade, I keep the s23 ultra (possibly losing a few bucks considering s23 ultra price will probably decrease with s24 ultra release?)

I'm trying to decide which one will be more money saving in the long run.

Hi all,

I'm a big Simple Gallery Pro fan and I want to add some Nextcloud sync features, but honestly, I hate working with native Android Java/Kotlin (and would like to be able to support iOS in the future, just in case).

Does anyone know of a good Image Gallery App alternative that is FOSS and built in Flutter or RN?

Thanks.

Is there a way to shorten it, or if not - completely disable it?

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A lot of them seem to be "free" with an optional subscription.

I’ve been using iPhone 14 Pro Max for a year which my company gave me. But it has disadvantages more than advantages for me. I want to change it with an Android phone that bootloader unlockable. I want to install Google-free ROM.

A little note, I don’t like S23 Ultra in particular because I really don’t like its frame.

I want to keep system-wide auto-updating but I would like one specific app not to. Is that possible?

1. the person has a nothing phone 2

2. the person has an cowon d2 mp3 player

3. the person uses ahola browser

The audio randomly cuts out part way through the song, like when you don't have internet, but if you check the UI the song keeps "playing". It's really annoying to have to open the app each time it happens and to pause/play the song again.

For me, this seems to happen when I hit play on something that was previously playing (playlist, song) but not when I pick something new. Hopefully that helps others dealing with it, feel free to share any other patterns you notice.

Other threads I found while googling:

• https://support.google.com/androidauto/thread/239109987/after-android-14-update-spotify-on-android-auto-has-no-sound?hl=en
• https://twitter.com/Mophelia_/status/1714721001886413035
• https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/17aelxo/spotify_does_not_play_sound_after_android_14/

Anyone else seeing this?

My device is 2 years old, Accubattery claims 70% battery health, but I still get 6h+ SOT on a single charge since recently updating to Android 13 (SparkOS). Device is Redmi Note 10 Pro.

I am a stickler for launchers. I love the general stock Android feel, but also love those old school iPhone jailbreak levels of customization where it makes no fucking sense but you have the option to do it anyways just cause. The best launcher I ever found for my tastes was Evie. Extremely simple with no ads, bordering on the stock Android experience, with great quality of life features such as assignable gestures, adjustable icon size, icon packs, and notification count on apps you can turn on if you'd like. Unfortunately, the launcher stopped receiving updates in 2011. Some functionality is starting to be lost, like news and weather integration on the left of the home screen. I'm rocking a OnePlus 6t if that matters to anybody. What launchers are good now?

Pro photographer Olle Nillson goes out on a forest stakeout to capture stunning bokeh shots of birds. The results are stunning.

If you're interested in seeing how other Xperia models perform, check his other videos. Production value of off the charts.

I promise you they are well worth your time.

Hi,

I'm looking for a case that not only has a screen protector that's not a glorified sticker. But also a way that has a magsafe back so I can use a magnetic wireless charger.

I've seen quite a few that's the former (my current one), a few the latter, but none that are both :(

Thanks!

Hello everyone, I'm new here and I've got a fairly serious question/problem.

I've used Bromite for a long time, and now with the threat of CVE-2023-4863, I can't help but constantly fear getting screwed over by a malicious image. I've tried looking myself but cannot find an answer if bromite is vulnerable to this threat, mostly because the main developer of the browser hasn't been active for a very long time.

I'd love to switch to another browser but to transfer all my data would require root access, which could damage my pixel 6. So I'm kinda stuck in a jam.

Can anyone please help me?

I know there are a lot on Ali Express and I'm curious if any are compatible with a FOSS app. I have tried using Tile products in the past but the app and the way they implemented a membership was a bit annoying.

Does anyone know of an app that provides this? I found this but it's so old it's incompatible with newer devices. 😓

Just to reiterate, I'm looking for a notification on my phone to inform me when my watch battery is full, so I can run to the other room and pull it off the charger.

hi everyone, my friend’s bday is coming up and I was planning on buying him a micro sd for his Xiami Redmi 9, since lately he’s been complaining about how his storage is never enough. Would a SanDisk micro sd work just fine on his phone?

Does anyone know if there is a Firefox plugin which cleans URLs when clicking links? Similar to https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker/

I remember in older Android releases I could enable high priority banner mode for my work emails. They would stay on top of the screen as persistent banners until I manually dismissed them. Is that still a thing?

I've noticed that with Android 13 and 12 on my Moto Edge 20 Pro notifications are a real mess. Sometimes I receive a notification and it's not even on top of the list. I have to check the timestamps to see which notification is most recent.

Earlier it used to be thus for random links but almost any YouTube link in WhatsApp if clicked leads to the playback happening in a small minimised window at the bottom with the main window almost blank under it. I can pull the video up to the top where it will play in portrait mode but won't rotate to landscape. No comment section seen.

has anyone experienced this thing where every few updates the message organization in Google messages is reduced to the 24hr auto delete for OTPs??

My category options just go away. I really like that about messages, especially the personal tab and making that the default.

I hope it's not a sign that the feature is going to the graveyard. maybe I'm doing something wrong?