Recent content by DrJustice

Thank you, BerryBubbles! Good advice on creating the ".nomedia" file off device. I have an old laptop lying around that can do it. The reason I think it disappears is twofold: I can't see it anywhere, even with the "show hidden system files" option enabled (it says "system", so there's some...

Thank you all! I'm having fun exploring my new phone and learning what it has to offer. There are lots of cool things on it, running Android 16 and OneUi 8.0. It's definitely a shift in usage patterns and requires some acclimatization for old hands who have CRT ASCII screens and command...

Yes, it could seem like using 3rd party tools to do a few things would make different devices more compatible., and also easier to discuss across brands and models. Some searching and reading confirms that XCover 7 has several differences in features, menus and so on from other models with the...

Yup, I have those things going. It's a bit different on this system though. The quickest access to the flashlight by pure screen usage, when the lock screen is involved, is by replacing one of the two bottom icons (phone and camera is the default) by long press on the lock screen, then long...

Thank you , VidJunky - I appreciate the input! 1. Yes I know about all that by now. The issue is that I would have hoped that the hardware buttons would always work, not needing to fiddle with the screen, but that's just not a feature it seems. This greatly diminishes the utility of those...

Thank you for the tips! Re. the flashlight: That bottom thing is apparently called the "Now Bar". It has two icons, one for phone and one for camera. If I first hold down on the lock screen to get to the lock screen editing mode, I can then hold on those icons and change their function - the...

Thank you! :) I meant to post there (or now, here) - I must've glitched... :p

Hi all! I just got my first Android phone, A Samsung Galaxy XCover 7 Pro. They're quite impressive, these newfangled pocket computers - they even have telephone capabilities :D Coming from desktop and command line OSs over the last 45 years, it's a strange experience. Hard things are easy...

I've just got my first Android phone and hitting a few issues. System: Samsung Galaxy XCover 7 Pro, Android 16, OneUI 8.0 1. Top button flashlight not working with screen locked. According to the docs and what can be seen in the settings, it should be possible to assign the flashlight to a...