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I've found a free app named "Simple Silent Timer" that can turn off 'Do Not Disturb' at a specified time or after a specified interval. And (unlike the native Android feature that does this) it works on my Android 8.0.0. Ah, but that surfaces a requirement I failed to state up front: When I'm...

I'm thinking that Javier's suspicion is right that the 'Do Not Disturb' option he recommended is not available in my Android 8.0.0. And apparently a Galaxy S7 can't upgrade to a new Android version beyond 8.0.0. Right? So I think next I'll explore Tracker and Bixby as VidJunky suggested...

I'm trying 'Do Not Disturb' first, since that sounds the easiest. But when I tap "turn on now", the popup shown in Javier's post does not appear. Am I tapping in the wrong place? My phone is a Galaxy S7 running Android 8.0.0

From what I've read about Tasker, Tasker can't control airplane mode in Android versions above 4 or 5 (I forget which), unless you root the phone. Is that true? If it takes rooting, that's way above my pay grade. Thanks for the reminder about signing in – it was only after i posted my Q that...

Often I need to put my phone in airplane mode to keep it quiet during a meeting. And often I forget to turn airplane mode off when the meeting is over, which means I miss important calls and messages. So I'd like to be able, when I manually turn airplane mode on, to instruct it to...

FYI, my local cell repair shop and I have co-decided that whatever the problem is with this beast, it's probably cheaper to replace it than to try to fix it. I just ordered a refurb of the same model from a website called "Back Market" for $85. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my query.

B. Diddy: In this latest case, I have had the phone on a wired charger overnight. I've tried a 20-second power button hold, and even a "hard reset" where you hold down several buttons at once. Nothing on the screen and no sounds. No, I don't recall the phone getting hot in my pocket, but...

mustang7757: It's the original battery as far as I know. I bought the phone "new" online just 6 months ago. Of course, "new" means not previously "used", but since the S6 model is five years old, presumably the phone and its battery had been aging on somebody's inventory shelf for many...

I've been pulling invasive plants out of my local woods while carrying my Galaxy S6 in a pants pocket. The weed-pulling activity includes a lot of bending and stooping and standing back up again, so the phone has been turned upside down and then right-side-up many times. On several of these...

Same thing happened to me on my Nexus 7 (2013 edition) tablet, running Android 6.0.1. I followed Peter Larson's advice (in this thread) to disable GBoard, and that got rid of the "Unforntuately, GBoard has stopped" messages. But it left me with no keyboard at all! So I went to the play...

Duh, right you are Lon3ninja! Thanks.

Thanks Javier P! It was indeed a recently installed free app, named "Flashlight". FBO anyone else with this problem, the instruction from the article you referenced that did the trick was this: "Right after getting an ad, hit the recent apps/multitasking button and search for a card with this...

I have the same problem. The Soundabout app didn't fix it. Nor did cleaning dust out of out the little hole in the case where the mic lives, which somebody suggested. Nor did a factory reboot. I'm pretty sure I have a defective mic.

I'm guessing one is the regular mic and the other one is for when you're in speaker-phone mode. I speculate this because I (and others) have a problem where the mic is dead unless one is phoning in speaker-phone mode (for example, see The other party on a call can't hear me - unless I turn on...

Most vendors of Qi antennas for the LG G4 (including the one where I bought mine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DDTI1IC/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?t=androidcentral00-20&tag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU5275754) seem to be unaware of this limitation, though a few are discovering it and...