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It's a Xiaomi 5 running Android 9 with its MiUI interface. I was a bit in a hurry, so ended up reinstalling everything manually. Still missing: A shortcut to enable/disable USB tethering. It's not part of the menu that pops up when connecting a USB cable, and it's a bit cumbersome to dive in...

Hello, Since its screen is slightly damaged, I need to move to a new phone, which happens to be the exact same model. Before manually downloading each application before reconfiguring each(+ importing data if need be)… is there an app that makes it easier, at least to download and install the...

Hello, Before buying a second-hand Android smartphone that I'd like to migrate later to a custom ROM once it's no longer supported by the manufacturer… is there a simple way for non-techies to check if its bootloader can be unlocked? Thank you.

Hello, Between marketing calls and fraudulent calls… I'd like the phone to only 1) ring if it's from someone in my phonebook, and 2) notify if the caller left a voice message. Otherwise, it should remain silent. Is there a free/one-time fee application that does this? FWIW, my phone is...

Hello, I got a second-hand Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 running Android 12 through the Evolution X ROM. While the app works fine when taking pictures, it crashes when recording a video. It can't be the SD card since files are saved into the phone's memory. The app access rights seem OK. FWIW, the...

Hello, I need to find an application that will let the user take pictures — that will be geo-referenced so I know where each was taken —, and even record an audio description if need be. I guess I'll end up with a bunch of JPG and WAV files, which is OK. Is there a good application that you...

Hello, While Maps and other GPS/map-based apps work fine on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 phone running Android 9, one particular app shows a blank map. https://postimg.cc/tYLqfpng Any idea what it could be? Thank you.

Hello, As an alternative to a dedicated audio recorder, I'd like to use an Android smartphone to record interviews. To check the audio in real time, is there a way to use the internal microphone and an external headset, or even some Y-shaped contraption that includes an external microphone and...

Re: Easy way to enable/disable Location History? Found it. It's easier to do this on the web than having to find where that section is located on your phone: After you've re-enabled location tracking, it may take a few minutes for the location to pop up for a picture in Google Photos. I...

Re: Easy way to enable/disable Location History? Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 currently running Android 9.

Re: Easy way to enable/disable Location History? It used to work before I disabled it when I found out Google had been following them for a few years now. It's very simple: As long as a data connection is up, Google tracks your whereabouts Each picture taken with a GPS-deprived camera has a...

Re: Easy way to enable/disable Location History? Thanks for the tips… but no go. I unpaused Google Location History through the following menus on my Xiaomi's smartphone: Went out, launched Maps.me to be located, checked that the location was correct, took some pictures using my...

Hello, Weeks ago, I disabled Google Location History (https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols/location) when I found on the Timeline (https://www.google.com/maps/timeline) that it meant Google knew my whereabouts every single day :-/ But now it's off, pictures I take with my cheap...

Hello, All of a sudden, Android on my Xiaomi Redmi won't run the app I use to sync it with Windows: https://i.postimg.cc/KY6FPzZw/Screenshot-2019-06-26-22-11-43-009-lockscreen.png Any idea what I could try? Thank you.

Hello, I went for a bike ride today, with the battery about 75% full on my ~ one-year old Huawei P9 Lite running Nougat 7.0. I had been running the Maps.me map application for about 10mns with the screen on, when the phone said it was empty and would shut down within 30 seconds. At that...