Recent content by ObiWanYJ

And... not an hour after I posted this question, everything magically started working again. I have no idea why, but I'm not complaining.

I have a Pixel 4a 5G running Android 11. Yesterday, I turned my phone to "vibrate" before a meeting. While it was still set to vibrate, I rebooted the phone. After the meeting, I set the notifications back to audible. Ever since then, all my notifications will only vibrate without any...

Unfortunately, that didn't work, either. Neither TWRP nor Odin was able to tell that the phone had any storage available. I suppose it's safe to sell the phone for parts, since nobody else will probably be able to get at my old info, either. Worse yet, my son's Galaxy S3 (same generation as...

I've got a Sprint Galaxy Note 2 (SPH-L900) with storage issues. For a few months now, the internal storage will occasionally become corrupted to the point where it won't boot. I have to wipe, reformat, and reinstall to get it running again using TWRP. When it died today, I decided it was time...

I'm running a custom 6.0.1 AOSP-based ROM on my older phone. The lock screen that comes with this ROM (MoKee) has issues, so I'd like to find a different lock screen app to use. The problem I'm running into is that I use a long PIN for my lock screen password, yet every single lock screen app...

I recently installed a custom 6.0.1 ROM (CM13-based Mokee) on my old Galaxy Note 2. I find that I'm really missing some of the Samsung apps (like their email, camera & locker) for which I can't find acceptable alternatives in the Google Play store. Is there a way to get access to the Samsung...

I've had my Sprint Galaxy Note 2 for several years. For the last two years or so, I've been running a "custom" ROM (I forget the name) that's actually the stock Samsung 4.4.2 ROM, which I had to install to revert from a different custom ROM that I hated. It's been running well enough, although...

What does anybody think of the Nexus S? It gets OTA updates as far as 4.1.2, has a 4" screen, and sells on eBay for $50-100.

I looked at the Moto G, but the 4.5" screen is a little larger than I was hoping for, and the $200 price tag is a little higher than I want to spend for a first-time phone--at least until we figure out how well she's going to take care of it. It looks like a great phone for an adult or a...

I'm looking around for a good starter phone for my 12-yr-old daughter. She's got small pockets & doesn't often carry a purse yet, and she already has a Nexus 7, so I think the phone screen ought to be 4" or smaller. I'd also like it to run Android 4.x just to keep it half-way modern regarding...

I know that the WiFi radio changed (different MAC prefix). I wasn't sure what else might have changed, or if even just the increased capacity would make a difference to adb. Does anybody else actually know the answer?

We have (had) a first-gen 16GB Nexus 7 that got damaged. It was not rooted. I periodically rsynced all the accessible files to my desktop. The last backup is nearly a month old, so some of the apps may have been updated since then. We just replaced with with a second-gen 32GB Nexus 7 running...

We have (had) a first-gen 16GB Nexus 7 that got damaged. It was not rooted. I periodically performed both an "adb backup" and rsynced all the accessible files to my desktop. We replaced with with a second-gen 32GB Nexus 7 running the same 4.2.2. This one has been rooted without modifying the...

WooHoo! First post in this entire forum! Why doesn't anybody seem to make a dual-port USB car charger that can put out a full 2A on EVERY port SIMULTANEOUSLY? The best I can find is one 2A + one 1A, and even those get reports of lower-than-advertised power. I want to flush-mount a handful of...

To answer my own question, you set the System volume down to zero. Apparently, the system volume is not subject to the mute/vibrate setting like all the other sounds are. You can find this in Settings / Sound / Volume. I still get the system beep when I first plug in the phone at bedtime, but...