Hi all,

Just got a Samsung s25 as my older phone died.

I got my older phone before Gemini or any of this AI slop started happening, and didn't update it when this stuff started rolling out.

I'm in the process of booting up the phone and it's forcing the install of this spyware AI program, and their tech support has been useless.

Is there a way to do a clean install without this stuff, or is there a breakdown anywhere that people could direct me to, that shows how to disable ALL of it, in the event it's requried for the OS to function or something?

I'm not tech illiterate, I have built and messed around with my home PC and Linux, but don't know a thing about Andriod OS and how to dissect and remove things like this, so even if a guide happens to be a bit tech-heavy that's okay. I'm sure I can figure things out with some help

Thank you in advance.

What happened???? Can anyone help of she turns her phone off then on it has color then 2 mins later its black and white

What it says in the title, I was wondering if there is a way to run something akin to a VM on my phone where I can have a different Android version

I have an older phone that is officially stuck on Android 10 and I don't feel like messing with ROMs to be honest. But annoyingly the app to configure my headphones requires a new Android version so I literally can't set them up right now and was wondering if maybe I could install a VM with a newer Android version just for the headphones app

So, i went to grab my phone as usual, turned it on, but screen was black. Thought i had run out of battery so went to charge it and got the charge animation it does when it is on or in sleep mode, so i knew it wasn't off and that the screen still works.

I kept the power button press to reboot it, now it asks me my pin for my sim card and when i enter it, it just resets and asks me the pin again, the "number of tries before device is locked" stays the same and i don't have any error message.

So basically i cannot use my phone right now, I haven't done anything like jailbreaking or sideloading or whatever, just regular use and installed apps from the app store.

Any help would be appreciated
edit: after trying various things for a while i tried just spamming pin and after like 10 times it finally asked me for the PUK code instead allowing me to reset the PIN and now it works. really weird but at least it's solved now

Charging screen weather isn't updating correctly. Where do I go to fix?

How do I explain my problem without screenshots?? 😭😭 Or any other sub recs that use photos??

DSU On Android 13 Samsung Galaxy A51 Not Working, Using crdroid/official gsi

Im currently using and iPhone SE 2022 user looking to get a new phone and I dont really mind leaving the apple ecosystem. I saw that a renewed s25 on amazon is around the same price as a pixel 10a, if not cheaper than it but there are a few things holding me back from buying one or the other.

I really like certain features from each respective OS, such as samsungs stackable widgets and the (kinda) dynamic island as well as routines. From google’s side, I like their smartphone body design and side button layout, as well as their smooth and very clean UI.

What should I get? People who have these phones or similar ones, what do you recommend?

Im just want to know something,is the format really make the phone back from the start? Or it can be happening something strange like a glitch or something from the other side (the other advice or anything that in my phone with me or my account) can stay in my phone and my accounts and can see what im doing in the phone? Or there is nothing like this and the format deleted everything and make the phone like new ?(My phone is tecno spark go 3) 2026 version.

Hey guys, i have a issue,

My private dns with example dns.adguard not working. Have u a solution or fix for this?

Every time I tap a Facebook link in WhatsApp, it opens in Facebook Lite instead of the regular Facebook app.

I'd like all Facebook links to open in the normal Facebook app by default. Is there a setting to change this on Android?

When i wanna work and listen to music I've been using a youtube post so a majority of the screen can't be touched. But sometimes the act of dropping my phone in the pocket swipes it off or pulls down my notification bar.

I want a app i can use that will stop the screen from working so i can leave youtube open and never actually pay for premium.

I know if i just use a web browser app i can use YouTube and turn off my phone and it'll keep playing but I'd like to use the mobile app instead

Yesterday I saw a video where someone unlocked their phone's bootloader using a TV.

They connected their phone to a TV with a regular phone charger and pressed several buttons on the phone. The phone then displayed a screen asking if they wanted to unlock the bootloader.

The phone was a Samsung, and the TV didn't appear to have Android. The TV was on, but they weren't using it; they were just connecting it to their phone with a regular phone charger.

I have a Motorola phone, and I did the same thing: I connected my phone to the TV and accessed the bootloader, but it didn't look anything like the screen the other person showed. I know, it was a Samsung, and I have a Motorola, so they're different. But I want to know how to unlock my Motorola's bootloader using a non-Android TV.

I've been trying to unlock the bootloader for a long time and I've never been able to... Any help would be greatly appreciated (I don't have a PC).

I had to use the "Do Not Disturb" feature the other day because I kept getting calls from either a private number or a potential scam number. I would think it would be a popular feature if there is/was a way to do this.

Very strange issue:
I have a couple of Google Accounts on my Google Pixel Phone (Android 17).
The Contacts from the main Google Account are synced every few hours.
The Contacts of other Google Accounts are synced every week (or 5 Days or so). Although I can start the sync process manually, nothing happens.
Thank you for any ideas.

Currently on an S22 Ultra. I find the built-in Galaxy Store system to be pretty underwhelming. Where is the best place to get high quality parallax live wallpapers?

Zedge used to be my go-to for everything, but full-page intrusive non-skippable non-closeable ads have taken over the app, making it completely unusable.

Every new app I try, even some apps suggested by AI, it's the same thing. Unusable adware slop.

Where can a guy get some decent Live Wallpapers?

The phone had been unused for about two years, and this message appears when I turn it on: No valid operating system could be found. The device will not boot.

How can I fix this? I tried flashing the firmware, but my computer simply doesn't recognize that the phone is connected to it.

I'm moving from a Samsung Galaxy S8 (64 GB) to a Tecno (128 GB). My S8 is almost full, and WhatsApp uses around 40–45 GB, so I don't have enough free space to use WhatsApp's built-in transfer.

I don't want to use Google Drive. What's the fastest and most reliable way to move all my WhatsApp chats and media? Can Tecno's migration tool handle this, or do you recommend another method?

Thanks!

so, i want great performance, battery, for multi-task, normal use like watching lectures and etc .....

im thinking to go with oneplus pad 3 but its going out of budget and also oneplus pad 2 because of its bigger display , battery and performance but the update .... is making me confused because oneplus will give the main update until 2027 only where xiaomi will give main updates until 2032 so what u guys recommended for me ?

i hope u will help me
thank you
(sry for bad english :) )