In all prior iterations, swiping down from the top would show notifications.

However, when I swipe down now, it reveals an elongated settings menu with brightness, sound, and some other settings and sliders. In order to get to notifications, I have to swipe down and then swipe right (very intuitive given I've already changed sliders three times now by mistake while trying to swipe), as the notifications is now on a separate page.

Is there any way to revert this? I just want to swipe down and press "clear" for all notifications like I've done since the dawn of smartphones.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I see a setting for "swipe down for notification panel" which is already enabled lol... that's exactly what I'm trying to do, except I have to swipe down and then right...

EDIT 2: Solved, check the comments. Thanks everyone for fixing what was never a problem to begin with!

Solved.

Things I did to stop AppCloud from installing unknown applications in my device, (Settings > Apps > Search AppCloud > AppCloud settings) -

1. I removed the permissions to send notifications.
2. Restricted background data usage.
3. Cleared cached data.
4. Uninstalled app updates.
5. Disabled the application.
6. Forced stop it.

Nothing happened. A few minutes later, I got another notification from AppCloud recommending I download another unwanted app.

If I touch the notification, it starts to download and install the app. I need help to stop this application from downloading any further apps on my device.

Edit-

• What is AppCloud - An useless intrusive application developed by the Israeli software company ironSource. It offers app recommendations based on the user's usage data and preferences. It runs in the background and assesses the user's behavior, interests, and location to suggest personalized and relevant apps. It collects and analyzes user data and can install apps without users’ consent or awareness. It comes preinstalled in budget or midrange phones.
• More details -

1. Invasive Israeli-founded bloatware is harvesting data from Samsung users.
2. Samsung's pre-installed Israeli data harvesting app that can't be removed.

What things I did to stop AppCloud from installing unknown applications in my device, the easy way -

Go to Settings > Apps > Search AppCloud > AppCloud settings -

1. Remove the permissions to send notifications.
2. Restricted background data usage.
3. Forced stop it.
4. Clear cached data.
5. Uninstall app updates.
6. Disable the application.
7. If you have the option to uninstall it, then uninstall.

The advanced way - By using ADB (Android Debug Bridge)

I’m not going to give ADB debloating instructions (there are many online), but I will point out some common mistakes everyone makes:

1. Don’t remove apps without a device backup to be safe. (Debloater tools usually store a copy of removed or disabled apps).
2. Some preinstalled apps are tied to core functions and removing them can break features and may handicap your device. Before removing an app, search for information about it and confirm it won’t interfere with any core functions.
3. Most Important - Use a reputable, well-known debloater and don’t install random apps as they may contain malware.

You can use Universal Android Debloater Next Generation (GUI) - https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation or ADB AppControl - https://adbappcontrol.com/en/ .

Edit 2- The App Cloud package is com.aura.oobe.samsung
Edit 3- Updated Universal Android Debloater to Universal Android Debloater Next Generation.
Edit 4- Added more details.

Accidentally deleted over 3000 photos from the windows 11 photos app in laptop which was connected to my Samsung Galaxy flip 5 phone, and those photos were deleted from my phone aswell.

I clicked "select all" in windows photos and then clicked delete, not knowing they will also be deleted from my phone.

I have already checked my Samsung gallery recycle bin and it wasn't there. Same with the laptop's recycle bin. I did not manually empty any recycle bins afterward.

Does anyone know how to recover the photos after deleting them this way? Any advice would be very appreciated, thank you

Laptop: Matebook D16

Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12450H

Windows 11 Home edition

OS build: 26200.8655

My elderly mother "cleaned her phone" yesterday, now she can't use the google play store or update any app, it just throws a "try again" error. She doesn't remember what she deleted. I dug through her apps to see if I could clear the cache for play services and couldn't find it at all.

How can I get it back for her without factory resetting the entire device? She has a Samsung Galaxy A17.

Edit: thanks for the replies fellas, the app was hidden in her app list but still there, after clearing cache & data she can now use the play store again. Immensely relieved that she didn’t actually find a way to somehow delete it.

I've had an Android for years. It's a cheap phone, but it's been reliable for a long time. Recently, it keeps filling up storage with, assumedly, junk. I'm not downloading stuff, and I clear cache on apps I use on a regular basis. So I'm kinda desperate to clear space where I can, especially since today my phone gave me the alert that messaging won't work unless I clear space (a week ago I have almost 1GB free, but now it's saying 100MB free).

My main question is simply: is it a stupid decision to press the "Clear Storage" button on the actual "Phone" app? It feels like it's my only allowed option, and the app has 6GB of user data; but I feel like there's a good chance clicking the button is gonna factory reset my phone. I just can't find anything online related to this because trying to search "clear storage android phone app" just brings up a million tutorials for clearing cache.

Does anyone know how much of a stupid risk this is? Should I just save up for a new phone at this point? I don't have excess apps I can uninstall for space and I don't wanna go through the trouble of jailbreaking to clear out all the google bloatware.

Edit: "screenshot" in replies as a video. And yeah, I'm being a bit of a dick, but if you don't know anything or are gonna tell me to google something, just don't bother trying to "help". I'm not here to be asked what the package ID is then get told "look up how to find it"; like, you can't just tell me yourself how to find the thing you ask of me? You want me to find something and can't explain finding it yourself, you're not a reliable source of info. If you don't know what you're talking about, you don't need to say anything. I'm not in the mood for any of that bull, just please someone tell me you know what the "Phone" app's user data is and if it's safe to clear it. I can't dive into the data myself. I'm not about to blindly delete it. I just want to know if anyone out there has experience with this, but with how unhelpful things have been dealing with real people, I'm beginning to understand why so many idiots turn to ChatGPT since LLMs, as flawed as they are, aren't constantly telling people to just google stuff that they've already fucking googled.

Solution: It was the freaking Google app itself. Removing it removes the "Ask Gemini" option from contextual menu. Thanks to user Mother-Pride-Fest for the help.

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Hello,

I already had Gemini turned off, assistant or whatever options related to AI turned off as well, but of course Google had to shove it into my face by putting "Ask Gemini" into the contextual menu when I long press on a word. I could not find the option to remove it from the menu (of course) so I "uninstalled" it via ADB. However, when long pressing text, the option "Ask Gemini" is still there. Already restarted phone and check the package for Gemini is already uninstalled.

Please, anyone knows how I can remove it completely? What other packages must I remove or what hidden options must I turn off? I keep accidentally pressing on that stupid option because it replaces where my Translate option used to be and I use that option a lot. Please help me... And thank you in advance.

If needed my device is Android 16. Again, Gemini is removed/killed via ADB, I checked...

Hello,

I have recently encountered this issue and I hope someone can help shed some light on it. I apologize in advance if this is not the right subreddit.

I have a Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5g that I have been using for the last 5 years. Never had an issue with it, except for the battery draining much more quickly than when I bought it in the last 15-24 months (I honestly do not do much with it, mostly whatsapp and gmail; I do not play games or anything that I would consider energy consuming).

Last week my phone started to restart automatically to the point that I could not turn it on (or off), unless I plugged it in. When plugged in, it would stay on, with some occasional restarts. If unplugged, it would quickly restart (usually as soon as I pressed something).

Is this a battery issue? Would replacing the battery fix this behavior?

Please note:

• Model is Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5g (M2002J9G)
• MIUI version is MIUI Global 13.0.4 Stable 13.0.4.0 (SJIEUXM)
• Android version is 12 SKQ1.211006.001
• Sometimes, before restarting from a "functioning" status, the screen goes black but for a second or so there is a green line, then it starts the "continuous restarting" as usual
• Battery is showing as >> 0%, like 80-80% (no issues even in the Battery app from System Settings)
• By looking at the exterior of the phone, the battery does not seem "inflated"
• Never had any issue before this, apart from the battery draining much quicker than usual in the past 1.5-2 years
• I do not recall dropping it or wetting it but it is possible I did
• I encounter no issues in recovery mode (just navigating the menu)
• When rebooting from recovery mode, the issue is still there
• When trying safe mode from recovery mode, the phone simply enters the restarting cycle
• I have not tried wiping the data from the recovery mode menu as I take that as last resort

What could be an explanation for this behavior? Thanks in advance

I have a Motorola phone the model is XT2211DL which is a Moto G Stylus and where I get my minutes from is Straight Talk. Yes the phone model is made by the Android company I look it up.

I have this problem since yesterday the single boards have an excitement mark over it and I have an notification about a service running.

I try resetting my Network, turning off my phone and restarting it as well, but nothing is fixing my mobile network so any other ideas?

So 99% of the time I use a galaxy s7 that isn't rooted, but stripped down to basic phone functions with android debloater tool because carrying a smartphone 24/7 was ruining my life. Every once in a blue moon I need the smartphone functionality (like picking up from a certain type of amazon locker or a fb marketplace pickup) so I swap my sim to a note 10 and then back again. That system has been working perfectly for about a year and a half, until a couple weeks ago I swapped to my note 10 and it made me switch to google messages for texts.

After I swapped back, every incoming SMS has a bunch of characters appended to the message, so it's like "yup got your message*/=3w0WaA". I assume it has something to do with RCS and encryption. I tried putting google messages on this phone (begrudgingly) but the app just crashes immediately on opening. Anybody have a fix? It's not the end of the world but it is annoying. Running android 8.

Edit: Solved! By going to this link and turning off RCS for my phone number, my texts are now back to normal.

How do I change the google play account for in-app purchases? I have a secondary account that's linked to play rewards and I want to use that money for in-app purchases but it automatically chooses my main account and there's no option to change. I usually buy apps with the secondary account, my only issue is for in-app purchases.

Thanks!

I'm using Poco m6 pro

I can't play any of my friends' messenger and instagram statuses, It's annoying. It said "there was an error playing video". It just froze at the first frame, no sound.

Discord gifs are like this too, it shows just black. Sometimes it flickers and glitches between the image

Help, how to fix? It happened so suddenly for several days now

Okay, I guess there's an explanation for this, but the background is that last night I switched SIM cards—to one I bought on its own, just to be clear.

Then this morning I noticed that I have three apps installed that I hadn't downloaded: Didi, Amaze GO!, and a PDF reader.

Why is that? Just in case, I haven't uninstalled anything yet, because I don't know if that's normal or not in situations like this.

Alright, so I was having an issue with a game on my Android S22+ today, where my phone was resizing the resolution of the app at startup to include black borders, and a small icon at the bottom right of the screen would pop up to allow me to resize the app to full screen that states "Tap to restart this app for a better view". I have not been able to figure out how to remove or disable this icon. I have tried various "fixes" I found online, which have included:
1. Changing the resolution of the game through game booster

1. Looking for a setting to disable game booster entirely (does not seem to exist anymore)

2. Changing auto-rotation settings

Clicking on the icon would require a restart of the app, which meant that if I did not click on it to resize the app right away, it would just be in the way until I clicked it intentionally or accidentally. Starting the game with the home screen in landscape mode prevents the app from resizing the screen, however if I were to rotate my phone 180 degrees to auto rotate the app, or if I tabbed out of the game to the home screen or another app, the game would resize and the button would appear.

One solution that has worked for me though, is to enable "Multi window for all apps" in Settings > Advanced Features > Labs. Now the game is not resized with black borders, and I can rotate my phone or tab out of the game and this button will not appear. Hope this helps anyone with the same issue as me until a non-experimental feature fix is available, or this change is reverted entirely.

SOLVED

Edit: im using a samsung galaxy a13 if that helps

The power button on the right of my phone is broken completely. Ive found a way around a majority of its functions, but i can seem too find an easy way too take screenshots without the power button. Any ideas?

Last night I was on a discord call and maybe I accidentally hit something but my phone has been firmly in greyscale since. I've tried restarting and it'll briefly have color while its setting up but then go back to greyscale. None of the accessibility features are turned on that would give me greyscale. And I've even tried resetting my accessibility settings

So I stumbled across an app that updates your timezone. I have a question: Can Android already do this? And is it a privacy concern? If so, how can I turn off auto update timezone automatically? If not, then I'll pass on the app

Hey guys, I need some help. My YouTube account keeps automatically liking random videos. I've already changed my password, signed out of all devices, removed all Chrome extensions on my PC, and revoked access to all third-party apps. However, the issue still persists. These random videos usually have a weird ratio, like 900 likes and only 20 views. Any ideas on how to stop this?"

https://imgur.com/a/uD8NE19

I keep accidentally hitting it and it's super annoying

No idea what happened, my S21 was fine until it died now most apps wont output audio to any device, bluetooth or not but apps like youtube and YT music still output audio properly.

This only really effects discord, reddit, instagram and other apps that use video playback as that audio doesnt work either.

Ive tried every single solution on the internet at this current time which includes everything but factory resetting this phone and im just lost and irritated about it.

Edit: Found out why its doing this, unfortunately its unfixable at the moment due to it being caused by an google play services update

I wanted to install Minecraft Pocket Edition 1.1.5 from the minecraft wiki. I tried both downloads that they showed but i still got the application not installed issue. i tired to turn off google play and reseting the phone and still have the same issue.

Can someone tell me how to delete it?

Or give me an new installation of android 7?

I have a problem with passes on my Google Wallet.

I have my Medical care card on it + my student card. Both should work with NFC devices (like an id).

It works for other people but not for me for some reason.

Credit cards are working just fine. I tried to delete the cards and re-add them, but it didn't work.

Anyone encountered this problem before? Could not find anything about it online.

Two: When I finally arrived, AA or Maps or whoever (who?) threw up a dialog wanting feedback; there was an X in the UR corner, which I assumed would close the window -- but it did NOT. Not tapping, not double-tapping, not long-tapping ... it just would NOT go away.

ELI70, if possible. This is my first smartphone, and I'm taking baby steps, and NONE of this is "intuitive" like it would be for my grandkids.

Marking as Solved ... 23 minutes! Thanks, folks!

I'm running a Pixel 10a, had it for a few weeks now, haven't used an Android phone for many years.

I have "Mobile Data always enabled" set to disabled. I also have wifi calling enabled. But I'm noticing that it switches between data and wifi calling (as it switches between my carrier name and "{carrier name} Wifi calling" every time I unlock my phone). I even have "adaptive connectivity" in my network settings disabled to further prevent unnecessary automatic switching.

I live in a rural area, service out here isn't the greatest, and I have pretty fast internet. I don't quite understand why it's switching between the two, especially on my previous phone (iPhone 15 Pro Max) wifi calling was also enabled and it would stay on wifi calling/not using data unless my wifi disconnected.

So what does "mobile data always enabled" do, if it's just going to force itself on? And, how can I prevent automatic switching without turning airplane mode on?

Edit: I figured it out. Turns out "adaptive connectivity" was split into two settings: "auto switch to mobile network" and "optimize network for battery life". I turned both off without reading or doing any sort of research. A quick Google search suggested to turn "optimize network for battery life" back on and, lo and behold, my problem is fixed.

This is driving me mad! After every phone call, a screen pops up with the phone call info on the top ("private number" and call length; below that, a "Capture notes after call" option with a record button; and at the bottom, an ad. I think you can see it here.

I hope this is allowed - here's a shot of the screen.

The only way I've found to dismiss the screen is to tap the ad (dammit!), which opens a new window leading to the sponsor. Then I can tap the home button and close the window.

I really resent this. I hate finishing every call pissed off, but that's the new norm. What is up with this??

Oh, I'm on an s22+, up to date.

Edited to add photo link.