I fear I may be forced to switch to iPhone. I'm currently sitting with only 9GB of storage left on my 1TB S24 Ultra. Neither Google nor Samsung offer a 2TB version because I suppose data hoarders don't exist. Are there any phones that work in the US that I may be overlooking? I'd rather not have to switch if I can avoid it.

For context: I have never owned a single Apple device in my entire life. I run a custom Linux setup on my PC, and I genuinely love the openness of Android: sideloading APKs, having a real filesystem, running tools like Cloudstream... etc.
I had fully committed to waiting for the Galaxy Tab S12 to drop, and i guess that was the plan.

Then I brought this up to a few tech savvy people, and to my surprise, they told me to ditch the plan and just buy an iPad instead. Hearing this take kinda threw me for a loop, which made it a lot harder for me to consider which one to get.

The main argument was that iPads are just better optimized for medical school workflows: mainly the note taking ecosystem and app polish.

I need a tablet for heavy studying: annotating massive textbook PDFs, handwriting notes with a stylus, and running other apps for studying. But the thought of being locked into iPadOS, losing a real filesystem, and dealing with Apple's ecosystem restrictions feels pretty suffocating to me. Even though it's very pretty. Much prettier than OneUI.

I guess the main thing throwing me off is that I am definitely not a part of the Apple ecosystem. Will this be a problem?

For anyone in med school or heavy study workflows... Which one should I be getting and which model?

Would really appreciate real experiences before I make a final decision.

ive been having this issue since june-july this year, "install" and "update" prompts when getting an apk do not respond to touch and multiple google-specific screens behave the same (ex. switching to another email on gmail app or trying to access google play settings.) without any error or "(app) isnt responding" prompts, my phone stopped updating OS at 16 and i think some android 17 has hit my device?? saw some of the "allow apps from unverified developers" posts when searching around, plus my friend who has android 17 isnt having any of my issues.

ive tried getting every apk managing app off google play but they all have the same "install (app name)" prompt which i obviously cant interact with, ive also tried clearing every app cache i could find and i get the same result. i was able to install 1 app from my files last week, but im not sure what i did!

this post has the same issue as me shown in a linked video, ill probably try more solutions i find there in the meantime.

whenever i restart my phone, the same 4-5 apps move from their dedicated spots and i have no idea why. i think it also happens if even one of the apps in question updates. they used to create a new page to go to, but i read that keeping the corners of the homescreen clear prevents that so they now just squeeze onto the 2nd page

most of the affected apps are in folders and one of them is even in a docked/pinned folder

locking the homescreen does keep them in place but i don't like having it locked bc then i can't long press apps for their shortcuts :/

why in the world do these apps keep moving and how do i stop them??

if it helps, i'm on android 10 and i use the default homescreen without the app drawer

My charger and cable started getting really hot. I think the wall charger is going bad. I'm charging the phone on my PC with the cable and it seems to be charging. The cable is good. I wanted to buy a charger on Ebay. I found this one:

120W 4-Port USB C Fast Wall Charger Block For All Cell Phone iPad Lot

https://www.ebay.com/itm/187618560646?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11051.m43.l1123&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=c23b41888187459f9c6e2e4a6b397124&bu=43184642115&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20260901210015&segname=11051

I asked the merchant and he says it will work with all micro USB.

I looked at this site for the Moto E6 XT2005 specs.
https://www.phonemore.com/specs/motorola/moto-e6/xt2005-3/

MicroUSB 2.0, 5W Wired charging. Default Moto E6 charger is 20 watts. This is 120W b/c it also supports USB C. Would it still be safe to use? I thought that even though it can supply 120W, the phone will one take the 5W that it needs and not burn it out?

Do you folks think this should work? Thanks!

I have an old Redmi Note 10 Pro Max and I'm trying to recover the data from it before deciding whether to replace the phone.

The problem is that the display works perfectly, but the touchscreen has completely stopped responding.

Some details:

• The phone boots normally.
• The display looks completely normal, with no visible cracks, lines, or black spots.
• Volume/power buttons work.
• Calls and notifications still come through.
• Fingerprint/face unlock worked before I restarted it.
• Initially, when the touchscreen stopped responding, a forced restart would sometimes bring it back.
• At one point I removed the phone case, restarted it, and the touchscreen worked again for a while before dying.
• Eventually I restarted it again and the touchscreen remained completely dead.

The phone is now locked because it was restarted, so it requires the PIN before fingerprint/face unlock can be used again. Obviously I can't enter the PIN because the touchscreen doesn't work.

I tried connecting it to my laptop through Phone Link, but that doesn't give me access to the actual files because the phone is locked/offline.

The phone has now been checked by a repair shop. They said the phone cannot be fixed without replacing the display, which would cost around ₹3,000–₹4,000. I'd rather avoid spending that much on an old phone if possible, especially if there is another way to recover the data.

My main question: Is there ANY way to unlock/control the Redmi without the touchscreen and recover the internal storage?

I've heard about using USB OTG + a mouse, but I don't currently have an OTG adapter or mouse. Would that actually work on the lock screen after a reboot, allowing me to enter the PIN?

Are there any other options using just a laptop/USB-C cable, ADB, Mi PC Suite, Phone Link, etc.? I'm mainly interested in recovering the data without wiping the phone.

I absolutely do not want to factory reset or unlock the bootloader if either would erase the data.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

No matter the app, if I am watching full screen video amd plug my phone in, the video goes to picture in picture mode. Is this a setting? Something I am missing? Anyone else having this issue?

I have a Samsung S26 Ultra and I have a problem that I can't seem to solve. Every time I get in my car and my phone connects via Bluetooth, Spotify automatically starts playing music. It's really annoying. If I used Deezer the last time, the same thing happens with Deezer instead. Is there really no way to prevent this from happening?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zbUD44xC4kA was curious on this. Saw this YT short. Thought the layout looked sick. Wanting to recreate it on my new phone. Any ideas?

My phone has been rebooting twice daily since the latest system update. Is anyone else having this issue?

I have an old Realme phone with around 39000 notes in the default Realme Notes app. They contain years of my diary/journal, personal memories, and very important information that I absolutely cannot afford to lose.

The phone still works and I can access all the notes normally.

When I connect the phone to my PC using a USB cable and browse the phone's internal storage, I cannot find any "Notes" folder or anything that seems to contain the notes.

Because there are almost 39,000 notes, manually copying them one by one isn't realistic.

Is there a safe way to:

Export all the notes in bulk?

Find/extract the Notes database from the phone?

Back them up to a PC or cloud?

Transfer them to another Android/Realme phone?

Preserve the original dates, organization, formatting, and attachments?

I'm particularly worried about doing something that could corrupt or delete the original data.

Has anyone successfully extracted or backed up a large number of notes from a Realme phone? Where are the notes actually stored, and what is the safest way to copy them?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. These notes are extremely important to me.

Whenever I connect to any network, a issue pops up (conected without internet)... it lets me browse, but certain things won't load because of an "unstable network" error.

Sorry my English is not very good

Do u guys remember Sam, the Samsung virtual assistant character ?

She was EVERYWHERE for a while ppl were making fanarts, memes, animations, talking abt her, imagining what she could become

And then she just disappeared

But fr, why not bring her back?

Samsung is still working on Bixby + AI, so why not give Sam another chance and make her an actual assistant?

Like:

actual AI conversations

her own voice + personality

interacting w/ ur Galaxy phone

animations/reactions on screen

helping w/ everyday stuff

basically being the face of Samsung's AI

Sam could just become the charac/personality behind the assistant.

I just wanna know if I'm the only one who still wants this

Would u guys want Sam to come back?

And if Samsung actually brought her back, would u want her to replace Bixby as the main assistant?

Maybe we should remind Samsung that ppl still remember her

Or develop the app Sam ?

What do u guys think?

After many years with a SamsungS9+ it is time for an update. I'm considering a Google Pixel over a Samsung. I've read reviews on both. My needs are simple; daily communication, internet searching, photos, and would like to listen to music or podcasts on daily walks. Would a Google Pix serve me for many years? Choice overload is real....Appreciate any advice. 😄

I looked at my largest consumers of memory in an attempt to fix my phone's memory issues and sound that my second largest memory consumer (to the OS) was com.tencent.mm. does anyone know what this is?

Edit: I use duckduckgo and nothing related came up when I searched it, my B.

Hi all,

I recently had my S23+ sent in to repair some internal screen damage. I got it from a refurbishment website, so I had to ship it out for repairs and was on my old device for a week. It was a bit of a headache getting everything transfered from one phone to the other and back again.

Today is my first day using it post repair, and I notic3d that the button to increase the volume is not working. I've already tried restarting the device and removing the case, but still nothing. My question is: do you think this was caused by the screen repair and if so, is it worth the headache of getting it fixed? I do use the button a lot, but I can always swipe to adjust the volume if needed.

Galaxy 25+ home screen reset it self (or got messed up in my pocket). In other words, the apps and folders I used to have on my home screen are no longer there and it doesn't look like another page was accidentally set to be the new home screen because a few folders are totally missing. Is there an easy way go revert to my old layout?

​ In the gallery app on Samsung, there's a "people" section, where it divides and categorizes photos with people by face. You can combine face groups and delete them. It doesn't affect the actual photos. I wanted to combine two of mine, and accidentally deleted the main one. Now it just doesn't recognize it at all - i can't add it on the add more faces section, and when I scroll to the actual photos, it's like there's one person less. What do I do???

I need range price about my nova 9 huawei curve screen how much the possible cost ​​​​​​

When i try to browse my phone for photos in other apps (which dont let you use Gallery), I get my albums in some garbled order, making it incredibly painful to find what i need with 100+ albums. Is there any way i can make these apps (e.g. reddit, instagram, meitu) browse my albums automatically?

How can I pass the app or the content of the Xiaomi notes app to Samsung?

Hi,

I’ve got a 4 year old, non verbal, autistic child. Growing up we’ve found that our son is able regulate himself using an Amazon Kids Fire tablet. Which has been great for watching his shows that he enjoys.

However, the more he’s used the tab over time, the more he’s aware of what various functions do. Now, we’ve been able to set a volume lock on tab which is great. However, there is not a function to cap the brightness to a certain level nor keep the blue shade filter on by default.

I’m fully aware that blue light can be detrimental to people and their sleep habits, hence my need to control it.

Is there an app I can download on the fire tab than would give me this control? Am I better off buying a standard Android tab without the Fire OS on it so I can manipulate it more to my liking? Is it even feasible?

Any help or advice you could provide would be most helpful.

My friend is making an custom made phone that he designs and asked an device tree for it .. And i couldnt find the thing so i asked

I was setting up my ONLY device and when i reached the screen 'copy from another device' or something... where it gives two option android and iphone/ipad.

I didn't select anything but it automatically started showing me a qr code to scan from another device. And after like 2 sec it showed me a code to enter on other device.

Before i could even read the code it asked me to enter the "Pattern" of other device to connect. Like how is this possible without even entering the code?

Won't you gain access to someone else's data if you could have correctly guessed the pattern? Or if someone was not using Password/Pin at all?

I am currently staying at hostel so it could be that someone else got notification of device setup and accidentally clicked it but like how did it connect without scanning QR or entering the code?

Including the one I'm using right now and also Facebook. It's like they were designed for a longer screen lengthways. Often the comment field is overlapped by the home back switch application buttons.

It's an aging phone (4-5 years) locked on Android 9.