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  1. groston

    Will this stop my phone from updating?

    I have a Pixel 7 Pro phone running Android 13. I rooted the phone and when I run Root Checker it indicates 'Root access is properly installed..." Despite this work, the phone still tries to update itself, despite my having turned off every setting related to updating. When I posted a question...
  2. groston

    Delete a notification schedule??

    My phone is a rooted google Pixel 7 Pro running Android 13. As I had previously reported, when Flip-to-Shhh in enabled, when the phone is flipped and this feature stops it from ringing, it also turns on ‘Do not Disturb’. That this happens is beyond idiotic, but I think I found the cause. In...
  3. groston

    Moronity runs amok at Google

    I had a Google Pixel 3XL phone and it was great, but I now have a Google Pixel 7 Pro and it has some major issues. Here is one example: On the old phone, the Flip-to-Shhh feature worked exactly as expected. On the new phone, while the Flip-to-Shhh feature stops the phone from making noise, when...
  4. groston

    How can I stop my phone from updating?

    I have a Pixel 7 Pro phone running Android 13. I rooted the phone and when I run Root Checker it indicates 'Root access is properly installed..." However, today (and a few times previously), a screen popped up telling me to reboot my phone so it could update itself. How the heck can I disable...
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  5. groston

    Game bug

    A while back, 20 May 2023 to be exact, I posted saying that Classic Words (a Scrabble game) was playing words that are not in the dictionary. I received several replies which basically said to use a Scrabble dictionary since the one I had used, Merriam Webster, does not show all playable words...
  6. groston

    Renaming a file?

    My Pixel 7 Pro is rooted, however, it still grabs updates, etc., and I want to stop it from doing that. I did some searching and I found that to do this, I could simply rename a few files. However, I have been unable to rename the files. This is what I have done: Installed ConnectBot typed...
  7. groston

    WiFi not working???

    I have my Pixel 7Pro, service provided by Google Fi, configured to use WiFi for phone calls. However, sometimes the connection drops so I wondered if the call is really using WiFi. In order to test things, I ran WireShark on a notebook and looked at the activity on the house's WiFi network...
  8. groston

    Help 5G strangeness

    I have a new, rooted Pixel 7 and Google Fi is my service provider. The reason the phone is rooted is to run AdAway - everything else is normal. I noticed that when the phone indicated a 5G connection, Google Maps stopped working - no update on zoom in, no ability to give directions, etc. I did...
  9. groston

    Very weird game behavior

    I have a new Pixel 7 phone and two game programs on it are behaving VERY oddly. The games in question are Classic Words (basically Scrabble) and Unscramble Letters (which finds Scrabble words from letters). The problem with Classic Words is that it is playing combinations of letters which are...
  10. groston

    Help Screen grab?

    The ‘default’ way to get a screen grab on the Pixel 7 is to set the gesture command such that double tapping on the phone grabs the screen image. However, I really don’t like this and keep the double tap turned off unless I need to grab an image. The method on the older phone was better – just...
  11. groston

    Help Hide an unwanted alert?

    With my Pixel 7, the following ‘alert’ pops up when I am on hold. Is there any way to make this blatant stupidity go away for ever?
  12. groston

    Help NoRoot Firewall

    Based on a previous I started thread here, I installed NoRoot Firewall on my phone. I did this in order to block Android 13 from getting updates and to do this, I blocked ConfigUpdater. Hopefully this works as expected. However, two strange behaviors: I had not allowed either Google Play Store...
  13. groston

    Help Is it safe to reboot my phone?

    I have a Pixel 7 Pro which I rooted (so that I could run AdAway). I have turned off all of the settings that allow the phone to update the OS, apps, etc. I made a few small changes the other day (to reduce background data communications) and feel that the phone needs to be rebooted for these...
  14. groston

    Google idiots

    What effing idiot at Google decided that the default calendar app should add images to appointments based on words within the appointment? How moronic can they get, especially since no means of turning off this horrific 'feature' is provided?
  15. groston

    Help App that shows which apps are using the network

    When my phone, now a Pixel 7 Pro and previously a Pixel 3 XL, is near to my computer and I have computer music playing, every now-and-again, I heard static-like noise. I know that the phone is the source of the noise and I have to believe that it is caused by network communication. However, I...
  16. groston

    Help Android 13 - slow response?

    On my new Pixel 7 Pro, which is rooted (just so that I can run AdAway and Nova Settings), the phone seems a bit slow to accept app input when I launch various apps. Two specific examples: When I launch Enjoy Sudoku, which comes right up, when I tap 'Another Difficult' right away nothing...
  17. groston

    Taking a screen shot?

    I occasionally want to take a screen shot on my new Pixel 7 Pro. The issue is that the method described for so doing, i.e., pressing the Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously, does not work. I see the Power Off options and the volume goes down. The only thing I have gotten to work is...
  18. groston

    New phone ‘complaints’

    I just upgraded my phone, something last done 4+ years ago. Two major issues: Last time I upgraded, Titanium Backup was very useful. I simply back-upped up some apps (primarily small games) on the old phone, restored them to the new phone, and everything was there including the app’s data. Now...
  19. groston

    Help I don't understand this behavior

    Something strange happened on my new, rooted Pixel 7 Pro today and I cannot explain the behavior at all. Maybe one of you can. I have ‘Flip to Shhh’ enabled and I have stay awake disabled. I plugged the phone in and flipped it over before I went to bed last night. This morning, the battery was...
  20. groston

    Help Managing the screen background

    This is, admittedly, a slightly silly question. On my Android 13 phone, I have enabled three button navigation. When I touch the square button, Overview, the screen turns gray. On my Android 10 phone when I touch the Overview button, the screen does not change color and I prefer this. What can I...
  21. groston

    Help How to report spam?

    The question may sound stupid, but it's for real. I use True Phone as my default phone app – good program. The only thing it does not seem to have is a way to report a number as being spam. In my old phone, a Pixel 3XL, I used the default google phone app to do this, but some time ago, this app...
  22. groston

    Help Some basic display issues

    I have a new, rooted Pixel 7 Pro and have installed Nova 7 to manage some of the settings. There are three things that I cannot figure out and it could just be that I am very accustomed to the older version of Android... The status bar at the top of the screen no longer appears. Yes, I can see...
  23. groston

    Help Not receiving SMS - HELP!!!

    My new Pixel 7 Pro is up and running. I have been able to make and receive phone calls. I have been able to send SMS'es and have received a SMS from a person in my contact list. However, I cannot receive SMS'es from anyone not in the contacts list. I am working with Google Fi and am using Text...
  24. groston

    Help MyPhoneExplorer - issue!

    I have used MyPhoneExplorer with my Pixel 3XL for years with no issue. For me, MyPhoneExplorer is a very helpful, useful program. I just upgraded to a Pixel 7 Pro and installed MyPhoneExplorer on it. On my computer, I launched MyPhoneExplorer, clicked on 'Add User', and selected WiFi (under...
  25. groston

    Help New phone - moving some data?

    I have been looking all over, but have not yet found a solution that works. I have a new Android 13 phone and want to move a few apps, like Enjoy Sudoku, from my old Android 10 phone. The reason I want to move the app is that that the app's data, like the number of puzzles I have solved, comes...
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