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    Automating voice tasks mostly for YouTube in my car

    I have a ATOTO model headunit in my car. I mostly listen to YouTube in the car. I have a voice remote that lets me interface with the headunit. I was wondering as to if there is a way to use voice commands and navigate YouTube. For eg. if I say 'Hey Google, Play YouTube Watch Later playlist' it...
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    Help OnePlus 3 sometimes makes an audible whirring sound

    Hello, Have a Oneplus 3 phone that just makes a whirring sound all of a sudden even though I am not doing anything with it. The phone I have is close to 5 years old and does this mean that it is approaching it's end of life?
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    Help Frustrated with bluetooth problems with Oneplus 3

    Hello, I am frustrated with Oneplus 3 bluetooth issues. It often has trouble connecting to newer devices and connects sporadically. Right now it connects to my car radio and disconnects automatically after sometime. I can see in the car radio settings the bluetooth going from connected to...
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    Which apps will appear on head units with Android Auto Support?

    Hello, I would like to buy Double din Head Unit with Android Auto support for my 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder. The head unit should be able to display a few apps like 'Podcast Addict', 'Pandora', YouTube , my music player etc. and gps maps. I am kind of confused about when a particular app...
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    Lightweight OS for Honor 5x

    Hello, I have a Honor 5x and my experience with that has been horrible. It's a slow and sluggish phone and all I do with it right now is to use it in my kitchen to log my food into MyfitnessPal. However, it is so slow and pathetic that even this experience is terrible. I have removed all apps...
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    Help Oneplus 3 stopped working with Polar H10 heart rate monitor

    Hello, I have a Polar H10 heart rate monitor that used to connect seamlessly with my Oneplus 3 on Android 8.0. All of a sudden it became very erratic and in 4 out of 5 times the phone will not even show the heart rate monitor in it's bluetooth devices. Has there been any changes lately in the...
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    How to shutdown hotspot if not connected to

    Hello, I have a Oneplus 3 and I usually turn on the hotspot while commuting to work. How can I set it up to turn off automatically when my laptop is not connected to it?
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    Anyway to start an app in the back ground

    I have a task that starts Pandora when connected to my car bluetooth. However, the problem is that usually when I am going somewhere in my car I also am starting up my 'Google Maps' and when Pandora starts up it stops the maps from loading completely. I was wondering if there is any way to get...
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    Help Unable to text when using Lyft and other apps

    Hello, When I use apps like Lyft on my Honor 5x and I try to text the driver etc. it tries to launch 'Hangouts' and then dies with a message 'In order to use Hangouts for SMS set Hangouts as the defaults SMS app'. However, I don't want to set Hangouts as my default SMS app but I find no way...
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    Help No daydream apps showing up

    Hello, I have installed several apps on my Huawei Honor 5X phone like Timely and DashClock that are supposed to support daydream mode and I wanted a clock to show up while my phone is charging. However, when I navigate to daydream I find no option to select these apps. All I find is 'Picture...
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    Questions about Honor 5x

    Hello, I recently bought this phone and absolutely love it but couldn't find the answer these two questions: 1. I know the phone doesn't have Corning glass on it. How fickle is the screen. Like will it not even survive a fall from 2-3 feet? If so what would be a good tempered glass protector...
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    Converting a slow phone into a desk dock

    Hello, I have this really slow good for nothing phone. I wanted to convert it into desk dock that basically showed the time, weather and had a few essential apps. I want to leave the phone plugged in all the time and so this desk dock will be up and running on the phone showing the time +...
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    Help Cell Standby Battery Drain

    Hello, My phone is stuck at 12% charge while plugged into the USB charger. The needle doesn't move up. I have the latest android update 5.1.1 and Cyanogen 12.1-YOG4PAS1N0. What can I do?
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    Mini alarms for Android

    Hey Friends Is there an app that gives mini alarms or audible notifications. Most of the alarms including the stock Android app have alarms that either need to be snoozed or dismissed else they keep on ringing disturbing every one around me. I just want to hear a two second chime without...
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    App to convert old Samsung Droid Charge into clock

    Hey I have an old Samsung Droid Charge and I would like to convert it into an always on clock. By that what I mean is that I will have it plugged in and would like to have a clock app running on it that shows the time and the weather information. I would like to have my calendar for the day...
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