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  1. hstroph

    foot-navigate with Google Earth?

    Hi, I have a kmz file that opens in Android's Google Earth (GE). It shows where an aprs radio-equipped balloon landed. I can drive most of the way there, but some hiking will be needed to get to the exact lat/lon that was last transmitted. How do I make GE provide foot navigation to the...
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    Help How to get rid of EarlyBirdClub notifications?

    How do I stop displaying such "Early Bird Club" notifications as these, please?
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    Help mPing uses SkyWarn Observer ID?

    I have a NWS SkyWarn Observer ID number. Does the mPing weather reporting app allow inclusion of my SkyWarn ID with my weather observations?
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    Help text-based web browser for Android?

    Greetings, is there an Android text-based command-line-invoked web browser similar to Linux "links" or "lynx"? I need to extract the text from various web pages for further processing in terminal shell scripts (busybox). Something like: lynx -dump Current Logins | ... (further processing)
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    Help How to prevent a particular "harmful app" notification?

    How do I prevent a notification from appearing? It is from Google Play Protect: "Uninstall harmful app - Cerberus puts your device at risk" Cerberus offers more useful options than https://google.com/android/find?access_token=... and I want to keep it on my phone without Google's annoying...
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    Help Voice typing no longer active?

    I'm hoping that someone can help me recover voice typing, which seems to have disappeared from my Pixel 6. Hacker's Keyboard was previously recommended and I've become accustomed to it, but that also is non-functional. 2 screenshots are attached, one of which shows the active keyboard during...
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    Help free fax Android app?

    I really need to fax, with cover page, a single photo of a document, but all the apps I find in Google Play cost money to actually send a fax. Is there an Android app for free faxing, please? Thank you.
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    Need /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

    Can anyone share a working copy of /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules. please? An "apt install android-sdk-platform-tools-common" fails to provide it on Debian 10.9. Research caused me to manually create the file with the following contents: SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1"...
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    Help OSCAR app?

    It seems that the OSCAR app (Orbiting Satellites Capable of Amateur Radio) has disappeared from Google Play. Is it available anywhere, please?
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    Help Icon colors are lost

    With Android 12 on a Pixel 6, I had a bunch of apps update recently, and noticed that some icon color is now missing from my display, such as in the attached screenshot. Settings -> Display -> Colors has no affect on the lack of icon colors. Please advise about how to restore the icon colors...
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    Help Better screen utilization?

    On my Pixel 6 with Android 12, I need to better utilize the desktop screen, please. The attached image shows a large empty space at upper right, and an extra date indicator at upper left. I need the digital clock widget, but can't figure out how to remove the date indicator and use the empty...
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    Help How to disable "USB liquid or debris" warnings?

    A new Pixel 6 with a new Google 30W charger occasionally disables charging with a warning that the USB-C charging is disabled due to liquid or debris, which seems rather absurd, as they are new and perfectly dry and clean. Using a dollar-store USB-C cable plugged into a laptop charges the phone...
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    Busybox "su" permission denied

    Greetings, My Google Pixel 6 has Busybox Pro installed and the phone is successfully rooted with Magisk 24.3, see attached screenshot. In "adb shell" when I type "su", "Permission denied" is returned. How to fix, please? I need to edit the /system/etc/hosts file with my LAN entries. Thank you.
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    Help Pixel 6 problem installing Magisk

    Greetings, I have followed instructions on https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-root-pixel-6-oriole-with-magisk.4356233/ which has gone smoothly through: ... 8. fastboot flash boot 'master root.img' The problem occurs in the next step: 9. Reboot to Android. ... ... and the reboot hangs...
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    Help Desparately need net10 help, please

    Using a Google Nexus 6 now for several years with Android 8.1.0, I have been a Net10 customer for a dozen years or so, using their AT&T MVNO (mobile virtual network operation). Serious problems have developed recently after they informed me that I needed a SIM card change in February. They sent...
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    Help Can't download apps from laptop for some reason

    Android 8.1.0 on a Nexus 6P I'm logged into my Google account in a Firefox 88.0 browser on a laptop. I can successfully install apps using Google Play on the phone. In the laptop's browser, I navigate to e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weather.Weather and choose to...
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    Help Nexus 6P recharge problem

    My Nexus 6P has been such a good phone that I've been willing to deal with any problems, including replacing the battery earlier this year. Today when I moved it from the car into the house, it would no longer charge, so I swapped wall warts and cables between the car's 500W AC inverter and the...
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    Help Can't uninstall TikTok

    Due to the recent controversy with the TikTok Make Your Day app, I thought I'd have a look at it to see what it has to offer before the president bans it. I selected what I understood was "Science and ..." and was scrolling through the offerings looking for something scientific. There began...
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    Help need to save DTMF sequences

    Greetings all, Does anyone know of an app that will allow me to generate a sequence(s) of DTMF tones and save them for later replay? I've spent quite some time trying various DTMF generator apps, but no success yet in finding something that will let me save an arbitrary sequence, so I come here...
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    Help Lost voice to text

    Greetings, I apparently "pocket-dialed" a bunch of gibberish on my Nexus 6P, and lost the voice-to-text capability. The little microphone icon at the top right of the English QWERTY keyboard is no longer there. How do I recover the voice-to-text capability, please?
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    Help Cerberus Anti-Theft flagged in Google Play ...

    I received a notification from the Google Play Store several minutes ago stating some problem with the Cerberus Anti-Theft app, and removal was offered. Is this a legitimate notification or has the app been cracked somehow? I could login to my Cerberus account at...
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    Help Phone services - No data service

    The phone is wifi-connected for data service, and is collecting email and streaming a radio station. There is 0 or 1 bar of cellular service, which is normal for this location over the past 6 years Recently, every 30 seconds or so, the phone gets a notification with audio alert: Phone services...
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    Help alarm notification always present

    I have two alarms set in the desktop digital clock widget, one daily at 05:20 and one weekly Sunday at 15:50. For some reason there is always an alarm icon in the notification tray, adding undesired clutter. How can I remove the alarm notification icon please? App notifications "Clock" has...
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    Help most recent Nexus 6P OTA update?

    The Nexus 6P OTA updates used to occur almost monthly through 2018, but December is the last one with OPM7.181205.001. Is https://developers.google.com/android/ota the correct place to find these anymore, please?
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    Help Navigate to kmz Earth location?

    Greetings, Via email, I have received a Google Earth kmz file which contains a placemark which displays properly in the Android app. My question is how to navigate via road to that location, please? I've been searching for hours but haven't yet found the method, so I seek your help.
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