I m using note 3

Photos keep disappearing from gallery just show as pretty coloured squares.

I don't get notified or anything of the sort but sometimes when I go into my Gallery the pictures I take and store on my SD Card don't show up. Also, I set Spotify to save to SD Card which it does, but then it goes back to the Device Storage when the SD Card unmounts itself.

It seems to be completely random. The first time I found out it was because I was taking a video and my phone said I was low on memory which I knew I shouldn't be. Low and behold, it had switched to saving on the device and didn't even know the SD card was in there. I've tried other memory cards and the same thing happens.

I know it's bootloader locked, but I can get a deal w/ a family upgrade on Verizon. I would want to actually use the phone on AT&T. Think it'll be carrier locked to Verizon?

Hi! You may have noticed that there have been a bunch of Best X posts in recent weeks — Best Verizon Phones, Best Android Phone Under $400, Best Rugged Phone — and wondered why none of them have comments enabled.

Those posts are part of our new AC Buyer's Guide, which launches today after hundreds of hours of work from the entire Android Central team.

This guide is for you — obviously— but it's also for your friends and family, people who aren't as familiar with the ever-changing Android phone ecosystem as perhaps you are. And I assume you are familiar, since you're here.

The reason we disabled comments on those posts is because they are what we call evergreen, constantly updated to reflect the latest and greatest devices on the market. To leave comments open would be to open up future you to comments from today that don't reflect the content on the page. As a result, we're going to be encouraging you to discuss the choices here, in this forum. Eventually, we'll have sub-forums for all of the various categories, but for now feel free to post something, to make suggestions, and to offer your own choices for the best phones in various categories. We promise to read each one, and to take them into account, though we can't promise they'll change our minds.

Here's why: We've been working overtime to find the right phones for each category, and feel that, as of today, we have the best and most accurate representation of the vast Android ecosystem. We stand by our recommendations, all of which were discussed at length amongst the AC team.

Of course, there are some caveats to to point out. Much of the buyer's guide content is geared towards the U.S. market, which makes up the majority of our audience but is by no means the only audience. In future iterations of the guide, we're going to be expanding our recommendations to include other regions and more categories.

And because this is our first go at it, there are going to be some bugs and inconsistencies. Please point those out when you see them, because they help us make the product better for you and the people in your lives.

That's it! Thanks for reading, and we hope to continue our buyer's guide discussion here in the forums.

-Daniel Bader

Just updated today toMM(yeah finally) but when I try to move apps to the SD it comes up insufficient space even though I have 30gb. All was going well for the first 5 apps or so then just stopped. I have tried cleaning cache , no joy. I have also tried it using appmgr lll.

And ideas are welcome

Hi everyone !

Everything is on the title.
I need to be able to add carrier configuration on Android system.
I have found the native lists, like in source code "android/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/master/./src/java/com/android/internal/telephony/MccTable.java", or in "android/platform/packages/apps/CarrierConfig/master/./assets/*".
But I would rather do that without compile my own custom ROM...

Thanks in advance for your help.

My Samsung Galaxy J3V seems to only allow deleting 8 the complete contact not j5 the phone numbers

It happened. I was longboarding to my sister to buy her something to eat and my phone fell out of my pocket. It shattered. The crack starts right on top of the proximity sensor so now I can't use my phone unless I aim it in direct light first because it thinks it's in my pocket. I tried recalibrating it but that didn't help. Is there any way to completely disable the proximity sensor from the service menu? Please help. I can't use my phone unless I aim it in sunlight first. And I'm running on marshmallow ls991zvc so rooting isn't an option, and neither is flashing to lollipop (antirollback) thanks

My wife and I both have Samsung Galaxy S5 16 GB which are pretty useless at this point. When we originally purchased them we add 32 GB external cards which worked great. Since then many apps will now not allow us to download them to the external card causing issues with speed and overall storage. Is there a way to improve our current Samsung Galaxy S5s? For instance is there a way to delete all the bloatware off of them creating more storage space? Right now I can't even add any new apps because of lack of space (and I don't have games on it).

I did some more investigation and after moving some apps to my SD card I currently am using 12.90 of 16 GB of storage. Besides 5.46 GB of system memory (which I'm assuming can't be decreased), my apps are using 6.75 GB of internal data. U used Datasize explorer and here are a list of my biggest culprits:

Samsung text-to-speech engine 386.54 MB
Dialer Storage 339.50 MB
Google Play services 276.86 MB
Contact Storage 245.79 MB
Google App 243.66 MB
.thumbdata--1967290299 225.44 MB
.thumbdata--1763508120 224.77 MB
main.185.com.sixtostart.zombiesrunclient.obb 205.90 MB
Amazon Kindle 180.46 MB
Message+ 168.07 MB
Maps 166.50 MB
Google Play Music 123.70 MB
Amazon 118.31 MB
My Verizon 113.48 MB
Email 107.21 MB
Evernote 104.44 MB
Chrome 102.22 MB

Thanks!

The home button on my s7 edge randomly one day when I woke up I noticed that the paint on it began peeling and had a scratch.
It looks ugly and horrible, is this normal?
Will Samsung Warranty cover and replace it.
I am shocked that for 800$ phone the quality is so bad.Screen Shot 2016-10-06 at 1.28.06 AM.jpg

How can I turn off or disable permanently smart lock on Samsung J5. I accidentally enabled it, I didn't know. pls help

I tried to off the Trust Agents but still not workng.
I really wanted to turn smart lock off. My last ace is hard reset. Help me please.

Source: Here's everything new in Android 7.1 | PCWorld

What's in Android 7.1
Night Light: Cuts down on blue light emitted by your display late at night, which is easier on your eyes and won't mess your your melatonin production, keeping you up late.

Touch/display performance improvements: This is one of the reasons an iPhone "feels" faster than the typical Android phones. Google wants to fix this through some dark magic that accelerates how responsive the touchscreen is to your finger.

Seamless A/B system updates: This should eliminate the need to hit the update button and wait for an install. Android updates will come in the background and automatically install on your phone when it's not in use.

Daydream VR: Phone that support the Daydream Ready spec requirements will work with the new VR headsets (the first of which is Google's Daydream View).

Fingerprint swipe: You'll be able to check your notifications with a quick downward swipe on the fingerprint sensor.

Developer features: The following are targeted at developers, giving them access to many of the feature and design changes that we saw in the Pixel update to Android.

APIs for app shortcuts (these are already present in Action Launcher 3) and shortcut manager
Circular app icons support
Keyboard image insertion
Fingerprint sensor gesture support
Manual storage manager Intent for apps
Improved VR thread scheduling
Enhanced wallpaper metadata
Multi-endpoint call support
Support for various MNO requirements
PCDMA voice privacy property
Source type support for Visual Voicemail
Carrier configuration options for managing video telephony
A storage manager, which allows developers to identify apps and files that are using device storage.

Not in Android 7.1, Pixel Exclusive
Pixel Launcher: This will remain exclusive to the Pixel, unlike the Google Now Launcher. You swipe up to get to the app drawer, which also offers a search box for finding apps.

Google Assistant: On the Pixel, this is launched with a long press of the home button. You'll have to try it out inside of Allo if you want to check it out now.

Google Photos: Pixel owners get unlimited, original quality backup of all photos and videos.

Smart Storage: When your phone is running low, it will automatically remove the original version of saved photos and videos.

Support: The Pixel will will come with 24/7 support including a screen share feature accessible through the support tab in the settings.

Quick switch adapter: A wired setup to transfer contacts, photos, and messages (even from iMessage!) from your current phone to a Pixel.

Aesthetic changes: A new calendar and date icon, pull-out "pill" to launch a Google search, and new wallpapers. Maybe some new lock screen animation, too.

Camera features: The following is a list of software enhancements to the Pixel camera:

Electronic Image Stabilization ("video stabilization") 2.0
White Balance Presets
Exposure Compensation
AE/AF Locking
Viewfinder grid modes
Hardware accelerated (on Qualcomm Hexagon coprocessor) HDR+ image processing
Smartburst
Sensor Hub processor with tightly integrated sensors (accel, gyro, mag) + connectivity (Wi-Fi, Cell, GPS)

I have to save to gallery any photo someone texts to me, then open the gallery to see what they sent.
This is recent since last update less than 7 days ago. I already thought it was because I had too many photos, so I deleted ALL of them. I also did a restart. What else?

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So I know I am beating a dead horse here but this used to be the main feature I looked for when purchasing a phone but this is now going to change.

I have bought wayyyy too many phones. Every single Nexus. Almost all Sony's up to the Z line. G3,4,5. Sammy s4 through 7... Honor 5x one plus 1 and 2... I know I know I'm like alot of others here.

One thing always drew me back to certain phones and that was water resistance.

My main used phones other than Nexus phones have been Z2 to Z3C then to S6 active to the Z5C from there I now have a CAT S60 and an S7 for my work phone.

Out of all of these phones the S7 is the only one that has not failed under water and that is because it has only been submerged two times.

Z3c died after 5 minutes in the pool in under 2 foot of depth Z2, same fate on the 3rd or 4th time in water. S6 active died in a rainstorm while hiking (it was in my pocket) Z5c lived through 2 pool uses but the microphone was never the same. The S60 which is the most "waterproof" phone out.. Well I have already had it replaced by Cat once due to water ingress in 8 inched of water.... The S7 has been submerged once or twice by my wife in the bath and still works fine. For a while when plugging in it thought everything was a GEAR VR headset though...

What am I getting at?

Water resistance is great on paper but it just doesn't work with phones... I have tried and tried and tried .. Always with bad results. So now I am done with it.

This is just my experience with waterproofing, and it may look nice and feel good to have but for now on I will just ignore it as it never seems to work right for me.