r/AndroidQuestions • • Dec 15 '25

Meta New Rules / Meta Discussion

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I've decided to do a rehaul of the rules. I want things to be clear and concise. Please let me know if there's anything I'm missing or if there's anything I should change.


This is AndroidQuestions, so posts must be Android Questions. What does that mean?

  • Android

Posts must be about Android - either the operating system itself, software on it, or hardware that runs it.

  • Questions

Post titles must indicate a question. Questions must be intelligible, coherent, and genuine and include details that might be helpful to the people attempting to answer your question. They must not be made rhetorically or as an excuse to spam, rant, vent, or insult.


In addition, we have rules involving acceptable Behavior and Content

  • Behavior

Posts and comments must not be used to harass, attack, threaten, harm, or discriminate against people, or to instruct or encourage others to do so.

  • Content

Posts and comments must not contain or discuss prohibited content or link to such content, including spam, AI-generated content, illegal activity, bypassing security safety or security measures, rule violations, or anything that could harm users or their devices.


  • Moderation

Moderator Announcements are exempt from the "Android Questions" section of the rules. Moderators may use discretion when enforcing rules, but are not to grant exceptions to users in normal scenarios. Questions or concerns can be directed to the moderators via "Message the Mods". Rules are subject to change.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 3h ago

How do I permanently hide the "Displaying over other apps" notification on Samsung?

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra running OneUI 9, and I keep getting an Android System notification saying:

"Grammarly is displaying over other apps."

I want Grammarly to keep its display-over-other-apps permission. I just want to hide the notification permanently.

I actually managed to find the specific notification category under:

Settings → Apps → Android System → Notifications → Notification categories → Display over other apps

There's even a toggle specifically labeled "Grammarly displaying over other apps."

However, when I tried disabling it, the notification wouldn't completely go away.

Has anyone figured out how to permanently hide this notification without disabling Grammarly's overlay permission? Is this a Samsung/One UI limitation, or is there another workaround?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 18m ago

Is there a way to turn off Bluetooth on a schedule?

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Posted recently about headphones, they turn off when disconnected.

How do I turn off Bluetooth during night time?

Adding that I have a pixel 10.

Also, most of the tips I've found were about troubleshooting maintaining Bluetooth connection.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 1h ago

Looking For Suggestions Moving from iPhone 16 to Android, what do I get?

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Just as the title says, my phone plan is coming up, and I’m kind of tired of Apple and the ecosystem being a pain to work with. I use my phone to take a lot of photos and videos, and moving files from iOS to windows is a pain in the butt.

I’m looking to swap to an Android with Black Friday sales coming up, but I’m not sure what to get. I was looking at the Pixel 11 Pro, as well as the Nothing Phone 4a pro.

Another big thing for me is wearables. I sleep like a rock, and I use my Apple Watch to wake me up, but it needs to be replaced as well. Headphones aren’t a big deal, I have my Sony headphones that I bring everywhere.

Should I be looking at Google at all, or Samsung, or elsewhere?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 9h ago

Other Why is my temporary system files taking so much space ?

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Hey guys, why is the temporary system files taking so much space 55 gb.

Here is the ss here.

Please help me here

What are all the things I should check and clear for this to go down, 55gb is a lottt.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 3h ago

Device Settings Question USB Tethering Not Enabling

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I use to use USB tethering with no issues. Now, after a recent update, when I try to enable the `USB Tethering` setting after plugging my phone into my comptuer, nothing happens. The setting does not get enabled, no matter what I do. It was working with the same cord, port, and computer before I updated my phone.

Phone: Samsung S23+
One UI Version: 9
Android Version: 17
Build Number: CP2A.260605.016.S916USQU8GZIF


r/AndroidQuestions • • 4h ago

Why might my Android phone be struggling to stay connected to both wifi and data?

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I have a Galaxy S23FE from 2023. In the last year, it has had intermittent, unpredictable, and incredibly frustrating difficulties connecting to both wifi and data. I've all but forgone wifi at the moment, but it's not the wifi - every other device in the house connects fine.

The data issue seems temperamental. It will be fine for a period of time, and then will simply stop working. I often won't even get a failure to connect message from whatever app I was using - it will just try and connect forever. The upload and download icons in the top right will begin to flick on and off; sometimes one remains, sometimes both go, and they just cycle every second or so. The 4G icon never drops, and generally I have at least two bars whenever this happens.

Even more bizarrely, sometimes it seems to be app-specific - if it's happening while I'm trying to use Firefox, it's not uncommon that I could go open Reddit and Reddit would work fine, and vice versa. Similar apps are usually affected similarly but not always - sometimes Firefox won't work but Chrome will, or Reddit won't work but Tumblr will. It does happen more often if I'm trying to watch videos or scroll image-heavy subreddits or social media. Restarting my phone sometimes resolves it, and on other occasions seems to just reroute which app/s are affected.

Any ideas on why this might be happening and what could be done to fix it would be appreciated. It's driving me up the wall.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 5h ago

nav + third-party launcher: taps ignored for ~1s after swiping home. How are you dealing with it?

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Hey peeps - using Microsoft launcher on a pixel 9 pro xl with gesture navigation. When I swipe up to go home the screen ignores input for up to a second. Tapping an app icon straight away does nothing until it catches up. Setting animation scales to 0x doesn't fix it.

I captured the issue over ADB and in testing 12 taps were dropped over a 1,146 ms window. Logcat shows Quickstep handling the swipe through FallbackSwipeHandler the Gesture Monitor taking the input and touches being discarded until the transition to the launcher finishes. Switching to 3-button nav or Pixel Launcher makes it go away.

There's an open bug for this, but it's had very little activity given how many people use third-party launchers: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/220178612, how are people getting around this bug that im not aware of? Are you sticking with 3-button nav, using a 3rd party gesture app? or just living with it? Does any launcher avoid the delay?

Im a bit surprised that reviewers of android phones arent blasting android development for this outside of a stock launcher experience?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 14h ago

Custom ROM Question Getting Android on Fire Tablet

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Hello All,

I have a 1st generation fire tablet and have been trying for about week so to install android os on it, but I've been hitting multiple road blocks. I wasnt sure if anyone here has tried before successfully, depending on what's easier I have a win11 desktop and a Linux mint laptop. So far I've tried to manually install the super user app (successfully), attempted to use KFU, FFF, and TWRP but have failed at all 3 of those


r/AndroidQuestions • • 12h ago

Device Settings Question Is it possible to get rid of the Now Playing banner in the notification bar?

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I have a Fold 7 and it's kind of annoying that the Now Playing banner takes up the whole notification tray while I'm listening to music. I can't see any of my notifications without swiping down. The only way I can get rid of it is by closing Apple Music and swiping it away. Any advice is appreciated.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 12h ago

Sound playing through phone speakers instead of bluetooth device

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S25 plus and I've been having issues with my music playing through my phone speakers instead of my connected bluetooth devices. Whether it is with Spotify or YT, sound output is on my phone until I hit pause, then it redirects to my connected bluetooth device. This has happened to different connected devices, my car (not android auto, just reg bluetooth) and my skullcandy earbuds. This started a couple weeks ago. I've restarted my phone, reconnected devices, and my separate audio function is off.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 7h ago

App Specific Question Gboard not setting physical keyboard language to Finnish

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I\ve removed english entirely from gboard yet it still finds it and uses it, i\ve in settings told it to be just the finnish language yet it still choses english, is this really just a thing you can\t do anything about_ It has worked fine before, but every time my hone loses power, the gboard just decides to be a dick and not let me choose the language my keyboard actually is.

_ is supposed to be a question mark and \ is supposed to be ', but a with two dots over it is ' instead, would there be a nifty comman or something I could run somewhere to force android to use finnish keyboard layout over english for physical keybarods_ or am I just gonna have to relearn my muscle memory to press the clearly wrong keys to write the right keys_


r/AndroidQuestions • • 8h ago

Other How to remove autocreated Passkey?

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I got some strange notifications about activities on my Google account that I didn't recognize so I figured best change the password. I did it on my phone and it was confusing enough that I inadvertently created a Passkey as well. I can see it listed under Passkeys now but there's no option to remove it. In the help section it says that in order to remove an autogenerated Passkey I need to go to All Devices and log out that device. Which isn't what I want to do, but ok. The problem is, it doesn't just show a list of devices but like a dozen sessions for my phone. The Help explains that I need to log out from all sessions, but the problem is that there is one session (labeled 'active') where there is no logout option. If I log out of all the other sessions, the Passkey is still listed under Passkeys and it's prompted when I need log in to my account. How can I actually remove the Passkey?

PS: Please help me find an answer and don't berate me for wanting to remove the Passkey. I know what Passkeys are, about Phishing resistance, I also use them (even on the same account), but I have my reasons for wanting to remove that particular one.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 8h ago

Please help me be able to use device owner

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I'm trying to use an app that uses device owner permissions but again and again, it fails, I remove all accounts and users from my device, I even removed admin apps and it still didn't work, also I don't have any device owner apps and my bootloader is unlocked but I'm not rooted and I don't have a custom os. Please help.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 10h ago

Darks turning grey? Idk what to say...

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Idk why this sub doesn't allow videos nor reposting so here's the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidHelp/s/4potB0iaUQ


r/AndroidQuestions • • 10h ago

Device Settings Question Alarm no longer plays through phone speaker when bluetooth earbuds are connected

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In the past, my phone alarm would play through either the phone speaker or BOTH the speaker and headphones, but now it only plays through the earbuds and I cannot for the life of me find a way to change that. Most I can find online seems to show people struggling to do the opposite.

For context, I sleep with bluetooth earbuds in order to not disturb my spouse, but they often fall out before my alarm goes off, so I have missed my alarm due to this. I have also had random times where it DOES play through both for some reason, but I don't know what caused it to do so, as it seemed completely random.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 11h ago

Phone volume automatically goes down even tho volume bar is full

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I have tried deleting the audio Equalizer app, I have restarted the phone multiple times, I have also tried to use this phone in safe mode, audio was perfectly fine in that so I inspected every app but none of them were interfering in this, I have moto edge neo 40 phone.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 11h ago

Device Settings Question Can't find the setting to change keyboard typing sound effects

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Device: Samsung Galaxy A52

Android Version: 14

Keyboard used: Stock Samsung Keyboard that came pre-installed with the phone.
Other keyboards I've tried: G-board/Google Keyboard and Microsoft Swiftkey.

My keyboard typing sounds are bubbly, but I want to change them to a typewriter sound. I can't access those settings because I'm not sure where to look.

Clarification: I don't want to toggle the sound on and off, but change what the typing sound effects.

Thank you in advance.

I used to have this setting, but now I can't find it anywhere within any keyboard settings menu. Maybe a recent update had taken them away?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 15h ago

App Specific Question My alarm gets very quiet when I'm in a Discord call. Is there any way around this?

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I sleep on call a lot (Discord) and I have alarms set for the morning, but whenever I'm in a call, my alarm gets replaced by a very quiet beeping sound. There's no way I'd wake up to that. Is there any setting I can change or app I can use?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 18h ago

Other Are there any deep-dive Android package encyclopedias or knowledge bases? (Not just "safe to remove" lists)

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I'm looking for something more detailed than the usual package lists. I already know about UAD-ng's database and sites like DeepWiki/Instagit, but they're either too shallow or don't actually populate the dependency/neededBy fields for most packages.

What I'm really trying to find is a wiki, encyclopedia, or community knowledge base that documents Android packages (especially Samsung/One UI and Google/GMS) with:

· Full package name

· What the package actually does (not just a one-liner)

· Why it exists / its purpose

· Whether it's required or optional

· What depends on it, and what it depends on

· What happens if you disable it vs. uninstall it

· Pros/cons and privacy implications

· Risk level and alternatives

· Whether behavior varies by device / Android version / One UI version / region

· Source code availability: Is the source code publicly available? Is it open source (AOSP, Apache 2.0, GPL) or proprietary/closed-source? If open, where is the repository? If closed, is there any partial source, decompiled code, or vendor release?

· Confidence level / source of the info

I already know that AOSP is open source, but GMS and One UI (Samsung) are closed-source — so for most Samsung/Google packages, the answer will likely be "closed-source." But I want to confirm this per package, and know if there are exceptions (e.g., some components may have open-source parts, or vendor releases).

Does anyone know of a site, wiki, database, or even a Discord/Telegram group where people document this kind of deep per-package analysis? It doesn't have to be famous — I'm specifically asking because the well-known lists aren't deep enough.

If you know a package well, please drop it with as much detail as you can, including the package name, device/Android/One UI version, what it does, safe to disable/uninstall, what breaks, source code availability, and your confidence/source.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 1d ago

Looking For Suggestions [Question] How do I stop FCM from disconnecting

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How do I get reliable push notifications (WhatsApp, Discord, Gmail) on a Redmi K90 running HyperOS 4 China ROM without ro\*ot?


r/AndroidQuestions • • 1d ago

Looking For Suggestions Got an old Samsung Byju's tablet (Android 12, 3GB RAM, 7040mAh). What are some useful things to do with it besides movies/anime?

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Hey everyone, I have a Samsung Galaxy TAB A7 of 32 gb storage Byju's tablet running Android 12 with 3GB RAM (2GB virtual RAM now, can go to 4GB) and a big 7040mAh battery. I don't watch movies or anime, and it has parental restrictions, so no banking or payment stuff.


r/AndroidQuestions • • 1d ago

Rooting Help My phone's screen constantly goes dark after turning it on

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Exactly a week ago my phone's screen would randomly get all dark shortly after turning the phone on, this kept repeating for a while and then it stopped. Today it happened again for a longer while. It's still working while the screen us dark btw

For context, my phone's screen has been fucked up after it fell like eight months ago. Particularly, three months ago or a part at the bottom got slightly darker than the rest.

I know the answer is that the screen is broken and I need to change it but I'm particularly wondering if there could be another factor that particularly made things worse today and the other monday. Idk, maybe I left under direct sunlight for too long


r/AndroidQuestions • • 1d ago

What are the best Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra camera settings for better photography? My daughter's pictures should be more clear. Thanks

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My daughter has a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and likes taking pictures, especially of nature, sunsets, and the evening sky. I believe her photos should be more clear. Any help is appreciated!


r/AndroidQuestions • • 1d ago

Device Settings Question My mobile data and network were suddenly "disabled".

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I was playing a game called Wild Rift on my phone, I was on 5G mobile data as usual and everything seemed normal.

I play games here at work, pretty much always in the same place and at the same time, during my work break.

This happened about an hour and a half ago.

In the middle of the game my internet went down and when I went to check the network signal it had disappeared. I checked the information tray, where the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are located, and the mobile data option was grayed out.

I'm almost certain it said "disabled" right below the mobile data option; it showed as off and was grayed out, a little transparent, as if I couldn't click on that option.

All of this happened in less than 10 seconds and the network returned to normal. The internet went down, I went to check, and it came back.

It was very quick, but in 3 years or more of having the device, this had never happened before.

I use a Redmagic 8 Pro with Android 15.

What could have happened, and is there any way to find out what might have caused it? Could it be a bug or a malicious app, or was it just my internet connection that had a problem at that moment?

I've never had problems with mobile data beyond the basics, and I really don't know what could have happened or what I might have done to cause this.

Thank you all for your support.

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