Android

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/22683886

Play Store 3D Pinball Space Cadet Download

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If you grew up in the Windows XP era, than you probably spent hours playing its iconic free game, “3D Pinball Space Cadet.” Now, “Space Cadet” pinball has been ported to Android, and it’s completely free.

One of the many things that Windows XP will be remembered for is the pinball game that essentially everyone who ever used the operating system played at some point or another. The game has been immortalized many times, and now it’s available on Android.

Developer Kyle Sylvertre used a decompiled version of Space Cadet Pinball from k4zmu2a on GitHub to bring the game to the Google Play Store for Android users. The game is optimized for touchscreens with the left and right sides of the display acting as the triggers, and you can also tap the far right side to use the ball launcher. The game runs in portrait mode, supports 18 languages, integrates with Google Play Games for a leaderboard, and is less than 5MB in size.

And it’s all completely free too.

There are no ads or in-app purchases here, as the developer “just wanted to see it on Android with a Google Play leaderboard.” On that note, cheats are disabled to keep the integrity of that leaderboard, but the developer hints that cheats might come back with an option to turn off the leaderboard.

In any case, it’s a nice hit of nostalgia. Drop your high score in the comments below.

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 is here — get ready for Material 3 Expressive!

I have had my Xiaomi phone for a few years and have mixed feelings about it. It is one of the Redmi Note 12 series.

One thing that is awesome, if maybe the single thing that it is great with, is charging.

It goest from almost 0 to full charge within 15 minuttes! I never realized thatvi needed this, until i had it.

Now, while looking at phones that maybe could take better photos, had less bloatware and maybe just worked better, i just seem to gravitate back to Xiaomi that apparently is one of the few companies that make phones with hyper charge!

I would have imagined that this would be the new standayby now

I am considering one of the higher end flagships of the company, simply because of this but I am still sceptical of their performance and especially all the bloatware and ads that seem to be integrated into their OS

I have a Samsung Galaxy S21 and I just got the new OneUI update. Now when I watch media in Jerboa there's an annoying scrolling notification that appears:

How do I get rid of this?

Also how do I get rid of whatever this is in my edge tray?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I figured out the first one, search settings for the Now Bar and disable whatever you don't want to see

4 Major Android updates & 6 years of Security updates finally! My 1 VI is still working great, but this is great news for anyone wanting a headphone jack and SD card storage on a flagship.

Weird Countdown on lock screen. I've restarted both devices.

Any ideas?

I have no idea if there is something like that, but I know there are a lot of different tools to create an android app (Android studio with Jetpack compose, React Native or Flutter).

So like the title says,I have my S23 on cell data and Firefox and Chrome say I'm in Florida when I'm actually I'm NY. I turned on location data, turned off ad block (I really don't want to do that) and some other extentions amd did a restart. Any idea where I go next?

Edit/small update- I was in Connecticut yesterday and tried it again on cell data, it had me in Pittsburgh, so it's something on AT&Ts end. I'd like to thank everyone for commenting, I appreciate it.

I adore Xiaomi's build quality (especially Redmi 4x's metal case and liked the haptics on 11 lite 5g), they are the only cheap devices with decent specs (good SDM CPUs, IR-reciever, now discontinued sdcard slots, bootloader unlocking (for LineageOS with decent privacy (and DivestOS when it still existed)), decent durability and modularity (I ocasionaly repair phones).

**But of course this is just too good to be true, so let's just start with the drawbacks: **

My first personal experience with Xiaomi was the mi 11 lite 5G, which I got as a Christmas gift in 2021. It was the best phone I ever had (both on paper and my subjective perception). Well, let's just say, that perception changed not much after the waranty; first I started experiencing random reboots and after a few months the serious issues started appearing (random connectivity problems). I tried to reflash it and it had no effect. Later all the issues started to rapidly escalate: WiFi now only works if the phone is in warm climate and it resets every couple of minutes (so it's practically useless - so I rob it for parts). Later I inherited my dad's Redmi 4x (don't worry, he isn't dead, just upgraded) and it's also starting to have this issue (after 8 years not 2). I have also seen this problem on many Xiaomis from my friends.

So in conclusion: Xiaomi purchases are a gamble. (at least if you keep a phone for a long time). But they are still the only decent low-midrange phone brand (I even recommended a Poco to my cousin)

Problem explanation: I think the problem is mostly caused by heat (from the SOC and/or the enviroment) which causes the connections on the CPU to deform and slowly lose conectivity, making the device's core functions slowly deteriorate and Xiaomi didn't fix this problem for years, as they probably don't care.

Solution (probably repairshop): edit: this is aparently bullshit

The solution to this problem is CPU reballing (a process, where you remove the CPU from the motherboard and replace it's solder. This is not an amateur job, it requires professional tools (your grandpa's old soldering iron won't do).

And of course: I would be happy if anyone would recommend a comparable brand (with at least pricing and custom roms).

Google is planning a significant UI overhaul, and it could start materializing with a future Android 16 quarterly release

After appx. 20 years in the apple eco-system I have decided to move on.

This will take time, i’m thinking 2-5 years.

My first order of business was a tablet. I couldn’t find a viable european tablet so went for a Samsung Tab S10 Ultra which has worked out great. It won me over from my pre-conception that android is somehow more budget, 2nd tier stuff. Its actually a very solid well-designed/built piece of kit in every way an equal to an iPad.

So i’m looking at Fairphone and Nothing right now for a new phone, i’m not in a hurry, I was supposed to upgrade my 14 Pro this autumn and i’m thinking that is still the time line.

Are there other european alternatives that I should be looking at?

Will air pods and apple watches still work in any sort of way with android? I will eventually replace them but both are still quite new.

Any advice from people who has already done this journey?

Pic ridiculous but related.

Hi folks,

After numerous feedback and hundreds of changes, I'm happy to share that my project, Octopi Launcher, is ready for open testing.

Below are some key features, with more to come:

• Foldables support - have totally different layouts on each screen
• (Auto scrolling) widget stacks
• Float/ pin a widget on top of home screens
• Display drawer icons as tiles
• App drawer folders and favorite apps
• Assign a nickname to an app (e.g. searching "ff" can instantly launch Firefox)
• Launch different apps using swipes on an icon
• Icon pack and shortcut support
• Resize individual home screen icons
• Index bar and reachability mode for drawer
• Option to hide status and navigation bars
• Notification badges
• Private space support
• Lock home screen layout
• Haptic effects

Shane has also done a video review on a slightly older version, which gives an idea what this launcher can do.

Have a great day!

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62370804