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Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions?
Thank you for your confidence in our abilities! But have you read the Android Enthusiasts FAQ?
This site is primarily a source to help people use their Android devices, whether it's an issue with ...
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Are "Meta Quest" questions off-topic here?
On gaming.stackexchange.com are only questions about Gaming on Meta Quest welcome. The VR headset has many more use cases.
Meta Quest is based on Android. Are Meta Quest questions here on topic? A ...
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Check out Mobile Development Discussions on Stack Overflow
I’m Sasha, a community manager who works primarily with the Stack Overflow site. On SO, we’ve recently launched an experimental “Discussions” feature within several collectives including the new ...
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Non-Stack's Imgur images may disappear soon, help us migrate them to Stack's Imgur account
As announced on Imgur TOS change on May 15th could cause the loss of thousands of Stack Exchange images!,
On May 15th, Imgur will implement its new TOS, in which
We will be focused on removing old, ...
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About 15% of my questions get automatically removed by Roomba (deletion script) because they have score=0 and no answer: Roomba needs to chill
I looked at the list of my removed questions and see that ~15% of my questions (~30 out of my ~210 questions) get automatically removed by Roomba (deletion script) because they have score=0 and no ...
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How can I get stats on my votes for a particular period
I received an email today with the following message
We recently noticed a substantial number of votes on your account to specific users. While we encourage everyone to upvote great posts and ...
Andrew T.Mod
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How should we treat ChatGPT (and other AI-generated) posts?
Back in December 2022, an AI chatbot ChatGPT was released to the public. It is really sophisticated that it can also answer many kinds of questions, regardless if it is factually correct or wrong.
It ...
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How long does it take for a question to be answered on this site?
I noticed from stackexchange.com that this site gets about 11 questions per day. didn't say if they get responses. i submitted a question yesterday and it looked like it was viewed 14 times.
Does this ...
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On the excerpt of `linux` tag, why is running Linux distros on Android off-topic?
Just found the linux tag and the excerpt said:
[...] (Note that running Linux distros on Android is off-topic.) [...]
I can't grasp the reason for that, especially from the name of the community.
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Android phone specs comparison site?
I am not sure if this is off-topic for the main site. Am I allowed to ask it there?
I am shopping for a new Android and would like a web site where I can do side by side comparisons, especially if I ...
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Why was my answer about Android phone specs comparison site deleted?
Someone asked: Android phone specs comparison site?
I answered the following, but it was deleted by a mod. Why?
Andrew T.Mod
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Can I ask a hardware recommendation question, if it is strictly bind to a period of time and problem solved? [duplicate]
Are all hardware recommendation-recommendation questions strictly banned here? Or under certain conditions it is allowed to ask such question?
I'd like to ask a question that is strictly bind to a ...
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Cannot answer question because reputation
Sorry for the trouble, but I am trying to answer a question again, and I can't because not enough rep.
I actually have enough, but because of bounties, it put me below the required amount. This is the ...
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Can answer lots of questions on here but seem to be not allowed to comment. I guess people don't want answers?
Someone asked how to stop the accessibility menu from appearing when they turned on their phone and I have an answer for that: "go to settings and find appear on top turn off accessibility and it ...
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Would a [tubemate] tag be useful?
TubeMate is an Android video download app. Its website is http://tubemate.net/ and it's been around and maintained for many years (the website for TubeMate has been around since 2011 according to ...
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Are Android TV questions considered off-topic for the site?
The question states it all -- Are Android TV questions considered off-topic for the site?
I believe that they are not, since Android TVs and Android does not seem to have that much of a difference in ...
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How do I post the details of a question without having my question closed out on this platform?
I posted a question in very simple terms earlier today: Can ANYONE help me with getting my phone that is stuck in a boot loop to be "seen" by any of my computers to get the files out? ...
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Possible problems with "rooting" page
The rooting page says:
"Before asking how to root your device, please read the full tag wiki …".
Shouldn't "full tag wiki" be a link to the page?
(Otherwise, how would one know how ...
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what is that strange site?
can anyone explain how it comes that this site mirrors stackoverflow somehow?
https://software-testing.com/topic/217764/bootloop-issue-and-can-t-go-to-recovery-mode/2
Bootloop issue and can't go ...
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Which site is suitable for asking questions regarding Lenovo tablets
We do have a tag on Android.SE for tablet.
Are questions regarding Lenovo tablets suitable on Android.SE, or on any other Stack Exchange Network site?
I want to ask something regarding my tab getting ...
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Should the Community bot reduce questions bumping? (Update: now reduced, but further action needed)
On every Stack Exchange site, there is a Community user bot that likes to randomly bump unanswered questions. Based on my observations, we got an almost consistent hourly bump every day, and that ...
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How can we encourage people to proofread their own posts?
I've been active in the review queues, and the number of poorly written questions seems to be increasing.
I fully respect that not everyone is skilled with the English language, and I work hard to ...
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How to properly resize images
I've noticed a few times that the images I include in my posts got resized. It happened with at least 5 users, often rather active here, so I'll post this info as a meta post. I appreciate the gesture ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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How to handle answers that include links to Google Play Store apps that no longer exist in that store? [duplicate]
Some answers include links to Google Play Store apps that no longer exist in the Google Play Store.
How is it best to handle these answers?
The most obvious solution is to see if the app exists on F-...
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Merge [tag:voice-typing] with [tag:voice-recognition]
voice-typing and voice-recognition seem synonymous. Let's merge them? As a side note, the proper term is speech recognition and not voice recognition (= speaker recognition).
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Cant answer Highly active question even with enough rep [duplicate]
I am trying to answer this question:
Where can find older versions of Apps?
but it says this:
Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation (not counting the association
bonus) in order to answer this ...
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Is italic formatting broken on mobile?
Pixel 4a, Android 12,Chrome 96.0.4664.45
For the last few weeks noticed that italics whether using single star or underscore or selecting text to format from formatting bar does not render.
Works ...
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Closing question too biased?
Why would App X need permission Y?
was closed as opinion-based, but it is definitely not. Closing the question prevents the community from exchanging knowledge.
Questions:
Are decision-makers ...
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Which site is suitable for asking questions regarding the Kindle platform?
Is there any suitable place where I can ask question like why my Kindle is not charging, etc? I have a question regarding the Kindle, but can't guess the right place to ask.
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CodePlex Archive will be shut down after July 1st, 2021
Just as the title says, the CodePlex Archive homepage shows:
CodePlex Archive will be shut down after July 1st, 2021.
[...] We now encourage customers to use Github for their open source project ...
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Community Ads for 2021
September update: Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher and no downvotes will be displayed (except for any that have a note from ...
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Create signal-messenger tag and edit incorrectly tagged questions
My question was moved from SuperUser but now has an incorrect signal tag (on SU it refers to the messaging app).I see that e.g. facebook-messenger or whatsapp-messenger exist, but signal-messenger ...
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How shall we deal with outdated answers no longer valid?
This is a sibling to How should we handle obsolete answers? – but with a completely different focus: while the answers there are simply not longer valid for Android versions newer than X – I'm asking ...
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Clarification on command-line interpreter related tags
On Android.SE, there are some tags related to command-line interpreters:
shell: The shell is a piece of software that provides a command-line interface to the operating system. Use this tag for shell-...
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Can we add Software Recommendations SE as a destination for when an off-topic question needs migration?
When flagging a question as off-topic, Software Recommendations SE is not currently listed. Can we get it added?
For those that don't know, Software Recommendations StackExchange is here:
https://...
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What to do when an answer I'm about to accept disappears?
Yesterday I asked this question: screen mirroring - How to display camera image on second Android device?, and shortly after, it received an answer.
I tried the suggestion, it worked, I upvoted the ...
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Is HarmonyOS on topic?
HarmonyOS is an Android alternative for phones, watches, and IoT devices
Huawei's long-rumored Android alternative, Hongmeng, is finally official. At today's Huawei Developer Conference, the company'...
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New tag request: RCS (Rich Communication Services)
Apparently, there is no RCS tag yet.
RCS is Rich Communication Services and the standard is getting more widespread use. There are only a few questions related to it for now (like mine, posted before ...
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Merge the internet-browser tag with the browser tag?
Currently, there is the browser tag with over 500 questions as well as the internet-browser tag with just 6 questions.
What do you think of merging the latter into the former, and perhaps creating a ...
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The network's official Twitter account is up and running again. What content do we want to share?
Very recently, Stack Exchange has revived its official Twitter account, @StackExchange. It had been used intermittently/actually-not-at-all for several years, but now it's being resuscitated for the ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2020 [duplicate]
2020 has come! But… oops, where did the time go? It’s already March! Belated as it is, it’s time for a refresh of Community Promotion Ads!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads ...
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How to add signature to StackExchange forum?
I am not able to add a signature. I am not able to find an option to add a signature to Android.stackexchange.com forum. Most of the forums allow adding signatures.
Is there any way to add signature?
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Are Android apps running on Chrome OS on topic?
The main question I have revolve around functionality and is there a way to activate pagedown in Android apps on Chrome OS.
Not sure what people would ask maybe compatibility questions.
Are Android ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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Burnitate "picture-frame-widget" tag
Can we burnitate picture-frame-widget?
Summary:
four questions at all tagged with it,
newest question five years old,
oldest questions nine years old,
doesn't have user guidance
Quick browse on all ...
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Is there a place for Android Web Stores or Web Apps for Android?
This doesn't quite fit on Web Applications.se, Software Recommendations.se or Android.se.
Would a question like this be acceptable for meta?
Right now I have an example store pinned under starred ...
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What are Points and How do I get them?
I signed up for the Android Enthusiast because my tablet has gone goofy. Specifically chrome and firefox. However, I can't ask questions or comment until I have reputation points. But I don't see any ...
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How about making the header bar and logo green like the Android mascot, instead of blue?
I feel like people may get the impression that something is wrong with this site because the major color highlight (from the header bar) is blue, which used to be the Windows Phone OS color, and ...
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