Use this tag for questions about Android 12 in general, or if the question is possibly only related to Android 12 specifically.
Questions tagged [android-12]
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How to disable the "verified links" feature?
With Android 12, Google introduced the verified links feature that requires apps to verify ownership of domains for which they want to handle links. (Handling links refers to the behavior where when you tap a link to the Wikipedia website it will…
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When connecting two Android phones via a cable, how can I choose which phone is charging which phone?
When connecting two Android phones via a cable, how can I choose which phone is charging which phone? E.g. when I connected a Samsung Galaxy S9 (Android 10) with a Google Pixel 6 (Android 12) via a male-to-male USB-C cable, the Google Pixel 6 got…
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How to make a full local backup of my phone
I'm trying to find a way to have a full backup of my phone (apps, settings, data, life universe and everything...) but from what I read on the internet tools such as Titanium and Helium backup are not working anymore on new phones (mine is running…
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USB Tethering option (to share internet connection with PC) is greyed out
Most probably these question+answer will be deleted as duplicates, so please do not vote here. But if the answer is useful - add your upvote here: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/252613/251126 in order to bubble a good (my hehe) answer…
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How can I jump to a given year on the Google Calendar application on my Google Pixel 6 phone?
I use the Google Calendar application on my Google Pixel 6 phone. Sometimes I want to look at some event a few years ago. How can I jump to a given year on Google calendar?
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How to install Xposed framework on Android 12? What about safety net?
Further to these questions:
What are the alternatives for Xposed framework on Pie? Preferably without triggering Safety Net?
How to install EdXposed on Android 10 without triggering safety net
How to install EdXposed on Android 11? What about…
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Any way to disable the quick settings panel on the lockscreen on Android 12 and 11?
Is there any way to disable the quick settings panel on the lockscreen on Android 12 and 11?
I want to disable it, just like it used to be on the older Android versions.
If I cannot the disable it, can it be abused if my phone is lost or stolen?
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Adb backups save no data
I want to reinstall the OS on my OnePlus phone running Android 12. Before I do that I would like to backup some of my apps which don't store their data in the cloud. The phone is not rooted, so I have tried using Helium which is apparently dead, but…
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What is significance of country listed in "about phone"?
I have just bought a surprisingly-cheap refurbished Samsung S10+ to (eventually) replace my elderly S7.
I have not yet tried to connect it to my Samsung/Google accounts.
The S10+ is running Android 12. Settings > About phone shows:
Phone number …
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Firefox for Android refuses loading any website
I wanted to give Firefox for Android a try (I'm a long-time Chrome user), but after installing it from the Play Store, I discovered it refuses to load any website, always showing this security warning that cannot be ignored:
This happens on all…
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Links don't open in apps in Android 12
My phone is an LG-V60 (model is LG-V600TM). I'm on Android 12.
I've seen this posted many times but every solution seems to refer to things I'm not capable of doing on my phone (or I'm missing it) so I hope you can help.
When I click on a link from…
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An assist ball with some other icons appears while on a call
An assist ball with some other icons appears on phone while on a call. Why does it appear on my Redmi Note11, Android 12 phone?
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How to disable bottom app toolbar on Samsung Tab running Android 12?
I have Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and until today the system toolbar (placed at the bottom of every app) consisted of 3 navigational soft buttons. Those buttons were centered and easy to access
With the latest update it is no longer true -- the…
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How can I enable double tap actions on navigation buttons?
Before the latest Android update, I was so happy with my double tap functionalities. I had something like
double triangle -> bring down the panel with notification,
double circle -> lock screen
double square -> I had it set to something I rarely…
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Fix ownership issue with Titanium Backup creating backups with media_rw as the ownership
Normally, Titanium Backup saves backups with its ownership. For example, u0_a252:
-rw------- 1 u0_a252 u0_a252 539 2021-11-07 09:52 com.application.zomato-20211107-095236.properties
However, it sometimes saves backups with media_rw…
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