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Google Messages causing severe battery drain and overheating? Here's a temporary fix
A bug in Google Messages is causing severe battery drain and overheating on some devices. Here's a temporary fix while you wait for Google to push an update.
Recent reports indicate that a bug in Google Messages is causing severe battery drain and overheating issues on Android devices. The bug occasionally leaves the camera running after you use the viewfinder feature in the attachments menu, leading to increased usage.
Android Studio's Emulator is having issues on Windows 11
If you're experiencing problems with the Android Studio Emulator on Windows 11, you're not alone. Google and Microsoft are working on a fix.
One of the most important components of the Android Studio development SDK is the Android Emulator, which allows developers to test their apps on a wide range of virtualized hardware. However, it would seem the Android Emulator wasn't quite ready for the release of Windows 11, as bug reports are coming in for the emulator when using Hyper-V. Thankfully, there's also a fix in development.
iOS 15 Messages bug secretly deletes backed up photos
A critical iOS 15 Messages bug deletes users' backed up iCloud photos after deleting the Messages thread in which they received the photos.
iOS 15 was released to the public less than a month ago, and some complaints have already started surfacing online. It's common for new major software releases to have some bugs, even after months of beta testing. However, major bugs usually don't make it through to the public builds. Unfortunately, a critical bug has been discovered in iOS 15. Several users have reported that their backed-up iCloud photos are getting deleted due to this bug.
This WhatsApp vulnerability is pretty stupid, but it can lock you out of your account indefinitely
Security researchers have found a new WhatsApp vulnerability that allows attackers to easily lock you out of your account.
Security researchers have found a new vulnerability in WhatsApp that may prompt more users to quit the Facebook-owned messaging service. Malicious actors can easily exploit this vulnerability to lock you out of your WhatsApp account indefinitely, making it more than just a minor inconvenience for the messenger's 2 billion+ users. But that's not the worst part.
[Update: v11.2.3.3] OnePlus says it's working on a fix for the OnePlus 9 Pro's overheating issues
Several OnePlus 9 Pro users have reported facing unusual overheating issues with the device. OnePlus is aware of the problem and is working on a fix.
It hasn't even been a month since OnePlus unveiled its all-new flagship lineup, and the company has already pushed three software updates for the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro. These updates have introduced several optimizations and improvements for the system, connectivity, and cameras on the two devices, and they've also included the latest Android security patches. However, there's one major issue with the OnePlus 9 Pro that hasn't been addressed so far.
[Update: Fix] PSA: Latest Play Store update breaks license verification for paid apps
The latest version of the Google Play Store breaks the license verification for many paid apps, check out what that means here.
Google offers a number of tools to developers to protect their applications and ensure that pirates can't easily sideload the premium versions of their apps. One of these tools is LVL, the License Verification Library. Many applications on the Play Store use it such as Substratum and our own XDA Navigation Gestures App. But there's a major problem: In the latest version of the Google Play Store, version 10.7.17 and above, access to this library seems to be broken. This is causing a lot of people who purchase apps to suddenly see their apps tell them that their paid license is no longer valid.
[UPDATE: OTA Fix Coming] Blu's Software Update is Locking People out of Their Phones
Blu reportedly pushed a botched software update that resets the device PIN/pattern, effectively owners out of their phones.
Update 12/04/2017: Blu has officially announced that an OTA fix for affected Blu Life One X2 devices will be pushed soon. This fix is only meant for affected users which haven't yet done a factory reset to fix said issue. If you have an affected device, send an email to escalations@bluproducts.com and be on the lookout for an OTA update coming to your device.
[Update: Fixed by Factory Reset] Some Google Pixel 2 Owners are Reporting a Bootloader Unlock Bug
Some Google Pixel 2 owners are reporting that they are unable to unlock the bootloader of devices they purchased from the Google Store.
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are flagship devices meant to showcase the Google software experience. But the phones have had their share of issues, ranging from the Pixel 2's inability to flash factory images and OTAs and high-pitched earpiece noises to the Pixel 2 XL's display burn-in and audio recording issues.