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Fixing issues faced by Nokia Android smartphones users after Android OS & security updates installation

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In this article we are covering most commonly known Nokia Android smartphones upgrade, installation and usability (user) issues post-upgrade and how to fix them. This tutorial is based on the experience of installing and living with Android OS and security updates.

Android 11 not being offered issue:

Not all Nokia smartphones are eligible to get Android 11 upgrade. Here is the list of Nokia smartphones that can upgrade to Android 11. You can also track the status of Android 11 roll-out by clicking here.

Android 11 post-Installation issues & workarounds:

Common issues:

  • Nokia smartphone not performing well after installation of the update
  • Battery life reduces drastically
  • Facing many issues after installation of a new update

Generic Workaround: In all the cases,

  1. Try a Reboot:
    • It should fix apps related and some other issues too
  2. Try a soft reset:
    • Volume up + power key hold till it restarts (Around 15-20 seconds)
  3. Else take a back up and do a hard reset:
    • If soft reset doesn’t solve your issue, you should go for a hard reset. You should take a backup of your content before proceeding, click here for our backup and reset tutorial in case your phone is not working properly.

Issue-specific Workarounds:

  • Lock-screen keeps getting unlocked repeatedly.
    • You can go to Settings > System >Gestures and toggle off “Double tap to check phone”. This should usually resolve this issue.
  • Battery life is hugely impacted. It may happen because of Ambient mode feature that gets activated.
    • Please go to Settings–>Google–>Account services–>Search, Assistant & Voice–>Google Assistant–>Assistant–>Scroll down to Ambient mode. Toggle off Ambient Mode feature. 
  • Device is not Certified by Google error
    • Install the Device ID app, If you are still able to access the Play Store. Else you can download the APK file here and install it on your device. Follow our tutorial if you haven’t installed APK before.
    • You need to note down Google Service Framework (GSF) ID after running Device ID app.
    • Now, go to Google’s Device Registration page, enter your Google Services Framework ID on the Android ID box and tap Register. This should register your device and you should be able to get rid of the “device not certified by…

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The National-Security Case for Fixing Social Media

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On Wednesday, July 15th, shortly after 3 P.M., the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Kanye West, and other politicians and celebrities began behaving strangely. More or less simultaneously, they advised their followers—around two hundred and fifty million people, in total—to send Bitcoin contributions to mysterious addresses. Twitter’s engineers were surprised and baffled; there was no indication that the company’s network had been breached, and yet the tweets were clearly unauthorized. They had no choice but to switch off around a hundred and fifty thousand verified accounts, held by notable people and institutions, until the problem could be identified and fixed. Many government agencies have come to rely on Twitter for public-service messages; among the disabled accounts was the National Weather Service, which found that it couldn’t send tweets to warn of a tornado in central Illinois. A few days later, a seventeen-year-old hacker from Florida, who enjoyed breaking into social-media accounts for fun and occasional profit, was arrested as the mastermind of the hack. The F.B.I. is currently investigating his sixteen-year-old sidekick.

In its narrowest sense, this immense security breach, orchestrated by teen-agers, underscores the vulnerability of Twitter and other social-media platforms. More broadly, it’s a telling sign of the times. We’ve entered a world in which our national well-being depends not just on the government but also on the private companies through which we lead our digital lives. It’s easy to imagine what big-time criminals, foreign adversaries, or power-grabbing politicians could have done with the access the teen-agers secured. In 2013, the stock market briefly plunged after a tweet sent from the hacked account of the Associated Press reported that President Barack Obama had been injured in an explosion at the White House; earlier this year, hundreds of armed, self-proclaimed militiamen converged on Gettysburg, Virginia, after a single Facebook page promoted the fake story that Antifa protesters planned to burn American flags there.

A group called the Syrian Electronic…

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Android 10: Google Confirms 193 Security Vulnerabilities Need Fixing – Forbes

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Android 10: Google Confirms 193 Security Vulnerabilities Need Fixing  Forbes

Android Q is now officially Android 10, and with the release only weeks away, Google has confirmed a total of 193 vulnerabilities need fixing.

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