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[Completed] strage talking coming from tablet and phone

Recently both my sony z2 tablet and my partners samsung note 2 have at random times of the day proclaiming in a loud chessy recorded american voice "What do we have here?" What could be the cause of this?

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Recently both my sony z2 tablet and my partners samsung note 2 have at random times of the day proclaiming in a loud chessy recorded american voice "What do we have here?" What could be the cause of this?
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Interesting ... sounds like an app (most likely a game) which is running in the background and using the sound of your device to get your attention.
Best to check the running apps on both tabs ... start with the recently installed or updated apps which are on both devices.
Is a kind of investigation ... but as tow different devices are affected, it is not device (hardware and firmware) specific.
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[Completed] Umi Zero vs Xiaomi Redmi 2 - what makes most sense?

Hi all,
Not sure what area of XDA this belongs in but would greatly appreciate some form of a reply to help me in my decision to get a new phone.
I have narrowed down my choices to the Umi Zero and the Xiaomi Redmi 2. I have had great experiences with a Redmi 1s, especially after putting Cyanogenmod with Lollipop 5.1 on it. As such I know this is a phone that is reliable and would expect the Redmi 2 to be similar in that regard although Cyanogenomd is not yet available for it.
The Umi Zero seems like a real giant killer but I know so little about Umi. I have read great reviews about this phone but wonder if people on here who have used it could recommend it? I don't have money to waste so it would need to be a phone that will last me for a considerable amount of time and has quality hardware and software.
The best prices on both put the phones close to each other on price so any opinions from the good people on here would help me to make my decision...
Thank you all!

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[Completed] Assistance with blocking unknown calls, SMS & mms

I am one who is currently and desperately trying to block these unprovoked calls and messages from unknown and not from my contacts. One can says simply that I should go to the play store and download an app or two. My issue is that this solution, even with supposedly the best apps I got from there, they do not work all the time. I'm thinking that there but more of a professional approach to this issue which so much of us have and are experiencing. From my minimal knowledge of handling and managing a rooted phone, I do believe that many more options are opened for this issue. But the only things which I can think of as to why that would be are that the stock rom was not built as stable as a custom rom where it's built a lot better, with many more features too. I know a little of exposed and have used a rom with but never known if it has modules for this. Therefore, I turn to the experts here at XDA to please let me know how the experts would handle my situation so that I can follow their lead. Thank you very much and happy holidays.

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I am one who is currently and desperately trying to block these unprovoked calls and messages from unknown and not from my contacts. One can says simply that I should go to the play store and download an app or two. My issue is that this solution, even with supposedly the best apps I got from there, they do not work all the time. I'm thinking that there but more of a professional approach to this issue which so much of us have and are experiencing. From my minimal knowledge of handling and managing a rooted phone, I do believe that many more options are opened for this issue. But the only things which I can think of as to why that would be are that the stock rom was not built as stable as a custom rom where it's built a lot better, with many more features too. I know a little of exposed and have used a rom with but never known if it has modules for this. Therefore, I turn to the experts here at XDA to please let me know how the experts would handle my situation so that I can follow their lead. Thank you very much and happy holidays.
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[Completed] Did I get screwed?

I bought a "Bqeel MXR Quad Core Android 5.1 Tv Box" from Amazon but it came loaded with an older version of Android and it came with an ancient version of all of the software. It is also incredibly broken in many features, I can't do a system reset because when I hit the button it does absolutely nothing, it makes the click noise and animation but nothing actually happens. It also has a strange bug where I genuinely can't install anything even though there is like 5GB of memory on it. This sucks because I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Kodi, the uninstall worked great but now I can't install it again. It also freezes all of the time and the OS is absolute garbage and doesn't look like the one people are posting on the reviews. What do I do?
EDIT: Lastly, I plan on most likely returning it, what is the BEST android/kodi tv box out there for less than $100?

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[Completed] Replacing the stock os/flashing

Hello everyone, I'm a newbie here at xda developers, and perhaps a newbie as well in the (more technical) android world. I've had had two android devices that died on me this past four years. This time around, I want to see if I can still bring my latest device back to life, that's why I've been googling everything in relation with the issue of my phone: stuck logo. Now, like in windows, there might be something like freshly installed android os, even it's just a stock one. And there is, but the problem, I haven't tried flashing before, I have done factory reset though this time around, since my phone won't boot, it's not an option. Besides, as far as my research goes, issues like this require full overhaul of the OS, replace it with a new one.
Now, my agony: I'm already confused with lots of information regarding flashing custom ROMS, or, what I need right now, a stock rom for my phone. BTW, this is a local brand from Philippines, Cherry Mobile H340. Now, I don't have my volume keys working since they are grounded. Is there a way wherein I can install a new stock OS for my phone via the usage of PC and USB data cable only? I don't want to spend another 12 dollars for this phone, if this is something I can still fix without having to spend for a technician even if it takes time, I'll gladly do it.
All responses are highly appreciated, but please, don't make fun of a newbie. Like telling something that won't work then I end up bricking my precious device . P.S. I will accept all corrections regarding my statement above, grammar fixes are also appreciated if there are any .
Thanks, XDA.
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